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FREE TRADER-JO ITRNAI
AND OTTAWA FAIR DEALER
OTTAWA FREE TRADER '
WEATHER
EkUfchkhed 1840
Fair tonight; Increas
OTTAWA JOURNAU
ing cloudlneia Tuesday;
Established 180
slightly warmer.
VOLUMK 5 -NO.
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 84, 1921.
Pit ICE, TWO CENTS.
HUNGARIAN TROOPS ROUT CHARLES' FORCES
SIGNALMEN VOTE TO REMAIN IT
WORK; CUT STRIKE LISTTQ 475,000
BROTHERHOODS ISSUE
DEFI; TO CARRY ON
WALK OUT PLANS
BOARD SEES PEACE
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES
HOPEFUL THAT STRIKE CALL
ED FOR NEXT SUNDAY WILL BE i
AVERTED BY HAILROAD WORK- !
ERS.
Chicago. Oct S4, -The second rail-
road strike, if it take plana u schod
ltd, will be limited to 476.000 trail,
service fmployes. swft.-h:ii ii ami I
lonrapheiV Tins I came nTlain to
duy when tha brotherhood if signal
iiu-n. numbering L6.000, followed Hi.-
example of the nine other standard
union and decided to rriuum at work.
Sees Strike Avoided.
Chicago. Oct 21 - The I nit-d state;
luhor board unnoutii'i it today ll bad
greut reason to hope thai tha I trik
Will be ft VI rt ! 'I'll I foi ma aim
mailt of th board warnod lha publl
to refrain from lose tall: am! provoca
tive language about aitber side of the
controversy.
"There if great reason in hopi Hi'
strike w ill he .averted Tho railroad
Lbcr board baa settled Tim disputes
between tin'' railroads an. I their em
ployes In uhout a yi ftr und a hal..
Many oi Uilow duputts contained tba
poaslbiltlts of itiiko or lockout." the
corn inn n lea tlo u said.
Brotherhoods Stand "Pat."
Chicago. Oct. 84.- -The four bl
b rot in .hoods and the switchmen's
union have r it. rated their warnings
to the United But OS labor board that
onl a satisfactory settlement can pre
vent the strike called for next Sunday
morning.
If the strike is called there wi re in
(Mentions today thai tho strikers ma)
Olid them Ucs without directing
leaders, a' the railroad hoard ban
summoned ti, 1,400 general chairmen I
of the live unions to Chicago to a pro
longed hearing thai would leave the
locals without leaders. Tha strike
cull proclaimed thai the general chair
nun should luporviso the strike and
be responsible tor its conduct within
the terrltoiiei under th Ir jurisdiction.
The beard today is bunting a ball
big enough in which to hold tho meet-!
Irian. Besides the live iinir.n presi
deiit and 1,400 general chairmen, th"
presidents of IG5 roads In the class A
group huve been ordered to appear,
iind with attorneys and friends of
both sides, an audience of nearly 1,800
was in prospect. While the board I
sued this statement "There is great
lotion to hope tho strike will be
averted," the strong stand of the
unions as set forth In their accept
ancc of the board's order to appear
hero Wednesday Indicated a long
drawn out battle.
Roads Advertise tor Men.
Chicago, Oct. 2 I. Advertisements
calling for engineers, firemen, con
ductor, brakemen, flagmen, switchmen
and yardmen to taKe th place of rail
road men who have announced they
vlll strike on Oct. 80 were insert-d
by railroads In local papers today.
Two cf the advertisements were over
the names of the Pennsylvania system
and the Atchison. Topeka and Santa
Fe railroad, while another appeared
over a key number.
Others Refuse to Walk Out.
Chicago, Oct. 24. l)e ision of the
railroad clerks and station employes,
numerically one of the largest of tho
railway man's union, to join th hi;;
live brotherhoods in the strike sched
uled for Oct. 36, placed tho brother
hoods today greatly in tho minority
in their announced t determination to
walkout, making nine of the sixteen
str.ndard unions opposed to the strike.
The remaing one, the signal men,
with a membership of 15,000, is ex
pected to complete it:; strike vote this
week.
Tho brotherhood leaders
Cleveland summoned T. C.
pre ident of the switchmen,
tho conference in Cleveland
Statements from W. S. Stone,
the engineers, and W. O. Lee,
now in
Cashen,
to join
today.
, head of
. head of
Dig five
tho trainmen, indicated th
Had not changed the strike plans.
Stone asserted the consequences of
the strike would rest on the railway
labor board, while Lee compared th"
pay of trainmen in the pest and at
present and declared he had "an abld
jng faith in the fairness of the Am Brt-
an people when they understood the
truth of the situation."
Officials of th- labor hoard today
began preparations fer the meeting
here on Wednesday of the 500 general
chairmen of the brotherhood." and a
similar numb' r of railroad executives
end a meeting cf tin Association of
Jtailroad Kxecntives to discuss their
attitude toward Wednesday's coufer-
HE FLASHED GUN
WOMAN ALLEGES IN
PLEA FOR DIVORCE
THREATENED HER LIFE AND
PROMISED TO KNOCK TEETH
DOWN HER THROAT WINS DE (
CREE MARRIAGE CEREMONv I
PERFORMED HERE.
Mrs Clara Pltgorald of Ogleaby a
ured a divorce from Kdward Pits-
g Mid on charges of cruelty before
Judge UdredgO In the Circuit Court
i this morning. Mrs. Fitzgerald told th.'
court that on one occasion the d'
I tor. hmt drew a revolver ami threat i
in il to kill bar, and that on June 10
of this year he struck In the faci un.l :
threatened to break out her teeth and I
knock them down her throat
The couple wore married Aug. 19,
I r.Mn. in Ottawa and are the parent,
j of one daughter, Anna, aged 'J.
Is Given Alimony.
Mrs. Barbara Pry ate) of Oilosby
wh brought a suit for divorce against
Prank I'ry.itei in tho Circuit Court
; last month, was awarded $r, buck uli
I mony, solicitor s fees of $14(1 und aU
I mony Of $l par month during the,
, time haw divorce proesjedlnga are 1
' pending. Mr Pryutol hi an Ogle by '
I business man and is considered well
to do. He secured a divorce trom h.s'
I first wife two years po.
Postpone Hearing.
The hearing which was to be given j
Kred Lamps to show why he should
; not bo punished for contempt for full I
! ure to pay alimony to his wife, Mr.
Roee Lamps, which was si t for 10 '
o'clock, this morning, was continued i
until Tuesday afternoon at i:3ol
o'clock,
LONG ILLNESS FATAL
TO JOHN TRACY.
60
John Tracy, CO, a lifelong resident
; of this city who for the past number
of years has 'been residing at the Na
tional Hotel on W. Main street, died
this morning about 10:20 o'clock at
Byburn Memorial hospital following a
t lingering illness of a complication of
diseases and infirmities of old age.
I Mr. Tracy entered at the city hospital
i for treatment on Oct. 117.
Mr. Tracy does not leave any surviv
ing relatives except Supervisor M. J.
Charley of La Salle, 111., who is a
brother-in-law. No arrangements have
been made for funeral services as yet
but will be announced later.
ACCUSED SALOON MEN
ASK CONTINUANCE
Motions for continuances were1
made In the county court this after
noon by Mike Zabkar, Joseph Latino!
and John Roberto w ho were to he i
tried for alleged violations of tlv
search and seizure law. Judge 'Reek
adjourned court until three o'clock to
gie Attorney Walter Panneck who
represents Zabker and Attorney A. 13.
Butters who represents the other two, I
time to prepare and file affadavits, i
showing that since the information
Waa tiled against their clients last !
week, they had not had time to pro
pare their cases.
enee was called for tomorrow.
Officials of the International Grea
Northern declared that passenger
service was normal despite the Strike
of 800 trainmen on Saturday and that
tni'lit service was gradually being
extended.
In response to Stonn's statement
blaming the labor board for the pre
ent strained situation. Chairman It. M. j
Barton of tbe board declared he "Is j
willing to let the public decide who is i
to blame."
"Von may say for me as emphatic
ally as you wish," he added, "whether
the railroad labor board is to be
blamed for anything or not, these, nier.
cannot justify their action on that
ground. They can't thus excuse their
throwing the country into such a ter
rific industrial crisis as a general rail
road strike will bring about."
I. & G. N. Is Tied Up.
Ft. Worth. Tex., Oct. 24 An at
tempt will he made to resume freight
traffic cn the International & Great
Northern railroad here within twelve
hours, J. O. Bowles, yardniaster. an
nounced this morning. The passen
ger service here has not been inter
rupted. S.inta Fe lines advertised in the
local papers for nginemen, train
men and yard men.
W-V Y s - l"X " -A S '
U. OF C. YOUTH KILLED
....... -
WELL KNOWN HERE
LA SALLE CEMENT LAND CASE,
INVOLVING MINERALS VALUED
AT HALF MILLION, HEARD B .'
STATE'S HIGHEST TRIBUNAL.
Sprlngfteld, 111 . Oct. 2 1. Special.)
j Three La Salle county cases were
i taken up In the Supreme Court late
, Saturday. The inoi-t important Oi
th' ie involved the possession of lime
stone rights in 195 acres of farm land
just east of La Salle, valued at be
tween 1500,4)00 and 600,0t I, The cor.
jtest Is being made by the La Sail"
Carbon Coal company und the Mat-
i thii .-sen & Hegi lerZtnc company, hotn
of Li Salle, who have a deed to the
coal and mineral riili- under the sur
1 face of the land, and Joseph H. Kinder
and brotthers, who own the suriaee
of tha land in question.
The Kinder brothers claim the lime
stone rights on the ground that some
of the. limestone crops out of the
ground on the part oi' the land which
is on the banks of the Little Vermil
lion river.
The case was argued by Clarence T.
Morse and Louis K. Hart, both of Chi
cago, for the La Salle ( ounty Carbon
company, and b;; Charles K. Wood
ward of Ottawa, president Of the Illi
nois constitutional convention, for the
(Cinders,
After hearing the arguments the
case was taken under advisement A
decision is expected in the December
term of the court.
Denied Writ of Error.
.tnhn Carlin of I'tica was denied 1
writ of error by the Supreme Court
(today to review; the action of the Cir
i cult 'Court, of La Salle county in af
firming the award of the Illinois IndUi
i (rial commission In the case of Pat
. rick. Neary, who was killed In erect
!ing a pulley for Carlln at I'tica Oct
;2T. 1919.
i A, writ of error was awarded by the
Supreme Court to, the Paradise Coal
company to review the action of thi
Circuit Court of La Salle county in
affirming the award of th Illinois in
dustrial 'fbjhihifa&liftr of ' the case ol
Oliver Dinnis. who was injured in Btt
ling some coal on a car Dinnis fell
across the side of the rail.
Variation in Icebergs.
Icebergs in the Arctic regions are
neither so large nor so numerous as
those seen in the Antarctic seas tint
they are usually loftier and mora
beautiful, " it'1 spires Rtd domes.
Burma "Ladies" Smoke Cigars
In Burma ii" lady would think of
!iirtiiu- for a promenade without tak
ing with her a stock of cigars.
W H hUUK UIHtKb
WANTED A PEACE-MAKER
F X T R A
lJtt 1 11 fit
TO ISSUE RULES ON
BEER PRESCRIPTIONS
I Washington, Oct. -4. Regulations
! covering the use of beer and wine
! for medicinal purpose will be issued
! Immediately by Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon, who announced a
! case of beer will be unit for prescrlp
j ..i Ol mat beverage, it was said.
BODY OF DR. COWLEY
BURIED IN OTTAWA
The remains of the late Dr, John
Francis 'Crowley of Chicago wore
buried this morning in tho Ottawa
Avenue cemetery. Dr. Crowley's re
mains were received hero on the 11:1!
train from Chicago and were taken (li- j
i ectly to the ot metery. :
His demise occurred on Saturdaj
morning at 2 o'clock at the home of
his brother, Kred Crowley. 40a West'
Uarneid avenue. ( ntcago, after a two
years' illness of kidney trouble.
Dr. Crowley us horn in New York
City in IStiG, but when a child his
family removed to Chicago. His lit
erary education wae reeeived in the
brothers' school and the public schools
of Chicago.
About L806 he began the study of
medicine in the College of Physician,,
and Surgeons, the medical department
of the University of Illinois, where he
received the degree of doctor of medi
cine and surgery In 1900. After spend
ing two years In the hospitals of Chi
cago he located at La Salle in Sep
tember. 1902, where he practiced his
profession up to the time of his death.
He was married In October, 1904, to
Miss Margaret Hensler of this city.
She died In February, 1905.
Surviving him are his mother, two
brothers. Fred and Harry of Chicago;
Mrs, Purdy of La Salle and a mat
rled sister in the state of ctah.
Dr Crowley was a member of the
local, county, state and American Meri
leal associations; also a member ol
the Illinois Central and Hock Island
Railway Surgeons Association and
of tbe American Railway Surgeons.
CONTINUE REVIVALS
AT ILL. AVE. CHURCH
The revival meetings will continue
during this Week at tho Illinois Ave
Due United) Evangelical church. There
were two conversions Friday ti i h
and more are expi etcd to take the
stand for Christ In tore the meeting
close. Rev. Puffer will preach Holi
day night and Rev Kramer of the
Lvangelical Association will preai h
on Tin sday night Kvi rybody is wel
COBM to att ad the services, which
open at 7: to n m
Advice.
rnn't trr to sail on the ,1.1 ,.f ,,
.- - - i mmmr
; ruiiocy until you pave raised the wind.
I Boston Transcript.
ILL SUPREME- COURT
HEARS THREE CASES
FROM LA SALLE CO.
HAROLD SKINNER, WHO MET
DEATH IN AUTO WHILE DRIV
ING TO CHICAGO-PRINCETON
GAME, SPENT SUMMER IN OT
TAWA. Harold Skinner, one of the four Uni
versity of Chicago students who were
killed Thursday night in an automo
bile accident while enroute to Prince
ton, N. j., to attend the Chicago
Princeton football game, resided In
Ottawa during the summer of
1 a 1 s
and was well known here. While In
Ottawa Skinner and Dick Hill, both
of Oak Park, were employed at the
Federal Piute Glass Works.
Their sojourn in Ottawa was mad,
during the world war. Both boys were
students at the Oak Park High school.
Young Hill was the son of Calvin W.
Hill, president of the Federal Plato
Glass Works. The boys, wishing to
do their patriotic bit by working dur
ing their summer vacation, decided to
come to Ottawa and seek employment
In the Ottawa factory.
While here they lived in a tent
which they erected in the rear of the
H. C. Lockwood residence at 1260 Ot
tawa avenue. The lads, who were K
yearn of age at that time, were very
popular with the workmen at the fac
tory and with ' friends they made
outside their working hours. They
brought a low-, "reen racer to Ottawa
with them and became very familiar
on the Ottawa streets during their rec
roation hours.
Young Skinner was the son of a
wealthy Chicago shoe merchant.
Th" accident in which Skinner mrt
hi.-, death occurred near Milford, 111
Besides Skinner, Herschel Hopkins,
uriver of the auto, whose home was i.i
Oregon; Thomas Monlla'u of Chicago
ami Stauwood Johnstone of Minnesota
wen- ail instantly killed. Walter H.
Lccles and Louis Roberts, both of Chi
cago, were .severely injured.
WHALEN-BARRETT
NUPTIALS DENIED
A report in Spturday's issue of the
marriage of Miss Mary Whalen and
Kdward Barrett, today brought em
phatic d"iiials from all parties in
terested that a marriage ceremony
had been performed between the two
young pei pie. "Our friends, know
ing we were betrothed, have made us
victims of a practical Joke." said Mr
Barrett this morning "It will be
plenty tune to announce the -wedding
after It takes place," Miss Whalen
added.
LOYALIST ATTACK
DRIVES ROYALISTS
INTO WILD RETREAT
Budapest, 1 :00 p. m., Oct. 24. Hungarian
forces fighting against former Emporer Charles
have won pronounced successes against the Carlist
forces it was announced
"DINCDC Urri" 10
UUILUO IILLIX 10
UNDER WAY; SALES
I FIRS!
MERCHANTS ELATED WITH BUSI
NESS ON OPENING DAY OF
HUGE SALE WOMAN SHOPPER
PLEASED WITH BARGAINS.
Buyers' weak openi d to
in Ottawa this morning.
a good stai
Merchants
as the day
! reported Increased sale;;
progressed, and by night
wen highly
elated with the amount of business
they had done during the opening ol
the week's, big drive to restore nor
malcy. Attracted by the bargains of great
value offered by business houses, to
day's sales were confined largely to
people from Ottawa. Tomorrow and
during the remainder of the week the
farmers will begin pouring into Ot
tawa to take advantage of the first
mid-season sales over offered tho buy
ing public of this locality.
A woman who knows the science of
IN
DAY
i -j " iu wM o wen I in evont, lurtnor Dloodsln d, says a
pleased with the bargains being of - Vienna dispatch to the Exchange Tele
tered she volunteered an interview graph company The Horthy admin
to a Free Trader-Journal renorter In I istratinn of Miiumpv hu.-, .,.,.
which she said
"I believe that every penny or
I nlokse I save on my purchases lo just
adding that much to my husban'a in
come. This doctrine has been m
tuiue ior many years and the result
is I believe we have gotten along
much better than the ordinary family
whose circumstances are similar to
ours.
"I studii d buying, .just a.
tor Studied medicine or th(
how to find loophiloB in the
have been educated, so to 3
the doc
lawyer e law. I
3poak, in
JSSly and
lies, buy
or mem-
spending, I never buy use!
always take advantage of
ing only those things myseli
hers of the family need. W
helped pay for our home thro
hav
Igh the
generosity of Ottawa merchants.
"Today I covered the loop, as is my
usual wont during a big sal. such aa
this. I 'made' ail the stores and evn
priced articles i.t the men's furnish
ings stores for my husband and son. .
I ' never saw such offers for large
money savings in Ottawa. The way
prices have boon cut astonished mi .
Incidentally, they made me wish my
husband had lots and lots of money,
I could buy supplies for a whole year,
and what I'd save would astound the
family. I believe I could get a goo.!
start on an auto with only a little to
Spend," she concluded.
The 'Buyers' Week'
continue throughout
clr.se Saturday night.
campaign
the week
will
I'.Ull
1 RECKLESS DRIVING
RESULTS IN ARRESTS
; Upon receiving complaints from
several West Ottawa residents. Earl
; Dlmmlck and Baymund Mlckllng, la-
borers on the hard roads south of Ot
i tawa, were arrested last night about
8:10 a'elock by Captain of Police Pox.
The pair were riding in a Ford auto
I mobile and were causing considerable
disturbance. Dan Fit.cerald was the
grat to complain of tho two men, and
j Captain Fox set out for them Imme
diately, Upon arriving at the Ottawa
avenue sector tin pair were riding
about very recklessly. They were
taken to police headquarters an i
lodged in the city jail.
A charge of drtinkcnnr - was pre
ferred against Dimmick, while Mlck
ling was charged with disorderly con
duct Moth plead guilty and
lined. Dimmick $1U and cost:
Mldtllng 6 and costs, after
they were released.
were
and
which
Childg Act
It Is wise to take sdVantSj
tendency In young children t"
write and draw. Gki rhetn
find let tbetn draw around the
e of the
want to
n pencil
r blocks
or BMMIld B heavy old
learning box- to handle
up. They'll
a pencil.
Bg
In His Line.
Dentist's Wife "John so mlevs
working on our little count rr place.
There are so many BtumaM to null."
ttea
stun Transcript. 1
in reports to the govern-
l 1 t . 1 T"!
mem earty toaay. i ne
report stated that the town of Raab
had been recaptured and that the
Carlists were being attacked in the
rear.
This attack, It was stated, was be
ing lead by Huron I'ronay at the head
of the West Hungarian insurgents
who hurried to the government's aid.
Other reports showed hand grenade
lighting was raging thirty miles from
Budapest.
The foregoing dispatch, filed by the
Associated Press correspondent in
Budapest indicates at that time Bm
porer Charles had not entered Buda
pest up to that time, and that a hard
light with some measure of success
was being made to keep him away
from the capital.
Retreat to Komorn.
Budapest. .1 p. m., Oct. 24. The armv
former Km purer Charles which was
. man ning on Hudapest tor the restore
' tlon of the ex-monarch was defeated
! by government forces thirty-five miles
west of Budapest this morning. The
Carlist forces are falling back to
Komorn, 15 miles northwest of Tata
Tovaron. That is where the losses
occurred. The pursuit by government
troops is continuing.
Attempt Made at Truce.
London, Oct. 24. A truce between
the troops of the Hungarian govern
! nient and those supporting former Him-
iierur i iianes is neing arranged to
iinuea to resist the advance of
Charles' fonts and arc declared to
have captured 1 20 prisoners.
Hungary Ordered to Act.
London Oct. 34 The llritish gov
ernment has notified the Hungarian
governmenl that the latter must take
all posaible steps for the expulsion of
former Km pi ror Charles from Hun
gary, it waa learned this afternoon,
Charles' Forces Augmented.
Vienna, Oct. 21. The military
strength of the former emperor is re
ported to be increasing steadily as
the news of his coup spreads to the
remoter districts, distant monarchist
bands hastening tO his support
Czechs Mobilize.
London, Oct, 24. Feeling over the
attempt of former Qmperor Charles
to regain the throne of Hungary is
running high in Czecho-Slovakia, in
dispatches received in British offi
cial quarters from Prague. The de
cree for the mobilisation of the
C.echo-Slovakia army was expected
to be signed this morniiK
and Pre-
nner iienes is said to De m
eommuni-
cation with the governments of
Bu-
mania and Jugo-Slavia.
Report Charles Assassinated,
! London, Oct. 24. An unverified re
port that former Bflperor Charles of
I Austria has been assasinated has;
been received from the Exchange Tel-
graph Co.
War Clouds Gather.
Paris. Oct. 24. Wat clouds seem to
be gathering over Hungary as a result
of former Kin p. ror Charles' return 'o
that country and his attempt to estab
lish himself on tlie Magyar throne.
Jugo-Slavia and Czeeho-Slovakia.
no mbera of the "little entent," are
understood to bo mobilising forces to
bring pressure to bec.r on Hungary to
expel Charles, while there have boeli
reports that Roumanta, the third
member nation of this Balkan combl
nation, is prepared to join her allies in
i, military demonstration.
Serve Ultimatum on Czechs.
London, Oct. 24. - An ultimatum has
been sent to the Hungarian govern
ment by Czecho slovakia, giving the
former forty-eight hours to secure the
j removal of former Kmperor Charles
jtrom that country, it is stated in a
i.ispatch from Vienna to the Exchange
Telegraph company.
Close In On Budapest.
Paris. Oct. 24 - The troops of Tor
I mer Kmperor Charles are closing in
'on Budapest without meeting much
resistance from the forces opposed to
his restoration to the Hungaria i
throne according to information
j which reached the allied council of
ambassadors here this afternoon.
Garrison Breaks To Charles.
Vienna. Oct. 24 It is reported m
'diplomatic uuarters here that a por
tion of the Budapest garrison has de
j elared for former emperor Charles,
j Dispatches from the Hungarian rapi
, tal indicated the garrison was loyal
j to the government heads by Admiral
1 Horthy.
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