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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1923
Page
1
French forces seize mine directors led by Fritz Thyssen and arrest about a score of officials in the Ruhr while German workers threaten walkouts. Rail and bank operations are disrupted as Paris presses reparations amid a widened occupation.
Washington January 20 President Harding continued to recover from his stroke today hoping to be at his desk Monday. No visitors will be admitted behind the door as he excludes any accumulation of ailfield papers awaiting his return to the executive offices. Under doctors orders he spent most of today resting in his room.
Bastrop La January 20 Jeff Burnett held on an affidavit charging number in connection with the deaths of Watt Daniel and T I Richards will be released on bail of 5000 dollars it was officially announced Sydney Rogers a youth who said he was a victim of a masked band near Met Rouge will be brought here for questioning and placed on the witness stand A V Case attorney general said he would travel to Baton Rouge for a conference with Governor Barker to discuss the investigation into band activity and the report by justice department Governor Parker urged early arrival for the meeting as the black headed band is said to operate in Morehouse parish.
Word arrived in Lawrence of the death of BE F Goodrich a former Lawrence resident who died in Long Beach California from paralysis He was a Civil War veteran and served as Lawrence postmaster from May 21 1889 for about five years He led the Flambeau club to Washington and later operated a postal service and a commission business before moving to Salina Kansas City and finally California where he spent the remainder of his life He was survived by his wife and had many friends in Lawrence.
C J Peterson of Topeka secretary of the state Democratic committee was named state frank commissioner by Governor Davis. The appointment awaits senate confirmation planned for early next week.
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday covers territory including the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Generally fair with a chance of local snow or rain on Wednesday or Thursday. Kansas forecast calls for generally fair weather with colder conditions tonight and Sunday. Temperatures shown: yesterday’s high and today’s low not fully legible.
Alexander Howat and five other former United Mine Workers officials in Kansas were paroled today in Pittsburg after serving 206 days of a one year sentence for contempt of court. They had been in Crawford county jail since April and are due to pay the prosecution costs within six months.
Topeka June 20 The Kah Sis supreme court overruled the motion to quash service on alleged officers and members of the Ku Klux Klan in this state. The court allowed the Klan twenty days to file an answer to the original petition in the nuisance suit brought December 20 by W. L. Wood of Kansas City Kansas and Col J S Dean of Topeka for the Klan.
Eight men under indictment in the Herrin mine killings are released on bail of 20 000 each after state approval. Bonds totaling 160 000 posted by nineteen merchants and business people. Trial set for February 12 with several defendants to face death sentence appeals.
W C Drescher and W J Drescher owners of Drescher’s women’s furnishing store at 330 Iba filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S district court Topeka. Ed Anderson of Lawrence named receiver. The store has been run by W C Drescher and son for two years with debts mounting.
A. E. Glass was arrested today on a careless driving charge following a collision in Lawrence. John Hill of S02 New Jersey Street alleges his car was struck by Glass’s vehicle and seeks court appearance next Monday.
Washington January 20 additional information on American representation of the reputations commission and unofficial contact through Roland W Boyden is being prepared by Secretary Hughes for submission to the senate foreign relations committee.
Alfred C. Hovey of Lawrence and Iona Rhodes of Kansas City Kansas secured a marriage license from Probate Judge Menger this morning and will be married by Rev. Ma. Richard of Lawrence.
Douglas County Farmers Union and Cooperative Business Association held its annual meeting at the county courthouse this afternoon at 3 30 o clock with stockholders in attendance.
John P. Parker Jr. former Ouachita parish sheriff died in a Monroe sanitarium after a shooting near Bastrop. Carey Calhoun, a local resident, was arrested at 3 AM as a suspect. Parker's death followed a mystery case with no witnesses and delayed reporting to officials.
Observers describe Czecho-Slovakia as a generous host for about 6 000 Russian students and professors. Prague centers Russian intellects with independent institutions like the Russian Law College led by Professor Novgorotsev offering four hundred places. Czech support comes from public funds and private contributions as Russian learners engage in carpentry mechanics and related studies while unemployment relief is pursued.
Representative Jesus Cuenco introduces a bill in the House to abolish the coeducational system in elementary and secondary public schools. He argues the policy lowers morality and leads to improper marriages, elopements, and early maturation of women.
Paris reports a remarkable ten ton armored air plane now in the French Air Service. The steel craft carries machine guns plus a 75 mm field gun, with 50 shells, and has passed builders tests before delivery to Villa Courblay.
In Williams Ontario on January 20 a fur buyer took possession of a pure white beaver pelt from a Nipigon district trapper. The skin is uncolored and of fair size, a rarity among northern skins. Liverpool cotton brokers use special cable facilities to send messages to New York and receive replies within three minutes.
Impeachment proceedings against John P. Manary of Morton county begun in Topeka after his arrest for drunkenness. A Shawnee County inquest to compel Manary to name liquor sources precedes the house action. State plans for legal questions on veteran bonds and bonus payments move ahead.
Oklahoma City jurist Judge William Harrison urged the colored race to unite and fight barriers with economy cooperation and forgiveness at Ninth Street Baptist Church. He cited Mississippi cotton fields to the Supreme Court and praised the Stars and Stripes while calling for true American citizenship through Jesus Christ and the Golden Rule. A Kansas City group attended the address.
In Montreal Quebec two women Gertrude Sherman and Gertrude Doyle were named commissioners of the Superior Court for the Montreal district, enabling affidavits from within the district to hold court force. The ruling followed initial rejection by Justice Campbell Lane and subsequent approval by Justice MacLennan amid long legislative efforts to extend legal rights to women. The report also notes Quebec women’s partial voting rights and separate notes on sewing unions uniting under the Needle Trades Alliance.
An insane passenger shot and killed Harry Turner of Tuc sor Arizona P O Cochrane of Joplin Missouri and Herbert Brown of Indianola Oklahoma aboard a Southern Pacific westbound train near Janark New Mexico twenty miles from El Paso Texas. The slayer escaped into the desert after firing into the crowd. All three victims were killed by heart shots as officers hunted the desert for the assailant.
Denver Jan 26 Progressive state executives plan a Feb 2 and 3 meeting in Kansas City Missouri as Governor Blaine of Wisconsin outlined topics. Attending states Arizona Colorado Wyoming Missouri Wisconsin Kansas Montana Iowa and others would join in discussing state control against federal encroachment coal production distribution and pricing.
The body of Wallace Reid film star lies in state at the First Congregational church from 10 to 2 today. Episcopal clergy conduct joint services at 3 30 with Elks members assisting. Cremation to follow in Glendale after services.
Zita former prepress of Austria has visited her mother the Duchess of Parma in Bavaria for two months and may stay longer. She bought an estate at Starnberg near her mother in law and will direct care from Austrian nobility serving breeding hogs. The county livestock office met to plan a catalogue for a February 27 purebred hog sale at the county fair grounds.
The Better Business Bureau, at a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Lawrence, voted two sale days for February with specials on February 3. C E B Decker was unanimously reelected chairman and K T Finn of the University spoke on truthful advertising and public confidence. About forty businessmen attended, with plans to continue the monthly sales program and coordinate ads with a royal committee for real bargains.
Willow Springs and Wakarusa boards join county officials to review a proposed Pleasant Grove road south of Lawrence from Hyre bridge to Graeber farm. Plans aim to connect with a county road for better service at lower cost. Commissioners will cost each option with the engineer before starting work.
Lawrence high school was eliminated from the state triangular debate at Garnett after the negative team of George Cady Aleene Carter and Ethel Oatman scored two of nine votes on the industrial court question. Judges included H A Shinn H A Cunningham and A E Don Carlos. John W Games longtime county treasurer and G A R member is seriously ill in Lawrence.
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