The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-08-31
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART.
MENTS-OTHER HAPPENINGS
Special Columbus Correspondent.
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put a stop to violations of the
automobile license law, which are cost
ing the public treasury thousands oi
dollars annually. 1t is done in this
way: An unscrupulous owner will use
his last years tag until the first oi
September, when he will apply for &
license, which is furnished at hal
price then. In this way the owner
only pays the state one-half of the
license fee. Registrar Walker has or
file now upwards of 500 applications
from owners whom he believes are us
ing old tags. He will ask the police
in the cities and towns in which they
live to look them up and arrest them
for violating the automobile law il
they are using old tags. License ap.
piled for" is an announcement thar is
frequently seen on a machine which
is either without a number or has an
old one. "This is an old dodge to
beat the law" said Registrar Walker
mo one is permitted to operate an
automobile without license, and per.
sons displaying such announcements
on their cars should be arrested at
once"
Saved Money for State.
H. s. Riddle, chief consulting engi.
neer of the state board of administra,
ton, will give up his place Oct l. He
will take another with a Columbus
firm which will pay him salary twice
as large as the one he receives from
the state. Riddle was appointed three
years ago. His salary is $4,000 year.
One member of the board is authority
for the statement that he has saved
the state $4,000 during the past year.
He has done more to solve the idle
house problem at the penitentiary
than any other man. He conceived
the idea of the state establishing a
state brick plant at which prisoners
could be given employment. He over
looks the construction of plants and
other buildings erected at the various
state institutions. His successor will
be chosen through competitive civil
service examination.
Want Wilson to Speak.
The Democrats will make an effort
to prevail upon President Wilson
to make at least three campaign
speeches in Ohio this fall. They have
received word that the president will
be unable to attend the adjourned
meeting of the state convention, to be
held at Columbus soon. The president
spoke in Ohio when he was a candi-
date four years ago and he spoke in
Columbus twice year ago, during the
national meeting of the federated
churches, which was attended by dele
gates and speakers from all over the
country. Sept. Z is the tentative date
set for the state convention.
Cannot Use Flag as Ad.
In ruling to Gov. Willis, Attorney
General Turner construes the Ohio
law against the use of the American
flag for advertising purposes. A Chi
cago firm wants to sell handkerchiefs
containing a design of the flag in Ohio,
and asked the governor if this could
be done. The chief executive referred
the matter to Turner, who says that
the Ohio law unquestionably prohibits
the sale of any article Of merchandise
on which there is attached or placed
a representation of the flag or any
standard of the country. The use of
the Ohio flag is also prohibited by the
statute.
Report Nearly Ready.
The experts who have been investi-
eating the state industrial commission
to find out if a number of positions
can be abolished and a saving Of $42,-
900 year be effected, will finish their
work this week. Their report will
first be submitted to the advisory
committee of the state civil service
commission, which is composed of
well known business men, and later to
the commission. The industrial COM
mission asked the state emergency
board for $4,000 to pay for additional
help, and the civil service commission
objected to this, claiming that the help
was not needed.
Not Entitled to Aid.
Attorney General Turner has ad-
vised Prosecuting Attorney Archer L.
Phelps of Warren, Trumbull county,
that the Kinsman Stock & Agricultu-
raj association of Kinsman, Trumbull
county, is an Independent fair and is
not entitled to receive state aid. This
ruling cuts the fair out of $500 which
it expected to receive. The state
board Of agriculture certified this fair
for this amount. Turner reverses this
board.
Silver Cup for Best Boy Judge.
Carpenter & Ross, Mansfield, will
give a silver cup to the boy who does
the best cattle judging at the state
fair, and George w. WILDER, Marys-
vile, will give a similar prize to the
boy who does the best sheep judging.
Will Be a Candidate.
Rudolph A. Mack of Cincinnati, for
mer anti-saloon league district super
intendent, who ran for the Republi-
can nomination for governor in the re-
cent primary, getting nearly $4,000
votes, announces that he will be a can
didate for governor at the fall election.
Must Have Relatives Consent.
Unless death is caused by violence,
post mortem may not be held on the
bodies of patients who die at the state
hospital for epileptics, unless the rela-
tives consent, so Attorney General
Turner holds in ruling given in the
state board of administration.
May Not Hold Reunion.
What city wants to entertain the
Ohio legislature this year? The leg
IslatiVs reunion committee is casting
about for an invitation for a meeting
place for its annual reunion, but none
seems to be in sight. It was supposed
that Cleveland would make q bid for
the meeting this year, but the Forest