Fuel Board Blamed For Coal Shortage
Senator Reed of Missouri blames the fuel administration for the coal shortage in a Senate subcommittee statement. He calls for immediate price and contract announcements to stabilize the industry and argues the February fuel order closed eastern industries without lawful authority.
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Powder Monkey Talks on Battleship Life in Lawrence Visit
Byron Love of 342 Indiana Street has served five months in the navy aboard the U S S Louisiana. He jokes about court martial if asked to reveal ports and notes battleships’ many compartments while describing life as a powder monkey in the turret.
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E. C. Love
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U. 8S. S. Louisiana
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Epes
Russian Conditions Topic for Univ Lecture by Dr Harper
Dr Samuel Harper professor of Russian at Chicago University speaks at a University convocation in Robinson Gym 4 PM about Russia during the revolution He recently returned from Russia where he served with the American Legation and acted as interpreter He arrives in Lawrence tonight all University classes excused for the lecture by Chancellor Frank Strong
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Petrograd
Chicago University
Robinson Gymnasium
Russia
Legation
Hic
Frank Strong
Lawrence
Harper
Bolsheviks Accept Peace Terms After Turbulent Night
In Petrograd on February 24 the Bolshevik government accepted German peace terms following a stormy session at Smolny. Trotzky did not attend while Premier Lunine urged acceptance and Bolshevik delegates swung the vote. A party conference earlier backed peace 20 to 26 with 12 abstentions. Social Revolutionaries opposed acceptance urging a new constituent assembly to decide.
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Associated Press
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Smolny Institute
Leon Trotzky
Léonine
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Americans Raid Chemin-des-Dames In Bold Franco American Action
Details of a Franco American raid in the Chemin-des-Dames show 26 picked Americans from a volunteered battalion joining the attack. They advanced behind a long barrage, pressed beyond the objective, and captured prisoners in hand to hand fighting before withdrawing under German counter fire.
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France
Chemin-des-Dames
No Man's Land
Explosives License for Druggists Needed by Law
Washington reports the government requires druggists to hold United States licenses to sell certain explosive ingredients. The rule aims to prevent prohibited use by individuals who could assemble explosives from common drugstore products. Record keeping will be required for each sale above a small threshold.
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Washington
United States
Pinckney School Tops Attendance With 95.27 Percent
Pinckney school led city attendance for last semester with a 95.27 percent rate based on enrollment by month. Central 94 percent, Lincoln 93.96, Cordley 92.9, Quincy 92.4, McAllaster 92.1, Woodlawn 91, New York 88.4. The Birth of the Flag may be hung in Pinckney’s building for the rest of the year.
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Pinckney Leads Thrift Stamp Drive in Lawrence Schools
Lawrence city schools report total thrift stamps and baby bonds purchases of 2384.50 dollars. Pinckney. Cordley schools lead the contest with Pinckney’s 114 pupils buying 48 thrift stamps and 102 baby bonds while Cordley has 44 students with 474 thrift stamps and 66 baby bonds. Rotarians schedule their regular bi weekly luncheon tomorrow at the Elks Club.
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McCumber Warns America on Bolshevik Threats
Senator McCumber denounces Bolsheviki surrender to Germany and warns of Bolshevik influence in the United States. He cites profiteers labor slackers and unpatriotic officials as undermining the war effort and risking Allied victory in France. He calls for action against Bolshevik doctrine and shipyard delays.
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Central Powers plan self rule for Courland and Lithuania
Amsterdam reports Imperial Chancellor von Hertling told the Reichstag the Central Powers aim to grant self government to Courland and Lithuania while seeking peace terms with Ukraine. He said Central Powers will not establish themselves in Fisthonia or Livonia and that Poland would be freed as an independent state, with constitutional issues still under debate among the three nations.
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Packers accused of opposing labor bills across states
Chicago reports five large meat packers Armour Swift Morris Wilson and Cudahy allegedly colluded to influence labor and legislation in Illinois Nebraska Kansas and elsewhere. Attorney Walsh read letters from packer files to prove the charges as part of wage arbitration.
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Francis J. Heney
Federal Trade Commission
O. S. Bowman
Wilson &Co
W. R. Brown
Hoy M. Hope
Topeka
Tesigest Trade Commission
Toye
Death of Grand Duke by Own Action Sparked by Mental Worries
Amsterdam reports the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz died by self inflicted gunshot. His body was found in a small lake after he left his castle Saturday and did not return, with Berlin observers noting his sadness and reserve amid recent distress.
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Four More Qualify Four Draft Registrants Pass Examinations
Four registrants were qualified for military service yesterday by Tir E F Phillips local draft board. Three were referred to the medical advisory board. The men who passed the examinations were George Franklin Simpson Clarence Cornelius Harris Fred Allen McClanahan and Roy M Sullivan.
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Roy M. Sullivan
Pig Makes Double Kaw River Swim to Freedom
William C Wise pursues a pig that escaped a packing house by leaping from a wagon into the Kaw River. The animal swam the river twice despite 2 to 3 foot waves, moved along Santa Fe tracks, and was recaptured on the north bank after Wise used Horace Tripp's boat to follow. Public reaction favors granting the pig its freedom.
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William C. Wise
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Every Child to Help Junior Red Cross Effort Initiated
Mrs M H Warren appointed assistant to Miss Maycia Carter to coordinate Junior Red Cross work in city schools. Office hours begin Saturdays 2 to 4 and Wednesdays 3 to 5 in Red Cross rooms. A meeting of school representatives is set for Thursday afternoon to plan age appropriate work and establish monthly progress records.
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M. H. Warren
Maycia Carter
War food conferences set across Kansas March 3 to 9
Twelve gatherings organized by the State Council of Defense and the U S Food Administration will be held in Topeka Kansas towns during March 3 to 9. Speakers include Lt Paul Perigord of the French army and Roscoe Mitchell and Everett Colby of New Jersey.
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State Council of Defense
United States Food Administration
Paul Perigord
Scott City
Dodge City
Pratt
Horton
Clay Center
Downs
99.3 Percent Insured at Camp Doniphan
Oklahoma City February 26 according to Chamber of Commerce reports 99 3 percent of the men at Camp Doniphan Oklahoma are insured under the government plan This ranks Camp Doniphan eighth among cantons nationwide with 99 percent or more insured.
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Classifications and Poem Request For Molar Year Book
The district board lists classifications by district and industry with names and classes such as 1A 2C 3J and 7e for Irwin Hartley Lawrence and others. Dr L M Mathews is asked to write a poem for the Molar year book of Kansas City Dental College to be published next month for June commencement.
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Lawrence
George Sturm
Eudora
Virgil C. Schufstall
Charles Haywood Jackson
Richland
Leroy Deay
Jesse Sutton
Leslie J. Demerrit
L. M. Mathews
Kansas City Dental College
Kansas Weather Report Highlights Cold Front
A brief weather update notes fair skies followed by colder conditions tonight and a temperature drop into Wednesday. The report covers today’s morning and afternoon periods with a forecast of continued cool, dry conditions.
Petrograd Digging Defense Trenches Amid German Advance
Bolshevik headquarters move to a safer army camp as Petrograd workers mobilize after reports of German detachment gains near Pskov. London dispatch notes Bolshevik leadership staying at Smolny Institute while camps form. Americans in Moscow moved to Samara. no immediate Moscow occupation expected. A German claim of Lenin’s peace terms awaits reply. Ko lenkowitz and another town captured. British ship Philadelphia sunk by a submarine.
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Smolny Institute
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Wahsington
Moscow
Samara
Burleson Boosts Parcel Post Weight Limits
Postmaster General Burleson announced higher parcel post limits to move farm products to consumers. Effective March 1 packages in first and second zones may weigh up to 70 pounds for delivery in first to third zones, up from 50 pounds. Other zones rise from 20 to 50 pounds.
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Washington
Burleson
Russian Commander-in-Chief Shot in Petrograd
Ensign Krylenko, the Russian commander-in-chief, was shot and slightly wounded in Petrograd on Saturday by a Socialist. The wound was in the neck and the assailant was arrested, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam.
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Artillery Duel Intensifies as U S Forces Hold Toul Front
In the American sector northwest of Toul the artillery duel grows fiercer with the Germans firing hundreds of shells in 24 hours and using gas on our batteries. American guns reply effectively while enemy parties are shelled and patrols advance. Aerial activity is limited by rain.
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Toul
German Prize Crew Seized Ignatz Mandl Near Shaw Lighthouse
The Spanish steamship Ignatz Mandl with a German prize crew ashore near Shaw lighthouse after being captured by the Wolf in the Pacific. Two Americans among 22 prisoners, including women and children, landed by lifeboat. Danish authorities interposed to intern the vessel. The Wolf, 15 months at sea, operated in Atlantic Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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Professor Denounces Egg Substitutes as Frauds
Professor E H Bailey of the university chemistry department attacks egg substitutes in a Journal World letter calling them rank frauds. He notes the products merely color food yellow and fail to replace eggs in cooking. Pennsylvania Food Commissioner James Foust also calls them rank frauds for containing cornstarch coal tar dye and minimal casein and warns their sale is unlawful.
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E. H. Bailey
Chemistry Department
Journal-World
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James Foust
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KU Women Must Attend Food Conservation Lecture
E D Teeter, first KU lecturer on food and the war, will speak in Fraser Chapel at 4 tomorrow afternoon. The talk is part of a series on conservation of foods under national government plans requiring all women to attend. Lawrence women are welcome.
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Germans Prepare Public for New Sacrifices in West Offensive
London reports that Germany’s war office ordered newspapers to start a campaign to ready the public for the expected large casualties as the western offensive begins, according to a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam.
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Two Years For Talk On Espionage Act Conviction
William Schubert pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the espionage act and was sentenced to two years in Leavenworth Kansas federal penitentiary. He was charged with threatening the President and trying to incite disloyalty in the military. The indictment accused him of urging the President’s assassination and supporting the Kaiser to win the war.
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St. Louis
Wm. Schubert
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Schubert
Can Be Citizens Under Seven Year Declaration Rule
A letter to Charles Moss, district court clerk, from N R Bevington states there is no law preventing filing of a declaration of intention by an alien enemy at any time. Moss notes those with declarations more than seven years old may obtain new declarations from the district court clerk.
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District Court
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Hotel and restaurant head returns from Chicago banquet
Billy Hutson state hotel and restaurant chairman of the food administration returned last night from a trip to Chicago where he attended a food conservation banquet by John Bowman national food administrator. Herbert Hoover addressed the meeting before Chicago Hotel Association members and guests.
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Billy” Hutson
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John Bowman
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Herbert Hoover
Deadlock Breaks Over Lawrence City Franchise Vote
Lawrence city commission ends a deadlock on the Interurban switching franchise after a lengthy session. Commissioner Holyfield pushes publishing the terms to inform the public while Cleland and others discuss. The roll is called, votes are tallied, and the resolution is deemed passed, though Mayor Francisco’s vote is noted as needing unanimity. Citizens will soon learn the full franchise terms.
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W. W. Holyfield
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Brooks
Lawrence
Kansas Girl Contest Nominated By Petition At KU
Jayhawker announces a new format for the annual beauty contest at the University of Kansas. Any KU woman may run if twenty five petitions from students are submitted to the managers before Monday. Voters holding two Jayhawker subscriptions will cast ballots, with eight top vote earners shown in Our Kansas Girls. Three faculty judges will tally results on March 16.
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Red Guards Resist German Advance Amid City Fighting
Bolsheviks seize Pskov 175 miles southwest of Petrograd as street fighting erupts there. Red Guards stubbornly resist German advances across the front, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Petrograd.
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Pskov
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Phenol Blaze Quelled by Quick Student Action
A chemistry lab fire sparked by phenol on a heating plate caused minor damage of about 75 dollars in the qualitative analysis laboratories. Students used an emergency hose to douse the flames with water, preventing a larger blaze as a high wind swept through the building. The quick response saved the lab before the city fire department arrived, with many students from the Engineering Building assisting.
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