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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1908
Page
1
The New Santa Fe Hotel touts a 100 percent patronage rise and promises best meals and rooms for the price. Rates listed include day at 25 cents and boarding at 4.50 to 5.00 per week. Also mentions Opera House Livery Stable at 624 Mass St offering neat, sanitary services and rental options.
Nash Walker of the Williams and Walker company, beloved in Topeka, plans a birthday visit to his mother. He spares no vanity about his success and aims to retire with meaningful work, hoping for a new play by Christmas. He will travel to Topeka for the afternoon, staying until Wednesday.
In Berry County, officials referenced Se Yee in the opening remarks as part of a broader ceremonial start. The event highlighted community leaders and local concerns shaping early plans for the county's development.
Taft plans his acceptance speech upon official notification on July 28. The Republican nominee is swamped with mail from supporters. reports say his day began with a round of golf, then a busy office session as he reviewed roughly 150 letters daily with his secretary.
All to Bryan. Democrats go to Fairview in Lincoln Nebraska on July 13 for a major conference. John W Kern a veteran labor leader addressed attendees while Samuel Combs Frank A. Dunne of the labor party were present. Discussion centered on the platform and injunction regulation in labor disputes.
Chicago reports three more heat deaths bringing total fatalities from the heat wave to thirteen. Authorities say temperatures rose early and cooled by moonrise, with officials warning of continued danger and high heat indexing across the city.
A serious automobile accident near Munich yesterday killed the chauffeur and seriously injured Count C. A. Wachtmesis the consul general at Cairo, a New York man, his year old son Andreas and Miss Macmar Enquist a governess. Other items report oats cut by moonlight at Centralia and a five mile race won by Carl Kurz in Kansas City, with disruptions noted by judges' boats and a broken tooth. Moving pictures fire in Duluth church injures about a dozen seekers during a Passion Play screening. Tickets for a Chautauqua are listed for sale at local shops and banks.
The Republican state convention will meet here tomorrow to ratify the ticket for the national vote and to adopt a platform. Some action will also be taken for the nomination of two candidates due to the recent defect at William TL Parkers.
Condition remains serious as plans unfold for the American Bankers Association gathering in Washington. Principal speakers include Wondrow Wilsu of Prinertog, Walker of Bank of Commerce, Js. Forgan of National Bank, with sessions for savings banks, trust companies, and clearing houses on September 28 and 29. Debate over neutrality amid Central American tensions looms, with Assistant Secretary Bacon’s Washington return noted amid talks with Roosevelt and Bout. In Chicago, a newborn on an Armintage Avenue streetcar prompted a fast ambulance transfer to a hospital after birth aboard a car
Kansas City markets report wheat receipts of three cars and mixed No 2 and No 2 white prices. Farmers back from harvest with timothy and prairie hay priced around 8.50 to 10.00. In other notes three young men faced police for shooting livestock while Shriners prep for a national gathering in St Paul and a Rockford baseball tragedy ends in death. Classifieds list horses, surrey horse, delivery horses, and help wanted for housework and stone hauling.
New York reports a cool breez e sweeping in from the east dropping the temperature from 93.7 to 79 by nine this morning. In Kansas Finchester beats Kansas University 5 to 0 in a pitchers duel as Stoeffler fanned 17, with Winchester securing five eighth inning hits. Also note Roosevelt renames the San Jacinto forest reserve Cleveland national forest, and unrest in Tab riz with threats to the Russian consul.
J H Cohn and R B Wagstaff push for immediate town plans to replace the abandoned fair with a two day fall event. They urge a week of entertainments plus a strong horticultural and agricultural display, calling for Lawrence's proactive, wide awake men to organize now.
The Denver Democratic platform adopts a plank favoring exclusion of Asiatic laborers from the United States. The move shocks many and is viewed as infringement on Japan treaty rights and contrary to humanity. Observers doubt broad anti Japanese sentiment among Democrats, suspecting the clause aims to appease a hardline faction.
Miss Eva Butler hosts a sewing club meeting on Thursday and Lawrence girls plan fall University attendance as a prelude to rushing season. Mrs. Maxwell hosted about thirty eight children for Mildred’s seventh birthday with games and treats. West Lawrence women debate matrimony topics and a book by David Araham Phillips drawing mixed reactions among readers.
Attendance at the Prohibitionists convention in Columbus will be the largest in years. Sessions begin Wednesday with no effort to endorse the Anti-Saloon League. Delegates from Chicago may come on a special train, and about four to five thousand visitors are expected, as the convention moves toward a possible party stance.
Four New Jersey youths became victims in a Fourth of July series of accidents in New York and nearby states. Three boys reportedly died from injuries while four others were hospitalized after incidents tied to the holiday celebration.Patrick Herd Sharpley is listed among the deceased in Patterson, with details indicating a fatality linked to the chaotic events.
The first Chautauqua in the city starts this week with eight days of entertainment for a nominal two dollar price. Organizers urge greater ticket sales to ensure the event’s success, asking residents to support and boost attendance as solicitors canvass the public.
President Roosevelt and Secretary Root met with Bacun near Oyster Bay on July 13. They discussed Venezuela and U.S. policy as they dined and prepared to return. Bacon traveled from Westbury and joined the president on the veranda. The visit included a late-evening talk and a return to Sagamore Hill for dinner.
A Pennsylvania delegation car on a Guffey led train entering St Louis was attacked with stones and bullets as onlookers report a streamer warning of the Pennsylvanian delegation. Passengers William Schultz Maxwell and J F Carran were cut by flying glass. Colonel Guffey ill in a forward car. doctors advised silence on his condition.
Kansas may head the Democratic Committee as talks unfold at Fairview Nebraska July 13 with W J Bryan. Herman Ridder telegraphs support while Dr P L Hall and Dr Wall discuss Bryan meeting with the national committee. Possible chairmen named include John IL Attwood D S Campau J E Lamb Ollie James with Bryan likely to decide.
In Iola on July 13 1921 the preliminary hearing for Mrs Arlice Heaton charged with the murder of her husband Clinton Heaton is scheduled for Tuesday July 14 at 9 oclock in Justice C B Potter's court. Subpoenas have been issued for J P Kelley Mrs Kila Gill Patrolman Sim Hildreth and Dr David W Reid coroner of Allen county. The defense plans to rest with no witnesses called in the next ten days and lawyers expect release on bond if held. Judge Oscar Learnard and Mrs Learnard of Bartlesville are aiding Mrs Heaton. Her nervous condition has improved.
Alfred, Eliot, and William Johns announce a fresh meat market at 1023 Mass Street promising neat and clean facilities and quality butchery for local customers.
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