The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-09-02
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS--OTHER HAPPENINGS
sneclaI coIumhu. correspondent.

figures. This design has just
been adopted by Registrar W. H.
Walker of the automobile department
The name "Ohio" will appear at the
top of the tag on the left hand side
with 1916" directly below. On the
right side of the tag in letters four
inches high will appear the license
number. On the tags for dealers the
letter ID" will appear between the
letters and figures and on the tags
for electric machines the letter e.
will appear in a similar position.
These changes will make identified
tion of machines easier. Registrar
Walker will Immediately contract for
the manufacture of these tags. They
will cost the state 1914 cents q set,
three-fourths Of a cent less than the
price paid for tags last year. The
contract calls for not less than 190,-
900 sets of tags. In some states 29
cents are being paid for each pair
of tags. Last year the state used
122,504 sets. From now on owners of
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sets of tags for so cents per set.
Dealers can get duplicates for ST..
This is a reduction of one-half The
price of a dealers license has also
been reduced from $40 to $40. Own
ers pay SIS for gasoline machines and
So for electrics. Motorcycle owners
pay 50 for their licenses.
Jobs Would Be Placed in Jeopardy.
Unless the courts tie up the opera
ton of the new civil service law,
which is scheduled to go into effect
Sunday, many scores of Democratic
Office holders in various state depart
ments will find themselves jobless and
their places filled by Republicans after
Monday. There are some 1000 en-
ployes whose places are placed in
jeopardy by the new law. If the
courts tie up the act pending a de-
cision by the supreme court as to it's
constitutionality the salaries of these
1000 employees will be held up by the
state civil service commission; so it
will be seen that no matter what the
situation is it will be one of misery
for the occupants Of the offices. If
the law is not held up Republican
heads of departments will displaCe
their Democratic subordinates with
Republicans and these will serve pro-
visionally until civil service examina-
tions can be arranged for the places
in question, for which it will take
from one month to a year or more to
prepare.
Make Probe Statewide.
The public utilities commission will
make it's probe of the charges that
railroads are discriminating against
Ohio operators in coal transportation
statewide. The investigation was
started upon complaint of Ohio min
ers against the SO coal-carrying rail.
roads. Early this month the Sunday
Creek Coal Co. Joined with the min
ers, and since the contest has prac-
tically resolved itself into a fight be-
tween that company and the Hooking
Valley railroad. During the hearing
Tuesday the commission made it
known that all the other railroads
would be compelled to come in and
show their hands in the controversy.
Percy Tetlow Of Washingtonville, leg,
islative agent of the Ohio miners,
said that the miners would ask the
commission to put it's own experts on
the books of the defendant railroads
to determine the exact rates they are
charging for carrying Ohio coal, com.
pared to the much lower rate charged
on foreign coal.
Annex Is to Be RemodeIed.
The state house annex, erected more
than Is years ago, is to be remodeled
to provide additional Office space. Gar
ret storerooms and musty old Office
rooms which were abandoned several
years ago because of poor light and
faulty ventilation are to be provided
with new skylights and ventilation and
transformed into fine office rooms. The
elevator system Of the building stops
one floor below the part that is to be
improved, and so the employees who
are assigned to these madeover rooms
will be obliged to climb winding flights
of stairs to get to them, a circum-
stance which they, no doubt, will COM
plain about, because public employees
are accustomed to having everything
convenient.
Returns to Old System.
William Beard of Columbus will be
in charge of detail of some so or 60
police who will be on duty at the state
fair. Fifteen of the cops" will be
from Columbus, while the others will
be appointed on recommendation of
the fair board members from various
parts of the state. For several years
members of the National Guard have
been used for police duty at the fair
This year the board is returning to an
old system.
Medical Board Changes Rules.
Because of objections made by col
Ored citizens, the state medical board
has changed its rules so that appli
to practice as drugless healers will moi
be required to file photographs o.
themselves, together with a statement
showing their race and whether they
are of American or foreign birth. The
contention was made that if these
rules were enforced that this woulC
lead to discrimination against mem
bers of the colored race. Complain
against the rules was made to Gov
Willis.
Will Become Private Citizen.
George c. Rings, assistant state fir,
marshal, of West Unity, William
county, who has served in the depart
ment during each Democratic admins
tration during the past nine years, will
step down and out and become a pri
vate citizen Sept. /. Realizing tha