Chief Akers Targets City Gambling Up to Bonds
The police plan a campaign against gambling with Judge Kyle seeking heavy bonds for gamekeepers and frequents. Chief Ahern says open gambling is rare but hotel poker games move after detection, and he will cooperate to suppress gambling across Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akers
Aed
Kyle
J. H
Pool Avenue
Hele
Ahern
Kyte
Daniel Ahern
Kansas City
Stop Liquor Shipments to Indian Territory, Ardmore Petition
Oklahoma Attorney General Charles West says he will file in Ardmore district court for a restraining order to bar railroad and express shipments of intoxicants into the Indian Territory portion of the state and other prohibition areas. He argues the enabling act and treaties prohibit sale and possession, except for medicinal use at state dispensaries, while Oklahoma residents may still obtain intoxicants interstate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurnnie
Charles West
Morrow
Ardmore
Indian Territory
West
Lecture on care of poor children by Hastings H Hart
The Associated Charities of Kansas City will host an open meeting tomorrow night to discuss indigent child care. Dr Hastings H Hart of Chicago, a noted lecturer from the Chicago Institute of Social Science, will deliver the principal address. He is regarded as a leading figure in charitable reform and what is known as The Child Movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Charities of
Kansas City
Hastings H. Hart
Chicago
Chicago Institute of Social Science
Hart
E. W. Schauffler
Associated Charities
Minnesota State Board
Es and Corrections
Parents Seek Playground At Hawthorne School Site
Hawthorne school patrons at 1123 Weaverly Avenue Kansas City Kas petition the park board and board of education to buy vacant property adjoining the yard. The plan envisions a parkway around the yard and a playground area with streets surrounding the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawthorne
Weaverly Avenue
Kansas City
Kas
Park Board
Board of Education
Eath
Waver Avenue
Haskell Avenue
Bath Vot
Deer of Hope Meeting Postponed With Death of President
Door of Hope Association postpones its meeting until Wednesday afternoon due to the death of President Mrs. J B ap. The readable fragments indicate an internal church or charity group delaying a scheduled gathering following the president’s passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer of Hope
Door of Hope Association
Portponta
J. B “Ap
Strikers Return to Work to Save South Park Mine
Under orders from Patrick Gilday district No 2 president a few hundred striking miners at South Park Coal returned to work in Soascies Pa on April 27 to avert heavy water intrusion and possible permanent mine suspension. Engineers firemen and pump men rejoined the workforce as water filled the mines and property and jobs were at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Oreoan
Soascies
New Plan for Saloons Advocates Excise Commissioner Election
A Star letter argues to place saloon regulation under a single excise commissioner elected by the people and recallable. It contends this would remove saloons from politics, curb dramshop influence, and push toward statewide prohibition, criticizing bi partisan boards as ineffective. It notes current defenses of Sunday closing and higher licenses and warns liquor interests may back a popular recall driven reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wae Charter Board
Dramshop
Iit
Asa
The Muse and the Poet in Lamplight Hymn
A poet mocks the Muse while lamplight glows and summer waits to woo. He laments paid verse and night dreams of fairy land as tree frogs sing beneath shifting lights and rustling reeds. The jab at market poetry contrasts with the jade’s demand and the poet’s longing for a private, smoky nook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plauge
Death of Mrs. George C. Giles in Kansas City
Mrs. George C. Giles, 42, died this morning at 2131 Locust Street in Kansas City, Kansas. She was a native of France and had resided in the United States for eighteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Giles
Locust Street
Kansas City
Kas
City Briefs and Divorce Suits Highlight Local News
Karl F P Schweizer returned to the state free employment bureau after a visit in Leavenworth. James sues Alice Jacobs for divorce in Independence. they wed in this city two years ago. Nellie sues J B Johnson for divorce in Independence. they married in 1903. Social held at George Hi Nettleton home tomorrow. attendees donate a pound of anything. Elmer Puckett, 15, involved in an attack on women near Wyn Van B school, county precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl FP. Schweizer
State Free Employment Bureau
Leavenworth
Independence
James
Alice Jacobs
Nellie
J. B. Johnson
George Hi. Nettleton
Elmer Puckett
Her
Moneenetty
Wyn van
Publishers Testimony On Paper Prices At Hearings
At a hearing on print paper costs the American Newspaper Publishers association faced testimony about price increases. Chairman Mann received a letter from International Paper offering full information and invited their officials after publishers finish testifying. John Norris pressed for confidential Times terms but was directed to disclose all data in his possession. Statements from 1907 cited blood money remarks and a planned price jump to $3 per hundred, with one contract rising to $2.47 for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Newspaper Association
United States
Mann
Burbank
International Paper Company
Washington
Publishers’ Association
John Norris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
New York Times
International Company
Norris
Felix Agnus
Baltimore American
General Agnis
Haines
Paterson News
New York Journal of Commerce
Governor Hoch Outlines Plans for Kansas College Harmony
Governor Hoch tells heads of Kansas colleges at a harmony conference on April 27 that he will issue a complete statement of needed laws and goals. He seeks uniform legislation, equal application distribution, and nonoverlapping school duties to prevent duplication. Regents discuss each school’s role ahead of tomorrow’s meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torexa
Hoch
Harmony
Board of Regents
University
Agricultural College and Normal School
Shaw Murder Trial Called for Continuance Request
Edward Shaw, a messenger, faces murder charges in a Santa Fe era case. Judge Porterfield set time for a continuance as Shaw's counsel prepare an application. The shooting occurred at a saloon on Thirteenth and Walnut after a dispute with a hack driver over horse whipping. Milton Crowell, a Santa Fe engineer, died the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Shaw
Porterfield
Criminal Court
Shaw
Milton Crowell
Santa Fe
George Broadhurst
Thirteenth and
Walnut Streets
Crowell
Benjamin Hayes
Four Negroes In The Buggy Theft At Church
Joseph Thomason left his horse and buggy in front of the Croatian church at Fourth street and Barnett avenue in Kansas City while in service yesterday morning. About 9 o’clock last night four Black men were arrested on the James street bridge driving the stolen rig. In police court they said a friend lent the buggy for the night and each paid $2 for the ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Thomason
Fourth Street
Barnett Avenue
Kansas City
Kas
James Street
Social events and weddings fill Kansas City notes
Invitations issued by Mrs. Fred S. Doggett and Mrs. Justin D. Bower for a May 2 card party. Lieutenant Robert E. Wood and Miss Mary B. Hardwick to wed at St. Thomas's New York with army officers as ushers. After, a small reception in Kansas City. Various social visits, dances, and hospitality noted from Pasadena to Baldwin and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Doggett
Justin D. Bowersock
Robert E. Wood
Mary B. Hardwick
George W. Hardwick
Augusta
Ernest M. Stires
St. Thomas’s Church
New York
St. Thomas's
United States Army
Paul Moore
Kansas City
Wood
Frank P. Lahn
Robert F. Jackson
Frank O. Whitlock
Edward M. Adams
Army
Miss Hardwick
Cordray
David P. Cordray
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Manila
Lieutenant Wood
R. W. Wood
Julia Wood
Made Innocent Man Confess Togas? Ely To Be Pardoned
Torexa April 27 A Crawford county Negro boy Frank Ely who served two years for burglary will be released Wednesday. Governor Hoch commuted the sentence and a full pardon will follow. The petition cites abuse and threats by Pittsburg police to force a confession, arguing fair trial would have cleared Ely. Led by Arthur Fuller judge J H Wooley and J F Walsh the signers claim Ely is not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torexa
Frank Ely
Crawford County
Govanor Hoch
Ely
Pittsburg
Kansas
Arthur Fuller
District Court
J. H. Wooley
J. F. Walsh
Brother of Marc Klaw Dies in New York City
Louis Klaw, 60, brother of Marc Klaw of Klaw and Erlanger, died at his New York home. He moved from Louisville, Kentucky twenty years ago and had been active in theatrical ventures with his brother since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc Klaw
New York
Louis Klaw
Klaw & Erlanger
Klaw
Louisville
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Daggone
Cannon’s
School Peace
Charles S. Keith
Morton's
Virginia Keith
Freeman Field
K. B. Fullerton
East
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Morton
Eunice Sexton
T. P. Haley
J. H. Rush
Green Hotel
Pasadena
Cal
Alice Alston
David Mills Hammet
W. A. Beasley
Mrs
Prank J. Bingham
J. C. Stone
Campbell Street
George Alexander Smith
Alfred T. Smith
Harrison Street
BR. FE. Cash
Forest Avenue
Kentucky
EC. Tandy
W. 5. Coleman
Bertha McCracken
McCabe Moore
Oakland Avenue
Homer Brown
Olive Street
Miss Alma Breckenridge
Clinton County
Missouri
Minnie William Michann
William Wakefield, Jr
Helen Jones
Baldwin, Kas
Bancroft Club
Harlan Spangler
East Sixth Street
James Taylor Cochran
North Tenth Street
Kan City
Miss Orpha
William C. Beery
John Bamford
Mrs. Albrecht Mariburg
Tooka
Mra
Grand Hotel
W. W. Dewar
Bales Avenue
C. W. Sass
A. G. Johnson
G. E. Dewar
Rose Peebles
W. L. Partington
Maude Wingfield
Bess
Hazel Partington
Lulu
Gordon Éy
Jkkoppel Ct Clothing
John Taylor Dry Goods
Duchess Point
P de Milan
Point de Colorado
Trish Point
Ecru
Saxony
Elwell
McCray
Main
ERR Bros. & Garvey
ALL Paper CO
Nad Wernt
McGee
Kalaguens
Java
The
Pear’s
Juvenile
Woodbury's
Packer
Pozzoni
Mennin
Carl Hoffman Music Company
Chickering
Emerson Sterling Huntington
Dianos
Grand Avenue
Fletcher
Star and Times
Pettyjohn
Seans Snider
A. T. Barnett, Dentist
Main St
Taylor
Waetiennens Roceryman
Cramer
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