Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1926, Page 6

Paper, th Morning Edition, ‘Brings $11,000,000—Eight Bids Were Made. | KANSAS CITY, July 13.—The Kan- City Star will remain in the hands, of Irwin Kirkwood, present editor, . And his associates. . The sale of the Star and its morn- " Ing edition, the Tlma!, for $11,000,000 fo Mr. Kirkwood and tes was [ announced last night by the trustees . Of the estate of Willlam Rockhill Nel- | "#on, founder of the newspaper. Eight bids were considered by the L rustees. Terms of the offers made by " $he unsuccessful bidders were not \made public, several of the prospec- | tive purchasers having stipulated that _ @ecrecy be munmnod with respgct to . their propo: Mr. Klrkwood is the son-inlaw of Col. Nelson and the group he heads hd worked for years with Mr. Nel- l'nndl Will Go for Art Works. ‘Proceeds of the sale will go into a trust fund established by the Nelson [ will. for the purchase ‘of a collection of works and reproductions of the fln. arts to be maintained in Kansas where the fortune was made. er properties of the estate bring the total assets of the trust fund to i uvund $20,000,000. The trustees are empowered to invest the income in art objects, but must keep the prin- upu intact. "The successful bid provided for the deposit of $500,000 with the offer, $2,- 000,000 on transfer of the properties and $8,500,000 at 5 per cent interest, payable not less than $675,000 per year in quarterly payments. The unsuccessful bidders were Frank . Gannett, New York State publisher; Luke Lea, publisher, of Nashville, ! Menn.; H. V. Jones, owner of the llnllflpolh Journal; Clyde M. Reed, former chairman of the Kansas Public Utilities Commission; F. G. Bonfils, blisher of the Denver Post Walter Dickey, owner and editor of the Kansas City Journal-Post, and one Whose name has not been revealed. Purchasers Long on Jobs. The purchasers have conducted the NeWSDa] since Col. Nelson'’s death in 1915. His widow dled five years ago, and their only child, Mrs. Laura Nellon Kirkwood, died February 27, year. With the death of Mrs. llrkwood the estate passed into the hands of the trustees,’J. C. Nichols 7and Herbert V. Jones, real estate men, and Willlam Volker, manufacturer and philanthropist, all of Kansas City. They were named under the Nelson will by the presidents of the universi- ties of Missouri, Kansas and Okla- ~homa. Mr. Nelson said in his will that this provision was made with the object, of keeping the trust free from “politi- «al influence or control.”” Statements were issued by Mr. Gan- pett, Mr. Lea and Mr. Bonfils and Mr. Reed congratulating the new owners and the trustees. —_— VIKING SHIP REACHES ST. JOHN’S ON VOYAGE | Gratt Following Boute of Liet|parol Erikson on Its Way to Sesquicentennial,. By the Associated Press. ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, July 18. ~—Following the track of Leif Erik- son when he voyaged to the new world in the eleventh century, the Norweglan Viking ship Leif Erikson with a cmw of four men, arrived here yesterday from Bergen on the way to ;' 5hfllflelphh Sesquicentennial Ex- - 'The little undecked craft, measur- ing 10 tons gross, was in Ccharge of Gerhard Folgero, master-owner, and called at the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and Labrador on the trip across. FOUR STRIKERS SHOT. New York Garment Workers ‘Woundpd While Picketing. NEW YORK, July 13 (P.—Four garment strikers were shot yester- day while picketing' in West Twenty- fifth street, just off Fifth avenue. Three men found in the building _ being picketed were held by police. The wounded wers Morris Sperling, Benjamin Zimmerman, Harry Shel- echman and Morris Kaplan. All ‘Were expected to recover. “BUD” FISHER WINS. / NEW YORK, July 13 (P).—The $250,000 breach of promise suit brought . against H. C. (Bud) Fisher, cartoomist, by Ada Lucile Schields was dismissed < in County Court yesterday. Fisher's defense was that the complainant was alrendy married to Ira B. Norton. A hearing is to be held today in Supreme Court on Fisher’s motion for & stay of judgment on the order grant. the Countess de Beaumont, his second wife, -$1,000 a month Alhmmy and $10,000 counsel fees. The countess sued for separation, charging the car- toonist with cruelty. Cn:b;n Leaves No Odor of Carbona disappears while P'."-lo‘ Tlm is 'IB-M . For Ifiipfih-fl - Cleaning Fiutd, : _mm ulhh-(‘-l- 30¢ 604 & "L Sk Brtties ot $3.50 Philadelphia $3.25 Chester $3.00 AXI“ih'n“i:xigton SUNDAY JULY 18 Train HERE, ARCHIE, TAKE THIS coar o THE g’:pmé“fl GET A RECEPT DID THEY ALL STANO ARDUMND AND ADMIRE CORT T S. E. J. COX TO GET - PAROLE ON JULY 20| 0il Man Convicted on Two Charges in 1924 Soon to Be Freed, By the Associated Press. LEAVENWORTH, Kans., July 183. —Seymour E. J. Cox, sentenced.to the Leavenworth _penitentiary lrom Houston, Tex., in 1924. on chn.rgaa of using the mails to defraud, be l«l July 20, at the flph'suon of one-third of his sentence, it was learned authoritatively here last night. Approval of Department of Justice of- ficials for the parole has been ob- tained, it is understood. Cox entered the penitentiary Feb- ruary’ 11, 1924, nnder two sentences, one of from one to five years and the other for eight years, running concur- rently. He and E. O. unnmboon convlcted at Houston, on charges using the mails to demnd in con- noctlon with the Bluebird Oil Co. Twumbatom th-.tcuxwuln dicted at time the Federal au. thorities wsre investigating Dr. Fred: erick A. 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