Rohner Denies the Charge in German Raider Smuggling Case
In Philadelphia authorities defer a search of the interned German raiders Krone Prinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Pried rich for explosives, citing international complications. Five arrests made. Grocer Rohner denies wrongdoing, saying boxes contained delicacies for crews.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Krone Prinz Wilhelm
Prinz Eitel Priedrich
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Department of Justice
Frank Garbarine
Department In Justice
Department
Customs House
Henry Rehner
Yelena Fischer
Adelbert Kk. Fischer
Schutte- Koerting Company
Fischer
Benny Leonard Beats Tillman In Philadelphia Bout
Benny Leonard the New York lightweight defeated Tonny Tillman of Minneapolis on points in six rounds in Philadelphia Monday night. Each man scored a first round knockdown but neither delivered a damaging blow. Leonard dropped Tillman again in the fourth round for a four count with a left hook. Leonard weighed 138 pounds, Tillman 139 4.
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Philadelphia
Benny Leonard
New York
Tonny Tillman
Minneapolis
Eachman
Leonard
Tillman
Opposing Training In The Schools In Illinois House Hearings
Opponents and supporters debated compulsory military training for boys in Illinois public schools before a sub committee. Fred A. Moore of the Women’s Peace Party cited France Australia and Japan as models and warned against the plan while Adjutant Gen Frank Dickson and Col. Wiltes Foreman supported training for discipline and physical development. Representative 17 F Hamblin proposed amendments to allow workers to join training.
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Chicago
Winois
Illinois House Committee On Military Affairs
17. F. Hamblin
Fred A. Moore
Women's Peace Party
Australia
Japan
France
Moore
Frank , Dickson
Wiltes
Maternity Insurance Bill Proposed in West Virginia House
Springfield representative Thomas E. Lyon introduced a bill to grant state charters to companies with at least 25 000 capital to pay benefits to mothers during childbirth incapacitation. Both houses met briefly Monday as a key constitutional convention vote looms, with proponents claiming 110 votes.
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Springfield
Marsh
Thomas E. Lyon
Senate
Storm blows roof from Payson home in severe wind
A strong windstorm early Sunday morning ripped part of the roof from the home of John and Edward Belmann two miles from Payson. Debris blocked the road until the Hellmann brothers cleared the right of way. A nearby elm at Frank Wissmann’s 921 Washington Street was struck and shattered by lightning.
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John
Edward Belmann
Payson
Hellmann Brothers
Paveon
Quincey
Frank Wissmann
Washington Street
Urea
Quines
Everyone Needs a Tonic to Withstand the Rigors of Winter
An old advertisement touts FS. S. 8S as a blood purifier to strengthen the body during severe winter conditions. It claims to cleanse the blood, boost appetite, and renew vigor, urging readers to obtain the product through druggists and the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta for more information.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atalanta
Ga-Adv
Raider Ritz of Bremen among Yarrowdale sailors reach Zurich
Fifty nine Yarrowdale prisoners arrive in Zurich after a 52 hour overland trek from Brandenburg prison. They describe the raider Ritz of Bremen as the vessel that sunk their ship and recount brutal German camp treatment before Swiss hospitality. consular reception urges restraint and dignity. The men, nearly starved, recount cold weather and lack of footwear, with most now housed in hotels as Washington issues instructions. The group includes all except one seaman Buileat. one Spaniard joins, no Brazilians.
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Zurich
Paris
Yarrowdale
Sundau
Brandenburg
Germany
United States
Keene
America
Washington
Raider “Ritz
Bremen
Ritz
Neustrelits Dulmen
Brandeburg
Swinemunde
Switzerland
Rerscharff
Buileat
Massachusetts
Russia Sending Gold to America Across Trans Siberian Route
New York March 13 reports from the financial district say Russia is contributing heavily to gold imports for the Entente. A $41,000,000 shipment from Canada last Saturday included gold from Petrograd via Vladivostok to Vancouver, with French gold also in the mix. Further shipments from Canada are anticipated as trade with the United States expands. A record Saturday cargo was sent largely to the Philadelphia mint, and another $8,500,000 arrived Monday from the northern border, elevating the yearly total to $213,500,000 and enabling credits well above that sum.
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New York
Financial
Canada
Petrograd
Vladivostok
Vancouver
Philadelphia
Antediluvian Band Stand to Be Disposed of
Alderman Hyatt’s resolution to remove the band stand in Washington park was approved by the city council. The board of local improvements is ordered to dispose of the structure at the best advantage, with a plan for a rest room and band stand to follow but legal challenges remain before a new building is erected.
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Washington Park
Board of Local Improvements
Alderman Hyatt
Alderman McNutt
G A Coovert Hurt by Giant Bull Near Palmyra
George Coovert of Luckenbaugh farm four miles west of Palmyra was bruised when a Helstein bull, weighing about 1800 pounds, head struck him as he untied the animal to water. The bull knocked him from a gangway into a stall. a second lunge sent him under a 2x4 joist but he escaped with minor injuries. The bull was recently bought from the university herd at Columbia Missouri. Horns had been sawed off, which likely prevented worse harm.
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Palmyra
Mar
George Coovert
Luckenbaugh
Coovert
University Herd
Columbia
Gravel source found for Duncan's lane project
County Highway Superintendent L L Boyer and Ellington township commissioners Hen hoff Zimmermann and Walker investigated several gravel beds to secure material for Duncan's lane. One bed near two miles away promises to supply all needed gravel, and a contract is likely. Weather has hindered travel and farm work in bad conditions.
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L. L. Bover
Henhoff, Zimmermann and Walker
Elington Township
Duncan
League official seeks to overturn $1075 judgment
John M Schoeneman secretary of the Ouincy League Baseball association filed a circuit court bill to correct a mistake and set aside last year’s $1075 judgment by Anton C Bickhaus. He seeks an injunction to stop further action, arguing the agreement was made in his official capacity and not personally.
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John M. Schoeneman
Ouincy League Baseball Association
Anton C. Bickhaus
Mr. Schoeneman
Harry F. Hofer
Henry Whipple
The
Baseball Association
Woman Hit by Fiery Soot Puts Out Fire
Awakened by sparks on her face Mrs Porter Goodwin of 724 Washington Street calmly called her husband. They removed burning soot from a chimney and kept the blaze from spreading without fire department aid. Two coal beds were pulled from the hot soot and the fire ended with no further damage beyond soot staining.
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Porter Goodwin
Washington — Street
Goodwin
Turkey Abandons Treaty Claim and Accepts Consuls
Washington reports Turkey has dropped its bid to rely on capitulations in American law. Constantinople’s Ambassador Elkas says Turkey will temporarily accept four American consuls, transferred from Germany, to act as extra territorial judges for U S citizens and property. State Department seeks Germany approval for swift departure of the four consuls to Turkey.
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Washington
Turkey
United States
Ottoman Empire
Elkas
Constantinople
Germany
State Department
Clunich
Macomb Attorney George D. Tunnicliff Dead at Home
George D. Tunnicliff an Macomb Ill attorney died Sunday morning after a year long illness. Born 1861 in Matomb he studied at Northwestern and Michigan Law. He practiced in Macomb with partners including Sherman Gumbart and later E D Grigsby. He represented Chicago Burlington & Quincey Toledo Peoria & Western unions national bank and sewer pipe company among others. A staunch Republican he seldom sought office.
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George D. Tunnicliff
Macomb
Ill
Matomb
Damon G. Tunnicliff
McDonough County
George Tunnicliff
Northwestern University
Law Department
University of Michigan
Sherman
Isabelle Baker
Lawrence ¥. Sherman
C. G. Gumbart
Tunnicliff
Union National Bank
The
Sewerpipe Company
Widow Marries Youth Will Farm in Payson
Walter L. Coffey aged 20 marries Carrie A. Garnett 46 of Marion county. They will live on a Payson area farm near Hannibal after a Sunday ceremony by Judge J. H. Totsch. W J Coffey accompanied the couple and consented to the marriage.
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Walter L. Coffey
Carrie A. Garnett
Marion County
Payson
Hannibal
J. H. Totsch
J. W. Coffey
Liberty Township
Brief Personal Notices From Quincy Society Pages
Local briefs list visits and travels of Violet Davis Waters and daughter Elizabeth to Canton Keokuk and Missouri, and other residents including Mrs. Hendley for St Louis three week visit, Mrs. Zimmerman and Katherine of Macomb in town, and Anna Morton seeking Blessing hospital care. Several residents recoveries, trips, and occupations are noted, with criminal bankruptcy of Otto Geers, a Quincy grocer, adjudged bankrupt with liabilities and assets listed.
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Violet Davis Waters
Elizabeth
Vermont Street
Canton
Keokuk
Missouri
W. A. Hendley
Broadway
St. Louis
Snyder
Fred Zimmerman
Katherine of
Macomb
Wisfreehind
Katherine Buerin
Anna Morton
Ellington
Blessing Hospital
J. W. Earel
Edwin F. Jones
E. T. DeRemer
DeRemer
Harvey Weyand
Palmyra
St. Francis College
Thomas Harvey
Mary Menke
S. R. Bragg
Shelbyville
M. J. Fitzgerald
Richardson Oil
Nebraska
Independent Christian Mission
Steiner Seeks School Facts From Adams County Teachers
County school superintendent John Steiner has mailed extensive questionnaires about heating ventilation and sanitary conditions to every teacher in Adams County schools. The drive aims to assess facility needs and guide improvements across the county.
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Steiner
John Steiner
Adams County
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Rohner
Legislative Committee
Cohoneds
Col
Ferran
Hamiin
Witneis
Federal Reserve Bank
W. T. Duker
G. Arends
D. L. Musselman
John G
J. M. Winters
J. L. Duker
Blomer
Simon Duker
SAY Raider
Russia
Hostetter
G. A. Coovert
Frank C. Millspaugh
Canton Trust Company
Quincy
Elenore Walterman
George Cottrell
Quincey Clearing House Association
Newcomb
Tim Collins
Decatur
Mr. Collins
Decatur Police
Federal Court
Fred Deechert
Liberty
Daniel Shank
Clayton
W. O. Shank
R. W. Ray
Court House
Tom Crooks
Wapeblo
Iowa
Walter Dorsey
John P. Inghram
Edward Jansen
Illinois Central Railroad Company
E. Kieth
Paul
Unionville
Charles Mewes
South Twelfth Street
D. W. Mumper
Burlington
Bonnie Boesch
John Sehauf
E. W. Peter
Schauf
Lola
Laveta Peter
Jacob Peter
William Nichols
North Fourth Street
Percy Smoot
Jesse A. Smith
Post Office
Galesburg
Otto Geers
Bankrupey
United States District Court
Humphrey
Bec
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