The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-05
For Woman suffraue.
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nest next week. The petitions have
been drawn and have received the ap-
proval of the secretary of state, who
has failed to find in them any tech
nical flaws. The petitions must bear
10 per cent of the voters in the state
in order that the amendment may be
submitted to popular vote next fall
Those circulating them are being in
structed by the suffrage leaders to
adhere strictly to the provisions of the
new initiative and referendum safe
guards" Petitions circulated for
woman suffrage last fall are to be de-
stroyed in difference to the new l. and
r. safeguard law and the amendment
movement begun all over again.
Tentative Valuation Soon.
''If the Ohio commission adopts the
principles he recommended for the
valuation of public utilities, many pri-
vately owned gas, electric and water
plants and street car lines will be CON-
PEELED to reduce their valuations on
which rates are based. Ultimately,
lower rates can be compelled" Joseph
McGhee, counsel for the public utili-
ties commission, declared. He said
the commission will fix a tentative
valuation for the Bucyrus company
soon.
ITO include discount on bonds in
, the valuation of any utilities plant
, would mean to encourage bad
: precedent of considering the greater
, the loss, the greater the value,'" said
Commissioner Maltbie. inclusion of
! early losses in estimating a value as
: basis for calculating rates would
: place little penalty on inefficiency dur
: ing early management. Expenses of a
, going concern or the expense of at
: taching business, should be consid.
| cred an operating expense"
! Mr.. Maltbie added that franchises
of less than 10 years increase the
hazard and expenses of financing such
: utility
Little Drinking in Encampments.
That there is very little drinking of
intoxicants in encampmentG of the
Ohio National Guard is indicated by
the reports made on these encamp-
ments by inspectors of the war de-
partment. Maj. Harry G. Bishop of
the Fifth field artillery, regular army,
: in his report on the encampment of
the Eighth regiment, copy of which
has been received by the adjutant gen.
eral, said that the command was a re-
markably abstemious one, and that he
D observed no liquor in it's camp Equally
: complimentary was the report of Mai.
l George G. Saffarrans of the Seven.
teenth infantry, on the Third regi-
E ment. He said that there was prac.
tically no liquor used in camp at all.
Both commands passed excellent in
: spections. The commanding officers
l. were strongly commended for their
efficiency.
l To Investigate Charges.
1 There will be an investigation of
the various charges that have been
> made regarding alleged violation OF
the civil service law through the levy.
> ing of political assessments. Chairman
: Hoskins of the state civil service com,
mission, to whose attention the
charges were brought by Prosecutor
Turner of Franklin county, declares
that if Turner furnishes facts to back
up the charges, the commission will
Immediately begin an investigation.
Meantime both sides to the contro-
versy are declaring that politics and
the oncoming of the campaign is the
cause of the trouble.
Vets and Drys on Hand.
Although neither seemed to take
- any active part in the Republican get
! the drys were on hand as interested
spectators. Each was watching lest
:. the other be able to cause the candi-
= dacy of some favorite for governor to
be launched during the meeting. How
= ever, the wet and dry issues failed to
:. get much prominence and the fears of
! the antagonistic sides failed to mate
9 rialize.
Suffrage Forces EIated.
: The, woman suffrage forces were
n elated by the approval given their
r cause by United States Senator Borah.
9 The suffrage workers, initiating their
a sisters at Washington. flooded the
n meeting hall with their posters. They
/. also sent numerous kilograms to the
r speakers urging favorable considera-
a tion of the suffrage question.
! Machine to Test Gas.
/. People of Ohio soon will be able to
n know the precise quality of the gas
:. they burn in their homes. A machine
Y to test lgas efficiency as heating and
}, lighting agency has been placed in
: service by G. V. Critchfield, gas ex-
r pert of. the state public utilities com.
: mission. 1t will be used whenever
: dispute arises from any section of the
: state about the gas that is being sup
piled.
Correct Misapprehension
= Owing to the months of litigation
e that has been going on over automo-
+ bile Legislation, the state automobile
: department officials are kept busy cor
: recting popular misapprehensions re-
garding the provisions of the newly
enacted law. There are some auto
owners who believe that the graded
i scale of fees which was attempted in
r the Warnes law still prevails. Others
r believe that the new law does not be-
:. come effective until next year. Still
a others have gotten the impression that
. only new machines need tags.
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Of the Mind in a veritable intoxica,