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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1908
Page
2
The piece notes Beardsley benefited politically as a Sunday closing controversy drew 20 000 Kansas City voters to a protest vote. It suggests Republicans largely backed the ticket while Democrats blamed liberal opposition though Beardsley was not in office when bans on saloons and theaters began.
Democrats back Alder man Shinnick as favored choice for speaker amid party splits. Beardsley and Pendergast figures cited with ward majorities and shifts showing Republican influence and growing city population reflected in Kansas City voting patterns.
The Democratic party won all seven new upper house seats by solid margins yesterday. John P. Tugworth, a livestock dealer at the stock yards, led with 22,801 votes, 1,203 ahead of Republican D. R. Spalding who finished second. The weakest Democrat on the ticket, cited as abhor ogg, trailed by 429 over a rival.
RL Gregory president Johnie Tuts par W C Culbertson J C Wirth man R Tori Isaac Tayler and Dr J E Logan named in the local board roster for the community project.
Mayor-elect T. T. Crittenden Jr. receives congratulations and defers policy discussion. He vows to serve all people and run a good administration. Alderman James Pendergast calls the election an uprising of the people and criticizes The Star for its role.
Thomas Ridge explains his defeat in the city treasurer race saying Billy Baehr was “a good fellow” and captured the liberal vote. Ridge notes Baehr beat him in his ward and in nearly every other ward as he returned to work.
Four men arrested yesterday at the polls on fraudulent voting charges were released this morning at police headquarters. Identified as Harry Green, Marshall Taylor, Kirk Henderson, and James Rose, each man told the prosecutor there was no sufficient cause to hold him.
Puiapeconia April 8 Grand jury returns true bills against four city policemen John W. Straub John Kelly C M Luckenbill and A R Silkens on twenty six counts for entering without breaking receiving stolen goods and conspiracy They plan to plead guilty to two indictments as the district attorney seeks seven years in prison for each officer Youth informant Harry Rothenberg and plumber W A Frost will face court later.
George B. Schooley, chief claimant to James L. Crawford fortune, pleaded guilty in Scranton to forging the Schooley will that would have left the widow with only a few thousand dollars. Co-conspirators Eidel and Bachman had confessed to perjury and await sentence.
Coroner Southwick of Erie county ruled that Edward Glendenning a Cleveland traveling man found dead in Mrs Katheryn Hughes Sandusky apartments was murdered. The coroner found that Mrs Hughes shot Glendenning and then killed herself The ruling could support an $11 500 life insurance claim for Mrs Glendenning the husband of the deceased.
The Baltimore Sun notes rival plays The Clansman and Uncle Tom's Cabin showing this week. Audiences can compare Mrs. Stowe’s portrayal of slavery prewar South with postwar Ku Klux Klan themes at city venues Holliday Street and the Academy.
Be E Ames a Topeka banker of the Central National Bank of Topeka visited Kansas City today. He is a figure in Topeka finance and public life.
Mary filed a divorce suit against Samuel Reed in Independence yesterday. Other brief items note A. J. Jobes of First National Bank returning from a Wichita trip, Charles Walton Seymour lecturing at Westport High School on Marie Antoinette, Alfred Wegener, 68, dying at 1120 North Twelfth in Kansas City, a funeral for Julia Averill at Stine's chapel with Elmwood Cemetery burial, and the Illinois Central opening a new line from Jackson to Birmingham improving through service from St. Louis to Birmingham.
Beardsley says retirement from public service brings relief and duty fulfilled. He cites fair treatment of special interests and protection of citizens rights, notes future municipal challenges, and analyzes factors behind his defeat including liberal and special interest pressures and a controversial local paper’s political role.
James A. Frink former probate judge and noted local figure died at 5 AM after being shot near a south Springfield alley. Police say robbers are believed responsible with no arrests yet and the case remains baffling.
The preliminary trial of Joseph Baird a negro charged with killing Manual White his father in law is being heard today in the North city court in Kansas City Kas. The hearing will not be finished until to morrow.
Mrs Charles R Russell leaves for two weeks in New York. On return she and Mr Russell will occupy the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Simpson who with Mrs H L Harmon will sail for Europe in July. Mrs J C Fennell returns from Europe. Several visits and luncheons planned for Miss Shields and Miss Field. Alfie Mac and Harry Craddock announce their nuptials for April 7. Various society events, trips, and guest arrangements are listed.
E Q Bragg shot 3 under bogey to win the blind bogey handicap at Elm Ridge with 83. C M Boynton led the match 114 with a 9 handicap and net 105. J E Seaver took the booby prize as dining and dancing followed the links. A quarrel near Twenty-sixth and Grand ends with Bernard Ellsworth shot. Clark Anderson surrenders and faces assault with intent to kill charges.
The Kansas Tax Commission inspected the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe terminals in Argentine and Kansas City before returning to Topeka. They will inspect railroads statewide to fix assessed valuations under new laws requiring full-value assessments.
Ezra Meeker will address the Commercial club of Independence tonight at the city council chamber. He will urge the club to back a monument in Independence marking the starting point of the Santa Fe and Oregon trails.
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