The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-04
To Have Complete Code.

! 80 not only the result OF re-
search work among all the indus
tries in the state, but also the result
Of elaborate investigations to be made
in other states. The framework for
the code is just being prepared here
by committee of 10 Ohio employers
and 10 employees under the direction of
the state industrial commission. The
committee is about to ask the state
emergency board for $4,000 to carry
on its Investigations. The safety
first" department of the industrial
commission, which has been trying for
months to promote the safety first"
propaganda in all of Ohio industries,
has developed facts and phases of In.
dustrial life that in many cases are
startling. For example, it has been
proven clearly and conclusively by
statistics that more accidents occur
during certain hours on Monday morn
ings than during any other time of the
week. This is considered to be due
largely to the Sunday lay-off of the
workmen, who do not spend their holi-
days to the best advantage. Also, it
has been shown that whenever the
word to speed up is given in a factory
the likelihood of accident always is in
creased. The new committee is going
into all of these details searchingly
and hopes to deduce from them les
sons that will give the state the most
up-to-date set of safety rules to be
found in this country or in Europe.
The committee already has divided it.
self into many subcommittee and to
each of the latter there has been dele
gated certain Investigations and re-
search work. 1t will, perhaps, require
months for all of the reports to be
completed. In the meantime the state
commission is aiding through it's reg
ular officers and employees. Most of
the employers in the state have been
found only too willing to lend a hand
in the new work, since practically all
of them appreciate that the results are
bound to be universally beneficial.
Only isolated cases show the head of
an industry to be oblivious to the ad-
vantages to be gained from the new
movement. Whether the emergency
board will supply the funds fer the
carrying on of the new plan is yet to
be seen, but tremendous pressure will
be exerted to bring the members of
the board into the way of seeing the
movement in all of it's ramifcations.
Many observers here aver that the
trend of developments that will follow
in the wake of the new safety propa-
ganda will mark new era for the
state and for the welfare of it's large
army of employees.
Annual Meeting of o. IS.
Several Thousand visitors are IN Co
lumbus attending the annual meetinH
of the grand chapter OF Ohio, Order or
Eastern Star, which convened Tues.
day for meeting winch will last
three days. Mrs. Cora Griswold, grand
worthy matron, is presiding. The or.
der has membership of 10000 in
Ohio, embracing 400 chapters. The
most distinguished visitor is Mrs. Rata
Mills of Pennsylvania, who is the high
est officer of the order in the world,
being the grand matron of the order.
Passes $4,000 Mark.
The $4,000 mark has just been
reached at the penitentiary, when VIM.
Bilshire, sentenced to the penitentiary
from Vinton county, was given the Sc
rial number 44,001. This fact dis
closes that since the serial numbers
were instituted in the penitentiary in
April, 1884, more than $4,000 men have
been incarcerated in the institution.
The records show that Amasa Grant,
aged 81, was received at the peniten.
tiary in April, 1884, and was given Sc
rial number 1. Grant was released
about six years later, having been
granted pardon by Gov. Shannon.
There have been more men confined in
the state prison, however, than the
number now specified in the serial
files, as no serial records were kept of
the prisoners from the time 1915,
when the first prison was established
on West Main-st, where the state arse
nal now stands, until 1884. l.ecords
show, however, that John Evans, a
Franklin county prisoner, was the first
maH to be officially termed a convict
by the state, he having been convicted
Of assault with intent to kill and con-
fined in the old prison His brother,
Dave Evans, was also connected with
the crime and was given the same SEN
tence as that imposed on his brother.
A tradition which surrounds the con-
finement of Ohios first prisoner, John
Evans, is the fact that on the day Of
his incarceration he wrote on his cell
wall, Il am not the only man to be
made prisoner today, as Napoleon is
on his way to st. Helena" The prison,
in those days, consisted of group of
five log cabins.
Go Home 20 Vote.
Many state officials and employees
will leave Columbus to go to
their homes TO remain there until after
election. The supreme court, in keep.
ing with custom of long standing,
will recess Friday until next Thurs
day. Each of the seven members of
the court reside away from Columbus.
Gov. Willis will go to Ada Monday to
cast his vote there Tuesday. EN-
ployes who wish to do SO are per.
mitted to return to their homes to vote
on election day. Many employees vote
in Columbus, thus forfeiting their
right to vote
Ohio Team Was Second.
Ohio shooters gave good account Of
themselves in the national rife tourna-
ment at Jacksonville, Fla, which came
to an end Saturday after lasting two
weeks. The Ohio team was second in
the class of events in which it entered.