American Commission Proposed to Study German Reparations
Washington on December 22 reports a plan for an American commission to determine Germany's reparations to the Allies. The idea has drawn cautious, mixed reactions across the press with officials in Paris and Berlin weighing the proposal amid doubts and denials.
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Washington
America
Europe
Germany
United Bites
Poincare
France
Berlin
Guno
Notre Dame Church Fire in Canada Reports Incendiarism Suspected
A fire at Notre Dame in Canada destroyed the church and adjoining rectory on December 24. Initial reports blamed a short circuit, while Monsignor La Flamme provided testimony suggesting arson. The fire endangered seminary buildings and destroyed art treasures dating to 1674 as police began an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Leewks
Monsignor la Flamme
Notre Dame
Canada
Firemen Injured As Brooklyn Fire Destroys Plant
Deputy Fire Chief John F. O'Hare and twelve firemen were injured when walls collapsed during a blaze at the Auto Baby Carriage plant in Brooklyn. More than fifty families were driven from their homes. damage exceeds 100000 dollars. Police responded to crowd control as firefighters battled the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John F. O'Hare
Brooklyn
Auto Baby Carriage Company
Tate Ae Maa
Chicago Speeding Law Proposals Target Daily Auto Deaths
Chief Justice Olwen and Judge Asa G Adams proposed three plans to curb speeders in Chicago. The ideas include jailing speeders, indexing and fingerprinting reckless drivers, and fixing violations to reduce automobile deaths, aiming to stop about two deaths daily.
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Chicago
Olwen
Asa 'G. Adams
Speeders Court
Turner Proposes Consolidation to Cut State Costs
Topeka December 22 A preliminary report on Turner s recommendations to the Kansas legislature urges reducing the state Public Utilities Commission to one member and extending the Court of Industrial Relations for two more years He says savings could come from consolidating the legal accounting and statistical staffs of the two bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Turner
State Public Utilities Commission
Court of Industrial Relations
Chicago Police Capture a Gang
Ten men tied to a gang accused of robberies across the Mississippi valley were arrested in Chicaso. Police recovered more than $70 000 in Liberty bonds stocks whisky warehouse receipts and bonds. A saloon safe held bonds worth $6 000 and dynamite caps nitroglycerine and fuses were found.
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Chicaszo
Mississippi Valley
Check Artist Targets Lawrence Merchants with Forgeries
Last night two Lawrence merchants fell victim to a check artist. A man cashed a $10 City drug store check and paid for an overcoat with a $20 Carl clothing store check, signing Stevens at the drug store and Thomas at the clothing store. He claimed to be employed at the Metropolitan Insurance Company in the city office. He was described as slender, about 32, unhurried, with a calm manner that aroused little suspicion. he appeared around 7 pm and was known by some town residents but reported to the police as a stranger.
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Lawrence
City
Carl Clothing
Stevens
Thomas
Metropolitan Insurance
Como Ny
PRT
Tropolis
Tan
Interurban Appeals Over Holstein Cow Damage
Henry Fritzel appeals the $140 judgment Colorado interurban railway caused by a car strike killing his Holstein cow. The case moved from R. C. Manley’s justice court to district court. Anna Phberhart filed a quiet title suit against Henry Barkinson with the district clerk yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry. Fritzel
Kansas City, Kaw Valley & Western Railway Company
R. C. Manley
Justice Court
Fritzel
Interurban
Anna Phberhart
Henry Barickson
Motions Denied in Herrin Riots Murder Trial
In Marion Ohio on December 22 the defense motions to exclude state evidence and seek a directed verdict of not guilty were denied. Twenty three state witnesses were targeted with requests to strike their testimony as hearsay or unrelated to the defendants.
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Marion
Qohie
Associated Press
Caw
Herrin
Postoffice Deficit Revealed in Early Year Report
General Charles G. Dawes released what he called the submerged balance sheet of the post office department showing a deficit of 16 198 000 dollars for the first three months of this year. The disclosure came from Chicago on December 22.
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Postoffice
Chicago
Chas. G. Dawes
National Budget Today
Post Office Department
Capper bill on wool content labeling advances in Senate
Favorable reports were ordered by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee on the Capper bill to require woolen cloth and garments to show the percentage of wool and other materials used. The item mentions manufacturers and labeling standards with reference to wool content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capper
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Teuth
Bodies of Klan Victims Recovered After Lake Search
Militia and divers recovered two decomposed bodies bound with wire from Lake La Fourche twelve miles from Mer Rouge. Officials say Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards were abducted last August by masked white robed men. Authorities planned an open hearing in Bastrop to identify suspects as state troops guard the case.
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Mer Rouge
Watt
Daniels
Thomas Richards
Lake la Fourche
Louisianna
Parker
Morehouse Parish
Tha
Bastrop
Department of Justice
Old Settler Recalls Christmas Weather Through Years
John M. Starrett recalls Lawrence weather fifty seven years ago and two years later. He describes a train water shortage, melting snow, muddy streets on Massachusetts street, and cold nights in a Reno rail pen. He contrasts with milder pre Christmas days while photographer J C Adams helped by taking views.
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Lawrence
John M. Starrett
Kansas City
Massachusetts Street
Reno
Sero
Pennsyvania
J. C.adams
Miller Hall
Marriage Licenses Issued by Local Probate Judge
Licenses to wed issued yesterday by probate judge L. Hi Menger include Charles A. Hooper and Lulu Mae McClancy of Perry and Glen E Cornelius and Grace Rainbow of Sapulpa Oklahoma.
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L. Hi Menger
Charles A. Hooper
Lulu Mae McClancy
Perry
Glen E
Cornelius
Grace Rainbow
Sapulpa
Okla
Early Christmas Issue Promptly Issued by Fire Journal World
The Fire Journal-World will publish early on Christmas morning to give staff the day for Christmas observance. Advertising copy should be submitted to the office as early Saturday as possible since the advertising forms close Saturday evening.
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Fire Journal-World
Sebvages
Kansas 1922 Farm Production Total Surpasses Half Billion
Topeka December 22 The 1922 farm production in Kansas including grain live stock and produce exceeded half a billion dollars in the final inventory issued by the state board of agriculture. Excluding livestock the value rose by about six million over 1921 while beef cattle sales declined about thirty nine million and livestock on farms dropped roughly ten million. Overall agriculture is seen as under pressure with prices and production disparity noted as a factor delaying normalcy.
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Kansas
Mohler
Topeka
State Board of Agriculture
Pgl
Muei
Ford expansion plan to build six million dollar plant near Chicago
Detroit reporting that Henry Ford intends a six million dollar plant near Chicago to build auto bodies and assemble parts as part of a broader expansion by the Ford Motor Company. Officials say the program aims to create more jobs and will continue while Ford remains active, with Detroit as a central hub. The plan also hints at extending Ford interests to other cities including St. Louis.
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Detroit
Associated Press
Henry Ford
Chicago
Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
Ford
Cen Ually
St. Louis
Skaggs Evidence Concludes in Bonner Springs Murder Trial
The trial of Harry Skaggs ends its evidence phase in Kansas City as Judge McCamish sets two hours for each side to argue. George Kuhn of Kingaville testifies Skaggs, nervous and trembling, shaved him at 8:30 AM on November 8, the day Harrington’s charred body was found. Skaggs is accused of killing Leon Harrington over the affections of Bonner Springs nurse Mrs Alfreda Shubert Mattingly.
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Kansas City
Harry Skaggs
Bonner Springs
Leon Harrington
W. H. McCamish
George W. Kuhn
Kingaville
Skaggs
Harrington
Alfreda Shubert Mattingly
Counterfeiters arrested in nationwide probe
Federal agents and private detectives crack a forgery ring selling American Railway Express money orders. Giles M. Ranney arrested in Freehold and others in New Orleans. operatives tracked activity across New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Birmingham, and more. Denunciations and treaty issues noted in separate items.
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Ashbury Park
N. J
Associated Press
Freehold
Giles M. Ranney
New Orleans
James Watson
Walter BR. Moran
Ranney
Alint County
Davenport
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Birmingham
American Railway Express
Divorces Decided and Continued in District Court
Divorces granted or continued in the district court as Judge Means rapidly handled the docket. Several cases like Jeltz vs Jeltz and Crow vs Crow ended in abandonment or default, with assets and alimony settled where stated. Some actions were dismissed or postponed to the February term, including Furnish and Strode cases.
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District Court
Jeltz
J. ‘C. Crow
Carrie Crow
Cara Fearing
Charles C. Fearing
Myrtle ‘Béete
Joe
Reece
Thornton
Laura Jornton
ahan Rosa_ B
Wilkie
Tanke
D. Wilkie
Elizabeth Able
Frank
Able
Hazel Johnson
George Johnson
Minnie Weaver
Oliver Ostar Weaver
Ada A. Furnish
Gay L. Furnish
George Carter
Katherine Carter
James A. Winchell
Ethel Markley
Jesse Ge Markley
Jessie Alvenia Stunz
Paul L. Stunz
Frederica Strode
Gordon Strode
Donmen
Rohe Interviews Mussolini and Paradoxical Pirandello
Alice Rohe, daughter of Adam Rohe, drew attention with interviews in the New York Times. She discussed Mussolini after the Fascisti coup and later wrote on Pirandello’s methods in the Times Book Review. Nearby, mothers convened at city hall for a Christmas week babies conference, with eighteen mothers bringing infants for checkups. Two babies came from out of town. In Kansas, Judge Sargent ruled the anti-narcotic law unconstitutional on a technicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Rohe
Adam Rohe
Miss Rohe
Lawrence
Italy
Miss Roche
Mussolini
New York Times
New York Times Book Review
Clinic
City Hall
Wichita
Sargent
District Court
Santa Arrives At 3 30 P M For Lawrence Christmas
City hall reports municipal Christmas plans on track with Santa at 3 30 tomorrow at Tenth and Massachusetts to distribute candy near the tree. Fundraising says about 200 still needed with Rev N D Goehring handling cash. Food baskets to be delivered by noon Sunday and Christmas day. Clothing distributions shift to actual needs with surplus going to the Social Service league.
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City Hall
N. D. Goehring
Lawrence
Goehring
Santa Calas
Tenth
Massachusetts
H. 5
Asher
Pension 35 Restored Belcher Wins Civil War Widow Claim
Mrs. Belle Z B Belcher of 1207 Pennsylvania Street was restored to pension rolls at $30 a month after a 15 month battle in Washington. Her attorney Frank B Dodds credited success to appeals through the pension system culminating in reversal by the interior department. She had been dropped two years earlier due to an adopted daughter affidavit questioning her character.
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Belle ZB. Belcher
Pennsylvanis. Street
Frank B. Dodds
Belcher
Dodds
Washington
Pension Department
Board of Review
Law Division
Court of Appeals
Department
Department of the Interior
Tribunal of Final Appeal
Pernell Brown Paroled After Bond Payment
Pernell Brown colored was paroled from jail by District Judge Hugh Means after posting $500 bond and agreeing to pay a $100 fine and costs. He was arrested last fall for selling liquor and convicted, receiving a 30 day sentence in addition to the fine and costs. Found Guilty of Embezzlement Yuma Arizona December 22 Alva E Smith was found guilty of embezzling $5000 from Valley Bank of Parker by a superior court jury.
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Pernell Brown
Hugh Means
Brown
Yuma
Ariz
Alva E. Smith
Valley Bank of
Parker
Arizona
Bandits Steal Nearly $5,000 From Stix Baer Firm
Five bandits held up a uniformed officer and two dry goods company employees in central St Louis, grabbing a satchel with 4980 dollars. The fireman James O Hangam was relieved of his revolver as the pair escorted the money to the company office in an auto truck.
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St. Louis
Dee
Associated Press
Stix, Baer and Fuller Dry Goods Company
James O. Hangam
Lireman
Plan an Exhibit at County Fair
The Douglas county unit of the Farmers Educations and Cooperative Union of America met in Eudora on December 21 with sixty five present. Officers were elected including C C Gerstenberger as president and Chas Howard of Baldwin as vice president. Jim Anderson chaired the Farmers Union exhibit committee and plans for a county fair exhibit were discussed along with road construction and tax legislation.
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Douglas County
The
Farmers’ Educations] and Cooperative Union of America
Eudora
C. C. Gerstenberger
Geo. Hardtarfer
Gerstenberger
Hardtarfer
Chas. Howard
Baldwin
G. W. Pitts
Pitts
Heart
Harry CS
J.” Liggett
Boar
Jon
Farmers’ Union
Fort Union
Jim Anderson
Lone Star
Kretsinger
Willard Morgan
Benito Mussolini dubbed Napoleon the Fourth in Rome
Rome December 22 Mussolini the young Italian premier earns the nickname Napoleon the Fourth from observers and press after a long interview. Fascisti admire hisNapoleonic bearing and his quick, decisive retorts. Mussolini teases Deputy Lanfranconi, playfully tugging his whiskers in the hotel lobby. Reward offered for Drovers National Bank robbers in Kansas City. $4,600 for capture and conviction.
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Rome
Napoleon the Fourth
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Bonaparte
Mussolini
Mussolin
Napoleon
Kansas City
National Bank
Palmer Tire contest awards three prize winners
Palmer Tire and Battery Company announced winners in its contest. Edward McKitrick won first prize a two steps amplifier. Hal Nottingham earned second prize a radio battery. A. B. Carter took third prize a pair of 3 000 ohm frost phones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Tire & Battery Company Today
Edward McKitrick
Hal
Nottingham
A. B. Carter
New England Society of Lawrence Holds Twenty-Eighth Reunion
Descendants gathered at the Congregational Parish House for the twenty-eighth reunion of the New England Society of Lawrence. W. H. Johnson was elected president with Dr G W Jones vice president D H Spencer secretary and Warren S Wood treasurer, along with an executive committee. The program featured Rev Eric A Bleck’s address on Ampler Puritanism and a dinner with entertainment. Deaths since last year noted include Eva Berane Macy Whitman Josephine Monroe and others. New England states are listed by population.
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New England Society of Lawrence
W. H. Johnson
G. W. Jones
D. H. Spencer
Warren S. Wood
Eric A. Bleck
Frank — Strong
Mador
Harold
Tenronen
Tate
Waldemar Gelich
AL Butler
The
Eva. Berane
Macy Whitman
Josephine
A. Monroe
Clarence Hall
Hebert ‘Lindsay
C. S. Skilton
D. Bowersuck
Asher
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Tehn
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Masonic Lodges Elect Officers for 1928 in Lawrence
Law rence Acacia lodge No. 9 and Lawrence lodge No. 6 A F and A M elect officers for 1928. A joint installation set for December 26 at 7 30 PM in the Masonic temple with Dr W L Burdick as installing officer followed by an oyster supper. Officers named include Worshipful Master William G Sanderson and Dr F E M Owen as leaders with re elected treasurers and secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Achia Lodge
Lawrence Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
W. L. Burdick
Ludges
Acacia Lodge
William G. Sanderson
Robert H. Stewart
John H. Parker
William F. March
Paul A. Lange
Ed Hope
W. J. Drescher
Henry Kaiser
Charles V. Hughes
Lawrence Lodge
FE. M. Owen
R. C. Abraham
E. F. Huddlenton
David Passon
F. P. Smith
Frank Holliday
Frank Skofstad
H. B. Kibler
Stew Guy Pennock
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U. S
Brooklyn Blaze
Jesu
Salat & States
Interurban Appeals
Henry Fritzel
United States
Butler Sanderson Motor, Co
Ngland
Dr. Albright
Chiropractor
la Fourche Lake
Daniels and Richards
Wilson
Harding
McKellar
Den
Tenn
Senate
House
Siberia
Arras
Belgrade
Serbia
National Assembly
Butler Senderson Motor Co
Mass
Lerson Motor Co
Santa
Pension
Nate Z. Belcher
Butler Sanderson Motor Co
Drs. Welch & Welch, the Chiropractors
Farmer’s Union
Parrish House
Block
Dr. Bleck
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