The Belleville News-Democrat from Belleville, Illinois • 1

'V:" Vf -7-7 tFfev W- V4 te v-v -V 7 r- -u- i v-A- -r jKwgvvwy8Wiwipi "'r HB fcllitrtllc PRINTS THE NEWS SATURDAY MAY 22 1920 Published Dally at Balltvllla III YoL 65 65Ih Tear Established 1855 Ham and Democrat CamMnad 1 883 (Entered 8eeotd-Claaa Matter at Pest files Ballsvllts III Under Aet at Congress March I 117V) Men in $3000 Car Drive Away With Gasoline Kill BOY ACCUSED OF BURGLARY OF SHOW CAR Lad 10 Admits Being' Accomplice Fled to Divide V- Loot Then Returned All-night Search Results in Finding of Body of 3-year-old Son of Mr and Mrs Hans Christopherson ptpyinT MuwijnM MgjriwjrpM' WINNERS OF THE ARMY ESSAY WRITING CONTEST Who are being entertained in Washington at the expense of the War Depart ment Prizes were awarded on May 5th by Secretary Baker The winner were viitors at the House and Senate accompanied by congressmen from their respective eteee Photo made at tho Capitol Left to right: Betty Bowen Eaeon Olive Branch Mississippi Donald Campbell Clinton la Marjorio Sheets Chillicothe Mo Congressman Hubert Stephens Mississippi Harry HuH Iowa Wm Rucker Missouri An all-night search for John Sft year old son of Mr and Mrs Hans ChrfHtophersen 30 South Eighth street came to an end at 9:30 Saturday morning when the child was found drowned In Richland Crack 100 feet south of the West Main street bridge The child had been- missing since 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon Tracks at the hank of tho creek were found early Saturday morning After the creek bed had boon dragged for more than an hour Joseph Herzog Janitor of the City Hail draw the child's body to shore with a grappllng-hook It was taken to the Gundlach morgue Wandered from Home Disappearance of Little John was reported to the police at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon When last eeen he was playing In the yard of hla home with his two sisters Rosalind aged 5 and Georgians aged 2 The mother was engaged in -household duties When she looked after the children she noticed John absent His STOLEN AUTO ABANDONED ON WEST BAIN ST No 122 sisters did not know what had become of him Hurriedly the neighborhood was searched by Mrs Christophersen and the neighbors It was thought poati- ble John might have gone to visit hia grandmother hire Elisabeth Winter 208 West Main streeL but he had not Although anxious the family wan not alarmed until evening when still no word wan received of the lost child Police scoured tbe city Ths search continued through the evening Cali for Blood-hounds After midnight WUIiam Hucka-bay of Venice III waa engaged to come to tho city with one of hla famous bloodhounds Tho owner- and the dog were brought to Belleville at 8 by the missing father 1 Charles Hill and George Welker tho boy's uncle Huckabay took the search In charge Huckabay delayed starting the dog on the scent fearing the animal might: take the wrong trail A bloodhound will follow only one trail after he has started Efforts then were made to find someone who had seen John after he left home in order to get ths-dog on the right scent Telephone operators were enlisted to call up parties on tha West Side inquiring whether they had seen a child ana-' wering description Scores of people wore routed out of bed but not a btt of correct information waa gahk'j ed i Accompanied by Hill Huckabay was on bis way to tho police station nt 5 am when he crossed Richland Creek: Taking advantage of the possibility of finding some trace Hnckv bay walked along the bank for some distance On the west bank nt a point 25 feet south of tbe bridge Huckabay saw small footprints leading to tho brink of the swollen waters of tha creek Close examination revealed that a child had walked to the water then apparently slipped and slid into the creek No steps leading from the creek could be seen and it was con- eluded a child had fallen into ths water Tufts of grass had- been' loosened probably by the child when be tried to catch himself while ha -waa sliding down the steep bank Carried by Current -Shortly after eight o'clock a gang of' men with grappling-hooks got busy For more than an hour they worked but without success A boat waa then ordered from Perrin's Pond At 9:30 Hersog who bad worked dll- igentiy the entire time' came across the body -The large fish-books at- 1 tached to his long bamboo pole caught In the clothing' and Herzog brought the- body to the surface Welker uncle of the child had Just started diving in tbe creek when the body was found The body was cai ried by the current about 75 feet from the place where the boy fell in It was in the middle of the channel where the" water la more than St Louisans Nabbed Hers After they Outdistanced Rentchler Farmer who Pursued Them I Five young men in a 93000 Stuts automobile drove away with gasoline and a can which a farmer loaned to them but failed to get away with It Friday night Tho occurrence was reported to the police here by Walter Mueller a farmer residing near' Rentchler at 8 A short time afterward the offenders were taken into custody at and High streets Four young St Louis men came to Belleville with Robert Peck in the latter's automobile It was their intention to go to Mascoutah visit a prominent they later told the police Being unfamiliar with the roads they picked up Virgil Smith of this city to guide them to the next town Near the Walter Mueilsr home the autoista ran out of gasoline Two of them walked to the Mueller home where they prevailed upon Mr Mueller to give them two gallons of gasoline They promised to return with the can and pay tha price for the gas 28 cents a gallon being all that Mr Mueller asked After re-stocking the tank the young men Jumped into their car and started -away They were seen by Mr Mueller who took ebase in his automobile He got close enough to get the license number but was then outdistanced the quintette going In the direction of Mascoutah Not much later Mueller saw them tear down the road toward Belleville He then notified the police here Patrolman Relchling saw the big red car cross tbe Public Square He commandeered a machine and followed overtaking the oar after' a' chase of six blocks At the Central Police Station the youths admitted the offense and could give no plausible explanation Mr Mueller did not desire to prosecute and the youths were released oi payment of $152 for can and gasoline They were severely lectured for their conduct by Chief Rodenmeyer BOARD SELLS CONCESSIONS FOR OVER $400 The Board of Education will have twice as much to spend on this picnic than it did last year This fact became evident when bids for concessions were opened Friday night Successful bidders were: Soft drink weiner balloon and novelty Henry Adler 121250 Ice cream candy and coffee Sanders Litchfield 111 $165 Pop corn and William Krauss $4150 The total is $419 Last year there was only $15750 available due to the fact that the Board accepted rental of the Fair Grounds free but had the right only to minor concessions This year $100 will be paid for the grounds and the concessions reserved The picnic will be held Thursday June 3 Three bands will be hired for the parade Mayor to Speak at New Athens Mayor Johnson has accepted an invitation to deliver the Memorial Day address at New Athens Sunday May 30 There are but two Civil War veterans left in New Athens but the ritual will be read at the cemetery as In previous years World War veterans will participate in the program ARTIST ARRESTED ON I COMPLAINT OF GIRL Henry Ollrin 27 years old the local artist was arrested on a paternity charge Saturday and placed under $1000 bond by Justice Wangelin The warrant was sworn out by John Fischer of Floraville father of Miss Martha Fischer 23 the' complaining witness Hiss Fischer formerly employed as a maid in Belleville is now in an East St Louis HospitaL When brought into court Ollrin offered to marry the girl but her father refused to consent to such a settlement of the case 1 fath-n set-1 Rslph Myrich IS years old carnival roustabout was arrested by Constable Ward Friday night on charge of breaking into a trunk In the office car of the Kaplan Shows and stealing $64 He is said to have admitted participation in the thert The burglary occurred Thursday night A state-room door was Jimmied and the lock of a trunk was broken Pennies totalling $33 and nickels to the same amounts were stolon Suspicion fell on Myrich who had been seen loitering about the car Furthermore the boy was missing Friday On Friday evening Constable Ward ran into the boy on the carnival grounds The lad was taken into custody' He said he had two accomplices In the theft He said the three had gone to Granite City Thursday night and had the money changed and divided the loot Myrich then returned to Belleville to re-join the show Secreted on hia person was $27 The carnival management asked that the boy be held in the hope that he will make a confession telling the names of his accomplices There has been considerable stealing going on in the show and the management believes there Is an older man who to-putting -boys -up to it Myrich maintained he did not know tha names of the others Involved Myrich Joined tha carnival company six weeks ago in Texas HELD GUILTY OF ROBBERY OF DRUGGIST It took a Jury in the Circuit Court Friday afternoon only eight minutes to find Thomas Kinder 28 years old guilty of robbery with tha use of a deadly weapon The punishment for the offense is indetermedlate term of not less than ten years to life imprisonment Kinder wee accused of having held up A Meyerhoffer East St Louis druggist of $68 on December 20 1919 A week later he returned to store In broad daylight' and got 8200 more The druggist furnished a good description and Kinder was arrested in St Louis SPECIAL JURY IS SELECTED The following have been drawn to nerve on the special petit Jury to report for service in the local Circuit Court beginning next Tuesday East St Louis Orahood Goff John Walsh Louia Heinrich Daniel Thompson Mour-ey Sugar A Douglas Phillip Wagner Belleville Beck Schmis-seur 1 St John Cook Shiloh Arthur Renner Lebanon Ed Hoffmann Kent Horner Mascoutah Carl Kutterer Samuel Rebel New Walter Fullmer Louis Weideman Marlssa Robert Smith PENTECOST AT ST The Solemn Feast of Pentecost will be observed with great solemnity Bunduy at SL-- Luke's Church Services will be held at 8 am 7 am 9 sm 10:30 am pm Rev Hartnng the pastor will have as hia theme for the first two masses Christian Special services will take place at 7:30 Solemn high mass also will be held A number of -young people will be admitted to tha solemn profession of faith The theme or the 9:00 and 10:30 Masses will be The Fast of Mexico City May Carranxs deposed president of Mexico with six members of bis party has been killed near tbe town of Tlaxcala-Tongo in the state of Puebla according to advices to headquarters of both Generals Alvaro Ohregon and Pablo Gonxalea heratonight Earlier dispatches however said Luis Cabrera Carranza's Minister of ths Treasury Gen Guan Bcrragan his chief of staff Aguirre Berlanga prime minister and Ignacio Banillas former ambassador to the United States were with their chief Telegrams received at the bead-quarters of General Gonzales filed in Huachinango Puebla said the bodies were being taken to Beristain in the same state The Carranzlsts were killed at 1 a yesterday by a force commanded by Col Barrera advices to Gen Ob-regon from VUla-Buares Puebla In view of tha fact that some of the telegrams referred to the killing pf Carranza and his men as as tinations" it was believed they may lave been slain without an opportunity for defense Barrera these advices said formerly was- a commander under the the bandit Pelaes in the Vera Crux and Tampico districts Pelaes surrendered to Carranza in March and it was presumed Barrera and hla men Joined the Carransistas at that time' The killing of the deposed president those advices said was the re-' suit of a plot laU by Barrera and about fifty of his followers Carranza was the first to fall it was said Then his followers were killed one by one It-was believed here the majority of Carranza's cabinet members who were with him were among the dead Gen Margin formerly in command of Carranza forces in the federal district of Mexico City also was reported to have been with the deposed president MAYOR ABSENT NO DISCUSSION Due to a misunderstanding Mayor Johnson did not appear for the informal meeting of the City Council Friday night All of the aldermen were present After waiting for some time and being unable to reach the executive the solons departed without deliberating Mayor Johnson understood the meeting had been called off because of tbe inability of East St Louis ft 'Suburban Railway Company officials to be present The aldermen desired to meet in order to decide upon the East Main street paving project MASCOUTAH TO ASSIST James Taylor and Fred Sahlen-der went to Mascoutah Friday night to arouse enthusiasm for the American Fourth of July picnic here They found that the Mascoutah post is planning to enter the competition for having the large delegation in the parade and will also compete in the drill Showers tonight and probably tomorrow cooler tomorrow THE TEMPERATURE 7 A 68 ABOVE 11 A 77 ABOVE I 'i 3 ABOVE IKS CLOTHES AFLAME BOY AVER1SDEATH 1 0-year-old Farmer Lad Scorched by Powder Jumps Into Pond His presence of mind several days ago probably saved the life iff John 10-yearld son of Mrs John Hardy residing on a farm northwest of Lebanon John and a companion got hold of a quantity of gunpowder One of them' struck a match and threw It into ths powder causing an explosion the full force of which struck the Hardy hoy Almost blinded' suffering severe pain and with bis clothing afire John ran to pond nearby and Jumped into tbe water thereby extinguishing tbe flames Skin on the face and hands was burned to a crisp in several places For several days he was unable to use his eyes but at last accounts be was reported to be on the road to recovery MOOSE MAKE BOOSTER TRIP The Moose will make their annual pre-picnic booster trip Sunday vinit-ing East St Loqls Granite City Bd-wardsviile and Collinsville on a special car The booster will have with them the Moose (Drum and Bugle Corps The boosters will gather at the Mooae Homo at 830 a Aviator Seeking a Landing-place Bob Shsnk an aviator went to Srott Field Saturday to secure permission to -land there-With his airplane which is now at Marion 111 where he has been giving exhibition flights in which his flying partner Jumps from the' plane In a parachute WRIT OF REPLEVIN AGAINST POLICE CHIEF Henry Ivory swore out a writ of replevin in Justice Osterhaus court Saturday for (he recovery of a revolver which was taken from him by tbe East St Louis police a week ago The writ is directed against Chief of Police Mulconnery WATCH MONDAY'S PAPER FOR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF ATTRACTIONS AT PHILHARMONIC CONCERT Garageman's Efforts (o Gat It Causes Police to Take Charge of tho Car A Hupmoblle touring-car stolen from Mrs Samuel Whitsell 1715 North 40th street East St Louis was abandoned at 42nd and Main street this city about am Friday The thief escaped The local police were unaware of the theft until Louis Rlechmann an East SL Louis garage man motored to Bellevilld Friday afternoon Rlechmann came across the abandoned car and identified It na the one stolen from Mrs Whitsell He started to tow It back to East St Louis but at Mantle's Park gave up the Job deciding to return to East SL Louis and get a heavier car for the work In the meantime persons at Park became suspicious and notified the police When Rlochmann returned Chief Rodenmeyer refused to permit him to have the car unloss he displayed credentials -which he was unable to do The machine was then towed to the Truttinann garage where it was hold pending the appearance of the owner or the receipt of some word from iier authorising an pgent to take over the auto Change of Venue Easy Matter in This Court Now Attorney Alex Flannigen was a surprised man when he took a change of venue in the forcible entry and detainer suit filed by Mrs: Elisabeth Ilcllcrmann against IV Poole in Magistrate' Wagner's Court Friday After Klanqlgen announced tbe defendant desired to try the suit before a different Jurist Justice Osterhaus spoke up your seats ladies and gentlemen change of venue from Magistrate Wagner come under my Jurisdiction" said Osterhaus "You need not to leave this courtroom as the Magistrate and I occupy the same office" Flannigen was dumbfounded He secured a continuance REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES $2400 on good residence Belleville $2400 on nice St Clair County farm $2500 on $7500 residence Belleville $6000 on valuable business property Belleville All secured by first mortgage 6 per cent interest Call at once EIDMAN First National Bank Bldg Lawyer who Won Commutation for Dewein is Dead Funeral of Charles Johnson Noted Attorney to be Held Sunday in SL Louie 1 Funeral services of Charles Johnson 84 years old former Lieutenant Governor of Missouri and for many years the greatest criminal lawyer In St Louis will be held from the homeof Virgil Rule 5250 Westminster Place St Louis Sunday afternoon at 2:20 o'clock Interment will be in Bellefontaine Cemetery Although not In good health for more than a year Johnson had spent all day Thursday at his office In Title Guaranty Building and sat up until after midnight reading Death came a short tlinn after he had breakfast brought to him in bed Ho ia survived by two sons Albert and Harry Johnson and two daughters Mrs George Cook of Washington and Mias Louise Johnson also two brothers John Johnson a lawyer and Richard Johnson former Assistant Circuit Attorney Another son Ralph Johnson killed himself April 10 because of III health Gov" Johnson an he was familiarly and generally known held the distinction of being the oldest member of the St Louis Bar- in active practice He was counsel for the defense in many noted homicide cases tried in St Louis courts in the last thirty years Johnson was admitted to the bar in 1857 elected Circuit Attorney In 1866 and Lieutenant Governor in 1871 He was born In Illinois and published newspaper at Sparta when be was but 17 years old He came to St Louis in 1857 and studied law in the office of William Jones He was admitted to tbe bar In the name year' The last case of local Interest in which Johnson figured was the defense of Clarenco Dewein Belleville boy accused of murder In Benton Ark several years ago Gov Johnson was successful 'in winning a com-mution for Dewein and the family here pinned their hope in his ability and Influence to secure a pardon for Dewein eventually It had been thought probable Gov Johnson would be buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery here where hia first wife is interred and where -the family owns a loL-Announcement of arrangements however' show other plans have been made S' V- feet deep John a flaxen haired boy wore blue overalls and blue waist He was bare- headed According to members he family it' had been the child's privilege to play about tbe district 1 round bis home When he came to -y he creek bis curiosity impelled him to go to the brink -The bank wifi slippery and he foil sliding about two feet into tbe water Due to recent rains the creek Is swollen and the bank is steep 'Although the 'trefflo across the bridge is almost continu jy our no one has been found Who saw the child around the creek The child's father is a son of tho afe former City Treasurer Henry Christophersen Ha Is employed at the Fuess-Fiscbefe Company i An inquest was held Saturday af-C tornoon The funeral will take at 3 mV Tuesday from the home to Walnut Hill Cemetery- i 'i 'JI A-n A.