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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1926
Page
1
Aledo era sources report a plea of guilty in a broad Osage murder conspiracy. Hale and Ramsey cases, tied to killings including rancher Smith, are discussed as federal proceedings may affect state trials. Authorities link the conspiracy to seizure of Osage lands.
At a private League of Nations council meeting this afternoon the heart of the eminent reorganization was not discussed. Instead diplomats will seek a bilateral solution with Spain and Brazil before the September gathering, with Ania Mello Fanes as Brazil’s representative.
Local forecast indicates only minor temperature changes with possible showers or thunderstorms tonight or Thursday. Road reports list condition improvements in towns including Coffeyville Ottawa Topeka and Wichita with some sprinkling and generally fair travel. Rainfall totals remain low with a century high of about 1.28 inches recorded in Sweden.
Budget Director Lord informed Congress that the White House may be closed for six months this year to allow repairs. He asked for 350000 dollars for repairs and 25000 for temporary executive quarters. The roof has long been considered unsafe and the timing reflects expert assessments.
Edward Marion Tohnson, appointed assistant professor and head of Minnesota's new journalism school, to hold full professor rank. The two year search ends as the school opens next fall with endowment from W. J. Murphy. Johnson comes from Kansas and Wisconsin teaching and editing in high and collegiate journalism.
The St Louis Cardinals beat the Giants in a high scoring opener with ten hits. Key players include O Farra Ring Mallong Snyder and Picinich in a multi team line score. Other matches featured Pittsburgh Philadelphia Boston New York Chicago Detroit and St Louis in varied box score lines.
Former Kansas governor Jonathan M. Davis moves to remand a five million dollar libel suit against the Kansas City Journal Post from the U S District Court back to Shawnee county court. The action alleges reports tied to Davis and his son Russell about pardons and bribery acquittal.
A Picher gun battle ended the crime careers of Flourney and Mayes, two Webb City natives linked to a decade of robberies and jail terms. They were killed by William Sehmo t tbach and M. L. Woolsey after a downtown shootout starting around 2:30 AM. Majes, 33, and Flourney, 31, had engaged lawmen after earlier riverfront whiskey runs and highway ambushes near Lawrence. One officer, Grover McCleary, was critically wounded but died later as officers moved to assist. The incident followed months of criminal activity across Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma.
Bodies identified by Montgomery county Kansas officers as Lee Flournoy and Chas Mayes who killed in a Picher gun battle. They, tied to the Cherryvale bank hold up on May 29 netting 66922 dollars. Vivian Chase, 24, of Kansas City, is in county jail for investigation. Flournoy's brother Linn Flournoy is also mentioned with escape from a Cherokee jail.
Flourney, held on burglary and grand larceny charges in a tri state theft ring, was killed in a sun battle with officers in Picher Oklahoma this morning after being captured last night in Monticelli Indiana. Sheriff Dick Helmar of Cherokee county planned to leave for Honticbls to return Flourney. This marked a second escape in Java months for Floury.
Rain fell across Kansas from Topeka to western counties with light totals in the drought belt. Reports show Eureka 1.36 inches Emporia 1.10 inches Anthony 0.78 Fort Scott 0.70 McPherson 0.10 Iola 0.26 Goodland 0.24 Geary County received the heaviest rain of the year about an inch aiding crops, while farmers fear excessive rain before harvest may hurt yields.
Workmen set poles for a 2 500 volt single phase line parallel to the Red Star highway toward Ottawa. The extension runs about 2 1/2 miles south of the city from near schoolhouse No 6 toward Pleasant Grove. Eight of ten farmers along the route signed up for service with two awaiting later, total cost about 3000 dollars.
In Kansas City in June a woman named Alberdifa Frank denied a confessed plot to kill Edmond L. Frank. She testified she signed a statement only for promises, not threats, and said she did not know its content when she signed it while on the witness stand. The state’s chief witness, detective Joseph L. Dill, outlined the plot as told by Carl B. Davis.
An Interstate bus bound for Topeka crashed into a culvert about two miles west of Lawrence after the driver was blinded by oncoming truck headlights and rain. Only damage was to the bus, with broken glass and scratches noted. Passengers were unharmed as another Topeka bus later transported them to Lawrence.
Washington, Time 9 A.M. The senate judiciary committee backed its sub committee finding that the recent executive order allowing enrollment of state officers as federal prohibition agents is legal. Enforcement officials said no immediate use of the authority is planned. The committee vote was overwhelming, with no minority report expected despite Senator King of Utah opposing.
Several district court cases heard yesterday included divorces granted to Annie Reed, Augusta Johnson, and Vennie Ireland by default. A case against Anna C Smith was dismissed for lack of prosecution, and a sheriff's deed was approved in German v Cutter. A car found to be a nuisance and ordered sold after testimony in State v Scott.
Damascus June 9 A P Two citations in army orders praise Bennet J Doty of Memphis Tennessee as a brave soldier while he is held on charges of desertion from the French forces in Syria. An officer of the general staff says it is unlikely he will be condemned to death and notes his proven valor and homesickness. American consul James H Kelley Jr has secured the effort of a French officer to defend him. Cooperation remains that the extreme penalty may not be demanded by military judges who will report around June 15.
A year-old son of Frank Bell of Lawrence attempted to drive a Ford touring car left in gear by his father. The car rolled over the curb, broke a south window of Yates’ store, and stopped after hitting the window. The child held the steering wheel but could not explain the car’s movement.
The Agriculture Department reports winter wheat at 542.5 million bushels from May 1 conditions at 76.3 percent of normal, with spring wheat at 78.5 percent. Totals cover rye peaches oats apples and other crops with state by state wheat production estimates for June 1, including Washington 29,914 thousand and Oregon 18,768 thousand bushels. In a separate case, William Bertz and C J Linden were acquitted in police court due to insufficient evidence after liquor was found at farewell parties near university fraternities.
A carrier pigeon found in Bryn Athyn Pa bore a note signed Ward claiming Walter S Ward of a New York banking family is held captive in a shack three miles above Trenton New Jersey on the Delaware River east shore. Ward vanished about a month ago.
Topeka June 9 AP U S Guyer of Kansas City filed petitions with the secretary of state to establish his candidacy for the Republican nomination to represent the second district in Congress. He served several months filling the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Little Republican Chauney B Little Democrat current incumbent seeks renomination.
Warren Karnes was found guilty of second degree murder by a jury in district court yesterday afternoon. He was sentenced to forty years at hard labor in the state penitentiary at Lansing by Judge Hugh Means this morning. Karnes, arrested in Topeka on March 20 for the murder of William Monk on March 2, 1025, sat composed during sentencing while relatives cried. A motion for a new trial was filed but Karnes asked his lawyers not to argue it as he was satisfied. Sheriff Cummings and his men took Karnes to Lansing to begin serving the sentence.
Enrollment begins at the University of Kansas with 1603 students registered for the summer session. Classes for tomorrow morning and Friday’s schedule are outlined as registration continues in the Administration building and Robinson Gymnasium. Most enrollees are graduate students, many teachers pursuing a Master of Arts degree.
incomplete precinct returns from Iowa show Brookhart with 207,218 votes to Cummins 155,855 in the Republican United States Senate race. Bickelberg and Reardon have smaller totals. In the Democratic Senate race files Finch and Murtagh lead Porter with 11,665 and 12,274 respectively. In Florida Ruth Bryan Owen leads WJ Sears by 96 votes among 18 counties in the fourth district with Owen 18,107 and Sears 18,011.
A community Fourth of July event at Woodland Park on July 5 is taking shape with a general committee led by Theodore Gardner and a slate selecting subcommittees. The lineup includes executive, finance, speaker, dance, entertainment, program, and grounds and policing teams with city officials and local leaders named.
Fifteen members of the University of Kansas Sigma Kappa chapter will attend the forty fourth annual national convention in Madison Wisconsin from June 35 to July 2. Eleven delegates are active members and four are alumni with a mix of Kansas City Lawrence and Leavenworth ties.
Death of M A Hughes Wellsville includes age health and funeral plans. Also reports surrender of mail fraud convicts William Lillkeworth Edward McQuade and Francis Quilan to federal court and preparations for service in Eastview Penitentiary. District Court entries include a divorce petition and quiet title suit. Pete Latzo to defend welterweight title against Harmon in Newark boxing match.
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