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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1925
Page
1
Paris reports momentum toward a cabinet formation to appease bitter senate and chamber rifts. Doumergue contemplates a concentration cabinet with ex Premiers Painleve Briand and Sarrout possible, as radicals push for Herriot leadership and socialists weigh joining a reformist coalition.
At the Grand Lodge session to be held in Wellington next Monday through Wednesday an invitation will be presented to host the 1927 meeting in Lawrence. Lawrence members T J Sweeney Frank Meierhoffer Claude L Scott and W C Simons will attend. Paul Smith K A student injured in Thursday’s accident is holding his own after an operation to relieve brain pressure but remains in grave condition.
Forecast for the coming week calls for variable conditions in the Upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys with rain and showers Monday through Wednesday and again at week’s end, temperatures near normal or slightly above. In Kansas, fair tonight and Sunday, cooler in the northeast, with clear skies and improving road conditions in major cities including Emporia Hutchinson Salina Coffeyville Pittsburg Arkansas City Wichita. roads rough at Ottawa Topeka and Kansas City.
Berlin April 11 Field Marshall von Hindenburg presidential candidate of the right nationalist conservative bloc issues a proclamation to the German people urging long quiet labor to cleanse political life of politicians using politics for private gain. He declares his socialistic origins and states the spirit of the state, not its form, is decisive.
The Kansas supreme court ruled that the Missouri and Kansas wholesale grocery association violated the Kansas anti trust law in 1919. Thirty eight Kansas members faced price monopoly charges. thirty five firms pleaded nolli. Fines totaling over $25,000 were paid by most defendants. Three firms led by H D Lee Mercantile Topeka Sampeli Lux Jr Mercantile Topeka and Pittsburg Wholesale Grocery contested the charges.
Henry J. Allen former Kansas governor and Wichita Beacon owner will speak to University of Kansas students at a Wednesday 10 am convocation in Robinson Gymnasium. He will also address journalism classes during his campus visit, likely on education and the Near East.
Mrs Ida Sundine Campbell age 50 wed James Weaver age 22 an elevator operator in Garfield Park Conservatory Chicago. Campbell quoted Weaver would rather be an old girl's darling than a young girl's slave.
General John J. Pershing former commander in chief will be guest of honor at a dinner of the officers club of the Eighty-Sixth division in Chicago next Tuesday. Present will be General officers of the sixteenth corps area including Major General Harry C Hale Brig Gen B E Poore Major General George A Bell retired and Brigadier General George H Harries.
Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt embarked on the Leviathan to seek the Ovis Poli in the Tian Shan range, financed by James Simpson for the Field Museum. Accompanying them are Dr. Charles K. Gherrie and a strong Roosevelt party as they head toward Simingar Kashmir for a six month expedition with potential rare fauna discoveries.
Topeka Kans April 11 The Kansas supreme court today upheld the pardon granted by former Governor J M Davis to Mrs Mary K Eggleston of Larned Shortly after the pardon she was rearrested and the county attorney claimed the pardon invalid because she was convicted of an attempted murder The court freed her noting no defect of description should nullify executive clemency The case stems from her November conviction for putting poison in grape juice alleged to target Dave Ely Clinton School election Russell Harrell elected director Clinton district 25 Mrs Arthur Clark elected clerk Radio parts batteries Hanns’s
Governor Paulen appointed nine regents to take over state higher education from July 1, naming Carroll Merriam to Topeka as chair and listing Hodges Harger and others from Sedans Abilene Wichita and harvest areas. The group, including Mrs S J Patrick, is to begin formal work with the current board and institution heads to shape budgets and staffing ahead of the new system. The board will meet quarterly and may hold special sessions as needed.
The first annual school of business day at the University of Kansas will be held on Tuesday April 21. Frank T Stockton dean says the event aims to introduce the school to other students and strengthen ties with current students. The afternoon is a holiday with athletic games and a 630 pm banquet at the Presbyterian church with an outside speaker. Eldon Haley, a senior, leads arrangements with a faculty guest list including Chancellor Lindley and their spouses.
University of Kansas plans a new placement bureau led by Frank T. Stockton to place all graduates, reviving a prior program with renewed foundation. W. Sternburg named secretary to run the office and coordinate opportunities for graduates nationwide. Wichita sees public condemnation at E W Hall funeral for disrespect to police, with Rev W B Gillis criticizing crime condoning and lack of public support for officers. Prince of Wales Nigeria visit canceled due to Lagos plague outbreak per AP and Exchange Telegraph.
In Chicago on April 11 wheat rushed higher at open with May delivery near 1.60 per bushel as traders priced in a U S crop report showing a 116 million bushel cut in the 1925 winter wheat yield versus 1924. In Kansas City futures rose five to nine cents at the open with May at about 1.55 and other months up.
P W Goebel of Kansas City led the quarterly Douglas County Bankers' association gathering in Eudora with a keynote on stopping banditry. Twenty four bankers attended the dinner and business sessions as steps to perfect the statewide alliance and complete the alarm system were laid out.
The Kansas supreme court issued three Reno county opinions on pooling contracts of the Wheat Growers Association. In Ast and Reinberger v. poolers, the contract was upheld but damages were denied and remanded for further trial after an injunction denial. Fred Wague won his suit seeking to sell to whomever he wished, while other actions involved misrepresentation claims about membership and elevator facilities. In Washington, six officers were ordered court martialed over the Beaufort incident, with Commander Fuller charged with negligence and other officers over liquor aboard. The court will convene soon at Hampton Roads.
Havana issues mayoral orders to demolish many wooden structures to reduce fire risk. Most interiors feature wood only for doors and furniture, with tile floors and Spanish style that favors high ceilings for cooling. Firefighters visiting from the United States laud the city’s construction as the best they have seen given the climate.
The twenty-third annual Kansas summer session opens June 11 1925 and runs ten weeks to August 14 with two terms of six and four weeks. Director R A Schwegler and assistant W H Johnson lead a program offering over two hundred courses across graduate college education law medicine engineering fine arts and business. The university will serve meals, Corbin hall will host women, and notable figures will lecture including Dr. Ed win Slosson.
The Lawrence Real Estate board at a regular session outlined a noon meeting for Thursday April 16 with national and state officials as speakers. William Herrir of Chicago executive secretary of the National Association Real Estate Board and Robert Isreal of Wichita head the program alongside B C Irwin Kansas executive secretary. The Lawrence group will escort guests to Ottawa after the meeting. They also invited Emporia to attend the Laird Division Kansas Association of Realtors Boards meeting April 20 and to host the Emnoria Land Division for a second district meeting here in May.
Mason Simons a 15 year old boy in Lamar Missouri has confessed to trying to wreck two Frisco passenger trains near Antha. He faces juvenile court arraignment after admission that he placed iron bars in a switch frog and later laid a plank across tracks hoping to derail a Springfield to Fort Scott train.
In Decatur Illinois on April 11 after a week's trial of segregating telegraph crime news to the lower left corner of the front page opinions differ. Ministers say it calls undue attention while some say it is skippable. Others commend the plan as proper for the small crime-news share.
The University of Kansas engineering school will showcase a wide range of exhibits across all departments Friday and Saturday April 17 and 18. The event features model houses and landscape designs, chemical and civil engineering displays, electrical demonstrations, and industrial product models. Highlights include a model dam, hydro plant, river and highway displays, oil and gas papers, and mining demonstrations reflecting Kansas resources.
The Douglas County Sunday school baseball league committee will meet at 8 o'clock Monday evening at the First Evangelical church in Lawrence to finalize this season's schedule. Representatives from each Sunday school are urged to attend or send a report, as unreported teams will struggle to be placed on the schedule. Walter E. Davis of the Kansas Co-operative Wheat Markets Association launches a county membership drive, with 50 members currently in Douglas County. Miss Margaret Griffith, teaching in Kansas City Kansas, arrived home Friday for Easter with Miss Freda Roberts.
Three days of Cham ber of Commerce activity to secure pledges for the hotel fund left the executive committee hopeful for early construction. Cash, subscriptions and new notes total $31,500 with 129 paid in full, 47 paid partially, 100 making partial payments and about 189 yet to be seen. The drive continues next week with a target of 350,000, aiming to guarantee builder contracts.
Chicago April 11 Mrs David Cunningham of Gary Ind widow and mother of David Cunningham Jr now in critical condition was taken into technical custody by the states attorney for questioning He seeks to interrogate her about the deaths of five family members in six years and the illness of her son The husband and four children died after short illnesses with insurance payouts cited for each death The husband David Cunningham Sr died in Walpaires Ind in 1919 and the family later moved to Gary The son David was reported improving in a Chicago hospital Mrs Cunningham said she received 1000 insurance on 1919 death 2500 on 1921 death and 1000 on 1920 death 830 on 1922 death and 180 on 1923 death She said all died after illnesses of two or three weeks
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