The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-04-08
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
WHAT LEGISLATORS ARE DO
ING AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
Special Columbus Correspondent.

" lection in their positions by the
terms of the Barnes civil serv-
ice bill now pending in the house
has become one of the moot
questions in the general assem-
bly,. The policemen and firemen
of Columbus and other large cities
have made complaint to the ma
tority leaders in the assembly that the
new bill does not give them protection
in the event of discharge on the
ground that discharged members of
their vocation have no appeal to the
city civil service commission when cut
of the payroll by the appointing pow
er. This omission or lack OF protec-
zion they term sleeper" and they
are stirring up a fine little row as a
result. 1t is charged that the Moore
bill, which the senate passed, did pro-
tect the members of the police and
fire departments fully, but that the
house committee on civil service, in
completely revising the bill, left out
the safeguards and let the department
that be in the cities. During the last
"a hours several persons have ap-
peared in the legislative halls repre-
senting the rank and file of the cop
pers and the fire laddies, and they are
largely responsible for the agitation
to send the bill back to committee.
They are pointing out that whereas
the measure provides for an appeal for
the policeman or fireman in the event
that he is suspended or reduced in
salary, it gives him no redress of any
sort in case he is dismissed from the
service or discharged There are ap-
proximately 10000 individuals in the
police and fire service throughout the
state and all would be directly affected
by the passage of the pending bill, it
is averred. Police and fire chiefs also
are affected if the contention of the in
terpreters of the bill is correct.
May Reconsider Measure.
Owners of autos will have to be
mighty careful if the house reconsid-
ers the Terrell bill. This is the meas
ure which provides that in the evePt
of injury or accident the owner of a
machine involved shall be considered
responsible until he proves himself
otherwise. In other words, the acci-
dent shall be held prima facie evil
dence against the owner of the ma
chine. The house defeated the meas
ure recently, but there is a strong
agitation in behalf of its being recon-
sidered and passed. The ultimate fate
of the measure is in doubt. The tenn
porary killing Of the bill is being at
tributed to little row that occurred
during its consideration betweeA the
speaker and the author. The latter
objected to a ruling of the presiding
officer and a wordy clash ensued.
Many held that the house is voting
against the bill really to discipline
Terrell for alleged obstrepeousness.
Flood Victims Number Over 500.
More than 500 persons lost. their
lives in the big flood of March, 1913,
so the annual report of DR.. A. c. Hol-
land, state registrar of vital statistics,
just issued, shows. The names of
most of the victims of the flood are
given. Columbus, Hamilton, Dayton
and Piqua suffered the greatest death
losses. Many lives were also lost in
Chillicothe, Tiftin, Delaware and Troy
There were more than 100 drownings
in smaller towns and rural districts.
A number of the victims we're un-
identified Dr. Holland says that it is
impossible to state just how many
lives were lost directly and indirectly
as result of the food.
Tells of Mich Work to Do.
Chairman Reighard of the house
finance committee has made it clear
that his committee cannot possibly
complete its work before April 25 and
that thus adjournment before that
date is wholly out of the question.
House and senate leaders, therefore,
have abandoned the idea of recessing
from work on April and finally ad-
journing week later. The present
plan is to quit work on April 16 and
finally adjourn on April "a or 26. How
ever, this adjournment program, like
it's predecessor, ia only tentative and
is subject to all Of the contingencies
that are apt to occur toward the end
of every session.
Two Retire From Office.
Two Democratic state officials re-
tired from office April /. They are
James R. Marker, highway commits
Sioner, who was succeeded by Clin-
ton Cowen of Cincinnati and John
H. Newman, state librarian, who was
succeeded by Charles B. Galbreath.
Cowen is surveyor of Hamilton county.
He will draw a salary of $4,000. Gal
breath formerly was librarian and was
succeeded in that office by Newman.
He will receive $4,000. Cowen and
Galbreath are Republicans.
New Official Appoints.
Clinton Cowen of Cincinnati, who
recently succeeded James r. Marker
as state highway commissioner, has
appointed H. M. Sharp of Williams
county first deputy of construction in
the department. This is his first ap-
pointment. Other appointments will
be made later. Neither DR.. Morton w.
Bland of Gallon, who succeeded DR.. A.
C. Holland as state registrar of vital
statistics, nor Prof. c. B. Galbreath of
Rogers, Columbiana county, who sue
ceeded John H. Newman as state libra
rian Thursday, had any appointments
to announce.
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Says Diseases Can Be Prevented.
The loss to the state each year from
preventable diseases amounts to $780,
100000, according to DR.. e. F. Nc
Campbell, secretary of the state board
of health. OF the $4,000 deaths in the
state last year, $4,000 were from dis
eases that can be prevented. He says