Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 188, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1924 — Page 3

w I YESTERDAY'S RESULT ■ Nitonal Le*O ue «“ ,ade,ph,B12: C,U ’ American League st Lou!’’ 6: Washington. 5. 8 «. Cleveland. 8. £& T Deu.». Z: -» s.h American Association Milwaukee. 4; Louisville, 6, .. Citv 6 Indianapolis, 6. Jis 8- Columbus. 6. jlinneapoli-, s. i St. Paul. 12; Toledo ' __ YESTERDAY'S HOMERS forth. -36 Jacobson. Browns. 1-15. Boone, Red Sox. 1Grantham, Cubs. I—B. Cotter, Cubs, I—3Harper. Phils, 17. Smith, Braves, I—2home run leaders Ruth, Yankees, 36. Fournier, Dodgers, 22. Hauser, Athletics. 18. Williams, Browns, 16. Hornsby, Cards, 15. Jacobson, Browns. 15. Harnett, Cubs, 15. — o—- !*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦ * ♦ ♦ WATCHING THE SCORE BOARD ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ + ♦♦♦♦♦♦ Yesterday's hero —Babe Ruth delivW ed his 36th homer, the third in three days, but the Tigers beat the Yanks, 5 to 2 in five innings. Dazzy Vance won his 18th game of the season when he hurled the Robins to a 5-to-3 victory over the Pirates. The Giants scored five runs in the first inning and beat the Cubs, 5 to 1 Washington made a ninth-inning spurt, knocking Davis out of the box. bat the Brown s won, 6 to 5 and swept the series. Bill Piercy blew up in the sixth in- ( sing when the Indians scored six runs Which gave them an R-to-5 victory over the Red Sox. Fine support behind Johnny Cooney enabled the Braves to beat the Cardinals, 5 to 3. Four hefty swats gave the Reds three runs in the third inning and a J-to-2 victory over the Phils in a five-' inning game stopped by rain. o Sande Will Ride Again His Doctors Declare (United Press Serivce) Saratoga Spring, Aug. 7.—Earl Sande will ride again—unless “something at present absolutely unforeseen develops”—his doctor said today. The premier American jockey, badly hurt in a spill in the first race at Saratoga yesterday, will be bouting home winners as ably as ever, next year according to Dr. D .C. Morianty, who has charge of the case. in the jumble of horses and riders piled up on the track, little Sande sustained a mutliple fracture centering between the knee and the thigh of his left leg as well as a possible fracture of one of the ribs on his left side. X-ray plates showed the injuries no more serious than this, which is bad enough, but by no means necessitating amputation, Dr. Moriaity said. Much depends upon the grit of the rider and Sande has always shown plenty of that, the physicians said. o Purdue Grid Coach To Instruct H. S. Players Lafayette, IndL Aug. 7— (United Press)—James M. Phelan, head football coach at Purdue University, will | act as instructor in football coaching at Camp Tecumseh, the state Y. M.i C. A. camp on the Tippecanoe River J north of here the week of Aug. 25 to Se Pt. 1, it was announced today. The camp will be attended by high l school coaches and teams which will be under the instruction of Coach Phelan. '—“— 0 Wins Game In Which There Were No Hits - *? n 8 are bragging today about! ban . 6y believe to a record basemiddleXt £ ° r the BtaU ° r IX)SB ‘ ly the ' won from Butler by one' Z i “° hit game at tb « “mgs when a Kendallville play-

er was hit by a pitched ball and made a run on two errors. o — Farmers Help Eliminate Long Detours On Highways Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 7 —Consent of farmers to use hind upon which to build run-arounds at three bridge projects on State Road No. 1 just north of the Tipton Hamilton county Tine will result In traffic going straight through and eliminating of a 6 mile detour at this point within the next few days, according to John D. Williams, state highway director, in the commission's weekly traffic bulletin, issued today. Maintenance forces are now building these run-arounds Williams says, and the south detour will be lifted about August 11, while the north detour wilJ probably be lifted within a. week, pavement at this stretch was opened to traffic a week ago. The Kokomo- Chamber of Commerce assisted in obtaining the rigjit of way. Paving projects are progressing satisfactorily now, Williams says, and speed is being urged all along the line in an attempt to make up the schedule delayed for weeks this spring due to continuous raine. In view of the tremendous summer traffic, and even in cases where sec ondary roads received traffic off other roads closed for paving, gravel and stone surfaces are holding up remarkably well, the director pointed out. Some citizens complain of dust, but he explained thpt as traffic increases this condition must be expected. o Portland To Get New High School Building Portland, Ind., Aug. 7.—Prelimin--1 ary steps were taken Tuesday night ' at a meeting of the city school board towards the construction of the new high school building for Portland. The board a-ihorized a bond issue ' of two per cent, of the total taxables of the city, which will mean an i issue of approximately SIOO,OOO. A ' deduction of $7,500 will be made from I this amount, inasmuch as this sum Jis now standing in the form of bonds However the school board has other , funds on hands, which will increase .•the total building fund to over SIOO, 000. The board selected former Judge J .M. Smith as its legal adviser in all matters pertaining to the bond 'issue and the erection of the new building. | o — Women Voters Out To Win Voting Laurels Women voters of Indiana are handling together to capture vote-getting laurels in the coming November elec tion. They are out to win the prize silver loving cup, offered by the National League of Women Voters to the league in the state which records the greatest proportional increase in the vote of 1924 over the cast in 1920. Miss Belle Sherwin, president of the national league, has just been notified by Mrs. William T Barnes, president of the Indiana League, that Indiana has entered the race tor the national cup. In accordance with re gulations governing competition for the cup, Indiana’s get-out-the-vote plan has been received at national hearquarters. Clergymen, teachers, school children, motion picture operators, radio broadcasters, telephone girls, newsboys, milkmen, salesmen, librarians and taxi-drivers have been enlisted in the Indiana drive for votes. Many influential organizations, composed of men and women, have been recruited for the work. Many other state leagues are now putting the finishing touches on the outline of their campaign, preparatory to notifying Miss Sherwin of their intention to compete for the CU The cup, a handsome trophy stand-ing-two feet high, is on exhibition in Washington headquarters. Ihe name of the 1924 winner will ho engraved »». « « "“7 b ~°"« the permanent possession i league. It i» to be ted ’every two years, and in 1~ . | state and congressiona! eections hold I sway, there will be another keen con- ' test. N _____ I Floods Again Threaten City Os Pekin, China (TTnited Press Staff Correspondent) pX Aug. 7—Floods again today threatened the city of P ekl “’ The Yung Ting River burst its dvkes west of the city and poured the capital, reaching the down upon the capita., i BU ch walls where troops of the ■■Christian general.” Feng Yuh Slang were endeavoring to stem the riood. J mhirtv thousand soldiers were de- ' tailed by Feng to build temporary dykes around Nah Yuman village and Nan Yuan village and across the low-

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lands between Nan Yaun and Peklh. Secondary dykes held the river water and the river commission was optlm istic that Pekin would be saved. No loss of Ute in the capital is anticipated in any event, although property damage in the event of a flood would be severe. O-,. % Teach Children Care of Books. Teach children the proper cure of their books by having low bookshelves around the walls of their room and inslating upon their putting their books In place after the story hour. . — 0 • ’ S. A. M. Butcher Dies At Seattle, Washington Relatives have received word of the • death of 8. A. M. Butcher, formoi well known resident of Adams coun ! ty, who died at his home in Seattle t Washington, on July 25. Death was due to appendiccitis, for which an op eration was performed. Mr. Butcher was an attorney and practiced law in Geneva until about twelve years ag< when he moved to Seattle. He open I ed a law office in Seattle. Mr. Butch , er was well known in Adams and Ji.y . counties and has a large number o! , relatives in the vicinnity of Geneva Mr. Butcher was a member of r • family of fifteen, children. He is sur vived by his wife and two sons, Owei . and Roy. Attorney A. C. Butcher o' I this city is a brother of the deceased and Mrs. Seymour Ford, of Bryant is a sisted. Two brothers resld. southeast of Geneva. i o Much Building In Gary Gary, Ind., Aug. 7. —Building activities in Gary will break all previous records this year, according to Her bert Brickson. city building comntls sioner, today. So far this year permits for 1,235 building improvements to cost a tota of. $5,287,885 have been issued. Thi. is only $82,000 less than was spent foi building during all of 1919, the previ ous banner year. — —— “Crook” Working At Ft. Wayne; Warning Issuec A “crook” has been working in For Wayne and the officials are trying t< break up his game. It is possible tha he may seek other fields and in ordei to warn the people of this city to b< on the look-out for him, the following account of the man’s game is given: “The man’s game is to rent a roon or a suite of rooms and tender r check in payment for two or three weeks' rent in advance. But the checks he proffers are for a sum fron ' $5 to sll more than the rent. Th. unwary rooming-house keepper accepts his check, gives him his change and finding the check is no good she tells her troubles to the police. “Three of the checks, all drawn oi the Peoples’ Trust company, For Wayne, have been turned over to Wil liam F. Tappert, captain cf detectives One woman was stuck for $.50, anoth er tor $7 and still another for sll. “At one rooming house Monday the check artist failed to put his stuf across. The man rented a couple o rooms and offered to pay three weeks rent, whifh amounted to $lB. He tend cred a check for $25. ‘‘Wait ’til I call the bank and set if the check is good,’ said the room ing-house keeper. “ ‘There’s no need to do that,’ re plied the man. The woman insisted but before she had time to call thi bank the man had departed rathe: unceremoniously. “The check artist is using various names. He is described as a mar about 45 years of age and about five feet eight or nine inches tall. He is o' medium stature, has dark hair, ant’ is wearing a dark suit and a strav hat.” o ALL OVER INDIANA Tippecanoe Lake —Brake bands did not work on the automobile driven by J. C. Powers, of Marion and the machine skidded down a went through the roof of the T. A Priest, cottage here. No one was ir the cottage. Portland—Fishing poles and hooks mean nothing in the young life of J M. Spade, Jr., of this city. He caught a four pound carp with his hands. Tipton—Tipton is observing the seventy-first anniversary of the first train run out of this city. Lebanon —This city is a busy place. ’ The fire department reported 1.263 .autos passed one city building, Sun day. Rushville—J. C. Homan, of Tern Haute visited. A. Parrish ot* New castle and decided to go fishing near here. A game warden came along and caught them without a license Bad news totaled $18.50 each. Bluffton—A wheat recon! is claim ed by D. W. Lesh. He got 350 bushel from seven and one-half acres, mak ing a yield of forty-six and one halt bushels to the acre. Greensville—Mr. and Mrs. Earl

•Crall are parents of seventeen children. Marion—Arthur Shlgart, prominent .farmer, is recovering from injuries ■ received when he was gored and tramped by a bull. He was rescued from possible death by a farm workman. Hartford City — Activities of bandits In the eastern part of the State caused proprietors to close their stores and arm themselves to give possible bandit visitors a warm re< option. Lafayette—During a fresh air camp conducted by the Tippecanoe County Tuberculosis association, 35 boys gained aggregate of 85 pounds I'4 ■ weight. Greencastle—Recording of one of the largest mortagages on the Putmon county recorders books has been completed after 32 hours time. It covers 70 type written pages. It totals $4,500,000 and was recorded for the Central Indiana Power Company. Marion —Sale of burglary insurance and fire arms are on the boom in Marion, according to merchants. Bandits hate been visiting here all rummer. Arcadia—Little Norma Kathleen, of his city, had a great time when she visited William Carr, of Hobbs. He s her great great-great uncle. Marion- To settle an argument with some other boys, Malcom Fox ate ten hamburger sandwiches without stopping and without taking a drink. Washington —When Miss Polly Boyd fell from her horse as the stirrups broke she injured her eye so badly that she had to be taken to Chicago specialists. Rockford —Rockford claims the oldest bobbed-haired woman in Louisa Boardman, 84. Shelbyville—Chautauqua plans are up in the air here. The big tent has been lost in shipment. Francesville —Fred Kroebeke returned good for evil. When he caught two young boys after they had robbed his refrigerator, he gave them jobs. “They only robbed men because they were hungry,” he explained. Washington—lt was not known that ’Mary Thomas, 17. of Mt. Cole. W. Va.. wa s a girl until she was arraigned in ’Squire’s court for “bumming” on a freight train, dressed as a boy and dirty and grim. Richmond —On a farm, near here, ■welve acres of wheat yielded 45 bushels to the acre, a record yield for this section, according to Supt. D. W. Scott. Frankfort—Alvin Resehke, of Cleveland. stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum here. He was arrested ’or stealing a bottle of preserves from Mrs. “Shady" Shaw-. Rushville —Mrs. Minnie Stevens has sued her husband for divorce because he fished too much. Greensburg—Raymond Goff reversed the old established faithfulness of 1. dog for man. He saved his dog from an auto and received a broken rib. Fairmount —Newton Allen is elated over the boost in hog prices. He owns 2,000 of them. Bedford —The fire department here was called out to rescue a girl who caught her knee while climbing a tree. Fire laddie s were chivalrous and kept her name a, secret. Warsaw —Miss Florence Stickler, 21, dropped dead while walking from i hospital where she had beep operated upon for appendicitis. Kokomo —Girls here are being annoyed by “he flappers,” tin horn gamblers.” and “mashing dudes,” according to O. C. Phillips, attorney who appeared before police commissioners. Marion —Frost is only six weeks away, according to Vern Hottschall, near here; who reported he saw a katydid. Bluffton —A canoe trip down the Wabash started by Prossell Redding and Nyle Bedding turned out to be a walking trip because the river was too low. Greensburg—lf the stuff croaks me I’ll die without telling where I got it,” was what William F. Petty. St. Paul youth, arrested on a drunkenness charge, told Greensburg police. Brazil —Mrs. Dan Potter, of this city, said she traveled in a medium sized automobile 1,486 miles on only 44 gallons of gasoline and six quarts of oil. Richmond —More than one-third of the 103 persons arrested during July here were arrested for speeding, according to police reports. Columbus —Cecil Neimeyer, 18, was rescued in an unconscious condition with his head hurried in the sand beneath two feet of water into which he had dived. Logansport — Jesse Martin minus both legs, has just driven a 7.000 mile motor trip in a specially built ma■hine for operation solely by the hands. Russiaville—Mrs. Harriet Burkisher, 74. awoke from a couch to find herself badly bruised. Doctors believe she was injured during a memory lapse. Lincoln— Logansport and Kokomo

police joined hands in a booze raid near her*. Frank Meyers, 42, as u result faces blind tiger charges. Columbus — Clarence Hendricks broke his arm while swimming. Gritting his teeth, he rode three miles to a doctor on his bicycle and returned. Shtilbyvill^—A Uishlng trip tost Samite) und Arthur Douica $74. They caught a black bass, under ten inches while seining. Greenville — Mrs. Edward Blinn sued her husband for divorce, alloglug that he weighs 300 pounds and never bathes. Bluffton Police Chief Gehrett is looking for a joker. He searched all morning for his car after someone had taken it several blocks away. Gehrett can t, Bee tne joke. Bluffton—Sheriff Frauhiger got two tips. One was from a conductor that 1 William Tipp, of Salem, was drunk aboard his interurban car. Tipp was fined $25. Washington—Ted. a bantam rooster, of Dan Rhubottom. farmer, crows only when commanded by his owner. Rhubottom also has a bantom hen. foster mother of ten guineas, that sings for him. 1 Indianapolis—Gasoline motor trains are to be put in service on the Big Four railroad, according to officials of the road. here. Bloomington—A six legged frog was caught recently by William and , 1 Wayne Bennett at a pond in the 1 south part of the city. Leesburg—The flesh on one ofi Mrs. W. E. Moschell’s fingers was-J ■’ nearly torn completely off when a' ■ ring on it was caught as she was > descending a chute at Tippecanoe > Lake. 0 _ Is Your Work Hard? Many Decatur Folks Have Found How to Make Work Easier a What is so hard as a day's work with an aching back? Or sharp stabs of pain at every < sudden twist or turn? 1 There is no peace from that dull 1 ache. i. No rest from the soreness, lameness and weakness. Many folks have found relief through Doan's Pills. They are a t stimulant diuretic to the kidneys. Decatur people recommend Doan's. I Miss E. Voglewede, 906 High St..l 1 Decatur says: “I had bearing down' 1 pains in the small of my back, and| 1 sharp pains took me when I stooped] at my housework. It was bard for me to straighten. Backache troubled '• me so 1 was tired and weak. Specks ( I blurred my sight and I had dizzy r spells, too. Also my kidneys acted! irregularly. Doan’s Pills from Smith.] ' Yager & Falk's Drug Store rid me of kidney trouble.” '■ 60c. at all dealers. Foster-Milburn i Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. [ ——, I This remarkable new prescription of a Cleveland I I specialist, taken in simple capsule form, is guar- ■ ■ antrrd t<> dispel every symptom of Catarrh in 24 I ■ hours —or money back. Send 10c for 24 hour ■ W sample to Clinical Laboratories Co., Cleveland. K % *I.OO size ou sale at all u >'>d drug' ■ar [ , i

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