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OTTAWA FREC TRADER Established 1840 OTTAWA JOURNAL Established 18W FREE TRADER-JOTJRNA JL WEATHER, Generally fair tonight and Thursday. VOLUME 3.--NO. -."! OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, AUCilST L'7, 1911). PKICE, TWO CENTS. ail inJ v JV m ww mm mm f EL vL 1 MEN CALLS SPECIAL ELECTION TO HAME JUDGE FIXES PRIMARY DATE AS OCTOBER 17 if IN CALL ELECTION NOV. 41THEIR STORES OPEN GOVERNOR SAID TO HAVE BEEN URGED BY LA SALLE COUNTY COMMITTEE TO TAKE STEP AND HE IMMEDIATELY CON SENTED. fiovernor Frank (). Lowd"ii today issued a call for it special election to name a successor to the late Judge Henry Mayo, whose death. Auk -I. left the County Coin: without a pre siding jmU',e until R I). Mills of the pro-hale branch was named by Clerk Thomas A. Ft rgUMin to guide tie' destinies of that tribunal until a per niiinent judge Is elected bv the peo ple. i The ('till Wits issued out of I lie sec I retary of slate's oflico alter an uppeil had been made by long distance phone to lepnty County Clerk bac.l ! to issue forthwith ;i "certificate of vacancy" showing the court to be without a judge, which requcs was complied with, and the oTtilieate ,,, ,,. .....,:. l.ns special delivery. The primary will bo held Oct. 17 ami I the election dated so as to fall election dated so us to fall 01)1,1, seven Thiirsilavs. Iliat would Nov. 4, the (lain delegate - are 1 lick 1 ; ,a v, to represent the'thirty ninth senatorial f,M. district (Ui Salle County) a:, the c"ti-;iilVl htitutional contention, by rushing tltelf.1(,t order for tic call, it is sa;d. the county can he saved half the expense which would ordmarily be entailed were the primary ami election to he held Independently of the conventim contest.. The two together would cost the county approximately if!11.'""1, hi t with only a primary as "extra" ex pense the cost will be cut in I' 'If In joining the judicial election wiih the Nov. I election, which has to be held and paid for anyway. Legal authorities claim firt.v-one days must elatso between the date of tin1 rail and the primary this beiMT done to permit sufficient time l r li. ing petitions anil ge'ting out the bal lots. Another thirty days, they s,i .'. must eliipse before the election. Til" hurried call coming out of Springfield today would bring the primary on Oct. 17, so as to allow the required time for the Nov. 4 election. Waited On by Committee. A cotnnii1 1 ee, the members of which are unknown, wailed upon Covornor I.owdetl ill the stale capital yesterday, it Is said, and prevailed upon him to call a special election tor l.a Salle County. The committee, it i.- slid had little 'rouble prevailing noon the governor to comply with their reqtte; . It is reported they delegiied upon themselves the responsibility for In- III',' to gain Coventor l.owdeii's c un pliance wlili their demand that no more time than necessary be wasted ill securing a pernnment head of the County Court. Certain lawyers of tho county, it Ir. claimed, wete dissatisfied with ar rangements which followed the death ot the lalo Judge A T. I.iirdlii and are said to have O. K.'d plans for the special primary ami elcc'ion on the ilrenglh of their experiences of Ihe pas-t. Thev coil I en I that best results are obtained when a judge sits in his own court, where It" can ilwavs p., renrhod to serve them and hear their cases, motions and petitions Judge Mills Pleased. Judge Mills, when Informed of the call for a special election, today c preiecd his elation ill the governor's action. "Kveryone knows lhat the Probate Court Is "no of the busiest places In the county 'building, " lie suld. "and 1 hnve Just got ten my affairs running smoothly for a good, busy year ahead. When the County Court duties wen thrust upon tne I took thorn because, I saw II my duty In help In whatever! way I could. "Now that the governor has agreed ; to call an election to in me a pct'iiu-1 Pent Judge 1 can give tny time entirely to tny own court, without any worry; about the Oinility Court, us soon us the voter have named the man theyi want It) (liat, oltk'o, 1 will preside' OF COUNTY COURT MERCHANTS VOTE WILL NOT ACCOMMODATE VISIT ORS TO CIRCUS TOMORROW WILL MARK CLOSE OF HALF HOLIDAY PERIOD. Tomorrow tin1 will rlii.-,.- Illei tor thr but of merchants of tin- city , places of business , tin- summer's Tliurs-i i ; i v liiilf liriliil.iys. The policy was in auriiraied on Tliui'Mlay, July lnt.li, ami lias coat inucil cadi Thursday since. It lias proved to lie a very excellent plan, to'lmlli the employers and employes, and will tindoulitedly be continued during the months of July and August in years to come, j A number of merchants talked last ; week of keeping their stores open 011 1 I Thursday of this w eek, to aocommo- : I date the out of town people who gath- 1 cred in Ottawa to attend the circus,! 1 but at :i meeting of the business ! ; Men's association held for t ho pur-1 ; pose of talking over the matter, it j j w is decided to follow tne original I ,., ., K(.(,p tMf ,.,, dosed. MfM1J. ,. ,,,,.,,.,, ., olhl,,. sr. ,.bil ,. V(,nIS laV(. ta'K,,n ,,);,, (. during hoon impossii Jo bad it not been j ie half holiday. Other persons spent the half day resting. The I hat every place of business in! the city, with the exception of tho. saloons and cigar stores have been closed, ha.s not proven a hardship on any merchant, nor has not driven his Trade away to bis competitors. j MISS CONRAD WEDS I EAGLE TWP. YOUNG MAN! Miss Marie Madeline Conrad, diiligh-j lor of Mr iiid Mrs. Charh-- Conrad! of M ' West Main street, and Durward j 1'reii b't'gust. son of Kdward I 'render-! .i t of Kiigle township, were mar ried this morning at S o'clock at St I'l-amds Catholic church. Father C ci.nir Miller, rector of St. Francis' chltvch. otliciateil. 'Miss lone Conrad, a sister of the bride. net".l as maid o! honor and Thomas Sullivan of Streatnr was- best man. The bride wore a navy I travel- ing suit, ii white hat and a corsage boinpf't of yellow roses. Miss lone Conrad won1 a navy blue suit, a blue hat till'! a cor.-age hoi.Uol of pilin rose buds. All. i the i bun It ceremony a live course wedding 'breakfast was served to the immediate families at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. rren lerga -I and his Undo toll o'l the .". o'clock Kock Island train litis afternoon for a nip thru the east, alter which tln-y will ret urn to Ka,'!e town-hip. where they will make their I'm ure home on a farm. Until Mr. and Airs. I'l'cndcrgast are well known in iltti.wa. and elij.iy a very large circle of friends hero. SEVEN COMPLETE T0R0NT0-N.Y. FLIGHT lii o-evi !l Field. Miin oia, I.. I., Aug. L'T. Seven livers had completed lift entire course of Lull! miles In (he New York-Toronto aerial derby at noon I i day. Th.'.v were l.ieut. Alaynard, I. (cut. Plumb. Maj. Hn lolph Scliroed' r. blent. Alidkitl. Capt. Sinonin an I l.ieut. W, C. brown. Col. Walker, a Canadian, had DOWN PLAN TO KEEP ""'"iiVormotil. III. ed his Might fiom Allneola to Toronto and t tin n. Optimistic Thought. One Hiind Ki'iilu of time Is worth 'nn'ntuln of gold. nip II the elecilon has horn held." In ended. Judge Mills was iippolfiled Ihe vacancy by County Clerk to nil I'ol'gll- son, whom the law says s!,t'U .name n Judge to serve until ti su) essor U chosen hy the volets of th I ;o jointly. TO ATTACH AUTO BY, MM WILD DASH;AFTER EIGHT DAY IVIAN KUIVI IHItVtt SHERIFF DOES SOME HIGH CLASS SLEUTHING TO GET TRAIL OF MACHINE SOLD TO THOMAS WALSH ON HARD LUCK STORY, " J southeast of town, became frightened Ownership of an automobile now in .vest onlay afternoon about 5 o'clock the possession of Thomas I. Wilis!,, j and rati west, Until they became en L'l.'i .Iariiietle street, will be threshed ! tangled in a tree in the Charles brad- ; OUt ill ill lilcllluelll I in--tinned by ! he proceed ings to be London Clobe In surance Company. The machine, a Huick big Six, w:ts purchased by .Mr. Walsh earlier in the summer from a 111:111 wlio came to him with a hard luck story of being broke and in need of funds find representing himself to be the owner of the car be was offer ing for sale. The Ot tii w iin does not know the name of the fellow, but says he thought the deal was in good faith and purchased the Huick. Traced Through License Tag. A license tag secured from the see- letnry of state was the means of an! mg Sheriff C. S. Avers In ttacing dow 11 ownership of the machine. In corn -j spondeneo with the state otlicial the sheriff learned that the license had been plied lor 11,, numbers belong-' nK to it New ton. Mass., Ituic--i. I Through this lt'r.-l semblance of an ir-' regularity and by digging into his roc-j ords of missing antes the sheiiff as- t ertained that a car answering the1 i. script ion of the one in Ottaw a had I been stolen Irom the Acorn lire and Rubber Company of Chicago, and that the machine bore the same engine and fiiciory numbers as the one in Ottawa. Finds Masachusetts Owner. Ceding in 1. 1 communication withj the boston police. Sheriff Avers learu-i ed that C. II. (iraccr, re-i line ju ! Newion. a suburb of the Hub. hud lost his Huick machine on April IS j The car was taken from in: front of the Methodist episcopal Church at Newton and had never been j heard from again until .Mr. Graesor ! was liotilied application had been made to the Illinois secretary of sta'e j for ;i license on a Huick bearing the engine and factory numbers of his j machine. but w in n Sheriff Ayers looi ed up the numbers on the machine in Mr. Walsh's possesion he found thai theyj were i.ot thine of the Massachusetts! i Huick This entailed digging further! into stolen car records, with the re-i salt the sheriff unearthed a descrip- j j lion of Mr. Walsh's car, which, he j says, was stolen from the Acorn Tire ' and Rubber t onipany in ChieaS'o J about the same time that Mr. (I 'noser j ! io-i his buick down at Newton Wlien he notilied the Acorn Tire and : I l.'nhhcr Ciininaiiv of ids Mm, I nlli,-,.,-c! i of that concern evinced but little in-tere-t iii the machine, upon which the ilisiirane,. coinpaiiv had made a settle. tiled . drift repre local and the tint W II- allowed to union (ilobo and in the prcparatio'ts along until the la entatives took a 1 sit Hal ion and begin, to fnsti'ute attachment proceeding'! to gain possession of t he car. Wi'h the tads exposed in their pres ent light. Mr. Walsh, it is expected. wji siirroiidN' the buick without fur ther ado. pocketing his loss and let ting the c.suriiiicc company !iue the machine. OLD RESIDENT OF CITY PASSES AWAY Mrs. l,i..ie lioness, widow of the la'e llirvey Deliess, died last night at In o'clock at the Kyluirn Memorial hospital, after an extended illness. Mr-'. I'cee-s. ail old resident of Otta wa, vim seventy nine years old on Align t L'll. For the past several years i lie di ceased made Iter mui, .Marion J, West Al:i in st reel. S-inviviiig she leaves her son and one laughter, Mrs. Arthur Smith of I Th" Mineral services will be hold toiiioM'ovv afternoon al I o'clock from tlm llailcy undertaking parlors on Ma in i-lreel ami Jiurial will bo made in Yiituvvii avenue cemetery. Hand Cut By Glass. Simmons Hupp, mi employe of tho Federal Plate glass factory, who re sides nil Court street, cut his right hand this moriiing while working nt the factory. He was removed to Ry-J burn .Memorial hospital, w hore Dr. i K. P. Ilatbewiiy was called to dress Hi" wound. j RUNAWAY TEAM FARM HORSES BROUGHT TO STANDSTILL BY TREE JUST AS THEY WERE BEARING DOWN ON LITTLE GIRL AND BICYCLE. A tetim of horses belonging to Nels Jensen, it fanner residing eight miles tier yard, itt !tfb Illinois avenue. The runaway started at the cornel' of Main and Columbus street, when one of the rear wheels tame loose and rolled away from the farm wagon. Nr. Benson, who was standing In the wagon driving, wits thrown out when the wheel dropped off. He was uninjured, with the exception of a bruised elbow. The horses (started running west, the wagon careening wildly after tlmm At the corner of .Main and Buchanan streets they turned south, knocking the box from the trucks. When the (-raxed animals reached tho Brudnor residence they (lashed up in to tho terraced yard, where they i tangled themselves around a tree and were forced to stop, j A small child was riding in her I velocipede not three feet from where the horses stopped. A number of machines follow ed the runaway from the business district and a large crowd both on foot and machines gathered to see what havoc the animals had wrought. . U. S. SILICA SAND CO. EMPLOYES STRIKE FOR HIGHER WAGES THIRTY-FIVE EMPLOYES QUIT WORK TODAY WHEN DEMANDS FOR 10 CENTS AN HOUR IN CREASE ARE NOT MET CLOSES DOWN FACTORY. When Superintendent (ieorge Flanl agiill was unable to give a I'avorabl' reply to their petition for Id cents an hour increase in pay. thirty-live labor ers employed :it the I'nited States Silica Sand ( oinpany, owners of a large new plain west of the city, this morning laid down ;h-ii tools and Walked oil till job. The strike was 'he culmination of an effort made yesterday to secure higher wage.--, the men demanding that their pay of cents and ;!T'L. cents an hour be boosted to t." cents aad It's cents all hour, and a petition was set in circiil i: in't with the result that virtually all the pitmen and laborers employed around the works signed. Tlie paper was tle n presented to Su perintendent l uitiagaii. ho this moi a i ing informed the men he was not de'e ! gated wilh the authori'y to grant the i increase null alter ho had presented the proposal to President Volney Fos ter of the I'nited Stiitos company. The workers at the sand plant are not in a union nor are they wiih any labor organization affiliated Some ol : their numbers, dissatisfied with the wages they were receiving, conceived the idea of drawing up the petition, getting everyone o present it to their sign It, and then employ ers. This was brought about last night did this morning the paper containing the1 names of the, workmen was presented her homo w ith I to Supei tnteiidcnt 1-lanagan, who told lioness, nt tilS11"' i1"'" there was nothing he could I do w ith their rcipios-t, until after Presi- Ident Poster came to Ottawa He was In New York, he said, at present, and until ho returns to Chicago it will be Impossible o set the facts before him. I'nloss a compromise is effected possi bilities are the strike will continue unlil Mr. FoUer has had a chance to pass upon the petition either one wav er the other. When the men again mot to decide their tii'ure steps they unanitnous'v voted an Immediate walkout, tml every man laid down his tools and went, homo, 1 DtPy Thet fl'nt rfe hours bin' mi" who hears on" party only,-- Aeschylus, CONFERENCE CLOSES otoolUN Alr.V.Lu. MEMBERS OF NORWEGIAN PAS TORAL CONFERENCE PASS RES OLUTIONS ASKING THAT DANC ING AT STARVED ROCK BE PRO HIBITED. Tlie pastoral oonf rent e of the I'leasant View Luther College dis trict drew to a close today noon. The conference has boon a success, with a number of pastors from Illinois and the southern part of Wisconsin in attendance. With Just: a few small changes, the program has been car ried out as announced. There was also ;i biP iiK ss meeting in connection wi'h the cenference. It. was decided that the conference hold a meeting next year at the Pleasant View Col lege, tint latter part of the month of August. A motion was made to elect a con. mittee of three to arrange for a pro grain for I f'2'. The following mem bers were chosen: Rev. N. (I. Peter son. Newark, 111.; Rev. (i. Kngum, Millbrook. 111., and Rev. T. A. .Mason, boloit, Wis. A committee on resolutions was also elected. Rev. ('. Kngelstad. Free dom, III., and Rev. I. Ramseth, beloit, Wis , being the choice. Adopt Resolutions. The following resolution favoring continuation of the conference was adopted before the meetings came, to a close: ''The pastors and their families present at this conference do hereby express their gtatitudo to Almighty Cod lor (lie opportunity grained us to he inspired and refreshed, also for the fraternal spirit, prevailing among the brethren .May we retain to our re spective fields of labor with renewed energy and strength to further Cod's kingdom on earth. "Whereas. We who have been ill al- i tendance iit the conference held at ! P V. b. ('., Aug. :mi-"T. have had a very enjoyable and prolitable time. Wo desiire to express our apprecia tion, be it therefore "Resolved. That we thank the com mittee in charge for the excellent pro gram we. have had; the college man agement for the privilege of holding the conference at the college, and for the splendid entertainment all uded. "It is the wish and the desire of all present (hat these pastoral ( oti forences may continue in the future, and thiil more of tho brethren may be able to be with Us. so that tin good influence exerted upon those In at tendance, as well as of P. V. I.. C, may be ex.'ended over a larger terri tory of our district. "Whereas, We know that dancing has been permitted at the Starved Rock Stiite Park, and "Whereas. We are of the opinion, judging by tlie st a 1 1 i si ics compiled on the subject, that dinning Is a social evil, and conseiptently a destroyer of morals, and also that the practice in ti'! feres with chunk work and church l going in and about the communit v ol i . . said ihiik; and "Whereas, We know that virtually all parks under city and stale control prohibit dancing; therefore, lie It "bosolvod. That the pastoral con ference of the Pleasant View blither College district in convention assetn- I, led at the above said college. Ottawa. III. do hereby earnestly petition the .ta'e park commission to lake such steos that the above said practice iti I said park may be discontinued iiiime- dint ely." . CALL MASS MEETING OF CHICAGO R. R. MEN i ( hicago, Aug, "7. -A call for a mass j meeting of Chicago railroad shopmen to take action on the offer of a t-cent an hour increase made by the rail road administration was sent out to day. In i--uing the call. Secretary John 1) Saunders of the Chicago council of the brotherhood, declared: "In my opinion, the men will not ac cept the ofter. We cannot afford I accept If. because the co'-t of living is going up. The men desire vi cents an hour, their original demand, with back pay-from May 1. The President should stop efforts to push thru the league of nations ami t eronslder the shopmen's demand." 1 goo c. & favor of East Liverpool, Ohio, August 27. Eighteen hundred employes of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railway shop at Wellsville, near here, have voted INTEREST GROWS AS TEACHERS FLOCK TO CO. INSTITUTE ATTENDANCE TODAY LARGEST SINCE SESSIONS BEGAN AU THORITY ON EUGENICS TO SPEAK TOMORROW. Increased interest is being shown in the La Salle county institute as tin! work progresses. Tho third day of the session opened with the largest attendance yet recorded by the regis tration department. Today's gather ing is undoulhtodly tho largest and most, successful ever held in the coun ty. With no especial diversion from the regular class program, with the exception o a program of music iby the "Morris quartet," the day passed uneventfully. This quartet, when it arrived, prov ed to be composed of four Ottawa per sons, .Misses Vera Belle Ham, ICinily Palmer, John Hoff and C. II. Kingman. They appeared in comic costumes, and gave a program of music that delight ed tlie audience. Thet four talented artists have delighted their audiences many times ibefore. but they never gave a bettor program than tho one tiiis afternoon. T, J. McCormack. At the ( lose of the program, T. J. McCormack of La Salle gave the third of his talks on "Aniericani.u tion" and Dr. K. K. Jones of North western universiiv gave a talk on "School Standards." both talks were very interesting and were enthusias tically received. At the ( lose of the general program in the high school auditorium, the sectional moid ings were held, when the teachers were divided into five groups and given instruction in peda gogy by a specialist in their depart ment of work. This morning the sectional meet ings were the important features of the institute. Preceding these melt ings talks were given by In Jones and Mr. .McCoriunck an I song serv ice was led by John Hoff. Tomorrow alleiuoon In- K.uh.iel S. Yarros of Chicago, mio ,,f -li" foremost woman physicians in th.. stiite and an authority mi hygienics. deliv er an add less at 1 . ;; o'clock I )r. Yarros a Chicago woiu.iii and actively engaged in the work of viis I the Woman's ( 'i mi in 1 1 1 . of the Nir ional I ' Council of Delcnse during Ihe war.'"1'"' Her talk will lie open to the general public. On Friday th re will be no diver- sion for the r institute. 'I'll bular i lass work of the! day between labor Ii ;nkr. and Presl tueetiug Hoses ,((, 1 ; ::o ! l-ll I Sa 111 il el tiOllip- rs ot' 'lie American, Fridav afternoon. REPORT PONY STOLEN FROM BARNES' CIRCUS Tin to !-( pony police of Ottawa were on the lookout for a weighing about Mm not iflod spot ted pounds. which was stolen from Al 0. Barnes' circus while showing in Calcsbuvg last Monday. II is believed I hat il boy who was picked at CJiiincy, 111., to j work for the circus is the one who stole the pony. He is nineteen years' old and is said to be weak mindcJ. I When last seen he wore a pair of striped overalls and a slouch hut. Gt Marriage License. A marriage license was issued in the county clerk's olhce this morn ing to Miss belle Alkilis. iiged L'S. and John A. Pn ll. aged both of l.a Salle. p. in mmim by an overwhelming ma- iority to turn down Pres ident Wilson's offer of a wage increase of four cents an hour, officials of the union announced today. Serious Problem to U. S. Washington. August 27. What the next move of the government will 'l)o in the event, that the, aUfbUiM) railroad shopmen of the country vote to strike, for an immediate increase in wages was being made a question for specu lation in ollicial circles today. It was t In; concensus of opinion, however, that the government's action in such an eventuality has not yet been con sidered and there wore indications that, for the time being, the attitude of the ofl'K ials would he "to cross that bridge when they came to it." Ordinarily, labor leaders pointed out, it would require about three weeks to take a strike vote among the half million workers involved, but in this instance orders have been given that the 'balloting be expedited and the returns made by wire, with the possibility that the result would bo known at the end of two weeks. Bert M. .lewe.ll, head of the railroad employes division of the American Federation of Labor, with which the shopment are alliliated refused today to predict what the outcome of the balloting would he whether the men would accede to President Wilson's decision that there bo no general wage increases until the government has shown its ability to check the ris ing costs of living, or whether they will stand out for their original de mand of ii raise to ,S."i cents an hour At I lie same lime, however, he ex pressed the belief that hcause tjie ballot would he a secret one there would be a much larger vote in favor of accepting the President's proposal that there would otherwise be. "There are many shopmen. I think, who might lie carried off their feet and vole to strike were they to take an open ballot." said Jewell. "But wi'h the vo'e a secret one. those in clined to be conservative would be aide to register their attitude without being swayed ny any other influence." The letter scut to the shopmen call ing for the strike vote was. in the opinion of Air. Jewel!, a "very conserv ative one." Gary Snys "Nothing Doing." New York, ii-j, L'V In a letter to representative- of the organized steel worker, ,,l the I nited Stales Steel Corporation. Judge blbeit II. Oary, chairman of the corporation, today adhered in tl.. puii. y of the corpora lioii in refusing to discuss business vviiii the unions oi their tepresetila- 1 iV OS, Judge liary's ledr was in answer to a wnl'oii coiiiiuutiii at.ioii sent, him by John Fd (tpat rick and tho other rep. reselital I ves ol til" 1 '"'.v demanded an ol tii" union, in which I'd an interview to tako grb Minces of the steel workers e t hreateiiing to strike. Gompers at Conference. New York. Aug. :.'s A series ot conferences wete iii progress here lo Federation o: Labor President Compels the I w o orgti ni'a i ioti : seem imminent the r ami I he steel workers. iw leaders of ! w iii' li st rlkcj , iioa. vvorktdj ASKS CASH FOR ILL. FLYING FIELDS W,ch;:ic', pi i.i ' ion o' was tod. iv . rei.iry It.ii,' Csl.e'e .HI, I An itppriv V ,f X. '".Ill, Oil') tress by See i tiiis" of real and various .ippi'oximati -ked o! Cull tor i in' put "list ruct uui a tiny i 1 1 t.- I'nder iii" terms oi Hie regular ap prept l i' ii ui bill pun base of real esttl'O and con miction and Pir'her projects an- pmhitiited Among the plnjec's n. secret, itv ef war a- I ho' mod by tho e for which th" nut. Try appropriation - needed are Cha- held and Scott field, ill Illinois. lie Free i raiter-.tournal Want Adl Joiinui ior Quick Result