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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1902
Page
7
Hortense Abromet, 23, a society figure in Indianapolis, describes a month in jail on burglary and arson charges related to a Marsh home fire. She recalls the “sweat box” cross examination, fear for her mother, and the elusive promise of bail while maintaining innocence.
Mrs. Anna B. Fields, 39, elected president of Elwood Trades and Labor Council after male incumbent ousted for non attendance. A former delegate from the Woman's Labor League, she also leads the Woman's Label League and serves as Deputy District Organizer.
President Roosevelt adds William Henry Moody to the Cabinet amid speculation over a new House Speaker. Hoar urges Moody’s appointment as Secretary of the Navy would be a mistake, while James Hemenway emerges as a leading Republican candidate for Speaker due to his influence on Appropriations and strong party discipline.
Akron attorney represents sixty firms in a petition filed in Franklin Common Pleas Court to restrain Secretary of State Laylin from paying Willis law funds into the State Treasury. The case seeks to determine if the Willis act imposes double taxation on corporations and challenges a 1-10 of 1 percent promoter fee. The Southern Gum Company leads the plaintiffs with firms from Canton Akron Massillon and Alliance backing the action. The suit asks the money be held until adjudication, with Laylin waiving service and expecting early hearings and possible Supreme Court transfer. Receipts under the Willis law total about 250000 with protests totaling about ten percent.
Special despatch reports in Columbus that the Daugherty group failed to organize the Franklin County Republican Ruval Committee. Hanna candidate Charles Dixon defeated Charles Gasser for leadership, with Charles G. Bond elected secretary.
Special Despatch reports Ce. Orr a wholesale druggist of this city as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Dairy and Food Commissioner. Orr, partner in Orr Brown Price, formerly treasurer of the Democratic State Executive Committee, will attend the Franklin County delegation at this gathering.
Democratic primaries in Columbus Ohio yield large vote with ex Mayor Samuel Black likely to win the Probate Judge race over F Sater and Harry Innis favored for Prosecuting Attorney against D E Daniels and Charles Pretzman. Badger defeats Edward Bracken for Congress, seen as a blow to the Lentz machine and the Press Post. Other nominees include EU P Evans Williams Dick Koerner Brown Moon and Conroy with Koerner unopposed.
New York May 31 Amateur champion W J Travis won the Metropolitan Championship final of the Metropolitan Golf Association fourth annual tournament. He defeated F A Marcellus after earlier dispatching Findlay S Douglass the previous day and setting a course record of 72 in the semifinal tiebreaker.
Eli Green of North Judson Indiana is slowly turning to stone with a heart beating beneath a hardened body. Physicians say the disease will run its course in exactly three years not a day more or less. His mind remains intact and his case is compared to Jacques Moritz of Sydney who died after eight years of progressive ossification. Green may be shown in museums but declines due to confinement and private life.
The forty seventh annual English Lutheran Church session will be held in Toledo next year. The Northeastern Conference seeks admission to the synod, pending constitutional changes. The President's Report praised the Porto Rican Mission, the Women's Missionary Society, and church publications. Finances showed a $679.35 deficit with total receipts of $4,691.50.
The May 31 report lists ships arriving at New York including the Lucania from Liverpool and Celtic from Liverpool, and ships departing to Bremen Genoa London and Liverpool among others. Liverpool and Hamburg also note arrivals such as Campania and Cevie with sails to New York and Cherbourg.
The funeral of dairyman Hersley was held in Tiffin this morning as Colonel Albert M. Brewer faces the next grand jury. The church was packed and a procession about a mile long followed the casket to the cemetery.
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