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VENING TELEGRAPH Member of the Associated ALTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1922, 2c Per Copj nnemann 41 Years Ending olfij presidency potter and jj Dr. D. G. ATTENJlf for twenty-five tower ot the Henry street, a trip to Ger- )ccasion it Reunion of OW and Address Shurteff Alumt .5 Shurtleff college ninety-fourth yeap off jd graduated a class til bung men and lencement festivities interest this year and large attendance at all tnft 1 rents. One feature of the 00; nts was the David G.

Ray of UlB fJsttfe' jersary as a member ot Uege faculty. Dr. fta? was urprlso last evening at inquet in honor ot tbfe has served in the interes Ho had not been) inch about his long istltutlon but several eople in many parts of the had once been etudem kurtleff and members of lasses wor -writing lettra tnt to Shurtleff college for ...4. on Dr. Ray.

At the ist night a big basket full of torn former students ot his ented to Mm. along with a trig if roses. The surprise Was comp' his response to the gifts isrt of his old students Dr. had students in every part ol! rorld. He was almost carried irtth the surprise given him had been students under him in lome time during the forty years' nl served as instructor in the Another large bouquet was id to Dr.

George Potter, 1 Shurtleff, in hibnor of the end i years he has served the college iresident Shurtleff has made soina 'underfill strides toward progress, nee the coming of Dr. Potter Jfc Institution as its president. The- pageant given on the col iampus last evening attracted a great Erowd of people to the school and 1C proved to be one of the most p'eaisant ivents of the commencement isstiyities. The pageant was written. fty one of the girls ot the graduating Miss Katherine Moorehead, a laughter of Mr.

and Mrs. James (fooretead, formerly of Moro, bftt jtho recently retired from the farm jd are now living in Edwardsvflle, pageant was entitled "A Spring cofc The alumni banquet followed the pageant In the Upper Alton flo luptist church. The banquet waa The (one of tho best in years and it was i real reunion of many Shurtleft grad- June M. Rhoads served, as the The ladles of the church the banquet. The surprise oij Ray and upon Dr.

Potter were fitting events ot the banquet. i commencement day festivities 1 this morning at 10 o'clock hen the students and faculty of the allege assembled on the college camas in front of the chapel buUdto; nd inarched over to the Baptist (shurch where the commencement was given. The processional larch was played on the pipe organ Jid when the school had arrived in te church and were seated the Invocation was given after which Dr. Pot- presided. The commencement address was rtven liy Rev.

W. Edward Raffety ot a Shurtleff college gradate. Rev. Mr. Raffety well Rnown In Upper Alton during the pears lie attended Shurtleft and he nade many friends in this city and in vicinity.

Hp married an Upper Alton pfrl, Miss Flora Tllton, daugh- of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Tlltoti, for-; of Upper Alton but who are in California, It was like back home for him when the of his visit to Alton was for purpose of delivering the com- nennnniont address at Shurtleff.

Mr. is a very Important man in ie Baptla church of the country. He as servod in many official capacities "en tbfi Baptist church was most ntcrested. He has for a number ot cars linen at the head of tho Amer- Raptlst Publication Society college today conferred thie of doctor of divinity upon Wm. At the close of the commencement his mother In 41 years.

to this country he was 18 years back. His uod in years and that it would be a visit in If ha is to reunion with been a most railroads us- and he has Bdence. An is fers -that it is lMi8 doing tho hack to him i number of pie long time he of head ig tower. JUDGE YAGER NOT WORRIED OVER CONTEMPT TALK Says His Injunction is Not In Conflict With That Of Judge Fitzhenry of Federal Court. BOTH SIDES ARE PROTECTED NOW Federal Court Forbade Enforcing Low Price, City Court Forbade Enforcing High Price for Water.

(UCK Con- Be- noon Dee at xrd the ttO rorild i.Vttto- Judge D. Yager is not worrying at all about the Alton Water Co. hav ing him cite'd for contempt of Judge Fitzhenry in the latest developmen In the water rato case at Alton. Judge Yager said today in an in terview that he did not issue tho re straining order until he had commu nicated to Judge Fitzhenry the fac that an injunction had been applied for In the City Court restraining th Alton Water Co. from collecting a higher rate for its service.

He told Judge Fitzhenry that he did not de- Biro to como in conflict with tho orders of the Federal judge, and in reply was told that a copy of the decision in the water works case would be forwarded to him. In the meantime the corporation counsel, Wm. Wilson, has obtained a copy of the Fitzhenry decision Judge Yager read it carefully. Based oh a careful reading ot the Fitzhanry decree and comparison with the restraining order issued by himself, Judge Yager says thore is no conflict. In an interview he gave the Telegraph today he said that Judge Fitzhenry merely 'forbade any interference by the Illinois Commerce Commission with the Alton Water with a view to enforcing the collect- Ing of the lower rato for water until a.

fair valuation of the property of the Alton Water Co. had been made. On the other hand, the restraining order issued in the city court forbids the Alton Water Co. to collect the higher rate until there has been a fair valuation of the company's prop- Gassed Rat Horde Until 400 Died in Jersey Barn Rats became BO numerous at the Stahlln farm In I'iaaa Township that something had to bo done and done quickly Farmors In that vicinity pot their thinking caps on and on- doavored to find a remedy to rid tho farm of tho pest. They were eating tho corn, ana wheat and everything else that Stahl- B.

put In his barn, ao he determined to do radical. Every mo- of which he had over heard was tried, but to no avail. Finally a brilliant Idea struck Stah- lln. Ho decided to get a tractor and gas the rats to death. Ho started the engine, slipped a hose on tho exhaust pipe and Inserted tho other end of tho hose In a rat hole In the floor.

Tho gas which escaped from the engine of the Fordson asphyxiated tho rats an dthey staggered. It made them feel as If they had been Imbibing too frequently of hooch, and as they staggered out of the other end of the rat GRADUATES HOLD GLASS DAY FETE AT HIGH SCHOOL lumber of New Features Part of Program Given in Auditoriuw of School This Afternoon. hole, there was a man there to hit them on the cranium. It Is said that this process kept up until over four hundred rats were piled up In the born. MAYOR PLATFORM THWARTS PI ANS FOR PAVING JOBS Aldermen Insist On Living Up to Mandate of People, They Will Try Again.

SENIOR PLAY IS GIVEN WEDNESDAY Capacity Crowd Juniors High Commencement Exercises Tonight. to be Ono decision, that of Judge henry, forbade enforcing a lower rate unfu, after a valuation of the property and the city court injunction forbids enforcing the higher rate until such time as a valuation is made. Judge Yager was not at all con- yernefl about being cited for con- tenipt. He says that if there was. any interference with the effect ot his restraining order it would be by an- dther process.

Mayor Crawford was disturbed, but not completely hopeless of carrying on his project for doing some street paving in the remalndin months of Ms term of office, Asked today whether he would abandon all efforts at getting street paving through, the mayor made a significant reply, "I never give up." Hxplalning this he said that ho could not understand the attitude of the city council, as the members seem to lave gone off on a 'tangent, insisting that a petition was necessary to give a proposed improvement legal stand- mom cox of tit ace eaaa an the M. Campbell Heads State Sunday School Association F. M. Campbell of this city has been elected president of the Illinois Sunday school Association. Mr.

Campball waa elected at the annual contention held at Galesburg this week attended by over a 1000 delegates Mr. Campbell has been serving on tne executive committee. J. T. Hussong represented the Alton Methodist church and Mrs.

u. Jenkins the J2th street Presbyte- church Campbell and M. E. Rob- 'iH6ott 4 were also in attendance, going and returning this morn- Geo. Bott Dies Suddenly i Near Brighton.

jt "Cfeorge Bott, aged 73, died suddenly evening at his home in Township, north of Bdghton He bad not been ill and the death was Ple That ho by Rev. Raffety the follow nors and prizes were announced G. M. Potter: A. 0.

Osborn medal for highest for the entire course, Walbaum; Pleasant Plains, HI. Castle Memorial medal for cfil Excellence throughout the yonrBi p-lorence Mildred Storrs; 111. The Charles M. Roe scnWlarahlp Ttze for hi gnest scholarship in ana Vophomore year, Frances S. instian; Clinton, la.

B. Jackson prizes for Junior Ora- BD8 First, Cathrync Ratz, Waukon, ft; fcfoond, Kenneth ZIpprot, Graen- QI III. A. T. C.

Cup: Awarded to that i nun wno allall have ntcrcolleglate athletics, shall have In il ned at leaat a Passing grade 11 nis studies during the past year Kroi ll nave flon moat ln Sanh. to advance the weJfar ot college, Dale Foster, Alpha, HI. nav BO Cup: Awarded to that .5 on Btudent who shall Wrrent school year have year Philip ond St. TJja men and dj lege: He leaves three sons Walter and Oliver, and three iSaughters, Mrs. George Grable, Mrs.

'Barnard and Mrs. Thomas Busnei. Pie funeral will be held at two Friday from the St. John Ev- 'angelical church in Brighton. In will be in Bott Cemetery.

ing. mayor, made a cam- "Green Stockings" a three-act comedy, was presented at the Community High School last night by members of the graduating class. The auditorium was packed to capacity. The play, an English comedy, with an interesting plot which pleased the largo gathering was capably presented. The cast of characters: Admiral Grlce Barkley Wyckoff Wm.

Farady Stanley Melster Colonel Smith Frank White Robert Tarver Schaefer Henry Steele Frank Campbell James Rcleigh Max Newby Martin the Homer Duffey Cella Faraday Josephine Chiles Madge (Mrs. Rockingham Eva Dale Kvelyn Lady Trenchard Agnes Hyndman Mrs. Chlsholm Faraday of Chicago (Aunt Ida) Irene Giberaon A room in Mr. Faraday's House. Act Act months laterr-early evening.

Act. day. The members of the graduating class presented their Class day exercises at the Community High School this afternoon. Practically all of the graduating students took part, The program opened when the graduating class niarched into the assembly room as the senior orchestra played the grauation march. Max Newby president of the class, then gave the president's address after which mixed chorus composed of Robert Morrow, Charles Smith, Harold Nichols Minnie Jungloaus, Flossie MiUer, Lou's Campbell and Lydla Councilmen Finally Decide on Packard Bid Submitted by O.

H. Threde ol Says He'll Resign at Next Street Paving Laid Made to Suspend Officer Dempsey. for mayor on platform of no Feddersen sang a selection entitled Improvements without a majority otj "June." This was followed with the the property owners being in favor of i ags auction whi9h was something It, now "says that a petition for an! now the way of class-day exer- Improvement is no legal part of the Improvement. In this he Is admitted to be right, but the Telegraph is informed by many that they do not view this position as compatible with ises. Large boxes were auctioned off, by Barkley Wycoff, while members of tho class bid on the various packages.

A selection was given by tho male quartet accompanied by the mayor's preelection promises and Max Newby on the piano. The pro- some of the aldermen are voting gram i 0 sed with the class prophesy against improvements because they want to stand by the mandate of the people given when Mayor Crawford was ef-ected on that platform. This Is the talking point of Alderman Johnson, that the mandate of the people must be obeyed, and the mandate was given in the city election of 1921. On the other hand some improvements in Upper Alton, paving of Lu- which consisted of a playlet in five scenes. The Junior H'gh School commencement exercises will be given this evening at 8 o'clock at the Community High School auditorium.

A hun- ded and fifty students are graduating from Horace Mann and Junior High Schools. It is probable that the school auditorium will be Alton bought a fire truck last night. That may not sound like much of an event; you may say the purchase of a truck, even a fire truck, is not a tremendous happening in the country's, even the city's life. But brother, you don't know the City Council. The reporter who wilted through four hours of oratorical fireworks, verbal battles, gavel-rapping, cigar smoke, heat and summer bugs, knows different.

There are seven words in the introduction to this chronicle of Alton's 2egislative body, seven only, but oil, what lurks behind those seven words. In baseball, when a team loses two or three or more games, it is said to be When a batter fails to hit in several trips to the plate, he is For several meetings, the council has lacked some of its Barnum-Bailey-Ringling-Sells-Floto features, so that last night it was due, in the parlance of the diamond. Yea, gentle reader, the council was overdue. And did the council come from through? Qpe your ears. At 11:30 p.

two reporters gathered sheets of paper, gathered some 80 pages of notes, looked at them despairingly, sighed audibly, gritted teeth and made a determined effort to learn the results of the four-hour performance. And from that maze of smoke, bugs, oratory, here is what they found Purchase of a Packard fire truck, 750-gallon pump, for i $8,536.50. Postponement of granting approval to the Salu street paving project. Effort of Police Committee to suspend Officer Dempsey. Resignation of Alderman Emll Michelbuch from the council.

It was truly a hectic session. 'Whereas small crowds have attended the past few meetings of the alderman, the council chamber was uncomfortably, when the heat Is last night. The Salu street paving matter and Officer Dempsey had been discussed and Mayor Crawford said the pur- the should be heard and Gould 'replied in the negative. "My motion is to lay over the he said. "You the man responsible," he told tho mayor.

"You rescinded the order, stopping it. We look to you to get the pumper back." The- Mayor Explains Crawford said ho would explain about the truck. said ho supposed It was a week after the wreck that the truck was ordered shipped back. It was then ordered stopped and when he found it had reached Cincinnati, ho rescinded the stopping order. The Ahrens-Pox Company would not accept it, the Mayor said, and he wired them to hold the truck "for our disposition." Tho company said if Alton wanted the truck would ship it, the mayor continued.

chase of a new flr truck was to bo The company will allow on the cille and Jackson street, is to be tak- packe(1 to its capacity this evening, en. up next and improvement of two other streets will follow soon afterward. Mrs. Rachel Watts Buried Wednesday. Bertha' I Donald Emily Kat M.

Bay Kathryn" Ma OSC Wll Shu A who' of Assault by Patrolman Invest'gallon will be completed rrow evening by the police com of the city council of charges against patrolman P. C. Demp Who IB charged with excessive beating up Clarence Halo and ieman Dlxon in the soft drink es- hment on Broadway of which is reputed to be the owner, The committee will examine on the opposing side. They heard the testimony of thoso witnessed the assault on Hole Blxon during the preliminary to on tho soft drink establish- where the assault occured. Crawford said today that ho bellve the city council ought Without hearing both sides and one side bad beuu heard by The funeral of Mrs.

Rachel Watts was held Wednesday morning from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edgar Hollister, at Tenth and Alton Street, attended by a large crowd of relatives and friends of tho wellknown woman. Services were conducted by the Rev. Edward L. Gibson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.

At the home Miss Marie English and Mrs. H. C. Stark sang "Lead Kindly Light" and "Face to Face" was sung as the body of Mrs. Watts was being lowered to the grave.

Th attendance at tlic funeral of Mrs. Watts was large. She had been "known in tho neighborhood where she lived as a kind friend and neighbor, and she was exteremely charitable, but those who received help from her were tho only ones who knew of it. Sho had led a life distinguished for Us Christian character and a beautiful tribute was paid to her in tho remarks of the officiating clergyman. Rev.

E. L. Gibson. The pallbearers were C. F.

Stelzel, Edgar Hollister, John WattH, Charles Stelzel O. S. Stowell and M. Carr. jpomnUti 66.

of, Mrs. Vincent Azarello. Vincent Azarello, aged 20, tddenly last evening at her Bosza street. Sh had around the house and suing -was stricken was a so- la the lioad aud she died whlo soaat for 8t. Louie and lie tonight and tomorrow; MARGONi SEEKS MESSAGE FROM PLANET MARS Wireless Inventor Thinks Signals are Being Sent From Enroute To United States.

considered. The mayor might Just as well have lighted a bunch of firecrackers. When the Fun Started Gould was the first to talk. purchase of a new truck, two per cent for cash, and the crank shaft bill which the city has refused to pay. Michelbuch then said he thought We want to purchase th's truck the Ahrens-Fox Company a reliable in a business-like way," the Third fimi) and lastead that the ward alderman said.

"We should do natl rra aueSj can collec for crank nothing until the wrecked pumper Is returned from Cincinnati." When he said that, the alderman knocked off the can which spilled the De Mo lny Lodge to Install Officers this Evening The De Molay Lodge will hold a public installation of officers this evening at the Masonic Temple. The boys will be attired in their now robes, which their mothers have boon working on so dlll'nguiitly for the past two weeks, preparatory to tho instalatlon of officers this evening. Tho list of ofllcors to was publ'shed election. at the bo installed time of the Greeks' Trial Nears End. Associated Press.

QUINCY, 111., Juno Final ar- gunientti In iho cas.j of tiiti Li) Crooks, charged with the murder of Sheriff Edward Lashbrook, will bo completed this afternoon and the jury Is expected to have It before court adjourns for the day. Walter Wright, chlnf counsel for the defendant, took up most of tho morning with his argument of the case. He was followed by Judge 1). L. Mourning of HusHmoro for the people.

3y Associated Press. NEW YORK, June to tho United States on his yacht, William Marconi, perfector of wireless telegraphy, Is seeking to what calls "wireless message" from tho planet Mars, according to tho New York World. Marconi, it is said, has believed for fivo years that signals are being sent i through space from Mrs. Last year, while cruising in the Mediterranean, tho Inventor picked up a wavo of 160,000 metres In length, the greatest ever recorded. Mara is now approaching tho earth and next Sunday will bo 42,000,000 miles away, dosser than It has been since 1909.

Marconi, therefore, Is attempting solution of what he believes to be the most fascinating mystery held by science. Sir Artnur Conan Doylo, now at Atlantic City, announces that he has arranged for the installation of a complete radio outfit in his homo la England through which he hopes to establish communication spirit world. Tommy Krepel Will Not Drive Fire Truck. Thomas Kropol, who was driving the fire engine at tho time It was wrecked at Ninth itml Piasu street crossing by a C. A.

train, will bo able to His duties Monday. Krepel said today that ho would not aUwiiiH driving a cur again and that Kiro Chief Foldwlsch would use him at other work. The doctor, 1m wild, had told him that thu shock to his IHUVCH had been such It woulil bn oratorical effusions. From that time until 11:30 the council went at it in true gladlatdrial fashion. "I objected," continued Gould, "When I learned the wreck of the old pumper had been sent to the Ahrens Fox in Cincinnati.

It was ordered stopped in transit. Then I learned that the stopping order had been rescinded. "That looks very peculiar; it casts a reflection somewhere, it is the cause for suspicion; it makes the situation sorrounding tho purchase of a fir truck look like a prearranged affair." No arrangement for shipping the wrecked pumper have been made, Gould asserted, and it should have been kept in Alton. He gave it as pick up b's belief that a better offer would have been secured if the truck were in Alton. "I sanction no purchase of a truck until the wreck Is back here in Alton, i would like someone to as- sumti tho responsibility for returning the truck to Alton." He then made a motion that purchase of a fire truck be deferred until tho wrecked pumper is returned to the city.

Alderman Michelbuch was the first to roply to Gould. "I will say to Mr. Sam Gould," ho began, and to the rest of the aldermen that the matter was threshed out here." Tho mayor interrupted. "Talk to me, not to him ho said. "I'll talk to Michelbuch rejoined.

''Make him talk on the question," GoulG said. Michelbuch then said he would take on hla shoulders tho responsibility for sending the truck back. He dld'nt give tho order to Bend it back but would take the he.sapsib!llty for that act on his shoulders. "And H'B a good puir of shoulders," ho said. Tho longer the purchase of a truck IB put off, tho worse off la tho city in tho matter of five protection, warned.

Gould replied that question was not answered. "I want the responsibility shown; whether It was tho mayor, tho fire chief, or anybody. 1 do not want tho with tho that ho refrain from attempting to drive again for a year or HO, and beraum) of that fact ho will not twrvu In tho position he. was serving ut tho lime of Ihe wreck. responsibility asHuniod to Bomeono elsii." Thorn wan a Recond to Gould's mo- UOJK by W.lkening.

Thu mayor asked Gould It the id dor man did shaft. said he met Chief Feldwisch who said he would ship the wrecked truck to Cincinnati. "I said neither 'yes' nor 'no' Mich- elbtich said. Tho Mayor wanted to know why Ahren-Fox was mentioned so often. Michelbuch wanted to know where the money to buy the truck was coming from and the discussion temporarily 'took a new turn.

The mayor sa'd the amount would have to be decided before an appropriation, could bo made. City Clerk Kennedy made the same statement. Mlchel- elbuch asked from what fund the money would be taken. The Elble of the Third entered the discussion. ''That's just what I asked you in the bank," he said to Michelbuch, 'Where is the money coming from?" and you said "We'll get it" and now you're asking wher 0 the money is coming from." The mayor wanted to read the figures and Gould told him he was out of order, and called for a vote on his motion to lay over consideration.

Itubenstein wanted to know where money was coming from to bring iho truck back and the council was still another tangle. Elble (suggested that the "fellow who sent it" pay to have it brought buck. It was suggested that SOIIIQ- ono go to the freight office and find who giivo tho order. Gould said Chief Feldwisch told him Michelbuch gave the order to secure lumber and cratu the wrick. Ho wanted to know who gavo tho rescinding, order.

Thuro wag considerable more discussion and it was finally decided to voto on the expenditure of J100 to bring back the wrecked truck. Suspension of tho rules for a vote on tho expenditure was lost. And then they took a fresh start. Tho mayor suggested adjournment, with tho councilman keeping their scats for further discussion. But the were not DO inclined.

Johnson saioj tho motion to lay over th 0 firo truck proposition had not been voted on. Michelbuch Resigns Johnson sa'd something about payment o)' tho freight on thy truck and there was a brief tilt between him and in which Johnson (laid something atiout "K'Htlng off the eonmilttoo If you can't handle these things" Thou Mlchi-llmrh provided the dra- inallu incident of ilia evening. "I'm to rea'gn. "Why? CuulluueU ou 1,.