Extra Session Regarded as Certain in 1930
Washington reports congressional leaders expect an early extra session of the seventy first congress as President-elect Hoover seeks swift action on farm relief and tariff revision. Leaders aim to organize key committees by April and push farm relief and tariff measures by mid summer to aid 1929 crops, with Democrats likely to seek broader tariff revisions while Republicans try to limit actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Fordney- McCumbey
Congress
House
Pew Ways and Means and Agriculture” Committees
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
McNary
T. Pash
Banking Law Question Reversed in Rossville Bank Case
The Kansas Supreme Court reverses Shawnee County District Court in the defunct Rossville State Bank matter. Insolvent banks liable or double stock value do not establish a lien or preferred claim on a deceased stockholder’s estate. Receiver had won $18,800 in the lower court against I B Alter’s estate. Chief Justice Johnston authored the opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papeka
State’supreme Court
Shawnee County
Rossville State Bank
Alepinyt
I-Balter
Johnston
Supreme Court
Weather Moderates Across Kansas With Clear Skies
Topeka reports generally fair conditions as winter weather eases. Meteorologist S D Flora says skies stay clear tonight and Sunday with colder readings in the northeast and southeast. Previous day highs reached 44 at Goodland while Topeka logged 12. Snow and ice give way to slush and mud during a January thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Flora
Tear gas used to subdue Holmesburg prisoners
Philadelphia police used tear gas today to quell a prison riot at Holmesburg Prison where about 150 inmates occupied three corridors in a wheel formation. The disturbance, which began last night, damaged cell furniture and doors but no inmates escaped their cells. Director Lemuel B. Schofield dispatched a tear gas squad. by afternoon order was restored with only minor injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Holmesburg
Orden
Zea
Lemuel B. Schofield
Divorce Day Dispositions Marked by Cautions and Adjournments
Douglas county district court met after a recess to clear numerous cases including several divorces. Most divorces were continued to next week as Judge Means wraps up the term. one judgment for 7 31571.41 with 10 percent interest and costs favored Prudentia Gowell against D. W. Bond et al. Other matters ended or adjourned with several divorces dismissed on plaintiffs’ motions. A separate AP report notes a Camden Arkansas shooting at a roadhouse after a high school party left a man critically wounded and the girl’s father jailed. also a Chanute, Kansas robbery of diamond ear rings near the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County District Court
Hugh Means
George K. Melvin
Prudentia B. Gowell
D. W. Bond Et al
Kirschbraum and Sons
Omaha Concern
Henry Frye
Paul Thompson
Marguerite ‘Thompson
Emma Guffin
Frank Guffin
Lawrence
Camden
Ark
Camden High’ School i
Here
Alex Hardin
F. E. Sullivan
Hardin
Chanute
Kan
John J.jones
Weekly Weather Forecast for Upper Mississippi and Great Plains
Weather forecast lists mostly fair conditions in the southern plains with some precipitation in the east and north, frequent temperature changes, and below normal readings in the northeast. Kansas and nearby regions show generally fair conditions, with colder spells tonight and Sunday. Road conditions vary from clear and fair in Coffeyville and Dodge City to rough in Salina and Arkansas City, with thawing in some towns and soft roads in Douglas County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ississippi
Missouri ‘Valley
Great Plains
Rocky Mountain
Lateau
Kansas
Unday
Coffeyville
Dodge City
Salina
Arkansas ‘City
Emporia
Ottawa
Wichita
Pittsburg
Topeka
Hutchinson
mAtoday
Rebel Forces Skirmish In India Afghanistan Border
Rebel forces under Bachai Sakao were reported to be successful in skirmishes with King Amanullah's troops in Peshawar Indian territory. Desertions were noted despite the king's reforms, signaling ongoing serious tensions in the border area. Twenty five Russian women were evacuated by Russian planes to Tashkent in Turkestan. James M. Cook, former secretary to the chief of police, pled guilty to embezzlement and was sentenced to one to five years in the Kansas penitentiary. He was charged with embezzling 10,683 dollars paid as fines in police court. Printis Bullard, 25, confessed to the murder of Gray Branch, was arraigned on first degree murder charges and held without bond for a January 17 preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peshawar
India
Bachai Sakao
Amanullah
Afghanistan
aNre
Tashkent
Turkestan
Kansas
City
Ans
James M. Cook
Chief ‘of Police
C.A. Miler
Kansas’ Penitentiary
Cook
Bullard
Cty Fan
Printis Bullard
Gray Branch
Kingsville
Coolidge Hosts 20 Senators at White House Breakfast
Washington reports President Coolidge welcomed twenty senators to a White House breakfast including Republicans Fess, McMaster, Watson, Moses, Reed, Bingham, Brookhart, Copper, Nye, Vandenberg, Pine, Smoot. Democrats Ashurst, Barkley, Fletcher, McKellar, George, Ransdell, Gerry. and farmer-labor Shipstead of Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Senate
Farmer-Labor
President Coolidge
White House
Fess
Ohio
McMaster J
South Dakota
Watson
Indiana
Moses
New Hampshire
Reed
Pennsylvania
Bingham
Connecticut
Brookhart
Town
Copper
Kansas
Nye
North Dakota
Vandenberg
Michigan
Pine
White House pressures Senate over Kellogg anti war treaty
Washington reports say White House pressure failed to yield a vote timetable on the Kellogg anti war treaty as Senate leaders including Curtis Borah and Kellogg and 19 invited senators gathered for a social breakfast. Debate remains stalled amid opposition from those seeking interpretive changes and no cloture action is yet planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Senate
Coolidge
Curtis
Kansas
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Kellogg
Moses
New Hampshire
Bone Resigns as Kansas Bank Commissioner
Roy L. Bone resigned as Kansas state bank commissioner after four years to enter private business. William S. Kennedy was named acting successor by Governor Paulen to serve the remaining term, ending April 1. Kennedy previously served as first assistant after Bone, who had taken over from Carl J. Peterson. Kennedy, who began in the department eight years ago, previously worked as an examiner under Walter E. Wilson. He formerly lived in Kensington, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Roy L. Bone
Kansas
Williams. Kennedy
State Bank
Paulen
Bone
Carl J. Peterson
Jonathan M. Davis
Walter E. Wilson
Kensington
Kan
Flood control drive aims to form watershed districts
Chanute Kansas January 12 AP resolutions call for legislation to permit creation of drainage districts covering whole watershed areas where severe floods occurred in recent years and for immediate temporary control. Southeast Kansas farmers sponsored the gathering where state flood control committee findings by George S. Knapp and H H Woodring were endorsed. Six legislators attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Kans
Kansas
Southeast
State
George S. Knapp
Topeka
H. H. Woodring
Neodesha
J Frank Norris Church Fire Sparks Incendiary Probe
Fort Worth Texas January 12 AP gasoline found at the First Baptist church led investigators to probe an incendiary cause as the four story building housing a Sun day school gymnasium and Norris study burned. Norris in Austin when the fire started, the church plant valued near one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
First Baptist Church
J. Frank Norris
Norris
Austin
Hel
Texas
Aviator T. T. Maroney Killed at Parks Airport
East St. Louis dispatch reports aviator T. T. Maroney a 49 year old Wichita Kansas resident was killed at Parks airport when he was struck by a propeller while cranking an airplane. Pilot Ray W Brown of Travel Air Manufacturing accompanied him. Maroney faintness and exertion suspected. inquest planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis
T. T. Maroney
Wichita
Kans
Parks Airport
Here
Maroney
Ray W Brown
Travel Air Manufacturing Company
Kansas City
Brown
St. Mary’s Hospital
Travel-Air Factory
St. Louis
Railroads oppose freight cuts for farm relief in Midwest
James E. Gorman, president of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific, warned at a Greater Omaha Association dinner that reduced freight rates to aid farmers would push midwestern railroads toward bankruptcy. He argued farm relief cannot come from rate cuts, since railroads rely on revenue from business and agricultural interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebr
James E. Gorman
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Middlewest
Greater Omaha Association
Gorham
Arbuthnot Named Author Of Kansas Probate Judge Salary Bill
Senate bill to raise salaries of probate judges in Kansas appears authored by W. S. Arbuthnot of Bennington rather than A. L. Scott of Pittsburg. The measure, introduced Thursday, is a companion to a House bill and noted under the Pittsburg senator’s name. Washington nominating Wm J Cooper of California as education commissioner was submitted to the Senate by President Coolidge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toveka
W. 5. Arbuthnot
Bennington
A. L. Scott
Pittsburg
Senate
Kansas
House
Impeachment Leader E P Hill Named Special Attorney
Oklahoma City January 12 AP probable appointment of E P Hill of McAlester one of four outstanding leaders in the December 1527 impeachment session as special attorney to assist in the house investigation of state departments announced by legislative leaders Hill a veteran legislator was defeated for Democratic renomination last August. He is a former state senator and has served several terms in the house. He is slated to lead witness examinations and advise the investigation committee in a legal capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
E. P. Hill
McAlester
House
Hill
State Senate
House of Representatives
Wind Up Roll Call In Douglas County Red Cross
B Dalton, chair, says roll call will end next week after delays. Report any solicitors with missing reports and invite those not yet called to join and pay fees. County chapter officers for next year to be chosen the first week in February. Donor additions listed include Lawrence paper mill, Reuter organ factory, New York Cleaners, W C Simons and family gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Dalton
Douglas County Red Cross
Red Cross
Dalton
Hugh Means
Lawrence Paper Mill
Reuter
New York Cleaners
W. C. Simons
Tolstoy to Speak at University Convocation Monday
Count Ilya Tolstoy will address a university convocation Monday January 14 at 10 o'clock after a date confusion delayed a Thursday appearance. He will discuss The Tragedy of Rus, with the university string quartet and band performing a variation of the Russian national anthem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilya. Tolstoy
Rus
D. M. Swarthout
Waldemar Gelich
Karl Euersteiner
University School of Fine Arts
Conrad McGrew
Lawrence
Fear for an Expedition Against Geronimo’s Apache Band
Fears rose that a punitive expedition against Geronimo’s Apache band may have been massacred as Agua Prieta authorities sent a rider into the Sierra Madre to trace the party. Ramon Quesada, one of eleven expedition members, wandered south of Agua Prieta in a delirious state and could not offer a full account of how he left the group last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Geronimo
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Sierra Madre
Jesus Valdez
Presidente Municipal
Ramon Quesada
Francisco Jimbres
Sonora
Fimbres
Urges Walks Be Cleaned By Lawrence Residents
Lawrence residents are urged to remove ice and snow from sidewalks promptly. Chief of Police Will Johns warns cooperation will prevent police warnings and possible court action. He notes many sidewalks have become dangerous when thaw water refreezes into ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Will Johns
Johns
Seger to resign as head of United States Rubber
Charles B. Seger will resign as chairman and president of the United States Rubber company at the January 15 directors meeting. He will be succeeded by Du Pont interests with F B Davis Jr directing the transition. The move marks DuPont control of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charley B. Seger
United States
Rubber Company
F. B. Davis, Jr
Wilmington
Dela
du Pont Viscoloid Company
Davis
du Pont
Seger
DuPonts
Business changes urged by Van der Vries at chamber dinner
John N. Van der Vries of Chicago told about group competition and new distribution methods transforming American business. He warned merchants that neglecting these changes risks obsolescence, citing mail order, chain and department stores, and emphasized chamber and trade associations in expanding markets and lowering costs. He urged a 1930 census to map markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belshazzar
John N. van der Vries
Chicago
United States Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
van der
Vries
Lawrence
K. U
C. B. Hosford
van der Vries
America
Iman
Chamber of Commerce
Trade Association
Bourbon County Courthouse Burns in Fort Scott Fire
Fire at the Bourbon county courthouse in Fort Scott Kansas early today caused an estimated loss of 100000. The vaults and some walls remained intact while the district court room on the second floor burned. Eight prisoners from the jail were moved to the city jail in a panic. the jail building was saved. Cause suspected as defective wiring or a stray cigarette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Kans
Bourbon County
Oberst case remanded for plea withdrawal review
Kansas Supreme Court reverses Oberst life sentence and remands to Butler County District Court with instructions to allow Oberst to withdraw his guilty plea and pursue further proceedings. Justices note lack of sworn testimony on the sevenfold family murder and call for clearer data, while dissenters challenge the decision. The ruling questions trial counsel access and the legality of post sentencing consultation procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Butler County
Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Owen Oberst
Butler
Lansing
Oberst
John S. Dawson
Richard J. Hopkins
John Marshall
Tee William A. Johnston
George J. Benson
Butler County District Court
Road Still Closed After Flooded Bridges Near Lawrence
A dirt road southeast of Lawrence remains closed to cars after last November’s flood washed out two Wakarusa River bridges near the county poor farm. A concrete span was ruined and part of a steel bridge collapsed. County engineers report no rebuilding has begun while efforts aim to pressure Santa Fe to install tile drains beneath the tracks to relieve water buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence-Baldwin
Lawrence
County Poor Farm
Wakarusa
Santa Fe Railway
Youth sticks to story on hair lock that sparked murder
Eighteen year old Wilbert G. Hess testified that he and companions went to Nelson D. Rehmeyer's home only to obtain a lock of hair, denying plans of robbery in the witchcraft murder case underway in Work Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Work
Wilbert G. Hess
Nelson D. Rehmeyer
twater-Kent
Hanna—Ady
Lawsuit Over Jayhawk Design Filed in Topeka Court
Three Lawrence firms face federal suits charging infringement of the Jayhawk bird copyright held by James E. O'Bryan and George P. Flilingherg, former KU students. The designers seek restraining orders and at least 20 for all uses. a similar case against the Jayhawk Hotel is pending. Local merchants claim prior permission or no use, while the bird remains on hotel stationery and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Topeka
James E._O'Bryan
George P. Flilingherg
Chicago
K. U
Atending the
Universitight
Fritz ‘Tire Company
Carter Tire & Battery Company
Jayhawk Cleaners
Bowersock
Jayhawk Hotel
Copany
Fritz Me
Pritz
O'Bryan
Meyn
A. B. Curter
Jayhawk
Carter
Rh. B. Knowles
Hollinebery
HH. T Wollingbe
Kenty Street
J. W. O’bryar
Ohio
Kk. UW
Annual county records show instrument filings and fees
In the year, 785 instruments were filed in the office of Mrs. Tsa Wellman, register of deeds, with total fees of 4782.25 and total indebtedness of 2 403 318 47. March saw 107 documents recorded, and February had 74 instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsa Wellman
Register of Deeds
Public Service Commission of
Topeka
Semaphore Signs Put Into Use First Time
Traffic officers operated three new semaphore signs at Seventh Eighth and Ninth streets this afternoon to show pedestrians and drivers how the system works. Officers assisted in guiding people to obey the signals while Chief of Police Will Johns said the signs will be used at the three intersections when needed including certain Saturday hours and on special occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Street
Eighth
Ninth Street
Will Johns
Death cuts pension roll for Civil War vets
Washington reports the Civil War veterans pension roll fell to 68,788 by year end 1928, about 6,000 fewer than mid-year, reflecting roughly 1,000 deaths monthly. The Interior Department notes this contrasts with 30 year olds three decades earlier when rolls peaked at 745,000. Cars washed $1.50, delivery offered by Hudson-Goft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Department
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Senate Agriculture, Committee
McNarly
Jardine
Kings
Solons
Frank Norris
Pastor Storm Center
Dr. Norris
Baptist Church
D. E. Chipps
Iris Jife
Rock Island
Head
Arbuthnot
Oklahoma
Tolstoy
Russia
Wee Rubber Head
Charles B. Seger
du Pont Man
Holyfield
School of Fine Arts
Chattanoogs
Tenn
Association of American Colleges
Chevrolet
Charles B. Holmes
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Hudson-Goft
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