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RADER- JOURNAL
THE WEATHER.
Generally fair tonight
and Sunday. Somewhat
colder tonight. Not 10
old Sunday.
VOLUME l.-iNO. 51.
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS. SATUKDA Y, .1 AN lT A II V 13, 1017.
PBICE, TWO CENTS.
TO SOON DETERMINE SALE DATE
OF OLD NIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
RUTH LAW TRIES OUT HER NEW TRIPLANE;
WOMEN AVIATORS FOR ARMY ADVOCATED
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OTTAWA FREE TRADER
Established 1840
OTTAWA JOURNAL
Eitablished 1880.
FREE
WILSON STIKE LEGISLATION
! DOOMED; iSHTOtl HFJS
17.
nil,
ha
PETITIONS CALLING UPON
TRUSTEES TO NAME BAY
WILL BE CIRCULATED
STUDENTS TO HELP
D0Y5 WILL PASS AROUND LISTS
ASKING FOR EARLY ACTION
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD MAY
BUY SCRUCTURE FOR OWN
USE.
The- date for tin? rale or Hi
o
hijrh. school r.iay be determined in
few days. Members of th b!
rchool board have in '.rutted that
petition be drawn,
shin trustees, who
school properties,
asking the lev,
nave (harpi i
sell 1 lit; buildi;'
the advert 'sc. ,i 1
Before a rule, or
concerning the sale, ran . ?, ii
plished, a sufficient number of i--;:
tures from the voters of the dutii''
must be affixed to the petition to th
trustees.
It has been planned to give th-"- h k!
school youths petition;; to secure the
signatures of voters. The work of se
curing the names will be conducted
next week, ir the present arrange
ments are carried out.
With the talk of the pale of the el l
high school comes many rumors as to
who will be the prospective purcliar
era. It Is ftill brins; considered us
the site for ' vocational training
school. The building is admirably sit
uated for such purposes and with very
little remodeling It would soon, be
ready to meet all demands along that
line. Members of the put-lie school
board have remained silent on thb
project; a committee, however, wits
appointed to look In t ho matter.
Thcr seems little po.-.sibllity, at the
prerent time, that any of Ottawa's fra
ternal organizations will purchase the
building. The Knights of Columbus
and" Moose were mentioned as po ,4
bio bidders for the property.
The talks cf its use for a city hall
lias practlcallv parsed into history.
With the conduit, ordinance, and the
hospital project, the city dads do not
feel like purchasing the building at
thin time.
Speculators, however, will probably
be cn hand f t, the time of the : vile to
bid on the historic old building. Its
situation makes it. ideal for a fash
ionable apartment building.
WOMAN, ACTING OUEERLY
IS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Mrs. Emma Ott, whoso mental con
dition is believed to lie disordered,
was taken In custody last evening by
Officer Roilley. Mrs. Ott lias hem
acting nueerly the last few davs and
it war. feared that she might do bod
ily harm to some one. She may be
Riven a sanity heating at. a later time.
Mrs. Ott is the woman who went be
fore the city council n few weeks iii?o
and staged a scene before the com
missioners. STREATOR BRAKEMAN HAS
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Streator, 111., Jan. 13. (Special).--I.
I. S'erry, a brakeman on the Pant
Fe railway, narrowly escaped dn-.tr
here yesterday afternoon at 4 o'elr.ck
when he fell from a box crr am'
fractured three ribs. He was nicer
scions when picked tip by member,
of til" train crew, His condition i
not believed to ho serious, at th
Streator hospital, where, lie is c-t,
Itncd. The car Jolted as it hit n d
rail, and Slcrry was thrown to th'
ground,
Mrs.-esT SUSPECT IN OHIO'S
cards thi LATEST GIRL MURDER CASS !
Guthrie ,
were servet-Kton. Ind., J::n. 13. Tim po
morn inn nut W'oldon If
IMr. and inspected of the murder o'
allied a ntimon, in a Columbus, Oh:o
er party T?terday linn unoiher grill n?
lomo on Bffrt to obtain damaging ad-
from him. Wells duriir
M, hours of the morning held
A Bperla'lginal story that ho had been
eld Sunihnbtm, Ohio, was In the hole!
tturch. Mi tho girl was murdered M- n
" ' ight, hut thiil he remembered
f.g atiout any girl. Me has agrcei
0(j(i") cither to iwinsas i ny, mo
,, lie 1h wanted on an embolic.
,V -nt charge, or to Columbus, Ohi.v
f Wells admitted he registered in Co
I lumtiim under tim name
Vim I '.rum'
r . . .... . . . ...
but said the stains on ins sun t, came
from natural causes,
24 fflE BILLS
REPORTED If
FORTY-SEVEN CASES DISPOSED
OF BY GRAND JURORS BEFORE
REPORTING BACK TO JUDGE
STOUCH THREE FROM OTTA
WA. Tv. r-i.tyfour indictments, only three
of which wero from Ottawa, were re
ported to Judge Slouch lii the circuit
ourt by the January grand jury when
It. completed its labors this morning.
A total of forty-seven separate eases
were aire! before the jurors, twenty-1
three of which were dismissed as in- i
Uuiclen for trial In the circuit court. 1
fv'llcm in the history of tie county !
has so large an array of allegations j
been brought before a grand jury and ;
disposed of in such record-breaking 1
time, according to ; taw nu nts mado
by Jmlce Stor.gh and State's Attorney
Gorge S. Wiley, the latte- of whom
was responsible for t!ie merry eld
grind that kept the twenty-three men
actively engaged during th"ir ses
sions. Charges were hi ard at the
rate of ten eaos a day, with the "in-,-scheduled''
being sandwiched in be
tween the regulars upon the state's at
toniiy's dockets.
One murderer was caught in C:i
dragnet. I To is Samuel Perrv Rich
ardson, who killed J":a Yarboroug'.i
at. Streator Nov. 7th. lie was bound
to the circuit, court without bonds.
The remainder of the cases were ot
the petit kind, hut none the less easy
to try for the prosecutor.
Three true bills were suppressed,
all of them being brought before the
J'irors after that, body began its delib
erations. Sleuthing wires are now '
being piiltc.l for there nlleg.d culprits!
end doubtless they will be landed in
the clutches of the sheriff within the
next few days.
The following is the list of indictment."--with
the e'option of those
three not given to the newspapers as
presented to Judge Slough:
Joseplh Wagner, Ottawa, burglary.
Wagner is accused of having broken
into the AI. Sehaei'er saloon and
robbing I lie cash register rf $.".iHi ir
cash and getting away with some li
quor.
Walter .1:cl.'son, also of Ottawa, Is
held to trial for burglarizing the Hoy j
r.utoher saloon on Main street, and
making his getaway to Marseille .,
where he was later apprehendei'. lie
obtained about $2(1 in change and two
quarts of liiiuor.
Marry Miller, forcer suspect., who
was arrested while living illegally
with Mr;;. Thomas on. Marquette
street, was the third Ottawa man lie.
to court for trial. Me is tdiarged with
fcrnicatioii.
Cherie.i ( ar.cy, .-.trcator, grand la
cony.
John Oi'iiern,
Strealcr, grand lar-
cetiv, i
lin'tiia Kngeiiu-eelit, Streator, grand j
Iwi'tiy. I
Slep!i('!i r.urelay, Streator, two j
bills; one Itarging burglary and the
other pelt if. larceny.
II. M. ook, Stteator, nialieious mis
chief. 'loincl .Icblmirn tl-r l''irk fop
violating the state, mining laws. i
Stany llalas, La Salle, burglary. j
r, .. , T .. (....It,. I. '
UO.V 1.. 1 1 HI I .. , Ivll. r.lll', ilShlllOl.
with intent, to do bodily injury.
Cyril Spriggs and James 1!. Klnp.l
L. , ,.i...
of l a Salle, two counts, robbery
Walter Clifton, la Salle, pet tit lar
ceny. 'Joseph Spieler, li Salle, wife aban
donment. John Hrli ir.-i'l' lly. Komnnnuk, rape.
Charles Cecilin, Cedar Point, oper
ating confidence game.
Kdward Decker, li Salle, wife and
child abandonment.
Joe MeCarm. alias George SotPtner
felt, of I'eru, abduction.
SWITCH FOREMAN PLEADS
GUILTY OF BLOCKING STREET
Hernia n l,e Clerc , foreman for the
"Q" swilcli engine crew, who it wnv
alleged blocked traffic over Die C, II
ft. Q. crossing on Madison sdrcet,
Thursday aflernoon was arraigned for
hearing last, evening at 7 o'clock be
fore Justice Koi'tiig. lie entered a plea
of guilty and paid a fine of 2u.
Lo Clereq was taken In custody hj
Captain of 1'oliee Charles Montgom
ery following numerous complaint
which readied 1 1m police sluilon on
Thursday afternoon, that the railway
was lgnorkng city ordinances which
prohibit slopping trains on crossings!
for longer than five minutes at a time,
SL'JSSCmmi FOIt HIKE TRADER- ,
JOURNAL.
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I'liutos by American Press Assoclatlen.
Ituth Law, the rhampiun woman aviator
of Amnrlci, dtoii'l on terra flrma m-fir Nor
folk. Va., ami Maw Vli tor Cnrlsirom rise
to n l'l.;h( i,f s v. ral tliiaisanil feet In her
l.ew triir'iie, Imilt oci:i lly tor her for
Use 111 her pr ,i .fcl trip from San Fran
cisco to New York next sprimf.
i ."ui t.stpn.i (,-w over ll.onpton Itnnils
nd thou divio.l N. ivpoi t t-vtn ami Fort
Monrot. 'J'tie iiM-r.mi; spceit was inuro
than Kovciity-tie miles an hour, nml liet-t'-r
c-iiM h-v liiea iiii;d,. The inachinu
helinved P,M itiivi!lv, (lint Miss ,uw ohip
pcil her linti'tc with Rt. when siu; kiw il
Kli'le nml riae iM''fu:iy at the will of the
operator.
This was the tirst lime the mnetiinn
ever left the eattli. Miss Law was not
nl'raiil to he the lirM to make a flight in It,
hut wanted to fo how it hehaveil hy ob
serving apether lutiellt- It.
The machine is ot 111) horsepower and
was hnllt to make ninety miles an hour.
The machine has narrow wIiiks, a wide
fuulhiKu Hnd a finale motor of MO horse
power. It is believed new speed records
will he made, with the machine.
A plan for prohationary enrollment of
" Minimis in uie army avuuion re -
serve corps for such service, hack of thejat Uoviruors lidand. Mrs. Pierce expects
flKhthiK live tig watching for enemy nirjto K,.,MCe, v. Here he,- husband Is In
iralt and put.iiwrit.e minoM, in the Buar.1-j th i.ml.i.!;.t:.-e erv to take up military
liiB of cities and harbors, is under consld- j evlathrti, l,.i.- world i!: to qualily as the
eratlon ty the aviation hoard of ennlnecrs : first wo.iaui imalor in the American
oi Hie "ai- (i"pari oieiii. a mi; pian was
submitted by Lawrence Sporry. a ynuns
aviator of New York city, w ho ?aid Major
(ieneisl f..., e lid Wood had indorsed the
order and had granted to one woman avl-
s
EXAMINATION
WERE HELD TO
DAY BY CIRCUIT JUDGE STO'JC.H
QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN AN
INTELLIGENT MANNER.
rif;y-fivr
lien. in the circuit eon: t
! 'ooay toon xaniin.;
I citizen:; of the I'-ot
!p,.pnt ruri.,,r of ,,,
iiin'i to l.ee'iine
' Stales, and a
r.urnl'er of tle'-ei will lias; 1 1 : r
trii t government t !.(. In (he n1";
! her every rial i'lr.lii v
w ,'l:
re;
;i!l
:i!
r.tm inc. bt.e'iiions were all n:;v. or-i. !
in an intelligent manner.
The little Min. Not Vour N !
,;r,na!it y," was in w.sue. even tho t'-rl
xjmi..t,r (ll IriV(. 0,.f.,etr;. j
for ,, orrtlsi()n.
Owing to the fact that a iiii,i'l i
school htis been established in :oipri
eiiie.i oi me eoiiniy, uie ne n ap care::
to lie well ver.-i d op the ttieatr nl
submitted in the examitiat :rn hlatil;."
Net a few years lock it was quite ; j
','1" , 1 ' """
Walter Mann, fk, of I .a SaMe, a;; gov
ernor, president, senator or any oil: '
high office. i
The group who souht to bo::o;;v j
citizens, to iidopt Ihe Stars apd
Stripes as their flat:, as a genera' i
thing, were young men. That I'nite'lj
vilaios is the melting pot of Ihe worV'
was attested in the different rvit j
nlitiea reiiresented. 1
AUTO TURNS TURTLE, ED.
JACOBS ESCAPES DEATH:
Kdward Jacobs, Midland township
fanner, . narrowly escaped death y
terday aft.nrnoop wlt"'t Hie Chevro- j
let arJo which he waa driving turne'l j
(iit'tlo on the Chicago road two mile;;,
east, of the city.
DlIO If) the fact of Ihe sdipppry coll j
(lit ions of the road, Mr. Jacobs was j
unable to hold the machine in thel
road and it went into ihe dlt.i h. '
Mr. Jaeohs escaped with only a fw,
nilnor injuries. The ear was slightly
da ringed.
Marriaee Licenses
Pdw. D. I.awience, Ottawa .
i;u
lei
Miss Dottle Woody, Ottawa
Mmy Hili!1.lu,nuini (1,h1)V
Miss Augusta Stuskenbrod, Oglesby 21 1
Martini Marlcanl, Oge ;hy
i Miss Maggie Purina, Og'euby
in 1
nFTY-FiE ma
SEEK CIMHIP
i - fl I
1m
v
RUTh LflW IN HER. NEW TRIPLRHE (RBQue.THE NEW MflCHMj
I ator. Mrs. Waldo Pierce. nermisHinn tn llv
army.
J In suhrei'ti;c t,'s pb-n Mr
bis pb-n Mr. Pperrv pre -
suited br.
Ion of I'.,
a, I indorsements from Or. Htrat-ithls country that could successfully oper-:.-ir.-iti
-f :.itiiinrri, IlearAd-'aie aeroplanes In ease of necessity for
ill I'eirv, Hccntiry lii dli!d t both cm eiclal and military purposes."
miral I!
DENVER SOCIETY WOMAN
SHOOTS SPOUSE.
Denver, Colo., J,in. 13. Mm.
Stella M. Smith, 37, shot :md
killed her husband, John S,
Smith, this mornino at her home
in the fashionable Bark Hill sec
tion of this city.. The bhooting
w-3 th- result of a cuiarrel ovsr
her daughter that started w'icn
Smith came to bis wife's house vt
? o'clock this merninq under ths
i tr,; o: liouor. In the cour&e
'f the quarrel, which continued
for five hours, Smith tore ?ll tho
clothe, f-otn his wife's body. She
vv-'v- nb'da when she shot Smith
pnd he was fully dressed and also
had on his overcoat. Mrs. Smith
is wealthy and her husband is a
chauffeur for her parents. She i;
the divorced wife of William
Moore, by whom she has a V.
year eld daughter with whom she
live.-.
U . r. CRUISER fILWAUKCE
ASHORE.
wan hrnncicco, Jan. U. ire
crui:,er Milwaukee is ashore near
Eureka, according to brief mer
saqer received by the marine de
partment of the Chamber
Commerce here this morning. No
Hetiils were fjien.
For several day3 past th? crui
ser h-3 been engaged in salvage
operations in connection w;t'i
tiie stranded submarine H-3.
I ne wai snip, wnicn grouncicrl
ai 4:25, a. r. is said to be in no
itnmetna'e onnger. i ne suoma-
rin? tender Cheyenne and the tuj
Iroquois, which also were helping
to pull the H-2 from the beach pro
standing by and the coast guard
cutte.;1 McCulloch ia preparing to
rur.h to the scene from 'here.
THAW PASSED COMFORT
ABLE NIGHT.
Philadelphia, Jan. 13. Harry
K. Thaw passed r comfortable
niejht snd awoke this morning ap
parently happy that he had not
been successful in his fittempt at
suicide. He was in better condi
tion today, physically and mental
ly than ft any time since he
dashed his wrist and throat on
Wednesday, his pysiciana said.
To Cloin Glass.
Finely cut potato parings and nni
::ioiilu will clean the Inslclu of u ciirufe.
L n 1. tin
Mil
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"V.l
1 A v
I nnrt mhnr. A f,m I i. . ...i...
: nel t?fUier, In charge of the aviation Bec
, tion of the slunal corps, says in parf
. "I am much Interested In the plan Th.
notable tiiKht of MIkb Law recently is a
: siilkina ,,, ,,f -h0f t..
I pushed. In this country, and I hnve no
I doubt there are thousand of women in
DARING HORSE THIEF UNMIND
FUL or PAST DAYS WHEN MEN
WERE HUNG FOR THE SAME
CRIME TOLD STORY TO THF
OFFICIALS.
A daring kor.-e thief was taken in
t'i tin office of the sheriff this after
' '"in to face punishment for his bas
ciime. In the old days "men" of hi:
si ripe w ere siimtuarilv seized, hung
until dead and their bodies shot dovvt:
by officers of the ami horse ihhf as
sic ialiun in clrmie of ihe ease.
The contrast with today and yester
day was so conspicuous that official,
and scribes were forced to commit
upon bi.-lory and the present as th'
part knew I lie former and es now
kinwv the kilter.
The villain was Paul liesilline, ali
is Kol.eil Hesitline, alias Robert 1 '
ingsti.n. When interrogated by j
Free Trader Journal reiu eseniativr
'he "hardened" offender admitted hi.
guilt; told his story in a. straightfor
ward manner and walked to the jail
in cunpany wiHi Deputy Sheriff W'm
Mi.-clike, uui'liasteiied and nucha
grinned at its unenviable plight.
Paul, or I'oherl, was nabbed at
I'tiea vesterday afternoon having it
his possession a dog, for which at
had traded a shot cutt, and a hoi'sr
: li el bugL'y, both of which beleiiiTed to
Mr. Wright MeKeon, of Kenosha, Wis
Paul, or Robert, was in the employ o'
MeKeon as a farm hand, and lust
Tuesday decided to take possession ol
his hunting weapon and his horse air'
rig. He set out. for lands unknown
upon a mission of discovery, ('ohm
his had ticithitiL' on him as an explor
r. When he landed down In "this
e'o country," as he called it, he
oiir.il a yellow mongrel cur was i,ior
pinpnny Hun a shot gun, inasmuch
is the natives were all civilized, r.iv
decided to trade Hie high powerev'
abhil knocker for a lirst class
md made the trade in Marseilles,
That !rade put Mr. MeKeon ivit
he trail and he v.,i; traced to I'tira,
'he sie.ure be:tig made by Marshal
Mt'Cahe, of I'tiea, who nollllcd the
sheriff of his capture,
When Paul told his story there war
nni'o sympathy than censure In the
herifl's office, and ordinarily In tl
county's sleuthing department the:'
plenty chance lo condemn those
Ml SAD CROOK"
AMUCK OF THE LI
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NOTED GERMAN WAR WRITER
SIGNED BY INTERNATIONAL
NEWS SERVICE.
Free Trader-Journal,
Ottawa. 111.
The International News Service
is pleased to announce that it to
day signed a contract with Karl 11.
von Wiegand, the famous war cor
respondent, whose dispatches from
Germany have one hundred times
created country wide sensations in
the United States. Mr. Wiegand
is the man who obtained the fa
mous interview with the German
crown prince. His familiarity and
friendship w ith tho most noble p?r
sons in the central empires puts
him in a position to obtain Tor the
International News Service stcrics
of the most vital interest in the
great events now proceeding and
which are to come in the world
war.
Mr. Von Wiegand will proceed to
Germany in a few days and wll"
extend the present organization of
the International News Service in
the central empires in such a way
that International News Service
news from that side of the worlt
war will be unapproachable by any
press association.
T. J. WILSON,
General Manager.
WARN AGAINST NEW RAIDER
DANGER.
New York, Jan. 13. Warnings
to allied shipping against a Ger
man raider in the North Atlantic,
were again sent out today. The
warning in English and French
said: "Enemy raider may be en
countered. Take all precau
tions. CORN GROWERS TO HOLD
CHAMPAIGN SHORT COURSE
Champaign, III., Jan. 13. Arter twe
years intermission because of delays
and unforseen obstacles wkkh-xauscci
the abandonment of pla-ns for the meet
In 19t.r and 1316, the sixteenth annua
convention of the Illinois Corn Grow
ers' and Stockmen's association I:
ready to meet at Champaign in con
nection with a two weeks' short course
n agriculture at the University ol
Illinois for farmers aritl farmer boys
of the state. The convention will It
held from January 15 to January 27,
"The plaus twice started and twice
abandoned have finally been com
pleled and the largest and best con
vention since the series started at the
eii l ot Ihe last century win ne neu
in January," said A. W. Jamison, as
sistant professor of agricultural ex
tension. Prof. Jamison estimates that
from l,4no to 2,1100 persons will regis
tor for the short course. The rc;istrn
lions aro being received rapidly now.
During the period three lectures ,'
day will be given on topics of genera
Interest. The remainder of the linn
will be given to class work, lleside
members of the faculty of the Colleg
er Agriculture, expert;! from other tie
partments will deliver addresses an
a number of outside speakers will ?.f
pear.
EDWARD O'CONNOR SUFFERS
PAINFULINJURY IN FALL
Edward O'Crnnor, 17 year old sot;
or Mr. and Mrs. I). J. O'l minor, wa:
injured yesterday afternoon when hi;
foot caught in the spokes of a wagon
wheel. Mr. O'Connor was climbini
c nto the wagon when the horses slart
ed. lie was taken to Kyhurn hospita'
where It was thought at lirst that In
had suffered with a rracture or the
leg. Ligaments weie lorn in his lev
Auto Bandits Rob Bank.
Hurrah, Okla., Jan. HI. Four auto
mobile bandits held up the Firnt Na
tional bank hem yesterday afternoon
locked the president and cashier lr
the vault and escaped with $:t,riii!.
An abandoned automobile, though'
to be tho one used by the bandit.'
I Wiis found In the road by a posse o
I men last night. The robbers ar
j thought Jo have fled to the worn '
criminal bent. Paul told his stor;
like he was confessing a misdeed ;
school, lie was only years old an
told his tale with the innocence of a
boy w ho never before had been P
trouble. He failed to realize that P
the 'TO:, men were hung for Just what
he had been apprehended for, and
I Is probably the law, when H deal
'sternly Willi him, will take reigui.
1 of his first fatal slip ami let him
easy.
An officer will arrive tomorrow
( from KeiKbJia. to take him In custody.
WILL NOT REACH SENATE" IS
RUMOR IN OFFICIAL
CIRCLES TODAY
E
OPPOSITION TO LOCKOUTS AJ
BEING UNLAWFUL IS BEING
ARGUED AMONG UNION CHIEFS
AND CONGRESSMEN.
By ROBERT B. SMITH.
(I. N. S. Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 13. Presi
dent Wilson's strike prevention legis
lation Is practically doomed. It 1
doubtful whether it even will be rec
ommended to the Senate bV the Inter
state Commerce committee. If the
committee does finally agree upon a
bill it will be so radically amended
as to be wholly unsatisfactory to the
administration.
Any effort by the administration to
force the so-called compulsory arbl-
(ration bill thru Congress will be met
uy a filibuster and an extra sesIon
will be inevitable.
These facts were developed bv a
careful examination of the situation
in the Senate today. So formidable
has the movement against the legis
lation become that reports were cur
rent the administration would "rtet
out from under" and consent to aban
donment of the legislation.
Opposition to the President's pro
gram centers about the proposal to
make strikes or lockouts unlawful for
a period of four months, pending
vestigation by a eonimiltee of threo
appointed by the President.
Organized labor has taken the po
sltion that such a law would operate
wholly to tho advantage of employera
by giving them four months In whlcl
to prepare for a strike. It would cn
ible them to hire strike-breakers on
Lrain (hem to take tho places of strik
Ingemployes, labor leaders charge.
"It would make a strike about a
effective as a slap on the wrist," wf
the way one labor leader put it.
AH hough Ihe government's leea'
experts baio declared Congress hn
authority to enact any legislation nc
essary to remove obstructions to In
terstate commerce labor leaders,
backed by progressives in Congress,
declare the proposed strike nreven.
tion bill would involve "involuntary
servitude" and therefore would be r.
constitutional.
Tho Intertsate Commerce commit
tee membership includes such prn
ire. Ives as Senators Clapp, of Minne
ota; Cummins, of Iowa, LaFolIette.
of Wisconsin, and Poindexter, of
Washington. These members arA
lined up solidly against the proposed
bill. Several Democratic members
are said to have allied themselver
with the progressives to prevent com
mittee endorsement of the bill in th'
form approved by the administration.
The committee went into executivo
session todav to attempt to agree on
a draft of the strike prevention bill,
but there was practically no prospect
of an agreement.
RUNAWAY ENGINE CAUSES
MUCH EXCITEMENT
James Danigan had a narrow es
cape from death yesterday afternoon
when (he brakes refused to work cn
a "dinky" engine at ihe Chicago Re
tort and Fire Prick plant, east of this
city. Mr. l.anigan was descending an
incline with the engine when the
1 rakes relnsed lo work. As the, ma
chine was going down hill it kept
gaining speed. Tim brakes refused
to worlt and Lanigan Jumped to es
cape injury.
Alwaya in Working Order,
Mary talked so fast no one hail much
of a chance m say an, thhu: In her pres
ence. I for little neighbor had no one
else to play with after school hours,
but would not remain in Ium company
long at a time. After noticing that her
boy returned so soon each time hn
went to play with her. Ids mother In
quired Into it, nml Walter replied,
"oh, she Is nl ways wound up so."
Our First Battleship.
The first American battleship was
J tilt; old Texas, of Spanlsh-Aiiierleiin
w ar fame. She was authorized by
I congress in INMl unit was compleled
six years later. The original bnttb"
ship was a little over :t( M feet long unci
! had a displacement of 0,P1o tons. The
i present day Texas is do-I feet long ami
I has u tonnage of ".7.0IM) tons, The old
j Texas ended her days us n target for
;nnvy practl"u above five yearn ago.
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FILIBUSTER
day!