Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1928 — Page 6

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HELEN WILLIS WINSTOURNEY Roland Garrvm Stadium, Paris, June 4 (U.R) Mbnt Helen Wills of California won the women's singles tennis championship of Prance today, defeating Mi:s Eileen Bennett of England In stiraight sets 6-1, 6-2. Miss Wills thus became the chainpion of the throe leading tennis countries —the I'nltod Slates, Great Britain and France. Not even the great Suzanne Lenglen was aide to do that. Miss Wills has been accepted by tentrs experts who have watched her play during the past fortnight, as the greatest woman player in the world. Rene La Coste and other French stars who have observed Helen in action at Paris now declare her bettor than their own Suzanne Lenglen. .Miss Wills would lieat Suzanne —and most men. said a French expert, who higherto held Mlle. Lenglen invincible. Catislahel Hardie. English girl who was Miss Wills' victim in the semifinals Sunday, was completely overwhelmed by the fury of the American champion's attack. Realizing that her only chance to make points was to keep the ball in play and leave it to Helen to make the errors. Miss Hardie put up a game but fruitless light. _o_ ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS * Lou Gehrig Started the Yankees | to victory with a home run. his elev- I enth of the year. Babe Ruth Failed to make a hit in ! two official times at bat. Harry Hellmann —Hit two doubles' in three times up. Paul Waner Made a double and a i single in seven times at hat during a ' fourteen inning struggle at Brooklyn. ; Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker—Went I hitless in four times up as the A's lost 1 by one tun. Rogers Hornsby—Had a Sunday off in Boston. Kiki Cuvier — Continued to warm the Cub's bench at the Polo grounds. ! Michigan Wins Big Ten Baseball Championship Chicago, June 4.—The Big Ten base-, ball race has ended with Michigan I the champion and Purdue the runner- , up Michigan's hopes of going through ! the race undefeated were shattered, I< however, when Ohio State hit behind some excellent pitching ami won 6-1, ' in their closing game at Ann Arbor Saturday. In winning the title, the ( Wolverines played some of the best I baseball in a decade of conference competition. Minnesota, after losing nine straight i games, was the surprise of the last I week of play, defeating two of the strongest teams of the conference. Wisconsin and lowa. The final standings: W. L. Pct. I Michigan 11 1 .917 I Purdue 6 4 .600 I Wisconsin 7 5 .583 ] Chicago, 7 5 .5X3 I Indiana 5 4 .556 I Ohio State 6 5 .545 lowa 66 5 .545 Illinois .... 6 6 .500-1 Minnesota 2 9 .182 No: thwestern . . ... 0 12 .009 — o U. S. Makes C lean Sweep Over .Jap Tennis Stars Chicago, June 4 —(U.R) —After a clean sweep of their final American! zone matches with Japan, the United 1 States Davis cup team will sail next Saturday for Europe The team will be composed of William T. Tilden 11. captain, George Lott of Chicago, John Hennessey of Indianapolis and Wilbur F. Coen, Jr.. ' Kansas City youth. They will be met in London by Francis T. Hunter, another member of the team. Tilden defeated Yoshiro Ohta yes tertiay 6-8, 6-3, 6-1 and 6 0 in the final singles round, which had no effect on the international matches, since the United States already had won three out of five rounds. Coen defeated Tamio Abe, 7-9, 6-2. 6-4 and 7-5. The youngster appeared nervous and over-anxious in his first set. !ut after losing it he quieted down and took the remaining sets. o— — ~ New-Old Bridge When enlarging the bridge at Shrewsbury, England, built In 1774. It wus taken down and the stones care fully numbered and used tn the new structure which, though much wider, has retained the characteristic sea lures of the old bridge. The feat Is believed to be unique in the annals ol engineering. — o Millions m Hats The felt hat Industry Is an Important one In Great Britain A capital of nearly Is represented and about I(l,<W workers tire em ployed in Hie various plants.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Central League Pott Wayne, 5; Canton. 3. Dayton, 7; Erie, 6. Springllehl, 3-5; Akron. 2-3. National League Chicago. 5; New Yolk, 10. Pittsburgh, 9: Brooklyn. 7 (11 Innings). American League Philadelphia, 55; Chicago, 6. Washington St. Louis (postponed, rain 1. New York, 7: Detroit, 2. Boston. 4; Cleveland, 3. American Association Toledo, S; Kansas City, 7 (12 innings t. Minneapolis, 4-3; Indianapolis, 3-0 (second game seven innings). Milwaukee. S-6; Columbus, 9-7 (second game, 12 innings). St. Paul. 27; Louisville, 1-3 (first game 10 innings). \ SATURDAY'S RESULTS American Association .Milwaukee, 4; Columbus, 3. Indianapolis, 1; Minneapolis, 9. St. Patil, 11; Louisville, 2. Toledo. 8; Kansas City. 4. American League Philadelphia, 3; Chicago. 2. Cleveland. 6; Boston, 0. New York, 5; Detroit. 2. St. Jamis, 5; Washington, 2. National League Cincinnati, 20; Boston. 12. Brooklyn. 6; New York, 4. Chicago. 10; Pittsburgh. 6. St. Louis. 13; Philadelphia, 12. 0 YESTERDAY’S HOME RUNS Player and Club S T. Gehrig. Yankees. (1) 11 ■Fox. Athletics (1)... 5 Terry. Giants (1) 4 Herman, Robins (1) 4 l Hartnett, Cubs (1) . .........3 Rrtese, Giants (11 . ...... 2 The Leaders Ruth. 19: Gehrig. 11; Hauser. 9; Hack Wilson. 9; Bissonette, 9; Bottornley, 9; Hornsby, 7; Todd. 7; Oft. 6. League Totals National. 172; American. 158. o Watching The Scoreboard -(U.R) - Yesterday's hero — Jimmy Fox of the Athletics, who hit a home run with two men in the ninth inning at Comiskey Park However. Ted Lyons relieved Thomas, checked the rally, and the White Sox won. 6 to 5. The Yankees had an easy time at Detroit again, increasing their lead over the Mackmen by a full game with a 7 to 2 victroy. Lou Gehrig's home run in the fifth his eleventh of the season was the first hit made off Earl Whitehill, who blew up in the seventh and was replaced by Stoner. Art Nehf, former Giant, was roughly treated by his ex-mates at the Polo grounds and driven 'Torn the box as the Cubs took a 10 to 5 licking. The Pirates won a stormy fourteen inning battle at Brooklyn. 9 to 7. The fans hulling pop bottles and other missiles at umpires Reardon. Moran anti Wilson. Dissatisfaction with a decision which robbed "Jigger" Statz of an alleged shoe string catch ami ; jj'owed two Pirates runs to come in caused the outburst. The Boston Red Sox moved up into fifth place by defeating the Cleveland Indians, 4 to 3. COURT HOUSE File Suit On Note Tile Farmers and Merchants bank, of Bryant, has filed a suit on a note in the Adams circuit court against the Waterloo Oil and Gas company and others, demanding judgment for $625. James R. Fleming, of Portland, is counsel for the plaintiff. In the case of the National Supply company vs. George S. Locknett, a petition by Jess Pickering to intervene and Be made a party defendant was sustained by tile court. Case Continued The case of Theodore Luginhill vs. Paul Schulte Oil & Gas, Inc., was continued by agreement of the parties. —— — O — ll —— Ford Reopens Plant At Indianapolis Today Indianapolis, June 4.— (U.R) —The Ford Motor company branch assembly plant here was re-opened today after a shutdown of one week less than a year. The plant was closed June 10, 1927 when the old model T was discontinued. » Two hundred old employes went back on the job today. Manager George Steinmetz said the normal personell of approximately SOO will be employed, probably by the end of next week as production is gradually increased. 0 Gets 90-Day Parole Michigan City. Ind., June 4—(INS) — Charles Shepherd, of Jaji county, a life prisoner who has served 26 years In prison, today was granted a stMiay parole by the state prison board of trustees.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1928.

Like Many, Rochester Saw Light Too Late A document of considerable historic and literary Importance wus recently told lit Loudon. It Is the original letter written by the famous Restoration wit, Lord Rochester, on his deathbed, recanting his sad past. The letter was garbled us a broadside after his death, and even Bishop Burnett, to whom it wus addressed, reproduced it Inaccurately. It Is of Interest, therefore, to give his actual words: “My most honrd, Dr. Barnett. —My spirit and body do decay sue equally together that I shall write you a letter ns weak as 1 urn. In person I begin to value Churchmen above till men In the world, and you above all the Churchmen I know most. If God be yet pleased to spare mee longer In this world I hope In your Conversation to bee exalted to that degree of nlety that the world may see how much I abhor what I soe long Lov'd, nnd how much I glory In repentance In God> Service, or els If the Lord Choseth to put an end to my worldly being now that hee would mercifully accept of my deathbed repentance.—Your most obedient and languishing Servant, Rochester.” Workers in Wrought Iron Highly Skilled The craft of wrought iron bears an honorable lineage. It Is generally regarded as an offshoot from the more undent craft of the armorer, who was an indispensable figure In every feudal community. The training of these armorers in manipulating metals Into delicate forms and weldings, and their skill in chasing and Inlaying defensive armor, found opportunity to display its talents In the grilles, gates locks ami hinges of the feudal castle Itself. The church as well demanded skilled design ami workmanship in this same directing. The craft soon spread all over civilized Europe, each country stamping upon it the Impress of Its own national character. In their turn, the American craftsmen succeeded in evolving n distinctive style, which is simple and graceful In motif. It Is from these early designs that work for modern residences is being made by American craftsmen and by the more ambitious commercial workers in iron. Died While Reading The artis-t, John Singer Sargent, was found dead in bed one morning in 1925 on the eve of sailing for the United States. Beside him lay an open volume of the “Dlctionalre Phllosophlque” of Voltaire. His glasses had been pushed tip over his brow; he looked as it he were just taking a nap. Tennyson died with his Shakespeare open at “Cymbeline.” Macaulay, the historian, was found dead with the Cornhill mag azine before him open at the first chapter of Thackeray’s "Lovel the Widower.” Mark Twain hail been l reading Carlyle's "French Revolution" when he died. There are worse ways of dying, but we should hate to leave a good hook unfinished.—Exchange. Radio in Paper Plant Maine paper manufacturers have been employing the radio to test the quality (thinness, thickness, dampness) of paper produced. A radio fan. experimenting with paper to throw lite set out of tune, discovered that the thickness, or other characteristics of the paper, produced a measurable difference in the regulation of the dial. The result bn? been the installation in several paper plants of a specially prepared radio apparatus on the paper machines to test the moisture content of papers, the radio reporting to the machine tender whether the paper Is i being dried to the exact extent re- I quired. Bott'e Letter Delivered Unable to communicate with the mainland because heavy seas kept the relief ship from the lighthouse he was tending, the keeper of Dhu Hartsell lighthouse, off the coast of Scotland recently wrote a letter to a friend in Erraid, Scotland. He placed it in a bottle with a note asking the finder to mall It. The bottle was found floating in the sea four days later by John Black, a farmer, who mailed the mis I give. Owing to delay In the malls, the letter was delivered in Erraid. I within sight of Dhu Hartach, three weeks after it was written. Already Educated In one of the schools In the northern part of the city, Belle Ryan, assistant superintendent of schools, was conducting an intelligence test on a I group of youngsters. One little boy, age six, was asked the hypothetical question: "Suppose you left home for school some morning and it would start to rain. What would you do?” Without a moment's hesitation the I youngster replied: “I’d call a taxi.”—Omaha WorldHerald. Reason Enough He Is a man of mean?, a wellgroomed fellow who has reached what one might call the favorable fifties. He spends quite a lot of his time glancing around at his factories. He | lives, however, in the smallest town in which he owns a factory. Recently while he was visiting a rather lace curtain friend of his the friend remarked : "But why do you stay In j such a one-horse town?" "Perhaps becum-e 1 happen to be i the horse,” he replied modestly.

DIES OF OLD BULLETWOUND Fort Wayne, Juno t. John Henry Hanes. 38, proprietor of the Four-Mlle house, east of the city on the I .Incoiii i highway, died ut his home yesterday morning from the effects of a bullet wound Inflicted one and one-half years ago when he was shot by bandits who held him up us he was putting his automobile In the garage at his home, 2906 Anthony boulevard. Dr. Harry G. Erwin, coroner. Ims started a now investigation into the case. Police probed the shooting at the time but found no trace of Hanes' assailants. Detectives have also renewed the investigation’as the result qf the death. The shooting occurred about 1:1)0 o'clock in the morning of January | 28. 1927. Haines had driven into the driveway to his garage and alighted from his automobile to open the garage doors. Two men approached him and ordered him to put his hands above his head. One of them opened tire. Hanes exchanged shots with the Irandlts but was struck twice by bullets. One of the bullets entered liis jaw and was removed at the hospital. The other entered liis body in the back near the left shoulder and moved upward. Because of its location it was thought inadvisable to remove it. — Police followed a trail of blood through a field near the Hanes home but it was never definitely learned whether one of the men had been shot. o — j; ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ K * HOSPITAL NOTES * K¥¥¥¥¥¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ S Naomi Geimer, daughter of Florian Geimer, Decatur, route eight, was returned to her home, Sunday, from the Adams County Memorial hospital. where she has been a patient. Mis. Selma Habegger, Berne, is improving nicely from a major operation to which she submitted this morning, at: the local hospital. Mrs. Grace Breininger. Bluffton, route six, underwent a major operation this morning at the Adams County Memorial hospital. Miss Minne Ehrsam. Berne, is doing nicely following a major operation which she underwent Saturday | night, at the local hospital. Edgar Witte Decatur route one. |

e Wins Again! ANOTHER TRIUMPH! I\va Louis Meyer, youthful race driver piloted his racing car around the \\\A Indianapolis Speedway track Memorial Day, gaining fame and forWVxt tune ‘ » i • Meyer choose FIRESTONE tires for the long, hard grind ol < liw miles-and needless to say they played a big factor in the terrilic pJt' 1 r 11 Ik\ speed he set to win the classic. Hr <1 AI i m h is also interesting to note that during the entire race Mr. Meytf C1 IM made only one stop at the pits for tire trouble, changing two :if !IB' 'C,A 4Bil I■' this time and winning the race with two of the original iir es - 31 i 111 fl THAT’S A RECORD WE RE PROUD OF! The fact that FIRESTONE We will be ''W Tires withstood the hard « ,ad lo Ouote abuse of race driving is all AuWAWvik V t) the more a reason why you '° u 1,1 . should have them on your on any size Aw/ car They give you more ® you need. KjHW/IIW mileage and insure real dnv- gl// SSSKfI kW iSsSi 7 ing comforts. yg. aaffiWw Wzl % I 2 R. N. Runyon Garage SOUTH FIRST STREET DECATUR PHONE 772

No Disguise I w " ft Lcn Chaney registered chagrin, anger and several other emotions when photographers in Chicago snapped his picture against his wishes. He left his thousand and one disguises at home.

was returned to his home Sunday, following a minor operation, Saturday, at the hospital. Miss Edna Rayl. Monroe, is improving slowly, at the local hospital, whole she is a medical patient. Mrs. Chloe Bolienbacher, Geneva, is recovering nicely from a major opet atinn. Mrs. Carolyn Jalierg is improving fioin a major operation which she underwent Friday, at the Adams County Memorial hospital. Miss Emily Srist, superintendent of the Adams County Memorial hospital, who ferfmore than a week past has been enjoying a vacation in northern Michigan, is “xpected to return to the hospital, Wednesday. Wealthy and Woeful As Mr. Blank and bis bride came down the aisle, the former looking miserable and the hitter coy, a little girl of six whispered to her mother: “Mummy, look, here comes the hrfde nnd the gloom "—Boston Transcript

Attempt Made On Life Os Retiring Dictator -■ • Mukden. China. June 4—(U.R)—Manchurian soldiers were concentrated within the walled city today after an attempt had hoen made on the life of Chang Tso Lin, retiring dictator of the North China government, by bombing his special train. Cnang and several of his aides were injured. Severn! guards were killed. The Injury to the Manchurian war-lord was said not to be serious, although he was injured In the forehead. Two nationalist spies were shot and killed by Japanese soldiers, who helped In reMorng order to the panic stricken city. Chifrig's Ally Resigns Shanghai. June 4 (U.R)—Sun Chuan

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