Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 129, Decatur, Adams County, 1 June 1925 — Page 6

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DE PAOLO W!Bs 500-MILE RACE u— Nephew Os Ralph DePalma Breaks Speed Record In Big Classic The Results Ist Peter DePaolo ImsenboiT 120.000. 2id — Penny Hill — Dave I.: wir Ju nior special—sl**.u*at. 3rd— Phil Shafei Ihisenb’rg $5,000. .J 4th- Harry Hartz Jdb r Special $3,600. Sth— Tommy Milton— Miller Special —$3,000. 6th— Leon ih roy— Miller Special $2,200. 7th— Dalph DePauma— Miller Special SI,BOO. 1th — Peter Kreis Dusenberg SI,OOO. 9th— Dr. Shattuc Miller Special | $ 1,500. 10th Pietro Bordino Miller Spe cial— $1,400. Indianapolis was the capitol of the world, Decoration day. People gathered from the far west with their cow.boy hats and from the fat ) east with their special trains and; from Ohio and other neighboring I states with their camping outfits All were there for the same purpose. I There was the boot-black and the steel magnate al) witnessing the thirteenth annual 500-mile speed classic. Ami it was a great day for speed When the several gates wefei thrown open at 6 o'clock Saturday) mottling thousands were on hand to push in and wait for the start signal of the greatest race in all history. By 9:311 o'clock, a record crowd of 145.000 persons was crowded and packed into | every part of the huge speed arena , The 1.000-piece band swung up the , brick oval, struttin' its stuff to the , tune "Nobody Knows How Dry I am" and other familiar tunes—then the , signal bomb with the American flag , flew high into the air and the band . reechoed around the track with the , favorite tune of "America" and everybody got ready for the start of; the big event. , The nress pagoda, under the tute. ( lage of Steve Hannigan, speedway , publicity director, was humming with excitement and business. Two radio * stations were running rull speed A’ I < half dozen motion picture cameras amt a half hundred cameras were be- * Ing shoved to thA front in an effort . ! to get the best pictures of the start.) Then came the signal to get ready and the cars of hope lined up. Eddie > Rickenhacher led the crew of twenty- ‘ two starters in the preliminary lap. Just before the start a minute’s respect was paid by the drivers to the ' great pilots who had passed beyond I 1 during the year. At the stroke of ten o'clock the chug of the motors start- ’ ed and they were off. Peter DePaolo. winner of the classic and favorite of f the stands was anxious to get away 1 and killed his motor in front of the : judge's stand [t appeared for a few 1 seconds that the highly touted Duesenberg was going to be towed to the)' pits to watch the race instead of win ’ it, but finally the huge car was start- ' ed and the youthful DePaolo caught up with the cars before the preliminary lap was over. The pace-setter turned into the pits and the thousands of spectators were cheering as the cars swung off for the first lap of the race. It was anybody's race until the final mile was chalked up and at no lime was there a lap’s distance between the first two cars. Several drivers took the lead for a short time only to be overcome by the speeding DePaola. More drivers were in first , place at one time or another during < the race than in any previous 500- , mile race. Phil Schaefer. DePaola's team mate, went from twenty-second place to first position in 137 miles, driving at break-neck speed and showing probably the best brand of driving of the race. The veteran Earl Cooper swung into first, position for a few laps and appeared to be off for a victory when he smashed into the wall at the north turn and was forced out of the race on the 155th lap. Dave Lewis in a Junior Eight, a Miller motor and a front wheel drive, was a dangerous contender at all times but was forced to the pits for a tire change near the end of the race. At 450 miles it was anybody’s race. DePaolo was in second place and Schaefer was third. I owis was leading, when suddenly his tire blew out and he was forced to the pits throwing DePaolo back into) th- lead. The Lewis mount was piloted the rest of the way by Benny Hill I who drive the Junior Eight to a see-

lond place and was a strong contend .cd for the checkered flag when the I race was over. • Only a few minor accidents marred • the day. DePaolo, in winning, won • the SIO,OOO purse and $7,800 for lap roney besides many special prizes Dave Lewis and Benny Hill were co- • winner of second place and Phil | Schaefer and Dave Morton won third | place. Harry Hartz was fourth l Tommy Milton was fifth. Leon Duray i who was a strong contender during 'most of the race, finished sixth in a Miller special Ralph DePalma was number seven to cross the wire; Kreis. Shattuc and Bordino finished i in the last three money stations. The time. 4:56:39:47, was the fast- )* t time ever made in a 500-mile race. Immediately aft.->r the first, two men 'crossed the wire the crowd began to thin out and by the time the tenth .man crossed the wire only a few thousand fans remained to bid adieu )to the track for another year. Roads lout of tlte Hoosier capitol were crowd)ed Saturday evening and Imlianapo. I Jis was a deserted village. ! The traffic from and to the Speedj way was handled with the greatest smoothness. One-way roads handled the thousands going and coming ami jonly a few minor accidents were reported. o Lewis Beats Munn And Regains Wrestling Title - Michigan Citv. June | Ed "Strang- • Iler" Ijewis. world's heavyweight title 1 claimant, threw W;n'n«» "Big" Munn. — I two out of three falls here Saturday! afternoon retaining his diamond stud I ed belt, emblematic of the champion ! ship. The third and deciding fall came [after seven minutes, when the “Stran- ) gler" applied seven headlocks, weak - ening his oponent beyond resistance. Lew is won the second fall by apply-; ing twenty headlock- the last one be-' ing accompanied by a heavy slum over, his ■ Itoulder. Munn lay still in the ring for half a minute until helped up by his seconds. The time was 32 minutes 12 seconds Munn had to be carried from the ring. At the end of the second full, which Lewis won by applying twenty successive headlocks, Munn was groggy. Upon his return for the final round he seemed in fair condition.' Lewis was fresh, trotting from his dressing room to the ring. He immediately 1 started his headlock applications and Munn premitted himself to be ed about the ring, except upon one occasion when he shook luewis off. Munn won the first fall in 24 minutes and 25 seconds, while Lewis tool; the second in 17 minutes and 12 sec-[ onds. Munn's size and strength was of no avail against Lewis’s headlock. The latter had a unique defense for: Munn's famous crotch hold—that of dropping to his knees when Minni i tried for it. Lewis also took the major portion of a $30,000 purse. Floyd Fitzsimmons, owner of the' sky blue arena here and promoter of * the contest said that between 13.0m*. and 14.000 persons paid admissions to the match. o — — • ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4> YESTERDAY’S RESULTS + ■!- + + «S- + + + 4* + + + + + + + National League New York. 2; Brooklyn.o. Chicago. 11; Pittsburgh, 2. St. Louis, 5; Cincinnati, 2. Others not scheduled. American League Boston. 9; New York. 6. Detroit. 4; (’leeeland. St. Louis. 15: Chicago. 11. Washington, 4; Philadelphia. American Association Indianapolis, 4; Louisville, 1. Toledo, 8; Columbus, 7. Milwaukee. 14; Kansas City. 10. St. Paul, 10; Mineapolis, 11. o ■5- + + + + + * + + + + + + ** ■f. WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD + + ♦♦ + ♦**<•♦ + + **♦* Yesterday's hero — Ducky Harris smacked a single in the ninth with the bases tilled and drove in the run that gave the Senators a 4 to 3 victory over tlie Athletics. Deberry's passed ball let in one run and Terry’s homer accounted for another one which enabled the Giants to beat the Robins, 2 to 0. Dazzy Vance struck out 13 batters and allowed only five hits. Three runs scored on a rally in the twelfth inning when Boh Shawkey blew up, gave the Red Sox a 9 Io 6 victory over the Yankees. Miller was rushed to the rescue of Uhile in the ninth inning after Detroti had scored four runs. He stopped the’ rally, the Indians winning, C to 4. George Sisler hit a homer, a triple I and three singles and helped the , Browns beat the White Sox, 15 to 11. Hartnett hit his 14th homer, a triple and a double while the Cubs were

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1925

beating the Pirates, 11 to 2. I Robers Hornsby, new manager of J the St. Louis Cardinals, was present Led with a pile of flowers before the | game and the Cards beat the jinx and' fh»-> Rpila i SiOrp of to 2

O ~ — ++++ t + + HOME RUN LEADERS 4 '' •>♦ + + + + + + + + •♦•♦♦♦ I n | Hartnett, Clubs 14 U Meuse), Yankees, 1:’. Hornsbuy, Cards 12 Williams, Brown-'. 9. Simmons, Athletics, 9. Robertson, Browns, 3 Wilfcht, Pirates, 7. — .. —o ■ ■ ~ Hoagland (Jives Preble s' Team Good Drubbing, 17-2 d Preble, June I—The1 —The Hoagland ; basehull team invaded Preble again I. Sunday afternoon and handed tne > >‘r< Ide team the worst defeat it has n ever suffered at the hands of a r, Hoagland team The final score was ti 17-2. Hoagland took the lead early v when Conn, first batter up, hit a I home run into the center field. Lutts man pitched for the winners, urlti) . the eighth inning when he was relieved by "Lefty" Koeneman. Both ( of the visiting hurlers pitched good . ball and they received excellent sup- ( port« ] Sulking started on the mound for I Preble lie pitched good ball but his :upjx>rt was ragged. Shady relieved him in the fifth inning and also pitched good ball striking out nine batters in four and one-third innings. jThe score: , Hoagland 1 2 3 7 3 0 1 it o—l7 Pi eble 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0— 2 . Batteries: for Hoagland. Luttman, Koeneman and Melcher; for Preble, Sulking. Shadv and Boese. Smith. ! -<>- CLIFTON STRIKER ELECTED COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT (Continued from Page One) | principal of tlte Geneva schools. : The vol on the tilth ami final bal lot w.i-: Striker, 7; Mann. 3; Hend ricks, 1; Collum. 2. The vote on the other four ballots was: First ballot, , Munn. 4; Striker. 5; Hendricks, 2; Column. 1. Second ballot. Mann. 3; Striker. 4; Hendricks, 4; CollurrifT 1. Third ballot, Mann, 4; Striker, 5; Hendricks, 2: Collum. 2. Fourth balSlot. Mann, 4; Striker. 6; Hendricks, 1; Collum, 2. Mr. Striker held his gains on the third ballot, obtained one more vote on the fourth ballot and on the seventh ballot received a majority of the twelve votes. 1 Mr. Striker will succeed E. S. Chris ten as county school superintendent on August 16. Mr. Christen has been county superintendent for eleven years and during his administration ‘the schools have been advanced to a higher standard throughout the county. Mr. Christen probably will j leach school next full, he having sev era! positions offered him. Is Well Qualified | Mr. Striker the newly elected superintendent, has taught school in AdI ams county for eleven years, seven ■ years iu Monroe township, four years in Hartford township and last year ) he was til? principal of the Monroe schools. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Striker, of Monroe township After obtaining his preliminary education in the county schools he at- . tended the Tri-State Normal college, at Angola, and spent two years -trt Indiana University, obtaining his A 8.. degree from the state institution in 1924. In 1922, Mr. Striker went abroad, spending five months in Eng land. France, Ireland. Germany, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland. He will move to this city upon taking office and will Iw in charge of the opening of the county schools next September. Mr. Striker was born in this county, IX9I, and is well acquainted with the schools and the problems of the county superintendent's office, is an earnest worker ami will till the office w.th credit. 0 No Word From Amundsen Ne wYork, June 1 (United Press) — The North American Newspaper alliance announced through the United Press this afternoon that no word had been received from Raold Amundsen, polar explorer, and Lincoln Ellsworth American, who hopped off from Spjitzbergen in two airplanes nearly a fortnight ago, on a flight to the north pole. o NOTICE The Decatur Public Library will begin its summer schedule of hours ■ starting lon'ght. Throughout the summer months the library will he ! open from one p. m. to 9 p. m , only. Patrons are asked to note the change ’ in hours. > 0 TIPTON — Homer McCullough, of ■ Tipton, newly wed, was locked up in s jail by his friends in a charivari.

BIBLE SCHOOL OPENED TODAY

+ Opening Session Os School ♦ Is Decided Success; Many Pupils Enrolled The opening session of the Daily Vacation Bible school was held this |bu rning at the Centra) school buildling and. regardless of the fact that several pupils were absent, the first ession was a decided success. About 350 pupils have enrolled in the eight different classes and it is expected that all will be present tomorrow d The pupils refused to let the heat n interfere with their work and devolved themselves earnestly to the teachM Ing. until the recess period was call--11 ed al 9:30. At 10:00 o'clock the work s ,was begun again and lasted until 11 ■ v |o'cloek. This is the schedule for tlte a entire five weeks. Miss Caroline Acker has charge the kindergarten grade.; Miss Eva Acker, and Miss Elizabeth Peterson, first grade; Mrs. Frank Downs, sec-[ 1 ond grade; Miss Florence Htlney ' and Miss Effie Patton, third grade; Mr. John Parrish and Mary Callow, 1 fourth grade; Bryce Thomas, fifth grade; Matilda Seilemever. sixth I I grade; \V. Guy Brown, seventh and: 1 eighth grades. Miss Della Sellemey- < r has charge of the music for all: grades. ' Principal \V. Guy Brown Is in' charge <f the school and he reported) that all grades had a successful open- ' ing. The music is to bo one of the features of the school. The playgrounds will be open to all the pupils during the half hour recess period) eacii day and tennis courts, basket balls and volley balls will be avail-[ able for recreation. A complete roster of all students attending the I) V. B S. will be published at a' later date. » o V ALUATION OF LAND IS LOWER (Continued from page One) | $20.:::14.t)48. The lands and lots in tlte 1 incorporated towns and cities were I appraised at $2,055,149. while the improvements thereon were appraised at | $3,772,550. which added to the farm land assessments make a total of S2G 101,747 for all land improvements in the county, exclusive of the mortgage exemptions. Tlte assessment of personal property in the townships total $2.890.170. wild, the assessment of the personal pro perty in the cities and towns totaled $3,302,737, making a total assessment of personal property of $7,198,807, whit'll, when adde dto the real estate and improvement -;, bring the total as-1 sessments to $33,357,494, as compared I with $35,830,770, foi last year. '1 Ils 1 a loss of $2,479,27*1. Added to the total of $33,357,494.tat j is the state’s assessment f<>.r railroads utilities and pipe line companies. I which, heretofore, have totaled h- I twen six and seven million dollar.-:.J ' net. This would the total :ts:se.-.s-tnent of all property in the county to around the forty million mark. From, this total is taken the mortgage exemptions, which total more than sl,1)00,000.00. Unless th eassessments are ) changed it is expected the net assessments in the county will be near $29000,000 a decrease of nearly two mill-1 ion as compared with the present as sessments. All Townships Lose All of the townships showed a lo’s ■ in tlte real estate apraiaements. Some I ’ alight gains werevmade in assessments for personal property, the total in crease being $53,080. The loss in real e tale appraisements was $2,652,292, • I'-a' ing a net loss o f52.599.1*32. A less of $139,940 in personal property was snlT.'ied in the townships Decatur Shows Gain Decatur showed a gain in the tipprtiisement of real estate and improvements. The appraisement this year is 1 $4,310,100. a decTease of about sl*ii>,00*). The total assessment in Decatur this year is given at $7,402,730. which

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' is an Increase over last year. I The assessors appraised 211.131 ) acres of land this ■ pring The mem I bers of the board of review v ill lain ession for the next fort} n . n.. ■ during which time b> .<i>ni • on assc'--- ■ ments will be heard, I U. S. Government To Have I Single Purchasing Agent Washington, June 1 (United Pres )- A single purchasing agent ' for the United States government will be created by executive outer of President Coolidge within a few days. General H. L. Lord, director id' the budget, said, following u confer ence with the president today. 'l Tile post Will have the title of i "coordinator of purchase." and Its functions v ill be contracting for the ■ purchase of all federal supplies amt equipment. Savings of thousands of! dollars annually are expected from the innovation. whiylt in effect constitutes a new treasury "watch flog” in the | budget organization. I o Special Services At Baptist Church Cancelled T! > thr*»f-day mel tings, which were to have been held at the Baptist church this week, have been cancel- —

SKINNY MEN i (Jain 5 Pounds in 30 Days or (Jet Your Money Back. I Doctors and good pharmacists know that Cod Liver Oil is full of vitamllies that make flesh, create appetite, builds up the power to resist disease and ) puts good solid flesh on skinny men and women. I But it's horrible tasting stuff and every day fewer people are taking it, for doctors are prescribing and people are fast learning that they 'can get better results with McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets, which The Holthouse Drug Co., and <L iggists all over tlte country are having a tremendous dem itid for. One woman gained lit pounds in 22 days and if any skinny man or woman can't put on 5 pounds in 3t* days, your druggists will gladly refund the purchase price. Be sure and get McCoy's, the original and genuine Cod Liver Oil Com- • pound Tablets —6b tablets- to cents.

ADAMS Theatre LAST TIME TONIGHT The picture you want io see. ' Xqix ! v * g §ogK FRANCES >, . \\ HOWARD y» r< AootPM zukoh JBHgyyjßV - I IESjE L lASKY z" 'x / a \ »& *<B®& W [punutoul] W X .? \GMaaw/ " A picture you'll enjoy from start to finish. Action an«l romance, and a wonderful story of intense interest. Also—A Good Added Attraction. making it a show worth while. 10c—25c —Tuesday—“Chalk Marks.” Also the next episode of the serial, “Idaho." —Wednesday and Thursday—- “ Men and Women” featuring Richard Dix. —Friday and Saturday— Thomas Meighan in “Coming Through.” ; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday “Robinhood.”

led on account of the illness of the | I ii< > F D Whitesell Rev Holliday,! j of Marion, Ohio, was to have been the! speaker. i ORTI AND (i-’ory* Butterworth ; lof Portland mt joined a circus a.« a tat man.

nits Wi 1 i.ELx'kl? I THE CORT | TQNKJIIT ONIA “THE BRASS BOWL” A Win. I <>.\ production with Edmund Lowe and Good Cast. Beautiful women Io him were but victims of his lust for gold and jewels. “ONE DAY IN HOLLYWOOD.’’ Comedy. 10c Fox News 25c -4S- JUNE 4) THE THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL TOUR ()!•' ■H I w - A IA SPECIAL TRAIN OF MOTo'r' CARS, TRUCKS AND TRAILERS Showing Under a Monster Water-Proof Tent I with Seating Capacity for Two Thousand People A PACK OF RUSSIAN•BLOOD HOUNDS ~ -Tl—ra— ——» a» MKMMW MBMM - - -mA OPERA GHAIRS--500 SAN IMMENSE STACE CORGEOUS SCENERY CREAT MECHANICAL EFFECTS The Barnum of Them All. More Crand I Novelties Than Ever Presented With ? Ono Show I PER MH ALLEGORICAL K uhHhU TRANSFORMATION UULItL >■ POPULAR PRICES OF ADMISSION I"""” 1 ■ I —l-l I■ I ■ —-— Grand Operatic Orchestra at Each Performance • — I ’ I , ■ JwkKXV' < h-. * u j f' Li. THE LARGE TENT AND GROUNDS WILL BE BRILLIANTLY IL LUMINATEI) BY STOWE'S FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR ELE' TIH I ' LIGHTING PLANT. MAKING IT AS BRIGHT AS UNDER THE SO" ' DAY SUN. THEREBY ENABLING THE PRESENTATION OF A>'>' THE BEAUTIFUL ELECTRIC EFFECTS. PRISMS, ETC .SO ES TIAL FOR A PROPER AND SATISFACTORY PRODUCTION Hl ' THIS GRAND OLD PLAY. THIS IS THE COMPANY WHICH IS OWNED. MANAGED A' I UNDER THE PERSONAL DIRECTION OF MR JOHN F. STOY THE ONLY LIVING NEPHEW OF THE AUTHORESS, HARRU'-' rl BEECHER STOWE. THE PERFORMANCE IS PRESENTED "R ''■ THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, WHICH WAS BEQUEATHE!’ MR. STOWE BY HIS AUNT. ADMISSION—CHILDREN 25 CENTS. ADULTS 50 CENTS WANTED—Truck Drivers and Working Men. Good I’a.. Easy Work and the Best Treatment.

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