Seven destroyers wrecked in a fog near Arguello
In a dense fog off Santa Barbara, seven U S Navy destroyers wrecked near Arguello Light, with 23 sailors missing and 15 badly injured. The destroyers Woodbury Fuller FP Lee Niklas Young and Delphy listed as losses. The Pacific mail liner Cuba also wrecked on a reef off San Miguel Island with all aboard safe and treasure landed. A small boat from the Cuba was rescued by tanker W Miller.
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Barbara
Associated Press
Santa Barbara
Arguello’ Light
Pacific Mail
Cuba
San Miguel Island
Woodbury
Fuller
Lee
Niklas
Young
Delphy
Reno
Los Angeles
G. H. Wise
O 1
W. & Miller
San Francisco
San Diego
Channel Islands
Channel
Arguello
C. J. Holland
Wilmington
Holland
Washington
Neers
Standard Oil
W. Miller
Ae UN
Dr. Holland
Chauncey
S. P. Lee
Nicholas
Edward Watson
Eberhart Reunion Brings 84 Descendants Together in Kansas
The eighteenth annual Eberhart family reunion met Friday in South Fork with 84 attendees. Descendants of Joseph and Katherine Eberhart traced roots to Lawrence in 1854. Oldest participant was Mrs. Rebecca Eberhart Hemphill of Lawrence. youngest was Miss Esther Hemphill of Baldwin. Attendees hailed from Lawrence and Vinland Kansas and from Ottawa Caney Garden City Abilene Kansas Rocky Ford Colorado and Whittier Texas.
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Eberhart
South Fark
Joseph
Katherine Eberhart
Lawrence
Rebecca Eberhart Hemphill
Esther Hemphill
Baldwin
Vinland
Ottawa
Caney
Garden City
Abilene
Kansas
Rocky Ford
Col
Whittier, Val
More Filling Stations Leases Filed for Standard 631 Company
Four leases to Standard 631 for land to erect filling stations were filed today with the register of deeds. Fritz Meyn leased lots 41 to 43 on New Hampshire street by his tire and battery station. The company has filling station rights on F N Arnotts and Edward Buntzen property west of Lawrence on the fort to fort highway. Another lease was given by Walter Pines on his property northeast of Lawrence.
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Register of Deeds
Fritz Meyn
New Hampshire Street
Tire and Battery
Vee
F. P. Arnott
Edward Buntzen
Lawrence
Fort-To-Fort
Vquaiews
Walter Pines
Navy ships wreck in fog off Santa Barbara coast
An AP report says seven US destroyers and the liner Cuba were wrecked near Arguello light in dense fog. Casualties include three enlisted men on the Young. many were rescued and treated at Santa Barbara hospital. The Reno diverted to the Cuba to save passengers and crew, bringing them to San Pedro.
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Reno
Channel Islands
Santa Barbara
Cuba
Cant
J. R- Barry
San Pedro Harbor
Greece Accepts Conditions From Inter Allied Council
Athens reports to Paris that Greece accepts the council’s conditions for settling the Greco Italian dispute. Foreign Minister Alexandris notes the note leaves dates for the military salute and funeral service for Janina massacre victims to ambassadors. He says the council’s decision is a victory for Greek diplomacy.
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Athens
Associated Press
Greece
Inter-Allied Council of Ambassadors
Paris
Alexandris
Janina
Seed Wheat Financing Moves Across Kansas Lines
Topeka, Sept. 1 The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad will deposit 300000 in twenty banks across Ward Ness Hodgeman Finney Lane Scott Gray Haske Grant Morton Stevens and Stanton counties to finance seed wheat needs of farmers along its lines. Banks will issue certificates of deposit drawing 4 percent while agreeing to loan the funds to farmers at 8 percent.
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Topeka
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroak
Ward
Ness
Hodgeman
Finney
Lane
Scott
Gray
Haske
Grant
Morton
Stevens
Stanton
Kansas
Copeland
Stetl
Pipeline leases filed for Elmont Budora and Rocky Mountain lines
Fifty eight leases cover rights for Sinclair Oil Co pipelines to be built. Landowners named include John Prench A R Uiley Emily Browning KT Warvis Cyrus Glenn V A Robinson G T Glenn W H H Glenn J J Bahnmaier Freasulgen George Wahlenmaier Bessie Young Fret Nace Charles Wells Mi R Winter M Richards Herbert R W A Colman GT Richards G Dews Elizabeth Seetin Guy Biby Woo Elliot We Bo Etkin Hira Arthur Ich Bertha Rudiver CT Jeqries O H Toeller Wilson Martin estan Investment Co Alice H Byrd Bh J Grover W A Courtney DB Asher A B Cummings U S Rucker Floyd Royer Fred 0 Richardson L Reynolds BE L Urawn C J Shiv ar J R Oh iars J A Garrett H Lennon R Johnston H W Eggert Davis McConnell Math Grosdidier and Joseph Maul. Those leased for Rocky Mountain Budora Freeman Mo pipeline include E D Westerhouse X P Henley Irvin Votuv Sam Staines Raymond Hacians H J Ambler A Miller.
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Sinclair OW Co
Register of Deeds
Elmont-Budora
John Prench
A. R. Uiley
Emily Browning
KT. Warvis
Cyrus Glenn
V. A. Robinson
G. T. Glenn
W. HH. Glenn
J. J. Bahnmaier
Freasulgen
George Wahlenmaier
Bessie Young
Fret Nace
Charles Wells
Mi R. Winter
M.©. Richards
Herbert R .W
A. Colman
GT. Richards
G4. Dews
Eligabeth Seetin
Guy Bi By
Woo, Elliot
We Bo Etkin
Hira
Arthur Ich
Bertha Rudiver
Jeqries
O. H. Toeller
Wilson Martin
Estan Investment Co
Alice H
Joseph Maul
Rocky Mountain-Budora- Freeman, Mo
Sinclair Oil Co
E. DT. Westerhouse X
P. Henley
Irvin Votuv
Sam Staines
Raymond Hacians
H. J. Ambler
A. Miler
Walton orders guards to bar Klan parade
Oklahoma Governor Walton directed Stephens County Sheriff to swear in extra deputies to stop a planned Ku Klux Klan parade set for tonight in Briton and to prepare the Oklahoma National Guard for possible use. The move follows his Ardmore warning that masked demonstrations could trigger a broader riot in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Associated “Press
Bayard H. Markham
Walton
Oklahoma National Guard
Briton
Comanche
Billings
Cheevetah
Associated Press
Stephins County
National Guard
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Stephens County
Commanche
Robbery hits four Topeka gas stations at night
In Topeka on September 10 four gasoline filling stations were burglarized, with safes blown open and a total haul of 1590 dollars. Three stations belonged to Standard Oil of Indiana and one to Sunflower Oil. The burglaries were discovered when employees arrived for work this morning.
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Topeka
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Sunflower Oil Company
Quake at Calcutta Kills or Injures Fifty
An earthquake in Calcutta on September 10 killed or injured fifty people in the Nymensingh district as many houses collapsed. The Associated Press report from Exchange Telegraph notes the casualties and structural damage in the city.
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London
Associated Press
Calcutta
Exchange
Nymensingh
Bus collision near Lawrence injures rear passenger
A bus between Lawrence and Topeka collided with a car about two and a half miles west of Lawrence on the Fort-to-Fort highway around 5 PM last night. The car had been stopped for a tire change when struck. A woman in the rear of the car was thrown to the pavement but suffered no injuries.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Fort-To-Fort
Relief Aid Urged for Japan After Earthquake
Washington reports urge rapid allocation of 1,000,000 dollars of American Red Cross Tunis to Japan for relief. Ambassador Woods notes fever outbreak in Tokyo and calls for quick purchase of medical supplies and food. Hoover and Payne press leaders to meet the 2,000,000 homeless crisis with intensified chapter drives this week.
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Washington
Tokio
Ambassador Woods
State Department
American Red Cross
Tunis
Japan
Dagpan
John Bartow Payne
Red Cross
Hoover
Tokyo Yokohama quake death toll and missing Americans
Sixty thousand bodies have been recovered in Tokyo and Yokohama with about another hundred thousand treated for wounds or illness from the earthquake. A landing party from the US destroyer Huron buried the dead from the American naval hospital at Yokohama. Reported missing are American women Miss Jenniel M. Krayper principal of the Yokohama girls seminary and Mrs Gratin of San Francisco.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Yokohama
Detroyer Huron
Washington
Kobe
State Despartment Today
Mise Jenniel M. Krayper
Girls’ Seminary
Fella, Down
Dean Gratin
San Francisco
Cholera Reports Unfounded in Tokio After Quake
Reports of a threatening cholera epidemic in the Tokio region after the earthquake are unfounded, authorities state. The Associated Press dispatch notes no confirmed cases or spread linked to the disaster, emphasizing calm and continued vigilance.
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Tokio
Haskell Institute Holds Fall General Assembly
The first fall term assembly for Haskell Institute students convened at the Haskell chapel with Acting Superintendent S A Mote in charge. G R E Lindquist spoke on Phints That Count, sharing Wisconsin experiences. The Haskell orchestra performed as YWCA YMGA activities began, with Dorothy Cate and Ella Deloria noted for leadership roles and future training in New York. Path toward religious instruction resumes September 18 under Mrs Lindquist. Five-Town celebration ads promote opening events for September 20, with notices sent to Lawrence Chamber of Commerce members.
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Haskell Institute
Haskell
S. A. Mote Wis
G. RE. EL Lindquist
Wisconsin
Dorothy Cate
Cate
New York City
Ella Deloria
Columbia University
Catz
Elijah Tce
Tonganoxie Road
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
General Committee
US Registration To Start Saturday At Lawrence
The university announces official registration day for all students in Lawrence. Registration begins at 8 o clock Saturday morning at Robinson gymnasium for those present in Lawrence at that moment. Registrar Geo O Foster urges all students to register then to reduce crowding.
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Tuhooed
Lawrence
Robinson Gymnasium
Geo. O. Foster
U Ting
Wis
City Chamber Luncheon resumes after vacation layoff
Kyiv Your City committee of the Chamber of Commerce will host the regular weekly luncheon tomorrow at 12 30. The Know Your City committee will pass out a public folder with Lawrence city facts and views and the chairman will amplify survey data to inform the folder.
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GC. of C
Kyiv
Chamber of Cammerei
Chamber of Conmmeres
Lawrence
Veterans of Indian Wars plan speech-free state meet
Topeka is to host the annual state reunion of Kansas Indian Wars veterans. Colonel Henry C. Lindsey notes the group prefers talking over old times to speeches. The regiments Eighteenth and Nineteenth were formed after the Civil War to protect settlers. Lindsey, a Civil War veteran and Spanish American War officer, cites aging membership and small turnout.
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Topeka
Henry C. Lindsey
Kansas
Lindsey
Cleaning Era Begins at University Campuses
A great era of cleaning has set in at the University and in the student district. University buildings are bus ing soap and water to and are giving the general clean-up. Advance guards from each sorority and fraternity are putting their respective houses in shape for the school year. Private families that have rooms for rent are getting them in shape.
County roads praised as near boulevards in Douglas County
W H McKene county treasurer praised Douglas County roads as almost boulevards after a drive to Clinton Overbrook Baldwin and Lawrence. County Engineer Trueblood deserves credit for road work. Vacationers return bronzed from mountain trip. Sheets & Bourding plan a new storefront at 733 Massachusetts Street with interior remodeling.
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W. H. McKene
Douglas County
Clinton
Overbrook
Baldwin
Lawrence
Trueblood
Mr. McKone
Bourding Clothiers
Massachusetts Street
Judge Hush Presides District Court in Ottawa This Week
Judge Hush travels to Ottawa to oversee district court proceedings this week. The note mentions a bicycle ride by Hanna and references an event in Ottawa with court duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Hush Means
First Assembly Opens Lawrence Memorial High School
The Lawrence Memorial high school began with a morning assembly led by Principal F H Olney. About 559 students enrolled in the tenth to twelfth grades, with 550 attending the event and singing America under Mabel Barnhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy McDonald
Charles Edmondson
Myron Kennedy
F. H H. Oln
Committee Checks Up On Bonus Board
A Topeka special committee formed at the last session convened to review the bonus department. Led by Senator James W. Finley of Chanute, the group was instructed to audit the handling of bonus funds in a targeted investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Senstuy
James W. Finley
Chanete
Wolfson reshapes car giveaway to aid relief funds
Abe Wolfson of Lawrence halted a lottery style Chevrolet giveaway after county attorney Mitchell warned it violated Kansas 1915 statute. He will auction the car for four beneficiaries with 15 percent to Lawrence Memorial hospital and 2 percent to the Japanese relief fund, while buyers receive merchandise value. The plan preserves sales without altering prices.
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Abe Wolfson
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Wolfson
A. B. Mitchell
Kansas
Chevrolet
Mitchell
State of
Karisas
Ansas
Cars in a Mix Up Near Big Springs Injures Fort Driver
A Fort car driven by Alberti Simon was struck and knocked into a ditch near Big Springs on the fort to fort highway yesterday morning. Two cars coming from the west attempting to pass crowded the Ford onto the shoulder. The driver was seriously injured and other occupants bruised. The other car was slightly damaged.
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Fort
Alberti Simon
Big Springs
Fitter Family Examinations Ahead in Topeka Fair
Mrs Ed Anderson and Minnie Scott visit Topeka during the state fair to assist with the Fitter Family examinations. The governor offers a silver loving cup for the fittest family as the thorough tests proceed. The effort highlights the contest and preparations observed in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Anderson
Minnie Scott
Topeka
Gee
Miss Mann Named Registrar Assistant at University of Washington
Millie Mann former secretary to Dean Swin R. Dy at the University is employed in the registrar’s office at the University of Washington Seattle. A K A graduate with a perfect five year scholastic record, she earned 150 hours with A grades and earned Phi Beta Kappa eligibility. She was chief assistant in the office of registrar Geo. O. Poster before becoming Dean Dyer’s secretary, moved to the Pacific coast for her mother’s health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise Millie Mann
Swin R. Dy
University of Washin
Seattle
Strar Geo. O. Poster
Dean Dyer
Pacific Coast
Car Stolen From City Street After Evening Parking
Ed Klein found his Dodge touring car missing from in front of A Marks store after parking there about 6 pm. The Klein car, unlike the Peterson car that was taken and later recovered at Six Corners, has not been found. A separate report notes Dr Epitacio Pessoa of Brazil elected to the permanent court of international justice at The Hague by the League assembly and council.
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Ed Klein
A. Marks
Peterson
Six Corners
Klein
Hague
Geneva
Associated Press
Epitacio Pessoa
Brazil
Permanent Court of International
Tr Tice
The
Assembly
Council of the
League of Nations
Ruy Barbosa
Bra
Trustees Seek Discharge in Munroe Estate Case
Ask Discharge as Trustees Annie L. Munroe and J E Hutt, trustees of the Alexander Munroe estate, filed a petition in district court requesting they be discharged as trustees in the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie L. Munroe
J. E. Hutt
Alexander Munroe
Theft of Fifteen Chickens Reported Near Clinton Farm
Sheriff Will Johns was notified early this morning that fifteen chickens were stolen from the Down farm near Clinton. No trace of the thief could be discovered.
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Will Johns
Down Farm
Clinton
Chancellor Lindsey Makes Name for Self as Lake Fisherman
Chancellor E. H. Lindsey and his son Stanley return from Minnesota fishing trip. Lindsey catches a muskellunge of thirty four inches while Stanley lands a thirty one inch fish. They spent three weeks at Battle Lake and one week at Northern Pine Camp near Park Rapids before continuing home via Duluth, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Lawrence.
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E. H. Lindsey
Izaak Walton
Stanley
Minnesota
Battle Lake
Minn
Lindley
Lindley's
Northern Pine
Park Rapids
Duluth
Minneapolis
Omaha
Lawrence
Stolen Hudson Automobile Recovered Near Six Corners
The Hudson speedster owned by Ed Peterson was stolen from in front of the F. A. U. hall Saturday night around nine o clock. County officers were notified yesterday that the car was found at Six Corners. The vehicle had evidently been abandoned due to engine trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Peterson
F.A.U. Hall
Germany Readies Talks on Ruhr Occupation with France
Berlin reports indicate Germany plans direct negotiations with France and Belgium to end passive resistance in the Ruhr and Rhine regions. Officials quote Wilhelm Sollmann urging an accord ensuring German control again, while cautious circles expect a period of preparation before any formal talks.
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London
Associated Press
Germany
Berlin
Ltearn
Paris
France
Europe
Wilhelm Sollmatin
International
Women’s League For Peace
Iris
Sollman
Chancelor Stresemann
Ruhr
Battery A of Ninth Field Artillery Arrives in Lawrence
Battery A of the Ninth Field Artillery under Cant J. White arrived in Lawrence this morning before 11 o clock. It moved to Woodland Park and camped until tomorrow morning en route from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley. The unit numbers about seventy men with 100 horses and four 74 millimeter guns the famous French seventy fives. The public is welcome to view the battery at Woodland Park tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Field Artillery
Missouri Referee Robertson Dies in Pool Near Richland
Robert S. Robertson a Western District of Missouri bankruptcy referee and prominent Central Missouri Republican was found dead in a shallow pool of water in Richland Creek near Florence Morgan County early today. The death is thought to be a drowning accident after he and his wife left Sunny for an outing. He apparently fell while returning to shore and could not save himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedalia
Robert S. Robertson
Missouri
Richland
Creek
Florence
Morgan County
Robertson
Cosmopolitan Club to Install House Mother at New Home
The Cosmopolitan club, formed by University students from around the world, will have house mother Mrs Inds Brooks of Mound City this year. Brooks, experienced in hotel management, has a son Truman Brooks a KU junior. The club moves to 1653 Indiana street and includes four Americans and sixteen members from China Japan the Philippines and Hindu communities. Lawrence Lodge No 7 AOUW invites members to a meeting Wednesday September 12 for lodge business.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Inds Brooks
Mound City
Truman Brooks
K. U
Indiana Street
Lawrence Lodge No. 7
J.D. Zwieckey
M. W. Sadie A. Howe
Rec
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South Park
Standard Oil Company
East
Santa Barbara County
Navy Department
Joseph Slimak
Henry T.hirk
Enrique Jores
Chanin Harrison
Reil- Salzégo
Martin
Kirby
Ben Schank
Grady
Taylor
Overshiner
Duncan
Jay HH. Morris
John Young
Rogers
Conroy
Tae
Council of Ambassadors
Santa FE
Red. Cross
Indian Schoool
Lindquist
Focal Churches
Pathaiaena Ns
H. McKene
Hanna
Memorial High School
New Lawrence Memorial High School
America
Mabel Barnhart
Virginia Arnold
F. H. Olney
TI. P. Smith
Huberta Russell
Glenn Richards
Richard Mullins
Frank Strang
McDonald
Ford
Albert
Simon’ H
Levitist Ai
University of Washington
EN Klein
Dodge
Leavenworth
Fort Riley
Woodland
Inda. Brooks
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