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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
5
Burglars entered Philip Nathan's clothing shop at 510 West Sixth Street early yesterday morning and stole clothing valued at $175. Police investigation under way.
Paul Peck saloonist was fined 25 dollars and costs in Police Court yesterday by Judge Lueders after being convicted of reckless driving.
Michael Fay, the letter carrier reported missing last week, has been found in Indianapolis. A family member will bring him home.
The Delmore Club and friends boarded the Island Queen for a moonlight cruise on the Ohio River. Guests enjoyed dancing and refreshments aboard the vessel.
The annual College of Music commencement will be held in Music Hall on the evening of June 11. Lawrence Maxwell Jr., President of the May Festival Association, will deliver the principal address.
In Holy Family Hall on Price Hill the Young Men's Paduan Club presented Home From College, a musical comedy, to a large audience from the congregation last night.
Joseph Weiss and Lorie Stockum, both lodging at 2182 Buck Street, were arrested yesterday after an argument that woke the entire square. They face disorderly conduct charges. A knife was found on Weiss.
The Rev. J M Feldmann pastor of Sacred Heart Church Camp Washington returned from an Eastern and Southern trip. In the East he attended the centennial celebration of the New York Archdiocese.
Mrs Della Estep of 1123 West Sixth Street delivered Violet Miller aged 2 to the Ohio Humane Society. With the mother missing for three months, officials sent the child to the Children's Home and then to City Hospital for care.
An Alumnae Association has been organized by graduates of the Notre Dame Academy on Court Street. Elected officers include President Mary Limberg, Vice President Ste Kelly, Secretary Julia Flynn, and Treasurer Elizabeth Kurshman.
Meyer Scheer will speak on the Philippines at the Jewish Settlement, 415 Clinton Street, Sunday evening under the auspices of the Young Men's Civic Club. Scheer has just completed five years living in the region.
At the Spring street excavation for a new Eagle White Lead Works plant Irvin Lee aged 38 of 1022 Gilbert avenue was buried under falling earth. Fellow workers freed him and doctors at City Hospital say he cannot recover with nearly every bone broken.
In honor of the beatification of Venerable Madelecin Sophie Barat, foundress of their order, the archbishop will receive the delegation. The ceremony marks a significant religious milestone for the community and its members.
In Rome on May 2, the nuns of Sacred Heart Academy Clifton celebrate a solemn Pontifical high mass at 9 30 a m Archbishop Moeller will celebrate and Father Joseph Grimmelsman S J will deliver the panegyric A reception for the Archbishop clergy and lay guests follows at 2 p m
The Cincinnati speller with top national potential will skip the Cleveland spelling contest next month. The local Board of Education does not deem school representation a priority.
Charles F. Davis was arrested on charges of stealing a valise and a gold watch from John F. Bryan a Yellow Springs millionaire farmer and poet while Davis worked at the Bryan farm. Judge Lueders discharged Davis after Bryan failed to prove the case.
Lieutenant Colonel William M. Sullivan and Major A. B. Hey depart for Chicago as city representatives of Spanish-American War veterans for the National Commandery annual meeting. Ohio veterans expect General Charles Dick to be elected Commander-in-chief.
Patrolmen Brahamy and Fricke arrived after cries and found two Woodw street, his wife Mary Sinex, Illan street, and Belle Rich Hill road. They were charged with disorderly conduct.
Christopher Wingate known as Kit Wingate a longtime Cincinnati florist and rifle marksman died suddenly on May 9 in Orange County Florida at the age of seventy four. He was remembered by flower market patrons and local marksmen from the area.
Chief of Detectives Crawford reported that Bertram Berry, jailed with Ben Wilber and Frank Lawrence on forgery charges, is wanted in New Orleans for robbery and attempted murder. A letter to Major Crawford said Lillian Howard confessed and implicated Berry and another man.
William Graf of New York City was fined 50 in Police Court yesterday after testimony showed he carried a sign stating he was deaf and dumb. A dog passerby prompted him to say hello and some women overheard, then he tried to flee but was restrained by officers.
William and Mattie Logan of 3609 Spring Grove avenue faced Police Court for disorderly conduct yesterday. Testimony showed an argument over a new hat and Logan’s attempt to damage it while Mattie sought to promenade and Logan wanted his supper. The case was dismissed by Judge Luders.
Charles Werthwein aged 43 of Cumminsville slashed his throat with a razor while in a barber chair at Fred Finke’s shop on Dremnan Street yesterday. He was sent to City Hospital and treated for non fatal injuries related to distress after his mother's death.
A charity evening at Music Hall features two parts. The first showcases the convent's orphans under Miss Madge G Walsh with Nellie Brennan, Mr and Mrs John C Hersh, and John A Shea performing vocal numbers and Bertha Topp recitations. The Knights of Columbus and St Xavier parish sodality present minstrel and ragtime acts led by Arch bishop Elder Council and John T Bailey with music by Ponch Grunckemeyer Buddeke and O'Brien.
Federated Improvement Associations met at the Gibson House and discussed park space in Clifton with the Park Committee to report soon. Indianapolis wooden block pavements drew criticism and asphalt was seen as preferable. The Street Railway Committee will weigh a Peebles Corner plaza plan including a public comfort station.
Graduating exercises for four women from the Elizabeth Gamble Deaconess Home mission training class will be held over the week. The quartet will become home missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The baccalaureate sermon at St. Paul’s M E Church will be delivered at 11 a.m. by Rev. J. W. Peters. The graduates are Margaret Dickens Cincinnati Jennie Brown Farley Iowa Grace Harpster Delphos O Bertha E Jones Covington Kentucky.
Dr. Oscar W. Stark plans a summer camp in the country for poor consumptives with tents to be pitched along the Little Miami within weeks. Charitable supporters have raised over $100, and Stark outlined the project during a Woman's League talk at the Mercantile Library Building.
About a hundred members of the Carriage Makers' Club gathered at the Chester Park Clubhouse for a banquet led by President Otto Armleder. August Thetig and O. F. Walker followed with remarks, then Theodore Luth spoke on freight and classification. The club's annual outing is set for Saturday June 13 at the Laughery Club.
Delegates at the American Medico Psychological Association in Cincinnati argue that criminals with no intellectual feebleness should be kept out of insane hospitals. Dr Charles W Hitchcock cites a Michigan case and urges life confinement for moral imbeciles to protect society.
Dan Murphy sues John J. Ryan for 25000 damages after an October cafe attack near the Standard Theater in Vine Street. Witnesses say Ryan struck Murphy with a beer glass amid claims Murphy faced provocation. both sides await further testimony as trial proceeds.
Lou the elephant at Chester Park will be examined today by Dr Marion Whitacre to assess the hide thickness and tummy depth before an X ray to locate a $450 diamond ring owned by Colonel Ike Martin. Mr W W Power, owner of Lou and three similar elephants, will cover about 100 dollars for the recovery effort.
The annual election and meeting at the Ohio Hospital for Women and Children on West Seventh street elected officers. The financial report praised the hospital, naming Mrs. Frank Whitaker as President and other officers including Mrs. John D. Park and Mrs. William N. Hobart. The executive committee and new dean of the medical staff, Dr. Pollack, were also named.
Joseph Reeves 37 of 431 Central Avenue was shot in the forehead during an argument over alleged theft of clothes from Matthew Lestrict 21 of 426 West Fifth Street. Lestrict was arrested on a charge of shooting to kill after surrendering, claiming self defense as Reeves allegedly seized a club and attacked him. Reeves is hospitalized at City Hospital with a shattered frontal skull but showing potential for recovery.
Secretary of the Mayor Scott Small received a letter dated New York from Baron John Von Mugge. He requests the official record of the Baron as Deputy U.S. Marshal and private policeman be forwarded. Von Mugge plans to appear June 16 before the Arms Court in Berlin to prove fifteen years of official employment to claim his mother's estate. Small sent the official documents yesterday.
Provisions adjust railway postal clerks travel pay up to one dollar per day when on duty away from their base, with a one million dollar appropriation. The amendments allow thirty days leave at own expense with a substitute, extendable to sixty for illness, and require substitutes to earn at least twenty five dollars per month during qualification.
The Lane Seminary graduating class of ten men received diplomas at First Presbyterian Church Walnut Hills. Rev William McKibbin delivered the address. President Dabney of the University of Cincinnati spoke on education and life. Board of Trustees adds James J Muir, replacing Rev Henry M Thompson who moved to Illinois.
The father of Gordon P. Chase 25 of 629 West Ninth street returned from Kansas City with the body after the youth killed himself there A note found on arrival blamed homesickness and said his brothers would support his mother and sister He worked for the Pullman Company and referenced Cincinnati in the farewell message.
John Stagge, 33, brother of Police Court Officer Stagge, died yesterday morning in City Hospital after only three or four hours there. Death attributed to meningitis. Stagge worked for three to four years for Patrick Bierne, grocer at Morgan and May streets.
Relatives ask police to locate Mrs. Mabel Tegeder, 17, a newlywed missing from Clinton street. Her mother is seriously ill and fears she may not recover without her daughter's return.
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