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VULUMK rj.-NO. 195,
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, MONDAY, JL3NJ5 20, 1921.
L'itiCE, TWO CENTS.
LEGISLATURE
tt:
V-iZjL J
DEATH IF TWO RUTLAND CHILDREN '- isy vvi
- i k, Jr - AH K'T TIS' P.. 1 x.?
BABY. JUST BORN, DIES
SAME DAY TRAGEDY
TAKES OTHERS
DIE -IN HAY BARN
TRIPLE SORROW CAUSED MOTH
E R TO BEGOMI SERIOUSLY I LI
AFTER ORDEAL THE H AO JUST
CONE THROUGH FAMILY lb
PR0MINEN1 AT RUTLAND.
Btreator, June 80. (Special.) Six
candles placed prettily on top o( a
birthday cake, proved instruments ol
ii terrible death to two citiidron and
perhaps fatal burning of a third yea
terday afternoon at '' 30 o'clock, when
tlu' trio, all offspring hi Mr. and Mrs
Kerne ration, ol near Etutland, loos
ilii! cuke with Its Daring torches Into
the haymow ol their barn to "cele
brate" HtUe Maxlnc'a sixth auniver
amy. Maxine and Wlllard, aged I, today
are only charred aembiancea of their
former Bweel selves. Royfleld, 8. in
at IiIh homo suffering burns which
las) prove fatal Roylield heroically
tried to save his brother urn! sister,
and In fighting to rescue them was
horrSbly aeoftched anon the head,
ace and body.
Maxine and Millard, trapped on the
haymow and with all BVenueti "i
cape cul oft fiy the rapidly spreading
Bre they had Innocently started, won
charrejd to a crisp before the Bainei
had reduced the barn to .i mass o
smoldering ashes, only their bono
tvere taken from the ruin:..
A bahv born Wednesday to Mrs
Fallon died a
oilier two IHt
out, bringing
few hour; before tin
live
trip!
ll
tragedv
the home and causing the mothor, ,
still in bed, to become seriously ill. ,
Thoughts of Mother Causes Tragedy, i
Desiring to celebrate Maxine's
birthday In s manner befitting such ,
an ovenL the cake which had been
carefully baked In preparation for the
fete, with lis six candles all lighted,
gave opportunity for too much bols- WMP
terousness to permil of s party In mi,!,
the home, where Mrs Fallon lay a m1(,
patient after giving birth only a tow . ,,
days before to a child. The little tots nr,,
decided to go Into the bam and there owj,
have ii function which would do prop- half
er honor to Maxiao's great success i ;i,
One of the candles Is suppose I to ! chair
have toppled from the rake Into the s;h
hay, In a few seconds flames spread j i,, in
to the doorways and windows, cutting
off ail avenues of escape Royflold rii
braved the names with little Maxino
mid rushed her in the open dooT, bill
Kile seems to have become panic
stricken and darted back Into the
barn, Royfleld Jumped to safety but
th
nolhiiiK more was seen or hear I of
the sister, or Hudr little brother, un
til searcBirs in digging through the
ruins today found the charred bones
of their precious little bodies.
The family resides about midway
between Wonona and Rutland in La
P 1II0 county, and is well known
throughout thai territory.
La Salle Printer Suicides.
La Salle. June L'O I Special. I
rnomaa Rhode, aged a printer em-
ployed at the "Open Court" in this
city, shot and killed himself
morning at 8 o'clock Rhode
denpon lent over I he dea I h ot
mother, who died aiboul six w,
ago He is believed to have 1
temporarily insane at the time
committed his act.
this I
was I
his
he
Rejected: Shoots Self.
Dixon. June jfl rasper Wails, an 1
auto mechanic, shot and killed him-
self Saturday night In front of the
.1
ton school teacher, with whom he
had been keeping company and wh
I
'
bad told him thai she could not go
with him longer.
Two Drown at Kankakee.
Kankakee. June '.'a Ralph Mallow,
if Chicago, and Carroll Brkloy, of
Kankakee, son of a former pastor of I
Trinity M E church here. were
drowM I Sunday in the Kankakee riv
r. i
1 . I
:
Appeals J. P. Fine.
John Shurman of Pern, who was
lined flu in a Peru justice eou t on
June is. when it was tried for Striking
Joe KtnecfHskl In the nice, 'took an
appeal to the Circuit Court ("lis after-,
noon to avoid paying a line HhunnMI
pleaded not guilty t the tines of the I
hearing.
RUSH OPENS TODAY p" M
FOR JUNE DiVORCFS dJm' f
IN CfRCUIT COURT
BARNHARDT RELEASED FROM
jail TODAY AFTI R M AK I NO
ALIMONY SETTLEMENT WITH
HIS EX WIFE,
The ru ih for Juno divorces al I he
courl house today exceeded the rush
for June marriage llconsos, and the
June dlvorceehi win In the future vie
with (In1 Jiiur liriilfs. ii' today's pro-
lings are a sample of the future
Released Fr&m Jail,
Barnharl of Thayer, m . w ho
held a prisoner In the coun
r (on day ror failure to pay
.vifo, Mrs Maw J, l arnhard!
or, the $ In a month alimony
,:,
ty jail tor
his first M i
hi Streator
alleged to
V as said Ii
nnytnonl i
due her. Barnhardl
$B80 in arrears in llio
alimony. .Jle made a
t ol (350 today, and
Mrs Itai
i 'harloi
nr.i nted
Crngier i
tol I the
zior won
arges of doHortion.
thai he and Mrs. ('
rrlod N'ov. U, IWf; a
until March, 1919. wh
i Crnsiicr deserted hi
, lived togi
in' claimi
of Ills son, Edward, aged
en Days After Divorce.
Pin w i i granted an an
in ; marriage to Julia
hi the court that ho and
ere married in lows Dec,
Wei
''ha i
i N'lllm
apart from him
Woman Securer, Decree.
Ida Mlchalowskl of sn, a-1
loye nf a Streator laundry,
Ivorei fron 1 i,
i on cha rge of cruell v. '
Str
Mrs
ft that
many
it when hr
II 111" i 11 -to
as Bet for trial this 11
vnire of twent;
tO hear it.
THREE ARRESTED IN
RAID ON N. SIDE HOUSE
ordi rly and llsturblng the peace, mah
lng n impossible for people to sl u1 p
Pat Dawson and Jake Severns of
Sheridan, together with Oliver L
Rette ot Bast street, charged wit!
1 rating a house of ill renute. wen
-t, d ahi
loc
Le Rette home
According to authorities. Le Rett?
has been oneratina a disorderly hftiiai
and Dawson and SevetHS had visited
"'at place on Saturday night While
'" ""' hot
i" trio Of men are said I
d arguments which re-1
10 n"v
suited Ih a free-ier aii fistic encounter.
'IUI""IS neanng tie rumpus ami
me 1 on 1 remarKH 1.1 tiie lad., notified
the police. Officers l-'x and Relllv
r ponded t, the call, and upon ar
rival at the I ... (..,. hoiMl. found Da
.ti anson and Severns throwing rocks
at the residence. The two men were un
der tie- Influence f liquor and were;
tnkn into custody and lodged in th-.1
City jail.
Uawson mid Severns told 'heir side
of the story and gave report nt the
- Rette in usp to the officers, who Itn
mediatel) returned and Dtaced 1.
I,, tte under art'. .: The
taken to the county (all.
latter as
Is No Fool.
The Ulan win, never talks of thu
grent things be l going li do nmer
lia lo explain afterward why ln didn't
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Transcript
you TMbCovE-fc
THE M'JNtV TO
PAYMtH Of) VOOR
Trlfc
The
vou-
BIDS CALLED FO ON
FIRST SECTION OF
ROAD TO STREATOR
GRAND !
4.16 MILES OF. T WL i rJ
RIDGE AND OTTAWA WILi
PLACED UNDER CONTRACT ON
JUNE
8 START AT GRAND I
RIDGE END. I
Springfield,
June 20, (Specls
pcn hut., in tin:
in .Inn
tor the paving 01
inui U 1 and 1,1 of federal Aid I'm
eel roads No. 7 in La Salle county, I
beginning five miles south of Ottawa
and going south i.lti miles.
This road is the section of highway
between Streator and Ottawa In tie
vicinity of Grand Rldgo, which was
recently plaited oui for Improvements,
it is the beginning of the linking of
Ottawa and Streator by an eighteen
fool concrete boulevard highway.
With the letting ot the Initial con-
I
' 4 t
i
rrors tracts for the pavement ol the road
way, ii is probable thai the entire
roadway will be under the course of
Improvement by the la e fall. By the
time tins is completed unawa win oe
connected with Marseilles, Morris,
Jollct, Chicago, La Salle and many of
the cities West Of here by an excellent
concrete highway.
T0NICA GIRL WEDS
DEER PARK YOUTH
Rev, U. K l.awler The) were at
tended b) Mr. and Mr-. Leonard Bod-
nutn oi Tonlca, The bridal party
drove to the county seat in a brand
to w car. in which liny sc. tiled dis-
l to make their honeymoon trip
Marriage License.
Kerinchcck. Chicago,
Charles K
Cora E. Ba
Aurora. Is".
Sheridan, 32.
A G Horn baker Streator, 2S
Anna K rocker, Streator, II.
Dwlghl Ahh
Marie Uodm
Pal k
S, ii o lfef Marcus Smith. Chicago, :".
Cecelia Joann Stanton, Chicago, 24.
Diction.
Te noble both iii the affluence ami
flu- economy of
Wealth that
mr diction ; spare no I
ran pui In, and toi
crate nx
Unit v thai .an I
vYvulwortii Hi
, OU'. 'I b
SOMETIMES, IT HAPPENS!
you havmii
Men TH6 LAST
NtW CAR,
AG NT Of
companv jops
you fSk
LEGION TO ORGANIZE
WOMAN,S"AUXILIARY
AT MEETING TUESDAY
f
I
as w c( res 01
hership in t
pressed tholr
tvfth theli so
tlblo to mem-
have ox
Inlng up"
nklns Ot-
awa post the
meetin
r will he callo I to ordei
Each legionnaire ba I
I to bring bis womi a
sssion, and a ma jorlt y
1 ilii ation ha vo promised
1 the movement by In-
11 8 o'clock.
,,, ,. ,, .
reiving the n
Me v will hel
Mol Inns, wives.
mem hi rship
'""" ieue
I unj ny 1 ummumier r.ni" 1 rooi 01 ui
1 tawa post, in which was enclosed a
! 1 1 1 1 m I 1 s 1 1 j 1 application with full in
(ructions that the blank lu
tnd be returned to ih" pest
INVALID CUTS THROAT:
BECOMES DESPONDENT
OVER LONG ILLNESS
Supposed to have been despo
Rcause he was an invalid. Ruf
tempted suicide hist night about
o'clock at his quarters at the La i
County Home, west Of this city
cutting his throal with a largi no
knife. According n announcem
bj Dr. A. J. Roberts, although
gash is a severe one and his wind
torn bv the knife, the man will
1 ol the nihil
!i his hand at
The kt
was cons
it could not
Ql.
V J i
t r,u i i'- 1 i i j - -I
"4r --- m , , I
1
O'Donnell Immediately notified Super-1 petitioned to b appointed the admin-1
latendent Edward Met all and Dr , : Istrator, ffe, bis father, Baeklcl Mar
J. Roberts wa summoned. Th" man shall, and his younger brother. How
was rushed to Ryburn hospital. It ard O, Marshall, are listed as the only
was discovered that his neck was se-j heirs,
verely cut and that his windpipe had j
neen terribly lorn. Several stitches
were taken to clove the wound
Clifford when young suffered an ail
ment Which caused llilll tO heeunie an
Invalid. He I unable to leave Ms h A
at iniv time
has a t roth
Resides bis mother h
residing in Seneca.
LEWIS 0UT FOR JOB
HELD BY G0MPERS
Denver. June W John I. lywis.
presiden: ol the United Mine Work
erg. todav formally announced that
ho was a .-a:. delate for tho pre idea-
' of t he n erlcaa rodeiatioo of La
tier in nppo- 1 on lo BaaMMl Oompers
Mr. Qaaaaer said my name will g
tiefore the , ..-.. ml ion ; it will net In
wPhdrawn,
AND SUP OUT TO THLr
WITH
you vt 50T A PRICE:
S Ft-DOCTiort Rt-BATt (
VCOMiH WHIC-H JtST ,
SUIT VS. COUSIN IS
DISMISSED IN COURT
SENSATIONAL ALIENATION PRO
CEEOINGS DROUGHT TO AB
RUPT HALT WHEN PLAINTIFF
ASKS THAT CASL OE STRICKEN
FROM DOCKETS.
$30,000 da
suit started
UStUB A. I!
ill1-1 Alfred
V
,1 his own costs thh morning, The
-nit is said to have been an action for
ilienatlon and was started after, it is
laimed. the affection of the plaintiff
wife had been usurped by the defend
rincipals are prominent
had it cume 0 trial,
ail likelihood been one
ol tie most sensat tonal 1 Vet
11 '! Ill
tie1 loi al tribunal.
Dirm'fj Land Case.
The 110,000 damagi suit started In
tie ( ircull court lasi fall by Ambrose
Defenbaugh of Btreator against S. J.
Merrlmer ami the Great Eastern Un
company was dismissed by the plain
It is rumored the
ttb'd out of court
agree ment
d the suit
Dana Estate of M0.CCC
estate
Mrs, Nettie J, Mar-
t h.-r home in Dan.,
ie 10, was filed for probati 1
According to th petition ft
of administration, Mrs Via
al property worth 16,000.
lor eldest son. Orville C, Marsh
COUNTY CLERK TH0S.
FERGUSON HOME
County (Terk Thomas A, Ferguson,
ho has h en at Hot Springs, Ark .
ince January recuperating from a s
ere illness, has recovered sufficiently
JUDGE FRIEND TO
TRY DIRTY SOX
Chicago. Juno .hi Trial of eigh-i
toe! former has.. ball p layers
and
mittors charged with conspiracy I'
I COW 'he ISIS world - series" was
signed to dav Judge Friends, who
"1 r
iioiinceil lie WOUIll set the CgM lOT
xi Monday.
Ii A i
i SMALL SIGNIFIES HE
WILL DEMAND ACTION
ON HIS PET MEASURES
Springfield, June 20. Governor Small an
nounced following adjournment of the legislature
last night that he will call a special session of that
0
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Ronti
i
10 SEDUCTION SOU
J. J. LACY ALLEGES IN STATE
ME NT OVER OWN SIGNATURE
that HE never had immoral
RELATIONS WITH DAUGHTER
OF NEIGHBOR.
John J, Lacy, prominent Grand
Ridge farmer, who was made defend
ant in the 1 5,0110 damag
nit started
Charles Scldmore, teda branded
the suit as blackmail. Mr. t-acy, reel
ing that he has been Injured by the
articles published In IliO Ottawa pa
pers on Saturday, and claiming that
ie has been falsely accused by Sold
more, this afternoon over his own
signature, submitted the following ar
ticle concerning the suit to the Free
Trader-Journal tor publication.
Mr. I.acy's article, which makes a
startling expi.se. is as follows:
Ottawa. 111. June l'u, 1921.
To i'ie Ottawa Free Trader-Journal.
Gentlemen 1
In last Saturday's issue of your pa
per then appeared an article in which
it was stated that I had been sued
by ( harles Scldmore lor $15,000 dam
ages for seduction of his daughter,
Blanche Scldmore. The article also
slated that I could Hot. be found to
give my version of the affair, My
version ol tip affair can be given in
one ward namely, blackmail,
I wish to further state that 1 have
had nothing to do with this woman in
an Immoral way at any time; that the
only dealings I hive had With lur 01
her father, either directly or Indi
rectly, wan to permit her father and
liis family to live on a small portion
of my farm, which 1 did as a mere
mutt' r of charity. I have this day In
structed James J. Conway, my attor
ney. In forci this case to trial at the
very earliest date possible, for the
this
Ided
vlng
1 :i"
community, where l have
practically all my life. 1 at
this article over my signature so
to protict you from suit in the eve
that I am in any manner inisrepr
senting either Scldmore or his daug
i,er, if any misrepresentation lr her
Inabove made 1 am Hnancinll f
sponsible for the same.
Respectfully your
JOHN J, l. AO
POLAND BREEDERS
la m i
pi amq
1 TU
FARMER N ANSWER
ELECT OFFICERS
Fair Site Deed in Air.
10 of the Poland china breed- Springfield. 111. June 20. Tho eon
La Salle county met in the farm I troversy between the state ami San-
11 nfflnn Snturriav aH, moon, gamon county over the fair ground
June 17th, and organized the La Salle
County Poland China Breeders ASSO-
elation,
p W, Voung, who is state secre-
tary Of the breed promotion commit
is present al the meeting, and
an enthusiastic organisa Ion
owing this, a constitution and)
s were adopted and the follow-
ing named men were elected as
Boers:
Henry Bruch, president.
Thee P Miller, vice president.
Ralph Mason, secreta ryKtreasu
.1 11 Arntcen and George Elmer.
5.YEAR 0LD 6RL
CLAIMED BY DEATH
laughter
Evelyn Brown, ",-vear-i
and Mrs. Charles Brown, 504 1 log for conference reports include tho
tuperior street died this ntorn- Sadler bills providing the death pea
nit 4 o'clock at the home of 1 altv for holdup RtOH,
rents, following a tour weeks', Springfield, III., .l ine M Pinal de
of rheumatism and leakage of I termination of rev enue needed will lix:
III 1 lie1 rate l 86 cents, chairman Sme.i-
was horn in Ottawa in Jan -
;' """ ' u.,p er
dbttitiiw sue leavis nT par-
i nis. un nrmners. rvmpn ami losepn,
:,I,(I i , iiam IMm ,.i B"
(.-,,,, ..vices m he hell Wed
j- ,, ,, , . . '. ,.
I f ,,;, Bfrcrnoon at .. o clock front
1 tho fatliilv horn-1 Intirmenl will ,e
made til Riversrdt cemetery.
' body to reconsider ac
Itionon measures which
1 met with defeat during
the closing hours of the assembly.
All these bills, it is said, are on the
j administration's legislative program.
At noon today, the governor said ho
I had not decided on the date tor call-
ing tip1 special session.
Th
three items in the. call for tln.5
session probably will be:
Revision of the tax laws.
Amendment to the civil service law.
Home rule for Chicago utilities1,
Blame Thompson-Lundhi.
Domination Of the Thompson Ilia
chine over the state administration,
resentment over the Thomnson-Lun-
dm lobby, personally conducted by
the Chicago mayor and ("Ted l.undin,
and a sudden determination by many
members to break away from the or
ganisation in which they had only a
half hearted Interest were attributed
by anti-Thompson Republicans as the
reasons for the legislatlvi si. impede
I away from the governors program "
i lie uisi nays 01 me session.
Defeat of tin Thompson organiza
tion in the recent judicial elections in
Chicago started the desertion from
(ho administration, sonn members
claimed.
Entering the last day with little leg
islation passed, both houses showed ;i
remarkable hurst of speed in passing
minor measures. So rapid was action
taken on many bills that it Is believed
Governor small will veto a largt num
ber of them.
Ten days remain in which the gOV
ernor must act upon the mass ol bills
dumped onto Ii 1 111 in the last two
days, while some of his pet measures
were suffering defeat at tin hands of
,, rein llious senate and house. True
to his promise when he was selected
speaker in the Republican caucus la.,
January. Gotthard A, Dahlbe-rg gave
, very measure a roll call and appre
ciation of his fairness was expressed
on the floor by both Republicans and
l)i 11101 rats as members were bidding
each other good-bye.
Like the speaker of the house. Lieu
tenant Governor Sterling refused no
demands tor roll calls in the senate.
No Date Set.
Spingfield, ill., June l'u. -Governor
Small basset no time lor callitiK a spe
cial session 01 tile legislature as an
other effort to Secure enactment ot
his measures whtch rwere defeated in
the closing hours of the regular ses
sion. The governor only announced
I" his disappointment over the iuiiiiio
I of the tax and traction bills tluH tho
I special call would be made,
Appropriates $171,000,000.
Springfield, 111., June 20, 1 otal tu
ennial appropriations passed by tho
fifty-second general assembly which,
closed Its regular session Saturday
night amounted to 1171,465,390, in
eluding the road and waterway bond
funds and other "bookkeeping" ap
propriations The amount which re
flects a slate tax rate of sixly-siie
cents, is made up of the general
hoot jirul imivel'Mil V -ir I I . : : , t ' i ,
M 1 ' K,il! unsettled. Racking tho
auminiBirmion 1 ii" .onieieiice cum-
mlttee on the ominous bill left in
1,111 uu' provwo mat wi,uuu
OUld be appropriated for permanent;
improvements at the tair grounds;
only upon condition that the county
give the stale a title which contain
ed no conditional clauses.
Last minute action of the leglsla-
tur,
ten
ed the creation of the in
arbor commission to inve,
pro posed plan for b deep
the Illinois-Indiana line,
e day. Nov. 11, will be a.
Illinois unless the governor
m asure adding the anni
the close of the world war
harbor on
Armtlstt
Illinois physicians will not he h. d
$1 prescription- tor Honor by m
tale law as a result of the senate's
e Self hill
j Bills defeated by the exhausted
I house of representatives while wait-
; ka I f th house appropriations com
mlttee said.
In addition to tho tax effcting lig-ne-
the following Hinds were appro
; i iaf.al
llliei i and Mii higan .anil fund,
$100,01 n
Khe prevent ioa fund. fUl.ltH.
Highwav construction. malntenanc9