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OTTAWA FREE TRADER
Istabllshsd 1840.
OTTAWA JOURNAL
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VOL. SIX NO. 402.
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1922.
3 O'CLOCK EDITION.
PRICE TWO CENTS
a.
HARDING ORDERS DDDGET COT HALF BILLION
BROTHERS; FIGHT 1 NEAR
DEATH, OTHER IS IN JAIL
CHAIRS, BOTTLES, FISTS
USED AS WEAPONS
IN BLOODY BATTLE
ONE IN HOSPITAL
THE OTHER IS HELD IN COUNTY
JAIL PENDING OUTCOME OF IN
JUREO MAN'S CONDITION
MOONSHINE IS BLAMED.
An overload of moonshine is alleg
ed by Mm police to have been rs
sponslble for u Unlit In which two
brothers h;ittl'l almost unto death
during ii family quarrel staged last,
night at their home on DeKalh street.
One of tho brothers, Ludwig Macini,
is In the hospital with what Ih
thought to be a cracked skull. The
other Ih In custody pernlinp tha out
come of his broth ar'a condition.
From what the police could ascer
tain the squabble began in a frledly
enough way, but the men. inflamed
by the powerful liquor they had im
bibed in, soon became crated and
went after one another with the in-1
tentions of killing.
Neighbors claim ihat it has he. n
the custom of the two men to have J
a little spree over the week end and
Sunday they returned homo to sober
up. It was while they were on thU'
"day after the night before." expedi
tion that one or the other took a
friendly little swipe at his kin. then
the blood began to flow Mottles, fur
niture, clubs and whatever else came
within reach was used to stage a
miniature Verdun, the noise from
which reached homes within the
block. Neighbors fearing that a kill
ing was in progress called the po
lice with instructions that i riot was
In progress and an immediate re
sponse was necessary.
When the officers arrived they
found the interior of the house wreck
ed and Ludwig lying on the floor,
bleeding profusely about the head.
Anglo was sitting In a chair with
a broken beer bottle in his hand. Ha
had hit his brother over the head
with the bottle, knocking him uncon
scious. Police rushed Ludwig to the hospit
al for attention and took Anglo to
jail. The two men will be arraigned
before Judge Koenig as soon as Lud
wig Is able to leave the hospital.
This morning at the hospital it was
reported that Lud wig's head was bad
ly cut in many places and much glass
imbedded in it from the broken bot
tle. He also sulered bruises about
the body. It is not expected that his,
condition w ill prove serious but ho I
will be forced to remain a patient
at the hospital for a week or ten t
days. Dr. E. E. Palmer is attending
the Injured man.
C. E. HOOK ESTATE
BEQUEATHED TO WIDOW
By the terms of the lute Charles B.
Hook's will his widow. Mrs. Louie
A. Hook, will receive his entire
estate, both personal and real prop
erty. Mr. Hook passed away Nov.
25, at the Silver Cross hospital in Jo
liet. His will, which disposed of his
estate, was liled for probate this
morning. The document was drawn
Nov. 8. 1919. and was witnessed hv
Fred A. QerdittK and E. J. Cassidy.
The will names Mrs. Hook as execu
trix, providing she can serve with
out bonds. It specifies that in ease
she does not wish to act. the testa
tor's friend and business associate.
Oscar Haeberle, cashier of the First
National bank, shall act as executor
and shall not be required to furnish
bonds.
The will made provision that In
case Mrs. Hook preceded him in
death, a bequest of $20,001) should go
to Mr. Hook's sister, Mrs. Virginia
U Neubert, and a $20,000 legacy to
EvttW" 7M,; was .
be divided in this manner, the resi
due was lo be equally divided be
tween the testatof's two nephews, i
Cbarjes h. Hook and ?Qfph Porter
Hook, and Mrs. Hook's niece; and
nephew, Clarence C. Collister and Lou
Collister McAvoy
The petition making public the
value of tho testator's property was
not filed today.
HAD ILLEGAL BOOZE
ADMIT IT IN COURT
j The chairmen of all the standing
Rfiltsfn Milli'o of Streator, whose committees on the board of super
case on a charge of violating the jsors, who comprise a special coni
seaxch an dseizure law was scheduled rnittee appointed at the June meeting
to come up for trial before a jury in to get cheaper rates fot rhe purchase
the county court this week, pleaded 0f power for all county buildings and
guilty to a charge of'unlaw fully institutions, held a meeting at 2: SO
possessing Ikjuor bet'or" Judee Reck o'clock this afternoon at the court
today and was lined $100 and costs, house.
IONIAN DROPS IN
ON PARENTS FOR A
FEAST AND A VISIT
LIEUT. CRUMRINE. WHO FLEW
FROM NEW YORK TO ALASKA, I
SPENDS SUNDAY WITH FOLKS
AT GRAND RIDGE.
Flying from Chicago to Grand
Ridge In an hour and twelve minutes.
Lt. Clarence B. Crumrine, fumed
army aviator who piloted a plane from
New York to Alaska, a few years
hack. yesterday "dropped in" on his
parents. Mr. and .Mrs. George ('
Crumrine, to spend a few hours with
them.
Accompanying Lt. Crumrine was
another army oflicer and Nordic, hiu
celebrated esqaimsu dog. a present
from tho citizens of Nome after the
Grand Rldjaje boy bad successfully
flown across half the United Stat' S
and the wilds ol Canada to blaze the
first air route from New York to
the country's northtnost territory.
Before heading south toward Grand
Ridge Lt Crumrine. using a speedy
army scout machine, circled above
Ottawa for a few minutes and then I
darted across the Illinois river to
ward heme, The plane was landed In
B pasture not far from Grand Ridge,
after the lieutenant cut a few didoes I
in the air for the entertainment of
his friends and neighbors of the vil
lage. Lt. Crumrine is stationed ut Me-j
Gook field, Dayton. ()., and flew from
there to Chicago to Spend .Saturday!
night with his sister. Sunday morn
ing he set out for Grand Ridge and
hung Up what is believed to be B
record for covering the distance be
tween the two metropolitan centers, I
by making the flight In 1:12. a little
more than a mile a minute.
After partaking of a sumptuous
dinner of mother's own cooking the
celebrated fbirdman and his flying
nomtwnlnn. together with Nordic.!
started the return flight to McCookl
Held, which they expected to make in
one hop off.
DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
CATHERINE PORTER
Death this morning claimed Mrs
Catherine Porter after a long illness.
The end dime at 10 o'clock at the
hnwia ,.f tt-c W H Ilnrn.ird 1019
Post street, with whom Mrs. Porter
resided since the death -of her hits-
band, the late S. V. Porter. .
The deceased was aged 79 years
and spent her early days in Ottawa
With her parents. After her marriage
to John Dudgeon the family moved j
to Goodland. Ind where they resid
ed a great number of years. After;
the deaths of her first husband audi
only son the widow In 1903 became:
the Wife Of S. W. Porter, who pre
ceded her in death some years ago.
Mrs. Porter was a sister of the
late V. 8. and Y. H. Uarnard and ol i
a large family only one sister Mrs.!
M. I). Learned, of Quincy. II!., sur
vives. The funeral will be held from the
Barnard residence Wednesday after
noon at 2:"0 o'clock. Interment will
be in Ottawa avenue cemetery.
WATERWAY ENVOYS
LEAVE FOR CAPITAL
Chicago, Dec. 4. - A waterways del
egation of approximately forty rep
resentatives from Chicago and four-
teen other Illinois cities will depart
at noon tomorrow for v ashington to
arouse congressional interest into
the deep waterway project. Senator'
McKinley plans to introduce a bill
providing for federation participation
in waterwavs and it is planned the
Measure shall represent the collective
and merged views of Illinois on the
subject.
Waterway sentiment has been giv
en tremendous impetus by the Gover
nor Small last Friday that work'
should start on the sixty-mile stretch
'between Locport and Ctlca on th''
Illinois river. As well as by water-;
way discussion in the recent, south
ern commercial congress and the
trip of Governor Blaine of Wisconsin
through the Mississippi valley.
S0L0NS' COMMITTEE
IN SESSION TODAY
THE
TRIO OF HUNTERS
THREATEN DRIVER
smash
INTO MACHINE AND
WHEN REMONSTRATED WITH
PULL SHOTGUN ARRESTED
AND FIND IN OTTAWA.
Three Chicago hunters were ar
rested at l:..0 Sunday morning in
! the College Inn restaurant on the
complaint of John Gumhar of the Na
tional Plate settlement. According
Gumbar the Chicago men in an
unlicensed Ford ran Into his ear on'
the cement road between here and
M,,rci,iMrta H. .,
men In the Ford hit his Dodge car!
and when he stopped to go up and
ask them about the matter they flour
ished a shotgun at. htm.
The accident happened Saturday I
evening about 6 o'clock and Outnbar,
who was accompanied by Carl Mid-;
night, reported the matter to the po-i
lice at once. The next morning when
tho men were eating breakfast pre-1
paratory to going down the river on;
an early morning hunting trip they
Were arrested by Captain Fox and
Oflicer Lond organ. All the men were
taken to the city jail to await trial.
Yesterday they were arraigned be
fore Judge Koenig and gave the fol
lowing names: Daniel Flossie. James
Garlyn and Paul Turski. Asettlment!
between them and Gumhar was made
regarding the damages to the Otta
wa man's cur and after u settlement j
With the judge they Were allowed to
go their way peacefully ami Continue
.their b fating. However, die men
were given orders tha.r'WheneVer they
wanted to hunt to do so In the undei
brush of the river lowlands and not
on the public highways,
RED CROSS LAUNCHES
DRIVE FOR MEMBERS
The annual drive for membership"
of the Ottawa chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross will start tomorrow
This year there will be no solicits
tion, but. the tellers in everyone "I'
the five Ottawa bunks will receive
memberships.
Patriotic citizens are ' asked to
leave their $1.00 membership fees
tor the coming year without further
solicitation. The drive will continue
for two weeks, and It is hoped to se
cure a very large number of volun
;iry sub rintions during this pe
riod. '
"
During the past two years. tin
cal Red I ross has distributed tie. i
sands of dollars in Ottawa, and havi
carried on all the relief work among
the ex-soldiers here. Their home
service office has been one of the
finest institutions for the city, ever
operated here.
OF WRECKED
AT
BUSY MAN'S NEWSPAPER
PARKED HIS PUPPY AT
FRIEND'S HOUSE: G01ME
Lawrence Murdock. the 9 year old
son of Mrs. Helen Lawrence Mur
dock. of Fast Main street, is heart
broken over the loss of His four ami
a half month old collie puppy "Speed."
Lawrence spent Thanksgiving With
his mother in Chicago, and parked
his puppy at the Singer home on East
street, while he was away. Mr.
Singer shut the dog in a pen, but
Thursday afternoon someone turned
him out. Lawrence reached home yos-
terday, and has
grieved over the
since been greatly
loss of the puppy.
AUNT PETITIONS
COURT TO NAME HER
FOWLIE GUARDIAN
CHILDREN OF AUTO VICTIM ARE
ORPHANED AND MOTHER'S SIS
TER ASKS TO BE GIVEN THEIR
CUSTODY.
j A petition was filed in the probate
Irourf today, asking that a guardian be
appointed lor the three minor children
of Dr. John H. Fowlie, who was found
'dead, Thursday morning, under his
overturned auto, on the concrete high
way this side of La Salle. By Dr.
Fowlie's tragic doath his three chil
dren, Daniel, aged 14. Hloanor, aged, 9,
and John Paul, aged ti are left without
either a mother or a father.
The mother ot the little folks dit d
In i9is.
The petition was tiled by u maternal
aunt of the hildren, Miss da M. Craw
ford, :ioo Norris st., a sister of their
mother She asked that she be ap
pointed the guardian of the "person''
ol the children.
Miss Crawford, In her petition. 1M I
thi ir estate as personal bronertv,
worth $9,ooo.
The oldest boy. Daniel, also filed s
petition asking that Miss Crawford be
appointed his guardian.
The hearing has been set for De
cember us. at 10 o'clock.
Marriage Licenses.
' red De Filinpo. Spring Vallev, le
! Augusta Hiding. Ottawa, leg.-,:.
NEW DEPUTIES TAKE
OATH AND STARS OF
AUTHORITY TODAY
TIMOTHY J KELLY NAMED BY
I SHERIFF WELTER AS FOURTH
I DEPUTY GEORGE STEPHENS
REMAINS AS DAY JAILER.
Aids ol Sheriff, K. J. welter, were
sworn in with the due and accustomed
formalities In the office of Couty Clerk,
Thomas A. Ferguson, early this morn
ing. The deputies at once, without
any further ado, took up their new
duties, and were on hand ready to run
down any criminals, or prevent any
crimes, (luring the remainder of the
day.
The deputies are: Edward T. Ryan,
Chief; Rasmus Benson. Ottawa. Harrj
L. Ward, Streator; Timothy J. Kelly,
Seneca; George W. Stephens, Ottawa,
day jailer: and Issas L. Bennett, Ot
tawa, night jailer.
Mr. Kelly was named as the fourth
deputy late Saturday afternoon by Mr.
Welter. Mr. Stephens was named as
served as jailer under Sheriff. C S.
Ayers. and was considered one of the
strongest and ablest men on the entire
force.
Mr. Benson was the tirst of the now
deputies sworn in. He took bis "ath
and went on duty at mid-night. This'
morning he went to l hicago to get j
excused from Federal Grand Jury ser
vice, the law providing that a deputy i
sheriff does not have to sit on a grand
jury.
The aides and the new sheriff went j
on duty early today, and slipped right '
into the Job like old hands.
County Treasurer. .1. F. Kilduff. and:
his Hides, also went on duty when the;
county building opened this morning.
Within a few minutes after the Open
i n Li . the office bore resemblance to al
floral show, BUCh I profUSSlOD of floral!
Offerings having been showered on the!
new officials. The flowers came from
friends in La Salle, Chicago and other
cities, and consisted prinipally of
chrysanthemums, one basket stood j
almost five fee) high, and was filled
with choice yellow and white mums.
At the same time the two new coun
ty officials took their offices, Judge I!
Harry Reck. Judge R, I). Mills, county
clerk, Thomas A. Ferguson, and Pro-,
bate clerk W. c. Pilch all started on
their new terms of office, but because
they succeeded themselves there was
no formality with their stinting on!
their new terms.
Married By Jodce Reck.
Mrs Filippa Aprile and Pet f
Blava both of La Salle, were united
in marriage this morninc at 1"
o'clock by Judge R. Harry Reck, at
ins office ill the COUrt house
Continue Mandula Case
A continuance until ecembSf 13, WM
taken this afternoon in the case of
Johll Mandula. who is charged with I
serious offence by Cecelia Zclenak,
of Ransom.
CONGRESS TOLD IN
ANNUAL ESTIMATE
TO REDUCE DILLS
Washington, Dec. 4. President Harding in
submitting the annual federal budget for the new
fiscal year, frankly told congress today that
s whether there was to be
POLICE ARREST MAN
WANTED IN CHICAGO
MURDER MYSTERY
CHICAGO DETECTIVES PHONE
CITY ASKING THAT VAUDE
VILLE ACTOR WHO PLAYED
HERE YESTERDAY BE HELD
FOR THEM.
Patrons Of the Qayety theater os
terda) saw more than the ordinary
show; they saw a smiling actor wh i
la under suspicion as being Implicated
in the murder of "Smiling Joe" Lanus.
Chicago millionaire, who wai btutall)
murdered in his garage. 4631 We:
-Madison street, on the night of No'. .
21 by an Unknown person. The actor
is John Loftis. ami In played tin piano
and sang songs in the Bth
ami Al Allen sketch, one of
acts on the program.
Loftis h:ts been under
I Park
the hi
sue picion
ever since the murder, and last week
he Slipped away from Chicago and
the prying eves of the detectives of
that city. Nothing was known of his
location until yesterday, when detec
tive found out he bad secured n Job
on the OrpboUm circuit in van 'eville
j They looked film up and found he was
! playing in Ottaw a.
I At I o'clock this morning the Ot
tawa police received a long distance
call from Chicago asking the police
her.- to arrest Loftis. Captain Fox
wont to the Clifton hotel) where lie
wont to Loftis' room and placed him
under arrest, lie then took the alleged
criminal to the police station, where,
ho was held until 4 o'clock this morn
lag, when a big automobile with two
detectives from the Austin avenue sta
tion arrived and took the man in:
charge.
He was placed in handcuffs and put
in the machine and the return journey
to Chicago started, where he will he
questioned in regard to the killing,
i Loftis dented the charges while
I here, but the detectives of Chicago
I said they had either th" right man or
.one who could tell them who the right
; man is and Where he is. Kxcept for
this staunch denials, Loftis refused to
jtalk. but the sleuths who had located
I him said ii little third degree would
make him more talkative
The Chicago police first hunted a
'mysterious woman In black following
the shooting, but have given up that
clow, according to the ( hlcago p iper
and were searching for S certain per
son whoso name appered mysteriously
On some papers found in the 1 .ami ;
office, Immediately after the crime
the notice confiscated all of Lanus' lv -
LlonglngS and all papers in the office
I In these papers appears the name of
the murderer, but no one but the effi
icers know the name. It may he Loftiu
and it may not be.
GUI lAut rnAYbn
MEETINGS TUESDAY
Cottage Prayer Meetings.
Cottage prayermeettngs for Tues
day, Dec ". will be held In the follow
ing homes:
Mrs.
St., Mr
ton st
st., Dl
W,
Conger, lt'.ls sv. anion
G. C.
Berg
P. O.
Kirsh. L'lt
1 E, Washing -
sni Christie
r Larson
Stordock. :117 Guthrie
St., Mrs. Albert Cole. 50
Mrs. Albert Hagenbaugh.
Marcy st.,
State st.,
Henry K. avis. Locust st., Robert Dun
can. 542 Third It, J. A. Andrews, 414
First ave., Mrs. II. V. Bhuikcnhip,
HOB Catherine st., R. F. Knott. MM B.
Paul st, Mrs. Ben Hudkins 1140 Phelps
St..
Mr
Mr
SO!
Mrs. ('has Getger, SUJI Ottawa ave..
. W. F. Carr, 1-1- Ottawa ave.,
. J. J. Gerding 718 W. Jackson -;t..
John
Andn
I., Mr
Mil:
It'
Fn
.on. HIS Webster st
senfelter, 1346 Jeffei
d Ratensteln, 430 lf
J. W. Coble, SOL'
fayette -d .
Main g tree
Mi
DENIES GIRLS CHARGE
BU IS BOUND OVER
James Benedetto, a prominent
young farmer, was bound over to
the grand jury under bonds of 11 11"1,
diarged with beinK the faother of a
boy born to Martha Bedecker. of Han
som, III He was arrested and re
leased about two weeks ago He
plead not guilty to the charge and
this tnornig was arraigned before
Justice George T Koenie on the Ran
som girl's charges.
His bonds were signed by himself
aud William Davjs..
any material reduction
in government expendi
tures and in taxes in future years,
would depend largely on whether
there was to be a curtailment or ex-
I panslon of federal aid in lines of re
quired Improvement ami develop
ment. i
Placing the estimated government,
outlay in 19L'4 at 8,10O,84334j a
decrease of uboul ,000,000 uk
compared with estimates for this
(fiscal year, Mr. Harding called atten
tion that two-thirds of this total
was on account ol practically Bxefl
charges, such as the public, debt,
national defense. pensions, world
war allowances and federal aid.
There was left, he said, only about
nine billion dollars in (barges sub
ject to administrative control ami
against which, he added, the retire
ment policy of the government hud
been directed.
Re-Organiation Necessary.
While expressing the opinion that,
some further reduction undoubtedly
would result from a reorganization
of government establishments on a
more scientific basis, the president
said this alone would not affect such
a material cut in operating costs as
would justify the expression of hope
for a considerable lessening of ex
penditures in the years to come, i
Taking up the question of tederut
aid the executive declared that Ibis
was a rapidly broadening Held Of ex
penditure and that there Was ;i (men
tion as to bow far the government,
shouid participate in it. He added
(that it did not pertain to the BOrtpal
I functions or operations of the busi
ness of government.
I "These extraveous activities,'' bo
I continued, "have flowed from la.Wa
I enacted pursuant to popular demand.
and I take this occasion to refer to
them for the purpose of showing that
the taxation which necessarily re
sults in providing funds to meet
is a necessary incident to the ful
fillment of the popular demand.
Other Debts Pile Uo.
"In the efforts which have been
directed to reducing public expendi
tures, I have been much concerned in
apparent increasing stuto, county
and municipal indebtedness, and I
am learful lest this condition may bo
in port attributable to the expendi
tbre made by the government pur
suant to its federal aid laws, as
many of these state laws require
state contributions us a prerequisite
to the extension of the federal aid."
The summary of the budget for.
1921 as given to congress shows an
estimated excess of recipts over ex
penditures next year of 10,969,126
as compared with an estimated deficit
of 3273,038,713 for this fiscal year.
The president said, however. Ihat he
was hopeful that the estimated de
ficit for 19'-' could be reduced in
the remaining seven months and that
the close of the year next June 30
would show a balanced account.
Bstlmated expenditures of $:!.1S0.
843,334) for 1924. which are exclusive
of the postal service, compare with
estimated appropriations of 3,078.
940,331 for the same period. Mr.
Harding explained that the expendi
tures would represent actual cash
withdrawals from the treasury, in
cluding some on aojcounl of appro
priations in previous years.
Another deficit in postal operations
was forecast for this year, but Mr.
Harding said it was estimated that
through proper adjustments there
1 would be :i surplus
I over expenditures l
of postal revenues
fn i24 amounting
to 8952,439. For this year postal
costs were placed at 1659.996 841, or
an estimated deficiency of $:'1,502.
570, as compared with an actual de
ficiency in the lust fiscal year of
164,346,234, The 1924 costs are given
at $5S4.'!."3,15t.
Army of 125,000.
The president told congress that an
anoronriation of 1266.652,887 recom-
mended for the army would provide
I for a regular force of 12,000 officers
and 125,000 enlisted men. exclusive
lot the Philippine scouts, which is the
I strength now authorized by congress
and would enable the militia bureau
I to increase the strength tff the
I national guard from 100,064) officers
and men to 215,000 officers and men.
For the army air service 12.8TL,54M)
is promised, or $2:'., 500 less than ap
propriated this year. Mr. Harding
said this sum would permit the ser
vice to operate efficiently in accord
ance with existing policy.
For the navy $289.S80.!!3 is asked.
This amount, the president asserted,
would provide for the pri sen! enlist
ed personnel of Sii.ooo men: maintain
rii present ships in rotnmfctkMft and
make provision for contlaulag all
new ship construction in privately
owned vards. excent fcr reduction in
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