Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

)l vo'-Editions Dolly International Ncwo S6rvic QITISH SULLIVAN OFFICIALS ARE CITED 6 LINEMEN 300 PASSENGERS DIE ARRESTED )STRUCTION OF VESSEL BY SUBMARINE SO SOON MEN TAKEH TO SULLIVAN BY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. AFTER AUSTRIA'S AND GERMANYS ACCEPTANCE j- irorty-Flrrt Yer. No. ML MATTOON, ILLINOIS, tATirtlOAY 6VENINQ, JANUARY 1, 1910. rto Ct I OF UNITED STATES' VIEWS OF SUBMARINE WAR WAR GOES MERRILY Oil FARE CAUSES CONCERN INWASHINGTON AMERl CONSULAR AGENT ON BOARD.

I i 'J Public Service Company Acting In Ao cordance With Orders From Publlo Utilities Commission. Judge W. K. Whitfield of Decatur this morning on information furnished by James Vaubo, senior member of the firm of Vause, Hughes ft Klger, attorneys for the Central Illinois Public Service Company, issued an order directing Mayor S. W.

Johnson of Sullivan and Chief o' Police A. Mo Cune of Sullivan to appear in Decatur next Wednesday and show cause why they should not be punished for refusing to take cognizance of the temporary Injunction issued against the city of Sullivan, Its officials and agents, by Master In Chancery Elder. Mayor Johnson and Chief of Police McCune will be served Munday with a fnttrnatlonat Nawi 8crvl. kWaahington, Jan. 1.

Like cabled news today that the big British Peninsular and Oriental liner Persia, with a United States consular official, Consul Robert McNeely, as a passenger, had been sunk off Alexandria, Egypt, with the. practical loss Special to Journal-Gazette, Sullivan; 111.. Jan. 1. Acting- under orders from the State Utilities Com- J.

mission. B. F. Tucker of Mattoon, general superintendent of the Central Illinois Public Service Company, on Frl-v day afternoon with force of linemen brought to Sullivan from Mattoon and other points where the company har- Coming as it did on the heels of the acceptance of the submarine doctrine compiled by the United States, that passenger liners RESIGNATION should not be sunk before the guarding of all lives on board, the latest submarine outrage administration. Was Sunk Threaten a race war property, began making extension from the company's local plant to the business houses and residences of ftp-r plicants for electr I energy, some-r whom have been waiting for several months for service.

Marshal A. L. McCune, by a large number of special The PerBia was sunk on Thursday, and it is believed that the majority or ner aw passengers 10 assise in preventing me mono opt JNy of life of an American consular official at this time created a situation that required the strongest action, despite the fact that the identity Of the submarine Only a single glimmer of That was either that the big steamer had tried to escape and that therefore her torpedoing would law, or that he tried toresist At the German embassy, while it was said that no inforina Hon regarding the matter was indicated that the Peninsular awl and if that is so, their status would be that of an auxiliary cruis er and not of a peaceful liner. 1 I HUB VyUlUyCUlJ tlVUl UMUUg HHUIUII to Its plant, and fifteen, minutes after the linemen went to work four or them were under arrest and on their way to jail. Later in the afternoon two other linemen were arrested and jailed.

The six men, at seven o'clock on Friday evening- wero released der $100 bond each, their bonds being signed by W. H. Ownby of the National Bank of Mattoon. The men will rbo given hearings on Thursday, January Linemen Arrested. The linemen arrested wereff -J.

T. Henry, Mattoon; Mattoon; C. E. Eaton, George Cook Mattoon; Perry Clark, Charleston? C. W.

Jiles, Jiles and Eaton vwere In jail 7 ten minutes-only, having been In the ontskirts-ef StUllvan ah-before six o'clock. The other four fendants remained in Jail for abode two hours before securing their freedom. Men Heavily Fined. On Friday morning, prior to the arrival of Superintendent Tucker and hla Mattoon linemen, B. N.

Watklns, local manager for the Publlo Service Company; A. P. Inlow, an employe at the local power plant, and Otto Cloe of Mattoon were placed under arrest and held in jail until 30 o'clock It the afternoon, when they were arraigned before J. Enterline, a justice of, the peace, who fined each 100 and eosta. The defendants, through D.

Klger, an attorney for the Public Servlco Company, took afr, appeal to the cir cuit- court of Moultrie county, tneir bonds being signed by Mr. Ownbyi E. N. Watklns and J. T.

Henry are facing! charges preferred a few days agof their triala being set for Thursday morning at eight haa been arrested three times. the first- arrest he was fined $65 and costs. Watklns and another Public Service Company workman named Lincoln a few days ago were fined $100 and costs. Each case nas been taken an appeal to 'the Moultrie circuit The employes of the Public Service at GEORGIA COUNTY EXCITED, FOLLOWING ASSASSINATION OF WHITE RESIDENT. NEGROES ARE ARMED White Potass Killing Many Negroes and Burning Considerable Negro Lodge Froperty.

International News Service. Blakely, Jan. 1. A race war 1b threatened in Early county today, growing out of the assassination of. Henry Villiplgue, white, last White posses are scouring the country.

Reports yesterday that two negroes, Mike and Ulysses Goolsby, who with their father murdered Vlllipigue, bad been burned to death night before last, proved untrue, and they are still at large. Grandlson Goolsby, father of the Goolsby boys'; Earl Hightower, Si mon Goolsby and Wlngate Harrison, all negroes, were killed by white posses Thursday. Edward Law and "Precious" Law, his son, negroes, charged with aiding the Goolsby boys to escape, were killed yesterday evening. Searching Lodge Rooms. A posse searching the secret order lodge rooms of the negroes claims to have found records showing Goolsby, who was a leading Odd Fellow and member of other stcret orders, together with his three tons, had been delegated to kill Vlllipigue.

The negro Odd Fellows', hall and Masonic ball at Blakely were burned Thursday night, and a negro lodge hall near the Alabama line was burned last night. The negroes are reported to be gathering for retaliation. poor man's venison- "to who laid chunk." Scores of rabbits have been killed and stories are told of the number secured by different sports. Three men Kiueu bwyouij' iu uuv uaj, wua i auiea.uny.-uv?, iu UUuiu Kiiieu irom mur uhku ww, I large, uusn niroana u.e wnu 1 Til. AV fl jtUlwana 01 numouu.

ihoti uuu. V' a bolt out of a clear sky came the of all of her passengers and crew right of stoppage, search and safe by Austria as-well as Germany, caused the gravest concern to the on Thursday were lost. It was felt that the loss has not yet been established. light wasapparent, officials said be excusable under international available, all information there Oriental liners all were armed, IIHinilllHIIHHMIHIIHNIMIHIIHm MRS.FRAKES HEARD FROM ALBERT LEE, ASKS THAT NATE FRAKE8' WIDOW" BE "INVESTIQATED." SEEKS FATHER-IN-LAW Man NsmedJensfln of That City 8ays Mrs. Frakee Is Trying to Wed His Wife's Father.

-AsslsUnt States-Attorney William Moran, at the request of J. C. Jensen, 915 West Clark street, Albert Lee, has begun an Investigation In volving Mrs. Era Frakea, alia Adell, alias Jones, who Is now living at Albert Lee. Jensen) communicated with the assistant state's attorney several times by telegram, the last message being countersigned by Peter Fossie, sheriff of Freeborn county, Minnesota.

In his last telegram Jensen gave as bis reason for asking for an investi gation of the Woman that "she intends to marry my father-in-law and I have reasons to believe her purpose is no good. No criminal charge yet Wire full particulars." Jensen In his first telegram to Mr. Moran asked for full particulars re garding the woman, without stating his reason. The asslatant state's at torney, before taking up the case, telegraphed to ascertain the reason for the Inquiry and as to whether Jensen la an officer. -Became Wife of Nathan Frakea.

Mrs. Eva Frakes came to Mattooh from Lafayette, It la understood, and worked for a time it the Van Noy restaurant as head waitress. She was married to the late Nathan Frakea and lived with him for several months. Just prior to the time that Frakes became 111 and was committed to the hospital for the insane, Mrs. Frakes took "French Frakei went to aer- era! places, Including SL Louis, In search of his wife, but bVfalled to lo cate her.

'Frakes had been married before, as also had his wife. When Frakes was committed to the hospital for the In sane and bla business waa placed In the hands of conservator, Mrs. Eva Frakea made an unsuccessful attempt to gain possession of the property In the hands of the conservator; CASEY SUED FOR 1800. Mrs. M.

J. Casey has been sued In the 'circuit court at. Charleston tor $800, the bill being prepared by an Effingham' attorney. The plaintiff la Dr. F.

N. A. Hoffman, FOR THE; GRIP TAK Orion Laxative Grip Sold laauea Offlolal Statement The officials of the Peniamilar and Oriental Lln Issued the following statement today: "Thai last heard of the Persia was on Tuesday. She carried a large number ot jtaaaengws and also had: a large crew. v-.

Tb-Persia was a steel screw steam- of 7974 tons. 6he was built in 1900 and Mailed from London to Bombay. REARRANGEMENT OF PATROLMEN'S BEATS Beoemet I Member of the Day Force 2 Other Changee. Several changes hare been made in the assignments of the members of the police force. They are: Night Captain of Police Daugherty baa been transferred to the day force, receiving the west end beat; Patrolman Llnthlcum, east end patrolman of the.

night force, becomes night captain; Patrolman Cunningham, west end man on the day force, becomes east end man on the night force; Patrolman Brooks', west end man on the night force, beoomee east end man on the night force. Patrolman flit will continue as half-' and-half man. He Is now off duty on aeoount of an Injury reoelved in a fall on the Broadway subway bridge. Extra Patrolman Bennett it working In Pitt's Tha; change in the assignments was made on order of Mayor Belt, Night Captain Daugherty preferring day work to the responsibilities of night captain. TEMPERATURENORMAL LAST MONTH OF YEAR Only One Day When Thermometer Was Near Zero and High Mark Waa Fifty-One Degrees Above.

December's mean temperature waa thirty-one, which is exactly normal for tne month. There wae only one very cold day, the twenty-eighth, when the temperature went down to within few degrees of aero, and no very warm days, the maximum being fifty-one on the twenty-secondhand twenty-third. The loweetreoord for December is fifteen bel, in, 1901 and 1914, and theJagheat lp-jtty-flve. In 1908. LThe thermometer regtetered below freezing every day In the month except two.

The precipitation waa 3.25, fir .77 more than normal. The great est In twenty-four hours' was .98 on the tenth and eleventh. Fifteen day were clear, twelve cloudy and four partly cloudy. STILL ALARM SENT IN FROM LUMPKIN BUILDING lose company No. 1 of the fire department responded at noon Friday to a still alarm sent In from the Lumpkin building, opposite the city hall.

The firemen located the fire in a drawer of soiled linen In. the laboratory of Dr. Charles E. Comer. No damage was done, buV entire building was fill ed with smoker.

The firemen entered the Corner apartments through the telephone exchange, finding an an locked; Jranom. WHO IS HE? NO. 128. This IS the picture of a farmer living south of Mattoon in the Etna neighborhood. The picture was taken when he was eighteen years of age, and as the tin type from which the cut was made shows the effects of age th above picture is a tittle indistinct.

Thla man has spent practically his entire life In the neighborhood In which he now lives. Who is he? The soldier boy, whose likeness was shown as No. 127, is none other than W. L. King, mora familiarly known as "Uncle Blllie" King.

He was born at Cincinnati, on December 12, 1841. He served through the war with Co. 49th Indiana Vol. Infantry, and waa muetersd out at Louisville, Ky on September 13, 1865. picture was taken In 1862, when he waa home on a furlough.

On Miy 8, 1872, he cams to Mattoon and since that date this city has. been his home. He took employment at wht li now the Illinois Central shops en August 1881, and he continued In seryice until 1911, when he was retired on a pension by the During the thirty years he waa employed at the shops he lived at 808 Marion avenue, two miles from hs place 'of employment, Hs made this round trip every day, occasionally perhaps catcnlng a ride. The distance walked to and from his' work, counting six working day a week, figures up more than 37,600 miles. The first three ccrrect guesses were reported by Mrs.

H. F. Chappell, John Baker and Simpson 8.. Loveless, In the order warned. 1 fr 1 Tirsr," 1 It I HUfVlBOLTFOR 1 GOOD CREDIT MERCHANTS OF VILLAGE TO ou.

LOW LEAD OF MATTOON 0 REMEDY BAD SYSTEM. S.S.HEAO FOR 19TH TIME E. M. Mulllken Chosen by OrganiC tlon of Christian Church Othei News Notes of Village. BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT Humbolt, 111., Jan.

1. Local m(, chants, like those of Mattoon Lerna, are considering the question, and the coming of the ffl Year emphasizes the need of a syst which will remedy some of the defetct8 or toe present system. An or. ganizatlon of some sort of cam. merclal body for the mutual the merchants and the slow payL.

customer is felt by merchants have expressed themselves on the sLh. Ject. Talk of an organization is herd and It is believed it is only a of time until one will be effected. Will Continue Teaching. Miss Maude Bridges, teacher in Humbolt schools, who has been tatjng not be able to resume teaching.

)t lg unaerstoou miss mancne oparKs, 'WQO has been acting as supply since isg Bridges retired, will continue teaclng for the. term. Will Live In Indiana. Miss Mabel Crist, who was In Charleston to Hugh Gray 1 oI Brownston, was a popular ploye of thejocal telephone compa nVi and she and her husband will go t0' housekeeping In a well furniste(j home already prepared by her lg. band.

In BroWnstown. The bride rg daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Cflgt of Humbolt, and a granddaughter of Thomas Brown, aged years, the oldest man In this locally Miss Gertrude Chase has succeL! ed Mrs. Gray in the local telephoLg office.

Appreciate Faithful Services. 1 The Christian Sunday achool tot Humbolt shows that It appreciate, faithful services, for it has Just elected B. M. Mulllken superintendent fdL tha-nineteenth "time. Mr.

MulllkL was one of the organisers of the schoj more than eighteen years ago. waa chosen the first superlntenden and has been continuously chosen ai every election since. Mrs.unmei waa chosen a teacher at tneorgamz tlon and haa taught almost continuously ever since. officers Just chosen are E. M.

Mulllken, auperintendent; J. K. Bolin, assistant; Miss Kathyn'6tevens, secretary; Miss Frances Young, assistant retrv: Mrs. C. K.

Holmes, treasur- Miss Margaret douu, -n1 lanfot Mlsa Mlna Whipple, asa'atim Misses Tnnl Youne and Merle Prater, tlhmrlnnn. The Sunday school Is In a prosper- anil ous conaiiwn ana iu Interest axe good. BanK Meeting January 11. Tn Humbolt National Bank wll? hold its annual meeting January 11. The stockholders will meet In the mornina- and choose directors, and the directors will meet In the afternoon and elect officers.

The election hirfeea were appointed at the month- 1t meeting held, yesieraay mo slats of Walter Kninenammer, r. Poorman, J. W. Ashbrook. One Man Husked Com Friday.

Considerable corn is still in the Bald' as told heretofore In this corres pondence, but one man waa aeen husk-Instcesterday, defying anow and mud. Corn husking wiU he resumed active ly as soon aa the weather will permit Rabbit Slaughter continues. Rabbit hunting la the order pt the day," aald a local man to your whereupon he waa regaled with stories of the slaughter of the OF H.E.NEAL GIVES UP POSITION AS MANAGER OF LOCAL BRANCH OF HUL, MAN CO. TO REMAIN IN THE CITY Mrteal Will Devote His Entire Time tv inicicvia ur uravei ana 1. Coal Companies Herman B.

Neal, manager of the local branch' of wholesale grocers, has resigned hia position ith the company, effective today. Mr. Neal will remain with the Arm until his succeseor has been appointed and arrives here to take charge of the company's Interests. Will Continue Residence Here. Mr.

Neal will continue to reside in Mattoon and will give his entire time and attention to the personal, Interests of himself and his brother, E. Neal. in the Silverwood Sand A Gravel the Attica Gravel andthe In dian Creek Coal Mining all three of which are Indiana concerns and owned and operated by Neal Brothers. For many years they have maintained offices in Mattoon, during which time the business has grown to such proportions that Mr. Neal decided to devote his efforts solely to these enterprises.

Over Fifteen Years With Company. Mr. Neal has been connected with Hulman Co. for fifteen and a half years. He has been brancn manager in Mattoon for seven years, and en-jpys a wide business and social ac-q'lalntance in Mattoon and vicinity as a result of his residence here.

MANY KURT IN WRECK IN SOUTH CAROLINA uau, b.j. Charlottesville, S. Jan. teen passengers were Injured today wn a through passenger train crash e(j fre, tram gnlpman near this city. The passenger train, The engineerg firemen of both trains were badly injured and twelve passenger In the forward cars of the paMenger train were less seriously hurt.

Wrecking and relief trains were hurried from thla city to relieve the situation. VIOLENT BATTLE IN EASTERN 6ALICIA International News Service. Geneva, Jan. 1. A violent is in progress in eastern Galicia, where the Russians have taken the offensive.

East of Boukanoff the army of General von Botbmer has suffered a serious check. Dispatches from Vienna say that the Russian offensive Is ao longer confined to Bessarabia, but la rapidly growing in extent hn'd violence and Is spreading 'east of the Strypa river. The Russians have achieved Important gains la allele, ytrhile the Austrlang artf fighting desperately to avert further loss of ground. Hi WEATHER. fi Illinois Rain, with mild tm HI tR perature, tonight.

Sunday rain, turning to snow, with much cold HI IB In that ttftpfiiwMi unA mlnht- Ut Company who have been arrested are -being prosecuted on charges of trespass, the specific charge being" that they made extensions to property of tens or a man woo sinnou fg0uth bound, was let into a Siding certain place to hunt and killed 'sixty where the train waJ BUndmg-rabbits on the way, and his mission jAn open gwItch cauge(, the accIaent. their company without securing- per committee of. the Sullivan city coun-ciL The ordinance was passed at re'-cent date, and. it is said, la directed against the Public Service Company In particular. The ordinance provides a penalty In the nature of a fine of $5 to $100-.

May Be Punished for Contempt. The legal battle between the, city of Sullivan and (be Central Xlllinols Public Service Company Is the lopio of discussion in every street and In every home of the city, and some of the residents are awaiting the oat- come with great The ctty of flclala have made public statements to the effect that jthey will arrest every employe of Jhe company who Is caught THE YOUNG LADY ACROSS THE WAY" 1 enaea Deiore pegan. ylewa Notes of Humbolt. Mr. nd Mrs.

I. M. Mulllken and daughter of Waveland, visited with Mr. Mulllken's brother. B.

Mulllken and family on Monday. Miss Hallle Wampler visited rela tives at Sigel last night and attended the New Year ball at that place. Miss Denta Moore, who has recov ered from a recent severe siege of Wickness, was able to assist her fath- ler, N. D. Moore, in the post office resterday.

The Christmas business In the post fflp wm unusually heavy this year nd a large amount of mail matter1 of 11 kinds waa Pinochle Is becoming the national me among young fellows and othera ho enjoy cards, in Humbolt, and the find time to enjoy "many interest- games while outdoor work la lm- PSMstble. i The city authorities had the snow nit fmm th walks much to tne tfrlrtlflcAtlnn of the nubile aul Mulllken, who spent the noii- -a. A U.d a wltn nig parents, mr. nu M. Mulllken, has returned to El ,0, by way of Chicago.

veral of the progressive farmers Is vicinity have made war on the leburr and have almost rid their of tbls weed pest They say burrs can be eradicated in time at the effort Is worth while. Humbolt delegation to the and colleges will depart next Pal COCKti laxuiy cocklL and ttx 1 The 1 1 1 KUWIDI in extension or repair wojrk. OrflcUrts of the Public Service Company, haying: secured from the master" in chancery of the Moultrie circuit oourt a temporary Injunction Intended to.pretent th city offlelals and their agents from Interfering with the extension work, are threatening to start proceedinga to have certain city officials punished for contempt of court. 4 1 Thls trouble between the Publlo -Servlco Company and the city of Sullivan Is going to end unpleasantly all around," aaid City' Attorney Rufua Huff. "I dont like U.

1 have friend t- Company Has No "If the Public Service Company resort to force," 'said Mayor Johnson, "we win have to meet the company with force. Chief of Police McCuno kndws his duty and will do It. Tis Public Service. Company has nd franchise. It has been evident for a long Tha young lady across the way says ryo sense in getting dlecourag- t)vfelftud has Its saffron lln- a 1 aaouuaji on Pag only ejr Orincs Dnujf Coy is.