Arms Against Co Officials in Quincy Labor Protest
County officials accused of bias in awarding tax notice contracts faced union protests in Quincy. The Trades and Labor assembly urged adherence to bidding laws after claims contracts at five cents per description exceeded the legal rate. The group pledged to protest over pay, hours for women and children, and a Federal Labor Employment bureau report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Trades and Labor Assembly
Labor Temple
Peter
J. T. Inghram
Board of Supervisors
Captain Dismissed From Army Service
Captain Eugene C. Rowan late of the 162nd depot brigade at Camp Pike was dismissed from the service. Lieutenant Robert H. Halli was dismissed and sentenced to 25 years hard labor at Leavenworth for desertion and for misusing funds as mess officer of the 348th Infantry. A check showed about $7,000 shortages. part secured through civil court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Eugene C. Rowan
162Nd
Camp Pike
Robert H. Halli
Leavenworth
Kans
Rowan
Hall
348Th Infantry
San Francisco
Florence to honor Fourth of July with citizenship for Wilson
Florence Italy June 29 preparations for a grand Fourth of July celebration as the city will confer Florence citizenship on President Wilson. Tuscany municipalities will participate with flags and medieval guild banners. The day is a national holiday in Italy, an unprecedented honor to a foreign leader. Ambassador Nelson Page will speak in Rome and send Peter Jay as substitute to Florence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Italy
Wilson
Tuscany
Thomas
Nelson Page
Rome
Peter Jay
Emerson Motors Jury Cannot Reach Verdict
NEW YORK June 29 The Emerson Motors company and several defendants faced a federal court indictment for defrauding stock buyers. After nearly six hours of deliberation the jury failed to reach a verdict against Emerson Motors and listed associates including C E Berry and company and O E Chaney.
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New York
Emerson Motors Company, Incorporated
Emerson Company
Robert
M. Td
3 and Company
C. E. Berry and Company
C. E. Chaney and Company
Theodore A. Campbell
George Campbell
Nicholas Field
Wilson
R. P. Matches
Geo. B. Gifford
American Ace Baer Reaches Seventeen Victories
Wayne Indiana June 29 Lieut Paul Baer the American Ace now a prisoner of war in Germany has downed 17 enemy planes and is officially credited with nine more before being forced down inside German lines May 22 last Major William Thaw commanding the 103rd Aero Squadron writes that Baer killed nine flyers and eight more were witnessed by squadron members.
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Ft, Wayne
Ind
Paul Baer
Germany
William Thaw
103Rd Aero Squadron
Eaid
Emma Baer Dyer
Baer
Thaw
Pledge in Pacific Northwest to supply air program cars
In Tacoma Oregon and Washington lumber manufacturers at a convention pledged to furnish at least six hundred cars of airplane fir per month to the Van couver Washington plant and to speed cantonment stock by rail to eastern destinations in record time.
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Tacoma
Wash
Wir
Oregon
Washington
Vancouver
Two Fliers Killed In Crash At Mount Clemens
Mount Clemens Mich June 29 Lieut Raymond Templeton Pendleton Ore and Private Edgar Sawyer Hartford Conn of the 730th Aero Squadron US A were killed when their aircraft went into a tailspin and crashed about 150 feet to the ground The machine caught fire and both bodies were badly burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Clemens
Mich
Raymond Templeton
Pendleton
Ore
Edgar Sawyer
Hartford
Delegates Named for Hanpibal and Following Month
The report states that nal delegate to Hanpibal during the last month and Frank Grosg was appointed as a delegate during the next month, indicating a change in representation for the upcoming period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nal
Hanpibal
Frank Grosg
France Proclaims Fourth of July a French Holiday
In Paris June 29 the French Chamber of Deputies voted July 4 as a legal French holiday. The decision drew universal cheers and marked one of the war era’s most impressive demonstrations. Speakers cited American troops in France, President Wilson, General Pershing, and Ambassador Sharp in praise of the allied effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
Pichon
Etienne Clemente
Edouard Ignace
Andre Tardiei
General Commission
Maurice Damour
America
Henry Franklin-Bouillon
France
Wilson
M. Franklin-Bouillon
General Pershing
William Graves Sharp
Blackboard Lecture Before Judge Landis
J T Doren of Tacoma one of 101 I W W defendants on trial for sedition explains a definition of sabotage as limiting efficiency. He testified with a blackboard before Judge Landis who sat among spectators. He recounted watching a carpenter and an employer dispute the time to fit a door sill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. T. Doren
Tacoma
Wash
Doren
Landis
Swears Packer Sold Spoiled Meat To Army
Washington June 29 Lient W D Cargill meat inspector at Cam Travis Texas testified before the federal trade commission in the hearing on complaints that Wilse ang company of Chicago furnished spoiled meat to the army. The testimony covered several deliveries of meat in bad condition reported to him but he had no personal knowledge. Decision on a protest against admission of the testimony as hearsay was reserved. It was stated beef in condition to be sold to hotels and restaurants and for home consumption did not meet army and navy specifications for fresh and frozen meats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lient
W. D. Cargill
Cam Travis
Texas
Federal Trade Commission
Wilse Ang Company
Chicago
Wilson and Company
H. Bnnenden Marshall
T. George Lee
Armour and Company
Armng
Navy
Fatality at Chanute Field Pistol
A fatal aviation accident occurred Friday at Chanute Field Rantoul Jil near Bloomington Illinois when aviator Noble of Pork Pas was killed as his airplane crashed. It marks the field's first fatality.
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Bloomington
Noble
Pas
Chanute Field
Rantoul, Jil
Slow Progress In Mine Rescue Near Virginia Minn
In Virginia Minnesota June 29 slow progress is reported as steam shovels and crews clear a huge gravel and rock pile covering about 14 victims from Thursday’s Silver mine explosion a mile away. Only four bodies recovered after 36 hours of work. at least 14 more presumed buried. Officials deny any survivors among three men once said to be rescued. Communications with miners trapped underground have failed and fears of suffocation grow.
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Virginia
Minn
Non-Partisan Ticket Wins in North Dakota Primaries
Fargo dispatch reports the Nonpartisan ticket dominating state and congressional races in the Wednesday Republican primaries. Governor Lynn J. Frazier led John Steen in the governor’s contest, with 60,676 to 38,148, while Congressional results showed J. M. Baer ahead of Henry Vick by about 800 in district one and J. M. Sinclair about 700 over P. D. Norton in district three, with George Young defeating John Hawcett about 3 to 1 in district two.
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Fargo
N. D
Lynn J. Frazier
John Steen
Steen
J. M. Baer
Henry Vick
J. M. Sinclair
P. D. Norton
George Young
John Hawcett
Wilson nominates 43 brigadiers and 8 major generals
President Wilson sent to the senate the names of forty three brigadier generals and eight major generals to fill vacancies in the national army. Most promoted officers are serving in France and selections reflect merit over seniority. Includes two National Guard colonels Cornelius Vanderbilt and John H. Sherburne.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
National Army
France
General Pershing
General March
Guard
National Guard
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John H. Sherburne
Mason M. Patrick
Edward M. Lewis
William P. Snow
William R. Smith
Peter E. Traub
William S. Graves
James C. Harbord
Charles P. Summerall
Charles C. Walcott, Jr
Edward R. Christan
Edwin B. Winans
Wm. P. Jackson
Samuel D. Rockenback
Meriwether L. Walker
Otho B. Rosebaum
Edward L. King
Harry G. Bishop
Marin Craig
Alfred W. Bjorstad
George W. H. Mosely
Douglas Macarthur
John Sherburne
N. G
Lucius Durfee
James Hornbrook
How
Marine Brigade
Chateau-Thierry
Marine Corps
March
Wm. S. Graves
War Army
General Staff
Scott and Bliss
Winters Heads Local Patriotic Drive Leader in Liberty Loan Success
Me Winters, general chairman for the organization, was notified Friday that the group had one of the most successful financial campaigns. The Third Liberty Loan effort in Adams County surpassed its quota and nearly doubled the county total, marking a strong civic performance.
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Winters
Neral
Priday
Comurij
Libererty
Adams County
Advises Caution In Our Russian Course
London June 20 The Westminister Gazette urges allies to move cautiously on any intervention in Russia after Kerensky appeal. It warns governments and President Wilson to explore ground first and notes Germany would exploit openings. Bolsheviks could tilt masses to boost German manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Westminster Gazette
Alexander F. Kerensky
Russia
Wilson
Germany
Y Adopts $15 Million Budget for War Work
CHICAGO June 29 The central department of the Young Women's Christian Association adopts a budget of 15 million dollars to cover the Y M C A war fund to be raised next October. Quotas for fifteen states will be announced soon with representatives from Illinois Iowa Colorado Indiana Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota and Wisconsin present. Of the total 3 million dollars will go to overseas work and the fund supports women in war work hostess houses near camps emergency housing and maintenance of the broad YWCA program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Central Department
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
Eoen
Ilinois
Iowa
Colorado
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Jury convicts editor in sedition case in Kansas City
In Kansas City on June 29 the jury after three minutes found Jacob Frohwerk, former editorial writer for the Missouri Staats Zeitung, guilty of violating the espionage act by writing seditious editorials. Sentencing was deferred.
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Kansas City
Jacob Frohwerk
Missouri Staats Zeitung
Machine F ils In See Pensacola Tragedy
In Pensacola Florida June 39 machinist John G Zeller stationed at the local aviation field drowned when his airplane plunged into Pensacola Bay.
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See
Pensacola
Fla
John G. Zeller
Pensacola Bay
Schwab Addresses National Security League on Shipbuilding
Mr Schwab spoke with E N Hurley of Chicago and Charles Pies in a May era address before the National Security League. He praised U S shipbuilding gains in May and June, promised ships to win the war, and urged unity to preserve liberties amid domestic reforms.
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Ance
Schwa
E N. Hurley
Chicago
Shipping Board
Charles Pies
Sipec
Pies
Schwab
Hurley
The
National Security League
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James Riggs
Council of National Defense
Bert Ryan
Woman's Labor League
Assembly
C. N. PD
Ryan
Women and Children
Labor Bureau
Federal Labor Employment Bureau
Federal Bureau
Organized Labor
Bebor
Tom Mooney
California
Mooney
Labor
Pra SS ‘Cen
Armando Diaz
Piave
Diaz
City of
Emerson Motors
Packer
New
Ee Women’s
Bell Ans
United States
Ricker National Bank
Aetae
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