Expressmen Wage Rise Adds 30 Million to Express Bill
The U S railroad labor board awarded 80 000 express company employees a 16 cent an hour raise retroactive to May 1 1919 The increase applies to all express workers except 2 200 shop men and totals about 30 40 to 32 64 monthly per worker Back pay will be shown separately on September checks The move is part of broader wage and rate adjustments under the Esch Cummins act and precedes new working rules due later The recommendation potential total revenue rise across express charges could exceed 100 million annually if all requests are approved.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
American Railroad Express Company
Express
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Railroad Labor Board
Express Company
E. Harrison
General Council
American Express Company
Commission
Actor James O Neill Dies at 70 in New London
James O Neill the actor died today at Lawrence Memorial Association Hospital after two months of illness. His wife and sons were at his bedside. he was seventy years old. In other brief items Howard Criss and G R Smith paid $10 fines in police court for speeding and were released. Ivan Transmeier fined $10 on two speeding charges. arrest noted yesterday by Officer John Perkins. Porter Moore arrested for disturbing the peace. plea entered not guilty and trial set for tomorrow.
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Howard Criss
G. R. Smith
Ivan Transmeier
John Perkins
Janes O'Neill
New London
Conn
James O'Neill
Lawrence Memorial Association Hospital
Porter Moore
Methodist Meeting Hit by Lightning
In Laporte Indiana a tent revival conducted by Free Methodists was struck by lightning during a storm. Two ministers were killed on the platform and several worshipers injured as the Rev John Timber suffered severe burns and was unconscious for hours. Names of accompanying clergy include the Reverend Henry Len of Belvidere Illinois and Reverend L F Huston, field agent of Evansville seminary.
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Laporte
Ind
John ‘Timber
Springville
Here
Mr. Timber
Jackson
Michigan
Midwest Farm Bureau plans cooperative elevator system
Austhalttiin Kansas city hosts the next Mid West Farm Bureau meeting on September 41 with presidents and secretaries from Kansas North and South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Michigan Illinois Indiana Ohio. The bureau organized in Chicago seeks a cooperative plan requiring farm organizations to participate to build elevator centers with completion hoped by 1922 or 192 carding.
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Austhalttiin
Kans
Mid-West
Farm Bureau
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Nansas
Mid Town
Minnesota
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Chicago
Kansas State Farm Bureau
Power of Howat Begins to Break
Pittsburg August 10 The first indication of a divide from Alexander Howat’s leadership emerges as about forty men at Jackson Walker Mine No 16 return to work after an International President Lewis order ending the strike The majority of Howat followers stayed away while a few defied the call to work leaving the strike situation largely unchanged
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Pittsburg
Alexander Howat
Kansas Miners Union
Jackson Walker Mine No. 16
International
Lewis
Howat
Lawrence Baby Clinic Expands During Baby Week Series
The Lawrence Public Health Nursing Association held another baby clinic at City Hall this afternoon. Mothers brought their babies for examination before 2 o'clock as part of Baby Week, with weekly reports on child improvements. Public health nurse Miss Nell Kuhn invites all mothers to attend every Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 4.
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Lawrence Public Health Nursing Association
City Hall
Nell Kuhn
County Exams Set for August 27 28 for Teachers
Announcement by County Superintendent C. J. Jane sets August 27 and 28 for special examinations for county teachers' certificates. The notice outlines testing dates and the certification process.
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C. J. Jane
British Premier Hopes for Peace on Poland Crisis
London reports Lloyd George in the House of Commons declares Poland must remain independent and European peace depends on that outcome. He notes Russia entitled to guarantees against future attacks but warns that retaliation cannot erase national existence. He warns against the partition of Poland as a crime and peril to Europe.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Re‘ward
Seatfin
Kameneil
Lloyd
Lloyd- Georgy
Europe
Polurat
Poland
Turks Sign Treaty in Sevres Ceremony
In Sevres France on August 10 the peace treaty with Turkey was signed at 4 08 in the afternoon with Premier Millerand presiding. After Turkish representatives signed the allies affixed their signatures Greece and Italy among the last to sign.
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Sevres
France
the Associates Press
Turkey
Millerand
Greece
Italy
Reformatory Population Dips at Hutchinson Kansas
The August report shows 363 inmates at the State Reformatory in Hutchinson as many older men were paroled or moved to the penitentiary. Summer months bring little fluctuation since courts are on vacation.
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Hutchinson
Kans
State Reformatory
Bolshevik Detachments Reach Ciechanow City
An official statement reports Bolshevik detachments have reached Ciechanow, a town 35 miles northwest of Warsaw, and are attempting to approach the Warsaw Dan zig railroad as of last night.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Ciechanow
Warsaw-Danzig
City Bill On Flood Damages Discussed At Meeting
A bill for 1872.02 was presented to the city commission by R Wagstaff and Wiedemann’s for flood damage claimed in Wiedemann basement rooms after heavy rain. The bill was referred to City Attorney Water Thiele. Attendance at the Evangelical Church summer conference in Woodland Park reached a peak, with over a thousand present Sunday, as leaders noted success and a Kansas branch likely to meet in Lawrence next year.
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City Commission
U. K
Evangelical Church
Woodland Park
Lawrence
Key
KK. Young
Hhe Oparh
Kansas
Mannix Reaches London Amid Police Guard At Arrival
Archbishop Daniel J. Mannix of Australia landed at Penzance aboard a British destroyer after leaving the Baltic. He arrived in London at six o clock with few reporters and a small clergy presence. A heavy police guard protected the stations and no untoward incidents were reported.
Tennessee to vote on federal woman suffrage later week
Tennessee lawmakers in Nashville prepared to refer a joint resolution for ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment to judiciary committees. Leaders predicted hearings in both chambers with a final vote unlikely until late in the week.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Judiciary
Senate
House
Roberts
Shelby County
Getaway Robbery at Carl Clothing Store Remains Unsolved
No trace of robbers found after a $2000 heist at Carl Clothing Store last Thursday night. Detectives believe the robbers fled to a city where silk shirts and trousers were traded through a fence. Police notified all towns within a two to four hour drive, but the bandits either evaded officers or vanished in an unnotified town.
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Carl
Wedding Bell Wright Secretly Marries Har old Bell Wright
San Diego Aug 10 Har old Bell Wright author wed Mrs Winifred Mary Potter Duncan of Los Angeles in a private hotel ceremony performed by a town ship justice. Also reports state General Somnokowski has succeeded Lesiewski as Polish war minister.
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San Diego
Calif
Harold Bell Wright
Winifred Mary Potter Duncan
Los Angeles
Warsaw
Lesiewski
Somnokowski
State fiscal agency reports July revenue and bond payments
The agency reported 1 404 82 in July fees and total payments of 1 374 001 65 representing interest on Kansas municipal bonds. The bureau, eleven years old, collects coupons for bonds issued since 1909 and aims to become a major financial agency. Actual cash paid in July exceeded 3 million dollars, covering all payments including state payroll.
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Wopeka
State Fiscal Agency
Department of the State Treasurer's Office
Pew
Kansas
New York
Farm Hands Scarce As Wages Rise In Kansas Fields
Farm hands are scarce even with high wages, says Harry Chabin of the Kansas Free Employment bureau. Harvest workers seek threshing jobs at seven dollars daily while farmers offer up to sixty to seventy five dollars a month plus expenses across Pawnee and Rush counties and beyond.
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Hutchinson
Harry Chabin
Kansas Free Employment Bureau
Pawnee
Rush
Wheat strike nets farmer new revenue in Kansas field
In Stockton on August 10, John Protts, a Western Boaks county farmer, described a wheat field strike as “like finding money.” His 160 acre farm, bought last winter for $5,000, yielded 3,200 bushels at 40 bushels per acre after threshing, enough to repay the farm cost and more to buy a two foot automobile. The report also lists Kansas rifle team selections and brief personal items including auto trip notes and vacations.
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Stockton
John Protts
Boaks County
City Faces Coal Shortage at Water Plant
The city waterworks has only five days of coal left as L A Quigley warns supply cannot be filled. Mayor Kreeth reports widespread complaints of fuel shortages and blocked orders while freight-rate hikes loom. Colorado coal offers may help but storage in summer is a concern.
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City Commission
L. A. Quigley
George Kreeth
Colorado
Lawrence
Kan sas University appoints Helen Ogden new journalism faculty
The University of Kansas fills the journalism vacancy created by Miss Marion Lewis resignation with Miss Helen Ogden Main of Carleton College Minnesota as assistant professor and publicity director. Ogden holds a PhD in journalism from Michigan and an A B from Carleton. she edited alumni publications and taught at Goucher DePauw Colorado College.
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University of Kansas
Marion Lewis
Helen Ogden
Carleton College
Minnesota
Mahin
Re Pauw
Michigan
Hearline
Goucher College
Ohio primaries today in Columbus vote to complete ticket
Ohio voters pick candidates for governor and U S senator as part of primaries for both parties. The main contest centers on Republican nominations for governor and senator with other races for congress chief justice and three state supreme court associate justices, plus county offices.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cox
Harding
United States
Congress
State Supreme Court
Potato Shipments Reported For Raw Valley Season
Bulletin from the Kansas City office of the federal bureau of markets notes raw Valley potato shipments for the season. On the corresponding date last year, 1,024 cars were shipped. In Lawrence, Dr. Hunter of the State Board of Heart in Topeka led a Douglas County child welfare survey. Leslie Kindred and Miss Ethel Kindred plan to move to Benedict Kansas, then Tulsa Oklahoma for visits. Drs Welch and Welty Chiropractic practice.
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Kansas City
Federal Bureauu of Markets
Hunter
State Board of Heart
Topeka
Lawrence
Douglas County
Child Welfare Department
Leslie Kindred
Miss Ethel Kindred
Benedlict
Kansas
Tulsa
Oklahoma
City Water Mains Cleaning Improves Fire Flow and Saves Energy
Cleaning of the city water mains has increased the fire protection water stream and lowered plant pressure from 112 to 105 pounds, reducing engine wear and fuel use. All old cast iron mains are cleaned. 16 to 17 miles of newer mains remain and several pavement repairs are planned by the water department.
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L. A. Quigley
Water Department
Quigley
State wheat crop ranks third largest in Kansas
Topeka August 10 This year's wheat crop is the third largest in the state's history with an estimated 122 600 000 bushels averaging 16 bushels per acre per the monthly crop report from Edward C Paxton USDA statistics Kansas This estimate trails the 150 million figure cited by J G Mohler state board of agriculture who had claimed a second largest crop.
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Topeka
Edward C. Paxton
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas
J. G. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Engineering graduate named assistant professor at university
Vawter, a 1916 University of Kentucky Bachelor of Science graduate, is appointed assistant professor of mechanics for the next year. The new post addresses expected enrollment growth in the School of Engineering. He gained practical railway engineering experience after graduation and served as an officer in the engineering corps during the war.
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Son Vawter
Vawter
Auto Bandits Runafloat West Greensburg Chase Ends in Pratt
Deputy sheriff L P Cantrell chased and captured three alleged robbers after a 35 mile pursuit from Protection to Pratt. A store was robbed at Protection and the gang attempted to catch a late train. The trio surrendered in Pratt with a large cache of stolen merchandise.
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West Greensburg
Comanche
Clark Counties
L P. Cantrell
Protection
Here
Cantrell
Haviland
Jewelry and whiskey robbery reported in Kansas City
David M. Carey reported that thieves entered his home last night while the family was away and took jewelry worth $9,000 and whiskey valued at $2,500, totaling $11,500 in an early August incident. The note mentions other regional farming and travel remarks from Kansas.
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Kansas City
David M. Carey
Poisoning Probe in Hiawatha Death
Luther Hixson of Hiawatha died August 2 after a convulsion while playing with his son. University chemist Prof. Long analyzes for arsenic and strychnine with results due tomorrow. Brown County officials plan an inquest and the body will be exhumed. life insurance totals $12,000 split between widow and child.
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Kansas
Luther Hixson
Hiawatha
W. S. Long
University Chemistry Laboratories
Long
Brown County
Arthur Hixson
Columbia University
Lawrence
Hixson
New Trace of Leroy Sought to Flee to South America
New York Aug. 10 The suspected killer known as Eugene Leroy or Fernandez, linked to Katherine Lou Jackson's death and found in a trunk last month, sailed aboard the Dryden’s crew heading south. Wireless stations work to intercept him before he reaches Rio de Janeiro.
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New York
Eugene Leroy
Fernandez
Detroit J
Katherine Lou Jackson
South America
Dryden
Rio de Janeiro
Robbery Probe Unsolved At Lawrence Shoe Parlor
Police headquarters say the attempted robbery of the Lawrence Shoe Shining Parlor and Hat Works remains unsolved. The only suspect Floyd Harris was discharged for lack of evidence two days after arrest. No money was taken but the shop safe was damaged by forced entries.
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Lawrence
Floyd Harris
Gum Machine Robbed and Arrests Reported in Local Notes
The front of Dick Brothers drug store notes a gum machine theft night prior with about four dollars in pennies taken. John Hafferkamp was arrested for vagrancy by Chief J H Monroe. his trial is set for tomorrow. Additional local items include travel plans and community meeting arrangements.
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Dick ‘Brothers
James Monroe
Harry
John Hafferkamp
J. H. Monroe
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