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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1920
Page
2
Lawrence Kansas Sept 1 1920 report from Topeka notes harmony dominated the Republican state council meeting with conditions across the state described as harmonious and likely more unified than in any prior campaign.
In Lawrence the housing drive focuses on rooms for students beyond the campus district. Householders offer places at short notice, while some prospects struggle to find convenient rooms. Townspeople emphasize sacrifice and welcome for ambitious students unable to secure lodging nearby.
Fragmentary weather note recalls heavy September rainfall and August totals. Mentions actions starting with a K P A picnic at Woodland Park tomorrow and county plans to address rain impact, with unclear specifics about duties or readings.
An obscure passage from a historic report shows the Democratic party council defending a strategy to win votes amid a dispute with the industrial court. Republicans reportedly stand by the Democrats, while the text hints at internal indignation and a fragile state of affairs.
The Shawnee county chairman and Mulvine deny deep enmity ahead of Republican efforts. James Monroe rey returns as night police for merchants in Lawrence, praised for protecting the business district. Omaha reports a bandit wave robbing newsboys. a weekly paper’s entire edition was stolen along with details of a damage suit.
Editorial notes Samuel Gompers Jr has been nurtured by the Democratic administration and now serves as chief clerk of the Labor Department with a $3,500 salary. The piece argues this favors the elder Gompers and colors his stance toward Wilson and the Democratic platform, contrasting it with Republican criticism.
A Satur day Evening Post piece by Albert W. Atwood argues management is a four legged factor in prosperity, alongside labor, capital, and markets. He asserts managers often come from labor or capital, demand for management exceeds supply, and without skilled managers and markets, production fails despite wealth or talent.
The Canadian Bar Association annual meeting opens in Ottawa with addresses by Viscount Cave William H Tatt Sir Auckland Geddes and other leading figures. In Montgomery the American Cotton Association plans to discuss countering a large cartel that aims to fix prices and influence wheat and other food commodities. The National Board of Farm Organizations will meet in Columbus to consider plans for a broad price fixing monopoly impacting farmers.
Fifty nine words list celebrates turning birthdays of Sir Reginald Tower Edgar R Burroughs Dewey C Beiley Henri Bouressi and James J Corbett. It notes places such as Dantzig Chicago Denver Branch County Michigan Montreal San Francisco and highlights roles including High Commissioner League of Nations author mayor and former world heavyweight champion.
1557 Jacques Cartier dies in St. Malo France. 1791 Lydia Huntley Sigourney born in Norwich Connecticut. 1865 Died in Hartford Connecticut. 1820 Alexander of Russia grants land on the Sea of Azov to converted Jews. 1848 Emperor of Austria crowned King of Lombardy at Milan. 1846 Sarah Judson dies at St Helena born Alstead New York. 1870 Count Flahaut born Paris. 1853 Mary Anderson debuts at Lyceum Theatre London. 1917 Sarah Sternhardt returns to New York stage after illness.
One year ago today Kansas City Missouri reports the Grand Lodge of Missouri will mark its hundredth anniversary on April 23 1921 with an observance to be discussed at the annual meeting September 21 to 23. The lodge was organized in St Louis April 23 1821 with older lodges in St Genevieve and others chartered by Pennsylvania and Tennessee. The meeting will consider important state lodge matters.
The item notes oysters are in season and marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Sedan’s beginning along with a thirty five year reference to the opening of the Read electric railway from Baltimore to Hampden Maryland. It mentions Republican leaders in the Midwest to confer with Chairman Hays in Chicago on related party matters.
Washington reports Commerce Department data show a sharp rise in trade with Germany Austria and Russia despite ongoing war conditions. Exports to Germany reach 262 million pounds for the year ended last June while imports from Germany grow to 45 million dollars. Austria trade also surges with exports valued around 11.8 million and imports about 587 thousand pounds. Russia trade expands significantly with exports near 34.6 million dollars and imports about 2.4 thousand pounds.
At Topeka on September 1 the Democratic party draft of resolutions rails at Gov Henry J Allen and the Kansas industrial relations court. The plank contrasts Kansas court operations with President Wilson’s labor approach, condemning the former and praising the latter. Morgan of Ottawa elected state committee chairman.
Salina Kansas reports a September 7 meeting called by Moris McAuliffe, president of the State Farmers Union, to devise a living price for wheat and farm products. The session follows a Kansas City conference where southwestern farmers set a 2.80 minimum price for this year’s crop. Growers are urged to act in unison to thwart speculative buying that could undercut producers.
A 1870 Daily Republican Journal item recalls early campaign notices calling for state and county Republican conventions in September. Names linked to the meetings include Sam’l A. Riggs Col. O. E. Learned Capt. John G. Haskell Geo. Barker Ren. Ss. C. T. D. Thacher and M. Sammerfield, with Riggs later living in Ann Arbor and Summerfield in New York. The piece also notes era ads, a coffee shipment, and a Douglas County Fruit Growers meeting in Bloomington led by J. & Steele, plus store closing notices and other reminiscences from Lawrence residents.
Chicago scene set for a new clash as Captain George Wellington Streeter and William E. Niles invoke a battle to claim Streeterville’s status outside state control. They call on the American Legion to join a September 6 confrontation at Superior Street, promising armed resistance to judges and officials in a high-stakes Lak e Michigan dispute.
Fred P. Smithmeyer of Foerhler Mercantile Co. says lower interstate freight rates favor retailers in Kansas, prompting wholesalers to expect increased business as out-of-state shipments stay at old rates while in-state costs rise. He notes potential future intra-state rate changes but foresees short-term gains.
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