Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1931 — Page 6

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FAVORITES WIN IN NAT LEAGUE Chicago, April 15. HR. Th ■ fifty-fifth pennant race in the National league was underway today with three of the leading contendirs victorious in th c opening games. The St. T..ouis Cardinals, Chicago Cults and New York Giants —on", two, three in the 1030 race all won their initial games of the 1931 season by the same margin f four runs. The Brooklyn Robins, the fourth team favored to figure in the pennant pursuit, were beaten by the Boston Braves, 7-4. A total of 115,000 spectators witnessed the four opening games, only 5,000 less than the National, league record set last year. The largest crowd, 45,000, saw' the Cubs, under Rogers Hornsby, I truniph over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley field, 6-2. The Cardinals began their defense of the National league pennant by beating the Reds, 7-3, lie-1 fore 30,000 at Cinciniwti. Collecting 14 hits—the day's biggest total in the National league—the Giauts won from the Phillies, 9-5, before a 20,000 crowd at Philadelphia. About 20,000 attended the Robins-Braves game at Bosjton. Pitching honors for the day went to Charley Root, Cubs' right-hand ace whose arm went dead during the thick of the 1930 race. He let the Pirates dow n with four hits. I and did not allow a run until the eighth inning. He was the only] National league pitcher to go the i route. The hitting heroes were Riggs■ Stephenson. Cubs' outfielder; Gab-1 by Hartnett. Cubs' catcher; Chuck Klein, Phillies' outfielder; Wally Berger, Braves' outfielder, and Jimmy Wilson. Cardinals’ catcher. Stephenson was the only Nation! al leaguer who played the entire! game with a perfect batting aver age for the day. He had two walks and two singles in four times at bat. Hartnett got a home run and a double, driving in three of the Cubs' runs. Klein, who hit 40 home runs last season, hit a pair of circuit clouts in the opener aganst the Giants, but could not keep his team from losing. Berger, one of the prize rookies cf last year, hit a single, double! and triple in four times at bat in the Braves' victory over the Rob-1 ins. Wilson hit two singles and ,a! double In the Cards-Reds game. Four rookies made their debut as

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I regulars in the National league! ! games. Johnny Vergez, taking | 'Freddy Lindstrom's place at third! base with the Giants when John J. McGraw shifted the hitter to the I outfield, made two hits in four limes at bat in fast company for the first time. He came up from the Oakland Pacific Coast league club. The Braves introduced out fielder) Dick Worthington and third base-! man Charley Wi’son from the! i Rochester Internationa) league, 'club. Worthington scored one run,. made one hit and one error in his. debit. Wilson, leading off, went hitless in five times at bat, hut 'handled five chances perfectly. | Buzz Arlett. another coast league product, made his start in right field with the Phillies by banging out a single ami double. John I’. Quinn, who pitched for 1 the New Yolk Yankees as far back as 1909, made his National league 1 debut with Brooklyn by being ) pounded out of the box by the J Braves. Walter J. (Rabbit l Marnville, who 1 1 is 38 is still on of baseball's finest 1 infielders, began his 18th season in i 1 the majors with one hit in four ’ times at bat. ' There were six heme runs in the 1 opening games. In addition to two by Klein. Ott and Critz of the ’ Giants. Stiipp of the Reds and ‘ Hartnett of the Cubs made one each. The winning pitchers were Root. 1 Cubs; Rhein, Cardinals: Fitzsimmons, Giants, and Sherdel, Piston Braves. < - Yesterdays hero: Wee Wi.lie : Sherdel. Boston Braves' southpaw, who scored one run. made two hits 1 ;in two times at bat and held the Robins at bay as a relief pitcher as his team trimmed Brooklyn. 7-4. ! His double in the seventh sent, I Quinn, oldest major league pitcher, ;to the showers. o— Schmelling Confers On Coming Title Match Indianapolis, April 15 — (UP) — Max Sihmelling world heavy weigh’ boxing champion, left here todav for South Bend to confer with ring official;; on a date for his fight'witli | Young Stribling in Cleveland. Although Joe Jacobs, the champ's manager, said he thought the fight would be in July, but said filial decision hinged upon today's conference. The winner of the Schmelline-, Stribling bout will meet Primo CarnerA. Jacobs said. “Stribling is the ' outstanding heavyweight contender in this country,'' Jacobs said, “but i he will not give schmelling much | tio able.”

SENATORS BOW TO OLD RIVALS New York. April 15. U.P.. Pre ■ season spectations that the Phila 1 dvlphia Athletics and Washington' I Senators would battle it out for the I ‘1931 American league pennant.' with the New York Yankees as a ; possible “dark horse" appeared jus- 1 titled today. The three favored clubs made' impressive showings in their open-' i ing games yesterday and apparent i ly are destined for a flying start ] | The Athletics opened their cam-; paign for a third successive world ! championship by defeating their most dangerous rivals —the Wash-; ington Senators 5 to 3. in 11 in- 1 nings, while the Yankees romped! to an easy 6 to 3 triumph over the! Boston Red Sox. Cochrane, Simmons, Foxx and: Grove, star members of the Ath-1 letics' “big five", played important , roles in the Philadelphia victory.] Grove went to the mound after the champions tied the score in the ninth and received credit for the) victory when successive hits by, Cochrane, Simmons and Foxx and , a flv by Miller counted the winningI runs in the eleventh. Babe Ruth and Charlie Ruffing shared honors to the Yankees' successful debut under Manager Joe! McCarthy. Ruffing held the Red; Sox safe after the first inning while I Ruth led the attack with a home run. a single and a stolen base. It] is a baseball axiom that "as Ruth) goes, so go the Yankees," and if i this is true the New Yorkers should] have a big season. Ruth, seeking a renewal of his | 180,000 contract, appears in better ! condition than at any time in recent yeats and promises to set a! fast pace for his mates. Cleveland's Indians rewarded a (record opening day crowd by defeat ing the Chicago White Sox, 5 to 4. Wes Ferrell went the route for the Indians and, was hit freely in the early innings, but won when his mates staged three and two run rallies in the fifth and eighth innings. St. Louis' 7 to 3 victory over Detroit was featured by the record loyv opening attendance of 3,500 ami the appearance of six rookie players. Detroit started the season with an entire rookie outfield, while shortstop Levy, first baseman Burns and outfielder Bettencourt made their debut with the Browns. Walter Stewart pitched for St. Louis, shutting out Detroit in every inning except the fourth. | Yesterday's hero: Babe Ruth. ! who started his 18th major league 1 season with a home run and a I single in three times at bat. Ruth | also stole a base and turned in two ! excellent fielding plays, making a I shoe string catch for the final out I of the game. o CIVIC SECTION PLANS FLOWER CONTEST HERE . "M VROM page one spected by the committee at various times during the summer and fall, and the prizes will be awarded at the close of the flowering season. It is the earnest desire of all members of the Civic section and the committees who are working |to make the contests a success, [that everyone take part, register with the committees at once, and begin work on their gardens. It is also hoped that through this event, many of the yards of Decatur residents will be improved and beautified. BOX CAR GOES ON WILD RIDE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE boys are all local school boys. Police officers did not divulge the names of the boys. Two are Fined William Bunner of Bobo was fin ed $25 and costs and sentenced to 45 days at the Allen county penal farm and Clinton Death of Bobo was fined sls and costs in Fort Wayne city court Tuesday. Bunner was found guilty of drunken driving and Death was found guilty of public intoxication. Bunner’s automobile driver’s license was revoked for a year. o Square Dance Tonight — Friday night the opening Round Dance night at SunSet Park.

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FIRE DISASTER INVESTIGATED Mining Exuerts Aid In Probe of Chicago Tunnel Blast And Fire ( Icengo, April 15 (U.R)—Mining ' experts joined today with city.] county and state officials Hi efforts! Io determine definitely the cause I of a tunnel fire which killed 11 ] men in Chicago's most costly, under round disaster and to plan | safety measures so that such a 1 tragedy can not happen again. , A coroner's Inquest into the; deaths of the 11 men was adjourn-' ed until April 21 to give officials! time to perfect the! rreports. The i jury was taken today into the tunnel. ('apt. James E. O'Neill, fireman,; was the last victim taken from the tunnel. He had been the first to] enter Monday night when the fire filled the hug? intercepting newer with gas laden smoke and trapped' two score workmen. Besides the 11 who died inside th" tunnel, there was one other, whose death was attributed to the disaster. He was traffic policeman Harry Fiedler, who was killed by an ambulance speeding to a hospital with some of the rescued. Fifty-four men were injured seriously enough to require medical attention. Scores of others, most of them firemen, suffered minor injuries. It was believed all the injured would recover. Opening testimony at. the inquest did not establish whether it was sawdust, packed about the wooden forms for the concrete walls, oi* the forms themselves.

which had burned. It was agreed there was little, if any. actual fire inside the tunnel, but that smoke i from the mysterious blazes had ' filled the passageway with smoke so dense powerful lights could not penetrate it Reports that the fire was started Iby a workman who dropped a j candle into the sawdust were not I substantiated. Construction offi-, | r j-i’s expressed doubts the blaze had started from a defective elec-; : trie wire. I Every hour from the time the I fire started until Capt. O'Neil’s ■ bodv was recovered about 2 p.m. | yesterday was filled with dramatic ! inc'dents. One of the greatest was when 16 men who had been given ! nn for hours as dead were brought I to the surface after escaping from ! a compartment which smoke did ; not enter but which was blocked I from the single entrance. They ! came out after a powerful smoke ejector, brought from Wisconsin, had cleared the main tunnel, which is 17 feet in diameter and 400 feet long. The 400 firemen who braved dea’h by go'ng into the almost airt’ght, -o'mn filled tunnel, were naid high tributes today by officials and l y newspapers, which commented editorially. Os the 11 men killed, four were firemen and seven lalhrers. Os the seriously injured. 35 were firemen and 19 lalxirers. Dr. Harold P. Sullivan, fire department surgeon, revealed at the inquest that the lives of many of the men were saved after they were out of the tunnel. It was peculiar that the men who were brought out alive suffered most when they first breathed ) pure air. Many walked out, but 1 collarseil the moment fresh air entered their lungs. Dr. Sullivan revealed that many of the rescued men were dying when thev reached hospitals and that their lives were saved, by oxvgen treatment. “It is only through the kindness of providence that there are not more dead.” said Sullivan. 0 BACCALAUREATE TO BE SUNDAY (CONTINUED leRC'M PAGE ONE Schubert-Nevin—Miss Lulu Gerber Baccalaureate Sermon — “The Harmonious Blending of Life’s Meliodies” —Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann. Organ Solo “The Bells of Aberdovey"—Stewart —Miss Lulu Gerber. Benediction. Doxology. WOMAN’S GROUP SEEKS REPEAL OF DRY LAWS <CONT’NTTFD FROM PAGE ONE) temperance, breeding corruption and a lawlessness unprecedented in a civilized state and has differ ed only in regard to the details of the method of ending It." The women resolved that “the eighteenth amendment can be repealed or abrogated only by a new amendment and that such new amendment, no matter how couched, is in essence a repeal of the eighteenth amendment.” “Be it further resolved,” the women continued, “that we petition the President o's the United

States and tlw congress of the I United States to take such action I ns will give to the people of the stalos tin opportunity to put into effect the principles to which we adhere." A copy of five resolution is to be submitted to congress and to all national committeemen and women of both parties and to all party state chairmen. The party to which the questioner belonged moved closer when ittt formed the delegation was 100 per cent for repeal of the 18th amendment and was about to'lnform Mr. Hoover of their opinions. Mrs. Robert W. Lovett of Massachusetts was responsible for the descent upon the President. Although representatives of women's prohibition organizations here some days ago had called at the White house, the executive committee of the anti proh’lftion group had not ma le any effort to obtain •i White House appointment. Mrs. Lovett thought Mr. Hoover was entitled to know how women felt on both sides of the question. White House guards counted 534 women In the anti-prohibition delegation. When Mrs. Courtlandt Nlcoll, vivacious voting brunette of New Vork, handed the petition to Mr. Hoover, he said: "1 am very happy to have it.” .... —— . o-4-H CALF CLUB NAMES LEADERS (CONTINUED FROM CA?'' '"Nun hers to the fact that the calf should Ip weighed in on April 15 and the record started then. All enrollment cards, he stated, should be in the mail by April 15. As soon as these are in the complete enrollment in the calf club will be published. Archbold also stated that members who desire to take their calves to the Indiana state fair should have them registered in their own name by June 1. Principal Wagner of Monroe high school spoke to the club calling attention to the ideals of good citizenship that could be secured

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from club work and urged the members to bo faithful in their attendance at meetings. The meeting closed after Eskimo pies had been served. DECATUR MAN EXPIRES TODAY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) preceded him in death in 1897. On April 30, 1898 hi 1 was united in marriage to Miss May Williams, who survives. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. S. E. Whitright of near this city, and a son Lawrence E. Johnston of Fort Wayne; 5 grandchildren, a I-other, A. D. Johnston of Newcastle, three half sisters. Mrs. Dora Butcher and Mrs. Lorlnda Kunewlch of Decatur, anil Mrs. Eva Estoll of near this city. Several children, and a grandson preceded the deceased In death. Funeral services will he held Friday afteinoon nt 1:30 o'clock at the home and at 2 o'clock at the Evangelical church with Rev. M. W Sunderman officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. o SPAIN’S KING SAILS TODAY FOR ENGLAND (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. and grimly stoical in the face of collapse of his throne and establishment of a republican government. arrived at Cartagena, ancient naval seat cn the Mediterranean, at 4 a. in., after an all-night drive from the capital. Alone and without friends to cheer him. the former king hid ridden for seven hours beside his (hauffeur on the dash to the coast. Two other cars, carrying his cousin, the Infante D'Orleans, and Admiral Jose Rivera, last monarchist minister of navy, followed. The deposed king left the capital after the republican government had guaranteed the safety of the royal family, which he will join in England. Prince Juan, his third

son. drove by automobile to Gibraltar to embark. Queen Victoria, the Prince of the Astuiias, unit other members of the royal house slept in the palaeo at Madrid, but departed today for Paris, en route to London. The shouts of celebrating i 1 publicans, who had seen the new government bonded by Nicolo Alcala Zamora come Into power us a result of the republican victory in Sunday's elections, rang through Madrid ns Alfonso's car sped through the night toward Cartagena. His departure on the 275-milo automobile drive was secret and the machines sped along through towns which were celebrating the new republic without attracting attention until they reached Murcia, where the United Pless correspondent reported them at 3:10 a. m. The inhabitants of Murcia swarm ed into the streets and shouted and sang when the deposed king's auto . mobile was sighted. The ears reached Cartagena at 4 a. m. and whirled through the streets to the dockyards, where the captain general, a group of naval officers and a crowd of about 300 persons awaited. As the automobiles arrived there was a stir among the crowd outside the gates. "Long live the king!" someone shouted. “Long live the republic!” replied half a dozen others. Otherwise the crowd was tranquil, apparently conscious that they were witnessing' one of Spain's greatest historical events —departure of the "last" of the Bourbons who had ruled the nation, with one brief republican interlude, since Philip V ascended the throne in 1700. Alfonso boarded.the warship and it raised anchor at 4:45 a. m„ carrying the lastest of Europe's deposed monarchs away from the shores of the newest "pyublic and into exile. o BARGa.. — Bargains in living room, dining room suits, mat tresses and rues. Stuckey and Co. Monroe, onr Phone number in 44 l«8-tf

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