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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1909
Page
1
City council held a lengthy meeting focusing on routine agenda items and public concerns. A resolution was approved to pursue a new street grader, reflecting ongoing maintenance and equipment upgrades. details of the work remained under discussion as commissioners reviewed budgets and project scopes.
The marriage of Miss Harriett Lee Stearns of Denver to Dr. Brock Goddard of Leavenworth occurred at ten o clock in Denver. Dean Hart performed the rite in the presence of relatives. The couple plan a short wedding trip and then settle in Leavenworth where the groom will join his father at the Evergreen Sanitorium. Goddard is a Leavenworth native and a University of Kansas graduate.
Kansas City May 18 The Missouri Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling and affirmed the death sentence for Claude Brooks for the murder of Sydney Herndon a real estate man in Kansas City. Brooks will be hanged June 30. The killing was described as particularly brutal with Brooks an employee of the victim.
Washington report says Mrs Taft rested comfortably and was much better after a nervous breakdown. She will not accompany the president to Petersburg and Charlotte tomorrow.
Dr. B F Roller denies being Dr Wiley Woodruff after a Lawrence paper suggested they were the same person. He notes Woodruff weighs 245 pounds and is older, while Roller is 205 pounds and younger. Roller, via Stella Cornell, asserts Woodruff never pursued professional sport.
Tulsa May 18. City schools will display a year’s work in manual training at Building Sixteen with woodwork modelling and domestic science demonstrations including sewing and cooking plans. Visitors may tour the exhibits at their leisure though refreshments are unlikely.
Topeka May 18 The mayor and police chief ordered Topeka clubs to stop selling intoxicants. Elks Turner and Skat clubs refuse to bow to the directive claiming the order does not apply to them. Club members insist they have long operated a strict locker system and have always obeyed the law.
The Topeka club's veranda scene grew tense when the chief of police entered unannounced with four officers seeking the steward. Club members, including a known lawyer, warned against forced entry and asserted the club is a private gentlemen’s venue. Life at the club continued as before after the incident, following Saturday’s pronunciamento. Altst大的wager en route to treasurer nomination as Reno county treasurer F J Alnswager, backed by county treasurers, prepares for a bid next summer. Hutchinson resident Altswager serves a second term and is favored by supporters like Stanley Medlicott of Shawnee. Mark Tuley, Montgomery county treasurer, is noted as a political starter in county office.
In Topeka on May 18 Governor Walther Roscoe Stubbs will fire a pistol to begin a criss cross relay race by YMCA runners between Topeka and Kansas City. Hains Jr. sentenced to eight to sixteen years, for killing William E. Annis, with prison terms to Sing Sing. Mayors Green and Crittenden involved in dispatching messages. German Sea continues to grow as Sir John Barlow cites German arms depot in London with 50,000 Mauser rifles and 60,000 soldiers in England.
Washington May 18 Taft nominates William S Washburn as civil service commissioner The move follows a re dispatch for His Death Jefferson City Mo May 18 Supreme Court affirms 3500 0 0 0 0 clause Pangle death case Kansas City Southern railroad verdict of 35000 stands The JAPUUUUS Ge amen were Topeka Lawrence Kansas City association race turnout 350 members planned with over 100 from the city enrolling.
A close friend of Police Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino was shot by an unknown man in New York on May 1, marked for death by police. The killer who fled also killed a cigar maker in Palermo. Before Palerm o, Petrosino frequently visited the cigar maker’s home. After Petrosino’s body was brought to New York for burial, the friend helped organize a demonstration in his honor.
A storm with hail and an electric disturbance swept north and central Texas early today. Reports indicate many cattle killed and extensive property damage across the region including Houston.
Sam Halderman has taken the oath of office as poor commissioner and filed his bond. It cannot be approved until the commissioners meet. Hoe was in the office yesterday but did not know when he would take charge.
Iola Kansas May 18 Judge Foust ordered another venire of twenty four due to exhaustion of jurors. Mrs Heaton is charged with murdering her ex husband Clint Heaton on July 5 last. Trial expected to last three days with insanity or not guilty as likely defenses. Witnesses scarce but trial imminent amid public interest. Also Wichita reports death of Frank A Capps editor of the Scott City Herald drowned in the Little Arkansas River after falling from a pier.
Judge Barker presses defense as Charlie Rogers, colored, faces murder charges for stabbing Patrick Hayes after a fight near the Brooker store. State contends Hayes was aggressor. defense seeks to refute. Jurors witness a crowded courtroom with Hayes widow present. Evidence includes Hayes intent to leave, the butcher knife found behind the Fraternal Aid building, and University test results. Trial not concluded, divorce decree Heffner vs Heffner noted.
London May 18 George Meredith, prominent English novelist, died at 3 33 this morning. He had been a leading figure in English letters for nearly sixty years.
George Meredith born February 12 1828 in Hampshire. On his 80th birthday he received congratulations from around the world and a deputation led by Anthony Hope presented with an address signed by Algernon Charles Swinburne Thomas Hardy John Morley and other leaders in letters art and scholarship.
Tulsa Oklahoma May 18 heavy rain accompanied by hail drenched Tulsa and nearby areas for three hours with strong winds. Streets flooded but no serious damage reported.
Washington May 18 After two weeks the senate finance committee approves redrafted zinc duties. Zinc in blocks rises to 1.33 cents per pound while zinc in sheets climbs to 1.5 cents and nickel plated sheets to 1.75 cents. Smoot to introduce amendments including a proportional zinc tax based on zinc content. Gore seeks broad price investigation. Bailey proposes a select committee as debate continues.
Jury hears closing statements in the federal trial of Horn Brothers E8 and Frank H plus John E Raymond and S H Binder promoters of the Two Queens group of mines in Arizona. They faced mail fraud charges after selling 1,008,000 treasury shares at 10 to 25 cents with over $50,000 spent on advertising. the corporate capitalization was $10 million. A second report notes a seven story Power block fire in Akron, Ohio, destroying the building and contents for an estimated $1.5 million with several workers escaping.
A Jefferson City dispatch reports Ford Warner, ex member of the St Louis house of delegates, had his two year sentence for bribery reversed by the state supreme court. Justice Gaunt notes the indictment flawed for alleging the offense against the dignity of state rather than the dignity of the state. Stoessel and Nebogatoff released from fortress confinement following imperial order, after ten year sentences for surrendering to Japan.
Representatives including professionals gather at the Association building at 7 45 to plan moving the national traveling exhibit on tuberculosis to Lawrence. George Innes and Dr Emley organize this effort after Federation of Women’s Clubs plans faltered. W H Casper oversees the exhibit, cost about 200 dollars, intended to run about a week with lectures and shows in accessible halls for the public.
Edward J. Moyes a traveling salesman from Kansas City attempted suicide in the Chanute jail by hanging himself with a gingham shirt tied to a cage. He was found strangling and revived after workmen freed him. Federal authorities say Moyes sought letters belonging to others from the Kansas City post office. A separate Chanute school board meeting upheld the faculty and superintendent H. S. Myers amid a strike, with students returning to class and nineteen strikers back at work.
In Denver on May 18 a 500 foot section of the famed tunnel over the Tennessee Pass on the Denver and Rio Grande near Leadville caved in last night. No casualties were reported, but rail lines will be blocked for several days as crews repair the damaged section.
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