Capitol Glerk Lobby Hastens Vote By House
Jefferson City May 13 The House voted to send the omnibus salary bill to Gov Gardner after a late committee report found the bill failed to reach a constitutional majority. Clerks crowded the floor urging votes, while Speaker O Fallon broke rules to pass the measure. The protest of which Rep Rates signed was halted as discussions shifted to an appropriation bill delaying action.
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Jefferson City
House
Gov. Gardner
Whitecotton
Capitol
O'Fallon
Representative Rates
Hustetter
Wiles
Omnibus
E. L. Barnthouse
Food and Drug
James O'Connor
L. J. Powers
James Harris
Secretary of State
Luther Wilson
Eugene Stephens
J. H. Duncan
Hackmann
John Russell
Middle Kamp
N. E. Williams
O'Connor
Missouri Dems dispute Hostetter roll call integrity
Ald county Democrat accuses Representative Hostetter of misrepresenting Missouri Democrats while seeking to recruit members for a salary measure that failed to reach a constitutional majority. Whitecotton challenges a committee report claiming honest errors caused a muddled roll call and denies any fraud, insisting newspapers told the truth and witnesses overheard spectators answering for members under scrutiny.
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Ald County
Democrat
Hostetter
Missouri
Whitecotton
Prairie Division Regiments Parade Through Chicago
Chicago May 12 Word from Washington says the Prairie division will be allowed to parade through Chicago not as a unit but by separate regiments. Welcoming committees, led by W N Pelouse, plan to entertain each regiment with a homecoming dinner and reception before demobilization at Camp Grant.
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Chicago
Washington
W. N. Pelouse
Illinois
Camp Grant
Winter Wheat acreage rises in Illinois reports
Springfield reports winter wheat acreage in Illinois up by 707892 acres from last year with a condition at 103 percent of normal. Only two percent of winter wheat was killed. Spring barley shows 19 percent gain in northern Illinois and 23 percent in southern Illinois. Rye acreage gains noted. Farm labor up ten percent though wages higher.
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Springfield
Isis
Ilinois
Springer
Haivisis
Towers Keeps Silent On Hop Off Plans
PREPASSEY Florida May 12 Commander John H Towers director of the navy's trans Atlantic flight planned a hop off Monday of the N Cy 1 and NC 3 for the Azores. A disturbance prevailing compelled him to change his mind. He offered no details beyond hoping NC 4 would join the division before launch but would not sacrifice favorable weather by waiting.
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Prepassey
N.fl
John H. Towers
Navy
Azores
Towers
N. C.4
No Settlement Made In Toledo Controversy
Toledo labor troubles continue as Mayor Cornell Schrieber and a workers committee at the Willys Overland plant meet with Overland officials to seek a settlement. Ten thousand workers were locked out last week for refusing to work 48 hours. Conferences to continue today with no results announced.
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Toledo
Cornell Schrieber
Willys- Overland Company
Overland
Allied WISE Advance for Postarmistice Scenario London May 2
Reuters reports that if Germany does not sign the peace treaty, allied military plans are prepared to advance as if the armistice terms were rejected. The arrangement would mirror the actions expected had Germany refused to surrender.
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London
Montreail
Reuters Limited
Germany
Henry Ford Appears in Court First Day
Mount Clemons Michigan May 12 The preliminary examination of seven jurors in the Henry Ford libel suit against the Chicago Tribune began with Ford briefly present. Ford seeks $1,000,000 alleging the Tribune labeled him anarchist ignorant idealist enemy to the country and incapable of thought. Brownsville Texas May 13 A group of 25 including Sheriff A. T. Man heads to Mount Clemens to testify for the defense in Ford libel case, carrying evidence from 1915 bandit raids.
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Mount Clemons
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Tribune
Ford
Mr. Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
the Tribune
Texas
Brownsville
A. T. Man
Mount Clemens
Swindled Auto Dealers by Fake Army Officer
New York May 13 Army agents seek Frank Edward Speicher who escaped from Governor's Island guard house and allegedly swindled auto dealers of 7500 by forging a military authorization to sell over a thousand cars and 2,250,000 tires from Camp Hillabird Md The army charges desertion and impersonating an officer Speicher used aliases including Frank Loughery and Frank McQuede and had a prior forgery term in Detroit. Baltimore May 16 Military intelligence and detective units pursue Lieut Col Frank Edward Speicher a bogus officer who fled Governor's Island in female disguise with a New York attorney to swindle motor dealers of thousands.
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New York
Frank Loughery
Frank McQuede
Detroit
Baltimore
Mad
Teew
Frank Edward Speicher
Governor's
Islind
N. C
Speicher
Peoria Chosen for State Legion Caucus
CHICAGO May 12 Peoria has been selected for the first state caucus of the new American region. The date of the caucus is not yet set. State executive committee members include Major L Currier Chicago Private W McCauley Olney Lieut Joseph B Glynn East St Louis Carl F Kraatz Carbondale Captain Marsh al Field III Chicago Captain Thomas F Hanwood Bloomington Colonel G G Seaman Taylorville Major John P Cumming Chicago Corporal Pence HK Orr Jolet Sergeant R W Wilber Urbana Col B J Arnold Chicago Captain Leo GC Hana Peoria Cornelius Lynde Winnetka Robert H Engel Chicago.
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Chicago
Peoria
L. Currier
W. R. McCauley
Olney
Joseph B. Glynn
East St. Louis
Carl F. Kraatz
Carbondale
Marshal Field III
Thomas F. Hanwood
Bloomington
G. G. Seaman
Taylorville
John P. Cumming
Pence HK. Orr
Jolet
R. W. Wilber
Urbana
B. J. Arnold
Leo GC. Hana
Cornelius Lynde
Winnetka
Robert H. Engel
Germany To Protest Live Stock Awards
A May 11 AP report from Berlin notes Germany’s protest at peace terms demanding surrender of thousands of milch cows swine beeves and other livestock to replace losses from the war. The Tagestatt condemns the demand as monstrous and impossible and warns it will worsen child Mortality due to milk shortages, accusing the Allies of intent to starve Germans.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Tagestatt
Wilson Sits In White Boundary Discussed
Paris May 12 The president spent time with American commissioners as peace treaty ideas align Austrian and German terms. The Adriatic question and other matters were reviewed by the council of four.
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Paris
Wilson
Austria
Adriatic
Council of Four
Bavarian Plebiscite Favors Swiss Union
The Vorarlberg plebiscite in Austria Hungary showed 45 500 votes for annexation to Switzerland against 11 000. Overtures to Switzerland will start, while Swiss voters will decide on the annexation. Vorarlberg lies north of Bavaria and borders Tyrol Grisons Liechtenstein and St Gall. The crownland covers about 1 004 square miles.
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Aarsocilated Press
Rerne
Vorarlberg
Austria-Hungary
Switzerland
Vurarbers
Bavaria
Tyrol
Griesons
Lichtenstein
St. Gall
Landing of Navy Dirigible C-5 Planned for 1300 Mile Test Flight
Preparations are completed for the landing of the United States Navy dirigible C-5 at HWALIPAX following a test flight of about 1300 miles from Montauk Point New York. The word ready was transmitted to the starting point as the operation was set in motion.
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Hwalipax
Montauk Point
N. Y
Physicians Fees Increased June 1 Adopt New Scale
Adams county medical society met to approve a fifty percent boost to the existing fee schedule. The new scale, effective June 1, raises day calls to 3 dollars, night calls to 5 dollars, office visits to 1.50, maternity cases to 25 dollars, and consultations to 10 dollars, amid higher medicine costs and living expenses. Dr Kirk Shango presented an X ray illustrated paper on chest lesions.
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Quincy
Adams County
Adams County Medical Society
Kirk Shango
Dick’s Draught Beer Supply Runs Dry Except Bottled Stock
Downtown saloon operators report Dick’s draught beer can be filled only sparingly as orders to stop brewing take effect. Brewery drivers note dwindling keg and draught supplies while bottled beer remains available. Several bars have arranged shipments from out of town breweries to maintain supply.
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Quincy
Quincy Physicians Attend State Medical Meeting
A large Quincy and Adams County delegation will attend the State Medical Society Meeting in Peoria next week. Sessions run Tuesday through Thursday with a preconvention social. Dr Harrison will read a paper on Needless Sacrifice of the Tounsits, and attendees include Dr H L Bierne, Dr J H Rice, Dr B L H A Nickerson, Dr Elizabeth Ball, Dr Wick Shango, Dr J M Harrison, and Dr E B Montgomrey.
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. William Stickman in Pittsfield
The funeral of the late Mrs. William Stickman was conducted Monday in the Methodist church with Rev. J Brown officiating. Interment followed in West cemetery. She died Friday evening at her home west of town after weeks of illness. Rev. P H W Lotz of Detroit spoke in the absence of the pastor. A special Health Promotion Week service was held the same evening with speakers including Dr J N Wells and Mrs Ida Alexander of Quincy. The Pike County Fair Bureau was organized in Pittsfield Saturday afternoon with about five hundred members. A community club formed in Greenfield school district elected officers. Mr. and Mrs. M W Farrand announced their son George has returned from overseas. Mrs Ellen M Gro sold her 109 acre farm near Chambersburg to H Ro Wood of Jacksonville for 34404. Edward Harpete filed for divorce from Effie G Harpete on statutory grounds. custody sought of their child. The case to be heard at the June circuit term.
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William Stickman
Methodist
J. . Brown
West Cemetery
P. H W. Lotz
Detroit
J. ©. Brown
J. N. Wells
Tbr. L. S Lacy
B. Berry and Ton
Jesse M. Thompson
Pike County
Ida Alexander
Quincy
Court Hall
Bureau
FC. McCarrell
Kinderhook
M. Wk. Farrand
George
Ellen M. Grro
Chambersburg
H. Ro Wood
Jacksonville
Edward Harpete
Effie G. Harpete
Whiteh
Japan Plans Recognition of Kolchak Government
Tokyo May 12 It is learned here that negotiations are proceeding which will probably lead to the recognition of the Kolchak government at Omsk The opinion is growing that moral support from recognition would aid materially in solving the Russian problem.
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Japan
Tokio
Dr. Stevenson Returns to Resume Quincy Medical Practice
Dr. Walter D. Stevenson returns to Quincy by early morning train to resume his medical practice as a specialist in the Majestic building after service in army hospitals in the United States and overseas. Mrs. Stevenson and the children accompany him and stay with Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Brant on Hampshire Street until a home is found.
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Walter D. Stevenson
Quincy
Stevenson
Camp Sherman
France
Camp Grand
Camp Grand After His Return To This Country. Dr. Stevenson
Majestic
Deaths and Funerals Elizabeth Rhodes 81
Mrs Elizabeth Rhodes aged 81 died Monday night at 640 in the home of her daughter and son in law Dr and Mrs Becker 210 South Eighteenth street Bloomington born Metamora lived in Bloomington and Quincy active in Christian church and literary circles secretary of the Old Peoples Association Funeral services set at the Becker home Wednesday 740 pm then to Bloomington for services at the First Christian church Thursday afternoon
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Elizabeth Rhodes
J. E. Becker
South Eighteenth Street
Rhodes
Metamora
Bloomington
Christian Church
The
Historical Society
Old Peoples’ Association of
William Rhodes
Quincy
Becker
First Christian Church
Death of Mrs Martha Schmidt Ends Longtime Local Member
Mrs Martha Schmidt of North Sixth street wife of shoe merchant Joan Schmidt died at St. Mary hospital from cerebral hemorrhage Monday night. Born in Brown County Illinois 55 years ago she was a longtime Central Baptist Church member. Funeral from the church Wednesday afternoon. She leaves husband C W Vance a sister Mrs Grimmer of 614 Cedar street another sister Mrs Teabody of Lewistown Missouri and a brother.
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Martha Schmidt
Martha FE. Schmidt
North Sixth Street
Joan Schmidt
Sixth
Hampshire Street
St. Mary Hospital
Brown County
Tmlnois
Central Baptist Church
Schmidt
C. W. Vance
Grimmer
Cedar Street
Teabody
Lewistown
Wanted Bright Boy to Learn Optical Business
Advertisement from Riggs Optical Co seeking a bright male aged 16 or older to learn the optical trade. Excellent opportunity offered at the Majestic Building on the 4th floor. Application details enclosed with contact at the Majestic Building location.
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Riggs Optical Co
Majestic Building
Steals Bond And Stamps From His Brother For Trip
Ben Peters was arrested at Burlington station early this morning by Detective Tim Ford and Officer Muegge while waiting for a train to California with a ticket bought from funds stolen from his brother. The brother reported a $50 bond and $55 in stamps missing. Peters had tried to flee to Modesto, California after selling the bond and stamps for $95 and spending over $64 on a railroad ticket.
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Ben Peters
Burington Station
Tim Ford
Muegge
California
Modesto
Inmate Plans California Move After Arrest
A man arrested with more than $22 on his person told officers he would take his two children to live in California. His wife had died months earlier. He possessed a single adult ticket, and the children were not with him. He implied confidence while remarks about money were made in court.
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Peters
California
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Melian
Prairie Division
Ilinos Force
Chickering & Sons
Giles Brothers
West Side Square
Tribune
State Legion Caucus
White Boundary
Dick’s
Pittsfield, III
Culdusser
Eatonic
Owl Drug
Quincy, IL
Army Hospital
Bond
Stamps
Trip
Bella le
Aei
Phone Weilers
Diamond
Pinkelman-Clarke & Co
Broadway
Quincy, Ill
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