The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-09-25
Supreme Court Turns Down
HOgan's Application.
WHAT THE DECISION MEANS
Cities That Adopt Charters May Pro-
vide Any Method They Please
for the Selection of
Their Officers.
D. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.

provide any method they please
for the selection of their officers.
This is the dictum of the supreme
court in denying the application
of the attorney general for a re-
hearing of the Cleveland charter case.
Because the court was a tie in its de-
cision in this case, three voting to up
hold the decision of the lower court
and three voting to reverse it, the at
torney general concluded to ask for a
reopening of the case in the hope of
getting a majority ruling. After re-
firing from the bench Tuesday after
noon the members of the court took a
vote on the application, deciding not
to allow it.
Will Pay More Taxes.
Electric light companies will pay
taxes on a valuation of $36,693, 500
next year, which is an increase of
more than $6,OOO,OOO over the past
year. The state tax commission has
Just made known the new valuations.
The Cleveland Electric Illuminating
Co will pay on the highest valuation
of any in the state, having been ap-
praised at $16,516.56O. an increase of
more than $2,00O,000 over the preced-
ing year The Youngstown Consoli.
dated Gas & Electric Co, with a valu'
alton of $3,373SSO, increased from
$3,149,37O, is the second largest con
Germ The Dayton Power & Light Co.,
increased from $2,S05, $50 to $3,310,,
$50, is third, and the Canton Electric
Co, increased from $1,752,770 to
$1.760,0S0, is fourth.
For Relief of Blind.
Under the provisions of the new
Deaton law Gov. Cox has appointed a
commission for the relief of the blind
The appointees are DR.. E. B. Foltz OF
Akron, appointed for two years; Will
liam K. Rogers of Columbus, appoint
ed for three years. and Henry BOesch
of Akron, appointer for four years
Boesch is blind.
Will Give Free Lectures.
To encourage rural lecture courses
Frank w. Miller, state superintendent
of instruction. and his four agricul
tural supervisors have decided to give
free lectures in all counties Of the
state After the superintendent and
his supervisors inspect school in the
afternoon they will remain in the
community and give the lecture at
night 1t will mainly treat upon the
benefits OF agriculture.
What Hogan Thinks.
Attorney General Hogan does not
believe that an Ohio corporation will
have to have been organized at least
year in order to be eligible to a
saloon license. However, the manager
of such a corporation must have all OF
the qualifications eXacted from the av
erage saloOnkeeper under Ehe license
law.
Shun Freak Fashions.
Ohio State university goods, rushing
into Columbus by the hundreds for the
opening of the new university year
promise to have Il SOLDERING effect
upon eXtravagant styles of feminine
attire. Observers who have been no
ticing the garb of the 1000 or more
college girls note that the great ma
jOrity of them are scOrning the OutTe
fashions in favor of the more COnscry
ative lines of apparel Thus far the
slit skirts have been few and far be
tween, insofar as the college feminine
world is concerned True most Of the
girls wear skirts that are alarmingly
short, but this in the main is due tC
their youth And Il college girl must
be out in all sorts of weather-anothel
excuse for the abbreviated neither gar
ment But, on the whole, the fair co
eds are very soberly and very con
ingly.
5000 Apply for Liquor License.
There will be between $500 anC
$500 saloons in Ohio under the
new license law. This will be one
saloon to every 500 of population
If additional counties go dry the
number of saloons will be reduced
Within a short time the state liquor
licensing commission will begin worl
on the apportionment Of saloons foI
the state. Monday midnight the time
closed for the filing of application!
with county boards for saloon licenses
In the neighborhood of 5000 applica
tions were received throughout The
state. Every applicant paid fee o
SIS. The county boards have until Nov
5 to either reject or grant licenses
They begin at once to investigate thu
claims of applicants. If an applican
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Near Panic Among Guards.
There was a near panic among thu
penitemtiary guards when it beCam,
known that the new gun-totng Law
bars them from carrying concealed
weapons. At first blush it was fearet
that the law had disarmed the guards
but the attorney generals office ha
pointed a way out of the trouble
While the guards cannot carry thei
revolvers in their pockets, they ca
carry them in holsters worn outsid
so that the weapons will be visible
BY an oversight the legislature di
not include guards of the penitentiar
Ruling Promises Furorc.
The attorney generals expects
ruling thai the license law prohibition