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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1916
Page
1
A public notice reports an individual diagnosed with throat cancer and awaiting medical treatment, with emphasis on health challenges and potential impacts on public speaking engagements. The announcement notes medical concerns, expected recovery timelines, and any scheduled appearances or statements.
Paris reports The Matin claims the German emperor suffers throat cancer with potential larynx removal to save speech. Doctors debated operation options in February 1911, including an artificial larynx. Berlin offered funds and a patient demonstration. Condition improved after minor surgery but deathly risk remains, forcing a stark choice between removal or suffocation by growth.
Washington January 4 The Chamber of Commerce of the United States reported results of a referendum on six international peace proposals. Most measures received large majorities in favor yet fell short of the two thirds threshold required for approval. The votes ranged from 556 to 769 in favor and showed sizable opposition in several items.
Berlin reports the Austrian war office says fighting persists in East Galicia with Russian attempts to break through near Toporoute repelled. Fierce trench destruction near Hegepaus east of Rarinozie sees the 19th Infantry Regiment distinguished itself as Beehen-Ermolli’s forces hold. Austro-Hungarian air action includes shooting down a Russian airplane and taking two officers prisoner.
Washington January 4 Members of the Pan American scientific congress met in sectional sessions with no joint session held. Miss Mabel Boardman of the American Red Cross told the women’s auxiliary that the Red Cross aids in peace as well as war and urged closer ties with Latin American societies and aid to form new ones. Miss C E Mason urged women to aid peace by creating children’s bureaus and Pan American clubs in major cities. Jeremiah W Jenks argued for preserved exchange facilities to keep profits within the United States, noting the overall trade balance favors South America.
A Mytilene dispatch reports a large German submarine moved by Smyrna rail to Aidin then Budrum bay in the eastern Med. Twenty German and Austrian sailors, led by a lieutenant, are assembling the sub. Separately 30,000 Bulgarians, after occupying Elsassan, have advanced to Luma near Tirana, with clashes reported between Italian garrison outposts at Derazzao and Albanian irregulars led by Bulgarian officers.
Washington dispatch reports the house naval committee begins hearings on the annual naval appropriation bill with a focus on government yards and docks and an examination of Rear Admiral Stanford. Senate activity includes Tillman armor plate plant and Philippine self government bill as unfinished business ahead of weeks of debate.
Washington Jan 4 hundreds of measures were introduced as Congress reconvened including bills to extend thanks to Henry Ford for his peace mission. Other proposals seek to restrict clearance of ships carrying passengers and munitions, establish a United States commission for enduring peace as mediator between warring nations, and urge President Wilson to address disloyal naturalized citizens.
Gall proposes revising the primary law during the upcoming special session. The item outlines a potential agenda change to adjust how candidates are selected and how ballots are processed. Further details pending session discussions and committee reviews.
Governor Dunne said he will consider adding a revision of the primary election law to his next special session call. He met with Igoe and Ellis to press the request. He also plans to seek a state road bond issue and aid for stock raisers hit by foot and mouth disease, plus funds for the Illinois centennial commission. He discussed a possible new commission to study trachoma after touring Illinois infirmaries.
The funeral for Associate Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar of the United States Supreme Court will be held at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at First Christian Church in Augusta Georgia. The Augusta Bar Association, the state supreme court, and the State Bar Association will meet the body upon its arrival from Washington. In Washington President Wilson considers a successor as the list of eligible names grows amid retirement discussions for Chief Justice White and Justices McKenna and Holmes.
Washington January 4 Congress proposed investigations into rising gasoline prices. Representative Fuller of Illinois filed a House resolution and Representative Hallenberger of Nebraska urged a Justice Department inquiry. Both measures were sent to committees as the FTC already investigates and Justice officials seek data on dedacale laws.
Berlin reports record note circulation at 6.918 billion marks with a weekly rise of 647 million. Darlehnskassen conversions boosted Reichsbank holdings by 828 million marks. War loan payments reached 11.295 billion marks, bankruptcies fell to 4,480 in 1915 versus 7,738 in 1914, while gold backing stood at 35.3 percent.
Paris Jan 3 King Peter of Serbia, staying at the Serbian consulate in Saloniki, is expected to preside over the army’s reorganization as groups of 400 to 506 men arrive. He will address a rescript urging sacred union for liberation of invaded territory. Montenegro's King Nicholas may visit. allied authorities arrest suspected spies as 100 kilometers of strategic lines begin in the fortified region.
Day in Congress met at noon and adjourned to honor the memory of Justice Lamar. Secretary McAdoo sought a $100000 quick appropriation for rural sanitation and typhoid control. Naval hearings set to begin. Campbell of Kansas calls for an international federation amid attacks. Tributes paid to Justice Lamar and Gov. Hammond. session adjourned to noon Wednesday.
Steubenville voters approved a wet status in a special election by a 3 to 2 margin, 2 101 votes cast, a majority of 371, supporting Shequer backers while the city had been dry for two years.
Secretary of State Lansing requests complete strings of facts from American consuls in Alexandria Malta and Cairo regarding the Persia incident. No reduction of tension is noted as the request emphasizes thorough reporting from consular representatives.
Russian forces press along the front in eastern Galicia and Bukovina with gains near Czernowitz. Reports cite large prisoner captures, contested advances, and Austrian counteractions. Allied and Bulgarian movements and England’s recruitment figures frame a broader war update as President Wilson assumes crisis oversight.
New York January 4 The defense in the trial of eleven former New Haven directors argued that William H Taft and Attorney General George W Wickersham had found no Sherman Act violation by the railroad The defense cited Wickersham's 1909 withdrawal of a dissolution suit after the Boston and Maine acquisition and asserted Taft’s role in shaping Sherman law It would be monstrous to convict for continuing a situation approved by such authorities and there has been no essential change since.
Tan 4-Tamee Cunningham Jr., 25, son of an Bowen High School instructor, was ordered released from police custody after an inquest into the death of Jack Wedlake. Cunningham testified his pistol found near the body had been sold to an unknown man two weeks before the killing. He gave alibi for the night of the murder after separating from Wedlake.
A movement by Arizona commercial groups aims to annex Mexican land to stretch Arizona California boundaries to the Gulf of California. Gov Hunt asks California’s Gov Johnson for cooperation. US may trade indemnity claims for the land, linking Arizona’s southern boundary to a California port and river mouth control.
Jan 4 A petition seeking quo warranto against the Chicago board of underwriters was denied by Circuit Judge Tudge Taylor. The suit, filed by the state attorney of Cook County for Rufus Potts, claims the board fixed fire insurance rates higher than neighboring states to harm competition. Counsel for the board argued the petition lacks sufficient allegations of wrongdoing to allow proceedings.
Secretary Lansing orders affidavits from Persia survivors and summaries from consuls at Alexandria Malta and Cairo. President Wilson returns to the White House to take charge while seeking full facts on the Persia disaster and whether the British liner Persia was torpedoed. Copies of submarine diplomacy reach Turkey and Bulgaria as Congress involvement looms.
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