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I 5fc (To OTTAWA FREE TRADER WEATHER Established 1840 Fair tonight; Thursday increasing cloudiness, not much change In tern- OTTAWA JOURNAL Established 1U80 i J) YpsratMrs, AND OTTAWA FAIR VOLUME 5." No. 252. OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, li21. PRICE, TWO CENTS RITISH DECISION THURSDAY FREE JOURNAJ DEALER f5nn iRMFi) ii i Wk mm UUU IMimUU iULiUUlU iliSllLUU ( WSTj ENCAMPED m ELIZABETHTOWN! if' TELEPHONE WIRES ARE CUT BY MOB OF STRIKERS IE PROM SCOOTS FEAR WEST VIRGINIA "REVOLU TION" WILL SPREAD TO MID WEST. YOUNG FARMER RE PORTS SEEING WELL ARMED BAND. Blizabethtown, til., sept. 7. I'hn hundred anned minors are en amped mi tin1 headwaters of Big Creak on Karber ridge. IS miles north of Eliza liethtown according tn word brought In at midnight liy o voting fanner All telephone wires leading north through Hit' ridge for a considerable distance were cut before N o'olnt k last night ami repairs have sot yet been made, Scouts, after covering the roada and hills for eight mih's returned this morning without Hading any trace of the striken. A farmer who reached Blizabethtown ai the same time re ported strikers in control of tin- road thru "Furnace land' a wild I, nun acre forest tract, six miles north of here whore nearly 200 miners held up all , 1 a , si rsby. While discounting the story brought by tfie ybung farmer last night the authorities stationed watchers on the' lillls north of Kliaibcthtown and Kosi dare No one was allowed l Htiter! or leave arter sundown without search. The young tanner told offi rials that the miners OX pec ted sev eral hundred reinforcements today and planned to march on the fluor spur mine at Etoaiclaae, If the man ! is made, county officials did not x- i poet it before tomorrow when they ' belieye, the miners may attempt to reach Rosiclare in force to draw tie Weekly rations which have been is Sued there every Thursday by the sirike committee. Regulars Leave West Virginia. Charleston. W. Va.. Sept. 7, The 86th infantry, early today awaited special trains to carrv it back to Camp Dix. N. J. whence the troops came, late last week for duty in the Logan Boope county district where disturbed conditions obtained at that time The chemical warfare service which ar rived with the 26tb, expected to en-l train during the day for Edgewood . arsenal. X J., its home station Favorable reports continued to come! to from the Spruce Forkridge region, j They Indicate that the operation of j mines was being resumed and that federal troops were experiencing no 1 difficulty in maintaining orders Call On Small t3 Act. Sprinpfleidi ru , Sept. 7. Sever! ; tmessagee, Including one from the Chi cago Federation of Labor, asking the i governor to intervene iii the Harding county miners' strike were en Small's desk this morning, No Official action to Intervene was in sight up to noon today, according to the governor's of-' lice. CONDITION OF BABY VICTIM UNCHANGED La. Salle. Sept . 7. - I Special. 1 The condition of Hetty Jane Jelnbert, aged 6 months, whose skull was fractured on Sunday night, by a limb which was tdOWU from a tree at the Starved Hock S'ate park, is unchanged today. The child is a patient at St. Marv's Hospi tal. ILLINOIS AVE. HOME PURCHASED FOR $6500 Mr. and Mrs Lewis K Parrish havt purchased from the heirs of Mrs. ( athi rine Eckert the home on till noie avenut rtreet. Tie at the coiner of Taylor consideration Is given i i ; di eds filed w ith Recorder Buchner fi,a00. BODIES OF Z-R 2 VICTIMS DUE SEPT. 15 London, Sept. 7. - The American dead of the 7.R-2 will arrive in New York September 16 or 17. abroad the British cruiser Dauntless, and memor ial services will he held ?t the dock. BOARD Of TRADE CUTS OUT INDEMiTY DEALS Chicago, Sept. 7 The trade today voted r,4." to 41 intie logllni in indemnity board of to dtocoa - contracts, MOTHER IS GIVEN BOY AFTER CONTEST WITH HER PARENTS COURT HOLDS THAT MRS. LEN ZIE IS ENTITLED TO SON. WHOM GRANDPARENTS TRIED TO KEEP FROM HER. Happy to iiRaln have her hoy will: her, Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Lends, who fought her parent ; and stirred Hi- wrath of the other members of iter family by a Clrctttl Court battle to pain possession of the little lad. left for her homo in Chicago late yeal da afternoon, Just before leaving the couti room Carlos Leniie, the hi hand of the woman, walked up before tin bench on which Judge Davis was sitting, thanked in" Jurist for giving his wife the custody of the sou. an 1 Stated tiiai he wanted to assur,. him thai lie hail never mistreated tic boy. aa Mr i enzie s relatives testified, The battle to gain possession of Mrs. Lenzle's son, Harold ( lark Davis, aged was one of the hottest ever fought iii the Circuit Court Testi mony was taken from the middle of the morning until lata, In the after noon. Mrs. Lenzle started habeas corntifl Droceedinas last Friday, ask ing that her mother, Mis. EHzabetb ichUlte of Peru, be forced to Rive her ; Harold. She claimed that a year BgO ! she placed Harold with her mother for a short time, but stated that Mrs. ! Schulti refused to allow her to take him home. Saturday morning, in the ; county Court, Mrs. Schulte ami her . husband, l-'n l SchUlte, filed a petl turn a.-king to be a Mowed to adopt the hov The ilrst case was called lor hoarlna vesterday. Mi's. Lenait is known in Ottawa. having worked at the Fox River hotel in this city and having been employed as a nurse maid bore. From Ottawa she went to Chicago, Where she se cured employment as a waitress in the Child' restaurant, While there she met and married Carlos Lenzie, a well-to-do Italian restaurant, owner. On tile witness stand yesterday she stated that she wished to pill her bey in a privatt boar lag school, whi re he would grow up to he a good man and would be away from an environ ment of cursing and BWearing. Ques tioned further, sin stated that at the grandparents' home he In aid swear ing all the time. She stated that she sent him dow ii to Peru because her mother asked to he allowed to have him visit her over her birthd because her brother, who WW with her. mistre.iti d tin child, Mrs. Schulte and her dauKbti y ami living r. Mrs F. It. Brlcht of Chicago, testified that Mrs. Lenzie was not the proper par Don to have charge of her little son. as she and her husband mistreated him, Mrs. Rodmt moths "An N"i iiiii1 Hargraves ol ither of the boy, teatii tin th you the moths the attorney a i1 when she was - of Mrs Len- 'ked i on tin .'.irs. w itness Si hul stand "Ye and I'm very sorrv. Wi At the conclusion of t'n testlmonj Judge Davis award l Mrs. Lensie he son. The father Of the hoy is Rid ard Bertram Davis, the divorced htti b ind of .Mrs. Benzie. 40 PRIESTS ATTEND MASS FOR DEAN QUINN i Forty out of town priests assembled in Ottawa today to attend the solemn high mass, held at St ColWntW church for the late Very Rev. Dean John P Qutnn. Hundreds of Otawana and people from the surrounding cities, who filled the naive of St. Columba'S church to overflowing gathered to pay their respect to Dean Qufnn. The mass was sung at the request of Dear, Madden, who invited all the priests in the diocese to attend. Rev. T. J McCarthy of Chilllcothe, former assistant to Dean Quinn was 'he oele brant. Rev. William Cleary of Moline. acted as deacon. ReV. John Shields of POOria, as sub deacon and Rev. ('as mir Miller a. Master of Ceremonies Rev. Irish of Brim Meld, who was the first assistant pastor Dean Quinn had after comiiru to Ottawa, made a verv beautiful and Inspiring address, pav ing tribute to Dean Quinn Th service was held it 10:.1'1 o' clock. At noon todav all of the out of 'town priests were entertained at 1 luncheon at Ike Raighta of Columbus j home. v ' - CIRCUIT COURT IS ADJOURNED AFTER ONE DAY'S BUSINESS JUDGE DAVIS ORDERS RECESS UNTIL SEPT. 23rd MRS. DOLDER GRANTED DECREE OF DIVORCE ON GROUNDS OF DESERTION. After completing a heavy day the Circuit. Court yesterday, vis adjourned Hie tribunal s task tn , Judge until line af the la the en- Devil September tor hours 23rd. The recess c of strenuous work, averal decrees and timorous, orders. Mrs. Dolder Given omenta befori aftor the cne ctatore had l 11 West Madii Divorce. the adjourn d of witness- j ft Mrs. Flsie! an street, an- A Ii II! -I1 Mi IS I i in the court room with her a'-; Dale Morahn. and secured a! from her husband. Lewis F. of Serena. Charges of de-1 won Mrs. Dolder her marital 1 torney divorce Dolder, section freedom. The sensational by her on May 27 ling charges wen llvorce suit, started When several start made against Mr Didder, were di ly new suit wi missed, and a entire n started. Tho new bill alleged that on December 21. 1894 the couple were wedded, and that in July. 1919 the defendant deserted. Mrs. Dolder was the only witness examined. Mr. Dolder (lid not appear in court, hut wa represented by his attorney, Judge Richard Mills. Mrs Dolder on the witness stand stated that a financial settlemi nt had been reached between she and the defend ant. By the terms of the decree. Mrs. Holder is to have the custody of thejr one ,,:!,!M,!' wmtrf '" :h aged 15, as long as she desires to remain w'ith her mother. Mr. Holder' will pay $"0 a month for the care of Winifred, as long aa she is In her mother's custody. Deserted Shortly After Wedding. Augustus Short of Troy Grove brought suit for divorce in the Circuit Court late yesterday against BUmboth Buchner Short The bill alleges that, the couple were married in April.! 1919, and that on .lane ;', nt the samel year the defendant deserted Hie plain tiff. Sues For $300. A f?!(io assumpsit suit was started in the county court today by Mrs. Agnes Mutter, administratrix for the estate of the late Andrew Muter, against. P. H. ( lark of West Ottawa township. Mrs. Weirick Granted Injunction. Mrs. Vera J. Weirick of Marseille who started suit tor divorce against her husband Dr. Albert J. Weirick. secured a temporary injunction yes t onlay prohibiting Dr. Welrlca or any other person to remove hi- belongings In in bis sici'iv deposit hov in the Marseilles lank. Mrs. Weirick se CONFIDENCE WINS THIS BATTLE cured a temporary writ when her suit j was filed in May. but has recently i learned that stock of the Crescent1 Paper Co., and other holdings are in the box, so sbo asked another in junction. Ryg Estate riled. A petition for letters of adminis tration in the estate of the late Jens Hyg, w ho died at his home in Freedom township on September 1. was filed! for probate. Mr. Ryg left farming lm plimentK, tools, horses, cattle and household goods valued at 14,000, As he died Wlthiut making a will his pro perty Will be divided between his' widow, Mrs. Bknma B. ltyg and the two chldrcn Bather B. Ryg and Mar shall Ryg. La Sallean Left $5,000 Estate. The Will of the late Jacob Prusakle wlcz who died at his home In La Salle on July ;;s, was filed for probate today, Mr. Pruaakiewicz left a half interest in a brick store and flat building valued at 15,000, By the terms of his will his widow .Mrs. Czealawa Pruaa kiewicz. eru Woman Alleges Cruelty. Making charges of cruelty and habitual drunkness, Mrs. Margaret Shurman of Peru, has filed a suit for divorce against Joseph Shurman in the Circuit Court. The case was Hied several daya ago. but was supressed until service could be obtained on the defendant The bill alleges that she and her husband were married April 19, lliin and lived together until Au gust 86, UB2L Mrs Shurman the custody of their only Pauline, aged 9 years. asked for daughter GRANT CONTINUANCE IN DOUGHERTY CASE When arraigned before Judge Geo. Koetiig this morning at in o'clock on a. charge Of assault upon William Jamison. local real estate dealer. Thomas l! Dougherty was granted a! continuance until Saturday morning at 10. As Dougherty's attorney, Jas. J. Conway was unable to he present to protect his client. against the charge preferred by Jamison, Judge Koentg granted the continuance. Dougherty, in statements todav, denied that he entered Mr. Jamison's Office with t'ne intentions of blackmail ing him as stated in the papers yes tenlay. He also stated that he was not looking for trouiblo when he en tered Mr. Jamison's ofltoo. On the other hand Mr Jamison complained that When Dougherty demanded mon ey from him. and was refused, the latter began hurling office furniture at hi in. MILLIONAIRES PAY $200 A DRINK IN ZI0N CITY Waukegan, Sept. 7. Louis F. Swift Jr., of Chicago, son of the packer and Dr. George Neovious. also of Chicago, today ide.nl guilty to have taken a drink of Intoxicating liquors in Zion Saturday Judge Persons, of the Ia!e County Court, fined them $200 each Safety Firtt. .Tn4 Tonkins says the most valuable sense of htunor i the kind that enahles a pers.n to see Instsnth What it isn't safe to laugh ati" Washingtnai Star. ALLEGED FORGER IS UNDER ARREST AT 10NTM PA, MAN SOUGHT BY LA SALLE I COUNTY AUTHORITIES FOR PASSING BOGUS PAPER AWAITS j EXTRADITION FOR TRIAL. After a trail that led through many; states to ("niontown. Pa, Frank Ml! I ler, a former La Salle resident, has I In en placed under arrest on a forgery i charge. Miller is UCOUeed of passing! worthless checks on tile i, a Salle Na tional Hank, it is said the bad paper was exchanged for currency in the amount of about 1250, The name of on of the hank s de poaitors, a man named Pliukar, wai signed ti the clu ck. The alleged for-1 gory was committed lust March. The' matter was reported to the sheriff's office at once, and a search was start- cu tor .iuier. The authorities at l'niontown. Pa placed him under arrest in Hu t citj a few days ago. EJxtradltlon papers are now beinf secured for Miller's state, and he will he Ottawa, to face proa i removal to ihi brought hack Lot :Utlon, ; White Starts Prison Term. According to word received H. ft, White is now serving a te here, m in the! the 'Minnesota state prison, for theft of the automobile in which was riding when ho was arrested he I by tho l.a Salle county authorities White, win was taken back to Minne sota from Ottawa last month, wa indicted by the grand jury, pleaded guilty in the Minnesota circuit court and is now serving his sentence in the penitentiary. His arrest occurred on July 27 in Aurora, after he had collided with an auto owned by Bert Gould of Barl VtUe and then speeded away. He was willing to make good the damages to the Gould auto, but Sheriff Avers held him on suspicion for an Invest! Ration. He found that he was an auto thief, and a noted forger. Today Mr. Ayers received word from the Burlington creamery lington. la., that White had (hecks on them. Mr. Avers a draft hook belonging to the ery, which White had stolen, cream in his traveling bag. , Girls Released From Jad. Ruth Kngel and Delores Morrell. who were ordered committed to the county jail by Justice of the Peace I.. I, Thompson until they served out tines of $2"0 and flail, hive been re leased. Both girls promised to leave the county, and to not visit any of their old haunts or see any of their old CCtnpenlOUa again The two were nrre-led on Simla v. Auk. 2s, n charges of disorderly con ' duct. CABINET APPROVES GOVERMENT REPLY TO DE VALERA NOTE Inverness, Scotland, Sept. 7. The British cabin et at its meeting here today unanimously approved the reply of the government to the last note from T C. OF C. TO EXHIB AT LA SALLE CO. FAIR DIRECTORS MEET AFTER MONTHS' "VACATION" AND TAKE UP MANY IMPORTANT TOPICS DEALING WITH CITY'S WELFARE. After two months' vacation the di rectors of the Chamber of Commerce last night started in to ttnisli up this year's work before the first fiscal year terminates November 1st. A review of the work performed during the lwist two months indicates the many things of benefit to the city that have been accomplished and the prospects for rounding out a year that will speak to the credit of the mem ben of the Organization. The Organization has been whole heartedly behind Allen Park and have furnished articles for publication! in several Chicago newspapers and Auto Club magaslnee. Many people have been led to believe that Allen Bark was brought into existance and eQUiPPed by the Chnm!er of Coio claimed oierce lull this creilil is not OTTAWA RESOURCES by the organization and they are free i by JUrtge I .and is today, i ne uecuwn In their praise and approval of thelopened the Chicago territory to a, I things that huve been accomplished hv j contractors. the city park commission, A top price of $1.12 for tile lay- it was recommended that the Chaav era and 11.10 for bricklayers against her of Commerce and business Men's I the former hourly rate of tl.M was Association negotiate with the Countv! Axed by the decision which affects Fair Association to secure space and 60,000 workers. Other rates were establish temnorarv heaihinarters on ! plumbers 95c, electricians, tl.lffj gas the Fair Grounds next week. If enough space can he secured there no doubt will be titles mined, and captured Parties lnten on display all the ar manutactured, created in the City of Ottawa. sted in securing free apace tor any oi the above items should get in touch with Secretary Carroll who will have full information I in regard to location and space avail-1 i able. An appeal was also made for the merchants to decorate their places 1 I of business for the week. The matter of urging the state to build a new aoiieduct over Fox River , was brought up and it was found that i tractors, the decision said .the President and Secretary had: Among the new rules to prevent I communicated with the Officials In j strikes and lockouts are clauses pro Springfield and the matter was left Tiding that in case of scarcity of I in their hands for further develop-1 heft) non-union men may work with meats. It state watl has been staled that the union men; that small tasks requir rwav engineer claims there in a nnt over thirtv minutes may ho is much value in the I. t M canal and that it may b( plies to the Starve used to haul SUp- I Rock dam -if, in tlie History oi Illinois, the contract is ever let for this Improvement, On account of the vacancy created by the death of Dean Quinn it was by unanimous vote decided to elect his successor Dean Thomas BJ, Madden to til! the unexpired term. There will be no membership meet i nir this week on account of the fair, but arrangments will be made to hold a banquet before the oloae of the year Which will be conducted similar to the semiannual banquet held during the month of May. To accomplish this a special set of committees will he nam ed and no effort spared to make it a big success. As the first liseal year is coming to a close and there are a few unpaid accounts there will be a renewed ef fort made to find out why the delay, and try to have a (dear slate for the annual election READY TO CONCRETE WATERWAY LOCKS Green Son. general contractors for the construction of the big lock at Belle Island, between Ottawa and Marseilles, are getting ready to pour concrete at the works within the next week or ten days. A trial of the chinery mill probabl) be made soni- time next week, and if all goes satis factory, actual construction work will be commenced soon thereafter. No new developments have taken place in other portions of the work ft long the proposed de,.p waterwav. None in authority seem to be in a position to foretell when an advance movement i) ake place. Eamonn de Valera, Irish republican leader. The i i ii r-i reply was handed to Ko- bert Barton, the Sinn Fein courier, who started for Dublin at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The cabinet's deci- sup'i will be made public Thursday. A committee of the cabinet with full power to deal w ith de alera S ans- S to the communication sent this rnoon, and with the Irish situa- generally was appointed. An other committee was appointed to deal with unemployment. Develop Rubberneckitls. Inverness, Scotland. Sept. 7. Prior to the cabinet meeting here today upon which the date of (reland may hang. Premier Lloyd George took, breakfast with the king and It is un derstood they conver ed on the Irish situation. Excitement over the meeting was In tense Crowds packed the streets to catch a glimpse of the cabinet mem bers, while men and women climbed on roofs, some of the more venture some clinging to chimney stacks. The square In front of the town hall waa pa eked long before the minister began to arrive, but the crowd was quiet. It merely wished a glimpse of the participants of the first cabinet meeting here in more than two cen turies Lloyd George was given an ovation when he arrived. LAND'S CUTS WAGES OF BUILDING TRADES Chicago. Sept 7.- Building trade workers were given slight wage de creases and new working rules were announced In a decision handed down fitters. 96c; common laborers, aw; excavating labor. !? ud 50c; lath ers. 11.00; structural iron workers. $1.05; stone cutters. $ 1 .02 Va : stone carvers. $y.25. Former rates were 1.26 for skilled labor and $100 for unskilled. Thirty-six trades unions were par ties to the decision and nine were not Included because of separate, agreements. The numeroos corroo tive provisions will produce savings to the public far greater thin would have resulted from a 20 per cent i wace reduction sotmhf by the con- Itwirfnrmnd bv a workman of another trade; that there he no restriction as to the amount of work a man may do, nor against the use of machinery. Clauses restricting out of town con tractors from doing work in Chicago or restricting use (-1" materials mado outside the city, union or nonunion, were eliminated. Today's decision will serve as a basis for fixing wages and agreements over the entire country, in the opin ion of Pres. Davidson of the Illinois society of architects. BANDITS USE GAS BOMB TO ROB TRAIN Texarkana, Texas. Sept. 7. --Fou bandlts last night near here held up a Kansas City Southern passenger train anil looted the mail car of all valuables Engineer Woodson wan hit on the head with the butt end of a gUU. A negro porter was shot in both lens. Two clerks resisted the command to open the car. whereupon a small ga.s bomb was thrown through the transom, the Kas compelling the clerks to open the door. Postal authorities declined to an nounce the amount of the loot. Ar rests arc expected today, officer' claiming to have information to war rant arrests, in event they can locate four well known young men. Use of the ga- bomb leads to the belief one of the robbers had been in the chem ical section of the army. "Jacob's Wall." This wi ll is near Nah!u, Syria. It Is claimed thai it was hewn In the rock bj lai n!, A rJrUfdi built over the well was devtr.,ved during the period of the 'rusndes