Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 99, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1926 — Page 6

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HARTFORD LOSES IN TRACK MEET Liberty Center Thinly Clads Beat Adams County Team, 56-33 The Hartford township high school track team was defeated in a dm' inert with the-Liberty Center thinly clads, al Hartford last Friday after noon. 56-33. Way of Liberty Center was high point man of the meet with 16 points. Halloway, of Hartford scored 13 points for his team. Fob lowing is the summary of events: 100 yard dash —Holloway, of Hartford. first: Way of Liberty Center, second; Markley, Liberty (’enter, third. Time: 10% seconds. Mile run—Ramsey, Liberty Center, first; Hartford man. second; Frantz. Liberty Center third. Time: 5 minutes, 2 seconds. Shotput— Eicher. Hartford, first; Terhune, Liberty Center, second; Boltin. Liberty Center, third. Distance: 36 feet. 8 inches. 220 yard dash Holloway, Hartford, first; Way, Liberty Center, second; and Banter. Hartford, third. Time: 25 seconds. High jump—Way. of Liberty Center. first; Holloway, and another Hartford man, tied for second. Distance, 5 feet. 440 yard dash—Markley. Liberty Center, first; Ramsey. Liberty Center, second; and Hartford man, third. Time. 55 seconds. Pole vault-Boltin. Liberty Center, first; Terhune. Liberty Center. se< - ond; Mounce, Hartford, third. Distance; 9 feet. 8% inches. Half-mile run —Hartford man. first; Markley, Liberty Center, second: Gordon. Liberty Center, third. Time: 2 minutes, 20 seconds. Running broad jump—Way. of Liberty Center, first; Holloway. Hartford, second; V. Ramsey, Liberty Center, third. Distance: IS feet. 9', inches. Relay race —Liberty Center, first: Hartford, second. Seven Big Ten Games To Be Played This Week Chicago, April 26 —(United Press I —Seven Big Ten baseball games are on this week's schedule. Michigan meets Ohio State and Illinois plays lowa today. Tuesday, Purdue will play Indiana. Chicago meets Wisconsin; Minnesota meets Iowa; Ohio State plays 11. inc is and Northwestern meet: Indiana, Saturday. The standings: Team W L Pet Wisconsin 1 (I l.tniO Illinois 1 0 1.000 Michigan 1 0 1,000 Minnesota 1 0 1,000 Purdue 3 1 .750 Ohio State 11 .500 Northwestern 1 3 .250 Indiana 0 1 .000 lowa 0 1 .000 Chicago 0 2 .000 Bluffton Nine Beats Huntington And Rockcreek The Bluffton high school baseball team won its second and third consecutive victories Friday and Saturday. by defeating Huntington. 7-4. on the Bluffton diamond, and Rockcreek, 9-7, on the Rockcreek diamond. Bluffton will play the South Side high school nine, of Fort Wayne, at Fort Wayne next Saturday. Ingram’s Assistants Named Annapolis, Md , April 26 —(United Press) —Four members of the coaching staff that will assist Navy Bki Ingram in putting the navy football team into shape have been named. They are Captain John A. Beckett. Johnny Wilson. Joe Daugherty and Lieut. John E Wheelchel. A fifth assistant may be named later, it was said. o . Paulding High Beats Van Wert Team, 6-5 Paulding, Ohio, high school defeated Van Wert, Ohio, in a baseball game played at Van Wert last Friday afternoon. ,6-5. The game went nine innings. Van Wert took a lead of 3-1 in hte first three innings, but could not stop a Paulding rally. o Daily Democrat Want Ads Earn $ $ $ $

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College Professors Would Limit Football „ Players To One Year I Cambridge. Ma . April 26. (United Press)- Huie limiting college slit dt-nls to one year of football and the S individual institution’s program to I four games are proposed by the American Association iff University Pro fessors, who see the sport as a moral menace. I A bulletin issued by the association v asserts that Intere dlogiute football is r conductive to drinking and dishonesty and that it distort • the students' con r x , ct ption of the meaning of higher eduI cation. The professors suggest that faculties appoint committees at once so t that a plan may be formed to affect the conduct cf football activities next ? fall o— — — + + + <*»s , + + + 4 , + + + + + + + + BASE BALL STANDINGS * +++++*++ + * + + + + + + National League : W L Pet ; New York 7 3 .700 . St. Louis 7 5 .583 Cincinnati 6 4 .600 Chicago 6 4 .600 ■ Philadelphia 6 5 545 ; Brooklyn 5 5 .500 Boston 3 8 .273 Pittsburgh 3 9 .250 American League W L Pct New York 3 3 .727 1 Cleveland 7 3 .700 Chicago 7 5 .583 Detroit 5 5 .500 . Washington 6 6 .500 Boston 5 6 .454 Philadelphia 4 8 .333 ' St. Louis 4 3 .333 American Association W I, Pct Louisville 9 2 .818 Indianapolis 8 4 .667 Minneapolis 8 5 .615 Toledo 5 5 .500 At. Paul 5 6 .454 Milwaukee 5 6 .454 Kansas City 4 6 .400 Columbus 1 11 .983 , o YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Brooklyn, 8; New York. 6. Cincinnati. 4: St. Louis, 0. Chicago. 4, Pittsburgh, 3, American League New York, 7; Philadelphia, 2. Boston. 8; Washington. 6. St. Louis, 11; Cleveland, 5. Chicago. 4; Detroit, 2. American Association Indianapolis, 14. St. Paul, 5. Toledo. 9; Milwaukee. 5. Kansas City, 7: Columbus, 1. Ixniisville, 12; Minneapolis, 0. o , BASEBALL GAMES TODAY National League Brooklyn at Boston, clear, 3;15 p. m., daylight. New York at Philadelphia, clear. 3:30 p. m„ daylight Pittsburgh at Chicago, clear, 3 p.m., daylight. St. Ijouis at Cincinnati, cloudy, 3 p. m., daylight. American League Chicago at Detroit, clear, 3 p. nr, standard. Philadelphia at New York, clear. 3:30 p. m., daylight Boston at Washington, dear, 3 p.m , standard. Cleveland at St. Louis, clear, 3 p.m , standai d. o YESTERDAYS HOME RUNS Williams. Browns, 2 —2. Fournier, Robins, I—2. Kelly, Giants, I—l.1 —1. Hornsby. Cards. I—2. Rosenthal. Red Sox. I—l.1 —1. Zachary. Browns. I—l.1 —1. Rice, Browns. I—l.1 —1. Sneaker. Indians, I—2. McManus, Browns, I—2. o Butler Plays DePauw Indianapolis, Ind., April 26 —(United Press) —Buller and DePanw University baseball teams are scheduled to meet on Irwin Field here today for the game which was called off Saturday because of rain. o — Chicago — The return of some oldfashioned baseball tactics was sponsored by Manager McCarthy of the Cubs when he issued orders to score , Wilson on a squeeze play that won the game for the Cubs. The Yankees also pushed the Babe across the plate i with the same play in New York.

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I Where Five Died in Plane Crash - a, ~ 2-. - . , Five British aviators plunged to their death al the lleidow Airdrome, near London, when two , airplanes collided in mid-air, sending the machines to the earth locked together in a blazing t mass of wreckage..

+ + + + + -P + + + + 4-4.+ 4- + 4 + WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD •> , ■fr + + +4 , + 4 1 + + + + + + + + 4I Yesterday's Hero Rabbit Martinville, veteran shortstop, nipped a rally in the 9th inning with a circus catch and the Robins downed the Giants, l 8 to 6. ■ The cubs scored Wilson in the ' eighth inning wi’h the soneeze play and beat the Pirates, 4 to 3. i The heavy artillery of the Yankees ! blasted Sammy Gray all over the yard 1 and blew up the Athletics. 7 to 2. Five homers —two by Ken Williams —helped the Browns assault the Indians, 11 to 5. The Red Sox scored four runs in the 10th Inning and won from the Senators. 8 to 6. Red Lucas, reformed second baseman. won his third start of the season when he pitched the Reds to a 4 to 0 vieto:y over the Cards. Johnny Mostil drove in three runs that gave the White Sox a 4 to 2 victory over the Tigers. o SATURDAY’S RESULTS . National League New York. 1; Brooklyn, 2. Philadelphia. 8; Boston, 7. I Si. Louis. 9; Pittsburgh. 3. Cincinnati-Chicago, rain. American League Boston, 1; New York. 9 Washington. 1; Philadelphia. 4 Detroit, 3; Cleveland, 4. Chicago. 7; St. Louis. 4 American Association Minneapolis. 1; Indianapolis, 12. Toledo, 0; Kansas City. 8, Louisville-St. Paul, rain Columbus Milwaukee, rain I To Organise High School Net League On May 8 South Bend, Ind., April 26 —(United Press) —A ca l went out today for a meeting here on May 8 of representatives of higli schools which will form

the Northern Indiana basketball conference. A constitution for the conference ; will be adopted and final organization plans made at the meeting. | which will be held the night after the ' S'. Joseph Valley track ami field meet. j — —o — Decatur Girl Wins Honor In State Poster Contest Dorothy Young, a pupil in the Central grade school. Decatur, received honorable mention In the grade school class of the state poster contest, conducted by the extension division of Indiana University this year. The winners were selected by a jury )of awards anted by the Indiana State Parent-Teacher Association, last Saturday. The subject of Miss Young's poster was, “One Hour A Day for Mother," showing a young girl, washing dishes. First prize in the grade division was won by Grade 3A, of the Shadeland School, Anderson. First prize in the high school division was won by Thelma Buriley, 'of South Side high school, Fort Wayne. A silver cup was awarded to the winner of first place in each division. Miss Catherine Martin is the local art instructor. o Dirigible Norge To Fly To King’s Bay Friday Copenhagen, April 2G — (United Press) —The dirigible Norge in which the Amun | ;enfrW 'h-Nobile exNorth Pole to Alaska will leave Lenpedition will attempt to fly over the ingrad for King's Bay, the starting point, Friday. The explorers are already at King's Bay. preparing for the flight.

* j. WHERE SOME GOES ** Washington, April 26- (U. P.) — v l The fotegn trade balance of this Ij j country shows only part of the , i picture of international "big business,” according to Secretary of ~ Commerce Hoover. v ' Items not listed in his monthly ! reports but announced today in bis s 1925 complete balance sheet which I favor foreign countlies include: $40,000,000 for smuggled goods. s $660,000,000 for entertaining American tourists abroad. $310,000,000 sent home by immit grants to this country. $50,000,000 for charity and missionary pursuits. $5,000,000 payment to Columbia under treaty. Four Proprietors Os Filling Stations Are Kidnapped And Robbed Peoria. 111. .April 26. - (United Press)—Four proprietors of gasoline ( filling stations today were kidnapped, placed in one ear and taken to the outskirts cf the city where they were robbed by two bandits of SI,OOO and then abandoned. The two bandits were systematic in their method cf kidnapping and robbery. o Prominent Willshire Township Farmer Dies William Buechner, 67. a prominent farmer residing in Willshire township. Van Wert county. Ohio, died at j the Van Wert County Hospital late 1 Friday afternoon. Death resulted from heart trouble. Mr. Buechner was an active democrat and was a member of the Schumin German Lutheran church. He was Qj, Iv• M ft nrn ♦ l.r/.thnwa

-Tied. Surviving are two brothers, John, of Willshire township, and Henry, of MercepYounty, Ohio, and one sister. Mrs. Mary Schumm. of Mercer county. Funeral services were to be held from the Schumm church at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon. Yonkers. N. Y. * — Muriel Hausner 10 years old. tired of dolls. When a baby was found in a subway station Muriel wrote a typewritten letter to the police applying for the baby—in her mother's name. Police investigated and now Muriel will continue play- , ing with dolls. South Bend.—Friends of Mr. and Mrs. George Heltzel, aged couple who lost their home and property in a lire, are replacing the loss through personal contributions. A local dentist offered to replace Mr. Heltzel's ( 1 false teeth which were lost in the fire. | Michigan City.—A passenger on the | South Shore electric line, angered by j 1 the failure of the train to stop at his station, fired two shots at Roy Mitch- ! ell. conductor. Fortunately, the paca--1 enger was no marksman. MAN SLEEPS LIKE LOG, EATS ANYTHING “After taking Adlerika I can eat anything and sleep like a log. I had gas on the stomach and couldn’t keep food down nor sleep." (signed) R. C. Miller. ONE spoonful Adlerika removes GAS and often brings surprising relief to the stomach. Stops that full, bloated feeling. Often brings . out old waste-matter you never , thought was in your system. Excellent for chronic constipation. Smith, Yager £- Falk, druggists. . .. - — - -

I BELGIUM GETS i 62 YEARS TO PAY $417,780,000 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) providing for a payment of something less than $25,000,000 to Great Britain this year, the ministry of finance announced today. This preliminary agreement lias been concluded in order to permit Winston Churchill, British chancellor of the exchequer, to include a debt payment from France in the figures which he will present to the house of commons in his annual budget today. The sum to be paid by France will reduce by just that much the money Churchill must raise by taxation of the people of Britain. C. E. RALLY HELD AT U. B. CHURCH .CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) woik. In the evening services, Dr. Dcever preached a strong, stirring , sermon which was appreciated by all. Many have expressed to the pastor their pleasure in the services . of yesterday and are anxious to have airangements made for Dr. Deever to return to the church again. It was a great help to the young people, who also helped make the day a success. NEGROCHURCH BURNED BY MOB .CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) | hers of the mob retired. I The first > dored Baptist church, the building burned, was badly damaged. but firemen extinguished the flames before it. was completely destroyed. . No attempt was made to burn the homes of the negroes and none of

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ihe colored people met with any violence, except some who refused to <>hey orders and were r.trnck liffhtly with clubs. R.<v. Mr. Reed, pastor of the negro church, was severely beaten today by u group of men who jumped upon him from an automobile as lie was walking with his wife on the street. The men shook his wife but did not strike her and then eaeaped In the anti mobile. The couple immediately left for Port Reading. loter in the day, a number nf the negroes returned to their homes and were not molested. o— —- AUTO ACCIDENTS TAKE TOLL OF 7 LIVES IN INDIANA (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) It ran into a ditch. Guyre was thrown ' out and hurled against a tree. He died before he could bo taken to a hospital. Miller was brought to a hospital here but was not seriously hurt. Richmond, Ind., April 26—(United Press)—Raymond Bailey, 20, is dead and three other youths are in a hospital here today, following the overtiming of an irut° between Richmond and Centerville last night. The accident was caused when Bailey swerved his auto suddenly to avoid hitting a machine running without a tail light. His car ran up the embankment of the interurban tracks adjoining the highway and turned over. The injured, Kenneth Pioner. Clifford Spink and Russell Robbins, son of William Robbins, forme mayor of Richmond, were brought to the Reid Memorial Hospital, here. The four young men were returning from church services at Centerville at tlie time of the accident. I/)gansport, Ind.. April 26 —(United I Press)—Claude Welsh, 36, and his I father-in-law. Ed Woods. 55. lost their lives when their auto was hit by a Pennsylvania freight train at Walton, south of Ix)gansport, today. Wood, who was driving, apparently failed to bear the locomotive whistle and drove on the track. The auto was demolished and both men received fractured skulls. Welsh was dead when removed from the wreckage and Wood died an hour later in a hospital here. o — Superintendent Os Henry County Schools Is Dead Newcastle. Ind.. April 26—(United Press) —A widow and one daughter today survived Harry Roberts, Til. superintendent of the Henry county schools, who died here yesterday. He was a former president of the| County Superintendents’ Association | and was serving his twentieth year in office here. !

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