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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1923
Page
4
A column discusses Proverbs 11:26 about corn sellers and suggests the White House needs repairs. Engineers report the building is deteriorating, but further substantial work would be required to make it safe for state use.
Fort Scott Tribune notes a minister’s claim that the Associated Press is controlled by hostile interests and offers 10 000 to the church for proof. Lawrence reports a man doubting the fiduciary meaning of a statement, illustrating how a strongly stated lie can mislead. The piece urges ministers and others to seek truth with care. The Kansas wheat acreage is down and prices are expected to rise about 15 percent this year. the article links agricultural outlook to broader public concern. A district court judge in Emporia urges stronger family life and parental support amid political maneuvering by a faction in Congress. legislative action is expected to affect the political landscape in the current session.
A Kansas City club hires a chef at ten thousand dollars yearly. roughly one dollar per flapjack to break even. The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce calls members to submit ideas for committee review, reflecting on the past year and planning for the near future. The Birth of a Nation, cut by the Kansas board, has been altered. Governor Davis sees no remaining objection though debate continues on whether the image or leadership has changed most.
Dame Rachel Eleanor Crowdy, a former principal commandant of the British volunteer nurse corps in World War I, arrives in the United States and Canada to lecture on social questions. She will discuss the League of Nations work preventing white slave traffic and narcotics menace during her tour.
A satire notes that adding more presidential candidates would strain voters. Other items include Coolidge appointing a new mint rector, Jack Dempsey touring Europe, and a rumor about reparations being disproved. A San Francisco singer is assaulted by robbers, while a Seattle man advertises for his missing wife.
Wilson sails from New York to attend a peace conference as legislative bodies in Iowa Michigan Quebec and South Dakota convene today in special or extra sessions. Gov Groesbeck calls a Michigan session on redistricting. Quebec colonization congress meets for three days while U S parties hold conventions and mark five years since a presidential nomination event.
Dr John McDowell of New Yorks Presbyterian Board of National Missions urged American churches to enlarge their task program and resources at the National Presbyterian Conference in Cleveland. He likened church duties to baseball rules play together win sacrifice hits and stressed religion must lead in postwar needs. The church is the body of Christ and must answer with direct responsibility as other sectors adapt.
Berlin critics question if American policemen can weep and many German fans doubt the scene. The public, including thousands of German women, plan to see Jackie Coogan again to cry along with his plight. The tone contrasts German skepticism with broad audience enjoyment of American sentimentality.
Real estate transfers list Anson Storm to W J Roper for 1 dollar and a subdivision transfer to Babcock's Enlarged Add In Lawrence area. Louis H Menger et al transfer to George M Gerter for 1600 dollars in west Lawrence.
Rev. Fred Eastman of the Presbyterian Board of National Missions urged support for missionary work among immigrants in a National Presbyterian Conference address in Cleveland. He noted 80 million immigrants arrived in the U.S. over a century, shaping social and spiritual life, and called missionaries to engage western frontiers and eastern immigrant and industrial areas to unite new Americans in Christian fellowship.
A London visitor notes Chicago’s Loop skyline converted to small shops. Skyscrapers house bric a brac, jewelry, gowns while merchants battle stubborn credit and bustle upstairs. Two canaries escape from a South Side home and end up on a live trolley wire.
Roy Jeffers, longtime custodian of the Auditorium stage, serves as boss carpenter and set designer for the Grand Opera troupe. He prioritizes props, curtains, borders, and “Drop B” positions over the singing, saying the opera’s stage needs matter more than voices. A rehearsal scene shows him steering the production while others react to the performance.
Madame Kajiko Kajima, 90, longtime suffrage advocate and president of the Japanese Christian Women's Temperance Society, survived the earthquake and fire in Tokyo. She was helped to safety by others and later aided to a women's refuge home. Kajima previously represented Japan at the 1906 International Conference of Women's Temperance Societies in the United States.
Madras December 8 via Associated Press Jumbalingam known as the Robin Hood of India and his lieutenant Kasi were shot dead in an affray with Tinnevelly police after a night raid. Police surrounded their house. defenders killed the officer in charge and wounded others before being overpowered. The bandit network operated between Tinnevelly district and Travancore State, famed for spectacular escapes and disguises.
Paris Tec4 The Marquis de Dion head of the French Automobile Club told a closing banquet that motorcars are taxed more heavily in France than anywhere else. Tourists face 269 percent higher taxes than New York and 418 percent more than Ohio. In 1919 exports reached 800 million francs, with 231,000 cars in 1921 rising to 380,907 by 1922. Total auto tax paid to the state stood at 621 million francs.
Twenty three cooperative labor banks will begin operations in various cities. Railway Clerks National Bank will open in Cincinnati with capital and surplus of 250000. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union bank starts in New York around December 1 with 500000 capital. United Mine Workers head John L Lewis leads United Labor Bank & Trust Co of Indianapolis with 1000000 capital, opening January 2. Albany filed notice for Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Cooperative Trust Co of New York with seven proposed incorporators.
Directors of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers cooperative bank in Cleveland are unnamed but slated to begin operations this winter. National labor bank resources total about 40 million dollars, with over half tied to the Engineers Bank of Cleveland, founded in 1921 as the country’s third labor bank.
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce warns many young women arriving starry eyed in Hollywood have little chance of film work. With Hollywood population about 85,000 and fewer than 15,000 in the industry, the campaign urges preparation and studio application rather than chasing cinema glory, highlighting trials and privations.
Kansas officials report a strong fishing season with 130000 bass, crappie, perch and other species shipped from the state hatchery. The Angler has made ten trips to stock streams while a $10000 water-distribution pipeline is being installed. Warden Dose notes rising license revenue and more hunters this year. He also urges creating wild game preserves, especially for waterfowl, to boost farming via increased moisture from larger water bodies. Other items include Communist leader Dimoff’s prominence in a failed bid and local notices for a December 3 meeting and Christmas orders.
Chicago December 4 The famed "Sheik of Randolph Street" known as Buddy to crowds who trod downtown streets has died from gastritis caused by overindulgence in candy and sugar given by admirers. The beloved traffic policeman Theo lore Klank was famed for his beat and ease in guiding crowds leaving restaurants. Actors and actresses were among his friends.
A full Bowersock theater crowd praised the University dramatic club's first production of The Devil's Disciple with strong acting, new costumes, and scenery. The show returns tonight at 8 15 p m with a repeat performance, continuing the successful opening.
Berkeley reports H E Botton of the University of California argues red-haired people have initiative and ambition, citing Columbus Pedro de Alvarado and Cortes aides as examples. He notes a cannibal tribe spared a red-haired explorer for power and recalls a San Francisco firm seeking red-haired salesmen.
A joint effort by city and labor officials and the Landbund farmers organization delivers a blow to profiteering middlemen in foodstuffs. The cooperative scheme now directs delivery of specified quantities of potatoes and meats, curbing excess profits and stabilizing prices in Frankford on November 3.
Weekly at fixed prices and distributed through municipal authorities, the program eliminates middlemen and reduces consumer prices for potatoes and meat by about 50 percent. Farmers receive better prices than before, and the supply of potatoes and meat is made more certain.
Berlin December 3 Associated Press Goblins haunt Reichs pante entrances nightly. Messengers wrap in blankets and wait all night for the bank to open at 10 o clock to secure early placement for the new gold money. Officials issue numbered tags to arrivals, preserving order and letting messengers sleep safely in line.
Trap shooting averages for 1923 set record highs with John R. Taylor of Newark Ohio posting 1969 corrects out of 2000 for a .9845 average. Frank Troeh held prior best at .9828 in 1922 while amateur P R Miller matched .9828 in 1993. W H Heer and Fred Tomlin also exceeded 93 percent. A Tibetan chief who studied in England returned with a motorcycle prompting elders to shrine and worship the machine to placate devils.
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