The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-10-21
Murderer May Be Freed.

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comply with recommendation of the
state pardon board, which wants him
( restored to liberty The conditions are
that he must be placed under the GUS
tody of the Hungarian consul at Cleve-
land and must support his aged par
ents. Goldie Stewart, serving a life
sentence from Meigs county for muir
der, has been recommended for a par
don. Mrs. Newton B. Baker, wife of
Mayor Baker of Cleveland, has inter-
ceded with the board for Walter Lin
ton, an Ashland county prisoner, who
was caught burglarizing the Baker
home. Linton said he stole to get
money for the care of a crippled baby,
which needed a surgical operation.
Cost of Securing Signatures.
The sum of $2,61S was expended by
the Ohio Stability league in getting sig
natures for its petition to initiate a
proposed constitutional amendment to
limit submission Of constitutional pro-
posals, twice defeated, to once every
six years, according to a statement
filed with the secretary of state by H.
A. Mckenzie of Pike county, secretary
of the league. John B. Miles of Colum-
bus, county clerk of Franklin county,
as chairman Of the County Officers as
sociation, who initiated an amendment
to add two years to their present
terms and to extend their permanent
terms from two years to four years,
filed statement that $473.30 were ex-
pended in obtaining names for the pc.
tition to initiate this proposal. Judge
Frank H. Kerr cf Steubenville, who
managed the campaign for a referen.
dunn on the McDermott liquor license
law, certified in his report that a total
of S2,878 was expended in getting
names enough for a referendum.
Will Be Held in November.
The second trial of Clement S. Bax-
ter of Lima, former state bank exam.
iner charged with embezzlement of
$1,000 of the funds of the defunct Co.
lumbus Savings & Trust Co. after the
affairs of the bank had been taken
over by the state, will be held in No.
vember. 1t will be remembered that
Baxter was convicted in the Franklin
county common pleas court two years
ago, but was granted a new trial and a
change of venue to another county by
the supreme court. Attorney General
Turner has made tentative arrange.
ments for the hearing of the case. !
BaXter's attorneys asked for a change
OF venue to another county on the |
ground that popular feeling against
their client was so strong in Franklin |
county as to make it impossible for |
him to get fair trial.
Fight Against Electrical Expert.
There is considerable speculation on
the question of whether the state pub.
lie utilities commission will reappoint |
its electrical expert, l.. C. White,
whose term is ended under the new
civil service law. The reasons for the
speculations are, first, that the posi-.
tion pays $4,000 year, or more than
the salary of some of the members of
big state commissions. and second,
that special fight is being made on
White by certain union labor leaders,
This fight is based on the contention
that White was one of the high off. |
Gals of the Columbus Railway, Power |
& Light Co. during the big street car
strike in Columbus five years ago.
Murderers Seek Liberty.
A large percentage of the cases pre-.
sented to the state pardon board are
fhnCn N yXghio ioh
liberty. At the Thursday meeting of |
the board appeals for clemency will be |
received from 20 such prisoners. Muir.
derers give the penitentiary officials
no trouble, as rule Realizing that |
their chances of freedom are depend,
ent upon their behavior, they rarely
transgress the prison rules, and soon
after they enter the institution they
become TRUSTEES One woman prisoner
will ask the board for liberty at the
coming meeting, Mabel Scott, sent up
from Montgomery county a year ago
last April to serve from one to five
years for pocketpicking.
Must Remain Open Till Midnight.
When the law says that nominating
petitions can be filed up to a certain
date, the boards of elections through.
out the state must keep their offices
open until midnight preceding the ex.
piration of the time limit, according to
the Interpretation of decision handed
down by the supreme court A certain
candidate for judge in Dayton was un.
able to hand in his petition on the last
day for filing petitions because the
offices of the board closed at o'clock
or before. The court holds that it was
the duty of the board to remain open
for the convenience of the candidates,
and therefore orders that the petition
OF the candidate in question be re.
ceived and regularly filed.
Want Case Postponed.
The Hooking Valley railroad is fight.
ing to secure a postponement of the
coal rate case brought against the rail-
roads by the United Mine Workers and
IS scheduled to come before the utili.
ties commission for hearing. This case
IS to determine if Ohio railroads are
charging excessive rates for the move.
nent of coal
Will Choose Matron.
One of three women certified by the
state civil service commission will be
chosen by the state board of admins.
ration to act as matron of the new
reformatory at Marysville.
New Armory at Akron.
After the return of Gov. Willis from
he Pacific coast next week the state 8
rmory board, of which the governor I
president, will award the contract
or the erection of new armory at
AKRON, which will be the finest build. :
ng of the kind in the state. It will be
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