British will not surrender Mosul oil vilayet
Lausanne reports Lord Curzon's letter to Ismet Pasha rejects Turkish demand for Mosul. Britain claims possession and administration of the Mosul area and vows to protect Arab self rule, pledging no foreign interference. A Reuters dispatch warns the near east conference risks abortive progress if Turkey persists.
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Lausanne
Associated Press
Curzon
Great Britain
Turkey
Mosul Oil Vilayet
Lord Curzon
Ismet Pasha
Mosul
England
London
Reuters
Madame Bernhardt Relapses. Doctors Enforce Isolation
Paris December 27 Associated Press Madame Bernhardt’s condition worsened after fatigue from yesterday’s活动. Two more doctors joined, ordering strict isolation with no visitors, silencing the telephone, and disconnecting the doorbell as her household remains somber.
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Paris
Associated Press
Madamé Bernhardt
Obissier
Marot
Madame Normad
Big Ten dodges boxing unlikely for several seasons
Iowa City reports little chance any Big Ten boxing contests will occur between Western Conference teams for years. University of Iowa physical director Ernest G. Schroeder cites lack of conference approval and spectator attitude as the main obstacles. He notes boxing mirrors past resistance to wrestling, which later changed, while adding boxing remains part of Iowa's curriculum with trainer Dave Fidler appointed as boxing instructor.
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Iowa City
Ernest G. Schroeder
University of Iowa
Dave Fidler
Iowa
Forty Injured In Mill Explosion In Kansas City
A dust explosion wrecked the Schreiber Flour and Cereal plant in Kansas City injuring between thirty and forty people, with at least twenty six taken to hospital. The five story mill and elevator burned, total loss estimated at 125000 dollars, insurance likely to cover most. Firemen contained the blaze though sparks started additional fires in box cars nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Schreiber Flour and Cereal Company
General Hospital
C. T. Schreiber
St. Joseph
McKoin Seeks Bail in Extradition Case
Dr D M McKoin former mayor of Mer Rouge Louisiana was arrested in Baltimore at Governor Parker's request. He obtained a writ of habeas corpus hear ing postponed to tomorrow as lawyers seek bail before extradition. Court adjourned January 8 for document prep.
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Baltimore
D. M. McKoin
Mer Rouge
Parker
Louisiana
McKain
Czechs Cut Expenses in 1923 Budget Deficit Report
Prague reports the Czechoslovakia 1923 budget shows a deficit around 560 million crowns, 37 million less than 1922 and 170 million less than 1921. Highlights include transparent salaries for public officials and a plan to submit the next budget as a commercial balance sheet to compare socialization versus private capital. Public expenditure peaked last year, with 1923 promising significant reductions, while 1928 projections show costs at 19.37 billion crowns against 18.81 billion in revenue.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Republic of
Republic
Missouri church group seeks film censorship bill
The Missouri Sunday School Association plans to push a motion picture censorship bill in the upcoming legislature. The move follows the permission given Fatty Arbuckle to return to film work, announced by Lansing F. Smith, chairman of the executive board.
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St. Louis
The_ Missouri Sunday school association
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Lansing F. Smith
Grass Fire Threatens Garage on Maine Street
The fire department was called to extinguish a grass fire between 1846 and 1826 Maine street this afternoon. The fire was threatening a garage.
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Maine Street
Lodge Opens Fire on New Borah Plan
Washington December 27 administration senators led by Chairman Lodger of the foreign relations committee began in the senate a determined fight against Senator Borah of Idaho and his proposal for a new international conference in Washington to discuss economic conditions and disarmament. Lodge opened his attack as soon as the senate began work on the Borah proposal after ascertaining the views of President Harding and his administration advisors.
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Washington
Lodger
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Lodge
Harding
German default to bring action
Paris reports that Germany’s failure to deliver telegraph poles and lumber, due under reparations, triggers article of the Versailles treaty allowing reprisals. The matter to be raised at the conference of premiers with Premier Poincare urging formal registration of the default but delaying penalties.
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Paris
Associated Press
Germany
Poincare
Christmas Party at Salvation Army Hall Tonight
The Salvation Army holds its annual Christmas celebration at 7:30 p.m. at 729 Vermont Street in the old Home Telephone building. Ensign E. D. Miller directs a program of 27 harbers including vocal and instrumental music readings and a playlet with Santa Claus delivering gifts to attendees. Local workers thank the city of Lawrence for help preparing.
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Salvation Army
Salvation Army Hall
Vermont Street
Old Home
Ensign E. D. Miller
Santa Claus
Lawrence
Emil Frey Swiss leader dies at 84 in Arlesheim
Emil Frey former president of the Swiss confederation and first Swiss ambassador to the United States died on Christmas Day at his birthplace Arlesheim near Basle. He served as Swiss representative in Washington 1882 to 1888 and was president in 1898. Frey fought in the Civil War and was held as a hostage before Lincoln approved an exchange. He was later breveted major and helped direct the International Cable Telegraph Union for 24 years. He also advised the Swiss delegation at the Genoa conference.
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Beine
Switzerland
Emil Frey
United States
Arlesheim
Basle
Frey
Washington
24Th
Illinois Infantry
Lincoln
Gordon
M. Frey
Johnson
International Cable Telegraph Union
Genoa
Missouri Wesleyan appoints new president Buck takes helm
At a trustees meeting in St Joseph the Missouri Wesleyan college trustees elected Dr E F Buck of Winfield Kansas as president to succeed Dr Cameron Mann who resigned last August to become pastor of a St Joseph church Buck will assume duties March 1 1923 at the Cameron Missouri institution
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New Missouri Wesleyan
St. Joseph
Missouri Wesleyan College
Methodist Episcopal School
Cameron
E. F. Buck
Winfield
Kansas
Cameron Mann
Buck
Kansas Soil Is Drying Out Across Western Kansas
No general rain or snow in Kansas for over a month leaves soil drying, especially in the western half, with moisture deficit described as severe in a weekly weather bureau report issued today.
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Kansas
Topeka
Weather Bureau
Liberty bond market quotes and treasury notes
The report lists Liberty bonds including Liberty 1st 4s 98.68 to 99.20, Liberty 2nd 4s 99.06, Liberty 4th 4s 99.90, and Victory 4s at 100.38, along with U. S. Treasury 4s at 99.90 and related price figures such as 148-2-2 and 9100.88 noted in the market update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Liberty
Liberty
U. S. Treasury
Four Hold Up Suspects Arrested in New Orleans
Jim Caverty and George Wilson with wives were seized in New Orleans on fugitives from a Kansas City hold up and bank messenger shooting. Authorities say $97,000 was obtained. Additional arrests expected as identity and extradition proceed under Burns agency ledgers.
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New Orleans
Jim Caverty
George Wilson
National Bank
Kansas City
Jim
Caverty
Williams
Coverty
Murphy
Wilson
Brown
United States
When bounty receipts reveal odd, grisly hides
County clerk’s office handles bounty payments for coyotes, gophers, and crow heads. A farmer earned a one dollar bounty for a fine coyote pelt, but ear markings applied after payment ruined the pelt. Lads bring in sacks of crow heads, prompting startled reactions from local ladies.
Radio telephony boosts Swedish herring catches
Gothenburg reports a new radio service linking land stations with fishing boats to locate schooling herring. The system will provide weather forecasts and news, reducing wait times and potentially increasing harvests. Plans extend to broader news distribution from Stockholm as a center of experiments.
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Gothenburg
Gothenburg Radio Central
Sweden
Stockholm
Argentina's Debt Grows to 809 Million Pesos
Buenos Aires reports Argentina's unconsolidated public debt at 809,574,218 pesos, about 240 million dollars, as the Accountant-General's department informs the new finance minister. The figure exceeds earlier estimates by roughly 184 million pesos. A bill to authorize an internal loan to consolidate the debt is under consideration in place of a foreign loan.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Accountant-General’s Department
Veras
Ministry of Finants
Joint installation for Lawrence and Acacia Masonic officers
Ceremonies were held at the Masonic temple last night for the newly elected officers of Lawrence Lodge No. 6 and Acacia Lodge No. 9. The event marked the official start of their terms with attendees from both lodges.
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Lawrence Lodge No. 6
Acacia Lodge No. 9
Masonic Temple
Raid nets two prisoners and still with sour mash near Maple Grove
Sheriff Will Johns seized two prisoners, a small copper still, and four rain barrels of sour mash at the Owens home near Maple Grove cemetery after an 8 pm raid. Prisoners are Simon Erastus Owens and Alfred K Jella who is on parole from the reformatory. Preliminary hearing planned. Jella’s parole may be revoked and he could return to the reformatory. The still was in full operation with a hot fire. mash destroyed in raid. Sheriff vows to continue crackdown on bootleggers and merchants.
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Simon Erastus Owens
Maple Grove Cemetery
Will Johns
Owens
Alfred K
Jella
State Reformatory
John W. Clark
Justice Court
Reformatory
Court House
Douglas County
Emporia
Sociologists Meet At American Sociological Society Session
Chicago hosts the annual meeting with discussions on social research rural sociology and training of social workers. Topics include poverty and philanthropy in urban areas rural community organization farmer life standards and neighborhood study of 30,000 negroes alongside social theory and evolution.
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Chicago
American Sociological Society
Armour and Company of Delaware Chartered in Dover
The certificate for a charter of Armour and Company of Delaware was filed in Dover on December 27. The firm is capitalized at 160 million dollars and authorized to deal in cattle and livestock of all kinds. Incorporators are A L Hooven M A Bruce and H M Anderson, all of Wilmington, affiliated with the Corporation Trust Company of America which prepared the papers.
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Dover
Delaware
Armour and Company of Delaware
A. L. Hooven
M. A. Bruce
H. M. Anderson
Wilmington
Corporation Trust Company of America
City Commission Sets Friday Meeting Expected Payroll Action
Reports indicate no meeting occurred last night but a session is planned Friday night. Officials speculate salary vouchers for city employees may be approved at that meeting, potentially covering a two week period with a single session.
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City ‘Commission
Head of Reform Bureau Dies in Washington
Dr Wilbur F Crafts aged 73, founder and long time superintendent of the International Reform bureau, died in a Washington hospital from pneumonia. He had 28 years of leadership and was known for prohibition advocacy and reform efforts.
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Reform Bureau
Washington
Wilbur F. Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Stockholders vote to extend Standard Oil Indiana capital
Chicago Dec 27 Stock holders of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana met in Whiting Ind at a special meeting and voted to raise the capital stock from 140000000 to 250000000 Directors will meet tomorrow to consider declaring a 100 percent stock dividend to stockholders of record December 28
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Whiting
Ind
British financial mission sails to New York
The British mission to the United States led by Chancellor Stanley Baldwin sailed from London to New York aboard the Majestic. The group plans to return by the end of January with aims tied to postwar financial negotiations.
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London
A. P
United States
Stanley
Baldwin
New York
Majestic
Filipinos Honor Memory of Rizal Day Celebration
Rizal Day observed by the Vocal Filipino Students Association at 8 PM in the Methodist Church. A nine-number program features music by the Filipino orchestra, speeches by association members and Gen. Wilder S. Metcalf, and a slide presentation “A Trip to the Philippines” prepared with slides provided by Jaime C. de Veyra. Including a detailed program and list of orchestra members and graduates from KU.
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Philippines
Lawrence
Jaime C. de Veyra
U. S. House of Representatives
Filipino Students’ Association
I. S. A. Orchestra
Fermin Montano
Long Bo
F. 8. A. String Circle
Rizal
The
Philippine Progress
Nazario B. Mayor
Cavaliera Rustica
Pacifico Gupana
Vicente Agenoili
Vicente Ageaoili
F. S. A. Orchestra
Walder S. Metcalf
Star Spangled Banner
Philippine National Air
F.S. A. Orchestra
Vicente _Ageaoili
Francisco Asis
Pablo Inovio
Edilberto Lumasag
Rufino Pimento
Filomeno Villanueva
K. U
Eusebio Barba
LL. B
Fernando V. Bermejo
B. S
Mo.s
Teodoro Fabiania
M. D
Juan F. Nakpil
Flint to Read Paper at Teachers of Journalism Meet
L N Flint traveled to Chicago for the annual meeting of the American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism where he serves as secretary and treasurer. He will present a paper on teaching journalistic ethics to the association's gathering at week's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Flint
Chicago
American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism
Mgr. Flint
Association of Teachers of Journalism
Fires at Massachusetts Street building cause no damage
Two separate fires occurred yesterday afternoon at 730 732 Massachusetts Street and 1640 New Hampshire Street. Firemen found smoldering boards behind coal-box in the upstairs hall but the blaze was extinguished with no damage. The Massachusetts Street building is owned by Mrs. Charles Simmons and houses the Palace Barber Shop along with GC M Clarke Ed Wilson Dr Harvey and Justice John Clark.
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Massachusetts Street
Charles Simmons
Palace Barber Shop
GC. M. Clarke
Ed Wilson
Harvey
John Clark
New Hampshire Street
C. M. Clarke
Cornell Quest Hopeless as Search Continues for Tug
Cleveland December 27. Search for the tug Cornell now named Grace Danforth continued with little hope for safety. A lifeboat was found containing the frozen body of Michael Patosh, one of eight crew members, as the yawl and its contents were recovered by the tug Q A Gilmore along the Canadian coast between Port Colborne and Long Point.
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Cleveland
Cornell
Grace Danforth
Lake Erie
Michael Paytosh
Q. A. Gilmore
Canadian
Port Colburne
Long Point
Police Seek Slayer of Brooklyn Child Thermessa McCarthy
New York police, with twenty detectives, hunt the killer of 10 year old Theressa McCarthy shot through the heart while playing at home in Brooklyn. The mother found her dead in a locked house, no weapon or signs of struggle, powder marks indicate close range. No motive or fingerprints found, baffling case with no clue. The girl, known as the little vamp, was loved in the neighborhood. rumors mention a sailor seen nearby.
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New York
Theressa McCarthy
Brooklyn
Dot
Rags
Mrs. McCarthy
Lahey
Theressa
Edward
Yanks Build in Japan Underway by American Firms
Tokio reports American contracting firms are executing several million yen in Japan projects with prospects for more. George A Fuller Co completed offices in Tokio Yokohama Kobe and started new ones. Stone Webster of Boston is building a 70000 kilowatt hydro plant on the Sho river Toyama Prefecture. A major project is a small industrial city at Tsurumi for Shibaura Engineering with GE America, plus water sewage and streetcar systems to be installed.
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Tokio
Japan
George A. Fuller Company
Yokohama
Kobe
Stone & Webster, Inc
Boston
Sho River
Toyama Prefecture
Tsurumi
Shibaura Engineering Company
General Electrical Company of America
Hearing Set Over Coal Car Shortage On SF Railroad
Topeka December 27 A Kansas hearing on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad coal car shortage in the Kansas field will be held at Pittsburg January 3. Chairman Clyde M Reed of the state public utilities commission said the action follows numerous complaints from dealers and consumers including a fuel supplier granted fifty carloads delayed by missing cars.
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Topeka
St. Louis & San Francisco
Kansas Field
Pittsburg
Clyde M. Reed
State Public Utilities Commission
Reid
JAPS FIGHT BOLSHEVISM Budget Shows 230090 Yen Bol
Tokyo reports next year’s budget includes 230090 yen to prevent Bolshevism incursions. Three police councillors will be stationed at key sites in Korea and Manchuria to monitor threats. Japan will study Bolshevism controls used in Germany and Australia for guidance.
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Tokio
Korea
Manchuria
Germany
Japan
Tuberculosis Clinic Opens in Lawrence January 2
The 1923 tuberculosis battle in Douglas County begins with a Jan 2 clinic at Lawrence City Hall. The event marks the start of the year long effort to combat TB in the area, inviting residents to participate and learn about prevention and control measures.
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T.B
Douglas County
Lawrence
Kansas Auditor Recommends 15 Percent State Aid Cut
State Auditor Norton A. Turner proposes about 15 percent fewer state appropriations for the next two years, totaling around 15.75 million dollars, with education institutions bearing the heaviest cuts while seeking 1.375 million more. Turner's plan, to be presented to the Kansas legislature, also calls for a state budget system, tax revisions, property classification changes, a state income tax, and reduced public utilities appropriations.
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Kansas
Norton A. Turner
Topeka
Turner
Deserter Surrenders to Sheriff at Fort Leavenworth
Carl J. Swinsey, an army deserter from Camp Lewis Wash, gave up to the sheriff on Saturday. He was taken to the disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth. Swinsey said he deserted about two years ago, was hungry and broke, in ill health, with only a sister in Montreal as a relative.
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Iatany
Carl J. Swinsey
Ft. Leavenworth
Unoratiarie
Ralph Lawrence Yesteray
Swinsey
Camp Lewis
Wash
Montreal
Canada
Native Kansans to Meet in Topeka for Kansas Day Plans
Native Daughters of Kansas and Native Sons of Kansas announce joint luncheon planning meeting in Topeka on January 8. Governor-elect Jonathan M. Davis is the only confirmed speaker. Mrs. Cora Wellhouse Bullard of Tonganoxie heads the women's group and Keith Clevenger of Abilene leads the men's order.
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Topeka
Native Daughters of Kansas
Native Sons of Kansas
Kansas
Jonathan M. Davis
Cora Wellhouse Bullard
Tonganoxie
Kieth Clevenger
Abilene
Russians Hit Investors in Siberia Timber Concessions
Tokio reports heavy losses for Japanese investors after the Moscow government canceled timber cutting concessions in Siberia granted by the former White regime. Major firms had paid 3,000,000 yen to Vladivostok authorities and a monthly amount tied to timber cut. Much timber remained awaiting shipment when Reds captured Vladivostok, turning the venture into a total loss.
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Tokio
Moscow
Siberia
Japan
Vladivostec
Vladivostoc
Classified ad highlights car values at Butler Sanderson Motors
An OCR readout shows a classified page promotion for good car values from Butler Sanderson Motor Co. The item emphasizes affordable vehicles and dealership listing.
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Butler Sanderson
Motor’ Co
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