Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 27 April 1931 — Page 3

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■ ICELAND IS JEItST PLACE • IN LEAGUE - Hins Advance to Top Kition In American 11 League Today *Kkees DROP Kame to senators York. April 27.—<U.R' —The ’ in( | Indians, rated as no betK,,, u f until place team when oP' imd, were ill possess i first place in the American today. although idle, advampusuimi yesterday when York Yankees dropped a io the Washington scheduled game beIndians and the St. Louis s wa.~ si poned because of - have won seven of while the Yankees victories in 11 starts Poor base running V A Yorkers their leaderLou Gehrig hornl.ary on base in the first but tlie blow was lost when passed l.ary between third to occupy third base at time. Dusty Cook, outwhose play thus far this *i lias been sensational, was in the game. only other American leaplayed, the Detroit Tig-1 -nd the Chicago White Sox,; ■ l Sorrell and Sullivan held! to three hits but bases on I Mkq' them in constant trouble.; Tigri s sewed up the contest Bl > ”V' '■ '!• atid eighth innings! l,!, '. v scored four runs. ■' d-leated by Pittsburgh,! .' st. Louis Cardinals main-1 lead or-, M Homie Meine held the Card-' four hits while the Pirates

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got six off Bill Hallahan and Paul Derringer. Cotnorsky scored the lone run of the game in the fifth inning when he walked, stole seclond, took third on an infield out and came home on Phillip's long fly. Charley Hoot registered his third victory this season as the Chicago Cubs pushed the Cincinnati Reds deeper into the National league cellar, 3 to 0. Root held the Reds to six hits while the Cubs pounded Frey, Johnson and Benton for 13. Rogers Hornsby, with three lilts, led the Cubs' batting attack. Brooklyn, whose play thus far this year has been far below the expected standard, ami Boston, threatening the Cardinals for the leadership, were idle yesterday because of rain. The Robins were • scheduled to i play Philadelphia while the Braves were paired with the New York Giants. Yesterday's hero: Heine Meine, veteran right hander of tlie Pittsburgh Pirates, who shutout the St. Louis Cardinals, Ito 0, Meine held' the 1930 National league champions to four hits. STANDINGS National League W. L. Pct. St. Louis 6 2 .750 Boston „ 8 3 .727 Chicago 7 3 .700. New York 6 4 .600 Philadelphia 4 5 .4441 Pittsburgh „ 4 4 .400 ' Brooklyn 2 8 .200; Cincinnati 17 .125 j American League W. L. Pct. Cleveland . 7 3 .700 ; Newc. Y’ork .... 7 4 .637 I Washington 6 5 .545 i Detroit * 6 5 .545 j Philadelphia 5 5 .500 . St. Louis 3 5 .375 i Chicago 3 6 .333 ! Boston 3 7 .300 American Association W. L. Pct. ' I Louisville 7 3 .700 ' Columbus 8 3 .727 ' Milwaukee 6 4 .600 i St. Paul 6 3 .6G7 : Minneapolis 4 6 .400 Indianapolis 4 6 .4001 Kansas City 4 8 .3331 Tolpdo 2 7 .222 Yesterday’s Results • National League Chicago, 3; Cincinnati 1. I PittslAirgh 1, St. Louis 0. Philadelphia at Brooklyn, rain Boston at New York, rain. American League Washington 9, New York 7. Detroit 8, Chicago 4 Philadelphia at Boston, rain St. Louis at Cleveland, rain. American Association Kansas City. 12, 3; Indianapolis 5, 4. (second six innings, Sunday closing law). Minneapolis 6, Toledo 5 (15 innings) Louisville 7, Milwaukee 4 SL Paul 21, Columbus 9. j LaPorte’s Town Clock Not Changed La Porte, Ind.. April 27 —(UP) — The city of La Porte adopted daylight saving time and moved its schedule ahead an hour but the court house dock remains on standard time in accordance with the wisnes of tlie farmers of the county. County commissioners acceded to wishes of tlie farm bureau and refused to change time in the county building. o TRAPPED FLORENCE HOLTHOUSE Stenographic Work Typewriting Fudge J- T. Merryman’s Law Office, K. of C. Bld;’. If you have any extra typewriting or stenographic work I will be glad to do it. Phone 42 for appointment."

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Babe Ruth Able To Leave Hospital New York, April 27—(UP)—Babe Rutn, baseball’s most colorful figure, was back home today. Ruth, who was injured Thursday in the game between tne New York' Yankees and Boston Red Sox, came home in a wheel-chair yesterday after he had been released from a Boston hospital. He will remain here ten days or two weeks before he will be able to rejoin his teammates. f “I feel fine now, but I don’t know how soon I’ll be able to hop around again" Ruth said as he arrived. He expressed hope lie would be able to play when the Yankees open their series against the Philadelphia Athletics Thursday. His Physicians, however, said they believed it would be at least ten days before Ruth would be able to play, Q MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By United Press Following averages compiled by United Press include games played iSunday, April 26. Leading Batsmen Name and Team GAB R H Pct. Davis, Phillies 8 23 1 11 .478 Van Camp, Red Sox 7 19 2 9 .474 Berger, Braves .... 11 41 7)19 .463 Alexander, Tigers.. 11 41 4 19 .463 Vosmik, Indians .... 9 39 8 17 .436 Home Run Sluggers Hornsby, Cubs 5 | Stone, Tigers 5 Herman, Robins 4 Ruth, Yankees 3 i Gehrig, Yankees 3 Klein, Phillies 3 i o Hornsby Reaches Batting Stride Chicago, April 27 —(U.R)—Swinging back into the stride that made him batting champion of • the National League for seven years. Rogers Hornsby, Chicago Culis’ manager and second baseman, today boasted of a batting average of .425 and a record of 11 hits in 15 times at bat in his last three ’ games. Hornsby’s batting average dwindled to a mere .240 last week, but he began his batting streak witli three home runs in succes- ’ sion against Pittsburgh on Friday. ■ He also added a single in his last ! appearance at bat and ran his streak to seven consecutive hits by driving out singles in his first three times at bat Saturday. A double in his last time at bat Saturday and three hits yesterday against Cincinnati enabled him to raise his Witting average .185 points in three days. o W. C. T. U. BACKS NEW STATE LAW (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) oil of hemp, or any deleterious or poisonous ingredient or substance, or intended, suited, made or prepared for the purpose of being filled with tobacco for smoking or any substitute for such cigarette paper, cigarette wrapper or other such paper. Section 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person under the full age and state that he or she is over the age of twenty-one years in order to purchase, procure, use, sell or otherwise dispose of any cigarette or other article mentioned in section one (1) of this act. Section 3. Any person who shall be convicted of violating any of the provisions of this act shall bo fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding three (3) months, or punrelied by both such fine and imprisonment: Provided, That none of the provisions of this act shall be held to repeal any law against selling cigarettes or other injurious articles to minors; and Provided further. That this act shall be taken as supplemental to, and not as superseding "An act defining delinquency in children, and providing for, or in any way contributing to the delinquency or other offenses of any child," approved March 6, 1905. Cigarettes, Sale to Minors, Penalty Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That section one of the above entitled act be amended so as to read as follows: Sectionl. It shall be unlawful for any person by himself, clerk, servant, employee or agent directly or indirectly upon any pretense or by any device, to sell, exchange, barter, dispose of or give away or keep for sale, to any minor, any cigarettes, cigarette paper or cigarette wrappers or any papers made or prepared for the purpose of being filled with tobacco i for smoaking, or keep or own, or in I any way concerned, engaged or employed in owning or keeping ary such cigarettes, cigarette paper or wrappers for sale to minors and any person lor violation of same I shall be guilty of a misdemeauer. ’ and upon conviction shall, for the *

first offense pay a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and cost of prosecution, and stand committed to the county jail, or workhouse until such costs are paid; and for the second and each subsequent offense he shall pay upon conviction thereof, a fine of not less tihan one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars and the costs of prosecution, or be imprisoned in the county jail or workhouse, not to. exceed six months. Cigarettes, Furnishing to Minors Section 570. It shall be unlawful for any corporation, company, firm or person to sell, barter, furnish, procure for or give away directly or indirectly, to any minor, any cigarettes, cigarette wrappers, or ~übst!tute eJtbe.r, or tn persuade, advise, counsel or compel any minor to smoke \any cigarette: any such corporations, company, firm or person violating any of the provisions of tills section shall for the first offense, conviction be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars; and for the second or any subsequent offense such corporation, company firm or persons shall on conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail or workhouse for any period not exceeding s ixty days. Tobacco—Furnishing to Minors Section 569. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to give, barter or sell) either directly or indirectly, to any child or children under sixteen yeprs any tobacco or preparation of tobacco, to be chewed or smoked by such child or children, or to give, barter or sell the same to any person whomsoever, with the knowledge that it is to be chewed or smoked by any child under the age aforesaid or to persuade, advise, counsel or compel any child under age to chew or smoke tobacco. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section, sh'all on conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and be imprisoned in tlie county jail or workhouse not less than ten days or more than thirty days. - o

LOYALTY DAY IS OBBSERVED (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ty to the Cpniniunity.’ He suggested that the boys of the city might help in the Clean-Up Week program and assist in making Decatur clean. He asked them not to destroy public property but to take an interest in all property, and to start now in the work of lieautifying the yards. The same program itas repeated during the afternoon before the boys of tlie St. Joseph school. “Boys’ Day in School” will be the subject of the program for Tuesday, and parents of school children are invited to visit the schools. o e WEEK-END IN INDIANA (By United Press) Greencastle. — Attorney General Janies M. Ogden was re-elected as one of the alumni trustees of DePauw University, defeating John U. Goodwin, Brookville, and Rev. Leander T. Freeland, Shelbyville. Mulberry. — William Lecklitner astonished his family by driving into town after a seven-year absence. He said lie had been in Bloomington, Ind., most of the time. His auto was found at Dayton soon after his disappearance, and he had been given up as dead. Evansville. —Police here were investigating what they termed “strange circumstances” in the shooting of Ludvic Scholem, while Scholem contended that it was merely a stray bullet, and not worthy of a probe. Tlie bullet struck him after passing through rear glass of his auto. Angola.—Damage of $27,500 was sustained in destruction of the Guy Kemprllng grocery, and Robert Sterman, student at Tristate College, escaped from bis sleeping room on the second floor, by climbing down a metal sign. Bloomington. — Mary Hale, Fort Wayne, and Stanley A. B. Cooper, Brazil, Indiana University seniors, won the 1931 Sigma Delta Chi scholarship keys. Indianapolis. — Desperation, induced by unemployment, drove Geo. R. Taylor, 56, to attempt blackmail of three Indianapolis men, lie told police. Taylor was captured when he went to get money from a vacant house, where ho bad directed that it be placed. o —— NOTICE The Board of Children's Guardians is asked to meet in the Public Library. Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Mrs. D. 1). Heller. o— NOTICE — Before placing your order for Fruit trees or shrubs, get my prices on Stark Brothers and Burbank's trees and shrubs. Oldest and largest in America. Phone 5463 will call F. D. Grim. Itx

CYRUS EATON QUITS CONCERN Financier Resigns Post With Continental Co.; Others Also Quit Cleveland, 0., April 27. — (U.R> — Cyrus 8. Eaton, who made a spectacular rise from a Divinity student to one of America’s leading financial figures, has resigned as the guiding hand and director of Continental Shares. Inc., which was organized as a $115,000,000 holding company by the Eaton-Otis interests for Ills enterprises. Eaton presented his resignation as chairman and director along with those of W. R. Burwell as director and president, and M. J. Mandelbauni and Philip Wick, as directors. They have been supplanted by an entire new board representing four of the largest Cleveland banks. Although Eaton severed all relations with Continental, he is retaining his vast holdings. Eaton, interested in many utilities and steel organizations, is noted as one of tlie few men ever to oppose the forces of Wall street through his blockade of the billion-dollar merger of Youngstown Sheet and Tube with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation a year ago. Otis and Company; of which Eaton is tlie junior partner, lias turned its brokerage accounts over to the E. A. Pierce and Company and hereafter will confine its activities to a general investment trust. Announcement of these two developments was' made yesterday, almost simultaneously. Associates of Eaton denied they were co-relat-ed. George T. Bishop of Cleveland and New York, utility magnate and a close friend of EXton, was elected president. He has been associated with railroads, public utilities and manufacturing throughout the country for nearly 40 years. Burwell was named vice president. Announcement of Eaton's resignation followed closely reports that he had met severe financial losses as a result of the collapse in stock market values, which affected many of his companies. LEGS DIAMOND ESCAPES DEATH (CONTINUED FROM PAGRONE) Ten charges of bucksliot blazed from a sawed-off shotgun as tlie young Broadway beer runner walked out on the porch of tlie Saratoga Inn shortly before 12 o’clock last night. Four of them tors into his body as lie reeled backward. The others, which would have finished him, splintered the door through which he passed. Tlie assailant, unknown, escaped into the darkness. Scarcely six months ago Diamond was shot four times and left for dead in the Monticello Hotel in New York by two men whom he unwittingly admitted to hie room. Surgeons said he had a chance in a hundred to survive. Thin, emaciated and tubercular, he was in no condition to resist death. But he fought it with a determination so strong that he recovered and several weeks later was released. Since that time he has remained almost in seclusion in the strongly guarded house at Aera, six miles from here, that is referred to as his “fortress'' in tlie mountains. Tlie underworld has expected another attempt on his life. Having come so close to success before, his enemies were considered unwilling to stop there. Diamond, whose notoriety has spread throughout the world) probably kjiew it would be useless to flee. HO had tried that once before, and no European country would admit him. Last night he was sitting with a party of three in the roadhouse, located a mile and a half from town. As the midnight hour drew near he rose f"»ni a table, crossed the threshold of the room, passed through a door that led onto a porch closed in by glass. Just behind him walked his bodyguard, John Scaecio. As the gang chieftain appeared in the doorway there was a blitiding, deafening roar from the darkness. Diamond was hurled to tlie floor, screaming as he lay there: God, I’m shot again! I'm shot again!” The firing continued. Soaocio ducked and the passageway aryl nearby walls were riddled by the shotgun charges. The attack was so terrific and unexpected that none in the roadhotiie was certain how many men were firing. When it had stopped the bodyguard rushed to the side of bis fallen chief ami lifted him up. ”1 guess they got mo that time” Diamond moaned. “They must have used a machine gun.” But the gangster was less seriously wounded than he thought. A hurried call brought a private ainbuliiaiice and a dash was begun to tlie Albany hospital, some ’.’s or 30 miles away. Diamond was carried into the hospital at 2 a.m. with one arm broken and painful wounds on both sides and in his . back.

After an examination it was announced he was not critically wounded, and an emergency operation was performed to remove the shot from his body. But Diamond was not yet convinced that he would live. He kept saying to Scaccio. "If I go over the hill, be sure to take care of Alice.” Allee is his wife. , SERVICE TO BE HELD SUNDAY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Britc, Joan Brunton, Patricia Borling, Vera Coffee, Gloria Crablll, Joan Des Jean, Naomi. Geimer, Irene Heimann; Eileen Hess, Patricia Rumschlag, Honora Schmitt. Frances Schulte, Rosemary Spangler, Mary Ann Voglewede, Georgia Sue Cowen, Maxine Steigmeyer, Patricia Schmitt. Instructions in receiving Holy Communion have been given to the class by Father Seimetz •since tlie first of February. TO PUBLISH ROCKNE’S BOOK Famous Uncompleted Story To Be Used In Biography of Life South Bend, hid., April 27 —(UP) Knute Rockne’s uncompleted story of the development of college football, his plays, famous stars, and major victories, will be published in conjunction with a biography of his life, the Rockne family announced here. The personal side of his career will be written by the Rev. John Cananatigh, who knew Rockne from the time of his entry at the school until his death in a plane crash in Kansas. Rockne had completed about 40, 000 words of his intended book. With tlie biography, the volume will be approximately 75,000 words in length, it was expected. Mrs. Bonnine Rockne, the widow, will contribute illustrations, notes and ma terial from his files. The book will be published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis.

o HOOVER PARTY HAS EXCITING RIVER VOYAGE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) first lady,, and several persons tried to hold umbrellas above their heads. Imt protection seemed fruitless against the whipping gusts of heavy rain. The vociferouus girl scouts were exciteul but not frightened, and seemed to enjoy the rain more than did the dignitaries present. Their screams mingled with the blasts of lightning, rumbling thunder, intonations of tlie minister and the swishing of the rain to create a tumultous scene in which everyone was scurrying but the President and Mrs. Hoover. Five minutes in the downpour compelled the executive to give up. As he stepped out of the stands on the return walk to a special train, the rain stopped. Hut when he reached the tracks and found the train "gone somewhere" to turn around tlie rain starter up again, heavier’than before. The President and Mrs. Hoover took refuge in a tea room where they were marooned half an hour while hundreds of excited citizens, who had never seen a President, milled around him at arms length. Tlie train and a long-sought motor car arrived at the same time, ami Mr. Hoover chose the motor for the 10-mile return trip to the Sequoia. Witli a mocking smile the sun again burst from tlie clouds as he stepped aboard the yacht, for a warm bath and a change of clothes. —o Spinal Meningitis Is Believed Checked North Manchester, Ind., April 27 (UP) —Health authorities here today believed that the spinal meningitis epidemic was checked. No new cases have been reported for five days, it was said. Dr. Ira Perry, county health officer, said schools would be permitted to reopen Wednesday if no editions! cases had been report ed by then.

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TO INAUGURATE MAYOR GERMAK Ceremonies to Be Held In Chicago Tonight For Chief Executive Chicago April 27 —(UP) — Anton J, Cermak. who came to this country a poor immigrant boy, worked in a coal mine, and then fought his way upward to the position of millionaire business man, will be inau-i gurated tonight as Mayor of the World's fourth largest city to sue-j ceed William Hale “Big Bill" Thompson. The plan of his admirers and backers is to broadcast Cerinak's, inaugural address over a national radio system. His plan is to tell the j country that he will be a "working mayor” to evplain how he will give Chicago the best administration it had ever had;" and to tell of some of the business methods lie will introduce to make this the world's first instead of its fourth city during the Century of Progress exposition in 1933. it has been said frequently that Cermak has a “golden opportunity" since early this month when Thompson was swept aside in an avalanche of votes and the former coal miner with the kindly but stern face was carried into office to become overnight a nationally recognizjjd political leader. two former mayors. Carter Harrison and Edward Dunne, and a United States Senator. James Hamilton Lewis, will appear on tonight’s program. Admission to the council room will be by ticket only. Arrangements have been made for several thousand persons to listen in the city hall corridors. Others wili “witness” the ceremonies by radio. Demonstrating how he will keen his promise to be a “Working Mayor" rather than a “Greeter" or figure head Cermak spent almost the entire week-end night and day at his desk considering possible appointees to his capinet preparing his inaugural address and working diligently ove his plans to reduce taxes by cutting down city expenditures. ■" " " -O* 11 * " BIRTH CONTROL IS APPROVED (CTNTINUED FROM mands attention today as never before. Economic conditions and a worthy standard of living clearly make it wrong to bring children itno the world without adequate provision for their nututure and proper consideration for tlie health of the mother. “The Christian conception of sex clothes the relationship . between husband and wife with spiritual significance, sanctifying marriage as a divine institution. Moral control is the basic essential to a worthy experience of a marriage relation. “In expressing its judgment on this subject, the church in no sense modifies its condemnation cf sex relations outside of marriage. “Two methods are possible in seicuring birth control. Tlie first is RHEUMATISM You can easily rid yourself of tills painful trouble, get a treatment of ItHl M-liON. You must get well amt tie completely satisfied or your money back. Sold by Callow 6c Koline.

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continence. The second is the use of contraceptives. When this method is adopted in seeking the worthy objectives stated above, it only should be in fidelity to the highest spiritual Ideals of the Christian home." The commission reeommertds further that a committee be appointed to consider changing charter XXIV of the confession of faUh,’ now entitled "of marriage and divorce,” to a new chapter consisting of six sections, to be entitled “of marriage, divorce and remandagb.” The suggested new chapter would require that each party to a marriage obtain a health certificate before entering Into wedlock, and discusses other problems of marriage and the home. The church would continue to frown upon divorce under the new chapter. While divorce Is* allowed on two grounds—adultery and wilful desertion—“it is tile duty of the church to deplore most dilrnestly the prevalence of divorce, and especially to condemn the deJiberate steps taken by married people* to secure divorce in order to remarry.” STRAW BALLOT FAVORS HOOVER (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEi ion of the 521 delegates aqd alternates was given: Hoover, 492; Morrow, 131 Coolidge. 12: Lowden, 1; Dawes, 1; Borah, 1, and Watson, 1. Curtis was named by 247 as tlie probable vice presidential nominee. Sixty named Theodore Roosevelt; 34 Morrow, 13 Secretary, of War Hurley, and 10 Rep. Tilson, Ropn., Conn. Scattering votes were cast for nearly a score of others. TRAPPED WANT TO LOOK YOUNG? The secret of keeping young is to feel young—to do this you must watch your liver and bowels —there’s no need of having a sallow complexion—dark rings under your eyes—pimples —a bilious look in your face—dull eyes with no sparkle. Your doctor will tell you ninety per cent of all sickness comes from inactive bowels and liver. Dr. Edwards, a well-known physician in Ohio, perfected a vegetable ! compound as a substitute for calomel | to act on the liver and bowels, which I he gave to his patients for years. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are gentle in their action yet always effective. They help bring about that natural buoyancy which all should enjoy by toning up the liver and clearing the system of impurities. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are knownby their olivecolor. 15c,30c,60c.

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