Peterson Case Hinges On Monday Scrutiny
Topeka January 17 The Associated Press reports that evidence on alleged pardon dealings in the Davis administration will be reviewed Monday to decide if Carl J Peterson retiring bank commissioner will be prosecuted Assistant county attorney Ed Rooney said the delay stemmed from Paul Heinz illness Rooney stated his chief will attend the courthouse Monday Judge Heinz Captain William Smith of the attorney generals office and Rooney will examine the facts and determine how far the state can go in the Peterson matter The assistant county attorney said the state is concealing movements as defense seeks to undermine witnesses The state plans secret subpoenas to prevent the defense from learning witnesses and dampening testimony
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Topeka
Associated Press
Davis
Carl J. Peterson
Ed Rooney
Paul Heinz
Sibrary
Rooney
Heinz
William Smith
Attorney General's Office
Peterson
New Chairmanships Named in Topeka Legislature
Lieutenant Governor Chase and Speaker Hope announced six new committee chairmanships in Topeka Kansas on January 17. Senate chairs include Whitman Preston on railroad, Spencer Nedan on educational institutions, Baacau Mound Valley on fish and game. House chairs include Lindley Sedgwick on insurance, Holbrook Wyandotte on first class cities, and Farrell Clay on second class cities.
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Topeka
Kan
Associated Press
Senate
House
Chase
Hope
Whitman
Preston
Spencer
Nedan
Baacau
Mound
Valley, Fish and Game
Lindley
Sedgwick
Insurance
Holbrook
Wyandotte
Farrell, Clay
Ford agency changes in Baldwin and Lawrence districts
Albert Williams, formerly with the Ford agency of Lawrence, has bought out DeWitt Ransdall of the Ransdall-Smith Ford agency of Baldwin. The agency will be known as the Smith Williams Motor Co. Paul Luckan, formerly with the Eudora Ford agency, has moved to Baldwin to take up management of the agency.
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Albert Williams
Ford Agency
Lawrence
DeWitt Ransdall
Ransdall-Smith Ford Agency
Baldwins
Smith- Williams Mater Co
Paul Luckan
Eudora Ford Agency
Baldwin
Re Ae
Underwood Muscle Shoat Bill Delay In House
Washington Jan 17 news notes that a conference referral for the Underwood Muscle Shoat bill was blocked today by Representative Long Worth. He expressed hope action could occur next week and noted talks with Senate leaders to decide conference steps. Also M C Del Manzo conferred with Reading Teachers on revising the second semester curriculum. Funeral services are planned Tuesday for Newton R Parvin, grand secretary of the Iowa Grand Lodge of Masons, who died of heart disease.
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Washington
House
Long Worth
Senate
Eee
Cedar. Rapids
Newton R. Parvin
Iowa Grand Lodge of Masons
Weather outlook for the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys
Weather summary from Washington forecasts a week starting Monday with scattered rain and snow at the start, a midweek snow period, moderate to cold temperatures, and fair conditions in plateau regions. Kansas generally fair with cold spells, incomplete temperatures and dates omitted.
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Washington
Mississippi
Missouri
Haif
Kansas
Levincintein Mtorr
Land Banks Unite in Kansas City Consolidation
Kansas City announces arrangements to consolidate the Wichita and Kansas City joint stock land banks. Walter Cravens, president, states loans total 45 million dollars to 6,000 farmers in Missouri and Oklahoma. Officers named: Walter Cravens president R P Cravens chairman R W Street vice president J B Smith vice president Row W Gravens treasurer A B Todd secretary.
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Kansas City
Wichita
Walter Cravens
Kansas City Bank
Wichita’ Bank
Cravens
C. L. Davidson
Faraae Missouri
Oklahoma
Anheuser Busch Protest Over Prohibition Enforcement
Washington on January 17 with a formal White House protest by Anheuser Busch Inc through general counsel Lawrence Eades. The letter complains lax enforcement of prohibition allowing large imports from Canada of beverages near beer with six to eight percent alcohol content, harming sales of soft drink products. The issue was presented to the White House and then to Commissioner Blair of internal revenue.
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Washington
White House
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
St. Louis
Lawrence Eades
Anheuser-Busch Company
Eades
Canada
Blair
Internal Revenue
Madden for Speaker in House Caucus Vote
Kansas Republicans at a caucus elected Madden of Illinois as speaker candidate by a 5 to 1 vote. Anthony of Kansas would chair the appropriations committee and serve as Kansas’s representative on the Republican committee. a caucus before March 4 was endorsed to organize the new House. Separate item notes a small fire at the Santa Fe oil reversing station in east Lawrence caused by a blow torch thawing a pump. no damage reported and fire department extinguished it.
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Washington
Kansas
House
Madden
Mlinois
Trncker
Rev
Longworth
Ohio
Anthony
Appropriations Committee
Republican Committee
House Committee
K.ul
Santa Fe
East Lawrence
Rome
Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
Mussolini
Teaching Tops Intended Careers at K U for Women
University of Kansas data shows women favor teaching as their top intended vocation with 781 of 1,183 reporting, while journalism follows. Men prefer engineering at 425 (21 percent) and medicine at 542 as leading choices, with teaching ranking lower among them. Other fields cited include law, pharmacy, and business as notable options.
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University of Kansas
K. U
George O. Foster
Man Who Halted German Army Dies in Bruges
Bruges Belgium January 17 Associated Press Hendl Geeraert lock keeper of the sluices of Nieuwport and hero of the first battle of the Yser died in a hospital after a long illness On Christmas day he received the Knight of the Order of Leopold for opening the dikes in November 1914 flooding the Yser battlefield and halting the German advance The honor briefly revived him before his death.
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Bruges
Belgium
Associated Press
Hendl Geeraert
Nieuport
Yser
Order of Leopold
Editors Discuss Public Opinion Testing in Newspapers
Washington Jan 17 United Press general manager Karl A. Bickel condemned the administration spokesman method of trial balloons in testing public opinion before editors and press associations. He warned against censorship and propaganda and urged honest use of commercial propaganda when frank and truthful. Others joined in noting foreign censorship, and editors debated bias and postal rate increases.
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Washington
Karl A. Bickel
United Press Association
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Press Association
Bickel
Ireland
B.S. Beck
Chicago Tribune
Ralph Futitzer
New ‘York World
Morris Lee
Philatelphia Public Ledger
Pulitzer
James D. Barnum
Syracuse Post Standard
State Legislature Impressions to Be Presented at Chamber Luncheon
Representative Willard Morgan will speak at Tuesday noon Chamber of Commerce luncheon to present general legislative proposals. Senator J N Johnson and Representative Beeks are invited guests. Chamber members urged to attend with proposals in writing and to hear Morgan discuss legislature conditions.
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Shotions
Willard Morgan
Chamber of Commerce
J. N. Johnson
Beeks
Representative Morgan
Supreme court denies Pierpont motions in Sedgwick dispute
Denials come as Judge J D Wall contests Grover Pierpont for the third division seat on the Sedgwick County District Court bench. The court refused to discuss the case and denied a motion to make the petition more definite. Pierpont must answer. A separate note reports cancellation of a $16000 order for cotton tail rabbits by the Maryland game department due to heavy winter weather. Also, D Garter, colored, faces a Monday police court trial for drunkenness and disturbing the peace, bond set at 50 dollars.
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Fopeka
Kan
Supreme Court
Grover Pierpont
Sedgwick County District Court
J. D. Wall
State Senate
Pierpont
Sp Eee
Elkton
State Game Department
Kansas
Missouri
Murder Pictures Trigger Tears at Inquest
Historic inquest into the death of Mrs Anna Ellingsen reveals a 16 year old daughter Dorothy as the suspected shooter. Eyewitness testimony from Earl Ellingsen ties the tragedy to the girl’s secretive lifestyle and "wild ways" since age 12. Coroner Leeland hears details of the family, the pistol’s concealment, and questions about counsel as the first session ends.
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San Francisco
Anna Ellingsen
Dorothy
Earl Eftington
Los Angeles
Trvelock
San, Francisco
Albout
Frank Egan
Leeland
Rehearing Granted in Three State Court Cases
The Kansas supreme court granted rehearing in State vs Joh Ellison Scott of La Cygne after a 20 year sentence for wife slaying. Also granted for James L Stiff after bond theft case and directed Harold B Fisk to seek US Supreme Court review for anti syndicalism conviction. Separate item notes Minnesota highway bond authorizations and 1925 26 road tax plan.
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Topeka
Kan
Associated Press
Kansas Supreme Court
State
Joh Ellison Scott
la Cygne
Scott
Linn County
Supreme Court
Marth
Alsc
James L. Stiff
Cowley County
Benton Stake Bank
Stiff
Harold B. Fisk
Fiske
United States Supreme Court
University play census cites student leisure trends
Prof Harvey C G Lehman of the University of Kansas School of Education summarizes Lehman play quiz results showing RK and OU women favor social dancing dates and movies while E U men prefer driving cars watching sports and reading papers. The study lists 200 play activities from marbles to watermelons.
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Harvey CG
Lehman
School of Education
University of Kansas
RK. OU
E. U
New Officers Installed at Douglas County Farm Bureau Meeting
More than a hundred members attended the Douglas County Farm Bureau installation of officers at the Chamber of Commerce building. Ralph Colman was elected president with W S Stiner as vice president and Charles Wise as secretary treasurer. A basket dinner preceded the ceremony and several local and state leaders spoke on plans for the year.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
Chamber of ‘Commerce
A. L. Clapp
Kansas State Agriculturali College
Dean H. Umberger
A. C
Ralph Colman
W. S. Stiner
F. H. Johns
F. B. Miller
Willis Dunn
Ti Falph Colman
Amy Kelly
Ellen Batchelor
Mildred Smith
Farm © Bureau
University KFKU to Air Monday Evening Program
Station KFKU schedules a Monday night 8 50 program featuring lectures by Dr Alien on coaching a basketball player for individual offense and Prof B A Gilkinson on analyzing the question and preparing speeches. An elementary Spanish lesson is lesson number 3 with credit course enrollment. Musical numbers include Susiar Dickson and Mulleh soprano with Wings of Song and other works. Miss McMullen offers selections.
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KFKU
K. U
Alien
B. A. Gilkinson
Susiar Dickson
Mulleh
Mein Liszt
Godowsky
Schubert Tausig
Puzzle clash yields Norman OU team victory in cross word game
Oklahoma City January 17 saw University of Oklahoma at Norman and A and M College at Stillwater contend in a cross word puzzle match. OU scored 84 to Aggies 74 with errors by Texas A&M leading to their defeat. It claims the first intercollegiate puzzle contest in the state. Chief Justice Robert N Dunn dies in Boise Idaho prompting Idaho Senate adjournment and joint sympathy resolution.
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Oklahoma City
Webster
Oklahoma University
Norman
M. College
Stillwater
Aggies
Idaho
Boise
Ida
Robert N. Dunn
State Supreme Court
Senate
C P A Endorses Parole Law Changes County Meeting
Douglas County C P A endorses resolutions to bar parole or pardon without trial judge and county attorney approval. Proposes no release for bank robbers auto thieves or premeditated murderers until full sentences served. Resolutions copied to Rep Morgan and Beeks and Senator Johnson with minutes kept. Belvoir beats Lone Star 61 58 in after meeting.
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C. P. A. Lodge
GC. P.A
Douglas County
Kansas
Bes
Douglas County GC. P. A
W. Morgan
Charles Beeks
J. N. Johnson
Kansas City Telephone sale shows no local policy change
FI ER Kepler manager of the local exchange states the recent sale of the Kansas City Telephone Co to Southwestern Bell will not affect policy here. No service charge changes are anticipated as Kansas City faces possible installation fees. Teachers Meet Next Week in Douglas County.
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Kansas City Telpehone Co
Southyn Bell’ Co
Focal Telphone Exchange
Kepler
Kanea
Douglas County
O. J. Lane
Review of Nobel Prize Sunday at Plymouth Church
At Plymouth Congregational Church Mr Ray A Eusden will review Nobel laureate 1924 winner Schick and his book sermon on Reymont's The Peasants a panorama of rural Polish life on Sunday evening.
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Plymouth ‘Congregational
Ray A
Eusden
Fie
Reymont
Schick
Polish
Ife
Sudden Chill Grips Beloit as Temperatures Plunge
Beloit Kansas faced a sharp cold snap with the thermometer dropping to 13 degrees below zero last night, nearing the coldest point of the season. Local residents bundled up as the frigid air swept through the town.
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Beloit Beloit
Kan
Beloit
Funds to Aid German Intellectuals and Artists
James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany and head of the American Relief committee announced he cabled 36 000 to Ambassador Houghton in Berlin for distribution among needy German surgeons and figures in arts letters and sciences. He said the committee has terminated its activities due to improved conditions in Germany.
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New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
American Relief Committee For
Houghtor
Berlin
Mrs Clark Removed as Head at Beldit Girls School
Mrs Pnez Clark, longtime superintendent of the Beldit girls industrial school, was terminated after seventeen days by the state board of administration. Miss Lula Coyner was named acting superintendent, effective immediately, with Coyner a Jewell county educator and Republican. The removal followed court guidance in the Lindley University case that heads of state institutions serve at the pleasure of the board.
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Topeka
Kan
Associated”Press
Pnez Clark
Beldit
Davis
State Board of Administration
Lula Coyner
Coyner
Jewell County
Emma Coynier
Clark
E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
W R C Scholarship For Best Essay On Armistice Day
The Woman's Relief Corps offers its third annual $150 scholarship for a Kansas high school senior essay on how Armistice Day should be observed in public schools. Essays up to 800 words due to county superintendents by April 1. Final judging by Jess Miley, state superintendent, with winner announced at the May convention.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Kansas
Ida K. Bailey
Lawrence
Jess Miley
Rockefeller gifts library for Ald JAP University
Tokyo January 17 A gift of one million yen from John D Rockefeller Jr will enable the imperial university to build the most complete library in the world said President Yoshinao Kozai in a statement. The contribution is to rebuild and restock the library destroyed by the 1923 earthquake. Chicago January 17 Police chief Collins orders a hard line crime fight with a "blood and iron" policy leading to at least one death and several injuries during a night of killings and gunfire.
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Tokio
John 1. Rockefeller, Jr
Imperial University
Yoshinao Kozai
Rockefeller
Chicago
Collins
South Sea Writer Says Yellow Races Gain on the Whites
Seattle report quotes Frederick O'Brien author of South Sea romances predicting in fifty to sixty years whites must accept commercial equality with the Far East as trade shifts eastward. He cites the influx of Chinese coolies to French battlefields and intermarriage as factors shaping race relations and global commerce.
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South Sea
Seattle
Wash
Far East
United States
Europe
Frederick O’brien
Mr. O’brien
Judge Hugh Means Ends Court Term
The November term of district court closed this afternoon by Judge Hugh Means. Many cases settled and motions heard, with several matters continued to February. Key items included continued cases for Mollie Jeffries and Edward McKittrick. A judgment for $100 and costs was ordered in the Gumtow suit. Several appeals and real estate matters were addressed, including a title quieting judgment for Watts versus Townsend.
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Mollie Jeffries
Fudge Hugh Means
Judge Means
Junius Underwood
John R. Greenlees
Charles Barry
Elmer Augustine
Gollie Gumtow
Means
B. B. Day
Dick Williams
State Compensation Board
Kenneth Mason
Howard Longanecker
Kansas
E. R. Keith
Western Automobile Insurance Co
Elsie Barnett
Elizabeth Hartley
Watkins National Bank
J. R. Simmons
George L. Simmons
Charles T. Tomblin
Franklin
Davis
Larry Brown
Frank Watts
F. H. Townsend
Wat’kins National Bank
O. ‘T. Rocklund
Secretaries to Meet at Kansas Convention
The Kansas State Secretaries annual convention runs with the Kansas Association of Chambers of Commerce meeting on January 24 and 25. Lawrence Chamber of Commerce secretary L. Scott will attend and speak on Centralization of Community Activities in the morning session. The gathering will cover topics of interest to chambers of commerce and related secretary conferences.
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Kansas
Kansas Association of Chambers of Commerce
L. ‘Scott
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Tod Heads State Board Toneka Kansas
Tod of Maple Hill is named head of the Kansas state board of agriculture. E A Millard of Burden is elected vice president and O J West of Ottawa and BE J Frizell of Larned join the state fair board. Fumigating gas kills two in Ont Patrick Bird 63 and daughter Mary 35. Bert Woodington who fumigated the house is held as a witness. Brig Gen Oscar C Guessaz, 69, World War commander, died in San Antonio after a career with Texas and Oklahoma guards.
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Toneka
W. J. Tod
Maple Hill
Kansas
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
E. A. Millard
Burden
0. J. Wesf
Ottawa
BE. JL Frizell
Larned
State Fair Board
Cas
Patrick Bird
Mary
Bert Woodington
San Antonio
Tex
Oscar C. Guessaz
Iwist Infantry
Texas
Oklahoma
Topeka Couple Are Married Today
Walter S. Thompson and Retta Bailey of Topeka colored were married today by Probate Judge Menger.
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Topeka
Walter S. Thompson
Retta Bailey
Menger
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