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nEm Editions Daily. National Press Service, DAILY JOURNAL GAZETTE. Thirty Year, No. 303. MATTOON, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1911.

Price 5. Cente NEW TURN IN MANEUVERS RAILROADS SECRETLY NOTIFIED TO CARRY 15,000 MORE TROOPS TO BORDER. EXECUTION HAS BEGUN Agua Priesta Still Holding Out, Although Attack Is Momentarily Expected. National Telegraph Service. Washington, March and navy maneuvers on the Mexican border took a new turn today when it became known that the railroads had been secretly notified to be in readiness to carry 15,000 additional soldiers to the front.

The situation now is a puzzling one, even to the highest officialia Agua Priesta Holds Out, El Paso, March 14. The town of Agua Priesta is still holding out, although an attack on the place is momentarily expected. United States troops are guarding the line and have been ordered to prevent stragglers from crossing the borTer. Summary Execution. Mexican federal troops have begun the summary execution of all prisoners, is the report received here this morning.

Report From London. London, March The Standard and Daily Telegraph, today, prints a story indicating that the presence in Mexico of 1,000 Japanese is the real reason for the demonstration made by the United States along the Mexican border. The article asserts that war between the United States and Japan is possible. Won't Give Up Struggle. New York, March General de fance to the Mexican government was issued here today by Dr.

Francesco Vasquez Gomez, head of the fusurrecto junta. NIt our demands are not granted, we shall fight to the death," he declared. "We have 12.000 men under arms in twenty states and cessation of the struggle is not to be considered for moment." DEATH OF CHILD. Special to Journal-Gazette. Trilla, March -Harold Rhodes, Birdzell, infant son of Mr.

and Mrs. Bert Birdzell of Chicago, died March 8, and the remains were brought to this village for burial, being, accompanied by the parents and Miss May. Rhodes, who had gone to Chicago. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. G.

M. Calhoun of Kansas, with burial in Drummond cometery. JAMES TROTT IS BURIED AT PEKIN O. H. Munson and J.

N. Milton, repel resenting Mattoon lodge of Masons, returned home this morning after attending the funeral of James Trott, a brother Mason. In Pekin Monday afternoon. The service was held in the First Baptist church in Pekin, Right. Worshipful Brother Louis Zinger of Pekin delivering the discourse.

This was done at the request of the Mattoon lodge, where the deceased was a member. Interment was made In Pekin. James Trott was killed, as had been reported, in Tucker, Utah, on March 8. He was walking on a car of ore and it slipped under his feet. He fell to the ground and alighting upon his head, broke his neck.

Death was instant. The body was not muttlated. Several years ago Mr. Trott was brakeman on the Peoria division of the Illinois Central and his brother, Conductor. John Trott, is one.

of the best known men in the service. The deceased was 38 years old and unman. ried. NO INCREASE IN THE NUMBER ENLISTMENTS There is no increase in the number of applications for enlistment in the army in the Mattoon recruiting tion. This is contrary to reports 1 from all over the country, Since the beginning of the Mexican movement, there have been many adventurers trying to get into service in many places.

In the Mattoon office nothing unusual is taking place. "If there was any assurance that the army would see service, have more applications that I could handie," remarked Sergeant Warner this morning. "The army is apparently backing up now and I look for nothins doing." MARRIAGE FOLLOWS ARREST OF YOUNG MAN Gordon Tucker, a young man from Richland county, when arrested in this city Monday on complaint of Miss Rose Zimmerman, also of that county. decided that the best way out of the difficulty would be to consent to marriage ceremony, which was performed by Justice Starkweather in his office. Tucker was fleeing from the state, being enroute to lowa when into custody at union station.

Mr. and Mrs. Tucker returned to their home in Richland county. LOSES HAND. Special to Journal-Gazetto.

Arthur, March Jacob (muth, an Amish farmer living four miles southeast of here, lost one his hands Saturday by getting the member caught in the machinery of feed cutter. The hand was horribly mangled and amputation was I necessary. I GOVERNMENT CLAIM IS GIVEN REVERSAL Supreme Court Makes, Ruling That Telegraph Operators May Work Nine Hours Intermittently. Washington, March 14 Railroads which employ telegraph operators for six hours and then, after an interval; for three more, comply with the federal "hours of service law" of 1907. Such was the decision yesterday of the supreme court of the United States, despite the -claim of the government that the nine hours must be consecutive.

The question of the meaning of the law arose in a proceeding begun by the federal government against the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad company to recover penalty for an alleged violation. A telegraph operator went on duty at Corwith, just outside of Chicago, at 6:30 a. m. dally, and worked until noon. He then laid off work until 8 p.

when he resumed duty, to quit for the day at 6:30 D. mi The government claimed this was a violation of the law designed to prevent railroad accidents, due to fatigue on the part of employer. The railway company contended that the law intended merely that the strain incident to continuous work should be refieved by intermission, and did not re quire the employment of more operators than were needed to carry on the work safely. The opinion announced by Justice Holmes sustained the courts below. FOUR WILLS DISPOSED OF IN SHELBY COURT, Last Testaments of Josiah Wortman, William Porter and Sarah Patrick Are Approved.

Shelby ville, 111, March County court convened for a short session Saturday afternoon, with Judge Hudson of the Moultrie county court on the bench. The will of Henry J. Colony was brought up to be approved and admitted to probate. Mr. Colony willed first that all his just debts be paid out of his estate as soon as it was convenient with the administrator.

He then ordered that the executor pay to his daughter, Dora Polly, the sum of $9 in cash. He further wills that all the rest of his property, real, per sonal and mixed, shall be divided equally between his other daughters, Clara May Haines and Sarah Arola Bannings, the same to be theirs forever. The will or Sarah A. Elsina Patrick was approved. This will leaves $1 to Nathan T.

Daniels, a halfbrother, of Springfield. The sum of $1 18 also left to Miles Alvin. Dere miah, a brother. The proceeds resulting from the sale of the real 06- tate belonging to the deceased at the time of her death is to be divided equally between Corda Ona Christy of Cowden, and Charles W. Deremiah 1 of Pana.

Charles Deremiah of Pana, was appointed executor of the estate by the court. Guardian's Report. The final report of Guthrie R. Brideman, as guardian of Beulah Bridgman, was approved by the court. The re capitulation shows a balance of $796- 86 due to Miss Bridgman, The report was approved and the guardian discharged, as the ward had reached her.

majority, William Stanger was appointed guardian for Almer Stanger, a minor child, as heir of the late Jacob F. Maurer. He received $1,212.14 from the administrator of. the late Mr. Maurer, to hold until the child reachjes its majority.

Wills Approved: The wills of Josiah Wortman and William Porter, deceased, were approved by the court and admitted to probate. Watch for the Aeroplane NOTES EVERYWOMAN TrORLD WIDE MAW. NOBODY. FEMINIST (MERE MAN) MOVEMENT Suggested to a hard hearted cartoonist by the recently produced al legory of "Everywoman." MANY SPECIALS OVER ST. LOUIS DIVISION Soldiers and Show Troupes Make Much Business -Telephone System Has Made Good.

No less than twenty special trains were handled on the St. Louis division of the Big Four during the eight days preceding Monday of this week, the specials including five trainloads of soldiers on their way to the front and the others being show troupes going to and from St. Louis. Yet, eight passenger engines were white leaded in Indianapolis at Shelby street, and freight engines are be: ing leaded and stored in the East St. Louis yards.

Business is not so much lighter, as the fact that the company is getting 50 equipped that it can handle business with less men and less engines is apparent. The telephone system of dispatching has made. it possible for the company to. hurry trains over the road much faster, and more service can be done. It is estimated that the tele.

phone service on the St. Louis division of the Big Four paid for itself this winter in the absence of overtime wages it saved on train and engine men, LIBEL BILLS OPPOSED BY THE ILLINOIS PRESS Springfield, 111., March Members of the Illinois Daily Newspapers association, representing dailies outside of Chicago, caucused last night in the St. Nicholas and adopted a resolution protesting against the passage of the Bailey and the Browne libel bills, pending in the legislature. The state judiciary committee will give the association a hearing tomorrow afternoon on Senator Bailey's libel bill. W.

T. Bedford, publisher of the La Salle Tribune, declared in the caucus last night that he objected to the bills because of the restriction they would place on legitimate news service. "It this bill becomes a law," said Mr. Bedford, "citizens of Illinois will be deprived of reports on various public and semipublic matters: that they have a right to know about." Newspapers of the following towns were represented at the caucus: Springfeld, Dixon, Peoria, Danville, Bloomington, Centralia, Rockford, La Salle, Canton, Quincy, Champaign and Moline. SOUTH SEVENTEENTH TO BE ILLUMINATED Workmen began this morning on the installation of the tungsten electric lights on the west side of the 100 block of South Seventeenth street.

The poles will be put up at once and the additional merchants' lights will be turned on either today or Wednesday. Contracts for the installation of more of the business district are expected in a short time. HALF OF TOWN BURNS. National Telegraph Service. Iron River.

March Half of this city was destroyed by fire this morning. Among the properties de stroyed were the mela and bottling REV. P. F. HAYES' MOTHER DIES IN WATSON SUNDAY to Journal Gazette.

mother March Mrs. Isaac Hayes, of Rev. P. F. Hayes, died at the home of one of her children in Watson Sunday.

The mains will be brought here for Inter ment today in Drummond cemetery. Mrs. F. D. Voris, Mrs.

A. D. Lindley and Miss Gertrude Wilson were in Mattoon Saturday. Prof. Bailey of Newman came down Saturday.

The subject of Rev Fisher's sermon next Sunday morning will be "The United States, a Christian Nation." In the evening, "An Exposure of Chris tian Science." H. T. Crookshank, who has been ill for more than a year, with a peculiar form of blood poison, causing paraly. sis, is now in a critical conditon. BIRTH RECORD.

BIRTH RECORD. To Mr. and Mrs. 8. Mountjoy 1000 Prairie avenue, a daughter.

To Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis, a son. DEATH MRS. HARRISON JOSEPH MONDAY NIGHT Wife of Well Known Business Man Passes From Stroke of ApoplexyNo.

Funeral Date, Mrs. Vashti Joseph, wife of the well known Broadway jeweler, passed away at 10:50 o'clock Monday night from a stroke of apoplexy, which she sustained several days ago while at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred der, 1201 Lafayette avenue. Mrs. Joseph had been unconscious since the attack, and there was never a time when any hope was held out for her recovery.

Shortly after returning from a several weeks' visit. with her sister, Mrs. A. A. Stubbins, in Marion, Mrs.

Joseph had said she never felt in better health, and the attack which seized her came without any warning whatever. Mrs. Joseph was born in Ohio and had been a resident of this city ever since 1868. She always had been ac tive in the circles of the First Conchurch, being a leader in charitable and other work of that congregation. There survive the "husband, Harrison Joseph, and three children- Mrs.

0. W. Ferguson, Mrs. Fred A. Sny.

der and' Herbert Joseph, all of this city. Mrs. A. A. Stubbins of Marion, Ind.

and Mrs. Estella Reed of Farmer City are sisters. RUSSELL FUNERAL FROM RESIDENCE. Civil War Veteran Passes Away Home on Sunday From Infirmities of Age, The funeral of William A. Russell, who died on Sunday night at 1 o'clock from the infirmities of advanced age, was held this morning at 10 o'clock from the residence, 2820 De Witt ave nue, with burial following in Dodge Grove cemetery.

Mr. Russell wits 75 years of age and was a veteran of the civil war. He had been a resident of Mattoon for many years, but during the last few years he had led a retired life. There survive the wife and several grown children. HELD FOR ASSAULT.

Special to Journal Gazette. Shelbyville, March 14. -Walter Walls, a young man of Mode, is now an inmate of the county jail in default of a $1,000 bond on a charge of assaulting Ross Gordon on a Chicago and Eastern Illinois train some time ago. Walls will be given a prelim. inary hearing on Thursday afternoon.

$50,000 BLAZE STARTS IN A NICKEL THEATER National Telegraph Service. New Haven, March which started in a nickel theater in this city at 8 o'clock, threatened the destruction of section of the district. However, the flames were subdued with al loss of only $50,000. THREE KILLED WHEN AN ELEVATOR IN FACTORY FALLS National Telegraph Service. Minneapolis, March One man and two.

girls were killed, another is dying and several others were seriously injured this morning when an elevator in the Gordon Ferguson hat factory gave way and tell four stories. NEWSPAPER MEN ARE LOST. National Telegraph Service. San Diego, March The navy department has been asked to send a warship to Desaenda, in Low. er California, to find four Americans.

two whom are newspaper men. It said the party disappeared while on the way to that city. COMMERCIAL STARMERGER TWO MATTOON DAILY NEWSPA PERS. TO BE CONSOLIDATED ABOUT APRIL 1 1. 1 CAPITAL STOCK $50,000 Principal Factors in Merger Are E.

F. Poorman and J. R. Corder, Latter Retired Farmers NO BUCKET SHOP FOUND ONE PLACE WHERE MARKETS ARE RECEIVED FOUND TO BE BOARD MEMBER. SOON TO RETURN BILLS Matters Being by Grand Jury Which Soon Win Make Partial Report.

In pursuance with instructions given by Judge McNutt the city court grand fury. investigated the local board of I trade office Monday and found nothing on which to base any report that a bucket shop was being conducted. Three witnesses were examined in regard to this affair and several others subpoenaed for the same purpose were excused without being called, The matter must be called to the attention of the grand jury by the court in his instructions. This is provided by law. There is now only one place in the city where the Chicago grain and produce markets are handied, and this place was investigated in the grand jury room Monday.

Member Board of Trade. It was found that the local business is a duly elected member of the Chicago board of trade, and that there are no bucket shop features in connection with the transaction of a business that is fully sanctioned and cared for by law. Consequently the investigation was immediately dropped. The grand jury went to work with its accustomed vigor upon reconvening Monday and the way witnesses are hurried through the mill is astounding, Indictments are to be voted soon, and possibly report will be made to the court in the not distant future. The matter of watching procedures on the.pri primary warpath today was mentioned in the grand jury room, and in case anyone knows of anything that took place.

in the nature of bribery, the grand jury will be only too glad to learn it. STEPHENS WANTS TO BE DANVILLE'S MAYOR Former Mattoon Boy Candidate On Republican Ticket for High Honor In That City. WIll Stephens, son of Rev. Robert. Stephens, formerly presiding elder of the Mattoon district Methodist Episcopal church, is a candidate for mayor of Danville, where he has made his home since the family moved from this city tollowing the removal of Rev.

Stephen's from the Mattoon to the Danville district. Mr. Stephens is making the race on the republican ticket, and is carrying on his campaign through the newspapers. Mr. Stephens is a graduate of the Mattoon high school, and while student in that institution was noted for his sprinting abilities, having carried away all honors in the dash events at the big athletie meets held in this city.

He is now a practicing dentist fu Danville. He le a brother of R. Allen Stephens, who married Bennett. B. F.

MENKE ASSAULTS CHRISTIAN MINISTER Rev. W. W. Sniff Object of Attack in Paris on Part of Billiard Hall Keeper. According to the Paris papers of Monday, Rev.

W. W. Sniff, pastor of the Christian church in that city, and who has several times occupied the pulpit of the Christian church in Mattoon during the pastorate of Rev. D. N.

Wetzel, was the object of an assault on the part of B. F. Menke in that city on Saturday wight. Menke struck the minister a blow in the face, but before he could repeat. it, he was taken into custody.

It is said the assault was due to recent sermon made by Rev. Sniff In his pulpit regarding gambling being carried on in that city and Menke is said to have taken the attack personally and vowed REV. MILLS IMPROVING. A. W.

Mills, who has been quite ill since last Friday, being confined to his bed at his home, 1601 Wabash avenue, was somewhat improved today, being able to sit up ju a chair a portion of the time. Mr. Mills' ailment seems to be in connection with the stomach. FRANK JAMES' SADDLE BRINGS HIGH FIGURE Guthrie, March -Frank James, a member former James outlaw band. will return.

to the old James homestead, where his aged mother recently lived, near Independence, Mo. He has held a public sale on his southwestern Oklahoma farm, near Fletcher, to return to Missouri. That he has been a successful farmer was proved when some of his hogs sold as high as $85 per head, and rather than part with one span of mules James bid them in at $550. Relic hunters attended the sale and purchased historic articles, including one of the James boys' saddles, which brought $86. It had.

Frank James' name carved on the seat. QUEEN ANDCRESCENT STRIKE IS SERIOUS National Telegraph Service. Chattanooga, March 14-The strike on the Queen and Crescent route is becoming so serious that state troops may have to be called out to protect property. A mob, at King's Mountain this morning forced the fireman to leave his cab. BOLD NEGRO ROBS HOTEL IN NATIONAL CAPITAL National Telegraph Service.

Washington, March 14. An, armed negro, at 3 clock this morning, entered the Grand hotel, which is directly opposite the treasury building, and compelled the clerk to turn over $200 in money, which was in the hotel at the The robber made his escape and has not been captured. 45 45 95 15 95 95 WEATHER. 5 5 Illinois Fair tonight, with 15 5 warmer in south portion. Wedu nesday, fair and cooler.

45 45 55 5. At 5 o'clock Monday afternoon the last signature was affixed to a contract, whereby the Mattoon Morning Star. and the Mattoon Commercial were merged and both properties will be taken over by an entirely new company. The moving factors in the reorganization are E. F.

Poorman and J. R. Corder, the latter a retired farmer who has been prominent in prohibi. tion work in Coles county. By the terms of the contract, the transfer of the properties is effective on or before April 1.

The sale price of the Morning Star properties is said to have been $25,000. The conditions in the Commercial transfer are variegated. The plant of the newspaper has been the property of Representative Poorman for some time, for he bought it in at a foreclosure sale recently. The new paper will be styled Inde pendent Commercial-Star and will be a morning democratic newspaper as at present, only the foreword "Independent will have some meanings all its own. Capital Stock of $50.000.

The plans of reorganization are being formulated in the office of Attorney Andrew L. Chezem, who will he interested in the new company. At present Messrs. Poorman and Corder are solely responsible for the reorganization and are equally interested. A new company, to be known as the Independent Commercial Star company.

will be Incorporated with a. cantal stock of $50,000. Most of this stock will be used uy in the reorganization. Mr. Poorman will probably take charge of the new business.

Adolt Sumerlin, who has conducted the Mattoon Commercial for 80 many years, published his last paper. this morning after a precarious existence of nearly one year. During this time the Daily Commercial has never been paying proposition. Mr. Sumerlin.

will be cared for in the operations of the new paper, holding a position he is qualified to fill when the combined papers are published as one. STYLES ARE STUDIED. Miss Lillian Orberg has returned from Chicago, where she spent several weeks studying styles, and on Monday she resumed her position as trimmer at Mrs. Clafin's millinery store. DARE NOT BE MEMBER OF CAMORRIST JURY National Telegraph Service.

Viterbo. Italy, March -Another panel of forty men was summoned today in an effort to select a jury of twelve men to try the dreaded Camorrists, who are on trial for murder. Every man so far summoned has informed the court that he dare not serve on the jury for fear of losing his life, HER SISTER DEAD. Mrs. Gustave Ross of this city has been notified of the death of her sister, Mrs.

Rika Krabbe Behrens, who died in a hospital in Champaign following a briet Illness. 20,000 ANIMALS BURN IN FORT WORTH YARDS National Telegraph Service. Fort Worth, Tex. March Twel ty thousand head of livestock, Including cattle, hogs and sheep, burned to death here this morning in a blaze which did hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of damage in the livestock yards. It was one of the most disastrous fires ever visiting the city.

MARKET FIRM DESPITE COURT TAX DECISION National Telegraph Service, New York, March 14. The stock market opened firm today despite the decision yesterday of the supreme. court on the corporation tax law. Pennsylvania, with an increase of a halt point, was the leader. WINNER BANK DYNAMITED.

National. Telegraph Service. Canada ingua, N. Y. March is reported that the bank Rushville was dynamited early this morning and looted of $50,090 by.