Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-12-21
Prohibition TO Confront soIon..

a ratification of an amendment to the
federal constitution providing for na-
tional prohibition. Indications now
point strongly that the resolution pro-
posing this amendment, which was
passed by the national senate at the
last session, will be passed by the low
er house of congress at this session
and the question of adoption will then
be passed up to the several states.
Industrial Commission Reports.
Ohio's industrial commission, in it's
annual report just submitted, pro-
poses to carry further the work Of
censoring moving pictures, asking
that the general assembly in its next
session provide for inspectors to visit
theaters to watch for violations of the
law.
At present the law provides for q
board Of three censors to pass on
films to be exhibited. The industrial
commission urges that a need exists
for inspectors to see that the law, as
interpreted by the censors, is carried
out
The commission report has other
outstanding features, among them the
| following:
In connection with the child labor
laws, the commission states it is ex-
periencing considerable difficulty in
securing the proper cooperation from
the school authorities, especially in
the matter of issuing age and scho0s4
ing certificates" The report declares
some school officials seem not to be
in sympathy with the law, and actu-
ally encourage disrespect" for the
law by "lax and careless methods" in
making out certificates.
The commission holds that the
courts have been remitting too many
fines in cases of violation of the child
and female labor laws, declaring more
than SO per cent of the fines imposed
in the fiscal year ended June 80, 1917,
which is the period covered by the re-
port, were RENTED.
The commission lays stress on the
present particular importance of the
work of the division of mediation and
arbitration, pledging that in this time
Of national emergency, the division
feels it a special duty to avert indus
trial difficulties and industrial loss in
, Ohio.
The statistics of the report show
abnormal industrial activities in the
. state because of the war.
Premiums paid into the state insur-
; ance fund exceeded the amount paid
l in the fiscal year of 1916 by 74.8 per
: cent. Disbursements for workmen'a
, compensation and medical, nursing
and hncnifa1 inaroocnd ES Q
> per cent. The balance in the treas.
!. ury to the credit of the state insur-
+ ance fund showed an increase of e2.8
J. per cent, the number of claims in
creased 1876 per cent, and those dis
: posed of increased 35.S per cent
= Premium receipts for this past year
l. were $6,4S2, 2,389.20, an increase of
u $2,774, ,406.59 over the receipts of S3,.
707,982.43 in the fiscal year of 1916;
S Disbursements on claims in 1917 to4
r tailed $4,348, ,S69.41, compared with ST..
!; 754,S69.92 in 1916.
/ For 1917 there were 10 death
claims against the state insurance
r fund, forty-nine being for the deaths
s. of public employees, nineteen Of whom
l. were victims of the Cleveland tunnel
r, disaster. In the preceding year the
d, death claims numbered 486, of these
twenty-nine being public employees
S, deaths.
+ Troops Leave Soon for Camp.
N At least 1000 of the last 5000
H. drafted men yet to be sent in the first
draft to Camp Sherman, Chillicothe.
- will be ordered there soon, it was said
T. at state selective draft headquarters.
H. Camp Sherman, according to word
from Maj. Gen. E. F. Glenn, is ready
to receive the last 20 per cent quota
y and an order for the draftees to re-
d. port is expected momentarily from
Ut the war department.
IL Other States Watch Ohio.
Other states are watching to see
IL what Ohio will do with the problem
49, of health and old age insurance, their
Nv interest centering in the work of the
Il. states health and old age insurance
commission.
- This commission was designated by
IT. Gov. James NJ Cox to study the ques
a. ton and determine whether Ohio
u should enter this field. The commits
le. sion has organized, established its
re- headquarters at the state capital and
ts- is well into the preliminary stages ol
n; it's work
Initial activities of the commission
n; in its investigation indicate that NJ
Ia hasty conclusions will be reached, anC
er, if recommendations are made to the
general assembly, they will be formu
Ar lated only after exhaustive study anC
eb- determination of. real needs anC
IN, practical remedies, it is stated in be
SIS, half of the commission.
er, The commission first has to decide
ng whether there is actually a necessit!
Jp- for health insurance and old age in
surance. This gets the commission
into the perplexing problems of Ill
be ness, poverty and prevention Of both
ar. Necessarily the scope of the commits
nd sion's inquiries must be broad
ed Should need for some form o
it sickness and old age insurance be es
BILE tablished, then the commission face
ed the problem of planning practical in
surance systems.
Lay Trap, Hold Woman.
er- Springfeld.-Uaing imitation none,
ew the police laid trap which resulte