The Daily Independent from Murphysboro, Illinois • Page 1

THE PEOPLE'S NEWSPAPER Today's News Today. News, Pictures and Comics. First Door South Of City Hall on South Twelfth Street ESTABLISHED 189L MURPHYSBORO, JLUNOIS, SEPT. 2, 1924. PER WEEK FIFTEEN CENTS MARION WINS LABOR DAY IN 1925; OFFICERS I i "Mother Jones," Famed Speak-j er of Day at Johnston City Estimated at i Fine Parade and No Trouble.

The County La-j Than 200 Biggest In 01 Jja Association celebrated 20,000 I tory Grades clay unjmimu by trouble of any! Being nature whatsoever, despite I'ear ex-j pressed that a big gtithoriiiK (-here might "borrow trouble fr.oni Merrin." i Sunday after noon the executive 'couiinitten chose Marion us the place HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT 447 TUESDAY Freshman Class of More Honor Conies To Murphys-1 bovo Alter 14 Years As DOWN IN OLl TEXAS! i Outnumbered on Every Commii- tee at Stale Convention, it Looks Like "lyfa" Ferguson Will Win LAW EFORCEMENT LEAGUE WILL TlimMSRESS IF NECESSARY; TO GET GLENN YOUNG (International News 'Service) al Has 315. Second Largest Council ftl AUSTIN, Texas, September Illinois Witt More titan Kl1 Klux Program lexaa polltu Being 1 Arranged. "School Days," beginning slowly, ebbing the Htate 'tiernocraUe conven- tioir Here today progressed with I its routine business. The, anti-Klan forces scored victory almost at every turn The 'Masonic Grand Council in illi-1 ur i tf the proceedings. Head of Heavy irst Mutisier Gives For Publication Letter of Gun.and Inflicts Dreadful; Deth Aliped TQ Have Been Sent To Bernie Shelton Wound While Lovedones ffferrm To Placed In Hands of Fred Eat Dinner in Home Sun-l Rtei For Atlanta, To Get Their I Quiet On Surface and Seething Beneatlw Three Weqks.

'Klias Crews, yturs old, shot and instantly in bis home (International News Service) HMKKIN, 111., September WI Ji -it i i-x t't i-i i Ik IkI IN i trf convention, defeating iVlur- 110 will meet, in Murphysboro Tues- They Klan was outnumbered: on ev, at De. boto Sumk.y iq after a part oC a day given to regis- pny delegation for the choice, September 23-24. 1 committee. 1 thus apparent that tbe dinner'table. members of bis family were at.

tbe tmtion Monday, nhowed a healthiul and elected the following oflicers WJH ue the'first assembly of tbe i growth at the Murphy.sboro Township tnt ensuing Nualy, iVUirion. school. S. Roberts, Ma The enrollment at crlty schools wn.s riou beifltf checked early this M'ternoon ecn ar y.Treawurer~ Marry Dun City Superintendent H. J.

Shomakorl bftr Marion. In the west Hide schools, but was uoi Executive Board-Horace NY.ason ready for report at 2 p. in. Carterville; E. Slucher, high school boufUed a llrst-day om IJUpJ1Bi Jonn st on City; Harry enrollment at' 479 as compared to 447j Koowrif carboudale; Wm.

Uox, Ma laat year. This first clay attendance rkm K. H. Kilby, Murphysboro. indicates the school may exooed tlu-.

oUlflT Jones" oC Ludlow, Colo. at. It wan would end' in nn overwhelm-; and Grand Lodge in tins city victory i' 0r (Ma) and i'oi in 14 years. 'Ferguson, such us characterised her m' Despoii'deiicy oT Tho Grand Council in Masonry is historical achievement at the polls in ou.sue.ss are i-aid to have been res.po.n- tbe next degree above the Blue Lodge receiving the Democratic nomination ble and next in rank to the Knlffhts Tern-j for governor. The i.s declared never t6 plar.

Its coming to Murphysboro will as m.uch to his Herrin; bo the eclipsing (svnnt in Masonry iujr A TkA'Y Southern Illinois' tbis 1 1 I Murphysboro Council, with more than 400 members declared to rank j( called Ion the comity.board to urge that body influence'to' bring- about the removal. second in the state. This honor re- 500 mark wltiiln a mouth's time when 'bo la ted stndontB report. famt who Is 95 old, was the i fleets honorably upon Masons who not checked in detail. is snro, however, the frenh- man class will exceed 200 members.

enrollment Js a barometer i'or good or bad in high schools and tho fyf. T. H. 8. elatedly claims tlio "Froslilo" contingent in thJs speaker of the day.

Jones" have been at the helm here during declared she hoped to live another 95 jthe last, few years as eonstructionists. yearn if necessary to see "those cupi-j The. Chicago Delegation ol! the talistic robbers in the penitentiary Grand Council will arrive Tuesday in CASE 0' BULL RUNPUCKER Pretty Day, Inviting Creek 'and Red Bathing Suit Almost the Undoing of Local Creek Bathers. whore they ought to be." The labor parade was one oil the a pullman. The' pullimin will remain over pending'' their return Into Wde- best in years.

The roar of minor lead- jnesday. Grand ofTicors and delegates bcj 2 here is je'st a ers Uiat the -trouble at Herrin Sn.tur-|wlll continue to arrive until Wednes-j 13y BILL PUCKER WHICKRUJ31LL CENTER, Septem- friendly that The h.igh also reports SO day would seriously cut short Labor, day morning. crowds proved groundless. A i Tuesday after afternoon will see the vis- students in the DouKlas (colored) threat of rain early in the dny soon liters'treated'to an auto tour-or the school dlrl.iion this year n.s com- pa.r<vd to 21 thero last St. Aurtrew'H Parochial School Inul nn enrollment today of 315 which, the Slater in charge Batd waa just 9 IOHH than laM year.

may be that tho en- rollmpnt will Increase within the next lew days. Rev. F. S. Schneider of the Emtnan- Bchool on Pine street, reported an enrollment of 33 pupils gave way to'bright sunshine.

city 'dtd environs. Tuesday night will be banquet night; Council ses- war in gent'cows in this the woods still air by nature airil disposition unfavorable impressed at the 1 red, be it parasol, bathin' suit caboose. Why, the. gent CROMB4R-RAJNS NUPTIALS SATURDAY sions'wlil bn held Wednesday 01 -j cos 0 this vicinity kept on inp; and afternoon, nt off re( iviolly-0 ca. paint The Grand Council is meeting hero John L.

Crombar and were united in Miss Mollie on Saturday evening at 7 o'clock at the MethodifU S. Mc- parsonage Kpiscopal uesday morning and expects own Mrtrants within a few days. Last year's initial enrollineJit this 35. of tho church. Rev, nidi at ing.

tbis month for tbe first time in-four- teen'year's. Us previous meeting Murphysboro is remembered by several members who have remained on the i Grand Council sine then. ol' entertaJn- the'chief-super issued or- The bride is the daughter of -Air. Oth special are being? planned. ders fer to paint them some other color.

You see, the Molly had to pay both fer the paint and the skinned bull's heads. Well, sir, not being thoroughly, quainted with the disposition an ag- cow critter a warm day, LABOR DEFT. MAY DEPORT LUIS FIRPO WASHINGTON, September by Labor rH'purtment officials of New Yoi'k looking toward the pos- ttlbltt immediate deportation of Luis Angel FJrpo, Argentine prize fighter, who in to fight Harry WIllH September ordered today by the Department of Labor. Tho Action follows inrcBtigatlon made into perjury charges brought against Firpo and his alleged relations with a pretty South and Mrs. Charles Rains of this i The brido-Kroom is employed at the 01" United Western Gas Coal Co.

The couple were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rice. They will jeslcle at J824 Kennedy street where the bride-groom hns a lovely home furnished. Substitute For.

Rail Labor Board these here-three Murphy girls come jtrapisin down to-our parts, fix them up a dandy, dinner iinthe. pretty woods and then put bathing suits and ac- jcep the temptin' cool water o' Bear HERMAN HINES WEDS GRACE BASTIEN The marriage of Herman J. Mines and Miss Grace A. Bastein both of Murphysboro, was solemnized Saturday afternoon at parsonage of the 4 o'clock at the First Methodist Episcopal church, by Rev. Dr.

L. McKown. The Impressive ring ceremony was used. Miss llastein is the daughter of Mr. American girl who came on the i ftll( i John Bastein.

The bride- with -him. KID MTOY LOS ANOBLMS, September with squared shoulders and Bmllirig- slightly "Kid" McCoy to- groom Is one of tho popular school teuchorw of the county. They were accompanied by Mr, nnd Mrs. lOnrl (International News Service) A I 0 September 2. Coolidge believes that the abolition of the United States Railroad Labor which has been under consideration in and out of congress for tho past two 1 'years, be accompanied by the establishment oC a definite sub-plan for the adjustment or, railroad labor disputes, it was declared officially the White House, this afternoon.

Tho new plan, according to spokesman for the President, could he worked out by the railroad manager, ment and their employes and then.sub- mltled to con'groflB for their approval. day pleaded not guilty to the grand Jury indictment charging him with tho murder of Wr.s. Thercua Mors, Ifour cotjnto of robbery and three counts of assault with Intent to murder here today. At tbe motion of hLs counsel who BOY STEPPED IN STEAM' PIT AND BURNED LEG Tho twelve year old son oL' Hoy Fer- 1 rill ulepped into a steam pit at the GUH plant Saturday night and burned his loft leg severely. A doctor attended for fifty days additional tlmo to obtain deposUJono from Now York and.

other ea.Mlorn cities tho trial or! tho former 'puK'Hst way set for Oct. 20. Lone Bandit Gets Jewels CINCINNATI, Sopt. In out. of the boldest tlay-llght hold-ups in Cincinnati this year lone bandit obtained twenty-Uvo thouuand dollara in caah-and jewelry today when ho on- tvrod and robbed Uie Sterling Jewelry nelir sthc tlty'i buaibsrt corner, Mrs.

Hugh Fay ol' tbis city have returned frora ten days trip mid visit to points in tho South. Mian Orphu Sill and Tom Spence to Belleville Sunday. Miss Sill remained to take charge oi' a school. Flowers From Unknown Friend To Editor The editor oC The Independent is grateful" to some unknown donor for a bocinet of beautiful (lowers this morning with the n'o'tation "Fred M. Rolens with the Independent 28 years.

Tiave Valle Cotter wear the pi file astor." Vallo Cotter has 'been idenli- ned with the. twenty-. flve years, and thus is remembered by the donor Lho flowers. Many Purchasers of. Hudson Coaches The following purchased automobiles from' Hie Arbeiter motor Bernard'.

Sheley, who visiting in.j gnles last week: Oklahoma City, writes that ho is having- delightful time. Ho is staying lo the fair after which ho expeetaMo return-the third Lfso'H J. Borgers of Louis, week in September to enter tho M. T. S.

W. II. Treasurer of the Egyptian Iron works, -n Hudson sedan; Atty. Robert P. Martin, Hud- one o' them were nttired.iu a up-to-date bathin' suit as red as a German barn sunset.

So's it wasn't hard't'er the farmer's gent cow to catch sight o' the bathin' suit. True to critter fashion this here quadruped kicked up all four feet and started fer the crick makin' a noise in his throat like ft rheumatix at the top of a long pull. As luck would have it, however, there's a train come along 1 what's got its red caboose butted off several and the crew yells to the girls to ape it over tlie next nearest fence or expect the neighbors to send in boufjiits. Well, sir, it sure were a sight to see. As the gent cow approached in a haze 1 smoke from one direction three well-Qttin' bathin' suits got up and disappeared amUl a haze o' stubble field dust in'the other.

They cleared a barb-wire fence like a bunch 1 hill ninnies and kept runum' clean to the the Murphy laxilea cried, out'o' breath. "-The cow. The co'w!" And Limp Reder replied, seein' the red bathin suit, saylu': "In the'first place, ladles, that ain't no cow. Second, this here- appears to me as bein' a latter-day version o' Bull Run." fa ily' that he thought oi 1 violence' against The i --con-Bist-. i ing of Mr.

and Crews', and their! 611 -pfnirpn grown so'u (laughter, dinner Sunday Crews left, the table. Without a word of warning Crews walked from the dining' room to a bedroom where, he. had concealed a calibre revolver uuder tb.e pillow, A moment later the loud report and rushed into tho room. they readied him. The heavy torn a hole into tois i'orehead.

The wound was 3 inches wide one. and two inches the other. Corner AV. s. Porshee tfas lioUiied nt once arid hurried to the Coroner Forshee said Mr.

for some time been in a. highly nerv'- ous state much similar to that of -Mrs. Tudor who killed herseU' last. her home uear Cora. LECION-KLAN HATRED BORN AT WEATHER FORECAST Pair tonlBht nnrt tomorrow.

tomorrow. fo i ii iy '6 i I ty if co a Frank Ruddle, Hudson coach; Anker Lorrot of -Carbon Essex coach; Mrs; Alpha: Ellis- of- Grand To.wer, also placed an- order lost woolic fov an I3n- sex car. Ralph Allison of Chestnut was removed to his home Saturday from St. Andrew's hospital where he underwent an operation a few days ago. Miss of Los Angele.s, arrived, here 'Monday to be a guest of her HisteHn-law, Dr.

and Mrs. O. B. Ormsby, 1328 Manning St. Ormsby was a prominent musician and director of the First Lutheran choir of this city, prior to her moving to California several years ago.

Her many frlende in CHAMPAIGN, September An undercurrent in low-voiced conversations of small groups gathered together in various parts of the seethed through the American was mailed to Bernie SheUon at flfor- rin to be handed to Fred ByBKNSON PR ATI 1 to in WilUainaon county will be (1. S. Special Correspondent) ol' Governor Small by aj HERRIN, 111, September committee representing the County jspite protests of tbe Williamson Ooun- and other Ministers' Association that, left, to decided this the bitter hatred between alleged klan and anti-klnu forces hero would immediately flare up again into further killings, the first contingent of; state militia ordered following the slaying of, six men Saturday en- trained today. The movement pi! troops from the city will.be gradual, Atljt. Gen.

Carlos Black has announced, and not be completed, until after the inquests into Ihe deaths of Saturday's victims, tomorrow. General Black ordered the with- drawaf'of troops hue yesterday after- an inspection, tour through the ty. He reported all quiet in spite' wild minors of outbreaks there. it-is expected that a detail troops will be assigned today to the nary hearing of Dr. J.

T. Black, headj of the Herrin hospital, and The committee is headed by ttever- Lee, of tbe First Baptist The call on. the county board, according lo 'Dv; Lee, was more or'less a futile gesture.inasmuch tlie governor is the only, person power to remove a sixeriff. The committee will go to hiiu'iugfield some tune tui.s week to present evidence oi' alleged nialfcis- a gororuor. -Tfye QTidence, it wis wiid, wiU be in the' form of by The preliminary hearing of Or.

J. T. Bhick and Claade CraJg, his ciiauLffeur, cMrged with conspiracy to murder, was'continued today for ten dajrs ed a general uniraer charge Abe cliauffeui i wh -were taken' Lo Harrishurg havo on bond, according to the sheriff of Saline county. May Go to Congress. "If Governor Lee Small refuses to ta-ke action on the request tor removal of Sheriff the' United CrQ connection with Saturday's Large numbers of persons ing each faction in the county feud are expected to tlie hearing but neither the forces or General trouble.

The majority arrested on the m.mv? A States lie asked for aa, der Charg6 have waived preliiniaarjr i.nvftsUgatiou' and to take a hand in out (he troubles that hare disnipte dthis community for o.ver.-s This made late HUs afternoon' by Rercreod-B. B. Green of the 111., Baptist outside of Herrin. Dr. Green has beeo ot the publicity committee formed today.

The committee represents the Law and. Order- Plot to Mufdcr Yoanfl. Dr. Green also made public a tetter which fell into the hands of a member Legion state convention here today 0 the league and which, according to when it reconvened for its second day's session, folk)wing an open clash with the Ka Klux Klan on the streets here last, night. Leaders of Ihe Legion were certain in their declaration that there would be no further trouble, but the suppressed bitterness over numerous Klan demonstrations with tlm arrival of the veterans for the convention not denied.

The fight broke out last night when the robes two Klansuien were torn, off as they were returning from a. klan initiation on an interurban car which had stopped iu front orthe lii- man Hotel, conveution headquarters, Two robed Kinsmen, emerging froin the greeted with the the reveals a conspiracy, to murder S. Glenn touha at Atlanta, Ga. "We got this Information, in time and had Uie roads near Atlanta patrolled," said Dr. Green.

hearing- and tlieir cases will, go directly to the grand jury which will ba empaneled in about three weeks. Today, as far as outward appear- a-ncee showed, Herrin was no different from any Illinois' city. With, daybreak men were hurrying thV streets to their day's Underneath it all, bowerver, there wae a current of tenseness and rumor was busy supplying details which, the. facts failed to provide. A raid was four churches and guns and ararauuition were found in the base; meuts; a man was hanged and his body left somewhere between Marion and Herrin; leading members of the law enforcement league were turning their homes into armed-citadels; a body of armed men iu an automobile, was fired upon from ambush; the Ku.

"We have found out that a gang Khut was 10 i ii ng a secret meet- did Btart in an automobile and preparing for direct the southern city, but stopped on all thig and more nap pe ed, according to whispered gossip but investigation. proved it untnie. General Black's declaration thftt all is quiet in Williamson coimty undoubtedly was borne out in'j'act today around that "but" reertdenta all ia ready to leave on feel revo IveK Uie shadow of fnrther twenty-seventh p. m. Have the hunch outraseSt It is virtually the.

unanimous opln- ion of all observers that long as The following is the 1 as given ont by Dr. Grew The Letter Exposed, "Arlington Bast St. Louis, 111, August all up but separate cars on route, and careWl About hitting' NVshvfUe. 1 it' to remark, "What did yon wear in Watch CAttanoofja, Be ready 11 war?" ft-om a soldier with gome compaiilons outside the hotel. The retort precipitated the battle.

Hurried locking --of the doors the car and the timely iuten'eution ol Charles W. SchlcU, past' commander of' the 'llUnoia wen, averted cbntimi- ince of the pitched' tor anything might come up. You never Know what they might do and what minute Ujey may rise up. Ntrw, Amelia are poring to Cincinnati and write Rod so won't' fftve things If this goes through, by God, Herrin won't need any more courts, by God, don't Murphysboro are 1 glad here again, to meet her CONTRACTORS START NEW SMITH Armm Brothers, coivtractbrfl, started the work Monday morning ol installing a new front in the Joe; BartJi Walnnt aiid lith StreeU tor Lloyd Smith '-(has nts) booferj. The work will take 'two weeks Arm of the firm' Tbe front and interior' were told ojt go around' Etige and leave that Dolly York to hell.

My bunch' waiting for hell to pop and 'In a of ttrhe we want more than an eye and a This te a blood-thirsty erowd. you lR AtlaJiU, don't recognize Just to on until conditions remain what they- aro Iff Herrin and Williamson county the ture history of the. feud -will contain but a crimson repetition of tfce past, The inteneity, animosity and hfttred openly displayed between tho facUoBB 1 can be expressed in no other word. Neitlier side will concede the otlier anything of good. General Black- frankly admits can see no answer to- the problem.

"We cannot station troops here per. manently," he said today, "nor can we rush troopvs here every time any one thinks there is going to bo trouble, find for- your Yen are, to feet "the tor if we did, we hare them here every few 'days." Bach of the factious sees as the solution the problems, the of all members of the opponents, but this neither side the power to do i.D the meantime (CoiUnued Bis).