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THE DECATUR DAILY REVIEW FIFTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 183. 22 PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS. DECATUR, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1937. Loyalists Victories Claim Along jStalin Demands jPurge of Party evolutionists File Murder Charge Against 'Healer' as Patients Offer Aid Four War Fronts Barrymore Asks For Extension on Debts of $16103 By Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES Screen Lover John Barrymore owes $161,503.82 for debts ranging from back alimony to union dues, he said in a schedule filed in federal court. He is seeking a debtor's extension of time to meet the obligations. The debts include alimony due his former wife, Dolores Costello; $r0 due the Screen Actors' Guild, $27,000 federal income taxes for 1931-32-33, $4,500 county taxes. -Barrymore reported assets but said his bills have piled up ahead of his earnings. There is a mortgage of $5,000 on his yacht "Infanta." Ultimatum Seen As Death Penalty for Hundreds Under Arrest By Associated Press MOSCOW Joseph Stalin called upon Russia today for "merciless" extermination of all Bolshevist enemies in what was interpreted as a virtual death sentence for hundreds under arrest as counter-revolutionaries.

The demand of the Soviet leader, regarded as an ultimatum to 11 It-" lkl Clinton Woman Held Following Operation Case Friends Offer Bond As Strike in Coal Industry Hangs On Wage Plans 400,000 Miners Will Go Out Unless Settlement Is Made Today By Associated Press NEW YORK An almost nationwide soft coal strike will start tomorrow unless a deadlock in wage negotiations between the operators and United Mine Workers is broken before tonight. The strike would be the largest this year, involving about 400,000 miners scattered from Central Pennsylvania to the state of Washington. Mines would operate only in parts of Illinois controlled by the Progressive Miners of America, and in the few other scattered fields the United Mine Workers have not organized. The old contract expired at midnight last night. Makes Final Offer A joint committee of eight miners and eight operators was slated to meet late this afternoon to continue negotiations, reporting later to the joint conference of Appalachian operators and miners.

All United Mine Workers contracts are based on the Appalachian agreement. The negotiations from' February 17 until yesterday were in the hands of a subcommittee of two miners and two operators. When John L. Lewis, miners leader, of- the Communist party, was made in the Kremlin March 5 before the! closing session of a plenum of theiU. S.

Labor Department Insurgent (J rip on Madrid Is Loosened By Coun-ter-Offensive f)v Associated rress I MADRID On four far-flung; war fronts Spain's government troops gained coveted ground today to convince long-besieged Madrilenos they had loosened the insurgent grip on Madrid itself. Marked successes were claimed in a continuation of the Guadalajara province counter-offensive, in the Cordoba province struggle for taluable coal fields and in a push on franco's erstwhile general headquarters. Burgos. 135 miles due north of Madrid. On the Madrid front government car.nor.

fire broke up insurgent at-' tempts to throw up new fortifica-j in University City, insurgent-j heM northwestern suburb of the' capital. Government victories on the r.orthern Burgos front were tern--pered by reports of a heavy insurgent attack on the Marquma sector of the Guipuzcoa front, in the Basque country northeast of the Burgos salient. Revolts Continue Against Gen. Franco By Associated Press I HELD FOR MURDER LENA ARTHINGTON Borah Opposes I i A i HELD IN SLAYING JOSEPH GEDEOX Quiz Father In Model Slaying Wage Laws Fori States Planned Officials Seek Uniform Regulations By Associated Press WASHINGTON The supreme court decision validating state minimum wage legislation set labor department officials today to studying the possibility of a model minimum wage law for all states. Officials called the department's minimum wage committee to meet April 8 and study whether a model law is desirable or whether present state acts should be amended in the light of the court's opinion.

The court validated the women's minimum wage law of Washington state. May Hold Conference Dependent upon committee recommendation, department officials said, representatives of 18 states which have women's basic pay acts may be invited here to confer on the general subject of minimum wage legislation. Gerald D. Rcilly. the depart ment's acting solicitor, and chairman of the wage committee, said there is a question about what principle for fixing minimum wa ges would be most generally ac ceptablc.

jjisirici 01 LmumDia law cans for a minimum based on a "fair and decent" standard of living for women workers. Its provisions. Reilly said, have been considered easier to administer than those of the New York minimum wage law, providing for a reasonable return for services rendered I npfPftiP W'atrh Rp.ar-'fered ueiecmes aicn iteac ihis I an Woman i'Aiu nnirr rexous anamsi Jj()ns je lgWS lJOdieS lnal demands, the operators the rK me nf Generalissimo Fran- w-r I arced to Plac'e before oper- (t Franco, still smouldering de-j OI Daughter, Wile ator representatives of every dis-sr mass executions and arrests trict in the Appalachian area, tn crush them, were reported to- By Associated Press 'reaching from Central Pennyslva- (Jiy from new sections of insur-; NEW YORK While detectives nja to Northern Tennessee, geiit-held Spain. ion all sides watched carefully his! Proposals Rejected Violent demonstrations against reactions. Joseph Gedeon was ta- Most cf these operators rejectee insurgent leader in the key ken today to view the bodies of ed Lewis' proposals.

The full joint ccr'ers of Valladolid and Alger- his artist model daughter, Vcron-1 conference, called to meet last ciras and even in Salamanca, the ica. and his wife, Mary, slain then recessed until this af-jeat nf his government, were said ter morning with a boarder Frank ternoon. in information reaching here to Byrnes, in a triple murder on! Usually well-informed quarters esterday what he termed final concessions from his oriK. the miner's final proposals called for an inrree nf sn r.ni jn the daily pay of those miners nairi hv th. rfav an (m Mrs.

Arthington Waits in Devitt Jail By CHARLES M. SWART Of The Herald-Review Staff CLINTON While loyal patients fought for the right to give bond Tor her from the county jail. Mrs. Lena Arthington, Clinton's magnetic healer, today was formally charged with the murder of Mrs. Fred Smith, 16, mother of two children.

State's Attorney E. M. Wdhams filed the murder charge this morning on the basis of a verdict of a coroner's jury which yesterday afternoon recommended that Mrs. Arthington be held without bond after deciding that the young mother had died as a result an illegal operation. The charge was filed before Justice of the Peace Frank E.

Bell. 1 Although friends of the healer, some of whom are said to stand high in this community, attempt ed to force early preliminary illiams said that not be heard today. Offers Bond Qne wom-n patlent of Mrs. Ar- thington. said to be one of Clin- inn weauniesi ana most promin ent citizens, was attempting today to arrange to put up cash bond for the woman's release in the 'liminary hearing.

The woman hopes to be able i. eniiijft on iiiiiu pal ly to sign the bond while she furnishes the money. She has been a patient of Mrs. Arthington for years and today expressed complete confidence that the magnet- ir hfalrr Kiarf rust ri-trrmrn4 iH tlon of whjch accu5CCj Mcallwhle Mrj had Reconciled herself to the mnnrtriniiic routine of solitary life in the county jail cell Attitude Changes After her arrest yesterday morning in connection with the case, she sat all day near the door of the cell block, her tailored coat still on. her hat in her hand, expecting momentarily to be released.

Today she had taken off the coat and relaxed by the window with cigarets and "things to Yesterday, she had refused to I fast and seemed to be more at ease jiri her surroundings. Yesterday. she had rebelled Charges Measure Would 1 Repeal Sherman Anti-Trust Lau- By Associated Press WlsHIVr.TflX- Senator Rorah R-Idaho) forecast today actment of the Guffey-Vinson coal tsecKman nui. Gedeon. thin, erratic upholsterer (who discovered the baffling crime.

Deen qucsiionca almost con tinuously since District Attorney William C. Dodge announced yesterday that police have a "def nine susjjtt-i cents a ton raise for those paidwas that Brady's note for hv the ton. with time anrt nn was held McDon- bill in its present form would seti. States whose minimum wagesuch a precedent for other indus Captain William T. Reynolds, in, 91 rnr charge of 50 detectives working on 11 have boon suppressed only after marv prisons were wounoefl troons f.r.ng on rioting crowds by indicated the movement was -ravru and on the mainland of European Spain.

the outbursts were said to nave Deen swineu hv rirro discontent growing out nf a feeling the country was bei harried over to Italian and Ger- man volunteers. Anuncan Volunteers To Spain Are Jailed By Press FER riGNAN. Prance Leaders nf of 13 Americans ac-leried today before a French ir.as..-'ra'c that they intended to vnlun'rrr f'T war service on the StrtRi-n p. side. J.e uf Cleveland and Jo-; serh Fleisi-hii'ger of Philadelphia threw themselves on the mercy of out! for overtime.

oef Strike Order By Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, III. Leaders sent out a strike order effective today for an estimated 20.000 Mi nois members of the United Mine Workers of America until an agreement is reached at the New York conference. Fox Hughes, state vice-president of the union, said an agreement tries that the country would De "operating tinder commissions with the Sherman anti-trust law repealed." Speaking in the Senate, Borah directed his criticisn, i to a section of, the bill which he said would exempt coal code members from the ami trust law. tie coinenaea the provision was unnecessary and said it would legalize combinations in restraint of trade. At the same time, he said, the bill would deny non-code members the privilege of combination.

Senator White R-Me asserted a proposed 19'j per cent penalty tax would compel all producers to accept the code. Borah declared this would "drive the entire industry" into the system and exempt it entirely from the Sherman law. 3 was made with W. J. Jenkins, pres-1 ident of the Illinois coal operators.

'Sit-down' Jury Fired By Judge Investigators Into Vicen At San Francisco Receive Reprimand By Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO A "sit-down strike" of a grand jury prying into charges police were paid $1,000,000 annually to protect vice and gambling was answered today by nummary dismissal. "Neither this jury nor any other can "sit-down' on the public interests of San Francisco," Superior Judge George Steiger was quoted as saying in a story copyrighted by The Chronicle. "I believe the jury has destroyed public confidence in the outcome of the current proceedings by inexplicable and incessant bickering and confusion within its own ranks. Judge Steiger held the jurors were in contempt of court when they refused to appear before him to discuss the advisability of their continuing as investigators.

The jury sat placidly in its own chambers for an hour yesterday. Dissension between court and jury arose over removal of Dis- trict AUorney Matthew Brady as uii ui me investigation, ii ough, whose bail bond brokerage house was described by a special investigator as the "fountainhead of corruption." First Public Syphilis Clinic Opened At Cairo City, State To Finance Project; Citizens Direct Program By Associated Press SPRINGFIELD Dr. Frank J. Jirka, state health director, announced today that the first public clinic to be established in a statewide program for the control of syphilis was opened today at Cairo. Dr.

Jirka said the clinic would be the headquarters for a generalized campaign against venereal diseases, its operations financed jointly by the state and the city of Cairo. Dr. C. L. Webber.

Cairo health officer, will supervise the clinic. A governing board of three citizens and an advisory board of sixteen citizens will determine the policies and direct the program. Free treatment will be available to persons unable to pay medical fees. "Efforts will be made to determine the source of infection of every person reported to the health authorities and permanent educa- in the rommiinitv Ttr xaiH Slaughter of Lepers Is Feared in China belief that Kwangtung provincial authorities might be planning a "wholesale slaughter." A dozen lepers were hot month at Samshui. a town 25 last miles west of Canton.

Hongkong sources were not able to confirm reports of the more recent execution of 80 lepers ai the colony at Yeungkong, in Kwangtung province. with Letup in Tiresome Fools' Jokes jokester leaves the zoo's tele phone number at a friend's office, or home, always when he not there. "Have him call Miss Lyon at Co- lumbia 0743," is the usual instruc The unsuspecting friend eventu ally calls the number and asks for the mysterious lady, only to be rudely informed he has the zoo and that its Miss Lion doesn't talk over the telephone. Asked what he would do if he ever hired an employe with an animal name, the official threw up his hands. "Please," he said, "one April Fool's headache at a time." the case, said Gedeon faced charge of violating the anti-fire arms law because of the finding of a revolver in the apartment where he lived a few blocks from 1 the home of his estranged wife nd daughter.

Pardon for Tom Mooney Requested By Assembly Senate Concurrence Necessary Send Resolution to Governor. gy Associated Press, SACRAMENTO. Calif -The state rjy Associated Press SPRING ItLU Uovernor nur- to central committee of the party and, "I think it is clear," the secretary of the central committee declared, "that the present wreckers and civersionists no matter whether they have masked themselves under the flag of Trotz-kyism or Bukharinism have lost their influence in the worker's movement and have become simply an unprincipled and idealless band of professional wreckers, di-versionists. spies and murderers." (Nikolai Bukharin. former influential editor of Izvestia, was expelled from the party March 5 and has been under arrest for some time).

Labor Demands In Opposition Shipbuilding Investiga tion Is Opposed By A. F. of L. Group By Associated Press WASHINGTON. Congressmen beset by requests for investigations affecting labor ran smack into contrary demands by the American Federation of Labor and the committee for industrial organization today.

While the House rules committee studied the advisability of investigating sit-down strikes, a House labor subcommittee receiv-j ing arguments for and against an inquiry into the shipbuilding industry found itself challenged by both of the rival labor organizations. The A. F. of L. metal trades department in a letter opposed the shipbuilding investigation resolution on the ground it would require compulsory arbitration and result in "duplication." About the time the letter was made public John Green, national president of the industrial union of marine and shipbuilding workers, a C.

I. O. affiliate, told the committee the government "ought to make a study of the industry and eliminate some of its working conditions." Chain Gang Fugitive Returned to Georgia Murderer Of School Head Is Caught Third Time By Associated Press CANTON. Ga. S.

J. "Slim" Scarborough, three times a fugitive since he was convicted in a sensational Georgia murder case 12 years ago, was returned today to the Cherokee county chain gang from which he escaped Feb. 8. Jay Haney, chain gang warden, said Scarborough was arrested in Hobart. March 27 after a flight covering a dozen cities between Tampa.

his former home, and Chicago. Scarborough was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1925 for the murder of W. C. Wright, superintendent of Putnam county schools, by three mcn hitch-hiking from Florida to Illinois. Scarborough turned state's evidence.

His companions, T. L. Cogoer-shall of Clayton. 111., and F. W.

McClelland of Ocala, were executed. Lord Ashley Marries French Woman in Paris By Associated Press. PARIS Lord Ashley, whose former wife now is Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks. yesterday married Mademoiselle Francoise Soulier in the Neuilly town hall.

Lord Ashley. 36 years old heir of the ninth of Shaftesbury, mar-i ried Svlvia Hawkes. British musi-! cal comedy actress, in 1927. They were divorced in 1935 after a suit brought by Lord Ashley in which Fairbanks was named co-l respondent. Lady Ashley became Mrs.

Fair-! banks March 7. 1936. in a ceremony performed in the 8th ward city hall in Paris. ATTEND FUNERAL. MONTICELLO The Piatt county court house was closed from 10 a.

m. until 1 p. m. Wednesday to allow court house employes to attend the funeral of Mrs. Charles Daniel in Decatur.

Mrs. Daniel was the daughter of Sheriff E. E. Lindsley. S.

partake of the prisoner's fare in the IX race 1 1'lSOn IOl county jail, refusing to accept the Collapse Of Building fact 'hM hc was a prisoner of the Today she ate a hearty break- that engineers and maintenance mcn remain on the job with me unaerstanaing that whatever contract is reached will be retroactive to April 1 with respect to them. The Progressive Miners of Amer-1 ica, who have decided not to strike, are expected to resume their ne-jgotiations with the Illinois Coal Producers association for a new contract tomorrow. Their contract jalso expired yesterday. CIO Seeks to Enlist Progressive Miners By Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD State officials of the Progressive Miners of America fr th nnininn tnrfav that rhe 11'.

They, with the others, assembly has adopted a resolution face prison terms of one to six asking Gov. Frank Merriam to and fines of S-iOO for vio- Tom Mooney. The vote was 42 lat.rg 'he French law prohibiting to 27. .1 ers from entering Spain. I Concurrence by the Senate is B.

Ket red Fleischmger were necessary to give force to the at Ceiet. 25 miles from lution. preparatory to a court Mooney is serving a life sentence hearing April 15 for the entire the 1916 San Francisco Prepar-rar'y. edness day bombing which took 10 lives. Czechs Plan MllltarV Observers said the Senate's ac- Courts for Borderland By a i rress (jov.

Horner Sets Dates The took action today OV Conservation eeK Jury Finds Group's Negligence Caused Death of 18 Workmen By Associated Press against the regulations for prison- NEV YORK Six men, includ- rs. ing two officials of the "You can't arrest me." she had faced prison terms today as a re-''' Sheriff J. E. MacMurphy and suit of the collapse of an apart-; Acting Chief of Police Lyman Still-mcnt house last June, when 18 man when they appeared at her workmen were killed. home.

"I have done nothing." The six were convicted of crim-j Protests Routine inai negligence by a jury last! Upon her arrival at the jail she night after a six weeks trial, and had protested acain.t ik. nrr designated today the week of Jonn Lewis' Committee for In- May 9 as "conservation week" in i dustrial Organization was seeking Illinois, so that "our people mayjto enter their ranks. acain be reminded of the necessity; SParrhpr Mnr. iaws are similar to the New York law include New Jersey, New Hampshire. Rhode Island.

Massachusetts. Illinois, Connecticut and Ohio. Chicago Loses WindyCity Tag New York's Wind Strongest in U. S. in 1936; Buffalo Next By Associated Press CHICAGO Chicago apparently doesn't rightly own its nickname of the nation's "windy city." Frederick Rex.

municipal librarian, came up today with statistics showing that New York was the windiest city in 1936. His statistical compilation, based on U. S. weather bureau recordings in 35 strategetically located cities in the United States, established that New York's breezes were 15 times stronger than Chicago's. Rex's survey disclosed that New-York had 106 days with winds blowing 32 or more miles an hour, w-hereas Chicago had only seven.

13 1 1 rmii.H(.fl llio nation's mi 11JM lliv lui lop lajimiig. mi i similar days. Cleveland was third, having had 96 days of comparative blow. Sixteen other cities were windier than Chicago. Pittsburgh was listed as the foggiest of the 35 communities.

Kansas City as the hottest and Minneapolis as the coldest. Rex said it was his guess that Buffalo made more use of its snow-plows than any of the centers in the study while Sante Fe, N. M. had the most sunshine, and thunder storms were most prevalent at Miami. Marriage Licenses Hit Record in Cook County By Associated Press.

CHICAGO Romance rode the chill winds of March. Marriage licenses issued here dur ing the month totalled 2.782 a new time high for Cook county, said County Clerk. Michael J. Flynn. March of 1934 previously held the; record with Z.65J.

7 Corset Ann0)'S HUSDand, Judge Gives Wife Decree By Associated Press CHICAGO Arthur C. Rasmus-sen liked his wife, but he didn't like her corset, and so, Mrs. Lucille Rasmussen, 39, testified in superior court today, he would beat her whenever he detected her wearing it. She won a an inVitation from their local NoJ' Associated Press. 1 at Gillespie, to be addressed today HONGKONG Police at Canton by Homcr Martin, president of the 'were reported engaged today in a initcd Automobile Workers of' roundup of all lepers, leading to a A.

committed to the jail and had ob- to the fac, tna, hpr krt. book, which she said contained $30 was taken from her and put in the prisoners' iafe She had complained that her friends and relatives were not permitted to see her when they called at the jail and that she had had no cigarets all day until the turnkey brought her a fresh pack late in the afternoon. Today, however, she was accepting the jail rules and was inquiring about her 10 years old daughter whose name is Lois, the same as that of the woman for whose death she is being held. "That is what you get for trvina America. State officials of the union dis-- claimed any part in the rally, but i pressed the belief that if the CIO: cii(prs )he ranks of )he cssjveSii Progres their union ultimately will merge; again with the United Mine Work-1 crs of America.

They said they would oppose any such effort by CIO organizers. 1 (lf practical conservation in public planning." 1 Governor Homer expressed the wish that its observance become an annual Illinois institution. Release SuSDCCt in Miff nn Kiflnnil Case lYiuuay TI'CUMCARI. N. M.

Sheriff Fred White said today he had re- V'r-n Pharllnn vearS old Seattle man held since Saturday ini-AciiilAn rf tVi kiHnpnini? of Charles Mattson. Department of justice agents withdrew from the case last night, Charlton's likeness to an artist's sketch of the Mattson kidnaper caused thf sheriff to arrest him. York Fusion Party Praises Mayor LaGuardia Bv Associated Press. tr A.ir-time military field c-urts ui tm.e ol teace a powcuui the safeguarding of the r. (ieniocracy against possible tvrr.pts to c.erthrow it in its pre- i m.tMr.Tlv German borderland.

A presented to Parliament. 'h parage taken for granted, the military courts may peacetime if there arc the holders of Czecho-i sWakia or on its frontiers which -i'-t-r the unity of the state, or' its repiihlican-deniocratic forms. 'he public security. Duke of Windsor Visits Kmil JaiiningS, ActOl'l Ri- a n. i i ress.

ST. WOLFGANG. Austria The of Windsor paid a surprise visit to Em Jamimts at the actor's 1 villa aciVss the lake last night. i Windsor, who had met Jannings S-re. arrived unannounced at the vi.

h. and remained for half an hour. The duke was warned today by tfran Alpinists to refrain from attempt to climb 9000-foot DichsViii mountain at present of danger of avalanches. saw one such snow- i -ie yesterday a mile away while invir -c ir "ih tiin roads i.ear Hallst idt in the' Vistnan tike re.Oo., shed temporary residence. I Ill 4 l.

I faded prison terms of 7 i to years each. The defendants indicted for see ond degree manslaughter Michael C. E. Thiede, plans ex amincr of the Bronx bureau of buildings. Albert F.

Heine, inspector of masonry for the bureau; Louis Steinberg, owner of the building: his son, Max: Harry B. Rutkin, architect; and Vincent Valentine, masonry contractor. Fair and slightly colder tonight; Friday fair. DECATUR WEATHER. by High Wed.

54 The Review: gh Wed. 54 7 a. Thurs. 43! Decatur and Cloudy I It Isn't So Bad This Year jto help ignorant people." Mrs. ArthinKlon 'old The Review yester-Vicinitv: ftmoon after a coroner's jury hart rA ri V.

I i Zoo Official Credits Jobs Round of April Bv Associated Press Cial. predicted today a nationwide let-uo in April Fool jokes. isn't that the country's get-i a NEW YORK Without any word WASHINGTON Ernest P. to whether Mayor F. H.

La- ker. National Zoological park offi- ting any saner folks, he says, areition Guardia would oe a canaiaaie to sin reed himself, the city fusion part met last night and resolved, that LaGuardia. "the outstanding exponent of good municipal govern- ment be compelled to remain in the, irtK tnr foor more vears" Ben Howe, city chairman of the iici ncia wunoui Dond. "That girl didn't know what she was doing to me when she signed that statement. I don't believe she realized she was going to die or she wouldn't have said what she did.

Charges Jealousy "I have a signed statement from her too. She knew that I didn't do anything to hurt her and I can prove it. Mrs. Arthington was bitter in her a She said that she was the victim of Drofessinnal on the part of medical physicians. "I heal patients that the doctors can't even benefit and they are out to get me.

I've been practising for Please Turn to Page Two) just busier this year. "Unemployment," he reasoned. "matpc nrankster of US all. and when All Fool's day rolls around Low Thurs. 38 Precip.

hat "the whole thing is 1 roteSSOr I OrCCastS, party, presided over the meeting, at-jthe idle turn the country's zoos into BOWLING GREEN. O. Predic- tended by an estimated 300 persons, national stooges for their jokes." 'ion of a 46-year period without' "No one can deny that we havej Ever since zoos put in tele-nous drouth and with unusually had an honest administration." Roy! phones, April 1 has seen them' "'fvy rainfall came today from i V. Pell, professor of government at swamped with tno pun phoney Prf- Edwin L. Moselcy.

professor New York university, declared, "we! calls, "eritus of biology at Bowling have every expectation that it will! What happens is this: rn State university. be returned to power." Struck with the spirit of the day. sun rose oeis p. m. Degree days Thurs.

20. since Aug. 28 4739, same period year ago 5622. Lake level at dam: Wed. noon .1 ft.

above dam. Thurs. .1 ft. above dam. Barometer Wed.

noon 29 56 Today 29.32 (Additional Weather on Page 19). JL.