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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1928

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Japanese Fail to See Change of Make-up

A brief report notes that Japanese observers fail to perceive shifts in makeup amid the Tsinan Affair. The piece references ongoing political strains and public reaction in the region.

Japan to send extra troops to guard Shantung rail line

Tokyo said no immediate talks with Chinese over the Tsinan issue and that additional Japanese troops due about May 17 are needed to protect the railway from Tsingtao to Tsinan. Nationalists reportedly seek to accept responsibility for their forces while avoiding blame for the Tsinan incident. Ho Yao-Tsu was ousted for failure to control his troops, though not held responsible for clashes with Japanese.

Tsingtao China Tsinan Tientsin Chihli Shantung Shanghai Ho Yao-Tsu Third Army Corps Taiwan Chiang Kai-Shek

Japan blames Moscow for Shantung attack

Geneva dispatch reports Japan plans to tell the League of Nations that the nationalist third army attack in Shantung was engineered by Communist elements under Moscow direction to discredit Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. No further clashes expected, reducing likelihood of League intervention.

Albin E. Johnson New York World News Service Geneva Japan Shantung League of Nations Yotaro Sugimura Adachi Tokyo Council Third Army Shansung Moscow Chiang Kai- Shek League N. Y. World News Service N. Y. World Press Pub. Co

Church Killer Refuses To Talk In Murder Charge

Pittsburgh May 14 Fays ette Tyrrell 53 attorney and Sunday School Superintendent was formally charged with murder after the fatal shooting of Philip Clark 36 at the First Christian Church in Munhall. Tyrrell in jail declined to discuss the affair. Witnesses say Tyrrell fired three shots two hitting Clark. Clark had accused Tyrrell in a divorce case and alleged he was unfit for the Sunday school post. Clark attended the church with his wife and young son when shot.

Pittsburgh Faysette F. Tyrrell Philip Clark First Christian Munhall Tyrrell Clark Sunday School Post

John McGraw Injured by Auto After Cubs Giants Game

Chicago May 14 John McGraw manager of the New York Giants suffered a slight injury to his right leg when grazed by an automobile while crossing near Wrigley Park to enter a taxicab after the Cubs Giants game Examination showed no bone injury He remained at his hotel and may miss tomorrow's game The driver was not detained

Chicago John McGraw New York Giants Cubs

Stresemann Illness Worsens to Kidney Complications

Berlin May 14 report states Foreign Secretary Dr. Gustav Stresemann is bedbound with feverish paratyphoid like illness and kidney involvement. Doctors Zondek Gisevious Schulman issued the bulletin noting extreme care and possible extended convalescence, with Egypt as a suggested destination.

Berlin Gustav Stresemann Stresemann Mayence Egypt

Lipstick Ban Denies Communion to Lipsticked Girls

Baltimore May 14 The Rev Dr James F Hickey of St Marys Seminary announced that lipstick stained lips will be denied Holy Communion when he officiates at any Catholic church He called the practice disgraceful and said future recipients with lipstick on their lips would be refused Communion.

New York World News Service Baltimore James F. Hickey Hickey St. Mary's Seminary St. Edward's Catholic Church

Jewels Worth 100000 Left in Taxi Cab in New York

Mrs Alfred H Chapin reported a bag containing diamonds pearls and watches worth 100000 left in a taxicab after staying at the Ambassador Grand Central. The bag identified to Chapin Crescent Hills Springfield Mass included a platinum bracelet set with diamonds and other jewelry insured.

New York Alfred H. Chapin Crescent Hills Springfield Mass Chapin Lavalliere

I C C Weighs Dropping Erie in C and C Merger Plan

New York May 14 The Interstate Commerce Commission reportedly decided to eliminate the Erie Railroad as a unit in the Chesapeake and Ohio merger plan. The move would leave Erie out of a proposed trunk line from New York to Chicago linking the Hocking Valley Pere Marquette and other routes.

New York World News Service New York Erie Railroad Chesapeake & Ohio New York City Washington Interstate Commerce Commission van Sweringens Hocking Valley Pere Marquette Erie Chicago New York State Ohio Indiana Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Leonar F. Loree Chesapeake Corporation van Sweringen Brothers Lehigh Valley Eastern Railroad Loree

Rebels raid Coco River area in Nicaragua assaulting American Miller’s wife

A rebel band near the Coco River in Nicaragua mistreated Mrs. Miller at Miller’s plantation while seeking her husband for information allegedly given to the marine forces. The raiders looted stores valued at thousands, wrecked property, and seized river craft as they pillaged villages along the lower river, incensing local residents.

Managua Nicaragua Miller Coco Lower River Coco River

Heiress recounts 687000 loss in Plaza jewelry theft

Mrs. James P. Donahue, Woolworth heiress, testified in a retrial over the 1925 Hotel Plaza robbery. She described losing a 500000 necklace and jewels bringing total losses to 687000. Detected fixer Noel S. Scaffa allegedly returned gems after saying they came from Sam Layton with a 65000 reward.

New York James P. Donahue Woolworth Noel S. Scaffa Scaffa Sam Layton Donahues Layton Hotel Plaza Donahue F. W. Woolworth

Suspect Held In Drowning Of Woman After Fight

An investigation into the death of Mrs. Minnie Ross of Martins Ferry Ohio was under way after her body was found in the Ohio River. A houseboat resident reported hearing a quarrel last night and a splash. A man who admitted being with Mrs. Ross last night was arrested.

Wheeling W. Va Minnie Ross Martins Ferry Ohio River

Bremen Visitors Arrive in St Louis From Milwaukee

The trans Atlantic Bremen flyers Baron von Huenefeld Captain Koehl and Maj. Fitzmaurice landed at Lambert Field after a 350 mile flight in 3 hours 11 minutes. Thousands greeted them at Lambert Field and Forest Park with German groups aiding the welcome. An official ceremony followed at the park with city officials and the German consul present.

ST. Louis Lambert Field Forest Park the Park George Ahrens Germany Victor Miller

Naval Flyer Killed In Potomac Crash Near Washington

Lieut. F. R. Buse of the naval air corps was killed during a practice flight ahead of the Schneider Cup races. His O 2 U 1 seaplane crashed into the Potomac about a mile below the naval air station, with witnesses placing the fall from fifty to one hundred fifty feet. The wreckage was found quickly but the body was recovered only hours later.

Naval Flyer Potomac Washington F. R. Buse Naval Air Corps Ridley Park Naval Air Station

Law Committee Backs Lunken Airport Acquisition Plan

The Law Committee will ask City Council to approve an ordinance accepting Lunken Airport Inc. offer for land totaling about 950 acres, with 250 acres under option or to be condemned. City to spend 60,000 dollars within six months to prepare the field for night flying and lighting.

Lunken Airport, Inc Aeree Acres Lunken Airport

Moosehead Lake Boat Sinks. Only Survivor Recounts Tragedy

Ten men of a Brockton fishing party of eleven are believed drowned when their motorboat sank in Moosehead Lake. Captain James E. Lays swam ashore after the vessel filled in sixty feet of water. He spent the night in a camp and reached West Outlet camps exhausted. Dr Arthur F Peterson is missing. The search focused on Sandbar Island and surrounding shores as wreckage and life preservers were recovered.

Rockwood Moosehead Lake James E. Lays Brockton Mass West Outlet Daley William F Peterson Arthur F Blanke Earl P Plymouth Bridgewood David Sandberg John Dahlborg Fred Moberg Frank Howard Harry Buddin Sam Greenville Solander Knute Tomhegan Camps Lays Dr. Peterson E. L. Malone New York West Outlet Camps Sandbar Island Kineo

Pre-Tut Mummies Hunters Set From Bellingham Alaska Trip

Charles H. Stoll leads an expedition sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History to locate North American mummies older than Tutankhamen finds. The team will depart Bellingham for Alaska, travel through the Aleutians, and cruise near the New Siberian Islands for mummies and Arctic marine life.

Bellingham Wash North America Tutankhamen Aleutia Islands Charles H. Stoll Alaska Mr. Stoll Harold McCracken False Pass Aleutians McCracken American Museum of Natural History Bering Strait Arty New Siberian Islands North Pole

Senate advances pension bill for Mrs Woodrow Wilson

The Senate approved a bill to grant a $5,000 annual pension to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Senator Swan son of Virginia urged passage as the measure moves to the House. The amount matches the widow’s pension given to Theodore Roosevelt’s widow.

Senate Washington Woodrow Wilson Swanson Dem House Roosevelt

Child of Old and Active Parents Has Greatest Eminence Say

Dr. Martin Fischer of the University of Cincinnati argues in a Kiwanis Club luncheon talk on heredity that children of older, hardworking parents have the highest chances of becoming eminent. He cites examples from Confucius to Franklin and notes idle lineage yields poorer outcomes, while late-age, industrious parents boost offspring potential. The Edwards are noted as highly eminent. Jukes as least.

Fischer Martin Fischer College of Medicine University of Cincinnati Kiwanis Club Chamber of Commerce Confucius Confucious Franklin Edwards Jukes

Pilot survives crash after attacker hits with hammer

In Pontiac Michigan a commercial pilot, Harry Anderson, was attacked by a maniac passenger, Harry Frechette, 28 of Detroit, who hammer struck him mid flight. The plane nose-dived to within about 100 feet of the ground before Anderson regained control and landed. Both men were hospitalized. Frechette faces a jail sanity test after recovery.

Pontiac Mich Harry Anderson Harry Frechette Detroi Roseville Frechette Anderson

Senate approves smaller surtax for middle incomes

In Washington on May 14 the Senate voted a downward revision of the surtax rate for incomes between 20,000 and 80,000, granting about a 25 million dollar slice of the pending 200 million tax cut. The retroactive application to last year’s taxes failed 54 to 28 as Western Republican independents joined Democrats. Debates centered on where to start the lower rates with Simmons favoring 10,000 to 70,000 and Smoot proposing 20,000 to 70,000. both plans await House action.

Washington Senate House Simmons North Carolina Finance Committee Smoot Utah Bruce Maryland Harrison Mississippi Walsh Massachusetts Reed Pennsylvania Coolidge Mellon

Grand jurors to smoke out vice in Chicago

Chicago officials move toward a special grand jury to probe election murders frauds and terrorism. Oscar Carlstrom to lead the investigation with June 4 start date and aims to expose ties between crime syndicates and city officials as Frank J Loesch fronts the Chicago Crime Commission in court. Julius Rosenwald backs the effort.

VICE Chicago New York World News Service Robert E. Crowe William V. Brothers Today Chicago Bar Association Oscar Carlstrom Loesch Julius H. Rosenwald Mr. Rosenwald

Ex-Day Heads Indicted in Bum Diversion Case

Roscoe C. Harper former prohibition administrator and Leo A. Regan former assistant administrator in the Buffalo district have been indicted for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law over an alleged diversion of alcohol from the Illinois Alcohol Company of Buffalo. Hugh R. Dysart also indicted and due to file bonds. The case involves more than $100,000 in diverted liquor and a four weeks grand jury probe with 160 witnesses. Harper led the district from 1926 to 1927, Regan oversaw enforcement in Buffalo, and the Illinois plant operates as a subsidiary of Belvidere, Illinois.

Buffalo N. Y Roscoe C. Harper Leo A. Regan Illinois Alcohol Company of Richard H. Templeton United States Hugh R. Dysart Illinois Alcohol Company Bel Harper New York State Andrew Campbell Regan

Girls Refuse to Use Dictating Machines in City Office

Stenographers in the City Solicitor office threaten to quit over mandatory dictating machines. They claim years of training would be wasted and that machines cause headaches and slower dictation. City Solicitor John D. Ellis says the machines will be used regardless.

John D. Ellis Ellis

Sinclair Lewis Weds American Girl in London

American author Sinclair Lewis married Dorothy Thompson in a morning ceremony at St Martin's Registry Office in Henrietta Street London. They then attended a benedictory service at Savoy Chapel followed by a wedding lunch at the Savoy Hotel with only Jonathan Cape and Mrs Cape as witnesses.

New York World News Service London Mayle Sinclair Lewis S Dorothy Thompson St. Martin's Registry Office Henrietta Street Savoy Chapel Savoy Hotel Jonathan Cape

Coolidge Names Banker to Federal Reserve Board

President Coolidge reappoints Edmund Platt of New York to membership on the Federal Reserve Board in Washington on May 14.

Coolidge Washington Edmund Platt New York Federal Reserve Board

New York Utilities Plan Merger Between Brooklyn Edison and Consolidated Gas

Plans for merging Brooklyn Edison and Consolidated Gas Co of New York will be reviewed by directors of both firms at separate meetings. Market talk suggests one Brooklyn Edison share may exchange for one Consolidated Gas common plus one preferred share. Consolidated Gas holds 1.2 million preferred shares and 4.32 million common shares with $50 million gold debentures due 1945. Brooklyn Edison reports $45.451 million in bonds and $90 million in capital stock. total assets were $170.867 million as of year end 1927.

New York Brooklyn Edison Consolidated Gas Companies of Wall Street Consolidated Gas Common Consolidated Gas Company Brooklyn Edison Company

Car Crash Leaves Logan Man Critically Hurt Near Harrison

Charles Smith, 25, of Logan Indiana, drove off the road near Harrison Colorado, the car overturning and pinning him beneath. Doctors reported a skull fracture and his condition was critical at Good Samaritan Hospital.

Charles Smith Logan Ind Miles Np Harrison, CO Harrison E. H. Schoenling Good Samaritan Hospital

Lawrence toad freed after court orders unpacking stone

Eastland Texas residents won a court order to unseal the cornerstone containing a horned toad placed Saturday at the new Courthouse. The toad was released after a forty eight hour entombment amid protests citing Christian and humane citizenship values.

Eastland Tex Texas

Bergdoll Chauffeur Freed of Sentence

Eugene Stecker, chauffeur for draft dodger Grover C. Bergdoll, was freed from a two year sentence that had hung over him since 1924. Stecker, an expert auto mechanic, drove Bergdoll’s car fleeing to Germany in 1920 and returned to the United States in 1925 to plead guilty to conspiracy. The court said Stecker had already suffered through the case and imposed the two year term, with May 14, 1926 marking its expiration.

Philadelphia Eugene Stecker Grover C. Bergdoll Steker Bergdoll Germany Stecker United States Dickinson

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