The Daily Independent from Murphysboro, Illinois • Page 1

Sit' f' A i THE PEOPLE'S NEWSPAPER Today's Newt Newt, Pictures and Comics xe i ws First Door South' of City Hall on South Twelfth Street. KSTABLISHED 1891. MURPHYSBORO, PER WEEK FIFTEEN CENTS STATE "I OWE THEM NOTHING, THEY OWE ME NOTHING" McADOO ANSWERS THEM Aspirant for Presidency Intimates Name Was Used For Political Purposes; Crime Against Public If Innocent Are Dragged In, Guilty Forgotten. Questioning By Lenroot Reveals Witness Had Served Connection With Doheny Day After Latter Confessed He Gave Fall $100,000. (United Press) WASHINGTON, Feb.

owe them nothing and they owe me nothing." This was the answer today of William Q. McAdoo leading candi- datt for the Democratic candidacy for tht Presidency to testimony connept- Infl his name with the Hoheny oil In- tarssta the lessees of the California naval oil reserve, In a statement to the Senate Teapot Dome committet McAdoo said it already had been shown clearly that neither he nor a member of the law firm pf McAdoo, Cotton and Franklin, which hs was formerly connected, "have any relations whatever te tht leases made of Teapot Dome and tht naval reserve." McAdoo Intimated that his name had been drawn into the case for political purposes and denounced any who are guilty Jn connection with the leases. "I think It may fairly be presumed fhat If my name was not prominently mentioned In connection with this office, my private practice as-a lawyer would bs of no Interest to thlo committee nor the public. Ht added that "It would be a crime against the public if the drawing of Innootnt people Into this affair should dilvtrgt their attention from the guilty or prevent tht discovery of those who have betrayed the public interest, Questioning by Senator Lenroot af- ttr McAdoo had finished his prepared stattement out that McAdoo severed his connection with Doheny February 2, and the day after Doheny testified he had given Albert Fall one hundred thousand dollars. WASHINGTON, February 11 "defeat and pos- aibly ruin for the Republican party" as a result of the naval oil reserve scandal, Senator LaFollette, Progressive leader, today declared in a speech in the Senate that President Coolidge was in part responsible.

LaFollette declared, "the administration of President Coolidge is employing the same tactics in this case that the administration of President Taft employed in the Ballinger case." LaFollette demanded the resignation of Secretary of the fuments that it was not within the proper province of the Senate to ask for it. "Mr. Denby must be held to strict responsibility and accountability. He knew Secretary Fall's record in regard to conservation." WEATHER FORECAST Cloudy with rain or enow this after probably in the tonight. Tuesday ftdlr.i TTCTBOYCE DIES SATURDAY RITESMONDAY Mother of Independents Printer Passes Away In St.

Andrew's Hos The Cause Mrs. Trosey Catherine Boyce, beloved wife of Chnrles C. Boyce, 2324 Clay Blreet passed away Saturday afternoon at 3:40 at St. Andrew's hospital, where Bue had been a patient since Thursday evening. Complications of diseases caused her death.

She had been ill about ten days, but had been in ill health since she had nor teeth extracted a year ago, Deceased was born Tresey Catherine Buchanan, in Dexter, May 17, 1876. She was 47 years, 9 months and 22 days oUJ. On July 17, 1892, she, united In marriage with. Charies 0. 'Boyce, at.

Puxico, Mo. Twelve children blessed this- union, of whom eight survive. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce cam'e to Murphysboro twenty-one years ago.

They lived for many years on North Ninth street, moving- to their own home at the Clay street address. Deceased was a consistent member of the Centenary M. E. Church South. She was a'kind and loving wii'e and nother devoted wholly to her home and family, to whom she gave that oving tenderness and care consistent with the highest type of motherliood.

The children surviving with the be- eaved are: Mrs. George 2125 Dewey street this city, Vfrs. Fred W. Orland Assumption, 111., eland Boyce, 2024 Herbert street, this city, Cumber Boyce, whose ad- Iress was Leavens worth, when last heard from a year ago, Paiiline, Augusta, Irene and Virgil Boyce at homo. She also leaves two brothers, Andrew Buchanan, when ast heard from was at Popular Bluff, Osctfr Buchanan, Kenneth, and two sisters, Mrs.

Joe Cubb, Pux- co, Mrs. J. W. Smith, of Fisk, Mrs. Clubb arrived here before ler sister's death; Funeral service was conducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, at he Centenary M.

E. church, 14th and South streets. Her. L. fi.

McKuown, pastor ot the First M. H. church officiated, fiurial at Tower drove icmetery, STATESCALE INSPECTOR TO BUSH MINE 2 Conference Today May Lead to Resumption of Work Where 700 Miners Walked Demanding Discharge of Company Weighman. Hour. A meeting at Bush today of the mine corn'mittee of Bush No.

2 mine of the Western Coal and'Mining with the State Scale commltteemeii and miners representatives, would lead to resumption of work at the mine where 700 men walked out last week, demanding the company weigh- man be discharged for alleged enort- weighting of production. Several Murphysboro miners employed at No. 2 went to Bush today to learn the reault of the meeting. The mine remains company and men remaining firm, the men demanding the weighman be the company rfefusinf to discharge him. The walkout thus far haa meant Ions of approximately 140,000 ln wages to the men TO CONFER ON GIVING STATI State and City Engineer Still Discuss Disowning of Corporate Territory For Highway Route, fllinois Avenue to Fairgrounds.

A state engineer directing surveys for Illinois. Highway Route 13 entering Mnrphysboro on the north, will confer with City Engineer Thomas Dunn at the City, hall tomorrow relative to the State's suggestion that Murphysboro eject the Post building addition, Illinois avenue Fair-, grounds, from the corporate; limits. If Murphysboro complies with the suggestion, officials are assured, the State will extend the high way. to the northern extremity of street, in a southwesterly direction from the south east corner of the fairgrounds where the highwa will leave th'e line of the main road borp. This will mean that actually about 1300 feet of paved street will come within the line of the corporate limits on the north, free of charge.

'The officiate understand; in addi: tion, that once the state road is finro yBih a df ETAO TAO TA. pleted, the city may a 'is pWn 'Volition relncorporate the Post addition so as give the people who may Jwildi' homes therein a all corporate benefits auch as liehts, sewers aud other public improyements. It is pointed put that ceeded nearly a quarter of'a mile of corporate territory- oo the Murphys- boro-Qarbondale. road Mn" order to free pavement in the' i V. An effort'may be the Blair administration to induce the State rebuild or shoulder the on New where' tha.yitate will enter Murjihysborp from' fii'e east.

-The' city might gladly' highway strip within corporate 'limits to get a. better 11 Vs not made'- what Pq.Bt heirs have to say! State's proffer affecting their addition. I 'is'pointed out that the plot, will be. attracivo home frontage on the state-highway. Best Gpjf and Lake 1924 Objec- With 'West Arranged.

Country plub ill rectors I voted at their February meeting aj; week 0nd to; work on HERRIN NEED After Thorough Investigation At "Seat p' Confus- WM Irrevocably GAiSfSTERlS; MURDERED February; 11 St. Louis gang8ter here called burg about i Ms car 'the and walking i block he' jfM'Bhot four Urriea. la no clue ito the 324 South' fourth 8t; 'touift. H0'is 'It lir had 1 been HaiTlsburg off and 'OB for the month. Son of Klan, Raider WP Kills Aunt i Mbiriiary Urr-V Bar) Thornton, ,26 automatic his fathei-, Thomw, a 'klan raider, was ioaded.

fully pointed it ftt 'ihis bt iiidvpuiled triifer; aid: Miss the pool in this. Rd.rf.ot CUairmail the; Gol Goli committee thi's early for a tr able West golfers next early i fl the open The return game wiil be itt July. West Pranfort has on her won last season by UeJeaUng, all the low-scoring golfers OB the Mur-Elale Pool improvements, thU, year consist Qf a Dermently-iald. beach, baUv boufor tberlladies iaftp tpr adult bathers is, being pfaimed, along iwitlsi and Bafety-lines. The work of beach improvement was ordered underway F.

the is determined his men plugging away on 4heyiInksthrflrBt aTaiiable day oi spring sunshine. An impi-oved tractor tractor drawn- is ordered for delirery March machine will of 'during -arivday's the a ground tiphia will pejrmit. Tfrasi dipcussecl at the "meeting. $ati as' directing iminiitteemin 1 of call the plan, committee; wil- work In ICarbondale. The plisin; wil(' when the committee 1 expect the -biggest year with, a number of additions tti6 membership 1 George jpurness commit reporte'd jie: vis- recefcvintf "encour- agemeot.

Th'e club has about completed a hard road from the.Ha/11 to the the rosid crossing the lake where- it enters' (the; i i grove. TWO PA PEE Dash Subdued After Feliiruiry Two prison offlcfials ktiled one hundred conytcte at' etatci twQ tas explioaioni fin lower pf Ute -j TV Center, Peemon Twp. JaacksoD, County, IliiiioJB, S. Alter joJ trouble and di.scMs^in Mr. ij, John Si rracLis i tab jx, PASSES THROUGH C'DALE TOD AY; J4UNITSTHERE Sheriff Galligan Glenn Young's Own Prisoner In Base' nicnt of Town's City Hall; Mayor Anderson 1 and Others Transf erred From Cellar to County Jail.

rour ths United establish at the Deuartment o' Illinois. think'i wpulf'bt ths rrteans in' contlnuoui movement o' Mil- npls hiillitiairieri'to and from confusion and would not inter- rtlpt basketball schedules, in Egypt by 'r'etc." Nfa wys tUerVseema to another Washington. She wonders if Mr. be able to copl orer, and the White Ma hftd the Cedwr dome there would a talkiii in Pepmony Jt hurts- since to death on two 'corn; has lie, to in- 6j'a' 'afore 1926V iier; Flyih is RlriHtj Sbut aoh't stop Ions Shut don't stop -long enoughV: He stays; the Youtig treatment air more 4 and keeps longer; 16ng as 'preiicherB jestisay they're dry and dontt do nothing -to prove it, its the best policy 'fer other folks not! to place no bets dry their parson ip. Jerusalem' minister added; at Wqdneadat lilght that "Tdo mWy pur; latter-day prcAchers air as jor jest as wet, and no iryer lib wetterf than the con- a.swaller mprnin Wbich mrden, prisoners were released-, as the sraoW from thf fire began' to fill the oif; the turlspiiera.

ijaaic tt rush Bar weat te Gap fj 'fetchiii cartoon our 1 'Sabbath 1 t)ay git-up. teet Slipped he a pjftale 1 and the, stopped hiro goin "a't a lives nearly three gap. Mac. were fla't- the sausage and domfnic graty along in Yoiir cor- and JjhDr vasi to have companies are stationed at 'li j.a^ armef Men By Haider Deputies For Bhsnwacfcing of Automobile Carrying Young and. Kansmen From Marion To Herrm District Again Quiet Under Soldiers' Eye.

BULLETIN February Briga dier General; MiltSoreman, arriving here with fifty-two state militiamen from Chicago this tein a Sid Glenn Young, acting Chief of Police here, that of Caesar Young, a youth directly implicated Ora Thomas, the lead- Circle," anti Klan organization, as Ung of a precipitated the riots that- broueht two regiments of troops here. j. Jack Rowse, twenty-three, testified that he met acrowd of men brandishing guns, walking down the street night, as he 'was returning home from a basket pall game. Rowse stepped aside, then followed the me. to Jefferson Hotel where they shouted, "There he is, and surrounded a man.

The man, who was Cagle, ortiie Henm, polie force, reached under his arm pit as if for a levolvei, the mob hit Cagle over the' head with a he declared, and three men stepped forward with drawn revolvers and fired. Cagle was m- oi three men," Rowse said "One Ora Thomas. Another was one of 'the thre Sheltoirbrothv. cari point him out if you bring the three- brothers Just before the inquest started A. T.

Pace, formeig Mayor of Herrin, was arrested on a state warrant ing complicity in the murder of Cagle, just as he was ing.sworn in'as foreman of the Coroner jury. The warrant was sworn out by Young. The'Coroner's jury under Coroner McGowan was still Hearing evidence iri the Caesar Cagle murder three o'clock Monday afternoon. The iurv is composed of representative men otwiu, the First National Bank of Herrin, foreman, A. 1.

ace, former Mayor of'Herrin, Secretary; J. B. cashier; 0. W. Lyerla, bank cashier; George Kay, pehter; Shell Hunsaker, miner.

Mayor Anderson ol Herrin and; seven other auti-Klansmeii are held Militiamen Arrive, CHICAGO, -February 11- -One Guardsmen from Chicago Are on their, way to Herrin, a'hoiftd 1 arrive about twp- thlrty this afternoon, forXthe troops the One Hundred and Thii'ty-Second infantry to were received last night and the; soldiers, Deluding three machine giiri cbmpanies, entrained shortly after midnight. the troop train of flfteh coaches arrived. in Carbondale shortly before noon enroute to Herrin. 14 Companies On The Job. HBIIRIN, February conipahies of National the lid spn county.

With; the -arrival ot ten more com- panieB over the week troops 1 aent to Marlon and Johnston City where they 'were stationed; with- cmtbiitvbeing; patrol duty, companies are, stationed at Mirion 'where; ah armef guard on charges of compiicity 1n tne der of' Caesar Cagle. Troop's are patrollng Herrin to prevent further disorders. Sheriff -George who the troops here following the slaying of Cagle and the shooting of was held Captive in the basement of the Herrin 'City, hall by Gleuo' Young, who ordered Galligan arrest. and tlieh assumed the 'office of the'y-. Chief of Police.

Anderson and the others held the murder of were removed to the Sunday eveniiig from the basement the Elk's Home, where! have been under guard. Alleged Bushwacken Jailed.l MARION, February 11- men, Irwin McGowau, Austin and Ralph "Scranibler 1 Hill, wei rested today charged with ing up of an automobile and in one man on West Main street Fi.