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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
7
Cathedral Y M I won 7 6 in a tight seventh inning before Umpire Woods. Delaney Fehring and O'Connor led scoring with multiple hits while Covington fell to 5 6 as Fairbush drove in three runs and Ortlieb produced a key double. Umpire Daddy called the game.
The Waldorfs defeated the Cincinnati Nationals 3 to 1 in a fast game at Arlington Park. Lee pitched well for the Waldorfs, while Shembaugh held the Waldorfs in check until the fifth inning when four of five hits produced the decisive runs.
The Diamonds beat Elizabethtown 6 to 3 with Wordman a two base hitter and Kaiser securing the win. Jones struck out four for Elizabethtown as the Diamonds posted early offense and held on for the victory.
The Diamonds defeated the Waldorfs 4 to 3 with Kaiser’s pitching and strong hitting from Guessner and Roberts. Highlights include Guestner’s three-base hit and two-base runs batted in, while Kaiser fanned eight.
Pleasant Ridge Married Men defeated Kennedy Heights Married Men 17 to 5. The box score lists individual contributions with players such as Oliver Pierson Swift Cattenhorn and Kennedy pitchers Keller and Kennedy. Umpires were Thomas and Wilkins.
Wiedemann wins third game of the series over the Convasion Indians after eleven innings. Key plays include Meyers and Breitenstein catches and Tobey's home run. Next up, Wiedemanns travel to Dayton to face the Shilohs with a Newport Covington championship game at Wiedemann Park on deck.
Ried ns fe a Specials and Batton, Burck, Jarvis, Dryer, Fert, Batn, McGuff, Seer, Yates and Motes appear in a box score. Totals and scoring indicate two out when a winning run scored. Players D Eaton Joe Schrader Roesing John Schrader W Burk Dryer O Hara Yates Arthur Wirth Jackson Clausen are named with hits and errors. Time of game 2 15 with Hoffmeier umpire.
Summary not fully legible. Readable parts show Eagles and Erlanger with earned runs, two three-base hits, double plays by Lucke Bramiege IT, Mendell pitching two hit by pitches and three walks, Ernstberger passed ball, Plea left on base six, final details incomplete.
The Anheuser-Busch and Franklin teams played a dramatic game at Midway Park. Hirt dominated on the mound and Burns anchored the defense as Busch won 6 to 6 in a high scoring, error filled contest with key hits from Klinger and other stars.
The Metropolitan Opera Company delivered a near perfect performance of Johann Strauss's The Queen's Lace Handkerchief at Chester. Principal singers Miss Hemmi and Mr. Joseph Sheehan drew strong applause, while the chorus and staging drew praise despite weak comedy.
Sunday attendance at the Lagoon ranks second to Fourth of July crowds with many new faces. Prof. L Bagby chaperones Californians on a Cincinnati business trip. The Human Automaton draws crowds as debates arise over its humanity. New vaudeville acts receive praise. Hazel Compton earns encores. Nichol Brothers entertain with hoop rolling. Hadji the Arabian horse impresses with arithmetic and time-telling feats. Doomsday stage is enlarged and highly praised for spectacle and electrical display.
A Chester vaudeville performance at the free pavilion drew large crowds with acts by Klein Ott Brothers and Nicholson, Colonel Martin managing timely shows. The American Newsboys Quartet and Pauline Moran also impressed, with Ampere delivering a novel electrical act and encores showing strong audience enthusiasm.
Coney Island opened another popular round with a strong vaudeville bill led by the Zemo Zemo troupe of gymnasts and jugglers. Rollins and Kufton, Palaro Brothers, Barney First, Harry eeclosed and Smitty's Band drew cheers as Lake Como and the Island’s midway buzzed with activity.
The two holidays kept Queen City Beach employees busy from Saturday morning to late night. The weather and water were perfect for the sport and the large dressing room was taxed to capacity. Ladies enjoyed Sunday morning swimming as the reserve lockers sufficed for all, so the sale continued to finish. Night bathing grows in popularity as the season advances.
Neal the champion diver from The Battle Royal at Chester Park was in his glass tank when a fire destroyed his Winton Place boarding house. He was unreachable three feet underwater until the flames consumed his belongings. He suffers only minor losses due to his simple needs.
The Sunday crowd at the Zoological Garden neared Saturday’s Fourth of July turnout with crowded seats and long lines at the snowy white tables. Bohumir Kryl delivered a record of generosity and variety, earning constant encores as the Bohemian leader delighted attendees.
Avoca Park on the Little Miami River at Red Bank hosted another liberal Fourth of July crowd and featured Guy M. Daily performing his acclaimed swim act for a new weekly engagement. The park offers boating swimming fishing picnics and a forested setting with a restaurant and club house, accessible by C M L traction line or Pennsylvania Railroad trains.
The Rev. Rufus W. Weaver pastor of Mt. Auburn Baptist Church preached his farewell sermon and will leave Cincinnati Wednesday evening. He will join the Cincinnati delegation for the Baptist Young People’s Union convention in Toledo starting Thursday for four days. He plans rest in Michigan and other Northern States and will later occupy First Baptist Detroit for several Sundays before leading the Nashville congregation permanently mid September. The Mt. Auburn church will have Rev H. T. Crane preach Sunday morning.
Mrs. Lafayette Hoffman identifies the body found in the river as her missing husband. She alleges he was killed during a robbery and his body dumped from the Newport Central Bridge after a bloody hat and union card were left on the structure. A bridge collector corroborates hearing cries and seeing men near the river as the body sank.
Sixty five Ohio colored women's clubs will attend the Ohio State Federation convention to be held at Allen Temple on July 9 and 10. Mayor Markbreit will give a welcome, with addresses by Annie Laws Estelle Davis Andrew J DeHart Hallie Q Brown. Margaret Bigelow will speak on Woman's Suffrage Friday night. Music and a reception follow. Delegates hosted by City Federation with Estelle Davis as arrangements chair.
Isadore Newman a Burnet House bookkeeper reported being hijacked on a Gilbert avenue street car at Sixth and Walnut streets. Two men attacked him and stole his pocketbook. Newman, who lives at 1201 Locust street Walnut Hills, recalled the assailants.
The Freedman Aid and Sunday Schools headquarters will separate into three societies in Cincinnati on July 9 after the last General Conference decided to grant distinct management. A meeting Thursday at the Methodist Book Concern will formalize the split with the Board of Education moving its headquarters to New York and the National Sunday Schools to Chicago.
Mrs. Nannie Hall of 510 John Street notified police that her room was entered while she was away and five diamond rings valued at $500 were stolen from a dresser drawer.
A chase erupted near Fifth and Vine as a man was dragged to Tyler Davidson Fountain after allegedly insulting a woman. He was tossed into the basin by bystanders, escaped as traffic officers arrived, and is sought by police. Overnight, a string of robberies of sleeping citizens in Fountain Square was reported, with watches hats shoes and coats stolen from sleepers.
Lieutenant Peter W. Berry of the New York Police Department arrived in New Orleans with three prisoners, Albert W. Bailey Charles H. Myers and Captain Albert Oxley, after their transfer from Puerto Cortez Honduras aboard the Ulstein. Francis G. Bailey, the missing prisoner, escaped July 2 while the ship waited in harbor. Crewmembers said he seized a small boat to land and hide in the woods. The Bailey brothers are charged with conspiracy to use the mails to defraud.
Acting Commissioner Robert Williams Jr calls attention to a rule barring any guarantee or sole surety on bonds where the penal sum exceeds ten percent of a company’s paid up capital and surplus, with a fifty percent limit for transportation or warehousing bonds. The limit applies to distillers monthly and annual warehousing bonds and to denaturing warehousing bonds.
Secretary George B. Cortelyon issues a department wide directive allowing only the original of bonds contracts or leases needing Treasury approval to be sent to Washington for the Secretary’s signature. Duplicates may be completed by administrative offices after original approval.
Mrs Charlotte Engelke 70 wife of Julius Engelke former President of the Board of Control died at 2 pm yesterday at her home 232 East Rochelle Mt. Auburn after six months illness from old age and complications Five children survive William Fred J Engelke Mrs William Klausmeyer Mrs Robert Morrison and Miss Minna Engelke Julius Engelke is President and Treasurer of Engelke Saddlery Co The Rev Hugo Elserlohr will conduct funeral services at the Engelke residence Wednesday at 2 pm
A second joint meeting at the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant aims to elevate Cincinnati's moral standards. Participants include State Representative Joseph W. Conroy Philip Herget Edward Babbitt from the Hamilton County Federation of Catholic Societies and Revs. Robert Watson John Herget and David McKinney from the Evangelical Alliance. No political topics will be discussed.
Edward Brazier of Bond Hill is arrested on a pistol duel homicide charge over neighbor Frank West and will be arraigned in Police Court. Brazier is held at Seventh District Police Station. Father in law Charles Morris Cleves is held on suspicion in Eighth District Police Station. West's body to be shipped to Manchester, Ohio, for burial.
Eleven year old William Hermes of 144 East Eleventh Covington toppled from a coal yard trestle near the Licking River while spectators watched a Wiedemann Park game. He died soon after at Linneman Moore morgue. Police and coroner attended. trestles once popular viewing spots. Managers report theft of balls near the fence during games.
Alphonso Hartman a 17 year old from 348 O Fallon Avenue Bellevue Ky climbed a sycamore to watch a high school game near the C and O railroad. In excitement after a tie game eighth inning he lost his grip and fell about thirty feet, suffering a head cut and possible internal injuries. He was unconscious and revived at home by Dr Gould.
A large touring car catching fire near Joseph Stevie's road house on St John s road and the Lexington pike caused a panic yesterday. Percy Wilson, its chauffeur for a Cincinnati firm, was burned on his hair and face while fighting the flames. The rest of the party fled the vehicle and later continued after the fire was extinguished. names were not given.
Covington police and fire departments report a quiet Fourth with few incidents. A small docket awaits Police Judge Read, including a few warrant arrests. Physicians saw few July Fourth calls and remarked the day was safe and sane.
The Central Covington firehouse opens this morning and will be numbered No 7. A chemical engine and hose wagon will be staffed by veteran firefighters transferred from other stations. Later this week the Police and Fire Commissioners will host a reception at the new station.
Trinity Methodist Congregation Latonia launches outdoor services with a night meeting. A large crowd attended as grounds were lit with electric lights, benches arranged, and a platform set for speakers.
Frank Steinhauer aged 24, in the grocery business with his father F. W. Steinhauer at Twelfth and Brighton Newport, was seriously injured last night when he fell from a Newport and Covington car on the Eleventh Street Bridge. He struck his head on a bridge post, was unconscious, and later removed to his home. Dr Wamsley reported a deep head wound about two inches long with facial bruising. prognosis uncertain.
William F Hengelbrok longtime Newport resident and public servant died at 53 from consumption at his home 328 Chestnut street He served two terms as President of the Board of Education council member and ran for Mayor on the Democratic ticket Survived by his widow and four children Funeral services held tomorrow at the Church of the Immaculate Conception followed by interment in Evergreen Cemetery
Health Officer George W Brown reports four Newport deaths in the past week all infants except one six year old. The heat is named as the cause with ages listed as Mary Helen Moenkedek 11 months Richard Baker 8 months David Framan 7 months and Walter Bauer 6 years The list is the first in years not to include an aged decedent.
Newport Turngemeinde members plan a Turner Hall meeting next Saturday to install new officers for the year. A social session, speeches, banquet, and addresses will follow the installation. Officers elected include Otto Wolff First Speaker, Emil Nattenheimer Second Speaker, William Ader Financial Secretary and Second Instructor, Ernst Bernhardt Recording Secretary, Robert Voigt Treasurer and Property Man, Valentine Wenderoth Banner Carrier, Max Schoener Trustee.
Steven Burns who lost a thumb and suffered severe finger lacerations from a can cracker blast last Saturday is improving in Speers Hospital. Other Fourth of July injuries are reported recovering. Raymond Bernard and George Koegel depart for a Canada trip with Washington DC and New York visits. William Tippergan, 22, was arrested for disorderly conduct after a saloon brawl at Fourth Street and Central Avenue.
Michael Garney aged 85 died at St Elizabeth's Hospital of old age. Robert Langfels of 71 West Second Street reported a sneak thief entered his home yesterday. a pocketbook containing $3 and an old pair of trousers were taken.
The Ohio River at Cincinnati was 8 feet 7 inches and falling yesterday. The Courier bound for Maysville and City of Louisville for Louisville departed, with two more arrivals due from Madison and Louisville today. Passenger travel remained heavy with excursionists. Greene Line’s Courier sails at 11 p.m., Madison’s Kentucky at 5 p.m., and City of Cincinnati at 5 p.m. from Main Street.
Rivers rise in Pittsburg with 6.5 feet and climbing while Louisville remains steady at 1.9 feet in the canal and 4.1 feet in the locks. The City of Louisville arrives from Cincinnati and the City of Cincinnati departs for Cincinnati. Evansville reports 7.1 feet and falling with warm, clear weather. Cairo notes river at 32 some and stationary. Ford Herald arrives and several vessels depart for St. Louis.
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