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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1919

Page

3

Hold Up Case Spurs Demand for Capital Punishment

St Louis June 14 developments after the Meramec Trust heist include Patrolman Ward's death from bullet wounds at Alexian Brothers Hospital and police surrounding two robbers. Investigations reveal confessions by Earl Hunter and Charles Bergmann, with searches for a planning partner and a service car chauffeur. Stolen bank funds recovered in Bergmann's pockets. Hunter claims life imprisonment risk dictated their risky plan. Mrs Thelma Johnson and several Italians, including Louis Guldina, are detained as investigations continue into additional robberies linked to Hunter.

Board of Aldermen Nat Hall Earl Hunter Arlington Avenue Hotel Statler Missouri Penitentiary Bergmann Hunter William J. Smith Alexian Brothers’ Hospital Ter and Minnesota Avenue Jim Thelma Johnson France Arlington Nellie Hunter Johnson Statler Hotel Louis Guldina Daggett Avenue James Ellis Magazine Street St. Louis Guldina

Luxemburg Funeral Without Disorder

Rosa Luxemburg funeral conducted in Berlin without disorder after her assassination earlier this year. The Greater Berlin soviet failed to mobilize a strike for the occasion.

Luxemburg Associated Press RLIN Rosa Luxemburg Karl Liebknecht Berlin Greater Berlin

Council To Receive Turkey Next Tuesday

The council of Ten will hear the Turkish delegation now at Vaucresson near Paris next Tuesday morning in the Quai DOrsa cloak room. Peace terms drafting for Turkey will be postponed until after the delegation is heard.

Associated Press Paris Council of Ten Vaucresson Quai D’orsa Turkey

Peace delegates seek Ireland conference action in Paris

Peace delegates in Paris June 13 led by Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City and former Governor Edward F. Dunne of Illinois, representing Irish societies in America, wrote the American peace delegation to be informed about the request for a conference on the Ireland question.

Paris Frank P. Walsh Kansas City Edward F. Dunne Ilinois America Ireland

Quincy College of Music Commencement in Orpheum theater

Five pupils receive diplomas at 10 o'clock as Quincy College of Music honors graduates. Names include Lucy Hitch Myrtle Huffman Anna Altmix Dorothy Doerr Edith Loebing and Lucille Goldsmith. Rev. Hartley presents diplomas with a lengthy program featuring operatic arias, dances, and a pageant of Brotherhood.

Quincy College of Music Orpheum Lucy Hitch Myrtle Lee Huffman Anna Altmix Dorothy Doerr Edith Loebbing Lucille Goldsmith R. H. Hartley Lucy Pauline Hitch O'Mia Fernando Rose Ballet Virginia Bittleston Anna Laine Allen Mary Katherine Grimmer Margaret Fisher Mildred Rosenkoetter Agnes Skinner Myrtle Ernst Virginia Harding Serenade Pageant of Brotherhood Christine Chadwell Pearl Skinner Dorothy Lee Mabel Wavering Dorothy Crocker Marjorie Smyth Mamie Vandruff Thelma Johnson Justin Clinkenbeard Rosalind Skinner Betty Ann Brown Susan Hall Kathleen Gehring Marjorie McKinnay Ada Michelman Mildred Mohn Virginia Weiler Mildred Broemmel Geraldine Schwartz Margaret Weidner Marcello Heintz Grace Bush Ruth Tenk Dorothy Weiler Florence Kalmer Herman N. Kessell Milton Kessell Sylvia Gehring Virginia Irwin Jo Thompson Elizabeth Taylor Mary Harness Ruth Gardner Frank Malambri Roxie Lee Williams Gladys Toben Herbert Schott Edmund Meyer William Oakley Groegr Feld Roxanna McNeall Avis Peak Florence Broady Lenore Weiler Elsie Wiskirchen Bruce Mauck Florence Adams Rosalind Genteman Florence Buff Lawrence Beckmeyer Mildred Lange Thelma Loos Carlene Ellerbush Alma Anderson Letha Butler Martha Granadier Avis Peck Marie Gaberbaumer Hilda Menne Richard Hess Jue Musolino

Overland Plant Opens Under Federal Guard in Toledo

Thirteen more departments of the Willys Overland plant have opened and twenty more will resume Monday under federal protection. Percy Jones, son of former Toledo mayor Golden Rule Jones, heads the operation while United States deputy marshals stand guard with no disorder reported.

Toledo Ohio Willys-Overland Percy Jones Golden Rute” Jones United States

Wardlow must pay weekly support for two children

County Judge Fred G. Wolfe placed John M. Wardlow on probation after ordering a total of five dollars weekly toward his two children aged 1 and 2. Wardlow was charged with abandoning the children near Rock Creek station during a flood threat. Other defendants, James Meecum and Myrtle Massey, pleaded guilty to abandoning a child and received 30 days in the watchhouse. The child is in a good foster home.

Fred G. Wolfe John M. Wardlow Wardlow Rock Creek James Meecum Myrtle Massey Joseph Thorp

Personal notices from Quincy area residents and military news

Ollie Elzi returns home after France service to resume pharmacy work at Miller and Arthur drug store. Lt Julius Seidel expects discharge at Camp Grant to return to Eye Ear Nose and Throat practice. Walter Stollberg discharged from 88th division at Camp Grant. Quincy College of Music mid summer term begins June 16. Paul Huck sails home from Meves Germany. An Aer-Sweep ad promotes germ dust prevention at home. Local stores shorten hours starting June 30. Dr H J Phillips moves dental office to 519 12 Hampshire. Guests include Mrs J W Buffington and daughter Breeze, and Anna Ruppert hosts in Quincy.

Ollie Elzi France Miller & Arthur J. W. Buffington Miss Breeze Hamilton Neb Quincy Julius Seidel Camp Grant E. F. Stannus Hampshire Street Walter Stollberg Vance Quincy College of Music Broadway Frank Baker Hospital Corps of Army Clarence Dickson Jacksonville Pance Paul Huck Edith Huck Meves Germany W. T. Duker Company Lesser Company American Cloak and Suit Company J. J. Reibs Crooks Bros H. J. Phillips Ill State Bank Bldg Hampshire Hotel David Fronbarger Independence Kan Anna Ruppert Hannibal

Local notices and health updates from town people

Glasses fitted by Dr Stannws at 601144 Hampshire street. Miss Henrietta Kemper of Peoria visiting relatives. Otto Keck at 716 State street remains seriously ill after a St Mary hospital operation. Miss Felt of Quincy College of Music invites attenders to commencement on Saturday June 14 at 10 am at the Orpheum Theater. Miss Madeline Drummond of Palmyra a patient at St Mary hospital. Miss Ella Randall, Berian School principal, to travel to Madison Wisconsin for summer. Mr and Mrs S F Dechert of 741 South Fourteenth street left for Seguin Kansas where he will run a threshing engine. East of Springfield will give his afternoon instead of this afternoon. In free clinic at Bleasing hospital Monday it will be Dr East’s last clinic this summer and he will not return until fall. Mrs J W Buffington Breeze of Hamlet Nebraska visiting in the city with House of County Recorder James Buffington. Age anecdotes remark about a woman’s age.

Stannws Hampshire Street Henrietta Kemper Peoria Otto Keck State Street St. Mary Hospital Misa Felt Quincy College of Music Orpheum Theater Madeline Drummond Palmyra Ella Randall Ber Rian School Wil Madison Wis S. F. Dechert South Fourteenth Street Seguin Kan East J. W. Buffington Breeze Hamlet, Neb

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Overland J. M. Wardlow James Buffington 5Th Vermont Payson Avenue P. S Messrs Herman G. Briggs Thos. Reid Thomas A. Brown Firth and Maine Streets Quincy, Illinois
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