The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-09
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS-OTHER HAPPENINGS
Special Columbus Correspondent.
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agree upon a site for the new |
state office building. The commission
was in session Tuesday and Wednes-
day, adjourning until Dec. %, when 1t
hopes to be ready to make its selec-
tion. 1t became known Wednesday
that the commission has sites some
distance away from the Capitol, as
well as those on 3d-st. just opposite it,
under consideration. While it is un-
derstood that the commission wants
to get location near the state house,
it will go elsewhere if holdup prices
are demanded for the more central
locations.
To Instruct County Auditors.
Ding-dong, ding-dong. The school
bell will soon ring for the county au-
ditors of the state. The state tax
commission, fearful that the circular
letter recently sent out to them urg-
ing the auditors to get busy with
study of the new Whittemore-Parrett
taxation law enacted at the last ses-
sion of the legislature, and which will
succeed the Warnes taxation law on
Jan. l next, and prepare themselves
for the administration of that law,
will not prove sufficient, has about de-
cided to call the auditors to meet here
with them for several days during the
latter part of this month for instruc-
tions as to their duty. The county
auditors will succeed to the duties of
the district assessors under the pres
ent law when the new one comes into
force, and much will depend upon the
ability and efficiency of the county
auditors as to the success of the new
law, the state tax commissioners think.
May Make Alum.
Aluminium is the essential part of all
clays, and it is also the. essential part
of the alum of commerce, but for some
reason the clay of Georgia has so far
proved the only clay that is useable in
the manufacture of alum, and so Geor-
gia has a monopoly on the manufac-
ture of alum, the cost of shipping the
clay being prohibitive. But c. P.
Hoover, chemist in charge of the Co
lumbus water filtration plant, at
which great quantities of alum are
used, thinks he has found clay in
Ohio-in Scioto county-which will
take the place of the Georgia product
admirably If it works, Columbus will
make not only her own supply of alum,
but make it for the trade. A carload
Of clay from Portsmouth has been
shipped here and experiments are pro-
ceeding.
Mourned as Dead, Returns.
Two years after he left home and
long after he had been mourned as
dead, Charles r. Cox, aged %, walked
into his fathers house to tell OF
his wanderings abroad When young
Cox walked out of his fathers house
in the late fall of 1913 he said
he was going to look for work. He
was not seen or heard from again un'
til last night. He explained that he
had been in England, France and
Brazil most of the time since leaving
home, having suddenly taken the no
tion to see foreign countries. There
was a railroad wreck in New YOrl
soon after he disappeared in which &
man answering his description los
his life and his parents were firmly O.
the opinion that it was he.
CIemency Recommended.
Clemency was recommended fo
seven penitentiary prisoners by thu
state board of pardons in a repor
made to Gov. Willis Wednesday night
In II other cases the applications wer'
rejected. Two pardons were recon
mended, one for Adam Longer, serv
ing a manslaughter sentence iron
Tuscarawas county, and one TO
Ounce Reynolds, serving a sentenc
from Montgomery county for assault
to kill A commutation was recon
mended for William Mooney, Merce
county, serving a sentence for shoot
ing to kill, so as to release him a
once.
Failed to Stop Jay Crossing.
Columbus comes slowly to metre
politan ways, and an attempt to pas
under suspension of the rules thi
week an ordinance to stop Jay" stree
crossing by pedestrians-that is, cross
ing streets at points other than regl
lar crossings-failed. Even in tn
busy business centers pedestrians ma
amble across the streets at any poiT
they choose, greatly increasing tn
danger of accidents, of course.
Expect Twelve Hundred
The chamber of commerce of G,
lUmbus has secured the banquet ha
in the temple of the Masons of c.
lumbus as the place in which the dill
ner to President Wilson will be give
on the occasion of his visit here o
Dec. 10. No hotel in Columbus coul
seat more than 400 in its dining room
It is expected that 1,200 will sit dow
at the dinner to the president.
Good Revenue Producer.
The Golfers of Ohio are fairly burs
ing these days. Each mail
bringing many thousands of dollar
into the state treasury. This none
is coming from the railroads an
other public utilities, insurance con
panies and foreign corporations, an
represents what they owe tn
state in taxes during the past yea
under the Cole so-called excise lay
the best revenue producer the stat
has. This year the state will get mol
than $5yOO0,00O under this law. and a
this money must be paid into the stat
treasury soon.
A Plea for CIemency.
A plea for clemency for nine mu
derers confined in the Ohio penite
tiary will be made to the state pardc
board Thursday. One of these is Pc
Skribner of Toledo, awaiting electr
cution for killing an officer who trie