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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
3
Lawrence Kansas May 20 The University of Kansas opens the commencement season with the class of 1908 presenting the original musical comedy The Nawab of Zu Zu by Richard Leroy Douglas of Crestline. The two act piece features many song hits and marks the first major senior production alongside the Jayhawker.
A comedy featuring the Nawab and Princess Uneeda arriving at Mount Oread to resolve Uneeda and Tacoma marriage hurdles with help from Prof Nabisco and KU faculty. The plot spans love intrigues, a will gifting Zulu islands to KU, and thirteen choruses with costume. Cast includes Rebecca Moody as Uneeda Roy Roberts as Nawab Frank Frickleton as Nabisco Cecil Forster as Jerry Pierson.
University of Kansas students announce the Jayhawker 1908 annual to be presented Friday night with a dormitory cast led by William Miller and a second performance scheduled for Friday. Richard L. Douglas, editor of Kansan and Glee Club member, authored the work and serves in the law program. Carl H. Young of Wellington is editor in chief as the 400 page volume is dedicated to Walter Roscoe Stubbs of Lawrence.
The article notes a student new duties with the Kansan board, previously a founding member under the current structure, and a prominent role in university affairs. The piece highlights continuity in leadership as the senior class shifts responsibilities.
Inside information reveals a playful scene as East Side neighbors praise each other’s roses and poultry, each woman claiming superiority of her Dorothy Perkins yellow roses and Plymouth Rock chickens while privately ridiculing rivals at home.
Jack Maschinot of Ranch 101 from Oklahoma arrived in New York aboard Zee land from Antwerp. He says his crew went to Europe to Arabia but only Italy was reached, then he claims to have shot up a town in Belgium and was jailed and fined repeatedly.
Curnover Missouri May 20 The state’s only trotting bear died in a fire that destroyed its quarters. The trained animal could be harnessed and worked in demonstrations.
The home, store and icehouse of Charles Plute were the setting as Moxey the bear, trained to pull in harness and occasionally driven through town, died early yesterday morning. The incident surprised many and the town laments the loss of the famous animal.
The Ministerial union announced steps to stop Sunday baseball in Omaha. Next Sunday names of all players will be taken and filed in city offices for court action. The Western league club owners plan a test case to take the matter to the highest court if needed.
The Loose-Wiles Cracker and Candy Company received a permit today for a new seven story factory building adjoining its present plant at Eighth Street and Henning Avenue in the West Bottoms. Ground area measures 150 by 128 feet. Estimated cost is 182000 dollars. Construction will use steel brick and concrete.
The third monthly dinner of the Woman's Dining Club is scheduled for 6 45 p m Monday May 25 at Morton’s Hall Fortieth and Main streets. The Rev Caroline Bartlett Crane of Kalamazoo Michigan will address the club with non members invited to attend.
May 20 Cleveland reports uneasy peace at daylight as violence feared to return at dusk. Authorities urge arbitration. Dupont of the traction company rumored to concede though denied. A patrolman found 100 dynamite caps and a nitro glycerin bottle near Bridge avenues. Strike leaders hold three open air meetings to rally public support.
Washington reports preparations by the War Department for joint maneuvers across regulars and state militia. A $1 million appropriation funds instruction camps from June to October at Pine Plains Chickamauga Park Leon Springs American Lake Fort D A Russell Fort Benjamin Harrison Fort Riley and Atascadero Ranch. Exercises emphasize practical marches and minimal ceremonial display with progressive troop integration.
After a three year courtship Mrs Kirke La Shelle widow of the famed theatrical manager will marry Joseph Howland Hunt of New York on June 6. The couple will wed at the country home of Mr and Mrs Frank Roder between Tarrytown and Briarcliff. Hunt is a partner in Hunt Hunt architects. The wedding follows the three year anniversary of Kirke La Shelle’s funeral and her estate stood at $90 000 after debts.
Police officer W. F. Comiskey saw a man pull apart bars from a rear window of the Baltimore Shirt company on Twelfth street and Baltimore avenue. The burglar entered, then broke through a plate glass door and fled north on Baltimore avenue. The officer fired twice and arrested Fred Shafstall at Tenth and Main streets, released from county jail last week.
Referee J. J. Sullivan and A. G. Powell left Lincoln for New York to take testimony from top express officials. The aim is to determine if a 25 percent reduction in express rates is justified. Attorney General Zaeegner has been in New York for several years.
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