Standard Oil Tax Suit Targets Covington Officials
The Standard Oil Company of Kentucky sues Covington city officials asking for a restraining order against tax collection. The case challenges the Board of Equalization and Assessor on intangibles assessed in Covington rather than Louisville. A temporary restraining order was issued by Circuit Judge Harbeson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company of Kentucky
Covington
W. 8. Gould
George T. Beach
City Board of Equalization
Cincinnati
Louisville
Scott Street
Madison Avenue
Harbeson
Mothers Organize Mothers Club in Covington District
A Mothers Club formed by mothers of pupils at the First District School in Covington with temporary officers President Mrs George Ranshaw and Secretary Mrs Streiger. A committee including officers Mrs Owens and Mrs Crail will draft a constitution for a meeting at the First District School. About sixty women attended as Superintendent H O Sluss backs the movement and notes fathers clubs as a future extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
George Ranshaw
Streiger
C. C. Owens
H. O. Sluss
Roosevelt
Covington Board Recommends Tax Payment by Bank
The Covington Board of Aldermen referred to the City Solicitor and Law Committee a report recommending that the People's Savings Bank and Trust Company be allowed to pay taxes on an assessment of 100000. The resolution asking the City Treasurer to inform the Council which bank was awarded the city deposits and the bid amounts was adopted. Claims totaling 5420.08 were allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington Board of Aldermen
Law Committee
People’s Savings Bank and Trust Company
Covington Inspector Targets Pushcart Ice Cream Vendors
Meat and Milk Inspector W. E. A. Wyman of Covington has started a crusade against pushcart ice cream sellers. Recently confiscated samples were found to violate the citys pure food ordinances as read by the council and enforced yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. A. Wyman
Covington
Wyman
Two men to begin nine year terms for railroad hold up
Charles Moran and James Johnson, both colored, are sent to Frankfort to begin nine year sentences for the January hold up of C. B. Cook on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Bridge. Sheriff Davison and Turnkey Walker escorted them yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Davison
Arthur Walker
Charles Moran
James Johnson
Frankfort
Cook
Chesapeake & Ohio
Covington
George Bradley
George Ewing
Eighth
Russell Streets
Covington Lodge of Elks
William J. Bryan
Congress Hall
Pike Street
Bryan
Elks’ Hall
Fifth Street
Elks
Campbell County Court Actions Include Suit and Juvenile Order
In Circuit Court Henry Harmeyer sues Oscar Hanna and wife for 54.40 for paints and materials used in painting a house. Judge Moore orders Minnie Adams, 17, held for bigamy placed with the Convent of the Good Shepherd until the case is resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Harmeyer
Oscar Hanna
Minnie Adams
Kenton Court Notes Adoptions and Forgery Case
Charles and Agnes Cronin of Ludlow filed a petition to adopt Fred Baggenback as their legal heir. Orville J. Ragby was charged with forgery and the case was continued by Police Judge Read yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Agnes Cronin
Ludlow
Fred Baggenback
Orville J. Ragby
Property transfers involve Ludlow and Latonia trustees
A trustee transfers 25 in Savings Bank and Trust on Poplar Street Ludlow to V. C. Luyster and assigns by et al to Lillie B. Luyster at 37 Taylor Avenue Latonia. The notice records real estate move and associated recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. C. Luyster
Savings Bank and Trust i
Poplar Street
Ludlow
Lillie B. Luyster
Taylor Avenue
Latonia
New German Aeroplane Adds to Early Flight Claims
Paris report credits Lieutenant Coanda with a secret aero craft capable of vertical flight using a screw-driven system. A Danish engineer tests an aircraft with three subs and a forward rudder propeller. The craft weighs 205 kilograms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Paris
Coanda
Sian
Demand Payment of Ancient Bond
Newport officials confronted a forgotten 1872 Newport Water Works bond worth 800000 dollars with 7.38 percent interest due 1903. The unpresented coupon bond, brought in via Newport National Park, will be reviewed by the Sinking Fund Commissioners for possible payment of its face value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Newport Water Works
Frank Lang
Newport National Park
Lohstroh
Jonathan Berry
Board of Council
L. R. Hawthorne
Sinking Fund
Man Attempts Suicide By Taking Carbolic Acid
Owen McLaughlin 25 of Sixth Street Newport attempted to end his life by drinking carbolic acid. His wife knocked the bottle away and summoned help as he lay unconscious. Dr Edward Herman called and treated him for about an hour in critical condition. Despondent over unemployment he borrowed fifteen cents to obtain the acid and had earlier tried the method. A religious adviser was summoned to administer last rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen McLaughlin
Sixth Street
Newport
Edward Herman
Weitkamp Denies Blame For Street Bill Failure
Representative Harry Weitkamp of Campbell County returns from Legislative meetings and explains Belevue and Dayton residents blame him for the street improvement bill failing. He says the bill would have equalized fourth class cities with Newport and others, but attorneys and interests delayed it, and the committee found the law unjust for small cities. He denies withdrawing support and asserts he favored passage and pressed the committee to report favorably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Weitkamp
Campbell County
Belevue
Dayton
Newport
Weitkamp
Meyer Reappointed Postmaster in Newport for Four More Years
Report from Newport states John H. Meyer has been appointed by President Roosevelt for another four year term as Newport postmaster. The news stirs Campbell County Republicans who opposed Ernst faction leaders and had wondered if Meyer would be retained. Meyer, in charge about ten years, credits support from Ernst and Senator Bradley for his reappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
John H. Meyer
Roosevelt
Meyer
Campbell County
William O. Bradley
United States Senate
Willson
Bradley
Ernst
Shoemaker
Mr. Meyer
Republican Party
McKinley
J. J. Hersch
Newport Council Approves Tax for Tennessee Alley Work
The Newport Board of Councilors passed a special levy of 1.50 dollars per 100 valuation to fund brick paving on Tennessee alley between Eighth and Ninth streets, approving contractor payment after a minor defect was corrected. The body also acted on lighting requests for York street area and Linden avenue, adopted bids for street construction, and approved expenditures and staffing resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Board of Council
Tennessee Alley
York Street
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Eighth Street
Linden Avenue
Improvement Committee
Hoffmeyer
Hodge Street
Isabella
Patterson
Wilson
Law Committee
Newport fire truck narrowly avoids collision with switch engine
Spectators watched as Newport Fire Department’s Seagrave ladder wagon swung onto Ul N railroad tracks mistaking a switch engine for an oncoming train. The "fire" was only smoke from a clogged chimney, and the wagon cleared the bend without incident as residents called for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seagrave
Newport Fire Department
Fourth and
Saratoga Streets
Fifth Street
Ferdinand Wiedemann Dies at 73 in New York Residence
Ferdinand Wiedemann of Tenth street and Park avenue died after a long illness. He was 73 and survived by his widow and three children Otto Mathilda and Bertha all now in California. He was the father in law of former Councilman William Nicer and uncle of Charles Wiedemann the brewer. He had been retired from business for years and was not connected with the brewery. Funeral arrangements were not yet made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Wiedemann
Tenth Street
Park Avenue
Mr. Wiedemann
William Nicer
Charles Wiedemann
Otto
Mathilda
Bertha
California
Wiedemann
Tolstoi Critically Ill After Influenza Fainting
Reports from Moscow say Count Leo Tolstoi fainted yesterday in St. Petersburg and lay unconscious for a time. He remains very weak as influenza takes a toll, with alarm surrounding his condition.
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ST. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
Moscow
Councilmen's Pay Held Up In Hamilton
City Auditor Grimmer refused to pay salaries of council members and Homer Gard. Holbrook Ward Council last night passed the salaries but a faction cites Judge Middleton in claiming full power to act and to avoid interference with Holbrook's possession of the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Grimmer
Homer Gard
Holbrook Ward
Middleton
Holbrook
Ohio River flood idle 95000 workers in plants
Flood waters trap thousands in low lands around Wheeling East Liverpool and Evansville as low areas submerge. In Pittsburg the Ohio River rises rapidly causing major plant closures and a predicted loss of work for about 25 000 employees while flood patrols and relief committees evacuate residents by skiff and raft.
Wheeling Faces Second Flood With 45 Foot Crest
Wheeling West Virginia braces for a second flood of the season with a projected crest of 45 feet by tomorrow evening. Fifty-foot rivers rise at five inches per hour as a midnight storm floods creeks and streams washing debris into streets and halting streetcar traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Third Flood Threatens East Liverpool and Nearby Towns
The Ohio River is rising ten to twelve inches per hour at East Liverpool Ohio threatening hundreds of families in the lowlands of the city Smiths Ferry Pa and Wellsville Oh. Potteries along the river will be affected with little relief expected. Interurban tracks through the city linking Smiths Ferry and Steubenville may flood as the river climbs. This marks the third flood of the season for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Commercial Tribune
Ohio River
Smith’s Ferry
Wellsville
Steubenville
Ohio River Flood Fears Rise As Levels Climb Near Evansville
Heavy rains on the Lower Ohio River push water above thirty eight feet in Evansville. Flood warnings issued by Local Government Observer Al Brand signal expected further rises with Lowlands submerged along the Ohio and Wabash rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Lower
Ohio
Wabash
al Brand
Roosevelt Canal Policy Attacked in House Debate
Representative Harrison of New York charged President Roosevelt with exceeding authority in governing the Panama Canal zone. The House adopted a resolution asking the President to explain the legal authority for canal zone actions since the last Congress. Tawney defended the President amid sharp exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Panama Canal Zone
House of Representatives
Harrison
New York
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House
Canal Zone
United
Fire in National Capital Destroys Kissinger Lumber Yard
Fire swept the Kissinger Bros lumber yard at Seventh and U streets Northwest in Washington. The blaze threatened the American League ball park and damaged the Freedman's Hospital building's vicinity. By 2 am, control returned with losses estimated at 500000, confined mainly to the lumber yard.
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Washington
Kissinger Bros
Seventh
U Streets
Freedman’s Hospital
Buried With First Spouse in Separate Funerals
Louis and Mary Larson who married eight years died within days of each other after a pact to be united with their first spouses. Mary Larson aged 49 died of pneumonia and was buried beside her first husband Charles Coban in West Home Cemetery. Louis Larson aged 79 died next day of pneumonia and was buried beside his first wife Amelia Erickson Larson in Gracelong Cemetery. Their son James A. Larson arranged the separate funerals.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Louis
Mary Larson
Charles Coban
Mr. Larson
Gracelong
Amelia Erickson-Larson
James A. Larson
St. Paul
Louis Larson
Bank Robbery Near Muskogee Nets $900
Two robbers, likely members of the Tyro gang, entered Davis Bank at Hoffman Oklahoma, forced bank officials to surrender with pistols, took $900 in currency, then rode away on waiting horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Tyro
Kan
Davis Bank
Hoffman
Here
Extradition Granted for William F. Walker Banker
The State Department reports the Mexican government will extradite William F. Walker a Connecticut banker charged with absconding months ago. He was traced to Southern California by Pinkerton detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
William F. Walker
Connecticut
California
Pinkerton
Lillian Lemp Sues for Divorce from William J. Lemp Jr
Mrs Lillian Handlan Lemp files suit for divorce from William J Lemp Jr president of the Lemp Brewing Co. She seeks custody of their seven year old son William J Lemp II and a gross alimony amount. She cites separations since 1906 and accuses him of restricting religious training and exposing the child to improper influences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Lillian Handlan Lemp
William J. Lemp, Jr
The
Lemp Brewing Company
William. J. Lemp II
Little William
Yale Committee Report Adopted at United Mine Workers Meet
Indianapolis March 19 The National Convention of the United Mine Workers spent the day adopting all sections of the Scale Committee report with no amendments The last seven sections will be discussed tomorrow morning before adjournment The report was defended by President Mitchell President elect Lewis Secretary Wilson and Scale Committee Chair Walker Indiana operators will meet miners in joint conference on March 24
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
National Convention of the United Mineworkers of America
Scale Committee
Mitchell
Lewis
Wilson
Walker
United Action
Illinois
International Executive Board
Indiana
Hartman collapses after telegram reports wife’s death
C H Hartman of St Louis fainted on meeting his wife at Cincinnati train station after receiving a telegram claiming his wife was dead from his daughter. Police search for the telegram author. Hartman, a publisher, recently opened a Cincinnati branch office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Cincinnati
Hartman
Ohio man commits suicide in Harrisburg hotel
George H. Huess a 45 year old traveling salesman for the American Car and Foundry Company shot himself in a Harrisburg hotel last night. He had been in financial trouble and left a note asking that word be sent to his wife visiting in Baltimore. his home was in Niles Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
George H. Huess
American Car and Foundry Company
Niles
Baltimore
Brutal Soldier Sentenced by Court Martial
Corporal Otto Fisher of the Fifty-seventh Infantry was sentenced by court martial to two months imprisonment and to be reduced in rank after being found guilty on fifty charges of brutality toward soldiers. The court noted he ordered men to strip to the waist while others rubbed their backs with brushes and sand for about fifteen minutes. Fisher had previously served three months for similar conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posen
Otto Fisher
Fifty-seventh Infantry
Fisher
Russian Consul questions bomb suspect in Chicago
Baron A A Schlippenbach the Russian Consul in Chicago questioned Ankodine Ziteso at West Chicago Avenue Police Station. Ziteso 22said he recently arrived from Vilina Russia and that a robbed shipboard loss of passport caused New York Chicago authorities to detain him. The consul expressed doubt of guilt and said he did not believe Russian authorities want him.
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Chicago
A. A. Schlippenbach
Chicago Avenue
Ankodine Ziteso
St. Petersburg
Ziteso
Austin Avenue
America
Russia
Bron Schlippenbath
Baron Schlippenbach
Vilina
New York
Reichstag in an Uproar Over Press Insults and Negro Phrase
In Berlin lawmakers clashed during a debate on colonial budget. Erzberger cited colonial mistreatment of Negroes and stated that a negro has an immortal soul. Center party denounced the jeering, calling the press tasteless, and a strike threat followed after a failed apology.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Budge Err
Erzberger
We Gallery
Center Party
Herr Broeber
Heinrich F. Mueller
Meiningen
Train wreck wounds homeseekers to Las Palmenas
A passenger excursion train carrying homeseekers from Kansas and Oklahoma to Las Paltenas, Mexico derailed near Pearsall, Texas after a broken rail. One man died, eight were seriously injured, including locals from San Antonio and Oklahoma.
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San. Antonio
Tex
International & Great Northern Railroad
Kansas
Oklahoma
Las Paltenas
Mexico
Pearsall
W. W. Myers
San Antonio
M. E. McElroy
Western Union Telegraph Company
W. H. Hooper
Dow
Okla
P. Norman
Social and Personal News From Clifton and Price Hill
The column reports a Five Hundred party hosted by Mrs. W B Carpenter with about ten tables and floral decor, lists numerous attendees, and notes a farewell visit by Mrs. Hanna to Rock Island. It also mentions a Woman's Club musical program at Mt Hope and announces the wedding of Miss Linda Kruckemeyer to Edward A. Schaefer in Clifton on Saturday at 6 PM.
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Alaise
Hydé Park
W. B. Carpenter
Charles Fisk
Charles Durrell
William Harrison
Wilmot Hall
Drew Scovill
Tom Paxton
Isfard
Robert Blaine
James Rust
Davies
Fred Miller
C. Shinkle
Lucy Blackburn
Blaine
John Groom
Davis
A. E. Waters
Fenry Perkins
Harry Foulds
John Lowlow
Ralston Jones
Basil Duke
Charles Stork
Frank Perskins
Frank Maltby
Henry Yeiser
H. O. Kirkup
Hannaford
Shine
Butler
Kincheloe Dale
Robinson
Coke
Benjamin Hey
Harry Hey
C. C. Robinson
Spickerman
Flemming Pogue
Annabel Pearce
William Carpenter
Frank Carpenter
Harris Maltby
Hanna
Rock Island, Ill
David M. Allen
Mt Hope Road
Price Hill
Douglass Boxall
Sig
Pierre Tirindelli
Bertha Baur
Linda Kruckemeyer
Louis Kruckemeyer
Kruckemeyer
Edward A. Schaefer
St. Louis
Hosea Avenue
Clifton
Social notes mention several residents traveling or visiting
Mrs. Charles C. Reakitt and daughter tour the South while Mrs. Samuel H. Root remains with them. Mrs. Thomas Wheelwright leaves for Richmond after a visit. Mrs. Edward Ernst travels to Atlantic City with Katherine to join relatives. Louis Richman heads to Elmira for a brief trip. Philip C. Jacobs plans a Westward journey after Indianapolis. Harry L. Laws and spouse return to Vernonville after months in Louisiana. Bradford Laws will travel south for spring. Mrs. John Jelke returns to Chicago after a visit with the Jelkes. Samuel Pogue and family depart for Atlantic City for a several weeks stay. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edwards return from Dayton with Edwards set to head south next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Reakitt
Samuel H. Root
South
Thomas Wheelwright
Richmond
Frederick Burckhardt
Madison Road
East Walnut Hills
Edward Hy’ Ernst
Katherine
Vernonville
Atlantic City
Frank J. Jones
Frances Jones
Louis Richman
Glendora Avenue
Avondale
Elmira
N. Y
Philip C. Jacobs
Harvey Avenue
Indianapolis
Harry L. Laws
Reading Road
Frank Edwards
Mt. Auburn
Edwards
Dayton
Mr. Edwards
Social Notes Highlight Newport Area Hostesses and Travelers
Mrs. Fred Hall of Villa Place hosted the Five Hundred Club with prizes to Miss Mamie Muehlmatt and Mr. Clyde Emrick. Guests included Misses Brooks Scherer Amy Hall and Mrs. A X Peters’ Gay trip noted. Various locals and visitors from Covington Newport Dayton and Elsinore appear with travel plans and returns from St Augustine Daytona Beach Florida and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hall
Villa Place
Five Hundred
Mamie Muehlmatt
Clyde Emrick
Margaret Brooks
Laura Scherer
Amy Hall
Carl Graesle
Will Graf
Alfred Voige
Ed Collins
A.X. Peters
Gay
St. Augustine
Walker Hall
Covington
Miss Fennatt
Chicago
Mary Miller Voige
Ft. Thomas
Newport Embroidery Club
Minor Gillaspie
Ross Perkins
Elsinore
Will Evans
Mexico
W. A. Kaiper
California
S. L. Garrison
Ovington
México
St Regis Hotel Offers Comfort Not Luxury in New York
The St Regis on Fifth Avenue and Fifty Fifth Street is pitched as a superior home like hotel with comfort and refined privacy. It asserts modest rates with rooms at 4 dollars a day, 5 dollars with private bath, or 12 dollars for parlor, bedroom and bath, arguing it is affordable and not a palace for the ultra rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Regis
New York
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-fifth Street
Egis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Covington and
Standard Oil Tax
Giant Corporation
Depository
Board of Aldermen
Covington Briefs
Campbell County Courts
Kenton
R. L. Oblinger
Mr. Peller
Ostwee
Ollie Douglas
Council
York
Brewer
Tolstoi
Allegheny
Monongahela
Pittsburg
United States Weather Bureau
Tiss
Monongahelaere
Flood Patrol
Police Department
Rogers
Ukearuma Bank
Institution
William Walker
William J. Lemp
Yale Committee
Social and Personal
Kentucky Society
ST. Regis, New York
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