The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-14

udl OL passing on e1empIlCnsb VIII
commence.
To handle this work the state has
been sub-divided by Gov. Cox into 152
districts. each to have an exemption
board composed CT from three to four
members who will decide who shall be
exempted from service and who shall
be subject to draft.
Every county will have at least one
exemption board. In those having
cities of more than 10000 population
OF exceeding $4,000 for the entire coun-
ty, there will be two or more such
boards. Present members of the reg
istration boards will serve on the ex-
emption boards. Cuyahoga county will
have 20 exemption boards.
The method of selection has been
decided upon and announcement of
names will be made within few days.
The plan for creating the necessary
boards has been decentraliZed so that
the nominations will come from the
proper authorities in the several coun-
ties.
The general plan of selection Of reg
istration boards will be followed as to
the individual makeup; namely, two
laymen OF opposite politics, a medical
man, and in certain counties where Ia
Dor representation has been provided
heretofore. a labor representative. In
counties where but one board is re-
quired the registration board hereto
fore named will be nominated to con-
tinue as the exemption board. In
counties having cites of over 10000 or
exceeding $4,000 approximately in pop
ulation, the boards heretofore consti-
tuted will continue in the subdivision
in which they now live, or, II residing
in separate subdivisions, will be con-
tinued as members, respectively, OF
the boards to be created in these sub
divisions.
Cox Visits PenItentiary.
''If could assist the government in
any way at this time I'd be willing to
do it. in a mechanical or any other
way" Ray Townsley of Columbus,
penitentiary prisoner for seven years,
told Gov. Cox in a pardon hearing.
The governor, in conformity with
his custom not to pardon a man until
ne has seen and talked with him, spent
part OF the afternoon at the Ohio peni-
tentiary.
Gov. Cox pardoned five men and took
three cases under consideration.
Townsley, painter by trade, was
sent to the penitentiary for stabbing
the husband of his wife's sister. He
said he never did know whether he
welded the knife, because he was
blind mad" Only his mother had
stuck by him. he stated. He was
granted a pardon on the condition he
flnd work, not dTink and report once a
month for two years.
David Haggarty of Columbus, par
donSd from completing sentence for
robbery, is to go to church every Sun
day as we'll as refrain from drinking
or entering a saloon.
Picked as Ohio insurance Head.
w. H. Tomlinson of Dayton has just
been appointed state insurance COM
missioner by Gov. Cox to succeed
Judge Frank Taggart of Wooster,
whose term expired last Saturday.
Tomlinson has been employed In the
blue sky department ever since its in
ception under the first Cox administra-
ton. Recently he has been in charge.
The salary of insurance commissioner Is
$4,000.
Birth Registration Begins.
Effective this month, the state bu-
reau Of vital statistics will issue to
all mothers in the state certificates
showing that birth Of babies has been
recorded by the state. Heretofore
mothers got no receipt" or certificate
to that effect
The plan Is similar to that adopted
in New York. Massachusetts,, Michigan,
Wisconsin and West Virginia. The
step is primarily one to create interest
Of mothers in the proper registration
Of births.
"To register a child's birth may save
itS life. health. liberty and prosperity"
tiflcates. The state Of Ohio is vitality
interested in the welfare Of your child
and this certificate is issued for its
protection. 1t is valuable in proving
age, birthplace and parentage, for
school enrolment child labor law.
workmen's compensation law, gradua-
ton and practice Of professions, en-
ployment, voting and jury duty, mar
riage. guardianship and inheritance,
federal and state civil service, mill
tary service, federal and mothers PEN
sions, life insurance and annuities,
passports for foreign travel and resi-
dence and many other legal reasons"
May Get Army Camp.
That Chillicothe has been recon-
mended by Gen. Thomas H. Barry,
Chicago, commander of the central de-
partment, for selection as the Ohio
West Virginia army concentration
camp. is indicated in dispatches re-
Ceived at the state house. Confirma-
ton of the report was impossible be-
cause Secretary of War Baker Is alb
sent from Washington.
War department officials, it is said,
admit that Gen. Barry has forwarded
a definite recommendation, but they
decline to make public the nature of
the report while Mr.. Baker is absent.
Women to Run Schools.
Attaches of the office Of the state
superintendent Of public instruction in
Ohio forsee Termination" of the
schools of Ohio as a result of the
calls to service Of men. Completion of
the present terms in elementary and