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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
2
Springfield June 19 The lower house failed to pass the Glackin initial bonding bill boosting city bonding power. Lawmakers extended session 24 hours to adjust tax rates and tackle 69 other measures. Gov Lowden urged Chicago bond power while speakers defended the bill amid urban rural divides.
London staged a formal procession to honor Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. A W Brown for completing the first nonstop transatlantic flight. The welcome featured a band, flag-draped autos, and cheers from crowds, with Marguerite Kennedy and her father greeting Brown from Dublin.
A man dressed as an army lieutenant and a companion dine in a downtown cafe. The waiter and detective L. D. Harvey become involved as the officer departs without paying. Harvey confronts the man in a hotel room where a pistol is brandished before the detective calls for police. The standoff continues as the gun remains cocked and the lieutenant resists.
A pronounced shift among majority members at Weimar favors signing the treaty. reports indicate left wing and clerical factions under Baron Von Richthofen are also crystallizing support for the accord.
The lieutenant, after resisting, consented to go to the cafes where he cheerfully paid $1.90 for his order and was allowed to return to his hotel unmolested.
Washington June 19 The war trade board is prepared to enforce embargo measures against Germany as soon as the inter allied blockade council resumes the blockade if Germany refuses to sign the peace treaty The board would use strict prohibitions on neutrals trading with Germany a new enemy trading list total German goods ban and a neutral staging plan to prevent surplus exchanges for German goods
CHICAGO June 19 Henry G Goodrich 85 an inventor once rich from sewing machine patents and slate production accepted a four dollar day job from the federal employment service handicap division. He says real estate ventures dissolved his former affluence. In 1914 fifty eight concessions for prospecting for gold and silver were granted in the Dutch East Indies.
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