The Syracuse Journal, Volume 22, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 27 February 1930 — Page 1

6/Arthur Brisbane ° BIG CORPORATION USEFUL ON CRIME’S HIGHWAY WORRYING THE BURGLAR EDUCATION AND MONEY

The General Electric company has perfected a device to transport electric power over longer distances at’ less expense. The. invention, called a “thyrato,” is described as a modified vacuum tube, adapted to power transmission uses. Someday science will “hook up” the world’s greatest power stations of North America: Niagara, those of the Rocky mountains, on the Columbia river, Brazil, with other great stations in Africa and all over.- the world, as radio stations are now hooked up. Then will come wireless tiansmission of power, so that airplanes will be able to “pick up powjsi ' at vari- | o.us points in their of carrying tons, of fuel. The research work done by such institutions as General Electric, United States Steel. Westinghouse, Standard Oil Co., etc, will give back to the public in increased, prosperity * hundred dollars-for every' one that those big corporations have ever received. -This country is traveling rapidly on the road that leads to thoroughly Organized crime and complete contempt for law. A United States grand jury reports that officials supposed to suppress the sale of drugs are organized <>n a “racket basis” misrepresenting their activities to get more money from the government. Some of them are Alleged to be narcotic addicts. The charge is made that the big men in the business can “buy their way- out,” if they get in trouble. In the seven months phst criminals and others have purchased three times as many pistols as were sold altogether in the twelve months of 1928. A big demand for killing machinery. Mr. Louis Pierson of New York’s Irving Trust company delights in ,annoying burglars. He built, for underground, below his new fifty story building, a safety vault line,d with toughest steel, thick. as the ancient walls of Jerusalem. ’ It is the biggest vault in the world except those of our’reserve banks and the Bank of England. • Now he surrounds his steel walls with a thick layer of water, so that the poor bank burglar, even if he did break through the heavy steel would have to do his work in a diving suit, most awkward for handling dynamite and drills . Henry Ford planned to spend one • hundred millions educating young people on his own lines, making them “fit into life,’ ’teaching every one a trade, wants no advice. He is right. No one knows better than ‘he how to prepare boys for useful work. But Mr. Ford spoke hastily when he said he wanted ho advjce on education from those that never earned or saved a dollar. The world’s greatest educators have not been money makers or savers. Aristotle, who taught Philip’s son, Alexander, made no fortune for himself. Alexander, the conqueror of the world, spent collecting specimens for Aristotle, greatest naturMist and philosopher of the world, more than the total fortune left him by King Philip. Conrad Hubert, who changed his name from Horowitz, made many millions, left $6,000,000 to useful charities, left $1,000,000 to his brother. The brother, who sticks to his old fashioned name, Horowitz, has been a humbly court interpreter and he says he will now devote his time to German opera and charity. Why did the rich brother wait until he was dead to give millions to his mother’s other son? Many of us forgot the proverb often quoted by Nathan Straus: •What you give in health is gold, what you give in sickness is silver,, what you give after death is lead.” Automobile makers will spend $15,000,000 scrapping old cars to clear the way for new cars and moderate the second-hand car nuisance. R. H. Grant, vice president of General motors, one o fthe best salesmen in America, is chairman of the scrapping committee. Perhaps Mr. Grant could find a way to ship those old cars, knocked down, to foreign countries—China, Africa, anywhere. Ten million old cars scattered over the earth would soon create an appetite for ten million new care, just as the little car creates a demand for a larger car. An etpert says that in nine years, from tKe end of 1929. stocks were going up 66 per cent of the time, and going down 34 per cent. The difficulty is to pick out the time when they are going up. Two $50,000 speed boats, each carrying three Liberty motors, with 38 knots speed will help hupt rum runwn in New Ydric wttMtC

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SYRACUSE’S FIRST GAME -RIDAY AT 2 Local Boys To Play Silver Lake In Tournament In Warsaw Having lost four games during the season, and won the tournament in Warsaw, last month, Syracuse High school basketball team Will enter the tournament this week end, which is to divide which team will represent this district in Auburn next, month. Syracuse’s first game is with -Silver Lake, Friday afternoon, at 2 o’clock. November 8, Syracuse lost to Nappanee in the game playe dthere: ph November 22 the local boys lost their only game i f the year on the home floor, to, Leesburg. Claypool defeated Syracuse at Claypoyl, Dec. 14, and, Leesburg again won from Syracuse, Jan. 3. Following is the schedule of games for the ti'urtiamenl next Friday and Saturday; " ’ ■ Friday Morning Game 1, 10 a. m , Claypool and Milford. officials 1 and 2. Game 2, 11 a. tn,, Burket and Beaver Dam, officials'?! and 3. Friday Afternoon Gaine 3, 2 p. m.. Silver. Lake and Syracuse; officials 3 and 1. Game 4. 3 p. m.. Warsaw and Mentone; 1 and 2* Gaine 5, 4 p. m.. Pierceton and Atwood; officials 2 and 3. Friday Evening Game 6.,;7:30 p m , Etna Green and Sidnev, officials 3 and I.' Game 7, 8:30 p. m., Leesburg and North Webster; officials land 2. Saturday Morning Game 8, 9 a. m., winner of game I and winner of game 2; officials 2 and 3. Game 9, 10 a. m., winner of game 3 and winner of game 4; officials 3 arid L . ■ -i Game 10, 11 a. in., winner of game 5 and winner of game 6; officials 3 and 1. ■ '. Sautrday Afternoon Game 11, 2 p. m., winner of game 7 and winner of game 8: officials 2 and 3. . ( • Game 12, 3 p m., winner of game 9 and winner of game 10; officials 3 and 1. 0 Saturday Evening Game 13, 8 p. m.f winner of game II and winner of game 12; officials 1 arid 2. Officials—One, Ralph Parker; two.' Lloyd Miller; three Lundy Welborn. ■' — i— o_i— ——-— • < HERE’S BEST TALE . OF STUCK-IN-MUD ' * . ■■ ' 9 Os ail the muddy roads around town, the gravel road north east of Syracuse became .one of those which were! nearly- impassable Sunday. Lloyd “Casey” Jones was returning home Sunday evening, having spent an enjoyable evening with friends, and being the owner of a car that never stalls in the mud. But his car did stall in the mud and “Casey” couldn’t move it. So he w alked home to get his horses to pull out the car. In his excitement he left the motor running, with the car in low gear. - Under its own power .the minute “Casey” got out of sight, it climbed out of the mud hole. Its wheels couldn’t get out of the ruts, so it went straight ahead and pulled itself on solid ground. Then it was ,the story goes .that the gas tank, ran,dry and the car stopped. Or it might be that a kind ■neighbor had pushed the car out of the mud and left it there for the owner’s return. ' Anyway, when “Casey” returned with his team and a number of neighbors pressed into service, there was the car that he had sworn was stuck in the mud, standing for all observers tp see, high and dry; on good road. His friends say that this proves “Casey’s” boast: “You can’t stall my car in the mud.”

ROUND TABLE CLUB HAS REGULAR MEET Because it would have been difficult to reach the home of Mrs. Harry Hire, over the muddy road to Pottowatomie Park, the rheeting of the Ladies of the Round Table, scheduled for her home, was held at Mrs. W. Kindig’s home Monday evening. Responses to roll call were on current events, and Mrs. Charles Bowersox read a paper on the History of Indiana from 1779 to 1929. Mrs. A. Geyer’s was on the proposed Lincoln Memorial for Indian!*.

N sinograph. Breaks Down, No Paper Printed Last Week

Pages of news, waited to Be set, but the new Lingraph refused to set type. It was therefore impossible to publish the Syracuse Journal last week. Local experts in their own lines kindly offered assistance, but it was no use, so the man from the factory was wired for. He came, and discovered.a new r part must be sent for, which made the delay so long, that the T hursday paper could not l>e gotten out even a day late, last week. The theory of the thing is the letter-molds of the new Linograph, installed the first of the month, will form lines of type when pressed into molten metal, like a cake mold fronts cake if the dough isn’t too'watery. Too much heat makes bad dough of j metal. ’ i The electric system of heating the metal developed the habit of getting too hot. and, last Monday afternoon,

175 Guests Ar Party Given By K. of P.’s One hundred aAd seventy-five guests attended the annual K. of P. banquet in the hall Wednesday evening to enjoy the chicken dinner served by the Ladies Aid of the Evangelical church, and the program and dance that followed. Riats Franklin’s orchestra furnished .the music during the dinner hour and for the dance which followed the i program. -j Follow ing the dinner, tables were | cleared from the lodge room, and. the program of the evening was opened by Miss Betty June Wolf, age 5, who entertained with a number of different acrobatic feats. i Then the two Bachman sisters sang , the encore producing “Barnacle Bill, the Sailor.” The main feature of the evening ; was introduced by George Xanders, as being put on by the Chicago Civic ' Opera on a tour, and the musical comedy they had selected was “Hamlet.” . • Roy Sarjent sang the part of Hamlet; Robert Pletcher that of Laertes; Eloise Klink went mad, as Ophelia; Melburn Rapp was Polonius; Venn Fikel reigned as King Claudius and Ruth Xanders as the Queen. Guards of the castle were M. Timberlake, Hallie Holloway and Lloyd Disher. At intervals, George Xanders made a wraith-like ghost with a base voice. The master of work who did the scene shifting and finally killed him- , self when he saw what he had done, was Bernard Skidgell.. Mrs. Skidgell was the pianist. The play had been directed by Miss Nellie Mann and Mrs. Garrett Grissom. After the comedy, the floor was cleared for dancing. 0 : LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS NAMED Two matters of importance came up at the last meeting of the Town Board. A petition for constructing a sanitary sewer for North Hkrrison street was presented, and it also became known that the town board had appointed two members to the Library Board, Mrs. W. Kindig and F. W. Green. • The petition asks that the sewer be laid to'flow into the Huntington street sewer, and if this be not feasible, to have it flow in a southeasterly direction and tap the Main street sewer of the town. Mrs. Kindig and Mr. Green were appointed to the Library Board to take the places of L A. Seider ,and W. G. Connolly.’ This appointment was confirmed by the board when Mrs. Edna Hess, president of the Library Board, questioned the town board. This makes the Library board membership complete. Mrs. Hess was re-appointed by the township trustee; Dr. C. 0. Stoelting, Mrs. Nora Colwell and Mrs. MaryHoy were re-appointed by Circuit Judge Royse. _L. O PAST CHIEF’S MEET > Nine members of the Past Chiefs Club, attended the meeting at the home of Mrs. Sheldon Harkless Tuesday. A pot luck dinner was served, followed by the regular meeting. Guests were: Meedamee Hamman, King, Thibodeaux, Edmonds, Self, Bowld, HalW*>»

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instead of the metal molding into : lines of type, it slot the printer and the floor. rTkept right on doing that till after psess day. It was the same thing as trying to get a car through a mudcy road last week. Instead of the cars going on through, wheels would only splash mud here and there. The mold which should have gone tfirough the metal did the sajne thing—splashed metal here and there. A new thermostat was sent out by th ecompany and installed to regulate : the temperature of the mttal. i The time saving linotype machine [Was invented in 1885 by Ottmar Merganthaler, a German, living,, in Baltimore. The machine is operated in away similar to a typewriter, but its keyboard has 90 or more keys. • WheA a key is pressed, the brass ■ matrix of that letter is released from (Continued on Last Page)

CITY WATER IS NOW "SATISFACTORY” Interpretation of the results of the recent tests of the city water made by the state, from samples sent to Indianapolis, are as follows: Feb. 4. Unsatisfactory. Bacteriological quality. Feb. 5. Showed evidence of slight contamination. Feb. 12. Tw-o samples of satisfactory bacteriological qualities. 42 ATTEND CLUB’S GUEST DAY PARTY Forty two guests attended the annual guest day party given by the Wednesday Afternoon Club, at the home of Mrs. S. C. Lepper, Thursday-. The main address of the afternoon was made by Mrs. W. I. Ellison, of Winona, county chairman of the Federation . She spoke on Universal Membership. Mrs. Klingel, county treasurer, also addressed the meeting. The Sophomore class from the High school entertained with their one act play, “Billy’s Coming," and the girls trio from school, ShirleyMiles, Harriet Bachman, and Pauline Shock sang. • The Bachman sisters sang their duet, “Barnacle Bill the Sailor.” Following the program, refreshments were served. On the program committee which planned the guest day party were: Mrs. S. C. Lepper, Mts. Court Slabaugh, Mrs. A. J. Armstrong, Mrs. C. C. Bachman, Mrs. Fred Self, Mrs. A. A. Pfingst, Mrs. W. Gants and Mrs. R. F. Hoy. '* TRAVELLERS KEPT OFF DIRT ROADS Most of the dirt roads of the county had been closed by the first of the week, on account of the unusual thaw-, making’ these Into impassable mud. Trucks had days before been warned to keep off gravel roads, but bySunday the Warsaw-Milford detour had been closed to all machine traffic. For days before automobiles had only been able to get through by the addition of teams. Rural mail carriers out of Syracuse are having difficulty delivering mail, it being necessary to call for teams to assist the cars, and some places necessitate travel by foot. School hacks were managing to get in on time, through muddy troubles, the first of the week. - SMITH FUNERAL WAS WEDNESDAY Following a long illness, John B. Smith, 73, died at his home on Main street, Sunday, evening about six o’clock. Funeral services for Mr. Smith were held yesterday morning at his home, Rev. Mary Strombeck-of North Webster .officiating. was a member of the Church of God. The body was taken to New Haven for burial. Mr. Smith is survived by his widow, five daughters and one son. In addition to Mrs. Smith, one of his daughters, Mrs. Della McKinney, and his son John Smith, live here in Syracuse; of his other daughters, Mrs. Ed Dennis and Mrs. Ida McWilliams, live in Fort Wayne; Mrs. S. B. Long in Arcola and Mrs. John Lorimore, lives in Plymouth. 0 Informed that chauffer’s licenses were necessary, ail the drivers of school hacks went to Warsaw last week and obtained them.

SEASON IS ENDED WITH 2 VICTORIES No. Webster And Etna Green Lose To Syracuse Fri. And Sat. Syracuse closed its basketball schedule for this season by defeating Etna Green 33-15, Saturday night, here,-having won from North’ Webster, |29 to 24, at North .Webster, the night before. The second team Lst to Etna Green’s second team 16-15 in the filial moment'of play, Saturday. They had downed North Webster 17 to 14, the night before. ' With the score close throughout the game between teams was more exciting than that between the first teams .Saturday evening. The referee, Thorne ,of Warsaw, was Weld up in the muddy detour outside of Warsaw ,and Neppre, of Etna Green, was pressed into service for the first half of the preliminary. This closed with a score of. 6 to 6. in the second half, Syracuse run up a lead of ’ 11 to 8, to be passed by Etna Green, 14 to 11. Then Bitner caged a basket and Lung made bne, for the'score to ;e; : Li 5 Syracuse, with one ■ il.r ’c r.d a quarter to play. In. chat time, r?ji ■ Gteen shot one from the flo-r mid tie whistle blew with the vi.-itoi.s ■ v.-ui-ners, 16 to 15. Lung scored two points'; Bitner. 4; Nicodemus, 2; Gordy, 3- ’ In the gaine between first teams the half closed with Syracuse ie d:.- < 17 to 7. Robison was heavy scori-i, making six baskets ;one of these knocked into the basket on a j nr., ball. Shock caged four out of seven free throw’s and -one basket; Lepper made four’ baskets and one free throw-; Leacock one basket and two free throws and Bitner one fie(T throw, Saturday’s crowd was smaller than usual ,and showed little excitement during the second game. Friday evening’s game in North Webster was delayed by the arrival of the referee. The man from Indianapolis who was to have .been referee, phoned at 5:30 it would be impossible for him to come . It was necessary to trace Slessman of Albion, to a movie show in Ft. Wayne, from which point he drove to North Webster in time to referee the 'game between the first teams . Two Milford boys, Smith and Holman, were officials of the preliminary. In the game between second teams the score stood 10 to 10. at the end of the first half, but the Syracuse boys won 17 to 14. Sprague, back in the game for the first time since his illness, shot four baskets and his two free throw chances: Grady caged his free throws; Lung two ; out of four ;and Swenson his two chances. The half closed in the game between Syracuse and North Webster first teams, 9 to 6 in favor of Syracuse. This w-as increased to. the final 29-24 with Connolly scoring four baskets and one free throw; Nicodemus two baskets ? and two free throws; Shock, two - baskets and two free shots; Bitner one bf each, and Robison a basket. —-o— — — WILL OF MAJOR MARSH IS FILED In the will of Fletcher . Eugene Marsh ,of Lake Wawasee, which was filed, last week at the county clerk’s office, the Salem Bank & Trust Co., of Goshen and Joseph B. Marsh were named as executors. After all debts have been paid t,he proceeds from the net earnings are to provide for a suitable care and maintenance of his grandson, Fletcher Eugene Marsh, Jr., who u afflicted, during his life, and if he does not use it all, the ballance shall go from time to time, to a daughter, Fanny Marsh Devin and to a granddaughter, Mary Josephine Woods, share and share alike. The net income shall be paid over to a granddaughter, Elizabeth Devifi Brain. Upon the. death of alt the above named, all of the residue shall go to Fletcher Marsh Devin, Charles A. Woo3s, Jr., Fletcher E. Marsh and Joseph C. Marsh, Jr. The probable value of the estate was placed at $28,000, of which amount SIO,OOO is listed as personal property and SlB,000 in real estate. o— ——-— —' Orvil Klink, Guy Rarig and Court Slabaugh, played the first golf of the season, Sunday. They report the ground in good condition with the exception of two greens, which were danig.

Do You Remember—20 Years Ago When Mrs. Will Darr was struck ;by the bumper of an engine of a freight train, at Milford Junction ‘ » j 10 Years Ago Clyde Bartholomew- and Emory Druckamiller discovered a skeleton of an Indian on the banks of- the like at Indian Hill. 15 Years Ago C. J. Kitson traded his .65 acre farm hear Mentone for the Oscar Ott farm north of town. 5 Y'ears Ago When, as a result of an “accident” ' on Friday the 13th, near the B, & O. tracks, in which C. R. Hoilett’s right met Floyd Disher’s left temple, $24.3<> , was paid as fine' and costs by the j owner of the right. SWINEHEART, C. SEARFOSS ARE JAILED Youths Living; Near Syracuse Are Held In Elkhart County ] Two youths, whose homes are near Syracuse, have #een placed in the Elkhart county jail during the past week. These are: Ira Swinehart, 19, charged with auto banditry and second deg ree burglar Iy; a rid Char les . Scarfoss, 23, indicted, by the gr nd jury for perjury in voluntary affidavit and obtaining money under, false prete-rses. . * The sheriff of Elkhart county received a call lasj Tuesday telling of the robbery of < the Flowers filling station, north o’s Nappanee. After two hours search,’a portion of the stolen oils, auto accessories, candies and such merchandise, was found along the road near the filling station. The officers hid there, and at 4:30 o’clock the follow ing morning, Swinehart drove up with his car to hiding place.. He tried to flee on discovering the officers,, but stopped when several shots were fired. He is said to have confessed to recent chicken thefts in Elkhart Co. Thursday afternoon the grand jury 4 returned an indictment against him char: ing him with second degree' burglarly and auto banditry. ’ Charles • SearfosS was indicted for perjury and obtaining money under, false pretense, by the Elkhart grand jury, Saturday, and his bond was fixed'at $1,000.’ In the affidavit returned by the grand jury, Searfoss was charged with obtaining a mortgage amounting, to sl9l from the American Se-. curity Company of Goshen, on six cattle that he did not own. It is charged that he appeared before a notary last March and swore that he was iow ner of six head' of. cattle, before he obtained the mortgage. .• - TWO WOMEN HURT BY DOG ‘FRIENDS’ . ■ . • —d ' The small dog of C. JU Hoilett’s, rushing to meet the friend who often fed him, Mrs. Elsie Gibson, as she came out of the Variety store Sat8. ■ - ' urday morning, tripped her and caused her to fall. Mrs. Gibson strained the ligaments in her right elbow in such away that it is necessary that the arm be carried in a sling as though broken. For the first few- days it caused her quite a bit of pain. Another story of an injury caused", by a dog, came in a letter to Will Bushong, from his niece, Mrs. H. N. Thompson ,of Jackson, Mich. Mrs. Thompson often visited the hope of her neighbor where there was an English bulldog, which had always seemed friendly, she wrote. Two weeks ago, however, when she went into the friend’s home ,and sat down on the davenport near the sleeping dog, it roused and jumped up, biting the end of her nose jn such away as to tear it. She was immediately given rabies serum, and from the last word that Mr. Bushong has received, she is getting along nicely. , LOCAL BOY HONORED LAFAYETTE, Ind n Feb. 27.—A. J. Morris of Syracuse, a junior in the Purdue school of Agriculture has been recently pledgqjj to Hoof and Horn, an agricultural honorary, the membership requirements of which are based on scholarship and personality.

TOURNAMENT IS SET FOR MAR. 34-5 Gold Medal Basketball Tournament To Be Played Here Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, through the efforts of the Syracuse Ev’s, the Gold Medal Tournament, sponsored by the Central States Amateur Independent Basketball Association, will be held in the Community Building. This nation wide assication ,in existence for 12 years, has as its aim, to give every team, no matter its -record or size of its home town, the same type <if tournament . The. team which wins this tournamenj will receive a basketball trophy finished in gold. Each player .on the winning pam will receive a genuine", rolled gold .miniature basket bail | charm. . -■ Players finishing on second and third team’s will also’ receive these awards. , The games’ schedule follows: I Monday, flight, March 3 7:00 p. m., Warsaw Archers vs Hepton Merchants. ■ " 7:50 p. mu,' Wolf Lake Pirates vs Mentone independents . .' ' b:4(! p. m... Syracuse Evangelical Etn.a Green ilndependerits. 9p. m., 'Atwood Independents vs Rochester Armour -Hi-Jackers. Tuesday night. March 4 i 7;45 pl tn., winners 7:00 and 7:50 ' games ■ f Xfonday. r ' * | s ';4* f. m.. winners 8:40 and 9:30 games <f Monday. Vt dnesday night. March 5 ■ 7:45.}}. tn., losers of 7:45 and 8:45 g..pies of Tuesday (for third place.) ‘ 8:45 p. nt., winners 7:45 and 8:45 games i f Tuesday (for first |and second places.) Refeiee ,Don Stephenstfh. DECISION IN CASE j ' ’ WILL COME LATER ■ The case, of Simon -Bell, plaintiff, ■Orvie Davis, defendant, was tried iin Warsaw Tuesday, before Judge Royse, .lie judge withholding his de- | cision until a later date when the ; matter will be argued before the by ll.e lawyei-s 'of the i two parties Bell is represented by Guy Dau>’ ..-.t, and Davis' by Y-’andeft’.er 'Windehei?. . a Sine . Bell claims that he was. to have i’vyn paid StOO for’his part in the dea< by which On e Davis traded his prey,ertj- in Syracuse, and took Sylvester Unrue. last ye..r. , ’ : ,o - - TWO ANNOUNCED IN RACE FOR SHERIFF In announcements in other columns of this paper, Lloyd Disher of Syracuse and Harley D’. Pei*sbh of Huffman I taring that they will be candidates for the office of Sheriff of Kosciusko counts, on the Republi an ticket in the May primary.. Mr. Disher is a local man having b6en born and raised in the vicinity of Syr:; use. For the past eight years he’ has been connected with the Syracuse Feed Mill, *, Supp< ters of Mr. Disher say that his busi less Training and the support given him two years ago at the primary should prove his qualifications for this office. Mr. Person was born and reared in Prairie Township, this bounty, his present residence is Huffman Lake in Prairie Township. He is an officer in the State Highway Police department, his territory being , road 30, between Plymouth rnd Ft. Wayne. His friends recall that he has been given numerous special assignments in investigating criminal cases which have taken him all oyer the northern part of the state. PARKED TRUCK IS J STRUCK BY CAR Last Saturday morning, while driving his Willys Knight from Main street, and attempting to turn on t'o Huntingdon, headed for Goshen, Mr. Swinehart didn’t get his wheels straightened in time and ,and crossed the street, crashing into the Balchman Ford truck, parked near pis store, on Huntingdon. ' The front axle of the truck, was bent ,the battery knocked out ,and the two front tires knocked loose. The Chevrolet of W. Fackler, parked behind the truck, had its rear fender jammed. ? Mr. Swinehart found Mr. Bachman and agreed to pay for the damage to the truck.

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