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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1923
Page
3
The Lawrence World announces subscription rates and Republication rights, then blends local weather notes, crop updates, and political commentary. It references Sachs era wages, La Follette, Harding, and Turkish straits while noting a planned legislative special session and a model home project.
The Baltimore and Ohio reports direct gains from its driver education campaign urging cautious crossing. June saw a small rise in accidents versus last year but fall when adjusted for more traffic. Republicans in the statehouse question the looming special session agenda tied to the governor’s plan.
The day’s news recalls Henry Ford’s debt at forty and his later rise to wealth. He advises delaying money goals until turning forty to focus on improving one’s business and efficiency. Ford pursued mechanical genius to build better, affordable cars and now produces thousands daily.
A United States district court ruling in Muskogee holds that Quapaw Indian Sarah Carden Staton’s mineral estate in the Quapaw district is subject to federal income tax. The $115,000 judgment against Staton confirms tax liability after an injunction against a sale by revenue collector A. C. Alexander. The case centers on whether Indian property is amenable to income tax.
A jumble of quirky notes mentions Mrs Harding, Dusseldorf summer resort, high coffee prices, a divorce in Detroit, talk of honorary movie star status, radio listening to Magillen, a Salt Lake City shooting, green cantaloupes, a man finding a new star in Flagstaff, a Spokane firefighter’s rise, and assorted idle observations on towns, tobacco pests, rye money, birth marks, vacationers, poker, football, and summer wildlife.
Scientists from Australia, Japan, China, Siberia, India, Burma, Netherlands Indies, Canada and the United States will attend the Pan Pacific Scientific congress in Sydney and Melbourne from August 13 to September 3. Dr Warren D Smith of Oregon State University will speak on the Philippines structure and its geological surveys. The event aims to strengthen Pacific cooperation and promote international peace.
In Arizona the practice of recovering copper from water using scrap iron displaces copper in solution and deposits it in sluices. The method, long used to extract copper from mine seepage, is now expanded with tin cans aiding the process. Ajo leads in extending the technique to electrolytic copper extraction. Copper recovery spans Arizona, Montana, and Utah, with cans shipped from Arizona and Southern California.
Indianapolis July 28 Dr Kate Waller Barrett national president of the American Legion auxiliary says Alaska will be the scene of future land settlement for world war veterans. She plans a August trip to the northern territory to gather firsthand information and reports that legislation opening vast lands there will be presented to the next congress to aid veterans.
Washington reports the Industrial Workers of the World allegedly ordered workers to loaf on the job to raise profits, as cited by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The bulletin urged “Everybody on the job that everybody loaf” and was said to circulate in a Chicago I W W publication. Also noted were unrelated scientific trivia about sparrows and blood flow.
Chicago July 80. Dr William D Harkins of the University of Chicago reports splitting chlorine a long regarded element and claims mercury can be broken into parts similar in weight yet different. He suggests zinc cadmium may also be mixtures and that hydrogen is the fundamental element with others as helium hydrogen compounds.
The Union Trust building in Cleveland, the city’s largest, rises at Euclid Avenue and East 9th Street. The 2 1/2 story structure features an enormous L shaped main banking room with marble columns and two balconies. The savings and commercial departments occupy wings, with offices surrounding. The facility includes a cafeteria, kitchen, a hospital with private rooms and wards, rest rooms for employees, and private dining areas for conferences.
Shanghai July 30 The Setah and Great China airways company are two new enterprises promoted by American expert James Slevin who aims to connect major Chinese centers with an aerial network this year. The first route to open this summer runs Tientsin to Urga with passengers mails and express packages. The project operates under an agreement with China’s commercial aeronautical department.
London reports show English trade unions shed 315503 members in the past year as government absorption of union duties reduces membership and funds. Union revenue also declines from 85450 to 64883 pounds, while funds drop from 254266 to 94396 pounds.
The Kansas Public Utilities Commission convenes in Wichita to hear Wichita city officials challenge a prior order mandating a three part gas rate system for Kansas towns by January 1, 1926. The plan splits charges into demand, service, and gas usage, aiming to lower consumer rates and boost consumption, benefiting pipelines.
London traffic delays cost an estimated twenty million pounds annually, spurring a campaign against congestion. About 3,700 buses operate. traffic counts show Hyde Park Corner 53,500 vehicles per 12 hours, Piccadilly Circus 42,200, and Trafalgar Square 41,000. Only the City of London prohibits heavy traffic on select streets, while other roads allow free movement. Royal commissions and committees have struggled to resolve the issue.
In Manila on July 30, officials report Philippine spending on luxuries since January totals 14,273,882 pesos. Automobiles constitute the largest share, while diamonds, other precious stones, perfumery and cosmetics also appear prominently in the customs records.
The USDA releases 1,000,000 habrobracon wasps to combat the corn borer, a pest blamed for $1,000,900 in Massachusetts crop damage last year. Colonies released in Saugus, Cambridge, Malden and Arlington mark initial trials, with further testing planned to assess survival in New England climate.
In Athens, July 80, Greek zealots calling themselves the Zealots of Christ assault fashionable women and foreign trendsetters. They vow to enforce modest dress by force, roughing up women with low necklines and bare arms and tar-smeared exposed skin. Male escorts often defend the women, delivering severe beatings to the assailants, yet the campaign continues.
A Paris doctor recounts a humorous self warning after a patient honors him with a carved cigar case. She embroidered the case and a thousand franc note, saying five fathers like it were in the case. The surgeon notes disdain for small gifts, preferring real value.
Grass sprouts atop thousands of idle freight cars in Ruhr railroad yards. Merchandise remains inside many cars unused since the January German advance, while London Paris Berlin and Brussels discuss peace. A falcon's nest on Great Orme's Head in Wales reveals more than 14000 pigeons feet. Brain size varies across humans and Mexicans consume about two million barrels of flour yearly.
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