The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-12-11
IN
CITIES TOO SMALL
Unable to Handle Large Par
eel Post Business.
DRASTIC FEATURES IN new ACT
Supreme Court Holds No One May
Practice Medicine In Ohio IN
less Licensed by State
Medical Board.
D. A. DONOVAN,

Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus, Ohio.
RT is being revealed here that the
postoffice in Columbus and those
in many other Ohio cities are be-
coming too small to handle the
volume of business that has re-
suited from the operation of the
parcel post. In the future, and prob
ably the very near future, plans will
have to be made for a general en-
largement of postof1ce facilities.
Other states probably are experience
ing the same difficulty, but it has be-
come pronounced in Ohio early, be-
cause Of the quickness of Ohio people
to take advantage of the parcel post
system. The announcement made by
the postmaster of Columbus that the
new postotfice building, hardly two
years old, built at cost of $750000,
IL entirely too small to handle the in
crease in business, has been a stu
pendous surprise here. The general
public was led to believe when the
plans for the building were made that
1t would be large enough to take care
of business for years to come. But
Postmaster Krumm goes so far as to
intimate that within a very short
space of time Columbus may have to
have an entirely new postoftice build
ing. He points out incidentally that
in the past the government has been
giving more consideration to beauty
and ornamentation in the erection of
its postoftices than it has to space and
utility. The result is that a general
cramping Of postoffices is confronting
the postal officials. The city of Chi
cago, for example, that recently
erected postoffice building that cost
millions, is now compelled to use the
structure which was used temporarily
while the new structure was being
erected.
Drastic Features In Law.
The more the new license system is
studied by the state liquor license
commission the more drastic does it's
features appear. In the latest con-
struction given its provisions the con-
cluSion has been reached that If a
saloonist violates the license law he
may be forever barred from getting
license or from being employed in any
capacity by a licensed saloonist.
Joseph Tope, Cincinnati saloonist, is
the first to be convicted Of violation
under the license law. He pleaded
guilty to keeping open on Sunday.
The state board has advised every
license board in the state of the con-
viction. Every county board will have
q record Of all convictions, so that if
person is deprived of license he
will not be able to go to another
county and obtain another license
Saloonists throughout the state are
awakening to a realization that 1t is
certainly up to them to obey the
licensing laws to the letter. This calls
for shutting up on time at night and of
remaining closed all day Sunday.
Must Have STATE License.
The decision of the supreme court
holding that no one may practice med
icine in Ohio unless licensed by the
state medical board was a surprise to
the board members, who were not
aware that the case in which the
boards authority has been questioned
theless, we are much gratified over it,"
said DR.. George G. Natson, the secre
tary of the board, who has come to
be something of a terror to those who
try to evade the requirements Of the
medical law. The decision will
strengthen the arm of the board 1t
was given in the case brought by
Laura Hobson McQuestion of Mans
field, who was graduated from Cleve-
land medical college, and who sought
to enjoin the board from prosecuting
her for practicing without license.
The court denied her application.
Recommends Reduction in Rates.
The report Of the joint legislative
committee which has been investigat-
ing the subject of fire insurance rates
will be completed at meeting the
members will hold in Columbus next
Tuesday. The report will recommend
legislation for reduction in rates.
1t will be acted upon by the general
assembly at the special session to be
held early in the new year. A copy
Of the report will be turned over to
Gov. Cox, and he will call attention to
its recommendations in his call for
the extra session.
Madison County Family Honored.
The honors in the big corn rails
Ing contest go to the family of
John A. Gossard, a farmer of
South Solon, Madison county. Three
Apple Industry In State.
Something far more Dretnntious