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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
8
Police seek the person or persons who moved a Hudson Super Six with red wire wheels from the east side of Walnut Street between Third and Fourth Streets on the afternoon of May 31, causing damage to the car. Address or call 607 First National Bank Building. Telephone Main 1547.
War Department notice to the United States Marine Corps recruiting office states starting Friday all enlisted men with base pay up to 21 dollars will gain 15 dollars. Marines earning 24 dollars rise to 36 dollars and those on 30 36 or 40 see an 8 dollar increase. Those at 45 dollars or more receive a 6 dollar raise. Thursday enlistees include Fred Carle of Hamilton Ohio and Eugene Grubbe of 314 Portland Avenue.
The Fair Store on Race Street in Cincinnati installs a Liberty Bond booth near the entrance with Walter Timberlake of Chatfield & Co in charge. The store promotes inquiry and investment access for women and the general public, presenting Liberty Bonds as safe investments with no red tape.
Former Congressman Alfred G. Allen accepts the Democratic mayoral nomination after a special committee meeting with Simeon M. Johnson and letters outlining his candidacy. Johnson also signals willingness to serve as Vice Mayor. Republican ward leaders back Bauer for council and Britt for Assessor. further nominations to be debated Saturday.
Max Haas a German resident of 214 West Seventh Street was sentenced by Judge Arthur Spiegel to thirty days in the Workhouse and a $50 fine plus costs for casting aspersions on the American flag. Witness Thomas Harrison 20 of 2520 Vine Street testified he knocked Haas down at Canal and Vine. The judge said foreigners who do not like this country should leave or not create disturbances. Harrison was congratulated by the judge.
The Military Day Committee of George Washington Garrison No 1 announces Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy Union will attend if possible. The committee invites all uniformed service members to join as guests at Chester Park tomorrow.
The Madisonville branch of the Children's Home on Deerfield pike hosts a Saturday dedication with a flag drill and national songs. Rev. Frank H. Nelson offers a prayer before Old Glory is unfurled, followed by Captain Elias C. Monfort's address and old English folk dances. A May festival showcases winter and spring themes, accompanied by music, then an informal reception and building tour invites the public.
The Cincinnati College of Dental Surgery will hold commencement at the Business Men's Club on Friday evening June 1 at 8. Degrees of doctor of dental surgery will be conferred on Chester G Belknap Ohio Charles Gaar Townsend Ohio John Wigan Rosenthal Ohio Louis Rosenthal Pennsylvania Wilfred Earl James Ohio Elmer Whitney Switzer Michigan Raymond F Coleman Ohio James W Dixon Kentucky Cloyd H Felix Ohio Glenn L Freed Indiana James Thomas Heavern Jr Kentucky Leslie Ireton Kentucky Ralph D Keightley Kentucky Marion Sheldon Stevens Seiler Ohio James L Sparks Kentucky Henry D Watkins Ohio Harold K Williams Max William Braun. After the ceremony the faculty will host a banquet for the graduates.
City Solicitor urges trustees that students cannot be compelled to vaccinate. Enforcing such a rule would require state legislative authority. Opinion prepared by Frank Bowman for Charles Groom.
The Board of Elections reports a local telephone company will provide lines free of charge on election night enabling precinct registrars to call enrolled voters to the ward councilman at 9 o clock. Pay phones will be free for councilmen exiting precincts to file ward totals. About 200 citizens sought advance registration before June 5, citing absence from the city. The Navy League asked permission to post notices at voting places. the request is granted. The board plans to open the second floor for the Selective Draft Board. Dr A C Bachmeyer and F W Bonner were sworn as special registrars to cover hospital patients and Norwood residents unable to reach polling places.
The Little Playhouse Company directed by Mrs. Schuster Martin will present On Board the Grasshopper and The Little King at Price Hill Pavilion on Saturday evening, June 9, for the Troop Chess fund. Mr. Hall and Miss Dorothy McCord lead roles, with Hall's farewell performance before he joins Troop C. The program includes songs by Margaret Doherty, Troop C Quartet, and a talk by Colonel P. Lincoln Mitchell.
A letter of appreciation arrived at the Navy League headquarters at 115 East Fourth Street on Thursday from the Nicholson crew. It commends knitted wristlets jerseys and other warm garments donated by Cincinnati and other city women for the navy crew's comfort.
Under Washington authority Charles Woodrow of this city was named Thursday by Marshal Devanney to supervise alien registration and permit requests in Columbus. He begins duty today. Thomas IL Darby of Orange New York visits his uncle Attorney Thomas H Darby and plans a navy cruise to sea battle regions after a furlough. A large American flag donated by Samuel Goldberg will be unfurled at the Talmud Torah Building Sunday at 2 p.m. Donor speech to open. Max Levy and Rabbis Lesser Levin to speak. musical selections planned.
Colonel R L Hubler of the Third Regiment secures park approval for Rev Hugh L Knowles of Chicago to speak at Eden Park Sunday afternoon to raise recruits. Knowles travels Southern Ohio this week with the supply company and mounted scouts on their recruiting trek. Of twenty Loveland and Miamisburg recruits examined by Lt Silvers at Eden Park Camp, only two were accepted.
Superintendent Condon notified principals that school buildings might be used for patriotic meetings on June 4 and 5. Teachers are urged to help with registration work. Women teachers, led by Mrs. Alice Gibson, offer to assist the Board of Elections on registration day.
A. G. Langhammer, ex University of Cincinnati swimmer and life saving prize winner, leaves Detroit Friday for France to study aeroplane factory manufacturing methods and design details for a U. S. Government mission. He was four years on the U. C. swimming team and last year served as team manager and was active in rowing.
The list highlights enlistees in the United States army on Thursday including Leon Bury Chester Va Oscar Morris Ironton O George Campbell Lima O Louis Couchot Dayton O Joseph Wagner Shanokin Pa Joseph Barton Coal ton O Clyde Thacker Hamden O Philip Price Coalton O William Berry Shelbyville Ind John Pietrak Hamilton O Joseph Bitel Hamilton O Charles Brown Indianapolis Ind Leroy Craig Somerville CO Gorillas Landgant Cincinnati Shelby Vance Cincinnati Stanley Thomas Columbus O James Welch Cincinnati and James Bates Cincinnati Also in First Ohio Field Artillery Battery C Howard Gray Cincinnati Earl Miller 4732 Garland Avenue Battery E John Davis Perintown O Leslie Davis Cincinnati William Conklin New Albany Ind William Wil son Seketan O Battery F Edward Newcomer Orange O Alexander McDonald Lockport NY Louis Herbst Cincinnati Eugene Simons Cincinnati Ralph Benson Cincinnati
Six German residents and several others including Hungarians and a Dane received citizenship certificates on Thursday. Recipients listed with addresses include Christian Berk Oscar Hugo Kamma Johannes E Peterhous Steve Zielinski Fritz Miller Adolph Grieb Nickola Pupczin Joseph Dornstruder Stefan Georgevici Einer Peter Sophus Johansen.
More than 200 young men visited City Clerk Fred Schneller to register under the selective conscription law. The office will stay open daily through June 5 until 6 p.m. to accommodate nonresident registrants.
Sylvester Hickey, now in real estate, was sworn in as an attorney by the Supreme Court at Columbus after a special examination. He did not take the regular exam since he plans to train at Fort Benjamin Harrison, though not ordered to report. Hickey was the sole Cincinnati Night Law School representative sworn in. A day law school attendee took the special exam Thursday afternoon.
A group of named individuals from Cincinnati and nearby towns enlisted in the Signal Corps and Quartermaster's Department at the Federal Building on Thursday. The roles include Charles Riehle Walter Gersbacker John M. Cleary Harry G. Keeshan Lee Mays and others from Cincinnati Cheviot Cleves Covington Middletown Oneida Tenn and Columbus.
Four Miamisburg youths joined the U S Navy on Thursday: James I Millard Glen Roy Frank Joseph Hiatt and Bernard J Kollros. Additional enlistees from Cincinnati Columbus Lancaster Ky and Wisconsin were named among the volunteers.
The Ninth Street Baptist Church will host a shower next Monday night in its rooms to aid the First Regiment. Colonel F W Galbraith and staff will attend to accept gifts from church members for the enlisted men.
In a war measure a leading Cincinnati hotel banished veal from its menu on Thursday. The steward said roughly a quarter of the meat served was veal. Experts urge letting calves mature into beeves to boost the meat supply.
The Walnut Hills Business Club patriot program organizers arranged an overflow meeting at Walnut Hills Congregational Church if needed on Saturday night. Prominent speakers will address both assemblies.
The Joint Committee on Food Conservation at the Chamber of Commerce issued an appeal to Cincinnati residents to safeguard vacant lot gardens. Three hundred signs reading This Is One of Your Country's Gardens Help Protect It will be donated to people tending gardens outside their homes.
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