Wolf Demurrer Reserved In Federal Case
The court reserved decision on the Wolf Manufacturing Company defendants Fred and Paul Wolf's demurrer to quash the indictment charging fraud against the government. Judge Louis FitzHenry presided as briefs were submitted, with further action expected after review. if overruled a special session date would be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frednd
Paul A. Wolf
Wolf Manuacturing Company
Louis FitzHenry
Bloomington
H. A. Converse
Deendants
Wolf Company
John E. Dougherty
Peloria
United Sates
Atorney Converse
Hugh J. Graham
Springfield
Wolfs
Converse
Dougherty
Springfield Officials and Jury Adjourn in Quincy
Marshal Vincent Y marshal Dallman and deputy marshals Dressen Murry and Moore with clerks Brown Sorders and others from Springfield in Quincy. Petit jury had no business Monday and was dismissed until 10 o clock today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Y.' ‘Dallman
U. S
J. EB. Dressendorfer
John Murry
R. C. Brown
Ww. J. Sorders
Springfield
N. Ross Moore
Rock Island
Quincy
Petit Jury
Ambulance Worker Visits 33rd Division in Europe
George Heckenkamp of evacuation ambulance company No. 68 writes from Esch Luxembourg that he spent the day with the 33rd Division and met Quincy area boys he knew. He notes hearty travels by ambulance across war-torn roads and mentions a German family with a brother living in Quincy, J. N. Tibesar of Fifteenth and Vine streets. He adds his Ford min is a “super-six” on rough roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Heckenkamp
Esch
Luxemburg
Germany
Thirty-Third Division
Quincy
Thirty-Third
J. N. Tibesar
Fifteenth
Vine Streets
Coulson Family Taken In By Maywood Humane Officials
Maywood Missouri authorities learn that Mr and Mrs Clarence Coulson and their four children, found last week in a dilapidated houseboat near Oak Street, remain in Maywood seeking care. The state must cover relocation costs, else the family may be allowed to move on with hopes for improved living conditions and basic needs for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humane
John Coens
Maywood
Clarence Coulson
Oak Street
Coens
U C T Elects Officers For Year At Bloomington Meet
United Commercial Travelers elected new officers Saturday night at the Knights of Columbus hall. The slate includes W. Smith senior counselor N. J. Ehrhart junior counselor C. R. Pool past counselor (. P.) Delean secretary W. J. South conductor A. A. Maggard page and Clarence Merkle sentinel. Harry Cason and W. T. Johnson joined the executive committee. Delegates to the Bloomington grand convention in May were W. T. Smith T. A. Crooks C. R. Pool and C. P. DeJean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Commercial Travelers
Knights of Columbus Hall
W. Smith
N. J. Ehrhart
C. R. Pool
P. Delean
W. J. South
A. A. Maggard
Page
Clarence Merkle
Sentinel
Harry Cason
W. 7. Johnson
W. T. Smith
T. A. Crooks
C. P. DeJean
Bloomington
Only Few More Names Needed For Petitions
The Independent Labor ticket committee met at the Labor Temple on Sunday afternoon and found most signatures needed for petitions. Solicitors will gather the few remaining names before Saturday, the filing deadline. A city attorney candidate is not yet chosen, though J. H. Wanly may run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Labor
Labor Temple
J. H. Wanly
Three Men Arraigned on Child Abandonment Charge
Three defendants charged with child abandonment were arraigned in county court. All entered not guilty pleas. Lymanstahl’s case was continued to Wednesday, Lohman’s to Tuesday, and Ellis’s to Friday. Lymanstahl was brought to Quincy to answer the charge. Ellis works at Otis Elevator and Lohman at Gardner Governor works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lymanstahl
John Lohman
Lucian Ellis
Lymanstahl
Quincy
Ellis
Otis Elevator Company
Lohman
Gardner Governor Works
Quincy Divorce Suit Filed Over Desertion
Ben Kimble sues Grace Kimble in circuit court on Monday afternoon for divorce alleging desertion. The couple wed August 11 1915 and separated October 17 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Kimble
Grace Kimble
League publicity request reaches Framingham schools
Superintendent Charles M. Gill received a request from the League of Nations Framingham branch to aid their campaign for more publicity. The packet includes peace conference articles and promises more material. Captain Otto Wurl resumes duties as physical director in Quincy schools after serving as an instructor in camps and in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Gill
League of Free Nations Association
Framingham
Mass
Wurl
Otto Wurl
Quincy
United States
France
Marriage Licenses and Republican Caucus Notice
Marriage licenses issued for Bert Leach and Miss Rosa Ratliff. Republicans of Honey Creek township schedule caucus at Center school house on Saturday March 15 to nominate candidates for the spring section vote on April 1 1918. Central Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honey Creek Township
Center School House
Spring Section
Central Committee
Two employees to run Quincy Labor Bureau case
In a special session the Community Labor Board will decide if the Quincy Labor Bureau can operate with two staff instead of three. Director Mark L. Crawford urged cutting the force, with Examiner R. E. Hackman calling a meeting to determine if one resigns. Hackman says he will follow orders and is willing to resign if needed, noting both Miss Bertha Michel and Edward Landwehr are competent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Labor Board
Quincy
United States Labor Bureau
Mark L. Crawford
Crawford
R. E. Hackman
Hackman
Community Board
Edward Landwehr
Bertha Michel
Michel
Mr. Landwehr
Street Car Company Finalizes 1918 City Payment
The Quincy Street Railway completes its 2 percent gross earnings payment for 1918 to the city. The last $1,000 check was handed to Mayor John A. Thompson, bringing the total to $4,110 after earlier partial payments were returned until the full amount was paid. The council had voted to require the entire sum be paid at once and to seek collection if delinquent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Street Railway Company
John A. Thompson
Ellis
Namesake Of Indiana Poet Visiting Here
Rev. J. Whitcomb Riley native of Indiana and claimed relative and namesake of the Troosier Poet arrived in Quincy from California. He plans to seek the pastorate of a local Congregational church, rests here two months, and will hand his letter to the Quincy Union church next Sunday. He is a former United Brethren preacher and author with four books ready for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Whitcomb Riley
Indiana
City
Mllneis Congregational Church
Rev. Riley
Quincey
California
Kansas
Oklahoma
Sle
Riley
United Brethren Church
Congregational Church
Quincy
City Hall Interior Painting Contract Awarded
Seven bids were submitted for painting the first floor interior of City Hall. Jost and Greene won the job with a figure of 583 dollars after the committee opened bids Monday evening. Work includes washing and painting walls and varnishing woodwork. color to be selected by the committee, starting in a few weeks. Other bids were Joseph Butz 629.40 Frank Weber 844 Farrel and Brown 735 F W Resch 943.65 H V Williams 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jost and Greene
Joseph Butz
Frank Weber
Probate Court Appointments and Wills Report
In probate court J G Thompson named conservator over Tenry J Grubb with a 3000 dollar bond Laura Thornton named administratrix of John A Thornton with a 20000 dollar bond Esther Steffen named executor of Henry Steffen with a 50 shilling bond An order signed by County Judge Fred G Wolfe adopts Roberta D Hall by the Hall family and allows name change to Helen Margaret Hall Jacob Geiker will filed noting 3 dollars to each brother Charles Rheinert William and Frank and 50 dollar Liberty Bond to niece Edith Geiker Remaining property to wife who is executrix Albert F Eckert names wife sole beneficiary with equal division to Marie Ms Kinnay and Clara Eckert after her death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Thompson
Tenry J. Grubb
Laura Thornton
John A. Thornton
Esther Steffen
Henry Steffen
Fred G. Wolfe
Roberta D. Hall
Jefferson Hall
Helen Margaret Hall
Jacob Geiker
Charles
Rheinert
William
Frank Geiker
Edith Geiker
Albert F. Eckert
Marie Ms Kinnay
Clara Eckert
City councilmay attend utility hearing in Springfield
The full city council may accompany the mayor and corporation counsel to Springfield for the Senate committee hearing on diluting public utilities commission powers. Alderman Ellis led the push, while Aldermen Ross and Owen opposed. at least 10 officials will go, meeting Governor Lowden and then joining hundreds of delegates. The council also approved sewer repairs on Broadway Oak and Delaware streets with an expert to assess needed improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Senate
Illinois Legislature
Public Utilities Commission
Perry Ellis
John A. Thompson
Quincy
David Ross
A. E. Owen
Ellis
Alderman Ellis
Galesburg
Aurora
East St. Louis
Jacksonville
State Commission
General Assembly
Ross
Owen
Lowden
Myers
McNutt
Noar
Hoar
Quincey
Alderman McNutt
Broadway
Front
Second Streets
Oak
Second
Third Street
Delaware
Eighth Street
Board of Public Works
Enoch Chatten
Ihe
Thompson
R. E. Dyer
Police Department
Frank Sawyer
Eighteenth and Broadway
Fifteenth and
Adams Streets
Illinois Public Utilities Commission
Quincy Street Railway Company
Charles Hoar
North Fifth Street
Capt Beatty Joins Maximum Club After War Return
Captain James P. Beatty was discharged from Camp Dodge after healing from gas exposure in France and celebrated by subscribing for 1000 War Savings stamps, joining the maximum club. He returned home via Chicago and plans to resume his postal clerk duties between Chicago and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Beatty
Elmer Lummis
Maximum Club
Capt. Beatty
Camp Dodge
United States
France
Chicago
Kansas City
Forgery Suspect Terwische Arrested En Route to Quincy
Adolph Terwische, 26, wanted in Quincy for passing a forged check on Louis Waldfogel, was arrested in Dallas Texas and will be brought to Quincy for trial unless Dallas holds him on a similar charge. He has prior prison sentences in Texas and at Leavenworth and comes from a well known family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Terwische
Quincy
Louis Waldfogel
Dallas
Texas
Leavenworth
Kaw
Terwische
Thompson to Have New Police Chief If Re-elected
City hall gossip says Mayor Thompson will appoint a new police chief if he wins another term. Melton is not expected to be reappointed. disciplinary policy and the department’s approach to raids are tied to the mayor’s approved methods. The new chief will maintain the existing hard line on law enforcement and will be named if the mayor succeeds himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Thompson
Melton
Returning troops and family news from overseas
Messages from soldiers and sailors homeward fill reports. Otto Freiburg and Hugo Reuser send greetings from New York and Pagny France confirming health and expected homecoming. Tom Kearney, Andy Bowen and Capt Marks Alexander share recent postings and transfers with relatives in Brooklyn and Le Mans.
Former Quincy Freight Agent Now French Quartermaster Captain
Hr Tloyod Klein formerly with the O C K C in Quincy is now a captain in the quartermasters unit in France stationed at Souilly sur Meuse. After leaving Quincy he worked as a traveling freight agent for the New York Central line with headquarters in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tloyod Klein
Quincy
Quartemmasters
France
Souilly Sur Meuse
Regular
New York Central Line
Kansas City
Red Burner Held For Stealing Chickens
John Burner known as Red was arrested Sunday by Policemen Tom Ryan and Edward Schulte on charges of stealing chickens. In court Monday the case was continued to Wednesday. A basket with two White Leghorn chickens a rooster and a hen had necks wrung. A neighbor George Loebbing identified two chickens as his property and reported prior losses of four birds. Burglary will be charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burner
Red
Tom Ryan
Edward Schulte
Burner
George Loebbing
North Eighth Street
Congregational Meeting of Quincy Association Highlights Addresses
Pastors and laymen from Congregational churches of the Quincy association met in the Y M C A Monday morning. Rev. Frank J. Brown of Payson opened the session and Rev. J. C. Stoddard of Plymouth spoke on Individual Work for Individuals. Rev. N. J. Norton of Mendon led a discussion on an Outline of Visitation Plan as Recommended to National Commission. Afternoon talks followed after luncheon at the Hotel Newcomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational
The
Quincey Association
Frank J. Brown
Payson
J. C. Stoddard
Plymouth
National Commission
N. J. Norton
eMendon
Hotel Newcomb
Alderman Honors Major Henry R. Till With Pershing Citations
Alderman Perry C. Ellis spoke at the city council meeting Monday, praising Major Henry R. Till for gallantry in action. The council unanimously adopted a motion to incorporate General Pershing’s official citations into the minutes as a token of honor to the fallen Quincy hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry C. Ellis
Ife
Henry R. Till
General Pershing
Quincy
Joe Vogel Arrives on Five Day Camp Sherman Furlough
Joseph A. Vogel a World War I veteran of Company B 123rd Machine Gun Battalion arrives home on a five day pass from Camp Sherman to visit parents Mr and Mrs J L Vogel of 1119 Washington Street. He was wounded twice in Meuse Argonne action October 15 16 with shrapnel in the right leg and left leg and spent weeks in a hospital before returning to the United States February 26 aboard the USS President Grant. His right leg now causes no trouble though the left leg remains somewhat healing and he recalls the Quincy boys staying in good spirits while he was wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Vogel
France
Camp Sheridan
J .L. Vogel
Washington Street
Meuse- Argonne
Joe
United States
U.S. S
Grant
Quincy Boys
Soldiers Stop Over In Quincy Before Camp Grant
A special Kansas City train carried 43 soldiers from Bloomington and Chicago through Quincy on Monday afternoon. Red Cross workers, led by Mrs. John Wall, served doughnuts coffee and fruit during the layover while many men swam at the YMCA pool and shopped downtown. The group, eager to return home after 18 months in Houston camps, departed at 8:40 p.m. for Camp Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Quincy
Houston
Texas
Camp Grant
Kansas City
Quincey
Bloomington
Chicago
France
John Wall
Henry Brinck
F. A. Wilson
Four Bloomington soldiers survive intact in WWI unit
Private Scott Poynter reports that all but four members of Company B, 120th Machine Gun Battalion, were killed or wounded. Many Bloomington boys served, with several buried in France. The unit faced heavy casualties before the armistice, while some wounded have returned as casuals and others head home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bors
Scott Poynter
Quinegans
Camp Parker
Bloomington
Poynter
France
Camp
Parker
Isolation Hospital For Orphanage Planned
A two story brick isolation hospital will be built at the center of the St. Aloysius Orphans home grounds. After a scarlet fever outbreak the home was quarantined, and the new ward will allow care without closing access. The society reported about $7,000 raised of a $10,000 goal for building and equipment. Twenty two new boosters joined the society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Aloysius Orphan's Home
St. Aloysuus Orphans’ Society
St. Francis School
Mayor Thompson Seeks New Meter Test in Quincy
Mayor John Al Thompson will ask the State board of public utilities to send an expert to Quincy on March 18 to test more electric and gas meters. He cites widespread complaints of overcharges and notes the previous report did not satisfy him. The initial testing favored the consumer in all but one meter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John al Thompson
Springfield
State Board of Public Utilities
Quincy
Thompson
Loewenstein Opens Music Store in Keokuk
F. W. Loewenstein, a decade long musical instrument dealer and lifelong musician in Keokuk, will open a new music store at 622 Maine Street today carrying a complete line of instruments and music. He and his wife currently reside at 2327 Hampshire Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Loewenstein
Keokuk
Maine Street
Loewenstein
Hampshire Street
New Wrangle Over Health Measure In Quincy Council
Quincy officials clash over a two year term for health commissioner and residency rules. Aldermen oppose nonresidents, while Corporation Counsel says enforcement impossible. Mayor Thompson sides with keeping city limits, as other civic actions proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Board of Health
W. B. Tompkins
Quincey
Little Girl Narrowly Escapes Injury on Maine Street
Four year old Gretchen Resch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Resch, fell crossing Maine Street between Eighth and Ninth streets Monday morning. She struck the fender of a westbound main line car. the motorman stopped the car, and she was unhurt though badly frightened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretchen Resch
Fred Resch
Maine
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Illinois Weather Forecast Fair To Wednesday
The Weather, Illinois shows fair conditions Tuesday with slightly warmer trend on Wednesday. Sun rises 6 20 a m and sets 6 02 p m Moon sets 3 10 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Isourt
River Forecast Says Rise Near Muscatine Louisiana
A river forecast warns of a gradual rise in the river below Muscatine in Louisiana over the next 48 hours as levels increase slowly and forecasts remain cautious for local areas downstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Louisiana
For Rent Two Unfurnished Rooms in Hong Spectia Area
Two unfurnished rooms available for light Hong spectia with reasonable rent. No children. Call 601 Jersey Street. Lost: roll of music Sunday afternoon at the Gem theater. Pinder lease return to Ralph Spyder at Nichols Motor Car Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Spectia
Jersey Street
Gem Theater
Pinder
Ralph Spyder
Nichols Motor Car Company
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Walter Volbracht
Camp Point
John E. Wall
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August Shanz
Willam Schlagenhans
Shanz
Charles Steffen
LaHarpe
St. Henry Carnes
FitzHenry
Charles H. Watson
Watson
John Gonsales
Dallas City
Carl L. Cobb
Ben Disseler
E. P. Allen
FiteHenry
Clara 3B. Fitman
Peoria
Abe Martin
Graber
Skatia’ Rink
Coulson Family
Maywood, Mo
North Star Egg
Circuit
Albert Rust
Govert & Lancaster
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Regwar
Musselman Building
Bert Leach
Coatsburg
Rosa Ratliff
Moberly
Employment Board
Street Car Company
ESS Krapnel
Casper Freiburg
North Seventh Street
Otto
New York
Adelaide Reuser
Hugo Reuser
Pagny
112Th Infantry
St. Nazaire
Young Freiburg
Quartermasters’ Corps
Tom Kearney
LeMens
Andy Bowen
Brooklyn
L. Bowen
South Fifth Street
Morday
Navy
Marks Alexander
Langres
Gondrecourt
Congregationalists
Ith Division
Joe Vogel
Daily River Bulletin
A. Om
St Paul
Davenport
Heowk
Olcuummwwe
Hannibal
Cussiana
St. Loults
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