Quincy machinists threaten exodus over wage dispute
About 400 specialized Quincy machinists face potential loss of employment as union strikes escalate. Several workers have left for Decatur to join Wabash shops while Joliet and Decatur offer jobs at higher wages. Otis Elevator officials propose wage scales and hours, with a mediator expected from the United States government to resolve the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nion
Quincy
Chinists
Edward Carbine
Otis Elevator Company
Dayton Company
Whitney Co
Ellington Elec Company
Carbine
Labor Temple
Weday
United Tes
Bcene
Machinists’ Union
Highpark
Joliet
Decatur
Wibash
Wabash
Quincy Jecatur
Eorge I. Gardner
Lymen 1
Ames
Heuer
Emes
Ging
Machinists
Ifty
Storm Recall Of 1910 Blizzard And Woes
Eight years ago Quincy faced a brutal late spring blizzard from April 22 to 24, 1910, freezing buds and killing early foliage. A river steamer was blown off course and ferries tied up as the city endured icy streets and a 25 degree freeze with widespread damage to crops. The period also notes wage and labor conflicts linked to industrial shifts during wartime, with management urging cooperation and stressing restructuring and limited hours amid economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Dubuque
Ward's Island
B. B
York Street
Halley
George Vollmer Hurt In Fall From Car
George Vollmer of 623 Jackson street an employee of Electric Wheel Works was knocked from an open Walton Heights streetcar at Eighth and Maine on Tuesday evening at 6 30. He suffered a deep cut above the left eye and painful bruises, was unconscious for several minutes, and received medical care before being taken to Blessing Hospital and then home after treatment by Dr C A Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Vollmer
Jackson Street
Electric Wheel Works
Eighth
Maine Streets
Vollmer
Walton Heights
South Eighth Street
Blessing Hospital
C. A. Wells
Liberty Bond Dance At Highland Park Tomorrow
Liberty bond dance to be held tomorrow night at Highland park featuring O Farrells orchestra. Large attendance expected. Liberty bonds awarded to lucky attendees. A concert by the new orchestrian in the garden with local singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park
O’farrell
City workers to honor county men with big Liberty bond banquet
Township workers who helped sell more than 1.5 million dollars in the Third Liberty loan will be guests of honor at a large Quincy banquet likely on May 4. City officials plan an armory venue, music, songs, and humorous stunts to celebrate the county effort and ratification of the campaign ends. Publicity Director W A Jackson may be asked to prove his township ties despite city work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Quincy National Bank
W. A. Jackson
High School Notes Debate Prep and War Savings Posters
High school assembly spurs enthusiasm for Friday debate with Springfield on Japanese immigration and citizenship. Q H S team members Carl Martindale Wheeler Brittain and Gladys Paul. War Savings Stamp poster contest offers prizes totaling 68 certificates and $50. Six posters from the local art department go to Springfield then Chicago and Washington. Submitting students are John Bader William Marshall Dewey Clark Helen Breuer Florence Ringler Ruth Peters. Miss Jessie Brakensick returns to math teaching after four weeks ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Carl Martindale
Wheeler Brittain
Gladys Paul
Chicago
Washington, D. C
John Bader
William Marshall
Dewey Clark
Helen Breuer
Florence Ringler
Ruth Peters
Sugar for Canning Under Card System
Washington reports a modified certificate system for domestic sugar canning this summer. Households must sign an application for the amount needed to ensure sufficient sugar for preserving fruits while limiting excess for others. Retail limits stay at five pounds urban and ten pounds rural, with higher allowances and 60 day stock for robbers under necessity.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Chicago Symphony Director’s Loyalty Proclaimed
Chicago April 24 Frederick Stock conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra had his loyalty defended by orchestra manager F J Wessels amid rumors of a Justice Department probe into musicians affairs. Stock, a registered enemy alien, has led the orchestra since 1905 and the banner is played at every concert to show patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frederick Stock
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
F. J. Wessels
Orchestra Association
Department of Justice
Stock
Wessels
Government Witness In Food Graft Vanishes
CHICAGO April 24 George Bowen the government's chief witness in the Great Lakes navy food graft case has vanished. From November until Saturday night he had been held in the training school brig under guard. He was the chief commissary steward during the graft period which is alleged to have netted thieves at least $25 000. An investigation is under way and the brig's lockup keeper is confined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snap New
Chicago
Otir
Machinists
George Bowen
Great Lakes Navy
Forty Children Vaccinated In One Lot Tuesday
The office of Health Commissioner Charles L. Martin vaccinated nearly 40 children with certificates to admit them to school. Drs. Blomer Litchfield Collins and Pfieffer continued vaccinations for others whose parents cannot pay, with Mayor John A. Thompson and Police Matron Mary White supervising. Black children were vaccinated at Lincoln School under Mayor Thompson's provision of vaccine from Prof. Roberts. no certificates needed, and families could come to city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Martin
H. O. Colins
Sonny
Martin
John A. Thompson
Mary White
Lincoln School
Thompson
Prof. Roberts
Paul Pharis badly injured in railroad wreck
Paul Pharis formerly a Gem City Business college student from West Frankford Illinois was severely injured seven weeks ago in a railroad wreck near Jacksonville Florida in which nine people were killed and twenty three injured. He sustained a fractured skull and collar bone and a broken arm. He returned home after seven weeks in hospital and settled with the railroad for $1800. He plans to go to Detroit soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Pharis
Gem City Business College
West Frankford
Jacksonville
Fla
Pharis
Clarence Jacobs
Quincy
Miami
Detroit
Mich
Star Union Line Office Here Closed In Quincy
O E Anderson commercial agent for Star Union Line of the Pennsylvania system was notified Tuesday morning that the Quincy office would be discontinued and closed in May. The downtown office on Fifth Street near Maine is closed under Secretary McAdoo's plan to shut down rail offices nationwide. Anderson will remain with the company but awaits transfer. The Quincy office formerly led a large region including two thirds of Northeast Missouri and Keokuk Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. Anderson
Star Union Line
Pennsylvania
Quincy
Fifth Street
Maine
McAdoo
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Charles H. Little
Star Union
C. W. Forrester
Ed Smith
W. W. Brewster
Earl Dieterle
Quincy Casket Company
Peoria
Navy
Waco Strike Enters Second Quiet Day Amid Widespread Disruption
In Waco Texas April 24 stage employees and motion picture operators joined the general sympathetic strike. Except for a small disturbance the day passed quietly with business nearly at a standstill. Street cars ran all day but service ways were stopped at sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Tex
Germans Advance Toward Viborg After Lakhti Capture
Associated Press reports from Moscow that German forces, following the capture of Lakhti, push toward Viborg while the Finnish Bolsheviki evacuate Viborg, signaling a strategic shift in the region during the war.
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Viborg
Associated Press
Moscow
Lakhti
Local War News From Quincy And Surrounding Areas
Edwin Weber of Ursa writes of his safe arrival in France after enlisting as an automobile mechanic. Lieut. Irwin Lummis of Omaha, newly commissioned, to visit Quincy after duties in Camp Lewis and Indianapolis. Denman Cruttenden named quartermaster on a merchant ship after training at Cleve land shore school. Walter Feld injured at Lake Charles while working on airplane machinery but not seriously. Einer Jensen returns to Quincy at Scotch Woolen Mills. Lieut. Ralph Stewart Young on furlough from Canadian infantry visits in Quincy with remarks on Allied gains and battlefield experiences. Carl Leifhelm, 16, denied enlistment due to age. Earl Dieterle failed navy exams for flat feet. Corporal Sam Duke returns to Camp Funston after visit home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Lummis
H. F. Lummis
Vermont Street
Camp Lewis
Wash
Benjamin Harris
Indianapolis
West
Quincy
Denman Cruttenden
A. F. Cruttenden
Grove Avenue
Merchant Marine
Cleveland
University of Michigan
Walter Feld
H. Feld
Jersey Street
Lake Charles
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Iowa
Ralph Stewart Young
Canadian Infantry
France
Belgium
Wave Miller
Winnipeg
Canada
England
Lieut
Young
Foch
Ypres
Rotarians Hear Talks On War And Red Cross Drive
Rotarians heard Dr. Clark a navy lieutenant discuss sea fighting and Lieut Ralph Young of the Canadian army describe land battles of the great war at the weekly Hotel Newcomb meeting Tuesday. W A Pfeiffer urged city county unification as a single aggressive unit. Joseph L Thomas named county Red Cross drive chairman. Adams county quota set at 50000 with drive starting May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Clark
Navy
Ralph Young
Hotel Newcomb
W. J. Singletor
Red Cross
W. A. Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer
Jackson R. Pearce
H. Harmon
Singleton
Joseph L. Thomas
Adams County
Deaths and Funerals George Tuxford and Floah Parker
George Tuxford 528 North Eleventh street died Tuesday morning after a ten day illness. He was born in La Grange Missouri, 39, worked as a stove mounter, attended St. John's Lutheran church, and is survived by his widow Edna Weber, a son Virgil 11, and a mother, brother, and sister. Mrs Floah Parker of Mt. Sterling died Tuesday morning in St Marys hospital after a two week illness. Born in Pittsfield, she was 36. Her body is prepared for burial at Daugherty and will be taken to Mt. Sterling for burial today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tuxford
North Eleventh Street
la Grange
St. John's Lutheran Church
Edna Weber
Virgil
Floah Parker
Mt. Sterling
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pittsfield
Daugherty Undertaking Establishment
Theodore Butterworth dies. Quincyan with Cal home burial planned
Theodore Butterworth a former Quincyan died at his Santa Cruz California home. Born 1868 in Shelbina Missouri he moved to Quincy and ran the Vandeveer Corn Planter company. He later edited The Western Agriculturalist and worked in horse import ventures. Survived by wife Frances Alexander and three children. Burial expected in Quincy.
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Theodore Butterworth
Santa Cruz
Cal
Quincy
Shelbina
Quincey
Vandeveer Corn Planter Company
Western Agriculturalist
Butterworth
Frances Alexander
W. H. Alexander
Silence as a Wise Substitution for Wisdom
A terse reflection notes that the closest substitute for wisdom is silence, implying restraint and thoughtful restraint as a practical virtue in decision making and discourse. The line suggests quiet judgment may outshine loud opinion in challenging situations.
District Verband Holds Quarterly Meeting at St Boniface
The Quincy union of the District Verband held a large mass meeting at St Boniface school hall with St Boniface orchestra and church choir. The program included a four voice Star Spangled Banner, school dialogue, and remarks by Father Francis, Frank Weber, J N Tibesar, Au gust Dierkes and others. The business session decided to print its constitution and bylaws in English and discussed meeting frequency.
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Quincy Union of
St. Boniface
Father Francis
St. Francis Church
Frank Weber
August Dierkes
Verband
Catholic Union of Illinois
Officers Installed at Quincy Moose Lodge Meeting
In a regular Gem City lodge Loyal Order of Moose session Tuesday, officers were installed by Joel Benton with Frank B Little as Junior Past Dictator and E C Cory as Dictator. Key roles filled include F R Smith Vice Dictator J H Phillimore Prelate George Harland Treasurer George Stipp Secretary H W Ellis Trustee three years and George Schubert Trustee one year. A joint Mooseheart Legion whist is set for May 23 and G W Hill excursion tickets were selling well for May 5. Three candidates were initiated, one new applicant accepted, and one read. 24 members have answered their country’s call as others join next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem City Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Joel Benton
Frank B. Little
E. C. Cory
F. R. Smith
J. H. Phillimore
George Harland
George Stipp
H. W. Ellis
George Schubert
Lodge
Mooseheart Legion
G. W. Hill
Mayor Thompson Tightens 1918 19 Committees
Mayor John A Thompson nears completion of standing committees for 1918 19 and will present them to the new council next Monday night. Changes were made by the mayor as taxes on real estate face delays unless assessments are filed by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Thompson
Edward Peter
Dave Markillie
Board of Public Works
Quincy
John Barleycorm
W. A. Simmonds
Chicago
Heckle
Thomas Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds
Quincy Stove Companies
YWCA Notes on May Demonstration Plans
Miss Gertrude Frame heads the YWCA physical department preparing for an annual demonstration in May. Plans are not yet defined. Miss Mary Williams and Miss Mary Hyde lead Bible classes that met Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Frame
Association
Y. M. Cla
Mary Wiliams
Mary Hyde
Lowden Scoffs at Peace Talk in Fort Sheridan Talk
Governor Frank O Lowden warned that making peace with Germany would be worse than continuing the war, saying only in war can German intentions be watched. Speaking to the Fort Sheridan women’s auxiliary he argued progress for women would be set back if the war ends now and women would again be treated as slaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Germany
Frank O Lowden
Woman's Auxiliary
Fort Sheridan
District Four May Win First Liberty Honor Flag
District Four in Illinois near Quincy, a German‑heavy agricultural area with Calhoun, Washington and Monroe counties, may win the first honor flag for the Eighth Federal Reserve district in the Third Liberty Loan drive. Subscriptions in the district total $132,916,150, well above district quota, with Kentucky and Indiana leading in responses and St Louis lagging. Elmer E. Williams of Hardin, Calhoun County, is district chairman for the Liberty Loan Organization.
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Calhoun County
St. Louis
W. A. Jackson
Liberty Loan Organization
Quincy
Linois
Tennessee
Ilinois
Kentucky
Louisville
Indiana
Harrison
Evansville
Little Rock
Arkansas
Missouri
Pettis County
Sedalia
Marion County
Hannibal
Mississippi
Bolivar
Cahoma
Olmes
Washington
Memphis
Illinois
Federal Reserve District
Calhoun
Monroe
Elmer §E. Williams
Hardin
Last dance ends season at settlement gymnasium
Cheerful event marked by a final dance in the settlement gymnasium on Tuesday evening. Each dancer received a small flag bearing the message Good-Bye Come Again Next Fall. The kindergarten is crafting potato men to decorate Miller and Arthur drug store windows for the potato campaign.
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Miller and Arthur Drug Store
Reuters Denies German Ultimatum Rumor
London April 24 Reuters dispatch from the Haag says no competent quarters know of a German ultimatum threatening Dutch port occupants unless certain demands are yielded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuters
London
Reuter
Hage
Weather Outlook for Illinois Missouri Town
Illinois remains cloudy with rain chances in the south and central areas and cooler conditions in the east and south. Thursday may bring more rain. Missouri expects rain Wednesday with cooler conditions in the south and far east. Thursday turns partly cloudy with showers in the east. Town reports unsettled weather midweek with likely rain and little temperature change.
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Illinois
Missouri
Rise Fall River Forecast
River level is expected to fall over the next 24 hours by about 0.4 feet. Forecast indicates minor drop with no flooding risk. advisories urge monitoring for changes.
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Storm
Abe Martin
County
Jessie D. Brakensick
Railroad
Edwin Weber
Ursa
Einer Jensen
East
Cutter’s Bench
Scotch Woolen Mills Company
Carl
Henry J. Leifhelm
Washington Street
Sam
Sam Duke
Camp Funston
Kansas
F. L. Duke
St. Boniface School Hall
Y. W. C. A. Notes
Lowden
Sulletin
St. Paul
Aenee
Davenport
Keokuk
Louisiana
St. Louis Seaeae
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