Midwest Frozen by Severe Cold Wave Spreads Snow
Chicago reports a brutal cold front gripping the Mississippi valley from the Rockies eastward with subzero to near zero temperatures. The storm froze streams, halted telegraph service, and caused multiple deaths in Colorado while crippling trains and threatening peach and fruit crops across Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. Forecasters predict a brief warming but warn of further unsettled weather. local officials note fruit buds delayed and potatoes damaged in Kaw Valley as wheat benefits from the cold spell.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountains
Upper
Floreida
Missouri
Missi Rocky
Pir
Colorado
Middle West
Kant 'Sa City
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kansas City
P. Connor
Mr. Connor
Kinwesas
Weather Bureau
Kaw Valley
C. A. Patterson
Wyandotte
Ageat
Severe Cold and Impassable Roads Hit Salina Area
Reports from Salina and nearby towns on March 19 describe temperatures around 7 degrees below zero and a harsh winter chill. Roads remain almost impassable, with limited telephone service to the west, while many trains run near schedule. Nearby cities like Colby Plainville and Independence report similar conditions as Arkansas City notes 4 above and Pittsburg records the season’s coldest spike.
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Salina
Mar
Meaer
Colby
Plainville
Independence
Kan
Lisj
Government
Arkansas City
Pittsburg
Temperature Drops Across Cities Hit Zero Marks
Ottawa reported a government thermometer reading of zero this morning with yesterday's minimum at 1 above. Emporia also logged zero at night with a 2 above reading earlier in the period.
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Ottawa
Emporia
Mar
New March Low Records Set Across Missouri
A new low temperature record for March was logged this morning in St. Louis as the thermometer dipped below freezing after a day that started above zero. Hannibal and other Missouri towns also reported record or near record cold with readings around zero early in the day.
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St. Louis
Mar
Hannibal
Klan at Funeral Surprises mourners in Fort Scott
At the funeral of W. L. Key in Fort Scott yesterday members of the Ku Klux Klan appeared. Tom Daly, a defendant in a state ouster suit, stood and urged kneeling prayer. A cross and carnations were displayed as mourners extended the right arm in the Ku Klux salute toward the bier.
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Fort Scott
Marth
Wol. Key
Heterday
Tom Daly
Daly
Bank Official Found Dead in Kirksville Vault
Wirksville March 19 Len nig Gibbs secretary of the Kirksville Trust Company was found shot to death today in a bank vault with a revolver beside him. The bank president B WH Henry has been absent from recent days and Gibbs had been working late for weeks. The bank did not open this morning and directors said they believed nothing was wrong, offering no statement on affairs.
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Wirksville
Lennig F. Gibbs
Kirksville Trust Company
B. WH. Henry
Gibbs
McTigue Not Champion Says Irish Boxer Win Questioned
Dublin fight winner Irishman Siki defeated McTigue last Saturday but no worlds title was involved as Albert Bourda vice president of the French boxing federation cites two unmet conditions: a formal challenger and an appointed referee by the international boxing union.
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Paris
Mar
Torrey Coming to Kansas City and Lawrence Churches
Dr. Torrey of Los Angeles, who succeeded Moody in evangelistic work, has begun a three weeks service at Linwood Avenue Presbyterian in Kansas City and will then lead two weeks of services at First Presbyterian in Lawrence. The Kansas City services opened yesterday, and the Lawrence series starts on April 9. Dr. Torrey resides in Los Angeles.
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Dy. R.A. Torrey
Los Angeles
Moody
Linwood Avenue Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
Lawrence
First Presbyterian Church
Mr. Torrey
Storm Hits Stock as Voters Affected by Cold
Reports to H. C. Colplazier, county farm bureau agent, say the storm disrupted farming. About twenty five percent of pigs farrowed in the last two days were frozen in the stem, many larger hogs stunted by the cold and some hogs losing tails and ear tips due to the severe weather.
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Noestock
H. C. Colplazier
Farm Bureau
Bowery Violator Sentenced for Dry Jaw Violations
Fred Jones was fined $100 and sentenced to ninety days in city court for violating the bone dry jaw law. Police said he was arrested Saturday after stepping from the interurban and two quarts of beer were removed from his person.
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Bowery
Fred Jones
Palicé Court
Jones
Auntie
Cate
Women ordained in Southwestern Kangas vote outcome
In Wellington Rang Wa the Southwestern Kangas of the Methodist church voted unanimously to ordain women but defeated a motion to allow women to serve as traveling ministers.
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Wellington
Rang
Mar
Kangas Con
Methodist Church
Momng
British Ship Orion Scrapped in Plymouth under Washington pact
The battleship Orion, nearly the last British warship saved by the Washington agreement, has been handed to shipbreakers in Plymouth. Dr Alovight, a chiropractor, is noted as overseeing the scrapping process.
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Orion
Plymouth
Mar
American views on occupation bill meet Allied talks
Paris March 19 The United States refused to accept any reduction of its bill for occupation army expenses by German ships seized in American ports. Flot Wadsworth presented the stance to Allied representatives noting reimbursement of 253 million dollars in twelve annual installments from German reparations was accepted in principle, but the U S position is that the bill must be paid and not depend on German payments.
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Paris
Associated ‘Press
United States
Fljot Wadsworth
Treasury
Wordsworth
Frozen autos clog Lawrence garages after cold snap
Lawrence residents faced a sudden freeze as hundreds of cars arrived with frozen radiators. garages filled quickly as engines refused to start and taxi companies saw a surge in demand. An Agricultural College student reported his Buick freezing solid after a short trip from Manhattan.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Agricultural College
Manhattan
Actress Lorna Ambler Named In Divorce Case Nears Trial
New York reports Lorna Ambler an Australian actress aged about 25 has been named as the correspondent in a divorce suit filed by Geraldine Farrar against actor Lou Tellegen. Witnesses described their alleged month long seaside romance at Long Beach and nightly meetings in a New York rooming house, including long walks and dinners.
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New York
Lorna Ambler
Geraldine
Farrar
Lou Telleren
Miss Ambler
Tellegen
Long Beach
VLF
Gaig
Riverside Drive
West Thirty-Seventh Street
Phineas Arrives at San Juan Port
United States Army planes arrived this morning completing the flight from San Antonio Texas. The arrival underscores ongoing air operations in Porto Rico as part of wartime movement.
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Phineas
San
San Juan
Porto Rico
United_States army
San Antonio
Tex
Legislative War of 1923 Ends in Kansas
Topeka reports a quiet adjournment after a weekend of veto battles. Governor M. Davis faced 34 vetoes that were enacted anyway as Republican majorities pushed bills through. A $5,000 mansion repair appropriation move passed without the governor’s signature as the session closed.
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Fromm
House
Gay
Or. M. Davis
Hobbs Transferred from Lawrence Church to Leavenworth
Rev H Hobbs, longtime pastor at Evangelical Church in Lawrence, was transferred to the Leavenworth church by the annual conference. Rev L F Tudy of Oklahoma City was sent to Lawrence. The Leavenworth church has small membership, and Hobbs will receive a salary increase at the new charge.
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H. Hobbs
Evangelical Church
Lawrence
Leavenworth
L. F. Tudy
Oklahoma City
Newton
Fire alarms. three reported at city sites
A fire at Mutnaj oil station at Ninth and New Hampshire triggered 8 27 yesterday morning. A roof blaze at 1144 Indiana Street owned by Mrs. Gordon Gibb caused minor damage. A still alarm from Smith Chocolate Shop at 728 Massachusetts Street was due to a chimney burn.
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Mutnaj
Ninth
New Hampshire Streets
Indiana Street
Gordon Gibb
Smith Chocolate Shop
Massachusettts Street
Missouri supreme court upholds interstate stop orders burdening commerce
Washington reports the Missouri public service commission orders requiring trains to stop at certain stations are valid and do not interfere with interstate commerce, reversing lower state court rulings. The decision may affect other states with similar questions. A gasoline price cut of one cent a gallon announced in Kansas City by the White Eagle Oil and Refining Company, with tank wagon price set at 16.5 cents.
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Washington
Mar
Missouri Public Service Commission
Supreme Court
Missouri
Kansas City
White Eagle Onl and Refining Company
Marriage record under probate judges in Topeka
A marriage ceremony was performed in the afternoon by Probate Judge Mason D Funk and Mary, noting the union at Topeka. The record names the officiants and place, indicating a formal nuptial proceeding conducted by probate authorities.
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Mason D. Funk
Mary Mate
Topeka
Mengur
Governor Hyde vetoes first measure on tax commission
Jefferson City march 19 Governor Hyde vetoed the senate bill repealing the laws governing the state tax commission. Last week both houses killed the appropriation for the tax commission. He warned he would also veto the revenue and disbursements commission bill designed to replace the tax commission. The senate failed to override the veto 19 to 18.
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Jefferson City
Mar
Hyde
Senate
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Tax’ Commission
House
Commission
Early potato plantings ruined by sudden freeze in Douglas County
Severe frost damaged over half of the Douglas County potato crop as temperatures plunged yesterday and today. About 1,500 acres planted may yield 10,000 bushels less than last year’s average of 100 bushels per acre, with seed costs rising from 1.85 to 2.00 per hundredweight and replanting unlikely for many growers. Some crops deeper in the soil may survive, but assurance is uncertain.
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Dpuglas County
Tl. C. Colglazier
Favot Bureau
Alfred Heck
Lawrence
The
Journal-World
Mre Colglagier
Oue
Golglazier
Merchants Await Personal Tax Assessments Delay By County Clerk
Merchants questioned county clerk E. C. Bussing about delays by deputy assessors in assessing personal tax at stores. Bussing said assessors waited for income tax statements to be submitted, believing merchants preferred completing those before facing personal tax notices.
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E. C. Bussing
Daylight Robbery In Residence District Strikes $30,000
A daylight street robbery in the residence district here netted between $25,000 and $30,000 in cash. The thief, in an auto, seized the automobile of Clarence Dale, collector for the Sam Seelig chain of grocery stores, and the cash was in a combination locked strong box belt ed to the collector.
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Los Aruscles
Clarence Dale
Sam Seelig
Robbers Retrieve Stamps From Olympia Post Office Breakin
Robbers broke into the Olympia post office early today drilling into the money order vault and blowing open the stamp safe. They escaped with stamps valued between $15,000 and $20,000, according to postmaster Cleme Stimmer.
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Olympia
Washington
Democrat Takes a Swing at Harding
Washington reports quote Democratic National Committee Chair Hull reacting to Attorney General Daugherty's announcement that President Harding seeks a second term. He labels the move news with little impact but notes Harding's administration is seen as a failure, prompting Republicans and progressives to search for alternative candidates after last November's election.
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Washington
Mar
Daugherty
Harding
Hull
Democratic National Committee
Republican Party
Police Mounties Start Arctic Trek to Herschel Island
Inspector Stuart Wood and Corporal Pastey of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police leave Dawson for Herschel Island. They will trek via fort Yukon Alaska Rampart Hall and the Arctic ice to Herschel, timing arrival by late May. The trip will include Eskimo murder trials under white law, a new federal provision.
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Dawson
Dkon Territory
Stuart Wood
Corporal Pastey
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Herschel Island
Mary
Herseh el Ishind
Quakers to Sell Devonshire House for Larger Quarters
London March 1 Devonshire House the long time headquarters of the Society of Friends will be sold at auction as the old building proves too small for the growing charity work of the Quakers. The site has housed a meeting house since the 17th century and hosted the Meetings of Sufferings. It also housed a library of Friends writings and serves as a repository for relics of Quaker history and work.
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London
Devonshire
Swciety
Nds
United States Seeks Antilles Cession in Debt Settlement
Uruguayan writer Adolfo Agorio claims the United States aims to obtain cession of the Antilles from France as payment for the Frenels war debt. He cites remarks he says Secretary Hughes recently made to a South American diplomat. the source text is in Leclair.
Seeks Information on Missing Brother of W K Bigger
A letter from J M Bigger of Stockton California requests help locating his brother W K Bigger. He states W K Bigger took up land near Lawrence in 1866 and has been missing for about twenty five years. The seeker asks county records to identify his brother's fate.
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Isa Wellman
Regsister’ of Deeds
J. M. Bigger
Stockton
Cal
W. K. Bigger
Bishop Tuttle Unconscious in St Louis Home
The Rev Daniel S. Tuttle, 86, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, relapsed into a coma at his St Louis home today. A health bulletin announced his deteriorating condition.
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Tutle
Sct
Louis
Daniel &. Tuttle
Episcopal Church
United States
Last Night Marks Colder March Record Since 1869
University of Kansas weather records show March cold unmatched since 1869 with a record low of 1 degree below zero last night. The page notes a single March 1869 day reached a similar low and cites no lower March temperatures on record.
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University of Kansas
Shooting at country house near Lawrence injures man
Meagre details reach Lawrence of an accidental shooting by a Topeka man during a party visit to the J. L. New house northwest of Lawrence. The gunshot wound to the abdomen is described as serious, with transport to Topeka planned but no patient reported at Topeka hospitals by afternoon.
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Lawrence
Topeka
J. L. Newhouse
W. T Tost
Pr. Post
Ruhr Crisis Deepens as Violence and Tax Debates Continue
Reports from Essen and Düsseldorf describe the killing of a French soldier at the Essen railway station and a German civilian fatally wounded while attempting to flee. German mine owners receive until April 15 to pay the coal tax, with penalties for nonpayment and potential arrests, harassments, and court martial threats looming.
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Dusseldorf
Associated Press
Essen
Ruhr
New Cars On The Way For Lawrence Street Line
Kansas Electric Power Co reports five street cars ordered last fall are en route to Lawrence. They were completed but heaters delayed. heating equipment will be installed at the car barns. Cars are same type as current fleet and will be distributed along the line, oldest cars retired for heavy traffic periods.
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Kansas Electric Power Co
Lawrence
University of Cambridge Votes to Grant Degrees to Women
The Lawrence Cotteil 44 U. S. T. held an election of officers Saturday night selecting C. E. Hughes as Senior Counselor H. B. Hertzler Junior Counselor Fe C. Durland Past Counselor W. W. Cleland Secretary Treasurer H.R. Wagner Conductor L. W. McNamara Page L. BR. Melvin Sentinel George M. Lowman J. R. Good on the executive committee Also noted is Cambridge University's decision to grant degrees to women.
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Lawrence Cotteil
C. E. Hughes
H. B. Hertzler
Fe" C. Durland
W. W. Cleland
H.R. Wagner
L. W. McNamara
L. BR. Mel?vin
Sentinel
George M. Lowman
J. R. Good
County votes for road change pending state approval
The county commission on Saturday passed a resolution backing a petition by Charles B. Cox and others to change a county road near Eudora. The plan would make Fifteenth and Haskell Avenue eastward extension part of the county road, with state highway commission approval needed. The article notes prior rejections by the state commission on other Douglas County road additions and outlines the technical and financial considerations for vacating and realigning roads, including the Belvoir and Pleasant Grove areas and the Kanwaka schoolhouse vicinity.
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Charles B. Cox
Eudora County
State Highway Commission
Fifteenth
Haskell Avenue
Eudora Road
Eleventh
Eleventh Street
Douglas County
Belvoir
Pleasant Grove
E. E. Truchlood
State Commission
Roa
Belvoir Store
Belvoir Road
W. H. Banning
H. G. van Neste
C. H. Daugherty
Fred Gregory
Kanwaka School
House
County Commission
Kanwaka School House
Arrest in Keenan Case Sparks New Lead
New York March 1. Acting District Attorney Pecora announced police expect to arrest a man not previously named in the Dorothy Keenan murder inquiry. Police believe the slaying of the West Fifty Seventh Street woman was for vengeance. A friend’s statement places Miss Keenan with Albert Guimares at 2:20 Thursday morning, shortly after a mysterious man known as Mr Marshall left her apartment. A Legion Auxiliary meeting will be held tomorrow night at the Legion rooms over the Citizens State Bank. All new members invited for initiation.
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New York
Dorothy Keenan
Pecova
West Fifty-Seventh Street
Pecora
Miss Keenan
Albert Guimares
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