29 Aug 1921
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1921
Page
1
Levi Rosenberg and Porter King died when a car turned a somersault and rolled to the roadside to let another vehicle pass. The hillside accident brings the year’s death toll to fifty one.
Two men die and another injured in auto crashes in Cincinnati within a 12 hour span. Levi Rosenberg of 500 Hale avenue dies after collision with an ambulance at Sixth and Race streets. Porter King of 1647 Harrison avenue dies when his car overturns near Hillside avenue. Raymond Robinson, 16, loses a left hand after a crash on Spring Grove avenue and his amputation follows at Good Samaritan Hospital. John G. M. Scherz, 49, president of the Cincinnati Motor Club, dies after an appendectomy at Good Samaritan Hospital. services planned at Price Hill home.
John Wenz, resting in a Augusta hospital, says he will hide any game he kills after a companion accidentally shot him while he had a groundhog shot. Wenz had shot the groundhog and lay down to watch for a squirrel when a companion, mistaking the animal for alive, fired. Part of the load struck him. he is expected to recover.
Hiram J. Jessop aged 68 of Newark, Ohio died from head injuries after being struck by an overhead support while rescuing a child falling from a scenic railway car at an amusement park in Chester West Virginia. He was injured Saturday afternoon and died in a hospital in East Liverpool Ohio.
A compact listing of advertisers appears with entries for Bradfield Regulator Co. Charles E. Smith & Sons Clown Cigarettes East Hills Coal & Supply Co. Golden Men's Collars Graul-Phonographs Miss Moore-Superfiluous Hair Nicotol Tobacco Remedy Pogue's-Furs Spencer's-Engagement Rings Shillito's-Savins Loan Wilson's Paint Store and Wurlitzer Producing, indicating merchants and products across the page.
Police tie the abductor to a "mysterious stranger" seen with Freda Hornberger, age unknown, missing since Sunday afternoon. Witness Catherine Verhagen, 11, places a man near Freda and the milk clinic at noon, while parkgoers report sightings at amusements. Community members attend a church service and raise funds for the Hornberger family as investigators question John Crane, arrested with photos of young girls found in his room.
Edward Eilers ten years old drowned after slipping from a waterlogged board into the Licking River near Covington. Eugene Heskamp twelve accompanied him. rescuers searched all afternoon and evening, with the body recovered wedged under a log by diver George Ginn. Acting Coroner H B Heinen ruled accidental drowning.
Murad Doher, a Syrian grocer at 530 East Pearl street, received a crude Arabic Black Hand letter threatening his life. The missive, mailed in Cincinnati on August 15, alleges a debt dispute connected to the Al Heeda newspaper and cites a threat unless Doher remains silent. Doher blames a friend of a priest, not the priest, for the note and notes his reply and return of funds.
John Schoettinger of 4708 Marburg Avenue Oakley fell asleep on a chair outside Fire Company No. 45 at 305 West Court Street. He woke to find a diamond ring worth 65 dollars missing from his left hand and a purse containing 300 dollars gone from his right pocket.
Edward Cohn and his wife were confronted by two men on Mitchell Avenue near Redbud Place. Cohn wrestled the assailants to the ground, drew a revolver, and fired as the men fled in a car toward Reading Road. He lives at 124 Railroad Avenue.
Sixty thousand fans at Brookside Park watch the Favor ite Knits defeat the Tellings 5 to 4. The victory earns the Knits a spot in the National Baseball Federation championship series representing Cleveland.
Orville Taylor and Fred Mussel, both inmates from the Bedford Bank robbery and Cleveland, were placed in solitary confinement after an attempted escape from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. They and three unidentified accomplices allegedly used a tin key to reach the gate, seized Guard Robinson's revolver and keys, then retreated to the cell block before being apprehended. Warden Thomas expects to identify the other escapees soon as guards corroborate the assault.
Conrad W. Foss, a professional aviator, and two passengers Mrs. Mary Pussysk and her eight year old son died when the airplane fell about 1,000 feet on the northeastern outskirts of Philadelphia. The cause was not determined though witnesses suspected a broken wing.
Fruit tree agents report few orders for apple trees for fall planting in Coldwater Colorado. Prohibition laws prevent farmers selling cider and curb tree sales.
Paris Aug 28 The Greek army right wing advancing along the Sukarna River in Asia Minor has been cut off from the main force in a disaster. The Turkish attack continues with abundant ammunition as the situation becomes strategically perilous for Greece.
After three days of fighting the Turks forced the Greeks to retire across the Sakaria River in Asia Minor. The Greeks lost many prisoners, material, cannons, and transport wagons, and their campaign plan is paused. The Greek setback is attributed to supply issues and malaria.
Athens dispatch says Greek detachments moved south of the Sakaria and seized Turkish advance posts north of the Gheuk and Kathrandi Rivers. The Turkish counterattack was repulsed and Greek forces occupied positions north of the Kathrandi as troops shifted toward main lines north of the rivers.
Early yesterday two hold ups occurred in quick succession. Kleze Dennedd escaped robbers near the Phoenix Club by accelerating his car. Oscar Cox was knocked senseless and robbed of $3 on Reading Road. Charles Walton lost $1.50 and a $15 watch at Gest Street and B&O tracks despite bystander pursuit.
Moplah fanatics appear to proclaim home rule in disturbed areas with the green flag raised at Pallipu. Gandhi is invited by the Kerala Provincial Congress to visit Malavar to pacify Moplahs. A dispatch reports rioters felling trees and destroying bridges and culverts to obstruct troop movements.
In Blair Sharples Logan County armed strikers battled police and deputies. Governor Morgan was told of a possible unusually large clash as John H. Charnock Adjutant General and three UMW officials headed to Logan to pacify miners. Deputies were captured and held at Sharples amid rising tensions.
Three men rented safety boxes at the Security Trust and Deposit vault in the Masonic Temple and fled after a noisy escape. They left two cuffed watchmen, a bottle of whisky, and a hammer, with an estimated $100,000 in cash and securities taken and $40,000 in $1,000 bills left behind. Police wounded no one, and a downtown chase ended in an alley.
Frank Motto was executed in the Ohio Penitentiary after being convicted in the payroll robbery slayings of W. C. Sly and George K. Fanner in Cleveland. An 11th hour confession implicated a Cleveland policeman. Governor Davis refused clemency despite threats.
State troopers and deputies clashed with an armed party at Beach Creek Logan County near the Boone Logan line. Captain J R Brockus said 11 prisoners were captured, 5 armed men fell, and 4 may have been killed as darkness and civilian clothes hindered identification. He warned of a planned mine trap with 1,500 to 2,000 miners waiting at Sharples.
President Harding will convene a national conference here next month to study unemployment and propose measures to speed up employment. Hoover announced plans to include labor and industry leaders from across the country with geographically representative delegates.
Berlin reports that the British French and Italian Ambassadors informed Germany of their governments decision to send reinforcements into Upper Silesia. Germany was asked to arrange transportation for the troops.
MANAGUA Nicaragua Aug. 28 Heavy fighting between Government forces and revolutionists reports of El Sauce fifty miles north of Leon. Government cites large armed force, arrests for political activity, a twenty percent salary cut for public employees and closing of public schools as economy measures. Telegraph and telephone service shut down and strict frontier watch with Costa Rica intensifies.
Sheriff Hill of Boone County reported by long distance that four to six men may have been killed near Sharples close to the Boone Logan line in Logan County. Residents near the scene described the shooting as a clear fight with armed Snegs surrounding police posts and later reports indicated a sizable state police detachment arrived to restore order.
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