The Syracuse Journal, Volume 18, Number 5, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 June 1925 — Page 1

The Syracuse Journal

VOLUME XVIII.

THIEVES LOOT TWO STORES Seider & Burgener Grocery and Lakeside Garage Bobbed Sunday Night When L. A. Seider entered his •store Monday morning he made the unpleasant discovery that during the night customers, who fear daylight, had been in his store and had helped themselves to some goods and cash —mostly cash. Entrance was gained by breaking a window in the rear of the wareroom. Then they forced a door leading into the store. A light, which is kept burning all night in the rear of the store, was put out by tearing down the wire. The robbers rifled the money drawer in the cash register. The amount taken has not been determined. but Mr. Seider stated to the Journal, that there was perhaps around $25 in the cash drawer. They also tried to oped the safe, but failed in the attempt, as the inner door refused to give way, although an iron bar had been used. A rifle belonging to Robert Riddle. t£e clerk, was also taken. Evidently the burglars were hungry, for e - v helped themselves to sausage and crackers, as evidenced by sausage skin found on the floor. Whether any goods had been, taken, was not determined. It seems the robbers were after money. The burglary was committed after one o'clock Monday morning. The Lakeside Garage was also visited that night and around $7 or $8 taken from the cash register. There they gained entrance by forcing open a rear door leading into the office. A* window in the rear of the Star Clothing store was found broken Monday morning and it is believed that the burglars also tried to gain entrance there, but failed, as the window was protected by heavy iron bars. The sheriffs office was immediately notified after the discovery of the burglary. Milo Maloy, the sheriff, and officer E. L. Burrell, a fingerprint expert, appeared on the scene about nine o’clock. Several fingerprints were discovered and photographs taken. So far no clue of the burglars has been obtained. . H i' o— h —* I BETTER MAILING WEEK Postmaster General New has determined to attempt to curb careless correspondents and parcel post users who are responsible for a drag on the postal service, which causes an enormous economic and considerable financial loss each year. With -a view to reducing dead letters and parcels, now going to the dead letter office’ at the rate of 21.000,000 letters and 803.000 parcels a year, the postmaster general has designated the week of June 1 to 7 as 'Better Mailing Week,' during which a nationwide campaign will be conducted to educate everyone to use more care in the addressing of mail. “If everyone who mailed or addressed a parcel put a return address on the envelope (and the proper place is the upper lefthand corner; not the back)," the postmaster general says, "the dead letter office could be closed ' and a vast amount of-money, of time, and of energy could be saved. More than 99 per cent of dead letters contain no clue as to the sender on the envelope. “Mistakes are bound to occur, but investigation of claims and complaints divulges that in the vast majority of cases it is the mailer rather than the postal clerk who makes the error. We are going to try to do better. We are striving for that goal of perfection, and we would like for you to co-operate with us and help reduce that appalling dead letter revenue. It can be done

letters plainly, leaving out nothing that will aid the carrier in making delivery; “Putting a return address m the upper lefthand corner; •’Using strong cord and stout paper.” * ——o- —- COMMERCIAL CLVB C marcial Club will meet immediately after the noonday luncheon at the Sign of iFZhIa Tn**«dav June 9 As

Syracuse’s Slogan: “A Welcoming Town WitH a Beckoning Lake.”

ACTIVITIES INCREASING ' AT MAXWELTON MANOR ' ♦* i During the past few weeks work lat Maxwelton Manor has been growing increasingly act--1I ive. Visitors to the place already see not only a situation greatly changed from the virgin rolling ’ woodlands of the north shore of j Syracuse Lake, but now progress I has advanced to the stage where ; the’well worked out plan is apparent It is easily possible now to picture in the mind’s eye a residential district of surpassing beauty. Maxwelton Manor comprises 190 acres of rolling woodland lying along the north shore of Syracuse Lake and south of the county line paved road. The Manor is formed by combining the picturesque old Madison McPherson and James Juday farms. These two properties were purchased a year ago by L. B. Boyd of South Bend. The Manor ’was platted and opened last year; the most of the changes apparent now. however, have been accomplished since early spring of this year. The entrance to Maxwelton Manor is on the county line pavement. Here the spot has been beautified with massive brick pillars, one on each side of the wide driveway, which has been named Maxwelton Lane. Additional shrubbery and landscape beds have been placed near the entrance and enhance the attractiveness of the location as one passes it in driving along the pavement. Maxwelton Lane is the principal thoroughfare through the Manor. From the entrance it takes a winding course over the hills between lines of newly planted trees a pretty vista—and continues to a point near the lake front, where it turns east md follows the contour of the long tier of front lots. At one point the Lane crosses a deep ravine, where a rustic, but artistic, brick and masonry bridge is now in course of construction. The Lane, as well as the other drives, has been given a lay of white rock ballast. Connecting with Maxwelton are other drives. Monoquet Way and Cheraee Ci tele. named ' after old chiefs, lend variety to the general plan. A short drive leads to Stoney Point, a landmark that has been known locally throughout the years. Home building is well under way. One prettv bungalow is already practicallv completed; another large and beautiful residence of brick and frame is now < roofed and will be in condition for occupancy within a few weeks. Smaller buildings are already occupied. THE WATER QUESTION For about a week Syracuse has been quite dry. We mean by this that the city water supply was considerably short, especially on the hill. At times the residents there did not have enough water to wash a teaspoon; to take a bath was out of the question. The reason for this is two-fold. On account of the drought the supply of water from the wells is inadequate, and more water is being used for sprinkling. Some water users are abusing this privilege. we are informed. Some are letting the water flow all night, which is contrary to the city ordinance, and are not observing the hours for sprinkling. Consequently, those who do not sprinkle are suffering. Water should not be wasted at > this time when it is scarce. There are all kinds of hogs—road hogs, . money hogs, the real hogs—but i Syracuse has a few water hogs, i The town board has decided to • stop this waste of water. Read lithe notice in another column of • the Journal and abide thereby. J To stop the wasteful and ex- - cessive use of water, the city of r Fort Wayne has forbidden all I sprinkling until further notice. I An edict of this kind in Syracuse & would solve the water question.

—o WHEAT POOI* MEETING A wheat pool meeting will be held at-the Syracuse Carnegie library Wednesday evening. June 10, at 7:30 o’clock. A state speaker will be present and discuss the plan and purposes of the movement. All are invited. »■ PIANO TUNING —

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1925.

W. C. T. U. INSTITUTE TO BE HELD FRIDAY ' — The local W. C. T. U. institute will be held at the Evangelical church Friday, June 5, afternoon and evening. The afternoon session will begin at 2:30, and the evening session at 7:30. Miss Maude M. Aldrich, a representative of the Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare, will be the principal speaker. She will give two lectures, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Followin’? is the program: Afternoon, 2:30 Song service Devotions Mrs. Hedges Greeting President Response Mrs. Blanchard Duet ~ Mrs. Ftta Ott Mrs.-Sadie Hire of W. C. T. U. and W. M. S.“ .. Mrs. Adda Patton "Our Mission Work Abroad" Mrs. Eva Gants Reading Mrs. Woods “Our Home Missions ...’ Mrs. Adda Patton Address ... Miss Maude Aldrich “White Ribbon Recruit Service” .... MrA Emma Bushong - Lunch. 5:00 p. m. Members of various Missionary Societies as guests. Evenin-r, 7:30 Music. “America” Whistling ...... Natheta Sloan Devotions .. Rev. Floyd Hedges “Seasons.” Laura Bachman, Lucy Bachman. Mary Ellen Pletcher, Dorothy Bushong "Guilty” Gordon Geiger &>n? Reading Thelma Filer Address ~. Miss Maude Aldrich Piano Duet Mary Jensen Edith Dauner Solo Mrs. Floyd Hedges IJenediction Rev. Dauner o AN INTERESTING TRIP Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Parsons and Mr. hnd Mrs. L. M. House and Rev. and Mrs. Floyd Hedges left here on May 20, for Harrisburg, Penn., where they attended the one hundredth anniversary convention of the Church of God. They all returned home on Saturday except Mr. and Mrs. Hedges, who arrived ly>me i on Friday. The trip returning home’ was full of interest and variety from start to finish. The travelers visited many points of interest, among them was a trip to the Gettysburg battlefield, where they visited the Jennie Wade House and Gen. Lee’s headquarters. These two historic old residences are now filled with curios, at the. same time many of the old original pieces of furniture and disfces in both houses are still there. From there the auto party went to .Washington. D. C., where they spent some time visiting the White House, National Capitol, National Museum. Engraving Building and many other places. One of the interesting items of their trip through the engraving building they learned that it took a week to complete a stamp and thirty days to complete a paper dollar bill. Each employe is allowed to spoil two bills out of every hundred, aside from that they are required to pay two cents for every bill spoiled. Mr. and Mrs. Hedges went to Mt. Vernon, where they visited Washington’s tomb, and saw many other things of interest. Mr. and Mrs. House and Mr. and Mrs. Parsons came back by the way of West Virginia, where they all spent a short time with some of xthe. former's relatives. BIRTHDAY PARTY Monday, June 1, little Annie Causer and her friends celebrated her fifth birthday. The table decorations were pink and white. The little girls enjoyed the party, and Miss Annie was proud of her presents and the pink and white cake with its five candies. Annie says next year she will be six years old, then she can go to school — o K. OF P. MEMORIAL The local K. of P. lodge has designated Sunday. June 14. as Memorial Day. The committee . in charge will engage a good speaker and a band. • , o BIG PICTURES AT GOSHEN We call attention of our readers to the advertisement of the Jefferson Theatre, Goshen, where i two big pictures have been - booked for two and four days. - -I- ■ — - — " ' Constance Talmage in “Her niirfet of Romance/’ at the Crysr tai Theatre. Lkrosder. tonight.

I FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT T. H. MAJtSHALL, DEAD ■ Thomas Riley Marshall, aged 71 years, war-time vice-president of the United States, died at Washington, D. C., Monday. He passed away at the New Willard hotel, where he had been ill for several days with a cold and a heart affection. The end came unexpectedly, as the former vice president had shown some improvement in the week he had been confined to his hotel room, and plans had been made for his return to his home in Indianapolis some time this week. Accompanied by his wife, Mr. Marshall went to Washington a week ago. On his arrival he w’ent directly to the hotel complaining of great exhaustion. When physicians were summoned it was found that he had suffered from a heart attack. He regained strength gradually. Death resulted from a recurrence of the heart attack. When the e r ' 1 came he was sitting propped up in bed reading a favorite passage from the Bible. Mrs. Marshall was in an adjoining room. Suddenly slumping down upon the pillows, he passed away without a word and apparently without pain. News of the death of T. R. Marshall came as a shock to his home state —Indiana. , 7 Mr. Marshall following his retirement as vice president in March, 1921, had maintained a home in Indianapolis, although he was absent from the city a good part of the time while on speaking tours. He had practiced law there in a casual way, accepting only a few cases and declining to become involved in cases that would prove unduly burdensome. Since leaving the vice presidency he has been almost inactive in politics and his only public addresses have been on the speaking platform. Thomas-Marshall was born at North Manchester and lived for a number of years at Pierceton. Later he moved to Columbia City, where he practiced law for many years.! IL? was practicing law at Cohnnnia City whek he was nominated by the Democrats of Indiana as their candidate for Governor and was later elected. His administration as Governor was successful and attracted the attention of the entire country, so that later he was picked as a running mate for Woodrow Wilson and was elected vice president of the United States. Mr. Marshall was well known in Kosciusko county, especially by the older members of the Bar Association. Plain funeral services were conducted Tuesday at the Willard hotel? where Mr. Marshall died. President Coolidge attend- , ed in behalf of the people. The body was then sent to Indianapolis for burial Funeral services were held this forenoon at the Marshall home by the Scottish Rite Masons, W. Geake, of Fort Wayne, commander-in-chief of the Council, officiating. The body will be placed in a vault at Crown Hill cemetery. Selection of a final burial place will be made by Mrs. Marshall later. S—O s WATER NOTICE Water users must obey the hours of sprinkling, to-wit: from 6 to 8 a. m.. and from 5 to 8 p. m. For violation of this rule, water will be promptly cut off. Water must not be wasted, leaky connections must be repaired, otherwise your water will be turned off. Water can not be pumped fast enough to take care of needless wasting of water. The foregoing rules will be strictly enforced. TOWN BOARD OF SYRACUSE FINED K 25 EACH Sylvester L. Kincaide and Ernest Li per, both of Goshen, pleaded guilty to a charge of fishing for blue gills from the Elkhart river and were fined $25 each in 1 the Goshen City-Court Monday. ! Game Warden Emanuel Click of Syracuse made the arrests Sun- ’ day. It is illegal to fish for bass or blue gills until after June 15. DEATH OF MRS. BURKET Mrs! C. W. Burket passed away J Sunday at her home in Warsaw » of a complication of direases, i She is survived by her aged husband, who is an invalid, two sons and a daughter. r Funeral services were held on • Tuesday at the M. E? church in Warsaw.

FUNGUS GROWTHS KILL MANY FISH Fungus growth which attack and kill fish, or the past severe winter, are causes for the thousands of dead fish which have appeared upon the shores of nearby lakes, according to the report of Fish Warden John Fleming, of the Wawasee hatcheries, who visited Winona Lake last week and inspected the fish. Some large bass and mature bluegills were found. Old age might have been the cause of some deaths, according to Mr. Fleming, but many died in the winter, lay on the bottom during the winter, and within the last few days became filled with gas and floated to shore. - Dr. Scott, of Indiana university. also spent Friday at Winona Lake to investigate conditions and to determine what caused the death of many fish there this spring.' Dr. Scott, who for many years has been head of the Indiana Biological Station at Winona Lake, is well considered an authority on such matters and he is especially well posted on Winona and other lakes, of this section.» He was sent there by the Conservation Commission. Dr. Scott stated that the fish evidently have been killed by fungus poisoning. He described this as an epidemic among fish similar to measles among human beings. He said it was not uncommon in lakes of Indiana, and also said nothing could be done to stop it. A similar condition exists at Winona Lake nearly every year in the early spring. Each year the shores of the lake are dotted with dead fish. The dead fish, however, were more numerous this year than ip most of the preceding years. o ; MEMORIAL DAY The annual Memorial Day services were held Sunday afternoon j at the Lutheran church, according to announcement made in last week’s Journal. Promptly at 2:30 o’clock the exercises began with invocation by Rev. W. E Eiler. Scripture reading by Rev. Floyd Hedges. Rev. J. H. Royer, jpastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, then delivered the Memorial address. After the services at.the church, which were not very well attended, the school children and the school band formed a parade and marched to the cemetery. The veterans of the Civil war were taken in automobiles to the cemetery. where the graves of departed soldiers were decorated with flowers. The band played "Nearer. My God, to Thee” and "America.” The sounding of taps concluded the exercises. It seems the interest in the observance of Memorial Day was .lacking, as the attendance was not as large as in former years. In fact there would have been no general observance of Memorial Day in Syracuse if the local ministers and business men had not taken the matter in hand and arranged the program which was carried out. o BARN BURNED ■« The big barn on the Charles Strieby farm, about three miles south of Syracuse, was completely destroyed by fire Monday evening at about nine o’clock. The blaze was caused by the explosion of an oil lantern in the barn while Mr. Strieby was doing the chores. Some of the contents were burned, however, all live stock was saved. The Syracuse fire department responded to an alarm and the chemical truck was rent out, but could do nothing, as the fire had gained too much headway. The loss will probably amount to several thousand dollars. ,—— —X.-.-o- — BAND CONCERTS Arrangements have been made whereby the local band will give open air concerts .every Wednesday evening during the summer months. The first concert will be given next Wednesday evening, June 10. j o j MARRIED Ralph Whitney of Warsaw and Miss Nettie Mae Wrigley of Packerton were quietly married at the M. ? E parsonage last Thursday evening, the Rey. Jas. H. Royer, the pastor, officiating. The newlyweds are friends of the Royers in a former charge. o “Exevre MeT AH aboard for the honev mooa express. At the Crystal Theatre, Ligonier, next Sa-tay.Jww 1.

FARM BUREAU MEETINGS IN COUNTY I County Agent T. A. Parker has I announced dates for a series of farm meetings to be held over the county during June. These msetings will be held in co-oper-iation with the Township Farm Bureaus. Five reels of motion pictures will be shewn. "A Story of Corn” is the title of a three-reel picture made under the direction of Prof. Wiancko and Dr. Hoffer, of Purdue university. It shows the newest things on corn. All the scenes are laid in Indiana, most of them at Lafayette, at' S?uth Bend, and at Shelbyville. The film shows the actual growing of the corn plant below and above the ground. “Camera Hunting” is a onereel picture showing an early spring deer hunt on the California National forests, with a camera. “Wonderland of Canyons and Peaks” is a one-reel picture showing scenes on a trip through the Royal Gorge, Leadville. Lake Creek and across the Continental Divide to the Mount »of the Holy Cross. The meeting dates are as follows: • L June I—Tippecanoe township, at North Webster. June 2—Etna township, at the Etna Green school June 3 —Wayne township, at the West Wayne school. , June 4—Prairie township, at the Atwood school June s—Plain township, at the Leesburg school. June B—Harrison and Franklin townships, at the Harrison Center school. June 9—Scott township, at the East Millwood school June 10—Van Buren township, at the Milford Carnegie library. June 11 —Clay towship, at the Claypool school. June 12—Lake township, at the [Silver Lake school. June 15—Jefferson township, at the Hall school. June 16 —Washington township, at the Pierceton Carnegie . library. June 17—Monroe township, at the Monroe Center school June 18 —Jickson township, atthe Sidney school June 19—Beaver Dam, at the Beaver Dam high school June 20—Seward township, at the Burket high school. o VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL The possibility of having a Daily Vacation Bible School in Syracuse is fast on the road to becoming a reality. This week the local ministers are making a thorough canvass of the city to determine the prospective enrollment of such a school. The date for the school has been set from June 29 to July 10. It will run about three hours each forenoon. Attendance at the school will not incur anv expense on the part of the students. It has been agreed among the local churches and Sunday schools that they will each stand their proportional share of the expenses. The children ' will be permitted to bring an offering, however. While the detail courses have not yet been worked out, the school is planning to take care of all ages of children from the ages of five to young people as old as may care to come. Already a number of high school students and graduates have registered for work. — —q — PHONE OR SEND THE NEWS If you are entertaining visitors, have been on a visit, or if you have attended any social gatherings or entertainments in or out of town, phone or rend the news to the Journal We always welcome such, news ■ items, as they are of interest to all A great many of our friends do this now, but perhaps there are others who would do so if reminded of it. Send them in. by phone, or otherwise. ; OH-? EASTERN STAR MEETING The regular meeting of the Eastern Star Chapter will be held on Monday night, June 8. A good attendance is desired. 1 o ICE CREAM SOFIA L There will be an ice cream social at Hex Grange Hall Tuesday evening, June 9. 5-lt o VICTOR RECORDS June Victor Records are now on Sale at Beckmann’s. 5-lt I o A classified ad will sell it. ’ *

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THINGS TO' THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface, f Paying the Price Life conducts no bargain counters. nor no cut-rate sales. Everything in life has its fixed price, in plain figures and every , man-i and woman jpust pay for what they get. It is an imipovable law and you can’t beat it. There are no exemptions, and the statute of limitations does not apply. Would you have health? You must practice self-denial and - curb your appetite and go to bed nights instead of attending wild parties. Would you have riches? The price is labor “and thrift—hard work and regular saving.. Too many of us spend our earnings before they are received. Would you have friends? The price ticket calls for a generous helping hand to those in trouble —a willingness to share the joys and sorrows of those about you. Would you have love? You must keep yourself personally attractive, interesting, amiable, friendly. Nobody loves a slouchy and sloppy man. or a peevish and nagging woman. Would you have a happy home? The price ticket calls for domesiticity. You must feel that your place is at home instead of at the poker game; you must look tipon your wife as your partner 1 . If a woman must make the home comfortable, learn to be thrifty and economical, and ply good food for the family, Nagging will drive any man to other company. Would you have fine children? The price at life’s store is selfsacrifice. You must give them nearly twenty years of your life and the price of several automobiles before their feet are firmly fixed on the right road. Just at this time it is because so many fathers and mothers are unwilling to pay the price of parenthood that so many boys and girls go astray. It has been said that we get out of life just, what we put in. but the fact is we ge + out of life just what we pay so no more. Every debt must be paid in some mariner sooner or later —but it is not fair to pass some of it on to the innocent children. .» It Worked An autoist A when near South Bend, discovered a flat tire. He had forgotten his tire pump, so he decided to hail the first cay passing, and ask the driver if he could borrow his pump. Several cars passed, but they paid no heed to his request. A big car was in sight. The autoist waved his hand and shouted: "Have you a cork screw,” whereupon the big car stopped immediately. » Now that bathing dresses are taking on the lines and colors of ordinary frocks, it’s hard to tell, from a casual glance, which are intended for street wear and which are supposed to be worn into the water. An old man eighty years of age was asked how he kept him|self looking so ‘ young and healthy. His answer was that he quit chewing tobacco when he was seven years of age. A fortune teller told a married woman that her husband was in great danger of dying soon. Now the woman don’t know whether to send for a doctor or a life insurance agent. Standing over steaming dishwater gives any woman a grand complexion, says a scientist. But most women will continue to get theirs by the box. Once upon a time there was a Syracuse young lady who thought that all her face needed when she went out was and water. “Anjl now,” said the city girl visiting the farm, /‘show me which cow gives the complexion cream.” The best way to keep from being hit with an automobile is never to cross a street. The man who takes no interest in his business will take none 'out of it.