French Officials Cite Crane Case in Damascus Riot Probe
Paris officials say they have knowledge of reports that Charles R. Crane former American minister to China was convicted by a French military court in Damascus on charges related to inciting riots. Crane said the Damascus reception was friendly and noted attempts by the people to communicate with the mandate committee in Turkey. Washington moved to question Paris about reports of Crane’s 20-year sentence, with Representative Sabath introducing the inquiry resolution.
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Paris
Associated Press
Charles R. Crane
China
Damascus
Assyria
Crane
Foreign Office
Io Ageyeia
Committee On Mandate
Turkey
Cairo
Chas.r.crane
U. S
Washington
Hughes
Sabat, Dem
Ilinois
Editorial verdict in London on Lloyd George Genoa speech
London editors today clash with the House of Commons verdict on Prime Minister Lloyd George. Most papers express censure rather than support for his foreign policy defense at Genoa. The Associated Press wires highlight broad opposition and a confidence vote contrast.
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Press
Lloyd.George
London
Associated Press
Lloyd _George
Genoa
House of Commons
R Sue
Inter State Rate Hikes Suspended by ICC
Washington May 26 The interstate commerce commission suspended new freight rate schedules for livestock proposed by all railroads in the southeast set to take effect June 1. The commission said the increases would be substantial and ordered an investigation before September 29. Rates will not go into effect unless further orders are issued.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas Forecast Unsettled Weather Tonight and Saturday
Somewhat unsettled conditions persist tonight into Saturday with chances of rain and thunder. Cooler temperatures are likely by Saturday with a shift to drier periods and lower rainfall expectations. The fragmentary data note today’s variable temperatures and possible local rainfall.
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Kansas
Chamber of Commerce backs Legion Fourth of July in Woodland Park
The American Legion Fourth of July celebration at Woodland Park will receive energetic support from the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. Directors voted to aid the Legion and provide hot coffee for visitors. The Chamber's involvement was referred to T. J. Sweeney with power to act as patriotic groups in Lawrence join the Legion for a record celebration.
Sparks resigns as C of C secretary after eight years
Harry B. Sparks tendered his resignation as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce to take effect June 1. At a board meeting with most directors present the action was accepted. He praised the Chamber as it stands strong financially with a large membership. Mrs. Sparks urged his retirement, and Blanche Davidson will handle duties in the interim.
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Harry B. Sparks
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Sparks
Coffelt Holds Graduate Recital in Fraser Hall
Coffelt, a University graduate student tenor, presented a well received recital assisted by Eva Lee, a junior pianist. Under Dean Butler and Professor Downing he offered a varied program, with strong performances in arias and art songs. Lee provided elegant accompaniments and a Liszt piece. The event closed a long series of graduating recitals, with another concert planned for Friday evening June 2 in Fraser Hall.
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Gala Coffelt
Eva Lee
School of Fine Arts
Fraser Hall
Coffelt
Lawrence
Downing
Dean Butler
Arensky
J’ai
Hue
Cuff Meetings Planned Across Douglas County
Livestock commissioner R L Cuff of the Kansas City Livestock Exchange will speak at farm bureau events in Vinland on Monday night May 29 No 6 School in Eudora on Thursday June 1 and in Douglas County on Tuesday May 30 at the No 6 School.
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R. L. Cuff
Kansas City Livestock Exchange
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Vinland
Eudora
Ward case: Supreme Court dismisses habeas corpus writ
In White Plains on May 26 the Supreme Court Justice Young dismissed the writ of habeas corpus for Walter S Ward the millionaire baker linked to the shooting of ex navy man Charles Peters Ward’s counsel Allen R Campbell announced an appeal and Ward was returned to jail.
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Ward
White Plains
N. Y
Associated Press
Supreme
Young
Walter
Baker
Charles Peters
Allen
R. Campbell
Death for Mayor True London Appeal Dismissed
The court dismissed the appeal of Maj. Ronald True an ex officer who resided in Texas for the murder of Gertrude Yates. He had pleaded insanity at trial and reaffirmed his innocence when the death sentence was pronounced May 26.
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True London
Ronald True
Texas
Gertrude Yates
Negro kills man and attacks girl near Waco
Waco and Hillsboro reports say Harrell Bolton was murdered and Mrs Maggie Hayes assaulted while driving near Waco last night. A suspect named Lank Johnson was captured about noon and jailed as posses search the area. Bolton, 25, was shot three times. Hayes rescued after being held three hours and discarded along a rail line.
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Waco
Harrell Bolton
Maggie Hayes
Leslie Stegall
Lank Johnson
Here
Hillsboro
Texas
Bolton
Hayes
Wacon
Kansas University hosts Missouri Valley coaches night
At the University Club in Lawrence the Kansas University Athletic association entertains visiting coaches and faculty representatives from all Missouri Valley universities and colleges. Officials for the valley track meet are invited and prelim drawings occur at noon in the Eldridge hotel dining room.
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The
Kansas University Athletic Association
Missouri Valley
Lawrence Country Club
Lawrence
Eldridge
Second half taxes pour into county treasury
County Treasurer W. H. McKone reports rapid receipt of the second half tax payments. The due date is June 20. Taxpayers are urged to bring or mail in the first half receipts to expedite processing at the treasurer’s office.
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W. H. McKone
Weekly Baby Clinic At City Health Office Held
The weekly mothers clinic met at the city health department office yesterday. Rain limited attendance but 17 babies were present.
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City Health Department
Pope protest over Russian church charges reaches Genoa
Pope Pius protests to the Soviet delegation in Genoa against the prosecution of Patriarch Taikohna, head of the Russian Orthodox church, for resisting seizure of church treasury.
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London
Pius
Genoa
Taikohna
NO STEEL REGULATION New York
President Harding denied meddling in the steel industry last week while inviting forty leaders to study the viability of ending the twelve hour day. Gary, head of the American Iron and Steel Institute, urged Congress to remove tariffs from politics, favor a sales tax, and push a soldiers bonus. He spoke of optimism for America's future and noted profits in iron and steel are not satisfactory but not losses for most.
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New York
Harding
Jude Elbert
Gary
American Iron and Steel Institute
White House
Congress
America
Iron and Steel
Injured Boys Improve After Explosion Incident
Carl Ahlers Eriksen age thirteen, son of C. J. Eriksen, remains in Lawrence Memorial Hospital with injuries from an explosion as of this afternoon while Orville Chandler rests at home on Learned Avenue. Police report a lead tracing the accident to Reed-Logan, a high school student who sold Eriksen caps containing nitroglycerine. Logan claimed the caps came from a local hardware store, a claim contradicted by the hardware store owner.
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Carl Ahlers Eriksen
C. J. Eriksen
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Orville Chandler
Learned Avenue
Reed — Logan
Eriksen
Rees Logan
George Portes
Vermont Street
Perkins
Logan
Serum Cure for Sleeping Sickness Demonstrated
Dr C Rosenow of Rochester Minn announced at the American Medical Association meeting in St Louis that a serum injected in early sleeping sickness may cure the disease. He showed moving pictures of rabbit and monkey experiments illustrating the serum's potential effects on humans.
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St. Louis
C. Rosenow
Rochester
Mayor Corwine Not Facing Ouster Proceedings
Topeka May 26 Attorney General Richard J Hopkins said the investigation of Mayor H J Corwines acts would continue though little chance of ouster. The mayor contends he was ignorant of the condition cited by investigators.
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Topeka
Richard J. Hopkins
H. J. Corwine
Injured Lawrence Resident Mother of Ralph B Ellis
Mrs. S R Ellis long time Lawrence resident now living in Parsons was injured in late April while visiting Wichita. She was struck by a car and has a broken leg and severe bruises. Her son Ralph B Ellis, a Journal World employee, was killed in France in August 1918.
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Lawrence
5. R. Ellis
Parsons
Wichita
St. Francis Hospital
France
Journal-World
State nears end in Small case with 1000 documents
End of Small Case in Waukeegan. The state may finish presenting its case against Governor Small by the end of next week. James H. Wilkerson, assistant attorney general, says documentary evidence will be nearly complete tonight. The state has introduced more than 1000 documents so far.
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Waukeegan
Sen. Small
James H. Wilkerson
See the Superior Chevrolet Ie dan and Coupe
The notice highlights a Superior Chevrolet sale item featuring an Ie dan and Coupe model. Details are limited in the readable text, with emphasis on the vehicle listing and potential pricing. Further specifics are not provided in the fragment.
Smith Kicked In For Memorial Campaign at Kansas
Tom D. Smith of Hiawatha arrived in Lawrence to pledge ten dollars for every KU goal in 1899 with fifty more for the Missouri field goal. A KU law graduate class of 99 and member of the 1899 undefeated football team coached by Hurry Up Yost, Smith’s forty five goals in a year remain a KU record. He signed a five hundred dollar Memorial pledge and remained active in KU athletics while pursuing a Brown County law practice. He recently announced his candidacy for Republican attorney general.
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Tom D. “Fightin
Smith
Hiawatha
Lawrence
K. U
Missouri
Mr. Smith
George O. Foster
Sherman Elliott
Tom Smith
Brown County
Kansas
Judge Porter Urges Voluntary Law Obedience at Kiwanis
Judge Silas Porter of the Kansas Supreme Court addressed Kiwanis members on the need for voluntary obedience to law. He argued courts are not to blame for enforcement gaps, noted liquor-law cases are few, and described violators as largely lower-order individuals presenting community problems.
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Silas Porter
Kansas Supreme ,Court
Kiwanis Club
Porter
Supreme Court
Civil cases progress in district court with will dispute
District court today continued civil docket. Frank Rocke feller versus Betty Proper Douglas reached trial over the validity of a contested will. Union Pacific lost its bid for a new trial in C E Hill v railroad. Hill awarded 2500 in personal damages from a claimed 25000. Judgment quieting title granted in George B Suppiee v John K Meyers.
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District Court
Frank Rockefeller
Betty Proper
Douglas
Union Pacific
C.E. Hill
Hill
George B. Suppiee
John K. Meyers
Fall Reunion Dates Set by Zerbal Lodge in October
Zerbal Lodge of Scottish Rite Masons set the fall reunion for October 24 25 26 and 27. The meeting expressed that it would be a large class for which the Lawrence Valley has been noted in recent years. Resolutions were adopted honoring Wm P Spicer and expressing sympathy to his family.
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Zerbal Lodge
Lawrence Valley
Wm. P. Spicer
Treasury Controversy Reopens with Ohio Delegation Petition
Washington May 26 The Blair Dover controversy in the treasury, once said closed by Secretary Mellon, was presented to President Harding with a petition signed by more than a dozen Ohio congressmen calling for reinstatement of C C Childs of Ohio, former supervisor of collectors of internal revenue.
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Treasury
Washington
Mellon
Harding
Ohio
Congress
C. C. Childs
Internal Revenue
Missouri Valley Track Meet Delayed Then Opens
Heavy track from recent rain delayed the Missouri Valley track meet. In the opening events, 120 yard high hurdles had heats won by Bradley of Kansas and Hopé of Kansas Aggies. Hundred yard dash winners were Paula of Grinnell and Irwin of Kansas Aggies. Quarter mile times ranged around 50 seconds with O Leary of Kansas and M Smith of Nebraska tying for first in one heat. Second-heat results and qualifiers noted for finals.
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Missouri Valley
Bradley
Kansas
Gish
Neb
H. Alyea
Pittsburg Normal
Blanchard
Washington
Hopé
Kansas Aggies
Kearney
Thumser
H. Brown
Iowa State
Paula
Grinnell
KF. Smith
Nebraska
Noble
Burrill
Missouri
Irwin
Anderwert
Wipperman
General Wesleyan
Simons
Waters
Ames
Lugont
Evans
Keller
O'Leary
M. Smith
Davis
Oklahoma
Ruark
Porter
Baker
Iiley
Hiedssel
Greene
Vogle
Bier
Mangum
Higgins
Schnebly
HAND SHAM BATTLE Exhibition on campus postponed by rain
The university sham battle occurred Thursday afternoon from 4 50 to 6 00 with about 500 participants. The R O T C and Company H of the Kansas National Guard joined the event while Haskell was unable to attend due to finals. Colonel C H Miller reviewed the parade with Major Harold Burdick and praised the pairing of ROTC and Guard members. Commanders were Lt Holmes and Cadet Major Ronald Herron. No official result was announced. Spectators from town and campus filled the stands.
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Haskell
Company H
Kansas National Guard
C. H. Miller
Seventh Corps
Lawrence
Harold Burdick
Miller
RO. T. C
Holmes
Ronald Herron
Berger to seek Congress in fifth district as Socialist candidate
Milwaukee May 26 Victor Berger announced as Socialist candidate for congressman from the fifth district. Berger, twice refused seating in the house over wartime espionage act conviction, will again seek election.
Dearborn Men Seek Ford Presidential Bid in 1924
A committee of Dearborn leaders will call on Henry Ford early next week urging him to run for U S president in 1924. William T Kornberg, editor of a Dearborn newspaper, announced the move and recalled the mass meeting that formed a Henry Ford for president club.
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Dearborn
Ford
Detroit
Associated Press
Henry Ford
United States
William T. Kornberg
Mathilde McCormick Engagement Prompts Guardian Role
Chicago on May 26 reports speculation over Miss Mathilde McCormick and Swiss riding master Max Qoser. Her guardian is now Harold F. McCormick after his appointment by the courts. If she wishes to cancel the engagement she would need parental consent. custody choices favored the father after the parents’ divorce.
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Chicago
Mathilde McCormick
Max Qoser
Harold F. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Miss McCormick
Graduation Tonight at Bowersock Theatre
Lawrence high school holds commencement exercises at 8 15 p m at the Bowersock Theatre with 145 seniors to receive diplomas from Irving Hill president of the board of education A final rehearsal was held at 10 this morning The class address will be by Prof A G Mitchell The program features music by the high school orchestra invocations speeches songs and the awarding of diplomas led by the Lawrence Board of Education The audience was nearly sold out earlier today
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Lawrence High School
Bowersock
Irving Hill
Board of Education
A. G. Mitchell
FE. A. Bleck
Fred Sauer
Anna Yahn
Katherine Klein
Memorial High School
John Henry
Catherine Hood
Glee Club
Protests Over Property Valuation Ended In Lawrence
Lawrence property owners filed about 1200 complaints as the board of equalization ended four days of hearings. Most grievances, 90 percent, concern overvaluation and will be adjusted. Adjustments began immediately with 100 to 200 cards mailed daily. commissioners expect final decisions within seven days before a final three day session.
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Court House
Lawrence
Commission
Board of Equalization
Charles Daugherty
J. O. Lovejoy
Powder Explosion Kills Eight at Grasselli Plant
A series of blasts at the Grasselli chemical plant in Sinnamahoning Pennsylvania killed eight fight men and slightly injured three others. The initial powder detonation occurred in a building where all workers perished, making cause determination unlikely.
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Sinnamahoning
Grasselli Chemical Plant
Ray Mitchell Fined for Speeding in Police Court
Ray Mitchell pled guilty and was fined 25 dollars by Police Judge C. C. Stewart this morning. The case had been held over from May 12 when Mitchell was arrested.
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Ray Mitchell
C. C. Stewart
Mitchell
Grinell Flash Displays Veteran Sprinter at Valley Meet
World War II veteran Leonard Paulu of Grinnell competes in the annual Missouri Valley track meet here today and tomorrow. Paulu won the 100 and 220-yard dashes last year at St Louis and was the national inter collegiate champion in those events at Chicago. He was wounded in World War II with a leg injury and eye sight loss in one eye.
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Leonard Faulu
Paulu
St. Louis
Chicago
Paulus
Pinckney School Wins Most English Prizes
The Rotary Club announced prize winners in English composition with Pinckney school taking seven of eight prizes. The school includes 4th 5th and 6th grades with Miss Olive Brock teaching English.
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Pinckney School
Rotary Club
Olive Brock
Board Meeting Postponed by Road Conditions
The Douglas County farm bureau board meeting scheduled for yesterday afternoon was postponed due to bad roads into Lawrence. It will be held on June 10 at the farm bureau office, as announced this morning.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
Lawrence
Farm Bureau
Mrs R O Smith Undergoes Operation in Leavenworth
Mrs R O Smith underwent an operation in a Leavenworth Kansas hospital yesterday. A telephone message from Mr Smith yesterday afternoon stated she emerged from the procedure in good shape.
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R. O. Smith
Leavenworth
Kansas
Mr. Smith
Journal-World Circulation Highlights Six Month Report
Audit Bureau of Circulations data for the Journal-World covering the six months ending March 31, 1922 shows a net paid daily circulation of 6,231. The paper reaches more than 5,000 homes and gains attention of many readers beyond those copies.
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Journal-World
Journal- World
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Negro
Margaret Hayes
Bulletin
Corwine
Tom
Justice Porter
Scottish Rite
Mathilde
Oser
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