The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-27
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART.
MENTS-OTHER HAPPENINGS
speeIaI COLUMBUS correspondent.

WulGu has uttn put up W NuS
state liquor license commission,
and which has been referred by
that body to Attorney General
Turner for solution. Can a woman
be served with drinks in a grill room
when she is Is, the age that she may
be married, or must she wait until
she is 81, the age when she wants TO
vote and when she may acquire prop
erty in her own right? These knotty
problems were raised before the
Franklin county licensers, and set
them guessing. After discussing the
matter from various angles, the Off.
cials concluded that they did not know,
and washed their hands of it by calling
upon the highest authorities to find the
answer. The opinion of the attorney
general will be awaited with no little
interest by every county liquor Ii.
cense board in the state.
Large Number of Contestants.
A total of 591 contestants are com.
peting for the four-year scholarships
in the college of agriculture of the
Ohio State University this year. This
is the largest number ever entered in
the contest. There are 20 scholarships
offered, five for each of tue four dis
tricts into which the state has been
separated. The contestants were ex-
amined April IA. Northeastern Ohio
had the largest number, 243. There
were las from northwestern Ohio, 107
from southeastern Ohio and SO from
the southwestern part Of the state.
The high school with the most contest
ants was Margaretta high school OF
Castalia, Erie county, with II. There
were few girls in the contest, as the
scholarships may be in either agri-
culture or home economics.
Would Make Changes.
Capt George L. Converse, speaking
Of the new federal military bill that
Is now all but a law, said 1t would
make radical changes in the military
department of the Ohio State Univer-
sity which is now by detail of the
war department in charge of that de-
partment. The requirements would be
a great deal more drastic and students
in the first, and second year classes
would not be able to get out of mill
tary training as now by merely claim
ing weak hearts, stiff legs, etc. He
also said that the goods would, no
doubt, be required to take instruction
in Red Cross work while their brothers
were engaged in the military depart
ment.
Will Receive $4,000 Volts.
At the annual electric show to be
given by the electrical engineering de-
partment of the state university on
April 27, % and 20, ]. J. Hoerath. a
senior in the electrical engineering
department, will submit to the sending
of current of $4,000 volts through
his body. BY treatment it is said the
powerful current, 25 times greater
than is necessary to kill man, will
conveying the current through his
body, Hoerath will light a taper with
sparks from his fingers.
Permits Filing of Briefs.
Permission was given by the su-
preme court to Wallace D. Yaple and
James Boulger to file briefs in the
suits pending there to test the right
of liability insurance companies to
write workmen's compensation poll
cies. The brief by Commissioner va
pie will deal with the right of the COM
panies as they claim to sell compen-
sation insurance, and Boulger will con.
fine his attention to arguments in sup.
port of the constitutionality of Section
%, that permits solvent employers to
carry their own risks.
Clifford Wins in Referendum.
o. G. Van Schoyk, the state secre
tary of the Socialist party, announces
that the referendum vote to select par
ty candidate for the state offices has
resulted in the nomination of Ton
Clifford of Cleveland over William Pat
terson for governor, J. L. Bachman Of
Columbus for attorney general and ]
C. Madden of Continental for supreme
Judge. Because no one got cleal
majority for the other positions on the
ticket a new referendum vote will
have to be held.
Suicides in State House Yard.
Seated on one of the benches in the
state house yard. Thomas Adams oi
Steelton, Pa, 26, out of work and de
spondent, took strychnine and died al
st. Francis hospital an hour later. He
was observed to be acting queerly
e. ha IN ro
moved to the hospital. He at first de
MED having taken poison, but later
admitted that he had taken strych
nine, but did not explain his reasons.
10000 Mark Passed.
State Automobile Registrar Walker
announces the 10000 mark has been
passed in automobile license tags is
sued.
Attractive Position.
The vacancy caused by the death oi
DR.. c. F. Gillian, superintendent oi
the Columbus state hospital, seems tt
be very attractive to the physicians Of
the state, for the state civil service
commission reports that applications
to take the examination for appoint
ment to the position are coming ir
from all parts of the state. There are
seven on file now from Columbus ply
sicians.
Former Sheriff Dies.
Charles A. Pearce, 62, former sher
i'll Of Franklin county and Republi
can leader, died at his home here.
Ohio Is Second.
Since the first of the year, the state
automobile department has issued
more than 100000 licenses. Between
1900 and 1000 applications for Ii.
censes are received daily. The demand
will continue to be heavy until about
Ahn r,niddln Of Nav when IL will than