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Newspaper
Hamilton Evening Journal
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1913
Page
4
A Hamilton movement pushes for a new form of government under an efficiency charter. Citizens urge open, respectful discussion, stressing nonpartisan reform for better city management and taxpayer benefits while socialist opposition remains wary of the plan.
Rubbish in Hamilton around the market and courthouse draws citywide complaint. Market master urged to require traders to collect refuse in barrels or boxes or lose market access. Critics cite dirty sidewalks, windblown litter, and poor appearance as harms to the city. A unrelated note questions a Cleveland police chief’s conduct and references broader government wire regulations and a Middletown incident.
Columbus dispatch notes Governor Cox secretary Jorge F Murtha dined with 600 Ohio penitentiary inmates at noon in a surprising outreach. He later praised food and service as first class. In other items, state funds bids by 141 banks across 61 counties show higher interest rates for two years, and library officials seek to amend civil service to exclude library staff. Government moves include state agricultural commission approval and a half mill road levy plan, with hours set for Governor Cox’s office during the session.
Ex governor James E. Campbell contributed a chapter to Powell’s History of the Democratic Party of Ohio titled The Ohio Democracy in the Civil War. A letter from Albert Shaw, famed editor of the Review of Reviews, recounts personal memories from Butler County and praises the work, noting his own father’s Union support and wartime experiences.
The legislature announces Jay will see the public in his office from 11:10 to 11:30 in the morning and 2 to 3 in the afternoon. From 9 to 9:30 he will attend to correspondence. Other hours are reserved for legislators and business-minded visitors, while job seekers face no openings in state or federal posts until after the current session and Washington’s news suggests delays under the new national administration.
Rome March 1 Pope Pius revised an apostolic letter declaring a universal jubilee from Low Sunday March 20 to December 8 the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The faithful may visit six churches in Rome or their own diocese and receive a plenary indulgence for acts of devotion along with alms and confession. Massillon Ohio March 19 Massillon State Hospital board members Shepherd and Davey plan a preliminary probe into charges against the administration after ex patient J E Crawford’s complaints.
The Journal invites letters on any subject for publication in Mail Bag columns. Letters must be under 250 words and include the writer’s name and address, though the address may be withheld if requested. The editor will also answer questions the editor can.
John Hunkler offers detailed suggestions on federal state and local roles for road building funding. He supports a government appropriation for non toll road construction and proposes cost sharing: one fourth federal, one fourth county, and one half federal for maintenance. He urges federal supervision of construction and maintenance and references Senator Lonnie.
Twenty one persons were injured when a passenger train on the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad derailed six miles north of Marshalltown Iowa on Tuesday. Most injured were from Mississippi towns bound for Minneapolis and the northwest, with some travelers possibly fatally hurt. The incident disrupted travel for travelers headed toward Canada. The second item notes the burial service for Mrs Levi A Leiter, mother of the Countess, to be held in Washington with the Countess arriving from England, after a postponement.
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