Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1930 — Page 3

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f CARDS G SERIES * in. <U.R)-An-nc|al battle* which rrcnt National leaeiitcet In history- , wu) on when the Hants out by ,lay of a tie game ,etwe n the league- * Robins and the Louis Cardinals, ordinals by a full , ari . in the throes »inning streak Os i» season, having itraight game yesink the Cincinnati] Philadelphia Atnprevious season’s light. I o hold the world ilyn already have I ls the Robins win or throe straight ,1s they can go on. uust win two out in a row to overt broken and their Idl'd, the Chicago all their strength mant drive in the ning today against Hants at the Polo led a double-head-place Phillies yesnow a game and mini <i.v ' 'l' with only 11 I,■- . ■ - ■ • 6-t.

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The standing of th" leaders, | games behind, and games left to! play follow: W. 1., Pct. ’ n ooklyn 84 uu .583 io I St. Louis S 3 60 .677 12 I Chicago 82 61 .573 I*4 11 Efforts to have the Robins play I the world serf s nt Yankee stnd-l 1 Hum, with Its 80,000 seating cupac-. •illy, or the Polo grounds, with its 60,000 seating capacity have fail <1 ■ • and President Frank York announc 1 f ed today that If the Robins won I • they would play their gnnioc at Eb I ■ hots field, with its mere 29,00 ii I ’■seats. Only 18,000 res rved seats 1 'are available. I _ 0 . ! BASEBALL BRIEFS * '; ♦! II (By United Press) I Seven games in front and need I t Ing but five victories in their re-1 i maining 11 games to clinch the I American League flag, the Phl.i- ( dolphin Athletics today resumed battle in a double-header with the | ’ 1 Chicago White Sox. j Washington Senators shaved : ' half a game off Philadelphia's lead , Monday by defeating the White, Sox 14 to 9 while the leaders were' idle, but still have nothing more than a mathematical chance for ’ the pennant. If Philadelphia wine 1 five out of eleven the Senators ‘ can win all their remaining 11 1 games and still finish second. ’ Ted Lyons, hunting his 22nd victory of the season, started on! - the mound aga'nst Washington ■] yesterday but was relieved 1n the I sixth inning. I A four-run unrising in the sect ond inning enabled the New York . Yankees to defeat the Detroit Tiiri er- sto 3. Bahn Ruth led the New > York attack with three hits. Boston and St. Lou's divided a . double-header, the Red Sox win- . ning the nightcap. 2 to 1, in elevI en innings after losing the opener > 3 to 1. Goose Goslin's home run i with one man on base gave the 1 j Browns the winning runs in the I first game. | I In the National Brooklyn ran I j its winning streak to 11 straight , by defeating the Cincinnati Reds j 13 to 5. Fitzsimmons allowed the Pittsburgh Pirates hut three hits as the New York Giants triumphed 6 to 1. The Chicago Cubs and the ' Phlir'es split a double-header, the | Phillies winning the first game 12 to 11 and losing the second 6 to 4. Yesterday's hero: Lefty O’Doni. Philadelphia outfielder, whose pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning gave the Phillies a 12 to 11 win over the Cubs in the first gam" o f a double-header The following statistics compil-

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1930.

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ed by United Press include games of September 15: Leading Hitters Cr AB R H Pct. Terry, Giants 143 591 ,135 239 .404 Erman. Robin 143 575 136 229 ,398 O'Doul. Phil. 133 511 119 199 .386 Klein. Phil. 145 603 142 231 .383 Gehrig. Yank. 144 541 134 207 .383 Home Runs Wilson. Cubs —50 Ruth. Yankee*—46 Gehrig. Yankees—39 Simmons, Athletics—3s Foxx, Athletics —34 Berger, Braves—34. o AT big ten * _FO< T! ALL CAMPS —(U.R)— Champaign, 111. — Seventy-five canT ’atcs reported tor work yes-terd-y as Coach Boh Zuppke opened ids 19th y. ar at the University T Illinois. Bloomington. Ind.—Fifty-four candidates for the 1930 Indiana university football team held their fust pi act ice in a downpour of rain. Head Coach Pat Page said ic was well pleased with the light squad available. Minneapolis, Minn.—Fritz Crisler I made his debut as head coach at Minnesota yesterday and sent a quad of 85 men through a long drill. Evanston, 111. — Faced with the task of whipping his team into shape in three weeks, while Tulane, he opening opponent will have five weeks of practice. Coach Dick Han ey sent his Northwestern university squad through two long drills •esterday. Chicago—One of the best groups of backs in a decade gave the first Jay of practice at the University I f Chicago a favorable aspect. A | s jiiad of 63 men—the largest in several years—i eported for work ■ o Coach Stagg. lowa City.—With his team shattered by graduation and in ligibility, Coach Burton Ingwersen has less than 56 candidates for -the '930 lowa team. Madison. Wis. — Coach Gl nn rhistlethwaite plans to have his Wisconsin gridiron candidate; eady so- scrimmage before the r n.i f the w eek The squad of 60 men as sent through a light workout ■este day and two long drills ar . prospect today. .tin Arbor, Mich.-Five full teams la ,-e been s' lected for lootball orkouts at Michigan. Coach Kipke s ,e.,s than two weeks to prea.e his squad for the double headagainst Denison and Miehigart Normal, Sept. 27, and has ordered ivo workouts daily. Columbus. O. With the opening t c'.iss. - d l.'yed until 1 .Oct. 1. Coach Sam Willaninn has ordered two practices daily for hs Ohio Si te grldders. Seventy nine men imported for the opining drill yes‘e.day and the squad appeared unusually lit afid much hu.4:ier than cent Buckeye squads. South Bend, Ind. — Although Notre Dame’s 1930 football squad at p. esent includes only 12) men —the smallest number of recent years—addition of freshmen ano late comers is expected to increase the group to 300 before the end of he week. o LOCAL WOMAN SUFFERS BURNS ( CONTINUED JFROM PAGE ONE) wounds. The attending physician stated that while the burns were painful, they were not of a serious nature. — o They’re Visitors Now I ondon. - -(UP)- Foreign gues’s in Great Britain in the future will be known as "visitors” and not "al liens" by order of the Home Office.

NORTH IRELAND CROP ACREAGE HAS BIG DROP Lower Prices Cause Decrease in Planting of Many Staple Foods Belfast, Sept. 1— (UP) — Agri- , culture returns of Northern Ireland lor (he first seven months of 1930 as reported by the Ministry of Agriculture show that the total acre- ’ age of ploughed land constitutes a new low record. ‘ I A reduced acreage under oats, ■ potatoes and flax lias brought the ■ ploughed land acreage down to 535, <l9l acres, the lowest since 1947. fCattle also decreased while sheep I herds and the total pig population . increase d. .! The area under corn crops declinr ed by 5.619 acres, while a decline fi of 7,098 acres occurred in the case I of oats. The area under rot crops J hows a reduction of 17.381 acres, I uue mainly to a decrease in the po- . ato crop of 15,508 acres. During 11929 potatoes were extremely cheap Land it is to this tliat experts attribute the smaller 1930 planting. ’! Flax plantings have decreased by ? 5,594 acres and turnips also hav? decreased by 1,764 acres. Wheat and barley show small inp creases, and hay has increased by 3 12,459 acres to 477,911 which is the '• highest total since 1926. ? The total number of cattle, 673. ‘ 030. is the lowest recorded since - 1925. A considerable decline has s iccurred in the number of milch cows, which show a decrease of 11,;jO. Sh -ep flocks have increased by s 48,169 while' pigs are now 24,366 t more numerous. , Despite modern farm machinery the number of agricultural horses t shpws a slight increase of 1.6 per { cent, while horses under one year show an increase of 14.8 per cent. ANNUAL MEET OF BAPTISTS OPENS TODAY CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) 1 Mission society gave an address, af- ’ e’ which Rev. D. G. Dunkin of , Warsaw spoke concerning Steward- ’ ship. A business meeting was ] scheduled for 3 10 o’clock th s as- , 'rnoon to bo followed by an ad1 . ss at 3:20 o'clock, “A Trump t 11 to Action ” by Rev. S. G. Hunt-n-ion. Young People Meet Tlie session tonight is to be Young People's Se sion and the ■'oting People's Association of the hurch will meet in the basemint if the church. At the same time he adults will hold their regular cgr.im in the church audit irium. \t 8 o'clock tonight Rev. Ilillyer ’ . S'i "ton wll a'dres s the audi- ' cnce on the subject “Th" Young an V, ho Lost His Greatest Oppor- ' unity.” 1 An equally interesting prog am •; s be n prepaied for the morn■•g. an I as “moon sessions tomor1 o', with the business and elec-' Jon of officirs taking place at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Those Horn thia city who are at-i ending the meetings are Mrs. Bina 1 hler, Ms. Lou Brumb y, Mrs. S. ] Hite. Mrs Gettis Panner, Mr.j al Mrs. Clarence Hlyard, Miss. , fen ie Wtnnos, and Mr. and Mrs. ‘ n . E. B 11. o iMLTON SILLS DIES SUDDENLY i (C( NTINUF.D FROM PAGE ONE) mntiqned to the girl. i D . Jack Steele was summoned, ■ r d ratorative were administered t th the aid of a police pulmotor, out Sills died soon after. His wife, their imall son Kenyon, Mrs. Janies B. Kenyon, h’s mother-in law, the •bipghter and Jack Goodrich, a i friend of the family, were with 1 him. Sills was in excellent spirits and . apparently In good health when he

began the tennis game. He had not been work tig for some time owing to the heart ailment, but it was believed lie was recovering rapidly. Sills and Miss Kenyon were married in October. 1926, a sjioit time r.fter he was divorced by Gladys Edith Wynne, to whom he was married in London in 1919. Dorothy, now 18, was a child of the first marriage. M as Kenyon became ill shortly after the marriage and Sills took her in a special train to the Adilondacks to recover. He also became ill and the first of his retirements was made necessary. Sills was born in Chicago Janu ary 12, 1882. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1903 and for two years held a fellowship in philosophy. o PARIS MURDER STARTS DRIVE ON LUNACY LAW Hatchet Killing of Stenographer by Discharged Lunatic Ires Group

By Richard D. McMillan (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, Sept. 16—(UP)-r-Wheu a Spaniard, Pose Garcia, battered to death with a hatchet a pretty young Parisian stenographer who refused hi. attentions and then confessed that he had just recently beer released from at i*yluin, a public out() - y began throughout France which may lead to a complete revision of the existing lunacy laws. Doctors, educational experts so■ial ’ reformers and newspaper editors are joined in the campaign to 1 induce the French Fariament to ■ osludy and reshape Hie existing aw of 1838, claiming that there are far .oo many half-crazy people at iibe. ly, which partly explains the appalling murder statistics in the country since the World War. Prol’e sors of psychiatrics agree that mentally disceased people are too easily allowed their freedom under the 1838 law. As long ago as <9J2 a project of reform was talk’d of. ft was talked of until 1914, foi 2 years, and then the madness ol individual was forgotten in the aadness of war. The reformers claim it is Scania oitsly easy for relatives to secure the freedom o» a person certifiel insane; it is even assertde that., beca ;se of the big numbers of inmates in these institutions, the auhorities are glad to be relieved of padeul lor whom complete sanity is (daimed. Figure i adduced by the . eZormers prove the asylums are . rowded. In the Parisian area alone there a.e nearly 25,000 insane iuinied. • Tlie agitators for a change in the .aw p int out that a half-crazy indii ir il 'chased from a mental iustiiii/uii oieii sutlers a delu ion of a r- ,a.ice again t someone. It is .Tuple ; >r him to go into a gun- . nith , freely buy any gun or guns ■ ■. an. and then go and wreak ive • d< alh among tho. ehe imin i be his enemies. — 0 Candidate Is Shot j New unk Sept. 16—(UP)-Saul i wo seeks republican 1 'for tale senator, was •hi n-m today. 1 i! men, alleged by the police to •ibe s of a political club .vh '!]'• <rtr. another candidate. I ere ar; e tod charged with assault j and violation of the gun law. O: six shots fired at Agulmeck as he wa; tacking up posters, one i liit him in the right arm. . Is Elected President Washington Sept. 16 —(UP) —B. 'A. "McKinney, Dallas, Tex., Banker I was elected president of the Fedor|ar reserve advisory council today, succeeding Frank O. Wetmore, Chi- ' cago banker, who died recently. | The council is meeting here in its ; regular quarterly session of the reserve board.

MONROE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Chester Johnson and family of Gary called on relatives and friends In Monroe >u Saturday. Rev. and Mrs. Vernon Riley at tended the Friends Quart -rly Conference at Portland on Saturday. Mins Creo Crist of Fort Wayne spent tile week-end with her parents Mr. and Mfs. J. F. Crist. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Shirk and daughter Ruby of Foit ’Vayne vis .ted with relatives and friends over tile week-end. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Meyers motor ed :o Mendon Michigan on Saturday and spent the week-end with Hands. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Sells of Greenville, Ohio attended to bu*iness in Monroe on Saturday am 1 called on friends. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Graham and daughter Rosamond of Decatur call’d on Mrs. Harriett Graham on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mis. J. F. Crist motored to Defiance Ohio’ on Sunday and ailed on friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith Mis Nellie Sulham and Mrs. Mary Lew■lien and daughter Marguerite were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarenc. Smith at Preble on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Head et Lim*i Ohio <alled on .Mr. and Mrs A. E. Everhart and Mr. and Mrs. ,J. F. Crist on Sunday afternoon. Mr. McGee Hendricks and friend Miss Katy Wiggs of Fort Wayn ;pent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. lames A. Hendricks. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Crist anti ion Quentin and Kermit - isited Mr. and Mrs. 11. C. Parkison and family it Os.Uan on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Floyd tno’or•d to Huntsville .Ohio on Sunday and spent the day with Mr. Floyd larenis Mr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd. Mr. and Mrs. James V. Hendricks ind Mr. I. F. Lobensti n spent Sun lay in Geneva the guests of Mr. anc .nd Mrs. Otto Ray. Miss Jesse Kail of Anthens, Ohic s visiting Mr. and Mrs. James A Hendricks and Mrs. J. R. Hayne or a few days. Mr and Mrs. Sylvan Rupert spec’ Sunday in Portland the guest o Mr. and Mrs Delbert Beals. Mr. and Mrs. Gail Hendrick, spent the week-end witli Mr and Mrs. J. N. Burkhead. CRAIGVH.LE NEWS Mrs. D. W. Abbott returned to his place after spending a couple if weeks with her son N. W. Abbott and family of Van Wert. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs Dwight Bell son Gene spent Thursday evening in De cetur attending thfc fair. M . and Mrs. Robert Wolf and laughters Dorothy and Evelyn were callers Sunday afternoon in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Hetrick at Berne. Mrs. N. W. Abbott, Miss Frances Abbott of Van Wert spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Abbott. M.. and Mrs. Clem Wasson (laugher Clara spent Saturday' in tlie home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hecklcy Mi ses Aleta and Nellie Worthman Clara Beans of Fort Wayne Mabel H trick of Bluffton wer« Sunday dinner guests in the home >; Mr. and Mrs. Ford Worthman. Mrs. J. W. Drumm Miss Elizabeth Abbott of Fort Wayne were calleis at this place Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Hurry Heckley and children were callers in the home if Mr and Mrs. A. H. Hetrick. Mr and Mrs. Clem Wasson, daug.ispent Sunday in the home ci Tr. and Mrs. Leo Wasson. Mrs. Ed Roush of Chicago re* ir.iied to her home last Saturday ’fter spending two weeks in the ionic of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Pease. I’ll ■ Ladies Aid of the U. B hur h held an all day meeting on :ast Thursday at the home of Mrs. Joel Sell wart A Members present were: Mrs. Cle'm Wasson, Mrs. Jim Ernst. Mrs. Pugh. Mrs. Henry Drumm, Patsy Marie Ellis, Mrs. ilarve Ginter, daughter Esther, Mrs. Robert Wolf. Mrs, 1 . Leo Wasson, dr .. John Willis, Mrs. Dwight Bell on Gene, Mrs. James Mankey. laughter Evelyn, Mrs. A. 11. Het•ick, Miss Hazel Mankey. Visitors present were Mrs. Elmer Hunsicker Mr . Ray Wolf Mrs. Chas Leimentoll, Mrs. Ellis Coll daughter Miss ■lb a Miss Agnes Rupert of Fort Wayne was a week-end guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Crozier. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Woggles of 31ufflon and Mr. Ora Ratcliff were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Denton Ratcliff. Miss Nota Beans and Miss Alta Worthman of Fort Wayne were ■ui sts last Friday in the home of "Ir. and Mrs. Oatus Strickler. Mrs. Emma Pyle visited with riends in Bluffton last week. Miss Ge.aldine Strickler spent he week-end with friends at Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Ilarve Ginter and chi'/Iren spent Wednesday evenng in Decatur. Rev. and Miss Pugh returned to this place la t Tuesday after spending the week al Winona attending the U. B. Conference. Miss Celia and Mina Schwartz of Fort Wayne spent the week-end with their parents M:. and Mrs. Joel Schwartz. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wasson and children spent last Thursday iu

Decatur. Mrs. Harold Ivans son Junior visited Th’ursday with tier mother Mrs. John Willis. . Mr. and Mrs. James Ernst. Mr. Merlin Ernst son Paul s|ent Sunlay In Huntington witli Miss Catherine Ernst. LYCEUM COURSE IS ANNOUNCED CONTINUED FROM PAG”' ONEI gram consisting of two plays, the first, "Wanted; A Cook” and the second, “Under Orders." The program will contain both milsTnl numbers and/ dramatic entertainment. The final program’of (he Lyceum course will be presented on Monday, Marell 23, by Elliott James,

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This is indeed what DIERKES! \UTO WRECKING CO., Nuttman kve., DECATUR, Phone 322, is to ■ he automobile owner of today. I Vhy? Because —they have every-j hing in the way of used automo-1 ile parts, which can mean only tie thing to the people of Decatur nd adjoining territory—Economy. This economy Is made possible lecause of the large amount of usiness they transact and because >f the fact that you do not have o buy a now part ever time something goes wrong, for here you can buy used parts which means a treat saving to you. They buy used cars, and also wrecked cars, which are sometimes is good as new and disassemble them to sell tfiie parts, which in many cases hav n't been truly broken in yet. These parts are as good as new and are sold at prices hat can not fail to appeal to autonobile owners. , Another thing to be considered s th reliability of the firm from

M ntWDJ DICATUR. l I You.r Bankers, Here I | look constantly into the sound g a factors that are developing so ; I greatly our varied industries, and f| I judge the credit needs and possiI bilities of those industries and of II ‘ 1 the men in charge of them. You I are welcome to our advice. 1 First National Bank I 1 Capital and Surplus $ 120,000.00 I I Decatur. Tndiqnq I iI I 1111 111 111

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who features liquid air demonatrutions. Mr. James presents Sturtling experiments and gives tlie . simple explanations of his acts. It Is an annual custom for the senior class to sponsor similar lyceum programs (luring the winter months, and every indication is «• that the present series of pro-1 grams will exceed all others pre-, sented in this city. Those who plan Io attend are asked to secure season tickets early.

Get the Habit —Trade at Home. CHICHESTERS PILLS w TIIK IMAMONII A Ludlna! Ad yirnr l)ru| B /st /\ • »7\ * or t’iil-ebea-trra !»'»*•> A\ Brwnd riila iu Itrd and Uold( Q> metal lie l">ias, &ealrl with Blu< ‘ Take n<> other. Bay y * /J/ef your )>ru£iri"L Ask f.>r W <lll . < IIEN . 1 F.HN l»l A NONI> Fl HRANB I*lf-r 40 yrara knows Zy *s itest, Safest, XeiiiLia Huy Now I r sou bv pkucgists tytsywHur*

which you buy a used part. There is not another firm in this part of the country with a better reputation for Fair and Honest Dealings than DIERKES AUTO WRECKING CO., at DECATUR. Your satisfaction is their first consideration. both in Quality and Prices. They have a large assortment of used parts, used t res and tubes and ar" unexcelled anywhere in quality and price. Whether it be Tires, Tubes, Rims, Bearings. Pistons, Pins. Axles, Wheels, Fond rs, or whatever it may be, they have it. Just call at their Store on Nuttman Ave., at DECATUR, and see the assortment of Used Parts and you will he convinced why they can I sell for less. . "Whenever you are in need of a Part or Used Tire for your Auto, I you will find that you will save ! money if you pay a visit to [DIERKES AUTO WRECKING CO., |and fuithermore you will be given la. "Square D.al at all Times.”