The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 41, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 February 1932 — Page 1

•pern I/ Arthur Brisbane , JAPAN MARCHES ON WRIGLEY, A BUILDER SCIENCE MARCHES ON MR. KNUDSON’S ASPIRIN The Japanese, persistently pushing Hieir plana for Asia, took Shanghai with the usual formula, “troops and airplanes landed.” The airplanes terrify opposition, then troops march in where airplanes have prepared the way. Kind-harted pacifists may learn something from the situation in China and Japan. China is thoroughly pacifist toward the outside world, thoroughly unprepared in a military sense. Japan, thoroughly belligerent and thoroughly prepared, sends forty battleships to Shanghai, many carrying airplanes; also sends submarines that rise and discharge airplanes from any spot desired. It should enlighten the sweetest pacifist to see the pitiful condition of unprepared China with four hundred million people threatened by small Japan. William Wrigley, Jr, having worked hard every day of his seventy years since childhood, is dead hf heart disease, with his wife and children around him. He was a typical American builder, created a great business that has made his name known all over the world, developed and helped to develop half a doxen industries build .great hotels, bought and developed Catalina island, establishing a steamship line from the island to the mainland. He gave work to thousands of men and women, profits to those that shared with him as stockholders. If he could return imd live another life to order, he would select exactly the same kind. It is some comfort to know that, while so many things go wrong, science continues its ceaseless conquest of humanity’s problems. You learn from Doctor Witte, formerly a research scientist with General Electric, now an associate of i Doctors Moore and White in their clinic, that application of heat, sent through the tissues of the body by electric current and the infra-red rays, promises to restore health to thousands that had reconciled themselves to lifelong illness. W. S. Knudson, president of the Chevrolet company, told eleven hundred agents and salesmen at the Los Angeles Biltmore hotel that a good way to treat present conditions may be borrowed from ,• story published In Life. “A man went to bed the worse for wear, and awoke to see at his bedside a monster with horns, a spiked tail and smoke coming from its nose. At first he was alarmed, then summoning courage, he said to the monster: 'lf you do not treat me properly, I am going to take two aspirin tablets and swear off drinking? Then where will you be?”’ If a few millions of Americans could swear off shivering, the business bogey now sitting at their bedside would vanish. Somebody who planned to kill ground squirrels, carriers of disease, mixed a deadly poison, thalium salts, with a large pailful of grain. Half-starved Mexicans .stole the grain, made toriilas. Several .have died, more are expected to "did* No one is to blame, unless you blame starving creatures, for stealing grain, or those that mixed the poison for leaving it where it might be stolen. Could not scientists in one of our | great laboratories produce synthetically,a scent that would lure to traps and death any desired kind of vermin? The revolution in Salvador is a big one for the sise of the country. Class hatred plays an important part. Dispatches tell of Sristocrats" fighting against the common people and two thousand killed in one battle. _____ » Uprisings in so many places against political authority and against prison authority are accompanied by equaly serious uprisings against religioius authorities. Pope Pius in an Associated Press dispatch expresses grid! at the “truly terrible harshness" with which the Jesuits have been treated In Spain. . The pretext for suppressing the order and confiscating thirty million dollars of their property is alleged to be an oath in which they put obedience to the church before obedience to their own government. Prise fight promoters have arranged a meeting between Max Schmeling, a German called heavyweight champion of the world, and Sharkey, who gave Schmeting the title by striking a foul blow. Neither fighter is of the tint class. Us late John L. Sullivan could have frightened either of them with a look and disposed of either of them with a single punch. The tall Fitssimmons, from the land of kangaroos when in his prime could have beaten both of them in the same day with an hour's rest between. But the world must have its brutality—second class, if it can’t have first class.

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SYRACUSE BANK WILL OPEN SOON

SYRACUSE IS RUNNER UP IN TOURNEY Lose To Etna Green In Final Game--25 to 20. . i Syracuse’s basketball team played in the final game in the; county! basketball tourjnament in Warsaw, Saturday nighti, and lost to Etna j i Green, 26 to 2l>. That Syracuse played in the finals was the upset! of the tournament, for the expert predictors, and some Os the most loyal Syracuse fans feared that the Syracuse team would be j eliminated in the first game they played, Saturday morning against Beaver Dam. But Syracuse won tnis game 28 to 21, and then in the afternoon downed Silver Lake 20 to 19 and had ahead of them the finals of the evening with either Etna Green or Claypool as their opponents. Etna Green won from Claypool . . . -so Syracuse met Etna Green at 8 p. m. In the morning Coach Beck had evidently set his boys on fire’ for they went on the floor and played | brilliant basketball all day. They shot short ones, long ones, used deceptive plays which worked like cfock work, played a good defensive game and left the spectators stunned j for they had to revise their opinion of the Syracuse team. It was another case of a team playing mediocre ball all season, catching the spirit to win, and sweeping opposition aside by the impetuousness of their attack. The fighting spirit just about carried Syracuse to! championship but the human frames i of the players could not keep up the terrific pace even if the spirit was there. They tired rapidly io-the last quarter of their final game with Etna Green, and lost. Syracuse vs Etna Green Coach Beck used the lineup of earlier in the day, Osborh, right forward; Beck, left forward; Lung, center; Kline, right guard; Miller, left guard. Osborn dribbled to » point beneath the basket and tossed the ball through for the first two points of the game. Beck fouled Riley, who made one free throw out of .two tries; Lung made a free throw resulting from Shively fouling. After some passing back and forth by Syracuse the ball was passed to Lung who was standing unguarded. He made s basket. >O, Osborn fouled Babcock missed the attempt for\V free throw. JJ. Sparrow made a on Kline’s foul, V. Sparrow made good a long shot for a basket, making the score 5 to 4 in, Syracuse’s favor. Then Miller made two beautiful long shots for Syracuse, followed by a long one by Kline. D. Babcock miss(Continued on Last Page) 3 TOWN OFFICIALS RETAIN POSITIONS Town Marshal Charles Rentfrow and Night Madison McPherson were reappointed when the town board met Tuesday evening. They will serve et a 10 per cent cut in salaries. Two other applications for the position of tdwn marshal were present-' ed to the board at this meeting. Warren T. Colwell will continue as city attorney. It was brought to the attention o(| the board that the junk dealer on Boston street had not removed the junked automobiles from the end of the street leading from the High school building to the railroad track, m he was instructed by the board. The board granted the request of the firemen'that the 125 given them by Mrs. Abell after the fire in which Mejor Marsh died, be turned over to them for use now. The firemen left the money in the town treasury until the new fire house was built as there was no way to guard raincoats and boots from thieves, when the old fire house was in use. Now the fire fighters plan to buy this new equipment with Mrs. Abell’s gift. It was also brought out at Tuesday’s meeting that the case of the state versus Lulu M. Cieeland charged with blocking an alky has been set for trial in circuit court in Warsaw, Feb. J. V. . . ’ 5 :

t|' ' - ' ;" ./[ [. . . -1 What It All Means i ' ■ ... ■'' ! \. -'■ - : . • :S • • ' : j mmmmmmmmmmmmm That the banks were temporarily closed to conserve their cash assets. That when the majority signed the mutual protective agreement all danger of a run on the local bank was avoided. f. j That the nine banks in Kosciusko county have useS f the procedure recommended by the state banking commission, whose duty it is to protect their depositors. That by the majority of depositors signing the agreement the bank is placed in an impregnable position. That by signing the agreement broad power has been given the bank. It is left to the discretion and judgment of the bank officials as to how much shall be paid, and when, of the old deposits. This provision is absolutely necessary if the bank is to be kept in a sound financial condition. . - | That this community as well as other communities will face some serious problems which will tax the energy and resourcefulness of everyone. These problems will Ibe solved onlv through the cooperation of the bank, business men, farmers and all citizens. This past week has shown that in this crisis, as always the American people can be depended upon.

SYRACUSE FIRM IS NOT LOWEST BIDDER Although their bid was $75,000 lower than the state engineer’s estimate of the cost of the job, the Syracuse firm of McClintic, Colwell and Gordy were nearly $5,000 higher than the low bidder for the paving of U. |S. Highway 6, Ligonier to Milford Junction, 13.2 miles. The low bidder was the Moellering Construction Co, of Fort Wayne. Their bid was $174,824.12. The Syracuse firm’s bid was $179,419.^, The bids were opened in Indianapolis on Tuesday.- Wednesday morning, E. E. McClintic said that of thej firms bidding all but two were bidding with the pl*n of getting their gravel from Syracuse firm had gotten the con-j tract men of this community would; have worked on the foad and other men of this community would have been employed at the gravel pit. * j The Fort Wayne firm with the low f>id does not intend to get its gravel from Sturm & Dillard, McClinti from Sturm & Dillard, McClintic said. The contract for building the road has not yet been let, as often two elapse before the going over; of bids again thoroughly is com-, pleted, but it is believed the Fort , Wayne firm will get the contract. j The engineer’s estimate of the ! road cost was $254,582.24. Among the bids made were: Hinton ASmalley, Celina, $202,623.63 i Barnes Bros. & Co., Gary Williston Con. Co. So. Bend 177,293.19' Tri-Lake, Columbia City 204,423.25! Brand-Deal, Columbia City Bontrager Co., Elkhart 190,404.18 Cameron Joyce, Keokuw la 206,706.76] Grace Con. Co., Ft. Wayne 184,926.50 Carvey, Tombaugh & Carvey, Macy, 233,672.34! Ray L. Harris, Ft. W’ayne 184,754.70 McClintic, Colwell & Gordy, Syracuse 179,419.79 Market Strent Const Co., , Logans port 238,947.43 Brooks Const Co. Ft Wayne 193J&0.29 Moellering Const Co. Ft. Wayne 174,824,12 L. L. Clymer, Bluffton, O. 185,836.56 Reith-Riley Const Co, Gothen 194,841.96 The Syracuse firm does not plan to bid on building the bridge over Solomon’s Creek on state road 6. These bids will be opened on Feb. 16. - - O I ■■ -'■!» OLD LICENSES GOOD UNTIL MARCH FIRST INDIANAPOLIS, —The ‘‘dead-line’’ for displaying 1932 automobile license plates was postponed for one month by James W. Carpenter, state commissioner of motor vehicles. New plates must be obtained by March 1. Carpenter made the announcement after conferring with Frank Mayr, Jr, secretary of state, by telephone at his home in South Bend. Carpenter said half the plates expected to be sold this year had not yet been purchased. /' , 4

\ - ■-=-! .■ ISTOkCUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 19*2.

f DO YOU | i REMEMBER— Ii T _ 29 Years Ago. When elected Otis C. Butt as township delegate, and Harry Culler as alternate, to attend the 13th Congressional district Republican convention to be held in •South Bend? 15 Years Ago When Truby and Smith, two laborers working for Albert E. Fick l ad an argument, during which Trubev received serjous wounds from jan--19 Years Ago 1 When ice boat interest was first | aroused in Syracuse, Owen Strieby j having built a boat the year before, and Harold Rosson and Roy Niles adding to the ice craft on the lake that year? Five Years Ago. & J j When Milford won the county basketball tourdey held here in Syracuse? I o RECIPROCITY MEET HELD AT LIBRARY • Forty club wopen of Syracuse attended the reciprocity meeting held by the Wednesday Afternoon Club, t in the library, Friday evening, i The group opened the meeting by joining in repeating the Collect. Then I followed a short business session, t Mrs. O. C. Stoelting recited two 'poems, “When Father Played Basei ball,” and “Old-Fashioned Pair.” | This was followed by the excellent < book review given by Mrs. John S Harley. The book reviewed was j “Maria Chap de Laine.” It is the story of pioneer life in Canada. | Following the program refresh- ! ments were served by the committee ’ of hostesses. On this committee were: Mrs. L. A. Seider, Mrs. Stephen Freeman, Mrs. William Bow Id, Mrs. Court Slabaugh, Mrs. C. C. Cachman.

FAT AND LEANS’ GAME AND CAKE WALK BRING IN $65

• j ' • • , - •• • . | The Chamber of Commerce received *65, Thursday night from those who attended the Fat and Bean basketball game and joined in the cakewalk, and this money will be used gratefully to pay on that note. But —Mileham Timberlake had money stolen from his clothes in the dressing room, as did Ross Osborn. And Lloyd Disber lost his shirt. The crowd laughed at the Fat and Lean basketball game more than it cheered because it had: used all its breath laughing and had none left for cheering. The game started out with players on the two teams garbed in pajamas, basketball suits, swimming suits and golf knickers. The Leans won the game 22 to 20, but after such a battle! Timberlake shot the first basket of the game for the 2 point score for the Leans. During the game he had i difficulty in avoiding being crushed

NINE BANKS OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY CLOSE JAN. 29 TO AVOID ANY ‘RUNS’ DEPOSITORS CO-OPERATE, SIGN WAIVERS

Most | All Depositors of Syracuse Bank j "j . ■ j Co-operate. , ■■: ■ : j- ■’. j • " ‘P i • V‘' 1/ .. ' '!• ’ • ‘|- .• ' Nine banks of Kosciusko County, including the State Bank of Syra- J cuse, voluntarily closed their doors. Friday morning, and temporarily suspended business so as to conserve their bash reserves against depletion. This was done for the protection of the depositors. These hanks are: The Indiana State Bank & Trust Co., and Lake City Bank of Warsaw; The State Bank of Syracuse; The Citizens State Bank of Milford; People’s Bank • of Leesburg; Commercial State Bank of Silver Lake; Farmers’ State Bank of North Webster; Claypool Bank and Pierceton Bank, the latter being a branch of the Indiana State Bank and Trust Co., of Warsaw. The banks’ temporary suspension of business followed a meeting of the Kbsciusko County Bankers Association in the offices of the Indiana State Bank and Trust Co., and which lasted until ,3 o’clock Friday morning. i ' Comes as Surprise. Sol Miller, cashier the State Bank of Syracuse stated Friday morning that when he and Stephen Freeman, president and A. W. Geyer vice president, learned of the purpose of the meeting called at midnight Thursday night, they felt they could weather any storm of “rush” that might occur, and keep the bank’s door open, but when they learned the banks in Warsaw were closing rather than face any possible “run” caused by falsely alarmed depositors, they decided .to close the, doors of the Syracuse bank until depositors would t promise there would be no frantic withdrawals of cash. Protect Cash Reserve. " Closing of the nine banks of the county did not follow any serious “runs” but were the result of steady withdrawals in some parts of the county by persons who sought their money for hoarding purposes or for investment in government securities. Up to a time ago there was very little tendency on the part of Kosciusko county bank patrons to make withdrawals. Their confidence continued unshaken until report's came in of moratoriums declared by nearby banks at Huntington, North Manchester and W r abash, where withdrawals were ljmited. Since then there has been a growing tendency to withdraw funds, other than those actually needed for legitimate business purposes. Banks, realizing the danger of depleting their cash reserves, fixed by banking laws, decided to act before the banking structure of the county was endangered, Mutual Protective Agreement. Instead of declaring a moratorium such as was invoked by the banks t of Huntington, North Manchester and Wabash, whereby withdrawals were arbitrarily restricted, Kosciusko county bankers decided on a tempor-' arly suspension of business to allow i them to take steps wliich will halt withdrawals and will protect the interests of the legitimate depositors. (Continued on Last Page)

by Fat McClintic and Ray McClintic. Ray McClintjc shot the first basket for the Fats. It was the only one they made in the first quarter which ended with the Leans leading, 6 to 2. The half ended 11 to 6. At the end of the third quarter the Leans had increased their lead to 14 to 9. But Carl Tuttle, the imported basketball star from Indianapolis and Lake Wawasee brought up the score for the Fats and shot the goal which tied the game 18 all. Barnhart broke the tie for 20 to 18 lead for the Leans and Tuttle tied it again, 20 all. Barnhart broke the tie again with another basket, 22 to 20, and the game ended. Leonard Barnhart was high scorer of the evening’s jttay, shooting six baskets for the Leans. Timberlake was close runner up, scoring two baskets and six free (Continued on Last Page)

| CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF ! WEEK'S FINANCIAL EVENTS t i Friday, Jan. 29 Following an all night meeting of the county ! bankers association, nine banks of Kosciusko county temporarily suspended business. Thomas Barr, state bank commissioner addressed meeting of ! bankers at Warsaw, telling them that they have done the wise tiling in a legal way. Saturday, Jan. 39— Banks in Elkhart county announce they have placed restrictions on all accounts in the banks at the close of business Jan. 27. These restrictions on withdrawals were 1 per cent per week on checking accounts. No withdrawals of certificates or on saving accounts are permitted. “Mutual protective agreements” were distributed to the Kosciusko banks for their depositors, who immediately began signing them. A mass meeting was held in the afternoon in Warsaw to explain the situation. A mass meeting was held in Silver Lake.. Sunday, Jan. 31—Mass meeting held in Leesburg, North Webster and Claypool. Monday, Feb. I—Letters explaining the financial situation and “Mutual protective agreements" j were mailed to out of town clients of the Syracuse bank. Local business men of Syracuse start canvassing the town and township for signers of these waivers. The bank at North Manchester temporarily suspended business while signatures for waivers are being obtained. Previously the bank had announced restricted withdrawals along with banks in Huntington and Watiash. Plymouth banks and the bank at 1 Lapaz announce that restrictions k are placed on withdrawals. Tuesday Feb. 2—Counter bankers hold meeting in Warsaw Tuesday evening. They decide to leave the opening date to individual banks. Wednesday, Feb. 3 —Claypool and Silver Lake banks open. Two Columbia City Banks closed temporarily. Milford bank announces it will be open for business on Thursday. Syracuse bank reports signaturer representing 85 per cent of its depositors have been obtained. Quota of signatures desired, 90 per cent. SAMUEL DILLEN’S FUNERAL SUNDAY Although he had been in ill health for some time, Samuel C. Dillen’s death Friday night at midnight came as a shock to his many friends who had seen him up and about the first of last week. He became seriously ill but a short time before his death, so that I only a few of his relatives and friends knew of his illness. Mr. Dillen was born in Whitley County, July 2, 1867 and died at his I home two and one half miles northwest of Syracuse, Jan. 29, 1932. , He was reared from the age of four years to manhood by Mr. and Mrs. Simon Secrist of Whitley County, they being sincere and devoted fostef parents. On November 12,. 1893 he was married to Carrie Vorhis. To this union was born one son, Melvin, whose home is in Syracuse. Several years ago Mr. Dilien was converted and united with the Ebenezer Evangelical church, and was aj member at the time of his death. Funeral services for him were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the church in Syracuse. Rev. C. A Wright who was pastor when Mr. Dillen was converted had .charge* of the services and was assisted by Rev. Foust. Rev. and Mrs. Wright sang a number accompanied by Miss Jensen. Mr. Dillen is survived by his widow, his son Melvin and three grand-children, as well as other relatives and friends. Among the reatives and friends from a distance who attended the i funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Click and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ort of Edwardsburg, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. John Hamp, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Vorhis, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Doll and Garfield Vorhis of Elkhart. . Mrs. Frank Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Martin, Frank Wheeler, Ed. (Continued on Last Page)

I* j, ? Bank to Open Friday or Saturday This Week Is Promise. * The following statement was made yesterday afternoon by Stephen 1 Freeman, president of the State Bank of Syracuse: ■ t “Without doubt all persons interested in anyway in the State Bank of Syracuse are anxious to know when the bank Will open to resume business. Tjie bank officials are as anxious as the bank clients in this respect, but they consider that it :is best and a saving of time to have necessary details as fully completed as possible before opening again. will certainly resume business by Saturday morning and possibly Friday, but it is doubtful that the' opening can be made on Thursday morning if the best results are to be obtained. “As to the withdrawals of money from existing deposits now in the bank—No absolute definite statement can be made for tw-o.or three days, but the bank officials feel at present that they can do as well by their clients as the Elkhart county banks are doing, and if possible they j will allow a larger percentage of (withdrawals each week.” Due to conditions peculiar to each | locality, the Kosciusko County Bankj er? Association, at their meeting j Tuesday evening at the Hotel Hayes in Warsaw, decided that each individual bank, of the nine county banks then closed, should resume business when its officers and directors so decided. This plan was adopted after it was learned that the desire of the state banking commission for the closed banks to open on the same date could ! not be fulfilled due to conditions | arising in different localities. - Mr. Stultz, who represented the state banking commission, again reiterated that the banks were not closed by the state banking department, and that they could open again whenever the bank officials saw fit. The department was not issuing an ultimatum as to opennig any us the banks, he explained, this matter was left up to the judgment of each bank’s officers nd directors. He also explained that the department had given the banks which had temporarily closed in the county, ’ broad power over the money already in the banks prior to the close of business Jan. 28, and that the control / and payment of this money is left to the judgment and discretion of the banks, so as to protect the depositors, the community, and the bank. He said, however, that the policy of the department would be to let depositors have access to these old deposits as soon as possible. In commending the depositors on their willingness to co-operate with their banks in time of trouble by signing mutual protective agreements, Aaron Razor stated that the American people can always be counted upon in time of emregency. “This spirit of co-operation is„ a fine thing,” ha said, “and gives me confidence in the future.” oHIGH SCHOOL ROLL OF HOITOR GIVEN The following High school students are named on the honor roll for the fourth month of school: Seniors—Velva Brown, Mary Jensen; Juniors: Alice -CAy, Joe Freeman, Joe Kindig, Harjry Stone. Sophomores are: /Grace .Culler, Frances Houston, Jimmie Freeman. Freshmen, Willodein Mock. % For the Eighth £rade are: Laura Bachman, Christian Koher, D’Maris Shock, Marjorie Slabaugh, George Bill Smith. For the Seventh Grade: Lucy Bachman, Juanita Geiger, Lucille Osborn and Jimmie Butt. On the Semester honor roll are 15 High school students: Velva and Mary Jensen, Seniors; Joe Kindig and Harry Stone, Juniors; Grace Culler, Sophomore; Willodean Mock, Freshman; Chester Brown, Herman Doll, Christian Koher, D’Maris Shock, Marjorie Sla- 8 baugh; Seventh Grade, Lucy Bachman, Juanita Geiger, Lucille Osborn, Jimmie Butt.

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