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OTTAWA FREE TRADER)!
Established 1840
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WEATHER
OTTAWA JOURNAL
Rain probably tonight
and Wednesday. Colder
Established laao
AND OTTAWA FAIR DEALER
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OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, OCTOBEB 25, 1JU1
PKICE, TWO CENTS.
ILLINOIS LAW
BEER
RIPTIONS
BLOCKS
PRESS
ALLEGED AUTHOR OE ATTACK ON
GIRL TO BE TRIED OCT. 3IST
CRIMINAL CALENDAR
POSTED IN CIRCUIT
COURT
CASES ON Mil
STATE'S A'TORNEY KELLY GETS
READY -"OR BUSY SESSION
MEN INMCTED BY LAST GRAND
JURY X HAVE THEIR "DAY IN
COURT'
name wen, or m nun or, win ho
brougbfto trial tor an alleged driw
Inal asault of .Mniio Buehder, aged
IB, of Btrettor, In the circuit court
Mouiiy. Oct. 11. in a calendar of
ri hi ai cusps posted in the clrcoil
coup 0 'Nell 'a bearing heads the Hat,
(Clean cases all toM are iel for trial
duftf the weeks following Oct. ::i.
('Nell will bo tried on a second
,rgo of taking Itbertlei with chil-
following his first hearing. Both
gltctmanis against him were re-iriK-u
bj the October grand jury.
The next CAM wot for hearing by
tati; s Attorn,
Harry F. Kelly will
k that of Sum Vrsnalow and A.
R.
lopuson of La Balre, v ho were in
dicted by the Juno grand jury for an
ailoend holding up or the Rock Island
agent in Peru.
all Well Lloyd Musgrovc of La Salle,
in- tnerly of this city, will face trial
hi two charges of burglary, follow
K tin1 hearing of Wlnstow and John
n Mangrove is charged wltb burg
IiUlng (he Jensen jewelry store In
j. Saiio in .inly and stealing 147
orth of merchandise and of stealing
JIM worth of belongings of Frank
'shor.
Eugene Heath of Ottawa will bo
-od next on a charge of larceny.
Mike Lynch, a prist ner In the coun
ty Jail, will be given hearing tol
lowing Heath, on a charge of steal
ing several hundred dollars' worth of
ojothtng from tiie Chicago, Milwau
kee & Hi. Paul Coal Co.
Tho eighth case on the calendar is
the hearing of Frank Miller, charge 1
with forgery.
Following Miller George Williams
Of La Salle will lie tried for an al
leged robbery of the Fred floefferle
store in La Salle.
Dominic Bonucchi, who is charged
vlth robbery of the Leonora hank,
will be the tenth defendant to be
called for I rial.
The last trial on the calendar win
be the hearing of Rudolph rebel and
Howard Hergnien of Peru who were
Indicted by (he March grand jury
for an alleged criminal assault of
Odessa Zimmerman aged 1:,. of Peru.
ELGIN MOB TARS AND
FEATHER YOUNG NEGRO
''gin, Oct. ST. Preston Johnson
1 fears old. negro, la Elgin's first
tamd feather victim. Johnson, ac
cent to hest Information obtain
at was taken for an auto ride with
ti friends, Sunday niglit. on the
w home the trio was stopped hy
a ng of thirty men. where the tar
hing apparatus of a street car re
pi crew was stationed. Johnson
W forced, to disrobe and given a
e of Ik !, tar and smeared With
fcers. JohnsOO is reported to
hi assaulted a thirteen year old
girl ten days ago.
IIIA'NA YOUTH SLAYS
HQ LITTLE BROTHERS
irsaw, Ind.. Oct. 25. Harry Long,
lbars old, son ( f a farmer living
n miles west of hero, late vaster
dkllted his two brothers, Kenneth,
5,d Russell, ::. The youth is ho-
lirl to have become demented, The
tt boys were playing in the barn
yi when Harry struck Kenneth
inlng his neck with a piece of
gMpe. He then struck Russell on
thoad, fracturing his skull.
MAN VS. WOMAN
IN POLICE COURT
pubis which occurred at the
t Island station Saturday niglit
15. rWUlltf) i" Mrs. Helen LSt
l and Mrs. 'iirist ina Damman fig-
in a police court case this after
r before Judge Koenig. Mrs. Dam
r filed complain; against Mrs.
Bert charging her with disorder-lunduct.
AMERICAN LEGION
10 ASSIST "IMP
n n
!
WILL HELP YANKS WHO APPEAP
BEFORE BOARD WITH CLAIMS
FOR ADJUSTED COMPENSATION
TO REMAIN IN OTTAWA FIVE
DAYS.
Olio of
ss Willi
the principal Items of Ihim i
h . III ho brought before tho
in
meeting of 0taws Pott of the Amerl-
: can Legion tonight at their regular
I meeting will bt the visit of the "Mop
i i Bquad" which will be in Ottawa
j from November is to 2:: Daring their
stay here all the disabled veterans
from La Balk,, Qrundy, Bureau and
Putnam count) will be Invited to pres
snl any kind r a grievance against
the war department, and will be as
I slated in securiag medical treatment,
vocational training and advised as la
rthe proof required for injuries Incur
red In or aggravated by their service
during the world war.
The visit of the "Mop iii)'' squad
I wl
ho
the lirst stops toward hitma'i
tiling the relations between disabled
veterans and the rehabilitation agen
cies in Washington and the bati'"j
BOjar red vets Of Illinois. The first i
wors oi tno Mini oi Illinois was start
oil this month, and Is now visiting the
larger cities Ihruoiil the state
With the squad will be a Legion
Service Department representative
and an official of the Central Depart
nient of the Rvil t russ forca pi
i( i ks. stenographers, and attorneys,
, volunteers from the ranks of both
I organisations, will he present to as-1
:-ist in preparing the necessary I
papers. These will lie provided by '
.the Legion Posts and Home geiWleS
Section of the Red Croat of this city
The claimants will he accompanied 1
by Home Section workers and Legion!
Bervlce officers from their own toftf
UMjnitles and in some cases by wit-;
iiesses w ho can give evidence proving I
the veterans rlghl t' cotupensation
and vocational training.
The "flying suudrnn' is Hie pet Idea
of Department commander MsCaulcy
of the American Legion, who tried it ;
out iii Biaal Salnl Louis last, fall
"We want to reach every sie or;
disabled veteran in Illinois." said Mr. j
MeCauley, "and ajte want to be sura
that ( very buddy baa the right, sort Of
advice in preparing his claim. II will j
soon he three years rime the Armis
tic was signed, and it Is very didienlt
nov, to convince government claim ex-;
Smlneri in Washington of the servtcel
origin of the disabilities of some of
Hie comrades hundred of miles away. I
The (dean mi squad plan puts each 1
man in direct touch with the Bureau,
and While compensation cannot be
granted him on the spot, weeks and
even months of delay will he elltnln-
ated.
Immediate Medical Cnre Available.
"However, if the comrade is in im
mediate need of medical or hospital
treatment, ho can secure it by appli
cation to the examining physician of
the squad, Who has full power to Hot
in emergency cases."
A vocational training expert will
also be with Hie squad, and early
action on all appeals for training is
promised.
"Don't come to the squad empty
handed," is Hie caution of Department
Commander MeCauley to the voter
ans. "Bring swum statements from
disinterested parties to show how
much your service disability inter
feres with your earning capacity,
then Hie hoard will have something
definite to work on. firing letters
from your doctors diagnosing your
trouble and bo sure he gives the dates
he treated you. If you don't know how
to prepare this, ask your nearest
Legion Post service officer. He Will
j bo glad to help you. Thai is what he
l is appointed for--to assist our buddies
who can't help themselves "
Vets to be Retained.
Every veteran drawing compensa
tion is entitled to vocational training
and If his disability is such that he
; cannot hold his prewar job. the
.TtivntTllmnl urill nnv Vila avnaniAi
while going to I I'niversity or trade
school or while serving an oldfashlon
ed apprenticeship "on the job." All
the government requires is state
ments from employers showing hit
pre-war occupation and giving hi .
ervic disability us the, reason for his
present inability to hold his job. A
doctor's statement rhcomntt nding this
training also has considerable weight
wilh the Federal Board for Vocational
I Training which has charge of the
work.
Commander MeCauley has issued a
I call to all Posts in the counties
named, directing a special nieetin-r
be held at once and arranging for co-
CAMPAIGN
iUUMU d
A LESSON
i - k
BOARD OF
SACKED
SCHOOL GIVES BOYS
bill
DIRECTORS OF KENNY DISTRICT
WILL REFUSE TO PROSECUTE
VANDALS IF PARENTS MAKE
LOSSES GOOD.
"We thought if we sent the beys
io a training school for sacking our
school building, they might turn out
to be criminals so we decided to not
prosecute them for Hie damage they
created last week if their parents
would pay for the books they tore
up." stated one of Hie directors of
Kenny school today in speaking for
a settlement made wiiii the boys who
on Friday forced their way
little School building west ol
j tore up books and sprinkled
the seats, desks and other
into tiie
the city,
ink over
furnish-
ings.
The directors wishing to do far
mora than their part in effecting tho
1 settlement, and getting the four hoys
who created the damage to reform.
, agreed to accept fSiS.OG to replace
I the hooks that were torn to pieces,
and to let the hoys go free, if they
; would promise to lie good.
Dennis O'Connor, one of the direc
! ors (if the school, his wife and his
daughter. Miss N'orine O'Connor, who
teaches there, (leaned and scrubbed
the structure, repairing as hest they
could the damage thai had been cre
! ated. They did this in an effort to
! save itbfe ft.-tis culprits, 'who were
strangers to them from seme training
: school. Mr. O'Connor also 'begged of
tho Free Trader-Journal to leave the
names of the boys from print, in or
der that the general public would not
i learn of their misdemeanor,
i The directors of the school. Mr.
i OVjbnnqr, John KJanny and Henry
, Xevins, met with the boys in the
j state s attorney's office yesterday.
After securing promises from Hie
hoys to he good, they told th em that
! if their parents would agree to make
good the books that were tm up.
they would not prosecute them, un
less they learned that they had brc
ken their promise to be good.
Last night the parents of the four
boys met. and after making good the
loss Ml the books, phoned Mr. O'Con
nor that the money to replace the
books was ready for him.
operation with the Red Cross. In this
way every veteran will be given a
chance to present his case in person
and will be assisted in preparing his
papers and accompanied to the meet
lag bv The Legion offleials and !!
Cross secretaries.
ANOTHER
IN 100 PER CENT AMERICANISM
DEFENDANTS IN CO.
COURT BOOZE CASES
IE
IX CHARGED WITH VIOLATING
PROHIBITION LAW ASK AND
ARE GRANTED MORE TIME IN
WHICH TO PREPARE DEFENSE.
The criminal
hearing in Hie
Judge Reck yei
trial tab
County
t onlay w
adur set for
Court before
as continued
irntH Nov. 11 upon motion of the de
fendants' attorneys. Four of the ; ix
cases set for trial yesterday bud Just
been starti d last week, and tin- attor
neys for the defendants, Walter Pan
neck and A. IS. Mutters, tiled affidavits
stating that they had not been given
sufficient time to prepare the dl tense
of their clients.
The ether defendants were not
ready fcr trial, either.
i All six of the men who Wire to be
tried were to face changes of a viola
tion of tin- prohibition laws.
After the ContluanCBS wire granted
I Judge Leek dismissed the Jury tint
; had been summoned until Monday,
Nov. 14,
Three Children Dependent.
A petition was tiled in the county
; court yesterday by Mrs. Josephine
I Wagner, the probation officer of
Streator, askim; that the three chil
dren i f Mrs. Felicia Michlowski, 814
North Wasson street, of Streator. lie'
declared dependent, The mother is '
. said to be unable to care for the lit-1
Ho ones. Elisabeth, aged !); Cecelia,
'aged 7. and Kdward, aged 3.
1 he tather ol the children, Henry
Micmowskl, Is a resident of Chica
go, Ancnt Frost Bitten Spuds.
Peter Kxtrom of Streator. plaint!"'
in thi $2. nun damage suit on trial ii,
the Circuit Court, occupied Hie wit
ness stand yesterday afternoon and
all morning, identifying letters. d.;cu
menta and testifying in his behall
Tin acttOfl wa- brought against An
drew J. Lilja, whom Kxtrom claimed
hired him to go to Minnesota and
rales potatoes for him.
Kxtrom alleges the defendant owed
him $2,2-.S2 and paid him ll,!23.3ri,
leaving a balance of $i ti 47 due at
the present time. LHJ allegi i that
lie paid toe board and expenses of Ex-
trom while he was in Minnesota, and
that the latter hipped the potatoes he
raised to streator in such a manner
that they were frotea before they ar
rived there and were praeticallv value
less. Marriage
Herman Carlson,
Kathleen Haley.
Licenses.
Streator, legal
Sterator. legal.
Stanley C. Kasza. La Salle, legal.
Helen M. Adrian, La Sulle, legal.
CHANCE GIVEN CONTINIJANI
ONE DOG KILLED IN
BATTLE WITH SEVEN
MOTHER OF LITTER "FLUSHED
FROM CLUMP OF SHRUBS IS
SHOT BY HUNTER MATE AND
rivt W null JL INK I- MOM
SCENE OF BATTLE.
Morrls, Oct. 85. Fighting to the
death two valuable hunting dogs own
ed Iby Phil and Frank Collins, gave
battle to seven timber wolves early
yesterday morning in Goose Lake
township. The dig owned by Phil
Collins had to lie shot lodav because
of his injuries, but, the other dog
will recover. One wolf, the mother
or the lit tor. paid with her life as al
share of the unequal battle.
The hunters left the Club house I
on the Collins hunting preserves in
(loose Lake early yesterday morning
taking the two spaniels with them
en route for the duck pond. Going I
through the pasture Hie dogs away in
advance of the hunters, started? the
wolves from a dense clump of shrub
bery and a battle royal was immedi
ately staged. The men tried to get
in a shot at I lie wolves, put feared
hitting tin1 dogs. After continually
shouting and threatening advance on
the wolves they slopped battling and
tried to escape. Frank Collins got
a shot into the mother of the litter,
but it. took two barrels to lay her
low.
The male of the group paused In
bis escape on top of a small knoll
and was about to turn hack to the
aid of his mate, but turned and van
ished with the other five after him.
The dog owned by piiiiip Collins
was valued at 7B by its owm r. that
amount 'being paid for it. Flesh was
torn from the top of its head to its
muzzle, and Dr. Ragan had to kill it
this morning. The other dog was
also badly clawed and chewed, but
will recovered.
The wolves were of the timber va
riety, savage and fearless, and the
one killed is said to be the largest
ever slaughtered flu Ibis neigliboiV
hoed It weighed sixtv-two pounds
and
was about four and one-half feet
Ioiil'. The pelt has been retained
j by Flunk Collins who will have
It
made into a robe for his den.
A hunting party will probably be
I organized to get the five cubs that
are nearly full grown, and the male
i of the family.
Moon Hollow.
Moon Hollow is the name given to
the -pet where the boundaries or three
states n t New York, Vermont nnd
Massacbussttm
WOLVES AT MORRIS
BRUNDIGE DECISION
PLACES BAN ON SALE
OF ALL BUT WHISKEY
Springfield, 111., Oct. 25.- State law will still
keep Illinois as beerless as before according to an
nouncement at the attorney general's office this
morning following the is-
HtAvED BRICK A!
10 "BREAK" IN JAIL
YOUTH ADMITS TO
NOVEL DEFENSE,
WANTED SHELTER
POLICE IN
THAT HE
AND FOOD,
AND DID
STORE.
NOT INTEND TO ROB
John Fields, aged IS, who on the
niglit or Aug. :':! attempted to hurl
a 'brick through the window of the
Jewelry store owned by Joseph Kusa
and J. II. Cox in La Salle, pleaded
guilty to ,-i charge (f an attempt to
com ml I petit larceny iii Hie circuit,
conn yesterday afternoon. Judge Kl
dredge, after bearing the plea', sen
tenced Fields to serve six months in
the county jail.
Fields has be n a prisoner in the
county jail, since his arrest a few
minutes alter hurling the brick The
plate glass in the structure was no)
srewen by i he contact or i he grass,
! athoucb the aoiee summoned the no
I lice who were only a short distance
; away.
I Fields was indicted bv the grand
Jury la -I week, tot an altonipted roh-
oei.v. William liolan and Kd Ryan
or us saiie were the
neSSea against him.
complaining wit-
n uays alter his arrest Fields j
told the Officers thai he did not hurl
the brick in an effort to break I he
window or to rob the store. 1 10 claim
ed he thought that be would raise a
disturbance and cause hla Arrant :
he would be locked up, as be was mil
! Ot work, ( in of money and had no
' nlaei
(o Slav or no! nee i. ,.,i rri..
eollll I V iw I... ..1-1 i
ii iouub ne ciaimeii oaered
him Hie only refuge he knew.
Fields had a companion when tho
brick was burled, wdio ran away and
avoided arrest. Fields made no ef
fort to run from the officers,
MISS ANNA NICKELS
WEDS KALAMAZOO MAN
Miss Anna Nikels. daughter of Mrs,
Eva Nikels, Canal street, who for the
past, number of months ban been em
ployed at the bom,, of Attorney and
Mrs. Robert Carr. Fast pearl street,
and Mailiew Llndenbaum of Kalama-
i hoo, Mien., were quietly united
marriage yesterday morning at S
in
kick, at St. Francis parish
Re
Caslmli
I. Mil
ifficiated at H
re
mony.
The bride i
II km
ocal girl
nils win
of hei
urn 01
and lias a vast number
will be surprised to
marriage. The groom
I trti
tarn
s th
.Mr. and Mrs. m. j. Llndenbaum of
Kalamazoo, formerly residents of this
city. He is employed as a mechanic
there.
The couple were attended bv Mis.,
Elisabeth Nikels a sister of the bride
and Mr. John Mader an intimate
friend of the groom, from South lie'"!
Ind.
The bride whs attired in a White
georgette dress witli white silk fringe,
She also wore a white tulle veil cover
ed with orange blossoms and carried
R corsage
boquet of white tea roses.
i ne nnaesmaid wore a pink
georgette dress embroidered in pink
silk with a whit- feathered h it. she
carried a boquet of pink tea roses.
Following the wedding th.- couple
retired to the home of the bride on
Canal street where a Wedding break
fast was served to the immediate rela
tives. Mr and Mrs. Llndenbaum left
on an early morning train lor Chica
go where they will spend their honey
moon, after which they will continue
to Kalamazoo where they will make
their future home
ROAD BONDS SELL
6 PER CENT UNDER PAR
JEWELRY WINDOW
1 I mode of conveyance the middle of
Springfield. Oct 25. Illinois grttltho atreet
15,008,000 worth of hard road bonds ;
sold today for 14,701,000, making the! ,
discount less than six per cent and Hmt -or "yP'ta
the interest violdine basis 4 8.". ner rutting your note bank en first one
cent. The bonds were pun based in
B block in the name or the Continen
tal Trust and Savings Company.
suance yesterday of sec
retary Mellon's regula
tions permitting manufacture and use
of beer for medicinal purposea.
Attorney General Jlrundaf;e issued
the following statement:
'The regulation iss 1 yesterday
by Sec. Mellon whleh permits tho
sale of wine and beer on prescrip
tions will not have any effect in the
state of Illinois.
"Section N of the Minors
Hon act provides thai
prohtbl-
"It. shall be unlawful to prescribe
wine, beer or any glcoholto malt li
quor. .Not nicer than a trial quanti
ty of one pint of Intoxicating liquor
shall be prescribed fpr use by the
same person within anv period of ten
days ami no prescription shall bo
; tilled more than once and no per
: son shall procure or accept or havo
' (Iliad anw prescription fl r more than
! one pint of liquor w ithin a period of
ten days."
Tho penalty for violation of above
law is not less than Q0 nir more
i than shiimi or Imprisonment not less
than sixty dnvs nor more than six
months for the first offense and for
a subsequent offi m the punishment
Is not less than $600 nor mi re than
1600, line or imnrisonmeni in the
: penitentiary not less than one nor
, mure than two years. No permits
have been issued bv me under the
; Illinois orohi-bitioii not authorising
I Htiy physician to presenile or any
tdroggbtt to till a proi.oi jiwion of
IWine or beer H r medicinal purposes.
I and i have t:o nuthoritv ,q issue any
Hindi permits. Any physician pre
s 't'ibihg (he Bard or anv druggist
filling such ' prescription' is liable
under the terms or Hi" l aw, to a pun
ishment of line and fmHrffiqnjrilrVit and
bis noMiiii issued under the Illinois
prohibition ait Is subject to revoca
tion wholly regardless of any red
ornl statute or regulation of the treas
ury department; i think that, the
Illinois prohfDltiOfi act must lie held
lo be a complete and independent.
Statute ("i the subject of the regula
tion of the liquor traffic."
AUTO INVESTIGATOR
AGAIN VISITS OTTAWA
Harry (
gator for I
Bnunerson
' ox, automobile Invest!
octal y of Stale Louis L.
is making another rt and-
up of vlnlatoi
of the automobile
iaW8 in Ottawa and vicinity. There
and
has been much improvement since
the Mist Investigation cf conditions
lo re, he says, and he hopes with the
co-operation or local police authori
ties, to reduce evasion of the law to
a minimum.
"The law giving Inspectors appoint
ed by the secretary of state police
powers in enforcing tiie automobile
lavs," Cox said, "went into force on
July I ami alrealv many thousands
of dollars more than the cosl of these
Inspections has
; good roads fin
"In localities
, applications fi
been brought into the
i through this means.
visited Hie number of
r chauffeur's licenses
practically 100 per
has Increased
cent and inanv
delinquents have se-
cured Uncense plates.
"Tho lirst visit of inspectors to a
community is largely for the purpose
of warning delinquents, but we feel
that sufficient warning bus now been
given and the law will be striclly
enforced ami delinquents punished
under the penalties provided."
EAST HILL OPENED
TO UP BOUND TRAFFIC
Al last, aftt r having been closed to
southbound traffic for man,- weekr,
the easl hill South Ottawa is again
up- : for all travel. The watchman at
the south i ud of the bridge was re
leased yesterday and autos and other
vehicles ate dew p rmitted to go-as-you-please.
There still remains some
l'tHo work to he ilnm in the way of
cleaning up before all obatrhctloas are
removed. After that will come a long
wait for the tilling against the retain
Ing wall to settle before a walk can
he built on the north and east sides
or the railway tracks. In the mean
tlmi pedestrians will share with an
tos. loaded wagons and all otlic
able and then the Other sale of the
desk lis yotl write will equalize the
I Strain vu J our eves.