Ruhr Isolation Increases as French Move to Block Ruhr Valley Exits
Jan 23 to 28 dispatches report French troops guarding Ruhr exits by rail and canal to isolate the Ruhr within twelve hours if a general strike occurs. Ruhr mines and Stinnes Thyssen operations see widespread walkouts over arrests of directors.
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Dortamund
Associated = Press
Ruhy Valley
Ruhr
Bertin
Asseciated
Snoenins
Stinnes
Thyssen
Reut
Eason
Associated Press
Essen
Hamborn
Fritz Thyssen
Spindler
Perlin
Mayence
Gustavsburge
Customs Office
Emil Dard
Munich
Reuter
France
Berlin
Duesseldorf
Associated Presa
Nachrichten
Paris
Germany
Automobile Theft Report From Tennessee Street
A theft report states that an automobile on Tennessee Street was robbed of cups, pie pans, and an ash plate while parked in front of the owner’s home around 7:40 PM last night. The incident was reported to the police.
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J.C. Getter
Tennessee
Fassett to Speak at Des Moines Engineering Society Meeting
Professor C M Fassett, consultant and municipal government expert at the University, departs tonight for Des Moines Illinois to address a meeting of the Engineering Society of Town tomorrow.
Professor O'Leary Hosts Radio Talk on Poetry
Professor R D O Leary of the University English department spoke on If You Don t Like Poetry during last night s Kansas City Star radio program.
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the Star
R. D. O'Leary
The
University
Kansas City Star
Duty undone soldier shot self at unit HQ
Leonard Gibbs a 45 year old national guard member shot himself at Battery A 180 Field Artillery headquarters in Hutchinson Kansas about 7 this morning He died in a hospital three hours later Gibbs had fifteen years service and left a note citing anxiety over failing to ready battery equipment for annual inspection
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Hutchinson
Kan
Leonard Gibbs
Battery A
Field Artillery
National Guard
Bill to curb hasty marriages and tighten divorces
Washington Jan 23 Senator Capper introduces a bill with the General Federation of Women's Clubs to require two week posting of licenses and health certificates for marriages and restrict consent for minors. It also tightens grounds for divorce and delays taking effect until a constitutional amendment is adopted.
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Washington
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Senator Capper
Rep
Kansas
Toether
Capper
Merchants Told to File February 8 Specials Timely
Merchants in the Better Business Bureau must submit their February 8 specials by Thursday morning. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce will receive filings and a special committee will review for duplication and genuine value. Merchants are urged to submit tomorrow to avoid delays.
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Better Business Bureau
the Chamber of Commerce
Poles Placed for Expanded East Lawrence Electric Plant
Workmen from the electric light plant finish installing forty foot poles from the local plant on Seventh Street to Fifteenth Street. The project doubles East Lawrence power capacity and new wires will be strung this week to extend from the main line to all areas.
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Long Seventh Street
Connecticut
New York Streets
Fifteenth Street
Jines
East Lawrence
Higgins Hearing Postponed in Knife Assault Case
The Essa Higgins assault case, charged with knife intent to kill against A. A. Helwig, was continued from 2 pm today to later in the week after a wage dispute over cement work. Higgins remains in county jail.
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Higgins
Essa Higgins
Justice Court
A. A. Helwic
Helwig
Higgs
Texas Railroad Commissioner Alison Mayfield Dies in Sherman
Alison Mayfield long time Texas railroad commissioner and twelve year chairman died in Sherman this morning from heart trouble. He was elected about twenty four years ago and served continuously through the period.
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Texas A. It
Sherman
Texas
Allison Mayfield
Texas Railroad Commission
Lindley to Speak at Kansas City Insurance Banquet
Dr Lindley will address the Life Insurance Underwriters Association in Kansas City tonight during their annual session at the Muehiebach Hotel He is scheduled to return to Lawrence later this evening.
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Kansas City
Lindley
Kansas
The
Life Insurance Underwriters Association
Muehiebach
Lawrence
Ward of Salina Wed in Probate Court
The Ward of Salina married yesterday afternoon in the office of Probate Judge Mehge.
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Salina
Mehge
Hotel Campaign Advances After Con tract Termination
The executive committee and Chamber of Commerce directors ended talks on the Hockenbury System contract for a hotel project. A $50,000 bonus proposal to W. G. Hutson is under consideration with plans for a four to six story, 80 to 150 room fireproof hotel on the Eldridge site. Subscriptions exceed $16,000. no commissions, only essential expenses. The group believes Lawrence needs a hotel now, tying success to broader town and university growth.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hockenbury
W. G. Hutson
Eldridge
Chamber of Cammerce
Lawrence
Easil
Paint Crew Refurnishes Santa Fe Station Interior
A Santa Fe paint gang under Foreman Campbell arrived from Topeka to refinish the station interior and exterior. Workers patched cracks and filled holes yesterday. Woodwork and seats will be redone as the building is overhauled to improve appearance, with about three weeks expected for completion.
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Santa Fe
Campbell
Topeka
Death of KU Alumnus Everard T. Dierer
Everard T. Dierer, KU class of 1877, died at his Salt Lake City home. He served twenty years in government work in Washington rising to assistant attorney general in the Interior Department before moving to Utah in 1901 to practice law.
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K. U
Everard T. Dierer
Dierer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Washington
Interior Department
Busy Day at Court House Ends Term with Settlements
Court house activity surged as lawyers and clients filed in to settle final cases before the term closed. Morning adjustments were being made amid a busy docket.
Memorial Committee Meeting Postponed to Fraser Hall
A meeting of the Memorial Corporation executive committee will be held in Fraser Hall tomorrow at 2 30 in the afternoon. The session is to be chaired by the committee chair and includes standard memorial arrangements and organization updates.
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Fraser
Author attacks modern Klan for stealing its livery
Thomas Dixon, author of The Klansman, criticized the modern Ku Klux Klan in a New York address. He said the group has stolen the livery of the original order and warned that secret oath-bound disguises would invite riot and martial law under a civilized government. The remarks were at an American Unity League meeting to discuss fighting the hooded group.
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Ku Klux Klan
Klan
New York
Thomas Dixon
Vigorovely
Ameri
Can Unity League
Portia Cline Leads House Victory On Threshermen Liens Bill
Topeka reports Miss Nellie Cline known as Portia of the House won a decisive 109 to 2 vote as the house passed her bill allowing threshermen to levy liens on wheat they thresh for payment. L. Brown’s bid to restore bidding rights at county tax sales failed 62 to 45 under current law where counties bid in delinquent properties.
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Topeka
Nellie Cline
Pawner
House of Representatives
Big
Kansas
Miss Cline
Night sessions planned for Harrison railroad probe
Plans call for the joint legislative committee investigating conditions along the Missouri and North Arkansas line to hold hearings only at night when the legislature is in recess. Senator Norfleet said witnesses will be summoned regarding depredations lynching of a striker and alleged runaway actions by self appointed posses.
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Little Rock
Ark
Joint Legislative
Harrison
Arkansas
Missouri & North Arkansas
Norfleet
Legislative Committee
Citizens Committees
Insurance suit seeks 5000 from Central Business Men's Association
Warrier Faith of 1144 New Jersey Street sues the Central Business Men's Association for five thousand dollars alleging the policy on her son Robert Faith expired after a fatal 1922 accident and that proofs of death were not honored. The filing seeks full recovery plus costs.
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Warrier Faith
New Je. Street
Central Business Men's Association
Robert Faith
Fort-To-Fort
Faith
Scottish Rite Reunion Opens in Lawrence Kansas
The mid winter Scottish Rite reunion of the Lawrence valley opens at the Masonic temple and runs through Friday. A class of candidates will receive instruction and a musical program will close with a ladies guest entertainment.
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Valley of Lawrence
Orient of Kansas
Masonic Temple
Carl Preyer
Franklin P. Smith
Walter Varnum
Coast Guard Units Expanded in Prohibition Drive
New federal order directs all coast guard stations from New York to the Gulf and Great Lakes to aid in stopping smuggling. About 3,000 additional men and new craft will join prohibition enforcement, expanding reach to chase rum runners along the Atlantic and beyond.
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New York
Coast Guard
Washington
Treasury Department
Jersey
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
New Instructor for K U Youngest in Graduate School
Miss Lucretia Mae Switzer a Wichita graduate student has accepted a mathematics instructor post at Kansas University. At eighteen she is the youngest graduate student and next year at nineteen she will be the universitys youngest instructor. Mrs Montgomery of Emporia is ill after her husband recovered from a sudden pneumonia attack. Mrs Montgomery was formerly Miss Clara Brinkman of Lawrence.
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Lucretia Mae Switzer
Wichita
Kansas University
Miss Switzer
Montgomery I
Lawrence
John Monttgomery
Emporia
American Legion Initiation Ceremony at Eli Ferrell Post
The Eli Ferrell Doey post of the American Legion will stage an initiation ceremony at its meeting tomorrow night. The gathering is set for 8 o clock at the post, located near the People's State Bank.
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American Legion
Eli Ferrell Doey
American le
People’s ‘State Bank
No Action Yet on Perkins Parole Petitions
Judge Hugh Means took no action on parole petitions for F. M. and F. H. Perkins filed by Lawrence and Douglas county citizens. He said a decision would likely take about a week. F. M. Perkins received a five year term for embezzlement, F. H. Perkins another term for taking government property.
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Hugh Means
F. M
F. H. Perkins
F. M. Perkins
Lawrence
Douglas County
F. Herkins
Means
Substation Project Advances at Sixth and Vermont Site
Work began today on a Kansas Electric Power Co sub station at Sixth and Vermont behind the Marshall garage. It will house three transformers totaling 2000 kilowatts for linking the Leavenworth plant with the local facility. The thirty foot tall sub station sits near the Kaw river bank with a 75 foot tower to span wires north of the site. A second tower at Massachusetts and Elm streets is under construction.
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Kansas Electric Power Co
Sixth
Vermont Streets
Marshall Garage
Leavenworth
Kaw
Massachusetts and
Elm Streets
Enrollments Rise at Lawrence High. Mothers Conference Planned
Enrollment at Lawrence High is expected to reach a record high as the office of Principal F H Olney reports heavy demand for classes. A weekly Mothers Conference will be held Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4 at the city belt offering free health exams and dietary advice for babies. Representative John F Manary of Elkhart remains critically ill after a self inflicted gunshot wound, with prognosis worsening. Mrs J D McNeill, probate office assistant, is confined at home with a severe illness.
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Lawrence High School
F. H. Olney
Genea
City Belt
J. D. McNeill
Will leaves estate to Egyptian acquaintance in Italy
Reports that Mrs. Joha Woods Davies left an estate of about 500000 to an Egyptian she met in Italy, with George W. Davies alleging the will would disinherit his two stepdaughters and her fourth husband. Court challenge expected to test the will's validity.
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St. Louis
Joha Woods Davies
Italy
George W. Davies
Narrow Escape In Gas Explosion At Ohio Street Home
G Willman of 837 Ohio street is hospitalized with severe burns after a gas explosion at his 833 Ohio street dwelling. An employee reportedly opened two stoves while a third gas opening fed the bedroom. Willman tested mantles, struck a match, and the blast damaged the house injuring him but not life threatening, with Dr. Sadler attending. A passerby helped put out the fire.
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G. Willman
Ohio Street
Simmons Hospital
Mr. Willman
Mrs. Willman
William
Dr. Sadler
Lawrence firemen to hold big ball January 30
Invitations go out to Topeka Leavenworth Kansas City Kansas and neighboring towns for the Lawrence firemen's ball here January 30. It is touted as one of the department's largest events in history and marks the second dance since the start of the war. Previously the ball was an annual affair for over a decade.
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Topeka
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Kansas
Lawrence
Ain
A C Thomas Dead Former AP Editor and Telegraph Pioneer
Addison C. Thomas dies in Chicago at age 77 after a stomach ailment. A longtime central division superintendent for the Associated Press he helped develop the leased wire service and popularized typewriter use by telegraph operators, boosting news delivery nationwide.
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Chicago
Addison C. Thomas
United States
Mr. Thomas
Central Division
Associated Press
Thomas
Morse
Police Officer Fred Logan Injured By Saw Accident
Lawrence officer Fred Logan suffered a mangled hand when the power saw he used at home caught, ending his ability to work for an unknown period. Health officials report no diphtheria cases in four weeks as the city notes limited spread among school children.
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Fred Logan
Lawrence
North Lawrence
Logan
City Health Department
A. W. Clark
City Health
C W Carman New Chief of Police Appointed
City commissioners confirmed appointments for vacancies. C W Carman will fill the unexpired police term February 1 to June 1, 1924. W R Schreiner named city bacteriologist for term ending June 1 1921, starting in March.
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Kreeck
Fisher
C W. Carroan
W. R. Schreiner
A. F. McClanahan
Hugh Breir
George Hackman
R. A. Flusden
A.D. Weaver
Hospital
Setar
Clarence Hall
W. S. Henderson
Adelaide Osborne
Floyd L. Lawrence
F. D. Brooks
Lawrenee
Lawrence Was
Douglas County Farmers Union Elects Eight Directors
The Douglas County Farmers Union cooperative elected eight board members at a stockholders meeting held Saturday at 2:30 PM in the courthouse. Elected directors include Paul Koehler A L Holcom C A Whedon D C O Neal C G Czaplinski C L Shirar and J A Ervin. Retiring directors are C C G Schaake M Walters and T N Shirar. Officers for the year will be chosen at the directors meeting on the first Saturday in February.
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Douglas County
T. N. Shirar
Tl Et A
Another Survivor The Third Kan Guards Roster
The Journal World lists the roster of E Company Third Kan Guards from John F Read papers. Read noted he and James D Faxon were the only survivors but W A Watt at La Junta Colorado is also alive. Watt is Jennie Watt’s uncle from Lawrence. Senior Highs to Have Party details follow.
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Journal-World
Third Kan Guards
John F. Read
Read
James D. Faxon
Mr. Read
W. A. Watt
la Junta
Colorado
Watt
Jennie Watt
Lawrence
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Marence
Frederick Grimm
Senate
Campaign Organization
Portia
E. S
Enlow
W. H. McKone
Overbrook
First National Bank
Briquets
University, Coal Co
Zerbal Lodge of Perfection
East P. m
Prince Rose Croix
Perkins
Zeila House
Ernest FE. Howse
Hattie Sparks
Charles Bryant
Commerce Trust Co
L. K. Brown
Eudora
Manary
John F.manary
Elkhart
A. C. Thomas
C. W. Carman
Lawrence City
R. A. Eusden
Sealey
Bussit
Sesles
Stimpson
Bae Eee
Bistorare
Walter Thiele
Citizen’s Light and Power Co
Farmers’ Unionperative
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