Profit balked in Senate Teapot Dome inquiry on Continental Trading
Washington February AP balked at nearly every turn in its effort to disquise the ultimate disposition of profits of the Continental Trading company of Canada as the Teapot Dome senate committee adjourned after a fruitless testimony session. It planned to resume next week and sought Wayne O Neil missing witness while detailing bonds traced to Prairie Oil and Gas and Sinclair entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Continental Trading Company of Canada
Senate
Inclair
Harry F. Sinclair
Clark Ht. Kouitz
Frairier Pipe Line Company
C. BE. Crawley
Sinclair Consolidated Company
Liberty
Continental Trading Company
Til
Ganda
Senate of Committee
James F. O'Neil
Prairie Oil & Gas Company
Teapot Dome
O'Neil
Prairie
Clark J. Routs
Indépendence
Kang
Prairie Pipe Line Company
O’neil
Montreal
Prairie Oil Gas Company
A. E. Humphreys
Denver
Prairie Oil
Garden City
Kouitz
O.N
W. 5S
Fitzpatrick
el Man
The
Prairie Oil Company
Earl W. Sinclair
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Company
Sinclair
Continental
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Crawley
Consolidated
H. J. Phillips
Sinclair Crude
New York
Mr. Osler
Osler
Toronto
Philips
Tne
Noti Haive
Aoe
Enn Ie
Representatives On Tour from Wisconsin Visit Kansas City
Representatives of Wisconsin on a train tour organized by their state legislature stopped in Kansas City for welcomes at the Chamber of Commerce and the Kansas City Athletic Club. They spoke on Wisconsin’s interests and facilities in agriculture, industry, education and recreation. The tour number 164 then proceeded to Topeka and Wichita, continuing to many southern and southwestern cities before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
APJ
Wsconsin
Badger State
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City’ Athletic Club
Topeka
Wichita
Arkansas City
Guthrie
Ogansyne City
Fort ‘Worth
Dallas
Waco
Austin
San Antonio
Houston
Kansas Forecast Promises Fair Tonight and Colder Southeast
Weather and roads report notes cloudy conditions with clear skies in Arkansas City Dodge City Wichita Hutchinson and Wichita. Roads muddy in most areas Arkansas City Dodge City Ottawa are rough Topeka good Manhattan Wichita fair and Douglas county roads remain muddy with varying surface conditions across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Arkansas City
Dodge City
Wichita
Hutchinson
Ottawa
Topeka
Manhattan
Wichita Fair
Douglas County
Marines Guard Russian Legation Quarter In Peking
In Pekin on January 26 U P reports American marines serve under the Soviet banner as the only U S forces stationed in a major capital to police the Russian Legation quarter. A Soviet official raises a flag each morning while a Marine posts guard and the area remains under military police from the powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Jan
U.P
Russia
Legation
Chang Tro- Lin
North China
U.S
German Rail Employees Now Must Be Widely Read
Berlin Jan 26 A P The fed eral railway plans aim to train express train conductors to have a broad general education and fluency in several languages They should discuss Goethe Shakespeare Bernard Shaw astral bodies and other topics with passengers and converse in polished German The goal is to make travel more popular by offering an educated and cosmopolitan conductor on board
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Goethe
Shakespeare
Bernard Shaw
Voronoff
Federal Railway Administration
Edin
Road Show in February Wichita Expects 25 000 for Annual Exhibit
Highway officials and road builders from fourteen states will gather in Wichita February 21 24 for the third Southwest Road Show and School. Attendance expected 20 000 to 25 000. last year 15 000 attended. Exhibitors include the federal bureau of public roads state highway commissions and the American Road Builders Association. Speakers will cover traffic studies highway finance equipment location design maintenance and materials with daily motion pictures and a focus on food leads for the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kas
Wichita
F. G. Wieland
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
American Road Builders’ Association
American Association of State Highway Officials
Kansas State Agricultural’ College
Solomon of Woolwich Aides Troubled Marriages After retirement
London AP reports H Morley a Woolwich probation officer who helped 235 couples avoid divorce plans to retire. He believes modern newlyweds lack cooking skills and focus on dancing and sport, urging balance toward wife and mother training. He favors away from prison and proposes boarding out under supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Solomon
Woolwich
H. Morley
Thying
Morley
Lincoln Barracks
Topeka Speaker Linked to Southwestern Bell Talk
W. R. Kercher of Southwestern Bell Telephone at Topeka will address the Chamber of Commerce luncheon next Tuesday noon. The talk topic has not been announced. SS Directed Stewart to Appear Washington February 8 AP Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of Standard Oil of Indiana, testified before the Teapot Dome committee by direction of J D Rockefeller Jr. in correspondence made public by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Kercher
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Topeka
Chamber of Commerce
Kercher
Stewart
Washington
Robert W.stewart
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Senate
Bandits Hold Up Kansas City Bank In Downtown Raid
Five gunmen with a machine gun robbed the Twelfth Street Bank at Wyandotte in downtown Kansas City, taking about $4,000. No injuries reported. Meanwhile at Duncan Field near San Antonio the air garage rebuilt 123 airplanes and 432 engines in the last half of 1927, boosting flight activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Twelfth
Wyandotte Streets
American teacher trial in Turkey to proceed
Miss Edith Sanderson of Berkeley Calif teacher at the American school in Broussa Turkey, closed by authorities for allegedly converting students, will be tried Feb 13 in a Turkish court for violating the law against religious propaganda. Sanderson says she admitted fault in carrying on religious discussions and Bible gift giving to Muslim students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broussa
Turkey
Edith’ Sanderson
Berkeley
Calif
Sir Sanderson
Casals Delivers Stunning Cello Recital At University
Pablo Casals performed as the third concert on the University course, drawing a large audience from Emporia Kansas City and Topeka. He opened with Handel and closed with Popper while delivering Saint-Saens and Granados works with exceptional tone and technique.
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Pablo Casals
Spalding
Galli-Catei
Emporia
Kansas City
Topeka
Casals
Handel
Saint-Saens
Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
Hayden
Granados
Schubert
Popper
Vita
Andalso
Cassis
Nicolas Mednikoff
Onaha
Iyii
New York
Europe
Lawrence
Joseph’ Shevinne
Huskers to play Army at West Point next Nov
Nebraska athletic director H D Gish announced that the Cornhuskers will meet the Army at West Point on November 24. No Lincoln return in 1929 is planned as Army cadets usually play away from home. The 1928 schedule will include three eastern opponents Pittsburgh and Syracuse are also on the slate with a trip east planned.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Army
West Point
H.D. Gish
Hletic
University of Nebraska
Gish Aif
Military ‘Academy
Cornhusker
Pittsburgh
Huskers
Syracuse
Lindbergh Lands on Havana Field in Cuba Welcome
Col Charles A. Lindbergh completed his goodwill flight to the Pan American Congress in Havana landing at 3 51 p m from Port au Prince He was greeted by Ambassador Judah and Charles Evans Hughes as crowds pressed forward cavalry kept order and he then headed to the presidential palace to meet President Machado The Spirit of St Louis bore a new flag and emblems during the voyage and Lindbergh received full ambassadorial honors from Washington.
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Columbia Field
Havana
Col
Chiles
A. Lindbergh
Pan-American Congress
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Lindbergh
Judah
Charles. Evans Hughes
Avdna
Machado
Guban
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jiavana
Cuba
Spirit of
France Field
Canazone
Marine Corps
Bronn
Woodfin seniors ban rouge with quirky penalties in Asheville
In Asheville on January 26 the Woodfin School senior class enacted a local dress code ban on rouge lipstick and mascara with escalating penalties. First offense soap wash, second offense bath removal, third offense oil dousing, and fourth offense two weeks in Coventry with no talking. Additional items note debenture plan support in Washington and a Curtis for president HQ opening in Kansas City alongside Japan temperance agitation for a drinking age limit.
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Asheville
N. C
Coventry
Willis to Lecture on Earthquakes at Kansas University
Dr Bailey Willis of the Carnegie Institute will present an illustrated lecture on Earthquakes in the University chemistry lecture room tomorrow. He arrives in Lawrence tomorrow morning and is regarded as a leading authority on earthquakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
K. U
Bailey Willis
Carnegie Institute
Washington, D. C
Tomorow
Nwon
University
Lawrence
R. C. Moore
Father of Slain Girl Takes Stand in Hickman Trial
In Los Angeles on February 8 AP reports Perry M Parker father of Marian Parker testified briefly in the sanity trial of William Edward Hickman. Parker identified ransom letters and the man who took the 1500 ransom and described turning over the money for Marian's dismembered torso. Court schedule limited both sides to three hours for final arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Perry M. Parker
Marian Parker
William Edward Hickman
J. J. Trabucco
Parker
Hickman
Marian
A. F. Wagner
Oregon
Niebuhr At Forum At KU University Religious Week
More than 150 students showed interest as Reinhold Niebuhr, main speaker of KU religious week, spoke in an open forum in the central administration auditorium. He recapped his morning convocation address and fielded questions, with further talks planned for 4 30 this afternoon and a lecture tonight titled Jesus Three Solutions for Life's Three Problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinhold Niebuhr
Central Administration
Niebuhr
Mr. Niebuhr
Jesus
Robert Mize
Virginia
Arnold
University ‘Glee Club
Reinhold
ASK Mine Investigation
House Members Denounce Pennsylvanias Mine Police
Washington February 8 AP Insistent efforts in the House to have Congress investigate the bituminous mine suspension ran alongside denunciations of the Pennsylvania mine police by Representatives Casey Pennsylvania and La Guardia New York. Casey said mine police promote a vicious campaign to destroy the United Mine Workers and lower miners wages while La Guardia called conditions in coal fields outrageous and urged an end to terrorism and brutality by mine owners and agents.
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Washington
House
Congress
Pennsylvania
Casey
la Guardia
Republican
New York
United Mine Workers‘of America
jLa Guardia
Coolidge
Secrecover
Gafsey
Hoover
Baker to Observe 70th Anniversary Broadcast
Baker University oldest Kansas college marks seventieth year with a radio broadcast on WREN Jenny Wren station between 8 and 10 oclock. Alumni groups nationwide invited to participate. cake for 2500 and mailed cake pieces post program. Various campus groups perform including orchestras glee clubs and student bodies in a period tone broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker University
Kansas
WREN
Jenny Wren
Baker
United States
Canada
Old Mexico
Dinner invitation from Douglas County Farmers Union for Lawrence businessmen
The Douglas County Farmers Union invites Lawrence businessmen to a Saturday dinner at Lone Star and a day-long meeting. E. E. Woodman of the Farmers Union Live stock Commission will speak at 2 p.m. on marketing hogs. Claude L. Scott asks for a large turnout and offers transportation. call 485 to confirm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Farmers’ Union
Lawrence
Lone Star
E. E. Woodman
Farmers’ Union Livestock Commission,company of Kansas City
Kans
Roe Ok
Woodman
Claude L .Scott
Chamber of Commerce
Farmers’ Union
Scott
Court rules manuscript is author’s inviolable property
Paris AP reports a court held a published manuscript remains the author’s inviolable property until publication. The case followed Japanese poetess Yamato’s attempt to seize a life of Komachi by Belgian writer Nalesve, who completed the work after their collaboration ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Kidorw Yamata
Optimistic Kansas crop report from weather bureau
The weather bureau in Topeka issued an optimistic crop conditions report for Kansas. It cites sufficient soil moisture to support early wheat growth except in the western third and notes moisture totals ranging from one to two inches in the east and up to three inches in some western counties near Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Colorado
Scouts on Radio Celebrate Anniversary of Scouting
The Boy Scouts of Lawrence broadcast tonight from 8 to 9 over KFKU with Kansas City Scouts helping. B B Dawson, Scout executive of Kansas City, will spoke on The Anniversary of Scouting. Lawrence Scouts recite the Oath and Laws, with music from the Scout Orchestra led by Earl Beherd.
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Lawrence Boy Scouts
Kfku Tonight
Boy Scouts of
Lawrence
KFKU
Kansas City
Kansas
America
B. B. Dawson
Wyandotte County
Scout Orchestra
Earl Behrerd
W. K. Bruner
Charles A. Richard
First Chritian Church
Donald Alexander
Charles W. Richard
First Christian Church
Donald Meixander
Carter
Kunsas
Ciik
Plans Ready for 11.2 Mile Federal Highway Paving
Douglas County officials report final plan approvals are imminent for paving the south 11.2 miles of a federal highway. State highway officials checked the flaws and returned them to Topeka consultant H. A. Marshall for corrections. After final approval bids will be received and advertised, funded by federal money.
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Douglas County
E. E. Trac' Biéad
Tthe
Highways Commission
H. A. Marshal HE
Topekee Consulting
En-Ineer
Dougas County
Percy i
Governor Jackson on Trial in Bribery Case
Indianapolis Feb 8 API Governor Ed Jackson of Indiana goes on trial for allegedly offering Warren McCray $10 000 and immunity if he named a prosecutor. Coffin Marsh and McCabe ordered separate trials as defense and state clash over jury examination. Also notes college night alumni songs yells and a local rug sale ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Ed. Jackson
Indiana
George ‘V. Coffin
Marion
Bob Marsh
Jackson
Coffin
Marsh
Warren T. McCray
James D.* McDonald
McCray
William H. Remy
Talesmen
Charles M. McCabe
Docket Clear as Jurors Return Verdicts in February Term
The February term criminal docket closed with verdicts of not guilty for Tom Harding on liquor possession and guilty for Clay C. Johnson on bad check writing. Archie Level of Lawrence was found guilty as a persistent violator with liquor charges after a 40 minute jury deliberation, facing lengthy penitentiary terms. Level’s long criminal history and multiple liquor arrests were summarized, while juries from Lawrence were drawn for Level and Johnson cases. Civil cases set to begin Monday at the county court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Harding
Clay C. Johnson
Harding
Johnson
Lawrence
Meany
Level
Talesmen
Bert Harreson
C. S. Penwell
Tom Brown
J.ja. Banks
Contempt Charges Not Dismissed In Sinclair Burns Case
Justice Siddons overruled a motion to dismiss contempt charges against Harry Sinclair William Burns and associates. He ruled the defense claim of a right to shadow the jury has no basis in law. The decision addresses attempts to throw out government contempt charges arising from alleged jury shadowing by Burns detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry
Fs Sinclair
William J. Burns
Siddons
Sinclair
Fense
Mate
Curtis Gets Amendment to Army Housing Bill at Fort Leavenworth
Washington February AP reports Senator Curtis Republican Kansas secured an amendment to the Army housing bill allocating funds for Fort Leavenworth facilities. The add-ons include 40000 for a hangar 45000 for a field warehouse and shoot 20000 for a headquarters building 10000 for a night flying lighting system and 5090 for gasoline and oil storage. Spokane Hoover Club Organizes In Washington State
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Washington
Fort Leavenworth
Curtis
Republican
Kansas
Smndmant
Spokane
Hoover Club
Warh
of Washington
Edgar ‘A. Sims
Port
Townsand
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Kansas City Joint Stock
Landbank and
H. M
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Worthy of
Ed Jas
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Ady
Havana Field
Good Will
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France
French Republic
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Maralina
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Louis J. Taber
National Grange
K. C. Curtis Club
John
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Newton Kansan-Republican
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Farmers Union
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K. C. Executive
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Oklahoma
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Mass
Atwater Kent Bidio
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Dm Tervet
E. R. ¢. Jackman
Gentainer
W. G. Juon
Federal Credit Bureau, Inc
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Money
Tuesilis
Wi KE
Williams
R. W. Gillman
Indney
Sumer
J. Vi. Cavender
Kopniz
Earl i Duesdir
Fe National Bank of Stamfor
Toure
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Mongas
Fen waUre
Jihe Wilireme
Charles Ht. Boydston
Bunterporation
Albert Med James
Manufacturing Any, Corporation
Charles i. Grant
Peolevin Enit
Sinclair ‘and Associates
Leavenworth
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