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TRA I )ER-J 0 0 RN A I AND OTTAWA FAIR DEALER OTTAWA FREE TRADER Established 1840 WFATHPtl Mostly cloudy tonlg'c aid Sunday; much c hi OTTAWA JOURNAL Established 1880 er tonight. VOLUME 5--NO. ::$.". OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, DSCEMBEB 17, 1981. P01CE, TWO CKN IS. ANTI -PEACE RIOTS BREAK OUT BELFAST FREE N SHERIFF POSIS SPECIAL GUARD OVER COUNTY JAIL'S "BAR MAN" LH""L 13 1 couHrt rnuivi ivvu j k STATE PRISONS HELD FOR FORGERY EXTRA PRECAUTIONS ARE TAK EN TO PREVENT ACCUSED FELON FROM GETTING OUT OF LA SALLE COUNTY BASTILE WHERE HE IS HELD FOR TEXAS AUTHORITIES. According to Information received by Short ff Curt Avers. George Simms, who was arrested In Streator last week charged with attemptini to Reece one of the streator banks from a large sum of money, has escaped from two prisons. Simms is alleged to have made hasty retreats both from the penitentary at Montgomery, Alabama, and from the state petti tentiary in Texas. Wednesday morning sheriff Ayers received word to the effect that Simms had escaped from the state penitentiary in Texas. This morning he was informed that Simms has not only made a dash to liberty from the Texas institution, hut from thfl Mont gomery penitentiary In Alabama. While the authorities from neither of these prisons have arrived in Otta wa to take charge Of the prisoner as yet, it Is likely that b will be turned over to one of these stated, to linish his sentence. In this manner the county of La Salle will be relieved of the expense of prosecuting him. Simms is said to have been a notor ious forger, and to have operated con fidence games thiuout many states In the union. Ho has been a prisoner in the county jail since Monday of this week. A special guard will be thrown a round him during his imprisonment In that prison, to keep him from at tempting to carry out the same -work he did in the southern penitentiaries. ISSUE U. S. WARRANTS FOR OTTAWA BREWERY COMPANY OFFICIALS Chicago, Pec. 17. (Special) -Warrants that charge beer of greater al coholic content than is permitted un der the Volstead act, were issued by U. S. Commissioner Louis F. Maston today, against Max Btahl, T. L. Grot and John Damgard, officials of tho Ottawa IToduct8 Company, formerly the Ottawa Brewing Association. Request for the warrants was made by Assistant TT. S. District Attorney K. J. Whltty, who claims department of justice investigators sent to Ot tawa obtained evidence BufflclentlT strong to require prosecution of the two officers of the Ottawa company. At. the same time similar action was taken against, the Citizens' Brewing Company of Jollet and its officers, Os car Weinbrod, president, William My ler, vice president and Joseph Heintz, secretary treasurer. Indictments, it is said, were issued two weeks ago hut were suppressed. Neither Mr. Grot nor Mr. Damgard could be reached today, and at the office of the Ottawa Products Co., it was stated today that they had no SMALL WINS FIRST POINT IN ATTACK ON CONSPIRACY CHARGE Waukegan, III, Dec. 17 - The stale's argument, in opposition to the motion to quash the Small Curtis indictments Is a tissue of generalties and does not answer the defense's attack. C. C, l,a Forgoe declared today, opening the final arguments for the governor. Wtiem he reached the thirteenth count in the conspiracy indictment -charging confidence game and star ed to argue it WftO faulty, Judge Bd wards said : "You need not go any further on that subject, Mr. I -a Forgoe. I agree with you perfectly." This was the first definite Inform tion from the court that. at. lea d par!, of the indictments will be quashed. The word "I'elonous" was left, out of the charge and the defense contended that. It. rendered it null and void. COMMITTEE SILENT ON FRENCH CLAIMS Washington. Dec. 17 The naval committee of Dfteen of the anna con ference resumed consideration today of the French and Italian naval ratii problem. Silence governed all acts of the committee and nothing would he given out of France's reqw st for naval tonnage on tho basis of her national security. KELLY'S APPEAL FOR HELP TURNED DOWN BY COUNTY SOLONS SUPERVISORS "DIG IN" TO AVOID PLACING SELVES ON RECORD UNTIL NASTY LAW ENFORCE M ENT PROPOSITION BECOMES PAPT OF THE FORGOTTEN PAST. Deliberately avoiding a roll call Vote, by which the would be placed on record a.s individuals, the board Of supervisors at their this morning's session turned a cold shoulder to State':) Attorney Harry F Kelly's en trestles for additional help in his campaign to enforce national and state prohibition laws throughout La Salle county. Avoidance of an "aye" and "nay ' roll call, with each solon being brought out Into the open where his attitude toward the law could bo seen by the Constituency, was so apparent some of th members, knowing the Inner workings of the coup, blushed a little when they were called upon to decide this most important issue by witing in masw, one wiiy or the other. There were those, however, who were open anil above hoard enough not to conceal their stand on the crisis Injected into soloning af fairs by the prosecutor. Tin y won a lot i,f respect by announcing their po sition on the Kelly appeal by pub licly opposing or Supporting the state's attorney in his campaign against poison peddlers and bootleg ging. Before the meeting it was openly bpofcen that, rejection or the Kelly pe tition was certain "heeause of polit ical reasons." It was charged that the primary election next spring was a potent factor in this decision "so seine campaigns would not he injur Bd." What was meant by that asser tion none of the accusers would say. Th" matter was kept alive, however, after the board, voting as a body, de cided to ilefer further action until next September, some nine months hence, but still In ample time to knock the politic-? cry Into a cocked hat. because the general election follows in Novem ber. Hnskins Opposes Funds. The action was taken after Super visor Tom Hnskins of La Salle mad 3 a motion to that effect llaskins ex pressed himself as being extremely opposed to an appropriation lor this purpose, because) he said, such an ap propriation cannot lie legally made by the board at any oilier session than that a September, a cross fire of ar guments then followed god after everything was clear several motions were made. Supervis matter be Setpp moved that the fern d until the March, kins immediately took apposed, staling that the hould lawfully be laid ptember. Bell of Hope townshlt) (If session. Haf the floor and proposition t over until Si Supervisor said he belle I th.9 matter should not be laid over until September and that immediate action should be taken. ' This proposition is very important. It should be settld now," stated Mr. Dell. "You are all citizens of the county and are all individuals in favor of enforcing the laws. If it In a good law1 it should he enforced. The ques tion now standing before the board is how we want to stand before the peo ple, of the county in regard to law en forcomi nt. It won't cost the count .' a cent. The appropriation can be made of the lines already collected, derived from the prosecution of such offenses." llaskins jumped to his feet. "I am no representative of the evan gel 1st leal government, because, if I wa.i I would have Hilly Sunday cheat ed to death." ho stated. "This Is not an emergency matter, and it Is not. half as important as the feeding of the poor and needy women and chll- ilreu of the county. Here the Other day Supervisor iironson introduced a resolution asking for further pauper relief. Instead of granting it the proposition was tamed down. Wo (an use these fines collected to buy the poor of the county something to eat. We don't have to pay slugs and thugs from ( hicago to get evidence. Why should we? We don't have to, and we are not going to. The sheriff hasn't asked lor this appropriation. The time to settle this matter is at the September session, when we can legally appropriate money. I am not in favor of making goats out of the people of the county. Ik'sides. if these men are hired to obtain evi dence we couldn't get a conviction in any court." "But there are ample funds to tak care of the pauper claims," responded Supervisor Bell, "and we can get a (Continued ou pa pre 3, col. 6.) c 1 1 1 i i v, s$6 1 1' I'll III,' 3i ""lf'WI BintfdnBniitr " " j FRIENDS AID SICK THIEF HELD IN PRINCETON JAIL MAN ACCUSED OF ROBBING BUR LINGTON TRAIN IS RELEASED ON BONDS CASH BAIL SPURN ED BY BUREAU COUNTY PROS ECUTOR. Prince too, 111., Dec. 1.7. William Benton, alias Lee, one of the allege! silk thieves who recently held up a Burlington train at Arlington, w-as re based aSturday from the county jail under $10,000 bail. The bonds were furnished by a guarantee, company, after State's Attorney Carey It. John son had repeatedly refused to approve a cash bond offered by friends of the prisoner. in the negotiations for furnishing ball for Beidon, Senator Van Lent of ( hicago appeared as his attorney. It Is said that Benton is related to a prominent, dowitstato politician ana that powerful Influences are at work to get him out of this scrape. Members of the Chicago silk thieves' trust are also said to he eager to got Benton, out. ot the nanus of the police, fearing he might, weak en while In jail and reveal important information that, might, load to the ar rest of the gang leaders, During the time he was in jail here several of forts were made to procure bis re lease by various well known Chicago criminal lawyers. Including Miles j. Devine, Jimmy Burns and .1. .1. Miller. It is said that overtures have beei, made to secure the services oT Jay L. Spauldlng, Princeton attorney, to as sist in Benton's defense, but. nothing definite has boon done about that, yet O'Brien and Benton was arrested the fore part, of October following a train robbery at Arlington In which nearly 130,000 worth of silks were stolen from a. merchandise, car en- i route to California. Through the ef forts of Sheriff Spaulding and Special Agent Abbott, the truck in which the loot, was hauled away from the scene was picked up at the Ogden avenue entrance to Chicago and the two men. who were driving the machine, were taken into custody and later brought to Princeton. O'Brien was found to have had a previous criminal record, but the po lice have nothing on Benton except his presence on the truck containing rag , he the stolen silks, which be claimed was hired to drive from Aurora to) Chicago. When arrested he gave the name of William Bee. -He i a youns man, scarcely 21 years old. and Is said to have good family come ctions in ( hicago. CHEMICAL EXPLODES KILLWG FIREMAN Kankakee. 111., Doc. 17 - Arthui Stiers. a fireman, was killed when a ( In tnloai tank exploded here toda while his company was returning from a fire. The end V the tank blew out, cutting off the victim's li' id RICH A MOTHER'S APPEAL FOR HER FOUR BABIES. Mother love, with its unselfish devotion to her babies and jealous lest they go throuqh a bleak, dreary unremembered Christmas, is an outstanding feature of a plaintive letter sent the alvation Army by a woman, asking that her home not be forgotten when Santa Claus makes his annual rounds, a week from tomorrow. The letter says in part: "I am writing you to please not forget my four children as my hus band has not had any work for a month. The baby has been sick and we had to sell our chickens, what few we had, to pay the doc tor bill. The big boy has no shoes. Please don't forget the children as we will not be able to buy any thing for them. We won't have much to eat. Hoping Santa won't forget the babies. There are two boys and two girls. Mrs Marseilles, 111. R. F. D. 2, Box 67." Nothing In there about mother or father, except dad's being with out employment. Mother doesn't care a whit about herself. She has four good reasons not to think Of herself, alnd to a good mother that represents all in life two boys and two girls. The Salvation Army Christmas basket fund is getting much help from big hearted folk, who want to see everybody happy on Christmas day. There is room for much, very much, more aid. Today the fund stands: Previously acknowledged . .$144.60 Miss Lulu Schoch 2.00 Helen J. Mulle'n 3.00 A frifinri .50 Total $150.10 Come on, Good Fellows, get in while the getting's good. MISS SARA TUBERTY DIES AFTER OPERATION Miss Sara Tuberty, 1085 Ottawa av enue, well known l.a Salle street mil liner, who was promlnenl in Catholic Daughters of America and St. Bat rick's church circles, died this af'er noon at 2.1(1 o'clock at Uyburn hos pital after undergoing an operation lor gall Stones on Monday. Miss Tub i rty has been in business here for a great many years and has many frl mis. I ler obituary will be published in Monday's paper M( HrtHl I Christmas, em SUPERVISORS CLOSE DECEMBER MEETING REPORTS ARE READ BUSY SESSION TERMINATED THIS MORNING OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES COVER WORK ACCOMPLISHED DURING PAST THREE MONTHS. Bupvlsors of La Salle county termi nated their December session of the board, when they met this morning at 10 o'clock and adjourned until the second Tuesday in March, 1022. Pro bably one of the most important sub jects taken up by the board at. this morning's meeting was that of the C, S. Cullen case. The matter of further prosecution in that case was dropped by the board. County attoney Elmer K. Robers In his report to the board asked them whether or not he should perfect an appeal to the appellate court. A de claration was sent more than ten years ago to the circuit, court regard ing the case, since tho September session the case was turned down by that court, stating that there was no cause for action. The case never has really been tried. Mr. Cullen at the t ime he was prosecutor of the couu ty is alleged to have collected fines, forfeitures and bonds wliich.were nev er turned over to the county. Upon motion of Supervisor llaskins the board decided to refrain from taking an appeal to the appellate court. Supervisor Charley then introduced ll petition submitted by the Illinois i chapter of the Daughters of the Araer ! loan Revolution, asking whether or not. they could place a bronze tablet I of Abraham Lincoln, memoralizing the fact that tie tried several eases in the old court house which was situ ated where the present building is located. The petition was referred to ' the committee on buildings and grounds. Supervisor McDonald, in behalf of County Superintendent of Highways then asked each member of the board to send recommendations to the super intendent of highway's Office of men who might bo selected as patrolmen I to take care of state roads in the state aid roads in the county. Last j July through a law passed at Spring ; Meld, the state took over possession of all the state aid roads. But, until they are aMe to take care of them and keep them up it is the duty of the county and not the townships to look after the roads. The patrolmen if i selected will bo instructed to take care of portions of state aid roads, not to exceed eight or ten miles of the highways. Resolutions of sympathy to Super ! visors William Horanty of Streator, ! and to M. K. Ilawley of Vermillion, ! who at tho present time are confined lo their homos with illness, wore then adopted by a standing vote of the : board The board then adjourned nn ;i next March. Marirage Licenses. Robert J I'app. Mondota 2t net A. Mathosius Moriden. : Mar- MACHINES GUNS ARE TRAINED ON CROWD; 0 DEAD; 20 INJURED Belfast, Dec. I 7. (By the A. P.) Fierce fir ing broke out in the Newtownarcls road section and East Belfast today. The firing was so intense that j tram car service was sus- PROSECUTION ENDS IIS ATTACK AGIST ACCUSED YOUTHS PEFENSE IN ASSAULT CASE WILL I "PEN ITS EVIDENCE MONDAY IN AT rvMPT TO BRCAK DOWN ! GIRL'S CHAscrs, An adjournment Until Mn.vUy morning was tjiken in the Circuit Court just before ni on today7"wiien the prospcutio:; finished Its testimon) in the case of Howard Bergman and Rudolph rebel, on trial for the al leged assault of Odessa Zlmmermai a student, at the la Salle-Peru High dlOOt, The twelve jurors will b". I held In i morninf ' defense It is Iduced I to show confinement until Monday when tin testimony for the laid testimony will he intro ' the defendants In an effort that the girl asked to go with .the two youths on the auto ride which she alleges ended so disastrously, it. !s alleged that an attempt will also ' be made to assail the character of the girl. L The ,Caso attracts dozens of niorbi 1 minded to every session. Following Judge Kldredgo's ruling the other day that only those having seals could re main in the court room, large num bers of men congregate around the doors of the tribunal, watching the witnesae as they oooapy the stand. Police Chief Testifies. The. girl's mother was again put on the stand yesterday afternoon for cross examination by Attorney Ban nock, after which Child' of Police Jo soph Puttoff of Peru, testilled. He told the court that he arrested Berg man and Uebel. James Comparon. an electrician in the employ of Peru, who was in the Peru jail the next day, testified that Bergman and Uebel told him of their attdck on the girl. Miss Blanche Monks, a school teach er at La Salle-Peru high- school, was also summoned as a witness for tho state to testify in regard to the girl's age. She stated that the original registration card had been destroyed. Marion Billard, one of the office as sistants at the school also took the stand and coroborated Miss Monk's testimony. WOMAN'S CLUB PAY CHRISTMAS VISIT TO COUNTY HOME A largo number of members of the Ottawa Woman's club went to the La Salle county home this after noon, to hold their annual party, which is given for the inmates of the home each Christmas, Large Christ mas trees were placed in both the meii'il and women's buildings and Chrlstfflafl greens and decorations made the places exceedingly beau tiful. At the close of tho afternoon refreshments were served. The following program was given in both the men's and women's build ings: Vocal solo - Mrs. Fred Hanna. Beading Miss Mary Roberts. Dance Miss Ruth flat belle. Violin solo William Osman. Duet Misses Vera Ham and Waller. Mary Violin solo William Pusey. Vocal solo William Bradley. Vocal solo - Vera Ham. Harry Pusey acted as accompanist, BREEDERS OF POLAND CHINAS MEET HERE Members of the La Salle county Poland China Breeders' association held their annual meeting in the farm bureau Offices In the court house this' afternoon. The meeting was well attended in spite of the bad weather. Tho session was presided over by the organization president. Henry Bruch, of Tnhioa. The an nual election of Officers was sched uled to take place at the close of the afternoon. Food Poisons 50 Girls. Bloomington. Doe. 17. Fifty girls I'ving in the main dormitorv of the Normal College suffered ptomaine poi SOning yesterday after eating from a certain dish, All will recover. pended. Lewis guns were used against the rioters by the crown forces. An employe of the city tram service was shot dead and r.t least six persons are known to have boon wounded. in the Bally Maiarrott districts two persons were shot. William Prousit, &, being wounded in the abdomen and his son in the leg. Dail to Act Wednesday. Dublin. Dec. 17. (By the A. P.) Final decision on the Irish peace treaty by tin- Dail Kirn aim can be ex pected on Wednesday. Inn not before, according to Information obtained from authoritative Sinn Kein circles, A statement signed by Bantam de Vnlera and Arthur Griffith was t . last night announcing a public si ion of the Dail for II o'clock on Monday morning, at which a motion for rati!;. cation of the treaty will be made, Debate on the motion, to allow full publicity to the view- of the conflict' Ing sections of opinion in tin- Dail, will. It i- thought, occupy the BR sinns on Jlondftj ami Tuesday, .:,ii dual action on W. (Jni day. The raorubi rs of t.hJ Dail asemb)ed today for continuance th jjret sessions of the last three da. FOSTER PARENTS HAVE BOY'S MIND TESTED Wilbur Bierhrodt, aged 10 was found to be almost normal by a commission of physicians in the county court yes terday, after he was arraigned on a petition asking that lie bo declared feebleminded. The petition was filed by tin1 defendant's adopted paronts, Mr. and Mrs. PJnrbrodt of La Salle, alter the boy had failed to pass a mental test, given at a clinic iA; La Salle. m : tJ The child is said to have caused his adopted parents no small amount of trouble recently, and after he' failed in the mental test, his parents decided the best thing for hjnjj was tolplaco him in an institution. Dr. W. If. Janiieson and Dr. W. II. Pike were on the commission, who at the close of the hearing, stated that while the hoy was subnormal in some respects, he was not feeble minded. They recommended that he be placed in a home for dependant boys for a time. After the hearing his paronts took him back to La Salle. POPULAR UTICA GIRL BECOMES A BRIDE Miss A Hie Severson of Utica, and Chester B. McColm of Itansom, worn married at 2 o'clock, December It by Dr. A. O. Mortvedt. at the parsonage of the Trinity Lutheran Church. The bride wore a dark blue suit ot embroidered tricotine with a small gray velvet and flower trimmed hat. She was attended by her sisters, tho Misses BSmma and Jurean Severson. The groom was attended by his cousin, Howard Bmalley ami the bride's brother, Ben Severson. A wedding breakfast of three courses was served to the bridal party and the Immediate relatives of the .two contracting parties at tho home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fd Severson, immediately after which the happy couple departed on their bridal trip. The bride, a very charming and po pular young lady was the recipient ot a large number of beautiful gifts. FLICK CANDIDATE FOR PROBATE CLERK Probate Clerk William C. Flick an nounced today that he would bo a candidate for re-election at the Repub lican primaries next spring. Mr. Flick did not announce bis candidacy when the other present officers hurled their bats into the ring, waiting action of the constitutional convention, which looked for a time as though It might abolish the office of probatj clerk. Mr. Flick is one of the host known men in the county and has served a term as county treasurer. LEE CENTER COUPLE COME HERE TO WED Miss Marion (J. Berry and Freder ick Ludwitr Jabn. both of Iee Cen ter, III., were united In marriage yes terday afternoon st ! : no by Rev. Wil liam H. Whitaltt In the Congregation al parsonage The young couple were unattended. After a short honeymoon trip they will make their home la foe Center,