Kansas Supreme Court grants stay in Lindley case
The Kansas Supreme Court granted Chancellor H. Lindley of the University of Kansas a temporary stay to remain in office while his appeal from a Douglas county district court ruling is heard. The decision keeps Lindley in charge of University affairs as Judge Hugh Jeans had set a ten-day injunction previously. The hearing was scheduled for this afternoon, with Judge C. A. Smart representing Lindley and Walter Thiele also present.
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Associated Press
State Supreme Court
Fr. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Douglas County District Court
Lindley
Unser
Walter Thiele
Lawrence
Supreme Court weighs osteopath optometry case in Kansas
In Topeka on January 6 the Kansas Supreme Court heard an argument over whether an osteopath licensed as an optometrist may legally practice optometry. The lower court ruled he could, while the case was appealed. Proceedings suggested the legislature may be asked to clarify the law.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court
J. F. Finch
Mitchell
Harry E
Pustace
Eustace
Hi Wag
Warrants Issued for Day Agents in Omaha Neb
County Attorney Henry Beal reported warrants for federal prohibition enforcement agents Robert Samaras and Karl Schmitt and Deputy Sheriffs Ernest Fee Graham and Dan Phillips. They face assault and battery and oppression under color of office charges related to alleged illegal liquor raids. Beal said complaints claim sheriffs office and federal agents conducted warrantless midnight raids, breaking in doors and assaulting suspected family members.
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Omaha
Neb
Jas
Ferest
Robert Samaras
Karl Schmitt
Ernest Fee
A Graham
Dan Phillips
Henry Beal
Sheraf
Beal
Miner Officer Killed in Pittston Firefight
United Mine Workers vice president Samuel Spavhin was shot and killed near his Pittston home. Fourteen bullets hit him as five men were arrested in connection with the shooting amid unresolved questions about possible ties to a coal strike. Spavhin had left home for a miners meeting, his wife said, though no meeting occurred last night. In Washington, the will of Samuel Gompers was contested in district court claiming undue influence by his son Samuel J. Gompers and others, with the widow receiving the legal minimum.
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Scranton
Wadant
Samuel Spavhin
Joeaanion
United Mine Workers
Pittston
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Spachia
Gompers
Washington
Jan
Samuel Gompers
District Court of Columbia Supreme Court
Gertrude Gompers
Veto of postal bill upheld by Senate vote
President Conlidge’s veto of the postal pay bill was sustained 55 to 29 in the Senate, short of the two thirds needed to override. The outcome shifts salary increases to depend on a pending administration measure to advance pay and postal rates, with passage expected this session.
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Washington
Fin
Conlidge
Senate
Postal workers vow against public improvements in Kansas
Topeka, Jan. 6. If the postal wage bill fails in Congress, postal employees will vote against bond issues and other public improvements. A. S. Strain of Topeka said that should the president veto stand, a resolution will be proposed at the next postal employees meeting calling Kansas workers to oppose all forms of public improvements.
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Topeka
Kan
A. S. Strain
Topeki
Kansas
Morals at Issue in Kansas Lawyer Disbarment Case
Topeka Kan Jan 6 The Kansas supreme court heard briefs without argument on whether J Sanford of Independence may be disbarred for moral turpitude tied to a liquor law violation conviction. The case follows a police court liquor conviction and upheld by the district court with disbarment proceedings now pending. Henry W Jacobs 49 a noted engineer died in Atchison while visiting his mother. He was a Chicago consulting engineer on Great Lakes waterways and railroads facing health issues in recent years. Oklahoma legislature convenes with economy program as 10th Oklahoma session opens in Oklahoma City.
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Topekit
Kan
Kansas
J. Sanford
Independence
Supreme Court
Sanford
Discriet Court
High Court
Atchison, Kan
Henry W. Jacobs
Chicago
Therese Jacobs
Jacobs
Deadlock in French German Commercial Treaty Talks
Negotiations between France and Germany over a commercial treaty have stalled with no formal rupture yet. Since German delegates returned from holiday, further talks have become impossible while both sides avoid decisive moves or declarations.
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Paris
Associated Press
Germany
Allied note weak a reversion to postwar policy
Berlin reports on the Allied note criticizing Germany’s occupation policy near the Cologne zone. German papers attack the note as weak and provocative, warning it threatens mutual confidence and risks foreign domination of German lands. Headlines cite sources Germania Kreuz Zeitung and the Democratic Boersen Courier.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Cologne
Germania
Catholic
Chancelion Barz
Germany
Kreuz Zeitung
Great Britai
France
Europe
Rhine
Democratic
Boersen Courier
London
Paris
al Iims
Dry Congressmen and Prohibition Law Criticized
W H Slayton, president of the association against the prohibition, denounces what he calls a flagrant violation of the Volstead act by dry congressmen. He cites testimony in Representative Frank D Scott of Michigan’s divorce case alleging congressmen shipped liquor into Bananta and questions how the public can respect laws they help enact. He urges education in the treasury appropriation bill to make dry lawmakers respect the law.
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Washington
W. H. Slayton
Association Against the Prohibition
Amend
Frank D. Scott
Michigan
Four Men Mentioned for Attorney Generalship
Washington on January 6 Secretary of the Navy Wilbur and Solicitor General Beck emerge as leading candidates to succeed Harlan F. Stone as attorney general after his elevation to the Supreme Court. Other potential names include Charles V. Warren Arthur Prentice Rugs and governors’ delegates for a mine safety conference.
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H. F. Stone
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Beck
Harlan F. Stone
Supreme Court
McKenna
California Supreme Court
White House
Charles V. Warren
Detroit
Mexico
Arthur Prentice Rugs
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Coolidge
Lawrence C of C Backs New Kansas Laws Program
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce endorses a legislative program for state education reform and other measures. The plan includes removing state institutions from Board of Administration control, funding University needs, highway and highway tax proposals, zoning law amendments, public utility rate regulation, and stricter parole and gun laws with emphasis on university support and infrastructural needs.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Board of Administration
Paulen
University of Kansas
Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lindsey
Becks
Johnson
Representative Hicks
Hicks
P. A
Chamber
Proposal on general licensing powers explained at luncheon
Harvey Walker of the Kansas Municipal Reference Bureau explained a measure to clarify state licensing laws. Representative Willard Morgan was unable to attend the luncheon.
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Harvey Walker
Kansas Municipal Reference Bureau
Willard Morgan
KU expands business curriculum with new credit lines
Kansas University announces expansion of the School of Business curriculum. New offerings include certified public accounting problems commercial organization and sales management. Credit for these will be limited to the School of Business while economics courses are reclassified for liberal arts credit.
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School of Business
Kansas University
Frank T. Stocktoh
K. U. School of Business
Stockton
K. U
Dismissal of Arson Case Against Winfrey and Gleed
Arson charges against R. Winfrey and R. Gleed over the fire at Jack Kelsey’s barn, one and a half miles west of Lawrence, were dismissed by Justice John Clark after three failed preliminary hearing attempts. The fire marshal deputy failed to appear each time, ending the matter.
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R. ©. Winfrey
R. K. Gleed
Court House
Clark
Supreme Court Dismisses Bushnell Appeal in Fraud Case
The Kansas Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of F D Bushnell for defrauding Stafford county farmer Ed Pool after he failed to complete his petiteime required. He has 20 days to move for reinstatement. He has not begun serving a two to five year sentence and Governor Davis denied parole but did not close the matter.
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Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court
F. D. Bushnell
Stafford County
Bushnell
Ed Pool
Negral Farmer
Davis
Santa Fe Dividend Rate Increased to Seven Dollars
New York Jan. 6 Directors of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway company today increased the annual dividend rate from 6 to 7 dollars a share by declaring a quarterly dividend of 1 1 2 percent payable March 2 to stock of record January 20. The budget for 1925 totals 66 million dollars with a carryover of 26 million from 1924. Major items include 8.2 million for new equipment 2.5 million for rails and tracks 4.5 million for yards 1.3 million for new stations and offices and 4 million for extensions awaiting surveys.
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New York
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Atchison Railroad
W.B. Storey
Kennedy Named New County Commissioner in Lawrence
Kennedy was unanimously chosen to succeed C B Hosford as county commissioner. The appointment followed four applications and was announced after a Lawrence board meeting. Kennedy, head of the good roads committee, is a member of the Kennedy Plumbing Company and may be sworn in soon after qualification.
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Kennedy
C. B. Hosford
Lawrence
Board of County Commissioners
Robert Steele
G. E. Kretsinger
FE. C. Bussing
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kennedy Plumbing Company
S. H. S. Holds All Student Assembly Before Big Game
The first all student high school assembly was held in the high school auditorium at 11 15 this morning. It served as a pep meeting to boost enthusiasm for the first home basketball game in the North east Kansas league between Lawrence High School court warriors and Topeka High on Friday night. The band provided music and several student leaders spoke about basketball and school sports.
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Lawrence
Topeka High School
Dro F. CG. Allen
Poultry Inspection Visit Planned for Douglas County Farms
A poultry expert from Kansas State Agricultural College will inspect farms in Douglas County this Thursday. Flocks of RR McCleery W H Nayden Mrs Ralph Calman F B Marshall and R H Be Cook of Baldwin will be examined for laying color and records. Approved breeders gain certified status to advertise their stock.
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Extension Department
Kansas State Agricultural College
Douglas County
RR. McCleery
W. H. Nayden
Ralph Calman
Judge Means Heads Ottawa Court Week
Judge Hugh Means traveled to Ottawa to preside over a court session this week. The Franklin county sheriff opened the session and adjourned it until morning when Means would be present. The injunction hearing in Lindley vs. Davis and the state board of administration was moved to the Lawrence court for convenience.
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Hugh Means
Ottawa
Franklin County
Judge Means
Lindley
Davis
State Board of Administration
Lawrence Court
Radio extension courses announced at Rotary luncheon
Prof Harold G Ingham head of extension division of the University outlined fire department work and extension bureaus at the Rotary club luncheon at Weidemanns. He mentioned new radio extension courses to be offered this year and the official radio programs for the remainder of the year. Watch Chevrolet lead.
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Harold G. Ingham
University
Rotary Club
Weidemann’s
Rotariahs
Inaugural Standing Room on Capitol Plaza March 4
Washington crowds pack Capitol Plaza to witness the inaugural ceremonies with standing room only for the general public. Additional stands will line Pennsylvania Avenue under local auspices as amplifiers carry the president’s address from a temporary stand on the Capitol steps.
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Washington, Dan
Capitol Plaza
Pennsylvania Avenue
Harding
Capitol Steps
First Regular Program From KFKU Stirs Listeners
The University of Kansas station KFKU aired its first regular program last night to strong praise. Nadine Cox sang soprano solos. William Downing and Harold Taylor performed. Dr. F C Allen spoke on basketball conditioning and urged clean living. B A Gilkinson spoke on debating. a Spanish class radio lesson aired. another program is set for Thursday with more to follow.
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Suios
Nadine Cox
W. B.downing
Haroll Taylor
F. C. Allen
K. U
B. A. Gilkinson
KFKU
Jurors Drawn For February Jury Term At Evdera Court
Sheriff Will Johns Justice John Clark and Justice C. B. Sheldon drew thirty six jurors at the Evdera courthouse for the February term. Names include Ed Klein H A Schleifer Alfred Lawrence W G C Richardson Ed B Brass George F Derby Henry Martin Freia A Richardson J T Griffith Ralph Beal Otto Luckan Roy A Fi Thomas Pugh O G Markley I R Clawson W X Allison R M Jenkins W L Baker J Kamp Schroeder Sam Buchheim Nawanda B A Hammond A A Wood George Roche S S Neris W Black Baldwin H A Dietz William Forth J W Marksey William Lynch Albert E H Dyer Willows Springs Ed McClanahan Lecompton Rome Deay Endora C A Hagerman Vinianils P F Johnson and C B Hoover Lone Star O M Rew Wellsville.
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Will Johns
John Clark
C. B. Sheldon
Evdera
Court House
Ed Klein
H. A. Schleifer
Alfred Lawrence
W. GC. Richardson
Ed B. Brass
George F. Derby
Henry Martin
Freia A. Richardson
J. T., Griffith
Ralph Beal
Otto Luck
William Forth
J. W. Marksey
William Lynch
Albert EH. Dyer
Willows Springs
Clanahan
Lecompton
Rome Deay
Endora
C. A. Hagerman
Vinianils
P.F
Johnson
C. B. Hoover
Lone Star
O. M. Rew
Wellsville
Will Choose Officers of Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Officers and newly elected board members will take office at tomorrow’s luncheon. Retiring directors include Harald Constant George Hackman V K Hover George Rierhho Chris Schaake A Smart and Wine Newmark. A special noon meeting approved the chamber’s legislative program. Lena Hartley suffered a broken hip after a fall in her son in law Willard Morgan’s kitchen. She was taken to Lawrence for care. City school leaders will attend Topeka council session on February 6.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Wlr. Green
Harry Kepler
Paul Dinsmoor
W. C. Simons
A. .B. Weaver
Val Bruner
Ed Klein
Harald Constant
George Hackman
V. K. Hover
George Rirehho
Chris, Schaake
A. Smart
Wine Newmark
Lena ‘Hartley
Willard Morgan
Lawrence
Hartley
Topeka
Council of Administration
T. Z
Woodlawn School Nears Completion in Lawrence
Construction on the Woodlawn school in north Lawrence nears completion with opening targeted around January 26. The December report to the board notes floors, floors, and ceilings progress, furniture arrival, and plans to replace damaged maps and globes from the school fund. A temporary wall and insurance adjustments are also mentioned, along with a new time-saving plan for elementary teacher meetings.
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Woodlawn School
North
Lawrence
Board of Education
M. Gs Pek ‘Mauza
B. Hosford
Liberty Memorial High Schol
Plan Township Contests Set for County Schools
A county school contests committee met to plan the annual swelling arithmetic and writing contests for district students. Township contests are set around March 28 with final county event in Lawrence in April. A silent reading contest will be added to the program. Committee members include Mrs Mars Qohelt Pleasant Valley Mrs Lillie McCreath Lakeview Miss Alhorn Anderson Lone Star and Miss Rea Clark Independence.
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Vargus
Lawrence
Mars Qehl
Ert
Pleasant’ Valley
Lillle McCreath
Lakeview
Alhorn ‘Anderson
Lone Star
Rea Clark
Independence
War Department Seeks Cuts in Rivers and Harbors Bill
War Department recommendations aim to shave about 14.2 million dollars from the rivers and harbors bill, reducing the total to around 38 million. The plan comes as House leaders near action expected later this month. Tuberculin testing for cattle to begin soon in Douglas county, with Leavenworth, Harvey, and Lincoln counties among others in the state having the service. County commissioners plan a regular session tomorrow, where newly chosen commissioner X. J. Kennedy is anticipated to be sworn in.
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War Department
J. H. Mercer
Douglas County
Leavenworth
Harvey
Tincoln
X. J. Kennedy
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