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TRADE RrJOUI i N"AL
I OTTAWA FREE TRAOIH
WEATHER
Established : ...
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OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 18H0
net much change in tctn
I perature Friday.
AND OTTAWA FAIR DEALER
VOLUME ; no ;i
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, THUBSDAY, JANUARY 80, 1922,
PRICE, TWO OEMTS.
REGAL RITES
re
FREE
ACCOMPANY
RURAL
OF
7 PERU MINERS ESCAPE
FROM RURNING SHAFT
ELEVATED TO SURFACE
AFTER PLUMGE TO
ROARING C LDRON
N LEVEL
ALL HANDS HAD LEFT WHEN
BLAZE WAS DISCOVEHED. TWO
DEPARTMENTS AND RF.SCUE
CREW FIGHT TO CHECK
FLAMES.
Peru, Jan. 28. (Special) Fire i i s
covered last nigh! 9 o'clock in thi
third vela level ,n the Union Mine,
this city, wu raging with unchecked
intensity tins afternoon despite the
combined efforts of fire departments
from Pom and I .a Sail" and skilled
squads frni tbe mine rescue station al
La Salle to extinguish the flames
Fears are expressed thai the loss will
run high Into th" thousands
Seven men who were being loweri I
into the shaft were first to in. ike the
discovery the tthe mute was afire.
They telephoned the "top" and were
immediately hoisted to the air aoovi
away from any danger.
Fight Way Through Airless Tunnel,
Two men, hazarding a Journey Into
tho bowels of, the eartb tiii; morning
b a hope of cutting off the tire front
tWO dozen 111 1 ; ; ?- near 1 1 1 - main entry,
narrowly escaped death, and would
have died but for the heroism of Wai
ter Rochnowski, a miner, wh 1 not Only
resct)cd himself hut dragged William
Martens, a flic be ss, tie greater part
of a mile through tin smoke filled tun
nei to a point where both
rescued.
Make Trip for Mule'
Martens ami Rochnov
teered to enter the mine to
asbestos curtain between tin
entrance ami the stable
It
the burnlnc
ablea, when
kept Tin-
twenty-tour mile.,
two Worked their
tunnel from tin '
exit about two mil'
upper works.
When they came 1
they were met lie
which forced them
treat. ( rawling on
aek Into
passage,
av from
tie
thi
i close to tii" (ire
blast of .-mok"
into a hasty re
their hands ami
knees, and then,
scarcer and scare
th'-lr stomal be, I
cover several blot
before Marten . a
years, collapsed.
when air became
'. sliding along m:
two managed to
of the back trail
nan well along in
Orders Roch
owski to Leave Him.
He commanded b
proceed without Wn
there to die. Rochri
i I'
Inn
irt
up,
ed
in;
lining breatns
tin
ti dragged him
entrance. ' when h
threatened with
one last supreme
the exit After g
tell uifconsi ions i
Or. Grieves was
later first ail f n ;
ski, wh,0, after h
tated, told of Mai
Rescuers rushed
found the d Ing lit
nowatol wan forced
Mules Meet
Brought out Int
went down,
ation, With
he reached
the air be
iffort
ntng
1 a huddled bean,
in hand to admin
tment to Roch now
had been resuacl
ten's tragic plight
Into the shaft and
" boss whbre Etoch
to abandon him.
Their Fate.
) the ai
d witl
the aid of artificial ri
spiral
tens was restored to hi
afternoon neither man
any had effects from 11
experience.
They reported that th
spreading rapidly throw
what is known as the "
The twenty-four mult
T
Bami
the i
ist pa
they
pi in
ige."
said.
Is of
could not survive the dense ClOll
smoke that filled the mine.
No Men In Mine
So far as is known, no one was In
the shaft at the time the blaze broke
out near tbe main entry. A check of
all employes of the company revealed
that none had been lowered into th
pit prior to the time the discovery Was
made that the shaft bad been trans
formed Into a roaring caldron during
the night,
Th" level in which the fire is con
fined is. about four hundred feet below
Ih" surface of the earth, The scene1
ol the blaze is known as the "-working 1
level." as It was there all tin miners
were kept at work.
Whole Level in Flames.
The miners who were brought to
th" top informed the engineer that
the wdiole interior of the level seem
ed. during the momentary elance they,
had of it. to he a seething mass of
flame and predicted there would he1
little possibility of preventing an j
enormous loss.
Hurry up calls were sent into the
Peru and l,a Salle departments, both
of which responded with full fire fiuht
ing equipment. When they attempt
rd. however, to reach the flames 400 j
feet below the ground, they found the
task futile. An appeal was senl to the
mine rescue eomnanv. Which has a 1
StMhMI in I.a Salle, and a MMt)d Pi
MEN
DAYTON P. 0. ROBBED
BY MEAT CLEAVER
IE
4) .i
THIF.VES USE BUTCHER'S "WEA
PON" TO BREAK OPEN STRONG
BOX CONTAINING FUNDS BE
LONGING TO UNCLE SAM AND
STORE KEEPER.
Running a risk of facing u term In
lie- o'cierai prison 10 secure ,1 ivm ,
tl dlars if government money, thieves
I last night lobbed the Dayton postof-
flee, making way with $ i'.', in postal'
fntid" and 2
' B. Fleming t
from the W.
The rob-
been pulled
imateurs, ho
ft behind by
Thi poatomce which li located in 1
one corner of the Fleming grocery :
Store wa- closed shortly before 9
0 clock last night. This morning at
7 o'clocli Mr Fleming opened bis
phi e ol business, and built a lire he-;
ti re be discovered that the place had
been burglarized,
A small safe, which le more in the
nature of a Strong box. twelve by
twenty-four Inches in dimensions,
which held the postoliiee funds, had
been smashed open by a meat cleav
er. which was taken from the butcher
shop. Tho supply of stamps was
passed over, the robbers evidently
searching only for cash The money
from tbe -ten- was la). "ii from a cash
flrawer and from a dish in the candy
case.
The meal
tver was found where
Iden by the robbers,
tl!
coal idle, ir
Entranci to the bpilding was train
ed by breal ing out a basement, win
dow The robbers then went up
stairs by an Inside stairway. They
worked with the d or. until they suc
ceeded In getting th" wooden bar
lock that fastened it
that held it.
A trail of burnt matches which
ere strewn pn the floor around the
room, showed that the burglars bad
taken their tjme in making the
search. The robbers were evidently
of a hungry frame of mind, for they
stopped long enough to have a lunch,
opening a can of peaches, and scat
tering crackers all around the crack -
er dox. home oars ot can ay are also
believed to
the hungry
The cand;
evidently o
n devoured bv
ioys or men,
and cigarette case was!
rlooked for it is not I
believed (o iiave been touched.
The thieves left the building by a
side door which they unlocked from
the inside of the building. The door
was carefully (dosed after the robbers
and it was not until a careful inve.sti-
(ration was made that it was learned
that the exit had been made that
way.
Deputy Sheriff Fred B, Stedman
went to Dayton 1 his morning to make
an investigation.
RAY H LISTED. 29. DIES
AT CITY HOSPITAL
1, 1, , 1 1, , ,
nay nusiea, j..'. a weii Known resi
dent of this city. Who has been resld
ing at the O'Keafe rooming house on
Wist Alain street, passed away yes
terday afternoon about ,"i o'clock at
inu illin
given as the dlret
Huated'a death.
The deceased had
Mi
n poor
health for a considerable time. As
his condition became gradually won
he was taken to the City hospital Ih
22, 1921, where he was confined unw
the time of his death. Ho. was bore
GET .25
in ESngland Oct. 31, 1892, and came tol,j- ace
America sevt tal
tflin:
in Ottawa.
Surviving he 1
Margaret Downej
was united in m
Funeral services
row morning at
Patrick's church
in st Columba c
Besides his ri
surviving. Mr. Ht
er and a brothel
and a brother rt
kota
widow. Mri
. to w hom h
last August .
from St
ii he mat
fit
)W
h aves his lath
ing in England,
ig in South Da-
thoroughly trained rescue men were
set at th" task of sa.iua the property.
Reverse Huge Fans.
This afternoon statements jriven
out by the mine officials said tnat the
i s ii" men had made littl" progress
against the flames, which appeared to
In snn ading fartht r and farther
back into the level. In a hopp of st m
aalng the spread, the hug" tans were
reversed and great rushes of air sent
agalnSl the fire in a hop" of driving
it out the main shaft.
(Welcome i )Mfl
til IJL Si iJ i U l ?i
It '
li t :
TIES JOIN LIVINGSTON COUNTV
OFFICIALS
IN
MAINTAINING
ORDER at works where MEN
ARE ON STRIKE.
Armed with
nid with tu
S and t,v
morning o
l riflgg. gnel
deputies left at
the (tret Interur
ready to he on duty
of the no ill stamni
th" reopenuit'
works, which
the first time
eek. In Stn a
wa men were
j wore operating today
since Hi" riot ; of hist
tor (he quintet of i:
joined by a number o
from that city and I
tal deputies
iy deputies from
Livingston county,
: body Of officers on
' numbered forty li
intll tlie
luty at tl
"
At the stamping works today work
men wore busily engaged in the ply-j
inn of Ihelr 'rades turning out the)
company products, ami the deputies
had spent a. iui"t and uneventful time
up to a lale hour llii.: afternoon.
I tie the building, within easy rant.
i; 7
w itb ammunif Ion, r
any disturbance thi
luitcases I
During tin- morning and tie
afternoon all was quiet at the
and the operation under the ope
policy was carried on with ver;
trouble from the organized) labc
ipatntzers.
I The plant v en! over bo the open i
i shop Policy of operation on .Ian. '1.
Last week on two days mobs formed I
! , 1 ,,.
south of Streator. Th superlntettd
i nt of the company, Frank Mason, was
, I injured one day. while in the riot the!
I following afternoon ex-Sherin William i
atterson ot Livingston coimty had
ut open
bricks
thrown by the mol
deputies n i re in jit i
slles.
other
mis
ENJOY G000 MUSIC
Thirty-five mi n atten
ing rrf the Kiwanls clu
American restaurant l
clossj of the dinner a ml
v as given A commun
ice was held A duet
lames OToole and T
wa:
sung by
Karrell. a
solo was renden .1 ol
Hetherlngton cl i.a
Attorney H. V.
die and a nolo
O' Toole. Mis
it the piano.
was sung by
Ksther Rellej
.lam.
presid
Banker D'es
Froeport. Jan 2fi.
71. president of th
of Lanark, and one
lien of this v if i -I II
disease last night .
Suddenly.
John r:. Volt,
Exchange hank,
of the weathiest
. died of heart
Wm, Or GUARDS
mVm M M Mm mm mm
AT nTRFATIIR P NT
mi ;i : iiu . : vJii . i t
THE GUEST NCjlME GUESSED
i n at
nrzMLm ivicr. ! iiuu
n. h. s. miniTiTRinni
In an effort to Inform t
public on general health
the Ottawa Rotary t lab ha
an Invitation to aii tne r
Ottawa to meet with the
township high school tonii
tend a "Public Health" mee
meeting w in open prom n
O'clock, and will follow
which Will be served to all members
of the club at 6:30 In the Cafeteria,
rhe meehn.tr will be under rhe
health committee of the
which
, is headed by le-. .1. II RJdg
I In-. P. .1. Btordock will deli
; "ii ' dental Inspect ion in the
i explaining its benefits to !!'
' i Dr. K. V. Weis of La Sa
1 mer Ottawa physician will
the Hygenlc Institute.
ak i
n tl
A talk on district Ileal
tions will he given by Ai
ence Grmcs,
All teachers and mem
"oaras ot Ottawa school
Clfl)ly invited ti) attend th
COL GREENE AGAINST
BONUS BILL LINKED
UP WITH BEER-WINE
I
Aurora, Jan. 86,
layt
in Greene of Aurora, who, a
of the 129th Illinois, took ti
(''! ; overseas, today refused ti
wnthe council a petition uri
and wine amendment to i
"? act "so that ih" soldiers
;,lt a bonus from the federt
iltlle
b
HEART BLAMED FOR
LITTLE BOY'S DEATH
inomos, u-year-oui on
M w. a, uiiiiuaeiu i
tffretts street, died this morning about
M o'clock at 'h" family home, follow-
lf' "- f brief Illness. Heart trouble was
I given as thi dirt 1 1 cause of his death
He was taio' ill shortly after nooi
: the I
passed away his condition was verj
TALK ON CONDITIONS
IN CENTRAL EUROPE
Rev. Ii. R. Wiener, field secretary
of the mlsaionarj society nr the Bv
angelical a isot latien, will deliver a
lecture on Observations In Centra'
Europe. ' Fridaj evening at the Mad
ison Street lO angelica". chnrch. H-
Wiener si nt several, months last
summer traveling in central Europe
He is a keen observer of conditions,
ami his address will he both instruc
tive an dlnterestiuf.
Lie TESTIFIES
T
10 DRAWING Mi
MEM WILLS
ATTORNEY FRANK FOLLETT
TELLS OF HAVING SEEN AT
LEAST SEVEN LAST TESTA
MENTS OF DECEASED FARM
RIDGi RESIDENT.
drew three wills (
ah Studebaki r ami s
i last testaments c
bstance of testimony
d as a witness iii the
in an effort lo sel aside
will. Mr. Follett tn
of Incidents in the life of
that caused the healer:
II" Stated that he di. I not draw 111,
last will of Btudebaker, as lie was
In the east on a trip when tin- docu
nl,l llroa ill--, Hi, I II,. .,.,,.,.1 ,1,.,, .-.
" m , , s,,.;
baiiei he had started cutting down
;reago of the complainant, Mrs
pi ory, and that be was loavln
life Interest In the property,
. .Mary Sttmebaker, ;i r;iste-it
f the ti slater, followed Mr. Fo
i fh" v, Itness cha ir.
-cvics on Farm Machinery.
MendOta Estate of $11,000.
Th late Edward N. Gtepther of
ota, j h i died Dee. s, left an e
ata real estate and $:i"o In casl
Pdil to a petition for letters c
ministration filed In the Probate (
today.
The widow. Mrs.
daugfatc r. Henrietta
erandchild, Alic e s
herli the estate.
arah G
:. Kiscs
ELKD0M TO HAVE BIG
SESSION AT ELKERIE
Blkdom, particularly as (hat word
applies to Ottawa, is getting all set
for what gives promise tomorrow
night of being one of the most fep.
ti atags tn recent history of the
order. Under the direction of Kx
alted Ruler Phil Bchoch and bis very
, ' Ii nl I nusement committe, a cab
aret show, staged hy t :i Imported
BI and BCtOreens Will be given,
ved by one of the Eikeries well
known lunchfs.
Tbe evening's
I , , given 100
both for the o,t
performance and
entertainment ba
rer cent guarante"
1 1 ity of the cabarei
the grade of Bta tl
hd
Op the Immo and visi
BODY OF BENEDICT
XV LAID IN CRYPT
UNDER ST. PETER'S
Rome, Jan. 26. Pope Benedict XV was en
tombed with solemn and impressive ceremony this
afternoon. His body enclosed in three caskets and
dressed in the pontifical
DECKS ARE BEINGfc::tiS ofst
(MED FOR AUTO
SHOW FEB. 23 10 25
ARRANGEMENTS ABOUT COr..-t-'LCTED
For, EXPOSITION OF
1922 MOr CARS AT ARMORY
I
1 1 il 2
and
!.
ents
ill
bi 1 1
of its
Mm
nl
will
r h'
id. A inn p r cent renres
ii o local automobile dealers
main fi ature.
ved to display
Suae has be ll re
the twelve different
makes, of cars that are handled here
Severn! new makes of ears will be
displayed l y men who are Just open
ing up with .those lines, ami nothing
a ill be spared in the way of se.eur:
ling the lati st models to give the pub
lie an eye fail.
L The Exhibitors.
Starting with the ,'s, the Adams
com pan j are showing a comnlete
i r Buiierneia win nave an extr;
irge display of his well known Ret
Be, and airair. tie re is a variety ol
lodels with individual cha rac' , rltstii
Kit cannot help but attract attentiot
nd give satisfaction to tin- man oi
pman who sits behind the wheel ant
alms owner-hiii.
"ii Danielson will have on dis
the various models of the unt
il car known all over th" world
ie Ford, and which needs no ta
ction or description, but. suffice
v, that the new models for this
have features to insure their sta
for the Maxwell cars, which If
hat Is verj well known In this
ii it v. and this year's offering
questionably bring forth a
mount of comment and prnlsi
beauty and power,
Godfrey will have oil dlpplaj
hum electric and the Willi-- st
These models are dlstinct'vt
and demonstrate the care aim
iss of their manufacturers.
Hill lard has recently branchi
1'hil
the Aii
ie aovi
attract
1
Charles Moore has something rei
distinguishing features of the ne
models bring it up to that high statu
ard ot perfection that all manufactU
i era are striving to af tain.
.N'oretn X- Whit man. With their nun
ity car. the Buick, which Is anothi
well known make, wil have their ne
:e.,rs for 1932 and will give the pro
pecttve buyer something to thin
for his poplar Nash car, and with their
large number of appealing feature ;.
both on the Inside and o'ltshl" of the
The Ottawa Body CompaOj Is mak
ing plans to put on display a com
plete line of its rjpecialty and will
be ready to show some new features
this year.
Cars on Main Floor.
Practical !j all the space on the main
floor of the armory will be used by
local dealers, and with the various
kinds and makes of ears, the show
should provide ample opportunity for
the prospective buyers tn determine
which one of them will provide the
t,f st means of transportation, a com
parattvi display of this kind gives
reryone the privilege of making com-
Peters, to the right of the entrance.
The historic and beautiful ritual
was witnessed only by members of
the sacred college, members of the
pontifical household and the papal
nobility mid diplomats accredited to
lb" Vatican.
The gr at bronze doors of St. Peters
h oi been closed at noon, cutting off
ih" stream of people, who for more
than throe days had been passinrr he
fore the catafalque where the body
lay in State.
Ushers Carry Body.
Tii" e remony began with the re-
movsl at the body from ih cha-el
of tie I'o'' Sacrament to the chapel
of th" choir, If rested upon a bier
which we borne ttpon the shoulders
of the redrobed ushers, whos" usual
function is to carry th" Pope in the
papa chair in pontifical processions.
The Vatican clergy heeded the eor
t ". bearing torches and chanting
Ih" anthem "Kxaltabund DomtnO."
On either side ot the bier strode
members of the Swiss '-'tiard. palatine
guards am' the papal gendarmerie.
As file procession moved the choir
of the Chapel Julia, in glowing robes
of purple, sang the "Miserere."
Noble Guards Serve As Escort.
Noble guards in dazzling full dress
uniforms formed an escort of honor
and the pontiff's bier was covered
with a tapestry of red damask on
which the body rested while lying la
state
Mi
in
the
bile
basilica.
the members of the sa-
. bishops, archbishops and
nfered the chapel of the
hoir
with iti
lides of
; Inuh stalls rising on
file altar and took tin
positions according to their
The strains of the 'Miserere"
heard as the procession approach
:ie chapel and the Cardinal Arch
it Merry Del Val and the cardinal
iriengo, Qasparrl, took their
s near the caskets which were
'ceive the body,
the strains of the Miserere ended
body was carried in and tbe an
i "Kxaltahunt Domino" was again
, followed by the chanting of
Paradisum "
Search Interior for Loiterers.
11 o'clock the clearing of St.
r's, pn paratt ry to the burial sorv
was begun bj the Italian royal
is. At 11:80 o'clock a search was
of the interior, so that no un
orlzed in rsons remained for the
tu i
! A
the
I hoi
tn vi. tin n, w ho had
( being ov rlooked
ie hour the cere
id to begin.
until
mon;
KIDNAP DICK AND
GET AWAY WITH BEER
Chicago, Jan. 26. Seven bandits
with three large automomile trucks
early today kidnapped a .Michigan
Central railroad detective, stole tJfJO
barrels of beer and escaped despite
a fusilade of shots fired by two police.
The detective McOarv was release
PRINCETON MAN WINS
U. OF I. CORN HONORS
n lllini
the state ch uupiomthlp today for Sum
mer brothers ol Pekjn at the Unlver
: ;i of Illinois corn show. The best
single ear was entered by M LassOn
Of Princeton. Uoth entries were ytl-
FIRE COPS ACCUSED
OF SHIELDING CROOKS
Chicago, Jam 28. -Ch urged with
having sultstituted six strangers for
six well known police characters ar
rest, d in a gambling raid, i leutonant
James Doherty, two sergsmnta and
thi e patrolmen sere suspended to
il a; by chief Kit morris pending a
grand Jury Investigation.
pari on, and the automobile dealers
are all .-.ir.ci re in their desire to sell
ears on their individual merit The
.-how w ill be free to the public during
the three days, and special entertain
ment and musical programs will be
pr ' kted for the afternoons and oven
ints. The basement of the armory
Will ha, .-a ettesUive display of elec
trical e alpment, auto BAosesoHee,
tires and other articles of similar in-
A