Wind storm hits Lawrence causing one death
A wind storm in Lawrence at about 7 30 last night killed Minor Griffin a 37 year old colored man who was driving a light wagon. He was thrown to the pavement and his skull crushed when the rig overturned near the Clifford Pine residence on the fort to fort highway. Griffin died around midnight at Lawrence Municipal Hospital. The storm caused widespread damage including 250 telephones down and numerous damaged poles. A private tornado on Twenty Third street injured no one but caused about 20 dollars in damage. Union Pacific crews reported the storm followed them from Abilene into Lawrence, knocking a car from a parking space and sending it into the street.
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Seventh
Ashi
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Herd’s ‘Corner
Arthur Weaver
Kansas City
Tough
Bismark Grove
H. Karnes
Poultry Yard
Abilene
Union Pacific
Massachusetts
Eldridge House
Western railroads seek injunction to curb western freight rates
F W Sargent of the Chicago and Northwestern declares at the annual stockholders meeting that western railroads plan federal court action to suspend current western freight rates. He says rates in the West are lower than the East and South, reducing returns, and that multiple western lines must join to effect relief.
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Associated Press
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Northwestern
Vorameree Commission
West
Sargent
Chicago and Northwestern
Baseball Opens Across Major Leagues In Busy Start
Chicago April 14 Associated Press Baseball fans begin a six month pursuit of leadership as sixteen major league clubs report for opening games. Injuries dot lineups while Babe Ruth’s status draws mixed reactions as physicians order rest amid fever. American and other leagues also spark their seasons today with international group games on the schedule.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Babe Ruth
Baseball scores and early season results across leagues
Opening day games highlight home runs by Charles Trinieane of Cleveland and Miller of the Athletics. St Louis’s Bush allows a first inning homer to Trinieane as Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago also figure in scores with Washington and New York. Pitchers include Roe O Neill, Ferguson, Walberg, Pieh, and Glevesant in varied clashes.
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Detroit
Thurston
St. Louis
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Pittsburgh
Ydean Hartnett
New York
Boston
Nehl
Snyder
Barney and Gibson
Philadelphia
Carlson and Henline
Nance
Deberry
Charles Trinieane
Cleveland
Joe Bush
George Sisler
Gasoline Fire Injures Woman and Damages Kitchen
Mrs John Merwin of 626 Kentucky Street was burned on hands and face when gasoline used to clean curtains exploded. Fire damaged kitchen woodwork as she frantically battled flames with assistance from Mrs Constant of 624 Kentucky. The room filled with smoke before flames were extinguished. Also noted Great Britain issued over 1,200,000 wireless licenses and rising ukulele sales in Germany.
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John Merwin
Kentucky Street
Scheely Hit Season’s First Home Run in Opener
N. Detroit April 14 Karl Scheely first baseman for the Chicago White Sox hit the season's first home run in the 1925 major league opener against Detroit. He drove the ball over left field in the second inning with no men aboard, off pitcher Leonard.
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Detroit
Karl Scheely
Chicago White Sox
Leonard
Fourth annual contest at Memorial High for poultry judging
The fourth annual high school judging contest in Northeastern Kansas will be held Thursday April 16 at Liberty Memorial gym. W. E. Essick directs in cooperation with four dozen nearby schools. Prizes are provided by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. Poultry classes include Single Comb Leghorns Barred Plymouth Rocks White Plymouth Rocks and Single Comb Rhode Island Reds. Grain contest includes six classes with top scores up to 150 in crop identification and 100 in other segments.
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Liberty Memorial Gymnasium
Department of Vocational Agriculture of Which
W. E. Essick
Topeka
Lawrence ‘Chamber of Commerce
H. CG. Colglazier
Fred Laptad
Laptad Stock Farm
Manhattan
Essick
Laptad
Far Lawrence
Rhode Island
No Cabinet In France In Formation Cited By President
Paris April 14 Associated Press reports President Doumergue asked M. Albert Sarraut M. Paul Painleve and M. Rene Renoult to form a new cabinet. Sarraut refused and Painleve arrived at the Elysee to be asked to form a ministry. Briand meanwhile decided not to form a cabinet for the socialist republican group.
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Paris
Associated Press
M. Albert Sarraut
Paul Painleve
Rene Renoult
Doumergue
M. Sarraut
Domergue
M. Painleve
Palace of the Elysee
Briand
Herriot
Bootleggers Reformed by Salvation Army in New York
New York April 14 Records show fifty former bootleggers in New York and vicinity turning to the Salvation Army for spiritual aid. Col Thomas Stanton says the army is concentrating on bootleggers and has reformed gamblers brankards and criminals, guiding them to the ways of the righteous.
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Salvation Army
Army
Col
Thomas Stanton
Armys P Training School
Allen Calls Wolff Decision a Blow to Labor and Public
Former Governor Henry J. Allen described the Supreme Court ruling on the Wolff Packing case as a blow to labor and to the public. He warned it hinders wage regulation and signals a push for a constitutional amendment to legalize a minimum wage. He argued the decision strengthens state power to curb strikes and reduces protections for workers, while not affecting public utilities. He urged renewed effort to regulate wages and hours, noting the issue remains unsettled and will resurface.
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Wichita
Kan
Associated Press
United States Supreme Court
Wolff Packing Company
Henry J. Allen
Supreme Court
Allen
Industrial Court of Kansas
Adkins
Industrial Court
Kansas Industrial Court
Wolff Packing
Railroad Labor Board
Underworld Life Exposed by Denver Businessman
Thomas Mainland, assistant manager of a large milling firm, recounts his undercover experiences in Denver's underworld to aid Good Friday raids that led to over 200 arrests. He and other businessmen aided Mayor Stapleton by entering bootlegging dives to gather evidence, aiming to curb degeneration and prostitution among youths and students.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain News Today
Thomas Mainland
Nevis
Mainland
Stapleton
Will found in shoe of dead son in Pittsburgh
Frank Caito’s will, dating back four years and unknown whereabouts, was discovered yesterday in the shoe of his deceased son. The document disposes of a $10,000 estate to Mrs. Caito and was filed for probate. The note expresses hope that the son in heaven would help locate it.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Caito
Caito
Caite
Tsake
Profitable Cow Leads Douglas County Herd Test
A. B. Lewis owns fourteen cows and posted the top herd average in butterfat and milk for a county cow testing group. His grade Jersey cow produced 51 pounds of butterfat and 943 pounds of milk in late March to early April, yielding a profit of 21.53 above feed costs. Bremer reports 324 cows tested, 13 producing over 40 pounds butterfat, 64 over 30, across 17 herds tested.
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Dilmand B. Bremer
Douglas, County
A. B. Lewis
Lewis
Mr.Lewis
Bremer
Kansas grand lodge opens with 600 delegates in Wellington
A. C. A. W. Hodge convenes the Kansas grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen in Wellington. The morning session covers nominating grand lodge officers and invitations for the 1927 meeting from Hutchinson Parsons Lawrence and Emporia. A vote on building a cottage at Norton sanitarium for members and families is expected this afternoon.
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Wellington
Kans
Kansas
Norton
Lodge
Dam bursts flood Hu ron valley near Flat Rock
Detroit reports a dam failure at the Ford Motor Company plant in Flat Rock releasing millions of gallons into the Hu ron river valley. More than 5,000 acres flooded with water up to twelve feet deep in places. No lives lost yet. The break followed earth embankment crumbling near the Detroit Edison plant at French Landing. The six mile lake overflowed as engineers race to estimate washed earth and ongoing erosion. The Edison power station, cost 750000 dollars, had been slated to open May 3.
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Huron River
Flat Rock
Lake
Ford Motor, Company
Ford Company
Detroit Edison Company
French Landing
The
Edison Company
Increased Indebtedness Authorized for Pennsylvania RR
Philadelphia April 14 stockholders at the annual meeting authorized the board to raise the railroad's indebtedness by 100 million dollars for future financing. The move followed earlier notices and drew criticism over financing methods with bankers receiving the majority of benefits. Also from St Paul Minnesota April 11 the senate adopted a resolution to submit the federal child labor amendment to the constitution.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Board of
Minnesota
St. Paul
Senate
House
Clean-up Week Proclaimed by Lawrence Mayor in Kansas
Lawrence Mayor Frank M. Holliday issues a city proclamation naming April 20 to 25 as Clean-up Week. The plan follows Governor Paulen's guidance and outlines daily themes from street and alley cleanup to trash removal and a final mop-up. He urges civic groups to cooperate to reduce fire hazards and improve sanitation.
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F. M. Holliday
Paulen
Kansas
Lawrence
Frank M. Holliday
Razed Old Brick Church in Topeka Area Rebuilt
A Topeka dispatch notes the Suburn Methodist church twelve miles southwest of Topeka, built in 1854, was razed for a new building. The stone threshold from the old edifice was preserved in the new church after nearly seventy years of service. The old structure, Kansas’s oldest still in use, stood on J W Brown farm timbered with native wood. A furnace installation and rain damage led to its collapse.
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Topeka
William A. Quayle
Suburn
Kansas
J. W. Brown
Upholds Man's Right to Spank Wife in Georgia Case
In Moultrie Georgia on April 14 a superior court judge directed a verdict of not guilty in a case charging assault and battery against Fred Bannister a young farmer. The court held a husband may place his wife across his lap and spank her under certain circumstances. The ruling restates a husband's perceived right within the home.
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Moultrie
Qyden
Fred Bannister
Educators Convene in Lawrence for State Conference
About 100 leading educators from across the state gather in Lawrence to attend a Friday educational conference at 2 PM in the University of Kansas auditorium. Speakers include F L Schlagle Paul A Witty and Dean M T Haggerty addressing curriculum, spelling remediation, and modern education topics. The School Masters Club banquet follows at 6 PM with Dean Haggerty as chief speaker.
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Lawrence
Central Administration Building
University of Kansas
School of Education
F. L
University of Minnesota
Dean Haggerty
Minnesota
School Masters
Aill
School Boards Elect Directors Across County at Annual Meeting
Rural high school meetings were held Thursday and Friday across the county as directors and officers were elected or filled. Names listed include EB Wutaw Lakeview George Langendorfer Oakdale M L King Walnut Graye E L Brown Kanwaka George Dews Baldwin City J W Muengenmeyer Young T Sulzen Eldora C E Welcome Charles Cooper and C B Schick Glenn Vesper Robison Vespertine A F Neis Pleasant Troy Felix Tucker Coal Creek George Kelly Brubaker Homer Brawford Belleview L M Holmes Wilson Springs W Jo hann ing Brackett Paul Rudiger Clearfield Henry Setzer Burnett Charles Spray Concord I Glenn Crowder A B Chle Oak Sin R M McFarland Model E Holcom Independente D C Sutton Prairie City H Davi son Harmony H H Miskimens White W B Pine Baldwin C J Tawl Deer Creek August Kamp schaeder Lecormpton rural high N Taylor Hopewell J H Craigs Mound George Anderson Jr Globe H A Rappard Old Belvoir Roy Thurber plus Mrs Walter Brown as clerk. Several rural schools have not notified the county superintendent of their elected director.
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Mr. Lane
Rural High
EB. Wutaw
Lakeview
George Langendorfer
Oakdale
M. L
King
Walnut
Graye
E. L. Brown
Kanwaka
George Dews
Wissed Love
Baldwin City
W. Muengenmeyer
Young T. J. Sulzén
Eldora
C. EL
Charles Cooper
C. &. Schick
Glenn—Vesper Robison
Vespertine
A. F. Neis
Pleasant Troyé
Felix Tucker
Coal Creek
George Kelly Brubaker
Homer Brawford
Belleview
L. M. Holmes
Wilson Springs
W. H
Clyde Knowles Testifies in Ogden State Bank Robbery Trial
Clyde Knowles a former Kansas City druggist testified in district court defending himself against robbery charges tied to the Ogden State Bank burglary on November 8 1924 He said stolen bonds traced to a gambling game in a Kansas City hotel where he won bonds and securities including part of the bank loot from three strangers The defense noted the trial was expected to end that afternoon and mentioned a successor selection for the Stone Mountain Memorial project in Georgia
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Kans
Clyde Knowles
Kansas City
Ogden State Bank
Knowles
Joplin
Bank
Rcot
Kansas Industry Growth Talk at Chamber Luncheon
John L. Harrington of Kansas City urged Kansas must develop industry to pair with oil and gas and retain talent. He warned of limited progress, noted urban improvements but rural decline, and called for state collaboration, vocational training, and Lawrence plant opportunities. He also announced a KU lecture on Engineering as a Profession and Miss Irene Peabody sang at the event.
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Kansas
John L. Harrington
Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce
Harrington
Wettees
Ohio
Lawrence
University of Kansats
Central Administration
Irene Peabody
University School of Fine Arts
Bean D. M. Swarthout
Bank holdup in Detroit leaves teller dead
Three men robbed the American State Bank branch in Detroit around 1 30 pm killing Charles Taggart Jr the teller. They fled with an estimated 3000 to 6000 dollars. Taggart the second bank victim in a month the robbers outside forced a passerby to the floor while Taggart was shot through the head and died en route to a hospital. The robbers car was reported stolen yesterday.
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American State Bank
Charles Taggart, Jr
Taggart
Leroy L. Hudson
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