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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1919
Page
9
Baron Makino of the Japanese delegation says Japan wants simple justice and not inferiority. He notes immigration limits are not part of their aims and that Japan seeks equal footing in the league of nations. The piece also salutes Admiral Sims and navy exploits, echoing wartime pride.
A Louisville style meditation on the completed Mississippi barges built at Quincy. The piece lauds Quincy labor and lumber, questions regional uses of the river, and ponders whether Quincy St. Louis Memphis Davenport or the river itself will sustain an enduring barge industry and broader commerce. It weighs the fleet’s fate against broader economic goals along the Lakes to Gulf waterway plan.
Sir Arthur Pearson, once a powerful English publisher, lost his sight suddenly. He redirected his career to aid others at St Dunstan's Hostel, London, teaching that happiness comes from action and creativity, not pity. His stance: the blind are normal humans who must develop other senses, and the real tragedy is inhibition. Buck up, make the detour.
In the Green Forest tale, Buster Bear climbs a tree chasing Prickly Porky the Porcupine whose spears are missing. Prickly Porky clings to the upper trunk as Buster roars and threatens, leaving a dinner within reach but just out of grasp. The scene ends with the perilous standoff high above ground.
War department lists convoyed units to return to the United States from France including Evacuation Hospital Company No.2 Aero Squadrons 199 and 648 Photo Section No.14 Agamemnon Docks Boston April 8 Major General Clement A. F. Flagler returns to lead the Rainbow division home next. Over 4200 aboard are from the 102nd Infantry and the 10th machine gun battalion with many replacements. 49 officers and 2699 men will be sent to demobilization camps elsewhere, while some may stay at Devens for the 26th division parade. Base hospital No. 4 aboard.
In Richmond a stabbing occurred inside the courthouse. Judge Divillbiss was moved to his home in serious condition. Relations with Lyon have been strained since last year’s congressional race when Lyon backed Representative Alexander of Gallatin. Lyon surrendered to the sheriff.
Springfield April 8 The old Eighth regiment colored Illinois national guard will be reorganized immediately Adjutant Gen Dickson Otis B Duncan recently commissioned a colonel in the regiment by Gov Lowden left for Chicago to start the reorganization machinery He will visit Danville Bloomington and Quincy in the state to reconstitute units from the former regiment before the federalization The old Eighth is the first complete Illinois regiment to return from overseas duty part of the 370th United States infantry with Duncan as lieutenant colonel.
Advices from Madrid report Barcelona and Valencia strike conditions greatly improved over two days with the overall Spanish situation quieting. German propagandists and syndicalists were active in the strikes. twenty five Germans have been arrested in Barcelona.
Circuit Judge Frank P. Divilbiss of Richmond Mo was stabbed nine times by Robert S Lyon editor of the Richmond Con servator The attack occurred Monday with eight wounds in the stomach and the judge's condition was not reported
Sheriff John P Fleming said no new information had been learned about escaped convicts Howard OHara and James Sonny Giblin since he lost their trail with a posse as far as Galva in Henry county after their Dec. 30 murder indictment in Rock Island. The other two escapees were jailed for minor offenses.
The U S State Department reports Spain has adopted daylight saving, advancing legal time to continue until October six. The move shifts clocks forward and reflects alignment with seasonal daylight practices in Europe.
An April 8 historical digest notes Lorenzo de Medici’s death in 1492 and Florentine rule, the Drury Lane playbill first issued in 1663 for The Humorous Lieutenant, a Piedmont village landslide in 1679 killing 200, Edmund Genet’s Charleston landing in 1793, and the 1826 Randolph–Clay duel near Georgetown over a Senate dispute, after which they became friends.
An official British war office communication from London on April 7 states the Murmansk coast commander confirms that for now there is no immediate danger of a Finnish Caresian uprising, avoiding a potential threat in that sector.
Zurich says allied envoys have arrived at Danzig to arrange for accommodation of allied and Polish troops. German National Assembly president Farenbach has postponed his Vienna trip to join discussions in Berlin on the Danzig and Polish questions.
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