The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-09
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS - OTHER HAPPENINGS

partment is asked by Superintendent
of Insurance w. H. Tomlinson in his
annual report to the governor, just is
sued.
This department is growing so rap
idly" says Tomlinson, that with the
enactment Of the rating bureau,
agents qualifications and reciprocal
insurance laws, child and family in
surance, mutual, fire, permitting in
surance companies to act as trustees,
and various other new requirements,
the examining force of this depart
ment should be very materially in
creased"
The report shows 1920, ,460, ,863.92 in
fire insurance losses paid in 1916, an
increase over 1915 of $21, 1,755,525.87.
These losses also are given: Life,
$546, ,141 ,451.91; assessment Oife and
accident), $929, ,539.52; fraternal bene-
ficiary associations $S2, ,814.S0-
making a life and accident total of
1929, ,23S, ,S06.23, an increase of $780,
799,047.24 over 1915.
The departments income for 1916
was $1,736,7S2.7 an increase of $751;
1927 over 1915. The cost of the de-
partment for 1916 was $44,O86.76, an
increase of $1,11S.33 over 1915.
Gives All ohioans a Chance.
Ohio candidates for officers COM
missions who are training in the first
officers training camps, are to be af-
forded the opportunity of positions as
non-commissioned officers in the ma
tional army if they fail to pass the ex-
aminations for commissions. They
will have assurances of the best
chance for promotion from the ranks.
The war department at Washington,
through circular sent to the COM
mandants Of the various officers train
ing camps by Maj. Gen. Tasker H.
Bliss acting chief of staff, made this
announcement.
AS it is expected that there will be
thousands Of men now in the camps
who will fail to obtain commissions,
the department has adopted this plan
of repaying them for their efforts to
qualify as officers.
After the lists Of successful appli-
cants for commissions are announced
at Fort Benjamin Harrison and the
other camps, the men whose names
fail to appear, will be permitted to en-
list in the army, with the understand
ing that they are to be given imme'
diate furloughs to continue until the
national army is sent into training al
the various cantonments early in Sep
tember.
Suffragists Hear Good News.
Suffrage leaders here had word thai
Scioto county common pleas court has
ruled out more than 1000 names or
petitions circulated in that county by
antis to repeal the Reynolds act grant
ing Ohio women presidential suffrage
Leaders said that methods of cir
culating petitions in Scioto county
discredited by the court, will also bt
ruled invalid" in other countie!
where contests are pending.
Officers Go to Federal School.
Eight officers of the Ohio nationa
guard will leave the state at once tt
attend federal school which will en-
able them to return and impart spe
cial instructions in modern war meth
DDS to units of the guard.
New State Aid Roads.
Bids for 1928 miles of new statt
aid roads, estimated to cost more thai
$2,0O0000, will be received by Stat'
Highway Commissioner Clinton Cowal
August 15 and 16. Firty-fve counties
in the state will be represented il
the big letting, the work being di
vided into 62 contracts.
Dry Petitions Ready.
Petitions bearing more than 185,00
signatures will be filed by the Ohi
Dry Federation very soon with tn
secretary of state, asking for the sui
mission of the statewide prohibition
amendment to the voters at the Nc
vember election. This will be approx
imately 10000 signatures more thai
are required to submit constitutional
amendment to popular vote.
The prohibition fight this fall, so ia
as the drys are concerned, will b
fought out chiefly along lines of clos
and effective organization. Their
will be a speaking campaign as usua
but this will be subordinated in al
cases to organization, it was stated
Heretofore the drys have waged
vigorous speaking campaign, subord
mating organization. Change in taC
tics was, in part, occasioned b
changed conditions due to the war.
"People are too much interested :
the war to listen to speeches." one c
the leaders said.
The change also is said to be du'
in part, to the influence of James 4
White, state chairman. White ha
played in the game of partisan polite
and knows that organization is tn
thing that counts in getting vote
Ohio State Fair.
The Ohio state fair, Aug. 27-31, wi
be full of pep and patriotism"
addition to the hundreds of exhibit
and the usual midway attraction
speed events and the fancy figures
be cut in the ozone by Ruth Law, f;
nous birdwoman, there VIII De re;
lures to remind the visitor this coul
try is engaged in war.
Grants cabin, which has for year
been one of the fairs chief attraction
will celebrate its one hundredth brit
day.
Manager Walborn has asked formt
President Taft to speak.
Engineers Train Recognized.
Federal recognition is accorded tt
engineers train, Ohio national guar
and the ammunition and supply traiI
and military police of the divisic