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FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT BY THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE Forty-Ninth. Year No. 307 Entered as second class mail matter at Mattoon, Illinois MATTOON, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1924 Published every afternoon except Sunday Price Five Cents TORNADO DEALS DEATH IN OKLAHOMA SHAWNEE HIT 50 Men Buried Under Snow Slide BY HIGH WIND Tom Sima Says: Put the wrong, number on your house so collectors can't find It. LATE FRIDAY Ten Killed and Many Injured in Terrific Storm. By International News Service.

Oklahoma City, March 29. -Ten persons were killed and between fifty and sixty were injured seriously in the tornado which struck Oklahoma late, yesterday, centering at Shawnee, twenty five miles east of this city. Between 150 and 200 homes were destroyed in the northwest section of Shawnee. Practically every house in an area of a block wide and four blocks long, was demolished. Two companies of national guard were ordered by Adjutant General Charles F.

Barrett to do guard duty at Shawnee. Company infantry and howitzer company, in command of Captain James Green and Major C. M. Howell, 1 respectively, were the companies ordered to the scene. The dead: Thelma Wilson, 20; L.

M. Huddleston. 80; Miss Wilson's grandfather; Miss Elizabeth Demgler, 65; Mrs. Myrtie W. Cunningham, 20, of Oregon; J.

Callam; Elsie Collins, W. D. Dix; E. J. Ellison; Mrs.

John Payton, and a small daughter, of Louis Johnson. Death Due to Fright, The body of Mrs. Payton, which was found in the wreckage of her home at Shawnee bore no external injuries and she is believed to have died of fright. Two girls were crushed to death when the walls of their home crashed fu. The Collins baby was found dead in the wreckage.

Dix met his death by flying timbers. Two of the injured were reported dying today. Mrs. Fred Halls, 38, and Louis Johnson, were in a critical condition and fears were held for their recovery. Reports of Heavy Damage.

The storm swept with fury over the entire state, reports of heavy damage being received. Telegraph and telephone communication was at a standstill for many hours this morning, and the full extent of the disaster has not been determined. A section of high line between Lawton, and Geronimo was blown down, but was repaired soon afterward. More than 700 telephones were out of order at Shawnee today. A heavy rain preceded the cyclonic winds, which struck Shawnee about four o'clock in the afternoon.

Temperature Drop, The rain and wind were general throughout the state, temperatures dropping to around freezing. The cold wave today was spreading generally throughout the Five persons were injured on a farm near Noble, about twenty. five miles south of here. Several farm homes and barns were destroyed, but the people ran into storm cellars and dugouts to escape the storm. Twenty Seriously Hurt.

Shawnee, Okla, March persons are dead, twenty" seriously hurt, two probably fatally, and sixty others slightly injured today as a resuit of a tornado which swept through here late yesterday. The of the tornado was two blocks wide and nine blocks long. Aiding the Injured. oral civic organizations at ere at work today to aid families of victitas and to provide comfort to the injured. The twister, after leaving Shawnee, went to Prague, where several buildings were laid.

low. A school house near that town was demolished, the children and teacher being saved when they fled to a cellar. Many buildings were blown down between Shawnee and Prague. Frederick and Hollister said small buildings were damaged, but there were no casualties. Mr.

and Mrs. W. H. Appleby, living near this city, were reported injured and all livestock on their tarm killed by the heavy wind. E.

A. Waldron and two small children were injured when their home was destroyed. 200 Houses Swept Away. Approximately 200 houses were swept away in the best residential section of the city, -causing heavy property damage, Four hundred students narrowly escaped serious injury 01. death as the school building from, which they had been dismissed only few min- After Mellon Too ANDREW MELLON Not content with ousting two of the members of President Coolidge's inherited cabinet, Senator McKellar, Democrat, comes forth and wants to have the treasury head removed because he is ineligible, and for other LABOR PARTY FACES A SPLIT say MacDonald's double victory in averting a strike of railway workers and effecting a provisional settlement of the street railway and bus em ployes' strike has averted only tempo-.

rarily a split in the labor party, it was believed today. The present crisis has been ended, but other labor troubles loom up in the immediate future. A lockout of shipyard workers has been ordered for April 12. The coal miners have forced the laborite premier to promise to introduce in commons a minimum wage bill which may be so bitterly opposed ag to cause the government's downfall. Building trades employes are restless and are threatening to strike, London's millions breathed a sigh of relief today when it was announced that a provisional settlement of the street railway and bus strike bad been reached.

Normal traffic probably will be resumed tomorrow. Street car and bus workers met at 11 o'clock to consider the terms of By International News Service. London, March 29: Premier Ram- the provisional settlement. It was anticipated that they would be ratifled. utes before was demolished.

Only the janitor was in the building, and he escaped injury by being at work in the basement. Damages Another Town. The storm took a northward course from here, striking Brague, twentythree miles from here, where considerable damage was reported. Two persons were Injured, but no fatalities were reported. The storm area was said to have covered Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas.

Telephone and telegraph communication was badly crippled. A cold wave was spreading throughout the southwest in the wake of the storm. High Winds in Kansas. Wichita, March High winds and static discharges continued this morning in the wake of last night's storm, which swept southern Kansas and Oklahoma. Some property damage was reported in Kepsas, but no lives were reported lost.

Telephone and electric was demoralized. Nebraska Shivers. Kearney, March -Starting with a light shower, turning to sleet, hail and then snow, driven by a high northwest gale and accompanied by a drop of fifty four degrees in temperature in less than twelve hours, returning winter drove central Nebraskaites into overcoats early today. The going underfoot was none too secure, all the more uncomfortable because of a forty-mile gale blowing. Trains were badly behind schedule on the main lines and branches.

Telephone and telegraph communication was badly disturbed. The mercury, reading 74 above yesterday at 5 p. today had dropped to 20 above. High Wind in Chicago, Chicago, March -Winds of cyclonic velocity and torrential rains washed Chicago and the Great Lakes territory as the end of the southwest- a ern tornado lashed its way northward. Unusually heavy hail fall accompanied the brief storm: Telegraph and telephone wires were totally silent northwest from Chicago.

TP. ELECTION IS TO BE HELD NEXT TUESDAY With Exception of One Office, Both Parties Have Full Ticket. The township election will be held on Tuesday, April 1. With the exception of but one office, the Republican and Democratic parties have full tickets in the field to be voted on. There is but one candidate on the independent ticket, he being J.

H. Kimery, candidate for constable. List of Candidates, The list of candidates follows: Republican. For supervisor-Jesse Webb. For assistant.

supervisor (two to -W. O. Strong and Lillian Rid die. For assessor--Carl For town clerk--Lillian Checkley. For justice of the peace (two to elect)- A.

Hilgenberg and W. A. Storm, constable--George Helton. For highway commissioner-W. E.

Dole. For school trustee--Elisha Linder. For park commissioner--Howard S. Lytle. For poundmaster-John Turner.

Democratic. For supervisor--J. A. Bence. For assistant supervisor (two to elect)-Charles Shutts Jr.

and Jeff Reed, For assessor--S. A. Hughart. For town clerk--Julia Owens. For justice of the peace (two to elect)- Charles Maxedon and Joe MoDuffe.

For constable William Hill. For highway commissioner John Thornton. For school trusteeS. A. D.

Harry. For poundmaster--Tom McCarter. There is no candidate for park commissioner on the Democratic ticket. Independent. For constable--J.

H. Kimery. Polling Places. The polling places are as follows: Ward One--Precinct 1, R. J.

Gannaway grocery, 1607 Charleston avenue; precinct 2, J. R. Hamilton coal office, 125 North Fifteenth street. Ward Two--Precinct 1, A. D.

Andrews' store, rear 901 Wabash avenue; precinct 2, C. C. Boone building, 1304 Marshall avenue. Ward three--Precinct 1, Frank E. Bishop's garage, 1620 Marshall avenue; precinct 2, Blanford Rust store, 808 South Eighteenth street.

Ward Four 1, Parker Lumber 209 South Twenty-first street; precinct 2, Carl Tinch grocery, 2321 Marshall avenue. Ward Five Precinct 1, Garfield drug store, 2011 Western avenue; precinct 2, Harry Hopkins' broom shop, 111 North Twenty-fourth street. Ward Six -Precinct 1, Barger garage, 1900 Western avenue; precinct 2, Everett Henne garage, 2812 Shelby avenue. Ward seven Precinct 1, O'Connor, store, 1200 Moultrie avenue; precinct 2, city light plant, Fourteenth street and Big Four railroad. Ward eight-Lytle park.

MATTOON WOMAN'S FATHER PASSES AWAY Special to The Gazette. Charleston, March 29. -Steve Wilson, aged 72 years, lifelong resident of Coles county, died at the Kankakee state hospital on Friday, March 21, following an illness of years. The family did not receive word of the death until Thursday afternoon, nearly a week after his death occurred. By some unknown cause the 'names and addresses' of the immediate relatives were lost, and rollowing his death a message was sent to a brother-in-law near The remains, which arrived on Big Four train No.

14, at 3:06 Friday afternoon, were taken to the Miller chapel, where short funeral services were held at 8:30 o'clock, with Rev. J. L. Fisher, pastor of the First Christian church, officiating. Burial was made in Mound cemetery.

Besides his wife, who resides two miles east of Westfield, he is survived by six children, namely: Mrs. Clyde Parker of Charleston, Mrs. William Walker of Mattoon, Allen Wilson, Alva Wilson, John Wilson and Miss Suale Wilson, all of near Westfield, and a daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. Forrest Lamb of Charleston. Mr.

Wilson, who for some years resided south of Charleston, was committed to the state hospital about four years ago, I MAKING PLANS TO GET SCALP OF MELLON Attention of the "Tomahawkers" Turned Toward Treasury. BY GEORGE R. HOLMES, S. Staff Correspondent.) Washington, March two scalps -dangling from their beltsthose of Denby and Daugherty--the senatorial tomahawkera, turned their attention today to "getting" still other member of President Coolidge's cabinet, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon, and developments as sensational as those which featured the Denby and Daugherty cases were freely predicted by those who are gunning for the treasury head, To Probe Mellon's Fitness.

A resolution sponsored by Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, recting the judiciary committee to investigate Mellon's fitness and eligibility to hold slumbered on the table in the senate today. It will be called up on Monday and debated with all the savagery that has characterized similar debates in the bectic days of the last two months. The resolution stands a good chance of passing. The Democrats, with few exceptions, are opposed to MelIon and his policies. His persistent attacks upon their tax schedules, some of which they believe to have been unjustifiable, have earned for him a fairly solid Democratic opposition.

The Republican insurgents, who have denounced him on the floor as the spokesman of "the vested interests" and the "tool of Wall street." are opposed to him on general prim ciples. A combination of Democraticinsurgency strength can control the senate any time it is exerted, as ply demonstrated in a score of instances. How. Committee Is Divided. The judiciary committee, which will make the investigation if the resolution passes, is fairly well divided between Mr.

Mellon's friends and opponents. There re are nine Republicans and seven Democrats. Among the Democrats are such opponents Mellon's policies as Senator Reed of Missouri, Senator Caraway of Arkansas, Senator, Ashurst of Arizona, Senator Stanley of Kentucky and Senator Walsh of Montana. And on the Republican side is Senator Norris of Nebraska, an insurgent and frequent critic of Mellon. Brandagee of Connecticut is chairman.

The peg upon which the investigation is to be hung is a statute that dates back to revolutionary times, prohibiting the secretary of the treasury from engaging in "trade and commerce." At the time of Mellon's entrance into the cabinet he was an officer and director in more than half a hundred great corporations and banks. He resigned his offices, but. his "interests" remain, according to his opponents. They will seek to show that- -he has been unable to divorce. his.

private business from his government post. In the background, too, lurks the never as yet explained assertion of Gaston B. Means that he once investigated Secretary Mellon at the instance of the -late President Harding and "got him." Means gave this testimony as a witness against Daugherty. What he "got" on the secretary of the treasury he did not say, and the committee did not pursue the inquiry. The inference was, however, that it related to whisky withdrawals.

MelIon is the cabinet officer responsible for prohibition enforcement. He and his family were the principal stockholders of the Overholt Distillery Company, one of the largest in the country. Republicans Republicans are indignant and alarmed. They charge a well defined political plot of the Democrats to pick off members of the cabinet singly, one after another, after the manner of snipers in the war. After Mellon, they assert, will come Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Secretary of War Weeks.

The Republicans charge that the Democrats are merely aiming to keep up a drum fire of attack and sensation that will run into the approaching campaign, and provide ammunition for the June to November battle, But having sat silent under the attacks on Denby and Daugherty, Republican senators, many of whom are up for re election, hesitate now to rush in to defend Mellon. It is not Improbable, however, that there will be a meeting of the Republican leaders within the next week to WEST ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI HIT BY STORM High Winds Deal Death and Destruction in A. These States. By International News Service. St.

Louis, March Four prsons were reported killed, seventeen seriously injured, and scores painfully hurt, many houses unroofed, telephone poles blown down, trees uprooted and train service in some sections demoralized, by a series of tornadoes that swept over Missouri and western Illinois last night and early today. The storm damages were ticularly heavy in the vicinity of Sikeston, and Alton, Ill. Percy Redmund, general manager of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, received the following report from H. H. Jordan, Bell manager at Charleston, shortly before noon today: "Cyclone passed rough, Mississippi and Scott counties at 2:00 a.

much damage at Bertrand and Sikeston, Three killed and fifteen badly hurt south of Sikeston. All telephone wires down." Death In Cape 'Girardeau At Cape Girardeau, Mrs. Edward Steger was killed and her husband was probably fatally injured when their house was, blown down. A score of houses in the town were unroofed and the city hall was struck by lightning. At Alton, James Logan was fatally injured when an uprooted tree pinned him in his automobile.

More than 30 homes and two business houses were unroofed at Alton, telephone wires brought down and dreds of trees uprooted and broken down. Many Phones Out, In St. Louis, 3,210 telephones were reported out of commission today. About fifty poles were blown down. Out of 250 long distance circuits out of St.

Louis, nearly a third were not working today. The A. T. T. Company reported numerous wire breaks throughout Missouri caused ink many instances by trees blown through the line, In Middletown, a St.

Louis suburb, more than 75 houses were damaged. HOW JAP FIRM BLOCKS PROBE By International News Service. Washington, March startling, story of how investigation into aircraft frauds was blocked by an official of the department of justice, who had been appointed -at the instance of attorneys for one of the companies under investigation, related to the Daugherty investigating committee today by H. L. Scaife, a former agent of the department.

An even more startling suggestion advanced by Scale was to the effect that failure of the American aircraft program during the war was due to the exercise of pro-German influence, operating through the Mitsul company, a Japanese banking syndicate which controlled the standard aircraft corporation, land which before the war had acted as paymasters for the Ger. man secret service. Scalfe charged his efforts to investigate aircraft frauds were "blocked continually." He declared that the law firm of former Attorney George W. Wickersham, counsel one of the companies investigation, "secured the appointment of Abram F. Myers, as a assistant attorneygeneral to take charge of aircraft cases." "Who did Wickersham represent?" asked Senator Brookhart.

"Mitsul and Company, the Japanese firm which owned the standard air: craft corporation, and that was one of the companies under Investigation." stiffen the lines of defense and map out a counter campaign of assault against what they term an organized political drive to discredit the whole of the cabinet HUNTING MAN TO -SUCCEED DAUGHERTY President Now Devoting His Time to This Task. BY GEORGE E. DURNO (I. N. S.

Staff Correspondent.) Washington, March -Confronted with a score of names, and beset on all sides by boosters and- detractors thereof, President Coolidge swept routine aside today and, engaged in a still hunt for a man to fill the second break in the cabinet he inherited nine months ago from the late Presldent Harding. Amherst Men Mentioned. Foremost in the ranks 'of aspiring candidates to succeed Harry M. Daugherty as attorney general of the United States, it wag learned from White House sources, are two sons of Amherst, the president's alma mater-one from New York, and one from Massachusetts. Harlan Fiske Stone, until recently dean of the law school of Columbia University, and Arthur P.

Rugg, chief justice of the supreme court of Massachusetts, are the respective candidates. Stone is being urged on Mr. Coolidge as a particularly happy choice. His friends are pointing out from the standpoint of legal ence his dozen or more years head of a great university law school pre-eminently for the post. Further, because of this connection, Stone cannot be accused of having been tied up with oil or big business in such a way as to him a target for senatorial attack.

Another factor that boosters of Stone are not allowing to escape the president's attention is the political expediency of appointment. New York, they assert, is doubtful, so far as the Republican party is concerned. and selection of Nicholas Murray Butler's associate might help politically. Justice Rugg is said to be the prestdent's personal choice. The bogey of renewing the cry that "Massachusetts is in the saddle," however, may frighten the president away from his old friend and associate.

Judge Kenyon a Prospect. Judge William S. Kenyon of Iowa, who declined the navy portfolio recently, is still another prospect, Ite has frankly admitted the attorney generalship is the only cabinet post he would care to take. Big business Interests however, are set against him and his "trust busting" reputathe tion, because of his leadership of farm bloc in the senate. Certain administration leaders the senate have started to get a movement Secretary of State Charles E.

Hughes to take 8 tion" and pilot the department temporary "demoof justice clear of the storm. These senators are undertaking to show that such a transfer actually would be a great honor to as it would that he Hughes, was the signify. ing one man of unquestioned integrity and legal ability to whom the president could lean in time of stress. Hughes, nevertheless, is not said to be "keen" about such an despite the argument. he has arrangement, virtually cleaned up the nation's for.

eign affairs. Others who have been Inotude Secretary of the mentioned Navy Wilbur, transferred; who, it is Senator said, George would not. Wharton be Pepper of Pennsylvania and Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, who have indicated unwillingness to leave senate; and Governor Alex Groeabeck of Michigan, who already has conferred with the president but who failed to 4 get a cabinet offer. ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT Haymakers' minstrels and Darktown Follies, Red Men's hall, Monday, March 31, and Tuesday, April 1.

Admission 30c. Tickets on sale at O'Dea News Stand. 3-29 DANCE Red Men's hall, Saturday night, March 29. White Way orchestra. Admission, $1, 8-29 ANNOUNCEMENT.

S. A. Hughart, Democrati3 candling date for assessor of Mattoon township, solicits your support at the election on Tuesday, April 1, 1924. 3-25tt REMOVAL NOTICE. The offices and drafting rooms of James Shinn Company have been moved from the second floor of 1623 to 2021 Wabash Ave.

3-31 Will He Take It? JUDGE WM. S. KENYON. Judge Kenyon, who was named to the federal bench by President Harding, was asked by President Coolidge to take the place of Secretary Interior, made vacant by the resignation of Secretary Fall, but he said no. Now his name is being considered for Daugherty's seat.

SINCLAIR TO FIGHT CASE By, International News Service. Washington, March indictment charging Harry F. Sinclair, multi-millionaire owner of the Teapot Dome oil lease, with contempt of the United States senate, probably will. be handed down here late today or Monday. A grand jury whose life expires Monday today examined the evidence in the case, and heard from an array of government counsel a plea that the oll magnate be indicted.

The government's case was presented by Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, the government's special off counsel, and Peyton Gordon, district attorney. Sinclair's attorneys declared today he would fight the case to the United States supreme court, if an ment is returned, and the question of a senate committee's power thus determined for all 'time. They contended that it is "ridiculous and lawful" for a senate committee to compel a witness to testify to mat-, ters which are already in the hands of the court. MINE BLAST TOLL IS 26: By International News Service.

Yukon, W. March 29. -With R. M. Lambie, of the state department of mines, preparing to Jaunch an official investigation into the mine disaster which yesterday killed twenty-six miners in the No.

2 mine of the Yukon Pocahontas Company here, preparations being made here today for the burial of the victims of the blast. The last of the bodies were removed from the mine late yesterday. Call for additional coffins had been sent to Welch and Bluefeld and volunteers from the little were digging graves in the cemetery for the reception of the dead in the greatest disaster in the history of mining here. The explosion was caused by an ac cumulation of gas, shortly after the men went to work in the, morning, mighty detonation was heard. The mouth of the mine was closed, and when workers were able to clear a passageway only, burned and charred bodies were found.

MRS. P. L. DEVORE OF NEOGA IS DEAD Special to The Journal Gazette. Neoge, 111., March Mrs.

P. L. DeVore, one of Neoga's oldest restdents, ad in her home on Thursday morning from a complication of disease the had been ill tor some time, but was taken suddenly worse Tuesday evening. ARRIVED TODAY The new addition to the safe deposit. vaults of the Central Illinois Trust and Savings Bank is being installed, and customers who have been waitfor boxes can now be supplied.

3-99 I OWN AND WILL SELL Six-room house on Edgar avenue, room house on Western, 4-room house on Shelby, 8-room house on North Tenth street, 4-room house on Rielmond. Don't telephone: come and see me. 3-23 FRED GRANT. WORKMEN ON D. G.

RAILWAY MEET DISASTER Accident Occurs at Point Forty Miles From. Salt Lake. By International News Service. Salt Lake City, Utah, March track workers on the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad are buried under a huge snow slide in Provo Canyon, according to reports received here shortly before 11 o'clock today. A large force of rescue workers is being rushed to the scene.

Provo canyon is about forty miles southeast of Salt Lake. First reports from the scene of the slide said five of the workers were dead. Meagre Reports Received. Railroad officials here declared they had received only meagre reports of the slide and had no confirmation of any, deaths. A heavy fall of snow was general over Utah Thursday and Friday.

BIG RAINFALL FRIDAY NIGHT Oh gee! but it was a' stormy Friday night! The wind blew, it misted and then it rained, and then it poured down. Jupiter Pluvius way in his element. There was thunder and lightning sufficient to rattle the window panes and to play zither musio on the fly screening everywhere. It was the first big rain of spring 1924, and convinced everybody that spring really is here. The rainfall? Oh yes, it was 1.22 inches.

Heaviest dew since last fall. There wag but slight storm damage in Mattoon. In the city small dead limbs and branches of trees were noted in sections over the town, and that was about all. A jumper was blown out of the Public Service Company switch at Magnet hill, and due to the bad roads it took two hours to restore service south of Magnet, whereas a half hour would have been all the -time needed if the roads had been good. The Moweaqua district of the company wag out for about two hours 1 on account of the storm.

LA FOLLETTE'S NAME ON CALIFORNIA BALLOT By International News Service. San Diego, March tor Robert M. LaFollette's name will 80 on the ballots in the California' preferential primary as a. Republican candidate for the presidency, ing to Dr. William I.

Kinsley of San Diego today. "Two days ago I mailed a petition to Secretary of State Jordan at Sacra mento, signed by more than fifty registered Republicans as required by law to place Senator LaFollette's name on the ballot," Dr. Kinsley said. Dr. Kinsley said he had organized the "Southern California Independent Republican Club," which hag endorsed: the Wisconsin senator for the presldency.

SPECIAL OPTICAL SALE At Herron- Bros. Co. will. close In the near future. 3-29 WEATHER Springdeld, IlL March 29.

Follow ing are the er indications ton Illinois tor thirty. six hours: ending at 7. p. m. Sunday: Cloudy tonight, with rain, turning to snow in north portion.

Much colde en. Sunday ally fair, except snow in northeast: portion. Colder. Strong west and northwest winds and gales.