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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1917
Page
9
Special notices state MR. DO OV. BARKER has moved his furniture hospital from 115 S. Std St. to 224 N. 12th and will be glad to see friends.
The Milan city reports for 1915 show war impacts with population 670000. Marriages dropped from 4400 to 2800, births from 348 to 152 per 1000, deaths rose from 4900 to 10800. personal crisis reports up 50 percent to 138. meat and fruit consumption fell by 48 kilos and 66 kilos respectively, alcoholic drinks by 20.7 liters. Grain and vegetable intake rose by 12 kilos per person. food prices rose 20 percent in eight months, milder than Bologna’s 4 percent.
In Christchurch New Zealand the Shackleton Rosa sea party from the Antarctic credits Wild with inventing Hut Point Mixture a tobacco substitute using tar coffee pawdust seaweed and herbs after exhausting supply. It was adopted by the entire party following failed experiments with onions shredded potatoes and tea leaves.
A Hiundesrat decree creates an Imperial Monopoly of the Old Clothes Trade in Germany. From February 28 wholesale houses must close. retail firms receive one month grace. All remaining stocks will be confiscated at peace prices.
A Frankfort telegram says the German government sent a wireless dispatch to Count Von Bernstorff, former U S ambassador, now at sea, asking him to explain how the note about dragging Mexico and Japan into war with the United States was divulged. It is expected the Frederic VIII steamer will reach Copenhagen Saturday morning with Bernstorff and party.
William H. Willcox chairman of the Republican national committee criticizes the 12 senators who filibustered the armed neutrality measure. He says every senator should have stood by the President in this crisis and that his action disappoints patriotic Americans.
The Hanover Courant denounces American policy with terms like dishonest ignorant and bullying in a lengthy editorial from The Hague dated March 7. It questions the plot and warns against waiting like a dumb ax for the butcher's ax while railing at American hypocrisy. It notes 500 000 marks donated under James W Gerard and reports a Berlin dispatch stating the money was deposited locally under Gerard's control as his ambassador tenure ended.
The Journal A Raven begs the Brazilian government to monitor German machinations worldwide. It cites Argentina’s peace stance and the Carranza proposal, urges verification of any German military organization in Brazil and arms from the Argentine frontier, and protests the transfer of German consuls from the United States to Brazil.
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