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TUE8DAV, NOVEMBER 22, 1921.
OTTAWA FREE TRADER - JOURNAL
PAGE FIVi
INTERURBAN FILES
ANSWER 10 CITY'S
BRIDGE PETITION
C, O. A P. DENIES, IN COMMUNI
CATION SENT ILLINOIS COM
MERCE COMMISSION, ANV
KNOWLEDGE OF PLANS FOH
MAIN STREET STRUCTURE.
The Vox river bridge honing is
schedule! to take place in the olflw
f thu eoranierca oonnnlulon in
Snrlnglleld on Dee. (! at 10 o'clock.
Thin hearing win be held at the in
Htigutinn or Mayor George V. B,
Weelor, who filed a petition with the
oomtnlMloii Mklng thai the c, 0. &
I', niilrou.l be compelled to stand I
Hhari- of the i xiciiK() in the erection
of the new bridge over the FOJC river
in Ottawa.
A copy of the. answer of tint inter
Urban t the petition Of Mayor Weeks
as tiled with the eominisHlon, lias hi en
rvoelved in this city. The answer
usk.s that the railroad company be re
lieved of coming in with the city of-
BoMM in the construction ol the pro
posed bridge. It denies thai th.
paved state highway leading through
Ottawa is to puis over the Main itreet
briilgi , as was previously alleged, ani
states tiiat the state armory and the
Ottawa High school were erected on
the property Jst ooit of the Vox river
bridge long after the construction of
the rullroa.l and their bridge over th
Fox river.
Refers Back to Old Grant.
The answer sets rorth that the city
council In 1!03 guve the ('., O. & P.
the permission tc construct their rail
way and bridge, and claims that their
obligations In connection with tho
errction of th structure have- lien
carrb-d out. It states that at the time
thev were given permission to con
struct the bridge the National Fire
proofing company was under a city
franchise maintaining a track for a
tramway train over the city bridge
It also alleges that one of the obliga
tions imposed on them by the city
was to permit the company to change
the cour.se of their tramway tracks
and to run them over their bridge.
It claims that since the removal
Of the tracks the tramway tracks
have been .continuously operated over
their bridge, and that the city has
been relieved of the burden of the
tracks, and the. public the hazard re
mitting from them operating over the
public bridge. While the tracks were
on the bridge, the C, 0. & P. officials
liege, many accidents were caused to
the. traveling public, but since theli
removal to the railroad bridge eight-
fen years ago not a single accident
as resulted from the tram.
f No Knowledge of Bridge Planr.
The answer all gen that a year agi
h"n th city council determined to
provide a new bridge, It was decided
to build the structure so that it would
extend to the north edge of Malu
Street and the north C the railroad
bridge. The estimate was Ihca fixed
at $.W.0IM, it was stated. The city
took up the tjuestlon, It is further al
leged, and went before the board of
supervisors, securing a $4 ,000 appro
priation from La Salle county for Its
share of the expense toward the con
Btructlon.
The question', the respondent al
leges, was then put up to the resi
dents of the city of Ottawa, who at
an election voted to give the members
of (he city council permission to Issue
bonds in the sum of $40,000 to pay
one-half toward the erection of the
bridge.
Tho C, O. & P. allege that they
were requested to give permission to
the city council to permit the con
struction of a sidewalk attached to
their bridge. They allege tint the
council promised If necessary to curry
the sidewalk that they would rein
force the railroad bridge.
The application -was made by the
city to tlie state engineer's office to
prepare the necessary plans, it is
stated, and the plany were made not
as originally contemplated. This, the
C (). & P. claims, was the first inti
mation that they had that the bridg I
Was to be built the full width of the
itreet.
Old Bridge Cost $20,000.
The company claims that their
bridge was erected at a cost of ap
proximately $20,000 for the abut
ments, piers and superstructure The
claim that the bridge is In as good
condition today as it was when orig
inally constructed, and has a long fur
ture life ahead cf it. They deny thr
allegation previously made that the
bridge is "weak, depleted and in a
dangerous condition for the type ot
traffic that It Is now being used for."
The answer alleges that the road
has endeavored to secure the righ'
to do a general or a limited freight
business through the city of Ottawa,
tor It does not now enjoy such privi
leges and has never had such rights.
The document stated that the cost
Of the new structure which would be
Imposed on the respondent is $25,000.
Thty allege that they are unable to
pay this, as In 1920 the earnings of
the company wore $30, COO short of the
amount necessary to pay the interest
on the railroad's bonded indebtedness,
land that since July 1, 1921. the earn
lng of the company have been fl'V
P00 less per month than during the
eeme period in 1920.
. The answer was drawn by Attor
neys A. J. O'C'onor and James H.
Knowlton.
Fred D. .limes wen! to ' hlcago Oils
morning on a business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Neurenther of
Peru spent the week end visiting th"
lufter's mother, Mrs. Margaret Raben
steln, 713 West Jackson street.
Charles w. Heimig, attorney, of
I'tjiu wus transacting business In the
courts bora thin morning.
W. W. Wiitterson, formerly super
intendent of transportation for the in
terurban company, has been sp '-ailing
u day or two with his old Ottawa
friends, lie Is now located at South
Bandi Ind., where he is superintend
ant f the city and Interurhan linos.
Miss Inez Tress has returned to her
Schldlofskl will leave tomorrow for
visit In Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent White of Mar
sclllns were Ottawa visitor today
1,. M. I.uciy went to Chicago this
morning on a business trip.
Caroline lllumenthal has returned
to her home in West Ottawa after a
visit with friends in Stnator.
Miss Luclle O'Connor of Marseilles
was-an Ottawu visitor today.
Attorney Thomas llasklns of I
Salle transacted business in Otluwa
y sterday.
James He k and Mr. unil Mrs. Ottt
sidiofski win l ive tomorrow for
llipon. Wis., where they will spend
Th inksgiviug with tho formers
daughter.
A Corset for Every Occasion
i
BOX CAR THIEVES
DUMP 10,000 CIGARS
FROM Ce, R. I. & P. TRAIN
For the second lime In the pas
month 'u freight robbery has been
pulled on tho Hock Island tracks near
the Chicago Retort and Firebrick
company. This morning railroad men
found a packing box that had contain
ed 10.000 cigars, broken open and
lying alongside the tracks. Willi
most of the. "smokes" had been re
moved, several boxes filled with ci
gars were found along the tracks
enough to enable the trainmen to par
tlally identify th shipment.
Tho cigars were being shipped, it is
hellev d, to some point in Texas. UBtl.
the car reaches its destination then
is no way of telling how much plunder
was removed last night. The thef'
was evidently perpetrated when the
train stopped to take on water. The
thief are thieves are believed to have
broken the seal on the car, entered it
and to have thrown ofl the cigars.
Less than one month ago trainmen
foithd a big packing box that had con
tained six dozen hats on the same
spot tho box was discovered today.
All tha headgear had been removed
from the box before it was left empty
on the tracks.
Employes of the local office have
not boatt Informed as yet Just how
much plunder was taken on the pre
vious occasion.
FIRE EXPLODES POP
BOTTLES; SAVES FAMILY
Kcwanee, 111., Nov. 22 Explosion
Of pop bottles awakened the family of
Gust Brimburg last night just In time
to save thetr lives in a lire wnicn
threatened their home. The bottles
JPere on a shelf In a room under their
Sleeping apartment. When the Are
.'reached them the noise awoke the en
Jjre neighborhood.
Notice.
TThe ISnrUfield cafeteria will be
ThankMttviiig Day.
AYERS TESTIFIES AT
AUTO BANDITS' TRIAL
Sheriff Curt Ayers went to Peoria
today to testify in the trial of Mike
Tomski, alias John Tomsk y. who was
sli it by a member of a posse at Troy
Qrovo on Sepf. 1-. Tomslti, Maurice
Thompson, Kl Hayes and Charles
Johnson were apprehended by Shi rift
Avers after they had stolen a Cadillac
touring car in ! hillieothe. No dif
ficulty was experienced in capturing
the latter three, although several
shots were fired and Tomski wounded
before he gave up,
Thompson, Haynes and Johnson
beve made arrangements to plead
guilty to the theft. Tomski, who was
said by tho other three to be the ring
leader of the gang, went on trial in
the Peoria county Circuit Court yes
terday. . .
TONICA WOMAN DIES
AT HOME OF SISTER
MALLOW, IRELAND,
MAYOR TO SPEAK HERE
Hon. Frank Dempsey. mayor of
Mallow, Cork county, Ireland, will
speak at the Oayety theater Tuesday,
Nov. 28, 1921, at 8 o'clock shurp.
Mr. Frank Dempsey was elected
mavor or .Mallow. ors county, in
INDICT 7 FOR $300,000
LEITER BOOZE THEFT
Chicago, Nov. 22. Members of the
Illinois commerce commission were
luromoned to me t today with Chair
man Prank L. Smith to dl3uas the
United States Supreme Court decision
the Interests of the Irish Republic in,"""1' new Mil th! IWl contract or-
1918 and was eiecter for a further dlnanoa or the Chicago surface Una
term since he came to America. Mai- street car companies was nol binding
It's
the wise woman today who has corsets for all occasion Vheri
is the anS'ubber, flexible corset for sports, the elastlo hip corset for Un
cinp, the gorgeous brocades for evening, the white satin bridal corse Uv
Kvenlng corsets run from pink and orchid mreugn various unis Mm
V.ack. Yes, the black corset is too smart thing to oe worn wiw
tlbcV. gowns.
SAYS SENATOR FROM
ALABAMA TO SENATOR
FROM PENNSYLVANIA-
Washington. Nov. 22.-Dlsorder
Barked the beginning today of senat"
consideration of the conference re
port on the tax bill. In a verbal
(lash between Senators Penrose.
Pennsylvania, and Hefiin. Democrat.
Alabama. Mr. Penrose referred to the
"black darkness of th.3 state" retire
se-nted by Mr. Hefiin. and the Alabama
senator characterized Mr. Penrose's
state "a manipulated bs wdatorv
Interests."
The remarks were expunged from
the record.
An effort to put the conference re
port through the senate in short order
was blocked by the Democrats.
Miss Tessie Malone, a well known
Tonics woman, died in llloomington,
III., Sunday at the home of her
brother-in-law Harvey Iewis. Death
was the result of a complication of
diseases.
She was the daughter of the late
Patrick Malone of Tonica. The re
mains will be taken to Ia Salle for
burial tomorrow. The funeral will be
held at 8 oclock a. m. from the train
to St. Vincent's cemetery.
Miss Malone is survived by four
sisters and two brothers. They are
the Misses Catherine, Carry and
Abble of Tonica, Mrs. John Kennegar
of Pekin, 111., and Michael and Will
lam of Tonica.
L0VINGT0N, ILL, MAN TO
ENFORCE DRY LAWS
MORRIS SHERIFF
ARRESTS 9 IN RAIDS
Morris, Nov. 22. A big dent was
put into tlie moonshine industry of
Morris Saturday night by Sheriff
James Mack and his deputies and a
good night's work was the result in
less than an hour.
Five stills, home mad', washboller
and copper cans, three of 10-ars.llon
capacity, one of lf and one of 5, pro
ducing 60 gallons per week.
Twenty gallons of moonshine and
some fluid that could not be named.
Three hundred gallons of mash.
Sven moonshine operators in jail.
The raid was mad' by the sheriff
and Deputies Clarence Weth, William .
Wagner, State's Attorney Frank Flood
and Chief of Police Smedlev. with
Herbert Wyeth as a chauffeur. It has.
been known for weeks that the city
was saturated with moonshine and
sold to different people for distri
bution, but the sheriff bidded his time
and Saturday night everything was
all set.
I WIDOW OF "JIM" HILL
DEAD AT ST. PAUL!
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 22 Mrs. Jas.
J. Hill, widow of tlie late James J.
Hill, president of the Great Northern
railroad, died at her home here this
morning, following a long illness
She was seventy-five years old and
had been in failing health since the
death of her husband in May, 1916.
She will (be burled beside her hus
hand on the Hill estate. North Oaks
farm, north of St. Paul.
Born in New York City, in 194G.
Mrs. Hill came to St. Paul In 1854,
and after completing her education
in a convent at Milwaukee, was mar
ried to Mr. Hill here in 1867. Until
her husband's death she drove daily
with him to his office here.
Mrs. Hill is survived by six daugh
ters and threo sons. They are Mrs.
Samuel Hill of Washington, D. C, and
Seattle; Mrs. Anson McCook Beard,
Mrs. Michael Gavin and Mrs. George
T. Slade of New York City; Mrs. E.
C. Lindley and Mrs. Egil Boechmann
of St. Paul; James J. Hill of New
York and Walter J. Hill and Louis
W, Hill of St. Paul.
TO START BORING
FOR OIL NEAR DIXON
Dixon, III., Nov. 22 Drilling for
oil on farms in May township in the
southern part of Dee county will com
mence Friday. Machinery is now on
the ground and being set up. It is
the opinion of promoters that oil is
to be found and three wells will 'be
sunk.
Valuable Food Grows Wild.
"Florida arrowroot" Is made from
species of Zinnia, or "coontle," grow
ing wild in southern Florida. This
plant Supplied the Seminole Indians
with food during their long wrirs with
tlie United States,
Sustenance of the Young Kangaroo.
Young kangaroos, while living in the
maternal pouch, do not suck milk from
the mother's breast, but It Is pumped
down their throats by the action of
the muscles of tlie mother.
CLASSIFIED ADS.
(Main Want Ad Section Page Seven.)
FOR SALE Dressed turkeys, ready
for the oven, 50c a pound. Deliv
ered Wednesday. Call phone 9109-4.
Washington, Nov. 22. Appointment
o( Charles A. Gregory of Lovington,
us federal prohibition director for Illi
nois was Bald today to be under con
sideration by the internal revenue bu
reau. Mr. Gregory who is head of
the Illinois field prohibition forces
would succeed John KJellander who
resigned recently. Reorganization of
the Illinois prohibition forces is now
being planned by headquarters here,
officials said, intimating that a prac
tically new personnel would be put
into the field in that state.
Mutual Help Imperative.
The race of mankind would perish
did they cease to nid each other. From
the time the mother binds the Child'!
head till the moment some kind assist
ant wipes the death damp from the
brow. we ennnot exist without
mutual help. No one who holds the
power of grunting aid can refuse It
wirlicnt guilt. Walter Scott.
Odd Fellows Attention.
All Odd Fellows going to the dis
trict meeting to be held in Streator
tomorrow evening will take the Mar
seilles special at 6:16 at the interur
han station. Everybody come.
Notice.
On October 12. 1921. the Ottawa
Brewery changed its name. After
this date it will he known as the
Ottawa Products Co.
Stiefel's high School
suits and overcoats
FELLOW'S
more
particular about
Jhis first few long trouser
suits than any others
he'll ever buy ; they must
be stylish ; these are, and
they're a special value at
35
low was one of the towns that was
burned by the British in September,
1920, and Mr. Dempsey Motived an
Invitation to come to America to testi
fy before the Commission of
Hundred as to the burning of the
town and the conditions in Ireland
generally. He has since been trav
eling through the country, mainly In
the west, under orders from the Re
publican Government of Ireland.
Mr. Dempsey was one of the Trlsli
mayors who received a warning from
the Black and Tans, signed "Rory of
the Hill," that his death would be
effected on a certain date.
Mrs. Winifred Mason HUfik, daugh-
on the conuianles as far as Its cent
I far provision was concerned
It was Indicated that members of
.the oommlsjion had not yet reached
Qn (any conclusion on th.- evidence and
urgumi-ui nearu in run-ago (lin ing th -lust
six week:, in the efforts of thl
city administration to Compel the
strou car oompany to re tut the
.'.-I-, nt fare. The fare is now s cents.
Th United States Supreme Court de
cision dismissing the suit or the city
administration for want of Jurisdic
tion Came only a week after thu ar
gument In the case. The speedy ac
tion of the United statts Supreme
t'ourt is expected tO be reflected in
the llndlngi' of the commerce commls
ter of the late William fa, Mason, moh, according to reports current
will accompany Mr. Dempsey and will
also speak
17 IRISH PRISONERS
CALL HUNGER STRIKE
here today forecasting a decision, pes
slbly this week.
Cork, Ireland, Nov. 22. Seventeen
prisoners in the Waterford Jail have
begun a hunger strike owing to the
refusal of the government to grant
them increased time for recreation.
MISS ALTHEA BENNETT,
FORMER OTTAWA GIRL,
WEDS DES MOINES MAN
Reindeer's Skin Valuable.
Not only Is th
The marriage of Miss Althea Ben
nett, a well known former Ottuwa
rlrl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
: Uennett, and Gerald W. I'hilleo, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Phllleo, 1001
reindeer prized ; iyon street, we- Moines, win no sol
emnized tomorrow evening, Nov. 88,
at 8 o'clock, at the home of tho
highly for Its Rest), hut the skins are
, ., 1 1 1 ,. I , I .. t... vlAvnmfrlnf Tunned
with the hair on. they are very light, KM.?.10 ft"" X KJ
and robes made from tlie soft tanned
skins with the hair on are for weight
probably by far the wnj'tnest covering
known. These might become ex
tremely useful as automobile robes for
winter In colder parts of the country.
Dos Moines. Rev. Rohert T.
Freedom's Beginning.
The free Institutions of ancient
Greece and Rome bad long been dead
when inn Anglo Saxon I'm efnt hers, in
th' little Island in the North sen, no
gan holding their wllemigcniot, or as
sembly of the wise men of th' klnvS
dom, In tha early days of the Nor
mans, when feudalism wan in Mower,
national affairs were dealt With i.y a
national council, composed of tlie high
officers of state and feudal barons,
und presided over by the king. -Montreal
faintly lleruld.
Notice.
The United Telephone company Is
about to Issue Its new directory.
Change In listing desired or change
in the class of service contemplated
should be reported to tho manager
In writing at once.
Specials for Thanks
giving at
I. J. SCHMITT'S
lbs. Sugar for
New Mixed Nuts, per tb.
New Knglish Wulnuts, per lb
6 lbs. Sweet Potatoes for
Large Cranberries, per pt.
Few Museums of Agriculture.
Museums devoted to agriculture are
Very scarce. There are such Institu
tions in Berlin. Budapest and Buenos
Aires, and there was once u large one
belonging to the United States De
partment of Agriculture in Washing
ton, but it wus abolished many years
ago.
! Campbell 'I Tomato Soup
New Bulk Seeded or Seedless
Ruisins, per lb
Pumpkin, No. 3 cn
Little Buster Popping Corn,
very line, per pkg
'IVRivft ojai bah
oi s i; jsBd s-.euo A'oftw o opic a
!aj) si s2iuoo.id UUtU poo oiX
Xepoj. jo; mBnom v
Marriage Licenses.
Dennis Hanley, Utica, 30;
O'Donnell, Ottawa, 23.
Eleanor
street
Craig, of the Dos Moines First Bap
tist church, will perform the cere
mony. About thirty-five of the relatives
and friends of the bridal couple will
be in attendance.
The young couple will he unattend
ed. Preceding the ceremony Master
Richard Bennett will sing "Because"
and "At Dawning" accompanied by
Miss Madeline Philleo on the piano.
Following the ceremony there will
be a supper.
Both Mr. Philleo and Miss Bennett stuffed Olives
are graduates or tne tuasi nigh school
in Des Moines. The "bride-to-be has
been supervisor of the telephone de
partment of the Western Union.
Mr. Philleo is connected with the
KWl(ienC;idillac. Cff
Mr. Philleo and his bride will make
their homo at 1830 Eighth street after
Dec. 1.
19c
33c
43c
25c
22c
10c
23c
15c
10c
Celery, Bananas, Oranges, Grapes,
Apples, Turnips, Rutabagas, Cabbage,
Mead and J,eaf Lettuce. Plain or
Fancy Dill, Sour or
Sweet Pickles.
Dressed Chickens, Ducks and Geese
Notice Rebekahs.
Initiation tonight.
Phone 468
Leave your order early
I. J. SCHMITT
iff
American
$1
NEW
RESTAURANT
Announces their
Thanksgiving Dinner Menu
In the New Dining Room
$1
November 24, 1921
7
French Fried Potatoes
Roast Turkey
Imported Mushrooms
or
Mashed Potatoes Imported Artichokes
Celery and Head Lettuce
French Bread or Parker House Rolls
Pumpkin Pie Cranberry Sauce
Coffee
Leave your order before Thursday.
In the future we will serve Chicken Dinners and
Genuine Italian Spaghetti
Ravioli
XipyTight 102 1 Hart Schiffacr Marx
g 9
Hfce Quality Stbfe
Ottawa Green Bay
Money Cheerfully Refunded
Roasting spring chickens, milk-fed, (crate fattened)
weight 5 to 7 lbs., dressed, per lb 28c
Corn fed, (crate fattened) weight 3 to 5 lbs.,
dressed, per
Spring ducks, dressed, per lb 29c
Spring geese, dressed, per lb 27c
Young, turkeys, dressed, per lb 48c
Deist Poultry House
We Deliver
Call 303-R