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THE ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28. TOLEDO WOMAN FOUND PUBLIC DEFENDERS URGED DETROIT MAN EXPERT THREATS Alleged in Complaint PLUNGE Of Car Injures Two. tho office of a near-by physician, was brought to St. Mary's HuspltiI. According to witnessed, the atitu-nioblle which Fortmeyer Was driving missed a turn in the road at the Lost Bridge, on the way to Cincinnati from Lawrenceburg, and brolsfc through a guard rail at the side ir the road.

The automobile fell feet to the bank of the Big Miami River, and rolled to the river's edg' Zapp, General Manager, Detroit United Lines, Highland Park, Michigan; J. H. McClure, General Manager, Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, Dayton, Ohio; D. A. tican-Ion, General Superintending of Railways, Northern Ohio Power and Light Company, Akron, Ohio; H.

J. Jones, General Manager, I.ima-Toledo Railroad Company, Lima, Ohio; G. R. Mil-Ilcan, Vice President and General Manager, Evansville and Ohio Valley Railway Company, Evansvllle, R. R.

Receiver. Chicago. South Rend and Northern Indiana Railway Cincinnati Man and Woman Victims as Automobile Is Wrecked Near Lawrenceburg, Ind. A Cincinnati man suffered probable fatal Injuries end a Cincinnati woman was seriously injured last night when the automobile in which they were riding on. the Brower road, near Lawrenceburg, broke through' a guard rail and plunged down a fifty-foot embankment.

The man. identified by papers In his pocket, is Eugene Fortmeyer, 595 Dlxmyth street. Cincinnati, and the woman Ib registered at St. Mary's Hospital as Mrs. Florence Neville, 1620 Duffy street Fortmeyer suffered a fracture of his skull and internal Injuries and has been unconscious since the time of the accident.

He was In such a serious condition that he not able to be moved, but was kept at the home of Dr. George F. Smith, at Lawrenceburg. Mrs. Neville also suffered a fracture of her skull, but was ahle be moved, and after treatment at For City Courta By W.

A. Knight Before Aid Society. Appointment of public defenders for unfortunante persons In "Munici pal Court was advocated by Walter A. Knight. President of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society, at the annual meeting of the society.

Ho said a favorable time had come for Cincinnati to take this step. The new city government and the new passenger terminals will bring thousands of skilled and "unskilled persons into the city, many of them being foreigners, while hundreds of others will come from the South, he said, explaining the need for a public defender. Cities across the river already are appealing to the Cincinnati society for help in legal matters and should maintain agencies of their own, he said. Of 1,000 lawyers in Cincinnati, Only a few know the scope of the society's work, Mr. Knight said.

Twenty-three lawyers gave $566 of their Commun ity Cheat subscriptions to this society last year, out of a total received of 12,760. Other attorneys should deslg nate money In this way, Mr. Knight FAIR WEATHER FORECAST. Minimum Temperature of 15 Degrees Is Forecast. Fair and moderately cold Is the prediction of Weather Observer W.

C. Devereaux for today, and tomorrow. Yesterday's weather waa featured by snow, but the fall was not heavy except during a brief period yesterday afternoon. temperature minimum yesterday waa 14 degrees, a drop of 14 degrees from the low mark Thursday. This morning's low temperature is to be between 15 and 20 degrees, according to Mr.

Devereaux. A man registered as James Mc-Daniel, 28 years old, laborer, no home, was found lying on the sidewalk in front of 1940 Rase street early yesterday by Patrolmen Aslmus and Hall. He was found to be suffering from exposure when taken to the General Hospital. PROWESS IS DEMONSTRATED. George Remus Credited With Rescue of Guard From Negro.

SPKCUL DISPATCH TO 'MS INQBlmtS. Lima, Ohio, January 27. George Remus, Cincinnati, wife slayer, today is credited with saving the life of one of the guards at the Lima State Hospital for the criminal insane. A giant negro, half crazed with anger, attacked one of the guards at the hospital. Remus, In passing, saw the attack 'and seising the negro in his arms, hurled him to the floor and held him helpless.

This was Remus's first 'exhibition of his physical prowess since he has been in Lima. Attaches at the hospital declare the former' "bootleg king" is in the "pink" of physical condition. On i Elected President At End of Central Eledrie Railway Convention. Success of Franchise Plan Rests With City and Company as Joint Obligation, Speaker Says. W.

S. Ttodgcrs, General Truffle Manager of the Detroit United Lines. as elected President of the Central Electric Railway Association at the concluding session of the two-day convention yesterday at the Hotel Cibson. Mr. Rodgers succeeds George R.

Greene. Dayton, as head of the association. fL. M. Brown was elected first Vice President of the association, and L.

(G. Ttghe second Vice President. L. E. Earlywlnc, Indianapolis, was reelected Secretary-Treasurer, Three new members of the Executive Committee elected were T.

A. 1'ernedlng, General Manager, Springfield, Xenla Hallway; J. A. Greenland, general freight and passenger agent, Indiana Service Corporation, Ft. Wayne, Indiana; F.

J. Foots, master mechanic, Indianapolis, Columbus and KaBtern Traction Company, Springfield, Ohio, and Preal-aent of the Central Electric Railway Master Mechanics Association. A Other members of the Executive Committee re-elected were: M. STEAMSHIPS. NORWAY B2 Sara.

BMM to gpaln, Italy, Riviera, Sweden, Scotland, Berlin (Paris, Ixindon). Woris ruUe, Jan. 15th, 105 days, $1000 up. Mediterranean, 66 days, Jan. 30, 1600 tip.

Vint Nat'l Bank. Travel or ft Clark, Tl Hj I EDWARDS METAL CEILINGS The Edwards Manufacturing Co. 4US-44M KOULKSTON AVK. 1'lune Main 5IMM Inclnn ill. Ohio.

Complete Line of Flexible Flyer Sleds $3.75 up Northland Skis, $2.00 up Buddy Snow Skates, $1.75 a pair Toboggans and Scooter bogs Complete line of Ice Skates lea Skates Sharpened Walle Tan Walt. Company, South Bend, James II. Drew, Ohio Brass Company, Muns-tleld, Ohio; John Benham, Vice President. International Register Company, Chicago, T. W.

Jones, President. Central Electric Railway Ac-, countants' Association, Auditor, Union Traction Company of Indiana, Anderson, Ind. Conventloa Irtelond. R. P.

Stevens, of New York. President of the American Electric Railway Association, explained why the national convention of the electric railway Industry had decided to return to Cleveland for the third consecutive time this year rather than to Atlantic City. The reason outlined by Mr. Stevens is that at the present time the facilities of the Cleveland Public Auditorium, with the large annex which was built two years ago by the electric railway Industry for its electric railway exhibits, together with other spacing adjoining the auditorium, is about the only place In the country large enough to handle the street railway exhibits that will bo shown at the convention this yesr. This statement Is considered significant In tnat it Indicates a tremendous revival of interest and enthusiasm in the electric railway Industry.

The Cincinnati plan used In tie operation of the Cincinnati Street Railway Company was explained Ed gar Dow( Oilman, Director of Public Utilities. He said that the successful operation of the Cincinnati plan will depend upon the continued rec-ogni tlon by the city and the company of a Joint obligation and a Joint Ut'n, "A franchise such as ours demands the closest co-tperatlon on the pi.it of the officials of(both thfc city and tne company, said Mr. unman. "With that co-operation and with a careful study of the physical and financial effects which must be harmonized, the citizens of Cincinnati are going lo see within the first four years of the franchise a complete change their transportation service. Improvements lnder Way.

"Vast Improvements In track have been completed and are under way. New cars will soon be purchased, and we are looking forward to the time when the people of Cincinnati can say that their transportation system is second to nne. It will take time to get there. The goal was a long way off two years ago. It la much closer now." E.

T. Gundlach, President of the Gundlach Advertising Company, Chicago, 111., spoke on advertising transportation, and pointed out the difference between practical and impractical parts of advertising. Mr. Gundlach expressed fears that the thoughts of advertising men turned too much to selling methods and too little to the thing that was to be sold. The essential of all, he said.

Is to render a right service, a better service right along; then Incidental thereto can be the news and the announcement of such service and that Incidental becomes all the stroger when It is regarded as an incidental. EXECUTIVE MEETING HELD By American Association Commit tee Reports Are Presented. Coincident with the annual meeting of the Central Electric Railway As sociation, which has Just concluded a three-day session at the Hotel Gibson, the Executive Committee of the Amer ican Electric Railway Association, tho organisation comprising practically all the electric railways of the United States, held an executive meeting at the Queen City Club yesterday after noon, following a luncheon given by Hand Bags of Attractive Styles Special, 2.95 and 3.45 each, A special purchase brings hundreds of these attractive bags in black and colors that will harmonize with all types of coats. Of calf alligator, calf lizard, morocco and patent leather, they present a wide variety of styles. MAIN FLOOR The H.

POGUE CO. la Rooming House With Youug Man Both Are Penniless. A penniless young woman fuiuid In an Kast Ninth street rooming Louse with a young man, where they had ri presented themselves as brother and nister, last night admitted to deterc-tives that she Is Mrs. Dorothy Dill -helmer, 21 years old, 365 Langdon street, Toledo. Ohio, a matron missing for five weeks.

Mrs. Dillheimcr admitted her Identity when confronted with a news paper photograph of her four-year-old son showing the boy In a knelling posture praying for his mother's return. The young man found with her was' registered as Virgil Reynolds, 22 years old. 3904 Hoylo avenue, Toledo. He told detectives that neither he nor Mrs.

Dlllhelmer had eaten for three days. A letter found in his posstsslon warned him to "be careful as they are after you." Mrs, Dlllhelmer told detectives she had left her young son "Billy" in care of her mother five weeks ago, after her husband had deserted her and came to Cincinnati. Reynolds said he came here three weeks ago. Both are held for Toledo authorities. DAILY CATCH Of Dog Wardens Fixed.

Each Deputy Must Make Record of 25 Canines Regulation Is Explained By Chief. Deputy dog wardens must keep up a record of dog catching of 25 dogs each a day in order to hold their jobs, under rules submitted yesterday uy Dog Warden Harry C. Porter and approved by the Hamilton County Commissioners. This seems line a large number of dogs for each deputy to "take Into custody" every day, and County Commissioner Clifford Brown, before passing on the rules, so suggested. "Isn't that a large number of dogs for one man to catch, and if each of the wardens fulfills his quota each day won't it result In all the stray dogs being eliminated in a very short time?" Brown wanted to know.

It then was explained that, under the rules suggested, every home where a dog is harbored without a license is to be visited by the deputies, and If the persons agree to secure a license immediately the dogs will not be interfered with, and the deputy will be given credit for one dog on his list for the day. This Is expected to cause licenses to be se cured for many unlicensed canines. One of the rules passed provides that Deputy Wardens must be prepared to start work at 7:30 each morning, and must work eight hours each day. Other rules provide that they must not loaf in the office at the pound; muBt be courteous, respectful and not domineering, and must keep sober. Intoxication being a ground for Immediate dismissal.

On the recommendation of Warden Porter, Joseph Blelbel, one of the deputies, waa discharged. Porter said Dlelbel had been given permission to use the garage at the pound to house his automobile, but he ran into the door several times and damaged It, then refused to pay for repairs. Henry Stein, 819 State avenue, and Clifford Hollowell, 210 Hatmaker street, were appointed Deputy Wardens at a day. Warden Porter said that now is the time when special attention must be paid to atray dogs, as it ia this time of the year that, rabies are more liable to break out than at any other time. WORKERS In Fund Drive Joined By 250 High School Vouths- Preaeher's Son Makes Inspirational Address.

The ranks of 340 workers the Eastern Hills Y. M. C. A. fund campaign were suddenly augmented at the luncheon meeting at the Grand Hotel yesterday by the acquisition of 250 high school boys from the Eastern Hills district, released by permission of Superintendent Condon to work on the building drive for $370,000, beginning immediately after the report Thursday noon.

President Cecil II. Gamble expressed the thanks of the Y. M. C. A.

of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and of the workera present, to the Board of Education for this act of greatest helpfulness, at such a pressing moment in the drive. Charles P. Taf Chairman of the Special Gifts Committee, announced the day's receipts at 110,950, with the oustanding givers listed as follows: Mrs. R. A.

Holden, H. C. Yeiser, John Om wake, E. B. Stanley, J.

M. Huttqn, anonymous, anonymous, Arthur Morgan, $500; A. W. Williamson, $500; Mrs. J.

S. Neave, $500. The total amount reported todaj from both Workers' Committee ant the Special Gifts Committee wai $25,015.50, honors going to Division A for highest money, that division turn ing In Division ranking second, with Division third, with Division F. Division' Division A-l. $890; Division $819; Division E.

Division $636. The total amount secured so far Is $177,069, with the next luncheon Monday at the Grand Hotel at 12:16. Paul Hoon, 17 years old, son of Rev. Earl Hoon, of Hyde Park Com munity Church, made the Inspirational address of the day, and in a brief Impromptu speech, electrified the more than (00 persons present with the presentation of what he de scribed as "a definite form of the interest of the youth of' Eastern Hills of Cincinnati. The youths adjourned to a separate assembly room, where they were instructed In covering the entire area of the Eastern section of Cincinnati by Majors James Dolbey Robert Moors, Milton Brown, Henry Honnlng and Charles Mauser, To Be Hired By City In Attempt To Simplify Melhods Used By Treasurer and Auditor in Keeping of Books.

Employment of an expert to make a study pf the accounting system In vogue in the of flees of the City Treasurer and Auditor, with a view of suggesting a simplified method, was authorized yesterday at the lnformul meeting of City Cluncll. While the city will defray the expenses incident to his employment, the contract for his services Is to be made with the Bureau of Municipal Research, which Is to assume respon sibility for his recommendations. It was stated that the cost Involved will be made up within the first year after the introduction of the proposed simplified system by reason of the fact that the accounting work of the vari ous departments, each of which now maintains its own set of books, will he co-ordinated. It is proposed also to introduce modern devices for billing and bookkeeping. I luring the session it was definitely stated again that the Occupational Tax Bureau and the collection of license fees and asassmenta are to be entrusted to the City Treasurer after March 1.

This arrangement is pro vldcd for in the administrative code adopted several months ago. By an amendment to the code, however, the transfer of these duties has been held in abeyance until March 1. It Is not unlikely that when the expert completes his work of modern izing the two offices a recommendation will be included in his report that a Department of Finance be created, with a director at the head, and that the new department will Include five bureaus, auditing, acrounU assessments and collections, purchasing and This plan, it was pointed out. is not inconsistent with the provisions of the City Charter relating to the duties of the Auditor. The charter provides that the City Auditor shall be the chief fiscal officer of the city.

He shall exercise supervision over all accounts, and accounts shall be kept showing the financial transactions of all departments of the city upon forms prepared by him and approved by the City Council and the City Manager." This provision, it was stated, can be construed to mean that the chief function of the Auditor is to keep a check on the accounts of tho city and to prescribe necessary forms. While tho charter appears to give no street concern, the fact that the Jurisdiction of the Auditor ond City as definitely prescribed In the Administrative Code, may effectually block any attempt to create a new department, since seven of the nlno Councllmen must vote affirmatively before any amendment to the code can be' Several of the Councllmen have expressed themselves In opposition to a new department, which. In their opinion, would mean the creation of an additional Job at a salary of at least 17,600. they spy, is not In accord with the spirit of eoonomy to which the administration Is Modern methods In both the office of the City Treasurer and the Auditor, it is conceded, are Imperative. When these 1 are introduced a saving will result, but any economy thus effected wduld be wiped out, it was said, by the creation of new high-salaried jobs.

Walter A. Draper, President of the Cincinnati Street Railway, A symposium of reports on the general situation of the electric railway industry was presented by the Presi dent of each of th sectional associa tions of. the nation. R. F.

Carbutt, of New Tork, presented a report on behalf of the Metropolitan section of the American Electric Railway As sociation; Fred Buffe, of Kansas City, presented a report on the Midwest Electric Railway Association, covering the Central Western section of the country; H. I Mitchell, of Pittsburgh, President of the Penn sylvania Street Railway Association, presented a report covering his territory. Other reports were submitted by W. W. Holden, of San Antonio, rep resenting the Southwestern Public Service.

Association; H. Potter, of Baltimore, President of the Mary land Utllitloa Association; W. R. Power, of Louisville, President of the Kentucky Association of Public Utilities; J. P.

Pulllam, of Milwaukee. representing the Wlscorisjn Utilities Association; P. O. Carlton, of Boston, President of the New England Street Railway Club; W. S.

Rodger, of Detroit, President of Central Electric Railway Association, and W. E. Wood, of Richmond, President of Public Utilities Association of Virginia. In addition to the reports submitted by the Presidents of the various sectional "Electric Railway Associations, a report on the Industry was submitted by Lucius Storra, of New York, managing director of the American Electric Railway Association. Special committees reports Included the National' Committee on Co-Operatlon With Manufacturers, by E.

F. Wlckwlre, of Mansfield, Ohio; the Committee on Education, by H. H. Norrls, of Boston, the Committee on Insurance, by H. B.

Potter, of Baltimore, and the Committee on Employee Customer Contact, by Thomas Fitzgerald, of Pittsburgh, Penn. There was also a discussion of the Charles Coffin Foundation Prise, by R. P. Stevens, President of the American Railway Association of New York. Other prominent officials of the American Electric Railway Association present Included J.

W. Welsh, of New York, Executive 8e4 retary; Edmond J. Murphy, -ehlef Statistician; James P. Barnes, of Louisville, F. R.

Coates, of New York; C. E. Morgan, of Brooklyn, N. and Dr. Thomas Conway, of Philadelphia, Penn.

The work of affiliated Electric Railway Association! waa covered by reports from the accountants' division by T. B. McRae, of Chicago, claims division, by J. S. Kubu, of Cleveland, Ohio; engineering association, by R.

A Dalgeish, of Washington, D. and transportation and traffic division, by H. H. Norrla, of Boston, Mass. A definite spirit of optimism over the national outlook for the Industry prevailed at the meeting.

Alt of the electric railway executives were particularly impressed with the present favorabl situation in Cincinnati. where it partially was submerged. -The slight snow flurry at when the accident occurred, be-V lleved to have obscured the driver's vision. Witnesses rescued the two victims and rushed Fortmeyer to Lawrence burg and Mrs. Neville to the of a physician near by.

Mrs. Neville was unable to give a statement last night as to how tliijf-accident occurred. QUALITY MAXIMUM FIRST HEAT No. 8 Seam Auennln Pcfcesrta tsi Tfcssto Cnsarpaated for FTRNACK RAKGB GstATK Eourth mid Main SOS. COAL COMPANY for Details Qhc ParKiOay" Against Tactics Employed To Sell Ball Tickets.

Pittsburgh "Crew" Said To Have Claimed To Be Federal Gov-, ernment Officials. Because they were altogether too strenuous in their threats to use Cnclu Sam's big stick if the. little business men of Cincinnati did not purchase, in wholesale quantities, tickets for the grand ball scheduled to be given by the Cincinnati branch. National Federation of Federal Employees, at Masonic Temple, next month, a creW of "high-powered" promoters, who are said to have contracted with the officers of 'the Federal association to aid, on a commission basis, in the sale of tickets for the affair, were on the "carpet" yesterday before Assistant United States District Attorney Harry A. Abrams to show cause why.

they should not be prosecuted for representing them selves to be Federal officials and em ployees. The action of the Government fol lowed a series of complaints received by Abrams, by Collector of Internal Revenue Louis J. Huwe, by Assistant Postmaster Oscar C. Fisher and off! clals of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce that "blackmailing threats' were being used to force business and professional men in Cincinnati to pur chase tickets for this ball. The burden of the complaints was that tho solicitors, representing them selves to be connected with the post-office, the Internal Revenue Collector's office, the District Attorney's office and other Federal departments, prom ised to make life "miserable" for those who did not come to the aid of the Federal association in its attempt to raise funds through this bail to bring the next national convention to Cin cinnati.

The bulk of the'complaints came In yesterday morning with the result the various heads of Federal depart ments, together with J. H. Humphreys, head of the Soliciting Schemes Department of the Chamber of Commerce, conferred with Assistant District Attorney Abrams. Then it was decided to send for those promoters, said to be from Pittsburgh, and officials of the Cincinnati Federal Employers' Association. The promoter, upon his appearance before Abrams, denied that he had represented himself to be a Federal officers or employee, or had authorized any of his solicitors to so represent themselves He declared if strong-arm methods were' being pursued It was without his knowledge, and he offered to return to any purchaser of tickets the money paid fon them if hta subscription had been solicited in that man ner.

He also agreed to abandon his contract with the local association and to take himself and his men out of the city pronto. Ta Center Teday, Attempts to secure the attendance of officials of the local association were not successful yesterday because they were tied up by official duties and they promised to confer with Mr. Abrams this morning. Over the telephone they told Mr. Abrams they knew nothing of the tactics being pursued by the agent and solicitors and that It never occurred to them that such tactics would be used.

They professed great regret that the association should have, been thus unfairly represented to the public. 1 It was stated the outside solicitors had been engaged because the members of the association were without the time to devote to the sale of tickets to the number it was hoped would be sold ao as to raise the funds desired to bring the next national convention to Cincinnati. 1 Mr. Abrams announced he has not yet made up his mind what further1 steps would be taken in the matter, He said would reach a decision after his conference with officials of the association this morning. Trim FAMm si FEBRUARY a SALE a Pi a Regular Price February Sale Price a CM a 11 DDLTDQDHtf3 This Is the that tells you of exceptional sarlngs during the February Sale of Homeworthy Furniture which begins Look for this tag It Is green and-black.

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