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i THE PEOPLE'S NEWSPAPER Todsy't Newg, Pictures and EXCLUSIVE UNIT ED If! 8 8 D1SPATGHE9 First Door South of City Hall on South Twelfth Street. B8TABLI8HBD 1891, MURPHYSBORC, ILLINOIS, MAY 15, 1924, PER WEEK FIFTEEN CENTO BONUS BILL VETOED BY COOLIDGE Holds It Would Prove Too Great A Strain On Nation's of Measure Expect To Call It For Passage At Once. fUnlted Press) WASHINGTON, May 15- President Coolidge today vetoed the Soldier Bonus insurance bill on the grounds that the measure would prove too -great a strain on the nations finances. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and General Lord, direct- of this effect. to the President or of the budget, made reports veto message' to Congress in veto message oCongress in which Mr.

Coolidge again stressed the necessity of governmental economy. Leaders in the bonus fight expect to call' the bill up for passage over the veto at once. Little doubt is felt that it will not be passed over in the House but its fate in the Senate doubtful. Legion -Commander Confident 'iNPIANAPOLJS, I W-, May John R. Qulnn, National of American legion, this afternoon a utatoment expressing confidence Congress will pass $oldier Insurance bonus bill.

over veto. JRAILW AY BOARD ORDtfKS STATUS QUO ON WAGES for Fear Daad- RESOLUTION TO BRING BAPTIST WAR INTO OPEN Proposes Trustees, Officers and Members of Faculties In Institutions Owned, Fostered or Supported By So. Baptist Church Sign Belief. (United Press) ATLANTA, May resolution which will bring into the open the i'undMmentalist-modernist dispute wns Introduced in the Southern Baptist convention today by Bishop C. P.

Stealey, editor ol' the Messenger at Oklahoma City. The resolution proposed that "Trustees, ofllcers and members of faculties of institutions owned, fostered or supported by the Southern Baptist convention, be required to sign a statement of conforming to eight points oL' the Kumlamentaii.st doctrine, KILLING OF TAT' KNIGHT JUSTIFIABLE Slayer Who Surrendered to Perry County Authorities Is Released Following Coroner's Verdi-ct (United Press) DU QUOIN, Muy Coroner's jury Investigating the killing ol 1 Frank "Fatty" Knight, buclman of Du Quoin, by Ed Roeso, Tuesday night returned a verdict -Wednesday morning of justifiable homicide. Keos, aurronclerecl hiinseU' to tho Perry county authorities immediately after the killing was released from custody following the verdict of the jury. Jock Might to Strike Irifl A 8 If Called Hear- May order Cor sixty thousand jocorriotive glnVcrVami the managers of wcaterri railroads to remain at atntus quo was issued today by tbe United Railroad Labor Board for fear the deadlocked wage dispute between employers and employees would cauHe a tie up of transportation. of both, aides were ordered, to appear bufore the board on June 3 uxilosB a aettleincnt is reached before that date.

The engineers and firemen are demanding wage Increaaea of approximately fire pur cent, FATHER, 88 WHIPS SON AGED SIXTY Cairo "Shanty Boat Town" Man Is Still Papa and Proves It In Half-Hour Fight (International News Service) OMKO, May William Workman, SS, of "shanty boat town," Is stll the actual as well as the titular head of his family. Take it from his George Workman, reputed to be somewhat "hard-nosed" citizen of Ohio river community two miles north of Cairo. The younger Workman ventured to challenge paternal authority and the older decided to 1 discipline his son. A flgh't which lasted for a half hour fol lowed. Workman senior knocked his son down twice and blacked both his eyes before the boy, well over sixty, was made realize who was head of the family.

Jacob Ott Shoots Down Wealthy Threshennan Because Latter Renewed Attentions to Killer's Wife, He Charges In Belleville Jail. (United Press) BELLEVILLE, May Ott, forty-five, farmer and father of. eight children, in jail hero today told Sheriff Martin Schnippnr ho shot and killed Henry Daer, wealthy thrasher- man of Now Athens, eight miles south of here, because of! attentions paid to his'wife by Baer fifteen years ago ami recently, renewed. While his eleven year old son Wil-. lard'drpye nn.

automobile past Baer's homo yesterday, Ott Jlred a shotgun propped on the buck seat at Baeir, who was picking dandelions. Thiv charge entered Haer's neck, killing him instantly. Ott then fled to his farm home, pursued by Saint Glair county authorities, lie barricaded himself, inside and fired upon a posse of more than one hundred, who surrounded the placo, slightly wounding two volunteer possemon. Tho posse darod not return his fire because of Ol.t'.s children in the building. After a two hour seige two brothers prevailed upon Ott to surrender and ho was brought here Mr questioning.

WASHINGTON, May' a vote of 808 to 58 the Htfuse today 'approved the immigration bill conference report making Japanese' exclusion effective July 1 and restricting general immigration to approximately olno hundred and fifty thousand a year. The conference now goes to the Senate, which is expected to accept it tomorrow whereupon the measure will go to the President for action. COOLIDGE HAS FAILED TO AID, JAP IMMIGRANT White House Indicates Only Thing Left for President to Do Is to Veto Measure In Its Entirety DROVER'S NAT'L of In Southern Illinois Suspends of Bank In Missouri (United Press) EAST ST. LOUIS, May The Drovers National Bank, one of the largest in Southern Illinois, closed Its doors, today- A sign on tho door announced the Institution was in the hands of Federal Bank examiners. President Dooley Rtataed tho bank's difficulties wero due to tho failure of many Missouri banks this jear.

Tho DrorerH bank was a member of the Federal Reserfe and had deposits of oTor six hundred thousand dollars. Murphy' Entrants Illinois Universiy Meet Are On Way The Murphhy entrants at the Illinois Intel-scholastic left this morning to drive to Champaign In John 'Harper's car. French and Jarboe are the' only entries in the track events and Habermelifl and Blair in tennis. The Murphy quartette- expects to reach Champaign.this afternoon. The tennis men will take advantage of their little recess to become familial' with the University tennis courts.

Preliminaries In tennis will begin Friday afternoon'. Track events are all scheduled for Saturday. Benton ia sending.Bobbio O'Counell into tho University golf contest, Bobbie having won local interflcholastlc honors at home last Saturday. More than the flower of the state, wil enter tho meet. MrH.

Cecil her mother, Manervia 'Savitx of JOast Murphy Htreot, and Mrs. Robert L. Morgan of 2003 Elm stroet, motorod to Henry (United Press) WASHINGTON, May Coolidge has accepted defeat of his efforts to modify the Japanese exclusion clause in the new imigratlon bill by negotiations with Congressional leaders, and a veto of the whole measure is being seriously considered, it'was indicated at the White House today. Word was said to have reached the President that his conference with House leaders yesterday, when Secretary Hughes explained to them the serious diplomatic consequences of passing the exclusion provision in its present form had not swerved them from the July 1 effective date. Girls! Well, here .1.

E. Qnjiallo, of Do Sato, in today's' "want" for bride! The threw time: Foreign is thus giving every 'inteVested an take advantage of leap Several, have -resulted through advertisements in Independent, the turily using the newspaper' medium 1 to -their monial, and case being solicited-to do so. YOUNG FRUIT TREES' AT ALTO PASS Havoc Charged to New Fertilz- er-ExtermiiKiter in Use Two Report Said Most of Trees On One Plantation Were Eighty Four of 95 Workers Endorsed In Illinois Primaries i Violent Death (United Press) PEOR1A, May 15- -Out of Whatever havoc a new fertilizer-; uid bore exterminator -has. clone to, young fruit tr.eca in th "Alto Pass- iobclen fruit belt remains seen. While growers suffero.il a big scare recently, damage may be lefts than feared and alarming reports prove to be exaggerated.

1 For two years a number of fruit Growers of tho region have-been us- a soil rcrtliiser-exierminater which, is sprinkled around the base of the troe, not very for froiii the trunk. This alarm was cried that; -many trees treated thus were dead. One report gaid most of the 3GOO -three year old peach trees on one fruTt'' plantation were ruined. Later this -report seemed exaggerated. However, considerable damage has been done and the countryside is wondering where tho havoc will stop, now that use of tho preparation has suddenly ceased for all time.

Farther south, in Alexander' and Pulaski counties, an hour of hail and rain on Tuesday -afternoon played havoc with fruits. Cairo reports the dam'agB heavy, saying the ground was white with hail stones as large as marbles following a furious ice and rain storm continuing- nearly an hour. PLAY HEREIN 1924 'White City Pleasure Place Employs 20-Piece Band From Local Concerts to Start at Once. Dr. J.

C. VanOrriam, director Van's band, closed a contract Wednesday for Sunday concerts at White City park at Herirn every Sunday. The first heard on Stir and concerts, will continue nJiity-flve candidates recommended by organized labor, eighty-four were noni- in the primaries last April, of the. locomotive firemen and enginemen and secretary of the joint legislative committee ot the Stato Federation of Labor, reported to the Illinois District convention of the United Mine Workers today. McCarty said the outlook for legislation favorable to labor at the next state assembly Is more promising than ev-or if the workers support their candidates at the election as they did r' at the primaries.

McCarty said Illinois is the only industrial state in the union in which labor has not lost some of the beneficial legislation that it had gaiiied. Among bills killed at the 1923 state assembly which labor disapproaved he listed the State Military Police bill, the bill and a bill to make voluntary organlzataions of seven or more members. Violent W. Ryau of the Ignited States Bureau 'of Mines; former- secretary of the Illinois Miners union, that explosions and big accidents caused only twelve per cent of the violent deaths among miners. He said that fifty-six per cent of the fatal ac- ciden-ts are at the face of the mines in the working rooms, and that these can be materially reduced in number by more carefulness by operators.

The Death Toll Waller Nesbit, Secretary-Treasurer, that death claims paid to members of. district from July 1, 1921 'to March 1924 numbered tsyo thousand eight hundred and one, and amounted to niue hundred and fifty seven thousand dollars, REVERSES Salbonist Sentenced to One Ye.n In Prison for Contempt, Never Served Later 'Pardoned'Him. (United Press) CHICAGO, May Coolidge Is not empowered to extend clemency to' persons imprisoned for contempt of court, Federal Judges Carpenter and Willtorson declared today in reversing the President's pardon of Phillip Grossman, Chicago saloon keeper. Grossman was sentenced to one year in jail in February 1921, by former Federal Judge Landis, on a charge.of contempt of court for violating an order to close his saloon. President Coolidge announced the pardon, several months ago and it later developed Grossman had never served any of his jail sentence.

The two Judges declared today the President could not interfere in contempt cases, for to do so would rob the judiciiary of its power to enforce. decisions. The ruling of the court is said to "111 TAX GAS FOR REVENUES Benton Officials At Municipal Conference at Marion Wednesday Night Give Town's Gasoline Tax Working To Tax From Centralia To Cairo. City officials of Southern Illinois conferred in Marion Wednesday night relative to adoption of ordinances providing for a 1 cent gasoline tax to be made eneral in cities and -towns from Cetralia south to Cairo, a means of enabling mimicipalties have established a precedent. LOCAL GIRLS TO SING AT HIPPO TUESDAY P.M.

Pauline Fay and Alice Marie Mattel! to Appear In Famous Colledge Quartette Radio Singers 4 Manager Mario of the Hippodrome is.in receipt of a letter from Miss Alice Marie, Martell, memp'er of the Steph- ouB.ciollege Quartette, which will a program at the Hippodrome, day, May. .20,, giving particulars for the of the public, in response to a request from Mr! Marlow for which will Interest Murphysboro people. Miss Martell is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fosa "of Murphysboro, and Miss Paulino Fay, daughter of Nealy of is also Vmem- ber, of The other two 'Mis'w Lewis Lallmer of and.

Miss Helen of'tM'ttsburg, who is head again June The band con- station Thursday and Mrs. George Cox. visiLoo Mr. and Moline Clothier Merchant Chief (United MOLINE, May 1.6—A, C. Van- (XerYcnnet, a clothlor of Moliue, today elected of the Illinois Rotail Merchants aHBOclatton at tho Generally fair tonight and Friday.

of the convention here. I Warmer Friday, WEATHER FORECAST WM. G. KENNEDY IS ENGAGED TO U. OF ILL.

GIRL Daily Illiril, of the University of Illinois at Champaign, an nouncecl the engagement of Miss Hazel Karmihan, to Wil Kennedy. Miss Karnahari announced her betrothal Friday, night at 'dinner, party In the Beta Phil Alpha and Acacia houses. will graduate'this year. She is a member of Beta Phi Alpha Sorority. Mr.

Kennedy Is of Mnrphyshboro, he Is a brother of MeBdnmes Slagle, -and Elmer Etherton thia city. He la well known and Itf 1 popular among many friunds here. His" engagement com en as a surprise to Ivis sisters'and will graduate the U. of I. next year.

He is a member -ot 1 Eta Kappa Nil, Sigma Tau and Tan torhities, an'd he waa a member of the team, laat year, date -oil the wedding 'has not been announced. throughout the season sists of twenty men. The down town'- Concerts at the grand stand on court square here, will probably start next week. These concerts on summer evenings always attract large crowds. This band will furnish muslfc for the M.

picnic on June 21 at Henry Park and the athletic grounds of the Country Club. Chink Christian, Suicides (United Press) SPRINGFIELD, May Rahn, twenty-eight, a Chlnene to the Methodist Episcopal conference, committed suicide today by drinking cyanide oC. potJissium in a hotel ropm. lluhn, who came from Clmnkin, China, was, a Christian convert. He is married and the father of two children DELEGATES TO WOMAN'S CLUB STATE CONVENTION Mrs.

Mnry Wall, District: president or the Woman's club, and Dr. Harriet Daniel, have been elected as delegates to represent the Murphysboro club at the State convention nt Moliue, May 21, 22, 23. Than on the 27th they will join a Missouri delegation at St. Louis and later an Illinois train and delegation, and will go to Los Angeles, to attend the Biennial convention which opens there on June! 3. The Woman's club of California will give free sight seeing and pleasure trips around Los Angeles will lots to the visitors.

Some of the delegates will go to Alaska, and Mrs. Wall and Dr. Daniel expect to take that trip. They will also visit former'" Murphysboro friends in California. They will be accompanied on this trip by Mrs.

Paul Colp of Marion, 111., and A. McKelvey of Sparta. to operate on their own revenue. Benton, 111., officials attended the conference and told what Benton is doing in the way of collecting a 1 cent gasoline tax by ordinance. West Frankfort, it developed, expects to realize nearly $2,000 a month, from this tax.

West Frankfort to 20,000 population and boasts almost two times as many automobiles as Murphysboro can muster. Marion also expects to derive a splendid income from the gas tax, having collected-a city license tax on 1GOO cars the last fiscal year, as compared to 'the local collection on approximately 1150 cars, all classes. Benton officials represented that Benton people, loyal to the rehabilitating theVcity's, coffers, are gladly a penny more on the gallon for gasoline as their "bit" The-tax isOmade at the service -stations. That is to say the oil companies pay the; tax in lump sums on every 100,000 gallons sold, or such an amount as the city sees lit to set ajjide as the-bulk unit for Plan Permanent Officials ins ing last night next Weu.K'Hi.l; 6t yoco of the Stephens College Conservatory of Music. Miea Jea.n.

Grushkin.and -Miss Riiby Franza, accompany the quartet, as The Quartette has sung at the banquet given during Journalism at Columbus, has been broadcasted by station WOS, Jefferson Oity, and ban appeared in a number, of concerts given by Stephens to perfecting municipal tax Organization Marion nieet: to meet there night and, in plans for on gasoline, addition general take steps to permmauently organize a City Official League of Southern Illinois with its aim to be co-operation in things beneficial for mimicipalties- concerned. City Clerk Richard Shoinaker, resented Murphysboro at last night's conference at Marion and was iin- Among cities represented Marion, Johnston Quoin, Pinckneyville and College'studenta, and also appeared on pr with the spirit, of the kiwanas-Club Program at Cohwi- ciu nity co-operation as for the Wabasii Club of St. Louis at the Daniel Boone Tavern, at Columba. Following is the program for May 20, which will be at the Hippodrome in connection with the regular program: "Drink, to Me Only With Thine Byes," Old English "De Coppah 1 College Quartette. "La Boheme," Puccini; "Memory," Rudoplh Marie Martell.

"NashTille Nghtingale," "Before You Martell and Fay. "My Lady Clo," dlough, Leighter; "Rocker in The Collego Quartette. "Mifaiiuy," Forester; "Gypsy Cheer," Fay. inter-com- exiiressed Federation State and said to greatly llrom despondency. have been suffering homesickness a Meet at Moline Moline, May 14.

(United to the Illinois Federation of Women's clubs will meet hero May 10 to 22, for the-state federation convention. Mrs. George-W. Wood, president of Moliue's club will give the official welcome Tuesday morning, May.20, which will officially the convention. Miss Lena Thies and her little niece, Bertha Josephine Breneman of Campbell Hill, the former's- sister, Fraembs of Willisville, the shoppers here Wednesday.

Mrs Henry Baker of North Murphysboro, who has been III for the past week, was not so well Thursday. OS. Young who has been a bust- visitor in Murphysboro, to St. Louis Thursday. "Baracolle," Martell and Pauline Fay.

"Loves A Merchant," Carew; "I Hear A Thrush At Eve," Cad Alice Martell. "Will O' the Wisp," College Quartette. The picture program on the night will be, May McAvoy in "Her Reputation" and "The Way of A Man" Episode No. 3 and News. Bank Robbery at ClaytonviUe, 111.

(United Press) CLAYTONVILLE, May Bank robbers during tho night broke into the Claytonville state bank and escaped with fifteen; hundred dollars in cash and some securities. The robbery was discdTered when the bank was opened for business- today. were: City, Du Murphysboro. all of' which purpose to have a gasolinetax effective as soon as possible. It is believed the- Southern Illinois Municipal Leane, or whatever the organization may be called, will in time be secondary only to the Illinois Municipal League, whicli power for inter-community -welfare City Clerk.

Shomaker observed at the Marion meeting that while some other Southern Illinois cities Lpinthe.mireofdebta,Murphys- practicaliy all of them are a Hard battle to operate revenue. This borois, fighting within their.) actual was. able to do during of the Mayor Blair conservative Murphysboro the first year administration through business dealings ana.cenam depart mental savings. Oil companies are collection by cities and towns of a gaso- lino tax'under the plan Benton maug- erated, according reports at Marion conference. Foley Succeeds Tammany King (United, Press) NEW YORK; May 15-James rroley; son-in-law; late Charles Murphy; was selected Wednesday night as tiie new, leader of Tammany H-U was.

elected practically unanimously by the.executive-commit- tee of the organization..