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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1925
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune edition from May 13 1925 lists publication details and distribution notes. It notes the paper is a member of the Associated Press with rights to reproduce AP dispatches. It provides address details for offices and newsstands in New York and Cincinnati.
The verse describes a knight in tight, costly clothing sewn by a village blacksmith with many servile helpers. He endures cramped limits, meals poor in taste, and a life given to war and sleep, yet public taxes and theatre mood shift frame his era. England returns to the gold standard amid political risk.
The article notes the Geneva conference aims to curb export of arms to non governmental actors and outlines definitional gaps. It questions what counts as war material and which governments qualify, warning Bolshevik influence could distort recognition rules and allow de facto regimes to receive supplies.
The Board of Education weighs permitting pupils to miss one hour a week for instruction at a church school. The ruling affirms flexibility for parents to choose supplementary religious education while preserving public school time and efficiency. The issue hinges on whether such absences impair overall learning and align with long-standing practices in Cincinnati and other cities.
A reflective piece arguing the United States bears global responsibilities as world investor, creditor, and steward. It cautions prudence in extending aid while promoting peace and plenty, cites civic concerns, and notes civic and social issues including a dog hero, a council inquiry, and child mortality in a metropolitan shadow.
In New York City a class of idle men thrives on charm and social access. Several have avoided work for years, supported by connections with heiresses and the city’s hospitality circle. Photographers, socialites, and long-standing habits shape their metropolitan lifestyle.
A retrospective note recalls the May Festival in Cincinnati when a full Elijah oratorio was staged drawing regional attendees. It praises New York and Chicago critics, names soloists, and mentions a streetcar accident injuring Robert Sterret. It also notes arrests for close driving by seven cartmen and a flag-raising at Holy Trinity Church on West Fifth Street.
At a Tobacco Association meeting held in the offices of Inspector Prague, resolutions commemorated the activities of Charles Bodmann.
The Commercial reports Judge Alphonso Taft’s full opinion from the Supreme Court regarding two resolutions to introduce Bible readings. The ruling assesses constitutional questions and the official stance on religious exercises in public proceedings.
Louis Worthington who had spent months in Florida seeking health suffered another stroke of paralysis after recently returning to the city.
Weather: Clear 58 to 60 degrees. A Cincinnati column recalls events from twenty years ago including a vanished husband and the disappearance of his wife Mrs Thomas Nutridge. The piece notes creditors, a senior elocution contest at St Xavier Memorial Hall, a wagon accident on Main Street, and local business and civic notes.
Former President of the American Medical Association highlighted welfare and success themes in a public speech advocating medical ethics and professional service. He urged physicians to prioritize patient care and community health while reflecting on career milestones.
The unseen force of unconscious self suggestion can aid healing but has dangerous limits. Misuse has caused fatal outcomes in cancer and infectious diseases, including diphtheria and scarlet fever, when relied on as the primary treatment. Properly directed suggestion remains an auxiliary, not a cure, as medicine intersects physiology and hygiene. Tomorrow Beauty's Ten Commandments.
A reader quiz lists 10 questions with answers promised for tomorrow including famous English figures, geography, and literature. It cites Plassy, Molokai, Topsy, Pilgrim's Progress, and historical notes, with a separate list of yesterday's corrected answers.
In rocky ravines by lakes and old trees a chorus of wildflowers grows including large yellow lady's slippers Cypripedium pubescens. The mythic Venus Hera and deities are imagined amid foxes owls and weasels as herbal uses note the plant as a nerve tonic and anti spasmodic. J OTIS SWIFT. World News Service 1925.
Elsie Haehnle asks The Commercial Tribune whether a dime minted in 1835 carries a premium and, if so, the amount. She provides address at 3842 Floral Avenue South Norwood Ohio.
Ohio municipalities in the Municipal Gas Conference cannot use public funds to cover delegates’ meeting expenses. Attorney General Crabbe cited a state Supreme Court ruling limiting funding of similar municipal associations. Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus were among affected cities seeking guidance on membership fees and data for rate increase battles.
Five members of the Cincinnati Chapter American Institute of Banking Board of Governors were elected at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. Winners include Elsie Beck and Ralph Holste from local banks along with Oscar Hermingshauser James Hogan and Frank MacNeill.
The fourth annual St Celia Choral Club concert at St Francis Auditorium Liberty and Vine last night featured contralto Nellie Sullivan as soloist with three encores. She sang The Cry of Rachel Killarney and I Dwelt in Marble Halls, while the chorus of thirty two under Frank Mahler earned applause with The Waltz Chorus From Faust and When Twilight Weaves. Mrs Mahler accompanied.
Seven year old David Smickler of 1221 Ridgeway avenue was hit by a car driven by George Weiner 45 East McMillan street. He suffered facial bruises and a possible skull fracture and was taken to General Hospital. The crash was deemed unavoidable.
In a 13 to 11 vote at the League of Nations conference, armored trains and flame throwers were excluded from international supervision for traffic in arms. The United States offered to join a convention requiring producing states to publish armament statistics, seen as a moral push for world disarmament.
Detectives McGurn and Schwack chased two bootleggers along Foley road last night as they dumped five gallons of moonshine. James Sheehan 23 and David Babington 20 were arrested for transporting and possessing liquor. Police also found 100 gallons of mash and 400 pounds of sugar at a Step 8 camp on Lower River road. Howard Riddell 19 was arrested for moonshine possession as federal agents seized his car.
The University of Cincinnati girls debate team defeated Butler College in a McMicken Hall discussion on repealing Japanese exclusion provisions of the Johnson immigration act. Judges included H Bettermann, Stanley B Hanna, and Thomas H Kelley. Dean Josephine Simrall presided.
Inventory filed in Probate Court lists the late Senator Medill McCormick estate at roughly 2 million dollars. Personal property stands at about 1.75 million while real estate including two Ogle County tracts and the former senator's Washington DC home totals 250 thousand.
Federal agents seized fifteen thousand gallons of alleged beer and two large stills on the John Lindenschmidt farm eight miles below Evansville early today. Lindenschmidt was arrested while three other men escaped.
1775 Lyman Hall arrived in Philadelphia with 160 barrels of rice for Massachusetts patriots. 1780 A form of government was drafted for Cumberland settlements in Tennessee. 1837 Fourteen New Orleans banks suspended specie payment.
General Boris Savinkoff once Petrograd governor and Kerensky era figure died by falling from his prison cell window in Moscow. He had been serving a long sentence for counterrevolution after addressing letters to M Djerjinsky and lamenting his imprisonment. Djerjinsky replied release was unlikely.
Gen eral Boris Savinkoff was tried and sentenced to death on August 28 1924 for seven years of anti Soviet activity. A stay of execution was ordered as he sought pardon while acknowledging guilt. He organized the assassination of Prime Minister von Plehve and Grand Duke Serigus.
William J. Schick an attorney was elected President of the Price Hill Community Center Association at Carson School last night. John C. Nieporte became Vice President with Amelia Niederman treasurer Marion Leighty secretary and Carlo Cadwell J C McNally Joseph Pahl Anna Seidenstinner and E S White named to the Executive Board. The meeting adjourned early so members could attend the Westwood Civic Association session.
Seven first cousins of John C Eastman sue to contest the Chicago Evening Journal owner’s will. The will disposed of the newspaper and remaining estate to three employees. Executors value the estate at about 1 million dollars.
Herman Wilkes of Cleveland was elected Grand Chief Ranger at the Ohio Grand Court of Foresters of America twenty first biennial session in New Philadelphia Ohio. Oran Devan of Covington Kentucky was chosen Trustee with Cincinnati the principal contender for the next session.
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