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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1919

Page

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Thirty Fifth Men Here Three Hours In Lawrence

The itinerary shows the thirty fifth man and company A with three hours allocated to arrival in Lawrence. Mayor confirms dates set for late April or late May.

Return of Lawrence Heroes Stirs City Welcoming Plans

Lawrence units of the 84th Division from overseas arrive with multiple groups expected April 2 3 24 26 29. Mayor Kreeck forms a city committee to supervise three separate receptions at crossings and station with Red Cross commissary service and banded greetings by KU and Haskell bands.

Lawrence 84Th War Department George l L. Kreeck Washington Today 110Th Engineer K. US Lawrences 140Th Field Artillery Hatrenes Kansas City Kreeck Kansas River Bridge South Park Union Pacific Red Cross University of Kansas Haskell Massachusetts Street Shoston Donaglas County Court House Massachusetts France Kreerk Denver C. ¢. Stuart National Guard H. B. Bullene W. G. Thiel el Anderson F. J. Sweeney Roc W. F. March

Seismograph Records Northern Mexico Quake

The University of Kansas seismograph logged a quake starting two minutes after 4 PM yesterday, lasting 1 hour 6 minutes. It was about 940 miles from Lawrence, likely northeast Mexico or the Gulf of Mexico, with potential land damage if the epicenter was on land.

University Mexico University of Kansas Lawrence Gulf of Mexico

University ROTC Seeks 350 Names for Kansas Unit

Sixty students have signed up for the University ROTC under Col. Harold Burdick. The commandant aims for 350 names and believes the target can be reached with little difficulty.

Harold Burdick K. U. Reserve Officers' Training Corps Burdick

May docket lists eighty eight cases for district court

The May term will hear seventy six civil suits and seventeen divorces starting May 3 or 4. Seventeen divorces and twelve criminal cases are slated, including robberies linked to a University incident. Defendants Burns Wallace faced theft, while McGowen and Thomas face burglary charges. An appeal on a school law case from a prior peace court ruling is included. The city traffic case against Herbert Wallene is set for May 4.

District Court C. A. Smart Doc Burns Ray Wallace Wlaniesrth Mareh T South Park Avery Monroy McGowen William Thomas Thomas Lee Thomas Mayes Hersbert Wallene jPolice Bullene

HUN TROOPS CAPTURE THE LETTISH PROVINCES PROTESTS OVER RIGA DELAY

German and Battic troops seized Libau overthrowing the Lettish provisional government. Lettish reserve troops were surprised and disarmed. The city is now held by Germans. Premier Altman protested to General Von Der Goltz who denied it. Lettish officials were arrested and Riga remains under Soviet control. In a separate item Mrs Myrtle Bootee was charged with forging a $3 check signed by Mrs Custer. preliminary hearing set today.

Riga Copenhagen Libau Altman Geno von der Goltz Letvia Myrtle Bootee Ty Alice Gray

Lawrence student Wagstaff to chair KU May Fete selection

Lawrence student Wagstaff chairs the university student committee to select 120 participants for KU May Fete on May 24 at the university golf links. Major Arthur Nevin, back from service, is composing the music for the production staged by the YWCA this spring, unlike last year due to wartime conditions.

Lawrence Irl Hole Wagstaff K. U Arthur Nevin

Gopher Exhibition At Fadora By County Agent

KH Ptacek Douglas county farm agent visits Fadora this afternoon for a gopher exhibition. He will explain gopher killing methods and assess local farmer needs.

Ptacek Douglas County Fadora

Farmers Union Meeting at Sigel

The Farmers' Union will hold a general meeting in Sigel on Wednesday. County farm agent FF. T. Ptacek will attend the session.

Farmers Union Farmers’ Union Sigel FF. T. Ptacek

Wireless Club to Meet

The Lawrence Wireless club will hold its first meeting of the year in the Physics room of the Manual Training Building tonight at 8 o'clock. Returned men from the service will speak. Everyone is invited to be present.

Wireless Club Lawrence Wireless Club

Peace pact revision on Heligoland fortifications

The proposed peace agreement reopens debate on Helgoland fortifications. Allies agree not to demand razing coastal defenses as part of the naval question.

Helgoland

Focht Told to Prepare for German Invasions

Peace conference plans ready if German delegates refuse to sign. Marshal Foch leads experts drafting coercive options including occupation of territory and blockade. Bie Four resumes talks with Wilson as 15 000 women from Lille Roubaix and Tourcoing petition for punishing deportations.

Paris Kiel Canal Helgoland Canal Existance Marshal Foch Germany David Lioyd George House of Commons Council of Four Wilson Bie Four White House Lille Roubaix Tourcoing Gaston Calmette Anna Roosevelt

Visiting Red Cross nurse to serve Presbyterian church

Miss Alice Wolverton, a former Kansas teacher and Red Cross nurse who served in France, will join the Lawrence Presbyterian Church as a visiting nurse on a two week leave. She plans to lecture on hygiene, organize a nursery, and provide emergency care in cooperation with city health efforts. She will have an office in the church and work with charity needs.

Lawrence Alice Jean Worbvertoon Abilene France Presbyterian Brotherhood Wolverton Red Cross Niles Nsas Douglas County Bell Memorial Hospital Rosedale Kansas City Limoges C. C. Winsler Tennessee Street Presbyterian Church Ohvemnns

Y M C A Secretary Appointed County Health Representative

H W Boltz secretary of the Y M C A in Douglas county is named county representative of the Public Health Service to lecture high school students on staying fit after the war. He has contacted several high schools to arrange lectures and slide programs. He also serves in the Public Health Service venereal disease division.

H. W. Boltz Public Health Service Douglas County Boltz United States Public Health Service

Returned Soldiers Won't Parade Say Kansas Plans Quiet Homecomings

General Metcalf announces counties will avoid large parades and instead run county level welcome efforts for the Thirty-Fifth division. Televised and telegram notices will inform families as soldiers finish demobilization at Camp Funston. Kansas guardsmen accompany homebound troops to ensure meals and smooth return home.

Wilder S. Metcalf Kansas France Metcalf Kansas House Camp Funston Lawrence Guards Kansas National Guard Joseph LL Nevin Christian A. Freark Paul Bratton Tyrold Marlow

Tulip Picking Cost High School Student a Fine

A local high school student faced a police court fine after picking tulips in a yard near the City Library. The court imposed a $1 fine plus costs, totaling more than the flower gathering expedition’s assumed value.

A O U W Grand Lodge Closes Its 33rd Session

Hours April 18 The thirty third session of the grand lodge of the A O U W in this city this week closes as a notably eventful season The order remains financially sound despite influenza pressures and adopts four new insurance plans replacing the old step rate Others from Kansas including Hugh Farrelly Edgar Bennett L M M Penwell and Judge Sims participate in the deliberations The organization now lists 60 000 members in Kansas and continues to grow.

Grand Lodge Sone Kansas Hugh Farrelly Edgar Bennett L. M M. Penwell Judge

Massachusetts May Operate the Phones in Crisis

Governor Coolidge asked Postmaster General Burleson if the state could take over telephone operations during government paralysis. The Massachusetts Senate authorized conferring with William Driver of the New England Telephone to settle the northeastern strike affecting five states. Mayor Peters met Burleson in Washington to press a public solution and share the workers' demands.

Boston Coolidge Burleson New England Senate Wilson Wm. R. Driver New England Telephone and Telegraph Company Authority Touay Westmaster General M. Burleson Mr. Burleson Driver Washington Mayor Peters England White Mouse Tumnulty Peters

Unitarian Church to Welcome Dr Samuel Eliot for Easter

The Unitarians invite Dr Samuel Eliot of Boston to preach on Easter Sunday. Eliot serves as president of the American Unitarian Association and is the son of a former Harvard president. He arrives amid a meeting of the Indian Committee at Allenpointed in New Mexico.

Samuel Eliot Samuel A. Eliot Ir. Eliot Boston American ‘Unitarian Association Harvard University Rene Allenpibed New Mexico

Jury Finds Lamb Insane After Shawnee Court Verdict

Thomas J. Lamb was again ruled insane by a Shawnee county court jury. The 25 year pattern shows him in and out of asylums due to alcohol and narcotics use. He was deemed homicidal but recommended for care in a private institution. Lamb plans to appeal claiming a railroad to avoid accounting for a $4 0 000 estate. Witnesses testified his brothers supported him in Lawrence for years.

Topeka Thomas J. Lamb Shawnee County Lamb Lawrence

Son Receives Captain Commission Day Before Death

J W Anderson of 1020 Barker Avenue learned from the War Department that his son Dr Lionel A Anderson had been commissioned captain just a day before dying in Belgium. He served in the medical corps since last May with British forces, and his death was reported in Lawrence.

J. W. Anderson Barker Avenue War Department Lionel A. Anderson Belgium Anderson Medical Corps Army Lawrence Andersen Lawrence Amd

State Engineer Delays Fort to Fort Highway Work

Topeka state highway engineer delays bidding on the Fort to Fort highway as county officials wait on Mud Creek bridge decisions. Douglas county seeks two 50 foot spans instead of forty. Acting state engineer M W Watson to visit Tuesday with bids likely advertised then. Tractor show opens tomorrow in Lawrence at Ford company rooms drawing about forty farmers.

Fort-to-Fort Topeka Fort-ort J. B. Wilson Mud Creek Douglas County Ropeka M. W. Watson Lawrence Ford Company Massachusetts

Navy airship attempt may use seaplane by Retlinger

Lieut Commander Patrick N L Retlinger is expected to fit the Navy Curtiss seaplane for a fast Atlantic crossing by airship as part of the planned attempt. The report notes the likely pairing of pilot and craft in the bold transatlantic plan.

Patrick N. L. Retlinger Atlantic

Medals From Kaiser's Cannon to Honor Victory Loan Workers

Medal honors for Victory Loan workers crafted from steel used in cannons seized from Kaiser forces will be presented by the United Government in the Tenth Federal Reserve district. County chairmen will award medals to poster artists and newspaper advertisers, with sample pieces sent to county headquarters. A mass start signal will rise at 9 am as bells and whistles join in the drive, with final medal distribution planned after the campaign ends.

Lawence J. Holmes Douglas County Tory Committee Victory United Government Federal Reserve District Holmes Victory Loan J. R. Holmes Chman Tod Haskell Institute H. B. Penrigg L. N. Filia K. U Chamber of Come Wanl R. C. Rankin H. R. Rintlene Otto Fischer H. T. Melton J. H. Mitchell W. J. Busch F. Barteldes C.S. Rearick Chas. Bacey R. C. Manley L. H. Met F. W Jaedicke J. Underwood David Babb Vic Johnson X. J. Kennedy Prof. Bailey S Sanderson W. S. Evert O. P. Batcher Dr. Clark Rev R. W. Saunderson Eart Youngmeyer O. M. Walling Johnson I. F. Lutz R. K John Kilworth U. S. G. Plank Shall Gorrill Terry Gas

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