The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-19
OPPOSE GRAIN
: FOR LIQUORS

:Bpecial Dispatch 20 The lnteliEcncee.
ecuttre committee of th" state grange IN
, session here today Joined the MOVE
2ment against ;hc use 90 grain Tor
.1icuor. demanding that II b. used ior
food entirely. The grange demanded
that speculation in food b.: stopped and
surged that farm boys be exempt from
military service. II was pointed our
s9hat the production % food supplies IS
t1he greatest question ROW before the
people Of the state State. and local
.vagrancy laws are TO be- enfrrccd so
that there will be no loaterS. y score
-of labor bureaus are 10 hS FORMED |"
.aid the farmers III getting help and
.iheSe agencies will See that thec" arc
xo,o slackers II young men won't en-
list or do some profitable sort OF work
they will be sent 10 the farm or 10
prison.
:, It was announced that III" tabor on
changes will be located at Akron.
Athens. Canton. Chillicothe. Cincinnati.
Cleveland. Columbus. Dayton. Hamilton.
Lima Mansfield. Marietta. Marion.
.Tiffia. Toledo, Washington {. Fl.
Youngstown and GAINESVILLE.
Optimists say the following increased
production in :hc state may be eN-
Corn: 1l7.SsS.9Ss bushels. as against
-S2953.634 bushels in 1915: net 6ain or
'34.s15.3S3 bushels.
wheat. SS.S9S.oSb OUSHclS. lciu
Of 1S944,67S bushels in 1876; q gain OF
potatoes: I6.S3S.soo bushels as
against 3.540.542 bushels: 4 gain Of
13.oaI.I5S bushels.
Hogs: 1,s94.9aO head. as agains, l.
5eS.955: an increase OF 16T.965. head.
Cattle: 2.5I1.354 head. as against l.
4S6.274 head: an increase OF lpe+.sSh
head.
Freight officials OF several Ohio rail
roads discussed the need or assisting
the farmers IN every way possible at a
meeting today. Because OF the urgent
need OF agriculture lime on many Ohio
farms it was decided to place that cora
modify upon the same basis or tsrclt-
izers. AL freight officials in the state
will be ordered to allow no delay IN
the shipment Of fertilizers and agricul-
ture lime
william P. TIaleakamp. formerly. OF
Cincinnati. until the first OF the year
employed as tax clerk in the state audi
tors office has been named by the
executive committee OF the oht" Dry
Democratic Federation TO act as cant
paign secretary during the coming Cant
paign this fall 70 make ONO drF. MI;
Halenkamp was a member OF the 19l2
constitutional convention,
In an opinion handed down today by
ATTORNEY General McGhee to Clerk W.
S. Pealer Of the Ohio Senate. tho reso-
luton adopted by the senate In its
closing hours to boost the pay or It's
employees was held illegal.
Senate sought to get around the law
prohibiting the changing OF salaries o.
public servants during their term os
declaring tho proposed allowance was
. for extra services.
The suit Of the East Ohio Gas COM
pany against the Public CulitteS Com
mission to test the right. OF the COM
1nsson to shut off the gas 10 large M
dustrial consumers in order 10 CON
serve the supply for domestic use was
dismissed today upon motion OK at
D.. torncys for the gas company
Civil service employees Of the state
IxiIl be granted leaves OF absence II
they caro- to enlist. Students or the
College OF arts as we'll as agriculture or
ohio State University will be given
credits If they quit their studies ana en-
list in some way in the present wax
crisis.
Ohio News Notes.
CISCINNATI-The price or ose9"
hers will be increased. There Will DC
.rnjv 10 and Is cent loares.
Observation-Disclosures destroyed tns
:tirst children's garden 10 De staete0
@CIEvELAND- Leonard SummiskeE,
aged 81, was shot In the neck when ne
ard other tried TO hold up Vice Potice-
man Clayton Hires. who was III pain
Clothes