Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1931 — Page 6

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TEACHERS WIN BENEFIT CAME FRIDAY NIGHT Merchants Lose In Annual Battle With The Faculty Member* . The Decatur Teachets handed n t'sketllill lesson to the Merchants Friday night in their annual I* »"'it the erudites winning e-sf’y. 49 to 12. The D. H. S. gym )jas packed to capacity for th-' —>m«*. which was played as a beneTh for the city playgrounds. The a.'irr'o was sponsored by the civic "c-fion of the Womans club. . Po’ij teams used ten men during *»st night's game, but no lineup rh- Merchants imed was able to rive the Teachers a battle. At the *»<l of the first half, the Teachers Ipd. 30 to 5, and increased this n,.whi in the second period. ' r-'sches Curtis, Horton at"! Everhart were the heavy scorers ( —’be name Horton sank seven I *■ ’ 1 goals and two free throws for a total of 16 points. Curtis ■mnk three fielders and seven foul gpsv’s for. a total of 13 points, »ir'p Everhart registered four r’mes from the field and twice Cr'-rn »he charity line. ‘lgtnk' Linn, former high school star, was the only member of the Merchant team able to score there than one field goal. Lank hit twice from the field and once from the fold line to rank as high •w’nt man for the Merchants, other field goals registered by the Merchants were made by Roll. Farr and Swearingen. '.inenn and summary: -EACHERS F.G. FT. T.-L Prov-ri ... 0 0 0 ! ■ Curtis . .3 7 13 * nrfgPW’S 2 15 r’-’chards . .00 0 i’nrton 7 2 16 “->**,n-s 0 11 : P'nrthmnn 0 0 0 T ' --hart 4 2 *lO '. hum 0 0 0 i‘ c-op 2 0 4 Totals IS 13 49 ' '"• RCTT A NTS ” ■ y o 11 I, ’'”'"r 0 0 0 "■’l .. 10 2' ’ aorent . 0 0 0 ’on 2 1 5 j '"-mboff 0 0 0 t’-app 0 0 0 ' 6o • ] 1 0 2 Swearingen 1 0 2 Totals 5 2 12 Officials: Beal and Blackburn. Preliminaries The first preliminary to the game j was a Tu- O' War between teams . from the three wards, and tae | Smith Ward team was the winner. , ( CTher drills and dances were given 1 be the giils of Miss Jeanette Clark's phys’cal training classes at Centra; ‘ and high school. A natural dance, "Blossoming T Roughs," was given by several high school girls, as was a “Balloon. dance." The Clowns from Central ‘ :md several high school girls per- 1 formed a tumbling dance and pyra- s mids. Be'ween the halves of the game a i tap dance was given with a solo tap dance by Miss L. Ogg. : 0 the <-<aniT—c >-ada at Hom*

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DETROIT YOUTH PLEADS GUILTY (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)! j accounts of how Carson was senti c need to die. The principal witness against , c rson am] Peterson was James' widow, who was with him when he was killed. The youths, she I , testified, were given a ride by i lames, then shot him when he refused to turn over the automobile: to tjf' tn at an isolated spot near I irdstown. Siu l identified Carson as thc> man who actually, fired bhe shot. o , LOSS SHOWN IN DOG FUND cCONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE ford. $252; Jefferson. $1,266. Only four of the 11 townships paid in a credit to the dog fund. The credits amounted to $951.15 and the amount will be disbursed among the 12 townships. fl'he townships which paid in credits , are Union. $79.55; Preble, $211: Washington. $139.6ii; Wabash , $191,011. Tlie losses paid by the 11 town-1 ships, exclusive of the outstanding claims are. Union. $109.50;, Preble. $49: Kirkland. $226.50; Washington. $554.40; St. Marys. $356.40; Blue Creek. $337.95; French. $292.10; Hartford. $100; Wabash. $237.75; Jefferson, $275.12 1 Monroe. $189.50. ’ The Root township report had 1 not been filed with th§ county auditor this morning. KIRKLAND TWP. FARMER IS DEAD i ; (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE' ‘ vivo. They are Charles E. and , Joseph E., Jr., of Clarkston. Wash.: Roljert D. of Long Prairie, [Minn.; Harry of Indianapolis: Roy of Fort Wayne; Mrs. E. (I. Keifer of Homer. Mich.; James . A. at home, and 13 grandchildren, i One daughter died in infancy. One sister. Mrs. P. W. Smith of Hi; limotid also survives. Funeral services will be held Mon■day afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home, and at two o'clock at the AnUoch church with Rev. Harry Thompson officiating, assisted by Rev. C. R. Lanman. pastor of the Christian church. Burial will be in i Cie Beery Cemetery, four miles west of Decatur. MOTHER KILLS TWO CHILDREN : DROWN’S SELF a rnNTTNEFD CROM PAGE OW (5 I t him and his sister and brother on I t a “picnic” to see the New York ■ boat pass through Cape Cod <• canal. They drove from Sayles- j ville- in an automobile, lie said. t and parked it near Barstow's 1 f landing, a long-uftused pier. Then £ they walked down the pier. I f At the end of the pier Mrs. Al-i j linson pushed the two small chil-' < dren into the water and then r tried to throw Wayne in, but he f struggled witli her. She finally! picked him up in her arms and jumped off the pier. s —— o — 1 1 Fast-Growing Tree ;t I'lie m-s' rnpidli rr-whig kind of A ' 2 " '' M

AWARD TROPHY TO ST. JOE TEAM Tjo St. Jos eighth grade, basketball team was honored by the students of the school Friday afternoon for their victory in the annual • city series with the Central eight', glade team. The George Wemhotf ’ropliy was piesented to the team and sever:') brief addresses were made in honor of the occasion. This is the fifth year this trophy lias been in com(petition ard has been won three limes by the St. Joe team and twice by Central. Presentation of the trophy was i made by tie Rev. Father Julius iSeimetz. Leo Dowling acted as itoastmaster. Short talks were mad' I.by Rob Wernlioff, St. Joe coach. George Laurent. Commodore coach, Rev. Father Joseph Hennes and Joe Lose. Responses were given by six members of the eighth grade team Following the speeches, the girls of the eighth grade entertained tile | members of the team with a luncheon prepared in one of the class- , rooms. —(l Prof. Einstein. Wife Return To Berlin Home Berlin, March 14 —(UPi —Prof. Albert Einstein returned to Berlin today on his 52nd birthday anniversary and went with Frau Einstein to their home in a suburb. Tlie Einsteins arrived by train from Hamburg. Professor Einstein evaded crowds of admirers. He tol I the United Press that he and his wife were exhausted after a stormy ocean crossing. Einstein plans to remain in Berlin for three weeks ai d then go to Oxford University t > le. tore. 0 Jtpcue* Ec! Dinners F.el meals are as popular among Japanese ss are .Maryland chicken dinners in Baltimore. In some I,i|e ane:e cilies eel bouses are near'} as nuiiier. .;s as weiner stands at a cotnitj fair When the diner enlers an eel Louse I e is led to a large tub of lire eels. lie makes his choice of lire wriggling creatures. it is speared, split along the bo k. cut in;,* small ph-ees ;im|, with sey <auec. is cooked ever a cbarcoat tire. BLUFFTON WINS FIRST GAME OF REGIONAL MEET r’OVT'N'UI. I> FROM PA.’.S ONE|.)| d field goal. Huntington hit two ■ free throws and a field goal but Zerkle went back with two foul tosses to tie tlie score at 4-4 at the end of the first quarter. Huntington scored two field goals at the start of the second period to assume an 8-4 lead. Field goals by J. Hill and Deßolt and a foul toss by J. Hill gavje Decatur a 9 S margin. Schnepp counted a 1 field goal and a free throw to | inciease the lead to four points. I Carroll scored a foul goal to make the count at the end of the first half, 12-9, Decatur. Win Defensive Game Dispaying great defensive strength, the Bluffton Tigers won the opening game of tlie regional tourney this afternoon at Fort Wayne, defeating the North Side Redskins IS to 8. North Side scored

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; only two field goals during the entire game, one in the first quarter and one in the fourth period. At the end of tlie first quaiter. North Side led, 3 to 2. Bluffton's points were both scored on free hrows. In the second period, the Timers ran up tea points while holding the Redskins scoreless. In the third period, North Side scored one free throw and Bluffton boosted their total to 16. The Tiger-i stalled during practically the entire last half, using some subsitutes to save the regulars for the final game tonight. Coach Templin of Bluffton started the following lineup; Bender and Emshwiller. forwards; Heslier center and Rector and Warnock, guards The North Side starters were: Jaehn and Scott, forwards; Vauris center; Leeper and Boarhaiu, guards. —-_ 0 L Interesting Collection A mllpuHun of old |d:innitio!i din rh s joiirruils mid records mid (’on h»d ent l v b.i’ikiP'ies duitii’ from, IS-in to I'.MMI Is in the l.oiiisimiH Style univprshy Hhniry tlie uift oi Ihe bet'lohet fmnilv of Liil 'nveftp La. 0 Mada? • Menu Mmlat-asrm nmives ent spiders silkworms iriasslioppers mid dried locust’s I'm’i x ‘jood ,\lmhi2Ms< an tiHiisfwile has in reserve h suppit <»t dried h»< ir’s io su tain the fain fly hi tine 1 of f imine O. VV Holme#’ Hobby It is s iid <d I»r ' Hivei Wendell Holmes Ihil he hlw.ivs curried a 3;I foot tape I e in h’s p<»< kel will. wl(ic|i lo ni“;i"iiie any hiu trees he snu in his Irmels Xr« England -oG?sd Work After the completion <>t the Pan ama canal General Gorgas went to South Africa io tight pneumonia in the gold and diamond mining fields Due to Ids efforts, tlie death rate dropped from 350 per I.ikhi to 3 per I.IHHI, and the death rate from all diseases to 6 pet l.(Mlt). Oxford university bestowed upon him tlie degree of doctor of science. 0 _ 1 rained Rnberta was telling tier teacher about her liiother’s bi.tliday. "Huw old was your mother?" in quired tlie teacher. “Oh. sli? is always twenty five on her birthday.” replied the well trained seven-year-old. o Ha. two Meairnji The expression "double entendre" tins U’e same niealiing as the ex presslnn “double meaning"—a w>*id «»t phrase that *-:tn he inter prvieil in eitliei of tw*> wins one of which l« often of doubtful pro prielv o Stick to Opinions ( It carries 100 greut an Imptl tatioii of Ignorance, lightness oi foil) tor men to quit and re noiince tenets presently upon the otter ol an nrgunienf whirls they omnot Iniimslliilely an swer.— Locke. • o Card of Thanks We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the kind assistance extended during the illness and death of our husband and brother, Charles Baker. Mrs. Sarah Baker. Mrs. Sarah Hammell. LARGE REWARD OFFERED FOR JEWEL ROBBERS (CONTINUED FROM ON’Ei With Wagener was Grant A. Pgacock, local manager for Charl- | ton and Co. He refused to discuss the affair with newspapermen, hut told the United Press ever the telephone that “Wagener is here with me, but I won’t let him talk.” "There isn’t anything to it," Peacock said. "Our store was entered and all the valuable jewelry and gems were taken. The loss was fully covered by insur-

■ • successful test. The rockets. ♦ divided into two batteries and placed on each side of the craft near the bow. are fired in rapid succession by a control sw.tch.

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Johnny Weissmuller, star of many swimming events, and Bobby Arnst. star of the stage, are twinkling together in sun i ance. That's all there is to it.” Sheriff Baker visited Wagener and said he believed the salesman's story was .substantially tine. There were a few slight discrepancies in the story,, he said but he believed that Wagener, who lias served Charlton and Co., for 117 years, had no intentional part ' ,in the crime, A partial list of the missing j jewels, as given out by Sheriff Baker, included one pearl necklace valued at $75,000 and another at ■ $50,000; one $15,000 diamond ring | and several other rings totalling | $75,000; bracelets worth $100,090;

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The pilot’s mother and sister hvlped him to bu Id the sled and were among ’he great crowd of spectators who witnessed the youth’s darmg in test.

* shine at Miami Beain.’r’ia on . their honeymoon Th •> w, re I married at Fort l .aoderdale. Fla., ' after a short court.sh o ’ brooches totalling $159,000 and . pearls worth $250,000. The total ’ value of the missing gems was well over $1,000,000. HEARS MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL iCONTi x i ROM "A NEI It was tlie first decision under tins law given by a jury in the Adams circuit court. Samuel Jackson, Fort Wayne is attorney for tlie plaintiff, and Lester Harper, also of Fort Wayne is representing the de:endant.

TRIAL DATES SET IN COURT ’ u'ti.Cl INi’r.o CRUM PACK ONZI ; lei'tltrlg of the will of John N. Pfetf-i 1 'for, Miami. Florida, was venue from} 1 'the Allen circuit court to the local court today. The complaint Is a petition tor the.conrt to construe the j will and decide the meaning oLthej ; alternations made in he instrument i The will was written June 22, 1926 | and makes disposition of certain/ .. al esta e in Fort Wayne, with a ,number of institutions. The Reform- L .<1 church, the Salem church and | the Summit City Masonic lodge being namejl beneficiaries. Judge Erwin will act in the case. —t -o— WERT DANGER OF LANDSLIDE Ci >N I INI I’D FIIOM PAGE ONEI 100 and 200 inhabitants--were destroyed shortly after midnight. l Military authorities took charge, of tlie evacuation of peasants from their imperilled homes and engl-i neers employed dynaniito in a vain effort to divert the Advance! of S ime 6.000,000 cubic meters of mud and stones. Many stories of heroism were' told as the peasants sorrowfully left their homes, trudging through the mud or driving small carts. Some were evacuated in military trucks. One man dashed back in.to a collapsing house to save O| blind woman who had been left beliind. A mother in another dis-j trlct rescued a child who had run I back to their cottage to save i , some toys. One family was forced to leave i . . r—,-r, ■ - —r —— | M

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