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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
2
The Ohio Senate approved a temperance measure with amendments and confirmed Gov Harris appointments to state boards. The chamber also debated war law penalties and paid tribute to officers as the session moved toward a recess for May 9.
Denver officials and business leaders push continuous city-building efforts, praising the "keep something going all the time" method. Mayor R W Speer and Chamber head E B Scholtz promote unified action, pledging funds and rallying support from national figures to back municipal improvements.
In Columbus Ohio May 1 the House session was stormy with a night session to finish tasks. The Espy bill to establish small school boards passed, setting member limits between five and seven. The Mathers bill aiding treasurers who lose funds in fires or burglaries also cleared. The House did not concur with the Senate operation bill, sending it to a conference committee for later action. A separate note mentions a Ripley raid suspect to receive $18 per day following the Clark bill passage.
Joseph Kaiser a 28 year old night engineer at the Traction Building fell forty feet down an elevator shaft from the rear alley to the sub cellar. He sustained a fractured skull and other injuries and was carried to City Hospital where doctors feared he would die. Witnesses reported Kaiser swung over a guard rail and disappeared. The accident occurred near Fifth and Walnut streets in Covington and involved the ash elevator serving the building.
A tobacco barn owned by Ora McCarth in West Milton Ohio was burned to the ground tonight with losses estimated between 12000 and 15000 dollars. Authorities say night riders are responsible and martial law may be considered in the Burley tobacco district to protect residents from clashes with Kentucky groups.
The Owen County Board of Control of the Society of Equity announces the 1907 tobacco crop of about 6 million pounds will be financed by the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Company which will advance up to 150 000 dollars to growers. The board has organized a company with stock and will issue warehouse receipts to speed farmers access to funds. Pooled warehouses open May 15.
Bracken County Board of Control Chairman N J Streube received orders from the District Board of the American Society of Equity for 1042 hogsheds of the 1906 Equity tobacco. This accounts for just over a quarter of Bracken County's pooled crop of 3341 hogsheads. most sales are low grades but expected to average twelve cents.
Railroad men announced a fare reduction of one and a half cents a mile for delegates to the Columbus Democratic convention. It is the first cut since the two cent per mile law took effect, and Democrats welcomed the concession.
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