Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-10-19

Walton from the executive chair.
Two of the governors most prominent
political advisers, Aldrleh Blake aud
Dr r. I. Bynum have been east aside
aud the governor Is said To be build
ing political machine 10 help him
out of his predicament. By this ma.
chine he evidently hopes 60 split his
legislative opponents into two fac.
items.
People Of other states who have
been watching the battle from a dis.
lance, with but little inside Informal
tiem to guide ihsm. ara beginning to
think that here is something more 10
the conflict than difference OF opit-
ion regarding the ku kluN klsn.
Fifteen hours work sufficed 10 COM
plete the excavation Tor the uniser.
sity avenue subway, bridge the vacant
span on the elevated track, transfer
the trains 10 the elevation and lay
the street ear line through the sub
way. All was completed between
o'clock Tuesday morning and lO
o'clock Tuesday night when the first
street cars crossed through the sub
way.
Crowds of business men and clerks
stroled to the tracks Tuesday noon
at the lunch hour TO witness the ilfst
long distance train pass over the new
elevated tracks.
Not in the history of Champaign
has there been such quick work on
any improvement
On West Church street the indica.
tions are that the paving viii be de-
| layed. Residents of the west side are
walking to Prospect street, many of
them distance of half q mile or
more. before they can catch a street
car for the business district.
The reason Is that the street car
company was ordered TO lift its tracks
from Prospect street west and 10 dis
continue service until the track can
be replaced with new rails. APPROX
mately 10000 feet of rails were or
dered Immediately following the fran.
chise agreement. Only two cars, or
1000 feet are as yet in sight, accord
ing TO statement from the street car
company. The delay in getting the
service reestablished on West Church
street may be indefinite, even though
| favorable weather permits OF pouring
concrete and completing the pave
ment.
Plans to complete the pavement
/ from Arthur Road to Prospect stfNt
/ this fall may be sidetracked by delsy
| in rail shipments on a period Of rainy
weather ending in a cold snap.
One of the lvest topics In the Twin
/ Cities this week was the convention
! Of the Illinois Association for ldenti-
fication at the Beardsley hotel. Over
a hundred visiting delegates attended.
Shylocks of every type, most oi
them plain, ordinary looking moftals
came from many parts Of the state
SherifTs. chiefs Of police, constables
detectives, secret service agents
MAYORS, finger print experts ant
/ specialists in every line OF investlga-
ton were in the gathering.
The event opened with addresses oi
wlcome by both Twin City mayors ant
Sheriff John Gray. An appropriate
response was given by the pfesiden
of the association, Al Duncan, o
Chicago, editor Of The Detective.
The program was arranged largeil
. by Deputy Sheriff +. b. Wolfe, loea
finger print expert, who also wa
responsible for extending the invita-
ton TO the association at a forme
meeting in Decatur.
On the program were many nota
bles. including Chief Morgan Collin
Of Chicago, Sheriff Peter HoffnaH, 0
Chicago and Oscar Wolfe, coroner o
Cook county. -
The best team won. At least tha
is the verdict aftef the smoke Of bat
/ tie haz cleared away from the Pol
, grounds at New York City. At tn
opening it l1oked IKE The Giant
would again cop the series, but durin
the early games their pitching stat
: became weakened, and when tn
Yanks began to find the sphere il wa
all Oft. With Babe Ruth clouting q
s his best, and every other Yank 0
? his toes. the Giants found that the
J we're up against the invincible.