Red Drives Force Polish Army Back Front Reported
Associated Press dispatch from Warsaw notes Bolshevik forces advancing from the northeast along the Bielystok railroad and pushing toward Lemberg, with Polish wings holding but threatened to retreat. Red cavalry, armored cars, and machine guns aid rapid gains as Polish resistance dwindles in Galicia and Pinsk.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Bielystok
Galicia
Lemberg
Pinsk
Playground Circus Draws Lawrence Children Tomorrow
Lawrence children decorate animal cages for the circus parade set for tomorrow afternoon at 3. Circus stunts are practiced today. Former heavyweight champion Jess Willard will present jetters to playground athletes. The Fraternal Aid Union band plays the evening session in South Park, starting at 7:30 p.m.
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Lawrence
Jess Willard
Fraternal Aid Union
South Park
Red Cross Committee Chooses Rest Room Site at Woodland Park
A Red Cross committee selecting a park restroom last night picked the south line of Woodland Park near the west bleachers as the best location. Contractors will draft plans soon and the group expects to announce concrete construction steps shortly.
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Red Cross
Woodland Park
Auto license applications swell season total to 2896
Owners risk penalties as 57 applications filed yesterday with W H McKone county treasurer bring the season total to 2896 licenses issued. Despite months of fee collection over 500 cars still operate under last year’s license and viola tors may face state traffic law penalties after July 1 without the new tag.
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W. H. McKone
Accord on Soviet London Negotiations Stated by Lloyd George
Premier Lloyd George told the house of Commons that France Italy and Great Britain are united on negotiations with the Russian Soviet government despite sensational newspaper claims. He spoke in response to inquiries about the Holyidge conference.
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London
Associat
France
Italy
Great Britain
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Weather Forecast for Kansas Sees Warmth in South Tonight
Generally fair conditions across Kansas with warming trend tonight especially in the southern portion. Temperatures rose from yesterday to today as the outlook calls for continued mild weather through Friday.
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Kansas
Portion
Three Years Hidden to Escape the Draft
In a rural Oregon setting, Alfred Tat and his brother fled to the mountains to evade the draft, surviving on wild food for years. Alfred surrendered citing loneliness as unbearable, while recounting their trek with minimal supplies and reliance on improvised gear.
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Portland
Oregon
Alfred Tat
Feitir
Charles F
Pati
Suaw
Seedo
Wes
Magnus
Mexican Governor Prepares to Resist Invasion
Governor Cantu of Tilver Californis declares readiness to oppose Mexican provisional government forces. He reports plans for a militia of about 4 600, including three aircraft, to confront perceived federal troops near Lower California as tensions rise.
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Mexicali
Lower
Califers
Esteban Cents
Tilver Californis
Intera
Lower California
Cantu
Mexican Provisional Sa Érament Ws
Cunta
Tore
University of Idaho honors former president with dormitory
The University of Idaho honors E H Linekey, former president, with a timing of a new dormitory and a manuscript case from the Regents. The dormitory opened this fall and a 100,000-dollar gift is noted. The chancellor also receives a Regents manuscript in token of service. In Paris, the Romanian Queen visits an antique shop and questions a price for an amber statuette, joking they appear American.
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Reece
E. H. Linekey
University of Idaho
Lindsey Idaho
The
Univers of Idaho
Paris
Elizabeth
Trunk murder case leads to Saltillo suspect
Detroit police pursue a man believed connected to the trunk murder after tracing a lead to Saltillo Mexico where the fugitive used the name O J Fernandez. Ashley held locally as a suspect is described and authorities seek confirmation of the Saltillo link amid conflicting tips and a possible reward.
Nightmare claim links landlord to attack in Union Hill
A man in Union Hill New Jersey July 29 shot and critically wounded his wife after telling police he woke from a nightmare in which the landlord appeared at a bedroom window with demons. He cited rent fears and threat of eviction as motives.
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Union Hill
N. J
J. Daniel Helbig
Endowment Democrats Seek New Life At University
A Kansas University Endowment Association meeting discussed housing and property gifts for the University. Chairman Dr. Frank Strong and Secretary Olja Templin led the group, with members from Topeka, Topeka, Lawrence, and other cities. A further meeting was scheduled for next week as the organization, last active after Fraser Hall’s pipe organ, aims to support women’s housing projects. Meanwhile national party figures in Washington and New York outlined campaign strategies and fundraising plans for the Democrats.
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Kansas University
Asx
Olja Templin F
Frank Strong
Professive Temptin
J. Willis Gleed
Topeka
C. i. Scott
Tola
William Herbert Carruth
Pato Alto
Cal
University
Tehich
Teale His
al Lay
EL TL
Lindley
William Oa. White
Ae Emporin
We. Y
Morgan
Hutchinson
Mrs. Edwards
Eureva
Th Cooke
Kan
City
J. M. Challis
Atchison
Clyde Miller
Strong
Enilowment Association
Fraser Hall
Enldowment Association
Attracting Crowds at Pittsburg-Youngstown Oil Well
In Lawrence, crowds watch steady drilling on Hemphill well No 1 by Pittsburg-Youngstown Oil and Gas Co. Bright lights draw townspeople nightly as drillers reach 545 feet after penetrating hard limestone at 480 to 545 feet.
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Hemphill
Pittsburgh-Youngstown Oil and Gas Company
Law
Lrence
Lawrence
Lonesome Job Now At County Jail
Ike Johnson, nearing thirty years on the county jail staff, says conditions have changed. The jail now houses only three men, one of whom is a witness held to testify against a highway robbery suspect pair. He recalls there were many more inmates in earlier days.
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Ike Johnson
Nnl
Johnson
Returned From Variation Lane Visits Springfield Mission
Lane county superintendent and Mrs Lane returned from a weeklong visit to the Springfield mission. Dayne was observed at the recent ceremony as the latest reads developed in the reform effort.
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Lane
Springfield
Misson
Dayne
Lone Star Chautauqua Opens Five Day Run
The Lone Star Chautauqua in the county end opens tomorrow for five days drawing a large regional audience. The schedule features Cartwright Brothers Quartet concerts, junior chautauqua activities, lectures by Dr. Frank Church and Lionel Filie, and performances by Jenny Lind Quartet and Vierra's Royal Hawaiians with an opening night flight from Lee Francisco.
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Dra
Lone S Ung
Lawrence
Cartwright Brothers Quartet
Chautauqua
C. W. Wassam
Sunthere- Tustin Company
Frank Church
de Jeu
Cost of State Institutions in Kansas Fiscal Year End
The twenty seven state institutions in Kansas cost 6 096 778 dollars for the fiscal year ending 49 recording to the canonical financial statement of the State Penitentiary Administrat tion admitted to Governor Capton in day by chancellor Kimtall. Strike situation clears Stringfeit dinos duty. President Farrington says Illinois coal field strike is promising with prospects of a miners settlement within days.
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Topeka
Kans
Kan- Kansas
Thton
Dinos
Nior
Japan Faces U S Protest Note Amid Nervous Crisis in Relations
Tokyo reports that Washington has protested Japan’s occupation claim on Saghalin with a note that may reflect American views rather than a formal protest. The note's details are expected to be published from Washington, not Tokyo, as Japan considers an official reply to clarify position. Public sentiment elsewhere warns of a nervous crisis in U S Japan ties with anti American incidents and coverage of alleged Japanese store burnings in Marysville California.
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Associated Press
Tokio
United States
America
Saghalin
Nichi Nichi
Washington
Japan
California
Marysville
Kansas Teachers Association Convenes Across Four Cities
The Kansas Teachers' Association schedules its fifty seventh annual session in Topeka with meetings in Independence Hutchinson and Hays. Sessions run October 28 29 and 30 with speakers including Rabbi Stephen S Wise Dr Frank Gunsaulus Tarbell Newell Hillis and others from major universities and institutions.
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Topeka
Kansas Teachers’ Association
Independence
Hutchinson
Hays
Stephens S. Wise
New York
Frank Gunsaulus
Armour _ Institute
Chicago
Tae Tarbell
Newell Nwight Hillis
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Ellis Parker
Mutler
Martin Brumbaiugh
Pennsylvania
Tg.t. Bryans
Colgate University
My. Torus D. Coffman
University of Minnesota
J. H. Beveridge
Omaha
Arthur Holmes
Drake University
Ben Tindeny
Denver
W. 4. Kessup
University of Towa
Mary FE. Wooley
Holyoke College
Convicted of Poisoning Wife is Sentenced to Life
Manchester Virginia July 29 By Tom M Pettibone today was found guilty of murder in the second degree for poisoning his wife at their home in Bennington on August 6 The jury had been out since yesterday afternoon He was sentenced to life imprisonment. K U Enrollment Grows The Summer session enrollment for the second term totals 365 now following enrollment of thirteen students yesterday Four of the enrollments were new students not counted before bringing the grant total for the entire school to 910. Season Over at Potter Lake Potter Lake closed for the summer No guards on hand and it is against the University rules to swim when no guards are present The season finished Saturday Drs Welch Welch Chiropractors.
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Cava
Niemen River
East Prussia
Poland
Piper
Birmingham
Als
C. J. Johnson
Swelfth Avenue
Detroit
American Railway Express ‘Company
Katherine Jackson
Fort Mayer
Eugene
J. R. Woodward
Edward H. Fox
Ashley
Eugene Leroy
Ron
Ashley T
Lexington
Kentucky
Sadler
United States Army
Franklin
Kansas City
Manchester
Tom M. Pettibone
Bennington
K. U
Potter Lake
Municipal Movies Move to South Park Tonight
The first municipal movies shown with a weekly concert will occur in South Park rather than Central Park due to trees obscuring Central Park’s screen. Mayor Kreeck ordered the shift this morning, with Rev. M. Lee Lovey providing and operating the projection machine.
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South Park
Central Park
Kreeck
M. Lee Lovéy
Have Good Time At Scout Camp
Eighteen Boy Scouts camped at Lake View enjoy their outing under semi military rules, with Rev. Lee Sorey noting strict water safety and two daily swimming lessons by Jack Naismith. Mornings are for work, afternoons for recreation, and Saturday night at 8 15 features visitors hour and stunt activities. Mothers are urged to visit.
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Lake View
Lee Sarey
Mr. Sorey
Jack Naismith
Harris freed in Lawrence shoe shop safe crime case
Floyd Harris was arrested after a break in at 833 Massachusetts Street in the Lawrence Shoe Shining Parlor and Hat Works. Chief James H. Monroe released him for lack of evidence as owner Fred Alexas said the shop showed no access for intruders and plumbers had left tools there months earlier. The safe held fourteen cents, two rings, two seat pins, and no brooch. two ring pins were missing, and the cash register was empty.
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Floyd Harris
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
James H. Monroe
Fred Alexas
Isafe
German offer to raise army for Bolshevik wars in exchange
Berlin dispatch reports General Ludendorff offered Britain to raise an army of 1,590,000 men to fight Bolsheviks in Russia in exchange for PorSen return and annulment of Versailles Danzig clauses.
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Paris
Ludendorff
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Porsen
Danzig
George White Wins Democratic Party Chair Seat
A Marietta report says George White became the Democratic national committee chairman after a marriage arranged by his father-in-law. The plan dictated White earn 190000 dollars and return for the bride and 160000 more before living happily ever after.
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Res
George
Warre
Marietta
George White
New
Democratic National Committee
White
Klondike
Road Work Underway Linking Douglas and Leavenworth Counties
Slow progress marks the Douglas county side of the new highway linking Reno to Lawrence. Missouri Valley Bridge Co has the surface contract, with slab laying moving east toward the county line. Farmers north of the river praise the project as a year round boulevard, though they anticipate tough city street access near limits.
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Missouri Valley” ‘Bridge Company
Douglas
Leavenworth
Missouri Valley
Anky
Yore
Reno
Douglas County
PLAN EUDORA PICNIC IN FINAL ORGANIZATION
The annual Eudora C P A picnic will be held in Eudora on August 19. Committees with responsibilities include Speakers and Music C K Richards L A Walters and Chas Gabriel Advertising J B Miller A H Fehler J Ep Dolisi George Broers Concessions C F Richards J B Miller Don Westheffer Grounds George Brosdox Ott C C Gerstenberger Wm Zimmerman types Starr E C Cory J D Adams Sports and Races George Schubert Robert Walker Chris Schaake Lee Woodard Parking Les Woodward R E Gabriel John Woody Fred Walker.
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Eudora C. P. A. Nie
Eudora
C. K Richards
L. A. Walters
Chas
Gabriel
J. B. Miller
A. H. Fehler
J. Ep Dolisi
George Broers
C. F. Richards
Don Westheffer
George Brosdobx Ott
Wm. Zimmerman
Ype Starr
E. C. Cory
J. D. Adams
George Schubert
Robert Walker
Chris. Schaake
Lee Woodard
Les Woodiard
R. E. Gabriel
John Woody
Fred Walker
Archbi Mannix barred from visit to Ireland sparks debate
Archbi Daniel F. Mannix of New York faces British government travel limits over immigration remarks, while court fines are issued for speeding as several men, including L. E. Shaw and Geo Sallens, are cited. Kansas City reports 2002 railroad carloads of potatoes shipped, up from last year. marriage licenses granted to Thomas B. Ponus and Mary K. Wehrli. a partition suit filed by Hester Parsons against Mary Parsons and others.
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New York
Daniel F. Mannix
Ireland
Kansas City
Federal Bureau
Kaw Valley
Partition
Hester ‘Parsons
Mary
Lizabeth
Ped oe Mew Vacation Plans Involving Les Be Wale
In a brief missive the note mentions a planned vacation lasting a few months. It references Les Be Wale and a couple of unnamed parties preparing to spend an extended period away from home.
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RED’ Cross
Alfred Fattig
South
Teok
Federal
Perces
Honor K U. Head
Idaho
Los
Rose
Weaneee
Leroy
Saltillo
Mexico
Iman Feld
O. J. Fernandez
St Saltillo
May le Man
Dillard Ashley
Trunk
Mich
Allentown
Efforty
Fernandez
Uitillo
Ious Munch
J. Fernandes
Trace Second
Frank
Asney
St. Louis
Thomas DO Valor
Chivega
Iss Mary Pirtotte
Wichita
Lois Larke
Tonganoxte
Dr. Albright
Chiropractor
NEW Life
Cooperative House
McAdoo
Cox
Democratic Party
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Sans Francisco
Lone Star
Jenny Lind
Qurtet
Soca
Lionel
Filie
Colgate Isea
Ati
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Mrs. Twda Swadley
St. Helen, Oregon
Golden Starr Scott
Vierra
Royal Hawaiians
Hawaii
Aaron. Wate
Walking
Panic
Prohibition Party
U.S
Teachers’ Convention
Drs. Welch & Welch
Chiropractors
Harris
Bolsheviki
Fort Road
Leaven* Worth
Douglas’ County
Efik
Journal-World
Imeioiee L. EL * Shaw
Geo, Sallens
George Baxter
B. Eyer
C. Stewthe Pn
C. EL Ae
Thomas B. Pon
Mary K. Wehrli
Mendon
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