Last Sessions of Convention Held Today
Christian Endeavorers meet for final sessions and will elect new officers this afternoon as the convention concludes.
12 Jun 1919
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
1
Christian Endeavorers meet for final sessions and will elect new officers this afternoon as the convention concludes.
The Kansas Christian Endeavor movement voted to implement a five thousand dollar budget over three years to fund a full time field secretary an office and expanded department financing. A Kansas Alumni association was formed as part of post war expansion with pledges toward the budget.
L. C. Lowell, chief musician aboard the U S S Chicago, describes leading the first American transports across the Atlantic during the present war and convoying supplies to NC-5 at Newfoundland. He plans to complete a four year enlistment as he prepares to rejoin his ship in New York after a visit with his parents.
Washington June 12 Senator Knox resolution to oppose the league of nations was reported in amended form by the senate foreign relations committee. The panel struck out a clause pledging U S action to remove threats to European peace. Senator Sterling introduced a rival measure on congress rights under section 10 of the covenant.
The Kansas University senate opens a hearing over charges by EK Haworth that J L Patterson misused disciplinary power amid a probe into whether men or women should control dances. Haworth argues for Men's Student Council primacy postwar. The disciplinary committee backs Patterson.
June 12 An immense force under Gen. Felipe Angeles moves toward Juarez along the Rio Grande river bottom. Citizens flee as federal troops bustle, with Juarez commander Gen. Francisco Gonzales and Col. J. Gonzales Escobar coordinating. Over 1,000 troops are reported within four miles of Juarez awaiting night operations.
A summary of postwar diplomacy reports a five day deadline for a German reply to allied proposals. Key notes discuss a plebiscite in Silesia, Austrian reparations, recognition of the Omsk government, and plans for Col House to visit England while Sinn Fein inquiries proceed. Persia plans to demand indemnity at the Paris peace conference for war losses.
Ground will be broken this afternoon on the Ottawa University campus for a new science hall funded by a successful campaign. About eighty soldiers, many from overseas, in uniform, will take part. The annual commencement is tomorrow with Pr. D W Kurtz of McPherson College delivering the address.
Fragmentary Wiener page notes hint at socialist stance with slogans about duty and saving a republic. The text references Weimar and political rhetoric but lacks clear date, speaker, or event details.
Brown and Stewart, university students, prepare to bring a Canadian training plane from Kansas City to Lawrence. They will operate an aerial taxi service from a field west of the engineering building, with plans for Kansas tours and exhibition flights to cover expenses.
In Tampa on June 12 a group of five hundred women created the Woman's Protective League aimed at cleaning up vice. They plan a moral credit bureau to provide confidential reports on a husband's double life without the inquirer's name, with 70 investigators openly active and others in secret.
Questionnaires accompany letters announcing a major membership campaign this month. Four questions ask citizens what the Chamber should first undertake for general good, how to improve opportunities in their line of work, how to advance local agricultural interests, and any additional activities for consideration.
The KU commencement week opens Friday with a public Phi Beta Kappa lecture by William Herbert Carruth in Fraser chapel. Saturday features a pharmacy seniors luncheon, a faculty senior baseball game, and a Fine Arts commencement concert. Sunday the university band performs in South Park, followed by the baccalaureate in Robinson Gym and a sermon by Rev. Ulysses Grant Pierce on The Three-Fold Law of Service.
City water officials say a tenth of two parts per million of chloride of lime gives the medicated taste. The pine system repairs raise contagion concerns and tests on low service pumps are planned after prior failures. An expert will inspect to locate and fix the problem.
County officials warn there will be a harvest rush as wheat readiness grows and storage space remains tight. A.A. Andrews reports 15 to 20 percent crop loss from recent rains and winds, with labor shortages after mowing and a dangerous storage shortage looming for the county’s two hundred plus wheat acres. Farmers brace for a belt of heavy threshing and a race to market while portable bins fill slowly and elevators face a rush.
Chicago June 12 officials say the strike by Commercial Telegraphers Union members is nearly over nationwide with 18 000 to 20 000 operators out yesterday and more expected. In Kansas City an estimated 200 telegraph workers will walk out tomorrow and plants will be picketed while managers report normal operations in many offices.
The United States Shipping Board steamer Yankee sank at 3 15 am off Fire Island after a collision with the Italian steamship Argentina. The Yankee crew were transferred to the Argentina and the ship was foundered after listing. The Yankee, built in Cleveland in 1918, was 2418 tons and engaged in coastwise trade sailing from Newport News on June 6.
High water on the Kansas river cut power city wide causing Bowersock Mill to lack steam for aerators and engines. A turbine switch failure at 2:15 PM halted power for about thirty minutes. River gauge climbed to 14.7 feet by 2:20 PM, two inches above early morning level.
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