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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
5
The Young Women's Christian Association schedules its annual meeting for Monday at 3 p m. Location details are not provided in the notice.
The body of Elizabeth Ward widow of William Pat Ward former County Auditor and Inspector of Customs was buried yesterday after services at the Church of the Holy Family. She lived on Summit Avenue Price Hill.
Coroner Cameron yesterday ruled that Ollie Scott died from alleged unlawful acts of Anna McInerney. Mrs Scott’s death at 1009 Sargent Street Cincinnati occurred April 6, 1908, with McInerney in police custody.
The Cincinnati Branch held an all day annual meeting at Trinity M E Church. Offerings totaling nearly 3000 were designated for Japan and other foreign fields.
The annual meeting of the Cincinnati Baptist Church Union will be held tomorrow evening at the Ninth Street Baptist Church. Addresses will be delivered by Rev. John Herget, pastor of the church. Music will be by a Roumanian choir and a double male quartet.
Mayor Markbreit will preside at the bazaar opening on Reading Road opposite Ridgeway Avenue in the new Temple Building this afternoon of April 26. The bazaar runs through May 9, with the Executive Committee meeting Sunday to finalize arrangements.
Funeral services for Miss Fannie Bloom a teacher in the Eleventh District School were held yesterday at the late residence 940 Clinton street. Interment followed in Judah Torah Cemetery Lick Run with Lafayette Bloom related as the sister's brother and principal in the Twenty-Seventh District School.
A man about 30 was struck and killed by a freight train on the B. & O. S. W. Railway near Oakley yesterday morning. The body was sent to the morgue. Only possible identifiers are two photographs of a young woman made in Philadelphia found in his pockets.
Judge Lewis M. Hosea presided at the Folklore Society meeting last night and introduced speaker Mr. T. C. Carothers who spoke on legends of the Kentucky mountain folk. A social hour followed with Miss Alice A. Folger as hostess.
William Burse, 30, of Nashville was slashed on the face and head during a fight aboard the Queen City at Broadway foot and taken to City Hospital. William Price, 28, of 528 Broadway, is jailed on the charge of cutting to kill.
H J Groesbeck of Bedford Avenue Walnut Hills reported last night that his automobile valued at several thousand dollars was stolen from his office at Fourth and Walnut streets. The car numbered 23 was located in the West End where a son of Groesbeck had driven it without informing his father.
Central Labor Council voted two to one against endorsing woman suffrage despite Mrs. Herbert Bigelow’s appeal that women are needed to safeguard the nation. The council will host a Sunday rally at 2 PM in the Auditorium to protest Supreme Court labor decisions with speakers Frank L. Rist John Frey James Wilson and Louis Kemper.
Cincinnati Aerie No. 142 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles announces memorial services set for May 3. A committee on arrangements is named with G. Gutzweiler as chairman and A. Anderson as secretary, including J. Brizolara and many other members.
The daily train sheet for the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway reports all trains on time from 7 am April 13 to 7 am April 14. Railroad men call it a remarkable showing for a system with over 7 000 train miles.
In U S Court last evening former baseball umpire Harry L. Leach was awarded 5000 damages against a traction company after falling from a Vine street car when a rear platform side gate broke. Leach suffered cuts, contusions, and a nervous shock. The case was originally for 10000.
The personal estate of the late John F. Kruse is valued at 68403 12 with stocks in Cincinnati Street Railway Cincinnati Gas and Electric and Cincinnati Edison among other assets. Several estates and guardianships are noted including adoption details for Edna Hewitt and distributions to heirs and beneficiaries in multiple wills and estates.
The jury in Judge Pfleger's court allocated compensation for city land needed to reroute White street from Biegler to Fairmount avenue. Awards include A. M. Schneider 200, Ludwig Arnold 2350, Daniel Pfeiffer 2750, Chris Bossveld 1100, plus agreed sums Schneider 1010 Wagner 195 Bergler 180. Cavellaro estate sues C C Co St L Ry for 10000. Cavellaro was a track walker killed by a train. attorneys Hackett and Ginocchio appear.
The column details several divorce petitions and related pleas. Louis Cotty sues Marie Cotty after a marriage in Covington in 1900 with alleged repeated travel and furniture sales. Mary Dugan seeks protection from Frank Dugan and furniture interference at Fourth and Stone Streets. David H. Moffat accuses Jessie G. Moffat of prolonged absence. Artillie Leopold seeks divorce from Carl Leopold citing lack of support. Lelia Whitacre sues Rankin Whitacre for divorce and alimony amid infidelity. Alma Hugo accuses Louis Hugo of striking her a marriage from March 1905.
Kelley and Hauck, attorneys, prepare the divorce filing detailing alimony terms and custody arrangements. The notification notes alimony support and legal costs to be determined in the proceedings.
Anton Strong and John Bruns were found guilty of breaking into a Big Four car and stealing $100 worth of clothing. Judge Hunt will pass sentences Saturday morning. The open indictment charges Guy Scofield with cutting to kill William Luebbe on March 14. Frank Hennikes arraigned on second degree murder in the December 8 1907 killing of Michael Casserly. Richard Reynolds, a laundryman, was excused from grand jury duty due to urgent business.
Anna Johnson of 319 West Fourteenth Street asks the Superior Court to restrain County Treasurer Roth from collecting $454.92 under the Dow Aikin law for alleged liquor trafficking. Judge Epicuette ordered a hold on collection until a merits hearing. Howard Douglass represents the petitioner. Augustus S. Ludlow sues Cincinnati Traction Company for $5,000 damages claiming a dislocated arm from a car’s sudden start. H E Engelhardt, Ludlow’s attorney.
Dispatch from Colum bus reports Annie Hall of Cincinnati lost the case she argued before the Supreme Court last week. The suit Annie Hall vs. Attorney T. B. Paxton involved a contract where Paxton represented her in her father's estate case. The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court judgment. Also, Attorney A. Lee Beaty filed a petition in Insolvency Judge Warner's court seeking Pearl Dupee’s release from the Workhouse. a hearing is set for this afternoon.
The world’s largest graduating class of Sunday school teachers will hold commencement in Music Hall Friday evening. Participants completed a ten year training and will officially become teachers. Most have taught in Cincinnati area Sunday schools for years. Rev. Dr. H H Monninger started this new graduation event. A lengthy program is planned for a historic ceremony.
Robert R. Bowman of Observatory road went to Santa Barbara California yesterday after learning of his wife Mrs Bowman s serious illness. She has been in poor health for years and has been staying with her mother Mrs Conkling. Bowman was accompanied by his daughter Miss Mae Bowman and son Charles Bowman.
At the Cincinnati Presbytery Church of the Covenant annual meeting $7 032 32 was raised for foreign missions with $806 77 from young people. Elected: President Mrs W E Lewis Vice President Mrs Florence McGee Recording Secretary Mrs H H Finch Corresponding Secretary Mrs A O Bing Literature Secretary Mrs G W Oyler Editorial Secretary Mrs Nellie A McCallum Treasurer Mrs Jessie E Baldwin Young People’s Secretary Mrs Margaret Ramsey. Missions supported include Mrs Walter Smith Fusan Korea Miss Mary D Foreman Allahabad India Miss Frances Isabella Graham Kodoli India Mrs Mable Hall Thompson Chining Chow China and Mrs T J Preston China.
Ten candidates for the fire alarm telegraph system superintendent were examined by a special commission in the Board of Public Safety rooms. The commission included H. J. Pfiester, Charles Berst, John Callahan, and Miss Sankey. Oscar Schwartz complained of discrimination. George B. Williams and Neal B. Rodgers were named engineers of the main pumping station at $22 weekly. Hyde Park was selected as the site for the electric and gas meters examiner’s laboratory and testing room to be set up in the old town hall.
The Water Works Department asks for an additional water main to Price Hill due to the old line’s deteriorating condition from breaks and wear. Superintendent Hiller reported the situation to the Service Board. Also the Structural Building Trade Council urged the Service Board to award all contracts to contractors employing local labor.
S M Cooper proposed lending funds to the Board of Public Service to extend water mains to his new houses on Northern Avenue. The board cited a lack of funds as the reason for not granting the request and filed the letter.
The May Festival Association meeting formed a committee to invite President Roosevelt to the festival and plans to seek support from business groups. If he attends, Mr and Mrs Roosevelt will stay as guests, with other notables including M Jusserand and Secretary Taft.
Iron molder Charles Murphy identified Margaret Sullivan as the woman who robbed him of 85 dollars. Sullivan, 35, of 228 West Twelfth street, admitted guilt at Central Station after detectives Keatting and Calnan intervened following Murphy’s sighting near Twelfth and Elm.
Christ Haller, 42, of 817 Clinton Street, was taken to City Hospital after relatives warned police he might attempt suicide. Doctors diagnose hysteria and acute melancholia as he barked and acted like a dog, refusing to speak, then placed in the strong ward.
Hume De Shea, 53, of the Colombian Hotel, was badly bruised and suffered a broken leg after slipping on a banana skin on the pavement near his home last night. He was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
The American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses will meet in Cincinnati April 22 23 and 24 at the Hotel Linton. Sessions include receptions at Jewish Hospital and Hotel Linton, a stereopticon tour of City Hospital plans, and papers on hospital building experiences and dietetics in nurses schools.
Mrs Rdse B Currie of Richmond Ind brings suit against Attorney J L Orebaugh claiming $347 remains due beyond $220 in fees. She alleges drafts for $50 and $728 were cashed at Provident Savings Bank Trust Co. Orebaugh says the accounting is erroneous. Attorneys A E Turnipseed and F B Burnett represent Currie before Justice Muller.
The Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club decided that current inspection rules are inadequate and will instruct delegates to the National Hardwood Dealers' Association convention in Milwaukee in June to vote for readoption of the 1905 rules. A Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce inquiry urged influence for a 5 million dollar Ohio River improvement appropriation. The next meeting is the first Monday in May to elect officers. Nominating Committee members are J. W. Graham I. M. Asher C. F. Korn and W. A. Bennett George Littleford and W. J. Eckman. George Littleford was re elected as a delegate to the Receivers and Shippers' Association.
The Miami Lodge No 46 F and A M held its annual inspection last night followed by a banquet. Inspector L Wertheim and Deputy Koehler oversaw the lodge work and conferred the Master Degree on two candidates. At the banquet Wertheim Koehler and lodge members gave brief speeches with Fred Johnson acting as toastmaster.
J W Williams of Johnson City Tenn asks police to help locate his daughter Tennie age 24 who left home several days ago and purchased a ticket to the city. He followed her, registered at the Palace Hotel, spent two days searching, and then appealed to police, saying a love affair may have driven her to leave.
Henry P. Karch an attorney with an office in the Mercantile Library Building was arraigned in Police Court on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. He denied guilt. The warrant was sworn by G C Bedford of the same building. Bedford alleges Karch cashed a $25 check refused by the bank. Case continued by Judge Lueders.
An exploding lamp in the residence of J. M. Luckey on Smith road Norwood sparked a fire scare. The Norwood Fire Department extinguished the blaze with a small loss.
St Peter's Cathedral choir members and friends are urged to obtain next Sunday's Commercial Tribune. The issue includes a group photo of the choir, plus jokes stories and anecdotes. The illustrated magazine is bound with colored covers and given away with the Sunday edition.
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