The Syracuse Journal, Volume 22, Number 42, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 13 February 1930 — Page 1

mb 6/Arthur Brisbane TO TERRIFY TERRORISTS ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO KILL FOR GOLD STAR MOTHERS WOMEN SPEND 53 BILLIONS

Lo« Angeles, Calif.—The shooting of the Mexican president, his wife and another one killed, unfortunately, will mean drastic action in Mexico. No nation will tolerate, even in civilized times, a campaign for control of government by murder. Back of the young hand that fired the shots there stands in the shadow some -murderous organization, relying on terror and using servile tools for its purpose. Ortiz Rubio and the povQsrful Portes Gil, former president, now a Rubio's secretary of ■ the interior, will find away to terrify the terrorists. ■ ■ ' ® Before the would be murderer shot him, Ortiz Rubio, in his brief inauguration address, had promised that all classes of Mexicans “should- enjoy the privilege as being classed as men.” Those familiar with conditions under which Mexico’s lower c 1 asses have lived, and with the attitude toward them of the upper classes, will know what that means to the Mexican under dog. , Congress votes more than $5,000,000 that gold star mothers may'visit their son’s graves in France. Os 11,000 mothers entitled to gb,. 6,000 have expressed a desire tp go. Many cannot go, because of duties at home. Others perhaps, dread the sorrowful shock. To those that do not go, Congress should pay in cash in the pro rata amount that it would cost to send them, about SIOOO. No other course would be fair. Texas has an "anti-chain store association” to drive and keep out the chain stores owned outside the state. The governor and other high officials are said to endorse the association, which seeks to protect thousands of small merchants, driven to the wall by chain store efficiency and ecdn- ■ omy. , . Another murder among our Latin-American friends. An attempt, unfortunately a failure , is on the life of Mello Vienna, vice president of Brasil. As jn the recent Mexican outrage, the man attacked was making a political address and the would-be murderer was moved by political hatreds. Only harsh severity can meet such an assassination epidemic. c» Richard Stewart, rug merchant of Wat-ren, Ohio, is in jail. Judge Perry found him guilty of molesting a woman. Stwerat offers an excuse as old as Adam; “The woman? led me on.” In jail Stewart refuses to eat It would have been fortunate for Adam, and for us, but bad for the clothing business, had Adam likewise refused to eat. •> Charles Evans Hughes returns to the Supreme Court; as Chief justice at President Hoover’s request. In him the people have a brilliantly able man, worthy to take, Mr. Taft’s place. And from Mr. Hughes’ acceptance, of the position you learn that honor and opportunity to be useful are more important than financial profit. Mr. Hughes gave up a private law practice worth more than $500,000 a year for a small salary and great opportunity of the Supreme Bench. ' Chicago's Retail Advertising institute is told that American women spend every year fifty-three billion dollars. A million is a great deal. A thousand millions is a very great deal. Fifty-three thousand millions spent by the women in this country is an extraordinary amount of money. The rich, in this happy land, very happy for some, are richer than they •ver were. The treasury department tells you there were 496 Americans in 1928 with annual incomes above $1,000,000. The total on which they paid income tax was one thousand •nd seventy-three millions. And, as you know .this represents only a fraction of the really big incomes. There are men with incomes above one hundred millions each. Their money is in great corporations. The latter re-invest their earnings and hand stock dividends instead of cash to the big controlling stockholders. On such dividends, in accordance with Supreme court decision, the really rich men pay no income i tax. One man, with much more than a hundred millions income, paid, as shown in reports once published, only six millions income tax. Without the stock dividend device he would have paid forty million at least. A lot of salary earners and professional men made up that difference. Os the supermillionaires ,twentyfour have more than five millions a year each. With all that money you weald expect to hear of some remarkable and interesting things done, but (pvoes and imagination do not often

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LAKES WILL HAVE MORE FISH ADDED Chamber Os Commerce Told Two Projects Are Successful The successful accomplishment of two projects of importance to Syracuse and Lake Wawasee, was ani\ouiiced at. the regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, al the Sign of the Kettle, Tuesday.’ A. J. Roilert, of Niles, Mich., who owns the land extending from the ditch which flows from Lake Papakeetchiie into Lake Wawase.e, to Mineral Point, will give an option to the state of Indiana, for the purchase of same, complying with the request of the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce. The land, if purchased by the Department of Conservation, will be developed into a modern fish hatchery, which will be used to re-stock the two lakes. The other announcement was that through the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce members who. circulated the petition, the state fishermen will come to Syracuse this spring for the purpose of catching and destroying destructive fish in Syracuse Lake and Lake Wawasee. These men will work under a different arrangement than formerly; the entire expense of maintaining them will be born by the state. Last year the expense of housing these men was met by the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce. These men will work under the direction of J. H. Fleming, in charge of the fish hatcheries at Lake Papakeetchie. They will attempt to clean up the two lakes of such fish as gar, dog fish, and carp,-which prey on food and game fish. . At, the meeting, a committee was appointed to write letters to various concerns and incorporations to interest them in taking over the defunct Wawasee Cedar Chest site, to be used as a location for some other facory. '

AWAY ON VISIT; HAS OPERATION Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowersox returned home Monday, from a 10-day visit in Logansport, Ind. While away, Mr. Bowersax was advised to have his tonsils removed, and together with his host. Dr. Miller, went to the hospital in Indianapolis. . 1 The two men had the same room assigned to them, so they could visit with each other following their operations. During the time they were in the hospital they received 28 roses, which their wives claim should have been brought home to them in Logansport. When it became safe for Mr..Bowersox to make the trip home without fear of catching cold, following his operation, Mr. and Mrs. Bowersox drove back to Syracuse. o— — ASKS FOR GUARDIAN Bertha E. Darr field a petition with the Elkhart county circuit court clerk for the appointment of a guardian for Louisa Hapner, 79, who is ill at her home in Benton Township.

LAST MINUTE NEWS It was necessary (or 14 stitches to be taken in the four cuts in Clint Collander’s head, following his accident Wednesday afternoon at Beck’s crossing, on the interurban tracks between Milford and New Paris. Mr. Collander was taking a cow and calf in his truck, to New Paris, and crossed the interurban tracks just as the car reached that crossing. It was due in Milford at 3:57. The motorman tried to stop his car to avoid the accident if possible. but it smashed the truck in such away that Mr. Collander was injured .and the cow and calf killed. Mr. Collander was taken to the doctor’s office in Milford, and Mrs. Collander notified, at their home on the Stringtown road. With her son Emeral, who is in school in Milford, she accompanied her husband to Warsaw where x-ray pictures were made of the injuries. He was able to return home 'last night, where the neighbors bad doM the choree for him, and where the rest of the family had had supper with Mr. and Mrs.

“BUY PEG A WOODEN LEG” FUND FILLS PENNY BANK

In the local office of the B. and O. railroad is a 100 percent saftey sign. This is to certify that the employes at Syracuse did not have a reportable injury during the year of 1929, and is signed F. E. Fahy, Superintendant. In the freight office are two penny banks, made from old baking powder tins. Money is deposited in these banks to “buy Peg a wooden leg”, showing how those who are injured by the railroad are cared for. Peg is a large gray cat who ha<X his tail and one Jiind leg cut off by a train, five J years ago. Ernest Buchholz found him, and refused to let others chloroform him, insisting that he could take care of the hurt animal. Peg has recovered from his injuries and limps about rapidly, on three legs, with the stump of the fourth stuck out at right angles to his body giving him the appearance of a tight rope walker, balancing. No new tail has grown on, however. About twb years ago the cat’s crippled state called forth so .many comments, that H. W. Buchholz decided interested parties should have an op-

35 Friends Have Surprise Party For Mrs. Brun ies . * Thirty-eight attended the surprise party held Sunday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Brunjes, in -celebration of Mrs. Brunjes sixty-ininth birthday. .< The party had been planned byMr. Brunjes and his friends, and, after church Sunday morning, the crowd drove in several cars, to the Brunjes home on the lake. , Housekeepers who had prepared Sunday dinners for their families, took their baskets with them for a pot luck birthday dinner, already become famous for its proportions. Mrs. Brunjes, who hadn’t expected any such celebration of her birthday, made a clever speech of thanks, ini reply of Rev. Arbaugh’s speech of congratulation. Among those who attended the party were: Rev. and Mrs. Arbaugh, the William Beckman family, the John Mench family, the Jacob. Kern family, the William Kindig family, the Charles Crow family, Mrs. M. Snobarger, Mrs. Baker, Lola Buhrt and. daughter; the Misses Martha and Edna Leacock; and Joan and Virginia Riddle. MADE CADET OFFICER Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 13.—-A. J. Morris, of Syracuse, a junior in the Purdue University School of Agriculture has been appointed cadet 2nd Lieutenant in the Purdue R. O. T. C. Unit, according to the announcemnt made by Major J. E. Malcolm, commandant. JUNIOR LADIES OF ROUND TABLE MEH Twenty attended the meeting of the Junior Ladies of the Round Table, at the home of Miss Elizabeth McClintic last Thursday evening. Two new members, Miss Lucile Kitson and Miss Charleotte Saidla, and the club's sponsor, Miss Acquilla Wyatt, were taken into, the organization at this time. Following the business meeting, games of hearts were enjoyed, prizes being won by Mrs. Harry Grieger, Mrs. Byron Connolly ,and Mrs. Roy Klink, guest of the evening from So. Bend. The club’s next meeting will be on March 6, at the home of Miss Roberta Crowe.

NEW TRACKS BEING LAD) BY RAILROAD On Monday, the Baltimore & Ohio section crews were putting in switches of 130 rail, on the east bound track at Syracuse . This is part of the program of laying 130 pound steel f rails on thd main tracks, between Wawasee and Syracuse. The work, on the westbound tracks is completed, and the laying of the heavier rail on the east bound tracks is expected to be finished by spring. Extra men have been employed by the railroa dto complete this work. ~ -o . EV’S DEFEAT BENTON ' —I The Syracuse Ev*s defeated Benton, 31 to 17 Tuesday evening fast week, in the basketball game played in the Community building. ~ Earl Auera had high score for the Syracuse players, that evening. He ran up 14 points; O. Auers Djktie 8;

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portunity to buy a wooden leg for Peg. So he made the two baking powder tins into penny banks . One bank is full, and the other nearly so. If the funds are more than sufficient for the purchase of a wooden leg, a wheeled chair ..for the cat may be considered. About two weeks ago Ernest Buchholz went to Los Angeles, but the health of Peg seems to worry him, even out there in Sunny California. ((Because on his arrival, he wired back instructing the freight office employ-’ ees to remember to feed Peg. That Peg, who eats milk and steak, is so well fed that he has become lazy, is shown by the statement of H. W. Buchholz, who insists that Peg lies on a desk in the freight office sleeping most of the time. & Often he can’t eat all of the food placed before him ,and when a mouse will sneak up near the sleeping cat to steal a few bites, Peg w-ill open his eyes, Mr. Buchholz says, and tears will trickle down into his whiskers to think that he is too worn out from eating to defend himself against the thievery of a mouse.

NEW REPORTER ON STAFF The following news story was written . by Frederick Ritter, 8, the youngest reporter on the Syracuse Journal staff: “Frederick Ritter and his Big Dog went to gather some bitter sweet, and °as they were gathering it the dog began to bark so Frederick turnd around and his dog had a garder snake his dog was choking it.”

YOUNG COUPLE WED SURPRISING FAMILY Coming as a surprise to her family and’friends, is the announcement of the marriage of Miss Martha Hoover, daughter of Mr .and Mrs. David Hoover, to Gaylord Long, Saturday evening, in Kentland, where Mr. Long’s people live. The 14-year-old bride, who was a sophomore in Higfaf School, had told her parents that she and Mr. Long were going to Atwood to the basketball game Friday evening. Before leaving town, she wrote a note and sent it back to her mother, stating that she and Mr. Long were to be married in Kentland. , The newlyweds will make their home with the bride’s parents, on Boston street. ' Mr. Long has been employed the last three years as a! mechanic by McClintic, Colwell and Gordy. ’ ' . —o . SYRACUSE EWTO ENTER TOURNAMENT The Ev’s of Syracuse are entered in the basketball tournament of independent teams, being run off in Atwood this week end. The first game for the Syracuseteam comes at 10 o’clock Saturday morning. The Atwood Indiana Sectional schedule has been announced: Thursday night, Feb. 13 7:00 p. m. Columbia City M. M. vs. Leesburg Mickeys. 8;00 p. m. Atwood Independents vs. North Webster Alumni. 9:QO p. m. Basket Independents vs. Coesse Celta. Saturday morning, Feb. 15 9:00 a. m. Hepton Merchants vs. Warsaw Cathe Brakes. 10:00 a. m. Warsaw Foundry vs. Syracuse Independents. 11:00 a. m. Mentone Independents vs. vrinner 7:00 p. m. Thursday. 12:00 noon, winner 8:00 p. m. and 9:00 p. mfl games Thursday. 2:30 p. m. winners 9:00 and 10:00 o’clock games of morning. , 3:30 p. m. winners of 11:0012:00 o’clock games of morning. 8:15 winners of 2:30 and 3:30 games of afternoon. All games are to be played in 15 minute periods. -o 22 ATTEND MEETING OF PYTHIAN SISTERS Twenty-three members attended the regular meeting of the Pythian Sisters, in the lodge rooms last Friday evening. Following the business session, refreshments were served. On the committee in charge of these were: Mrs. Court Slabaugh, Mrs. F. W. Greene, Mrs. William Bowld, and Miss Nellie Mann. —o MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fisher have received the announcement of the marriage of their son Gerald, who is studying law at Bloomington, Ini, to Miss Bernice Tucker, a teacher it FiW *L

FRIENDS SEE LEER KILLED ON CROSSING Tillman LeCount Is Witness To Tragedy Near Millersburg Paul LeCount took his mother, Mrs. Tillman LeCount home to Millersburg Monday morning, following her visit in Syracuse with her mother, Mrs. Linda Darr. They arrived home shortly after the accident in which Myron J. Leer, 48, killed on the nearby railroad crossing, by tne Commodore, section of the Twentieth Century limited. s Tillman LeCount, as one of the section gang at work near the crossing, had been one of the witnesses of the tragedy. Others were C. E. Robison, foreman, Ray Macan, and Clarence Putnam. j These meh on the train crew state that Mr. Leer left his home near the crossing, and was driving along slow'ly. , They, say the engineer of the fast train whistled for some distance down the track, and that the view of the crossing is unobstructed. But Mr. Leer seemed neither to see or hear the train and drove up on the tracks in time for the engine to strike the middle of his car, a Chandler sedan. It was completely demolished, and Leer’s body was thrown clear of the wreckage. The coroner’s verdict was accidental death. Mr. Leer is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mary and Mildred, students at Manchester college; two sons, Gerald and Robert at home; one brother, Jesse Leer, of Scottsdale, Mich., and two sisters, Mbs Ssther Leer, of Scottsdale, and Miss Meriam ,of Detroit. It was Tillman LeCount’s sad duty to go the short distance distance to the Leer home ,to tell Mrs. Leer of the tragedy. She could not at first believe it. She had heard the engine whistling, and had gone to her window in time to see the train crew rushing to the wreckage. The accident occurred shortly after 8 o’clock, Monday morning, the passenger train being due in Goshen at 8:21, The crossing, . called the (Continued bn Last Page) o .— POSTMASTERSWILL MEET IN FT. WAYNE President W. T. Huntsman ,of Toledo, Ohio ,has appointed Postmaster James H. Patchell, past president of the New Tri State Postmaster’s Association as Chairman of the Program Committee for the next convention of this association to be held Junelß-19 next at Fort Wayne, Ind. The program is well under way and will include Postmaster General Walter Brown, Ist Asst. P. M. General Arch Coleman, 2nd Asst. Postmaster General W. Irving Clover, Hon. W. R. Spillman, Chief Inspector, Senator James E. Watson, Senator Arthur R. Robinson, Congressman Dave Hogg of Washington and President Arthur L. Behymer National Association of Postmasters, Hon. Robert H. Postmaster of Indianapolis, and many others. A splendid entertainment program has been arranged by Postmaster Harry Baals of Fort Wayne, Ind., and the Chamber of Commerce of the later city. Do You Remember—--29 Years Ago When friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Garber, with a party in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary. 15. Years Ago When Peter McClane was appointed Justice of the Peace for Turkey Creek Township. Since the departure of G. W. Howard, there had been no justice of the peace, and cases were taken to Milford for trial. • • • 10 Years Ago Noah Moneyheffer, living near New Paris, was painfully injured when, working on his barn, in some way his pitchfork prong entered ' his right knee. • • • 5 Year* Ago Dan Mishler cat a gash in the knee cap of his rigtft I?g while chopping wood,

ESCAPES CYCLONE That Warren T. Colwell can now write a true story of how it feels to be passed over by a cyclone, is the news which has reached Syracuse in a letter from Mrs. Colwell in Oklawaha, Fla. George and Warren Colwell were out fishing on a lake near there became alarmed at a peculiar cloud in the sky. They hurried to shore and started home on a run. George Colwell made it, but Warren fell dowiY in the path of the storm, and lay on the ground face down Until it .was over. He escaped uninjured but says he saw an automobile tossed in the air by the wind. '

ATWOOD ONCE MORE LOSES TO SYRACUSE First Team Wins 25 - 22 — Second Loses By 9 To 6 Score Repeating the victory which won for Syracuse the tournament in Warsaw ,the local boys defeated Atwood 25 to 22, in the game at Atwood last Friday evening. 1 The second team lost preliminary bout to Atwood second team by a score of 9 to 6. At the start of the main game of the evening, Atwood ran up a lead on Syracuse was not cut down at the end of the first half, this first period closing with a score 14-13 against Syracuse. In the second half, Syracuse caged the 12 points necessary to win the game with three points to spare. Atwood scored only eight points in the last half. Shock scored four baskets during the game, and had one foul called on him; Robison caged three baskets and had one foul called; Lepper and Leacock each made two; Connolly one, and had one foul called; Bitner and Nicodemus started the game, and Bitner caged his one free throw chance. Robison was the only other first team player with a chance at a free throw-, but failed to score. During the preliminary, Lung shot one basket and caged two out of four free throw chances; Swenson shot one basket in the 9-6 score. Other players during the game were: Grady, Gordy, Xanders, Jones and Henwood. :—_-o-— FATHERS AND SONS BANQUET IN CHURCH Nearly one hundred guests were served last night, at the annual Fathers and Sons banquet given by the Methodist Men’s Brotherhood. Supper was served in the church basement, by the Ladies Aid . Following the supper, the guests went upstairs to the church auditorium, where the evening's program of speeches and music was,enjoyed. The chief speaker of the evening, Richard Vanderveer, of Milford, had as the subject of his talk, “Lincoln.” The Fathers and Sons banquet is given once each year by the Methodist church. . ——-o . ———— . 10 RELATIVES HAVE SURPRISE PARTY Ten of her relatives surprised Mrs. Eli Grissom, with a pot luck dinner after church Sunday. The party with well filled baskets, went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grissom on South Main street. Among the guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Guy, Mrs. Bertha Brown, of Warsaw; Mr. and Mrs. James Guy, Mrs. Jennie Wolf, Miss Eleda. Longfellow, Owen Longfellow and daughter, of west of Warsaw. Everyone reported a fine time. o—i —— FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS NAMED ON HONOR ROLL Students whose names are on this month’s honor roll for the Fifth Grade have been announced by the teacher, Mrs: Margaret P. Davis. The work of Lucy Bachman has placed her on the roll of students’s whose work gets “special mention.” Others whose work is worthy of “mention” are: Edith Stabler, Margaret Hutsall, Evelyn Schroeder, Kathryn Nicodemus, Alva Scarberry, Betty Hughes, Lucille OsVdm, Janiea Btftt and Henry Mita ;

NEW SAMPLE WATER WILL BE ANALYZED Last Test Shows Water Must Be Boiled For Safe Drinking “The city water is fit to wash your feet in,” is the way Dr. B. F. Hoy has summed .up the question being put to him ,as health officer, as to whether the city water was fit to drink. The report of the state analysis of city water, showing colon bacillus had been found in it, was published in the Journal ,two weeks ago, warning Syracuse residents that drinking water must be foiled. A new sample of this water was sent last , week to Indianapolis, but its container was broken on the way. Another sample has been sent, and a report on it is awaited. There have been no typhoid germs found in the water, yet, according to local physicians. But Severe cases of dysentery or diarrhea could follow drinking the water according to its last analysis. Most of the Syracuse housewives have beien boiling drinking water since the warning, but as was brought up at the town board meeting last week, there is no boiled water furnished for school children to drink. Many mothers have been phoning school authorities, to ask if the water is fit to drink or not. According to Court Slabaugh, principal, he tells them all, “I don’t know whether the water is good or not. I drink it.” It is understood that Simon Bell had notified school authorities last week that ond of his children* had not been so. well lately, apd he asked if boiled water were furnished school children. According to the health officer, what, Syracuse needs is a sanitary engineer, to locate the. cause of the water becoming unfit for drinking purposes. • Since the action of the town board, water mains have been flushed twice a week, to learn if the dead ends of these were the seat Os the trouble. A sajnple of the water from the well itself, was taken yesterday morn-' ing and sent to Indianapolis, to see if the trouble is in that source. It is denied .that the storage tank is uncovered, this has always been roofed. When it was cleaned the spring of 1928, only harmless sediment was found. It is understood that an unusually large amount of children are absent from school at this time of year. A sample of city water tested last Noverhber showed these same germs but a later test proved the water alright.

FORMER SYRACUSE MAN SENTENCED News has just been received from Rensselaer, concerning the conviction' of Attorney John A. Dunlap, formerly of Syracuse, for conspiracy to rob the State Bank of Rensselaer, Sept. 7, 1928. Mr. Dunlap is reported to have received calmly, his sentence last Thursday, of from 2 to 14 years in ■prison. His motion for a new trial was over-ruled some time ago, and his last avenue of escape from a prison term rests with the State Supreme Court, to whom he has appealed for a new serial. Mr. Dunlap’s wife was formerly Miss Helen Johnson ,of Syracuse. It was accused that Mr. Dunlap had planned the robbery. Henry Davidson was convicted of the charge of having aided in robbing the bank. o ROUND TABLE CLUB MEETS AT KINDIG’S The Ladies of the Round Table met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. William Kindig. Responses to roll call were made on “my- favorite picture.” Thirteen members attended the meeting, Following the business session, Mrs. R. E. Pletcher read an article by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, on her household pets. A contest requiring the knowledge of magazine publications, was enjoyed in the social hour which followedTowels, made by the blind of the state schools, were nfeas&ere of the cJaK

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