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UHIVERSITV OF HilRtiiS THE DAILY VOLUME 17. CARBONDALE, i 14, 1920, NUMBER CALVIN COOLIDGE i JIM Bank This Morning BULLETIN. Bank bandits may take road south before they act to Elkville toward Carbondale, police are notified. Heports say the bandits passed through Royalton at 2:05.. and then started on the road to twenty cars are behind racing the rob- i berg.

Officers are ready for the bandits arrival. Battle expected. Bandits may desert auto and take Co woods on Elk- viUe-Royalton road. Elkville -armed lor battle. The Bank at.

Valier. miles north- of Christopher. at 9:45 this morning bylfive masked men. The cashier was locked -the yanit while the men bagged fronr to $12,000 in gold and currency and made ttieir get away in a big Buick car. All surrounding towns have been notified to have their police on the look out for them and all banks have also been notified to watch for the robbers.

At one o'clock a posse in four Ford machines passed thrdugh Mulkeytown about fifteen minutes 'behind the bandits. Those in the chase were armed with shot guns and rifles, and once they meet a desperate pitch battle may take place. The 'robbers were making their way toward Royalton. At the news of the robbery, Lambert of this became anxious about $4,000 -worth of bonds he is reported to -have in safety deposits in "the Valier Mr. Lambert later stated" he had" from $30.000 to in and securities in the bank, but they were all in deposit boxes and he is hoping they are not touched.

The bandits stole' the Buick car from a man named Casters from DuQuoiu last night. NORMAL LITERARY SOCIETIES TO GIVE COMMENCEMENT PLAYS The Zetetic and Socratic Literary Societies of the Normal will give -their spring entertainments on June 21st and 22nd, as part of the annual commencement week fnncf tious. The Zetetics will put on the play. "What Happened to Jones," one Broadhurst's most popular and original comedies. Socratics will present, "It Pays; to Advertise," which has only recently been released from the professional stage for amateur productions.

It "was presented for the first time in 1914 in the Cohan in New. York. Both plays are royalty plays and are. exceedingly clever and interesting comedies. CHICAGO CENSUS FIGURES Bureau at Washington Announces CHy Proper Has 2,701,212 Population 23.6 Per Increase.

Washington, June 14. Chicago's total population is The fig- ares were announced by the wnsus bureau. 'This represents 'an increase of 929 over the 191.0 population of 2,185,283. The ten-year gain was ill! increase of 28.6 per cent. Chicago's percentage increase was greater than that of New York, St.

Louis, San Francisco, Buffalo, Milwaukee, Newark, and New Orleans, but less than that of Washlntgon, Baltimore, Los Seattle and Indianapolis. Southern Illinois Laundry Owners in Convention Here The Southern Illinois section of the Illinois Laundry Owners' Association will hold a convention- here June 25th. This district emhraces the territory ot south Centralia and west from East St. Louis. Rex Cook, proprietor of the Carbondale Steam Laundry, received communications from the officials stating 'it had been decided to hold the meeting here.

Cook has been active in securing the convention for this city. Secretary of the Association ivrote was glad to know Carbon-dale could handle the convention- and stated indications pointed to a largp and successful meeting. WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING Ohio senator selected by the Repub- Governor of Massachusetts lican convention to lead the party to the Republicans for vice victory HARDING NEWSPAPER EDITOR. TEACHER AND STATESMAN WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, June 15th at 2:30 p'. m.

with Mrs. Bert Dickerman. Devotions, I will life mine eyes unto the T. L. Cherry.

Paper, Needs and Life of the Mountain Ira Dill. Vocal Ralph Hamilton. Election of officers. 8 OIL TANKERS GO TO U. S.

Belonging to a German Subsidiary fif Standard Oil Are Awarded. Paris June oil tankers belonging to a German of the Standard OH compohy fiiiiiHy linve been allotted to the United for the transport of pen-nl sinil oil to ICu- rope uccording to nn oflu-inl cpinmuhi- cntion issued by the reparation commission. These vessels had been ilie siin.lef; of controversy since Jiiimnry, IflD. rights of nations, uiminp; France, Italy and Great Britain. Involved.

Question of ownersliip of tlio tankers has been reserved nnrl will be ex- amineiJ into later by an arbitration tribunal. DEUTSCHE BANK PROSPEROUS Berlin Institution Doubles Its Business During Amounted to 12 Per Cent. Berlin, June business, transacted during 1919 by ihe Deutsche bank, as announced in its annual statement, amounted to 428,000,000,000 marks, compared with marks for 191S. Net profits for 191P amounted 62,500,000 marks, against 43,000,000 'inarUs the previous jear, while' taxes reached marks, compared with 14,000,000 In 191S. The bank's dividend amounted to 12 per oenf.

H. EASTERLY RESIGNS FROM COUNTY BOARD OF REVDEW H. G. Easterly, hold over member ot the county board of review, resigned Saturday. His resignation was tendered to Judge A.

L. 'Spiller. Mr. Easterly gave as his reason tor resigning that it would enable him to better give his time to his work with the Illinois Agricultural Association. He has just returned from a county where a farm bureau was organized and set in motion.

I. C. Staecker ot Herrin visited E. D. Barnes Friday.

Among the Herrin. visitors here Friday were: Free! Mosey, Misses May and Pearl" Lynn and Ruth -Chew. Mr. and Mrs. Harry G.

Skinker of St. Louis, formerly this city, were here Friday. Homer Laney of Willisville, a former local merchant, was a visitor here Friday. URGES REPEAL OF ESPIONAGE ACT MONTREAL.June ladies garment workers' union today is pressing its fight to have American Federation urge release of political prisoners and repeal of espionage act. Chas.

Ashley of Marion visited Wm. Ashley Friday. S. L. Joseph and Chas.

Hay, merchants 06 Marion, were among the out of town visitors here Friday. urn uii is granaters ann ust ourslde villase of' Grove in "'jrprrow "c'buitty' JUHU 14. -Warren Harding. lliu ItfpubUoun party's for president, now neat-lug the uud tit liis first term as 'United Slates Keuuuir i'roui Ohiu, is culled a. sulf- uiade uia.ii.

Hi; wus in' lurn a fui-iiier ljuy, uf a railroad consti'XK-tion school teacher, printer's ilcyll, linotyij'j operator, publisher, husiiipss man, and bnnker be- i'orc he bfraiHp a coniniandiiiir tignre in rhi; lifu ot tlio tuition. lie is descended from ru-o pioneer Anioriuiiii t'amilios, hardy l-lnlhiiul Dutch on the one side and liberty loviiig Scotch on tlte otlier. Ho burn uii grandfather's fann just ourslde vernber 2. 1NC3. 1 1 is" fat-Tier, "T.1r.

T. still jiracl icing physician in Jhirion, his advanced Histi si-vi'iity-fix then st.i*ug-i;ling country dui-tor. Works Way at College. Voting- lieu-ding xvdrki-d tin life grand- 1'iitlior's farm ami atvuiKlud the until ho was I'onrti'uii, when he ancL'ix-d the Ohio Cimtnil coiloge at Iheriii. 1-lc his way through si-liiinl by r-urriiig corn, "piiintiti.e his iinitrlibnrs' nnd helping to grade tlie or thi! T.

O. C. tic plnyi'd a i-orni't in the villafii- i'anil and edknr of tbe college paper. Upon his graduation from colh'jrt hi- went to work In the village printing nffir-e. was nineteen lus fu- tlier movod tn Murlon and aided him in i-ojirrol of the Mnrion Star, of wludi be still is publisher.

The senator learned to set typi- himself and when the linotype unn-hlri- was introduced learncfl to that. Tbe pocket piece he stin't-Mrries is the old printer's rule he used in those days. Helps Boys Get to Press. A storv is told that early one New Year's tun long found himinal-riiig up the forms of the "A- great -spnntor 'you are!" ei- clai'mea'tlie visitor." "I'd be (i great senat'Or If I didn't know anything else!" Hifrding replied. is a holiday, and wish to get I'D pro.ss as enrly as possible, so the boys i-fni get out itnd eiijuy themselves.

That. Is louding helping band." The is still the Idol. He has it." He has never had strike on his paper. Kleveri years he inaugurated profit-sharing plan for employees, thu dividends paying the pap'er-ii'iis-'Tibt liis-lonly interest. a town of 4,000 to jts present population of more than 30.000 In- In-t-ume identifier! with the industries that sprang up.

Today be is still.si director in bank, a director in several, large nuumfnc- turi.njr plants. fi trustee nf Trinity Baptist diiircb; A Leader-far Twenty-Two Years. was ymirs that In? first erv tered politics. He was eioeted 10 vhc state senate from the district in 1808. serving two t'ernis.

He was next elected Hetitenant govt'i'nor and in 1012 made the for the jtov- ernor.silip, but. the. Detno- cralic and liai-iiiou 'hi'm. In less than years after tins schism he was elected to the United States senate by a siuijorily of 1011,000. runiilnR 78.000..

of the next highest on ticket. Evidence, of his r'ocqiniitlon amon? leaders of tbe pnrt'y tlu-otighout the country was shown by his selection, without factional strife, as chairman of the nationiil Republican convention In 1910, soon sifter be entered the senate. His keynote uililress at that time won untlnniil r.cliiiowleclgjnfnt for him as a safe nnd siine thinker. MRS. MINA REESE IS CALLED BY DEATH Succumbs to III Health of-Last Three Owner, of East Side Leaves Three Brothers and One Sister.

Mrs. Mina Reese, widow of Otto Reese, who died about two years ago, passed away at her home here'yester- day morn-ing at 10:30, following ill health for the last'three years. Mrs. Reese 39 years old and had been a resident of Carbondale all her life. She was proprietress of the Reese restaurant on North Washington street, at the time of her death.

She was a Royal Neighbor- and a Rebekah. She is survived by three brothers, Sam Fraley of Carbondale, Ed Fraley of West Virginia, and Fred Fraley of Clifford, also a twin' sister. Mrs. Jennie King, of Columbus. Ohio.

The funeral will be held tomoirow afternoon at 2:30 at the Christian! church by Rev. Duncan MaoFarlane, pastor. Burial at Oakland cemetery. EDMONDS HOME ON NORMAL AVE. BURNS Delay in Getting Hose Attached Gives Fire Household Goods.

The home of Guy Edmond and family on Normal aVenue was destroyed by- fire at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. 4 When the fire was dis- eoyeAd by neighbors it was.making good headway under the roof in the attic. The chemical apparatus fought the fire but the Sire was too hot for this equipment. Delay in getting the hose connected to.the fire plug af Normal aven-ue and Mill street, almost, allowed the house to burn, before any water got to it. Finally the hose was taken to the College street plug.

Once the hose was attached the pressure wa sgood. Most "of the household goods of Edmonds was saved. The fire started either from a flue or wiring, the family believes. The Edmonds came froin Elizabethtown-. SEVERAL KILLEDIN NOTAVIOUTIONOFTHE LAW MARRED HUSTLERS COLLISION I MEET HERE UST WEEK Special to Free Preis: CHICAGO, June' killed and.

a 'number injured! in collision of two Pere" Maraue'tte trains' here; Train- victims returning from outing in Mich- jgan-, LOCAL WOMEN PROVE ENTERTAINERS reception given the 1 Blka Home Thursday evening to the visiting Hustler ladiei. waa a suceeMfuI feature of the Hustler program. The rooms were especially pretty with Dorothy Perking roges. About two hundred gueets attended. The receiving line was the local ladles' Hustler entertainment committee of which Ed Beet was chairman, as fol.Ipws: F.

P. Miss Marie kayser, Mrs. Frank Meyers and Mrs. J. T.

Stotlar, execuUye committee; Mesdames H. Brohm. A. Rosa, J. D.

Dill, Herbert Hays, Karl Federer, Claude Fox, J. Patterson, A. W. Earth, F. C.

Bastin, I. W. Dill, W. 0. Seibert.

C. B. Gauthler. J. H.

RIdgway, Ralph "Hamilton, Alma Pearce, R. A. Taylor and J. E. Mitchell.

Misses Edith Bell, Lucy K. "Woody, Inez Hollenberger and' Florence King of the Normal The following pleasing program was Rendered. Vocal Anna Grater Fowler, soprano, and Miss May Afflack. contralto. Oriental Dauce-rfLueille Wlialen.

Group of Afflack. Dance, The French Misses Betty Wilson and Ruth Lambert. They responded to an encore, with the Highland Fling. Vocal Fowler. Punch was seryecl on; the Those presiding at the bowls were: Misses Marie Kayser.

Gertrude Eckhard, Sula Putcamp and Pearl -Craine. A. B. Vancil, of the Johnson, Van'cil. Taylor and niece, Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. J. E. Mitchell, leave Wednesday morning for a several weeks' visit in the On their way out they will accompany 'a Shriner Special train- out East St." Louis, stopping a day at St. Paul, Glacier National Park and Spokane.

At Portland they will spent! four days, attending the Shriners' National which will be. in session. From Portland they go to-San Francisco, spending a day during the Democratic National At. Los Angeles they leave the special train and will spend two or three weeks in Los Angeles, the beaches and Saw Diego. On their return taip they will make at.

Grand Canyon, Denver and Kansas City. and Miss Mitchell are looking forward to a delightful md plan to lie of-July. HARMONY TEAM IS PICKED Special Detectives From Louis Declare Most Peaceful Gathering -Attendee! in Report to Mayor Fights or Drunks. two, St. Louis detectives fasz the ground arid four special under the direction of the city during the Hustlers meet, not a report of dis- order in any form marred.

the convention here last week, Mayor Krygher- stilted morning. There were no fights, drunks or Tlo; fetors the law la any manner the officers 8ay. tTiually at the gathering. of such a crowd as attended the Hustlers convention a number of arrests' are made. This has 'been true of ipast meetings of the The Louis detectives say Carbondale' itself with a perfect gathering so far as good order and conduct on the part of the citizens and visitors are concerned and is itable to the city and the Hustlers.

CARBONDALE LOSES PEP FOLLOWING WANGLE ON DECISION DuQuoin Scores 6 Runs in 6 Team Weakens whenArguments Follow Decision of Umpire on First Base. What promised 'tcf tfe.iari game between Caroondale yesterday afternoon at. Twin park ended in a pepless and uninteresting game when DuQuoin knocked Canoondale's pitcher all over- the Jot in the sixth inning for 6 runs. Tlie lirst five innings was a good game. The wrangle over a decision took all the cut ci the Carbondale nine-- and DuQuoiu made a race track ot the diamond, scoring 6 runs.

The. -next game Carboudale plays-the freer it is from argument and the like- the more support the local tans are likely to offer." This may have- not been Carbondale's fault, and it may have, at any rate spectators like to see such a gamp. i TENTH BALLOT WHICH -MADE HARDING'NOMINEE-: Gompers Says Convention Could Not Have Selected a More -Fitting' Pair'. 1 Mr. and Mrs.

Stanley (3. Brooks and' little daughter, Joan, of Herrin. visited the former's mother.Mrs. Mary Brooks. Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Kobt. W. Goodman of Herrin were also guests of Brooks and Ger-' trude MeMinn- Friday.

Mrs. O. E. and Mrs. M.

Eroering have returned to their homes in Pana after a 1 few days' visit with Mrs. F. F. Schuette. Miss Thelma Gilpin ot Cetitralia was a visitor here Friday.

Montreal, June Bupnhll'can ticket In absolute harmony with Hie platform dniwu by the'. Chi pro according to Samuel Gompers, president. ot the Ainnrlc'iiii Federation of "tabor. "They- -picker! tfiim in harmony sntd. couldn't linvf sekcrcil ,1 more fitting pnir rcprasunr HIPIII.

A perfectly logical seieotimi I slmnlrl should bsivf been mciro. Siin.iri*«(l if 7i of pooplfiV ests hart buen ITALIANS RIOT IN TRiEST Stage Big Demonstration in Protest Against Sending Army to Albania, Is Report. Home, June ami serious rioting are reported to have occurred in vicinity us protest against the sending of Kalian troops to Albania. Itille aiul revolver shots were exchanged and some bombs thrown. A number of casualties are reported.

A Heurcnaut wiis shot si nil' died a few hr.iirs later. Late messages JJroni Trieste say tlio city is or.ljn.! "Troops, are 'or Albania 1 incUU'n't. Aiubama Arizona California Colorado Coiineirlicui Delaware Florida Ixjn-. den. son.

Illinois Indiana 3 iovvii Kansas 1 Kentucky 1 IS Hording: 7 10- a 38 2i 32 30 17 1 21 Maine Maryland Minnesota Ml-ssisaippi Wiesouri MonluniL Nenrjiska fC. -Hampshire .8 New Jorpp.y 35 New Mexico New. York 'NT. Carolina 2 Norrli Paitom Ohio Oklahoma Oregon '3 Pcnnsylvan'-a, i4 Rhode Island Botu.h Carolina' South Dakota 6- Tennessee Texas Utah 1. Vermont 3 SKI- JO- 6010- 20 23 6 i Virginia 1 5 West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Alaska Dist.

of Hawaii Philippines 2 Porto Rico 14' 1C 1 6 2 2' Totals 157 12 80 674- N'ecessary to nominate, 493. Butler received-2 In Nsw York; Coolidge 1 in Massachusetts. 4 in New York; Poln- rtextcr. 2 in "Washington; Lenroot, 1 In- New York; Knox, 1 In Pennsylvania; Lafollette. 24 In Wisconsin; Hoover, 1.

Maryland 1, Nevada New Jersey 1 New York 4, 1, Wisolnsin 1..