09 Jun 1924
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1924
Page
1
Amid high tide convention currents, delegates shuffle selections for the ticket, with Slemp and Butler shaping platform work. Kansas backs Dawes. Beveridge drawn. Lowden debate lingers as Kenyon and Burton proposed. Hoover and Harbord named as likely alternates. Cleveland weather adds dampening mood.
Senator Robert M. LaFollette challenges the Republican convention to condemn and repudiate former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty and former Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes, urging a tougher stance on administration officials amid party tensions.
Cleveland invited the world to its Republican national convention but overlooked sufficient parking for cars. Swarms arriving from many states filled the lake front, with 4,000 spaces deemed insufficient. Officials urged turning city parks over to tourists or moving pedestrians to safe areas until after the convention.
A Wisconsin convention plan urges a pledge against supporting the Mellon tax plan and other tax cuts for multimillionaires. It also condemns former Attorney General Daugherty and Albert B. Fall, and commends several senators for probes into government graft and misdeeds.
Kansas Republican delegates in Cleveland caucused on a vice presidential nominee with Dawes receiving 22 of 23 votes while Mrs Minnie Grinstead backed Beveridge. Officers named Wilbur Hawk chair Todd Cannon secretary Mrs George Turner treasurer A C Jobes, plus several committee heads. Mulvane re elected national committeeman and a Hard ing Hughes world court plank was endorsed for the platform.
Senator Richard Ernst of Kentucky was named chairman of the convention committee on rules, announced by William M. Butler, Coolidge campaign manager. Jasmine blossoms for the senior alumni dinner at Robinson gymnasium were supplied courtesy of T. J. Sweeney.
A daylight safe cracking at the Kress store yielded about $300 in cash after the south front door was picked. Police traced a muffled blast as a possible nitro charge and collected reports of four suspects seen near Innes store earlier. A Kansas City trip and four potential robbers in a seen northbound car are noted as leads. Retirement of seniors to receive degrees at KU commencement is also announced with details on speaker Dr. Edwin P. Slosson and outdoor arrangements.
Haskell students stage Hiawatha Tuesday night at the Haskell auditorium. Fifty young Indians, from twenty four tribes, wear genuine costumes in a performance expected to exceed prior dramatizations. Alexander Kelly plays Hiawatha as a boy, Charles Grounds as a man, Miss Lucille Winnie as Minnehaha. Out of town audiences expected. seats available after a privateMonday performance. Hard storm at Coffeyville follows with 2.75 inches rainfall reported.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with cooler readings in the extreme southeast. Temperature readings include 7 p m yesterday and 2 p m today with highs and lows noted, reflecting a changeable pattern across the state.
Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb heirs to millions will plead not guilty to the kidnapping and murder of Robert Franks. Clarence Darrow, defense counsel, announced the plan as State's Attorney Crowe prepared for the case, describing it as a perfect hanging case.
Washington June 9 the Supreme Court ruled that Congress did not prohibit the manufacture of liquor for medicinal purposes. The Willis Campbell act passed a month later expressly forbade beer for medicinal use, but the court based its decision on the earlier act.
Thomas W. Butcher, president of Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia, told the University of Kansas alumni that a right attitude of mind matters more than education in democracies. He cited voters’ intelligence limits, weak state use of experts, public service unattractiveness, and frequent policy shifts as democracies’ flaws. He warned that power fragmentation makes accountability hard and warned against law disregard among elites, urging citizens to keep democracy fit.
The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed three district court judgments and reversed one. Weaver vs Winchell was reversed for a new trial. Novak’s liquor violation conviction was affirmed. Sutton vs Wynn and Andrews vs Richards et al were affirmed. The court sustained a demurrer in a separate action. Also reported are baseball results and Oklahoma border dispute news.
Haskell Institute began its commencement activities with a 3 80 PM sermon by Dr Edward Hislop of Lawrence's Methodist Church on wisdom. The program includes plays, drills, an interclass track meet, Indian ball, and a public presentation of diplomas by Chief Supervisor H B Peaks, with Washburn College president Dr T F Worner delivering the address.
Captain Georges Pelletier D'Oisy lands at Tokorosawa army field near Tokio after a voyage across Europe and Asia. Thousands greet him including French embassy staff and General Yasumitsu. Separately, Kansas City revenue office to close effective Saturday as IRS consolidates divisions. Arthur Teeple confirms order.
Cleveland article notes a joking term corridor dogs for trench feet among delegates reporters and alternates at the national political convention. The disease arises from hours of standing around on hard floors trying to learn what is happening.
N. T. Veatel Jr. of Kansas City, class of 1909, elected to lead the University Alumni Association for the coming year. Veatch previously served as vice president. Frank Merrill of Paola, class of 1907, named vice president. James Barrow of Lawrence, class of 1900, retires as president and Alfred Hill of Arkansas City, class of 1917, joins the board of directors.
Lawyers from across Kansas gathered at University of Kansas today for the unveiling of the Uncle Jimmy Green Memorial statue in front of Green Hall. Crane of Kansas City delivered the chief address, praising Green as a life guide to many prominent lawyers.
Bishop Francis J. M. McConnell of Pittsburgh urged applying scientific imagination to social problems at the University of Kansas baccalaureate, arguing large groups must learn to see others’ viewpoints. He cited labor capital misunderstandings and rising color tensions, praising American labor as sound and England’s democracy, and called for a new patriotism guided by educators. The ceremony featured the University band, prayers, hymns, and benediction as graduates departed.
The June 1 crop report shows a smaller wheat crop than last year due to reduced winter and spring wheat acreage and poorer conditions. Winter wheat forecast 509,000,000 bushels versus 553,013,000 last month. oats 1,282,000,000. barley 160,300,000. rye 62,500,000. peaches 82,500,000. Acreage totals: winter and spring wheat 53,818,000 acres, oats 41,625,000, barley 7,532,000. oats and barley are down or up modestly from last year.
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