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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1913
Page
8
A mine accident at the Pulmer mine of the George M. Jones Coal Company in Toledo injures twelve miners after two cars collide. One car carried dynamite, the other the miners. both cars derail, rail and supports crash, six feared fatally. Operator leapt to escape injury.
Peter J. McCarthy and Charles Poran received gubernatorial appointments to the Deputy State Tax Commission for Hamilton County. McCarthy will resign from the City Board of Elections. Doran remains a Republican member as Preble Huffman McMul len Mason Lentz Ayersi Beckler McConville Buckingham Okey among Progressives dominating the governor's choices.
Tenement House Inspector Richardson yesterday swore out four warrants in Municipal Court charging William P P Devou a wealthy tenement house owner with failing to install the escape and sanitary improvements in tenement houses at 606 Webb Street 661 West Fourth Street 523 and 481 Smith Street.
Dayton Nov 21 A verdict for the plaintiff was returned in the second trial of Isaac Evans versus the C H Railroad. Jane is son in law and administrator of the estate of EB Bams who was killed a year ago at the Herman avenue crossing. The suit sought $10060 and the verdict awarded $5525.
A worker named Henry Wheeler of Cincinnati was badly hurt yesterday in a strike at two local companies in Indianapolis. Authorities report a general walkout affecting roughly seventy five men with wages at six dollars daily.
Mayor elect Spiegel took the oath January 1 and received a $25 bond before starting his duties. He was away on a vacation trip in the South and was accompanied by Attorney Charles Hornberger when he called at the office.
A complaint charges a factory with blocking workers exit with an iron railing forcing single file passage. Mayor Hunt turned the matter to Deputy State Factory Inspector Concannon. The claim says about 300 female employees would be at great risk in a fire due to the railing.
Kila Smith of Lockland sued George Neuffer for 1090 dollars claiming Neuffer cut down whale trees on shared property and caused a nuisance with an objectionable odor. Judge Gorman ruled for Neuffer, noting the trees were on his lot and the odor was not a nuisance.
A group of women and society leaders organized a direct coal shipment from Pennsylvania to New York to cut costs. They arranged a 500 ton flat consignment on barges and claim a savings of 1.26 dollars per ton against a dealer price of 7.25 dollars per ton.
The American Rolling Oil Company argues Fred Leue was injured by his own negligence at their Middletown mill. Leue allegedly fell into an open hearth furnace pit after climbing over a railing, with the company contending he had no business at the site.
Juvenile Officer Frank Kuhn last night arrested Mrs. Kate Johnson of 717 West Fifth Street and her daughter Mrs. Ethel May Curley for alleged offenses connected to the case of 15 year old Druetta Crawford of 585 Carlisle Avenue. The mother faces a charge of encouraging delinquency and the daughter a parole violation.
Florence A Terry of Cincinnati files for divorce from George W Terry after 16 years of marriage. She claims another woman intervened last July and caused the separation, with attorney Ben them handling the suit.
City detectives and the coroner investigate the death of Jacob Weldner found in a rear room of his home at 285 East Third Street. A note to his wife and a bride’s account of hearing struggles are reviewed as bruising and insomnia are considered factors.
Tele types report the Canadian Pacific transcontinental passenger train derailed near Herons Bay Ontario. The engine plunged into Lake Superior when the track collapsed. The fireman is reported killed though no passengers were hurt.
Divorce decrees were granted yesterday by Judge Warner to Samuel W Holt of 117 West Ninth Street from Eda Holt for willful absence. Lucy Sandford, cook at Westminster House, separation from William F Sandford due to cruelty. Stella Stegner of 2486 Eastern Avenue granted divorce from Clifford Stegner, railroad man, for cruelty and willful absence.
Mrs. Louise Seibel, 49, of Belmont avenue College Hill, and Carrie Marshall, 37, of 645 West Court street, were reported by police yesterday as missing.
A woman registered as Bertie Cabel, 27, of 631 Central Avenue, allegedly attacked two officers yesterday. Night Police Chief Stenger and Detective Ecker described attempts to strike them with a bucket and to stab them with a hat pin.
The Southern Railway plans a turkey special train from Chatta nooga to New York on November 20 on a passenger schedule.
Margaret Toth, 41, daughter of John Toth of 218 Vawley Street, died from a skull fracture after being run down by a police automobile patrol Thursday morning. She died yesterday in Dayton.
The German emperor forbids army and navy officers to dance the tango while in uniform, signaling strict dress and conduct regulations within the military.
Citizens of Cincinnati organized a banquet at the Business Men's Club on December 6 to welcome National Housing Conference delegates. Henry N. Hooper chairs the General Committee with the Chamber of Commerce arranging speakers including Dean William P. Rogers and William Howard Taft. President Walter Z. Dra per will preside at the luncheon. Mayor Hunt and a senior delegate will speak on December 5 as Cincinnati discusses housing topics.
San Tabakow sues C7 MeW and the Rachel Auto and Garage for 6000 damages in Superior Court claiming a November 1 night accident at Eighth and Linn streets. He alleges a speeding car swerved and struck him as he crossed, leaving him bedridden for two weeks.
Dayton authorities deny offers to Colonel Goethals of the Panama Canal project or Theodore Roosevelt for the city manager post. Mayor-elect George Shroyer and Lucius E. Wilson welcome the publicity from the Roosevelt rumor despite the denial.
Bernest Benson, 38, of 45 Essex Street, was hit by a Big Four passenger train and sustained head injuries. Ed Grady, 24, of 716 May Street, was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train and sustained body injuries.
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 firefighters leaped to escape when their aerial truck collided with a Baldwin Piano Company wagon at Fifth and Smith streets during an alarm call. No serious injuries reported. only bruises among crew.
Frederick Kenker 69 of Cheviot dies at home Wednesday. Funeral conducted this afternoon from Westwood German Protestant Church. He was a box manufacturer residing at 2910 North Bend Road.
Farmer Corntessle notes many leave farm life due to low pay as farm hands and inability to pay for board. Washington Star reports fifteen hundred Chinese stores laundries and factories in Panama closed in protest of the new registration law.
Fred Bauer a sailor keep, who owned a saloon at Sixth and Plum streets, vanished after being refused a liquor license. A note left at the cash register to his wife said he would end his life. Friends and Mrs Bauer searched the city but could not find him as receipts totaling several hundred dollars were taken.
Washington November 21 Representative Thomas of Kentucky declared he is a Democrat from a Republican district and that money motivates votes. He urged a resolution for November 22 adjournment to collect mileage pay he believes he is owed. The move was blocked. Emmeline Pankhurst, in New York, said her tour had been successful and she would take funds back to England to aid the cause.
Public donations fund 250 dinner bags to aid the poor on Thankagiving Day. Each bag weighs four pounds and includes celery, bread, apples, potatoes, lard, sugar, coffee, jelly, tomatoes, milk, rice, and oats. Inscription reads Cinecinnatians wish you a Heppi Thankagiving.
Probate Court records show Camilla Shinkle Cross left a gross estate of $108,822 with $168,822 in personal property, mostly local stocks. The largest asset is Fifth Third National Bank stock at $14,400 followed by Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company stock at $11,250.
Five grandchildren of Louisa Rempler sue in Common Pleas Court to set aside her Mt. Healthy will dated before her death on October 6. They allege undue influence by Fred N Rempler and others, claiming discrimination. Each grandchild received 5 dollars. the rest of the estate valued around 14000 dollars went to Fred N Rempler Walter Rempler Margaret Skillman and others. The complainants named are Bert George Lulu Stile Spitzelahn and Cora Miller. Mrs Rempler was 14 when she made the will.
The des Champs Elysees theater in Paris has fallen into darkness as patronage proved insufficient. It will reopen for opera under joint management of Astnic and Pedro Daitthard.
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