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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
7
Laura A. Marling paid premiums on a policy issued on John B. Marling without his knowledge or consent. Judge Hunt held she cannot recover the premiums as the husband did not sign or know of the policy and she concealed this from the insurer.
The United States Court yesterday set aside an entry that adjudged the O Dell Brokerage Company bankrupt on a petition by F M Stinson Chicago and other creditors. Judge Outcalt opposed the move and announced he would argue the legal questions before any adjudication. opponents assert the firm is a pure brokerage and not subject to involuntary bankruptcy. Attorney Lawrence E Saxton of New York was admitted to practice in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
Walter Farrar and C R Chadwick pleaded guilty to conducting a wildcat insurance agency with offices in the lyric Building. Judge Hunt fined each 100 dollars and costs but suspended the fine due to short time in business and claimed ignorance of the law. Several prisoners were arraigned with mixed pleas as grand jury reports anticipated.
The appraisers valued Lease Candy Company assets at 3980.59 for stock and plant, 90.09 cash, 913.09 good accounts, and 374.78 doubtful accounts. A separate suit by Henrietta Prentice for 5000 dollars failed to establish liability in Wade Street canal bridge accident. Moch, Berman & Co. seeks injunction against Shoengold & Bro. over Wellworth trade name with 25000 damages.
E A Foy sues Glen Brown Company Glen Brown and George L Rouse Jr for 3995 33 alleged due on a note of November 13 1907 for 4000 The note is secured by 475 shares of preferred stock of the Trent Hotel Company which was bid in at auction May 26 leaving 467 cents credit after sale costs. Albert Bettinger attorney William Laacke petitions Elmwood Place officials to enjoin bond issue for sewers claiming the village ordinance on May 16 1908 illegal and void with a vote held last November 724 ballots 449 yes 128 no Swilliam
Dumond's Minstrels headline the Chester free vaudeville next week starting Sunday afternoon. Leonard Kane lauded as the crown prince of dancers headlines alongside Baker and Cammella the Francelias star act Marie Clark and others. Acts include Ginter and Gilmore La Adelia Walton Brothers Raymond and Harper and Varno and Valdare bicyclists drawing large crowds at Chester Park.
The Columbia will keep the arrival of the battleship fleet at San Francisco on display for the rest of the week. Other attractions including talking pictures and illustrated songs will be replaced with a new set of films as the summer show continues to draw strong patronage.
Yesterday a couple of thousand students visited the Zoo despite rain. Today many more will attend and Friday College Hill School will visit with Mayor John E. Bruce. Saturday will host several schools whose outings were postponed. The children enjoy the Zoo and Weber's Band concerts.
Final seven days of Lyman H. Howe engagement at the Lyric will feature a request programme and a compilation of gems from eighteen years. The show promises fine amusement with humorous incidents and a new series starting Sunday afternoon.
The Zoo announces next week's concerts by John Weber's Band with a varied program schedule including popular and semi classical pieces and occasional heavier works. The Weber Band is joined by skilled piccolo cornet and trombone soloists. Miss Mahaffey will sing at evening shows.
The Grand continues continuous show from 1 PM to 10 30 PM with no vacant seats last night. An entire bill change is planned for Sunday featuring star acts from major circuits. Highlighted this week is the dancing Gaffneys, five graceful sisters delivering refined romantic dances.
Mrs. Harriet Barton leading lady of the Lafayette Stock Company died in Nashville today after arriving from New York with her two young sons. She had been ill before coming to Nashville and had played in Detroit all last winter.
Kemp's Wild West and Indian Congress at Lagoon attract large crowds as favorable weather boosts attendance at the Kentucky resort. The act features the Kemp Sisters in a vaudeville style western show with colorful performances and stunt displays drawing regional visitors.
The Darktown Fire Brigade Fighting the Flames moves to the old vaudeville venue at Coney Island for a new bill beginning Sunday after the big outdoor show. The free vaudeville theater will still operate at the familiar stand with a refreshed lineup.
Joseph Bradford obtained a Judge James B. Swing order restraining Anna M. Bradford from withdrawing $340 held in her name from two building companies as their savings since marriage in Manchester C 1892. Bradford fears she will convert the funds to her own use.
Applications to administer estates were filed for several decedents including Theodore Von Holie, William J. Murphy, Wendelin Betz, and Barnet Resor Barnes with appraisals listed. A Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway settlement addressed Herman H. Lieman’s injury suit for $52,000, plus a probate settlement granting his wife $1,000 and his sons Herman and Roland $500 each.
The annual meeting of the Cincinnati Law Library Association will be held in the Circuit Court room at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Emma Lutz filed suit for divorce from George A. Lutz alleging neglect. Archer & Osler, attorneys.
Ed Callahan former Breathitt County sheriff was granted a divorce from his wife after more than twenty years of marriage. They have a grown daughter and a son about ten. their son James Hargis Callahan is named for the late Judge Hargis. Mrs Callahan is a niece to Roger Sunger, now on trial for murder.
The city issued a permit for a Saturday downtown parade by the Darktown Fire Brigade. The group will perform a burlesque on Fighting the Flames at Coney Island next week starting Sunday. The procession features a pickaninny band a firework wagon Jubilee Shouters and a hand pump engine with other novel equipment as it travels the main street drawing attention.
In Hamilton Ohio on June 3 Judge Gard presided over the bigamy case of Louis Simonson a former New York traveling salesman accused of marrying Anna Frankenstein in 1897 and May Wells in 1906. The New York wife testified via letters while the Ohio wife appeared with the prosecutor and Simonson during the hearing.
The National Wholesale Grocers Association opens its fourth annual session in Atlantic City with about 600 delegates. President William Judson of Grand Rapids Michigan delivers an optimistic address noting a busy year despite hard times. Topics include pure food laws uniform contracts subsidy of salesmen and state laws aligned with national rules.
A great group of portraits features the men who will compose the Ohio delegation to the Republican National Convention this summer. The photographs form a premier edition in the city and include leaders from across the state who will influence the Presidential candidate selection.
The city advances a 35 foot widening of Gilbert avenue from Florence to McMillan, with condemned buildings appraised by Thomas Barr and Theodore Mayer. Wrecking permits issued for Buckeye Concert Hall. Union Bethel to tear down a north east corner residence. new patrol house and police station planned. land purchases and bonds debated to fund facilities.
Real estate notes list numerous parcels and leases across Madisonville and vicinity. Transfers include Alfred T. Fulford to Paris H. McClure on Delta avenue and Peter G. Thomson property on Oak street with varying lot dimensions. Leases cover terms from 5 to 18 years, with rents or annual payments for parcels on Hamilton avenue Foremost names include Pullen Euphrat Kinney avenue Heitmeyer Race street and Grand avenue properties.
A compilation lists building alterations and multiple residences with owners and costs. Projects include additions at 4724 Wilmer Avenue for Adolph Kaiser, a 1 1/2 story brick and stone dwelling at 4612 Wabash Avenue for Henry Rechtin, and repairs and new constructions on Reading Road 3141, Falke Street near Rochelle, Powers Street near Boden, Warsaw Avenue, Ring Place, with owners J M Rosenberger John Tucker Fred Miller E P Senholzi C T Koch and costs ranging from 1 500 to 3 000 dollars.
A list of civil actions with case numbers and parties including L. Frag oe vs John Bernhard for 44.26 lien and execution, F Doepke vs George Theis for 13.65, E A Fay vs Glen Brown for 995.93, The Stanard Millwork Co. vs Chicago Lumber and Coal Co. for 2745.83, Crown Brewing Co. vs Thomas Finnell for 191.40, Village of Reading vs Henry Ficke for 15.47, Emilia Lutz vs George Lutz for divorce and alimony, Joseph Bradford vs Anna Bradford for injunction, Louis Feld & Co. vs B F Fogel & Son, William Laacke v Village of Elmwood for injunction, Moch, Berman & Co. vs Charles Schoengold for 25000 use damages and injunction, Franziska Nau vs Supreme Lodge of United Workmen for 2000, and others listed with various parties.
Edward J Baschang and Miss May Miller were married by Rev He last evening. Miss Miller is daughter of George A Miller of 1509 Moore Street and Baschang is son of D Tax Clerk Jake Baschang of the County Auditor's office. A reception followed at 1534 Elm Street before the couple departed for a three week visit to the bride’s uncle in Milan Indiana.
Isadore Hyman aged 15 of Central Avenue near Twelfth Street cannot move his head after being struck by a baseball during a game between the Sixth District School and a newsboys team at the Zoo Gardens. He was catching when a foul tip hit below the left ear, similar to injuries suffered by John Wall icotte of 500 East Twelfth Street in Hyde Park on Sunday.
Charles A. Hinsch, president of the Fifth-Third National Bank, was honored at a Business Men's Club dinner by the group known as the Knockers. Toasts featured speakers Albert Bettinger Franklin Alter Frank Shaffer and W. C. Culkins with Gordon praising Foraker and Taft and offering Hinsch a Treasury post if wartime needs arose.
A revived village incident reports a hobo ducked under the Hartwell area pump by about a dozen women and men after annoying them. The tramp drew a razor but was disarmed by Joseph Stegman George Brockman and Ernest Sabrowsky. He fled afterward.
An eighteen inch steam pipe exploded in the boiler room at the National Cash Register plant in Dayton Ohio. Plumbers John Kessling and Alton Arment died instantly. Injured were James Hansen severely burned George Scroatch cut on the head and Joseph Miller burned on the head.
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