Fall off cabinet elected farce in French politics
In Paris April the chambers and senate buzz as parliament aims to forecast the next cabinet. Premier Herriot faces a split with M De Monzie, the finance minister, over Vatican policy and capital levy. Banks seek a four billion franc note circulation rise and a voluntary 10 percent capital contribution as the government advances debt amortization plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Miost
Herriot
M.de Monzie
M. de Monzie
Huenne Clemente
Manipas
Herriota
Fae
Vatican
Chamber
de Monzie
Potter Family Receives First Copy of Lawrence Daily Journal
Mrs. Pat Potter presented her son Almer Potter yesterday with a copy of the Republican Daily Journal of Lawrence dated August 18 1870 The mother turns eighty next month after arriving in Lawrence in 1856 from Virginia The item notes Almer Potter’s first appearance in the paper with a joke about eleven pounds and a fine boy Mat Potter’s jolly mood and the family’s pride as the Prussian events are referenced from the telegrams
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Potter
Almer Potter
Republican ‘Daily Journal
Lawrence
Fritz
Prussian Cabinet Formed After Braun Re-elected Premier
Berlin April 6 Otto Braun completes his Prussia cabinet with Zehnhoff as justice minister Severing interior Hiert education Breker agriculture Steiger Hoepker Aschoff trade commissioner Schreiber. Topeka Kan April 6 the Wichita Gas Company is chartered to distribute gas for industry in Wichita and Hutchinson via a pipeline from Oklahoma Creek field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Otto Braun
Prussia
Zehnhoff
Herr Severing
Social
Public
Herr Hier Hiert
Sifer
Breker
Steiger
Ieriice
Dr.Hoepker-Aschoff
Ly Trade and Commissioner
Schreiber
Grants
New Gas Charter
Topeka
Kans
Wichison Gas Company
State Charter Board
Emerson Carey
Hutchison
Wichita
Hutchinson
Ita
Flapper Bandit Robs Kansas City Grocer Victim
H H Southard, a local grocery collector, was kidnapped in a downtown alley by a blonde bandit and a man in a red sweater. They forced him into a car, looted $112 in cash and $83 in checks, then fled toward Dodson. Southard alerted Kansas City police after reaching Dodson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas’ City
H. H
Southard
Cutie
Dodson
Kansas City
Dodgon
Scholars to Convene Classical Association Meeting
The Classical Association of Kansas and western Missouri will hold its nineteenth annual meeting at the University April 17 and 18. Dean Gordon Laing of the University of Chicago will be main speaker with several lectures and addresses on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Classical Association
K. U
Classical Association of
Kansas and
Western Missouri
M. W. Sterling
Gordon
Laing
Graduate School of
University of Chicago
Dean Laing
Cod. Fuerst
St. Mary’s
Colledge
Viola Perrill Snapp
Kansas Wesleyan
Vera Strong
Sterling College
Gilbert H.taylor
Southwestern College
T. Wallis
Mary McKinney
Lawrence High School
Ss. _ Schmidt
St. Benedicts
Kathrine M. Morgan
Central High School
Kansas City
F. H. Shaw
Westport High School
Vance Brown
Tarkio College
Gas mask murder mystery puzzles Belmont investigators
State police join Belmont officials in solving a gas mask murder case. Alexander Buchanan, a Nova Scotia carpenter and war veteran, was found in an abandoned cellar near McLean Hospital in Waverly. A navy gas mask with enough poison to kill many was strapped to his head and tied with sailor knots, suggesting a distance carried to the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont
Mass
Alexander Buchanan
Soya Scotia
Woolds
McLean Hospital
Waverly
United States Navy
Wall Street Steady as Industrials Lead Market Rally
Construction forces buoy stocks with high priced industrials firm. Motors and oils again show group strength as total trading nears 1.2 million shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
Motors
Weather Forecast for Kansas Unsettled Tonight and Tuesday
Unsettled weather continues tonight into Tuesday with local showers and cooler temperatures. West areas may see late night changes while roads vary from clear and good to rough in Emporia, Arkansas City, Wichita, Ottawa, Kansas City, Hutchinson, Coffeyville, Pittsburg, and Topeka. Temperatures recorded yesterday and today show a mix of highs and lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Emporia
Arkansas City
Wichita
Ottawa
Kansas City
Connecticut death sentence case for Gerald Chapman
Washington dispatch reports Justice Department officials declined to state their position on the Connecticut death sentence imposed on Gerald Chapman who faces a related twenty five year mail robbery sentence. A complex legal question arises because Chapman was only extradited to Connecticut by federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department ‘of Justice
Connecticut
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
County scholars crowned in Saturday contest at junior high
Winners announced by C. J. Lane county superintendent include multiple pupils tying for first second and third in writing spelling arithmetic reading and more. First prize pens second prize gold pencils and third prize prizes awarded with some ties requiring a second examination for elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Lane
Mildred White
Eudora
Josephine Zelliner
Doris Everly
Ruth
James
Ruth Daum
Spelling
Thelma Pugh
Vista Dyer
Excelsior
David Harvey
Blue Mound
Mary Schalbar
Rock Creek
Eunice “Hammond
Vinland
Orris Wells
Glenn Harris
Ivan Rappard
Globe
Esther Eckman
Pearl Koeller
Mound
Irene Nutt
Stony Point
Fred Disque
Pei
Iases
Juniors Hold Easter Themed Prom At LMHS
The annual Junior Prom for LMHS seniors was held Saturday night April 4 in the cafeteria and gym. About 300 guests dined and danced with Easter symbols as decor. Toasts by Mary Allen and Fred Fearing followed by remarks from Principal Olney. entertainment included violin solos and dance numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LMHS
Willardean Harner
John Foster
M. C. del Manzo
Fred Fearing
Olney
The
Presbyterian Church
Patterson Brothers
Delo
Sélig
Virginia Smith
Anna Alexander
Verl Bratton
Jack Casey
Sarah Weed
Helen Hungerford
Joyce Bleck
Irma Casey
Carl Berger
Quatie Williams
Harold Standing
Dorothy Bair
Velma Lindsay
Ivahl Belle
Harper
L. H. Emmett
Noted Explorer Begins Sentence at Leavenworth Prison
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, famed polar explorer and oil promoter, arrives at Leavenworth Federal Prison to begin a 14 year and 9 month sentence for using the mails to defraud. Crowds gather in Kansas City to see the former Arctic physician en route to the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kansas
Frederick A. Cook
Federal Penitentiary
L. Gross
United States Marshall
Dallas
Texas
Joak
Fred Zeerbat
Dr. Cook
W. S. Biddle
Luther White
Biddle
Cook
A. P
Kansas City
Union Station
Fort Worth
Tex
Car Collision Injures Mrs Varnum in Massachusetts Street
In Topeka yesterday afternoon a two-vehicle crash in the 900 block on Massachusetts Street left Mrs C E Varnum slightly cut by flying glass. Roy L Clark of Topeka drove the other car, passing on the south, then struck the Varnum vehicle on the left side. Doctor C E Varnum, who was driving, swerved to the curb and hit a hitching post, breaking the rear windshield top. The other car escaped with a bent hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E
Varnum
Dr. C. E. Varnum
Massachusetts
Roy L. Clark
Topeka
Doctor Varnum
Clark
Fraud Order Issued Against National Disabled Soldiers League
The Post Office Department issued a fraud order against the National Disabled Soldiers League John T. Nolan its national commander James F McCann its treasurer and Kenneth D Murphy its national adjutant at New York and Washington. They were charged in the order with having obtained money through the mails by false and fraudulent pretenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Tional
Disabled Soldiers’ League
John T. Nolan
Kenneth D. Murphy
New York
One Handed Drivers See as Public Menace in Peoria
Peoria Illinois April 6 officials of the Peoria motor club warn that one handed car driving with a girl passenger has become a public menace. They plan to work with other state clubs to push a campaign against one arm motorists. The proposal seeks to extend city ordinances to prohibit operating a motor vehicle when one arm is encumbered by a passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ills
Peoria Motor Club
Ilinois
Plans Set for Hotel Fund Cash Drive Wednesday
Chamber of Commerce hotel committee prepares a general round-up to collect cash subscriptions for a new city hotel. About one third of the 350000 pledged by Lawrence residents is in hand. Subscriptions aim to reach half the goal by week’s end with a follow up campaign planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mde
Chamber of Commerce
Storm Victim Aid Arrives as Miami Tornado Toll Rises
Miami reports four dead after yesterday's tornado. Damage reaches $150,000 as storm moved from the Everglades and vanished over the Atlantic. The Red Cross mobilizes full facilities with E B Douglass of Miami chapter named to oversee relief. Elizabeth Cookie, Red Cross field rep, ordered to Miami. relief experts placed on standby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
John T. Simpson
Westwood Park
Everglades
Tlantic
Washington
Flan
E.B. Douglass
Elizabeth Cookie
Red Cross
West Palm Beach
City Planning and Zoning Stutz Addresses Rotary Lunch
John G. Stutz secretary of the Municipal Reference Bureau spoke on applying the new zoning law to community development and happiness at the Rotary luncheon. Rotarians elected Hovey Hanning, Robert J. Rowlands, Ray A. Eusden, W. G. Thiele, Karl Klooz, R. C. Manley and James S. Barrow as directors for the forthcoming year. Six Rotarians plan to attend the Rotary conference in Enid Oklahoma, with more hoped to join. Two Die in Street Battle Albany Ky April 6 two men were shot to death two others wounded one probably fatally and four more arrested after a noon street gun battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Stutz
Municipal Reference Bureau
Rotary
Stutz
Elub
Hovey Hanng
Robert J. Rowlands
Ray A. Eusden
W. G. Thiele
Karl Klooz
R. C. Manley
James S. Barrow
Enid
Okla
Albany
Citizens Rally To Polls In City Election Clash
Citizens head to polling places tomorrow to choose a city finance commissioner and school board members. The race centers on F. C. Stevenson and George Wetzel with several ward precincts listed and multiple candidates for the school board. Mrs. Johnston appears on ballots by name despite decline to run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
West End Grocery
Vermont
Mass
McAllister School
East Eighth Street
Fifth Ward
Lindley Drug Store
Dicker Grocery Store
F. ¢. Stevenson
George Wetzel
W. O. Hamilton
Irving Hill
W.H. Quakenbush
W. A. Pine
Frank Whipple
W. A. Churchill
Gertie K. Tewnston
Johnston
Pate Lodge
Rebekahs
I. C. Stevenson
Wetzel
Stevenson
Rhen
Salvi to Give Tonight's Harp Recital at Lawrence
Alberto Salvi famed harpist arrives in Lawrence this afternoon for the University concert course recital at 8:20 in Robinson gymnasium. Dean Swarthout praises Salvi, promising a dynamic program that dispels the notion of harp music being monotonous and expects the evening to be highly acclaimed. Salvi’s previous venues show eager audiences and frequent return engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberto Salvi
Lawrence
Robinson Gymnasium
Thad
Salvi
Dean’ D. M. Swarthout
Dean Swarthout
Bribery Trial Dates Not Yet Set in Davis Case
Topeka Kans April 6 No date had been set for the two trials of former Governor Jonathan Davis with his son Russell and Carl J Peterson ex state bank commissioner when the April term of Shawnee county district court opened. The cases are on the April docket involving the three defendants in charges of illegal dealings in executive clemency. Paul Heinz county attorney declared the trial would not be held before April 17 because of a crowded docket and the date is still indefinite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kans
Jonathan M. Davis
Russell
Carl J. Peterson
State
Shawnee County
Paul Heinz
Thayer Art Objects To Return To University Of Kansas
The Thayer art collection is being returned from California to the University of Kansas and will be permanently housed in the old Spooner library. Curator Minnie B Moodie, formerly secretary to chancellors Lindley and Strong, will oversee shipping arrangements and display as a Thayer memorial. The gift, made June 2 1917 by Mrs Sallie C Thayer, includes paintings etchings fabrics and various museum pieces to be available for students within three years in a dedicated museum space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
University of Kansas
California
Spooner
University
Sallie C. Thayer
William B. Thayer
Kansas City
Minnie B. Moodie
Lindley
Frank Strong
Board of Administration
Kansas
W. B. Thayer
Drama stars to visit Lawrence for footloose revival tonight
William Faversham and Margaret Anglin arrive in Lawrence as the Bowersock theater hosts the revival of Foot Loose. The cast rests in preparation while theatergoers recall the duo’s past performances. Anglin’s Kansas City weekend and prior Missouri theater run are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Faversham
Bowersock Theater
Lawrence
Margaret Anglin
Mr. Favergham
Kansas City
Faveraham
Anglin
Miss Anglin
Missouri Theater
Faversham
Boers
Hotel Fund Subscribers Urged to Accelerate Construction
The hotel executive committee proposed that subscribers to the hotel fund, especially small ones, pay or renew notes at banks to speed up funding. With 463 subscribers totaling $52,000, early payments could let banks guarantee full payment to builders and start construction sooner, bringing two new hotels to Lawrence sooner. One donor already secured a multi month note, helping the campaign reach cash on hand over $16,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Today
Mittee
Lawrence
Students Propose Crossing Paths Near Ninth and Kentucky
Junior high council outlines a traffic plan with two marked lanes on Ninth street and two on Kentucky street. Paul Clark, 14, named head of traffic, will appoint eight assistants to guide classmates and report violations to authorities. Pathways will be twelve feet wide with white lane markings to aid pedestrians and motorists, per Mayor Frank Holliday's approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth
Kentucky
Kentucky Street
Ninth Street
Paul Clark
D. Clark
Salvation Army
Bill Angles
Frank Holliday
Lawrence extradition papers signed for Babe
Arizona Governor Hunt signed the extradition papers for Babe Lawrence of Muskogee Oklahoma to Fort Worth Texas to stand trial on murder and robbery with a gun. Fort Worth deputies arrived with papers signed by Texas Governor Ferguson. Babe Lawrence is the younger brother of William Lawrence, sentenced to die for the murder of policeman Haze Burch. Local officials decided to turn him over to Texas authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Hunt
Arizona
Babe Lawrence
Muskogee
Texas
Ft. Worth
Ferguson
Babe
William Lawrence
Haze Burch
A P
Alma transactor sues over unpaid merchandise
W and Hughson of Alma files a damage suit in district court against Ebon Anderson of Richland and Roy D Anderson of Lawrence seeking 1500 dollars plus 500 dollars claimed for non payment. He alleges a prior deal exchanged real estate for a stock of general merchandise in Alma with extra payment to be made by defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha J. Connor
W. D. Connor
Henry Clark
Everett J.huey
Clark
Robert Steele
W. &. Hughson
Alma, Trans
Ebon Anderson
Richland
Roy D. Anderson
Lawrence
Almal
Injunction Grants Stop to De Luxe Cafe Wainscoting
Judge Hugh Means granted a temporary injunction preventing George P. Spears owner of the De Luxe cafe from removing wainscoting from the north and east walls and the cafe floor. The suit by Harry Weyermiller landlord, alleges Spears would move the valuable fixtures. Also notes Aunt Nancy Smith to be moved from Lawrence Memorial to Topeka for care. Bank conspiracy case set for May 4 in Wichita involving Phil Drumm John T raynes and B Fr Spalding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Spears
Hugh
Harry Weyermiller
George Spears
Spears
Nancy
Topeka
Nancy” Smith
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
J. M. Thomas
Hospital of the Colored Industrial School
Wichita
Kans
Phil Drumm
John Traynes
B. Fr. Spalding
American State Bank
Grover Pierpont
Also Mentioned on This Page
Braun
Flapper Bandit
Hanna
Ives
Jacob Ross
West 44Th Street
Times Square
C E. Varnum
National Disabled Soldiers League
Postoffice
C. of C
Boston Police
Boston
James Sheehan
Shirley
Frank Fogarty
Brooklyn
Ole Spooner
Will Bel
Herrin Marion
Ill
Williamson County Grand Jury
Fowler
Herrin
Chicago
Hotel Fund
Junior High Council
Alma
DeLuxe Cafe
Hanna’s
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!