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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1918
Page
7
The piece promotes annual Red Cross membership drives near Christmas, urging donations as wartime mercy work. It argues Red Cross serves all without creed or color and frames membership as a civic duty benefiting global relief. It notes postwar sentiment and a Swiss note on Kaiser sanctuary affecting Holland.
The piece weighs the chances of government ownership lasting five years and the risks of continued interference. It notes mixed sentiment on public versus private rail control and favors studying private ownership with government pooling as a potential compromise. It also reports the government buying 9 million pounds of candy and 565000 gallons of pickles for the overseas force, joking that the luncheon ration seems ideal for soldiers.
Loyd George in a Leeds address argued against fixing extravagant reparations for Germany. He said practical statesmen reject large theoretical figures and that Belgium and France have possible claims, but Germany should pay for deliberate destruction without military gain. He suggested Germany may fund rehabilitation labor, though France may choose local workers.
Dr Frank Crane argues that after WWI victory the Allies must feed Germany to prevent anarchy and further harm. He cites American pragmatism, Versaille relief plans, and Gustave Herve’s defense of mercy. The piece ends with Clemenceau and Voltaire’s idea to "feed the enemy."
At the American Public Health association four day convention physicians debated influenza control. A five member committee including W H Davis and E F B Wolf was chosen to decide on masks church closures and amusement place restrictions to combat the epidemic. The panel will review presented evidence and report recommendations within two to three days.
Four Presbyterian denominations representing about 5 060 000 members agreed on a united war welfare campaign. They will rehabilitate veterans needing aid, assist wounded servicemen, help men regain work, and support those pursuing further education. A uniform policy for all churches will guide the effort.
London dispatch reports several score detectives from former Kaiser William II’s Potsdam force are lodging in Ameringen to shadow Her Hohenzollern. He is said to fear bomb threats and carries a small revolver. The former emperor’s entourage and the sleuths have increased Ameringen’s population by about 100.
American ambassador to Russia David R. Francis departs London for Paris to report on Russian affairs to President Wilson and to consult doctors there. He travels with the aim of briefing the president and seeking medical advice in the French capital.
In Munich on December 12 Premier Eisner, resting on a couch, told the Associated Press he believes the world will eventually be democratized. He noted Bavaria has bourgeoise and capitalist factions that would welcome Bolshevism as a step to abolish the old order and that some favor Allied occupation to fear Bolshevism and the current regime. He deemed a counter revolution in Bavaria unlikely.
Inland navigation history marks a voyage from Chicago foot of State street to Galveston without a pilot. The motor launch Industry, commanded by Captain E. F. Miller, arrives in Galveston and continues to Point Isabel below Brownsville to enter freight and passenger service between Brownsville and Mexican ports.
Washington reports violent methods by the anti Bolshevik commission in Petrograd. Executions are said to be numerous, targeting priests and monks on mere suspicion of counter revolutionary views, with dates from December fifth cited as official sources.
The Pall Mall Gazette comments on President Wilson in France noting his judicial mind and the need to weigh facts. It argues the navy is a defensive weapon and must not be abandoned, stressing naval supremacy protects civilization and safety amid a potential league of nations.
BERLIN Dec 12 German censorship of telegrams exists now only as a formality. The Associated Press correspondent’s messages are passed for transmission without being read by the censor. On one occasion the censor’s stamp was handed to the correspondent for future use if the censor was absent. Copies of AP messages show no alteration even in messages not pleasing to the government.
Springfield December 14 Officials of the Illinois Traction System offered former conductors and motormen a return to work on individual contracts at wage scales tied to the East St. Louis and Suburban Railway award 43 45 and 47 cents per hour The offer follows a week of interurban traffic suspension and failed arbitration efforts by the company and business committees from Springfield Decatur Bloomington and Danville.
Negotiations begin for U S purchase of property on Toboga Island at Panama Canal entrance. Plan to add six coast artillery batteries and a 3,000 man post. Estimated cost of rights about 15 million dollars. Residents protest evictions as Panama negotiates with Washington under the 1913 treaty.
A marker will be erected in Carlisle public square listing the full names of men and women from Cumberland County in government service during the present war. The project aims to honor local workers contributing to the war effort with a complete roll displayed publicly.
In Old Orchard a hungry Bob White clan follows Happy Jack Squirrel to Farmer Brown's henyard where Bully the Sparrow and kin抢 grain from hens. The starving birds risk danger to eat, while Bully blusters and obstructs them, exposing selfish behavior among the fowl. A separate note mentions a Rotherham portman’s long service and golden wedding.
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