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FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT BY THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE THE DAILY JOURNAL-1 The only lound- money that Interesti all of as the kind that tings true when yon plunk It down on the counter. Mount Rainier and Shasta, Tolcanoes In the United State, emit heated vapors firing evidence that their Interiors are stUI hot." AND COMMERCIAL STAR Fifty-Ninth Year. No! 234 Entered as second class mall matter at Mattoon, Illinois MATTOON, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1933 Published every afternoon except Sunday Price 5 Cents GAZETTE EMM WUMGBR PARIS GUNMAN IS Jesse -Livermore, Wall Street Broker, Mssing APPREHufflED I See the Lindberghs Got Back All RighV Editorial v. FEARED MAN KIDNAPED; HO CLUES FOO Broker Last Seen at 3 O'Clock Tuesday Afternoon. BT JAMES L.

KILGALLEN. (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) New York.

Dec. 20. Jesse L. Livermore, noted Wall street plunger, was reported mysteriously missing today, and the object of a widespread police hunt. And immediately the United States government stepped into the investigation on the theory Livermore may have been kidnaped.

Mysteriously Missing. Livermore, who began his market operations with a $5 bill and ran it up into the millions, vanished as mysteriously as did Justice Joseph Force Crater a year or so ago. There are no clues. It was his bride of nine months, the former Mrs. Harriet Noble, who informed police she believed her husband had been kidnaped.

He was last seen at 3 p. m. yesterday. Previous kidnaping threats had alarmed both the Livermores. At one time the famous market speculator had had a police guard to insure his safety.

Police Seeking Clues. In groping, for a clue, the police and federal agents studied the activities of the missing broker immediately preceding his disappear ance. Livermore spent several hours yesterday at his offices, 120 Broadway. He then returned to the Liv-ermore's triplex apartment at 1100 Park avenue. He spent several minutes in conversation with his young and attractive wife.

Then, without saying where he was going, he arose to leave. Mrs. Livermore accompanied him downstairs as was her custom. She noticed the limousine parked in AGREEtptf PRMMNDFD RfWH CHILD EATS TABLETS: DIES WBESS TO BE ASKED FOR SIX BILLION Amount Is Needed to Carry Out Plans of New Deal. BY GEORGE R.

HOLMES. (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) Washington, Dec.

20. The congress that meets two weeks from today will be asked to provide a sum approximating $6,000,000,000 to finance the government for the next fiscal year. It will be a six billion dollar congress. This enormous amount will provide for the ordinary running expenses of the government, now estimated at about $2,600,000,000, and insure the various recovery phases of the "new deal" being continued well Into 1935. Plan Is to Advance.

There la to be no retreat on any of the fronts, from which the administration has been directing the recovery drive. Instead of retreating, the plan is to advance. And with more ammunition in the form of federal dollars to press the attack. A White House conference which lasted far into last night evolved the estimates of what congress Is to be called upon to provide. The Reconstruction Finance Cor poration Is to be given another billion, as it now has just about enough cash to carry It until con- grass meets.

The Public Works Administration is to be granted between a billion and half and two billions to carry on. Its funds, too, are almost exhausted, or soon will be, and there are some three billions of dollars' worth of projects still pending. $250,000,000 More for CWA. The Civil Works Administration, which has taken 4,000,000 people off charity and put them on federal payrolls in- the past six weeks, Is to be given $250,000,000 more. Another quarter of a billion will be asked for continuation of direct federal relief.

Odds and ends of the recovery program, such as the administrative expenses- of the NRA, the Home Owners Loan Corporation, and others, will take care of some other millions. It all toots up to an estimated six billion dollars, give or take a hundred million or so either way. A highly significant indication of the administration's trend in this direction was furnished today in the creation of a new member of the alphabetical recovery organizationsthe EHFA Electrical Home and Farm Authority. ONLY 22 MEN ON CWA HIGHWAY JOBS Only 22 of the more than 700 men assigned to state highway CWA projects were employed today, due to unfavorable weather. Those al lowed to work today comprise a group which has been making repairs in the Deft road, northwest of Mattoon.

They are expected to complete their work today. None of the highway' workers, It was stated, will be employed to morrow, but will resume work on Friday, weather being favorable. Those who worked on state high way projects this week did not receive their full 30 hours work, most of them being sent home after two or three hours' work on Tuesday. This made them "short" In time four to five hours each. STORES OPEN NIGHTS Mattoon retail stores win remain open Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings to accommodate Christmas 12-21 RETAIL COMMITTEE.

SERVICE MEN IMPERSONATED. Our radio service men are being impersonated by other persons. Demand identification letter which our men carry. 1 12-80 WOLFE AUTO SUPPLY, SHOPPING 4 DAYS 4 iUniCTMAC V- WnrwO rlYJrw AFTER BATHE Man Captured Is Edward Shouse; State Cop Is Wounded. By International Nawi Service.

Paris, 111., Dec. 20. Edward Shouse, escaped Indiana convict and member of the notorious John Dillinger gang, was trapped here this morning, in company with two women companions, by a combined force of Indiana state policemen and local au thorities. Eugene Teague, 25, Indiana state trooper, was wounded seriously In the back of the head In the gunplay which attended the capture. Shouse and the two young women were hustled Into a police car and.

under an escort headed by Capt. Mat Leach of the Indiana state police, were rushed off to Indianapolis. Officer Seriously Wounded. According to Lieut. Ray Hinkle, of the Indiana state police.

Teague was wounded In the cross fire which resulted when Shouse attempted to make a getaway. Teague was taken to the local hospital, where his condition was pronounced critical Teague was believed to have been shot by one of his fellow officers who were under orders to start shooting as soon as the desperado's automobile came to a stop In front of the Hotel Prance here. He wa3 hit in the back of the head, the bullet passing through the base of the brain and coming out through the roof of the mouth. He was still alive at nopn today, but physicians doubted whether he would live till night. More than 20 heavily armed officers swarmed all over the bandit's car and be had.

no chance of sue cessful resistance. The women captured with Shouse were Identified as Frances alias Collins of Port Wayne, and Ruth Spencer, 24, of Chicago. Lay in Wait for Gunman. Sixteen Indiana state troopers headed by Capt. Matt Leach and Lieut Chester Butler arrived here early today, joined fcrces with local police and the sheriff, and lay an ambush for the desperado, who is one of the ten convicts who snot their way out oflhe Indian state prison at Michigan City on Sept.

2G. The officers had orders to fire on the gunman as soon as he drew Tip to the curb. Shouse finally showed up in a car bearing Illinois, license plates. He had come from Chicago. One of the officsrs had been stationed on the hotel porch with orders to start shooting.

Trooper Teague was sitting In his ear and when he spied Shouse he maneuvered his machine so as to force Shouse to the curb. At that moment several officers, becoming excited, opened fire. Teague got caught In the cross fire. State policemen and local officers were waiting for Shouse when he drove up In front of the Hotel Prance, In company with his two girl companions. Member of Desperate Band.

Shouse was a member of a band of desperate convicts who shot their way out of the Indiana state penitentiary at Michigan City on Sept. 26, wounding one man. Later the convicts kidnaped Sheriff Charles Neel of Corydon, and held him captive for three days. Shouse also was accused of being one of the men who participated in the holdup of the jail at Lima, Oct. 12.

In which Sheriff Jess L. Barber was killed. Six gunmen Invaded the JaUV murdered the sheriff, and freed a prisoner John DHllnger, alleged bank robber. FORMES OF BANKER ACCUSED ATTEMPTED MURDER Sullivan, Dec. 20.

John A. former president of the closed Merchants and Farmers State was arrested yesterday on a warrant charging attempted murder, sworn out by Mert Carpenter, custodian of Oreenhin cemetery. The warrant was said to be the aftermath of a fistic encounter in which Webb was alleged to have thrown Carpenter down a flight cf stairs leading from his second stary 'office In a business bunding Webb appeared before Justice of Peace Lambrecht and waived jjretoninary hearing. Els bond was set at 110.000. Carpenter's In the reputed encounter were not serious.

jtfthcughejustaine collar bone and severe bruises. OF RUM BEFORE CITY COUNCIL Mayor Tells Aldermen Liquor Law Can't Be Enforced Now. Alderman Smith of the Second ward brought the liquor question before the City Council at Tuesday night's session by asking, "Is there not some way to collect revenue on liquor sales prior to the passage cf liquor control legislation by the state of Illinois?" "Best to wait until the state acts," said City Attorney Berkowitz. "The council could take action, but any action taken would be ineffective." Alderman Gorman asked. "Is it against the law to sell liquor now?" The city attorney replied, "Ther? is no state law to legalize the sale of liquor, but there Is a state beer ordinance limiting the sale of malt and vinous beverages to 3.2 per cent alcohol; also a city ordinance making it illegal to sell liquor in Mattoon." When the city attorney imparted this knowledge, Mr.

Gorman moved that "the chief of police be ordered to enforce the ordinance." Alderman Walker seconded this motion. uSome of the aldermen, doubtln? the statement cf the city attorney, demanded reading of the liquor ordinance, and Police Judge Swank, who was in the chamber, produced a copy of the ordinances which were printed In book form in 1929. The ordinance In question was read. Can't Enforce Ordinance. "All the proprietors cf the beer parlors have been instructed twice not to sell any liquor," the mayor informed the council, adding that "the liquor ordinance cannot be enforced." "Can we enforce the liquor ordinance?" Mr.

Gorman asked the city attorney. The attorney's reply was, "All that will be necessary to enforce the ordinance is to employ someone to go in and buy liquor and then file a charge against the one who sells it We have no search and seizure law now Alderman Bell wanted to postpone the matter until the- next session of the council, and then Chief of Police Brimberry was called upon. "Judge Douglas of the City Court Informed me," said Chief Brim-berry, "that the police can arres: persons selling liquor, but that ho dees not believe a jury of 12 men could be obtained in Mattoon who would 'stick' anybody for selling liquor under the present circumstances." The matter was dropped through the next move of Alderman Gorman, who said, "Having been Informed by the mayor and the pa-lice that the ordinance cannot be enforced, I withdraw my motion." Alderman Smith stated he had had a talk with the city health officer relative to a complaint made by C. C. Redding against Henry Barger and the latter's place of business at 1900 Western avenue.

(Continued on page five Chicago, Dec. 20. Following are the weather Indications for Illinois lor 1 y-s I hours ending nt seven p. m. Thursday: Generally fair tonight and-Thursday; colder in central and north portions tonight LOCAL WEATHER AND TEMPERATURE.

(Temperature from noon Tuesday to noon today.) Noon 46 3 a. 37 3 p. 51 6 a. 39 6 p. m.

47 9 a. 38 9 p. 42 11 a. 38 11 p. 40 Noon ,37 Weather conditions at noon: Rainy.

Barometer reading at noon, 29.88. Sun rose today at 7:20 and seta at 4 35. Moon seta at 8:56 p. m. Minimum temperature today.

37 at 3 a. m. Maximum temperature yesterday, 51 at I p. m. Rainfall last wind today, west QUESTION In this issue of The Jour nal-Cazette appears an an nouncement by the Mattooi Committee for Co-operation with the National Recovery Act to the effect that "This committee will take no further part in attempting t( organize the proposed sani tary district and suggest that the proposed election to organize the district be aban doned." rry -r me journal liazette is heartilv in accord with the decision of the committee and believes that under the circumstances and following the announcement of the federal government that the CWA program would be con tinned indefinitely, the com miftee has acted wisely.

It must be remembered that when the sanitary dis trict idea was taken up sev eral weeks ago, there was no CWA. The federal govern ment at that time was not only urging but demanding municipalities to get into public works projects under the PWA. The federal gov ernment offered not only to supply the necessary funds at a low rate of interest but to make an outright grant of 30 per cent of the project, in order that employment could be given jto the unem ployed. It occurred to the men, who afterwards formed the Mattoon Committee for Co-Operation with the Na tional Recovery Act that the construction of a sewerage system in this city would give employment to a large mini her of unemployed for an ex tended period and would in a large measure relieve the dis tressing condition which was going from bad to worse in this city. The necessary pre liminary legal steps, were tak en to call an election to or ganize a sanitary district.

Right about this time the CWA (Civil Works Adminis tration) was organized by the federal government. At that time it was also announced that the CWA program was simply a temporary program to provide employment made necessary because of the de lays in getting the public works projects under way and that the dead line for the CAVA would be February 13, that is that the CWA pro gram would be concluded on that The members of the Mattoon Committee still believed that the sanitary dis trict idea, if favorably acted on by the voters, would prove to be of great benefit to this community as it would provide employment for the unemployed at the conclusion of the CWA program, on February 15. The announcement was made by the federal government in dispatches Jjcom Washington yesterday that the CWA will be equipped with an additional $300,000,000 with which to continue operations leyond February 15, to insure carrying some 4,000,000 persons on the federal work rolls through the winter. This action by the federal government removed the most vital reason, supplying labor to a large number of men for a considerable period of time, that the Mattoon Committee had for promoting the sanitary district idea. With that reason removed, the Mattoon Committee decided that further con sideration of the sanitary district at this time should be abandoned.

I Tha r.n.iUn Special to The Journal-Gazette. Charleston, 111., Dec. 20. Mary Katherine Kraus, two and a half-year-old daughter of Mr. and.

Mrs. Jack Kraus of Charleston, died about 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Charleston Hospital from the effects of eating some tablets, believed to have contained strychnine, about an hour before. The child, It is said, found the tablets in an envelope while playing in the Kraus home. Her parents were in another room, but ran to her side when they heard her go into convulsions. A physician was summoned and she was ordered removed to the hospital, where she passed away shortly afterward.

Funeral services will be conducted at 8:30 o'clock Thursday morning at the Catholic church. Burial will be in Mound cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Kraus have two other daughters, Barbara and Betty.

Mrs. Krause before her marriage was Virginia Gingery, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gingery of Charleston. MRS.

J. STONER, NEAR CHARLESTON, IS DEAD Special to The JournaKGazette. Charleston, 111, Dec. 20. Mrs.

Joseph Stoner, 40, a "'correspondence bride" of less than three weeks, died about 6:30 o'clock this morning at the Stoner home, three and a quarter miles east of Charleston. Death was due to a short Illness from heart trouble. The funeral will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the Harper funeral home, with Rev. H. Hayes officiating.

Burial will follow in the Stoner cemetery, six miles southeast of Charleston. Mrs. Stoner, formerly Mrs. Mil dred Bawker, came here from Chicago on Dec. 3 and was married to Mr.

Stoner. Mr. Stoner had a new home under construction and they were to have moved in soon. PRACTICAL GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS For the whole family. A nice fresh or smoked ham, shoulder or loin, a quarter of veal, beef cr lamb, a 50-pound can of lard, or a side of bacon.

Choice meats of all kinds. HARRISBURQ PACKING CO. North End 13th St U-20 FOR CHRISTMAS. Gifts of furniture may be selected quickly and economically at the Washington, Dec. 20.

(INS) President Roosevelt today signed an ex ecutive order continuing the blanket agreement under the NRA, otherwise known as the President's Re-Employment Agreement, for four months. The original blanket order expires on Jan. 1. The effect of today's order Is to extend until May 1 the time for getting industry under permanent codes. Accompanying the order was a statement from the President pointing out that since last July approximately 70 per cent of the workers who eventually will come under the codes have already been brought in.

The four months' extension was decided upon because the President did not want any let-down In the steady progress toward codification. In Issuing the order, Mr. Roosevelt slashed through red tape by providing that exhibits of the Blue Eagle of the NRA In any window will of Itself constitute the employers' compliance with the blanket code extension. This, Mr. Roosevelt explained would apply not only to those already under the blanket code and who agree to the extension, but also to those who are not under the blanket code but wish to go under it as of the beginning of the new year.

VACATION PERIOD STARTS THURSDAY Mattoon's public schools will close for the Christmas holiday vacation on Thursday afternoon at the termination of the scheduled classes. They will not reopen until Wednesday, Jan. 3.. The parochial school will close on Thursday evening and will re-open on- Jan, 2, a day earlier than the public schools. Students of the Senior High School will formally say good-bye to school activities on Thursday evening at a party and dance to be given in the gymnasium.

A full entertainment program has been arranged, including an exchange of gifts. Football letters and numerals will be presented to members of the football squad who earned such honors. UNIMPROVED LAND NEAR ARTHUR SOLD BT MASTER Arthur, DL, Dec 20. Twenty acres of unimproved land belonging to the Benjamin Elars estate sold at master In chancery sale Saturday for $1,290. The land Is located two chaser was Samuel 3.

Helmuth, front of the door with the chauf feur waiting. She said goodbye to her husband in the foyer and not wait to see him leave the building. That was at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. -Livermore- has not beenr seen since. Once "Boy Plunger." Livermore's age was given as in the terse alarm sent out by the police.

He was once known as "the boy plunger," who made and lost more than $3,000,000 in a single day in audacious Wall street opera tions. It was disclosed that verm ore had an appointment at 7. o'clock last night at the Hotel Waldorf- Astoria with a man whose identity was not learned. The stock plunger did not keep it. Neither did he telephone his wife.

as she had anticipated. She wait ed until midnight. Then, overcome by her fears, she called police headquarters. BACK PAY IS SENT OUT TO TEACHERS Chicago, Dec. 20.

(INSV-Checks for t2.000,000 in back pay were hur riedly dispatched today to 14.060 public school teachers and 4.000 other school employes as a Christmas "present" The pay day, made possible after five downtown banks had agreed to Duy enough tax anticipation Warrants to meet the payroll, cov ers the salaries for the first two weeks of last ApriL Clerks were working at ton swed to hurry the salary checks to the school employes to time to do their Christmas shopping. Committee, and the most ri al reason that the memhpr of the Mattoon Committee and this newspaper had tor promoting the Sanitary District plan was to rninrdv work, work to the ed, as jg stated aboVe, whicHi' ine, members of the commit- and fMa iwvtnaiu. KM I UV Jesse Livermore, one of the most prominent brokers of Wall street, who is reported mysteriously missing, and it is feared he has been kidnaped. WEEKLY CVA PAY ROLL Washington, Dec. 20.

(IKS Civil Works pay-rolls have Jumped to $50,000,000 per week, as figures were announced today by Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief administrator, showing the rapid shift from relief rolls to civil works jobs. Of 1,569,335 cases receiving unemployment relief in 119 cities in November, when the Civil Works program was launched, 28 per cent of 447510 cases were transferred to Civil Works employment during that month. There are 4,000,000 on the CWA pay-rolls now, but Hopkins pointed to the rise in relief activities Jus'. prior to this development In citier re presenting 65 per cent of the total urban population, relief cases increased 8 per cent between October and November, and 7 per cent excluding New York and Chicago, Due to the Increased demand tn every community, on banks to cash checks, resulting from CWA paydays, arrangements are under way to "stagger" pay day during the week.

1934 PLYI.IOUTHS Will soon be here, and hoy what a car what a value. Advance dope here, now. 12-20 STIVERS GROBELNY CO. Union. House.

Furnishing Co. Opea.54 hours. 42 of an torn. Prevailing yuwasrun nam. co-operated with the Mattoon itV-Wa-Hn- rrfrrftrrghlfr'TnO' th e.

evenings beginning Thursday. 12-22 'i.