Peace feeler from Germany rejected by Prof Herron
Swiss diary recounts an attempted German peace initiative aimed at President Wilson through Prof George D Herron of Geneva. Quidde and Dr Jong Van Beck offered autonomy for Alsace Lorraine and other concessions but Herron denounced the plan, calling it cant and deception. He declared the United States would keep fighting until Prussian power was extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wilson
Heron
Geneva
Daily Mail
Annemassee
Quidde
Munich
Count van Hertling
Jong van Beck
von Hertling
Reichstag
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
German Empire
Alsace- Lorraine
Brc-Litovsk
France
United States
Teron
W. S. Zolf
Aegean
Potsdam
American War Losses Listed With Names and Destinies
A Friday casualty list records 21 names by status including Killed in Action, Died of Wounds, Died of Disease, Wounded Severely and Slightly, Missing in Action, and Lost at Sea. Notables include Lieut. Samuel G. Love slightly wounded and Lieut. Gustav Kissell missing in action. Private Carroll J. Scully lost at sea aboard the Tuscania. Lieut. James H. Fiscus also wounded. a second list adds 69 names with multiple categories and prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Love
Chester
S. C
Gustav H. Kissell
New York City
Carroll J. Scully
Toledo
Tuscania
James H. Fiscus
Greensburg
Wesley C. Wagoner
Fremont Street
Waterloo
Iowa
Douglas Day
Line Fork
Alexander Drelich
Passaic
N. J
Karol Doraski
Washington
Wollaston
Mass
Thomas Zocco
Waterbury
Conn
Gustav K. Kissell
Carroll C. Scully
War Department
Stanley J. Shaw
Wallingford
Davis F. Bryant
Hopewell
Antonio Cianni
Gerace
Italy
Fred E. Hackett
Friday Harbor
Wash
John P. Rosenwald
Minneapolis
Minn
Charles G. Fyfe
Lawrence
Rodney Stinson
Stonington
Maine
Joseph Welsh
Ind
Joseph M. Spencer
Nevada City
Cal
Harry L. Curtis
N. Stratford
N. H
Wagoner Harold Davidson
Clinton
Fred Backstreet
Chicago
Lamar Puldacote
Cotton Port
Lindsey Jones
Rockyford
Harry Arthur Littfield
Petersburg
N. Y
Everett N. McKenney
Gorham
William Ross Rogers
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dennis Downing
Clarence H. Fry
Columbia
Tenn
John J. Tranor
J. S. Abbott
St Paul
R. H
Indianapolis
William B. Bowers
Westville
Okla
Francis FE. Rollins
Sherborn
Ezra W. Estabrook
Marlboro
Patrick Anderson
Whitinsville
James S. Baker
Parsons
Paul W. Bradley
Short Hills
Virtuis Cummings
Pierson
Towa
Gilbert Remme
Kenneth
Charles Sherman
Frank J. Sikorski
St. Louis
Fred Blenker
South Olive
Daniel B. Stout
Lancaster
Ralph L. Stratton
Des Moines
Indict Chicago Men Under Sherman Act
Federal grand jury in New York charged the Iranite company Master Builders company and United Products company all of Chicago with Sherman anti trust violations and criminal misuse of masles. Individual defendants include Edward I Bucklen Sylvester W Flesheim Sidney L Flesheim Richard E Bishop Harold E Smith William O Belt Solomon Mexter and Louis P Body. Accused of conspiracy to restrain trade in pulverized iron for concrete work and of fixing prices and discounts and apportioning territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lranite Company
Master Builders Company
United Products Company
Chicago
Edward I. Bucklen
Sylvester W. Flesheim
Sidney L. Flesheim
Richard E. Bishop
Harold E. Smith
William O. Belt
Solomon Mexter
Louis P. Body
Borglum Linked to Silent Aircraft Firm Bid
Documents from official war files reveal Gutson Borglum, the sculptor, connected with talks to form a new aircraft parts company. He would be silent partner, claim access to plans, and leverage his White House ties to influence government projects. Mix, Gibson, Suplee, and Coffin figures are cited in the approach and subsequent withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gutson Borglum
Borglum
Hugo Gibson
United States
Kenyon Mix
Dodge Manufacturing Company
Wisconsin
Mix
Howard Coffin
Aircraft Production Board
War Department
Wilson
Henry Harrison Sapler
Harris
Suplee
Signal Corps
White House
Gibson
Ministry of Munitions
Aircraft Board
Dodge
Compton
Hudson Terminal
H. E. Suplee
Nichols
Mr. Borglum
FP. S. Hardesty
Incomplete Note on May 3 1918 Models Shown
Message from C Heappey dated May 3 1918 states that smaller models were made but were never submitted at the institute for test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Heappey
Institute For Test
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Brewery Men
Federal grand jury returns sixteen indictments including six against Beloit men three against Rockford Brewing company and seven against Rockford residents charging shipping liquor into dry territory and selling liquor within the five mile military zone in Freeport Illinois on May 11.
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Freeport
Ill
Beloit
Rockford Brewing Company
Rockford
Trying To Bring New Factory To Quincy
Truman T. Pierson, business manager of the Chamber of Commerce, is in talks with a large St. Louis manufacturer to move the factory to Quincy. The plant payroll is about $100,000 monthly. During next week’s Mississippi Valley Waterways association convention, the chamber officials will meet the firm’s reps to seek a firm footing for relocation. The chamber will not disclose the company name or its product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman T. Pierson
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
Quincy
Chamber
Mississippi Valley Waterways Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peace Feeler
Wweron
George D. Herron
Grinnell College
Herron
Europe
A. E. Prince
Newcomb Hotel
Mary I. Turner
Adama County
Dinois
T. F. Averkamp
Ricker National Bank
Frank J. Penick
Stern Building
Swift
Dusenberg
U. S
Mr. B
Hugo C. Gibson
Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Baker
General Squier
W. F. Durand
National Aeronautic Committee
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Federal Grand Jury
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