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VOLUME r,.--N(J. 100.
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, MONDAY, MAV 8, 1921.
L'lilCE, TWO CENTS
FIRE FIEND SPREADS TERROR TO
AUTO PLUNGES OFF BRtOGE INTU
CREEK: OCCUPANTS ESCAPE DEATH
BLINDING LIGHTS OF
APPROACHING CAR
ARE BLAMED
EVLRY CARE TAKEN TO SHIl.l 0
NAME OF PASSENGER INJURED
SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN NEW
ARK FARMER MET WITH ACCI
DENT NORTH OF OTTAWA.
Blinded by me lights of big tour
ing car which wm approaching from
the opposite direction .and said toi
have bees crowded against th- ratl
ing ol an approach i a bridge over a
in.
k mi tin- Chicago road, Wll-
WOMAN BADLY CUT PEST OF MOTHER
COUNTY COURT RULES AGAINST
I lam Thorson-, a young rormer livini tawa, made an effort to secure posses
near Newark, and his companion, a gion ot Helen,
young woman, bad a narrow escape irs. wise nied a petition asking
from death about midnight Saturday, that the court declare th little Klrl
when their auto broke through the dependent and award the custody to
railing and landed upside down In a her. The mother, Mts. McPherson,
creek about twenty-five feel below. employed Attorney Robert Carr ti
The accident occurred two miles I represent her, and staged a fight to
northeast of Ottawa. secure the little girl.
The big car did not stop to see Ifl During the bearing today ii deve.
the passengers in the ThortOn oar nPe6 that the mother bas an 8-year
worn Injured. Ibut speeded on Into old child to care for and Is force d to
Ottawa, leaving Thorson pinned n-m her own living. Fearing that
der his ar and the young lady .e the bab thi p ro e
verel, cut. MM and hnc.y sttaken gg JSLSSt to K
Up 111 Hie -notioni 01 i lie ravmo. mue
son managed tocrarwl nnasslsted from
. ...t 1 1 ....... 1 n !
oeneuvn me wieuneu .nim nun i
making his way to the top of the ra-
vine, when Floyd Erlckson, a wellt
known young farmer, passed; n i 1 1
home. He heard the calls of Thorsoti
and the girl, but did not at first turn
back, thinking that someone who wai
Intoxicated might be In the ravine
Alter passing by the scene he decid
ed thai he had bett
Investigate,
Upon reaching the
bridge, he found Th
ed, hut attempting
road to reach assi.-
was bleeding rroely i
had received She
Brickson auto and i
ind
ipp
mi lie
placed in thi
d into Olta
wa, where She received medical at
tention. Thorson ws driving h new- Ford
roadster, which he recently purchas-l
ed The lop of the car was smashed,
the windshield broken and the radia-
tor broken. ' it will cost about $100
to put it into repair again, yesterday
It was hauled from the ravine to a
farmhouse nearby.
Thorson used "every precaution to
keep the Identity of his companion a
secret At the hospital today ii was
denied that the girl was taken there
to receive medical attention.
Shield Woman's identity. j
f-, mill, .H,w atnrtAa .,.-,. , o-. . .. 1 ., t 1 .
around town today regarding the young
woman who was Thorsen's companion.
At the hospital vehement denials were
made that she was taken there for
medical treatment, although rumor had
it thai she was rushed to that Instltu-
lion shortly after midnight and depart-
ed shortly after receiving medical at-
tentlon. The identity of the myater
lous woman was veiled in the deepest
secrecy today.
MILLINGT0N CHILD
DIES AT I. V. HOSPITAL
Berntce May Cowan, four year old
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Harry M.
Cowan of Mllllngton, 111., passed away
Saturday ninht about tl::tn o'clock at
the Illinois Valley hospital. South Ot
tawa, following a lingering illness. Bar-
nice had been confined at the local in-
titntlm tnr , mwi.lm :, hlo Intiffth nf
time. She whs horn In Mllllngton, Jan.
"ll 1 HIT Mild h:i rnsideil there her nil.
.. ' ...
I"" Hie. 1
Funeral services will he held tomnr-
row aiiemoon ai z ociocs irom 01. t o-
lumha church with Rev. John I' Quinn
. iiii,-1 :, 1 MIL- Intel nietlt W ill be le.ele :it
... ... ..
riT 1 oiumiia cemeieiy. ,
LAST RITES SAID FOR
LATE EUGENE PERR0TT
Pnnnral services nf the late Kniana
Perrott were held yesterday afternoon
a- 81 Colamba church A large num
I frlon.U f ll, .1 o-Hl.nr,..!
at the church to rav (hetr last tribute
and the floral offerings were many and
beautiful, interment was made in a'
vault at the Ottawa Avenue cemetery, j
The pall bearers were as follows: I
Attorney Harold Ri, holson. Ma vor C.j
n ttVaaaftta v li li:in,-m .I.il,n n'l
Iviine. r.ert Itradish and Fred Scherer.
GRAND MOTHER IS
GIVEN BABY OVER
MRS. HEL EN McPH E RSON's
PLEA FOR RETURN OP CHILD
NOW WITH HUSBAND'? PAR
ENTS. Mrs Mary Wise of Marseilles was
awarded the custody of her son' -'
year-old daughter, Helen Mae McPh r
son, bj Judge Hfck in the Count?
Court iiii.. morning, Mrs. Wiee has
had tlx little ni''' ror two j ears, since
she was a tiny babe, Recently th
m ther, Mrs. I tella Mcl'herson of
e olilM.
Mrs. M
Salvation
,, t(l(. 0
, i, t, r
I niemh i.
ipeared' a:
1 1
wiiieli is morallj above r
Resume Damace Case.
t
Circuit i
CORN PLOWING DONE:
PLANTING IS BEGUN
Spring!
Thi
view ol crop condition's issuoo oj
0. KejBondon, agricultural statistician
for Illinois, says:
Corn plowing la Hearing completion,
The acreage probably will be smaller
than last year. Planting has been
started in the central areas,
The condition of winter wheal and
rye continues high, though recent
growth has been Blow. The hesslan
Hy has been generally killed by rain,
The condition of oats Is only fair,
Spring wheat, acreage Is smaller than
that of last year. The plant is gener-
a 1 1 V looking Well.
The stand of
The condition
slock is high
appeared among
em areas, and h
on out In some i
to be Increasing
Farm tractors
barley is good,
if all classes of live
some disterapt r hai
horses in the south
)g cholera has hrok
icalitles and seemi
iliK used
any kind
generally
lint
fi
leini
Hi
month ag
tins est i mi
total product!
J I.2S7.OO0 bushi
PETER GOLDBERG DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
peter .1 Goldberg, six
resiaem ot hub cuy, pas-
home. I I'M V l a Salli
nornlng about
lingering illness
iMock following a
Mr. Goldberg's death
nrna ! t rlhul il t,, a 1 itmnlical ion
nl .lis-
, -
"aes iron, which lie nan tieen suiter-
Ina tnr I ho nail nlffhtopn nionths
,ld
e v is horn Sent. . Bill in T lie 1
,,.,1,,,,-v mnd .:.. In the l'nltPit St.iles
ttrfiaiii lint (-mine eiMti and seltled ii
.., ,, . ,,,,., .i,,. i,lwl
Surviving he leaven his widow. Mrs.
Elisabeth Qoldberg, and one daughter.
Anna, besides one sister.
No arranueinents have been made as
I vet for funeral nervh es hut will be an-
..,1 i-t,
. .
nCTRniT D MniTQ PFT
UtlltUII D H IV U I I O Ut I
90(100 TRfll I FY PAQM
Jpu.UUU InULLCI btton
"
Detroit, M.i I. Twolv men arm
ed with sawed off shot Runs and OC-
1 upving three atitos todav held Up a
li. trn!i I'nitril Itiiilv. :ivs's Pnilcvinra
ear and escaped with 120.000 in cash
J '.
KOENSG IV1AKES !T
Laiiwi
!L J Ull
trouble seekers who PRECIP-
ITATED DISTURBANCE AT AR-
MORY FRIDAY NIGHT FNQ
police IN right HUMOR TO
.
DEAL WITH 'EM TODAY.
on several different occasions re-j
cently police authorities have been
called to the Armory C, to queu
brawls, following a fight which oc
curred there at midnight Saturday.,
Joseph Kevins, 503 Walker street, and
V1..1...1.... W'.a,., -, nhnliffAlir were HP-
I' , ,.'11 , ,, t icna
nig ihis morning at '.1 o'clock and or-
.1 1 ,, HHad InfaltJna t VlO :,,i,l
. 1 , ,,, , tha
oountV iail. The Mm s w 1 re imp
nuainsi the young men. after they
had plead guilty to charges of ilis-
turbtng a public mettng, using pro
tane language and resisting an officer
HAPn m mm m
o nm i nup ctdctpu
(. Ull LUI'U 0!
of the law. I W M. T. Po
Nevins. the alleged ringleader of at East Center
the riunpus at the armory Saturday was arrested Sa
night, was assessed a line of 2O0 and! 11:30 O'clock bj
costs, while Wolfa's was named at '.tame-; Sheehan
ilOTl and costs. When assessing the chained with he
tines. Judge Koenig slad. "I am going
pU st,,p to these tights and
brawls from now on. You have been
eauiiinc considerable trouble In town
lately and I'll
a benefit to y
you were not
ix your
D Woltt
io actlv
lim
As
and because
is Nevins I'll :
,!.,.. v.. -dim I, nil nnto" Vol helna
tble to pay the lines plai ed against
ill-Ill the lads will serve ll out in Ihe
lOUnty jail. .Nevins will serve tint -WO
days while Wolfa will serve twenty-two.
At the trial this morning the facts
ol the occurrence w ere tow to auinon
known ties bj Marvin Poster, the chief wit
at his ness In the case and the victim of the
this attack According to him. he was ao-
companied by two gm menoa at me
dance at the armory Saturday night.
He staled that he was &DOV1 to go
l,..,,,., .,,l, ,1,., o-lrla u hen U nite :iml
,,, in,. v,mted o
Nevins nterceacO: and atempteil In
tmtt in and take the girls away from
him He sliovci .Nevins to one sine
e side.
s the lad was passing Ottl Nevins
st rin k him sella rely in I he face. H
wrmee annum anu ciischot won '-
Vlns, when Wolfa struck him in the.
neck from the rear He quickly turn-;
ed his attentions to weita ami strncK
"'' latter, knocking him ihrougB the
vestibule of the armory. A crowd
.he
gathered and attempted to Btop
' Nevins quickly
KttenrltlB Bllfl , nr., v.- ttl , fol
'owed.
., , , ,,
titled police authorities ot the squab-!
blO and offic ers .lane I FYiX W alter
H:ser. James Sheehan and Thomas
Keilley responded. Tie b ; I the
. and U&oH their arrival. N'-vins
attempted an eacae
He was caught
WATER'S WARMING UP
and offered resistance t the officers.
Considerable tim.wrts taken to get.
him in the hoosegow because of his re
sistance. Wolfs offered to be taken and
the two were lodged iii the city jail un
til they were brought up for hearing
this mornlnK.
Previous to the trial state wan, mis
' ; were obtained for their arrests hv Cap
tain of Police .lames I!. Sheehan.
Murinea scan !i condnrted hv the of-
' ' Hfteen liver tea poons, wrnnpi I
up in a smail liex. were lounil on WOlta,
When asked where he not them he
Stated that he had purchased them at
the armory from a small boy hater it i
sdRthaJ ub,ef at hefeteria!
BUpper. According to Captain of Police
James Sheehan, he will obtain anothe
warrant tor the arrest of Wolfa, a
soon as he serves out his presen
.sentence. Wolfa will be charged wltl
; la rceny.
0n different occasions the two lad
have been charged y
similar
were f(
and at one time tl
leave town, as authorities w ere after
them. Since then not much attention
1 1 ; - been paid to them, as they seemed
laVe been behaving fairly well
w as stated this morning that 1
It was stated this morning that th
were two other well known lads 11
compamylng Nevins and Wolfa at tl
time of the fight and they also seemed
j 1 1 ' 111' i,.-cii 111 ill, iiiftiiit; in, 1, ,11, 1, ut
iiiii not take pari 111 the Saturday nfghi
affair. When the officers arrived they
; quickly faded aw ay.
White Mule Fells Black.
II. N(
Soul h t)h
evi ning a
rs .lames
"hoiuas it
link anil
rested in
onery stoi
he had
tor the pi
stody .ind
orderly. Powell
of the Blanchl C
La Salle street,
"help.'' "murder
He was taken
neavuy nnuer 1
This morning
mi" JUUBP .e.
police headquat
to the charge
and was assef
costs, after whi
He plea
Tied agal
a fine of
e. was rele
MEMORIAL ASSN. TO
HOLD MEETING TONIGHT
1 meeti
si ciatio
Memorial
the Probr,
prince observance o ine naj in w
i ti: wa. as well as election of officer!
and trim ao tlon 1 I Other Inn Inei that
1 mav nronerh comi oetore me 1 t-
n.' Han II ver heforo Memorial
, iiiv lg the interest 01 tne
anoe people, and it is pine reh
haped that Si Interested will attend
this meetti
CLAIM BRITISH
RECOGNIZE SOVIETS
copenha,
government, a ording tol Information
fnuu I Ku - irce, has given d"
, facto rCWRnltion to the Russian so -
Viet SJUVeiumehl 1 No confirm., tarn
' of this renert h n recriVed rfotn
anv soun -s
J
EARLVILLE ESTATE
OF $47,600 IS FILED
RATp
late Charles LINCOLN died j
WITHOUT DRAWING WILL !
PROPERTY FALLS TO THREE !
I CHILDREN.
The lad
harlot
hi dh
E8. Lincoln
I on Apiil
it making
king that lette:
granted was
md (i. s. Wiley
Court Docket.
oonmen Accused.
m charging a vlolat
md seizure laws Wer
nty court this aft'
n Kottner ami . , nl on
rietors ol a La sail
r, The Information?
.Vhich were tiled, ll
- re suppressed unt 1
e obtalni d on the d
SENATE COMMITTEE
DEBATES TAX ISSUES
Washington, May 9, 'I
discussion bfsgan today
senate ti 1 1 a 11 1 e coaimitte,
tax proposals the annou
hut with witnesses and
members rambling over
rang. Of 'axes.
1 .1111 advocating a h
the higher rates of I neon
the benefit ot the count:.'
tax
down and everybo
lay
in
ann n Hi Ke.
the treasury.'' said s
NAMES TWO ILLINOIS
REVENUE COLLECTORS
todaj a collectors ti
nil-
1 John C Cannon. Ilrsl
t no.-
I .-is.- W. Schauer. el
ut Harding
: nal rove.
llstrfc U BU
'oh di.-t:ict.
Illinois
TODAY FOB PRO
APPLIES TORCH
UNTENANTED r1
THEN FLEES
Ottawa's fire bug. who up to Satin!- y i on fined
his operations to west and centra! Otti gain
at work, this time spreading terror to the north side.
So far the fire brand ! :
The Fire Brand s
Toll
Since Novemhci of last yeai ten
fires have ben traced directly to
the myrtenous firebrand whe his
scattered error into all sectiors
of the city (except the Eatt E:dc,
v.hich so far har. been unmolest
ed i by applying he torch appar
ently only witn the fiendish de
sire of seeing proprty destroyed.
So far the authorities have obtain
ed no clew which would lead to
the identity of the perpetrator of
these crimes. Up to the present,
including Saturday night's visit to
the Allen Brundage home 0,1 Pott
itreet the following places have
been visited by the "brand':
Sundal & Williams grocery, La
Salle strcet( three separate vis
its). Dr. T. W. Burrows barn, off
Columbus street.
Jamer Millian bain, East Van
Bi 1 en street.
A. S. Calkins barn, Ottawa ave
nue. Burlington house ham. M.rdison
street.
C. B. & Q. freight car. Walnut
street.
William Kerrigan residence,
Superior street.
W. Coble barn, Christie street.
William Grosskurth (oft di ink
parlors. Court alley.
Losses through this source In
all instances were heavy and ap
proximately total about $lf.OOC.
FOOT PROTRUDED INTO
0 1 rstt 1 . nl 1 kt mu 1 u
ihile th
I' flu
ivrr
AFTER EFFECTS OF
FLU PROVE FATAL
Pittsburg, md.;
and Miss Minn
burg. Ind,
from tie home
lumha church ti
Hal
.loll
Sop
M r
an
Hintnii k, 22
. I. a Sail- .21.
TO
OUSE,
SCENE
managed to evade de
tection, but as with all
law violators rocrer or latter he will
be caught
Saturday night his visit to a tott igm
belonging to .l! n .! Brundage, at
iTm'. Post street, nett d i lot of 52,"
500 to the owner. .1- a result Of liot
fiend's cleverly planned and executed
pyrotechlc display
The residence, which .1- p: u tic
ally destroyed, together with its con
tents, has been w it.hu ii a tenant for
several months during the owner's
absence In Chicago where he Is em
ployed over the winter Season Only
part of the loflS', it i" reported, is
covered by
Accord Ins
1 rum
th
Inrcndfa-
rtj rear
Insfde tha
tfl 'aw.
1 which 1:1
rthfSdS'
cellar door v t
1 building tie v .,
bulll a Ore in
situati d it: the '
root ot the stun
ere aroused trom
nvestigatlnt; tin y i
t!u bouse a huge n
mi '1
nl
Wa:
to Stop Bl.ii
Pol c
CALL
n
3Y OF. A