Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1926 — Page 6

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PREBLE LOSES TO ZULU NINE Preble, August 17. —Preble dropped a close game to the Zulu team on the latter's diamond Sunday by the seore of 3-2. In the first inning I! Kreigh was hit by a pitched ball and proceeded to steal second, which apparently he succeeded in doing, but the "limp" saw differently. W. Lindeman followed with a hingle. Busse was safe on the pitchers error. D Kreigh rolled to the third baseman who. instead of touching third for a force-out threw to second and the bases were full. ('. Smith rolled to the pitcher who fin.ibled and Lindeman scored. With the bases full Luttman struck-out and R Lindt man was out nt first. H. Kreigh singled in the fifth with one gone,l advancing to second on a putout at l the plate. Preble tallied again in the! eighth when W Undentm singled l‘ Eusse alsa singled and continued to second, but the "ump" called him out. - Lindeman scored on this play. In th? i ninth, with two down and two on. H. 1 Kreigh hit a roller to short who fntnbl- ■ ed and threw late to first, but Kreigh , was called out although the ball was was caught after he had crossed the 1 bag. • Zulu tallied in the first on a singlu sacrifice and two-bagger. They took ] the lead in the fifth on a base on balls, t a stolen base and a single. The winn- 1 ing run was scored in the sixth. Ralph “Windy" Lindeman was on ( the mound for the locals and pitched a i good game allowing only seven hss 1 and fanning eight. He walked one bat- 1 ter and hit one. The locals gathered * 10 hits off Girardot in 8 innings. He , hit two batsmen. Paue finished th? < game and walked one batter. Girardot I whiffed eight and Pape one. W. Lindeman. Busse and C. Smith , led the locals attack with two safeties 1 each. Girardot collected two hits in three trips to the plate. Score RHE' Preble 1 0 000001 o—20 —2 10 1 1 Zulu 10001100 x—3 7 3 1 Batteries: Lindeman and Kreigh ! Girardot. Pape and Viorol. Summaries: Two-base hit: Rich. ! Hits off: Lindeman 7. Girardot 10. 1 Pape 0. Struck-out by Lindeman 8. ' Girardot 8. Papa 1, Bases on balls oft: ‘ Lindeman 1, Pape 1. Hit by pitcher. Lindeman. Martin; Girardot. H. Kreigh Double play; Rich to Lamont. _ o BASEBALL STANDING National League W' L Pct. Pittsburgh 61 45 .575 | St. LuOi» 63 diM a Cinoinnati 63 51 .553 1 Chicago . 58 54 .518 ’ Brooklyn 55 •# .478 Boston 46 66 .411 Philadelphia 66 .389 £ American League . W L Pct. New York 74 44 .627 Cleveland 65 52 .556 Ph ladelphia 62 54 .534 Detroit 60 56 .517 Washington 59 56 .513 Chicago 57 58 .496 ‘ St. Louis — 50 66 .431 Boston 38 79 .325 ] American Association W L Pct Ij.uisville 76 44 .639 Milwaukee 75 44 .630 Indianapolis 71 50 557 Toledo 59 55 .518 St. Paul . 56 63 .471 Kansas Cty . 57 65 .467 Minneapolis 53 65 444 Columbus 28 89 .239 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League St. Louis. 5; Chicago. 4. Boston-Pittsburgh, rain No others scheduled. American League St. Louis. 6-1; Boston, 1-7. Detroit, 0; Chicago. 0 (called.) Cleveland-Philadelphia, rain. No others scheduled. American Association Milwaukee, 11; Indianapolis, 10. Louisville-Kansas City, wet ground No others scheduled. D. H. S. Schedules Game With Fremont Quintet Harold S. Johnson and Horace Allen. of Monrovia, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Curtis. Monday night. Mr. Johnson is athletic coach of Fremont high school. While here, Mr. Johnson scheduled a basketball game for his team with the Decatur high school team, of which Mr. Curtis is coach. The game will bv played in this city, December 18. Fremont had a strong team last season and is expecting another fast one this year — -n Robert Cole, of this city, is visiting friends in Marion, Ohio, this week.

Giants Romp to Victory Over Lincoln Life Team Several Decatur baseball funs went to Fort Wayne Monday afternoon t<? see the Lincoln Lifes piay the New York Giants, at Lincoln Life Field. The Giants fattened their home run average by’ slamming out four circuit clouts and won hands down. 5-3. The Giants appeared to be trying for home runs only in the hit line and four of their hits went over the outfield fence. Travis Jackson was responsible for two of the homers, while Frankie Frisch and Emil ’ Meuse) each connected for one. The bases were empty on each occasion. In one inning, the Giants’ outfielders were drawn into the infield and the Lifers were unable to bat the ball past them. The Giants gave an exhibition of fancy ball playing on several occasions. They used their regular lineup. ....... .‘.TTT*.,. ♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD * *+«♦♦♦********+* <By United Press) Yesterday's Hero—" Hack" Wilson. Cub outfielder, who worked fever ishly but ftifily to put the Cubs ahead of the Cardinals by smacking out a pair of home runs. St. Louis won, 5-4. when Bottomleys single in the ninth brought Reinhart home. The Boston Red Sox split a double header with the St. Louis Browns. Sister”. athletes took the first 6-1; The Sox won the second 7-1. The Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers battled without either team scoring a tally through 10 innings, when the game was called to allow both suads to catch trains for the east. Together with the Sunday game, in which the game was called in the fifth, the teams had reeled off 15 scoreless innings. Ted Lyons for the Sox and Sam Gibson for the Tigers allowed but three hits each. The grounds at Philadelphia were wet. and Cleveland couldn’t play the Athletics. Rain prevented Pittsburgh's playing at Boston. No other games were scheduled. o Swimming Instructor Returns; Resumes Classes J. D. Saffron. Red Cross swimming instructor in this coifnty, retuiped from his home in Fort Wayne today, after a week’s illness. He wull resume his work tomorrow. The advanced class in life saving and in struttion will be reopened tomorrow night from 5 o'clock to 6 o’clock, and will continue the rest of the summer cn Monday. Wednesday and Friday nights. Mr. Saffron announced. The rest of the schedule will remain as it was before Mr. Saffron’s illness. All winners of medals and badges can secure them by calling at the pool Wednesday night. o t HOUSE - ; Marriage Licenses Benjamin McCullough, farmer, Pleasant Mills, to Ijoretta Tinkham, Decatur. Estate Opened letters of administration have be:n issued to Ja'mes O. Hoagland in the estate of Benjamin C. Hoagland. He filed bond in the sum of SSOO. o--U. S. COURT CAN NOT INTERFERE IN MEXICAN AFFAIR (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) a considerable force was enlisted in the attempted campaign of General Enrique Estrada to overthrow the Government of Mexico. It is argued lhat so experienced a campaigner would never have started such a task with the handfull of followers arrested here late Sunday. The number taken in connection i with the Estrada plot has uow arisen to 155. They are being held in the San Diego county jail and the E'ort Rosecrans guardhouse. Rifles, machine guns and 155,000 rounds of ammunition are piled in the yards of the prison. One American. Earl G. Parker, a San Diego hardware merchant. Is among those in custody. _o . Fearing Separation By Divorce, Husband Kills His Wife With a Knife Indianapolis, ind., Aug 17. —(United Press)—George Russell, 49. tern porarlly crazed by the knowledge that a divorce suit might separate him from his wife, Stella, today killed her with a knife. Russe'l went into tl e home, grabbed his wife, gnd slashed her throat. "I intended to kill myself, too." he said, "but I got to thinking about it after I had cut her throat and was afraid I hadn't dona, a good job and hati see about it".

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY. AUGUST 17. 1926

■■■■ 1 ■ 11 LOUIS MAZER IS LINKED IN PLOT | ON EDITOR’S LIFE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE* prohibition law. The murder warrant ! was sworn out later The first actual murder charge in I the now famous case was dramatic > All the principal investigators were r present at the little office of the Justice of the peace. Most of them had been in Cleveland during the day ami Justice Correll waiting late into the night for theHr return. When all were assembled the murder warrant was issued. Then Roach made his statement < barging ten others with complicity, charges that respected police officials played a part in the shooting from ambush of the .Young Editor, unarmed and helpless, because he was waging a newspaper campaign against lawlessness and cor-1 ruption. Mazer first came uiu’er suspicion be- 1 cause he was one of the group whom Mellett’s campaign was affecting. He had been under suspicion although never Indicted in a liquor clean-up

Over two billion I smoked a month! —how do i you explain it? y. 1 / \\ I I Swl. A z - f ■ I / F WK / ' ./ 7 Natural tobacco taste I \ that’s the answer! yr. . I D y 1 y TTS a difference hard to put into words—r b ut ta^es no expert to taste it. Character; natural tobacco character, natu- ' r wffii ra l g taste ~ get that in a cigarette and X . you get everything! / v * For four consecutl ’ve years, Chesterfield / ♦ 5 ias remained America’s fastest'growing / cigarette; over two billion are smoked per - month. Do men want natural tobacco taste? The record speaks for itself! Chesterfield CIGARETTES / Sud* popularity must be deserued Liggett 6r Mtbm Tobacco Co. :—

four years ago when Ben Rudner, Ma* sillon bootlegger, was sent to prison , In a statement Issued by Joseph 1 Reach Chicago criminal prosecutor. immediately utter ju?;lce of the peace ' Bruce Corre.) Issued the wairast. it was explained that Mazer was arested ’ entirely on evidence gathered by Ora i Sluter, Clnicnnatl detective, ami bls I assistant, George Armstrong. , Roach also said a’ least ten others I are involved In the murder, among them several members of the police department. Warrants for further arrests are expected. The first murder charge was based on nn affidavit swoin out by Mlcheal Glenn, one of! Roach’s assistants. MOOSE LEGIONAJRES TO MEET I The Moose Legiouaires will have an | important meeting at the Moose home i on Third street. Thursday night, at! 8 o'clock. All members are urged to [ attend. o J Greencastle. —"A little drink" fol1 lowed by an auto ride was costly for Cleo Murphy. He had to pay damages on a car he struck, buy a new wheel and pay a fine and costs amounting to S4O,

I Andrews Discusses Plan To Reinforce America’s Prohibition Air Fleet Washington, Aug 17. — (United Press)- Plans for reinforcing America's new prohibition uir fleet were be- ■ lug considered by assistant ecietary lot the tr -usury Andrews today. M O. Dunning. ( chief dry eo-ordina-I tor for Southeastern states reported to And ews that aeaplains had been used effectively in supprei- ing liquor smuggling off Forlda. G.orga and South Carolina. Dunning has had four planes under his control to test out the adj visibility of attacking bootleggers i from the sky. Andrews may ask Congress this I year for an appropriation to build spec | ia! prohibition plaiies. The ships would I be designed so they could be used by i Military forces in case of a national I emergency. _— — ■ — Ambassador M. T. Herrick Arrives in United States Now York. Aug. 17 (United Press) Myron T. Heirick, United states

’ Ambassador to Frame, arrived from Paris o. the Liner Mauretania today , with an optimistic message on Cond- ’ tlana in France, He said, The French people have 1 confidence tn the Government of Premier Poincare. They are confident that the plight of ' the Franc Is not hopele s That It Is wrong to say the French wople are Inhospltah e towards Ameri- • cans and no instance of Insult to I Americans has been brought to ..H ■ attention. That Arne;lean tourists, although I knowing how to < njoy themselves abroad, in general hav • conducted them- ' selves proper y. Wheat Acreage To Be Increased I'his lear Washington. August 17.— (United. p reß9 ) Farmers of the United States intend to sow 4.064.000 acres in winter wheat this fall. 14.4 percent more than the area sewn last fall, the agricultural department announced today. >oGet the Habit—Trade at Home. It Pays

Someone Has Winning Rev 1 «ue Streak Machine’ I As Car Not Yet Clai I Nobody has yet claimed t he I Blue Streak Auto, being g lvei) IWJV | by the Adams theater, as Ul¥ wjn | ning key is .till in the po Me . Slon of I some on e who has not tried the i(. fk I If you have keys, you an- llI( , ed hv | the manager of the Adams l 0 ° 1 them, as the car is waiting tor th' I owner of the lucky key to come illd I take it a'way. ■ There is just one key that fit. th)i I lock, and some one. some where has I it. YoUaWJH be permitted to try your I keys until the person with the lu tlt ., 1 key comes to claim the auto. Do Bt 3 throw any keys away, until you have I tried them, aa the winner may be m I the lot. —advt. I o —— I FIV E ACRES AND A PLENTY You can buy this little farm at you own price on easy terms i Saturday, August 21. in Belj. mont park, one-half mile east of Decatur.