The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-03-16
An EXCITING Scene.

sentence in the penitentiary for thu
murder of Dolores Evans in a roomini
house in Cleveland two months ago
AS the officers with the prisoner ap
preached the egress gate of the trair
shed it was noticed that half dozeI
Italians with glowering visages were
pressing close to the gate, and the de
pot officers, scenting trouble, gave the
signal to the officers to take their pris
oner out by another gate, and the Ital
ians were pressed back from the gate
and not permitted to enter the trair
shed at all 1t is believed that the
Italians were members of the BLACK
Hand and that they were bent on res
cuing Bianchetti, as the members Of
the order by numerous anonymous let
ters had threatened to do during the
course Of the trial.
Must Have Special Permission.
you are suing the state" insisted
Assistant Attorney General Henry NJ
Ballard in his arguments before Fed
eral Judge ]. E. Safer in the case
brought to secure the privilege oil
showing the film picture play, Birth
of Nation" in Ohio. THAT cannot
be done under the constitution with
out the special permission of the state
through the legislature. Joe Heintz
man of Cincinnati, representing the
owners of the play pictures, denied
that this question entered into the
case. 1--WE have not brought suit
against the state" said he, nor tried
to do so. This action is directed
against the members of the state
board of film censors." Counsel for
the state replied that that was in
effect an action against the state.
Emergency Board Makes Allowances.
The state emergency board has al
lowed the state board of administra.
tion $4,000 for the operation of a new
cottage at the state institution for fee.
ble-minded. The administration board
has decided not to ask the emergency
board for $25,000 for q new laundry at
the Massillon state hospital to replace
one recently destroyed by fire, but in
stead will try to rebuild from present
resources. The Mt. Vernon sanatorium
was allowed $500 to pay increased gas
bills. An allowance Of $1,000 was made
for the repair of the Miami and Erie
canal banks between PiQua and st.
Marys.
State Nursery Inspectors Begin Work.
This week the inspectors of the state
nursery and orchard department will
begin their spraying and pruning work.
They are under the supervision of N.
E. Shaw, chief inspector. Farmers or
fruit growers may arrange for demon.
strations in their localities by getting
into communication with Inspector
Shaw. The inspectors will give their
first demonstrations Thursday, when
they will be at Newcomerstown, Co.
lumbus Grove, Trimhle and Elyria.
The inspectors assigned to demonstra.
ton work are E. J. Hoddy, r. S. Nc
Cay, H. j. Speaker and Richard Faxon.
Governor Got a Bouquet.
Coming down to his office in a street
car recently Gov. Willis gave his seat
to an elderly woman with a large
market basket on her arm. When
someone who knew the governor told
her who he was she wanted the gov.
ernor to take the seat back, but he
insisted on standing, but she insisted
that he take on of her bouquets at
least, of which she had basket full
which she was taking to market to
sell. So the market woman kept the
seat and bouquet of tulips graced
the governors desk through the day.
$4,000 for the o. N. G.
An allowance of $4,000 was given
the adjutant generals department by
the state board of control Tuesday to
cover the costs of the recent federal
inspection of the national guard. The
money was transferred from the state
armory board fund. The attendance
of the guard at inspection was 25 per
cent higher than last year, and as
result the state will get an increase
of $4,000 from the federal govern.
ment for guard maintenance This
allowance is based on the number
turning out for inspection.
Will Make Munitions.
A transfer filed for record here
shows that the plant of the Columbus
Machine & Tool Co. here has passed
to the hands of the American Lathe
& Press Co., which is now largely en-.
gagged in the manufacture of war mu.
nitions, and for this reason it is sup,
posed that the local plant is to be
turned, in part at least. to such use.
Can Furnish Tags.
The state automobile department il
again able to furnish license tags.
Wednesday shipment of 10000 sets
of tags was received by the depart,
ment from the New York firm which
is to furnish them at Is cents per set,
Will Not Take Part in Trials.
When the report came that indict.
ments had been found at Youngstown
against the steel companies and their
officers for combining to control wages
Attorney General Turner stated that
he did not expect that his department
would take part in the trial of the
cases for which indictments had been
returned in Mahoning county, growing
out of the recent riots. His chief as.
sistant, H. s. Ballard, held with the
cases before the grand jury, but the
is now that the county
prosecutor, Mr.. Henderson, will han
die the prosecutions under them alone.
Will Try Again.
In spite of the fact that the admin
board once before refused to |
appoint j., F. Lumb superintendent of |
the State Institution for the Blind on
account of the fact that he is himself |
blind now that the position is vacant |
again by the resignation of H. C. Mau.
rer, not only Prof. Lumb, but also Rob.
ert ]. Irwin, another blind teacher in
the institution, are preparing to file