24 May 1919
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1919
Page
1
General Foch and Diaz push new military treaty aims cutting Austrian forces to 15,000. The move signals a major restructuring of Austro-Hungarian defenses and shifts in regional balance of power.
Paris dispatch reports German peace delegation returning from Spa with Varied notes and continued talks. Sinn Fein organizers seek safe conduct for leaders to Paris as the conference proceeds. Sinn Fein liaison Michael J Ryan heads to America while Walsh and Dunne stay in Paris awaiting word from the conference.
Professor George J. Hood of Kansas University engineering school unveils a compact gas engine that requires no ignition system and produces 2 to 1 horsepower. KU experts describe it as between a standard gas engine and a Diesel, awaiting test results to prove viability.
Douglas county Farmers Union members plan a funded elevator to handle the 101v wheat crop. A meeting at Lone Star Presuch nuut previews building, site near Wieste of Gibson Mill on the river bank at Kentucky street. Capacity 60 000 bushels. cost inahin paripated, one third of amount in stock subscribed.
Twelve women students will be accommodated by an experimental dormitory the first Co operative House at 1127 Ohio Street will be urged next year at Kansas University. Twelve or fourteen women and a chaperon will room there and all who apply will be placed. The Co op House will cut living expenses in half for women as various student organizations furnish rooms. The Women's Student Government association and the Women's Pan Hellenic association have furnished 900 of the 1700 needed to start the house.
Nearly 200 children from the nursery character group accompany Mother Goose on the University north campus for the May Fete show at 3 o'clock. Directed by the University YWCA, the performance features an 18-piece orchestra led by Prof. Arthur Nevin, with dances by Miss Adelaide Steger and costumes by Prof. Willliam Ecking. Bernice Bridgens portrays Mother Goose emerging from the shoe. The May Queen remains unnamed.
Washington May 24 adverse conditions prevented the naval seaplane company from starting its flight from Ponta Delgada to Lisbon today. An official message from Admiral Pietrerdy notified the failure, disappointing forecasts that had warned of continued storms near the Azores.
May 24 Manitoba reports George A. Watson commissioner of the Manitoba government telephones orders all telephone employees on strike to resume by noon Monday. Failure to return means dismissal. Central strike committee had called out long distance operators in country exchanges last night.
A triple explosion at the Stand ard Oil Case Can department in Bayonne New Jersey injured thirty workers including several fatally. One man ran into Newark Bay as a living torch but was rescued and hospitalized along with others. The plant employs about four thousand people, with nearly six hundred women workers.
Cedar Rapids officials report 13 known dead after Thursday night explosion and fire at the Douglas Starch works with 35 listed as missing. Debris removal continues rapidly, expecting more bodies to be found today. The other Paris dispatch notes Lieut. Roga preparing to fly from Paris toward Morocco.
A city aviation committee chaired by Mayor George L. Kreeck met at the Elks Club to plan a landing field for Lawrence. Sub committees selected to locate a ten acre site near the city limits and arrange marking and equipment. Lieut. Keiligain serves as secretary.
A letter from Senator Curtis reports Henry J. Albach, expert radio operator, is on duty in the First Naval District communications office and cannot be spared without relief. He served on the patrol boat Concrete during the war and is currently stationed in Boston.
A mass meeting of local Christian Endeavor societies, called by Mayor George J. Kreeck, will discuss the university honor system. Hugo T Wedel of the University YMCA will address the gathering at the Methodist church. Students vote on June 3 and 4, needing 75 percent for adoption.
County commissioner Peter Deck of Reno County faced intimidation after a contract for about 10 miles of good roads was let. Two weeks earlier he received three loaded cartridges with the inscription This is your dose if you let the contract. Deck. stated he would proceed despite the threat.
Bids for the Fort-to-Fort Highway reached Section C with a low bid of 13 812 for grading and leveling. The state engineer’s estimate was 6 608 higher. Section A and others remained above or below estimates, with several bids exceeding the engineer’s projections.
Avery Olney son of F H Olney former high school principal is elected head of Kingman High School. He planned to join Atehison as history head but moved to Kingman to lead the school. Jageard, ex-Quincy principal, becomes superintendent of Kingman grade schools.
The annual Tuesday noonday luncheon moves to Monday noon at the Chamber of Commerce. Principal speaker F. F. Brennan will lecture at the Fraternal Aid Union hall Monday afternoon and night on salesmanship of the right sort, speaking on Community Betterment.
A Sunday program at Trinity Lutheran Church features Miss Ednah Hopkins two solos and Miss Cora Reynolds with Miss Clara Sere as soloists. The sermon will be preached by Karl.
A rough estimate presented to the county commissioners shows the Fort to Fort highway in Douglas County could cost just under 42,009 per mile to contract. Earlier petitions priced at 18,000 per mile due to lower costs abroad, with only 15 percent government funding.
In Leavenworth county J M Reno forms a community council led by Ray Johnson as chair and J M Clevenger as treasurer and secretary. Ruth Whenicie becomes social director and Henry Isley educational director with Frank Itiley as physical director and Reverend Nultsemeyer religious director. A musical program by Alice Mitehill CaveThurston Ben ar Yap and Cooper MacMurray followed the meeting. A similar program is planned under Miren supervision.
Nine former students of the Polytechnic Institute of Kansas City organize the Polytechnic Alumni of KC to promote Kansas University attendance and recruit students for KU. Officers include Turner as president and Barnby as vice president. Also notes Dr. Allen to join Padget Sound Biological Station staff and lead KU student study trips. More than 15090 in subsistence money arrives for former SATC members. Reverend Edwards welcomed as fifth chaplain at Haskell, detailing wartime service. A small fire reported under seats at McCook Field during the HasH KU Aggie meet.
Theodore Gardner, named department commander of the Grand Army of Kansas, was celebrated in Wichita with a delegation of seventeen past Lawrence post commanders. He won forty votes over rival D L Sweeney, vowing a clean, businesslike administration and recalling a tale of humble beginnings as he led the department.
Washington reports plans for troop demobilization and the sailings from France. By mid June 100,000 to sail in May, 200,000 in June, with July for the remainder. The movement sets a new transport record as officers and men return to civil life. 60 percent of the total 2,215,161 have already demobilized. Armor today aboard the steamship Agamemnon from Brest includes officers and men of the 89th and 314th Field Artillery and other units, with most to Camp Funston and other posts. At Hutchinson, Kansas, an inmate attack injures a reformatory officer.
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