The Syracuse Journal, Volume 17, Number 5, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 29 May 1924 — Page 1

VOLUME XVII.

FROMM FOR MEMORIAL DAY Memorial Exercise* To Be Held In Th* Church Os G<<l Friday Afternoon The Bev. Dr. Bees E. Tulloss, president of Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio, will deliver the address at the Syracuse Meraoiial Day service which will be held Friday afternoon in the Church of God. President Tulloss is a graduate cf Harvard University, from which institution he received the degrees of Master of Arts and lk>ctor of Philosophy. For a number of years he was a Lutheran pastor in Michigan and Ohm. At Mansfield, Ohio, he was pastor cf one of the largest Lutheran churches in America. Aside from* being a preacher and a college president. Dr. Tulfoss is also a business man of considerable ability and means, being the inventor and author of < * \ lOSI ■*? J \ V •\ tri ; Rev Dr. R. E. Tulkr.s the Tulloss Typewriting System, and of other business school methods. He is recognized as an adept in wireless affairs, andi> the author of a text book on wireless which is used by the U. S. Navy radio training schools. President Tulloss is recognized as a strong thinker cn the problems being raised by the issues and events of the present day. He is a very forceful speaker, and those attending the memorial service Friday afternoon are assured of hearing a splendid address. Dr. Tullcss will deliver the commencement address at Ligonier tonight, and will be the guest of Rev. and Mrs. McMichael at the Lutheran parsonage tonight and tomorrow. He will deliver the commencement address at Columbia City Friday evening. The program outlined is as follows: The children who wish to par tieipate in the exercises, ■ will meet at the school house, and from there will march to the church with the band in the lead, ■were the exercises will begin promptly at 2 o’clock. Vocal selections will be rendered by the M. E. church men’s quartet and by the Evangelical church ladies* qxrartet. Mrs. Ed Ott will have charge of the music. After the exercises in the church all will march td the cemetery, where further ceremonies will be held and the soldiers’ graves decorated with Rowers. The American Legion will have poppies on sale. The money raised will be used for oirhans and dependants of our soldiers. When you purchase a poppy you are extending a helping hand to the familv of a soldier bov who gave hisJlfe. Remember the red poppv is emblematic of the blood shed on the battle fields cf the World War. — 0 — AUTO BURNED Floyd Disher lost his Overland car bv fire last Fridav evening. When near the Fieldon Sharp place the car caught fire, caused bv a break in the feed pipe from the gasoline tank. Mr. Disher ran to town for a fire extinguisher but he was too late when he returned to save the car from the flames. The loss is partly covered by insurance. — "O * You know Father’s Dav is less than two weeks away._ If you desire a card which to him will convey the fact you are glad he is among the living today, just drop in The Kettle. 5-11

The Syracuse Journal Syracuse’s Slogan: “A Welcoming Town WitH a Beckoning

WHAT THE MISSIONARY SOUIETIES ARE DOING FOR PROHIBITION The following article, written by Mrs. Floyd Hedges, was read at the last meeting of the W. C. I T. U.: The prohibition question is far from beirr a dead issue. It is one thing that the nation has been made saloonless by constitutional amendment; it is quite another that the laws enacted to conserve the victory be enforced. In too many instances the workers who fought so valiantly to win the victory, thought the contest was over when the law had been made a part of the Constitution. And while they rejciced at the victory they became less vigilant in the matter of the enforcement of the law. It is easy to nress forward to the contest with a militant enemy, but one becomes less careful and more unguarded when the enemy show signs of weakness er exhaustion; But the real struggle had only begun when the Amendment was adopted. Too often we think it is unmanly to continue to fight a fallen foe. But self preservation often necessitates the utter ext< nnination of the foe. So it is with this enemy. The contest has been most intense for many years, nor has the time yet come when lovers of prohibition may cease their vigilance. And yet, a c mpnrativelv few ve/irs of intense watchfulness will bring an assurance of victory. In the effort to conserve the victory so dearly won, every individual and every agenev that <•< ntended in the heat of the conflict. still has an important task i awaiting. And among those agencies that have been instrumental in contributing tc present results. Christian organizations have been active; nor should they now cease their activities. Because the foe is as insidious as ever, and would seek, to lead the manhood cf the nation still far* •’ <■>- fr<>m the pr-ths of Among these organizations thus interested are th? mission-a'-v societies of the various Yeh yi us bodies. While their work is of a religious nature, they imo their influence and lift their voices against the various ‘evils cf society which tend to destroy both soul and bodv. And not the I’rst of these evils is intemperance. But like other lovers of temperance, they have rehed too largelv on these whose duty it is tvenforce the laws. And. while th<‘ir voice has been lifted against intemperance, in behalf of prohibition, they have not given themselves over wholly to th? spirit of sacrifice that should have been rendered. There has scarcely been a convention but what i evolutions touching one nhase or another of this, question have been adopted, •nd perhaps some little attention <’iven to it; but too largely, as individuals, they have not kept th? discussion and agitation sufficiently before the minds ofi their fellow men. And perhaps there has bee* carelessness or negligence in the use of the ballot toward this end. And what can be laid of missionary societies in this respect mav also be said of many other organisations. But this work of conserving prohibition is too great for one ’individual or for one organization to carry on to victory. The missionary societies of the various religious organizations band together for the advancement of their mutual interests. So there is a Board of Foreign Missions which of course interests itself chiefly in matters of foreign missionary activities, including prohibition, and yielding but little influence on that work in the jhome land: and ther? is a Board cf Home Missions. In the course of their regular activities, they teach and influence to obedience 1 of the prohibition and other laws 1 of the land. But the greater results can onI lv be ‘accomplished by a federai tion of all the various organizations interested in prohibition, by an union of effort. The one great need among temperance forces is a leader. Governor I Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, stands . forth as such a leader, because » he is intensely interested in its 1 success, and in his own state has i been accomplishing much good r for the cause. He has also been • of great service to the nation by * enabling the citizenship to real--6 ize the existing conditions of ccr- - ruption and lawlessness in the enforcement of the prohibition Taws. The other great movement s toward leadership is the Woman s > National Committee for Law En- ? forcement. being composed oi s most of the women’s organizaP tions. including both home ano t foreign mission boards, and em-

| bracing in their combined memj bership about ten million women. I ! From this on, the work done by -the missionary societies will J largely be under the direction of j this general oiyanizaticn, and in co-operation with the various ori ganizations that are interested . in the success of prohibition law j i enforcement. J The head of this general comjmittee is Mrs. Edward Franklin J White, who is also the head of ', the General Federation of Wo- : men’s Clubs. Mrs. Lucy W. Pea- ‘ I body, the head of the Federation ,' of the Women’s Beard of Foreign Missions, is the General Chair- ; man of the Executive Committee of the Woman’s National Committee for Law Enforcement, : while Mrs. Fred S. Bennett, chairman of the Council of Women for Home Missions, is also a member of the Committee. The , presence of these women on the , Executive Committee certainly assures a greater activity on the part cf the missionary societies : in prohibition enforcement. "The formal announcement of this Woman’s National Ccmmit- , tee is that it is ‘to work for en- ‘ forcement of all law with special stress, at present, on the prohibition, the front today on which the battle against lawlessness ’is to lie fought.’ Its program calls for the education and inspiration of the groups of women in nearly all the older organizations, and these organizations are cooperating in wise recognition of the fact that the light calls for complete unity of action, if victory is to be the result." The plan of action is to demand from every candidate for any office. - regardless of party, his stand on the manufacture of stronger beer, and the modification and enforcement of existing laws, and even as to whether they are personally dry or merely in sym-1 pathy with the laws, as they will work and vote accordingly. They knew that any law is more effectively enforced when entrusted to those who are its real friends. It can not yet be told how farreaching the effect of this general federation may be on prohibition enforcement, as it has been but recently organized. But if it furnishes a leader in the movement, or a center for all other organizations, it will fill a great need in our national life at the present time. And, too, judging from the spirit of womanhood on the great moral issues, as Mr. A. B. MacDonald told one brewer in personal conversation at their recent Face-the-Facts Convention, “those women have fousrht too long for prohibition to be cheated out of it now.’’ o—; FREE MOVIES The local merchants, through; the Commercial Club have contracted with John G. Hall to have a series of fifteen weekly open-air moving picture exhibitions, starting Monday. June 2, and continuing every Monday evening until the end of the period. Mr. Hall has established a circuit embracing five towns. It is expected j that these free movies, to w’hich i i everybody is invited, will bring a large crowd every Monday evening. Mr, Hall has promised to show nothing but first-class pictures. o BASEBALL The Wolcottville Specials and the Syracuse-Milford Ail-Stars will cross bats at Syracuse Ball park on Friday. Mav 30. Game will be called at 3:30 n. m. For the last two years Wolcottville has won the pennant in the Northern Indiana League, and is coming strong for the game here Decoration Day. Sunday, June 1, Ligonier will nlay the local team on the horn? diamond. Ligonier has organized a fast club to represent that ; place this year and a real ball i /ram? is in store for the fans next Sunday. o ► ATTENDED CONFERENCE , The Northern Conference of j the Michigan Synod of the Luthj eran church met Tuesday and ’ Wednesday in St. Mic ha e l’s s church at Goshen. There was a j large attendinee of ministers and 5 laymen at all the sessions. Rev. s R. N. McMichael, local Lutheran i pastor, delivered the conference i hermon Tuesday evening on “The f Church and Her Youth.’’ At the - Wednesday afternoon session, - R?v. McMichael read a paner on e “Methods of Legitimate Church fi Publicity.” t o S NOTICE f lam prepared to give piano ini- struction to beginners. If intercl ested, call Frederick Beery, nhohe i- 120. 5-2 t-pd.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1924.

- AS SEEN ON LIFE’S HIGHWAY f (By Mrs. Amanda L. Xanders) Columbia, Mo. f Dear Millie-Bell: 1 I arrived in Syracuse on a Fri- • day and left the following Tues--1 day at 4:30 for Chicago. I transferred at once to Dearborn Station, byway of the Parmelee bus. ■ Going at a livlier gait than us- [ ual. the bus stopped sojsuddenly, it threw me headlong to the other end of the car, the only other passenger was a man at that end, who picked me up and my scattered belongings. I was full of indignation, and said, "How dare he,” meaning the driver. “Oh," he said, “it was a very narrow > escape from collision with a car. I realized, of course, how much worse it could have ' been—due entirely to reckless driving. I was so glad* I was able to secure a lower berth to'St. Louis. In the morning I learned I was the only woman in that sleeper. By seven o’clock I had breakfast, and the train was in the station in St. Louis. Here I had a wait of two hours and a half. During that time a young lady with a bird cage checked her belongings with me, until she had breakfast. When she returned; she sat beside me; we talked about birds, etc., when suddenly she surprised me, by telling me she had been secretly married down in Georgia, her home state, shortly before she went to Kansas City, seven months ago, to nurse her sister through a serious illness. She se?med quite relieved after she had shared her secret with me and told me how anxious she was to get home. She also said there would be no announcement of the secret marriage until the year was uo. Out of St. Louis and before we J reached Gilmor we crossed a very long high bridge, and there are several of them on that highway, I he train, running sixty miles an hour, struck a Ford car and carried it until the engineer could stop the train, and all that was rest of the car was the broken, twisted engine and one man—both dropped into a small creek. fif f v feet below’; the other man. relied dow» t e embankment. After picking no the men the train was backed to the scene of the accident. ATI along the way wore parts of the wrecked car. One car waited for the train to pass, the other one took a chance, and paid the death penalty. On? man was badly hurt but could talk; he was held for the coroner’s inquest. Both men were from Illinois. In the excitement it created among the passengers, I stood in the aisle talking to two ladies, when I happened to glance back cf them, I looked right into a pair of the strangest eyes, full of a peculiar light. The man had iron-grey hair, and was leaning forward, arid as I looked around he caught and held my gaze; onIv for a few moments, however, for suddenly I realized he wa.> 'striving for mental control. I learned later he is a hypnotist. Our train was delayed one hour. At Columbia a young lady said to me, “Are you Mrs. Xanders?" When I said “I am,” sh? called a taxi and took me. of all places, to the Pi Beta Phi House, where I remained a guest during mv stay in Cohimbia. Was not that strange, Millie, when I had never even heard of that fraternity until I met those college students, en-route to Washington? Miss Wilder, the chaperone, told me four of her girls were at that meeting. The University of Missouri has the honor of having the very first school of Journalism in the world. The originator and promoter was Dean Walter Williams, first and only Dean of Journalism here at I think it was July of 1911 that the League of American Pen Women. sent me as chairman of a delegation to the National Editorial Association, when it met in Chicago. At that time I was on the staff of the Columbus. Neb- ' raska. Journal, and at that meeti ing the Dean made a stirring i nlea. that I heartily endorsed, I for educated journalists. That is .|his great mission in life, to raise i the standard to his high ! ideals. ! Fifteen years ago, his dream s came true; it materialized at . this university, and is housed in i the large beautiful, fully equipi ped Jay H. Neff Hall, the first building ever given to the university. Now it has become the exception for a university not to in- . elude such a school. It was indeed a pleasant surB prise to receive a personal inviL .tation to attend the fiftieth an- * • \

f . niversary. May 12 to 17. I am i wondering if it was due to hav- ! ing sent the Dean copies of The J Syracuse Journal, in the vain | hope of receiving, not condemna- _ tion, but commendation. I am persuaded my efforts are . not hopeless, hence the invitation. There w-ere eight or ten protn- . inent members of the N. E. A. who were also special guests, and 1 they were as much surprised toi r see me as I was to see them. The same young lady, at my re- ■ ’ quest, called a taxi to take us to C the school, some distance from i , the Pi-Phi (for short) House. I! * am very much handicapped by r having had a very heavy piece of i j furniture fall on my left foot before I left the Lake. The taxi service of which I am compelled . to make constant use is excellent. That afternoon the Topics un- . der discussion were: What the; farmer wishes from the newspa-' . per, what the lawyer wishes and what women wish from the newspaper. All three were ably ’ handled, the latter by Mrs. Michael, of St. Louis and Mrs. W. K. . James, of St. Josephs; her talk L was intensely interesting. She , told about her funny experiences soliciting information from wo- “ men on what they wish from the newspaper. She is a rapid speaker and very pleasing to look at. After the meeting the same . young lady took to pay my . respects to the Dean. On the , way she remarked “You have never met him.” I said, “Oh yes, . I met him five years ago in , ida, when we happened to be pas- j , sengers in the same Pullman j , sleeper for three weeks, when i the N. E. A. toured that state.”! The Dean is slight in build, of! medium height. I have seen many handsomer men, but not one more intellectual looking. I skipped the Horse Show’ on Rollins Field. That evening was so surprised to find the Pi Phi House had in some way w’on the large silver cup presented that afternoon at the Horse Show. Two of the best speakers among so many .good ones on the nregram spoke that evening. M. Koeningsberg, general manager. International News Service, of New York, on news and other features of the newspaper. His speech was a literary .gem. Sidney E. Wicks, of the Manchester Guardian. Eng’and. kept his audience in wonderful good humor by his many goed stories, while he drove home truth after truth Homeopathic doses. Each evening’s program was broadcasted by radio, through Jefferson City, station WOS. Other noted speakers were Percy S. Bullen, American correspondent, London Daily Telegraph; Edgar White, Fiction and feature writer, Macon, Georgia; Herbert S. Hadley, Chancellor, Washington University; Mrs. Marie Weeks. Editor Norfolk Press, Norfolk, Neb., and many others. The Dean emphasized the fact that this was the very best journalism week, in his closing re- ; marks Friday night. There were receptions, smokers, luncheons, and a tea at the , Country Club. The social event however, was the bannuet, called the Special Edition Banquet, in the ball room of the Daniel Boone Tavern. The walls were decorated with the flags of many nations. The entertainment was varied, but mostly of a musical nature, and was furnished by students of the two Colleges for Women. also in Columbia. Four hundred were seated at the banquet. I w’as fortunate in being seated between Mr. Stephens, a warm personal friend of Dean Williams and an English Professor and across frorA the Episcopal Rector and his wife, all of whom hoped to see me next year to which I replied, “It depends entirely upon the generosity of your Dean.” Saturday morning I was vaccinated and had my foot dressed the second time by Dr. , a 1 man with snow white hair an<t ’ fine physique, who, when I went 1 to him, seemed to know all about 1 it, that I said, “Why, how did you ‘ know?" He said, “Through a * friend of yours.” I said, “Oh, * now strange, but do you know, 1 * asked a lady to recommend a doc--5 tor, adding, the very best, she ? sent me to you.” He laughed 1 heartily and said, “Why then, she was a friend of mine.” ‘ He commended Dr. Hoy, Sr., L on his medical skill. 1 That afternoon, Saturday, at ‘ 4:30 I left the city, and such a t charming city with, its roses in * bloom and spirea, like clouds of lace white snow, with exceeding * regret. Arrived in Kansas City * at 9:30 after a terrific rain and hail storm—and at the Muehl- - bach Hotel at 10:00 o’clock. -j The first thing I heard was a - chorus of -voices, “Hello, Mandy,”

i' "Why Mandy, when did you get - in?” etc., from the N. E. A. ■ bunch, who left Columbia on the i morning train. With The N. F. A. My son arrived from Chicago Sunday morning. In the after'noon we v-?re the guests of the ! Kansas City Chamber of ComJ merce, on a motor trip around ; the city and through Swope Park. In the evening they tendered ! us one of the finest banquets at ! that hotel. At 10:30 we a r e aboard the N. J E. A. special Pullman train bound for a four day tour of Oklahoma, (before reaching Oklahoma City, where the thirty-ninth annual i meeting will be in session. o ' THREAD DAY Last Sunday was observed as “Thread Dav” by Grace Lutheran Sunday school. This is an annual ! event among the women of the Lutheran church of America. Each person attending Sunday school or church is expected to bring a spool of thread or money enough to buy one. This thread and money is sent to the wornen of India who make it up into fine laces, this being their only means of livlihood. Fifty-one spools of thread and $3.53 in money were contrilyited at Grace Lutheran last Sunday for this purpose. o W. M. S. ELECTS OFFICERS The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Evangelical church held their monthly business , meeting and mission study class ■ at the church last Thursday eve- ; ning. The following officers jwere elected: President, Mrs. W. i J. Dauner; vice-president, Mrs. A. H. Blanchard; recording secretary Mrs. L. D. Jensen; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Glenn Shock; treasurer, Mrs. Sarah Ott; secretary of literature, Mrs. Melbern Rapp. o DEATH OF MRS. M. GRAVES Mrs. Mary (Mackey) Graves passed away at her home near Norvell, Mich., on Monday, May 26. The deceased made her home with her son, Leroy Mackey, where she died. She was also the mother of Mrs. Milo Kitson. The funeral was held at Norvell on Wednesday with interment in the* Syracuse cemetery today (Thursday)- } o LARGE HOOT OWL KILLED A Winona interurban car struck and killed a large hoot ow’l near Milford last week. The owl evidently became blinded bv the headlight and flew through the glass in front of the car. It was as large as any ever, killed in this vicinity, measuring over four feet from tip to tip. COMMERCIAL CLUB DINNER The Commercial Club will have their monthly meeting and noon luncheon at the Grand Hotel next Tuesday, June 3. Officers will also be elected at this meeting. Every member is urged to attend. Those desiring to become members are also invited. , O ; TO DREDGE CHANNEL A petition has been sent to the Department of Conservation, Indianapolis, asking for the privilege and right to deepen and wid en the channel leading from Lake Wawasee to Lake Syracuse. If the petition is granted, which no doubt it will be, work is to commence soon. o PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR John Q. . Motto, republican chairman for Kosciusko county, has been selected to sejjye as presidential elector for the Thirteenth district. Oscar Smith, of Starke county is contingent elector. * - — RUMOR NOT CONFIRMED South Bend bankers told friends of a rumor in South Bend that the FoVd Motor company Had leased the Oliver Chilled Plow Company olant for ? period of 90 years. There has been no confirmation. CONCERT SERIES PLANNED The Milford-Warsaw band, under direction of Arthur Wenger, is planning to give a series of concerts in Warsaw, Milford and Leesburg during the summer. o P. 0. CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY The Svracuse postoffice will be closed Memorial Day after 10 o’clock a. m. all day. There will be no rural delivery that day. The business houses will close! at 12 o’clock noon.

SOME THINGS TO THM ABOUT 4 Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on . th? Surface. Retail Merchants Fight For Life The average retail merchant is today having a fierce fight for existence. Whether he “passes on" or survives, rests with the community of which he is a part and . to which he liberally contributes for all civic enterprises and pays taxes. The merchant in the average sized town cannot carry in stock everything that all of the people of his town may want at all times. It would require a capital many times larger than the average nierchant can command to do this, but he does the * best he can. He ordinarily drqs carry in stock at all times many things for which there is no .general demand, in order that he may meet the needs of his customers to the greatest possible degree, but there is a limit to his purchasing ability. He is always ready and willing, however, to make every effort to meet the demands of the community. Why not, then, give him the preference over the far distant mail order man if you must have some thing w’hich is not to be found in the local stores? He will do the business in a satisfactory manner, give you as quick if not nuicker service and more satisfactory treatment, and the chances are that he will give you better values for the money. Finally, whatever profit is to be made off the transaction will stav at home and do its bit toward making the merchant and his t'-wn and. incidentally, yourself, more prosperous. If you are interested in your fort to sustain and support your community you must make an efmerchante —otherwise your town will soon be enumerated among the "dead ones.” In many hom?s you see over t’v- parlor door the legend worked in letters of red, “What is Home Without a Mother." Across the room is another brief. “God Pless Our Home.” Now, what’s & the matter with “God Bless Our Pad?” He gets up early, lights the fire, boils an egg, wipes off dew of the dawn with his hcots. while many a mother is ” sleeping. He makes the weekly handout for the butcher, the grocer. the milkman and the baker •md his little pile is badly worn h?fore he has been home an hour. If there is a noise during th? nivht, Dad is kicked in the back -nd made to go downstairs to find the burglar and kill him. Mother darns the socks, but Dad bought the socks in the -first place, and the needles and yarn afterward. Mother does the fruit—well. Dad bought it all, -od the jars and sugar cost like the mischief. Dad buys the chickens for the Sunday dinner, rarves them himself and draws the neck from the ruins after everyone else is served. "What is Home Without a Mother?” Yes that is right, but what is home without a Father? Ten chances to one it is a boarding house—r is under a slab and the landlady is the widow. Dad, here’s to you; you’ve got your faults—you may have lots of ’em—but you’re all right and we’ll miss you when you’re gone. Correct This Sentence “No.” said the lady next door, “I didn’t want to have mv hair bobbed but my husband pleaded «n hard with me to have it done I had to give in to his wishes,” We havfe observed that some men have a Tot of sunshine in their souls while a lot of others have a lot of moonshine in their tymmies. “Jaky” says that women should “beat” the water if they find it too hard. Bones also opines that b?atin.g will soften almost anything. Hiram Johnson should not feel discouraged. Lots of good men never even ran as far as he did for the presidency. HUNT FOR THE GOOD in the other fellow—he has to do the same in your case. The real prosnerors community is the one which lets the carpenters do all the knocking. I Dance and the girls go with ) you, don’t and you go alone!

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