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i THE DAILY PANTAGRAPH, BLOOMINGTON, ILK, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 1920 get soma factories, as It h. REPORTED ENGAGEMENT man are expected at ma meeting Tuesday evening, at which time It la LINCOLN shipping facilities, being seru 1 three rail lines, the I. T. the fc Four and tha Vandall. a hoped to rorm a community organi month, each eating being devoted to soma special Interest of tha community, such as agriculture, public improvements, etc, with an expert In tha various lines to discuss the propositions.

It la believed that with proper co-operation, Mackinaw can OF MISS TAFT FALSE T-n Aneelea. Cal- Aorll 4. Beporta CLINTON. GEORGE W. GEER DIES.

nlty hall le also one of the thing sation. Tha plan haa become popular and there ia no doubt that tha organisation will bo perfected. It la planned to bav meetings one each said to have been printed In Clncln- SUNRISE PRAYER SERVICE wnran v.i.ura w.u enaijvn PONTIAC. DEATH OF MRS. JOHNSON.

Highly Respected Woman Passes Away After Brief Illness. nttin ihnt Mla Helftn Herron to put mm. TafC president of Pryn Mawr Col Clinton Commandery Knights Templar At St Paul's Church Inter-Church World Campaign To Oien in Logan County. lege, and only oaugnter oi mrmer President Taft. wis engaged to Prof.

Frederick J. Manning of wera denied tonight by Mlsa Taft Tha denial waa made over long dlstanca telephona from Panta Barbara. Cal. 8 INMATES OF CHESTER ESCAPE HOSPITAL Chaster. Ill, April 4 On man war shot, probably fatally, today by a posse hunting for fifteen Inmates ot tha Chester stats hospital for criminal Insana who escaped from tha In.

stitution lata last night after assault. Ing and overpowering Night Keeper Edward Burton. The wounded man Is Harry Btork, of Ilock Island, who waa serving a sentence for burglary and larceny at before being transferred to Chester. He, with five others wera recaptured. Tha other ntna men are still at large.

MAKE INVESTIGATION OF MINE DISASTER Bteubenville. 0 April 4. An official Investigation will begin tomorrow Into tha accident In which two An After Easter Sale of New Clinton. April 4. (Special.) The Inclement weather did Dot deter Lincoln.

April 4 (Special.) The Young 1V I'nlon of the city "There la absolutely no trutn tha report." she enld Pontlac, April 4. (Spaclal.) Mrt. E. M. Johnson, iZi South Will street, died at ber home Saturday morning.

Mra. Johnaon was taken 111 March hud sum ire lirftycr meeting on many from attending the Easterner FUNERAL MONDAY. fcjuJuv tiiiintiiiK HI Um Ktist 1'rttby- vices In the various churches of the i. TliA V.IIIIH ri.Mllli Shlnker Ritas for Miss Alta Last miT out in li umbers to the city this morning. However, the 15.

suffering a severs ehlU. which numbers were considerably leas, developed into a case of pleurisy and am Held at 2 P. M. Ludlow. Aorll 4.

(Special.) Mlsa In uu the ini'lii and the mt-mtwra was rendered at an attack ot lumbago added to in a body at tne services I M. E. church, the Pre.bytcrian ber affliction. Both yielded to 1 Spipfiimcoj nnls I Alta Shlnker, who haa been very low for several weeks, pat away at the home of her parents Friday. The of tin i ii st iu church.

church and the Christian church this treatment and her condition was con funeral will take place from the sidered favorable to complete recovery until Friday morning, when she huif A itirul k.mnrrhB. m-hleh Christian church Monday at I p. re interment In Glen cemetery. Faxton. CHurch World Movement.

morning. A nui ari will bu lu-ld at Hie res- At Hi. Paul's church. Rev. sr.

O. bunan ei.urclt In tiiis city on i IJntrm delivered a eperlal Easter i iiuis.tity, April S. to perfect tlx or-! sermon to Clinton Commandery, ganiMtion aiul discuss plans for thelKnlghta Ttmplar. There were about luter-ciiiirch World Movement that la! thirty of the commandery present, to be made during the week of April! Services were generally suspended Mlsa Shlnker ta survived by ber par rendered her unconscious and death i coal miners' wera miiea ano inree followed this morning. others injured, one probably fatally.

Caroline M. Baxton waa the daugh- at tha Labelle Iron Works lata yea-tor of James and Catherine Saxton, terday. A motor train carrying mm- ents and a large number of brothers. sisters and relatives, Bhe was about 28 years old. ndthelof Huntington, Pa.

She was born, ers out or ilia mine co imea neaa-on Zi tu ilnv 2. this evening In the church The meeting will be Mra, Augusta lease Die. attended by evening Easter program will be ren- August liU fahe was the Xoupgr my and twu'dered in the various churches next of six children, all of whom have I Sunday evening. except one sister, Hrs the ni.m:rrs uf the coun Mrs. Augusta Klsese, widow of Carl Susie C.

Wagner, of Jdanle Shade. regatlon as Kleese, a former well-known Bloom tii. vv iiiuiiiniK, mier i ga neaiasm uisa. i ports of the company attribute the accident to a misunderstanding of signals. DEATH OF MR8.

HOTZ. Aged Resident Died of Pneumonia at 5 O'clock This Morning. ingtonlan, died at laat night at the borne of her daughter, Mrs. C. A.

Ceorge W. Gear. 1630 Eaat North iat, juds Jonathan Duff, of this Klelnau, Boutn Clayton street. street, died at his home about citv. When a girl, her mother hav-o'clock on Saturday morning after died.

Miss ax'on came to Pon-lonK Illness from complication. ,0 nv, wltn steT. 8ubse- She waa born March II, 1841 on the Island of Reegtn In the North Sea. some time tthe leaves five children Mra. Kiel it n.iwn.i tienuv an attenaea in tincinnuiii It was Pekin, April 4 (Special Mra.

im nnl itpv v. i-l hla Inalli cam i i' i. nau, Theodore, Charles and August i hr. manvl 1 Tl-i Catherine Hots died at i qlock this Kleese of Bloomlngton, and John at I Los Angeles, eight grandchll. I friend, and relatives.

The deceased! home In Huntington, where she hr. ame' was li years, months and 2J married to E. M. Johnson, 0fi rt. Sho had been sick Only a old at the time of his death.

He was th.s city, on December 1869. com- time with pneumonia. Mra. dren and six great grandchildren. horn December 10, 144.

at Peoria, lng to Pontlao Immediately there Hon was Catherine Wolf and vai born In Germany Msy J6, 1847, being Ik la 4C nearly 75 years of age. She camp to this country fifty-four years ago and after, and where she has lived ever! since. I Baker-Ellis. This morning at 10 o'clock occurred; the murriage of Miss Lilah M. Ellis' and was the yrung st son of William E.

and Mary J. Oeer. When he was but 4 years old his parents removed to Clinton on a farm and here he haa past his life. He enlisted In the union army, Co. H.

154th I I waa married in Sand Prairie town noon and evening atsrions. A fiylng squadron of live will be here to conduct the meetlr r. Kes.rtci a procram there Hill he illustrated slides showing the purposes of the campaign. county's quota In the move, ment Is Biiiroximattly Means and methods of obtaining this quota will be discussed at tha meeting. C'larenee 11.

Junes, district manager ith headquarters in Springiield was in the city Kriday completing plans for the meeting next Thursday. Files Suit for Divorce. A new case has been filed to the next term of the circuit court In which Annabel Thompson filed a bill sgainst Johnson li. Thompson asking fur separate maintainance, temporary and permanent alimony, allow, ance, Injunction and relief. The complainant sets up marriage June 19, 1SS7 in Lincoln.

She states that for many years her husband has been a victim of drink and that he haa been guilty of many acts of cruelty. She alleges bis puseseion of personality cons.sting in part of a Scully lease and asked that tha court enjoin him ship to Adam Hotx, who died many Mrs. Kleese was a member ot Trinity Lutheran church. In Watt Virginia. Parkersburg, Va, April 4.

Many houses were unroofed, trees uprooted and wires and poles blown down by a gale which struck this city late today. The high winds also swept Marietta, Ohio, near here, but reports from that city tonight Indicated that tha damage there was not years aeo. Surviving here are the nine 'and Wilbur D. Baker, of Kairbury. Illinois infantry and aerved following children: Adam Hotx.

Peo i at tne nome or tne nriue motner.i months. ria; Mrs, Catherine WendeL William Mrs. Mattie F.I lis. at til West Prairie! The deceased wss married June 14 Hots and Mrs, Dlxzie Corell. Pekin, 1869.

to Elizabeth Cornett and to this street, Itev. M. O'Hara officiating. and Jacob Hots, Peoria. The bride looked charming In a I uniun five children wera born, one Mra.

Hotx waa a member of the dying In infancy. Besides the wife he is survived by the following children: William U. Oeer, of this city: Lutheran church and a kindly soul who was ever ready to aid those In distress. Her death will be mourned traveling suit of blue and wore a corsage bouquet of sweet peas. She Is the daughter of Mrs.

Mattie Ellis and is a very popular member of Pon- serious. COMMUNITY BANQUET. Booster Club Will Entertain Men of Mackinaw at "Feed Mrs. Elnora Babb, Mrs. Charles Values From $45 to $75 TAll Sizes for Ladies and Misses Hire is a choice assortment of newest Springs suits which arrived too late for Easter Belling and which are marked at exceptionally reasonable prices for after-Easter Sale.

These suits are in all the new and popular materials, the fashionable colors, and a large variety of sizes. There are models in high grade tricotines, French and men's wear serges, Poiret twills and novelties, among which are many fancy mixtures to select from. The models on display include the boxcoat, fitted and mannish tailored styles, offering a wonderful style assortment to choose from at r. xv t- ac a vount-er set. r.

Maker Is thei Decatur; one sister, Mrs. Mary El- of Mr. and Mrs. J-red Baker, ofi fc.M lingtonof Clinton; nineteen grand- Kairbury. and holds a responsible po-i The funeral he'd.

Monday children ai.4 iv sition In Detroit. Mich. After a brief p. m. at the Lutheran church.

Mackinaw. April 4 (Special.) from disposing of any part t.f bis i Kev. A. O. Geiscmann officiating, and rill dren.

I honeymoon Mr. and Sirs. Halter The Mackinaw Booster Committee haa prepared to entertain the men of burial will he at lakeside. tne Mackinaw community at a "feed a. In the K.

of P. hall Tuesday evening: The deceased wss a member of the; take vrt their residence In Detroit. Christian church. Bervices for thei High School Election, dead will be held at 2:39 o'clock! An ejection will be held at the city Monday afteraoon in the home of on 8auirday afternoon. April 10.

William Geer, J3DI Eb Slain street. rrom 0ClUCk. noon, until o'clock property penuing settlement of the case. The writ of injunction was is-ued by Judge Harris. Gen.

Wood Speak. The special train bearing General Leonard Wood, presidential candidate, will stop at the Wyatt 'avenue crossing el the Illinois Central, according to arrangements announced by Agent A. H. "Wallace, The special ia due here at 4. J9 Monday.

Oeneral Wood, escorted by several in cnarw oi ev. it. u. jn tn, evtnlns for the purpose of I SAMUEL BARBER DIES Passes Awsy in Livingston County Hospital Sunday Morning. Falrbury, April 4.

(Special.) Samuel B. Barber died at the Livingston county hospital this morning at 11 o'clock. He waa born In Fulton at After the eating, a number of talks will he made and the principal address will be by Willis Evans, secretary of the Peoria Association of Commerce. The Booster Club waa formed two or three monthe ago by ten or twelve publie spirited citlxena ot this town and vicinity. About 150 oe in v.uouiawn ino- one member to the board of tery- education of the Pontlao township Pleads Guilty.

high achool. The term of but one John Kraft, who waa arrested on! member expire this spring that of Thursday for ehiM ahanrtnnme nt. i Dr. E. A.

Thayer. Dr. Thaver has county tt years ago, living there till was arraigned before County Judcei filed hla petition for re-election, he. list), when he moved te Lexington. citizens wno expect to no to luv vmy iiaiiuiums no UBS bquiiiik uii laiui, in iivu ii uiu.cu or the offlcn.

Clinton h. Ceieri Saturday and entered party ww t0', LMi to the charee. He filed I MO n.A.A k. MOKE to Bloomlngton, where for tome years he was employed by the Big Sure Relief LIGHT WELDON- minutes duration will be made, wea- Four. He waa married forty-two years ago to Miss Etta Payne, who survives him, with the following children; Earnest Barber of Falrbury.

and with whom he had lived pay the sum of 25 per month for the -Uf9 support of his children. He entered Enterprising Citizens Arrange for Into a bond for the faithful perform-l High Power Service, ance of his obligations. I onion, April (special.) ror I some time Weldon citizens have been Appointed Guardian. Judce Bedlncer on Saturday aD-lworkinsr on a to aecure INDIGESTION pointed isaac iarrerty, ot Kutlectgei proiier uniting acuities, tne present ownshln. as guardian of Lewis M.

municipal plant being obsolete and and North, who is now In the U. 8. ser- 6 Bell-ans Hot water for some time; Mrs. Alex Stelnhous-er of Springfield; Mrs. Ruth Fleming and Charles Barber, both of Bloomlngton, and Earl, of Philadelphia.

Pa. The body will be brought to Falrbury Monday. Funeral arrangement? are not yet made. The everyday Christian has seven chance to the Sunday fellow's one. Love Is never found by aeeking and ice.

Mr. LafTertv aualified on a fcHt bond of 13,000. fast depreciating, being un as a loss for many months. It was thought best to sell the plant and aecure eiectrio current from Clinton, which Is about four Petition for Support. The hearlnr on the netltinn filed fJSZdm Sure Relief 3 RE LL-ANS Lea? FOR INDIGESTION teen miles west ot the village.

A committee waa recently appointed to by Statea Attorney Grover C. Hoff that the brothers, slaters and children provide for and support Mrs. see what arrangements could be never stay tor pleading. mrr ieruiitung. I Sevan Years Old.

Mrs. C. F. Buker entertained a number of little folks at her home, 227 Delaian street, Saturday afternoon for her little da'ighter, ljura Elixa- I beth, In honor of the iatter'a seventh birthday. The hours were from i to H.

F. Linville. 4 The remains of H. F. Llnviire4.

who died at Pawhauska, Okla, arrived In New Holland fc'aturday and was taken to the homo of Mies Josie Caldwell to await burial The funeral was held Sunday at 2 p. m. ia the M. E. church at New Holland.

Interment aa in Kichmond Grove cemetery. Marriage License. Charles H. Shlnn, age J. and AN Vina G.

Brocket, age i5, Springfield, were married by Judge Rudolph at the county court room about 4 p. m. Friday. The official witness waa George J. Scyfer of the county court bouse.

The groom is a mechanic and tha couple will continue their resi-r dence In Springfield. Dean Doll Foster, ag 21, Mt. Pu-, laskl. aiargaret swan waa begun on Saturday, but Utter continued hv made, and representatives from the Clinton Gas and Eiectrio Company (Illinois Trctlon) recently came here io eive the committee and interested THE Elff 5RIIIE John Bedinger until Tuesday, April at iq octocK. citlzene facta and ligurea for their consideration.

It was learned the 868 New Members. Eight and alxtv-elcht A A 0 members were signed up In the De- Waver Fib Imporlua BarpinaBUYT Lounty Farm Bureau thru the drive for increased membership to Friday night. Floyd I- Johnson, De-Witt county farm adviser, predicts that many more will become mem-hers before the drive ta completed. cost of bringing the high tension wire from Clinton to Weldon would be from 11,150 to 1 500 per mile. They proposed that Weldon oltlaena raise the money for the line, then turn tend the present pioles and wires) over to them, free, after which the company would operate It at a fixed rate per kilo wot for residences nd stores nd $1,200 per year for the street lights.

Fire at Residence. A email blare at tha home of Mm. Superb Diamonds Alarjorle Tomlinson, age 1, ML Margaret Stewart, 5U South Monroe Five Weldonuea then made a bet- street, was the cause of the fire de-j ter proposition- It the citlsens Charles H. Bhlnn. era Spring field.

-s iiitciiL ucinf iuca out on afternoon. The chemical extin 15, Spring- Alvlna Q. Brocket, age held. would rals 110 000 as a donation, they would furnish the balance of the money, making $20,000 in all. A canvass showed that th people were not In favor of etheir donation guisher was used by the department and the blaze was soon extalngulshed.

HOLDS INQUEST. proposition, but 16,000 being raised Spending Vacation, Will W. Kirby. student at McCor-tulck Theological seminary, Chicago, la spemtins- his Easter vacation vimt. tor the latter, Coroner Investigate Fatality of Then it was decided to organise a stock company and the citizens re Ing relatives In Lincoln and Middle- James 8tockwll.

Peoria. April 4. fSoecIaM -Car- sponded liberally, over (12,000 being raised the nrst day, with quite. town. Goes ts Virginia.

Mrs. D. C. Turlev la leaving Mm. number yet to aee.

A number of farmer near the village subscribed oner William B. Elliott and a jury this morning Investigated th death by drowning of James Stockwell, (4 years old, and residing at 1415 North Jefferson avenue, a verdict ot acci day for Grotto, Va, where she ex- for stock, sbowlng they, too, sre interested in tha welfare of Weldon, The chief consideration in buying a DIAMOND should be based not on price, but on brilliancy, pure color and perfection in cut, shape and polish. These high qualities you will find in our goods. and some Clinton citizen also fecis io remain lor tne next six months and possibly make her future home. Bhe will reside near old dental death being returned.

bought stock. It is planned to run a No. 4 eon. btockwe.l, wbo was employed by the government as a night watchman at lta fleet In the north end of the uienas. Anothsr Trusncy Case.

per wire from Clinton to Weldon via publio roads, and quote a number of farmers along the way. as well as city, fell from a barge Into the river Thomas Shull ot Mt. Pulaski, has at tne toot of Hayward atreet soon been summoned to appear before Judge Primm Manday mornlna: on Lane citizens, will use the current. It is now thought the line will be aiter clock Jaat night while mak constructed at a very early date. ing nia xirsc rounds.

His cries were heard as he took the fatal plunge and within five minutes hla body bad been recovered by Frank Sattlg and the charge of keeping his daughter Dorrell, of school age, from attend- lng school. The case was tiled at the Instance of A. C. Wacaser, county GLASGOW STEAMER runi omeer. tsnuil agreed to ap SEARCHED BY POLICE year aionaay.

Injured at Mine. London, April t. In connection with the searching by the police ot a Glas gow steamer arriving at Londonderry Ray Moose, an employe of the Latham Coal was somewhat cut Will H. Homuth Jewelry Company tne London Times says it is stated and bruised Saturday morning while that the authorities learned that car employed in the mine by a fall of unam league, nut au enorts at resuscitation by Dr. E.

E. Nystrom failed. Decedent had been employed by the government tor fourteen year and been a resident of Peoria for twelve years, or since headquarters of the fleet was removed her from Beards-town. He was a native of Rushville and ts survived by his widow; two sons, Charles and Tony, and two daughters, Mrs. Joeeph Hehrens.

of Peoria and Mrs. C. Irwin, Soring-field. The body will be taken to his former home at Rushville for Power Farming Demonstration Saturday, April 10th, Fred Blum Farm. Investigate the Crawler type Tractor suitable for Spring plowing and seed bed preparation.

tain persona were believed to be on their way to Ireland from America state, iie was cared lor by the com pany physician at St. Clara's hos by way of Ulasgow. It la reported pital. The physician stated that he believed his injuries were confined to also that after the passengers left the ateamcr a box of ammunition was found on the deck. The supposed "If.

WHat Thay Say It Xs at Homntll, nesn wound and severe bruises, BELIEVES IN AMERICA. owner, surprised by th police dumped it overboard to escape the consequences. German Boy Gives Good Reasons for Coming to This Country, Urbane, April 4. (Special.) Flv nunnred dollars' worth ot Liberty "i.iia, punouBeti ouring tne war is men Oltman, a prominent farmer living In the "German flats" in Compromise township, are enroute in the nans to cnieago, having been ae SMART SNAPPY SUMMER FOOTWEAR xt eaI? eTryul oma, could want in Footwear all the new patterns and materials at the rieht orice Now is the time to buy your summer low ghoes. price.

ceptea by the federal Immigration iim-mi mere a surety for Bern --th Moat Efficient Tractor In Amnio U. WILLIAMS SON CO. natdt Cordsen, an H-year-old German refugee, recently found at the "Itman home, and sinra then hM i the county Jail for violation of the DX2TBIBUT028 Fancy BucUm In cut steel, jet, whit and combination. mws. The bonds are for the release of the boy pending the hearing of his case before the Pumps Buinorities.

a i i-orosen, who ran away IV. wuneimahavon is war, ana snipt a a stow Oxfords Oxfords a' aoonrn a vessel bound for America, declares that he wants to sa II Pumps country and become an American Htlwn. He sneaks good and ia well educated. HI father Is of national note In Qer. many, beini? th.

designer of th defenses of 7ilhelmh.u a 1 2 a at .4. -A Thin Pumps in patent and dull kid. Tongue Pumps in patent kid. war and one of the country's foremost engineer. dlrtJ1.rin from Qer-man eald th yong refu, the state' attorney-, office this morning -Why.

because you feed your cattle better than theVeonl. "ermany are tea. i wanted to et airay from th. mis.r,. VI in Wouldn't You Buy a Uberty Bond for $89.90 THAT nt yon could hare dona if yon had purchased tt Fourth Liberty Loan on Friday's market Wt buy and sell all issues of U.

S. Government Bonds. The Gardner Company GBlESUZm BUILDDCQ Patent Kid Oxforda with high French heels, plain toes. Black Kid Oxfords, tha new slender toe, plain tipped high eurred heel or the walking heel. Brown kid high heeled fire-eye imitation top, medium welt ole.

Brown ealf, mCitary heel Oxford, imitation top, welt sole. Tha new two-eye Tump brown patent and dull kid. rsn away at the firt opporiunltv want to become an JrZ U. Jen. a.

I have bee this country since old to derstand -T hat It Mnnd Released Prisoner Arrive Pari, Anril 4 Have you seen our new French Tie! Its a beauty. Made up with 19-8 curved heel in dull kid. ONLY DOES ONE KIND OF. The Beot 608 NORTH MAIN 8TKZZT, Kinlooh Pbont 131. v.

tireless W. E. EOLAPJ Frensh arid In1eh "'h-ed 1 the holslevikt hnve Finland, acceding to Iron. Helslngtore. "Patcb eJE-a! Ww.

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