Farmer-Labor convention opens as factional fight grows
About 400 delegates attend the St Paul meeting as a factional struggle intensifies. Minnesota delegates number about one fifth. large delegations come from New York Illinois Michigan South Dakota and Pennsylvania. Women in the crowd wear banners for equal rights. remarks by temporary chairman William Mahoney urge unity to form a new national party and disrupt old parties while La Follette’s role is noted with caution. Mahoney envisions a movement built on working-class interests aiming to shift presidential power via a future congress and break party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Associated Press
Farmer-Labor Progressive Convention
New York
Illinois
Michigan
South Dakota
Pennsylvania
Women's Equal Rights Association
LaFollette
Farmer-Labor
William Mahoney
St.Paul
America
Mahoney
House of Representatives
Fragmené
Progressive political action group eyes LaFollette in presidential race
Washington June 17 The conference for progressive political action says conventions in Cleveland July 4 will nominate Senator LaFollette for president. It reports organisations now active in 24 states, growing daily, spurred by the Cleveland delegation and Dawes running mate choice. The body vows to avoid communist influence and outlines delegate plan across unions parties and farmer groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Conference For Progressive Political Action
Cleveland
LaFollette
General Dawes
Coolidge
St. Paul
Unclear organizational delegation text fragment
Fragment lists various unions boards and councils entitled to delegates including transportation brotherhoods trade unions district and state boards of trade progressive organizations CPPA allied printing trades and local building trades councils with allocations of two delegates each plus local branches and cooperative societies one delegate where no state organization exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Printing Trade Councils
Allied Printing Trades Council
Agricultural
Boards of Adjustment
Discovery at Joliet Reveals 25 Mail Sacks Looted
Discovery at Joliet on June 17 uncovered twenty five sacks of partly looted registered mail from the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul fast mail train holdup thirty miles north of Chicago. The find strengthens police theory and may be used against prisoners in custody. A. E. Germer says some robbers remain at large and evidence points to gang membership while none of the stolen mail has been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joliet
Milwaukee and St. Paul
A. E. Germer
Post Office
Germer
Mr.Germer
Toll of three lives shocks Bristow family tragedy
Bristow Oklahoma June 17 two drownings and one suicide claim three lives in a single day. Marie Williams one Alfred Williams three children of railroad worker J W Williams drowned in a lake. Lee Conner thirty five an oil field worker shot himself after a love quarrel. Mrs Williams rescued from the lake and reportedly told police she threw the infants in the water before following after them. A soap message warned that bodies would be found in the lake and a third child of Mrs Williams saw her mother throw one child into the water before leaping in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristow
Okla
Marie Williams
Alfred Williams
J. W. Williams
Lee Conner
Wiliams
Conner
Williams
Hutchings Sale to Feature Victrola Tin Whistle and Violin
Harry Hutchings announces music for a Hutchings and Biggs Shoe sale in Lawrence as he marks thirty five years of business. He recalls good customer kindness and hints at retirement after the event while noting the store is in strong shape to offer bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hutchings
Hutchings & Biggs
Journal-World
Mr. Hutchings
Lawrence
Camp Ralph D Childs to Direct West Virginia Scout Camp
D Childs of Lone Star will direct Camp Agaming the Boy Scout camp at Wheeling West Virginia this summer. He has been scout executive at Kansas City Missouri for a year and a half and brings six years in the field. Prof W A Dill will lead Troop 19. The Blue Mould Farmers Union meets at the school Friday evening June 20 with W J Cummings and other speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph. D. Childs
Lone Star
Agaming
Wheeling
West
Virginia
Childs
Kansas City
Lawrence
First ‘Presbyterian Church
W. A. Dill
Farmer's Union
Blue Mould Farmer's Union
W. J. Cummings
Senate committee to probe campaign funds with Chicago HQ
Washington June 17 the senate committee to investigate campaign contributions and expenditures plans to establish headquarters at Chicago and meet on request of any member. Senator Borah Idaho was chosen chairman and the panel decided to call on political campaign managers for reports every ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee
Chicago
Borah Rep
Idaho
Governor moves to lower farm implement prices in KS
Topeka June 17 Gov Jonathan M. Davis filed in the Kansas supreme court a motion seeking to curb prices of wheat binders and other farm implements from International Harvester. He cites a 1910 ouster suit, asserts monopoly practices, and asks the court to invoke its price jurisdiction while directing the attorney general to represent the state. The unusual action shows the executive pushing for price relief and tighter control over farm equipment costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Fchoes
International Harvester, Company
Kansas
State House
Jonathan M. Davis
Supreme Court
Davis
International Harvester Company
Now. c
C. B. Griffith
Rotarians at Toronto Convene World Rotary Convention
Toronto hosts the 15th annual Rotary International convention at Exposition Park. Rotarians from around the civilized world gather for four days of talks on ethical business practices, services for boys and crippled children, and club administration. Election of officers and a new slate of directors conclude the meeting with leaders from Oklahoma City, Minneapolis, Hoquiam, and more vying for the next presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Rotary International
Exposition Park
Canada
United States
Edinburgh
Scotland
Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
Rotary Club
Rotary
Everett W. Hill
Oklahoma City
Harry Bert Crad
Hick
Minneapolis
Frank H. Lamb
Hoquiam
Washington
Chicago
Cleveland
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Extension experts to inspect potato fields in county
Kansas State College extension specialists E G Kelly and E A Stokdyk will visit tomorrow to observe potato disease control efforts using Bordeaux mixture and compare treated versus untreated fields for tip burn and hopper burn. The same day, Roscoe Miller Doyle files an appeal against the Kansas Compensation Board seeking bonus money previously disallowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Kelly
E .A. Stokdyk
Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Kansas Compensation Board
Roscoe Miller Doyle
Kansan Forecast and Lodge Membership Note
Partly overcast tonight and Wednesday with local thunder storms in the east. temperatures show little change. Yesterday’s 7 pm reading was 81, with today’s 2 pm seen as the forecasted values. Also noted: the Brooklyn Elks Lodge No. 22 boasts about 11,636 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan
Elks
Brooklyn Lodge
Democrats Draft County Slate in Early Listing
A county Democratic committee meeting at the Democrat office announced a partial slate of candidates. Names include Carl Kelley for state senator and Chaplain Evan A. Edwards for state representative. Others listed cover sheriff, county commissioner, superintendent of public instruction, clerk of district court, and county coroner. The committee aims to finalize the slate tomorrow and will not oppose Isa F. Wellman for register of deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Badsky
Henry Albach
Burt Brown
Tomorrrow
Carl Kelley
Evan A. Edwards
Lawrence
G. T. Dunigar
I O. D. Thomas
Connecticut
I. T. Herd
D. L. Burton
Willow Springs
Lois Wells
Lecompton
Topeka Board Probes Lawful License For Barrett
In Topeka Kansas the board of medical examination and registration examined twenty nine candidates for physicians certificates and planned to probe charges that Dr H H Barrett of Parker Kansas operated under an invalid license. Barrett allegedly obtained his license from a Kansas City college not recognized by the state and later transferred an Arkansas license under a reciprocal agreement later annulled. The board sought facts to decide if Barrett’s license should be revoked. F Hussig became president after H A Dykei Lebanon resigned and Victor J Watts of Smith Center filled the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Board of Medical Examination and Registration
State House
H. H. Barrett
Parker
Barrett
Arkansas
Kansas
F. Hussig
H. A. Dyke i
Lebanon
Victor J. Watts
Smith Center
SSS Ad
Baseball results from today's National and American leagues
National League games featured Pittsburgh sweeping Boston and St Louis beating New York with homers by Sotheron and Kelly. Cincinnati and Brooklyn split, Chicago beat Philadelphia, and Washington and New York had tense contests. In the American League Ruth Pipp and other sluggers contributed homers as Detroit and Boston failed to score in key innings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Boston
Kremer
Schmidt
Yeorgin
O'Neill
Meadows
McNamara
St. Louis
New York
Sotheron
Sherdell
Gonzales
Bentley
Snyder
Kelly
Homer
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Benton
Hargrove
Osborne
Taylor
És Beusch
Chicago
Philadelphia
Keen and Hartnett
Glazner
Wilson
Mokan
Washington
Zachary
Ruel
Cvengros
Lyons
Crose
Cleveland
Pennock
Jones
Schang
Unkle
Shante
Walters
Ruth
Pipp
Detroit
Ehmke Ant
Douss
Bassler
Riotly clash as senate session erupts in Providence
A riot broke out in the Rhode Island legislature when Republicans tried to block Lt Governor Tipin from presiding. Men and women were trampled as Republicans and Democrats clashed with spectators, sparking a free for all fist fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. LJ
Tne
Toupin
State Senate
Need of umpires for Lawrence Junior Twilight league
Lawrence calls on local business men to volunteer as umpires for the eight team junior twilight baseball league. Fifty six games spaced over two months will start at 6 15 each evening. Umpires need only basic training as players are light and small. Send name and availability to L Scott Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
EC. Bussing
Haskell Hombres
F.C. Allen
L. Scott
Chamber of Compperce
Powell Sentenced For Bank Insolvency Crimes In Wichita
Judge Jesse D. Wall overruled a motion for a new trial and sentenced former American State Bank vice president O A Powell to nine to forty five years in Lansing prison and a 45000 fine for permitting and conspiring in deposits while the bank was insolvent. Powell and bank officials faced multiple counts with appeals filed to the state supreme court as others await trial or verdict in connection with the 1923 bank failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Jesse D. Wall
O. A. Powell
American State Bank
Lansing
sAttorneys
State Supreme Court
Powell
Wall
Owell
Supreme Court
John N. Richardson
Roy E. Crammer
Phil Druram
Bank Robbery Hits Bucyrus Kansas Bank
Two masked bandits robbed the Bucyrus State Bank in Bucyrus Kansas escaping to Kansas City with about 6500 dollars. Cash, government bonds, and travelers checks were taken. Cashier Herman Ecton and T C Brown pursued the robbers in a car as patrols searched east side districts. One bandit was allegedly wounded during the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Bucyrus State Bank
Bucyrus
Kansas
Here
Herman Ecton
T. C.brown
Mary Whitaker
Eden
Brown
M. R. Elrod
Convocation Set At KU For Summer Session
Tomorrow at 10 o'clock Fraser chapel the twenty third annual summer session convocation will feature Chancellor E H Lindley as speaker with an unknown topic. Music by Donald M Swarthout includes vocal and instrumental numbers. Class hours will be shortened and officials will post exact class times on desks. Faculty and students are urged to attend this first all summer session event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Fraser Chapel
E. H. Lindley
University
Lindley
Donald M. Swarthout
School of Fine Arts
Johnson
Ards
Attempt Jail Delivery in Leesville Shootout
One dead, one white man seriously wounded, several Black residents hurt after a jail breakout attempt in Leesville Louisiana. Authorities say prisoners sought freedom prompting violent confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
New Orleans
Leesville
Graduates Highlight Benita Clarke in Hawaii Paper
Ka Leo o Hawaii from Honolulu May 28 1924 shows Benita Clarke as a graduate daughter of Col and Mrs Adna G Clarke. The Clarke family is noted with Adna Clarke Jr as next year’s Dramatic club president and as vice president of the Dramatic club. Col Clarke was wounded in the Philippines during the Spanish American War and later served as district court clerk in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ka Leo O Hawaii
Voice of Hawaii
University of Hawaii At Honolulu
T. H
Benita Clarke
Adna G.clarke
Clarke
Adna Clarke Jr
Dramatic Club
Col
Lawrence
Philippines
Taxes Due Friday to Avoid Penalty in Second Half
County treasurer urges taxpayers to pay the second half by Friday to avoid added penalties. Office busy with payments as residents settle sums due.
Nominations Close June 20 For Township Officers
County Clerk E C Bussing warns that party nominations for township officers must be filed in his office by noon June 20 to appear on primary ballots. Several filings noted include Maurice Starr Democrat for township treasurer Eudora Marion township Pearl Thorber Democrat township clerk Marion and others in Marion township plus J O Lovejoy Republican justice of the peace and M Fisher Republican city constable. Fire sweeps elevator E on Milwaukee slip as explosions rock nearby buildings and several plant workers remain unaccounted for. Mr and Mrs A C Winsor suffer minor injuries when their Ford coupe overturns at Ninth and Arkansas streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
E. C. Bussing
Bussing
Maurice Starr
Eudora Township
J. O. Lovejoy
Justice of Peace
M. Fisher
Kentucky
Pearl Thorber
Marion Township
Ulrich
Frank Simon
Milwaukee
Wis
Menominee
Milwaukee Yards
Campaign Structure Outlined For Republican Effort
Washington June 17 President Coolidge expects the national campaign to be directed by the national chairmen and committee, with state and local leaders forming an executive group. A national advisory committee will serve in a consultative role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
National Committee
Day in Court Sees Divorce Granted in Abandonment Case
Emanuel G. Jackson was granted a divorce from Maggie Miller Jackson on abandonment grounds in district court. Several other cases were heard or taken under advisement, including suits by Mrs. George Attinger vs P H Pierce and J W Kunkel vs Frank Bell, with judgments noted in some instances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel G. Jackson
Maggie Miller Jackson
George Attinger
P.H. Pierce
Means
Zoa D. Miller
Howard Henry
Elmer /T. Kerner
Demming W. Bondet
R. E. Copeland
W. E. Williams
Hung Jury Seen in Crimmer Perjury Trial
In Wichita on June 174 the jury in Roy B. Crimmer’s perjury trial on charges linked to the insolvent American State Bank remained split seven to five, with no verdict. Judge Jesse D. Wall ordered another panelment after hours of deliberation, and court officials doubted a verdict that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Roy BE. Crimmer
American State Bank
Jesse D. Wall
H. R. Adams
Wall
Bandits Rob Bank Near Ponca City
Two masked bandits robbed the State bank at Marland near Ponca City Oklahoma today, escaping with about 9000 dollars. Arkansas City sent two airplanes at noon to scout the Osage hills for the robbers who abandoned their car east of Ponca and are said to be in timber and hills as a posse closes in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
State Bank
Marland
Arkansas City
Kan
Osage
Okla
Ponca
Honor list of high school students announced today
The honor students for the semester were announced by Principal H. Olney. The list includes Lora Baker, Leland Barrows, Karney Brasfield, Thomas Cable, Helen Churchill, Arthur Eastman, Mabel Genther, Mary Harding, Helen Hungerford, Marguerite Hurnett, Leona Marsh, Rose McCulloch, Magidalena Noe, Huberta Russell, Elizabeth Schungel, Frank Strong, Olive Weather, and Betty Wood. Hazel Anderson, injured in an automobile accident, has returned to work at Wiedemann's though not fully recovered. Gordon Woodbury, former assistant secretary of the navy, died after collapsing in a store in Manchester, New Hampshire. Maynard E. Brassfield of Lawrence and Hazel L. Tustice were issued a marriage license by Probate Judge Menger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Olney
Lora Baker
Leland Barrows
Karney Brasfield
Thomas Cable
Helen Churchill
Arthur Eastman
Mabel Genther
Mary Harding
Helen Hungerford
Marguerite Hurnett
Leona Marsh
Rose McCulloch
Magidalena
Noe
Huberta Russell
Elizabeth Schungel
Frank Strong
Olive Weather
Mildred Wilson
Betty Wood
Hazel Anderson
Asco
Wiedemann’s
Air Opinions on Traffic Problems in Lawrence
A noon session of the Chamber of Commerce approved a resolution urging repeal of the city traffic ordinance for one way alleys and allowing diagonal parking on Ninth and Eighth streets. The plan calls for store door delivery to be allowed at all times and limits on large trucks. The issue was discussed by merchants, transfer men, and the mayor and city commissioners who attended the open forum and urged cooperation with future ordinances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Ninth Street
Vermont
New Hampshire
Eighth Street
Massachusetts
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
C. W.carman
Massachusets
New Hampshire Street
Eighth
Vermont Street
R. C. Rankin
Lawrence Streets
G. W. Jones
Stevenson
Lawrence
Investigation of Lyon county judge charges to begin
Topeka June 17 The investigation of charges against Lyon county probate judge J T Richardson will start next Monday at Emporia. Attorney General C B Griffith announced he will lead the inquiry with Austin M Keene Fort Scott board of bar examiners chairman. Richardson is accused of acting as attorney in an estate case in his own court. The Lyon county bar association originally filed the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
J. ‘T. Richardson
Lyon County
Emporia
C. B. Griffith
Griffith
Austin M. Keene
Fort Scott
State Board of Bar Examiners
Richardson
Lyon County Bat Association
Balloon adrift Belgicia still aloft in Gordon Bennett Cup
The Belgian balloon Belgicia piloted by Lt. Er nest De Muyter remains airborne in the Gordon Bennett cup race, drifting near Brighton, England, and is considered a likely winner among seventeen entrants. In other news, Prof. F Ellis Johnson and George C Shaad of the University of Kansas will attend a professors conference in Schenectady, N Y, from July 7 to Aug 9, under GE cooperation with educational institutions. Mrs. Mary Strong, mother of Dr Frank Strong, is very ill after a broken hip and has just celebrated her ninetyth birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Muyter
Air
Brussels
Associated Fress
Bel-gicia
Ernest de Muyter
Brighton
England
F. Ellis Johnson
George C. Shaad
School of Engineering
University of Kansas
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Plac Sah Nek
Dr. Strong
Mary Strong
Frank Strong
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New Party
Conference For Progressive
Makcr
Oklahoma
Lawrence Merchant
West Virginia
Ralph, D. Childs
Rotarians
Edwards
Powell Sentenced
FE HS. Lindley
Honolulu
Adam G. Clarke
A. C. Winsor
Missouri Street
Ninth
Arkansas Streets
Judge Means
R. E. Crummer
Bandits
Manchester
N. H
Gordon Woodbury
the Navy
Ell Mee
Menger
Maynard E. Brassfield
Lawrence and
Hazel L. Tustice
Topeka, Me
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