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Newspaper
Joliet Daily Times
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
1
Race is On to Stop Flood of Medicine Beer
Washington June 3 Anti beer forces in the house rush to block permits for medicinal beer under the Volstead era enforcement. Palmer’s legal view clashes with prohibitionists as efforts accelerate to pass the bill before beer production expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingon
Palmer
Internal Revenue
Blair
Volstead
House Judiciary Committee
Wayne B. Wheeler
House
Senate
Congress
Wheler
Capitol
Capital and Labor Blamed for Waste
The first six months of 1920 saw railroads lose about 6.5 million dollars due to clock punching under national wage agreements. E. T. Whiter of Philadelphia told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that mandatory weekly time-recording for workers under government control reduced efficiency and raised operating costs. He cited numerous examples to support the executives’ claim that wartime rules hurt performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
E. T. Whiter
Philadelphia
Conference Committee of
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Transportation Inquiry
Whiter
Fletcher Is Promised 1922 Elk Presidency
Joliet Elks plan to attend the 1922 Iliinois Elks convention after Galesburg was awarded it. The Joliet delegation of nine men led by Exalted Ruler J. J. Smiley returned from Belleville pleased with the reception. Dr. W. R. Fletcher of Joliet is promised the 1922 presidency. Sam Ryerson of Rock Island was elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Madeline Street Dog Poisoner Being Sought
Residents of Madeline street seek the apprehension of a person leaving poisoned food for dogs in alleys. Detective Delaney submitted doughnuts believed to contain poison to City Health Commissioner Ed Higgins for analysis. Attorney William Faulkner offers a $100 reward for the culprit. A Boland family dog, at 111 Madeline Street, was poisoned this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Street
Delaney
Ed. Higgins
William Faulkner
Madeline
Comstock
Henry Boland
Mother Locks Him Out. Youth Tells Police
Joseph Vonsh, 15, was found asleep in the doorway of the post office building last night. He told Captain McCraney that his mother, Mrs. Charles Vonsh of 211 Abe Street, locked him out because he could not obtain work. The captain admonished her against future action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Vonsh
Post
Captain McCraney
Charles Vonsh
Abe
McCraney
Bullets Fly In Taxi Driver Clash At Lockport
Two shots were fired last night in Lockport after an argument on State street between Hanson of Hanson garage Joliet and another auto driver. Hanson reported the license 484299-21, and the assailant fired twice from a running car board but missed. Police noted the auto headed toward Joliet with two men and two women aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hanson
Lockport
Hanson
Joliet
State Street
Lieut J W Becker Retired On Pension By Request
Lieut Joseph W Becker of the city fire department was retired on pension at his own request after consideration by the Fire Pension Board. He joined the force in 1909 and has suffered a leg muscle lacERATION. He will receive half of a lieutenant pay. Becker is the fourth fire officer retired recently, joining Lieuts John F Schoop and James A Paul and Capt Robert J Downing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Becker
Fire Pension Board
Becker
Fire Department
John F. Schoop
James A. Paul
Robert J. Downing
Richards St. M. E. to Receive New Members
Richards Street Methodist Episcopal Church will welcome new members during Sunday morning services and administer holy communion. A brief sermon titled Peace, the Individuals' and Nations! will be delivered by the pastor, Rev. H. H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards Street M. E
8. H
Waste in Industry Cited As Mismanagement and Labor Conflicts
A Hoover commissioned American Engineering committee reports waste in industry totals half from mismanagement and a quarter from labor. It urges nationwide reporting machinery for unemployment data and closer cooperation among government, public, industries, labor banks and engineers to cut waste. The panel cites four to five million idle workers in early 1920s, with billions tied up in idle equipment and large wage losses forecast in 1921 building trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
American Engineering Committee
Commerce
Hoover
J. Parke Channing
New York
L. W. Wallace
Washington
American Engineering Council
Federated American Engineering Societies
Joliet Police Help Revive Pension Bill
Joliet delegates at the Illinois Police Association convention in Springfield helped revive a police pension bill. If enacted it would raise the annual pension from 600 dollars to half a retiring officer salary. Chief Corcoran said the bill had been buried but will be read in the House on Monday. Desk sergeants Michael Corcoran and James Cavanaugh returned from the convention last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Ilinois Police Association
Springfield
Corcoran
House of Representatives
Michael Corcoran
James Cavanaugh
Mrs Mary F Abell to be Buried Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs Mary F Abell who died yesterday at her home at Center and West Jefferson streets will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev T Dewitt Tanner officiating. Interment will follow in Elmhurst Cemetery. Mrs Abell, wife of Dr E J Abell, was a lifelong resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Abell
Mary F. Abell
Center
West Jefferson Streets
Christ Episcopal Church
T. Dewitt Tanner
Elmhurst Cemetery
Election Next Monday Judges Are Unopposed
Circuit Judges Dorrance Dibell of Joliet Frank L Hooper of Watseka and Arthur W DeSelm of Kankakee seek re election at polls next Monday. Polling places in Joliet and the townships open at 7 a m close at 5 p m with no opposition noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorrance Dibell
Joliet
Frank L. Hooper
Watseka
Arthur W. DeSelm
Kankakee
Favor $18,800 for Washington Street School Contract
Architects Wallace and Hoen told the City School Board counsel that only 200 dollars were involved in alleged contracting shortcomings for the Washington street school. The board had withheld 19,000 from contractors, and the architects proposed paying 18,800 as a compromise. The school board planned to meet next Monday night with William D. Heise assisting as special attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Chas. L. Wallace
R.g.hoen
City School Board
William D. Heise
Mrs Ellen Hartigan Dies at Age 70
Mrs Ellen Hartigan aged 70 died at her home 526 Lime Street at 8 o clock this morning. She is survived by two sons Thomas and Dennis. The funeral will be held from her home Sunday to St Patrick Church at 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Hartigan
Lime Street
Thomas
Dennis
St. Patrick's
Breakthrough Talks Normalize Joliet Building Tie-Up
Union and employing contractors met last night in Joliet for the first time since the stoppage began. They discussed high costs and wage needs, pledged no forceful terms, and planned a sequence of follow up conferences to resume construction and finalize wage adjustments. The ice was said to be broken as both sides moved to a working basis with meetings set for Saturday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Schottes’ Hall
Alpine Hall
Association of Commerce
Building Trades Council
Ne Contractors’ Association
Hotel guest dies after ambulance call
Paragane Domenico registered at the Orpheum hotel and died suddenly this morning at 8 o clock before a doctor could be summoned. A coroner inquest will be held once relatives are located. He registered last night at 10 with no address given. A bell-boy was asked to call an ambulance to take him to the hospital. he died moments after the request. The body was removed to Cham Berlin and Sloan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paragane Domenico
Orpheum
Chamberlin & Sloan
Lennon sisters set for college graduation events
Miss Emily Lennon of 113 South Eastern avenue will receive a bachelor of arts degree Tuesday in St. Marys in the Woods Indiana after completing four years in music and French and serving in the college orchestra. Miss Mary Louise Lennon attends Notre Dame and will attend her sister's Notre Dame graduation on June 14 as their parents travel to Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Lennon
South Eastern Avenue
Lennon
St. Mary’s-in-the- Woods
Ind
Emily Lennon
Mary Louise Lennon
Notre Dame
Homer Township Buying and Selling Plan Approved
Homer Township Buying and Selling Association moves to use guidelines from Will County Farm Bureau offices. Directors named include H B Reed, Lani Frank, John Jungies, Arthur Fer, and I Paddock. association plans focus on local shipping point distances. Washington noted a Supreme Court leak case decision may come within a week after submissions from both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Homer Township
Will County Farm Bureau
H. B. Reed
Lani Frank
John Jungies
Arthur Fer
I Paddock
Assolots
Washington
Bertete
Beer cargo spiked with alcohol leads to court fine
Twenty five barrels of beer confiscated on the Lockport road were found to be spiked after leaving Keeley brewery in Chicago. Sheriff Newkirk holds the shipment while three in charge were freed for lack of a case. Abe Kristal of Rockdale was fined $400 for transporting the cargo. Names of two men, Gregory Mack and Leo Wise, were given, while their real identities and connections in Joliet remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockport Road
Abe Kristal
Rockdale
Gregory Mack
Leo Wise
John Smith
Joliet
Ruth hits sixteenth homer today in New York
New York reports Babe Ruth clubs his sixteenth home run this season as late news items roll in from around the globe. Other brief items note trials, political shifts, and notable deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Babe Ruth
Government Seizes Peggy Hopkins Jewels in Probe
Chicago June 3 federal probe into missing jewels valued around 500000 dollars seized on demand of treasury agent Williams. The jewelry, gifts to Peggy Hopkins Joyce from her husband James Stanley Joyce in Paris, plus other admirer gifts, are being tracked to determine their present whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Joyce
Chicago
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Europe
William H. Williams
Treasury
Williams
Peggy
James Stanley Joyce
Paris
Knights of Columbus to March to St Anthony's Church
Four hundred Knights of Columbus and candidates will assemble at 7:15 Sunday morning at a K C club in North Chicago Street to march in a body to St Anthony's Church for mass. Services will be in charge of Rev Father Valetto. Arrangements were made by Nick Fornango Andrew Pesavento Joseph Olivo and Frank Carneghi. In the afternoon at 3 o clock the first second and third degrees will be conferred on 50 candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
K. c. Cub
Chicago Street
St. Anthony’s Church
Father Valetto
Nick Fornango
Andrew Pesavento
Joseph Olivo
Frank Carneghi
Two Joliet Soldiers Die in France Arrive Tonight
The bodies of William Cronin and John Limmer, Joliet men killed in action in France, arrive in New York this evening and proceed to Western Undertaking parlors. They will lie in state before a 10:30 a m funeral Mass at St John’s Church. Burial follows in St John’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cronin
John Limmer
Joliet
France
New York
St John's Catholic Sehurch
St. John’s Cemetery
Wiliam Cronin
Lightning kills ten child in Joliet area home collapse
A severe electrical storm struck Joliet and nearby territory last evening, killing Annie Skubiz ten and injuring sister Mary age seven or eleven? while Tony escaped unharmed. The bolt travelled through a metal clothesline into the upper house causing the bed to be torn through and the stairway damaged. Mary recovered from a dizzy spell and bruises, while neighbors assist the stunned family as authorities investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Annie
Frank Skubiz
Carbon Hill
Tony
Anni
Mary
Reading
Wes
Marr
Grundy County
Skubiz
E. A. C. McKay
Western Avenue
Arthur G. Wunderlich
Buell Avenue
Leach
Don’t Rush In Where There Is’ Diptheria
Public health notice warns against delays when diphtheria appears in a community. It urges immediate medical consultation for unwell children and emphasizes vaccination and early treatment to prevent spread. Authorities stress awareness and prompt action to protect families and schools.
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William Oak Forest
City Health
Scralet
H. Clelland
Andrew W
Wilmington
Richards Street
M. I
S. H. Wirsch
Gallagher
Thayer
Richards Gallagher
Tenedint
J. O. Engelman
Public
Genoa
Dungs
Germany
Arthur
G. F
First Avenue
Henry Kwasniewski
Elizabeth Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Silver Cross Hospital
William Tripple
Hickory ‘Street
James Kennedy
D’arcy J Avenue
St.Joseph’s Hospital
James ‘Collings
Buell _ avenue
Union Station
St. Joseph's ‘Hospital
Robert Baum
Mm Joliet
William Hodick
East
Cass Street
Ustice
McCulloch
Margaret Arthur
Coro
Joliet Symphony
eThe
Koenig
Clement Street
General Jories
Chamberlin, & Sloan King
B. S. Sloan
Te Brown Kurtzman
Bill
Congressman Volstead
Edmunds
Pennsylvania
Fletcher
Elk Presidency
J. W. Becker
Dublin
Trim
London
Portugal
James D. Maher
United States Supreme Court
Court
Berlin
Solomon Teilirian
Talaat Pasha
Turkey
Trenchant
Harding
United States Shipping Board
A. D. Lasker
Lasker
Knox
Cecil Parkett
Bennie Slavin
Pentecost
Valley Forge
Philander C. Knox
5 of Columbus
Copley
Elgin Paper
Elgin
Greasman, Ira
Eenana Perm
News
Udim
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