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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
GreenviIIe Journal
WANToN WASTE

Now that the whale fishers who val
ued that denizen Of the deep merely
for his oil and his ambergris and his
bone have nearly depopulated the
ocean OF whales, 1t Is beginning to
be realized that the abandoning OF the
colossal carcasses after these spoils
had been secured involved shock
ing waste-that the flesh Of the whale
is valuable for human food. The In
habitants Of West Africa, 1t is said.
always have been aware OF this fact.
and have feasted upon many a whale
abandoned by the whalers and tossed
upon their coast. The Japanese can
the flesh of the whale and esteem It
as a delicacy. There seems to be
no reason whatever why hereafter 1t
should be wasted by the seamen OF
any of the nations which are engaged
in the pursuit of this monster OF the
deep. But think Of the millions upon
millions of tons of good whale meat
that have been abandoned at sea!
There is nothing to compare 1t with
but the ruthless slaughter of the Amer
lean buffaloes for their hides that fol-
lowed the opening of railroad commu-
nication with the Pacific slope, and
that in a few years nearly ex'
tinguished the race Of those noble den
izens of the plains.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
LANE URGES A PLAN FOR CON.
TRoL OF FLOODS BY U. S.
GOVEKNME EMIT.

Washingtcn.--Secretary Lane will
recommend to President Wilson, and
through him to Congress, that control
of flood waters be dealt with in a COM
prehensive way by the National Gov
ernment. He reaches this decision, in
part. as a result Of conference with
DR.. Aaron Aaronsohn, engaged in rec
lamation and irrigation work in Pales.
tine.
DR.. Aaronsohn recommended that
Sir William Willcocks, the British en-.
gineer who built the Assouan dam, be
consulted about the control of the
waters of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers.
"ln handling the situation in the
United States" said Secretary Lane,
Il believe we we'll might get the bene-
fit of the experience Of men of other
countries who have dealt largely and
competently with similar projects. |
shall urge upon the President a rec
ommendatiOn for the enactment by
Congress of the Newlands bill, or some
similar measure, making provision for
drainage, reforestation, reclamation,
power and irrigation projects on
comprehensive scale"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
Seek TO Have N. O. T. ousted.

Ravenna. - S. J. Post, secretary
Of the Portage Savings & Loan
Company, which closed its doors here
Tuesday, was arrested Thursday night
and bound over to the grand jury I'M
der $4,000 bond on charge of en-
bezzlement.
The affidavit, sworn to by two di-
rectors of the company, charged Post
specifically with the larceny of $940
between Jan. and Feb. 13 of this
year. Post has been secretary Of the
institution Is years. Suspicion that
something was wrong with the com
panys books arose early this year
when, in Posts absence from the city
for an operation on one Of his eyes,
0. p. Sperra was put temporarily in
charge the business. SperraS re-
port on Tue condition of affairs led to
his appointment as receiver.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
coNTAeIoN IN FLOOD DISTRICTS
Is Serious Problem With Government
and State Officials.

Columbus, O.-With military pre-.
cision the battle against pestilence In
the recently inundated portions Of
Ohio now is being conducted, and
though reports of contagion here ard
there have come to Col. Joseph Hall.
chief medical officer in charge, he be.
lieves that the situation is fairly we'll
in hand.
The trouble has been greatly augu-
mented by the poor sanitary facilities
in some of the smaller municipalities
in the path of the floods. In the
scrambling process that took place the
infections already have spread. 70
combat these and to restore normal
sanitary conditions is the twin task
to which the medical corps of the Ohio
national guard is devoting itself
The state board of health is aiding
the stricken districts, but the activi-
ties have been subordinated to those
of the emergency military arm. The
state board lacks in authority. 1t must
exercise its powers through the local
health boards, and in the smaller mu-
inequalities and in many Of the town
ships these are mere paper organiza.
tions.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10

Cleveland Superstition should be
overthrown, and the church of today
should take its place in the ranks of
educational institutions instead of re-
straining the educational growth of
the people," declared Henry Frank,
New York lecturer, to an audience in
the assembly room of the Hollenden
Frank has lately become allied with
a movement in Cleveland to forward
what he terms rational free church,
which would be composed to liberal
religious society. This is the fifth lee
ture on the topic to be delivered by
him. "The rational free church would
stand for the complete overthrow of
superstition" declared Frank. 1T
would mean the founding of an insti-
tuition which would stand for the un-
biased truth and the religion of hui
manity rather than the dogma of man
or men,"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10

us.-Indications point to an
easy and complete triumph for the
state in its fight to collect interest on
funds Illegally placed in banks by
state treasurers for many years. Two
of the ten banks are ready to settle
the controversy without litigation. If
one settles, it is taken for granted
others would not fight.
State officials are gleeful over the
situation. They figure probers have
uncovered all facts needed to win
their cases if the suits have to be
fought.
They have been able from the books
CT the Columbus Savings & Trust Co.,
ana from the testimony OF former
N2cretary-Treasurer Backhus to get
the facts wanted, and are also uncov-
Sing new leads.
4 new line Of inquiry was suggest
cd when, incidental to the eXamina-
ton of the former secretary and treas
urer, 1t was brought out that interest
aad been paid to former Franklin
!aunty treasurers.
No names were mentioned by Mr..
Ssckhus. A particular check hap
rcned to be drawn on the same day
that one of the checks was given to
former President Cyrus Huling. as
Mr.. Backhus testified, for State Treas
urer |. B. Cameron.
To distinguish between the two
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10

Cleveland.-Is the primrose, favor
ite flower of poets, to be legislated
out Of existence in Cleveland because
it causes skin trouble like that pro-
duced by the handling of poison ivy?
Health Officer Martin Friedrich was
asked by florist to take some action
in the matter of prohibiting the sale
of this flower in Cleveland. The for
ist exhibited his hand and showed
the blotehes produced by the hand
ling of the plant. He also carried a
plant with him. This he left at the
Office of DR.. Friedrich.
81 don't believe we should bar the
primrose from Cleveland" DR.. Fried
rich said. "The handling of the
flower does not affect everyone that
way. Employees in greenhouses can
protect themselves" .,. ......
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
SCORE INDICTED
THIRTY FIRES ARE INVOLVED
CHARGES IN THE 1NDIcT-
MENT ARE ARSON.
More Than Forty Caught in the Drag
net Of Grand Jury.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Chicago, nl.-More than twe-score
merchants, alleged fire bugs" and
public fire insurance adjusters, who
were targets for indictments returned
by the special grand jury which in
vestigated Chicago's so-called larson
trust" were taken into custody by de-
tectives holding caplases. The ma
jority of these had been mentioned be-
fore in connection with incendiary
fires, which resulted in large losses
to insurance companies, and expected
indictments against them. Conse-
quently when they learned bills had
been returned they fastened to the
state attorneys Office and surrendered.
Bondsmen accompanied them. Some
o; those, however, who were named in
the SO indictments handed down by
the inquisitorial body are still at lib
erty. An energetic search Is being
made for them. Charges in the in
dictments are arson, burning to de-
fraud and conspiracy to defraud.
Some indictments include all charges
and others one or two. Thirty fires
are involved in the indictments, from
two to eight persons being indicted
from one to three times for each in
cendiary blaze.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
SPECIAL FLOOD
TAX LEVY PLAN
Joint Legislative Committee
to Make Recommendations
MAY GET LOST INTEREST
States Case Against Many Banks In
dicates Probable Settlement
Two Now Ready to Settle
Without Litigation.

Columbus. - The joint legislative
committee are very busy preparing
legislation to permit counties and mu-
inequalities to replace bridges, ap.
proaches, streets, levees and retaining
walls destroyed by the flood.
Other remedial legislation will be
drawn when the relief commission re-
ports on it's inspection of the flood
districts.
The plan is to permit two-mill
levy, outside of all tax limitations, for
five years, with authority to issue
notes in anticipation of such levy.
Send Aid to GaIIipolis.
City Solicitor Bolin, Columbus, sub
mitted figures to the committee, show
ing that 2S4 improved lots on the west
aide had been swept clear of houses,
that $3.50 homes had been badly dam
aged, and that $1,0O0,000 would be re-
quired to reconstruct private build
ings.
Acting for Gov. Cox, George f. Bur-
ba, his secretary, has ordered food
supplies rushed to Pomeroy and Mid
dleport. The mayor of Gallipolis tele-
phoned that both towns were sur
rounded by water and that there was
little food.
Col. NJ. l.. Wilson. treasurer of the
state relief commission, reported that
receipts from all sources now total
L. I,
$250,O00 legislative appropriation. Con-
tributions to the Red Cross flood fund
now totals over $S0O,OOO. This will
not be spent in Ohio alone.
Eighty-one bodies have been recov-
cred here. The arrest of man who
led the early work of recovering
bodies was expected today He is al
legged to have taken $500 from one
body.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
CINCINNATI MARKETS

Wheat-No 2 red $109@1.11, No. 8
red $1G1.06, No. 4 red 87098c.
Corn-No. . white 57@58c, No. 3
white 56Gp57c, No. white 53055c, No.
yellow 57@5Sc, No. yellow 56GE
57@58c, No. mixed 56@57c, No. 4
mixed 53W55c, white ear 51@55c, yell
low ear 52M56c, mixed ear 51@55c.
Oats-No. 9 white 37c, standard
white 361a @37c, No. 3 35M@36Ac,
No. white 351s @361ac, No. 2 mixed
35@351a No 3 mixed 341a @S5c, No.
mixed 33@34c.
Hay-No. / timothy $165eG17.50,
standard timothy $1550@16.5S, No. 2.
timothy $14.50@15.50, No. 3 timothy
$12.50@1350, No clover mixed
$13,75Q1450, No. clover mixed $11.50
@12.50, No. | clover mixed $1.50M
1880, No. 2 clover $9.5O@115G.
Eggs-Prime firsts 16c, iirsts 15bc,
ordinary tirsts 14hc, seconds 1870.
Poutry-Hens, heavy lover lbs)
15c, "A lbs and under) 15c, young,
shaggy roosters 12c, old roosters 10c,
springers g lbs and underl zoe,
springers lover lbs) 16c, ducks Ct
luo dllu ONCl) 1oSs WulbG (uUuGT 4 1DSj
15c, turkeys (S lbs and over) 21c, tur-
keys, young (under lbs) 1GQD12c;
turkeys, toms l9c.
Cattle-Shippers $750@S.50, few
$3.50; butcher steers, extra $3.50
$50, good to choice $750@8.25, com
mon to fair $5.5O@7.40; heifers, ex-
ira $8.5008.75, few fancy $8.85, good
to choice $S@8.5O, common to fair
$5.500775; cows, extra $3.50, good to
choice $6.75@740, common to fair
$5.50@775; cows, extra $3.50, good to
choice $6.75@7.40, common to fair
S4.5O@6.50; Gamers $3.50@450.
Bulls-Bologna $6.50@75O, fat bulls
$7@7.75.
Calves-Extra $13, fair to good $40
@12.75, common and large $7.50@l2.
Hogs-Selected heavy $40, good 10
choice packers and butchers $9.95@
10, mixed packers $9.75@995, stags
$6@8, common to choice heavy fat
sows $7@9.25. light shippers $7.5OGp
8, pigs GOO lbs and less) $5@7.50.
Sheep-Extra 81, good to choice
$6.25@6.90, common to fair $4.50Gp
6.25.
Lambs-Extra $3.50, good to choice
$9@9.4O, common to fair $6@6.75.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
SCORE ARE INJURED
Traffic in Buffalo Is Suspended as Re-
suit of Strike BY Car Men
Relief Is Promised.

Buffalo, n. Y.-Scenes of disorder
followed the attempt of the Interna
tional Railway Co. to man its cars
with strikebreakers, of whom, 1t is re-
ported, 250 arrived from Philadelphia
and other eastern cities to break the
strike of the car men called to secure
higher wages and a readjustment Of
working hours. Trips made by the
Main street cars, the only lire oper
ated, were fraught with danger, and
nearly every car met with a hisilade
o. stones and bricks. Considerable
damage was done, but no one was Sc
riously hurt
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10

Cleveland. - Lorenzo Maretto, IL,
and Alfonso Cafrelli, Is, of Steuben-
vile, o., were found asleep in box
car on the Pennsylvania railroad here
by Sergt. O'Brien of the fifth precinct.
They told the sergeant they had been
playing in the car in the railroad yards
at Steubenville and had gone to sleep,
awaking to find themselves in Cleve-
land. Not knowing where to go IN
the city, they had stayed in the car
and gone to sleep again as the easiest
way out of their troubles. The boys
were turned over to Probation Officer
Lewis, who sent them back to their
home
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
MILLIONS DIDN'T. COUNT.

Philadelphia, Penn.-Grover c.
Bergdoll, millionaire motorlst and avi-
ator, who has escaped penalties of the
law on dozen charges Of reeklessly
driving his motor car, was sentenced
to three months in prison by Judge
Swartz in Norristown and fined $3.50
and costs Notwithstanding the appeal
OF his attorneys for realese on bail
pending the outcome Of an appeal for
a new trial to the superior court, Berg
doll. who is not yet 81 years old, was
taken to the Montgomery Comfy pris-
or at once from the courtroom.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10

The lower house of the Pennsylva-
MIA legislature toyed with bill pro-
posing to make it criminal for finger
bowls In public eating houses to be
used a second time without having
been thoroughly cleansed. After half
an hours humorous debate the bill
was killed. The public is not ripe for
what look like superretinements OF
precaution growing out Of the germ
theory. OF course, however, nice peo-
pie will want perfectly clean finger
bowls or none at all.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
state Faces Bio Task.

Ohio faces the largest problem Of
reconstruction and refnancing it has
ever met. Public service corpora
tions have been hit hard. Many coun.
ties have staggering losses and mu-
inequalities have their burdens
doubled or quadrupled
Indicative OF the situation, Frank.
lin county has lost 46 bridges that it
will cost a million to replace. A sim
liar situation exists in every other
county, differing only in degree. This
does not include the damage to high.
ways. small culyerts and little bridges.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
MAvsvlLLE AGAIN ON MAP.

Maysville, ky.-Maysville Is on the
map once more. The river has receded
below the banks and all buildings are
out Of the water. The street car serv-
ice. water works, electric light plant,
the Louisville and Nashville and other
utilities have resumed operations and
thousands are at work cleaning up
and restoring property to anti-Hood
conditions. Outside of the American
Tobacco Co.'s loss on 100000 pounds
Of tobacco in hogsheads submerged
in its storage plant. the losses in
Maysville viii not be heavy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
RELIEF FUNDS FROM MANY
STATES

Columbus, O.-Col. MacLee Wilson,
treasurer of the state relief commit
tee, has reported to the governor that
up to date $453,S94 had been, actually
received in contributions and about
$4,000 a day was coming in. These
are nation wide, to-day's report show
ing that Pennsylvania, New York,
Texas, West Virginia. Massachusetts
illinois, Michigan and Virginia were
heavy contributors, the Carter OH Co.
OF Titusvllle. Penn. leading with q
draft for s1.Ooc.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10

Cincinnati, Ohio.--The cities and
towns devastated by floods in Ohio, In
diana and Kentucky are being reha-
bilitated and are recovering from the
damage and ruin caused by water and
fire. The loss of life was not as great
as at first anticipated, but the loss of
property and business amounts to mil
lions of dollars. The railroads are the
greatest sufferers from loss, and it
will be months before bridges washed
away can be replaced and the damage
to roadbeds repaired.
Factories and stores that have been
closed are gain open for business, and
in Dayton and Hamilton, where the
food did the greatest damage, plans
are already under way for rebuilding
the cities upon larger and more elab-
crate scale.
Relief for the fiood-stricken cities
poured in from all over the country
and reached the million mark. People
who lost their homes and property
will have to be fed and housed for
weeks TO come.
Great credit is due the Federal Gov
ernment and the Red Cross for prompt
aid and assistance.
The Ohio river is again within its
banks and towns that We're under
water are again resuming their normal
condition.
Epidemic of Disease Feared.
The sternest work in the flooded dis
tricts of Ohio and Indiana is yet to
come-thc preservation of health and
re-establishment of an industrial basis.
This work, as was the case in the
Mississippi floods of last year, has
been placed in the hands of the Red
Cross society experts and Quartermas-
ters of the United States army
Federal aid in the way of rations,
tents, blankets and help have been ex-
tended freely to the tlood-stricken dis
tricts. The Ohio legislature has ap-
propriated $250,O0O for relief work,
municipalities throughout the entire
district are opening city treasures. and
people everywhere are responding to
the call.
The rescue work, the immediate re-
lief and other measures taken while
the waters were raging and business
was at stanstill, were attended by
excitement and all turned and worked
with a will.
What the loss of life has been will
never be known accurately. Bodies
have been washed away and others
covered with mud and rubbish. Many
of these never will be found. Entire
families will drop from sight, and 1t
will never be known whether they
were drowned or merely separated
themselves from the scene of the dis
aster by moving elsewhere. The early
estimates of loss of life were grossly
excessive, but the truth will be ap.
palling enough. The money loss is
beyond estimate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10

While Burbank in California has
been developing a spineless cactus.
Burrows in Essex, England, has been
endeavoring to evolve a stingless bee.
Many farmer who would add the oc.
cupation of an apiarist to his other &C,
tivities has refrained because he
breads the industrious insects hot
foot" If Mr.. Burrows can give the
world a honey-producing bee with
cold feet, there will be a larger pro-
duction of honey.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
Mamie SUGAR Cookies.

Cream together one scant cupful OF
butter, with three cupfrls Of crushed
maple sugar and add in the order
mentioned two well beaten eggs, three
quarters of cup of sour milk, IN
which has been dissolved a scant tea-
spoonful of baking soda. and sufficient
sifted nour to form batter that Will
drop from the spoon. Allow plenty OF
space on the baking tins, o. the cakes
will spread when cooking and bake In
q rather quick oven. until they are
crisp and brown around the edges. g
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10

The new Russian stamps have been
called in because they could not be
cancelled without stamping on the
cars face. II the latter is so SEN
sitive, he should take pattern by the
way in which George Washington
smiles serenely on under the daily
and hourly nutrition of his classic
countenance, confident in the knowl
edge that while he is intact in the
hearts of the nation he cares not what
becomes of his features on its letters.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
COX PAYS HEARTFELT TRIBUTE

Columbus. O.-From their command
er-in-cnief, Gov. James M. Cox, came
a heartfelt tribute to the Ohio national
guard. The chief executive, in for.
NAL statement given out from his Of
flee, praised the citizen-soldiers who
served the state in time of stress and
disaster. 1t was regarded by the gov
ernor as fitting tribute to the mml
who have risked their lives and under
gone great hardships in behalf of the
stricken.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
Urges Some Legislation.

He advised that great care be
taken to avoid radical legislation.
Emergency laws should be passed, he
thought, that would permit counties
and towns to bond themselves above
the present limit of Indebtedness con-
ditional upon repair and reconstruc-
tion work being done within limit
ed period of say six months.
Care should bo taken, he added.
in the framing Of such legislation
that the per cent tax levy law was
not destroyed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
Drummed Out of Town.

Hamilton.-Because they stole two
cases of ham from relief car for
flood sufferers, two citizens of Hamii-
ton were drummed out of town by
Ohio guards. A warrant is out for
the arrest of former officer Of the
last Ohio legislature, who is charged
with handing the hams out of the car
to the two men.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
HOLIDAY EXTENDED TO APRIL 12.

Columbus, O.-Acting upon requests
from banks and business men in some
of the flooded districts, Gov Cox ex-
tended, the ten-day holiday which he
proclaimed recently to and including
April II. The governor was impor7
tuned to take this action by the state
banking department.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
aond. Mist q. Sold

Bonds will have to be sold to raise
the funds. There is no other way Of
financing. Bonds are slow sale In
Ohio, with public ownership Of utili
ties, home rule and franchise revoca,
tion all open problems to bond buy.
ers. Investors take no chances. Tbs
problem of, refinancing this may. be-
come doubly serious.
Just now there is talk that an
amendment to the state constitution,
exempting from taxation municipal
bonds, will be submitted to the leg
iaIaiure next week
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-04-10
MAN GIVES UP
LIFE FOR $500
Returns to House for Money
Is Caught In the Flood.
WOULD BAR PRIMROSE
Cleveland Police Find Two Steuben-
willie Boys Asleep in Box Car
Thieves Drummed Out
of Hamilton.
Dies Trying to Save $25.

GAINESVILLE. - The death list in
the recent flood was increased as
the drowned body of Seymour Col
Inns, 80, B. & o. employe, was found
in his home on Willow-st. He was
drowned when he went back into the
house to recover $25, all the money
he had.