The Syracuse Journal, Volume 23, Number 2, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 8 May 1930 — Page 1

6/Arthur Brisbane THE PRESIDENT HOPES RUSSIA, ITALY, PEACE WORKERS LIVE LONGER CHEAP AT A BILLION

President Hoover tells the United States Chamber of Commerce, “While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover." That will encourage many. And the banks, reducing interest charges here and abroad, ‘will help. When money is cheap, capital looks to new enterprises, which means hiring labor. Lowering the federal reserve discount rate to 3 per cent in the New York district surprised all that lack advance information. In accordance with dur custom, we followed the British lowering our rate here when theirs was lowered. This gratifies England, which feared that a rate lower than ours would cause British gold shipments to this country. The late W. J. Bryan would be amazed toi hear congress discussing tariff protection for silver. He i thought- silver, at sixteen to ‘one, could stand forever as gold’s younger brother. He did not fursee Chinese wars re leasing Chinese silver hoards, or India stopping silver purchases that have stabilized silver mining foi many /generations. If /t were not for moving pictures with'"silver screens” using tens oL millions dollar’s worth of silver year,ly, more mines would close. Certainly American screens should use more silver, and the tariff should see to it.' . ' While it lasts, a dictatorship seems the simplest form of government. 'Everything is peaceful in Russia, where everbody is radical. Russia has a dictator. Everything is peaceful m Italy, where nobody ia allowed to be radical. Italy has a dictator. In Russia, reversing the theories of Karl Marx, and managed by extremely able men, the people are quiet, obedient. f In Italy, wirere Karl Marx would not be publicly mentioned, a nation, l naturally radical, is told that there has been too much talk about liberty ,and people are obedient, .The question is, how long? A Frenchman, falling from the twentieth story, is said to have remarked as he passed the tenth floor, * “It's all right as long as it lasts.” How long will it last? A report published by Mr. Frederick H. Ecker, president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, concerning 19,000,000 industrial policy holders in the United States and Canada,, shows that workers are living longer than they used to. Thanks to science and prosperity, the death rate among wage-earners has diminshed. Mr. Eckers statistical bureau shows a new' low death rate of 9.4 per 1000 during March. . More adults that live, fewer babies that die ,is a good program. It is said that the new tariff will cose the United States $1,000,000,000 a year. It vrill, probably, and undoubtedly that tariff contains many jobs, deals and mistakes. But if the tariff enables only 5.000,000 American workmen to earn SI.OO a day more than they would have earned wtihout the tariff, that would repay the billion with a bonus of 50 per cent, to say nothing of added profit that would enable business men to build up industry and national prosperity. Many of our emotions, according to Francis Bacon, make us indifferent to death, anger among others. Eng Fu Week, sixty-two, and Eng Loy, fifty-one, Chinese, and cousins, fought with heavy meat cleavers. When the police arrived, both had fractured skulls and gashes on heads and bodies, yet the police were compelled to separate them by force. One will die surely, and it was all about ! a blanket. Cost of travel by air and rail between New York and the Southwest is reduced to less than regular railroad and pullman car travel. Flying from New York to Dallas, Texas, or Oklahoma City, you save $6.24 in cash, 18 hours in time. And these cuts are made by the Pennsylvania railroad itself. Mr. Lamont ,our secretary of commerce, called up on the telephone recently by Sir Henry Thornton, had a pleasant talk. , Mr. Lamont was sitting in Washington. Sir Henry was traveling at high speed through Canada on the Canadian National Railway system. Sir Henry sent his regards to President Hoover and the American cabinet. Seventy-one telephone calls were made from that Canadian train we it rolled along. Jack Barstow establishes a new (Cstisesd «• Last Pnge)’

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VOLUME XXIII

CLEMENS AND KLINK TRUSTEE NOMINEES

TOWN CLEAN UP WEEK IS | MAY 12-17 Drinking Water O. K.— Town Board Orders Alleys Cleaned With the city water cleaned up fit for drinking purposes, the Town Board, at its meeting Tuesday evening, named next week, from May 12 to May 17, as Clean Up Week for ‘Syracuse. Everyone interested in ridding the town of its winter’s collection of ashes and rubbish, and in making it a beautiful lake resort, attractive to residents and visitors alike, is urged to Clean Up next Week. Not only are ashes and rubbish ordered out of alleys, by s the. Town Board, but everyone is asked to beautify his back yard. Thursday and Friday have been named as the only days during which rubbish may be dumped at the city durnp. On those two days Town Marshall Rentfrow -will be stationed at the city dump to show drivers where rubbish may be dumped. This spot is the north side of the McClin-j tic, Colwell and Gordy property on •Huntington street, and no other city property may be used. Anyone dumping rubbish bn city property other than these two days j is subject to arrest, the Town Board has stated. Anyone who has rubbish hauled other than these two days next week will have to make arrangements for its disposal oil someone's private property. . ‘ ' • /■ The suction line leading to the mill race kept there for use in case of fire emergency, and blamed as the leak through which contamination reached the drinking water of Syracuse, has been cut out. The test made of the city water since then sh<fws so slight a coptamination, that it is declared fit for drinking. It is expected when all of the mains are drained since the stopping of this suction line, that the next test of water will prove it all right. An overflow on the. stand pipe is to be put in, to take care of occasional run over of water which splashes over and damages property at certlan times. The sewers to the stand pipe has already been laid, it was brought out by the board. The board also decided to extend water mains on North Harrison street for the use of the four consumers ! who petitioned . this; and to extend I the water mains on the west end of Boston one block, for the use of three consumers. • - T —, ; OTOWNSHIP BUREAU HAS SPECIAL MEET Those who attended the meeting of the Turkey Creek Township Farm Bureau last Thursday evening, saw two films of the Prairie Farmer which were shown. One was “The Legacy” which wove a r'omance with the story which showed how farm hands cleared off stumps by the use of Dynamite, and how dynamite is a labor saving ditch digger. The other film, “An Ounce of Prevention” showed the protective value of insurance. Mr. Plummer, district represents- • tive of the Insurance department of j the State Farm Bureau, addressed j I the meeting, as did Mr. Cluen and | Mr. Mallot. Mr. Mallot explained that three townships of this county are not organized into farm bureaus; and also explained the wool pool and shipping of wool for this pool. Mr. Cluen said that nine cars of fertilizer had been distributed by the county bureau this year, and a small amount was left here in this township for those who needed it. Membership cards were distributed at the meeting Thursday. SIGHT IS IMPROVING Marshal Rowdabaugh, sop, of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Rowdabaugh, whose eyes were operated on three weeks ago, is reported as getting along nicely. The operation was performed at the University of Michigan hospital, and it is believed that the straightening of his eyes was successful. He reports seeing things double now, which is regarded by physicians as a favorable sign. It will take a little while for the eyes to focus together properly.

19 IN 10 YEARS The 1930 population of the town of Syracuse is 119 U, as compared with 1171, of the census of 1920. These figures were furnished by C. Sedgwick. Census Supervisor of the second district of Indiana, from his office in South Bend. Mrs. William Kindig who has bejy+xtaking the. census of the 'l/iwn and_Township turned in’the figures forzSyracuse last Week, and the supervisor furnished these to the Journal. The census taking for Tunrkey Creek Township is not yet completed.

WIND STORM DOES DAMAGE TO PROPERTY Horses Killed By Fallen Wire—Barn And Silos Blown Over A team of horses electrocuted by a high tension wire which feel in the heavy wind; a bank barn and two silos blown over, and Mrs. Maggie McClellan's house cleaning being done over,* are a few of the results of the heavy wind and rain storm of last Thursday evening. \V. H Ruffner had a team of horses electrocuted Friday morning ,by coming in contact with a high tension wire which had been blown down Thursday night by the high wind during the storm. The horses were killed on the cement road, just north of the entrance to Kale Island. Mr. Ruffner was driving the team north on the road with a load of potato cuttings. He either did riot, notice the or did not think that the wire was carrying high voltage, because he drove his team right into ' the wire lying on the east side of the road. When the team came into contact with the 4000 volts carried by the wire they Were killed instantly, according to Ruffner. He also stated he felt a shock in the wagon, and that he did not . know immediately what had happened, when he saw his horses knocked down. The horses were badly burned and even the concrete was fased in places by the high tension wire. T|he horses were appraised by Clee Hibschman, C. J. Kitson and the fertilizer man from South Bend, who disposed of the horses, for $325,00. The Interstate Public Service Co. has settled on that basis with Mr. Ruffner. The big bank barn at Estel Moore’s near Cromwell was blown over in the stomi? The livestock were not injured, being in the underground section of the barn. The silo at Elias Smith’s was blown over, as was the one at Dean Secrist’s. ~ Mrs. E. E. McClellan reported Friday afternoon that she had all of her housecleaning to do over, following the storm. The house had just been put in readiness to take care of summer visitors when Thursday night’s heavy wind and rain arrived. Mrs. McClellan said they were awakened by a crash of thunder, and thought lightning must have struck close by. 0n lighting a lamp they (Continued from Page One)

NEW PARIS FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE Private funeral services for Russell Smith, were held Sunday mornings and inteement was made in the Chapel cemetery, northeast of Milford. Russell Smith, aged 34, a farmer committed suicide at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Anna Campbell, two miles west of New Paris. He shot himself through the head with a .22 calibre rifle. Smith’s body was discovered in the barn when his aunt went to search for him when he didn’t answer her call for beakfast. He had made his home with his aunt since the death of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Smith, six years ago, in Milford. It is thought Smith was despondent over financial troubles. — o Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Isenbarger of South Bend came Sunday to visit Mrs. Della Strieby. She returned home with them for a few day’s visit, and will then go on to Ann Arbor, to be the guest of her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Coote, until Decoration Day.

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY’, MAY 8,. 1930

TRIBBLE IN JAIL AFTER CAR WRECK Charges Os Driving Car When Intoxicated Filed Monday Charges of driving an automobile while he was intoxicated were filed against Joe Tribble, in Circuit Court, in Warsaw Monday. , ] Sunday afternoon, Tribble was ar- ! rested following the accident at the j B. and O. Railroad crossing on Huntj ingtqn street. Charles Rentfrow, itown marshall arrested him, and held him in the city jail until office/ came from Warsaw to take him there. Monday afternoon Sheriff Frank McKrill and George Bowser, County prosecuting attorney, came to Syracuse to investigate the affair. They learned that Tribble had been driving south on Huntington street and attempted to pass a car ahead of him, on the B. and O. crossing. He hit head on the Pontiac coming from i the other direction. The occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Beatty and Mr. and Mrs. Troy Beatty of Pieceton, were injured. ’ • Bystanders immediately rushed to the scene and pushed the cars off the it that Rentfrow was called to make railroad tracks. Simon Bell saw to the man’s arrest. Mr. Tribble had jusL moved here from Dewart Lake. He was opening up a sub agency for the sale of Fords, at the Wright Garage on Huntington street, working under Chatten, Ford agent in Milford. Mr. Tribble’s wife and five small children had just moved into the Dan Mishler property on Lake street. Mrs. M. Snobargeraiid Mrs. H. W. Buchholf had been seated on the porch at the Buchholz home when Tribble’s car went past. They say they had just remarked “there goes a man driving like he is crazy,” when they heard the crash at the crossing. They rushed down to find that the two Beatty jvomen in the back seat of the Pontiac had been painfully bruised and shaken. Rentfrow states that when he examined Tribble's car he found a bottle of what he said was liquor. This “evidence” was taken to War-, saw with Tribble. , - _ o— —— DREDGE UNCOVERS HUGE HEAD OF ELK Tuesday, while dredging at Yoland, his new real estate development on Black Point on Wawasee, Frank Yoder uncovered a magnificent elks head, in perfect condition. The dredging was being done in 10' feet of water, and the head and antlers was brought up in the dipper. The head is tremendous, its measurements perhaps a record. The lordly elk which carried the antlers must have been worth seeing. Some tragedy of the wrilds, no doubt, occurred, when the elk met his death long ago. The measurements of the antlers are as follows: In the rear, from prong to prong, the spread is 33 inches. In front, from prong to prong, 34 From the tip of the prongs to the base of the skull, the curvature of the horns measures 39inches. Mr. Yoder plans to have it mount_ ed.

THREE MEN INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Perry Dull of near Syracuse, Harry Hire of Richville and C. H. Coyle of Ligonier, were injured in an automobile accident in Bronson, Mich., last Friday about 4 o’clock. Mr. Coyle is salesmanager of the Ford agency in Ligonier. The other two men were accompanying him to Detroit to drive cars back to Ligonier, when their car was wrecked in a crash with a truck, near Bronson. They were taken, in an unconscious condition, to Bronson for medical treatment Mr. Coyle had his right arm dislocated at the shoulder, Mr. Dull’s head was cut and Mr. Hire had his back hurt —o Mrs. N. C. Insley is ill at her home suffering with a severe case of chicken pox,

I Do You I Remember—--20 Years Ago When the graduating class members were: Lucy Wood, Carl Crow Ida Deardorff, Celia Smith, Emory Garber and Lee Cory. Mr. Bachman was principal, • * * 15 Years Ago The Lusitania was sunk with 1,149 lives lost. 10 Y’ears Ago Four bandits attempted to steal the car of Nelson Miles ,in Akron, O. On recovering it Mr. Miles found he had acquired a complete set of house breaking tools which had been left in the back seat of the machine. * * * 5 Years Ago Sleeping sickness caused the death of Geneveive Maxine V’orhis. THREE MARRIAGES ANNOUNCED TODAY Three marriages of recent date are being announced today. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Coy- are ;.n---riouncing the marriage f their daughter Marguerite to Willis Kitson ,of Ligamier. The young couple were married March 31, 1929. They are at present making their home with the bride groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Kitson, of Ligonier. Miss Willeadean Robison, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Robison who live near Syracuse, was married to "Clark Conley of Claypool, April 12. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Sir/.nons of Atwood. They are taking up housekeeping in Claypool. Last Thursday afternoon, Miss Ruth Lucile Dubbs of Milford, arid William Joseph Bushong of Elkhart, who were on their way to Elkhart, having obtained a license in Warsaw, were married at the Church of God parsonage here in Syracuse. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Chapman. The young couple were accompanied by the .groom’s sister. The newly weds will make their heme in Elkhart here Mr. Bushong is a clerk in a geu€raNstore. o105,000 PERCH ADDED TO LAKES Forty-five thousand yellow perch were put into Syracuse lake Tuesday, and 60,000 into ,Wawasee l»ike, by Will (Jaff and Al B. Enyerat, of the Tri-State Hatchery, located eight miles north of Columbia City. These fish had been shipped here by the Department of Conservation. The fish which had just been hatched out in the hatchery, were smaller than the tiniest of tadpoles, and transparent. They were brought to Syracuse in large cans, about 15,000 to a can. These were emptied into the shallow muddy water as protection from other fish which could then not see the small ones. , Mr. Gaff and Mr. Enyerat stated Tuesday that 2,000,000 yellow perch had already been hatched this season at the Tri State Hatchery, and that 9,000,000 wall-eyed pike would soon be hatched out.

Last Minute News

Harry E. Leslie, Governor of the State of Indiana, Col. Richard Lieber, Director of the Department of Conservation, Walter Shirts, Supt. of Fisheries and Game; Chas. H. Parrish and J. L. .Murden, made an inspection of. the state fish hatchery on Lake Wawasee yesterday afternoon, and also of the Papakeetchie hatchery. On being questioned by Warren Colwell, Roscoe Howard and *Harry Porter, representing the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, and interested in the enlargement of the Wawasee hatchery, Mr. Lieber said: “The price which Mr. Rollert asks for his land, for our use in enlarging our hatchery, is prohibitive. If we should pay his price for its purchase, we would be unable to enlarge and develop the hatchery in the way we wish. “We do not care to tie up the state to supply 5,000 fish a year, two inches long, to the Lake Papakeetchie corporation, in return for water from In his discussion last evening at

PERSON GETS NOMINATION FOR SHERIFF IN SPITE OF 424 DISHER VOTES HERE

C. OF C. TO MEET The regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held next Tuesday noon, at the Sign of the Kettle. Lake Residents Visit Wawasee Summer Homes Sunday was such a pleasant spring day that many summer residents of Lake Wawasee drove from their winter homes here to enjoy the lake while on a Sunday drive. Among these were Mr. arid Mrs. E. R. Ingles of Fort Wayne, and their daughter, Mrs.'Frank BroWri, Jr., and her son, who drove to home near Waco, Sunday for a picnic dinner on the lawn. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, of Muncie, spent a few hours Sunday at their summer home; as’ did Mr. and Mis. J. H. Farrel of Goshen, their son and his wife, Mr. arid Mrs. Joe Farrel, Jr., Their cottage is near Emerson’s case ,an dthe Farrel’s plari to move there this week end, for the summer. — Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fishhack and friends of Ft. Wayne enjoyed a week end party at the summer home of Mr. Fishhack’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Fishhack. . - Mr. and Mrs.'E. D. Ackerman of Ft. Wayne who have spent summers in recent years on Wawasee, drove \over Sunday and had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Emerson. Mr. and Mrs. s George Rempler of Goshen were Sunday dinner ’guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ike Meitingen Mr. and Mrs. John Kaiser of Wa-j bash visited their cottage near Ideal Beach Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. j Pearce of Rushville Were also. Sun-' day visitors to the lake.’ Mr. and Mrs. M. Cotherman of Ligonier and Mr. and Mrs. Wehrly Lease of Goshen spent Sunday at their cottage near Dwight Mock’s. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Schacht of Huntingtoh spent several days last week at their home near the Tavern. Mr, and Mrs. Fred W. Hager of Chicago, who last summer bought Mrs. Lillian Lowell’s cottage, spent the week end there. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. ■ Stephen Freeman were the Misses ! Dora and Emma~Wells, of Chicago,] Mr. Freeman’s cousins; and Attorney ! George Pines and sister Miss Pines, of Chicago. Irvin Dehaven of Indianapolis spent Sunday evening at the lake, I looking over his summer home be-1 fore its re-opening. Mrs. Dehaven i may not come to the lake this sum-1 mer as she plans to go abroad. | Mrs. Carl Ruch, who is working in the office at the Tavern hotel,; spent the week end in Fort Wayne with her mother, Mrs. Maude*Oswalt. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Craft*of East Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. Russel Kearns and small son of Chicago, (Continued on Last Page)

the Sargent hotel, where the party stopped on its visit to Lake Wawasee, Mr. Lieber wanted to know what assurance the Papakeetchie corporation wouldvive the state that the dam up Lake Papakeetchie would hold./ The Governor said that he was intensely interested in the Conservation Department, and that his idea was to have a place large enough and with sufficient water to put in 100 ponds if necessary. He said it would cut the cost because it would be under one Superintendent, who with a few assistants, could see to the propogation of all the fish necessary for the State of Indiana. It would necessitate the employment of fewer men. He also said that the transport of the small fish did not enter into the estimate of costs anymore; as the state owns all its own trucks now and that they can ship fish from coast to coast now, without loss of the fish by death. The Governor declared that a fish hatchery was a thing of real beauty, and that he could not see why the (Continued on Last Page)

Ward, Stoelting and Bushong; nominated To Adivosry Board and R. Howard, Pletcher, Galloway As Justices By a plurality of 152 votes, Harry Clemens Was nominated Township Trustee on the Republican ticket, at the primaries Tuesday. Dan Klink, by a plurality of 49 was nominated Trustee on the Democratic ticket. [ One of the largest number of bal--1 lots cast in a primary election were I voted Tuesday when 677 voters went to the polls. Lloyd Disher, in the race for sheriff nomination, received 424 votes from Turkey Creek Township voters, losing only 86 to his opponents, but ! lost the Republican nomination for the _c6unty to Harley D. Person. Person received 38 Turkey Creek votes. On the township advisory board, Republican ticket, Bert Ward, Dr, 0. C. Stocking and Gerald Bushong were nominated. For Justice of the Peace, Roscoe Howard, Robert Pletcher and Alva Galloway were nominated. Nevin McConnell was named delegate to the state convention. In Van Buren Township Treesh received the Democratic nomination for Trustee and Irvin Coy the Republican/ The township voting by precincts was as follows: Ist 2nd 3rd Total Clemens 74 106 106 286 Emerson 33 16 85 134 Kindig • ,36 .20 24 80 Gawthrop 6 -7 9 22 On. the Democratic ticket: Klink 37 24 23 84 Godsha.lk 4 17 4 35 For advisory board: Ward • 97 78 109 284 Stoelting 95 47 104 246 Bushong 56 60 96 212 White 60 47 94 201 Deaton 56 56 72 184 Justice of the Peace: Howard 101 94 160 355 Pletcher 85 96 150 331 Galloway 52 43 85 180. Winans 51 37 TH 162 Bell 22 30 30 82 Delegate to State Convention: McConnell 76 56 - 90 222 Heerman 57 56 92 205 Turkey Creek voters went Contrary to»the rest of the county in many cases. In the township voting for county officials; on the Republican ballot, Ed Poulson, candidate for , auditor, led Henderson by two voles, and (Continued on Last Page) DIRECTORS NAMED . BY COUNTY BUREAU Sherman Deaton, president of the Turkey Creek Township Bureau was named one of the five on the Executive Committee of the Kosciusko County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association at its meeting held in Warsaw, April 26. Twenty were chosen' at that meeting ,and the five of the Executive committee. The other four are: Mr. Mallot of fctna Township, Mr. Harmon of Prairie; Mr. Kern of Franklin, Mr. Swihart of Lake. Following its 12 month’s business, the County Farm Bureau held this meeting in Warsaw. In going over its finances for the year, the bureau made known that $225,000 worth of business had been taken care of during the year. FORMER RESIDENT DEAD Fred Hinderer has received word from Santa Monica, Calif., of the death of his nephew, Eyman Hinderer. He dropped dead on April 23rd, of heart failure. Eyman was the oldest of six children. He was born near Syracuse ,and had he lived until June 9, would have been fiftyone years old. He will be remembered by some of his school mates as he used to go to school here. He leaves his wife” and a daughter, Blanche, two brothers and three sisters, and his mother. His father preceded him in death about thirty years ago. The two older sisters are twins. Mr. Hinderer suffered about four years from the disease, from which he died.

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