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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
1
Washington June 19 Congress moves to terminate daylight saving next Oct 26. House 233 to 182 repeals on last Sunday in October. Senate 46 to 6 adopts rider to repeal on same date. Conference likely with agricultural bill. farmers and labor seek earlier repeal.
A U S Navy anti submarine flotilla stationed in St Louis for a submarine and destroyer craft recruiting campaign departed for Cape Girardeau after river stage lowered. The K 35 submarine demonstrated submergence between the Eads and Free Bridges. Spectators on levees and bridges watched.
Governor Lowden will speak at the peace tor y celebration under the Loyal Order of the Moose at Mooseheart on June 7. He is also slated to address the Town State Bar association in Davenport on June 25.
At the AFL reconstruction convention in Atlantic City on June 19, radicals clashed with conservatives over a proposal for initiative and referendum within organized labor. Only 35 of 500 delegates supported the measure, signaling strong radical defeat. The session also condemned Postmaster General Burleson’s labor policy, with calls for Wilson to remove him.
An unofficial Galveston report states ten Mexican workers, alleged IWW members, were killed by Mexican federal troops during a Tampico riot on Wednesday. Many others wounded as troops fired to disperse labor dispute protesters.
In Brussels on June 18 the train bearing President Wilson King Albert and Queen Elizabeth arrived at 9 15 p m President Wilson rode to the palace in an automobile as vast crowds cheered and applauded.
Washington June 19 telegraph rates fixed by the government federal control would be extended for a reasonable period not exceeding six months under an amendment adopted tentatively by the house during consideration of legislation to repeal the control act. The amendment offered by Representative Merritt Republican Connecticut was adopted without a record vote.
St Louis June 19 Internal revenue stamps for whiskey and other spirits have arrived at the Federal Building from Washington in amounts enough for July and August. Revenue officers interpret this as preparation for all eventualities including the possible lifting of war time prohibition.
Washington June 19 The league of nations drew strong senate support from Senator McCumber North Dakota Republican on foreign relations in a three hour speech defending the covenant as a just plan for world peace He rejected party pressure arguing he would vote for a reasonable peace preserving measure and decried misrepresentation campaigns against the league He opposed Knoxs proposal to declare opposition to the covenant and peace terms, calling it a death knell to peace efforts.
A War news letter from W B Van Calin in Nome reports Eskimos at Point Barrow rejoicing over news of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s death and Allied victory. Dog teams carried the tale to Barrow, the first outside report in four months.
Villa followers estimated under 100 gathered on Mexican soil opposite Fabens Texas as the seventh cavalry was stationed there. In El Paso Texas on June 19 the 19th infantry on pass were ordered to report to their company commanders immediately after nine o clock. Seventy Villa rebels were in Guadalupe opposite Fabens at 3 30 pm Wednesday, with five more opposite Pioneer near Fabens.
Unconfirmed reports show German panic over the hard peace terms as the cabinet fears Bolshevism if they refuse to sign. Allied troops stand ready for possible invasion into Germany, while Wilson and Lloyd George tour Verdun and foreign ministers debate Poland Ukraine and Danzig. Brest mutineers and Spartacist prisoners clash. Weimar officials endure a tense security situation.
The piece extols Want Ads value by noting how vacant properties rent quickly and articles are sold, turning unused items into cash. It highlights profits to advertisers from small investments and urges frequent use of The Wig Want Ads, emphasizing wide daily readership and varied profitable outcomes.
Washington officials warn the bomb outrages may continue with more attacks to come. Attorney General Palmer seeks a $500000 chase fund as he cautions a future date for a major radical act. Flynn notes no Independence Day plot but vows wide police vigilance and progress in identifying domestic suspects.
Lt Col John H Plunner told Purchasing Agents that talcum powder sent to surgeons was used by cooks for bread, causing complaints of rotten flour. He cited other wartime emergencies including 1,000,000 blankets lost on a sunken ship and postwar cancellation of $243 million in motor vehicle orders.
Washington June 19 A senate judiciary sub committee headed by Senator Dillingham will begin hearings next Friday into charges against Attorney General Palmer as alien property custodian. Palmer requests public hearings and will be among first witnesses. Frelinghuysen and Morton E Lewis provided related information as the panel includes Fall Sterling Overland Walsh.
Viscount Northcliffe, newspaper owner and former head of the British mission to the United States, underwent thyroid surgery to remove a deep seated adenoma. A bulletin said the Viscount’s condition is satisfactory and the operation was to relieve pressure.
Mrs. S. W. Brittain of Center Texas was convicted in District Court for violating local option laws and sentenced to life imprisonment. The case, appealed to the State Court of Criminal Appeals, is noted as the severest local option penalty in Texas. Brittain sold intoxicating liquor to Lee Fuller on November 1, 1918 and was convicted March 10, 1919.
Green City Missouri June 19 Frank Weaver a farmer proved a hog rear shank can confer real wealth by buying groceries with the meat proceeds. He purchased sugar corn hominy breakfast food salt fish and grit totaling about 15 to 20 dollars while noting no complaints about the sale.
Paris reports that the German government has forbidden publication of the late Lieutenant-General von Moltke memoirs. The book reportedly criticizes Germany’s prewar policy and recounts 1914 events that could affect war responsibility. Publication would be allowed only after the peace treaty.
John Martin Graham former president of the International Trust Company of Boston died in Santa Barbara California after a stroke. He passed away Wednesday afternoon at his hotel. The death ends a career of prominence in finance and banking circles.
June 19. Senator Phelan of California sought to amend the agricultural appropriation bill to exempt beer and wine from the war-time prohibition. The motion to table his rider passed 55 to 11. A second tactic in the House aimed to suspend the ban on beer and wine, with the judiciary committee set to vote on Gard's amendment to permit presidential suspension of the prohibition for these beverages.
President and Mrs. Wilson and their party arrived in Adinkerke Belgium from Paris at 8:45 am and met King Albert and Queen Elizabeth. They left at 8:50 am for tours of war torn areas guided by Belgian officers. Margaret Wilson joined the party along with B M Baruch and General W W Harts. Wilson’s Brussels arrival was anticipated between 2 and 3 pm. The Belgian royal couple were accompanied by Baron Moncheur General Joostens and Count Rensee to oversee the stay. Madame Wouters Duplinter accompanies Mrs. Wilson.
Theodore N. Vail resigns as president of American Telephone and Telegraph to become chairman of the telephone board. Ti. B. Thayer is elected president, N. C. Kinsbury vice president, replacing A. N. Bethel. John G. Cartey becomes VP in charge of development. W. & Clifford named VP in charge of accounts and finance. Changes come ahead of anticipated end of federal control of wire systems.
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