First Annual Quincy Motor Club Dinner Highlights Good Roads
Members of the Quincy Motor club hosted their first annual dinner and speakfest at Hotel Quincy with over 100 attendees. Speakers including F. W. Crane and H. Scarborough urged road dragging plans, maintenance funding, and cross-city cooperation with Hannibal to build hard roads to boost markets and the food supply.
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Quincy Motor Club
Quincy
Walter Franklin
F. W. Crane
Harvey G. Riggs
Motor Club
H. C. Scarborough
J. P. Hinton
First National Bank
Hannibal
Marion County
Dudley Mahan
Hannibal Motor Club
Franklin
Twenty-fourth Street
Broadway
Locust
Twelfth Street
Taylor Road
Automobile Club
Crane
Illinois
Henry Scarborough
Payson Township
Hannibal Automobile Club
Adams County
Lew Boyer
Boyer
Riggs
J. FP. Trinton
Joe AL. Richards
Tiannibal
Dulaney Mahan
FE. O. Reaugh
Carthage
William Burgner
W. O. Kunkle
W. S. Dennis
Bowen
Hy. Scarborough
Payson
Edward Larimore
Dr. Gabriel
Steve Lawless
Liberty
Oscar Arntzen
George A. Hendricks
Ralph VandenBoom
L. A. Morest
Loren C. Cox
Conference Ends Abruptly in Vienna Talks
Dispatches from Vienna via Switzerland report the German and Austrian emperors' conference on a new alliance treaty was prematurely interrupted. The six day meeting ended after only a short time, suggesting the talks took a less satisfactory turn than expected.
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Washington
Vienna
Switzerland
Amendment to Draft Bill to President
Washington May 17 The House passed the conference report on the draft amendment placing youths who turned 21 since June 5 last at the bottom of the eligible lists and exempting students in medical and theological schools from the draft The Senate had approved the report and sent it to the President The sole House opposition was to the student exemption with Rep McKenzie denouncing it as class legislation while Rep Kahn argued medical students are needed to replace doctors lost in the war
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Washington
House
Senate
McKenzie
Ilinois
Kahn
California
Demand for an honorable peace echoed by Asquith
Former British premier Asquith urged that any appeal for an honorable peace be based on substantial grounds and noted mutual trust with President Wilson. He dismissed claims of French aim to redraw 1314 lines and said such a policy is not British or French government policy. Washington may hear Wilson comment on Balfour’s peace notes as Austria peace feelers loom, reaffirming U S entente unity.
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Asquith
Balfour
Wilson
France
Poincare
Mr. Balfour
United States
Entente Alles
America
Congress
Local Society Notes and Club Gatherings
Mr and Mrs John Daley and sons visited Rock Island for two weeks Mrs L E Wike hosted the Bluebird club with fancy work and a two course tea at 922 North Sixth Street J A Carter will entertain the club May 31 Farmer Rusk spent Thursday in Camp Point on seed corn work R O Gibbons is doing clerical work helping Irving school teachers since his Army Y work began Irma lodge discussed hosting the district Rebekah convention in this city May 29 at Maconic hall One new member was initiated and two applications were reviewed Social gathering followed the meeting
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John Daley and
Rock Island
L. E. Wike
North Sixth Street
Bluebird Club
J. A. Carter
State Street
Rusk
Camp Point
Y W C A Notes on Dues and Drills
The membership committee visited members who have not paid annual dues and more calls are planned. Dues may be paid in the association's office. A military drill will be held this evening and drills occur every Tuesday and Friday night. A wife is called the husband's better half, and some husbands are cited as not caring how the other half lives.
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Association
American War Losses List Abbreviates Casualties by Nation
The casualty list dated May 17 records 91 names with categories: killed in action eight, died of wounds four, died of accident one, died of disease four, died of other causes one, wounded severely four, wounded slightly 65, missing in action 14. Officers named include Lieut Carl Rosequiet and Captain Earl Morrow among others, with extensive private and corporal listings across many states and cities. The roll enumerates a broad mix of ranks and locales from Evanston to Jersey City and beyond.
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Carl O. Rosequiet
Evanston
Ill
Earl V. Morrow
Portland
Ore
Lester S. McGregor
Findlay
Ohio
Winfrey G. Nathan
Kansas City
Chas. W. Chapman
Waterloo
Iowa
Robert Baker McDowell
Jersey City
N. J
Luther Giffin
Springfield
John A. Johnson
Bryant
Ark
Harry R. Long
Manchester
N. H
Clinton N. Bovee
Harvey
Wash
Thomval D. Brendon
Kerkhoven
Minn
Edgar R. Chandler
Fargo
Geneva
N. Y
Ernest Campbell
Bingham
Mass
Clellis M. Singleton
Eubank
John J. Leighton
Philadelphia
Emanuel G. Williams
Morriston
Lester McCarthy
St. Louis
Baxter Staynes
Anderson
D. C
Earl Mathews Tulsa
Oklo
Salvator E. Ranatazzo
Delia Carton
Italy
Lester H. MacGregor
Leonard Forthings
Tampa
Maine
Claude N. Logan
Mooresville
N. C
C W. Brown
Scotland
S. C
John P. Grana
Lowell
John Dzubin
International Falls
Walter Fenske
Chicago
Ruel
Geold
Caledonia
Leonard Wilt
Eau Claire
Wis
J. A. Teeham
Buffalo
Andrew Z. Kamera
St. Teseah
Carl C. Carrier
Park City
Utah
Lewis O. Chalfant
Conrath
Arlo Clark McKenzie
N. 10
Leouis Damieno
Varaville
Ralph Duyx
Rome
John Pernard Gallacher
Syracuse
Jacob Geldhar
Toronto
Chas. Oranda
Meadville
M. M. Hay
Sheldon
Ind
Frank L. Hill
Fitchbure
Erick Lundin
Meadowlands
M G. McGraw
Flat Rock
D. McKinney
Genda Springs
Kansas
Louis Marconi
New York
James Martin
L. W. Moyers
Cunningham, Ky
A.C. Pich
Fort Worth
Texas
Virgil Potts
Paris
Walter DD. Truecel
Robert Weakley
Harold F. Whiting
Morrauvette
Mich
Charles Chapman
Waterlon
Town
Jersey
FE. J. Barnes West
Darton
Howard A. Webb
Ansonia
Conn
Loses His Bearings In Fog Delays Mail Flight
Air mail between Washington and New York faced delays as a fogbound flight wandered off course. Lieutenant Stephen Ponsal Jr stranded near Bridgeton, New Jersey, and a second pilot, Lieutenant James Edgerton, rerouted to Philadelphia before resuming the return trip to Washington arriving at 8:35 p.m.
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Wasitington
Washington
New York
Belmont
Stephen Ponsal, Jr
Bridgeton
N. J
Philadelphia
Bustleton
James C. Edgerton
Lombard Graduate Lieut Rosequist Killed on War Front
Lieut Carl Rosequist former Lombard college athlete died of wounds on the western front he is the first Galesburg man killed in action friends and fraternity fellows had heard of his promotion and cheerful letters from France He starred in football baseball basketball and track at Lombard and was Sigma Nu member his leadership as captain of the all conference team was noted locally
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Galesburg
Carl Rosequist
Lombard
Western Front
Rosequist
France
National Army
Lieut
Lewistown
Fort Sheridan
Camp Grant
Rockford
Sigma Nu
Wind Up Three Eye Affairs Set For June Start
CHICAGO May 17 The long deferred meeting to wind up affairs of the Three I league will be held here on or after June 1. President A R Tearney said each member of the league has been notified.
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Chicago
A. R. Tearney
Tearney
Illinois Fish and Game League Formed
Local camps of the Illinois Fish and Game League will be established throughout Illinois to boost cooperation in the fishing and game industries and raise interest in these sports. Elected officers for the coming year include F. M. Hawk of Joliet as president, J. E. Hallett of Chicago as vice president, W. O. Skeels of Hinsdale as secretary, and J. E. Ashley of Hinsdale as treasurer.
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Chicago
Illinois Fish and Game League
Illinois
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Secretary of the Treasury
Richard Rottend Kenasy
Delaware
U. S. Army
John &. Clem
U.S. Army
U.S. Army When Only 12 Years of Ope:nlee
G. Attlases
Court of Claims of
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Whig
Y. W. C. A. Notes
Ashington
Galesburg College
Rosequest
Nlinois Fish and Sy Game League
Vicks Vaporub
Borate
Scotch Woolen Mills
Hamp
Tailora
J. H. Waldron
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