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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1916
Page
9
William J. Moore a retired merchant committed death by own action at the home of his daughter in Sonville BL on Tuesday. The body was found in the bathroom by a roomer. Despondency over continued ill health is thought to have caused the act.
Undertakers from Illinois gather in Decatur for the eleventh annual convention. Attendance expected to reach 250 with leaders including President Andrew Swensen of Bement, Secretary H. Meneene of Elmwood, and past president D. Quinlan of Chicago. Prof. Hon. is stated among speakers.
Secretary Lansing asked Congress for 75000 dollars to cover special allowances for diplomatic officers in foreign capitals. He cited one European ambassador reporting hotel living costs up 200 to 300 percent, saying posts risk becoming unsustainable without aid. The appeal notes officers rely on personal funds where possible.
June 14 report says plans to consolidate Willys-Overland Hudson Chalmers and Auto-Lite into a $200 million group are dropped for now. Willys stated complications blocked the deal and that each company will operate independently.
June 14 reports say Czernowitz occupation unconfirmed but Russian advances threaten Lemberg. Austrian retreat jeopardizes Ikwa front at Torgovitza junction, with heavy fighting near Tarnopol and ongoing clashes around Gliadski Vorobievka. German diversion efforts north of Jacobstadt fail to shift forces.
In New York Col Theo Roosevelt met Tuesday night with George Perkins Gov Hiram Johnson Oscar Straus and Chester Rowell to map the future of the Progressive party. Perkins released a statement urging patience until the national committee meets in Chicago on June 26 after the conventions in St Louis and elsewhere. Decisions should await the committee’s action and be public before personal or local moves.
A Tuesday blaze at the Pennsylvania railroad elevator No. 3 in Canton Baltimore killed four to ten workers and injured over 40. Two steamships William Van Driel Hall and Welback Hall suffered waterborne damage as grain and debris showered the harbor. The fire destroyed about a million bushels of grain and caused over two million dollars in losses. a bomb or grain dust explosion theory was noted. Thirty four workers trapped in the Welbeck Hall hold escaped by jumping to ships or climbing to shore.
Big Four detectives assist Crawfordsville Indiana police and neighboring towns in locating Rev Edgar Johnson Baptist minister who bought a ticket in Crawfordsville for Danville on Monday June 5 and vanished after preaching there the day before. Despite over a week of searching, no trace has been found and no motive or foul play is evident though family suspects otherwise.
Secretary of Labor Wilson told labor union representatives that true Americanism means teaching aliens in the United States a thorough knowledge of American manhood and womanhood. He cited the department’s prior efforts and said the definition is taught in more than a thousand school districts.
New York. June 14. Representatives for railroads and the union leadership say the talks to avert a general strike among about 350000 workers have failed. The conference will prob ably end today after the railroads present their contingent counter proposal. A strike vote will follow if no agreement is reached, but a general walkout is not yet guaranteed unless further breakdown occurs.
BuffaloJune 14 Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland featherweight champion met Johnny O Leary lightweight champion of Canada in a ten round bout here Tuesday night Both weighed 130 pounds Kilbane outclassed the Canadian and nearly had him in the fifth round and again in the eighth.
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