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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1908
Page
5
Legislators consider amending the child labor law to allow early graduates to learn trades. Ohio youths 14 and 15, previously barred from factory work, face unemployment as officials resist altering records. Factory owners urge repeal, while education board members empathize but refuse to falsify documents.
The Norwood Gazette office was broken into last night. Patrolman Brothers found the front door open and editorial and business rooms rummaged with contents scattered. No money reported stolen. believed to be malice against proprietor F. G. Workum. A man and two boys were seen near the shop before the vandalism.
Lucien Lasonczyk and his wife returned from a Saturday night out to find their rooms disturbed and $111 missing. The cash had been hidden in various spots and no footprints or clues to the thief were found.
The circulation lists lower prices for beans and peas due to feed costs easing. Apples and peaches arrive in quantity at reasonable rates while cabbage drops with a large crop. Fresh meats stay high with no short-term drop expected. eggs and butter hold firm and various cheeses and smoked meats show higher pricing. Local fish and poultry follow steady demand with selective price shifts across varieties.
Raymond McCoy 411 East Fifth Street was robbed early yesterday morning near a lunchstand at Elm and Longworth streets. A man grabbed McCoy’s cash, tore his bill, knocked him down, and escaped with 75 cents.
Special Dispatch reports the completion of a 360000 endowment for the Western college of Oxford. Carnegie and the general education board offered 80000 each, with the college raising 150000 to meet conditions. Donations of 500 or more totaled 70000, and 226 students created a Mary A Sawyer fund with 6000. Eleanor Smith of Dayton left 9000 by will.
The Senate finance panel debated establishing a customs court to handle tariff cases and considered amendments to prevent undervaluation of imports. It discussed tobacco tax reforms, potential removal of leaf tobacco relief, and the influence of the Beveridge amendment on revenue. Concerns were raised about census enumerators and party balance in southern districts.
President Taft orders cabinet cutbacks reducing total departmental requests by about 100 million dollars for the 1911 fiscal year while leaving 1909-10 appropriations intact. He plans to repurpose surplus funds into the treasury and curtail government publishing of scientific works and topographical surveys. Dreamers and Roosevelt commissions face sharp scrutiny as reforms widen.
William E B Alston of Fairfield Indiana staying at the Galt house was approached by a negro on George Street between Elm and Plum streets early yesterday morning. The man engaged him in conversation then grabbed his old watch valued at 35 and fled down the street. Alston tried to追 follow but lost the trail.
The John Shillito Company of Cincinnati declares a semi annual dividend of 8 percent on common stock. It will be paid on Tuesday August 10 1908 to stockholders of record at the close of business July 29 1909. Transfer books close 8 pm July 29 1909 and reopen 9 am August 10 1908. Dividend checks will be mailed to stockholders. W A Hopple Treasurer.
Government reports reveal six commissions were appointed without legal authority including Inland Waterways, Homes, Country Life, Council of Fine Arts, Conservation, and Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials. Taft has already abolished the Council of Fine Arts and plans to disband the others while noting salaries and expenses not approved by Congress.
Mrs. Mary Cobb of 1559 Central Avenue asked police to help find her young son Ollie and his missing older brother Roy who vanished after a canal search. Earlier that day both boys searched the canal bank and did not return. Junction City marshal J C Clem notified Cincinnati police to locate Ida Adams a 15 year old girl who fled with a middle aged man named Squire Phillips and warrants exist for their arrest.
Inland river news reports the Ohio River at Cincinnati 17.6 feet and falling at 6 p m Clear and cool. Departures include OHIO bound vessels from Pomeroy Maysville and Louisville with arrivals of The Courier from Maysville and City of Louisville from Louisville. River levels rise and fall at Pittsburg Kanawha and Memphis ports with multiple vessels listed.
Many local obituaries announce Jul 4 to Jul 8 funerals for Bruggeman Bruemmer Dudley Hassmann Hessel Herrmann Hobt Harbeobrink Klostermann Merkel Rumkber Richard son Schwener Tooker Wachs and others. Services include mass at Holy Trinity St Fidward Saint Joseph’s and Immaculate Conception with dates and addresses in Canton Covington Newport and Cincinnati area.
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