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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1917

Page

6

Garden Party to Honor Seniors Ends School Year

The High School Parent-Teacher Association held its annual meeting Tuesday in the high school. Officers were reelected. A garden party for graduates will be held June 11 on the Inghram lawn with general amusements and music. The report praises progress, mentions Principal Zeus Smith, and thanks officers and committees for their work.

Parent-Teacher Association Lulan Brown Inghram Elmer Lummis I. W. Kesler W. F. Richards Edgar Potter T Inghram Board of Education Ruth Ferris F. A. Wilson Prbocettere Afair Taghram Zeus Smith Fost Gill Germann Wells Emmons Smith Penick Randall Warl Kirk Lillian Brown Inghram

Russian Sailors Raid Turkish Port Near Samsun

British Admiralty dispatch reports Russian Black Sea fleet land ing at Chivi east of Samsun on the Anatolian coast. They destroyed a Turkish post, burned grain and two sail boats, and to Trebizond were taken two vessels. Over 60 dead in Alabama tornado toll cited from Birmingham May 30.

Petrograd London Chivi Samsun Trebizond Alabama Birmingham Ala

Andrássy Named Hungary Premier After Tisza Resigns

Budapest telegram reports Emperor Charles appoints Count Julius Andrássy as Hungary's premier, succeeding Count Stephen Tisza who resigned May 8 over franchise reform disputes. Andrássy, a long opposition figure, is seen as a liberal of the advanced type, with ongoing tensions between opposition leaders Apponyi and others and the monarchy over domestic policy.

Zurich Switzerland London British Admiralty Budapest Charles Julius Andras Sy Hungary Stephen Tisza Austria-Hungary Iron Man Count Tisza Count Andrassy Count Apponyi

Mattoon Storm Relief Grows as Missing Count Rises

In Mattoon Illinois on May 30, sixteen residents were listed as missing after the weekend disaster. Red Cross aid mobilized under Major Swan and Major Klauser with searches of 406 wrecked buildings continuing. Relief plans foresee $400 per destroyed home and a total need of about $300,000 for reconstruction, while food supplies from multiple states extend for about three months. Government meteorological investigation begins to prevent future windstorms.

Mattoon Ill Red Cross George B. Swan William Klauser Fourth Infantry Illinois National Guard Lieved Charleston Tapapp Swan Iolinois Indiana Missouri W. M. Moran Mattoon Township West United States Weather Bureau Illinois United States

Expect Attack on Front in Rumania

Berlin reports that Russian and Romanian troops are expected to attack along the eastern front. The official statement notes increased fighting activity in several sectors as Russo-Rumanian attacks are anticipated along the mountainous western frontier of Rumania.

Berlin London Eastern Front

Rumanian Army Rebuilds After Major Front Setback

Moldavia and northern Ru mania regions faced renewed pressure as the Rumanian army, weakened by late year reverses, withdrew to interior lines while Russian troops held the Moldavian border. Generals Von Palkenhayn and Von Mackensen dealt a heavy blow, yet the government pledged to continue the struggle, refit, and redeploy forces against the Central Powers.

Moldavia Rumania Danube Galatz Wallachia von Palkenhayn von Mackensen

Missouri Man Nominated for Philippine Berth

Washington May 30 Chas Emmett Yeater of Missouri has been nominated for vice governor of the Philippine Islands. Thomas A Street of Alabama and George A Malcolm of Michigan were nominated as associate justices of the Philippine Islands Supreme Court.

Washington Chas Emmett Yeater Missouri Thomas A. Street Alabama George A. Malcolm Michigan Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands

Highland Park Vaudeville Program Promises New Repertoire

Highland Park presents a vaudeville program headlined by Adele Koch and Met Metcalfe who will unveil an entire new repertoire. The show will feature several patriotic numbers and a concert portion in addition to the regular program.

Snap Ginger Highland Adele Koch Met Metcalfe

Highland Holiday Fest Offers Daytime and Evening Entertainment

In the afternoon and at night and will be of holiday standard. There will be dancing, both afternoon and night, and no doubt the dancing pavillion will be filled to capacity both afternoon and evening. Free gate, concerts, vaudeville, and moving pictures are offerings of Highland.

Photoplays Today Stars and Stars in New Releases

Princess Seventh Deadly Sin with all star cast Savoy Marie Walcamp in The Kid napped Bride Lee Hill in The Rogue s Nest Inbact the Tailor Gem Stolen Bookings Some Hero Family Clare McDonnell and Eddie Polo in The Bronze Bride Universal Screen Magazine Belasco Earl Williams in The Hawk Star Kathryn Williams in Cost of Hatred Quincy Robert Warwick in The Man of the Hour

Princess Savoy Marie Walcamp Lee Hill

Baldwin Park hosts unique Decoration Day program

Baldwin Park today unveils a special Decoration Day program headlined by O V Rehrieyer the world champion automobile hurdler performing a death defying leap. Baldwin Bros famed for balloon ascensions and parachute leaps will present an exhibition followed by dancing roller coaster and other amusements.

Baldwin Park O. V. Rehrieyer Baldwin Bros

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch Renounces Throne Rights

The Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, brother of the ex Czar, born in 1878, scandalized Russian court circles seven years ago by secretly marrying a divorced woman and renouncing all claims to the throne.

Michael Alexandrovitch

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