The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-23
OHIO NEWS

: .COLUMRCS, O.. Auc. "".--tlas the ,
war had any effect on the. birth raio IN |
Ohio? Read. There were 61,642 births |
reported during the first SIX months OF !
this year. compared with 5H.Sno for the !
first six months Of 12II. according {" ~ !
IL Rroderick, chief Stati$tlcian % IN"
state bureau o. vital statistics. an m
crease OF 5.S4". Cleveland reported ~
rAost 1000 births for the month ~ July
clone. large lporeaSe over july "t AaS'
year.
iCalls for certified copies o: birth Ger
.3ficates BY young mothers whose nus
hands are IN tn" MILITARY service, e>-
pfcially when the child VAS born alt'E
the husband entered III" service. arc
Incoming &C numerous that ono clerk Is
tSlsv on this afone. The certificates ar"
Il sired TO obtain Government nnanciai
allotments. !
The state public utilities commission
today overruicd a motion made oy m,
CITY Of Spring field Ia dismiss an appeal
made by the Spr!astci,l Light. Heat \
Power Company from, Il city ordinance
fixing the rates Tor steam heat
The commission held tnat the supreme
court decision in the Cincinnati gas case
does not apply 10 III" SprIuStteld S'tuN-
ton. and the commission will proceed 10
hear testimony regarding rates
OF English OF Ohio Wesleyan University.
has been apointHI by tn" State Defense
Council state director Of tne students
war service campaign. His duties Will
be to keep boys IN the colleges anu UNI,
Sersitiss this year and IN part OF
nationrwide movement for TINS purnoSt.
AS an induSemAnt. 20 keep young men
ii, school the Government Is cooper
afing with the schols in offering special
military courses to prepare the students
hjohar
they are finally called.
.There IS declared Ii DO an urgent need
Tor young men to remain IN college eS
rAcially those in the engineering and
medical schools. the military Is IN
need OF men equipped along those lines.
FINEST Butler. county recorder or
Noble county. who resigned July % after
khortaKes in his accounts to'attns
S1,s1f.0l had been discovered BY State
Examiner John A. Bliss and Assistant
Examiner Lewis +. Hopp. is charged by
tho examiners in report filed tooay IN
tho bureau OF accounting with maiLeaS-
'snce. nisfeaSance and nonfeasance- They
s1sc declare him to be amenable TO the
1tenal statutes covering eubezzlement OF
bublic property. failure TO make report
Ind pay money to the county. entortlon:
Illegal collection OF ices ana rendering
false bills.
tThe entire shortage has been paid by
his father, Finley Buc'er, the report
shows.
Judge William II. Spence. "f Lisbon;
spent S33n In conducting an unsuccessful
oarnpain for tho Democratic n"ri'n;ttiou
for Judge OF t;Ic supreme court during
the recent primaries. ACCORDING I" ms en-
pense statement ulrd today w!th the
secretary OF state. Oscar w. Newman.
ore of Spence's successful opponents. re-
uorted having spent nothing except tn"
official filing fee u w
Other candidates reporting expenses
were William X. swan. 81 !'r"hir county.
Slio for the R.public,u nomination Tor
lieutenant C"v=ruor. tarI -. Slooth
Bowling Green the filing fec or So"
for the Democratic n";ntnati"n t"r it''"-
tenant governor: Congressman Is. +.
Eelty, Of Lima S3m: Charles !. Thom2-
$on. Defiance. for Congress. S5%9.">:
George Daniel Neal Mt. Vernon. Tor
Congress. Sc15.76: Congressman Warren
Gard. Hamiltou. So; Harry W. M'!lrr'
Portsmouth. for Congress. $SH4: LARK :.
Doughty, Columbus Tor Congress. 1913
SrE,llis Moore Ut Cambridge. won thf
\ Hpublicari. mlnati"n for C"nErsS ~
NE Fifteenth dsstric. over L. FL Tan
Hehill Of Zanssvill". 10y seven votes. ac-
| corning to the official returns from IN"
& recent primary election received AZ IN"
!. Secretary of states nfiic.' today. Moor"
will oppose Congressman GrorI< y me-.
~ Marietta who was rcnnmt:ai"d TE'th-
cut opposition by the democrats.
OHIO NEWS NoTES.
MARION-firoup six OF IN" one,
BANKERS Association. III twelfth annual
meeting her. today. w:nt on record "a
Supporting the Government IN Hvery pos
sfble way during tn" war. state PrHSt-
dent w 4 ElnckS. OF Eu"yriS: Cha aries
g Anderson. Columbus. and D. t. lliS
~ the Federal ReS"rv" bank. Cleveland.
delivered addresses William " Acker-
man. Noun, Vernon. was Elected s"cr"'
sarv-treasurer - ~ Wright. Delaware.
5 having been elected chairman last year
Co. thrna r.ars NcNt NrHrS InN.tInE VIII