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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1913
Page
3
Joseph E. Willard of Richmond Virginia becomes the American ambassador to Spain as Madrid raises its legation to embassy. He succeeds Henry Clay Ide who has served as minister.
Common Pleas Judge W A Geoghegan ruled the new Cincinnati municipal court law unconstitutional. He found the act overstepped legislative authority by appointing a presiding judge and naming associate judges, invalidating the presiding judge as well as appointments and elections for the others. The decision followed two suits challenging transfer of cases to the municipal court and removal of a pending case to it. The act had set five judges with a presiding judge and salaries of 6000 dollars and 4000 dollars for the others.
Ohio utilities commission moves to intervene in the federal receivership of the Detroit Toledo Iron line. The commission seeks to hasten financing and end the road’s defiant operation, urging the attorney general to interplead in court.
Cincinnati Mayor Hunt claims the city must seek voter approval for an extra 2.06 mill levy because license law restricting the number of saloons will sharply reduce income. If approved, Cincinnati's 1914 levy would be 8.43 mills, higher than 7.95 in 1912 and 8.36 in 1911, with non tax revenue dropping to about $560,000 in 1914 from $973,518 in 1911.
The Ohio valley floods last March caused estimated total damage of 163 million dollars. Logs to railroads telegraph and telephone lines farms and farm property and prospective crops are all included. Ohio and Indiana bore over 70 percent of the loss. The 1913 flood ranks second among Ohio valley floods behind only the 1884 mid winter flood.
Scottish Highlanders say the raven omen signals death and disaster for Campbell chiefs as Archibald Campbell, heir to the Dukedom of Argyll, dies at Inverary. Ravens were seen over Duniquaich near Inverary Castle, with as many as five gathered the day before, a repeat of a historic pattern when the Duke died.
Frost in Montgomery county caused an estimated loss of over 100000 dollars to the tobacco crop with total damage in the lower valleys. The Miami valley-wide toll is conservatively placed at about 500000 dollars.
Opinion by Atty. Gen. Hogan states surplus revenue from Hamilton's electric light plant cannot be used to pay municipal gas plant bonds nor can gas plant surplus cover bond debt. Court proceedings to transfer the fund are required.
A report from Hamilton Ohio describes A P Sandles S E Strode and C G Williams attending a joint chamber conference on Butler County moving to establish an agricultural experiment farm. A resolution urged bond submission in 1914 to finance land purchase and farm development with county electors approving. Williams and Sandler planned revival efforts in Clermont County for a similar project.
In Cincinnati Cumminsville the Second Methodist Church faced seizure after loan sharks claimed over 2000 in interest on a long debt. Dr. Davis W. Clark, retiring Superintendent of the Methodist Union, disclosed the rescue funds and praised Clark at a farewell banquet with over 300 Methodists at Trinity Church. Plans for Wiley Chapel may shift the next M E conference to Cincinnati.
Warren A Bacon of Washington D C and Ohio area owner of Peter Billikin 2 07 winner of two Grand Circuit races in Detroit last week refused a $10 000 bid from the Russian Government for the chestnut trotter Peter Billikin son of Peter the Great Bacon says he has no plan to part with the Grand Circuit winner Peter Billikin trained on the Washington track this spring and has won purses in Canada and Maine with more races scheduled later in the season
Governor Cox announces a transplant of 6,000 Hungarian pheasants from the Danube Valley into Ohio. General John C. Speaks, head of the fish and game department, will oversee the effort. The birds, larger than local stock, aim to reduce bugs and later supply hunting, once they multiply enough.
Cincinnati report quotes former Missouri governor Joseph W Folk praising Ohio's license law limiting saloons to one per 500 percent of population. He argues the law should be enforced if in place and urges repeal if citizens oppose it.
Examinations for teachers occur on the first Saturday each month unless a holiday. then the following Saturday. Pupils’ exams are on the third Saturday of April and May. Four year provisional certificate applicants should consult the clerk before applying. Officials: Bagby president Davis vice president Morris clerk.
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