Debate over World Court vote remains unsettled
Washington discussions on delaying or speeding debate on the World Court continued with Senate leaders Borah Swanson and Blease weighing cloture prospects. Borah argued advisory opinions could be used to influence U S policy, while Swanson urged patience until a formal proposal emerged.
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Washington
A.P
Swanson
Virginia
Chaimman Borah
Foreign Committee
Burah
League of Walions
Dhe
Senate
Kansas Forecast Sees Unsettled Weather and Cold Tuesday
The bulletin notes increasing cloudiness and unsettled conditions tonight with a colder Tuesday. Road conditions vary by city with mixed clarity and slipperiness including clear roads in Kansas City and Ottawa, muddy roads in Hutchinson, and good to fair conditions elsewhere. Temperatures show yesterday and today trends with expected drops.
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Kansas
Emporia
Ottawa
Hutchinson
Ville
Pittsburgh
As City
Ita
Topeka
Washington Pushes For Modifying the Volstead Act
An unofficial House committee led by Rep Hill urges broadening prohibition laws via modification. It plans public hearings to gather suggestions before crafting a bill. Federal Council of Churches and Anti-Saloon League voices are cited, noting enforcement flaws and calls for either stricter enforcement or limited wine and beer sales.
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Washington
Jan
Ppa
House Committee
Representative Hill
Maryland
House
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Federal Council
Anti-Saloon League of
Iowa
Dubuque
Clinton
Davenport
Muscatine
Burlington
Anti-Saloon League
PLAN STATE MEETING IN LAWRENCE FOR POSTAL CONVENTION
About fifty postal employees attended a Saturday evening meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to plan the state postal convention to be held in Lawrence Kansas. B Hosford was elected general chairman for the event. The convention will feature three equal sessions with separate meetings for city carriers city clerks and rural carriers. An opening general session will include all delegates and about 500 are expected to attend. committees will be appointed soon.
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Chamber of Commerce Rooes
Lawrence 2
C. B. Hosford
Elvch
Hosford
Midland C.P. A
The
Midland C. P. A
Order
Orga
Amundsen to Visit Leavenworth Arctic Explorer Relays Plans
Capt Roald Amundsen famed for the South Pole and North Pole dash will visit Leavenworth tomorrow joining Dr Frederick Cook in attendance at a federal penitentiary hospital. Amundsen arranged the visit by telephone with Warden W J Biddle and is set to arrive from Kansas City around 3 PM.
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Leavensworth
Dan
A.P
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
North Pole
Leavenworth
Frederick Cook
North Polle
Cook
Federal Penitentiary i
Amundsen
Greek Debt Commission Seeks Funds for Greece Obligation
The Greek Debt Commission informed the American Debt Commission it lacks authority to fund Greece's 15 million dollar obligation unless the United States provides a further 33 million loan. The U.S. Treasury said no authority exists to advance beyond the 48 million wartime credit. Greece will cable Athens for instructions.
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Washington
Greek Debt Commission
American Debt Commission
Greece
Treasury
McAdoo
Athens
McAdoo and Smith May Lock Horns Again
New York reports campaigns for 1928 Democratic presidential nomination are under way with four aspirants named: Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland Victor Donahey of Ohio Alfred E. Smith of New York and William G. McAdoo former secretary of the treasury.
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New York
New York Times
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
A Victor Donahey
Ohio
Alfred E. Smith
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
House approves 50000 for U S Geneva expenses with one dissent
The U S House voted 359 to 1 to authorize a $50,000 appropriation for U S delegates at the Geneva disarmament conference. Representative Connery of Massachusetts cast the lone dissent. Two amendments were rejected on points of order, one seeking to urge the president to instruct American delegates on outlawing aggression and the other to include the Versailles Treaty on the agenda. The measure follows President Coolidge's request for funds and now goes to the Senate.
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Washington
A.P
House
United States
Senate
Connery
Denier
Massachusetts
Coolidgs
Fisher
New York
Berger
Wisconsin
Governor Paulen to attend Iowa conference for Kansas delegates
Topeka Feb 18 A P Governor Ben S Paulen will attend the agricultural conference at Des Moines January 28 Simultaneously a list of sixteen Kansas farm readers named by the governor as delegates to the Iowa meeting was made public readable names include Ralph Snyder Manhattan representing the American Farm Bureau and Charles T Scott Ella chair of the US House Agricultural Committee among others The governor plans to return to Topeka the next day Kansas Day observances will follow in Kansas City and he will proceed with his delegation to the Corn Conference noting additional details from the state capital.
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Ben S. Paulen
Des Moines
Kansas
Iowa
Paulen
Toneka
Ralph Snyder
Manhattan
American Farm Bureau Federation
H.if
Cottonwood Falls
Kansas Live Stock Association
O. O. Wolf
Ottawa
Kansas Agricultural Council
L. L. Wilson
Wichita
Co-operative Wheat Marketing Association
A. A. Doerr
Larned
Charles TF. Scott
Iéla
Agricultural Committee
U. S. House of Representatives
J- R. Burrow
Smith Center
E. J. Burton
Coffeyville
Disbanding of Kan sas City High School Fraternities
Three Kansas City High School fraternities the Shi Delta Kappa Delta Omicron and the Delta Sigma disbanded today over the stigma from a recent dance at a Kansas City hotel. Members said they had been given a bad name by the incident and chose voluntary separation.
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Kansas
City
Kan
Kansas City
Kansasity
Delta Omricon
Delta Sigma
Hoover Advises Against Direct Rubber Loans to Foreign Countries
Secretary Hoover told the House committee the administration opposes direct loans by American banks to British rubber monopoly interests and Brazilian industries. He cited risks of strengthening monopolies and urged independent production and market strategies instead. Loans to other British and Brazilian interests had been made, but no interference with rates or policies was proposed.
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Washington, Jan
A. P
Hoover
Horse Commerce Committee
American Motor Rubber Company
Ceylon
Dutch East Indies
Er. Hoover
Philippines
New Volcanos Reported in Galapagos by Montebello
Discovery of a new volcano on Albermarie Island in the Galapagos was logged by the navy hydrographic office and Captain J. S. Collier of the steamer Montebello. The vessel sighted the crater inland with a lava flow into the sea and created a navigation hazard near the Galapagos group off Ecuador.
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San Francisco
Albermarie Island
Galapagos Group
Ecuador
Navy
J. S. Collier
Point Richmond
San Francisco Bay
Collier
Montebello
Lto
Jerome Beatty Appointed Assistant to Hays
Jerome Beatty, formerly loaned to the Hays organization by Universal, was named assistant to Will Hays the national film czar. His career included time at ABTeNnce, fish school, the University, newspaper work, and a long stint as publicity director for Famous Players-Lask. He joined Universal about a year ago.
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Jerome Beatty
Hays
Universal Film Corporation
Whe Hays
National Movie “Czar
Abtennce
Fish School
Jerome Wually
Famous Players-Lask Corporation
Universal
Officer Gets Six Stop Sign Violations on Ninth Street Corner
Chief of Police Douglas announces strict enforcement of a new rule requiring all motorists on West Ninth Street to stop at Indiana Street. A city officer posted at the corner within minutes cited six drivers Willard Elrod A W Cunningham Carl Bueheim Yom Fatchen James Haard and H A Dougherty for failing to stop at the marked signs. The Ninth Indiana intersection has a history of accidents including a recent fatality, prompting the crackdown to force complete stops in both directions.
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West Ninth Street
Mustistop
Indiana Street
Stow
Willard Elrod
A.W. Cunningham
Carl Bueheim
Yom Fatchen
James Haard
H. A. Dougherty
Ninth
Indiana
Doty
Topeka
Rome
Douglas
Hypnotic Suggestion Offsets Poison Effects In Stockholm
Stockholm researchers at Karolinska Medical Institute used hypnotic suggestion to make subjects believe poisons were water. Three subjects were hypnotized and given a drug increasing blood pressure. without suggestion readings ran 109-130 systolic and 54-100 pulse, with suggestion 109-116 systolic and pulse under 67.
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Stockholm
Henry Marcus
Ernest
Sahlgren
Stockholt
Karolinska Medical Institute
Split in Osophists Over Krishnamurti World Religion
The Daily Sketch reports a split within the Osophists over Krishnamurti and a new world religion. The Loren Lodge, England’s oldest with forty members, seceded along with sixteen others after a stormy national council meeting. Accusations of liberal Catholic influence and bad faith were voiced by members.
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London
Daily Sketch
Osophists
Krishnamurti
Loren Iodge
England
National Council
Famine Threatens Central Provinces Report Says
Reports to the famine relief commission describe food shortages across central provinces including Wanyan Hupeh Honan Kis ugsi and Szechuan due to Yangtze rice crop failure weaker military revenue and opium cultivation. With proper distribution the situation may not require outside aid. Grain exports rose to 2 643 000 bushels last week from 2 404 000 before. Assistant Secretary Andrews orders prohibition officers to tighten watch for bootleg druggists.
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Peking
Wanyan
Hupeh
Honan
Kisugsi
Szechuan
Sel Famine Relief Commission
Yangtze River
Avith
Private Bank Question Tests Kansas Banking Law
A Kansas group linked to the Farmers Union contemplates establishing a private bank in Lawrence, challenging charter rules. Reports tie Lyndon Osage County plans to a similar private bank move, risking a shift in charter board authority and potential legal action up to the state supreme court.
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Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Union Bank
Lawrence
Lyndon
Osage County
Bank
Farmers’ State Bank
Watkinsee Bank
Kansas
Charter’ Board
Bank Commission
Supreme Court
State Charter
Banking Department
Charter Board
Plan War Memorial rises as monumental temple design
Providence memorial committee unveils a novel World War memorial plan by Mrs. Harry Dayne Whitney. A circular 70 foot base supports a 270 foot brick and terra cotta fortress tower topped by a sculptured temple of sacrifice. A beacon will beam across Narragansett Bay by night with exterior torches, while the interior houses war trophies and records.
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Providence
Jan
Providence Memorial Committee
Harry Dayne Whitney
Narragansett Bay
Not Secret Clauses in Mexican Treaty Debunked
Washington January 18 AP The state department denied any secret clauses in the U S Mexico agreement under which the United States recognized Mexico on August 41 1923 Senator La Follette pressed the senate for information but the department said the conference minutes were included in the public document available to readers
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Washington
State Department
United States
Mexino
la Follette
Senate
Department
City seeks legal clarity over dismissal in injunction suit
Attorney Walter Thiele objects to dismissing the injunction with prejudice against Jackman interests. He will not act until he discusses the matter with the city commission. Mayor Holliday seeks a lawyer to explain the meaning of with prejudice as the November district court term ends.
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Walter Thiele
Jackman
City Commission
Thiele
Holliday
Base Commission
Commission
District Cours
Kansas Cities See School Taxes Rise In Six Years
Kansas city tax data from the 1925 Tax Rate Book shows school taxes rising across cities over six years. Second class cities with populations over 10,000 show notable increases, while smaller third class cities report lower average rates. Debt charges climb as bonds mature earlier and new limits curb bond issuance. The report details population, valuation, and tax rates for all Kansas cities and counties, including school taxes in organized cities.
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Kansas
League of Kansas
John Stutz
League
County Assessors List Is Approved In Douglas County
Douglas County appoints assessors led by E. C. Bussing with work starting March 1. An enumeration by assessors will decide if Lawrence becomes a first class city after a prior unsatisfactory attempt. Deputy assessors include J. D. Smith G. F. Russell A. S. G. Plank M. F. Barnett and others across Clinton Kanwaka and surrounding townships. Co A Daugherty will advise on property appraisal while Metsker Holke Jetmore and Simmonds named to value city real estate.
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Douglas County
E. C. Bussing
Board of County Commissioners
Asses
Lawrence
D. Smith
G.F Russell
G. Plank
Metz TF. Barnett
Nelson Piper
Lillian Churchill
Flora
R. H. Crosswhite
A. B. Connor
TH. Lennon
Misa Edith
Gamot
T. 3d. Anikson
Clinton Township
G Gabriel
O. B. Wotan
Fidora Township
Charles Wool
Grani
George T. Richards
Kanwaka
H. Rotinson
Lecompton Township
Henry Rappard
Marion Township
Earl T. Black
Palmyra
George A. Shike
Baldwin Guy
Geo T. Griegiel
Wakarusa
Willow. Springs Township
A. Daugherty
Kansas City youth held in Peerless garage robbery probe
John Vrongesitch, 20, is detained at Douglas County Jail for investigation in the Peerless garage robbery that occurred January 11. He was caught Saturday evening on East Twelfth Street in a stolen Topeka car, identified by Ray Gordon and Arthur McKittrick as one of the robbers. The car had been stolen January 10 from Topeka. Officers link two men to the Hillside Pharmacy hold up on November 22 and say Vrongesitch will likely be arraigned this afternoon.
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John Vrongesitch
Kansas City
Douglas County
Peerless
Vrongesitch
East Twelfth Street
Topeka
Roncesuch
Ray Gordon
Wight
Peerless Garage
Arthur Mr Kittrick
Vronaesitch
Towpeka
Hillside Pharmacy
Vroncesitch
Warning message from Bishop Earls on return to Bible faith
Kansas City dispatch reports Bishop Thomas Earls returned from Europe and the Pope to urge nations to abandon material ism and socialism for religious principles. The Holy Father views growing patience among Europeans as fading indifference. A letter from Randall Doolittle notes his wife Ty Ke and husband Randall are in danger after a week of illness.
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Kansas City
Middle West
Thomas
Erallis
Europe
Holy Father
Jllis
Randall Doolittle
Jobin Walton
Ty Ke
Doolittle
Kai
Homa
al Hin
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Gilbert J. Schell
Atwater Kent Radio
Hamna
Crater On
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Ernest W. Young
Phil Bowen
Roy Smith
Dyers and Cleaners
Beloit
Nathan ‘B. Jordan
Suri
Will Hays
Ninth Street
Medical
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Andrews
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Farmer's Union
Kansas City Star
State Charter Board
Lanuvry Banking Corporation
Temple of Service
Tyrian Lodge of Masons
Gloucester
Mass
Paul Revere
Dr. Albright
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Armstrong
Flocal
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R. J.armstrong
New Mexico
Ideal Order
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