The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
WHAT LEGISLATORS ARE DO
ING AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
WlIl Swell state TreasurY.


Hamilton county will pay $212.501
into the state treasury as its share Of
taxes during the past six months col
lected for the state funds for the care
and maintenance OF the schools, uni
versities and the improvement of
roads.
German-Americans to Meet.
German-American citizens of central
Ohio will meet in Columbus Sept. to
formulate plans for raising money for
the widows and orphans of soldiers
killed in the armies of Germany and
Austria Hungary. The meeting will
be under the auspices of the German
American Relief society, which has
been organized in an attempt to re-
lieve the suffering which the war will
cause in the fatherland.
Auto License Fees Reduced.
The new automobile law provides
that after Sept. l and until the close
of the year the cost of an automobile
license will be but one-half the reg
ular fee, or $3.50. State Registrar ].
A. Shearer of the department asked
the attorney general if this reduction
applied to automobile dealers, motor
cycle owners and chauffeurs, and in a
ruling just given he holds that they
do not get the benefit of this cut.
viii Issue No Corn Crop Report.
Because of the holding of the state
fair there will be no corn crop report
issued by the state agricultural COM
mission in September. The attaches
of the department will be too busy
getting things in readiness for the
fair to be able to compile the crop re-
ports which come from more than
1000 correspondents in different parts
of the state. The drought has hurt the
corn crop, but potatoes, it is believed,
will be fairly abundant.
Obliged to Make Known Identity.
Although Mayor Newton d. Baker of
Cleveland Is one Of the best known
men in the Democratic party and has
been a prominent figure at each state
convention for 10 years or more, he
was obliged to make known his identi-
ty at the convention of that party in
Columbus. 1t was at a meeting of the
committee on resolutions, of which he
was member, when the platform was
being drafted. The secretary, a new
man, was calling the roll to find out if
each district was represented, and
when the Goth district, the one from
which Mayor Baker came, was reached
his honor answered Present" THE
name, please?" asked the secretary, to
which the mayor replied, amid the gen.
eral laugh that followed, Baker"
Files Lien.
On the eve of the session Of the
special grand jury, which was to con-
slider Wednesday the governments
case against the Capital City Dairy
Co., with reference to alleged criminal
liability, b. E. Williamson, collector
of internal revenue, filed at the court
house tax lien against the company
for $2,078,95126. This amount is cal
culated on the basis of 21,322,577
pounds of oleomargarne sold by the
company over a period of two years.
The government eXacts a tax of a
of / per cent. pound on uncolored
oleomargarine and 10 cents pound
on the colored product. The company
is charged with selling colored oleo
bearing the stamp of the uncolored
product, making a difference due the
government of 9% cents pound,
The suit filed against the company
has no bearing, it is said, on the GRIM
inal charges to be heard by the special
grand jury.
Food Probe On.
Prosecutor Locher of Cuyahoga
county announced Wednesday that the
county's investigation of increased
food prices is nearly completed. Evi-
dence will be submitted to the grand
jury on September l.
Much of the evidence, Mr.. Locher
says, is against illegal combinations
outside of the city. This is to be
turned over to District Attorney Den
man.
"Mr. Denman has some good stuff"
said Mr.. Locher. 1T ought to result
in federal indictments" Mr.. Denman
has completed his investigation here
and is now looking into price in
creases in Toledo.
Expert on Education Of Blind.
f. M. Van Cleve, VINO has just re-
signed the Office of superintendent of
the State School for the Blind to ac-
cept a similar position in New York,
was led to take up the study of the
education of the blind by the unfortu-
nate fact that many members of his
fathers family were either blind or
had very defective vision He has
made a study of the subject for a long
time and is looked upon as one of the
best authorities in the United States
on the education of the blind. In his
position in New York he will be the
head also of the Sage and Rockefeller
foundations for the conservation of
vision.
Drys Issue Statement
The Anti-Saloon league has issued a
statement, based on figures compiled
in the auditor Of states office, that If
the saloons were abolished from the
state the extra expense upon the tax
payers would only be 81 cents to each
$1,000 on which taxes are paid. The
total amount of money raised by the
state. for the last fiscal year was $751;
SIS, 900, and If this entire sum were to
be raised and there would be no reve-
nue. from the taxation of liquor, 1t
would cost 81 cents on each $1,000
more than at the present time, so the
league claims.