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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1925
Page
2
Briand, after clearing the German security proposal, is expected to strongly back the league protocol at the upcoming Geneva assembly meeting.
Special classes for foreign born students seeking citizenship papers will be held at Dyer and Rothenberg Schools this summer. Evening courses at Woodward High School start June 1 with four weekly sessions for four weeks and run through July 23. About 300 to 400 students are expected to enroll, aiming to make up back work or complete high school in night classes. courses include chemistry English algebra geometry Spanish and American history.
After a quarrel over a dice game a revolver duel erupted at George and Smith streets. Louis Williams, 50, was shot in the right arm and leg and taken to General Hospital. A second shooter, nicknamed Fat, fled and is being sought by police. Sergeant Marsh ordered Williams detained.
The University of Cincinnati announced a summer start for a $500 fellowship in international politics. Tuition and living costs covered while attending Geneva sessions. Applicants must file by June 1 with Prof. Gale Lowrie. competition held through the political science department.
Three children were injured when struck by automobiles last night. Ruth Wittkamp aged 5 of 1624 Hughes street suffered a jaw fracture and bruises after crossing Liberty and Hughes, driven by Charles Grethel of 1730 Pell place who took her to General Hospital then home. Maurice Sheehan aged 4 of 705 Baymiller was bruised after being hit by a car driven by Howard Hess of 535 Elberon avenue. Hess escorted him to Dr. Fred De Courcy at 827 West Eighth street. Howard Tranor aged 14 of 26 West Court street was slightly bruised after being struck at Court and Race streets by a car driven by Thomas Hackett of 413 Considine avenue. he went home unassisted.
Columbus report shows Standard Oil turns over an average of over 10 000 dollars daily to the state as gasoline tax. It implies more than half a million gallons sold in Ohio each day. A sample of the last thirteen days of April shows over 320 000 dollars in tax collected, averaging more than 26 000 dollars daily. No total for May yet compiled.
An application for the Cincinnati City Manager job was received by City Clerk Fred Schneller yesterday. The letter, signed by Elkan Cohn of Berkeley California, states he has finished a course in city management and can provide strong references.
The Norwood Retail Merchants Association plans the third annual Spring Festival at Victory Park. Miss Mildred Hayden of 2719 Harris Avenue will be crowned queen after a popularity contest. Mayor Louis H. Nolte will deliver the opening address and organizers ban confetti on festival grounds.
Mayor Nolte announced a proclamation for the annual poppy sale by disabled veterans under VFW auspices to be held Thursday Friday and Saturday in Norwood. Proceeds will aid disabled veterans.
Norwood Chapter No 421 Order of the Eastern Star schedules a bridge and five hundred party at the Norwood Masonic Temple on Weyer Avenue Thursday afternoon and evening with dancing planned for the evening session.
The Publication Committee announced the University New ana Bearcat staff. John W. Humphries is editor in chief with Jerome Lischkoff and Martha Bennett as managing editors. Other posts include John Josselson business manager and Russell Speidel engineering editor.
A resident on Erie avenue reported thieves entered his home between seven and nine last night and stole jewelry. Grace Lindley of New York City addressed the annual meeting of the Ohio Diocesan Branch of Episcopal Women at Christ Church parish house in Glendale. A 200 foot long blackboard contract for the city charter election was awarded to George C. Fern, costing over 1100 dollars for Music Hall’s south wing. Dayton’s John Se spoke to Civitan Club at the Business Men's Club. George S58 of New York will lecture at the Kohen’s Club on a South Sea adventure novel. The grand jury discussion of delaying jury service was noted by Charles Bell, Hamilton County prosecutor, at a luncheon. Cincinnati Woman's Club members invited Roland Holt to speak on The Little Theater of America, followed by a Drama League reception. A memorial stone seat and cherry grove in Ault Park will honor Hamilton County service members, with James H. Parkins as committee chair. The Hahn family on Helen Street reported a burglary. $18 and three revolvers valued at $80 were stolen.
Incoming steamers list from May 9 to May 26 including Mongolia from San Francisco and Athene from Havre. Outgoing departures include Reverengaria for Havre and Byron for Piraeus with several calls to San Juan and Buenas Aires. Details note times and ports for ships like Olympic Zacapa and Orduna.
A list of marriage license applicants appears with names such as Joseph Guetté Edna Nixon and George Schaefe Helen Pohlman along with many others. Addresses include 1034 Straight Street 1161 Dayton Street Norwood Ohio Fort Thomas Kentucky and other scattered localities.
Dr David W Stephens coroner of Kenton County Ky was attacked by a bull but was saved by farmer Carl Woods who struck the animal with a fence rail. The bull was killed in a deal and ownership changed hands with execution expected in days.
After thirty three years as mathematics and literature teacher at Woodward High School, Miss Eleanor C OConnell will resign at end of the current year. She will file her resignation with the Board of Education next week. Miss OConnell, a Woodward graduate, has long served the school and aided the Bettens bequest of 60000 for scholarship. Alumni recall her role in founding the Woodward museum and graduates room and the Woodward Memorial window. Henry F Bryan class of 1883 has been named Governor of American Samoa.
Judge Robert S. Marx of Cincinnati argued at the St Louis Community Conference for compulsory automobile insurance to replace tort lawsuits. He said current accident costs exceed wartime deaths and urged a workers compensation style plan covering all street vehicle injuries with lower costs and broad coverage.
About 20 of 600 invited businessmen attended a Chamber of Commerce meeting on air mail for Cincinnati. Postmaster Arthur L. Behymer urged routing Cincinnati to Cleveland to join New York and Chicago air lanes, needing $60,000 yearly mail business to attract a contractor. A questionnaire to major mail users will gauge daily air mail potential.
The Robert E. Bentley Post of the American Legion unfurled a new color set at its Legion Memorial Clubhouse on 322 Broadway, placing the old colors in preservation. Dancing and refreshments followed the meeting. Plans for a tourist camp emerged at the Philip Colébank Post gathering in Oakley where William M. Vance urged Legion civic responsibilities and noted Boy Scouts as a potential recipient of service.
Tender memories of days gone by will be revived as the Association of Civil War Schoolmates holds its annual reunion at the Zoo on June 13. One hundred six former Fourteenth District and First Intermediate students, many Civil War veterans, form the group with 102 active members, three honorary, and one guest member. The oldest member is John R. Lusby at 85 and the youngest Au gust J. Renner at 65.
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 18.5 feet and falling at 6 pm. The Queen City arrived from Louisville by 10 am and departed at 5 pm, with the Cincinnati expected to arrive from Louisville today at 10 am and the Andes bound for Madison, Ind., tonight. Flags flew at half mast for J W Albro aged 53, longtime Greene Line clerk who died Sunday aboard the Queen City.
Arrests listed for possession and transportation in liquor court cases. Names include Langdon Reddinguis 3257 Beresford Avenue and William Dinger 19 East Allison Street, with multiple others charged and fined amounts noted, including Sylvia Dietz 654 West Liberty Street and Victor Minella 1937 Queen City Avenue.
Fair and slightly warmer in Ohio and Indiana on Wednesday with increasing cloudiness on Thursday and possible showers in western areas. West Virginia also fair with showers likely in its west portion. The report lists temperatures for major cities and a May 26 1928 record ending 7 p.m. with comparisons to prior years and normals.
The notice reports newborns from multiple couples with addresses in Ah Bu Buckhannan and nearby streets. Names include Ambrost Clarence and Iota, Buckhanan I and Jessie, Cunningham Grace and Edna, HendrickTs and aes, Hogar Aaegt and Elsie, Kaselman Antony and Francis, Kleesattel William and Myrtle, Lamm George and Edna, Linn Ira and Henrietta, Matace and Delia, Pendleton Luster and Alma, Simon Edmund and Lillian, Werner Rudolph and Ella, and Arthite We old Geo earet. Each entry notes a girl or boy born to the couple at their listed street or avenue addresses.
Royal Arch special convocation announced for Wednesday May 27 at 6 30 p m All members are urged to attend Visitation welcome MU ATCWARL BEYER IP A T ROEVER Secretary
A batch of brief notices lists deaths and funeral arrangements including Emma Beaths Albright mother Mrs. Joe Moore, J H Brockmann, Edwin F Hollenbeck, Daisy Moreland, Charles L and J Way, with services at Rosemann Temple Clifton Avenue, Spring Grove Cemetery, and various funeral homes and residences. May 1925 to 1926 dates, locations include Chicago San Diego Evanston and Pittsburgh.
Seven year old Paul Hardy, son of Marion Hardy, fell into the Miami and Erie Canal at the Hamilton canal bank while fishing with two companions. His body was recovered half an hour later. efforts to revive him failed. The incident happened near the Dayton street bridge after school dismissal.
Carl Rich aged 26 of 1358 Cryer Avenue was appointed assistant city solicitor by Frank Bowman. He will take office June 1 after serving as clerk and assistant prosecutor in municipal courts and teaching at the University of Cincinnati. Salary is 2400 dollars a year.
Haberer and Company, a truck body maker with a Boston Street plant, is incorporated in Columbus with $150000 capital. Widow Sophia Haberér, founder's widow, owned it. her five sons Emil Jacob Oscar Albert and William will run the business. Officers to be elected next week. Prior to autos, the firm was a leading car body manufacturer in the Midwest.
Four masked men abducted James Thoburn a steel worker on the way to work near Anton Ohio, drove him to a secluded road, branded KKK on his left arm, took about $160 from his pocket, and released him. Thoburn offered no motive for the attack.
Fragments indicate a local notice about a cremation union and a chapel free of charge. The text is garbled with unclear details and lacks full names, places, or dates to confirm specifics.
Joséph Montlaven cushion dealer at 2103 Park Avenue was exonerated after proving to Judge Alexander he was at home during the burglary. He was arrested Monday by Detectives Brink and Hanrahan after Paul Alexander of 910 Morris Street identified Montlaven as the climber at the Morris Street address early Sunday.
The fragment notes the Busse and Borgmann Company with a directorate reference at 1817 Freeman Avenue and a mention of Neo secigrian charges.
George Burton Adams emeritus Yale professor and leading scholar died at his New Haven home at age 74. He was widely regarded as the premier scholar of Yale faculty and lived in New Haven, Conn. on May 26.
The 4 year old Ralph Leroy Boyer who died after questioning in the Wil liams murder case was taken to his Knoxville home accompanied by his wife and two sisters. Relatives planned a post mortem amid concerns of an alternate cause. coroner and doctors ruled acute alcoholism.
Three men were arrested after Joseph Weil and two others were arraigned on conspiracy to dispose of stolen Liberty bonds. The original charge involved $60,000 in bonds from an East Chicago mail robbery, with new arrests aimed at recovering up to $400,000 from the Rondout New Jersey mail theft. The detainees are J B Watson Thomas Kerwin and Harty Sentry.
Wisconsin voters will decide at the 1926 election whether Congress should modify the Volstead act to permit the sale of 2.75 percent beer under government regulation. The referendum resolution passed the State Senate after a House amendment was concurred in by a 16 to 11 vote.
L H Gould Justice of the Peace in Cha sey and his son Fred a Constable were found guilty of extortion by a jury. They had arrested two liquor law violators and coerced them into paying excessive fines and court fees.
Geneva May 26 Italian fascism was put on trial at the international labor conference as workers' delegates from 31 countries challenged Rossini, Mussolini’s representative. Jouhaux led protests, citing Matteotti’s murder, stirring bad blood and near disruption. Rossini’s credentials passed 66 to 31 amid 42 absentees.
We present a new truss claimed to cure eight of ten ruptures and comfortable to wear with no leg strap chafe. The Ohio Truss Co. advertises 30 years in business in Cincinnati and invites local customers to try the truss free with no cost if unsatisfied, no need to order from distant cities.
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