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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
3
Juvenile Court heard that the Refuge Home would not admit two children of a widow unless the mother relinquished all rights for adoption. Judge Caldwell requested an opinion and ordered the children taken to the Refuge Home for care. The court noted private institutions seeking county boards had been rejected by the commissioners.
A Chicago dispatch reports a civic push to hire Mrs Young as Milwaukee education chief after her revolt against the local board. Citizens and board members favor her leadership and insist she acted rightly by seeking change.
Special to The Americas reports discussion that Ella Vinge Young may be Chicago’s woman candidate for mayor next fall. The Chicago Woman's Club met in special session to protest the forced resignation of Mrs. Young as superintendent of Chicago schools.
Mrs. Ethel Downey wife of a motor van official testified before the Public Utilities Commission that she was hired to lure union leaders including Kezin Orr to wine rooms to entrap them in compromising situations. Traction company officials deny the charges. The case centers on alleged acts during a Carman strike in Cincinnati last May.
Special to The American Chicago December 11 1910 Feeling runs high here against Robert Williams a negro porter on the Chicago Mrs Waukee and St Paul Railroad who it is alleged attacked Miss Cecelina Mar pouiller 20 daughter of a wealthy farmer of Tomahawk Wis The negro is held in jail here The girl says the negro attacked her while a lone passenger on a coach.
Governor Dunne declares strong opposition to teaching sex hygiene and eugenics in public schools. He fears moral decline if these subjects are taught and writes to the University of Minnesota president as an ex officio board member.
Robert F. Cramer, 24, a Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman, was struck and killed yesterday near Beechwood Avenue crossing in Linwood as he stepped from a cutoff to turn a switch and fell in front of an express train. The incident occurred in the yards, and the death is recorded as instantaneous.
A daylight burglary attempt at Richard Roach’s home 56734 Archer Avenue Madisonville failed as thieves who had pried open a window were thwarted and fled the scene.
The two day convention of the Ohio State Motel Association ended with a progressive banquet across downtown hotels. A dance at the Union Hotel symbolized cooperation between hotel men and commercial travelers. W. H. Maxwell spoke on hotel records and accounting and John E B Roth with J K Blatchford of Chicago discussed protection from dead heats. The convention will be in Cleveland next year with officers named including Benjamin Harmon president George Lippincott vice president W K Kant secretary George Warnes treasurer A P Rosk chairman of the executive committee Smith Welch longterm and Allen Jordon executive committee short term.
Rosie Fischof 4 is hospitalized after being held up by two Black women on David Street between Central Avenue and John Street. They grabbed 74 cents and fled. police traced suspects after a bakery sighting. A separate incident near Avery alley involved two youths mugging Forest Bump 12 for a gold watch worth $10.
A baby was born in a house in Erie, Pennsylvania this morning while firefighters fought a blaze. The home belonged to Guy T. Justice, superintendent of the Erie Associated Charities, and the area of the house housing the baby remained unharmed by the fire.
Police pursue a suspect in a bombing that shattered three storefronts at dawn. Patrolman M L Toole described a man crouching behind a telegraph pole and throwing the explosive, firing at the fleeing figure as he escaped.
James Marshall head of the world’s largest hat maker vanished at Grand Central Terminal while being escorted to a private sanatorium. Two men, E. P. Chariton of Woolworth and Dr Buck of Fall River, accompanied him as police launch a general alarm.
K V Haymaker of Defiance Ohio testifying before the House banking committee denounced the Herrick plan for rural loans as a scheme by professional financiers to divert billions in farm revenue to finance houses. He claimed Ohio's building loan organizations have already solved farm credit problems.
New York reports late tonight on possible Tinker moves from Cincinnati to Brooklyn with Ebbetts denying a $920,000 bid including Smith. Herrmann favors cash or players. discussions include Moran, Aitchison, Bescher, Marquins, Hartley, plus a potential Herzog swap. Pittsburgh and Fred Clarke push deals using Wilson, Miller, Mitchell, Dolan, McCarthy, Butler while league rules shift to limit cross-team approaches.
Chicago, Dec. 11 Joe Tinker rejects a trade to Eastern clubs saying he will not play regularly for any East team next season. He prefers Chicago first and Pittsburgh second if moved before magnates depart the East.
Miss Elaine Golding of Bath Beach New York started from the five mile buoy opposite Cristobal seeking to swim the Panama Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific. She reached the lower Gatun lock in the afternoon and planned to continue across Gatun lake to Gamboa the next day.
More than 3500 Lunkenheimer Company employees will be entertained at a dance at the Armory Saturday night.
An overheated engine yesterday set fire to a Zumstein Co. hab on Vine near Fourth Street. The fire was extinguished by the driver before the department arrived. Approximately two hundred applicants for naturalization papers will appear before Judge Hollister in the United States District Court January 20 and 21 for hearing.
Fire started from a defective flu in William Hall's residence at 2992 Griest avenue. The blaze damaged the home and caused an estimated $15 in losses yesterday afternoon.
In Columbus Ohio December 1 the defense relied on two state witnesses to aid Clement Baxter former state examiner charged with taking 2140 from defunct Columbus Savings and Trust. Morrison former VP of Metropolitan Savings and Trust Co of Cincinnati testified about a 500 to 600 shortage and suggested a director warned Baxter’s brother might be appointed liquidating agent. Henry W Bachus admitted altering records to shield Cameron former bank president and said Baxter first uncovered the 3140 shortage and hired him to investigate.
In Albany the Senate passed Glynn direct primary reform with little opposition while former allies vanished. Senator Ralph W. Thomas called the scene a greater miracle than Saul of Tarsus as reformers backed the bill that Governor Sulzer had opposed earlier.
Governor Cox may act after a report by State School Superintendent Miller. It says 23,000 elementary teachers earn under 50 dollars and 14 cents per month on average, while 18,489,595 dollars sit idle in school board treasury funds.
The Cincinnati advance in egg prices over the past six years exceeds all markets except New York City Buffalo Newark Washington and Manchester according to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. A commission man attributes the rise to extremely hot midsummer weather limiting production.
The Northside Business Club will stage a celebration and parade Saturday evening December 13 to honor the opening of Beekman Street. Several speakers are listed for the event.
Police failed to locate the burglars who entered Christian Fortresde’s store at 1353 Central Avenue Wednesday night and stole 70 dollars from the cash drawer. A dropped match from John Wenning’s home at 1133 Carney Street sparked a fire that caused 45 dollars in damage.
Washington December 11 The House debated Prohibition advocates filling the chamber with applause as Representative Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama pleaded for a resolution to submit a constitutional prohibition amendment to the states. Opponents clashed with Hobson and Oscar Underwood amid heated exchanges as the chamber roared with reaction.
The Federated Catholic Societies were barred from Federated Improvement Associations meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. The Improvement body banned political or religious groups and organized a card urging a yes or no vote on the proposed city charter. Rose objected to distribution. chair temporarily changed. Director Leach warned of a 1914 budget deficit if policies continue. Gibson House hosts next meeting. recommendations on California schools and Madison road extension referred back.
Special to The American. Census Bureau figures show Cincinnati's per capita indebtedness at 139 dollars and 18 cents with total city debt of 66 million 376 thousand 450. Among similar sized cities Cincinnati tops nine-city outstanding indebtedness, with only Chicago New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Boston higher in total or per capita burden. Washington among the group has the lowest debt.
Miss Hope Davis of Indianapolis vice president and Miss Pearl Green grand secretary attend a three days session of the National Council of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. The group plans to establish a Cincinnati branch.
Booths discuss standardizing program lengths at the fourth convention of the Motion Picture Exhibit Club. Obie is expected to attend as officials propose sixteen and a quarter minutes for a feature. Governor Cox and former Senator Pornker are set to attend a banquet on January 28 into January 29.
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