The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-08-13
Sharp Faces Hard Task.


Americas new ambassador to
France, William G.. Sharp of Elyria,
o., is probably facing as hard task
as any United States minister to a
foreign nation ever has met. Mr.
Sharp is now in Washington ready to
sail on an armored cruiser. Had not
the war broken out as early as it did,
Mr.. Sharp already would have been at
his post of duty, for all of his plans
had been completed at the time when
the war declarations cut off the big
passenger liners and caused serious
problems to arise for those contem.
plating trip abroad, 1t is thought
now that even when Ambassador
Sharp reaches Paris he will not imme.
diately take over all of the duties
that have been performed by Myron
T. Herrick, whom the new ambassa
dor succeeds. Mr.. Herrick has been
able to do splendid work at Paris
owing to his long experience at the
post, and it will be naturally difficult
for his successor Immediately to as
sumo the task.
Penitentiary Precedents Broken.
Penitentiary precedents of recent
times have been broken in the case OF
Richard Sands, 78-year-old prisoner
who has been transferred to the San
dusky Soldiers and Sailors home
Sands is practically free, although he
was neither pardoned, paroled OF
given a communication of sentence
Technicalities we're avoided by simply
sending the aged man to Sandusky as
an "honor prisoner" There is no in
tention on the part of the prison off
cials to take him back to the peniten
tiary. Rather he will be left at tthe
Sandusky home until death. So it is
that Sands is free, although still 9
prisoner The crime for which he was
sent to the penitentiary IA years age
from Columbus was the murder of &
woman. Still another prisoner has
been freed, but through the regular
process of pardon. He is ike" Saun
ders, the colored animal keeper of the
prison, also serving time for murder
PayroIIs to Be Checked.
All of the state payrolls are about
to be checked by the state civil serv
ice commission, for after next weel
no vouchers may be issued in payment
for the services of any employe undel
civil service unless it shall have beer
first approved by the civil service
commission. Representatives of the
commission during the next few days
will set to work in the state auditors
Office checking the payrolls and IL
making lists of employees and the
amount of their salary. The new sys
tenn will keep the commission closely
in touch with the work of classified
employees and a card index system
will be kept in order to show th'
status of each public official WHIT
comes within the jurisdiction of tht
civil service regulations.
Suffraglsts Not Satisfied.
The secretary Of state is in peel
Of trouble with Ohio suffrage leader
and all because he didn't appea
when they flled their petitions
It seems that after the suffra
gists took their petitions into the offic,
of the secretary he failed to emerg
from his private Office and permitted {
deputy to act in his stead, Now thu
suffrage leaders aver that they woul'
not have minded the secretary's cool
ness had he not previously on tn
same day personally received the peti
tions filed by liberal interests and tn
state board of commerce.
Urges Banks to Cooperate.
Believing they can be the most ei