The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-26
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS - OTHER HAPPENINGS

reserve supply for it's disposal t.
equalize distribution to prevent if pos
slble any domestic shortage next win
ter and to keep down the price.
Gov. Cox, in an important coal con
ference in his Office, named as heaC
of the clearing house, John NJ. Roar
OF Columbus, commissioner of the Goa
operators compensation and labol
bureau. The governor further desig
mated James Dugan, chief inspector
of the public utilities commission, t
have supervision of transportation il
connection with the clearing house.
Not only was it made known by the
governor that the operators are
pledged to complete arrangements fol
reserving their respective quotas Of
the 100000 tons, it was established
that the clearing house will get in
touch with dealers associations
throughout Ohio to form, what for all
practical purposes will be a series OF
local coal pools similar to the pool
centering in Cleveland designed to
take care of the lake navigation trade
1t is the intention to make all use
possible of existing organizations in
cities and to call upon mayors to help
in the work of ascertaining the de,
mand and regulating consumption.
Cox said the coal business would be
handled in vigorous, courageous
way"
The clearing house will be the
trouble center of the Ohio coal situa-
ton. If small or large community
suddenly discovers and informs the
state that it faces a shortage, the
clearing house at once will instruct
an operator or operators to forward
to that city from his or their portions
of the 100000 reserve a quantity of
coal to tide over the threatening
period.
A possible lower coal cost to Ohio
consumers than cost figured on the
basis of the $3.50 mine price agreed
on by Washington was indicated by
the governor. He told the officials and
members of the state branch, Council
for National Defense, who were gath
cred in his Office, that at the price
agreed upon by operators, the cost to
consumers would be about $3.50 a ton,
but that as lower mine price was ex-
pected, the cost to the consumer prob
ably would be less.
The attorney general said the mine
price of So for hooking coal ought to
be decreased 25 cents and the $3.50
figure for Jackson coal shaded by be-
tween so and rs cents. If the opera
tors would not agree to- reduction, a
special session of the general assem-
bly, ought to be called.
Milk Prices to Be Raised.
Milk prices in Ohio are to be raised,
according to a resolution adopted by
the Ohio Milk Producers Association,
in session here.
Assertion is made in the resolution
that if prices are not raised consider
ably, dairymen, because of increased
cost of feed, will be forced to sell their
cows and go out of business.
What increase is to be made was
left to the individual producer, be-
cause of different conditions faced in
different localities.
Says Pool Consignments.
AS one of the means of relieving
the car shortage which is receiving so
much attention and discussion at the
hands of the public, the Ohio branch,
Council for National Defense, suggests
that consigners of freight pool their
consignments and save a great amount |
of car space that now is wasted.
Newspaper Law Upheld.
Constitutionality of the newspaper !
act" passed several years ago by the |
Ohio legislature to permit newspapers |
to publish, without answering dam
ages, the contents of all public records
is established in a decision handed !
down by the Franklin county circuit
court of appeals in the case of Samuel
Heimlich against the Dispatch Print
ing Co. of this city.
Heimlich, a Cleveland lawyer, sued
the Dispatch for $4,000 for publishing
the fact that he had been arrested on
a charge of perjury in connection with
referendum petitions on the Warrens
tax law. A verdict was returned in
favor of the Dispatch.
Sell Old Tin Cans.
The Capital city is going into the
tin can business. Officials have been
canned before, but never have been
by the city.
Council has appropriated $1,000 for
the purchase of baler and tin cans
which are brought in by the garbage
and trash wagons will be crushed and
baled. These will bring SO ton.
Baled rags and paper have brought
the city $1,047 within the last three
II
Guardsman ls Buried.
Hundreds of persons were attracted
% the military funeral of Seymour
Sprouse of the Third regiment, Ohio {
national guard, who died at the Co S
umbus barracks from spinal menin- t
Sitis. 1t was the first military funeral
n Columbus since the war started. G
The services were held at the home, I
Ehich his father and mother had bar q
icaded when national guardsmen q
;alled to take the man to the bar (
acks hospital. The parents were ar
ested and held at the city police sta 8
ion "a hours, being released in time a
o be at their sons dying bedside. b
Ohio Is More Healthy.
Reports compiled by the state de-
of health show marked i'm +
in the health of the citizens e
I Ohio, judged from the number of ]
otifiahle disaases rannrted althnmrh