Recommends Change in War Machinery and Control
Washington Jan 16 Recommendations for reorganizing war supply machinery were presented to the senate war inquiry by Wad dill Catchings president of Staff Sheffield Iron & Steel Co. He urged central control to prevent delays in ship production and warned of a dangerous split in purchasing responsibility and advisory power. The Chamber of Commerce backed centralized foot control and urged a cabinet level central director, while cautioning against sudden upheaval of existing organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Senate War Inquiry Committee
Waddill Catchings
Sheffield Iron & Steel Company
Catchings
Baker
England
Chamberlain
Chamber of Commerce
Willard
War Industries Board
Gifford
Council of National Defense
War Committee
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
New York
Senate War Inquiry
National Council of Defense
Department of
Senate Investigating Committee
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Chamber
Germans Are Loyal Well Known Douglas County Farmer Says
Gus H Brune a respected Douglas county farmer, born in Germany but loyal American citizen, expresses confidence in the German population here. He believes most are loyal to the United States and regrets that a few actions should reflect on the many decent Germans. Brune notes his long residence, successful farming, and his sons’ progress as evidence of local loyalty and stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Gus H. Brune
Mr. Brune
Gus Brune
No More Women Laborers Policy Outlined
Washington January 16 The newly created labor administration announced its policy to prevent the introduction of women into positions still held by men and to reject any wage reductions due to women replacing men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Administration
Congregational Meeting Of Plymouth Church Directors
The adjourned annual meeting of Plymouth Congregational Church directors will be held this evening at 7:45 at the Parish House. Reports from all officers and organizations will be heard and other important business discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Congregational Church
Aims of the Allies by Harold Smith to Speak at KU
Harold Smith, brother of a famed British attorney general, will speak tomorrow at 1 PM in Robinson Gymnasium with a 4 PM follow up, addressing the aims of the Allies. He travels via Rock Island Train No 27, arriving about 11:50, after a telegram from F R Hamilton. Classes will be dismissed for the lecture before he heads to Topeka for a war conference program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas State Council of Defense
Stolen Money Found Hidden at Camp Funston
Wads of currency totaling over 62000 were located today behind a wall compartment in Walmer’s quarters at Camp Funston. Authorities say Captain Lewis Whisler acted in an abnormal mental state and killed a wounded man before dying by rifle, and that the money was not smuggled off the reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Funston
Army Bank
Lewis Whisler
Walmer
Captain Whisler
Whisler
Whislers
Smallpox Case Triggers School Closures and Vaccinations
County health officer Dr John C Rudolph reports a suspected smallpox case at School No 31 leading to its closure and vaccination of all students. School No 68 remains closed for several days due to whooping cough, and a new smallpox case at the University surfaces with student Donald Abell living at 1323 Kentucky hospitalized. The vaccination deadline for University students is extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Rudolph
Doctor Rudolph
Donald Abell
Kentucky
Hungarian cabinet resigns over military program failure
A Budapest dispatch to Copenhagen reports the Hungarian cabinet resigned for failing to secure backing for the military program. A Vienna dispatch cited Emperor Charles rejecting the plan by Hungarian premier Dr. Wewerle to form an independent Hungarian army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonden
Budapest
Copenhagen
Exchange
Amsterdam
Charles
Vienna
Kilnische Zeitung
Wewerle
Texan in Safe After Reported Sinking Off Coast
The American-Hawaiian line steamship Texan, reported sunk off the coast two days earlier, is confirmed safe by a Navy Department notice to the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texan
New York
Navy Department
Public Utilities Commission Hear Maps For Proposed Routes
City commissioners met with the State Public Utilities Commission to hear four proposed connections linking the Union Pacific with the Kaw Valley Interurban and Bowersock Mills. Six days are allowed to prepare maps diagrams and reasons for submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
C. F. Foley
The
Utility Commission
Fred £m
Kaw Valley
Union Pacific
Bowersock Mills
Idaho
Bawersock Mills
Kaw River
Union Pacific Railroad
C. H. Lillard
Topeka
R. M. Ritchey
J. H. Robinson
Kaw Valley Interurban Company
W. R. Taylor
Kansas City
J. D. Cornell
Naw Valley Interurban Company
Bowerseck Mills
Lawrence
State Utilities Commission
Utilities Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Fifth
Locust Street
Fourth
Union Pane
Bridge Street
City schools extend first semester to January 28
Superintendent Raymond A. Kent announced that, due to illness from smallpox vaccination among students and staff, the city schools will delay the second semester start to January 28 instead of January 21. New beginning classes may admit six year olds by February 28, with vaccination certificates required for all new pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond A. Kent
Law students enlist in navy Radio Corps in Kansas City
Enliat in Radio Service Elwin Smith and John Johnson, law students at the University, went to Kansas City yesterday and enlisted in the Radio Corps of the navy. They will leave in a week for the Great Lakes training station, Great Lakes, Minois. Sergeant Frank Armstrong has returned to Ft. Sill after a short furlough in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enliat
Elwin Smith
John Johnson
University
Kansas City
Radio Corps of the
Navy
Great Lakes
Minois
Frank Armstrong
Ft. Sill
Lawrence
Rainbow Division Names New Commander in France
Maj Gen Charles T Menoher succeeds General Kiann as commander of the Rainbow Division in France. Kiann returned home after finding he could not meet the physical demands of intensive warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Menoher
Rainbow Division
National Guardsmen
France
Kiann
Rainbow Men
State railway rate laws to stay in effect under government operation
Washington reports that all state railway rate laws and regulations will remain in full effect under government operation. Director General McAdoo told a delegation from the National Association of Railway and Utilities Commissioners that a formal order will be issued soon. He urged the commission to continue its past functions and to report any issues with railways, noting the Interstate Commerce Commission retains rate making powers under the continental railroad system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McAdoo
National Association of Railway ‘and Utilities Commissioners
Rairoads
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Continental Railroad System
Romanian Minister Diadandi Given Release by Bolsheviks
Constantine Diadandi, the Romanian minister arrested Sunday by the Bolshevik government, will be freed tonight. The decision, announced by M. Zalkind, assistant to Foreign Minister Trotzky, follows a meeting of the Council of People's Commissioners after the diplomatic corps protested to Premier Lenin.
Rotary Club Backs City Manager Talk In Wichita
City Manager proposal discussed after a presentation by Prof. W. J. Baumgartner. Rotarians voted informally to refer the matter to the committee on public affairs for consideration. Delegates were named to attend the War Council in Topeka and a Hutchinson meeting on March 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Baumgartner
Rotary Club
Committee On Public Affairs
Wichita
War Council
Topeka
Hutchinson
War Dept to exempt men over 31 from draft liability
Washington Jan 16 Secretary Baker advised the senate military committee the war department favors discharging from draft liability men who have passed the age of 31, registering on June 5 1917, and without having been called to the colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baker
Senate Military, Committee
War Department
Case Against Caillaux and German Talks Linked
Washington reports from intercepted communications show former French Premier Caillaux in 1915 discussing with German agents in Argentina. Dispatches warn against praising Caillaux and outline plans to capture a ship carrying papers, seeking German courtesy if the ship were seized. Paris reports Louis Louistalon, a deputy leader, arrested as immunity suspended in the Calliaux case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Caillaux
Louis Louistalon
Paris
Neader
Chamber of Deputies
Lane's
Calliaux
PARET TEACHERS MEETING AT PINCKNEY SCHOOL
The Pinckney School Parent Teachers Association will meet at 8 30 Thursday afternoon. Supt Kent will address the meeting and a short business session will follow. Children are knitting squares for a blanket and scraps of yarn are welcome. The Quincy PTA meeting has been postponed to Thursday January 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. Kent
Pinckney Association
Parent-Teachers Association of Pinckney School
Raymond A. Kent
Quincy
Parent-Teachers Association
Kansas Weather Report Signals Cold Spell Ahead
A Kansas weather note reports past conditions overnight and early today with cloudy skies this evening and tomorrow. Forecasters warn continued cold temperatures for several days, with no immediate warm-up in sight.
Eating Places Pledge Meatless and Wheatless Days
Lawrence restaurants and hotels join U S Food Administration in pledging meatless Tuesdays and wheatless Wednesdays. Eldridge Hotel Bricken's Cafe Lee's College Inn and many others observe meatless and wheatless days, with Hutson urging full city-wide compliance until the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Cafe
Massachusetts Street
Bricken's Cafe
Lee’s College Inn
Government Food Administration
Lawrence
Billy” Hutson
Eldridge Hotel
United States Food Administration
Mr. Hutson
Food Administration
Hadley's
de Luxe
Varsity Cafe
Dan's Cafe
Hiawatha Cafe
Pine's
Wilson's
Johnson and Tuttle Restaurant
Collins Cafe
Midway Cafe
Lee's College Inn
Eldridge
Johnson Tuttles
Weyermuller
Brick paving preferred in Kansas cities report
Kansas cities show brick pavement superior for wear and longevity. Bituminous concrete offers advantages. cement concrete remains experimental. Kansas tractors total 7,000 with 40 to 50 days use annually and about 1,200 dollars per tractor average. Fuel committee doubts eight million barrels of new gasoline. Burton process dominant in refineries. Alcohol production for storage fuel not yet achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas State Engineering Society
University of Kansas
Dean A. A. Potter
Kansas State Agricultural College
Society
F. H. Sibley
University School of Engineering
Sibley
Three Soldiers Home From Camp Doniphan Visit Lawrence
Charles Hope Harris Pollock and George Dunkley returned to Lawrence on furlough from Camp Doniphan for a short visit with parents and friends. Hope is on tick leave after sixteen days in the soldier hospital. Miss Clara Stewart of Iola and Miss Nannie caret en route to visit friends in Euora were seen in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hope
Harris Pollock
George Dunkley
Lawrence Soldier
Camp Doniphan
Hope
Soldier Hospital
Clara Stewart
Iola
Lawrence
Nannie Caret
Euora
Bank cashier vanishes amid embezzlement probe in Williams town
C L Kline, cashier of Williams town State Bank in Jefferson county about ten miles northwest of here, disappeared yesterday afternoon. State bank commissioner Walter E. Wilson took charge and obtained a warrant for Kline's arrest on embezzlement charges after accusations of loaning himself 4200 and forging notes. Former directors ousted Kline earlier this year after a period of losses. Samuel Sage, the new cashier, says unsecured notes totalling 4200 and 7600 plus a 1600 personal note were not on record. Stockholders faced 3500 in cover for bad notes. initial 18 percent payment was raised to 35 percent after gathering. Several stockholders were local, many withdrew due to the bank's tarnished reputation. Kline left for Topeka in a Chalmers touring car. his wife stayed in Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Kline
Williamstown
Jefferson County
Here
Walter E. Wilson
State Bank
Kline
Samuel Sage
Chalmers
Topeka
Ottawa
War Time School Readjustments Face Kansas Meeting
The Educational Council of the Kansas State Teachers Association will meet in Topeka to discuss war emergency readjustments for public schools. Topics include six day weeks, wartime teacher demand, and keeping education aligned with war needs. Chancellor Strong and deans Hamilton Kelly will speak at sessions linked to the Kansas War Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Educational Council of the
Kansas State Teacher’s Association
Topeka
Mills
F. R. Hamilton
University Extension Division
K. U
F. J. Kelly
School of Education
Educational Council
Frank Strong
Kansas Legislature
Child Burned to Death in Kitchen Accident
William Edgar Davenport one year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W J Davenport of 806 New Hampshire Street died in Social Service hospital about 4 30 this morning after burns from a loose brick under a leg of a monkey stove and a kettle of boiling water poured over him. He was taken to the hospital yesterday afternoon and the funeral will be held at 4 30 this afternoon from the Davenport home with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edgar Davenport
W. J. Davenport
New Hampshire Street
Social Service Hospital
Oak Hill Cemetery
Edward Weidlein Named Associate Director at Mellon Institute
Edward R. Weidlein, Pitt alumnus 1909 1910, has been appointed associate director of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, a University of Pittsburgh department. He began as a senior fellow in 1912 and was an original industrial fellow under Dr. Robert Kennedy Duncan. Union Prayer Services at Lutheran Church at 7 45 tonight led by C O Foster of the Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Weidlein
Edward R. Weidlein
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Robert Kennedy Duncan
University of Pittsburgh
Weidlein
Lutheran Church
C. O. Foster
The
Christian Church
Kansas bottlers hold Lawrence meeting despite bad weather
More than fifty delegates from across the state attend the Sixteenth Meeting of the Kansas State Bottlers' Association in Lawrence. They tour the University, view a sugar and syrup demonstration by Miss Woodruff, and compare cane and beet sugar. Officers are elected this afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce rooms before a banquet at Haskell Institute to close the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas State I Tlers’ Association
University
Chan
Home Economics
Misa Woodruff
Agam
Chamber Oe Commerce
Haskell Institute
Lawrence High School Boys Club Plans Two Day Campaign
The Lawrence High School Boys Club held a regular weekly meeting at the City Y M C A last night to discuss a two day friendship membership campaign at month end. About fifty members attended and showed enthusiasm for the effort. Principal speaker George W Lewis secretary of Arkansas spoke, with several University Y M C A workers also giving talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School Boys Club
George W. Lewis
Arkansas
Little Rock
University Y. M.C. A
May exempt chemists to keep colleges open for war effort
A move by the American Chemical Society seeks to exempt junior and senior chemistry students from war draft rules so they may complete their degrees. University of Kansas and other colleges report declining chemistry enrollments while engineering students gain enlistment rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Chemical Society
Secretary of War
University of Kansas
United States
Death of C C Hoyt Former U P Agent Died in Dallas
C C Hoyt aged 66 died in Dallas Texas where he was visiting his daughter on December 25 pneumonia was his cause and he was the oldest railroad official in Colorado Springs for thirty years with the Santa Fe at the passenger office. He previously worked for Union Pacific in Lawrence and preceded J T Shanklin. He survived by his wife Miss Nettie Edgar sister of Edgar Brothers of Edgar Steel and Seal Manufacturing Co. W J Carter will visit his daughter in Udall Kan this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P
Dallas
Texas
C. C. Hoyt
Union Pacific
Lawrence
J. T. Shanklin
Santa Fe
Colorado Springs
Nettie Edgar
Edgar Brothers
Edgar Stel and Seal Manufacturing Co
Hoyt
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Harold Smith
Sir Frederick Smith
Public Utilities Commission Here
Diamandi
von Bernstorff
Berlin Foreign Office
PARET
Kansas Weather Report
Eating Places
U. S. Food Administration
R. Hamilton
Dean F. J. Kelly
Strong
Universite
Haskell
High School Boy's Club
W. J. Carter
F. L. Robertson
Mr. Robertson
Udall
Kan
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