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FREE TRADER
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OTTAWA FREE TRADER
WEATHER
Established 1840
WEATHER
Fair with rising tern
MIltUM tnninhl Run
OTTAWA JOURNAL
1
Established 1880
AND OTTAWA PAIR DEALER
V day unsettled.
riay unsettle
VOLUM E ; -no ;:;
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY. JANUARY 38, 1922,
PRICE, TWO CKJNTS.
FEET OF SNOW TIE UP ATLANTIC
TWO
CARDINALS LEAVE U. S.
ATTEND SAGRED COLLEGE
ROME SPECULATES ON
SUCCESSOR TO LATE
POPE BENEDICT
NON-ARRIVAL Or PRELATE
VENTS OPENING OF St'
AT V. HICH NEW TEM
HEAD OF CATHO! iC C:
WILL BE NAMED.
NVw York. Jan, 28. -- Cardinal,
Dougherty of Philadelphia and Begin
Df Quebec salt) d for Prance at noon
today, seeking in reach Rome In time
to Join the Mere I college ft r the ffnal
balk ting to el eel a i accessor to Pope
Benedict,
The cardinal i ::'i rtaln little hope
01 an ivi":- ;i t It-..- a lb.- ..1 . .
I- I
1- ge
com enet
Pi 1 1
will not read
h i;
Cardinal Doughcri
late on who will 1
Oehiy Opto
a
I'aris. Jan, A Rome dlapatcli
to the Havaa Agency ays the open
ing of the conclave to elect a succes
sor to Pope Benedict would be de
layed twenty-tour hours In rder to
give time for all th" cardlnale to ar
rive. Thi- conclave originally was
set for Pel). 2.
Speculate on Election Result.
Home,
With th
Jun 8c I Bj
bod) of the
P.)
Bam
gston
diet laid awa
of St. Peter'e
beneat
the Inl
rti
sa-
ored college Mini the Vatica
hoi. I luniH.i today to the el
his successor. A conclave
called for ii b. to chOOt e
pontiff.
The question of a rappr
between the church and tii
government cut' ;.- into the
A thorough canvass 1 if oplnii
Vatican shews that the pea
or those advocating closer
with the government are
deadlocked witu tii.- Irrecc
or those opposing a rapprot ii
the iiumher 01 rotes at h fai
ce party
relations
Irtually
ncilable 1
tion can
muster, a two-thirds majority is nec
e isary for election.
Twenty-nine cardinals beaded by
Cardinal Gasparri, th.. omerlengi or
acting head of the church, an' known
to favor continuance of Benedict's
policy, which was understood to have
been directed toward a resumption of
relations with the Quirinal, Tweny
members of the sacred college are
thought fo in- just as strongly op
posed, while nine ute classified as
IIOUl lal.
The attitude of the Vmerican cardi
nals, O'Conncll ol Boston and Dough
erty of Philadelphia, is unknown at
the Vatican, bul the opinion is
pressed thiit. mil. -s a compromlsi
reached never ha He re been such
ex-
Is
an
opportunity for foreign cardinal to
be elected pope. The majority enjoy-
ed by the Italian members ol 11
cred college is so evenly divide;
Vatican officials admit all di i n
the attitude of the foreign eardi
Cardinal Mercier III of
I'aris, .(an. 28, Cardinal
primate of Belgium, has st
at Milan on his way to Ro
tend the conclave of the s;
Flu.
ti
a i
lege and is said to lie suit
an attack of Influenza say
dispatch from Koine todaj
inns
I la v.
RABBIT HUNTERS OIL
UP FAVORITE GUMS
The proposed
rabbit di
tae Ottawa and
Wedron
lodge i
the local Moose
tilis paper this y.
tense enthusiasm
men" of the lodgi
ind t,i
this meeting at the Moose
will undoubtedly draw
mother! son of them, wi
died or pointed a gnu. I
ites are making big arrani
ciuh rooms
out every
) ever hau
te Wedron
ements for
the event, and a day in the wilds of
Wedron ought to satisfy any rad
blooded Held sport. All rabbits have
been warned and it will be on their
own heads If they get Caught away
from home. Some of the members
will go along as gun totters for the
lugger hunteis. others will carry
clubs, and some few will oary sacks Of
salt, so as to be provided for all con
tingencies. WARNS CATHOLICS OF
ANTI PROPAGANDISTS
Washington. Jan. L'S. Archbishop
Curley of Baltimore, addressing the
local membership of the Holy Names
societies today, declared that unless
rathe I les stood together ami defended
their "rights as American citisens"
and as catholics against ant i -catholic
agitation, Which he said had become
intensified in the last Seven years
tlU'V WOUid lie swept oil tile I, rip."
CONCLAVE
imn nivnBCF AN
DELAYED DESERTION CHARGE
MRS. MILDRED GRADY WERTZ IS
GIVEN DECREE AND RIGHT TO
RESUME HER MAIDEN NAME
AT CIRCUIT COURT HEARING
THIS MOANING.
Mrs. Mildred Grady wnrti of North
Ottawa secured a divorce from Peter
I'. Wert! nf Los Angeles, CaL, in the1
circuit court tin- morning and was
given the right to resume her maiden
name. Mildred Grady. Judge Bldredge
listened to Mis Wertz's tale of de
sertion, after which he indicated that
he would sign a decree granting her
her marital fr lom.
The complainant told the court that j
she ami the defendant were married
tut. 21, 1916, in Cleveland, 0.. ami
Dome, She alleged that he ran around
nights witii ether women, and when
she remonstrated with him about it
ii.. quarreled with her. slapped her
face and pull.d her hair. lie then
toll her Id get out. she said.
Mrs Wei-: testified that she left'
Cleveland and came to Ottawa to the;
home of her mother. Mrs. (Catherine
Howard, of De Soto street. Mrs.
Howard also testified of her daugh
ter's coming hi me crying, and .-ay-;
Ing that her husband had thrown her
out.
Contested Case Closed.
Mrs. Rose Lamps of Pel
a divorce from Fred I, an
. secured 1
s in the
circuit court this morning on Charges
of desertion. Mrs. Lamps filed a new
suit, just indole the hearing alleging
that on June it. 917, th" defendant
deserted her and has since lived
apart from her. Both the former di
vorce lull filed by her and the cross
hill Bled by the defendant were with
drawn. According to the bill which was
tiled today, the couple were married
Dec, 18, l'ii:', and lived together un
til June 1 1. 1917,
an iite uaie n. Mowing tneir s
tion Mrs. Lamps filed a hill i
pa ra
iklng a divorce from the defendant, on
charges of cruelty. A cross hill filed
maue soi
Rt Mrs. I.
fences of
art-
is again
imp
the
Phe marital
have been
(untested h
I to adjust
sou-iot-
cause uf som
IgS, held 111 ;
temporary al
Only Nominal Difference.
O
V I'fund. who was
made defend
suits started
esterday by
Brannan ami
lie. stated to-
i ant
in three assumpsit
in the ( ircult Court
Roger Brannan, Peti r
Ell
daj
n Brannan of La Si
that the total am
:ir
gram
valued
ition of
ivolved ia tie
I less than
three sa
set.
hlch
ath
Zal
tl
tate, wh
the circ
ski, who
died Vn
On th.
pr
Mr.
if I
'lis
ibati
Zal
nt OUtt today.
was a resident
. 1 8, 1921,
- petition
I Is tint
stati
Which was filed toi
were valued at a
work mi n's comnens
gainst
furnl
his employers and
, lure valin d at. $ 1 00.
Transfers Sister's Estate.
The circuit court took on the
ap
pearance of a probate tribunal for a
; tew minutes Friday when an order
transmitting the estate of the late
Mrs. Kliza Black of Grand Ttidge,
from the probate to the circuit court
was presented to Judge Bldredge. A
petition for letters of administration
1 in the estate which had been filed in
the probate court yesterday were pre
sented to the higher tribunal togeth
er with the other preliminary docu-
I meats,
j The tranferral was made by Judge
I Richard I). Mills, presiding jurist of
j the probate court, who is a brother of
. the late Mrs. Black, it was done be
cause Judge Mills was one of his sis
l ter's heirs, and did not wish to sit
on the bench when her estate was be
ing settled.
Attorney (ieorge I'. Hills, who rep
resented the estate, filed tile doeu
llients. Judge Kldredge set the time
of adjustment in the estate for the
March term of court
Grandparents Adopt Children
A decree was entered in the County
Court, awarding the custody of Stella
and QladyS .Miller, aged tl and in. to
Peter F. and Croltne O'Connor of i.a
Salle Mr. and Mrs O'Connor who
have the children in their home filed
a petition asking in be allowed to
adopt the little folks.
Maybe Doc Enstein could solve this problem in RvLlwity
men The old man geTs
ten ,OW SRsFS ..'AH
His offspring homeward bound
JOHN WEiS. FORMER
OTTAWAN. EXPIRES
Word has been receiv
deata of John Weiss, a
of Goodland, Ind., a
known Ottawa resident.
Mr. Weiss passed aw
day at his home in Oooc
He is well known in
leaves a very large cir.
and relatives here, w
grieved to learn of his
Mr. WeiSS resided in
it tl
in
Inn
oil
iwa and
I' friends
will he
Olta wa for a
number ot years Inn lelr horn aovaral 1
years ago. He is survived by a widow,
three sons and one daughter.
The funeral services over his re
mains win h.. held tomorrow in Good
land, Tlie Ottawa relatives who will
go to attend the funeral are Miss
Lucy Knoll. Mrs. II. (;. Kruse, Mrs.
William McAlpine, William Knoll and
Herman Knoll,
miss lura fl0ry
weds Lester grieves
Miss Lura Flory, daughter of Mis.
Prank Rogers of Bast Superior St..
and Lester Grieves, i
Grieves of West Lafa
quietly married at 0:l
by Rev, II. P, Lawler
the Methodist parsonai
couiie were unattendi
ty after the ceremony
on of
.elte Si
0 this i
it bis 1
Tin
id. Imi
they
Christ
, were
torning
mie in
young
j Peoria on a wedding trip, after which
they will return to Oltawa to make
their future home.
Miss Flory wore a gown of brown
taffeta. Both she and tin- groom have
many friends.
l The bride has been keeping house
for her brother David Flory al bis
home in Freedom lor some time. The
-groom is a young fanner.
TO DISCUSS DECREASE
l LIMIT OF CORN ACREAGE
I A meeting of the Brookfleld town
ship unit of the ('arm Bureau will lie
held at the town hall in Brookfleld on
Tuesday evening, Jan. 31, at T:;iu
o'clock." J. V. Stevenson of Otter
; ('reek township -..ill Bpeak on "What
. the Farm Bureau ana the I A A.
. Have Accomplished."
I At the close of the address a gen
eral discussion will lake place on the
restriction of corn acn agi . and a mo
tion picture. "Homeatoad." will (be
shown. A director for Hie chapter
' will be elected at tin's meeting. The
general public is in:t"d to attend.
La Salle Young Man to Marry.
Francis T. Wilson, son of Mr. and
' Mrs. George a. w llson of La Salle,
, who Is well know n lu re, w ill lie mar
, ried tomorrow evening to Miss Eleanor
O'Connor, 5543 Hyde Park Boulevard,
Chicago.
Miss O'Connor the daughter of
'.Mr. and Mrs John O'Connor of Chi-
cago. The wedding will take place in
that city. Main relatives and friends
from La Salle will attend.
- -..
The mother i- lead They were
declared depend nt and were taken
from their father in the Sangamon
I County Court, more than a year ago
and were placed In Catholic opban
age in Alton,
sTapIeo
FARM INSURANCE
MEN OE STATE
MEET AT STRE
ILLINOIS CONVENTION OF MU
TUAL COMPANIES WILL OPEN
JAN. 31 SESSIONS TO CLOSE
WITH FEB. 1 MEETING.
th.
in oi
tual Insurance O
he held in Streat
w ill open w ith an
Tuesday. Jan. 31,
a morning sessii
Feb I.
AP meetings v
auditorium id' the
merce building, I
in- given by varioi
ti' - from all part.
The mi eting i
the
Istratfon and
. m.
o oid i
r Vandi
tion.
;s of wa
ise. Pre
bv President .1. J
Prater
Invoi
Addr
Reap
. r
il aw and
Its A
Companies."
aey for the
cago.
Address. "
Hi
Ap
i,
itiranci
rv llli
tual insurance Corp
7:.".n n. m
Address. "What
Harry P, Cooper,
association. Craw lor
Wednesday
9 a. in.
Business session
Address. "When .'
Mason, secretary lil
Bloomington
Address. "T!: Nei
Feb. 1.
i ssity of uniform
IcMillan, ( arthage,
Policies," C. M
Round table a
AdJournmi nt
MOTHER OF SUICIDE
GIRL ASKS DIVORCE
St. Louis, Jan- 28. Mrs. Klsb i
I Mono!, mother of Miss Dor. all,
: Kurtteborn. of this city, wad killed
herself in Chicago, Jan. It, while be
Ing taken back home, yesterday Bled a
suit tor dlvor from H. S. Monell, a
local dentist Two davs after th.'
I girls death Thomas 0, ciurk-oti ol
i lliis city took his life.
R ! m
MANY JOBLESS SEEK
SHELTER IN CITY JAIL
Tf Ottawa
derlng "tc
J kind who
home or I
is no mecca i
irists." that c
apparently a
lends, still tin
passes but tl
men of the si
r the
ass of
vvi
in;
it i mm ten
called hobo
class do not apply to the police de
partment for a night's lodging. There
i-- a humane strain in the heart of al
most every person and Chief Ford is
no exception. The applicants for
shelter an- given a berth at police
headquarters and In the morning are
sen' en their weary way with a
sandwich and sip of coffee for break
I Nor all the men who are housed
and fed under these conditions are
of the -worthless, vagabond type. The
Chief says that many of them are
in all appearances worthy men. seek
ing work, and who would work were
the opportunity offered them.
RLACKHANDERS HURL
BOMB AT WRONG H0U
Chicago, Jan. .7
- A
the
bomb
front
explodi d
porch ol"
. demol
a rear
ea
rly today under
Charle
ishing
room ;
to the
Tony I
"Tin
i- Bankendorn'i
its front. Churl,
wakened When h
floor. His first
iacuira, his next
black hand got '
is wife as he ran
i offer aid.
out
ie hi
d' b
door and then foun
; ley's home and noi
wrecked.
I Tony's home was
of Charley's. Ton
threatening letter;
manding money,
bombed the wrong
been
cute
de-
scelvei
month
had
FIND BOTJES OF 800
HUMANS IN CAVE
Henry Woodman of this- city. The
bones were in a cone shaped heap,
about thirty feet high and eighty feet
in diameter at the base. Prof. Wood
man stated they are thought to be
those of Indians. Tomahawks and
brads also were found in the case.
H" thinks it was the burial ground
of Indians several centuries ago. Ar
rhaaotogiats from the several ol
Teges in this section are planning to
make a thorough Investigation of the
HOLD FUNERAL OF
LATE RAY HUSTED
The funeral servcies of th'" late
Hay Hasted were held Friday from
St Patrick's Catholic church and
were largely attended ISev. J.nv
rence Hackett officiated. The pell
Bearer were Herman Thai liter, lames
vl . i a ffcry . William Warren. 1" nn tt
n;,:!o Bert Lorden and William
Schorr Burial was made in St. Co-
Ittffibn's cemetery.
HEAVIEST
decade sir
tlif OF EAST
Washington, Jan. 28. The states comprising
the middle Atlantic section were today buried and
were being further buried under the heaviest snow
fall sine- 1899. The
WIFE IE MAN 10
EMAN
ll
SURRENDERS SELF
MRS. JCSLYN. WHOSE FUGITIVE
MATE WAS SLAIN IN GUN FIGHT
AT YORKVILLE, GIVES UP TO
AUTHORITIES.
Aurora.
Mis. Mar
Joslyn, ai
life Aug,
resli ting
Chi. f of I
Chicago, i
liey ('. W
Wheaton
il.l-
arrest to
Olice Ceo
urrenden
it i l of
yev tenia
tti
'age county at
fternoon, she
gave a bond I5,M)0, signed by Dr
Adolph Qoetscn of Chicago, tor her
release pending her trial on a charge
Of being an accessory to the alleged
murder.
In
tateme
. Mrs.
nt made
Joalyn i
the state' i
s that she
n. Jimmie,
;it her hm
3he cfalms
t dletanci
I attorni
lied with her
from Yorkville
hand came to
that she hid v
: rough! a death duel
tin Hextall of Kend
o'clock la the morn!
from tin re to C.enev
Ii aving the latter t.
and geinn to ( hicai
been living with re
The police theory
and Mrs Leo BoWl
accompanied Joslyn
t Chicago on il
1. .i d crime on u ii
petition was dented
her statement to tii
rlea
day
ha
same
1 she
s. Joslyn
Charles
own,' to
if the al-
mng ex I
Joslyn in
attorney.
Shi
had been drinking
shine. She says th
; die and Mrs. Bown
j lyn machine and w
: husbands were, she
-
West Chicago and
-
' I
him. was found to
Osv
trapped bj Sheriff l
nrk
$15,000 SUBTERRANEAN
HOOTCH VAT BLOWN UP
St. LOUts, Jan L'T. A subterranean
Va) containing 15. eon gallons of COCO
mash was dynamited by federal pro-
bibition enforcement agents yesterday
on a farm in St Louis county. The
fanner was a nested. His arrest and
the raid on his farm followed the
destruction by Are of a small house
mar the larni Occupied bv Italians
I'aris of a slill were found in the
i debris ot the binned building.
FAL
im
ALL
storm which began with
.i I m o 8 t unprecedently
heavy falls
Cafolinas
and Vir-
j up the
.cd. stat
service
buslns s
In la, Thur:
day,
lea..
on it tocla
r
and social a. i hs Itles in its wake.
II had reached the outer edges of
Ji v England early today.
The blanket of snow was heaviest
in the District of Columbia with the
fall at 10 ' loi I. recorded as two feet.
Ai that time it was still snowing.
Starting shortly before dusk last
- i ) 1 1 the snow fell continuously thru
the night a id by midnight railroads
and trolley Hues began to surrender.
I ntl this morning no trains left the
capital and only three trains arrived
liom .New
York.
In the national capital str
service was suspended at. d;
bul gradually service was rest
the trunk lines Thousands
eminent employes were for
struggle thru almost knee dee
while many more decided to re
eet cs r
ivlireak,
ored on
of gov
ced to
p snow,
main at
Inline.
Pennsylvania avenue, the capital's
historic thorofare, was strewn with
abandoned autoa. Altho the snow
fell with an absence of wind, thereby
preventing drifts, the Hakes came
down so thick and fast many accidents
were reported.
Reports showed the snow heaviest
; In North Carolina. Virginia, Maryland
, Delaware and toe District of Columbia.
Al Baltimore the snow this morning
stood 14 inches deep. Lynchburg, Va.,
reported twenty inches of snow, the
heaviest iii the history of that city.
Conditions al Norfolk appeared to
he tin worst with a gale of 50 miles
having put a part of the business sec
tion under water and crippled ship
ping. Worst In History.
Baltimore, Md.. Jan. JV One of the
worsi snow storms of years bad the
city in ils grip today. Shipping was
at. a stand still.
Train Ser
tshlngton, .1
W
wiiii otn n
Railroad
'
110011 tl
Baitimon
ami othftl
-
Philadc1
Phil:. lb l hi
Tiie only
ie PennsyJ
ght passed
. today. It
I : US il. m.
lartly mak
EMPTY CANAL IDEAL
PLACE FOR SKATING
Ottawa kiddies now have a safe
place to skate and frolic on the ice.
Without Worrying their parents into
a tale of nervous prostration for
fear they will be drowned. The let
ting of lh" water from the canal, to
rebuild the aqueduct made an ideal
winter snorting ground for the little
the sidi-- of the canal and mill run.
the waterway was both walled and
floored with massive pieces of smooth
It did"' take the kiddies many
hours to . ' I COVer the sporting ground
and yesterday afternoon and today
ti e ditch was literally alive with chil
dren, on skate-, on sleds and even on
the heavy soles oftheir winter shoes.
All kinds of ice games were in prog-
One of th-' most novel games was
the coasting. A coaster carrying a
load oi humanity down one side of
the incline picked up enough velocity
, the downward trip that it would
skid across the ice. and up the other
-ide of tin- bank before halting, giv
ing tie' youngsters an unusual thrill.
While the waterway could not be
used by any means for a silver skate
derby, or even as a fairly good skat
im; ground for adults, it is an ideal
pla. e for the little folks, who are
praying C at tii- weather man won't
let the thermometer bob up until the
ie thaWS and runs away.