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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1925
Page
12
Albert Drummond 24 and Dolores Monroe 17 wed yesterday morning in Toledo. Drummond found guilty in Juvenile Court of contributing to a minor's delinquency. the girl placed in Juvenile Court custody. Judge Hoffman postponed final sentencing to Friday.
Ethel Busse of 248 Setchell avenue filed for divorce and alimony in Domestic Relations Court alleging Dr. Carl Richard Busse of 3703 Eastern avenue was drunk during most of their marriage, harmed his medical practice, associated with other women, beat her when intoxicated, and failed to support her. She requests restoration of her maiden name Ethel Hollis. they married October 27, 1920 in Falmouth Kentucky.
Matthias B. Cronk of 2116 North Main Street files suit for divorce from Barbara Cronk alleging she married him to spite another and refused his name after their Detroit wedding on April 19, 1921. He says she was indifferent, told friends they were not married, and in June 1921 banned him from the home via an employee. Barbara is said to be at the Ann Arbor Sanatorium in Michigan.
Catherine Leidenbor, 25, of 1805 Central avenue Newport, Ky., married Anton Leidenbor after pressure from her mother and was granted a divorce on gross neglect. Other decrees went to Lucy A. Smallwood from Charles Smallwood, and William Tebelman from Pearl R. Tebelman, both for gross neglect, plus Emma Price from Calvin Price of Long Beach, Cal., for gross neglect.
Harry Rowe Jr of 3439 Michigan Ave Hyde Park sues in Common Pleas Court to stop city from removing two sidewalk gasoline pumps built six years ago at a cost about 1400. He says the 3 year old Planning Commission order lacks authority and would destroy his property. The suit targets the city Safety Director Service Director Chief of Police.
Mrs. Helen S. Jackson of Toledo appealed a disorderly conduct conviction from Norwood Mayor Nolte after a tear gas bomb incident at Odd Fellows Hall on January 18. Judge Caldwell took the appeal under advisement following a Common Pleas hearing, with defense claiming mayoral prejudice and insufficient evidence.
Herman W. Lackman, executor of Albert Lackman’s will, filed suit in Common Pleas Court seeking a ruling on the trust provisions favoring Mrs Emma Perll Lackman. The section places estate assets with the widow and son as trustees, with $6,000 yearly to the widow for life, the son receiving the balance up to $6,000, and remaining funds split after $12,000. the widow’s remarriage affects her share and, at her death, the trust and Rose Hill residence go to the son. The son contends his mother elected not to take under the will on February 1, 1924, affecting the trust arrangement.
Common Pleas Court rooms 1J 38J 4J 5J 6J 7J schedule dense with case numbers and parties including Hassan vs Chicago Fire and Marine Co and Burke vs Zumstein Taxi, plus a Superior Court entry Kelly Jones Co vs Printz & Anderson at 9 oclock.
A doubt arises on proper construction of the testament. The court is asked to decide whether the widow’s action renders the trust null and void and whether title to all property passes to him subject to his mother’s one third dower interest.
William R. Foster of Stearns and Foster fame died June 26. Probate filing shows a $100,000 estate left to his widow Margaret and daughter Pauline Reed. The 1923 will and 1923 codicil raise the widow’s income to 15,000 annually and split other income until the widow’s death then all to the daughter, with $150 monthly to the widow's sister Kate Boland from the estate through Central Trust Company as executor.
In Judge Hoffman's court a jury convicts Owens 29 a railroad fireman of attacking a fourteen year old girl in his home on October 27 1924. The wife of Samuel Owens fainted in court and was carried out before being revived and sent home.
In Judge Hickenlooper's court, three Aerie No. 142 trustees, the janitor, and the custodian of the Eagles club at 1117 Walnut were arraigned on beer possession charges and pleaded nolo contendere. Each trustee and custodian paid 200 dollars plus costs, while the janitor and custodian faced 50-dollar fines plus costs. A raid uncovered a forty-foot bar with two half barrels on tap and four more half barrels stored. Judge Dixon noted the plea as a compromise between state and defendants.
Gregory J O Leary of 827 Woodlawn Avenue has been appointed Federal Navigation Inspector on the Ohio River at this port and will assume duties tomorrow. J A Gayman of Cincinnati Customs announced. The inspector will enforce navigation laws on motor boats including lights machinery and life saving equipment and check passengers on large boats.
A list of civil case filings includes Union Gas & Electric Co. versus Florence L. Rowland for a lien and execution of 68.09 dollars. Morris Kassir versus Eugene Adler seeking contract rescission and 14474.48. divorces for Mathias B. Cronk versus Barbara Cronk and Mabel Ratledge versus Amanzo Ratledge. sale of real estate for Fuller Auto Co. versus Francisca Litschgi. injunctions for Val Dunn versus A. W. Heines and Arthur E. Lathrop versus Reuben Fehl. habeas corpus for W. E. Carpenter. and other suit entries such as specific performance, damages, and city injunctions.
Mrs Elizabeth Brandstetter 33 of Vineyard and Tusculum avenues was cut and bruised yesterday when the car she rode in with Mrs Mary Schlueter collided with a truck driven by George Muller of 3545 Columbia Avenue at Linwood Road and Tweed Avenue. She was taken to her home.
In Covington the Kenton Circuit Court holds insufficient evidence that Judge Tarvin granted Effie May Hunter a 1903 divorce from Rufus Hunter and reopens the case to record it as unpaid costs. Dr. Victor Fischbach of Cincinnati seeks divorce from Effie May Fischbach, who remarries. The action follows a long procedural history and a 1924 record review.
Police arrested Dale Keith after he and accomplices tried to crack a steel vault at the Niser Ice Cream Co office on West Sixth Street. A bystander phone report led to Keith’s capture near Sixth and Stone streets as others fled. police recovered burglar tools and vehicle. Earlier, burglars failed to crack a safe at Queen City Petroleum on Colewain Avenue, taking gasoline coupons valued at seventy dollars.
The body of 22 year old Charles Hutson of Cincinnati was recovered in the Ohio River near Constance Kentucky after a canoe overturning last Thursday. A star pendant on a ring identified him and items such as a gold watch and small change were found. Coroner Stephens ordered the body moved to Hugenburg Grindmeyer’s undertaking in Covington.
Local Boy Scout troops from east and west districts will compete in athletic contests at Camp Edgar Friedlander Scout Reservation on July 4. The program features a water carnival and fireworks, with a tug-of-war between parent auxiliaries. Arthur Nash will address the opening.
An elderly woman found wandering on Eastern avenue and Setchell avenue was identified as Mrs. Wilhelmina Hagenseker, 65, of 4439 Huntington avenue Covington Kentucky. She remembered only the name of her doctor Dr P L Carlton Latonia. Local relatives identified her and she was returned home. Dr Carlton reported a recent mild mental derangement. She had left home to shop in Cincinnati.
In Chicago on June 29 Morris Stuben 80 and Philip Fo r 26, former taxicab drivers, were found guilty of murdering Thomas Skirven in the 1921 taxicab drivers war and sentenced to life imprisonment after a forty minute jury deliberation.
The Market Committee of the City Council recommended to fix Pearl street market hours from 4 PM to 9 AM after a public hearing. A prior ordinance setting 6 AM to 9 AM was vetoed by Mayor Carrel, with a three to one vote in favor of the substitute. Support came from grocers and merchants, while some merchants and commission agents opposed.
Lee Arndt a 33 year old roofer of 2643 Liddell Avenue fell thirty feet when a scaffold at Sixth and Worth streets broke. He was taken to St. Marys Hospital by his brother Robert Arndt with him. Doctors said his skull was fractured and he had internal injuries severed cuts and bruises.
The steam er John W Hubbard will carry passengers from Cincinnati to Rising Sun Indiana for the Ohio River Motor Boat Racing Association races on July Fourth. The boat departs 8 a.m. from Main Street, docks at the course, anchors to view finishes, and returns after the final race. Onboard entertainment includes music and dancing.
John Price, 32, of 753 Pennock alley, was arrested by Detectives Diers and Wolf on suspicion of stealing a car from Arthur Peters at 1819 Baymiller street on May 26. He allegedly sold the vehicle to Orville Rust of 750 Richmond street who tried to trade it for a new car. Rust claimed he bought it for $75 without a bill of sale and Price said a man gave him the car last November to sell.
Jacob Eyrich announced yesterday that there will be no city markets on Saturday for Independence Day. All day markets will run Friday at Sixth and Findlay street markets.
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