The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
Illinois Iowa Missouri
ILLINOIS.

IL LIMOS.
!, DECATUR, Ill. April 29.-George
Zeller is in the hospital here as re-
suit OF bullet wound inflicted by a
hold-up man who held up Zeller and
companion in the north part of the
city at 1890 yesterday morning. The
hold-up man made his getaway only
to attack another victim, Maurice
Powers, few minutes later on a
street near the first attack. For sew
eral nights the hold-up man has been
busy on Decatur streets, in each in
stance escaping.
| SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April %
Judge Norman L. Jones in the Sanga-
mon county circuit court here has at
firmed a decision of the Illinois state
public utilities commission refusing
the Atohison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road company and other railroads in
the state an increase of one cent on
each one hundred bushels Of intra-
state grain shipments. The railroads
will, it was said, appeal the case to
the supreme court.
! ROCKFORD, Ill. April 2e.-ofi-
GERS of the Illinois grand council
Royal Arcanum, elected at the meet
ing here are: Vice-regent, Fred c.
Loomis; secretary, John Kiiey; treas
urer, Fred L. Wilk; auditor, Christian
Link guide. E. P. Keigher. All are
from Chicago.
MONMOUTH, ILL.,, April %
Cashier E. D. Brady of the Peoples
National Bank of Monmouth yester-
day received forged voucher on the
! Illinois Bankers Life insurance asso-
citation which is no doubt part of
gigantic swindle being worked at this
time on bankers and merchants in the
small towns in Iowa. The forged
| voucher gained 1864 for the forger
| and was cashed at Logan, Iowa.
Bankers in. Monmouth believe they
will see many of the vouchers within
| the next few weeks.
| SPRINGFIELD, H., April 29.-No-
| tice of motion for a rehearing has
! been filed with the clerk of the SUI
preme court by attorneys represent
| ing Miss Josie Westfall. whose cleo
| ton as judge Of the city court of
Macomb, ILL.,, was annulled by de-
cision of the court A reconsidera-
ton of the decision Is demanded be-
cause cts reasoning endangers the
whole fabric of the Illinois suffrage
laws" Three of the seven Justices
filed a dissenting opinion.
DECATUR, ILL.,, April 2s.-In, de-
cision handed down in the Logan
county court yesterday, Mount Pulaski
was declared wet" There are twelve
saloons and brewery agencies here.
which were ready to go out of bust
ness May f. The court held that the
petition signed by the "drys" was not
legal.
STERLING, ILL.,, April 29.-Joseph
Walton, years old, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Walton, Rock Falls, was
killed yesterday when thrown from
wagon during a runaway. Walter De-
poister and Francis Allen were in
jured.
BEARDSTOWN, ILL.,, April 29.-Roy
Glaze of Versailles. ILL.,, was so badly
injured in an automobile accident
lear here, that he died within few
minutes. Mr.. Glaze and four COM
panions had been in Beardstown and
were on their way home. They had
crossed the river bridge asd had gone
but a short distance, when the car
turned over The other occupants of
the car were thrown clear of the
machine, but Glaze was caught under
it. His neck was broken and death
ensued within short time.
GRANVILLE, ILL.,, April 29.-Work
has begun on two test wells with
view to ascertaining whether shale
can be found in paying quantities to
warrant the esta bliShment OF large
paving block plant.
| MISSOURI.
PALMYRA, Mo. April 29.-T. c.
Lasley. who was sheriff Of Marion
county for one term, has announced
himself candidate to succeed VIII
liam Johnson, present sheriff
DEXTER, Mo-, April 2s.-school
children from all parts of Stoddard
county yesterday held competitive
athletic contests and in the afternoon
paraded 1000 strong
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, April 20
| Davis Biggs of st. Louis has filed with
| Secretary of State Roach his decla-
ration of candidacy for the demo
cratic nomination for judge of the st
+, Louis court of appeals.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, April %
The committee appointed by the
state Bar association to consider the
presentation of code revision to the
next session of the Missouri general
assembly met yesterday. Judge ID. H
Harris of Fulton was elected chair
man and Manly o. Hudson of Column
bia was elected secretary of the COM
rnittee The general committee dis
cussed tentatively the question OF