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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
1
Germany proposes annuities totaling about 300 million dollars annually starting 1927 if an immediate capital payment loan is unavailable. The plan would guarantee 10 billion marks via a rail system pledge and a gold mortgage, with additional funds from customs and a tobacco spirits monopoly.
Berlin dispatches report seven killed and over one hundred wounded in Leipzig riots sparked by Ruhr occupation protests and unemployment dole concerns. Police say clashes involved demonstrations led by trade unions and Socialists with suspected Communist agitation.
Caterpillars delayed the Albany Newport train by one hour and twenty five minutes last night. An inch deep caterpillar army covered railway tracks forcing trainmen to stop. Insects devastate the coast mountain region from Eddyville to Blodgett on the Albany Newport road. One man was driven from his Eddyville home by the infestation.
James Comerford a Bureau of Weights and Measures worker, angry over a $23.28 wage deduction for absence shot Chief Inspector Albert Lutz in his Municipal Building office. Two shots were fired. one hit below the heart and the other missed. Comerford was jailed for felonious assault after admission.
A runaway trolley at 125th Street and Amsterdam Avenue struck a five story tenement, killing Margaret McLaughlin and injuring three others. Slippery rails from heavy rain and a derailed car at fifty mph caused the disaster as bricks toppled onto the sidewalk. The motorman reported power failure and brake failure as the car derailed and crashed.
In San Diego on June 17 Boatswain E. E. Reber piloted a torpedo plane to a world record speed of 102.88 miles per hour over a three kilometer course. Lieutenant L. D. Webb followed at 102.78 mph in the M-6 monoplane recently added to North Island naval air forces.
Edward Rhoden of Rochester and Joseph McKeehan of Cincinnati, both 19, robbed Mrs. Elmer Eckstein’s Silver Grove, Kentucky, house while her three children played hide and seek. Diamonds worth 300 dollars and a pistol were taken. Detectives traced the items to the pair, who pleaded guilty to entering without permission. They remained bound over to the grand jury on $500 bonds each.
Palm Beach Florida June 7 The body of Henry Simmons a Negro was found hanging from a tree on Palm Beach Island He allegedly shot and killed Policeman Smith a native of Staunton Virginia on Sunday authorities said
The Army and Navy Union George Washington Garrison voted unanimously to oppose Eugene Debs speaking June 21 at Music Hall. A protest committee led by Albert B. Flatau will address Mayor Carrel, the Chamber of Commerce and Music Hall trustees. Similar moves by Handley Garrison are planned tonight.
Hearst says he favors a third party in the presidential race and is not committed to Ford or Johnson. He criticizes both parties as driven by privileged interests, argues for a government of the people, and hints Ford or Johnson could be the unifying figure if a new party forms to curb foreign entanglements.
James Foley, 18, messenger for Charles Barney & Co., was arrested after police say he turned over $141,000 in bonds. He claimed a hectic Coney Island night with two strangers led to the loss and sale of the securities. Police investigations show prior loss of $8,000 seven months earlier and ongoing attempts to recover proceeds.
Frank Englert a 54 year old picture frame maker was found dead in his room at 14 West Thirteenth Street after noon by roommate Michael Wynn. A bullet through the head and notes suggest suicide prompted by illness and despondency with no clear motive found.
A crowd along Columbia Street Newport watched the fifty to sixty foot Lady Betty burn for about a quarter hour before an alarm was raised. Firemen cut holes in the hull and the craft sank near shore, extinguishing the blaze. Owner Don Singer and his wife had planned a trip Saturday, having left the boat at 8 30. William M. Chase alerted the fire department after seeing the fire shortly after 11. No cause could be determined.
In Madison on June 7 the Wisconsin Assembly approved repeal of the Severson prohibition statute by a 47 to 43 vote after defeating an attempt to kill the bill. It must clear the Senate and face the Governor before becoming law. In New York the Chamber of Commerce tabled a prohibition enforcement resolution and urged reform of the Volstead act. Mayor Hylan pledged cooperation with federal enforcement while stressing federal port and border control.
A man identified as William Grethel Jr aged 23 is found dead in an attic with a rope. Police investigators say the body was discovered after a note said you will find me in the attic and the father’s message is cited. The incident is under local inquiry.
Four people were bruised and over twenty shaken after a Spring Grove avenue bus collided with a Colerain street car on Linn street, sending a year old baby flying from a car and triggering mass panic. Bus driver Weigel cited for possible reckless driving. hospital treatment followed for minor injuries. In a separate incident, Detective McCorkhill fatally shot Wallace Speer after Speer threatened Officer Hartley at a Race street home. Speer died after police opened fire during a stand off. Speer’s grandmother, Mrs. Hattie Page, died earlier that day. Speer had a troubled police career ending in 1922 amid alcohol related issues.
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