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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1925

Page

2

Presidents, Clergy Pledge Unity at Cincinnati Visit

Archbishop McNicholas receives greetings from city leaders and laymen as Richard Crane pledges loyalty to the church and nation. He praises Cincinnati as a moral force and urges Catholics to engage in civic affairs while honoring laws and traditions.

Crane Richard Crane Order of St. Gregory McNicholas Kingdom of God Mr. Crane Madgt Duluth High T. City Cincinnati

Reformers and civic studies shape the common good

The piece reflects on a reformer's self interest while urging attention to human welfare and civic problems. It emphasizes elevating the community through practical social reforms and broader public engagement.

Minister Editor Held in Wildcat Oil Scheme

William E. Rutledge a 60 year old former minister and publisher of the Preachers' Magazine Kirkwood Missouri was arrested on a mail fraud charge tied to a wildcat oil venture He organized the Economy Oil Company and used his magazine to lure preachers who held 90 percent of stock into buying in with promises of 100 to 1000 percent dividends A bond of 3000 was posted and about two thousand investors nationwide provided nearly 400000 dollars in the scheme Preliminary hearing set for September 4.

Associated Press ST. Louis William E. Rutledge Preachers Kirkwood Rutledge Economy Oil Company of United States Curry

Breakfast in Moscow Aviators Dine in Paris

Captain Arrachart and Pilot Carol completed a historic three day flight around Europe. They left Moscow and arrived in Paris for dinner, reaching 9:15 pm, 15 minutes ahead of schedule. They covered 4620 miles at about 100.19 mph despite varying weather.

Arbo Dosch-Fleurot New York World News Service Paris Moscow Arrachart Carol Europe Constantinople Bucharest Belgrade N. Y. World News Service N. Y. World Press Pub. Co

Intermediate base found for MacMillan expedition

Air planes from the MacMillan Arctic Expedition located a potential intermediate base between Etah, Greenland, and Cape Thomas Hubbard after two flights over Ellesmere Island. Bettstad Fjord, 100 miles from Etah, appeared suitable, with plans to move there as cold weather nears. The team warns only about two weeks of favorable weather remain before winter tightens conditions.

Associated Press Washington MacMillan Arctic Expedition Etal Greenland Cape Thomas Hubbard Ellesmere Island Bettstad Fjord Etah Arctic

France May Send Petain Against Rif War

Paris reports the government plans to send Marshal Petain to lead the French offensive against Abd-el-Krim and the Rif forces in Morocco. Petain’s departure is contemplated around August 18, as Moroccos troops prepare for the fall campaign.

Arno Dosch-Fleurot New Y World News Service Paris Abd-el-Krim Marshal Petain Moroccos N. Y

Rail agent promoted to general freight and passenger lead

F H Bremer of the Grand Trunk and Canadian National Railways was appointed General Freight and Passenger Agent for the territory with headquarters in the Traction Building. He succeeds W K Evans who was promoted to manager of the traffic department based in Montreal Canada.

F.H. Bremer Grand Trunk Canadian National Railways Mr. Bremer W. K. Evans Montreal Can

Tragic Burn Accident Claims 5-Year-Old Elsie Seinhorn

Elsie Seinhorn aged five daughter of Nathan Seinhorn of 901 Betts Street died at St Marys Hospital from burns suffered July 17 when a candle ignited her clothing.

Elsie Seinhorn Nathan Seinhorn Betts Street St. Mary's Hospital

Porter Observatory professor’s house robbed on Avery Lane

Police learned yesterday that the home of Jermain G. Porter, astronomy professor at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Observatory director, at 3314 Avery Lane was robbed. Porter is on vacation. items taken are unknown. A neighbor alerted authorities.

J. G. Porter Jermain G. Porter University of Cincinnati Cincinnati Observatory Avery Lame Porter

Newtown man held on embezzlement and larceny charges

Garland Ratliff twenty four year old sman of Newtown was arrested yesterday by Detectives Preston and McDermott on embezzlement and larcery charges. Warrants issued by Catherine Schroer of Schroers Service Station on Madison road relate to two tires valued at thirty dollars and a missing eleven dollar collection.

Garland Ratliff Newtown Preston and McDermott Catherine Schroer Schroer Madison Road

Missing Watkins and several youths sought by police

Ellen Phillips, daughter of presumed missing Jim Watkins, says he lived at 1060 Clark Street and may have been killed. Police checked the Clark Street address with no local knowledge of Watkins. They also search for missing Ersel Carlos 949 Richmond Street John Dudley Green 10 557 Carlisle Avenue Thomas Rudder 27 904 Vine Street and Cornelius Freeman 12 son of John Freeman 665 Steiner Avenue who left home and did not return.

Jim Watkins Clark Street Ellen Phillips Watkins Ersel Carlos Richmond Street John Dudley Green Carlisle Avens Thomas Rudder Vine Street Cornelius Freeman John L. Freeman Steiner Avenue

Obituary: Fred Davenport Dies at Home After Illness

Fred Davenport 67 founder and president of Davenport Paper Box Company and director of several paper firms died at his home 987 Burton Avenue after a three month illness. He had returned from a National Paper Box Manufacturers meeting in Rochester New York in May and had been bedridden since. He founded the Davenport firm in 1888 and later acquired Crane Paper Company becoming its president. He also served as a director of United Boxboard and Paper Company and was active in Business Men's Club Chamber of Commerce Cincinnati Rotary Club and National Association of Manufacturers. He leaves a widow two daughters and a son. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 PM from the residence and burial in Spring Grove Cemetery.

Fred Davenport Davenport Paper Box Company Burton Avenue National Paper Box Manufacturers’ Association Rochester N. Y R. H. Crane Crane Paper Company United Boxboard and Paper Company Davenport Business Men's Club Chamber of Commerce Cincinnati Rotary Club National Association of Manufacturers Aurilla Davenport Edward Spingler Richmond Walter E Cincinnati Fred, Jr Spring Grove Cemetery

Mystery Identity Fails to Surface in Theater Death

A young woman found unconscious in a Cleveland theater Monday night died at a local hospital without regaining consciousness. Police and hospital staff could not identify her as hundreds called seeking clues. No identification was found on her or in her purse and tests failed to confirm poison or heat exhaustion as the cause.

Cleveland

Motorcycle Skid Injures Dell Bonow Near Franklin Ohio

Dell Bonow age 25 of Blue Rock and Delaney street was thrown from his motorcycle on the Dixie Highway one mile south of Franklin Ohio. He was taken to Dr Hoffer in Franklin then transferred to St Elizabeths Hospital Dayton. Doctors say he remains unconscious with likely skull fracture and a broken right shoulder. He was en route to visit his sister.

Franklin Dell Bonow Blue Rock Delaney Street Marshal Graham Hoffer Bonow St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Dayton Bonen

Pocket Picked in Crowd After Streetcar Incident

Bert Yockey a salesman at 3043 Feltz avenue reported a pickpocketing after being wedged on a Clark street car at Fifth and Vine. He claimed his purse held 25 to 30 dollars and gave police a description of a suspect man.

Clark Street Fifth and Vine Streets Bert Yockey Feltz Avenue

Bomb Trial in Norwood Proceeds After Third Continuance

Trials of Norwood Chief Hart and Sergeant Piepmeyer were postponed again due to their attorney Edward T. Dixon being out of the city. The arrests followed a disturbance at Odd Fellows Hall linked to anti Catholic speaker Helen Jackson, with Walter G Brunk filing charges after a tear bomb allegedly struck him. Continuances set until next Wednesday.

Hart Piepmeyer Norwood Hilton Edward T. Dixon Odd Fellows Hall Helen Jackson Walter G. Brunk Carthage’ Avenue

Births list from Madison Road area adds to August deliveries

A series of birth notices names parents and addresses across multiple streets. Boys and girls are recorded with birth dates in August, including Barclay George Theola at 1123 Oehler Street and Berg Albert and Sadie at 3338 Bonaparte Avenue, among others.

Wel Agganes Madison Road Gir Ugust Barclay George Theola Oehler Street Berg— Albert Sadie Bonaparte + avenue Betweiser Morbert Helen Esmond Street Cowan William Lillian Baum Street Erman Jos _ Lane Burnet Avenue Ever—Josephy Ls Harrison Avenue Koch Henry End Mary Trade Street Kager— Paul and Ee Freeman Symmes Y Moats Andrew Kley Dixie Avenue Intertate Prindle Daniel& Sedhia Lot Y G. Schurig

Archbishop Dedication Marks Installation Ceremony

The solemn installation of Archbishop McNicholas in Cincinnati is described with Cardinal Mundelein officiating and Dowling delivering the sermon. The new archbishop accepts his role, recalls his Ohio ties, and asks for informed lay support while pledging to be a father and brother to all.

Dowling St. Pauli McNicholas Nau Vatican Mundelein Christ Cincinnati Hand of Providence Archbishop McNicholas Providence L’ Obeisanée Cardinal Mundelein MacNicholas Peter Ohio Duluth

Foreman stabbed in dispute at Northern Hills Reservoir worksite

Four Black workers confronted foreman Carl Herbold after a pay dispute near North Bend road Mt. Healthy and Compton road. Herbold was cut in the back and left arm, treated by a physician, and the assailant fled. no serious injuries reported.

Northern Hills Winton, Road North Bend Road

Purported Klansmen Sentenced in Dedham Riot After Meeting

Perley W. Libbey of Sudbury and Leroy B. Hall of South Sudbury received one year in the House of Correction after a Ku Klux Klan meeting at Islington on August 2. They were charged with possessing a dangerous weapon in an automobile and released on $6,500 bail pending appeal. Fifteen men, alleged Klansmen, were held with four shot during riots ensuing from the raid on Libbey’s farm.

Dedham Mass House of Correction Perley W. Libbey Sudbury Leroy B. Hall South Sudbury Islington Libbey

Mob Lynch Negro in Scoe by mob near sheriff

Sidney Townes a Black man held in the deaths of Jacob McMullen and Mary Long was seized by about seventy five men from ScoBe Sheriff Will Frost and shot dead. The victims were old farmer Jacob McMullen aged 65 and Mary Long aged 70.

Scobey Sidney Townes Jacob McMullen Mary Long Will Frost

Local Residents Listed With Addresses

A compiled listing names individuals and their residences including Lorenz Sehfott on Grandin road Barbara Schell Reading road Hilda Hofmand 8588 V ee pl George Armacost 2032 Vine Charlotte Seider 6810 Carthaze pike Sarah B Ross 4410 Eastern av Cecil J Clark Gladys D Gray Hartwell Bar Haney 528 Clinton st Elizabeth Manion 678 Clinton st Harry Meyer Findlay st Ada Meyer 1701 Western av Ralph Barker Ludlow Ky Elizabeth Meyers 2487 Ravine at Arthur Mahaffey Ladstone av Masters 1562 dstone av.

Lorenz Sehfott Grandin Road Barbara Schell Thomas P. Easates Kenneth G. Crawford Reading Road Hilda Hofmand Ee Ee George T. Armacost Charlotte C. Seider Carthaze Pike Sarah B. Ross Cecil J. Clark Gladys D. Gray Beta Hartwell Bar Haney Clinton St Elizabeth Manion Harry Méyer Findlay Ada Meyer Western Ralph Barker Ludlow Elizabeth Meyers Ravine Arthur Mahaffey Ies Ladstone Uth Masters Dstone

Local obituaries list several Cincinnati area deaths in August 1925

Notices report multiple deaths including Mina L. Briggs Nellie Brockamp Harley P. Brown Robert Mitchell Burton Fred Davenport John Lehnhoff Mary Leimgruber Maude Odgers Max Schmidt Natalie Beck Walker Katherine Wordemann and relatives. Services and funeral details given with addresses dates and churches for each, highlighting interment locations and mass times where specified. Medical and church connections include Sacred Heart St Martin's Immanuel Church and St Joseph German Cemetery with a range of Cincinnati Norwood Avondale and Covington entries.

Briggs Mina L A. C. Briggs Wayland Avenue Norwood W. Mack Johnson McMillan and Upland Place Lewisburg Brockamp Frank Nellie Brockamp Mullen Case Avenue Price Hill Church of Resurrection St. Joseph German Cemetery Brown Harley P. Brown Martha McGinniss Brown James Wilson Brown Selma Ala Burton Robert Mitchell Janno Mass Reading Road Avondale Davenport Fred, Sr Burton Avenue Lehnhoff John We Margaret Lehnhoff Polking Marshall Avenue Sacred Heart Church Leimgruber Mary Martin Leimgruber Emmahmer Montana Avenue Estwood St. Martin’s Church St. Martin's Married Ladies’ Society Odgers Maude P.m Vernon Manar Cincinnati Nefar Immanuel M. E. Church Tenth Ussél Covington Highland Cemetery Lafayette Ind Wordemann kKatherine Hiter Henry Elizabeth F Nee Funer Woodburn’ Avenue Anston Salem St. Park Chure I Bers Moeller Iere

Busse & Borgmann Co. Funeral Directors Firm Notes

Sani Anesthetic Modern Cin Cremation Ca rT Cremation Union Central Bidg Mi 3098 and three chapels listed by Busse Borgmann Co Funeral Directors Neon 1617 Carne Avenue sectarian charges noted.

Sani Cremation Union Central Bidg Busse & Borgmann Co

Virginia group forms to push anti evolution bill

A committee named the Patriotic Welfare Committee vows to back a Virginia Assembly bill barring any theory of human evolution that conflicts with the Bible. The group meeting August 29 includes Ku Klux Klan members and allied fraternal organizations.

Virginia Richmond Virginia Assembly Patriotic Welfare Committee Ku-Klux Klan Junior Order of United American Mechanics Sons and Daughters of Liberty Patriotic Sons of America Patriotic Order of Americans, Daughters of America The Order of Fraternal Americans

Steamship News New York August 12 Arrivals and Sails

Shipping news lists arrivals from July to August including Vestris from Montevideo Homerie from Southampton and Manamar from Nassau. Departures include Mount Clay for Hamburg and City of Edinburgh for Capetown with multiple lines and ports worldwide.

Vestris Montevideo Homerie Southampton Manamar Nassau Paris Havre Due Troussillon Bordeaux Arabia Hamburg Ft. Victoria Bermuda Guiana Trinidad Silvia A Johns Sixaola Santa Marta President Adams Sail Mount Clay Pittsburgh Antwerp Gotomska Copenhagen San Juan Muibo Valparaiso Ancon Port Au Prince Finland Cristobal

River traffic and river conditions at Cincinnati

The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 8.9 feet and was stationary at 6 last night. Ships reported include the Pr ye Greene from Charleston and the Cincinnati from Louisville, with others from Madison and Madison Ind. The John Greene was due to sail to Cipior. Captain Billy Lepper observed river activity for the Neare company at the wharfs.

Ohio River Cincinnati Ye Greene Charleston Louisville E Andes Madison Ind Pet Netawags Foruisville John Greene Cipsior N City Billy Lepper Old River Man Neare Gibeu

Tom Greene Steamer Sails to Portsmouth and Nearby Ports

The Greene Line steamer Tom Greene departs Thursday August 13 at 8 p m from the Greene Line wharfboat bound for Portsmouth Ironton Ashland Catlettsburg Huntington Gallipolis and other intermediate points on the upper Ohio River.

Tom Greene Greene Line Portsmouth Ironton Ashland Catlettsburg Huntington Gallipolis Charlesepee

Weather and burglary report from August 12 1925

Weather sections detail showers and thundery conditions across Ohio Tennessee Kentucky West Virginia and Indiana with fairer conditions later. A temperature table lists highs around 88 to 96 in several cities and a record for August 12 1925 shows cloudy skies and varying temperatures. Separately an attempted safe opening at Hale Justis pany 9 West Third Street is described as an amateur job leaving marks but failing to penetrate inner compartments.

Ohio Tennessee Kentu _y West Virginia North Indiana South Eastport Boston Atlan City Birm’ham N. Orleans Galveston Pittsburgh Uisville Cashin S.W Hale-Justispany West Third

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