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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
8
The Union Central Life Insurance Company employees held their fourth annual outing at Madison Park Oakley on Thursday. A morning baseball game preceded an afternoon concert by the company Glee Club. Box lunches were provided and many attendees danced and enjoyed the lake and swimming pool.
An effort will be made Friday morning at the Dixie Highway meeting at the Hotel Gibson to lay plans to complete the road this year. Representatives from Detroit, Toledo, Lima, Dayton, Hamilton, Lexington, Richmond and Knoxville will be present. Automobile and commercial organizations from Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee participate.
Officials indicate Tennessee will be represented as they seek state and national aid to fund the construction of a major highway, aiming to secure support for the project.
A shipment of oil of birch from Baltimore found in a local chemical firm’s warehouse was seized Thursday by Deputy Marshals on the complaint of pure food inspectors. They charge the oil is adulterated and weakened by synthetic methyl salicylate and bears a Baltimore label. Forfeiture proceedings will be brought.
Two hundred members of the Santa Maria Institute Sunday School and sewing class were treated to a morning ride and outing in Burnet Woods. Thirty autos loaned by local business men gathered the youngsters at nine o clock for the excursion.
Hamilton County grand jury reported no indictments in the 1916 election fraud probe. It found money given to voters was not confined to one party and that no witness evidence proved vote selling. The report calls the practice reprehensible but notes no cases to indict beyond inmates at the Infirmary.
Mrs Kusar of 180 Delhi Pike identified Clarence Burton of 1214 Front Street and Harry Johnson of 414 John Street as two intruders who entered her home and stole a gold watch and ring. She forced them to return the items at gunpoint, and they are being held at the Ninth District Police Station.
Four members of the Little Mothers League received prizes at a Chester Park Health Department outing for handiwork. Dorothy Besuden won first prize for a baby’s outfit, Mildred Oberhelman and Elsie Schlesselman shared second for a baby’s baskenette, and Catherine Brewer earned third for a poster. The garments will be donated to Belgian babies or a local philanthropic institution.
Forty five thousand public school pupils head to Chester Park for a summer outing hosted by the Public School Employees' Association after noon Friday. The event continues Saturday with parochial pupils and students from neighboring cities invited. A cantata A Midsummer Night by Paul Bliss features 450 singers from multiple schools under Prof. John C. Donovan. A high school swimming meet is set for Friday afternoon and an elementary meet for Saturday.
The Chamber of Commerce asked B O Railway president Daniel Willard to reverse moving the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad claim and accounting departments from Cincinnati to Baltimore. They argue the consolidation with the B and O prompted the decision and that removal would impose hardship on longtime Cincinnati staff. The chamber action follows a wire from President Shinkle and may prompt further steps to keep the offices in Cincinnati.
Colonel I. M. Martin was surprised by the Divan of Syrian Temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine who named him guest of honor at a Chester Park clubhouse banquet. Imperial Potentate Charles I. Hake Jr. served as toastmaster.
The Linton Hotel luncheon did not install officers for the coming year. H. I. A. Kruse, Second Vice President, presided. A new club roster was distributed at the regular weekly meeting. The induction is scheduled for Thursday, June 28.
The 8th grade commencement at Douglas School was held in the school auditorium. Invoca tion by J L Franklin of Mt Zion M E Church. Addresses by F M Russell Rev D P Roberts and Rev F P Green. Diplomas presented to seventy five graduates by H S Dunbar secretary of the Colored Re ee Ase. Musical selections by a chorus of eighth grade students provided pleasing entertainment.
Three men arrested Thursday at Marquette Michigan with a car said to belong to John Hendrix State agent of 3152 Vine Street are Cincinnatians. They registered as Virgil Lewis Owen Bell and Ely Ensign. They will be brought to this city Saturday.
Police ask for help locating William Price of Bellaire Ohio who traveled to witness a ball game and left home after receiving a telegram reporting his father killed in a railroad wreck.
Jewelry valued at over 200 dollars was stolen from Peter Henry's home at 2631 Erie Avenue on Thursday. A man who had been doing chores there for two days disappeared after the theft was found.
Bond men connected with the Liberty Loan float ing met at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning at 10 o'clock and effected a permanent organization. Similar organizations have been effected throughout the State during the last week.
About thirty teachers from the Sixth District School will dine at Lagoon today in a noonday lunch hosted by Prof. J. S. Hauer marking the close of the long school term.
The Three Arts Club announces an afternoon and evening outing at the home of Mrs. N. D. C. Hodges on Forest and Erie avenues in Glendale. Members gather at the Zoo entrance at 2 o clock for the trip.
Installation of officers and directors is scheduled at the Chamber of Commerce next Monday night with Fred E. Wessel man, President of the Board of County Commissioners, officiating. An informal reception will follow.
The Ohio boards report rare failures to register with most cases resolved by voluntary registration. John Oliver Savage cited religious scruples but was registered. Others listed were deemed to have registered, with Provost Marshal Crowder saying non registration due to oversight will not be prosecuted if later registered. Socialist figures push constitutional challenges to the act.
The Cincinnati street car men staged the biggest athletic tournament in their history as part of a three day outing at Coney Island. In the baseball game Eighth street division beat Walnut Hills 10 to 4 with Albert EK Jones umpiring.
Police report two collisions on Thursday night. Mrs Wade Cushing driving a Verona Building car was hit by a Chapel street car at Park Avenue and McMillan Street. she was uninjured and the auto damaged. Mrs G P Smith of 1023 Redway Avenue, driving a Zoo Eden street car at Shillito Street and Reading Road, was shaken but her auto remained undamaged.
Mrs. Barney Recklingoh and her husband celebrated their silver anniversary at 403 Oregon street. Their daughter Margaret married William Goddard of 30 Oregon street, a Ohio Mechanics Institute graduate and Ohio National Guard member.
Professor Munter visits The Fair Store in Cincinnati next week promoting the Nulife Corset. Mme Florence Dupont and Miss Emma Kruse assist, offering lectures living model demonstrations and special prices on corsets and related breathing and posture guidance.
Pasteurization of milk was recommended at a conference of milk inspectors in Dr. J. H. Landis office Health Officer. Plans were made to eliminate duplication of work. Attendees included Dr. J. H. Landis Cincinnati Dr. Light Dayton Dr. Smedley Hamilton Dr. Frank Pain Norwood Dr. John Tod Newport Dr. D. M. Babcock Springfield and Dr. A. C. Topaz St. Bernard.
Louis Krohn a longtime tobacco merchant and former Republican member of the old Board of Review was surprised by employees on his eightieth birthday. He received a large basket of roses and numerous birthday congratulations as his desk glittered with electric light bulbs marking his age. Krohn has run his cigar and tobacco business here for over fifty six years.
Chief Smoke Inspector Gordon D. Row announced that residents near Chatfield Manufacturing Company in Carthage would no longer be annoyed by noxious yellow gases. Conical caps have been installed on the stacks and are equipped with water sprays to reduce emissions.
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