Business Men Push Fight On New Franchise
Cincinnati businessmen urge against a proposed municipal ownership franchise for interurban transit. They accuse Messrs Bettman and Hunt of opposing drive and warn that a rushed revocation and fast new franchise would bypass hearings and risk funding while threatening private underwriting. The group cites legal and economic obstacles and urges lawmakers to follow due process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Bettman
Dr. Ie
Cincinnati
Alec
Hunt
New York
Norwood
Norwwood
Pew
Messrs
Kiani and
Cincinati
Business Men's Club
Million Dollar Offer To Police By Hod Carrier
Detectives Studer and Schulte arrested Joseph H. Henderson 36, a hod carrier of 545 West Sixth Street, after he offered police one million dollars each for railroad fare to New York. Henderson claimed to have inherited 35,000,000 from an Uncle Ned of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Studer
Schulte
Joseph H. Henderson
West Sixth Street
Bie
Ned
Henderson
Community Christmas entertainment raises funds at German Conness Home
More than 60 schools and societies attended a Christmas program at Clifton Avenue and Straight Street. Two trees symbolized donations totaling about $2,200, with $338.25 from Sunday schools and $1,274.50 from young peoples societies. Funds go to an $80,000 indebtedness. The program featured speeches and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Avenue
Straight Street
Young Peoples Societies
Support for Cincinnati as site of national reserve bank
West Virginia Tennessee Kentucky central Ohio and Indiana bankers back Cincinnati as the reserve bank location. W W Rowe chair of the Cincinnati Clearing House says Cincinnati is a major pig iron market and coal flow center with many cities within a rail day, arguing the city is the logical district site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
National ‘Reserve ‘Bank
Cincinnati
Rowe
National Reserve Committee
Cincinnati Clearing
Reserve Bank of the Distri
Thousands hear Mohawk Church choir at community Christmas tree
Several thousand gathered around the esplanade last night to hear Mohawk Presbyterian Church choir. Masonic band cornetists assisted. St Pauls Cathedral choir led by K C Stapps opens tonight at 7 30 with a varied program including Holy Night and We Three Kings. Shriner band led by W S Locke performs Christmas selections. Bayrischer Maenner choir ends with German folk songs conducted by John Hoffmann.
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Esplanade
Mohawk Presbyterian Church
Masonic Band
St. Paul's Cathedral
K. C. Stapps
Kings of the Orient
Shriner Band
W. 8. Locke
America
Tenth Regiment
Bayrischer Maenner Choir
John Hoffmann
Matthews Wedding Set in East Cincinnati
Miss Maude H Aldrich will wed Stanley Matthews son of Mortimer Matthews in Calvary church on Tuesday afternoon. Maid of honor Margaret Burrouds of London. bridesmaids include Mary Aldrich Mary Matthews Marie Halstead and Madeline Ashwell of Plainfield NJ. Flower girl Helena Meissner. Other guests include Morgan Frank D Adams William Procter and Cabot from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maude H Aldrich
Spencer Aldrich
Stanley Matthews
Mortimer Mathews
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Calvary Church
Margaret Burrouds
London
Mary Aldrich
Mary Matthews
Marie Halstead
Madeline Ashwell
Plainfield
N. J
Helena Meissner
Morgan
Frank D. Adams
William Procter
Franklin
Stolen Items From Home of George Vasil
Thieves gained entrance with a duplicate key and stole a clothing case a suitcase and a revolver valued at 36 dollars from George Vasil of 49 West Sixth Street yesterday, police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Vasil
West Sixth Street
Woman Lived Years as Willing Prisoner in Monticello Room
Miss Adelaide Branch, who kept house in a secret Monticello room for Melvin H. Couch for years, left the jail hospital with help from several men. She says her love for Couch and fear of scandal compelled her to stay hidden, speaking softly and losing her voice, and she would do it again to protect his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Melvin H. Couch
Adelaide ’ M. Branch
Falisburg
New York
Miss Pranch
Mel
Loingen
Miss Branch
Adelaide M. Branch
Sentry Shooting Sparks Berlin Barracks Riots
An unidentified civilian fired two shots at a sentry before the barracks housing the Ninety-ninth infantry in Zabern. One officer, Lieutenant Baron Von Forstner, had been involved in provoking clashes between soldiers and civilians. The shooter fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sperial
Zabern
Ninety-ninth Infantry Regiment
Baron von Forstner
Starving Baby Found Among Five Children in City
Patrolmen found a three month old baby and four other children aged 2 to 10 on the second floor of 237 West Sixth street. The baby was admitted to City Hospital with starvation. the others to the Children's Home. Police seek mother Mrs Daisy Cotham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice
Reynolds
Vernon
Arine Cotham
West Sixth Street
Myler
Poppe
Daisy Cotham
Electrician Dies From Onsite Burn At Morwood Shop
Raymond Bower 19 of Georgetown Ohio died at Bethesda Hospital from burns suffered Tuesday when he accidentally touched a live wire at the Bullock Electric Co shop in Morwood where he worked as an electrician. Coroner Foertmeyer to hold an inquest. Bower was the son of Sheriff J M Bower of Brown County. Body to be shipped to Georgetown for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Bower
Georgetown
Ohio
Bethesda Hospital
Bullock Electric Company
Morwood
Foertmeyer
Bower
J. M. Bower
Brown County
The Argyle Case heads the Grand program
The Grand Theater presents Robert Hilliard in The Argyle Case a detective drama praised as among the best since Sherlock Holmes. The play by Ford O’Higgins and Burns features modern sleuth methods and a coast to coast tour follows New York success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Hilliard
Sherlock Holmes
Expedition to Seek Tang of Explorers in the Arctic
An expedition from Dawnon to reach Vort McPharson and Heracle Island aims to learn the fate of the Stefaneson Arctic party. They will toll at news points and wire findings via telegraph to Ottawa. The Karluk, Stefaneson’s ship, is believed carried away by ice in the Arctic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brertal
Americas
Tacoma Wash
Northwest Royal
Matt
Vort McPharson
Heracle Island
Cnfort
Stefansson
Modern Language Professors Meet in Cincinnati Today
About 200 professors of modern language from the United States arrive in Cincinnati to attend the Modern Language Association meeting. A reception at the University of Cincinnati opens the program with Dr. Charles W. Dabney delivering the welcome and his topic Language and the Relation to Human Institutions. Prof. Thomas A. Jenkins of the University of Chicago will spoke on Scholarship and Public Spirit.
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Modern
Jannegicenceltiai
United Buytes
Donati
Aivsion
Modern ‘Quage ‘Association
Charles W. Dabney
Thomas A. Jenkins
University of Chicago
Dabney
Gincinnatt Schools
Auto Owners Elated by Ruling on New Tax Law
Cincinnati car owners welcomed Judge Kinkead’s ruling that the Warnes auto tax law is unconstitutional. The decision voids the law as a license and excise tax, with follow‑ups possible to the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court if pursued by the governor and attorney general.
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Automobile Owners of
Cincinnati
BE. G. Kinkead
Franklin County ‘Court of Common
Henee
Ohio
Kinkead
Harry L. Gordon
Columbus
Court of Appeals
Supreme
Ak Automobile Men
Ater
Padmen
Hichér
Death Comes Suddenly in City Apartment
Coroner Foertmeyer was notified yesterday of the sudden death of 8 Wagner of 1931 Vine Street. Dr. Wigger was summoned and cited heart disease as the cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foertmeyer
Wagner
Vine Street
Wigger
Dramatic Season Highlights and Performer Lineup
The article reviews the season's most dramatic plays with Elsie Rizer as May Jolie delivering hardship and peace. It notes Dr. Von Biden and Corless Giles, plus the Moffat Clare trio, Hong Fong the comedian, James Francis Sullivan in The Prince of Pilsen, and Olivetti troubadours. Also mentions Top the World Dancers in Kris Kringle's Dream and Heuck's Sunday show with moving pictures and varied acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Rizer
May -Jolie
von Biden
Corless Giles
Eimpress
Moffat-Clare
Hong Fong
Melody
James Francis Sullivan
Olivetti
Kris Kringle
Standard-Lid Lifters Show Opens With Color Noise
A vivid color display and loud atmosphere mark the Lid Lifters show opening yesterday afternoon at the Standard. A ten round boxing match is scheduled for tonight and a wrestling bout between Jane Kuvarus and Ingle in Tee is set for Wednesday morning. At the Olympic theater Jack Reid presents Progressives and a 25 girl chorus with novel electrical effects. A Night In Bohemia features Jack Reid and Ella Reid Gilbert with Etta Joerns as the Mysterious Moon Girl delighting the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Kuvarus
Ingle
Olympic
Jack Reid
Bohemia
Ella Reid Gilbert
Etta Joerns
Moon
Loneliness of a girl in New York ends in tragedy
Special to The American New York December 20. Electa Frases Rose a 36 year old widow dies by her own hand amid financial hardship and inability to bring her son home for Christmas. A playlet found by her aide reflected the grief and solitude she endured while writing for hire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mra Electa Frases Rose
Rule War
Mre
Rule
Wealthy Mexican owner arrested under slavery law in Chicago
Donald Scott, 35, a wealthy Mexican owner, was arrested at his mother’s home on 490 East Forty-eighth Street for violating the Mann white gallery act. A young woman, Senorita Chinna Gallinds, 25, believed brought from Mexico as a witness, is in custody. Her father, a ranch owner near Tobla in Du rango Territory, was killed by rebels and a price put on her head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia
Chicago
Donald Scott
Mexico
Mibther
Mre
Julia B. Scott
East Forty-eighth Street
Mann White ‘Gallery
Scott
Doubtful Civil Service Ruling Triggers Local Debate
Attorney General Hogan’s ruling limits civil service coverage to specific county offices. Critics doubt its legality and foresee possible court challenges. The Moran appointment as chief clerk to the Hamilton County Tax Commission prompts questions about validity if the ruling stands. Local officials express uncertainty and urge review before comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan
Techat Potiedts
T. Moran
Hamilton County Tax Commission
Peter J. McCarthy
Tax Commission
Moran
Eilect
Leonesah
Seliester
Scholenie
Thieves Raid Henhouse On Pertabank Farm
Elizabeth Thorn ton of Pertabank reports twelve hens stolen after thieves raided her chicken house late yesterday. The theft was discovered when the family returned home.
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Canan
Elizabeth Thornton
Pertabank
Herl
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