The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-08-24
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS-OTHER HAPPENINGS
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus,


mon pleas court, which, according tC
the contention of Cyrus Locher, prose
cutting attorney of that county, will, as
it stands, upset the valuations in al
special districts in all the counties anG
play havoc with the duplicates. 1t is
planned to have the members of the
supreme court hear the case in review
in chambers.
Suit was brought by building and
loan interests in Cleveland to prevent
the county auditor from entering the
valuations Of a ward on the duplicate
on the ground that under the new tar
law the whole of the county must be
valued; that it cannot be done piece.
meal; otherwise it would be discrimi
nary, and Judge Meals sustained the
contention. He went further and held
that the arrett-Whittemore law re.
quires the valuation of all of every
county before June each year. No
counties have done this, assuming that
the law on this point was directory
and not mandatory. The Injunction in
the Cleveland case prevents an in
crease to the duplicate Of $55, ,000,0 900.
FaVors II. P. Tax.
Registrar w. H. Walker of the state
automobile department favors abolish.
ing taxes on automobiles and basing
the license fee on the horsepower of
the machine. He would increase the
cost Of the license, but Offset this by
wiping out the tax. 81 believe this
would be more satisfactory to both the
state and the owners" said Mr.. Walk
er. "And, besides, by this method
many machines which are not re-
turned for taxation would not escape
paying the state what they should, as
they would be caught for this when
the license would be taken out" He
expects to recommend the plan to the
legislature.
5Iames Former Officials.
Responsibility for the present un-
fortunate financial condition of many
Ohio cities is placed at the doors of
former mayors by Mayor Harry L.
Davis Of Cleveland, who is in Colum-
bus to attend the meeting Of the Re-
publican state central committee. He
said that it has been the custom of
city officials to appropriate and spend
every cent in sight without regard to
the future, and as result cities are
now head over heels in debt. Whole
some use of economy is the only solu-
tion for the financial crisis confront
ing these cities, according to Mayor
Davis.
Spend Large Sums.
Harry M. Daugherty and Myron T.
Herrick, Republican senatorial candi-
dates, had the largest expense ac-
counts. Daugherty and his friends
spent nearly $1,000, and Herrick and
his friends spent larger sum. Daugh-
erty spent little over $4,000 himself
and Herrick spent something over
$1,000 himself. Herrick committees
and clubs spent considerably more
than the Daugherty people did. Daugh-
erty received number of large con-
tributions from well-known business
men Herrick received no contributions.
UP to Sheriff.
Gov. Willis has turned over to Sher-
lR William H. Lundy of Erie county,
a protest filed with him against the
bout scheduled to take place
at Cedar Point on Labor day between
Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland, feather
weight champion, and George CLANCY,
the Baltimore lad with the hard-hit-
ting punch. The governor told the
sheriff that it was his duty to stop the
contest if he found that it was to be a
prize fight. Boxing contests are al
lowed under the state law.
Rules Against Morris Plan Banks.
The ruling Of the attorney generals
department that so-called Morris plan
banks have no legal status in Ohio will
stop the organization of such institu-
tions which are more numerously rep
resented in some other states than in
this one. Banks of this kind loan
funds without requiring security,
which banking institutions insist must
be furnished before loans are made.
Cleveland, Canton, Springfield and
Youngstown have such banks.
Camp Sewage Nuisance.
The long delay in sending the troops
to the border has precipitated the
sewage nuisance question here again
and the city health officer has certi-
fied to the state board of health that
the condition constituted nuisance.
The entire sewage from the camp is
poured into the 0lentangy, now but
small stream, and is carried right
through the city.
Wartime TeIegrapher Dead.
George K. Smith, one of the few
surviving telegraphers who were en-
ployed with the Union forces during
the Civil war, is dead here, aged 72
years.
Newman Suspects Conspiracy.
J.H. Newman is not inclined to drop
the inquiry into the reason for the
omission of his name from the ballots
in several OF the counties as a can
didate for the Democratic nomination
for secretary of state. He says that
IL the omission had occurred in a sin
gle county, or If other candidates at
this election or any other had ever
suffered a similar unfortunate expe-
rience, he could credit the matter to
nm accident hut he cannot understand
how he alone came to be the victim
and that he suffered It not only in one
county but four.
Will Meet In Port Clinton.
The summer meeting of the Ohio
State Horticultural society was held
with the fruit growers of Ottawa coun-
ty at Port Clinton. Addresses were
made by S. E. Gerner, ]. L. King,
Paul Thayer, r. A. Gill and A. d.
Shelby.
Iaadtn0 canifaI Affornev Dasd