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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1921
Page
1
Bankers gathered to discuss methods for boosting business through exports, focusing on financial instruments, trade facilitation, and supportive policies. Key speakers highlighted credit access, risk management, and international markets as drivers of growth.
Washington May 26 administration officials and financiers including J P Morgan Paul Warburg and Mellon met at a quiet White House dinner to discuss promoting American exports as a path to restore business. Harding noted willingness to aid economic relief while bankers pledged close cooperation with the administration. Schwab was slated to meet Harding later.
News dispatches report C M Fassett ex mayor of Spokane may join the University of Kansas as government chair though no official confirmation has arrived. Fassett, a noted municipal expert and advisor to city and state officials, visited Lawrence in April and spoke to students.
Partly cloudy and unsettled conditions persist tonight into Friday with slightly cooler air in the western and northern portions. Temperatures dip modestly from Thursday levels as winds shift, bringing cooler temperatures to vulnerable areas.
A Hel singfors dispatch reports Berlin workers demand a government body representing all parties. The soviet government is said to be testing strikes as the food situation grows acute. A revolutionary outbreak of anti government sentiment is expected daily.
The final school assembly at the Presbyterian Church featured Marcus Huffman presenting school traditions to undergraduates, Dolphy Simons speaking for students, and Harry P. Smith outlining a future vision. The Budget staff handed to the incoming team as the dramatic club honored Leta Harper, with graduation exercises set for tomorrow at 8 PM in Bowersock Theatre and seats reserved at Round Corner.
Washington reports Attorney General Daugherty will appoint a commission of legal experts to draft recommendations for speeding liquor trials. The piece notes about 700 liquor cases in Pittsburgh, 4000 in New York, 700-800 in St. Louis, with similar figures elsewhere, and mentions potential extra judges traveling to congested districts to clear dockets, though no action has been taken.
Abdallah Shrine special train from Leavenworth to Topeka halted in Lawrence for a brief parade at the local Masonic temple. Visitors returned to the Santa Fe station to continue to Topeka. Rain prevented many Lawrence residents from joining the trip.
Jurors were released after completing civil cases for the May term in Douglas county. The final matter settled before noon. F B Dodds against Lamb Brothers settled without trial. Eva Russell vs Kansas City Kaw Valley Western Railroad awarded $50 to the plaintiff. L M Todd won $1 285 against E T Gallagher for real estate deal damages. Iva Knight vs Curtis Buchheim et al for hauling contract injuries, 13 year old plaintiff, alleged motor mail truck injury near Kaw River bridge, argued to jury after delayed proceedings. case expected to go to the jury around 3.00 p m.
Twelve inmates escaped Tulsa county jail at 2 30 this morning by sawing seven iron bars and climbing down a rope while the night jailer slept nearby. County authorities say many were among the county’s worst criminals. Three have been apprehended.
In Belfast on May 26 unionist leaders expect to return all forty candidates to Ulster parliament. Londonderry court report shows Sir Robert Anderson and Prof John MacNeil elected. Mrs Chicester and Joseph Mark, both unionists, near election on second count.
The Rotary club met in Chamber of Commerce rooms with R C Rankin as finance chair. They discussed the downtown presentation Ollanta and the Haskell commencement play as a main topic. Ten high school girls directed by Minerva Hall sang several numbers. The Kiwanis luncheon is set for tomorrow noon at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
In London on May 26 the Dublin district has seen 16 388 rounds of American ammunition captured since March 26. Sir Hamar Greenwood tallied the seizures in the House of Commons while answering Colonel Martin Archer Shee. Shee pressed whether US manufactured ammo entered Sinn Fein premises and queried funding from the United States for Ireland’s campaign of assassination and anarchy. Greenwood said he would confer with the foreign secretary on these matters.
Riot at Dublin customs house leaves many dead as Sinn Fein raid is blamed. In Kansas City, Denzel Chester faces a first degree murder trial with eleven jurors after a witness lineup including K L Barton and Georgia Collier.
Guiserpe De Filippi was formally identified by Thomas J. Smith as one of three men seen beside the death wagon just before the Wall Street blast. U S Commissioner Hendrickson ordered De Filippi held for New York action but said release unless extradition is sought within thirty days.
Athens reports that Soviet Russia and the Turkish nationalist government agreed to a mutual aid treaty aimed at emancipation of eastern peoples and their right to self determination. Batum is allotted to Georgia and Azerbaijajan becomes autonomous while Russia relieves Turkey of prior economic commitments.
The Local Knights of Columbus hosted a farewell in the Chamber of Commerce rooms for University of Kansas visitors. A large dinner featured flower-decorated tables thanks to T Sweerey, and informal talks completed the evening’s program.
The Masonic temple will be extended after J N Johnson and W F E Kennard bought the south fifty feet from W E Spalding for 18000 dollars. Zerbal lodge will take possession June 1 and the Shrine club will establish headquarters on the new property second floor. Trustees named include Johnson Smith Foster Passon Horkmans Kennard Eastman. The Scottish Rite now owns 55000 stock and holds a 20000 mortgage, the only indebtedness against the temple. The Lawrence Shrine club has leased the Ecke building third floor for one year with option to extend.
Haskell Institute students at Bowersock Theatre present Ollanta and Quanta under Rotary auspices with Peruvian drama staging and Indian music. The May or June performances mark a push to make the annual Haskell play a Lawrence tradition, featuring updated acts and Ferayian music.
Secretary Mellon said about ten billion dollars in foreign loans made by allies during the war will be funded this year. He added unpaid interest would probably be funded and paid over years. He noted no plan to place obligations on the market to replace existing indebtedness and that bonds may be used to exchange or take up liberty bonds.
May reports from Constantinople describe continual gaiety in Caucasus cities despite looming famine. Officials warn of possible terror, while theatres stay open as bread hits 5,000 rubles per pound and sugar 12,000 rubles amid high prices.
Douglas County Sheep and Wool Growers Association calls a Saturday meeting at 2 pm in the courthouse. R. O. Smith says last year the wool pool saved farmers by pooling and shipping via Chicago to secure about 28 cents per pound, far above local offers. The group will set shipment dates and assembly sites for Douglas county wool under the same system as last year.
Five members of this year’s journalism class will join major outlets. Paul E. Flagg Hobart Curl Gilbert Swenson Conway Carlson and Walter Heron head to the Kansas City Journal. Joe Turner goes to the Kansas City Kansan and Paul White to the Denver Post. Herbert Little joins United Press in Chicago and Joe Boyle to the Associated Press in Kansas City. Mahlon Weel becomes Wellington News advertising manager. Otto Hopfer works in the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co advertising dept in Kansas City. Ray Skinner will handle advertising for Walkenhorst Printing in Kansas City.
The Evans residence at 812 Rhode Island street was entered Tuesday between noon and 1 PM. Two handbags containing $18 in cash and a $5 baby bond were stolen. a money order was left untouched. Mrs. Evans and her daughter were on the front porch when the back door, found open, likely admitted the intruders.
The Lawrence city commission seeks North Seventh Street paving that would connect Fort to Fort with city brick paving. The county board refused to approve the resolution, arguing the city must bear 30 percent of costs. Mayor Geo L. Kreeck called for a conference with city officials to pursue reconsideration.
May 26 The Dempsey Carpentier world title fight draws receipts of 525000 with thousands of seats still available Promoter Tex Rickard announces the sale pace intensifies Facing bad check charges Sheriff Will Johns and deputy Ralph Lawrence arrest M E Gilbreth after checks on Bartellies Seed and Peerless garage He is previously charged but released The board of county commissioners plans to view a proposed road west of the University linking to Fort to Fort road with Prof S J Hunter to discuss county city cooperation
Sergeant Heyne was sentenced to ten months imprisonment by the high court in Leipsic for mistreating British prisoners at the Herne prison camp in Westphalia. He is the first German charged with criminal acts arising from wartime conduct. The prosecuting attorney general had urged a harsher sentence.
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