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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1927
Page
1
Delegates at the tripartite conference in Geneva plan a plenary session for tomorrow at 3 PM after a day of friendly talks with no concrete results. TF Gibson, America’s chief representative, denies divisions within the American delegation and says the convocation may simply summarize the situation until developments tomorrow.
Toneka Kans July 18 AP No loss to depositors will result from the recent closing of the American Building and Loan association of Topeka. Guardianship and chartering of the Guardian Building and Loan association were announced to take over the assets, with authorized capital of ten million dollars and leadership from John Dean J Schenck and Roy L Johnson of Topeka and Fred J Haag of Jamned. The American association, organized by Carl T Peterson while state bank commissioner, faced heavy withdrawals after Peterson’s connections with two other failed banks.
A garbled early note claims Fokker or Anthony Pakker plans a large U S bomber with a 2000 lb payload of explosive. The described factory is at Has brouck Hell with a 0 foot wing span and two machine guns. The text is severely jumbled and likely erroneous.
Topeka July 12 AP A rain in Kansas this morning was called timely by J C Monier state aericulture official as a blessing likely to spare wheat. He said an earlier rain could have damaged crops and noted corn and other fields benefited from the moisture. Oil development moves face railroad right of way dispute in Oxford, Sedgwick County. Judge Pierpont granted a railroad’s request after drilling in the Oxford field. Midland ordered others to monitor nearby protests over the property. Elizabeth Ryan withdraws from defending the U S Wightman Cup team, citing personal matters keeping her abroad all summer. United States Lawn Tennis Association confirmed the decision.
Partly cloudy forecast for Kansas with potential thundershowers in the southern section this afternoon or tonight and cooler conditions in the south on Thursday. Raindrops reported in places while Salina remains cloudy. Wichita listed as good, Coffeyville and Flippery noted with unclear references.
Boston pounded three Chicago pitchers for 38 hits as they won the opener 8 to 3. Cubs led early but Boston scored in every inning to take the first game of a doubleheader. Tough pitching and a late rally sealed Boston’s victory.
Ross Marshall, 19, Norton Kansas, asserts he killed 46 year old Atkinson after threatening to stop his skunk trapping. Marshall, who once faced sanity questions, attempted suicide using poison but survived. He admits planning and Carrying out the shooting after staying overnight at Atkinson’s farm and hearing threats. A first degree murder charge is filed.
Tokyo UP report states Hirokichi Oku, 65, farmer of Kofu, bound his insane wife and submerged her in a barrel of cold water, two hours later dragging her out dead. Oku is in custody as police weigh murder or asylum charges. The other items note a Neodesha merchant’s death, a Peking troop withdrawal demand, a Utah kidnapping escape, and Berlin camping trend around the city.
New York July 13 AP A complete dining service including a six course chicken dinner will begin tomorrow on Colonial Air Transport flights between New York and Boston. Food will be carried in containers and kept warm on electric heaters. The company plans to extend dining to the New York to Chicago run next month.
Rains last night and this morning caused inactivity in Douglas county potato fields as growers suspend digging hoping for higher prices. Prices yesterday were $1.60 to $1.73 per hundred. sixty-eight cars shipped from Lawrence yesterday versus fifty-four on Monday. About 300 cars this year, 144,000 bushels shipped. about one quarter of the local crop marketed. Harvested parts yield about 15 bushels per acre.
In Los Angeles two 16-year-olds and a 13-year-old were killed when a stolen sedan wrecked after speeding from a beach party. An 18-year-old girl driver and another 16-year-old boy were gravely injured, with five more youths hurt. police traced the car to the party at a friend's home.
NEW JOB FOR STARK Chardon Neb July 13 A P ate R Stark former Kansas Aggie football and all Valley halfback named to succeed Roy Wynne as director of athletics at Chadron Normal College Wynne resigned to coach at Washburn College Stark previously athletic director at Manhattan High School and for two years at Haskell Institute Lawrence He will start August 1 after signing with President Telit Stark was chosen for his team records at Manhattan High and his work at Haskell
Kansas City July 13 AP Cleo Williams 19 a negro was sentenced to be hanged August 17 for criminal assaults on a 14 year old white girl and a young married woman. Judge Arlen C Southern cited an epidemic of attacks on young women. Williams companion Zannia Russie 17 was sentenced to life imprisonment for his youth. Moscow July 138 AP Mme Klepikoff sentenced to death by court martial at Kronstadt for espionage aiding her husband Commander Klepikoff in Great Britain report to a British agent in Finland. execution by firing squad followed conviction.
Drifting and scattered rain across Kansas ends heat waves that afflicted crops. Cities report varying totals from 2.25 inches in Topeka to minor showers in Dodge City, with Marquette and Parsons noting heavy storms and substantial relief for pastures and corn fields.
Florence Alabama July 18 AP warrants sworn for two women and three men in the flogging of Mrs Bertha Siay. Warrant swears by Walter McAdory state law chief names suspects Mr and Mrs Allen Butter Mr and Mrs Albert Lindsay and Charles Lindsay. Returnable August 1. Slay said hooded order members participated but later said some men connected with the organization were not in the party.
Dairymen in Manhattan protest against sale of milk from the Kansas State Agricultural College herd. They urge President F. D. Farrell to investigate the move, claiming it competes with local industry. Farrell pledges an early inquiry.
New owners H L Donkerley and family have moved to Lawrence Kansas and partner B L Mitchell plans to relocate the herd soon. The Sie Leavenworth County Pioneer reflects these changes as they press forward with the purchase and anticipated operations.
Heat wave grips the east as record temperatures spark several prostrations in subway stations and on streets from New York to Harlem. A drowning linked to the heat is reported as Miami and Key West top early readings at 84, with many cities chasing the dangerous milestone.
A large turnout filled a grove near Fowler shops for a University sing led by Dean J M Swarthout. Hundreds heard from cars parked on two sides as a five piece University orchestra accompanied soloists Irene Peabody and Alice Moncerieff with Prof Eugene Christy and Ray Garner among the performers.
Reports from Jerusalem describe a catastrophic quake that struck the Palestine region Monday afternoon, with Nablus near total destruction and widespread casualties. Official tallies list over 150 dead in Palestine and 100 in Transjordan, with 500 plus injured. higher figures are feared.
Announcement by Mrs Harriet Rymerson says the vacation Bible school work will remain on display at 1008 Massachusetts Street until next Wednesday. Pupils from Woodlawn Pinckney McAllaster and Cardley created a Jerusalem scene with the Mosque of Omar and the Last Supper, plus figures and dwellings, under Miss Alice Lackey. The exhibit includes the efforts of students from four area schools.
Bonded indebtedness in Douglas County fell in the last fiscal year per County Clerk C. G. Bowman. Rural districts paid $86,700. new debt totaled $48,500. Road and school bonds retired included $68,000 on Fort to Port highway and $13,700 in rural high schools. New issues listed for Fall 1927 include building bonds for several school districts. Present rural high school and school district bond totals are itemized, with total countywide bonded debt around $107,100 plus rural high school figures and road improvement bonds statewide.
The Kansas Supreme Court considers whether lagniapple violates state anti lottery and trading stamp laws after an appeal from Reno county district court. Purity Cats Co sued the state Guymon Petro Mercantile Co and W A Gaskage over exchanging silverware for cereal package premiums. Judge W G Fairchild dismissed charges, calling the practice lagniappe a legitimate friendly transaction.
At the Wichita grain rate hearing J H Taubman of the New Orleans traffic bureau proposed proportional freight rates from Missouri and Mississippi river points to Arkansas and Louisiana. The plans aim to lower Kansas City rate basis to Gulf ports as the probe into western and southwestern grain rates continues. Commissioner B Meyer announced the session would continue in Wichita after a petition to move the investigation to Kansas City.
Commander Byrd and three comrades arrive aboard the Leviathan in sight of New York after a three day tour of Ver sur Mer. Clarence Chamberlin greets the aviators on ship as he earlier completed his own Atlantic flight from New York to Germany. Pageant closes at Camp Manhattan Eureka Kans dull. Cullen Landis jailed five days for alimony nonpayment in Los Angeles.
Ernest L. Smith civilian aviator and navigator Emory Bronte of San Francisco announced a round trip flight from Oakland to Honolulu in a silver wing monoplane starting at 7 a m tomorrow They plan to land at Wheeler Field for refueling and to return to Oakland with a two hour stay on the island.
Joint meeting in Lawrence features Jon Harrington of the National Association of Real Estate Boards addressing the Lawrence Heart Estate Board and Chamber of Commerce. Topics include local state and national taxation, growth, development of a comprehensive capital program through educational institutions, and methods for developing and using market data in the United States. The event aims to discuss civic and economic problems, city growth, and residency use. Harrington, a Minnesota real estate figure, tours Nebraska and will speak to residents. Open to the public with dinner reservations due before Thursday evening.
A welcome rain broke a dry spell across four states, delivering meaningful precipitation. Rainfall was reported in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma with amounts varying. Kansas saw 1.2 inches at St. Joseph and about an inch or more in several towns, while Nebraska and Missouri also recorded measurable totals. Agricultural officials noted corn and other crops will benefit from the moisture after a prolonged dry spell.
Topeka reports former motor car dealer Fadler of Toneka and Lawrence may be freed from the state penitentiary on bond while appealing to the supreme court. He was sentenced to ten to fifty years for grand larceny after a 1926 conviction for robbing Lecompton State Bank. Bond set at 7 500.
Fire last night destroyed a newer Excelsior manufacturing plant in Lawrence caused by friction in shredding knives. Proprietor J. W. O'Leary narrowly escaped amid flames while trying to grab a fire extinguisher. Machinery including electric motors and switchboard burned. one car siding was scorched. Loss estimated around $6,000 with partial insurance coverage. production had begun earlier in the week.
Police predict serious and possibly deadly accidents if motorists ignore the siren at the Eighth and Massachusetts intersection. A steady siren sound was heard as a fire wagon struggled to reach the scene with cars travelling three abreast and some drivers driving over the fire hose after warnings. Fire department requests immediate right of way to reach emergencies promptly and prevent further incidents.
Telephone lines in the city and rural districts were knocked out by the storm. Repairmen worked today to restore service. Electric light lines suffered minor damage. Lightning and wind swayed wires and caused temporary outages. Some stations burned briefly as a blaze melted wiring. Trees were downed in several areas.
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri is set as the headlined speaker for the American Legion convention at Memorial Stadium in Gumhaltir Kansas on Monday July 25. Others on the program include Stafford King of Saint Paul Minnesota and Ferra Watkins of the Islingis department region.
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