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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1925
Page
2
Prof. Newman calls the Scopes case an opportunity to educate laymen on evolution as a scientifically demonstrated theory under fire. He notes fairs of the sociology department will also be called scientific witnesses if scientific testimony is admissible.
Delegates who attended the Presbyterian Young People's conference at Oxford Ohio plan to share gained insights with Cincinnati members. Four Cincinnati churches sent delegates including Salem Westwood representatives Mr and Mrs Charles R Laib.
Tillie Jacobson 22 left General Hospital after doctors doubted her broken hip. She walked away last night from 215 Woodward Street and disappeared. Earlier she fled a threatening room at 12 East Thirteenth Street, jumping from a window to escape a knife as police arrived.
Four Richland Coal Company mines in the Panhandle district were ordered closed indefinitely by Circuit Court Judge J Harold Brennan after receivers John P Arbenz and the Dollar Savings and Trust Company filed a petition saying operations could not be profitable now. The mines, employing about 2000 men, had reduced forces since May 1 as a general strike in Northern West Virginia extended to the Panhandle.
Lyman Dwight Wilbur son of Secretary of the Navy Wilbur wed Miss Henrietta Shattuck at Memorial Chapel Stanford University Cal Miss Shattuck from Merced is a school teacher She is daughter of the late Herbert A Shattuck director of publicity for Thomas A Edison the inventor Secretary Wilbur witnessed the ceremony with relatives.
Becker Christ and Minnie announce a boy at Box 213 Dane street. Brady Thomas and Katherine reveal a girl at 1787 Taft Road. Caddy Frederick and Nannie welcome a girl at 8361 Curzon Avenue. Dette Albert and Margaret report a boy at 121 Parker Place. Ginn James and Blanche list Delhi birth at 124 Zinn Place. Gossett Weeley and Marie announce a birth at 494 Riddle IMBOE Road in Delhi Township. Murray Harold and Gertrude report a boy at 944 Summit Avenue. ihiwhe and Lillian welcome a boy at 48 Emming. Schneider Fred and Henrietta announce a birth at 620 East Epworth Avenue. Seren a Vincent and Anna list a boy at 1418 Race Street. Stegemeyer Raymond and Ella have a child at 4011 Halbrook Avenue. Walker Caril and Elizabeth report a girl at 2612 Marsh Avenue Norwood. Wyer Christ and Mary announce a girl at 2945 West McMicken Avenue.
The Stuart Walker Company presents Badges a melodramatic comedy in three acts at the Cox Theater. Donald MacDonald stars as an amateur detective with Ruth Hammond Earle Larimore and Elizabeth Taylor in key roles as a plot of postal robbery and misdirected loyalties unfolds with humor and flair.
Storm sweeps Cheviot and surrounding areas as lightning strikes several sites causing minor damage. Wires are cut, lights go out citywide, and a large tree is ignited at Harvest Home Grounds. Roofing from Union Stockyards pens is ripped away. Meekin candy store chimney bricks crash through a skylight. One man, Alonzo Hall, fainted from heat and was treated at General Hospital.
In Tarrytown New York on July 6 Rockefeller Jr narrowly avoided a collision while driving a two horse trap. An automobile swerved from a garage and scraped the rear wheel as Rockefeller sharply steered right. He inspected the rig and remarked that it was close but no major damage occurred and proceeded to take a train to New York.
The Tribune Tower on Michigan Avenue was formally opened in Chicago. An estimated 20,000 visitors toured seven basement floors to the tower and flagpole nearly 600 feet high. The building spans nine and a half acres of floor space, will house about 4,000 people, and cost $8,500,000.
Chicago endured extreme heat with a 96 degree reading at 4 pm causing six deaths and several prostrations. A violent thunderstorm cooled the city that evening after the scorching July day.
Severe storm brings relief from a heat wave in Cleveland after six women fainted in the Courthouse lobby while paying taxes. William Mowrey was killed and a man was stunned by lightning as a bolt killed two mules, dropping the temperature by ten degrees within an hour and capping a hot day with a high of 88.
A severe heat wave in New York on July 6 caused two deaths and several prostrations as officials urged residents to seek shade and stay hydrated amid the sizzling temperatures.
Police reports over seventy two hours note seven deaths and two injuries due to lightning across the island, with incidents in multiple areas and no further details provided.
Police were asked yesterday to search for Mrs Ruby Knipp age 20 of 1525 Jones Street. Her husband William Knipp reported she left home Sunday evening to attend a movie.
Senator Norris of Nebraska rejects leading the Progressive party in a public letter. He states he does not want to be associated with any political party as its leader. The note was sent from Waupaca Wisconsin to Warren Shaw Fisher of the Progressive Political League New York City.
In Rose Hill Cemetery Herbert J. Blair aged 48 shot and killed Nora Kefauver aged 20 then killed himself. Blair left a note claiming the girl had been untrue and saying he would end her life.
The Suffolk County Grand Jury began sessions in Boston to probe the Pickwick Club collapse last Saturday. Dead total stood at 43 with 41 identified. 18 injured, five released today. District Attorney Thomas C. O'Brien led the panel through the wreckage as photos were taken for later inspection.
At a St Thomas Ontario picnic two flat boats tied together capsized on Pinafore Lake. Three children and a woman are confirmed dead, twenty seven people were in the water. The missing include Roland Smith Jean Robertson and Alfred Sutherland.
Col John Coolidge aged father of the President, walked from lunch and, after checking the pitchfork, spent half an hour removing shingles left on the lawn by carpenters who shingled the roof before his illness ten days ago. Doctors Coupal and Cram reported steady improvement.
David P. Eggenberger of 40 Burton Woods Lane was elected President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at a Board of Directors meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. Albert Wing Alfred May Willard Upson and James Coogan were elected officers. Eli Cohan reported on Tulsa national convention plans and E Fred Johnson was named National President. The next convention will be in Jacksonville Florida with a ten member delegation planned.
Paris debate on emancipation ends with support for working women as better wives and mothers. Yvonne Brossat argues work brings experience to home life. Marguerite Billet advocates no submission in marriage. Controversy explores modern roles, legality of free motherhood, and home authority.
The Capital Times reports a special election to pick primary candidates for the U.S. Senate seat left by Robert M. La Follette. Robert M. La Follette Jr. is due back from Washington, with a Progressive conference planned upon his return. The paper says Mrs. La Follette will not be fielded as a candidate.
Early this morning an attempted safe robbery occurred at the James P. Bolger Bottling Works on 552 West McMicken Avenue. Neighbors heard hammering and alerted police who found the combination broken and the plant door forced open. the suspects reportedly fled after being frightened.
Eduardo Loyo a former Mexican general and once provisional Vera Cruz governor was shot today while en route to Acultzingo after arrest at Orizaba yesterday. The military chief of Acultzingo says the escort killed him as he attempted to escape.
The article details pressure on Haynes and attempts by Miss Hopley supporters to retain her, but General Andrews decides enforcement staff should not pursue nationwide prohibition propaganda. Haynes could resign as he faces reassignment from enforcement head to field duties amid clashes over educational efforts.
Obituaries list multiple deaths with dates in early July 1925 and 1926. Entries include Grob Louis son of Mrs Catherine Grob Starr. Halstead Clara Lunkenheimer wife of Robert Halstead. Hosea Robert Harrison son of Sam L Carter. Hunter Warren J husband of Emma Haman Hunter. Shillito Elizabeth C mother of Edith Shillito. Aufmfwasser Hugone at St. Anthony's? details show funeral parlors and times in Cincinnati locales with addresses and church services.
Aesthetic modern remation Ces at Busse funeral Directors Three Chapels Nea Borgmann Co 1617 Freeman Avenue details unclear No charges mentioned in the notice.
Three rum schooners sighted twenty miles off Swampscott and Coast Guard patrols near Nahant and Ram Island accompany President Coolidge’s vacation. Guards surround the fleet at Swampscott Cove and report attempts at landing liquor continue despite patrols.
Shipping news lists incoming steamers arriving by July 6 including Nambia from Glasgow and Celtic from Liverpool with July 27 or June dates. Outgoing sailings scheduled for July 7 include Lapland to Antwerp and Birmingham City to Buenos Ayres with midday and afternoon departures.
The funeral of Robert Harrison Hosea, pioneer merchant, who died last Saturday at Grandview Hospital, will be held at Wiltsee's chapel, 24 West Ninth Street, at 9 30 tomorrow morning. Arrangements waited for son Robert H. Hosea IV to arrive from New York. Survived by his widow, a daughter Mrs. Lilian Fosdick, and three brothers Raphael, John and Joseph Hosea.
Dr Hugo W Aufmwasser 55 a specialist in eye ear nose and throat diseases died at St Elizabeth Hospital Covington after brief illness Brights disease He was a Covington native practiced 25 years then moved to Denver returning three years ago He is survived only by his brother Funeral services will be held at his brother home with requiem high mass at St Josephs Church and burial in Mother of God Cemetery.
Washington July 6 The American debt commission for the first time must schedule meetings with debtor nations. The Treasury plans to negotiate with Belgium on their government debt between August 5 and August 16, allowing less than two weeks to finalize funding. A notice also to the French embassy states the Paris delegation can meet at any time around those dates.
The sea going tug St Rita was seized by Deputy Sheriffs in Beaumont Texas on Friday night with a cargo of 6 000 quarts of liquor. The crew of eight were released on bond Saturday and the liquor had been moved from the tug.
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 11.4 feet late last night and was falling. The Tom Greene from Charleston arrived at 6 pm. The Cincinnati bound for Louisville and the Andes for Madison both left around 5 pm. The Queen City is due from Louisville at 8 am and will depart at 6 pm. The Tom Greene will depart for Pomeroy at 5 pm. The Betsy Ann damaged shaft near Gallipolis yesterday noon and is laid up. The Robert P. Gilham brought a ton of coal from Kanawha River yesterday.
The Tom Greene steamer sails Tuesday July 7 at 5 p m from the Greene Line wharf for Portsmouth Ironton Ashland Catlettsburg Huntington Gallipolis Pomeroy and intermediate points. Telephone Main 1457.
A petition signed by officers of two Chippewa Indian organizations asks for stricter enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment among Indians. It was sent to President Coolidge, Minnesota and Wisconsin governors, attorney generals, Sen. Schall and Sen. Shipstead, Indian agents, and other officials. The petition cites bootlegger activity on reservations as creating deplorable conditions and states that ninety percent of crime among Indians is tied to intoxicants.
Rex A. Powers of Columbus, who escaped three years ago from a London prison farm where he was serving an embezzlement term, was returned to the state penitentiary today. He was brought back from San Diego by Field Officer E. E. Clinger.
Powers, then manager of the piano department at Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. 121 East Fourth street, was arrested in New Orleans and brought to trial. In Common Pleas Court on January 25, 1922, he was found guilty of embezzling $680 and listed his residence as New York.
The Ohio division of the American Association of Engineers appealed to Governor Donahey to retain L. A. Boulay as State Highway Director. Boulay's term ends next month and he has announced plans to retire following differences with the governor.
Ohio showers and thunderstorms Tuesday then fair cooler. Kentucky unsettled Tuesday with east showers and cooler by Wednesday. Tennessee unsettled Tuesday and Wednesday with east showers. West Virginia local showers Tuesday and Wednesday fair cooler in west. Indiana partly overcast with local thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday cooler in north. A table reports highs and lows, precipitation and wind for several cities and averages with historical comparisons.
Mrs. Mary Seldow eighteen daughter of Mrs Ana Belle Woodson of Washington DC was granted a decree by Supreme Court Justice Lewis in Brooklyn annulling her marriage to Jack Seldow now serving a Sing Sing term for bigamy. They married February 4. Woodson found them March 10 in a Brooklyn apartment. Seldow had married Augusta Redenbach Seldow on May 15 1918. Both wives sought termination of the marriages. The suits were tried a week ago. The first wife asked for a divorce. no decree signed.
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