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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
5
In a Monday night city council report Comptroller C S Phelps details each city fund’s exact condition. A new column shows unexpended amounts enabling at a glance status of funds. Some balances exceed appropriations explained by a footnote credit for unexpended April funds.
Chicago officials push to revoke surface and elevated line franchises and run services municipally after the state public utilities commission signaled fare increases. City attorneys alleged dual bookkeeping and prepared affidavits to back the claims. If the ordinance fails, the city may seize lines or appoint a utilities commission to operate them. Fare increases of seven cents for surface and eight cents for elevated lines were anticipated.
London will host a twenty round bout between English heavyweight champion Joe Beckett and Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh Wisconsin on September 2. The fight carries a purse of 2000 pounds and a side bet of 1009 pounds.
A resolution to join the Washington D C October labor conference was submitted to the International Trades Union Federation. It urges inviting trades union representatives from all countries to adopt the labor charter of the world. Samuel Gompers supported participation despite opposing the Berne program. The congress approved three resolutions: lifting the Russia blockade, socializing labor, and defining proletariat stance on the League of Nations.
Maurice Lamy, an acrobat and member of the Lamy Brothers, was found in the street near Tenth and Lind streets after 1 am with a broken leg. A passerby summoned police and an ambulance. he was taken to St Mary hospital and could offer few details, suggesting he may have been in a fight before the fall.
Aug 5 Manifold railway workers in Mattoon vote not to join a strike for now. They will wait for the national shopmen vote results, to be announced on Aug 24.
Streets around Washington Park will be closed for oiling and rolling expected to take several days. Mayor O'Brien said Fourth Fifth Maine and Hampshire streets would be washed and flushed and traffic barred during the operation. Barricades and patrolmen were set up to enforce the closure. motorists were slow to understand the restriction on the square.
Judge Wolfe will grant a temporary injunction to halt removal of old sluice gates at Bear Creek mouth unless commissioners arguments improve. Hearing by Judge Wolfe in county court Monday led to reserved decision for morning, dismissal of 29 long pending cases noted.
Two Quincy men arrived in New York Monday from overseas service Corporal Henry Wolfe of 1718 Oak Street and Lieut. Gaetano Capria of 120 South Seventh Street, headquarters troop, 59th Infantry, both assigned to Company C 58th Infantry and the headquarters unit respectively.
St Francis and Y M C A baseball squads of the Industrial league meet on Tuesday evening at the Athletic field on Fourteenth and Jersey streets. St Francis has not lost a game this season within the league. The Y M C A defeated G C B C 6 to 4 in a recent outing.
Highland announces a repeat Wednesday night of the former Carnival Ball in Chaney noted as one of the finest affairs. Attendees will receive novelty paper hats confetti serpentines with balloons during dancing. The Rialto jazz band will perform new numbers, and a large crowd is expected.
C P Kraft of Chicago was arrested by motorcycle Patrolman Akers Monday night charged with violating the dim mer law. He will pay a fine, he says.
A breezy dance floor and a wonderful jazz band will mark the Steamer Sidney excursion to Louisiana Sunday August 10. Leaves at 9:30 a.m. Fare is 50 cents.
Brief July council session adopts home rule measures and considers the comptroller’s report. Police reports show 61 arrests and $460 in fines. prison data. inspector fees. market weights. expenditures and a plan to buy a used gas tank. The street and property inventories are ordered. rent on the Tin Garage site referred for review.
Twenty six members and visitors at tended the Quincy Gun club shoot on club grounds. Cook won the Hayworth trophy by breaking 23 of the first 25 targets. Top scores include W. Cook 48 G C Osborn 46 F R S Smith 46 J C Young 45 H A Geise 44 L M Rogers 38 Dr E Zimmer man 36 H L Turner 35. Fifty targets were shot for the Hayworth Tenk and A T A trophies, with over 1 300 targets thrown Sunday afternoon.
Residents along Maine street hope the electrolier system will be extended from Eighth and Mive east perhaps to Twentieth street when paving and other improvements are made. Elm trees form a leafy canopy over the street and residents believe lighting would complete the street’s beauty.
Dr Connor formerly of Johns Hopkins warns tobacco habits are dangerous. Thousands suffer fatal diseases due to nicotine and a simple treatment with Nicotol tablets can end the habit. Druggists offer refunds if not satisfied as an upcoming detailed ad explains nicotine poisoning dangers and avoidance.
BERKELEY Aug 5 Professors J H Hildebrand and Edmond O Neill of the University of California chemistry department were shot and wounded by Roger Sprague who claimed opposition to his bid for an instructor post in chemistry He also fired at Mrs May Cheney the appointment secretary before police overpowered him Hildebrand suffered serious injuries O Neill a lighter wound A possible insanity charge was to be filed against Sprague
Seventeen Negroes were charged with rioting and murder in indictments issued by a special grand jury probing race riots in Chicago. The indictments, to be returned before Judge Robert E. Crowe in criminal court, cover rioting and related killings.
Officials reported the riot zone quiet as 6,000 state troops 3 policemen and 1,000 deputies patrolled the Negro quarter. Authorities sought to fix responsibility for the unrest while aiding marooned workers. Judge Crowe characterized the conditions as anarchy and urged the jury to treat it accordingly.
London on the Thames witnessed a grand river pageant ending England peace celebrations. More than 150 boats led by the royal barge carried the king queen Prince of Wales and other royals. The display showcased unity of Britain's naval forces mercantile marine and wartime resources for national defense and upkeep.
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