Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1913-11-21

ment deputies, under direction of j.
C. Davies, the head of the department,
after much hard work, succeeding in
checking the advance o fthe flames.
They tried to enter the mine, but were
driven from it by the intense heat
Mine experts were summoned from
the government testing station at
Pittsburgh by the company, and they
said that the Ohio department was
fighting the fire in the most effective
way and that they could suggest
nothing that was not being done to put
it out. To prevent a second mine
owned by the company, adjacent to the
burning mine, from taking fire, brat
tices have been driven in the space
between the two mines and clay has
also been forced into openings there.
The fire is being smothered. All open
ings are being closed for this pur-.
pose. 1t was deemed impracticable to
use water in fighting the flames be-
cause the steam from it cracks the
roof. The fire is one of the worst the
mine department has ever been called
upon to put out It is causing the Sun
day Creek Coal Co. thousands of dol
lars loss. Several hundred employees
are out of work as the result of the fire.
Considering Applicants Claims.
There will be no appointment of
deputy state tax commissioners for
a week or ten days yet. 1t
may be two weeks before the ap-
pointments are ready. The state tax
commission is now considering the
claims Of the applicants and will not
be ready with its recommendation to
the governor for fully another week
The advice to applicants to stay away
from Columbus is not being needed,
as they are trooping here daily as
numerous as before they were told to
remain at home. Their stSobjective
point after reaching the city is the
Office of State Chairman w. L. Finley.
Then they try to get the ear of the
chief executive, and afterwards they
seek the members of the state tax
commission. II an applicant gets
more than two minutes of the gov.
ernor's time he does well. So many
call that necessarily their audience
with the chief executive must be
short.
Exempted From Civil Service.
The attorneys who serve in the at
torney generals Office as assistants
and special counsel are not subject to
the state civil service regulations
This is what Attorney General Hogan
holds in ruling to the state civil
service commission. He says that il
would be impractical to submit attor.
neys to a competitive examination for
appointments in this department. The
attorney generals department will be
the only one to which the new state
civil service law will not regulate
All clerks below chief clerk and ste
| nographers in all state and county
officers are placed under the protec
ton and regulation of civil service.
Occasions Much Comment.
Announcement that State Senator
William Green of Coshocton has deter
mined to be candidate for the con
gressional nomination in the Seven
teenth district in opposition to Will
liam A. Astbrook, who will be can
didate for his fourth term, has occa
stoned much comment, for it has beer
taken by many to indicate a desire OF
the part of Senator Green's friends tt
push him high in political preferment
The announcement of itself is not al
together new, for many months agt
the prediction was general that tn,
Coshocton senator would try for con
gressional honors. Its importance lie
in the well defined rumor that if h,
attains the congressional honcrs h'
| will in a few years be candidate TO
| governor. He would have stronge
labor following, it is argued, than an,
man who ever ran for governor. HI
is One of those who has risen iron
the ranks of the coal miner. He
author Of the Green workmen's com
pensation law, which has aroused s.
much comment, and is now presiden
pro tenn of the senate.
Agitation Against Whisk Broom.
There is considerable agitation her
against the use of the whisk broom il
Pullman cars, and the state healtl
authorities are being asked to plac
the whisk broom as so used in tn
same class with the roller towel an
the common drinking cup. 1t is al
gued by the anti-broom agitators tina
they are constant menace to healt
by being the agency for the spread c
germs.
Balks Husbands Ruse.
Mrs. Goldie Stanley of 1S9 N. 5th-s
| Columbus, isn't the type of sent
/ mentally forgiving wife that one read
|! SO much about. About two month
ago she was beaten in most approve
style by her spouse, Joe Stanley, VIII
drew several months in the worl
house for his offense. Recently 10
induced the sentencing judge to sig
his parole on the ground that tn
much mistreated wife wanted him II
leased. Mrs. Stanley heard of tn
ruse only Friday, a few hours befor
the clever Joe was to be given free
dom. Hurrying to the Judge she lai
bare the plot and declared she woul
not care If the offender were to sta
behind the bars the rest of his life
So Joe will tarry in the works ye
awhile.
Will Receive Large Sum.
Within the next few days the stat
liquor license commission will
more than a half million dollars ct
the good" It will have received fror
every licensed saloonkeeper in Obi
the sum of $1e0 for the maintenanc
Of the saloon license department
and since the number of licenses e,
ceeds 5000 the revenue will be notl
ing to scoff at. The payment of tn
$100 per saloon is, in fact, the frs
money that the newly lfcensed salool
keeper has to pay under the me-
license system.
Tango Given Seal of Approval.
The tango has every reason to