Mexican tensions flare after Calles insult claim
Washington officials report no planned reply from the United States to President Calles over his criticism of American policy. Kellogg’s remarks and a potential formal note to Mexico are outlined as officials weigh long term messaging. The administration stresses actions over rhetoric as Ambassador Sheffield’s visit continues and Americans in Mexico seek protection and restitution.
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Washington
Associated Press
Ublic
Callea
Kelloge
Formbl
Mexico City
Kellogg
Hig
Deabt
Jin
Ger
Falas Oe
Calles
Kellegg
Jce
Mir
Idge
Ashington
State Department
Sheffield
Keliger
Mexico
Unloading Cement at New Hotel Site Delays Pouring
Construction begins on the hotel footings with cement unloading underway this morning. Workers clear dirt and prepare forms for the $150,000 project as crews move toward pouring concrete, Eldridge notes the delays and plan adjustments.
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Eldridge
Klan Grand Dragon Sentenced in Tax Case
Denver June 15 Federal Judge Foster Symes sentenced Dr. John Galen Locke grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan to days in jail and a 1500 dollar fine for contempt of court after failure to produce books for examination by government agents probing his income tax returns.
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Denver
Associated Press
Foster Symes
John Galen ‘Lotke
Ku Klux, Klan
Locke
Amundsen Relief Expedition Transfers to New Ship
Norwegian government plans move the Amundsen Ellsworth North Pole expedition to the patrol ship Heimdall with Commander Hagerup commanding the Heimdall while Prof Adolf Hoel leads the Farm's transfer to the new expedition. Advent Bay expected arrival from Finmarken as ice hazards grow.
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Amundsen
Advent Bay
Spitzbergen
Heimdall
Hagerup
Heimdall Rbliaf
Annmval Scientific
Adolf Hoel
Osld
Fishery Protection Association
Finmarken
Norway
Lutzow
Ingertre
Arctic
Jundsen Party
King's Bay
Spitzerbergen
North Pole
Lieut
Holm
Rell Helm
Kansas City Trial On Detective Hatfield Slaying
Testimony in the William H. Arnold case contends detective Laurence Hatfield was shot in cold blood, not after an altercation over Mrs Mildred Arnold. Joplin detective J F Laster testified about Mrs Arnold's shock and statements, as the second week of the trial unfolded with rebuttal testimony.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Laurence Lefield
Hatfield
Hersat J
Mildred Arnold
de ‘Fendant
Grandview
Arnold
Motorhor
Theri
Defendants in Shepherd murder trial hear key witness
Miss Ishelle Pope testified in Chicago that she waited for Bally McClintock's marriage license while he lay dying of typhoid. She described friction with the Shepherds over the estate, and Dr Amante Rongetti wavered in his identification of Shepherd, raising defense questions on his expertise and past notoriety.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Ishelle Pope
Billy
Joseph Savage
Billy McClintock
Shepherd's
Miss Pope
Shepherd
William D. Shepherd
Murer
Amante Rongetti
William Seeti Stewart
Rongetti
A. Strenuwous
Stewart
Baseball results from the witness box and court today
National and American League scores mix with player names and homer details. Notable occurrences include home runs by Kelly Brooks Hartnett and Flaghtead, with pitchers Genewich Marquard O Neill and Hartnett among others. The report lists games Chicago Boston St Louis Philadelphia Cleveland and others with varied innings and final tallies.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Scott
Cleveland Crash Injures Umpire Owens at Plate
Philadelphia report states umpire Owens of the American League was injured when Cleveland second baseman Spurgeon crashed into him at home plate in the second inning. Athletics club physician reported two bones torn apart in his hip with a possible fracture. Owens was carried off and sent to Medico Chirurgical Hospital. Umpire Dineen replaced him behind the bat.
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Philadelphia
Owens
Spurgeon
Cleveland
Athletics Club
Medico Chirugical Hospital
Dineen
University to Pave Campus Road from Thirteenth to Fourteenth
University authorities announced paving work on the campus road east of Fraser Hall. The project will extend from the current pavement to the lilac hedge in front of Blake Hall. The segment from Thirteenth to Fourteenth streets will be paved this summer.
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Kansas
Rampus
Fraser
Blake Ali
Fourtertth
Chicken theft reported near town by local farmer
Carl Herd, 43, reported to Sheriff Cummings that three or four dozen chickens were stolen from his place last night. Cummings followed tracks from the chickenhouse to the main highway, where the thieves likely escaped in a motor car. Persia withdraws from arms conference after sovereignty concerns. Wheat futures drop in Winnipeg due to export demand and crop conditions. Coolidge flag day message hails sovereign people. Roscoe school to host Eudora Farmer Union gathering with music and refreshments. Jamaica shaken by a sharp earthquake felt around one this morning.
U S Receives Debted Funded Payments Abroad
The U S treasury reports payments today from Great Britain Finland Hungary Lithuania and Poland to settle funded debts. The payments arrive as part of a June 15 update via A P noting continued international debt settlements and financial receipts for the United States.
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Washington
Treasury
Britain
Finland
Hungary
Lithuania
Poland
United State
War on gangsters grips Chicago after police clash
Chicago's campaign against gangsters accelerates after Saturday gun battle that killed two officers and gangster Mike Genna. State's Attorney Crowe seeks indictments against Scalise and Anselmo. raids seize scores of moonshine stills and liquor. Many detainees are foreigners, with authorities promising to close dives and hangouts to curb criminal activity.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Mike Genna
Gennas
John Scalise
Albert Anselmo
Genoa
Jacob Hopkins
Criminal Court
Lindsay
Wells
McGeority
United States District
J. L. McDowell
Johnny
Patton
Burnhim
Howard Eby
Imion
Peter M. Hoffman
Man Shot by Snipers Near Country Club
Frese W. MacKenzie was killed and Miss Mary Duncan wounded when road side snipers opened fire late Monday on a vehicle near the America Columbia Country Club on the Great Western road. Duncan kept the car moving to safety despite injuries to both hands while police searched the area. MacKenzie worked in the electricity department staff of Shanghai's municipal council.
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Shanghai
Frese W. MacKenzie
Mary Duncan
America Columbia Country Club
MacKenzie
Duncan
Nan
Electricity Department
Shanghai Municipal Council
International’ Concession
Columbia Country ‘Club
Doumer
International
Remodel at Haskell Gym and Institute Quarters
The basement of Haskell Institute gym and the employee quarters will be remodeled during the summer. The basement will receive a modern locker system dressing rooms and shower baths. The banquet room will not be redecorated and part of the old structure will be removed. Temperature hits 100 in Wichita and a Topeka driver is fined for reckless driving.
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Haskell Institute
Prisoner Escapes From UP Train Near Lawrence
George Keller a 19 year old prisoner en route from Atchison to Hutchinson escaped from a 7 13 Union Pacific bound tram as officers searched. Keller had robbed a cash till in Potter garage for 35 and pleaded guilty to a one to five year sentence. He is said to be epileptic and formerly confined in a Texas asylum. He vanished after asking for cuffs removal and slipping into a toilet room and out a window. Sheriff McCullough and county deputies pursued him near Linwood with no trace found by noon today.
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George Keller
Atchison
Hutchinson
Union Pacific
Lawrence
Keller
Atchison County
Potter
Grand Marcony
Texas Insane Asylum
Corpus Christi
Texas
St. Joseph
McCullough
McCollough
Linwood
OFC
Chamber of Commerce Receives Public City Directory Library
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will place a free to the public library of city directories in its building. Seventy four volumes so far with more expected, including directories of many large and small U S cities. The directories were sent by the Polk publishing company under an agreement with the Association of North American Directory Publishers affiliated with the Associated Ad Clubs of America.
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Chamber of Commerce
Thy
United States
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
R. L. Polk Publishin Company
Association of No American Directory Publishers
Polk Company
Lawrence Directory
Associated Ad Chibcs of America
Former Southern Pacific Chair Julius Kruttschnitt Dies
Julius Kruttschnitt, former chairman of the board and directing head of Southern Pacific, died today in New York after a hospital stay following a minor operation. He retired May 31, ending a 48 year career with America's carriers.
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New York
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Railway Company
America
Week End Speeding Arrests Mark Prosperous County Upsurge
Eight speeders were arrested in Douglas county over the weekend with six pleading guilty and paying fines of 37.50 each while two pleaded not guilty and face trial. J L Cleveland of Topeka and Wayne Kerr of Lawrence posted 100 bonds to appear June 23. Other speeders listed include D J Gorman Chapman Hubert McMahon Kansas City Kansas L C Kassebaum Kansas City Mo George Schuler Wichita Dorothy George Topeka I J Mudd Kansas City Kans and Shoe Repair Shops Close Early in Lawrence will shut at 5 pm until September 1 with R C Burgert Evans Electric Beck and Lescher among those following the schedule.
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Douglas County
J.L Cleveland
Topeka
Wayne Kerr
Lawrence
Fort
Fort Highway
Fort-To-Fort
D. J. ‘Gorman
Chapman
Hubert McMahon
Kansas City
Kan
L. C. Kassebaum
George Schuler
Wichita
Dorothy George
I. J. Mudd
Kans
R. C
Burgert, Evans, Electric
Beck and Lescher
Dry law enforcement plan proposed to president
Washington June 15 Wayne B Wheeler anti saloon league counsel urged President Coolidge to place dry agents under civil service, raise salaries, and hire by qualification to enforce prohibition more strictly.
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Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
League
Coolidge
Civil
Red Star Road Dedication Tour Talk At Chamber Lunch
The regular weekly Chamber of Commerce luncheon will feature C. B. Hosford as speaker on the Red Star road dedication. Scott Hasterd will discuss the dedication, with X. J. Kennedy offering a talk on the county roads program. A Lawrence car may join the July 30 tour from St. Joseph to Iola, decorated and labeled to promote Lawrence as educational leader of the middle west. Kennedy is invited to discuss county road plans with members.
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C. B. Hosford
Chiel Good Roads Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Tomorow
Red Star
Hasterd
X. J. Kennedy
Chamber, of. Commerce
Lawrence
St. Joseph
Iola
Middle West
St. Joseph i
Tulsa
Wheat goes to market in Ford County Dodge City first 1925 load
In Ford County Dodge City on June 15 1925 the first wheat of the new year was sold for 1 37 a bushel to grain company at Bucklin. The producer Noble Seacat four miles northwest of Dodge City shipped the load testing 81 pounds with a yield around 16 bushels per acre. Combines expected to be working countywide by midweek.
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Dodge City
Kan
Ford County
Bucktin
Noble Seacat
Backlin County
State golf tourney opens amid gusty winds at Wichita
Wichita Kansas June 15 A P gusty winds challenge the opening day of the state golf championship with 64 entrants at Crestview Country Club. Willis Noll Peabody led scoring with 74 as several favorites yet to finish. Fred Salmans and James Vandever followed at 75 while many others posted under 80. Teams entered include Leavenworth Hutchinson Herrington Newton Wichita and Manhattan Ark City golfers arrived by air with fore shouts. Also reports of opening union services drawing 700 at South Park and a Princeton Missouri tornado causing damage and isolating the town.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas Cate Golf Associatio
Willis Noll
Peabody
Crestview Country Club
Noll
Fred Salmans
James W. Vandever
Hutchinson
Ray Smith
Manhattan
Clarence McGuire, Jr
Leavenworth
Joe Duncan
Will Coleman
Fack Crow
Topeka
Joe Fern
Newton
Glen Ridnour
Harry Hemple
L. E. Quinland
Lyons
Herrington
Arkansas City
Ninja Green
First Union Services
KU Union building plans delayed until fall 1926
University authorities announced delays on the Memorial Corporation project delaying the new auditorium and union building. State architect work will resume in fall 1925 with bids not yet advertised and timing shifting to at least thirty days for bids and a start likely in 1926.
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University of Kansas
Memorial Corporation
Union
Attack on Coolidge Tariff Decision Sparks Debate
Basil M. Manly of the People's Legislative Service denounces President Coolidge's sugar tariff stance as a flexible tariff farce. He argues the decision ignores tariff commission findings and relies on current bond markets, urges Congress to restore Fordney McCumber provisions. The Southern tariff association backs the action, claiming US sugar producers need protection to compete with Cuba and domestic costs.
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Washington
Basil M. Manly
People’s Legislative Service
LaVollette For
Coolidge
Tariff Commission
Statent
Congress
Fordney-McCumber
Southern Tariff Association
United States
Cubs
Chinese students demand severing ties with Britain in Peking protests
In Peking the largest demonstration of the present troubles gathered Chinese students merchants and workers to press the Chinese government to sever relations with Great Britain and to order Hankow to seize the British concession. In Canton safety of Americans and property was reported by the State Department as Cantonese generals led the successful attack, aided by Russian advisers, and the Cantonese victors likely owed much to them.
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Peking
Associated Press
Foreign ‘ Office
Great Britain
Tuehin
Hankopr
Washington
Canton
State Department
Jeri ‘Ins
Tary Aivisers
Tland
Dates set for hearings by public service commission in Kansas county tax cases
Topeka June 15 Associated Press says the public service commission sitting as a state board of equalization assigned hearing dates for county tax cases. Hearings start July 1 and run through July 9 with each county official heard on dates assigned by the state commission. Valuations to be determined late July after adjustment to local assessments. Also note work on Fifteenth Street from Bay Avenue to Massachusetts Street for brick on concrete base paving begins.
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Topeka
Kan
Associated Press
Public’ Service Commission
State Board of Equalization
Clarence Smith
Tax Commission
Willontinue
Eich
Thel State’ Commission
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