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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1920
Page
9
A clash erupted at Whitehall involving coal miners as tensions flared over working conditions. No injuries are reported, and authorities are reviewing the incident for possible arrests and disciplinary actions.
Crowds gathered in Whitehall and Downing Street today as unemployed miners demonstrated near Premier Lipset's residence. Stones from a Winslow treasury building shattered near the entrance, injuring several people as police reinforcements moved in. A tense mêlée followed with flags and chants, and bystanders and officers reported multiple injuries amid the chaotic scene.
Governor Cox opened his second campaign with a Syracuse address urging voters to embrace Americanization as a unifying principle and to support American leadership worldwide. The item also notes water shutoffs on Massachusetts Vermont and Kentucky streets for hydrant repairs and lists local Red Cross and court notices.
About 276 of 585 children weighed by Red Cross nurses under Miss Nelle Kuhn showed weight deficits. Many were between 5 and 20 percent underweight, mostly over two years old, prompting calls for early supervision. Mothers can bring children to city hall Tuesdays 2 to 4 for guidance.
The senate committee halted its probe of Breckenridge Long the Democratic Missouri senate candidate saying it would be unfair to single out his campaign while other states campaigns are not reviewed. Senator Spencer opposed broadening the inquiry and noted the Democratic nominee's campaign views. In the British Isles women cannot vote in parliamentary elections until age 30.
Report from Sarajevo says Prince Alexander of Serbia survived a bomb placed under his train with two coaches wrecked. The event echoes the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo, carried out by Gavrilo Princip.
Rothwell and Carr announce a public sale on the Wiggins place one mile west of Kasisas University on Thursday October 21. Forty four head of cattle including twenty eight milk cows and seventeen stem cows will be offered along with four Jerseys a three year old registered Holstein bull five horses a Ford touring car farm implements hay grain harness and more. Sale begins at 10 o clock sharp.
The Presbyterian Brotherhood will hold a 6 15 p m supper and regular October meeting in the church parlors on Wednesday October 20 all men of the congregation are urged to attend President W L Spalding Also work on the First Baptist church rear wall remorseling to make space for a new organ will likely begin tomorrow
Death of two infants reported with services scheduled in the city. Infant Herne S. House aged two months died at 324 Lincoln Street yesterday afternoon. Funeral services set for tomorrow with burial at Oak Hill. Leonard Patchen nearly two years old died at 747 1 Street last night. Services held at home today with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Henderson Kentucky Detachment 18 reports a moonshine still discovered inside the city jail. Prisoners had lit a fire from blanket pieces and distilled more than a pint of liquor from jail rations, according to investigators.
Salina Kansas October 18 Treat Payne a merchant was killed and his wife severely injured in an auto collision at Elis last night indicating a fatal crash with a injured spouse.
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