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CAPE BRIDGE TOLLS IN YEAR REACH MURPHYSBORO; ILLINOIS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1929 Great Span Was Opened to Traffic a Year Ago Wesk One year ago the Cape Girardeau traflic bridge was opened to traffic. The structure was closed a few days after the formal dedication on Sept; 3, 1928, to, permit completion of structural details again opened on Sept. 12. Four days later enjoyed the greatest day.

financially, in its history, being received in tolls on that date. To 1 the span since its formal opening, has taken in 12C.25. August Was Big Month August was the big month during the year, amounting to S9.G1S.40. However, September is following -close on the heals of the record 1 established by this month with an average of $302.31 for 'each of the days of the month that have elapsed. If this-record.

continues the tolls will closely approach" those of August. The bi-idge tolls have averaged close to $5000 each month. Here and There If the weather of Saturday morn- 1 indication of that whirl, we are to have over the week end Sunday be another fine time to plan long drives into the country where the foliage is. already be- Binning to color in the. forests! Two veeks Irom to.lny the referee's whistle will the first football game here the Elkville Blue Birds, opposing Coach JaolfGraham's huskies.

Louis Gromp. lunch-house propri- I ot.or, committed suicide at Red! Bud yesterday with a shotgun. Gremp was widely known by the traveling wr.r, noted for his strength. formerly- a baseball player To Remodel Lincoln Sarcophagus The date for payment-of the third quarter's of the 1928 income taxes de- laye'd a day this year because September 15 falls on Sunday. The inlernal Revenue Bureau yesterday called to the attention of the taxpayers that the law grants them this additional day.

A clausie In the revenue act provides that when the due date of tax payments comes on Sunday or a legal holiday the due date shall be the day following. Because of this the government will not receive tho estimated in income tax payments until September 1C. Friday, the 13th, yesterday, Heie's how the Lincoln sarcophagus will appeal when lemodehn" or" Abraham Lincoln's tomb at Sp. mgfield, 111, 1S competed rnents costing will be started in'November. More Readers Than Ali Other Jackson Newspapers Combined Seeks Presidency of Mexico Leader Cleared of Charges i cf Fomenting Agitation In Southern Illinois Think Captain and Crew Went to Bottom, Hrap-1 ped in Cabin ROCK 1ST A.XD.

VT.ilkei. piesident ot thp Illinois. State Federation of Labor btoo 1 cloned of chxige th.it hid fomented Unitul M.ne Workers ot eriea in the coil fields, as a icsiilt ot ac'ioii bv convention heie jes- Unpiove- May of this year was the lowest 'Kht relief to ihe stomach ol 1 month, when the tolls slumped to Samson, 32-foot python, and joy to slightly over $1GOO, caused by tne heart of Jake T. Foe, his own- TELLS PORTLAND ABOUT CIVIL WAR CITY ON MAP OVER EASf Tha gave Walker a (rising of. confidence and adopted a committee's report which repudiated charges brought by the Mine Workers Union at.

(Eldorado tint he had with D. B. West Frank-" loit to obtain an injunc- Pas, mil 1-tubio (nisei), like Horbei Hoover. IB an cnsrmeur is a loi the pieMdencv ol Mexico A demii.isti.u 011 ul i-, Idllouui CH dad fu.ncz is Murphysboro is on the map as far as Portland, is concerned, thanks to tlije A. H.

Roberts, his wife, and son Homer, to the National convention of thF Grand Army of the Republic held there early this month. If you don't believe it read what tlie Portland water conditions and bad roads on' 6r at Akron. Ohio. Evening News which carried pic- the Illinois side of the river. The' After two hours of lashing writh- hires, of Uncle Ham as a soldier span enjoyed a good business the labor Samson coughed up al a he looks today, has to say first four months after opening, i blanket that had.

given a'pain i following an interview with the the tolls slipped off slight- in tlle tummy for eight weeks. The 'famous Jackson county ly and began to take lower levels huge snake swallowed, t-he blanket for the winter months. The a live pigeon desseut. t.qok "Yes, sir, young fellow, I've attended every G. A.

R. convention tor the: past 20 years I'm good. way from the bridge to ref "Se in its folds. 111., is being paved and this will Weakened by the eight weetcs jfor another 10. I'm only S(i and I bring a great amount of traffic stomachache.

Sanmson today man-jsucus I can make it, since I'm able to be 'routed 'through the span diir- itested 'signs of reptilian- content- 'to work every day nnd do a better ing the winter months. The newj fnt. His appetite of old is than many young fellows. I'm am an undertaker Jh fvthtJr an undertaker inrl rmdp ny son an undertake! Th it i ill i live business! "In the. Fa'll ot I nnt 1 1 away from Jonesboio nt thp n-e ol 1(1 as private in Compint Illinois Volunteer; Infantry My company on euaid dub 'it the Union Prison in Columbus.

Ky A few weeks later the fimous Confederate raidei Genei then a prisonei imde bis cape, haven't much to say alio'ni that job. to be Kighly road will make ft possible for in back. travel to continue uninterrupted throughout the winter. The outlook for the coming year Is good, according to bridge company officials, who feel that' traffic will greatly, 'increase. (here for a good time and certain- EGYPTNEXT TIME BELIiEVILLE, GroC Xeppelin passed' up southern Illinois in its round-the-world crniso because it was attempting to make a record and therefore took the shortest possible route.

Dr. Husro wrote'in a letter to John I'aegelow, Commandant of Scott Field. Eckener was. expressing hi.s thanks, to Paegelow for 40.000 gallons of gas. and making all other preparations to receive the huge craft at Scott Field in case it should make an emergency landing here on one of two i 'ly appreciate the way Portland treats the old G.

A. R. men." The speaker wns A. H. Roberts of Murphysboro.

111., the only surviving member of General John A. Logan's left in Jackson County. "Mrs. Roberts, my son I boro Wednesday arid reached Portland late Sunday evening," the veteran said. "For the past- 20 years we three have all been together, at each encampment, motoring ru far West as Denver in 182S and as far east as.

Portland this year. The trip from home to Portland was 1.40S miles. We have motored for the jpast'10 or 11 years. "I hate to see all "the old boys but I'm the only, living member A-crown of bologna, trimmed with weiner wnrst. rests on the fair if somewhat aching brow of Schmid.

of. Springlield, who to be krauts As a tilting climax to" Springfield's annual sauerkraut! festival. Schmidt forked away 15.. pounds and four ounces of the fermenfed cabbage to dethrone the usurper. C.

M. Lautermilch of Akron, Ohio, and to turn back the aspjrant. Max Sclunel- ling. another challenger, not related to the-heavyweight boxer. "I owe my success to- my trainer.

Dr. K. B. Brown," Schmidt said. "He is a dentist and he promised me that if I of my-Regiment.

I've lived them 11 "My. first; battle was It Holly Springs and I ts flip or Viciks'hurff for d-ns I V.FS- with! i i tion a-'-imht officials of the United' Mine Woikfis of America, trouble in tlie southern Illinois coal, fields. The committee's report that an, investigation had been I mule ind it was found that the I basis of the charges were in a jnenspiper ailicle it was I cl umed 1 icious In addition a letter, said to have bceh by Cobb, wns' re- by Walker in which be I f.Cobb) denied he 'had 'ever been. I connected -K ith Walker In- the injunction affair Raises His Salary si ip it the national miners A colored porter on Hie i union as well at at Minority Floor Central by ot O'Dell Le-idei Igoe of Chicago dead and A. J.

Bromme, a cash seen the action of the con- register salesman of pieces iug splintered door, a wave dented water and bits of the inside trim of: a tragic story today fate of the froigllleK-'fjl Andaste which sank in Lake- M.icii-:>l,S igan with ot 25 .1 gale Monday night." 7 The failure of ships fo. fS i i IIIHI nodu's and the battei'e'tl' of the debris, i fishing tu- 14 miles oft" Hollanilf indicated thai bcrt Anderson and his men went.ttli'ii ithe bottom with their ship. in the cabin where Uiey had refugK from the The fierceness of the gale loft i little liope that the crew survived the. lashing sea they had time to take to jhe'l5oajS which is believed of the wreckage of any the Andante's 1 boats had been foui IS IkT i I'i llo "Kh the tugs Freedom el Ltead Negro Iried to Some of Hoovers 1 abmit a 3 seeking bodies. Those Aboard The officers on Captain Albert Anderson.

Bay. first (Bro.wn. Grand Haven. Into Crap Game-Irate Southerner in Jail Suggestions on Naval Reductions BY LYLE C. WILSON PI-CKS nl) of the ond male.

,1. J. le in the salary ot in a as the of nn -1 mleratan 1 MIch a verv'frw feet of the e-aniPUt ,1 llXei (i 500 to I li over a "crnp game- in clnhl 1 3 nd 0 ol Colonel Xebei hen I 6 1 Victo Ohmder of creise he was killed. 22 eu iv made the big Tl cu to make a long stor-i snoit 1 mi-bt say: that I took part in Ul the I in un i til we v. a.b given the same in- The action it Igoe came after nun uver crnp game in cluo car" on fhe Chickisaw )ounf jtions stood revealed today, showing 1 last niaht between St.

Louis Carbon dnlc. Bromme with a party of battles my regiment lt were mustered out it the pol to close of the It sure is aptP f. lr re conv great: thrilL thouclv nf" (Wuker Igoe made life nil ittick hid been made by him j'men. all said to he pretty un- on waiters, character. In re- der the influence of liquor, wore about, to get iiUn game: His entry was refused iiui' won I wouldn't have to' sit 'his chair for There are 13 diamond? 'down.

For CT years I have been, in same business at Murphysboro. "I'and I'm still active. 1 do a full in work all the time. I don't engagement ring of Florence intend to retire, either. By the "wny, Tl mbl1 wll is ''ecomc General Logan'i; house is in my elds' boasting hangars large JoIln Goolidge September 23, it was town and we are proud of the his- onough to house the ship.

The Doctor said he make every learned today. A large diamond is flanked I tory he made, oil "Jonesboro is not so far effort to include St. Louis, Belle- encn ''5' smaller ores ville, and southern'Illinois in the I 1 tn Platinum engaarement and there are six more relieves; the filigree setting jewclH. itinerary of his next trip to United States. the Ihe CASES SET FOR SEPTEMBER TERM Following is the setting of the for the September term of circuit court, Judge Spiller pre- sicfing.

Court will start' Monday, September 23, and continue for one week, according to the setting of the cases. Monday, September 23 The People vs. John Henry Johnson: burglary and larceny. The People vs. Lee" Thomas Mitchell; burglary and larceny.

The People vs. Richard. Bates, Mcse Blowand. Albert Eenmftt; burglarly and larceny. The People vs.

Calvin Rose, Harold Phelps and Wallace Banman; larceny. The People vs. George Wall; burglary aiicl larceny. Tuesday, September 24 The People vs. Elmer Costello; burglary and larceny and receiving stolen property.

Thursday, September 26 shallow 030-foot oil well sunk on Airsenal Island in the Mississippi river north of East St. Louis has struck an oil pool it was learned today. Although the extent and value of the strike are not known, oil men who Ir.ive contended that St. Louis it- "bit- ting on top of an oil c't- clare it tends to bear contention. Frank Rader was determined to nave his liquor even in county jail at Joplin.

where he is serving sentence for having been caught having liquor. He carefully plucked raisins from a bread pudding served the prisoners, put them in a of: water and waited Isluff 'to work. The brew was almost.ready when Sheriff Henry D. Stephens discovered it hidden behind a bathtub' The chief trouble with the modern desperado i look the part. is that he doesn't away, from Murphysboro and I can distinctly recall the debate between Abe Lincoln and Stephen Douglas on that September day, 71 years ngo.

That debate stands in my memory as primary reason for- my joining the Union Army when Abe called for volunteers. I was born in that town, you know. "I'm as spry as ever, even if also citv surrendered "But.I'd like to tell you, a few things about' this encampment There is a mighty crowd here as compared with previous years. But bunch is thinning out. encampments nothing bill I don't-Tt ceive many.

Yet each 1 year I see ninny of the old boys I. knew as kid. A. encampment is my only means of with them and fin-ding who of the gang has -lived through the year. to rio encampment and give him a goo'i time in his last leiis M-r.

Roberts "hns. for mam ai been an active i phi boro politics. He was of the le city several teimi and his Ijrenl The cornent on supervisor of his tr-wn'-hip In ds lvolln 'Impossible Chicago Pleise understand I have leav the club car. O'Dell secured no quairel with organized labor a revolver but it was taken from but I no respect for Walker, jhim by Conducter Crawford who Hive W-ilke, tell convention the was slightly injured when it wns pioposition he made to me con-1 discharged iij Ihe sculflc. Craw- gun over to Conse who hid it in.

a hand the Herrin massacre ami for( the -nheu ind where 'he spends due tor Mos his when in Springfield when th general assembly is in O'Dell. the porter, secured session lour members will not' then have to hinls-or The telegram'brought a hot 8 Plv tiom Walke, 6 Bt WeaS Sl mouth i The knife messa, does a mixture of success and lailure for President program c.f naval, reduction announced. May 30 in a speech at Arlington" National Cemetery. Outstanding developments were as follows: five power naval conference to be held es.rl\-\in December, site. Benton Harbor.

The others aboard were: Frank cook: Earl Zeitlbw. Haven: J. Bayles. Benton H. Grand the-basis cf agreement reached then, a.notboi power r-onfevence would he -projected in 1835,10 carry -the reduction-, principle further.

Clifford Gould. Abbeville. addres'Ses not listed: George Blueehe.I Wliihta'kei-: Johii AndeVgor Green. Darwin Smith. Opv'ilie- Britain's insistence up- so on -a.

miniinum of tons of cl williaul and cruisers has defeated Hoovev's-L jdesiie for material reduction in the cruiser class. But strict limitation ill be imposed. of and threatened to Found By Tufl-fe The- Anilas'te wreckage-was-pi up' by the llshina; tug Bertha i but its. master, 'Capt. Hall, not.

reach port, May be United Slates by news until Into He- an a-rreement expected, in Deceni- tlu debris to Grand her, to delay laying the'keels of f'' om where the Andarfte' -set or all of eight replacement Monday night on, a (rip to tlac iiiuiini The knife wis t-ikeu from i tjiiiaceinent age I ever read and language am sonle one se ll)p between 1M1 and George Evans.and Joe not permit me place 'such-, fl nm 1 are 1o be Grand, Haven, a enough -us dnsfeV thirty years there lias hardly been I a time when he did not' hold some of L. legislation for One ot the party on the BrritB 7r Jnite Stilte last trip, id went on (lerlb 7 thp nnVi ydl astl American caliin door and the. wat cooperation will, Kvans ha the same man throw it out of ies WH1 on peace time work, at the Rock Is- at Murphysboro and he liaE always attended the con an official delegate of. the 5 Mrs. Roberts as an official delegate from the Ladies' of the Grand Army.

COAL STRIPPERS BUSY AT MANNING PRAIRIE car window fhe shooting. Later Bromine- is said to'have' remarked to one of'the train-crew would, not have killed him but he have' been ago." SEARCH FOR CHILD IN BURNING HOME, FOUND AT THEATRE Fire destroyed the home of Nell Bivins at SOS E. Division street. Friday night. The house belonged to Alonzo Beatty, and was not insured.

It was'a three room -frame structure. The fire department received the-call at o'clock, and made a record run to the. scene: yi)on arrival, ten minutes was consumed by firemen in searching the blazing house for a ten year old son of Mrs. Bivins. It was learned later that boy downtown at a local -theatre.

Due to. the time taken in the search for the child, the fire made rapid headway, and the. small The People vs. Frederick Roy; Willie Doody was catured in house stands practically a total Eaton, alias F. R.

Eaton; forgery. recently. He was wanted Firemen did good work, and Neace Infant for all kinds of violent crimes, was i were commended for their labelled "extremely dangerous" 'oy At Yet ins pictures him as a uve nile. weak-looking cllQ P' seemingly too timid and Little Thelma Marie Neace, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Jack- spineless to be a menace to It and bravery. PUT POISON IN CANDY son Neace, passed away Friday Crenel him, of coume. making him evening at their home in Sand the equal of the huskiest police- Ridge. The baby was only one day man on the force Perhaps he bears out the old police 'contention that the coward, who shoots 'through fear, is the most dangerous man of all. ol.l.

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at -Siind Ridgei OTTAWA, Penne-backer, lawa farm hand, was sen- to life imprisonment when, he pleaded guilty here to'piarcinK poison in a bar of candy which claimed, the life of his 5-year-old ILLINOIS MOTHER; FAILS IN ATTEMPT The mining industry is booming in the Manning's Prairie commun- jity where the No. 2 mine of tho I Trnax-Traer compafiy, the I largest coal stripping interests in jthe States, turning out' TA eWTM niAUMri lt rom 35 to 40 ear'loads each day. I'U OWIM tHANNLL Fort -y- flve men are employed and they are working in three shifts ABOARD THE LAMORINNIE. 1e stripping shovel and two sin the grading departments. IN THE ENGLISH Tne Wg shovel the coal Mrs.

Myrtle Huddleston, 31-year- i in to regular sized freight cars, old widow of Mattoou, ahan- Tllese are moved to a pit and doned her attempt to swim dumped an tlle taken up on a. conveyor and dropped down over sels. ip ro: "perir.iUin:; been presumed- certain sub- -aboard-until marines to become" obsolete, -the stniction craft also wbom the Andast.e's can I was consigned located t'onna-g-e 'level' this lie reduced. Is Ten'tativ'e Plan O'Dell- was taken oft the Officials -ials explain that the at Tilden, Bromnie is. In jail, ami an investigation js.

under way by railroad officials. It appears old story-of a Southerner's and halved of a forward Northern negro. Grand Haven. The then, was set at" 25 Miles From Shol Captain HaM's-iid the fi lo 'ho- De- wreckage' was fl'natiug on cemlier. conference'have not been he -train jine; i tentative-because it depeiid upon the attitudes of France Ital- lapau.

IhVitation SOFT COAL VEIN FOUND BY GRADERS ON ST. LOUIS SITE ST. vein of soft coal apparently quite has English Channel today after arriv- the grading screens. In within seven miles of her goal' Gris-Nez, France. I Mrs, Huddleston.

swam 1 for-- 1 21 hours and 13 minutes. Sh'ii entered the water at 4:45 a. arid put up a game struggle" against the rough the Channel, She was forced to abandon her attempt because of the tide. snovels ISSUE WARRANTS FOR CITY MOTOR TAGS The city council met in regular session Friday night, and received bids for the grading of a dump on east Walnut street between Third and Fourth streets. The" job was The American swimmer was not, awarded -to Leonard for exhausted when she was taken the sum of $190.00 with the pro- from the water.

She was imniedi-- vision that work should begin im- ately taken to Dover aboard the mediately on the improvement. Lamorinie. which had followed I It Is pointed out -that' when the her from the beginning of -the' grading is completed. Walnut swim, and on which" her street will be opened 'from Fourth and trainer had been watching her I street east. The council allowed progress.

jbeen steau grading the vast floor of the.new arena, building here, it was learned today. Seventy-rive wagon loads of co.il were taken Out-of area of by SO feet. 'Mori, than 1,200 tons will have been taken out when the grading is completed; officials estimated. The fuel is being given away free, of charge to any, one who will come and get it-t FUNERAL SUNDAY MOLIN.E, services will.be held tomorrow tor Illinois' Supreme Court Justice Cyrus E. Diets who died yesterday of combined shock and.

injuries I bills, In, addition to the above ac- when be fell from hits horse jt'on, and also received a report lit was startled by-a. passing truck fro 01 Attorney, Edgar White, His left" leg. broken while playing showed that a few city auto football at North'w'eBtern University 1 'iceuses remain unpaid, but that l.years ago, was fractured at the "Fair tonight and Sunday, rising, warrants wgre being issued for. knee from the He was 1 also TJJV WW ATWWTf JL rr UflA XlJUli niece, Elva Irene Barnes. Pennebacker said he intended s.imoy and north- the delinquents as rapidly" "as "it the poisoned candy for his wife.

west central portions tonight, was possible to get to each case. injured Internally. is survived by a widow and a' son. Regardless of failure materially to "reduce tonnage, the liop- cd for five power, conference is 'expected greatly to reduce the loii- nage.of all naval, powers l.o-reduce naval- expenditures by of dollars aiid. to end, competitive the.

December" confer-' Plica would lax parily between the British and AmeiicJin navies ami allot proportionate naval strength to- France. Italy and. Japan. In the meet to the plan, face over an area of miles. He fixed fhe location disaster ajiouf 25 miles near South Haven, and that the ship sank about 11 p.

Monday "night. 'The Andaste had cleared Haven at p. m. nnd was" due. the Construction Materials pany dock here at a.

Anxiety was felt for the and its crew the. following when -reports of the. gale reaciiedliiijS various Coast crews'; JSg from Chicago and Michigan with-'; parity haviiig been achieved I SRt OIlt "'systematic Ithe route which th" Andaste-1 as a staiting point, attempt I'urlhcr th An(loste to apply t)ie principle of reduction'' 1 wct tram Grand Airplanes prii ij, sols joinnil the senivli trace of- the missing found. The search had been doned when the part with th ene.wn of the t.r Cnplain Anderson. sailing Great Lakes- lo armaments.

That there -will be "disparity tlie tonnage of the American British oruis'er fleets appears ob- viOus. "This will''he avoided by means of the yardstick' proposed by- the United States: Great Britain is willing to" strict herself to 13 cruisers nioiiut- ears aml been ing cifrhl inch' guns nnd of 10,0001 Ships' for'Sfl He pi; tpns, United Stales would I K' ve sailinc after this' possess' about 21 such cruisers, i is survived by his wid Thus the United" States crui.scr dauph'tcr tvo ail of fleet would, have, a preponderance Bay, of wilh range and; The Andaste's Cal.e wa 1 tr.igit' like that of its sister, ship. Clifton, which sank in Hi with 2S men durinjr a p'oiin fire', while Britain would be long, on sma-ller-cmisers armod wit!) six inch, by the yardstick, jf two fleets met in. battle (hey and the would as equal as mathematics could make them in power, but admittedly unequal in 'lonnage and gun power. Two treigbj.ei the Simons) went'down in Lake Mic.hiKau iiig.

similar storms, ear.U with 23 men aboard. The in 1R95, tho Rouse Simmons In 1910. X..