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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1925
Page
5
The House of Commons rejected an amendment to postpone silk duties to end of 1929 by 331 to 165. Churchill defended the duties as essential to broaden taxation, while promising to consult with trades before finalizing the duty scale. The chamber approved the principle 330 to 166, authorizing further talks with the silk trade.
In Colesberg South Africa May 11 the Prince of Wales abandoned receptions to hunt birds after a wrist injury. He tried springbok shooting but switched to bird shooting as his party bagged 34 of the birds while the prince wore a large red handkerchief under his hat, resembling a Bedouin chief.
Traction Company figures indicate April average riders at 209 322 daily versus 267 592 in March, with W Jerome Kuertz Street Railroad Director noting March had one more Sunday. He questions the cause, suggesting buses may be taking riders, and awaits April financial statements to assess debt payments.
Lillian praises Mother Graham and pleads for her presence as illness deepens. Madge plans nourishment and coffee, while nurse Katherine hovers, anxious about Lillian’s condition and the urgency of the visit.
Fire Prevention Bureau reports Music Hall in excellent condition with regard to fire risk after thorough inspection by Edward Steinway and team. Clean up of some wings underway with full cooperation from John Graham the building’s superintendent.
Commercial Tribune patterns offer No. 5113 a breezy warm weather dress in linen with embroidery. Available in three sizes 16 18 and 20 years the pattern requires 34 yards of 40 inch material for the dress and 1½ yards for the blouse. mailed for 10 cents.
Practical decorating ideas for May entertaining emphasize simple table setups using floral centerpieces. Suggestions include hyacinths with American flags, lilac candles, decorative baskets, and paper accents suitable for luncheon or dinner parties.
Madge Burton, a twenty year old telephone operator, loves Emerson Tyndal the rich firm president. He confesses misgivings and plans a Maine tramping trip while Jane Darmouth and Judge Blackwood secretly marry, leaving Madge to face heartbreak and the grind of work with Cupid as her helper.
Ray mond Nugent alias Richard Crane formerly of Cincinnati was indicted by the Hamilton County grand jury on first degree murder in the slaying of Edward Schief in a quarrel ten days earlier. Edward Scott and John Messner were charged with complicity. Scott’s bond was set at 1000 dollars and Messner’s at 2000. Froome Morris, Vice Mayor of Cincinnati, serves as attorney for Scott.
Mexican federal troops Nogales police and cowboys scoured Sonora for George Jarrl, an American rancher who vanished from his Quijano area home last Thursday. His riderless horse returned Saturday, sparking a wide search with officials hoping for news as authorities fear rustlers may be involved. The American consul in Nogales notified Sonoran Governor Bey requesting full state help.
Lorefizo Emmons a 25 year old chauffeur of 441 Bank Street was fined 10 dollars in Municipal Court for using profane language. Detective Henry Loewenstine testified Emmons became enraged when his car failed to move as quickly as he expected.
Esther Sayles Root, writer, married to Franklin Pierce Adams of the New York World, becomes the first woman to be issued a passport in her maiden name under Kellogg’s rule. The passport lists her as Esther Sayles Root, wife of Franklin Pierce Adams.
The United States dirigible TC-35 left Aberdeen proving grounds for a test flight to Pittsburgh and Ohio but turned back this afternoon when mountains proved difficult to cross. The craft returned to its starting point after the abortive attempt.
A blond bob-haired bandit driving a stylish car beat Mrs. Margaret Sinclair with a revolver and robbed her of 12 cents in Camden New Jersey. The crime was reported by the New York World News Service on May 11.
In Johannesburg May 11 a liquor raid by six native detectives led to a violent assault in which one native was killed and about one hundred natives were arrested. Seven hundred natives participated in the attack.
London. George Bernard Shaw rejects claims of a new work The Trial of Jesus and other rumors. He says John Masefield staged a private reading and insists he has not written another play while noting two other false reports about saints and converting to Catholicism.
In Madisonville a shooting case leads to Munici pal Court where four principals will recount events to Judge Alexander. William H. Jackson 27 of East Twelfth Street faces a shooting to kill charge for Earl Zike 19 of Madison Road, who was wounded in the right hip. Earl Zike Francis Zike 16 and Jess Wall 24 all of Madeira are charged with attempted burglary with juvenile detention for Francis. The youths claim Jackson fired as they went to the Atzel garage for oil and gas. Jackson says he heard plans to rob.
Harry J. Fernekes, sought in New York for two murders and bank robberies, was arraigned and pleaded not guilty before Chief Justice Hopkins. He allegedly ordered police to get Clarence Darrow, who denies involvement. Fernekes’s common law wife left $1,000 cash and four diamond rings for safekeeping and has disappeared. He faces possible transfer to New York if local authorities fail to secure a hanging verdict.
Columbus Ohio May 9 Attorney General C O C Crabbe joined Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Bell in asking the Common Pleas Court to nol pros the indictment returned by a grand jury against Sheriff Richard Witt of Hamilton County. The officials say the evidence does not justify trial for renting property in which he was financially interested for immoral purposes. The move aims to clear Witt of the charges and set no precedent.
A plane from the Panama Canal Zone air defense force crash landed over San Jose Costa Rica killing Lieutenant Watson and Sergeant Henson and wounding two others. The craft, part of a flotilla on a flight from France Field, Panama Canal Zone, caught fire and burned after the sudden descent.
First Lieutenant Arthur G. Watson is listed in the March army list directory as part of the American Air Force at Francis Field. He was born in Maryland on September 24, 1896 and served earlier in Company D, First Infantry, Connecticut National Guard.
Associated Press reports two fatal air crashes. Lieutenant John D. Barrigar died when his aircraft struck a tree near Del Carmen in Pampanga Province while searching for three lost artillery soldiers. In Seattle area, Lieutenant Walter J. Wood died instantly when an army plane piloted by Wood fell 100 feet near Sand Point. Boyd W. Roberts was severely injured. Both Wood and Roberts resided in Seattle.
William OConnor of 1786 Pulte Street received a ten dollar fine plus costs in Traffic Court after his vehicle struck a car at Sutter Avenue and Beekman Street, injuring one occupant. Howard P. Pritish of Rockport New York was fined for arterial stop law violation. James Miller of 315 Wayne Avenue Lockland was fined for driving on the wrong side of Elm Street. Adam Fell of 3201 Colerain Avenue was fined for failing to stop at an arterial highway. Fell claimed he missed his prior appearance due to being felled by a car.
Six inmates escaped Hillsboro jail by sawing bars from a cell window and are suspected heading toward Cincinnati. The men are James Bankan Harley Dorman William Bekard Jack Sultzberger Chauncey Osborne and Elmer Holtz aged 20 to 27, all charged with burglary or larceny.
President Coolidge met at the Hamilton Hotel with the Little Cabinet the Assistant Secretaries from executive departments in a monthly gathering that normally excludes the President except once a year. The group originated under President Harding to foster cross department contact.
Four prisoners indicted on charges of stealing an automobile belonging to Howard Stevens of Independence Kentucky while parked at Fourth and Race streets on April 26 were returned from Whiting Indiana where they were arrested Sunday in connection with an attempted theft of automobile tires there. They are Paul Thompson 19 of Columbus Samuel Demona 31 of Detroit Mrs Margaret Gates 21 of Detroit and Mrs Kathleen Joop 21 of Detroit.
May 11. A court martial sentenced Flight me charged with involvement in the Sveti Kral Cathedral blast in Sofia to death. Three men were executed publicly or privately while five others received death by default. Remaining defendants drew six or three year terms plus heavy fines. The packed courtroom showed no reaction.
Zadgorski, sacristan of the cathedral, is charged with accepting 100 dollars to allow plotters access to the cathedral roof for placing explosives. Friedmann admits Communist ties but denies bomb plot links. Koeff faces harboring Captain Ninkoff after the blast, while Daskaloff and Kambauroff are charged with hiding Zadgorski.
Lewis Basom of Cleveland, nine years after escaping, is back in the Ohio Penitentiary serving two more years for forgery after an intoxicated insult to his wife led to her betrayal. Basom, once a trusted painter, married in Detroit after his escape and plans to resume work in the prison printing office. He expressed forgiveness for his wife and concern for their four children, recounting a life of attempted straightness since his escape.
Alfred Handley of Birmingham and Evelyn Ball of London wed in New York after arriving aboard the Caronia. English marriage laws barred their union back home, so they married at the municipal building with Deputy City Clerk J N McCormack officiating.
Stephen De Luca a Mt. Vernon youth who pleaded guilty to stealing a $621 payroll from White Plains merchant David Salky may regain his job. Salky offered reemployment in County Court after De Luca surrendered in Chicago and reimbursed Salky and Westchester County for the cost of the return.
Columbus May 11 Attorney General C C Crabbe ruled that the new budget law enacted by the last Legislature despite the Governor's veto becomes operative this year The budget prepared this July must cover the year starting January 1 1926 and be prepared accordingly.
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