The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-03-12
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D. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus. Ohio.

Sldl6 nv
torney General Hogan, candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
for the United States senate, Is one
of the first to begin the circula-
tion Hf petitions. This week Jo-
seph. McGhee, former assistant at
torney general. who wants the Demo
cratic nomination for attorney gen.
eral, put out his petitions. Edward
C. TIrner, prosecuting attorney Of
Franklin county, has announced him
self for the Republican nomination for
attorney general, has begun to circu-
late his petitions.
Congressman John ]. Whitacre of
Canton, who is opposing Gov. Cox for
the Democratic nomination for gov
erncr, began getting signers to his pc
titions in Stark county early this week.
Just when Gov. Cox's petitions will be
put out has not been decided, but it
will probably be soon. Cox's lieuten-
ants say they intend to obtain more
than the number of signatures needed
in the hope of minimizing as much as
possible the apparent strength of
Whitacre. There are no present indi-
cations that any other candidate will
enter the race for the Democratic NOM
nation for governor Around the
state capital there is a strong impress
sion that Congressman Frank B. Willis
of Hardin will be candidate for the
Republican nomination for governor.
Should Freeman T. Eagleson, former
speaker of the house of representa-
tives, decide to enter the race for the
Republican nomination for attorney
general, he would give Prosecuting
Attorney Turner a stiff fight.
May Avoid Strike.
To the ordinary observer it looks
as If Ohio is heading into a coal
strike. President John Moore Of the
Ohio miners, who is just back
e from the futile Joint conference
at Philadelphia, says he hopes there
are chances to avert a strike
but doesn't see any right now
The leading operators of the state
who are here, say that there is
full negotiations can be reopened
Meantime the railroads and other in
terests that have to depend upon Goa
for motive and heating power are lay
ing in large supplies. The state gov
ernment has taken cognizance of the
situation by giving authority to all the
state institutions to lay in advance
quantities of coal. According to Pres
ident Moore of the miners the oper
ators are demanding that the miners
ignore the new run-of-mine law, which
seeks to compel all operators to pa!
their workers on the basis Of all the
coal dug. The practice in the pas
has been to pay the miners only fol
the coal after it had passed over re
fning screen. At the Philadelphi;
conference, where Ohio, Indiana, ILL
nois and western Pennsylvania were
represented by miners and operators
the deadlock came over the new OhiC
Law. The operators wanted to renew
for four years the present agreemen
based on the old system of paying th'
miners. The miners said they haC
neither the right nor the willingness
to ignore the new state law. The OF
orators declared they would not man
any new agreement on the run-of-min
basis So came the deadlock. TIL
present agreement ends March 81.
no arrangement is reached befor
then the Ohio mines will suspend.
Too Much Social Life.
Too much social life and othe
Outside" activities are playing havo
with many students at Ohio State un
versity, according to strong intims
tions just given out by the universit
faculty, which has issued sweepin
order prohibiting all students VIII
have failed or been conditioned i
their work from taking any part i
student activity. The immediate re
suit is the retirement of 100 under
graduates from literary, musical, atf
fetic and other organizations. Eve
the editor Of the Mako, the annual CO
lege publication, has been forced to RI
sign. Some student bodies have bee
so depleted that they may have to 6
out of existence An example is tn
University quartet, only one of who's
members remains. Too much societ
and it's accompanying distraction
stand accused of the trouble.
Wheat Outlook Is Good.
The outlook for a good wheat Gro
in Ohio this year is promising. r.
ports received by the state agricuitu
al commission from it's correspondent
in every township in the state ind
cate that the crop will amount to
per cent of an average. The whes
crop last year was smaller than usua
This years yield will be considerabl
larger, based on the present outlool
Can Only Earn SLIP Week.
During the next year prisoners
the Ohio penitentiary and in the Man
field reformatory won't be able to ear
more than SLIT a week because Of tn
limited appropriation made by the LEI
islature. When the new law fri
went into effect last September the
made as much as $2.2O week, 80 Dc
cent of which, according to the lay
must go to their families. But no
the appropriation for a whole year
only $4,000, and the scale of priso
ers' wages is being reduced to me,
the decrease.
Lively Skirmishes Predicted.
There are going TO De some livel
skirmishes between the Republican
ond tha pro0rocciync IN Ohio y,o4t