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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1920
Page
1
A tornado last night wiped Peggs Oklahoma off the map. Fifty dead and more than 150 injured. A special train with doctors and nurses left Muskogee for Peggs, while Tahlequah resupply and rescue teams also mobilized as wires failed.
Lloyd Prevost, a local youth, stands trial for the murder of Stanley Brown whose body was found slumped over a car wheel with three bullet holes on a country road near Mount Clemens. Brown’s widow Mrs. Ruth Prevost Brown and Prevost are named as material witnesses amid testimony linking an unidentified man to Brown’s departure late December 23. Amounts of Brown’s wallet money suggest not robbery. costly jewelry remained untouched.
Poles push toward Kiev from three directions while Bolshevik forces retreat to the Dnieper. Chinese mercenaries aid Bolsheviks with captured units and material reported by Saturday’s communique. Poles seize locomotives armored trains tanks and an air squadron amid open country fighting.
Wichita set to host Kansas Bankers association convention May 3 2021 officials call the program one of the biggest and most important ever there will be speakers from several states including Major General Leonard Wood H A Moehlenpach Richard S Hawse Col Lyman G Adams J R Burrows William L Huggins and Walter E Wilson plus state and industry leaders expected to attend the event
Kansas schedules a week of Valley contests with Oklahoma at McCook Field. Baseball games on Wednesday and Thursday. a track meeting on Saturday. tennis earlier today. Coach McCarty aims for improved average after a slow start.
Tennis tourney on singles in the Oklahoma Kansas match is set for this morning at the Y M C A courts. Kansas players Johnson and Riley face Oklahoma’s Darrough and Monnett with doubles to follow after the Americanization Day program at 4 30 p M. Fleeson and Johnson will team for Kansas, the same pairing to represent Oklahoma. University authorities secured downtown court use as university courts were rolled after rain.
A policeman testifying at Willesden police court described a man charged with begging as stopping "eight Presbyterians." The magistrate quizzed the officer who clarified they were simply pedestrians. Nearby reports note halted strikes in Paris and various local updates from Anthony, Kansas with mentions of Americanization Day and Bolshevism lectures.
American Legion members and city workers restored the Pioneer Cemetery during Americanization Day activities in Lawrence. Col Ruby D Garrett will headline at the Bowersock theatre with an afternoon parade and a 2 pm program, Mayor Kreeck hosting dinner. Gen Leonard Wood canceled Kansas City engagement and will stay in Indiana.
Dr. W. A. McKeever told a Typographical Union 570 gathering in Lawrence that the real Red is the wealthy non-producer. He criticized the attorney general’s anti-Red stance, urged workers and employers to unite on the path of productive labor, and blamed profiteers for social unrest.
On April 3 Roger Collins of the dining car conductors outlined a future where diners pick meals at a counter and pay as they exit a cafeteria on wheels. He will display rail cafeteria concepts at the Hotel Men's show May 10-15, citing traveler haste and demand for quick service.
About 20 000 loom fixers and other operatives walked out at 37 cotton cloth mills in New Bedford Massachusetts after notices raised working conditions. Police reported small duty turnout with many workers leaving the plants. pickets were kept by special police details.
Westerville Ohio April 3 The Anti Saloon League HQ says census likely adds 25 House seats. They expect metropolitan districts to gain from anti prohibition forces and warn wets may seek gains. Drys would keep a strong majority even if all new members were wets, the League claims.
Chicago figures show 2459 convictions under the Mann Act in nine years with 3591 years of sentences and 249672.63 dollars in fines. Since 1910 Taft signed the act on June 25 1910. Of the indicted only 342 acquitted and 352 indicted pressed. Also brief local items note Mrs Charles Pieratt in Kansas City near death after hospital stay and surgery, and Adele Crim with Clif Wilbur returning to DeSoto after a weekend in Topeka.
In Chicago on May 3 the Chicago Hotel Men's Association refused union waiter and cook pay demands from about 3,000 workers. Non union staff, mainly girls, are employed as unions prepare to strike. The Chicago Federation of Labor backs the strike with resolutions to pull union workers from non union establishments. Ice cream drivers threaten a strike if pay increases are not granted, seeking from five to seven cents per gallon.
Plans to amalgamate the colored Methodist Episcopal, African Methodist Episcopal Zion, and African Methodist Episcopal denominations were discussed at the 26th General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Louis. Over 600 delegates from North and South America and Africa attend as proceedings open and will run for three weeks.
Ursula Broderick, 16, faces a third trial in juvenile court for the death of Joseph F. Woodrock a fellow plumber and stepfather to her. She is charged with first degree murder the youngest girl to face the charge in Missouri. Penalty if convicted is at least ten years in prison. Continuances and a mistrial delayed prior trials.
The town improvement committee appointed by Mayor Kreeck urges citizens to perform small chores to boost Lawrence's outward appearance. Suggestions include removing yard ashes and trash, avoiding back yard dumping, raking yards instead of leaving debris in streets, removing unused stumps and brick piles, and clearing brush. The committee emphasizes collective effort and pride in the town.
National and state managers of the Interchurch World Movement extend the canvass to a clean-up week. Non-church solicitors are urged to intensify efforts in their communities. At a First Baptist meeting, $31,170 of a $35,000 quota was reported, with expectations the goal will be met this week.
The annual luncheon of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae is set for Saturday May 5 at 1 o'clock at the Congregational Parish house. A one act play Lucinda A. B. will be presented. Mrs. W W Cleland and Miss Sarah Cleland visited Vinil.
London reports that submarines have lost two thirds of their efficiency since 1913. Lt. W. S. King-Hall argues the submarine advantage wanes and predicts new detecting gear aiding major ships. He opposes making battleships submersible and speculates gas may transform naval warfare.
Grant township will spend about 14000 dollars on the Reed road north of the Union Pacific line. The Union Pacific Railroad Company will cover half the cost under a county agreement. The road will enable through traffic from Lawrence to the Jefferson county line without crossing a railroad track. Four grade crossings exist now and accidents at them have imposed tolls.
J WiPrye completed the enumeration for Palmyra township including Bald win. The population total is 2300. The outside-Yaldwin area reports 9557 acres wheat, 6384 acres corn, 3810 acres oats, butter produced 20514 pounds, cream sold 47804 dollars, poultry and eggs sold 51512 dollars, stock fattened 185502 dollars, horses 1551, cattle 3227, sheep 1472, dogs 2021, dogs 261.
The University loses one of its ablest men as Dean Frederick J. Kelly resigns to accept a professorship in education at the University of Michigan. Chancellor Frank Strong forwarded his official resignation to the state board with a recommendation for acceptance. A Ladies Auxiliary meeting of the Eli Farrell Dorsey Post American Legion is set for 8 p m Tuesday in City Hall with Major Dinsmore Alter as speaker.
The high school presents All of a Sudden Peggy this evening at Bow Jersock Theatre. Miss Florence Butler coaches, cited as one of the year's best home talents. The play’s story is engaging and expected to please. Anna Earle and T Z Earle are among those mentioned. Forrest and doctors Welch & Welch are noted in the text.
Four pleas of guilty marked opening day of May term in district court. Clyde Hall admitted breaking into an unoccupied Baldwin house taking chairs, while Monroe Laurnders and Joseph Roser faced felonies. Hall’s mentor, Paul Clayton, denounced as a local “Fagin,” faced links to further crime. Basilia noted. Sigma Chi Mothers Day observed with multiple attendees across Kansas and Missouri.
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