Wood Leading In Vermont Primary
In Montpelier Vermont incomplete returns show Maj Gen Wood with about seventy percent of the Republican vote the total light about one twentieth normal. Democratic vote barely registered with Miran Johnson Hoover and Coolidge figures in close Republican factional contest. Philadelphia and other cities report in for delegates at large and state contests with Gen Leonard Wood and Lowden favored in various party threads. Georgia and Alabama hold conventions shaping delegations to San Francisco.
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Montpelier
Versemont
Wood
Miran Johnson
California
Herbert C. Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Mags
Wm. Grant Webster
New York
Gen. Wood
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Republican
Sproul
Atlanta
Georgia
Leonard Woods
Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
Senate audits Borah resolution on candidate expenditures
The senate auditing committee ordered favorable reports on the Borah resolution seeking a full senate investigation of all expenditures by presidential candidates from both parties and the contributions received on their behalf. Mrs. Paul F Neal of Chivington Coloady is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs C Soxman.
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Washington
Senate Auditing Committee
Senate
Paul F. Neal
Chivington, Coloady
Mrs. C. Soxman
Kansas Forecast Sees Thunder Tonight Then Cooler Thursday
Weather note indicates scattered thunderstorms tonight with a cooler trend expected by Thursday. Data shows yesterday’s high near 59, with low and rainfall figures recorded earlier today. Local areas in the west may see more pronounced changes as the front passes.
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Kansas
West Port
Gather Material for Republican Platform 1919
Washington May 19 revision of platform suggestions of a 171 member Republican committee was continued by party chiefs including national chairman Will Hays. The report for the Chicago convention should be completed today. Hays called the findings a text book and said data from independent sources would be laid before the convention. Liquor league of nations and Mexico were omitted from the report. further conferences on contested planks are planned until the convention.
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Washington
Republican Committee
Will H. Hays
Congress
Chicago
Hays
League of Nations
Mexico
Bolsheviks Hold Odessa and World Air Roundup
Odessa remains claimed by Bolsheviks with no official confirmation of Ukrainian capture. Reports of Odessa falling to Ukrainian forces lack substantiation after May 14 British statement. In Paris aeronautical news aviators in the world round trip derby must follow latitude bands between the 50th and 60th parallels with a year to complete.
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Constantinople
Associated Press
Odessa
Russia
Paria
Lynilon
British War Office
Washington May 19 Delegation seeks tax guidance from state dept
Washington reports a delegation representing key Mexican oil and mining interests asked the state department for advice on which Mexican authorities taxes should be paid. E L Doheny and W M Lees Jr led the group. See Colby will consider the request amid the Tam pico dispute where oil producers may face taxes from de facto ruler Emanuel Callez. Also included are brief local items about Pete Evans surrender, Crim family visits, Edith Snow’s return from New York, and a note that British women inventors average about 250 patents annually.
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Washington
Industria
Mexico
State Department
E. L. Doheny
W. M. Lees Jr
American Smelting and Refining Co
Colby
Tampico
Emanuel Callez
Governor Defends Kansas Industrial Court and Fair Plans
Governor Allen defended Kansas industrial court as a distinct system from the Australian act, arguing it targets employers and workers by groups and serves the public interest. Douglas county fair board reports brighter fall outlook with new features, broader exhibit plans, and early premium list publication to boost county and city business engagement.
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Kansas
Australia
Hoover
Douglas County
Mae
Beery
CONTINUE KING CASE IN LYNDOCK KANSAS TRIAL DELAYED
Lyndon Kansas May 19 The trial of Rufe King for the murder of John Woody Maple Hill Kansas was continued in district court by Judge Heizer until the June term on defense representations that Mrs Lauretta Fowler now an inmate of the state hospital for the insane at Topeka should be a material witness She cannot testify until cured
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Lyndon, Kans
Rufe King
John Woody
Maple Hill
Kansas
Heizer
Lauretta Fowler
State Hospital For the Insane
Topeka
Bolshevists Make Advances In Ukraine Battle
Bolshevik forces launched a counter offensive against Poles and Ukrainians and gained on the extreme ends of the battle line from northwest of Momiley to south of Kiev, an official Moscow statement said and was received by wireless.
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London
Momiley
Kiev
Moscow
Won't Deal With Outlaw Strikers
The United States Railway Labor Board refused to hear wage petitions from John Grunau president of the Chicago Yardmen Association and other officers after a recent strike. Judge RK Barton announced the board cannot hear disputes outside its authority and will not hear parties acting in disarray of the law or board rules.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Matty
John Grunau
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
National Railroad Brotherhoods
RK M- Barton
Chambliss Trial Opens in Chicago Abduction Case
Mrs Mary Wiebeck of Pawnee Rock Kans testifies as the state begins the trial of Dor sey Chambliss and Mrs Emma Ross in Chicago. They face charges of abducting Bertha Wiebeck sixteen who died after experiences at a negro resort run by Ross. Chambliss allegedly lured the girl to the resort per a deathbed statement.
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Chicago
Mary Wiebeck
Pawnee Rock
Kans
Dorsey Chambliss
Newro Spliceman
Emma Ross
Neers
Bertha Wiebeck
Ross
Chambliss
Secretary Houston opposes soldier bonus legislation
Washington May 19 Secretary Houston of the Treasury in a letter today to chairman Fordney of the house ways and means committee declared his opposition to any soldier bonus legislation however financed The secretary said it would be highly unfortunate to place any new financial obligations on the treasury and suggested that it would be wiser for Congress to seek out additional sources of revenue to meet current government expenses.
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Washington
Houston
The
Treasury
Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Prohibition Repeal Urged by Missouri Labor Delegates
Springfield delegates to the Missouri state federation of labor convention condemn the act as depriving laboring men of rights and urge repeal. The report notes New York fans upset as Babe Ruth has not hit a dozen homers this season, but he may still break out later.
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Springfield
Misouri State Federation of Labor
New York
Babe” Ruth
Babe
Hickory
G A R Encampment Opens in Hutchinson May Day
Five or six hundred members of the G A R and related societies gather in Hutchinson for the annual encampment. The first session begins this afternoon with veterans in attendance and activities planned through the day.
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Hutchinson
Mrs Maddocks and Daughters Visit Relatives in Beatrice
Mrs A K Maddocks and her daughters Beatrice and Jane Margaret reside in Beatrice Nebraska and are spending a month with relatives, according to local society notes.
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A. K. Maddocks
Beatrice and
Jane Margaret
Beatrice, Nebraska
Rainfall boosts Kansas crop outlook in steady week
The Kansas crop outlook improves as frequent rains soak soil across the state, with rainfall totals from three quarters to two inches in western counties. Frost caused no damage, corn planting up to 100 percent in Kaw Valley and south, wheat thriving, alfalfa luxuriant but slow, potatoes doing well.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kaw Valley
War films depict 35th division actions in Vosges sieges
A Memorial Day program presents life of the 35th division in Alsace Vosges mountains. Major Sam Clark addresses troops in Felleringen. Engineers convert logs at Metzplatz. One battalion crosses mountains to the trenches. 40th Infantry fights fire at Saulxures. Fourther films to accompany the reel. Show at 2 PM in the Bowerseck Theatre on May 39.
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Vosges
Alsace
180Th
Beche
40Th Infantry
Ou Jin
Saulxures
Bath Division
Bowerseck
Liquid Air Lecture by University Dr H P Cady
Dr H P Cady of the chemistry department at the University will lecture on liquid air at Prospect Avenue Congregational Church in Kansas City Friday. Cady was chosen by the government to research non flammable balloon gas for wartime use and to produce helium from natural gas.
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H. P. Cady
Department of Chemistry
University
Prospect Avenue Congregational Church
Kansas City
Doctor Cady
To Swim English Channel Revival Plans May Be Announced
Henry F Sullivan of Lowell applied for passes and said he would attempt the English Channel crossing again this summer now that the submarine menace is gone. His 1913 swim fell two miles short of success. Vernon Bishop W T Vernon, former Quindaro president, was made a bishop by the Mrs George W Russ of Elka. M E church held in St Louis Branch Arkansas, sister of Vernon, a Kansas home graduate, attended university. Frank Holliday left for the funeral of Frank Mortimer Holliday Jr. Jake Hollis spent them in Kansas City. one.
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English Channel
Boston
Henry F. Sullivan
Lowell
W. T. Vernon
Quindaro
George W. Russ
Elka
M. E
St. Louis
Branch
Arkansas
Vernon
Kansas
Frank Holliday
Frank Mortimer ‘Holliday Jr
Tragic Field Accident Kills Kansas Student Hubert Wesley
Hubert Wesley 21, a sophomore at the University of Kansas and Pi Upsilon member from Bancroft, was accidentally killed at McCook Viehl while chasing a foul ball. He was struck by a 16 pound shot misthrown by Charles Heizer and died en route to University Hospital within minutes. Wesley, who had returned from malaria treatment, had joined baseball practice and planned a trip to Kansas State Agricultural College. a silent memorial was held and the university observed a moment of silence at 10:20 a.m. The funeral will be held in Bancroft after services at the Pi Upsilon house.
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Hubert R. Wesley
Bancroft
McCook Viehl
Wesley
Charles Heiger
Osage City
Kansan
Heizer
Leon B. McCarty
Kansas
Robinson Gymnasium
Forrest C. Allen
City Lung
Funk
University Hospital
Kansas State Agricultural College
Pi Upsilon Fraternity
K. VU
K. U
H. Wesley
Lawrence
Pi Upsilon
Hubert Wesley
Bank President Gene Topeka Missing in Hanover Kansas
May 19 officials of the state banking department continued to seek the whereabouts of August Jaedicke president of the Hanover State Bank Hanover Kansas. The mystery surrounding his location remained unresolved as authorities pursued leads.
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Topeka
August Jaedicke
Hanover State Bank
Hanover
Kansas
State Banking Department
Stage Hiawatha at Indian School plans announced
Haskell Institute announces tentative plans for closing exercises with new features. Graduation numbers include 25 in business, 6 in trades, and 17 girls in home economics. June 18 starts closing week with a commencement sermon yet to be announced. Hiawatha to be staged June 14, first in three years. Graduation day is June 1 with a debate on citizenship regardless of race.
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Haskell Institute
Trades School
Haskell
Hiawatha
Lawrence
United States
Emily Wahee
Fred Quetone
Lucie Smith
John Patterson
Mrs Crawford Dead in Topeka at 72
Isabel Crawford widow of Governor Samuel J. Crawford and mother of Mrs. Arthur Capper died in Topeka at 12 26 this morning after paralysis last Thursday. A pioneer linked Kansas pre state days to today, she was the daughter of Enoch Chase among Topeka’s earliest settlers, with the Chase family arriving from Newburyport in 1845.
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Topeka
Isabel Crawford
Samuel J. Crawford
Arthur Capper
Crawford
Kansas
Toneka
Enoch Chase
Newberry
Mass
Chamber urges visit to inspect Haskell Institute
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce sent telegrams to U S senators and representatives asking a visiting committee now in Indian schools come to Lawrence to inspect Haskell Institute. The committee plans to expand Chilloco Institute at Arkansas City to a thousand capacity. The chamber believes a Lawrence visit could win greater support for Haskell Institute.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
United States
Washington
Lawrence
Haskell Institute
Chilloco Institute
Arkansas City
Chamber of Commerce
Students Visit Kansas City Furniture Stores
A class in advanced home decoration under Assistant Professor Elizabeth Meguiar toured Kansas City furniture drapery and silver shops yesterday. They studied different furniture periods and patterns in silver and china, inspecting local stores as part of the course.
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Elizabeth Meguiar
Kansas City
China
Concordia Store Cuts Prices Across Store in May Sale
Concordia Kansas store with large stock announces a twenty percent cut in price on every article. Chancellor Frank Strong departs for Lindsborg to deliver Otathe high school and Morrill commencement addresses. Goodyear tires fresh bought with no seconds at Buick Garage.
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Concordia
Kans
Kansas
Frank Strong
Lindsborg
Otathe High School
Morrill
Goodyear
Buick
Planned Second Friendship Tour Reach West County and Richland
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce plans a second Friendship Run for May 27 in western county towns. The route includes Stull Lecompton Big Springs Richland Overbrook Worden Pleasant Grove Clinton and back to Lawrence with C W McKeen leading planning. R A Kent and George Foster spoke on inter-community work and hotel needs to sustain regional trade.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Stull
Lecompton
Big Springs
Richland
Deer Creek
Overbrook
Worden
Pleasant Grove
McKeen
R. A. Kent
Kent
Lawrence
Topeka
Ottawa
Leavenworth
George
Foster
K. U
Harold Butler
Fine Arts School
Rogers Here Tomorrow
Jason Rogers publisher of the New York Globe will visit the University of Journalism this Thursday and Friday. He will address the journalism department Thursday afternoon, attend the Daily Kansan board dinner, speak to several classes Friday morning, and may remain for University Club night.
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Jason Rogers
The
New York Globe
Roger
Rogers
Journalism
Daily Kansan
Riduy
No Assessment Complaints Before County Board of Equalization
County commissioners sit as a board of equalization for a ten day session. No complaints of erroneous assessments were filed as the hearings opened, with officials urging residents to submit grievances promptly.
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Board of County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Local officials and escorts head to Topeka and Kansas City
Captain Frank E. Jones and First Sergeant Bert Gish of the Machine Gun Company travel by truck to Topeka to visit the adjutant general. Major George J L. Kreeck and Commissioner W. Weee inspect roads at Kai and plan similar work for Oak Hill cemetery drives. Ruth Palla named stenographer to the board of education after Mildred Carter resigns to join Oklahoma City employment office. A. B. Havens trips to Kansas City.
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Frank E. Jones
Bert Gish
Machine
Topeka
Adjutant General
Captain Jones
Sergeant Gish
George JL. Kreeck
W. Weee
Kai
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ruth Palla
Board of Education
Mildred Carter
Oklahoma City
We C
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