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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1919
Page
1
London dispatches on January 11 report Dr Karl Liebknecht the Spartacan leader killed in a street fight Thursday evening. Berlin dispatches say no confirmation and focus on provincial events with no definite Friday developments.
Reports from Amsterdam and Muenster describe Spartacan actions in Rhine towns. Dusseldorf arrests, a Münster prison break of 170 inmates, Mulheim newspaper seizures, and Leo Stinnes’s residence ransacked marked rising unrest. Berlin and Stuttgart clashes stoke fears as government troops retake offices. Allied commissions shielded at Unter Den Linden amid guard deployment near Brandenburg Gate.
Reports from Copenhagen describe very serious rioting Friday in Dresden Hamburg Augsburg and Dusseldorf. Government troops in Berlin struggle to crush the Spartacans who still hold newspaper buildings as fighting continues across several days.
National Grange lecturer John C. Ketchum and state master A Needham met Lawrence Grange members in the Chamber of Commerce. Ketchum spoke on The Present Day Mission of the Grange, outlining community life, social education, and farmer influence on state issues. Needham was en route from Newton’s January meeting held January 7, 8 and 9.
Chief Reinisch reports two fires in North Lawrence with total loss of 90 dollars. At 519 Walnut Street Ella Powell’s house suffered a chimney fire, burning briskly before extinguishment, with 75 dollars in damage. At 716 Elm Street C A Hicks house, occupied by Tom Lee, caught fire from sparks but incurred only 15 dollars in damage.
Ernest E Edie a city mail carrier died this morning after a short illness at 523 Missouri Street. He leaves a wife and three children. Funeral Monday afternoon at the residence for relatives and close friends. Edie lived much of his life in Lawrence and was known for his courteous service and thrift stamp work.
At a stockholders meeting the Peoples State bank re elected the entire board of directors W Bromelsick T d Sweeney J A Wood T J Sweeney Jr D Bishop Robert A Steele J N Lewis George Innes Jacob Bad sky and C E Friend. Officers elected include W Bromelsick president T J Sweeney L N Lewis first and second vice presidents S A Wood cashier and T J Sweeney Jr assistant cashier. Starrett at Fort Riley, Joe Starrett, wounded in the Argonne Forest on September 28, has landed at Newport News and is now in hospital at Fort Riley awaiting possible furlough.
A garbled exchange includes Mr. GUmpting boasting about lending household items while warning Godspur. The fragment hints at a feud over borrowed goods and shifts to a tangential remark on horse racing and money losses. A rural setting with unclear participants and motives remains.
Grew serves as secretary of the American peace delegation at Versailles and has been accorded the rank of plenipotentiary minister. The move elevates his status within the negotiating team and reflects the delegation's growing authority in postwar talks.
Walker D. Hines named director general to succeed W. G. McAdoo, with support for five years of government control to test service, cost, and policy continuities. Former Santa Fe chairman, age 48, vows adequate transport during peacetime and urges cooperation among railroad men.
Washington reports General March Evans, chief of staff, says American army demobilization moves at more than twice the pace of Britain’s. Up to Jan 10, 613,880 U.S. men discharged vs 352,658 British through Jan 7. A total of 1,157,000 American troops slated for demobilization, with 96,999 returned from overseas. Archangel operations deemed satisfactory. no confirmation British withdrawal from Archangel area.
Lawrence attendees report a strong program at the January meeting of the State Board of Agriculture in Topeka January 8 to 10. Notable speakers included President Munn of the U S Jersey Cattle Association Wayne Dinsmoor and Mr Ketchum. Mrs Meredith spoke on the privileged woman urging broader discussion by county women clubs. Douglas county delegates Ed Harvey A A Hicks and Fred G Laptad were listed among attendees.
United States Department of Agriculture reports sunflower silage experiments across western states to test suitability as forage especially where cool seasons limit corn. Begun 1917 in Hunley Montana and Scottsbluff Nebraska, initial yields surpassed corn by 40 to 100 percent under irrigation with over 20 tons per acre. Preliminary feeding tests suggest sunflower silage may substitute for corn, but data not yet sufficient for final value comparison.
The Journal World will no longer publish advertisements urging holders to sell Liberty bonds. The policy aims to support the government fifth loan, keep bond markets stable, and protect readers and the treasury. Bond owners are urged to sell through their bankers for better prices.
County Commissioners receive official notice that government road aid rises from fifteen to twenty five percent for all petitions filed now or later. Aid will be allotted to projects as funds allow and will be advanced as work progresses. When funds run out, remaining petitions will wait without government aid.
Richard Gleed, colored, is jailed after his name remained on a suitcase used by Ira Johnson and Else Taylor who were arrested with 50 pints of whiskey. Taylor acted as Gleed’s agent and used the case. Gleed’s name on the luggage sparked the charge. County Attorney Wilson filed a riot action, last night the suspect was arrested, jailed on bond, with a January 16 hearing before Justice Clark. Marriage licenses issued to Norman Feather and Rhoda Mueller, and John R. Brown and Mary White.
Lawrence public school pupils report total savings of 28 118 by January 1 1919 under chairwoman Miss Katherine Edie as central campus tops in thrift. Quincy school leads in percent enrollment with War Savings Society, while Cordley and Quincy show strong gains in per capita savings and enrollment. Several rooms reach 100 percent participation including Cordley first and third grade, New York sixth, Pinckney third, and Central seventh grade.
Hill, a popular Kansas University figure and former football referee, has secured discharge from military service and will join the Topeka Capital as a legislative reporter. His father once led the State Normal, and his brother, Sergeant Ormand Hill, serves in France. A taxi driver fined a dollar and costs for operating without a license sought work to continue schooling. a town remark followed about wife dissatisfaction affecting business.
Washington reports President Wilson cabled the war labor board to take up again the marine workers strike in New York and seek a ruling. Officials expect the strike to end by midnight if the board decides, with harbor workers urged to return to work pending action. The policy was agreed by the war and navy departments, railroad administration, and shipping board, and regional railroad director A H Smith was asked to advise the strikers. Marine workers’ union says they will abide by any war labor board ruling.
Alexander of Greece stands at attention as the French Marseillaise plays at Salonika. The king, though seen as lukewarm toward the Allied Geuse, remains present in the door of his private car.
Henderson S. Martin leads a plea for Douglas County to donate part of a $30,000,000 relief fund for Armenians Syrians and Jews displaced by war. The drive aims to raise $10,500 in the county next week with schools involved and daily reports to Treasurer TI. J. Meade.
Dr W H Sweet died January 5 at his home in Centralia Washington. He taught mathematics at Baker University from 1872 to 1877 and again from 1879 serving as president. A pastor of the Salina Methodist Church, he was known for dignity and jovial wit, with a legend of a runaway buggy incident shared by Baker students.
Private Emmett A. Kelsall of Company H 184th Infantry France sends December 2 1918 note to family in Lawrence recounting voyage from Liverpool to La Havre to Bordeaux then north near the Argonne front. Meanwhile Ralph Curry returns to Green River Wyoming after service, securing a counting department post.
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