The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-07-22
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS-OTHER HAPPENINGS
special Columbus cOrrespOndsnt.


the case of the companies putting
down the roof upon their own
heads, according to Thomas ]. Duffy,
member Of the state industrial COM
mission, 'Gh has charge of the state
workmelt Ampensation fund. Some
of the p HwHS companies that are COM
peting Sl.s&e state have been caught
in attempts to make poorer settle
mems with victims of accidents than
had been agreed upon, Mr.. Duffy says.
In pne case, he AYERS, an effort was
made by company to have a widow
settle for $500 when the employer
and the liability company were morally
and legally bound to pay $4,000. Nu-
merous other instances have come to
light showing that liability companies
have been trying to wheedle victims
out of large sums of money, but the
fact that the state commission, under
law, is empowered to supervise all set
Elements, the efforts for the most part
have failed, the members of the COM
mission say. Now, in retaliation for
the alleged unfairness of the private
companies the State Federation of La
Dor and kindred interests have started
a campaign of appeal to the courts to
drive the companies out of business.
The basis for the court attempt will
be the contention that under the liza
bility law the competition of private
companies with the state was never
contemplated to the degree in which
1t is being carried on.
Seeks Aid of Honest Men.
The best way to drive loan sharks
out of business is for the honest loan
men in the state to organize and
make war on their unscrupulous
brethren. This is the logic which has
been given to philanthropic, remedial
and other loan companies of high
standing by the Ohio superintendent
of banks, Harry T. Hall of East Liver
pool. Mr.. Hall, as head of the bank
ing department, will have directly to
deal with loan sharks under the new
anti-loan shark law, and accordingly he
is eliciting the aid of the more scrup-
ulous loan men. The superintendent
holds that even with the most rigid
laws he will need the aid of honest
men in the loan business to help him
ferret out infractions. But he wants
not only the aid and sympathy of the
best men in the business but the help
also of the general public, and this
means, naturally, the loan shark vic
l. oil
So in the name of the state of Ohio
he asks the people to give aid and
advice to the state banking depart
ment in order that the lenders who
live off the misery of the poor be
brought early to the bar of justice.
Make Private Citizens Soldiers.
Train the private citizen of Ohio to
military duty. That's the slogan now
in Ohio militia circles, and it has be-
come so concrete that a real military
school fol. the wholly unframed and
initiated has been planned for Camp
Perry on Lake Erie, starting Sept. 13.
According to the latest announcement
of the plan, there will be accommoda-
tions at the camp for 1000 private cit
izens who want to learn the military
art in all it's details and intricacies.
The cost to each man joining the
school is expected to be something
less than $40. Adjt Gen. Hough is en-
thusiastic over the idea which is in
line with the national movement which
began recently in New York and
which is being carried out there in
amplified form. The theory is that
there are many young men in the state
who never have had a chance to join
the National Guard and yet who are
eager for taste Of real military life.
The proposed camp will afford the
right chance for all such persons.
Fight Constitutional Stability League.
The suffragists have Joined the drys
in a fight on the Constitutional Sta,
bility league, which has started cir.
culation of petitions for constitution.
al amendment providing that any
amendment which has been twice re-
1ected by the people cannot be again
submitted until six years have elapsed
since the last rejection. The suffra
gists and drys think that the proposal
is aimed directly at their propagandas
at is undemocratic," said Miss Eliza
beth Mauser, state organizer of the
Woman's Suffrage association. What
is the initiative and referendum for il
it is not to give the people more con
troll of their fundamental law"
Tourists Can Obtain Books.
State Librarian c. B. Galbreath has
just announced that persons going on
vacations to any part of the United
States from Ohio can obtain books to
read to suit their own tastes while on
their trips by making application to
the travelling library of the state
library A list of books available will
be furnished and the applicant can or.
der what is wanted
War on Rank Weed.
City officials and health officers all
through Ohio have begun to make war
on that chronic eyesore and that re.
puted cause of hay fever, the rank and
Overgrown weed. In some towns the
proposal is being considered of having
Workhouse prisoners cut down the
overgrowths in vacant lots and gut
ters But everywhere the officials are
facing an inadequacy Of law. Weeds
can be cut at city expense, the courts
have ruled, only in the event that they
can be proven menace to the public
health. Now, are the weeds a men
ace?
Punch and Cigars Don't Go.
Punch and cigars do not come with
in the purview Of things that can be
. bought by state or semi-state officials
and charged to the public, according to
the very latest dictum of State Aud
itor Donahey through one of his exam
liners, John A. Bliss. Mr.. Bliss has
iuef "rannado Miami university off