Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-09-02
ILLINOIS
STATE NEWS

OHICdSO.-N lJn ~ labor leaders.
conspiratOrs, bombers. sluggers. jury
tiXers and others convicted in labor
cases since May l and with convictions
ia $50 out of 40 cases of murder, rob-
berry and other crimes TO his credit,
States Attorney Grove of Chicago
has prepared TO push pending Grim
inel cases TO immediate trial. \
| number of leading Chicago attorneys
have been taken from the bar to aid
Mr. Grove and his assistants in the
prosecutions. There will be no slack
ing up in the cases of these crooked
labor leaders and agents." Prosecutor
Grove said. I'VE now have an unprec
edented building boom going on in
the city and I'm going to keep these
men who throttled the building in
dustry in Chicago so busy defending
themselves they will have no chance
TO kill building"
Peoria.-Three murder mysteries
which baffied Peoria police for weeks
may be cleared through the death
diary" said to have been written by
John SchOrr, one of the victims. whose
body, buried in lime was found in
Atwater woods, near Havana, more
than month ago. Contents of the
book, which was found in the ruins
OF lonely shack in which SchOrr was
believed to have been held a prisoner
previous 10 his death, We're said by
authorities to tell of the murder of
Constable Arthur Smith in Peoria,
June -. and OF Night Marshal Fred
erick at Mantle few nights later. 1t
also is said to foretell the probable
death of the writer who said he was
being tortured during his imprison-
ment.
bingdon.-Hedding college. a Meth
odist institution at Abingdon which had
a student body last school year of 100,
has been ordered closed for one year
by the trustees for financial reasons
At the meeting of the board an offer of
! financial aid under certain conditions
was made by President Harry Burke
ley of the Abingdon Community and
Commercial club, but this offer was re
fused. Hedding college will be one of
five Illinois institutions benefting in Il
started in the near future With this
aid it is expected the school will open
again next year.
Observation-Disclosures Small an
nOunced that he would seek new road
bond issue and gasoline tax for pro
posed extension OF 1900 TO 10000 miles
of highways Il expect 10 recommend
I no Iav Of M
! legislature he declared. The people
| want roads | believe that the entire
! bond issue would be paid by autOmO-
| bileS. believe that truck should pay
| its proportion in relation TO its earning
capacity. a gasoline tax is the fairest
| and surest way of getting at a basis.
! Some automobiles are seldom run, per-
| haps once Il week
AurOra-GeOrge Hist of Green
! Valley won the state horseshoe pitch
| ing championship tournament at the
| Aurora Central States fair, in a shoot
off of a tie with five others. In the
| finals Hist won every game. Johnny
| Hogan, Chicago, won second with five
| victories and two defeats. w. d. Now
brey of Bradford was third and S. G..
Smith of Anchor fourth. Eight money
! prizes were awarded, the top prize be-
! ing $40 and the lowest SO.
AurOra-A million dollars for new
school buildings is to be spent in Kane
county this year according to school
authorities A 100000 combination
| high and grade school will be cOmplet-
ed by next spring Dundee has a new
building covering one and One-tenth
acres and with Is recreation rooms. a
new school is TO be erected IN north
| east St Charles. In Aurora $4,000
is to be spent in remOdeling school
buildings.
| MinOnk.-White ants are literally
eating up school building here.
| The structure was first attacked by
the pests about Il year ago, but little
! attention was paid to them at that
time. Now, however, they have honey
cOmbed some of the heaviest timbers
underneath the building and are con
| tinuing their depredatiOnS. 1t is feared
the ants are of the dreaded Asiatic
type.
Herrin-The strip mine of the
Southern Illinois Coal company, where
! riOting occurred in June that resulted
in the death of % persons and the
wounding of many more, is to be
opened by the Peabody Coal company
of Chicago.
StreatOr.-A coal mine is being
| sunk on farm west of StreatOr. The
| lease is to be run as long as the coal
lasts. There are thirty or more acres
of coal with a vein four and half
to five feet thick The vein lies about
fifty-six feet beneath the surface.
MarengO.-Opening of the Grant
highway through MarengO is to be eel
ebrated with a carnival on the newly
Opened road September IA. Governor
Small and Commander McCauley of
the American Legion, department of
Illinois, have been invited.
acknowledgements of the
state game and fish commission were
in Urbana recently investigating re
ports of polluted conditions of the
Salt Fork river, resulting In the death
of thousands of fish. Near Sidney
more than 500 dead fish have LODGED
in the underbrush and nearby residents
are complaining of the OdOr.
JarksOnville.-Fire having its origin
in a restaurant threatened the deStruc
+ion of the business district of Muir