Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 216, Decatur, Adams County, 12 September 1931 — Page 6

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LEAGUE RACES NEARING END New York. Sept. 12.—(U.R)—The Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. respective leaders in the American and National league pennant races.’ are within a few games of clinching 1931 honors. The New York Giants, seven games behind with 14 to play, is the b'nly club still to be eliminated in Ute National league, while the Washington Senators, 13 games beEnd with 17 to play, and the New York Yankees, 15% games to the laid with 16 to play, still have a mathematical prospect of taking American league honors. *• The Yankees lost ground yesterday in a 3 to 1 defeat by Chicago and must win their doubleheader with the White Sox today to stay in ihe race. Ted Lyons tl tshed his pld time class, to defeat the Yankees, allowing 11 scattered hits. ' '' Danny MacFayden pitched Boston In a 5 to 0 triumph over Detroit in | fiie only other American league game. • National league competition! brought no changes in standings, with the league leading St. Louis; Cards ami second place New York Ciiants losing to Boston and Pittsburgh respectively. Ben Cantwell held the Cardinals to eight scattered hits while bis mates pounded two St. Louis pitchew< foi 17 hits, and a 6-3 victory. Brooklyn retained its half game margin over Chicago in the fight for third place by defeating Cincinnati, 3 to 3. Five hit pitching by Bob Smith enabled the Chicago Cubs to defeat Philadelphia. 3 to 1. Larry French pitched and batted Pittsburgh to 3 to 2 victory over New York. Yesterday's hero: tarry French who pitched and batted Pittsburgh to a 3 to 2 victory over New York. French allowed only eight scattered hits and singled in the eighth inning to drive in the winning run. o MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS Following averages compiled by the United Press include games played Friday. Septemlfer 11th: Player. Club G AB R H Pet. Simmons, Ath 115 463 99 176 .380 Ruth. Yankees 129 482 135 183 .379 Morgan. Clev. 12.7 437 85 155 .355 Gehrig. Yank 137 549 147 193 .352 .Cochrane, Ath 114 438 S 3 152 .347 Q WOMAN CALLED FOR PROBING (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) elder es the mysterious pirates who. she insisted, threw him overboard, assaulted her and left her bound in a small boat. There were reports the two men were wealthy residents of a Long Island community, but of questionable repute. One theory was that they aimed to force attentions on Mrs. Collings believing that her husband was not aboard the boat. Inspector Harold King of Nassau county, upon learning of this new angle in the case, telephoneel Mrs. Collings to return from her Stamford. Conn., residence at once to; submit to further questioning. Get the Habit—Trade at Home

PEACHES MTCHIG A N ELBERTAS —at— S. E. HAGGARD 1 mile north. 3 miles east of Monroe. Monday, Sept. 14th Bushel 60c. Bring containers. BEST OF QUALITY.

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Monmouth Wins Game Monmouth high school softball | t am opened its season drive for the county championship by defeat- . ing Monroe at Monroe Friday afternoon by a score of 22-5. It was the . i opening game for both teams. . O HOME RUNS Gehrig, Yankees 42 Ruth. Yankees 40 Klein. Phillies 31 Averill. Indians 29 Ott. Giants '2B DRAWINGS ARE MADE FOR MEET Drawings for the doubles tennis tourney (or the Decatur city championship were made today by Deane Dorwin and Robert Heller. The first round schedule was drawn as fol- ' lows: Cowan and Stoneburner vs. ' Busche and Heller . 1). Stoneburner .and 11. Strickler vs. Moser and Hoff- ! man; Sorg and Lannmn vs. Chas. Brown and Moyer; Hancher and i Parrish vs. Frisinger and Anderson. Three first round contestants in ' ■ the singles tourney advanced to the I second round by the following I scores: Frisinger beat Sorg 6-2; 6-1. Han- 1 I cher beat Parrish, 6-3; 7-5. Lanman I ' beat Moser. 4-6; 62; 6-2. INDIANA FAIR CLOSES TODAY ; (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONR) ! A year ago they were 25.512. ' Fair board officials estimated total attendance this year at a | little more than 200.01*0. Last I year it was 236.994. and in 1929 ! 245.194. Monday. Labor Day. attracted the greatest number of visitors. , Attendance was 63.386, and last I year 62,674 Boys and girls of the state 4-H I clubs saw their prize calves auctioned to meat buyers and packers I yesterday. A Shorthorn calf owned by Mary Congleton. Frankfort. ’ | brought the top price of the day, , $15.50 a hundred. Most of the ■ prices were from $lO to sl2. ’ Buffalo Plans Air Races After Cleveland Buffalo. N. Y.. Sept. 12—(U.R)—A (series of international air races [ may he held here this month, under I plans now being made by the Aero , I Club of Buffalo with the sanction 'of the National Aeronautic Asso- . i ciation. The racing schedule has been arIJ ranged to follow by a few days the National Air Races at Cleveland, i ’ and it is hoped that many crack : pilots will be lured from that city to the Bnffalo event. Major Luke Chrfetofer, official referee in the 1930 National Air ; Races in Chicago, will have charge, it was planned. A purse will be i eought by sale of 50,0000 tickets, and a minimum purse of $16,000 is j expected. Biss Bertha Heller of Indianapl olis arrived last evening for a I week end visit with her mother, Mrs. D. D. Heller on Fifth street.

SEASON'S LAST GAME SUNDAY The Decatur baseball team will close its home season here' Sunday afternoon when the fast Hunting- | ton independent team comes here for a Wabash Valley league conI test. It will be the first Hunting-! ■ ton-Decatur game of the second I j half of the season. i Huntington boasts a great array : I of diamond stars, several of whom | have league records. Decatur will | use an all-Decatur lineup with I either Cochran or Schneider on l mound and either Coffee or ' Ladd behind the but. The game will start at 3 o’clock I daylight saving time and an admission charge of 25 cents for l adults will be made. BIG EVENT TO OPEN TUESDAY WITH PARADE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ?NE) the week*to aid local and county police officers in handling traffic) and patrolling the midway. The; state force will be under the super-1 vision of Lieutenant Gus Sears,' Redkey. All day Monday will bo consum-; ed in setting up the stands and ’ the big week will start Tuesday. Entries in the various exhibits' are far ahead of a year ago, L E., Archbold, agricultural show chair-' | man said and indications are that j ! every show will break former 1 I records. There will be five rides scatter-' ■ ed through the midway, and more' than a dozen shows including i musical shows, freak exhibits and I ' children’s shows. Every effort possible will l>ej I made to keep the midway clean i according to a rule adopted by the general committee and no gambling will be permitted. Many high-grade free acts have been secured for the week and there will be a complete change I ! of nrograni Thursday. Therd will be a parade every day. Graham announced, and the line of march for each parade will be down the midway and also on First and Third streets. The concessions will be placed along the sidel of the streets I again, a change from the (enter : last year, which concessionersl said was not a fairway to place J the stands. .Streets will be roped Sunday; ami stands will be erected Sunday| and Monday. Locations will be numbered by the committee after midnight tonigllt. REPARATIONS CHANGE ASKED I iCONT’NUED FROM PAGE ONE) ' II ~ ~~ — .' career. liile putting the league on trial. I ..Curtis was fully aware that he also) was on trial before the forum of I German public opinion. He obviously intended to obliterate recollection of Germany's defeat through abandonment of the proposed customs union with Austrial by implicitly condemning Aristide (Briand's attempt to revive the . Geneva protocol. i “The conviction that disarms- ■ | ment, and not armaments, will as-1 I ford security denotes the most sig-; nificant characteristic of the league,! I contrasted with earlier methods of | : international politics," Curtis said. I "Security based upon supremacy ; | in armaments shows mistrust and | revives the armament race idea, the abolition of which was the most I vital purpose of the creation of the . league.’’ On approving the suggestion of Italian Foreign Minister, Dino i Grandi. for an immediate armament truce by all nations, Curtis warned i that in view of present vast differi ences in armaments, mere limitation at the present status quoted i would signify recognition of existing inequalities and lie tantamount .to the collapse of the world disI armament conference. Curtis warned against attempting to revive German reparations payments after the Hoover moratorium .which ends next July, and demanded a swift readjustment of repar- ! atious. Dr. Curtis admonished France not jto exploit Germany’s weakness to further French political and economic ends. “Momentary difficulties,” he said, “may not be overcome at the price of greater difficulties in future. All attempts to restore normal normal intercourse in trade and capital must fail if justice and equality ' are omitted from political relations."

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1931.

Where 500 Died in Hurricane » * ■SMW. ‘»'v(i> ’ ’ gk ■ IS.. » . 50 ... \ Az sxm— t ..ar'- 'V This is an aerial view of Belize, capital of British Honduras, in Central America, which was battered 'b. a fierce hurricane that caused at least 500 deaths a.i 1 untold property damage. The I nited Slates j : e »vernmeiit has ordered a relief expedition from the ('anal Zone to the stricken area.

Food for Thought - ..Ml n-n.n.-nw RB -S' ..J- >' j SAT |f‘W- wfr 7 ? * im - - i.i. r~T -- i i■. — —• ’ - students at the Luther College, Fergus Falls, Minn., with insufficient funds to pay their tuition need not worry this Fall. The trustees have announced they will accept wheat grown on farms from which the students come in payment of the tuition. E. H. Ness, of the college committee, is shown accepting a load of grain from one of the girl students.

DRAIN CASE IS CONTINUED TO SEPTEMBER 16 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE 1 plant will be damaged $25,000 by construction of the proposed drain; that vast volumes of water, will be collected from the great area described and cast into the Wabash river above the city of I Bluffton and with no outlet pro-! J vided; that this amount of water , will exceed the capacity of the river; that the improvement is not practical and will not improve any public highway or be of publicutility. • The amended remonstrance was supported by an affidavit of auth-' ority signed by Mayor John W. Kelley and copies of resolutions ' adopted l>y the Bluffton city conn-, oil on September 10. 1931. The remonstrance filed by Adams county was vigorously sup-' ported by Attorneys Heller and Lutz and there was much discus-' sion as to the necessary expend!-' ture for new bridges. —.q FLIERS KILLED SEEKING MARK CU.»I INUmO FROM PAGE ONE) near Geldern, in the lower Rhine valley, due to a defect in the gasoi line tanks. The crash ended the second unsuccessful attempt of Lebrix and . I Doret to fly from Paris to Tokio. -(They came down in the Hyphen. II their other plane, near Irkutsk. SiI beria, in July. None of the three I men was hurt in that crash. The ■ mechanic Rene Misman,, was also ’ aboard on the earlier flight.

| Lebiix returned to Paris and, I I undaunted. acquired a new plane: land attempted the perilous long] | transcontinental flight toward the' I orient. He and Doret are among the ' French flying aces. Lebrix crossed ■the south Atlantic with Dieudonne • ! Hostes in 1927, Paris to St. Louis. ' i Senegal. Africa, and them e to Na-1 tai. Brazil. He later ma le an exten-' sit e tour, including the United I I States and the orient. On a flight from Paris to French ; Indo China in 1919. Le Brix had another narrow escape from death. i His plane crashed in Buima, but Le Brix and his companion jumped I in parachutes to safety. Le Brix: ; suffered leg injuries. i In his most recent flight which ; ended disastrously today, Ld Brix I hoped to set a straight line flight record of over 6.0 b t miles and r ■ I gain the honor for France. It reI cently was taken from France by ' two American fliers. Russell Board I man and John Polaudo, who flew | from New York to Istanbul, Turkey ■ and set a record of some 5,000 miles. la- Brix is an expert gunner as well as aviator. He won the cross 1 of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor I in the Moroccan campaign. He split with Conte after their: American tour and in recent years! the two fliers—both world fafnous : became bitter rivals. Civil War Vet Dies Indianapolis Sept. 12—(UP) An-1 drew Stevens, 91, a civil war veteran. died at his home here after a short illness. Stevens lived in Hunt-1 ington for more than half a century ■ coming to Indianapolis three years ago.

Crime Is Decreasing Indianapolis. Sept 12 —Il P) The number of fingerprints being | recorded by the state departmen, I of criminal investigation is on a decline, indicating that crime is on the decrease in Indiana, it was revealed in a report by E. L. Osborne, chief of the department. o- — Ail Married People Qaarrcl "It Is always assumed by wit nesses in this court that all married people ipmrrel." said Justice Hill In the Divorce court of London a short time ago. This statement fol lowed a remark l.y a woman wit ne s that she and her husband “onlv quarreled like married jam pie do " Roy Kalver of Detroit is visiting his parents here this week-end. Hen:y Heller was a business visitor in Foit Wayne today.

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GUARDSMEN ARE I STILL ON DUTY Church Strife Is Quiet As Three Faces Charges In City Court Jonesboro. Ark . Sept. 12 —(U.R) ' National guardsmen and civil offij dais guarded against renewal of j violence as three men charged j with assault in strife between I | rival church congregations went! on trial in the little sand stone | courthouse here today. A previous attempt to place; George Cox, 23 year old football, I star, his father. George Cox. sr..' and an uncle, J. W. Cox. a chlro- ! praetor, on trial for allegedly encaging in a fist fight in church; ; resulted in a riot and the calling' of guardsmen. The three men are ntemhers of the congregation of the Rev. Joe Jeffers. 33-year old Texas evangelist who is conducting tent meetfugs here. The controversy began when Jeffe/s denounced Dr. Dow H. Heard, pastor of the First j Baptist church and started a movement to oust him. George Cox was charged with | precipitating a free-for-all fight when lie assertedly struck Dr. ; Henry Llle. a dentist, during a i meeting ?t Ihe Baptist church Wednesday night. After the serv- ; ices 27 members of the church I were censured for attending Jeffers' meeting and dropped from the church. Jeffers led a band of big followers to the courthouse to protest the trial of the three men. When Mayor Herbert Busier order-d them to disperse. Jeffers held a prayer meeting on the courthouse stops and prayed that “God strike Mayor Boslef dead.” When Mayor Rosier sought to drive the men from the courthouse Ihe was attacked. Ixtcal peace officers came to his aid and after a spirited engagement succeeded in rescuing Yim and breaking up I the gathering. Mayor Busier said the military I authorities who have been in con- ■ trol here since the outbreak would •be at today’s court session. Ma- — ——-

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