Authorities debate custody of Esterbrook and Wells in KC
Kansas City authorities identify Clyde Esterbrook and Harry Wells as likely participants in a April 2 Licht murder and a $10,000 loot. Quincy officers seek extradition, while KC officials weigh keeping them for robbery charges related to a Locust Street gambling house hold up. Evidence includes pawned Licht watches and Bandels gamblers' testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Simmons
Robert Bumster
Quincy
Kansas City
Simmons
Bumster
Ohme
Emil Licht
City
Licht
Wells
Phelan
Esterbrook
Emil R. Licht
George Bandel
Locust Street
Clyde Ester Grock
Warry Wells
Bandel
Lee Freymouth
Harrison Street
Fred Hoffman
Troostave
Freymouth
Hoffman
EE. J. Simmons
R. P. Phelan
Smmone
K. C
Phelan Here
State labor head speaks at Quincy on strikes
Duncan McDonald, president of the Tiimois Federation of Labor, spoke to striking molders, pattern makers, stove mounters and metal polishers in Quincy. He warned that the national and state labor situation is serious, urged unity for a shorter workday, and urged cooperation with other labor movements. He endorsed cooperative ideas and predicted success in political outreach. The address drew a large audience of striking workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan McDonald
Tiimois Federation of Labor
Quincy
Enteri
Ile
McDonald
Recruits To Attend Army Auto Schools
Unusual opportunities are offered to young men for enlistment in the army with the opening of auto schools connected to the Motor branch. Training promises practical skills and potential assignments to motor transport work and related duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Auto
Transport corps training for recruits announced
Sergeant John Lunsford at the local recruiting office outlines three automobile industry based training tracks for enlistment. Courses include motor assemblers ignition troubleshooters and axle transmission and chassis with graduation enabling progression. Locations are Baltimore Atlanta El Paso and San Antonio. Compensation includes salary board clothing medical and dental care and equipment. One recruit Frank W. Miller of Quincy departed for Peoria. transfer to transport corps possible. Lieutenant Crisp visited Quincy with Sergeant Lunsford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transport Corps
John Lunsford
Baltimore
Atlanta
el Paso
Texas
San Antonio
Frank W. Miller
Quincy
Peoria
Infantry
Moto
Quincy Wins The Most Exciting Game Of All
Quincy Y M C A volleyball team battled in Burlington facing the Burlington first team and second team, losing 15-0 15-8 and 13-3 15-0, while Keokuk beat Galesburg 15-6 15-8. Quincy topped Galesburg 24-0, Burlington 30-1, and Quincy edged Keokuk 28-22 as Dr Walter Krieschbaum of Burlington starred. The matches drew large crowds and a social gathering followed at the Y M C A with S N Gabel and Quincy players in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Y.M. C. A
Burlington
Ottumwa
Burington
Keokuk
Galesburg
Quincy
Quincey
Walter Krieschbaum
S. N. Gabel
O. E. Anderson
O. E. Lane
Dr. J. TH. Waldron
Ed Schrang
O. G. Dunlap
Jim Sullivan
Harry Donovan
Three Properties Sold This Week
Loren C. Cox sold the J. J. Flynn mansion at 1214 Park Place to Frank L. and Bertha L. Dittmeyer. Maurice Vasen’s bungalow at 1817 Vermont Street went to Henry J. Maseching, and the two story brick at 929 Broadway was sold to Edward Moore. For buying or selling, call 36S4-W Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren C. Cox
J. J. Flynn
Park Place
Frank L
Bertha. L. Dittmeyer
Maurice Vasen
Vermont Street
Henry J. Maseching
Broadway
Edward Moore
River waterways plan calls for 100 million boost
At the Mississippi Valley Waterways convention in St Louis, Bishop Fawcett and Quincy delegates helped push a demand for the federal expenditure of 100 million dollars over three years to improve the upper Mississippi and connected rivers. A six foot channel from Minneapolis to St Louis was urged, along with a federal fleet and additional tows and barges to support river commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Fawcett
Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi Valley Waterways Convention
St. Louis
Quincy
Truman T. Pierson
Phil J. O’brien
United States
Mississippi River
Missouri
Ohio
Illinois
Chicago
Mississippi
O’brien
Pierson
Minneapolis
Upper River City
Upper River
Waterways Association
Gem City
Mississippi Valley
James E. Smith
Smith
Congress
Washington
Resolution Committee
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Oime
New York
4 Waterways Commission
Officers Training Camps For Local ROTC Teens Planned
Major James E. Adams reports from the military training camps association that ROTC youths in their last two years of school may join camps located at Camp Grant and other cantonments nationwide. Junior ROTC members could attend at Camp Grant this summer under War Department supervision, with details on duration and costs being sought. Adams previously served as district recruiting officer and helped enlist over 400 youths during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Adams
Military Training Camps Association
Camp Grant
Adams
War Department
Chester Heidbreder Returns From France
First Sergeant Chester H. Heidbreder of the Thirty third division arrived home from France with discharge papers. He served eleven months at Amiens and St Mihiel, with the British army part of the time and later with Americans alone. He was in an infantry school when he came home amid evident good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester H. Heidbreder
Camp Parker
Quincy
France
Camp Grant
Amiens
St. Mihiel
States
Sergt. Heidlieder
Open verdict on Neadick inquest returned
Jurors at the Neadick inquest under Coroner Lawrence Amen returned an open verdict on Carl L Neadick finding death by excessive loss of blood from a severed jugular vein with a knife unknown to the jury. The knife was not found though he may have discarded it in a pond near the Charles Oehlman camp two miles north of town. Neadick had been mentally unbalanced and feared errors in his income tax return. His pocketbook with some change was found later, countering a robbery theory. One brother testified about the knife search and water drainage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Amen
Carl L. Neadick
Charles Oehlman
Isis
Convention to Form State Chamber of Commerce Two Days
Quincy delegates plan a two day convention in June to organize state chambers of commerce. Speakers include John Barrett Pan American Union director general Governor Lowden and Senator Spencer Missouri with A W Mackie railroad administrator Mississippi River section to address. Attorney Walter Bennett praises Barrett predicting a 5000 strong audience in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Quincey
Pierson
Fawcett
St. Louis
Whig
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Quincy
Lowden
Spencer
Missouri
A. W. Mackie
Railroad Administration
Mississippi River Section
Walter H. Bennett
United States
Soldiers and families news from WWI era
BS Shrapnel2 and Joseph Meyer formerly in The Whig press write from Laison France that homecoming will be late summer. He aids guard duty with others, barracks in a German hospital building, in Company I 34th Infantry. August Koetter of 1246 Vermont St reports his son Cyril, in the United States navy, is en route to join the Pacific fleet from Reno. Tom Kearney, recently discharged, returns from Camp Grant. Captain Irwin Lummis, army instructor at Washington University, arrives home for Easter leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Meyer
The
Whig
Laison
France
34Th Infantry
August Koetter
Vermont Street
Cyril
United States Navy
Reno
Nevada
San Francisco
Irwin Lummis
Washington University
St. Louis
H. F. Lummis
South Side Club Admits Members and Plans Shoots
Several new members joined the South Side Beat club at Fridays meeting and officials voted to continue trapshoots biweekly with the next shoot set for a Sunday week. The session covered routine business. The North Side Boat club also met Friday night, approving filings and welcoming new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Beat Club
North Side Boat Club
Judge Higbee to Wed Pittsfield Secretary Maude Moreland
Judge Harry Higbee of Pittsfield, a presiding jurist, will wed his longtime private secretary Miss Maude Moreland this summer. Miss Moreland, daughter of Daniel Moreland, is active in Pittsfield social circles. Invitations are anticipated among Ouiney attorneys and local legal figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Higbee
Pittsfield
Maude Moreland
Higbee
Miss Moreland
Daniel Moreland
Broadway and Highland cars crash injures two
At Twentieth and Broadway two passengers were injured in a collision between a Broadway car and a Highland park car. One rider suffered a back injury. another received a head bruise. Several shaken passengers were on the Highland car as it stopped to turn, with debris and broken windows reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Highland Park
Twentieth
Lockbee
Chestnut Street
A. H. Schmidt
Spring Street
J. N. Rice
Williams
Bunnies Replace Poodle Fashions For Quincy Girls
A quirky Quincy column notes girls may favor Easter bunnies as arm adornments over the usual dog pendants. Live rabbits cost 35 cents, with stores offering 50 cent Belgians. The piece jokes about pet trends, license rules, and Belgium ties while imagining playful crime deterrence via poodles.
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Quincy
Fifth
Maine Street
Milady
Bunny
Belgium
Ireland
Fido
Lieut Pearce To Return Home From War Service
Lieut Warren Pearce of the medical corps since April 161T, two days after the war declaration, cabled that he would arrive in New York April 26. He sailed for overseas in August 1917, served as chief surgeon on convoy duty for seven months, later headed a hospital in Lorient, France, and was head of the medical department at Carola Brest before hospital closure. Mrs Pearce plans to join him in New York and they hope to go to Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Pearce
Medical Corps
Germany
United States
Pearce
New York
Ft. Sheridan
Lorient
France
Lieut. Pearce
Brest
Carola
Quincey
Cyril Bohne Discharged From Navy in Quincy Return
Cyril Bohne son of Mr and Mrs Herman Bohne of North Eighth street has been discharged from the Navy and returned to Quincy after ten months service. He enlisted as a machinist mate and spent five months overseas at shore stations in Cardiff Wales Brest France and a brief period in England before returning home with several Quincy acquaintances he met overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Kearney
France
Camp Grant
Kearney
Quincy
Camp Bradley
Peoria
Prairie
Cyrl Bohne
Herman Bohne
North Eighth Street
Uncle
Sam
Navy
Bay Ridge
New York
Young Bohne
Cardiff
Wales
Brest
England
Crogt
Jun
Lieut Jackson Back in Quincy From France Duty
Lieut Royal Jackson, discharged from the 124th machine gun battalion, returned to Quincy after service in France with the first army. He aided adjutant general operations, met fellow Quinsyans in Brest and Paris, and after mustering out at Camp Dix on April 6 plans to resume residence and serve as secretary and treasurer of Monroe Drage Company.
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Lieut
Royal Jackson
Camp Parker
Quincy
Lieut Jackson
France
Camp Logan
124Th
Langres
Marks Alexander
Jackson
Chaumont
Adjutant General's Department
Adjutant General's
First Army
Somweil
Argonne
Meuse
Zeus Smith
Brest
Smith
A. F. FB
John Batschy
Pans
Batschy
Berlin
United States
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
D. C
Chicago
Camp Dix
N. J
City
Monroe Drage Company
Colored Woman Sues Doctor for Damages in Court
Anna Wells sues Dr Joseph W Ireland in circuit court for 3000 alleging permanent injuries after he jumped from a carriage. Wells testified she rode to a funeral when frightened horses ran away forcing her to jump. Attorney George Wilson represents Wells. John E Wall represents Ireland, a local veterinary surgeon and livery owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Wells
Joseph W. Ireland
Ireland
John E. Wall
Summer Pergola Formed In A Store Mecca For Shoppers
A white summer pergola with pink flowers and ferns decorates the Halbach Schroeder company furniture department. Summer furniture, grass rugs, shades, swings, wicker sets, and iv ory trim create a inviting display. A canary in a high wicker cage adds a lively touch to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halbach- Schroeder Company
Bob Grieser Wins Croix de Guerre for Service in France
Robert Grieser has been honored with the Croix de Guerre for brave and efficient service in the French ambulance corps. He and Harold Lewis have shared two years in the ambulance service in France, with both expected to return home soon. Lewis is also a Croix de Guerre recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Grieser
France
Young Grieser
Harold Lewis
Young Lewis
Quincys Pulse Case Continued Arraignment in County Court
John McKinnay was arraigned on wire abandonment charges and pleaded not guilty in county court. The case was continued to the May term for further action. Deputy Sheriff Robert Warner reports other local notes including a dosed season pelts sale pursuit and a dance by Maccabees lodge. A stolen auto case returns to light as Long’s vehicle is recovered. Police report Nichols charged for driving on the wrong side and witnesses summoned for the upcoming police court hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McKinnay
Robert Warner
Richfield
Abe Hughes
N. Whittaker Prday
Vooseason
P. W. Bear
Bonch
Jerry Akers
Charney Nichols
Akers
Pehes Court
County Pledges Money to Use in the Licht Case
Adams county finances will back efforts to convict Emil Licht murder suspects. The finance committee approved funding to gather evidence, with Sheriff James Simmons and Detective Robert Bumster already traveling to Kansas City to secure prisoners and find missing links in the case.
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Adams County
Emil Licht
Quincy
Board of Supervisors
John T. Inghram
Roy Adair
Arthur R. Roy
Licht
Gem City Loan Bank
Frank Mason
Fred Holt
Harry Wells
Clyde Esterbrook
Finance Committee
Adair
States Attorney's Office
Kansas City
James Simmons
Robert Bumster
K. O
Bob Bumster
Wells
Esterbrook
Holtz
Mason
Esterbrouck
Easterbrook
Funeral for Mrs Johanna Koetters Held Monday
The funeral for Mrs Johanna Koetters will take place Monday morning at 3 from her home 1705 Oak Street and at 9 30 from St Francis church. Burial is planned at St Boniface cemetery. Friends are invited to attend.
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Johanna Koetters
Oak Street
St. Francis Church
St. Boniface Cemetery
Weather forecast and river bulletin
Ulinois pair Saturday unsettled Sunday with rising temperatures. Missouri pair Saturday likely, terms unclear. Iowa warmer Saturday, central region on Saturday. Local temperatures shown for multiple locations with low readings near midnight and river stage around 14.2 feet. Daily observations taken at 7 a.m. Central time.
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Ulinais
Peratare
Missouri
Lees
Daily River Bulletin
Central
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Esterbrook and Wells
Duncan B. McDonald
Abe Martin
Waterways
Chester Heidbreder
Neadick
C. of
South Side
Schmidt
Quincy Girls
Cyril Bohne
Lieut. Jackson
Bob” Grieser
Maccabees
Globe
Eagles’ Hall
Fred Storrs
G. M. Ullman
J. R. McKeen
L. C. Meeks
A P. Mardis
W. J. Shott
al. Kinnel
Henry Reinold
A. A. Long
East Cherev Street
Mr. Long
Albert Grimmer
Henry Scarborough
Fred Tieken
Chris Gibbs
Roy
Sears
St. Paul
Davenport
Cedar Englte
Wapello
Kelthaburg
Ottumwa Eae
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