Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., July 18, 1921, Image 1

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SE TRADER-,
THE WEATHER.
Thunder showers to
night and cooler. Tues
day unsettled and cooler.
OTTAWA FREE TRADER
Established 1840
OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1880
AND OTTAWA FAIR
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OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, MONDAY, JULY IS, 1021
N PRISON RIOTS
JOXJRNAJ
FR1
DEALER
G HURL
RUED
CAMPER BiES II f 00
E
CORONER ORDERS POST
MORTEM TO LEARN
CAUSE OF DEATH
FIND POISON PHIAL
fJOTTL ES THOUGHT TO HAVE
CONTAINED MOONSHINE ALSO
DISCOVERED IN TENT USED BY
VICTIM DELAY INQUEST UN
TIL TONIGHT.
An In vestige
av by tli'' i-.i
inn
Sail
being made to
i ounty authorl
Mbert Bilertaon,
1 1
hi' the
death (if
aged l". of Llibon, who was drowned
in twelve inches of water three miles
northi est df sin rtdan, Sunday morn
tug between S ami ! o'clock. Bot-
containig moonshine ami a small
iiot i it- containing
whit
liquid.
Pound
. his bri
la
in II
belled poison,
In. Ii
thn camp, here BSD
.Tin law. John John
rt
ml another
a delay in
luest nul l
in go Into
man. all of 1
hull. led I
holding the c
ibp authorities
the case.
Bilertaon wa
river where th
hai
til
pulled
water
from the
is onlv a
Pox
foot
deep. Ma was Eying face downward
Cam peri al the river recovered tin
body. William Rose,
rl.s. and another boy
fortunate man go un
he was swimming b
mid was within tea
of the opposite short
boys Bounded an ala
In
lior-
who saw the un
lor. declare thai
cross the river,
or twelve feet
when he dlsap-
rm and campers
rushed to te resrue. They found
Eliertaon tying Juhi where he had
pone down, face downward. He wan
taken aboard a little boat, ami rowed
back t
the otli
Bho
in troni
his tent.
Ir. Conway
to attend him
o
A I
was resnrteil to, ibut. the (I'leK
unable to revive the victim.
said that vry little water was
r was
It is
found
m ins lungs.
Flepttty Coroner .1 I
Lelan I. was summoned
liiKiiest. which was hob
liank just in troni of I
ler a preliminary r;
rhoraon, of
. onduct an ;
ii the river
camp. At-
nail ion !Mr.
Th arson look ; i t i
Durnmeni until
Dr. Conway an
this afternoon to give
opportunity to conduct a post mort
uni.
Sheriff Avers made
dan last night to inak
When be reached the
t rip to Sheri
inveatigation. auio he found
that .Johnson and the Other man had
returned to Lisbon, where the body
was removed shortly alter the in-
The seen
quest.
drowned is
en
Ellerl io
just in
where fifteen
eamping, Thi
in
a m
rtson
the
was
I for
Johnson .amp
when
Ell
staying bad been camping then
about a month.
This afternoon Dr. Conway stated
that while the post mortem bad been
concluded be had been
to make public bis tin
tbo time of the inquest
held at 5 o'clock, win
an explanation of the il
that be still believed b
Btructed
ics unti
nol
which will b
ii pressed to
itb
e stated
uted oil
the witness stand yesterday thai
deah was not due from drowning, but
that no supicion was attached to any
one else as to the cause of the demise.
Coroner Timothy Donoghue who
visited Sheridan thi
veatimte the case, :
afternoon to in-
ited
that bo
ath was
ing attai
be did
held for
did
the
bed
lllll
in-
not believe the man's ib
cause for any supicion In
to an outside party, am
think anvone would be
vesication following
the coroners jury.
the verdict of
WELL KNOWN COUPLE
GET LICENSE TO WED
a marriage license was issued this
morning to Bdwln Ulot Knot, a motor
man on the west side street car line,
and Miss Ruth Helen Opponlander. an
employe of the telephone office The
young people refuse to announce when
the nuptials uniting them will occur.
TIip bride is visiting her sister in
Streator. The groom today stated
that the time of the marriage bad not
been set.
Get Marriage License.
A marriage license was isii"d to
Lenhard Skolek. of this city and Mrs.
Anastfna Matursok of Chicago. The
name of the groom does not appear in
the city directory.
Open Dixie Highway.
Danvtila, ill.. July U. The Dixie
highway was opened Sunday withou'
& single detour between Danville and
Chicago. The road is pav.d all the
way and hundreds of motortstR passed
over the thoroughfare yesterday.
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1
BATHING I FOX RIVER
TAXI DRIVER NABBED
IFI
LA SALLE OFFICER
$10,000 DAMAGE CASE FILED IN
CIRCUIT COURT TODAY SAID
TO BE AFTERMATH OF FISTI
CUFF OCCURRING LAST THURS
DAY NIGHT.
Henry Kalsr of La Salle bled a $10,
ooi i damage suit in the circuit court
this morning against Harry McQuade, I
a la Salle policeman. 'I'm- dici.ua
tion Btatlng the cause of action was
not entered on the records of the
coi.it.
Ii understood, however, that the
plaintiff is allegingtbathe was injured
in the sum of ib.- damage he is asking
when lie was taken in charge by Offi
cer McQuade last week
Kaiser and Joseph Mesojaiak are
said lo have figured in a quarrel
which ended in a buhl in front of Hie .1
Ka i.askia hotel. It is alleged that
McQujule arrived on the scene during
the tn. able and placed Kaiser under
arrest
Appeal Industrial Claim.
A hearing was held in (lie Circuit
Court upon a motion of James and j
Nora Gordon, parents of James Gor
don deceased, asking that the petition
Med by Brookfleld Township to avoid
paying them a compensation claim be
dismissed. James Cordon was killed'
hi un accident at a gravel bed owned
by Brookfleld township. Mis parental
tiled a compensation claim before the
industrial commission and awarded
$ 1,850.
Certiorl proceedings were started
by the township to avoid paying the
claim. It is alleged by the township
officials thai Cordon had not been em
ployed to work for them.
After hearing the arguments Judge
Eld red ge took the case under advise
ment BANDITS ROB LA SALLE
THEATER AND JEWELRY
La Salle, July 18. (Special.) A
home talent thief, who La believed to
have allowed him:. eii to be locked In
the La Salle theater when it closed
Saturday night, robbed the box offi
ces and the Jensen jewelry store
some time early Sunday morning,
making a getaway with $T."i In money
and Jewelry valued at $1,000.
The robber Is believed to have hii
behind the seats when the theater
was emptied for the night, and 10
have become a voluntary prisoner.
During the small hours of the nigh!
he is supposed to have broken Into
the box office and secured $7a in
cash troni the Cashier's drawer. A
window between the box Office ami
the street entrance leading to the
Jensen jewelry store was also brok
en and entrance gained to the store
room. The repair rail; was rilled,
and Watches and other jewelry val
ued al $1,000, which bad been left
for repairs, were stolen. No attempt
was made to enter the show case:
or sale of the Jewelry store.
BOUGHT COUPE ON NOTE
SAID TO BE FORGERY
Craving an $1,825 coupe which ho
could not afford to ; uchnse on his $'50
a month farm band's salary. EJrnest
Moore, aged twenty si of Grand Itap
ids township, purchased tin- machine
of RV V Holder, local garage man. giv
ing a note hearing his and
Kuhn's, a prominent Grand
township signatures. The
tion took place a week ago.
loamnd a few davs ami that
Joseph
Rapids
transac-
Dolder
the sig-
nature of Mr. Kuhu was a forgery.
Moon went from Ottawa to Pala
tine, hut returned to his home to
six'tld the week end. Holder wont
out and not him and the ear yesterday.
Moore surrendered himself to
hiriffi ofliec A warrant for
the
his
arresl was secured this afternoon. At I
a preliminary hearing lie pleaded
gniity and was bound over to the
grand jury under $1,00 bail. Unable
to furnish bonds ho was taken to jail.
WEALTHY CHICAGO
LAWYER A SUICIDE
Chicago, July 1$ Lying beside an
open biblo in Which four passages of
St. John bad been marked, the body
of Frederick W. Cornish, wealthy
Cook county attorney, and former
mayor of Lake Bluff, a suburb, was
found in his loop office today by the
janitor. He was last seen alive Saturday.
TO
ii ji j Vj'h w I'i'IflliJi idrmu ' I 1
DREAD PARALYSIS
I Tl
En Ai" rtTT 1 111 I
S OF OHAl
INFANTILE MALADY RETURNS
. i
AFTER five years DAM
pearance DOCTORS ACT TO
r- -mta
PREVENT SPREAD OF CONTA-
Gion. . I
I
infantile paralysis lias again made
its appearance in Ottawa for the first
time since Kill',. Three homos, two
In Otiawa and one on Waltbam town
ship, have been placed under quar
antine by the authorities since Sat
urday. The homes where the dis
ease has aniieared are the James
Halm resilience al. Ilia West Jeffer-j
son street, the Ed Unto residence at
1021 Sycamore street and John Har
mon home in Waltliani township.
Today Dr. W. 11. Pike, tile health
officer, Issued a warning to all Otta
wans to iireven' a fun her spread of
(lie disease All three of the qu.it
autined hollies will
under a rigid
quarantine for tin- next three weeks.
All three of tlie cases are babies a
few months old. ami are afflicted
in the legs.
The flalm residence was the first
placed under quarantine. This case
was reported Saturday.
The epidemic lias appeared in a
very similar form to the 1918 visita
tion of the disease, when so many
Ottawa kiddles wore badly crippled
us a result of 'he paralysis. Ii is
nid to develop quite suddenly, altho
v
r
oral days before i.lie paralysis makes
its appearance.
The majority of the cases develop
in children under live years of age,
and the greater percentage of these
between tile ages of one to three
years.
Strict sanitation is said by
the health authorities to be tlie beat
method of stamping out the epidemii
land the only method to keep it from
I spreading.
Hr Pike today urged mothers to
dress their kiddies very lightly dul
ling the hot weather and to take ex
i tra precaution with tin- sanitation of
I their surroundings.
ROTARIApiS invited
TO KEWANEE MEETING
Th,, members of the Ottawa no -
viton'io'g::
to attend an Intercity mooting of Ro-
taryolobs The clubs of Molina, Bast
Mollne Rock island. Monmouth. Ot -
,awa an. Princeton have been invii-
on to participate ,. ,h,s session, .
,1-ie im i "i ni id
niCP(lrPPn IK TlMlllions of the statement It the weather
UIOUU VLIlLU 111 I IV U bureau thai the toperature was only
101 degrees yesterday afternoon, for
HOM
j ians are planning to go down, mak -
Ing the trip m ante.
I The session Will ho held at the
Midland country dub in Kewanee.
i Thoro will be a meeting in the after -
i noon, followed b a banquet and an
KEEP COOL
101 SUNDAY. BUT
IT SEEMED HOTTER
;"i.vono who was out in ibe ravs of Old
lH
Local residents stated that yes-1
i terday w a s n o doubt the
hottest day of the year and many
ex p. 'ci en i mil I ne old re. or. I o 1" ae I
ges would lie .hattawd. But accord-
imr to the official government ther-
mometer at the Dr. P. J. Wendel homo,
ot,aw., ,,, ,,,. lv ;,,SJ
to a temperature of 101 degrees above
Eharenheit, while it reglsti red a mtn
I iiiiuin ol 6s degrees,
MRS. KABER HELPLESS
AC OfTaJTCMPC DCPIMC the 'ate Jacob Wiesonmeyer, who was
Ao OtflM I tlVV:. DfcUilMo drowned last Tuesday afternoon while
swimming in the Illinois-Michigan ca
evaland, O., July 18, There was nal, narrowly escaped serious injury
if any change tonight in the phy- yesterday afternoon and perhaps
condition of Mrs. Kva Catherine death, when be was struck and
Kabi
ir, sentenced yesterday to life im- knocked unconscious by an automo
mment in the Marysville state re- bile driven h- v. Wright, operator of
atory for tli" murder two years; the Twin Bluffs boarding house,
or bet- husband, Daniel P. Kaber. The accident, occurred at the cor
remained as helpless and ex- ner of Chestnut and Superior street.
pri
listed as will
i.'i! into
courtroom to hear the verdict of
UVV. and lias not moved from her,
Ml
bed since being placed there after her
turn to the county jail.
FIRE ATTACKS TWENTY
ACRE FIELD OF OATS
Aonroxlmatelv twenty acres of oats,
cut and already shocked were destroy-
od by fire Saturday afternoon on tlie
farm of John Garland in Ophlr town
Bhip, fourteen miles northeast of this
city, .loir, Kelly is tenant on the
farm and stated thai In
not know th
th
origin of the blaze is a. my;
though it is supposed to ba
from spontaneous combustion
The lire was discovered by Cyrnt
Hill and a man named Palmltler of
Prairie Center. As far as can be de-
termmed it started in the direct con -
tor id' the held which is a forty-a
i patch. Numbers of shocks of oat
were burned and destroyed by thi' i'iiv
while great clouds of smoke poured
i from the Held and offered quite a. spec
tacle, Ffcrmer neighbors of Mr. Kelly
wore summoned and with their aid be
i succeeded in ch eking the Samoa by
mean of plowing around the burning
; part.
, imon UHt tutu
reaches deadlock!
j
I London, July IS. The Irish sltua-
Ition, it was sa d today., has developed
Into rirtually I d Hook between
Lloyd Q ge and Sir Jarne. Craig
in . ii-i im' .in.,. ..... .... ,.
: been given an opportunity to go to
I llelfasl to see If anything can be done
1 in the ctr um.-'ancos. Tbo conversa-
i t ions between Mr. Lloyd George and
j Kamonn do Yal-ra will bo resumed
Thursday.
1
L
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
KIN DROWNED LAST WEEK, BOY
pun in font of MOTOR and
IS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS
MOTHER PROSTRATE WITH
GRIEF.
Peter Wleseumeyer, k year old sou
ol ,li. and Mrs, Joseph Wiesonineyer.
of the north bluff, and a brother of
Vrains "iesenmever had entered a
soil drink parlor on Chestnut street
to purchase a bottle of soda water,
After drinking it ho wont outside
and started south on t nesinm sireei.
I just outside tin- soft drink parlor, at
0f chestnut, and Superior
another car was parked on the oast;
side of the street. He darted out from
behind tlie narked automobile and-
or a atrnok bv ibe one driven by Mrs.
Wriaht. He was taken to tin; house
of Mrs. A. Tebar, a relative, pnys-
Iclans wore summoned and when they
arrived the little follow was still un-
conscious,
After several minutes' work he
"as revived and removed lo his
home. His body was slightly scraicn-
d and bruised Ibut no bones were
I-1 broken. Today the lad is reported
id as getting along nicely
The blame of the accident is not
placed upon Mrs. Wright, the driver
of thi
ca l
She did not see tl
lad
at the time and wnen no narxeu oui
; from behind the standing automobile
he had no time to bring her car to
a stop.
The mother of tbo child, upon learn
ing that her son had been injured,
wa nearly prostrated and needed
h" care of three physicians.
GETS NEW WARRANT
.
FOR JOE Uhl I VAIl
morning bv i..,,i.u Sherifl Campbell
;clii;!:;:;,;:vf;;:;;n:,r,n',u''h'
lo trial tomorow morning at 10 o'. lock
before Jndge Koenlg The harge
against OrtUman by Kaamitch is dls-
turbln. the peace .
Gr.tsman was arrest two week,
-
it hSorlff Avers' stafl but because ol
the failure of the complainant to ge
proper witnesses in order that tb-
caee could bo tried last Saturday, th,-
warrant was dismissed. new war -
mat was issued this morning.
BROTHER OF CANA
VICTIM NEAR DEATH
CALL STATE TROOPS
TO CONTROL FELONS
IN PA. PENITENTIARY
Pittsburgh, Pa., July I 8. Six persons were in
jured and ten factory buildings destroyed in a riot
and fire at the Western Penitentiary here this after
. nnf.n Polir1 arm dfniit"V
MCI II TQ UldlTDCQQ eriffs assisted the pris
llOULIO HMl I !L0U on guards in holding the
GREEK IS
GIVEN STIFF FINE
SAYS WAITRESS IS "NOT A RE
SPECTABLE LADY" DURING
TRIAL BEFORE JUDGE KOENI3
JUSTICE CHARGES HIM $5 A
WORD FOR HIS DENOUNCE
MENT. 'When arraigned before .indue
George T. Koenlg Saturday afternoon
at 2 : o'clock, Louis Kotsonls, chef
at the College Inn cafe, was fined $2"
and costs tor slapping the face of Miss
, ' Nellie Powers, North Ottawa. Tbo al
leged attack, according to the girl,
was mad" Tuesday noon at the C'ol
lege Inn cafe.
Nick Koucalas, a Greek waiter at
the same restaurant, was fined $18
lor contempt ;t court, After the Kot
onh in trlng was over, Kortsaiaa, who
was a Witness in the case, remark'"
t! the girl was "no good" and said
e was - not a respectable lady."
!(,' out tin- rulings of hiS court
to the letter, th" Judge lined tvoucaiai
for contempt. This was his second
tin" for contempt of court before
Judge Koenlg. Once before, when a
i!reeli brawl was beine settled in hit
court, Koucalas made an indoccr..
remark and drew a flO tine.
According to Miss rowers, on Tuea
day noon of last week she was wail
inK on tables and hail an order for
two classes of Iced tea, She filled the
ordi r, but. tli" patrons refused i ,
. cmk it ami ordered it taki n back be
cause it was "sour." She nturnen
tli t, a and threw it out. Koucalas,
who was Working there at the same
lime, asked why tshe threw it out and
began arguing with the girl. Miss
Powers, in court, admitted that ana
told Koucalas to "go to lull' at tha?
time, because she was so used to that
language, as the Creeks used it at th
restaurant so much
Miss power:- added that Louis Ko!
Bonis, upon healing the row. cam'
running out ol the kitchi n and aftet
thn atening her struck her in the fact-,
tAoHnouiinv ahn nnnearori betore .IiiiIl'
Koenlg and bad a warrant issued foi
it.. ,,, Kotsonls, He was
taken in custody, but tin ease was
continued until Saturday atternoon.
Zwanztg Jr., who happened to
p,. n d,,. restaurant at. tbo time, test:
fted , favor of Miss Powers at th'
xa.
Koncalaa. besides drawing a lim
tnr enntomnl of court, was tic- Victim
0f a severe lecture by Judge Koenlg.
Koucalas when on the stand u
i
rv
filthy and profane language,
j
OVERHEATED STOVE
rinr OC
UAUOtO rlnC JOHnC
An
roast
rnarl tn a. orlsn
cans, d
lo excitement at th
bom.-. 816 East Nor
I; (. xv
mIa . i,.,., i v,,.a,i,.(,:'r mYlntnfli .-. Ill'
, , r)( u n,.n ,, 8mau portion
,-'. kitchen caught lire. Tli
age, accornit
St. venson,
The stove
Side walls t
close by, oat
Bid. table an
As,
int Kiro CI
the room, which w
lit tiro and caused a .
mnt of smoke. The
summoned a ml 1 h
partment was sum
teals were used t(
. tl Inguish t 1
hi
blase.
No More Racing to Fires.
This morning
City Commissioner
,1 Uaiia M P
i I un- the in
ited that in the fu
against motorist.',
-i i'g w mo "u pa .up n
-t;:;' tfS'ja W,
the police G'
an vera to stop r t oriving t m.
nnd not to pars heir cars w thin a
certain J
ZZn? YeTr
day member- 01 the department were
given authority to take the numben
of the violators m the luture and re-
port m to police headquarters.
1 TbOM violating this ordinance will
1 bo arrested and fined.
IN COURT
I prisoners, while firemen put out the
flames. The warden has asked Gov
ernor Sproul for two troops of state
I police to guard the prison tonight.
a great crowd gathered outside the
walls during the riot. The outbreak,
originated in a party of 250 men and
thirty women recently sent here from
ibe Eastern pen at Philadelphia, They
demanded certain pivUegea which
bad been ai corded them in the east.
Fifteen hunted felons are behind the
prison walls.
TRACE PHONE CALLS
THAT FELLED IAN
NO DESCRIPTION OF VAMPIRE
CAR OBTAINED BY POLICE
AFTER IT STRUCK AND REN
DERED UNCONSCIOUS H. J. GIL -LEN,
WEST SIDE RESIDENT.
After sifting out the clows obtained
from the tWO mysterious telephone
calls which were sent to Uyburn hos
pital alter 11. J, Gllien was injured
last ween, the police announced today
that they were still at sea ill the ap
prehension of the three men who rod,
in the large black vampire car. which
raced away after striking the aged
man.
Saturday night, working on the clew
afforded by the telephone calls, all
of the men living In homos on the
four-party line, over which the calls
inquiring about the aged man were
made, were .ailed into headquarters
and given a thorough grilling, All of.
the men were abb- to account, for
themselves at the time of the acci
dent. All were cleared of suspicion
by their alibis, accordiim to tbo state
ment of Chief of Police Crowe today.
The number of the lino over which
tbo calls wore made was secured from
the night phono operator.
The city sleuths are still working
on the case and are hoping to run to
earth tlie guilty men before long.
Victim Rallies.
Tlie condition of H, J. Gllien who
whs seriously injured on Thursday
night, when he was struck by an auto
driven by three unknown men under
went an unexpected change yesterday,
which caused the watchers at. his bod
side to believe that he bad a possible
cio.nce of recovery. After remaining
LiIImIh unconscious for 64 hour.H
foilowinu the accident, Mr. onion at
,,,, vaatnrHav showed signs ol ro-
gaing consciousness,
The nerlod he was free from de
lirium was brief, after which he again
lapsed Into unconsciousness. At in
tervals thru the remainder of the day
and night the delirium would leava
FOR CLEWS OF AUTO
I him for a few moments, i uis iuoiu
and a lim Ing he showed signs of completely re-
I covering Ins taculties.
The remarkable strengtn tnat sir,
Gllien has displayed during his illness
has been a groat surprise to his at
tendants, who for many hours did not
In UeVO it possible for him to recover.
FORD SLASHES RATES
ON HIS RAILROAD
Columbus, Ohio, July IS Tho Ho
trod. Toledo and ronton railroad,
controlled by Henry Kord, Detroit an
tomobile manufacturer, today Bled
with the Ohio public utilities commis
sion a new schedule of freight rates
providing for a no per cent reduction
from thi present rates between points
on the line.
To Join Glas Tubing.
A -eider tor glass c.iu be madp by;
Rrst melting B5 pntt- of tin and thou
adding to it 5 parts of copper. Bog
m the proportion of ' to 1 Pr rnt
makes this solder harrier, whereat
lead in the same proportion, nmkea
II softer. 'Muss tubing, united hy this
pi.-Hiis will separate at any ether
point sooner than al the point of Juuo
liuu.
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