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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
4
State health officials press for universal vaccination to end smallpox outbreak in Quincy. Dr. John Rappleman and C. St. Clair Drake urge Chamber of Commerce backing and prompt employer vaccination orders to avoid city quarantine and severe economic losses.
Mr Drake warns Mayor Thompson that continued neglect of universal vaccination and strict quarantine will force harsher actions. He calls for immediate universal vaccination through business, schools, churches, and urges arrest and prosecution of quarantine violators. Quarantine must last two weeks or longer until skin is clear, with local health approval required to end it. The message stresses public safety and the city’s reputation.
The C B&Q ticket office on Uptown was closed Wednesday and will reopen this morning at Burling station. A. S. Ellis supervised the office, and the closing followed an order from Director General McAdoo.
Prof Alex Tansey is described wearing lay wn collars with his Prince Albert and a casual remark notes it as a small gesture. The item reads as a light character sketch with regional humor and local flavor rather than a major event.
The Whig notes the Adams county Red Cross total of 92000 is erroneous as treasurer H C Sprick is still checking the reported totals and does not yet know the exact figure. Auditors find many small errors in subtotals that must be corrected before the county total can be announced.
Readers sent in questions by day and night to the Whig via telephone will receive printed responses the following morning. The unusual feature invites public curiosity and promises timely clarifications from the newsroom.
A city employe may not legally serve if appointed by ace and not approved by council. Memorial Day is not a national holiday. observed variably by states, May 30 legal in some, April 20 or May 10 in others. Coup de main means a sudden and unexpected movement or attack.
Joe Thomas assistant county treasurer led a Red Cross drag road drive covering 200 miles with L. L. Boyer L. A. Morest and W. J. Singleton through 22 townships. The party praised dragged roads for hard smooth bed and steady travel noting undragged roads caused jarring and swaying. The effort echoed the impact of Liberty Loan campaigns.
Local recruiting stations report a flurry of enlistments and assignments. Arthur J. Thompson of 209 South Tenth Street heads to Jefferson Barracks after enlisting in the tank service. Lawrence D. Smith, of Co C 123rd Machine Gun Battalion, has reached France per a government card to his grandmother. Elmer W. Martin leaves for coast artillery after enlisting, with furlough help for farming. Adelbert Waite returns from Camp Alfred Vail to Ursa, with Horace Taylor en route to Preston Idaho for three months of farm work. Lieut Elmore, married to Helen Riley, has arrived safely overseas. Norman J. Freeman and four others enlist in field artillery and naval reserve units, to sail soon. Walter B. Hageman transfers to naval training at Charleston, D. C., as fellow Quincy recruit George Wahle reports.
Mr and Mrs Frank Bader of 621 Spruce Street report their son Henry serving in France writes of serious engagements with casualties in his company while others are wounded. He describes mud filled trenches and combat conditions. Paul Ullman, in the 60th Engineers, writes from Fort Benjamin Harrison about training and a likely early deployment after transfers through Jefferson Barracks and Indiana.
The Mississippi began to recede Wednesday morning but rose sharply by evening, reaching 13 feet at midnight. Officials say opening spillways at the Keokuk dam caused the sudden rise, though crops on nearby islands remain untouched and farmers report no fear of levee failure before the flood progresses.
Quincy marks Memorial Day with a 9 30 parade from Seventh and Vermont to Woodland Cemetery. School children decorate graves at Woodland and Grace Land cemeteries. program includes songs, prayers, readings, and addresses. Offices close. some businesses open noon. Police platoon oversees parade and traffic. service members depart for Fort Thomas, Ky.
Napoleon P. Crocker of 2307 Elm Street fell from the Potter and Vaughn store reading window Tuesday. In Blessing hospital he has bruises a fractured right arm and a skull fracture. Outcome uncertain. if consciousness returns without relapse he likely recovers.
Decatur Til telegram reports Louis Wolf died in Decatur and requests notifying his nephew in Ouincy. Chief of Police Louis Melton received the message Wednesday afternoon via the undertaker. Night boat crews were told to locate the nephew if possible, but his name is unknown. The telegram lists that he worked in a local grocery store.
Major Hugh E. King, newly appointed YMCA secretary for war work overseas, departed late Wednesday for New York to report for duty next Monday. From New York he will go to Princeton University for a week of training before deployment. His wife Mrs. King and daughter Dorothea will move to Boston, while Miss King pursues kindergarten training this winter.
Leading Quincy manufacturers met at the Chamber of Commerce to craft a plan for securing government war contracts. Dr J A Kappleman urged universal vaccination to remove smallpox stigma, while A H Beitman outlined three options for uniting factories to bid on war work such as airplanes tanks guns and shells.
A coroner's jury returned an open verdict in the death of Roy E. Willis of Keota Macon County Missouri. Willis died at St Mary's hospital after wounds and subsequent blood poisoning from erysipelas. Witnesses including Dr. Earl Caddick said the knife wounds were flesh wounds not penetrative. The case named no responsible party and noted Willis died May 13 after hospital treatment. Willis, born 1886 in Hannibal, was the son of T. P. and spouse of Mrs. Willis.
Ellis Brooks, director of the Illinois State Band, questions the Washington park bandstand design with eight interior pillars. He argues external circular balustrade supports would improve acoustics and sightlines, cites examples from Knoxville and Chicago, and urges a modification to ensure better musical delivery for Quincy audiences.
Funeral services held at 10 39 this morning from the Methodist church in Fowler for Mrs John W Worman who died Tuesday evening at 6 30 from cancer after a long illness though bedfast only three days She was born near Lorraine about 53 years ago and married at 21 She and her husband lived in Fowler 18 years Surviving are husband nine children Floy of Moline Mrs Roswell Kendall Plymouth Mrs James Emery Camp Point Mae Worman Fowler Ralph Ruby Jennie Worman Carthage six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Nancy Philips Lima Mrs Mary Clemings Keokuk and half brother Harry Mairs Also surviving
Archie R. Klasner aged 9, son of Mr and Mrs Henry W Klasner of Golden Illinois, died Tuesday night in St Marys hospital from appendicitis after a brief illness. Born February 9 1909 he was survived by his parents two brothers and a sister. The body will be taken to Golden for burial.
Fremont Good, 70, died Wednesday morning at 9 30 in St Marys hospital from complications after about a month’s illness. He leaves no near relatives, funeral will be held this morning in Green Mount cemetery.
Funeral services for Miss Tieten Satome Thies were held Wednesday at 2:30 PM from August F. Stormer’s Undertaking Parlors with Rev Shank of Central Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed at Greenmount Cemetery, Alpha Chapter of the Eastern Star leading at the grave. pallbearers named Christ Tuffle Ernest Kuhle Henry Garrell Henry Lehbrink Fred Newman and Henry Geishman. vocalists Mrs Shannon and Mrs McNeill.
Funeral services for Mrs. Christina Ziener will be held Friday at 8:30 from her residence 825 South Seventh and at 9 from St Marys Catholic Church. Burial will be in St Boniface Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend.
James Jay pled guilty in the circuit court on burglary and grand larceny charges. Judge Albert Akers reserved his decision as Jay admitted breaking into bay front club houses and stealing items including a rug from the Dorkenwald cottage. Prosecutors allowed a possible sentence to petit larceny in county jail rather than state prison.
Quincy Country club plans a special event on June 16 with fifteen to twenty visiting golfers from the Spangetaha club of Galesburg crossing niblicks with local players. They will be entertained at the club house, and a return match may be arranged later in the season with a plan for a local player visit to Galesburg for the annual invitation tournament later in the summer.
Quincy registrants will receive a special privilege today after induction at 10 am in the post office. About 50 men from Quincy and 35 from Adams county will depart for Fort Thomas Kentucky this afternoon. Led by the Illinois State band they march downtown for 20 minutes then proceed to Wabash station for entrainment. A militia guard will flank the parade and a large flag will be carried to collect funds for small comforts, with safeguards to prevent impostors from soliciting money.
Relatives visiting Woodland Greenmount and other Quincy cemeteries Wednesday afternoon found vases and funnels missing. Thefts of graveside items have troubled the area for years, intensified this year by high prices. One mourner, soaked by rain, condemned thieves as mean as the Kaiser.
Weather notes predict warmer conditions on Thursday with thunder showers in parts of Towa Local. Friday turns partly cloudy with possible showers in extreme east. Illinois expects unsettled Thursday and Friday with showers mainly north and central, while Missouri remains partly cloudy and warm, with possible local thunder showers in the west and north on Thursday and continued warmth on Friday.
Yesterday’s readings at River Stage show a high near 74 degrees around noon with a low around 67 at midnight. Rainfall measured 0.26 inches and a river stage rose about 13 feet.
A SVER BULLETIN reports water stages at 7 P M yesterday at Davenport Keokuk Hannibal with height changes. It notes river rise above Hannibal likely for 36 hours and Louisiana expected to rise about 10 feet by Thursday.
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