Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 1 September 1927 — Page 8

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Cobb Starts Twenty-Third Year In Big Leagues Today) Mfe* Washington. Aug. 31 (IIP) Tyru? •JS'ft Raymond Cobb today began his twenty third season In major league baseball. Nn*othir player ever has Xjff* remained In the majors so long. jfiuLs He was expected to be in the Phil adelphla lineup against the Washington Senators. Cobb, who nt the ago of 40 can practically dictate his salary terms, 4*.'"V‘ tntered professional baseball at LfflH- Augusta, Ga., April 26. 1904, getting fiijA a homer and a two-bagger his first game. He was sold to De'roit in jufirt 1905 for a reported sunt of S7OO. Since then he has established more nyffi records than any other man in base ball. He made his 2.100th run April 26. got his 4.oo(itli hit July IS and ■K went to bat for the 11,000th time last Saturday against his former team mates in Detroit. Saffir George Young Leads In 21-Mile Toronto Swim Toronto, Ont., Aug. 31. — (U. Pl gfc jf George Young, winner of las. wint LA.•« rr’s Catalina channel swim in Cali fornia, was leading a field of mort MH than 200 swimmers in the 21 mile Toronto sw m more than two hour Mk after the start today. ©••(J Two hundred and ninety-nine swim HKTmers lined up for the start but sev oral rebelled at th" cold water am' did not answer the starter’s gun. B? lo:45 a. m. approximately 50 had dropped cut. Young covered four miles in the ■Ml'ir-t two hours, despite the fact that Mhe lost his way at the start and swam far off the course. He rounded the RWE outer turn of the seven mile coursi djPU.the three m«les towards the startint: MAW point against a brisk breeze. jS® Young was 50 yards ahead of 3ft?w Ernst Vierkoetter,j German channel swimmer, after making the turn, with Rgffi Byron Summers of California, third ■Brand Etl Keating. Lake George chainpion, fourth. khsß Summers anil Vierkoetter had MBS been fighfng for second p'ace for 3H”more than an hour and a half. By : -o Hr * ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD A O ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*- (By United Press) ■Eg Only iwo and one half games to Bat day separated the four National league leaders in the race forth gJ® pennant. The Cubs- lost to the Gants, the Pirates divided two games with Philadelphia and the Cards lost to Brooklyn. SSE" 1 Tilt Giants atUcks'd Percy Jones savagely at the opening of the game and by the end of the fourth inning h<» • had scored seven runs. The Cubs jw(f attacked Grimes in the ninth and scored two runs but Fitzsimmons SB* stopped (he rally. The final score was Giants 7; Cubs 3. [/ Kremer and Pruett pitched t'ght g* gall for,!) Innings, with the score tied T 1 and 1. In the tenth. Pruett allow » cd the Pirates one run. but Philadelphia rallied to score two and win the f game. The second game was a hitE ting contest from which the Pirates T emerged victor, 12 to 6. Dazzy Vance was on the mound for Brooklyn and the Cardinals couldn’t K do a thug with him. They got six • - hits and the score in favor of the * Dodgers was 5 to 3. Boston deserved to win from Cincinnati by reason of far superior 7'* "itching and hitting, but it took (he i Braves 11 innings to score a 2 to 1 ’■ victory on 14 safeties. > ———o ______ Ad Wolgast, Former Charon Is In Psychopathic Ward ..7~ Lon Angeles, Aug, 31—(UP)—Ano ther old time boxer, Ad Wolgast. fori»«i mer lightweight champion, had been taken to the psychopathic ward today i._.his sanity believed affected by tile Punches he “absorbed” years ago. J ’. Wolgast took the championship from Battling Nelson 18 years ago and lest j’twi it the following year to the o-igfnal Joe Gans. The Nelson fight went 42 rounds and although Wolgast emerged the victor, he remained in the battle to achieve the championship by a sttperhuman ability to “take it.” k.., The former champion had been ctnsidcred eccentric by his friends for - some time. Finally he became violent and an insanity warrant was issued. ■ He was held today for examination. ’•'Mr* ***** o . ■ —

♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ « BASEBALL STANDINGS ♦ !♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦♦« National League I W L Pci. Chicago , 73 *’il ■" , ’ 4 Pittsburgh • 69 6» St. Louis r >" r ~‘ Now York 7t) 1$ • CincinmiT • 64 ,lt > -450 Brooklyn 62 68 .433 Boston 61 68 .429 Philadelphia 45 78 .36(1 American League W L Pct. Now York 88 37 .704 ‘Philadelphia . 72 53 .576 Detroit 69 54 .561 Washington . 66 57 .5.17 "licago 8# i ; 4 .IM 1 lleveand - 55 70 .440 St. Ixtuis 47 75 .385 Boston 39 84 .317 American Association W L Pct. Kansas Gty 84 56 .600 Milwaukee . 82 57 .59" Poludo 80 57 .584 Minneapolis ... 76 65 .539 It. Paul 74 64 .536 Ind anapolis , 59 78 .431 Louisvil’e 51 88 .367 Columbus . 49 90 .353 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Chicago 3; New York 7 Pittsburgh 2-12: Philadelphia 3-6 Brooklyn 5: St. Lottis 3 Cine multi 1: Boston 2. American League No games scheduled. American Association Indianapolis, 7; St. Paul 3 Columbus 1; Kansas City 9 Minneapolis 3; Louisville 2. Toledo 2-12; Milwaukee 5-6. MOVIE DISPUTE - GOESTOCOURT Chicago Operators Wil! Take Their Troubles To Federal Judge Chicago. Aug. 31— (UP) —Union noving picture machine operators pre>ared to go to Fedetal court today in m effort to break the combination of exhibitors and Film Exchange which hreatened to keep chit ago pit tare and .’atideville shows closed indefinitely. The second movieless evening cc•asionetl by lockout of the operatois 'o.tnd the Shutdown almost complete md agreement of exchanges to refuse ilms to independent exhibitors made it certain that virtually all theatres would be closed before tin end of the we 1; unless uni xpected developments occur. The operators axuounced they had employed attorneys to seek a Feu-1 *tal injunction today, restraining the film agencies from collaborating with the Chicago exhibitors’ association in enfotcing the lockout. Many indepenlent show owners, it was asse.ted. wanted to keep their theatres 'pen.! They refused to join the lockout, in-' stituted by the Association “because j if arbitrary demands cf certain I anions". I Meanwhile, the situation was c it-1 plicated by uneasiness among other union theatre employes. Janitors, stage hands and musicians threatened to strike at legitimate theatres, fo’ciug them to close also unless, the movie a id vaudeville houses opened. Arrangements Completed For 4-H Boys’ Club Meet Lafayete, Ind-, Aug. 31-*-(UP)— Ar•angements have been completed here fcr the annual 4-H boys club camp at the Diamond Jubilee Indiana slate fair, at Indianapolis. High sports on the program include a street car tour of Indianapolis and nightly visits to the state fair Coliseum and the points of interest alcng the Midway. Several prominent speakers have signified their intentions of addressing the boys. Among those scheduled to speak are Henry S. Wood and “Chic” Jackson, Indianapolis Star; Boy Guiley, Indianapolis Times, Hilton U. Brofvn and William Herchell, Indianapolis News; Harry G. Leslie, speaker of the Indiana house at the last session; Calvin Mclntosh of the' Indiana Public Ser.-ice Commission; President Edward C. Elliott and Dean J. H. Skinner, both of Purdue University. Peppermint May Become Prominent Hoosier Crop Kokomo. Ind., Aug. 31—(UP)—Peppermint, one of the most profitatVe of

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1 crops, bide fair to become tt thriving ' | business in the prairie muck belt which extends several tulles northeastward from the northern limits cf Kokomo. The interest In the mint comes from.' ■ ,-o i:-.-d Illi, year b.v Alvin • Miller, living on a farm five miles ( noithenst of Kokomo, Miller planted one and one-half acres in mint last spring. He harvested his crop ten days ag.ii, obtaining 23'-* , pounds of oil. Prices now quoted on (he (di range fiohi $3.25 to $3.50 per pound. That qiiotalton would make ( Miller's crop worth $55 an acre. ( Miller said that the second year , ■i . p is always much better than the t find and he expects his returns to be < greater next year. j FISH AND SAME 1 ARE PROTECTED r I ‘ New Laws Place Limits On All Species In Indiana Waters Indianapolis. Aug 31 — (UP) — Nearly every species of game and !sh in Indiana waters are protected ' through game laws enacted by-the * .-ist general! assembly. The laws re- 1 •need the size from 6 to 5 inches on 1 cck bass or goggle-eye. and increas- 1 t(1 it from 12 to 15 inches on wall- 1 eyed pike and pickerel and to 11 inches on the two species of black ' bass. 1 The yellow perch under the laws 1 £ ■■rior to these new rulings was nnproI tected. but now the ye'low perch pro- 1 I viding it Is under 7 inches is protect- 1 I ed thoroughly by the latest law. Some fishermen contend that it is ' I a mistake to place a size Emit on the i yellow perch because many are 1 caught which are under size and are ' badly injured, thereby dying after they are thrown back into the water. * If they do not die, they usually heccme the prey of other fish or turtles. i If this be so. says George N. Mannfeld, superintendent of fisheries anl game of the state conservation de-, partment, who has not yet been convinced tliat most fish returned to the water die, then it would be useless to enforce ft s Ze limit on any species. l If the fishermen would use larger hooks, there would lie fewer undersized fish caught. Mannfei’d staid. | Other species formerly unprotected were bluegills, silver bass and redeared sunfish. The legal length now is 5 indies on bluegills; 7 inches on I ye’low or ring perch; 10 inches on - ''ver bass, and 5 inches on red-ear-ed sunfish. Some fishermen advanced the idea that it would be better to omit the size limit on the yellow perclt and ' put a bag limit on the number of ' fish caught. However time wi'l tell . with the present 7 Inch limit without ! a bag limit. | Losses Are Announced Is Mississippi Flood i Washington, Aug. 31 — (UP) —Losses in the Mississippi river flood area included more than 225,000 head of horses, mules, cattle and swine, and more than 1,300.000 poultry the department cf agriculture announces. It is added that the flooded areas covered 4.417,500 acres in 124 counties or parishes, and that reports for 1926 showed cotton was grown on about Z' ' ' —.-I ii-.ii...— -in. Enjoy the Week Ends Visit Relatives and Friends One Fare for the Round Trip via Nickle Plate Road Between certain points on the Clover Leaf Districts. Mini’*uh Round Trip Fare SI.OO Go on FRIDAY - SATURDAY SUNDAY Return Limit. Monday Following date of sale. Get full details of S. E. Shamp, Local Ticket Agent, regarding above excursions; also r?duced fares to Moun*ain, Lake and Ser 'de SumI mer Resorts and National i ’ °arks; or address C. A. Pritchard, D. P. A., Ft. t re, Ind. r

2,600,900 acres of the flooded itreti, coin on abnut l.ioo.ooo; hay on about 360,000 and other crops on ajtout J70,000 acres. The depuitment says It has no estimates ou the number of acres of the flood, d area replanted this year —— o — Charles Milos, of Foil Wayne, was a business visitor in the city this morning. - — o— ETHEL ERVIN WINS CONTEST trovTivi’Ki) i kom i*a<;k <>hk» answer for “Where Is the highest j building in the world and how many I stories?” Some gave the University | of Pittsburgh anil others the Wtailworth tower and Metropolitan bufldug. Tl.e answer furnished the Dtliiy Democrat by the contest people was the Larkin building. New York City, i 110 stories high. The fourteen adverisements | are published in tonight's Daily Democrat, together with the correct' an-| swers. Your attention is called to the feature and even iif you did not, send in an answer to- the questions you'll enjoy reading them. ' o 5 1 63-YEAR-OLI) PRINCESS IS IN THE PLANE (CONTIWUKD I'ItOM PAGE ONE) nt., today (3:40 a. nt. C.S.T.) The report was received by the chief superintendent of the civic guards here. The plane was reported flying low through foggy weather. U]»avon, Wiltshire, England, Aug. 31.—(U. P.) —Carrying the 63-year old Princess Lowenstein-Wertheim ts a passenger. Captain Leslie Hamilton and Co'onel F. F. Minchin took iff at 7:31 a. m. today in their Fok-, ker monoplane Saint Raphael on a ’ non-stop flight to Ottawa. Canada. The take off was accomplished with much difficulty, an east wind prevented the plane from starting from the place that had been selected. It was necessary to taxi the p’ane about the field for three-quar-ters of ar. hour before its wheels finally left the ground and rose slowly. The p’ane narrowly missed hiting 1 the root of one of the buildings at 1 tiie east end of the airdrome. Grad-1

V wauflfrsriMi onnri To-day — Newsboys have good reason to howler “EXTRA” When these new Michaels-Stern Fall suits issued forth—linotypes the country over were ordered to spin. The new models are here TODAY—our complete stocks—not the prologue. You can wait but you won’t see more for everything that’s recent is here—not on the way. This is our official opening on Fall suits—it gives Decatur men carte blanche at the very last editions without waiting another hour. Fall hats from Stetson Coopers underwear Ide Fall shirts 2 pant suits for $25.00. The best value we’ve ever had. foha-T-Myeiz & Son, J CLOTHING AND SHOES J FOa. DAD AND LAD - INDIANA*

ually It gained height, turned west.| und dlwtPis'ared in the m st In (he direction of Bath und Bristol. The Princess nnd the Roman Cath ollc Arehbisltop Moslyn of Cardiff arrived at the field at daybreak and the latter blessed the plane. The princess, who is a sister of the Eart of Mexboreugii and a widow of Pr neo Ludwig of LowensteinWertheim who was killed fighting for Spain in the Spanish-American war. was dressed In a purple leather i flvlng suit and, knee breeches. The archbishop blessed her as on bent knee she kissed his r.ng. 11“ wished her the best of luck. He will not forget to pray for you,” the archbishop said. | "I am confident that Captain HamI ilton and Colonel Min. hin will take me over.” she said. “I have prom Ised to cable from Ottawa as soon as we arrive.” I The princess, who is the first wnIman to attempt an tur passage of the i Atlantic, lias long been an aviation enthusiast. | "l:’s grim business," said Hamilton Ais he stepped into the plane. Minchin was cool and collected. He stepped into the cockpit as if it were an automobile. If successftrl the British airmen will achieve three distinctions: 1. They will be the first to make

NICKEL LIMIT! That’s All Smokers Need to Pay for an Ace-high Good Cigar. Read the Glad News Some men laugh when you say “a good five-cent" cigar and spring the old one about what this country needs. Some men think of the good old days. Others say “Show me.” Maybe you’re one of the skeptics. If you are, we want you to put yourself in the "show me” class. We say there is a good cigar sell- ' ing at 5c right in this town today. And here’s the to prove it. Just step into the nearest cigar store, plank down one nickel and take a Havana Ribbon fresh from the box. No more hunting for a good cigar at five cents. No more disappointments. You’ll sign up for life with Havana Ribbon then and there, and forget about the price. Havana Ribbon is a good cigar because it’s made x>f carefully chosen ripe tobacco. And it’s made in one of ths most modern cigar factories in the world.. Tlon’t let a I nickel stand between you and a , real smoke treat.

| the wesiward fight ncrom< the At-j lantic. 2. The first to carry a passenger from Europe to America. ;i The first of the trans-Atlantic flights, either direction, to Include a woman. Weather conditions were reported excellent for the flight. An east wind was blow' ng giving the fliers the advantage of a tail wind. The Saint Raphael carried 900 gallons of gasoline which was estimated to be ’sufficient for a 43-hour flight. The plane is equipped with a single 500-horsepower Bristol-Jupiter motor. The fliers personal luggage was limited to tooth brushes and shaving

AUTO RACES Labor Day, September 5 Portland, Indiana Children under 11 free with parents. Autos Free. RACE STARTS AT 2:15 P. M. Speed. Thrills and Spills. No Dust.

Van Wert County Fair and Races Sept. 5-6-7-8-Q FIVE BIG DAYS—FOUR DEIJGHTFUL NIGHTS Day Fair Opens Monday. Labor Day and ('loses Friday, September 9. Night Fair Opens Monday Evening, Labor Day. and Closes Thursday Evening, September 8. Each Afternoon and Evening SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Dare Devil Kurtzo and Kurtzo do sensational acts on a pole seventy-five feet high. The Bracey Troupe and the Parker Troupe just recently arrived in this country from Europe. Attractions and Fire Works irt front of Grand Slant! beginning at 7 o'clock each evening. SPEED PROGRAM TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER fith 2:14 Trot Purse $350 2:20 Pace Purse 350 Pace for Two Year Ohl Codts Purse 200 WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7th Free for All Pace Purse $350 2:20 Trot Purse 350 Pace f »>r 3-Year Olds nnd •'ude: Purse 2:16 Trot Purse 350 THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER Sth 2:18 Trot Purse $350 2:18 Pace Purse 350 I 2’21 Trot Purse 350 2:16 Pace Purse 350 FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 9th 2:11 Trot Purse $350 2:24 Pace Purse 350 Trot, for 3-Year Olds and Under Purse 300 Trot, for 2-year Old Colts Purse 200 Entrance fee $lO. This is added to the purse and raced for by the horsemen. Admission Tickets Family Ticket. $3. This ticket admits a man. his wife and all their children under fourteen years of age and is for sale only until the close of Tuesday, second day of the Fair. Ten regular admission tickets for $2.50 if purchased before the close of Tuesday, second dav of the l air. These tickets cost 50 cents each after Tuesday, of Fair week. GRAND STAND TICKETS FOR THE RACES Single Adult Grand Stand Ticket, 50 cents. Single Child's Grand Stand ticket, for children between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years, 25 cents. TICKETS FOR THE NIGHT FAIR Single Adult Ticket for admission to the grounds j and Grand Stand for the Night Fair, 50 cents. If y°. u attend Day Fair and remain on grounds for Night Fan and wish a seat in Grand Stand, admission to same will be 50 cents. > Save this paper. It will be useful for reference. JAMES MOLLENKOPF, President. Convoy, O. W. A. MARKER. Secretary, Van Wert, Ohio.

' material*. H The plane carried „ K ■ i rubber bout. H The airmen carried n letter f r( H ■ 'the Mayor of Bristol to u l( . ■ i of Ottawa. ■ By starting today, Hamilton I I Minchin got the jump mi F r ,. n( . h ■ I HtiKVsh, German and American « V | a ' S . tors who had been waiting (,„■ ■ for favorable weather. B I Notice Junior Band 9 The Junior hand will hold | tl , ro(jll ■ • ’ar weekly practice at tt )P h :■ . school gyinnasinm Thursday n j Rhl I i September 1, at 7.30 o'clock, II members are urged to attend ■ ■ -.— .___