The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-03-25
Attacks Standard OIL Aualn.

and has found the Job a difficult one
to push to a successful conclusion,
has asked the supreme court to order
Attorney General Turner to bring an
custer suit against the Standard and
its associates in the oil business. The
attorney general declined to bring the
suits when asked to do so by Phelps.
Former Attorney General Hogan re-
fused similar request. Phelps wants
the supreme court to hear arguments
on his application on April 1. The
companies which he wants driven
from the state in addition to the
Standard are: Solar Refining Co..
Buckeye Pipe Line Co., Ohio Coal Co.
Imperial Oil Co. of Sarnia, Ontario,
Canada; Imperial Pipe Line Co. from
the same place, and the Illinois Pipe
Line Co. Phelps alleges that these
companies are violating the antitrust
laws of the state.
viii Probe Lobby Stories.
The majority forces in the general
assembly have finally determined to
go Ito the bottom" of the various
stories that have been circulating con-
Meeting assemblymen with lobbyists
whose practices, according to the re-
ports, have consisted of dining and
wining the solons in luxurious fashion.
The majority leaders say that al
though they were inclined at first to
treat the lobby" stories lightly, they
have been published so widely that
they merit more serious attention.
Accordingly an investigation resolu-
| tion is being prepared at the instance
| of the speaker of the house, and while
the probing is going on there will be
summoned, not only some of the lob.
| byists, but also the newspaper men
and any others who may have any
| facts in their possession. "If there is
anything improper going on we are
! the ones who want to know it first, b"
says the speaker of the house in a
statement.
o. F. of L. Opposes Measure.
The Ohio Federation of Labor will
oppose the proposal of the joint legls.
lative committe to recommend legisla-
tion empowering the state industrial
commission to provide for an eight
hour day for women with one day Of
rest in seven for all laborers, accord
ing to Thomas Donnelly, secretary of
that body. This plan will be regarded
as a mere subterfuge by organized
laborers," said he aside from this,
organized labor is opposed to the leg
islature delegating to the industrial
or any other commission, legislative
powers, and in this case, if such power
was delegated, the commission would
be in constant session to determine
hours Of labor in different industries
and parts of them" He said labor
wants direct action on an eight-hour
law for women.
Wants Old Fort Restored.
Representative Hines of Tuscara.
was county wants the state Of Ohio to
make amends for the neglect it has
shown for the site Of the first fort
which the United States erected west
of the Ohio river. In other words, Mr..
Hines wants the state to restore Fort
Laurens, lying near Bolivar, in Tusca,
rawas county, the place where $50
soldiers of George Washington during
the winter of 1778-79 fought off hordes
OF Indians and were almost eXtermin,
ated by cold and hunger themselves
before reinforcements came. The
Hines bill, appropriating $4,000 for
the purchase of land and the restora.
ton, has received favorable report
from the house committee on military
affairs and has a good show to pass.
Must Reapproprlate $4,000.
Because of carelessness in the prep,
aration of the short-term appropria.
tion bill, just made a law, it will be
necessary to reappropriate approx.
mately $4,000 to cover the cost OF
prosecuting criminals and of trans.
porting them to the penitentiary and
other state penal institutions. The
money was appropriated under the
head of personal service" and as a
result it is not usable. Auditor OF
State Donahey has asked Gov. Willis
to call the attention of the legislature
to the error. Until the error is rem
edied parole officers of the peniten-
tiary and other penal institutions can
not be paid and something like $21 900
due sheriffs and county courts will be
King Bill Thought to Be Dead.
The King bill, to take the depart
ment of engineers from the state in
independent department, is believed to
be dead. The author of the measure
says he will not push it. He said that
he was induced to father the bill un-
der a misrepresentation The passage
Of the measure would have meant the
ripping up of the engineers depart
ment.
AboIishes Four Positions.
The senate has passed the house bill
abolishing the positions of the four
state agricultural supervisors. AS a
result after June instruction in agri-
culture in the public schools by state
officials employed especially for that
purpose will stop. The senate did not
condemn the work of the supervisors,
but declared that there was not enough
supervisors and for this reason elimi.
mated them all. The officials who lose
their places by the action of the sen.
ate are Lester S. Twins Of Lebanon,
J. A. Clarke of Columbus, S. A. Har.
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High Court to Settle Question.
The supreme court will settle