Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-08-07
ILLINOIS
State News
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, Chicago. -ConStruction at Il new
! highway between Chicago and Harvey
| and Chicago Heights To relieve con
gcstion on the Dixie highway was
| asked by delegation of business men
and citizens of the two southern
suburbs ut u conference with Com'nis.
| sioners e. II. Brant and Frank I.
| Bennett of the Illinois public works
commission. The proposed highway
would begin at the junction of the
Dixie highway and IIalSted street In
Chicago Heights. extend along Park
| nvcnue-to be renamed Halsted
| strcct-to One Hundred and Fifty
NTH streets, turn west one block. and
| come into Chicago over Morgan
| street. The citizens told the commits.
sionrrs that between 2.4OO and 5000
pleasure vehicles and about 200
trucks use the Dixie highway daily.
Champaign.-T University Of
| Illinois men. members Of the universe
track team the past year which won
| both the indoor and outdoor Western
| Conference championship. will make
the trip to Antwerp ms members of the
| American track team which Is "doped"
to win the track and field champion
ships of the world. These men are
Robert Emery. captain. Of the 1llini
team the pnst year: X. J.. Wilson and
NJ Bennett. Emery Is one of the best
qnarter.mllers in the country and IL
equally as strong In the 900 and 9TH
er dashes. Bennett Is one Of the four
men picked for the hammer throw, and
Wilson will enter his two favorlte
events, the invelin and discus throws.
Urbann. When Sergt. Alvin e.
Yorke, hero Of the world war, com.
mences his foundation for the noun.
tain school children ut Postum Run.
| Tenn. he will have one student of the
University OF Illinois TO assist him In
his work. The student Is Mrs. Cleta
Yorke of Shnttuck, ILL.,, the widow OF
Corporal Daniel Omar Iorke, n
l cousin of the world war hero. Mrs.
Cleta YOrke Is u schoolteacher and
intends to go TO the mountains of
/ Tennessee and work among the chill
dren there as coon as she has com.
pleted her education at the University
OF Illinois.
Mollne.-Six bandits held up the
Commercial Savings bank of Moline,
locked two tellers In a vault, and u
half dozen patrons In the cashiers
Office, and escaped In an automobile
with 10000 Of the banks funds. The
robbers also shot Charles Mohler,
barber whose shop Is across the street
I from the bank. as he came out of the
door 10 see what the excitement In
the bank was about. He was not
seriously wounded.
Chumpaign.-Champa claims 10
have the oldest city employe IN the
well rs In years. This fact was re-.
vealed with the announcement that
Charles Herme has just celebrated
his elghtieth birthday anniversary.
He Is employed by the street depart.
ment In the capacity Of 'white wing"
4 He has worked for the city of Cham.
paign for period of thlrty.one years.
! Be0rdstown.-F. W. Gladhll, for
years q resident Of this city, Is dead
at his home NJ the age of OF years.
The deceased was born Feb. 1, 1850.
On April %. 1891. he was married To
Miss Elizabeth Rldnour. To this
union one son was horn. Harold, who
resides nj Ann Arbor, Mich. Mr..
Gladhlll came to Beardstown IN
October 1897. and was employed ut
the c. Ii. X .. railroad.
Danville.--Conslderab excitement
has been created In the vicinity Of
1 Wellington, lroquOis county. by the
l discovery of some bones In the ashes
OF barn on the farm of John Lock.
hart, which was burned. A yelling.
! ton physician pronounced the bones
l those of human beings, their number
indicating that the bodies of two per-
sons were partly consumed In the fire.
Sprlngfeld-Fourth Of July cclchra-
! lions cost Illinois S25,6O3 In property
4 losses by fire, caused three deaths and
countless injuries, according to re-
| port issued by State Fire Marshal
| Gambler. Peoria had $4,000 fire.
Rock Island 81 500 fire. There we're
thirty fires. In 1919 there were ~
fires due to fireworks with total loss
4 of S2,O71.
| Waukegan,-Lake county board of
4 review announced the increase of 30
| per cent OF all realty In Waukegnn for
1920 and notices will be sent out n0tl.
flying all property owners To appear
before the board ana show cause why
the 30 per cent increase above the as
SCISSORS figures should not be made
ringlield.-ChOcoIate zee cream
eaten at n church social, near FOun-
tain Green, In the eastern part of
Hancock county, has caused an cpl
demlc Of parn.typhold fever, 1t Is an
nounCed by the state department Of
health. More than 100 persons an
seriously III.
Galena.-Mrs. Annie Bonar wife Of
Nicholas BOnar, was taken into Gus.
tody after 1t was learned she set fire
To and caused the destruction of the
house, granary and other buildings on
the BOnar farm. She was committed
TO the state asylum at WATERFOWL.
Normal.-All of Illinois and the
United States In general may be
strong for Jazz" and Skinny" and
| 20 amusement mad, but Normal has
put Its foot down so to speak, and has
prohibited public dancing by ordinance
with fine OF not less than $50 for
| noob and nynry nffnnSn