1. 1 STREATOR DAILY TIMES-PRESS 5, NO. 151. Free Independent- Press Times Established Established 1873 :883 STREATOR, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1931. PRICE FOUR CENTS.
CONTINUED WARM FORECAST OVER WEEK END ALL SECTIONS OF NOW IN HEAT. WAVE Death Toll: Mounts As Mercury Continues To Soar Around 100 Mark, Heat ranging arpund the century degree mark continued to take its today ant the experienced another day of torrid weather. Storms In Ohio (and Michigan which temporarily broke the wave extreme beat yesterday, caused deaths de twelve persons, eight Ohio and tour in Stichigan. Chidago, where an all lime record of 94.5 was set resterday and a hotter day was in prospect today, recorded thirteen dearas due to the heat, In Indiana eleven persons died of the heat or by drowning. In Springfield, here, the thermometer reached 99 and may go higher todays one person died.
Out in this Rocky Mountain repions high readings yesterday were: Phoenix, 110;) Havre, 100; Albuquerque, Sherkdan, 94; Pueblo, 98; Denver 92 and Salt Lake City 84. Mitchell 8. the mercury reached 108,1 Even on- the Pacific coast high temperatures were recorded, though cooler weather was predicted for northern California today. Four deaths were recorded in that state, all due to Arowning. Fresno with 161 had the highest temperature yesterday.
Los Angeles experienced heat, while in San Francisco and San Diego the mercury remained in the high seventies. Up in Seattle, the highest read66. intro eastern section of the country was comparatively cool- with highest temperature at Pittsburgh yesterday 16, at Philadelphia 84, Washington 80, and Boston 85. However, was predieted for day. Storms in Pittaburgh cau two deaths, and Boston one death.
Heat Wave Over South. The heft wave also raged! throughout the south. Yesterday's high readings with pa possibility still higher, temperatures. today weret Birmingham, 96; Vicksburg, 94; New OMeans, Tampa, 94; Fort Worth ani Abilene, Dallas, 96.6 General rains along the Gulf of Mexico were ported to he moving northward bring relies and storm tropical storm moving from Brownsville to Corpus Christie were ordered displayed by weather bureau. With this temperatures in nineties and readings of a 100 more predicted today Kansas and Missouri were experiencing worst head wave Mince 1901.
person died at Lovisiana, another Indefendence, Kans. Three deaths were recorded in Louis late yesterday and last night where a reading br 100 was corded yesterday. Two Die af Morris. The hottest city Sin Indiana Vincennes, where temperature yesterday. Morris, had two Heat deaths, as the thermometer imbed toward 100 today.
So terrific wad heat farmers have delated their work un late evening and night. At that night temperatures In the midille west ranged above eighties. The heat wave struck all sections of the country from the Appalachian mountains to the Pacific const with the sweltering weather centered Iowa 1A the vicinity Keokuk where a trading of 87 recorded the highest temperature in the country at hour. One person died of the at Sioux City, las yesterday temperatures above 100 were rule throughout this state. Waterloo turned in a reading 105 yester- day.
Minnesota Gets Rain. Minnesota was a bit of relet today with a heavy rainfall in the vicinity of Morehead, but other sections the mildle west report. ed parched and barned crope, with a possibility of heavy loss farmers. The hot weather took a toll of three deachs at Quincy, and in addition farmers lA that section and in Iowa ere suttoring heavy losses due to deiths of domestic animals. On one irm near West Liberty, Towa, horses and 20 hogs died in twenty four hours.
South Dakota And Nebraska reported several official 104-degree readings at weather stations, with 100 degries prevailing over, Iowa, Illinois ard High readings reported. to the 130 Votes For. Compromise Debt Relief TY COMPLETE ON WORLD HOP GIVEN $10,000 JUDGMENT. SPRINGFIELD, June Thelma Tompkins McLaren, of New York, today had been awarded a Judgment of $10,000 against Clifford Bortmess for the death of her husband, Lorimee McLaren, in an automobile accident. Bortmess failed to appear.
Jury was sworn, evidence of one witness heard a verdict returned in less there minutes. Mrs. McLaren charged that while driving an automobile, took her husband, a hitchhiker, for a passenger, and later alleged had an caused accident her which husband's she death. Phoenix, 108 at Mitchell, S. 106 at Red Wing, 104.
at Hurson, S. Galesburg, Pana, and Sterling, 103 at Cedar Rapids, and Canton, 102 at Carbondale, Miles City, Davenport, Dubuque, and Red Bluff, 101 degrees at St. Paul, and Eau Claire, Wis. An even dozen cities reported temperatures of even 100 degrees maximum, among them Evansville, Peoria, Oklahoma City, St. Louis, Mo.
Street temperatures where the sun's rays blazing down out of a cloudless sky get in their full effect ranged from 20 to 30 degrees higher than official readings. Advices were that small grains in the wheat belt were being dried before maturity but no estimate of the done was made. In the rain was needed in damage, some areas but generally the crop was in good condition. Some farmers were doing their wheat harvesting by moonlight. Water Shortage Some Places Some cities reported a shortage of water and Chicago's engingering department kept its force towns.
forking 24 Pana, hours to supply restricted use outlying of water for sprinkling purposes but Jacksonville, allowed unlimitbathing for the first time in five months. In a big oven from the Rocky Mountains In west to the Appalachians on the east, the middle west gasped today in the heat which baked millions for the fifth day. No immediate relief was in sight and "turn on heat" was the gist of weather predictions. C. A.
Donnell, chief forecaster at ChiAgo said: Saturday will see temperature of at least 95 and probably 98. Humidity will remain high, increasing discomfort. A flake breeze alone will keep the mercury from going close to 100." Sudden Storm Takes Lives. Sudden storms added to the toll of lives taken by the oppressive temperatures. Northern Ohio swept by a 60 mile an hour gale along the lake chore from Toledo to.
Clevelan reported six dead and property damage. Record temperatures were reported from a wide aea, in Chicago when the -1 cury rose to 94.5 late in the afternoon It set an alltime recordforthat date. Half a million thronged to the beaches seeking a cool place as eight prostrations were recorded. Four were drowned in Lake Michigan, three of them youngsters, under 11 years of age. RIOTS BREAK OUT IN PLANT AT BLOOMINGTON BLOOMINGTON, June 27- Open rioting broke out at the Hays Custer stove works here today and four strike-breakers were severely beaten, supposedly by union men they replaced.
One of the injured men, E. D. MacBurnett, whose skull was fractured, was not expected to live. The others. Jesse Fowler, Harry West and Glen Bryant, were expected to re cover.
The assault broke out when the night force was leaving work. The strikebreakers came to the plant a month ago when 150 union employes refused to accept a 20 per cent wage cut. Sen. Cuthbertson Choice for Judge. CARLINVILLE, June Senator A.
S. Cuthbertson, Bunker Hill, 1 is Macoupin county's choice for republican nominee for judge from the second supreme district to succeed Judge Willam M. Pa: Vandalia, resigned. Twenty delegates and alternates were named by the county republican committee to attend the convention at Alton July 10 when candidate will be nominstea KHARBOROVSK IS LAST STOP, THEN AMERICA Pace Fliers Are Setting I May Take Them Round World In Week. IRKUTSK, Siberia, June With more than one-half of their record- breaking Journey a globe behind them, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, America's "time-table airmen," sped eastward over the dreary Siberian wastes today toward Kharborovsk, last scheduled stop before they return to the continent of North America The fliers took off from Irkutsk at 7:10 a.
m. G. M. T. (3:10 a.
m. eastern daylight saving time,) only twohours and fifteen minutes after reaching here from Moscow by way of Novo-Sibirsk, Upon reaching Irkutsk: at 4:55 a. m. G. M.
T. (12:55 a. m. E. D.
covering the 1,037 miles from Novo-Sibirsk in six hours and ten minutes They hoped to negotiate the 1100 to Kharborovsk in nine hours of flying. Speed Records have Broken! Never in history rugged steppes, desolate plains and forests of Siberia been crossed with such peed. They flashed along the route of the -Siberian railway at pace of alinost 150 miles an hour, more than twice that averaged by the Graf Zeppelin on its historic crossing of Siberia. If the present rate of speed is maintained, the airmen will easily negotiate their entire 15,000 mile journey in the ten days they allotted for the flight. There is even distinct possibility they will achieve their reported desire to land their plane back at Roosevelt Field, New York after having circumnavigated the globe in one single week.
Despite considerable bad weather, the hazards of flying over more or less uncharted territory and an almost complete absence of up-todate aeronautical facilities over much of Siberia, Post and Gatty have maintained an averge speed since their tke-off from New York on Tuesday of 141 miles an hour. A northwest. cross wind along the route from Moscow to NovoSibirsk and strong headwinds in the vicinity of Omsk failed to cut down the airmen's average speed, an they set a new record of 11 and one-half hours for that flight of more than 1,400 miles. Take Safest Route. In heading for Kharborovsk, the airmen chose the safest route at their disposal.
They might have saved some 700 miles of flying by flying to Yakutsk, but a total absence of airports or, emergency landing stations of any sort and an almost complete lack of habitation made this route too hazardous. From Kharborovsk, the fliers face 2,450 miles of flyig over a northeasterly course along the Pacific coast of Asia to Nome, Alaska. This leg of the flight will involve considerable over- water flying. The airmen. planned to span the sea of Okhotsk to Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, then veering over the Bering sea to Alaska.
Wayward Streator Youth Turned Over To Parole Officer Tony Rubestel, wayward local youth ho during his incarceration at police headquarters kept passersby entertained with his lusty singIng, was given over to the custody of state parole officer last night, and taken to Ottawa to await hearing before Judge Reck Monday morning. Rubestell, who but a few weeks ago was paroled from St. Charles, was arrested Thursday night after he had driven his car through stop sign and crashed Into another vehicle at Wasson and Bronson streets. While In jail here, Rubestell pearched himself in the cell window overlooking the city park, serenading all who passed. MRS SHAVER WILSON DIES OTTAWA, June 27.
Mrs. Eliza Shaver Wilson, 90, who was personally acquainted with the Indian chief Shabbona and who heard the famous Lincoln-Douglas debate, was dead today. She was a life-time realdent of La Salle counter. New Approach to Tomb of America's Unknown Soldier In the serene majesty of this scene pictured at the approach to the national area in the foreground. The Tomb ground, Hedges soon will flank the 61 INDICTED IN MIDDLEWEST LIQUOR RING Federal Government Acts Top Break Up Alcohol Syndlcate of Capone, CHICAGO, -June rum, rings distributing millions.
of gallons of alcohol throughout. the middle west and netting the operator millions of dollars in profits were revealed here today in a blanket indictment of the huge liquor syndicate. One corporation and sixty persons, including members of the organization ruled by "Scarface Al" Capone, who recently entered a guilty plea, to conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws and faces a federal prison. sentence, were named in the indictment. The Indictment, returned before Federal Judge John P.
Barnes after months of secret investigation from Chicago to Waterloo, charged liquor law violations in a conspiracy involving the known manufacture of two million gallons of alcohol and the commission of "ten million other offenses" against the federal prohibition act. Booze distillery and rum running groups reaching into Chicago, Aurora, Whiteside county, Illinois, Waterloo and Clinton, and contiguous territory are involved in the indictment. Over Middlewest. The syndicate operated alcohol stills, seven of gigantic capacity, being specified in the indictment. and, took care of the wholesale and delivery of the Illegal products to the bootlegging trade throughout the middle west.
The Indictment was prepared under the supervision of Assistant U. 8. Attorney Daniel Anderson with the aid of Chief Special Prohibition Agent Walter Bennett, who obtained the indictment recently of Al and his subordinates. The charges are much more sweepins than that returned against the pone syndicate and exposed one the most powerly "alky" rings (in the country with Its hub in Chicane and Its branches reaching out through the Dakotas and the MiltIssippi valley. The key that revealed the huge syndicate was discovered by cial Agents C.
Edson Smith Paul B. Shoop when they made liquor purchases from the Meyer Brothers, Mike and Joe, of Aura Other federal agents worked into the ring by making more purchas Personnel of Syndicate. The inner council of the gigantic syndicate was said to be made up. of Gabriel, Paul and Tony Cinquina, said to be Capone men, Richard and Russell Price of Waterloo, Iowa, and Mike Blumberg Clinton, Iowa. According to eral men, Blumberg is the so-called rum king of the Clinton group and enjoys.
the title of "the Capone of Arthur W. Cooper, Assistant 11, S. Attorney Anderson said, way (Continued en Page 2) PROSPERITY IS ON RETURN, SAYS HARVEY T. HILL ROCKFORD, Ill, June -Forecasting a reign of prosperity far overshadowing the depression, Harvey T. Hill, executive vice-president of the Chicago Stock Exchange, today addressed the' annual meeting of the Illinois Secretaries of Commerce.
HIll in his speech, "Some Hopeful Signs in the Present Business Situation," compared business to a delcate piece of machinery, which, when adjusted properly runs smoothly, but easily thrown out of gear, He said that the consuming public 1 had not bought to the extent that it had before the time of the start of the business decline. "Before we can have an increase In buying, we must have the buying power. The buying power of our nation can best be illustrated by two things. This was evidenced recently by the fact that a 31 per cent loan of $812,000,000 was offered by the federal government and over-subecribed more than seven times. Another evidence of this buying power is that there la more money in the savings banks today than there was two years ago, "Some of the fundamental adjustments have already been made to put this busines mechanisny on a sound basis.
The following are a few: The cost of production has been reduced; inventories in every line have been reduced; commodity prices have been reduced; the curity market has been liquidated to the point where many good stocks are earning dividends far greater than the: interest charge would be on money borrowed to buy these stocks; our cold reserve is more than twice the legal requirement, while In 1920 It was below the 40 per cent requirement." OLD SOL IS STILL KING OF WEATHER 01d King Sol and the weather man surely must be in partnerships in this weather deal they've given the locality the last five days, an the terrific heat spell still prevailed today, with the mercury 86 at 8 o'clock this morning and mounting higher each hour. According to the grip the wave has on the weather man, this summer's beat spell should surely eclipse all Manding records of the past. Many people were trying to cool themselves off, by swimming, bouting, and eating their meals in the cellars of their homes. Sleep has been null due to the scarcity of any breeze. With the rising of the temperature, all beach resorts and river banks will be clustered by the reHef-seeking Inhabitants on tomorrow's holiday.
SURETIES FOR OFFICIALS MUST FILE THEIR ASSETS Approximately 500 letters were sent out to officials in La -Salle county today, instructing them to have the sureties on their bonds file complete schedule of assets at the office of George A. Hunter, the county clerk, by July 1, The letters were sent out in compliance with a recent order of Judge Herry Reck, who Instructed that al sureties on bonds of the officials comply with the provision of the state law which requires them to file schedules of assets semi-annual1y County officials, city officials, police magistrates, justices of the peace, township road and bridge fund treasurers and tax assessors all come under the ruling. In the past, sureties on officials' bonds have scheduled lists of assets when the bonds were filed, and have never been required to tile a new schedule. CORNELL GIRL IS VICTIM OF PURSE THIEF. Police were notified last night to be on the watch for a grey Chevrosedan, occupied by a man and woman and two children, after the former is alleged to hate stolen pocketbook belonging to Bernice Sullivan, Cornell.
According to information given police, Miss Sullivan left her pocketbook on a counter in a filling statian at Cornell. The man whom she later saw entering, the grey dan, was in the station at the same time, and when he left, the book was missing. A green fountain pen, a sliver compact, and other valuables formed the contents. Local officers maintained a watch for the automobile, but found mo trace of it in the city. HOPES HIGH IN GERMANY FOR "HEIR FUTURE Vote Opens Way 1 for Further Negotiations Between MelIon and French Cabinet.
toll of the in At 90 I NEA sleeps America's Unknown Soldier. shrine now has replaced the itself is seen at the top of the steps, walks and the stairs. Beer Seized In Local Man's Car Emptied at Ottawa Beer, thick and creamy, flowed in today. Of course it may flow on other days, in certain places, if a person knows the high signs, the pass word and the right But today the beer flowed back of the police station, where more than 200 bottles of the beverage forbidden to the thirsty by Andy Volstead's law, were broken. Hunky cops, aided by interested bystanders, carried out the liquid cheer from a cell in the police staition.
Then the bottles, one by one, were tossed against a hard brick wall, and the beer was lost to the thirsty as the bottles broke with sound like the popping of champagne corks. The beer was taken from a car halted in South Ottawa a week ago. was occupied by three Streator youths. One of them, Mike Cannata, paid fine of $200 for possessing the liquor. INJURIES OF MRS.
PURCIFULL NOT SERIOUS. Mrs. John Pureifull, formerly Margaret Wilkinson, of this city, the Thursday night was injured in an automobile accident in Chicago, was brought here yeterday afternoon, suffering from an Injured knee cap. She was taken to St. Mary's hospital.
Her injuries were not as serious as at first believed and it was with vast relief that relatives learned the details upon her arrival here. The accident which resulted in her being hurt, occurred at Maywood, Mrs. Purciful being thrown against the dashboard of her automobile, when it was struck from the rear by another car. Galicia In Throes of Movement to Secede, MADRID, June 27-A widespread counter-revolutionary movement was under way in the provInce of Galicia today. With business paralyzed by a genFeral strike, leaders of the insurrectidhary movement were reported to hake threatened complete the federal government by nightfall.
Weather Forecast. Sirentor and vicinity: Fair tonight, possibly followed by a thunderstorm by Sunday night; continwed warm for the most part; gentle to moderate shiftIns winds. Illinois: Mostly fair and continued warm tonight and Sunday, except possibly thunderstorms in extreme north portion by Warm Sunday night. General forecast In general, high temperatures will continue tonight and Sunday in the northcentral states, execpt that readlags will not be so high in some northern areas, chiefly becatise of abower conditions, The impressive sweep of steps here high wall that formerly occupied the with the amphitheater in the back- MRS. CORRIGAN CLAIMED AFTER LONG ILLNESS Highly Respected Resident Passes Away At HomeFuneral Monday.
Suffering of a long duration ended for Mrs. Mary Corrigan, 79, when she passed away at ber home, 403 South Park street at 2:45 o'clock this morning. She had been ailing for the past ten years, but it was only recently that her condition underwent change for the worse, when she contracted pneumonia. Ensuing days found her strength ebbing rapidly, and with all hope despaired of, the end came today. She is survived by six children, her husband preceding her in death three years ago.
They are Thomas and William Corrigan, of Blackstone; Mrs. Margaret Drinan, John Corrigan, Chicago: Frank Corrigan, Ransom and Mary Coreigan at home. There is also one sister and three brothers, Mrs. M. Kenny, of Ottawa: Michael Carey, Chicago; David Carey, Jollet and Richard Carey, Morris.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 8:30 from the home, 403 South Park street and, 9:00 o'clock from St. Anthony's church. Rev. Christian, 0. F.
will officiate at the services. Interment will be made at St. Paul's cemetery in Odell. The decedent was born in Ottawa, 1852. As Mar Carey, she was claimed in marriage by Thomas Corrigan, the nuptials occuring in Seneca.
She has lived In this vicinity all of her life, moving to Strentor 15 years ago. They were the parents of nine children, three of whom died in infancy. During her long residence here. Mrs. Corrigan was privileged to enjoy a growing circle of tances which was ripened into close friendship, which, only death could sever.
Her kindly mannerism won for her the respect and admiration of all with whom she came in I contact. Her Ceath is genuine source of sorrow. Mra. Corrigan was a devout member of St. Anthony's church.
She took an active part in all charity and social work until she was able to do so on account of her rapidly falling health. THREE ARRESTED, ONLY ONE FINED Three automobile drivers were arrested at Park and Hickory streets yesterday afternoon for fallure to observe stop signs, but for reasons unknown, only one, an Ottawa resident, paid a fine when arreigned before Police Magistrate Robert Kroesen. G. B. Murphy, of Ottawa, paid the assessment of $1 and costa which forms the penalty for such an offense, while two Streator motorists went their way with nothing more than a reprimanding.
PARIS, June 11-After a bitter and fiery all-night debate, the temperamental French chamber of deputies this morning backed up Premier Pierre Laval's counter-proposal to President Hoover's plan for a years suspension of payments of. war debts. The vote of confidence in the cabinet-856 to 189- came just before seven o'clock after teen hours of debate. By the vote, th eway was cleared for further negotiations between the French cabinet and Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the United States treasury, now in Paris, with view to reaching a compromise en French objections to Mr.
HooTer's proposal. However unsatisfactory to the American government France's reply might have been, It went just as far as the chamber of deputies would countenance. As last night's debate began it seemed none to certhin that M. Laval's cabinet would survive despite general recognition of the fact that a cabinet crisis at this time would bave been a calamity with possible worldwide effecta. Germany Will Accept.
BERLIN, June will accept the compromise offer made by France in reply to President Hoover's war debt suspension International News Bervice learned from high authoritative source here today. Contrary to expectations, the ervations imposed by France, Involving continued deposit in the bank for international settlements of Germany's unconditional reparations, have not served to discourage Germany nor to dim the enthuslasm resulting from Mr. Hoover's original proposal. Germany, ite was learned, la now confident that before the summer has passed, a new. International conference will be called to discuss the entire problem of reparations.
The French compromise in expected to play an important part in the negotiations. Returning to Berlin after an abduring the time that Prefdent Hoover's far-reaching pension proposal. was conceived and suggested, this correspondent found an amazing change in Germany's mental, physical, paychologcal and political outlook. A few weeks ago the country facing starvation and ruin; was torn by grave political disturbances and deep in them ire of respondency. Today, the situation may be rummed follews: Situation Has Changed.
1-Germany, once' despairing, new hopeful, convinced that certed international action to aid her plight will be forthcoming ah 1t- 1y, -Contrary to expectations, the reservations to Mr. Hoover's proposal 'imposed by France have not served to discourage Germany. -Chancellor Heinrich Bruening has emerged from the crisis strongthan ever before and the Inite threat of a fascist munist revolution has been stalled. Belgian Reply Ready. BRUSSELS, June 11- The Belclan reply to President war debt proposal, maintaining ervations similar, to those of France, was drawn up by Poreign Minister Hymans and Finance MinInter Outard today, The reply will be communicated to Washington Monday, It was believed Belgium will accept the pension proposal in principle but will suggest reservations cutting this country's losses in half.
POLICE WARN AGAINST USE OF FIREWORKS With July Fourth near at hand, premature celebrating on the part of the youth of the elty, will not be countenanced, Chief of Police Thomas Mottershaw deciared today, and dealers as well an purchase ers of fireworks must show strict adherance for the ordinance. The ordinance forbids the use of fireworks until two days before the while dealers who engage in the sale of such explosives must first secure a permit from the elty clerk. Such permits must be had 20 days in advance of the date. Police have been instructed to maintain a sharp watch for offendere, and to arrest all who violate the ety code..
