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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1925
Page
2
A vehicle was stopped by a hand brake after a crash. Miller, partly under the car, was wedged beneath the front. Passengers aided the party as Irene Johnson died five minutes after ambulance arrival. The Miller girl also died at the hospital along with Mrs. Johnson and the mother.
Edward Gerwell of Detroit his wife and 12 year old daughter Dorothy were killed when their car was struck by an interurban train from Toledo to Detroit at Tren ton suburb. Mil dred, 9, is hospitalized likely fatally injured. The family was return ing to Detroit after a weekend at Woodland Beach near Monroe.
Jack Allen bond salesman was arraigned on suspicion of receiving stolen securities from the Northwestern National Bank robbery of Milwaukee in 1924. Police charged he gave 14000 worth of bonds to Max Goldstein who was arrested trying to sell them to United States Bank in Fifth Avenue. Allen claimed a legitimate sale and ignorance of theft. bail was set for examination tomorrow.
A newspaper ad touts gas heating as a modern, economical upgrade for homes. It promises cleaner heat with less maintenance than coal, explains quick installation possible with existing furnaces, and offers a free home study by a heating engineer plus a sample bill. Local gas dept prompts readers to visit stores or call Main 2000.
The article outlines fading prospects for a U S arms conference as debates hinge on debt repatriation and wartime credits. It notes France’s preference to discuss economic and marital questions at home, while Russia's role and Pan European policy influence loom. A potential disarmament framework under the League could emerge without strict army strength talks.
A Monroe Michigan stone plant of the France Stone Company burning on the Dixie Highway caused 400000 in damage early today. Acetylene explosions rocked nearby homes as fires started in three places in the main crushing building. Plaintiffs claim blasting damages prompted a 100000 lawsuit against the company. The firm operates plants in Toledo Holland and Waterville.
President Coolidge formally opened the retrospective at the Corcoran Art Gallery marking the National Academy of Design centennial. He and Mrs. Coolidge, guests of the academy, viewed a collection of notable American art across painting sculpture illustration and architecture from the last century.
Dr Copes detailed that Mrs Biddle died possibly from liquor with no poison detected in her stomach beyond opium trace in a prior prescription. Craig Biddle declined interviews and learned of the death upon returning home after a football game. The landlady reported Saturday illness followed by the fatal collapse and the chemical analysis could take days.
Rose Pastor Stokes argues that the divorce law in New York, which allows an absolute divorce only for a single proven cause, fails to reflect true marital realities. She criticizes the sanctimony surrounding divorce and notes a personal drawing of J. G. Phelps Stokes on the wall as proof of her disbelief in the system.
New York police arrested twelve hold up men and thieves in raids after announcing leaders of the cowboy gang were captured. Seven burglars seized with silks and velvets valued at 5000 to 8000 dollars, in a luxury Eighty Sixth Street apartment. Five men were arrested on Staten Island after a running gun fight as they divided loot from three robberies. George SmauH, 28, jailed for a Maiden Lane jewelry firm heist. William Grubb earlier sentenced. Cowboys included a woman leader Rose Hemeline and an alleged chieftain Frank Teasler. 64 crimes charged. loot included twenty stolen automobiles and a wool shipment.
Brigadier General Thomas Heath aged 91 and a veteran of the Civil War died at his Loveland home after a long illness. Born March 1834 in Xenia Ohio he studied law at Cincinnati Law School and later practiced in Cincinnati. Heath served from 1861 rising to brigadier general and served with Sherman from Missionary Ridge to the sea. He moved to Loveland in 1866 and is survived by five children. Funeral at his home Tuesday at 10 am with burial at Spring Grove Cemetery.
John I Beggs 78 years old and president of the Milwaukee Electric Railway Company died in Milwaukee last night. He was owner of the controlling interest of the St Louis Car Company and a director of fifty two other corporations making him a prominent figure in the power utility sector.
Fifteen Yale geology students on a field trip near Middletown Conn fall forty feet as a platform over a pit collapses. Five seriously hurt, ten others injured. many cut by sharp rocks. Injuries range from lacerations and scalp wounds to back and internal injuries. all expected to recover.
He suffered severe head injuries including a fractured jaw and was unconscious when transported to the hospital.
Ohio and West Virginia report cloudy and colder conditions with a risk of light rain or snow flurries in the Monday period, followed by a Tuesday of fair weather. Kentucky and Indiana expect generally fair and colder conditions with rising temperatures by Tuesday while Tennessee notes possible morning showers in the east. The regional table lists daily highs and lows, with scattered trace or zero precipitation across many stations and a late October record comparison.
Miss Dagmar Stedman a 21 year old from Copenhagen Denmark died in a Niles Michigan hospital after falling 200 feet from an airplane into Barron Lake while parachute drops. Her belt slipped and she cut the rope at about 200 feet and was unconscious when rescued. Authorities seek her Chicago relatives.
Fire started last night in the dining room on the second floor at 4539 Hamilton Avenue, the home of William E. Johnson. Crossed electric wires caused the blaze, Fire Marshal Connelly said as firemen battled the flames. Johnson's expensive furniture was destroyed, with water damage reported on the unoccupied first floor.
Two men robbed Frank Ball on Walnut street between Pearl and Third last night. One wore a soldier's uniform and held Ball while the other searched him, taking $14.
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 17 feet and rising by 6 PM. The General Wood from Pittsburgh arrived at 5 PM. The John W. Hubbard bound for Louisville left at 9 AM. The Generg Wood departed for Pittsburgh at 9 PM. The Greenwood from Charleston is due at 6 PM tonight. The Kentucky from Louisville is due at 10 AM and will return at 5 PM.
Death notices for Mary Estella Gabel and Thomas T Heath. James D Hamilton and Fannie White. Funeral services set at their respective residences with interments planned at Spring Grove Cemetery Cincinnati and Spring, dates October 19 to 21, 1925 or 1926. Interment times listed and addresses provided.
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