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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1908

Page

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East Side Pupils Fed As Relief Kitchens Open

Emergency measures in New York City plan two lower East Side kitchens to feed hundreds of hungry pupils after principals report long food shortages. Isadore Levy says many families sent children to school without meals for 48 hours and some students fainted in class. The effort is supported by the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor and United Hebrew Charities.

New York East Side Lower East Side Isadore M. Levy Association For Improving the The United Hebrew Charities

Fire Marshal Race Heats Up in Ohio

Columbus dispatch reports three new entrants plus General W S Rogers and H H Hollenbeck for fire marshal after D S Creamer's vacancy. Governor delaying decision as fire insurance interests push Hollenbeck while underwriting group opposes Rogers.

Commercial Tribune Columbus W.S. Rogers Cleveland H. H. Hollenbeck Chaldon D. S. Creamer Rogers Grand Army of the Republic Underwritin’ Association Hollenbeck Viasas

Doctor Grenfell Rescued After Forty Hours in Ice and Dogs

Dr. Wilfred Grenfell faced a hunger maddened dog attack and freezing water off Labrador for forty hours. He fought off the pack, cut boot skins for warmth, and used dead dogs as padding before signaling for help. a rescue by George Reid and others at Lockes Cove saved him.

ST. Johns N. F Anwigepagk Labrador Wilfred Grenfell Grenfell Calvin W Bartlett Dr. Grenfell George Reid Lockes Cove Mare Bay Order of St. Michael and St. George Edward

Night riding admitted as tobacco raids prompt troops in Brown County

A young farmer near Ripley admits joining the night riders from Kentucky who scraped tobacco beds in Brown County Ohio. State Fire Marshal Creamer reports pending arrests of Ohio riders and Deputy Ambrose may act. Troop B remains and more infantry are sought as raids resume with beds destroyed near Higginsport and Devere farms.

Columbus Ripley Secret Service Creamer Night Riders Kentucky Ohio Ambrose Cincinnati Sheriff Caball Georgetown Brown County Critchfield Grand Jury Commercial Tribune Nicholas Schwalle Louis Schumake Henry Downing Wiliams Common Pleas Court Dr. Devere Cooper Devere A. B. Critchfield First Infantry Dunning

Jackson Smith Resigns From Isthmian Canal Commission

President Roosevelt accepts the resignation of Jackson Smith of Cincinnati a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission and manager of the Department of Labor Quarters and Subsistence at Culebra Canal Zone. Smith served three years and will relinquish duties July 15 with resignation effective September 15 enabling sixty days leave. Roosevelt praises his earnest thorough and efficient service in building the department and aiding the project.

Washington Roosevelt Jackson Smith Cincinnati Isthmian Canal Commission Department of Labor Culebra Canal Zone Smith

Morrocan tribal clash leaves heavy casualties near Mogador

In Mogador Morocco June 3 tribesmen from Anfloos with Cherifian troops defeated the Mtouguis near here. Mtouguis suffered 150 dead and tribesmen were disorganized. Rabat June 3 General Bagdani arrived with a disorganized force and troops garrisoned the city. Mequinez June 3 Mulai Hafid seized General Bagdani's wives and warned they would be sold unless submission comes promptly.

Rabat Morocco Bagdani Sultan Abd-El-Aziz Mequinez Mulai Hafid Bagdan Moroccan Foreign Board

Banker Charles Muir Dies After Suicide in New York

New York June 3. Charles Muir a paying teller at the Corn Exchange Bank on Forty Second Street shot himself in the head after confessing a five year embezzlement. He left a brief note admitting his accounts were short and died within an hour at the hospital. The bank reported a $9,068 shortage covered by a surety bond. Muir, married with a family, had worked fourteen years at the bank.

New York Charles Muir Forty- Second Street Corn Exchange Bank Frew Muir Thebank Tellef

Woman terrorist hanged for failed attack on Russian governor

In Voronezh on June 3, Mile. Feodorovna, a 25 year old former schoolteacher, was hanged for the failed May 6 attempt to assassinate General Bibikoff, the governor of the region.

Voronezh Feodorovna Bibikoff

Tobacco Transplanting In Full Swing In Adams County

Tobacco setting is in full blast in Manchester Ohio. If rain holds off Thursday most Adams County crop will be transplanted. Colonel Knox says Company K not responsible for recent mysterious shootings near town. In Hopkinsville Kentucky the Matt Gohlson case ends with a not guilty verdict after alibi testimony from Ben Evitts Louis Wooldridge and Captain Tom Lawson.

Commercial Tribune Manchester Adams County Knox Company K Dispatch Hopkinsville Matt Gohlson Ben Evitts Gohlson Louis Wooldridge Tom Lawson

Minister Found Dead in Bathtub in Hopkinsville

The Rev. E. M. Gordon, a missionary from Mungeli India, was found dead in a bathtub at the home of Rev. H. D. Smith in Hopkinsville. Authorities believe he opened a gas jet by throwing a towel at a heating stove, causing asphyxiation. Gordon had recently returned from furlough and was associated with the Church of Christ.

Hopkinsville E. M. Gordon Mungeli India H. D. Smith Gordon Church of Christ Disciples Philadelphia

Gunness Probe Halted Over Fund Clash

Investigation into the Gunness case at the La Porte farm stopped after county commissioners ruled the $5,000 allocated to the sheriff’s office must be used only for a reward for Mrs Gunness. The county had earmarked $9,000 for the inquiry, $5,000 for the commissioners, $2,500 for autopsies and $1,500 for legal aid. The coroner has spent $1,400. the sheriff used additional funds. Continued on second page.

William Walton N. D. McCormick

Resignation of Jackson Smith Confirmed by President

Mr Howard Saxby of Cincinnati says he is not surprised by Jackson Smiths resignation after The Commercial Tribune forecast the move in an exclusive report. Saxby notes the president accepted Smiths resignation following the Tribune’s earlier publication.

Howard Saxby Jackson Smith Cincinnati Commercial Tribune Smith

Court of Appeals rules whisky and neutral spirits differ

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals holds that whisky and neutral spirits are not like substances, upholding Roosevelt and Bonaparte on the issue. It also rules bourbon whisky may only be made in Kentucky and from a mash whose chief ingredient is corn. The Levy Uri Uri case covers key points from the two test cases initiated by the Department.

Washington District of Columbia Court of Appeals Roosevelt Bonaparte Department of Agriculture Kentucky

Three Robbers Hold Up Fifty in Latonia Saloon

At about 11 30 last night three unmasked robbers, one slender yellow-skinned leader, held up Billy Shotwell's Latonia saloon near the race track. They took about 45 dollars from a leather bag and a small steel bank, with shots fired but no injuries. Police searched for the trio after Hendrix pursued them into the night.

Latonia Billy Shotwell Shotwell Hermann Hendrix Hendrix Covington

Memorial Day Speech Praised by Grant Family in New York

Secretary Taft’s April and Memorial Day reviews of General U. S. Grant’s life drew praise from the Grant family in a Metropolitan Temple reception. General Fred Grant, Mrs. Grant, and kin thanked Taft as veterans applauded in the pews.

Taft Fred Grant U. S. Grant Metropolitan Temple U. S. Grant Post Grant General U. S. Grant General Grant Veterans of Grants Army Grand Army of the Republic Loyal Legion

GOLOR RETURNS TO DEAD MAN'S FACE

In Asheville North Carolina June 3 A startling medical case follows the apparent death of N H Carpenter in a Vanderbilt villa building at Biltmore His Christian Scientist wife kept the body for five days then had it placed in a vault where she visits daily Now rumors say color is returning to the corpse puzzling experts and professionals.

Commercial Tribune Asheville N. C N. H. Carpenter Vanderbilt Villa Biltmore Georgia Tory Aes

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Chicago Raven Chicago Record-Herald Onidan Kentuckians Stroy Buckeyé Tobacco R. L. Dunning Brecht Tobacco Field Higginsport Panama Canal Cincinnation Department of Labor, Quarters and Subsistence Mogador Self Gunness Trio Thet Mrs. Grant Cation Nellie Grant Sartoris U. S. Grant III Golor Dead Man Christian Science
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