Not Guilty Verdict For Herrin Wine Rioters
Five defendants in the Herrin wine riots trial were found not guilty by a Williamson county jury. Leva Minn Joe Carnaghi Peter Hiller Burt Grace and Otis Clark, all but Hiller union miners, faced hours of deliberation before the verdict at AcL5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The crowded court scene ended quietly with jurors congratulated by some spectators as defendants hurried home.
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Marion, AL
Fan Md Cassociated Press
Herrin
Williamson County
Leva Minn
Joe Carnaghi
Peter Hiller
Burt Grace
Otis Clark
James Weaver
Kansas University Budget Talk In Topeka Visit
Ways and Means Committee members who inspected the University last Wednesday reported to the house in Topeka. Chancellor Eri H Lindley said the committee is sympathetic and in touch with state school needs. Dean F J Kelly attended a conference heads meeting and outlined a plan for reporting enrollments and costs per student.
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Ways Ane Means
House
Luture
Topeka
Eri. H. Lindley
Ways and Means
Lindley
Dr. Lindley
Econymi of
Kansas State Teachers Association
F. J. Kelly
Talked by radio on basketball origins and spread
Dr. F C Allen of the University of Kansas told on Star’s radio how Dr James A Naismith invented basketball as a single person effort and how the game became the most played indoor sport bridging fall and spring.
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F.C. Allen
Cradio
Kansas City
TH. Allen
James A. Naismith
Department of
Prade School
Noted Oklahoma City judge to speak at Ninth Street Baptist Church
Judge William Harrison a special judge of Oklahoma City's superior court and member of the Supreme Court bar will address the public at Ninth Street Baptist Church at 8 tonight. The talk targets Lawrence's colored population with a message of hope and cheer. A special interurban car will bring delegates from Kansas City for the meeting. KU Athletic Board to Meet in Chancellor’s office tomorrow at 9:30.
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William Harrison
Superior Court of
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ber Association
Supreme Court of the United States
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Lawrence
Kansas City
Harrison
K U. Athletic Board
The
University
Han san Forecast Summary
Forecast notes show generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday with limited temperature change. It lists yesterday's highs and tonight's lows, but the OCR text is garbled, making specific values unclear.
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Hansan
Stone Blames Bridge Fires on Near Engineering and Neglect
Warren B. Stone, grand chief of the engineers, says near engineering and neglect of fire pans caused bridge burnings on the Missouri and Northern Arkansas railroad amid sabotage probes by a citizens committee. He notes relief engineers replacing strikers and disputes over another union meeting.
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Chicago
Warren
Stone
Missouri and Northern Arkansas
Citizens’ Committee
Filmdom Mourns Wallace Reid After Long Health Battle
Wallace Reid, famed motion picture star, dies after a struggle with health and drug withdrawal. Wife Dorothy Davy Richards cared for him as he spoke of victory in his final hours. Tributes poured in from Chaplin, Pickford, Fairbanks and others. A public funeral is planned in Los Angeles with cremation and ashes sent East per his wishes.
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Tos Ampeles
Wallace Reid
Dorothy Davyonport
Mamma
Billie
Bilfie
Jesse Lasky
Carl Laemuire
Charles Chaplin
Reid
Harold Lloyd
Theodore Roberts
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Los Angeles
Lodge No. 99
Glee Club to Topeka Concert Trip
The Chamber of Commerce seeks eleven cars on January 29 at 10 30 am to transport University women's glee club members to Topeka for a Native Sons of Kansas celebration concert. Cars depart Fraser Wall and organizers urge members to call the Chamber office to be listed for the trip.
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Chamber of Commerce
University Women’s Glee Club
Topeka
Native Sons of Kansas
Fraser Wall
City Election Registration Opens for April 3 Vote
City Clerk Frank Brooks announced registration books are open for the city election on April 3. Three school board seats and one commissioner of public utilities post are up for election, with no candidates filed yet for the board or city commission.
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Frank Brooks
Public Utilities
City Commission
Ey Cee
Sloane Killer Identified as Nicholas Trainer
Denver authorities delayed the burial of the mint bandit after officials at Leavenworth Kansas informed Captain Rinker that J C Sloane was an alias and the man’s real name is Nicholas Trainer. The disclosure affects the case and pending funeral arrangements.
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Mint
Denver
Federal Bureau of Information
Leavenworth, Kansas
J. C. Sloane
Nicholas Trainer
Rinker
C P A Dinner Held at Midland Picnic
The Central Protective Association of Douglas county held a noon picnic dinner at Midland. Mrs. John Denman returned to Independence after visiting her son John Denman Jr at the Sigma Nu house.
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Midland
Central Protective Association of
Douglas County
John Denman
Independence
John Denman, Jr
Sigma Nu
Deadlock in Ruhr District Prevails Across Occupation
The Associated Press reports French occupation seizes state mines in the Ruhr and Reichsbank branches while mine managers are arrested. A Ruhr-wide rail strike looms as Essen refuses coal train dispatch and Berlin issues strike orders. French take over customs and forest funds as mediation talks falter.
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Associated Press
Ruhr
Essen
Berlin
Reichsbank
Rhineland
Germany
League of Nations
Paris
Duesseldorf
Issen
Associated Tress
District Railroad Administration
Bergnandsgltech
Westerheld
Buer Sere
Ahrens
Botrop
Berin
Todig
Denvigne
Gruetzher
Rhenish
Prussia
Ruby Valley
Gruetzner
Canada
Holland
Waght Am Rhein
Coblena
Muenster
Andreas Hermes
Geri
Infants Visit Free Baby Clinic at City Hall
Seventeen infants were brought to the free baby clinic at City Hall yesterday for examination. Two were new to clinics and two were from out of town. HL Forsyth of Denver, Colo., was in Lawrence on business for Charles Rubens and Company of Chicago.
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HL. Forsyth
Dever, Colo
Lawrence
Charles’ Rubens and Company of
Chicago
Double Shift On Power Line Aids Lawrence Connection
Victor Emanuel of the New York office of Kansas Electric Power Co visits the Lawrence plant and orders a double shift on the Leavenworth transmission line to leverage fair weather. Workers will connect Leavenworth line to Bonner Springs and then to Lawrence, enabling indirect electricity flow. If weather remains fair, completion may come by early spring.
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Victor Emanuel
New York
Kansas Electric Power Co
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Bonner Springs
Linwood
Kansas, Electric Power Co
Death Reveals Double Life of Local Man
A Tonganoxie man died in a sewer ditch cave in and was found to lead a double life under an assumed name Oscar Warren real name Osexe Warren Stansberry. He married a local woman in July and deserted a wife and child near Baldwin before a second marriage to the Tunmoxie girl. His body was moved to Rumsey Brothers undertakers and buried in Maple Grove Cemetery. His Oklahoma parents were notified.
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Tonganoxie
Tonzanoxie
Oscar Warren
Osexe Warren Stansberry
Tonyanoxie
Mirror
Warren
Black Jack
Baldwin
B. J. Rader
Tunmoxie
Stansberry
Rumsey Brothers’ Undertaking Room
Maple Grove
Oklahoma
Train Bandit's Wife Revealed In Statewide Notes
A Kansas City arraignment will place M J Turpin, the Santa Fe No 6 bandit, before a United States commissioner in Kansas City Kan. He claims a wife Mel Christine Turpin and a five year old child are somewhere in Kansas. Reports say he fled with family ten months ago after working as a switchman in Monett and on the Frisco. A $2000 government reward will be split among clerks who foiled the heist. Other items note Senate action on farm credits and Topeka visits by state officials, plus a New York trip for Mrs Gere Stodder and musings from Elinor Glyn.
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M. J. Turpin
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kan
General Hospital
Turpin
Mel
Christine Turpin
Kansas
Monett
Frisco
C. O. Otterman
Springfield
St. Louis
San Francisco
Judson
Marvin
David Sanford
A. H. Maxon
Kansas Jayhawkers Gird For Washington St Louis Clash
Kansas completes workouts as Milton Singer and George Williams star for the Jayhawkers in Robinson Gym. They prepare for Monday 7 15 start against Washington University and a Wednesday trip to Kansas City to face the Kansas City Athletic Club five at Convention Hall.
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Kansas
Jayhawkers
Washington University
St. Louis
Robinson Gymnasium
Washington
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kansas City Athletic, Club Five
Dayhawkers
Milton Singer
George Williams
University of Missouri
Allen
Kay
Ashing
Kansans
F.C. Allen
Dars
E. C. Quigley
St. Marys
Charges Assault Reported in Justice Court
A. A. Helwig files complaint with Justice R. Cey against Essie Higgins alleging a January 17 knife attack with intent to kill. Higgins, hired to mix cement at twenty five cents an hour, demanded forty cents after two days. conflict ended before injury. No arrest has been made.
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Justice
R. C.ey
A. A. Helwig
Essie Higgins
Higgins
Helwig
Lee Birthday Observed Across Georgia
Georgia joined southern states in celebrating General Robert E. Lee's birthday with public school ceremonies in Atlanta and a Capitol program attended by United Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy. The day was a legal holiday, and Stonewall Jackson's birthday on January 21 was noted in the program.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Lecture on Atomic Structure at University of Wisconsin
Sigma Xi lecturer Dr. A Sommerfeld of Munich will speak January 20 at 8 p.m. in the K U chemistry lecture room on Atomic Structure and Periodic System of Elements. Cruelty Hearing January 24, W Brooks pleads not guilty to cruelty to a horse and posts bond. Garbag e hauling case against Garbarge Pleasant Carter set for next Wednesday. Julius Kruttschmitt earns 100000 yearly as Southern Pacific chairman, the highest rail executive pay. Edward W Beatty becomes head of Canadian Pacific, first native Canadian in that role. Miss Madilene Carter, state secretary of Christian Endeavor, travels to Topeka. Mrs C W Surdevant returns to Richmond after visiting in town. Trotsky, son of a Jewish chemist, known as Leiba Bronstein.
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Sigma Xi
A. Sommerfeld
University of Munich
Bogsent
Karl Schurz
University of Wisconsin
K. U
W. Brooks
Bond
Jail inmate Babe Strode extradited to Kansas City on narcotics charge
Gordon alias Babe Strode, held in a county jail on a burglary case from eighteen months ago in Bismarck grove, was transported to Kansas City by U S Marshal Baker. He faces Missouri narcotics selling charges after prior arrests in Kansas City and Topeka under different aliases. sheriff Johns located him, leading to the extradition and immediate transfer to Kansas City jail.
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Gordon
Babe
Strode
Bismarck Grove
Kansas City
United States
Baker
Topeka
Missouri
Johns
Seizure Reported Of Rye Whiskey in Birmingham Yard
Six hundred ninety cases of rye whiskey valued at about 85000 were seized in Avondale yards of the Southern railroad. The cargo, consigned to Brunswick Drug Co Los Angeles, was enroute from Trenton Ga and tied up in court since 1921. Federal agents counted 8280 quarts in a Missouri Pacific box car.
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Birmingham
Ala
Avondale
Southern Railroad
Brunswick Drug Company
Los Angeles
Cdl
Trenton
Missouri Pacific
Missing Refugees Reported by Near East Relief in Athens
The Near East Relief in Athens reports 12000 inquiries about missing Greek refugees this past month. Over 2000 individuals have been traced via Athens Salonika Mitylene and Chios offices and posted at refugee centers. Two relief workers Myrtle Nolan and Louise MacLachlan head the Lost and Found Bureau.
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Athens
Olga
Myrtle Nolan
Minneapolis
Louise Maclachlan
Detroit
Army bill drops provision to buy only American goods
Washington January 19. A provision requiring the war department to buy all army materials from American manufacturers was struck from the army bill after Rep Connally Texas argued it would destroy competition. The change leaves room to buy abroad where the secretary of war deems it in the public interest.
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Washington
War Department
Secretary of War
Connally
Tex. Dem
Uncle of Victim Tells of Threat in Morehouse Parish
Bastrop Louisiana January 19 60 year old William J McDonald brother in law of J L Daniel father of Watt Daniel testifies at an open hearing into masked men saying Jap Jones warned he would clean out the Daniel family before the alleged assassination attempt on Dr B M McKain. Louisiana National Guard Company D prepares to leave Bastrop as four units carried the open hearing.
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New Orleans
Morehouse
Jennings Calvary
Mer Roure
Bastrop
Monroe Infantry
Stop Marrying of School Girls Case Highlights County Efforts
The court heard the case against Busevia atuarato Meare as authorities in Swawnee County seek to stamp out the practice of taking Mexican girls from schools to marry non‑citizens. An interpreter and judge Lashvrook attended the hearing but no proof was shown and the injunction was overruled. Also noted are memorial services for Civil War veterans and an update on President Harding's convalescence.
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Busevia Atuarato
Meare
Lemaansey
Twarado
Drexel
Nem
Eans
Fraternity Tax Bill Sparks Topeka Debate In State Senate
In Topeka on January 19 a Baldwin delegation pressed Senator Brooke for support of a Morgan bill. It would tax exempt fraternity and sorority houses, offsetting state savings from dormitory funding. Brooke, a fraternity member, urged fair consideration and proposed investigations into tax evasion tied to house rentals. A separate measure from Mrs. Grinstead would appropriate 175000 dollars for a Manhattan dormitory.
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Topeka
Kan
Morgan
Douglas County
Brooke
Jefferson
Baldwin
Grinstead
Seward
Manhattan
Teachers Annuity Debate Opens State Educational Council
At Topeka the tenth annual session of the State Teachers' association Educational Council opened with a dispute over pushing a teachers pension law this session. Leaders Supt H P Smith Lawrence and Supt Guy Jaggard Kingman argued against adding new duties to the state and urged public understanding of annuity pledges. More than 100 teachers associations are represented as salaries tenure and related topics are set for discussion this evening with P Rowland Hutchinson and Hattie Moore Mitchell Pittsburg Normal among others.
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Topeka
Educational Council
State Teachers’ Association
H.P. Smith
Lawrence
Guy Jaggard
Kingman City
Ition
Tenewi
P. Rowland
Hutchinson
Hattie Moore Mitchell
Pittsburg Normal
Lawmakers seek end to five traveling auditors
In Jefferson City Senators McCawley and his colleague introduce a bill to repeal the five traveling auditors in the state auditors department arguing it would save about 25000 annually. McCawley says public accountants could perform the work and an emergency clause accompanies the measure.
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Jefferson City
State Auditors Department
McCawley
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Edward W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
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Christian Endeavor Union
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Richmond, Kan
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Trotsky
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