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Jacksonville Batlp VOL. 4(! JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1929 TEN CENTS YOUTH CLAIMS FRIEND SLEW ELKHORN GIRL Janesville Man Held As Slayer Pending Investigation Wis.t i. Naming the of the haired girl with perfect whose body was found in an Eikhorn eul- vert August 24, 1928, a Wisconsin fugitive captured in California today told a new version of the crime, in which he said he had a part. A Janesville man accused by the escaped convict of slaying the girl with a hammer, was taken into custody late today in Janesville' and tonight was being grilled by Sheriff Charles Garey. Robert Crone, 25.

who escaped from the Green Bay, reformatory on Jan. 29, made the revelations that led to the re-opening of the mysterious culvert slaying. Moreover, Sheriff Garey at Janesville revealed he had been investigating the suspect for two months, following a similar confession made by Crone in the reformatory during a in DecemN a statutory wcnsc in Janesville in August and was sentenced to one to five years at Green Bay. During a new into the slaying in December, the convict, who had become a trusty, indicated a desire to talk, Bert Moseley, then Rock county sheriff, and then under sheriff, went to the reformatory and questioned him. The story he told at that time, and repeated, with added details.

in Santa Rosa. following captuie tocry was substantially as to Sheriff Garey Story company with the suspect and two girls Crone attends! a dance in South Beloit last mid-summer, about seven weeks before the mutilated body of the girl was found in the culvert bv an EH vk rn farm -laid Crone does not know, he said, who the fhrl 111. knew her only as Be said, and learned that she had ed the watch factory at F.lg He could not say hether she was then living in Janesville or Beloit. told him. Crone said, that he had learned the girl was iContinued on Page Four The court of appea.

of th Di strict of olumbia today sustained eral Electric compai nen- tion that station WGY. at Sci mec- tad should not be forced to ihare time with another Genera station. KGO, at Oi ikland. Cali as requ ired the Nov.11. alU x-a of the radio commissior In ed 1 a te 1 a rthe dec was hanc led down Louis CaldW fi 1, er.il counsel th? radio conim is sion announced thath ouId as i or a re hearing.

In the a it ieiring is granted he s. ap- pealto the supreme court of theUni- ted States. The cast to shortly the ion. T1 decision, whi ie appi to tation WGY ow ned by f.irll- eraiElectric Couiijuly. was irded by i ne in be rs of theRadio sion as opening the ioors to attein 3 by ther station-', to overthrow t-' alloc ation of the cou rKlin wave longihs whlcn went into ffert-last Nov.

11. Officials I. ss; on said the decision ca ne as prise beca use they had ot rim- filing brief in the case. on Page jur WE AT HE cksonville and vicinity: The RACKETEERING NATION WIDE BUSINESS, CLAIM Chicago, Feb. 25 Chicago may be the capital of racketeering, business leaders from all parts of the country deolared today at a meeting, but other cities are rapidly falling into line so that racketeering has taken on a national scope.

The meeting was held under the auspices of the National Association of Manufacturers, with head- quart in New York, and the Association of Chicago. Industrial and chamber of commerce representatives from the many cities attended the conference. The conference decided to establish a clearing house for information which will help business men of various cities combat the racketeering menace. Chicago To Vote In All Wards Today, Many Threats MAY DIE UPON APPEALS COURT SAYS WGY CAN OPERATE ON FULL TIME SCHEDULE Decision Changes Ruling of Federal Radio Commission WASHINGTON Feb. 25 Lower House To Hold Session Today; Gas Tax Up Next i By B.

P. Bolton) Associated Press Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD, 111. Feb. Earring the possibility of a fight over the old age pension bill, tomorrow's session of the Illinois legislature promises to resemble the proverbial calm before a storm being the gas tax open hearings scheduled for Wednesday. Only the lower house will hold a business session.

Tuesday morning, tnd its attendance will probably be cut by the primary elections in Chicago. Galesburg and other cities. Rep. R. G.

proposal for a benefit fund for persons over 70 place where biils often meet assemoly An interesting legislative proposal. Sponsored by Rep Edmond P. Conerton oi Utica, this bill would increase ing many a debt ridden county a Retell Story Of Capture Of Fort Sackville in Indiana In Commemorative Pageant VINCINNES, Ind. Feb. fill I OfJ Hfll The story of the surrender of Fort1 II II III L.

GJ Sackville to George Rogers Clark and stalwart colonials here 150 years I Ifti was retold in pageant tonight. A I II I I II It was the climax of an all-day I I 11 I celebration of the heroic deed which broke the British hold on the middle- Hi 3 jg west. Earlier in the day, Governor 11 In II HrnMrlv G. Leslie of Indiana had dedi- vl i cated the old fort site for the struction of a $1,500.000 memorial. which the federal government will help finance.

i A steady rain drenched everything but the enthusiasm of the folks who came from Indiana, Illinois, Ken! tucky. Michigan, Ohio and Missouri 1 to participate in the exercises. eral members of the Illinois legisla- ture also attended. Flags of the three countries which have held sovereign power over Vin- 1 Great Britain and the city, its schools I and the coliseum where the pageant was held was suspended, tvaze Building Cooiidge had a hand in the celebration, touching a button which exploded a charge of dynamite in an old grain elevator that had stood for years on a part of the fort I site. The charge failed somewhat of its purpose of leveling the building, but the task was completed when it was set afire.

Governor Leslie and Dean James James of Northwestern university, were the speakers of the day. The governor, in addition to dedicating Fort Sackville grounds for mortal purposes, made a short address in the afternoon. is my earnest hope that you will enjoy with us the fruits of this great struggle which culminated here." Governor Lesue told the visitors. "Great cities and communities in your stales were made possible by the great hero and his patriot band we here acclaim CHARLIE CHAPLIN HAS ATTACK WHILE WORKING Beverly Hills, Feb. Spenccr Chaplin, the motion pitcure comedian, was ordered by his physician to remain in bed at his home here for a week, following a collapse this afternoon at his Dr.

Cecil Reynolds, the physician, said that although Chaplin's condition was not he was suffering from ptomaine poisoning and running a high temperature. feel Chaplin complained at his studio, calling for a glass of water. While the glass was bein? handed to him. the actor swayed and fell unconscious to the floor. His production company was dismissed and ordered to report for work upon the film star's recovery.

19 KNO WN DEAD AFTER WINDSTORMS IN TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI; MANY HURT WIPED OUT AS WINDS KILL FIFTEEN CO LU PASTOR DIES AGED WDM AN uiAui capture of Fort Sackville. ed the history of George Rog from the tune he was a young man until financed and armed by the governor of Virginia he led his gallant colonial troops into Kentucky and then into Southern Indiana to take Fort Sackville from General Hamil- Th( i tom Sackv a A dressed CHICAGO. Feb. one alderman in hiding and other candidates for seats in the city council under threats of violence Chicago tomorrow will hold an aldermanic election in all 50 wards. Detective squads will patrol districts where trouble is expected and special details of police will be on duty.

Candidates receiving a majority will be elected while in other cases there will be a second election in April. In the ward, scene of many disorders, the candidate opposed by Mayor Thompson, Alderman A. J. Prignano, was taken away from his home, along with his family, in a squad car. Six policemen were detailed at the house to prevent bombing.

Six residents of that same ward were to have been indicted today by a grand jury investigating irregularities in the April primary. Those named include Dr. Samuel S. Epstein. The issue at the polls is largely a question of continued control by Mayor William Kale Thompson, his charging that tne soft pedalled their allegiance in their campaigns.

Many of the aldermen have denied being under the mayor's banner and in their wards the fight has been made to appear to be independent of him it is averred by those 'Continued on Page Four.) HANDWRITING EXPERT TESTIFIES MCALISTER DID NOT WRITE CHECK Police Rush Attacker Out Of Town Before Mob Gathers agpfd rd i I I Fight Is Threatened By Senators Who Seek Funds WASHINGTON. second deficiency bi; ATCHISON, Feb. 25 Stuffed head first into a blazing furnace in the basement of her home by a negro who assaulted her Mrs C. V. Jacobs.

53. wife of a retired baker was burned probably fatally today before her attacker was Louis Glovrr. 37. the allied assailant was arrested an hour and a half later end spirited out of town by off cers to forestall possible mob Mrs. Jacobs was severely burned about the head and shoulders and nearly suffocated but was able to make a statement before she co'- 1 iWm mmk wm I BfcV NEWELL Only 450 People In Town In Path Of Tornado held tonight SI 94 LONGWORTH TELLS embodied in measure.

Immediately after the he vote of 239 to 125 had place: of approval nn the bill, the given that it would face a rovgh werther in the sen a' to tliQt encountered in tfie Senator Harris, Democrat served notice that when was taken up in the senate offer again the $24.000.000 amendment that led to the The second measure came: The rejected by amendment Saturday ar 3 i IN di Believes Lmil Carroll Had In- HOOVER APRIL 10 Signed Checks SATE FOR SESSION IT wai barometer at Norbury Sanitorium yesterday afternoon did a Steve Brotlie. losing .3 inch in the six hours after dinner and boding ill for weather. The reading last night at sunset was 29.57, Temperatures yes- terday were high 0nd at sunset 42. Illinois: Mostly cloudy Tuesday, I rain ehainging to snow in north por- i tion. colder, much colder in extreme south portion; unsettled probably rain or snow north portion and rain in south portion.

Missouri: Mostly cloudy Tuesday. rain changing to snow in northeast portion, colder in east and south portions; rain or snow Wednesday. Iowa: Mostly cloudy Tuesday, snow I in east and central portions; slight-; ly colder in south central and ex- treme east portions: rain or snow Wednesday. Temperatures that lew counties expend the maximum allowed for this purpose, and the The present schedule for Wednes- ments and vote them "up or The hearings, to start as soon as expected to extend all through Wednesday. The same speakers are sched- sembly decide the ultimate fate of the bill.

Governor Emmerson maintains his refusal to comment on the many substitutes that have been offered radically changed he will take no further interest in Us passage or defeat. ACTOR WEDS HEIRESS TO THORNE FORTUNE CHICAGO. Feb UP marriage of Miss Katherine Thorne daughter of a former of Montgomery Ward Company, to George Gillespie, Arizona "Actor Cowboy" which was announced in Phoenix yesterday, came as a su. prise to her Chicago friends who had received announcements for her engagement to Clymer S. Bowen, Chicago broker, last month.

The heiress, who is 21 years old, had announced her engagement to the young broker at a party in her home Jan. 29. Later she left with her parents, the Robert J. Thornes, for a vacation in the southwest. Mr.

Thorne retired from the presidency of the mail roder house, but still is a member of the board. The family is one of Chicago's most prominent, both in business and socially. Gordon C. Thorne, whose fourth marriage took place last week, is a cousin of the heiress. Mr.

Bowen came to Chicago from California after having been graduated from Yale. He and Miss Thorne had been companions at many social gatherings recently. Inadvisable to Call Meet Before That Time, he Tells Hoover TUSCOLA. 111. Feb.

to li on goe DEMPSEY ATTACKED BY MYSTERIOUS MAN DURING EARLY HOUR invades Fight Cedrcom in Miami; Fear Kidnapers Takes Fiancee With Hirn To Mountain Home CUERNEYACA. Mexico, Feb. Charles A. Lindbergh nd Miss Anne S. Morrow, secluded and to ums.

VS' AS HIN TON. Fi resident-Elect Hoove: The president-elect also conferred with William J. Donovan, assistant to the attorney general, who returned to Washington from Santa Fe. New Mr. Longworth said the ways and means committee of the house would hold a meeting Saturday to take stock it did not seem as if congress could DUNCAN, Feb.

heavy windstorm swept, through this village this afternoon, killed at least i 15 persons and left the business sec- 1 tion in ruins. Estimates of the injur- ed ranged as high as two score or more, some perhaps fatally. Six Chinese were killed in the col- I lapse of a store and the other vic- Ums met death in the collapse of buildings. Two blocks of the business district, about fifteen dwellings and four cotton gins were razed. Only four or five business houses were left I standing.

Only three white persons were i known to have been among the dead. I An a curate check of the victims was not possible early tonight because some of them were removed to nearby 1 The storm came about 2:30 this afternoon. At Alligator. six miles north cf Duncan, Mrs. N.

P. Oswalt and baby and Mrs. Rollins Oswalt and two children were injured in the collapse of their home. Known Dead The known dead: Joe Spencer, Cal Bracey, Annie Mack, 7. Katie Mack, and an unidentified man, all whites: Henry Joe, Her- man Joe, and Joe Fong, Chinese; Bos- ton Scott, negroes, and an unidenti- fied negro woman, a Chinese woman and three Chinese children.

The injured include: W. T. Holden; Mrs. Briggs Mack; Mrs. Katie Mack and two Mack children: E.

R. Johnson; Mrs. Ed Harris; Mrs. M. H.

Nettles; H. C. Cade; J. H. Preston and several Chinese.

Duncan has a population of about Four Die In Texas DALLAS. Texas, Feb. wind, ram and hail storm lashed northeast Texas early today, leaving in its wake four dead, six seriously injured and property loss estimated at more than $250,000. Mr. and Mrs.

J. Jones were killed at Cooper sixty miles northeast oi Dallas, by a tornado that demolished their home and two negroes. Alfred and his wife, lost their lives at Grand Prairie, 13 miles west of trial of Nathan Leopold Loeb for the slaying of Bobby Franks. Rounds declared that examples of McAlister's and Carrolls handwriting ua At inn 'I IT. i genuine.

His belief, he said, was that Walter McAlister. -KU wncre engine Rob Hr. April 20 Further, the si a maionty of th and Mrs. Emil he ant Tells of old Hand Boston 34 40 24 New York ........44 54 32 Jacksonville. Fla.

........68 7456 New Orleans 72 78 58 Chicago 3738 33 Cincinnati ........46 4636 Detroit 34 3628 Omaha ........28 28 24 Minneapolis ........28 Helena 3236 30 San 58 58 286 ROB CHICAGO MAN Chicago. Feb. Two robbers early tonight held up Mrs. Edwin C. Price on a near north side street and stole Jewelry valued at $14,000 and a fur coat valued at S3.000.

Mrs. Price's husband is the head of the woodenware manufacturing concern bearing his name. mittee. including Chairman were agreed upon the advisability of limiting tariff schedule revision to agricultural items, so as to equalize protection for agriculture and indus- Wants an Amendment. "I want the measure to be an amendment to the existing tariff he said, "and not a new tariff bill." He i added that therefore any move for the general increase in industrial schedules would be opposed, Mr.

Donovan arrived in Washing; ton this morning from Santa Fe v. here he has been engaged as a mem- of the Rio Grande commission, jand as chairman of the Boulder Dam commission. He called immediately jon the president-elect. It was indi-j cated he would return to New Mex-j ico soon and that he would have fur- I i ther conferences with Mr. Hoover be- fore then.

Thomas D. Campbell, of Montana I again called upon Mr. Hoover today and emphasized his tion that he was i under consid-1 eration for the He said, however, he had discussed the farm situation with the president-elect and that he was convinced the latter would present to the country an agricultural plan that would satisfy not only the farmers but business interests as well. Campbell said that writh farmers numbering only 27 per cent of the population no plan of agricultural re- lief would succeed unless it had the I approval of the business Mr. Hoover, he predicted, would do more for agriculture with his plan than any other president had ever done.

Lott Hi ed R'jur whether EMINENT PASTOR, DR. HILLIS, DIES IN NEW YORK; 71 YEARS OLD HeM Pastorates in Peoria and Evanston; Gained Much Fame NEW YORK. Feb. emeritus of Plymouth church. Brook C.

Moir, and be turned Cooper. Troy Young. 21, Mrs. field, a tourist, and Mrs. Wm.

an, 60. were seriously injured. others, Mr. and Mrs. John and their daughter Leona, 19, injured at Grand Prairie.

Mrs. and her daughter may die, it at a Dallas hospital where were brought for treatment. BRIEFS The jd Press.) Jack a cimiti' a gun Lindv Cheers I on cross examination home town. La Grange, is "just west of Cicero" and whether the "towns adjoin one He then proceeded to question Rounds concerning retainer fees, which the witness said would amount to $100 a day plus expenses. Herrick inquired whether Rounds had even given a decision against the side that employed him.

Rounds replied that he recalled one such case, and Herrick abruptly concluded his examination without putting any questions concerning the disputed signatures. James I. Ennis, Chicago attorney and handwriting expert of 48 years was called to the stand late in the afternoon by the state. Testimony that hand was cold when he handled the body an hour after the collision was given todya by Michael J. Tierney, man on the train that carried the body from the scene of the wreck to Tuscola.

At the conclusion of today's testimony the state had called nearly 5C witnesses and had introduced more than 100 exhibits. Hi! an HP lit tth cnurcn tnree uffcred a cerebral rhage following upon a sessior church council at Plymouth i in January 1924. He went to Creek. for treatment April 1924 he sent from tht resignation to the board of t. mouth congregational churc I then was made pastor emeriti Surviving him are the wido Annie P.

Hillis. two daughter i Marjorie Hillis and Nata I logg. and one son, Richard II of New York. months i of the Battle and in he Ply- lr He Miss Kel- What Pi FIND POLICE STAR ON JACKETiN ON CITY ROADHOUSE Believe Ccat May Have Been Worn in Moran Gang Killing Feb. 14 Cit; -Rev.

hi" pulp SNOW IN NEBRASKA Lincoln, Neb. Feb. snow storm that reports tonight indicated was general from one end of the state to the other, left Nebraska blanketed to a depth of from one to eight inches. HUNTS MISSING SON Ashland, Feb. L.

Mills, of Ashland, is seeking his son, Howard Mills, former train dispatch- er at Stevens Point, who disap- i peared February 18. He wras traced to Chicago. The elder Mills believes I his son may be suffering a lapse of memory. THE DAY IN WASHINGTON President-Elect Hoover conferred with Speaker Longworth on the special session. The house passed the $194,500,000 second deficiency bill, rejecting the $24,000,000 prohibition increase.

The senate, did not take action on the Reed committee report denying a seat to Senator-Elect Vare Pennsylvania. The District of Columbia court of appeals sustained the General Electric company in its contention that station WGY at Schenectady should not share its time with another station. PEORIA. HI, Feb. (A3) Newell Dwight Hillis who died at in Bronxville.

N. today well known in Illinois and clo; bound to this state by ties of colli by marriage and by his fir: I charges. After graduation from Lake Forest I university and McCormick Theologi: cal seminary Dr. Hillis occupied his first pulpit at the First Prebsyterian church of Peoria, and while here was married to Miss Anne Patrick oi Marengo. Ill, who survives.

Later he became pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Evanston and I then the Central church of Chicago, then in the Auditorium theater. He succeeded Prof. David Swing as pastor of the Central church. Dr. Hillis was a familiar figure on lyceum and Chautauqua platforms where he had given more than 2.000 lectures.

He also traveled extensively in South America and Europe. CHICAGO. took a new gangland trail Feb. )rk in th toward tion of 1 on a Fo: -Pol tomgnt witn est Park road- cnief clerk of said the star in named Dal- TiiC cleaning YOUTH, 12, KILLS FATHER Chicago, Feb. A Nicoletti, 12, shot and fatally wounded his father, Philip 39, tonight after elder Nicoletti had spanked him.

TARKINGTON IN HOSPITAL Baltimore, M. Feb. (A3) Tarkington, widely known novelist, re-entered Wilmer Eye Clinic of Johns Hopkins hospital today for further examination and treatment oi a defective optic. found in a the Cicero police force, had been issued to a ma zell, believed to in and dyeing business. Witnesses in the Aloran gang murder inquiry have said two oi the executioners wore uniforms and badges similar to these of the Cicero police.

The investigators have summoned Martin Wojciechowski. Cicero police chief, for questioning. Chief Wojciechowski today was unable to trace ownership cf the badge found with a leather jacket and a pile of weapons in the west side resort. Too Many Motives A multiplicity of motives for the murders was the principal stumbling block the investigation today. can name 50 motives lor tins said David Stansbury, in charge of the inquiry for the state's attorney, no one stands out as being important enough to be called the piobable cause of the murders.

From Page One.) about pi The Morrow recci pci yesterda; He was tion but about hi ask me 1 inter A pi when ind to evi ng to rs continu when i more pie Damage Kug Shop Chicago. Feb. Damage estimated at $500,000 was caused tonight by fire that broke out in the upper floors of a six story building at Wabash and Madison streets, occupied by an oriental rug shop. Its stock was damaged or destroyed. King Will Filed Galesburg.

Ill Feb. The will oi the late Edward J. King, congressman from the fifteenth Illinois district who died in Washington a we. was filed for probate this at moon. disposed oi personal property wo.

a $60.000 and real estate valued at $8.500. the bulk of the estate to be shared equally by his son. Dr. Ivan R. King and his widow, Mar- guerita Kintr.

he YV th; to cusc eddinr plans. "You must or, "maybe I can i teli vou that in a few days." were his responses. Asked if these answers meant that plans were not yet form- I ulated, he replied, "any interpretation is on your own However, the Associated Press learned from the highest authority the plans in fact have not yet been decided on. STANDARD OIL MAN DIES Chicago. Feb.

OP) Parks, 60, ice president of the Standard Oil company, of Indiana, in charge of manufacturing died this morning in the company hospital at Maracaiba. Venezuela, according to word received by company officials here today. Death was caused by cerebral dispatch said. His bedy is being returned to the United States. His home was in Chii cago.

and oper rivei Post Whi Puss Bridge Bills ashing ton, Feb. ie today passed and sent to the ite the Denison biil to extend the one and three years, respective- rom March 6, 1929, for commenc- and completing a bridge across the river at or near Cairo, 111. ie house also passed and sent to president the senate bill to au- ize Roy Clippingerulys Pyle, Ed- Leathers, Groves K. Flescher, Carmen Flescher to construct and ate a bridge across the Wabash at or near New Harmony, in county, and a point in te county, 111. Peoria Votes Today Peoria, 111., Feb.

Voters tomorrow will select nominees for mayor city clerk, city treasurer, and the city council in the primary election tomorrow. Mayor Louis Mueller is seeking renommation on the Republican ticket and is opposed by E. N. Woodruff, former mayor, and James E. Betson, a contractor.

Approve New Stock Chicago, Feb. LA of the Public service company of Northern Illinois today approved issue I of 200,000 shares of no-par common stock at the discretion of the board of directors and sanctioned the reservation of 29,525 shares of $100 par par common stock for sale to em- i pioyes. i.Ji..