The Syracuse Journal, Volume 22, Number 48, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 27 March 1930 — Page 1

•jtiWitK by Arthur Brisbane FEDERAL RESERVE ADVISES RUSSIA ANSWERS THE POPE IN A. D. 109193 S GANGSTERS, CRUEL, SILENT

Los Angeles.—The federal reserve . •chief tells business to go ahead boldly, showing more initiative, less hesitancy. Excellent advice. Business &’ill advise the federal reserve, when and if prosperity booms again ,to be less i enthusiastic about promoting usury, and run the federal reserve more like a banking institution, less like a pawnshop. Reserve board financiers that forced 15 to 20 percent interest rates, handing hundreds of millions to mon- ] ey lenders and adding thousands of ( millions in value .temporarily,.to in- ( slated bank stocks, need advice as j much as any business man needs it. . ( Russia, inflamed by the pope’s pro- ' test against athiest propoganda, retaliates in vindictive fashion- In ■ the Minsk district a fund is started ; to build an airplane .presumably for 1 war, to be called “Our Answer to Pope Pius.” And from the Veronesh district workers send to the industrial 0 fund at Moscow* ten car- ! loads of church bells, sacred images, 1 crucifixes, etc., to be melted down? That shipment in called "an answer to the pope.” One item of news will be remembered a million, and ten million years hence". Nothing else in our age will be of the slightest consequence, even 100,000 yeftrs from now. The news (hat will outlast recollection of this' age of industrial and financial barbarism is the discovery of another planet in our solar family, sailing around outside the orbit of Neptune. z Earth dwellers in the year one million nineteen hundred and thirty, as they converse in the ozone area, 30 miles above the earth, will wonder, how such primitive beings as ourselves could have discovered that planet . Similarly, we wonder how primitive cave dwellers could have made those interesting pictures of rhinoceroses and horses; Gangsters are not kind to each ' other. John ("Bilikin”) RiU, described by police as a “bootleg racketeer,” member o's the “Bugs” Moran gang, | lies in the morgue. Wires with which his arms, hands and ankles were bound when he was taken out of the Chicago, river have been removed . The police wonder who burned the tips of his fingers in the process of torturing him before he was murdered ,and why they did it. They never will know. j Racketeers kill, and don’t talk. Golf links, , daily dozens, radio set-ting-up exercises and other devices are designed for the man who leads a sedentary life physically. Edison wants to know: “What about the man nVfcntally sedentary and inactive? Who will plan something for him?" Many millions need to be called early on the radio with this question: “How long is it since you exercised your mind? How much reading worthwhile do you do, and how much do you think as you read?" It is mental, not physical, inactivity that hurts a nation. The Union Pacific railroad has bought $500,000 worth of fine new motor omnibusses. Railroad men have passed the phase of contempt for automobiles. The Union Pacific will use 22 new omnibusses between Chicago and Los Angeles, 11 between Portland, Spokane, Boise and Salt Lake City. What people think decides what they are . Prosperity is to a considable extent a matter of psychology. Once a man wds fastened to a chair, his feet put in warm water, and as a practical joke he was shown a raxor of which the blunt end was drawn acroas the soles of his feet. He was told, “You will bleed to death painlessly in this warm water." He didn't loee a drop of blood, but he died. Don’t let prosperity die in that fashion, killed by imagination. Mr. Edison is hopeful about a rubber supply from goldenrod. Chemists who think it ought to be done by some synthetic process and victims of hay fever are less optimistic. The great inventor, eighty-three years old, says he wants only five year* more to finish the job, and doesn’t ask to live one* hundred years. The death of Primo de Rivera, former Spanish dictator ,killed by heart disease, reminds you that being dictator is a wearing job. It takes such a man as Mussolini to stand it for a long time. Th* Italian ruler establishes a “minor" class of citizens, not obliged to enter the Italian array. This b planned to keep Italian* in (QevtlpeMl e» Lm* VRP?

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VOLUME XXII

ALUMNI WILL HAVE PARTY ON APRIL 5 Annual Affair For The Seniors To Be Different This Year A larger crowd than 100 who usually attend the Alumni banquet given each year .are expected to attend this year’s affair, which is'scheduled for Saturday evening, April 5, at 6:30 o’clock, in the High school gymnasium. Next week’s dinner party is the I 22nd annual alumni banquet which Syracuse high school graduates give in honor o fthe graduating class of the year. t Because so many graduates have felt it inconvenient to attend formal parties of other years, this year’s entertainment committee decided to ni»ke the alumni party, instead of the customary formal affair, a pot luck dinner, followed by. a riotous good time. _ Helen Jeffries, local telephone operator, because of the convenience of her position, among other things, was named to have charge of'this, pot luck-picnic planning. She has a long long paper, divided into ineat and potato sections. Already future guests are her, ing her what they plan to bring in the way of food ,and she is entering their names in the proper, salad, dessert, or what have you sections. Mrs. Eugene Maloy and Frederick Beery are the co-chairmen of the entertainment committee for the banquet. and are planning something different and unusual for this year’s affair. On their committee art, Miss Kathryn Richhart, president of} the Alumni Association, the Misses J Alice Mann, Lois Butt, Helen Jeffries and Janice Rapp. . ‘ Miss Lillian Hamman and i Miss Christine Rapp will serve on the reception committee. . . — ■■ • CROWD SEES PLAY OF JUNIOR CLASS Such a large crowd attended the play given by the Junior class in the High school Friday night, that more than, SIOO will be cleared from the proceeds of the play .after all expenses are paid, according to today's announcement. The Juniors gave the play to raise fundjTsto pay for the party which they will give in honor of the graduating class, Saturday night, April 12. Remaining funds will be kept in the class to be used by next year’s graduating class. Under the direction and supervision of Miss Henwood, the Juniors had practised for weeks , for the comedy, "Fingerprints.” Antique furniture used in the stage setting was loaned by Vanderwaters, and according to Miss Henwood, the scenery which appeared on the face of the detective from Scotland Stockyards, came out of a. make up box. Between the laugh producing acts, musical nupibers were enjoyed. The boy’s quartette sang two numbers these singers being: John Green, Arnold Culver, Merritt Richhart and Ralph Leacock. "School Days” was sung and ennacted by Dean Grady and Rowena Kline and Paul Grimes and Martha Hutsell. — —-—o~ — LOCAL CLUB ADDS TO STUDENTS FUND v . BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 26.— The Indiana Federation of Women’s Clubs through contributions from two of their branches have increased the total of their student fund for needy students at Indiana University to $4,144, according to the announcement here today of President W. L. Bryan. The contributions increasing this total were from the Fort Wayne South Side Reading Club, for $25 and from the Wednesday Afternoon Club of Syracuse for $25. The former loan fund will now have a value of SSO and the latter check is to apply on the Ida Knorr Memorial student loan fund, thus bringing the value of I this memorial up to SIOO. The checks were received by President Bryan from Mrs. Charles S. Coons, Gary, chairman of student loans of Indian* Federation of Clubs and acknowledgement was made to Mrs. Ruth Rapp, of Syracuse, and Mrs. Don C. Heffley ,of Ft Wayne. The total amount of loan funuds at the University for students who find themselves without funds for completing their • education is $24,W - .

Ip — ———— I bet’s Do Something

The park project at the extreme end of Syracuse lake ,is being wide- ; ly subjected to criticism, just and unjust. Everyone seems to favor Syracuse having a city park, but the two questions being argued art the best location for it, and how much will it cost? Some people have the idea that the park project was started by some members o fthe,Commercial Club, so as to enable some of their friends to sell worthless property to the town, at a profit. But the truth of the matter is, when the park project first came up at the last meeting of the Chamber lof Commerce, no one knew who! | owned the lots on which options' I have since been taken, but everyone : agreed that the rubbish stacked at the main entrance to Syracuse was a disgrace and should be ? removed. Then came the idea to do two things at once do away with the rubbish and make the land into a much needed park for Syracuse. Many of the objectors to the present rubbish heap, mention . other property as more suitable for a park, but stilt~others accuse these objectors as having property they want ; to sell at a profit, to the town. .i Then again, some objectors claim that the public has access to the lake, without it being necessary that a strip of water front land be bought.

ORATIONS GIVEN TOMORROW NIGHT Because of the condition of the i roads it has been necessary to post-1 pone the contest until next Wednesday evening. Mr. Slabaugh said this I morning. Three prizes are to be given winners of the oratorical contest which is . being-held in the High school tomorrow night. The first prize is of $5 ,the second 52, and the. third SI. Winners of this contest, will represent Syracuse at the district contest in Beaver Dam, Friday April 4. The public is invited to this Syracuse contest, to which so admission : is to be charged. The program of music which will precede the speeches,'will begin 7:30 o’clock. The work of eight contestants is to be judged by an out of tow'n official who Will be announced later, j - This judge will select the one student who will represent Syracuse the ■ following week. . I ( These eight contestants for toinor- ; row night are being picked from 21 entries, at school this week ,the teachers acting as off icials of this .elimi-. nation content. On Friday's program, Dale Sprague , is to read a humorous selection; John Green, James Connolly and Lawrence Schlecht will give orations. Prose readings will be given by Arnold Culver, George Peffley, Cleo Cory, Mary Jane Hire, Ralph Leacock, Anna Rex, Velma Fleming, Pauline Shock, Ford Cripe and Gordon Grieger. Geraldine Click and Richard Brunjes will give poetic readings. -, ; COLLEGE CHORUS SINGS AT CHURCH A large crowd enjoyed the musical program given by the Goshen College Chorus at the Methodist church Sunday evenng. Sixty voices, mostly unaccompanied, sang the program 'of inspirational music. Among the numbers were: “Break Forth,” by Bach; “Ave Verum Corpus,” by W. Byrd; "Come Holy Ghost," by Attwood; “Call to Rei membrance,” by Bantock; "God is My Guide,” by Schubert; “Hark, Hark, My Soul," by Shelley; "Holy Art Thou," by Handel; “Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones”; “Sweet By and By," by Protherde. The sacred music was sung by groups divided into, the Men’s C-hor’ us, the Ladies Chorus and a Capella Chorus. B. F. Hartzler ,is director and Dor- ( othy Smith and J. P. Yoder were accompaniests- All but two numbers of the program were without accompanirnent. ROUND TABLE CLUB MEETS AT HIRES The Ladies of the Round Table Club held their regular meeting at the: home of Mrs. Harry Hire, in Po'Ltowatomie Park, Monday evening. It was stunt night, and the attend--1 ing club members each took part in 1 the program wnth special comic numbers. The club members agreed at this 1 miseting that the city park for Syra- ». cuse was a much needed thing ,and • that the club would be ready to help ■ push the project whenever called uj>on.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930 _ZZZZ I .

Tthe public does have access to , the lake in several places—the ends ' of all streets that run that direction. These splendid sites are 16 or 17 feet wide, as streets are, so mean a 16ft. lake frontage. That would make SOME park! Maybe the west end of the lake can never be made into a suitable bathing beach, due to muck deposited there, but except for raising this possibility, no one has yet made a thorough investigation, or a competent estimate of costs: Everyone is asking how money could be raised ,and how much would be needed for a park. It would cost $8,330 to buy the land on which opI tions are held. There are 45 days [before thg options expire. I If other land seems more suitable > than that property which started the ipark discussion, can’t the people who believe this explain its' advantages which will offset those of the proposed lake frontage? There is much talk about Undue in- ' fluence and profits to individuals in talk about the park. But so far no one has offered to donate any land. The park must be built on land, therefore land must be bought and sold by somebody. Couldn’t a group of leading citi- ' zens with Syracuse’s best interests at heart, come before the Town Board at its next meeting seeking information about ways, means, and costs of a city park for Syracuse?

RED HOT NEWS A headline in a Warsaw paper Monday, read: “Broadway Limited Held Up Sunday by Hot Journal." May the Syracuse Journal inquire Whaddaya mean? HONOR AWARD TO BE GIVEN STUDENT The Herff-Jones Jewelry Company in Indianapolis has announced its intention of giving a g<Hd-plated key to the Senior in the Syracuse high school having the highest total average in regular prepared subjects and in deportment. This award is to be given for the first time this year and will be given following years. In addition to the key* a certificate of scolarship is to be given the honor scholar ,and his or her name will be written on" the school’s certificate . The last paper, a framed affair, has spaces to be filled with the names of honor students for the coming years ,and is to be hung in the High school as soon as this year’s entry is decided. Last Minute News Rev. 4- J- Armstrong’s father, who is Rev. F. A. Armstrong, pastor o fthe Methodist church ' in South Milford, phoned him yesterday afternoon that the church there had burned to the ground and nothing had been saved. Res. Armstrong started for South Milford but discovered six cars stalled in the drifted road between Syracuse and the Ligonier cut off, so he returned. But his father told him he had gone to the church-at 1 p. m. to start the fire, as there was to have been a chicken supper served there that evening. Returning a half an hour later, he discovered the building ablaze. A defective flue was blamed.

Surprise Parties Held by Ciubs in Honor of Member

A number of surprise parties were held last week for Mrs. Nelson Miles, who .with two small children left Monday morning to make her home in New York City, where Mr. Miles is the New' York representative of the Specialty Display Co, of Kendallville. Following its meeting, the Wednesday Afternoon Club enjoyed a social hour at Mrs. Fred Selfs last Wednesday in honor of Mrs. Miles. She was presented with a gift. Wednesday evening, Mrs. Miles had been invited to have dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bushong. On reaching there she discovered the Art Club members assembled as . a surprise for their departing member. Mrs. Bushong served a real Spanish dinner, after which bridge was enjoyed. The club presented Mrs; Miles with a compact and tome handkerchieves. " ' Thursday evening the Biidge Club had a surprise party in honor of Mrs. ■ I

COUNTY S.S. COVENTION TO BE HERE Meetings To Be Held In M. E. Church Basement April 22-23 The annual convention of the Kosciusko county Sunday school Council of Religious Education will be held in Syracuse, in the Methodist Episcopal church, on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 22 and 23, beginning with registration at 1:30 p. m. on ! Tuesday, and the session beginning at 2:00 o’clock. Each township will be seated by itself and the cards for location will keep groups together. Official recognition will be give nthe township scoring the highest number of points in attendance during the first four sessions. There will also be a prize awarded to the school having the! largest number present at the first j four sessions based on school enrollments. ‘ Rev. A. Nicodemus will be in charge of the music during the convention ,and Rev. Dr. A. H. Arbaugh • will be in charge of the loc.a pubI HcßyEach church is asked to ascertain the names of those who will entertain the delegates over night and furnish the breakfast ,and report the same to F. W. Greene before the op- I ening session. Two suppers and the dinner on Wednesday noon will be served at the price of fifty cents each pcison, i and programs will be given at the tables, during the convention. Dr. \ Lizenby and Miss Nellie Young (well | known here) will give a series of three addresses, each, and others by Drs. Dunkin and Hudson. o SI,OOO DAMAGES GIVEN PLAINTIFF Mrs. Mary Wehrley was awarded j 51,000 damages by a jury in circuit ; court in Warsaw last Thursday, in • the suit brought against Andrew ■ Konkle of Warsaw, for injures suf-! j sered by Mrs. Wehrly as a result of an automobile accident. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wehrly were on their way to Syracuse from their Warsaw home Sunday, Nov. 24; 1929, to visit with Mrs. Margaret We.hrly and Mr. and Mrs. Will Kindig, when the accident with the Konkle car oc : curred .injuring Mrs. Mary Wehrly so that she has lost the sight of one eye. In the case brought against Mr. Konkle ,the plaintiff asked 52,500, damages as the result of injuries sus- , tained at that time. The accident occurred on the McElroy hill detour for state highway No. 15. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Witt are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Kathleen, to Gerald Geiger, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Geiger. Miss Witt is a sophomore in high school ,and Mr. Geiger, who has completed three years at North Manchester college, is helping his father manage his farm. Their wedding will come later in the spring. «

■ Miles, at the home of Mrs, Ralph Thornburg. Following the dinner, the clhb went to the home of Mrs. Joe Rapp, where bridge was enjoyed. They presented Mrs. Miles with a ‘ dresser and chiffonier’ set. It was necessary for the guest of honor, Mrs. Miles, to leave this party early, to drive to Warsaw' with Elmer Miles, wiiere they met Nelson Miles, who had returned home for a few days to drive his family to New . York City. They left early Monday mornings i Mrs. Miles plans, with her two 1 small daughters, Margaret and Eliza--1 beth ,to visit her mother, Mrs. Welty » and her sister, Mrs. Thomas at Lounsi berry, N. Y., before going on to New . York city. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Wyart, who 1 havrf made their home in North Web- ; ster the past three years, are moving - into the Niles home in Pottowatomie Park, the first of the month. Mr. > Wyart is a traveling salesman for . the Hanovia Chemical Cd,

Do You Remember—--20 Years Ago When the peach orchard of Emmett Weaver, like all other orchards of this section, was destroyed by the San Jose scale. * * ♦ 15 Years Ago . I When comments were made there had been neither rain or snow “of any moment” for almost six weeks. * » • 10 Years Ago The officials of the Wawasee Tire & Rubber Co., Syracuse to begin active preparations for locating their factory here. * * * 5 Years Ago The Town Board announced it would enforce the ordinance that all children must be off the streets by 9 p m. unless accompanied by adults. Syracuse Club on Program of Warsaw Group i Members of the Wednesday Afteri noon Club put on the program at the reciprocity meeting of the Clio Club i of Warsaw Monday evening. Following the Warsaw club's business session, the trio of Syracuse singers, sang two numbers. These I singers weres Mrs. . Perry Sprague, Mrs. Joe Rapp and Mrs. Preston Miles. Two papers .were read, Mrs. 0. C. being on the Life and Criticism of James M. Barrie;: and airs. John Harley’s being on his j play, "What Every Woman Knows?’ | Mrs. Kenneth Harkless sang a so- | 10. In the absence of Mrs. L. A; Seider, club accompaniest, who is now in Florida; Miss Shirley Miles played the piano accompaniment of the music, acquitting herself creditably. On the way home, in the car a of i Mrs. William Bowki, Wednesday Afternoon Club’s- president, the Syracuse group had an unpleasant experience. The lights ■of the car refused to burn aboin two miles out of Warsaw. It was necessary for the car occupants to wait a long while before a car came along which would stop i for the owner to ask the trouble. Two of. the Syracus^women finally i did get "picked up” and taken to I Warsaw' for help. A garage man ! from there came out to repair the I lights, to find the group who had j waited two hours in the stalled car, > uncomfortably cdld.' SYRACUSE ASKED TO ENTER TRACK MEET I I At the meeting of the principals of schools of this county, which was held in Warsaw Saturday, Court Slabaugh was named to confer with Loren Chastain, Warsaw principal, in regard to the county track meet. In an announcement today, Mr. ■ Slabaugh said that Syracuse as well as all the other schools of the county have been invited to enter the track : meet to be given by the Warsaw 1 high school, in Warsaw, Saturday, April 12. Track practice is under way every afternoon at the High school building ,and Syracuse entries will be announced later. STATE HEAD WILL ADDRESS W.T.C.U. Mrs. Stanley, state president of the W. C. T. U. will be the principle speaker both afternoon and evening, when the county institute of the W. C. T. U. holds its all day meeting in the Methodist church, Tuesday, April Ist. The program for the all day meeting in Syracuse is being planned by Mrs. O. L. Oler ,of Warsaw, 'county chairman. Several Syracuse groups will take part in it. In the afternoon, in addition to special music, a playlet will be given by the members of the Syracuse L 4 T. L’s. after school is dismissed. The boy’s brass quartette of the school band, who played at the spelling contest, will be on the program, and Miss Betty Lou Hollett will sing. A basket dinner and supper are to be served, and everyone interested is invited to the all day meeting. ■ q_ ; PAST CHIEF’S CLUB MET AT HAMMAN’S The Past Chiefs Club of the Pythian Sisters met at the home of Mrs. Jerry Hamman, Tuesday. A pot luck dinner was served, followed by a business session and social hour. Attending were Mesdames Walter Kegg, A. J. Thibodeaux, Angeline Edmonds, Harry Clemens, Ed Unrue, Floyd Rowdabaugh, John McGarrity, Minerva Edgles, Hallie Hollow’d/.

No. 48

ONE TEACHER DEAD, OTHER ONE MISSING . ■■ ■ ■ ■ . - Cloud Os Gloom Hangs Over No. Webster This Week An air of gloom hung over the North Webster school house this week, as students and fellow teachers sorrowed over the sudden death, Saturday, of Miss Gladys Allen, 26, teacher of Music and Commercial work, and the prolonged absence of Robert E. Lee, coach. • Classed were meetings where * groups had lost interest in their work, seeming only to sit through these periods tfl rush out and form morbid groups in the hallways, ‘whispering, questioning and discusing what information was at hand. The curiosity of these groups was added ( to by the continual rush of reporters from big city dailies, and by the flooding of North Webster with papers writing up the story of. the love affair of two school teachers. Extra papers were sold out to students and residents of North Webster alike. They were eagerly read, and cast aside while readers anxiously looked for other papers and more thrilling information. Drawn, by the news of Miss Alien’s sudden death in the Columbia City hospital, Saturday afternoon, reporters and photographers from dailies of the county seat, state capital, Ft. Wayne and Chicago invading the school from all angles Monday, and for days besieged the house, where both Miss Allen and Mr. Lee had made their home the past two school terms. Weary from answering embarrassing questions and trying to give only a true statement of facts, Guy Bushong, formerly of Syracuse, now principal of the North Webster schools, .tried to have classes as usual this week, but Monday and Tuesday were exceptionally trying days. Miss Alien’s body was taken to the home of her. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvie Allen, of Olivett, 111., Sunday. It w’as announced that funeral services for her would be held there Tuesday afternoon at one o’clock. Because the services were not in No. Webster, school was not dismissed, but early Tuesday morning, five carloads of old friends, students, and Mr. and M,i»s. C. E. Bockman, in whose home both Miss Allen and Mr. Lee roomed, drove to Olivett. • Each class in high school had doj nated So, and this was added to the j fund made up by the teachers, to* j buy flowers to show the affection felt tor Miss Allen. #■ According to the most authentic information obtainable, Miss Gladys Align left North Webster Friday afternoon, stating that she was» going to Columbus, 0, to apply for a position teaching there next year. She intended to be back Monday at the latest, but, according to Mr. Bushong, principal, her work had been brought up to date and put in order, ' just in case she djdn’t return. The next she was heard of, was when Dr. Alice Baker Williams, of Columbia City, took the girl in a critical condition to the Columbia iCty hospital, stating that the young wo-' man had come to her Friday after-’ noon and was suffering from hemhorrages resujting from an illegal operation, yihich Dr. Williams said had been performed before she came to her office. Dr. Wililams, 63, died suddenly Sunday, but she is understood to have said before her death that Miss Allen and Robert Lee had come to her a week before asking her to perform an illegal operation and she had refused. Whether there is any connection between the. two deaths is not known, as both death certificates read "heart failure.” It is stated that some time ago Dr. Williams was indicted on a charge of performing an illegal operation as Miss Allen is said to have been suffering from, but the case against the (Continued on Last Page) DISHER ANNOUNCES HIS STAND ON LAW Lloyd Disher, candidate for the office of sheriff of this county has announced he will stand for enforcement of all laws ,the 18th amendment particularly, if he is elected to bffice. This statement was made by Mr. Disher in his talk before the Syracuse Ministerial Association’s meeting in the library Tuesday morning. Following Mr. Disher’s talk, th* ministers declared themselves “gratified to hear him make this statement as to his stand on strict enforcement of laws in general ,and the 18th amendment in 'particular.”