Davis and Peterson To Stand Trial In Bribery Case
Former Governor J M Davis and Carl J Peterson former state bank commissioner bound over to Shawnee County district court on bribery charges tied to seeking a pardon for Walter Grundy. Bond set at 1000 dollars each and trial may be advanced on the docket.
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Topeka
Kan
J. M. Davis
Carl J. Peterson
State Bank
District Court
Clyde Cowgill
Court of
Walter Grundy
Hutchinson
Cowgill
Ernest Bartholomew
Wichita
Grundy
Bartholomew
Davis
Noah L. Bowman
Peterson
J. F. Kell
Davis-Peterson
Shawnee
Ed Rooney
J.peterson
Young Bartholomew
Bar
C. B. Griffith
Tinkham Veale
Weather outlook for week in Midwest and plains
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday for the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for rain with Sunday night fairing. cooler finish. Temperatures near or above normal most of week with colder latter part. Plateau regions expect mostly fair skies east and rain west of the divide. Kansas forecast notes partly cloudy Sunday with slight cooling in the extreme southeast.
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Washington
Mississippi
Missouri
Governor Urged to Offer Reward for Murder Suspect
Nevada Governor Serugham was asked by Lt Governor to offer a state reward for Fred Gilbert, sought in the murder of George B. Okeson near Sharp. District Attorney Murphy and S. A. Okeson appealed, with the attorney general’s office lending aid and the American Legion joining the search. Okeson was a brother of Mrs. E L Haynes and Mrs. H W Keene of Reno.
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Reno
Nev
Serugham
Nevada
Fred Gilbert
George B. Okeson
Sharp
D. Murphy
Nye County
S. A. Okeson
Fairview
Kan
American Legion of the State
Gilbert
Relatives await word as 34 miners trapped at Sullivan mine
In Sullivan Indiana a crowd of relatives gathers by the shaft of the city coal company mine as rescue crews search for 34 miners still trapped after yesterday’s explosion. Sixteen bodies were recovered yesterday and one more today, authorities say the total may reach 51. Rescue work resumes this morning after ventilation issues halted operations. The morning body recovered is mine foreman Harry Anderson found near the entry into number three passage where most missing are believed.
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Harry Anderson
Air ship Los Angeles completes Bermuda flight
The airship Los Angeles departed Lakehurst for Bermuda and returned by 10:10 AM. Weather prevented mooring to Patoka, so officers followed a preplanned quick return. The craft arrived at Bermuda at 4:45 PM and cruised the area for hours before resuming the journey home.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Bermuda
Lakehurst
Navy Department
Patoka
Navy
Air ship Los Angeles tests crossing in heavy Bermuda rain
The air ship Los Angeles, over Bermuda, became rain soaked and shed ballast to maintain flight. Crew and passengers believed the voyage proved the feasibility of navigating air ships day or night across seas in bad weather.
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Los Angeles
Bermuda
Close Aircraft Hearings In Washington Congress
The house aircraft committee voted to end its hearings immediately to finish records for printing before March 4 adjournment and because the $25,000 funds for the investigation are nearly exhausted. A separate note reports sparks from a chimney causing two small roof holes at the house occupied by Henry Lacy at 716 Mississippi Street around noon.
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Washington
Associated Press
House Aircraft Committee
Henry Lacy
Missississippi Street
Wichita bids for 1925 international air races
Wichita Kansas February 21 announcement that the city will host the 1925 international air races if a landing field and support are complete. L S Seymour, president of the local Aero Nautic association, says Major Howard Wehrle pledged the meet by letter, with RB Shaw stating the guarantee needed is about $40,000. An award was expected in April.
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Wichita
Kan
L. S. Seymour
National Aeronautic Association
Howard Wehrle
Seymour
RB. Russell Shaw
Wehrle
Major Wehrle
Where They Stand Bill Creating Dodge City Teachers College
Highlights of 1925 legislation to date. Dodge City teachers college approved by house, awaiting senate action. Several bills pass to next chamber, others stalled in committees. Armistice day holiday, foreign corporations charter exemptions, and bus regulation bill await senate action.
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Topeka
Kan
Associated Press
House
Senate
Dodge City Teachers College
Board of Regents
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
State Banking Board
Finley
Davis Board of Trade
Public Service Commission
Chauncey Little to Lead Kansas Washington Day Dinner
Chauncey B. Little of Olathe will be the principal speaker at the Democratic Kansas Washington Day Club dinner in Topeka, substituting for Tom Connally who could not attend. Edgar C. Bennett and Earl M. Knight will also speak, with Bennett expected as a possible president of the annual election. Cow Girls debate Wyoming March 23 at Lawrence on congressional power to repass unconstitutional laws. The human body contains the equivalent of seven bars of soap.
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Topeka
Kan
Chauncey B. Little
Olathe
Speaer
Little
Tom Connally
Texas
Edgar C. Bennett
Marysville
Kansas
Earl M. Knight
Arkansas City
Bennett
University of Wyoming
K.‘U
Lawrence
Congress
Supreme Court
Kansas Senate Passes Elections Measure and Cigarette Tax Bill
The Kansas Senate approved an elections committee bill banning candidacies after the primary with no debate, sending it to third reading. It also advanced the Van De Mark cigarette bill licensing and taxing sales to minors and passed a public service bill consolidating commissions and setting a 244 mill levy. Several other bills were signed into law, including armistice day being declared a holiday and updates to road and zoning legislation.
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Topeka
Kan
Associated Press
State Senate
Elections Committee
Parker
Latimer
Legislative Mill
Senate
Committee of the Whole
Iowa
Public Service Commission
House
Public ‘Utilities
Davis Board of Trade
Boards of Trades
Cooperative Grain Marketing Associations
Kansas
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Hunter Named Clark Genetics Chair in Psychology
Worcester mass Feb 21 Dr Walter S Hunter head of psychology at University of Kansas named to the G Stanley Hall chair of Genetic Psychology at Clark University. The chair honors Clark's first president and is funded by funds left by Dr Hall. Hunter born December 1889 in Decatur Illinois, UT alumnus, PhD Chicago 1912, at Kansas nine years.
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Worcester
Mass
Walter S. Hunter
University of Kansas
G. Stanley Hall
Clark , University
Hall
Hunter
Decatur
University of Texas
University of Chicago
Paris Police Seeking General Wood's Son
Paris February 21 The police began an investigation into the disappearance of Osborne C Wood son of Leonard Wood governor general of the Philippines who has been missing since Monday from his hotel at the request of his valet.
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Paris
A. P
Osborne C. Wood
Leonard Wood
Phillippines
Kansas City
Police Department
Burt, Lovejoy
George Peters
Fell Under Horse: Suffers Injury In Lightning Storm
Baldwin Feb 21 Ellmer Carey, a young man, was seriously injured when a horse fell upon him during an electrical storm on his uncle Thomas Gilliland’s farm six miles southwest of Baldwin. The bolt killed both horses. Gilliland was stunned but survived. Carey’s back was injured and he was also stunned.
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Baldwin
Ellmer Carey
Thomas Gilliland
Yung
Carey
Notable Klan Leaders Injured in Georgia Crash
Col W J Simmons of Atlanta and Morris Moore of Houston were seriously hurt in a car crash near Gainesville Georgia while en route to Simmons home. Simmons suffered a punctured lung and both collar bones broken while Moore had a broken neck. J R Rainer escaped unharmed. The trio were on an organizational trip when the vehicle left the road and fell into an embankment. Ambulance transport was arranged for treatment and possible operations.
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Atlanta
Col
W. J. Simmons
Ku Klux Klan
Morris Moore
Houston
Tex
Supreme Knight
The
Knights of the Flaming Sword
Simmons
Gainesville
Iment
Ground breaks for $200000 Indian funded stadium at Haskell Institute
Ground will soon begin on a reinforced concrete athletic stadium at Haskell Institute with a 11000 seat capacity. Funded entirely by Indian capital and labor, the project aims to bring in athletic events previously confined to foreign fields. Initial contributions total 65000 with expectations of further gifts from Oklahoma tribes Comanches Creeks and Osages, and the first donor named is Senator Curtis of Kansas.
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Haskell Institute
Dick Hanley
Hanley
Oklahoma
Commanches
Creeks
Curtis
Kansas
Delegates Gather for Kansas Student Volunteer Conference
About 75 delegates from 10 colleges attend the twentieth annual Kansas State Student Volunteer Conference at First Methodist Church. Ray Johnson of Topeka presides as events include an all day session and a banquet at Plymouth Congregational church with Clyde W. Totten as toastmaster. An illustrated lecture on Missionary Nature is slated for 8:20 PM by Reverend Davis. delegates enjoy a city sight-seeing tour courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Kansas State
First Methodist Church
Ottawa University
Baker University
Southwestern College
Washburn College
Friend’s College
College of Emporia
Kansas State Teachers’ College
Bethel College
Bethany College
University of Kansas
First Methodist
Ray Johnson
Topeka
Plymouth Congregational’ Church
Clyde W. Totten
Plymouth Congregational Church
Elmer Thompson
India
Orvillé Walters
Shutt
Marie Lillard
Ruby Olson
Methodist Church
Davis
Borneo
Chamber of Commerce
Mis
Fireman accused in fiery death of ten Airedale puppies
City hall discussion centered on rumors that a fire department member threw ten puppies into a stove and burned them alive. Some witnesses and officials doubted the tale, while a cited active agent reportedly confessed to killing the animals first and burning their bodies. A jailed witness declined to talk, saying he fears reprisals.
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Fire Department
Play Well Received Spruce Cone and Bunchberry
The three act play by the Lawrence Camp Fire girls in Liberty Memorial high school auditorium drew a large audience and was praised as dramatic and financial success. The first acts show a transformation toward goodwill through Camp Fire principles, with an impressive fire fighting scene in the last act amid interludes of specialty numbers. Forty-one divorces were granted in Douglas county last year, with district court compiling statistics for government records.
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Lawrence Camp Fire Girls
Liberty Memorial High School
Camp Fire Guardians’ Association
Douglas County
Collins plans to recover Floyd Collins by tube effort
Homer Collins says a steel circular tube driven into Sand Cave may reach Floyd Collins entombed inside. He hopes to bury him in a cemetery with a memorial and is considering organizing an engineering crew to continue the work.
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Louisville
Homer Collins
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Collins
Rates Talk At Lawrence Chamber Meeting On Freight Changes
E H Hogueland of Topeka traffic counsel for the Topeka Traffic Association will address the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. The discussion concerns the Southwestern rate case and proposed revisions to class and commodity rates that could disrupt state rate structures and long-standing methods from St Louis. The plan would affect shippers and retailers in Lawrence, with detailed intra and intercity rate increases listed for several markets and commodities.
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E. H. Hogueland
Topeka
Topeka Traffic Association
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Disque
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwest
St. Louis
Lawrence
Kansas City
Praise Beloit School Visitors Praise Beloit Industrial School
Emma J. Kennedy and Mrs. Bussing returned from Beloit after two days inspecting the Beloit Industrial School. Kennedy praised the institution for its clean home atmosphere and productive tasks that prepare girls for life. The 150 girls aged 11 to 20 are busy and content, with 30 on parole in Kansas City.
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Emma J. Kennedy
EB. C. Bussing
Beloit
Kansas City
Kennedy
Izaak Walton League to organize local chapter
Monday night at 7 30 at the Elks club C C Dohaney national representative will lead the organization of the Lawrence chapter Do you want to leave a little hunting and fishing for your children Come to the meeting Monday night and hear about it Also Scout Badges to be awarded at the Boy Scout Court of Honor Monday night 7 30 at Chamber of Commerce building Examiners named for various scout activities Clearing House Condition New York Feb 21 Actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows an excess reserve of 15616750 This is a decrease in reserve of 35029370 compared with last week Listen in with Hannas
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Lawrence
Izaak Walton League
Elks Club
C. C. Dohaney
League
Dohaney
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Chamber of Commerce
Clearing House Condition
New
York
Juvenile theft ring exposed by city police
A group of six boys aged 13 to 17 confessed to multiple store burglaries. Named youths include Eugene Washington and Melvin Washington. Bennie Lee Murry, Theodore McGee, Elmer Scott, and Arthur Jordan. Murry, McGee, and Scott were sent to Topeka’s boys industrial school. remaining youths likely to become wards of juvenile court.
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Eugene Washington
Melvin Washington
Bennie Lee Murry
Theodore McGee
Elmer Scott
Arthur Jordan
Bennie Murry
Bennie
Bennie Lee
Murry
Eugene
Klock
Missisippi Street
Rob Edmonds
Edmonds Cash
Massachusetts Street
The
Stone
New York Street
Bennie Lee Murray
Lawrence
American Legion
Legion
H. E. Scott
Elme Scott
Gilbham’s
Edgar Seal Reelects With Record Year Of Sales
Edgar Steel Seal Com pany reports continued advancement with record sales of its seal, drawing more railroads and shippers to trust the product for security. Thad C. Carver, Pratt Kansas banker, will lead as president for another year, with W K Edgar H B Ober and C C Edgar among officers and a slate of directors including F P Smith D P Richardson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Steel Seal & Mig.Company
Thad C. Carver
Peoples Bank
Pratt
Kansas
Edgar Steel Seal Company
W. K. Edgar
H. B. Ober
C. C. Edgar
Geo. B. Edgar
F. P. Smith
D. P. Richardson
T. A. Noftiger
W. C. Simons
J. P. Davis
Special meeting urged to finish farm bureau drive
County agent H C Colglazier has called a special farm bureau meeting for next Wednesday at 7 PM in the Chamber of Commerce building to finish this year’s membership campaign. Frank Blecha will lead the session and aid the effort as about 140 memberships remain to complete the drive. Harry Kane is recovering at home after a critical illness and recent hospital care in Kansas City.
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H. C. Colglazier
Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Blecha
Plekat
Harry Kane
Kansas City
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Hanns
Slayer
E. L. Hayres
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E.L. Haynes
AB. W. Keene
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BRILL
Dodge
City Teachers’ College
Flint
Salina
L iv. Kmt
Frank T. Stockton
School of Business
Henry F. Holzclaw
Bureau of ‘Business Research
State Highway Commission
State Commission
W. S. Hunter
K. U. Paychology Department
Clark University
General Wood
Lightning Bolt
Gilliland Farm
Elmer Carey
Imperial Wizard of Klan
Haskell
Kansas’ City
Senate Agriculture Committee
Jennie Armstrong
Houston, Pa
M. B. Brownlee
Congregational
Floyd
Beloit School
Mrs. Kennedy
Mrs. Bussing
Izaak “Walton League
Hanna
Edgar Seal
County Farm Bureau
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