Senate Plans for Treaty Battle
Washington July 12 Senate leaders pressed for a ratification fight on the League of Nations treaty. Wilson delivered the document and discussed reservations rules while outlining Shantung terms, including China restitution after a reconstruction period and Japan’s gains from German assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
League of Nations
Wilson
Polk
State Department
Mr. Wilson
Capitol
Shantung
China
Japan
Texas Guardsmen Quell Disorders After Race Clash in Long View
Nearly two hundred Texas National Guard members from Dallas and Nacogdoches arrived by train and auto after a clash in Long View left four white men wounded. Governors and officials expect no further trouble as Texas Rangers are to relieve troops. tensions arose after whites sought a Negro teacher accused of causing derogatory statements in a Chicago newspaper.
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Long View
Texas
Texas National Guard
Dallas
Nacogdoches
W. P. Hobby
Terrell
Texas Rangers
L. Jones
Chicago
Convention Report Urges Atlanta As NAACP Meeting Site
The Georgia governor invites the NAACP to meet in Atlanta next year. Atlanta chambers and unions telegrammed to urge Atlanta as the convention city. William Goree, back from Cleveland, says substantial progress is being made for the colored people and Quincy plans to raise a hundred dollar quota for the national association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
Board of Trade and Federation of Labor of
William Goree
Cleveland
Union
Toronto
Canada
Goree
Quincy
National Association
Father Angered At Daughter's Elopement
August Schuermann, 43, of Hannibal, confronts Police Magistrate Reardon and States Attorney Adair over his daughter Gladys, 16, eloping with William Fischer, 43, alleging she is underage. The marriage occurred in Hannibal, Missouri, with Gladys stating she is 18, while Schuermann claims she is 16. No warrant was issued as the ceremony happened outside Quincy district. Fischer serves on a painters union sick committee and met Gladys during a visit to Schuermann, who was ill.
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Trate
Gladys
William Fischer
August Schuermann
Ohio Street
Reardon
States
LeRoy Adair
Hannibal
Schuermann
M. Schuermann
Quincy
O'Brien and Inghram Return From Chicago Hearing
Mayor P. J. O'Brien and Corporation Counsel John T. Inghram returned home from Chicago after attending a hearing before Commissioner Shaw on the Quincy street railway seven cent fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. O’brien
John T. Inghram
Chicago
Shaw
Quincy Street Railway
Obrock and Hart Visit. Gail Family News from Quincy
Walter F Obrock head draughtsman of Ahern Fox Fire Engine Co Cincinnati Ohio and his brother former city comptroller Henry Obrock visited Quincy Thursday. Mr and Mrs Frank Hart arrived Friday from Rockford, Hart is Burlington general agent and led Camp Grant transport. Edward Gail of 848 South Sixth Street reports his brother Curtis Gail a noted acrobat and showman is recovering from a stroke at his Danville home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Obrock
Ahern-Fox Fire Engine Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Henry Obrock
Frank Hart
Quincy
Rockford
Hart
Burlington
Camp Grant
Edward Gail
South Sixth Street
Curtis Gail
Danville
309th Engineers Return From Overseas Mission
New York July 12. The 309th engineers from Indiana Ohio Kentucky and Illinois, part of the Sith division, returned Friday on the Walter A Luckenbach under Major L E Hartz. They built embarkation camps and maintained roads. A French preserved engineers city at Mont Oire will be kept, including 55 houses, three mess halls, water system and roads, per Capt. Frank Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Illinois
309Th Engineers
Walter A. Luckenbach
L. E. Hartz
Wabash
Ind
Mont’ Oire
Frank Scott
Company A
State Crop Experts Called To Capital
Springfield Ill July 12 E G Glynn chief plant inspector and W L Burlison associate crop professor from University of Illinois will go to Washington July 18 for a meeting on restricting movement of wheat oats and other grains due to plant diseases. Officials said take all disease has been found in a few spots in Hindis but crop damage in Illinois is not serious.
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Springfield
Ill
E. G. Glynn
Department of Agriculture
W. L. Burlison
University of Ilinois
Washington
Ilinois
One Oarsman to Represent the South Side B C
The South Side Boat Club will send only one representative to the Central States Amateur Rowing Association regatta in St Louis on July 26 and 27 due to high transport costs. August Bornmann was chosen to race in a single shell, with funding coming from private donors. A committee was formed to arrange boat and swimming events for next Thursday evening including model boat races between George Buxman and Louis Witt. A boulder plaque will honor George Bentrop, a former member who died in France.
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South Side Boat Club
Quincy
Central States Amateur Rowing Association
St. Louis
August Bornmann
Bornmann
George Bentrop
France
United States
Incomplete Letters Prompt War Risks Insurance Details
The War Camp Community Service urges service members to include full names, current and former addresses, rank and organization, army serial numbers, insurance certificate numbers, and beneficiary or dependent names with addresses in initial letters to the Treasury Department. This aims to reduce delays by collecting complete information on insurance, compensation, allotment, and allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Bureau of War Risks Insurance
War Camp Community Service
Army
Navy
County Abides By Court Decision On County Attorney
County officials will follow an appellate court ruling that the county attorney position created by the board of supervisors is illegal. The board plans to revise rules and may hire additional legal counsel while possibly relocating State's Attorney Adair to the courthouse to use the County Attorney’s offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
E. J. Grubb
Adair
Inghram
Local Foundries Reopen Under Five Day Week Plan
The Quincy store foundries resumed operations with all workers reporting to duties after a layoff period. Starting next week through July and August they will follow a five day workweek with pay on Friday instead of Saturday. Other firms like Duffy-Trowbridge of Hannibal, Missouri already use this plan and report satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Duffy-Trowbridge Company
Hannibal
Plea of Guilty Leads Youth to Reform School
Gerry Liesen a 17 year old boy insisted on pleading guilty to being a vagabond in county court Fri day. Judge Fred Wolfe advised counsel, which was appointed, but the boy stood by the plea. He has refused to work and shown foul conduct, spent the night in jail, and will be sent to the reform school today. He told the court Maybe it will make a man of me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerry Liesen
Pontiac
Liesen
Ile
Fred Wolfe
Wolfe
Ec Allen
Reform School
Machinist Loses Two Fingers And a Thumb
Carl W. Hempleman of 526 Monroe street, a machinist, lost two fingers and part of his left thumb when his hand touched knives on a wood dressing machine at the E. M. Miller Company plant on 118-32 South Sixth street Friday afternoon. He was taken to St. Mary hospital where doctors treated his injuries and he recovered from shock after his hand was dressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl W. Hempleman
Monroe Street
E. M. Miller Company
South Sixth Street
St. Mary Hospital
W. H. Baker
Hempleman
State Labor Party Organizer to Speak in Washington Park
Edwin Bowen, Illinois State Labor Party organizer, is due today and planned to speak in Washington Park. Elmert Mutz, local secretary, cannot announce the program until Bowen arrives, though he expects the speaker to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Bowen
Illinois State Labor Party
Washington Park
Elmert Mutz
Bowen
Mutz
Salem Aid Society Celebrates Twenty Seventh Anniversary
The Salem church Ladies Aid marks its 27th year with an 8 o'clock program featuring hymn, scripture, German address by Rev War skow, English address by Rev J Rieger, remarks by the pastor, offertory, vocal solo, and benediction. About 400 members will gather in Sunday-school rooms and march into the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aid Society
Salem Church
Ladies’ Aid
A. Warskow
J. Rieger
W. Kamphenkel
Boyer Outlines Road Plans From Quincy Inspection
County Superintendent of Highways L L Boyer outlined efforts to improve the Taylor road between the Quincy and concrete bridges. The plan preserves the rock foundation and builds up the surface with a dirt layer two to three inches thick, to be packed and oiled. A follow up meeting will cover details as Boyer toured Gilmer Township to accept the Min temeyer bridge and discuss Pfanschmidt and Swank projects.
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Taylor Road
L. L. Boyer
Quincy
Boyer
W. J. Singleton
John Myers
Roebert Halbach
Ralph Vanden- Boom
Gilmer Township
Mintemeyer
Pfanschmidt and Swank
Swank Bridge Request Deferred to September Meeting
Township supervisors previously denied a Swank bridge request at a past meeting. The board will renew the request at the upcoming September session, seeking funding or approval to proceed with construction or repairs in the same township.
Former Army Chaplain To Speak At Mendon Picnic
Arthur Frederick Ewert former army chaplain in France and renowned speaker will deliver the address at the Tri State County Mutual Life association picnic in Mendon on August 21. He is pastor of the First Presbyterian church in White Hall Illinois and recently praised for a Victory Liberty Loan address in St Louis. The event will feature military rites and an aircraft exhibition is expected from a government field near Belleville or Urbana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Frederick Ewert
France
Tri- State County Mutual Life Association
Mendon
Lyman McCarl
Ewert
First Presbyterian Church
White Hall
Liberty Loan
St. Louis
McCarl
Belleville
Urbana
Mendoh
Navy Baseball Team May Come To Quincy
Arrangements are under way between the Quincy Athletics and a baseball nine from the U S transport Van Steuben to play a game here next month. The Navy team will also play in Chicago. promoters vow a fast, competitive matchup. Manager Honaker of Quincy is handling the plans. Also noted is that women are seeking election to Holland town councils for the first time this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Athletics
U. S
van Steuben
Navy
Chicago
Quincy
Mana&ger Honaker
Holland
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Texas Guardsmen
Mball
Weilers
Ohlman & Sons CO
City Hall Square
O’brien and
B. C
K.l Horst
Labor Party
Salem Aid Society
Ake
Sears Eee
Santa Clara Prunes
Betsy Ross
Graham
Worcester
Zug
Swift
Eagle
Yacht Club
J. H. Brown & Son
Maine Street
Dodge
W. B. Huston
Washington St
Kirksville, Missouri
Ellens
Bellans
Gellan
Sth
Dundee
New Orleans
Quincy Hannibal Barry
Macomb
Firestone Tires
John J. Bakerbower
Floyd C. Anderson
Golden, Illinois
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