The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 1

THE DEGATUR DAILY REVIEW THIRD VEAR NO. 263. 10 PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS. DECATUR, ILLINOIS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1932. ISSUING EQUIPMENT ON TAYLORVILLE WAR FRONT MUUipWMIianiMII.il MILIUM I British Note Backs French jVrms Stand Ban Taylorville Mass Meeting as Troops Rule City After Bombings BOY, 5, HURT IIS VICIOUS ATTACK BY RED SQUIRREL East St.

Louis P-Following its victim even into a house and upstairs, a large red squirrel Sunday inflicted 25 wounds upon Davis Brown. 5, after attacking the boy as he was playing near his home. After flight to the second floor sleeping porch of a neighbor had failed to save the box-from the attack, his father, George D. Brown, went to his rescue, flinging the squirred from the porch to the ground. It then fled to nearby woods.

Residents of the community hunted the squirrel in the hope of determining whether it had the rabies. Roosevelt's AT TAYLORVILLE GUARDS ON DUTY Mill I f-t. I fee1 Two Companies of National Guards Patrol Streets. Taylorville Two companies of national guard, one from Decatur, one from Springfield, with written orders from Sheriff Charles Weineke. blocked a mass meeting of citizens called for 2 p.

m. Monday. General orders forbidding any confrresatinjr. assembly or speaking within Christian county patrolled the streets of Taylorville all day Monday. The two companies of jruardsmrn moved into Ta vlorvi II" by motor bus early Monday while the town slept.

They took possession of the court house which they eonvertrd into barracks, established a comprehensive system of foot aid motor patrols that covered the city and surrounding mininjr country, and bejran vigorous investigation into two bombinrrs that eatly morninjr furnished occasion for troops to be ordered to the city. Two Orfice Romhori. Offices of the Daily Rrrejte and of the United Mine Workers of in miiii him mum hi ii ii urn imiiiiiiii mi iiwiii 1111111 11 1 11 111111111111 iiiinii' 1 mi' Timwi 1 iirwrinirimr' Members of Headquarters company, 130th infantry. Decatur, arriving in Taylorville in the blackness at 2 a. m.

Monday, disembarked from buses and received their bedding from a supply truck that had preceded them. Here a portion of the company is shown being issued cots from the supply truck. The man extreme left has his cot over his shoulder. rest of the line is approaching for cots. On their back the guardsmen carry their bedding and minor supplies.

stuff photo ose Germany's Method of Seeking Equality. London AP-The government of r.rrat Britain Monday took a position very near that of France in op-jtjon" to Germany's method of jirnanriins equality in armaments. In an official memorandum is-Jfd from the foreign office Sun-civ The government insisted the Gr'zmao problem mt be solved by jjfcetiation and declared Germany's threat to quit th disarmament con-rence was unfortunate" at a time 'fhtn attention and energy should 1 directed to economic rehabilitation of the world. Rebuke To Germany. Granted that this question equal uld have arisen be-i iore Hie oisarinaiiicui wuinnuc concluded its work, there is a grave disadvantage in forcing it to the front this stage." the note said, "In view of Germany's economic; iSfficulti1-.

the initiation of an acute controversy in the political iitii at this moment must be accounted unwise, and. in view of the rences-'ionf so recently granted to fiermanv hy her creditors, it must fre accounted untimely." The announcement of the British Stand was met with general, though Tint unqualified approval in London Monday. 1 French Pleased. Keporis from Paris said French newspaper? greeted is as a "pleasant surprise." revealing that French and British views were not far apart. They pointed out it scotched Tfpor'-s of a disagreement between the two countries circulated in various quarters last week.

The note was reported to have rrfited a favorable impression in official circle at Washington. Davis Faces Court Trial Jury St-lcrtnl for U. S. Lottery Case Charges. Kt Tnrk AP Sen.

James J. Davis of Pennsylvania faced trial in federal court Monday on charges' of violating the lottery law in con-! MOTORIZED PATROLS CRUISE STREETS A Gall Troops in Kentucky Feud Killing Two Slain From Ambush; Two Are Wound- 0I. Manchester, Ky. UP Twenty-five Kentucky national guardsmen patrolled streets here Monday as authorities continued their investigation into the slaying of two men. one of them a commonwealth attorney, and the wounding of two others in an old Clay countv feud.

The dead are: Frank H. Baker. 39. commonwealth attorney. Lon- don.

Ky, and John Brock. 23. said to he a res.dent ot UncinnatK The wounded are: Frank Young. Md of Fi.ank Baker wmmdeil (he Mayers lumft. The alleged slayers, who fjred Irom amousn in tne wunui.jiiw then, after havinjr harncaded them-.

selves in there for hours, escaped! wln" LI Frank Baker had rone to Man i Chester from London and stopped Wilev Baker's home. William C. Lewis, circuit judec who requested the national puara irrwips ni u.iv. Ruby Laffoon. said.

When ihe four of" to arrive In Taylorville with cots and equipment. ut Monaay momms. What the hel! do thev want to bring soldiers in for." Taylorville wanted to know We can take care of our But Sherifl Weineke had said that he could not take care of his own. He and other responsible itizens had asked for troops to protect the lives and property of the city. March Pavements.

As the guardsmen marched the pavements in two-hour watches throughout the day Monday, dis- lrning Croups of lowering curious men. thy wondered against whom Taylorville could not protect itself. SALVATION ARMY p(-x-rTR 1C Tkp 4 JO Racine. Wis. UP Mrs.

Eliza Symmonds, 70. who as a girl of 19. conducted the first Salvation Army meeting in America, aiea runaay oi heart disease at he North Pier 1 I I- i. -jAimmA 1 fMi Guns on their shoulders. Decatur and Springfield guards- men paraded the streets of Taylorville Monday in patrols of two and three, dispersing groups of men who formed, es- pecially about the COUrt house Square.

Staff Photo- Decatur guardsmen are shown here in one oi the cars in which they patrolled the outskirts of Taj'lorville and the mine area Monday to disperse gatherings and guard against disorder. staff Photo. Troops Take Over Quiet City As Townsmen Sleep Ihe Loyal Order of Moose. Tour Swings' Into Montana Stop at Butte Before Continuing On to Seattle. Aboard Roosevelt Special, ilont.

A Sweeping northward through the mountains of Idaho, Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt Monday brought his presidential can-i didacy into Montana with a three-hour stop at Butte. i Seattle Next Stop. The Roosevelt special was sched-j uled to resume its journey Monday afternoon into, the Pacific North-i west with the next prolonged hail at Seattle.

Tuesday Entering upon the second week of his three-weeks swing through 21 states, stretching from his home state of New York to the Pacific' coast, the Democratic nominee Sun-' day night made platform appear-i ances at Ogden. Rrighftm and Cache Junction. Utah and Mc Amnion, Pocatello and Idaho Falls.1 Ida. Crowds ranging from a few hundred to a cheering throng of 5.000 to fi.000 at Pocatello. gathered at the stations to meet Mr.

Roosevelt Senator Join Party. Tn his journev from Salt Lake Citv. whore th'e Roosevelt party th th. d.dat. hd support.nff of nn- (lr ThcV.wtre United I StalfW Senators WiHinm King of: Utah.

Thomas J. Walsh of Montana: and Kev Pittman of Nevada: Dem-i ocratic National Chairman James Farlev and I-'ational Treasurer, Frank c' Walker State Senator Thomas U. Walker brother of the na- was on the train. U0 1 b. InVeStlffaieS Insull Collapse ExIralition Treaties of Two Countries Studied Chicago UP The V'nited States government is investigating the bil-; lion dollar Insull t'tilities collapse.

tne ldiwo r-r-. Km" Jhe federal inquiry may take one of three courses, it was learned. after the arrival of nited mateo District Attorney Dwight F. Green. who has been in Washington.

D. presumably studying extradition treaties of the United States with i ranee anu v.n"i with the investigation. Samuel Insull. once the head of; the vast utilities empire, at present; is in Paris on an $18,000 a year pen-; sion and his brother. Martin J.

In-1 sull. head of one of the major com- panics, is iivmib Slate's Attorney John A. Swan-son also pushed his phase of the inquiry. Offer Truce in Border Fighting Paz, Bolivia AP-An offer of a truce in the fighting netw Bolivia and Paraguay in the Chaco recion made by the Bolivian government to The neutral nations Mondav. on condition Paraguay Citizens mllssue Order After request in? and recehinff two compinies of National Guards-, men to take ox-er the law enforce-; Taylorville Sleep, ment of Christian county.

Sheriff; Taylorville slept quietly Monday Charles Weineke went to his home morning, but while it slept troops Sunday niht and slept soundly. poured into its courthouse, estab-When the guardsmen arrived lished a semi-martial law. that from Decatur and Springfield in awakened the town with a sicken- men walked out the house, down into their pockethooks War Demand; Offer Jewels Bogota. "Columbia AP Tens of thousands of Colombians clamored1 Mondav for war with Peru, and and tbei iit3 jhuwh: funds tc finance it. The senate passed on second I reading a bill authorizing the gov-ernmr-it to arrange a credit of 000.000 for national defense.

wrmrt on Iho nt bt- Poi-iivi-m citi. zens of tne Colombia port ot Let- jCja 0n the Amazon. Leticia was ceded to Colombia in the treatv with Peru in 1922. Although the Peruvian govern-! ment informed Colombia that as far as it knew no Peruvian soldiers were involved in the seizure and i that it was merely a regional af-! fair, the milling crowds which filled the streets here throughout the nirht shouted for war and veiled America. Taylorville headquarters, were objects of the two bomhinss.

ISo one was injured. Followine a mass meeting of citizens Sunday. Sheriff Weineke and a committee appealed to Governor Louis L. Emmerson for troops to take over law enforcement in Christian county. The governor demurred but finally consented to send National Guard officers, familiar with the situation, to investigate.

Mcacham Heads Captain Carl Mearhnm. Pecatur. who was in charge of the investi- ffalinn nf (ho 9linn9l r.n in Taylorville several weeks azo, headed the delegation. With him VF fantry. Decatur; Captain Howard Kently and Captain Mark Plaisted.

both of Springfield. The men, after an investigation Sunday recommended to Governor Emmerson that the guard be sent to Taylorville upon Sheriff Wemeke's request. Hcad--ouarters comnanv. Decatur, and Company C. Sprincfield.

mohilized their armories Sunday night an set out for Springfield shortly after midnicht. Decatur Troops Firt. Deratur men were the first on the scene. They arrived jn Taylor-viile in the courthouse at 1:45 a. m.

Carrying their camp "equipment with them took quarters on the third flnor of the court house. 1 company arrived aisuui. a ii-tii nuur later in tnree buses, took up quarters on the main floor of the courthouse and sec guards at the door. Orders were that no one should enter the court house. At dawn the troops were organ ized into patrols and set to walk-' ing the streets, or to riding about the town in automobiles, armed with rifles and pistols.

Several auto matic rifles, capable of shooting as rapidly as a machine gun, were in evidence. CapL Meacham, in charge of the guardsmen, said that, he was not at liberty to state what constituted lhe mergencv that brought guardsmen to the town. He referred all inquiries to Sheriff Weineke ho could not be located. Under orders to permit no con- on the strreets patrols of two and three guardsmen each, dc- voted their time to breaking up and watched the BCt. of the guards and roups.

Otherwise Tay-lorville's down town life went on normally. The first issue came Monday morning when handbills, announcing a mass meeting of citizens for 2 p. m. Monday, distributed among the loiterers. Sheriff Weineke im- menaieiy suppnea aieacnam with a written request that the mretmjf be prevented.

After a rnnforenM -fih guaro oincers. cawara ri. ivemmer. head of the publicity committee for the newly organized miners' fac- -tion. said Monday morning that the nweting probably would be abandoned.

"We can only heed the order." Mr. Kemmer explained while tioops marched back and forth be- fore him on the streets. Sheriffs Note. The sheriff's note was addressed to Capt. Meacham.

commander of the guards and stated: Dear Sir: I hereby direct you not to allow any mass meeting or speaking in Manners park Monday afternoon. Sept. an announced by handbills with the name of John Richards printed thereon. This direction also applies to any mass meeting or speaking which may be attempted to be held at any place in Christian county at any time until further written notice by me to you. Sincerely, (Signed i CHARLES WEINEKE.

Sheriff of Christian Countv. With the proposed mass mectir-; banned. Taylorville waited tense' tTlrve Turn tr; Pcj "Down with Sanchez Cerro:" Lui--! modities do not reach production M. Sanchez Cerro is president of cost in that period, they, too, will Peru. 'be withheld, the officers decided.

Civil War Veterans Visit Lincoln Shrines As G. A. R. were shot down by a barrage oi rifle and machine gun fire, apparently directed from the courthouse across the street. Ancient Feud.

Authorities attribute the slaving in a fnH to have been started oefor'e war. The out- brcalt cijmaxe(i a series of recent killin)t(I jn Cjav county which have been attributed to me ieua. fnderlving cause of the feud. ntiVer nas been determined but it known nerP the Baker-Howard Whitc-Bailev-Phillipot feud. 1 JJ() UGH ICS Farm Killing Woman and SSBT.Iunl" Marshall AP Still protesting their innocence.

Mrs. Delia Pin-'nell and sons, Charles and John Fielder, were advised Monday they would be arraigned Tuesday the murder of Mr. Welsh, aced and i nd Mrs. John ealthv farmer couple of near nre, uec. and hound over to me grand jury.

Revolver Traced. At Paris where the first arrests but under ai- sheriff J. M. turner or jiarsnaii Monday said he was not si.re that the evidence pointing to Mrs. Pin jnell and her two sons, was ade- 'quale.

He said he was looking for relatives of the murdered couple Head Lighthouse, the home of her knots of curious, men whs path-daughter. Mrs. E. W. Knudson.

rei the court bouse square Indicted on two counts charging distributim and sale of lottery, tickets and conspiracy, the former retary of labor pleaded not guilty Aug. 30 and was released in, bail. He wis indicted with six others.1 but won a severance of his trial when he isk'd that he be tried because he is a candidate fr re-rlertinn in November. He sa id delay would be a injus-no only me. hut to the electorate Of Pennsylvania." A jury was selected in an hotir; and 55 minutes for the trial of Sen.

Davis. Davis was represented in court; bv former I'niied States Attorney! Charles H. uTule. Assisting Tuttle Charles J. Margiotti of and Joseph E.

Davies. The government case was in the fcinds of Louis M. Tread well, assistant 1'nited States attorney for th southern district of New York. 'Conviction on all the counts azainsi Davis would provide a maximum possible penalty of 20 years in prison and fine? totaling $28,000. District Judge Frank A.

Coleman expressed belief that the trial would protracted. bedside IVtroit, T-x. CP-John Nance Earner. Democratic candidate for vire presu'ent. Monday was at the nf hii enfeebled mother.

Sarah Jane Garner. 81. after speeding here hv train and automo-fcile from Washington. Oarner arrived late Sunday to find physicians had given up nil hnpe the a2rd woman would live. had hern unconscious for many and the physicians doubted rhe wnuid rally enotigh to her eldest son.

Mrs. earner's four nther children -n KPT- at her bedside. Cussing Won't Help Railroads Germanv wnt home from conference and announced they etariing to build some more those vest pocket cruisers. Both political parties are tryins help the railroads and the rail-rads could help themselves if they "ould make the fuN what they in ie days whts they used to monev If thev would com- with a bus and truck instead Kt cuing tby wouldn't 'a ail this help. Ycmrs.

WIIJ. ROOBRS. Sta Mmca, Cal. Big f.re.st Tf-r bm liiumrtx out here fur two Thai tamly won't do jSfcH R'-od lotting y5 inhish-mr fr i sav. QjH r.i;frm." ii 'A Mj -V.

didn't gavLafaFt f7i for General Farm Strike Sioux City. Ta. AP A movement to withhold livestock and grain from markets until farmers get prices equal 10 production cost wiii be started Wednesday in all agri cultural states of the Middle West. After spending several weeks in laying the groundwork for the cam- 'S11' officers of the National Farmers' Holiday association, meeting here Sunday, decided that' the time was ripe for extending the Iowa-born strike into neighboring states. This second phase of an agrarian revolt will apply only to livestock and grain.

Farmers need not withhold perishable products, including cream, eggs and butter, from market during the next 30 DUl OI lnese con' in Springfield A meeting will be held at tbje state arsenal Monday night at vhich time the G. A. R. and other units will be formally welcomed to Pprineficld. Addresses will be made ment of health, and heads of the various allied unts.

yet Serenaded. Bands and drum and bugle corps, composed of veterans of the great war. serenaded the Civil war soldiers Sundav night and Monday. The sermuders ulayrd beneath hotel windows und at street corners where vr a group of the "boys in ibluc" were gathered. A "wedding record was claimed by one of the veterans.

Monday. It was that of R. M. Hendershott Middletown. Mo.

He and Mrs. Hendershott are RS years old and have been married for TO years. for the parade which will be over a1 line of march of nine blocks. Motor cars will be supplied for veterans who are unable to -march. In every block along the line of march a physician and boy scouts will be stationed to care for-any of the soldiers who mav drop from weariness.

Women, children and civilians will he barred except those in bands. It will be strictiy a march rr veterans, minus flags or Meet Opens Springfield -UP Encamped Ini citv their commander-in-chief Abraham Lincoln called home and where he is buried, thinning rand Army of the Republic oi inr Tllinois Power Light company buses, they found the court housr unlocked, the lights on. The companies moved in and took possession of the first and third floors. 'o Sign of Sheriff. Guards set at each door were given strict orders to admit no one.

not "even the sberKl. wut mere was no danger of them having lo bar Sheriff Weineke. even his own deputies could not say where hs was Mondav morning. Decatur guardsmen were called from their homes, churches, snott" parties and dates at 9 p. m.

Sunday when ordecs reached here to mobo-lize to move to Taylorville. The; gathered in the new armory, less than 48 hours after the Illinois State Federation of Labor had closed us convention in that same hall with a discussion of the Taylorville mine prooiem uy T. Sneed, spokesman for John L. Lewis. Hurry For Equipment.

Dashing into the armory from rushing automobiles that had brought them there, the guardsmen few of them out of their early 20's at most, were too busy with leg-: gings. kits, and equipment, to realize for a time that they wore about to undergo, what for many of them, was their first active duty. The men were called to the floor and put through some rapid maneuvers. Mothers, sisters, sweethearts, wives, together with an occasional solemn faced father, stood across the hall. and watched.

With guns shining and packs swaying, those who looked on the full significance of this venture. Tears came to the women eyes. ine men who stood by made thin line of their mouths, looked away from their women folks. Long Vuit For Buses, Then came the long wait. Illinois Power Light company buses (ordered to report at 11 o'clock.

failed to arrive on time, vi nen tney did put in their appearance, marching orders had been held up. The guardsmen began to feel nervous. Some of them puled a little under the tan that had not worn off since last month's camp. At ease, they longed for a smoke, looked over the drill floor at the huddled knot of women. Most of them joked bruskly.

"Fall out." The youths sauntered across. ritl forced slowness, to bid fare- looked forward to one or 1 by Town. Major Andy Hail. Alt. outstanding nf ihe order's non.

director of the state dpart- Bolivia is willing to cease hostil- wrre made. it was learned that ities immediately, the note to the two affidavits describing conversa-neutrals said. tions of Mrs. Pinnell after the kiil- The Bolivians claimed gains inils, were responsible for the ar-against the Paraguans at Fort a revolver, with which it Bouueion. where a fierce battle has 1 WJiii believed the shouting wus been K'nS on fr ttrC An "iduiie.

was atJ t1 ficial communique said the circle falt-d lo lead tu peis. 1r had hn criti cally ill for weeks. Unsettled Decatur and vicinity: Unset- sn tied tonignt anu I Tuesday, prob- abiv showers or 1 moerstorms: Tuesday: fresh to possibly strong w-inds. mostly southwest. Illinois, Indiana and Mis souri: a 1 showers or thunderstorms tonigiit or Tuesday; cooler tonight In extreme northwest; cooler Tuesday In west and north.

Dr-. E. raradt' f. K. nlfiriall record: m.

wn Trrnv Stit B. m. Mn Hieh fin Mn em lim Sun. rr'riv. Mnn.

Cmvil'4 br Rnifm Community Sfrrice: San roe m. Srt m. Drcrrc day Sun. Man. It.

Since Sept. Iff. S. Same period year aca a. Lake level at diim Sun.

noon .94 ft- below; Mud. ft. brlow. Barometer San. novo SO.u;: Today M.o.

T. tVCATHIR AT I A. M. TOUA1T. J.

7 -i- fi cooler aiuund the fort which P'ara, headquaiters announced uiey nan completed Saturday was broken Sunday by a charge of Bolivian in- fantry and cavalrw TTFR Xs m'f ine mi 66 national encampments. Here, in the home country of Lin-! coin, filled with shrines erected to: the memory of "Old Abe. the aged veterans paid homage to their wartime chief. VUit Lincoln Shrines. The icoln boniest eud.

Old where Uncoln spent unit of boyhood, the county court house where- Lincoln ap pPare-d as a. member of the state legislature. Camp Butler here many of their comrades are buried. I Petersburg, where Capt. Benjamin p.

Davidson founder of the O. A. R.j is buried were anions many points! Xn. commander, and others addre; the veterans after which more than aoo wreaths were laid inside and outside the tomb. Hold Business Meet.

Business sessions of the enr.amp- ment and its allied organizatiot, topped Monday's program with ttees on ereden- mertincs of mm tials. administration and depart- ment commanders scheduled to be b'Md. io come forward and offer their to attract the. veterans. The glory of the O.

A. R. will be LINCOLN FOR MEET help in the case. i Sunday the vterans assembled in illustrated Wednesday when the Litchfield AP Nearly 1.0JX1 Parts authorities revealed that Oak Kidse cemetery at the side veterans w-11 hold their encamp-tnemhers of the central counties Mr' P'n" has of Lincoln's tomb to pay tribute to ment parade. rarane weanesaay.

Veterans of Foreign wars. meeunK Lincol nfor next year's meeting. place. Sundays program included, them of Mr. Pinnell's knowledge 1 a parade with several fife and the welsh case of two other corps in line.

unsolved murders. Hlnt Revelations. i COV(rS. Officers who took John southern Illinois penitenit who ha(i tolI-h jth them down nad advised aged 20, to Pans and have been stilling him there, apart from his mother and other brother, reported no progress hut promised that there be "plenty of things Iipprning before th week is out." well. There were good-byes.

buses lulled at the curb. The or- Boti der to fall in was given, March- ing feet tramped out of the arm- g-ni ory and hoarded the buses. The K'-t utility trucks roared away ahead. j. New York AP John L.

Lewis, president of the United Mine Work- ers of America Monday was report- ed completely recovered from the attack of indication which he suf- fcred last wck..