Bergdoll May Seek Safety Beyond German Borders
Berlin officials and Baden state representatives suggest Berlin would welcome Bergdoll leaving Germany. The US Army court martial convict for draft evasion imprisons him five years. Bergdoll resides at his uncle’s hotel in Eberbach, Baden, after escaping to Europe nearly three years ago. His fate affects his Philadelphia property seized after the escape. Germany offers him protection as a foreign political offender with no treaty for exchanging such offenders.
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Baden
Associated: Press
Berlin
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
Bergdoll
United States Army
Eberbach
America
Bergdoil
Corliss Hi Griffis
Hamilton
Ohio
United States
Philadelphia
Foreign’ Office
Switzerland
Sweden
Local social notes from Tonganoxie and Lawrence
Tonganoxie residents and visitors are listed including Mr and Mrs John Foster with Mrs John Todd and Miss Josephine DeVoe in Lawrence on business Tuesday. Also Miss Bertha Halsted and Mrs David Kline visited relatives in Lawrence and found Mr Skofstad ill in Simmons hospital.
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John Foster
John Todd
Josephine DeVoe
Lawrence
Bertha,Halsted
David Kline
Skofstad
Simmons Hospital
Thomrs Gallagher
Ethel ‘Kahn
Kansas’ City
A.F. Turner
Kansas City
Alice Spoor
Cameron Olson
Lee and
Leonard
California
John Cline, Jr
Leavenworth
Mary Bryant
Detroit
Mich
Boyd McPherson
C. B. Rumsey
Oscar
J. T. Johnson
Congregational Sauron
Sunny Foster Laming
Whitsed
Walter Zoellner
Y. M. P. Club
Frank Zeellner
Congregational Ladies Aid Society
Ed Hoskins
Reading Club
New Oil Sources Found in Russia
Soviet explorers report major oil finds in Kamchatka near the Tongussky basin and other regions. Discoveries include oil in clay, coal fields near Novonikolaievssk, plus platinum and graphite, with ongoing work in the Kursk magnetic iron ore field known as the Kursk Anomaly. Government policy aims to rehabilitate existing mines before heavy investment in new properties.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Soviet Russia
Siberia
Vladivostok
Polevoy
Kamcchatka
Tongussky
Yenesei
Lena
Angara
Novonikolaievssk
Kola Peninsula
Arctic
White Sea
Kursk
Russia
Kansas towns seek higher city speed limits beyond 12 mph
Kansas municipalities may enact ordinances raising speed limits above 12 miles per hour, per an attorney general interpretation. The League of Kansas Municipalities backed moving to 20 mph and 15 mph at intersections, noting current statutes set 12 mph. Attorney General Griffith said cities may raise maximum speeds by ordinance without amending statutes, avoiding liability for resulting damages.
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Kansas
League of Kansas Municipalities
C. B. Griffith
John G. Stutz
League
Hutchinson
Stutz
Griffith
Ocean floor subsides 200 feet near Oshima Island
An Associated Press report notes that earthquakes on September 1 caused the ocean bed off Oshima Island to subside by 200 feet for eight miles. To the east, a damaged cable lay in a newly formed abyss over 4,000 feet deep, as crews repaired deep sea tables.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Oshima Island
Oshima
Price of Turkish tobacco is lower worldwide
Athens reports a bumper Near East tobacco crop hurts regional prosperity. Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece hold about 300 million pounds mainly for cigarettes. U.S. demand limited to blending with Virginia. cigar use unlikely due to leaf size. Market gluts depress Balkan finances and prices this winter.
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Athens
Associated Press
Near East
Turkey
Greece
Macedonia
Bulgaria
United States
Virginia
America
Europe
Balkans
South
Balkan
Prewar gold standard urged by Bank of England director
Edinburgh January 12 Sir Charles Addis a Bank of England director and Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank chairman urged restoring the prewar gold standard. He argued Britain could regain world financial supremacy or become a second rate power depending on the outcome. He cited cessation of government borrowing and strict fiduciary limits as prerequisites. He dismissed deflation policy as sole cause of unemployment, noting the war worsened trade malaise but was not the only factor.
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Edinburgh
Associated Press
Bankers’ Institute
Charles Addis
Bank of England
Hong Kong and Shanghai
Great Britain
Charles
Milk Condenser Plant Work Begins in Iola Kansas
Preliminary work toward a milk condensery plant in Iola Kansas has commenced with staking out a building plat and a railroad spur survey. The project followed a three year local campaign for the facility.
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Iola
Kan
Year’s Work for Police Lieutenant Fruin Highlighted
A chaotic clipping notes 1082 arrests by Youngstown police lieutenant C F Fruin for the Erie railroad in a year long tally. The language mocks him as “the plague,” reflecting hostile local sentiment toward Fruin and his aggressive policing style.
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C.F. Fruin
Youngstown (O
Erie Railroad
Rooks
Famous Musician Looks for Genius in America
San Francisco January 11 Associated Press Alfred Hertz conductor of the San Francisco Symphony says there are many nearly genius composers and that a new musical messiah may arise in America. He notes Americans producing calm idealistic works and a rising musical center in the United States. He observed European chaos has driven musicians to seek steady work in America where appreciations have grown.
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San Francisco
Associated Press
America
Alfred Hertz
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Wagnerian Opera
New York
Mr. Hertz
Richard Strauss
San Francisco Symphony
Hertz
Mozart
Beethoven
Brahms
Schubert
Schumann
Tschaikowski
Europe
Berlin
Vienna
Drug smugglers caught in Hamburg ring
The head of a drug smuggling band and 60 confederates were arrested in Hamburg. Officials estimate drugs and related products worth about 12 million dollars were diverted from Germany over the past year. Smugglers used sailboats and motor launches posing as fishermen to land drugs in Holland and ship them to the United States and other countries where prices were highest. Intermediaries who cooperated with American buyers claimed 20 to 30 percent more for contraband when buyers were in the market.
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Hamburg
Associated Press
Germany
Holland
America
England
France
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Extinct Crater Could House Hawaii Stadium
Honolulu reports Punchbowl crater may become a 95 000 seat stadium under plans by Major Hoopai athletic officer of the Hawaiian National Guard. Laborers clear brush, build access roads, and seek municipal help as the crater base sits 200 feet below the rim and slopes about 15 degrees.
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Honolulu
Associated Press
Oahu
William, Hoopai
Hawaiian National Guard
Punchbowl
Hoopai
National Guard of
Hawaii
Kamehameha IV
Kamehameha
Kamehameha the Great
Child Labor Day Movement Seeks Constitutional Amendment
The National Child Labor Committee urges January 26 27 and 28 as Child Labor Days with Kansas sponsoring through the women's welfare division of the industrial court. The aim is a federal constitutional amendment to prohibit child employment in factories and industries, backed by leaders including former presidents Woodrow Wilson and William Howard Taft as honorary members.
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Topeka
Kan
United States
National Child Labor Committee
New York
Kansas
Women’s Welfare Division
The
Industrial Court
Congress
Alice McFarland
Women’s “Welfare Division
Woodrow Wilson
William ‘Howard Taft
Board of Trustees
Child labor crisis cited by Jane Adams and census
Jane Adams of Chicago's Hull House notes official census figures showing over 1,000,000 children aged 10 to 15 at work, with varying state laws. She observes lax southern codes and recalls the 1922 Supreme Court ruling that voided a federal child labor law, leaving regulation to individual states.
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Jane Adams
Chicago
Hull House
United States
United States Supreme Court
Children taught ex crown prince William of Germany
Wieringen Holland January 10 Associated Press children of fishermen guided ex Crown Prince William’s return to his family at Oels Silesia. He spoke Dutch with ease thanks to the youngsters learning from them through games drawings and natural talk during his stay with island families. He noted children’ curiosity as key to language learning and praised their lack of shyness as he played with them. He is 45 and has six...
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Wieringen
Holland
Associated Press
Island of
William
Germany
Oels
Silesia
German Toy Factory of Old Santa Claus Keeps a Year Ahead
Sonneberg Thuringia January report notes Santa Claus museum houses hundreds of thousands of dolls and toy figures from a century of Sonneberg production. The facility plans wings as it expands to showcase wood replacements for tin and iron due to material shortages amid unsettled Germany.
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Santa Claus
Sonneberg
Thuringia
Associated Press
Santa Claus’ Museum of Toys
Germany
Sonneberg Toy — Industry
Soldier of
Sonneberg Toy Industry
Old
England Judge Imposes Life Term in Child Harm Case
In Accrington a man was sentenced by Justice Branson to life imprisonment for severing both hands of his four and a half year old step-daughter. The crime, described as the most horrible the judge had heard, moved two women jurors to faint, and tears appeared in his eyes. Residents pledged about 30,000 dollars for the child’s future. meanwhile Akron, Ohio bans open sugar bowls in public eateries as insanitary.
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Manchester
Associated Press
England
Justice Branson
Accrington
Long Tunics On Skirts Shape Seasonal Fashion
The piece describes long tunics that cover skirts to within inches of hems and may be divided or overskirted. They range from plain to flounced and align with the season’s vogue, pairing with long blouses for a softer silhouette than the tube dress.
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Tunis
Comedians Demand Food in Munich Wage Talks
Munich comedians declare they cannot be funny on 12 cents a month and theatre managers move to stabilize actor salaries to match living costs. Aged pensioners suffer most while active members seek extra funds beyond state pensions. An injury to the tongue is repaired faster by nature than other parts.
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Munich
Associated Press
Argentina’s 175 Mile Straight Railway Line
An account notes a railway in Argentina stretching 175 miles in a perfectly straight path. The feature emphasizes the line’s uninterrupted alignment and its significance for transport and connectivity.
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Argentina
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