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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1925
Page
2
In May the freighter Mohican carrying twenty four crew members from Jacksonville to Miami ran aground off Cape Canaveral, with her after-hold ablaze. The vessel was beached 130 miles down the coast, and the crew remained aboard while rescue operations were organized.
The Clyde liner Comanche sailed from New York on October 13 bound for Charleston and Jacksonville with passengers and general cargo. A. W. Pye said he did not know the exact passenger count. Joseph B. Denison noted no information was available on passengers aboard, but confirmed a crew of about 100 men.
The destroyer Jouett went ashore on a sandy beach just above the naval coaling depot at Melville in heavy fog. No damage was reported and officials expect it to be floated at high water later today.
John J. Ryan former Cincinnati turfman was brought back from El Paso Texas to face Mann Act indictments. He is jailed at the First District Police Station awaiting bond and trial. He spoke of reserving his story for court and disclosed limited details about Flora Taylor. Chicago authorities report a warrant for removing mortgaged property from Illinois.
The West End Booster Club was formed at a meeting of about 110 West End business men held last night at the Bode Wagon Works on Central Avenue. Dinner and entertainment were provided by Albert Bode, company president, as officers were elected including Albert Bode as President and Oliver Sinclair as Treasurer. Directors named include Andy Mathes, Clifford Heller, Robert Siebenhaller, Fred Reiss, Joseph Wicke, Fred Kuhl, Anthony Vehra, Peter Stark, Charles Wittgenfeld and Charles Gronauer.
Washington October 7 The pension claim reveals a runaway boy who joined the navy under an alias and perished when the submarine 8 51 went down. His mother Mrs Catherine McCarthy of New York learned of the death after his aunt notified her via the pension filing. The seaman used the name John J McCarthy or McCar thy and listed an aunt as next of kin.
An extensive registration drive by the Republican organization targeted the Black Belt district led by Fred Schneller as Council candidate. Scott Small, Republican Campaign Committee secretary, touted party strength and readiness for a polling fight as reports came in from Twenty‑first captain Curley Bahlke and Third captain Alfred Deckebach, with a day’s registration tabulation showing declines overall.
World War veterans William Fitzsimmons 37 of Chicago and Kenneth Briggs 42 Dayton Ohio from the Dayton Soldiers Home were detained by police after allegedly attempting to enter a cafe on Sixth Street and Broadway. They broke a glass door at Samuel Weil and Clothing across the street, with witnesses Fahey and Edmiston restraining them with a revolver before handing them to Sergeant Fricke. Briggs reportedly entered the store while Fitzsimmons waited outside.
Five hours of detective waiting led to the arrest of Simon Welder 41 of 1007 Freeman avenue Barney Munday 22 of 507 Carlisle avenue and Thomas Cambron 25 of 621 West Fifth street. In a garage at 1007 Freeman they found sixteen five gallon cans a gallon jug of moonshine and seized eighty one gallons of liquor after the trio arrived for a night meeting.
Dr. W. D. Haines Potentate of the Syrian Temple told Crescent Club members 170 attendees that crime should be abated and that English courts are crowded. Speakers included J. W. Gardner and J. D. McClure of the Big Four lines. After the dinner, guests attended a dance and card party at the Arms hosted by the Big Four Athletic Association.
Washington October 17 21 lawyers barred or suspended from practicing before the Treasury Department over alleged use of inside information in income tax cases David Grulen of New York disbarred earlier for offering to share fees with a revenue agent Leo Sanders of Cincinnati named among those disbarred Alfred G Allen Cincinnati Bar president says Sanders a Southern attorney who came to Cincinnati from Texas recently Sanders has left the city and is said to have been involved in income tax irregularities in Washington
A detailed regional forecast notes increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions in Ohio on Sunday followed by possible showers Sunday night or Monday. Kentucky and Tennessee expect mostly cloudy skies with possible showers Monday and a touch warmer Sunday. West Virginia and Indiana show similar patterns with showers possible and temperate changes. Temperature readings from various cities are listed, with Chicago at 38, Nashville around 57/60, and New Orleans near 78/82, plus winds and precipitation figures.
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 16 feet and rising last night. The John W. Hubbard arrived from Louisville at 10 this morning and is due to depart at 9. The Tom Greene sailed for Charleston at 6 yesterday afternoon. The General Wood arrives from Pittsburgh at 5 this afternoon. Greenwood should reach from Charleston at 6 tomorrow night. The Kentucky is set to arrive from Louisville at 10 tomorrow morning and return at 5 tomorrow afternoon.
Evansville Indiana reports a suit seeking 2500 dollars against Sadie M Williams. The plaintiff August Renter alleges that while driving her car she was lavishly entertained and collided with his vehicle causing a broken leg.
Prince Kojo Tolou Houenou, grandson of the King of Dahomey, delays boarding the liner Paris in New York to settle a debt with a Harlem woman. Mrs. Harry N. Knowlton and her seven-year-old daughter Jacquelin are with him as tensions flare at the pier before the ship sails back to Africa.
New York, Oct. 17. Leopold Schepp, a millionaire philanthropist, donated 1 million dollars to the Schepp Foundation for Boys to celebrate his eighty four anniversary and expanded the foundation to include girls. The gift ends his search for a new way to distribute his surplus fortune.
In Middletown New York on October 17 a near perfect mastodon skeleton was found near the Orange and Rockland plant site at Monroe. Excavation halted pending New York Museum of Natural History scientists arrival after a laborer uncovered a heavy bone identified as a tooth eight inches long and six inches wide. The skull and another tooth were later uncovered.
Ivy Lodge No 16 K P to confer the Page Bank on Tuesday October 20 at their new hall Liberty and Central Park way Visitors welcome College Hill Chapter 496 O E S members will assemble at the home of our departed sister Ella Wood 106 Fairfield avenue Bellevue Ky October 18 at 3 80 p m today last tribute of Emma A Todd Worthy Matron Alma Rettinger Secretary Kilwinning Chapter No 87 RA M Special convocation Wednesday October 21 at 7 p m Past and M E Master Visitors welcome Carl Beyer H P A T Roever Secretary
Death notices list Julia Dicunzolo Mary Estella Gabel James D Hamilton Cora Mayer Fannie White Frank L Saffer with funeral details. Entries specify residences addresses in Cincinnati area Hyde Park Mt Washington and Saint Louis plus church services and interment timings.
Sanitary aesthetic modern cremation services by Cin. Cremation Co located in Union Central Building offering a free booklet. Busse & Borgmann Co Funeral Directors handle with three chapels at 1517 Freeman Avenue. Non-sectarian with no charges.
Cincinnati report notes Grassmann involved in a Missouri event or ride with unclear context and scattered phrasing. Details are limited in the fragment but indicate a local or regional connection to a person named Grassmann and a Missouri related activity.
Washington Oct 17 The Locarno treaties boost U S hopes for a disarmament conference with Senator Fess urging a Washington hosted meeting to cut land armaments. Officials say Europe may not yet concede but optimism is rising as the Locarno spirit is praised though immediate results remain uncertain. Fess favors US leadership and further naval cuts, while Europeans resist large armament reductions until the Locarno mood deepens.
James A. Sebastiani was elected a director of the Hamilton County Mutual Fire Insurance Company at a recent board meeting, succeeding the late John H. Rielay. Other items note a Cincinnati Library Society for the Blind program, a purse theft on a Vine street car, a lecture by Dr. Hereward Carrington on advertising psychology, and pickpocket incidents with a total loss of funds reported.
The Italian writer Gabriele d Annunzio has given the original manuscript of his book Alcione to the Ambrosian Library as a testament to its importance as a source of Italian culture.
A scanner friendly birth list records numerous couples with children, detailing both parents' names and addresses in Cincinnati and surrounding streets. Entries show mostly girls with a few boys, including Hilda, Ruth, Catherine, Thelma, and Maria among others, across multiple streets and avenues.
William Livingstone, an eighty one year old Detroit banker, vessel owner and president of the Lake Carriers Association, died suddenly at his office. Born in Dundas Ontario January 21 1844 he rose from high school student to general manager of the Pecheron Steam Navigation Company and Michigan Navigation Company. He later led the Dime Savings Bank and the Detroit Evening Journal and served in the Michigan Legislature and as collector of customs in Detroit. He married Susan Downie in 1866 and eight children survived him.
Cincinnati bohemians of the Art Club plan a gallery party at Keith's Theater with a secret date and a peanuts badge admission. The Entertainment Committee will finalize details while members hear reminiscences of Frank Duveneck and Long John Riley, closing with the Duveneck Song.
St Paul Mayor Arthur E. Nelson attempted to edit the St Paul Sunday Pioneer Press and described it as a tough job. Three bank robbers in a car halted the effort, holding up the First State Bank of New Brighton and escaping with 2000 dollars after firing into the town.
The Pioneer Press, long known for a wet editorial line, runs a dry piece and endorses the controversial bridge design after Mayor Nelson guests as editor. His influence sways the paper on prohibition and the project.
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