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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1918
Page
1
Fragmentary lines describe a battle where the spread and advance slowed after an initial flurry. The readable text hints at Spriday and Saturday actions and farmrelated movements. Names or places are not clear.
Allied troops including American, French and British units continue the Marne Aisne front push. Reports describe crossings of the Marne near Jaulgonne and Pont-Tas-Binson, advances south of Soissons, and French gains north of Montdidier with hundreds of prisoners and dozens of machine guns seized.
Lawrence merchants and the War Economy Board move to end the three to five daily deliveries and adopt a single daily delivery system. A conference with food administration officials is set for tomorrow to finalize plans for implementing the change. Local grocers and butchers have supported the shift as a simplification of delivery operations.
The July 23 casualty list shows 105 Army deaths and 23 Marine losses from KIA, wounds, disease, accidents, and missing. Names include Clifford Beard and John Shoemaker among the KIA, with Lieut Geo A Bilsbarrovt and Corporal James McCormick among the severely wounded. Marine losses list Ira Arlakte and Paul Henderson among the wounded severely.
An architect from the post office supervisor's office will visit Lawrence soon to inspect the building and plan improvements. He will assess the structure in preparation for drawing up plans for the authorized $45,900 edition.
I C Stevenson says Kansas could have 175000 motor tags if counties matched Douglas County population. He reports 1800 license applications already and more than 20 expected. Two women asked to omit the number thirteen, but licenses issued reflected the requests.
July 23 report says Italian forces advance in Albania with Hill 900 taken along Crest Malisilove. Further east French occupy heights on the left bank of the Holta river.
National Army training school officers on campus report an unauthorized entry into the heating tunnel beneath the university. A manhole near Robinson Gymnasium was opened and tunnel lights were turned on but sections could not be explored due to a faulty light switch in the Engineering building. Army officials say they are taking grave concern and seek to lock all access points to prevent further intrusions.
A petition signed by C A Hicks and others asks the city to lay a 4 sewer line from Lincoln school north Lawrence or along T street to the alley between Elm and Locust, with a lateral from the alley cast in the center. The request ties to abating Hicks property cess pool and sanitation. action was deferred to a later meeting.
About five hundred delegates are expected to attend the Kaw Valley Baptists Association annual convention at Ninth Street Baptist Church July 30 to August 2, aligned with the Woman's Home and Foreign Mission League. Mayor George L. Creeck will give the welcome in Lawrence and Rev G Jackson will preside. meals will be provided at the church.
Colonel Neil Ro Rehn will be the principal speaker at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon Friday. Fourty four drafted men leaving that day will attend as guests. Other speakers include J B Wilson county attorney Thomas Harley s and Major S T Criss. The event will cover military and patriotic topics with a 12 30 luncheon and a 6 13 assembly at the court house.
City leaders weigh accepting Jessie Falley Memorial Hospital, offered by the Social Service League through Rev. E. E. Stauffer. County Commissioner Green pushes county involvement with city ownership and public health offices tied to the project.
The city commission took no action on Kansas Electric Utilities company request to raise local street car fares from five to seven cents cash and four for twenty five cents on tickets. The matter was referred to City Attorney Walter Thiele to report on the legality under the current franchise.
Partly cloudy weather with cooler conditions expected in the northeast on Wednesday. Tonight remains warmer in sections, with temperatures rising in the early hours.
Miss Len Thurston of Kansas City will visit Thursday as guest of Mrs Margaret Fitch. Mr and Mrs A M Hoffman and children of Coffeyville are guests of Mr and Mrs J M Gorden.
The city commission plans a 22000 bond issue for water system improvements after a state utilities commission authorization. It aims to replace 16 miles of small mains and install 800 meters to switch to metered rates, but funding may limit full main replacements. An ordinance and bids on meters will follow.
Rev N H Huffman of the Lawrence United Brethren church is named publisher of the Kansas Endeavorer. The four page monthly paper, sent to over a thousand en‑deavorers, will be printed locally at 1933 Leonard Avenue. Huffman also serves as missionary superintendent for Kansas of the state union of Protestant church endeavor societies.
A clerk in a shop is asked for worthwhile books and claims to have “stock a suit the rmse exacting taste.” The customer seeks a “book of syilonsins” while the clerk promises to consult the boss, noting no “ofer-Synonym’s works” exist.
Earl Fisher once aimed for journalism and spent years at K U but later reformed and now serves as cashier at the First National Bank of Hiawatha. He was in the city for a few hours this morning. Mr and Mrs M S Nelson of Haskell spent today in the city.
President Wilson announces wartime control of telegraph and telephone lines with operations under the postmaster general. Radio and ocean cables largely unaffected, navy already controls radio. Control may revert to owners later, with possible renewals handled by the postmaster general.
Lawrence police arrest Arthur Wooten William Helm Harold Helm and Johnny Stout all about seventeen for shooting craps on the corner of Thirteenth and Delaware Streets. In police court they receive fines and parole with conditions. Wooten and the Helms fined ten dollars each plus costs shared among the four, Stout fined fifteen dollars plus costs and paroled to his uncle’s farm with court permission needed to leave.
Manhattan men A. Douglas and Frank Rowland take charge of the Tire and Electrical Supply Co on East Eighth Street by purchasing from E. G. Douglas. Douglas, a mechanical engineering graduate from the state agricultural college, is a known local figure who helped recruit a large class for the Scottish Rite reunion this spring. Both men will relocate their families here.
At last night’s city meeting Commissioner Cleland said the new water plant would not be in operation for three more months. The extension was sought due to bond sale legalities that delayed the original January 1 1918 deadline and May 1 extension request. The matter was sent to the city attorney for report next meeting. Ed Wilson arrested on Massachusetts street for drunkenness after a fruit stand incident. He was fined $1 and sentenced to thirty days in jail with a $5.50 cog.
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