Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

Jf-, 'v i SERVICE siiiittiffli ,1 WUar'ClMm VllWrWlaoli cull kwUr, nail to pme the A iwimwIiI Urfphsaa nns necblng freaa city to Canada, nbtmto mlba tarewgh Illinois, world Is flat, "WeTa U0 toyta; to mt ChrUUsuU Una, to, 2M Eatered at'seoond elaea Bill matter at IMoota ILLINOIS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1928 Published every afternooo except 8unday Price ft Cent i 'I '-1 mi lit i i I ii 'I i i i 1 i 1 -L-S 19839 Lei's Bring Him Back to Reason STANDARD OIL TdlfiOTIME' WHO IS IT? rg 7 JUST A -IWAWMAVp AW A v. ic I 5 fl- llfUf, JjnJJtTUIMMPn iiuiil iiiiimaou Mother Says Married Life Unhappy; Didn't Care to Live BT ARTHUR L. MAEEX. (IK. 8.

Staff Cerrespoodeat) Los Angeles, Calif, Feb. thinks I am Insane. Nether do These are the own words of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnaper killer of Marion Parker, uttered today as he turned to his 193-ppuad guard. Deputy Sheriff Claude Peters, and con eluded: 1 dont think there are twelve per sons In tha United States who would say I waa Insane." Hickman was waiting to be taken from bis cell at the county Jail to tha courtroom two floors below. Dr.

R. O. Shelton, who yesterday told the Jury In the Marion Parker cast that Hickman was a victim of dementia praecox, which he termed "the highest trpatf Insanity? will ba mailed to the stand when tha trial Sa resumed today. Expert Testimony. DrJL The testimony of Uie expert witness- es promised to be dull and tedious to contrast with the dramatic recital and, the play on motion which, di--maxed the trial yesterday.

Dull and tedious, but the dispassionate teatlmony of tha experts, begun late yesterday, afforded relaxation, to those who cat through) the suspense which crowded' the clrainatio second act of the court drama. No one ja the tiny room, with the exception of who tat to Sinched, eoqld possibly have stood much more of the gripping suspense. Jnrors wept when they forced their f7ttJtaJoost.upQO tha ghastry photo graphs of Marion Parkers mutilated They shuddered when the long- bladed, clasp knife which the slayer used to dissect the dead girl was flash ed before them. Tha father of William Edward Hick man twisted his gnarled hands and sobbed aloud as ha said that tha woman who had been hit wife bad "a horror for bearing babies" and had told him that tome day he would find "all the children cut up and pQed on -the The Sttie- grey- mother of wmiam Edward Hickman back; her' tears at the said that her unhappy -married Ufa had caused her to hat bet husband and the "Just didn't want to live any The brother of WQllam Idward Hickman hung his head when he said -that too horror of Marion Parker's death convinced htm that bit brother was Insane. Hickman, who called hrmseH "fox" when he lured Marion Parker away from her achool room and later tered her Ufeleu body for ILJW0 ran som money, alone among an of those in the electrified courtroom, remained unmoved, KIDVELL HO! 'E BADLY DAMAGED BY FUCES Fully $1000 damage vat done to the 3.

A. KldweU residence at 3101 Prairie avenue Thursday afternoon when a flit broke out In the attic shortly alter three o'clock, and spread rapidly. CAVC fHAI on i allium FLATaES SWEEP roeouras DISTVOF CITY Industrial Center Burn. BT WILLIAM A. CONSODME.

aKI, Staff Correspondent) fFall River, Feb. 3 law was in effect in fire-swept Fall IUver today. Dead lines were established by; 600' armed militiamen and tity state troopers around mile square area in jvliich sixty fire buiiuingH, Iarge and smal were destroyed in an all-night conflagration which' was finally under control after causing damage estimated at 000. Ten firemen were seri- ouisly injured. Vial ton Bcrred from CUy.

All Ylaitorf wer tarred. Folic lnf arrmnf mwnU vara in cbarga of Mayor W. Party Monk. A majority of tha population of 101000 men, women and children waa WTQ ilreeti, hundrtda "nilUnf about the pollca Unea thrown up bi the bttat Beta lit net Bra ares. Relief agenciea were at work caring tot tM tcorea of injured and thoae In need of food ar ahelter.

BU banka damaged by flamea were finder beary luard. in their fire proof vaolU rated currency and valuable paper. Twenty-flT of the clty'a principal wilding war in rulna in an area bounded High. Bank, Annawa and Onrfea atreeta. Theat tncluded three notela, two theater, club, two newtpa-per planU aacj doaan'builnea blocka ad mttla Among fhf mJUa damaged were the Pocaaaet, tha TJnkm Mm and Vine Troy Chimney Company i mill.

rtreatcw Labor Ba Kaiaa. Ice sheeted and weary firemen from Maaaachueetta and Rhode bland oitiea and town worked In tat rulna, The national guardamen on duty were commanded by Colonel Harry A. Skin ner. Tbe ttata police ware under per sonal command of Brigadier General Alfred T. Foot, atale commissioner of publls aalety.

The fire, which raged from 8:30 o'clock last evening until It was plac ed under control at 3 a. m. today, re called the million dollar fire here twelve years ago. Many tunes during the hectic night the residential district threatened aa sparks and Are brands fell on roofs. 8cores ol families fled to the streets In the nesr-scro terpen ture carrying movable belongings.

Bethel Synagogue on Bank street was destroyed and a hundred families living in the vicinity of the blazing edifice left their homes. Newspaper PlanU Destroyed. There were many homeless men, women and children to care for altar tha first excitement of the conflagration aubslded. A majority of these lived on. Bedford street Their homes were In apartments above small stores.

Thef were cared tor in neighboring homes or in public buildings. The newspaper plants ruined were the Fall River independent and the rail River Herald-News. The plant of the other newspaper, Uie Olobe, was also badly damaged. Wire communication with the out-aide world was shut off for four hours, but engine companies 12. 36 and 43 threw curtains of icf water over tha telephone exchange and the telegraph offlees, and service waa resumed.

Heroic telephone glrla, near to exhaustion by handling a tremendous crush of business with Ore sweeping about their building, resumed their tasks. All Mm Lend Aid. Every able-bodied man turned to and helped the firemen with the staggering task of stopping the onrush of flamea in the business district and extinguishing many smaller fires that started a mile or more away from the main blaze. Thousands faced unemployment to day as the result of the conflagration, but business men were making plans to rebuild and resume operations. The sixty-five buildings destroyed Included twenty or more of the biggest huHdlngs of the city, Including hotels, theaters, stores, banks and the famous granite building on Main street, in what It known aa "Cotton Brokers Row." A ahow wa In progress in the Rialto theater when the Are reached a build-rm rfisunr aav.

The' audience iIeM the theater safely and In order. AO hour later the theater.was a twist-, ed-in of TncmrTnlni. rr- Calls tor Help Go Out one building, after another was, clutched by the flames, the local firemen; sent out caila for help. Fire ap-paratus arrived from Boston, New Bed- "NEWSPAPER SHOP" TBADITIONS UPHELD Fall River, Mass, Feb. 1 (INS) Traditions tha "newtpaper hop" were upheld today as fire surged about the plant of the Fall Even tbe lowly office boys stay ed on the Job along with men and women of the staff.

At one time the building caught fire. There was no apparatus available at the moment Publisher Edward Gans, Managing Editor Alan J. Daniels, City Editor Frank Uealy and others of the staff manned hose lines along the walls and on the roof. When the lira In the Globe boildlng was extinguished the work of getting ant aa "extra" was regained. It waa la-saed on schedule.

FORMER HUMBOLT WOMAN PASSES AWAY Dtcial'to The Journal. OarotU. Hum bolt, HI, Feb. 3. The body of Mrs.

Winona Moore Halstead. aged twenty-one years, who died at Casa Grande, from tuberculosis last Saturday, arrived here Thursday night Funeral services will be from the Meth odist Episcopal church on Saturday at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. C. Oeyer officiating. Burial will be in the Odd Fellow cemetery.

Mrs. Halstead was the wife of Harry O. Halstead, a young Oklahoma lawyer, and World war veteran, who himself Is said to be In the last stages of con sumption, and could not leave Casa Grande to accompany his wife's body. He contracted tuberculosis in Franca during the war. Mrs.

Halstead was reared Humbolt and was a graduate from tha Areola. high school. She went to Arizona about three year ago for the benefit of her health, but returned home after a year or more. After suffering a re lapse aha returned to Arizona, and there met androrrWJalseait who was auso sojourning were tor njs health. On January 31.

1927, they vera married In Arizona. "fa rr Besides her husband Mrs. Halstead is survived by her father, Mann; c. Moore, of this Tillage; three sisters, Miss Lois Moore, Miss Madge- Moore and Miss Bettla Moore, and one brother, Robert Moore, an living with, their father. CLAIMS DIPLOMATIC BUNGLING CAUSES WAR Washington; Feb.

SINSV-Assall. Jng the "clumsy bungling of diplomats" as a frequent cause of war, Renresen- tatlva Edith Nourse Rogers, Republi can, oi Massachusets, advocated today, In an address before the final session of the Women's Patriotic Conference on National Defense, tha evolution of the world's foreign offices Into "depart menu oi peace." Miss Etta V. Lelghton of New York, secretary of the National Security League, In a vigorous appeal for tha suppression of Internationalism, told the session: rainousm, vne sirong shield of a nation's honor, has gone out of fashion. giving way to a wishy-washy Interna uonallsm. Racial and national hatreds suppressed for centuries under despot ism are bursting forth.

Universal disarmament Is not the way to bring peace. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur urged the women to enlist in support of the $700,000,000 naval building program now before the house. Future wars will be largely decided by navies, be predicted. BEYER FOUND GUILTY OF PETROFF MURDER Rockford, 111., Feb. 3.

John Beyer. 21, of Janesvule, self-styled prohibition investigator, was found guilty late yesterday of manslaughter as a result of his fatal shooting of William PetrofT, South Belott roadhouse keeper, last November. Illinois Justice moved swiftly in the prosecution of Beyer, who claimed he accidentally shot Petrol! while obtaining evidence of violation of the liquor law. The jury returned a verdict less than six hours after receiving the case. Manslaughter, which carried Imprisonment of one to fourteen years, was the lesser of four degrees of guilt which Judge Arthur K.

Fisher Instructed the twelve Jurors they might assess. The other were degrees of murder and car ry penalties of death, imprisonment for life and fourteen years to Wei MILK GHOCOLA CREAMS 29 2-3 BTOWEIX'S CANDT SHOP. 't FOR xm Modern apartment two block from POUND HEAD DEFIANT OF COOTEE R. W. Stewart Refuses to Tell What He Knows About Certain Bonds.

BT WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON. (L N. S. Staff Correspondent) Washington, Feb.

S. Pacing a citation for contempt of the senate, Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, again today defied the senate public lands committee by refusing to reveal what he knew of the Continental Trading Company's $3,080,000 liberty bond fund. Stewart's refusal to testify on this Important point was placed in the record for the second time in order to form the basis for contempt proceedings. The question that Stewart refused to answer was: "Do you know anything about the Continental Company's purchase of liberty bonds?" Defiant Answer.

His reply was: "With all deference to you, I have to repeat that I never made a dollar out of It, and that's my answer." It has already been established that the Continental Company purchased $3,080,000 in liberty bonds, and $235,000 of them have been traced to Ex-Sec. retary of the Inferior Albert' B. Fall The committee is endeavoring to determine who got the balance. There have been many rumors about these remain tag bonds. "Were you ever consulted about these bonds?" next asked Senator Walsh of Montana.

Stewart did not answer. "Why do you hesitate?" That's my business. I dont think that's a proper question." said Stewart Walsh read the senate resolution or dering the Inquiry Into the bonds. "Did you understand when I asked about bonds that I referred to the bonds mentioned In this resolution?" think I did." "When you declined to answer the some question yesterday, did you un derstand the bonds referred to were those mentioned in the resolution?" "I think I did." Walsh then read Stewart's state ment yesterday that he had "never given any bonds to any political party, "What Induced you to specify polit ical party?" "I heard It from some source pos sibly the newspapers, and I wanted to make It clear to you that I had never handled any of those bonds." And what you do know, you decline to Yes, I regretfully take that posi tion," 8tewart replied. Stewart's Anger Aroused.

Stewart got into a clash with Sen ator Cutting of New Mexico while on the stand, when the latter told him there was a "possible assumption" that he was committing Stewart flared with anger, characterized the statement as an Insult, and threatened to leave the committee room. Cutting withdrew the remark and peace was restored. Prior to Stewart's second defiance of the committee. Senator Walsh had placed on the stand several witnesses who sat In at the New York cdnferencS which negotiated the purchase of the Humphreys Oil. among them former Senator Charles Thomas, attorney for Humphreys; Beman O.

Dawes, brother of the vice-president, and A. E. Humphreys Jr. BULL PLEADS GUILTY AS CONFIDENCE MAN Tuscola, 111., Feb. O.

Bull, one of the two men held by Sheriff Twi- ford on a charge of having operated a. confidence game at the Standard Oil Station north of the Tuscola city limits, through a fake punch board, appeared before Justice Albrltton Mon day and pleaded guilty to the charge. He was assessed a fine of $100 and costs which he was able to pay through having received the money from relatives. A. O.

Mitchell, the other of the two arrested, Is said to be willing also to plead guilty, but up to the present has not done so, as none of the friends to whom he has written has as yet sent him the money for hts flne. He told officers that he would have the money in a day or two, but several days have passed and the money is not here yet. INVESTMENTS OF MONEY. Our first mortgage farm loans are protected by large equities, by ample earning power, by the honesty, and th ahlllty of the fofrower to farm and manage and be prompt, and by time tried annegally tested safeguards that Insure payment They yield well. We doythe work.

Call for, details or send your name and address. Phone 161. 2-4 TIVNEN CO. 2 No, 122 The man whose picture is shown above came to Mattoon to live in 1884. was a native of the northern part of the state, and for many yean was actively engaged in railroad work.

He no longer Uvea in this city but cornea here occasionally. Picture No. 121. In yesterday's issue, wasnt so easy either, Judging by the scarcity of replies sent In' as to Its. identity.

It must have been those curls which threw the fan off the track, because only four hazarded guess. No. 121 was Mrs. Louis KaU, and thoae who recognized the girlish llkenese were J. k.

Hayes and Ms Mayme Hayden. Miss Kate Ballen- Une and C. A. Fry thught it was a pic ture of Mrs. F.

M. Beala. The picture of Mrs. KaU was tak en over fifty years ago, shortly be fore she came to this city as a bride She made Mattoon ber home for -any years, but now resides In Chicago. 'MCHHOHPSOIIJIT NEW ORLEANS RACES New Orleans, La Feb.

S. (IMS) Headed by Mayor William Hale Thompson and flva hundred enthusiastic Chicago sportsmen, who arrived here on three special trains, thousands Of turf followers gathered at the fourth renewal of -the $70,000 New Orleans handicap race here today. The track was fairly fast and almost all the 100 nominated had posted their $1,000 entry fee. Tbe horses will go to the post at 3:30 for the mile and one-sixteenth race. The winner of the race will receive a cash prize of $50,000 and the remain tag $20,000 will be divided among the three followera-up.

Mayor Thompson of Chicago will present tha prizes. Hello, big BUI." was on the lips of all New Orleans last night aa the Chicago delegation arrived. Cannons boomed at the water front, sirens of water craft, fire engines and factories shrieked out a welcome unprecedented In the south. It was "Chicago day" in New Orleans. STOVE EXPLODES; TWO MEN SEVERELY BURNED Lincoln, Feb.

burned when the stove In their shack near this city exploded. Harm Rholfs, SO, and Axlver Croteau are fighting for their lives today In a hospital here. Five men riding past saw the shack In flames, and discovering the pair lying unconscious, carried them to safety. ford, Taunton, Brockton, Newport, R. Somerset, Swansea, Wcstport, and other communities.

They rushed over snow-covered roads In a freezing temperature and arrived in the ntck of time, fdf sparks were falling on roofs In the residential district. The fire was the worst conflagration in the city's history and compared with the staggering damage done by tires in Chelsea in 1906 and in Salem In 1914. The Pocasset Mills have been closed for two years. The largest stockholder Louis K. Liggett of Boston.

He is now at Palm Beach, Fla. Workmen had been ruing some of the bullduvi owned by the mills. The conflagration' started near a blaze of chips over which workmen razing a building of the Pocasset Mills were trying to keep warm, fire department officials stated today. An official Investigation into the cause of the Are was begun by Deptrtr Tire Marshal George Mans-field of Taunton. Many of the seventy-five firms which were wiped out by the flames were not covered by insurance.

The fire loss meant financial Ann to quite a few of the smaller business men. BIP FOUR A. A. DAMCE Saturday. February 4, at K.

of C. haU. Music, Jones' Callfornlan'. Admission 50 cents, a-t -WWCR AWL Vvt rfVJlalft Defiant R. W.

Stewart, head of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, who refused to answer certain questions before the senate committee Investigating the Tea pot Dome oil scandal. MEN FILE PETITIONS FOR PLACE ON COUNCIL Thursday was the last day for filing petitions by candidates for membership on the city council. Those who have filed petitions are: First ward J. H. Owens, Democrat.

Second ward O. W. Smith, Repub lican; F. H. Morrison, Democrat.

Third ward C. E. Crane, Republi can J. M. Bolles, Republican.

Fourth ward C. R. Plummer, Demo crat; C. W. Haskell, Democrat.

Fifth ward James L. Warren, Dem ocrat. Sixth ward Thomas A. Shull, Re publican: Fred F. Harris, Republican; Ed Huckaba, Democrat.

Seventh ward O. A. Klzcr. The aldermen who 'ue candidates to succeed themselves arc: James H. Owens, Democrat, First ward; C.

E. Crane, Republican, Third ward; C. W. Haskell, Democrat, Fourth ward; James L. Warren, Democrat, Fifth ward; Ed Huckaba, Democrat, Sixth ward, and George A.

Kizer, Democrat, Seventh ward. The date of the election of city alder men will be Tuesday, April 17. SPECIAL SHOWING Friday, Saturday and Sunday morn ing, new Hudson and Essexes, all models. This is a show you should see, con sisting of sedans, coaches and coupes with rumble seat. New colors and lines.

2004 Charleston avenue, Mattoon III. 4 GARDNER ic BALL. PUBUC AUCTION SALE Of the "Ernest B. Tucker home In Lafayette Heights, Saturday, February 4, at o'clock at the south door of the National Bank of Mattoon FRED GRANT, Trust Officer. 3 a 'J i lid I In to of at UCU A PORTO RICO SHOWERS KUOJIORSJtLUtlDY BamJuan, Porto Rico, Feb.

I WS Today was another "Lindbergh day" as the Joyous residents of Porto Rico showered, honors the famous American aviator, who flew here from St Thomas yesterday. On Colonel Lindbergh's program for today were visits to all the principal points of Interest on the Island, such as the cathedral, the forts and public buildings. The flyer will also be taken to Rio Pledraa, to visit the University of Porto Rico and the Insular Sanitarium. Colonel Lindbergh awoke after a strenuous night which in turn culminated a day of auch rejoicing and cheering as has never been seen here before. After being welcomed by 100,000 persons at he landing field and being hailed as a second Columbus and being officially feted by the government and other official bodies.

Colonel Lindbergh was the guest of honor at a reception at the governor's palace. Later the young aviator attended the Porto Rlcan carnival where he was introduced to Edna Coll, queen 'of the carnival and one of the most beautiful young ladies in Porto Rico. As a special tribute, Miss Coll was garbed as an aviatrix. Colonel Lindbergh will hop tomorrow morning ror Santo Domingo. The colonel Is keeping to his schedule, trying to arrive at each destination the exact minute he is due.

Oreat crowds gathered In the street to cheer the "lone eagle" when he appeared on his sightseeing Jaunt. Lindbergh grinned and waved his hand. CHICAGO KIDNAPERS COMMITTED TO JAIL Chicago, Feb. 3. INS) Ted "Spider" Meyers and Frank Covelli, charged with kidnaping and beating Joseph Ruben-stein and his wife, Betty, private dry sleuth, were arraigned In court here today and sentenced to serve one year Jail and fined $300, each, on carrying a concealed weapon charge.

On the charges ot assault with Intent kill, robbery, kidnaping and larceny an automobile, they were held to the grand Jury In bonds totaling $500,000, MR. AND MBS. H. O. ESTELL LOSE INFANT DAUGHTER Tiny Marie, three-weeks -old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Harry G. JEstell, died at the family residence, 2819 Richmond avenUe, Thursday night from Infant disease. There will be a brief funeral service the graveside In Dodge Drove cemetery, Rev. Josph W.

Kelley officiating. Mr. ana Mrs. Estell have four other children. DANCE MOOSE HALL Every Saturday night "Mack's.

tf READ PAGE 119. Saturday EvenJng post, 8-3 Ex-Senator III Vienna, Feb. 3. (DC) The condition of J. Hamilton Lewis, former United States senator fmm TUinnli nvnUniH Serious todav.

orcarrilliff In rmirti fViU afternoon from the sanatorium at Auersperg, Jugoslavia, where Mr. Lewis was taken, following an attack of threatened pneumonia. The reports Indicated the patient's condition remained about stationary. DISCUSS POLICING OF PAN-AMERICAN STATES Havana, Feb. 3.

(INS) Discussion ot the report of the committee on public International law which virtually upholds the policy of troublesome Latin-American republics was the chief topic on the table at today's session of the Pan-American conference. It was expected that there would be no amendment proposed which would prove embarrassing to the United States. The report was tendered by Dr. Vic tor Maurtua, of Peru, reporting secre tary of the commission on lnternatlon al law. The report chiefly advocated; That every nation has the right to exist and to protect and conserve Its existence, but this does not justify the commission of unlawful acts against innocent or unoffending states: That every nation has the right to independence provided It does not interfere with nor violate the rights of other states.

COUPLE LOCATED. Spwttl to ma Journal. Oaittta. Charleston, III, Feb. 3.

The Charleston police have received word that Miss Mamie Smith, 20, and Robert Mal-deck, 25, who disappeared from hare about three weeks ago, have been touted at Louisville, Ky. 'The couple ten jeresjmja)tu4-ls Louisville did not state whether they had married or not, SUNDAY MOVIES Areola Areola, HL. February 5. Richard Dix in "The Gay Defender." 8:30 p. ra.

10c and, 83c 3-3 4 burning a large portion of the root of the' house. The fire department worked than an hour before the flamea were entirely subdued. There was 1 erable water to the house- hold goods. Insurance was carried; It Is thought by Fire Chief Weaver that the origin of the fire was In the electric wiring In the attic. I Ill I II A mm Chicago Followtng axe Vb9, weather IndicaUona or lUtaiito for thlr- ty-kfat hours, end -ing at 1 Saturday, CeneraBy fair, night and 8atoj iayi warmer tw treaaa atatb fatW Uett tenliht LOCAL WKATHXIt-TEMPERATTJES, (Temperature from 1 an.

Thursday .1 p. 3 p. av -c I -9 p. a. II I iv Weather cot lt.ins: Clean awv west wrnd.

'nrter rra kut rises Saluru. at 7:06 and sets f4 5:22, Moon acts W'Tizy Broadway. FRED GRANT, Trust Offlctf..