Debate on American Membership in the World Court
After a long delay the Senate opened debate on a resolution backing American membership in the world court. Senator Swanson led the discussion with backing from President Harding and Coolidge while irreconcilables in the Republican camp opposed. The session drew a packed gallery as officials warned spectators against demonstrations.
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White House
World Court
League of Nations
Foreign Relations Committee
League
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Coolidge
Swanson
Virginia
Berah
United States
Swinson
Hans Dieckhoff
Otto Bismark
Reichstag
Laszlo Szechenyn
Szecie
Gladys Vanderbilt
Setzuza
Sawatsia
Kansas State College Deans Named National Officers
Two deans from Kansas State Agricultural College were appointed national officers in research associations at the recent Association of Land Grant Colleges meetings in Chicago. Dean Seaton of engineering and Dean Nim Tustin of home economics will serve as leaders with Seaton also on the engineering experiment station board. In Mosul dispute news, Britain and Turkey seek a peaceful path. Prime Minister Baldwin signals possible Commons statement as League of Nations endorses Britain’s Mosul position.
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Manhattan
Kansas Statee Agricultural College
Association of Land Grant Colleges
Chicago
R.A. Seaton
Engineering
Nim Tustin
Home Econision
Kanégas State Agricultural College
Justin
Land Grant Association
Ean Seaton
Engineering Experiment Stattion Board
Constantinople
Dee
League of Nations
Mosul
Angora
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Geneva
A.P
England
Almo
Tewfik Rachdi Bdy
League of Nations of Great Britain
Kingdom of
Irak
Turkey
Great Britain
London
Council of the League
Fenart
Sabri Bey
Russia
Angola
Baldwin
Council
Austen Chamberlain
Kansas Forecast With Fair Skies Tonight and Friday
Forecast says mostly fair weather tonight and Friday with rising temperatures. Road conditions may be slick with freezing temperatures overnight. Cities listed include Topeka Hutchinson Wichita Salina and Ottawa. Western areas show cloudy to fair conditions and moderate highs.
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Fimporia
Salina
Coffeyville
Arkansas City
Ottawa
Topeka
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
Wichita
Cities push road repairs and new bridges state wide
Kansas municipalities push speeding up traffic with new viaducts and bridge repairs. Topeka approves three projects including a Kaw river bridge and Melan bridge repair. Arkansas City to get a federal aid bridge over the Arkansas river. Newton Portis and Concordia seek paving and road connections while Great Bend and Leavenworth plan resurfacing and safety zones. Denver banks close as a national examiner cites stock industry issues. County commissioner X d Kennedy speaks on bees at a high school agriculture club.
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John G. Stutz
League of Kansas Municipa
Topeks
Melan
Kaw River
Arkansas City
Arkansas River
Newton
Peole
Portis
Smith Center
South Haven
Oklahoma
Wellington
Concordia
Great Bend
Haddam
Main Street
Hays
Leavenworth
Politeness Pays The Christmas Fund Boosts City Charity
A Kiwanis club meeting adopted a plan to turn fines for using the title Mister into city Christmas fund contributions. President W K Hover moved to dispose of the tallies, noting the fines had grown by not omitting the honorific.
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Kiwanis Club
W.K. Hover
State Hoods Clash Over Klan Parade Jurisdiction
The Kansas hooded Klan parade case faces a legal challenge as Col Dean argues cities control streets and Jefferson County Fair Association is private. Attorney General Griffith insists parades in regalia threaten public peace, potentially delaying or upending the state suit. If Judge Bender sides with the defense, the case may be curtailed pending appeal.
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Topeka
Kan. Nee
A.P
Kansas
M. A. Bender
Holton
Oosa
John S. Dean
Jefferson County Fair Association
Dean
Valley, Falls
Griffith
Bender
Gift Tax Vote Sparks House Revenue Bill Debate
Washington December 17 The House refused to place a gift tax in the revenue bill. Representative Frear Republican Wisconsin urged continuation of the gift tax created two years ago with rates tied to inheritance levies. The amendment to kill the inheritance tax section was defeated on a point of order. Reductions in all or part of the levies were accepted. An amendment to tax leaf tobacco at 60 cents per pound for dealers was approved, while Huddleston Democrat Alabama's bid to cut the tax to 12 cents per pound failed 9 to 45.
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Washington
House
Frear
Wisconsin
Green
Flor
Wars
Ms Comittee
Huddleston
Alabama
Prayer Time Halts Mississippi State Office Business Weekly
Mississippi state offices pause for a 30 minute prayer each Monday morning in the Old Capitol Building. Initiated by May Sandjin and approved by W F Bond, the devotion hour grew to include nearly all departments. Posters invite attendance as the corridor gatherings include ministers, officials, and staff.
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Owl Capitol
Billy Smith
May Sand Jin
W. F. Bond
Bond
Department of Education
Old
Capitol
Tohn
Jackson
Joe
State Penitentiary
Consideres Verdict in Mitchell Case Ends Testimony
Washington on December 17 Associated Press reports the court martial of Colonel William Mitchell adjourned to consider a verdict after closing arguments. The prosecution demanded dismissal from the army while Mitchell defense cited the truth of his public statements.
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Washington
Mitchell Cart
Mitchell
A. T
Goldner
William Mitchell
Air Crusader
Allen Guilien
Guilien
Army
Sherman Moreland
San Antonio
Shenandoah
Associated Press
An Ee
Ottawa Junior High to Open 1926 Basketball Season
Ottawa prepares for the 1926 season with Junior and Regular teams set to meet at the high school gym in Lawrence tomorrow night at 8 o clock. Captains Louis McCann and Thomas Jonathan lead the regulars and Midgets respectively as Case Bier and Shawnee forward shine in practice. Referee Donald Fursman to officiate the curtain raiser. Elks secretary Charles W. Carman reelected. Emil Hartig named welfare chair as vacancy filled after W. W. Cleland. Calendar ads highlight new calendars from various local and regional groups and services.
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Jimmy Akrightt
Lawrence
Dl “Witt
Ottawa
Abright
Louis McCann
Thomas Jonahan
Casebier
Shawnee
Donald Fursman
Olin K
Blease Seeks Probe Into Liquor in Foreign Legations
Senator Blease proposes a treasury investigation into liquor in foreign embassies and legations in Washington. The resolution also asks if the Italian debt commission brought liquor into the United States and, if so, why no arrests were made.
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Washington
Treasury
Blease
South Carolina
Italian Debt Commission
United States
Farmers Seek Reimbursement for Fort-to-Fort Highway Assessments
About sixty farmers petitioned the county commissioners to reimburse fully the assessments paid for the Fort-to-Fort highway construction. They urged using gasoline tax refunds for repayment. Commissioner Kennedy said other roads may share funds, but aid would come from available gasoline tax money after other projects are addressed.
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Fort-to-Fort
State Highway Commission
X. J. Kennedy
Ceingin
County Commission
Baker Guilty In Police Court Liquor Case
Baker was found guilty and sentenced to six ty days and a $200 fine in the special police court this afternoon. He pled not guilty to two counts of possessing intoxicating liquor and selling it. Witnesses testified they saw liquor in his possession and transactions involving three quarts of corn whiskey. He appealed, with bond set at $500. failure to post means the sentence stands.
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B. J. Baker
Visa
Baker
Charles Russell
Ed Trown
Ferm
J. Gates
Jand
Balhi
Brown
Richard Stevens
Kitg
Court For Appeal
Deljsites
Colonial
Estenad
Wi. A. Dill
Earle G. Brown
State Board of Health
Vegetable Life or Death in Plant Struggles
Kansas City report notes Prof J Weaver and Lr Herbert Hang reveal how beets carrots parsnips and turnips send roots deep while pumpkins and squash extend vines up to eighteen feet. Nebraska scientists with F E Clements report high plant mortality under crowding and aim to map past and present plant relations for the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting.
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Kansas City
J. Weaver
Herbert ‘ Hang
Lincoln
Neb
theAmerican Association For the Advancement of Science
F. E. Clements
Nebraska
City Christmas fund drive organized by Camp Fire Girls
Camp Fire Girls will oversee tag sales for Christmas funds as volunteers finish district collections today for municipal holiday activities. Mayor Holliday cites a church gift to aid needy families and baskets to be distributed on Christmas day. Tag Day is set for Saturday with the city coordinating food fruit and toy donations.
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Ead
Frank M. Holliday
Congregational Church
Camp Vire
Masors
ELOPERS ARRESTED IN KANSAS CITY CAR SEARCH
Four men named Frank Vanana Frank Cropsie Joe Casonana and Jim Dimona were arrested by police in Kansas City after their Cadillac was searched three revolvers found. They claimed they were seeking an Italian who had abducted a 16 year old sister in law, and described the suspect as 35 with two guns. A Lawrence woman reported a matching car while the men claimed the taxi belonged to the girls father and that they ran a pinel hall and gambling house in Kansas City.
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Little Aly
Kansas City
Frank Vanana
Frank Cropsie
Joe Casonana
Jim Dimona
Topek
Lawrence
Fifth and Forest
Civil Population Flee Damageus Amid Uncertain Rail Departures
Telegraphed reports say Damageus residents are evacuating in panic. Refugees fill the railway station awaiting trains, but departures remain uncertain. Despite 3,000 strong French garrison, the Jewish quarter is reportedly troubled by rebels and bandits. Ady.
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Jerusalem
Telegraphic Agency
Damageus
Ottawa Tree Incident 18 Settled
Ottawa Kan Wee 17 A P The last chapter of the dispute over a city contract with a St Louis firm to sell thirty large Walnut trees in Forest Park was written here today The general manager J W Burton and local representative Merle Todd agreed to cancel the contract and receive back 1060 dollars paid for the trees on condition that twenty dollars was allowed the walnut company for expenses
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Ottawa
Kan
Wee
A. P
S T. Louis
Forest Park
St. Louis
J. W. Burton
Merle Todd
Watut
Elka Christmas tree plans aid Lawrence’s poor kiddies
Ed Anderson, chairman of the Christmas committee, says about 150 children will be invited to the Elks lodge on Vermont street for a 10 a.m. Christmas morning program with presents candy and entertainment including a Santa Claus visit. Donations of toys and funds are sought via Elks members and the hall at New Year’s Eve to fund furniture and meals for needy families in Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Ed Anderson
Elks Lodge
Vermont Street
Santa Claus
Vue
AL UL Hall
KC Chanters to entertain Masons at Shrine event
The Abdallah Shrine Chanters of Kansas City Kansas will entertain the Mas, their families, and friends at the Mas temple Sunday afternoon starting at four. Roy Rayling directs with Ruth Engel assisting, featuring organ preludes and a mixed program of songs and hymns performed by the chanters and guests.
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Abdallah Shrine
Kansas City
Kan
Masonig
Ruthengel
Arlo Hults
Bullard
Nevire — Brenner
Campbell
Father
Gounod
Delpin
Merrill Campbell
van Alstyne
Burial for Mohammedan slave survivor set for Harlem
Tomorrow in Harlem a Mohammedan burial will be held for a man born a slave in Senegal. His widow opposes Muslim rites and will insist on Christian rites. Friends tried to sway her, but she remains firm. Names and details reflect a poignant cross culture moment amid a New York observance.
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New York
Far J
Senegal
Harlem
Waterworks Men Elect Officers At Kansas City School
The Kansas section of the Southwest Waterworks Association elected officers after a three day University of Kansas school session. Officers include President BR. G. Paulette and first vice president Boby Vich Manhattan. secretary Ernest Boyce. associate professor D A. Mettnis Ner orth holdt: and Clyde Rives Dorado manager. The conference included talks on public health, sewage disposal, and education to improve water service.
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Kansas
Southwest Waterworks Association
University of Kansas
Texas
BR. G. Paulette
Vna
Bobyvich
Manhattan
Yvive
D A. Mettinnis
Nermholdt
Thirst View
L. B. Manson
Man City
Kans
Clyde Rives
Aneeer
ML Dorado
Ernest Boyce
Tortisas
Camp Fire Girls to Lead Tag Day for Mayor’s Tree
The Camp Fire Girls are assigned to organize Tag Day for the Mayor's Christmas Tree on Saturday December 19. Guardian planned relays, with bands and outfits, and reports due at the Mayor's office. Three awards will honor hours served, sales, and money turned in.
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Elizabeth Walker
Massachusetts
iMoney
Walker
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