Governor in Arrest Drama Shocks Capitol Scene
Reports say Governor faces embezzlement allegations as Judge A S Smith plans to reconvene court at 1 PM. State troops guard the Capitol while Deputy May Life Bayoiets and others move toward a capias. Forenoy Small arrives under heavy guard, confined near the executive mansion.
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Springfield
Capital Forest
A. S. Smith
Sangamon
Life Bayoiets
State House
Capias
Camp Logan
Chicago
Judge Smith
Forernoy Small
Kankakee
Executive Mansion
Flames in Amatlan Field Threaten Major Oil Fire
Mexico City July 25 A laborer protected by an asbestos shield moved near the No 5 blaze in Amatlan oil fields and spent 15 minutes amid scorching heat with oil raining down. Fire control crews worked tirelessly to shut the well but pipe damage hindered full extinguishment. The blaze has burned for over a week with losses estimated in the millions.
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Mexico City
Amatlan
Ntic
Perfect Spy System in Halle Reveals Repressive Surveillance
In Halle Germany the security police have devised a system of espionage to record the daily activities of nearly every citizen and track strangers with suspicious behavior. Authorities deem evidence and a cordial demeanor sufficient to justify intrusive scrutiny of foreigners and locals alike.
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Halle
Germany
Middle
Turko Greek clash ends in Greek advantage near Eski-Shehr
An Allied report says a Turkish effort to recapture Eski-Shehr and Ineuna failed with heavy Turkish losses. A Greek counterattack captured a Turkish unit in the action. The report highlights the ongoing Turko Greek combat theater and its mounting casualties.
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Smyrna
Asia
Minor
Associated Press
Eski-Shehr
Ineuna
Evere
Rks
Plan to resume fair price lists blocked by facility lack
July 25 report notes Secretary Wallace rejects U S Agriculture resuming fair price lists to curb food profiteering. J M Mohler, secretary of the state board of agriculture, says the plan is impracticable due to insufficient facilities.
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Topeka
United States Department of Agriculture
J. ©. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Wallace
Lawrence Dealers Targeted by Kansas City Car Theft Ring
A Kansas City gang of car thieves, led by Louis B. Trout, operated to sell stolen vehicles through Lawrence dealers. Seven cars were moved through Lawrence, with two Ford sedans, a Ford coupe, and two Chevrolets recovered. Dealers deny wrongdoing. insurers may take over recovered vehicles. The scheme involved forged sale documents and checks, with owners accused of collusion but denying complicity.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Louis
Trout
Ring of Thieves
Sal
Sail
Cure for Leprosy Puts 64 Discharged at Molokai
Monolulu reports use of chaulmoogra oil as a cure for leprosy has led to 64 inmates at Kahhi hospital discharged as completely cured. Officials say Molokai could soon be unnecessary as a leprosy settlement and the disease may become unknown within a decade.
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Monolulu
Moleckai Island
Kahhi Hospital
Ias
Molokai
Murder Clue Ties Pratt to Joplin Slaying
Police in Pratt Kansas report progress on a clue from a two week old investigation into the murder of Clarence Roundtree of Joplin Missouri. His body was found in a corn field near Pratt last Sunday and officers believe the killer has left town. Mrs Mollie Sullivan asked for her son’s body today.
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Pratt
Kansas
Clarence Roundtree
Joplin
Mollie Sullivan
Redouble Watch Over Possible Booze Smuggling Off East Coast
New York reports federal authorities along the Atlantic coast intensified vigilance for evidence of large scale whisky smuggling by tramp ships and fishing smacks. A 15,000 to 20,000 case cargo from a Bahama Island vessel is feared while a coast guard vessel patrolled near Montowe Point. A tramp steamer near Atlantic City signaled for money in a taunting display. Gladys Belle Norwine of the Douglas County Farm Bureau returns to work after a two week vacation.
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New York
Atlantic Coast
Montowe Point
Bahama
Senteh
Lish Spiritars
Lantie City
Ty Sanevis
Ku Klux Klan activity eyed in Kansas leg halls
Report from Topeka says an organizer will visit this week to establish a Klan chapter with branches already claimed in Wichita, Hinson, Pittsburg, Independence, One City, Eldorado, Aux Columbus and Maryville. Texas leader Simmons cited as orchestrator. Patman denounces Klan, flags potential Texas investigations.
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Topeka
Shrine of the Mystic White Iions
Ku Klux Klan
Gov
Nes Today
Wichita
Hinson
Pittsburg
Independence
One City
Eldorado
Aux Columbus
Mavion
A Rernar
Indy
Vi ‘Eae Ave
Samo
Klan
Austin
Texas
William J. Simmons
Atlanta
Gedraia
Ku Klux Kan
Patman
Cass
Simmons
Bhe
Cornerstone Laid for Eudora Methodist Church
A large crowd gathered in Eudora yesterday for the cornerstone laying of the new Methodist church. Rev C E Davis presided with assistance from J W Holt and district official Rev Fred presiding over the sermon as ministers from Lawrence Linwood and Olathe attended the ceremony.
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New Methodist Church
Eudora
C. E. Davis
J. W Holt
Fred
Asne
Kilgne
Lawrence
Mir. Motter
Linwood
Burns
Olathe
Compromise on Silesia and talks planned
Paris reports a Franco British compromise on the Silesian question with Briand likely to approve a late July to early August supreme council meeting and a demand for expert discussions. In other news, officials discuss fuel shortages during a conference with Gov. Allen and Clyde Reed. Princess Bibesco signs a contract with an American magazine to write short stories amid varied bird anecdote.
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Paris
Associated Press
France
Great Britain
Briand
Supreme Council
Idraw
Princess Bibesco
Elizabeth Asquith
Nhow
Washington
WN Randolph C Dolph Case Ties Eva Wanson to Kidnap Plot
Mrs Eva Wanson of Cleveland Ohio surrendered to police after being linked to the Thomas L Randolph kidnapping case. Randolph the Sharon businessman was reported kidnapped and held for fifty thousand dollars, with charges including using the mails to defraud. Wanson denied conspiracy but said she was with Randolph near Stoneboro Pennsylvania at the time of his disappearance.
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Sharon
Pennsylvania
Eva Wanson
Cleveland
Ohio
Thomas L. Randolph
Randolph
Handolph
Stoneblro
Balkan Tensions Persist Despite Bulgarian Efforts
Belgrade reports Serbia remains unfriendly toward Bulgaria despite Bulgarian Interior Minister Dimitroff visit. Serbian press condemns Bulgarian officials and accuses Bulgarian armed bands of provocation on the Serbo Bulgarian frontier. Macetoniats committee agitation on the frontier escalates tensions.
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Serbia
Bulgaria
M.dimitroff
Macetoniats
Committee
Ali Frontier
Car Fire In Massachusetts Street Near Union Pacific Tracks
Firefighters responded to a car blaze belonging to Ed Penchard on 815 Massachusetts Street. The fire, sparked around a late morning hour and rekindled near the Union Pacific tracks, was extinguished with no significant damage reported.
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Massachsetts Street
Fire Department
Union Pacific
Beaumont Fire Destroys Oil Plant Worth Over $2,000
A blaze at the Suh Oil company plant near Beaumont Texas, raging since Friday, was extinguished with chemical foam. Four large storage tanks were destroyed, causing business losses exceeding $2,000. The fire was attributed to a lightning strike.
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Texas
Suh Oil Company
Here
Des Royers Busines
Mothers Conference Opens City Hall Rooms Event
The last mothers conference before September will be held on a weekday afternoon at the city hall departments rooms. Mothers invited to bring children under school age to the conference. Wildcat division reunion planned in Los Angeles on September 2 and 25, with 15,000 to 20,000 World War I veterans expected to attend. Ostropaths hold annual convention in Cleveland opening today for a week with over one thousand delegates expected.
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City Heart
St Hall
Rennid
Los Angeles
Cal
Cleveland
American Osteopathic Associatiniy
Mauretania Fire Breaks Out At Southampton Dock
Fire aboard the Cunard liner Mauretania while berthed at Southampton caused alarm as blaze broke out this afternoon, threatening a serious incident aboard the ship.
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London
Cunard
Southampton
Dollar Day Bargains in Lawrence Stores
Merchants announce a citywide Dollar Day sale in Lawrence, promising bargains across lines and items worth more than the price. The event offers full value and aims to introduce shoppers to local stores, inviting both locals and newcomers to take advantage of special prices tomorrow evening.
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Wrence
Lawrence Wetores
Lawwrence
Grisof
Sheep Treatment Meetings Arrive in Douglas County
C G Elling from Kansas State Agricultural College arrived in Lawrence to lead two meetings on lamb stomach worm treatment. The Douglas County Farm Bureau organized the sessions with R O Smith. Elling and Smith visited George Markley’s Lone Tree area farm for a 2 PM start today, with a second session at 9 AM tomorrow at C D McCullough’s Twin Mound area farm.
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C.G. Elling
Sheen
Kansas State Agricultual College
Lawrence
Haing
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Mr. Elling
R. O. Smith
George Markley
Lone Sur
Zionists Gather at Kansas City Convention
Zionists from Missouri Kansas Nebraska Iowa and Oklahoma meet in Kansas City to discuss Palestine land reorganization and return of Jewish people. Officials expect about five hundred attendees with eastern state leaders on the program as district meetings resemble others.
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Kansas
City
Missouri
Nebrask
Iowa
Oklahoma
Palestine Land
Calleff
Tabbi Simon
Glaner
Kansas City
Zio
Pioneer Merchant M Newmark dies after six week illness
Lawrence mourns M Newmark longtime merchant born 1828 in New York City died at 1210 Riverside Street after six weeks illness. He opened Massachusetts Ave store in 1865 and was oldest continuously in business in the city. Survived by three children Frank Yocum and Wink Newmark, funeral set for 10 am tomorrow at 1210 Rhode Island Street with Oak Hill Cemetery interment. He served as vice president Merchants National Bank since 1887 and president of City Savings Bank since the 1890s. A friend to Dunkard settlement and a key figure in Kaw Valley baseball in the early days. Banks to close for funeral and businesses to observe hour.
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Lawrent
York City
Ame
Adlyey G Massachesetts
Vis
Newellie Keefer
Der
Uuan
Ibs Ae Newmarl
Frank Yocum
Phil Dalphia
Wink Newmark
Linwrepee
Gergicos
Newmark
Rapde Island
Strep
Oak Hill Gemetery
Jung
Jerynice
Nehwmesl
Teletust
Merchants National Bank
Wane Savings Bank
Dunkard
Douglas
Newark
Kaw Valley Baseball Ee
Whipman
Tawre
Kansas livestock freight rates cut after hearing
Topeka July 25 Kansas livestock freight rates will be decreased to align with interstate rate fractions granted earlier. The public utilities commission heard the Kansas livestock association request for lower rates. Examiner Disque of the Interstate Commerce Commission recommended such a decree.
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Topeka
Kansas
Public
Utilities Commission
The
Kansas |Livestock Association
Exammer Disque
Interstate Comeree — Commission
Nee
Four Week Term In EU Summer Sessions Begins
The second term of the EU Summer Session opens with Convocations and concerts. About three to four hundred students from the first term re enroll Saturday, with many new names expected. Courses total fifty, excluding some fields, and the law school splits ten weeks into two five week terms.
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W. A. Johrsen
Sehavl
Achlad
Down F
Ensterling
Worl
Hake
Johnson
Law School
Army Captain Edwards to Fort St Michael Alaska
Captain Edwards his wife and infant daughter and Mrs Edwards mother depart for Fort St Michael Alaska across Nome on the coast. The 41st Infantry officer will be stationed there for the next two years after transferring from the 24th Infantry at Columbus New Mexico. He is a University of Lawrence track team captain known for sports leadership.
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Regular Army
Edward'y
Irwin
Stars and Stripes
Fort St. Michael
Nome
Alaska
Eawards
Edwards
24H
Columbus
N. M
41St Infantry
Lawrence
Raymond PF
Tthe University
Cowboy Champion Chitage Ends Sniper Meet in El Paso
Tomymie Kar nan of El Paso captured the all around title at the second annual cowboy sniper event in town. He placed first in trick riding and one fourth in calf roping. Yakime Ganutt of Lae criss Washington won the end throne in calf roping while Fred Rea of Arkansas City Kansas retained his calf roping title. Prize money totaled about $25 000.
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Chitage
Tomymie Karnan
el Paso
Arolini
Yakime Ganutt
Lae Criss
Washington
Fred Reafson
Arkansas City
Kansas
Miss Bresette to Speak at COFC Event
A local notice notes Miss Bresette, secretary of the welfare, is set to address a gathering at COFC on a conference about female health and farm labor programs. Arlo Eults and Thelma Enderson perform, with Mary Elizabeth Allen singing and Amy Thutts accompanying. Also listed is Ray Hill and Emma Moreman’s marriage license in Lawrence. Susie Wilcoy is the officiant.
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Linus Bresette
Welfare
Bueyq
Luniehgon
Phetc Prablens
Fiarmale Enihes
Jean
Miss Breselle
Hela
Cys
Miss Bresette
Arlo Eults
Thelma Btnjendzon
Mary Elizabeth Allen
Dane
Amly Thutts
Ray Gafney
Ray Hill
Emma Moreman
Lawrence
Susie Wilcoy
Cleyman
Disappearance Ties To Family Letters In Chicago Case
Chicago reports state investigator Ben Newmark says Warren C. Spurgin vanished with his wife and daughter Viviah. University student and fiancée Herman Byler provided key details after an interview. Byler relayed Spurgin confessed to embezzlement and an affair with a woman known as Blonde Ethel. Letters from Miss Spurgin surfaced from multiple Michigan cities before a Detroit-bound note.
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Mes
Warren C. Spurgin
Michigan Avenue
Jand
Viviah
Ben Newmark
Snureig Toll
Newmark
Herman Byler
Spurgin
Byler
Miss Spurgin
Niles City
Michigan
New Buffalo
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Detroit
Adda
Missouri river wreck derails Burlington freight train
A Burlington stock train from St Joseph to Kansas City derailed into the Missouri River near Kansas City, drowning three crew members Lewis P. Nielson engine O Fay fireman and Charles The bodies were recovered. The river bank gave way in the accident with cars submerged and livestock floating downstream, many cattle and hogs seen along the shore. No final death toll was confirmed.
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Burlington Railroad
St. Joseph J
Kansas City
Missouri River
Lewis P. Nielson
Ence O
Fay
Charles
Ems
Missouri
Murray Receives Fine in Bone Dry Law Case
Otis Murray nicknamed Black Jack drawn sixty days and fined $100 for violation of the bone dry law in police court. He was found with a pint of whiskey. he said he bought it from Evanda Jenkins who was arrested with trial set for next Saturday. Jenkins was charged with selling whiskey. Hutchinson Drive progress for Stadium Union Green Memorial drive reported, chaired by W Y Morgan, with a goal of $15,000 and recent pause in activity.
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Murray
C. C. Stewart
Bourt
Logan
Evanda Jenkins
Jenkins
Hutchinson Drive
Hutchinson
Stadium-Union-Grean Memorial
W. Y. Morgan
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