Curtis Predicts GOP Control In Senate House
Topeka Kansas June 1 AP Senator Charles Curtis Republican whip says the GOP likely will control the Senate with nine members and 21 in the House. He notes Washington’s changing population and says Kansas will back President Harding for reelection. He favors the World Court with U.S. not joining the League of Nations and mentions rail merger policy to be announced on the western trip. Curtis reports his trust in certain candidates and discusses a potential Wilsonian Democrat run by Judge John Hessin Clark. Mrs Curtis’s illness forced his return to Washington.
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Congress
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Glen
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Minneola
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U.S. Supreme Court
Wilson
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Supreme Bench
Fencers Set Conditions for London Matches
London hosts international fencing between British and American teams on July 20 21 and 23 under new rules from the Amateur Fencers Association of Great Britain. The American Fencers' Association accepted the changes aimed at avoiding 1921 outcomes with six fencers per team four fencing per match and substitutions only for injury. Matches will decide foils and sabre by hits in nine and epee by one touch with sixteen bouts per weapon totaling forty eight bouts across three matches.
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London
Robert M. Thompson
America
Proudfit Declines Local Colleges for Navy Academy
Herbert K. Proudfit captain of the Kansas City Kansas championship basketball team will not enter Washburn nor Kansas State Agricultural College next fall. He has accepted an appointment from Rep. E. C. Little to report for enrollment at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis on July 1.
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Herbert K. Proudfit
Kansas City, Kan
Washburn
Kansas State Agricultural College
Proudfit
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
E. C. Little
Naval Academy
Harness horsemen fill North Randall as season opens
Cleveland June 9 harness horsemen prepare at North Randall for the upcoming Grand Circuit season. Though the circuit starts July 2 trainers are already conditioning horses on the half mile tracks. Some riders will race early while others await the official opening.
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Cleveland
North Randall
Early arrivals highlight Brooklyn track meeting stars
North Randall hosts a week long series with Pop Geers arriving ahead of schedule. His string includes Lanardo 1.59, Lecco Grattan 2:06%, Lillian Silkwood 2:034, My Rose Bud and Eastern Morn 2:1744. Geers also oversees Frank G. Jones stable of 12 colts. Trainers at North Randall include Fred Egan Speck Erskine Marvin Childs Nat Ray and others.
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Here
North Randall
Pop” Geers
Pop
Lanardo
Lecco Grattan
Lillian Silkwood
Mr. Geers
Frank G. Jones
Fred Egan
Speck Erskine
Marvin Childs
Nat Ray
Baseball Gossip Highlights Early Season standout notes
The piece surveys top infield play by Joe Dugan with the Yankees and mentions the Phillies Giants dynamic. It cites Red Sox veterans Burns Quinn and Monosky, George Murray, and Reds slugging potential. It notes Kid Gleason, Jocko Conlon Day plans, Conlon’s Brav es link, Cazella joining the Yankees, and Mike Carney and Sisler/Hornsby absences affecting teams.
Chicago agent in Lawrence for Lynn Products visit
William E. Piccolo a state agent for Lynn Products Company of Chicago is in Lawrence for a few days in the interests of the company.
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William E. Piccolo
Lynn Products Company of
Chicago
Lawrence
Scientists Reduce Danger of Death
Pittsburgh scientists from the US Bureau of Mines report a quick blood test for carbon monoxide poisoning. The method lets responders determine poisoning within fifteen minutes, guiding rapid treatment and proving cause in deaths.
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Pittsburgh
Associated Press
United States Bureau of Mines
R. R. Sayers
W. B. Yant
Bureau
Hudson River
New York
Bureau of? Mines
Yant
War reduces revenues in China railways under civil war
China reports a net decrease of 381 566 Chinese yuan in government railway operating revenue for the year ending November 1922 due to civil war disruptions. Eleven lines posted gains but traffic disruption and revenue appropriation by military governors left the year in loss. the Peking Mukden line north of Shanhaikwan has been under General Chang Tso-lin's control.
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Peking
Associated Press
China
Peking-Mukden
Shanhaikwan
Chant Tso-lin
Independent Provinces Settle Autonomy in Manchuria
A year after independence, the three Eastern Provinces in Manchuria report a deficit of $992,946. General Wu Peifu’s actions along the Peking Hankow railway caused $189,501 in revenue losses on that line. Government revenue for the year totals $7,987,359.
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Manchuria
Wu Peifu
Peking-Hankow
Movies Educate Aliens in Citizenship Lessons
Chicago district school superintendent Jaroslav J. Zmrhal says motion pictures aid immigrant education. He notes rising attendance at night citizenship classes and lectures, with film language helping applicants for naturalization grasp essential topics.
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Chicago
A. P
Jaroslav J.zmrhal
Society For Visual Education
Imrhal
Prince Declines Royal Title Amid Dinner Chatter
London reports a dinner hosted by Associated Astor with guests including the Prince of Wales and Labour MP Will Thorne. Thorne recalls telling the prince he might be criticized for dining with royalty, to which the prince replied he objects to royalty but is fine being called the Prince of Wales.
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Wales
London
Astor
Eouls
Prince of Wales
Will Fhorne
Socialist Labor
Thorne
Sweden Allows Betting At Jagersro Racecourse May 7
Stockholm May 19. Betting was introduced in Sweden for the first time on May 7 at Jagersro, the largest race course in South Sweden. The issue of betting had long been debated and often rejected as immoral.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Jagersro
Berlin Halves Rail Fares to Aid Gardeners
Berlin officials cut rail fares by 50 percent for needy tenant gardeners traveling to and from their plots. Spring and summer leases cover small acreage held for speculation and building, creating a continuous 15 000 acre chain of vegetable plots around the city. Gardener numbers reach 170 000, up 12 000 from last year.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Fire alarm from shorted wire on Eighth and Tennessee
A fire department was notified at noon today of a fire alarm caused by a short circuit in a wire carrying current at Eighth and Tennessee streets. No damage resulted from the hot wire.
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Eighth
Tennessee
Tennis Stars May Win New Laurels
Los Angeles observers look to Maurice McLoughlin and Mary K Browne as potential winners of national golf honors after strong showings on the links. McLoughlin blends pro style with erratic greens but shows promise, while Browne, a natural player with long drives and sharp putting, is regarded as a leading Pacific Coast contender.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
Maurice McLoughlin
Mary K. Browne
McLoughlin
California
Southern California
Miss Browne
Pacific Coast
Doreen Kavanaugh
Margaret Cameron
Boston Blackie at the Bowersock with William Russell
The Boston Blackie tale The Water Cross from Jack Boyle is shown at the Bowersock under William Fox. William Russell stars with Eva Novak as the female lead in a program of thrills and romance. Also on view is A Man of Action starring Douglas MacLean and Marguerite de la Motte, with Raymond Hattan and others.
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Boston
Bowersock
Russell
Eva Novak
Thomas H. Ince
Douglas MacLean
Bruce Minte- Allister
Marguerite de la Motte
Raymond Hattan
Deacon
San Francisco
Barbary
MacAlister
Noh Hill
Ecrooks
Bradley King
Notable Cast List of Names from Historical Page
Hugh Thompson, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Eric Mayne, Grace Morse, Victor Patel, Gordon Russell, Gunnis Davis and Mathilde Brundage are listed as prominent figures in the readable newspaper fragment.
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Hugh Thompson
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Eric Mayne
Grace Morse
Victor Patel
Gordon Russell
Gunnis Davis
Mathilde Brundage
Buster Keaton Night At Bowersuck Theatre
Buster Keaton presents Day Dreams a two reel comedy at Bowersuck theatre Friday and Saturday. The film produced by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline earns top rrating for its clever sets photography directing and a long line of riotous gags from the duo that created it.
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Buster Keaton
Bowersuck Theatre
Eddie Cline
Obituary for Charles E Rice of Le Loup Kansas
Charles E Rice born December 29 1852 in Washington DC died June 1 after paralysis. He came to Kansas with parents near Black Jack. He married Mary E Harrison in 1879. eight of ten children survive with nineteen years of widowhood for his wife. He leaves eight children thirteen grandchildren four brothers and one sister. Funeral at Baldwin First Methodist Church with Odd Fellows at the grave.
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le Loup
Kans
Mr. Rice
Washington, D. C
Kansas
Squire Rice
Blackjack
John Brown
Mary E. Harrison
Ettie Hannan
Ventura
Calif
Lemuel Rice
Augusta
Max Rice
Muroc
Sadie Higby
Charles R. Rice
Christ
First Methodist Church of
Baldwin
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