The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-07
No State Money to Foes.


has formulated for the state industrial
commission general rules which are
to govern it in passing upon claims
for awards to injured workmen or de-
pendents of those killed under the
workmen's compensation law. The
questions asked were in reference to
subjects of the central powers.
The rules are suggested in a spirit
of fairness toward helpless persons
and with the thought of preventing
money from reaching the enemy. 1t
is suggested the status of Germany,
Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria and Of
the territory they occupy is the same
because of their close alliance.
The English decisions on the status
of enemy aliens are followed closely.
The principal points of the rules are:
with respect to claims which
arise on account Of the injury Of
subject of Germany before war was
declared it is held the duty Of the
commission to hear the case and de-
termine it as if no war existed If the
subjects have conducted themselves
as required by the presidents procla-
nation.
2-When the dependents reside IN
Germany the commission is to hear
and determine it and withhold pay
ment of the claim until the war is
over, provided the injury occurred
prior to the declaration of war. II the
injury occurred since the declaration
of war the matter is to be filed and
not determined until the war is over
3-If the claimants are residents Of
the United States the industrial COM
mission may hear the case and deter
mine the award as If the war did not
exist.
4-Where the claimants are resi-
dents of Germany claims may be heard
and the awards held as trust for
subjects of the German empire.
5-If German subjects live in the
United States, payments of awards
periodically may continue to be made.
6-The commission is advised to dis
continue periodical payments during
the continuance of the war.
7-Where claimants live in friendly
countries, the periodical awards may
be continued, although the benefi-
ciaries are subjects of Germany.
st is held that as a matter of law
subjects of Germany have no legal
right to participate in the fund.
9-Residing in Germany is under
stood to include all the territory now
occupied by German armies, yet, how
ever, to- exceptions as may be sane
toned by the United States with ref
erence to Belgium and Poland.
Is Your Mind Right?
Frank B. Pearson, state superintend-
ent of public instruction, called upon
Ohioans to prepare themselves men
tally for the war.
"Now is the time to get down to
simplicity and sincerity" declared
Pearson. I'VE should cast off the
frivolous and think more seriously.
Let's lay aside sex and lighter nov
els for the war. Let's take down from
our book shelves dusty volumes on
American history and biographies of
our great men. They will shake US
out of our mental inertia"
To Pension All over 65.
One more is to be added to the
constitutional amendment proposals on
which we must vote in November.
An organization has been effected to
initiate an amendment authorizing old
age pensions for all persons in the
state over IS years of age.
1t is recited that poverty is due to
overtake persons for one of five
causes, personal delinquency, sickness
and accident, old age, unemployment
or because of low wages.
The proposed bill carries the pro-
vision to pension all people who have
reached the age of 65, the income not
to be less than $240 year to each
single person and 1884 to each married
couple. The legislature may provide
law that each person may have a
designated amount of property or in
come and still get benefits of full
pension.
To prevent old people fiocking into
Ohio to become eligible to the pension,
there is requirement that they must
have been legal residents for 20 years
before they are eligible.
1t is estimated that it would cost
between two and four millions of dol.
lars year, but much of this would
be saved the taxpayer by closing and
selling the poorhouses. The old age
pension would not increase the taxes
of the small property owner one
penny. Every man is allowed exemp-
tion from the tax to the amount OF
I $4,000. Unless a man has more than
! $4,000 he cannot be taxed for this
/ purpose.
The funds to pay these taxes will be
secured by taxation of persons having
more than $4,000 and on inheritances.
An America of Americans.
An America of Americans.
That is the nation that United
States Senator Warren G! Harding
wants to feel will emerge from the
world war, the preserved nation OF
1866 becoming the patriotic nation OF
1917 and forever, so that "henceforth
the man who does the habiliments OF
an American and dwells in american
opportunity, must be American in his
heart and be committed to every
American cause"
The nation prior to the war "was
becoming the haven of a polyglot peO.
pIe," Senator Harding said.
Fire, Fighting Units.
State Fire Marshal T. Alfred Flem-
ing has issued bulletin explaining
to factory proprietors how to- organ