Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

FULL LEASED 7IRE TELEGRAPH HEFOUT BY TIIE rFTERNATIONAi; NEWS SERVICE aw a wr--m ii 1 'ZBTTE 1 Short tUtry ot a msm UU a Cli f' iwfiet-tOBft Is I fi town wiihia tue border ot lUiilQiS. toothache! AND COMMERCIAL-STAU Fifty-Sixth Year. No. 170 Entered as second class mall matter at Mattoon, Illinois, MATTOON, ILLINOIS, FRIQAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1830 Published every afternoon except Sunday Trice 5 Cents l1'1 1 1 1 i i i tI'im t'jljii I Til i i I il ii ii in ill "in ii 'Garhteui-6miiokEuM Let9 Keep This Giant Wide Awakel BLAST ROCKS SEE DKG -POLICY 11 111 PJ1ESENT FIGHT Fascists and Commun-r ists, However, Bat tling Hard. BT OTTO TOLISCBUS.

(L N. 8. Staff CdrrespondeBt) Berlin, Oct. 17-Open debate on the governmental program outlined amidst turbulent scenes by Chancellor Bruen-Ing In the relchstag yesterday will consume today's legislative session. Terrific political cannonading against the measure is expected to develop, with the Fasc lit and Communists in the forefront of the assault These two extremist factions, in each ot the three sessions held since Monday, have been unremittent in shouting down the course steered by the majority parties." WU1 Back Brqenlng.

Although the blatant tactics will probably be continued by Communists and Fascists in their efforts to rule out the government'a emergency program. SI 0,1 SUIT FOR DAMAGES BEIjlGJIllED Estate of Barber Lad Asks Remuneration for His Death, Special The Journal-Oaten. Charleston, Oct 17 The ease of John -IE- Barber, administrator ot the estate ot John Elmer Barber, a seven-year-old son, killed in an automobile accident tn Cedar avenue, between Thirtieth and "Thirty-first streets, Mattoon, on August 6, 1929. was called In the October circuit court on Thursday afternoon. The demand for damages asked Is $10,000, the statutory limit The defendants are Francis E.

Thatcher, Byron DickeraorF and Dean Dickerson, the latter two owners and operators of the Crystal Bottling Works of Mattoon. The Barber lad. son of Mr. and Mrs. John E.

Barber, residing near Coles, was visiting at the home of an uncle, Paul England, tn Mattoon, and while crossing Cedar avenue was struck by an automobile driven by Thatcher. It is alleged that a truck of the Crystal Bottling Works waa double parked at the scene of the accident making It Impossible for the Barber child to see the approach of the Thatcher car and impossible for the driver of the Thatcher car to see the lad crossing the street The parked truck, operated and driven by Howard Bennett according to the declaration, created a hazardous condition. Barber child was so badly injured that his death occurred four hours later, his injuries consisting of a crushed fjght arm. Harry I. Hannah Is counsel for the Barber family and Craig VanMeter and Ray O.

Real represent the "defense. The following named citizens were selected as Jurors: Charles Daugherty, Morgan; J. M. Belles, Mattoon; Charles Minor, Oakland; Ward Hen-drlx. Paradise; O.

C. Brown, Pleasant Grove; 0. E. Brlnkerhoff, Mattoon; R. Dodds, Granville Neal, Story, William Berkley, John E.

Loving and Alva Davis, Charleston. Several witnesses were heard before the adjournment of court on Thursday evening. Two Divorces Granted. During the afternoon session of court (Thursday, Mrs. Grace Donelson of Hum bolt was granted a divorce from her husband, George Donelson, The decree was granted when evidence disclosed that Donelson, who had committed a felony in Shelby county, from where he was sentenced to the Southern Illinois penitentiary, Chester, is now an inmate of the state penal i .) EISTEHII ILL iJIIELDIIERE Men of National Prom-inence Take Part in Program.

With school authorities, city administration forces, the Association of Commercethe par-en tay teachers, churches and business men in general co-operating to make their stay a happy and profitable one, approximately 1,800 teachers and executives of the Eastern Illinois district of the Illinois State Teachers' Association are holding their thirty-third annual meeting in, the auditorium of Mattoon'g neV High Bchool The program prepared tor the oo eaaton Is being carried out. Everything within the confines ot the city has been placed at, )he disposal of the visitors, and the visitors hive been showing their appreciation in many ways of the favors extended. O. Rice Jones of Paris, the new president, superintendent of Ildgar county schools, who was- officially introduced by B. Black of Mattoon, the retiring presi- dent, is presiding at all general Ideal Place far Meeting.

Mr. Jones, responding to his introduction by Mr. Black, thanked the Mattoon Association of Commerce and the citizens In general for inviting the district teachers organisation to meet In Mattoon. This is such a plendld place to hold our gathering, said Mr. Jones.

"This building is so new, so commodious, that it Is an Ideal place for our meet- tag. in my opinion; 1 would csJOTthU school and this auditorium the last word In architecture. It seems to me that the teachers of Mattoon and the public In general are doing everything possible to make our stay here pleas- ant and profitable." Mr. Jones Then launched Into his inaugural He expressed hope that the teachers have not come to Mattoon because of a feeling of compulsion, or because of a habit of attending such meetings, and he urged them, to make the best of the meeting for the Improvement of their teaching and for benefit lhat their pupils may receive' from the good results ob tained here. President Jones dwelt at some length on the courses prescribed in the schools today, stating that success depends upon the Individuals themselves.

There are no two persons alike," said Mr. Jones, "and that makes the task of education difficult He said that the teachers of today direct their at. tentlon toward educating the youth In the line that youth is most adapted. "After an," he training the hand is training of the mind; bs vub ciiuis oi me nana are as evident as errors of the -Fine Community Staging. Frank Carberry of Milwaukee, Wis, Rotary song leader, who led in the community singing a the Charleston meeting of the teachers last year, is leading the singing at the Mattoon session, having been re-employed because of his great popularity.

"Slag like you mean it," said Mr. Carberry several times during the op ening song service this morning, and the teachers responded quickly, getting in tune with him. Mr. Carberry directs with his arms, his feet, his head, his tyes andreveiy ftcultyrandrocca-sionally he leads with his own rich 1 wnf tm "Someone volunteer to sing this as solo," suggested Mr. Carberry, after he had led the teachers in singing a modern lora "MoonHirht ut Roses." For a moment there was no response, and hen, in the first row of the north "side balcony, the song burst forth from the lips of a woman.

big audience sat in raptures' as she sang, and when she was through she received the commendation of the song leader. This song stunt was not staged, It Is stated. Community singing was indulged la On page five.) OUT, FORGET Stella Henderson estate. Saturday, at two p. m.

at 3018 Prairie svenue. NATIONAL BANK OF MAT TOON, Administrator. Fred Gardner, Auctioneer. io-17 In complete range of colors and sizes. Special $9.69 and $15.

10-17 BOWER 8CHULHOFF Ctt Presides p. Rice Jones." superintendent of schools of Edgar county, assumed toda the presidency of the Eastern Division of the Illinois State Teachers' Associa tion. He Is presiding over the thirty' third annual convention of the group of teachers today In Mattoon and will serve until relieved by his successor at the 1931 convention. COLDWAVE TO LAST 3 DAYS Chicago, Oct VIMWSt Wintry blasts which brought bllzsards to the northwest were felt In Chicago and the middle west today, sending the temperature down to thirty-four de sires. The cold spell will last for three days, the -Weather Bureau-hew Snow- hu fallen In Col orado, Idaho and TJtah, with depths of seven inches reported to many places.

Helena, Mont, reported minimum temperature of" fourteen de grees above. May TryCapone for the Murder of McSwiggih Chicago, Oct 17. (INS) "Scarface Al" apone, -overlord -of 1 -Chicago's gangs, faced today the possibility of going to trial for the murder of As, sistant. state's Attorney William Mc- Swlggin, the Chicago Crime Commis sion announced. In its drive on public enemies, racke teers and gangsters, the commission announced that Capone and a score or more of other police characters are to be brought to trial on charges which have been stricken off with leave to re Records in the almost forgot ten cases have been turned over to the state's attorney's oface, and fresh maicimenia wiu ne sought Col.

Henry Barrett Chamberlm. di rector of the crime commission, called the attention of prosecutors to two In dictments against Al Capone whlchi have been quashed. The first for con spiracy, charged the gang chieftain with falsely swearing to the qualifica tions of voters in the suburb of Cicero in the 1926 elecUoa. Although this In dictment was quashed, the evidence Is still available, the commission pointed out Records which link Capone's name to the murder of Prosecutor McSwlggln were also turned over to the state's at torney, with the suggestion that evi dence-be re-preaented to the grand jury. FREEDOM, WELL DIRECTED, GREAT FORCE IN WORLD Chicago, Oct.

17. (INS) proper di rection ot the present day freedom of young people Is the greatest hope of the world for reformation. This message wai being considered today by the Girls' Friendly Society of the Episcopal church, in session here, following an address'by Jane Addams. noted social worker. Miss Addama urged the organisation of the "newly, discovered forces of youth" so as to forward the better meat of mankind.

The task which awaits the post war generation requires greater efficiency and understanding than that displayed by the preceding generation, the stated. TEACHERS' INVITATEI We deem It a pleasure to extend to all visiting teachers a cordial invitation to make our store their headquarters. We made special arrangements for the comfort of all on second floor, including parcel checking and rest rooms. AH welcome. 10-17 BOWER SCHULHOFF CO.

i STRUCTURE; 35 HURT Labor Trouble Believed to Be Responsible for Disaster. By International News sorvlee. Los Angeles, Oct. 17. -A terrific gas explosion early today wrecked the fourth floor of the Garment Capitol building at Eighth and San tee streets in the heart of the industrial dis trict, injuring thirty-five persons and shaking the adjacent business district The explosion was apparently carefully planned but prematurely executed, according to the police and fire" department It littered the wholesale district with debris and shook all of Los Angeles.

Dae to Bomb. With the finding today of bits and pieces ot what appeared to be remnants of a time bomb near the scene of the explosion, it was said at police headquarters that there had been frequent labor disturbances in the gar-' ment building in the last month. Mem-bers of the arson squad of the police department said their early investigation indicated the explosion was caused by a bomb. Fire Chief Ralph Scott, however, said accumulated gas or spontaneous combustion from lint may -have been responsible tor the Seven nearby buildings were damaged and nearly $1,000,000 damage waa done. hew who.

two sours aiter uie explosion, the Los Angeles police department admitted it had abandoned the' theory that the blast was an accident and said it was endeavoring to determine "what' kind of a bomb' had been placed in the structure. Soma officers advanced the theory that the Duuamg naa Been aynamicea. Flame Bursts Forth, Eyewitnesses said a sheet of flame bathed the street facade of the building as the blast rocked it At Eighth and Los Angeles streets, less than a from the explosion, cogwheels and small springs from a -complicated mechanism clattered to the pavement According to Fire Inspectors Wolfe and Johnson of the arson squad, the mechanism may have been parts of an infernal machine. The Inspectors added they were lnvestiiiating a theorv that the building was bombed by. disgruntled garment workers, who recent ly went out on strike.

The ground floor of the structure in which the blast occurred is tenanted by the Globe Shoe Company, but the upper floors are used for manufacturing of garments, it was stated. The stone face of the Garment Capitol building was stripped by the blast and great fragments of marble and cornice work came crashing to the street. After the explosion the building walls sagged and police rushed frantically through the structure in search of employes who might have been knocked unconscious by the blast Water pipes were twisted and broken-by the force of the explosion, sending a flood of water into lofts and stores, (Continued on page five.) wucago, oct n. Following are tht weather indlcaUona iim uuuww uw uur ty-six hours and-tag jat seven p. nu Saturday.

Generally fair to-night with tuning frost, except slightly 1 older with licht frest fat extreme south portion: Saturday generally fslr. LOCAL WEATHER AND TEMPERATURE, p. m.i.,,50 p. 3 6 a. m.

33 9 a ,...40 11 a. p. m. 40 1 d. Weather conditions at noon: Clear Barometer reading at noon, 30.10.

sm rises at :14 and sets at 5:17. Moon rises at 13:31 a. Minimum tcmner- ature today, 30 at 8 m. Maslnvm temperature yesterdav, 6S at 4 d. n.

Rainfall last twenty-four hsu-i, PrevaHlng wind today, sou 'x PERS0.1S "-r 7" competent observers in the Reichstag were increasingly confident that Chancellor Bruenlhg's reform measure' would receive an affirmative vote within a short time. His speech, couched in careful reiterations of camDaisn ppromlses and hints of important changes to come from a domestic and foreign standpoint was generally received by conservative elements as one fitted to tiW circumstances confronting Germany. While, on the one hand, it was be lieved that his calm prescription placed before the country, with the suggestion-that a dictatorship win follow in the' wake of disobedience, cemented i bis majority reichstag support, on the other hand It undoubtedly further embittered the Fascists and communists. Oppose Foreign Policy. The mam points of attack from the opposition probably will center 'around Bruening's avowed determination to carry on in regard to Germany's foreign obligations, with possible reopening of the reparations debate and request for revision of the Young plan at a future date.

The second wave of Fascist and Communist attack no ddubt will fling itself against Bruening's -statement that the government is now prepared to arm to the fullest extent permitted under the Versailles treaty and the budget in order to quell further internal ViTH THE GOLD WAVE A light frost and freezing terrmera- ture was the aftermath of the cold wave mac- new out of, the north Thursday night Little damage is be lieved to have been done by the frost J-ne temperature dropped by six o'clock this morning to thirty degrees, two points below what Is commonlv cauea uie freezing point but freezing did not take place because of the warmth of the ground. ine iron appeared White on the eaves of bouse tops and on shed roofs this morning, some persons having Been aoie to see the frost as late as seven o'clock in shaded spots. This Is the first frost of the season. For tonight a killing frost is predicted. PRISON RULES BROKEN BY BOBBY FRANKS BUYERS JoUet, Oct 17MWSJ BeglnnlM their seventh year of imprisonment for toe "thrill murder" of Bobby Franks in Chicago, Nathan Leopold and Rich.

ard Loeb today were put at the first hard labor since their incarceration. formerly secretary to the prison chaplain, was transferred to shop work for an Infraction of the rules. Loeb was ordered from "his messenger Job and placed In the orison factory for a misdemeanor, BIDVELL'S CANDY Saturday special: Malted milk choco. lates, delicious creamy centers, rich with malted milk, coated with high grade vanina chocolate, 39 cents a pound. We have a fine line 'of party candles and salted nuts for Halloween and an occasions! 10-17 BmWELL'S CANDY 8HOP.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SALE Saturday only. Large chrysanthe mums, cash and carry, 10c' each, at I'ATCIIIIIGEIS DEATIhPailtTY St. Louis, Oct 17, (IMH-Andrew W. Meadows, former hotel night watchman, was found guilty today of first degree murder and arson In connection with the fire alt the Buckingham-An nex Hotel December 5, 1937, In which seven lives were lost Meadows was given tjhe death The jury deliberated almost ten hours. Meadows was tried specifically for the murder of Mrs.

May Frazer, a crip pled school teacher, burned to death In the fire. In addition to Meadows, three other persons, Lewis Balson and Ralph Pier- son, owners of the hotel, and Robert Gotham, night clerk, were also Indict ed in connection with the fire and now await trial. The prosecution charged that Mea dows actually set fire to papers in bureau drawer of one of the hotel rooms, thus starting the fire. It is al so charged that the fire was engineered by the owners, who are alleged to have employed Meadows to start the conflagration to collect on insurance policies. MORALE OF BRAZILIAN REBELS IS BREAKING Rio de Janeiro, Oct 17.

(INS) With thirty Brazilian warships, including auxiliary cruisers and submarines, steaming northward to institute a rig orous blockade of the rebel states of Pernambuco, Parahyba and Rio Grande do Norte, an official govern ment communique today claimed grad ual breakdown of the 'insurrectionists' morale in the state of Mlnas Geraes. Recapture of the cities caVSanta Rita, Jacutlnga, Ouaranesia and Guaxupe in this state were claimed. The rebels are retreating northward toward Impuzeiro under federal are, the communique said. BELIEVE CHICAGO MAN: SLAIN THROUGH JEALOUSY Chicago, Oct n-OKS)-William La mar, suitor of seventeen-year-old Helen Torino, was sought by police today In connection with the slaying of Howard R. Smith, 23, alias Roy Ben, with whom the girl lived.

Authorities at first ascribed the kitt ing to gangland causes, but concentrated on the theory that Smith was shot because of Jealousy, after questioning the Torino girl Smith's body, shot tnrough the neck and side, was found in an alley by a milkman on his early morning rounds. YOUR Require, the prudent Judgment of ex perienced investors. Consult the Richmond National Investment' Corporation. 1 10-24 Notes of the fiConventionM Three teachers from each, of the Mattoon schools served today on the reception committee, making them selves evident whenever needed. The committee chairmen were Misses Eleanor FcankHn, Dorothy Bratton, Helen Heath.

Ethel Turney, IssbeUe Basbam and Martha Rapp and Harlan Beera. Others on the committee were Mills and Everett Green, and Misses Mary Richardson, Crlssie Brown, Martha Gabbert Jane Cobb, Evelyn Cronin, Naomi Ebardt, Mary Eleanor Stephenson, Mabel Sater, Lydia Wander, Helen Bray, Mercedes Hoag, Mary Mansfield and Lena Ma son and Mrs. S. Av rDrHarry; The executives attending the eon vention held a dinner meeting at noon today at the Hotel U. S.

Grant to get acquainted and to exchange Ideas. "Such meetings are necessary," old H. B. Black, city superintendent of Mattoon schools. "Take my ease, for in.

stance. There Is only one snperin tendent la Mattoon. Before I can ex change ideas with any one, I have to go elsewhere or others have to come to me. We cannot afford to miss opportunity to get together." When the visiting teachers entered the High School building this mora ing they found a large committee of parents and teachers serving as an In formation bureau. This committee was prepared to tell the visitors anything they wished to know.

Preparation for today's work was' made at a meeting held with H. B. Black, elty snperin tendent of schools, late on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. J.

P. Anderson heads this committee. The members of the committee by schools are: Longfellow Mrs. E. B.

Wood, Mrs. Joseph French, Mrs. L. R. Weiss, Mrs.

Paul Myers. Hawthorne Mrs, C. Canard. Mrs. fUL L.

Olmsted, Mrs, Horace Batchelor, Mrs. W. Humes and Mrs. Emanuel Berkowits. Columbian Mrs.

C. R. Leach, Mrs. Roy Brewster, Mrs, Ralph Klrts. Lowell Mrs.

Kenneth Clark, Mrs. Ntoal Anderson, Mrs. C. Ramngon, Mrs. CI Storm.

Lincoln Mrs, Clarence Pierce. Mrs. Frank Gibler, Mrs. IV W. Skinman.

Washington Mri H. Monlton, Mrs, K. Heath, Mrs. Albert Gifett, Mrs. Frank HaskeU.

Bennett Mrs. Anthony Gorman, Mrs. a P. McNalr, Mrs. H.

R. Check-ley, Mrs. R. D. Bills, Mrs.

H. O. Rag-land, Mrs. Vernon Brown. IIEIV DHESSY DRESSES Including crepes, velvets and chif fons.

Latest Parisian and Russian period models. Specially priced and $24.80. 10-17 BOWER it SCHULHOFF CO. RoUi and other pastries. Ask your BISHOP CLAIMS illttUllELE! Washingtont Oct' 17.

Attempts to discredit Bishop James Cannon of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and malign the character ot the present Mrs. Cannon were charged late yesterday in a $5,000,000 libel suit the bishop filed against William Randolph Hearst in the District of Columbia supreme court The clergyman charged that last July 24 and 27 the New York Evening Journal and other Hearst newspapers printed accounts saying the Bishop had "been at the home of his present wife, iheiL Mrs. Helen Hawley McCallum and his secretary, at the time of the late Mrs. Cannon's death, and while there telephoned his sons to obtain Information as to his wife's condition. The first Mrs, Cannon diedr two years ago.

The Bishop and Mrs. McCallum were married in England last July and went on an extended, honeymoon to South America. Before they sailed, to return to the United States, four ministers of the Methodist church filed charges, against him. The charges have never been made "public. ESTATE OF FLEAGLE RALPH $850,000 Denver, Oct.

17 Ralph Fleagle, who was hanged in the Colorado penitentiary last July, left an estate valued at $850,000, It was revealed late yesterday by federal and state officials who have been investigating the- affairs of the Fleagle family ever since the bloody Lamar bank robbery In May, 1928. Federal investigators have been inquiring into the Income tax affairs of the Fleagles for many months, with the result that the fortune left 'by Ralph Fleagle, a brother of Jake Fleagle, was brought to light. Ralph's fortune is said to consist of $400,000 hidden in Germany; several apartment houses in Los Angeles and San Francisco valued at $200,000, summer resort Interests in Washington state, and $150,000 on deposit in Kan sas City and Pacific coast banks. BANKER DIES IN CRASH. Genoa, Oct 17 (WS)-Louis J.

Rubin. Chicago banker and hotel owner, was killed today In a crash in which his automobile collided with a passenger train. Rubin was" president of the Temple Bond and Mortgage Company and vice president of the Howard Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago. SALE FUR COATS Special sale of high grade, derjenda- ble fur eoau and scarfs now on. Friday and Saturday.

Selection includes bay seal, Mendosa beaver, nat ural ana silver musxrat and natural pony. Now $05. 10-17' BOWER A SCHULHOFF CO. institution. Mrs.

Donelson was permit. ted to resume her maiden name, Grace Dqpley. (Mrs. Vivian Sink of Mattoon was given a decree of divorce from her husband, Glenn' Sink, on proven grounds of cruelty. Verdict For Winkler.

The $60 lawsuit of Asa Bell against Ephralm Winkler. tried Wednesday before a jury In the circuit court resulted In the jury returning a verdict in favor ol Winkler. The Jury delib erated only about halt an hour. The case came to the circuit court from a Justice of the peace court in Oakland township. FUNERAL OF MISS HOSENEY HELD THIS AFTERNOON Funeral services for Miss Merrlda Hoseney, Hlrti School student who passed awav Wednesday momln held at the home of Mrs.

Delia Grant 1021 Broadway, this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rv. T.i1 uwutr Ing. Burial was In Dodge Grove. Mrs. oiaays Evans and Miss Pearl oiat-hart sang a duet "In the Garden." Casket bearers were Vernon Uphoff, Harlan Walker, Jack Storm, Carl Seaman, Richard Feller and Myron Hop per.

SPECIAL COAT SALE Self or fur-trimmed coats with be rets. Newest styles, dressy, or sport $15 and $18.30. Also Hudson seal, tnuskrat lapbv marmlnk and beaver trimmed coats at $24.80, $39.50, $45 and $55. 10-17 BOWER SCHULHOFF DAIICE AT PARADISE Lake Park iwn Raturriav nttrfct niu music. Heated1 pavilion, Hot Also Mack's orchestra, every Sund.iv King'i Flower Shop.

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