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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
2
A political figure states that party decision will guide the renomination and agrees to meet with club members to discuss further statements. Due to prior engagements a meeting before January 31 seems unlikely, and arrangements may be next available date. Governors and supporters discuss conditions for seeking renomination.
Secretary Elmer Dover of the Republican National Committee left for Indianapolis to confer with Chairman Harry S New on arrangements for the convention in Chicago. A Chicago subcommittee approved the architect's convention plans, with many minor details still to be set, as New and Dover aim to finalize preliminary work so the hall can proceed without delay.
New York Governor Hughes declared his candidacy for the presidential nomination yesterday but local Republican leaders showed little reaction. Charles Y. Taft, brother of William H. Taft, commented that Hughes is a good man and offered no further remarks.
Hamilton Jan 21 The council dispute after the expulsion of Ford Holbreck and the election of Alois Egry by the Holzberger faction moves to court. Holbreck seeks to block Egry and others from exercising council duties, Judge Murphy grants a temporary injunction with a full hearing anticipated.
A riot after a new saloon in Lorain distributed free beer left one man dead and others seriously injured. A Slav crowd chased Vanek to a wood and beat him with a tree trunk while Zee Berke suffered a crushed skull in an East Side attack. Seven men were arrested with more pending as police pursue additional suspects.
Patrolmen Graber and Wessels arrested Owen Hager 19 of 125 Sycamore Street Hamilton on suspicion after finding him trying to induce a girl to enter a nearby house. Hager claimed he came to marry the girl, but the pair reportedly missed a license. Parents will be notified.
Prosecutor John Thomas leads an inquiry into multiple checks tied to an ex employee of a Maine firm. A case noted involved checks signed as if by agents for others, with no funds in the drawn account. The accused man is said to be out of the city.
Fire today destroyed the pattern shop and plant of the Cleveland Steel Casting Company in Cleveland Ohio causing an estimated loss of $100,600. Authorities suspect incendiary origin.
The Ohio Senate unanimously backs a resolution to investigate the Office of the State School Commissioner amid debate over who should lead the inquiry. A special committee will be formed with West as likely chair to probe conditions from top to bottom while other bills advance in the same session.
Union delegates gather in Tomlinson Hall as John Mitchell retires after nine years as president. The AFL style address notes 1897 1907 growth from 9 731 to 263 726 members and a $900 000 fund. The January conference with operators over wage pact is outlined.
The body found at the Kensington Hotel in Newark was identified as former Justice Thomas W Fitzgerald of the Court of Special Sessions Brooklyn He had recently been removed from the bench and disbarred from law practice by the Appellate Division Death caused by heart disease
A mob of about 100 night riders burned the tobacco barn on James A. Coleman’s farm in Christian County Kentucky early today. The structure housed 15 000 pounds of tobacco destined for shipment to Clarksville and Hopkinsville. Coleman is not a member of the Tobacco Association.
Mayfield Ky January 21 night riders have been seen in Calloway County east of Graves. Small squads ride countywide gathering farmer names not in the tobacco association and threaten raids west of the Tennessee River. Clint Roach of Kirksey sought counsel from Association Chairman Usher who urged contacting non members to join at once.
In Winchester Kentucky the District Board of the Burley tobacco branch of the American Society of Equity meets and pledges indicate 75 percent of the 1907 acreage will not plant in 1908 unless an insurer covers canceled Equity tobacco. Some planters refuse to pledge and fear of violence is noted among others.
Evansville Ind Jan 21 The Stemming District Tobacco Association reports delivering 9 100 000 pounds of tobacco to Imperial Tobacco Co averaging eight cents a pound yielding farmers 728 000 in cash About two thirds of the crop has been delivered to date
Bennie Schneider aged 9 fell headfirst while sliding down a neighbor’s cellar doors. He was found unconscious and carried by his mother to City Hospital with a bad scalp wound but not in serious condition.
The Independent Tobacco Manufacturers Association of America, in Washington at its annual session, elected Hugh Campbell as President of Richmond Virginia William E Strater as Vice President R F Whalen as Secretary Treasurer and directors including 8 8 Bloch Wheeling West Virginia George T Brown Winston Salem North Carolina C D Larus Richmond Albert Weisert St Louis and Hiram D Miller Philadelphia.
An old style advertisement promotes Bromo Quinine as a cure to prevent grip with a 25 cent price. It urges readers to seek the signature of E. W. Grove as authenticity. The copy centers on a medical remedy claim in a period newspaper ad.
The Ohio Supreme Court reversed the six month Workhouse sentence of Reuben C. Lemmon Roland A. Beard and Joseph A. Miller for alleged Valentine anti trust law violations. The men must be resentenced to the County Jail. The court also affirmed a $1,600 verdict for Elias Kissinger in a civil case against the Columbus Macadam Company defining it as a trust.
Three bombs explode in New York as Black Hand gangs extort Italians. One blast hits Home Garden settlement on 116th Street damaging doors and windows but harming none. A second blast damages a tenement on East Thirteenth Street after an extortion demand of 5 000 dollars. A third bomb in East 149th Street disables a milk wagon. the driver is unhurt.
Morris K Jesup the banker and philanthropist is reported much better after several days of serious illness from acute heart affection. The 77 year old is described by his physician as gaining steadily and on the road to recovery in New York.
At Louisville the Model License League began its first annual session promoting a model license law and a campaign through state legislatures and cities. Rev William J Wasson urged church members to engage rationally not with bans but through cooperation with liquor interests to decide what saloons should be open. He argued against Prohibitionist philosophy and urged collaboration to improve conditions, followed by remarks from Missouri State Senator Frank H Ferris.
Providence Rhode Island January 21 Former United States Senator George Peabody Wetmore of Newport was elected to the United States Senate on the first ballot in both branches of the General Assembly receiving sixty eight votes Col Goddard of Providence Democratic and Lincoln Republican nominee got thirty six votes Colonel Samuel P Colt of Bristol received five votes.
Congressman John Sharp Williams was chosen to represent Mississippi in the United States Senate to succeed H. D. Money whose term ends March 4 1911. A joint session of both houses will meet tomorrow to ratify the election.
Former Representative Grosvenor returned to the House floor and was met with loud applause. He shook hands with colleagues at his old desk beside Colonel Hepburn and spoke with his successor Representative Douglas about pension bills. Douglas doubts Grosvenor will run against him, while Grosvenor avoids the question. He secured a $59,000 Appropriations item for the Athens Public Building and attended a music event as the President's guest.
Rome reports La Corrispondencia Romana says the proposed U S troop withdrawal from Cuba next year will cause a bad impression and foresee immediate civil warfare due to turbulent Cuban elements.
In Montgomery on January 21 the long running railroad rate litigation moved to a fact based phase as railroads presented figures and reports claiming new state rate laws would prevent any earnings. State counsel Weakley and railroad lawyer Stone argued over suits against the state and the extension of injunctions while Compton’s report showed three months of old rates vs new rates, often with deficits under the latter.
Philadelphia January 21 At the annual stockholders meeting President Thomas said the Lehigh Valley Railroad was in excellent condition with a surplus of over 14 million dollars on hand. He noted a recent 25 percent drop in business across railroads and said expense cuts would be needed temporarily. Thomas was re elected as president.
Davis H. Kesley an agent for the Howard Milling Company of Wichita Kan and William A. McGowan an agent for the Nickel Plate Railway Company were fined $1,000 apiece by Judge Smith McPherson in Federal Court. They pleaded guilty to obtaining rebates in violation of federal law and were indicted two years ago.
Judge Kohlsaar set March 2 for the Government against the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad in Chicago. The railroad is charged with granting free transportation for advertising and raised the case to test the constitutionality of the rate law prohibiting payment for advertising with mileage.
Workers on an Ohio River boat at Mulberry street foot recovered the body of a 40 year old man dead about a month. A key ring name plate reads W. H. S. Hamilton No 66 West Third avenue Columbus Ohio. Also found J. C. Sanders address No 5 Clifton Park and a Street Car Association badge Division
Columbus, Jan 21 A man identified as W H S Hamilton, found dead in the Ohio River at Pittsburg, was formerly a resident of Columbus. No members of the family are living here.
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