The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-09
special Columbus Correspondent.
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have started fight before the
supreme court to prevent the
order Of the state public utili-
ties commission requiring the Hooking
Valley and Toledo & Ohio Central rail-
roads to reduce coal rates from being
knocked out. The fight for lower rates
was started by the miners, who COM
planned that Ohio was unable to COM
pete with West Virginia in the coal
market because Ohio was charged
more for coal transportation than was
the neighboring state. The commits
sion took this view of It and ordered
the companies to lower the rates. The
companies now are trying to induce
the supreme court to set aside the
order of the commission I'VE fled
this complaint because $4,000 miners
were out of work and, with our fami-
lies, were in want" In substance snys
brief submitted to the court by the
miners. This condition was not the
result Of labor troubles, but was due
to the discriminatory rates in favor of
coal mined south Of the Ohio river
against producers and shippers of
Ohio coal. The railroads question the
authority Of the commission to issue
an order compelling them to cut down
rates.
To Learn Horseback Riding.
Co-eds at Ohio State university have
new field Of educational endeavor
opened to them. The classes start
next Wednesday. 1t is nothing more
nor less than horseback riding, which
has been made part of the curriculum
of the department of physical educa
tion for women at the university. The
classes in equestrianism are the result
Of an offer made by Frank Tallmadge,
Columbus broker, who was bitterly dis
appointed with the way o. S. U. goods
showed up last spring when the try
outs for the equestrian pageant in the
May fete were held. He made up his
mind then, he says, that o. S. U. girls
should be provided with an Opportun-
ity to learn how to ride, and ride WELL
If he could do anything toward the
accomplishment of such worthy pur
regularly, must provide herself with
suit, and must pay for the rent of her
horse, which will be at the rate of 81
an hour Mr.. Tallmadge will conduct
the classes.
Small Seeding of Wheat.
The wheat crop for 1917 will not
exceed two-thirds of an average crop,
so a report of the state board of agri-
culture indicates. The estimated area
seeded for the 1917 harvest is 1873
845 acres, smaller acreage than for
1916, which was a poor year for
wheat. The average production of
wheat per acre is Is bushels, but from
the present outlook this production
will be a little less. It is also shown
that the production of alfalfa. rye and
corn for 1916 fell considerably below
the output for 1915. Potatoes have
also shown a decreased production.
The sugar beet crop fell off more than
one-half.
Report on Car Shortage.
Reports filed with the public utilities
commission so far do not indicate that
there is a conspiracy on the part of
the railroads to produce car short
age. These reports are those sent by
the railroads themselves. The results
of the investigations being made by
inspectors of the commission, who are
out over the state, have not been de-
termined, and when they are received
it will probably be known beyond
doubt whether there is any foundation
for the complaints that cars are being
held by the railroads. This probe is
to determine who is responsible for
the high coal prices.
Stricken Blind.
Mrs. Cora Wells, formerly chief ma
tron at the Ohio penitentiary, and
now assistant matron at the women's
reformatory at Marysville, was strick-
en- blind at the institution at the din.
ner table She has been brought to
Columbus for treatment. The cause
of the blindness is attributed to blood
pressure and nervousness. Mrs. Wells
was appointed from Pickaway county.
Her mother, Mrs. John Rife, suffered
a similar attack and, it is said, never
recovered her sight.
Faculty Member Dies.
Dr. Romeo o. Keiser, physician,
member of the faculty of the Ohio
State university, died at his home in
Columbus Wednesday from abscess of
the lungs. He was 46 years old. He
formerly was secretary of the Ohio
Homeopathic Medical society of Ohio.
For the past eight years he was ply
sician at the state school for the deaf.
He specialized in diseases of children
and taught that branch in the college
of homeopathic medicine at the Ohio
State university.
Can't Use Name as Trademark.
It is unlawful to use the name boy
Scout" as a business trademark, so
Attorney General Turner has ruled in
advising the secretary of state to re-
fuse to accept for registration trade
mark sent in by a Portsmouth shoe
firm.
Can Invest Idle Funds.
Building and loan associations gen
orally will be interested in ruling by
the states legal department that it is
lawful for them to invest their idle
funds in such securities as are accept
ed by the government from national
banks for postal savings.
Will Make Repairs.
Although the state brick plant at
Junction City has been closed until
after the first of the year, because of
the coal famine and resulting high
prices, the 81 prisoners who have
been there employed will not be re-
turned to the penitentiary. They will
be retained at the brick plant to make
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