Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1930 — Page 6

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France Confer Sets New Local Golf Record Mondal

LOCAL GOLFER TURNS IN PAR ON FIRST NINE Then Shoots 38 And Sets New Low Mark of 74 Strokes France Conter. of the Confer Ice Cream Co., carved a new notch in Decatur Country Club’s hall of fame yesterday when he travelled 18 holes for a total score of 74, shooting a par 36 on the first round and a 38 on the second round. It was the first time any golfer has officially shot the locai course in 74. Several players have counted a 36 for nine holes, but always the total for 18j holes has be. n 75 or better. When Conter made the new record yesterday, he was playing in the second round of the annual club tourney. Herman Myers was h's opponent. Conter started off on the first round with a par 4 and followed in quick succession with pars on numbers 2. 3, and 4. On the fifth green, he was forced to take a 5, because of a bad approach shot but on the tough number 6, the local golf' r made his second shot within three inches of the cup and had an easy birdie. The final three holes were reeled oft in pars and on one occasion Conter had an opportunity to break par when his first putt on number 8 stayed on the edge of the cup. Had the ball gone in, he would have had a birdie 3. On the second round Conter continued to shoot great golf and he was through the first three holes in par. On the short number 4 he took a 4 but was back even with par again on number 6. After a bad start on number 7, Conter was forced to take a 6 and went on home in par, making 38 for his second round and a total of 74. Conter has been playing the most consistent golf of any of the local players the last several weeks ; and on several occasions he has equalled the course record of 76. As the tourney wears on it appears that Conter. Ed Engeler, W. A. Klepper, C. O. Porter and Ira Fuhrman have the best opportunitv to win the cup. Conter probably will have the best chance to win, provided he defeats Porter in the next round. The players have until next Sunday to finish their semi-final rounds I and the finals will be played in 36 holes next Sunday. No admission will be charged to witness the finals of the cup tourney. RACE BETTING HAS BIG YEAR New York. Aug. 19—(U.R) —Race track betting is flourishing as a 5450,000,000 Industry this year, oblivious of the economic crisis and the drought, according to a survey by the United Press. The estimate which must remain a guess because of the impossibility of computing wagers placed with bookmakers away from the tracks, is based on these figures: Winter meetings in Louisiana and seasonal meetings in Ohio and West Virginia $50,000,000 Maryland $70,000,000 Kentucky $50,000,000 Illinois $65,000,000 New York $80,000,000 Hand books, American, Canadian, and Mexcan tracks... $150,000,000 An indication of the accuracy of these figures may be obtained from the official report of Maryland. A total of $54,419,867 was ! wagered at the four one-mi le tracks in 1929 and there are several half-mile tracks that would easily boost this figure to $70,000,000 Maryland, like Kentucky and Illinois, has the Pari-Mutual system, whereby the better purchases a ticket. The state deducts a percentage, varying from 6% to 15. The number of tickets bought on each horse determines the odds. In New York and Ohio betting is against the law, but loopholes are found'. In this state wagers are made orally, while In Ohio the “contribution" system is in vogue. By the latter system the better technically “contributete" to the expense of putting a horse in the race and assumes a right to part of its winnings. Botanci Gift Cleveland O„ —(UP)—Edo Nicholas Claasen, 97, has donated 10,nnq botanical specimens representing a collection which took more than a half century to make, to Western Reserve University here. Claasen tramped over Italy, Germany and parts of the United States in gathering the specimens.

STANDINGS Central League W L Pct Erie 28 22 .560 Springfield 27 23 .540 Fort Wayne 25 25 .500 Canton 24 26 .480 iDaxlon 23 27 .460 ' Richmond . 23 27 .460 National League W L Pet Chicago . 71 45 .612 Brooklyn 69 50 .580 New York 66 48 .579 St. Louis 60 56 .517 Pittsburgh 57 58 .496, Boston 54 63 .462 j Cincinnati 46 65 .414 [ Philadelphia 38 78 .328 American League W L Pct I Philadelphia . ... 82 39 .678' Washington 72 46 .610| New York 71 49 .592 Cleveland 61 59 .508 ■ Detroit 58 62* .483 Chicago 46 72 .390 St. Louis 46 73 .387 Boston 41 77 .347 American Association W L Pct Louisville 71 47 .602 Toledo 68 49 .581 St. Paul 69 52 .570 Minneapolis 58 58 .500 Kansas City 57 61 .483 Columbus 59 64 .480 Indianapolis 49 68 .419 Milwaukee 48 72 .400' YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Central League Springfield 6, Fort Wayne 2 Erie 5. Dayton 4 Richmond 4, Canton 3. American League Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 4 Washington 5, Detroit 4 New York 11, Chicago 4 Cleveland at Boston, rain. National League Pittsburgh 4. Brooklyn 33 Chicago 17, Philadelphia 3 Only games scheduled. American Association Minneapolis 14. Toledo 10 St. Paul 3, Columbus 7 Indianapolis 1, Milwaukee 3 Louisville at Kansas City, rain. LIONS DEFEAT LEGION TEAM Harry Knapp’s Lions junior baseball team defeated Ferd O’Brien's American Legion junior diamondeers in a great league I battle at South Ward diamond last night by a count of 7-6. The game was inter®’ting and the spectators were kept on edge throughout the tilt. The big thrill of the game came in the middle of the game when the Lions had the bases loaded. A triple play executed by the Legion team, Hendricks to Keller to Baumgartner at home plate retirled the Lions team. Harmon, Lions star pitcher, I struck out 12 Legion players. Schultz did the backstop work for th® winners. Fitter and Hendricks pitched for the losers and Baumgartner did a good job of catching. Tonight at 5:30 o’clock another battle royal is expected when the Mooi e and Rotary junior teams mix. If the Rotary team wins tonight the season probably will close w th the Moose and Rotarv teams tied for first place. If the Baxtermen whip the Coffeemen, the former will have the best chance to win the city title. A large crowd is expected to see the contest. Ogg will pitch for the Rotary team and Omlor will catch. The Moose battery will be Feasel and Strickler. Peterson and Beal will umpire. , —o —, j ♦ — > baseball briefs The New York Giants, who have won 20 out of their last 26 starts, were but one point out of second place in the National league today when they resumed their series with the St. Louis Cards. The Giants, idle on Monday, picked up half a game on the second-place Brooklyn Robins when that team lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 4 to 3. The Brooklyn-Pittsburgh game was a heart-breaker for the Robins. After Glenn Wright had given the Robins the lead in the ninth with a home run, the Pirates scored two in their half to win, Dick i Bartell's double with the bases . loaded drove in the winning runs. The Chicago Cubs hit vigorously to trim the Phillies 17 to 3 and increase their lead to three and ’ one half games. Hack Wilson advanced to within two home runs , of the National league record when , he hit his 42nd of the season in the eighth inning. George Earnshaw hung up his 1119th victory of the season as the . j Philadelphia Athletics defeated the

St. Louis Browns. 6 to 4. Trailing by two runs when th "y went to bat In the sixth the Athletics drove Walter Stewart from the mound to score the winning runs. The victory enabled the A's to maintain their eight mid one half garno leadership of th • American league. Powerful batting support’ gave Herb Pennock his 10th victory of tlie s'ason as the New York Yankees turned back the Chicago White Sox 11 to 4. "Bumps" Hadley held the Detroit Tigers to six hits as the Washington Senators won, 5 to 4. Cleveland and Boston were rained out. | Yesterday's hero: Dick Bartell, Pittsburgh Pirates' shorts to p. whose double with the bases loadled in the ninth inning gave his club a 4 to 3 win over the Brooklyn Roldns. CUBS PU9CHASE GEORGE KELLY Chicago. Aug. 19. — (U.R)— “Long Georg " Kelly, who helped the New York Giants win four successive National league pennants, returned to the major leagues today to aid the Chicago Cubs in their 1930 pennant drive. Kelly was obtained by the Cubs in a deal with the Minneapolis American Association team, the Cubs sending Malcolm Moss, left handed rookies pitcher, to the Millers on optional recall, and one other player to be named later. Kelly was given his unconditional release by the Cincinnati Reds last month after 13 years of major league service. He signed with Minneapolis and in 33 games compiled a batting average of .352, including six home runs. Manager McCarthy opened negotiations for Kelly after Captain Charley Grimm, Cubs first baseman. was injured Saturday. With Grimm out of action for at least two weeks and substitute first laseman Tolson on the bench with a lame leg. McCarthy was forced to use substitute third baseman Foster Bell at first base. Bell has made 6 hits in 8 times at bat during his two games at first base and may continue in the lineup, although Kelly was scheduled to report today. o DROUGHT GROUP IS APPOINTED CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) teen planned. It was indicated that an attempt probably wuold be made to transfer the money from the general fund to the highway building fund and then borrow $1,009,000 for the general fund. The loan would be repaid when the next settlement state taxes is made with county treasurers. Dean Skinner said there were approx niatefy 3C( counties badly in need of assistance and told the group that there was a sufficient supply of grain in Indiana to supply needs of the state providing it was purchased immediately before it was shipped from the state to other parts of the country. Full cooperation of the railroads vas promised by O. P. Reese, sup erintendent of the Pennsylvania railroad company who said the carriers were prepared for immediate action and would ship forage at reduced rates. o FLIERS RESCUE THREE ON SHIP WHICH IS FIRED (CONTINUED FR('M PAGE ONE 22-year-old Bay City pilot, saved th lives of five persons last night. Bernard's plane, with four pass■ngers aboard, was up l,ot>o feet when flames suddenly shot from he motor and envoiped the cabin. Dodging from side to side to shield the cabins occupants, one of nem a woman, Rawson glided the plane almost a mile and landed it safely in afield. He and the passengers jumped and ran, escaping just before the gas tanks exploded. Rawson, who did not know the names of his passengers, received minor cuts. 0 Has Fine Vacation Hammond, Ind., Aug. 19. —<U.R) — Mr. and Mrs. Steve Brooks have just completed what Brooks today t rnied a "very successful" vacation. Among the things which the ■louple discovered upon returning home after two weeks' absence were: Mrs. Brooks' fur coat and seven of her dresses had been stolen; the house had been on fire; the tadio had been stolen; Brooks had forgotten to turn off the electric lights in the basement and the light bill had trebled; and somebody had driven golf balls through all the garage windows.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY. AUGGST 19, 1930.

♦ ♦ ' | AUCTION SCHOOL I NOTES By A. L. KOUNS P — —r- ♦ The Monday morning session was opened by Col. I’ettit with r singing and voice culture, f The students had the pleasure I • of listening to an address by Col. I > l>. L. Perry of Columbus, Ohio, one oWthe most famous auctioners ■ • in America. Col. Perry is getting ■ quite old but still is mentally alert I . [ and has his old time fire and ' 1 spirt. Col. Perry is a wonderful, and entertainer, and during iris address, told many and varied stories, illustrating various pointe be wished to impress on, . the students. The boys had a ' t big "kick" out of his address, and , applauded for more. Col. Perry has sold in all the states of the j Union and in a number of foreign j countries (luring h's 45 years of actual experience. He has over 3,009 live and humorous stories tucked in his wonderful brain and j ' has the happy faculty of telling the right one at the right time. He returned to Columbus yesterday afternoon with tlie well wishes I of all the student body and the instructors. , Durin" the morning, two gradilII ates addressed the students and sold the famous “hoe." They , were; Bert O. Vogt'ler of Ashton, 111., and Delmer L. Reed of Rlchi mond. Ohio. . ‘.(Where's my nu.it?" “Who's t been n my suit case"? were some of the crie as the students enter- , ed the club house after the sale ’ last) night and discovered that some thieves had entered through the window and relieved the Reppert boys of shirts, trousers, pa- , jamas, and cigarettes. The alarm was turned in to Col. Reppert. ‘ Chief of Police Melchi personally investigated the case and found ’videnee enough so that no doubt he offender will be landed behind •h" bars in the near future. It 1 will be just too bad for the next '(Tender, as the boys have organ1 zed a vig'lante committe, with a special watchman to remain at the building during their absence, I vith instructions to bring any offender to the morgue for identification. Monday afternoon Col. Gartin -ave a report of his sale of Poard China hoes for Mr. Harold ' Linville on August 15. This was ■ t very successful sale, the average being $28.75 which was $4.75 a h°ad more than Mr. Linville ex-. nected. Songs by the students, voice ■ drill an 1 mock auctions were put, >n bv the student auctioneers to entertain the M'sses Esther L. Sellemeyer. Georgia C. Weist. Evelyn Miller, Eleanor Reppert ■nd Mrs. Carl Bartlett, visitors at 'he school during the afternoon. Later in the afternoon Col. Reppert introduced a new instructor, Col. Guy Johnson of Columbus, O. After a nice address by Col. Johnson. the students and instructors went to the barn, where Col. Tohnson. the great horse auctioneer, sold the fine big Percheon stallion owned by Col. Reppert, to •he highest bidder. This was no mock sale and the large stallion now belongs to Clyde Heinle of Bucyrus, Ohio. The auction sale on the court house square last night was very successful. Half of the student class w 11 go to Y’ort Wayne this afternoon to attend the Seigrist Auction House. The remainder of the da s will have an auction sale tonight on the court house square, and as only half of the students will be present, each one will probably sell several articles. A good crowd is expected. —o —— ' AUTO BUILDER ACTIVE AGAIN 1 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ized cars. Production will get un- , leeway by December 1. Announcement that Durant again was taking the presidency of the company marks another of his dra ’. natie returns to the spotlight in 1 he automotive world. The former • >f General Motors more than a ■■core of years ago. Durant since ’ ias been up and down in the finan- ' lai world. His last connection with .tm al Motors terminated nearl' 3 en years ago. when the present 1 roup of executives came into control. After that he organized his own ompany, and then a year and a alf ago turned the management if it over to a group of young exee eutives. Two weeks ago he anuy. junced they were resigning and indicated ha would take over the presidency hgain. — o — p Famous Racer Succumbs e Indianapolis, Aug. 19. —(U.R)—The n body of Charles (Dutch) Bauman, ; 34, race driver, who died last night e at Kankakee, 111., from injuries susil tained Saturday when his car c crashed through the fairground e track fence, was to be brought here ■- today for burial. Ho was one of h the country’s best known dirt track drivers.

DDITISH TRADE SUFFERS WITH INDIAN REVOLT Mills Close; Ships Are Idle; Natives Refuse To Buy ( A * EDITOR'S NOTE: The United Press presents I herewith aseries of five ar-' tides on tlie situation in India by Webb Miller, European | news manager. The articles were sent by mail. They are j ■ uncensored. There is no c n- | sorship of foreign mail in In- I dia. The first article appears I today. - The others will follow daily. Miller recently made a 5.200mile flight by airplane from I London to India. In India he , I travelled about 5.000 miles by | : train, visiting the principal cities. He crossed the country from the north at Karachi, near I the mouth of the Indus, to | , | Bombay; from Bombay across I the central plains to Calcutta. I | from Calcutta up the Ganges plains to Simlate, the summer capital, in the Himalayas. In I Simlae he had a long audience I with the Viceroy of India. From Simlae he descended to Lahore, thence to Peshawar on I the frontier of Afghanistan at ’ the foot of the famous Khyber | Pass: thence to Delhi, the win- | i ter captial, in the center of | India and there took airplane 1 for the 6,590-mile flight back to Em ope via Persia, Irak, Palest'ne, Egypt, GrGeece, Turkey, | Roumania. and thence across ' | Europe to London. While in India. Miller interviewed the leaders of all the j Indian political parties who I were not in jail as well as the I principal high British officials.

By Webb ‘Miller, UP. Staff Correspondent ( Karachi (by Mail — Uncensored) ( —ln the struggle between Indian ( Nationalists in their fight for free- ( dom and the British government, j ) British trade in India is being slowly strangled by tlie boycott. Witli hundreds of thousands and ( p rhaps millions of Indians refitsing to buy British goods, England’s , trade is suffering progressive paralyzation. Mills are closing, ships are lying idle, large orders are be- , ing cancelled, huge stocks are encumbering warehouses, profits are ( evaporating. Meanwhile huge processions of Nationalists dressed in undyed khaddar or rough homespun cotton cloth parade the streets of cities chanting the English word “boycott" and shouting “down with British goods.” In Bombay I witnessed one procession numbering more than 50,■IOO swarming through the British quarter yelling and screaming the word “boycott" in a monotonous refrain. The name of Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, which has gone into many languages to denote the form of social and economic pressure he utilized in Ireland in the eighties, is on the lips of millions of Indians today. Effective Weapon The boycott is the principal and most effective weapon in the first great “revolution" in history to be fought by revolutionists without arms Mahatina M. K. Gandhi is convinced that the Indian Nationalist movement cannot triumph by force of arms. His followers have no arms and almost no means of procuring any appreciable amount of arms. The Hindus, who form the backbone of the Nationalist movement, are by nature an unwarlike people. Centuries of domination by rulers has smothered their military tendencies. Therefore Gandhi fixed upon the boycott as the most effectual means of fighting the British government. His reasoning was this: The main benefit England derives from ruling India is the favored position enjoyed by her trade. Owing to the world economic situation closure of other markets or seizure by other nations, England needs foreign badly. Addition to her 2,000,000 unemployed is a serious matter. Paralyzation of trade would add to unemployment and cut off profits of British interests operating in India. The affected industries would' bring strong pressure to bear upon ♦he government and the House of Commons to remedy the situation and permit restoration of trade. Thus England wou)d be forced to negotiate with the Indian Nationalists. And a revolution would be achieved without force of arms. Gandhi is convinced that next to its military force its pocketbook is

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Arrangements have been made whereby a complete lighting system has been installed around the mile track at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and running races will be featured on the evenings of September 1,2, 3, 4 and 5. This is a novel feature that will be appreciated by the general public and is something that has never before been attempted at any state fair. The track has been so i luminated that those witnessing this event will be able to see the far siJe of the track as clearly as

the most vulnerable point of an Empire. Scheme Is Effective Gandhi's ingenious scheme is beginning to be effective. Progress-1 ive paralysis has crept from the - hundreds of thousands of squalid villages of the Ganges valley and the immense central plain of India, from the teeming industrial centers of Bombay and Calcutta, to the nerve center of British industrialism to Lancashire. In Lancashire cotton mills are closing by scores throwing their employes upon- the “dole." Commercial organizations are protesting to the government. Lancashire’s prosperity depends upon Indian trade. Normally India takes me-third of the cotton output of Lancashire. But it is not taking it now. It is impossible to obtain any comprehensive figures of the trade paialysis. E>th officials and British business men are reluctant to admit the extent of the ravages of the boycott because it would give fresh impetus and encouragement to the Nationalists. At the outset officials and British business interests scouted the boycott and claimed it was not serious. But after three months it is generally adI mitted that trade is seriously damaged. One of the highest officials of tlie Indian government jn Simla, the summer capital, admitted to me that the boycott is "very effec-’ tive.” Decreas: 40 Per Cent. From questions to representative business men in seven of the principal cities of India I drew the conclusion that the decrease of British trade has reached at least 49 per cent. Partial trade returns covering only the first two months when the boycott was beginning to gain impetus show a decrease of 211 per cent. But those figures cover only about 70 per cent of the total j imports. The boycott is concentrated upon cotton roods which ’ constitute the hulk of India’s imports. Tens of millions of Indians exist with almost no articles made outside their own hut or village. But they have to buy an occasional “dhotie” or cotton loin-cloth which is the only article of clothing of millions. The women-folk have to wear "saris” and flowing robes. Thus India, with 320.000.000 population, the greatest market for cotton goods in the world with the possible exception of China. Lancashire has

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» in midday. This if a <lsy of enter- - tainment under lights, which has > been proved by the success of > baseball games, football, miniature s golf and similar events. Another j feature of the evening’s enter- . tainment will be the beautiful dis- > play in fireworks, “Hawaiian • ' Nights,” and vaudeville attrac- ■, tions, the largest and most inter■.l esting evening’s entertainment > ever presented by any state fair. : Regular grandstand admission • i price wi'l be charged for this ens j tire program.

by far the greatest share of the market. Japan is far behind as second. The total cotton and cot- ' ton goods imports according to the last statstics were valued at about $209,000,099 and the quantity wasj 1,898.000,000 yards. Besides written and verbal propaganda the boycott is enforced by picketing of shops stocking foreign cloth. Nationalist men and women volunteers stand or lie down in front of the shops day and night and implore would-be customers to refuse foreign cloth. In many cities dealers have agreed to purchase no foreign cloth and to permit congress leaders to seal up their present stocks. House to House Boycott In Bombay hundreds of volunteers made house to house visits hind •ecured signatures to pledges to purchase no British goods. During the recent “Boycott Week" they claimed 50,900 signatures were secured in two days. Millions of propaganda leaflets have been distributed throughout India. Boycott I stamps bearing Gandhi’s picture I and the injunction "Boycott British goods” are being sold for one rupse per hundred. The extent of the boycott is shown by the fact that the owner of a motorcar in a small town 150 miles north of Bombay refused to carry me because I wore foreign cloth Nationalist sup porters or “congress wallahs,” as they are called, refuse to accept ■Biitish cigarettes, and offer American brands. As a result of the boycott American and other foreign goods are invading India more than ever before. Dealers and customers demand American drugs, American motor tires, American soap and other commodities formerly purchased from England. The Jap|anese cloth trade is expanding rapidly. The boycott is extending in many ! directions. The Bombay Rice Merchants Association decided to ship no rice in British owned or charl tered ships. The Bombay Bullion •.Exchange decided not to deal in Biitish gold and silver bars. Briti ish insurance companies are being • boycotted. The Bombay Stock Exchange has closed dozens of time* i ’ll the past three months as a protest of various actions of the gov- , eminent. “Hartals” or general i closure of shops and strikes of ; workmen are so frequent that business is stagnated. Indian interi 1 ests in Bombay are trying to or-

ganize an ex, h.,,,,.. the exchange I,, s „ ' W British banks fr,,,,, (|| „* Indian football a!ll | , have cancelled , H , British teams. n Boycott Os College- H Ono of the ' 'O'l ibin, H 1,1 lllp ’b’tnbn.' lU. ■ ands of st ml, „ t .. > s . W picketed their t( other student- mi.ndinare taking a ; r..rr,■ picketing of s , M abad Do stud „ . picketing t;,,.]. I>av s. . "Ml close by abs. , . , ~l |l|, ,s minor riot m Xavier’s colleg... ” M Extend Boycott W- twk | In a speech ~t Vallabhbhai I'at, l. ar H| president of th.- \.r l: urged students ,? ieges and sa, . one year to tiai.t " S,>t ''f ’he smash HuScores of won, ~ n .| y eted tile Bomb.,'. • ~ pievent att-iid in. >■,. tially British special ~ mal 2.000 ra<- go,-..- gg The boycott i> b,.j ni; nearly every activities in India (Tile ujC tomorrow.) 6661 Rel'eves a Head." h? or in 30 minutes. cSoc‘s a Cr : first day, and checks three days. RF'6 ;))<,, Ta’dpts. gH

111 disco™ DN LODI ELECTRiq LIGHT BILLS BY PAYING Dll OS DEFORE Aug. 2 POWER BILLS ARE ALSO DDE —AND—MOST BE PAID —BY—TWENTIETH Os MONTH Al CITY HAU