Bribe Case Jury Instructed On Conspiracy and Doubt
The jury in the bribery trial of Jonathan M. Davis and son Russell Davis heard detailed instructions on conspiracy elements, admissible evidence, and reasonable doubt. The judge cautioned that a verdict requires beyond a reasonable doubt with emphasis on agreements, payments, and the governor’s pardon influence.
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Popeka
A.P
Jonathan M. Wuevis
Kansas
Russell
Charaes
Fred Wo Bollinad
Voikman
Daris
Jetrdon
Utis FE
Elias
Tate
Dutathan AL Ravis
Russell Davis
Feds
Donthas
M. Davis
Fred
Lus- Rell
Witt
Jonathan AM
Davis
Feed
Wl Pollan
Iien
Jonathe Mo Davis
Tyussel Davis
Jonathian M. Davis
Toimsrs
Fred W. Tolman
Fred W. Pullman
Jonathan MM. Davis
Way
Mussell Davis
Insii
Kans Cooperative Wheat Market Directors seek to abolish secretary post
A Kansas cooperative wheat association directors meeting passed a resolution urging the 1927 legislature to abolish the state board of agriculture secretary’s office, citing it as unnecessary. The action followed secretary Mohler’s forecast of a 200,010,000 bushel crop, which directors deemed optimistic and likely to depress prices.
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Wichita
A.P
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Kansas Co-Operative
J. C. Mohler
Board, Agriculture
Crowd at Service Marked by Storm in Lawrence
The Saint Fleur of the First Baptist Church held a Friday service despite a storm. Attendance showed churchgoers remained orderly and reverent, with a three hour devotion. Clergy from era Lawrence area led opening and closing remarks as ministers from several churches participated.
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erian _whureh
Ehui
Edward
F. M. Testerman
John Ifsrman
John ¥. Watts
B. F. Tudy
A.edwards
Gerrit, Snyder
G. W. Burgin
Frat Arnold
Weighing Earth Progress in torsion balance tests
Washington reports on the effort to determine Earth's exact weight using a torsion balance. Dr Paulo Hoyt has conducted long sessions deep underground to minimize interference while weighing the planet. only one of three observation sets is complete and results will take over a year to finalize.
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Washington
A.P
Qld
Paulo BR. Hoyt
Karl R. Garver Dead in Wichita Airman Founder of Garver Fly In Cheng
Karl R Garver a Wichita airplane pilot and founder of Garver Fly in Cheng died at his home after a long illness. He previously helped his wife Ruth Garver who died in October after a parachute failure during an air congress. Survived by relatives in Tippecanoe Ohio and a son using on the Attica Kansas. A second item notes an abandoned roadster found and brought to the police station on Wednesday afternoon in Wichita.
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Wichita
Kan
Garver
Cheng
Ruth ‘Garver
Wichita ‘Air Congress
Tippecanoe
Attica
Kansas
Wlingis Street
Kansas Weather Report Streams Snow Across West Overnight
Unsettled conditions persist tonight and Saturday as cold air holds, with below freezing temperatures. Snow affects western counties and sleet drifts cause slippery roads in Kansas City. Salina and Pittsburg report cloudy skies with snow or mud on roads, while Coffeyville and Arkansas City see rain and muddy streets. Wichita Ottawa Topeka also noted in the region forecast.
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Kansas
Portion
Kansas City
Maporia
Salina
Arkansas City
Pittsburg
Wichita
Ottawa
Topeka
Bitter Dewey family saga sparks Kansas feud tale
Kansas City April 2 AP reports revived interest in the Dewey family history after a Cheyenne County 1903 clash left the elder Berry and two sons dead and five wounded. Chauncey Dewey acquitted of murder later faced a civil suit. Dewey and his men attempted to seize a tank on a Berry farm tied to a $59 judgment. In Topeka a pre Lent dinner was announced at an Episcopal church to honor Dewey and Miss Millsaugh. Bishop Millspaugh supported the marriage. Chauncey Dewey, now in Junction City, and Mrs Dewey had a later wedding as well.
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Kansas City
Elvira M. Dewey
Topeka
van L. Birch
Miami
Fla
Dewey
Kansas
Cheyenne County
Chauncey Dewes
Berry
Episcopal Church of
City moves to bar Moody from garage near Joline
Lawrence city files an injunction against R A Moody to stop erection of a garage close to Joline and Tennessee street corner, challenging zoning compliance. City plans to test new law while district court decides the case. Settling Basin ordinance also passed for the water plant.
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District Court
City of
Lawrence
R. K. Moody
Guy
C. A. Smart
City Commission
R.A. Moody
Dys Jine
Tennessee Street
W. F. Reinisch
Moody
Great Britain
Bob Fitzsimmans
Cornwall
Survey of Philippines to aid development planned
Washington April 2 President Coolidge appointed Carmi A. Thompson of Ohio as special commissioner to survey economic aid and internal conditions in the Philippines. The move aims to develop resources and increase US and Filipino benefits. Thompson, a close ally of Governor-General Wood, will travel to the islands in June after meetings with the president. He has held national offices and ran for Ohio governor as a Republican.
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Washington
API
Carmi A. Thompson
Ohio
Coolidge
Philippines
White House
Lallows
Congress
Philippine Islands
Wood
Alp. Thompson
Islands
Thompson
Spanish War Veterans’ Association
Donahey
Taft
Interior
United States
Birds Urge Kansas Feed Birds In Bad Weather
Deputy state game warden at Pratt sent a telegram to KU alumni secretary Fred Ellsworth. University radio station urged Kansas people to feed birds during present bad weather. Warden said meat fat bread crumbs and grains fed now will be paid for during the bot season. Many Lawrence residents have already answered recent appeals to feed birds and aid their survival until better weather returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy FE. Vining
Pratt
Fred Ellsworth
K. U
Kansas
Lawrence
Snow and storms sweep Kansas in early April
Reports from Salina McPherson Dodge City and Colby detail heavy April snowfalls totaling up to 16 inches for the week. Roads are blocked, trains delayed, and automobile travel largely halted as paralyzed counties isolate towns under renewed winter storms.
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Salina
Colby
McPherson
Dodge City
APS
Kansas
Ling
Coolidge Seeks Coal Legislation This Session
President Coolidge expects Congress to pass coal legislation this session. He wants a mediation board appointed if a strike occurs and a system for a coal administrator in case of fuel scarcity, with recommendations in his messages, aiming for enactment before adjournment.
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Washington
A.P
Coolidge
Congress
Bid Back on River Intake Erection
A written request to withdraw Rowan and Rickard’s bid on the new river intake at the city water plant was filed after the bidders claimed a miscalculation. The low bid was opened last week, but city officials delayed acceptance pending a report from the consulting engineer.
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Rowan and Rickard
City Commission
Theity Commission
Wynecop Kiersted
Ave
Afr
Kiersteeds
Subpoenas refused by Senate panel in Volstead debate
Washington April 2 A P I The senate prohibition commission refused to issue subpoenas for 18 witnesses desired by wets to attend next week The committee divided four to one Senator Reed Democrat Missouri alone backed Senator Edge Republican New Jersey in subpoenaing police chiefs judges sheriffs doctors and others to testify on Volstead and eighteenth amendment bills Edge said many could be brought only by formal subpoenas Walsh Democrat Montana opposed summoning witnesses To Buy Settling Basin Site J & Stevenson city commissioner of finance authorized to purchase lots 67 69 71 14 and south half of 65 in west Lawrence for 1475 to locate new settling basin cash paid from water department Sorority Plans Improvements Alpha Delta Pi at 1145 Tennessee street plans a concrete drive high lattice and landscape work with C E Ellebirook drawing plans Chief of Police A E Koons now Ringwood Okla replaces long Lawrence tenure Atwater Kent Radio-Hanra
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Washington
A.pi
Senate Prohibition Commission
Reed
Missouri
Edge
New Jersey
Walsh
Montara
J. & Stevenson
City Commission
West Lawrence
Water Department
Alpha Delti- Pi Sorority
Tennessee Street
C E. Ellebirook
Worst of Easter Blizzard Is Over in Kansas
Northeastern Kansas ends four day storm with record snow and rising rain. Topeka reports 21.8 inches in the week, statewide totals near 2.5 inches of rainfall. roads blocked, street cleaning underway as western and southern areas see mixed precipitation. Weather bureau forecasts flurries possible, easing conditions toward clearer streets.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather-Bureau
Lawrence
I. Zenort
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Rockies
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Iilingis
Record Snow Buries Lawrence in April History
A heavy April snowstorm in Lawrence sets a new record since KU weather station began in 1868. Ten inches fell over two days, shutting roads and delaying travel as crews work to clear drifts and restore bus service between Lawrence, Topeka, and Kansas City. Officials say most roads should reopen by tonight, with the Victory highway and routes to Ottawa and Baldwin clearing first.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
University of Kansas
J. J. Posey
Topeka
Kansas City
Roai
Carler
X. J. Kennedy
Ottawa
Baldwin
Barrow Plane Flight Ends Safely
Fairbanks Alaska April 2 AP Captain George Hubert Wilkins and Lieutenant Carl Benjamin Eielson left Fairbanks Wednesday for Point Barrow Alaska and arrived 445 hours after departure. A Barrow radio message indicated their safe arrival 500 miles over the Brooks Range. The plane carried 37 000 pounds of supplies as they prepare for an Arctic ocean expedition.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
George Hubert Wilkins
Carl Benjamin Eielson
Point Barrow
Barrow
Brooks” Range
Arctic Ocean
Injunction Sought Over Funeral Home at 1530 Rhode Island
Judge J O Rankin heard testimony from about twenty five witnesses on the temporary injunction motion to bar use of the Alemennia house at 1530 Rhode Island street as a funeral home and embalming establishment. C W Schubert, undertaker, purchased the property last month and the matter was taken under advisement after Rankin inspected the neighborhood and paused for further decision.
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J. H. Parker
Rhode Island Street
J. O. Rankin
Paala
Tenth District
Alemennia House
C. W. Schubert
Exudara
Louis Menger
Hugh “Means
Menger
Temary
District Court
Peakes
Rankin
Lawrence
Topeka
Paola
Cappon to Speak at Chamber Luncheon in Lawrence
Franklin C. Cappon, newly named Kansas football coach, will address the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce at the weekly luncheon next Tuesday at 12:30. He arrives Monday and will be guest of honor, with Dr. F. C. Allen outlining Kansas Relays plans for April 17 and nationwide publicity.
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Chamber of Commerce
Franklin C. Cappon
University of Kansas
Cappon
Lawrence
Bel
F. C. Allen
Kansas
Chae Ee
Real Estate Operator Faces Investigation in Cinderella Venture
New York April 2 A P I Edward W Browning wealthy real estate operator today faced an investigation into his Cinderella venture and alleged ties to 15 year old Frances Peaches Heenan whom he planned to marry next June The children's society secretary Vincent Pizarro said if a gray haired man over fifty takes a schoolgirl on night rides in a car and to dances without proper guardians it is time action is taken Also Memphis Tenn April Clarence Saunders won a further step in his case against a federal indictment in St Louis The judge upheld a prior opinion that the indictment failed to show a crime against the United States Radio Service Douglas Radio
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New York
A.pi
Edward W. Browning
Children's Society
Frances
Heenan
Vincent Pizarra
Memphis
Clarence Saunders
St. Louis
Harry B. Anderson
John R. Walker, Jr
United States
Saunders
Zone Ordinance Read First Time and Protests Filed
The city commission read a zoning ordinance for the first time with final passage slated around April 29. A protest over two southeast corner plots at Tenth and Vermont seeks residential zoning, while planning had proposed residence zoning. The protest was filed at last night’s meeting, with the petition noting the corner’s business zoning to accommodate a funeral home. Also reported are March fire alarms and building permits, and a new revenue law eliminating deeds stamps effective March 29 with initial profit noted by Mrs. Isa Wellman. The act, passed October 22, 1914, required stamps on deeds under $500.
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Frank L. Holliday
Tenth and
Vermont Streets
City Commission
Planning’ Commission
Wy. P.reinisch
W. T. Reis
Isa Wellman
Riot in Calcutta Opposes Hindu Muslim Factions
London April 2 AP report says a serious riot broke out in Calcutta India between Hindus and Muslims in the northern section of the city. Many killed or injured with shops and houses in principal streets closed. Reuters reports about 100 injured and no confirmed deaths.
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London
Calcutta
India
Exchange Telegraph
Reuter
Bath Tab Party Drama Brings Penance for Producer
New York April 2 A theatrical producer Earl Garroll faces possible heavy penalties after perjury charges stem from a bath tail party alleged to have nude participants. A federal grand jury contends the February 28 gathering was not nude and the tub was not filled with liquid. Knights Templar to Service DeMolay Commandery No 4 to hold Easter services at 11 am in the Episcopal church with Rev. E A Edwards delivering the sermon. In Washington April 2 Federal Judge English of Illinois faces trial or resignation on high misdemeanor charges after a House vote of 306 to 62. Brookhart case postponed in Senate until Monday. The Best in Radio Hanra
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Earl Garroll
Gyrand
Ee Cetee
Knights Templar
Episcopal Church
E. A. Eidwards
Washington
A.P
English
Tllinois
Senate
House
Lave
Ito
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Harvey
Russell Davas
Mohler
Cooperative Wheat. Marketing Association
H. R. Green
Moline
Agricultural Board
Green
Kansas Cooperative Wheat Market Nee Association
Lang
Karl R. Garver
Carver Flying Circus
Eaily
Funk
C. A. Thompson
Sagina
Temple
Ening
Guy Robertson
Peaker
Kanses
Fred Olmsted
Harvard
Princeton
Fada Réfio
Douglas
Rowan & Rickard
Connecticut
John T.king
Zoel
American Metal Company
King
Richard Merton
King -Ermerly
Thomas W. Miller
Alec Ee
A. E. Koons
Ringwood
Oklo
Koons
Atwaler Kent Radiq
Hanra
Northwest Kansas
Concordia
Dodger
Cruikshanke Stil
Crew
Ted
Chevrolet
Jayhawker
Cinderilla Venture Beset
Douglas Radio
Bobilay
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