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TRADERJOURNAL
WEATHER
OTTAWA FREE THADEH
H
Established 1840
J JL J- WjL
Unsettled tonight and
Saturday: colder late Sat-
OTTAWA JOURNAL
tab 1 1 shed 1B80
yyuraay arternoon.
AND OTTAWA PAIR DEALER
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IT, 1928.
PRICE, TWO CENTS.
VOLUME (J -NO. so.
WILL PASS
: MONDELL
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BONUS
GASHED DAYTON WARRANTS
FOR $553; FRAUD CHARGED
"- ,ge"t:F1L 0. K. PLACED
ARKtSrtU Al HUME
IN OAK PARK
ISSUE CANCEL
commissioner attempts to
halt payment qn amounts
bu"p learns cash had been
obtained" grand jury rt
' turns indictment.
enlarged with being a member o
gang who frAAlapUj received
from William UroeVHurtb by puasl
unauthorized warrants on the Wedi
highway commissioner, Charles
llarr of Oak Rml was placed uni
arrest late yesterday, charged a
operating a ctmfldencp game. H
was Indictst by the January m;
jury, but thr bill wat suppressed
order f the court (Until he could
located.
Deputy SUi 'Iff Chariot
Campi
to brl
went to Chicago last nieht
tb prisoner bach with him,
it is aliased Chicago men,
4!arr is one, secured "rib i a
of wll
for n
material and warrants for the mat rii I
signed by Road Commissioner Harrj
Dp Bolt of Wedrdn These ord n
were later countermanded and the
warrant arc said to have been de
dared void.
it is claimed thai a member of the
Knag visited Ottawa and discounted
the warrants t'iy 1533 to William
(irosskurtb. Mr. Orosskurth la said
later to have found that the warrants
were void and to have preferred
charges against Barr.
Released on Bonds.
Denuty Campbell return1
d t
tawa lata tht morning bringiii
with him The latter was ai
nled by his attorney. Mr Tu
Chicago. Before leaving I
Mr. Twobey made arrangem
furnish bond for his client ;
as be arrived bere. Mr, Ba
not Iprki'd in the county jail, 1
held In tile si ! r i 1 1 s ollie
unti
furnished bonds. I
Rarr is said to be a well to do
resident of Oak Park and to be well
thought of by hfi fellow citizens. II"
is the head of a family and owns a
beautiful homein that city.
IRISH SITUATION
TO BE B1G ISSUE
. Dublin, Feb. 17. The situation In
northeastern trelanl H1 he, an Im
portant Issue at the mc-ting nexl
Tuesday of the Ard Pehels, or annual
convention of the Gaelic league of
Ireland, Notice has been given by
Kevin O'Sheil, legal secretary to Ibe
provisional government, of a series
of resolutions pledging support to fel
low citizens "in the six counties area
and calling on the public reprsenta-
dves in those counties to torn
a policy which will defeat the :
at i
ment for partition The re
also urge the Dail Kirreann
the attempt to destiny the
the Irish nation
"Regarding the boundaries
sion provided for under the
Irish treaty, one resolution CI
duti
1 11 1 1 V
comrpiH
Anglo
ills upei
those responsible for its initiation
never to consent to the exclusion of
any considerable body of nationalists
and to secure all necessary safeguards
for the dissenting minority who may
happen to be In temporarily exclud
ed area."
Mr Q'Sheil's position in connection
dfcth the provisional government
gives these resolutions special sig
nificance but it is not known how far
they are official and how tar bis own
personal views ,
FIRST DEMOCRATS
FILE FOR OFFICE
The three' members mf the Demo
cratic Senatorial Committee who
have served daring the past term,
filed their petitions as candidates for
re-election this morning They are
George f. Betford of streator. Ed
ward s Morahn of Ottawa and Geo
S. Wiley of Ottawa. Theirs we re the
first petitiens for nomination as any
democratic candidate to be Sled in
the office of the County Clerk.
BEVERIDGE ENTERS
SENATORIAL RACE
Indianapolis. Ind.. Feb 1$. Albert
I. Heveridge formally announced bis
candidacy for (he Republican nomina
tion for United State s Senator of In
diana tMlay. The announcement
made at a party at Mr. Bereridgc
home, attended by visiting Republican
delegations from all over Indiana.
11 MORIARTY Bill
EO VIADUCT BY STATE
LAST IMPEDIMENT IS REMOVED.
CONSTRUCTION TO START AS
SOON AS COTRACTS CAN BE
AWARDED.
I!,
brill
K.'d
ivlsed plans tot
te. which bavi
the Mortality Mill
beoh officially o.
Miller in the Qeoartmeul
tildlngs and Works, were 1
County Superintendent of
BOrge Furnsworlh It is
laments will be made to-1
.dverl UK) lor bids and the !
work on "death cross-1
. atai ti d within a few
County 'and town officials, as well
as the officials on the Rock island
and ('., O A- P. railways are eager to
have the structure completed before
warm weather, with its heavy auto
traffic, sets In, They are also anx
ious to gel the construction work un
der way before any recurrence of the
tragedies which took place there In
the past, are again re-enacti d.
The new plans provide tor letting
contracts for the bit; structure In
smaller lots, instead of as a big Unil
called for.
They call for tlie construction oi
all masonrv work necessary, for the
moving of the old canal bridge to the
east of where it now is situated, and
fO raising it higher and (feeing a
creosoted wooden floor on the bridge,
111 cost In ibe nelgnoor-
roxtuiately
$18.(11)0,
a nrl
ch is separate
ll cost In the
rom th
oad will
their t
fur-
nal commission is to furnish
abutments, to pay tor the
he bridge and for moving
tare.
(). & P. railroad Will move
ks north, under the bridgi .
of this will be borne by the
P., i. a Salle County and th
Ottaw a.
he Ri
ick island Railroad, the town
Dttaw
nd La Salle County Will
tnalnder of the construe
The structure which Will be buill
just to the east of the present cross
ing, will span both the Interurhan and
railroad tracks, and will end well up
the hill, eliminating the dangerous
curve at the foot of the bill.
REDUCE FARES FROM
CHICAGO TO OMAHA
i iteguiar passen-
'hicago, Milwaukee j
and Chicago alod
duced 1J50 by the ;
estern railway, ae-j
nouncemenl by of-1
o today. Tic new !
live as soon as the j
tmred.
ed on the Chicago
Chicago, St. Paul I
tie, Rock Island, U -
& Nor
and A
Oma ha.
( 'hicag
tc
a Is
llnois Central and Burlington lines
vesterday thai the reduction would
be made and these roads refused to
agree to the plan, OH the plea that J
the road was not In a position to com-1
pete With the others named on an
equal fare basis. ,
Officers of ibe
Chicago yesterdf
summer tourist
pal points twent;
ported, but these
railroads east of
agreed to ireduce )
ares to all princi-j
per cent, it was re
reductions have not j
lounced to the bub -
incurrence of some!
it was explain-
M'CORMICK GIRL 16.
TO WED STABLE HANC
FHREE TIMES HER AGE?
rjhliaKo, Peb. it - Mri Keiith
rts w'
infirm or den', repot
1 lished here quoting her 16 year old
daughter Mathilde as saying she
would mart"? Max Oser, x years old.
idim: teacher In Zurich. Switzer -
land. Howie, believing that an emergency
.Miss Mathilde MeCorniick was said j clause' to Juan l and Kl I'aso no ton
Is. the published report to have oh-,ger demand.- drastic! attention, today
tained the consent of BSf father. ! issued Jm lobilisatlt .i orders. Bo4
HaroM McCormtok, to tbe marriage. diem uti.b- these orders need no
and to be planning to come here ! longer be held In camp at Fort Rlis
from New York to ee.k b"r mother's1 In Juarei the situation remained
consent I Unchanged
Marriage Licenses.
Walter Morgan. Klein. 24:
t'rii bs, Ottawa, 24.
.In'i.e
1 ism j "m
J
HTfl
n r,iniitu
ASKS DIVORCE ON
DESERTION CHAROE
MRS. MINNIE ENERSON CLAIMS
THAT FOR MORE THAN TWO
YEARS HER MATE HAS AB
SENTED HIMSELF FPOM HER
WANTS TO RESUME HER
MAIDEN NAME.
Claiming tha
her, and for mc
lived apart fro
Mrs, Minnie Vy
filed a bill tor
Knerson of Mori
According to th
married Dec. I
gether until Pel
Mrs. Rtnersnr
leserted
tare has
t cause
1 1 or no -st
Alv'n
as l
maiden name of Mi
Attorneys Kelly
retained by Mrs.
her suit,
The bill asking t!
lato yesterday Tl
Berson wen) Into
a dec ree.
Ottawa Man'i
The will ol the la
( Ottawa was Ale
yesterday, Mr M
lied.
tire estate, valued
13,700, to his widi
Mooney.
Dana Man Leave
The late Grant
who died aboul six
estate valued at apt
ipproximate'1
Mrs. Jofhann;
according to a petl
tamentary Hied in
late yesterday. HI
eighty acres of in
valued at $",iiiui
certy worth $2,600,
Bv file term! of
Court
Mrs. Emma Ca
i herit bis estate
which i' will
tween their twi
Kennell of Da
Caldwell.
Tl,., ..Ill nra
j R. U. Prichett,
I
TROOPS FOP BORDER
SERVICE DISBANDED
I Kl Paso Tex f
Manage Licenses.
Leonard Woe, yorthvftte,
IT'S AN ILL WIND, ETC.
r a i i f a f SI
oALV A I lUiJ ?'.IV
CAPTAIN
REPORT
A great dea.1 si aid has been ten
dered ic worthy people of Ottawa whe
have been bit by the business dc
pre Bslon through the workings of tin
Salvation Army during the wintei
months. The report of Captain Ilos-
banded out, shows thai
for help have been nan
dining the past twelve
In spite Of the slack ti
ing employment, Capt.
ue tor See
.Morgan h
been able to sec ure positions for four
worthy men during that period of
time. His official report shows that
the tl llowlng aid has been banded
out between Nov. 1 and Feb. 1:
Number of persons given medi
cal aid 5
Pairs of shoes given out L'4
Overcoats 4u
Suits of underwear 42
tera 8
other garments 130
New OUtfU for burial 1
Lodging! given '17
Meals given '2
Coal, bushels 2
Furniture, bed and lounge L'
No. men found employment .... 4
Thanksgiving dinners 12
Christmas baskets Tu
Groceries ether than Thanksgiv
ing and Xmas jpr.o
Open air or street meetings held, l'i
Indoor meetings hold B0
Sunday schools held 1 -'
Musical instruct U n given boys
and girls starting Jan, 1 Sat
urday morning recreation hour
and musical instruction.
No. penitents or seekers I1)
MINE UNIONS VOTE
ON H0WATT PETITION
T24.6no Estate. Indianapolis, Ind.Feb. 17. -The spe
aldwell of Dana, '''''' convention en' the United Mine
veeks ago, lefl nr. porkers of Ame rica called to detar
oximately $24,600, mine tbe union -- wage policy was
on toe- letters te-s-' ready today to begin voting- on
whether it w
del- the
Ajexa nele i
k I as I night predicted
Ion by an "almost una i!
ii the scale committee re-
mo
'1,;, port declaring against any wage re
u'.ci ducttOns foi soft coal miners and In
. crease.- for anthracite workers, back
ed by a threat ol a nation-wide strike
1 on April 1.
j
Te nkful for Something.
I!mtu hnii lng wanted a brother,
so when (wins, a bey ami a girl, ar
Ing. Gen , . , ,., .,, ,i,-,
rived ai
bub si
leav.-i .
mil brothi r bad come, be
. lgh and shPI i 'tJee, i
asnl .ill sister."
H". D.irgtr of Collision Yet.
ti e : loon is Ken ing Bearer ?
sartb si i speed of about fourteei
In joo years, Astronomer up b
j f- t nst been able to ex
Whs
Rflrfiinrno
IN 5 !lKo
LEARN ALL ABOUT
TAXING SYSTEM
EXPERT TELLS OTTAWA MEN IT
IS A PLEASURE TO DIE TO PAY
INHERITANCE TAXES, AND
THAT ONE IS AS SURE TO GET
YOU AS THE OTHER.
T
rsdaj noon session of th
c lub was one ol tne most
111-
stin
I ti ti
I yel held, After disposing ol
heon the assembly listened c
icul talks cm the subject of
Robe rl Smith, deputy county
Hire
taxc
Axel
dberg and Jame
mer.
Mr Smith ad'
; ideas on r
Salle count
nit. $390,000
some illiiniin.il
raising in La
declared that
ontributed In
lie county pur-
a s for pur
lv I, a
ind that abotl
$200,000 of lb.
amount was devoted to the purpose
of charity,
iCouritj Auditor Helberg explained
the income tax system lucidly an 1
answered many question on this Just
now very important, subject.
James A, Wagoner, revenue col
lector, made his address a pleasing ad
mixture of wit and n-ason. He as
sured his bearers that death and in
IheritanCe taxes were closely asso
ciated and one was as certain as the
other; could not escape either. Mr,
Wagoner presented the truths of his
theme in an amusing manner.
et week's program will be filled
by an Intereettng talk by Senator Ks
stngton of Streator, who has addeas
ed several eudiencea In Ottawa re
cently. all Ol which proved his ability
to do his subjects justice.
NORTHEASTERN STATES
IN GRIP OF COLD SPELL
Wi
cteri
itate
ty as a result of a cold snap of tin
uiai severity, according to reports
the weather bureau, whose fore-
tsjten would predict little relief b-1-re
Saturday. On the other band,
E northwestern sections, which nor
ally would be enduring the coldest
Hod of tbe season, were said to
have comparatively
tares.
high telllpe:a
in th" United
Canton. N. Y .
Greenville, Me.
The
coldest sp"t-
State's
today were
Northfield,
Vt . and
where the thennom eter a shivered
around decrees b, low zero.
The cold wave was in effect today
far baton the Mason and Dixon line,
several cities reporting record lOW
temperature's for periods' of several
A decided rise was said to be la
progress throughout the Mississippi
valley and the piHin states. Uc 1
BOWS are probable, however, it Was
stated, in tlij upper lab; txUuu,
1111 II IP
fAW
HEATED DEBATE
ON FLOOR AFTER
TEXAN'S CHARGES
Washington, Feb. I 7. "The soldier bonus bill
will be reported to a republican caucus within the
next ten days and a republican house will pass it,"
Ch airman Fordney of the
T SETTLES WITH
IRS QE VICTIMS
KILLED IN CRASH
PROBATE COURT GIVEN NOTICE
OF SETTLEMENT WITH RELA
TIVES OF DANIELSON AUTO
PARTY WIPED OUT IN COLLI
SION.
Indications that
lington and Quincj
a settlement for th
tin
rai
de
Chicago. Rui
road had made
ith of Mrs. Ten
- le 1 ei ns I ant
Mrs. Bertha A
on
M
inc.
ter mother,
for their
tragic de aths, whic h occurred on Oct
1 29 near Piano, when their auto was
'struck by a Q" passenger train and
i Mrs. Danlelaon, her husband. Willis
Danieleoa; their baby daughter, Doru
Ithea, and her mother, Mrs. Mosey,
were all killed, was made in the Vro
hate Court todav when a petition for
letters of administ
estates were tiled.
The heirs of Mrs
Danlelson, woo
was the laal Of the euarlc t to die. will Mr. Monde II declared that the pru
recelve J'iiT. it. is .said, as damages for test of Mr. Garner was neither mod-
ier
death
has a
the
st th
lion o
oin pa i
and I
Mo
damages
for the
I d to
pt
payi
leath.
s. Danb
ir, Charle
lister, Mri
are he
Sandwich
)Ve of Chi
lath
her
Gerti
ac
cago. and her brother, On in O. Mosey
of Relnbeck. The heirs of her moth
er, Mrs. Bertha Mosey, are; the same
three, who will inherit her daughters
estate.
Attorney Owen Anderson, the poh
He administrator, will administer both
estates. Neither Mrs. Mosey nor Mrs.
Danlelson owned any real estate.
Sues for $500.
, $500 assumpsit suit was started
In the Circuit Court this afternoon by
the Grand Union Tea company against
Roberl Bason and Catherine Bush of
Streator. The plaintiffs allege the de
. fendants are indebted to them In the
, sum of f500 for merchandise, premium
checks and equipment,
GRAIN CRIBS DAMAGED
BY FIRE THIS P. M.
small
ifterrtb
iust
II
sin.
ill hob' b
e root
i wen
ha lire
i f one o ftl
ty-flrsl run
department
Of th-
tor t
NAB HARRINGTON AT
PALM BEACH RE?
Ch
Peb
defn
SAYS SANDS WAS IN
CHICAGO LAST FALL
guerlte Snyder, private Investigator,
a' thi.-t c ity said she would telegraph
State's Attorney Crowe today that the
knew nothing about the Taylor nittr
der, but that Sands was in Chicago
last September, posing as able to g"t
girls into the movies.
Many Bag Varieties.
We 1
bum' Hal
nate as
I nrestl s
fifteen
them, mi
way in
requires
d Stales a
ually ei,-i
b American
e are -.cuiiel
t kinds Ol
size all tlis
it aim
nucenpp
St
d
i
ought not to oxiM
should prevent it.'
and the house;
Garner said. "If
House ways and means
rommittcc declared in the
house tod.iy during a discussion over
the manner of its framing.
The house was thrown into an up
roar during a discussion of the matter
after Representative Garner of Texas
bad protested against Ihe action of
ibe Republican members in calling in
a representative of the American Le
gion to advise them at a secret ses
sion from which Democrats were ex
cluded. After 1 1 1 - meeting the opinion was
expressed thai several days miiibt.
elapse before an agreement is reached
as to whethe r the sales tax plan
should be provided for furnishing nec
essary revenue to litiauce the bonus.
Garner Attacks Committee.
In making his attack on the commit
tee, Mr. earner, without mentioning
names, made reference to the appear
ance of John Thomas Taylor of the
American Legion and Richard Jones,
representing veterans of foreign wars,
who wen before the committee todav.
Declaring there was no objection
to Republicans working secretly on
the bill, Mr, Carne r protested againsf.
the action of Republican members In
having an executive session at which
witnesses were called to determlno
legislation.
"I say frankly thai this system
Jtion for the two the statement that these men appear
ed la correct it is an outrage on tbo
house."
orate nor accurate, adding that the
same custom had prevailed during tbe
Democratic control, chairman Fori
ney declared that when tbe Under
wood bill was being framed Demo
cratic members called iia man toad
vise about the lax on lemons, and the
Democrats took his advice and wrote?
it in the bill.
The house indicated it planned first
to Consider President Harding's sug
gest ion thai the cash payments be de
ferred until they could be made In
lump sum instead oi Spread over a
period of two and a halt years.
Whether the bonus bill could he put
thru with a general sab's tax pro
vision as recommended by tbe presi
dent In his letter yesterday as the
only alternative In his view to post
nonement of the legislation was re-
garded by leaders generally
both republican and democratic
uncertain to warrant predict:
i ic lay
; too
. in
such
tc
IRISH BILL PASSES
2D READING 302-60
London. Feb. 17.- d By the A. P.) -The
bill establishing the Irish freo
state passed its second reading in tlw
house ol commons today after the
amendment offered by Captain
Charles Craig, leader of the" Ulster un
ionists, for all ring the boundary com
mission provisions of the Anglo-Irten
treaty had been defeated by a voie
of 302 to 60.
CHIEF OF IOWA G. 0. P.
SUCCEEDS KENYON
lies Moines, la., Feb. it, Charles
A, Rawson, Des Moines, chairman of
the republican slate central commit
tee, was today ajppointed by Gov.
Kendall to succeed William 8. Kett
ion In the U. s senate. Senator
Well
in bi
tartl
ttltl Mo-e Juvsnlto,
A small i""-. aged four bad Just cm
tnnnicated Mxe t'ae-: bis uncle that
he had stnrted or. bis sc hool career.
tnd I" said bis uncle: "why. yen
must be tbe youngest there." "Oh,
no," answered Ihe y unater In a very
lofty manner, "there's another gentle
man who ensues In i nerambntatcsf.
Two D e in Powder Blast.
landing. X. .1.. Feb. 17 Two wen
: killed when the dynamite packing
h .a--- of the Atlas powder works wa
destroyed by an cxidosioq,