Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14
ILLINOIS
l. STATE NEWS

homes OF Foreigners throughout west
Frankfort destroyed by inccndiary
fires. rioting which started here follow
ing double murder, continued almost
undated until IL was stopped by the
arrival of attachments of the state
militia from Mount Vernon, Cairo,
Salem and McLcnnsboro. A mob cs-
timatcd to number more than 5000
controlled the situation for ~ hours,
directing its attack against the for
eign population, after being frustrated
I'm an attempt to get hold of three
suspects, one Siclinn, held in con-
nection with the murders The trou-
BILE first started after the finding of
the bodies of Amiel CulcatCrra. nine
teen years old. and Tony IIcmpel,
eighteen. buried in shallow graves In
the woods near West Frankfort. The
throats of both had been cut and
Hempcl had been shot. The lads were
said to have information concerning
the operations of an organized band
that had committed hank ami post Of
flee robbcrics In southern Illinois.
Springficld.-COrn is at n critical
stage I'm Illinois. according To the bull
letin of the bureau of crop estimates.
Almost no rain has fallen during the
week. and due tn this fact and the
ravages of the chlnch hug In central
and southern Illinois corn has been de-
teriorating steadily. "As thrashing of
winter wheat proceeds" the bulletin
SAYS. "the extent Of the damage caused
by the HeSslnn fly and winter killing
Is reflected by many unusually small
yields. especially In the larger wheat
growing counties of the south. In
northern counties the spring wheat IL
showing rust and sCah In some local
tiles. The crop has suffered from
lack of rain. Oats are on short straw
as n rule. but In most sections heads
are well filed.
Urbana.-The ~. of I. Trail" Is the
latest motoring route to be added to
the state list. The trail was organ
lied at villa Grove and will connect,
eventually. the Universities Of Illinois
and indiana. Part of the route
through Illinois Is described as
straight north from Charleston
through Camargo and villa Grove to
philo and thence to Urbana. From
Urbana II will extend In n northcaster-
ly direction to Hoopcston. The trail
marks will be ~. of L." in letters of
blue on n background of orange. The
colors are those of the University Of
Illinois. II Is proposed to later extend
the trail south from Charleston
through Toledo. Grecnup and Newton
Chicago.-Wllliam 4. Lcmm0. Civil
war veteran, former Judge, and for
many years praCticlng attorney In
Chicago, died nj the age of eighty
four years. at his home. Judge Lem
ma was born on Christmas day. ls36,
In ShnwneetOwn. lie served IN the
Civil war and nftcrward located NJ
Carbonate, where many political hon
OrS We're bestowed upon him. lie
prncticcd law In Chicago from 1850
until 1902. when he moved To- Holland,
Mich. \ year ago he returned To Chi
cago. He Is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Willie \. frazcIton Lcmma.
Chicago. --paSSengerS on the ChICa.
20 day express, an incoming fast New
York train over the Pennsylvania
railroad. experienced n few moments
of II real Jesse James thriller when
| u lone negro bandit boarded the train
at the EnglcwOOd station and held up
the dining cur steward. The steward,
J. II. Todd resisted and was shot.
The bandit then brought the train
To Il jolting stop by Jerking the emrr-
gency cord and Stutlng II match In
an air coupling, and escaped. Todd
died of his wounds.
Waukcgan-AISS Winifrcd Glr.
ford Of Waukegun was making plans
| 10 we'd Al X. Thomson of Mllwauhc'
on August Is. \ telegram received
by the girl from II. II. Miller, also Of
Milwaukee, who was To he best man,
| stated that he was leaving immediate
| ly for Ashland Ky, whore her iinnrc
had met death In n train wreck. Miss
Clifford collapsed at the home of her
mother. Mrs. 4. w. Clifford.
Observation-Disclosures of 30 south
\ orn Illinois counties embraced In the
Southern Illinois Development assOc'u'
| ton which was organized recently
agreed to undorwrltc the association
| for $4,000 for n period Of three yenr'
| The purpose of the association Is tie
development of southern Illinois in all
lines of endcaVOr.
Sprlngfcld,-The cooperative wing
| of the Republican party was granted 4
| charter by Secretary Of State Emmcr-
| son. The incorporates are HarrIs1n
| Parker of Chicago who entered thc
race for the Republican nominal III
for governor; George T.. Tobey aid
| n. A. HankinsOn, also of Chicago.
OreGon.-AIrS. Sutherland of tIIS
city, widowed mother Of three small
| children, attempted suicide by drink
ing the contents of three bottles Il
| different posons and then leaped into
| Rock river. Rescue from the river
was quickly effected and it Is believed
she will recover.
| JOlict.--Fasclnated by the flight Of
the fire apparatus and the whistllng IF
| the warning sirens, Edith Belfield, If
which the department was summoned.
Champaign.-Dr. d. l.. Dodge, pro-
fessOr of English In the University OF
Illinois, has completed translation
from the Danish of Johannes Mag
mussen's Goods Smile" The book is
the story of the authors conversion
| from agnosticislh to belief In God,