Escape again: Kansas convicts flee toward Alicia
Benny Casey and Charles O Keith, two Kansas penitentiary escapees, shot James Burns, a Kansas parole officer, aboard a Missouri Pacific train near Alicia, then escaped. Posse blocks and searches the woods as Burns is rushed to a St Louis hospital. authorities fear his wounds may be fatal. Other notes place the fugitives’ earlier escape from Lansing prison and subsequent recapture efforts near Oskaloosa and Texarkana, with details on their prior sentences and the ongoing manhunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Ark
Benny Casey
Charles O'Keith
Missouri-Pacific
Texarkana
James Burns
Kansas Prison
Kansas
Burns
Missouri Pacific
B. F. Casey
S Louis
Lansing
Kané
Charles O’keith
Alicia
Kansas Penitentiary
Oskaloosa
Kans
Casey
Kan City
Boiattierys
Milton F. Amrine
Lang
Wall Street Busy Industrial Stocks Lead Gains
The Day in Wall Street reports bullish activity in todays stock market concentrated in industry shares with oil food public utility and tobacco among top gainers. Railroad stocks drifted down about two points on renewed selling pressure as volume reached roughly 1 250 000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
Motive Alleged in Fox Coburn Killing at Atlanta
Dec 14 report states Philip B. Fox killed William S. Coburn over an affidavit tied to alleged illicit relations. Solicitor General Boykin outlined a claimed motive during Fox's jury trial as defense witnesses described Fox's insanity and a traumatic nervous breakdown affecting his career with the Dallas Times Herald. Former associates testified Fox believed enemies surrounded him and hinted at delusions connected to his Texas years and Ku Klux Klan ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Philip B. Fox
William S. Coburn
Coburn
John A. Boykin
Fox
W. H. Duncan
Duncan
Dallas
Texas
Times-Herald
Boykin
Summers
I .E. K. Mead
Meade
Ku Klux Klan
Mr. Boykin
Dr. H. W. Evans
St. Louis
Evans
Dr. Evans
Poultry prizes awarded at Heart of America Missouri show
Lawrence men A P Fey and W E Craig Kennedy carried ribbons at Kansas Citys combined Heart of America and Missouri State poultry show. Fey won first cockerel and third pullet in Barret Plymouth Rocks. Kennedy claimed first second and third cockerel and first second pullet in Columbian Plymouth Rocks and fifth cockerel in Jersey Black Giant. The Heart of America show ranks as the third largest in the U S with thousands of fowls exhibited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
A. P. Fey
W.E. Craig Kennedy
Heart of America
Kansas City
A.P. Fey
Kennedy
United States
Republican troubles grow in house coalition bid
Washington reports growing factional strife within House Republicans as insurgents seek Democrats support for a coalition to control the rules committee. In the Senate, a clear push to end the interstate commerce chair deadlock emerges with Senator Couzens of Michigan named as a possible choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Democrats
Rules Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
Couzens
Michigan
Mexican rebels seize Celaya as Gallegos revolts in Guanajuato
Dispatches from Nogales El Paso and Los Angeles report Revolt leader General Gallegos seizing Celaya in Guanajuato near Obregon's summer home. Federal troops retake Tepic and pursue rebels while Yaqui chiefs offer 7000 fighters to suppress the uprising. Reports detail continuing clashes along the Mexico City march route and consular tensions in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Ariz
Tepic
Nayarit
Jalisco
Sonor
Mori
Mapuh
Allen Bayo
Sonora
Herriberto Casas
Los Angeles
Calif
L. Garza Leal
Revolutionary Forces of
Mexico
San Francisco
el Paso
Tex
Rejief
Mexico City
de la Huerta
Juares
Senor Salvador
Franco Frias
Jose Villanueva
Oriental
Obregon
San Marcos
Quintana Roo
Anastio Rojas
General Gallegos
Te la Huerta
Guamajuato
Celaya
Coolidge Campaign Plans Move Headquarters to Chicago
Washington Dec 14 General campaign headquarters for President Coolidge will be established at Chicago December 27. James W Good former House member from Towk and now a Chicago lawyer has been chosen to manage the campaign in the middle west for the 1924 nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Chicago
James W. Good
The
House
Towk
Middle-West
Mail C Of C Ballots For Final Board Election
Ballots for the final election of Chamber of Commerce board directors were mailed this afternoon. Polls close next Tuesday at 6 o clock at the Chamber office. Fourteen members were eligible. seven will be elected. Candidates include E C Bussing Walter Varnum Bert Dale and others. A escaped convict from Leavenworth Cleon Ritcherson was captured in Atchison and returned to the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
E. C. Bussing
Walter Varnum
Bert Dale
W. Smith
W. R. Green
W. L. Newman
C. ©. Carl
Otto Fisher
Norval Smith
T. J. Sweeney
F. H. Church
R-C. Rankin
W. C. Simons
H. J. Chambers
Atchison, Kan
Cleon Ritcherson
Kansas
Ritcherson
Leavenworth
Atchison
Prison guards fired after penitentiary probe in Lansing
Leavenworth reports show R. B. Manatt and several other guards dismissed as investigators reveal alleged bribery and smuggling in the state penitentiary. Sutton discharged after being accused of taking $845 for aiding a planned escape. Other officers named include Henderson Kearns Rumsey Ballard and Sutton. Warden and governor officials say discipline followed the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
C.E. Sutton
Carney
Sutton
Topeka
Associated Press
State Penitentiary
C. E. Sutton
J. M. Davis
Iis
Lansing
Bob Miler
Davis
Ptay
A.B. Carney
State Board of Administration
Mack Cretcher
Goverma’s
State Penal Institution
Walter Geary
Geary
Alleged car thief surrenders in Arkansas City
Arkansas City Kansas December 14 a man named Frank M Dynes surrendered to the Chief of Police claiming to be an automobile thief He said he stole a car in St Joseph Missouri and left it in Liberal Kansas The chief wired St Joseph and Topeka authorities and was told Dynes is wanted in Topeka for car theft and in St Joseph for forgery The voluntary prisoner would not reveal details about the Topeka case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas City
Kan
Frank M. Dynes
St. Joseph
Liberal
Kansas
Dynes
Topeka
Rock Island plans Lawrence Kansas service under ICC permit
R L service soon between Lawrence and Kansas points depends on ICC permission and Union Pacific agreement. Harry G Clark says Rock Island will run from Lawrence to Colorado and beyond if allowed, despite parallel UP rails. J M Allen filed December 10 with the ICC to publish tariff supplements and waive usual 80 days notice. Clark, KU engineering graduate, sends greetings to university and Chancellor Lindley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Lawrence
Kansas
Union Pacific
University
BE. H. Lindley
Harry G. Clark
J. E. Gorman
Rock Island Lines
Clark
Kansas City
Topeka
Rice Heads Engineers in Kansas Section
Prof H A Rice of the University of Kansas engineering department was elected president of the Kansas section of the American Society of Engineers at the Wichita annual meeting. Lloyd B Smith of Topeka was elected vice president and F W Epps of Topeka re elected secretary treasurer. The state association meeting may be held in Lawrence next year, with 22 members attending the Wichita session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Rice
Department of Engineering
Kansas
Ameri~can Society of Engineers
Wichita
Rige
Lloyd B.’ Smith
Topeka
F. W. Epps
Engineering Society
Lawrence
Kansas Engineering Society
Mohler to Speak on County Fairs at Chamber Luncheon
J C Mohler of Topeka secretary of the state board of agriculture will address the noon Chamber of Commerce meeting next Tuesday on the county fairs problem. He will also advise the county fair board after the lunch on best methods to handle the dilemma. A committee report on public sentiment regarding the Douglas county fair will be presented Monday noon. The chamber action for or against the fair may be reviewed by the fair board next Tuesday afternoon during its election meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Mohler
Topeka
State Board of Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County Fair Board
Mohler
Chamber of Commrece
County Fair Board
Chamber of Commerge
Cy L. Scott
County Fair Committee
The
Lawrence
Missing aviator Sperry search continues off Hastings
Coastguardsmen maintain the hunt for American aviator Lawrence B Sperry whose miniature airplane was found in the English channel near Rye. Details note engine trouble before disappearance and Sperry's prior aerial feats including service with the American Naval Flying Corps. Chicago reports his birth in 1893 and marriage to Winifred Allen amid earlier flights in the Midwest and a wedding trip by hydroplane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
England
Associated Press
Lawrence
Sperry
English Channel
Rye
Milton
Chicago
Lawrence B. Sperry
American Naval Flying Corps
St. Louis
Winifred Allen
Middlewest
Peggy Christmas Shopping Tour on Massachusetts Street
Peggy Prim shares a Christmas shopping tour in the Journal-World detailing many appropriate gift articles found on Massachusetts Street. She asks readers to tell merchant friends they read her column and invites feedback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy
Peggy Prim
The
Journal-World
Massachusetts
Leereeaas
New Train Service A Big Help to Lawrence
Morgan W. Y. Morgan of Hutchinson, in Lawrence for a Kansas Authors Club meeting, says the plan to stop Rock Island trains in Lawrence will greatly aid his region. He recalls editor years at the Lawrence Journal on a Union Pacific Rock Island contract and notes the promised improvement in service is finally arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boosters’ Club
Coffeyville
Missouri Pacific
Conway Springs
Boosters’” Club
Armory Hall
Bonus Dua
John M. Merwin
Kansas Compensation Board
Kansas
W. Y. Morgan
Hutchingen
Lawrence
Kansas Authors Club
Rock Island
Funds Rising as Christmas Seals Aid Tuberculosis Fight
Douglas county sees generous response to the annual Christmas seal drive to combat tuberculosis. Organizations like Oddfellows, Eastern Star, and Masonic groups purchase health bonds to fund free examinations, while students, faculty, and community members support the appeal. Despite progress, many seals and bonds remain to meet the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Ed Anderson
Eastern Star
Masonic Organizations
Universiy
Farmers' Union Meet Elects Officers at Blue Mound
County Farmers' Union officers for next year will be elected at the annual meeting at Blue Mound school house starting at 10. A luncheon for members' wives follows at noon. Mr Seeman of Kansas City will speak on Co operative Marketing. G W Pitts will report on state business institutions. EB Bus sing will discuss Tax Exempt Properties and J Liggett and A J Hatter will cover amendments and Distribution of Tax Money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Union
Blue Mound School House
Seeman
Kansas City
Farmers’ Union Jobbing Association
G. W. Pitts
EB. C. Bussing
J. Liggett
Baldwin
A. J. Hatter
A Hundred Bootleggers Downfall Attributed To Girl Detective
Richmond California December 14 Dett Halverson a 22 year old girl detective aided police by undercover work over three weeks leading to the downfall of more than a hundred bootleggers. She testified against Casey proprietor of a local establishment in justice court and described operatives gaining trust of illicit liquor dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Calif
Detta Halverson
W. H Woork
Miss Halverson
Iein’ Casey
Justice Court
Frank Orselia
East Bay
Santa to Show Up in City Tomorrow
Lawrence prepares for a ten day Christmas visit by Santa Claus arriving at 1 PM with 5000 small souvenirs to hand to boys and girls. Merchants plan daily gifts plus a motion picture show. Funds for the program come from Salvation Army collections and city donations to Rev. N. D. Gohring. Two large decorated trees will light the holidays at Tenth and Massachusetts and near the bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Santa Claus
Merchants Bureau
Rev. N. D. Gohring
Salvation Army
Tenth
Massachusetts
La Follette rails at Coolidge message as pro business code
Madison criticizes President Coolidge for endorsing a conservative policy mix. Senator Robert M. La Follette calls the message an able but reactionary plan favoring railroads coal magnates and other over Lords while failing to satisfy the masses. He says the agriculture measures push farmers to bear the weight of deflation and federal policy. A separate New York item notes a tax lien filing against Charles W. Morse for 1.22 million dollars by the IRS.
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Madison, Wis
Coolidge
Congress
United States
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
My. LaFollette
la Follette
New York
Counsel Fair Co
W. Anderson
Internal Revenue
Fedceral
Charles W. Morse
Washington, D. C
Rafe Louk
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Roswell
N. M
Philip E. Fox
A. P. Fey and
Craig Kennedy
K. U
Alfred G. Hill
Seventh and
Tennessee Streets
H. C. Colglazier
Pleasant Valley Farmers’ Union
Gallegos
A. B. Mitchell
Power House
Alec Smith
Trusty
Smith
August Anderson
Leipsig
iBy
Ontario
Tricyeles
Hanhn
G. Clark
Lindley
Rice Heads Engineers
K. A
Wakefield
Clay County
Curtis
H. L. McClurkin
County Farm Bureau
Bureau, of Entomology
Bureau
Department of Agricultural
Peking
China
Asiatic News Agency
Leo Mergen
Union National Bank of Beloit
C.B. .Griffith
J. J. Hill
George “T. Slade
James
J. Hill
Agricultural Board
Hunt
Lawrence Sperry
County Bonus Board
State Bonus Board
Morgan
Farmers’ Union Meet
Blue Mound
Drs. Welch & Welch, Chirnmrartores
Hanna’s
Santa
LaFollette
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