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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1908

Page

2

Troops Called For Peacekeeping Duty At Sycamore Wharf

Major Charles Becht will command the troops at the foot of Sycamore Street to cooperate with civil authorities in preserving peace and repelling night riders if needed. Company A and I officers named. muster rolls list sergeants, corporals, and many privates with assignments and expected two weeks of field duty.

Sycamore Street Charles Becht Adjutant General’s Staff Hake Robert L. Dunning Philip Weiss Clarence J. Kley Charles H. Cook Albert Beebe Lebert H. Weir Arthur Dahand Henry Frech Ward L. Kennedy Walter C. Ballard A. J. Doetmah Fred Warren Raymond McGuire John Graphy Alois Kliffel M. Kreene Robert Kelly John Stoker Solomon Uhlfelder Ray Wilson Philip Bliss A. F. Kliffel Sam Harris William O'Riley Charles F. Bershoff Henry Lewis John Staker Robert Harris Louis Dahman William Wilkes Charles Harris A. J. Doerman Robert A. Kelly Isaac Graff Kuck Gustav Barrow Frank Kues George Shobel Harry Thiessen Martin Meehan, Jr Thomas McKee Floyd Kres Joseph B. Kilgour Harry Pressner Albert C. Ellig Joseph Newman Robert Hartman Clifford Findly Louis Harbaugh George Sigmund George Adamson Charles R. Beebe Milton B. Johnson John G. Meier

Turkish Warships Bombard Native Towns near Samos

Austrian guardship Taurus arrives at Samos after a protest by an Austrian subject. Refugees report Turkish flag replaces the Samos banner over the Governor's Palace and that, before occupying Vathy, Turkish warships bombarded the heights and drove out the inhabitants.

Athens Taurus Samos Vathy

Turmoil in Samos Prompts Possible Commission

June report from Constantinople notes lack of news from Vathy after a revolt on Samos. British and French embassies press for no change in the island’s status and for Turkish troops to depart once order is restored. The Turkish government has proposed assurances and a commission may be sent to verify the situation.

Sultan Constantinople Vathy Samos Porte

Prisoners on Barge Capsizes Drowning 89 in Amur River

EKHABAROVSK Asiatic Russia June 1 A large barge laden with Chinese Prisoners has capsized in the Amur River. Ninety eight persons were drowned.

Amur Ekhabarovsk Russia

Former President Cleveland Returns Home to Princeton

Former President Kier Cleveland and his wife say he is very well and getting along, though not fully recovered. They arrived in Princeton after returning from Lakewood and plan to stay for some time.

Princeton N. Jy Kier Cleveland Lakewood N.s

Hamilton Minister to Wed in Autumn

Announcement was made today of the engagement of the Rev. Harry G. Finney, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Hamilton, to Miss Helen Weld of Minneapolis. The wedding will occur in the autumn. Finney came to Hamilton from Minneapolis several months ago.

Commercial Tribune Hamilton Harry G. Finney Westminster Presbyterian Church City Helen Weld Thomas H. Weld Minneapolis Finney

Drowned Boy Falls From Ferry Boat at Ironton

Charley Hoff man, 14, fell from the Chesapeake and Ohio ferry boat Ironton this morning while sleepy and could not be saved. His body was not recovered.

Chesapeake & Ohio Ironton, C Charley Hoffman

Self defense claim in Gaston Philip murder trial

Principal witness in the trial of Gaston Philip testifies he shot cab driver Frank Mac Aboy in self defense after Mac Aboy demanded $150 and threatened harm. Acquaintances described Mac Aboy as a fighter quick to quarrel. The defense introduces a pair of dice found on Mac Aboy.

Washington Gaston Philip Frank MacAboy Philip MacAboy Arlington Hotel Peter Taylor the Arlington

Vaderland Steamer’s Accident Declared Very Slight

Antwerp June 1 The Red Star Line steamer Vaderland’s reported mishap is only a minor machinery disarrangement. The vessel went ashore rumors proved unfounded and she returned to Flushing after repairs then sailed to Dover at 1015 this morning.

Antwerp Red Star Line Vaderland Flushing Dover

Vader land steamer arrives in Dover for New York

The steamer Vader land arrived in Dover shortly after 4 o clock this afternoon and after taking on passengers she proceeded for New York.

Dover Vaderland New York

Fire Erupts at Keith's Theater Causes Panic

In Cleveland Ohio June 1 a matinee fire broke out at Keith's Theater prompting a panic. Manager Daniels reassured the audience and calm returned with no injuries reported. Actor Eugene Jepson died of heart disease in his dressing room as alarms rang. flames were controlled within thirty minutes and damage was light.

Cleveland Keith Daniels Eugene Jepson

Loomis Selected for 1912 Tokyo Exposition Commission

Washington June 1 Secretary Root names the U S commission to represent the United States at the Tokyo Exposition of 1912. General of the commission is Francis B Loomis with Frederick J W Skiff and Francis D Miller as members. The first task is choosing a secretary and staff from many applicants, with John Gallan O Laughlin tipped as likely secretary.

Washington Root United States Francis B. Loomis Frederick J. W. Skiff Field Museum Chicago Francis D. Miller John Gallan O’laughlin

Publisher Clay R. Weaver Dies By Poison Action

Coffeyville Kansas June 1 Clay R Weaver publisher of the Cedarvale Commercial committed death by own action last night by taking poison He was a member of a Kansas regiment in the Spanish American War.

Coffeyville, Kan Clay R. Weaver Cedarvale Kan Weaver Kansas

Obituaries of Dr James E Marlay and Clarence Asbey

Dr James E Marlay a prominent Springfield Illinois physician died yesterday of pneumonia in Springville Indiana while visiting relatives. Clarence Asbey 61 died yesterday in South Bend Indiana after a two year illness. Asbey for almost twenty years toured worldwide with P T Barnum s Circus.

James E. Marlay Springfield Springville Ind Clarence Asbey South Bend Asbey P.T. Barnum

Sullivan Named State Superintendent of Public Printing

Governor Harris named John L. Sullivan of St Marys as State Supervisor of Public Printing to replace J W Johnson. Marvin E Fornshell was chosen as Chief Deputy. W H Phipps announced deputies Sherman Williams and W M Kerr as Deputy Oil Inspectors. Rogers eyed for State Fire Marshal post. Hollenbeck resists, leaders unsatisfied with plan.

Commercial Tribune Columbus Harris John L. Sullivan St. Marys J. W. Johnson Sullivan Marvin E. Fornshell W. H. Phipps Sherman Williams Hamilton W. M. Kerr Steubenville Marietta W. S. Rogers Cleveland

Robbers dynamite bank in Kandad Cuba

Four men robbed the State Bank of Cuba Cuba Kan June 1 and escaped with 6000 to 8000 dollars after a fight with citizens. No one was shot. They fled on a handcar toward Belleville leaving masked identities and a wrecked vault. John Tohler cashier lives nearby and alerted locals. Posses pursue the thieves.

Cuba Kan State Bank of John Tohler Rock Island Belleville

Ceiling Collapse Injures diners at Becker Hotel in Dayton

A false ceiling collapsed in the Becker Hotel dining room at noon causing serious injuries to Emil F. Friddell of Columbus who endured leg and shoulder fractures and internal injuries. H Cc Weinrich of Philadelphia suffered head and shoulder cuts. W L Koch of Xenia broke an ankle. L M Davidson of Cincinnati warned diners. fifty people escaped.

Commercial Tribune Dayton Becker L. M. Davidson Cincinnati Emil F. Friddell Columbus

Ohio Woman Crushed as Train Hits Buggy at Crossing

Mrs. A. Shive, 48, of Salem, was probably fatally injured when a Pennsylvania special train bound for Pittsburgh struck a buggy at a crossing. The horse bolted, the horse and buggy were dragged, and the woman suffered a crushed skull and internal injuries. Watchman Brighden leapt clear to avoid harm.

Commercial Tribune Salem A. Shive Pennsylvania Pittsburg Brighden

Kentuckian Kills Child in Domestic Tragedy

In Sergent Kentucky Otto Hartt a young farmer during a Tuesday night fight with his wife shot and killed his eight year old stepdaughter who clung to her mother. Hartt drank and cannot recall the event today. He laments the tragedy and may be arrested as the wife lies badly hurt.

Commercial Tribune Sergent Isom Lower Rockhouse Creek Otto Hartt Hartt

Ohio woman seeks divorce in Hamilton court

Mrs Louise Wack Haley of a Butler County family sues for divorce from Thomas P Haley of Dayton Ohio. She alleges he abused her during a critical illness and refused surgical aid or hospital care. Her parents funded the operation and she seeks alimony supported by his Dayton property and income over 150 dollars monthly.

Commercial Tribune Hamilton Louise Wack Haley Butler County Thomas P. Haley Dayton

Bishops Assigned as General Conference Concludes

The Twenty-fifth Quadrennial General Conference closes with Bishop Warren offering the benediction. Bishop Bristol delivers a prayer as assignments are announced covering numerous U S states and missions including Alaska Arizona California and more. The Assembly thanks the bishop staff and minutes are approved.

Alabama Atlanta Georgia Anderson Alaska East Oklahoma Smith Arizona California Warren Atlantic Baltimore Newark Ohio Tennessee Cypdnston Austin Gulf Iowa Quayle Black Hills McIntyre Blue Ridge Hast Holston Goodsell Nielson Illinois Berry Chicago Neely St. Louis Indiana Pittsburg Savannah South Carolina Hamilton Oregon Puget Sound Hughes Texas West Texas Upper Lewis Bristol

Presbyterians debate assembly plans and mission reports

The United Presbyterian General Assembly in Pittsburg considered numerous reports including seminaries student declines and a proposed ministerial pension fund. Missionary appointments to Soudan India and Egypt were recommended, with $190 278.79 collected and a $8 800.02 balance in the foreign missions treasury. Evangelist Billy Sunday spoke on ministerial adequacy, criticizing clergy while urging reform of seminaries.

Pittsburg United Presbyterian General Assembly W. T. Campbell Seattle Wash General Assembly Knoxville Tenn Board of Foreign Missions Fannie Bradford Dc. C. Adams C. B. Guthrie Soudan Hazel Bennett Euphemia Young Laura Hamilton J. H. Stewart India Mary Kerr Eula McClenahan Harvey Phillip Daisy Griggs

AMA Convention Opens in Chicago Amid Dealings on Medical Colleges

The American Medical Association opened in Chicago with 7,000 delegates. A committee report will attack cheap medical colleges and rate colleges by failure rates, urging action against those over 20 percent. Dr. Joseph D. Bryant called for high moral standards and a standing ethics committee, cautioning against vivisection bans and backing Roosevelt on resource preservation.

Chicago The American Medical Association Committee On Education Joseph D. Bryant New York Association Bryant Roosevelt

Miami Medical College marks golden jubilee and 48th commencement

Alumni celebrate 50 years of Dr William H Taylor teaching at Miami Medical College with a noon banquet for 400 graduates from many cities. The 48th annual commencement at the Scottish Rite Cathedral featured speeches by Dr A L Knight and Dr Taylor, plus diplomas to graduates including William R Abbott and Stanley B Andrews.

Alumni Association William H. Taylor Miami Medical College Zoo William H. Campbell Cincinnati E. M. Craig Norwood A. L. Knight Taylor Miami A. J. Markley John C. Oliver Lewis M. Hosea Charles C. Miller Lima College Hofer Orchestra William R. Abbott Cincinnati Hospital Stanley B. Andrews St. Vincent Hospital Toledo William E. Blair Christ Hospital Miss Mae Roxie Brenner Malcolm Bronson Miami Valley Hospital Dayton David Bussdicker Speers Hospital William Harold Dane Fitch Joseph Eichberg Daniel Millikin C. O. Probst J. M. Withrow N. P. Dandridge

Lamphere murder case defense outlined after confession doubts

In Laporte Indiana Sheriff Smutzer returns from Texas where he investigated Julius Truelson Jr who claimed to be an accomplice of Mrs Gunness. The confession is repudiated as a bid to avoid forgery charges and Lamphere's defense vows to prove Gun ness alive with letters expected to confirm contact.

Truelson Jonathan G. Thaw Pittsburg Harry K. Thaw Smutzer Herman W. Worden Ray Lamphere

Police Protest In Toledo Larceny Case For Mrs Castle

Elmer Schoneberger and Maude Schoneberger alias Virginia J Schoneberger alias Mrs Maude Castle were arraigned in Police Court after transfer from Toledo to the city. Judge Lueders continued the case to June 6 amid a movement to release Mrs Castle due to her delicate condition. Mrs Ida H Hilty of the Toledo Girls Home visited the detention site while police remained opposed.

Elmer Schoneberger Maude Schoneberger Virginia J. Schoneberger Maude Castle Toledo Lueders Ida H. Hilty

Boy's nap baffles cops in Dayton street search

Isaac Eddy, age four, from the Episcopal Home at Dayton street and Freeman avenue, vanished around 5 PM. Police scoured the city all night until about 9 PM when a small head emerged from under a sofa in the home and the boy crawled out, having fallen asleep there.

Isaac Eddy Episcopal Home Dayton Street Freeman Avenue Isaac

Teamster Injured After Stable Horse Kick at Early & Daniels

Henry Mead a 56 year old teamster of 147 West Eighth street is in a very serious condition in City Hospital after being kicked by a horse in the stable of Early & Daniels on Sixth street near Harriet.

Henry Mead West Eighth Street City Hospital Early & Daniels Sixth Street Harriet

Revival ministers clash over immigration and Americanism

The Rev C A Rhodes addressing the Baptist Ministers Association of Greater New York at Madison Avenue denounced immigrant influence on Christianity and Americanism in major cities. He argued the West shows more conservatism and respect for religious ideas than the East, citing Portland Oregon as a model. He contended Americans make up 8 percent of Portland’s population and guided Baptist convention leadership. The Rev E A Woods of Somerville New Jersey challenged religious periodicals for favorable reviews of trivial books and urged readers to trust stellar pages for quality critiques.

Commercial Tribune New York C. A. Rhodes Baptist Ministers’ Association of Greater New York Madison Avenue Thirty-first Street Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee East Portland Ofc Baptist Convention E. A. Woods Somerville N. J Baptist Church

Synod declines to abolish football at Geneva College

The Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, meeting in Philadelphia, discussed football at Geneva College Beaver Falls Pa and declined to adopt a resolution calling for abolition. The resolution was laid on the table as supporters argued the game aided the college. The synod will reconvene in Chicago next year.

Judiciary Committee Committee On Home Missions Buckley Committee On Ecumenical Council Board of Bishops Methodist Episcopal Church Ecumenical Council In America Philadelphia Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America Geneva College Beaver Falls Synog Chicago

Two Cunarders Break Records

The Cunard Liner Mauretania set a record from Queenstown to New York covering 2890 knots in four days 20 hours 15 minutes at 24.86 knots, beating sister Lusitania by seven minutes while sailing with three of four propellers. Lusitania later broke its eastbound record New York to Queenstown in five days four hours three minutes, two hours forty three minutes faster than its prior best.

New York Cunard Queenstown Cunard Line Company Lusitania Liverpool

Phi Beta Kappa Day at University of Cincinnati

Public meeting in McMicken Hall features Rev. Washington Gladden delivering the oration followed by officer elections. A banquet and initiations conclude the Phi Beta Kappa Day events. The next evening seniors stage Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.

Phi Beta Kappa University of Cincinnati Washington Gladden McMicken Hall Oscar Wilde

Missing 14 year old son reported by mother

The mother of Oscar Gebloke 14 at 2555 Circle Avenue reported to police yesterday that her son is missing from home seeking public help to locate him.

Oscar Gebloke Circle Avenue

Truelson Family Sees Gunness Confession as Delusion

Julius G. Truelson whose alleged Gunness farm confession and retraction were made public today is believed by his family to be mentally unsound. His brother Harry says Julius has been unstable since a trolley-car crash five years ago and that the story cannot be true as Julius was jailed in Elmira Reformatory when the confession allegedly occurred. The Truelsons, in modest means, say they have exhausted efforts to reform him and will not assist further.

New York Julius G. Truelson Gunness Farm Harry Julius Broadway Elmira Reformatory Young Truelson

Rochester Woman Claims Niece Mae O’Reilly Alive in New York

Mrs John Doyle of Rochester says her niece Mae O’Reilly married a man named Truelson of New York City. She declares Mae is alive and well in New York and that she expects her to visit Rochester for a vacation.

Rochester N. Y John Doyle Mae O'Reilly Truelson New York City New York

Mrs Hyde Praises Cuticura for Daughters Heal and Hair Return

Mrs T W Hyde of Brentwood Essex recounts a long battle with a severe scalp eruption in her daughter Adelaide. After doctors failed, Cuticura Soap Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills were used and the disease subsided rapidly with hair regrowth.

Adelaide T. W. Hyde Qngar Place Brentwood Essex England

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Island of Harry Finney Sleepy Boy Cadman Sul Red Star Liner Loomis Vorys Rogers Cleveland Republican Organization H. W. Daugherty Harlan Hollenbeck Kandad Bay White Bandits Tohler Asien Cincinnatian Haley M. E. General Conference Bishop Moore Kentucky Moore Colorado McDowell Columbia River Idaho Dakota Wilson Des’ Moines Spellmeyer Detroit Erie Michigan Minnesota North Dakota Missouri Montana Woking Nebra Nebraska Nevada Pacific Southern New Mexico Oklahoma North Carolina Cranston Billy” Sunday First Presbyterian Church Sunday Sharon Here Doctors’ Committee On Education Truelson, Jr Mae Frances O'Reilly Lamphere Laporte Vernon Tex Boy Lad Geon Mauretania
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