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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1923
Page
2
The town observed Memorial Day with Boy Scout helpers placing flags and flowers at cemeteries under Orland Nessenhimer. Examinations and bar plans were noted as students and staff prepared for the next steps, while campus dances and farewell parties lingered into the night.
Six fines issued in police court break down to three speeding, two jay driving, and one drunkenness. Fined amounts include $10 for several speeding cases, $25 for drunkenness, and smaller sums for related charges. Bonds forfeited or set for riot and resisting arrest accompany the morning court actions.
The Elks bowling column lists Jones and Williams as top bowlers with series 755 and 638 respectively and high games by Elliott 506 and Edmondson 309. The Pierson and Nletzel teams face seven games tonight in a scheduled showdown.
The Reich bank in Berlin plans to send about 63 million gold marks to New York to cover reparations treasury bills due June 15. The bills total 52.08 million gold marks and represent the final installment of Belgium payments agreed last summer.
District court civil suits extend long and disrupt schedules. Witnesses report two or three consecutive days only to learn the case for which they are to testify has been moved to another day.
The preliminary hearing for F. Wilson Ed Raines and Joe Levall, charged with theft of an Overland car valued at 50 dollars, was postponed to Monday afternoon at 2. The hearing was set for this afternoon at the courthouse. Justice R. C. McManley.
Readable fragment notes a contact with a phone number and a named speaker, implying a small classified or notice item. Other details are missing or garbled, hindering full identification of the subject or action.
A retrospective recalls the 1903 Kaw flood that inundated Lawrence and North Lawrence from May 29 to June 1. Trains stopped, telegraph lines failed, and aid arrived at 718 Massachusetts Street and 10 Henry Fast Street as hundreds were displaced. The Kaw crested near Memorial Day, reaching 27 feet, with Kansas City and other tributaries also flooding.
Nearly 700 prepare to receive degrees at KU's 51st annual commencement on June 4. Ages range from 18 to 81 including students from Canada Cuba France and the Philippines. Notable graduates include Lucretia Switser 19 this summer and Frank Lindley Weaver of Pueblo.
Lenore Mosely, 9 months old, ill in Denver, was reached by her mother Mrs. Lucille Mosely who flew from Kansas City with pilot Lieut. George Marbutt. The 640 mile flight took six hours and included a fuel stop at Fort Riley and a forced landing 80 miles east of Oakley due to low gasoline. A wind storm near Denver buffeted the aircraft. upon arrival the baby was slightly improved.
Dick Delaney was arrested last night on a charge of possessing liquor and held on $300 bond. In police court he admitted possessing a bottle but claimed he did not know if it was intoxicating. The bottle was sent to the city chemist for analysis. Delaney’s trial before Police Judge C. C. Stewart is set for 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Deranged mother Mary Yank, 29, is believed responsible for the deaths of her two daughters, Mary eight and Dina four, in Trinidad Colorado. She also wounded her 17 month old son John before turning the pistol on herself, dying an hour later. The killings follow the death of her husband by a rock fall last Friday.
Miss Australia Whirlow sues W. S. Whirlow and the case proceeds in district court with defense evidence and W. Whirlow’s testimony. The trial is expected to go to the jury late today. F. H. Harper sues C. B. Cox for $125 000 over alleged wrongful attachment of Harper property, remanded from the supreme court for jury trial.
Prof John R Frazier and Mrs Frazier depart for Provincetown Mass to teach next year at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence He will lead the Saint department Rev H A Doty travels to Blackburn Oklahoma with his two children Mary Bess and Anna Grace Mrs L E Cleve nger returns to Emporia after weeks with her mother Mrs E B Coffman Mary Estabrook spends weeks in Iowa evaluating electrical reaction machines for her office needs
Lawrence Orland Mesenhimer, scout master, explains the Boy Scout movement aims to form better citizens. It emphasizes physical training, woodcraft, life saving, health, patriotism, and service, with a focus on character, discipline, and the motto Be Prepared. The program includes three ranks tenderfoot second class and first class and twelve scout laws.
A Calgary dispatch reports sixteen hours of steady rain flooding Crow's Nest Pass towns in Alberta. Old Man river burst banks cutting electric lights, halting rail and motor traffic. Coleman submerged, Blairmore six houses and Victoria bridge washed away, Frank streets underwater with CPR lines covered.
Boy dog owners in Kansas City Kansas hold a mass meeting to oppose the dog tax hike from 1.50 to 5. They plan to argue that the city would gain more revenue at the lower rate and assist enumerators to locate all dogs. Several local men and a city commissioner express sympathy with the plan.
The executive committee of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce voted this morning to defer the second pledge payment for the hotel bonus until July 1. The delay comes after the committee was sixty days late in calling for the first installment and notes satisfactory remittance so far.
Louis Angelo, five, was killed when struck by a car driven by Joe Caruso. Witnesses say the boy darted into the street as he walked with his mother. Caruso surrendered at police headquarters and was not held.
The hereditary Prince of Monaco welcomed a son named Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand. A 21 gun salute was fired to honor the birth as the Monte Carlo signals the new heir.
Preliminary hearing for E. J. Short before Justice R. C. Manley is postponed to June 22 at 2 PM with bond renewed at 2000. He and T. Bathurst allegedly promoted Bathurst Manufacturing Co and sold stock to Lawrence residents before the company failed, violating Kansas blue sky laws. Bathurst is also due to appear June 22. Short was arrested in Kansas City earlier this spring.
At the Kansas University event page the big day opens with activities listed including Beta Kappa annual meeting in Fraser room 204 at 1 p.m. A Senior Faculty baseball game is slated for 4 p.m. Torch Alumni reunion at 6 p.m. An informal class reunion at 6 p.m. followed by a Senior Sing on the Museum steps at 7 p.m. Chancellor's Reception at Robinson Gymnasium at 8 p.m. and the Senior Alumni Ball at 9 p.m. in Robinson Gymnasium.
The Quayle family visits St Joseph and Ludington Michigan while other Baldwin residents attend a Robin Hood showing in Lawrence. Local pairs and guests join My and Mrs Harry Dick in Breezedale, with Alpha Chi Omega banquet attendance and family visits among Mary Katherine Johnson and Misses Miller Butler Cotton Hovgard Milner Farley Claflin.
Manila June 1 Associated Press reports Governor General Leonard Wood dis credits rumors of an order for him to go to China over the bandit situation. He states definitively he will not leave for China this year.
Chicago hogs steady with mixed carcass grades and slow demand. Cattle active with steady to strong demand and lighter yearlings. Kansas City hogs very slow with most lots at 6.50 to 7.16 and sows steady. wheat and oats markets show modest moves across nearby futures and cash quotes.
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