Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

U. A i i river, ef London i I t. 3 0 A TiT? rr, rrrfT' ft a ooooo Entered as second class mall matter "My-Fourth Year. No. 33 MATTOON, ILLINOISr FRIDAY 25,1938 Published every afternoon except Sunday Price Cent Up to the Slogan 4 I H.

BRATTOII dies; III POOR HEALTH BBS AT AILEI1VILLE 4f ELECTRICITY FOR ALL 'W Police ta Make Systematic Search of Criminal Haunts The scene of a determined search for the bandits who were frustrated early Thursday in their attempt merchandise store. hv Allenville shifted to Mattoori todiy when police received a report that two men, aeting "mysteriously and suspiciously." had been seen in a vacant house on Powell Lane, a short distance northwest of the city on Route 121. Fail to Find Men. Armed with sawed-off shotguns, high powered rifles and tear gas bombs, rushed to the. place, known as the Hartley place, about 6 o'clock this morning, but failed to find the men.

Chief of Police Britton Robinson said, however, that damp footprints left in the dust on the floors indicated that the men had left only a short time before the officers arrived. He also said -that one set of footprints closely resembled those found near" an automobile abandoned southeast of Gays early Thursday by the flee ing bandits. Mh Believed to Be Bandits. man whom we know to be re said Chief Robinson, "called a member of the Police Department early this morning, saying he had seen two men In the vacant and that he believed they were the bandits, because one of them had one arm and his head wrapped up, as if injured. This seemed rea sonable, because oneeof the auto mobiles "abandoned by the thieves was so badly damaged that the occupants could hardly have escaped without Injuries of some kind.

"In the belief that the bandits are' Matloon men," we have planned a systematic search. of likely haunts of criminals in the city." Local and state hlghwsy policemen took part in the search here today. About 50 men, including officers and farmers, participated In the manhunt Thursday, scouring ouritn" -hetweenGaya And Mattoon before darkness forced abandonment of the hunt. Watchman Improves. Meanwhile, the condition of Seth French, Allenville watchman and garage owner, who was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with the bandits after he had frustrated the robbery, continued to Improve He is in "Memorial Hospital," with 36 shotgun pellets in his left arm.

legs and abdomen. He is expected to recover. Officers also disclosed that a few of the pellets from a shot fired at French by the bandits lodged In the left arm of Clarence Crawford, Allenville man who reached thi scene and was slightly to the left of the officer when the shooting began. The truck, which the robbers already had loaded with merchan-die when surprlfd by French, has been Identified as one stolen on March 3 from J. A.

Warren of Mattoon. Police said it bore Indiana license piatea stolen Wednesday in Martinsville, Ind. A fingrrprlnt expert from the Ilnnojs Bureau of Idrntlcatlon. It said, found a clear palm print left by one of the bandits on, the steering wheel of the truck. The machine, after being examined' by the officers, was placed in the hands of the Insurance company in which Warren had It insured.

WISCONSIN BABIEV IS BEST FOR ILLINOIS ,,.1 ,11 ti.k n.t lege of Agriculture It the University WPA Is Cleaning andlteplacing Tile Sewers Fifty-five WPAworkersare engaged in cleaning, and replacing where necessary, the tile sewen on the south side of Wabash avenue be tween Logan and Thlrd-stTWtsrndtwrm heTield lh abeyance pending the Passes Away Nolan V. Bratton, prominent resident of the city, who died at his home. 1000 Wabash avenue; Thursday night. He was 66 years of age, 'Ag' Station Has Done Much in Its 50 Years Urbana 111., March 25. (INS) Discovery of a new continent would bo, no more dramatic than have been some of the findings of the University of Illinois-Agricultural Experiment Station during the last 50 years, W.

Mumford, director of the station, said today. 7 These finding's, he said, hai'e led to Inestimable benefits to producers and consumers alike in six msjor fields, foremost among which has been the conservation of land resources as a continuing source of wealth to the state. Other outstanding achievements of the station were listed By Mum-ford as follows: Reduction of production costs and of marketing expenses. Improvement of quality of farm products, adjustment of production to demand, broadening the market outlet from farm products, and the development of a more satisfactory country life. Mumford spoke at exercises commemorating the 50th anniversary of the experimentstation.

Production costs and marketing expenses have been slashed, he said, through jthe station's development of vegetables, dairy products and livestock, through the encouragement of more efficient methods of. production and marketing, and through establishment of more effective methods of disease and Insect control. VOTETO EXTEND ESTATE TAXES Washington, March 23. (iNsy Tossing out proposed House changes in estate taxes "death duties" as being too complicated, the Senate finance committee today voted to continue the present law In that field of federal Imposts. The committee's action was considered' a victory for Oov.

Herbert II. Lehman of New York, and various state tax commissioners, who had registered vigorous protests agniruvt the House provisions is being "further encroachment" of the federal government on the estate tax field. While the state tax commissioners had for a greater break in Imposing "death duties," they preferred the present law over the changes proposed by thi House. The Senate committee also restored the exemption of gifts up to 13.000 from taxation in present law. The House had cut them to 13.000.

MAKE TRAFFIC STUDY safety agencies tn tne ititt coordinated, the Illinois Division of Itlshai)! today hat completed detail traffic lUKiiei of 31 Hie survey! in to bt midt In every municipality ef 6,000 or mori population. Clti's already covered by the survey Include Sterling. Ssvanna, ftorkford. Rork Island. Dixon.

Mollne, Fait Moline, Freeport, Kirn anee. LaOrangt. Benton. West Frankfort, Johnston City. Murphvi-bnro, Duq joln, Carbnndale, Harris burg.

Marlon, Metropolis, Hmia nd Cairo. FfXERAL OF MRS, LOTTRT IS TO BE HELD ft I'M) AY Short funeral mtlres for Mrs. trt Lcry aia be ctmd icted at tha Mitchell fyfwal home at II o'clock Sunday momir.f. wRh Ret. E.

Champkm off icla ting. The hn4f iU thn be taken to the West Point churrh. snath of if it IK EflCE SOUGHT Senate Leaders Hope to Reach an Agree- ment as to Probe BT ROBERT HUMPHREYS it N. S. Staff Correspondent) Washington, March nessee Valley Authority locked In bitter dispute.

Senate leaders tried to set the stage today to vote a jrobe of the Jar-flung agency. Confronted by a clash over Senate-House jurisdiction and the scope the Inquiry should assume, they scheduled a parley today be-. tween warring factions in an effort to achieve peace before the chamber met. Those slated to attend the conference were Majority Leader Barkley and Senators Nor-ris (IR of Nebraska, King tD) of Utah and Bridges (R New Hampshire. With action en the Norris Inquiry resolution assured when the Senate convened, Barkley reiterat ed his demand for a Joint Inquiry to pacify the closely -watching House.

Norris It plain that he would fight any attempt by Barkley to convert the Norris resolution from a Senate to a Joint measure with the House. Don't Want a Whitewash. 1 King and Bridges," co-iuthori of the original Joint Inquiry resolution, expressed themselves Indifferent as to who conducted the Investigation, but insisted that the language of the authorizing legislation, prevent what they called a kwhltewash" of the charges of con spiracy and nori-co-operation Dr. Arthur Morgan made against Harcourt A. Morgan and.

David E. Llllenthal, the other members of the three-man TVA directorate. President Roosevelt removed Dr. Morgan as chairman of the TVA when he refused to produce evidence 'and testimony to substantiate his chargesagalnst Harcourt Morgan 'and Llllentharat a series or White conferences. Dr.

Morgan said be would give such evidence only atacongTisslonsr-rnqutry; House leaders, meanwhile, promised quick action by the lower chamber should the Senate pass a resolution for a Joint probe; "If the 8enate acts today, the rules committee will consider the resolution Monday," Ma- jjority Leader Rsybilrn declared. jThat will mean that the House will undoubtedly pass it Tuesday, Thura- day at the latest." HIGHWAY ENGINEER IS FOUND DEAD Carrollton, March 2S ins 'Arthur Hllgerson, 40, a state employe, wis found dead by Charles Weber, a friend, on the porch of a nunters snacK on ine iinnon nvrr west of here last night. Authorities said the position of the body and 'gun Indicated Hllgerson was shot accidentally as he attempted 'to remove the gun from Its resting place on the porch. I Hllgerson was employed as in engineer of the lUlnola Divuion of llllghwiya for over 10 years and 'more recently hid been connected jwlth the state motor furl tax de-'partment. He resided In East St.

SLouU. ML VERNON PUTS 0, ON PINBA 1 GAMES Mt. Vernon. 111. Mrch 35 -By a vote of 8 to the City Council passed an ordinance favoring oper ation of pinbill jfumrt "for amine, ment." A license fee of $3,000 is to be charged for the ownership of -one or more machines, Only a month un ill ptnbtl camei wen tanned from Mt.

i Vernon by order of Mayor C. C. Tatterfleld. following protMt by the Mt. Vernon Ministerial Alliance that they were gambling devices.

MRS. IUTTIE HI KTNtTT OF I I) TAD Charleston, 111., Much 3S Mra. Iiittle Durtnett. widow of Dr. Burtnett, died at the home -f her sUter.

Mrs. Ida M. Hammet. Puneril service will conducted the Methodut church In Ca-mirg') at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Mm.

Burtnett tu born In Iron-ton. O. July 32. 15J. In Msy.

Uf), he came to tr mile her jr.nme with h'i sUter, Mrs. Ham- rret. clark corvrr rARMtR IS KILLED Bf BIO TOt TRAIN Marshall, IU Mrrh ''-rr. 41 jfw old, a farmer of -'r- rrrtwt, ai ialanlly 'n th traefnr driving hj a htg Tom ittahi Uaia ill J1ISPUTE oyer TVA Illinois STOCKS AGAIN DECK TODAY New York, March stock market resumed its decline today, following the moderate ad- vnc of yesterday-Losses to. well over a point early, but a mild Influx of buying In the second hour cut down declines and brought a few issues behind plus signs.

Several pivotal Issues slipped into new low. ground before meeting support. Includedlnthlsclasslfi-cation were Westlnghouse Electric. American Smelting, Oeneral Electric and Republic Steel. Steels, coppers and motors led the Initial decline.

Utilities, rubbers and a few specialties resisted selling to some extent and retained a relatively steady tone. U. S. Steel dropped more than a point, along with Bethlehem, but both of the.e declines we're later reduced to frictions. Chrysler turned In a similar per formance'in motors, as did Anaconda in coppers Boeing wis down a point In aviations.

Coca Cola almost 2, Locw'i 1 In amusements and DuPont more than a point In chemicals HOPING TO REFER REORGANIZATION BILL Washington, March 35 i) A drive for votes to send the government reorganisation bill back to committee was begun in the Senate today. The Senate agreed to vote at 3 p. m. Monday on the recommittal motion, offered by Senator Walsh (D) of, Maarhuetu, tnd on remaining amendments to the blU. Deoplte defeat of repeated attempts to modify the bills provisions to give the President poT to reorcanlT.

abolish or consolidate federal bureaus, the dkled It aj be able to send the bill back to committee, and thus block action at this aion. Administration forces were confident that they will be able to override the motion to rwommlt. fll'Y Tt'RNER, FORMERLY OF ARTllt'R, PASSES AWAY Arthur, III, March 23-6uy Turner, a former Arthur resi dent, Monday In a sanatorium In N. C. He had been In poor health several years.

Funeral services were held Wednesday In 11 Surviving ire tao brothers, C. H. Turner and Clrde Turn of Arthur, nd a sit'ef. Mrs. Belle Taylor cf Ky IltLUnORO RMELTER IS TO BE CLOSED FOR FIRST TIME ILUlsboro.

T.li March IS For the flmt time In lu II years ef eper- atlrn. the F-asle-Pk her Lead Works win dose Monday bfii of lark of rdm. rompanr offlrlaU an- ttemf The twefWfrwTs'rtl ffi-p'rfjti ab.Tjt 43 wi'U be c'oed thi cotice said. at film Living COLES Flffiil GETS JI9JPI IPliJGjp AgricultilfaiBenefits Over Nation Reach $398,230,333 Total Washington, March. Benefit, payments to approximately participating farmers in the 136 farm program tolafed-4- $398,230,333 Up to December, 1937, the Agriculture Department announced today.

This total Included national, state and county costs. Another $2,314,578 Is 'pending to farmers in unpaid claims. State office expenses in connec tlon with the 1936 program totaled $11,829,105, while the Washington administrative expenses were Coles Gets $157,871. "Illinois was among the 45 sharing statesrfarmers receiving $18,818,508. The amount paid in some of the Illinois counties follows: Coles $157,871.38 Clark Clay 94,859.45 53,870.02 62,501.42 93,779.74 121.964 94 211599.84 91,191.94 86,291.97 141,039.49 16f.274.27 Coofc Cumberland Douglas Edgar Effingham Jackson Jasper Moultrie Shelby 2,356,875 NOW ON VPA RELIEF ROLLS Washington, March WPA relief rolls mounted to persons In the week ending March 19, an Increase of 113,010 over the preceding week, it was announced today, Pw)cipal -increaesw erei Illinois, 24,526 to bring the total number on -the relief rolls up to Michigan, up 9,729 to Missouri, up 6,118 to 83.158; New Jersey, up 3.010 to Ohio, up 24,469 to" 197.322r up 9.462 to 210,237, and Wisconsin up 3,486 to 82,903.

When WPA was- allocs Led a 000,000 deficiency fund, it was esti mated the relief rolls would reach persons by the end of March. The figures revealed today showed that by the middle of March WPA had only 143,125 vacancies. Pour states, New York. Maine, Idaho and -South-Dakota -showed decreases in their rolls of from 64 to 367 persons each. BULLITT ARRIVES TO SEE THE PRESIDENT Warm Springs, March 23.

(lNS-Intematlonal affairs Intruded on President Roosevelt'! vicitlon here today in Oeorgla'i brilliant sprlngtlml when William C. Bullitt, American ambassador to France, arrived for. a conference, and temporary White House aires hummed with latest developments In America's surprise move to" find havens for "political refugees." Although this government's Invitation to nine European powers and Latin American republics to co-opente In giving homes to political unfortunate in Oermany and the recently absorbed Austria obviously hid been plotted by the President before hi departure for Wirm Springs, overnight he smilingly referred all Inquiries to Secretary of State Cordell.Hull. Bullitt visit wn regarded at most significant because he la re-girded by miny as th key diplomat In continents! Europe, Chic'go, Mar. 33.

Following ail the weather indications forllllnoU for thlrtyiii hours ending at JHU.P.. Saturday ahowfri an4 thandmlerm U-Alfht an4 Malar- dayj warmer In Math and folder In eitrvme nwth srtien tonlghlj mtth roldrr aalnrdir. LOCAL WEATHER AD TEMTERATlREs (Temprralure from 11 a. rn. day to 11 a.

m. today.) 11 a. 4 p. ......58 1 a. P- tn.

33 a I m. I a. 44 II p. ......47 li a. 43 Weather at 11 a.

cloudy. Barometer readini at 11 a. 2314. Rjn ro at 3 S3 arvl at Moon rj at 3 a. m.

Minimurn temperature 43 at I a. and at 11 a m. tftrwttrfw wftftr. m. PUrJaa lwt 21 tours.

.41 I of sn ir.dv. I Funeral Services at Methodist Church Sunday at 2 P.M. Nolan V. Bratton, prominent Mat toori Insurance man and member of the Board of Education, died at 10 o'clock Thursday night, He had been In 111 health two years, and bedfast four weeks. Death was causdd by colitis.

He was 66 years old. Funeral services will be conducted at the Methodist chuijph at o'clock Sunday afternoon, with Rev, C. R. Booth, assisted by ReV. S.

B. Owings, officiating. Burial will In Dodge Grove cemetery. Native of Missouri. Mr.

Bratton was bora In Calloway county, Missouri, June 3, 1872, a son of Mr. 'antl Mrs. Robert-Bratton. Receiving his early education in tho rural schools of that vicinity, he later attended the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College at Klrksville, and Central College at Fayette, Mo. After engaging in the mercantile business In Centralis, for several he came to Mattoon in 1907 and became a partner in the Thompson Si Bratton Dry Good! Co.

On Oct. 14, 1914, heTbecame a special agent for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance and served actively In that capacity until two years ago, when Jus health failed. Since that time he had been associated with the com- pany, but not actively so. Mr. Bratton married Miss Stella Samei of Centralis, in 1902.

Elected to the Mattoon Board of Education 11 years ago, Mr. Britton was still a member of thai body at the time of his death. Hi had also-been- a member- of -thar board of trustees of the Methodist church for a number of years, and had served as treasurer for tha past few years. He also was a member of the board of directors of tha Mattoon Building and Loan Association, now the Mattoon Federal Savings and Loan Association. Ha was elected to its directorate June 13, 1928.

Mr. Bratton. waa one of the organizers of the Mattoon Chautauqua, and served actively with thatf organisation throughout it existence, being president at one time. He was also a member of the board of Memorial Hospital. Sun1vmgrbedeathewlfe71irir a daughter, Miss Mary Augusta, a teacher In the Columbian School in this city; a sister.

Mrs. M. P. Schooler of Tieton. Wash and brother, Locke Britton, of Hatton, Ma Mr.

Britton wis a member of thi Methodist church, the Masonlo lodge, the Knight Templar, thi Consistory and the Mittoon Rotary. Club. He had served as president of the Rotary Club. DINNER MEETING OF SPORTSMEN'S CLUB The Msttoon Sportsmen's Club held a dinner meeting In tha gold room ef the Victory Cafe Thursday evening In obeervance of Wild Life Week, which la belnt arxm- acred by the National Wildlife Fed- eratlon. Frank T.

Miller, president of the club, presided. Following the dinner, the club held election ef officer! for thi coming year, ind Carl Ron wai named president. W. E. Cheekier vice president ind Vurl Dulgir secretary-treasurer.

Mr. Miller. In a short tslk. an nounced that 48 quail, which were kept In pens it the fish hatcherj Lake Mattoon during the winter, hid been re leised. Thi birds wen eleed In 13 different locations in the aest end ef Colei countr.

twi pain being libented In Men lo cation. The birds wen released In spots selected by a ipecial commit tee and ipproved by state authorities. A like number of birds wn released In the east end ef the county. Mr. Miller also read a report ef the year activities ef thi ft le Department of Conservation.

SQUALL VISITS CITY Hi .41 IN, OF RAIN With rain falling from heavCy clnuded skies, Mattoon wu visited by a typical March aquall soon after 7 o'clock this morning. The rain, which fell at Litervsl throughout the jnornlng, measured .41 ef in Inch. At II o'clork. tkll had cleared for only a few and tlwdi quickly covered the iun In thi one brief sppance. Hall fe'd for a few minu? d'jf If.t the sq-ialL Thi mercury, which reached a maximum ef 31 drees at I oclock Thursday aikf Boon, had derlK-yd to 47 at II m.

At 11 o'clock had dvndd to the mark. RECESS PARLEY ONRMAGE Washington, March 25. Proposals for a 10 to 15 per, cent cut la the wages lOO JOO jallroad outcome of government plans to rehabilitate the $26,000,000,000 Industry, railway labor and management executives agreed at a conference today. A comprehensive program to aid the carriers was airmailed to President Roosevelt at Warm Springs, GaiTtoday by a three-man committee of Interstate Commerce Commissioners headed by Chairman Walter M. W.

Splawn. The union leaders, headed by George Harrison, president of the railway clerks, conferred for four hours with the executives during which time phases of the rail crises were discussed. "We talked over the whole economic situstlon." Harrison said. "We talked about wage reductions, about traffic conditions and about employes laid off. They told us how poor they were-and told them how poor were.

Then both greed to wait a little while." 4 INDICTMENTS RY MOULTRIE JURY Sullivan, March 25 -The Moultrie county grand Jury? meet, lng here Monday, reported four Indictment. Among them aere: William CoIIard on' a charge of Incest, the complaining wttneia be lng his 13-year-old daughter. Jack McCarthy on a charge of burglary. When arraigned he pleaded guilty and waa sentenced by Juris Jnhn I.mm rtm 7 tirltor, on charge ef aorklng a con- ftdence game on Bethany church people. ATWOOD TO APPEAL DECISION SCHOOL D1SFCTT.

Tuscola. Ill, March 23 -In 1 rloed meeting, the High School Board ef Edvjcatlon voted to appeal (he recent decision of Circuit Judge Jwpft McUugh-lin Invalidating Atwmds pe'ltlon to inne 17 sections of non-high school territory In western Douglas county. The bU of the apral. It a at said, a 111 be a protect laajn.t thi withdrawal ef 10 trwns from the twutlon. previously allowed kf Judge McLaughlin.

I.MI VIOLENT DEATHS IROM FIREARMS IN f. R. IX TEAR Wahlnt1nn, Marches -Ftrarmi fcoiint for mtt than tiont deaths in the Cnl'H S'atr art-Dually, Oordn tan. rrial assistant to Attorney 0nrl said today. P0NTIACS267.

Se StiTers-Grobeiny Co. classified id. 1-23 1 are approximately half through the project, according to Seneca M. WPA area supervisor. The sewers had become badly stopped up," Mr.

Abell said, "due to the fact that tree roots grew down between the Joints of the tile and refuse caught on the roots, The Joints will be closed with cement this time, Instead of with asphalt, which was used before." Mr. Abell also reported that the Dodge Grove cemetery project, which has been In operation since last fall, is now two-thirds com pleted. About' 2,500 feet of three- quarter Inch water pipe have been put in place, and a number of miscellaneous bits of work, such as straightening grave markers and sealing cracks In the pavement, have been finished. It Is believed that the 41 men employed on the proj ect it the present time will have It by the last of May. Twenty men have been employed at take Mat toon for the past two weeks, half of them being engaged In cutting brush and the other half In placing and repairing The entire crew wsi criminally scheduled to repair the gravel road put In place last fall, but It has been handicapped by art' weather and will not be able to start that phase of the mork for aeveral days.

TO ASK C'Ot RT TO SET ASIDE A DEFAILT JtDCMENT PirU. March 25.The Illl-nols Appellate Court will be asked to aet Klde a default In fsvor of Herachcl Cline of Casey, in his $23,000 damage suit against Dr. H. D. Junk in of Tirli ind the rarls IWpltal on the atrength of sworn depositions of two Tern Haute phyalrlan.

The vut has quite a history. Instituted in 1933. a default was flrit entered against the defendahti for nonappearance and this default wsi set aside on the groundi that counsel for the defense mlsundemlond the date of trial. It ail then tried before a Jury, which failed to atre. Cllne srfks damage for hat he dalmi to be the lmproprf aettmg of a broken lg.

The defense denlea thU iliegitlon ind iLmj denlei any liability on the part of the hospital Cllne first sued for U0.0QO and hai since Increased his claim to 23. 000. MRS. DAVID FIELD DIES AT HER HOME NEAR WESTFIELD WelfleM. Ill, March 33 -Mrs.

Devid Field. years old. died Wednesday niiht it hrt home, four miies went of In the home where she wai lxrn April 1. 1ICI. and had alaTs lived.

She mr.hed by her husband and thre children. Mr.r,f Oliver OsMrt'Lctfl'trrllt-'tf and Clarfnce Field cf Wci'-'ickl. of the variety of spring Springfield. HL, March 33, ttt barley bet adapted to the rnort Laying the rouhdork for the Illl-than a quarter of a million acreijnou Safety Commission'! recom-normiity edl to the rr tn thti merditiorji tfist irtmtiei ef ill state each year Ii Wisconsin Pedi gree 31. commonly known as Wisconsin Beardless.

ThU variety at the tp In both quality of grain and yield. It is somewhat later maturing than most nrtrtiet. ilthoiiyh it ctmri Into head it about the same time is other barleys, it Is moderately weak straved. but lis grain scores fairly high In malting tests. FROMINEN'T CHRlSTOniER MAN MEETS DEATH PJ-, March 23 Ouy Peters, 43, of Christopher, prominent In mining curs and In Democratic politic and American Legion icUvuici, was ran a motor csr at the mint Ute yet-terdsy.

ars tmoRnr. Charging cruelty ind failure to provide proper rjpport. Mrs. Rouint M. Ams hnn Tied in the cry CoMTt-a ditorr from AmewTLfjr Jl Mivfcc -l to toM ifty.

The artident oceunedll rta Jan i. ind prati March 19, 1911. Mrs. Am also nnat Birtal atj bt In the Fw jlk ctme'ery. so jth of Al I lral enRsSr.f..