The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-03-23
Refused TO Interfere.

ledO by the supreme court of Ohio
when the supreme court at Washing
ton refused to give Thatcher relief by
interfering with the disbarment of him
in the federal courts. The SUPP
court took the initial action in 1909
based upon criticism of Lucas county
judges and courts made by Thatcher
during the campaign Of the previous
year. The federal courts followed with
similar disbarment orders. The Ohio
legislature passed a bill declaring re.
instating Thatcher, but the courts re-
fused to recognize it, claiming that the
courts have by inherent right and not
by legislative authority power of dis
barment. On application the federal
courts in Ohio refused to remove the
disbarment order. The Ohio supreme
court was unanimous in its findings
against Thatcher, but one member,
Judge William T. Spear, dissented
from the penalty inflicted-permanent
disbarment-holding that disbarment
for limited time would be sufficiently
severe. Judge Spear is now dead. Un-
less the Ohio supreme court can be
induced to revoke the disbarment or
der 1t is likely to stand as it is for
some time.
His Wish Gratified.
For more than SO years DIR. George
W. Holmes, now a resident of Sharpes,
Indian River, Fla, who was color bear
er of the 22d Ohio Volunteers, has
wanted piece of the flag of that reg
iment which he carried all through
the Civil war. In few days this fond
wish will be gratified. When this flag
was being removed from the aban-
doned flag and relic room in the state
house recently and exposed, part of
it dropped off An attendant clipped
piece an inch square from the old
banner, carefully packed it and sent
it to DR.. Holmes. Last fall DR.. Holmes
made a special trip to the state house
from the south and begged the custo-
dian of the flag to give him a piece
from it large enough to put in a lock-
ct. The request was referred to the
adjutant general, who felt he could
not grant it. The regiment fought at
Corinth, Shiloh, Ft. Donaldson and
other places where some of the hard
est battles of the war occurred.
Claim Cities Can Give Suffrage.
The advocates of woman's suffrage
in Ohio have taken a new turn and
claim that the 13 cities of the state
that have adopted charters under the
provision of the new state constitution
can give the suffrage to women within
their boundaries by mere amendment
of their charters to that effect. The
suffragists of East Cleveland have
been urging a fight Of this kind for
some time. They say that eminent
lawyers who have been asked to give
opinions in the matter have said that
there was no question but that this
could be done. The powers given to
cities under the new constitutional
provision, in their opinion, supersede
the suffrage provision of the constitu.
ton in which suffrage is confined to
males.
Deceive Employers and Doctors.
In an address before local physi.
clans DR.. c. H. Rether declared that
the deception of employers, local gov
ernments and doctors by those who
try to collect damages, compensation,
sick benefits and insurance by feigned
diseases and injuries has become an
extensive business, and he held that
It often tested the ability of expert.
enced physicians to detect the decep.
tion, so skillful have many of the peo.
Pile who practice the schemes become.
They know the diseases as well as the
doctors, and their Misrepresentation
are often put on with perfect imita.
ton. They are more dangerous frauds,
he says, than those who by well-known
plans try to beat insurance companies
fire and life.
Awaits Developments.
Adj. Gen. Hough has returned home
from Washington, where he had been
for several days in conference with
the department Of militia affairs and
with adjutant generals of the United
States with regard to the new pre-
paredness bill which is before con-
gress. Gen. Hough says that no one
seemed to know in Washington
whether or not the National Guard
would be called out for Mexican serv-
ice. 1t all seems to hinge upon de-
velopments, which cannot now be an.
Denies the Charge.
w. L. Finley, the chairman of the
Democratic state executive commit.
tee, has issued press statement in
which he denied for both himself indi.
and the committee of which
he is the head the report that he and
the committee are interested in boom.
ing Ralph w. Tyler OF Columbus for
election as one of the delegates-at-
large to the Republican national con.
vention.
A New SanItaTIum.
After a long wait Ohio osteopaths
are to have a sanitarium where their
treatment may be given under favor
able circumstances. The new institu-
tion, the first of its kind in the state,
will be opened at Delaware Springs,
near Delaware, and a hundred men,
bers of the profession from various
parts of the state will meet for the
opening. There will be no internal
medicine treatment. Osteopathy will
be practiced, together with hydrother-
apy and electro -therapy, and advan.
tage will be taken of the proximity of
springs in that vicinity.
Premiums Amount to $4,000.
State fair premiums this year will
be increased from $4,000 to $4,000,
so w. H. Kinnan, state fair manager,
has announced. 1t is not likely that
the admission fee will be changed
from so cents to 25 cents. An attempt
was made to cut the price in half.
Open Retaliation Hearings.