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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1922
Page
4
The dispatches discuss Chicago labor violence and police killings tied to wage decisions, Genoa conference prospects hinging on France, Pennsylvania coal miners using dynamite, and Peggy Joyce returning to the U S claiming dependence on men amid social upheaval.
The German ambassador to the United States calls for rapid and substantial cuts in reparations payments and for a U S loan to Germany. He notes current German payments are not exaggerated and cautions shared responsibility for wartime damages. Attorney General Daugherty says Congress will speed funds for investigation and prosecution to recover excess losses.
A historical reflection on Chicago labor unrest from the post fire rebuild era to a later period of unemployment. The piece links agitation to wage pressures and union leadership, noting how agitators found fertile ground after the Haymarket affair and the slow restoration of stable conditions.
Irving Bush, chosen President of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, is noted as a leading expert on terminal facilities. He acquired a 200 acre Brooklyn waterfront site and began a vast harbour terminal and warehouse project featuring over 100 warehouses, many piers, model lofts, industrial buildings, and 206 manufacturing establishments.
Michigan Agricultural College marks its 65th anniversary with exercises today. Additionally fifty members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers visit Muscle Shoals for an inspection tour.
A jumble of remarks on uniforms, marriage, gambling, and politics from Tom Sims. Mentions war with China, divorce alimony, Pompeii wine, prohibition, and a sarcastic take on education and Chinese generals. The disjointed lines reflect a period newspaper feature of opinion snippets.
Chicago officials describe the City Temple, a large Methodist landmark to replace the First Methodist Episcopal Church in the loop. Trustees report 111 contractors have bid on the project as plans remain viewable at the old church.
May 12 report from Wichita announces the creation of Rotary district twelve, replacing the old district seventeen which included Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma. A district governor will be named soon, with Kansas likely providing the governor. Several Kansas and Oklahoma leaders are named as potential appointees. the district lists numerous Kansas and Oklahoma municipalities and towns within its new boundaries.
Miss Lucas assistant professor of design at the University of Kansas resigns to teach modeling full time at Madam Skerten’s French school on Twenty-Second Street in New York City. Her resignation takes effect at semester end amid praise for her work with sculpture bas-relief and other crafts.
The University orchestra under Prof Edward F Kurtz will present its spring concert on Thursday evening May 18 at Fraser hall with soloist Iliff Garrison pianist. The program includes Saint Saens concerto in G minor with the orchestra providing new formal accompaniments.
A reader criticizes state tax commissioners for a 20 percent valuation rise, arguing the present value is erratic and legally risky. He notes bonds limits, warns against further debt, and recalls church sermons urging bond support while urging taxpayers to resist higher valuations.
In Poughkeepsie on May 12 the so called confession letter attributed to Mrs Anne A Stillman and alleged to be written to James A Stillman was rejected as evidence in the divorce suit. A separate letter from Buffalo during treatment was admitted. The notes discuss mood and a claim about Fred Beauvais as the father of Guy Stillman born in 1918.
Federal forecasts are now broadcast twice daily from the Cos radio station in Wichita at 10 45 am and 10 45 pm. Special warnings, when issued by federal meteorologist P Peterson, go out at 4 30 pm. A 485 meter wavelength is used with similar reports also aired from Manhattan and El Dorado. The day report began April 7 and the night report on April 25. Douglas Radio Co. 11 W 9th.
A church concert at First Baptist Church features organist Josephine Russell and pianist Mrs. W.G. Simons with Gladys Nelson of Haskell Institute and Miss Josephine Russell leading a program of Christus Ressurexit Thaïs Overture offertory pieces and a quartet performance including Hark Hark My Soul and Calm as the Night with solo Brest Ave the Pure in Heart.
Detroit officials reported Rear-Admiral William Moffet announced that Atlantic naval aircraft would visit Detroit in September for Pulitzer air races and pilot teams would push altitude and endurance records. He predicted safe passenger and freight flights across the Atlantic within a year and a Detroit-centered aeronautical industry, with air power shaping future warfare and commercial aviation.
A Chicago cake dating to 1872 has never been cut and still looks fresh. It survived two weddings and a golden anniversary, tying to Cyrus H. Sinclair and Miss Mary M. Brockway at Port Huron, then to Laura F. Bacon in Chicago. The cake was kept and refrosted for later celebrations, symbolizing endurance.
Moscow officials halt the execution of eleven convicts tied to church treasury requisitions and disturbances. The stay takes effect while the case is appealed to the supreme tribunal. The group includes eight priests, two laymen, and one woman.
Vanilla and fresh strawberry ice cream offered as a two layer brick by Kaw Valley Creamery. Phone number provided as 820 for orders.
Stockholm May 12 The Swedish Finance Minister submits a bill to the Riksdag for a tax on all motor driven vehicles. The plan taxes motorcycles 10 to 20 kronor depending on type and 100 kilogram weights for cars and trucks with non rubber tires. The state would gain about 1.9 million kronor annually for road maintenance with a quarter of the funds to towns and cities and the remainder to rural communities.
About 240 geology students from the university traveled to Bonner Springs today in three interurban cars to visit the cement plants and study local rock structures. The trip involved the department of geology with faculty leadership.
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