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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1925
Page
4
The Lawrence Kansas Journal-World lists subscription rates and office contact details, with editorials touching on state education governance, financing highways, and the need for reform in Kansas schools. It discusses legislation, university affairs, and U S peace armament inquiries in a period narrative tone.
A Topeka correspondent describes the state efforts to secure peace and improve security and notes weak legislative progress. He says the majority is divided with too many leaders, while a united minority blocks actions, implying the majority may need to align and accelerate its agenda to finish business promptly.
The report of the allied military control commission remains unreleased but news accounts imply Germany seeks to circumvent the peace treaty by arming and expanding forces. France’s steady dispositions and the Rhine bridge head occupation persist, suggesting tensions that hinder the Dawes plan’s application amid unsettled European affairs.
Today marks General Alvaro Obregon’s 45th birthday anniversary with a White House reception closing the official social season. Mardi Gras festivities begin in New Orleans Mobile and other southern cities as labor and progressive groups arrive in Chicago for a national conference to organize a new third party. A federal state tax law conference in Washington aims to untangle the inheritance tax tangle. Captain Asa Davison is named vice president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation in charge of operations. He rose from sailor to master, then to captain of fruit vessels and later superintendent of the fleet, serving with British authorities during World War I.
In Topeka a legislative debate about Izaak Walton inspired Rep Ben Endres of Leavenworth to tell a fish story about his brother law David E Palmer of Topeka. Palmer allegedly caught a Wisconsin fish weighing about 150 pounds and a warden later arrested him, with Palmer quipping the splash ruined a farm as he was pulled from the water.
Amid turbulent discussions and political sparring in the Kansas Senate and House, lawmakers spar over votes and study time. A supreme court ruling limits pay for state members after fifty days, prompting hopes the session ends early. Hammond, Coffey, Bright, and Perkill feature among speakers as prints show calls for prudence and economy.
Dr and Mrs Clarence E Holcombe motored to Topeka Sunday and stayed until Monday with their son Chester and family Fay Holliday transacted business in Lawrence Tuesday Mrs William Crick of Ft Scott aids care for flu weakened Mrs John Kilbourne at home with daughter Mrs W J Williams Mrs H B Asher of Lawrence in Baldwin Monday luncheon with Mrs Leonard B Snyder Asher helps discuss forming a city federation of clubs in Baldwin Odd Fellows meet Friday night at eight L L Davis and C E Randall second degree Rev and Mrs Everett Hughes visit Baldwin James Brumfield injures back at work doctors treat vertebrae out of place Kathryn Church Alpha Chi Omega house mother visits Lawrence Topeka and Topeka friends William A Quayle Allie Gayle Quayle and Chas S Parmenter drive to Kansas City for shopping driver William Wright seven thirty Wednesday morning the firr we ee. i
A fire at the Mrs. Wm Bristow property on 6th street near Topeka damaged the roof via a chimney flare from a furnace. Social notes record a Home Missionary February meeting at Mrs Edward Hueys and luncheon plans for Thursday. Also mentions Mrs Lyda Wired returning to De Soto after visiting Baldwin Evangeline chapter. Dr Paul Powell and Alletta Fisher wed in Topeka. Powell is a Baker alumnus and a young physician. Dr A Al Holtz, Kansas State Agricultural College Y M C A secretary, promoted from captain to major in the Officers Reserve corps. I W Felix fined $10 for speeding in Lawrence.
Holton Kansas February 7 Associated Press The Holton Recorder plans a special edition next month to honor Col M M Beck's fifty year association with the paper Now 86 he remains active in journalism though his son Will and daughter Martha operate the business Beck has resided in Holton since 1869 He traded into the Recorder in 1875 and has held roles including postmaster editor and proprietor He is known as the dean of Kansas newspaper men and his editorials are widely copied in the Republican press for their advocacy of politics.
Paris reports that China’s civil war is influencing spring fashion in the city’s style centers. Chinese color designs such as China crepe and Chin-Chin fabrics appear in models planned for unveiling at Auteuil and Longchamps. Designers favor solid gray blue and pale green with bold borders in hennas, yellows, and lavender. Some patterns are large enough for two or three garments, including a yellow sunflower motif and a three-color fall-over design. The overall trend remains the conventional straight line, with no radical changes expected before spring.
On the clipper Orontes during a fierce Southern Ocean gale a sailor falls overboard after a lightning strike. Captain Drake orders manuevering to recover, while Mary Manning watches from deck not abandoning her post as the storm rages and crests threaten. The crew bears the loss as tempests pound the vessel and tensions simmer between Drake and Jake Stevens.
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On the deck, Tony menaces Erb and Jake Stevens urges violence as terror grips Mary and Drake. Erb pleads to move quarters while the crew finishes work and the watch below is dismissed. Mary clings to the railing as danger lingers in the blackened night. To be continued.
Berlin reports slow progress in creating a general standardization across German industries. Dr F Neuhaus of Borsig Works outlines last year's gains including extensive pipe thread standardization. Industrialists in England, Holland, Austria and Switzerland support expanding standardization Europe wide to cut production costs. The piece also revisits medieval doctors fees in the fourteenth century with rates and annuities noted.
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