Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1928 — Page 6

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YANKEES END WESTERN TOUR By Yes Conklin. (I. N. S. Stuff Correspondent) New York. August 7—The champion New York Yankees today are winding up a western tour In which they did not win a single series, a new and crushing experience for the once powerful machine which began setting 'he baseball world on fire two years ago. If the Hugmen are beaten by Chicago today, they will have lest all four series in the west. The only silver lining to New York's datk cloud is that their pursuers, Connie Mack's thunder herd of White Elephants have slowed up a trifle. The Yanks lost to the Whit Sox yesterday in fifteen innings 5 to 4. but their lead remained at 3*4 games when the Athletics were beaten by Detroit 8 to 5. The pennant dreams of the Cubs apparently have gone up in smoke. (The Butins went slumming in Philly and were bowled over twice by the lowly Quakers, a shot that was heard 'round the baseball world. Hack Wilson's 25th , and 26th homers failed to win the opener and Alex Ferguson stopped the Cubs cold in the nightcap. The casualty lists totaled 8 to 7 and 5 to 1. o — Loughran Signs To Fight Jack Sharkey New’ York, Aug. 7.—<U.R) —Tommy ' Loughran of Philadelphia, light heavyweight champion, has signed to meet Jack Sharkey of Boston in a 15 round heavyweight. bout October 5 under Tex Rickard's promotion. Rickard plans to stage the bout as one of the eliminations to determine the successor to the heavyweight title va'■ated by Gene Tunney. Sharkey has not signed for the match. Tilden's Status To Be Determined August 24 New York, August 7—<U.R>— The exe- I cutive committee of the United States lawn tennis association will meet at J the Vanderbilt hotel, August 24. to con-1 sider charges of violation of the Amateur rule field against William T. Til-[ den. 11. The meeting was called by president i Samuel H. Collom, president of the UJ S. L. T. A., in a radiogram from the; S. S. Palis on which he and members of the United States Davis Cup team are returning from France Harry S. Knox, Chicago, secretary of the U. S. L. L. A. has notified all members to lie present. Tilden, George Lo't. Francis T. Huntr, John Hennessey and ■ Wilbur F. Coen. Jr., are returning on the Paris which is due Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. Preble To Play Fort Wayne Travelers Sunday Preble. August 7 — (Special)— The Preble baseball team will play the Fort Wayne Travelers, Sunday, Aug. 12. on the local diamond. The diamond has been worked on and is in good condition for the game. The following ■ players are asked to report: Busse, Snyder, Corson, Freigher. Bell, Smith Arnold, Passwater. Hoffman and Hernish. PEPPERMINT IS BEING HARVESTED Adams County Farmers Deriving Neat Profit From Crop Experiment Berne. Aug. 7 -(Specal) — The peppermint harvest is under way in : this vicinity. Indications are that this crop, which is a new one for Adams county farmers, will be a paying experiment for those who tried it out. The peppermint st'll which was installed on the John Eicher farm, one m"e east of Berne a few months ago, bv Mr. Eicher and several other interested farmers, is now in operation. Mr. Etcher reports that the work of extra'ng the oil from the plant i£ m”ogressing satisfactorily. Although the growers are expected to realize a neat profit. The best yield reported so far is 34 pounds of peppermint oil from one acre on the Peter Hllty farm. The oil sells for about $3 per pound at present. Recently, Mr. Eicher, Fred Blum, Fields Reynolds and John E. Eicher took a (.rip into northern Indiana where peppermint is grown in large quantities, in order to learn more about the crop. The men who hare grown peppermint in Aams county this year are enthusiastic about the crop and are trying to interest others in the industry. , o Get the Habit —Trade at Home, It Pays

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Central League Fort WaymX 8; Springfield, 3. I i Erie, 4; Canton, 4 (called in 9th) | | Dayton-Akron, not scheduled. National League Philadelphia. 8-5; Chicago, 7-1. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, wet ground. St. lamis-New York, wet grounds. , ; Cincinnati at Boston, wet grounds. American League ■ | Chicago, 5; New York, 4. Detroit, 8: Philadelphia, 5. 1 Cleveland, 7-2; Washington, 4-11. St. Louis, 9; Uoston, 4. American Association Minneapolis. 12: Indianapolis. 10. 1 Columbus. 6-10; Kansas City. 5-5. Toledo. 4-2; Milwaukee, 1-5. Louisville, 3; St. Paul, 2. ****#*¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ * WITH THE BIG * * LEAGUE STARS * ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* (By United Press) Babe Ruth—Hit a single in four times at bat. Lou Gehrig—singled in four times > at Bat. Hack Wilson—Hit two home runs in four times at bat in the first of a I double header, failed to hit in three trials in second game. Harry Hellmann-Hit a home run and a double in three times at bat. Cobb—Up once as pinch hitter, popped out. Frisch. Hornsby and P. Waner were idle. o Watching The Scoreboard By UNITED PRESS Yesterday’s hero —Willie Kamm, Cllcago White Sox third baseman. whose triple in ftie fifteenth inning with Falk on base gave the White Sox a 5 to 4 victory over the New ' York Yanks. The White Sox made it two out of | three by taking the extra inning con- | test from the Yankees. Hunnefied. j Metzer and Kamm led the attack on I Hoyt and Moore. Chicago outhit the I Yanks 20 to 9 but were unable to i score. Faber started on the mound i for the White Sox but gave way to Grady Adkins in the ninth. Adkins allowed only two hits in seven in- : nings. Combs led the attack for New . ■ York with three hits, including a ' I triple. The Philadelphia Athletics failed | to take advantage of the defeat ad- | ministered the Yanks by the White I Sox. dropping an 8 to 5 contest to the ; etroit Tigers. The margin between the Athletics and the leaders remain, three and one-half games. Heilmann's . home run in the second inning gave ' the Tigers their first score. Earnshaw. Rommel and Quinn forth« Athletics pitched erratically. Triples by Manush and Kress gave the St Louis Browns an early lead ' that the Boston Red Sox were unable to overcome The Browns won the third game of the series 9 to 4 A rally by the Red Sox in the seventh inning was three runs short. The Chicago Cubs were handed a setback by the Phillies 8 to 7 and 5 to 1 in a double-header. Hack Wilson knocked hits 25th and 26th home runs in the first game. Charley Gr'mm also scored a circuit hit but to no avail. Whitney ted at bat for the Phillies with four hits in eight times at bat. Washington and Cleveland split a double header, the Indians winning the first 7 to 4 and dropping the second 1 to 2. Joe Judge had a perfect day at bat in the second game with a triple, two doubles and two s'ngles. Barne’s hit a home run for the Senators in the first contest. The Chicago-Philadelphia games were the only games played in the National league, the remainder being rained out. 0 Motorists Asked To Keep Cars Quiet During Concert The General Electric Band will give a concert tonight on Liberty Way, for the entertainment of the general public. The concert will start at 8 o'clock prompt. The Band requests that automobile joy rides refrain from driving their cars in the immediate vicinity of the concert and spoiling the pleasure of those who really enjoy the music and desire to listen attentively. Also, it is very annoying to the musicians, who state that at times the chugging of the noisy vehicles drowns I out their notes until it is hard to know whether one is playing correctly or not. o Twa Marion Banks Merge Indianapolis, August 7—(U.R)—Merger of the Marlon State bank and the Marion National bank, both of Marion. Indiana., was approved by the State ' Banking department, according to ! Thomas D. Barr, deputy hank comi missioner. ’o - — Many Kindt of Oakum ' Oakum, which is used for caulking, Is any hemp fiber for filling seams, but especially that obtained by untwisting • and breaking up old rope.

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REPORT DEMPSEY SIGNED FOR BOUT Nw York. Aug. 7.—(U.R)-The New | Yolk, Daily News sn.'tl qoday that Jack Dempsey had signed a contract ! with Tex Rickard to meet the winner of the heavyweight elimination tournament in which it is hoped Gene Tunney’s successor ’ will be found. The News said Dempsey would go into training as soon as h.'s present theatrical engagement was completed. ' and that the fight would be next sum- | mer. The newspaper predicted Dempsey I would deny the story but said his de- | nial would 1 be incorrect. o Gene Tunney To Be Married. New York Newspaper Claims New York, August 7—(INS) —Gene Tunney retired as world’s heavyweight champion to marry Miss Josephine Lauder, pretty 21-year-i old heiress of the fifty million dollar Lauder fortune, according to a story by W. S. Farnsworth in the New York Evening Journal today. Miss LAttder is the daughter of the associate of Andrew Carnegie. Marriage is to take place abroad next month. o THE BIG FIVE Players G AjJ R H HR Pct Hornsby 89 316 64 121 16 .383 Gehrig 107 393 94 J4l) 19 .356 Ruth - . .. 107 379 116 125 43 .330 Cobb - 88 346 54 113 1 .327 Speaker 62 189 28 51 8 .270 o YESTERDAY'S HOME RUNS Player and Club Season’s Total Hack Wilson Cubs (2) 26 Heilmann, Detroit (1) 9 Baines. Washington (1) 6 Grimm. Cubs (1) 4 The leaders: Ruth 43, Hack Wilson 26, Bottomley 24: Gehrig 19: Bissonette 18, Hurst 18, Hafey 18, Hornsby 16. League totals: National 437 Ameri- [ can 268. . — 0 Objections To Railway Merger Filed With I. C. C. Washington, August 7 — (U.R) —*A ' minority group of Chesapeake and Ohio railroad stockholders filed a brief with the Interstate commerce commission today protesting against the proposed put chase by that line of Fere Marquette stock at $133.33 a share. The stock, which is held by the Nickel Plate, is necessary if the Van Sweringens ate to consolidate the C. and 0., and Pere Marquette. They recently asked permission to pay $133.33 tor the stock instead of sllO. the price approved by the commission. o —— SEEK TO FREE . WOMEN FROM UN HIST LAWS By Herbert Little (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Washington, Aug. 7.—(U.R)—A new international movement designed to free woman from legal shackles surviving from the age when a wife or a daughter was a chattel, has been started here through the Pan-American Union. The Inter-American Commission of Women, created by resolution of the Havana Pan-American Conference early this year, has started a four-year job of studying the legal status of women in the Americas. Preliminary work has disclosed the laws of the 23 republics of the western hemisphere relating to tvomen are "In a chaotic condition," according to Doris Stevens. New York feminist who is chairman of the commission. The organization will report to the next Pan American Conference, at Montlvideo in 1933, the results of its study, with recommendations for action to provide civil and political equallty*throughout North and South America. Conference at Hague Meanwhile. American and European women are co-operating on a similar enterprise which is to come before The Hague Conference in Holland next year. Helen A. Archdale, British feminist leader for 20 years and one of the “suffi agettes" who led the militant fight completed this year with complete equal franchise, is here studying, the laws involved and co-operating with the Inter-American Commission. The preliminary work is to be done by a committee cf seven, one representative each from the United States, Argentina, Haiti, Panama. Venezuela, Salvador and Columbia. Representatives from 14 other nations will be

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chosen for the committee soon. In addition to the United States chairman, the three Latin-American members have been named to the commission as representatives of Argentina. Panama and Venezuela. Lueila Lucian) de Petez Diaz, brilliant and modern young woman who is the editor of a magazine and author of a novel nad several short stories-, is the Venezuelan member. Panaman on Committee (Tara Gonzales, LL.B., the first woman to be admitted to the bar in Panama. who recently organized the first school for adult women in her nation, is another member. The popularity of her school led th* government of Panama to make it part of the national educational system. She is slender and vivacious, and several years under 30 Dr. Ernestina A. Lopez de Nelson, .well-known as an author and educator is the Argentine member. She is a professor in the University of La Plata, and is one cf the leading social workers of her country. Miss Stevens —one of the young women who picketed the White House in the Woodrow Wilson days, and was

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sent to jail for it. during the American ■ , suffrage campaign,—is directing the work from the Columbus Room in the Pan-American Union building, the, room in which Lord Balfour made his \ famous address to the 1921 Arms (on-1 ference. Miss Stevens lias recently 1 ' been sepal ated from her noted hits--1 band Dudley Field Malone. o i y. *¥¥¥¥¥¥*******! * THE * * CAMPAIGN * * LOG * ¥*¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥*¥*** ' Governor Smith at Albany conferred with triends and considered the ehargI es made against his legislative record . ! by William Allen White. Kansas edi , tor. Vigorous opposition marked the at-1 ' tempt to have the American federa- ■ tion of Labor meeting at Atlantic City. . indorse Governor Smith. No action was ■ taken, and it was predicted the Labor I group would remain neutral. The Socialist party announced that i Norman Thomas, their Presidential i i candidate would make a vigorous fight |

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