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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1926
Page
1
A fragmented report discusses French money and the franc revival, noting a private conference with Briand and Termer among participants. It mentions embargo talks, price restrictions on bread and meat, and debates over debt, exchange weakness, and the franc's uncertain future.
The Liberal faction backed Lloyd George as leader in a strife filled party meeting amid wartime tensions. Critics pressured him amid internal strife, with calls to reconsider his position and leadership direction within the Liberal ranks.
Subpoenas issued today to Governor M. E. Trapp and state officials including his secretary Parker Lamoore and Lieutenant Governor Holloway in the Ernest Burhart case. Witnesses are to testify June 11, with defense seeking clemency discussions. An error in U S graduation figures was noted, correcting this year to 94 and last year to 771.
Forecast shows unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Partly cloudy in Emporia Hutchins Pittsburg Arkansas City Ottatoa Wichita and Salina. Roads vary from good to clear with some areas cloudy and clear skies across Topeka.
Washington June 8 AP Senator Wadsworth Republican New York incumbent seeks renomination and calls for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. He proposes replacing it with a simple grant of power to Congress to regulate liquor. He hopes federal and state authorities can align to a system similar to Quebec in the province.
At a noon joint meeting of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and Rotary, about eighty-five attendees heard H B Ober advocate a private pool contribution of 100 a year for ten years while opposing a municipal pool. Committee findings favored two pools and a public vote, but the chamber had not approved.
Weather observer D. Flora reports last night s scattered rain did little to save wheat across Kansas. In southern areas harvest is near. northwestern and north central grain is mostly gone. Rain amounts varied with Minneapolis 0.41 inch Kanorado 0.45 Oakley 0.56. Also notes Chase files for renomination and a Prescott copper crafts shop run by disabled veterans.
Brookhart's margin over Cummins grew to 47,891 as 1,800 precincts reported totals. Brookhart 160,951 Cummins 113,040 with 48.5 percent. Other candidates and Dem tally shown. Washington reacts to Brookhart’s Iowa primary win and insurgent momentum.
Washington June 8 AP reports Senator Harrison Democrat Mississippi warned that Republican senators face defeat by clinging to Cal and supporting Andy Jao Jong. He said the senate chamber looks like a funeral and urged clemency toward political figures clinging to the vice president.
The city police department will relocate to the basement of the Chamber of Commerce building within about ten days. The west end will be the headquarters and the east end will be fitted as a court room with a partition dividing the spaces. The Y M C A bowling area is being repurposed and the public utilities commissioner will gain a new office in the former police room.
Chancellor Lindley announced fall faculty changes at the University of Kansas. Several on leave or promoted, including E B Stouffer, Fanny May Ross, Louise Miller, and Prof R F P, plus resignations of Coghill, Elsey, Knappen, Corn, Mann, Moody, Winger, Gontz, Kelleyman, Huffman. New appointments list includes Daw son, Cappon, Wutt, Anderson, Atkinson, Taylor, Montereiff, Bear, and many instructors and promotions across departments.
The Senate confirmed sixteen nominees to the boards of tax appeals nominated by President Coolidge. The board had lapsed after Senate inaction by June 1 but will resume and organize. Senate opposition centered on three appointees who were Interior Revenue Bureau employees. A Glass resolution urged that no former revenue bureau employee be appointed for two years after leaving employment.
A Swedish Lutheran Church at Fremont in McPherson county was totally destroyed by a night lightning strike. Erected in 1880s, it was valued at 50 000 dollars as the oldest Swedish Lutheran church in the county. The related electrical storm from Mound Ridge to Marquette caused two houses and a barn to burn in Mound Ridge as rain flooded streets.
A class of 132 county graduates will meet at Memorial High School auditorium Saturday at 2 o clock for the graduation exercises and diplomas. The address will be by Dr GW Williams jot k A C Manhattan. The Teachers' club presents a scholarship from proceeds of plays last winter. Program includes invocation by Rero S B Braden, vocal selections, music by Dawn Curran, life parade, address by Professor C V Williams Ph D Agricultural College, cornet solo by Apollo Polka Herbert L Clark, presentation of diplomas by County Superintendent O J Lane, preservation of scholarship by Rural Teachers Club My J E Stonecipher, audience America led by Mrs Learnard, class picture. Take Pasteur treatment.
Three residents on West Twenty Third Street were bitten by a 33 month old pup later found rabid. Elmo White, his sister Mrs. Martina Scott, and Junior Handley were scratched or bitten while playing with the dog owned by Overton Hundley. The dog was killed by a veterinarian after the rabies diagnosis. Pasteur treatment was begun for all three by Dr. Carl Phillips.
W G Hutson, owner of the new Eldridge Hotel in Lawrence, announced plans and specifications for a second unit. Two designs exist: a one story addition or a five story extension matching the first unit, featuring a grill room basement, coffee shop, and ballroom. Heating and lighting are staged for a five story expansion, with work slated for summer pending a wrecking firm contract.
A Topeka suit filed in Shawnee County District Court seeks to block the Public Service Commission from regulating freight train lengths. Railroads contended the issue affects neither efficiency nor public interest and claimed interstate shipments are exempt from state rules. The case follows a Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen complaint about dangerous train lengths and argues the old industrial relations laws are unconstitutional.
The Bible schools for children in grades below seven and kindergarten started today with good enrollment. Parents are urged to send more pupils tomorrow at 8 o clock for a four week session held five days weekly at Woodlawn Cordley Pinckney and New York. Over 1 100 are enrolled at Pinckney though not all present this morning. Enrollment figures for the schools will be announced tomorrow.
Frau Margarethe Ludendorff sues for divorce alleging neglect and cruelty by General Erich Ludendorff. She accuses his wartime role as quartermaster general and leading figure in German fascists of making life unbearable. Her counsel cites his heavy cigarette smoking as a cause of marital strain at the private hearing.
Nearly 900 students registered on the first day for KU summer school as a new weekly entertainment series debuts in Fraser hall auditorium every Wednesday at 7 20 p m. Free to students with receipt of registration fees, the lineup includes Den Q Son of Dor with Douglas Fairbanks Columbus Little Annie Rooney The Freshman King of Wild Horses Timothy's Quest The Thief of Bagdad Julius Caesar Dynamite among others. Magician Paul Fleming and public lectures by scholars from Kansas Nebraska and Missouri compliment the term offerings announced by Dean R A Schwegler who vows richer programs than ever before.
The Methodist church purchased the Docking residence at 1527 Massachusetts Street for use as a parsonage. The Dockings will leave July 30 as Mr Docking’s business keeps him in Topeka. The three story forty by thirty foot house and Massachusetts Street lots were bought. Vermont Street lots remain with the Dockings and Tennessee and Tenth streets property may be sold later.
Franklin C. Capon names as new head football coach at the University of Kansas arrives in Lawrence from Michigan. He will teach football and administration of high school athletes during the summer session and plans housing for his family next fall. Directors of the chamber of commerce schedule a luncheon tomorrow at 12:40 in the chamber dining rooms.
Dr Gordon Thompson, president emeritus of Ohio State and Presbyterian moderator, delivered the keynote at the University’s fifty-fourth annual commencement. He urged moral self restraint, warned against radicalism, and argued governments rise from shared purpose, not selfish gain, urging graduates to stabilize governance and vote wisely as they enter public life. The ceremony closed five days of activities with 592 graduates receiving degrees.
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