The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-07-13
NEWS CULLED
in THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART.
MENTS-OTHER HAPPENINGS
Special Columbus Correspondent.


FFlcERs Of the militia and
regular army are trying to de-
eide the question of the pay
of the Ohio militiamen. I'm
der militia regulations enlisted men
are paid 81 day for camp
duty and 81 a day while in active
service. The pay of the enlisted
men when they become federalized
is so cents a day. All the Ohio troops
will have been on duty more than two
weeks before being accepted into the
federal service, and the question now
up for solution is whether the state Of
Ohio should not pay them at least 81
a day from the state treasury for that
period. To do this an appropriation
OF from $4,000 to $150,000 would have
to be made by the next legislature.
Regular army officers seem inclined to
the view that the Ohio militiamen be-
came federalized the moment they
were called out by Gov. Willis and
that they are therefore entitled only
to the federal pay Of SO cents a day
from the start.
New Holpital Head.
The new head of the Columbus
state hospital will be DR.. William
H. Pritchard OF Gallipolis, accord
ing to the appointment made by the
state board Of administration. DR..
Pritchard was formerly assistant SUI
perintendent of the Columbus state
hospital, and until the Harmon admin
istration was superintendent Of the
State Hospital for Epileptics at CALI
polls. He succeeds the late DR.. c. F.
Gillian, who was killed in an automo-
bile accident in April, and will as
sumo his new position July Is. The
position pays $2OS3 and maintenance
annually. DR.. Pritchard is about As
years of age. In commenting on the
appointment, c. c. Philbrick Of the
board Of administration said: "He is
we'll qualified for the position and
know his business"
WithdrawS Name.
S. A. Hoskins of Wapakonetta an
noupces that he has withdrawn from
the race for the Democratic nomina-
tiOn for attorney general on account
of business engagements. One Of his
law partners is a member Of the Ohio
national guard and is now in Camp
Willis, expecting to go soon to the
Mexican border Mr.. Hoskins' retire
meht leaves Joseph McGhee, Scott
Stahl and w. ]. Schenck of Bucyrus in
the contest for the Democratic nomi-
nation.
Four Of Class Soldiers.
Four members of the class which
passed the state bar examination and
sworn in and made attorneys by the
supreme court recently are soldiers.
They appeared in uniform. They are
d. L. Sears, Bucyrus, of headquarters
company Of the 8th regiment; Sergt.
Milo Warner and Corp. Reed Powell,
troop B, Columbus, and Albert Petzke
of Cleveland, Of the Cleveland Grays,
now company F, Sd regiment. Two
members of the class of ZIG were alb
sent.
Limits Application Of Law.
An opinion given to George H. Ham,
ilton, state shop and factory inspector,
by the attorney general as to the in.
depreciation of the law limiting the
hour of labor of women between Is
and 81 in certain employments brings
out the fact that someone inserted the
word "city" while the law was being
enacted in such a way as to greatly
limit the application of the law. By
making it apply to cities, such employ
ments in villages are exempted.
Resignation Was Asked For.
1t is announced at the office of the
state board of agriculture that E. w.
Harrington OF Columbus, whose resig-
nation as a drug inspector was an
nounced recently. to accept a posi-
ton at the head of state organization
to work against the evils of habit-form-
ing drugs, did not resign of his own
accord, but at the request of the head
of the department and for the reason
that the expense accounts he was rem
dering were excessive.
ALtackeo py Ne9ros
DR.. Ernest Deaton, aged Al, of Troy,
o., said to be a son of DR.. Van S. Dea-
ton, the representative of Miami coun-
ty in the legislature, is in hospital
here suffering from serious wounds in
the head which he claims were inf1ict-
ed by negro who attacked him with
out provocation at 3d-st. and LaFay-
ette-al. He claims that the negro
struck him on the head several times
with stones.
Measles In Camp.
Two cases of measles have devel-
oped at Camp Willis and both guards
men were Immediately isolated in the
hospital to prevent an epidemic. They
are Charles Harrison, I'd regiment, and
Lee Monroe, 8th regiment. Two pa
tients in the hospital had symptoms Of
typhoid fever, but their names we're
withheld by the officers in charge.
Grants RehearIng.
The supreme court has granted a
1ehearing of the case of the Epoch
Producing Company of New York
against the Ohio board Of film CEN
sors, asking that they be restrained
from preventing the production of the
photo play Birth of Nation"
Will Increase Expenses.
Becaufe of the large advance in
meat prices, the meat bills at the
various state institutions will increase
probablr 1000 a week during the
next three months, according to con-
tracts which have just been made by
State Purchasing Agent l. v. Lyons.
Graduates 21e Lawyers.
Chief Justice Hugh L. Nichols Of
the supreme court recently pro-
nounced the words, subscribed to by
the 216 members of the state bar ex-
animation class, which made each
member Of the class fullhedged law
yer. Among those elevated to this
profession were six young women.