Senator Edwards Implicated in New Jersey Rum Scandal
Jersey City reports testimony in Weehawken liquor case linking Senator Edward J Edwards to the Griffin conspiracy. Prohibition agents testified Edwards received 3800 to be held in escrow for whiskey delivery, with Edwards denying any wrongdoing and promising to respond later. Witnesses said money was returned after Griffin raised concerns, while defense counsel warned the testimony could be a frameup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. 3
John Milton
Atttorney
Weehawken
Edward J Edw Yards
N.d
Edward W. Edwards
New Jersey
William F. Griffin
Charles L. Hurlbut
Merrick
New York
Senator Edwards
Griffin
Lionel Wilson
Hurlbut
Wilson
van Tassel
Edawasts
Weights and Measures
Faley
Washington
Edwards
Associated ‘Press
Lawrence Chamber Plans Kansas Association Trip
Members of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will attend the Kansas Association of Chambers of Commerce annual meeting in Wichita. A private Pullman car will be provided, with a special train from Kansas City Friday night. Ten Lawrence members planned to join, including ROC Rankin and Fritz Meyn, aiming for a delegation of eighteen, returning Saturday morning at 6 30.
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Lawreace Chamber of Commerce
Roc. Rankin
Fritz Meyn
Lawrence the
Law ‘Rence
Debates Open as Breitscheid Attacks German Policy
In Berlin the Reichstag session opened with Socialist leader Rudolf Breitscheid provoking uproar as he challenged Luther government policy and questioned disarmament compliance. He claimed students trained in Reichswehr, drawing shouts of treason and accusations of French payment from the right. Separately, the district court clerk began preparing the February docket for printing.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Luther
Rudolph Breitscheid
Weenice
Inter-Allied Military Control Commission
Germany
Jusserand Leaves Post After 22 Years as French Ambassador
Washington dispatch reports Jules Jusserand, the French ambassador to the United States, presenting his letters of recall to President Coolidge. The ceremony marks the end of his 22 years of service in Washington.
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Washington
Jules Jusserand
Eclipse observing sweep across city and region
New Yorkers and observers nationwide prepare for the sun’s eclipse next Saturday. Forecasters note a slight tilt toward cloudiness but efforts accelerate with camera planes from Curtiss field and the dirigible Los Angeles to provide aerial views. Radio listeners will track the event as flying observers scout skies between Nantucket and Massachusetts.
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New York
Janes H. Scarr
New York City
Central Park
New Jersey
Connecticut
Curtiss Field
Los Angteles
Nantucket
Massachusetts
Teamwork to guide Ferguson administration in Texas
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, the first woman governor of Texas, declared in her inaugural address that team work would be the guiding motto of her administration. She asked for advice from others, emphasized moral uplift, and pledged to include women actively in governance while stressing equal rights and equal justice for citizens.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Associated Press
Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Woman Undergoes Serious Operation at Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Mrs. C Wy Kanaga of 1029 Kentucky Street underwent a serious operation yesterday at Trinity Lutheran hospital in Kansas City. Hospital reports say the operation was successful and she is doing as well as can be expected. physician hopeful for complete recovery. Register for Second Semester Reports show about a dozen new students have registered early at the University of Kansas, an unusually large number for this stage, according to Registrar George O Foster.
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C. Wy. Kanaga
Kentucky Street
Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Kansas City
University of Kansas
George 0.Foster
School of Business
Frank T. Stockton
Graduate Magazine Soon From Ellsworth Leaders
Ellsworth, secretary of the K. U. Alumni association, announced today that the Graduate Magazine will soon be off the press. The issue will include several articles of interest to graduates and alumni.
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New Graduate
Ellsworth
K. U. Alumni Association
Woman Governor Inaugurates Era In Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson of Temple becomes the first woman governor of Texas in a ceremony at the Capitol Austin crowds fill the streets as she takes the oath on the state’s oldest Bible. She is greeted by husband Jamies Eli Ferguson and surrounded by supporters and police reserves.
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Austin
Tex
Associated Press
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Temple
Capitol
House of Representatives
Great Capitol
Speaker Satterwhite
Mrs. Ferguson
Warning to War Veterans on Bonus Insurance Sales
Washington January 20 Director Hines of the veterans bureau warned that bonus insurance certificates cannot be sold and have no loan value at present. He noted reports of certificate sales to buyers and said certificates are payable to the veteran or his beneficiary at 20 years. Designating a beneficiary for payment is illegal. After two years the certificates may serve as loan security.
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Washington
Janu
Hines
Veterans Bureau
Sousa Band Matinee at University December 14 1925
The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts announces Sousa's Band will give a matinee on December 14 1925. Sousa adds new soloists this year after last year's Sons concert success sparked the booking.
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Dmm. Swarth
School of Fine Arts of
the Univer
Sousa
Sons
Nigel Pe
Coolidge Endorses Hughes Statement on Paris Agreement
President Coolidge backs the Hughes statement denying that the Paris agreement commits the United States to European obligations. The move addresses concerns raised by the irreconcilable group in the Senate and supports a non-entangling foreign policy stance.
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Coolidge
Hughes
Washington
United States
Senate
Rebekes: Briton accuses Americans of opium excess
Geneva dispatch reports Representative Stephen G. Porter rebuked Lord Cecil for slandering Americans by claiming they use more opium than Indians. Cecil withdrew his allegation and apologized. Porter urged the West to stop exploiting the East in opium and warned of Bolshevism.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Lord Cecil
Chetwood
India
Stephen G. Porter
Pennsylvania
Cecil
Porter-Cecil
Porter
House of Representatives
Kansas University surveys business practices in Kansas
The University of Kansas School of Business began two statewide surveys on employee education and credit policies in men’s retail clothing stores. Dean Frank T. Stockton and Prof. Henry F. Holtzclaw lead the effort, with about 200 merchants receiving questionnaires and responses kept confidential for potential publication in a merchant-focused booklet.
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School of Business
University of Kansas
Kansas
Frank T. Stockton
Henry F. Holtzelaw
Fessor Holtzelaw
Dean Stockton
Douglas County Building and Loan elects officers and directors
The annual stockholders meeting was held at the association offices yesterday morning. Officers re elected for the coming year include Wilder S Metcalf president Paul Dinsmoor vice president John J Emick secretary Ross W Brodhead treasurer and Walter G Thiele attorney. Directors elected for the coming year are Ross W Brodhead Paul Dinsmoor Wilder S Metcalf J O Holloway Earl Klooz J J Bleade and Arthur Peck.
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Douglas County Building and Loan Association
Wilder S. Metcalf
Paul Dinsmoor
John 3. Emick
Ross W.brodhead
Walter G. Thiele
Ross W. Brodhead
J. O. Holloway
Earl Klooz
J. J. 3Leade
Arthur §. Peck
County Fees Totals by County Treasurer Huddieston
County records show total fees collected across offices for the year. Items include Sheriff 644.88, Register of Deeds 3318.40, Probate Judge 3097.85, Clerk of Court 1354.68, County Clerk 3497.92, Hunting and Trapping Licenses 1645, and County Treasurer 80.85. Also notice a civil service exam for rural carrier in Topeka on February 14 for Richland routes.
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A. E. Huddieston
United States Civil Service Commission
Topeka
Richland
Legislators Speak On Prospects For Kansas Legislation
Representatives Willard Morgan and George Plummer told the Chamber of Commerce that Kansas lawmakers face a tough job and must keep education out of politics while avoiding radical public opinion. Morgan warned about slow property tax classification and favored giving gasoline tax revenues to county road funds with adequate supervision. Plummer, on the Ways and Means Committee, supported the Chamber’s program and pledged funding for state institutions to run efficiently, noting shared interests with Jefferson and Douglas counties.
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Willard Morgan
George Plummer
Perry
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
State Highway Commission
Paulen
Lawrence
Jefferson
Douglas County
Flummer
Plan Religious Survey In Lawrence City
A city wide religious survey to assess church membership, school attendance, and welfare initiatives was authorized by the Lawrence Council of Religious Education and the Lawrence Ministerial Alliance. A committee led by George J Kreck and including Rev E A Buden and others will organize the survey and present details soon. A separate note mentions L H S Colglazier speaking at the high school on whether a farmer needs education.
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Lawrence Council of Religious Education
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
George J. Kreéck
E. A Buiden
Edward An
Evan Edwards
C. A. Richard
C. L. Scott
Lawrence, Council of Religious Education
L.H
Colglazier
Farm Bureau
Russo Japanese treaty talks conclude in Peking
Peking January reports say Russia and Japan have completed negotiations and expect to sign a treaty that night. The move ends extended discussions and signals a formal accord between the two nations. Leaders unnamed acknowledge progress and timing remains uncertain.
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Peking
Associated Press
Downtown Merchants Plan Three Day Training School
Preliminary plans for financing a downtown merchants institute were discussed by the Merchants' Association Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. A committee was formed to canvass Lawrence merchants for funding. the school will run about three days in March at the Chamber building with expert instructors in salesmanship window work and related subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Institute
Merchants' Association Bureau
Chamber of Commmerce
Lawrence
L. M. Metzler
H. Green
GC. G. McCoy
C. H. Hobart
C. C. Carl B. Weaver
D. R. McWilliams
C. P. Radcliffe
C. L. Levit
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Bureau
Jollygoods
Frank Hesford
George Wolf
Books and Wall Oae
J. E. Brasfield
Charles “Shimmons
Ralph Harmon
Norval Smith
Pat Maloney
Fred Jaediek
Jasper Griffin
KU Glee Club to Perform in Kansas City Contest
The University of Kansas glee club under T. A. Larrimore prepares for the Missouri Valley Glee Club concert in Convention Hall Kansas City Missouri with seven schools competing. Each club will sing three pieces and the KU group plans a spring tour of six concerts in Kansas and northern Oklahoma from February 16 to 21 featuring Abilene Whitewater Augusta and Wichita. Thirty six members join the trip, matching last year’s largest tour.
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University of Kansas Men’s Glee Club
T. A. Larremore
Missouri Valley Glee Club
Convention Hall
Kansas City
Kansas State Agricultural College
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Iowa State
Washington
Missouri
Kansas
University of Kansas
Topeka
Columbia
Tibcat Club Wilh
Perry
American Legion
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Abilene
Whitewater
Augusta
Wichita
K. U
Pease
Explosion Overpowers Ohio Street Residence Fire
A gas explosion in a coal bin caused a blast at 1204 Ohio Street, destroying Prof. H. A. Rice's residence and injuring glass at neighboring homes. Mrs. J. F. Harris was cut by flying shards as fire, fed by gas, spread before firefighters halted the blaze. Neighboring properties and a basement space were damaged. insurance details were unclear.
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H. A. Rice
University
Ohio Street
M. A. Gorril
Rice
J. F. Harris
D. K. McComb
Former resident killed in San Diego car crash
Word arrived from Centra California of the death of dunes Fi Noland, formerly of Lawrence, who was killed in a motor vehicle accident in San Diego January 4. He was born in Lawrence, attended the local schools, and was the son of Mr and Mrs J T Noland. He left Lawrence about ten years ago to work in Chicago then moved to California, where he organized an ore operation. The crash involved his car head on with another vehicle. Noland died at a hospital shortly after. Five others were in the other car. one died and another was not expected to live. He served overseas in World War I and played in a First Division band. Friends remember him as honest and likable, and his death shocked many.
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Chicago
Ulinia
Noland
Senate clears calendar with routine appropriation bills
Topeka Kan Jan 20 The state senate began to clear its calendar by passing the first three measures of the session One Finley proposed bill would pay five dollars daily expenses to legislators to reduce large postage and supply accounts Finley said expenses were never previously privileged Meanwhile University Daily Kansan newsroom held a typing quiz as W A Dill led advanced news writing class on typewriters
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Topeka
Kan
Associated Press
House of Representatives
Cedric
Sedgwick County
Scheen
Smith’ County
Quail
Pleasant
Franklin County
Archer
Brown County
State Reformatory
Representative Hill
Phillips County
Farrel
Clay County
Seates
Ford
Culp
McPherson
Tucker, Morton
McCaugan, Butler
Ellis
Cherokee
Neiswender
Shawnee
Tillatson, Norton
Barrows
Pleasan’ Anklin
State Senate
Finley
Chalute
Kansan
W. A. Dill
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Griff
Latit
Miriam Ferguson
University School. of
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Metcalf
Douglas County Building and Loan
Apply Journal-World
Eerg
Hanna
Politics General
Plan Religious Survey
Religious + Education
Wan
Russia
Japan
Merchants’ Association Bureau
K. C
Chappell
Neb
Caele Johnny" Guerin
Fiscel
Ralph Fiscel
George Barker
Hauna’s
James J. Noland
San Diego
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