Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 82, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1925 — Page 6

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FOOTBALL GAME NEXT THURSDAY D. 11.5. Has-beens And Willbes Scheduled To Meet On Ahr’s Field Ar a climax of the spring football practice at Decatur high school, two 'teams, representing the Has boons ami the Will been, will play a regulation game on Ahr’s Field next Thursday afternoon, after school. The game will start about 3:30 pm. The llasbeens will consist of seniors who have performed in many games for 11.11.5. The Will bees will consist of the athletes who will com prise next full’s Yellow Jucket eleven. The game next Thursday will give the fans an insight, into the grid prospects for next fall. Coach Mar-! shall has had a squad of about twenty or twenty-five candidates, in addi-j ’tion to the seniors, working out in' spring practice and much good ma-1 V-rial is being developed. There will be no price charged for the game. Thursday.' The Will bees’ lineup has not been finally decided upon by Coach Mar) shall yet, but the Has-beens will line' up as follows: Marbaugh and Cole. • nds; Hunsicker and Ilex, guards;! Taney and Lightfoot, guards; An-, drews, center; Swearinger, quarterbuck; Leonard and Miller, half backs; and Breiner, full back. 1 o — j NEWS FROM THE TRAINING CAMPS (United Press) Enroute to Kansas City—Chicago ’ Cubs are on the first lap of their journey to Chicago. They stopped off this morning for two hours in Los j Angeles and then steamed on east ■) \ ward. They will play Kansas City of ; the American Association and willi proceed to Chicago to open the sea-1 son. Tiie Cubs lost to Oakland yes-' terday, 3 to 0. The record of pry-; season games is 11 won and 5 lost. j Little Hock, Ark. —Eddie Collins' I White Sox. arrived here today in the leisure trip to Detroit to poen the season. They will play the local j • lull, managed by Lena Blackburne.l ;i former White Sox. today. Tester-, day the Collins men gave Shreveport the final of the daily drubbings and' won their fourteenth straight train-1 Ing trip victory. S to 3. — Knoxville. Tenn.—Babe Ruth, who is half way down with an attack of' grippe, is causing the New York Yanks some worry. Fear has been expressed that he has been overdoing and that he will not be in shape to play when the team hit New, York. Birnrtnghanf. Aid—Arthur Nehf and Tom Zachary were expected to be the opposing pitchers when the New York Giants and the Washington Senators resume their exhibition scries here today. The Giants so far have won five out of the six games; played. ■Atlanta, Ga. —Bill Zitzmann ; continues to lead the Rods at bat in training season games. In a dozen, melees he has batted for an average of .47(1. The Reds and Tigers were scheduled to play their third and last game of a series of three here today.! The series now stands 50-50. Nashville. Tenn. —The final battle of the St. Louis Browns-Nashville ex , bibition series will be today with a probability of Dave Danforth facing Fred Toney, the former Cardinal twirler. The* Browns swatted out an easy, 13 to 2 victory Sunday. San Francisco—The St. Louis) Catds have started home, completing their spring training here. Yester-, day’s game was postponed due to i tain. The Card first squad will play; in El Paso tomorrow. The second squad which left Stockton, will play in Albuquerque, N. M., Tuesday. Savannah, Ga. —After a short stopover at Jacksonville, Fla., on the way, north, the Boston Braves arrived; Imre for a game with Rochester today. Eddie Smith, rookie shortstop, was left in St. Petersburg with a fractured nose and Bill Cunningham ■was released to Sacramento. Louisville, Ky.— The Red Sox squared their exhibition series with the Louisville Colonels here Sunday by winning, 5 to 4. Both teams collected 7 hits. ;

New York The cloviltiml Indians p< iindi'd oiti t 4 hits and defeated New Orleans. 12 to 4. here yesterday. ! I Shuttle, I’bh' and Speeee altermited I hl the box Geneva Modern Woodmen To Organize Baseball Team Geneva, Apr. 6 The Modern Wood Ilian hxlg< of Geneva will organize a baseball teuin for the coming season. 1 : Several new players will be given ' a tryout nlth the ones who composed . last year's team and a fast team is expected to take the field. SENIORS WIN ;■ TRACK MEEH Take 59 Points In I). 11. S. Inter-Class Meet; Juniors Second With 50 The seniors won first place in the pnlerclass track and field meet held ;by tin Decatur high school classes last Thursday and Friday evenings, scoring a total of 59 points. The juniors were a close second with 50 , points. The sophomores finished third with 29"*£ points and the fresh men trailed in fourth position with points to their credit. W< Iker. a sophomore, was high point man. scoring 19 points for his team. He won points in six different i events, placing first in the broad i jump, second in the 440 and 100 yard j dashes, third in the 220-ya'rd dash, fourth in the high jump and fifth in tlie shot put. Marbaug, senior and , captain of the high school track 1 team was second in individual scoring, winning 15 points in four events. ■ He won first in the half mile. The time made in the track events i and the records in the field events w"ie good, considering the small ; amount of practice the athletes have | hud and the condition of the track l at Bellmont park, which is far from j a fast track. The polo vault event was not fin- | ished. owing to the fact that the ' vaulting pole was broken. The : points were divided as the contest- | ants stood at the time tiie pole was I broken, but the event likely will be | finished when the new pole arrives. If the division of the points is chang;ed the standing of the four teams . will not be changed, however. Tiie complete summary of the j meet is as follows: Shot put: Miller (Sr), first; Bogjner (.1). second; Heuer (J), third; I Rex (Sr), fourth; Welker (So), fifth. ! Distance. 37 feet, 10 inches. High jump: Miller (Sr), first; Helmut (J), second; Beal (J), third: Welker (So), fourth: Cline (Sr), fifth He'glit 5 feet. 6*4 inches. (New ' record). Broad jump: Welker (So), first; :.Marbaugh (Sr), second; Helmut (.1). .third; Breiner (Sr). fourth; Reynolds I (F). fifth. Distance, 17 feet, 2% I inches. Polo vault: Miller (Sr) and Beal (.1), lied for first; Cline (Sr), third;* Moser (J), fourth; Reynolds (F) and Anderson (So), tied for fifth. (Event not finished due to broken vaulting pole). Half mile run: Marb&ugh (Sr), Hirst; Dieres (F). second; Callow, . iSo), third; Bebout (J) fourth; Bran- ! dyberry (J) fifth. Time. 2 min, 34 seconds. - | 100 yard dash: D. Myers (Sr), first; Welker (So), second; Cavault (So). , thn-cT; Marbaugh (Sr), fourth; H Myers (J), fifth. Tine. 10.4 seconds. Mile run: Lightfoot (Sr), first; I Owens (J), secona: -Callow (So), [third; Passwater jF')- fourth; Fowler (So), fifth. Time, 5 min., 47 sec. 440-yard dash: If. Myers (J), first: Welker (So), second; Dierkes (F). third: D. Myers (Sr), fourth; Covault (So), fifth. Time. Cl 4 5 sec. 220 yard dash: 11. Myers (.1), first ; Marbaugh (Sr), second; Welker (So) third; D. Myers (Sr), fourth; Rebout ' (J), fifth. Time, 27 4-5 sec. Half-mile relay: Juniors and SenI iors tied for first and second. Time, i 1 min. 58 sec. Senior team (Leonard. D. Myers. Lightfoot and .Mar-1 baugh.) Junior team (Bebout.’ Thomas. Brandyberry and H. Myers).l Total points: Seniors. 59; Juniors,' 50: sophomore". 2914; Freshmen, II Vi. i — o— Body of Girl Found Hidden In Mountains Pottsville, Pa.. April 6. — (United ; Press.) State police and Schuylkiu county authorities today were endeav- : oring to identify the body of a girl, about 17 years old, found in the woods on Broad mountain near Gordon. late ■ yesterday afternoon. Indications are that the girl had

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'been attacked and then slain The body was then set Mosl of the 1 girl’ lioihinr bad been burned off | The coroner’s Office believes the 'girl had been deait .it least four days \n aiiioti v was .-.chetluled lot thi i . i .illerno.>n Tiflis far, the only clue police have j u> work mi uro two rings and a Reclion of the gill’s coat. The body is | badly < haired. Police are endeavor-' ' Ing lo learn if any girls have been re ' ported inis'diic in this region recent | ly. SHOTS FIRED IN MINERS' STRIKE Revolver Battle Breaks Out At Mine In West Virginia To<lay x Morgantown.’ W. Vu.. April l»-~ i (Special to Daily Democnft) V i rifle and revolver battle between • guards of the Osage mine of the lhady Warner Coal corporation and trespassers on the mine property today opened the Sixth day of the trike of bituminous miners in northern West Virginia. Osage guanls ordered a group of- - off the company property early today and a short time, later suspicious noises were heard under a coal tipple. The guaids went lo the tipple to investigate and were met with a fusillade of shots. Returning the fire, the guards drove away the trespassers. C. B. Barnes, a guard, was burned by powder when a pistol was fired in his face. A bullet passed through hfs clothing. Van A. Bitner, union official who is directing the strike work for the United Mine Workers of America, today claimed several non-union mines had been organized and the workers were ready to join in the strike. George S. Brackett, vice president of the Northern West Virginia Coal Operators’ association, issued a statement declaring every open shop mine in the district was operating at 100 per c. nt of normal capacity. o Drawing Up Regulations for Motor Busses And Trucks Indianapolis, Ind., April t> —(United Press.)—The public service commission was drawing np regulations for motor ;>« and truck operators which come linger the provisions of the 1925 Moorehead motor bus regulation act. The commission has drawn up tentative forms which operators coming under the provisions of the act must fill out before carrying on Operations under its provisions. The tentative forms are expected to be finally approved within a few’ days. Tiie commission is to call operators before them for questioning before the set of regulations is agreed upon. The act was introduced tn the 1925 legislature by Senator Moorehead of Indianapolis. It passed .titer heated opposition from bus operators and after several amem'nieiiis wire at I ached. The forms to be filled out by oper- > ators include those for application for certificate of convenience and necessity, bond, transferal of ownership, and insurance. Repudiates Testimony Against Harry Zimmerman —■— . » The case of Harry F. Zimmerman. I who is being held at Huntington for complicity in the robbery of Mr. and Mrs. John Harmon, near Wren, Ohio, became more complicated Friday when a new developement arose. Friends of Zimmerman obtained what purports to be an affidavit by Gratia Comparette, one of the principal witneses against Zimmerman at bis habeas corpus hearing recently, repudiating her testimony to the effect that she had often seen him in Van ' Wert, Ohio. Her affidavit, according to Zimmerman. implicates two or three other persons in the robbery, among them being a Van Wert physician, Zimmerman, who says that he has the affidavit, together with other evidence 'in his favor, declined to expose the I names of the men who were named Iby the French girl, saying that he I would make a more complete statement later. Time Expires Time set for the filing of an appeal bond on the habeas corpus proceding, which was decided against Zimmerman by Judge Sumner Kenner in the Huntington Circuit court, expir ed Saturday. Wihtin ten days, therefore, the Van Wert authorities will claim him as their prisoner and remove him to that state, or he will he released by the Huntington authorities. I On Hie witness stand, in the bearing at which Zimmerman demanded his b

**** "11 "1 . . “■ > *■ •“■ l “ l 1,1 ■*•"•• freedom, rtis- Cnmpar. tie -<»>l that ‘she often hud seen Zlmerntan in Van j Wert before the robbery oi eiir. d Mis Harmon til-o identified Zimlfwr man as one of the bandits who bontid tier and het husband with adhesive I [tape amt then robbed them of net oral hundred dolars. Comer, a friend of Zlmmeramn h, was fried for complicity in the ease 'and was acquitted by a jury about ja we.-k ago. HOSPITAL 88185 HOLDS MEETINS [Trustees Allow Bills And Hear Reports On Work Os Hospital Owing io the absence of several members of the Adams County Memorial Hospital board, only the regular monthly bills were allowed al u meeting today, and other, busine .t ruine before the Imard was postponed to a later dale. At the beginning of March tliere wer eleven patients at tin- hospital, according to officials in (barge, and at the end of March there were eighteen patients. During the month forty-six persons were cared for at the .Memorial Hospital. Then: were fifteen major operations performed and nine of minor < lassification. Treatment was given lor three medical cases, four niatern- | ity cases, four tonsil cases, l.v>> fracture eases and two electrical burns cases. New Patients At Hcspit.il At. present there are eighteen patients at the hospital. Mr. C. D. L'-w---ton, of this city, underwent n major operation yesterday and is reported to be getting along as well as was expected. A girl baby was horn yesterday at the hospital to Mr. nd Mrs. William Jones of Decatur, route 4. The baby lias been named Dorris Helle. o Wealthy Jeweler Held For Attack On Girl Brazil, Ind.. April 6. — Lafayette Phillips. 72, a wealthy jeweler of Carbon. Ind., was held in jail here today in deVault of 110,000 bond charge l with ,i criminal atta< k on a Hl-year-old girl. .Mu: nine .Mclntyre, victim of tinalleged attack, is the daughter of the postmaster of Carbon. o Mrs. James Bingham Dies At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Anri) G —After an illness of many months, Mrs. James Bingham, 60, died hero early today. Her husband was formerly attorney genera I of Indiana. She was born near Covington. Ind. From 1891 to 1907 the Binghams lived at Muncie, coming to Indianapolis after he was elected attorney general. o ■- PASSION WEEK USHERED IN BY LOCAL CHUR( HES (Continued from Page One) and Itev. Otto Peters in the conducting of the Easter services. All Protestant churches in the city ; will observe Ho'.y Week by various services during this week, ending with the Union services Friday from 12 noon to 3 o’clock in the afternoon. .Thepc services will be held at the Christian church and will be in per iedieal form so that those who are not able to stay for the entire three hours may take part in some of the service. ; Easter Sunday services will bo observi d by all churches with appropriate ceremonies and devotion. An ?ffort is being made by both protestant and Catholic church to have all business houses closed from noon Friday until 3 o’clock, the three hoars that Christ was on the cross. The Methodist church will have services every night this Week until Friday. Special sermons will be delivered by Reverend U. S. A. Bridge. The services are especially adapted to Holy Week. The Presbyterian pre-Easter services also will continue throughout this week until Friday night. Tiie last pre-Easter sermon willUie delivered Wednesday night and Thursday night Communion services will be held. The Reverend Covert will occupy the pulpit this week. The Reverend Fledderjohann of tiie Zion Reformed church stated that there will be a special service at that church Thursday evening. He will talk on the subject. “Salvation and Deliverance." Other churches also are observing Holy Week with prayer services and Communion. The Reverend Hinz, pastor of the Zion Luiberan church, announces hat there will be a pre-Easter nervice at that church Friday evening at, 7:30 o’clock. Services nlso will be'

I .!■«*. *— - — held al the Lutheran church twice on Easter Sunday. All churches represented in the Ministerial Association are extend ) itiH considerable effort to make the! ihreehour Union aervlce n solemn, and sacred lelebrutlon in commemor «lion of Christ’s three hours nf suffering on the cross. The proteatant nasociarlon In conjunction with the committee from the Catholic church ;,i. making an effort to have every laisin l " bouse close Friday after noon when all churches will commemorate the Crucifixion simultane<ti sly No de. islon has. yet bi en reached - lo whether the public schools will dose Friday afternoon or not. No services will be held at any of the ITidedant churches Saturday but the usu:tl special Easter services will tie conducted at all of them Sunday. I o — — k REV. T. R. ALLSTON ENDS WORK HERE (Continued from Page one) place to live. They tfflerate its de-i inands for this reason. • There is a third group which', think of the church as an enterprise. It is a. Divine institution with a charter from God. It is a human insti-. tuiion, also, which must see salesmanship principles the same as any business house does. The church has ii commodity to give to the world and' it must do it in a business-like way. We are workers together with God in| this purpose. The church is not u poacher’s enterprise, not an institution floated by the officers. It is your church. When the members feel that this is the true viewpoint of' the church, then lasting success will, crown its efforts.“ Services will continue each night

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