Davis Griffith clash over health board control in Topeka
Topeka June 8. Quo warranto proceedings will be filed in supreme court to determine which health department leadership is legal. Attorney General Charles D Griffith accuses Governor Davis of breaking faith by allowing Matassarin and the new board to occupy offices despite the executive council order.
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Topeka
Associated Press
Board of Health
J. McDavis
Supreme Court
Dh. MM. QO. Nyberg
Wichita
Eiher
Griffith
Davis
State Executive Council
Matassarin
Health Board
Governor Dismisses Kansas City Election Official
Governor J M Davis removed J A Smith election commissioner of Kansas City Kansas, citing eight reasons for dismissal after an April 26 hearing. Allegations centered on improper appointments and official misconduct not aligning with legal requirements.
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Topeka
J. A. Smith
Kansas City
Kans
J. M. Davis
Smith
Kan
Hampton Hearing Opens for Maude Hampton Slaying Case
Kansas City Kansas June 8 The hearing for Mrs Maude Hampton charged with killing her dairyman husband began in the Merriam Christian church building Merriam near here The trial is in a church due to crowd size Johnson County coroner Dr J J Woodard testified he found Hampton dead with three bullet wounds a small revolver with two snapped cartridges and a half full bottle of corn whisky nearby Mrs Hampton admitted shooting saying her husband had threatened to kill her after a quarrel over property
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Kansas City
Kans
Maude Hampton
Merriam Christian Church
Merriam
John. J. White
J. J. Woodard
Johnson County
Hampton
Harding to Review Fleet Off Seattle July 27
Washington June 18. President Harding will review the United States battle fleet off Seattle on July 27 as Navy Department orders concentrate the fleet units in that locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Seattle
Navy Department
Outdoor session holds court for testimony of Pine
The district court convened briefly outdoors on the east side of the jail to hear Charles Pine testify about heart trouble that prevented him from climbing to the second floor. Judge Means moved ahead with other trials and scheduled several juries for June hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District’ Court
Charles Pine
Brown M Astman
Court House
Clarence [Brown
B.S. Mastman
Means
Tine
David Babb
Actna Casualty & Surety Company Et al
Dirigible AC-1 SAPE Returns After 14Hour Flight
The dirigible AC-1 with a crew of six landed at Scott Field near Beltsville Illinois this morning after a fourteen hour flight from Wilbur Wright Field Dayton Ohio. Heavy rain and wind storms plagued the journey but the crew and ship were unharmed. The AC-1 had departed yesterday to fetch the TC-1 crew from Dayton and return by last night amid some late apprehension when no clear arrival was reported at midnight.
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Beltsville
Associated Press
Scott Field
Wilbur Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Dayton Field
Licenses Taken Out as Auto Inspector Visits Baldwin
Lawrence of G. H. Foster, the auto license inspector from Topeka, checked records in Baldwin yesterday. He found many residents still without motor licenses and urged them to apply at once.
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Lawrence
G. H. Foster
Topeka
Mr. Foster
Baldwin
Enrollment Reaches 475 for University Summer Session
Enrollment for the summer session reaches 475 students with out-of-town registrants scheduled for Robinson Gymnasium next Monday from 9 to 12 in the morning and 2 to 5 in the afternoon. Classes begin Tuesday, June 12.
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University
Robinson Gymnasium
Spanish Army Orders Moustache Rule for Officers and Soldiers
The Spanish army issues orders requiring all regular officers and soldiers to grow moustaches. Upper lips may wear long or short hair as chosen by the individual and his ability to cultivate it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceuta
Morocco
Married by Judge Sweney and Opal Goodrich Tie The Knot
A ceremony was performed yesterday afternoon by Probate Judge Menger for Opal Good rich of Kansas City Kansas and the late Mrs Sweney, with Justice of the Peace officiating and the couple planning their future together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hervey Sweney
Opal Goodrich
Kansas City
Kansas
Menger
Chewing Gum Mistaken for Shot Wounds School Play
In Norfolk Virginia a 13 year old girl playing an Indian Princess at Matthews county courthouse collapsed and appeared to be shot. Doctors found a large wad of chewing gum lodged in her breast rather than a bullet, stunning spectators and prompting hospital examination.
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Norfolk
Marie Davis
Matthews County Court House
Marie
Winkelman & Company Files Bankruptcy Amid Curb Market Turmoil
New York police, urged by District Attorney Banton, search for missing records at the Winkelman house after an involuntary bankruptcy petition cripples the firm. George Gordon Battle says the firm is solvent and cooperating, while receivership questions loom with liabilities of 1.75 million and assets at 1.5 million. Judge Bondy names Charles L. Livingston as receiver with a $50,000 bond.
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New York
Banton
L. L. Winkelman and Company
Bankéugney
Gibbs
Winkelman
George Gordon Battle
Battle
L. L. Winkelman & Company
Sudge Bondy
Bondy
Charles L. Livingston
Cretcher to Speak on Philippine Islands at Chamber Luncheon
Mack Cretcher, secretary to Governor Davis, will address Topeka Chamber of Commerce members at the regular Tuesday luncheon. A former Army veteran of the Philippine insurrection and ex Sedgwick newsman, he studied island conditions and native customs.
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Mack Cretcher
Davis
Philippine Islands
Chamber of Commerce
Cretcher
Topeka
Chamber’ of Commerce
Sedgwick
Kans
Crop forecasts issued from June 1 conditions
The Agriculture Department released June 1 crop projections: winter wheat 581 million bushels, spring wheat 236 million, oats 1.256 billion, hay 99 million tons, peaches 77 million bushels. Crop conditions relative to normal: winter wheat 76.3%, spring wheat 90.2%, oats 85.6%, hay 84.4%, peaches 66.7%.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ford Damaged in Rear-Collision on Fort to Fort Highway
A Ford touring car was damaged last night at about 11 o clock near Willard on the Fort to Fort highway west of Lawrence when a Buick roadster crashed into its rear. The Ford's left rear tire was knocked off and the back dented while the Buick bumper came off. Occupants of both cars were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Willard Ent
Fort-To-Fort
Lawrence
Kansas City Chiropractors Attend Young People's Convention
Kansas City Chancellor E H Lindley spoke before a young people's convention last night and returned after his address. Drs Ardrey and Ardrer were among the chiropractors noted in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
E. H. Lindley
Young People’s
Drs. Ardrey
Ardrer
Chiropractors
France Likely to Reject Proposal Across Allies
Paris and Brussels debate reply to Germanys reparations note with a curt dismissal favored by France and a more open wording urged by Belgium. Premier Poincaré calls the note ridiculous. London papers see a possible advance while doubting France will join a unified reply.
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Paris
Associated Press
Brussels
Germany
Belgium
Poincare
Terman
le Matin
Louvre
France
Ruhr
Supreme Council
Abolish Income Tax Proposal Stalls Over Quorum
An amendment to replace Missouri income tax and bar future income tax laws was introduced by Paul Conwell of Kansas City in the constitutional convention. Action was deferred due to a lack of quorum with only 38 of 42 needed present.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
General Assembly
Paul Conwell
Kansas City
Jayhawker Office Relocated for Summer
The Jayhawker office moved from Fraser Hall to the Journalism Building for the summer. The final location remains undecided as assignments to the middle administration building are not yet completed.
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Jayhawker
The
Fraser Hall
Liberty Bond Quotes and Treasury Note Prices
New York Liberty bonds show quoted prices in dollars and thirty seconds with various maturities. The notes list U S Treasury offerings and market values, followed by a chiropractor advertisement for Welch & Welch, The Chiropractors.
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N.Y
Liberty
Liberty Ist
Liberty Pst Ams
U. S. Treasury
Judge Means Goads Jurors With Deliberation Demand
Jurors at the courthouse were startled as Judge Means instructed the panel at 6 30 to report back at 7 for verdict deliberations. One juror protested a date and others worried about dinner plans while the judge joked about staying in court overnight and delaying the schedule.
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Court House
Crafton Named Head of Public Speaking and Dramatics at Kansas
K A Chancellor E H Lindley announces Professor Jesse Allen Crafton of Carleton College Northfield Minnesota as head of the Departments of Public Speaking and Dramatics at the University of Kansas. Crafton holds BA from Knox College MA from Harvard and has contributed to the Prairie Theatre in Galesburg. He earlier taught at Wabash College and is active in the American Legion. The appointment strengthens KU drama theory and practice.
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E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Jesse Allen Crafton
Carleton College
Northfield
Minnesota
Crafton
Knox College
Galesburg
Illinois
Harvard University
Trarvard
Prairie Theatre
Baker
Department of Drama
Wabash College
Professor Crafton
American Legion
Resumption of Inter Allied Disarmament Oversight
Paris June 8 The allied council of ambassadors ordered the inter allied control commission to resume supervising Germanys disarmament which had halted months ago. The German chargé d affaires in Paris received official notice insisting the military control be enforced and the reich take needed steps to aid the commission and avoid obstruction by its delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Commission of Inter-Allied Control
Germany
Reich
Kansas auxiliary pledges funds for national Legion home
Forty units of the Kansas department auxiliary pledged 4625 to aid building a national American Legion home for children of former service men after a speech by William P. Mac Lean. The land between Independence and Coffeyville was donated with 25000 to support the project. Lawrence and Chanute joined thirty six towns with 125 each.
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Kansas City
Kan
Auxiliary
Kansas Department of the American Legion
National American Legion
William P. MacLean
Independence
Coffeyville
Legion
Lawrence
Chanute
County Officials View Model Road Extension Demonstration
County officials from several Kansas counties and Buchanan Missouri observed the model road demonstration sponsored by the University Civil Engineering School near Lawrence on the Baldwin highway. The extended program aims to show back-sloping techniques with a Holt tractor and J D Adams grader and to improve drainage and finish. Officials expect better weather will allow more Baldwin road grading by June 16 and will receive a bulletin with cost data and findings for Kansas road officials.
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Montgomery
Doyiphan
Franklin
Morris
Shawnee
Jefferson
Wabaunsee
Kansas
Buchanan County
Missouri
Civil Engineering School of
The
University
Douglas County
Lawrence
Lawrence-Baldwin
Wheaton’s Corner
Holt
Baldwin
School ‘of Engineering
School of Engineering
Lawrence-Bahdwin
Williamston
England tests cheaper gas with low poison content
British chemists announce a new gas in use at Newark on Trent that costs about one third as much as ordinary gas and contains only 1.4 percent carbon monoxide. The gas emits a strong odor for immediate detection, offering a protective feature compared with American gas which contains over 4 percent carbon monoxide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Newark-on-Trent
New Lifeboat Lights Aid Shipwreck Rescue Efforts
A new invention equips lifeboats with powerful electric lights that attach to the boats and automatically activate when they touch the water. Two lights illuminate the entire craft, aiding visibility in darkness.
Bussings Visit Topeka Today
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bussing were visitors in Topeka today, stopping at local venues and meeting residents during their trip.
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Mrs
E. C. Bussing
Topeka
Dry leaders confident on Tucker Bill repeal in state Senate
Marlison and other dry leaders in the state Senate express confidence in defeating the Tucker Bill repealing the Severson prohibition enforcement act if it reaches the chamber. The Assembly previously engrossed the bill 48 to 43, and wet supporters expect their bloc to hold in final passage. The Senate has shown a dry tilt in recent votes.
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Marlison
State
Senate
Assembly
Wete
University of Kansas to mail 11000 catalogs to graduates
About 11 000 KU catalogs are sent to high school graduates across the state. Projections expect around 1 000 to enroll next fall, totaling roughly 1 500 freshmen with students from other states included.
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University of Kansas
University
Rest room gifts from Miss Nellie Haskell to Mrs Lawrence
Miss Nellie Haskell presented four pepper shakers to Mrs M E Lawrence matron of the rest rooms. Mrs Lawrence expressed gratitude to the women’s clubs and individuals who aided in completing the rest room equipment with small accessories.
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Nellie Haskell
M.E. Lawrence
Davis of Portland to visit University in Lawrence
J N Davis of Portland Oregon who graduated from the University of Kansas in 1880 will be in Lawrence June 15 on a visit to the University. Mr Davis is an attorney from the Shriner's convention at Washington DC.
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Portland
Oregon
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Davis
Shriner's Convention
Washington, D. C
Divorce Trial Draws Packed Berlin Courtroom
In Berlin on June 8 the civil divorce case drew a full courtroom when the plaintiff husband issued 100 gold bordered invitations to neighbors and friends inviting them to witness the proceedings. The judge cleared the room after the revelation and, five minutes later, the couple were divorced.
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Berlin
Rain Halts Playground Work in Lawrence
Weather delays playground activities directed by Miss Kathleen Davis. Children are urged to attend sessions at North Lawrence Woodlawn from 10 to 12 and 3 to 5 on Mondays, and at New York grounds and South Park on other weekdays. A junior city and elected officers may form from attending youths, with intertown contests planned.
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Lawrence
Kathleen Davis
Miss Davis
North Lawrence
Woodlawn School
New York
South Park
Allen to Address Mass Meetings on Near East Report
Former Governor Henry J. Allen returns to the U S after four months in the Near East and will address large crowds in New York City. Major General Harbord and Henry Morgenthau helped arrange a welcome dinner before a Sunday mass meeting at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. His remarks will be broadcast on WEAF at seven that evening.
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Topeka
Henry J. Allen
New York
Near East
General Harbord
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
WEAF
Keeping Dogs Tied Up In Lawrence After Rabies Incident
Lawrence residents require dogs to be tied at home following a mayoral dog proclamation. A prominent woman feared for her pet after it slipped away, while authorities enforce strict control since the rabies scare after a dog was killed for biting others.
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Lawrence
Two Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Judge Menger
Probate Judge Menger issued two marriage licenses this afternoon. Byron W. Wood of Topeka and Dorothy Middleton of Charleston D C, and George J. Morris and Mildred M. Sipes of Topeka were the couples named.
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Menger
Byron W. Wood
Topeka
Dorothy Middleton
Charleston
D. C
George J. Morris
Mildred M. Sipes
University aids students' summer work through Y M C A help
Harry M. Stewart is employed to manage room and employment for male students at the University this summer in cooperation with the Y M C A to help students find work.
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Harry M. Stewart
Lost Manuscript Seeks Return to Journal World Office
An envelope bearing the name W A Dill and containing a written address by W G Hoad is to be returned to the Journal World office. Readers who find the item are urged to deliver it to the publication.
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W. A. Dill
W. G. Hoad
Journal-World Office
Capper Talks Farm Problems at Douglas County Meeting
Senator Arthur Capper addressed the Douglas County Farmers Union at the court house telling how Congress aids agriculture. He praised rural credit reform, packer regulation, and cooperative marketing, urged lower freight rates, and discussed Mussel Shoals, the federal reserve, and prohibition. He invited local children to his annual summer party, noting 14 years of hosting large turnout.
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Arthur Capper
Douglas County Farmer’s Union
Court House
Congress
Senator Capper
Farmer’s Union
United Action
Capper
Federal Reserve Board
New York
G. A. R. Post Hall
Republicans to Meet in Lawrence for Local League
All Lawrence Republicans are invited to a 7 o clock Saturday night meeting at the courthouse to organize a local National Republican League. Fred Zimmerman of Lindsborg, who organized the state league, urged formation of a Lawrence chapter to extend nationwide affil iation and educational efforts supporting Republican policies.
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Lawrence
Court House
National Republican League
Fred Zimmerman
Lindsborg
Kansas
Washington, D. C
Republican Party
Blackmar Delivers Graceland Commencement Address
Dr. Frank W. Blackmar returned from Lamont Iowa yesterday after delivering the commencement address at Graceland College in Lamont.
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Blackmar
Frank W. Blackmar
Lamont
Iowa
Graceland College
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Hampton Hearing
Dr. Albright
AETNA
Brown-Eastman
Eastman
Real Estate Commission
Amos Walter
O. O. Weaver
J. A. Winchell
Clarence Cropp
Lb. Raber
Henry Fritzel
K. V. Ryewil
H. Brokman
L. Lawson
Minnie Lucas
Mary Harvey Et al
KF. B. Raber
Walter D. Howard
Pearl
Howard
Edgar. M. Purdy
Western Union Telograph Company
Union Pacific Railroad
John & Ollier Engraving Company
Harold A. Hutson
Belleville
Winkleman
C. OF C
Italy
Rome
Messagreoro
Cuno
Mussolini
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Dre. Welch & Welch
Chiropractora
K. A
Jesse Allen
Department of Public Speaking and Dramatics
Allied Control
Commission
Model
Baldwin Road
England
Farmer's Union
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