The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 35, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 December 1931 — Page 1

•jtiMiiK by Arthur Brisbane MONEY, SO QI I.ER PEACE, Willi (.AS MASKS GAN 1)111 GOES RELIGION S POW ER The more you study money the !!><•: v f :lit ,i-: K'.Uiy m\ -o 'O •' ’■ ‘ ' comes. ■ Japan af.a:,>i< : gold. w >.-t let any gold v ■ out. and closes the stock exchange. Does everything; collapse? It d<>es n>>t. Busine-s is better. Cotton mills in Lancashire suffer because orders, aie• switched from Britain to Japan: Japane>e atO ks‘i_o> up. as ’much as S3O a share, and in spite of the comic Opera war eveiyt>ody is. < her: ful. The French, while in'.ere-ed in; pa ■ st pence sobbing -that l< e> in the Letgi.e of Nations, are ms .• Mr. Hitler ♦:•<!.d -Gen .A! the Fie.neh frontier 1 soldiers in the long lire of p we “ur forts, and ctviliui.- a p • ■ >-s with gas- masks. They are ■ red I ■ d ■ ... vof- pi . c1... . • ■ ' COcktAil shakes ate offeied in jewe : y an..: aie| : %■ hibitmn America ’’ i ..I'. ■ • ed, pi nip ’: ■ - he. ■ .mu tl - India. l’ Both h.A • tip! ■ .•! s. ,dy < RritW ' ' ' —what ‘tie 1 O'sh 'A'.’, di t‘ discour. t>killing's if they t>ec* r.e |oo m;me;ous is um erlain. 1 here are <,♦. Iy" 1" '• ; “ I’ l 'toh m Imioi - pmlation of more than 3mi.WHi.MM; long \)ne thing is sure, the Brit - . . c '. • : * ' l ' ’ t idi»-i «f f.i-ti mg ra’i.-s t h mouths of canned and blow ■' tnto pieces. That w :kcd well >i the great rebellion, buTsuch methods an out i f.date in these p .. ■■ day* Before he left, Gandhi mm 'h ktwg, who ie.e-.ed him .» - • ■■ and breech-d-u’ He did nt see th< pope The lauei t» his regret so, h. cspecir-lly " nted t ee G "dh ,t .; . . . • m . ■ this pai' icnlar m»- . -w> the radit • ft mu V A Gandhi w< >iid not change. i-,5' • . ; • . coliei.is-s.u i ! e.i I the oppmtunity to make * living by. refusing l<» '-he Fascist oath o m. . fealty to King Vfct<U £» ■' el the royal family- Fhw thev did be cause their i onscier.cc~ de anded , in spite of the fact thn Pot- I has r- <mt!y approved the vth, !•< cause ’TSteittir is »:<>t a nparty, but the government of U lion." F< i ie!; fc i’ IS CP endure anythmc the . . irage these men, giving rp theii live iho.xi with pa-’ - ■' < - " ' the stories, of martyrdom aimoL early Chioluii , pot i • m .Strasbourg at <mc timeim lews th.o. were burned m v. could have saved them-elves by deny >■ v then tei'i , •: And one plucky Englichmun that had signed .» reiigbms StatBWMI against his -ie: ■ a-.-d aas 'o" sequcntly burned alive, lost held h - ham! ’he ’ e ami burned ’t >t! punish hm.self ftrt having ! eon fafet to his ow. far. ll - ’ll.is m. w. i thy . hand hath 'ii.iio.i. While the League of Nations te'■ Japan -you must not tight". A-si.it ed Press reports .describe fighting be tween Japanese troops and Chinese irregulars. It is hot pleasant,, tightit'.g in a temperature •>' to to bel >a zero, making it impossib e to dig trenches and compelling the expei tenced Japanese soldiers to expose themselves. Nevertheless they kill about ten Chinese for one dead Japanese,. If this continued indefinitely al’ { l‘ c Chinese would be killed, with . • 2<i.O >< ,000 Japanese left t ■ start ove’ again. . Adolf Hitler, denouncing the German chancellor, Bruening, and the rest of the government, says he will “stop talking and g>> to work if Germany will give him the i-ppo: tunity. Meanwhile he compares hlmseH with Washington and Lincoln. If Hitler should come to p. wen and make a success of it, s- ine would say: Another Washington. mo:he; l.' .Ooln." or another Mu- .. If Mussolini had failed, the people would have saic: “Another Rein i Reinzi derlnred that he w uld iestore the ancient glory of Rome, and was welcomed by the pope, as Mussolini, later, was welcomed by the Italian king. But Reinxi, who fell from power, twice in succession, was murdered by anordinary butcher, who thrust into his stomach a big. sharp knife. Russia tells of big wheat crops. The most violent anti-bo; - K |ad to hear that Russian women and children will have enough to eat- ' The prince «t Wales produced a good line when he said to an association of British traveling sa.esmen. Early to bed and early to rise, but you will go bust if you don’t adver--1 There’s an American swing to that statement, but, American or British, it is true.

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SYRACUSE IS VICTORIOUS AT LIGIONIER J— —_ ' , Both Teams Winners In Basketball Friday Night A- I.■: y. : y ■ ako g ' five baskgt*.in the fourth quarter of 1 .>• .- ■ t-> a Sy i;. ;md Lkot.ier, J. hn G. -rdy, Syracuse’? fi-.-‘. f. • w ;.i u turned the even m >te . f t>; ■ < ; .<• ■•..<.>• ;.!.>te M.t --f Ligoi.ier w ilh. Sy racm-e at the top ! < .1 . • : |>e >,! , e jif “s n- I s . U,. to the fom h ;arte>, the , ; a::.e ' v.::.- fairly even, with Lnmnier tiy- :■ .- : .>:,d ever.’<a!iy oxei v.niing , : . ,-<•’« ■ . 1 a few poinrs in the, third quarter; The aeore at tins time' : i •j. '\ at derft rd ■ ' l.s. on et . thei sc »ed' a free throw making Lu • : Id's a-ad two p,.mts. i . . '.he >i re w. h a field! basket. Sy ,-acuse -went n;t>- the lend ' w ?.< ; G.-idy Caged a five-throw. Oa- ' i ■!... <• (. ■>td », Who apepared tired. Beck ir.e:eased> - ic.ePw „i the. * At >he start of the fmir’h q.-.aitef! 1 i . •■me: _. again threatened Syra-j -- lead by making a field goal,, making the wrore l£to J 4 Thehj < He k -i-:.’ G-- .iy !■.<> k h ■-■ .he game ir. 1- old p< s timi. He a b <>>, ll I- :ee ..' wiv ‘ had started the game as t.aaid. but. waa later replaced by Stone, went in'| -...ke ibe pliae of Riihhait wh> ■ h.. . f-in pel--urns called on him. i i i 5 , sir th’ ee i>a>kr Le.. K j :.e oue. and G> .uv eaged ther. .... v.j; b,.0. he. • ih Ie- ; ng who «as taken, out on ; personal* tnade the final point ofi lh« a free throw. I He im: this penod <>f Syracuse’ | nier had been able to ■. ■ > ;:. t. ' .eid - V ■ -:-.i j .i.d . flee throw ... the kst efuartei due to the f*Ct| . A . . : • . - : " ' -■ ' it... at d ..i.ti .est their ; .. k mk .- • pen. m made by , SyraeuM ptey«r«i are f li- I FG FT P Fit' ’ : dy, : f 71 I 15 M Lu .m c . '• - < -i ( R hhat/I 11 -< |H. Stone 0. 0 “ 0 , A t - :r. ’ ' 0 1 0 1 ’ A Set e- -f the 1. colder team weretd FG 1; P FT>; J. H.vden, if 1 i 15 ( G .Hayes, if 1 I .1 !b !t > • r*, t — * i \ i ... • >d, rg' d 0 ~j Schrock. !g I ’» - -I Pollard 0 0 10’ 5 8 6 18 Second learn Uni' The :--1t 1 u.ui'e i•etween the second t<- .- -of tb.e-.tvYo -■ h> 1- had been • . -e with Syracuse winning 14 to „ s’ (( untinued on Last I age,

DO DEPRESSIONS MEAN WARMER WEATHER IS THE QUESTION

The lor . er the warm w ether concussed. And the idea that the weather k".<’ws wanner during depression ' w has » as is in fact »c< . rding to C A. Dvnnel, * f the federal weath,l er station in Chicago, quoted in a I weather story in a recent issue of the Chicago Daily Wintr s. according t the weather > bureau. Include only three months, j December, January and February, The average normal winter temperature is figured as the ’sum of the .. average f>'> th'se three months for Chicago since 1871. December normal average for Chill cago is 28.8: January, 23.7 and Febi ,-uary is 26.3. This makes a total of 7'8.8 degrees for the three months. On this basis the temperature for i the depression winters are as follows: , The winter of 1929-30, the winter ; of the big stock market smash, $5.8 degrees total, warm above the average of 75.8 degrees. The 1920-21 post war depression winter was very warm, 95.6 degrees; j and the next Winter 1921-22 was also

I - — — CAROLS TO BE SUNG AND TREAT DISTRIBUTED CHRISTMAS EVE '' - - The annual community Christmas celebration and treat for the . | be held Christmas !Ae. by the Wednesday Afternoon p miy : 71. ghts“on the in front of the Grade t lighted, and the singing of Christmas carqls i will begin. i Q . : m the various churches of Syracuse will take their places in the winnows of the school house facing the tree, and will lead the ct wd in singing: “Away in the Manger" “Silent Night." and “Joy to the World.” Fol. amg this the treat will be distributed to the children in the crowd by Santa Claus. A- the conclusion of the community service at the school, Christti a- programs will be given at the Grace Lutheran Church; the United Brethren church and the Church of God. Later Christmas Eve the treat prepared by the school will be d -tributed through town. Donations for this treat already include a pic which is to be cut into portions of meat: canned fruit and xegetables; a bushel of beans, potatoes, chickens, meat which the te .he - will buy. apples donated by Stephen Freeman and by W. C. Reumoi , .boxes of dolls donated by Thornburg Drug Co. The dolls w ,ek >y - eof the girl High School students. , •* . .

ROUND TABLE HAS CHRISTMAS PARTY The Lacies <jf the Round Table’ ' e..i> veil 'heir Christinas party for the children of the club menibers, Monday evening, at the honje of M.x. Oryal G. Carr. Nineteen members ai-.d 14 children attended. A pi .i,ram. was given by the chiloien. Kathryn Armstrong sang. Silert Niuht;” Rosemary Carr and linimie Armstrong gave recitations; Betty Miller and Jimmie sang • a ..r.d Marjorie Slabaugh, Lucile Osborn and Mary Ellen Fletcher acted in a Christmas playlet. The children fishvd for packages in a tub decorated in Christmas col- • - The packages contained red caps for the boys and green ones, j for the girls. Then presents were given the childern i y the search and find method. A child w > sent from the room, and ■ailed back when his or her pi esent i had been hidden, and he . must seek an'il he found his gift. Club me.-bers exchanged gifts .• ,1 > t frc-.hmer.ts were served at | table* lighted with red candles in i.green holders. The refreshments ! were brick ice cream in which the : f.gure of a Christmas tree had been ; ided, ancel food cake and cocoa. Fa\ -for the children were red gtiptai >: candy and for the adults i > all Christmas tiees made of green gum drops. i New members of the club who at-1 tended the party were. "Miss Opal j Gkrris ■. Mis.’ Harve Cory. Mrs. C. , . < w, Mis. D E. Hively, Mrs. Chris Darr and Mrs. E. O. Dunn. — o-. — DIES Al KENDALLVILLE _<■ S: ac: s father, James: Allen Steinbarger, aged 77, died) Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mt- Cora Fisher of Kendall-j viile. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon. There are eight children surviving.

warm, 83.9. i The world war depression, 1914-15,1 was only slightly farmer than the i average, 79 degrees. The big panic of 1907-08 had a ' warin winter, 84.4. In 1903-04 which was only a rich | man’s panic when the weather did' • not condescend to warm up, was the extreme cold of 56-3 for the three months. The 1896-97 winter, Bryan silver . campaign depression was warm. 84.7. The panic of 1893-94 was 77.3 degrees, slightly below normal. The depression of 1884-85 was a cold winter, 66.3. In the 1870’s the depression started out with cold winters but warmed up. 1875-76 was 70.6 degrees; 1876-77 was 79, and 1877 to 1878 was 1115, the record warmth. . The end of the civil war, 1865-66 winter, was very cold, 55.8, a winter of depression. The extreme depression winters of 1860-61 and 1861-62 1 were also cold, 71.8 and 67.5 respectively. The famous panic winter of 1857 i was warm, 83 degrees, in spite of a very cold February average of 19 i degrees. ■»

SYRACUSE. IND.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER. 23 1531.

FIERY CROSS IS BURNED IN FRONT OF TABERNACLE COLUMBIA CITY Last week a fiery cross was burned in front of the tabernacle being used by Rev. Geo. Moody of Syracuse, who for two months has conducted religious services here. The fire whistle was turned on and the volunteer firemen made a run to the scene of the tire. Upon their arrival they stopped the ' truck and watched the cross burn. Marshal Harvey Brown came up and ordered the flames extinnguished and Glenn Overdeer advanced with a chemical tank and the excitement Last Monday night another fiery cross was burned and on Tuesdaynight a stink bomb was thrown into the tabernii LOCAL BOY WINS MONEY ON ENTRY Oliver Hibschman, son of Clee Hibschman and a 4-H club member has received letters from the Hol- . stein-Friesian Association of America and from Purdue university telling him- that since he was onb of the winning ~ Holstein Calf dub members of the twelve largest Calf Club Shown in Indiana for 1931. He will receive | $10.00.' Five dollars will be from the Indiana Host ein Breeder’s Association and the other five from the Hostein-’Friesian Association. . Oliver won the sweepstakes for the best' Holstein heifer at the Elkhart Co. fair last fall, which happened to be one of the 12 largest Hol- ' stein calves shown in Indiana. I ’ L , — — - ~ j FOUND AN HONEST MAN j Charles Nine believes that there is still honesty in the human race, in spite of the hardships imposed on many { by the depression. Last Monday, while payj ing Warren Ruple for some gas. Nine in some manner dropped a five dollar bill from his pocket. Later on he missed the money and went j back to look for it. But no money was to be found and Nine was out $5, which at present means real money. After last week’s edition he read an ad in the Journal, that Madison McPherson had found some money and that he was trying to locate the owner. Now Nine wants to tell the community that he is for McPherson. CHRISTMAS DINNER To all unemployed and unfortunate will be given a Christmas Dinner at the ir Wawasee Restaurant. All you need to do is to go to the restaurant the day before, order your cinr.er, give your name to the management of the restaurant and you will be served YOUR FRIEND.

Not Only Merry Christmas But Happy New Year Is our wish in this issue of the Journal as publication of the Dec. 31st issue will be omitted. The next issue of the Journal will be Jan. 7 CHRISTMAS PARTY ENJOYED BY CLUB The Christmas party of the Wednesday Afternoon Club was held Thursday evening, Dec. 17, at the home of Mrs. Ralph Thornburg. I A committee consisting of Mrs. S.; E. Miller, Mrs. C. R. Hoy, Mrs. E. , Miles, Mis. F. W. Greene. Mrs. A. J. . Armstrong, Mrs. W. H. Colwell and Mrs. W W. Macy were in charge of the evening’s entertainment. This began with a two course! dinner at 7 o’clock, followed by a program consisting of a solo by Mrs. Armstrong and the reading of aChristmas story by Mrs. Macy>-Con-tests and the singing of Christmas Carols followed: Then came an exchange of gifts and after an hour of social chat the guests departed thanking the committee for the delightful evening | and wishing one and all a Merry Christmas. o— ' I MILLSPAUGH HELD IN WARSAW JAIL C. A. Millspaugh is in the Kosci-1 usko county jail charged w ith pass- I ing a fraudulent check. He was ar- j rested in Muncie and brought to' Warsaw late Monday by Sheriff Harley D. Person. The charge of officers is that Millspaugh has passed approximately 191 allegedly fraudulent checks in this : vicinity. Six of these checks are in' the hands of the sheriff and total | I $33.35. Most of the checks were 'drawn on the Indiana State Bank & I Trust Co-, but were not honored by i the bank. I Seider and Burgener put their check of Millspaugh’s which was not honored by the bank in.the : hands of the sheriff some time ago. —o—, PANSIES FOR CHRISTMAS i Richard Call, who lives with his i parents in Will Jones’ house on the southside of the tracks presented us with two pansies this morning, Dec. 23, which he had picked in the flower bed near the house. Mrs. Maggie McClellan reports that flowers are blooming, robins singing, and that yesterday she saw a big turtle enjoying life, swimming in the waters near Butt’s landing BRIDGE CLUB MEETS The Syracuse Bridge club held its ( luncheon bridge party at the home of Mrs. Hallie Holloway, last Wednesday. Mrs. George Xanders won first prize at the conclusion of the afternoon of bridge.

FORMER SYRACUSE RESIDENT DISCUSSES CHICAGO CONDITIONS

There are many residents, members of the Syracuse Summer school | of 1885-86 who will with pleasure remember Dan M. Link, one of its outstanding members, now known to the world as Judge Dan M. Link and a noted jurist among Chicago lawyers. Link delivered an address before the meeting of the Allen County Bar association last week, discussing the municipal bad boy. “Chicago is not a national entity. It is a league of nations,” Judge Link said in discussing his adopted city. “More than .66 per cent of its inhabitants are foreign born or of foreign parents. Racial consciousness is strong. Racial customs are hard to eradicate or reconcile. Each race follows its own leaders and if it can get what it wants, it cares very little about what goes on in the general government affairs of the city. “The average citiaen .of Chicago has no voice in politics. The city is too vast and the racial elenfents are too numerous for common action. Lord Bryce once expressed the fear that the bigness and complexity of the modern world outstripped the administrative capacity of mankind. That is the principal difficulty of Chicago. It is a governmental laby-

| DO YOU I REMEMBER—--20 .Years Ago. When announcement was made of the marriage of Beulah Bender and Walter Hire? • • • 15 Years Ago When those who came home from colleges for Christmas vacation were: Philip and Harold Bowser; Cloyd Snobarger, Eugene Hoopingarner, Clifford Ott, Forrest Bowld, Arthur, Little, Alldean Strieby, Helen Hoy, Olga Beckman, Jula Bishop, Katherine Rothenberger, Glen Gordy, Otis Isenberger and Hugh Kitson? 10 Years Ago When announcement was made of the marriage of Bernice Clark and d Murrill C- Neff? ■ Five Years Ago. When the Methodist, United Brethren and Evangelical churches start.ed union evangelistic services in the community building with the preaching to be done by Rev. G. Fenwick I Reed? -—-—GA —-J ON LAKE WAWASEE — Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Elliott and ■ son Robert will spend Christmas in ' Detroit at the home of Mr. Elliott’s sister, Mrs. Frank Ketchum. When the Syracuse party went to Marion, Thursday evening to attend | the Masonic banquet ' there, they I learned that G. A. Osborn of Marion and Lake Wawasee was recovering from a broken arm caused when he ( fell in his home about two months ago. Carl Tuttle and Charles Brian eni tertained C. W. Howard, Roscoe ' Howard and Harry Porter at an Ital- , ian spaghetti supper which they had ■ prepared at the Tuttle cottage, Sunday evening. Mr. Brian and Mr. , Tuttle left for Indianapolis Mom : day morning for the Christinas holidays, Mr. Brian having been at Wawasee since last March when he J came to the lake for his 55th sea* i son here. 1 ■ Mrs. Amanda Xanders returned home from Battle Creek, Mich., Saturday and left on Tuesday morning with Mrs. Adeline Sudlow, for York, Pa., where they will stay until February when they plan to go to Miami, Fla. Dr. and Mrs, H. H- Rogers of Ft. Wayne were Wawasee visitors last Thursday. dO ROUSED BY NIGHT PROWLER Last Thursday night some night prowler tried the doors and windows at the Chester Middleton home. Thinking it was their son .-ivTndiana Central college, Mr. Middleton went to the front door. When he opened it, a stranger tried to force his way in. Middleton shut the door in his face, ordering him to leave. He left and Middleton crossed Boston street to the Riddle home to telephone for the nightwatchman. The operator could not locate him at that moment, so J. T. Riddle dressed and came up town where he found him and reported the disturbance. The prowler was not located, however.

rinth. In its one hundred years of I growth it has engulfed other municipal corporations until now it is spread over the greater part of Cook county and has within its limits 387 separate and distinct governmental units. Each is independent of the other in its taxing powers and exercises various other governmental functions. “For years these independent governmental units have been issuing bonds and incurring indebtedness until at this time they owe $643,000,000 and haven’t a cent in the treasury “No serious attempt has ever been made to assess personal property, while the assessment of real estate was a farce. Assessments were found to run all the way from 1 per cent to 110 per cent of the market value Many pieces of real estate were not on the tax duplicate at all. Popular tumult finally compelled the state tax commission to order a new assessment of real estate, the one being wholly cancelled. The new assessment was supervised by Experts, took nearly a year to make and cost $2,000,000. Immediately 40,000 lawsuits were started against the new (Continued on Last Page)

SOL MILLER JUNIOR, 20 IS VICTIM Auto Wreck on Way Home From I. U. Causes Death An automobile trip home for a happy Christmas vacation. from school at Indiana University ended I in tragedy just south of Indianapo- ' lis, late Friday afternoon when the car in which Sol Miller, Jr., of Syracuse, Dan and Joe Yoder, Ed Anglemeyer and William Stuckman of Goshen were riding, collided with a truck at Harding street and the Bluff road. The two Yoder boys were injured but Sol Miller’s injuries were such that he never regained consciousness but died in the St. Vincent’s hos I pital in Indianapolis, early Tuesday ! morning. j Funeral services will be held at , the home Thursday afternoon at 2 ; o’clock. Th«. remains may be view- ■ ed this evening and tomorrow morniing. ! Rev. A. J! Armstrong will be in • charge of the services, and music .will be furnished by Ned Harley. Fraternity brothers of the deceased will attend the services in a body i and serve as pallbearers. All of the young men were from Goshen with the exception of Sol Miller. They were fraternity brothi ers, belonging to the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Miller and Joe Yoder were riding in the front seat of the car with Dan Yoder who was driving i it. The other two young men rode iti the rear of the sedan, weighted I down with seven suitcases. ; According to reports from India- | napolis, Yoder’s automobile, being driven north was attempting to pass a truck driven in the same direction by Ver ley Traster, 29 years old, of Freedom. Traster said he had opened the door of the truck to give the hand signal indicating he intended |to turn to the left into Harding street, when he heard an automobile t horn. A moment later, he said, the automobile struck one of the wheels of the truck. According to Dan Yoder, he said i he had attempted to pass the truck ’ but was unable to do so. He said he ' sounded the horn and started around j the truck when Traster suddenly swerved out. into the road, causing ! the automobile to strike the truck. Traster was arrested on the charge of vagancy and reckless driving, and since Miller’s death is being held oh the technical charge of manslaughter. The automobile was overturned, the young men in the front seat being thrown in such away that Miller and Joe Yoder went through the top of the car. In the next automobile which came along were Robert Elliott of Kale Island, and two other students. They called the ambulance which took the injured men to the hospital. There it was discovered that Sol Miller had suffered concussion of the brain. Joe Yoder had suffered severe injuries of the head and chest and Dan Yoder had his face lacerated and his right arm injured. News of the accident was telephoned to Mr. and Mrs. Sol Miller here in Syracuse about 6 o’clock, Friday I evening, 'ftie word was that their son was in the hospital followed by the question: “How soon can you get here?" Mrs. Miller was at a loss to decide whether to accompany Mr. Miller to Indianapolis or to stay with their other son Dick who was recovering from pneumonia. This was decided for Ker by Dick who told her to go along too, that he’d be all right. Ralph Thornburg took Mr. and Mrs. Miller to Indianapolis, Mrs. Thornburg staying with Dick to care for him. They reached the hospital about 9:30 and Mr. Thornburg telephoned back at once that Sol Jr.’s condition was serious, that he was unconscious. Mr. Thornburg returned to Syracuse Saturday. That morning Mrs. J. H. Miller had come from North Manchester to care for her nephew Dick. On Sunday news from Indianapolis was more encouraging, another specialist had been called in, and it was hoped that Sol Jr. had a chance. But Monday morning the nurse telephoned from the hospital that it was but a matter of time. So. Mr. (Continued on Last Page) i

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