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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1925
Page
1
Cleveland on April 3 reports Atlee Pomeroy denying any jury rating was unexpected. Officials say the statement clarifies misinterpretations and affirms ongoing investigations. Local authorities caution against premature conclusions as the case proceeds.
The governments special counsel in the Western Qil land case said he would immediately contact Owen Rob erty to prepare an appeal from the district court ruling. Former Senator Pomerene noted the statutes and resolution empowering the prosecution, arguing the justice department is not involved. Berlin attempts to unite bourgeois parties behind Dr Walter Simons failed as Republicans backed the three party coalition candidate Dr Wilhelm Marx.
Ten members of the University of Kansas basketball squad were awarded letters at the Kiwanis club banquet at the Chamber of Commerce. Captain Tusten Ackerman and Captain Elect Eleet Belgard led a list of recipients as guests included their ladies. Speakers included Dr. O L Chambers and Prof. W W Davis while a musical segment from Green Days was performed. A theatre party at the Bowersock followed the event.
A three hour Good Friday service will be held April 10 at the First Baptist church to mark the three hours on the cross. The service runs from 12 noon to 3 pm with all Lawrence pastors assisting. Seven short sermons will cover the seven last words of Christ by John F. Waits G N Jackson Edward His lop Gerrit Snyder S B Braden B F Ludy Frank Arnold. Special Benton music will be performed by city church choirs and Rev Ray Busden of the Plymouth Congregational church will preside.
Mrs. Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight, famed heiress, wed Leonard Elmhurst in a simple outdoor ceremony at her Westbury Long Island estate. The Rev. Horace Fort officiated as a few friends and relatives attended.
The forecast warns of cloudy conditions and a chance of rain in the southeast this evening. Roads likely to be wet and muddy with general dampness across all areas as temperatures trend slightly warmer.
Liverpool authorities condemned more than 9,000 Easter candy eggs shipped for the holiday business after an official disclosed analysis found quartz particles minute glass fragments and traces of lead copper zinc and sawdust in the chocolate.
Washington April 3 Secretary of War John W Weeks is ill with thrombosis in a branch of the middle cerebral artery. His physician said the stroke produced weakness in the left arm but no other symptoms and Weeks hopes to be out soon. He recently returned from a southern trip and will continue to handle urgent war department business at home.
Justice Hitz issued a temporary injunction in Washington DC blocking the California-Orient line sale by the Shipping Board. The Pacific Mail Company sought to halt the Dollar Company bid, arguing the decision was illegal and would disrupt Pacific Mail’s business. It claimed it had not received ample bidding opportunity.
The Douglas County Sunday School Baseball League will organize at 8 o clock next Tuesday at the Evangelical Church Tenth and Connecticut. Rev C F Weidensaul of Worden chairs the committee. The league aims to boost attendance and activity across county Sunday schools with Saturday or other weekday games. Trophies awarded to first and second place. players must be enrolled in their Sunday school and attend at least two Sundays to join. An eligible member must not miss a Sunday more than twice in a row unless ill, and if absent three times, must attend two Sundays before rejoining. Each team provides its own equipment.
Paris bulletin reports a coalition split as radical left deputies threaten to reduce the majority, while Herriot’s cabinet moves to ease Catholic church tensions by dropping plans to sever Vatican ties. Anatole De Monzie joins as finance minister and a bill framework for finances leans away from expanding paper money toward a capital levy over ten years.
Enrollees in the Lawrence Council in Religious Education will receive recognition tonight at Plymouth Congregational church closing exercises. Miss Nancy Longneckers will speak on Pag igantry while the public is invited. Faculty praise attendance though overall numbers remain modest and several religious books were sold. Mrs G Hamilton of Topeka spoke on religious training for children. the school may shift to October next year.
New York reports shipping lines expect to move about 250000 Americans to Europe this year surpassing the 245592 record set in 1913. The industry bets on a strong Holy Year pilgrim traffic to Rome to lift trans Atlantic return to prewar levels.
About 106 rural pupils will compete in the township scholarship contest at the junior high tomorrow starting 10 o clock. Winners from last Saturday join the day’s events in spelling arithmetic reading and writing with prizes including fountain pens and Eversharp pencils.
Newly elected members of Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Kansas were initiated at a spring banquet and meeting held at the Congregational church parish house. The event marked the chapter’s anniversary in Lawrence, followed by a radio program with Dr. W L Burdick announcing. Speakers included Miss Helen R Hoopes, Miss Mary Lois Ruppenthal, Ansel N Mitchell, and Miss Margery Day, with Chancellor Lindley and Dr A M Wilcox in attendance.
A thousand dollars of new money was added to the hotel fund. Two contributors not previously counted gave the amount. The Interstate state line had subscribed $500 earlier, and yesterday Glen Dickinson, owner of Lawrence theaters, matched the same sum. The Chamber of Commerce hotel executive committee is organizing subscriptions to start construction on the new Eldridge.
Otto Braun, socialist candidate, won the Prussia premiership today in Berlin. Of 423 votes cast Braun received 220, four more than the required majority. Also reported: Irene Bishop Hurley, renowned miniature painter, died in Cincinnati at 48. In Hartford, Gerald Chapman murder case sent to jury. Tulsa, Purdy murder trial state rest. Listen in with Hanna.
County wide play day announced by county superintendent O J Lane to open with a 10 am parade from the courthouse to Stadium Field. Folk dances and games planned with schools Baldwin Eudora Vinland Lecompton and Lawrence participating. Afternoon events include baseball volleyball track and city schools relays. Bail decision referenced but not detailed.
Chicago April 3. Circuit Judge William V Brothers refused to hear a motion to admit William D Shepherd to bail on murder charges. Chief Justice Hopkins had twice refused bail pleas. Defense plans to seek a writ of habeas corpus from the Illinois Supreme Court.
Miss Ellen Telia Coyne 21 and Schuyler Young 26 confessed involvement in robbing three Kansas City filling stations. Coyne had been sought in Lawrence for passing a bad check and was linked to two other checks cashed with a Reed in Laygrence then at McDonald cafe. the check proved worthless and a warrant followed.
Cave City Kentucky April 3 Experienced miners began work to recover the body of Floyd Collins trapped by a boulder in Sand Cave since January 80. Homer Collins brother of the victim leads volunteers who set tents on site and expect to reach the body in about two weeks as the abandoned shaft intended for use fills with rock and debris. W H Hunt general city Kentucky miner oversees the six men involved in the effort.
Law rence imposes a 50 dollar annual license paid semi annually for ice cream wagons with city sanitary officer inspections at all times. Licenses due July 1 and January 1, summer operators pay 59 dollars. Wagons must stop five minutes max per location, keep lids on, and comply with traffic rules. Violations lead to hearings and possible license revocation and prompt punishment.
Four unmasked gunmen raided the Portskind Bank on Twenty Sixth Street in Louisville this morning. They shot cashier Fred L. Klingman, 40, in the left side but the wound is not serious, then fled with about $4,000 in cash and securities after striking a customer.
Rain fell across western Missouri Kansas Nebraska and parts of Oklahoma today according to weather bureau reports. Kansas City recorded 1.62 inches Iola 2.35 inches and Phillipsburg 2.78 inches as showers persisted throughout the morning.
Three Kemper dairy farm workers from southeast of Lawrence were bruised when a Santa Fe northbound train struck their Dodge milk truck at the County Farm crossing near Haskell this morning about 8 o clock. Transmeier driven, Tyre and Moore injured by flying glass. Moore unhurt. They were taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The truck sustained heavy damage. the men said they did not see the train until impact.
Dr. D. W. Kurtz of McPherson College told University of the morning convocation that Europeans have not forgotten the war and view the American public with mixed feelings. He cited Britain, Belgium, and France, noting anti American sentiment, postwar taxes, and shifts in social life, while urging U S engagement in the League of Nations as a duty of citizens.
Indianapolis April 3. D C Stevenson former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana was indicted today by the Marion county grand jury on five charges connected with an alleged attack on Miss Madge Oberholtzer of Indianapolis. Indictments were also returned against Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry, said to have been companions of Stevenson. Genese Convicted of Murder Summerville N J April 3. Daniel Genese was convicted by a jury last night of the murder of Robert Coyle a state trooper December 18 last. The convicted man was sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week of May 24. Grants a Marriage License Will Roberts and Susanna Goc king of Topeka were granted a marriage license by Probate Judge Menger at his office this morning.
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