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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
6
News from New York states baseball opens with clubs hopeful for attendance around seven percent as owners expect fans to seek distraction from war. Major General Leonard Wood throws out the first ball while fans foresee parks serving as outlets for national pride and morale.
The fourteenth annual state interscholastic contests at the University of Missouri in Columbia are scheduled for May 5. High and preparatory schools will be divided into three classes by enrollment, with distinct groups for high schools above and below 350 students and for preparatory institutions. The event opens Friday with the Farmers Fair, and Saturday features a dual meet among Ames Town State College and the university track teams.
Optometrist F Brock at 802 Mass provides muscular treatment for tired eyes, fitting and correcting eye mazes to relieve strain.
Major Carl Phillips returns from Topeka with $17 654 in pay to Lawrence guardsmen covering the gap between state and national service pay. The sum, allocated by the state legislature, was provided to the Hospital Corps, Company M, and other units. Randall plans to plant 35 acres to boost local food supply amid global shortages and high prices.
Sauer was taken from his Colorado home this morning and will pass through Lawrence tomorrow morning en route for Excelsior Springs, It. in believed that the Colorado altitude is too high for him.
HOSPITAL CORPS FULL VOLUNTEERS RUSH TO JOIN THE LAWRENCE ORGANIZATION List of Men Taken Into Corps Since, Recruiting Began Last Week The Kansas National Guard hospital corps attracted many recruits over a week long push. Major Carl Philips estimates twenty five applicants were turned away due to limited space. Recruits include William Dunn Wiley J Wyatt Paul Evans Ernst A Uhrlaub Clifford Nichols Dee Mifflin Andrew Mc Donald Clell Francisco Carl Ach ning Howard Moore Clay Ramsey Arthur Kirchoff Harry R. Smith Harold M. Roberts Carl Thudhum Phillip Brye William T. Heron Chas H Cook Lawrence D. Hughes Fred L McAllester.
Reports from a Swiss source say Bulgaria’s Berne minister has approached Entente ministers seeking a separate peace. Similar advices from Lausanne via the Gazette of Lausanne and Exchange Telegraph suggest semi official Bulgarian delegates in Switzerland aiming to a peace basis.
The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Russia on her last voyage to Vancouver from the Orient brought 2500 Chinese coolies for service with the entente armies in France.
Fred Deck who Tuesday night shot and killed his father Ben Deck marshal of Eudora was this morning arraigned before Justice John Clark on first degree murder. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for April sa at 10 o'clock. He was refused it. The borrower is also an investor while paying off a loan with the Douglas County Building and Loan Association. Allies May Recruit Here Washington April 12 with approval of Attorney General Gregory, Chairman Webb of the House Judiciary committee will introduce a bill to allow allied government to recruit their citizens in the United States. Chairman Culberson will introduce the same bill. The Presbyterian church annual meeting will be held tonight. supper at 6. Officers will be elected and reports heard.
Plans for an exhibition tennis tournament at the University would bring KCAC players such as Jack Cannon and Dix Teachenor to Lawrence. The Jayhawker and Aggie teams have not met before, and the Missouri Valley Conference tournament is expected to be held at Columbia.
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