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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
5
Chicago July 3 The telegraphers strike that began June 11 was ended at noon Wednesday by S J Konenkamp president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America He returned from Washington and conferred with union officials before issuing a statement to members.
Konenkamp reads a portion of a statement announcing the telegraph strike against wire administration control is ended. Workers are urged to return to work and continue the fight for industrial freedom and collective bargaining rights amid government opposition and continued postal and telegram activity.
Representative McFadden charges that federal land banks violate loan rules by using dummy deals and relatives to exceed the $10 000 per person limit. He urges taxable bonds to boost value of liberty bonds and cites loans of 22090 and 41309 on Iowa farms as examples under federal farm loan board oversight.
In Springfield Illinois Judge Smith in the circuit court reversed the state utilities commission decision ordering Alton Gas and Electric to refund alleged overcharges. The action began when the commission directed a refund to customers.
Mrs Ettie Warren of Emmittsburg Maryland testifies her health improved after reading a newspaper advertisement for Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. After fifteen years of suffering she urges publication of her relief story to help others discover the remedy.
Philadelphia July 3 Anna Howard Shaw aged 71 longtime suffrage leader and honorary president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association died at her home in New Columbia near here after a bout with pneumonia. She had led suffrage efforts, held national offices and won wartime honors for public service. Her secretary Miss Lucy Anthony and two nieces attended her, with funeral arrangements pending.
NEW YORK June 30 1919 One of the most familiar figures in the London Eagle Hut known as Doc has returned to America after 11 months with the Red Triangle He is a Quincy Illinois native who practiced osteopathy in Palmyra Missouri He volunteered for welfare work with the YMCA and served as hut secretary supply man and hut physician In six months the hut fed 5000 men daily and a Christmas dinner fed 5600 with turkey venison and other rations before resuming his practice in Palmyra
A northern Mexico refugee at the border says Francisco Villa ordered all Americans hanged if captured after crossing the American expedition. He sent a train to Villa Ahumada to seize Americans there and threatened to kill Hipolito Villa over alleged friendship with Americans. The refugee adds Villa and Martin Lopez split forces after Juarez.
Final arrangements announced by the National Association of Motor Truck Sales Managers. Twenty five trucks will depart Chicago on August 4 for a two month tour through the Northwest. The expedition includes sixty manufacturers and will visit northern Illinois Iowa North and South Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The article recounts Dr Shaw born February 14 1847 in Newcastle upon Tyne England who preached as a country school teacher and faced hardship including money worries. She agreed to a revival for food and shoes and once used a revolver to force a woodsman to complete a journey to a town for preaching. She never married.
City and county road committees toured the newly oiled Locust and Twenty-fourth street boulevards. They praised grading and asset value to Quisay while planning additional oiling and upcoming bridge and culvert projects across Adams and Hancock counties.
A Labor Temple meeting decided to hold a Highland Park Labor Day picnic with a parade from the author Tenn and two bands. Planned features include fireworks a greased pig races and various contests. The committee hopes to secure a marriage for the occasion depending on two principal actors.
Ottawa reports a 3 to 20 senate vote refusing to approve a measure that would extend the wartime ban on transporting liquor from wet to dry provinces for twelve months after peace. The senate struck out vital clauses and the house did not concur in the amendment, sending the bill back.
The federal government in Philadelphia files two test cases on beer. Neil Bonner of the Philadelphia Retail Liquor Dealers association agreed to sell beer to Justice Department agents and was arrested and heard. The Bergner and Engel Brewing Co faces information for manufacturing beer over 0.5 percent alcohol and exceeding grain limits.
Alderman W F B Tompkins , chairman of the ordinance committee, has called a meeting of the committees to be held in the office of Corporation Counsel Inghram Saturday.
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