The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-11-03
CLEANS PICTURES,
SECURES PARDON
ARTIST REWARDED sY FREEDOM
FROM OHIO PEN BECAUSE OF
SKILL AND FAITHFUL
NESS.

SOiumDuS.-SIElct REGARD TOT Lne
faith imposed in him by state and
prison officials and his excellent work
in cleaning Capitol paintings has won
freedom for Henry Weidenbach of
Cincinnati, who was pardoned from
the penitentiary by Governor Harmon
and released. Weidenbach has done
what is considered first class work in
restoring to original brightness the
valuable paintings of the Statehouse.
A secret solution, known only to him
self, enabled him to remove the dirt
and dust Of years from the canvases,
leaving the oil colors as bright and
each line as distinct as when orig
inally hung in the Capitol. For almost
a year he was engaged in this work,
walking from the penitentiary to the
Capitol and return almost daily. He
went to and fro without guards and
never violated a restriction imposed
on him. He was received at the pen
itentiary in May, 1909, to serve four
years for grand larceny. Prison Of
ficials were active in securing his
pardon.
Titfin Group Starts Agitation.
At meeting of Group 3 of the Ohio
Bankers association, held at THIN,
movement was started for legislation
on subject which has long been a
matter of discussion in banking cir
cles, but on which no formal action
has ever been taken. The group
adopted a resolution attacking the
present taxation laws as far as they
relate to building and loan assocla-
tions and asking the Ohio Bankers
association to take up to the state tax
commission the question of taxing
building and loan associations organ
ized under the Ohio plan in the same
manner as banks are now taxed. The
resolutions recite that many of the
associations are now doing practically
a banking business and are getting
business which should belong to the
banks, and that they are free from
the taxes which are paid by the banks.
The Group bankers assert their in.
tention of going before the general
assembly with their complaint. Under
instructions from the commissioner Of
internal revenue, building and loan
associations which loan money 10
others than their members, or receive
money on deposit which is not in pay
ment of stock, are being asked to pay
the federal corporation tax.
PEBBLES Organizes Big Company.
Between $25O,O0O and 100000 in
Columbus real estate was decided over
to the Central Ohio Land Co. by
Franklin PEBBLES and the PEBBLES
Merchandise Co. The land company
was organized by Mr. PEBBLES to hold
and develop several large pieces of
property in the business section of
Columbus. Some Of the properties
involved in this deal are the Columbus
theater the southeast corner of Spring
and Third streets, the st. Clair ave.
nue. hotel, the PEBBLES Merchandise
Co., property at Sc to 62 East Long
street, the northwest corner of Long
and Fifth, fronting so feet on Long
street, a large property at 846 to $50
North High, the southwest corner of
Long and Sixth street.
Cars Alike Under Law
The supreme court has declared an
interurban car to be "a new species"
of the genus" railroad car, and d:
"a statute making it unlawful to will.
fully throw stone at a railroad car,
includes an interurban or traction rail.
way car, although such cars were not
known or in use at the time the stat.
ute was enacted. The court reversed
the decision of the Champaign county
common pleas court that Horace
Cleveland, who threw stone through
an interurban car window, because he
had been put off, could not be held
for trial under the railroad statute.
Starts Cleansing Campaign.
With all city departments co-opera.
ting, local health officials have started
a cleansing campaign to beat, if pos.
sible,s the records of two cities which
were reported as having a lower
death rate last year than Columbus
The first bulletin in campaign OF
publicity to teach citizens the dan.
gers of unsanitary conditions and to
inform them of the necessity of clean.
i ing, has just been issued. "Now that
the city is supplied with an abund
ance of pure filtered water, it remains
for sanitary authoritiesS to guard
against typhoid fever and other in
fection from vaults, curb wells, food
stuffs, especially milk and the ty
phoid carrier" said the bulletin.
Fire in the Penitentiary.
Incendiary work of some prisoners
to create confusion, providing a
chance for wholesale escape, is sus
pected by penitentiary officials to be
the origin of fire at the penitentiary
that entirely destroyed the stamp and
bolt works, with loss of $25, 1000.
Many Applicants for Aid.
Chill winds and high food prices are
helping to fill the county infirmary al
the rate of six or eight day, accord
ing to infirmary directors. One case
was typical. He was James F. O'Neal
who through the summer has been
making a living by doing chores about
stove and range store. Recently he
injured his back by lifting too much
and was compelled to give up work
Robin Arnold, large colored man
whose home is in Georgesville and
who lost both of his arms in an acci
dent on the railroad asked aid.
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