Suits Brought Over Wartime Camp Costs
Washington reports a government push to recover funds spent on wartime cantonments. Initial lawsuits target Camp Upton Camp Jackson Camp Sherman and Camp Funston with total claims around 21.5 million dollars. Officials expect more than a dozen actions could follow as part of a wide fraud probe led by Attorney General Daugherty.
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Washington
Camp Upton
N. Y
Camp Jackson
Columbia
South Carolina
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Camp Funston
Fort Riley
Kansas
Department of Justice
Daucherty
United States
Department
Russia Enjoys Caviar Surge Amid War and Famine
Petrograd reports a postwar caviar revival as war famine and rail shortages recede. Caviar now sells in city and village shops at roughly a dollar per pound in Bolshevik roubles, with pressor caviar at fifty cents. Workers favor the widely available delicacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Russia
Paris
London
Berlin
Gas rate hearing in Topeka continued to December 11
The Public Utilities Commission hearing on a proposed 5 cent per thousand cubic feet city gas rate increase for Kansas Natural Gas Co. was adjourned to December 11 to allow the company to prepare papers. Attending were C. J. Dodds of the local distributor and C. A. Smart with Walter Phiele for Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Public Utilities Commission
Kansas Natural Gas Company
C. J. Dodds
C. A. Smart
Walter Phiele
Lawrence
Forest Fire Threatens Towson Homes Near Rail Line
A forest fire in Baltimore county near Towson began around midnight and, while still burning in the morning, fire fighters believed dwelling and property danger had passed. The flames spread through woods along the Maryland and Pennsylvania railroad, receding two to three miles from the tracks and threatening wooden trestles and numerous cottages at one point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Baltimore
Towson
Baltimore County
Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad
Heavy gunfire in Dublin tests city resolve
Last night Dublin echoed with machine gun and rifle fire across several districts. The attack, aimed at protesting the anticipated execution of Erskine Childers, surpassed all previous Dublin gunfire in intensity and duration, signaling a bold demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Erskine Childers
Pershing to greet Clemenceau in Chicago
General John J. Pershing will be among those greeting Georges Clemenceau on his arrival in Chicago Monday afternoon. An escort from the 122d Field Artillery Illinois National Guard a motorcycle squad and two platoons of mounted police will conduct Clemenceau and his party from the train to Potter Palmer's residence where he will be a guest during his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John J. Pershing
Georges Clemenceau
Tiger
France
122D Field Artillery
Illinois National Guard
Potter Palmer
Special Holiday Lighting Plan For Massachusetts Street
A Better Business bureau plan proposes decorating Massachusetts street with lights between trolley poles for the week before Christmas. Merchants would share a per block cost of about 223.85 for five foot light strands in red white and blue. Evergreen trees would line the sidewalk, with trees costing 25 cents each. The scheme, used in Wichita last year, aims to attract shoppers and would become merchant property after installation. A decision will be made at next Tuesday's Chamber of Commerce meeting with all merchants urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Business ‘Bureau
Massachusetts Street
Kansas Electric Power Co
Better Business Bureau
Wichita
Chamber of Commerce
American Relief Aid Frees American in Russian Navy
Henry P. Du Bellet Jr of New Orleans aged 20 was drafted into the Russian navy in 1919 for lack of non Russian citizenship papers. After obtaining identification, Soviet authorities acknowledged his American citizenship, and the American Relief Administration secured his release. He has traveled to Paris to join his father.
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Moscow
Henry P. du Bellet, Jr
New Orleans
Russia
American Relief Administration
DuBellet
Bu Bellet
Paris
Hitchcock, Out of a Job Soon, Invited to Pay France a Visit
Boston dispatch reports Clemenceau, in his first American AP interview, rebukes Senators Hitchcock and Borah. He claims Hitchcock is a kept senator and challenges him to visit France to learn the facts. He accuses Hitchcock of being misled by German propaganda about black troops in occupied France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
France
Boston
Associated Press
Senate
Borah
Clemenceau
The
Tiger
Revival services at Holly Grove Church led by Elizabeth Handly
Revival services will begin next Sunday night at Holly Grove church conducted by Elizabeth Handly of Wichita. Everyone is welcome to attend the revival service and participate in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Grove Church
Elizabeth Handly
Wichita
Price variations shown in defense in Smithmeyer trial
Defense in the State v F H Smithmeyer presents price quotations from 39 Kansas grocery houses for 13 products from March 19 to May 10 1920 to prove no conspiracy with Smithmeyer to fix prices. Witnesses from Poehler Mercantile Co Atchison Lawrence Ottawa and others testify no agreement or illegal combination existed regarding sugar prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Smithmeyer
Poehler Mercantiles Co
O .B. Guffer
Topeka
Poehler Mercantile Co
Lawrence Company
C.b.‘Guffer
Kansas City
Ed Hackney
Atchison
Fair Price
Harry Sloan
Missouri-Kansas Grocers Association
W. N. Todd
Leavenworth
Bittman-Todd Grocery Co
Smithmeyer
M. J.horan
Dolan Mercantile Co
William Wallace
Ottawa Wholesale Grocery Co
F. Smithmeyer
Charles A. Lockwood
Syms Grocery Co
M. B. Kistler
McCord-Kistler Mercantile Co
John B. House
Lehman- Higgins Grocery Co
Wichita
Miss Ella Batchelor Visits En Route to Ottawa
Miss Ella Batchelor assistant state home demonstration leader at State Agricultural College Manhattan was in town today on her way to Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Batchelor
State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Town
Ottawa
Will Clear Klan Out of New York
New York police were ordered by Mayor Hylan to purge the city of Ku Klux Klan members. Police Commissioner Enright, receiving telegraph orders, was told to treat the group as radicals and religious haters to keep it from taking a foothold in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hylan
Ku Klux Klan
Enright
French Lick Springs
Indiana
Lawrence Rotary Seeks New Hotel With Local Drive
Progress reports on forming a Campaign Organization for a modern Lawrence hotel. The first meeting of team captains and division chairmen is set for 6:15 pm at the Chamber of Commerce. Rotary president Paul A. Dinsmoor cites meetings for university groups and conventions as key aims, noting impacts on housing, events, and local economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
E. T. Arnold
W. J. Drescher
W. C. Hamilton
Cc. H. Hobart
Lauren A. Hunter
J. R. Holmes
Harold Ingham
Frank Jennings
A. F. McClanahan
Wm. Pendleton
Mark Mohler
R. C. Rankin
I.C. Stevenson
Ater Varnum
J. C. Walton
A. Weaver
Paul A. Dinsmoor
Rotary Club
Kansas University
Fort
Haskell Institute
Rotary
Mexico to Bury Magon in Mexico City at Nation's Expense
A telegram from the Mexican chamber of commerce to Mrs Marie B of Los Angeles states permission to transport the body of Ricardo Flores Magon, the Mexican revolutionist who died in Leavenworth prison, to Mexico City for burial at the expense of the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Magon
Los Angeles
Ricardo Flores Magon
Leavenworth
Mexico City
Check Shows Big Bonus Majority in Election
Topeka reports the soldier bonus measure totals 375,015 yes votes versus 148,898 no, a majority of 108,616. Governor race totals 271,058 for J M Davis, 252,602 for W Y Morgan, and 9,138 for M L Phillips, sum 532,798.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
J. M. Davis
W. Y. Morgan
M.L. Phillips
D. O. McCray
Funeral planned for Dolomite mine blast victims
Birmingham Alabama November 24 1937 district prepared to lay to rest the first of eighty four dead from coal dust explosion at Dolomite mine No 3 Woodward Iron company nine miles west of the city. Sixteen victims unidentified early today one white man and fifteen Negroes faces badly burned hindering recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Woodward Iron Company
Bessemer
Death of Dr Still in Accident at Home Demonstration
Dr George A Still president of the American School of Osteopathy in Kirksville Missouri died instantly when an automatic pistol he was demonstrating to guests fell and discharged striking his brain. The inquest was set to be held as relatives and about thirty five nursing staff attended the party at his home. Still, a noted osteopath and outdoorsman, reportedly bumped his right index finger while dancing the previous night, possibly causing the misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirksville
Associated Press
George A. Still
S. S. Still
Ella E. Still
School of Osteopathy
Still Home
Cross Hanged for Murder in Fort Madison
Orrie Cross, recently convicted of murdering a Des Moines store keeper, was hanged at 7 30 this morning by Polk county chaplain-sheriff Wic Robb who presided at the trap. Robb, a former Des Moines pastor and WWII chaplain, previously helped send Eugene Weeks to his death on September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Iowa
Orrie Cross
Des Moines
Wic Robb
Polk County
Eugene Weeks
Robb
Man Who Made Booze on Judge's Farm Got $400 and 90 Days
Charles W. Underwood was charged on fifteen counts for sale possession and manufacture of intoxicating liquor and pleaded guilty on two counts before Judge Hugh Means. He received a $200 fine and sixty days in county jail for selling liquor on November 16 and a $200 fine and thirty days in jail for possessing it then, totaling ninety days. the other counts were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Underwood
Hugh Means
Underwood
Mrs Redgrave Visits in Kansas City
Mrs Bertram C Redgrave of Tulsa Oklahoma is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Fred L Morris. Mrs Redgrave and Mr Morris spent today shopping in Kansas City and plan to return home Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram
C. Redgrave
Tulsa,Okla
Fred L. Morris
Redgrave
Mr. Morris
Kansas City
Fasters Weakens as Annie MacSwiney Is Removed
Annie MacSwiney, who fasted outside Mount Joy prison in protest of sister Mary MacSwiney’s imprisonment, was carried to a private nursing home after growing very weak. She refused food, drank water, and Mary MacSwiney, now on a 20 day hunger strike, has received the sacrament and extreme unction while declining visits from doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Associated Press
Annie MacSwiney
Mount Joy
Mary
Mary Mow
Dairymen Organize in Lawrence Meeting
Miss Miriam Spicer called a meeting at City Hall in Lawrence to form a dairymen association. Twenty four dairymen attended and approved organization aims to address common industry problems. A bylaws committee will draft rules for next meeting on December 7, where permanent organization and officers will be elected.
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Lawrence
Miriam Spicer
Hall
Miss Spicer
Oscar Learnard
van Roy Miller
Carl Kelley
Childers Executed in Dublin for Possessing Pistol
Erskine Childers, chief lieutenant of Eamonn de Valera, was executed at 7 this morning for possessing an automatic pistol. He was captured November 10 at Robert Barton’s Wicklow home after national troops surrounded the residence. he resisted arrest, was overpowered, and taken to Wicklow jail then Porto Bello barracks in Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Erskine Childers
Eamonn de Valera
National Army
Childers
Robert Barton
Wicklow
Porto Bello Barracks
Irish Free State Bills Enter House in UK Parliament
Premier Bonar Law introduced in the House of Commons the Irish Free State constitution bill and its consequential provision bill Both measures received their first formal readings in Parliament
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Irish Free State
Free State
Buy a Superior Chevrolet and enjoy the difference daily
A local dealer promotes Superior Chevrolet with emphasis on daily satisfaction and the distinct value of their vehicles. The message highlights ongoing incentives and a customer friendly buying approach aimed at repeat business and daily driving happiness.
Plan to merge Near East talks in Lausanne
Lausanne November 24 The plan for two distinct conferences on the Near East question has been abandoned and the straits issue merged into a single general conference. The efforts aim to restore peace between Turkey and Greece and settle the Dardanelles status.
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Lausanne
A. P
Near East
Turkey
Greece
Dardanelles
First Art Exhibit Opens December 3 at University
The University of Kansas art department launches three winter exhibitions starting December 3 with Birger Sandzen's 20 paintings and 20 lithographs. Public view runs December 3 to 17, daily except Saturday, 11:30-12:30 and 1:30-5:30. Sandzen may lecture. school views for students possible December 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Fine Arts
Birger Sandzen
Kansas
Colorado
Lawrence
Beneke
funeral plans for Henry N Cary noted in Chicago
Henry N Cary general manager of the Chicago Newspaper Publishers association died last night of pneumonia at 64. He began as a printer in La Cygne Kansas and rose through Milwaukee St Louis and New York papers to senior roles including editor and manager at multiple major papers. He is survived by a widow and two children.
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Chicago
Henry N. Cary
Chicago Newspaper Publishers Association
Cary
la Cygne
Kaw
Milwaukee
The
Sentinel
Chicago Times
New York Associated Press
New York Times
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Verdict
New York
New York Morning Telegraph
Detroit Free Press
St. Louis Republic
Baker inauguration draws many KU faculty to Baldwin
A large number of University of Kansas faculty are expected to attend Baker University's inauguration of President Fleming at Baldwin on November 30 and December 1. Chancellor E H Lindley urged department heads to notify his office of attendance and timing to aid Baker in arranging Thanksgiving dinner provisions.
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University of Kansas
Fleming
Baker University
Baldwin
E. H. Lindley
K. U
Baker
Lindley
Kansas State Normal President to teach at Chicago
President Thomas W. Butcher of Kansas State Normal school will teach two summer courses at the University of Chicago. The courses are Constructive Criticisms and Improvements of Teaching in Elementary Schools and Organization and Administration of Teacher Training Institutions. Classes run from July 26 to the end of August.
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Chicago Emporia
Kan
Thomas W. Butcher
Kansas State Normal School
University of Chicago
Butcher
Lawrence Coal Dealers Cut Prices After City Decline
Following a Kansas City announcement of a $1 per ton coal price drop, Lawrence dealers reduced prices on certain coal types by one dollar per ton and others by seventy five cents per ton, reflecting the regional price trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lawrence
City merchants plan next Better Business bureau meeting
About fifteen business men attended a Better Business bureau meeting at the Chamber of Commerce building. They discussed the November sales day and Christmas illumination on Massachusetts street, noting shoppers from within the city outpaced out of town visitors. A next conference was set for Tuesday at 7 30 PM to report on last Wednesday's sales and finalize the December date and activities including Santa Claus on to Lawson Street and coupons for Christmas gifts.
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Better Business Bureau
Chamber of Comme
Bowersock
Better Business
Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts
Tueday
Sarita Claus
Liawnahed
New Order of Prophets Promote City Pastors
Philadelphia pastors labeled the new prophets by Rev. Warren F. Sheldon of the Joint Committee on Methodist Work at Tax-supported Institutions. The committee funded sixty three locations with 110000 this year and runs activities in seventy five churches. In 1922 ministry candidates rose to 73, up from 67 in 1921 and 45 in 1920. foreign mission enlistments reached 202, compared with 162 in 1921 and 179 in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Warren F. Sheldon
Poet of Home Missions
Two Boys Arrested in Sedalia Flight from Reform School
Sedalia reports Edward Pearce a 16 year old from Springfield Missouri and Ben Kucharski of St Louis escaped inmates of the Missouri reformatory at Booneville were rounded up by Special Secret Service Officer Teufel and officer W G Stevens. Pearce admitted shooting and wounding J Cochrane a Booneville contractor who had given them a ride and tried to turn them over to reform school authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Edward Pearce
Springfield
Ben Kucharski
St. Louis
Missouri Reformatory
Booneville
Secret Service
Teufel
M. E
W. G. Stevens
Pearce
J. Cochrane
Nelsons Flagship to Go Overland on a Trip to London
London reports an English effort to raise 500000 dollars for the preservation of Victory Nelsons flagship from Trafalgar. The vessel now rests at Portsmouth in poor repair and would have to be moved overland if brought to London due to its damaged condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
London
England
Trafalgar
Portsmouth
Miss Margie Thayer Socializes with Milan Guest
Miss Margie Thayer hosted friends in Ottawa in the company of her guest Miss Anne e of Milan Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Thayer
Annee
Milan
Ottawawa
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Chiropractor
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KLAN
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Kirksville, ‘Mo
de Molay
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Myrtle Bair
Katrina
Sharley
Mit
University Dramatic Gun
Journal-World
de Valera
Santa Claus
Sheldon
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