Floyd Collins Found Dead in Sand Cave Tomb
Floyd Collins was found dead at 2 45 PM after rescuers reached what they believed to be the original Sand Cave cavern. Officials announced the death as physicians could not reach him, with Major Moss Captain Francis and other medical men en route. Homer Collins wore vertical hope as the rescue ended in tragedy.
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Cave City
Associated Press
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Collins
Carmichael
Collings
W. Bd.funkhouser
University of Kentucky
Moss
Francis
449Th Infantry
Bowling Green
William Hartett
Chicago
Mr. Carmichael
H. E. S. Posey
State Highway Department
William J. Fields
Colins
Homer Collins
Sele
H. T. Carmichael
Floyd
Doctor Funkhouser
Tealhy
Floyd Aliver
Homer
Collins’ Head
John Gerald
Albert Marshall
Collin
Mikey’ Brenner
Cincinnati
Alfred Marshall
Albert, Marshall
A. Blevens
Simon Johns
John Stevens
Mike Brenner
B. E. Francis
C. C. Howard
Collins Family
Hazlett
Cotlins
Ed Brenner
Jane Collins
Bhying
Military Court of Inquiry
Lee Collins
Premier Herriot Denounces Inflation Policy in Chamber
Paris February 16 Associated Press Premier Herriot explained government financial policy to the chamber of deputies and opposed inflation. He said France must maintain financial probity regardless of cost and resist inflation. He urged paying off debt with minimal borrowing and adopting healthy money as policy for lower costs and stronger international authority.
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Paris
Associated Press
Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
France
Ihe
Gasoline prices to be examined by federal inquiry
Washington February 16 Senate leaders moved to call up tomorrow the Trammell resolution seeking a federal trade commission probe into rising gasoline prices. Senator Curtis Republican leader said the justice department held information on the matter ready for release.
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Washington
Senate
Trammell
Florida
Federal Trade Commission
Curtis
Kansas
Republian
Department of Justice
Senator Guilty of Graft Claims In Kansas City
Topeka reports Kansas senator James F. Getty charges graft and corruption in the Kansas City Kansas city commission and alleges unfair legislative handling of bond bills. He cites a $500000 war memorial bond and a $759000 issuance, saying funds were squandered or stolen. House committee actions are criticized as unfair and influenced by paid members.
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Topeka
Kan
Associated Press
City Commission
Kansas City
House
Senate
James F. Getty
Wyandotte
House Committee On
Senator Getty
Kansas
Getty
Reprssentative Holbrook
Holbrook
Kansas City Commission
Kansas Professor Reelected Honorary at Fontainebleau
Goldwin Goldsmith of the University of Kansas architecture department has been reelected an honorary member of the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts in Fontainebleau France. The institution, supported by Americans and under French government patronage, holds summer sessions for Americans studying sculpture and painting abroad. SPECIAL C. P. A. MEETING.
Delegates to Kansas City Conference Will Be Chosen
D F Smith president of the county C P A organization calls a special county CPA meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night at 8 oclock Delegates will be chosen to attend a CPA conference February 24 at the Chamber of Commerce building in Kansas City Kansas
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Kansas City
D. F. Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Kans
Kansas congratulates Jardine on new agriculture secretary post
Chancellor Lindley of the University of Kansas sends a message to W Jardine, president of Renee State Agricultural College, praising the appointment as a national honor. The note expresses KU’s hearty congratulations.
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E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
W. Jardine
Renee State Agricultural College
Jardine
Kansas
K. U
New five story hotel to attract travelers to Lawrence
Lawrence as an international crossroads today drew visitors to the Eldridge House including Madame Wanda Landowska and her secretary from Paris and Dr. Paul Kammerer of Vienna. Names also included the Kansas wheat girl and travelers from Kansas City St Louis and Chicago, signaling expected trade when the new hotel opens.
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Lawrence
Wanda Landowska
Paris
Paul Kammerer
Vienna
Eldridge House
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Eldriggve House
Open Bill Hopper Seeks Charter Board Change
The Kansas senate opened its session with 48 new private bills and a proposed constitutional amendment referred to the people for an advisory vote. A bill to alter charter board membership would add the state bank commissioner secretary of state and state treasurer, replacing the attorney general. Five fish and game measures passed, including search for game-law violations nonresident licenses and hunting regulations. An insurance measure would reimburse fire insurers $13 309 for taxes declared illegal by the supreme court as a double fee.
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Kan
Associated Press
Senate
Finley
Chanute
House
Ways and Means Committee
State Bank
Fish and Game Committee
Apt of Iola
Charter Board
Atorney
Charles Griffith
Carl R. White
Griffith
Frank J. Ryan
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Insurance Committee
Supreme Court
Plans for Merchants Institute Short Course in Lawrence
An executive committee outlined plans for a five day merchants institute in Lawrence starting March 2. Courses will be held at the Chamber of Commerce building and local stores with 150 course cards sold at 3 dollars each to fund the effort. Lectures by Pryor Irwin and Miss Glen Bendtly along with University of Kansas faculty will cover topics from competing today’s market to retail advertising and customer relations.
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Merchants’ Institute
Lawrence
S. P. Radcliffe
Merchants" Bureau
Harold J. Ingham
The
University and Co
Pryor Irwin
Glen Bendtly
Frances Kaiman
University School of Business
Qoutiine
Fischer's
Oberx’s
Innes
Weaver's
Jaedicke
McCulloch
Irwin
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Semimerce
Love Hunter
Rey Lawrence
H. C. Brinkman
D. R. Williams
Pryor-Irwin
Haywood tours Russia after US return rumors denied
Moscow reports deny that Big Bill Haywood has returned to the United States. He is employed as an international speaker aiding prisoners abroad and recently completed a southern Russia tour delivering sixty five speeches. A separate note from Emporia Kansas reports J E Deery and Isador Wigdor injured in a car train crash near Lebo. Wigdor critically injured with a skull fracture. Deery with severe head and face injuries. Civil service exams for carrier clerk positions in Lawrence will be held Saturday with about twenty applicants already registered.
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Moscow
Associated Press
America
Big Bill Haywood
United States
International Society For the Relief of Workmen
Russia
Emporia
Kan
J.E. Deery
Isador Wigdor
Arkansas City
Lebo
Wigdor
Deery
Lawrence
C. B. Hosford
State flag choice and mortgage tax updated in Kansas
Topeka Kansas February 16 The House passed a mortgage registration bill 81 to 20 with a flat 25 cent fee per mortgage regardless of term. The banner adopting the sunflower design by Emma Aldrich won 91 to 4 on second consideration. Proposals would bar Japanese from land ownership or long leases, raise penalties for bandits and burglars, and reclassify cities.
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Topeka
Kan
Associated Press
House
Senate
Joint
Kansas
Emma F. Aldrich
Cawker City
Papcon
Kearney County
Kearny County
Finigan
Wyandotte
Morgan, Douglas
Scott
Freshmen Debate Decides KU Meets William Jewell Team
The University of Kansas freshmen debate squad faces William Jewell College freshmen in an interclass contest on Thursday February 26. Coach Bryan Akinson says the resolution asks Congress to have power to repass legislation ruled unconstitutional by a two thirds Supreme Court vote. KU mounts the negative.
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University of Kansas
William Jewell College
Bryan Akinson
Uniersity
Congress
Supreme Court
Mount Oread
Playing Collins in Cave Ends in Tragedy in Pa
Thirteen year old Frank Grandkowsky died when a rock and dirt collapse trapped him during an exploration in an abandoned mine led by him near Bainesboro Pa Several companions escaped and summoned help after rescuers worked for hours to recover the body.
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Bainesboro
Frank Grankowsky
Collins-in
Medical men meet for intercounty association dinner
A combined gathering of Shawnee Wyandotte and Douglas county medical associations is set for Wiedemann's grill room Thursday at 6 30 pm. A dinner will precede talks by R C Lowman on Ileus and E P Sisson on Cardiac Irregularities with discussions led by Chas I Menninger and M T Sadler. Arthur D Gray will speak on Hypertrophy of the Prostate, with R B Stewart guiding the open discussion.
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Wyandotte
Douglas County
Wiedemann’s
R.C. Lowman
Kansas City
Kanég
R. B. Stewart
Topeka
E. P. Sisson
Lawrence
Two Cars Crash on Seventh and Tennessee Streets
A Dodge roadster driven by Lee Tman Underwood of 924 East Fourteenth Street and a Ford touring car driven by Carl Myers of 485 Michigan Street collided about 4 o clock yesterday at Seventh and Tennessee streets. Both drivers escaped injury though the vehicles suffered minor damage. Underwood was westbound and Myers eastbound when, in attempting to pass, they met head on. A wheel broke on the Dodge and the Ford radiator was damaged.
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Dodge
Lee- Tman Underwood
East Fourteenth Street
Carl Myers
Michigan’ Street
Seventh
Tennessee
Underwood
Myers
Ford
Debris Cleared After Fire at American Royal Pavilion
In Kansas City on February 16 laborers and trucks began clearing twisted debris from the burned American Royal Livestock pavilion. Stockyards clerical staff started inventory for insurers. Total loss exceeds 1 million dollars, reportedly insured. A new pavilion is expected to start construction at once.
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Kansas City
American Royal Livestock Pavilion
KU Graduate School Enrollment Reaches Record High
The University of Kansas graduate school reports 263 students this semester, up from 200 last term, marking the largest enrollment to date. Dean FE B. Stouffer notes a broad influx from other colleges and universities, with nearly every state college represented by two or more students pursuing graduate work.
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University of Kansas
FE. B. Stouffer
Civil case continued to May term in district court
On motion of the plaintiff the civil suit of William Bass against F S Williams was continued in district court until the May term. A jury hearing was waived in the civil case of W W Hutton against Henry Gerhard Ms.
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William Bass
F. S
Williams
W. W. Hutton
Henry
Gerhard
Lawrence Hosts Wheat Girl Today in Kansas Stop
Lawrence welcomed Miss Vada Watson, Kansas Wheat Girl, on her Kansas return from the east. Accompanied by Mr and Mrs Woody Hockaday of Wichita, she attended University convocation, Rotary events, and a University radio broadcast outlining her eastern tour. The party spoke at the Rotary luncheon and met women students, with notable stops at Detroit Chicago St Louis Philadelphia and New York ahead.
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Valentino
Vada Watson
Kansas
Miss Watson
F. W. Hockaday
Wichita
Lawrence
President Coolidge
Rotary Club
Tuncheon
Alpha Delta Pi
Kansas City
Kansas-Missouri Line
Detroit
Mich
Ford
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Lasteek
St. Louis
Topeka Capital
Kathleen O'Donnell
University Women’s Student Government Association
Robbery attempt at Mutual Oi filling station
An attempted break in occurred at the Mutual Oi filling station at 900 New Hampshire Street Saturday night. The south window was broken and entry gained, but the office safe was not opened and nothing was stolen according to Sunday morning staff report.
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Mutual Oi
New Hampshire Street
Fire causes 25 damage at Loyal cafe site
A small morning fire likely started by a discarded cigarette into trash above the Loyal cafe at 744 Massachusetts street caused about 25 in damage. The Merchants National Bank owns the building and Billy Moser occupies it. A Kansas Democratic Banquet will be held February 21 at Hotel Kansan in Topeka with Thomas Connelly of Texas as principal speaker. The new bus station is just south of Mantey’s Insurance office.
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Loyal Cafe
Massachusetts Street
Merchants National Bank
Billy Moser
Kansas Democratic
Kansas Democratic Club
Kansan
Topeka
Ss. L. Courtney
Thomas Connelly
Texas
Mantey’s Insurance Office
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Vada”Watson
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Haywood Tours
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