Lawsuits and conventions span Illinois headlines
Clifford Belknap of Moro files suit in Rockford to set aside Jane B Forbes will claiming unsound mind. An injunction fights license fees on Lake Decatur boats. Over 5 000 Eastern Star delegates converge at Chicago Auditorium for jubile e banquet. Red Men council meets in Danville with hundreds. Pocahontas lodge opens. Harrisburg native Charles Haas visits Chicago. Daughters of the Confederacy meet at Hotel Sherman with 100 Midwest delegates.
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Clifford Belknap
Moro
Oregon
Rockford
Jane B. Forbes
Lake Decatur
Decatur
the Order of the Eastern Star
Illinois
Auditorium Theater
Chicago
Nellie R. Meyers
James Delamotte
Great Council of Illinois Red Men
Danville
Charles Haas
Harrisburg
Belmont Ward
Nashville
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Hotel
Sherman
Midwest
Central
Warden Sues State Over Salary and Due Process
Victor P. Emery formerly a Pontiac game warden sues the state for 2500 dollars claiming civil service protections block his dismissal without charges and a public hearing. Meantime Chicago Superintendent McAndrew seeks over 1.0 million for 14 new junior high schools plus 400,000 for remodeling, 720,000 for supplies and salaries, and 100,000 for books maps and globes. Dr C T Foster aged 55 was shot dead near his Rock Island home by two unidentified men who fled after one shot and left an car. he believed he was mistaken for another. John L Little of Chicago files bankruptcy with 201,692 in liabilities and 50 assets, listing 140 creditors mostly in Iowa Wisconsin and North Dakota. Attorney General Brundage says Illinois Central victory after 16 years will save state millions. court found the system evades the charter 7 percent gross receipts requirement and reduced the companys reported profits.
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William McAndrew
Chicago
C. T. Foster
Rock Island
John L. Little
Towa
North Dakota
Little
Dyersville
Iowa
Trempealeau
Wis
Drayton
Bowesmont
Grafton
N. D
Brundage
Illinois Central
Samuel ©. Stough
Ottawa
Ilinois Central
Mattoon Veteran Dies At Home
Louis A. Shoupe seventy eight a veteran retired Big Four engineer died at his Mattoon home. Municipal ownership of streetcar lines in De Kalb and Sycamore is assured by a De Kalb county circuit court order authorizing A D Mackle receiver for the De Kalb Sycamore Traction company to sell the properties to each city. The line between the two cities will be abandoned as it fails to earn enough to cover operating expenses.
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Louis A. Shoupe
Mattoon
Nes
de Kalb and
Sycamore
Fulton
de Kalb County
A. D. Mackle
de Kalb-Sycamore Traction Company
Local farmer killed by car on county road west of Villa Grove
Frank Cabalek, seventy eight, of Douglas County, was struck by an automobile while walking on the highway west of Villa Grove and died before help could arrive. Northwestern division of the Illinois State Teachers' association to hold annual convention in Freeport October 24 with about 1,200 teachers expected to attend.
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Frank Cabalek
Douglas County
Villa Grove
Northwestern Division
Illinois State Teachers’ Association
Freeport
The
Western Catholic Union
Ottawa
Illinois
Aiissouri
Iowa
Kansas
National League of District Postmasters
Chicago
E. Bowen
Plainfield
Association
Farmers in Henry County Close Four Townships to Hunters
A Henry County farmers meeting adopted a resolution to close four townships to hunting this year. They cite damage caused by city hunters and have funded prosecutions against trespassers.
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Henry County
Decatur Plans Lincoln Memorial Association
The Decatur Association of Commerce will form the Decatur Lincoln Memorial association to care for building and other objects in Decatur tied to the life of Abraham Lincoln. The plan aims to preserve locations connected with Lincoln's life.
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Decatur
Abraham Lincoln
Decatur Association of Commerce
Decatur Lincoln Memorial Association
Freeport Faces 8000 Damages Over Amputated Leg
A court may order the city treasury to pay 8000 to Charles Doerr for the loss of a leg after a street accident involving an automobile. An 11 year old boy was injured when a car skidded on a curb and struck him, necessitating amputation.
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Freeport
Charles Doerr
Rev D Van Dyke Dies After Sudden Heart Trouble
Reverend D Van Dyke aged 43 former missionary to Africa and Albany Presbyterian pastor died suddenly from heart trouble. He served the Presbyterian church of Albany and his death was attributed to heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. van Dyke
Africa
Presbyterian Church of Albany
President Coolidge Urges Balanced Public Business Relation
In a radio banquet address to Heinz employees, President Coolidge cautioned that government must serve the public welfare and not dominate business. He urged cooperation between government and industry while allowing business to proceed rightly, warning against government ownership and stressing regulation of monopolies, not destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
H. J. Heinz Company
America
Coolidge Honors Columbus Memory in Italian American Letter
President Coolidge praised Christopher Columbus and Italian Americans in a Columbus Day note to Vita Contesga of the Italian Benevolent Society in New York. He recalled Columbus faced disgrace in his time, now hailed as among history’s foremost figures, symbolizing civilization’s expansion.
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Washington
Coolidge
Vita Contesga
New York
Italian Benevolent Society
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Italy
Largest single-engined airliner to start service soon
The biggest cross-channel plane to date will be used on routes between England and the continent. The air screw measures nearly 16 feet, and the aircraft features adjustable wing flaps.
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London
England
Continent
Grief-stricken man ends life at gravesite
Stephen Wilson, Danvers businessman, went to his wife’s grave in Bloomington cemetery and fatally shot himself three months after her death. Police report a suicide likely linked to his Bereavement.
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Bloomington
Ill
Stephen Wilson
Danvers
Aluminum Company Defends Tariff Against FTC Charges
Roy A. Hunt vice president of the Aluminum Company of America criticizes FTC accusations as biased and unfair. He outlines the company history from 1888, notes it is not a monopoly, explains bauxite supply, wartime and postwar production, and argues Fordney McCumber tariff restored U.S. plant operation and worker jobs while imports remain about 30 percent of domestic production.
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Pittsburgh
Federal Trade Commission
Aluminum Company of America
Roy A. Hunt
Hunt
Charles M. Hall
United States
Aluminum Company
Underwood
Railroads Fight Wage Restoration Bid Across Board
In Chicago representatives from over forty railroad companies opened evidence before the Railroad Labor Board opposing clerical workers demand to restore 1920 wage scales. They cited August 1924 cost of living indices and surveys showing other industries pay less, arguing no justification for wage restoration. Berlin Help for Needy Widow of Virchow Noted in Berlin city grant low monthly aid. Chicago post office inspector William Fahy, linked to the Roundout mall robbery case, pleads not guilty.
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Chicago
Ill
Railroad Labor Board
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Department of Labor
Labor Board
William Fahy
MacDonald Attacked by Labor Journal in Opening Campaign
London reports the New Statesman, voice of the Independent Labour Party, questions Prime Minister MacDonald’s leadership. The piece lauds his parliamentary gifts and foreign secretary record while criticizing him as an utter political failure as premier and accusing him of poor judgment toward Asquith and Liberal votes.
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London
McDonald
Intellectual Laborite Review
New Statesman
Independent Labor Party
Therty
MacDonald
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Mr. Asquith
Asquith
Sarazen Triumphs Over Epinard In Latonia International
Sarazen, an 8 year old chestnut gelding owned by Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt II, defeated Epinard in the final international race at Latonia before a record crowd. The finish was a length and a half ahead with a time within four-fifths of a second of the world record set by Whisk Broom II ten years earlier.
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Latonia
Kentucky
Sarazen
W. K. Vanderbilt II
Epinard
State Fair Aviator Killed at Virginia Exhibition
Tens of thousands witnessed a Virginia State Fair aviation accident in Richmond. Russell Simon of Newport News died when his plane plunged nose first from about 400 feet, striking the exposition roof and injuring several spectators who were nearby as the craft broke apart.
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Richmond
Russell Simon
Newport News
Midway
Simon
Butler Transferred to Ripon College Post
First Lieut. Braxton De G. Butler of the Sixth Infantry is relieved from his regiment and from duty at Jefferson Barracks. He is detailed under the national defense act as assistant professor of military science and tactics at Ripon College in Ripon Wisconsin.
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Washington, D
Braxton de G. Butler
Sixth Infantry
Jefferson Barracks
Ripon College
Ripon, Wis
Brewers Must Go to Jail For Injunction Violation
Chicago beer magnates Terry Druggan and Frank Lake must serve one year in county jail and pay a $1000 fine each for violating a federal injunction. The U S Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed District Judge James H Wilkerson’s sentence.
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Chicago
Ill
Terry Druggan
Frank Lake
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
James H. Wilkerson
Waterway Work Going Forward in Illinois
William L. Sackett, superintendent of the Illinois Division of Waterways, says construction of the $20,000,000 Illinois waterway is progressing as rapidly as possible under current conditions. He spoke before the Waterway Committee of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
William L. Sackett
Illinois Division of Waterways
Waterway Committee
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Flying Dutchman Postpones Flight from Amsterdam to Batavia
Indefinite postponement of Vanderhoof and companions flight from Amsterdam to Batavia due to air damage sustained at Philippopolis Bulgaria reported by the Dutch aviator and crew.
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Amsterdam
Vanderhoof
Batavia
Java
Philippopolis
Bulgaria
Indictment in High Profile New York Robbery Case
John Feinstein aged 24 was indicted on robbery burglary and assault related to a September 15 theft from Edith Bobe a modiste. Jewelry valued at eighty five thousand dollars was stolen in the incident and Feinstein faces multiple charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Feinstein
Edith Bobe
Southern Railway seeks to abandon Morristown to Corrytown line
Washington D C The Southern Railway filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon its 89 5 mile line from Morristown to Corrytown Tennessee due to forced descent conditions arising in flight operations.
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Washington, D. C
The
Southern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Morristown
Corrytown
Tenn
German loan oversubscribed as $110 million to US buyers
The $200 million German reconstruction loan under the Dawes plan is oversubscribed by about $1 billion. New York bankers say public investors will take the bulk, with $110 million allotted to the American market. Ford rumored to have offered to buy the entire issue, though bankers doubt it. The offering is timed for strong market conditions and a 7.75 percent yield.
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New York
United States
London
Thomas W. Lamont
Henry Ford
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Senators and Giants split World Series receipts record
Washington and New York players share 75 percent of a $1,093,104 total. Washington gets 148,991.68 from 26 shares at 5,780 each. Miller, Taylor, and Schacht receive partial shares. others share evenly. Rest donated to Wade Lefler, Frank Baxter, and the Senator bat boy.
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Washington
Giants
Senators
New York
Washington Melon
Harris
Miller
Taylor
al Schacht
Mick Altrock
Travis
Mike Martin
Wade Lefler
Frank Baxter
Senator
Bank President Found Guilty in Bank Failure Case
Parker 8 and D F Johnson, former president of the failed Sioux Palla Trust and Savings Bank, were found guilty by a circuit court jury of misapplication of funds tied to the bank’s collapse.
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Parker
F. H. Johnson
Sioux Palla Trust and Savings Bank
Mexican agent arrives in Austin to oversee $50 million bond issue
Juan Icaza, a special agent of the Mexican government, arrived in Austin Texas to supervise and check the printing of a $50,000,000 gold bond issue placed on the market recently by J L Arlitt an Austin meat broker.
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Juan Icaza
Austin
Tex
J. L. Arlitt
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Victor P. Emery
Pontiac
Mary Herman
Frank Andrews
Beardley’s Island
Illinois Young Men’s Christian Association
Peoria
Glenn Young
Herrin
Marton
G. R. Thompson
Elgin
International Life and Trust Company
Moline
B. A. Shearer
A. W. Shipton
Aurora —Kiwanis Club
David J. Evans
Adjustment Bureau
Chicago Association of Credit Men
Hotel la Salle
College of Agriculture
Urbana
University
K. F. Warner
Federal Department of Agriculture
Gilbert Gusler
0. M. Vestal
Animal Husbandry Department
Purdue University
Guernsey
Hinsdale
Bar Association
Third Supreme Judicial District
Berlin
Rudolf Virchow
Labor Journal
State Fair
Lieut. Butler
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