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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1923
Page
4
A fragment from the Bureau of Circulations shows the Journal-World entry at the Lawrence Kansas post office as second class matter with a service call window for late copies and a biblical quotation.
The message stresses retrenchment in government finances and lowers taxes while avoiding new debt. It notes opposition to radical tariff changes and immigration loosening, favors farm freight-readjustment and export search, and envisions minimal disruption as Congress acts. The president aims for cautious yet constructive reform.
Passengers on the Ford peace ship held a reunion in New York. Bob Ford, who funded the voyage, did not attend the banquet or honor it with his presence. Remarks about getting the boys out of the trenches by Christmas held little appeal for the inventor of the affordable car.
A growing chorus opposes showing Birth of a Nation in Kansas. Governor Davis weighs his view after viewing the film. Protests arrive from across the state as the film’s admission by the state film board is questioned. Attorney General Griffith notes no religious educational or legitimate business group has asked for its showing.
The article recounts Dr Heinrich F Albert rising to prominence in the United States during early World War I. It notes his 1915 role as commercial attache and his alleged extensive propaganda for Germany, with associates Captain von Kapen and Captain Boy-Ed. It mentions a New York bureau and documents naming him as a leading figure. After returning to Berlin he held posts including Under-Secretary of State, Minister of the Treasury in 1922, and later minister of reconstruction.
Tom Sims ponders wit and folly in a string of tongue in cheek quips about beauty, perfume, debts, reformers, bootleggers, Christmas hunger, old maids, fires, bills, and the difficulty of getting out of bed. The playful pieces mix social critique with light humor and seasonal hints.
The Rev Joseph Motoda will be consecrated as the first native Japanese bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in Tokyo. Ohio city mayors meet in Columbus to discuss law enforcement. Yale Cornell and Dartmouth open the Eastern intercollegiate debating season tonight. Rochester hosts the first National Home Missions conference to discuss American social and religious issues. Southern Tariff association meets in Chattanooga to seek tariff policy stability over two days. A Harrisburg mass meeting opposes the prohibition amendment as part of a Pennsylvania campaign.
The Ministry of Music presents monthly musical vesper on the second Sunday at 4 30 p m In addition to Professor Downing and the chorus Professor Preyer plays the organ Other artists perform sacred music numbers A detailed program appears elsewhere in this issue The church invites all lovers of good music to attend this vesper.
Obituary style memory notice for Mrs C C James, five years since passing. Includes call for a box supper at Buck Creek schoolhouse near Midland, and a Lutheran bazaar with food sale December 7 and 8 at Olson Bros. plumbing, 934 Mass Street. Windshield glass installation for Fords advertised at $2 by Burgner Bowman Matthews Lumber Co.
Plymouth Congregational Church 825 Vermont Street hosts a Sunday 9:45 am men’s class with Dr. Frank Strong of the University Law Faculty speaking on Religious Liberty Under the Constitution. Morning service at 11 and a 4:30 pm musical vesper. church school at 10. All men and youth invited. no evening service due to vesper.
The Free Methodist Church at 12th and Conn invites Sunday school at 10 a m, sermon at 11 a m by pastor Minnie A Beers, and an evening service at 7 30 p m led by A H Clark who will bring the message.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church at Corner Tenth and Vermont lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning worship at 11 a m with the subject These Times University League at 6 45 p m featuring Dr S B Braden on Why I Believe in the Church High School League at 7 p m led by Miss Willardean Harnar on The Epworth League the World Around Good Cheer Service at 8 p m with The Big Pull topic discussed by the pastor Trinity Lutheran Church at Eleventh and New Hampshire with 9 45 Sunday school 11 a m Morning worship preached by Rev E F Pihlblad D D Bethany College president Music details and later services include social hour worship and vestry notes Second Sunday in Advent 8 a m Holy Communion 10 a m Church school 11 a m Morning prayer and sermon 4 p m Christmas Mystery Play meeting 3 to 5 30 tea events and notices for several churches followed by more services and invitations.
The Unitarian Church at 12th and Vermont announces a program involving Sunday school classes, youth societies, Haskell Institute, and Cosmopolitan club with about one hundred participants. Services at 11, subject Evolution and Prayer. Musical program features a women's quartet and solo. YP Society gathering at 6:30 followed by supper and a social hour with Miss Catherine Hood speaking on Transcendentalism.
A pageant titled The Commonwealth of God will be staged at First Baptist Church next Sunday evening. Cast totals over a hundred children and youths, with H Augustine Smith credited as author and musical director. Four scenes build to a climactic finale where the whole cast sings, and a decorated platform with electrical effects is being prepared. Music largely provided by the organist and church quartet. Spectators praise the production as a standout work in pageantry.
The Chamber of Commerce requests Lawrence merchants remove the street flags tonight after their use for a visiting ice men, likely not to be used again until Christmas. Massachusetts street shines with holiday air, small Christmas trees in green buckets line the block from Sixth to Eleventh, while evergreen trees and colored lights illuminate the night scene.
A burglar broke into George Whipple’s Lecompton shop through a window and took five pairs of shoes and several shirts. The loss was not tallied. Police report the break occurred Wednesday night, discovered yesterday morning.
The Douglas county bankers association will hold its quarterly meeting tonight at 6:80 oclock at the Elk's club. Members will discuss measures to protect banks against robbery and improve security.
Two large holiday Zerowds celebrated George E Wintz presentd Venus at the Orpheum theater with wholesome entertainment, spectacular scenery, and pleasing songs. Nyla Brown and Johnnie Getz led the cast. Venus moves to Bowerystock theater on Monday, Dec 10. Rankin's Drug Store advertises Armand's compact.
An advertisement extols Kellogg's Bran as the superior remedy for constipation and general health. It claims regular use prevents laxative pills, describes versatile serving ideas, and urges readers to buy Kellogg's Bran from grocers and hotels.
County clerk E C Bussing warns trappers must possess both trapping and hunting licenses. Wardens are arresting those without the two licenses as more than 1,000 hunting licenses have already been issued since hunting season began.
Mrs. George Johnson of Topeka, guest of Mrs. George Hurd and Mrs. Frank Hunt, departed for Ottawa this morning amid a season noted by a small number of trapping licenses issued locally.
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