The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-22
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS--OTHER HAPPENINGS
VIII Have to RId for Work.

tags for 1917. w. H. Walker, state
registrar of automobiles, has an
nounced that he has received a dozen
bids from firms which want to furnish
these tags and that he will open them
on July l. Among the bidders is one
by the Scioto Sign Co. of Kenton, Of
which w. w. Durbin, prominent in
Democratic circles, is the head. This
firm furnished the tags several years.
The bids come from various states.
Recently Attorney General Turner
held that it would be lawful for the
penitentiary to make the tags. Regis
trar Walker said that if the board Of
administration, which controls the
penitentiary. wants to make bid for
the contract it will receive the same
consideration as other bidders. He
said that the job would go to the low
est bidder.
Will Pass on Validity OF Law.
The supreme court is called upon to
pass upon the validity Of the work
mems compensation law in case car
ried up by Fassig, Columbus en-
ployer, who was ordered by the state
industrial commission to pay compen-
sation to an employe who was disabled
for Is weeks as a result of accident.
Fassig did not contribute to the state
fund, and cOntended that he could not
be forced to pay an award to the in
jured employe. The commission con-
tended that under the law requiring
all employers with five or more work
men to pay compensation premiums to
the state or to provide compensation
of their own for accidents, that it was
incumbent upon Fassig to give the in
jured employe compensation. The
common pleas court decided for Fas'
sig, while the court of appeals decided
against him, upholding the law.
Affirms Judgment Of Ohio Court.
The action of the United States su-
preme court at Washington recently
affirming the judgment of the Ohio SUI
preme court upholding the referendum
by which the Sprague congressional
redistricting law was rejected, dis
poses of that law for all time. This
means that the congressman to be
chosen by Ohio this year will be elect.
ed under the old congressional district
law. Former Judge David Davies Of
Cincinnati, represented by Gen. ].
Warren Keifer of Springfield and for.
mer Federal District Attorney Sher.
man T. Mcpherson of Cincinnati,
brought suit to have the referendum
annulled on the alleged ground that it
could not apply to bill affecting the
selection of congressman.
To Stamp Out Blister Rust.
Federal and state inspectors have
started to prevent Ohio from being in.
vaded by white pine blister rust, which
is epidemic in eastern states and sew.
eral western states. 1t is a deadly
plant disease which preys upon five.
leaf white pine trees. The government
intends to make survey of all states
west of Pennsylvania to ascertain ii
the disease has broken out in any OF
them. Some $50 shipments of white
pine stock have been sent to Ohio
from states which have the disease,
and these shipments are to be followed
up by the inspectors to learn if any OF
them were infected A tree that is at.
tackled has little chance to recover.
Expect Amendment to Election Law.
1t is likely that as the result of the
experience of candidates in the pend,
ing primary election. an amendment
to the primary election law will be
proposed in the session of the new
legislature next winter, providing that
there shall be such rotation of names
of candidates for the same Office as is
now provided in the general election
laws for candidates for the same office
at the general elections. It is claimed
that the same reasons for rotation in
the primaries prevail as in the general
elections. Now the names go on in
the alphabetical order of the initial
letter of their family names.
Three Old Churches.
Worthington, Franklin county, is
one of the few towns in the Country
whose churches are all over 100 years
old. 1t has three such churches. The
oldest is the Episcopalian church,
which is 10 years old; the second is
the Methodist church, los years old,
and next the Presbyterian church, 100
years old. DR.. Thomas Woodrow,
grandfather of President Wilson, was
an early pastor of the last named
church.
Issues Challenge.
Claude G. Gossett of Hillsboro, who
carried off the 1915 spelling state
championship, has challenged George
C. Carter of Greenville, the winner of
this years championship, to meet him
in contest to determine whether the
1916 spoilers are better than those of
1915. Both the champions are high
school pupils. Gossett was a fresh
man when he won first honors a year
ago.
Allies Got All the Horses.
Adjt. Gen. Hough returned from a
tour of the state in search of horses
suitable for artillery and cavalry use
in the summer encampments firmly of
the opinion that the agents of the al.
lies have combed the state very thor
oughly for such animals and taken
practically all the flrst-class horses.
Worked Way Through College.
At the commencement of Ohio State
university last week three brothers
Ray c., G. G. and Vernon r. Haber-
all of Columbus, all received degrees,
and all worked and paid their way
through the entire university courses.
Wilson's Grandfather Was Pastor.
One hundred years ago DIR. Thomas
Woodrow, grandfather of President
Wilson, was pastor of the Presbyterian
church Of Worthington, Franklin coun-
ty, Ohio Recently this church cele.
brated its centennial and held memo
rial exercises in honor of DR.. Wood.