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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1923
Page
1
Paris Jan 4 Allied reparations talks collapse as Premier Poincare delivers a sharp ultimatum to Britain. The British call the rupture amicable and plan to return home, while Italy submits fresh proposals to salvage the session.
A box of work shoes picked up near the Union Pacific tracks in North Lawrence remains in police possession with no claimants. The goods are thought to be destined for a town on the Rock Island line, but no shortage claim has been filed with local police through the Rock Island company.
The Vinland Cemetery Improvement Club will meet Saturday afternoon in the annex of the Presbyterian church at Vinland. All members and those interested are urged to attend.
Washington Jan 4 The administration Senate leaders pledged immediate consideration of Senator Robinsons plan for American representation on the reparations commission after a White House talk between President Harding Ambassador Harvey and Lodge. Lodge did not state a view on adoption but signaled no opposition and set a special Foreign Relations Committee meeting for tomorrow to weigh the measure.
On January 4 in front of the First National Bank two gunfights left a paroled asylum inmate named John Farrell gravely wounded in the chest and back after resisting officers who fired five shots. A black janitor was hit in the arm and a patrolman wounded in the heel as police subdued Farrell amid a crowd.
Firemen in Lawrence sell tickets for the firemen's ball set for Tuesday January 30 at the Fraternal Aid Union hall. Proceeds go to the firemen pension fund created after a city ordinance authorized pensions for veterans of over fifty with twenty years service and for disabled firemen. Ball sales have drawn hearty support from the community.
Monroe La January 4. The Jennings cavalry on duty at Mer Rouge in the Morehouse kidnapping investigation was ordered divided with half to move to Bastrop. Colonel L F Guerre, commander of Morehouse troops, announced the order. Troops expected to reach Bastrop by noon. Significance of the move not learned.
Two Lawrence residents were named among the prize winners in the Missouri Kansas Oklahoma exhibition of the Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City. John R. Frasier of the University fine arts faculty won the first purchase prize of 250 dollars for a portrait. Lena Rue Kirby won the gold medal in the water color class for Stone Cutters.
Receivers of the St. Louis El Reno and Western railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon operation of the forty two mile Guthrie Oklahoma to El Reno line.
Rescue crews resumed searching the Cowlitz river after a suspension bridge in Kelso collapsed during a traffic jam causing many on the structure to plunge into the water. Eight names were known missing with estimates of up to thirty presumed dead.
Furniture moved from storage to the Chamber of Commerce building will be stored on the first floor and a rest room for the public will be opened on the southwest room now used as the hotel campaign headquarters. A hostess will attend to visitors once furnishing and plumbing alterations are complete.
Paul Thomas 25 and a man believed to be John S. Shannon 30 were found clubbed to death on a road north of Parsons Kansas while defending against robbers. Shannon had left Sedalia Missouri after about twenty days as a switchman at the M E and T railroad yards.
The Chicago Society of Artists exhibit at the School of Fine Arts will stay open until 5:30 each afternoon including Sunday January 14, instead of closing at 4:30 as first announced. The exhibit features thirty two paintings and runs daily in the galleries.
John Montgomery, critically ill in Emporia with pneumonia, has passed the crisis and is on the road to recovery, per a telephone message received last night by his father Frank Montgomery of Lawrence.
A Black man named Les Lieget was lynched by a white mob who abducted him last night. His body was found in the southern part of Shreveport riddled with bullets.
Mrs William Reiss aged 49 died in Waukegan after an uninterrupted sleep lasting sixty hours authorities reported the death occurred today with no sign of external injury.
Two Wichita boys aged 10 and 11 burglarized the Guarantee State Bank of Wichita last night, netting $1415. They hid most of the money in a sand pile near the bank, were caught trying to buy train fare to Dallas not long after, and recoveries total about $32. The youths, Henry Knofflech and Frankie Patterson, confessed they found an unlocked door around 10:30 p.m. and opened a cash box. They spent the night at a Wichita newspaper mailing room before detectives intervened. Both youths reside with parents in Wichita and attend local schools.
Dr. H W Hutchinson, retiring Kiwanis president, cited club work on nervous clinic as its most significant effort. Dr Karl Menninger of Topeka offered to hold a second clinic Tuesday of next week, with the club arranging the date. E Kennard reported Lawrence Kiwanis is well known at Chicago offices for prompt reports by Secretary E S Weatherby. F P Smith spoke as a guest on civic club action.
Members of the executive committee for the new Lawrence hotel campaign will meet tomorrow at 6 PM for a dinner at the Chamber of Commerce. Bryant C. Morris and Hackenbury Hotel System reps will outline plans to launch hotel fundraising later this month. The session, the first since November’s postponement, also invites attendance at the Nebraska Kansas basketball game that evening.
H B Peairs superintendent of Haskell Institute and chief supervisor of Indian education plans a Sacramento trip to meet California state school authorities. He notes government tuition for Indian students in California leads only Oklahoma in the nation for per student payments.
The new appropriation bill before Congress would fund 800 students at Haskell Institute, up from 750. Superintendent H. B. Peaks says 800 or more have attended at times. the bill would also finance constructing a large sleeping porch on the small boys’ building at the school.
Five University of Kansas law graduates passed the Missouri State Bar exam, per a Jefferson City report. The new admitted include Lafayette Johnson Haines Jr, Walter Lyman Kimmel, Raymond Ellsworth Martin, Eugene George Wetzel, and John Weston Miller.
A number of Mexicans delinquent in poll tax payments were summoned to appear in police court this morning. Only one Mexican appeared to make payment that day, while several others had appeared yesterday on summons and paid their poll tax.
A quirky story from Lawrence describes a membership drive for the American Legion post. An army of thirty colonels, four sergeants, two corporals and a single buck private led by Harry Gregg marched in search of dues dodgers and non members. Speeches by T. J. Sweeney Henry Asher Van Bruner and C. L. Scott praised the Legion as a community asset and future stabilizer. By mid campaign nearly 100 members had paid 1923 dues and junior high boxing matches entertained attendees.
Last night Lawrence police handled several disturbance calls including a missing schoolchild at 627 Bridge Street, a rear door entry at 224 West Ninth Street where nothing was taken, a basement entry at 444 Louisiana Street with the home left in disorder, and a prowler report at 1137 Indiana Street a sorority house where no intruder was found.
Washington Jan 4 The senate banking committee agreed on a partial program of farm credits legislation. It decided to report the Capper bill substantially as drawn and then proceed with consideration of the Lenrood Anderson in addition.
Lawrence postmaster C S Finch announces a recommended 115000 appropriation for a new post office wing. He recalls annual crowding since 1904 and explains wartime building pauses, noting receipts rose from 33000 to 122000 and urging relief to handle future mail volume.
Lawrence Scott M Hubbard formerly of the Kansas City branch of the Mansfield Land and Loan Co has been transferred to the Lawrence peanen and will make his home ere.
Kansas City January 4. Erwin Rudolph Bergdoll the draft evader must remain in the military prison at Leavenworth Kansas where he is serving a four year sentence Judge John C Pollock of the Kansas federal court ruled today The judge sustained the government motion to dismiss Bergdoll's petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his confinement.
London Jan 4 The Turkish government issued a decree calling to the colors all able bodied men in liberated regions, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Constantinople.
Records of the City Managers Association move from Cleveland to Lawrence as the national headquarters will be at the University of Kansas. John G. Stutz, also secretary of the Kansas League of Municipalities, will lead the association. The library will be shipped and a 48 page monthly bulletin edited, plus a 300 page year book issued in spring.
The annual Baptist church meeting elected L. E. Sisson as moderator along with P. R. Powell as clerk and E. J. Hilkey as treasurer. Officials include Eva Horton financial secretary and Edna Teeter for the New World Movement, with multiple deacons, trustees, and department superintendents announced. The pastor Rev. Frank Jennings reported five years of growth in youth work and Sunday school, noting finances rose from 1918 to last year and mission giving surging.
Coal burned in the basement at 940 Indianas triggering a still alarm to the fire department yesterday at 8 15 pm. The coal was removed and a fire was averted.
Three additional diphtheria cases were reported to Dr. A. W. Clark, superintendent of the city health department yesterday. One death in Lawrence recently was caused by diphtheria.
A want ad promises to help readers find a new house by aligning listings with their preferences. It emphasizes quick results and personalized options to match buyers' vision.
The Lawrence board of education approved equipment plans for Liberty Memorial High School and authorized bidding on thirteen equipment categories with a total fund of 50 000 to 60 000 dollars. Plans cover cabinets, lab tables, shelving, lockers, gym and kitchen equipment, auditorium seating, curtains, and stage scenery with bids due next month.
Band practice for the high school organization resumes at noon today under Director Walter Rigdon. The group will follow the regular schedule of Thursday noons and Monday evenings, and offers an open invitation for new players to join.
Mrs A B Mitchell is ill at her home this week with throat trouble. The notice notes her condition and rest.
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