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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1917
Page
3
British troops attacked the Messines ridge in France, exploiting a prepared plan to seize the position. Massive mines and artillery battered German defenses as Irish, Ulster, and colonial units pressed forward, capturing dugouts and wrecking trenches amid heavy combat and a dramatic, coordinated assault.
Register totals in Illinois reach 686,252, topping the census bureau quota by about 40,000 per Adjutant General Dickson. Richland and Franklin counties contribute 63,?04, with Chicago precincts and missing counties adding 1,000. Chicago alone reports 342,398 registrations and 155,609 exemptions. Rockford shows a 6th, Springfield records 2,709 possible exemptions. seven counties including Boone and Williamson added 25,059 registrations.
Washington dispatch describes Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing as a detail mad genius who demands thorough inspections. His prior lookovers of 3,600 troops in Columbus, New Mexico, showcased meticulous scrutiny of uniforms, rifles, hygiene, and readiness. In France he will apply the same exacting standard to all units and equipment.
Fourteen United States deputy marshals left for Rockford Freeport and Belvidere Friday night to serve a large number of warrants on defiers of the conscription registration. United States commissioner Lewis P. L. Minsen held court at Freeport for the arraignment of priests taken in the Industrial Workers of the World for alleged plotting against conscription and their refusal to register.
Kronstadt report describes cramped cells, bare bedding, and unsanitary conditions in the naval prison holding officers suspected of autocracy sympathy. Admiral Kurosh and other officers complain of health decline from diet while relatives are barred from bringing food. Prisoners say no formal accusations have been made. many details contested.
A large escort of British and American troops greeted General Pershing and his party on arrival in London. Royal Welsh Fusiliers lined the pier with a white mascot goat, flags flew as the Star Spangled Banner and British anthem rang out, and Pershing spoke with armed guards and sailors during a brief formal exchange.
Sergeant Jesse A. Smith, who has led the local army recruiting office for several months, departs this morning for Fort Siferson Barracks in Missouri. No longer in the recruiting branch, he is unsure what he will do after arriving at the Missouri post. It is likely he will join the growing force of regulars being assembled for renewed service in France.
Local notes show Miss Grace Grubb will go to St Louis today for a brief visit. Also items on silk sale specials, residents traveling, club meetings, and community notices from Quincy including Doerr store sale ending, sales conventions, and ladies’ whist event at the South Side Boat club.
A. H. Beitman of Perkins company says South Quincy Drainage district levees are nearly impregnable after recent repairs. Mill Creek levee needs straightening near an oxbow bend and Curtis creek will have wood sheet piling driven. Marion county drainage pumps are gaining advantage as rainfall subsides.
Broadway merchants, their employees and families met Friday to organize their annual picnic in Bowles Park on North Twelfth Street later this month. Each member will serve as a farm labor bureau inviting laborers seeking work and farmers needing help. Alfred Aptenste leads overall planning with N Fritsch heading commissary, George Timmerwithe and George Mover handling transport.
Capt A L Pennover reports river flood levels near peak with prediction of a small rise. He checked up river readings: St Paul seven feet, Dubuque eight, Davenport eight, Keokuk thirteen with four foot fall, Ottumwa twelve with six inch rise. He says local stage remains three to four feet above upstream points and questions source of further rise.
George Ray and Fred Setters pleaded not guilty to larceny when arraigned in Kirksville Missouri police court Friday morning Judge Reardon set June 13 as preliminary hearing date and bonds at 500 dollars each They are charged with stealing tires from cars and were arrested while attempting to dispose of a tire whose serial number matched a list distributed by Chief Melton to police and county sheriffs in Illinois Iowa and Missouri
Racine Wis June 9 George Chip middleweight from New Castle Pa defeated George Knockout Brown from Chicago in a hard fought ten round boxing match held in Racine.
Harry Baker and Lewis Bateman, described as Negroes, were arrested Friday on grand larceny charges after police caught them trying to dispose of copper and junk at Rupp Brothers junk dealers. They allegedly entered vacant buildings on North Fourth Street and Vermont Street stealing lead piping and fixtures, part of a spree police suspect continued for weeks.
The Chicago Sunday Herald announces a special supplement next Sunday featuring a sword portrait of General John J. Pershing, commander of American forces in France. Copies will be available by ordering through local newsstand leaders today.
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