Kansas Supreme Court Dismisses Gas Case and Reports on Trails
State Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Wyandotte County Gas Co and Kansas City Pipe Line Co ending the Kansas Natural Gas Company controversy in state courts. It held Judge Flannelly lacked authority to set rates or void contracts as federal court had taken over jurisdiction. Also notes delegates named for the National Old Trails Association convention in Kansas City April 17 18 and various local items on loyalty investigations and German related incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyandotte Company
Kansas City Pipe Line Concern
Supreme Court
Wyandotte County Gas Company
Kansas City Pipe Line Company
Montgomery County District Court
State Supreme Court
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Flannelly
Kansas Natural
Kansas Natural and Distributing Companies
Federal Court
National Old Trails Association
Kansas City
S. B. Hakins
Olathe
C. C. Waters
Wellsville
T. B. Trotter
Baldwin
A. D. Tindell
Burlingame
G. A. Paine
Admire
T. W. Whiting
Council Grove
Homer Hoch
Marion
I. A. Toews
McPherson
Clark Conkling
Lyons
Leslie Wallace
Larned
Louis Wilson
Kinstey
F. B. O'Dell
Dodge City
Joseph B. Emery
Cimarron
H. S. Crittenden
Syracuse
D. D. Cathcart
Garden City
G. H. Johnson
Lakin
E. R. Moses
Great Bend
Tiernan
Fort Scott
L. D. Decamp
Allen
Hillsboro Meeting Considers Paving Old Santa Fe Trail
A good roads meeting on the Old Santa Fe Trail in Marion County Hillsboro addressed by J Frank Smith Topeka drew over 100 farmers and businessmen. Residents sign petitions near Hillsboro while a booster committee volunteers to gather required signatures to legalize the effort.
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Hillsboro
Marion County
J. Frank Smith
Topeka
Reorganization Renames Salina Bank to Kansas State Bank
The Traders State Bank of Salina is reformed as Kansas State Bank of Salina with $50,000 capital and $20,000 surplus. J. S. Gates becomes president, E. B. Supple vice president, Fred Dreiling active vice president, and Sidney Walker named cashier. Felix Beeker linked to bank’s financial affairs amid embezzlement case. The Kansas Supreme Court holds life insurers owe no premium tax on dividends paid to policyholders.
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Traders State Bank of Salina
Felix Beeker
Globe Life Insurance Copany
Kansas State Bank of
Salina
J. S. Gates
E. B. Supple
Fred Dreiling
Sidney Walker
Paul Walker
Rock Island Lines
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Superintendent of Insurance
Wichita to Erect Nation Memorial Drinking Fountain
A memorial to Carrie A Nation the hatchet pioneer will be built by the Wichita WCTU as a drinking fountain near Union Station at a cost of 1000 dollars. Injuries from moving belts of a gas engine at an oil well ten miles north of Winfield caused the death of eight year old James Pennington half an hour later. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Walter Pennington.
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Carrie A. Nation
Paluon Smasher
Medicine Lodge
Wichita
Winfield
James Pennington
Walter Pennington
Kansas grains to be used as seed at Panama Pacific Exposition
Kansas grain from the state exhibit at the Panama Pacific Exposition in California will be turned over to the agricultural and horticultural departments for planting. The mix includes wheat corn rye and other grains. In Saline County local headlines report Herbert Schultz a young farmer six miles northwest of Salina was found dead with a bullet hole in his head in Salt Creek bed south of town after missing for several days.
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Kansas
California
Agricultural and Horticultural Departments
Herbert Schultz
Salina
Salt Creek
Kansas Supreme Court rules on moving picture damages
The Kansas Supreme Court held that taking a moving picture of a woman without consent for advertising is illegal and damages may be awarded. Mrs Stella Kunz sued W H Allen and C H Bayne after a photo taken in their dry goods store was used in a motion picture promotion.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Stella Kunz
Kansas City
Kan
W. H. Allen
C. H. Bayne
Rucker loses bid to recover fraud damages in Kansas suit
Kansas Supreme Court rules Bert Rucker cannot recover from C W Allendorph and wife for damages he paid in a fraudulent land deal. Rucker, acting as agent, was previously found guilty of fraud in other suits, including paying Marion Tatlow of White City. Courts held no right to recovery.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Bert Rucker
C. W. Allendorph
Rucker
Marion Tatlow
White City
Allendorph
Atchison men resign to join 353rd Infantry
Judge W Q Cain and attorney Albert E Stoll along with Malcom Reid and Delaskie Miller of large wholesale firms have enlisted in the 353rd Infantry at Camp Funston. They joined the national army by personal choice via the local exemption board.
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W. Q. Cain
Atchison
Albert E. Stoll
Bailie P. Wagener
Malcom Reid
Delaskie Miller
Three Hundred and Fifty-third Infantry
Camp Funston
National Army
Suttons celebrate fiftieth wedding anniversary near Emporia
Mr and Mrs T C Sutton marked their fifty eventh wedding anniversary with a home celebration near Emporia. Guests included Rev and Mrs M R Molesworth of Americus whose twenty first wedding anniversary fell on the same day.
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T. C. Sutton
Emporia
M. R. Molesworth
Americus
Married Retired Teachers Return to Fill Lesson Gaps
Due to a shortage of unmarried teachers caused by war duties, three married women who had retired under a prior ruling are recalled to resume duties in local schools. The shortage stems from departures to other towns, while pay advances have been granted to local teachers.
War Veteran Elias Tapp Found Dead Near Railway
Elias Tapp 74 of Soldiers' Home was found dead south of Richardson near the Kansas City Western railway track. Coroner cites heart disease as the cause. He served in Troop C Fifth Kansas Cavalry in the Civil War. The Leavenworth and Topeka railroad was sold by a federal court special master for 80 000 to a Topeka Leavenworth committee. United States Marshal O T Wood enforces an alien enemy zone permitting entry only with a permit.
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Elias Tapp
Richardson
Kansas City Western Railway
Tapp
Fifth Kansas Cavalry
Leavenworth & Topeka
Federal District Court
Topeka
Leavenworth
Pollock
Atchson
O. T. Wood
United States
Arrests Expected in Ellis County Sedition Probe
Government and state authorities prepare to arrest multiple pro-German individuals in Ellis County following an investigation. Evidence has been turned over to authorities showing seditious statements by several Germans.
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Ellis County
Building Homes in Large Groups for Cost Saving
A veteran builder expert William A. Radford explains how large housing groups for war workers can balance cost and harmony. He advises designs not too alike but not overly contrasting, emphasizes subdivision scale, and details practical bungalow frame construction with concrete foundations, 2x4 walls, and standard floor plans for efficiency.
Paradox of a Vessel Tied Yet Unknotting
A witty exchange notes a vessel differs from all else because when she is tied up she cannot tie knots. The remark playfully treats ships and ropework as a puzzle of constraints and capability.
Lemon skin beautifier and spring health tonic ad
An advertisement touts a cheap lemon lotion using juice from two lemons and orchard white to whiten and soften skin, with guidance to strain pulp and apply daily. It also promotes Dr Pierce tonics for spring fatigue and neuralgia, claiming blood purification aids nerves and general vitality.
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John Shotzman
N. Hendrix
Adolph Nelson
Lebanon
E. C. Wires
W. M. L. C. Hohr
Clarence Albroq
V. CG
J. W. Plotner
John A. Freeburg
Kaness
W. M. U2
Noa & Bow
Commun
Jim Jones
Effingham
Effingham Telephone Company
Uncle Sam
Midland College
Atchison Commercial Club
R. B. Perry
W. J. Bailey
R. W. Ramsey
Eugene Howe
Ed Lukens
Sheffield Ingalls
Harry Diegal
Commercial Club
Luther Heller
Western Theological Seminary
Department of Justice
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Ades
Livina
Depo
Fahe
Peruna
Nature
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Peruna Company
Columbus
Ohio
Army
U. S
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
Oregon
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