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Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 5

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DECATUR HERALD THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1929 DECATUR HERALD First Time in 5 Years Standings MICROSCOPE FOR CHICAGO RACKET 1,000 Killed in Fierce Fight on Arabian Desert Mrs. Al Capone Visits Husband InPMlyJail ThfM ROOSEVELT CAGE CARD COMPLETE Coach John Henry Will. Have Two Letter Men Back for. for Hard Schedule Qulncy Spring. Bloom.

Pet. TV wn H.aute 12 15 12 I Peoria 1217 414 IS 12 ,.556 Danville 9 is .333 National Learn Rimumc Bros iBu United Press.) Desert reports received via, Beiru- T. -Pr-t Illinois City's Gangland to Be Examined By Hoover Commission Jf. Tork 15 17 .49 Chicago 21 13 .618 Brook. 14 20 .412 t.

Louis 2.1 15 .603 Boston Phlla. 14 22 .389 12 23 .343 17 16 COMBINED iOWf By United Prcts.1- PHILADELPHIA, May SO Accompanied, by two of the hodyguar-as whom her husband presently does not need, Mrs. Alphonse Capone was in Philadelphia Wednesday to visit her husband in Holmesburg prison, where he is serving sentence of one year for carrying concealed weapons Mrs. Capone, a native Philadel- American Leeg-ae. Pet.

JERUSALEM, May 30 More than 1,000 were reported killed in a battle between to Nejd tribes southwest of El Sarar.in Central Arabia, advices received here Wednesday said. The battle was one of the fiercest ever waged in the desert. The underlying cause was the long standing animosity between adherents and enemies of King Ibn Saud. said the Jelawah tribe, which is loya! to Ibn Saud, entertained the Sheik of the Ajmaan tribe, one of the leading rebels against the Desert ruler. When the sheik departed the Jele-wahs followed and murdered the sheik and his escort.

The Ajmaan tribe then attacked the Telewahs in reprisal. By LAWRENCE SULLIVAN (United Press Staff Correspondent) Prt. 18 19 .486 15 25 .375 11 2.1 .324 11 25 .306 Phlla. St. Louis N.

York Detroit 26 9 .743 24 14 .632 20 14 .588 23 19 .548 Cleve. Chicago Washing. Soston WASHINGTON. May 30 A fourteen game basketball schedule for the 1929-1930 basketball season was announced Wednesday by-Coach John Henry of Roosevelt Junior Hign school. The season will open Nov.

27 -with the Mt. Pulaski seconds here, and end with the Central game. Feb. 28. Coach Henry will have two letter Ken and four reserves back to start Chicago gangland is to go phian, was staying at the home of under the microscope of Presi dent Hoover's national law- en Amertran Association.

Is Pet. t. 26 10 .722 Louisville 14 30 22 11 .667 Milwa'k'e 14 21 .400 21 17 .553 Toledo 14 22 .389 18 19 .486 Columbus 15 21 Minn. K. City St.

Paul Indiana. daybreak succeeded in entering thi jail and removing him. forcement commission. As the commission met Wed MCB HANGS NEGRO Young Fellow Accused of Attacking Woman Is Taken from Jail In Texas tie season. Captain Russell Camp nesday for the second of a preliminary series of organization con Results GETS DECISION By United Press.) PORTLAND, May 29 Let Lomski, "Aberdeen assassin," won a 10-round decision over Yale Okum New York Tuesday night.

Each weighed 1745. By Untied Press.) ferences, which will map out approaches to the nationwide problem of lawlessness, Chairman George W. Wickersham outlined to the United relatives. officials were expected to inform Mra. Capone that she would have to wait her turn to visit her Capone's attorney visited the prison Tuesday as the first outsider to see Capone and his bodyguard, Frank Cline, since they were sent to prison May 17.

Mrs. Capone was understood to liave decided to live here during "Scarface's" imprisonment if her husband approves the proposal when she sees him. She said she would return to Chicago and then move her things here. ADMIT DEPOSIT SLIPS ALAMO, May 30 Joe Eox- Press his tentative program for a bell and r-orougn ar we letter men, while Rcberts, Boor. Flynn and Heffernan are the reserves who will fce back.

The schedule: Nov. 27 Mt. Pulaski seconds at KoQsevelt. Dec. 6 High at Roosevelt.

Dec. 13 Urbana Freshmen-Sophomores at Roosevelt. Dec. 14 Roosevelt at Mt Pulaski seconds. number of "sectional investigations, Terre Haute.

8: Decatur. 5. Evansville. Danville, 3. Quincy.

P-oria. 5. Bloomington. 7: Springfield, 4. "National League.

Philarli Iphia. 12; Boston. 2. Brooklyn. New York.

1. St. Louis. 4-6; Cincinnati. 3-2.

Pittsburgh. Chicago. 2. These will inquire into problems which are peculiar to certain cities ley, 18, negro accused of attacking Mrs. Johnnie James, wife of a Crockett county magistrate, was taken from Alamo jail by a mob Wednesday, and hanged to a tree near here.

A mob of approximately 1,000 men battered down the door of the Gibson county jail at Trenton Tuesday night They finally were quieted early in the day and Boxley was spirited out of town to Alamo. But the mob followed and shortly before COMPLEXION BEAUTY depends on thorough but skin cleansing. The safe soap to me is Resinol Dec. 23 Athens Freshmen-Sopho or localities or those particularly acute in certain sections. Chicago's long history of super-racket is to be examined, not only in quest of the local circumstances which have encouraged gang operations but also of the legal formula for combatting racketeering.

Chicago with her abundant historical material and her bullet scar mores at Koosevelt. Jan. 3 Roosevelt at Litchfield juniors. American Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland.

11; jthlcayo. 1. "Washington, 8: New York, 3. Philadelphia, Bostou, 1. Ameriran Louisville.

10- Toledo. 2. Minneapolis. Kansas Citv, 4, St. Paul, 11; ilwaukee.

9. (Only sanies seln'Uuledj. Jan. 11 Roosevelt at Athens jiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiitii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiiiiiiifiiiiiiHiiiiiiiifiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiJtfiiiiniiriiiiiiiiriiiiiiiifiiaiiiiiiiiiiinimtg I SPEOAL SALE 1 Freshmen-Sophomores. Jan.

17 Roosevelt vs. Durfee. 24 Roosevelt at Argenta. red memorials of the nation's most sensational encounters between rival Jan. 31 Roosevelt at Urbana leaders, is to be the figurative lab Freshmen-Sophomores.

Feb. 7 Litchfield juniors at Roose IxfaysGamesi 1PEQ)OTE Feb. 15 Roosevelt at Elue Mound. Feb. 21 Roosevelt at Argenta.

Feb. 23 Central vs. Roosevelt. oratory case when, the sub-head "gangs" and their operations" is reached on the commission's Agenda. Sub-committees may be appointed to report -on regional problems, Wickersham said.

A sub-committee to inquire into New York's speakeasy system, is likely. TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT Three Eye League, Decatur at Terre Hcute. Peoria at Quincy. Dan ill at Evansville. Springfield at Bloomington.

(Bi United Press.) CAMBRIDGE, 30 Twelve deposit slips totalling $141,900 have been admitted as evidence in the trial of William E. Gould and Sam D. Burge, Kewanee Bankers, who are charged with, receiving deposits while the Savings Bank of Kewanee was insolvent. It was charged the money was deposited to their own account instead of the Bank's when credit from sale of loans to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company through the Chase National Bank of New York was received. B.

F. Baker, president of the Kewanee Boiler Company and director of Union State Trust and Savings Bank of Kewanee testified that the proposal of Gould to have the Savings Bank of Kewanee taken over by the Union State Trust and Savings Bank was unsuccessful and the plan to reorganize the Bank abandoned when $350,000 was necessary to be raised rather than the C200.000 as at first stipulated at conferences of Bankers and business men of "WOMAN WHO TRIED SUICIDE IN SERIOUS CONDITION MONDAY National Leasee. Boston at Philadelphia. Brooklyn at New. York.

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MINNEAPOLIS, May 29 Rosy Rosales, Cleveland heavyweight, won a technical knockout over Mike TAYLORVILLE, May 30 Mrs. J. Mandell, Paul, in the seventh E. Porter, 23. of near Edinburg, re round Tuesday night when Mandell's American Lengn? St.

Louis at Detroit. Cleveland at ChlraRo. New York at Washington. Philadelphia at Boston. mains a critical condition at the second threw in the sponge.

St. Vincent hospital, following an at tempt Sunday night to commit sui Among the trees that flourish in western America in very ancient cide by ch inking a quantity of poison. times were laurels, chestnuts, bays HENRY JORDAN, Manager South Side Drive Over the County Bridge i fiit tin iiiiiiiiittiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiif iiiiiitif liiiniiiiiiiiTittiEiiiiiiif tiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii iiitit until ruitiiiiini Mrs. Fcrter has been in failing health for the last year and for the sycamores, oaks and cone-bearing MILLIKIN NINE MEETS TITAN species. last three months has been confined to her bed.

Finally in a fit of des pair. Sunday evening she went to the kitchen, where a bottle had beeD stored for the last year. She was found a few minutes later in the lear of her home by her husband. Mrs. Porter was Miss Alma Coplin Blue to End Home Season Against Wesleyan Here This Afternoon of this city before her marriage.

She was married a year ago. The Circus is coming! Long before dayi.gni Wednesday morning, advertising car No. 1, the first of the three 80 foot all-steel Pullman cars that are employed in carrying the crack bill-posters, lithographers and bannermen of Ringling Bros, and Barnum Bailey combined circus was shunted to a siding near the Wabash depot and before the vast majority of the folks of Decatur were awake the 40 men that compose the crew were being dispatched to all parta of the city and surrounding country for miles around. Here June 17 By nightfall thousands of sheets of brilliant circus bills and posters will be seen in the shop windows, on barns, shsds or high overhead on the cides of tall buildings carrying their flaming announcement that the greatest show cn earth is ccming to Decatur for two performances, afternoon and night, on Monday. June, 17th.

It will be the "Big Show's" first visit here in five years. In charge of this car comes Colonel Gecrge W. Goodhart, dean of circus advertising men. CoL Goodhart is the oldest active car manager on the road today. Starting his adventur ous circus life over 50 years ago with the Ringling Brothers, he claims that he is just as active as he was then.

When seen in his stateroom' aboard his home on wheels, the colonel, as he has been affectionately termed by every one of the crew, was loud in his praise of the 1929 edition of the big show. Offer New Feature "Take this season's new feature for instance," he said, "Can you imagine a living person, shoot bodily through space, with terrific force from the mouth of a monster cannon? This thrilling exhibition is being present--ed at every performance' by the one and only original Hugo Zacchini, "The Human Truly; this is the greatest amusement sensation of the century." -Among The Big Show's outstanding features are the Troupes in amazing feats on the high wire; Lui-cita Leers, sensational aerialist; Con Colleano, astounding equili-hist, Lillian Leitzel, greatest of all gymnasts and hundreds of others too numerous to mention. For the edification of the youngsters there will be exactly 100 clowns that are sure to bring tears of with their mirth provoking stunts. P. T.

A. AT VANDALIA CLOSES ACTIVITY FOR YEAR WITH AN OUTING Millikins baseball nine will close its home season against Wesleyan on the J. M. U. field at 2 o'clock this afternoon in a Memorial day at VANDALIA.

May SO The Wash Jngton school P. T. A. closed the year's afcvities of the association traction. A sensation early in the! season, the team is now in the mi'lstj of a losing streak which has reached three games.

Two losses to Illinois! college, 1929 champions, and one to Wesleyan make up the list. The Wesleyan defeat was by a I to 3 margin and came about only after repeated errors let in runners. The Titans suffered a 16 to 1 trouncing at the hands of St. Viator Tues-' day with Meehan in the box, but the hurler probably will start again.st the Blue. Alfrey will appear on Urn mound for the Johnson forces with Tarro behind the bat.

The remainder of the lineup is expected to be the same. Millikin ends the season Friday when it plays at Viator. The Blue took a decision over the Irish early In the season and thereby broke an 11 year jinx that the Bur-bonnais school has held over Milii-kin. The Viator lads have been AT Ft DAY Friday afternoon, with an out door picnic for the pupils on the play ground at the school. Officers of the association and the teachera of the Washington school had charge of the affair.

Games were played end refreshments were served. Aid Milk Fund Early in October a dinner was served by this association to the public, for the purpose of raising their milk fund, and a few weeks ago, when it was seen that this fund was getting low, an operetta, given by the pupils, and under the direction of Hiss Zilpha Young, music director of the schools, was presented. This has, with the aid of the Community Charity club, enabled the association to feed 93 children milk and graham crackers during the school term. The association has also received some valuable aid from the Fayette Couny Tuberculosis association in helping them care for some of their students. TRADES CITIZENSHIP FOR HIS PROBATION SHOOK CAFE TO BE RE-OPENED iBu United Preas.) CHICAGO, May 30 Lulgi Borsal-lino, sentenced to six months in jail for violation of the prohibition law, chose to trade his citizenship Wednesday for probation.

Federal Judge Charles E. Woodward permitted the exchange, warning Borsallino that such a move stepping high in their last few games and hope to avenge their Millikin defeat Friday. Seven games have been won and five lost during the season thus far. In the conference the Blue club has a .500 mark, four games having been won and four lost. The Shook cafe will soon reopen under new management it was said Wednesday.

Elmer foung, who bought the cafe equipment and fixtures Tuesday at a public auction, is negotiating with three or four prospective lessees for the building. The Ballard Johnson it was said, is among those considering purchase of the equipment and a lease upon the building. Forests of equatorial Africa are so largely composed of hard woods that when soft wood is needed for building purposes it has to be shipped from Europe or America. might result in his being permanently barred from naturalization and also bring deportation. NAMED NO CHRISTIAN CO.

BOARD OF REVIEW Faced with those possibilities, Borsallino chose probation and it was granted over objections of federal attorneys. It would take Borsallino at least five years to go through the citizenship mill even if a federal judge would permit it. When Calling A Cab Call COMMENCEMENT FRIDAY IN MACON HIGH SCHOOL TAYLORVILLE, May 30 John W. Morris, Republican, of Edinburg. Monday was appointed a member of the Christian county board of review by County Judge C.

J. Vogelsang. The board is composed of Jack Dwyer, Stonington, and Harry Wad-dington, of Rosamond. The first meeting of the board will be held the first week in June. A clerk will be named at that time.

A NEW SIX AT A PRICE WITHIN THE REACH OF MILLIONS SENTENCED TO NINETY DAYS ON PENAL FARM VANDALIA. May 30 County Judge C. R. Torrence sentenced jGuy (Bull Dog) Radcliff to 90 days at the State Penal Farm Saturday. Radcliff was arrested on the night of the 14th when he went to Cy Lock's restaurant and while in an intoxicated condition, walked up to Russ Ragle, customer in the place, and said "I've a notion to hit you, but I guess I won't." However, without further warning, be hit him with his fist, then picked UP a stool and tried to hit him again.

Later that night in jail, Radcliff attempted to commit suicide, by tying a wire around his neck and to an bar in his cell. He w-as taken flown and released by G. W. Gilker-on, another inmate of the jail. MONTICELLOTO HAVE TWO DAY "CLEAN-UP" Ba among the first to see what style but to appreciate the outstanding distinctive, appearance and what remarkable performance Buick can TAYLORVILLE GRADE GRADUATION FRIDAY 350 1 or 4 Passengers any place in city limits A YT.ORVILLE.

Mav 30 Graduat Eight young persons, six of them boys, are to be graduated from Macon Community High school in commencement exercises Friday evening. The ceremony will take place at 8 o'clock in the High school auditorium. Col. John J. Bullington of East St.

Louis, former state commander of the American Legion and a practising attorney in East St, Louis, will be the speaker. His subject is "Training for Citizenship." Th pupils to be graduated are: Miss Helen Tomlinson. Miss Elizabeth Kessler, Robert Miller, George Tuttle, Minor Feist, Dale Alspach, Clarence Lambdin, Clarence Cook, Ray Adams, and Clark Galloway. ing exercises for the eighth grade difference between the Marquette and cars of comparable price, you must judge it by performance. In this new six are the sparkle and snap, the responsiveness, balance, and ease of control of a truly fine car with the added advantage of Buick-built sturdiness and stamina students of the uayiorvwe cuy schools will be at 2:30 o'clock nffomnon in the auditorium of build into a six at a price within the reach of millions.

The Marquette will stand at the head of its price class 'as naturally as Buick leads its field. Fitted with the latest design in closed bodies by Fisher, (the Taylorville High school. The Ball Fark Lake Beach and City Parks. Prompt, Courteous Service DEGATUi! GAB GO. 532 E.

ELDORADO MONTICELLO, May 80 Mayor Bigdon, by proclamation has designated May 31 and June 1 as dean-lip weeks for the city. The superintendent of streets has made arrangements to haul off all rubbish If placed on the boulevards. No hfrs will be hauled. every line of this attractive new car spells that mean uninterrupted service. BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, LI NT, I I AN Canadian Factories Division of General Molars Builders of McLoughlin-Buick, Oshawa, Ont.

Corporation Buick and Marqun Motor Car class is the largest in nistory. uii students composing it WABASH TO STEWABDSON Wabash Apprentices will go to Stewardson Sunday to play the baseball nine there. The Apprentices were scheduled to play at Long Creek, but the game there has been cancelled. CAHN RESIGNS. CHAMPAIGN, May 30.

A. R. Cahn, coach of the University of Illinois tennis team for the last three vAarc has resi ened. George Huff, WHITE DENTAL CLINIC 215 N. Water St.

Phone 6426 Over Walgreen's PRICES FOR MONTH OF JUNE $65.00 Plate And May There Be Less Rocks on Their Path! athletic director, announced Wednes $50.00 $30.00 Plate $40.00 $40.00 Plate $35.00 TENNEY CO. Crown and day. Bridge Work $7 and $8 Fillings as Low as $1 330 N. Church Street. GALL STONE COLIC Don' operate You make a bad condition worse.

Treat the cause In a sen-ei'ble. painless, inexpensive way at home. Write Home DruB S1U-3S Masonic Telephone 2-0708 MONTICELLO. May 30 The De-Krcko Carnival company will stage week's entertainment beginning Monday. June 3 under the auspices of the American Legion here.

The company played last week in Decatur and from there went to Danville, coming here Sunday, June 2. They 'ill be located on the hitchrack lot. Terrpe. Minneapolis, "cnlzed practising specialists perscnpllon hlndder troubles, for WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM NO CHARGE FOR EXTRACTING TEETH Moke Your Plates work sniarantreil. Kamlnatifn Free.

Come in nnd consult us. 'o rase to (lilfif-iiit. IK experience HOtKS: 8:30 to p. m. Open "Wednesday and Staturdny Evenings literaltle on treatment which has been givlne Kra-ifylnt resuit, for 5 years.

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