Fate of pair in governor's hands
News from Boston Massachusetts reports that Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti face possible further delays as Habeas Corpus petitions were refused by Justice Frankfurter and Chief Justice Taft, while Governor Fuller weighs a possible respite amid ongoing protests and legal maneuvers.
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Maansel
Saces
Vanketti
Stone
United Statest Supreme Court
Sisk
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Vanzetti
Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
South Braintree
Department of Justice
South
Sacco
Stoughton
Plymouth
Two killed in Missouri Pacific car crash near Fredonia
Richard Jerold, 25, and Raymond Ohler, 30, died when a Missouri Pacific motor car struck their auto four miles east of Fredonia Kansas Saturday night as they returned from an Old Settlers picnic. Ohler, an electric shop proprietor, died after being taken to a local hospital. Jerold was manager of a planning mill. Both were residents of Fredonia.
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Chante
Kan
Richard Jerold
Raymond Ohler
Missouri Pacific
Fredonia
Ohler
Herold
Mrs Chaplin Granted Divorce From Charles Chaplin
In Los Angeles the divorce case of Lita Grey Chaplin against Charles Spencer Chaplin ended in an interlocutory decree after brief testimony. A $625,000 settlement plus custody of two children was arranged, with a trust fund set for the kids and the wife named guardian.
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Hall of Records
Los Angeles
Lita Grey Eeslin
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Walter Guerin
Chaplin
McMurray
Empalme
Mexico
Prizes at Lecompton Picnic Highlight Exhibits and Rules
The Lecompton harvest home picnic runs Thursday and Friday with prizes for exhibits in agriculture horticulture fancy work culinary arts and pet stock. Supervisors include Geo J Glenn and Charles Winter for agriculture A Frank Kerns and Clyde Tribbons for horticulture and several others for fancy work culinary and amusements. Thursday features tennis horseshoe baseball junior game and dances while Friday offers athletic stunts old fiddlers contest and multiple baseball games. Exhibits must be entered by 2 pm Thursday and ownership rules limit entries to one prize per class per family. Officials include R M Gray president and George F Bahnmaier secretary with Mac W treasurer.
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Lecompton Rvest
Lecompton
Geo. J. Glenn
Charles Winter
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Topeka Merchants’ Association, & O'Clock
R. M. Gray
George F. Bahnmaier
Mac W
Ex Gov Davison predicts Bowman for 1928 Dem Governor nomination
In Toneka on August 22 AP reports former Governor Davis met with the chief executive for about thirty minutes. Davis said he visited Topeka to assess canal conditions versus his Bourbon County farm. He predicted Noah Bowman, Garnett lawyer and state representative, would win the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1928. Bowman earlier chaired the state tax commission during the Davis administration.
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Toneka
Jonathan Mr
Davison
Ernst Pauken Tolay
Davis
Topeka
Bourbon County
Noah Bowman
Garnett
Bowman
Stat Tax Commission
Davi
Col Hoisington III Reported Sick In Seattle
Col PsM Hoisington of Newton Kansas is said to be suffering from typhus fever in a Seattle hospital. He and his wife and daughter Margaret arrived in Seattle August 15 from a six month Orient voyage. his condition is reported serious.
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Newton, Kan
Psm. Hoisington
Newton
Seattle
Hoisington
Margaret
Orient
Hopkins to Armour Division in Armour South Dakota
Hopkins, longtime commercial manager at the Kansas Electric Power company in Lawrence, is transferred to the Armour division in Armour South Dakota where he will serve as division manager. He left for Armour this morning and plans to return in about two months for his family. Hopkins has been with the firm fourteen years and came to Lawrence three years ago from Union City Indiana.
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Howard €. Hopkins
Kansas Electric Power Company
Armour
S. D
Mr. Hopkins
Lawrence
Union City
Ind
Kansas City
Kansas
W. J. Cummings
Bob
Kansas Forecast Unsettled Tonight Cooler
Forecast shows unsettled conditions with cooler temperatures tonight, followed by fair but cooler weather in the east and south. Road conditions improving with all routes clear except Emporia noted as rough. Douglas County roads reported as good.
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Kansas
Emporia
Douglas County
Guards Placed in Washington and Around Embassies over Sacco-Vanzetti Case
Aug 22 dispatches report heightened security in Washington with 100 guards at public buildings amid Sacco-Vanzetti tensions. Paris and Berlin also increased police precautions at embassies and consulates as demonstrations loomed. Geneva Lausanne saw protests planned, Sydney urged 24 hour strike, and Tokyo reported arrests near the American embassy. In Kansas, Mrs. A S Houghton died by gas asphyxiation in Manhattan. Ben Lebsak injured diving near Lake Barton. Jesse Cole injured in motorcycle crash at Sixth and Elm.
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Washington
Sacco-Vanzetti
Paris
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sacco
Vanzetti
Berlin
A.P
Sacco-Vanzett
Geneva
Switzerland
Lausanne
Sydney
New South Wales
Tokyo
Great Bend
Kan
Ben Lebsak
Otis
Lake Barton
Jesse Cole
Ramsey Fortney
Sixth
Elm Streets
Cole Am
Memorial Hospi
No trace found of lost fliers in Pacific search
Washington reports the navy will continue until Thursday its search in the Pacific for seven missing aviators from San Francisco to Honolulu. Despite 43 vessels and merchant ships scouring a 2400 mile track, no trace of The Miss Doran The Geklon Eagle and the Dallas Spirit has been found.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Hawaii
Pacific
Oakland
Honolulu
Miss Doran
Geklon Eagic
Dallas Spirit
Mildred Doran
Long Beach
Cal
Rizeon
Norrier
Rotgers
Rodgers
Hawaiian Islands
William Madoska
Michigan
Malloska
Fear Erwin
Fajlurz
Gartsin
William Erwin
Sgator
A. H. Eichwaldt
Golden Eagle
Jack Frost
Gordon Scott
Resumed Service Expected On Tennessee Street North Lawrence Line
Bus service suspended on the Tennessee Street North Lawrence route will restart soon as officials plan to overhaul buses. An extra car remains on the University line until full service resumes, with a likely addition of another bus.
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Jennessee Street
Tennessee Street
North Lawrence
J. T. Skinner
University Line
Mr. Skinner
Dawes Declares He Is Not a Presidential Candidate
Cincinnati Aug 22 AP Vice President Dawes states in a letter to Douglas T Atkinson judge advocate of the Young America Union that he is not a candidate for the nomination. The group had hinted support should he run and Dawes thanks the letter writers for their kindness but reiterates he is not a candidate.
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Cincinnati
Hailes Dawes
Douglas T. Atkinson
Young America Union
Young America’ Union
Tkinson
Dawes
Chambers
Washington
Death of Lawrence Jewelry Store Pioneer Arthur Marks
Arthur Marks of Lawrence died at 702 Louisiana street after a months long illness. He was 46. Survived by wife and daughter, he led the family jewelry business since 1915, originally founded by his father. Services held at the Masonic temple, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. He belonged to Lawrence lodge No 6 A F and A M and the Scottish Rite. Several stores closed briefly in his honor.
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Arthur Marks
Lawrence
Louisiana Street
Alex Marks
Mr. Marks
May
Masonic Temple
B. Braden
Oak Hill Cemetery
Orlie, Smith
J. L. Constant
Roger Williams
W. Ho MecKone
Charles Makepeace
Norman Gibbons
Lawrence Lodge No. 6
Scottish Rite
The
Shriners
President Coolidge's Special Train Heads to Yellowstone
President Coolidge feels better en route to Yellowstone National Park on a special train from Custer. He dined in the dining car after a slight indigestion and, with Dr. Coupal's report, is deemed cured. The journey from South Dakota includes stops in Billings and Livingston with plans for a week of mountain dining, fishing, and hiking. Mrs. Coolidge, their son John, and aides accompany the president.
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Coolidge
Yellowstone
Edgemont
S. C
Yellowstone National Park
Custer
State Game Lodge
Montana
Billings
Livingston
Mont
S. D
Mr. Coolidge
Black Hills
Nebraska
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Yellowstone Park
Lawrence clubs invited to Fort Leavenworth camp
Members of the Lawrence civic clubs will visit the Citizens Military Training camp at Fort Leavenworth tomorrow. Brig. Gen. E. L. King issued the invitation, backed by Leavenworth Kiwanis and Rotary officers. Leavenworth Kiwanis and Rotary hope Lawrence members attend to provide golf competition tomorrow afternoon.
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Lawrence Civic Clubs
Citizens Military
Fort Leavenworth
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
E. L. King
Leavenworth Kiwanis
Rotary Club
Leavenworth Kiwamans
Lawrence
Liquor Found in Cars During Highway Stop Near Topeka
Officer George Reed found five gallons of corn whiskey in a Ford roadster headed toward Topeka on the North highway. Passengers George Lacenberry and J. J6. Prowdy, both colored, were jailed. A second vehicle contained twenty five gallons of corn whiskey with Rey Pounds Charles Brown and Fred Mayer, all white, later jailed. Charles Brown pleaded guilty and received sixty days in jail and a $200 fine on each count. Rolls of whiskey may be condemned. hearings ongoing for Lacenberry.
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New North Highway
Kansas City
Topeka
George Reed
George Lacenberry
J. J6
Reed
Rey Pounds
Charles Brown
Fred Mayer
Brown
Richard B. Stevens
Pounds
Mayer
Prowdy
Pat
Ober Speaks at Meeting in Salt Lake City
H B Ober of Lawrence, president of the National Association of Retail Clothiers, addressed members at the Inter Mountain Retail Merchants meeting in Salt Lake City. He spoke on Positive Factors in Retailing and Go to It and Stay Put, and led a shop discussion Monday evening.
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H. B. Ober
Lawrence
National Association of Retail Clothiers
Inter-Mountain Retail Sterchants
Salt Lake City
Mr. Ober
State Trooper Shot Dispersing Sacco Vanzetti Meeting
Pittsburgh Pa August 22 A P A Pennsylvania state trooper was killed while breaking up a Sacco Vanzetti demonstration near Springdale Acmenonia The officer Private John J Downey from Greensburg barracks was shot twice in the chest during efforts to disperse about 2000 sympathizers Troopers used gas bombs and riot clubs after sheriff Robert Braun announced to the crowd to refrain from meetings The crowd hissed then dispersed and troopers rushed reserve units to the scene
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Acmenonia
Springdale
John J. Downey
Greensburg
State Polis
Downey
Remains Not Identified in Harvey County Skull Case
Newton Kansas August 22 An unidentified man found in a burned straw stack near Newton may be a murder victim. A barbed wire binding and gasoline can were found near the body and a coroner's jury investigates. No missing local residents reported.
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Newton
Kas
William Lorenz
Okeene
Okla
George Klein
Oklahoma
Wail Does Damage in Solomon Valley
Severe hail storms hit Solomon Valley and Cedar areas. In Rooks county Kansas the storm damaged crops and ruined much of the fall fruit, shattered over a hundred windows, and damaged store fronts. Reports from Salina say Cedar in Smith county suffered extensive crop destruction as large hailstones drifted two to three feet deep.
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Stockton
Rooks County
Homon Valley
Salina
Cedar
Smith County
KU Chancellor urges students to ban cars on campus
Letters to entrants and returnees from the University of Kansas reiterate a three year plan to drop automobile use during college. A June license system allowed about 150 cars on campus while real need was shown. A Men's Student Council resolution argues that in Lawrence size towns cars are unnecessary for most students and harm intellectual life, privileging a minority.
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University of Kansas
J. H. Lindley
Univer
Universit
Lawrence
Speak at Rotary Impressions in City Luncheon Program
T D Funk Dr Forrest C Allen and Karl Klooz outlined Rotary impressions in other cities at today's Rotary luncheon. Music by Mrs Sarah Owen and Duncan Stewart impressed the audience with three original compositions during the encore. An invitation to visit the TC training camp at Leavenworth was read from General King and supported by Leavenworth Rotary. Plans to take fifty Boy Scouts to summer camp at Galena on Wednesday depend on securing four large trucks for the 00 mile trip, with first night at Joplin. Ralph Childs Lester Miller and L R Perry oversee camp ten days. Competitors’ day is next Monday with Rotarians hosting the event.
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Rotary
T. D. Funk
Forrest C, Allen
Karl Klooz
W Ken
Sarah Owen
Duncan Stewart
Tomorro Leavenworth
General King
Lawrence
Crest of Smoky Hill Flood Passes Salina Area
Flood crest on the Smoky Hill river moved past Solomon and Abilene, with levels reaching 28.5 feet at Abilene and 26.8 feet at Solomon yesterday before easing this morning. Enterprise roads were daubed by floodwaters and Highway 40 closed between Abilene and Solomon as floods lingered in east and northwest Saline County areas.
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Salina
Kans
Smoky Hill River
Solomon
Abilene
Enterprise
Search Cost for Lost Pacific Aviators Estimated at 96000
Washington aug 22 SAP naval statistians estimate the search for the lost pacific aviators will cost the navy 96000 mainly for fuel. The figure exceeds normal operating expenses for the fleet of 42 vessels. An additional 20000 worth of property and 3000 men have been tied up for eight days, and maneuvers have been interrupted.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Visitors Pack Camp Whitside for Open Air Training
Many visitors from Lawrence observe Camp Whitside activities as 200 Lawrence boys in National Guard units train. Major Sam McKone named captain of the Guard team bound for Camp Perry in September, with Lt. Sam Moyer and Capt. A. Gish in command roles. Two casualties reported include Capt. Roy Rickard injured eye and Lt. Chester Shore with a broken collarbone. Weather favorable aside from rain, health praised, visitors depart after a day of services and dinners.
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Lawrence
National Guard
Camp Whitside
General Wood
Junction City
Roy Rickard
Lawsence
Ft. Riley
Chester Shore
Sam McKone
Camp Perry
Sam Moyer
114Th Cavalry
A. Gish
Ditter
Alec Barks
Dr. Anderson Resigns From University Posts for Ohio State Move
Dr Earl W Anderson resigns as director of the University Teachers' Appointment Bureau professor of education and assistant director of the University summer session to take a similar post at Ohio State University's Teachers' Appointment Bureau. The move is described as an advancement for Anderson and a loss to the University with Dean Raymond Sk Schwegler in Chicago interviewing candidates for his vacancy.
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Earl W. Anderson
University Teachers’ Appointment Bureau
Teachers’ Appointment Bureau
Ohio State University
Ohio
Anderson
Raymond Sk. Schwegler
Chrcage
Sone Omnes
Flint
Lawrence
Lawrence Visitors Hear of Pioneer Montieth Kin
Mrs Elizabeth Montieth Flint and her daughter Miss Elizabeth Flint of Pasadena visit Lawrence recounting William Ruthven Montieth a Lawrence resident in the 1850s who aided underground slaves with John Brown. Flint recalls ties to Senator James Lane and early local life near Dulinsky corner and McIndoe Falls Vermont. Also noted is K U entrance plans for Prater's son and the death of Miss Stott's father, with services in Holton.
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Elizabeth Montieth Flint
Elizabeth Flint
Pasadena
Calif
Lawrence
Flint
William Ruthven Montieth
John Brown
Montieth
Annie Lane Johnson
Dulinsky’s Corner
Whittier
Mrs. Flint
Miss Flint
Eldridge
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Mass
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13Tth Infantry
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A.S. Houghton
Rodgers Rescue
Brazil
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Paul Redfern
Paul V. Warner
Fight Committee
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Madill
First National Bank of
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Ed Long
Marshall County
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Lawrence Jeweler
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Lawrence Civic
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Ober
Harvey County
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E. B. Smith
Capital Gas & Electric Company
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Haskell
DR. Anderson
Pow Bureau
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Eeater
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Herbert
Eeeeat City
K. U
Schutte Lumber ’ Fompanioa
Coleman
Miss Stott
Stott
Mabel Stott
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Eastern ‘Star
Holton
Presbyterian Church
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F.C. Cappon
West Hills
Atwater-Kent Radio
Hanna
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