Clemenceau Arrives in St Louis With Enthusiastic Mission
Georges Clemenceau arrived in St Louis amid heavy security and warm welcomes. He praised his mission as much better than expected and declined to discuss French cabinet plans on Ruhr mines or indemnities. He stayed with publisher Joseph Pulitzer at the Post-Dispatch home and met city officials and detectives guarding him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Associated Press
Georges Clemenceau
Henry W. Kiel
France
M. Clemenceau
Joseph Pulitzer
Post-Dispatch
Ruhr
Avith
Catnot
Old American cars revived as Mukden street line
In Mukden Manchuria on November 29 investigators traced the town fresh street cars to their origin as old New York City cross town cars from about thirty years ago. The dilapidated vehicles pulled by three Mongolian ponies run from the railroad station to the city walls as citizens praise the new system.
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Mukden
Manchuria
America
New York City
New York
Tokio
Prosperity gap shown as US autos reach China farms
Pekin news reports American farmer affluence in China is still low with average annual farm earnings only $60. A Chinese survey notes poor prospects for selling U.S. cars in rural Chihli due to limited roads. In Osaka, Japanese mills increasingly buy American cotton, raising U.S. share to about half of raw input, with 750,000 bales imported in the year ending July, up from 600,000 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
China
Peking
Chihli
Osaka
Japan
India
United States
America
Fair Tonight With Colder Southeast Border
A mild evening gives way to a cooler night especially in the southeast portion. Saturday is expected to rise in temperature with more temperate conditions overall.
Hoover Indicates Harding to Run Again in 1924
Secretary Herbert Hoover said in Palo Alto that the Republican presidential candidate in 1924 will obviously be Warren G. Harding. Hoover added that by 1924 the public will appreciate the sanity and progressive policies that guided the country through the reconstruction period.
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Hoover
Harding
Palo Alto
Cal
Warren G. Harding
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert C. Hoover
Storm Devastates Great Lakes Coastline In December
A Canadian steamer Maplehurst capsized during a fierce gale near Portage Lake Canal. Captain Nason Bernard and six crew members were killed. nine others were rescued. Severe weather across Minnesota Dakota and Wisconsin caused extensive damage, power outages, and multiple injuries.
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Calumet
Mich
Nason Bernard
Maplehurst
Portage Lake Canal
St. Paul
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Birger Sandzen Exhibits Lithographs at University Art Dept
Birger Sandzen's lithographs, among a group to be included in a University of the Arts exhibition next week, have earned him a reputation in the East. They are technically competent and authoritative depictions of western prairie and Kansas landscapes, and are being collected by museums and large libraries. Lithography's autographic nature makes Sandzen works affordable, and several of his editions are already selling out.
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Birger Sandzen
East
Prairie
Kansas
Elections Cost Five Thousand One Hundred Twenty Five Dollars Twenty One Cents
Bourbon county spent 5125.21 on the August 1 primary and November 7 general elections per a county clerk report. Nearly half covered judge and clerk wages. total ballots cost about 62 cents each for 8277 votes. Fort Scott's share totaled 2461.36.
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Fort Scott
Bourbon County
Kansas Carpenter Council Elects Officers for 1923
The Kansas State Council of Carpenters met in Wichita at Leavenworth and Wichita. Officers elected for the ensuing year include S. B. Weaver of Topeka as president, W. G. Crampacker of Atchison as first vice president, T. L. Parmenter of Pittsburg as second vice president, C. E. Farley of Hutchinson as secretary-treasurer, and J. E. Rhodes of Pratt as third vice president. All incumbents were re-elected.
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Carpenters
Wichita Leavenworth
Wichita
Kansas State Council of Carpenters
S. B. Weaver
Topeka
W. G. Crampacker
Atchison
T. L. Parmenter
Pittsburg
C. E. Farley
Hutchinson
Tressurer
Four Die in Hotel Fire in Portland Ben Hur
Four men died in a fire at the Ben Hur hotel in Portland Oregon early today. None of the victims had been identified yet and all other guests were reported to have escaped as the building was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Ben Hur
Irish Constitution Bill Passes Lords in Committee
Dublin dispatch reports the Irish constitution bill passed unamended through the Lords committee stage in London today and will receive a third and final reading on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Lords
Death of Representative James R Mann prompts congressional adjournment
Washington reports the death of Representative James R Mann of Illinois after a long career in the House. Congress adjourned in respect, a 28 member burial committee to accompany the body, and funeral services set for tomorrow in the House chamber before burial in Chicago.
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Washington
James R. Mann
Winois
Congress
House
Senate
James K. Mann
Ilinois
House of Representatives
Chicago
Third K U Concert Brings Maier Pattison Two Pianos
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison, famed duo, headline the University concert in Robinson Gym next Tuesday December 5. The two pianists, long celebrated for their chemistry and two full concert pianos, present a varied program from Bach to Casella Papazzetti, promising a vivid, accessible performance on the twentieth annual Lawrence concert course.
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Guy Maier
Lee Pattison
Robinson Gym
Lawrence
Casella
Bean Butler
Water improvements planned for Abilene Kansas
Abilene city commissioners approve five thousand dollars for a water system upgrade including new pumps boilers and a 250000 gallon elevated reservoir to boost fire pressure. The $85000 bond will be funded from water works earnings, not via tax levy, as bonds have been reduced to 65000 in six years. A new concrete road from Croweburg to the county line will open Christmas Day with four firms bidding to finish sections.
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Abilene
Kan
State Board of Health
Pittsburch
Crawford County
Croweburg
Forth County
William D. Stuart
Honova
Filibuster Lingers as Senate Adopts Memorial Pause
Washington reports Democrats may extend their filibuster against the Dyer anti lynching bill by adjourning to honor the memory of Rep Mann. Quail season opens a ten day period through December 10 with a daily bag limit of ten. London House of Commons rejects Labour unemployment amendment 303 to 172. Jefferson City Governor Hyde says no resignations demanded from St Joseph police board. Bond market and treasury notes listed with par values and yields.
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Washington
Senate
Representative .Mann
London
Associated Press
House of Commons
Labor Party
Jefferson City
Hyde
Board of Police Commissioners of
St. Joseph
Riot in Mexico City Leaves Dozens Dead and Injured
Federal troops guarded a battered municipal building as a massive mob clashed with police during a six hour riot. Seventeen people were reported dead with eighteen seriously injured and thirty slightly hurt. Fire destroyed parts of the hall as demonstrators looted documents while authorities, including President Obregon, awaited an official report.
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Mexico City
Obregon
No Trial For Asbell Returns To Court In Kan Hinges On Death
Columbus Kan Dec 1 Marion Asbell famed Kansas penitentiary prisoner will not face another trial in Cherokee county district court for harness theft. His body was found on a farm near the Neosho river. he had been shot. Coroner’s inquest is under way at Melrose as sheriff’s office says no killer crew has been identified.
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Columbus
Kan
Marion Asbell
Kansas Penitentiary
Cherokee County District Court
Asbell
Neosho River
Harvey
Melrose
Russia pledges independence for Turkey at Lausanne talks
Paris dispatch reports Soviet foreign minister M. Tehitcherin announced that Russia will demand absolute independence for Turkey at the near east peace conference in Lausanne. He added that the Bosporus and Dardanelles must be opened to all mercantile fleets of the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
Turkey
Russia
Lausanne
M. Tehitcherin
Bosporus
Darianelles
M. Tchitcherin
Special delivery business growing at Lawrence post office
In November the Lawrence post office handled 5306 special delivery letters and parcels, the most in a month ever, with October at 4715 as the prior record. The postmaster notes May and June weddings drive the surge and urges use of special delivery stamps to avoid delays, recounting a local dress delivery anecdote.
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Local P
Lawrence
Lawrence City Hotel Debate Highlights Educational City Image
Irving Hill discusses Lawrence as a center of education and culture, praising the University and city schools. He argues a new hotel will reshape outsiders’ first impressions, showcase Lawrence’s New England foundations, and support local investment and growth with a proven hotel manager.
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Irving Hill
Bowersock Industries
New
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Lindsborg
Kansas
Lawrence
Athens
Kansa
University
New England
Pat
Frame Farm Program for Farmers Credit Relief
Washington announces a definite farm relief program prepared with Senate leaders from agricultural and banking committees. The plan seeks to extend larger, more liberal credits through the federal farm loan board with lower interest and longer terms, aligning with a joint support push at a post conference among President Harding Secretary Wallace and fifteen senators led by Indiana’s Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Harding
Wallace
Watson
Indiana
Federal Farm Loan Board
Record Tax Paying Day Highlights Fall Collections
Record tax paying day occurred Wednesday per the county treasurer with about 12000 dollars paid this fall, compared with 7000 dollars a year ago. The text includes garbled attributions to individuals named Je and Mrs Pae and Mrs Boake, who appear as part of the damaged fragment.
Miss Cecile Burton to play Myra Thornhill in Baldpate
Miss Cecile Burton, drama instructor at the university, will perform the role of Myra Thornhill the blackmailer in Seven Keys to Baldpate for the American Legion show at Bowersock December 11. A former KU graduate, she has taught dramatics in Kansas City and returns to stage readings for Lawrence audiences.
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Myra Thornhill
Baldpate
American Legion
Bowersock
Cecile Burton
Miss Burton
K. U
Kansas City
Lawrence
Allied authorities fine Bavarian cities for attacks on missions
Paris reports allied governments notified Berlin of 500000 gold mark fines against Ingolstadt and Passau for attacks on allied missions seeking concealed arms. If unpaid by December 10, funds will be withheld from Rhineland remittance to Bavaria. Also notes demand apologies, response deemed unsatisfactory.
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Paris
Associated Press
Berlin
Ingolstadt
Passau
Bavaria
Rhineland
Allied Ambassadors Council
Jonathan's Job Cost Him Just $10
Topeka Kansas December 1 a two month campaign included about 400 speeches across the state for Jonathan M Davis Democratic governor elect of Kansas. He reports personal expenses of 40 dollars: 5 for postage and 35 for printing cards. Railroad fares not listed in state accounts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jonathan M. Davis
Look Forward to Dillon Address at County Farm Bureau Meeting
Charles Dillon, secretary of the Association of Railroad Executives, will speak at the county courthouse on Saturday at 2 PM under the Douglas County Farm Bureau. A Kansan with a varied career in journalism, agriculture, and government, Dillon is known for railroad policy expertise affecting farmers. All residents are invited regardless of Farm Bureau membership.
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Charles Dillon
Association of Railroad Executives
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Kansan
Dillon
Farmers’ Mail
Breeze
Topeka
Kansas State Agricultural College
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Veterans Lose Free Hunting Licenses in Kansas
County Clerk George Brine announced that veterans no longer receive free hunting licenses after a 1921 Kansas law repeal. Despite the change, there is strong demand for licenses with a record 76 issued this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brine
Kansas
Pleasant weather spurs Douglas County corn harvest
The past week's mild dry spell allowed county farmers to husk about seventy five percent of the corn crop and store it in bins. Fall plowing also progressed, with estimates indicating at least fifty percent completed, according to RH C Colgiazier the county farm agent.
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Douglas County
RH. C. Colgiazier
Yellow pups brighten jail yard and mystify sheriff
Three eight week old yellow pups appeared in the county jail yard prompting Sheriff Will Johns to suspect a joke or surplus dogs. After a night under his care the pups were handed to Van the Animal Man at the University for custody. A separate note reports John Wanamaker in Philadelphia showing a continued loss of strength and a comfortable night. County Engineer E. E. Trueblood reports road crews shaping county roads amid pleasant weather with trimming of hills and ditch cleaning.
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Will Johns
Van
University
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
E. E. Trueblood
France Approves Mission to America to Improve Ties
Paris reports the chamber of deputies approved a military committee amendment allocating 300000 francs to fund a five officer mission to America. The aim is to advance good relations between France and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
America
Gas Rate Hearing In Federal Court In Lawrence
The Citizens Light Heat and Power Company sues to restrain the city and the Public Utilities commission from enforcing a service charge on gas. A Kansas City hearing before Judge Pollock considered whether the 1921 PUC order could be overridden. If granted, the city would effectively control gas rates until a new state decision. A previous showing by Bus Co. cited a net income around $460,090 on a $7.4 million valuation for year ending Sept 30, 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
State Public Utilities Commission
Rar
Lawrence
Public Utilities Commission
Federal
Kansas City
Pollock
Citizens* Light, Heat and Power Company
Utilities
Topeka
Mexican 'bad man' film ban sparks protest in Mexico City
In Mexico City officials denounce Hollywood depictions of the Mexican bandit as insulting. Authorities will bar such films from the country and fine theaters showing them, aiming to curb xenophobic stereotypes in motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Lawrence sought as site for Commonwealth child welfare work
Investigator Dr. French of the Commonwealth fund visited Lawrence, meeting with a local committee to discuss Lawrence as a possible site for child welfare research. Prominent local doctors and officials attended, praising Lawrence and pledging strong community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French
Commonwealth Fund
Lawrence
Lindley
H. L. Chambers
J.R. Bechtel
Douglas County Medical Society
Eugene
Ethnological Data urged at Pan-Pacific Congress
Sydney officials and Prof A Rivett urge collecting Pacific ethnological material. Trained personnel and funding are needed for long term work, with the Pan-Pacific Congress in Australia next year seen as ideal to inaugurate investigations. The meeting will focus on physical problems but ethnology should be included in the program. Fort Scott continues paying. city contracts exceed 16,814.68 dollars approved by the city commission for downtown work.
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Sydney
Pacific
A. Rivett
University of Melbourne
Pan-Pacific Scientific Congress
Australia
Congress
Fort Scott
Agare
City Commission
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Oread
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Robert Pae' Ofre
Visi Ir
Bo Aake
Myra ‘Thornhill
Myrtle M. Chastain
Edward C. Chastain
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