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OTTAWA FREE TRADER 11
WEATHER
Established 1840
Unsettled tonight and
Wednesday, with possl-
OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1880
hln llnht innuu (r rain.
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VOLUME 5 -NO. :J 1 7.
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBEB 82, 19111.
PRICE, TWO CEJNTS.
REPORT ARMS CONFERENCE NEAR A
FOUR FELONS TAKEN 10 JOIIET
CLOSE GUARD KEPT ON JOHNSON
CLOSE SURVEILLANCE IS
MAINTAINED ON
HOLDUP MAN
MADE ID BOASTS
TOLD SHERIFF AYERS AFTER HIS
CONVICTION HE WOULD NEVER
SERVE SENTENCE IN STATE'S
PRISON TAKE PRECAUTIONS
TO PREVENT ESCAPE.
Accompanied by three deputies, Hi"
four men recently convicted In the
Circuit Court, after tiny bad been III
dieted by the October (fend jury, left
today for Joliet to start serving their
sentences In the ute'H prison. The
quintet was composed of A. it John-
son. sentenced to from ten years to
life for holding up the Peru station
agent and taking " i cents In change;
v.. U Sfusgrove, who pleaded guilty to
a burglary charge and was given
sentence of from one to twenty years,
liarney o'-Nfll of Streator, the 60-year-old
man v. ho was given a sen
tettce of from one to twenty years for
taking liberties with an 1 1 'year-old
child, and Dominie Bonneobi, who
plead d guilty to being an accomplice
of the boonore Bank robbers ana wan
riven n one to twenty year sentence
The trio of deputies, ampbeil
Cisco and WeRtcott, throw an spe
daily strong guard around Jofcnsooi
made, his bran to Sheriff Ayer.-i and
Deputy Crazier on the nlghl he was
convicted thai he would "nevef s rve
time in t!n state pen." Every pre
caution was used hi prevent John:. on
making a dash tor frt xiom.
The four La Ratio county feb oi
win bo full Hedged Inmates oi the big
gray stone building In time to eel
ttwir Thanksgiving dinner within the
confines of the high rtone walls.
Joh ison informed La Salle county
officers that If he ate bis Christmas
dinner In tho Julli t prison H WO aid b"
the seventh ht llday feast he hat
taken u the guesl of tho government;
Ho was released last winter from :
Missouri prison after 0 rving six year
there.
11 FIRMS BID FOR
MORIARITY CONTRACT
ElOVSO bids for tht construction of
the "Viaduct, at Moriarty hill were re
ceived this morning when the com
mittee of the board of supervisors
met. with Sunertntende t of Highways
Qeorge Karn. worth to open the bid ,
Tfre contract, could not be awarded to
d licen se Superltendent of Water
ways Backett of Min is had net ). K.'d
the plans, and the viaduci passes bvei?
the Illinois and Michigan canal.
Tho lowest bid was (19,639 and the
highest ?'l .'o. The engineer's est;
mate was $18,828. The bids do not.
include .tlx 35,000 yar I nil.
Tho bids received were as follown:
(ioilld ("instruction company, '
Davenport, Icvva $21
ti, K. Kent company, Gridley,
III
Kergoson Construction com
pany. Rockford
Joliet. Bridge aid Construc
tion company, .loliot
W. H. Slums, Freeport
Oitcndorf Construction com
pany. Palatine
George Sheldon company,
Dsrvonport
Hay Mam Bridge Construc
tion. Rockford
Central Engineering com
pany, Davenport, Iowa....
BttttOn Brothers, Hebron....
Powers-Thompson Consl ruc
tion company, Joliet
n,of;s.o'
1 1
"iDO.IH'
':i,7(!0.iic
16,680.00
ar,6W,oo
86,041.60
tl,l.40
18,828.00
17,85400
MEXICANS HOLD 4 U. S.
CITIZENS FOR RANSOM
Washington, Nov. 22, Four Ameri
cans were captured late yesterday by
Mexican bandits twenty-two miles
from Chihuahua, the state department
was advised today. After being held
for ransom, tho party was released at
the end of a four-hour period, when no
ran-om was forthcoming.
Those captured wore Kdgar Butts,
a mining engineer, and his wife; Wil
liam Rrnhnm, a smelting employe,
and Mis Mary Iong. daughter cf a
lormer American consular agent a'.
Pan-all.
Shortly after the Americans had
been released by the bandits a Mexi
can mine owner was captured by the
t.ame bandits and later rt leased on the
payment of 18,000 ransom.
Christine NUnsoa, called by man
the "second Swedish nightingale," u
fit successor to the marve'.r.us Jenny
Bind, won triumph after triumph, both
in Europe and America, from 1870 to
the time cf her retirement ir. 1831
Madame NUason married August
Kozeaud of Paris in 1S72. He died
ten yeam later, and in 1 SS7 he mar
jiid ount Cassa di Miranda.
LAUNCH KiWANIS
CLUB AT BAN 0 U ET
HERE LAST NIGHT
ORGANIZATION SIMILAR TO RO
TARY CREATED WITH ENOUGH
GUARANTORS TO INSURE ISSU
ANCE OF CHARTER TO LOCAL
GROUP.
With twenty-live members signing
the application for a charter. Klwanis,
u club similar In precepts to the
Rotary ami embracing the United
Sinies;, together With Canada, was
given a line start In Ottawa last
night at a banquet in the new Amori-
I can lestaurant. The meeing follow
ing the dinner was presided over by
C. A. Wade, Madison street furniture
dealer, aided and abetted by u com
mittee composed Of David Keflor. J.
A. Andrews, P, J. Me.Manus. Arthur
H, Colwell, Edward Claua and Joe
Maierhofer
When membership applications
were passed (,ut among the banquet
ers half those sitting at the tables;
subscribed their names on the jump;
off. while a majority of the others
asked more time to think the matter'
over before making a final decision.
Secures Enough Guarantees.
The guaranties were sufficient,
however, to make certain a club will
be formed here. The fewest number
of applicants permissible on a char
ter is fifty. Assurances from more
than twenty live in addition to the
signatories at tho first meeting have
been received by the committee iu
charge of the first promotion work, It.
was announced today, thus having
no room to doubt the presence of
any obstacles to prevent creation of
the Ottawa Klwanis.
William Millard, of Chicago, a field
worked for i be International body,
wa i the principal speaker following
a very very elaborate least served by
the restaurant proprietors. He out
lined very comprehensively the work
ings of Klwanis, Its general plan and
code of business ethics in an address
lasting fully an hour.
Means "We Build."
"Klwanis," the Indian word from
which the club derives its name,
means "We build," he explained to
his auditors, while instructing them
to let Kiwanis be their guide in the
future. He told of the many great
accomplishments of clubs In other
cities, and said there was no reason
why some of these lino works could
hot be performed in Ottawa. Kiwa
nis, contrary to tho plan adopled by
Rotary, accepts two memlbers from
each profession or mercantile lino,
while Rotary permits of only one line
being represented on its roster.
Following MHhy'd.'s speech, biflef
addresses were made by J. A. Andrws,
W. H, Hinebaugh, Ft. D. Mills, 0. A.
Wade and David lienor, all endorsing
Kiwanis in glowing terms.
Visitors Kept Away By Mud.
Delegations which were expected
from Aurora. Joliet and Streator.
were not present as scheduled, owing
largely to condition of the roads.
The Aurora party started for Otta
wa in time for the meeting but did
not arrive here until 11 o'clock and
after adjournment had been taken.
In the Aurora group, which became
moored in the mud flats north of
Morris, while seeking out the con
crete highway, were District Lien
tenant Governor Albert Gibbs, James
Young, William Reedy, Clarence Val
entine, Fred Frauenhofl' and IT. W.
Chawgo, president of the club, which
has a membership of 1SS at present.
After getting in town at such a late
hour, there was nothing for the party
to do but turn around and plow right
back again, after making a short call
on thejr former 'fellow townsman,
Bert Wade.
The club, which holds midweek
luncheons, has called a special meet
ing for organization purposes next
Monday night, according to announce
ments niade today.
SEEK MYSTERY IN
FILM ACTRESS' DEATH
LdS Angeles. Calif , Nov. 22. Th 1
authorities here planned to investi
gate today the death of the Countess
Du Cell-;. .". film actrpss, who was
fnand dea l In her apartments Sunday
nishf The investigation, it was stated
would focus about empty phials said
by the police to have been found n ,n
the body. T1;p countess was the wife
of H C Bunting of Buffalo, N. Y
Nilsson, Opera Star, Dead.
Copenhagen. Xov. 22.--Ch.ri-t las
Xilsson. noted operatic rtar. died
here this morning.
E IS VICTIM
EPILEPSY;
IS
UNUSUAL GROUNDS FOR MARI
TAL FREEDOM PRESENTED IN
CIRCUIT COURT TODAY BY LA
SALLE MAN, WHO CARRIES HIS
POINT.
Because the woman he wed was a
victim of epilepsy Clinton K. Culver,
of La Salle; was granted an annul
ment of bis marriage to Dorothy Cul
ver in the circuit court late yesterday
afternoon. Culver informed Judge
ICldredge that when be contracted the
marriage he did not know of the con
dition of bis wife's health. He stated
that he has since learned she has
been a victim of epib'psy for a long
time, although she ed him to believe
she was in perfect health.
According to the testimony tic
couple were married September 10,
1920 and lived together until March 1,
1921.
Reset Trial Calendar.
A general order was Issued by
Judge Kldredge in the Circuit court
yesterday afternoon, resetting all
cases for hearing on Thursdays, dur
Ing the present term of court. All
trials set for Thursday hearings will
be called on Tuesday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock of the week ot: the heai
Ing.
Acts as His Own Attorney.
Acting as attorney for himself, Ol
iver H. Beaton of Spring Valley start
ed a $10,000 trespass suit in the cir
cuit court today against W. J. Ream,
Only tho praecipe in the suit was
filed today, and the declaration mak
ing public the cause of action was
not entered on the court record.
Marseilles Woman Alleges Desertion.
TVIrs. Selma Shcauk, of Marseilles,
started divorce proceedings against
Herman Schank in the circuit court
this afternoon, alleging that he in
serted her on their wedding diy.
Mrs. Schank alleged that they were
married April SO, 1919. She asked
the custody of their one son, Harry,
aged two.
Petition Not Made Public.
The will of the late Kdwanl Mur
taugh was filed for probate late yes
terday. The petition fixing the value
of the estate was not made public.
Mr. Murtaugh left all his property,
both real and personal, to his daugh
ter, Catherine.
Brumback Estate $38,864.
Disposing of an estate valued si!
:',8.&C4 the estate of the late Baton
Brtunback who died at his home i'i
Marseilles on October 24. was fib l
for probate today. Mr, Brumback
Widow Mrs Cordelia Bntmback and
his daughter and son Cora B. I. i.
and Bert Brumback will inherit C .
estate.
The estate of the late Joseph Dinelii
t0f Marseilles was filed
for probata
MATE
GIVEN ANNULMENT
REMOVING THE INTOXICANT
OF 400 NATIONAL PLATE
SMITH CALLS I. C. C. TO
DISCUSS RULING OF
U. S, SUPREME COURT
Fairfax, Va . Xov. 2
all of Wa tjlngton, hav
by the Fairfax county
;. -Seven men.
I In ' i indicted
grand jury to-
day on chSrgt
cf h )U"ohroaking and
larceny
( .1 'Oct.
in connection with the then
". of liquors and wines valued
ttt ISOfyOOO from the country home of
Joseph B. I titer, near Washington.
Believed by county authorities to
bavo bt :'n tho biggest liquor theft of
the prohibit ion era. the Letter rob
ery was carried OUl with the aid
i f motor trucks, ic ed to carry the
iqitor away alter access to the wine
cellar had been gained by burning
through a steel door with an acetylene
torch, it was committed in the tem
porary absence of the caretaker,
Plan a Social Hour.
A social hour will be held at the
close of the business meeting of Flor
ence Bebekah lodge tonight, and re
freshments will be served. At the
business session several candidates
will be initiated.
WHY BUY IN
OTTAWA?
Because
Personal
y " .'' 1
attention.
You like to do business with
people yon know. The mer
chants and their clerks know
you, and the) like to do 'busi
ness with you. They are glad
to show you their goods, they
appreciate your needs, they
will make every effort to see
that you will he satisfied with
what you get. You are to them
an individual, not merely a
sales prospect. Just think of
some time when you have tried
to match a piece of silk or to
buy a necktie in a store where
oyu were not known. Contrast
this when you went into an Ot
tawa store on the same errand
You always get better service
where you gel personal service
where you are known personal
ly. The saleman can, and when
he knows ou. he is a great
ledp in buying He knows the
stock, he knows what Is new,
and when he knows you he
lakes an interest in you PVer
and above your purchase. When
you bay in Ottawa you get per
gonal attention. This is to your
advantage.
Trade in
Ottawa .
EMPLOYES WILL BE
JOBLESS DEC. 15TH
MANAGEMENT OF LARGE WEST
SIDE INDUSTRY ANNOUNCE
SHUT DOWNTO REPAIR BUILD
INGS AND MACHINERY, REPORT
SAYS. ;
Four hundred men employed at the
National Plate GlaBs of west of Ot
tawa will be thrown out of work
December 15, when that plant will
shut down for repairs, according to
announcements made this morning by
A. A. Arentz, superintendent. Burners
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Mi .uo niwt mai uk; luuuBir; laceu
i buui uuwu in u uu mime, guinea
wide circulation during the past num -
ber of days and in talking to repre-
sentatives of the Free Trader-Journal
today Mr. Arentz affirmed the rumors
as being true.
First reports nail it that only cor-
tain divisions or sections of the plant,
would be closed down, but this was
I denied by Mr. Arents who stated that
the entire factory, including every de-
, partment would cease to operate on
i the date st.
i Bepairs will he made on the build-
' ings and the machinery. About this
I time every year the plant is shut
! down to make repairs. Officials of
j the factory added that the exact
1 length of the lay-off was unknown at-
though it would lie at least for six
weeks.
Last year the plant was closed about
the middle of December and remained
closed until the first of March of this
year.
BURCH GOES ON TRIAL
FOR KENNEDY SLAYING
Lou Angeles, Cal Nov. 22. -Th
trial of Arthur C. Burch, indicted on
a charge of marderin r B. Beiton Ken
nedy, began today. The trial of Mrs
Mail lynne Ohenchaiu will follow th.M
of Burch.
HOUSE 0. K.'S 3 PCT.
RATE ON POSTAL SAVING
Washington. Nov. 22. Favorable
report of the bill Inert ising the Inter
est rate on postal savings from 2 to o
per cent was ordered today by the
house postoffice committc-v
Costs Money to Keep Mine Dry.
One of the big expenses of a conl
mine is the continual pumping of wa
ter to keep it dry. In the average
anthracite mine. IS tons of Wat St are
hoisted from the mine for every ton
et eonl mined, and in some mines it
runs gp i 1 27 'ius.
DIPLOMATIC
ROUTED BY
CARDS ON TABL
Washington, Nov. 22. (By the A. P. ) Opin
ions have been exchanged among the arms dele
gates with such unprecedented directness that, with
TIFT OE AUTO
TO TAKE JOY
TWO YOUTHS ARRESTED AFTER
THEFT OF WEDRON MACHINC
ADMIT THEIR GUILT WHEN
TAKEN INTO KOENIG'S COURT
FOR HEARING.
Brnest Ooetsch; 18, of South Ottawa
township, and Boy Hilton, 21, of
Ninth Columbus str'et, who wens ar
rested In La Salle, charged with steal
ing a Ford touring car owned by
Charles Davis of Wedron, lit. admit
ted their guilt yesterday afternoon
when arraigns I before Judge Koenig
The two boys were bound over, to t'
grand jury under bonds of flvOOO each
Not. having bondsman, tiny weft
taken, buck to the county jail, am! an
attempt will probably be made today
to secure the ir relent o until the ntJtl
grand jury convem s.
Edward Ryan. La Salle police offl
cer, who, together with Olficer Wil
liam Bowen. placed the pair under ar
rest, was (he fust to taki till witness
chair at th- hearing Ryan Identified
the two hoys at the pair who were at
the car and also testified that he and
Bowen took them in custody.
BoWQO was next en the stand anu
corroborated Ryan's tc itimony.
( aptam Jann - I ox of the lo
lice force also took the stand
tostlmony was very brief. The
officer said that he and Gcorg
onson of the local fire daps
al po-
Hlo
police
I Stev-
rtmt .11
wont to La Salic end brought
th
tw 0
lads to this clt a ter they had
r.rrcsted th 're.
Defendant on Stand.
OoetSOh, said t:i have been lb
in
Btlgator of the plot planned as a "joy
ride," war, next called to testify, and
was allowed to til (he story !n his
own words, He admitted to the cour:
I that It" and Hilton i: ol: the car, and
I that a. :-tory that he had previously
t'dd Deputy hScri'T Campbell to the
effect that they were innocent ef the
theft, having gone to La Salle on the;
7--' n'elit.-b Inf. Hli i-li.i t Itntftu.
;(,-,,. s,, (5 aid Oil til
rad that he mm l
Hilton at I'v Kiiniroo:
cgar 8tore abonl 1 30
aftCr walking about thi
1 the first shov I thi
ter, from which thev rli
9 o'clOol at night. Aftf
& Nelson
o'clock, ami
streets went
Gayety thea
r parte I about
ft leaving the
that he sag
tc. go to I.. 1.
that Hilton
show. Goetacli alleged
gesl id taking lie Ford
Salle, lie al 0 said
I cranked rftc car whlls he turned
the switch, and ail' rward drove B
I of tow n via the Brewery hill h
Goetsch added thai when th
gotten to within live blocks of the
I.
Salle Auditorium the car BttddenD'
J stopped, after which they gol mil ami
j went to a dance. Leaving the danca
about 11:30 o'clock, they wenl to
the Dimas restaurant for something lo
' eat. and thin wenl back lo the car,
and were attempting to
when the La Salle polii
in charge.
Hilton also took the
Story was practically (he
of QoetSCb'S. He : tat"d
start it
again
them
stand,
same as
that he
His
that
was
24 years of age.
Goetsch Released on Bonclr.
Ooetsch was this morning released
from the county Jail on bonds signed
by his father. George Goclsch. Hilton
ir, still in the county jail
CALLER ACCUSED OF
KILLING GIRL'S FIANCE
St. Louis. Nov. 22. A neighbor of
Miss Agnes Aubuchon, whose fiance,
Francis Fee, was found slain en a
lot in the outskirts of this city, to
was being held in jail, following the
statement of the girl that the sus
pect had visited her a few hours be
fore her IUhbcS had called on her
Sunday night. Bloodhounds put on
a trail last night led police officers
to the prisoner's home a few doors
from that of the girl.
The body of the slain man was dis
covered on a cinder path leading
through a vacant lot near the home
of his fiance.
Marriage Licenses.
Herbert A. Miller, Streator. legal;
Myrtle G. Peacock, Streator, legal.
BLAMED DESIRE
DODGES
AMERICAN
LAN
sB
the conference only ten
IP , days old, some of the ex
g perienced diplomatists
believe they can see almost with pre-
cision what It will and will not be pos
sible to accomplish.
Following the example of the Ameri
can delegation in laying down a sweep
ing naval reduction proposal, the rep
resentatives of the other powers have
put aside almost without exception
the diplomatic indirection that, usual
ly befogs Such negotiations and have
reversed the dictum of Tallyrand that,
"language is given to diplomats to
conceal their thoughts.''
Agreement Near at Hand.
With the respective heads of the
American, British and Japanese dele
gallons working in direct personal
conference almost daily on the naval
reduction plan, there are indications
that an agreement on all hut details
is near at hand. In the same way
the readiness of all the nations to
commit, themselves to general princi
ples relating to the far east, and the
outspoken objection of Japan to dis
cussing details of that situation seem
ed to have eipielcened a conviction that,
adoption of a set of principles like Hie
four agreed upon yesterday will he
the outcome of the far eastern end
of tho negotiations. ,
Land Armaments near Settlement.
In addition, the whop' question of
land armament appears to have been
; pretty well settled by the frank pre
j sentation of the case ef Francs de
livered in yesterday's plenary session
by Premier Briand. The French
statesman made it at once apparent,
thai definite" readjustments of land
forces will he Impossible In the view
of France because of existing condi
tions which she believes threaten her
and the whole world.
There remains the important eiues
Hon of fortifications, on which (here
has been no expression, but which
may e-ome to the fore when the de
lineation of principles relating to the
far east have gone
possible.
far as seems
inn Posted.
22.- Pn aidant
LoHne Kir-)
Washington,
Harding i bell
touch with the
meat conferenc
Senator Lodg
egation is Bsce
often as twiee
i riat
Nov.
g kt
;pt in the
closest
arina-
progn
of til
a a
I r
Call Executive Session.
Washington, ov. ,'2.- (By the A P.
--The conference committee com
prising the live principal powers will
meet at 11 o'clock tomorrow for fur
fFer consideration of naval reduction,
I The meeting will be in executive ses-
; lion,
PARENTS ACCUSE GIRL
OF BEING DELINQUENT
Mildred Bozeman, 1 531 Pine street,
aged Hi. knocked at the door of Sher
iff Avers' home on Columbus street,
' on Saturda) night, and begged to be
j take., in and locked in the jail, a
I home for girls or any place. Feel
1 Ing deep sympathy for the titian hair
I ed girl. Sheriff Avers summoned Miss
I Launls Anssem, who accompanied
her lo the detention home, where
I thev left her until yesterdav. Ye--
terday afternoon Mr. and Mrs, Wil
! Hani C Boeman, her oarents, filed 1
I petition in the county court asking
! that Mildred be declared delimiuent.
The petition which Mr. and Mrs.
Bosemai filed alleged thai. Mildred
' was incorrigible. A hearing was held
I liefore Judge' Beck yesterday afler
j noon. At the close of the petition
: the case was taken under advisement
Nby the jurist, and .Mildred was taken
j hack to the detention home to await
' until some disposition is made ot her
case.
Mildred in court told a story of al
leged abuse which she claimed shn
had received at tho hands of her
father. Her parents claimed that she
was beyond control and told of her
remaining during the day at a girl's
home anil returning home at meal
time, and telling them that she was
working.
Mildred stated that she did this,
hut said that the only reason she de
reived them was because she was un
able to find a position. Her parents
accused her of" cashing a check last
summer that did not belong to her.
Mildred said that she never cashed
the check, hut alleged that her fath
er drew a knife on hr and frightened
her into saying that she did. Her
father alleged he frightened her In
an effort to extract the truth from
her.