The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-11-12
o. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus, Ohio.

suddenly Of light and heat in the
very beginning of the winter? In
dismal and shivering anticipation, the
people Of Newark are asking them
selves this question and wondering
what will be the answer. For the gas
companies supplying the Newark peo-
pie say they will shut off on Nov. 80
the entire city from further gas, and
since Newark is not equipped to use
other light or fuel on such short no.
tice, the situation is genuinely alarm
ing. The latest development in the
threatened distress of Newark is the
appeal the city has made to the state
public utilities commission. The state
commission is being asked to step
into the breach and prevent the gas
companies from carrying out their
threat. Whether the commission can
estop the company or make for COM
promise is problematical. The trouble
between Newark and her gas supply
ing companies is of long standing.
The contending factors have quarreled
and quihbled many years about rates
and service Not long since the COM
panies demanded the right to increase
the price of gas but met with a stiff
opposition on the part of the city. That
brought the squabble to a point. Re-
Gently the gas companies have been
making the contention that their sup
ply is short and that they have not
enough gas longer to supply the peo-
pie of Newark. The city, on the other
hand, contends that this plea is sub
terfuge and that there is anP1e gas to
supply Newark for many years to
come. Meantime Newark is almost
wholly dependent upon gas for light
and heat and cooking because of the
largeness Of the gas supply in the past
and its comparative cheapness in re-
lation to prices obtaining in other
cities. If the gas is turned off sudden
ly, what will the people do? Naturally
the people Of Newark should worry!
No More Double Executions.
There has not been a double eXecu-
tion in the Annex" of the Ohio peni-
tentiary since July IA, 1904, when Ben
and AL Wade, the brothers who were
convicted OF the murder of Kate Sulli-
van in Toledo four years before that
time, met death together in the cleo
trio chair. 1t was heinous crime and
the brothers had tried to get out of 1t
by blaming it on each other. None
that witnessed the gruesome spectacle
Of the double execution will ever for
which the officers in charge of the eX-
ecution, as well as the victims of it
and it is not likely that there will ever
be another double execution. For this
reason it is expected that Gov. Cox,
even though he does not commute
either Of the sentences of Harley
Beard and Wesley Henkins, now in
the Annex awaiting execution on the
night OF Dec 3, will give one or the
other a respite if only to avoid a
double execution.
Makes Suggestion to Farmers.
In an address before the state farm
ers' institute lectures here recently
DR.. Charles H. Bassett, head of the
market division of the United States
department of agriculture, declared
that one thing that the producer on the
farm needed to study more closely
just now was the matter of choosing
markets. They all ship to the large
cities, he said, ignoring the secondary
city markets. The result is that there
is glut in the great markets, the sec
ondary cities have a famine and the
producer has low prices quoted to him.
DR.. Bassett said that in his opinion,
though there is large apple crop in
this country this year and the foreign
demand is almost entirely cut off by
the war, this country could absorb the
product at good prices if more judg-
ment and individuality were used by
the growers in choosing their markets
State Aids Niles Widow.
The widow Of Jacob S. Rosensteel
of Niles has been saved $4,000 by op-
GRAFTON of the compulsory workmen' S
compensation law. A liability COM
pany made agreement with Mrs. Ro.
sensteel to settle for $1,700. The Niles
Forge e. Manufacturing Co. had come
under the law by filing bond and car
ried risk with liability company. The
industrial commission was notified of
the amount to be paid. The settle
ment was rejected and the full amount
Of death claim, $1,000, with $3.50 fu-
neral expense, was allowed In six
months, with many of the coal mines
idle, the state industrial commission
has awarded 1,126 claims for industrial
accidents under the workmen's COM
pensation act. The awards for the
same period from Jan. to June 30, ex-
elusive of medical and hospital bills,
have been $101 ,23199. There have
been q fatal cases. Death benefits
have been $44,7064S.
Sickness Insurance for Workers.
~Le Journal of the Ohio State Med.
ical association has begun = campaign
looking toward the eS on
the part of the state of in
surance for wage earners similar
somewhat to the workmen's compen-
sation system now in effect. Under
the latter system the state gives re-
muneration to injured workmen. Un-
der the plan proposed by the medical
association remuneration also would
be given workingmen and women who
became III while on duty. In other
words, illness no longer would mean
loss of wages or salary.
Want "Joyriders" Placed In Prison.
Organizations of automobile own
ers are complaining of the clem-
encY of Judges IN the administra.