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The diamond drill., 1921-04-23
COMBINATION WITH BANK GIVES
MR.. BREccER PLENTY OF ROOM
WILL OCCUPY PRESENT SITE
Contract For Up to- date Structure
Win be Let lust as Soon as
Bids Can be Secured

The location OF the new theatre
building which Mr.. "a j. Bregger
intends to build I'm Crystal Falls has
been settled. II viii be built on the
present site. A combination has
been made by Mr.. Bregger with the
Crystal Falls National Bank, where
by the bank secures frontage or 4S
feet in front. Mr.. Bregger retains
12 feet frontage for entrance pur-
poses and takes a chunk on the rear
of the bank lot 80 feet long and the
entire width OF the lot. This Will
give Mr.. Bregger an opera house %
90 feet in dimensions with an en-
trance 12x50. II will give the Crys-
tai Falls National Bank a building
4sx5O, all or IL on the front or the
lot
The deal looks like an excellent
combination for both parties inter
ested
Bank VIII Improve Also
The deal means that more work
will be done than simply the building
OF a theatre. II means that the bank
will now go ahead with its original
plans OF putting up a brick wall on
the west side, OF veneering with brick
the east side and OF putting in new
front that will be an ornament to
the city.
The directors OF the Crystal Falls
National have been anxious TO do
something ever since they started to
complete the plans that they had In
mind when the bank building was
purchased, but the conditions reign
ing and the inability to get what room
they needed has held them back.
The bank people are progressive
and expect 20 put up building that
NE people OF Crystal Falls will be
pleased with.
Working on Plans
Mr.. Lockhart, the Minneapolis ar
ehitect came here last Wednesday
and made survey of the property
Tor the purpose OF getting at the plans
He returned 10 Minneapolis that night
for the purpose OF getting busy at
once so that the plans may be out In
the shortest possible time
We are told by Mr.. Bregger that
the building will be OF the latest fire.
proof construction, with all modern
lighting and other conveniences for
serving the Crystal Falls public in a
way that cannot be excelled.
VIII Use the Uno
Mr.. Bregger told Diamond Drill
reporter that he expects construction
work 20 start about May /; that IL is
his intention TO have the work rush
ed so that the house may be ready for
opening by November 1 az the latest.
The construction work will inter-
fere with the performances at the
Gem but the Uno, upon which Mr..
Bregger has lease. will be pressed
into service while the Gem is being
rebuilt
The theatre people have TO cut the
back 80 feet of the bank building and
this work will be done among the
first activities so as To free the part
now In use for the foundations which
must be put in.
he Ia
The diamond drill., 1921-04-23

Lot Purchase In Hands Of X. B. webb
To BE Perfected Soon


There Is much progress being made
On the matter OF the starting OF the
new hotel project. Last week ten
men got together and put up the mon
ey with which 10 purchase lots for the
hotel. The money was placed with
Mr.. II. b. Webb who was given auth
ority TO see Mr.. Robinson and IL pos
sible purchase from him the old
Lockwood lots at a valuation which
those putting up the money think
fair. II Mr.. Robinson will not como
across for fair price, some other
lot will be purchased. Mr. Robin
son has been asking $500 for tho
lots and this the committee thinks Is
too much In comparison with what
lots can be had for elsewhere. In fact
~ the people want to build the hotel
DIN the lower end of the city lots can
be had for nothing.
II is the general opinion that IL tho
old lots can be had at fair price the
hotel shoyld go there but II Mr.. Rob-
inson holds to an outside price IL will
go elsewhere.
The lots will be purchased by tho
ten men who will hold them in trust
for the hotel association and turn
them over at the price acquired to
the hotel company when formed. BY
this method of procedure the work OF
clearing up the lots may be started
without waiting for the full returns
Of the slIhgcrintiong IN also atIowe
the managing committee To keep
faith with those who have paid In
their money on the promise that their
money will be kept intact and re-
turned to the doners in case the ho-
tel project flashes. In such an en-
ergency the ten men will have the
lots on their hands but they are will
ing to take the chance SO as to get
the work going.
The diamond drill., 1921-04-23
Read the Ads
FARM MACHINERY

Casper Bauer informed us during
the week that the cut of 10e5 in farm
machinery which was declared by the
international Harvester Co. last week
has been put into effect at all OF the
sub-agencies In the country.
Bauer a. Son represent the Inter
national Agency in Crystal Falls and
their big line OF machinery was
marked down as a result OF the cut.
The display OF machinery, mention OF
which was made last week, includes
harrows-disc. spring 10th and spike
tooth--plows. cultivators. manure
spreaders. wagons, potato planters.
etc.
The diamond drill., 1921-04-23
Legion Started Movement For Club
Last Tuesday Evening

Crystal Falls and Alpha are going
in for joint base ball club again this
year. That much was decided at the
Legion meeting held last Tuesday ev-
ening.
The nucleus of the club is here, W
fact an entire club Is In sight df Mr.
Kinder can be prevailed upon TO
spend the summer An Crystal Falls,
A meeting OF the citizens Of The
community interested in base ball
win be held next Tuesday evening az
which ARRANGEMENTS will be made 6
push the organization Of q club. The
meeting will be held IN the clls
rooms
-Read the Ads
Mr.. ID. G. Bradley went to Duluth
last Monday on business returning
the latter part OF the week.
The diamond drill., 1921-04-23

|. The next regular examination for
teachers or Iron county will he held
on April 2Sth. 29th and 30th. The
examination will be conducted In the
Court House in the City OF Crystal
Falls also in the High School build
ing In the Village Of Stambaugh.
JOHN +. MASON.
Com'r. Of Schools
--Read the Ads~~-
On Sunday next, April gath. there
will be one mass only in Crystal
Falls. al ten o'clock. First mass and
Easter confessions In Alpha.
The diamond drill., 1921-04-23
- Iktdu tUt NUS
LEGION NEWS


The Thomas Farrell Post OF Alpha
has been invited by the local Post to
participate in the Memorial Day ex-
ercises which will be held here on
that day. The plans are TO have all
ex-service men appear in uniform and
parade to the cemetery where the
services and ceremonies in honor OF
the dead will take place.
IL
The following Spanish-American
War veterans have been made hon.
orary members OF the Louis Bowman
Post:
HERMAN ANDERSON -
WILLIAM REIN
JOHN KLESGES.
FRANK KOOB.
CHRIS HANSEN
Meade LaPlante and Hiram Frib-
ley, our two remaining Civil War
veterans. were accorded thds testi-
mony OF respect and esteem some
time ago.
"a
Dave Mendelson has been elected
manager of the Alpha-Crystal Falls
base ball team for the coming season
and Phil Shaw has consented 10 act
as coach and in an advisory capacity
during the games by directing from
the. bench. At the Legion meeting
next Tuesday evening the base ball
situation will be more fully discussed
and steps taken to get the team or
ganized. games scheduled. grounds
groomed and practice started All
business men and base ball fans are
extended cordial invitation. Please
be present. dt will help to build up
the moral OF the team and manager.
A special invitation Is extended TO the
Alpha fans. The lineup Is the same
as last year with one exception. PITT
cher Evans will not be with us this
year. but manager Mendelson has re-
tanned Kinder. who made a very good
showing last year.
The lineup.
Klnder-p.
Williams-c.
Splnney--1b.
Demarsky-s. h.
ID. Kinney -3b
III. Johnson--ss.
VIM. Johnson. (.
Annear--c. +.
j. Kinney. {.
A FIRST class team needs FIRST class
support Let's Go!
Read the Ads
Knud Nelson informs us that be In
contemplating moving 10 Menominee
In the near future. Mr.. Nelson has
been resident Of Crystal Falls for a
long time and his old neighbors re-
gret to see him leave us.
The diamond drill., 1921-04-23
ADJUTANT WANTS NAMES

Read the Ads
The diamond drill., 1921-04-23
Observation-Disclosures

the AIS
The diamond drill., 1921-04-23

The following Spanish-American
War veterans have been made hon
orary members OF the Louis Bowman
Post:
The diamond drill., 1921-04-23

hthu tue Nus
Knud Nelson informs us that lie In
contemplating moving 10 Menominee
In the near future. Mr.. Nelson has
been a resident OF Crystal Falls for
long time and his old neighbors re-
gret to see him leave us.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
HARDING URGED
TO USE WARTIME
POWER IN STRIKE

Washington, Oct. 21.-Whether
to resort to the war powers of the
federal government to maintain
railway transportation in event OF
the threatened nationwide strike
of railroad workers is understood
to have been under consideration
today by the administration.
After the regular cabinet meet
ing it became known that some
members of the presidents official
family had advised him to use the
wartime authority to prevent the
threatened strike from seriously IN
terfering with the transportation OF
necessities. The provision author
izing the president to take such
steps is a part of the national de-
fense act which continues in force
until there has been formal proc
1amation OF peace.
1t was not indicated that a der
mite decision had been reached
however, and most of the evidence
tended towards a continuance OF
the waiting attitude adopted by
President Harding while the nego-
tiations between the railroad labor
board and union officials are IN
progress.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
SEIZE WHISKY,
DRUCS0N Liner
Three Arrests on Steamer Crefic
After Pitched Gun Battle: IL
licit Cargo Taken.

New York, Oct. 21.-United
Press. "A quarter of million dol
lars worth of drugs and whisky
was seized after a desperate pitch
ed battle. when the White Star
liner Cretic docked here today.
Three arrests were made by the
customs officers and searchers who
boarded the vessel. A lively run
ming fight in which revolver shots
were exchanged and chairs and
boots used as weapons, resulted in
the complete wrecking of the inte-
rior of a section of the liner and
the discovery of morphine. heroin,
opium and cocaine and a quantity
of whisky
The Cretic arrived here from
Italian ports. Illicit cargo was
found slowed away behind false
panels and 60 bottles of whisky
were buried in the coal hold. Ten
bottles were said to have been
found in the captains cabin. One
hundred bird Of paradise plumes
were among the loot seized by the
customs mep
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
STATE LOSES IN
FIRST SEARCH.
SEIZURE CASE
Peoria Wolf Club
Proprietors Freed
BY Jury.

Peoria, ILL.,, Oct. 21.-After five
hours deliberation the jury hearing
the case of Frank Biggins and
Charles Mooney, proprietors of the
Wolf Club" on charges of violat-
ing the Illinois search and seizure
act, last night returned a verdict
of not guilty The significance of
this case, is that it was the first
to be tried in this county under the
had what it considered an incon-
testable case.
The Wolf Club was raided June
II, by Special Investigators Scho-
field of the states attorneys Of
fee and a squad of officers who
seized two full quarts of whisky
and 129 cases of home brew.
Shows Law Unpopular?
Attorney John Daugherty. for the
defense, in addressing the jury,
said:
Are we to allow Russian police
systems, spies and sneaks to take
away the last 'vestige of personal
liberty ?''
when you cannot convict in 4
case like We had, you can not con-
vict in any" said Assistant States
Attorney Thurman, after hearing
the jury's verdict. when this is
flashed around the bootleg traffic
will open wider than a parched
throat around a bottle Of a friends
liquor. 1t only goes to show how
unpopular the law is"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
ASK SENATET0
SAVE HOME BREW
Recent CLamor About Haynes Order
Moves SOl0ns to Consider Meas
ures to Settle Issue.

Washington, D. c., Oct. Iii
Omitted Press 1.-THE senate will
shortly be asked to. save home
brew.
In response to a clamor raised
about Prohibition Commissioner
Haynes recent order to end home
brewing by stopping the sale of
materials and implements required
by home brewers, several senators
are considering measures to get the
issue settled. Among these are:
l. A resolution calling on
Haynes to state by what construc-
tion of the law he feels himself en-
powered to enforce this ruling.
2. A set of amendments to the
Volstead law defining more specific
ally and limiting more closely the
prohibition commissioners powers.
g. Complete revision of the law
with a view to Hberalizing it
throughout. -..
On account of the existing legis-
lative situation the effort to save
home brew may be deferred until
the December session.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
lands TO OTALK
AT URBANA, ILL.
Famous Jurist Will Be Principal
Speaker at Opening Of Memoir
iaI Stadium Campaign

Urbana, ILL.,, Oct 21-Judge Kene-
saw Mountain Lands, Chicago's
dictator of baseball, will be the
principal speaker of the gigantic
mass meeting planned here on the
evening of Oct. 20, when the Uni
versity of Illinois Memorial Stad-
ium campaign will be officially
launched among the universitys
$4,000 graduates and former stu
dents. On this evening Illinois
alumni will meet simultaneously in
every section of the United States
in order to pledge the fund it is
hoped to raise.
1t is hoped to secure at least
1,500, 900.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
GEORGE
SAILS NOV. )
To Come ON Aquitania, Accompan-
led by Wife and Balfour-Due
in New York NOV. IL.

London, Oct. 21.-By the Associ-
ated Press s.)-Prime Minister Lloyd
George has decided definitely, it was
stated today, to leave for Wash
ington Nov. 5, on the liner AQui-
tania, arriving in time, 1t is ex-
pected, for the afternoon session of
the armaments conference on its
opening day, Nov. IL.
1t is expected A j. Balfour of
the British delegation will accom-
pany the prime minister. Mrs.
Lloyd George probably will sail
with her husband
The premier's plan is naturally
subject to change, il unforeseen
circumstances should arise. He ex-
poets to be absent five weeks, in
cluding the time required for the
journey to and from America.
The Aquitania is due to arrive at
New York the morning of Nov. II,
and in these circumstances, it is
believed in some quarters here that
the opening of the conference may
be postponed until the afternoon
of that day to admit of the British
delegates being present when the
sessions begin.
The secretariat of the delegation
and most of the other members of
the encourage will leave England
next Wednesday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
HE HAD KEYS TO
OPEN ANY LOCK;
ANSWER: JOLIET

Chicago. Oct. 21.-Frank Mar
tin, q years old, who lowed
he was from Beardstown, ILL.,,
departs for the prison at Joliet
today, because of a bunch of
keys.
Martin claimed that the
bunch Of keys could open any
lock in Chicago. One of them
opened drawer of the judges
desk, at the judges request, and
another opened the door of the
home of Richard Lambert, the
jury decided. and pronounced
him guilty OF burglary.
The keys were coniscated for
fear one migLt be found to un-
lock the cell doors in Joliet
penitentiary where Martin was
sent for a period of from one
to twenty years.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
LECRECNI GETS
SANITY HEARING
Convicted Wife Murderer's ScaffoId
Is Torn Down When ReprfeVe
Comes at Eleventh Hour.

Chicago, Oct. 21.-tUnited Press. }
The scaffold built for Frank Le-
gregni, wife murderer, was torn
down today.
This followed granting of a san
ity hearing before Judge John J.
Sullivan. The case was under way
today.
Legregni was convicted and SEN
fenced to hang today for murder
ing his wife, a school teacher, al
Bartlett, III.
my only fault was that I loved
too WELL" he said at the time He
shot her, according to evidence
Nwhen she refused to give up her
country school and come to Chicago
to live with him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
CAPITAL WILL
SEND US TO THE
DEVIL: LENINE
Red Premier Warns
Followers: Work
and Learn.

MOSCOW, Oct. 19.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. )-Nicolai Lenine, the
Russian soviet premier, in speech
here today on Russia's new eco
nomical policy, declared:
We must face the fact that we
are reestablishing capitalism and
also the question of whether the
peasantry will follow the capital
lists or the communists. If the capi-
talists organize quicker and better
they will send US communists to
the devil"
Must Control Capitalists.
Our problem" the soviet pre-
mier continued, lis to make the
future capitalism subject to the
state and serve it. We now are
surrounded by forces stronger than
ourselves, and in order to gain vic
tory we must use the last of our
forces and convince the peasantry
and also the workers of the neces-
sity of our aims and of their ad-
vantages to the common good.
The present return to capital
ism is not the reestabishiHg of pri-
vate ownership, but of personal
communistic interests In order to
recognize our economic life, we
must interest every specialist, and
in this we have failed so far by
direct attack. Now We must make
a turning movement. If we again
fail, every one of US will go to the
devil and be hanged, and will de-
serve it.
"No Other Way Out"
81 say to you: Go into business
work with the capitalist by your
side, both Russian and foreign, who
will get 100 per cent out of you.
Let him get rich. But learn from
him. and only then will the true
communistic republic be created
1t is hard, difficult, wrenching toll,
but all of us must do it, as there
is no other way out
THE time for drawing political
pictures of great aims is now past,
We must put theories into practice.
We must do much cultural work
and also digest our political exper-
ience in order that our political
coup d'etat may be saved"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
NEGRO SLAYER
OF Wife HANGED
John Christmas, %, Goes to Death
in Urbana Jail Yard at $3.50
a. m; Had Confessed.

Urbana, Ill, Oct. 21.-John
Christmas, 27 years old. colored
was hanged in stockade in the
Jail yard at $50 O'Clock this morn
ing for the murder of his 17-year-
old wife last May. He had con-
fessed the crime and his statement
on the scaffold consisted of a brief
resume of his life and plea for
players.
The trap was sprung at $50
o'clock by Sheriff George w. Davis
and 27 minutes later Christmas was
pronounced dead. 1t had been %
years since the last previous hang
ing in Champaign county.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
HE CHOPPED WOOD
FOR SULTAN; NOW
rs IT. OF G. PROF.

Chicago, Oct. 21.-After fol-
lowing through the past few
years the various turningS of
persons life in Russia, DR.. Otto
Struve, "a years old, has
been brought here to join the
astronomical staff of the Uni
versity OF Chicago. He will be
stationed at Yerkes observa-
tory, Williams Bay, Wis, it was
announced today. He comes
from a long line of scientists,
his great-grandfather having
founded the observatory of Pull
kowa more than 100 years ago,
for the then czar of Russia
The young scientist was
found in Constantinople by DIR.
Edwin B. Frost, director OF the
Yerkes observatory, chopping
wood for the sultan's palace to
provide himself with food.
Prior to that time he had serv-
ed with General Wrangel's army
in Russia, having fed when it
was defeated.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
TAX RECEIPT IS
FOUND SIGNED
BY "A. LINCOLN
Proves Emancipator
OUned More Than
Old homestead.

Lincoln, Ill, Oct. 21.-Proof that
Abraham Lincoln owned property
other than the Lincoln home
stead" in Springfield was estab-
ished here when County Clerk D.
S. Mowery uncovered in the base
ment of the Logan county court
house musty tax collectors book
Of the vintage of 1858, containing
"A. Lincoln's" signature on a tax
receipt for s240.
1t had long been conten<ied that
Lincoln once owned property here,
but no records could be found to
support the claim. Other 'old
timers" argued that the old home
stead in Springfield was the only
real estate Abraham Lincoln had
ever owned.
Lot in Lincoln. Ill.
The property on which Lincoln
paid taxes in 1858 is located on the
south side of the court house
square. The present owner, d. H.
Harris, paid $114.0S in taxes on it
last year.
All Sangamon county records
were destroyed by fire years ago.
In tracing the history of the Lin
coin lot, it was learned that it was
sold by Thomas Clark of Spring
field to James Primm in 1857.
Primm borrowed $400 from Lincoln
and. unable to pay the note, deed
ed the property instead.
In 1874 Mrs. Lincoln decided the
lot to her son, Robert T. Lin coin,
who later sold it to Captain D. H.
Harris. The latter's son. who is
president of the Lincoln CONNER
cial club, now owns the property.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
SENTENCE B. & @.
TRAIN R0bBER

Efingham, Ill, Oct. 21.-Joseph
Davis of near Tower Hill, indicted
by the Effingham county grand
jury "Wednesday as being an accom-
plice in the robbery of Baltimore
& Ohio train near Altamont, Aug.
4, pleaded guilty Thursday and was
sentenced to one to ten years in
the Chester penitentiary- He is
said to have made full confession
TO Sheriff Marshall and search is
now being made for the four men
he is said to have driven to Beech
er City, where they boarded the
train. He met them near Altamont
and is said to have driven them
back to his home.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
Late Bulletins

New York, Oct. 2I.-United
Press.)-Mary Garden, wreath
ed in smiles and wrapped in
silver fox and squirrel skins,
returned today ON the Aquita-
MIA with the exclusive an
nOuncement to the United Press
that she is going to be married.
Just say the bridegroom
VIII be a certain oil king and
the wedding will take place in
America" was all she would
offer in explanation.
San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 21.
On being advised of the Unit
ed States labor boards decla-
ration today that there would
be no strike of trainmen unless
1t was done in open defiance of
the government, 4. B. ThOmp-
son, general chairman of the
conductors Of the International
& Great Northern railroad, de-
clared:
at won't make any differ.
enee; the order to strike has
been issued and we are pre-
pairing to strike"