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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1918
Page
2
A new front seems to form in Russia as Germany again deploys troops to protect northern and eastern interests. Citizens react to wartime shortages, while Topeka teachers return home after capital assignments and demand their former city school posts. The government boosts shipbuilding with wide provisions but neglects clerical housing and leisure needs.
Henry Ford proposes building tractors in Mexico using Mexican labor and returning profits to the government for reinvestment. The plan aims for near cost pricing, but Carranza’s acceptance is uncertain. The note questions whether a no profit arrangement would suit Carranza and the Mexican government.
Governor Capper led a Republican landslide in Kansas primaries with about 170000 majority over ex Governor Stubbs. Henry Allen secured the Republican nomination for governor by about 6000 over W Y Morgan, while Morgan and Stubbs endorsed the party ticket. Dem vote remained light across races as war fears loomed.
Adjutant General Huffman advocates arming draft board members with army commissions to create a military tribunal. He argues this would stabilize personnel, solve compensation issues, and hasten wartime efficiency by aligning draft processing with military authority.
Three hundred clerks examined federal income tax returns and found profiteering and inflated profits across industries, especially food producers. The piece argues that while taxing profiteers is justified, it could worsen prices for consumers. It calls for war tax reforms paired with strict food supply regulations to curb profiteering without hindering essential goods.
The piece laments early conservation zeal, accusing presidents and lawmakers of stifling water power development. It cites Senator Jones of Washington noting that suitable legislation could have saved millions by now, implying a missed opportunity from the conservation wave.
A Tulsa item reports Senator Bones criticizing conservation limits and praising water power use for wartime needs. He accuses East sentimentalists and Gifford Pinchot of hindering development, arguing expanded Columbia River power could ease labor shortages and fuel productivity, while deriding Allied and German war rhetoric.
Pictorial Review's Washington editor Ida Clyde Clarke notes women's work on national service and civic issues. Helen King Robinson contributed articles on preparing women for the ballot and broadening civic interest in national concerns.
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