Volunteers Enter the Collins Cave Rescue Effort
In Cave City Kentucky on February 7 the Sand Cave rescue operation for Floyd Collins was temporarily suspended to allow three volunteers to reenter the cave. Homer Collins and others explored to find another passage while observers reported locals hindered aid and questioned food delivery to the entombed man.
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Cave City
Associated Press
Sand Cave
Floyd Collins
Callins
Roy Anderson
Airy
Ben Wells
Kentucky Nations Guard
Ford
Homer’ Collins
Victin
Homer
Homer Collins
Dempsey to wed Taylor after license issued in San Diego
Boxing champion Jack Dempsey and actress Estellé Taylor obtained a marriage license in San Diego on February 7. Dempsey, 29, from Colorado and Los Angeles resident, and 27 year old Taylor, born in Delaware and residing in Hollywood, announced plans to marry Monday night. Their friend J M Ferguson and manager Jack Kearns accompanied them.
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San Diego
Calif
Jack Dempsey
Estellé Taylor
Colorado
Los Angeles
Ida Estelle Taylor
Delaware
Hollywood
J. M. Ferguson
Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Swan Song Recall From Civil War Vet Sherwood Ends Era
Washington February 7 Rep Sherwood Democrat Ohio the Civil War veteran and 90 oldest house member delivered a reminiscence filled swan song noting 52 years in congress and only colleague still living Uncle Joe Cannon He contrasted past with present praising prohibition and lamenting modern entertainment and vaudeville references while recalling Cannon with colorful humor including four wives in the gallery and pre Cook polar discovery era.
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Washington
Sherwood
Demo
Ohio
Congress
Slive
Joe” Cannon
Bootleggers League
Anti Saloon League
Reeom
Utah
Cannon
Lyon Havenby
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Billy Sunday
Freeman's Journal Sold in Belfast Purchase
A syndicate including tenor John McCormack bought the Freeman's Journal for 37 000 pounds sterling. The Irish paper, founded in 1763 and long a defender of nationalism, ceased publication in December. In Topeka a Kansas Supreme Court ruling held that a conviction on possession of liquor and a second count of selling the same liquor does not constitute double jeopardy.
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Belfast
John McCormack
The
Freeman's Journal
Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court
Montgomery County District Court
Weather outlook for week across Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys
Washington reports a week of heavy cloudiness with likely showers or snow in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Temperatures exceed normal most days with a colder start and end, while the Platte and western divide regions see mostly fair skies and occasional rain. Kansas forecast unsettled with rain in the east and southeast, colder tonight and Sunday. Temperature readings show yesterday's maximum and today’s minimum.
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Washington
Mississippi
Missouri
Kansas
Germany and Rumania in quarrel over postwar obligations
Bucharest February 7 Germany and Romania are in a tariff and finance dispute over war era obligations. Berlin refuses to recognize debts beyond the Dawes plan while Romania threatens to sequester German private property entering Romania since the war unless Germany adopts a more reasonable stance.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Associated Press
Germany
Yellow Cab Adds Cars as Rates Return to Twenty Five Cents
Lawrence taxi competition heats up as Yellow Cab Co announces a return to the twenty five cent base rate under the old ordinance. Meter readings will be used for road and no charge for extra passengers. One new car arrived this morning with another due Monday, bringing Yellow Cab’s fleet to five. The North Lawrence routes include Seventeenth Street south, Haskell east, Arkansas west, Thirteenth north, and Penry to Seventh.
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Lawrence
Yellow Cab Co
Seventeenth Street
Haskell Avenue
Arkansas Street
Thirteenth Street
Gread Avenue
Penry
Seventh Street
North
Kansas City meet to feature high jump and mile relay
Four Olympic stars will enter the high jump at Convention Hall in Kansas City with Tom Poor and Phil Fedguson as Kansas entries. The mile relay sees Kansas and Nebraska clashing as Howard Rooney, Walter McAdow, Vernon Engel, and Ray Fisher race the Husker quartet. Kansas holds the current Convention Hall relay record of 3 28 15 and Schlademan ups the talent by entering several freshmen unattached.
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K.C. A.C
Convention Hall
Kansas City
Tom Poor
Phil Fedguson
Kansas
Karl Schlademan
Tuetl
University’ of Kansas
University of. Nebraska
Howard Rooney
Walter McAdow
Vernon, Engel
Ray Fisher
Nebraska
Schlademan
Christian
Boggs
Reaner
Cooper
Springer
Sayre
Sarvis
Free Polish Actress Acquitted in Fiancé Murder Case
Paris jury deliberated just three minutes before acquitting Stanislawa Mule Uminska, a Polish actress, of murder in the July killing of her fiancé Jean Agasowski, a writer and veteran. Her defense claimed she shot him to end his incurable illness.
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Paris
Associated Press
Stanislawa
Uminska
Jean Agasowski
Kansas House in Session to Work on Bills
Toneka Kansas February 7 Associated Press the house today sought to trim the workload by allotting a full day to consider many bills while the senate was out for the weekend seven measures were killed and five new ones were introduced the smallest fresh load since the mills began the house rejected the Berryman bill empowering county commissioners to condemn land to remove a sharp road curve a move opposed as it could condemn up to four acres bergman and Clark plan to push a reconsideration Monday the house sent to the governor a Senate appropriation for Pawnee Rock state park then moved to routine supply measures and adopted a resolution to greet Mixy Dahlhammer Dickin en on her 100th birthday she will be a century old on Lincoln s birthday.
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Toneka
Kan
Associated Press
House
Senate
State Highway Commission
Pawnee Rock
Arnold
Mixy Dahlhammer
Dickihen
Dahlhemmer
Eght
Lincoln
Supreme court reverses ruling on osteopaths and optometry
In Topeka on February 7, the Kansas supreme court held registered osteopaths cannot practice optometry in Kansas, reversing Mitchell county district court in a test case brought by county attorney J inch against Beloit justice. A dissent by Dawson, Harvey and Hook said optometry is taught in osteopathic schools and statutes permit practice as taught.
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Topeka
Kansas
Supreme Court
Mitchell County District
J.inch
Justice of
Beloit
Ies Dawson
Harvey
Hook
Colleges of
Plan for reorganization of Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad
Kansas City February 7 A group led by W T Kemper and H E Hail proposes a plan to reorganize the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad out of eight years of receivership The plan aims to raise at least 25 25 million dollars with 1 million from the government It has been reviewed by the interstate commerce commission and the US treasury The line serves about eighty five towns in the southwest and many depend on it dam breaks endangering families in Crab Creek valley Spokane Washington February 7 Moses Leake dam burst near Eph rata and fifty local families face flood danger
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Kansas City
Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railroad
Topeka
Clifford Histed
W. T. Kemper
H. E. Hail
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Treasury
Spokane
Wash
Moses Leake
the Chronicle
Ephrata
Crab Creek Valley
Denver Children See Beauty in Sights After Sight Restored
Denver, Colo. Feb. 7 Two Colorado home for the blind and deaf children, Peter Morris and Viola Emour, recently operated on to restore sight, viewed the sky, parks, zoo, bricks and bricks colors with wonder. The pair rode through the city, crying tears of joy at colors and scenes long unseen.
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Denver
Colo
Peter Morris
Viola Emour
City Park Zoo
Colorado Home For the
Colorado Springs
Wigla
World Near End: Man Hangs Self in Brooklyn Jail
Walter Michkowsky of Brooklyn hanged himself today with a leather strap, telling police he feared the end of the world. Benjamin Lomoncelli, wanted in Jessup, Pa., for forgery, surrendered, saying with the world about to end he thought he would be safer in jail.
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New York
Walter, Michkowsky
Brooklyn
Benjamin Lomoncelli
Jessup
Boy Scout Sunday Observed Across Lawrence Churches
Tomorrow is Boy Scout Sunday in Lawrence with scouts in uniform attending services at Plymouth Congregational First Methodist First Baptist and First Christian churches. Special sermons adapted to the occasion include A Good Scout and What I Would Like to Tell My Boy with themes such as A Scout Is Reverent. Parents and boys are invited to attend.
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Lawrence
United States
First Met
Plymouth Congregational Church
First Baptist’ Church
Edward Hislop
First Methodist Church
R. A. Fulden
Plymouth ’ Congregational Church
Scout Hse
Court Sits Easy in Satiric Hearing Over New Chair
A burlesque session led by Judge Hugh Sloans and County Commissioners Kretsinger and Burton addressed the purchase of a new oak finished leather chair for Judge Hush Means. The hearing featured mixed testimony from county officials and a mock jury of six women, with Means urging the verdict for the defendants.
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Hugh Sloans
Kretsinger
Burton
Hush Means
Cummings
Judge Means
Menger
Inger
Burton P
Hey
Melvin
Huddleston
Means
D. F. Smith
Henry Gillum
Quetadian
Court House
Kreisinger
Ewe Jones
Lawrence Bus Routes Tightened as City Cracks Down
Transit officials in Lawrence report buses commonly stray from city routes and stop for passengers off route. Mayor Holliday says such pickups for state purposes require special arrangements and will be limited. Officials have recently investigated and found multiple violations.
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Lawrence
Holliday
Right to withhold letters in Mollie Jeffries case upheld
The supreme court today upheld George Melvin county attorney’s right to refuse to turn over certain letters used as evidence in the murder case against Mrs Mollie Jeffries. The trial likely postponed to May term. defense may file a rehearing within twenty days, delaying a jury trial in February. Mrs Jeffries was arrested April 7 last year for poisoning John H Jeffries KU janitor. coroner’s jury supported poisoning finding. She remains on bond.
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Supreme Court
George Melvin
Mollie Jeffries
Jeffries
John H. Jeffries
Another Joint Concert With KU And Washburn Planned
Prof J A Larremore director announces the second annual joint concert of the KU and Washburn glee clubs to be held in Topeka. The KU glee club plans nine concerts this spring with about 36 men on trips and May 8 to 9 within University musical week in Lawrence.
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J. A. Larremore
Universiy of Kansas
University of Kansas
Washburn College
Topeka
Glee Club
University
Lawrence
Kansas Glee Club
Scouts Radio Night Broadcast Plans Nationwide Scout Week
Boy Scout Week features a radio program from Station KPKU starting at 6 50pm with a one hour show. Clarence Francisco and Billy Magee Magaw lead a scout chorus of 15 voices with solos and piano pieces by troop 10 members. Ralph C D Childs presents a talk on Is Scouting a National Movement and L H Houston delivers History of Scouting.
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Royal Scout
Haiding
Speciaum
KPKU
Scharwenka
Clarence Francisco
Ralph CD. Childs
Lawrence
Billy Poe
Colin
Stein
Bill Hollo
Francisco
Billy Magee Magaw
Ralph
Clarence Francisca
J. G. McElhiony
Scouting
L. H. Houston
Beethoven
Clarence Hoffman
Piauo
Irvin McElhinany
Claude Eh. Sentt
Treop 3
Two Women Killed as Dense Fog Haunts Chicago Area
Chicago witnesses two women killed and many injured as thick fog blankets the region. The Chicago weather bureau notes the dense fog drapes the district, reducing visibility and causing numerous accidents across the area.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Chicago Weather Bureau
Quarter Century Difference Shown by Veterans Meeting
Joseph A. Wahl camp of the United Spanish War Veterans marked the Philippine Insurrection outbreak anniversary with Filipino student musicians from the University providing music. Wives of the veterans discussed forming a women's auxiliary at the gathering.
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Joseph A. Wahl
United Spanish War Veterans
Pledges’ Night Duties Spur Police Warnings
City police warn against fraternity hell week pranks as pledges roam at night, causing break-ins, prowler sightings, and shootings risk. Chief B F Douglas urges fraternities to skip blindfold trips and risky tasks after reports of robberies and disturbances in alleys and homes.
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Fraternity
B. F. Douglas
Polar
Sare
Douglas
Farmers Union District Meetings Set In Kansas Plan
Farmers Union cooperative marketing talks are planned in Kansas with district meetings in Douglas Shawnee and Wabaunsee counties on Tuesday February 10 at 9 00 in Topeka at the secretary of agriculture’s office state house prospective delegates for the coming year will be chosen and the state organization meeting set for February 13 to adopt by laws and seek a charter. Ful l information available at the Farmers Union store in Lawrence.
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Farmers Union Cooperative Association
Kansas
Douglas County
Shawnee
Waubaunsee
Secretary of Agriculture
Housae Topeka
Association For
State House
Farmers Union
Cooperative Marketing Association
Ful
Farmers Unions
Lawrence
Car and Truck Collision Injures Mrs Barker
Mrs. Charles S. Barker and her husband were in a collision at Seventeenth and New Hampshire streets when a local telephone company truck driven by W S Roper struck their car. Mrs Barker was thrown to the pavement and injured a right arm and knee while Mr Barker avoided a direct hit. both cars sustained damage. Mrs Barker was not seriously hurt.
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Charles S. Barker
Connecticut Street
W. S. Roper
New Hampshre Street
Seventeenth
New Hampshire Street
Barker
New Hampshire Streast
Seventeenth St
Wesley Foundation to Open First Annual Directors Meeting
The Wesley Foundation of the Methodist Episcopal church at the University of Kansas holds its first annual board meeting Tuesday at First Methodist Church. The session covers inspection of student work, facility expansion, vacancies, and the coming year's budget. The foundation, led by President Bishop E. L. Waldorf and other clergy and lay leaders, organizes campus Methodist work across Kansas.
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Wesley Foundation
Methodist’ Episcopal Church
First Methodist Church
University of Kansas
Hdwin F. Price
Wesley
Methodist Church
Fouratin
University of Wisconsn
University of Illinois
Wesley ‘Foundation
E. L. Waldorf
Kansas City
Fred M. Bailey
Kan
F. E. Johnson
Lawrence
W. F. March
Hutchinson
A. Henry
A. Kitch
Electorate
Wm. Jingalieone
Marpions
W. E. Marshall
Wichita
D. B. Magee
D. D
Concordia
C. A. Fisher
Ellsworth
WS. Heusner
Salina
Are Fant
H .L. Chambers
H. B. Peairs
KE. PF
Engel
Weatherby
Ss Noel Decir Liar Sn
Car and Bus Collision Near Big Springs In Fog
Lennie Lyons of Topeka was injured when his Hupmobile collided with an Inter-State Stage Line bus on the Fort-to-Fort highway just east of Big Springs. Lyons was taken to a Topeka hospital. the bus had only minor damage. Lyons’ car suffered a broken wheel and radiator damage. the vehicle was towed to a local garage.
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Lennie Lyons
Topeka
Inter-State ‘Stage Line
Fort-Td-Fort
Big Springs
Lyons
Parage
Eg Ee
Chancellor's Cup Established for ROTC Excellence
A perpetual trophy named The Chancellor's Cup sponsored by E H Lindley of the University of Kansas is created for the Reserve Officers Training Corps. The cup bears the university seal and insignia of the coastal artillery and engineer corps and will be awarded annually to the ROTC company rated highest in general excellence in BR. O. T. GC, a work.
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E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Coast Artillery Corps
Engineer Corps
BR. O. T. GC
Missionary Fay Livengood to Speak at First Christian Church
Fay Livengood, a respected missionary from India, will lead the 11 o'clock morning service at First Christian Church tomorrow. He is noted for world affairs insight and engaging Ori ental message. Livengood, KU graduate, will discuss Orient affairs.
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Fay Livengood
India
First Christian Church
Livengood
University of Kansas
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