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Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 8

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8 DECATUR HERALD SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1919. DECATUR HERALD MILLIKIN SWAMPS ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL BY SCORE 45-0 A. E. STALEY'S GRIDIRON STARS CRIME RAMPANT STALEY STARS OPEN SEASON ENTIRE SECOND TEAM USED IN SECOND HALF of a huge swindle originating i Holland, conducted from the Rhine land, and nviking use of false b'lii of lading. Many railroad men wi-, involved in a small wav for their share in handling the faked bil' lading.

The constant swindling extends to every Imaginable kind of food ar.d raw material. A younir man appear cd recently at a storehouse in central Berlin and- asked to have some cawa stored. When the warehouse watch, man saw the cases he was suspicious hecauso they came lrom tne imperial textile plant at Zwickau. So he reported the presence of the cafes, aI vestigation showed 5,000 yards' of textiles worth 120.000 marks and the young man was cartured bv a ruse lie had procured the cloth on a forgec" order bearir.g the signature cf the textile authorities. Wann's Boys Have An Easy Afternoon; Score Would Have Been Higher Had the Field Been Dry.

ST0NINGT0N DEFEATS Fred Wasem. zinski, Koehler, IN ALL GERMANY Clever Petty Schemers Utilize Every Means to Carry on Practises BERLIN Germany has increasingly taken to crime since the revolution, and the once orderly empire, where pickpockets were almost unknown and holdups and robberies created a sensation, is undergoing an epidemic of crime. Probably no system has proved more effective than, in these days of uncertainty and change, playii.g the official or impersonating a soldier or a policeman. Recently two vlever criminals who discovered that a certain man had conceal in his house 115 thousand mark notes of the old type and liable to confiscation had frightened him into surrendering the money on the promise of escaping prosecution. Sch enters Arrested.

A real official, who had nosed out the plot, entered just in time to see she transfer of the money and really did confiscate it, besides arresting the three men. More ruccessful was another false official scheme. Here a group succeeded in inducing a man who had hoarded 50 thousand mark bills to sell them at a handsome profit. The deal was in progress when fellow conspirators, posing as officials, appeared, confiscated the money and robbed the owner. Use Police Airplane.

An airplane was used to capture criminals when the authorities got wind recently of an attempt to carry 20,000,000 marks on an express train to Munich whence they were to be smuggled across the Swiss border. Robberies at railroad stations from freight cars have been increasing to a great extent. Countless cases of lalse papers tor the delivery of goods have been discovered, usually after it was too late. I'ncover Food Swindle. The discovery of two freight carloads of bacon lying on a siding at a suburban station led to the discovery Vanentine, Capt.

BRINGS RACING MARE HOME FOR WINTER J. H. Delbridge has brough home his racing mare, Agnes D. and will winter her on his farm near Decatur. Her last race was In Caraollton last week.

which will be entered in the 2:14 class of pacers in the Grand circuit next year. CHICAGO TEACHERS JOIN WITH A. F. L. CHICAGO, Oct.

11, Tho Chicago Teachers' Federation, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, todav decided to present a schedule: ri- inrnan salaries fnr elementarv I teachers to the board of education. The schedule would call -for a max mum of I.oOU ar.d a minimum oi $1,200. GIVES REMEDY TO BRITISH STEAMER IS AFIRE AT SEA NEW YORK, Oct. 11. The British steamer Port Chalmers, bound for London from Norfolk with a cargo of fuel, is afire at sea 600 miles southeast of New York, according to a wireless message from the vessel received here tonight at the naval communication office.

CLEMENCEAU OF NOBILITY. PARIS. Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France, is of noble descent, according to the Armorial Franca is, which has been looklr.s up his pedigree- The Clemenceau family, it says, can be traced to Jehan Clemenceau. master printer and librarian of Lower Poitou, who in the fifteenth century obtained from Louis XII a ratent of nobility an! henceforth was known as jehan Clemenceau de la Clemenciere. The arms granted to him consisted of "two keys argent crossed on a field azure." Had Bilious Attacks.

"Some time ago I had Indigestion and frequent bilious attacks. I procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets and was greatly surprised by the quick benefit I received from a few doses of them. One bottle cured me as I have not had any return of them" writes Mrs. Ella Wright. Chil-licothe.

Mo. If you have any trouble with your digestion give these tablets a trial. They will do you good. ida hii uin oh: iiii in 1 Meet Stonington in Football Game on Staley Field Today Local football enthusiasts who have been looking forward to see the Staley team in action will have a chance to do so this afternoon at 3 o'c'-ck. when at the blow of the referee's whistle, the team will hurl its strength against the Stonington team.

The gridiron at Staley park has put in first class shape for the game and the ground is in fine shape in spite of the Saturday rains. The field has been laid off on the grassy turf of the baseball outfield. The Staley team has been put through some hard practise during the last week and is in fine form fol lowing the hard tussle with the Peo Tractors last Sunday. They came through that eame with Dracticallv so injuries and will go into today's oatiie wiui a strong line-up. Come for Heventfe.

Stonington is sending its team to Decatur to get revenge for the trim- they received at the hands of the Staley baseball team and have strengthened their line and backfield accordingly. The Stonington line will average about 185 pounds today, and it is said that they are much stronger than they were last Sunday when they met Taylor-ville and were defeated. The line-up for today's C-me will be as follows: Staley's Stonington. iMintun, c. F.

Sharrock Chase. Crisp, rg lg C. Colbrook Capt. Wasem re le J. Doyle May, Halterman lg rg B.

Burleigh May it rt J. Ebert Thrift, Wagner le re R. Livergood Lanum fb fb Collenberger Veech lhb rhb H. Hicks BURGLARY INCREASES IN ENGLISH CITIES LONDON. Burglary has increased 80 per cent.

In London during the past year, and burglary insurance companies are urging policy holders to help them defeat the gentlemen who covet other people's property and take it. "We tell a householder that if he would remove the ordinary rim lock and replace it with a mortised lock, one sunk in the edge of the door, he would make his premises safer, 6aid an official. The first can be readily jimmed: the second is almost burg- lar-proof." i ninu hi ti inn niim i mil i mi: i uirmin uui i i miiu wmm crrriDT CTtCVD AfJ7'UTessen- Brecount H. Hlse OttUAt JUff Brant rhb lhb E. Allen May, Crisp.

Lanum, Chase, Weaver. Sitting Dankleff, Brecount, Prey- ILLINOIS WINS PURDUE GAME Coach Zuppke's IVIen Register 14-7 Victory Over Boilermakers LAFAYETTE, Oct. 11 Playing in a driving rain and on a field of slippery mud, Illinois took its first conference game of the seaso from Purdue Saturday, 14-7. Both elevens were handicapped by the water soaked field, but the Illinois backfield seemed at a greater disadvantage. Ralph Fletcher was responsible for both touchdowns made by Coach ZuppkVs men.

Hlint Score First. Illinois scored first in the second quarter after long gains by Walquist. lefthalf, and Fletcher had put the ball Inside Che scoring zone. The second touchdown came when 'Walquist shot a beautiful forward pass to Fletcher Wiio tore off 20 yards for a touchdown. Reichle kicked both goals.

The boilermakers' lone score came in the final period when Daly flashed a series of passes over the second team of the Illinois squad. Huffine put the ball across after four passes had brought the ball to Illinois' two yard line. Coach Zuppke made 11 substitutions in the final period. Not one of the men who started for Illinois was In the lineup when the final whistle blew. A driving rain cut down the attendance at Purdue's homecoming celebration.

ILLINOIS PURDUE Reichle Ingwehrsen Leithch Depler Appelgram Olander Mohr Robert Fletcher Ralph Fletcher Walquist Kopp le Smith It Blrk lg Cooley Mitchell rg Grigby rt Miller re Quast qb Daly lhb Hanna rhb Macklinig fb Huffine WASHINGTON. Oct. 11 Failure of rov- ernors to call special legislative sessions to ratify the federal woman surrrage amendment can be met by initiating a ratification measure in states where the initiative has been adopted. Senator Gore of Oklahoma, stated In an opinion sent to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National Woman Suffrage association today.

After an into the law thesenator said he believed this plan could be adopted in Missouri and other states which have the Initiative If they should not call extra session for the purpose of ratification." The present dwellings In Greater New York could more than accommodate the whole population of Switzerland. An extensive vein of pitchblende, from which radium is obtained, has been discovered in southern Devonshire, England. One Hour of Bowling Each Day The easy plan to make the world a healthy man Citizens Bank Building ELEVATOR ENTRANCE Top Row, Left to Right McElvey, Johnson, C. A. May, Jack Mintun, Veech, Devore, Robb, Bowen, W.

O. Alton 87; Springfield 0. Burlington 13; Washington 0. Davenport 66; Dubuque 0. West Waterloo 27; Nashua 7.

Jacksonville Palmyra 0. Indiana 24; Kentucky State 0. Organizing Country for Millikin Drive Activity in the Millikin campaign the past week has been confined mainly to organizing the townships and with the rural drive rain has somewhat interfered. Some subscriptions have come in from the city. Some of the towns have requested speakers and workers from Decatur, anfl these have been provided.

"The campaign is going to be put through successfully" said a member of the directing committee yesterday. "Things are going a little slowly now for we are doing preliminary work of which the results will show later. We shall get the $400,000. URBANA GAME IS POSTPONED Coach Jones Will Take Decatur Lads There Next Wednesday Inclement weather conditions In Urbar.a caused Urbana High school to postpone its game with Decatur High school Saturday and Coach Jones made arrangements for the locals to go to Urbana next Wednesday-to play the game. The team will leave at 10:33 Wednesday morning and will be back that evening.

CANADA FURNISHES VICTORY FLAGSTAFF LONDON Canada's victory flagstaff has been erected on victory mound at the victory sate entrance to Kew Garden a straight Oregon pine 215 feet high and almost three feet in diameter at the base. It is the gift of the people of British Columbia to London and ranks with the tallest structure in London, Nel son's monument in Trafalgar Square being only 142 feet high. Bow Church 222, St. Stephen's clock tdwer (Big Ben's home 320 Victoria tower (House of 336 and St. Paul's Cathedral 365, .3 ffljt An Edwin Clapp Model iiimmmiiii uuuniniianitiiRf (tutiuni ntntui lhti HtH ninuni tmiai riiimun Millikin easily defeated Illinois State Normal Saturday by a score ot 43 to 0.

A much larger score wouls have been made had the field been dry. During the last quarter Normal faced the entire scrub team. Hamilton took John McWherters place in the second quarter as Coach Wann Is savins him for Bradley next Saturday. Hamilton was a consistent ground gainer. Kyle McWherter at fullback gained at will throush the Normal team on lir.e bucks.

C. Wise kicked off for and Normal received, returning 10 yards. Normal was held for downs. J. ilc-Wherter gained 10 yards.

Bailey 5 yards and Johnson yards, all on nd runs. Kyle McWherter took the ball over the goal line on a straight line buck. J. McWhtrter kicked goal. Score, Millikin 7, Normal 0.

Leo Johnson returned a punt 25 yards when Normal was held for downs. First quarter ended with ball on 40 yard line. Score, Millikin 7, Normal 0. Wise kicked off for Millikin. Normal returned lo yards but lost the ball on downs.

McWherter gained 20 yards on an end run. J. HcWlier-ter gained yards through center. J. McU'herter drove through for 15 yards.

Bailey for 6 yards, Johnson 7 yards and J. McVVherter then slipped through for a touchdown. J. McWherter kicked goal. Score, Millikin 14, Normal 0.

Kyle McWherter Intercepted a forward pas from Normal and Hamilton, taking McWherters place, gained. 10 yards. Johnson tried a drop kick from the 33 yard line but failed to get It over the goal posts. Normal kicked from the 20 yard line and Johnson returned the ball 30 yards, then went over for a touchdown and Bailey kicked goal. Millikin 21, Normal 0.

End of half. Second Ttom la Iked. Daring thu last half the entire econd team had a chance to play and the. scrubs made 21 points. Hamilton- starreVl during the last half gaining at will.

Millikin kicked off and recovered the ball on a fumble. Bailey. Hamilton and K. McWherter all carried tile ball for gains and Johnson carried the ball ever the goal line. Bailey kicked goal.

Millikin 27, Normal 0. Poscover was put In Capt. Graham's place. Millikin got the bail on fumble on 30 yard line. Bailey gained 8 yards.

Johnson carried ball 4 yards for first down. Hamilton carried the ball across goal line and Bailey kicked goal, ililll-kin 33, Normal 0. Johnson carried the "ball for a 25 yard run through the niud. then Bailey made an end run for 11 yards. End of third quarter.

Millikin 33, Normal 0. In the last quarter Sutlers, playing left end. ran 40 yards for a touch-dawn getting the ball from Normal oa a fumble. Boilers tailed to kick goal. Millikin 3'J, Normal 0.

J. Deetz took Johnson's place at quarter. May took Adkins' position and Griswold went la In place of Bailey. Big Max Poscover intercepted a pass and made 35 jarda. Griswold carried the ball over goal line for touchdown.

Sollers missed goal. Millikin 45, Normal 0. Johnny Deetz returned a punt 10 yards and Griswold carried the ball to 45 yard line Just before the whistle blew. Max Poscover, playing the first time this year on the Millikin squad, put up a light on the defensive getting the ball on fumbles three times. JlUlikin was penalized several times lor being off side.

Normal made their downs only two times during the gamo and that was against the second team. The lineups ot the teams follow: MILLIKIN. NORMAL Deal, Beeves, le re, Moore Ward, Keener, It rt, Burrls Graham, Poscover, Phelps, C. Wise. F.

Wise, Pennlman Adkins. May. lg, Adams Ooltra, rt Beckman Young. Sol lens, re re, Watson J. McWherter, Hamilton.

Rogers, lhb rhb, Feldler Bailey, Griswold. rhb. Sterling K. McWherter, Henry. Gill, fb id, Lltwiller Johnson.

Deetz, qb qb, Westhoff Time 12 minute quarters, Referee Graves, Illinois. Umpire Young, Wesleyan. Head linesman McCord, Illinois. Touchdowns K. McWherter, J.

McWherter, Johnson 2, Hamilton, Sollers, Griswold. Mad Hatter Winner In Latonia Feature LATONIA. Oct. 11 Sam Hil-dreth's Mad Hatter, ridden by Fator, won the Latonia championship stakes for three-year olds at a mile aa.1 three-quarters here today. Sway was second and Stockwell third.

The race carried $50,000 In added money. Time 3:06. SET XEW RECORDS. NEW YORK. Oct.

11. A new world's record for the 100 mile motorcycle race was made here today by Albert Burns of Los Angeles, who did the distance In 1:07 5-7, a world's record for 50 miles was made by Rey Wlshaar of Bridgeport, In 2-5. PANA IN HARD BATTLE Coal Miner Carry Off Heavy End of 111-12 Victory on Muddy Field Saturday. PANA, Oct. 11 Stonington defeat ed Pana 18-12.

Saturday in Pana, playing In a drizzling rain through out. The Pana team, lighter than the Stonington team, was swept off its feet by the plunging of the Stonington line. Despite the heavy condition of the field, the Pana backfield lore off several long end runs. Most of Stoning ton's gains were made through the lines, although the game was livened with several good end runs and successful forward passes. B.

Livergood was credited with a 60-yard run for Stonington. PANA. STONINGTON. Hill, le Gillman. It Stamm, lg Phelps, Barr, rg McCarty.

rt Zellmann, McAdams, qb. Pfau, fb Rodgcrs, Cameron, re. Bowman rt, Wally rg, Buis H. Shrout lg, M. Solliday It, K.

Zeigler le, R. Solliday qb, P. Burke fb, J. Shrout H. Livergood rhb, C.

Livergood Touchdowns McAdams, B. Lav-, ergood, 2: C. Livergood. Goals after touchdown Burke. Referee Rodg-ers.

Umpire Pontlng. Timekeeper Boyle. FOOTBALL RESULTS Colleges. Illinois 14; Purdue 7. Wisconsin 13; Marquette 0.

Notre Dame 60; Mount Union T. Minnesota Nebraska 6. Ohio State 46; Cincinnati 0. Northwestern 20; DeParuw 0. Chicago 124; Great Lakes 0.

Rose Polytechnic 25; Charleston Normal 0. Illinois 13; McKendree 0. Millikin 45; Normal 0. Penn State Bucknell 0. Trinity Conn.

Aggies 0. Colgate 14; Brown 0. University of Detroit 35; Ohio North ern 3. Vanderbilt Tennesee 3. Creighton 12; South Dakota 0.

Washington University 61; Drury 0. American School Osteopathy 13; Mexico Military Academy 0. University of Utah 20; Colorado College 0. University Kansas 14; Emporia Normal 0. University Missouri Kansas Aggies 6.

University Arkansas Hendricks College 0. Maryland State IS; University Virginia 0. Dartmouth 27; Massachusetts Agricultural College 7. Western State Normal (Kalamazoo) 21; Michigan Aggies 18. Hamilton New York University 0.

Georgetown 17; West Virginia Wesleyan 0. Amherst 12; Union 0. Phillips-Exeter Academy Dartmouth Freshmen 0. Springfield Y. M.

C. A. College Tufts 6. Wesleyan 85; Rhode Island State 0. Coe 10; Dubuque College 12.

Army Syracuse 7. Holy Cross 14; Bowdoln 0. Navy 66; Johns Hopkins 0. Harvard 85; Colby 0. Yale 34; North Carolina T.

Cornell Williams 0. Stevens Haverford 0. Columbia Vermont 0. Pennsylvania 89; Delaware College 0. Mount St.

Mary's 0. Oallaudet (. Washington and Jefferson 80; Carnegie Tech. 0. University of Colorado Colorado Agricultural College 49.

St. Thomas College North Dakota 7. Texas A. and M. 16; Southern Methodist University 0.

University of Georgia 14; University of South Carolina 0. Kendall 27: Oklahoma University 0. Haskell Indians 12; Oklahoma A. and M. 3.

Miami Case 2. Oberlin 9: Ohio Wesleyan 0. Alabama 60; Mississippi 0. Lawrence College St. John's Military Academy 0.

Utah Agricultural College 136; Idaho Tech. 0. Princeton LaFayette 6. University of California 19; St. Mary's College 0.

Iowa State College Grlnnell 0. Central 44; Bloomington High 7. Gridley High 51: Atlanta High 10. Hitch Schools. Stonington 19: Pana 12.

Peoria Manual 13; University High 2. Keokuk 16; Quincy 7. i i i i jg 1 a jg Ml tM22 Illinois 7 7 0 14 0 0 77 Purdue 0 Touchdowns Ralph Fletcher, (2); Huffine. Goals from touchdown Reichle, (2) Quast. Referee Burch, Earlham.

Umpire Knight, Michigan. Head Linesman St. John, Notre Dame. Time of periods 15 minutes, Ormond Last No 967 1 What's Your Price New Suit? lllMlIf 2 Maybe it's around $50 the price so many young men want to pay The fifty dollar suits we're featuring right now 'make fifty dollars look mighty small. The House of Kuppenheimer, Hart Schaffner and Marx, L-System and the Fashion Park people made them for us.

Double breasted and' single breasted sacks; full belted, half belted and without belts. Remarkable examples of the finest tailoring being done in America. Come in soon and see these wonderful suits at $50,00 and the other splendid values we are showing at $35, $40, $45, $60 to $75 FITS THE FOOT LIKE VELVET When men demand comfort in their shoes, and all of them do, they want real comfort. This brown calf Edwin Clapp shoe is worn by men of character who, when they say a thing, mean it. The element of style, although secondary to comfort in men's shoes, should not be overlooked.

And style is never forgotten in the Edwin Clapp models. Pair $15.00 BMmmm SPECIAL CHICKEN DINNER 75c per plate TODAY SERVED FROM 11:30 TO 2:00 AND 5:30 TO 8 MUSIC DURING MEALS ST. NICHOLAS CAFE Special Week Day Noon Luncheons 50c.

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