Progressives Organize For Measures In New Congress
A first conference of the House Progressives in Washington features a Roosevelt keynote and Murdock’s nomination for speaker. They demand distinct party rights in Congress, seek committee seats, and back Roosevelt’s influence while denouncing old party leaders and “the powers that prey.”
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Zeppelin air cruiser departs Luneville for Germany
April 4 report from Luneville states the German air cruiser Zeppelin TV inflated and departed for Germany at three in the afternoon. The landing on parade grounds during a French riflemen advance was explained to the inquiry card. The airship crew were released on payment of 32,000 customs duty.
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Banquet for Braves Honors Haskell Football Team
The annual Haskell football banquet will be held tonight for the team. Talks by Coach Kennedy, Manager Venej, and others will feature certificates and sweaters for members. Captain Williams, recently ill with pneumonia, is sufficiently recovered to attend.
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Golf Match Tomorrow Between Reds and Blues
Tomorrow evening marks the second event of the spring schedule for the Dread Galf Chih with a team match pitting the Reds against the Blues. Play starts at 2 p.m. at Tee No. 1 on Mississippi Street as captains select teams and players pair off in handicap matches to ensure even chances, with final credits awarded to the winning side.
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Riots At Colimbian Rope Plant Burden City With Bloodshed
Police shot to disperse a crowd of strikers at the Colimbian Rope Company plant. Forty six workers, including ten women and four men, were wounded as violence escalated. Major O Neill mobilized the Fire Department and a militia company. Police faced a hostile mob of foreigners near the plant as Chief Bell led a thirty man squad to arrest a leader. The confrontation grew violent.
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Levees Break Raise Flood Danger Across Regions
Flood fears rise as levees fail and heavy rains lash towns along the Ohio Mississippi rivers. Reports from Dayton Keansville and surrounding areas note rising water, evacuations, property damage, and strained relief. Authorities warn of ongoing danger and mobilize aid without confirmed fatalities.
Man Wins rocking chair for vote estimate
A contest in which Bayly last fall invited estimates on votes for three presidential choices ended with Mrr Messenger of Bartlesville Oklahoma winning a 25 dollar rocking chair. His 4 316 811 vote guess for Roosevelt proved closest. The chair was awarded after a stamp price and reflection. The Bartlesville winner and a separate winner from Hiawatta were named.
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US to Investigate Emerson Case Before Action
Officials of the State Department say the U S attitude in the Zeke Emerson case will be determined after further report The London Embassy has been ordered to investigate charges that the young American suffragette is being subjected to cruel treatment in London.
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Playground Meeting Postponed Indefinitely In Topeka
The playground meeting planned for this morning at the Yo MLC A was postponed indefinitely. A new date will be chosen soon to begin the season's work. Chas F. Weller, assistant secretary of the National Playgrounds Association, will address the postponement. He is slated to speak in Topeka Saturday before the playgrounds organization there.
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Benson's Majority Cut in City Election Canvass
Official canvass of Lawrence city votes reduced Harleigh Benson's majority from twelve to two over Gilmore for Police Court judge. Benson 1059 Yeates and Gilmore 1057, yielding Benson a two-vote win. Gilmore debates contest. city officials proceed with certificates after a single change. The council held the count at ten and finalized the election results with mayor and clerk to issue certificates.
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Weather Update Skims Through for Tonight and Saturday
Fragments indicate a fair night with warmer Saturday in store and possible frost tonight. Mention of today and time references such as 2 pm and 9 am appear, but details are unclear.
Nicholson Funeral Today
Lawrence mourns George T. Nicholson with large Santa Fe attendance. Services held at the Friends Church and interment at Oak Hill cemetery. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers were named among railroad colleagues and local officials.
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Suffragettes Arrested After Militant Plot Unveiled
London police say two suffragettes were arrested before dawn on April 4 while allegedly planning an act of outrage. They carried hay sacks filled with painting paper soaked with wax, candles and matches, a scrawled oath, and a note warning to beware how you treat Mrs. Pankhurst.
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New York Court Rules on Minors Marrying and Divorces
The New York Supreme Court division holds that marriages of under eighteen are legal under certain conditions. If a young wife abandons her husband with her parents support, she may seek a court decree of annulment.
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Compromise with South for tariff path discussed
The tariff conference reports a proposal to set a duty near one cent per pod for southern planters with most duties removed within three years, creating a 1.20 duty for all but Cuba. The President and Louisiana senators expect enough votes to pass the tariff bill with free wool. obituary notes George Morton, 84, died at Leavenworth Old Soldiers Home after a long Vinland county life, survived by wife and four sons, burial in Vinland.
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Federation Meeting Sets Talk by Kansas City Welfare Expert
At the semi monthly City Federation of Women's Clubs meeting on April 10 Prof Jacob Billikopf of the Kansas City Board of Public Welfare will address the group about league work in Kansas City. Local and Lawrence city conditions differ yet show similarities as the federation plans a motto and a flower.
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Suit Aims to Oust Frisco Railroad from KC to Springfield
Attorney General Barker announced quo warranto proceedings in the Supreme Court to remove the Frisco from control of the Kansas City Clinton and Springfield Railway running from Kansas City to Springfield. The action alleges interests own parallel competing lines. Rev J B Gibson of Topeka was in town and Miss Esther Degan was a guest at the Ouieza House.
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Receivership case argued over Kansas Natural Gas Co
Kansas City April 4. Arguments centered on whether federal receivers or state court appointees have jurisdiction over the Kansas Natural Gas Company. Lawyers for the federal receivers John F. Phillips and John T. Jones contended the federal receivers are needed to preserve property. State court receivers were represented by John H. Atwood and Dawson Long who urged dismissal of the federal receivers.
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Administrative Board and Regents Meet Over University Affairs
The old Board of Regents met with the new Administration Board in the Chancellor Strong office. New regents, appointed by Governor Hodges, attended as terms of the old board expired. The administration board members include Hoch of Marion Hackney of Wellington and Mrs. Cora Lewis of Kingsley. The session approved skull and s like petitions and granted music teaching certificates and science degrees.
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Four hanged for murder in Montgomery Alabama
Four men, Tivo white and three Black, were executed by hanging in Montgomery jail after convictions for murder. Jones initially survived the drop, dead thirty six minutes later. Arnold Gilmer killed Mrs. Lucille Tippetts, John Adams killed a patrolman, and Coleman German killed his wife.
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Ethel Roosevelt Marries Dr. Derby in Oyster Bay
Ethel Roosevelt wed Dr. Tithard Derby of New York at noon in Oyster Bay. Rev. Dr. George E. Talmadge officiated before about two hundred guests. The couple planned to sail for Europe tomorrow.
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City Engineer urges purchase of Lawrence water works
Lawrence city engineer K H Dunmire recommends the city buy the current water plant from private owners at a reasonable price. He calls for improvements to soften and extend the ground water supply, protect the pumping plant from floods, enlarge and duplicate the plant, and upgrade mains and distribution for first class service. He visited multiple eastern and midwestern plants and found far more municipal ownership than private, advocating public ownership to solve water questions.
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The Fairy Flower and the Lost Treasure Tale
A German folk tale recalls a shepherd boy who finds a magic flower guarding a cave of gems. Warned by a fairy to take only the best, he overfills his arms and loses the treasure, learning the flower itself was the true prize as leaves turn to dust. The piece ends with a reflection on newspapers and the ads within.
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