The Cincinnati Post from Cincinnati, Ohio • 1

MIGHT EDITION imiy naiiMMii i aiprt naia lit Own U4rpr4eat TrcM AtHrUlUi Mnlrt Wave Know Tucwisy CINCINNATI POST Miss the Stage and Sports vPage 6 Barbaric Customs Perpetuated? -Page 4 VOL 51 NO 5 CINCINNATI MONDAY JANUARY 8 1906 PRICE ONE CENT op "noir Gov Pattison In His Address Takes Stand on uchDiscussed Question THE OLD THE NEW Sabbath That Is Something More Than First Day of Week Demanded by New Ceremonies Carried Out at Columbus Despite Activity ing that the present officers and lawmakers had been selected without regard to party and that partisanship should not enter into the formation of the laws The blizzard of last night and to-dny covered the city with a coat of snow While it interfered considerably with the arrangements and threatened to delay the program it did not rob the spectacle of the pagoant or the general ceremonies of their Impressiveness Governor Pattison took the oath of office and delivered his address in the rotunda of the Capitol Complete news of the inauguration and Governor speech on Page 2 HARMS OF OFFICE Lieutenant Governor Sworn In by Justice Davis in the Senate Chamber JOHN MYRON THERBICK CUPID CUTS IN ON BUSY TICKET MAN roiunsui-o enjoyed a dinner at after- Then they severally went to their homes and told their parents about it Forgiven? Of course Schweitzer and Miss Williams and Struehreyer and Miss Boyle were tohave been married on Feb 14 One day tw weeks ago I Schweitzer suddenly became impressed with the vanity of large weddings He told of his impressions' to Streuhreyer Strangely' his mind had been wandering in the same channel They talked it over with the girls they said Therefore Schweitzer was in a hurry when he got his two tickets for-the Bliss TO DIE IN Louis Wieford Homeless Seeks Rest in Bank and Is Now in Hospital WIND HOWLED MOCKING HIM While World Was Joyful on Sabbath Night the Elements Were Unkind to One Cincinnatian Sunday night was the worst night of the winter Snow was falling1 rapidly and a biting wind blew the stinging particles in the faces of pedestrians making1 them bend their heads and turn coat collars up was a bad night even for dogs Trudging along through the snow Louis Wieford looked long ingly into lighted windows He saw parents gathered at cheery firesides with their little onea nestling at their knees Louis Wieford had no home He didn't know where to turn hia steps With no money in his pockets every door was closed to him How and then a saloon door wonld open and he caught a glimpse of a merry crowd within He shivered and turned up the ragged collar of his coat BLINDLY HE STAGGERED ON INTO THE NIGHT At 8 Monday moraiag Wieford was found lying in a yard at 2166 Western-av He was covered with 1 drifting snow and his body was stiff and numb The patrol wagon removed Mm to the City Hospital where he is expect- ed to die 50 PEOPLE PURSUE THIEF Arthur Phillips alias Patterson was caught at Eighth and Walnut-sts Monday by Patrolman Bros-man and Charles Welch 104 Eas Eighth-st after a chase Phillips has entered home at 104 East Eighth-st and stolen an overcoat and suit ease Welsh saw him and called for him to atop Phillips began running with Welsh after him shouting: "Stop thief Others took up the cry and by the time Wainut-st was reached these were 60 people in the chase Phillips is supposed to be the man who has been doing all the sneak-thief jobs along Seventh Eghth and Ninth-sts The Berallon department has taken hia measurement and is looking up the records ROBBED BY NEW IN HOTEL Paul Burling of Ironton came to town Saturday and registered it the Dennison Sunday he took a walk on Vine-st where he met an affable young man who gave the name Fred Shaw The pair remained in each company all evening even remaining up until midnight to witess the placing of the Ud Then Burling returned to his hotel but not without extending an invitation to Shaw to spend this night with him Monday morning when Burling awakened Shaw had disappeared Looking about his room Burling found that his overcoat was missing also So was a snm of money that he had in his pocket as well as an opal pin The total value of the lost articles is given at $60 Burling walked through the storm over-roatless to report his experience at Police Headquarters BIG FAMILY OF READERS JOIN IN THE MOVEMENT TEN-CENT fundgrowing (Br Port LhmI Wire) COLUMBUS Jan Following one of the most imposing inaugural ceremonies ever witnessed In this a ceremony which the moat violent efforts of a blizzard were not successful in breaking Governor JohnM Fattison this afternoon delivered an inaugural address iu which he hit straight from the snoulder at the question which has been agitating the entire that of Sunday law observance The ultimatum was this: Every Ohio law on the statute books those governing Sunday observance included must be enforced The laws were made by wise men with the welfare of the State at heart They are not be ignored If they are wrong the enforcement will show It and now Is the time with the Legislature in session to air their faults In order that they may be corrected at once SO LONG AS THEY STAND THEY MUST BE OBEYED The remainder of the speech touched on the subjects previously told of in the Scripps-McBae despatches' the keynote be- TRIES DEATH Man Who Couldn't Make Wife Happy in Life Passes Up Suicide for Decree less wife Monday morning he appeared in Judge court with Attorney Harry Bust Instead of cutting out his heart he decided to cut out his wife Florence Bichter so he charged her with extreme cruelty He says be loved her so intensely he could not hear her growing coldness to him After four weeks of wedded life her affections had become so frigid that hia whole life was blasted What increased his anguish he says was the knowledge that she loved some one else although he did all in his power to make her happy even selling his horse and buggy to provide her with funds for a pleasure trip Bichter is a bookkeeper for the John Hohinann Packing Company and lives at 2820 Vine-st His wife was Miss Florence Eschmann before her marriage and is now living with her family on Clifton-av Judge Caldwell granted the husband a decree I RECOVERING 1 STATES HIS PHYSICIAN Cafe on Sizth-St Serves Many Drinks After) Midnight NOTORIOUS JOINT OPEN ALL NIGHT Rattle of Glasses and Ribald Songs Heard in Rooms "You can get anything you wan! to drink if you order something to have you got to cat" ham tongue caviar corned beef roast beef cheese club any kind We have other things in the eatable line too of course anything you us a ham sandwich and two quart bottles of The order was filled with neatness and despatch As far as Williams' Oyster and Chop House Sixth and concern 0 Sunday night or at any time since the lid was supposed -to have been adjusted Two Post reportety on a tour of investigation found it to be the only down-town kestaurant or cafe doing business after the midnight hour Saturdayinight or Bun-day night At the Bismarck there was after 12 At the Stag and Majestic the heed waiters' at 11:45 on both evenings visited all tables in the cafes and notified patrons that orders for drinks must be given before mid night one round of drinks being the limit Cafe closed promptly at midnight All the barrooms closed Even barroom! was tightly locked and the lights Inside showed the room to be deserted BUT UPSTAIRS ALL WAS LIGHT WARMTH AND CHEER There are two floors of the Williams place given up to the so-called Both floors are divided Into private -apartments The doors close tightly and tlic windows in the doors a of ground glass to within a fr inches of the bottom ALMOST ABSOLUTE PRIVA( EXISTS IN THE ROOM Saturd night and Sunday night the durl (Conntinued on Page 9 Columnl Lid Nailed Down Tight in Tolet (By rofit Loaned Wire) TOLEDO Jan Thi will go on in Toledo Mayor Whitlock before les for Columbus gave orders to 1 Knapp that the town shoullKba' closed tight so far as the saloons were concerned The orders explicitly slate that saloons shall close at midnight and stay closed until 5 a Chief Knapp said the orders -would be strictly enforced As to gambling winerooms and other infractions of the law particularly applicable to police regu- lation the Mayor was silent IS The Weather Bureau Monday hoisted the cold-wave flag and gave warning of a sudden drop the temperature It will get as cold as 10 degrees above zero and may get even colder The eold wave will be accompanied by mors now When August Bichter first felt the chill pangs of unrequited love he wanted to die so he plunged a knife into that part of his body where his broken heart seemed to hurt him most His knowledge of anatomy however was not equal to the heroic demands of the occasion While lying on a hospital cot rs-covering from a flesh wound in i his left side Bichter came to the Gallinger Points Out Advan-1 conclu8ion that there were other to American Mer-1 remedies besides death for a love- -QUSnnslL PATTISON ers who signed himself American of the letters in this mail contained as high as1 $1 and several of them -50 cents but in almost all the cases the fund was made up by several people contributing 10 cents each If this fund should pass the $150 all over the required amount will be given to Mrs little children Mrs Tolla has sent to ihe readers of The Post through -the representative in Hackensack and New York message of thanks for the effort they are making to save her life Until this movement was started she had given up hope The fact that she had no money to carry her case further and that she had no friends seemed to block out every ray of sunshine from her cell ITALIANS RESPOND Among the Italians of Cincinnati The Post's petition met with warm reception Fred Libre of 2222 May-st started out Sunday to get contributions to the 10 cent fund-and signatures to the petition and Monday morning he turned over to The Post $710 and started out after Ynore Others of his countrymen are starting to work on the same plan Everywhere this spirit seems to have taken hold: READERS MUST SAVE MRS Complete news of the Tolla case on Page3 AX FALLS IN THE WATER WORKS Several fthe employes of the Front-st Pumping fetation failed to show up for duty Monday morning and Master Mechanic Meredith simply ordered them docked Ow-ing-to teh large number of useless employes their services were not missed The board swung its ax Monday morning and lopped off a few ornaments by abolishing the positions These wfre coalyard foreman $1750 a week held by John Mullen brother of Mike Mullen chief janitor Front-st Bill Farrell foreman of the painting service Front-st Roos statistical clerk Alex Steiner and Coppola of the office service AT THE INAUGURATION -y--1 Though Bartizan in Politics He Declares All Should Work for the Public Good (By Post Lesscd Wire) -COLUMBUS 0 Jan The inauguration of Andrew Harris Lieutenant Governor of Ohio t-day was the sixth time be baa taken official part in the ceremony twice as member of the Assembly twice as incoming Lieutenant Governor- and once as the retiring Lieutenant Governor His brief inaugural address was mpresaive and characteristic He said among other things: WVhlle we differ as partisans in politics we should at all times work together for the good of all and bear in mind that be who serves the people best serves hia jarty Of respective legislation he said: valuable and wise' suggestions were made by Governor Herrick in his message Each of them should receive your earnest and careful The two Lieutenant Governors the Incoming and the outgoing met with the Senate at 9 o'clock and Lieutenant Governor Harding called the Senate to order Later the two officials accompanied the Senate to the rotunda for the inauguration of Governor Pattison Following that ceremony the inauguration of Lieutenant Governor Harris took place in the Senate chamber The senate was called to order by Lieutenant Governor ITarding and Lieutenant Governor Harris was escorted to the dais by a committee of Senators The oath was administered by Superior Court Judge Davis lieutenant Governor Harding presented the commission and the gavel Lieutenant Governor Harris responded briefly and entertained the motion to adjourn The two Lieutenant Governors occupied seats with the chief executive on the reviewing stand (By Scrlppt-XcRi Pnu AuoeUtlen) NEW YORK Jan: 8 Announcement is made today of the glucose combination A new company to be known as the Corn Products Refining Company will be organized with $80000000 capital The new company will own a majority of the stock of the Corn Products Company the entire stock of the New York Glucose Company the entire capital of the Warner Sugar Refining Company and the entire rapital of the St Louis Sirup and Preserving Company Walnut Theater Treasurer and Chum Buy 'Duckets' 1 for Bliss Production for four please and hurry up about it Cupid Treasurer of the Bliss Theater on Btork-av used to getting orders like that He stuck bis bead out of hia 1 little cage looked puzzled and said: are At the Walnut-st Theater where Charles Schweitzer is assistant treasurer they sell tickets according to the etiquette book and they ay and and ali that sort of -thing But he nursed his temper and repeated and added in a whisper in a hurry'k 1 And how it happened that on the evening cf Jan 2 Schweitzer was not at his post at the Walnut but was absorbing the joys of the Miss With him was Miss Ollie Williams of 1016 West Eighth-st and Frank Stuohrcyer foreman at the Homan Plating Company and Miss Agnes Boyle Twelfth and Walnut-ats Rev Mitchell of Newport waa the chief performer All I Mayore Monday was nnsually heavy Numbers of letters were received congratulating him on hia stand against gambling and all-night saloons Some of these were pathetic A fair idea may be obtained from a few samples On reads: Mayor Dempsey: I am so glad you closed up the saloons and gambling houses Last night waa the first time in two years that my papa came home early I hope this will continue as it makes me feel so happy Youra truly SCHOOL A mother writes: Mayor Dempsey: God bless you for enforcing-the law My sons were home early Friday night for the nrst time in five Many others vere received all congratulatory There was not a single one on this subject that expressed any criticism WALTON KY IS SWEPT BY FIRE WAITOX KY Jan-S Almost the iittre husiness district of this placef was destroyed last night by a At which resulted In a property lossfof 115000 Post readers in section of the big territory covered by the paper's circulation have taken up the fight to save the life of Mrs Tolla condemned to die Friday on the scaffold in New Jersey New evidence has been dc- veloped by the attorneys rep- resenting The family of -readers to show that Mrs -Tolla had to take her choice between dishonor and death 1 when she shot Santorca her persecutor Responses to The petition to Governor Stokes and the Board' of Pardons of New Jersey began to come in shortly after the first editions of The Post were on the 'streets Saturday aud every mail since then has brought more of theni In many places in Cincinnati and other cities reached by The Post petitions have been placed in cigar stands drug stores sud groceries so' customers may add their signatures to the list of those who will attempt to avert another national disgrace like the hanging of Mary Rogers in Vermont Women everywhere are joining in the campaign Many of them add in their petitions that they believe Mrs Tolla was Justified in taking a life to protect her honor SEND THEM IN' Monday morning the number of The petitions bad pissed into the thousands but many of the petitions were being held back until they could be completed It is urged that it would be better to send them in sections than to follow this plan so that the work of counting the petitions and arranging them to send them to New Jersey in the care of a Post representative may be facilitated The response to The 10-ccnt fund to provide the $150 that will enable Mrs Tolla to carry her case to the Supremo Court was also marvelous Before noon Monday morning more than $50 most of it in dimes bad been counted Mrs Tolla will need $150 to perfect the appeal for her case and the suggestion for the 10-cent fund was made Saturday by a member of The Post's big family of read chant Marine in FramedMeasure Newly (By Seripps-lUKaa Pvms Auoetation) WASHINGTON Jan Senator II Gallinger New Hampshire Chairman of the Merchant' Marine Commission in the Senate today opened the debate on the shipping bill favorably reported by the committee on commerce Gallinger quoted President last speech at Buffalo in which he deplored our inadequate steamship service especially to South America and urged encouragement of our merchant marine Since that time said' the speaker President Roosevelt has thrice called the attention of Congress to this matter The speaker summed up the' results of the shipping hill as follows: 1 A force of 10000 naval volunteers trained to naval service 2 A new fleet of from 200000 to 300000 tons of steel mail steamships a naval reserve of fast transports ammunition ships supply ships auxiliaries Ac in case of 3 A net addition of 1500000 tons of cargo vessels increasing four fold the ocean United States he creat ican steamship lines to America Central America Africa and Asia supplemented by a large fleet of cargo vessels opening markets and giving increased trade to American people a hundredfold the coat of national aubventiona shipping of the 4 The creation of 10 new Amer- couth 1 (By Boripps-XcRi Prtu Awoclatlon) I yiiiclan to'joffn A McCall former President of the Mew York Life Insurance Company who is suffering from congestion the lungs and liver at hia home said this morning that while McCall's condition waa still aerious it had greatly improved He paid: "1-Tls complete recovery la think only a matter of a few days".