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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
3
Newport police detective John Sheeran sustained a badly injured hand after striking a resisted suspect during a disturbance near the C and N Depot. He charged two men, William Jack and Walter Thompson, with disorderly conduct and jailed them after the incident.
Fifty Covington stonemasons join the Cincinnati strike, swelling the total to 250 out with the union. They seek an eight hour day with pay rising from 54 to 56 cents per hour. Master masons meet to decide on the demand as talks of allied trades sympathy rise.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad detectives Walden and Rice arrested Jacob Banyd telegraph lineman from Lafayette Indiana Albert Tubbs of Lynchburg Virginia and Emery Williams of Cincinnati after finding numerous items in Williams pockets including field glasses jewelry keys tobacco snuff a revolver ammunition and six cents Williams charged with carrying concealed weapons Banyd and Tubbs with loitering Additional details describe Williams as a well dressed hobo with multiple shirts trousers and coats.
The Rt Rev Bishop Maes appointed Rev James A Cusack head priest of St Patrick’s Church replacing the late James W Smith. A Kentuckian born in Ashland in 1847, he was educated in Baltimore and ordained in Covington in 1890. He will begin duties next Tuesday.
Arthur Goebel for the Goebel estate offered to sell Covington fifteen acres near Sixth Street Park for 20000 dollars. The Levassor heirs proposed forty eight acres near Homesdale for park use. The John D. Park estate also planned a proposal to sell Park's Woods for park purposes.
Covington Retail Grocers and Butchers Association secured another warrant against Ben H. Brames for keeping his store open last Sunday. Brames faces trial March 12 before County Judge H. P. Stephens. Frank Ernst’s case, also for keeping open and violating the Sunday closing law, was continued to this afternoon by Magistrate William Huber. If jurors in the city fail to convict, officials may seek a change of venue to a country magistrate.
A Kenton Circuit Court jury in Judge Shaw division found the Pullman Company responsible for a traveling bag taken from the berth of Mrs. Edith Thrasher of Cincinnati. Thrasher had sued for 240 dollars, claiming the bag containing money was stolen. The verdict awarded 226.75 dollars to the plaintiff.
Mounty Judge H. P. Stevens bound Fred Hillengrass over to await the grand jury on perjury charges arising from statements made during Fred Krauze’s housebreaking trial. Mueller and Payne had cases continued by Police Judge Read after a late Monday arrest tied to a boyish prank.
Covington city employees will receive salary checks Saturday printed in green ink. The practice follows the late City Treasurer John L. Beitzer who issued pay-day checks in green ink around St Patrick's Day.
On the swollen Ohio near Vine st Dayton two nine year old boys Herbert Schmitt and Charles Linville fell from a drifting John Woat after the mooring rope frayed and broke. Herbert drowned while Charles reached shore. A bystander Reno and Dick Cook aided rescue efforts but failed to save Herbert. Doctors and the coroner ruled accidental drowning. Henry Schmitt father works for Commonwealth Life Insurance Co. Funeral plans in Hamilton O. district.
Detectives Booth and Stevenson arrested James Warner, 15, and charged him with petit larceny after allegedly stealing $10 while employed by Mrs. L. F. Johnson to coal. Also reported: 20 chickens stolen from Mrs. Frank A. Rothier. John Nordmeyer, 53, found dead at 730 Washington St. coroner lists heart failure. E. E. Albrecht alias Charles Ziegler, home in Philadelphia, claims to lack lawyer access and is bound over on obtaining money under false pretenses after soliciting church programme ads.
The United Lead Company of Cincinnati filed suit in the Circuit Court against W. W. White to recover 65.11 for plumbing materials. A Campbell County grand jury, impaneled by Judge Yungblut, began daily sessions at 1 30 PM after hearing many witnesses. In county court, Frances Bendel's will was admitted to probate with provision that debts and funeral expenses are paid first, then the estate goes to her husband William Bendel for life with power to mortgage or sell, and upon his death the remainder goes to grandchildren held in trust by Louis Diesman until they reach age. William Bendel named executor without bond.
Alma Harr reports husband John Harr, sentenced to seven years for burglary, is critically ill in Frankfort. Franklin E. Bigelow, 72, dies after illness in Newport with funeral in Marlboro, Massachusetts. Mary Seibert, 79, Newport resident, dies of pneumonia. funeral at Corpus Christi Church. Captain James Stewart, river foreman, injured in coal company accident on Monmouth Street. Newport moves to form a humane society. Mayor Krieger backs the effort.
Junior Order United American Mechanics groups in Campbell County organize a Newport mass meeting to urge immigration law reform. Circles from Newport Dayton Bellevue and surrounding cities plan speakers from Raleigh Jamestown Cincinnati Urbana and Kentucky to discuss immigration statistics from 1900 and future policy. A date will be set after a council meeting next week.
Trustees of St Stephen's School plan immediate fire drills and safety upgrades at parochial schools of St Stephen's Church on Ninth Street Newport. The visit by Rev Schmidt, board members, Superintendent Regenstein, and Fire Chief Schmidt observed orderly evacuations and praised the drills. Swinging doors will be installed and building safety arrangements adjusted to prevent disasters.
Christian Beck aged 73 died yesterday at his son's home 137 Foote avenue after a short illness. He was a widower with several adult children. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Bellevue Welfare Association to hold meeting at Balke Opera House this evening.
Chicago reports Western railways plan a coordinated wage reduction of about ten percent, mirroring Eastern lines. Officials anticipate a Chicago meeting to finalize details while freight rates rise under new tariffs filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
J W Faucett a Hamilton transfer man was arrested today on a charge of hauling a heavy load on a road in Hanover Township The Township Trustees arranged the arrest and Faucett posted 100 bail before Magistrate Messal for a Thursday hearing Authorities say county roads suffer damage from heavy hauling this season
Fragmented notices show multiple real estate transfers and deeds. Names include Phoebe Anderson, Fanny Anderson, Ernest Ella Yager, Matilde, Mary Lamb, J W Ordelmundt, Katherine Ordelmundt, W F Ordelmundt, Charlies Miller, Mamie Miller, Claude Harris, D A and Lucy Gienn, J J Abbott, with parcels on Elm Street Latonia Avenue and Crescent Springs Kentucky.
Fragmentary record shows John B. Taylor and wife transferring Lot 8 in Spence subdivision to Christian Weber as part of a Wy 6 and in Care's sab. Details are garbled but indicate a real estate conveyance with a named grantee and parcel.
James Rathbun shot and killed his wife Mrs Rathbun in the kitchen of Judge R B Hall’s home in Omaha Nebraska then killed himself. The couple had been separated.
The Paine bill to centralize city services passed 67 to 29 in the House. It abolishes Boards of Public Service and Public Safety, creating Directors under mayoral appointment who form a Board of Control to review acts and contracts. Local leaders Johnson and Whitlock support it. Kemp Kealy jokes about its political impact. A separate measure on divorce and dental practice also progresses in the upper chamber.
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Labor Commissioner Neill as mediators began wage dispute talks under the Erdman act. Southern Railway officials presented finances and their side of the controversy to mediators and employees representatives led by P. H. Morrissey and W. S. Stone. The conference extended through the afternoon with no announced results.
Senator Howe visited State Treasurer McKinnon asking if he held bank stock tied to state deposits. McKinnon admitted stock ownership and argued such questions intrude on private affairs. The exchange centered on whether lawmakers can probe banks with state funds as alleged political maneuvering.
State Highways Commissioner Huston resigns due to continued ill health. He will meet Governor Harris next Saturday before any decision on a successor. Governor Harris said the resignation stands but a new appointee will await the interview. In Columbus Cincinnati probes coverage, Speaker Eagleson names Captain Lybarger to replace Welker in the House.
General Solicitor W. F. Evans of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad pleaded guilty in a St Louis court to thirteen indictments accusing rebates to the Chapman and Dewey Lumber Company of Kansas City. Judge Dyer fined $1,000 per count, totaling $13,000 as the minimum penalty.
At the sixty first annual stockholders meeting in Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Railroad Company approved the purchase of the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad the Southwestern Railroad and the Junction Railroad. The annual report was approved and the stockholders election is set for March 24 with likely re election of directors Clement A Griscom Charles E Ingersoll and Henry C Frick.
Hearings before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce consider a per-mile maximum passenger fare. The American Traveling Men's League backs Sulzer bill for interchangeable mileage books and a blind passenger provision. An amendment would allow railroads to carry a blind person and attendant on one full fare ticket.
Railroads operating in Kansas filed suits in the Circuit Court asking for an injunction to stop the State Board of Railroad Commissioners from enforcing its new freight rate schedule. The plan cuts rates by about 20 percent on average and two rates are alleged to be confiscatory.
The Middle States Ice Producers' Exchange selecting officers at Dayton Ohio names E C Balzhulser Cleveland as president Sai oe Montgomery Georgetown Ky as vice president C M Kinnard Columbus C secretary and F C Edward Marion Ind as treasurer The group plans its next meeting in Detroit with date to be announced.
Vice James Welker resigns and President Williams appoints Senator Gayman to replace Hafner, with Eagleson’s planned Moon appointment cancelled. The Cincinnati Probe Committee now includes Mooney, Lybarger, Nye from the House and Berry, Gayman, Russell from the Senate.
Governor Harris issued the annual proclamation designating Friday April 17 as Arbor Day. He urged citizens to join authorities in beautifying streets highways parks and schools and to encourage forestry.
Invitations issued for informal tea at Mr. and Mrs. James Green home Avon dale for Miss Wilson and her fiancé Mr. John Hawkins. Guests include Milton Sayler and many local couples. Scott Williams hosts cards tomorrow in East Walnut Hills. Mrs Albert Berne hosts a luncheon in Auburn Avenue. Strauss recital next Friday at the Woman's Club features John A Hoffmann and Miss Roedter. Ushers named for the day. Queen hosts a top bridge tournament at Burnet House with multiple trophy winners. Mrs Thomas Gibson to entertain the Woman's Press Club. Anna Stuart hosts Cooking Club today. Rose Geigerman to wed Sidney Newman at St Nicholas Hotel this evening.
Mt Auburn resident John H. Allen and his family join Mrs Allen in Aiken South Carolina for winter with daughters. Lillian Fuller visits Chicago after staying with Mr. and Mrs. Keith in Northside. Powell of Walnut Hills plans New York trip after Pittsburg visit. Ringgold party returns from the South. Ringgold to Pekin Illinois briefly. Flavel Scovul of Avondale visits Florida. Howard Altman of Atlanta stays with Mrs. Van Brigel in San Rafael. Albert Bloom and sister Rosalie Bloom go to New York for a fort night with relatives. T J Davis of Howell avenue Clifton takes a three week stay at Hot Springs Virginia. Rosco J Hackney of Avondale travels month long to Little Rock and the South. Lewis Seasongood of Reading road Avondale travels to Aiken South Carolina for a few weeks. Mrs Samuel Baum returns home in Chicago after visiting Mrs Louis Schrer of Avondale. Weihl of East Walnut Hills visits son Albert Weihl in Pittsburg. Emma Powell returns to Portland Indiana after visiting C H Powell and Mrs Powell in Walnut Hills.
The Covington community hosts a luncheon for the Old Ladies Home on West Fourth Street led by Mrs. Houston and church members. Other notes include Mrs. Edward Sellers hosting for Mrs. Truitt Sellers, travel updates for Mrs. Ernest Sellers and Mrs. Edward Sellers, visits by Miss Lucy Arnold, and plans for a Ft. Mitchell Country Club dance on April 1 with a committee including Willam Simrall and James Gayle.
Former Judge Alton B. Parker spoke to the Law Academy on the duty of lawyers to preserve civil and religious liberty. He cited William Fitz-Obert as an example of a fearless attorney who protected people against civic authorities.
Washington March 10 Captain C M Winslow Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Navigation and Commander A L Key testified that American battleships suffer serious construction defects. They argued armor belts are too low and ammunition hoists unsafe while Russian ad miral Evans is defended for coal bunkers. Key planned further testimony on ships not officers.
Prof. W A Kellerman head of the Ohio State University botanical department died in Guatemala City from malaria fever. He was 50, Cornell trained, visiting Guatemala to study flora. Jose Algara secretary of state of Mexico died in Mexico City from pleural pneumonia after years in service. Frank M Brosart longtime White Collar Line steamer died of cancer in Madison Indiana.
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