Atlantic fleet not yet sailing for Mexican waters
Secretary Daniels denied reports that the Atlantic fleet was prepared to sail for Mexican waters and ordered the battleships New Hampshire Connecticut and Louisiana to southern waters for any duty. News from Vera Cruz eased anxiety as Carranza officials urged restraint. Texas border raids prompted possible reinforcement of troops, with Funston authorized to deploy 12 000 to 17 000 troops to the border if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniels
Newport
R. I
Mexican
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Louisiana
Atlantic Fleet
R. T
Vera Cruz
McNamee
Ai~val
Bate
Vere
Rus” Daniels
Haiti
Texas
United States
Funston
Garrison
War Department
Tamaulipas
Brownsville
Carranza
Texas Rangers
Hidalgo ‘County
Army of Liberation
Department
Aleady
Texas City
Continental
Cameron
Hidalgo
Star
Texan
Preparedness Would Discourage Invasion
George T. Buckingham president of the Chicago branch of the National Security League told the Association of Commerce that adequate preparedness for war is the key to peace. He said a deterrent stance would discourage invaders and that the effort should become a national cause, urging every American to support peace measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa
Washington
Wilson
Lansing
Miguel Diaz Lombardo
Chicago
George T. Buckingham
National Security League
Association of Commerce
Mr. Buckingham
German memo outlines terms for entente peace
A confidential document claimed by Temps to be sent to German chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg on March 20 lists financial territorial industrial and military concessions Germany would demand from the Entente to secure a greater Germany. Signatories include Dr Roesicke Vaehhorst Wente Baron Von Twickel Rouger Friedrichs and Prof Eberle. The text warns that peace without these results would invite future struggles and links Belgium’s fate to German interests in the Maastrindl region with rail and waterways tied to imperial policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Temps
Germany
Roesicke
AlgMpian League i Vaehhorst Hn Wente
German ‘Peasants’ League
Baron von Twickel
Association of
Westphalian Edsants' Sferr Rouger
Herr
Friedrichs
Manufacturers” League
Eberle
Union
Belgium
England
Austrian submarine U-12 sunk by Italian sub
Official reports say the Austrian submarine U-12 was torpedoed and sunk in the upper Adriatic sea by an Italian submarine. The engagement confirms ongoing naval action in the region near Italy and Austria during the war.
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Rome
Paris
upper-Adriatic Sea
Miss Winnie Ippenson to Wed Huber J Quinn Tomorrow Evening
Mendon Dispatch reports Miss Winnie Ippenson will marry Huber J Quinn tomorrow at the Lutheran parsonage with Rev W Barnett performing the ceremony. Afterward the couple will stay at the Ippenson home, then travel by car with Oliver Quinn to Rock Island for their wedding trip and plan to reside in Mendon.
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Winnie -Ippenson
Huber J. Quinn
Lutheran Parsonage
W. Barnett
Ippenson
Ater
Grom
Oliver Quinn
Rock Island
Mendon
Starrs Return Home After Macomb Visit
Mr and Mrs J A Starr returned to Quincy yesterday noon after visiting relatives in Macomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Starr
Quincy
Macomb
Government asks factories to report wartime capacity
Washington August 11 A War Department inquiry seeks data from American war supply makers on current plant expansion and capacity to meet emergency needs. Officials note private firms supply a large share of materiel even in peace, with increased demand from European belligerents prompting a broad survey to assess future capabilities. The department does not plan to buy material now, citing lack of funds for such purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
United States
Congress
Department
Europe
Ordnance Department
Quarantine Placed on Spicer Farm and Nearby Areas
Macomb Illinois 11 D H B Cale assistant state veterinarian today quarantined the farm of Ray Spicer six miles north of Macomb between here and Good Hope and the Good Hope stock yards noting cattle and hogs on Spicer property infected. He also quarantined Bureau Cook Warren Ford and Henry counties and Ella Vernon West Deerfield townships in Lake County where serum sold by a Chicago firm is suspected infected. Federal quarantine actions trigger state quarantines automatically.
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Macomb
Raug
D. H. B. Cale
Ray Spicer
Good Hope
Spicer
Bureau
Cook
Warren
Ford
Henry
Ella
Vernon
Deerfield
Lake County
Chicago
Planning to Advance Salaries of Employes
Chicago August 11 plans were discussed to advance 1 000 000 to state employes whose salaries are tied up by the Munro Fergus appropriation suits at a conference between William L O Connell president of the state public utilities commission and Chicago bankers. Even if the Munro suits are decided adversely to the state the legislature would be morally bound to re appropriate these sums for wages. The question here is merely a technical one and does not go to the merits of the appropriation bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Munro-Fergus
William L.o'connell
State Public Utilities Commission
Mr. O'Connell
General OnaLinsingen Led Left Flank in Galicia
General OnaLinsingen commanded the left flank of the German army in Galicia and aided in driving Russians from the south toward Warsaw. He is credited alongside von Hindenburg Mackensen and Prince Leopold of Bavaria.
Local notices and court actions in yesterday’s dispatch
Forgery case Hauled in court as Halbach Schroeder charged with signing aunt Neumann’s name to a $50 check. Executors reveal estate receipts of 3 014 75 with miners Far No le, Harry and Walter McCoy each 1077. Also notes tax transfers, stock moves, and a roadway dispute pending award. Local shoppers see specials on napkins and tablecloths. Mrs. Thomas McDavitt and Elizabeth plan Bluff Park visit then St Paul travel.
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G. A. Urban
Virginia McCoy
Versailles
Court of Justice
Heckle
Neumann
Henry Basse
Meyer-Wilm, Co
Moses C. Chase
George
Cyrus
Far Nole
Uarry
Walter McCoy
John’ C
Barton
Halbach-Schroeder Co
Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank
Ezra” Best
J. IH. Bastért
James Buffington
W. J. Smith
Knox City
Fabius
Newcomb
Halbach- Schroeder Co
Gerry VandenBoom
Locust
Postoffice
Thomas McDavitt
Elizabeth
Bluff
Park
Ira. Calkins
St. Paul
Blockade Debate Spurs New York Importers
More than 300 New York importers back a petition to President Wilson urging prompt action to relieve hardships from Britain's blockade on German and Austrian goods. Senator Hoke Smith denounces the blockade as a flagrant denial of neutral rights and urges revocation to restore neutral trade. A committee of importer associations was named to draft the petition for a special Congressional session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Wilson
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
United States
Smith
Senator Smith
India
Japan
United States Supreme Court
Bermuda
Peterhof
Matamoros
England
Mexico
Texas
Congress
Revision of Haitian laws urged by Haitian committees
A group calling themselves district committees urged in a cable to the state department that Haiti revise its constitution to elect the president by the people rather than by the national assembly. Secretary Daniels reported improving conditions in Haiti and progress disarming revolutionary bands, with only small interior forces remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Assembly
Guillaume
State Department
Daniels
Caperton
Haiti
Republic
Russians retreat along Niemen line in early August
An Innsbruck dispatch reports the Russian army withdrawing along the Niemen line and abandoning positions. German forces push toward Vilna with ongoing actions in southern Russian Poland. Since August 9 the Russians have evacuated about forty miles in the Ostrow line as Germans reach Nurec, where Russians resist with heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Paris
Innsbruck
Austria
Niemen
Vilna
Russian Poland
Ostrow
Nurec
Mexican border unrest prompts U.S. alert and plan fears
Reports from the Texas border detail uprisings near the Rio Grande with cavalry capturing horses near Mercedes and mass protests at San Benito. General Funston reports secret Mexican organizers inspired by a “Plan of San Diego” to seize border states, restore territory, and form a multiethnic republic, prompting troop deployment warnings and cross-border anxieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercedes
San’ Benito
Laredo
Mexico
United States
Carranza
Monterey
San Antonio
Tex
Frederick Funston
Washington
San Diego
Rio Grande
New ‘Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
California
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Funston
Brownsville
Texas Rangers
Mosquit
Phin
San Dieto
Garner to Accompany Naval Reserves on Great Lakes Cruise
Attorney J Frank Garner, former head of the Naval Reserves, will accompany the reserves boys on their annual Great Lakes cruise. About 60 to 70 boys will depart in a week for a 17 day trip starting in Chicago, then Buffalo and Detroit with a rail ride back to Quincy Bay. Lieutenant Johnson says sweaters and overcoats are essential due to cold weather. Mayors are invited to Pan American Roads Congress in Oakland California September 13 to 17. delegates may attend in person or be named to represent their cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Garner
Naval Reserves
Great Lakes
Johnson
Chicago
Buffalo
Detroit
Johnso
Somers
Quincy Bay
Congress
Pan-American Roads ‘Congress
Oakland
Cal
Randall Visitor Returns to Quincy After Six Years
R Randall, formerly employed on The Whig as assistant pressman, arrived last night for a visit with her brother EB C Randall Sr The Whig pressman The visitor has been away from Quincy about six years and is now located on a ranch on Whidby Island Puget Sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Randall
The
Whig
EB. C. Randall
Quincy
Whidby Island
Puget Sound
Beware of Mercury Containing Catarrh Remedies
Caution against catarrh salves with mercury as they can damage smell and the system. Promotes Wall's Catarrh Cure by FJ Cheney Co Toledo as mercury free and effective internally. Also advertises Bayes Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills for constipation with testimonials and free scales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
FJ. Chaney, & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Maiden Blush and Wealthy Apples Wanted
Walter M. Neuer seeks 1000 barrels of Maiden Blush and Wealthy apples and 500 bushels of potatoes at 212 North 4th Street. Telephone 885-W.
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Walter M. Neuer
North 4Th St
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Highland Park
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Gem City Business College
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Muldoon
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