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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1919

Page

9

Unbroken Strikers Claim For Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh September 3 The steel strike in the Pittsburgh district shows little change as officials report more workers returning and rising tonnage while union leaders say their members stay firm. Employers claim influx of workers from Monongahela valley Johnstown and eastern Ohio is driven by high wages. Carnegie Steel says gains in every plant, new men arriving, and easier situation. reports of strikers returning denied by national strike HQ where further walkouts noted. Bethlehem Steel in Steelton reports 75 percent down. Coatesville cited as holding firm amid alleged strike breakers. Over 200 women at Oliver and Snyder plant walk out seeking a union charter. Union secretary Fred Keightly touts 4716 new applications and ongoing influx. An arrest at McKeesport involved 33 strikers' associates giving depositions for Senate committee. police clarify they were ordered from headquarters and not jailed.

Pittsburgh Steel Company Monongahela Valley Johnstown Easten Ohio Carnegie Steel Company Steelton Bethlehem Steel Company Coatesville Oliver & Snyder Fred Keightly Amalgamated Association of Tron and Steel Workers Foa Jacob Roe McKeesport Senate Investigating Committee McKresport Central Labor Headquarters

Small Craft Takes Balloon Race Honor

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3 The Ohio the smallest craft in the national championship balloon race has traveled the greatest distance among the six that reached earth. It landed at Perry Sound Ontario about 1 p.m. Captain Warren S. Raser forwarded a telegram naming Captain John S. McKibben of Murphysboro Illinois as the descender. The Ohio carries 50000 cubic feet of gas, 30000 less than the other entries. No. 3 William F. Ashman of this city, piloted a craft that landed near Winnetka Illinois and was reported destroyed.

ST. Louis Ohio Perry Sound Ont Simcoe County Ontario Saptain John S. McKibben Murphysboro, Ill Warren S. Raser William F. Ashman Winnetka, Ill

Second Game Figures Given Out Thursday

Cincinnati, Oct. 8. The National Baseball commission released figures for the second game of the series. Attendance 20,690. Total revenue after war tax deduction 97,136. Play share 52,453.44. National commission share 9,713.60. Division by wae 34,963.96. Series two games revenue 195,914. Total players share for the series 105,703.56.

Cincinnati Ohio National Baseball Commission National Commiss

Drink Hot Water Morning Cure Claim

A purifier advises drinking hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the digestive system and flush poisons from stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims benefits include easing headaches bile irritation and constipation and promotes overall renewal.

If League Fails We Must Fight Hoover at Stanford

Herbert Hoover warned Stanford students that the League of Nations must not fail or peace treaties will collapse. He said a revised treaty could plunge Europe into chaos and that keeping soldiers out would still cause severe economic losses.

Palo Alto League of Nations Herbert Hoover Supreme War Council Stanford University Europe

Omaha Police to Organize Semi Military Force

Omaha acts on Major General Wood plan to quell riot after lynching and courthouse blaze. City to hire 100 new police, arm with machine guns and motorized units, and drill under a military instructor. Wood expects calm. Forts Omaha and Crook told to ready troops. Grand jury to hear arrests next Wednesday as Governor McWelve arrives. A Black Belt area case prompts a white woman assault suspect detention.

Omaha Leonard Wood Court House

Bankers Urged to Help Trade Credit Abroad

A report to the American Bankers Association urges forming a U S coalition of bankers business men and manufacturers to create and extend foreign credits to boost foreign trade and lower living costs. It backs private shipping policy calls for waterways development and endorses universal military trading and political involvement by bankers. It also condemns tax exemptions for farm loans and backs fraud protection for war securities.

ST. Louis United States American Bankers’ Association Association Committee On Commerce and Marine Savings Bank Congress

Devonshire mining vein yields radium in historic note

An extensive vein of pitchblende, from which radium is obtained, has covered in southern Devonshire. Boiling used to be a form of capital punishment in England.

Devonheendishire England

Judge Warren Orr Holds Court in Quincy Visit

Judge Warren Orr, formerly of Quincy, plans to spend today and likely Saturday in Quincy presiding in the absence of County Judge Fred Wolfe who is in Carthage this week hearing the Keokuk Hamilton bridge tax case. The lengthy tax case has seen about three or four witnesses daily, with around 50 summoned, and adjournment anticipated at week’s end. Judge Orr came to Quincy with his mother, who lives in Hamilton, and she visited the day with her daughter before returning home Thursday evening.

Warren Orr Quincy Fred Wolfe Keokuk- Hamilton’ Bridge Carthage Wolfe Hancock County Orr Hamilton

Two Women Arrested on Vagrancy Charges

Minor police cases report Lillian Lampke and a girl companion named Cra were arrested by Detectives Harvey and Schepers on Thursday night. They are held on vagrancy charges and will face police court today.

Lillian Lampke Cra Harvey and Schepers

Numerous Local Visits Across Shelbina Area This Week

Shelbina residents and visitors from nearby towns filled a week with travels and calls. Names include Levermore from near Shelbyyite, the Humphreys of Kansas City, Eamer Ray and relatives from Leonard, and Miss Huth McHenry entering Levering hospital. Personal visits spanned Quincy, Monroe City, Hannibal, Palmyra, and Paris, with travelers returning to their homes and jobs, including a Burlington brakeman and a Pullman porter. A final note remarks that a bird wing weighs twenty times as much as a human arm in proportion.

Paris BE. W. Worland Ernest Wood Burlington C. B. Wood M. Duncan J. al Quinn Quincey Nay Davis Col Denver St. Louis Huth McHenry Hannibal Levering Hospital Louise Miles Kansas City Linyd Kine Palmyra Russell Lasley California Western States Elsie Lafon Quincy Walker Adams Monroe City W. L. Selsos Guallutin Nd Acuff J. W. Vandiver Harry Maupin Cilarence Lee KK. Maupin I. J. Harmon Mary Brown Marsh Baker Ea Baker

Revised fare order remanded for hearing on value

The Public Utilities Commission seven cent fare for Chicago surface lines was revised by Judge E S Smith in San Sammon County Circuit Court Springfield NL Oct 8. The case is remanded to the commission for a further hearing on the valuation of the companys properties.

Springfield State Public Utilities Commission Chicago E.S. Smith San Sammon County Commission Val.waiiong

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