German Offer to Allies Rejected by Lloyd George in Talks
German delegates at the Allied conference proposed about thirty billion gold marks in reparations. Lloyd George signaled no value in the offer unless Germany added more. He warned the Germans their proposals lacked understanding of the Allies' position and said a reply would be given tomorrow. The German delegation appeared dejected and hopeful only of Berlin decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Dr. Simons
Lloyd George
Turkey
Briand
Berlin
Piiand
Two new members voted at Chamber of Commerce meeting
At the noon session of the Chamber of Commerce Ernest W. Young and W. W. Cleland were elected as new members. Visitors introduced included bank commissioner Mr. Bowman and several principals, nurses, and local residents. Members discussed and endorsed a legislative bill to raise the salary of the city commissioner of utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Ernest W. Young
W. W. Cleland
Mr. Bowman
Miss Dillard
Carter
Kennedy
Achning
Miss Todd
Posey
Seamans
E. A. Edwards
New City Bacteriologist Appointed Gladys Anthony Takes Post
Miss Gladys Anthony assumed duties as city bacteriologist replacing Miss Martha Bays who resigned and returned to Eureka Kansas. Anthony a University of Kansas graduate, begins work this morning assessing local public health needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Anthony
Miss Bays
Martha Bays
Eureka
Kansas
Miss Anthony
The
University of Kansas
Death of Mrs B F Doane noted in obituary notice
Mrs B F Doane formerly of Lawrence died Feb 28 at daughter Mrs Kiefer’s home in Los Angeles California. Her daughter Mrs M J Pierson and Mrs B F Doane’s family acknowledge the loss with mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. ‘Doane
M. J. Pierson
B F. Doane
Lawrence
Kiefer
Los Angeles
California
Weather Forecast for Kansas Reads Mild Conditions
Kansas weather page reports calm conditions with a gentle warming trend. Temperatures show yesterday’s maximum around 69 degrees, with mild readings continuing from this morning into the afternoon.
Hope for Champ Clark Dims as He Remains Comatose
March 1 report says Representative Champ Clark, Democratic House leader and former speaker, is gravely ill with pleurisy and other diseases. Physicians abandoned hope for recovery as he remained in a comatose state most of the morning and appeared to be losing ground.
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Clark
Washington
Champ Clark
Guard fires on mobs at Panama presidential palace
One dead and four wounded after a mob stormed the executive mansion in Panama City. American troops intervened to protect President Porras as he met with American minister William Jennings Price and canal zone governor Colonel Jay Morrow. Quiet restored by nightfall.
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Panama
Associated Press
Domingo Turner
General Pershing
Canal Zone
Porras
Senor Porras
William Jennings Price
Jay Morrow
Colon
United States
Costaica
Books From Germany Reach Miss Ketcham in U S Mail
Miss Rosemary Ketcham, instructor in design at the university, received last week from Germany via Czecho Slovakia a large package of posters and books left in Germany in 1914, ten days before war. She was in Munich studying when war began and had planned to return to Germany soon. The items were kept with an art supplies maker in Nuremberg, who was killed early in the war. The books were shipped bound in iron bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Ketcham
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Miss Ketchum
Munich
Switzerland
Nuremburg
Miss Ketch
University Hootch Party Nears Closed Affair
Information from the Chancellor's office indicates the Midland party will remain closed until the perpetrators are located. Fraternities are quietly seeking to pin guilt on the responsible parties so that others not involved may be reinstated.
Kiwanis and Rotary Plan Thursday Joint Meeting
The Lawrence Kiwanis and Rotary clubs will hold a joint meeting Thursday noon at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The Rotary regular meeting scheduled for tomorrow is canceled. A joint program by members of both clubs is being arranged for the Thursday gathering.
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Lawrence Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Bird House Contest Photos at Saturday Cafeteria Luncheon
Pictures of the Chamber of Commerce bird house contestants will be taken at the cafeteria luncheon on Saturday. The photos will feature the builders with their houses, and the event is billed as a very interesting occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Y W C A Luncheon Speaker At University
Prof R A Schweglatz of the University School of Education will speak at the University Y W C A noon luncheon on Wednesday. Mrs Mary A Sibbitt of Wichita will address temperance at Barker School House Monday evening March 8 to 8 o clock. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Schweglatz
School of Education
Mary A. Sibbitt
Wichita
Barker School
Robbery at Francisco's Garage on Vermont Street
A garage at 837 Vermont Street was entered last night and robbed of a tire carrier encasing Yale lock tail light and license tag. W. J. was identified as the suspect in the entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J
Francisco
Vermont Street
Harding meets Gen. Wood over Philippines post and Penn provostship
President elect Harding conferred with Major General Leonard Wood in Marion about the governor generalship of the Philippine Islands and the provostship of the University of Pennsylvania, each offering a possible career path. The meeting signaled a likely direction for Wood, though no formal offer was made, while the Penn position at 25000 yearly could influence his decision.
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Marion
Ohio
White House
Harding
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Island
Wood
Philippines
University of Pennsylvania
Chancellor Lindley Seeks Rest After Busy Kansas Tour
For the first time since arriving at Kansas Chancellor E H Lindley has no speaking dates for seven days. He has been in demand as a public speaker since joining the university and filled engagements in nearly a hundred Kansas towns. He is in Topeka today addressing the Ways and Means committee while other university figures, including Alfred G Hill, alumni secretary, also provide testimony this week.
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Kansas
E. H. Lindley
Topeka
Ways and Means
Alfred G.hill
Cordley Builders Sweep Birdhouse Prizes at Contest
Cordley Builders won multiple prizes in a birdhouse contest led by Mrs I Reed and Chamber of Commerce. Awards covered six grades plus junior high with first to third place honors for Cordley Woodlawn Pinckney and other local names. Sweepstakes went to Cameron Golding and Ed K Brown among others. judging emphasized specifications over artistic merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Reed
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Gilmer
Mr. Reed
Professor Whitcomb
Dorothy Haglund
Cordley
Arnold — Gilbert
Cordiley
Robert Rowlands
Pinckney
James Asher
Ross Forney
Seaver Crawford
Ney
George Crawford
Carmen. Pennock
Mariel Pulley
Harlan Birch
Ernest King
Woailawn
Lalla Pulley
Ed. Brown
Woodlawn
Merle Zimmerman
John Thomas McA
Court Session to Resume. February docket listed
The February district court session will resume tomorrow. Trials set include A. A. Helwig v Dunn for money, Maude B. Harbour v Alice R. Brocklesby equity, and Nina E. King v Mary Belle Macomber et al partition suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Helwig
W. A. Dunn
Maude B. Harbour
Alice R. Brocklesby
Nina E. King
Mary Belle Macomber
County Board Sells Walnut Trees From County Farm
The board of county commissioners has been selling walnut trees from the grove at the county farm. Trees showed signs of disease. ten sold for 300 dollars to J W Miller, with more to be sold at the same rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Geeey
J.W. Miller
To Tell of Foreign Loans Resolution Aims Treasury Correspondence File
Washington March 1 Secretary Houston is directed by a judiciary committee resolution to produce a complete treasury file of correspondence relating to foreign loans. The action seeks full documentation of loan activity and governmental communications.
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Washington
Houston
Judiciary Committee
Treasury
Use at Last for Bad Roads Leads to Car Recovery
Two youths aged 16 or 17, Morris Owen and Fred Tice, told Chief Fisher they were caught because rough roads slowed them entering Lawrence. A telegram from T. C. Owen of Warsaw, Missouri, claimed ownership of a baby grand Chevrolet found with the pair. They were detained at the Buick garage after motorcycle patrolman John Perkins located them following the telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
C. M. Fisher
T. C. Owen
Warsaw
Missouri
Ris Owen
Fred Tice
Morris
John Perkins
Bastille
Barred from City Ballot One Name Approved
City Attorney Walter G. Thiele ruled Em ma D Barker's petition was valid and she earns a place on the March 8 primary ballot for member of the board of education. Stanley S Learned's petition lacked a required request and he had no knowledge or intention to run. his name will not appear on the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter G. Thiele
Emma D. Barker
Board of Education
Thiele
Stanley S. Learned
Learned
Learned To Have His Name Placed On the Leaflot. “In Fairness To Mr. Learned
Ward to speak at Kansas University events Thursday
Harry F. Ward, expert on industrial and social issues, arrives at the University of Kansas to begin a series of biweekly lectures. He follows Sherwood Eddy, who started the campaign two weeks ago, as the Y M C A reconstructs campus religious and social life neglected during the War. Ward will address students and faculty at a convocation in Robinson Gymnasium Friday.
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Harry F. Ward
United States
University of Kansas
K. U
Warren Blodget
Lawrence
Sherwood Eddy
Ward
Robinson Gymnasium
IS AFTER THE RATS
Mr Montgomery of Atlanta is working with government help to exterminate rats in the area. A government survey notes rats are crafty and hard to trap when food is plentiful, and it questions the value of dogs or cats as ratters. It mentions dangers of poisons and cites barium carbonate as an approved exterminator product the government does not commercialize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Atlanta
Kansas Mines Idle as Leaders Face Hearing
Kansas coal fields report complete idleness amid preliminary hearings for Alexander Howat and August Dorcy, leaders of the Kansas miners unions. They are charged in connection with calling a strike at the George K. Mackie Fuel Co mine in Scammon Cherokee County.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Alex. Howat
August Dorcy
Kansas Miners Unions
Columbus
George K. Mackie Fuel Co
Scammon
Cherokee County
McKeever to Speak at Hi Y Meeting on Market Cost of a Boy
W A McKeever will address the Hi Y association tonight at 7 15 in the association building. His talk covers the market cost of a boy and he invites each boy to bring an estimate of production cost and proposed sale price for market consideration.
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McKeever
Hi-Y
W. A. McKeever
Association
Orval Crites to Stand Trial After Guilty Plea
Orval Crites pleaded guilty to speeding at police court this morning but later changed his plea to not guilty and requested a trial. The case was set for Saturday morning.
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Ini
Orval Crites
Blue Sky Case Dismissed in Kansas Court
Justice of the Peace John W. Clark's court dismissed the blue sky stock case against C. A. Ward due to the statute of limitations. The warrant issued in 1920 was never served, an alias warrant was used for yesterday's hearing, and Ward's continuous Douglas County residence nullified prosecution timing. Galloways named on the warrant remain abroad. sheriff sent to Fort Worth to bring them back for hearing.
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Justice of Peace
John W. Clark
C. A. Ward
J. H. Flory
Ward
Douglas County
J. L. Galloway
E. G. Galloway
Ft. Worth
Texas
Galloways
Chamber of Commerce discusses membership plan and home builders
The Tuesday noonday meeting covered the membership financing plan linking larger payments to active membership, a Kansas City firm’s home building fund for Lawrence, and a birdhouse contest. W C Simons urged member recruitment and pro rata rewards, while R H Sullivan of Home Builders Finance spoke on aims and Mrs C I Reed described the birdhouse contest and projects by children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Lawrence
W. C. Simons
George GO. Foster
R. H. Sullivan
Home Builders’ Finance Company
C. I. Reed
Landis Impeachment Charges Ordered to Sub Committee
Washington March 1 The house judiciary committee ordered impeachment charges against Federal Judge Landis to a sub committee with instructions to report tomorrow The sub committee will recommend action on charges presented by Representative Welty Democrat of Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Landis
House Judiciary Committee
Welty
Ohio
Gas company adds 50 cent service charge on February bills
Local gas bills sent to Lawrence residents carried a 50 cent service charge under a federal judge Booth decision. City officials face questions as a March 8 hearing before the Industrial Court is set to contest the charge. Voters protest by noting payments with Paid under protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
Lawrence
Federal Court
George L. Kreeck
North Side Gets Filling Station and Street Improvements
Payroll bills for February approved at the city commission meeting while other bills were postponed. Petitions seek lights at Michigan Fifth and Fourteenth Vermont streets, and curb and pave Third Street north from Locust to Elm. Kansas and Texas Petroleum Co wins approval for a Third and Elm filling station site. Fire Chief Reinisch notes a satisfactory test of a new fire hose. Mayor requests city engineer plans for summer park improvements.
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City Commission
Commission
Commissioner of Utilities
Michigan
Fifth Streets
Fourteenth
Vermont
Third Street
Locust
Elm Streets
Kansas & Texas Petroleum Company
Third and Elm Streets
Wm. F. Reinisch
United States Invited to Next League of Nations Meeting
In Paris on March 1 the League of Nations council replies to the American note on mandates inviting the United States to send a representative to the April council meeting. The Yap issue is said to be closed by the supreme council but may be reopened if Washington sends a plenipotentiary to discuss the matter.
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Paris
Associated Press
Council of the
League of Nations
United States
Council
Washington
Yap
Supreme Council
Famous Song Writer Speaks On Tobacco Fight in Lawrence
Dr Charles M Fillmore author of Tell Mother I ll Be There will address the Congregational Church Wednesday evening on The Cigarette And The Fight To Save The Young From Nicotine. He comes under the Kansas Anti Cigarette League with endorsements from local ministers Y M C A officials and the W C T U. Midweek church meetings will close so all may attend at 8 15 PM and he may perform his famous song on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. M. Fillmore
Lawrence
Congregational Church
Kansas Anti-Cigarette League
Night Classes Open At University With Evening Recitations
University students crowd the schedule as a new night shift for classes is tried this year. Prof. Olin Templin will teach a philosophy course by appointment and about twenty students signed up. They could not find a day hour when all were free, so recitations will be held Tuesday and Thursday evenings in the administration building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Olin Templin
Professor Templin
Election board appointments for spring primary
City commission at a special meeting named judges and clerks for the March 8 primary and April 5 city election. The record lists first through sixth ward precincts with assigned judges and clerks, including Addie Lescher, George J. Schultz, Eva Neville, Cassie Quinlan, A. L. Harris, Geo. Scheff, Rachel Flory, J. Culver, S. L. Knop and many others.
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Addie Lescher
George J. Schultz
Charles Daugherty
Anna Martindale
J. Birch
Bertha Albach
J. D. Barton
J. A.hamlin
A. L. Harris
F. L. Draper
Gertie K. Johnston
Ida K. Bailey
F. M. Roper
Geo. Scheff
Adam Carter
Grace Blair
Clara Beach
August Pierson
Rachel Flory
Bert Capen
Emma J. Kennedy
Charles Gilmore
Addie Lange
J. Culver
King Adams
Meddie Parel
Minnie Dauberman
Addie Buckminister
Lena Wadlington
Joh Westfall
Anna Dicker
Clara Barkley
Journal World to Publish Series on Lawrence and Douglas County
The Journal-World will run fifteen special articles illustrating resources development and opportunities in Lawrence and Douglas County. W. C. Harvey will oversee the series, drawing facts and dates on agriculture stockraising retail and finance. Each week will cover a new industrial development topic with merchant advertising backing. Orders for extra copies must be placed by Monday.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Douglas
W. C. Harvey
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Harvey
Journal World
Poultry Culling Course Attended by Kansas Vets
Drs. Russell Reid and Pierson of Lawrence Wells of Pleasant Grove and Brecheisen of Clearfield attended a short course in poultry culling and treating poultry diseases offered by the poultry department of Kansas State Agricultural College. The course emphasized disease treatment and flock management as the Kansas poultry industry gains importance with veterinary attention statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell, Reid and Pierson
Lawrence
Wells
Pleasant Grove
Brecheisen
Clearfield
Poultry Department
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kansas
Nu-Fuel plan for Lawrence garbage to fuel plant
Northwest Nu-Fuel proposes a 30 ton per day plant in Lawrence costing about 75 000. The system dries and grinds waste including kitchen slops leaves and grass then mixes with coal tar briquettes under 8000 pounds pressure to create a smokeless fuel with heating power similar to semi-anthracite coal. City would collect and deliver garbage to the plant for manufacturing. A final decision was not reached after discussion with city commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FPR Moulton
Northwest Nu-Fuel Company
Lawrence
Moulton
Kansas City
Death List Is 37 Porter Indiana Collision Toll
Identification of four bodies completed the Porter Indiana wreck list bringing total deaths to thirty seven from the Monday night collision of the New York Central and Michigan Central trains. William F Long the Michigan Central engineer was exonerated by railroad officials for all responsibility in the fatal accident.
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Porter
Ind
New York Central
Michigan Central
Michigan ‘City
Chesterton Morgue
Chicago
William F. Long
Indiana
Niles
Mich
Chicago Woman Shoots Admirer in Apartment
Herbert P. Ziegler, manager of a Chicago company branch, was shot and killed at 5 am by Mrs. Isabelle Cora Orthwein in her apartment at 518 turf street. Once married to an oilman of St. Louis, Orthwein claimed a quarrel over Ziegler’s attention and said he forced entry and threatened her. she fired twice, ending his life. Ziegler, a married father of a 15-year-old daughter, had not been living with his wife. The case involves a recent divorce settlement Orthwein received and her Chicago residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert P. Tveigler
Isavelle Cora Orthwein
St. Louis
Turf Street
Ziegler
Orthwein
Ralph Orthwein
Zeigler
Otel
Man Held for Investigation After Morning Glory Find
Fred Hubner was taken into custody by Lawrence police officer John Perkins after being found dazed on Connecticut street. He had been going from house to house knocking on doors. A small bottle of Morning Glory Lemon extract was found with him. He remains held for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Hubner
John Perkins
Lawrence
Connecticut Street
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New City
University
RALIS
General Wood
Cordley Builders
Stanley
Emma‘ D. Barker
Second International Y. M. C. ‘A
K. A
Georgia
Kansas Mines
Howat
Blue Sky
C. OF C
Simons
North Side
Kansas & Texas Company
U. S
League of Nations Council
Dr. Albright
Chiropractor
Welch & Welch, Chiropractors
NU Fuel Company
City Commis
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