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IDEBE ui Thirty-First Year. (FULL LEASED WIEH SERVICE! Olf TUB UNITED FEKS3) BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS, 'TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1923. EIGHT PAGES Trice: Three Cexts ir Ji it mm -BML RE1UI WW AP kWk: armers' Co-opereB Montenegro Honors New York Woman II IBS 1 ill III I UP TO SEIIATE To Governor After Houses Agree Upon Amendments By HALBERT 0. CREWS Heat May Have Twisted Rails, That Sent Train Into The Ditch i Durand, June 5 Five were killed and thirty injured, ten seriously, when a special train carylng 200 Masons to a state Knights Templar convention at Flint, was wrecked near here at noon. The dead: JOHN HERICKSON, Knight Temp-lar, 35, Ionia, Mich.

H. J. WELDON, Knight Templar, Ionia, Mich. TRAIN NEWS BUTCHER, name not learned. FRANK PEARSON, engineer.

JOE PARKER, fireman. otiiiui SENATE COMMITTEE GIVING OM i WITNESSES TESTIFY FOR AND AGAINST PROPOSED LAW LIMITING) WORK OF WOMEN TO NINE HOURS IN ANY ONE DAY-EMPLOYERS IN SOME LINES OF BUSINESS SAY LAW WOULD PREVENT THEIR MEETING EM. ERGENCIES AND CRIPPLE (Spivtnl by tli tTmtwl Pre8) Springfield, 111., June 5 The house today passed the farmers' cooper ative bill, the principal measure in the assembly demanded by the farmers of the state. It received 99 votes and BOOZE RUNNERS ORGANIZE TO RUSH INVASION OF NEW YORK BEFORE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GETS ITS PROHIBITION FORCES INTO ACTION WILL CONCENTRATE GUARDS ON INTERNATIONAL BORDER. NIBUS APPROPRIATIONS BILL FINAL GOING OVER WHILE THE HOUSE IS ENGROSSED IN' PUBLIC HEARING OF HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR ROAD BILL.

1 0 i'-1' v-5--? i By HALBERT O. CREWS 'United PrcM BtnK Correspondent) June 5-pThe senate W. K. McSween, commander of the Ionia commandery. was amona the seriously Injured.

The Injured were being rushed to appropriations committee is holding what is expected to be the final hear-'- hospitals in Oswego and Flint in emergency ambulances. (Snwtal by TJnltort Pnms) Springfield, 111., June 5-i-Propon- ents and opponents of the women's eight hour day had a field day before the state senate today. For three hours they argued for and against the bill and left It to the tender mercies of the senators. Ing on the omnibus bill this afternoon. At the close of the hearing the committee probably will Doctors and nurses from these two towns were rushed here by automo bile to aid in carina for the injured.

report the bill out this evening with The death list may mount In. the 47 were cast against It. The bill now goes to the senate for concurrence in amendments to the bill made by the house. Since the. amendments were all agreed to by friends of tho bill, no difficulty Is anticipated on concurrence and the governor ia expected to have the measure before the latter part of tho week.

The bill provides for the organization of farmere' co-operative societies for the marketing of farm products. It is modelled after the laws adopted by California and several other states and Is believed to be the last word in laws of this nature. The only speech made againBt the measure on passage today was by Representative Thomas J. O'Grady of Chicago. Most of the Chicago members voted against the bill.

a recommendation that It next few hours by deaths of those ser iously injured, doctors said. Count Jovan Tlamenatz, prime minister of Montenegro and the official representative of King Mlohnel the First, conferring the order of a knight grand officer of King Daniel I upon Miss Oassity E. Mason, founder and principal of the Castle school for girls at Tarrytown-on-Hudson. The order was conferred on Miss Mason for her "eminent services rendered to the cause of education and as ft mark of appreciation for her noble sympnthy for the suffering population of Montenegro." Miss Mnaon was ennobled by the late Queen Dowager Mllenn. This was the first time In five hundred years of that country's history that a woman or foreigner was so honored.

No changes have been made in the bill at the three hearings held here-, tofore and it is believed that the com" Cause of the wreck has not been established definitely. The engine mittee will hand the measure over to the senate in the form In which it came Washington, June 5 Tho first step of the federal government toward assuming full responsibility for prohibition enforcement in New York state will shortly be taken when a large force of general prohibition agents of the mobilo forces will bo concentrated on tho Canadian border of the Mate. Alarmed by the rapid revival of rum running over the border since the withdrawal of state support, federal prohibition officials are preparing to act speedily before the border situation gets out of hand. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, who considers the border problem the most serious of all raised by the repeal of the state ry law, will confer today or tomorrow with Commissioner of Internal Revenue Blair and Prohibition Commissioner liaynes on a plan of action. jumped the rails and three coaches following were overturned.

Expansion of the rails as a result of the heat, might have-caused the wreck, from the Arguments have been heard on the necessity of the ap proximately stricken out by't the house, whioh-eliminated among The hearing was arranged by the committee on corporations and Industrial affairs which sent the bill back to the senate without recommendation as to Its, passage. The committee, however, had a report of a subcommittee recommending that the bill be amended so as to provide for a ten hour day as the law now ln force does, but to limit the number of hours women may work in any one week to flfty-flve. This will be pushed as the principal amendment to the bill, which passed the house without any amendment, Just as it was introduced by Mrs. Lottie Holman O'Neill. The opponents of the bill had the first inning at this hearing today.

They railroad officials said. The train left' Grand Rapids early others, most of the health, superlnten- Medicinal Liquor this morning with eighty Knights Templar and picked up delegations. to the Flint convention at interme diate The train was within fifty miles of its destination at' the dents in the state health department and all bf the assistant commerce com missjoners, but the committee appar- ently prefers to alio the entire sen--' ate to pass on the question ofrestor-' ing these appropriations to the bllL 5 RoadBill riearing In House Gives Loophole time of the wreck; i i Four thousand Knights Templar had gathered at FlinUor the 67th annual 'convention of tne order and Vere In the bouse this Afternoon a pub- JIM SETS Sll CI FDR roiAliUIIE 20 duced a number of employers', and Tiinrr iirhnrtm! iuro lie hearing is being held on the one i mil i in i-iiiii employes representing various lines waiting on this special train before going ahead with the program of hundred; million dollar road bond is drills scheduled to start at noon. suer bill. After something 200.

miles had been added to. the system May Solve Difficulty With Foreign Ships Bootlegger Race To Cross N. Y. Line Montreal, June- American bootleggers 'from New York state are rushing their shipments of Canadian liquor southward hoping to Biuuggle heavy cargoes over the line before federal officials a "front" along the international boundary. The bootleggers are seizing the opportunity offered by the repeal of New York state's dry law, and the consequent slackening Of prohibition enforcement by state officials.

by committee amendments last further additions were, stopped by ad- of industry, all of whom declared that the eight, hour bill would interfere with emergencies and make operation well night impossible. The employes without exception declared that they were now working short hours and were satisfied. The proponents of the measure pro Delegations from the convention were expected to meet the automobiles containing the injured, as they arrive at Flint hospitals. mnii iiiunuto KILLED III 01 III Mil ministration members and this after noon's hearing will demonstrate to what extent administration forces are in control of the situation. If the DENYING PLEAS OF THE DEFEN--DANTS FOR 8EPARATE TRIALS, ROCKFORD JURIST ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR THE CASE UPHOLDS NINE OF FOURTEEN COUNTS IN THE JAPAN ARRESTS ICQ duced a large number? of employes, mostly women, who contended that bill is to pass in the time remaining before final adjournment, no time can Washington, June Vessels of foreign countries whose laws require 4he issuance of a liquor ration to ships' crews, may obtain permits to biins; the necessary liquor into American waters if they can convince health service officials In charge of issuing be lqst and an effort will be made REDS AS COMMUNISTS after the hearing; this afternoon, to nnniT miii nips COLORED OFFICER FATALLY WOUNDED KILLS MAN WHO SHOT HIM BYSTANDER KILL-ED BY STRAY BULLET IN DEATH BATTLE OF POLICEMAN AND CRIMINAL.

(Special by the CnUefl Trw) report the bill on the floor." Even if this is done it cannot reach a vote until next week and in all probabll- Waukegan, 111., June i ireuu perniits that the liquor is necessary Judge R. K. Welsh today upheld ninejt0 tne crew health. This gaping of the fourteen counts in the indict-1 loophole was discovered by governments aealnst Eddie Courtney, Eddie mon, nfflntnla tndflv In thr refill at Inti 5 ity It will have to go to a conference the measure is necessary to protect women from over-fatigue. Among those who spoke against the bill were: J.

P. Linnen, Rockford; Miss Vera Hickman, secretary of the state women's league, Rock Island; Miss Grace St. Claire, Chicago; Miss M. Lehnen of the Illinois Bell Telephone exchange, Springfield; Dr. J.

C. Stubbs of the Illinois hospital association; Miss B. Scholz of Block and department store, Peoria; A. G. Abraham and M.

C. Levy of Rock Island, ULLUII mnii uilu WHEN IHTEH1 cm io ctit H-atrmnn nrf J. nernard Field in Jo.H,n( rnr Chicago, June 5WThree negro men, By CLARENCE DUBOSE (I'nltfd rre Staff Correspondent) Tokio, June 6 One hundred socialist leaders were arrested here today by authorities driving against an alleged plot to communtee Japan. The arrests were made while tho cabinet was in session considering resumption of negotiations looking towards an agreement with soviet, connection with alleged fixing of thejenforcemenl.of the 8upreme court d. including a policeman killed in committee of the two houses after it passes the, house forl adjustment of senate and house amendments.

Payroll Probe Crisis The payroll Investigation is expect-. od to reach a crisis, it the meeting of the special committee headed by Representative John P. Hart of Aurora late this afternoon, the commit a Kuu cmei nere iusi nignc. The shooting, which took place in a pool room, started when Patrolman B. W.

Sutton attempted to arrest Ernest Jackson. Jackson drew a rtvol- Governor Len Small Jury. Judge Welsh denied the plea of the defendants for separate trials and the case for June 20. He also announced he would not hear the case. clsion banning liquor from ship within the three mile limit.

Unless specifically instructed by this department as to what constitutes a ranannnhln aimtilv nf mpitlrin.il linnrtr aboard foreign ships, public healti of-er' 8hootinS tllu ottice: ln the Killed Trying To Hold tee up to the present time has Inves Sutton returned the fire, mortally flcials will have no alternative 1o Up Marion Roadhouse Defendants Demand Grand Jurors as Witnesses tigated only two important phases of (Special to Daily Republican) Rockford, June 6 Rudolph Har-bels of Belolt, was instantly killed this morning when the automobile in which he was riding was struck by an interurban car at a grade crossing on Hie Deloit line near the Illinois-Wisconsin state line. "Pat" Crowe was the motonnan on the car and the conductor, Oliver Bittner. Showers To Cool Middle West Soon granting permits for the amount of 'liquor demanded by ships' doctors, Demands dptlaml Waukegan, 111., June Marion, 111., June 5 Ezra Fowler, Pittsburgh. 111., was shot and Instantly killed when he attempted to hold wounding Jackson, and James WIs-ger, a bystander, was killed by a stray bullet. When police arrived the placo was deserted savo for the bodies of the three victims.

the expenditures of state appropriations, the health superintendents and the social hygiene division of the health department. Members of the committee, Includ that an investigation be made of the Evasion of tho drastic ban against manner in which the Lake county aU quor excppt that for mMHcinal Jury returned indictments nurDWes thr0ueh this loophole would grand Spwlnl by" tho United Press) Washington, June 5 Thunder showei-s will bring cooler weather over practically the whole of the United States east of the Rockies by tomorrow, the weather bureau hero predicted today. ing Minority Leader John Devlne, de against five men on charges of plot-, obvjate the major international diffi- up a notorious road house north of here last night. He was shot, witnesses said, after wounding Ralph Hill, who refused to obey Fowler's command of "hands up." USE VOTES TO ting to bribe the Small Jury, introduced a new angle In the case here today. Attorneys for the five men attempted to have Judge Welsh, who is sit cultles which officials have faced as the result of protests of seven nations against enforcement of the court's decision.

Would Still Foreign Protest. Evanston Sensitive About "Main Street" Evanston, June 5 The pride of "Main Kanston, the original subject of the book by that name has been offended by the "label of IE GIT FOR Faculty Rebels When College ting in place of Judge Edwards, make If the treasury department permits clare that in the limited time at the disposal of the committee it is absolutely impossible to make anything like an adequate investigation of the scope covered the resolution creating the committee and it is believed recommendations for a bill extending the life of the committee will-be made. Another committee meeting today Ls the body investigating the use of the state fair grounds a few days ago by the Ku Klux Klan for a ceremon-: ial. A number of witnesses are being public the minutes of the special tnjg constructlon of tne regulations to The move followed a stand, the principal powers who have hickdom" and an attempt to rechris- grand jury. Head Rules DeadLanguagesDead ten the thorough litre is being made GUARDS TUI motion of Attorneys fierce ana uuu- made tng most vehement protests yard, attorneys for Fields, to call the crew liquor ban, France, number of grand Jurors as witnesses i gpaln and portUKai wm be plain their efforts to quash the thirteen indictments now standing against the A gtore of liquor" for five defendants.

crew purposes alone on an average Residents of Main street have started a petition to i lie mayor, requesting that the name, which they state has become "indicative of a yoltel condition and a target for humor," be erased from the city directory. No substitute name is suggested. Springfield, 111., June 5 The house today passed the bill authorizing the without a college decree, further incensed students and faculty members who have protested hLs appointment as head of the college. College colors were at half mast and a red flag floated from the top of the school flag pole when Wilson took charge Mon IHpeolnl by the United Presn Stillwater, June 5 "Let the dead rest in peace," George C. Wilson, farmer-laborer league organizer and new head of the Oklahoma M.

college here declared today in support: of his views that the classics did not help in the raising of better The fife are Eddie Courtney, llner wlth a crew of 400 men for a ward Kaufman, Michae Doyle, John en passage would bo approxi- heaid including the management oi the sttate fair and some of the officers of the klan. B. Fields, one of tho Jurors In the 2S harrei8 of 'wine. wholly state to take over control of camp (irant for the use of the Illinois national guard. The bill carries an appropriation of $225,000 to carry out the provisions of the act Camp Grant is owned by the federal government but has been offered to the state for national guard training purposes.

Small trial, and William Riley, saloon- apart from and brandy, off.i-Most Contagions Are Confined To Chicago day. Ten instructors have announced their resignations as a result of the reform contemplated by the new head. keeper, alleged to have admitted ms today part in paying money to a juror. Tne tlireat 0f nrem'en and stokers Both1 houses got down to work in earnest today. They attacked the crowded calendars and hope by Friday night to make some headway in clearing them of scores of bills.

The court session broke up Monday ion tne French Hne to strike it their I Wilson, who took over the presld- Springfield, June 5 Most of ency of the state school yesterday the contagious disease cases in Ills-1 under protection of five national nois are in ook county according to guard officers indicated ancient with a heated argument between the li(luor rati0n is withheld from them in attorneys and the court. Judge Welsh American port8, reported from Paris; POLICE SEEK "STOLEN" PURSE; FIND IT IN TILL denied that he had any legal right to lfJ expected to bring the crew liquor demand the minutes of the grand Jury matter to a bead. the wekely report of the department languages would be banished from the ofhealth. Institution as his first educational re- The detailed report shows: dlph- form, theria 114; scarlet fever 156; small-' "The classic languages are dead As To Cultural Education. Columbia, Juno 5 Cultural education is as good for the farmer as it is for any other man in the'opinlon of Dean F.

B. Mumford of the University of Missouri agricultural school. number of Latin and Greek cultural subjects have been eliminated frot a our requiremen for a degree Signed Names 7,000 Times To Get Bonus Bonds Ready to Issue mr.potn too UniM Prii Springfield, 111., 5 Governor proceedings, ana accused me auor- ships French Territory" ney.s of "splitting hairs." premier Poiucare and tho French minister of marine are now expected 'pox 16; typhoid fever 11; influenza issues," Wilson explained today. (Special to Daily Republican) Rockford, Juno 5 Anton Hill reported to the sheriff's office this that a purse containing $165 was pneumonia 242; whooping cough 184. "There is no necessity for their in- J-jl elusion in the college curriculum here.

Len Small, State Auditor Andrew Russell and State treasurer Oscar to reassert the doctrine that French ships are French territory in another communication to the American government refusing to regard the Amer The efficacy of the regulations pro- It is my intention to teach the child-! in agriculture because the time is missing from the dry. goods store Hill conducts at Love's Park. Deputy Can't Seize Liquor On Hip In Wisconsin rsneeln' the T'nltM Trenl mass of other Nelson have completed the signing of mulgated by the treasury department ren of the farm how to raise better i needed for the) great ican ban as legally appllcahla to of French" liners. Harry Rose was sent to Investigate The latter found the purae. In a draw 110,000,000 in soldier bonus bonds re- cently.sold and.

the first payments will be made in the near, future. Each of- subjects which are essential to a thorough education in agriculture. "No agricultural college so far as I Madison, June 5 Seizure will be tested when the master of the hogs and produce more cotton per ship applies to, public health service acre, that Is the reason they are here." officials for a permit to retain this! In throwing down the gauntlet" to LaFayette To Bring Liquors er where it had been temporarily left "liquor on the hip" without search warrants-is Illegal In Wisconsin, the The "LaFayette" will probably llquoiiaarO by Hill but overlooked by him In his seven thousand times. 'state. supFenie the degree ln agriculture." i the classics, Wilson, who admits he is "hunTed search.

7 bring a full supply of crew iljuor. ers..