Regular Army to Reach War Strength of 293000
The War Department announced plans to raise the regular army to 293000 men, forming 44 new regiments and expanding existing units. By June 15 full enrollment is expected, with recruitment efforts underway and division-level reorganizations planned across central depots, fort sites, and cavalry and artillery units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Fort Snelling
Fort Douglas
Utah
10Th
11Th Field Artillery
21St Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kas
17Th Field Artillery
Sparta
Wis
National Guard
Congress
JOS A CHOATE DIES IN NEW YORK AT 85
Former United States ambassador to Great Britain Joseph H. Choate died at his New York home at 85 after a brief illness. He led markers in law, joined Evarts Southmayd and Choate, and defended prominent cases from Boss Tweed to Vanderbilt. He was praised as a foremost citizen by Mayor Mitchel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph H. Choate
United States
Great Britain
Choate
St. John the Divine
Balfour
Mitchel
England
New England
Rufus Choate
Harvard
Phillips Brooks
Evarts, Southmayd and Choate
Boss Tweed
New York City
Fitz-John Porter
Tilden
Commodore Vanderbilt
False economy warned by Chicago retailer leader
John G. Shedd, head of a major Chicago retail firm, told the National Retail Dry Goods association spring meeting that misreading the presidents calls for economy could stall progress. He praised eliminating waste but warned stagnation from misperception, and supported government loans to sustain employment and business activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Retail Dry Goods Association
John G. Shedd
United States
Limited government control of British war industry noted
New York May 15 report to the National Civic Federation by Prof. Jeremiah W. Jenks states Britain and France have shown little direct government management of business since the war began. He notes a strict regulation of war supply industries but almost no direct control outside government arsenals and a few specially built factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Great Britain
France
National Civic Federation
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Jenks
Three Arrested in Detroit Plot Against Canada
May 15 agents of the Department of Justice took into custody three more persons on charges of complicity in a plot to mount a military expedition against Canada. Albert Kaltschmidt, a prominent local German American, was arrested on this charge weeks earlier and was named as the plot leader. The prisoners are held in the county jail and are expected to be arraigned in U.S. district court next Monday.
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Detroit
Department of Justice
Canada
Albert Kaltschmidt
U.S. District Court
Are Women Naturally Despondent Adv
An advertisement argues that despondency among women is not natural and cites ill health as the cause. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a grand remedy for women's ills and urges faithful use to combat nervousness sleeplessness and headaches.
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Lydia E. Pinkhams
Russian upheaval sparks US mission hope abroad
Washington officials fear the overthrow of War Minister Guchkoff and Petrograd garrison commander Korniloff may destabilize Russia's new democracy. President Wilson approved the American mission led by Elihu Root and Gen. Scott to bolster democratic efforts and counter German influence, with a White House meeting and brief talks at the State Department. Departure timing remains undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guchkoff
Petrograd
Korniloff
Wilson
Russia
Germany
White House
Elihu Root
Gen. Scott
Lansing
Boy Builds Electric Chair Device and Is Electrocuted
In Rochester New York on May 18 Carl P. Van Vechten 20 son of a flour mill executive died after constructing a device resembling an electric chair at his home He sat in the chair strapped himself with improvised restraints and pulled a live chain with his teeth to toggle the current The chain broke and the circuit delivered a fatal shock his mother found him dead upon returning home about an hour later.
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Rochester
N. Y
Carl P. van Vechten
Canadians Fight for Fun and Souvenirs
A dispatch from Canadian headquarters in France reports German officers saying Canadians fight as if for fun and souvenirs. The remark comes after an officer captured by Germans noted the Canadians’ reputed lighter approach to the war, contrasting with German duty-bound fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
France
Dominion
Norwegian Sailors Demand Safeguards During WWI
Christiania May 15 Four seamen associations urged the government to protect vessels and crews from German submarine threats. They call for smokestack smoke blockers, searchlights, wireless gear, visible neutral markings, a rocket device, improved lifeboats and a towable motor lifeboat. The Mates' association presses for ship board guns.
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Christiania
Norway
Seamen's Associations
Mates’ Association
French Steamer Medjerda Sunk by Submarine
Paris reports the French steamship Medjerda of 1818 tons gross was sunk by a submarine. Survivors were rescued and dispersed to various ports, with full lists not yet reported by the ministry of marine.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
Steamship Corfu Sunk Near Gibraltar April Seventeenth
Destruction by a German U-boat of the British steamer Corfu of 23875 tons occurred April 17 while en route from Philadelphia to Genoa with iron. The wreck happened about 150 miles west of Gibraltar. the crew was rescued except for one killed by shell fire. The report comes via a British ship returning from the Mediterranean.
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New York
Corfu
Philadelphia
Genoa
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Workers Needed at Red Cross Headquarters for Hospital Supplies
Urgent needs of hospital supplies prompt Red Cross in Quincy to call women to assemble at Cheerful Home gymnasium at 10 this morning to sew operating gowns bath robes and pajamas for Europe. Work continues Wednesday Thursday and beyond as long as conditions demand. Membership already exceeds 1 757 names with over 2300 dollars paid, and organizers target 6 000 members by week end. precinct leaders named and county branch plans underway with activities in Clayton Payson Plainville and other towns. A 25 delegate donation to the Red Cross at the T P A convention was quietly given.
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Red Cross Chapter
Quincy
Europe
Red Cross
Caryvass
de Quincy
Friends of the Red Cross
Clayton
Payson
Plainville
J. L. Aleshire
Churches of
Alton Railroad Appeals Gentler Bond in Scranton Case
The Chicago and Alton Railroad filed an appeal bond in the Scranton vs Chicago and Alton case. Scranton won $250 plus attorney fees after a hung jury in 1916 and a retrial in 1917. Pittsfield notes include local visits, marriages, and deeds filed in Pike county recorded last week.
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Pittsfield
Ill
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Dinsmore
L B. Scranton
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Scranton
Central Golf Champ Is Off 10 Service
Two thousand persons attended military services at Camp Parker Gardner Park Sunday afternoon conducted by Bishop Edward Fawcett of the Fifth regiment. After the services soldiers formed in line and marched to their tents behind the Fifth regiment band. Charles Lee Weems, Central Illinois country club golf champion, left for Chicago to join Newcomb Stillwell for the coast and enter the mosquito fleet service. Morris Adler, in Class A of the officers' reserve corps, is in Chicago. Edward Schaefer, a Junior High school teacher, has been instructed to report. Eight dollars donated for tennis materials, but funds not used as Tenk Hardware refused coin. two nets, a set of balls procured and floor paint donated by Heidbreder Drug for the armory.
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Camp Parker
Gardner Park
Edward Fawcett
Fifth Regiment
Charles Lee Weems
Central Illinois
Chicago
Newcomb Stillwell
Morris Adler
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Edward Schaefer
Bert Gardner
Ira Calkins
Julius Kespohl
Maida Lee Fosgate
Runaway Motorcycle Often Ends in Fence Halt
Harry Gaines rode a motorcycle from Hannibal to Quincy Sunday when a stuck clutch locked the bike in gear. The runaway machine sped across the countryside until a sentry at a bridge head halted it by collision with a fence. Passengers Frank Miller John Adolf and Paul Reinig described the trip and good road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gaines
Hannibal
Quincy
Gilpin
Cowper
Frank Miller
John Adolf
Paul Reinig
Car Hits Horse. Driver Flees After Buggy Crash
At Camp Point on Sunday evening Orrin Eshom was riding when a passing automobile struck the horse and buggy. The horse bolted and the buggy was badly damaged. Eshom was dragged a short distance but escaped serious injury. The car owner drove away but Eshom obtained the vehicle number and may pursue discovery of the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Point
Orrin Eshom
Mr. Eshom
Former Raider Goes Into American Navy
Washington May 15 The American steamship DeKalb formerly the German auxiliary cruiser and commerce raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich was placed in full commission in the American navy May 12 as announced by the department. The DeKalb will be the first of the German ships to be employed against the German government.
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Washington
DeKalb
Prinz Eiitel Freidrich
Department
Overstocked Crooks and Cox Millinery Sale Announced
Special reduced sale of Crooks and Cox Millinery due to overstock. Prices are low. Local notices list residents visiting, hospital updates, and small town happenings in Quincy and surrounding areas including trips to Keokuk and Webster Groves.
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Crooks & Cox
William Bowing
North Tenth Street
Snyder
Jo Glascock
Rensselaer
Nellie Reed
H. F. Lafler
State
Bank
Lois Thompson
State Street
New Salem
Iil
Eugene Woodward
George Hunt
St. Mary's Hospital
Fred Odell
C. Olinger
Quincy
Keokuk
James W. Davis
Jacqueline
Webster Grove
S. J. Rogers
South Fifth Street
Davis
Edith Leipold
Sebastian Leipold
Fifth and
Maiden Lane
R. Meyers
Columbus
Ward K. Coffman
Clayton
O. R. Adair
Rey Adair
John Beckett
A J. Crim
Plainville
Theodore Ehrhart
Chicago
K. C
Danville
Otis Gruber
A. R. Schleck
Canton
River Ripples Keokuk excursion by steamer Keokuk planned
First Sunday trip to Keokuk by the steamer Keokuk is scheduled for next Sunday. Twenty five passengers and merchandise for up river ports were aboard the Keokuk when it left Burlington Monday afternoon. The Gordie Eastman has been active hauling rock and brush for rip rap work between Quincy and Hannibal. The steamer Dubuque of the Streckfus line will depart St. Louis tonight for its first up river trip to Keokuk, passing Quincy Wednesday evening and again Thursday night. The Keokuk’s upper works were being painted while the boat lay at Keokuk landing.
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Keokuk
Burlington
Gordie Eastman
Quincy
Hannibal
Dubuque
Streck, Fus Line
St. Louis
Probate notes in county court reveal inheritance tax amounts
In the Othia M Brockschmidt estate judge McCarl finds Herbert Dittmeyer and Helen Dittmeyer as the only heirs liable for tax. They inherit 8625 each and owe 46.25 tax. Alfred J Brockschmidt also inherits 8625 but pays no tax. Estate value is 17261. In William Kammerer will all property goes to wife Kate Kammerer.
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Othia M. Brockschmidt
McCarl
Herbert Dittmeyer
Helen ©. Dittmeyer
Alfred J. Brockschmidt
Tentator
William Kammerer
Katle Kammerer
Newspaper publishers oppose zone mail tax plan
Spokesmen for newspapers from across the country testified before the Senate finance committee against the war revenue bill’s zone system and steep increases in second class mail rates. They warned many publications would suspend or go out of business while noting they seek parity with other businesses and urging passage of a more moderate tax. Labor voices and printer groups planned further protests as hearings continued amid interruptions.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Don C. Seitz
The
New York World
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Arthur Dunn
Arthur J. Baldwin
New York
Associated Business Papers, Incorporated
J. A. Moore
Periodical Publishing Association
E. C. Meredith
Des Moines
Iowa
D. W. Norris
Marshalltown
Iown
Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Births Reported to Health Dept in May 1917
Birth notices from May 1 and May 2 1917 list two newborn girls. The first is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Peach of 1618 Vermont Street dated May 2 1917. The second is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Brueggeman of 2205 Lind Street dated May 1 1917. The rest is unrelated humor about a husband overcharging his wife.
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Pittsfield
Harry Meyers
Barry
Fred Kibler
G. Stanley Peters
Sarah Crela
Sullivan
City
Ethel Hagen
Hannibal
Ella Hagen
Flossie Kendrick
Quincy
Health Department
Cecil Peach
Vermont Street
Henry Brueggeman
Lind Street
Probe Food Jobbers in Food Scandal Probe
Federal investigators in Chicago have shifted their inquiry to several jobbing concerns accused of exploiting the food situation to back stock selling propositions. The government says these firms are making capital out of food shortages to promote securities.
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Chicago
For Rent Four Room Lower Flat With Gas Stove
Four room lower modern flat offered for rent with gas stove installed and water included. Contact telephone 4173-J, 917 for details.
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Hospital Air
Jos.a.choate
America
Wyoming
Nebraska
Colorado
S. B. Howard
Q Building
Omaha, Neb
United States Navy
Quincy Chapter
American Red Cross
Arthur Purpus
M. S&s. Greenman
Naomi Pieper
Wm. L. Peters
Organizing County
Alton Railroad
Charles Aber
Alva Carolyn
Samuel Tilden Aber
R. A. Shive
George Shive
Mabel
Ora
Summer Shade
Kentucky
Perry Wine
Pike County
Perry School
Pleasant Hill
Milton
Hull
Chambersburg
Far Davis
Travis Likes
State Hospital
Jacksonville
County Recorder
Illinois
A. J. Clark
Earl Harris
el Dara
Betty H. Ringhausen
Elmer Co. Wright
C. Gunn
Samuel Givens
E. J. Deal
Baylis Village
John Peterson
Thomas Hutton
Nettie Smith
C. E. Bolin
David Miller
Baylis Cemetery
O. M. Church
Louis J, Dober
Central Golf Champ
Spoksnase Fox
Senate
Magazine Men
Bert Wilson
Guy Noll
Hostetter
Strohl
Hampshire Street
Sterns
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