The Syracuse Journal, Volume 25, Number 27, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 27 October 1932 — Page 1

jmsaiiK by Arthur Brisbane 15 TRILLION YEARS MORE NEW LIKE ELIXIR SURPRISE FOR MT. SINAI WASHINGTON NOT SO HAPPY

Astronomers and mathematicians, physicists, geologists and chemists are encouraging. A great authority, Jeans, tells you in his “The Universe Around Us” that our sun loses in weight every minute 250,000,000 tons tons every hour. You worry about that, wondering how long the world will last. Along comes Doctor Mac Millan, who teaches astronomy at the University of Chicago. He says the sun has resources sufficient to make it last 15,000,000,000,00 u. years longer, and it absorbs fresh material as it rolls through space. It is hard for us to understand what a million means, much less a billion or a trillion. 1 The human race, only 12,000 years I away from the Stone age, already ? Hies, dives under the sea, has conquered slavery, cannibalism and the .problems of production. It should doj remarkable things, with ■ • 000,000 of years to go. '• No matuhas ever lived with imagination enough to suggest one-mil-{ lionth part of the Wonders that the human intellect will accomplish in the next 15,000,00 V years, say nothing of 15,OVU,OV0,v<X),t>O0 years. j Since Braun Sequard, brilliant French ductor of the last century, | his studies in retardation of senility, many plans have been suggested for keeping off old . jtge. Doc* .tor Voronoff transplants glands of nionkeys and other animals in the j bodies of old men, and is said to have met with success. A new and more pleasant-rejuviena-tion' process is offered seriously by ? an Italian doctor of standing. He has an“eiixir of life” which he says postpones bld age for ten years,.; adding that to the length of life. As | a result twenty years' study he offersj h solution-if gold, platnum, paladi-j urn, brain extract, iodine, phosphor-i us, formic ibcid and other ingredients, taken in minute doses. .It sounds like the alchemists of old But since we know that almost ftH of the ninety odd elements .are contained and needed irrthe human b< dy. that the lack of orie-met al causes pernicious anemia, it is unwise tv laugh at anything. This is really iuteresting, strange and unuauai, which .means that it isi news. The Smithsonian institution will es- ’ tablish an observatory on that mountain in the Sinai desert which was climbed by Moses w hen he w ent up | alone and came down with 'the Ten' Commandments. j That particular mountain, now j called "Mount St. Katherine," is a j desolate peak rising out of the desert almost 8,000 fee - ab< vr m level. If the workmen that built the solar observatory are at all religious, they will have some queer'feelings, ham-, nieimg and building on that partic-■ ular spot. . Washington, already “waterlog-j ged,” complains .of two extra and u l -.i;<-ces>a7y''U.’iches of tain, with a probability that-. 1 he 1932 rainfall will break all records before the end ofj October. t>!l urals’ newspaper workers-, | looking ahead to- the coming winter, j i-sue a "black, report." It is feared that the commissioner of the district will not be able to lake cafre of the poverty and actual hunger caused by the depression. j Under the law, the Reconstruction j Finance corporation cannot spend any , of its funds in this district. ! However, "the richest government ! in the world" w ill not ' admit that it I cannot feed the hungry in the Nation’s Capital. . j Profeasor Einstein says the earth; is older than scientists have suppoa- j ed.— Instead of being only three billion years old, it is ten billion years' old. Ten thousand million years seems very old, but there is nothing i unreasonable about it, although there is a big gap between ten billion I years and the six thousand years mentioned in the Bible. Nature rejoices in big figures. “Out er spiral nebulae," in any one of which our earth, bur sun and all the planets would be like a drop of water in the ocean are moving away from us at the speed of twelve thousand five hundred miles per-second. Try to realize that spedd. That is part of the expansion of the universe which began ten billion years ago. The earth was born about then. You not be overwhelmed by these cosmic figures, for you also are built on a cosmic scale of grandeur. For instance, you have in your blood vessels red blood cells to the number of two hundred “ and fifty billions,; which means two hundred and fifty thousand million little active agents, carrying oxygen from your lungs to I every one on infihite billions of cells . scattered through your body. Breathe deep, keep your windows open at night. At Stockholm the American negro play. “Green Pastures,” is produced, all-Swedish cast, with police protecting the actors from a crowd that protest against “religious lampoonery.” Any nation not familiar with America’s peculiarity varied atitude toward religion might well call that play “religious lampoonery.”

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BOARD FOR ELECTION IS ANNOUNCED •■. ' ■ Republicans and Democrats are Named. - , Republican and Democratic members of the election board of the three precincts of Turkey Creek Township have been announced. First pre< ihct Republicans: Warren Colwell, inspector; Bert Ward, judge; Helen Bowld and Arthur Morris, clerks; John Todd, sheriff. Democrats: Wilmet, . Juries. judge: Ixiuise’ Maloy and Ruth Xanders, clerks; Fred Hinderer, she’iff. ' For the Second Precinct Republi- I can: Elia Unrue, judge; Garret Gris-) som and Maud Traster, clerks; Syl- ■' vester Coy, sheriff. ■ Democrats: Dan Klink, inspector: I Ralph Godschalk, judge; Janice Rapp clerk; Charles Bushong, sheriff. For the Third precinct Republi ' cans: Chauncey Cory, inspector; I .Winnie Riddle, judge; A. W. Emerson and Lou George, clerks; Russell ; Warner, sheriff. Democrats are: Ross Osborn, ' judge. V D. Disher and Ida Jensen, clerks; E. E. McClintic, sheriff. 0 - WILLIAM BUTT WAS BURIED SATURDAY I Funeral services for William Butt were held Saturday afternoon from he home of Mrs. Walter Kegg, with ' Rev. Armstrong officiating. Burial , was iti. the Syracuse cemetery. Mr. Butt’s death early ; Thursday morning after two weeks -ei ious illness He is survived by his ■ wife, a son Donald, a brother John ■ of Milford. There are also a number ; of nieces and nephews, and four grandchildren. William Butt was the son of John Butt and Elizabeth Eppert. He was born Nov. 13, 1857 near Syracuse. He w as. married to Ida Isabel Deardor!! Nov 13, 1883 She died in 1889 I'htu; one son Otis Clyde is alio deceased. Oi March 22, 1890 William Butt and Eva Cory were married. To them two children were born. A daughter Clevis died in infancy, and their ' son Donald is at home with his mother. Mr. Butt was a charter member of the K. of P. lodge here in Syracuse. ATTEND FUNERAL Among the out-of-town relatives and friends wh > attended the funeral of William Butt, Saturday were: Mr. and Mrs. John Butt and son Es [ton and wife, Edgar Butt, William Bushong and daughter from Milford; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Holtzinger, Mrs. Argus Waugamah, Mrs.. William Ep'pert, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Culler of [Goshen; Mrs, Marie Saylor of New Paris; Thomas Eppert of Garrett; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hartman of near i Wakarusa; Mrs. Noah Isenbarger, ( Mrs. Maude Crothers and son Charles I Mrs. Ben Hausman of South Bend; Mrs. Della Strieby of Ann Arbor, ■ Mich. , Mrs. Charles Switzer, and Mrs. Wayne Switzer of Cromwell. | ■ V >»Q— ——■ ——* . ■ HAVE POLITICAL MEETING The Republican precinct commit- | teemen and women and their helpers met with the county candidates [here in Syracuse, Tuesday evening. Republican committee women had met with others of the county at a luncheon in Warsaw, Friday, where they heard an address by Miss Genieye Brown, Republican candidate for i return as clerk of appellate court. Ham and buns, apples, doughnuts and cider were served at the meeting heie Tuesday evening, and a large quantity of the food which was left was given to the township trustee who distributed it to needy ones. ■ ■ — —■■■ MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED Miss Edna Cripe of North Manchester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Cripe of Urbana, and LaVent sTom, son of George Tom of North Webster were married Sunday by Rev. Jarboe, at his home. They will reside on the groom’s farm near North Webster. WILL IS FILED The will of Mrs. Laura Jones has been filed in circuit court. She left one dollar to her husband, and the rest of her property, share and share alike, is left to her son, R. WaU burn and her daughter, Mrs. Marie Foust.

Treasure Hunt to be added to Attractions here on Hallowe’en

In addition to a Hallowe’en parade -.with prizes for the best costumes, a mock wedding, a mock political debate and pie eating contest, there’s to be a treasure hunt in Syracuse next Monday- evening. Small wooden paddles furnished by Thornburg’s Drug store will be hidden at various places in town and on these paddles will be printed the information of “good for treasure at either Thornburg’s, Bachman’s or Seider’s. ” The parade is to start at 7:30 with Lbuis Heerman as marshal of the day. Warren Colwell is master of ceremonies and he and Court Slabaugh and Harrs Porter will be judges of costumes. Prizes to be awarded for the funniest. a best, twins, negroes, Indians large families, etc. , will bp: a watch, ,sHk hose, pies, toilet water, hair tonic. Hash light, electric toaster. No. 7 Duco polish, a bottle

MRS. WILL JONES BURIED ON MONDAY Funeral services for Mrs. William’ M. Jones were held Monday morning! from the Carr funeral home. The body was taken, t<> Warren, Ind. ; where.her daughter lives, for burial. ; Mrs. Laura, May Jones, 65, be-J came ill last week and her daughter, [ Mrs. Marie Foust, was sent for. On; Saturday morning her condition became so serious that Mrs. Jones was taken to the Goshen hospital, where an operation for gallstones and to relieve bowel trouble was performed. Mrs. Jones was just regaining con* sciousness when her death occurred, Saturday afternoon. She was born Sept. 20, 1868 in Churubusco, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Erickson. She moved to Syracuse from Montpelier, Ind. , with her first husband, WilliamiWalburn. died exactly five years before the day of her death. She was married to William Jones on June 15, 1929. - I . Her husband, formerly janitor a.t the Grade -school building,. her one son Robert Walburn, who is with the U S. Marines in China, and a brother Frank Erickson of Garrett, in addition to her daughter, survive. Her last letter from her son said that he would start for home October 26. Private funeral services were held Monday morning, with Rev. Foust •officiating. ——-—-—•—o —: - MAKE SAVER KRAUT Forty-one members of the Good Cheer class of the Church' of the Brethren attended the party al Glenn Tom’s home, last Thursday evening. The evening’s amusement was making s-auer kraut. They made ltd gallons of this. The next kraut .party will be j Friday evening at the home of Sher-1 man Coy. when they plan to make' two more barrels full. The barrels are empty lard bar-' rels and were givpn the kraut mak-' ers by Emory Strieby. The kraut is 1 to be Used to add to the vegetables sent the church’s hospital ip Chicago, and to take care of calls for assistance here in Syracuse this winter. •— ; —o —■——u— , STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE James Harvey, almost 5, was injured last Thursday afternoon when he ran in front of the machine driven by Jacob Hoover. James was assisting friends rake leaves to be stacked in front of the home of Ora Benson. He started across the street, forgetting to look for cars, they say, and he was struck by Mr. Hoover’s machine. ; James was .knocked .to the pave- ! mjtnt by the car, and hb cheek has a large scab on it now, where it was ; burned rubbing against the pave- ’ menl. ' —; —o— —. SLIGHTLY MIXED Two items got mixed in the columns of the Journal last week and came out as One, with the wrong couple going the wrong place. The attempt was to state that Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Richhart had gone to his sister’s home near Churubusco, where a family party was held. Miss Faye Richhart had just been married to Ivan Yantz. DIVORCE GRANTED / l -—* . / Eloise Klink was granted from Orval Klink, in circuit court, in Warsaw. Saturday. They Were married June 6, 1925. The mother was given the care and custody of their- daughter Severely, and $4 a week support money for the child. 0 e HAVE PARTY. Members of the Eastern Star lodge enjoyed a Hallowe’en party at the lodge rooms last night.

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of furniture-polish, an electric hot plate, a sack of flour, three pounds of coffee, face powder, lipstick, perfume, mobile oil, and many other things, r Following the parade will be the mock wedding, and the political debate will follow the start of the matrimonial one. \ Then comes the pie eating contest. Cider is to be furnished free by the Redmon Orchard and coffee is to be served free at Bachman’s store. Everyone is urged to come masked to thoroughly enjoy the fun. - The only warning is that no rough stuff wyi be tolerated. There is to be special police protection in case any one attempts to spoil the party. This party is for young and old, and no one has to give his right age and may keep hts identity secret if that is desired. Hallowe’en is the one time the mask is the thing.

CROPS ON DISPLAY There is a display of crops in the window of the Journal office this week. Bert Cripe picked two turnips from his garden, one weighing six pounds and the other four pounds. Mart Long picked a radish from his garden which weighs 12ty pounds. These were put in the window Monday. To this collection Mrs. W. G. Connolly added a carrot shaped like an elephant, with four legs and a trunk. On TuosHqy morning Mrs. Vic Niles added ; a contribution to the garden proZmcts. She presented us with a beet weighing six and one half pounds. We have the vegetables now for a large dish of soup. If we only had a soup bone. . —o— ■- FIRST B. B. GAME IS WITH MILFORD Syracuse's basketball season will open a week •from tomorrow night, Friday. November 4, when the home boys meet Milford’s team in the Syracuse High school gym. First and second teams have been selected. On the first team are: Dick Miller, Wayne Fisher, Bill Osborn, Charles Beck, Maurice Lung, Gerald Kline, Harry Stone, Carlton Richhart and Edwin Greene. On the second team are: Joe Freeman, Leonard Hibschman, Bill Rogers, Daniel Jones, Voyle Osborn, James Freeman and Devon Miller. - —— o GETS LEITER FROM THE WHITE HOUSE Audrey Snyder wrote a letter to the White House telling President Hoover that although an American he has never-voted for president, as he has liyed so much of his life abroad. But Snyder announced his intention of voting for Hoover’s re-election. He has received in reply a card written by Lawrence Richey, Secretary to the President: My Dear Mr. Snyder: The President has received your kind letter of October 15th and wants you to know how deeply he appreciates your assurance and support. He asks me to thank you warmly for : writing.” i . o i HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTY 1 . ' i Mr. and Mrs. Guy Simon entertain--led with a birthday dinner, Sunday, Oct. 16, honoring Guy Simon and Emory Stetler. Those present were: I Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tarman and ! daughter of Goshen; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cart and family of Millersburg; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tarman [ ’and ’ family of New Paris; Mr, and Mrs. Robert Bell of Elkhart; Mary Bell Brown of Goshen; Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bell and family, Marie McFarren and daughter, Ed McClintic and sons Paul and Ray; Fred Stetler and sons Emory and Harry, Millard ! Hentzell, Grace, Paul, Emma Jean and Daniel Culler of Syracuse. ATTEND STATE GRANGE The Indiana State Grange met in annua! session at Portland, last week. State Master John McKee was in Master L. J.' Taber of Colurftbus, O. , was main speaker. Those in attendance from Hex Grange were: Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Blue, Mr. and Mrs. Orba Bo beck, Mr. and Mrs Richards and Mr. and Mrs. Self. The party arrived home at 3 a. m. Thursday. Q — MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED. Mrs. Clara Harris and Ray A. Hartman were married Saturday morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Wilma Baker on the Southside of the lake. They will live in Goshen

lon lake wawasee' i_ —1 Sargent’s hotel is to be open at least until Nov. 1, according to the announcement this week. One of the' bridge clubs from Ligonier held its weekly luncheon and bridge party at the hotel, Tuesday. Sam Houser has been employed as watchman by the Wawasee Boat Service. Mr. and Mrs, R. V. Maurer of South Bend spent Saturday and Sunday at their lake home. R. M. Pentreath and his sister, Miss Whitcomb from Clinton, spent the week end at the lake. Mr. Pentreath told friends who inquired about her health, that Mrs. Pentreath is no belter. Her condition is serious. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mellinger and daughter Lucille took Miss Ruby Mellinger to Indianapolis to attend teachers’ institute there Thursday and Friday. They visited friends in Indianapolis and on Saturday drove to Turkey Run. They came home to Syracuse, Sunday evening byway of Newtown, where they visited Miss Blanche Mellinger. Vic Niles accompanied Chailes and Dan Teetor and Elias Bowman from Hagerstown when they went on a 'fishing trip to Mongo last week. They returned to Lake Wawasee, Saturday to spend Sunday at The Tavern before going back to Hagerstown. Mrs. Schaff, Richard Schaff- and Mr. and M rs. Hannan from- Whiting spent the week end at the Schaff summer home. Mrs. Schaff planned to return to her cottage the latter part of this week. Miss Charlotte Crow from Chicago spent the week end with her parents Mr. and M rs. R. Crow, who will spend the winter in Mrs; Laura Wertz’s cottage. Mr. Crow is in charge of road work ,pn No. 13. Mr. and Mrs. R. Conrjad of Kokomo, who spent the week end at the lake were called home bylnews of the death of a relative. Mr. and Mrs.. John Walton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gatwood in Albion. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Mock took their daughter Willodean to Indianapolis, Thursday, to visit her friend, Miss Betty' Bertrick, until Sunday, whep her parents drove back to Indianapolis to bring her home with them. Mrs. A_ W. Emerson came home from. Marion last Thursday for a few days stay. Her mother’s condition remains about the same. Mr. and Mrs. Vern McDermott have rented one of Eliwood George’s cottages, located next to the one where George lives, and will spend the winter at the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hogan came fr»m Chicago last Thursday to do some repair work on their cottage and install a bathroom there. They are staying with Mr. and Mrs; Roy Brown while at the lake. Other guests of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Sunday, were Mr. and Mrs. . Will Mallon. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Menzenbeiger have returned to their lake home. ' Mr. and Mrs. Alva Kindle of Goshen spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Mock. Mr. and Mrs. E. R.. Ingalls came from Fort Wayne to spend Saturday at theis cottage. Dwight Mock is having additions built to his two cottages near Waco. Mr. and Mrs. Esmann from Detroit Mich.; relatives of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Owens of Jacksonville, Tex. who are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Owens, spent Sunday with the party oh Kale Island. CHANGES ELECTION DAY There will be three party tickets on the ballot this election. Parties represented will be Republican, Democrat arid Socialist. The only nominee on the Socialist ticket will be Robert L. McGinley, nominee for Congress from the second district. He resides at Hebron in Porter county. As Indiana’s absent voters law was repealed several years ago, voters, unless they go to the polls Nov. 8 cannot cast ballots. Another change is made on the ballots this year. As the present Democrat secretary of state received the most votes last election, the Demo cratic ticket will be listed first on the ballot this year, instead of the Republican as in former years. — Q COAL FLOWERS NEXT? Mrs. Walter Kegg is going to have a crop of flowers out of three lumps of coal. She said Mrs. Lowell Pefley heard of the experiment on the radio and had tried it and was successful, so Mrs. Kegg is trying it. The coal is placed in a dish of water, mercurochrome, salt and vinegar are added and in a few days time a green fernlike growth appears on the coal, and according to the radio, will grow into vines. RESIGNS POSITION L. Burris of Goshen resigned his position of judge in the Elkhart county court last Thursday.

| DO YOU REMEMBER— I __i 20 Years Ago. When the contract for carrying mail between the railroad station and the postoffice was awarded to Clell Medlam, whose bid of 5350 was. accepted by postoffice authorities? * ♦ « 15 Years Ago When the cement plant was forced to close on account of a coal shortage? • » » 10 Ago When fire was discovered at the W. M. Wilt factory before daylight and was put out by the local fire department? Five Years Ago. When Marion Bushong had a pear tree in bloom, caused by the beautiful October weather? 0 MILFORD JUNCTION FEED MILL BURNS Another of those fires of unknown origin which have been frequent the past few months occurred Monday night and destroyed the Farmers' Grain, and Feed mill, owned and operated by* Frank Beer at Milford Junction. . The entire structure was ablaze when the fire was discovered and firemen and others were unable to save the structure which was wood covered with sheet iron. It was three stories in height. In addition to the loss of the building, expensive machinery including a 50, horse power motor, a big grinder and a pancake mill were destroyed, as well as some grain. The residence of Francis Taylor nearby was threatened but was covered with water so as to prevent serious damage. , FATHERS AND SONS HAVE BANQUET More than 100 men and boys attended the Fathers and Sons banquet Tuesday evening in the Church oY the Brethren. The sudden change in the weather kept many away from the service but those who attended enjoyed a good program and what they termed a “wonderful supper.” Among those present were: Judge Royse, Sheriff Person, Grant Willis of Leesburg, Arnold Schuler, and many other prominent men. from out of town. Short talks were given by each of the visitors, also Seth Rowdabaugh, A. L. Miller, Ross Osborn Rev Lee Cory and Leonard Barnhart. Guy Tomlinson of Middlebury gave a reading. Rev. Galen Bowman of Middlebury was speaker of the evening. Songs and. stunts were enjoyed arid the music was furnished by church orchestra. ■ o—- —— ROUND TABLE MEETS Eighteen members attended the meeting of the Ladies of the Round Table at the home of Mrs. R. G. Foust, Monday evening. Papers on the A. B. C. countries of South America were by Mrs. Grace Darr, Mrs. Leone Pletcher and Mrs. Hattie Bowersbx. A review of the book "The Two Thieves,” by Manuel Kromroff was given by Mrs. Edna Hess. A biography of Joyce Kilmer and his poem “Trees” was given by Mrs. C. R. Hollett. The next meeting of the club will be at the home of Mrs. Ada Crow in two weeks. HOLD RECEPTION A reception in honor of her mother, Mrs. Jacob Atz of Goshen, and of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Sam Burgener of Donaldson as well as the meeting of the W ednesday Afternoon Club was held at the home of Mrs. L. A. Seider yesterday afternoon. Among other guests were members of the Ladies Aid committee to which Mrs. Seider belongs. About 50 guests attended the party. “Manchuria, The Coveted Land” was the topic of Mrs. C. R- Hoy s paper for club study of the afternoon. Then Mrs. Walter Ballard reviewed "The Good Earth” by Pearl Buck. Following the regular program tea was served by the hostess. —* 0— ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE Mrs. Isabel Grieger entertained the Syracuse Bridge Club at her home Wednesday of last week. Prize for high score was won by Mrs. L. A. Seider, and guest prize was won by Mrs. Schuman .of South Bend. Mrs. Richard Reif and two children from Chicago are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Stone, this week. Mrs. Carl Swanson, who planned to come from Detroit last week was unable to do so, but expected to come home for a visit the later part of this week.

4 ARRESTED BY SHERIFF FOR THEFTS Confession of One Involves Three Others Os Theft. Sheriff Harley D* Person obtained confessions from the suspects held in the jail in Warsaw, mid late; Wednesday afternoon in court, Charles , Harris plead guilty to second degree burglary and was sentenced to from three to 10 years in the prison at Michigan City. i Ray Swank, charged with stealing chickens fron) the farm of Dwight Dotyi plead guilty anil was sentenced to 60 days at the penal fartjt. Mrs. William Ray plead guilty to petit larceny, stealing gas from Lloyd Disher. She received I a suspended sentence of from one to 5 years in the women's prison.) . These three confessed to bjreaktng. into the New Paris Eleyajtor and tealing ground feed. They a|lso con- ■ essed to breaking into the Anderson cottage on Lake Wawasee. land to -tealing chickens east of New Paris. An attempted robbery interrupted in North Webster Monday night about 11:30 o’clock resulted in four arrests here in Syracuse, Monday night at C. M. Robbins’ tilling station at North Webster a ar drove up and the occupants filled ihe radiator with water. Robbins said they seemed to be looking the place over, so when they) left he locked it up and with his shotgun, hid, at the rear. They returned he said, tlie woman driving. The then got out and .were attempting to break in the door when he came around the station with his gun and frightened them away.. He got the license number of the car, he said. j He telephoned this number to 1 Syracuse, and to the sherijl'. Sheriff ) Person phoned Goshen and officers there looked up the license number and found it had been issued for the ckr owned by Charles/ Harris of Syracuse. ■ Robbins, owner of the lilling statiori, and the night watynnian from Webster, drove to Syracuse where they aroused the night watchman Here and other men who) happened to be on the Streets.at that time. They found the car stahdi|ng near, . the Syracuse Manufacturing Co., Mrs. Eureka Ray was seated in it. Just about that time the car of >' Sheriff Person drove in from Warsaw. Two men came from behind the building, they were Charles Harris and Ra“y "Weiner” Swink - . These men were arrested and ) with Mrs. Ray were taken to . Wajsaw inhere they were held for investigation? On Tuesday Lloyd Disber discovered what he says must have been their business at the. time of the arrest. One of his trucks staltioned near the feed mill had a hose lleading from its gasoline tank to a five) gallon can. Whoever put it there must have been interrupted as [‘the evidence” was there when DisheiJ went to work Tuesday. On Tuesday afternoon the sheriff and other officers came back to Syracuse where they made another arrest. They took Jamee Ray, aged 16, with them, and they took him to the jail in Plymouth wtyere he could not communicate with the others. And here the sheriff-obtained a confession from the boy, he said. According to the confession, the boy said that that group stole chic - ens on the night of Oct. 11 from » farm about 2?2 miles ehst and north of New Paris. Two weeks later they stole chickens from Dwight Doty who lives between Leesburg and )Milford, the confession said. The officers are holding a number of.chickens as evi- • dence. The confession goes on to include the theft of guns and fishing tackle from the cottage of Ehri Menzenberger; 30 „ gallons of gasoline from Stephen Freeman on Saturday night. Other robberies are, being, investigated to see if these c|ou4d have been performed by other ijiembers of the gang, at a time U*hen the boy was not along, the sheriff says. — , o _ —. , LEWALLEN ON DUTY. ■ " ■ 4 ; ■ • s. ■ Harry E. Lewallen, county superintendent of schools, who has been ill the past several weeks with typhoid fever, is again on duty. The condition of Mrs. Lewallen, who was also ill with typhoid, is showing continued improvement. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Strieby hav« moved from their former home to the flat above their radio shop.

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