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FREE TRADE R J OXJRNAL AND OTTAWA F AIR DEALER OTTAWA FREE TRADER WEATHER Ettabllthed 1840 Unsettled tonight, with OTTAWA JOURNAL light snow: Thursday Established 1880 fair and warmer. VOLUME (P-jNO. ;. OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1922, PB1CE, TWO OElfTS. U. S' SENATE TO PASS PRESENT TARIFF BILL 5 STOCKHOLDERS VOTE TO CLOSE SO, SIDE ELEVATOR DECIDE TO DISPOSE ALL GRAIN AND EQUIPMENT OF ORDER ASSETS SALVAGED TOR BENEFIT OF CREDITORS TEN DAYS ALLOWED IN WHICH TO WIND UP AFFAIRS OF COOP ERATIVE WAREHOUSE. it has been definitely decided by stockholders ol the South Ottawa Co operative Drain and supply company cloae tin ir South Bld rain 'xi hi' war it bs lions on i been reach tin': laposed of, This dectsloi d yesterday alternoon tockholderi gathered tor w In til'' leconu in the avetor time in the grand jury room tin- county court houai sln was ordered closed Doc 31, 1931, pend log Investigation Into thp financial condition f the company. The ele vator, as a result of the decl ilon, will not continue operation under the roan sn menl ol the company The directors were authorised to compete the shipments of all grain !ii hand for the benefit ol patrons o! Uf organisation. Any farmer who has grain stored at the elevator or on his farm and who wishes to dispose of ft to Chicago markets or others will be able to do so through th' elevator. .Mr Zenor, who up to the timi thi ntevatolptoras closed lasi year, follow ing financial losoep totalling more than 199,000, has been retained to tool after tKe pr miaes and i" take care i i the shipments He lias also been au thorized to sell whatever merchandis he has on hand. Including tile, lumber wire ami other such merchandise. Ten Days for Sale. It was also brought oin at tl, meeting that all grain Btored in th elevator must be sold within the next ten days. Drain belonging to any per du which is stored there and which is Slot sol, by the lime thai period of time exptfja will he marked .sold and the owlier will be forced lo submit to the sal The Meeting was for stockholders only am was attended by probably soventy-lve of Hiose connected with the elevator, The session was very brief. Before adjourning a motion was made that a similar meeting be called on the aCeraoon of Peb, I. CO. C MEMBER HAS OPERATION ON EYE According today by the rome ll. lie to woid received here Pree Trader-Journal, J-- it ii t-. totmer member oi 129th n fan try, under Company (' went a Tienous at United ptatei which is located vard': Chi i am. learned while in is some manned operation yesterday i hospital No. 30, at 17 Drexel boulo As far as can be the service Heathe Injured his left eye catued him consid- which since has erable tfbnble, n oration. He has nsitaung the op ts a pat lent there for the prfst number of lie confined there until ered front .his i roubfc. days and will he has recov- NAME ASSISTANT AT CITY HOSPITAL Miss Sayde Kinney of Milwaukee. Wis., has accepted the post as assis tant superintendent of Ryburn Mem orial hospital to til, the vacancy re cently created by the resignation of Miss Blanche Payne. Miss Kinney arrived in Ottawa yes terday and has already taken charge of her new duties. Miss Kinney has been connected with a Milwaukee hos pital, that is about the size of the Ottawa institution and comes here very highly recommended. She will do the ex-ray work, will have charge of the operating room, end in addition to her duties as assis tant superintendent will carry on la boratory work for the Institution, MUSICAL PROGRAM FOR KIWANIS LUNCHEON A musical program will he given at the regular meeting of the Klwanls club, which will be held at noon tomorrow at the New American res taurant. A musical festival will be given under the direction of C. A. Wade melody director of the organ ization. Rev. .1. U Vonckx. .lames O'Tooie. Ross c. Morgan, Iforey Rob- orts. William Pearson and other "song birds' part en the ttre schedule program. d to take Marriage Licenses. Alfa .1 Snyder. Paw Paw, tha McGraw, Earlville, 2 , DISBAND COMPANYUUIT ATTORNEY BECOMES ul ILL; COMPELLED 10 WILL CONTEST COUNSELOR FOR DEFENDANT FORCED TO BED NO DELAY WILL BE MET. HOWEVER. IN THRESHING OUT JERRY STUDEBAKER CASE IN CIRCUIT COURT. Attorney Emmetl Kc ins father, 11 M Kelly y, who with and K E. Roberta has be for the defense n acting as attorneys in the Si udebaker will case, was forced to withdraw, at least tomporerlly from the suit today, when In- was stricken with a severe case of sore throat and ordered to bed by bis pliyaician, The case has been on trial in the Circuit Court lor a week II M Kelly, senior member of the firm the ( son's Kelly Kelly announced that se would continue in spile of his Illness, he did not wish to make .i nea start. Simultaneous with the illness of the junior member of the firm, came a message from Chicago announcing the death of the nephew ul II , Kelly. Which will make it necessary for. him to go to Chicago Friday to attend his funeral Slates Attorney Harry P. Kelly who has been ill for two days suffering of la grippe is slightly improved today. Testimony for the defense was again Btarted today Prank Ooodbred oi Deer Park tonsblp, an aci of the testator was called to to testify for the defense. Judge v. H Hlnebaugh the Deer Park man in Hi chair. intance stand Hi followed wltm ss CLAIMANTS MEET ON N. SIDE SEWER TANGLE I A meeting was held in the city of fice yesterday afternoon by claim ants who have filed hills against the ! It'' Kalb St., sewer in an attempt to adjust their claims so that they will I be within the fund in the city treas ury to pay for the improvement. No : adjustment could he effected so the meeting was adjourned until tomor row alternoon at 2 o'clock. , Claims amounting to approximately $2900 have been tiled, while the sewer j fund is for fUOO in bonds. David Refior, Fred scherer, The Ottawa Hanking and Trust Co., and Frank Mahoney are the claimants. Mr. Re- ; tier's bill is for dynamite, Mr. j Scheref's for tiles, iMr. Mahoney's for a bond and the Ranking & Trust Co., i for money advanced for the pay roll. Both Mr. Refior and Mr. Scherer : sold and delivered their wares before the his the The shal livei contractor Leo St rohmeyer tiled bond. Tiny notified the city at time of delivery of the accounts. law provides that a municipality I be held for goods sold and de ed before a contractor is bonded. provided notification is given as was done in this case. At the meeting yesterday, the hank was represented by Attorney Robert Cart1 and Mr. Mahoney by a Chicago attorney sent here by his house. bonding JOIST IN CHIMNEY SETS FIRE TO HOUSE An overheat ei as the cause of chimney was given a small conflagration which started in the basement of the Michael Hemrolt home, corner cf morning about 2 o'clock. The odor of morning about 2 o'cloc, The odor of burning wood was first discovered by members of the family when they were awakened from their sleep. Up on investigating Mr. llemmit discov ered a large joist, which was prop ped on top of a til" chimney in the basement, on fire. He summoned the fire department and chemicals were used in extinguishing the flames. The loss, it is said, will not exceed 110. POOR MARRIED MEN: THEY NEED PROTECTION St. Petersburg, Fla.. Jan. 2.r. Mayor Frank Pulver today had a reefuest from the local purity league that he appoint a bathltUf-SUit inspector, a formal Communication from the league stating that "the league intends to I protect the married men from the . wiles of the sea vamps." The SMSyor said he would person al: Ber- ally visit the beaches and "look 'era lover." SUDDEN ILLNESS1 CAUSES DEATH OF IS. ANSCK10KS WELL KNOWN NORTH OTTAWA RESIDENT PASSES AWAY DUR ING ATTACK OF ACUTE INDI GESTION FUNERAL TO BE HELD TOMORROW. Mrs tenia) at her lowing Mary Anschicks, 65, died yes In o'clock street tol- afternoon about '':' home on West Sixth an hour's illne: I, Her death came as a great shock to her many friends and relatives. Acute indiges tion was given this morning as the cause of death. Although she had been complaining of a bad cold and pains across her chest for more than a week members Of the family did not think her condi tion anything serious Yesterday she seemed in apparently good health She ate dinner with several and short ly about 1:80 o'clock she became seriously ill. nioned but a Physicians were sutn- short time later She anil will She passed away. She was well knwou in Ottawa had a vast circle of friends who be grieved to learn of her death. was born in Rochester, M, V., March T, 1 857 and when a child she came to this city with her parents ami had since resided here Surviving She leaves seven children, Mrs. Catherine Bresner, of Pontiac; Mrs. Amelia Blllman, of Chicago: Mrs. Gretchen Hlnkson, of Harding; .John C, Anschicks and Mrs. Martha Rnwlee, of this city and Julia and Qlissbeth at home, besides two broth ers, Charles Patterman. of St. Louis, and William C. Patterman. ol' Cedar Rapids. la. Funeral services will he held on Thursday afternoon at 2: 10 o'c lock at the homo. Rev. William Whitsitt will officiate. Burial will be in Ottawa avenue cemetery. PEORIA COUNCIL IS SPLIT ON WINE-BEER Peoria. Jan. 86. The city council has refused io adopt re solutions spon sored by Chicago's c ity council which called for modification of the prohibi tion laws to permit the manufacture of beer and light wines. The alder men Wen! tied on ti e vote and the matter was tabled by voice of the mayor. DAVENPORT WOMAN IN MAYORALTY RACE DHvenport. Iowa. Jan. 25. The so cialist of Davenport have nominated Mrs. Lucy C la 11 88 en is their candidate for mayor. She is the first woman i ml 1 il . In lw niurinateel in this Boo. I Hon on a nanism ticket. i 1 The Great American Whaddayacallit NEPHEW DIES AT HOMt m CHICAGO George Golden, aged tj years, a nephew of Attorney H. M, Kelly, died yesterday at his homo in Chicago af ter a short illness of pneumonia. .Mr. Qolden is a son of Attorney and Mrs. John F. Golden of Chicago, the for of whom is legal advisor lor the Chi cago city railways. Mrs. Golden was before her mar riage, Miss Mae Kelly, a former well known Ottawa girl. The decendent has visited in Ottawa many times and is well known here. His friends were greatly grieved to learn of his untimely demise, as he was just launching on a very promis ing career. His death is extremely; sad. as his brother passed away two years ago of pneumonia, when he was in his twenty-second year. I Surviving beside the members of his Immediate family, Mr. Golden leaves an uncle, u. M. Kelly, an aunt, .Mrs. R. M. Hallagan and several COU sins residing in Ottawa. Funeral services will be held Fri day from a church in Chicago and burial will be made in that city. Mr. j and Mrs. Kelly will go to Chicago to attend the services. $2500 REBATE DUE ON FIRST AVE. PAVING Property owners of pa ving district will re of approximately .."im aessed amount of Hie whet: Hie bonds of the the First Ave. bale ; v over their as Improvement, contractor are ' released, This statement was made by c ity officials today, following the issuing of the litui' order and cer tificate of completion of the work in the County Court this morning. Not a single objection io the im- 1 prbvement was filed by a property owner in that part of the city to the issuing of the certificate of comple ; Hon. i The pavement was mad of concrete by the Powers 'I hompson Construe The property own very well satisfied Hon Co., of Joliot ew are apparent! with the work HARDING ORDERS P. 0. IN OLD COLLEGE TOWN Calion. O.. Jan. 25. -By special or der of President Harding the village Of Iberia in Morrow county today has a postofflce, tinned sever re-establish) recognition tended coll The office was discon ic ars ago. hut has been the president said, in tin place where I at- SMALL BARS EASTERN GRAIN FROM ILLINOIS Springlnli tine against was announ 111 . Jan. 2."i Quaran tine K iropean corn hop r ul in a proclamation is sued i Governor Small today, for bidding the Importation Into Illinois of "corn and Other staple crops' from the state s of Ne w Hampshire. Masss chusetta, Vermont, New York. Penn sylvania Ohio, Michigan, ;;hecie islaud, Connecticut uuu Muiue. ALLEGES HUSBAND STRUCK HER WHILE BABY IS IN ARMS WIFE IN DIVORCE PLEA TELLS MATE WAS CRUEL AND LATER DESERTED HER GIVEN $300 ALIMONY. Mi.-. Elizabeth Jurkas, or La Salle. I was granted a divorce from Martin i Jurkas in the circuit court this morn ing. In receiving her decree Mrs Jurkas told Judge Rldredge, who was presiding, a story of alleged cruelty. which she claimed she received at the hands of the defendant. She alleged that on several ocea- sions lie struck her violent blows, i Once she stated, w hile she was hold ing their infant, son on her lap he ! struck her across the face. She also 1 alleged that he deserted? her on sev eral occasions, and that one time she was forced to have him arrested on b wife abandonment c harge, after ha I had left her. The couple were married Dec. 30, 1918, and lived together until July 26 of this year. Mrs. Jurkas was award ed the custody of their son. Martin, aged 21 months, and was given $"oo annual alimony. Follett Named Conservator. Public Administrator Frank F. Fol lett will be appointed conservator of i Frank Brenneman, of Senec a, upon 'the filing of his bond, Judge Mills an nounced in thu probate court tins morning. The appointment was made ai't'-r a hearing for Mr. P.renneinan : bad been held, and the verdict pro nouncing the defendant incompetent 1 returned. ; Mr. Brenneman was pronounced in I sane by a sanity c ommission in the j county court on July 8. and has since been a patient at the state insane I asylum at Kankakee. He is the1 own- i r of a small piece of property in Sen- Washington. D. C. Man Sued. Kdward We-her, of Washington, D. ('.. was made defendenat in it divorce proceeding started in th" circuit court this afternoon by Mrs. Theresa Weber of Peru. The couple were married March 10, l!i!. and accord ing to the bill in July of the same year the- defendant deserted the com plainant and has since refused to live with h-r. Inheritance Tax Appraiser. Join .1 Massieon of Peru was an i inherintanci' tax u r the estate of the h of Ottawa, in the CI IT Hess today. lilt (' , ii Love's Bestowal. be right most of the tlmo von aim to be right all of the time. means constant effort t" sjider each problem that romea up. judgment 1- like -leeoting In the ll generally misses the mark. To rmM That etemd Snaii tlaiU. BONUS MEASURE ASSIGNED HOUSE AT G. 0. P. SESSION Washington, Jan. 25.- Assurances that the present tariff bill will be reported to the senate early in February and passed before the close of the present session was LAWYERS OE COUNTY OPPOSE CHANGES IN PROBATE COORT RECORD SELVES AT BANQUET HERE AS OPPOSING CON CON : plan to eliminate judges AND CLERKS AND PLACE BUSI- NESS IN COUNTY COURT. That I.a Salle county lawyer?, ns a body, are against abolishment of the probate court, as proposed in the new Illinois constitution, was indi cated last night at a banquet aad meeting of the La Salle County Rar association in tin- banquet hall of the New American restaurant. Thirty attorneys from all parts c f the ((uni ty were in attendance. The dinner was served promptly at ti o'clock and was followed by a program of very intoresting talks. Drafts of the proposed constitution were handed out to all th" guests. Judge Samuel J. Drew, of tin- pro i bate court of Will county, spoke against the proposed abolishment, of the ten probate courts of the state. Ottawa is one of the ten counties of I the state having a separate probate court, the others all having both the j county and probate court business transacted in the county court. Judge Drew explained that under the proposed constitution, all of the business would be transacted under the county court, and that a county judge, who was busy hearing a case, dil not have the proper time to devote- to probate work. Other talks were made by Judge Edgar Eldredge, w. 11. Boys f Strea tor, c. K. Woodward of Ottawa, and William Scanlon of Peru. It was explained that under the broposed constitution eveity county judge in the state was to be paid a Hat rate salary by the state. This il was said Would give the judges In the smaller Counties in th'1 southern part of the state, where the jurists j did not have one-twentieth of the 'business the judges in Hie larger counties were called cm to transact, j just as much money as the judges of j the larger counties drew. This would in reality, it was stated, he the tax ! payers of La Salle county, helping pay the judges in the southern part of the state. ! It was also stated that the propos ed drafts gave the county court a ju risdiction of $2,000 cases instead or I $1,000, and of all appeals from a jus tice court. These appeal cases are i now heard in either the; county or I circuit court. i Tin- I.a Salle county lawyers also 1 went on record as being opposed to the power tin- proposed constitution will give the supreme court judges, The speakers reported the new draft ! gave the'se judges drastic- power. ; They will, it Is said, he given power to regular pleading ami practice. which is now controlled by the state. RESUME HEARINGS ON WATSON CHARGES Washington, Jan. 25. Inquiry into charges of alleged execution Ol American soldiers overseas was re sumed by the senate- special Investi gating committee today. Henry Gentry, a negro of Lawrence, Kas . testified to sev-ing Major Joseph PhlUlns, of Orange, N .!.. choke Wil liam aPttersqn, a negro private, ror 1 cook cut bread. larney, of tie- army e the hanging of a Belleville, France, was condemned for French woman, by Col. James P. I college-, testified t negro soldier at He said the man assaulting an old a court martial consisting of seven negroes ami live white officers, with a negro judge advocate. LIMIT CROWDS AT FUNERAL OF POPE Rome, Jan. 255. I By A. P. The funeral Of Pope Benedict will lie held at '. p. 111 tomorrow, it was announced at the Vatican today. The college of cardinals decided that the funeral ceremony should he attended only by cardinals, members of the diplomatic corps and repr, MkV tatlves of Komau aristocracy. given Republican leaders in the house by senate republican leaders today at a confer ence between the two. Agreement was reached at the con ference that the proposed soldier bonus bill should originate' in the house. House leader said a measure would be drafted at once by the ways and means committee and probably reported to tin- bouse in two weeks. Agree on Capper Bill. Washington. Jan. 25. 'Leaders of the senate agricultural bloc have airreed it w.cs oomiineiwl t,,d:iv in i press the Capper co-operative mar- ,,,,i"-' l,in action immediately on disposal of the foreign debt funding I now under consideration by the senate. The Capper measure author izes tlie lormutiejn of the cooperative market ing association, PiopofiRe New German Treaty. Washington. .Ian. 25. President Hauling was expected today to give early approval on a proposal that the Unfed States negotiate a new treaty with Germany, creating a commission for arbitration of private damage claims growing out of the world war. Suggested at white house dinner con ference last night between the presi dent. Sec. Hughes and republican b ailers of the senate rind house the proposed arbitration treaty while un derstood to have been definitely de cided upon was .said lo have been fa vorably viewed by the president as providing a substitute for arbitra tion rights reserved by this country nnder it separate treaty with Ger many. Agreement was said to have beeMi reached at thu conference also for a renewal of lie- live million dol lar loan agreement made with Liberia during the war Arms Conference Nears End. Washington, .Ian. tti. illy the A. I'.)- The work of the arms conference appeared to he moving rapidly toward conclusion committee berian inn today as th- far eastern having disposed of the Si Hon at th: same time that rreement was being reach- a virtual agreement was ed on the sole reraalnlnj naval reduction plan, mi gin the final wlndup of lems. Yesterday's high opmenta wen- regarded the deb-gates today as h issue of thS again lo he lesser prob speed devel- by some of iving cleared ment ol' the Farmc-ic Hit at Railroads. Washington Jan. 25. Recommenda lion for repeal of the coinmonh known "guarantee clause" of the transportation act ami return to the state railroad commissions of control over state rates was voted today by a committee cf the national agricultural conference. Recommendation for the construc tion 01 the- st. Lawrence-Great Lakes waterway also was voted by a com mittee, N. D. TRACK STARS TO NTER IN DRAKE RELAYS Notre Dame, tnd., Jan. 24. (Spe cial.) Tin' group of N'otre Dame track stars who shone- at the I'enn relays last years will forsake' Ihe- eastern event for the Drake relys at Des Moines. April 21. The size of the local squad will be determined by the I number of events staged by the Drake officials in addition to Qua Desch, j world's champion in the 410 yard low 1 hurdles, Johnnj Murphy, who lost the national high jump championship in the jump-off last season, and the- re lay team, which took fourth place at ; Penn lasi season, the local entries will 1 probably Include ('apt. Wynne in the high hurdles and Rill Hayes, confer ence champion in the 100 yard dash. ITALY TO SEND RELAY TEAM TO AMERICA Philadelphia, l'a.. Jan. 24. Italy, for tin- Brst time in the history of the games, will send a team to compete at the. Dnlvorslty of Pennsylvania relays, late- in April. News of the acceptance ef the invitation was received today 'by Chevalier Luigt Sillitti, Italian con sul in this city, from Ambassador Rici 1 at Washington, through whom it was extended. Details regarding tin- lelectioa of the team and ;ts jour ney to this COtttttry have been left to Qtatnbattlsta LssJaj, director of the s," lets QinnaaUcs Colombo of Qestava, Tin- athletes will tie selected from leading Italian universities. Decision M to which of the relay champion, s' lips the team will enter will not be 'made until u number ot Uj9jUj