Drainage plan stirs mass meeting of property owners
In Lawrence, citizens flood the district court clerk’s office to voice protest and seek redress over drainage district tax rules. A blue print outlines a closed ditch from Twenty first and Rhode Island to the river, with a race track link. Mayor Holliday defends the drainage commission as independent and vows to correct injustices while aiming for an equitable tax base and minimal hardship. Wolves in Altai Province terrorize peasants as bold packs raid livestock and barns in daylight.
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Lawrence Wwishv
Court House
O. F .Smith
District’ Court
Twentyfirst
Messie Rhode Island
Twentieth Street
Oregon
Thirteenth Street
Maskell Avenue
Fair Grounds
Woodland Park
Frank M. Holliday
Journal-World
District Court
City Commission
Drainage Commission
Lawrence
Weather outlook for the week across central regions
Weather forecast from Washington quotes a week of generally fair conditions with a midweek shower period. Temperatures trend warmer early in the week, cooler near the shore, and then return to mostly fair and warmer late. Localized thunderstorms possible in elevated areas and the southern Rockies with generally below normal temperatures early. Kansas forecasts show rising temperatures Sunday in the west with clear roads and improving conditions in key cities.
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Washington
Mississippi
Slissquin
Great E
Clore
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Kansas
Kans
Kaniaporia
Satiia
Hutchisteyville
Pittsburg
Ar- Wichita
Ottawa
Toroads Soft
Dodge
Prisoners Strike For Bed Sheets At Kansas Penitentiary
In Lansing Kansas 375 inmates mutinied in the state prison coal mine demanding bed sheets as shortages spark protest. Warden Mackey refused arbitration and warned no leniency while prisoners blocked the 750 to 780 foot cage level and called for a surface talk later this morning. Frank Norris, a murder convict from Leavenworth, was identified as leading the group.
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Lansing
Kan
W. H. Mackey
Kansas State Penitentiary
Ben Paulen
Kansas
Mackey
Hudspeth
State
R. H. Hudspeth
Kansas State
Co Fuards
Frank Norris
Leavenworth
Supreme Court rules private banks legal in Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court rules that forming a private or partnership bank is legal and that the bank commissioner cannot block a bank’s operation. Lyndon Farmers' Union had sought approval to form a state bank. the charter board refused citing sufficient banks in Lyndon. The ruling enables a Lyndon bank as the fourth Kansas partnership bank, under an old statute.
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Topeka
Supreme Court
Banking Department
Kansas
Tthe Bank
Farmers’ ‘Union of
Lyndon
Farmers’ Union
State Charter Board
Roy L. Bone
Charter Board
Agricultural Organization
Partnership Bank
Baseball scores and track meet notes from Cambridge
Detroit and Boston split a doubleheader with erratic scoring as Gibson and Blankenship hurled for the winners. The National League game saw Brooklyn top Chicago while Philadelphia and Pittsburgh split. Oxford and Cambridge defeated Princeton and Cornell in a combined track meet, taking seven of twelve events in Stamford.
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Boston
Gibson
Johns
Davis
Manion
Harriss
Wingfield
Ruffing
Gaston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Blankenship
Connolly
Schalk
Grove
Thurston
Gray
Pate
Cochrane
Perkins
Grabowski
Cleveland
New York
Snaute
L. Sewell
Shocker
Braxter
Collins
Bengough
Stoner
St. Louis
Washington
Dixon
Covyeleskie
Ruel
Brooklyn
Petty
Hargreaves
Kaufmann
Milstead
Hartnett
Pittsburgh
Carlson
Dean
Henline
Wilson
Kremer
Smith
Cincinnati - Greenfield
Florence
Mays
Picnich
Pee
Oxford
Cambridge
Stamford
Bridge
Eng
A.P
Oxford- Cambridge
Princeton
Cornell
Spud Club Achieves Potatoes At Douglas County
Walter Atzenweiler county agent says Douglas County has a real live Boys Potato Club. Members, including Clyde Husted of Lawrence, show test plots with uncertified untreated seed yielding 122.9 bushels per acre versus certified treated seed at 132, and uncertified untreated compared with treated seed yielding 122.9 and 143.4 bushels per acre. The latter is the season's highest reported yield so far.
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Douglas County
Walter Atzenweiler
Clyde Husted
Lawrence
Clyde
A Little Group of Interesting People Readings
Last reading of the summer series led by Miss Helen Rhoda, under the University summer school. The July 12 date replaces July 13 due to the educator's banquet. Green hall hosts at 7 o'clock with a program including works by Hardy, Masefield, Pound, Robinson, Stephens, Weiners, and others.
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Helen Rhoda
Hoopes
Green Hall
Washburne outlines Winnetka plan for education
Dr C W Washburne superintendent of schools at Winnetka Ill spoke to a large Kansas audience on the Winnetka system. He argued for rapid adoption, explained three core principles including precise learning goals and diagnostic testing, and urged self instructed, self corrected study without routine recitations. He dismissed the plan as a fad and urged gradual but steady integration into general practice.
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University of Kansas
C. W. Washburne
Winnetka, Ill
Winnetka
Washburne
Washburns
de. Washburne
Barbecued mule meat threat in Kansas prison mutiny
AP reports 5375 mutinous prisoners barricaded in Kansas state prison mine demand food and surrender. warden Mackey refuses five demands and contemplates ending the standoff by sending provisions downward. Prisoners threaten to barbecue the mules in the mine shaft if no relief arrives today.
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Lansing
Kansas State
W. H. Mackey
Mackey
MAKE LIQUOR RAID Felshaw Grant and Richardson in County Jail
Officers Smith and Calhoun seized a large whiskey haul in Lawrence arresting Roy Felshaw 43 Lester Richardson 40 both of Kansas City Kansas and Melvin Grant 18 of Elgin Illinois. Five one gallon jugs and four pints were found in a wooden box between seats. All three pleaded not guilty to possession and charge of liquor. Felshaw claimed ownership of the car and box contents while Grant and Richardson offered alibis. They remained in jail with bail set at 200 dollars and await trial Monday morning at eight.
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Smith and Calhoun
Lawrence
Roy Felshaw
Lester Richardson
Kansas City
Kas
Melvin Grant
Elgin
Locust Street
Daughtery
Felshaw
Red Star Highway
Tia Juanz
Juarez
Mexico
Amarillo
Texas
Anthony
Iquor
Richard Stevens
Barricade collision prompts detour warnings after sign failure
A Topeka rider on the Victory highway hit a heavy barricade east of Wisconsin street last night. He escaped injury and reported the blown red detour lantern. City officials inspected the scene and urged brighter signs and lanterns for safer detours.
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Topeka
Victory Highway
Wisconsin Stret
Carter
Tire & Battery
C. W. Carman
Streets and Public
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Street
Carman
Enrollment Dates Set for KU Summer Second Term
University of Kansas liberal arts students may book enrollments by appointment in Fraser Hall. Second term runs July 10 to August 13 with tuition 7.50 for Kansas residents and 10 for nonresidents. Most campuses remain open except fine arts, pharmacy, and engineering. Commons cafeteria stays open.
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Kansas
Fraser Hall
Kansas
University
Fine Arts
Pharmacy
Engineering
Hale and Ramsey to stand trial for Osage murder
William K Hale and John Ramsey of Osage county cattlemen were ordered to face federal charges for the murder of Henry Roan, an Osage Indian, with trial set for July 26 in federal district court. Ramsey confessed partially, claiming Hale hired him to kill Roan for a $25,000 life policy.
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Guthrie
Okla
William K. Hale
John
Ramsey
Osage County
Henry Roan
Osage
Oklahoma
Paul B. Bailey
United States Atorney
Hale
Bailey
Roan
United States Department of Justice
Russian expedition sails to colonize Wrangell Island
A Russian expedition aboard the Krasny Oktibr sets course from East Cape Siberia to Wrangell Island north of Siberia to establish a colony named Lenin Mintrof. The plan spans exploration and settlement with eighteen sacrificed lives in three expeditions over 13 years and carries twenty Chuckchee families, 100 dogs, 25 reindeer, 3,000 reindeer, winter pelts, and six large eskimo-skin boats. Provisions aboard Red October aim to support a three-year effort through Lenin Mintroff.
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Name
Alaska
Wrangell Island
Arctic Ocean
Siberia
Lenin Mintroft
Krasny-Oktibr
East Cape
Bering Strait
Nikolai Lenin
Russia
Krasny Oktibr
Lenin
Mintroff
Briand Ministry Seeks Stability After Confidence Vote
Paris July 10 A Pij The eleventh Briand ministry won a confidence vote 269 to 247 in the chamber of deputies. The result does not guarantee ratification of the American debt agreement if the government calls a separate confidence motion on ratification. Gaillaux commented on a single article authorizing measures to restore budgetary balance and stabilize the franc.
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Paris
A. Pij
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Hislop to Speak at Community Service at South Park
Dr Edward Hislop well known in Lawrence as First Methodist minister will give a sermon titled The Rich Man and Lazarus at Sunday evening Community Service in South Park The orchestra and chorus will assist in singing with a faculty quartet performing The Christian's War Song and Dwell Deep My Soul Dorothy Enlow will play the offertory solo and piano The service starts at 8 o'clock with Dr Frank Arnold presiding in case of rain it moves to the First Methodist church
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Lazarus
Edward Hislop
South Park
Hislop
First Methodist Church of
Lawrence
Kaw Valley
Baker University
Boston University School of Theology
Mass
Oklahoma City University
Robert Taft
Department of Chemistry
Frank Strong
School of Law
Chas. W. Thomas
School of Religion
Frederic H Guild
Political Scinecé
Dorothy Enlow
Frank Arnold
University
The
Presbyterian Church
First Methodist Church
Douglas county potato yield matches last year good quality
Potatoes in Douglas county show yields between 75 and 180 bushels, roughly equal to last year. Quality is better and ships report strong prices though softening late in the week. Kaw Valley shipments reach 79 cars, most go to Missouri Illinois markets. no digging today.
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Douglas County
Kaw Valley
Missouri
Illlinois
Doctor Uhls Wins Supreme Court Murder Conviction
Topeka July 10 AP Dr Kenn B Uhls Overland Park must serve ten to twenty five years for the murder of William E Gibbs Hutchinson recluse. The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed the conviction by a Reno county jury. Gibbs stock and corporate finances tied to Uhls Clinics were central to the case. The death occurred December 20 1923. Gibbs body found in his hermit home with a lamp light signal and evidence of a revolver butt.
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Topeka
Kenn B.whis
Overland Park
William E. Gibbs
Hutchinson Ree. Cluse
Supreme Court
Reno County
Kenn B. Uhls
University of
Osawatomie
Uhls
William BE. Gibbs
Hutchinson
Gibbs
Mary Harten- Gibbs
Birs. Hartenberger
Hartenberger
Thet Uhls Clinics Corporation
Corporation
Charles E. Westerhaven
Tha
Sdnstarium
Frank Leonard
Charles Westerhaven
Leonard
Uhis
W. G. Fairchild
Reno’ County District Court
Supreme Reourt
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Richard Coty
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Tomas An Buile
James’ Stephens
Hanna
A. F.j
Department For Agriculture
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Joliet, Ir
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Vermont Street
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Richardson
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Syria
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