Mt. Vernon Register-News from Mt Vernon, Illinois • Page 1

Nearly 7000 Circulation on Combined Daily and Weekly. MI VERNON REGISTER-NEWS Southern Illlnoi DaHy With graph Aaioclated Press International jrews Service VOLUME I-NO. A NON-PARTISAN PAPER A SQUARE DEAL FOR FAVORS FOR NONE Ctrcnlmttoa Rovers leffenon Like a Blaakel MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1921 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS BY CARRIE1 SOUTH AFRICA VOTING ON SECESSION CAPACITY HOUSE GREETS K. OF P.

SHOW LAST NIGHT UUKAI, DDAMA IS WELL PlfE- SENTKI) HY THOROUGHLY CAPABLE CAST. Production "Down In Delights Dig Audience The Theatre. A capacity audience greeted "Down In EgypU' the rural drama lit the Plaza theatre lu.it evening under tlie auspices of the Knights of Pythias lodge of Mi IK city. and well trained cast look part in the production which was well staged and presented in a way that showed the results of careful direction. The stage settings were attractive and altogether the performance was a most creditable one, for who took part, and for KOwin T.

Mc Henry and 10." Denbo under whose direction the play was staged. The play was of ain't done right by mir Uttle of rural drama that was very popular some years ago and which came as a refreshing novelty to an audienc: familiar with the vamps who occupy the stage in the modern drama. One -its On Goodwin I'lirni. The play opens at the farm of Amos Goodwin and much of the first act is required to introduce the various characters and acquaint the audlenc-j with the fact that Flora the pride of the Goodwin household is believed to have fallen In love with Phillip Duv- lelgh a New Yorker who has been spending the summer at an adjoining farm. There is considerable speculation on the part of interested persons as to how young Pave Weston the local candidate for Flora's favor is goins TEACHER AND SEVEN KILLED NEAR ENCEVILLE ILL Old Can of Nitroglycerine Explodes When Boys Play With It Destroys Country School House Believed to Have Been Buried in CreeVrxby Oil Drilling Party; Girl Pupils Eating Lurnxji at Time and None Seriously SEWER AND LIGHT QUESTION ENGAGE COUNCIL'S TIME CITY SOLONS HOLD LATE SESSION' DEVOTED TO HAltD PKOHLEMS.

MfinlK'i-s Indulge in Sarcasm At lvvpen.se of "Uliie Coats And Old Is Again Hi-neweil. The city council held a long session last night, adjournment not being had until 11 o'clock. The sewer problem was the principal subject of discussion, while the location and of lights was considered at grea: length. The quest ion of a sewer to cover the eastern section of the town, and to bear up under the shock and a continuation the sewer runninr, develops when Pave himself nppearr-. that it Is going hard with him indeed.

He appears In person to warn the old man Goodwin that no good can come of a New York man marrying a simpl' country girl. Hut Goodwin Sr. quite properly resents Dave's advice on family matters and informs him "his little-girl is good enough for anv man, even a duke or a belted earl" or words to that effect in lines tha! are reminiscent of Miss Jean Libby in her most inspired moments. All doubt as to the fact that young Burleigh is really a nice young man and not the wolf in sheep's clothing that some may have feared is removd i when he appears with the winsome young lady of his choice and in a straight forward and manly way asks Father Goodwin for his daughter's hand. The curtain falls on the first act with the loving couple embracing and receiving the parental blessing.

The Plot Thickens from the Swii't ami Faulkner plants, is still an unsolved problem. Deferred to CommHer. After much discussion the matte was referred to a committee instructed to meet with lib board of local improvement this af: ernoon. I The question of an outlet for the sewer was one of the big by the council, and thi; iwill be taken up and reported on at a later meeting. South Town Sewer, Smee river, some times called the town sewer, the big ditch, etc was brought Into the discussion, a citizen of the south part of ih.

city declared that if relief was not provided the city would be sued. Various phases of the question were brought out in the discussion, which lasted some time. Light on The Subject. Kecent in location of city If the play moved rather slowly the first act it can truthfully be saLI smith part of the dtv that the plot tHickens vM.id'lv in the nh lt animated dis- second act for Mrs. Burleigh the su mother of voung Phillip appears on Hght recentIv moved from scene bent preventing the streets to bell marriage of her son to the simple th was; ordered moved country lassie a.

all costs. What with 1 1 "rent-. the way the gilded youth of Man hat 1 HT WAS 0, DEML tan commit matrimony with chorus: 1 and Conger girls and the like one would think After Police Again, that the mother would be glad to seel ,7" T' her son married to a charming coun- 1,0 nf 'George Taylor as policeman or clt. IIVNASSOI'I I'RKHH LAWIUCNCEV1LLK, Feb. verdict of accidetiKwas returned today by a coroners jury the death of eight persons Killed at the Crossroads school two lilies west of here I yesterday.

Another boy is expected to die. Einmett Bunyan, 'M, the 'Veacher and seven hoy pupils were killed when one of the boys pulled the cap off a can of nitroglycerin. The can was fyund in a creek near the Lawrence county authorities found other cans emptied but with sufficient nitroglycerin agglutinated to the inner side to cause explosions of great intensity. Search is being made for other cans to prevent a p.risible repetition of explosion. LAW UENCEVI LLE, 111., Feb, Emmet Bunyan, a teacher in the Crossroads schoolhouse, two and one- half miles west of here, and six oi' his pupils were killed today when a can of nitroglycerin exploded.

The can had been found buried near the school oy one of the boy pupils. At the noon reces-, when some of the children were released to go to their homes, one of the boys found an can. partly buried in the banks of ireek near the schoolhouse. He tossed it to another boy in the other and crossed over to examine it, in prying off the lid the can exploded and both boys were killed. The wall of the schoolhouse was blown in and Bunyau and six children were hurled through the opening.

They had been in the schoolyard near the build- ng. All of those killed were boys ranging In age from 12 to 16 years. The girl pupils were in another part of the building, eating their lunch, and were uot seriously injured. There are several oil wells in the neighborhood, and it is thought the can was one used to blow oil wells. It is possible a well-drilling contractor leaving the vicinity hesitated to carry the explosive in bis outfit and burled it In the creek bed.

try girl but such is far from the case She has social ambitions and wants Phillip married to "one of our own set." Phillip has been called to New York on business and it seems that nil is not well, from the first because Flora has not received a letter she had been expecting and as all know the absent lover who fails to write is in danger of losing standing rapidly. Up to the present their has been no dirty work in the nlay but it sta-ts when the rejected suitor Dave West calls at the postofiiee and obtains the letter for Flora, the rural freo delivery apparently not prevailing In the section of Egypt in which the Goodwin farm is located. Dave Intends to give the letter to the Goodwins and starts to do so several times but finally yields to temptation and keeps it in his pocket. TIOMPP Falls to Arrive. Disconsolate over the failure of the evnorted letter to arrive Flora encounters Mrs.

Burleigh who informs her that her son is "a man of the world" who has only been playing With her vouthful affections and no Intention of marrying her. To siibstanfla'to this charge sho shows rt letter in her son's' handwriting in which he declares he hns no intention of ond has merely been a good time. Plorn is reduced to tears by such a revolution and nromlses the mother to write to Phillip nnd tell him he must never see her again, and the (Continued on Page Three.) marshal, was discussed. The council hns refused to confirm Mr. Taylor's appointment as ci'y marshal and be Is Kerving under authority of his appointment as police.

At a previous meeting Police Magistrate S. D. Cooper was Instructed to pay no more city marshal fees to Mr. Taylor. The statement made that the police magistrate had failed to comnly with the Instructions of tlie council, and the council last, night instructed him to refund the moiiey to the city which it was claimed he had Illegally paid to Some of the aldermen made sarcastic comments regarding the police and the loss of a dockot from the police magistrate's office recently.

One alderman suggested that tiny tike out insurance on the night po lice. Appointed to Vacancy. Mayor L. 0. Alexander appointed i visitors Mrs.

Fred P. Watson, a member of the library honvd to (111 the vacancy caused by the dentb of Mrs. A. O. Johnson, mother of Mrs.

Watson. Th anpolntment was unanimously confirmed. CHILD OF EIGHT IS "FIRST LADY" U. S. COMMISSIONER HOLDS WILLIAMSON ON $20,000 BOND Cl'V KtXK TESTIl'IKS AiJAINHT I'OKMKK PAItTSEK AT llt.All- INX! AT CKNTIIAI.IA TODAY.

SIIYH ItohlM'ry Was Planned Weeks Ahead of Time And That He Stolw Mail Poneli lint Williamson Helped Hide Money. I.oren Williamson, arrested in connection with the $212,000 mail rob- beiy here was given a preliminary hearing at Centralia this afternoon held to await the action of the grand jury on $20,000 bond. The hearing was before V. S. Commia -loner Grant Featberling.

Williamson was released when he furnished a new bond with tlie same sureties given hetore. The only witness placed on the stand by the United States was Guy Kyle partner of Williamson. Kyle testlfleVl nearly an hour relating details of the robbery and telling under onth a dlflerent story than that he told newspapermen here following, his nrrcst. According to the story told by Kyle at Centralia today he nnd Williamson planned the robbery for weeks. He.

stated that he had watched the actions of the mail driver In the rear of the postofiiee building and states that Williamson informed him that a heavy mine pay roll arrived in Mt. Vernon on tlie thirtieth of each month. Kyle said that on the morning of January he watched the wagon from a' place of vantage and when the driver went into the postofiiee for a minute he seized the mall pouch. He stated that, Williamson did not come to the store until about seven o'clock and that when he he asked how he had made out, and he. Kyle told him he had got the mail pouch.

Kyle then testified that Williamson had helped to cojiccal the money in various places and that, they had planned ways to dispose of It. It was when Williamson called up tlie officers and said he had found some of the money In a garage in the northern part of the city that the loot was recovered and Kyle was arrested. After Kyle had been taken to East St. Louis and en a preliminary hearing a warrant was issued for Williamson also. He was taken to Centralia and filled bond and his preliminary hearing which was set for today.

At the hearing in Centralia today United Stales District Attorney Burns appeared in person to conduct the examination of Kyle when he was placed on the witness stand. Both Kyle and Williamson are now out on lioiiiB' nf $20,000 each. Williamson has protested his Innocence since arrested and asserts that Kyle is seeing to implicate bin in the affair through a spirit of revenge. EDISON AT 74 SEEKS TO PERFECT MACHI TO TALK WM DEAD Aged Inventor Hale and Hearty As Forty Believes Such a Machine Is His Theory of What Constitutes tl ality in the Human Body Is Greatest of His Experiments on Birthday. Man of lible If son- of 7 ve RALEIGH, N.

C. Feb. venr old Angelia Morrison, daughter of Governor Cameron Morrison, o' North Carolina, is believed to hold the distinction of being the ''first lady" of any state in the union. Mr. Morrison is a widower, his wife having died early last year.

When Governor Morrison was ln- a few weeks ago, little Angolla was at his side during all the festivities of the occasion. Angell.i was accorded a great ovation when she entered the City where Mr. Morrison took the oath of office, walking between nnd holding the arms of her father and the retiring Governor, Thomas Walter Blck- ett. After Governor Morrison had taken the oath of office, Angella accompanied him to tho executive offices In the capital and thence to tho Governor's Mansion, where she stood with ler father in the receiving line and shook hands with thousands of BAN PLACED ON NAUGHTY DANCES IN EAST ST. LOUIS RESIDENCE PHOI'EHTY SELLS.

John Nesmith has sold his rest- ASHLEY MAN DIES HERE LAST NIGHT Andrew Novak, of Ashley, who has been at Mt. Vernon hospital some days, died last night at 9:30. His deuce at. 11G North Seventh street to age was 72 years, 2 months and Otis Furgerson. The consideration days.

was $3200. The deal Was made by Morton Marteeny. The body was shipped today tJ Ashley for burial. liitrrualluuHl EAST ST. LOUIS, Feb.

Exit, tho "shimmy," and "shuftle" from East St. Louis. The City Council has adopted a resolution threatening to revoke the 11- of all dance halls where so-called "freak" dancing is permitted. The ban Is placed on the "Cat Step," "Camel Walk," "Texas Tommy," "Bunny Hug," "Toddle" and "El Gato" as well. The Council declared itself in favor of "healthy, recreative dancing," but expressed tlie opinion that, "some dance hulls were permitting dancers to set too fast a pace" in the art of terusichore.

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WEST OIIANGE, N. Feb. you think it possible that you may devise any mechanism through which, when you have left this life, you may hope to communicate with us?" Thomas A. Edison, the woudi wizard, who will be on Februarj II and is as hale and hearty as r. man of 4 0 and constantly at work upon being asked the above question gave the Internal ionnl News Servlc Interviewer this answer: "If my theory is correct--that the machine called man Is only a mass dead matter ami that the real life is in the millions of individual unit which navigate this machine, und It on the destruction of the machine these Individual units keep together, including those which have charge of memory (which is our personality) 1 think it is possible to devise NEW PITCHER IS SIGNEDfBY MT.

V. BASEBALL CLUB "IH'lll!" ADAMS WITH (JOOI) HKC ODD IN LEAGUE BAHEMALL I. I'EKEOitM HEME. New Olllllelder Is Also Deported Signed And Other Good Men Will Me Obi nlned. ONE PARTY WOULD WITHDRAW FROM BRITISH EMPIRE SMUTS HEADS WANTINO TO OONTINI'E' AS SKIJF OOVEKNIXO DOMINION.

iahorltlcs Are A Third Party III Elii'tlon Degnrdcd As One Of Most In Hrlt- isli History. HICKS IS TAKEN TO PRISON TODAY Announcement was made today by the management of the ML Vernon Car Co. baseball team that "Itube" Adams a pitcher with much league experience had been signed for the coming season. Pitching gave the team more trouble than anything else last season and the management has begun to prepare early for this for the coming season. Adams whose home lg In St.

Louis conies to the Car Builders with the recommendation of a number of experienced baseball men who are friendly with the local club. He is a right bander 28 years of age and five feet eleven in height. He has been playing professional baseball since 1 breaking in with Hannibal in the old Central association. In be was with St. Joe in the Western League and in 1017, played with the Kansas City club in the Federal League.

Since then he has been playing independent ball being in the Missabeo Iron Haugc League in Minnesota last season. It is also reported that a very fast outfielder has been engaged to assist Jenkins and Elders in the fly chasing deparl meat. An official of the club states that another ilrst class pitcher will be engaged, and that another catcher wl'l he obtained to help Newman. Th-3 regular catcher of the club is a bear for work but there is always danger of the man behind the hat being put by injuries and the club plans to carry two catchers' this season. I The way things are shaping up it said that a first baseman is about that is causing any worry now and Mt is expected thai a man of class will be found for this position giving even ie stronger team than that in the hole, last season.

Ity ANwonated Prrna. CAPTETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, Kelt. 8. -General elections were being held today throughout tho South the actual balloting" tho culmination of a threo roriWed political contest between tho Slwith African party, headed by the Nationalists tin- der the readership of Gen. Hortsog and tho whoso chief Is Col.

TreadweU. The main issue between the of Gen. Smuts dad Gen. Hertzog 18 secession from tluV. empire, IIy AMovlaled LONDON, Feb.

less vital an issue that secession of rtu import-', ant state from the British" Empire arises In the balloting in the election of a new legislative assembly in tha Union of South Africa. England Is much concerned as it is regarded that few more Important elections have taken place in a British dominion. Broadly tho question is whothor South Africa which compromises, Capo of Good Hope, Natal. Transvaal and Orange Free state shall continuo alloginuce to the King of England a self governing dominion or whether' the Union of South Africa shall Bety up an Independent ropuhlic. The sympathy of England Iv.

naturally with the loyalists forces In South-. Africa but both sections are admired for their action In settling the Issuo by a resort to the ballot instead of by more drastic means. FORCES HIS WIFE TO DRINK POISON THEN SHOOTS HER Weather Forecast Unsettled tonight and tomorrow, probably with rani; warmer In no rt cot -Hon tonlirht. GUEENVILLE. Feb.

William ('million, 27 years old, forced his wife, Mrs. Mabel Carilllon, 27 years old, to drink poison and then shot her in the right side in their home at Pocahontas, 111., nine west of here, this morning. Ho then shot himself in the right side. Wiley Payne, father-in-law of ('million, entered the room when lw hoard Mrs, Carillion scream, but when Carilllon, who was lying on tho floor badly wounded, saw him hd arose end fled into the woods east of the town. A crowd of miners formed a posse and began a search of the surrounding country.

Sheriff J. W. Wilson of Greenville arrived during the afternoon and, leading the posso, caught Carillion. Sheriff Grant Irvtn left for Chester this morning with O. P.

Hicks, convicted at the January term of the circuit court of the murder of Arthur Dunbar at Inn, December 1, 1020. The jury which tried the case fixed Mr. Hicks' punishment at fourteen years in the penitentiary. Court house humorists say that Ott Smith accompanied them to the station, trailing along about twenty feet behind, but never letting them get out of the range of his eagle eye. apparatus to receive communications if they desire to make them.

It will be very difficult as each individual as to size ia beyond the limit of our present miscroscopes." "When I was a little hoy," said Edison, "Perslstontly trying to fin out how the telegraph worked and why, the best explanation 1 ever got wa sfrom an old Scotch line repairer, who said that if you had a dog like a dachschimd long enough to reach from Ed in burg to London, if you pulled his tail In Kdinburg he would hark In London." ''I could understand that," saysi Edison, "But it was hard to get what It was (hat went through the or over the wire." Edison Is not unmindful of difficulties to be overcome, even ordin- arlly, after successful invention of apparatus. The sneaking motion picture awaits only operators of sufficient skill. Pefore the electric light could he used commercially thousands of men had to be technically trained. Edison recalls that whe.i he was a telegraph operator in Boston and invented a duplex system that would carry two messages over the same wire at the same time. In- spent of borrowed money ti establish a circuit to ltoehester 11.

had to give il up because in spite of his minute instructions nobody could operate the other end. I asked Edison what the most vital problem the world has to solve, is. He said: "Generally, labor and capital; so-called." "What has been the most important event in your life?" I asked. "That crude model of which 1 thought might possibly give a clue to the possibility of recording and reproducing the human voice. It actually did so on the first test, and my astonishment was profound," Ire answered.

"What Is education?" I asked him. Edison had no regular schooling to sneak of and has attained by methods all his own the vast store of varied knowledge through which ho hns worked bis marvels. "Tho mnin essential" Edison answered, "Is to have' teachers who can expla'n the reason for and working of things by analogy with things which the scholar already is familiar with, instead of words of which the scholar does not know the Personality he puts to the fore, here, as in all else. EX-SERVICE MEN SHOULD GET BUSY "4 Today and tomorrow is your chance to get your Victory Medal without any red tape, the representative from the adjutant general's Office is now on duty at the American Legion hall for the purpose of taking, your application, and every ex-sery- ice man wants to take advantage his service while he is here. It Is not necessary for the ox-servr Ice man to appyl himself.

He may let some of his friends apply for him. In case a mother or father had a sop to die while in tho service or who died after leaving the service, the next of kin to the deceased man may apply fo Jiis medal. But if deceased was married at the time pf his death his wife must apply, It is not necessary to have seen service overseas. But all applicants must bring thol rorlglnal discharge papers with them. These discharges will be held by the representative for four days so that proper awards he made to each mam This nppUes only to men who serv- ed in the army between April 6, 1917 and November 11, 1018.

Ex-service men of the navy and Marine corps must apply at the Naval recruiting station St. Louis, Mo..