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FREE TRADER-JO IT. AND OTTAWA FAIR DEALER OTTAWA FREE TRADER Established 1040 THE WEATHER. OTTAWA JOURNAL Established 18B0 Fair tonight and Thurs day ; cooler tomght. VOLUME 5.--NO. L:5. OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, ATTGrUST IT, 121. PB1CB, TWO CENTS. DAIL EIRREANN NOT TO ACCEPT BRITISH TERMS OWNERS OF DE LUKE 800ZE HOUSE NORTH OFU SALLE ARE FINEO 900 SIXTEEN BOOZE BARRELS OF ORDERED DESTROYED SELL AUTO 10 PAY: STATE'S ATTORNEY ASKS COURT; TO PASS HIGHEST FINE POSSI BLE ON OFFENDER AND RE-i CEIVES REQUEST. A record for tlni's for violutiol lue Mint and seizure laws. mads in the county court late moraine, wins) Frank Prianio Dominic Minnece, whose de luxe legging; establlsbmeni north of BaHa wuh raided hy Sheriff Aycr Aug 4, pleaded guilty to riolntlo tlm dry lawn, and were fined l.ll(l COHtS. Prianio, who Is abOUt 48 .vent age, uml admitted that he was IS Of was this and tioot l.a n in $!lim thi ii'ioier in the bootlegging business, I was fined $860 tnd osts. Minnece, I uged 30, was tincd $4m and cost.,. The pair informed the authorities i that they sold their Ford truck and! auto to get money to pay the flues . Hy an edict of the court, the six teen barrels of hootch and dago red j which the officers took at the time of I the raid, was confiscated, and will lie destroyed, The pair had one of the most up to date stills ever unearthed by the authorities. It WM located In a corn held -hack of their home, out north of La Salle. It took two big auto truck-: to bring the boose and liquor maki'iir paraphernalia which the uuthorit took, to Ottawa at the time of the raid. The still where the men manu factures liquor was hidden in a dug out In a cornfield. The men were locked up at the time of their arrest, but wore re leased on bonus about two days later. The fine which Prianio, was the lor such offense Harry F Kelly, case, appeared it was asses limit the . State'. who prosi court thi d a si ; - i d - i IW allows Attorney outed the morning be given .Miniiece. men, was and asked that the prisons the highest fine possible, wlio. according to the two employed by Prianio to help i let off with a slightly lightet ment, in. w as assess- E TRAIL WANTED FOR BAO CHECKS TO PEORIA FCST CARD SENT BY FRANK JA COBS TO HIS BRIDE Or FEW WEEKS INFORMS HER THAT HE WILL SEND FOR HER TO COME TO HIM. Frank Jacobs, 515 West Lafayette street, who on Saturday and Sunday of lust week, cashed worth of cheeks, drawn on the Ottawa Bank ing & Trust company's bank, without having funds deposited, is al Mr- pres ent time in Peoria, 111 , it became known that) Jacobs was roaming about Peoria, no doubt in .in elfort to evade local authorities, ti'ls morn ing when Chief of Police James Crowe learned that. Jacobs' wife re ceived a postal card from that city, sent by the fugitive which stated that, ho would send for her. This morning rumor had 'I that Jacobs was in the city, having just retained from Peoria, tint al yet. lo- cal police officers have beet) unable to locate him. Judging from his con-1 VSf satloB with bis wife, on t'te pes tal card, he intends to remain in J'e aria and make that las future home. Ik fore leaving for that city Ja cobs cashed throe check?, drawing' tie amount from the Ottawa Bank ing & Trust company's bans. fhe three checks Totalled $:',7. One check w is cashed at the Liberty Fruit store, I North La Salle street, Sunday night, I and was for $10. Jacobs banded Uie j (heck to M. Orphan, one of Ihl pro prietors, who gave him in return Ufa) money. Another check for $15 was cashed at the P. J. MeManus shn Store on last Saturday night. Jacobs entered the store and purchased a pair of shoes, costing $7. Together "fifth shoes he was given $8 in return the check-. The third check, was made out to a friend, whose name has not yet been revealed The check was to $12, and when taken to the bank, wag made gool by the man who had possession of it. PL MA KING PETER, WAR RULER OF SERBIA DIES IN BELGRADE LUNG AILMENT ENDS DRAMATIC LIFE OF NOTED CHIEF AT AGE OF 76 YEARS. Belgrade, Aug. it. Srrbiu died vaster. lay King l'( ter, ho for been ill, was reported I to he in a serious condition. 1 thru i ulli i Ing i nan incur time afterward he was said steadily Improving in health, phj sicisna d clan d him out .Nettling was Heard ol th" aged mon arch until a few days ago, when a dis patch from Belgrade said he was m rtoualy ill aith congestion of the lungs, li,. lank into mi conscious itee? Friday, remaining in that condition until the following day. His condition l it ame worse Sunday night, and Ir gradually tailed until the end, Kinc's Dramatic Life. King Peter of Serbia, 70 years old. white haired, deaf, ill from the Inflrml lit s of age, ami suffering from tl, founds of three or more wars, reliu- j ipiished '..be tares of slate" In 191ft, I w in n his second son, Crown Prince Aluaaudi r, BUCCeedl d him and became the rub r of the new state of JllgO' slavia. He then declared: "My beloved Serbia is now free, ami fits future, I believe, will be a gnat one. -My work is done. 1 desire only the continued affection ami devotion of my (bar people, and, finally, a grave on Serbian soil." Despite his age, King Peter pre sent, d ,it,, or the most courageous tig ures of the war. On the day that Serbia n Jected the Austrian demands, Peter renounced his temporal'..' abdi cation of the throne and placed him self once more at the bead of the country. He was even (hen almost sightless and hard of heating, and Was undi r thi) constant care of a physi cian. When Hie fortune of war turned against the Serbians he escaped through Albania Into Saloniki, win re he pri sided mi r the reorganization of his forces. Afterward he went t Corfu, where he established headquar ter and took tin active part, in the di rection or his nomadic government, But his royal career was beclouded by a grave and terrible tragedy- the assassination of his predecessor. King Alexander, and the hitter's Conspiring wife, Queen Draga in the palace at Belgrade on June 10. 1903. A suspi cion that members of tic Karageorge- VKCB family, of which Peter was a member, were implicated in the con-J siuiacy which exterminated the rival ruling Obrenovitch dynasty, of which ah xandei and Draga wiere representa tives and which placed Peter on the throne five days later, was nevi r en tirely removed. In 1911, when King Peter made a tour of Europe, he re ceived somewhat of a cold reception from other royalties. SMALL APPLIES FOR A CHANGE OF VENUE Springfield, 111., Aug. 17, -Development in the Small case. Illinois' great est political sensation -were believed to have been brought to an abrupt stop until next mouth by tiling last night of applications for a change of venue. When Governor Small's at torney tiled their armlications while exchanging letters with Attorney Mortimer on the subject all possibility j of habeas corpus proceedings it was ; believed had ended, j By their formal move to take the I governor's case out of Sangamon I county for trial his attorney Indicated Hmt they had abandoned attempts to I invalidate Governor Small's arrest un 1 til the case goes to trial in some other I county. It was evident today that thru their j negotiations States Attorney Mortim er an dthe governor's counsel would get together in an attempt to agree upon some county in which to try the lease. No decision of the question i how ever can be reached until ihe mat ter is taken up tormally in court he fore either Judge Burton or Judge Jones. Judge K. S. Smith's associates the ! on the Sangamon count v circuit bench, forj It appeared certain that the Cover i nor and his counsel have not receded from their position summed up in the ' ancient maxim quoted hy attorney J. M Graham that "the king can do no wrong." and that this contention will . be their first move in the legal battle to come. GET EIGHT CASES OF HOME BREW IN MARSEILLES RAID SHERIFF'S OFFICE TAKES CHARGE OF MAN AND WIFE CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL SALE OF LIQUOR. Another Marseilles woman was taken in charge by the authorities to day, charged with a violation of the ' search and seizure laws. 1 be woman. Mrs. Condo Kesidore, ;i21 Lincoln Btri et. and her husband w ere arrested after their home was raided by Sher iff Avers and Deputy Campbell on Sat urday night. Two bottles of moot, shine and six cases of home brew con taining, if is said, more than I! per cent of alcohol, wen seized bj all- t horlties, The raid w as conducted on Satin -day night, when lour other Marseilles homi s and a Seneca saloon Were .searched. The the only place Itesldore house was where anv trace of a violation of the prohibition laws was unearthed. The authorities today re tusi 1 to make public the names of the I other places raided and suppressed j the newe of Mr. and Mrs. Kesidore j Impending arrests until this morning Recently numerous complaints have I come to the authorities that men were purchasing drinks from the Kesidore home, and were becoming intoxicated after imbibing of the liquor. Armed w'ith si arch warrants, on Saturday evening Mr. Avers and Mr. Campbell started out in quest of the alleged bootlegger.-. Both Mr and Mrs. Resldore were at home when the authorities arrived After si curing possession of the liquor the officers departedawtthout placing them under arrest. On Monday they went out after them, but found that Mr Kesidore was in Essex. His wife was brought to Ottawa, but was re leased after arangemeiils were madi for taking her in charge and giving her a hearing today POLICEMAN'S SHOT INJURES WOMAN Des Moines la., August 17 A shot j from a policeman's pistol intended to frighted a fleeing pedeatiran, hit Mrs. August Hast, aged 36, as she was stand ing at the window of her second story apartment early this morning. The shot hit Mrs. Hast just above the waist line and hospital surgeons say she probably will die. In explaining the accident officers Patjrott and Hardenbrook say they were driving along in a police automo bile when they noticed a suspicious looking man walking along the street. They ordered him to halt, but instead of obeying the amn ran. Officer Par rott fire one shot in the air to freigh ten him. It. was this shot that struck Mrs. Hast The man. the officers were pursuing later was caught an on being ques tioned was released. ABOUT THIS TIME O' YEAR -tern. 'mmmp"-'mmm f ? KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE VERY REV. J. P. QUINN f Resolutions late Verv Rev 'ctfiiMemorating the Dean John P. Quinn. ; were passed at a special meeting of Starved Kock council. Knighu of Co lltimbu, which was held Sunday after I noon in the Knights of Columbus club ; bouse. The resolutions as adopted read : I "The life and work of Ihe late Dean Quinn was so intimately and ! affectionately woven1 into the faith, I education and happiness of Starved i Rock council, Knights of Columbus, that his untimely and lamentable j death causes each and every one of I us great sorrow. As our beloved pas tor be was our guide, adviser and friend in the hours of bereavement land sorrow. Anil in many of our I serious undertakings in life. He ; taught us faith in our religion, and : set us an example for honesty, truthfulness and virtue that we 1 might be worthy of his high and no ble ideas as regards American citi- lenghip. "Whereas, God In his inscrutable wisdom called him freni us on Mon day August K, lML'l. in the sixty sec ond year of his life and the fortieth year of his labors; "Therefore, be it resolved, that in the death of Kev. Dean Qulnn the Church has lost a worthy leader, the ! country a patriotic and self-saerfflc-1 ing citizen and the city of Ottawa a loyal and .substantial friends, who held her interests and that, ef her , people foremost in his heart. "Be it further resolved, that it be hooves us an t becomes our sacred duty to emulate his noble deeds and SUblime purpose in life in till our uu.ivnahiugs wmi our fillow men and with each other. Through re spect for his memory and recogltton of his noble work, the social activi- ties of this organization hsell fore- gone for a. period of one month. "Signed. Starved Reck Council, Knights of ColUmlbUfl." 2.000 CHICAG0ANS JOIN KU KLUX KLAN Chicago. Aug. 17. -More than 2,000 Chicagoans were inducted into the order of the Ku Klux Klan last night at :m Initiation ceremony conducted six miles aouth of Dake Zurich. Al most 12,000 were said to have been' in the automobile cavalcade that wended its way through the rain to the place where the ceremonies took place. There in a down pour ef rain, the; i scene hulilei hy electric ton ic p and with hundreds of automobile spot lights focusing on raised (lias, where; sat f'ol. William Joseph Simmons of Atlanta, Qa imperial wizard, the in itiates tiled forward, kissed the American tlag and took the Ku IClUX oath. REMODELING LA SALLE STREET BUILDINGS The Ii Salle street buildings occu pied by Sanders, the jeweler, and Scanlan. the clothier, are bwng treat Mi to some external Improvements such as new coping, new driss of paint and tie, likes. WOMAN POUND IN LLINOIS RIVER WAS RESIDENT OE JOLIET IDENTIFIED AS MRS. PROSPER YPREN. WHO COMMITTED SUI CIDE ON JULY 29 BY JUMPING INTO THE DESPAINES RIVER. Morris. 111., the woman I river east of Aug. IS The body of i ken from the Illinois Morris Sunday after- noon was identified by her husband as that of Mrs. Prosper Van Ypren of Juliet, who committed suicide July 29, when she Jumped into the Des plaines river back of her home at B03 North Joiiet street, while despon dent over ill health. When reports of the finding of a woman's body reached Joiiet, Mr. Van Vpren, who was a. witness to his wile's suicide and who had received aid in trying to recover the body, communicated with the Davis morgue and Dr. V. G. Sachse. coroner, and when advised that the woman wore a. pair of newly half soled shoes, felt sure the body was that of his wife as the day she jumped into the river she had on shoes he himself had just repaired. Exhume Body. Mr. Van Yppen came to Morris this morning and looked at. the shoes and positively identified them as those worn by his wife. Then the body was exhumed from a grave in Evergreen cemetery and alter he had examined the teeth said there was no doubt, in his mind as to the identity. The body was so badly decomposed that even one who had been familiar with the deceased c( uld not have recognized it except by means of some peculiarity about the teeth or wearing apparel. Decomposition hail progressed to such an extent that the coroner yes terday ordered Immediate 'burial Al ter heing exhumed today the body was sent to Joiiet for funeral serv ices and re burial. Mrs. Van Ypren had been ill for fi r two or three years and till treat- : ment she had resorted to hud tailed to give her any benefit Besides the husband, the dead woman is BUrvfved by four children- -Charles. 9; August, g; Mary, 7. and a baby daughter only three months old. VALUELESS DUPLICATE OF PEN STOLEN Chlcaero, Aup. 17 The thief who took Lincoln's quill pen ivith which tie signed the emancipation proclama tion from the historical so iety " hlbit at the pageant of progress last week has a valueless duplictl i "t the' i riginal pen, the society uutennced today. TTie real pen. it was releavel ed, is still, in its place tit tie society's room.s Worthiness. can hear a wor has that with; worthy. Alcxai A man when he su. s he's nntempt i which -in nil. DE VALERA DECLARES A SECOND SESSION RY IRISH CODNCIL a Dublin, August I 7. -Eamonn de Valora, Irish" republican leader declared today that the Dail Eirr eann would not accept the terms offered by the English government ex 171! FARMFRQ QIPM ' tending tohelandan of I J iHmYOO OlUllfer of dominion status. CONTRACTS WITH U.S. GRAIN GROWERS MEETING HELD AT GRAND RIDGE ON MONDAY WHEN DEBATE ON ORGANIZATION IS STAGED. The United States Grain Growers Organization Is being organized tlru out the entire county, and is meeting with marked success. Tills niornitii, the following bulletin was issued frotn the office of the Da Salie County ;-'arm Bureau, which teUt of the work of the organization, and of its growth during I the past week. j The bulletin rend : I "The organization work of the U. J S. Grain Grow ers is iiieit.ii g with marked success in ai Sa'le County. i One hundred seventy-five Growers Contracts were signed last week and arrangements htrve been completed I with twenty-five elevators to handle i the members' grain. "In localities where the has done more in spreading opposition its typical j false reports the farmers are pnrtieu ; lnrly anxious to join the V. S. Grain .Growers. At Peterstown, on last Wednesday, in a debate between S. 1 Fned Cummings, representing the D. S. Grain Growers, and Mr. Parkhurst, I representing the Hoard of Trade, the Hoard of Trade man admitted that the contracts of the C. S. Grain Growers were safe, sound and clean and that not a single representative lawyer had ever claimed otherwise, He also acknowledged to the audience that the contract bad lo he for a term of years, in order to be a business pro position by means of which contracts could be made with such business in stitutions as members of the National Millers' Association. Mr. Parkhurst further acknowledge that the Board of Trade knew right now that thev can never stop the fj, S. Grain Growers, that the farmers' Organizations tire sure to win their light and establish themselves a place iii Ihe business of marketing grain in the United States "At a meeting at Welland. the Hoard of Trade side was strongly represent ed, and after a thorough discussion of the matter, the whole audience under stood the proposition and the opposi tion being put up against it. The di rectors of the elevator signed the con tract at once and an overwhelming majority of the farmers in the vicinity signed the Growers contract. "At Grand Ridge, on Monday night. Robert X. Clarke ef the C S. Grain Growers, had been asked to speak. Without the knowledge of those who had arranged for the meeting, an op position speaker, Mr. Charles Adkins of Piatt County, was brought in. As in other places, this helped markedly iii bringing out a clear understanding of the Grain Growers organisation. While farmers have clearly in mind Cooperative efforts which have failed through various reasons, thev also have in mind that this is the first time ;i "slush fund" litis ever been collected by the opposition to fljht the farmers organiiatton. This fact alone is lend ing momentum to the movement and is assuring farmers that this whole matter has been so carefully and thoroughly worked out that the opposi tion are in dire straits trying to op pose it Since the admissions have been so generally made known that the C S. Grain Growers will succe'd. the opposition tactics are now turning toward creating whatever suspicion they can, advising delay and doing whatever conies in mind, to cause farmers to procrastinate. MAN AND WIFE ONLY VOTERS IN ELECTION A special election will lie held Aug. 17 on the farm of L A. Hartsong. j near Plainfield. to decide whether the farm shall be annexed to the Plain-! field school district Posters an-j oouncing the eleotion have been af-j fixed to various fence posts on the i farm. The polls open at '.i p. m. and ClOM at 7. Hartsong will be judge and his wife cleftl They are the only . persons Who can vote at the election, j De Valera made this declaration at the second session o fthe Dail Eirreann held in the mansion house to take up the question of the negotiatic with Premer Lloyd George wth regard to 1 possbie Irish settlement. rom th reports ths mornnig In the. mil foreign press" De Valera I here seems lo be doubt as to what out attitude is toward the Brit ish proposals. There seems to be doubt as to whether what I have said or whether our letter means accep tance or rejection. "There ought to he no douht in any body's mind. We cannot and will not on behalf of (his nation accept these terms, "There is an Indian proverb read ing: "Fool me once shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me." The Irish people will not Hie fooled this time. "It is said we are offered the status of dominion home rule for Ireland . the status of the British dominions. Ireland is offered on such thing. The statement that Ireland was offered a dominion status contained two false hoods. Where is Ireland? There is no Ireland in the terms but two broken pieces of Ireland. "What was offered was not even dominion status, It was admitted the could get out if they desired. We dominions had the right to secede and are told we must stay in, whether we like it, or not. "We are not claiming the right, to secede. There cannot be. a question of secession because there has never been a union." Dublin, August 17. -An entirely fresh audience was in the mansion house to day for the session of Dail Eirreann it having been decided to issue new tickets each day so as to satisfy the demands of the thousands who want to attend the sittings. As soon as the applause given the members as they entered had died down the Dail pro i eded to business (Mr. De Valera tak ing up the question of the negotiations. It was understood before the session that the members of the Dail were discussing privately the possibility of inducing Qtster to join southern Ire land in an alternative accepting the status of a separate dominion. A wide difference of opinion appears to prevail. Dublin. August 17. The public meet ing of the Dail Kirreann was adjourned this afternoon to an indefinite date. Private sessions will be held in the meantime beginning tomorrow. MISS HELEN CULL WEDS GRAND RIDGE MAN St. Patrick's church was the scene of a pretty wedding this morniag at 7:30 o'clock, w in n Miss Helta Cun, daughter "f Mrs Mary Cull, Ml Wal nut street, and Arthur Lelbold, prom- inent fanner ship and son Leibold, were il nth Ottawa town- Mr. and Mrs. William united in marriage, was performed by Rev of St. Patrick's church ised by only the inime i The ceremony u a .Hackett of t and was witnessed diate friends and ouple. Miss Aida Cull, acted as briuesnu Lielbold, brother o relatives of the ster of the bride. I, while Francis the groom, acted as best man, The bride was attired in a be fill white georgette crepe gown wore a wreath and white veil, bridesmaid was attired in a blue gray canton crepe dress, with a infi ll ml The and pic- ture hat to match. Oeorgi Welsh sang "Oh, Promise Me" and "1 l.ove Ymi Truly" during the ceremony. Following the wedding ceremonies an elaborate wedding breakfast was -i rveil to the immediate friends and ri latlvea at the home of the bride's mother, after which the couple de parted on the In; in Rock Island train lor an extended honeymoon in the East. Upon their return they will make their home on a farm in South Ottawa tow n-'iip. Miss Lauretta Cull, sister of the bridi . w ho r sides in Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Connors of Streator Wl "' iin,m ,t,p out-of-town guests. Embarrassing Situation. My most embarrassing situation hap pened w hen 1 was a young girl. ( ur Sunday school gave a picnic in tlm WOOds and I attended, wearing a white dress and carrying a green silk para sol. Cnfortuiiiitely, a rain tame up and after it was over my dress was a green as my parasol. Chfcag" Jour nal. ,i