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:e trader-. THE WEATHER. Fair tonluht and Thurv day; somewhat unsettled in north portion; contin ued warm. OTTAWA FRKfT THADEH Established WO OTTAWA JOURNAL Established IHHU AND OTTAWA FAIR OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JLLT 13, 1921. PRICE, TWO CENTS. VOLUME 5.--NO. JO.. JOURN-AIL FRJ DEALER - - - OTTAWA STEAMS UNDER BOILING 100 REGISTERED AT 12 TODAY: TUESDAY TIED RECORD HEAT IS GENERAL EXCESSIVELY HIGH TFMPTRA TURE PREVAILS IN ALL SEC TIONS OF ILLINOIS TWO CITILS REPORT MERCURY CLIMBS TO 104. ai noon today the thermometer reg istered 100 degrees, which was one de grae warmer than any previous daV ut that hour. Yesterdaj the official thermometer, which is in charge o( Government Observer Earl Wendel ri gl i red 102 al the middle of ih afternoon This tied with Monday, which ui till then had been the ho! tcsi da) on record, The modi ration was very slow during the early hours f ilu1 night, and although the max) in ii in heal t ih'' night was 66, th i city only had a few bourn' respite from the seething heal which th nin caused esti rdaj ai three o'clock this afternoon the thermometer registered 102 degr it is "iie i ti'ii mat tne mercury win go higher aa it lias been reaching tin1; peak at aliont 1 o'clock. The bathing beaches around on i wa, both tin- regular and Itnprompt : Variety, were in great demand during the early hours last evenin . whll various ways were dovi-eil by Pi i dents of the city for cooling .;t't". Al most every automobile iu town wa ih use just after the dinner hour last evening, while porches ami lawn were commonly nod tot sleepini Quai 1 is. Ice Supply Holds Out. Tin- ice suppiv is holding cut vers good in spite of t!e great demand or it by the hot weather Kadi day I'll teen tons of artificial ice is manufac tilled Slid sold by Hie Ottawa lei com pany, while the suppl) ol ice which was gained by a tWO ami a half days cutting last winter lay almost Intact, waiting for emergency purposes. Oi two or three occasions it lias b i necessary for the ice company to draw of this supply io furnl h their custi no i willi lr , hut this has not made any noticeable dent in the supply on hand. Hannibal's Hottest Day. Hannibal, Mo . .Inly 13 Willi lie temperature at 93 yesterday was Han nibal's hottest day for this lutnmer This was four-tenths of a degree be low Ihe 1920 record. There was little Indication of a break, according to the local weather station, Kil at Champaign, t hampaign. 111., July 13. Thermoro eter.s registered lul here today, with no bresce or indications of a decrease In ti mperature. Two prostration:', but no deaths, have he, n reported. 10? at Oumcy. Quirtcy, III.. July 13. Yesterday was the hottest day of the season, the of ficial record Icing 102. Today stall ed nut with a higher mark ami the prospects are thai the thermometer will go sllll hi lor No prostrations have been reported, 104 at Rockford. Rockford, in., July 13. with the men ury reaching KM on two succes sive days, there was no relief in pros pect today. One death from the heat occurred yesterday. Humidity High at Peoria. Peoria in.. July 13, With a high humidity today, Peoriana will suiter more than tiny did yesterday under the 99 degree temperature, according to M. F. Puller. United states weather observatory chief. Yeoterday's mark i- the record for the year, according to Mr. Fuller Dixon Has Record. Dixon, II., inly 13. A new heat rec ord for this vicinity was lestahli tied Tuesday, whin the mercury ruse to IM degrees, registered by the govern meat thermometer Little) relief cam last night, the minimum peached being "u. and at 8 o'clock ibi.s morning tin' temperature had crept I up to 90 and was mounting steadily Aurora Prepares t.p Swelter. Aurora. 111., July 1:5 It was ! above here at B:SQ o'cybek this morn ing, indicating that th(' hottest day of the fear had arrive, A There hav be SO but five days BAdaSr : t i in the Pox river valley in the" last ifOtir weeks. There have been sevrt rai '.i? days. Blcomington Not So Hoi. Moomlngton, DL, JulyX 13 vt I .. in. today the tin rmoinetAr rcgi-tere.l lottesv tempera Vi at iii- (ir live years Twenty-f ighth Time Above 00. Moline, 111 . Julv I -For the swcti tv eighth time in the lat fit t v t' n the mtrcury in the L'nited slate AND SIZZLES HAYS OF OLD SOL weather bureau yasterdaj reached the inn mark Officially the temperatuie i tood al 101, Heat Kills Many Horse;;. i r ' port, in . Ju) 13, Dm- bundri I i in' and ai many cattle and bo i have died at a result of th excessive heal during tin1 last two waeki Thit i . ii lievi d in be the largi al mortality among farm animals in t ii history oi the i aunty. Whole Northwest Suffers, Chicago, July 13 Northwt -t state lasl night endured unusual beat and prepared early todaj tor what many predicted would l- one of the hotte I day ui tin' year, Reports from all Bectlons ut Illinois showed the ther mometer beaded for well above the inn degree mark al noon. Tin' follow ing tom pi ratlin s Two Deaths Reported. Chicago .Inly 13. With no Imme dlate relief in sight, hicagoans in day prepared to endure a teraperatur somewhere in the nineties. Two deaths and a number of beal p rostra tion a were reported here yesterday, while thousands sought relief at th i beaches ami others ileol In the park 81 at 7. A. M. Decatur, in. July it Temperature in Decatur at 7 a tn. today was 81, one degree higher than at same hour Tuesday. Tin- highest official record here Tin sday was 99. Indicates New High Mark. Springfield, in . Julj 13. BoHowiue the year's record breaking tempera ture of ''it, established yesterday, Hi" thermometers at the United State, weather bureau here mounted to 91 call., this morning, with Indications i that yesterday's record would be look' n. Meteorologist Hoot announc .. j . a. Mini', thai there was no Indlca tion of a ins alt in th beal W8V( Since May 17 only three day.- bavi been blow normal temperature Ration Ice Supply. Danville, in . July 13 Lcoal Ic companiea have la en forced to ration he to Consumers on account of the heavy demand Tin ,- declare t'te sit nation cannot be improved until th Inat wave pa ses. Fanners report conslderabli damage to crops causydj by the axceasivifl heat. ! Yesterday's maximum temperature was 104. Relief in Sirjht. KOCK I I I. III. .'ill;. 1.1 l!i" tH cities were promised some relief to day after the temperature went to 102 yesterday, the highest in ten years. Tin- thermometer rose, to 89 at 9 a m today, one degree belo yesterday's, it a. m. record. Then, have been no reports oi beat prostra lions. HEAT POSTPONES WATERWAY MEET 'I'e proposed Mississippi Valey as sociation waterway meet ing which was scheduled to iie held tonlghl at 8 o'clock tit lb" armory, has been postponed Indefinitely, according to announcements this morning by Sec retary Carroll of ihe Chamber of Commerce. Mr, Carroll Btated thai lie had received several telegrams from lies Moines, la . Chi. -ago, III , ami St Louis, Mo , I com men who were supposed to speak at the ses sion, asking thai the meeting be post poned because of the intense heat, lie further staled that Ihe meeting Would be called in the future. STERLING SCOUTS AT STATE PARK CAMP Twenty Hoy Scouts from Sterlii in .. i... i . i H4 StAMI 1 ' " r "r . rtUCK I or i lie 1 1 a s i ween i a me Ottawa this morning iu a. lug truck to giva the cltj th" once over. Th boys made a sightseeing trip a roup I the city and mail'1 some necessarj purchases, after which they returned to the park for lunch. They will ri main al the Btate park until Satur day. SIX NEAR DEATH IN $200,000 MOLINE FIRE Moline. Ill , July 13, Six firemen were overcome bv smoke and heat while lighting fire In tar vats of the Lewis Roofing tnpauy here last nighl. Ihe Of a pulmotor was neces sary to s-ai the life of one. The blato broke out at 8 o'clock and till mid- nighl threatened destruction ol much of the factory district l oss was con lined lo the Lewis plant, where it will reach 200,000. ESCAPES GLENW00D: GOES TO ST. CHARLES Harold Seward, aged 14, who was senteced to the training school at Glen wood in April, was brought to ot tawa from Bast Moline this afternoon and placed in the county Jail Tomor row he will be taken to the school for boys at st. Charles to begin a sen tence there. Since going to Glenwood Charles has run away three tiiuee Twtc he was captured In Ottawa and a few days ago in Eat .Moline. . . V7t WOtAV V.CT DEALERS REPORT !!T SO MFRrilRV MAY BE PARTIALLY TO BLAME. THOUGH PEOPLE ARE OVERLOOKING EXCELLENT OP PORTl J N ITY TO GET IN WIN TER'S FUEL SUPPLY. While occasionally in Ottawa is heard the rattle of coal lining shov elled into a cellar, yet dealers say thai comparatively few persons, are storing the black diamonds for next winter's biting winds. "There Is no demand for coal now.' , .,i,l una rloulul- "Thorp i ; lilelitv of cl.al. hiil neonle an- not buying it. Unless tlie people gel busy and store coal this slimmer they will find them--elves standing in line waiting a Chance lor coal win n the Brsl cold snap comes next w inter, and I believe thai the nrice will he higher The sudden di mand n ith the firsl co. I j snan will boost the nrice There al ;;;,::';,;r,::rtt,T.,',Ton:r;,;. SI the miners doesn i expire tin nex year, so Ihe cost of production CSC not be any less. There is no prOS- neots of frelelll rates being any less. so there is no chance for the price of coal to go (low n Ibis year. ' People who have storage spaci for coal should t'li their basemi -ut HOW. I'.Vell 1 ho- e wno II a e only I ooic for thr r lour tons tons at a time shoul I store all they 'an Then, when the cold weather comes they will already bo prepared for it and the person who can only order a ton or two at a time will not have such a Hard timi . The poor people who cannot lay in a big stlppl In warm wcai'tlm are th i ones who suffer most when the first rush comes in the winter. In abou ninety days people will begin firing up their furnaces again, unless we hav I ' a late fall. Ninety days pass qulckl It would take that long to till all tin basements. "When everybody demands coal at the same time i is going to be might hard to get around to all of them even with every teamster In the cit working and taking onlj one load to a customer." TAKE. PATRICK GRIMES' REMAINS TO INDIANA The remain- of Patrick Grimes, who died Monday morning at the home of his daughter. Mrs John Washam. $15 Adams street, were taken to BnxiK ville, lud . yesterday afternoon tor burial. Mr. Crinn was a native of Til -perary, Ireland. Inning been horn there eighty-two years ago. Ho serv ed during the civil war with a com pany of Indiana soldiers. For th" past 1 X rean In- h id resided in Ot tawa with his daughter. Besides Mrs Va bam he luves O&f other daughter, Mrs I'red Alexandci of Bellefontaine, Ohio. LITTLE DEMAND FO MMER COAI ABOUT THIS TIME O' YEAR ...tAu H 30 FRic.WTf.Hfcl . . . MRSwRSLoS Francis Carey, who is serving a year in the National Training School al Washington lor his sensational rob hcrv of the National CitJI Hank in tin lily, will probably never again ret in i i to Ottawa In reside. Mrs. Thoin (s t arey, ihe mother of Francis, lias Jut completed a deal for the sale of In-r iittle home i asl of the city and ex pods to move from ben to lielruit. Mich., about Sept 1. in April Francis was senteaced 16 servo one year in Ihe training school after he pi adi d guilty before Judg Landis in Chicago to taking $96,884.66 in cash and securities from the id! era' vaults at the bank on Nov. ii Francis, however, failed miserably in pulling tit" theft, dropping the box con- taming more than 80,( in casn ami i 1 1 . t, v 1 1 - I,..,,. I.. Penm ih. roof nf tin- Nertni'y building to the courtway. where it Wl return, I 'rv Coc- m II v. t arey w ml ateil nil the following day. Mrs. Carey closed a deal a feu daj ago for the sab- of her little bom n,?n 1 Ituated about a nine i &i r th, citv. Joseph I i aj oi 1 is: i tawa is the purchaser. The house, frame cottage, is situati d on a on nnrn nlol of land, near the farm own, by Mrs Carey. Tito deal ws closed by ti," John Meagher real estate r s V I I 1 I " ' ' . v- K ml the consideration has nil'd'-rod man ol his pay t been made public three of one family DROWNED !N POND nntronda. III.. JUls 13, 'I lie tin sons of Marion Davi .. on,! today d 9. jfl years, wel d I while sw in a pond near the The bodies were re- ( mside mini nred Brothers Lose Lives. Clinton, Ind . JUlj 13. Lloyd Ti es nor. Universal. Iml . and brothel Vent jaer, (9, Pari III itfowiieii in Wabash riser, south of here, today Fisherman in Lake. West Bend, V is., Jul? ,. .... ., Herman W. Suckow, Barton, drowned at' Wallace lake, two miles north of here. while fishing from a boat with his family. A coroner's jury found tied be bad I n overcome by the heal ami fell overboard Mr Bucko was a Hour broker with oltices al Milwaukee BANDITS HOLD UP AND ROB DES MOINES RANK Des Moits iL. , i... I I II.,,, '.limn.- ii i v, ...,r ... ... no- I'l.mi- iaih i shortly before noon today, locked tm vbraham Schartman, Coo County, re cashier ami three girl clerks in -'.-, . . ,..,,, nmnartv Kdith Vuse- noon today, lock, d the ilt iraned w ith between ti.O and 8,000 in money and bonds. A student from Drake i nivet dt; who was passing the bank was bo by the bandits as they escaped in at automobil. . but w as not u l ie i : hurt An automobile loaded With po lice started in pursuit of the bsndtl CORN CROP EXCELLENT. SAYS WEATHER BUREAU Springiielil. ill . Jul l" Thecoodl- tion of corn was rpported a excelleo' hv tho weather I'lireau todaj Some of the crop is farther advanced than ever before at this tiB o the jrtai i . r fRATy CAT, J .. . ......... m a IM f 1 SPAUNULAS rLtA FOR FREEDOM DP FOR FINAL DFCISiON BLACK HOLLOW MURDERER SER- vi,iu,i i ice trwTFwrF SFEKS TO V H1W Mil In ' GET TERM REDUCED SAYS HE HELPED STATE CAPTURE BAN DITS. Springfield. .Inly I George Qardina one of the men con ,., ,- , ,a,.khiow murder had . . scaped from the state peniumwj ma revealed yesterday before the before th .I.,.,. nl .if naxdons when Mike Spagnaola, one of the convicted mur- . .i , a I inn nf mis mane a inea on ou... ientence. Spagnaloa was sentenced to serve a life term am; tiardina a our- teen year term lor the murder of the paymaster of the Illinois Zinc ( o., Maj 23, 1913. They robbed the n Spagnaota was represented ai in hearing before the board of pardon bj Attorney Stacy N. Cosley of Ch go. He argued that ins cueui " a life sentence while Qardina t ,.ff with 14 vears. lie also pointed OUl thai Spagnaola had helped capture convicts wno were escaping from the penltentary at I, ,ii,. I I osle y also nun tion .mi'i'".' who had escaped from the penitentary was now applying for a commutation ut' sentence. The division had not. hum infnvmAi) nf bin saoane before. The hearine which begin With the -, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 " 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ol im Ward. Ihe "Lone ,.,,,i,,,,,,,.d I,, hnnt: h'riday. j , , to ,,,,, t1ll. gallows bv i , . . , , , ,,,,.,,:,.,, i, I I il OM ,ii in ..... ....... . ,,.,' ....:, ..,,i., hv nthor .use-, under consideration by the division were. ii . i ' .it ; ......... OZIlllnmanri I'oiintv lake I,, . ii i.e. il i iiuso i ( u . KeT uiii::Tt McS CoSnty. grand larceny; Eugene Han Ill'tt, COIIIp i tuari Liear, mui der; Edward I l-beck k COUBty Ueorae Maniatls. Cook Counts , I .., .1,1..,-- Uoltor el ascon. While County, n, aider; John suiinau. . , ',.Iii,vb Kane (mint llllllder. Kane Toll i,'.,,,'. ..,.. ,,,,,., c,,'l conntv re- ka. Rix'k Island, larceny: Emmett Miib-r. Cook County, robbery Klilorts, Qeorge Papj ind 1 nriMiau Paras, Cook county, tnurdei KIDNAPED DUKE RETURNED TO HOME fork. JulS C Th" Ilu Iir. don. who was kidnapped b; Btnti Fi Ii ers early on the morning Of Juni :; was brought ba k to Bangtr) lat , night by his captors. The aged ear for whose safety tin r had been SOH1 t concern at Various tunc , jured, was antn SWIFT AND AP10IIR, REPORTS CHARGE, GOT HUGE SUMS OF STATE Springfield, July 13. A lull occurred this morr.ing in the investigation of former state trea surers, including Governor Len Small and Lieut. Governor Fred Sterling. "innni mmminTiAn M!uui mum TESTIFIES AGAINSTjl ALLEGED ABDH !t A I "l 1 all tlie eviib nee lias been presented GIRL ACCUSES STREATOR MEN ,11.1' Sangamon county grand jury. DOW OK GIVING HER DRUG AND, engaged in bearing the evidence com WHILE SHE WAS UNCONSCIOUS, SSSJSJS! " TAKING HER TO LONELY SPOT Attorney General Brundage, prime WHtR CRIMINAL ASSAULT OC- mover behind the investigation, de CURRED. been Riven. When Ihe temporary te Toney Mttshro and William Schall-r wn 0j the investigation was taken hammer, Streator youths, charged by ,lis m0rning only two witnesses had Bertha Hodges. bIx! i year old testified state Treasurer Miliar and daughter of Air ami Mrs. Thurlow q, . (Jriffen. Grant Hark banker. Hodges, willi having given her considerable time would be consum "knockout drops" in some moonshine e j jt wa9 salji iu pPrusal of treas and taking improper liberties with ury records to be submitted when her on the nighl of June 29, were j,;n.v Luehrs, assistant in the treas bound over io He nexl grand jury an- .,,,-er's office, during the regime of der bonds of $1,000 each ibis morn- ,;ovf,rnor Small. Lieut. Gov. Sterling ing when they wen taken before. Judge George Koenig for preliminary hearing. Charles Mushro signed lor bis son w hile William dimmer signed for Schallhammer, ami the two ile- i tendaats were released. The attack on the girl is said lo have occurred following a dance Kt the Streator Fair grounds after she had been given "knockout drops" in' the saloon ol' Slick Nickels on North i Hloomington street. The girl, after becoming unconscious says she was carried away in a taxi-cab to a baa- liiro insir the outskirts of the city on Iirimsoti street. Mlg8 Hodges was. Ihe first to take ' tl Itand and relate. I to the court of t 'ai ks made -l.v the voung men on 1, , ''ol lowing is Miss Hodges' tes- ti s she told it. this morning: 'I let! the Streator Fair grounds I about 11.46 O'clock with Slick Nickels, j player., and other athletes to to proprietor of a soft drink parlor on' games, and the Sadler bill re-,ui.:;-the corner of Branson and Blooming- all state departments and ageuclea i'lie fact that I ton streets on the night of .lime 211. pay money collected into the stato ; w.- wet to his saloon and he gave two : also dranlv a pint, ot wine. He was m ., , h. k . Iljs s;,ioti with me jjboul fifteen mlnut when he went out and d a taxi William Soheffler then came in and sat down car im fter talking with me lor .several minutes he gr Ujjrew me to the nor an ed me and id improper relations with me, "Slicl: then came hack and told IKXM PThaet was the last I reinembered until I wk a, the old Chautaqua grounds.! . , i iin on the ground and Tony Mushro -was lying beside me. partly dressed. I I screamed and looking down the road noticed Slick Nickels and Sohallhom- mer walking down the road towards town, i yelled to suck ami ne came pack and told me to shut up or i woijm wnac ii ii- n,, uuuu there. Then he got a taxi ami took me home." ,jss Hodges also related that her mother and father were iii Montreal. Canada, ami thai she was living alone al Streator. She said that she was in Rockford. 111., selling magazines, when her mother and father wenl to fana I the dance at the fair grounds with vl vi..-- Viol:, lieed I ' "- . ' "' . ' , . Lew lat Mile who was n' ori'M ol ni '"' ' 1 " ',..,',.,, ' rrled sickeU Schall- Irish republican parliament to which ha-,,;.;:':, 2 E 5 ! - zrled 10 8Ubrait the old '";', ..Z'r, mtmCT.' de Valera pre- 1 l w lineSS. tie BiBieu iui mn t.utft ;i c;w ociock ax nimn ;nm i.i.u was the one that answered ... " ..'.."' ,..'. ., ! I'. ,.-..1. .oi, 1 ill lis iisi u as lie i..Tii vv,w, first one to come out ot the saloon when In- stonned there. When I I at the sn!" of Mushro was ,, son drink firsl one to come out and look a seat in the f ! in t ot the call with tne." stated Swain "Then Schallhammer came out ami got into the car Shortly afterward Miss Hodges and Slick , Nickels came out and .Nickels Had round the waist of the girl. was so dark there thai I coui. m t so rrom Heuass. in wf y - whether ,, not 'n- was carrying her. injured and three civilians war "Nickels told in- lo drive cast on to a hospital, sniffering from ? i Bronson street which I did. Then wounds. they told me to stop at the American hott i rks nd asked nn to return Alexander Had Goid Coffin, ahonl two hours later. But I didn't Alexander the Great is salil to harg go naca Because in a o.i when the call came in. tk rrsnitp. it was said by officials close to the I ion of Attorney General Ei e's charges, was caused by a deld i the anival here of repre- otii of i Im' Armour and Swift Packing companies. Both packers arc said n cured 110.000,000 loans f funds, The investigation, it is lloih packers are said to have se- lioin state reported, will continue into next week, before clare,! today thai tin- case had been strengthened by testimony which has and Mr. Miller. State's Attorney Mortimer said that tlie interruption ... invest inat ion was made so he , uu!tl go ()V,,r th(, evldpnce. with th witnesses from Chicago. The pacs Lr, this morning said that for yea - Armour .& Co. and Swift have Ue ihakituj loans from the Curtis ' .nli established by the late Sen. Curt i rjov Small. : Certify Unsigned Bills. Siiringlield. 111.. July i KU". bills passed by the last general semhlv -the last to remain in tl hands of Ihe governor were I, today witli Secreary of State Emm sou without the approval o ernor. The question of ;h iIm ni'ss must be deters- courts. Tin- measuri 1 I Flagg bill, providing a p.. . least two years for bribing treasury Immediately. ,,, , n v Smith relating t h SsnatO! U, 0miui tinning i cemeteries, the Gleu bill establlsmn a twelve hour day for municipal tire men, amendments to the workmen's compensation act. and child labor lav. ami the taws relating io ctiuuei uioi .. gages. CHIEFS PREPARE FOR IRISH PEACE Mbhl ilMU " London, July I8v The prime mm- inter ami Ka-nonn de Valera. the Irish republi n today . leader, spent a busy day .ring for their initial meet ;u o'cloi ' Thursday after o in L. ling street, the U n official residence nl loytl George, at which lime they , .. discuss means nl settling the feud between Kngland and Ireland. Lloyd George went to Ins country residence early in the day wnli some of bis advisers to go over the situation and arrange the suggestions he will make 'o the Irish repUl leader, The tter new ... . ...1. -i..:m.u conierences wim .nnur iiunuu a otln-r leaders of the Sinn Fein mow - ment at arrangements for will be made iittle d o, but the outcome o, i enends uxon what G.e- . to con I llieetll Britain has to offer and whether it . m th .ho unmnl of the mtiiiff of auDDorten at v ... , . tei ji Lioyu UrujC ..... London, July 13 The first meeting n, , ,;, Uovd George and all filler will Uf nri'i ai. r- t&uraoay, at iher LU uowniug minister's official street, the prtmi the residence, it was announced at onm the .yin he;idipiarters here this after- noon ,, -.,. the eonference is It is iiiferr to he between these two men alone, Rioting in Belfast, London. July IS.-Rioting occurred bis in vers street in pwimi '" " It non says a t entral News iup'i buried iu a golden coiun.