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JACKSON COUNTY'S ENTERPRISING HOME NEWSPAPER GOOD EVENING! HAVE YOU READ THE CLASSIFIED? Price 15c Per Week OCTOBER II, 1926. MONDAY, ILLINOIS DAILY INDEPENDENT, tfstabliehed 1891. THE WORLD HERE SUNDAY Then Wife "Pickled" and In Jailed; Showman Held Holm, South worth. Hornsby, 21) Hottomley, lb Bell. 3b Ha fey, If 0'Purr ell.

Haines, Alexander Would Make Murder, Murder, and Simplify Conviction of Criminals Murder will bo murder and the fodn of criminal proepedurr- simplified and made more dlroct rfcom- mfUirtationH of the Bar of Kgypt in Illinois win favor in inn legisla- lure. The Federation of Local Bar Associations for tho Firs! Supreme Judicial District of Illinois, at its annual meeting held at. Alt. Carmel, Illinois, on Saturday, October 0. I92G, went on record favoring the following change.s in the criminal practice, find prot'oedurc- in Illinois: 1.

Whore an indictment or infor- innrlon is not attacked or challeng- od and the defects therein are not pointed out prior to the trial of the cnfte, the statute should provide that HH sufficiency could not thereafter be questioned, and that the case thereafter should only be tried nnd decided on its merits. 2. We should have degrees of murder, but no degrees of manslaughter. For instance, two degrees of murder, first and second. The only punishment for murder in the first degree to be death.

Tho unishrnent for murder in tho second degree to be by confinement In tho penitentiary for the term of the natural life; of the defendant or for nuy of years not loss than fourteen, ff the defendant IH found guilty of murder in the first degree the jury should have nothing to do with determining the punlHhmoiit, as the law should automatically fix tho punishment at death. The law should dotlno each of nnid degrees of murder. The homicide to coriHtltute murder in the first degree is where death is accomplished with deliberation, as by means of poison or laying in wait; where It results from the commission of any one of certain named felonies; or any other wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing. And thut murder whon not of (ho first degree should be deemed of the second degree. The court on plea of guilty or the jury in case of conviction by a Jury should find the degree of murder the defendant is guilty of.

If the defendant is found guilty of murder in the second degree or manslaughter, the jury shoujd have iho right to so find and fix the punishment, :5. Where an application for a continuance Is made at the samej term of court that the Indictment; is returned, the party who desires to proceed to the trial of the case at that term should not bu compell- od to admit the absolute truth of the affidavit for a continuance, but only that the absent witness or wit- would, if present, testify to such facts, except the trial judgo Is of the opinion that the ends of Justice require otherwise. 4. The prosecution should have the right to comment on the failure of the defendant to testify. G.

When ten defendant takes the witness stand In his own behalf, the prosecution should have tho right to cross-examine his without regard to matters brought out or touched on in examination in chief, provided such cross-examination Is relevant and germane to the Issue. G. Juries should only be judges of the facts and not of the law, 7. The. prosecution should have tho right to a change of venue from the trial judgo upon the states attorney or attorney general making the same showing that la Incumbent upon the defendant.

Tho prosecution should also have the right to a change of venue from the county, If the trial judge decides that the Interests of justice require it. 8. That no Indictment for a felony should bo dismissed or a nolle prosequi entered or the offense reduced, on the motion or application of the states attorney or attorney general, except upon his verified petition setting forth the reasons therefor, and then only upon tho of the irinl judge. 9. Repeal tho law providing for the' board of pardons and paroles, and require all applications for pardons parolea and commutations of sentence to eb heard In the same court in which convictions wore had upon formal application to the trial court and notice to the states attorney and attorney general, and ufter hearing, the recommendation of the trial court to be transmitted to the governor for his final action.

10 That no peraou aball bo eligible to thft office of attorney wbo shall not have beon actively in the practice of law.ii? Uiia euto'for at least five yearn prior to election; or Tommio Wisecop and his self- reliant wife liit ihe. breakers of mischance in Murphysboro Sunday 11 mi woke up in the city jail Sunday morning. Tormnie Wisecop allegedly staggering from the weight of a heavy brand of white mule and he and Mrs, Tommie are. said to have come to blows. Tommie went to jail, locking the sympathy of his wife.

Later remorse caught up with her. Mrs. Tommie hates remorse and started in to drown the said remorse in the same aforesaid heavy brand of "mule." Which is to say Mrs. Tommie bectime unbalanced (not mentally), and was placed in jaid Sunday night, police hoping incarceration would prove si steady influence. She was driving a car when last seen at large, and was charged with drunken driving.

He is a bridge worker. She prepares corned beef and cabbage for Mo. Pacific bridge workers. But. the worst is yet to be told.

On police headquarters Tommie Wisecop waxed wrath, became so Indiscrete, indeed, as to land long Gene Tunney on Assistant Police Chief Bill McCoy's Assistant McCoy reciprocated with a solid' punch to Tommie's nose. Tommie came back with what was means to be a rope-busier, but McCoy countered with "a blow from Ills billy that gave Wisecop the count. 13arly Monday morning, with no cook on the job, bridge workers at Gorliam were chanting an InsiBtant chant with fire in their eyes, yelling: "Feed us or fight us." But neither Tominje Mrs. Tornmie was there. Vaudevlllan Kay Ilarrah, alias Neilson', vaude- villiui playing at The! Hippo Saturday night, was -jailed by officers Sunday on authority of a telegram from Portland, authorities.

The wire ad'vlsed Police Chief Joe Boston to hold Hurra alias Neilson an da woman answering to the name of Beatrice Neilson, for investigation under the Maun Act. A later telegram advised officers not to hold tue woman. The Neilsons, according to ihe wire, were traveling in a big Packard. Police Chief Boston talked with Portland authorities later, together with tbe owner of a Portland garage and presumably having claims on tho Packard. lie in- I Fans, meet "Nig" Holm, Ray Blade's, vaster Johnson, the new world champ.ions, Mr.

Rogers' Hornsby's -St. Bill Southworth, Bob O'FarreJI, Tommy Thevenow Bill Klllifer (coach), Rogers Hornsby Grover Alexander, Flint Rhem, Jesse Haines, Bill Allan Sothoron, Keen and Art Reinhart. i.is Cardinals. From left to right; Front row, Chick iU! Warwick, and Taylor Douthit. Middle, Jake (coach), Jim Bottomley and "Specs" Toporcer, Herman-Bell, Bill' Hallihan, Elmer Lester Bell, Rear, Syl- Clough, Vic sisted that Neilson be jailed pond- ing legal process In store for him.

Neilson had to break a show date at Cairo Sunday afternoon. EVENING GOWN Flowers of flame colored velvet are appliqued ou a gown of very thin gold cloth to make an attractive trimming for an evening gown. EUROPEAN CORN BORER MOVING WESTWARD IS CAUSING MUCH DAMAGE Agricultural Leaders Making Plans to Combat Worm. To Ask Federal Aid By Associated Press CHICAGO, October An army of worms moving relentlessly west and leaving In its wako devastated vegetation, has aroused agricultural lenders of.the cpniury, and JlrKUle- tense -linos Th'O borer, 1 -which lives 'through the winter within corn sUilks, corn cobs and other crop remains, after having wrought havoc during the was the cau.se of a conference here of the International Corn "Borer Committee. Plans.for financing a light against the borer and closer co-operation hetween slate and government agents were arranged.

Advancing at (he rate of about 25 miles a year toward Indiana, Illinois and other big corn producing states, the borer has covered parts Michigan. New York. Pennsylvania, the New England states." The committee was appointed at the recent international corn borer co'iferonoo'at Detroit to handle the business'of the conference. of UK alms is to arouse tbe people of the country to dangers of the pest, one of the greatest which ever faced American agriculture, An appropriation of $2,000,000 is to he asked of the federal government, and it is expected $1,000,000 more will he obtained from virtual states. One of the discussed by committee for eradication of was establishment of mliti belt around the infected area.

By concentrating on this holt it Is hoped that the borer may be ox- terminated. Uncle For New His Two tho the fifty MURPHYSBORO FANS HAPPY The Cards are world's champions, Fans of the 49th state, including thousands from Murphysboro are happy today because Rogers Hornsby and his playeis have finally, after 38 pennantless years, brought not only the National league flag, but also the Wo.1 Id Baseball Championship Trophy to St. Loiws. Ciedit must be given'the Cards for their victones--four in seven games-against Babe Ruth and the batteimg Yankees, acknowledged the best hitting aggregation ever assembled. The Cards are a courageous club Think of the wonderful pitching of Alexander and Haines, the great play of "Kid" Thevenow at shortstop, the mighting hitting of Lester Bell, and the general all-around gameness of one the boys.

We've got to hand it to the Red Birds Never was a more popular or gamer club crowned Worlds Champs don't forget three of the four-victories were gained on the Yankee Stadium, the -home grounds the New Yorkers, on which few-of. the; Cardinals had ever played before, while the-Yanks-have-been tor years playing all their St. Louis-games-at'Sportsman Park, the Cardinal's home battle-ground. The Independent is glad were-vic- have been able to pass out the welcome news to the thousands of Jackson county rooters, Next year, we hope to have the Cards in the world's series again. Here's hoping.

Many compliments were received by The Independent on the way in which it handled the games locally with the radio, megaphone, and big score board, which showed the running box score of each game play-by-play, whether it was played St. Louis or New Yoi'fc. We are fflad the fans appreciate, service. It be Repeated hope all ctfme back, sveu -more of your-inends along, and en by-'the games with' us. Uncle Charlie Brown, piqneer farmer of the region on the Mississippi river and owner of one ot the nnest farms in the county, Monday told two reasons why, in his mind, Jackson a new court house, -lie said Reason No.

1 "Way 'back '43, rbeheve.it was, my father, -James quarter house burned, destroying records. The record of my father's deal was there. "Years later the heirs to this piece of lana sued my father, He had not records to his claim. But as it happened W. Tuthill, a brother of Mrs.

Ulysses Wagner of Murphysboro, went to Salina, Kansas, in 1869, I believe it. was He found there a man who had years before published. a paper in Jackson county. He happened to see in an old file a notice of my father's land purchase and. clipped the it 'to my father, knowing he had been sued.

This notice won the suit for my being 1 one, and the sole record of the purchase. "Well, what if the court house would burn now. How many records would go. What could property owners do? Maybe they would not be as lucky as my father was. "I am for a new court house.

Thirty years ago when board of supervisors I advocated a mill tax fund for a new court house when the need to I was on the for a sinking should Reason No. 2 "When the first talk was heard lor a river levee protect Jackson county bottom land many owners objected to the tax. Many banded together and gave 10 cents the acre to employ Ttty. Jim Martin (deceased) to fight the levee proposition. It was called a tax burden.

Objectors lost. The big levee was assured in 1910, I think it was. "It cost land owners something. I remember I asked to be allowed to pay my share in a lump. I did and it cost me $1,057.

I have Receipt No. 1. It is of record at the court house. In later years 1 was told that I showed good business sense by paying my tax outright and saving; money later on. "The 'Degognia-Fountain' Bluff Levee they fought so hard some years ago has paid for itself many times over again.

Tax payers fought it then. They would light it now. They couldn't get along without it. It protects their property against floods. "A new court house can be expected to have its objectors.

These same objectors will in later years be its friends. For just -as the hard-fought 'levee saved taxpayers property from flood, -so may a new court house save their records from "I am for a new Court House." fire. Sun-Kissed 0. K. But Just Taste Our Own Brand "Sun-Kissed" oranges arc 0.

K. and Florida hits the market, on'the nose when 1 It comes to purveying' the big yellow, lucious oranges to the consumers. But just taste one of those "wild oranges" grown by Mrs. H. G.

Easterly at Easterly Corners, half way between. Mm 1 physhoro and Car bond ale on Logan Highway. They're to eat. They, have the famous Jackson County tang in them. Tbe same ta 11 makes Jackson County apples and peaches the top liners on ihe nun 1 ket.

The Easterly oranges are rlP 0 The tree has bloomed Tor seven years. This is the first year however that it has produced I'nilk VlONNET SLEEVE The now Vionnet' sleeve that is deep at the arajhole and very nar row at the particularly Scott Writes History Of'Life For Appeal Funds By Associated Press CHICAGO, October the shadow the gallows where' he is sentenced to be hanged less than a week hence, Russell Scott has written his history as an. actor, a Canadian financier and finally a man condemned to die for murder. Scott hopes t.o realixe from sales of the hook, "In the Shadow of the ft funds for a last legal effort to slay the death he lias twice escaped by eleventh hour reprieves. 8 27 0 Combs, cf Koenig, ss Ruth, rf Meusel, If eh rig, Ib Turner 2b Dugan, 3b Severe id.

Collins, Hoyt, Pennock, Paschal Adams YANKEES AB 5 0 2 2 3 11 9 2 pitches wore just the slrikc zone and Hutli walked. 1 Big Bob Meusel look two cuts at ball and on Huth. ojdnshed for second. O'Farrell 0 ged to Hornsby and Ruih was ''o'rlt and the series was" over. Thevenow's Hit Wins Game OJ The three Cardinal runs were Oj.scored in the fourth inning.

Oione out Boitomley singled toMfctl Oiand Bell was safe on a fumble "by" Koenig, who migiiu have started a double play with a clean stop. Hafey popped a single to left, filling the bases, and then came the -sotf- 0 ond Yankee error-of the inning'. Cardinals Yankees Two base run: Ruth. Water Mounts to 26.2-Salvation Army Directing Relief. No Epidemic Danger (Associated Press) BEARDSTOWN, October of all Monday mornings for Beardstown, this Monday morning found the Illinois river at a new high level.

Steadily mounting, breaking, records each day for the last week-the highest point of 26.2 was reached at midnight. The measurement was the same this' morning. This flood a new experience to residents. in State Sstreet's 'four feet of water was so swift that' boats were unmanageable. -Several -p-f them last night were swirled about and clashed into electric light posts- breaking the globes.

There is no'danger of a disease epidemic Dr. C. H. Schweer said. water supply is pure, and untouched by the Hood and the health service is able to cope with any developments.

Harris continued l.oday to maintain that Beardstown would take care of itself. The Red Cross is not operating in Beardstown, he said, and has not. been invited. With the aid the Salvation Army is giving in directing reliel! work among the needy no more help is needed, lie said. Damage in Arkansas TEXAHKANA, October 11 skies today to continue the downpouur which Saturday and Sunday gave Texarkana its-heaviest forty years and caused heavy damage to' property and loss of live stock.

Firemen are preparing to meet any emergency in case there is a renewal of the drenching rain which between 7 p. m. Saturday and 7 a. day totaled 9.25 inches in the city. No.

lives were lost in the flood which damaged a considerable amount of furniture and merchandise and drowned a number of head oT cattle and hogs. DR. WAYMAN ATTENDING CHILDREN'S fcLINIC Dr. L. R.

Wayman left Sunday for St. Louis where he w.ill spend a week attending a child's clinic. From there he where he will spend the next week attending an older child's clinic. '(Continued on Two) i'ective in the velvet gxrwn. black satin ot English engineers test road ma- Sack by building two foot road Indiana Grand Jury Probing Political Corruption Charges 1 (Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Oct.

11 Remy, prosecuting attorney Marion county moved swiftly, today, tovbring before the county grand jury charges of 1 legecl political corruption centering around the period during which D. C. Stephenson, now a life term convict in tbe Indiana state prison, was the controlling figure in Indiana politics. O'Farrell sent short fly to center and Meusel Combs' lem- tory he had ihe throwing dropped ihe ball and Bottomley charged over the This tied ihe scoiv and made np for the run that Ruth had produced in the third inning with a ous homer into the right cciiler iield bleachers, but the -CanVhiirtS 01 were not. through yet.

o'been given one run. and they wftre to score two more. Trievo- Tojlll 09 2 10 3 inow punched a. single over Lazzen's PnschaV batted for Hovi in Oth in- bead, and Bell and Hafey race(Tbv- er ihe plate. Adams ran for Serercid in Gth in- This was all for the inning.

aiid 31 for ihe day, but the three runs 2 3 4 fi fi 7 0 TJwere enough. 000 3 0 0 (i rp he Yankees scored their second 0 1 0 0 1 0 un Ol a ii Uie. sixth'inniiiff hit: Severeid. on a nK )V Dugan ard'a double Sacrifices: Haines. ny Severeid.

a hit to left that was; O'Farrell, Koenig, Bottomley. Left )0l for nvo nases and a. run be- on bases: Cardinals 7. Yankees nise a ev tried for a shoestring Bases on Haines 5 (Rut)i 3, Gehrig 2): off Alexander! Ruth), waj A er Struck out: By Haines 2 (Ljuzeri jf1oul))e a hjuer wa Rent in 2); by Alexander 'J and Pomioclrfinish- Hoyt. 2 Hafey, Hamex).

-Hits: otl ))nl; the 'hitter Hoyt in 0 innings: ofl Pem ocK alld niade no diffev 3 in innings; ofl 1 nines, in Pennock fli(1 sll he CanH- innings; oft Alexander 0 in 2 l-J in- nings. Winning pitcher: Js enal)led lne Yankees Losing pitcher: Hoyt 1 finish secoml (ne base Hildebrand at. plate: Klein, bairclaRsic of a classic which base; Dinneen, jlh th most thril- third. Time of 2 hours and 15 i A 1(i during the morning October 11 -Rogers (lnwn H6rnsby'-'and his St. Louis Cardinals a((? are champions of the world.

They; 1(? attendance was estimated at beat the Yankees Sunday 0(H)0 1)lP slll nllGst ai any 'New 3'to 2, in the seventh and same during the series, but game of the series for the baseball enou se new total attendance championship of the universe. reoe records for world ser- That means a great deal, li is all that a team can do. and yet the statement bare. and meager and cold it tries to tell of the 'great' deeds that transpired ai ihe Yankee stadium Sunday afternoon. It was a glorious finish to a world series.

There were brilliant fielding plays, timely bast hits rans off Ihe hlnrgeons of Rogers. Hornsby. There was great pitching by Jess Haines, and then when split finger on his pitching hand and could not get the ball over the plate, when the pain of pitching was so great that he could not carry on, Grover Cleveland Alexander, that 39 year old veteran, that big waiver-price man from Chicago, walked in 1'rom Ihe bull pen, peeled off his sweater coat and stopped the Yankees. Alexander Stops 'Em Dead He stopped them when they had the bases filled and needed only one run to tie the score and two to turn back the Cardinals and snatch the winner's share of the purse. It is true that Yankee mi.splays gave the Cardinals their three runs.

Had it not been for those mi'splays the Yankees might have won. It with yes- Seek Stay of Scott Execution and it. (Associated Press) SPRINGFIELD, October 11. writ of error which may result iu a stay of execution 1 of Russell T. Scbtt, under sentence to in Chicago 1 next Friday, was issued by Charles clerk the Supreme Court today on the ground a revolv ing' machine of Scott's plea of insanity cannot be said they would have won, for the Cardinals proved their courage, in this series.

They overcame a one-run lead to win this prize and when a team is that courageous you cannot say that it would have lost any game! Haines pitched six and two-thirds innings for the. Cardinals. The Yankees made eight hits in that time. Eight hits and two runs and then in the seventh with two down and the bases filled, Haines had to retire. Alexander stalked from the bullpen.

He did not appear to have been warming up even. He. had on his red -sweater coat. But he stalked in there. A Master in the Pinch He.

took his fiva preliminary pitches and, with the stands yelling for a hit, any kind of a safe blow that would have driven one or two runs over the plate, Alexander struck out Lazxeri. In the eighth three men faced Alex. They'were Joe Dugan, Pat Collins and' Herb and none hit the'ball out of the infield. In the jiinth three more men faced Alexander. They were Combs, Koe- nig'and Ruth.

The top of the batting or.der this, but it. made no difference Coombs to Beli: to and- He Alexander, Koeuis on He got grounders pitched two strikes to Ruth out first three offerings. But-then lost control. His To Celebrate Victory (Associated Press) ST. LOUIS, October Hope springing into reality the Cardinals' 3 to 2 vicv.ory terda.y over the New York Yankees sent thousands of baseball mad St.

Louis cit.izens into an hysterical frenzy of celebration nnd today set their eyes toward the first, opportunity of welcoming home a world's champion baseball club. Manager Rogers seventeen of his championship crew are due to arrive here'late today, with plans going forward for their reception. is probably that Hornsby and his men will debark from their train at some point in Illinois across the Mississippi river ami be smuggled into town by taxicabs. "It would be murder l.o let tho men get off the train at WasWug- ton avenue or Union i.Sation," said Jack Grosse, chairman of the h.onve- coming committee. The.

head liner of the welcoming is scheduled (o come tonight with a formal celebration at Sporls- manspark. Grosse. and his tee met today with Mayor Victor Miller in the city hal Ho complete arrangements for tho event. A tinge of pathos traces Louis' recollections of the days of the series litle fight more sober thought, recall Hornsby must go to Austin, to attend his mother's burial, has announced that, he will here only for a short, time and the first available train for sou (invest. (Associated Press) Was "Scared to Death" COLUMBUS, 0., October After a hilarious night- ratti to Louis from New Cardinals were isound their berths upon arrival here Only Grover Cleveland Alexander, yesterday's hero, coultf aroused sufficiently to answer a single question.

"How did you feel when, yo.ii were sent to the box in the sev- enth inning to stop the Yankees?" he was asked. "Scared to mumbled as he ducked back in his berth." Mostly cloudy tonight and Tues- day wjth-probably showers. Cooler in west and north portions Tuesday aud in. extreme northwest portion tonight..