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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1926
Page
1
A verbose 1920s style report details a senate inquiry into bootlegging and prohibition in Canada and the United States. It covers witnesses, rebuttal timing, and government controls in Quebec, Manitoba, and Alberta, noting Montreal’s past doled out investigations and the broader alcohol trade impact. It mentions the anti saloon league, law effects, and church events alongside trial rhetoric.
Yale professor Irving Fisher told the Senate prohibition committee that dropping an educational program for mere law observance was a tactical blunder. He estimated prohibition saves about six billion dollars yearly in industrial efficiency and argued for reemphasizing education to gain broad public support. At Yale, he said discipline cases are down since prohibition though remaining drinking tends to be noisier.
Students and visitors toured the engineering building for a morning demonstration. Exhibits covered chemical testing for drinking water, architectural plans, mining ore-reducing equipment, and working lab models in mechanical electrical and hydraulic labs.
WashingtonApril apildy AP says the treasury disputes and officials defend Secretary Meilon backing prohibition while General Andrews testifies on non intoxicating beer rules. Meilon reviewed available policies before naming Andrews as prohibition director and rejects calls for his replacement. Deeaeen Goes to Dallas Nelson attends national Medical association convention in Dallas Texas later this week.
Mostly fair tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions in the northeast portion. Road conditions are clear and good across Kansas City Emporia Coffeyville Hutchinson Wichita Topeka Ottawa. Temperature readings show yesterday's highs and lows with current trends not fully listed.
Paris essay by Maurice de Waleffe argues Americans should pay in francs, railing against postwar exchange chaos. He decries American tourists as invaders, mocks Riviera shifts to Anglo American influence, and predicts strain on Parisians and hotel keepers if guests remain debt-free.
Lawrence Bruner of Barence Steam Laundry received a large silver loving cup at a state laundrymen’s meeting in Wichita. The award was given by the Grand Order Allied Tradesman, honoring Bruner for his leadership as re hiring president of the state association.
Terrifying eruptions mark two lava streams from Mauna Loa advancing toward the sea leaving scorched forests and a destroyed highway. A church and a residence were buried under lava as experts warn a flow may reach the water within hours. A summit outbreak followed an earthquake as crimson lava fountains rose. Souvenir hunters are stranded as lava blocks roads. Drake Relays referenced.
Des Moines Iowa April 17 Thirty athletes from Nebraska Kansas Simpson College Iowa and Tarkio College Mo competed in the Drake relays with events set for April 23 and 24 Noted entries include Ed Weir Nebraska star hurdler high jumper and dash man Also Alabama polytechnical Institute of Auburn enters in University class a Six Ian team Meanwhile Kansas plans half a million motor vehicle license tags for 1927 with an initial shipment of 400 000 and possible 100 000 more at a record price of 60 cents per tag
American League scores show Detr Vangilder Deon Holloway and Bassler for St Louis while New York lists Vashi Jones. Philadelphia 10 to 122? Boston 0 2 DO 64x 670. Harridyane Emke Gaston. Cleveland Chicago show varied lineups. National and American League scores feature multiple pitchers and batters, plus a Topeka court decision on a grain marketing suit and three parole grants for liquor violations. The radio program The Best in Radio-Hanna ends the page.
Secretary Kellogg, acting as mediator in the Tacna Arica dispute, suggested alternatives for Chile and Peru including neutralization of the two provinces or transfer to a neutral South American state with equitable compensation. The State Department cited mutual unwillingness to concede and rejection of division as reasons to consider these options.
Foreign students at the Cosmopolitan club program last night entertained at Liberty Memorial high school auditorium. Indian and Chinese music, American-Indian dialogue, and multilingual sketches featured performers from India China Japan and France. The show included dances, comedy, and a crowd-pleasing ending with a kissing scene and musical encores.
Locke of Nebraska ties the world's 100 yard dash record at 9.6, while Nebraska anchors a world intercollegiate 1:26.6 half mile relay, and Occidental sets a college half mile relay mark. Kansas wins 4x440 and 2 mile events as crowds enjoy perfect track conditions at Kansas Memorial Stadium during the fourth annual Relays with Gov Paulen in attendance.
The National Women Voters convention in St Louis narrowly supports a Pennsylvania resolution urging Congress to defend the Eighteenth Amendment. The measure also calls for enforcement appointments only to back prohibition, with a final vote due Tuesday.
Atchison High School debaters led by Virginia Seybold Leo Askeen Helen Mangelstors Ernest Tonsing Katherine Fisher and Carolyn Ray won the state class A title last night by unanimous over Burlington negative and 3 to 1 over TN City affirmative. Mount Hope captured class B with unanimous wins over Almena and Moline, securing the overall state debating crown for class B. Cups were presented by Chancellor Lindley at Central Administration Building with a reception to follow.
Fielding H. Yost the University of Michigan athletic director and former Kansas football coach spoke at a KU convocation for sport writers and journalism students. He praised competitive athletics and called the sports page “the most healthy reading” for youngsters, with Dr. F C Allen stressing athletic clarity.
Dr. R C Clapp a Wichita physician was sentenced by Judge John C Pollock to one year and one day in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. His attorney prepared an appeal while the judge praised the family’s circumstances and indicated mercy.
Sheriff W J Cummings traveling from Pittsburg arrested W F Fadler at Baxter Springs in connection with the Lecompton bank robbery of August 18 1925. Fadler previously worked as a mine foreman in Picher Oklahoma and was said to be living in Carthage Missouri. He faced federal car theft charges in Topeka with a November term set.
Representative Mills of New York announced in the House that he would withdraw his support for the bill aimed at settling German American war claims. He cited information from Representative Garner of Texas that a company in the claimants had Mills as a director. Mills said he would refrain from further participation in the deliberations over the measure.
Jackson, a 65 year old from Bucklin Kansas, captured the state fiddling title at a Wichita contest closing last night. Runner up was W H Martin, with Dan Mouse finishing third. Other finalists included Ed Foof Ventony J B Lawser and Arthur Pinuston.
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