The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-02
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART,
MENTS - OTHER HAPPENINGS
Special Columbus Correspondent.


demand upon the legislature.
A call has been sent out for a
meeting of these former defenders of
the peace and integrity of the state of
Ohio, which will be held at Newark,
Nov. s, at which time and place plans
will be perfected to ask the legisla-
ture for an appropriation from which
Squirrel Hunters can be reimbursed
for the month they served in the field
in Ohio when Gen. Kirby Smith of
the South threatened to invade the
Buckeye state, a threat which he
never made good. The call for the
meeting has been sent out by Capt.
Walter a. Smith of Columbus. More
than 10 years ago the Legislature
enacted law to pay the mere hand
full" of Squirrel Hunters" each $13 for
turning out under a call by Gov. Tod,
one Of Ohio's civil war governors.
Since the enactment of the law 10
times as many Squirrel Hunters as
were thought to be in existence have
turned up and claimed pay at each
session of the legislature, and the
amount provided, it develops, is never
sufficient to meet all claims.
Former Secretary Arrested.
Charles c. Daniel former national
secretary of the United Commercial
Travellers, who was removed from Of
fee two years ago for discrepancies
discovered in his accounts. has been
arrested at Rochester, N Y, and will
be brought back to the Ohio capital
to face trial on a charge of embezzle-
ment. He was secretly indicted by the
September grand jury. Daniel is ac-
cused of purloining $4,000 in all. The
indictment returned against him is
that he embezzled total sum of $5O6,
the aggregate of five smaller sums
represented by checks which were
transmitted to him as supreme secre-
tary by subordinate bodies of the
commercial travellers organization in
Ohio and elsewhere.
Will inspect Prisons.
The state prison commission will
soon go east to inspect modern pris-
ons to get ideas to be used in the
construction of the proposed new Ohio
penitentiary on the large site located
just west Of London, Madison county,
which was purchased during the Cox
administration. The commission has
made one trip to new prisons in north
ern states and has already gathered
considerable valuable data on the sub
ject of modern penal institutions. The
next legislature will make large ap-
preparation for the prison project. The
new penitentiary will make it possible
to work prisoners out of doors and
will solve the present idle house prob
lem, which has become exceedingly
serious.
Death Chamber Has Occupant
The death chamber at the Ohio pen
itentiar1, which has been tenantless
for morths, again has an occupant,
Reuben Ellis, colored, &c, who was
found guilty of first degree murder
for killing Anna Hart, matron Of
the Hamilton county Jail, is the occu-
pant. He is to be electrocuted Feb. 6.
He has been in the penitentiary twice
before, and completed his last SEN
tence the middle of last March. He
was only at liberty short time when
he was arrested and jailed on bur-
glary and larceny charge. He killed
the matron while trying to escape
from Jail. He is the first prisoner to
be received from Hamilton county for
electrocution for IS years.
Can Cast Vote.
In holding that minor whose 21st
birthday anniversary comes the day
after election can vote at the election
Attorney General Turner points out
that while no Ohio court has ever
passed upon the question, rulings on
it have been given by courts of other
states He cites decisions of courts
of Texas, Kentucky and Indiana in
support of his ruling and also says
there is a Delaware decision which
inclines to his contention. The ques-
ton came from the Licking county
election board, which asked If man
born on the Sth day of November.
1895, would become of age on Nov. z,
1916
May Not Get Turkey.
Ohio wards of state institutions may
miss their annual Thanksgiving tur-
key this year because of the high
prices that obtain for the succulent
American fowl. AS yet there are none
of the birds on the market, and indica'
tons are that those that do arrive will
bring from 80 to 35 cents a pound
dressed. Advices from Chicago indi'
cate great shortage there, also. So ii
is entirely possible that the inmates
of Ohio institutions may have to put
up with some other form Of piece de
resistance than turkeys this year.
No Check on Cancer.
Ohio was rebuked for its failure to
take proper steps to check the spread
of cancer by Frederick L. Huffman OF
Newark, N. j., statistician Of one OF
the large insurance companies Of the
land, in an address to the Columbus
Academy Of Medicine. He said that
cancer is becoming genuine menace
to the health of the United States and
that it is causing nearly as many
deaths as tuberculosis. He said that
there is no campaign of education on
cancer and that the disease is increas
ing. Ohio should establish facilities
for diagnosis in public laboratories.
Home for a Short Time.
James Linn Rodgers, former United
State consul to Cuba, now special
agent of this government in Mexico, is
sojourning for few days at his home
in Columbus. He will go from here
to Atlantic City to resume his duties
as a member of the Mexican peace
commission, Mr. Rodgers has been in
the government service for some 10
years or more He was first United
States consul to Shanghai, China. He