The Daily Chronicle from De Kalb, Illinois • Page 1

LY'C TUT TV ENT Y-NINTfl YEAR iNo. 165 DE KALB, ILLINOIS, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1929 PIlICE-TIinEE CENT3 rui rv 0 uvi JW UUVI ri-lE DE KALB DAI ROMIGEE JTJl mm STEEL WORKERS HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC SATURDAY DEDICATIOIK WERE BOUHI WIRE MAKERS rCHAVE ouTinfi -Z: Baseball Team. Loses To King-. i ton Tigers In Loose But Interesting Game Carnival Man Arrested On Forgery Charge Some little excitement was created at the carnival grounds late Saturday evening when two state policemen pulled into the yards Just as the troupe was getting out of town and aked for Eugene Walter. On bolng led to the young man.

they immediately seized him and placed him under arrest on a Charge of thievery and forgery.1 It seems that the who are from Kansas City, Missouri, have been trailing the young man for some time, the trail ending here Saturday night. Walters is accused of I J- V. it iaiMHiiM iimiwm'W tn1f it 1 4 yy'f y-'- i FOR AZORES -V L. Also Starts Investigation of Reports -That Flyers Had Blade Landing: TO COME HERB The Spanish government, aided by Portugal, exerted every resource sit its command today to locate Commander Ramon Franco and his three aides In' the seaplane Dornler 16, believed to have been lost somewhere between Portugal and thejj Asores. The British embassy at Madrid was solicited to lend the aid of an airplane if on' is available at Gibraltar.

Coincldentally" wit the search, the Spanish government opened an inquiry Into the baseless reports Saturday that the-v flyea. had safely lapded at San Miguel Island, of the Azores group. Wireless messages today said the steamer Maghallanes (or Magal-lanes) had Intercepted a radio message from the steamer that it had -seen an abandoned' airplane 100 miles from. the. Another report quoted -the.

Orel-don as havitrg heard the runibte of an airplane's motor 200 miles southeast of San Foir Spanish destroyers left Spain's chief naval arsenal at Fer-roll during the' to search a wide area about the Azores and seaplanes flew low Over the waves. ciNew York, i June 24 (U.R Commander Rainon Franco and his- three companions aboard the Spanish seaplane in which they attempted1 to fly to the United States via the Azores Island were stilj missing at .800 CE. S. today-4-67 hours "after rfLthey took off from Cartagena, In spite of the manyt conflicting Three trucks, shown above, were, required to take the equipment to Kingston Saturday' for th annual American Steel Wire Com pany picnic The picnio wa one of the. most successful In the history of tho DeKalb plant, tha attendance being1 unusualljjr largo.

Only Two Minor Accidents Over reports that the aviators had landed safely on one. of the Islands of the Azores group, fear grew they were lost at ea. probably drifting on their hydroplane. The Spanish government has dispatched several squadrons of sea planes to search the tlantle between the coast of Spain and the and four Spanish destroyers were detached to aid In th hunt. A Portuguese gunboat, which bap-pened to be at the island when the flyers were expected, also went out to search for the pane.

IThe stepinier. Buffklo Bridge reported by' Wireless to the Marin Radio Corporation in New York that it had seeia a flare of light above the water 1.0O miles due cast of New York. This gave rise to the theory that it might have been the plane signalling for help. Destroyers Join Search, Ferrol. Spain; JJune 24 (UJ Four Spanish destroyers, the Alcedo.

the Valasco, the Lazaga and the Sanchez, left Spain's chief naval arsenal here today for the" Azores. Islands In an attempt to rescue the four Spanish iflyers who are ed tci have been forced down at sea and from whom no authentic word has been heard since Friday mid SCORE 14 TO 10 -The American Steel picnic finished late Saturday afternoon with bail game that jwaa as interesting as the score' of to 10 Indicates, but in which the steel employes ere whipped by the Kingston Tiger team. More refreshment tick-eta were" distributed at the happy affair was enjoyable- until the very end A variety of comedy acts. an. excefient production of Fin-' nish Folk dances by the Finnish Temperance Society of De-Kalb and Hvwhlch the participant wore1 native 'costumes, and a- black-face comedian act kept the attention of a large, share of the guests during i the morning and early, afternoon.

Minstrels Are F.ntertaining The minstrels were ted by Curtis TjfUrsrn, who had for his aides A'. B. "Deatley. Williams Doatleyi John an.J Smith. 1j lira pioesi man on inm grounnis Jrrfted to tie 'Andrew O.

Johnson 75. and Ihft oldest woman Mrs." Prat her. S. The largest family, was that of Everett Prather, conslsti-hg of eleven members. The ball game was rather loosely played but "Was-, watched with'tmioh interest by everyone It was a battle of errors and base 'and the American Ste pla-v-ors inaHy lost the Yfrto'r Snyder started the hurling for peKalft ajrrd the taken, tip h'y Jaines a4 in the.

third innmc. He finished the struggle. The- catchin-r was done by Ted Aims worth. Everj-lhfng possible was. done to fo'r the enjoyment of those' attending, there being, refreshment stands, tent's and something to provide nvuscjrtienf every minute -of the day.

Immediately. after the arriral of the paraqe the did not ceae 'until the day was done. The loved their craeer-Jark 'arid ie neetnM ns though, every box contained lr Soon the arr wafj "filled with the s'sri'I blasts of the ft 3toel Workers I Theatre Work th new 'theatre Winj t'JEcted by the DsKa-'b Thratrc CVnrpany rattier iW--J? the' fjre nt time, work being deTaj-e partirularly by the rather tn-4 different actions of the 'steel who ire erecting the framework for the auditorium. The workers are hrotipht out from Chicago and they realize that the scarcity cf mich lal-ior gives them p.n 'advantage over their, em-, ployers. Saturday, the workers never showed up at all.

remaining in Chl-' eago for the entire week-end. This- jmorning. the men started to work on' the st eel girders which. are "being erected, but at the first sign of rain they scramhied ton the ropes and Jecl to call Jt a day. The mason's work is rplnr alonir In ehape however-, with the brick work on the rta; anl the en trance almost completed.

ovr half of their Job 1r done, tie auditorium bmr a much easier Job than that already completed vr Old Resident of This City Passes Away Mrs. Emma Baldwin, a resident of DeKalb from 1RS3 until remembered by Tnany people in this city, passed away at Ulica, on June 22 Mrs. TSaWw'tn waf the widow of the late Ed flflffrd B. Baldwin who' pre-oeded her in jn 104. After her husband's death continued to reside in 'BeKaib until 1907.

when she departed to rr.iks -her home with relatives, sn the state of New Tork. She redded, there ever since leaving "DelvaJb. While In this city -Mrs. Baldwin was always, surrounded with many friends, bejpg a member of the Con gregational church of this city and possessed or a most Charming, per sonalttjv She liied on South Second street. With Hurling.

Woman Prom a Porch Indianapolis. June 24 CU.FD H-osa a 1 lison A accused of flinging Ida iVavis. -his father's house- per. from, a porch and ki'IInsr her, wag hunted by authorities today. stealing government mail rom vari- :4 mailboxes in Kansas City, forjr ing.

checks he foundl in the-maitand then cashing them' at several Kansas City store. This charge Involves tampering with government mails hiclr js one of the strongest charges that can be made against a man. VIKINGS TO MEET HERE District Ticnic To Be Held In This City Two Days August' 3 And 4 Between six and seven thousand mem ters of the Independent-Order of Vikints, member' of -Illinois lodges. are to meet In this city on Augrast and 4 for the annual district pifhSc. Plans for the two-flay outdoor-meeting of the large organization were outlined at a meeting of the Viking lodge, held on Saturday night.

It ii! be the first time In the history-of the leKaiblodge that theT annual district picniiwUl be held In this city. (It has usually been held in the larger cities of the Last ytjAT it was held in Chicago. At the lode meeting. Saturday night a committee of Chicago members was present to assist trt outlining the plans for the outing. Several more committee jmeetings will be held during the few weeks to complete the plans for what should be one of the biggest meetings to be held in DeKalb this Drill Teams to Com.

Viking drill teams will lie here fro mj twelve or more citiea to compete for honors. Because a field on hie, the r.Il team might mkrt -rK is areienv Imaiie have the picnic on the fershlng i'urk grounds. The bail fijSIt win be a 'very good site, for the competitive drills that will be a biff feature of the picnic Saturday flight's meeting- of 1 the, lodge was well attended. A given by the officers of the lodge, added much jto the festivities of the. evening.

In. a membership contest' the i officers lost, the idinner being in honor of the members of the winning team, Beports concernlhff the annual Convention, hejd at Gurnee, were given by F-ftnsoia and Ejfmer delegates from this. city. The two delegates gave a very m-piete- report' on the convention pro ceedings, Broken Rail Delays Trains Through Here Traffie on the east-bound lina of I he Chicago A North Western rait road was slowed up ronsiderably yesterday, when one of ha rails at the Fourth street erossina; In some manner of other was sprunic out of line, leavlmr aulta a rap In th tra k. Workmen were Immediately called io repair the break and for an hour or mo yesterday it was neo essnry for all trains traveling east, to creep over the track at a very Iow rate of speed.

In fact one heavy freight train-was fdrcekf sto wait at the cross ingf for almost half causinir considerable mix- up In the traffic on Lincoln Highway. Federal Budget For 1931 no lie name As For 1930 Washington, June 24 (U.R)- Heads of the executive departments of the government were advised today by the bureau of the budget that Presi dent Hoover desires to bold the gross federal budget for 1931 to the same amounts as appropriated in the fis-t cal year 1930. I Tunney Files ID a of a pal AT AIRPORT Her. Magnusson'-B'eliv. ers Dedicatory Address Yes-' terday Afternoon HEARD BY MANY The dedication of the reKalb County Airport reached its climax yesterday afternoon, when over ten thousand people entered the gates tno fle1'1 t5 witness the afternoon features, including the dedication service itself, the stunting: exhibitions and the parachute drop.

The dedicatory -address was delivered by Bev. 1 W. Magnusson who gave a very short talk, praising' work of the airport officials and prophesying great future for the institution. Because of the noise from the airplanes landing and. taking, off, from the roar of the.

trains passing on the nearby track and the clamor of the many children at the field, the speaker had' of necessity to make his address shorti but in the time he spoke he delivered a very-fitting and really an inspiring address. A large band under 'the'dir-ectlon Zig Swanson also participated in the dedicatory program. Probably no crowd as large as lhat. assembled yesterday has ever been gathered at one plice in this county before. It was estimated that over four, thousand.

-ears were parked, at-the field and along the roads in the neighboring community The restaurant at the airport served over two thousand- patrons during the one day. 20.000 people -witnessed at least a part of the three-day celebration. Sumlay afternoon there were only five planes at the, field but. so many people, desired rides that a number of others could very well have been kept busy, 2.000 peore are reported to have taken air rides during the three days. Mflutyj I-ne Features The stunting and the parachute! Junhps presented at different times during the celebration, were features of the exhibition, being1 to man of those nresMKt.

the first srectacles Of; their kind ever seen. Sundav after- noon the stunting was done by John IJvingstone of Aurora and he certainly put on some thriller hatrd-ling his planie as thoush tf. were" a leaf blown around in the Wind. Kach afternoon between five and six Mock Jlra Van dse made a parachute Jump and on every oc- trwlhii feature was highlv satis. fjK iory.

the Jumper making hN leap and landing in futt view of the tire crowd. 1 ne nances neia earn rvrni eik ii? the hangar dance ball were, also of very satisfactory h'rg? t-crowds be ins -present each 'evening, Of all the people at the airport, it is really surprising to know. thrt vre was but accident on the 'h way and but a sinsrle minor r--1-nt reported at the first aid tent. This fact speaks highly not only for the highway policemen working on the highways around the tut also tor tne omciais ax tne air-, 1ort itself. Congratulations are the officials of the airport for HIT" way in which-, they celebration and the way in which they handled -the crowds attending thf various exhibition.

It Is understood that a celebration of some kind Is 1-einr planned f. for the Fourth of July. Falling Wall Kills Worker From Oak Park Indianapolis, June 24 On man wa Injured fatally ind five other hurt, one seriously, Twhen a wall on which they 'were' working collapsed. C. K.

Fox. Oak Park, IH' superintendent' of the Chicajro Salvage Company who w-as: in charge of "the wrecking work, died after reaching hospital. Fox waa burled beneath five feet debria 4nJ waa ''not rescued pntil hour after the crash. Check Forgers At Dupon Are Arrested' On Sunday. East St.

June 24 U.R Police Chief Erwin Kaslin Centralia. yesterday returned W. Ransey, 44, and an unnamed woman companion to Centralia to anawer charges of forging checks oh several Centralia banks. Dupon, III-, filling station proprietors were the princi victims. enials In Promise Suit before his fight with Tom Heeney.

the last fight that Tunney engaged in. i' The first Release, according to the complaint. Waa for and In consider ation of he sum of one dollar lawful money of the Unite! Bfiates of America to in hand pj by James J. The second release, the complaint said, waa in consideration of 35.000 paid by William Gibson. Tunney'a manager.

Summary Denial' -The denial of the suit la based on three clauses: 1 The defendant denies the truth of the suit. 2 On May 23. 1927; the plaintiff (Turn to Page 10 Please.) 1 to the he one ice tha DEHIES PART lEJlilLUnG j. PleadsaNot Guilty When Arraigned In Theora-Ilix Murder Columbus. O- June 24 UJD Dr.

James H. Snook, confessed slayer of Theora Hlx. Ohio State University oo-ed. pleaded not guilty tdoay when he was arraigned on a first degree murder charge. I pea, in effect, repudiated the former tinlversTty instructor's con-fefsioh ihat he killed the girl "tried to dominate his life" andvthreatened to kill hla wife and baby.

Judge Robert P. Duncan aet trial for July 23. TbtL had been antlcipatod. The deposed professor's attorneys, Joan F. Seidel and E.

O. Ricketts, i said they would not permit: their client to plead guilty. Snook after his confession last week, said he would plead 'guilty and "trust to the mercy of the court. The court, upon a guilty plea, could have sentenced him to death or life Imprisonment." Miss Hlx was killed ten days ago. Snook, who admitted he maintained a "love nest" for her, confessed the fifth day after his arrest.

Vaa Neatly Dressed Snook was brought Into the court room handcuffed to Albert C. Gun ning, who is charged with killing hut wife. He was neatly dressed in a gray suit, white shirt, with soft col. tar and red dotted. tie.

His shoes were polished. -Judge Duncan directed the clerk to read the. Fnook stooti with one hand in his pocket while this was done. Judge Duncan then asked, "guilty or not guilty? Snook's voice was loud and said, Relden Intimated he would demand a cnai of venue. He said so much publicity bad been fiven the cas) that he believed a fair and impartial trial bere waa Impossible.

Funeral Rites Are Held For Raymond Lehan Funeral serylcelg for Raymond Lehan, manager of the DeKalb branch of the National Tea company who passed away at St. Mary's hospital last Friday, were to be held this morning from bis home at Warren, m. Relatives arrived In DeKalb late Saturday evening, and the body was taken to Warren. Mr. Lehan was also manager of a National Tea store in Sycamore for nearly, three years and had many friends in that city.

Further information as to! the fu-neral afervlces waa not obtainable. Governor SCANDAL AT PROF SCHOOL Southern Illinois Teachers College Students Charged With Robberies I Carbondale. BU June 24 (U.f5 A. scandal involving the alk-ged lHirslari2in of summer homes and the hoidicg of risque parties rocked tne t-outnt-rn Illinois Teachers txl here students or ormer students -of the colHge. ail members cf prominent families, are under arrest, and three were aaid to have confessed.

Those under arrest' are: Windall fyane, "son a Herfin, Bj-ford Hall, Kern Baton. sen of a 'ClarbonUaJe busi-tieimmzn; Itilph Choissar. and Doe' Oztntnt, aon of a ii arris- burg physician. Cja-bondale police m3e the rarreirts said to. lay that other youths.

about 20 years id, are expee'ed be arrest i-d soon in connection 1th the same Hobbed C'ountrj Clubs "The burgUri-dng, it was charged, x-cucreu at summer 'homes at the homiBons "Uake and the Midlands i. lis Country clut-a. both near here Portable phanographs. blankets, and c.oJiing wre lootcd from the homes, it was charged. Ko.

fln.r-fft identified a matrcss found at- the take'n om Uiis aummer home at the "iiif'-rviJ psaa--- IUU. $. 4 a ll(U ed that dancing and drinklnff parties occurred at the Dobb home in the alienee of Mr. and Mrs. The IkkJIs have two Bona, Hal-bert and college studenta, who.

have been linns: at home until about a week' ago, when Everett was aald to have gone to Detroit. IV. II. W. Tatterson, president of tha Thompson Lake club, said today "that at least ten members of his club reported their uatrtera had been burglarized, i A iMve" Many Name Kamea of alout a score of teachers college girls, and thers, said have participated In the parties, are known to th authorities, they, said today.

The names are not being divulged unless the youths stand trial, it was sal eC Meanwhile Teachers college authorities announced that (any students implicated In the parties and burglarizing will bo expelled, and the college was ready to co-operate with the authorities in every way to clear up the matter. Three, of the five under arrest were said to have confessed burglarizing the Russell Tuthill rum mer home at Midland Hills club. Carbondale, III, June 24 U.R Sheriff Flannigan of Jackson county wai notified today by Attorney Gedrgo Dodd of West Frankfort that Todd would, appear at the sheriff office today with his eon. Everett Dodd. 20,.

sixth youth charged with burglary and larcenj in the country club looting cases. It was at the Dodd home in the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Dodd that police charged drinking parties were staged by the youths Implicated In the burglaries. Hub Carlson Is Injured In Fall At Field Herbert "Hub Carlson who has been in charge of the concessions at the- celebration at the airport during recent celebration suffered two broken ribs Sunday afternoon, when slipped and fell across box at of the stands.

The floor qf the stand had become exceedingly slippery because of the and water around the place, causing Hub "to lose his balance, throwing him in hia fall, across an empty pop-ca which waa laying on tloor. Five Killed lesterdayln Plane Crashes Cincinnati, Ohio. June 24 persons were killed when ah irplane nose-dived crashed here and 'burst into fames. Joseph HUe of Indianapolis, a parachute Jumper, was going up for an exhibition leap when Homer Nasiro of Louisville, Ky jost control of the plane. The third person in the I plane was Harold Biddle of Harrison.

Ol. a 1 I Cleveland, June 24 fU.R-- William lowry, a parachute jumper, fell 1.000 feet to his -death yesterday while Ttrins an exhibition at the Pleasant Valley Commercial Air Field at lrma, Ohio. I '-Albemarle. K. June 21 J.paln.' 23.

Fayetteville, K. fell i death esterday -from height of tbout IJiOO feet in aa on fciK-ccasfulparachute Jump. SCOUTS PLAN EXHIBITION Rotary Circus To Be Given At High School Next Friday Evening i On Friday evening of this week there is be held at the high school auditorium, the Rotary Cir cus, a auper-spectacle to be staged by th: various scout troops of this and the benefits of will go to Improving th camping conditions at Camp notary Mac Queen. propram Friday renin la being Rponaored by the members of the locjil Rotary club, who ar co. operating with almilar organ izat ions in various other towns throughout the county.

The circus is to he in the demonstration of scouting work and aeont combined with several features which, will be highly entertaining. All of the eighteen troops In the county will present at the meeting and wilt take part in the dem onstration. This will mean the par ticipation of from two to three hun dred boys, these figures alone In suring quite a spectacla for" tl Each troop Is preparing some special feature' for tho circus. which will include a widely varied program of stunts and exhibitions. Proceeds Go te Camp The prqkram is being staged with out any expense -whatsoever and the entire proceeds will be used in im proving conditions at the camp.

Since it was firsUJullt several years aro, very Jittle has been done to build up the camp and now quite a program of improvements baa been planned, A modern sewage system is to be built at the camp, including the erection of a. septic' tankWhlle a water system Is also to be installed. Arrangements have already been made for Improving; the swimming hole whils several other improvements are being contemplated. Scout Executive Ralph as tad la to be in 'charge of the demonstration and the scout: leader urges that as many people as can possibly make arrangements should take In the clrcua JTriday evening. Alt." Tastad has been working long and earnestly since he took over the duties In this county and be Is anxious that the people of the communy see the scout troops In this exhibition of tlieir work.

Valuable Stones Taken From a Chicago Couple Chicago. June 24 U.R Diamonds worth $30,000 were obtained by two gunmen who held up Benjamin Bogeaus arrd his wife. EtheJine, in the lobby of the St. James hotel early today as the couple returned from a cabaret. The Week-end Despite) jexccedingly- heavy traffic on highways over the week rend.

only-twO accidents, helth er or a very ertoua nature were reported to the authorities. Both accidents occurred wetft of this c.itj In the neishbornood Malta, although the wrecked cars were in both cases brought to De Kalb for The first of the two mishaps oc curred eajrty. yesterday morning. when a Chevrolet, driven by John Norwood, i colored, ofjChieag-o, cracked into a big sedan driven by lioy Kunter, also of Chi cago. The Norwood car, it -seentJi.

was driving west and was directly behind ar large truck, which obscured driver's view to quite a considerable extent. The driver swung out suddenly and attempted to pass the truck and Jn eoloinjj jrasbed into liinta'a mr-. rtrK an-ia a rTVirrr vrtrS thewest. Although no one Was seri ously hurt, both cars 7 were pretty badly damaged and the occuSpant pretty well shaken up. On the complaint of Kunter, Nor wood was arrested and brought to DeKalb where he was -convicted on a charge of reckless driving and given a small Tine.

The -other accident occurred this: morning when S. Batells, driving a big sedan, slipped off the hlghwav out west of DeKalb and tipped over, rolling the big car" down Into the ditch. The car was almost(a complete wrec K- uanfiis. aitnougtr not sen usiy irfjurexv was cut up enough to be taken to the Glidden ho.xpltal. where his wounds were dressed.

DeKalb Men Take Air Ride In Ford Plane Five passengerii hopped off- from the DeKalb county airport morning- at about 10:80 a. m. bound for Detroit. Mich, on a trip that meant both business and pleasure for5 some and merely a day of amusement to others. In the party were Terri Ft 111.

Francis Qulnn, Frartk Rait hia For rest Andrews and George Kirby. They are to drive back to DeKalb in car which Mr. Andrews is to nringf from that city. For all a most pleaa--and air Journey was in prospect as the clouds cleared away and the sun light came through, late Inyr the mornlnpr. They rode in, the 1 trl-motored Ford monoplane.

Serious Fire Breaks Out In. Rock Island Building Island, lit. Juno 24 OI.R-- Fire of undetermined origin broke out here today the whoieaaie drug house of Hartx and Bahnsen, causing damage estimated at 00. Fire equipment from Davenport. Moline and the U.

S. arsenal was to aid Rock island firemen. The flr under control at 5:60 a. ra. ays director of oublio buildings and buildings grounds, A.

J. CcYhiak chairman of, the Cook, county board, was the author of suggestions which involved the expenditure of $12,000,000. of whkh would le siwnt In counties outside of Cook. Its provisions intrluded the DuFage County Widening of lloute 18 for 'a distance of 19 miles; Route 8 for 13 miles: Route 4 tar aeyea miles ahd Pute 84 for miles. Ertensij' of Route 4.4 two htne; Route 55, one mile; and Route.

63r six miles. I Iake County Widening, liotites 67 and 22. (Turn to' Page 11 rieaae)) meeting gkw night. The government made for the re-f ucling of the destroyers at Portuguese ports and gave them orders' to search with the utmost speed and thoroughness. First fVarrh Futile Tforta, Azores, June The Portuiruese gunboat Zaire arrived here today after making a search of the Azores area from Fan Miguel Island, the, tnort easterly of the group and reported It had found'-no trace of Commander Ramon Franco and his Spanish companions of the Dornler '10 hydroplane.

The Zaire's captain said, be had been In communication, every hour with other vessels and had" been un able to abtaln any news of the Span ish! lie immediately prepared to put out to sea again "this afternoon to make further search. Madrid. Spajn, June 24 0W3 Stunned Spaniards who had shouted themselves hoarse with Joy Saturday over uneonnrmeo ci xne arrival in the Azpree of the Spanish nyerat Itamon ranco ana nis tnree aides mulled about silently today before the Aero flub of Spain, watch ing the bulletin board. Plunged into despair by the offi cial revelation that authentio news of the flyera hal been. receiv ed since shortly after they-left the crowds pinned their waning hope upon the bulletins which told of Spanish squadrons seaplanes and Portuguese cruisers sweeping the North Atlantic.

Col Alfredo Klndf lan Duany, chief aeronautics Spain, gave meager hope for aurvjyat of the adventurers by asserting that it they. have been forced to bind upon the uas. the sturdy" Dornler. 16, hydro- i plane is capable of maintaining them afloat at least two weeks. Had Tittle food; This hopefulness was modified.

however, by the declaration that the food supply for the four men aboard was for that period. They carried bit few sandwiches, UU 1 (Turn to Pace riease)) WEATHER For Illinois? Thundersowers this afternoon or tonight east and eouth portions, cloudy northwest portion, slightly cooler; Tuesday partly cloudy to cloudy, "cooler extreme south portion, Breach of To Discuss Wide Hi Cfte siiwnlk died of skull fracture. Kh had lived 'at the Allison hoiiKchrild several years, liking Vare of Mrs. Allison, air ln- valid. i P.IDGEPORT.

CO.VN'., June 24 (U.R) Hon Gene Tunney, retired heavyweight champion, through' hla Counsel today filed general de nial of the breach of promise charges brought against him by Kathe: srrp King ogarty and made across com plaint based on tho fact that twice Tunney had given "valuable consid- erayon" to have the charges drop ped. f)n two different occasions accord ing to the answer and cross com plaint filed in the Fairfield county court by Attorney Homer S. Cummin gs. Tunney gave cash consideration to the complainant to prevent renewal of her charges. One of the occasions was said 'to have been before his second fight with Jack Deiupsey and the other f-4 HICAQO, June J4 OR) Con-f struction of extensions to nu--'merous highway and the widening of many roads in Cook and adjoining counties was advocated here today, a state highway hearing presided over by Gov.

Louis Lb Em-merson. -V Tha hearing, called to consider the best means to expend money for the relief of traffic congestion In these counties, was attended by more than a hundred persons. In addition to Chicago and Cook, thtrs were representatives from DuPage. LAkcv Grundy, DeKalb, Kane, Will. Kan-, kakee and Kendall counties.

Sitting with Gov. Emmerson -ere Shanahan. speaker of te state assembly, Frank.T. Sheets, state highway ecg-lneer. and H.

IL Cleveland, a Canton Youth Killed In a Sunday Auto Accident Jatiton. Jiinw 2-t Don-'d Carting. died yesterday of a Iractured'skutl suffered in an automobile early in- the A warrant clmrgMsr manslaughter was Donaldson. Cuba. II, University freshman and driver of the auformbila which usuw -waning a machine..