The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-25
BUCKEYE NOTES
News Frnm All Sections Of the Stats

slider a loose constitutional amend
ment for the prohibition OF the traffic
IN intoxicating liquors, the Ohio dry
convention has adjourned. 1t is still
uncertain whether one or more prohi-
bition amendments will be before the
people, this depending on organiza-
tions that are not within the control
of the Ohio Anti-Saloon league.
The proposal submitted has been
dubbed by radicals the bootleggers'
amendment" because those who have
studied its provisions say it would
make it easy to bring large quantities
of intoxicants into the state for sale.
While the resolutions adopted
praise the decision holding the Webb
Kenyon act OF congress constitutional,
the amendment, in failing to forbid
importation, does not take advantage
of the new powers
The next procedure will be the cir
culation of initiative petitions to OBJ
tain the submission of the amendment
proposal, upwards OF 10000 names
being required. This task probably
will be begun at once. In the mean
time decision also may be reached by
the Law Enforcement league and
other Prohibition organizations that
have been ignored by Anti-Saloon
league leaders.
| The amendment proposed by the
Anti-Saloon league would prohibit tho
sale and manufacture for sale of in
| toxicating liquors as a beverage. II
! provides nothing shall prevent the
manufacture for sale or sale of liquor
for medicinal, industrial, scientific.
sacramental or other non-beyerage
purposes.
w. ]. Bryan addressed a mass meet
ing in Memorial hall in the interests OF
prohibition. Col. Bryan congratulated
the prohibition forces on the progress
they are making against the saloon.
He referred to the fact that the
United States senate has just passed
the bill making the District of Col
umbia dry. He urged total abstinence
as wise for the individual and prohi-
btion as necessary for the nation.
Sandusky. "They who do not
work shall not eat" is the rule
being applied to prisoners in the city
Jail They refused to work when Or
dered and are now subsisting on half
rations. The meal varies from bo-
logna and bread to soup and coffee.
Tiffin. - Farmers have organized
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Commerce, the first of it's kind in
Ohio. 1t will be conducted similar to
city associations.
ToIedo.-John ]. (Mickey) Shea, ac-
cused Of swindling Wilbur Rundell,
Oakland county, Michigan, out Of
$4,000 through an alleged wire tap
uing" game, has been found guilty.
Alliance. - Jack Daniels, aged &c,
Sebring potter, Is very much alive,
although a physician had pronounced
him dead from inhaling deadly fumes
emanating from the exhaust to his au-
tomobile. Daniels was working under
the car when he took a deep breath
and was rendered unconscious by gas.
CleveIand.-Virgil P. Kline, aged
72, noted figure at the Ohio bar, is
dead at his home here.
Tiffin.-A $4,000 church will be
erected here by the First Pres
byterian congregation. A site has been
purchased and work will be begun dur
ing the spring.
Cleveland. - A community flour
purchasing plan by the Independent
bakers, pointing toward the return
of the scent loaf, received the first
impetus at Hotel Statler, when 26
Independent Cleveland and northern
Ohio bakers signed a charter for in
corporation.
Akron. - John Nickel, age forty,
superintendent for the McClintock &
Marshall Construction Co., was killed
and Joseph Miller, 33, time clerk Of
the same concern, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded by former en-
ploye, who appeared at the office and
demanded his money.
Port Clinton. - The J. Weller
Company, with headquarters at Gin
cinnati, will rebuild it's canning fac
tory at Oak Harbor to replace the one
which burned last spring.
PainesvilIe. - DR.. o. J. Merri-
man, aged 80, died in a Cleveland hos
pital. He was one of the best known
physicians in this city and vicinity
and was also the owner of a large
fruit farm at Little Mountain.
ungstown.-Attorney S. L. Clark,
aged g., member of the Mahoning
county bar, is dead here. He had prac-
ticed his profession here AZ years.
Marion. - Marion's indexed volume
of the codifcation of the ordinances
that cost the municipality $1,000, is
mysteriously lost. Mayor Sautter has
offered small reward for it.
Warren. - The Basic Steel Com.
pany has purchased six-acre tract
between here and Niles and has
plans practically completed for a new
steel mill. The company is composed
of Niles men.
Columbus. - James E. Buell., aged
Sc, one of the few surviving veterans
of the Mexican war, is dead here.
Marion. - An explosion in the
oil cup Of a coal oil engine Of
the Prospect Union Flour Milling Co.
wrecked the engine room and fire fol-
lowing partially destroyed the mill.
Fremont. - The Farmers Light
ming Protected Mutual Insurance
Co. has elected these officers: Presi'
dent, John Mairer; treasurer, J. A.
Gilmore; secretary, w. W. Hobart /;
directors, H. A. Bolen and William
Graves, Vickery; L. L. Hufford, Tif1n,