Irish Leaders in a Second Meeting
Republic NS and Unionists hold a second Dublin gathering to discuss governance and peace steps. Key figures from both sides attend as talks focus on forming a joint approach to national issues and potential reforms.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1921
Page
1
Republic NS and Unionists hold a second Dublin gathering to discuss governance and peace steps. Key figures from both sides attend as talks focus on forming a joint approach to national issues and potential reforms.
Dublin July 8 Sinn Fein leaders and Southern Unionists met in Dublin to resume talks started July 4 aimed at peace. Eamon De Valera Arthur Griffith and four Unionists, including Earl Midleton, led discussions as crowds cheered. London observers urged cautious optimism while reaffirming demands for an Irish republic and alignment with the Irish act establishing a Belfast parliament.
John D Rockefeller marked his eighty second birthday with a morning round of golf and an afternoon program. His son and family were invited to a dinner to celebrate. Despite heat, Rockefeller plays golf nearly daily and his health remains excellent.
Fears for the Callao's safety ended when Munson Line wire said the passenger steamship was sighted off San Juan Porto Rico Tuesday and likely to dock next Tuesday. Local Salvation Army leaders Captain and Mrs C E Hurlburt will move to Joplin Missouri. farewell service scheduled Sunday at the Salvation Army Hall in Lawrence.
A total of 240 engines are handling sixteen Elks special trains operated by the Santa Fe between Chicago and Los Angeles. The longest consist came from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with fourteen cars. two trains from Brooklyn, New York carried twelve cars each.
Contractors Ziegler and Dalton begin grading and crusher setup on the Fort to Fort road west of Lawrence at the Elkins farm two miles past Kanwaka store. A second outfit will reach Lawrence in ten days and be readied quickly. Half a mile of slab remains in Douglas county to join Shawnee county construction, delayed by rains. Auto license applications total 176 autos, 23 trucks, and 2 motorcycles. receipts show 1,022.25.
Douglas county farm agent Smith and Kansas State College experts tested Nebraska Grown Triumphs Cobblers and Ohios against Minnesota Ohio seed at Parnell farm near Lake View. Treated seed produced higher yields. Minnesota seed quality varied. Results to aid local potato growers and will continue next year.
Mexico maintains there is no cause for fear as relations with the United States grow strained amid concerns over potential tensions and policy shifts. Officials urge calm while signaling vigilance in cross border affairs.
Mexico's Calles says Tampico situation poses no danger to peaceful U.S.-Mexico relations. He notes U.S. warships in port are to protect nationals and reflect no threat to Mexican sovereignty. Dispatches report cruiser Cleveland arrived in Tampico last night.
Unconfirmed reports from Acamixtla in Aramiiia Veracruz state say striking petroleum workers attacked camp property yesterday and fled as federal troops fired into the air. American ownership dominates Acamixtla. Dispatches disagree on fatalities with some reports claiming several deaths and others denying any deaths.
A Lawrence settler criticizes town merchants for closing stores early to play golf, arguing it burdens farmers during busy seasons. She recalls a past era when shops stayed open late, then suggests testing an extended summer schedule to measure inconveniences. The piece notes recent talks by City officials with the state insurance department about fire ordinances and other local matters.
Nelson Case, president of Baker University board of trustees, Baldwin Kansas, died at his home in Oswego today at age 76. He had practiced law in the area for many years.
Local postmaster, C. S. Find, announces in the Journal World an expansion of daily mail service to southern shire street Breezedale and Alabaree street from Eighteenth to Nineteenth streets. Service will run twice daily for roughly 400 to 600 residents, replacing prior rural carrier mail once daily. Residents on Winona Street must move their mail receptacles to the curb, and those without suitable private mail receptacles will be denied service. The extension signifies city growth beyond Learnard, with precise delivery times to be set after carriers test the extended route.
About 1500 youngsters under twelve from New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey participate in two spectacles at the sixth world Christian Endeavor convention. The pageants are The pageant of nations and The Missionary pageant, staged after devotional services in city churches. The junior delegation also plans to appear in the big parade up Fifth Avenue tomorrow.
Repairs ordered by the board of education are underway at multiple school buildings. The high school clock face will be replaced and repaired, a large shop area opened by removing a partition, a new floor laid in a former store room, and the agricultural department prepared for next year. Robbers hit Coulter State Bank at 2 am, July 8, escaping with about 5000 after using nitroglycerin charges. a pursuit failed when gunfire was exchanged. Pennsylvania wildfires last year burned over a million dollars in timber.
Alexander Mowat and August Dorchy leaders of the Kansas miners union were sentenced by Judge Frank W. Boss in Cherokee county district court to six months in jail and fines totaling 506 after conviction for violating the Kansas industrial court law by calling a February strike. They must post bonds of 2000 each to appeal, with liberty on present appearance. Howat criticized the trial as unfair, urging miners sit on juries. Boss rejected the claim, stating no union miners should sit on the jury.
July 8 reports state Union street and Kent street in Belfast endured a twenty minute exchange of heavy gunfire. A constable was mortally wounded and Sinn Fein fighters engaged in fighting, with reports of bullets hitting houses nearby and terms of the engagement unclear amid the daytime chaos.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss potential talks between China and Japan and reference Britain's stance. The text mentions Mr Lord George, the prime minister, awaiting letters from America and China and a possible Commons statement on the Anglo Japanese treaty. Official circles offer no comment on communications, with a United States announcement anticipated next Monday.
W I McKon warns taxpayers waiting for receipts that office backlog due to automobile license work slows mail processing. He asks residents to avoid calls telegrams and letters and to ensure properly addressed payments so receipts can be issued as time allows.
In New York July the insurgent delegates from Texas Missouri and Nebraska failed to gain seats at the national convention of the Woodmen of the World. J D Green of Louisville said Texans were refused seats and appointed to this convention after a Houston assembly bolt. The Nebraska and Missouri delegates backed the insurgents and the fight traced to Chicago where insurance rates were raised, causing turmoil in the state order.
News reports reveal five steamers carrying about 8.4 million dollars in gold aboard the Atlantic bound for New York. The Mauretania and other liners hold near 11 billion in gold shipments, with total imports this year approaching 40 million. Bank figures place U.S. gold reserves at 3.2 billion, roughly one third of world gold. In other news, Theda Bara reportedly wed C. J. Bral at Greenwich, Conn., last Saturday, in a secret ceremony.
Chicago police report John Collins under arrest for allegedly witnessing the drowning of Annie Holdt a 100 year old woman who fell into shallow water yesterday without offering assistance. Authorities state Collins watched as the tragedy occurred.
Government monthly report indicates the wheat crop may reach a record level with total production near 1.0 billion bushels. Conditions as of July 2 improve for winter and spring wheat, with estimates for 571 and 23.5 million bushels respectively, and overall yields around 9.0 billion bushels.
City commission debates ordinance costs and higher insurance for the city building citing stored motor apparatus. Fire and building inspectors report a mix of electrical and plumbing work with bills held up for ratification. A plan to pave Cast Street and Bridge Street progresses while hydrant painting bids are postponed. Maurine McNish earns a driving permit. Application Kantstad for auto housing behind his store is refused.
The executive committee restructured the KU summer session drive to launch at a special convocation at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. Dr. Forrest C. Allen and Chancellor F. E. Lindley will speak. undergraduates are asked for 40 while graduates for 100, pledges payable over four years. Team captains will organize by Fraser hall this evening. Camp Fire Girls will provide a box supply to aid workers leaving early.
The monthly tuberculosis clinic operated yesterday at City Hall with morning and evening hours. Six active cases were found, four incipient, two suspected and one inactive, along with several under observation. Many ex servicemen had delayed seeking government care, and other ailments like infected tonsils and bad teeth were noted. Attendance was strong despite the clinic hiding in the afternoon.
Four Galizy children arrive in the United States from Russia after surviving bandit raids and fleeing through Romania. Nathan and Isabel join their father in Kansas City while the others remain with relatives as the family reunites following years of peril and displacement.
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