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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1925
Page
3
Erdmar chosen as moderator amid unrest between Bryan Thompson faction and Fundamentalists. Crowded services at Princeton students active in foreign missions highlight ongoing church tensions and leadership contest. The conflict centers on doctrinal direction and church governance.
Dr. Charles R. Erdman of Princeton New Jersey won the General Assembly’s moderator post on the second ballot over Dr. Lapsley A. McAffee of Berkeley California with 470 to 420 votes. Dr. Harry C. Rogers of Kansas City received 16 votes, while Dr. W O Thompson withdrew. The assembly, 300 commissioners strong, opened a week of committee selections and planning for church expansion including a Washington Presbyterian Cathedral.
The Rev. George Summey D D LL D pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church New Orleans was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States South this afternoon. He succeeds Dr Thornton Whaling of Louisville with a registration of approximately.
May 21 Washington report says Secretary Jardine changed his saddle horse name from Cal to Glittering Glory due to rambunctious behavior on the bridle path not matching the dignified image of the chief executive.
Petrus Canisius Jesuit Father foe of Luther is canonized at St Peter's in a grand ceremony with 60 000 pilgrims. The miracles cited include a nun's healing and a dying Hollander's recovery after prayers to Canisius. Canonization follows proofs accepted by Pope Pius and reports in the Papal Observatore Romano.
In Syracuse New York on May 21 Chancellor Flint banned a magazine planned by the Liberal Club at Syracuse University to critique morals religion and education. The club includes pacifists and has ties to debates over the reserve officers training unit and social issues including birth control and economics. Dr Harry Elmer Barnes lectured under its auspices and it supported Scott Nearing’s spring lecture.
Police hunt two armed men after they held up Frank Dress at 97 Albert Street St. Bernard and three customers at 2361 Reading Road yesterday afternoon. Victims included Charles Stoufe, Russell Patterson, and a motor man named Daddy Cash. Robbers fled in a waiting car after stealing $166 and warning witnesses not to move.
In Sofia on May 21 cathedral custodian Zadgorsky, amid death sentence for Sveti Kral outrage, claims the bomber was Ruben Levy, 32, a Sofia native. Interior Minister Rousseff told Pravda Bulgaria’s anti Bolshevik fight links Balkan states and Europe and helps keep peace.
Dr David Todd former Amherst College astronomy professor viewed four sun spots from a telescope shop. Three spots matched Earth size with smaller ones nearby. he warned of possible telegraph interference and auroral displays. He plans an Africa eclipse expedition for Madagascar January 14 1926.
City of Cincinnati files motion with the State Public Utilities Commission to strike Union Gas and Electric Company rate schedule from records. Hearing set for May 28 as city argues the commission lacks jurisdiction due to a state supreme court ruling on a city company contract. Bowman to respond to injunction request and argue the case in Columbus.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that Virginian Railroad mines in West Virginia’s Gulf coal fields are entitled to the same westbound rates as Chesapeake & Ohio. Virginian and connecting lines must set new rates by June 25. Commissioner Cox dissented.
Several hundred people witnessed the laying of the corner stone for the Bethesda Hospital on Oak Street near Reading Road. Bishop Thomas Nicholson led the ceremony and preached on medical progress, with plans to raise 40000 more for the 1 027 000 project. Eight deaconesses were consecrated and fifty seven assigned to duties. Names of new deaconesses include Anna Wad chliline Adena Goetz Rose Blant Mattilda Littorial Clara Laemire Ida Snyder Rose Leonard and Lillian Roos.
New York May 21 The referee in the Jay Gould estate accounting ruled the will's marriage clause does not apply to remarriage. The decision affects about 30 million dollars of the 80 million estate and applies to six Gould children who would lose a share if they married without trustees consent. The ruling names George J and Frank Gould and also applies to Anna Gould the Duchess de Talleyrand.
The United States formally completed funding of Poland’s war debt with the delivery of bonds worth 178.56 million dollars. Polish Minister Wroblewski exchanged old demand obligations for new securities, enabling semi annual payments for 62 years or until full liquidation. The record notes prior congressional approval and upcoming operative settlement.
Italy will honor debts to the United States but seeks a long moratorium and small installments to avoid harming its economy. Mussolini argues Italy's sacrifices warrant favorable terms and greater consideration than allies. He urges a multilateral agreement on debt terms.
Lucile Wunsch, a sixteen year old of Chicago, is fully exonerated by a coroner's jury after admitting she fired the fatal shot in a family quarrel with Agnes Simneck. The jury ruled she acted in hysterical frenzy during a scuffle and that the shooting was accidental.
Milo Warner state commander of the American Legion pledged full cooperation with the Disabled American Veterans of the World War at the Ohio state convention in Toledo. About 150 delegates from across Ohio attended the fifth state gathering. Cincinnati Chapter reported 274000 dollars in property. Colonel Robert C. Bunge highlighted chapter activities and Thomas J. Kehoe outlined steps for veterans to pursue government compensation.
Louis Knouss of Girard, a former employee of the First National Bank at Girard, is held in the County Jail charged with embezzlement. Bank officials report he took $11,012 from the bank since early 1923, uncovered by auditors after his discharge.
The administration urges private citizens to stay out of the war and relief debt settlement with Europe. Officials say they are unsettled by Paris chatter from American visitors and bankers like Otto Kahn. Dewey will visit Europe for personal reasons and not act as a Debt Commission emissary.
The British House of Lords defeated Lord Astor's private bill by two votes, blocking privilege for women to sit and vote as peeresses. Lord Banbury led the rejection, recalling 1923 Commons debate and noting reform timing. Dukes Athol and Cecil supported it. Lord Birkenhead joked about husbands among the bill's backers.
Five busts were unveiled in NYU Hall of Fame honoring Charlotte Cushman John Marshall Asa Gray William Tecumseh Sherman and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The ceremony featured a salute from artillery and circling army planes as organizations gifted the busts already among sixty three figures.
John W. Worthington a 75 year old Chicago stock and bond broker once dubbed the Wolf of LaSalle street has been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for possessing securities stolen in the $2 4 million mail truck robbery on April 2 1923 The indictment followed reports he was located in a Los Angeles hospital and indicates he bought 5000 of Pacific Coast Land Bank bonds stolen in the robbery from St Louis broker George T Halliday who handled the loot officials said
Washington reports William Gibbs McAdoo will campaign in the East and in New York at the Vanderbilt Hotel as part of a push toward altering the Democratic two thirds rule. He meets with Governor Fields and publisher James P. Brown while courting Southern and Western blocs, with Shaver resisting early party fission.
Plans were discussed at a meeting in Cincinnati to establish an annual outdoor drama festival in the University of Cincinnati stadium. The initial production would be Iphigenia next June with a $10 000 cost, funded by $100 subscriptions, a temporary stage would be constructed, and up to 6000 spectators per performance are planned across three shows.
Andrew W. Mellon will outline credit frauds at a regional American Institute of Accountants session at the Gibson tomorrow. Ernest A. Roden announced the event drawing 200 plus accountants from Ohio and nearby states with sessions morning and afternoon and a concluding dinner.
The Business Women's Club hosted a membership dinner at the clubhouse on East Fourth Street welcoming fifty new members. Miss Mabel Otting chaired the event and introduced the newcomers as Juvelines in pigtails. Prizes honored intelligence cleverness and humor while the Kitchen Cabinet Band performed novel instruments.
Judge Roland W. Baggott of the Domestic Relations Court in Dayton warns delegates that reformers are either very old without memory or very young without imagination. He cites laws from Ohio and Pennsylvania, condemns prohibition tactics, and notes public gentility and youth’s view of lawmakers. The 1925 Linen Supply Association gathering in Gibson, with Philadelphia chosen as 1926 venue, discusses industry hygiene and employee gifts.
A United States Circuit Court of Appeals panel overruled objections by Standard Oil of New Jersey Standard Oil of Indiana Texas Oil Company and others to government efforts challenging patents on petroleum cracking The decision allows evidence collection before Special Master Charles Martindale in Indianapolis and keeps the Sherman anti trust action active The judges Evans Page and Anderson sat as an expediting court
Dorothy C Ravin once a beauty contest winner and wife of Joseph Meredith Towne appeared before Judge A F Ells in Bridgeport Connecticut to seek a decree of divorce on grounds of intolerable cruelty. Temporary alimony of 3500 dollars was agreed.
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