Sterling Daily Gazette from Sterling, Illinois • Page 1

SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 101 Press) in naftfccest: warsnw. STERLING, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1926 Wilkins And Pilot Start Back Today For Fairbanks Farm Bloc Leaders Get It Tacked On To The Co-op Marketing Measure By Paul R. MaDon (United Press Staff Correspondent) Apr. vote will be forced In congress on tho corn belt's own farm relief bill, it was disclosed today when the skillful to light.

It was discovered Seek Capture Of Slayer Of Prosecutor And To Bid of Gangsters By Max Buckingham. (United Press Staft Correspondent) Chicago, April trim death toll of 92 11 VM as result of the "machine gun rule" of the beer industry, today confronted police as they nought a solution to the assassination' of a popular young assistant state's attorney and two notorious runners. Twcuiy-ilviej ilia victims fallen In four months of this year. With these figures utarlns at them BOO'law officers today prepared to answer the challenge of the underworld, which was given when a machine gun rained bullets that killed "Death Demanding" William Mc- SwlKKln. Jimmy Doherty and Tom Duffy, Tuesday night.

The answer to tho underworld challenga carrisd today into Chicago's west aide and other known haunts of the beer Deputized to operate in any part of Cook county tho law army sot out with a dun! purpose: the slayers of McSwlg- gln. 2 Cook county safe from rule. Night Was Quiet. maneuvering of the.farm bioc came that tha all- imporlant r.urplus disposal measure drawn by the Iowa committee of 48. had boon tacked into the Inoffensive administration's co-operative marketing- measure as an amendment by the senate aKricultural committee.

This gives tho farm bloc members a parliamentary advantage which has made them jubilant over prospects of early action. The measure now is pending upon the nlverslty of Missouri co-ed, simply won't WEAR Carrington. former wear women's Arf ii. Last night tho county was quiet rested In St. Louis in connection with an embczzlcm-m in tha nafely forces swung Into troit.

she was garbed as a she action. Revelries had esiat- out she'll dress as a In the roadhoUEcs was calmed. big- gaming: places of Cicero darkened. Only a persons stood about tlio saloona which recently have reaped most of the death-fire ot tha ambushing machine guns. The underworld expected Crowe's army and they were not disappointed.

The by SO trained police 80 anfl 100 miapccta for questioning into Tuesday's mass atf- eaaslnatlon. told police that as us she man the. dress they're mak- I'hoto shown as she appeared at Uio time of her among tha suspects taken waa Ralph Capone, of "Searface" Al Capone, the putstS war lort! of the whose commands Kisaut death and blc-odaBted. The young Capone and his wife. Peggy, were caught in one of the road house haunts.

A eearch their roorr.a revealed a cache of of Bhfllls. Instructions In operation of a Thompson machine kind In recent raids of the beer found In the room. Seven automatic pistols close by as was cleaning: paraphernalia for the artillery. Leader Missing. But there, waa no trace of "Scar- faca" Al, the much sought.

elder Capone for two years lias beaded Italian "mob" which haa successfully wrested control of the beer Industry from the Irish through adeptness In the use of machine g-un and uawed off rifles. to secret service of the beer sgentiTTiavo "lost business'TinT CJcero to the Irish, headed by Doherty and two O'Donnell brothers. Mike and Steve. This caused a recor- ranca of the old hate. In thn Innt fortnight curtained motor cars have appeared In front of Clcaro saloons al- Jtad with the Irish, and a rain of machine gun fire has poured about the bar.

No one was killed however, until Tuesday, when Mc- Bwlgrgln and his two companions were made victims of the ruthless warfare. Gun DiscribacL The Thompson machine gun, the .8 pound instrument of war adopted the beer runners, has a capacity of ahooting 1.500 shota In arolnute, Col M. H. Thompson, its manufacturer, Informed authorities today. Col.

Thompson Bald the light gun, which has no recoil and does not need a marksman for Us usage, was made for law officers, deplored Ua use by gangsters. The manufacturer, West Point graduate and son of the iaventor. happened to be in Chicago at the time of tho recent slaylnga. He Immediately offered hia services to authorities In the hope of tracing down purchasers of the euny. Jury Is Called.

Society, cognizant that the beer war is endangerlnc law and order in started a probe of conditions which permit an assistant prosecutor to bo killed by snipe shooting beer barons. The injection of society Into the beer etrife came at the convening of a coroner's jury uhich is attempting to find machine thro- Tha cofuut-i juiy of two a broker. manufacturer, a realtor ami Manager. I Corontr Oscar Wolff said i that jury -nhix-ii v.i!l the nnd 'U'ii this unscrupulous said. "Every thing- beer running trade will be brought to light." Meanwhile -pollen continued ar, vigilantes against vice, and as re- vengers for the murder of McSwlg- gJn.

the popular death demanding prosecutor. The 100 suspects under Ralph brother of "scarfaca" Al Capone the underworld war being questioned concerning recent movements in "the valley" where the booze caterers have their forts. In the underworld today there rumored Waiter Buhlig, Chicago, Elected President For Ensuing- Two Years senate calendar and Chairman Wadsworth ot the senate steering committee told the United Presa that he would call a meeting of committee probably today to give farm relief preference after four measures now on tho program. Tho agricultural committee first reported out tin n. separate measure the corn belt bill, which is an Interpretation of similar bills have been killed by the last two which the aim ot one ne offc I the death dealing machine EUTIK killed an assistant prosecutor when only beer baron was to have been tho victim.

Leaders of the beer profusion confronted by the army of 500 patrolmen who havo been given orders to clean out the crime nests and put an end to the lucrative beer i understood to have heaped wrath on the careless gunman who killed McSwiggln. The gunmen according to the story had assumes! they were killing a couple of beer "hangers on" and Doherty until they read the morning papers which told that the aco of Chicago prosecutors had been claimed as a victim of Chicago's organized vice. 111.. April 27th annual -I cons-ref-sos. Under this arranga- ment it would havo been subject to nil devices of delay- because It docs not encourage support of tho administration.

Later. however Senator N'orris. republican. Nebraska, Is said to havo persuaded the committco to attach the highly con- travcrnial masuro on as an amendment to tho administration's bin thus forcing for it the same favor as tho unobjected measure. President Cooildga already has demanded early action upon the co- operativs marking; meamira and wortl that tho steering committee to Rive it a ps-ojjilnwit place, it a vote.

The Tincher farm relief bill IB puerile as compared ention of the Illinois Parent-Teach- Association neared a close today with only yet to be before adjournment la Cheater Gray Haugen farm Tork. April (By United Announcement that I Captain George H. Wllkins an.l Pilot Ben Elelson, of the Detroit Arctic Expedition, had arrived safely Point Barrow, Alaska, was made todny by the North American Newspaper Wllkins and Eielson left Fair- bunKn, Ahiaka. on April lo. taking (r, the northern base.

They were not heard from after tha two hours of tho flight and anxiety had been expressed by other members uf the expedition. Tho party was unaMp to communicate with the outside world on account of difficulties xvi'h tho radio. MAY RETURN TODAY. Detroit. April 29.

(United Press). Weather and plane equipment permitting. CapL George IT. Wllkins. leader of the Detroit arctic expedition, planned to leave Point Barrow.

Alaska, for a return flight to Fairbanks today, accord- Ing to a special report to expedition leaders hero from Major Thomas G. Lanphler, unofficial army observer at Fairbanks. Capt Wilkins and Ben Eielson, expedition pilot, left for Point Barrow on April 15 and failed to report their position until last night when an overland party reached B-arrow and radioed back they were wife. Major reported It was unknown at Fairbanks why Wllkins had failed to report his position although it was assumed his radio equipment waa out of order. Delay In making the return flight.

Lan- phler said, was understood to have caused by englno trouble. WOMKINQ ON PLANE. Fairbanks. AJasfea. April 29.

(By Velte? on the three -motor monoplane Detroltsr of tha arctic sxpedlUon continued -today in hopes of soon adopted taken. Mrs. Walter Ruhlig of Chicago, was ciccted president of the association at last nlxhfs session. She POLICE BEOKE UP A PAET? IN THE ASHLAND Y.M.C.A. Ashland, April (United Press).

Sounds of merriment, com- Ingr from tha local Y. M. C. A. at a time when the front, door of the building locked to tho public two-year term.

all of the candidates will serve a Virtually for other offices, including regional directors, were elected as nominated by the committee on nominations. Dr. Frederick M. Thrasher of Illinois Wesleyan University, told the delegates last night that a vicious environment rather than inherent evils of tiie boys, was responsible for.tho present, outbreak of crime- In Chicago. "The present crimo situation in Chicago is merely a renewal of the revenge wars of recent years," ho bll B6tUn the for Russell Bower of the American Farm Federation Bureau told President Coolidgo today.

Marion. Aprl! 29. (By Unit- Sentiment wag divided and members, attracted police. Aa the result of an investigation three young men, including the social secretary of the Y. M.

C. A. were taken into custody on a disorderly charge and fined $25 each. Three i pj girls, whose homes are eaid to be to(ia over the advisability of at Waahburn and whose names po- tate troops in making liquor raids lice kept secret, were lectured and i Blowing the successful raid late sent home. "Wednesday on a.

soft drink place According to police they found a ncar 'bottle of liquor in the automobile Led State's Attorney Arllo which the party had used. Koswell a force, augmented by a The men arrested were Pau! Bers. numbcr troopers who had been social secretary ot the institution! stat Jn Herrin to protect the Paul ColldHz, part time and William Baker, Berg, accord Ing to local Y. M. C.

A. officials-. haa been dismissed. Tho Tincher bill Is purely superficial, they said, and does not touch the heart of the farmers' problem The Haugcn bill, on the other hand they declared, provided Immedlatfe assistance to the farm itself and met the approval of all farm experts. "The Tincher bill falls to handle the Important question of surplus of farm products." the farm heads told the President, "while the Hau- gcn bill provides a moans for distributing this surplus and guaranteeing to the farmer adequate reimbursement for his crop." "The Tincher bill is satisfactory after a fashion; but Ismatr Erafnctent- ly all embracing to be considered a thorough relief measures.

The Tincher bill provides a revolving relief fund, held in the a farm board possessing Jurisdiction over all farm problems. The Haugcn bill provides a fund of available immediately to farmers, a system of dlaposing of surplus crops and an equalization fee that would reimburse the fund after two years for expenditure. Tho right of the agriculture to report simultaneously three farm bills baarlnff on the same and seeking the same end. was challenged In the bouse today by Representative Cannon, democrat, Missouri. Rising to a question of privilege, Cannon presented a resolution providing for an investigation by a select committee to determine the valldlt of the recent action by the town following recent raid- "srrlculture committee.

The commit- e.S the residence of Jack 'llavls tcsj haa re l' ort three widely diver- Bent plans for farm relief. tho projected polar hop. While members of tho expedition here announced that Captain George H. Wilklna and Pilot Ben Eielson. who took off two weeks ago today In the airplane Alaskan, had reached Point Barrow, work on the Detroit was steadily continued.

TOR THE DISABLED Chandler Christy famous nrtt.tt. paints a hugo pusti-r for the use of tho Veterans of Foreign Wars In connection with their annual sale on Memorial Day of buddy from which go to aid disabled war veterans. Inset shows Miss Francos Pilbcrgleid. model, who posed for tho plctu-e VANDERBILT EECH PAPERS Father Kefuses To Put Up More Money So He Will Try To Borrow Funds New York. April 29.

(United Press) Cornelius VanderbUt, haa fret as his immediate ambition the successful operation of three Warns Congmesa It Should Pass Reapportionment to Escape Court By Will! am J. (Dnltet! Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, April newspapers. If ho can obtain llns been derelict in Its duty by 000 he believes that within sslx I failing to enact Court Action Taken By The Child's Mother To Gefe Her From Captors Charleston, W. April 25 United adolescent girl la being held In the mountain fastnesses of Sumner county en hostage for a $600 debt, according to a memorandum filed in the state supreme court hers Wednesday, Tho memorajjctiini waa filed by A VJltti Burrell, of KJmawha county, who declared the little girl's Etmrdiana have refused to relinquish her until the debt Is pa4d. Tho child, Edna.

12. is held by Mrs. Priscilla Medley and Mrs. Medley's brothers, according to Mrs, Burrell'a memorandum, which re- cltea that Edna waa given Into tha custody of Mrs. Medley neveral years ago by her djyctfead A few days ago Mrs, BurreU granted a writ of habeas corpus, restoring the custody of the child to her.

Mra. Medley, however, has refused to relinquish the girl, claiming Mrs. BurreU her $600 fesr tho child's Immediately after filing of the document, tha aharlfTa office tiers ordered armed deputies to penetrate tho mountains to Mrs, Medtey's cabin Thursday and return girl to Charleston. Mrs. Burrell'a petition recounted how the child waa taken into the mountains, then that sho beejn held Mra.

has I bean giving her moonshine whlaJty. "Oa several occasions." the memorandum declares, "Edna was found; along the roadside near the Medley In a drunken stupor." Tells Grafflo Stopy The graphic atory of how the was turned over to Mrs, Hedlfy, ragged of mountains, and httr four sons and bow Mrs Medley child with armed foi-csj alier BurreU stole tola toy BurreU today as the deputies pared to baglq tha arduous to the cabla. Four years ago, Sirs, dl- crime but it has been advertised more extensively. Toledo. Philadelphia.

Denver and countless other big clues are In precisely the same condition." TROOPS HELPED IN DRY RAID AT MARION i 108 cases of home and a quantity of Canadian bottled In the court the three young men llt er was confiscated, declared they had driven to Wash- Tao.sday the s.irne forces raided a burn to set the girls and on the i halh operated by way back their car got stuck in i sh( i brothers. antl- thc niud. In getting out ana push-' Ing they got dirty and had Into the Y. M. C.

A. to clean up. Ufj'ior was found. BIG COLLEGE FUNB Puton. April A.

Lutheran Hihiuis Aujr- conference and Dr. Hobart, tlon of dent of Other held tt 0 LIQUOR IS GUAF5DED. the jcd to od at n-vcral ii, guarded men. under The past cral iili.S I The (By t'nit- one goes on TWO KILLED AND THIRD 0APTURED Cc-flai United up wave which has resulted in robbe-ric SECOND NEGKO WILL HANG FOE ATTACKING GIRL MadiHonvlIle. April 29.

(United of three ne- held for a criminal asault on a white girl have been sentenced to hang and tho third trial here today. 1 the streets and command the town with machine guns to prevent any outbreak of Hrouble in connection with the case which stirred up con- Klderabie resentment. The second of trie negroes to be convicted was Nathan Bard. A jury took eight minutes to return verdict guilty and sentence Bard to hang-. Bunyan Fleming, who already was under death sentence.

laughed as the verdict was returned and looked meaningly at Columbus Hollls, the third member of the accused band who stands trial today. All three are charged with attack- Ing Miss Nell Brelthaup. Hollta, confessed to being In the party but placed all tho blame for the affair on Bard and Fleming. He (8 50 years old. While national guardsmen patrolled the streets today a Jury returned the third verdict In the case against three negroes charged with wsaultfng pretty Nell Brelthaup.

Columbus Hollls. EO-yeara-old was 1 found guilty of complicity and sentenced to 20 yeara In prison. months his will bo put on a paying basis, otherwise he maj face ruin. Success, if It 'cornea to the 28- son of onp of the country's bent known families, will be doubly sweet because his father. Brig.

Genera! CGriH-Iiua Vamlerhilt. has refused to advance any more money. Moro than SI. 000. 000 already has been put into the newspaper enterprises by the Vanderbllt family, but no moro will be forthcoming.

"My father is opposed to all newspapers," young Vanderbllt said when he and his counsel. Dudley Field Xlalone. explained the nltua- tlon. "I think ho would' bo happy tf I failed, or waa forced to get Into some other profession." liut Cornelius. Jr.7 has no Intention of failing.

He. stands ready to pledge his fixed patrimony of if necessary to save tha has -bulit-un-lit- a --lit He- less than three years. Negotiations arc going on here and in other cities to obtain the needed Vanderbilt announced his financial status, ho said to let tha 5,000 stockholders in corporation, the Vanderbllt Newspapers, "know the situation." Tho newspaper units in the Van- derbllt corporation are tho Miami Tab. the Illustrated News of Lna Angeles, and the Illustrated Herald of San Francisco. In addition there a photo Kcrvlce and two magazines, the Vanderbilt Weekly and the Vandcrbllt I'antior.

legislation In accordance with the Smith. GIVEN LIFE FOR TWO IHSUEAHCE DEATHS Pikevllle, Ky, April AMKEICAN DEBT FUNDING BODY GALLS MEETING April 1'S. (United A of tho American debt funding coininisslon was fur ji. tOiiay, prfsu- mabi.v to French Ambassador Hcisry iJt-ronKor's reply United States for the 1920 census, Mm. Florence Kahn.

republican, California, charged in her initial speech in tha house today. In tnaklnp no provision for a new apportionment of representatives ot the house during tho six years which have elapsed since the last, census. Mrs. Kahn said con- gross "had failed to otfey the specific duty placed upon it by the constitution." Mrs. Kahn gave solemn warning; that tho shelving of reapportion- inent bills by tho census commit- too tuny result In tho next presidential election bcinf thrown into the courts.

"The electoral colleen, following tho next presidential election." she uaid, "will be based upon a census made 18 years buforo. In case of a close election this might vary-fleHotnr-mattC-r arid might pos- Hlbly be carried to court to decide tho validity of tho election or elect a candidate who under a different apportionment would have been defeated. This ig neither impossible nor improbable. "Why then should riot a reappor- tlonment have been passed? The question is neither political nnrt democratic states gain, tho northern and southern elates lose. It la a constitutional mandate-, obligatory and it ia our duty, as I sco it, to obey this mandate." her first husband, Barf She waa poverty stricken.

TWO PROMINENT AMERICANS TO VISIT SOVIETS Berlin. April Press) M. Vaticlaln. president of tho llaldwlri Locomotive Company, and William A- Huir.nf.cn. of the Guaranty Trust Company, rtre leaving for to.i.iy.

"without an axo lo grind," but on a mission which mlsht rt.sult In largo business A valiant struggle to provide sustenance for herself and little EOna, followed, but WES a losing battle. Tho desperate mother appealed to Mrs. Medley, a. family friend and little Edna was given into her custody. Mrs.

Burrell resumed her atmggla alono and three yeara ago she met Cabrell Burrell near Charleston. Poverty gave way to prosperity and. six months ago Mrs, Burrell Baked for the return of little Edna, Her pleas, she said, were rebuffed, Mrs. JJedley claiming oho owed $600 for Edna's board and keep, A month ago, Mrs. Bun-ell and.

her husband stole into the mountain home, snatched up little Edna and Bed." "They had proceeded only twft miles, however, when Sirs. Medley and two of har eons appeared from tha and compelled tfeo Bun-alla to relinquish girl. Mre, Burrell then launched a court fight claiming Edna waa living amid squalor, that she waa forced to go about half naked and that sho waa being forced to drink moonshlno whisky and was often found lying along tho road in drunken etupor. The supreme court heard her plea, granted her a writ of habeas corpus, retumablo on May 11 and ordered deputies to go into mottotains and return with child. the AUTHORESS WON DEGREE two months, was xvaij today following the killing of r.vo guards- i bandits and capture of a third by "i-r hero today, police last night.

The trio waa trapped by police who had uit a loisely JVI-MJ dlt trio had bean working. AM the bandit So Jtppearcd a- rounded the horn or, their own car. Ai Mihula. a detective, 1 fciteve hiolba. a paSrolman.

lout ut she parked taken in the I of a double murder! and an fSO.OOO Insurance swindle! and sentenced him to lit'o Imprhson- h. niunt. Tlio scntf-iiCB vvaa atTirnied the court. I lt The vtrdict in its thoi or state began a jury to fry Jack. aa The alato had d.

OOu 000 i at li; in-nt FEOM SAMDEESOH West Palm Beach. April 23. --(United much Independence can spoil Nina Wilcox a tuarriage, the authoress. admitted when she waa granted a final divorce docreo from Robert J. tianderson, in circuit court here.

Miss Putr.iun and Sanderson, at tho outsft of their which In November. 1319, ru-ioived net to loso individuality mid spi-jud only a srnili part of wUh om-h otiser. This dMn't seem tu uorl; too and the Suudvrsona to soon living loguthcr in n. York It, nic-re funJs Treasury 11 fur thin 1'ULijtoM. holduy IS.

Has Mercury Co, '-d F. Orn. a hint as. and. il--i furtia.r.

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