Rockford Camp Rises As 2000 Workers Build Army City
Rockford swells into a booming military camp as 2,000 laborers plus contractors race to complete 1,500 structures by Sept. 1. The Illinois division cantonment near Rockford grows with bunk houses, mess halls, water and sewer mains, a post office, schools, roads, and a 5,000 seat recreation auditorium, under Major Dwight H. Sawyer and Engineer C. Saner. Local police extend a 10 mile moral zone and prepare for a major wartime population surge.
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Rockford, I
Illinois Division
J. W. Alvord
Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineer
Chicago
Company A
Furst Illinois Engineers
Rockford
Army of Workmen
Uncle Sam
Dwight H. Sawyer
Co. T. First
Illinois Engineers
C. C. Saner
G. W. Schlesser
United States Sanitation
Lenahan
Chamber of Commerce
Rock River
A. E. Bargren
Finass
War Budget Set for Next Week in Deficiency Bill
Washington July 14 War appropriations totaling about three billion dollars will be asked of Congress next week in estimates officials will present to the house appropriations committee. The bulk of war funds would be grouped in a general deficiency bill raising total wartime appropriations to about ten billion including loans to allies.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Perto Rico
Godfathers for Rookie Officers at Fort Sheridan
A program provides godmothers and godfathers for each trainee at the officers reserve training camp. Jacob M. Dickinson heads the organization supplying marraine and perraine figures to boost morale, while Col. Henry J. Reilly supports the effort. The Illinois provisional regiment reports about 25 men weeded out for leadership faults and a ten percent loss from physical disqualification largely for underweight, which may be waived.
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Fort Sheridan
Jacob M. Dickinson
First Illinois Field Artillery
Cllinois Provisional Regiment
Artillery
Deries Receiver for Pugh Stores
Judge Charles M Foell refused to act on a petition by two stockholders seeking a receiver for Pugh Stores a 20 million dollar company with 39 stores in six states The form was improper and a new petition will be filed The company argues it is solvent and can pay its debts if left alone The petitioners say the firm has no cash to meet heavy obligations and seek a receiver to avoid bankruptcy
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Chicago
Charles M. Foell
Pugh Stores Company
James M. Pugh
Foell
Arthur B. Whitsah
Greenfield
Towa
R. T. Whitnah
Fr. Eusebius Wagner of Peoria Dies at 43
Peoria Illinois July 14 Father Eusebius Wagner OFM died suddenly Friday night from heart disease after a two week ailment. Born in Cincinnati he was ordained in 1897 and served as pastor of St Boniface Church Peoria for three years uniting many nationalities. He previously held charges in Cincinnati Escanaba Michigan and Metamora Indiana.
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Peoria
Hil
Eusebius Wagner
O. F
Cincinnati
St. Boniface Church
Wagner
Escanaba
Mich
Metamora
Goethals Takes Charge of Great Merchant Fleet Plan
Major General Goethals, head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, says the government will build two plants for 400 ships and commandeer 1.5 million tons of private construction as part of a sweeping program to expand the U S merchant fleet. He notes an additional appropriation may be sought and says two government plants will be contracted while vessels in build will be commandeered. The fleet corporation has 425 contracts totaling 1,860,000 tons, with wooden ships at 143 dollars per ton and steel at 158 dollars per ton.
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Washington
Gen. Goethals
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States
Denman
The
Fleet Corporation
Wilson
Mr. Denman
Gen. Goethal
Neutral vessels to Rua blockade due to embargo
Eleven neutral steamers loaded with grain and meat cake cleared from the Atlantic port for European destinations Friday under Wilsons embargo provisions. Ten are Dutch and one Scandinavian, equipped to pass through the allied blockade without British letters of assurance after being held awaiting such documents.
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Atlantic
Wilson
Navy welfare panel to supervise army and navy camps
Washington July 14 Secre tary Daniels forms an advisory committee to advance moral conditions at navy and marine corps stations joint with army welfare efforts headed by Ray mond B Fosdick. The naval committee on training activities will focus on camp life and may enforce drastic steps where local officials refuse cooperation, similar to action at Newport. Members include Walter Camp Clifford W Barnes E T Meredith Mrs Finley J Shepard Mrs Daisy McLaurin Stevens and Mrs Helen King Robinson.
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Washington
Navy
Roarine Corps
Daniels
Department
Raymond B. Fosdick
Army
Baker
Newport
Naval Committee
Walter Camp
New Haven
Clifford W. Barnes
Lake Forest
Ill
E. T. Meredith
Des Moines
Finley J. Shepard
New York
Daisy McLaurin Stevens
Hattiesburg
Miss
Helen King Robinson
Denver
Appeals Court Reverses Landis Ruling on Sale Bid
The United States circuit court of appeals reversed Judge Landis on denying the American Press Association the right to sell its stereotyping and ready print business to the Western Newspaper Union. The higher court allowed a bid by the Western Newspaper Union, permitting the purchase if it does not exploit the arrangement to charge more than a reasonable profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Landis
American Press Association
Western Newspaper Union
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
American Miners Mob Attacks Foreign Workers in Missouri
A mob of about 3000 American miners in Flat River Missouri attacked foreign coal and lead mine workers, injuring score and possibly one fatality though a death was unconfirmed. Over 100 shots fired, shaft house windows smashed, homes wrecked, and workers driven from sites amid alleged pro American labor agitation. Authorities reported bystander and worker injuries with no verified fatality.
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Flat River
T. H. Adams
Francois County
Doe Run
Federal
Shaft House
Woman poisoner guilty on murder at Windsor home
Mrs Amy E Archer Gilligan is found guilty of first degree murder in Hartford for the poisoning death of Franklin R Andrews while he was an inmate at her Windsor home for the elderly. Judge Gardiner Green set a hanging date for November 6 after a four week trial.
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Hartford
Conn
Amy E. Archer-Gilligan
Franklin R. Andrews
Windsor
Gardiner Green
Archer Gilligan
Finnish Crisis 3 Not Serious
Washington July 14 The Finnish drive for immediate independence from Russia surprised the Russian embassy officials who said the new Russian government had removed restrictions granted local autonomy and promised consideration of independence in line with nations choosing their own government. Dispatches confirm the demand but say the issue is not insoluble nor sweeping in impact.
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Washington
Finland
Russia
Wanted Help Or Housekeeper Nurse Reference Provided
Classified notice from Maloy Barry Alabama seeking a position as nurse or housekeeper with a first class reference available. Also advertised a used touring car purchase request for a good condition vehicle with cash payment and contact J E Hors Timewell IL 17.
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Maloy
Barry
J. E. Hors
Timewell
Adams County Farm Association to re organize next year
An executive committee meeting in Clayton discussed re organizing the Adams County Farm association formed in 1915 for another three year period. The annual meeting will be held in September at Maple Lawn Stock Farm near Clayton with a soybean demonstration and Illinois Agricultural College field station tour. The committee plans to work with the exemption board to shield farming from draft disruptions and avoid hindering food production.
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Adams County Farm Association
E. W. Rusk
Rusk
Association
Maple Lawn Stock Farm
Russell. Davis
Clayton
Ilinois Agricultural College
Exemption Board
German Attack on Belgian Sand Dunes Echoes Messines
British headquarters in France reports a German assault on the Belgian coast near Ostend resembling the Messines attack of June 7 in plan and scale. The 1,400 yard front and 600 yard depth contrast with Mes sines ten mile front and greater depth. British defense held, with reports of many casualties and prisoners, bridges blown, troops swimming the Yser.
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France
Messines
Yser
Flanders
Error in Banking Bill May Be Fatal In Illinois
Springfield Ill July 14 Attorney General Brundage will be asked to advise state officials whether an error in the state banking bill passed by the fiftieth general assembly will invalidate the law. The flaw is a repetition of words in one clause. State Auditor Russel believes the measure will not be invalidated but will seek a remedy before the 1918 general election on placing private banks under state control after Jan 1 1921.
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Springfield
Ill
Brundage
Fiftieth General Assembly
State House
Russel
Lowden
Illinois
Abandoned Twin Babies In Chicago Park
Chicago July 14 police records show the only twin babies abandoned in Chicago were those of Mrs. Cora Webster of Arcola Illinois. She said she left the infants in Jackson park last Monday night unable to care for them at home. Mrs. Webster and John Engel, who accompanied her, were taken into custody.
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Chicago
Cora Webster
Arcola, Til
BRIEF PERSONALS FROM QUINCY AREA
Mark Guerres of 1518 State street will return Sunday morning after time in Oklahoma City. Halbach-Schroeder Co offers free knitting classes. Keith Clark of Chicago was hosted by Louis Fuelbier and Will Metzger at a bay fishing party. Multiple local residents visit, travel, or host guests in Quincy with social announcements and sales.
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Mark Guerres
State Street
Oklahoma City
Halbach-Schroeder C
Keith Clark
Chicago
Louis Fuelbier
Will Metzger
Meyer-Wilms Co
O. E. Bryant
Clayton Exchange Bank
Quincy
Mary Bryant
St. Mary's Hospital
Milan
Disselhorst’s
McMillan
Citizens’ Bank
Edina
Dorothy (Dixie) Regen
J. W. Singleton
Robert Downing
Golden
Batiste
Henry Leiterman
Mary Alexander
Winnifred Irwin
Southpark
Wade
George Vasen
Ralph Perry
Rochester
Meyer- Wilms Co
Arthur E. Gay
Mabel Gay
Camp Point
Otisg
R. Trotter
South Twelfth Street
Emil Halbach
San Francisco
E. H. Hillman
Halbach
Halbach-Schroeder Co
Charles M. Gill
Petoskey
Mich
C. A. Buttrick
Charlevoix
William Sinnock
New York
Snyder
John Cook
Philadelphia
Helen Osborne
Miss Hyde
Schullian
Harry H. Thesen
St. Louis
Lawrence Randall
Will Thesen
Harvey
Ill
Mary Saunders
Hannibal
L. T. Eddy
Monroe Gaines
Kansas
J. A. Bert
W. D. Flynn
Gas Company
Terre Haute
Government moves to intern all German linked IWW members
Seattle July 14 the government announced it will intern all members of the Industrial Workers of the World who are German or influenced by Germanic ties. District Attorney Clay Allen said agents found a large share of industrial workers to be alien enemies and that Attorney General Gregory authorizes internment of those affiliated with or partaking in movements to disrupt industry or agriculture.
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Seattle
Wash
Govermment
United States
Clay Allen
Allen
Gregory
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Workmien
W. H. Hefferan
War
Big Brother
Deries
Pugh Stores
Eusebius Wagner OF
Guy Nations
Hampshire
S&t
Jacobs’ Jewelry Store
Goethals
RUA
Vigilance Board For
Court OF Appeals
Missouri
Edna Duker
Eleanor Ellis
Webster
Red Cross
W. C. Shank
Vermont Street
Lewis Ulmer
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Bell-Ans
Palm Beach
Dixie
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