Allies Agree on Note to Germany at San Remo Conference
Allied premiers reached a principle of collective representations to Berlin over enforcement of the Versailles Treaty. The declamation to Germany will urge disarmament compliance and warn that food and supplies could be withheld if counter revolutionary movements arise, though no specific ultimatum or deadline is stated.
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Berlin
San Remo
Associated Press
Paris
Associated Tress
Verspilles
Wilhelmstrasse
Germany
Remlx
Tornado Sweeps Through 3 States Across Mississippi Alabama Tennessee
A tornado swept through Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee causing many deaths and heavy damage. The toll rose to at least 21 with numerous injuries as the storm hit Columbus and Aberdeen in Mississippi and nearby towns. Fatalities ranged from farmers in Colbert County to workers near Philadelphia and multiple communities across the region.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Columbus
Miss
Aberdeen
Glenn
Philadelphia
Deemer
Sheffield
Blanton
Colbert
Franklin County
Hotel men plan drive to curb food costs in Chicago
Chicago hotel and restaurant leaders will meet the week of May 10 to 15 to hear reports on food cost schemes as part of an independent effort to press for relief. C. H. Poindexter of Northwestern Insurance in Kansas City was in Lawrence today. I. S. Amick travels to Milwaukee on insurance business.
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Chicago
C. H. Poindexter
Kansas City
The
Northwestern Insurance Company
Lawrence
What a Nice Skunk New York Miss Ula Sharon Story
New York dancer Miss Ula Sharon says a skunk pet she has cared for two years never forgets loving treatment. Strangers who pet the animal provoke a different reaction, highlighting the skunk’s wary behavior toward unseen guests.
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New York
Ula Sharon
AP Elects Officers and Directors at New York Meeting
The Associated Press met at the Waldorf Astoria to elect five directors four advisory boards and auditing and nominating committees. President Frank B Noyes praised health for President Wilson and defended AP against charges of bias while vowing to serve newspapers as their loyal conduit for accurate news with minimal propaganda.
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New York
Associated Press
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Frank B. Noyes
Washington Star
Wilson
United States
Noyes
Tohoever
Supreme Court
Three men identify suspect in slayings of KC policeman and bartender
Three men report the man held by police as the suspect in the early morning shooting of Policeman Ula A. McMahan and bartender Charles Tate in Kansas City. McMahan was killed while en route to investigate a theft. Tate lay mortally wounded in front of a saloon.
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Kansas City
Ula A. McMahan
Charles Tate
McMahan
Tate
Negro lynching shocks Mulberry and stirs miners
In Mulberry Kansas a mob overpowered officers and hanged an unknown black man identified by Sylvia Brown 15 after a brutal assault. Benjamin Workman 16 faced jail in a neighboring county as details emerged of the attack and rope making at the coal mine. The girl survived with non life threatening injuries as officials consider an inquest into the lynching and ongoing investigations.
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Mulberry
Kas
Sylvia
Brown
Benjamin F.C. Workman
Workman
A. E. Keller
R. J. Hopkins
Kansas
Jefferson City
Missouri
Milt Gould
Losco
Old clothes parade at K U geology class
Geology students vote to wear old clothing for the rest of the school year and next fall, with no one required to buy new outfits. Men favor old garb including khaki trousers, breeches, puttees, and flannel shirts. women have no defined apparel yet. In Lawrence High, violators are disciplined with paddling and old clothes movement supporters enforce the rule.
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School of Geology
University In Mass
Lawrence High School
Washington House Republicans Meet Over Bonus Bill
House Republicans plan a Thursday night conference to iron out rough spots in the pending soldier relief bill Representative Towner of Iowa, chairman of the conference committee, announced today. Mrs F M Hopkins has returned from Fremont Nebraska where she was called last February by a serious accident to her daughter.
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Washington
House Republicans
Representative Towner
Ions
F. M. Hopkins
Fremont
Nebr
More Freight Moves in Yards at Chicago As Strike Fever Subside
Chicago dispatch reports freight movement in the Chicago district rising while rail workers delay walkouts. About 30 000 railway clerks and 8 000 freight handlers vote to await wage-board hearings in Washington and pursue legitimate grievance adjustment. Traffic in the middle and far west shows signs of normalizing after earlier disruption.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Washington
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
James J. Forrester
Brotherhood
Labor Board
Middle West
Far West
Brotherhoods Propose Wage Demands to Labor Board
Washington April 20 principals demands of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen are a 31 to 17 percent wage increase with a minimum of 150 dollars per month and time and a half for overtime Sundays and holidays. A 26 day month with a 21 minute lunch period and a uniform dead head rate. travel time to and from work to be counted as working time.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Railroad Labor Board
Robbers Crack Two Safes in Kansas City Heist
Suspects cracked two safes in Kansas City, escaping with about 1700 dollars in cash, checks, and liberty bonds. From Herman Theroff’s restaurant and bar 1200 dollars in cash and 150 dollars in bonds were seized, while Consumers meat market yielded 464 dollars in cash and 22 in checks. An additional 600 dollars in checks were recovered loose in an alley behind the plate.
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Kansas City
Herman Theroff
Consumers Meat Market
State Teachers Association Set for Lawrence Meeting
The executive committee will meet in Lawrence next Friday at 10 o clock in the board of education rooms to assign speaking talent for the 57th annual meeting. Sessions proceed October 23 in Topeka Hutchinson and Independence.
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State Teachers’ Association
Lawrence
Board of Education
Topeka
Hutchinson
Independence
Mining Kansas Coal Miners At Work In State Regions
Reports from coal operators show about half of 12,000 miners are at work in Kansas today while Franklin region miners are not. Agency for insurance note appears in the dispatch.
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Pittsburg
Kansas
Franklin
Seniors Seek Refund Over Cap and Gown Prices
About 100 University seniors attended a Fraser chapel meeting to demand refunds for caps and gowns priced at $4. A committee including Dorothy Riddle and John Bunn will confer with Chancellor Stronz. The refund policy offers $150 total within seven days. contracts showed $2.25 and $2.10 rates for bachelor and master sets respectively. A second mass meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday noon.
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Fraser Chapel
Dorothy Riddle
John Bunn
Iris Russell
Frank Terrill
Frank Stronz
Chicago
Puajap
Aoqyuurea
Cecil Ritter
Thy
K Y Art Student Wins Scholarship in New York
Miss Mary Tudor, KU drawing and painting senior, received one of ten annual Art Students League scholarships. The Kansas student competed against 200 300 contestants from U S art schools outside New York City and was awarded the fifth scholarship. She is a Gamma Phi member and studied life and portrait classes at KU. The award underscores professor W M Hekhking's teaching impact. Kansas City switchmen return to work bringing total at 250. A Melbourne Australia couple, Mr and Mrs W C Jordan, visit Kansas City en route to San Francisco. Jordan served with the Australian army in France and Mrs Jordan did war work in England.
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Art Students’ League of
New York City
Mary Tudor
University of Kansas
Miss Tudor
United States
Gamma Phi
W. M. Hekhking
Art Students’ League
W. C. Jordan
Melbourne
Australia
Habeas Corpus Sought for Walter Deay in Strychnine Case
Habeas corpus proceedings began to secure Walter Deay’s release while he awaits trial on a charge of placing strychnine in food to harm Ethel Herr. The hearing before Probate Judge C E Lindley is set for Thursday at 10. No grounds tied Deay to the crime were shown at the preliminary hearing beyond footprints leading to the Herr home.
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Walter Deay
Ethel Herr
Woodward
H. T. Jones
Douglas County
Deay
C. E. Lindley
Probate Court
Habeas Cortus
Lindley
Herr
Dr. Watson
Marvin Herr
Red Cross Guests Invited To Chamber Dinner
Members of the Douglas County Red Cross chapter the Red Cross service institute at the University and Southwestern Division officers from St Louis will attend a Chamber of Commerce dinner tonight at 6 30 replacing the weekly luncheon. The Dou glas county chapter held its monthly meeting this afternoon at 4 80 in Chamber rooms.
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Douglas County
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross Service Institute
University
Southwestern Division
Ted Cross
St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
Straw Vote on Train in Lawrence Polls Presidential Possibilities
Dr. F. J. Blair arrived from Los Angeles for a week in Lawrence and polled the Los Angeles train on presidential candidates. Votes from 111 participants showed Hoover 24, Wood 16, Wilson 6, Johnson 17, Hughes 1, Bryan 6, Ford 1, Root 1, Clark 1, Lowden 14, Taft 3, Harding 1, Owen 2, Sallwards 1, Cal Roosevelt 1, Pershing 9.
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F. J. Blair
Los Angeles
Lawrence
Hoover
Wood
Wilson
Johnson
Hughes
Bryan
Ford
Root
Clark
Lowden
Taft
Harding
Owen
Sallwards
Cal
Roosevelt
Pershing
Railroad Wage Board Names Three Railroad Reps
R. R. Wage Board member Baker, once manager of the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad, is named as one of three railroad representatives on the board guiding industry standards.
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Baker
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Texas Pacific Railroad
Minneapolis Symphony to perform two Robinson concerts tomorrow
The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra will give two concerts at Robinson Auditorium tomorrow afternoon at 2 46 and evening at 8 20 as part of the University School of Fine Arts season. Soloists Emma Noe Finlay Campbell Harriet McConnell and George Basley will assist with selections by Berlioz Handel Tschaikowsky Weber Wagner Verdi Mendelssohn Gounod and Wagner among others. Dean Butler stated both performances will start on time to fit the overnight train schedule.
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Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence
University School of Fine Arts
Robinson Auditorium
Emma Noe
Finlay Campbell
Harriet McConnell
George Basley
Dean Butler
School of Fine Arts
Berthoven
Scipio
Handel
Tschaikows
Momento Capriccioto
Weber
Balatella
Pagnacci
Leoncavallo
Bacchanale
Tannhauser
Paris
Wagner
Rachmaninoff
Verdi
Harriett McConnell
Chambliss Indicted in Morals Conspiracy Case in Chicago
Grand jury votes two new counts charging Dorsey Chambliss and Emma Ross with conspiracy to injure public morals. They allegedly held Bertha Wiebeck captive at a negro Resort. Trial slated for tomorrow with possible short continuance. Rev. E A Edwards to preach at Oklahoma City diocesan convention.
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Chicago
Dorsey Chambliss
Emma Ross
Bertha Wiebeck
Pawnee Rock
Kansas
E. A. Edwards
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Mr. Edwards
Bishop Tuttle
St. Louis
Town plans spring fete to raise funds for beautification
Kansas City donor pledges up to 500 dollars to match funds raised by Lawrence for town improvements. The committee aims to raise at least 3500 dollars for a Mayor's Party fete and related projects including renovating the old jail, creating a camping area at Pinckney park, and building a park at the Kaw river bridge south entrance.
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Kansas City
H. E. Don Carlos
George Hackman
Fort To Fort
Pinckney Park
A. Henley
Kaw River Bridge
Dykstra Named Secretary for Chicago Civic Club
A former University faculty member, A Dykstra, will start duties in May as secretary for the Civic Club of Chicago. He previously served as secretary of the Civic League of Cleveland and is a graduate of Englewood High School, University of Iowa, and University of Chicago. He spent years in political science at the University of Kansas. The Chicago post is viewed as a promotion from his Cleveland role.
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A. Dykstra
Univesity
Civic Club of Chicago
Dykstra
Civic League of Cleveland
Englewood High School
University of Iowa
University of Chicago
University of Kansas
Chicago
Cleveland
University students wow Kansas City advertising club
Prof Sean N Flint and his advertising class visited Kansas City for a luncheon at the Muehlbach Hotel. About seventy five members of the Kansas City Advertising Club heard talks on every phase of the University of Chicago advertising course by students Mary Samson Adelaide Dick and other speakers including Marvin Harms Bert Cochran Harolt Hall.
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Sean N. Flint
University
Kansas City
Mary Samson
Adelaide Dick
Tex
Muehlbach
Marvin Harms
Bert Cochran
Harolt
Hall
Professor Flint
Ucniversity
City Commission Meeting Recap
City commission discussed routine matters last night. A request for a lateral sanitary sewer at Twelfth and Oregon street was received. The building inspector reported the sidewalk in front of the Sol Marks Store was becoming dangerous due to a coal chute.
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City Commission
Twelfth
Oregon Street
Sol Marks
Return of Edward Todd from Near East relief mission
Edward Todd, a University graduate and former football player, a Near East Relief volunteer since February 1919, returned to New York on Sunday and will visit Lawrence within two to three weeks, per a telegram to his mother.
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Near East
Edward Todd
Tailis
Bratum
Constantinople
Landel
New York
Lawrence
Ministers to Meet The Alliance Set for 4:30 Tomorrow
The Ministerial Alliance will convene at 4 30 tomorrow afternoon at the City M A building after a postponement from Monday. Ollie Jones was arraigned in police court this morning on drunkenness and disturbance of the peace, pled not guilty, and was fined 30 dollars 50 cents and given ten days in jail by Judge Stewart.
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Ministerial Alliance
Ollie Jones
Stewart
Jones
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