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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1920
Page
4
The Journal World reports the Romanian note ordering Bolsheviks out of Romania and Japan's Siberian involvement, while Kansas election coverage notes school budget changes, a bond issue test vote, and a fake detective agency scam affecting merchants.
The piece notes Susy Householder will finish threshing, stock coal, and arrange children’s schoolbooks and classes. It highlights preparation for the political season from mid September to election day, with miners’ willingness influencing plans.
The scant Democratic ballots cast in yesterday's primaries suggest Republican candidates were aided by the other party in selecting nominees for November. If volunteers assist, Republicans foresee no objections. The Polish question is framed as Russia pressing sovietization as the path to peace. The world council debates possible war against the Reds after describing their global stance.
The New York Sun editorial lauds Harding as offering a clear specific peace plan and mocks any vague or camouflage proposals from Governor Cox. It argues a Republican Congress will drop Wilson era aims and demands a plain decisive program for international justice and domestic reform, with Cox urged to present a concrete alternative.
Today marks Harry Lauder's 50th birthday and the first major Franco Prussian war engagement at Weissenburg on this date. Warren G Harding plans to address Wayne county delegates at his Marion home. Britain marks six years since entering WWI. Over 100 British journalists arrive in Ottawa for the Imperial Press Conference. Southern educators convene in Nashville for the annual association meeting.
Anniversary items note figures and moments from 1885 to 1918 including Gen Grant funeral at Westminster Abbey with royal attendees. 1886 death of Samuel Tilden in New York. 1891 Detroit hosts G A R encampment. 1898 Sarah Bolton dies born Kentucky 1812. 1906 Sirio wreck near Cape Palos claims 175 lives. 1918 Britain marks fourth anniversary of WWI entry.
Today honors Princess Marie Jose of Belgium born in Brussels 120 years ago and Governor Charles James McCarthy of Hawaii born 59 years ago in Boston. Also commemorated are FTC member Garland Pollard born in King and Queen County 59 years ago and Episcopal Bishop Henry Judah Mikel born in Sumter 47 years ago. A Vienna school admits women to the Academy of Fine Arts on equal footing with male students.
In Kansas the Republican primary suggests continued backing for officials who served credibly in their first terms. The Allett governor fight united labor and anti court-law factions, as opponents rallied around a shared point and exploited it. The defeat of opposition hints at the strength of established incumbents in the state.
Aug 4 Kingston Jamaica reports Imperial estimates of 800000 dollars to equip the harbor with an oil and sealing station for ships and to dredge the channel to allow 38 foot draught vessels. A land strip at the eastern harbor end is acquired for 2 quay work proceeds and a canteen is established. The Battleship Renown will anchor at Port Royal for Prince of Wales visit with a special cruiser ferrying him to Kingston.
Washington Aug 1 an Italian embassy announcement says a new silver trade dollar is expected to replace the Maria Theresa dollar as the circulating trade coin in the Red Sea district including Eritrea Abyssinia and various Somaliland and Yemen territories. The new issue is described as a trade coin not government tender and will operate mainly in Eritrea.
Vienna faces a 1,200,000 crown deficit for the year as the city plans broad budget cuts across departments including civil service reductions. Primary schools could lose teachers as the government scrambles to balance a 2,500,000,000 crown budget, with a 53,000,000 mark wartime loan from Germany and a heavy crown-mark exchange loss.
A reporter notes a decline in men doffing hats to women in public, citing vivid examples from Massachusetts Street. Varied excuses emerge from younger men and old school gentlemen, while legends blame cold weather, flustered nerves, or evolving social roles as women rise in business, prompting reflection on manners today.
Topeka August 4 reports a new daily bond registration total of 1 220 008 16 dollars at the state auditor with the bulk 1 110 998 in road bonds from Reno county. Municipal bonded indebtedness in Kansas now stands at 65 000 000 including city county and district issues.
The report recalls Roumanian occupation of Budapest a year ago despite Allied protests. Secretary of War Baker proposed a field army with a peace strength of 510000 men. Kryptok Eye Glasses Lawrence Optical Co.
An Lawrence old-timer credits public playgrounds the YMCA and Boy Scouts with reducing icebox pilfering streetlight damage and street roaming. He recalls rival gangs of the past and says youth now finds purpose in organized activities keeping them from prowling at night.
Paris authorities move to protect the Romagne cemetery where 23 000 American soldiers lie buried. The American Army Graves Registration Service asks the French government to purchase the gent le slope facing the front and the crest of the cemetery to prevent commercial encroachment.
The Romagne Suresnes and Belleau Woods cemeteries will serve as permanent rest places for over 30 000 U S soldiers buried on French soil. Additional ground at Romaine will shield the site from encroachment and allow landscaping by American horticultural experts. Renovation begins mid September with bodies from the French cemetery to be removed and others moved in later.
Washington reports Italy will spend 30 million dollars this year on a civil oriented aviation program. It aims to create a full air transportation system for passengers and mail, establish international routes, and study links with France Switzerland Austria Yugoslavia Greece and colonies. Two dirigibles currently operate Rome to Milan and Venice to Milan tours, with plans for a Naples Palermo route.
Four other local routes are in operation while experiments run on five additional lines. Electric trains now pass through the St Gothard area, including Berne, signaling progress in regional transit developments.
The St Gothard railway line is to be fully electrified with a new section from Erstfeld to Goeschenen recently completed, marking progress in the broader project.
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