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0 000 6 THE DAILY JOURNAL-GAZETTE N'west'e 0 0 001 0 0 0 AND COMMERCIAL-STAR Ohio 14 7 0 Fifty Ninth Year. No. 195 Entered as second class mail matter at Mattoon, DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION OF ILL LEAGUE IS PERFECTED Sessions Held at Hotel U. S. Grant in This City.

Democratic women from all parts of the state met in a dinner session today noon at the Hotel U. S. Grant in this city to perfect the Illinois Democratic Women's League of county organizations, which was formulated at a recent meeting of county organization delegates in Shelbyville. The constitution and by-laws adopted this afternoon demand "equal rights for women in politics and in the affairs of the Democratto party." "We want some responsibility," said one of the leaders of the organization. The delegates gathere! at 12 o'clock in the hotel dining room, where fall decorations added to the beauty of the surroundings.

Mrs. Pearl Christman Shelbyville, chairman of the temporary organIzation, presided, Miss Ellen M. Rourke of Springfield officiating as secretary-treasurer. Address of Welcome. Mrs.

O. J. Gleckler of Mattoon, airman of the Coles County Demratic Women's Club and chairman of the rules and regulations' committee, gave the address of welcome. After expressing pleasure on seeing so many delegates present and commenting upon the early hour for the meeting, which was necessary because of the long distance some of the visitors had to come, Mrs. Gleckler paid tribute to Mattoon and Mattoon people.

"Mattoon is a home city," said Mrs. Gleckler. "It is progressive, ready to please, cautious as to new enterprises yet ready to welcome them. Its history shows few business failures. It has, in fact, been more successful from the business standpoint than most citles of the state.

"Mattoon's citizens are free in giving, careful in living, progressive in thought and ambitious as to the future. The city is noted for its hospitality." Mrs. Gleckler spoke briefly of the organization of the Coles County Democratic Women's Club and of the interesting meetings the club has held. She also spoke briefly of the organization of the state league and paid glowing tribute to Mrs. Pearl Christman, temporary head, commenting upon the splendid work which she has done for the cause of the Democratic women in this state.

She said that much of the success which the Democratic party has attained in Coles county and the state and nation has been due to the women, and she predicted still greater success in the future. In concluding her welcome, Mrs. Gleckler complimented the Hotel U. S. Grant because of its part in making today's meeting a' success, and invited all the visitors who can do so to remain in Mattoon over night.

"We hope," said Mrs. Gleckler, "that you Democratic anen will carry home with you night or tomorrow only' the pleasantest memories of the city of Mattoon and Coles county and this historymaking occasion." County Club Is Host. The Coles County Democratic Club was hostess to today's visitors, women of all sections of the county Joining with Mattoon women in committee work. The reception committee WaS composed of Mrs. Earl Sumerlin, Mrs.

Zeniar Edwards, Mrs. Otto Ashbrook, Miss Gertrude Hackley, Mrs. J. P. Anderson, Mrs.

J. French, Mrs. John A. Rude, Mrs. E.

B. Doocy, Mrs. M. H. Christian, Mrs.

A. J. Daily, Mrs. Ben James, Mrs. Glen H.

Seymour, Mrs. A. J. Hite, Mrs. W.

A. Sunderman, Mrs. William McKenzie and Mrs. A. Berkowitz.

Registration committee Mrs. John Hackley and Miss Julia Crimmins. Ticket committee Mrs. Ray Wolfe, Mrs. C.

R. Plummer, Mrs. H. O. Brimberry.

Music Mrs. B. D. Parrish. Mrs.

Parrish did not arrange program of music, but played a march while the women entered the dining room, and later played piano solo. Owing to the long distance- some the visitors, had to travel, the meeting planned to adjourn about 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. The last business to transact will be the election of permanent officers and the selection of the next meeting place, the meeting to be held in January. Several cities are expected to bid for this honor. Present officers or the state or- Illinois MATTOON, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1933 Published every afternoon except Sunday Price 5 TIC WOMEN MEET Governors Carry Farm Code to White House A code fixing minimum fair prices for tion by five midwest governors, who on the White House steps after their ernor Tom Berry, South Dakota; Wisconsin; George Peek, agricultural WEEKLY NEWSPAPER.

MEN MEET, ORGANIZE The Illinois Weekly Newspaper Association, which was organized recently at a meeting held in the Hotel U. S. Grant, held a dinner session at the same hotel Friday night. D. L.

Sho.1. of the Shelby County Ledger, temporary chairman, Those present were L. R. Lyons and R. E.

Jones of St. Elmo, George E. Dunscomb and Hugh S. Lilly of Windsor, J. M.

Drakeford of Toledo, C. E. Hamilton of Martinsville, C. H. Snyder of Neoga, Elmer Mcllwain of Bethany, T.

L. Conn of Lovington, J. M. Sheets of Oblong, Paul B. Harper of Robinson, Ed Brandenburger of Sullivan, D.

L. Shoaff of Shelbyville, W. B. Clapp of Brocton, W. E.

Benoit of Oakland, Hugh P. Rigney of P. A. Lindenmeyer of Arcola, H. E.

Covey of Kansas, Harry B. Potter of Marshall and H. Cowen of Hume. GREEK TREATY IS TO BE Washington, Nov. State Department today instructed the American minister in Athens to denounce the recently signed extradition treaty with Greece as a protest against the refusal of the Greek courts to extradite Samuel Insull, former Chicago utility magnate.

The statement denouncing this action will be issued within the next 24 hours. SOME BUSINESS BEFORE CHARLESTON COUNCIL Special to The Journal -Gazette. Charleston, Nov. ordinance forbidding unauthorized persons from interfering with the distribution of city water, by turning the water on or off, was adopted by the City Council Thursday night. The council also adopted an ordinance prohibiting the parking of cars at theaters, moving picture houses or public meeting places.

Authorization was made for the employment of an engineer to make a survey of the proposed work around the court house square, this work to consist of cutting away part of the lawn and moving the curb back to make the streets around the square wider and provide more parking space. MRS. JANE BROWN OF GREENUP PASSES, AWAY Special to The Journal -Gazette. Greenup, Nov. Clara Jane Brown died suddenly in the south part of Greenup about 7:30 Thursday evening.

Death was due, it is belleved, to a heart attack. Funeral services probably will be held some time Sunday. Mrs. Brown was about 75 years old. She leaves two sons, Ed Brown of Greenup and James Brown of 'Casey, and two daughters, Mrs.

Fanny Honn of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Flora Sampson of "Houston, Tex. BOOST IN PRICE LOCAL GRAINS The local grain market showed increased strength today and appeared to be on the way to recovering from the losses suffered the early part of the week. Corn was boosted two cents to 34 cents a bushel for yellow and 35 cents for white. Wheat rose a cent to.73 cents a bushel, while oats enjoyed a similar rise to 25 cents.

DANCE TONIGHT. Red Men hall, Verne Salters and his band. 11-2tr Cents FARM STRIKE IS GAINING IN FIVE STATES Situation Gets More Grave as 'Walkout' Develops. BY THOMAS A. PLEDGE.

(I. N. S. Staff Correspondent.) Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. aspect of gravity heretofore -almost unbelievable developed in the constantly spreading farm strike today after a day of unprecedented violence.

These developments came in quick succession as the strike rapidly gained momentum in five states: 1-Minnesota strikers were reported to be secretly organizing military units under former er service men and to be providing themselves with gurts and tear gas bombs. 2-Mills county, Iowa, authorities requested that troops be called out after a pitched battle in which 500 farmers participated and in which dozens were cut and bruised. 3-John Chalmers, Iowa president of the strikers, threatened to end the temporary "truce" and order farmers to "strike with every weatheir command" on Monday. 4-Two more creameries were bombed in Wisconsin, bringing the total bombings in that state to six since the strike started. 5-Seven hundred farmers at Madison, voted with a cheer to end the "truce" and resume the strike in full force.

Gov. A. G. Schlmedeman ordered law enforcement agencies to end the picketing "at all costs." 6-Highway picketing spread to South Dakota and eastern Nebraska and was undertaken in a wider area in Minnesota. 7-The strike spread for the first time to the farm south when members of the Aabama Dairy League voted to withhold milk from market until the price is increased 17 cents per hundredweight.

Told to "Suppress Violence." Madison, Nov. A. G. Schmedeman today issued orders to all Wisconsin law enforcement agencies to suppress the spreading wave of farm strike violence "at all costs," clear highways of farmer pickets and prevent further destruction of property. Following 8 day in which unabated violence flared along a wide front and Wisconsin farm holiday and milk pool representatives voted to carry on the strike "100 per cent," the governor's order was sent by telegraph to each sheriff, police chief and district attorney in the state.

MRS. VAN NOTE DIES; FUNERAL ON MONDAY Mrs. Nancy Van Note, wife of Joseph Van Note, 1020 Broadway, passed away at 2:45 o'clock this morning in Memorial Hospital from illness due to enlargement of the spleen. She had been in poor health four or five years, but did not become seriously 111 until Thursday, when she was taken to the hospital. The funeral will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock on Monday afternoon at the Baptist church, with Rev.

J. M. Lively officiating. Burial will be in Dodge Grove cemetery, Mrs. Van Note was born March 17, 1876, a few miles north of Charleston, a daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. T. M. Simms, now residing at Willow Hill. She was married on March 20, 1896, to Joseph Van Note, who survives her.

To this union were born seven children, six of whom are living. They are Misses Inez, Nellie and Helen Van Note, at home; Herman Van Note, Mrs. Cleo Daily and Harold Van Note, all of Mattoon. Her sisters and brothers are Mrs. Jessie Bostic of Mattoon, Mrs.

Arthur Griffie of Willow HIll, T. L. Simms of Lafayette, Delbert Simms of Oblong and Albert Simms of Toledo. There are eight grandchildren. Mrs.

Van Note belonged to the Baptist church. ganization are: President, Mrs. Pearl Christman of Shelbyville; vice president, Mrs. Fern Watson "of Jefferson county; second vice president, Mrs. Christine Remich of Glen Ellyn; secretary-treasurer, Miss Ellen M.

Rourke of Springfield. The committee on rules and regulations is composed of Mrs. Gleckler, Mrs. M. Lewis of Franklin county and Mrs.

Mary Suffern of Atwood. ROLL CALL OF RED CROSS TO START NOV. 11 "Service to Community" Is to Be the Slogan. The Mattoon chapter of the Red Cross is making final arrangements for joining the numerous other Red Cross chapters of the United States in an annual roll call of members. The current roll call will start on Armistice Day, Nov.

11, and end on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 30. Mattoon's quota this year is $900, the same as a year ago. The smallest membership fee is $1. The "sky is the limit" for larger memberships The National Red Cross will receive 50 cents from every membership whether the membership subscription be $1 or $100 or more.

Thus, the larger the membership subscribed, the larger the amount will be left in the local treasury. "Service to the Community" will be the slogan in this year's roll call. The Red Cross undertakes no permanent relief work. Locally it gives relief only to, former soldiers and former sailors, thereby not conflicting with cr overlapping services of any of the local relief agencies. Prepared for Emergencies.

The National Red Cross so far has always been prepared for any emergency disaster relief and is asking generous subscriptions to prepare it for all emergencies during the ensuing fiscal year. During the past year it contributed to three Illinois disasters. In the past year the National Red Cross distributed flour from government wheat, and cotton goods from government cotton, at tremendous expense to its treasury. It expended $212,171.54 in the distribution of wheat, which it had ground into flour or cracked into breakfast food. Distribution of the government cotton cost the Red Cross $324,440.13.

None of the flour and none of the cotton went to any person except to the needy unemployed or the needy sick or disabled. The Red Cross disaster relief during the past year, including the distribution of wheat and cotton goods for the government, cost a total of $1,106,504.62. Here in Mattoon the expense of distribution of government wheat products and government cotton cost the local chapter considerable money, as investigators had to be employed so that these products went only to those deserving of them. Activities Unlimited. Activities of the Red Cross are almost unlimited, the activities of any community being limited only to the available working funds.

The Mattoon chapter of the Red Cross last year, through Mrs. Thomas Walkup, distributed 694 dozens of ready-made cotton garments, 8,720 yards of cotton cloth, 380 blankets and 120 comforts to the needy of the six west side townships Coles county. The chapter, through they age of J. J. Walsh, distributed rels of flour and 10,000 cracked wheat.

H. B. Black, junior OSS commissioner, has enrol than 1,000 pupils of the schools in educational servi he community. They have mai and sent portfolios to several foreign countries and in return have received portfolios from Spanish, Belgian, Austrian and Japanese school children. The portfolios from these foreign countries contain samples of the work done by the school children of those countries, samples of farm products, products of the mines, the quarries, factories, of their countries.

The portfolios from the local schools inform the children of Europe what is being done here in this particular section of Illinois. (Continued on page five.) WOMAN BRINGS SUIT TO RECOVER UNPAID LOANS Tuscola, Nov. -Suit has been filed in the Douglas county Circult Court by Miss Lena Strelbich, administratrix of the estate of her brother, the late F. H. Streibich of Newman, against Scott Burgett and his son, Jay T.

Burgett, for $21,656.22 which is claimed due the estate for loans made to Burgetts. ANTHRACITE MINERS VOTE TO GO ON STRIKE Wilkes- -Barre, Nov. (INS) Threatening mid-winter coal shortage for the eastern seaboard, disgruntled anthracite miners today voted a. general strike for district No. 1, comprising the northern anthracite region of Pennsylvania.

Local Leader Mrs. O. J. of this city, chairman of the Coles County Democratic Women's League, who gave the address of welcome at the state gathering of the organization here today. MATTOON MUST PROVIDE FOR ITS IDLE LABOR City Can't Send Its Unemployed Men to Alton Project.

J. J. Derkits, Coles county Relief Administrator, has recently received a number of inquiries from groups in Coles and Cumberland counties regarding the Alton dam project. Interested persons wanted to know whether these counties are entitled to send men to Alton to be employed on the Alton project. The relief administraton communicated with the State Department of Labor, as well as with the Federal Re-Employment Commission, without obtaining any definite answer to the question, "Can Coles county send men to Alton?" Must Care for Unemployed.

Mr. Derkits, a few days ago, visited Mr. Jacobson, who is in charge of public works and federal reemployment for this. area. Mr.

Jacobson said, "One of the laws governing public works is that there shall be no migratory labor used on such projects wherever local labor is obtainable." If the people of Mattoon are interested in finding employment for their unemployed, they may start a public works project of their own. Mattoon is very badly in need of a sanitary sewerage system, and the federal government is willing to extend help to Mattoon for building such a sewerage system. Only one thing stands in the 'way of Mattoon having its own work project, and that is the lack of courage of its elected officials to go back on their election promises of economy." Economy, "Mr. Jacobson, and others feel that this is a false economy or no economy at all," said Mr. Derkits.

"Eventually, Mattoon must build a sanitary sewerage system, and there will never again be a time when it will be more economical to build. The federal government advances one-third of the money needed; building materials cheap and labor is plentiful. -A public works project in Mattoon would reduce unemployment, increase buying power of the working people and bring about generally better bustness conditions. This project should be started in the interest of economy and not held up by ideas of false economy." COLDEST WEATHER OF SEASON; HITS 28 Mattoon suffered its coldest weather of the fall season early today when the mercury reached the 28 degree mark. Water in open vessels, such as bird baths, had thin of ice before sun-up this morning, but the ice disappeared shortly after 7 o'clock.

Today's low mark was recorded at 3 a. m. By noon, however, the temperature had risen to 43 degrees, six degrees higher than Friday's noon-day reading, BANKRUPTCY PETITION BY MATTOON R. R. CLERK Danville, Nov.

4. A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the United States district clerk's office here Friday by L. E. Zumpe, a railroad clerk of Mattoon, who listed liabilities of $1,043.05 and assets of $140. URBANA WINS OVERMATTOON GRID TEAM, 21-6 Visitors Get Three Touchdowns Early in Contest.

NEA An alert, quick-thinking Urbana eleven with -a passing attack that worked to perfection, jammed its offensive efforts into hardly more than a quarter of play here Friday night, but pro duced three touchdowns in that short interval and sailed on to a 21 to 6 umph over Mattoon High School's grid A shivering crowd of about Van Cleve. 2,000 fans stood in amazement as it saw the University City footballers put the locals in complete rout the early part of the game and then battle desperately to quell a Mattoon rally in the second half that farm products flew to Washing parley are, left to Governor William administrator; B. Olson, and licensing sellers was offered as a farm crisis soluton for a conference with President Roosevelt. Shown right, Secretary Agriculture Henry Wallace, GovLanger, North Dakota; Governor Alfred Schmedeman. Governor Clyde L.

Herring, Iowa; rear, Governor Floyd WILL OBSERVE ARMISTICE DAY The American Legion, under the direction of its commander, J. Sutter, is making plans for an Armistice Day celebration Saturday, Nov. 11. According to Mr. Sutter, everything will be arranged with the idea of no unit of the day's program conflicting with business.

The main event of the day, Mr. Sutter stated, will be a big parade, which will precede the traditional "eleventh hour" observance. The parade will form at the High School, Twenty-first street and Western avenue, and "will proceed east through Western avenue to Nineteenth street, thence south across the railroad and east 10 Broadway to the Seventeenth street intersection, where the ceremony is to be held. Boy Scouts, Girl' Scouts and the High School Band will be among the organizations in the parade, along with former service men. An invitation will be extended to men and others to enter floats cars or trucks in the parade.

A banquet for Legion men and their families, will be held in the evening at the Legion home, the affair to be sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary. The day's program will be wound up with a dance and card party at the Odd Fellow hall. An 11-piece orchestra has been secured to play for the dance. STOLEN CAR FOUND; CONSIDERABLY DAMAGED The sedan of H. E.

McGowan, which was stolen several nights ago, was recovered Friday in Marshall avenue, near Twenty-first street. The car had been driven hard and several bearings in the motor were burned out. McGowan, a Big Four switchman, resides on a farm three miles west of Toledo. $35,000,000 IS SPENT BY VISITORS AT FAIR Chicago, Nov. to the world's fair have spent approximately $35,000,000 in gate admissions and concessions, officials of the exposition announced last night.

The average visitor to the fair, it was computed, spent $1.17 a day, besides the 50 cent gate charge. WEATHER Chicago, Nov. 4. -Following are the weather indications for Illinois for thirty-six hours ending' at seven m. Sunday: WE DO OUR PART Rain probable tonight a and Sunday, turning to snow in north portion Sunday; slightly colder Sunday in north and central portions.

LOCAL WEATHER AND TEMPERATURE. (Temperature from noon Friday to noon today.) Noon ..37 3 a. .28 3 p. 6 a. ..30 6 p.

9 8. ...33 9 p. ...35 11 a. 11 p. ...32 Noon ..43 Weather conditions at noon: Partly cloudy.

Barometer reading at noon, Sun rose today at 6:32 and sets at 4:55. Moon rises at 6:01 p. m. Minimum temperature today, 28. at 3 a.m.

CORN MEAL PRICE. IS BE BOOSTED The mill sale price of corn meal and other corn products will be increased on Monday to absorb the 28 3 cents a bushel process tax to be placed on corn by the federal government, according to local manufacturers of such products. The local mill has been working night and day for several weeks to "catch up" with orders and expects to have all orders out of its hands by tonight. Millers, with corn on hand, on Monday will have to pay the 28 cent process tax on every bushel. A proportionate tax will have to be paid on all corn products on hand.

Dealers will be permitted to have a tax free 30-day supply of corn products on hand. Supply and demand will continue to govern the market price of corn after this week, it was stated. The local mill has shipped in number of cars of corn in the past two weeks. No local corn has been received. GAS TAX RECEIPTS SHOW AN INCREASE Springfield, Nov.

-For the fifth consecutive month gasoline tax collections for October in Illinois showed an increase, Director of Finance J. J. Rice announced today. Collections for October were $2,784,152.66, an increase of $178,000 over the same month last year. RECOVER $7,800 BONDS TAKEN IN BANK HOLDUPS Champaign, Nov.

vorth $7,800 believed stolen "from the Western State Bank, South Bend, and other banks, were recovered yesterday by police in vacant farm house near Champaign. The bonds were part of the 000 loot taken in recent bank robberies in connection with which six persons have been in jail in Peoria. Three of them, John Butenas 'and his wife, Stella, of South Bend, and Howard McDonald, alias Howard Marshall, of Pana, were taken to South Bend for prosecution. The others, Louis Badgett, Galesburg; Don Potter, Champaign, and Joe Alexander, Pana, are being held in Peoria under $20,000 bonds each in connection with the recent Elfingham, mail robbery. TWO INDIANA MEN ARE 1 REARED AS GIRLS Indianapolis, Nov.

Two Madison county brothers who vere reared and dressed as girls, until past 30 years of age, and who then petitioned the court to, have their names changed to boys' names, had on file voluntary petitions in bankruptcy in Federal Court here today. The brothers were Noel Lee Armstrong, formerly known as "Nola," and Gene Douglas Armstrong, formerly known as "Geneva." They have been living for years, on a large farm on Rural Route 2. near Summitville. CORN PRODUCTS PLANTS ARE EXPECTED TO CLOSE Chicago, Nov, -Assertedly because of the government processing tax on corn, approximately 2,000 employes of the Corn Products Refining Company at Argo, will be turned out tomorrow morning. This announcement was made yesterday by the Chicago offices of the which operates in several cities, including Edgewater, N.

Pekin, and Kansas City, It was believed here that these plants also will be closed. the Warren. given them, but the their plays clicked put the Mattooners which they didn't the first half. The a different story, and by, Jimmy Van Cleve, fleet-footed Mattoon halfback, almost upset the Urbana applecart. Van Cleve brought Mattoon its lone score just just after the seeond half started when he swept.

around left end and raced through threatened to tie score. The game, in fairness to Mattoon, W96 much, closer than score indicatThe visitors, scoring their touchdowns such rapid orsimply tools advantage of unusual breaks way in which in doing this into a daze from recover until after second half was sparkling runs all the ed. in three in der, full a broken field 53 yards for a touchdown. Hardly had the crowd got ten over that thrill before Van Cleve launched another touchdown drive that was halted on Urbana's one yard line. Blame for the defeat can be laid mostly at the door of Mattoon's sluggish- secondary defense, which, simply collapsed against Urbana's dazzling forward and lateral passes, permitting the visitors to put on an early scoring bee the like of which hasn't been seen on the local field in years.

Apperson, a steel ner lad, who pegged the ball with uncanny accuracy, was responsible for Urbana's fine aerial attack. He tossed only six passes, all in the first half, but four of them were complete, two went for touchdowns and a third paved the way to the other touchdown. An exchange of punts, which gave Urbana the ball on Mattoon's 40 yard line, set the stage for the first touchdown, 'hardly before the game was two minutes old. A lateral pass, four line plays and a forward pass put the ball up to the one yard line, where Don Walker, brother of Fran kie Walker of Illini swept around right end, after taking lateral pass from Apperson, for. the score.

Apperson drop-kicked for the extra point. Cochran's fumble of Leming's punt which Urbana recovered on Mattoon's 34 yard line a few min(Continued on page five.) MAY CHANGE PLANS FOR LOANS ON CORN Washington, Nov. 4- (INS) -A change in plans of the agricultural adjustment administration for loans to farmers on corn was predicted today by Gov. Clyde Herring of Iowa, here with four other western governors to urge price fixing. The tentative plan calls for loans of 50 cents a bushel on corn to assure farmers of a better price for their product than they could get by shipping to market.

The original proposal to make the 50 cents a bushel loan on the Chicago market -which would mean from 30 to 40 cents a bushel on the farm- -is expected to be changed. are going to change it 80 that there will be probably three of four different basing points, and this should be of further aid to the corn said Herring: Cox..