Police Board to Test Motorcycles for Patrol Squad
The police board will test ten motorcycle makes starting today to select four or five for patrol use. Jones will recommend the purchase next Wednesday, with tests pitting each bike against a Corbin car driven by Ye owner Herman Peltzer. Chief engineer H T McMath will supervise and report results, aiming to speed emergency runs and curb reckless motoring.
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Police Department
Police Board
Elliott H. Jones
Corbin
Herman Peltzer
They
Peltzer
Mr. Jones
H. T. McMath
Scarritt Building
President Invited to National Resources Conference
The Ma Valley River Improvement Association president is invited by President Roosevelt to attend the national resources conference at the White House. Governors, Congress members, and leading reformists will be present to discuss conserving natural resources and improving waterways. Captain F E Schulz will also attend after being ordered to Washington to report on the Missouri River project.
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Foce
Ma Vatley
River Improvement Association
Washington
Roosevelt
Jones
White House
Congress
Inland Waterway Commission
Mississippi River
Memphis
FE. H. Schulz
Missouri River
Brady Faces Federal Charge Over Fictitious Receipts
J E Brady organizer of the defunct Merchants Refrigerating company was arraigned in federal court for using the mail to defraud through issuing fictitious warehouse receipts. He pleaded not guilty and posted 2500 bond. Bondsmen were R Ennis and E L Morse. Judge Pollock said he would make Brady’s bond light due to a prior 19000 bond in a criminal case. H C Frick, president of the National Railway Training association, indicted for mail fraud, pleaded not guilty and posted 2500 bond. Marie Moore, indicted for sending an improper letter to a woman friend, pled not guilty but could not post bond and was returned to jail after a post office inspector arrested her Thursday. Other indicted individuals had not yet been arraigned.
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J. E. Brady
Merchants’ Refrigerating Company
R. Ennis
E. L. Morse
Sale at Fifteenth and McGee pays $65,000
The northeast corner of Fifteenth and McGee streets sold yesterday afternoon. Charles H. Kessler as administrator for the Muehlebach estate sold to J. S. Lillis, president of the Western Exchange bank, for investment. The lot spans 132 feet on Fifteenth and 99 feet on McGee. Houlihan represented both sides.
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Fifteenth and
McGee Streets
Charles H. Kessler
Muehlebach
J. S. Lillis
Western Exchange Bank
Fifteenth Street
McGee Street
J. F. Houlihan
Amateur baseball injury prompts mask failure notice
David Allen a 13 year old catcher at 618 Washington avenue Kansas City Kansas was hurt when a loose wire on his protective mask driven by a pitched ball struck his forehead. He received treatment from police surgeon EF Tenney and returned home. His condition was not dangerous.
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David Allen
Washington Avenue
Kansas City
Kas
Rane
Allen
R. Tenney
Weather forecast but warm morning then showers
A shower to night and more showers to morrow are forecast. The showers will be general in the Missouri valley states. This morning should be pleasant and warm with little change in temperature expected.
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Missouri Valley
Duty to the common good guides beer park policy
The piece argues the moral duty of personal sacrifice for public safety, citing Saint Paul and Police Commissioner Jones on restricting beer sales at Electric Park. It asserts the greatest good for the greatest number justifies limiting liberty to protect young women and vulnerable people, urging self-denial for societal safety and sobriety in liquor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Jones
Electric Park
Kansas City
Tiny baby girl born to Mrs. Alonzo Bell in Detroit
A baby girl weighing one and a half pounds arrived Wednesday at 2435 Michigan Ave in Detroit, the wife of Alonzo Bell, a car barn employee. The infant, now two pounds and ten inches long, is reported healthy by Dr. Thomas T. Sawyer as the smallest he has seen to survive. Mrs Bell weighs 170 pounds and Mr Bell 160 pounds.
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Mary Bell
Michigan Avenue
Alonzo Bell
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Thomas T. Sawyer
Kansas City Leads Building Boom in April Reports
Kansas City outpaced 10 other large cities in April with a 47 percent jump in building value totaling 1 069 050 dollars. The surge placed Kansas City fifth among the 11 major cities reporting increases while the overall group saw a 25 percent decline. promotion for W A Gustafson. William A Gustafson assistant superintendent of the Pinkerton National Detective agency in Kansas City has been promoted to the Omaha agency superintendency and is in Omaha to assume duties. Next Sunday The Star will publish another a of testi jae for The Thornton Minor ystem of Treatment for in and Fistula. 004 Oaksf Rangas City Mo Ady
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Kansas City
W. A. Gustafson
William A. Gustafson
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Omaha
The
Star
Thornton & Minorystem
Oaksf
Rangas City
Trade Winners Home Trip Biggest in Commercial Club History
A Prosperity Association organized at Abilene hosted the largest trade extension trip yet, with 103 firms visiting 103 towns over 1,327 miles from Kansas City to Colby. Kansas City officials praised the journey for promoting prosperity and signaling recovery from the late financial stress. Fort Riley welcomed the group with a troops review and gifts to Missouri Pacific’s C L Stone and Dr H F Kuhn, marks of the visit.
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Commercial Club
Abilene
Fort Riley
Kansas City
Colby
Colorado State Line
W. L. Day
Parlin & Orendorff Implement Company
Day
Leon Smith
Trade Extension Trip Committee
H. B. Topping
Club
E. M. Clendening
J. B. Case
Trans-Mississippi Congress
National Prosperity League
St. Louis
John T. Kerr
Seventh Cavalry
C. L. Stone
Missouri Pacific
H. F. Kuhn
A L Davis Not Indicted In Federal Grand Jury Report
An error in yesterday's Star listed A L Davis among Interstate Fiscal Agency officers indicted by the federal grand jury. Davis sold his contract with Kansas City Life Insurance for Oklahoma to the company but was not an officer and not implicated in the fraud charges.
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Star
A. L. Davis
Interstate Fiscal Agency Company
Federal Grand Jury
Davis
Interstate Fiscal Agency
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Oklahoma
Boy 14 Refutes Suicide Claim After Train Collision
James Rowland, 14, struck by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific train on the Hannibal bridge April 27, left the general hospital yesterday with a skull fracture above the left eye nearly cured. Doctors say the injury is healing and Rowland denied attempting suicide when pressed after the incident.
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James Rowland
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Hannibal Bridge
General Hospital
Busted During Street Collision Leaves Man Injured
Lee Jackson, 22, a Black man, testified at the emergency hospital after a collision with another man. He suffered a long cut over his right eye and said the other man assaulted him for selling crawdads. Dr. J Park Neal treated him before he left.
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Lee Jackson Wan
Lee Jackson
Baptism Service To Immersion 80 at Kaw River
Parishioners of Pleasant Green Baptist church will be baptized in the Kaw river at the foot of James street at noon today. Rev. George McNeal, rector of the Splitlog church, will officiate. Thirty men and women, all negroes, participate in the rite and the event is announced as a local church immersion ceremony.
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Kaw River
James Street
George McNeal
Pleasant Green Baptist Church
Splitlog
Wood Avenues
Mauretania Delayed By Propeller Breakage At Sea
The Cunard liner Mauretania arrived late in New York after a broken propeller blade likely from a struck spar. Officers say the mishap prevented a new trans Atlantic speed record, with the ship traveling 26 knots at the time and averaging 22.89 knots on the onward leg from Queenstown to port. Captain Pritchard noted 27 knots would have been possible by daylight on day two.
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New York
Cunard Line
Pritchard
Queenstown
Montgomery Ward Ill in Neuritis Reports
Pasapina California May 9 Montgomery Ward Chicago merchant suffers neuritis in his left arm. The illness affects his health yet he dines with guests at Hotel Maryland and remains able to go out daily. Ward describes the lameness as a familiar touch of neuritis but insists there is little serious trouble.
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Pasapina
Cal
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Hotel Maryland
Ard
Ward
Mr. Ward
J B Shannon Campaign Rumors In Jackson County
Citizen J B Shannon tours rural Jackson County in a second speech series in Lee s Summit and other small towns amid questions about a possible bid for Congress. Supporters recall his knack for spellbinding talks while noting he has not pursued political organization recently.
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J. B. Shannon
Jackson County
Lee'summit
Shannon
Congress
Oppose An Annexation Plan Near Kansas City Kas
About 100 residents in the additions west of Kansas City Kansas gathered at District No 7 schoolhouse to oppose the city council annexation plan. They discussed legal action should annexation proceed, while William Morrow urged potential benefits of joining the city. Local property owners argued higher taxes and burden would follow.
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Kansas City
Kas
Quindaro Boulevard
William Morrow
Ird
New Building Code Takes Effect With City Board Proposed
The new building ordinances are now in force under John T. Neil the superintendent of buildings. A special commission prepared the code and the council approved it two months ago. It aims at sturdier structures better sanitation and stronger fire safeguards. A board of appeals to review superintendent rulings is planned though not yet assigned with Henry F. Holt at times mentioned as a candidate.
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John T. Neil
Board of Appeals
Pee
Henry F. Holt
Special Commission
Journalist Matthias Ends Life at Chicago Hotel
Charles Matthias a noted journalist and former Chicago Chronicle editor and Chicago American staffer died by suicide at a local hotel. He shot himself in the head before his wife, who found him on her return. He had endured nervous troubles for years and left a farewell to his wife asking for blessing. Cleveland Shows Continued Recovery After Illness in New Jersey. Ex President Cleveland’s condition remains improving and progress toward recovery is satisfactory according to a night statement from his suite. Mrs Cleveland says he is gaining steadily each day and seems better than last week. Norman Insane Asylum to Transfer Patients to Fort Supply May 19. About 678 state patients are at the asylum, with roughly 300 to be moved to Fort Supply.
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Charles Matthias
Chicago Chronicle
Chicago American
Matthias
Cleveland
Laxewood
N. J
Norman, Ox
Fort Supply Asylum
Fort Supply
Kansan Trainsman Husks Injuries After Fall
John Barnett of Hyattsville Kansas fell under a moving freight train and suffered severe injuries to both feet with imminent amputation planned at the ankle and toe removal on the other. He will be transported to a hospital in Great Bend for treatment. The rest of the text promotes the Raings Sisters psychics at a New York apartment, inviting interest in their art productions and purported clairvoyant displays.
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Kansan
Kinsky
Kas
John Barnett
Hyattsville
Great Bend
Raings
New York
Hide
12Th Street
Paseo
Fifty Episcopalians plan Rome gap open pulpit exodus
Privaveronia May 9 reports fifty Episcopal clergymen nationwide will renounce the Episcopal Church to join Rome. Doran says the move stems from the open pulpit controversy and Catholic propaganda by the Companions of the Holy Savior. Notables in Philadelphia New York Chicago and Sunflower Lac are named, with several resignations tied to the dispute. Bishop Mackey Smith calls the event a tempest in a teapot while noting the church’s broad inclusiveness and the ritualists’ stance.
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Privaveronia
Rome
Alvah H.doran
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Sun du Lac
Wis
United States
Dr. Doran
Father Doran
Church of the Epiphany
Eleventh
Jackson Streets
Episcopal Church
St. Clement's Church
Companions of the Holy Savior
Doran
General Conference
William McGarvey
St. Elizabeth's Church
N. L. Cowl
W. L. Hayward
William H. McClellan
Mackey Smith
Episcopal Diocese
Spiritualists Lose A Legacy In Illinois Will Case
The jury ruled banker J T Crumbaugh insane when he signed his will leaving about a million to spiritualist mediums. Heirs claimed fakery via seances influenced the bequest. evidence included manifestations attributed to Crumbaugh’s infant son. The verdict directs turnover of the estate to probate for heir division.
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Crum
Crumbaugh
Clark Pen Portrait of Thomas Benton for Library Volume
Representative Champ Clark has written an article on Thomas Hart Benton for the Library of Southern Literature. The editors include the University of Virginia president and Joel Chandler Morris. Clark selected Benton's passages to form part of the collection and dedicates the labor to honoring Benton’s historical standing.
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Washieron
Champ Clark
Thomas Hart Benton
Library of Southern Literature
President Alderman
University of Virginia
Joel Chandler Morris
Remus
Clark
Great Missourian
Benton
Missouri Democratic convention endorses Folk and Bryan era
Greene county Democratic convention delegates to the state convention endorsed Governor Folk Senator Stone and others after a heated debate. They recommended supporting national delegates for Bryan while rejecting sending the noted New York playwright Augustus Thomas as a pace maker for Missouri. Safe deposit boxes offered by a bank at eight to forty five dollars annually.
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Greene County
Folk
Stone
Hamlin
McDavid
Bryan
Missouri
Filipino wins interstate normal oratorical contest at Camilo Osias
Camilo Osias, from the nominal school at this place, won the interstate normal school oratorical contest. Vernon Horner of Emporia, Kansas, finished second. Miss Jennie Hogan of Superior, Wisconsin, placed third, and John Fitzgerald of Cedar Falls, Iowa, came fourth. Alma Hotchkiss of Maryville, Missouri, was unable to attend due to missing a train.
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Macome
Itt
Interstate Normal School
Camilo Osias
Nomimial School
Vernon Horner
Emporia
Kas
Jennie Hogan
Superior
Wis
John Fitzgerald
Cedar Falls
Missouri
Alma Hotchkiss
Maryville
Atchison Ministers Clash Over Prohibition Decree
In Atchison Kansas the Ministers alliance and city officials clash over enforcement of prohibition. The Church Visitor condemns the administration and urges Germans in the city who oppose prohibition to return to Germany. The paper warns that lawlessness harms the city and business and calls for loyal Americans to stand with the law.
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Archison
Kas
Atchison
Alliance
Rich Man Under A Train Near MarsHall Mo
W S Goff rich mine owner from Los Angeles was killed after attempting to board the Red Flyer near Chicago and Alton depot. He owned hundreds of acres in Missouri and Kentucky. Coroner to investigate two inquests and a death by self harm surfaced in North Street.
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MarsHall
W. S. Goff
Ransberg
Los Angeles
Cal
Red Flyer
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Chicago & Alton
St. Louis
Missouri
Goff
Kentucky
E. Scratchfield
William Piper
North Street
Aires
C. P. Hinton
Death by Own Action Runs in the Piper Family
MarsHatt Mo May 9 William Piper 75 shot himself in a bedroom ending a long decline after his son James Piper recently attempted suicide on route to Kansas City. James was deemed insane and sent to a Nevada asylum while mort Piper’s home burned down with all contents.
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MarsHatt
William Piper
James Piper
Kansas City
Chicago & Alton Slater
Saline County
Nevada Asylum
Mort Piper
Dead Man Returns to Seek Wife After 11 Years
James Adams once resided in Peru Nebraska was reported drowned in the Missouri River eleven years ago. A body identified as him was found in summer 1897. He appeared at Kearney last night asking for his wife, now with her fourth husband in Omaha. He left for Los Angeles and possibly Oregon. He offered no details about his disappearance. His clothes were found on the riverbank soon after he vanished.
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Omaha
James Adams
Peru
Neb
Missouri River
Kearney
Adams
Los Angeles
Oregon
Missouri town tragedy ends in fatal stabbing
In Carterville Missouri on May 9 Blue Mayfield a married father of two was stabbed by Andy Copeland after a clash sparked by an accidental knockdown of a boy Copeland apologized and Mayfield admonished him. The wound pierced the heart and Mayfield died hours later Copeland was arrested.
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Jorurmw
Blue Mayfield
Andy Copeland
Carterville
Copeland
Ayfield
Uarrel
Mayfield Copeland
Mayfield
Field
Victims lured at Gunness home say relatives feared
Emil Greening, a Gunness farm worker, describes a stream of visitors posing as Jennie Gunness cousins from Kansas, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Chicago. He cites trunks left behind, secrecy, and a private garden as clues to the murders ongoing at Laporte’s Mrs. Gunness home.
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Oklahoma City
Laporte
Ind
Fimil Gresis Penter
Fred Greenin
California
Jennie
Mrs. Gunness
Ray Lamphere
Moo
Chicago
Michigan City
Moe
Gunness
Hia
Probing Gunness Case Deepens After Syracuse Arrest
Laroere Inn reports a calm day as investigators continue the hunt for Mrs. Gunness's killer, with Sheriff Smutser leading an unprecedented murder inquiry. The scene centers around the garden graveyard at Mrs. Gunness's home as authorities press for breakthroughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laroere
Inn
Laporte
Syracuse
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L. M. Jones
National Resources Conference
Brady
Marie Moore
J. &. Lillis
Wan
Temple of Health
Twelfth and
Washeen
Kansas City Hee
Rite Magazine
Pr. C. Sie
Drsats
Alonzo Hell
Kansas
Kaw
Ciabe, Ryteher & Sons
Balt Co
Ean Filiders
Eset
Mauretania
Hetter Sanitation
McGarvey
Reformed Episcopalians
Thomas Benton
Augustus Thomas
Springfield
Democats
Mator
Corn Bu Bank
Marshall, Mo
Emil Greening
Cousina
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