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Show CITY SEIZES ICE PLANTS Cincinnati O. July 2 The board of health today ordered the city officers of-ficers of Cincinnati to sele and op-erate op-erate all ice plants In the city and to use every available means of din- ributing ice to the general public Muyor Hunt sent a communication to the board declaring that a public Mayor Hunt sent a communication to the board declaring that a public emergency existed. This action followed refusal of the ice manufacturers to arbitrate with the strlklug drivers, helpers and engi-rcers engi-rcers of the ice plants. A statement from the medical profession pro-fession to the mayor that unless ice in bountiful quantities was obtained r.oon. the death rate would be increased in-creased 100 per cent precipitated the order by tho board of health. |