Fraternal Aid Union Wins North American Union Case
The Cook County Circuit Court voids all consolidations by the North American Union from 1915 to 1916 and orders most assets and membership to the Fraternal Aid Union of Lawrence. NAU turns over securities and property while F A U receives L A A and K L H assets. Death claims against NAU remain the NAU’s responsibility. Supreme Officers hail a settled, best-interest outcome.
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Fraternal Aid Union
Lawrence
North American Union
Chicago
Circuit Court of
Cook County
C.wenniston
N. A. Vu
Life and Annuity Association
Kansas
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Indiana
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Fraternal Aid
F. A
Boses
A. A
F. A. USA
Streets Should Be Tarred to Save Payers in Winter
The Journal-World urges tar and dusting of cracks in Lawrence pavement before winter to prevent water seeping and freezing damage. It argues tarred roads resist disintegration, a method successfully used on concrete roadways, though costs appear high in a rushed campaign.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Big Day For Fund Campaign Raises 56 50 for Soldiers
The Journal World Tobacco Fund closed Saturday night with late subscriptions pushing the total to 56 dollars and 50 cents. Most gifts were 25 cents, with a few 50 cent donations and a single dollar from Mrs. L. H. Perkins. Contributors listed include E. H. Kuhn H. D. Brown Frank Sneegas John Montgomery Manford Gore and others. The fund aims to lift spirits for soldiers in the trenches.
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Journal-World Tobacco
L. H. Perkins
E. H. Kuhn
H. D. Brown
Frank Sneegas
John Montgomery
Manford Gore
Allen Harris
Garland Coffman
R. H. Muzzy
C. D. Lee
W. O. Peterson
Edith Gilmore
Agnes Laptad
May Connor
F. I. Carter
Mabel Poponce
Ray Young
Curtis Strong
C. H. Bach
Americans Fine Fighters in France Heroes Rise in No Man's Land
Reports from American troops in France describe bold trench actions and raids as standard practice. Five privates rushed from dugouts to fire on Germans, stopping several attempts to overrun their trench positions.
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France
Geeytengemy
No Man’s Land
Ring Trench
Draft plans in hands of board for Douglas County
The local draft board received regulations and questionnaires from County Clerk George Brune. Registrants will be classified into five draft classes with a December 15 start and about sixty days to complete. Total Douglas County registrants number 1964, with no known second-draft exemption yet. The board seeks citizen cooperation to expedite the process and asks registrants to provide available service and conveniences.
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George Brune
Douglas County
Douglas county rock options threat to farmers
A local discussion warns against farmers selling rock options for the proposed Douglas county road project. Speculators may raise rock costs, lowering farmer profits and raising taxes. The piece advises against granting any rock options now and notes a separate item praising Elmer’s social survey methods and a $90 YMCA fund contribution from a Haskell Warrensburg game proceeds.
Desperate fighting in Italy slows Austro German advance
Desperate fighting erupts in northern Italy as Austro German forces push toward the Piave and Lugana valleys, with towns like Fonzara and Lunara changing hands. Italian and Allied resistance stiffens along the Piave front as Lloyd George and Painleve urge allied unity to sustain momentum.
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Associated Press
Italy
Trentino
Lugana
Piave
Venice
Berlin
Mont. Lungara
Asiago
Cismon
Fonzara
Feltre
Teutons
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Adriatic
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Asiage
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Painleve
France
Europe
Russia
No Gifts to Orphans Seeks Postal Waiver from Lawrence Caregivers
Local Lawrence volunteers told by New York central committee to avoid sending bulky Christmas packages to French war orphans. Emphasis on prioritizing gifts to soldiers and keeping mails clear for military deliveries. Money gifts allowed. eighty eight caregivers have registered, with two new volunteers named G. G. Lafite Eureka Kansas and Miss Ranny Oliver Lawrence.
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Lawrence
F. 13.Davis
Central Committee
New York
G. G. Lafite
Eureka
Kansas
Ranny Oliver
Finland Abandons Plan for Oligarchy After Diet Vote
Finnish Diet votes 109 to 81 to annul the selection of three state directors, forcing the bourgeois majority to abandon its bid for an oligarchy. Telegrams and resolutions from industrial centers urged repeal as the country faced potential civil conflict.
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Helsingfors
3Tate
Finland
Bourgeis
Moscow fighting report shows Bolshevik victory likely
Dispatch from Moscow via American consul general to Ambassador Francis Sonday states government troops appear to be winning amid ongoing fighting. John F. Stevens is in Moscow but unreachable as the consulate is amid hostilities. all Americans are reported safe and rumors of Cossacks arriving circulate. Ambassador Francis will stay to safeguard U S interests and citizens. no word from Bolshevik or Washington since November 5.
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Francis Sonday
John F. Stevens
Francis
Washin
Nents Stevens
Wen
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Ruth
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Rensky
Petrograd
Stockholm
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Prensky
Korniloff
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Nevo Ask
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Social Demokraten
Ater
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Neyrograd
Bolsheviki
Mili
Dets
Mihcity
Premirensky
Nési
Gtchina
Nikolai Lenine
Elm Trotzky
Eft
Committee On Public Safety
Kerg
Ensky
Winty
M. Y. Terestchenko
Yaloff
Pri
Kerensky
Lenine
Tro
Aurora
Tha
Rei
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Preas
Morskaia
Kerensky and Korniloff Defeated Near Asarsko Selo
London dispatch reports a Russian communication stating that after bitter fighting near Asarsko Selo the revolutionary army defeated the counter revolutionary forces of Kerensky and Korniloff. The message notes Kerensky is retiring before the offensive and calls for all measures to be taken.
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London
Kerensky
Korniloff
Witnels
Asarsko Selo
Supt Peairs Seeks Lawrence Support For Haskell Close Saturday
Supt Peairs urges Lawrence merchants to back closer ties with Haskell Indian Institute and to enforce laws banning tobacco sales to minors. He cites student spending totaling over 100000 yearly and notes Haskell’s wartime contributions. A related notice calls end of hunt license issuance at 350 plus.
All Troops Classified Big Job At Camp Funston
Camp Funston Kansas November 12 One of the biggest problems for Maj General Leonard Wood and the national army has been classifying men for training. Lieut Kilbourne chief of staff says the staff built a card index for every man but a transfer of 15 000 troops disrupted the system. Of about 9 000 men received at Funston 9 000 remain while 11 000 have gone to other camps and four thousand more are to be transferred.
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Camp Funston
Kans
Leonard Wood
National Army
Charles F. Kilbourne
War l Department
Kilbourne
Captains Report Need of Workers At Y M C A Drive
At a noon meeting the Y M C A captains of Haskell Institute and local teams urged more volunteers for the soldier relief fund drive. Total reported so far this week was 633 with a pledge of 1 1 5 0 0 expected to fund the war effort alongside ammunition and provisions.
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Kent
Theodore Gardner
Central Committee
Klein
Barnes
Kennedy
Woodward
Foster
Burt
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Peaks
Haskell Institute
Haskell
Strong
Lawrence
Patterson to Speak on Oriental Womanhood at Plymouth
Miss Frances Patterson of the Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior will address Plymouth Church tomorrow night at the mid week meeting on Oriental Womanhood today. She spent five years in China and survived the Tientsin siege and Boxer uprising, studied in Japan, wintered in India, and will share experiences from travels and work. The public is invited to attend.
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Woman's Board of’ Missions of the Interior
Plymouth Church
China
Tientsin
Japan
Interior
India
Red Cross to Feed Prisoners in Germany
War and Navy Departments and the American Red Cross outline plans to supply 4 500 tons of food with 1 800 000 individual rations to German prison camps for American prisoners. Rations match government provisions with a special invalids plan including broth malted milk and jellied chicken.
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War and Navy Departments
American
Red Cross
England
France
Berne
Switzerland
Two Y Campaigns At Lawrence Colleges Lead National fund Drive
The Y M C A conducts two campaigns in Lawrence one for a national 35 million dollar fund and another for a separate 1 million dollar fund. University faculty and students back their campus drive while the city fund proceeds independently.
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Aes A
Canoe Frank Strong
Universities
Colleges of America
Arcnkeges of America
Water charge debate prompts city effort to maintain mains
City commission session ends with near agreement on connecting old services to new water mains at no charge to homeowners. Some members favor free maintenance while others seek nine dollar payments for taking over and maintaining up to the curb box. Health cooperation with county to be discussed next Tuesday. Long debate also touches on health notices, well closures, and a Friday tag day for Franco-Serbian relief.
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W. W. Cleland
W. J. Francisco
Commission
Water Department
Dunmire
Cleland
Holyfield
Journal-World
The
C. C. Pickard
C. C. Young
University
Lawrence
Paul, Yeftich
University of Kansas
Engineers Over Route Review For Shawnee Road Plan
Shawnee County Commissioners with D C Wonders and W S Gearhart examined the 26 mile rock road proposal from Lawrence to Topeka by Big Springs. Wonders favored granting 15 percent federal aid after state highway approval as Lawrence hosts a Chamber of Commerce meeting today. Douglas County action awaiting official send to the Highway Commission, expected in a few days.
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Shawnee County
D. C. Wonders
National ,Highway Commission
W. S. Gearhart
Lawrence
Big Springs
Chamber of Commerce
D. O. Wonders
State Highway Commission
Douglas County
Highway Commission
Bolshevik Struggle Shapes Petrograd With Korniloff Links
Reports from Stockholm and Moscow describe Petrograd's turmoil as Kerensky's government fights Bolshevik forces. Korniloff reportedly enters the city, with loyal troops and a public safety committee seeking unity. Street clashes, cadet casualties, and chaotic exchanges marked the upheaval as Lenine and Trotsky leadership attempt control.
Hutson Elected President of Hotel Men Association
Billy Hutson named president of the Hotel Men’s Association of Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma the youngest to hold the post. The group praised his rise from seventeen when he began in hotels and noted Meatless Tuesday plans aligning with Hoover conservation efforts amid Kansas meeting. An arrest report also notes a slacker Cassamera ElCruz detained by police yesterday.
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Billy ‘Hutson
Hotel Menation
Missouri
Fréd
Mr. Hutson
Cassamera J ElCruz
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