Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1925 — Page 6

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Gibbons Confident Os Beating Gene Tunney New Voik. June 3 -(United Press) —‘Tin going out to win and natural Jy I think I am going to win," Tom Gibbons St. Paul heavyweight. said here today when he eased up training for his fight against Gene Tunney which is to be staged Friday night at the Polo grounds. Tunney is the American light heavyweight champion but his title is not at stake as they are not going to make yveight. Neither one Is interested in tile trick title and they are fighting for the place of promin •ence in the heavyweight, class that a decisive victory would give the winner. "I have been reading statements from myself that 1 was going to win with bne punch, or in one round or two rounds,” Gibbons said. “I have never said anything like that before any fight. Vocal claims never won any fight. - ’ o Crack Golfers Tee Off In Championship Tourney Worcester, Mass., June 3—Whoever beats Hobby Jones wins this year's championship, experts agreed today as 96 of the country’s crack - golfers teed off at the Worcester Country club for the 72 hole test which will decide who is king of American golf for 1925. Theie may have been more technically exacting courses presented for the open golf championship, but never a fairer seene than was spread over the Worcester links this morning. Pretty girls in colorful jumpers and fancy hose, stewards in bright crimson coats and white flannel trousers and a gallery of mere men scattered over the picturesque rolling fairways. following the fortunes of their favorites. The weather was cooler than yesterday ami slightly overcast when the first pair went out. o Ruth Helps Yankees Break Losing Streak •*« New York. June 3.—(United Press.) —With two hits in four trips to the plate. Babe Ruth, the invalid Yankee, played a prominent part in snapping the club out of its slump yesterday when the Yankees beat the Senators. 8 to 5. The first time up he was hit by a pitched ball, he fanned the second time, singled the third time, grounded out the ’fourth time and smacked in the tying run with a double. He was then removed for a relief runner as his legs are still w’eak. ♦ ♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ * SPORT TABS ♦ ♦+++++4-+ + + + + + + -L Chicago. — The far west looms as a powerful contender for honors in the National Collegiate A. A. track and field championships here June 12 and 13. Southern California. Texas, Occidental. Stanford and Pomona-are among the western teams entered. Teams from all sections of the nation will compete. Chicago. — Paddy Harmon, Chicago sports sponsor, announced he will offer $50,000 for a world's heavyweight wrestling match between Strangler Lewis and Joe Stecher. The promoter said he has Lewis "as good as signed." Q ..J,.,, ... ++++♦♦♦++♦♦++++ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD + ++++++++ + + + + + + + Yesterday's hero — Ty Cobb, veteran manager of the Detroit Tigers, smasked a homer in the ninth inning and beat the White Sox, 16 to 15, in a crazy game. Bob Meusel accounted for four runs with two homers and gave the Y’ankees an 8 to 5 victory over the Senators. The Yankees benched Pipp. Ward and Schang and .won with sub-

ITHECORT I LAST TIME TONIGHT “MY SON” . ’ | A tense story of a mother’s battle to save her boy from the snares of a temptress. 1 A First National Attraction featuring Nazimova—Jack Pickford. “RED PEPPER,” a good comedy. 10c 25c Thursday and Friday—Tom Mix and ; his wonder horse, Tony, in “THE DEADWOOD COACH.”

StltUtM. Cochrane's single with the bases ' filled scored three runs and started the Athletics to u 15 to 2 win over 1 the Red Sox. Rommel pitched his • ninth winner of the season, .<• 1 Art Nehf lost control in the 12th 1 inning with the bases tilled and fore- ■ ed in the run that enabled the Rob- • Ins to boat the Giants, 6 to 5. 1 Gaston's double with the bases loaded scored three runs and helped h'm win his own game for the Browns ’ against the Indians by a score of 8 to 3. , Jim Bottomley, hit two homers, the first with the bases tilled and the Cardinals beat the Reds, 8 to 2. Henlines homer with two on was the only good poke the Phillies could get off Gene Genewlch ami thb Braves won, 12 to 5. — -o +++♦+++++ ♦ + + + + ■;• + YESTERDAY’S RESULTS + •T+++++++ + + + + + + + National League Philadelphia, 12; Boston, 5. New York, 5; Brooklyn, 6. Cincinnati, 2; St. Louis. 8. American League Philadelphia, 15; Boston, 2. Washington, 5; New York, 8. St. Louis. 8; .Cleveland. 3. Chicago, 15; Detroit, 16. American Association Indianapolis, 0; Toledo, 3. Minneapolis, 6; Milwaukee, 8. Columbus. 0; Louisville, 13. Kansas City- St. Paul. rain. o + + * + >i , + + + + + + + + '! , + + HOME RUN LEADERS + ++++++++ + + + + + + + Hartnett, Cubs. 14. Meusel. Yankees. 14. Hornsby, Cardinals, 13. Williams. Browns, 10. | Simmons, Athletics, s. Robertson. Browns. 8. Wr.'ghj, Pirates, 1- — o Gov. Jackson Approves Paroles For Seven Persons Indianapolis, June 3. — Governor Jackson today approved parolea for seven persons confined in state correctional institutions and granted commutation of sentences to twelve others. Sixty-four other petit ons for clemency were refused. The action was taken on recommendation of the, state pardons board, which considered the cases at its i May meeting. | Parloes granted included: 1i Henry Dorsey, sentenced from Lake county in 1911 to life imprisonment , for murder. Mary Weigiel. sentenced from La- ’ porte county for possession of a still.; James Allen, sentenced from Warrick county for grand larceny. Lowell Goodall, sentenced from . Posey county, for possession of a . still. , Alfred Dehome, sentenced from Elkhart juvenile court for contributing to delinquency. o ——.— Speeding Roadster Hits Post; One Youth Killed Detroit, Mich., June 3. — (United Press.)—Speeding 45 miles an hour with six companions crowded into a sport roadster, Glen Eldert. motorcycle policeman, crashed into a safety zone post today, killing one. probably fatally injuring himself, and sent the other five to the hospital. Herbert | York. 30, was instantly killed when' the roadster swerved to miss another machine and smashed into the post. l o New York To Erect A $6,000,000 Movie Theater New York, June 3. —(United Press.) —At a cost of $6,1)00,000 the biggest movie theater in the world will be built here for Samuel L Rothafel, the "Roxy” of radio. Rathafel said the playhouse would be opened in the fall of 1926. o WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s

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GALA WEEK AT i PCRBUEJUNE 6-3 — 1 .More Features Phan Ever Planned; Graduates Number About 580 i 1 i LAFAYETTE. Ind June 3 - With . more features than ev,r before. including a baseball game between Pur.due and Indiana: student sho w » In ! Memorial Harlequin club ,-presentation of ((Irene)) and the C senior hop in M moral gymnasium, tin- annual prudiie laiiversitv Gala , wet k will be hejd thia year from Sqt , urday, June 6 ttntiH Tues-lay, June 9. | Indications at the i fic?*of the alumi ( Secretary, N. T. Crane, point to ale I cord breaking attendance of gVadaate: . and former students of tin- un v i- ity at the exercises. The program opens Saturday morn , Ing at 9 o'oc lock, with a breakfast J given by the seniors at the I-afayette i Country c'ub. The Purdue-1 niliana buseball game conies in the afternoon, and will be followed by a smoker in the Union building. Alumni cliow. an innovation; the student show in Memorial gymnasium and the alumni mixer. in th<y Memorial Union building. I will complete the day's program. s'unday is a full day. The alumni advisory council will meet in the morning. and faculty members will hold open house of their homes for reception of alumni. The Baccalaureate qddress by Bishop William Frederic Faber of the Espiscopul Diocese of Montana conies at 3 o'clock and the i.liinmi banquet will be held at 6 I o'clock in tile Union building. A band | concert by the famous Purdue Military band on the Purdin- oval Sunday 'evening will close the day's activities. The annual meeting of tin alumni association is scheduled for 9 o’clock i Monday morning, and at 11 will occur I (he annual class-parade on the campus oval. An alumni luncheon wi'l be heTd at noon, and at 2.30 in the afternoon the alumni will be guests of the Pur due Harlequin club at the I Mars theater, where (Irene) will lie presented. The production proved a big hit in Lafayette and Indianapolis several months ago. The senioj- hop is to be held in Memorial gymnasium Monday night, and the entire Gala f Week program will close Tuesday morning -with tlye Commencement exercises in Memorial Gymnasium. The Commencement address will be delivered by Dr. Frederick P. Keppel, of the Carnegie Corporation of NeuYork City. Degrees will be conferred on approvimatly 580. - o. Wealthy Chicago Woman Killed By A Burglar Chicago. June 3. —(United Press.) — Mrs. Belle Quinn Owen. 50. wife of a wealthy ■suburban real estate man. was shot and instantly killed early* .today by a burglar, one of a pair who was loot ng her home. Because of the heat. Mrs. Owen was : sleeping on a daybed in the living 1 room. She awoke when she heard the marauders enter, and engaged in a struggle with one of them as he was ransacking a drawer. The other one fired a shot which entered her head. I George F. Owen, husbandwakened by the noise, entered just as the burglars •jumped/out of the window. | pwen had made his rent collections , I yesterday and it is believed the burg-' 'lavs were after- the' large sains of! I money he accumulated. The cash, however, had been banked. ■"L i .» '■”-!! ■■—l*

The ADAMS Theater I TONIGHT—TOMORROW ADOLPH irsst L LASK, StOTJ 7 Os the pltfullS * that confront young married people in A WILLIAM deMILLE New York. A living, airt throbbing cross-sec-Srpbfi tion of life. A story a paramount MjA of women and Wall ■ /toww street, of dancing and * Paying the piper. • \Jb ; LW A good added attracif 3 ' th tion and. a wonder j/J I RICHARD shOW. f? ft I DIX in __ ’ »* I Friday and Saturday—Thomas Meighan, the celebrated star in’ the big Paramount Production. “COMING THROUGH’’ ZISiT THE ADAMS—THE COOLEST PLACE IN TOWN. 1

Game Wardens Arrested 113 Persons During May State game wardens of the con- ■ nervation department arrested 113 persons resulting tn 106 convictions for game and fish law violations dur , Ing May. Fines and oosts totalled *2,155.60. leading offenses were 55 for possession and using illegal size seines ami nets; 15 for hunting and fishing without license; 13 for taking undersized fish; in for pose siou of spears; 7 for us.ng trout or set Urns on lakes. In the main. Officials of the department say, the closed season ■ law on two species of black bass and bluegills, April 30 to June 16, Is being well observed. Wardens also are engaged in fish rescue work, that is removing fish from bayous and bacls-waters in danger of drying up as a result of the pro-* longed drought, and planting them in the larger streams. Fish get into these back-waters during high water) periods of early spring and later spawn. Unless rescued they perish when the waters get low. Many land owners and fish and game protective associations are co-operating with the' state department in this work. o —_ , Edison, Burhabk And Ford May Be Asked To 'Testify Dayton, Tenn-, June 3—E. T. Stewart, who will prosecute John T 1 Scopes, accused of teaching evolution. may ask Thomas A. Edison. Henry Ford and Luther Burbank to testify against Scopes in the trial •July 10. Stewart said today he believed all three of them were antievolutionists. | Stewart who is attorney general for the eighteenth Tennessee judicial district, admitted he didn't know anything about the theory of evolntiolT" - I "But.” he said. "I do know there's i law on tlie statute books of the Mate forbidding the teaching of the theory and as attoriiejr general it will be my duty to enforce the law.” Stewart will be aided in the prose cution at Scopes triir which opens • here July 10 by Walter White, superintendent of the Rhea county schools,' wheie Scopes taught the forbidden subject. | These two men will meet William ‘ Jennings Bryan in Nashville Thursday morning for a conference on the state's ease against Scopes. The conference will take place between trains, as Bryan will not have time to stop over. Having helped the Tennessee legislature to enact the anti-evolution law. Bryan will hurry on to Ta'lahasee where a similar ■ measure is liefore the Florida legislature. RUSHVILLE Wilmer V. Brown of Rushville tried to dodge a horse and wrecked his car. i

z Os Course You Want To Sprinkle Your La w n an d •Garden During this hot and dry weathpr. During the last j two days we have sold lots Ind lots of heavy moulded garden hose at 14 cents per out. Wc have thehi in any 1< ngth. I Nozzles at 75c. |w e j-jivz: -vo*z - '

Chicago Setting New Record For Murders Chicago. June 3- Already known as 1 the “crime capitol” of the nation Chii cwgo is retting a ne w record for murders this year. I* Figures made public today by the , Chicago crime commission showed there were 170 murders committed in I ihe first five months of this year, an ■ average far above one each day for < The figures not only tops all • previous records but is 50 per cent i higher than the six years average be i ginning with 1919. The month of Muy i witli 37 murders, execeeds any other similar period with the exception of the 1919 race riots since the crime 1 commission wa organized. January 1 1. 1910. ! An analysis of the figures, with an attempt to explain the increasing number of murders, is being prepared by ' tlie commission. Chicago’s murder chart for the first ’I five months of the last seven years shows: | 1919—143; 1920—64; 1021—74: 1922 ,—108; 1923—104; lsi<—l4s; 1925— 170. • BIDS RECEIVED ON TWO STREET IMPROVEMENTS ■ .1 t (Continued from Page One) Decatur asked the council to invest! gate the cost and pdactiiability of installing a municipal heating plant in this city. The matter was referred to the Public improvement committee. It is probable that members of this com- , mittee will visit municipal heating I / plants in neighboring cities before making a final report on the petition. o Peony Show At Van Wert I On Thursday And Friday Van Wert. Ohio. June 3 —Van Wert’s first Peony Show will be held Thursday and Friday. June 4 and 5. iin the show rooms of the Helman ' Garage, on East Main street. Com- ! mercial gardeners will make exhibits , but will not compete In the contest for prizes.

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