Supreme Court limits state power to regulate labor hours
Washington April 13 The Supreme Court ruled states cannot use commissions or industrial courts to fix wages or hours in essential industries to prevent strikes. Justice Van Devanter said the Kansas industrial relations court lacked general authority, reducing the court to a limited arbitration role and stripping the state agency of key powers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice van Devanter
Charles Wolff ‘Packing “Company
Topeka
Kansas Industrial Relations Court
Industrial Court
Jess Thes
Kansas Supreme Co Fig
Kne
Federal Supreme Court
Sccopsacanell Prive
Indus
Tesa Supréme Court
Industrie ‘i Sa
Condi
Lapor
Imed
I Court
VanDevanter
Lis
Rie of Comte
van Devanpinson
Itt ‘Allen
OCKS OUT THE ACT IN KANSA S CRISIS
Fragmentary OCR notes from a Kansas April report reference United States labor disputes and a special act. Names, dates, places are unclear. The snippet implies legal or government action affecting workers, but exact entities and actions are not readable.
Collins Plan Revisions in Floyd Collins Rescue
In Cave City Kentucky April 13 officials abandon plans to lift Floyd Collins from the sand cave via existing passages. Instead a new rescue shaft will be sunk ten feet deeper and a westward lateral extended from 65 feet to reach the body from behind improving access for removal. Andrew Collins visits the scene and with director Hunt agrees the current 55 foot lateral is too narrow to free the body.
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Cave City
Floyd Collins
Andrew Collins
W. H. Hunt
Theody
Government to Sell Red River Oil to Bell Oil and Gas
Washington April 13. A contract for purchase of crude oil from wells in the Red River bed in Oklahoma operated by the government was awarded to Bell Oil and Gas Company of Tulsa. Output averages 450 barrels daily. Bell offered a premium of 16 cents a barrel above regional posted price. Seven bids were received. Omar Gasoline Company of Wichita Falls Texas was awarded a contract for gasoline recovered from gas with a commission of the marketed product.
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Washington
Red River
Oklahoma
Interior Department
Bell Oil and Gas Company
Tulsa
Oklo
Bell
Omar Gasoline Company
Wichita Falls
Tex
Lenten church display and local transit notes
A Lenten display at Immanuel Lutheran in Lawrence featured a miniature church altar with candlesticks and a crucifix in Reese drug store window, changing flowers and religious scenes. George Bromell, El Dorado high school physical director, visited Lawrence to study summer recreation methods and was invited to manage El Dorado’s program. Missouri Pacific to run Sunday excursions May 8 to Sept 27 to nearby points for under six dollar fares. Samuel G. Clarey named enrollment director for Lawrence Citizens Military Training Camp in August. Missouri Pacific asks public service commission to halt Leavenworth depot construction. U S grain exports last week rose to 3 233 million bushels from 2 468 million.
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Reese Drug Store
Massachusetts Street
George Bromell
el Dorado High School
Lawrence
Ant Tor Young Leir
Bromell
EL Dorado School Board
Excui
Wichita
Kans
The
Missouri Pacific, Railroad
Samuel G. Clarey
Citizens’ Military
Charles S.‘ Huffman
secretary_of war
Kansas Weather Forecast Report With Fragments
Forecast notes vary and contain partial readings for several cities. The text mentions cooler conditions tonight and tomorrow with generally fair weather and clear roads in places. it also lists Ottawa Topeka Hutchinson Salina Arkansas City Pittsburg and Topeka with assorted conditions.
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East
Por
Hutchinson
Salina
Arkansas City
Pittsburg
Ottawa
Topeka
Fes City
Ford Plane Test Marks First Commercial Flight
Chicago reports the Ford Motor Company's first commercial plane test at 11 13 a m piloted by Eddie Hamilton a former Royal Air Service flyer. The Duralumin craft forms the Detroit to Chicago air route nucleus linking Detroit Chicago St Louis St Paul and Tron Mountain Michigan with a second plane due for testing within days.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Ford Motor Company
Detroit-Chicago
Eddie Hamilton
Royal Air Service
Ford Company
Detroit
St. Louis
St.Paul
Tron Mountain
Mich
Party Spirit High Says Curtis on Trip to Topeka
Senator Charles Curtis arriving in Topeka Kansas declares party spirit among Democrats and Republicans higher now than since the Taft era. He notes greater loyalty and responsibility, adds accomplishments require organized effort and party unity, and mentions a single spring public address to Civil War veterans Memorial Day.
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Topeka
Kans
Taft
Charles Curtis
Senate
Curtis
Supreme Court rules Open Shop not violative of antitrust law
The Washington Supreme Court today reversed earlier findings and ruled that the builders exchange and industrial associations in San Francisco did not violate the Sherman antitrust law in their campaign for the open shop. The decision states that the materials used in promoting the open shop were not illegal.
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Washington
Builders Exchange
Industrial Associations
San Francisco
Supreme ‘Court
Easter service at Masonic temple draws many attendees
A good sized audience gathered yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Masonic temple for an Easter service. Masons from Ottawa Topeka Tonganoxie and nearby areas attended. Dean R A Schwegler of the University delivered the address. The Scottish Rite quartet sang a special musical number with Prof Carl A Preyer as organist.
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Masonic Temple
Ottawa
Topeka
Tonganoxie
R.A. Schwegler
University
Carl A. Preyer
Delegates Gather for 36th Grand Lodge of United Workmen
Delegates and visitors from nearly all Kansas localities converge on Wellington for the Ancient Order of United Workmen three day state session. Seven to eight hundred delegates expected. candidates for grand lodge officers to be named Wednesday. Lawrenece Parsons delegations bid to host 1927 meeting with focus on grand recorder race among four Wichita and Kansas City contenders.
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Wellington
Kansas
Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen
Grand ‘Lodge
Lawrence
Parsons
Lodge
Iil
Grand Recorder
Ed H- Stewart
Arkansas City
Fred.l. Bell
Wichita
Miss
Maude Chandler
M. Li.Lee
Easter Day in Lawrence Draws Crowds and Sunshine
Easter services filled churches in Lawrence as perfect weather drew crowds to the city. Automobiles crowded the fort-to-fort highways with many families touring, while Kansas City visitors stopped at the University campus. No serious accidents occurred and only one careless driving arrest was reported.
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Lawrence
Fort-To-Fort
Kansas City
Lawrence Choral Union Plans Messiah Rehearsal at High School
Members of the Lawrence Choral Union will rehearse Handel's Messiah with the University Orchestra at 7:30 tomorrow night in the high school auditorium. Dean Swarthout announced the chorus and orchestra will rehearse together regularly until the Messiah is performed at Robinson Gym on April 26. The group aims for a strong public presentation.
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Lawrence Choral Union
University
Dean Swarthout
Robinson Gymnasium
Coneen
Haskell Band
Alexander S. Melavidoff
Haskell Institute
Baker University Chorus
Karsas
Irene Peabody
Vera Neely
Martin Hall
Permits Sought For Boxing Exhibitions In Kansas
Topeka April 13 Applications for boxing exhibition permits under Kansas law flood the commission. Leslie Edmonds says he has $200 in license fees to return until forms are adopted. Rules are being drafted after Wisconsin and Nebraska laws and will be sent to commissioners for ratification. Four speeders were caught on the west Fort-to-Fort highway and fined. Wheat prices fell after a gov estimate revision, with May wheat at 1.56 1/2. Clyde Knowles trial for bank robbery begins in Manhattan district court. The item also notes long-standing labor questions and a 125-year record of something involving Lat amet beet.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Price
Reed
West Fort-To-Fort
F. J. Kibbey
Kansas City
BR. B. Adams
A. E. Dowker
Emporia
A. R. Adler
Clyde Knowles
Manhattan
Ogden
State. Bank
Crossing Signals Irritate Wichita Pedestrians
Wichita Kansas April 13 1909 report on electric traffic signals functioning poorly pedestrians balk at rule requiring waiting for green signal before crossing. Authorities enforce compliance there is mention of a jail incident as pedestrians adapt to new traffic laws.
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Wichita
Kansas
Challen
Briand Fails to Form Cabinet Tonight in Paris
Paris reports Ex Premier Briand asked by President Doumergue to form a cabinet but is unlikely to complete the task tonight. At six p.m. Briand planned a visit to the presidential palace to inform the executive there was no chance of forming a cabinet that day after fruitless interviews with individuals and groups. An alternative provisional ministry proposal drew attention, with De Menile signaling determination to honor promises made to the Bank of France.
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Paris
Associated Press
Briand
Doumergue
Orrew
de Menile
Andy
Bank of ‘France
Philippines vice governor to discuss religious activities
Tonight at 7:30 the Brotherhood meeting will discuss the will and position of the Philippines vice governor. He will give first hand impressions of religious activities in the text.
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Philippines
Supreme Court rules on 1918 Revenue Act securities
The court held that gains must be counted under the 1918 Revenue Act for securities bought before March 1, 1913 and sold in 1919. In another tax case, the court allowed using the market value of March 1, 1923, instead of purchase price, for determining losses on bond and stock transactions. The Pennsylvania case involved Charles H. Ludington who bought shares before 1913 and sold at a loss in 1919.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Charles H. Ludington
eMart
Ludington
Commission of Internal Revenue
J. Firite
Flannery
Complete Musical Program for Week in Lawrence
Plans are under way for the second annual Music Week in Lawrence from April 26 to May 2. A city festival association will finance events including Messiah and Requiem performances, two Minneapolis Symphony concerts, and Glee Club concerts by Kansas and Haskell. Season tickets will be sold for the full week, with numerous state university and local school ensembles featured across venues citywide. This week-long program includes church observances, university concerts, hospital programs, and operetta performances with major soloists and conductors.
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Lawrence
D. M. Swarthout
University School of Fine Arta
city festival_association
Minneapolis , Symphony Orchestra
K. A. Haskell
Rotary Ub
Kansas
University
J. C. McCanles
Massachusetts Street
Women's Glee Club
McFarland
Memorial High School
Mabel Barnhart
Haskell Band
Alexander S. Melovidos
Mabel *Barnhart
Lawrence Memorial High Reeco
Haskell Institute
Lillian, Ewing
Haskell Orchestra
Alexander Melevichoff
University of Kansas
KFEKU
Hendel
Glee Club
Grand Jury Into Big Bank Fraud Case
Topeka Kansas April 13 United States grand jury convened this morning with assistant US district attorney Frank H McFarland presenting evidence. About twenty five cases to be presented include an alleged ring that has defrauded banks in the Middle West of more than three million dollars in fifteen years. Indictments to be returned Wednesday night or Thursday morning, McFarland said.
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Topeka
Kan
United States Grand Jury
Frank H. McFarland
United States District Attorney
Middle West
Judge Means Overrules Motion in Jeffries Poisoning Case
In district court Saturday Judge Hugh Means denied the motion to quash the information against Mollie Jeffries for allegedly poisoning her husband John Jeffries with arsenic. Ruth Burris and Mabel Vogt were granted divorces on grounds of cruelty. A $5,573.50 judgment and costs were awarded to W. E. Spalding in a real estate dispute. Several other civil actions saw judgments or dismissals, including quieting title, title to real estate, and partition actions, with briefs allowed in one case and a bank action dismissed at plaintiff's cost.
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Hugh Means
Iterm
Informa
Mollie Jeffries
John Jeffries
Ruth Burris
Cecil Burris
Mabel Pearl Vogt
William K. Vogt
Basset & Washburn
Clyde Bell
Pee
Jude
Jesse L Har
Samuel N. Lon
Elmer
E. Brown
George, Nichols
F. B. Boddy
Betty Proper Doug
Farmer's State Bank of
Vinland
Mary
McClelland
N. M. Eisel
Eunice E. Artman
John .E. Artmani
Irving Hill
L. Clyde Browning
Diploma exams set for eight month schools on Saturday
The first of two diploma examinations for pupils in eight month schools in the county will be held Saturday, with the second on April 25. Subjects include Reading arithmetic physiology civics geography Kansas History and Eighth grade classics. Examinations will be at Court House Kanwaka Glenn Mound Black Jack Vineland Clinton Twin Mound Baldwin Lone Star Union Edora No. 28 and Cleatheld with teachers listed in charge. Jewelers prof L N Flint to address Kansas Retail Jewelers association on Sound Advertising at Wichita. Rotarians hear about Relays Dr F E Allen outlines Kansas Relays details at luncheon.
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Kansas
Court House
Ethel Kindred
Carrie Fultz
Kanwaka
Hilda Matthews
Baldwin
J Mabel
L. Reed
R Be Tutther
Lone Star
Elnora Anderson
Bessie Brown
Union
Esther Maine
Lewise W. Koehler
Eudora No
F.J. Luttrell
Cleatheld
Helen Clara Randel
Flint Te — Jewelers
L. N. Flint
University’ of Kansas
Kansas’ Retail Jewelers ‘Association
K. U
City to Impound Stray Dogs Starting Monday
Lawrence officials announce dog regulations take effect April 20. Police will seize unlicensed and running dogs, impounding them in a Woodland Park barn for three days. Owners must identify and pay charges including city fee, daily boarding, and current license. Unpaid fees lead to humane disposal. City urges owners to confine pets and provide water and exercise.
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F. M. Holliday
Woodland Park
Kansas City
Itowns
Holliday
Lawrence
Body found in Big Stranger Creek near Tarbalo
The body of 40 year old Robert Murphy of McPherson was found floating in Big Stranger Creek northeast of Tarbalo at 7 this morning. The coroner investigates. Murphy, despondent after recovering from a December influenza, had come to Leavenworth for a family reunion ending Easter Sunday. Two sisters, Mrs Helen McGuire and Miss Julis, live in Washington.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Robert Murphy
McPherson
John Murphy
Tarbalo
Stranger Creek
Jarhale
Murphy
Helen McGuire
Miss Julis
Washington, D
Stolen Ford Coupe Recovered Near Herds Corner
Lester Mayhew of Eudora had his Ford coupe stolen from in front of the Varsity Theatre. The thief drove to Peerless garage for oil and gas, then fled on foot after officers traced the car north toward Fort Highway and a barbecue stand near Herd's corner. The vehicle was returned to Mayhew by city officers.
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Lester Mayhew
Eudora
Varsity Theatre
Fort To
Fort
Herd’s Corner
Crawford-Weds: Miss Muriel Shaver Marries Prof Antrim Crawford
In Kansas City on April 1, Prof Antrim Crawford private secretary to William M Jardine secretary of agriculture married Miss Muriel Shaver of Cedar Vale Kan Immediate relatives and friends attended the church Mrs Crawford daughter of A N Shaver Cedar Vale a journalism student at Kansas State Agricultural College Crawford headed the department of ne oe Farrell on Bankers Committee Manhattan April 13 Dr F D Farrell successor to Jardine as acting president of Kansas State Agricultural College announced he joined the American Bankers Association agricultural committee vacancy filled by Jardine upon cabinet entry Dies from Horse Kick Concordia April 13 George H dire 43 farmer southwest of here died in a local hospital after intercra hemorrhages following a horse kick
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Kansas City
Antrim Crawford
William M. Jardine
Muriel Shaver
Cedarvale
Kank
Crawford
A. N. Shaver
Kansas State Agricultural College
Concordia
George
H. Dire
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