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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
M. N. ARMS STRONG
DEAD FOLLOWING
TWO DAYS. ILLNESS
PROMINENT MEMBER OF LA
SALE COUNTY BAR AND FOR.
MER SUPERVISOR PASSES
AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY AT
WEST SIDE RESIDENCE.

|
M''S''"'' ~ "'I''S'roiE' aEeu -
years wealthy Ottawa lawyer, passed
away yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock
,t tbo r,r,il, homo so- ,vos, ,t,disor
| S''''' 'i''' 1t" ''IH'S" ol ''SS thaH
thIrty hours While Mr. Armstrong
suffered of hardening Of the arteries
three vaars aoo or, ho,. t,,,, =, ,.,...
ro,, ,,,.,.,. ''''' ',''' - WY
POW '''"''' '''' ''''''' ne was not
SIckeh with the Illness which result.
ed in his death until SATURDAY.
Friday afternoon t,o d.oo1a,,, ,,,h.
,,.,. "'''
'''' ''''' VI '''e "''' known attorneys
IN the city was mp town visiting with
his friends. On Saturday morning he
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
TO COLLECT CLOTHES
FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF

Ottawa will be given an opportunity
on Wednesday, May 17th to partiCi
pate in the nation wide drive which is
being made on that day to secure used
clothing for the relief of the suffering
people of the Near East.
The public is more or less familiar
with the destitute condition of the 100,
600 war orphans of bible lands where
children are not only hungry but
where they are dying for lack of cloth
ing.
Wednesday of this week has beer
designated as Bundle Day" and the
plan adopted is a most feasible anC
practical one. The authorities of the
public and parOchial schools have con
Gented to the use of the schools as re
ceiving stations for the bundles which
will be taken to the school houses by
the boys and girls. The packing anc
shipping of the clothing will be at
tended to later by those who have vol
unteered to do this work. The coop
Grafton of churches, lodges. fraterna
organizations and wOmens societies i.
earnestly solicited.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
DOBB|N AND SHAY
ARE ''P|NCHED" FOR
TOO MUCH SPEEDING
HOSS AND CHARIOT CUT UP CA.
PERS WHILST DRIVER is AWAY
dash THRU STREETS AT
WILD CLIP. BEFORE FINALLY
BEING CAUGHT.


oay MORSE owned oE lhomaS
purilS' Nortl oIta"a' was arrested
yesterday AFTERNOON 'by motorcycle
Io.lcelildii sargent Duck"ofth ana
'O'lcerS James FOX ana jesse Holmes
vi ChdIse OF exceeding the city
Speeu i'llll'' Inc nag Whlch was a
runaway sure couId step the dog
ana lor tlhle gave the ponce a
merry InaSe' up columbus street ana
ollto MOTIFS however ne was maj,
~ caught on Norris street ana 1t IS
SaIa lie maze the distance from Wash
IHEtoh square 10 the point OF ms
capture III nothing nat.
MF burns had ued the animal on
toiuihpuS street III front OF the lIIlhl
lauuurE. WINE ne was one the
win" p'ched niue piece OF paper
ana carried II directly IN front OF
the steed. 'Old Dobblh hair STOOD
up straisht ana suddenly ne made a
"lIu iuhse forward tie broke the
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
LA SALlE BAD MAN WHO
FLED JOLIET PRISON
SLAIN BY POLICE
KILLED IN HOLD-UP
CHICAGO SLEUTHS BUMP OFF"
LA SALE COUNTY PRISONER
SENT TO JOLIET FOR ROBBERY
AFTER PLEADING GUILTY BE.
FORE JUDGE DAVIS.

Stanley Hallas, who escaped from
the state penitontiary at Joliet last
May, ten days after he was sent from
the La Sale county Circuit Court Il
serve a term for burglary, was shot
and Killed by policeman in ChicasO
saturday morning at ! o'clock. accord
ing to word received by sheriff G. S
Ayers from Chief Of Detectives Micl.
acl Hughes late this morning Thr
official news of the killing did not bcar
9ny details other than that it &C
CURED during a holdup in which Hal
las Is alleged to have been particiBat
ing.
Hallas has long criminal record in
Sale county. Two burglary in.
dictments stand against him on the
county records On April 90 1927
after several days of trial on a charge
of burglarizing the Rarncy Gostom sIll
grocery store in La Sale. Halas
stopped the proceedings by calling a
holt in the testimony and pleadin;
guilty before Judge Davis in the Cir.
cult Court Judge Davis sentenced
him to serve from one to twenty years
in the state penitentiary. Hallas was
taken TO Joliet the following day.
Escaped Nav 3,
On May 3, he and William Country.
man, fellow convict made dash for
freedom, and from that time. until the
death of Hallas, he successfully eluded
the officers.
Hallas had served a term at the Jol-
"a Ia ~ t.,.,t
his last sentence. He was parolled
from the prison to go to Rock Island
and work on the roads, and while
working there, came to La Sale and
committed another robbery In June
1920 he was indicted for this crime.
and was then ordered returned to the
penitentiary to finish his sentence.
This was concluded in January 1921.
AS the prison gates swung open to
release him, La Sale county deputy
re-arrested him on an indictment from
the local courts.
Returned to Ottawa.
He was brought back to ottawa and
placed in the county jail but furnish
ed bonds and was allowed to go free.
On March l9 of the same year. he was
again arrested on a charge of commit
ting the Gostomski robbery His case
was set for trial April 49, The state
had just finished presenting its evi
dence before he pleaded guilty to the
offense He was charged with having
stolen $40 in pennies and some can
celled mortgages from the grocery
store. At the time he pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to prison, States
Attorney Harry f, Kelly nolle pressed
the 1920 burglary indictment against
him.
When Hallas was arrested the last
time, he is said to have had a gun
in his possession He is said to have
served a term in the refarmatory AT
Pontiac.
HalIas resided in La Sale for manl
years. He was about 26 years of age
and was unmarried.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
MISS HENRIETTA HORN
EXPIRES AT LA SAIL

Saturday at st. Mary's hospital in
La Sale occurred the death of Miss
Henrietta Horn a native of Ottawa.
ana former Wei Known resident VINO
has a number of relatives living in
this city Miss Horns death was at
tributed to a stroke of apopleXy. which
she suffered earlier in the week. Prior
to that time she had been in very good
health
Miss Horn had been a resident of
La Sale for twenty-five years, max
ing her home with her aunt. Mrs.
Roggenstroh She went to La Sale
from Lincoln, Neb., having gone to
that city at the age of twenty from
Ottawa, where she was born on No.
vember 2S, 1860
Surviving are one sister and six
brothers: Miss Emma Horn, La
Sale, George, of Moberly. Mo; Chas.
F., Theodore, Emil all of Lincoln.
Neb; Oscar, of Omaha. Neb.; and
Otto, of Huntington Beach, Calf
Funeral services were held at the
Roggenstroh home, in La Sale. Creve
Occur. at three o'clock this afternoon
with Rev. F, c. Kruger, pastor of the
German Lutheran church. in charge.
Tonight the remains will be shipped
to Lincoln, Neb., for interment.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
2 CHARGED WITH
BEING DIs0RDERLY Y

Because, they were disordeny while
attending the carnival at West Otta.
wa, Peter Auler and Joe Lamb were
arrested Saturday night about 10
O'Clock by Captain of Police James
FOX. According to the police Auler
and Lamb became engaged in an argu.
ment, One word led to another and
finally blows were struck. The police
We're called and the pair We're taken
into custody, Each blamed the other
when telling their sides of the story
at police headquarters They were
both forced to furnish bonds of SIS
each to assure their appearance before
Judge George T. Koenig for trial this
afternoon.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
ONE DEAD, ANOTHER
DYING FROM RIFLE
ACCIDENTS SUNDAY
LITTLE GIRL KILLED BY BROTH.
ER-YOUTH TURNS GUN ON
SELF IN PLAY, AND PULLS
TRIGGER - WOUNDED NEAR
HEART.

Little Mildred Hoppler year old
daughter of Mr. and MIS- Henry Hop
pier who reside just north of Peru.
died last evening at 6 o'clock at st.
Margarets hospital in Spring Valley
as the result OF being accidentally
shot in the forehead by her brother,
George lIopDler, while they were hunt.
ing squirrels in a woods near their
home yesterday morning about $50
O'Clock. The bullet which caused the
chlld's death lodged in her forehead
just above the left eye.
Mildred and her brother started out
early in the morning on a squirrel
hunting taunt. They had walked quite
a distance and finally they sighted a
squirrel The animal scampcred away
and bounded into a long tile under
meath a roadway Both the child and
her brother ran towards the tile
George, her brother, COuched down at
one end of the tile and pointed the
mu2zle of the rife towards the squirrel
Mildred who was eager to see the ami
NAL hurried around to the other end.
Just as he had bent down to look into
thc tile, her brother pulled the trigger
Of the gun. Mildred screamed and fell
over on her side unconscious. Her
brother rushed to her side and carried
her to their home where physicians
were summoned. She was immed-
atelv removed to ST. Nargarets hos
ptal and a brave attempt was made
by physicians to save the girls life
but without avail
Shoots Self in Gun"
Wilfred Crane, 25, whose home is
Just north of La Sale and employed
by the Star Oil company of Indian.
apolis, Ind, is at the present time ly.
ing in Il very serious condition at his
home as the result of a selfinflcted
accidental gunshOt wound received
yesterday afternoon about 1:30 O'Clock
while handling a 22-calibre revolver.
The accident occurred at the home Of
his cousin Floyd Crane, who resides
about miles north of La Sale.
According to statements this morn
ing the bullet struck Crane in the left
side and lodged in his body, just one
eighth of an inch below the heart He
is stll living although unconscious,
and attending physicians have hopes
of saving his life
Crane together with several other
young men We're inspecting the gun,
which one of his friends had brought
along with him. Crane had taken hold
of thp gun, and unaware of the fact
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
ATT Made AT
TUCSON. ARIZ., TO
ROB C.,R. P.TRAIN
Tucson, Arizona, May l5-With two we'll
directed bullets, express messenger Stuart early
today, frustrated spectacular attempted by eight

roackeT bandits RI rob
IhlCapO, KOCk Island
ID r NJ .
ana l dClllC lTdln mo. ,,
the Golden State Limited, bound from
Chicago to Los Angeles. Stuart kill
ed one Of the octette, apparently
wounded a second and routed the
band empty handed without their
obtaining any loot.
The body of the slain bandit, whose
hands were encased in rubber gloves,
was Identified as that of Tom Dugat,
proprietor of goat ranch near
Tucson, and well known about the
city where he was a pool hall habitue.
Beside tho body was found a sack OF
dynamite with which the bandits
evidently intended to blow up the
strong boxes in the baggage and mail
cars.
Sheriff Daniels announced that
large torce of deputies is hot upon
the heels of the bandit gang who left
the scene in an auto 1t was under
stood that all members of the gang
probably reside IN Tucson.
Passengers were not molested in
the hold-up which was staged near
J&meS, q nag station clght mics west
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
RAPIDLY ADVANCES
IN NEW POSITION

Mrs. Charles Peterson Of this CITY
received a message from New York
today from her daughter. Miss Sarah
Peterson, who informed her that she
had gone to that city to spend the
next ten DAYS as a buyer for the Mar
shall Field & Co store in Chicago
Miss Peterson was formerly en-,
ploycd by the Engel Cloak and Suit
company in ottawa. She went to Chi
cagn and secured a position in the
coax and suit department at Marshall
Field. She has rapidly risen tu ,ha
pest OF buyer OF the department
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
FOREIGN BOOZE IN
u. S. MAY BE SEIZED

Washington, May l5.-The supreme
court today in a decision held that
lfquor while within the boundaries of
the United States and being trans
ported from one foreign country to
another can he seized according to
the fedora. prohibition laws.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
SENATE DEBATES u. S.
ENTRY AT HAGUE

Washington, MAY 15.-Participation
of the United states in the ADJOURN
ed session of the European Economi-
cal Society next month at the Hague.
for which an invitation has been is
sued was debated this afternoon in
the Senate.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
BUS MAKES PLAY FOR
STATE PARK BUSINESS

A large twenty passenger auto bus,
owned by Peter Dietrich of Streator,
to be used in carrying passengers
from Ottawa to Starved Rock. made
its first trips yesterday afternoon
The bus seats twenty passengers.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
BORNGASSER WILL
SUSTAINED AFTER
z HOURS DEBATE
JURY, SEEMINGLY IN DEADLOCK,
REPORT AT a O'CLOCK SATUR.
DAY AFTERNOON, UPHOLD
ING DECEASED PERU WOMAN'S
LAST TESTAMENT.

At 4 o'clock Saturday after twenty.
two hours deliberatiOn, a verdict sus-
tanning the will of the late Mrs. Cath.
crime BOrngasser, was returned by Il
jury in the circuit court After a pro-
longed debate, during which time rum
Ors had hoated thru the court house,
that hopeless deadlock had been en-
countered by the jurors, a knock on
the court room door, indicated to the
little group of watchers inside the
tribunal that a decision had been
reached.
The twelve men filed into the court
room, and informed the iurist and
the attorneys for both the contestants
and the defendants that a verdict had
been reached, and the will of Mrs
Borngasser was sustained.
The effort to break the will was
made by the testator's three grand
children, Mrs Catherine Cattaneo
Lloyd Borngasser and John Henry
Baker. The defendant was Fred Born.
gasser the son of the testator, who re-
Ceived the principal share of her es,
tate
Files $500 Suit.
A $500 damage suit was started in
the circuit court today by +. X
Werlng, Of Peru, against H. Linger-
fendi of the same city to collect dam
ages for injuries to his auto which fig.
ured in a collision in Peru on March
q, 1921 The plaintiff claims that his
car was struck and damaged by an
auto owned and driven by the defend
ant and asks that Lingerfendi be
compelled to pay for the damages.
Dunn Trial Delayed
The trial of Jane Dunn. who was
scheduled to open this afternoon il
the circuit court, was continued until
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock up
on motion of the defendant Dunn /,
| accused of having attempted to stea
the touring car belonging to Fred w
! Schumacher, from the garage at the
/ Schumached home on Grafton street
in January, 1921
The attempted robbery created
much excitement The two men who
| were attempting to pull the thief
1 were surprised at their work. and
volley of shots We're fired at them b.
the police.
Mike Mitchell was wounded. H
escaped but was caught several hour,
later in Marseilles. He named Dunn
as his partner. Mitchell pleaded gui
ty, and was sentenced to serve
term OF from one to twenty years il
the state penitentiary. He has fin
ished serving his term and is now a
liberty.
Howard Lewis and John Hvnd.
who were scheduled to go on tria
after the close of Dunn's hearing. a
so secured continuance today.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
LIVED ELEVEN DAYS
WITH HIM AND THEN
LEFT, MATE CLAIMS
LA SALLEAN INFERS THAT HON.
EYMOON, DUE TO WIFE'S DE
SERTlON, WAS OE SHORT DURA.
TiON--NOW ASKS DIVORCE.

Claiming that eleven days after he
and his wife were welded she de-
serted him and has since refused TO
live with him, Raymond Baima of La
Sale secured a divorce from Edna 3.
Baima in the Circuit Court this morn.
ing. Raima told Judge Eldredge thai
he and the defendant were married
Feb. 70, 1920, and that on Feb. %.
1920, Mrs Baima deserted him, ard
has since refused to live with him.
Threatened Her Life.
Mrs Marguerite Castleman Of Strea-
tor started divorce PROCEEDINGS
against John w Castleman in the Cir
cult Court today, making charges Of
cruelty and alleging that he threat
ened to kill her.
The bill cited many cases of alleged
mistreatmont, claiming that he struck
bruised and pinched her, besidCs
threats to take her life.
The complainant asks to be allow ed
to resume her maiden name of Mar
gucrite Ware. The bill alleges the
couple were married Jan 6, 1921. and
| lived together until Jan. -, 1922. They
are the parents of a five months old
. son
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
Thrc atened Her Life.
OuIesby Woman Freed.

Mrs. Pauline ErmenC of Oglesby Sc
cured divorce from John Ermenc IN
the Circuit Court this morning. max
ing charges of excessive use of alCo
holic liquors Ermenc was indicted
last year for driving a car while in.
toxicated. after his auto and the car
of DR.. Beadlpe Of Oglesby had figured
in an accident
His wife told the court today that
she and the defendant were marie
Feb. -. 1929 and lived together until
Feb. 23, 1920.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
MARRIAGE Licenses

John Murdock, Streator, &c; Mary,
"a. Kozak, 20.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-15
WEATHER

Generally fair tonight
and Tuesday, not much
change in temperature.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-06-24

sivcs, and 8Sl,7lO pounds of permiss
ibles, decrease Of AZ per cent, 43 pei
cent, and 76 per cent, respectively.
Railroad and other construction work
was the only branch Of industry using a
larger quantity Of any kind Of explosives
than in 1920. This class Of work con-
sumed l8,3l7,333 pounds of dynamite
and other high explosives as compared
with l5.052,6O8 pounds the year before,
but there was practically no change in
the quantity of permissibles.
Pennsylvania, as usual, was by far
the leading state in the consumption of
explosives, having used 2l.458.l35
pounds Of permissible explosives, 37,8O9..
025 pounds of high explosives other than
permissible, and l,394,869 kegs of black
blasting powder. West Virginia was Sec
ond in the use of permissible explosives,
with consumption of 6,74O,O25 pounds;
Illinois was third, with 3,l69,854 pounds;
and Alabama was fourth. with 2.580.O53
pounds. In the use of high explosives
other than permissible, Michigan, with a
consumption Of ll,745,5ll pounds, rank.
ed second to Pennsylvania; California
was third, with IL l,265,854 pounds; New
York was fourth, with 8,847,8 pounds;
Minnesota was fifth, with 6,55O,97l
pounds; and Missouri was sixth, with
6,l27,477 pounds. Illinois ranked next
to Pennsylvania in the consumption of
black blasting powder, having used
l,3l6,834 kegs.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-06-24
AT THE HOSPITALS
BOONE COUNTY HOSPITAL

Admitted yesterday: Mrs. Berry Nc.
Alester. Miss Dorothy Arnold. Discharg.
ed yesterday: Mrs. Bessie Dennis. Nc
Baine. Mo. Admitted today: Olive Mel.
loway. Huntsdale. Mo-. Mrs. Grace Fear.
Mrs. Sue Sims and baby. 4l2 Mel.
bourne street, we're discharged from the
Boone County Hospital Thursday. On
the same day Joseph Incavo. Rochester,
N. Y. left the hospital to resume his
trip home having driven through Colum-
bia from California.
Mrs. Eulah Reid. sos Lyons street. and
Miss Linnie Morris of Centralia were ad.
miiied Thursday. Yesterday Mrs. Bessie
Dennis Of McBaine was discharged.
PARKER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Silas X. Cox was admitted to Parker
Memorial Hospital yesterday.
Admitted yesterday: Silas r. Cox,
Ernest A. Lopez. Discharged yesterday:
Miss Alberta Hardin, Stuart H. Reeder.
Admitted today: Vim. o. Evans. Dis
charged today: Silas R. Cox.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-06-24
GRAVE DIGGING

A London doctor says that women di,
their graves with their teeth. He at
tributes the premature illness and deaii
of women TO such things as irregularit,
Of eating and the eating Of wrong food.
as well as to incessant nibbling and toe
much chocolates.
Some persons may doubt the wisdom
cf the doctor But il they will give the
matter closer consideration, they will
find that he speaks the truth. They can
learn much if they take heed.
Women are the weaker sex only on ac.
count Of some of the things they do.
There is adequate reason for woman's ir.
regular meal times. II has long been
the custom for women TO see that their
husband and children are ready for
work and for school before they snatch
bite. Should the washing or ironing
or cleaning be claim on their time, they
allow breakfast to 90 until they have
more time.
This seems to be a trait Of all women.
They have, as a sex. developed the habit
Of eating when they must. This has nat.
urally gone still further in the case Of
many. With no excuse for letting their
meals slide, they make an excuse for
eating between meals. Sweets, unfor.
iuuat,iy. make up most Of this between
meal food.
1t is the duty Of all women to take
heed and change their habits. Illness
can be avoided by right ways Of living.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-06-24

figures indicate a reduction of 37.2 pei
cent in sales of black powder, 25,4 pei
cent in high" explosives, and 23.8 pei
cent in permissibles. Permissible explo.
sivcs are those which, because of having
passed certain tests prescribed by the
Bureau of Mines. are considered reason.
ably safe for use in gaseous and dusty
coal mines.
The coal-mining industry is always the
largest consumer of black powder and
permissible explosives, the consumption
usually comprising about IS per cent of
the entire amount manufactured. In
1921 the coal mines used 5.6l3,435
kegs, or l40335.875 pounds of black
powder. 34,23l.542 pounds of high
explosives, and 38,055.65O pounds of per-
missibles, decrease of 80 per cent,
per cent. and l6 per cent, respectively.
Metal mining and all other mining op-
eraiions Excluding coaD used l2A792
kegs or 46l9.80O pounds of black pow
der, 50,9!7.366 pounds of ''high" explo-
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-06-24
Summer Fashions Bring Rich and
Poor Alike to Gingham Level

stiff brimmed straws lend themselves
well to sport wear and are usually trim.
med in scarfs which carry out the domi.
mating color not in the costume. Often
the polkadot scarf is used. These scarfs
tie softly in the fashion of the bandana.
Then there are the ginghams, those
crisp looking little checked affairs pipped
in white or trimmed in white organdy
which make lovely frocks for morning
wear or for Office work. II one prefers
the lighter weight material there are the
checked voiles.
As a dinner gown or afternoon frock
the organdy cannot be excelled. There
is no reason why every girl cannot pos.
sess at least one of them, for they can be
purchased by the yard in ruffled skirt
lengths or in hemstitching at little cost.
An organdy hat of the same shade will
complete the costume. Yellow orchid
and dove grey are among the most fash
ionable colors for the organdy gown this
season.
The evening gown of the Miss who
must hang tightly to the strings of her
pocketbook should not be too gaudy in
color or in design or it will become
wearisome long before it is worn out.
Simplicity is the keynote of the evening
gowns for summer. Perhaps nothing is
as inexpensive in the long run as the
georgette crepe gown, for it wears well,
presses easily and can even be tiniexed
into other pastel shades when one tires
of lis original color