German Chancellor Stresemann Forms New Government
Berlin reports the resignation of Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno and his cabinet was accepted by President Ebert. Gustav Stresemann, head of the German People’s Party, is commissioned to form a new government amid labor socialist tensions, with Germany facing reparations issues and rising unrest across Saxony and Hamburg shipyards.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Cuno
Ebert
Gustav Stresemann
German People’s Party
Kert
Associated Press
Stresemann
Wirth
United Socialists
Dr. Stresemann
de. Stresemann
London
Associated’ Press
France
Belgium
Germany
Seitz
Saxony
Germans wounded at Crefeld amid Rhineland republic demo
A German crowd clashed with police in Crefeld during a demonstration for the Rhineland republic. Several Germans were wounded as police tried to disperse the crowd in this tense afternoon incident.
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Crefeld Creféld
Grémany
Rhineland
Bonus checks to be mailed after legislative adjournment
Topeka August 13 The bonus headquarters reopen in representative hall after sine die adjournment of the special session. The 7 million dollar bonus appropriation will become law at midnight Wednesday without Governor Davis signature. The bonus department plans to mail out checks Thursday or Friday and expects the first 12 500 warrants in envelopes to be mailed before week’s end.
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Topeka
Associated Press
Bonus
Representative Hall
Davis
Carl R. White
White
TURNED ON ALLIES
Paris reports Britain's note as a disavowal of war allies and support for Germany. French officials question the document's propaganda value while predicting Poincare may meet later. The foreign office notes France and Belgium would not answer any summons under Britain’s proposal.
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Paris
Associated Press
Great Britain
Poincare
Quai D’orsay
France
Belgium
Germany
Foreign Office
Great
Britain
Lambertson to Speak at Farmers Union Picnic
Hon. W. P. Lambertson is scheduled to speak at the tenth annual Farmers Union picnic at the George Pitts grove, 15 miles southwest of Lawrence. Governor Davis may be delayed by illness. The event opens at 10 AM with races and contests, Lambertson speaks after noon, then two baseball games between Baldwin business men and Farmers Union, and Lone Star vs Le Loupe.
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W. P. Lambertson
Farmers’ Union
George Pitts Grove
Lawrence
Davis
Baldwin Business Men
Lone Star Baseball
le Loupe
Francs Fall to Historic Low Amid European Politics
In New York on August 13, French francs hit a record low, dropping 12 percent to 5.55 cents while French bonds weakened. Sterling gained slightly to 4.56 cents, and German marks slid 18 points to 77 cents per dollar, with a million marks ten points above its record low.
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New York
Europe
Wreck Toll Six In Colorado Train Crash
Six railroad workers died in a head on collision near Fowler Colorado as Colorado and Southern No 609 detoured over Santa Fe lines due to washouts. Injured passengers and crew, relief trains, and hospital care followed. cause centered on missed train orders.
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Santa Fe
Colorado Southern
Pueblo
Colo
Colorado and
Southern
Fowler
Colorado
la Junta
Wasenburg
Colorado and Southern
A. Hense
J. T. Pearson
T. Lehmenke
G. H. Gray
Denver
Am B. King
Kansasity
Brown
Barteigh
Hirsch
B. Chewning
Pearl Brown
Wichita
Kans
Chicago
Kansas
Schmenke
Colorado& Southerm
Hamiet
Ford Cars Collide On Massachusetts Street In Front Of Ideal Store
A Ford coupe driven by Mrs A D Carrol of 1736 Louisiana street and a touring car driven by William Koehring who lives east of Lawrence collided about 3 pm on Massachusetts street in front of the Ideal grocery store in the 800 block. The front right fender of the coupe was smashed and the tire punctured. The rear left fender was hit and the touring car dented. No injuries reported.
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A. D. Carrol
Lousiana Street
William Koehring
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Ideal Grocery
Lawrence dam expansion to develop ore power discussed
R C Jackman owner of the Bowersock mills and dam proposes raising the dam two feet and adding three extra feet via flashboards to create a higher head of water for power. A 65 foot waste gate would help in floods and protect flashboards. Meetings in Grant township will inform residents and gather input before state and federal engineers review the plan.
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Lawrence
R. C. Jackman
Bowersock
Grant Township
Jackman
Speeders fined on fort to fort highway
Three men from Oklahoma and Topeka pleaded guilty to speeding yesterday afternoon. Emmet R. Taylor Depew Oklahoma George F Zimmerman and A M Affron Topeka each were fined 32 50. The Lawrence branch of the NAACP holds its regular meeting August 14 at 8 pm in Ninth Street Baptist Church. Delegates to the national conference and picnic plans will be discussed. Everyone is welcome.
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Fort To
Fort
George Price
Emmet R. Taylor
Depew
Okla
George F. Zimmerman
A. M. Affron
Topeka
Colored People's Meeting
Lawrence
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ninth Street Baptist Church
National Conference
Epworth League Delegates Attend Baldwin Convention
Olive Weatherby Marguerite Lescher and Richard Romine with E B Weatherby depart for Epworth League convention in Baldwin this week to attend opening session. Other First Methodist Lawrence members join sessions as Rev Edward Hislop is set to speak at a meeting.
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Olive Weatherby
Marguerite Lescher
Richard Romine
Epworth League
Baldwin
E. 8. Weatherby
First Methodist Church
Former KU captain visits campus on homeward trip
George Nettles, 1917 all-Valley tackle and 1920 KU football captain, stopped at KU today en route to Pittsburg Kansas with his family after attending his mother's funeral in Topeka. He is an engineer with Pittsburg Midway Coal Co at Pittsburg.
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George Nettles
K. U
Pittsburg
Kaw
Nettles
Topeka
Pittsburg-Midway Coal Company
Weaver Improves Despite Illness From Doctors Report
The article notes A. D. Weaver remains ill with a high temperature at his summer home in Connecticut. A specialist reports encouraging signs and Weaver follows Lawrence's news closely. Friends may write to Sunflower Lodge Waterford Connecticut.
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Weaver
A. D. Weaver
Connecticut
County Inspectors Flag Sharp Vinland Road Corners
County commissioners inspected the Vinland Road corners near Adam Shick and Fred Will properties Saturday and called them sharp and dangerous for turns. They plan to round the corners costing one twentieth of an acre from each farm and requiring property refencing to improve sight lines for approaching traffic.
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Vinland
Adam
Shick
Fred
Will Hold Sale Saturday At A W Lamb Home
A W Lamb who has been holding open safes at 1923 Louisiana street will conduct a sale next Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his home. O D Thomas will be auctioneer. Those having goods for sale may list their property with him for the sale Saturday.
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A.W. Lamb
Louisiana ‘Street
D. Thomas
Bergdoll Delays Return After Kidnap Attempt
Bergdoll, the American draft evader, said he planned to return to the United States with his mother on September 27, but last Saturday's kidnap attempt prompted hesitation. The statement was made in Germany where Bergdoll has been staying under Allied supervision.
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Bergdoll
Eberbach
Germany
Associated Press
Grover Cleveland
United States
French franc Falls Below 18 to 1 in Early Trading
Paris August 13 The franc slipped under 18 to 1 in early New York market trading for the first time this session dipping to 17.96 to 1 as speculation and inflation fears ripple through foreign exchange. The drop marks the fifth successive session of weakness for the French currency.
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France
Paris
Associated Press
Paola Editor Visits Paola From Hiawatha
Paola editor Drew McLaughlin, president of the Kansas Editorial Association and Miami Republican editor, stopped in Paola today while returning from his old home in Hiawatha. He is a frequent visitor at the University of Kansas.
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Paola
Drew McLaughlin
Miami Republican
Hiawatha
McLaughlin
Kansas Editorial Association
K. U
Car Fire On Street Damages Chevrolet Sedan
A Chevrolet sedan owned by R. A. Schwegler caught fire this morning at Sixth and Maine streets at 8 37. Damage to the car was estimated at five dollars.
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R. A.schwegler
Maine
Piggly Wiggly Head Resigns as President Clarence Saunders
Memphis Tennessee August 13 Directors of the Piggly Wiggly stores met and accepted the resignation of Clarence Saunders president and adjourned to reconvene later in the day in a brief business note reflecting a leadership change at the chain.
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Memphis
Tenn
Piggly Wiggly Stores
Clarence Saunders
Klan Talk in Park by Ex Senator Harris Manages Show
Over a thousand heard Ex Senator Zack Harris of Oklahoma speak at South Park on Americanism and the Ku Klux Klan. Harris defended the movement as undergoing public criticism and urged restrictive immigration, warned of foreign influence, and voiced white supremacy. He denounced Catholic church power in church state conflicts and urged tolerance for constitutional supremacy, religious liberty, and education while attacking Hearst outlets and masking as a patriotic bloc.
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Zack Harris
Oklahoma
South Park
National Organization of the
Ku Klux Klan
United
Klan
Harris
United States
Hearst
Mexican Pact Near Completion Aims at US Recognition
Washington August 13 A spokesman said the Mexico City talks between Mexican and American commissioners are nearing conclusion within the next two or three days. The agreement is designed to pave the way for United States recognition of the Mexican government.
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Washington
Mexico City
United States
Phillipses to Attend Master House Painters Meet in Kansas City
Mr and Mrs L L Phillips depart tomorrow for the annual convention of the Master Houses Painters and Decorators Association of Kansas and Missouri in Excelsior Springs. The first session opened this morning with meetings running through Wednesday night and more than a hundred jointers expected to attend. Also, Norton Winger and Fred Ottinger were arrested Saturday afternoon for allegedly stealing apples from Judge C E Lindleys orchard. their preliminary hearing is set for tomorrow at 2 o clock at the courthouse.
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L. L. Phillips
Master Houses Painters and Decorators’ Association of
Kansas
Missouri
Excelsior Springs
Norton Winger
Fred Ottinger
C. E. Lindley
Divorce Suit Dismissed in District Court
The divorce suit of John Edelbrock against Mildred Edelbrock was dismissed from district court Saturday afternoon on motion of the plaintiff. Cohan Burn is driving a new Chevrolet Sedanette.
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John Edelbrock
Mildred
Edelbrock
District Court
Cohan Burn
Douglas county fair prep as two week countdown begins
With two weeks left before the Douglas County Fair the conigaidten oversee activities and tickets. Mrs C B Williams named women's department chair replacing Mrs J Gordon Gibb who resigned. Season tickets at one dollar for week, fifty cent single admissions, sales aided by Chamber Rotary Kiwanis. Trot and pace races close Wednesday along with other entries. Woodlawn park cleanup and barn repairs underway. County fair board to meet next week to finalize plans.
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Douglas County
Conigaidten
Gale
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Kiwhulis
Chris, Schaake
The
Fair Board
Washington Moves to Avert Anthracite Strike
The federal government invited representatives of both coal operators and miners to confer with the coal commission to avert a strike in the anthracite mines. President Coolidge backs leaving the matter with the commission and will stay informed on developments as the September 1 threat looms.
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Washington
Coal” Commission
Coal Commission
Coolidge
Waters to Speak at Kiwanis Luncheon
H J Waters editor of the Kansas City Star will address the Kiwanis club at their Thursday noon meeting. The Wiedemann's luncheon starts 12 15 instead of 12 30 to allow members to travel to the Old Settler's Reunion in Oskaloosa with Lawrence representation.
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H. J. Waters
Kansas City ‘Star
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann's
Kiwanians
Old Settler's
Oskaloosa
Lawrence
Honey Bee Causes Car to Ditch in City Near Ford
Miss Vera Moren drives a Ford coupe with a friend on the fort to fort highway when a garden honey bee blunders in. The bee provokes loss of control and the car tips into a roadside ditch. Both occupants escape injury though the top is badly damaged. Also an advertisement touts Harold Lloyd screenings at the Varsity with a $5 enrollment offer from C. W. Smith.
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Vera Moren
Mississippi Street
Fort-To-Fort
Miss Moren
Anderson to Succeed Major MacLean at Topeka School
Nels Anderson of Hutchinson will be named acting superintendent of the state boys industrial school at Topeka to succeed Maj W P MacLean who has resigned. Anderson is currently assistant superintendent. Rev Earl Blackman of Chanute declined the post after being offered it, having just been named assistant pastor of the Linwood Boulevard Christian church in Kansas City.
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Topeka
Nels Anderson
Hutchinson
State Boys Industrial School
W. P. MacLean
A. B. Carney
State Board of Administration
Anderson
Earl Blackman
Chanute
Linwood Boulevard
Chistian
Kansas City
August sales day draws shoppers from Lawrence area
Townspeople and farmers flocked to the August sales event, despite heat, filling streets with cars and keeping merchants busy. Shoppers from Lawrence and nearby territory gathered all day, buying specials while supplies ran low, with farmers sharing lunches at the Chamber of Commerce building.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Attorney General to Investigate C R Snyder Case in Kansas
Topeka Aug 13 Attorney General C B Griffith announced he expected to investigate charges against C R Snyder of Atchison The probe aims to determine if Snyder abetted the attempted sale of a pardon to Dr W A Nixon a Great Bend physician serving a life term for participation in the murder of Arthur Banta a Great Bend lawyer
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Topeka
C. B. Griffith
C. R. Snyver
Atchizon
Grifith
Snyder
W. A. Nixon
Great Bend
Arthur Banta
Wage Parley Called by Rail General Chairmen
About 350 general chairmen from eastern western southeastern and Canadian general committees of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen are summoned to a Chicago session on September 6 to discuss launching a wage movement. The Switchmen's Union of North America chairmen are invited for the same date. The target pay raise will be decided by the Brotherhood president D B Robertson.
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Cleveland
Associated Press
Canadian Association of
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Chicago
Switchmen’s Union of North America
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood
Railroads to study wheat rate cuts after conference
Western railroad executives met with an Omaha business committee pushing for a 40 percent reduction in freight rates on wheat and flour for export. They will gather more information before a final decision. Senator Moses said Coolidge should run for the 1924 Republican nomination and win solid New England support.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Western Railroads
Omaha
Coolidge
Concord
N. H
George H. Moses
New England
Hess Taken Home From Hospital on Ohio Street
E R Hess recovering from appendicitis operation has been removed from Lawrence Memorial hospital to his home at 718 Ohio street. William Verney. William Hamilton and Clifford Beal will depart tomorrow for a northern overland trip, planning to stay about three weeks.
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E. RK. Hess
E. R. Hess
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ohio Street
William Verney
William Hamilton
Clifford Beal
Roy McNutt Murder Shocks City Alleydside Body Robbed
Roy McNutt a 38 year old presser at Brown Pantatorium was slain and robbed in an alley near the old Santa Fe hotel. Police gathered clues including a white suspect and possible two to three assailants. His watch and a small amount of money were taken, and the investigation continued through Sunday.
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Roy McNutt
Santa Fe
McNutt
Charles Gilmore
Brown Pantatorium
Cincinnati
Pantatorium
Connecticut
Dolly Graeber
Pennsylvania Street
Cross Undertaking Establishment
County road work under way across county
County road workers push summer grading to place main county highways in first class condition before fall rains halt progress. The Lawrence Baldwin road four miles south of town and the Pleasant Grove road extension receive grading, with work also on Twin Mound road. Hyland bridge in Willow Springs township to begin soon. the fifty six foot span will require grading and a new bridge. Dr Philip Maxon dead Springfield Mass August 13 Rev Dr Philip Stafford Maxom pastor emeritus of South Congregational church died today after health decline.
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Pleasant Grove
Twin Mound
Hyland
Willow Springs
Philip Maxon
Springfield
Mass
Philip Stafford Maxom
South Congregational Church
Be U
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Hamburg
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Farmers Union
Pitt's Grove
FORD
Kaw River
League Institute
Elmer Bateson
Fritz Battery
Seventh
New Hampshire
L. M. Powell
Vinland Road
T. Forest
Park, A
Butter
Haring
Tse
Painters’ Convention
Till County Fair
Harold Lloyd
the Varsity
C. W. Smith
Attorney General's Office
N. Y
Liberty Bonds
Liberty
U. S. Government
Roy M'Nutt
Santa Fe Hotel
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