The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-07-10

uatlOn. Ine members VI the commls-
sion will get $1,000 earh annually in
salary. The consolidation of the va.
rious departments will become effect
i've in August.
Fire and Police Chiefs comfoTted.
Chiefs of police an1 fire after
all may not be subjected to ar.
bitrary dismissal after Aug. 10.
In an opinion given out here.
Attorney General Hogan comes to
the rescue of the chiefs with the
declaration that he does not believe
that the legislature intended that they
should be left at the mercy of the
mayors during the period between
August and January, while the rest
Of the appointment officers under the
civil service are protected. Before
giving the opinion, Mr.. Hogan re-
ferred the question to various city So
licitors of the state and the majority
of them were of the opinion that the
chiefs of police throughout the state
will continue to retain their positions
in spite of the most ardent desires
of their mayors to oust them. In Co.
lumbus, Chief of Police Carter has
held on for nearly two years despite
the most desperate efforts of the ad-
ministration forces to oust him. When
it was first held that the chief could
be removed, the administration began
to plan his decapitation. Then it was
announced that he would run for may.
or, but he is not likely to enter the
mayoralty race under the new inter.
pretation of the law.
Wears Furs During Hot Wave.
In spite of the appalling heat wave.
there is a woman in Columbus who
wears furs. During the last few days
she has created CONSERVATION by ap.
pearing on the streets with muff in
/ which she plunges her hands as if in
the dead of winter Around her neck
she wears fur boa. Passengers on a
car which she entered last Saturday
of the fur clad lady. She is thought
either to be insaLe or the victim OF
drugs. On one occasion last week she
! fell asleep in a street car and required
the strenuous efforts Of the conductor
to awaken her. officers of the hu.
name society may order her arrest on
a lunacy charge if she continues to
torture" herself further.
Laborers Are Scarce.
So great has been the heat wave
in central Ohio that laborers cannot
be had for ordinary work. Contrac.
tors are experiencing all manner OF
difficulty and are in despair. The 10,
cal employment agencies have sent
out many calls for workmen, but only
half hearted responses have, been
made. Meantime the squirrels in the
state house yard are being compelled
! to share their spacious and pleasing
| quarters to hundreds of human be.
ings who all last week made the Cap.
itol grounds mecca. Scores took
their lunches to the state house green
and there spent the daylight hour OF
| torridity Many slept on the lawn at
night. The squirrels, resenting at first
the intimacy forced upon them, are
now getting used to 1t and are return.
ing familiarity in kind. They froliC
about between rows of humanity with.
out the slightest fear of trouble.
! Face Serious Situation.
The state highway commissioner is
facing a serious situation in its effort
to get contractors to bid upon road
improvements. For one reason or an.
other all of the contractors are timid
regarding the public improvements OF
the state and few bids are being re.
ceived. Last Saturday only three bids
were received on Is proposed road
| improvements and numerous readver
tisements will have to be resorted to-
1t is thought that the main objection
on the part of the contractors is the
scattered character of the work.
Many of the improvements are remote
from railway stations and are so 10.
Gated as to present extreme difficulties
in the way of transporting materials
and caring for laborers.
Relieved From Embarrassment.
The decision of the Franklin county
board of elections to the effect that
Independent candidates for municipal
Office may get place on the ballot
by petitions alone this fall will relieve
hundreds of municipal candidates
from embarrassment throughout Ohio,
but it doesn't necessarily mean that
the secretary of state may not rule
to the contrary. The latter officer is
the supreme arbiter of election riddles
and should he rule otherwise, the in
dependent candidates including Mayor
Brandt Whitlock of Toledo would find
themselves in a peculiar predicament.
Andrews Delivers Sermon.
Clad in prison garb, former Sen.
ator Laforrest R. Andrews stood in
+, the pulpit in the chapel of the Ohio
penitentiary Sunday and delivered an
; impassioned address to thousand
fellow prisoners on causes that send
men to prison. Twice prosecutor Of
Lawrence county and once senator
from his district, Andrews delivered
message that prison officials said
was as impressive as it was unexpect
ed His words were heard by all in
the main prison. Andrews will be out
of prison in few weeks.
Even though he took leave of abb
sence early in the year, former State
Bank Superintendent Frank E. Bax,
ter is entitled to his salary until the
time he actually resigned his duties
one month later, in the opinion of At
torney General Timothy S.. Hogan.