The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-03-30
How Il Gets the Money.

a "a 0uuitAOh " Tue regular LAX OF 9l,UUU
: : each year is explained in an audit of
the department which has been com.
: pleted by Auditor Of State A. V. DON
ahey. The state, under the license
law, collects 500 each year from each
saloon as a license and registration
fee, and S. for filing each application.
The statement of the auditor shows |
that in Cuyahoga county the total cost
; Is Sl2.44 for each saloon, in Hamilton |
county $15.49 and in Franklin county |
$32.16.
Can Pass on Sanity Of Prisoners.
Attorney General Turner ruled the |
state board of administration may pass
on the sanity of any prisoners in the
penitentiary, the Lima State hospital
for criminal insane, OF any other state
penal institution, and may order trans
fer of prisoners without authority of
probate courts. This opinion will al
low the board to send Peter Skribner,
Toledo murderer, to the Lima institu-
tion from the penitentiary, where he
has been confined in the death cell
for six weeks since communication of
his death sentence to life imprison-
ment
Is a Trust Fund.
Money received by county treasurers
through duplicate payment of taxes
constitutes trust fund to be held BY
the county for repayment to the indi.
V1duals to whom it belongs, was the
decision given the bureau of account.
ing by Attorney General Turner. II
was stated at the bureau the duplicate
payments were so numerous in many
counties as to demand some new form
of handling the funds. Many people
do not learn for years of the duplicate :
payment, and therefore do not call for
the money. L
An Important Figure. t
Prof T. c. Mendenhall of Ravenna. 6
formerly professor of physics at the
state university here, will be an i'm Ii
portant figure at the celebration of the a
Tooth anniversary of the establishment
of the United States coast and geo. c
detic survey, to be held at Washing e
ton on April 5 and 6, because he is
one of very few surviving ex-super- b
fntendents of the survey Including h
the present superintendent, E. Lester
Jones, there have been but II in 100 &
years, so that long terms have been
the rule.
tooth Anniversary.
The last day of this month will be
an important one in all Methodist
Episcopal church circles-the Tooth
of the death of Francis
Asbury, the founder of the church in a.
America and its first bishop. The oS
date falls on Friday, and it is planned "i
to hold exercises in most churches of w
the denomination on the following III
Sunday in observation of the impor- II
.ant anniversary. OF
Dismissed Case. III
Ascertaining that the prosecuting IrC
witness was prejudiced Juvenile
court Judge S. L. Black held that In!
here was not probable reason for be- pa
ieving that case similar to the Hal tel
elden child life case in Chicago in as
he charge that Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. otl
Bowen of this city exposed their child
n order that it might die, and their Sy
ase was dismissed. tel
NCSu MOI De OCdIIy SI9hCleSS. hO
Persons do not need to be totally me
ightless in order to be eligible to re. for
eive public blind relief funds, so At. lie
orney General Turner held in a ruling 10
0 Prosecuting Attorney Lindsey X.
'ooper of Lawrence county. A person sec
nable to maintain himself or herself Eu
ecause of defective sight is entitled
} receive such relief mr.
Charged With Biaamy. III
Joel Pancoast, under arrest at Gin.
innati, where he is alleged to have OUT
wo wives, with a third at Newport,
~, has been taken back to jennings
ounty Indiana, to answer a bigamy .
harge of having married one of them
here. The governors Office honored sen
requisition for his extradition. wa
Asks Authority to Sell Bonds. Jon
The Toledo, Bowling Green & "rd
outhern Traction Co. has asked the con
tilities commission for authority to opl'
sue and sell it's general mortgage WoI
onds in the sum of $141,5OO. The was
uckeye Light & Power Co. of Coving. TAX
IN asks for authority to issue com. D
ION stock amounting to $6,500 ann
Arrange for Futurity.
The state board of agriculture has mall
ranged with the State Association of
elgian Horse Breeders for a futurity RE
r Belgian colts at the state fair next
II. Prizes of $500 will be offered e..
he entrance fee will be S. a head.
tiles Claim for Alleged overcharse.
n1oipo A
eight overcharges has been filed with U
e utilities commission by Bowen oils,
coal dealer of Upper San tor,
lsky, against the Hooking Valley ru,,,
ailway Co. =. - -
Being considered for Job. -
DIR. F. G.. Boudreau, epidemiologist
the Buckeye state board OF VI
alth, is being strongly con.
soorotor,, ord o,,oo,,t;,,o $780, ryin
e board, created by the resignation qo'o
DR.. E. F. McCampbell, who has been "ot
ected dean of the college of medi- "l0N'
lie of the Ohio State university. Dr.
udreau has held his present posi- ~
N for the past seven years. He is "
out 35 years old. He gets a salary Wy
$4,000 year. The position for 'edr
itch he is being considered pays "as,
900 10 So
Arrest Alleged Crooks, fFlu
On advice from Dayton police here
de two important arrests-Joe Cum,
u.s. alias F. Morgan, and Floyd Mar Ell
alias Joe Collins-as The mon prov,
led for their mail at the postofice shut
icers at DAYTON were timed that stitut
men were here and decoy letters here.
re sent to them. Detectives living cendi