Kansas Ratifies Suffrage in Brief Legislative Session
In the shortest session on record the Kansas legislature unanimously ratified the federal woman suffrage amendment, approved an expense bill of 2931 dollars, and adjourned. House vote 120 to 0. Senate 35 to 0 with four senators and five representatives absent. Minnie Grinstead introduced the measure. Frank L. Martin offered a humorous dissent but voted yes. Women leaders cheered from the gallery.
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Kansas
House
Senate
Minnie Grinstead
Liberal
Seward County
Lambertson
Frank L. Martin
Hutchinson
Pioneer Kansas editor J M Caveness dies at 77
J M Caveness a noted Kansas newspaper man dies at his Chanute home after a sight injury illness. He graduated Baker University in 1866 and led the Chanute Daily Tribune after purchasing it. Survived by widow two sons Wilfred and Herbert and daughter Mrs J Luther Taylor.
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J. M. Caveness
Kansas
Chanute
S. A. Lough
Baker University
Caveness
Daily Tribune
Wilfred and
Herbert
The
Chanute Tribune
J. Luther Taylor
Pittsburg
Kas
Fugitive IWW Leader Gavell Held in Hutchinson Jail
Jack Gavell, indicted in Chicago in September 1917 with W. D. Haywood and other IWW leaders, remains jailed in Hutchinson on a vagrancy charge. He was found with large quantities of IWW literature and membership blanks and will be sent to Chicago to face conspiracy charges for violating federal laws including the draft and Espionage Act, per assistant U S district attorney Webster Holloway.
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Jack Gavell
Chicago
W. D. Haywood
W. W
Hutchinson
Gavell
Webster Holloway
United States District Attorney
Kansas Christian Endeavor Union Sets 1920 Convention
The 1920 convention will be in Great Bend from June 9 to 11. At Lawrence closing session R. E. Hangen of Wellington was re-elected president. Rev. Olin Hunt of Hugoton became first vice president and F. H. Anderson of Topeka second vice president. Madilene Carter of Lawrence was named corresponding secretary with E. E. Anderson of Emporia as treasurer.
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Kansas Christian Endeavor Union
Great Bend
Lawrence
R. E. Hangen
Wellington
Olin Hunt
Hugoton
F. H. Anderson
Topeka
Madilene Carter
E. E. Anderson
Emporia
Junction City approves $40,000 junior high bond issue
In a special election at Junction City the $40,000 bond issue to finish the new Junior High School carried by 115 votes. Only 264 ballots were cast against it. The building, costing $140,000, is to be completed by August 1.
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Junction City
Killing near Erie involves traveling harvest workers
A fatal shooting occurred near Erie when a Black man fired on a white man and fled. The two men were part of a twenty person party that began in Kansas City aboard a Missouri Kansas & Texas freight train.
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Havest
Erie
Kansas City
Extradition of Topeka Promoter Denied by Governor
Gov. Henry J. Allen refused extradition of J. F. William Benker to McQueen County Pennsylvania on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses tied to oil stock sales. Richard K. Hopkins, attorney general, vows to clean up Leavenworth and appointed J. K. Codding, Kansas penitentiary warden, as special assistant attorney general for Leavenworth County.
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J. F. William Benker
Topeka
McQueen County
Pennsylvania
Henry J. Allen
Richard K. Hopkins
Leavenworth
J. K. Codding
Kansas Penitentiary
Leavenworth County
Arrests and deaths mark Kansas wheat belt unrest
Reports to U S officials indicate about 100 I W W members are jailed across Kansas wheat belt with more to come after release from the jungle. Wages are set by farmers from 50 to 60 cents an hour plus board. Peter Higgins was arrested in Wichita with J W W literature. John W Alder, longtime Haskell Institute clerk, is dead. Ex soldiers torn up Wilson pardon petitions in Columbus.
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Wheat Belt
Kansas
United States
Peter Higgins
Wichita
F. E. Smith
Great Bend
Higgins
Smith
O. Q. Claflin
Jack” Gavell
Hutchinson
Chicago
Fred Robertson
Topeka
R. J. Hopkins
John W. Alder
Haskell Indian Institute
Lawrence
Mr. Alder
Buffalo
N. Y
Wisconsin Cavalry
Missouri-Kansas
James G. Blunt
Baxter Springs
Kas
Price
Westport
Indian Service
Pine Ridge
S. D
Haskell
Columbus
Wilson
International Bible Students’ Association
Kansas City Star
Wilson County Treasurer Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot
W. H. Tyler, Wilson County treasurer, committed suicide at his Fredonia residence using an old rusty .44-caliber revolver. The ball passed through his body. He had long operated a banking business at Lafountain and was in his second term as county treasurer.
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W. H. Tyler
Wilson County
Fredonia
University senate backs Patterson amid Haworth charges
The Kansas University senate disciplinary committee chaired by Prof. Dr. L. Patterson won unanimous confidence from the senate. Prof. Erasm us Haworth did not appear to press charges claiming Patterson's improper conduct in office. The meeting was called in response to Haworth's allegations.
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Kansas University Senate
L. Patterson
Senate
Erasmus Haworth
Patterson
Haworth
Wheat pest and university changes amid postwar Kansas events
Army worms threaten barns and paint on farms while wheat beards face minimal damage. Kansas University plans mail-in courses for veterans returning from service, with wounded soldiers allowed to work at KU. Bank robbery near Junction City ends with two suspects in custody. Chase County wheat yields projected at 30 to 35 bushels per acre as agricultural officials inspect fields.
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University of Kansas
K. U
Chase County
T. Barger
State Agricultural College
Cay
Preston Hale
Plan Moving of Big Grain Crops
The railroad administration evaluates measures for handling a likely record grain season. Wheat yields are forecast at 900 million bushels winter and 800 million spring, with total output probably 300–400 million above last year. A renewed permit system may be used to prevent congestion and ensure smooth transport from markets to ports.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Walker D. Hines
Department of Agriculture
Grain Corporation
Reinaugurate
United States Food Administration Grain Corporation
Whisky Still Found in Top of Huge Tree
Knoxville Tennessee a copper whiskey still was found perched at the top of a towering oak during a raid in Sevier County. J T B Ivins a veteran moonshine raider says the novelty fits his long experience with illicit distilleries. The outfit was dislodged and destroyed.
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Knoxville
Tenn
J .T. B. Ivins
Internal Revenue Department
Ivins
Old Tenth District
Sevier County
Tennessee
Most Deadly War Gas “Methyl” Shown At Exhibition
A wartime super gas known as methyl or Lewisite is displayed under guard at an educational exhibit. Discovered and developed by Prof. W Lee Lewis White while with the bureau of mines, it was intended to produce ten tons daily and could have destroyed major cities. The plant near Cleveland, nicknamed the mouse trap, was built to supply 3,000 tons by March 1919 had the armistice not stopped its use.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
W. Lee Lewis White
Bureau of Mines
American University Laboratories
War Department
Department
Berlin
Manhattan
Lewis
American University
Cleveland, O
American Front
Battle Front
Armenian Refugees Starving in Caucasus Reported in Telegram
A telegram to Herbert Hoover from Howard Heinz reports extreme hunger among Armenian refugees in the Caucasus. He notes 500000 people require outside food for another year, women gathering grass roots, and a high child death rate amid typhus and emerging cholera. Cannibalism reports are treated as true by Heinz based on circumstantial evidence.
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Constantinople
Caucasus
Herbert Hoover
Paris
Howard Heinz
Near East
Heinz
Walter George Smith
Philadelphia
American Bar Association
American Committee For Armenian and Syrian Relief
Igdir
Erivan
Alexandropol
Coa
King Albert to Visit Washington for League Session
King Albert of Belgium is expected to visit Washington for the inaugural League of Nations meeting in October. The trip will mark Belgium’s participation in the new international body and follows prior wartime diplomacy efforts.
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Albert
America
Paris
King Albert
Belgium
Washington
League of Nations
Trade Morals Advertisements Drive Business News
This newspaper notes how advertising columns reflect the economy and commercial activity. It frames ads as a map of business health, with merchants, trades, and prices shaping daily commerce and public visibility.
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Commun
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Lebanon
A. R.morey
W. Kreitzer
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