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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
VETS SAY DRYS
VICTORY NOT FINAL
COMPROMISE LICENSE PROPOSAL
OFFERED BY JUDGE KING
is TABLED.
CLOSE VOTE STANDS 81 TO SO
Convention Decides to Cut of Fur
ther oratory by Refusing to Invite
Any More Addresses by Dis
tinguIshed Persons.

Columbus.-On the floor of the
constitutional convention, Tuesday,
the drys won a temporary victory
over their opponents in the furious
liquor license fight, by having tabled a
compromise measure offered by the
vets. The compromise was modifi-
cation of the official wet proposal or
the majority report of the liquor Ii
cense committee.
1t proposed to take out CT the wet
proposal the language that was OBJ
jected to by the drys in the debate Of
Monday night. Had it been accepted
for consideration by the convention it
would have taken the place of both
the majority and minority reports Of
the liquor traffic committee.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
Vote Is Close,

The vote which tabled the compro-
mise was close, 81 to SO. The vets
claim it was not indicative of the final
result of the liquor fight on the
ground that at least six wet delegates
were not present. All of the Franklin
county delegation voted with the drys
to table the compromise.
The vets claim that the compro-
mise was in all particulars fair and
that it cut out completely all Ian
guage that had been objected to by
the opposition in the first King pro
posal. The compromise cuts out par
ticularly the sentence of the King pro-
posal which said that no law should
be valid which would have the effect
of defeating or negativing the regula-
tion of the traffic by a license system
as provided for. The drys had held
this sentence to be ambiguous and
confusing. The vets changed also
the safeguard relating to present reg.
ulation liquor laws, so that it would
clearly protect future as we'll as pres.
ent regulatory laws.
Those who voted dry" we're: An
derson, Antrim, Baum, Beatty OF
Morrow, Beatty of Wood, Cassidy
Cotton, Critics, Cunningham, Donahey
Dunn, Eby of Preble, Elson, Evans of
Scioto, Farnsworth, Fess, Fluke, Half
hill, Harbarger, Harris of Ashtabula
Harter of Stark, HoltZ, HOskins
Johnson of Madison, Jones, Kehoe
Fitzpatrick, Knight, Kramer, Lambert
Lampson, Leete, Longstreth, Mauck
McClelland, Miller of Fairfield, Miller
of Ottawa, Nye, Okey, Partington
Petit, Rocket, Shaw, Smith of Geau
ga, Solether, Stevens, Stewart, Tag
CART, Tannehill, Tetlow, Wagner
Walker, Watson, Winn, Wise, Woods
81.
Those who voted wet" were: Bey
er, Bowdle, Brattain, Brown of Lu
cas-, Brown of Pike, Cody, Cordes, Da
Wis, Defrees, Doty, Dunlap, Dwyer
Earnhart, Fackler, Farrell, Fitzsim
mons, Fox, Hahn, Halenkamp, Harris
of Hamilton, Harter of Huron, Hen
liams, Keller, Kerr, King, Kunkle
Ludey, Leslie, Malin, Marshall, Mat
thews, Miller of Crawford, Moore
Peck, Pierce, Price, Redington, Riley
Roehm, Rorick, Smith of Hamilton
Stalter, Stamm, Stilwell, Stokes, Tall
man, Thomas, Ulmer, Weybrecht
Worthington and Bigelow-53.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
One Per Cent Pleases.

Success of the l per cent tax act is
primarily responsible for the prospec.
| tive failure of the classification idea.
There have been repeated demands
that the principle of the Smith act
should be written into the constitu-
ton to be placed beyond the power of
legislative repeal. While the pru.
dence of this is questioned, proposal
to this effect would receive much sup
port.
There is sentiment for rewriting the
constitutional provision in such way
as to allow bit more freedom to the
general assembly, but predictions are
that any measure that attempts a
wide departure from the UNIFORM
rule" of the present organic law will
be beaten in large part by the rural
delegates.
In battering down the classification
idea nothing has been more powerful
than the excerpts of the annual re-
port of the state tax commission. The
commissions advice has been that the
present rule should be made effective.
Inferentially, it has suggested the pos
sibilities of the abuse to which any
classification scheme might be put.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07

6huangh chi'u-er, although the name
may sound like disease, is not q
form of writer's cramp. On the con-
trary, their" purpose is to prevent It.
The words ChFu-er are two iron balls,
an inch Or so in diameter, which nes-
tie in the right hand of every Chinese
man of letters for hours each day,
one being revolved about the other
until they are worn bright. They are
aust large enough to make a handful,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07

Ollie James, the gigantic and genial
congressman and senator-elect from
Kentucky, was in conversation the
other day with a Washingtonian when
the latter made certain inquiries with
reference to a mutual friend whom he
had not seen for number Of years.
"And how does Col. Prescott spend
his declining years?" he asked.
Beautifully, sir; beautifully" an
swered James. "He has fine farm
sir. A string of trotters, sir. And a
barrel of whisky 16 years old-and o
wife of the same age, sir!"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07

in Hamburg. Mothers put their ba-
bies to sleep under this" he explained.
The roadbed is balasted so that the
trains make no noise" We can beat
that in the South End. Babies brought
to the day nursery could not sleep in
quiet rooms. So they were laid away
in cots next to the game rooms, and
in the general racket they slumbered
the sleep of the innocent. The secret
was that they had been born in houses
neighboring the elevated railway.
These are the short and simple annals
of the poor.-Boston Transcript
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
Modern Methods,

The late A. Tennyson Dickens, dur
ing an interview in Chicago, condemn
ed the war in Tripoli vehemently.
Slavery" he said, with bitter
smile, "is now abolished. We no long
er steal a people and sell them into
bondage. No, no, indeed. We just
steal their country and charge them
so much for governing it that they
have to work twice as hard as slaves
to pay their taxes"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
See Two Jokers.

There are two jokers in Eby's pro-
posal, according to progressives. The
first one is that he would have 100000
electors sign a petition before it
could be recognized by the legislature,
and the other enc is that he would
compel that on that petition there
shall be the names of at least four
per cent of the electors of each coun-
ty. No constitutional amendment
could be submitted under this plan
without the signatures of at least
1000 electors in Hamilton county,
about 1000 in Cuyahoga county and
1000 in Franklin county
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07

Granville.-During the middle of
the night brick was hurled
through the window of the jewelry
store Of Fred Buxton on Main street.
A few minutes later yeggs followed
the brick through the window and
carried off the decorations of jewels
that were on display. The crash of
the window aroused some of the
residents who lived near the store,
but when they arrived the mischief
had all been done and the burglars
made their escape. The loss esti-
mated by Mr.. Buxton was between
5000 and 1000. The police are inves,
tigating, but have no clew.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
j. B. Foraker Accepts.

Former United States Senator Jo-
seph Benson Foraker has accepted the
invitation of the constitutional con-
vention to speak before it, In letter
to Delegate James w. Halfhill of AL.
len county the former senator ex-
presses a high appreciation of the in
vitation, but says he will not be able
to accept for about two weeks, owing
to court engagements. He fixes
March IL, therefore, as the tentative
date for his address.
1t was announced Tuesday that
Governor Johnson will speak before
the convention next Thursday at
1870 a. m. A committee consisting
of Delegates Rocket of Clark county,
Collett of Clinton county, Malin of
Lake county, Petit Of Adams and
Stevens of Tuscarawas county was
named to plan for his reception.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07

the petitions must be distributed over
the rural counties OF the state.
The Ohio Good Roads federation
met in Columbus to map out general
state campaign to secure ratification
OF the Lampson proposal to allow the
general assembly to issue $500O0,0OO
worth of bonds for an inter-county
system of wagon roads.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
No More Speakers.

The convention refused to extend
invitations to have further speakers
address it. 1t tabled the Bowdle res
olution asking Mrs. Sarah Platt Deck
er, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait and
Rev. Anna Shaw to make addresses.
The women are prominent in the
equal suffrage movement. The con-
vention also turned down the Thomas
resolution to invite Victor Berger, So
cialist congressman of Milwaukee.
The committee on legislative and
executive departments recommends
to the convention for adoption the
Worthington proposal, giving either
branch of the general assembly the
right to make Investigations and COM
pei the attendance of witnesses. This
proposal is a barking back to the
Drake senate investigation of Cincin-
natl, which was stopped because the
courts held the committee could net
compel witnesses to attend.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
New Criminal Cole Proposed.

A new criminal code was proposed
to the convention Monday by Delegate
Thomas of Cuyahoga county, one of
the two Socialists in the convention.
In his proposal Thomas asks the
convention to adopt the plan of hav-
ing the prosecuting attorney conduct
the. case for the defense as we'll as for
the prosecution. He would prohibit
both capital punishment and fines and
he would not permit the conviction of
any prisoner nor the extradition to
any other state of any man without a
trial by jury first He also provides
that no person shall be imprisoned for
debt.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
Other Proposals.

Delegate Miller of Ottawa county
introduced a proposal to have all pub
lie printing done by contract, the low
est bidder to receive the contract,
thus eliminating the present system
of duplication in political papers.
Delegate DeFrees sent in proposal
to make one per cent the maximum
tax rate in the state of Ohio for all
classes of property.
Delegate Miller of Crawford county
introduced a proposal to limit the
number of bills the legislature may
pass in any one day to four. Under
the present system the legislature
has passed as high as 80 bills on a
single day near the end of the session.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
Was Probably Murdered.

Gallipolis.-Investigation into the
death of Peter Serrier. whose
charred remains were found in the
ruins of the house in which he lived
alone, developed that he was brutally
murdered and that the house was fired
to cover up the crime. Two negroes,
Milton and Elias Smith, who live in
the vicinity, have been arrested and
will be held pending a thorough in
curry into the crime, though there is
nothing but minor circumstantial evi,
dence against them upon which to
found the case.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
Drys Carry Dresden.

Dresden.-This town has voted
dry by So majority. The vets
cast 153 and the drys 2O8 votes.
Dresden has voted four times under
the Beal law. May 6, 1907, the town
voted dry by 81 majority. Dresden
first voted wet by IS votes, and two
years later by SO, then in two years
came the reversal to the dry column.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
I.-R. Proposal VIII Face Contest.

Coupled with predictions that the
constitutional convention will last till
June preparations were made to op-
pose the initiative and referendum
proposal agreed upon by friends of the
measure at the Hartman hotel eau
cuses. Opponents say several men in
the caucus are ready to jump the
traces as soon as they discover that
no further safeguards are to be put
into the proposal.
Delegate Lampson says that If Pres
ident Bigelow is correct in claiming
ga votes pledged to any sort of plan
that the caucus may agree to there
will be no use to present to the con-
vention any defects there might be
in the plan.
Mr.. Lampson declared the Crosser
plan leaves the farmers of the state
absolutely without voice in public
questions. There is no requirement,
he declared. by which the signers Of
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
Couldn't Marry Nearess.

East Liverpool Judge L.
T. Farr refused to issue a marriage
license to John Henry Evans, 50
years old, of the North Side, Pitts.
burgh, and a negress, Mrs. Amanda
Wilson, widow, 55 years old, who
gave the same address. Evans is a
Methodist minister and owns valu.
able property on the North Side and
has considerable money in the bank
The woman said she had been EN-,
ployed as a housekeeper by Evans
for some time.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07

Canton.-That girls under 16 years
should be protected to the full extent
of the law was the opinion expressed
byJudge Day in common pleas court
in sentencing those concerned in the
cases of Bessie Minks, 13, and Daisy
Marks, "a, of Massillon. Tom Moore,
80, and Lewis Rider, 10, of Massillon,
were sent to Mansfield reformatory.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
Move to Adjourn Before Middle of
May.

May.
Tentative efforts are under way to
bring the constitutional convention to
close some time near the middle Of
May. This means at least a four
months session and the abandonment
of hopes to get through before that
time. If the convention occupies four
calendar months, it will have been in
actual session 70 days, since it aver
ages about four session days a week.
Inasmuch as the May primaries fall
on May 21, it is therefore very un-
likely that the expectations Of having
the new constitution submitted to the
people at these primaries can be real
lied. In all likelihood then, the peo-
pie will not get chance to approve
or reject the work of the convention
until the fall election.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
Ingenious Idea of Chinese

and the action Of shifting one about
the other brings the fingers into play
and lends them that suppleness and
digital dexterity which is necessary in
the MANIFESTATION of the Chinese letter
ing-pen OF fine-pointed brush. Oh what
a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Atlantic.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
RIames Gard Plavers-

Crooksville.-Fire that originated
in a boxcar standing on the
side track at the Star pottery caused
loss of $4,000 to the plant Poker
players who had occupied the car
during the night ignited the material
in the car with their cigarettes.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
Killed as weddlnu pav Nesrs

Canton.-The body of Clarence s.
Hahn, 26, bricklayer, was found cov-
cred with snow on the Wheeling &
Lake Erie tracks. Hahn was to have
married Miss Hazel Dyer of this city,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
Hoskins Abandons Idea.

Chairman Dittey put on the cap
sheaf when he, Tuesday night, ad-
dressed the taxation committee at a
public hearing in the hall of the house
of representatives. Judge Dittey hit
hard at the classification idea.
Attitude of many members Is well
illustrated by a statement made re-
Gently by Delegate S. A. Hoskins of
Auglaize county, recognized as one of
the strongest men in the convention.
He came to Columbus with the classi.
fication idea firmly fixed in his mind.
After giving the subject more consid-
Grafton he fears that varience from
the uniform rule might lead to so
much trouble he is ready to drop it.
Delegate Lampson declared that
he can take from the taxation
committee and pass any time ne
is ready his proposal No. l, which pro-
vides that there shall never be estab-
lished the single or land tax or classi-
fication of property and that the sec
ton shall never be amended, save by
amendment to the constitution, sub.
mitted to the people by the legisla.
ture, or by another convention.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07

The longing of the moment always
seems the great essential. We are
apt to forget the long eternity of re.
gret.-Coreli.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07

loneliness of character is nothing
but steady love of good and steady
scorn of evil.-Froude.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07

Could Not Sleep In Quiet.
A landscape architect was showing
q photograph Of an elevated structure
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07

PILES CURED IN 8 TO "a DAYS
Your druggist will refund money If PAZO OlNT.
IHNT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
Hleeding or ProCruding Piles In 10 IA days. bOc.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07
Several for Single Tax.

Several for Single Tax.
Mr. Lampson may call it up under
the two weeks rule, but is content to
wait until the taxation committee
acts. The committee has signifed its
readiness to report for indefinite post.
ponement a score or more of propo.
sails many of which are purely legis-
lative in character.
That the Smith one per cent tax law
eventually will force the single tax on
the people of the state is the opinion
of Dela gate Stanley Shaffer of Butler
county who, with President Bigelow,
Messrs Read of Summit, Doty of Guy.
ahoga and others, is an avowed dis
ciple of the Henry George theories
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-07

Henson-He said he could never for
get his alma mater. wonder what he
meant?
Henpeck - His mother-in-law, I
guess.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1912-11-23
QUITO NEGRO EN- CHICAGO
INvADiDO PoR LA POLIcIA.

8H KMHNH"aM
Chicago, Nov. 13,-Dos Departamen-
tos de los Estados Unidos--el departa-
mento de correos y Ell departamento
de justicia-empezaron hoy una inyes-
tigaci6n del quito de la Rosa Negra."
cuyos miembros ocupaban una anti
qua mansion en- la avenida de Mich
igan, como temple, hasta que la poll
cia invade ell lugar Ell LINES en- la no
che y Sc llev6 un numero de hombres
Y mujeres, negros v blancos.
Laurun de Lawrence, que Sc titula q
81 misimo doctor" y reclama ser un in
dio Choctaw, esta acusado por la poll
cha de violaciones de la ley Mann Y de
usar los correos para defraudar. Tam
bien, la policia afirmo que Lawrence
es negro y no indio.
Entire los perthechos del quito Sc ha-
dos en- Ell temple 'por la policia Sc ha-
llaba I'm indio de MADEIRA de los que
Sc usan en- los tiendas de cigarros, ell
cual era el fdolo ante quien los MEM
bros del quito Sc postraban en- actitud
de devotion.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1912-11-23

DEPARTMENTS del inpenIero De
t. Eatado.

DEPARTMENTS del ~inpeniero De
l Estado.
Santa Fe. Nuevo Mexico, Noviembre 2,
1912.
N1mero de APPLICATION COS.
Por esta Sc da aviso que Ell dia PR.
nero de Noviembre de 1912 en- confor
midad con Ia Secci6n 26, Ley de- Irriga-
ci0n de 1907, The Santa re Products
Company de Santa Fee. Condado de
Santa F6. Estado de Nuevo Mexico, hizo
APPLICATION al Ingeniero de Estado por
un permiso para apropiar de las CO.
~rrientes de aqua del Estado de Nuevo
Mexico.
Tai appropriation va a ser hecha del
Rio de Santa re en- punto SEN s. %
n. ~ NJ, r. Q Oriente poi medic de
obras de ~desyiaci6n VIII. pies cubicos
por segnndo. que seran conducidos d
puntos en- ~secciones 2S, 20. 80 v 33 n.
~ N, r. 8 z. por medic de tubos yitrI-
fcados de barro debajo del canoe del
rio y allf usados en- Ia irrigation de
100 acres.
FL Ingeniero de Estado tomara, esta
APPLICATION sobre consideration Ell dia
81 de Enero de 1913, y toda persona
que oponga la ~conseci6n de Ia anterior
debera protocolar sus obje-
clones propiamente endosada con eli
ndmero de Ia APPLICATION, con Ell Inge-
micro de Estado y copia con ell aplican-
= =. - ~ I
El Nuevo mexicano., 1912-11-23
HuMoRisMo.

I'm padre quiere informarse de las
condolences de SUI future yerno, Y Sc
dirige a la casa de huespedes IN que
aquel habita, para hablar con su pa
trona.
~ ell senior Bermudez, es hombre
raro?
Gale listed, tiene un apetito que
me arruina
-Y digiere bien?
VA 10 creo, y ESQ que TRAGIC la
peor carne de la plaza.
El padre Sc despide, y al llegar a
asa lie dice a su hija:
-Petrita, debes renunciar a la mano
de Bermndez. Ahora no come bien,
engorda. Figurate ell dia en- que ha-
la ~manajares delicados como sc porta!
La nina, alegremente exclama:
mo importa, papaito. A mi los
gordos me encantan.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1912-11-23
UNA JovEN MATA DE uN
TRIO A Su MADRE EN-
UNA cARROZA PULLMAN,

Fildelia, Pa, NOV. 13.-La Sra. Eli
zabeth Meyers, de Greenburg. Pa.
fue baleada y muerta en- un tren del
f~errocarril de Pennsylvania cerca de
aquf hoy. La muchacha dice que equi'
vocadamente hizo fuego contra su ma
Dire creyendo que era I'm ladr6n.
Iban en- canine de Salem. Virginia,
para Nueva York. La j6ven Gladys y
w. H. Cuthbert, un pasajero de Lynch
burg, Va, fueron detenidos. Ell ba-
leamiento ocurri6 cerca de Bristol,
Pa, y q tren continue su viaje hasta
Trenton donde la herida fue llevada
con toda prisa d un hospital y allf mu-
rio.
I'm elemento de misterio fue inyec-
tado en- la tragedia a causa de las de-
claraciones contradictorias de Cuth-
bert y de la muchacha. Cuthbert di-
ce que no conocia a la madre nj a la
hija, y que inicamente les ofert6 sus
servicios despues del baleamiento. Df-
cese que la Sta. Meyers dijo la poll
cha de Trenton que Cuthbert viajaba
con ella y su madre.
Segun reporte de la policia de Tren-
ton, la Sta. Meyers dijo que mientras
Sc hallaba acostada, oy6 que al
guien subia para arriba. Creyendo
que estaba en- riesgo de algun intruso,
bizo fuego. Su madre que volvia del
cuarto de reserya de las mujeres, reci-
bio ell balazo.
Trenton, N. j., Nov. 13.-La Sta.
Meyers y Cuthbert fueron arrestados
aquf hoy POI los oficiales de Filadel-
fla por haber ocurrido ell case en- Penn
sylvania.
Cuthbert do la siguiente relaci6n
del asunto al captain de la policia
Colliton:
sAntes de que ~llegasemos a Bristol
OF Ell CRITIC de n mujer. Pregunte al
portero la causa del grito y me infor-
mo que alguien estaba enfermo, pero
la continuation de los gritos me impe-
lilo d ir al caro- de fumar y ALI encon-
tire a una j6ven Orlando que trajesen
u Ill uicuiCO, C6dAuO duS huDiu PS-
gado un trio a su madre. La mucha-
cha me era enteramente desconocida.
pero, por ~supuesto, lie ofrecf mis- seryi-
clos. Cuando llegue va estaban allf
dos porteros. La mujer yacia con la
cabeza en- Ell regazo de su hiia. Esta
me dijo que 81 p~ortero le habia quita-
do Ell revolver despues de que dispar6
ell trio"
En- I'M conversation con ~reportado-
res de ~periodico, Mr.. Cuthbert, que al
parecer tiene POGO menos que sesenta
amos de edad, dijo que la madre esta-
ba. en- 81 sentido y aunque no podia
proferir sino palabras entrecortadas,
entedia TODD 10 que Sc estaba diciendo,
8 hizo sefal de asentimiento cuando
su hija le pidio perd6n.