The Syracuse Journal, Volume 25, Number 47, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 March 1933 — Page 1

by Arthur Brisbane BEER EARLY IN APRIL FARMERS FIGHT WISE CONSTRUCTION PLAN THE POPE PREDICTS WAR j

Beer early in April, real beer, in casks, bottles, in steins and in “flats” is the news. Hotels, after years and years of; oasis sadness, are buying glasses and more jugs and mugs .of a certain kind. Hopeful young gentlemen are speculating in the stock of concerns that make beer bottles, and Uncle Sam expects to get 8150,000,000 a year in the way of taxes. Wine containing 3.05 of alcohol is also made legal, but there is no such wine. You cannot buy or drink what does not exist. Wine growers might make natural wine, as nature creates it when you squeeze juice from grapes and let it ferment, then extract twothirds or three-quarters of the alcohol. But that would not be real wine. You read the President’s plan for farm relief, and form your opinion concerning it; it is difficult to help that which is not organized for pro- j duction, distribution or self-defense. You see farmers fighting each other. in a milk war, one farmer spilling on the ground the milk that belongs': to another farmer. You don’t see j -bankers engaged in a money war, spilling each other's money on the ground. The President is reported to have , said frankly, that he cannot guaran-■ tee his bill or its results, but at least he will try. President Roosevelt intends to make; part of his “program for public works construction” the most important public works, namely, machinery to protect the United States. The program will include “Building up the naval air service" and the United State* navy, which hrs been drifting, to decay. Work on airships and submarines that the country needs, with fast . cruisers of the “pocket battleship” type, interests the President because national defense corfies before any thing else, and because in such cimd struction 85 per cent of all funds spent goes directly to labor. In Vatican City, Pope Pius secs a| new war threatening civilizat < n, ‘ a war on human society, on religion and on God himself. Addiesaing the co.nsislnry of cardinals, the pope painted a gloomy picture of the “critical international situation," predicting disaster, “moral, intellectual and spiritual, inevitably for nations wherever the church is combated." __ • -This appears to refer particularly to Spain, Mexico, Russia and Germany. In the 1 at country, Hitler,' himself a professing Catholic. has oppressed Catholic societies and newspapers and overthrown completely the ’’Centrist party, through which Catholics had practical control of the reichstag. In Spain, the new republic deprives the Catholic church of all share in the education of children and is at work building a gigantic new “uni-] veisity city." . — I The League of Nations, with Ram-; say MacDonald leading, criticizes Mr. Hitler’s new defiant Germany without exactly contradicting Ger-; ft , many’s .statement that unless Ger-; many is treated fairly the world is: headed for destruction, like the swine that went fiver the cliff. MacDonald worries because he can j see no way to keep conune'rcial orj “civil” airships from sudden conver- ‘ sion to war purposes. There is no I way of course. Any airship can drop; bombs that will explode and poison > gas that will make life in a c ity tin- 1 possible. President Roosevelt selects Jesse I. Straus of New York a* ambassador to Paris. No better man could be chosen. ’ The French will meet, in Mr. Straus, an American business man . who understands this country and its opportunities, and one, for a change, who does not go abroad to tell other countries how much greater they are than the United States. They will meet in Mr. Straus one who understands distribution, which is the greatest problem of the day. * Mr. Straus is one of three sons of the late Isador and Ida Straus, who lust their lives on the Titanic; a nephew of Oscar Straus, who was United States ambassador to Turkey and a member of the" cabinet of Theodore Roosevelt. What is the matter with young Britishers? Following the bad example of the Oxford Union and the University of Manchester, students of the Glasgow university, by a vote of 634 to 568, decided not to fight for Britain or King George. This fish story you will believe, therefore it is printed. At Fort Myers, Fla., Dean Mitchell, fishing with his wife, with hook and line, caught a tarpon six inches long, weighing on* ounce, smallest on record. In spite of its size, it fought for freedom, jumping out of the water six times as it was dragged to its doom.

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LICENSETO SELL BEER IS COSTLY Will Cost Hundreds of Dollars In Indiana. Now that beer with 3.2 per cent . alcohol content has become a federal law, superseding the Volstead act which named the amount of alcohol permitted by the 18th amendment, many persons are figuring on selling beer around the lake this summer. They may change their minds when they read the entire liquor law, passed by the Indiana legislature, and ■ learn the amount of the license fee. Following are excerpts copied directly from the law just passed: I “In the case of a restaurant, ho tel dining room, or boat, the sum of S3OO, where such restaurant hotel 'dining room, or boat, has accommodations for the service of any numj ber of guestsr not in excess of 50; and the additional sum'of SIOO for 'each group of 50 guests in excess of 'IOO accommodations. Where such restaurant, hotel dining room or boat have accommodations in number in excess of even multiples of 50, they shall be required to pay a license fee as though such excess accommodations were exactly 50 in number. “In the case of a club, SIOO for the first 500 members or fraction thereof, residing in the State of Indiana, and 10 cents for each new or additional member; when the club registers a new or additional member it shall be required to deposit the said sum of 25 cents for each such new or additional member before the said club can furnish StrCh new or additional member of any alcoholic beverages.

“The word “hotel,” whenever used in this act, shall be construed to mean any establishment provided with special spade and accommodations where In consideration of pay- ( Continued on Last Page) HACKDRIVERSMAY NOT COVER ROUTES In normal times school teachers and hack drivers in Turkey Creek township would have drawn their pay for the proceeding four weeks tomorrow. On this Friday the school employees might receive checks from the township trustee, but where to get the checks ceshed or receive , some money on them will make the [school employees realixe that these : days are far front normal. Five per cent of .the township funds, which are deposited in the State Bank of Syracuse, have been withdrawn since the bank opened last week. The bank is operating as a class “B" bank and the restrictions placed on a bank of this class by the state banking commission allows only five per cent of old accounts, no matter what their nature may be, to be withdrawn. | As the matter now stands the township quota allowed by the bank has been dithdrawn. The township has the money in the bank and the bank is so restricted that it cannot honor the checks until a new deposit is created by the township, which event can only take place after the June tax distribution. The same condition of affairs applies to the funds of the town of Syracuse, iSo far, no arrangements have been made by either the bank or the trustee for allowing even a percent of the checks, if they are issued, to be I P* id - The school hack drivers have become'alarmed as a result. They say II that their credit with filling stations for gasoline will be stopped by some stations at the end of this week, con- > sequently they will not be able to i bring the children residing on their i routes to school after tomorrow. The situation, however, is not as r bad as some of the hack drivers have made out. The local filling stations will extend credit to the drivers after this week, with the possible excep- - tion of the GafiU station. The manag- • er of this station must obtain perf mission from his company to grant t more credit. The other stations will ■ extend credit as long as they are able which will be as long as they have , sufficient money to huy gasoline which is purchased by them for spot - cash. t In regards to school teachers, they I will have to find credit wherever t they can. t However there is always the possif bility that the bank will soon be I I changed from class “B” bank to a | class “A” bank. *

PASTOR IS CHOSEN FOR BACCALAUREATE SERVICE, APRIL 23 .— __ ' ■ The Class of 1933 has chosen Rfiv.l John Pettit to deliver the baccalaureate.sermon in the High School auditorium, Sunday evening, April 23. There has been some discussion each year as to who should preach the sermon to the graduating class* as to which pastor’s turn it was. So this year the class was permitted t> vote upon which pastor they wished to have deliver the address. After this year the pastors will take turns in alphabetical order of the names of the churches, commencing ' this year with “L” for Lutheran. Other ministers are being invited to have part in the services. Rev. Jarboe has been asked to lead in prayer; Rev. Shroyer to read the scripture; Rev. Reidenbach to pronounce the benediction. Rev. Foust and Rev. Armstrong are being asked to *lead the prayer and pronounce the benediction at the Commencement exercises. o MRS. HOLLOWAY WAS BURIED SATURDAY 111 for several months, Mrs, Ellen Holloway, who would have been 85 years old Apn. 1, died at her hoine Thursday evening. Funerr.l servicesfor her were held Saturday afternoon at her home with Rev. R. G. Fd'.is, i officiating. Burial was in the Syracuse cemetery. Barbara Ellen Holloway, daughter of Evan and Catherine Miles, was born April 1, 1848, in Montgomery county, Ohio. When she was three years old, she moved with her parents to Syracuse, where she resided until she departed this life on the sixteenth day of March, 1933. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin Forest Holloway; two infant children; three brothers, ' Preston, Perry and John; and three' sisters, Rebecca, Mary and Gather- 1 ine. ■ . . . ' , Surviving are one son, Eugene Holloway' of Syracuse; a daughter, * Mrs. A. O. Haney of Tampa, Fla.: I .two sisters, Mrs. Jane Bachman of • Syracuse and Mrs. Alice Felkner of: Milford; one brother, Douglas Miles of Milford; and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. j Nephews of the deceased were pall- • bearers. These are: William Kindig, . C. C. Bachman, Roy Miles, Sheridan Bachman, Lloyd and Chester Felkner. , o - J. P. DOLAN’S 84th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED AT CHURCH PARTY The Brotherhood of the Methodist church had a party-in honor of J. P. Dolan’s 84th . birthday, Monday evening. An oyster supper was served. Mr. Dolan received a number of greetings and remembrances, during the day, among these being a big birthday cake, baked for him by Mrs. Carl Rdwdabaugh. Among the table decorations at the Brotherhood’s party was-a large frosted cake baked by Mrs. Elnora Colwell. W. T. Colwell was toastmaster at the dinner, and. Rev. Armstrong extended the greetings of the organiza-, tion to Mr. Dolan. Mr. Dolan recited Helen Hunt Jackson’s poem: “Not as I Will.” Individual responses were made by several of the Brotherhood. These were cordial, happy expressions of good will and affection for the one who had been formerly teacher of most of the group. Mr. Dolan is truly grateful for the kind thought of the group and the way the thought was manifested. He said the group remembering his birthday in this way made him particularly happy because be has no immediate relatives now living here, and because the members of the group for the most part were former pupils of his. . _—. — —. . FINAL, LAST DAY FOR OLD PLATES—NEW DRIVERS LICENSES EXTENDED INDIANAPOLIS? Ind. — Indiana motorists may use 1932 license plates at least until April 1. Governor Paul V. McNutt granted a third extension of grace after a conference with William Storen, state treasurer, and Frank Finney, head of the license department. * A deadline for the new 50 cent annual driver’s license was extended indefinitely, Friday, by Frank Finney. He said that printing the licenses will not be completed by April 1, the original deadline. — Mr* and Mrs. Jerry Hamman called on Edonna Koi berg, Sunday. Her condition is about the same.

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY. MARCH 23, 1933

I CURRENT EVENTS 5 March 15. The President’s economy bill was passed by the U. S. Senate. The Senate added five amendments to the bill.for the protection of veterans. The’bill was sent to the House for concurrence to the amendments. March 16. The U- S. House passed the economy bill as 'amended by the Senate. The biH went to the President for signature. An estimate of savings effected by the bill in the affairs of veterans follow: 1 1. Elimination of nonservice ’ connected disability allowances to world war veterans, $201,652,Qp0 2. Reduction of Spanish-Amer-ican war pensions, $95,000,000. 3. Establishment of new uni- | form schedules for disability payments, $40,000,000. 4. Limitations on retroactive payments, $25,000,000. 5. Miscellaneous, $22,000,000. In addition to the estimated 350 million dollar saving in veteran’s costs, 100 million dollars is expected to be realized ihrough the cuts in governmental salaries. The U. S. Senate passed the beer i bill 43 to 30. The approved by | the Senate was 3.05 per cent of alcoholic content by weight instead of 3.2 percent by weight as passed by the house. Light wines of the same alcoholic contents were added to the bill* The bill was sent to the House for concurrence. President Roosevelt asked Congress . to grant him autocratic authority to control the production, processing, and marketing of ? agriculture products for the purpose of restoring ‘ the pre-war purchasing power of the farmer. Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain submitted to the world disarmament conference, sitting at Geneva, a new scheme for a disarmament treaty which would involve reductions in the armies of .France and other armed powers and permit 1 Germany and her allies to increase their military forces. i.■ - : j Wheat, cotton and corn reached ; I the maximum price set on grain by i the Chicago Board ,of Trade Within s» few minutes the exchange { opened after being closed on account 1 of the bank holiday. May wheat’ was pegged at 53 and seven eights. Federal Reserve Banks gained 327 million dollars in gold in one week. i Monetary gold stocks were „$4,251,j 000,001) on March 15. $3,301,000 of j the new federal reserve bank notes i were issued, the entire amount having been put out by the New York Federal Reserve bank. Clarence A. Jackson of New Castle was appointed as director of the state income and sales tax department by Goy. McNutt. March 17. The U. S. House rejected the senate amendments to the beer bill and called for a conference adjust differences between the two houses. The senate amendment reducing the alcoholic contents of beer from 3.5 per cent by weight to 3.02 per cent furnished the main obstacle. The house also objected to two other amendments, one forbidding sales of beer to persons under 16 years of age and the other adding wine to the bill. Gov. McNutt decided that Indiana’s Liquor law violators, serving sentences for infractions of the state prohibition law, which was repealed, must serve their terms. Previously McNutt had said that the violators Would be freed, but changed his mind after consulting with the attorney general. The only ones to be granted a parole will be those convicted of possession. March 18. A motion was introduced in the Chamber of Deputies of 1 France demanding that France pay 1 the the December debt installment due the United States. The Peruvian delegate to the Leag- ■ ue of Nations walked out of the meeting of th* league council, after the council adopted a report assigning the territory of Leticia to Columbia. The league council’s action was regarded in diplomatic circles as * a nullification of the principles of th* Monro* doctrine. Th* league’s 1 action will probably mean a definite ! declaration of war between Peru and 1 Columbia. I • _ ’ /' • « > The special committee of the I privy council unanimously voted to s approve Japan’s withdrawal from the League of Nations. 6 March 19. After a conference in Rome between Prime Minister Maci Donald of Great Britain, and his ( foreign secretary, Sir John Simon, and Premier Mussolini of Itlay, Mussolini announced that they discussed -a plan, put forward by the head of !• the Italian government, with the ob(Continued oo Last Page}

MACY IN RADIO CONTEST WHICH ENDED THIS WEEK Sunday night at six o’clock the sth Interna!ional Radio,j Relay competition for amateur wireless operators sponsored by the American Relay League ended. M. W.] Macy, of the Wawasee Slip, one of the amateur wireless operators who entered, the contest this year and ivinner of first place in America and Canada two years ago in a similar! competition, had a total of 7,124 points this year as against 4,402 points which won the contest for him two years ago. Points in the competition are based on the number of stations worked and where they are located. During the period |of competition, nine days in duration* Macy worked, or made contact with approximately 108 stations in 27 countries located on five continents. Forty of these stations were in Oceana; one in the riiidole of Asiatic Russia. This was furthest away from W9UM, Macy’s station. The highest world score, 11,500 points was made by a British station two years ago. There was no contest last year. This year the station of Macy’s friend, Carlos Cordovez, situated in Rio Barriba, Ecuador, has a score of 15,900. This station was operated during the contest by Senonta Judith Leon.’-a cousin of Cordovez. According to Macy, amateur Wireless operators in the United States or Canada have ho chance to win first place in the world contest due to the great number of amateur stations on the North American continent which cause interference and because all that a foreign station has to do to obtain p good score is to work stations in the United States and Canada, whiph is comparatively easy. Stations in the United States and Canada must work those in other continents, and these are fewer in number.

GRANDFATHER MEETS iTRAIN IN ROWBOAT Last Wednesd’-y night, Howard McSweeney left for Marietta, 0., where his grandmother, Mrs. James Muncie,- is seriously ill, having* suffered a stroke. i On the way to this flooded country along the Ohio River, the train was derailed near Shelby Junction, 0., according to McSweeney. He said no one was hurt. • His grandfather met him at the station in Marietta, in a rowboat, and they rowed down the street, to his grandparents’ home. The main streets of the. town were flooded, McSw'eeney sajid, and the river, 41 feet in depth had flooded the interior of stores to a depth of four feet. McSweeney said the water surrounded his grandparents’ home, but had not. come' into the house. Roads all around were blocked by high water, he said, and conditions in Marietta weren’t as bad as in Cincinnati. ADMINISTRATRIX REMOVED The petitioh of Russel A. Warner heir, in the estate of Anretta Warner, to remove Anna Sinning as adr ministratrix,; was Sustained by the Elkhart comity court, Monday, and the administratrix was removed and her letters revoked. George L. Xanders represented the petitioner. The Kosciusko County circuit court has appointed Pearl Cooper administratrix. <

LETTERS SENT RELATIVES HERE DESCRIBE CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE

The following letter was sent to Rev. A. J. Armstrong by his brother, who experienced the recent earthquake in California. 5918 Lewis, Long Beach, Cal., March 12, 1933. Dear Arthur and Frances: Well, first, to tell you abopt the earthquake. You likely have read all about it but now we will attempt to tell you the family part of it. I worked Friday at the store. Maree and the folks were, out here at Lewis getting it ready to move into. The store closes at 5:30 and so they came down to get me. I left the store at about ten minutes to six, driving out to 7th street and thence home on 7th street. While we were still in the business part of town the quake hit and boy it hit plenty hard. I was just pulling up for a boulevard stop and was in the center of the street when the car seemed to be doing things all by itself. There was. 1 an awful' rumble like muffled thunder. Mother said, “What was that, an i accident?” I said, “No, it’s an earth-

| DO YOU | REMEMBER— | i k 2(1 Years Ago. When announcement was made of the marriage of Carrie Stiieby and Henry O. Carlson? 15 Years Ago When Harlevy Brady enlisted? B * 5 0 Years Ago When the Woman's Benefit Association held a farewell‘ reciption for Mrs. John McCloughan, who moved to Goshen? 5 Years Ago. When the damage suit of Nick Sabatinelli and others vs the B. & O ’ Raiilroad, resulting from the fire in the old cement plaiit, was called sot trial?

|QN LAKE WAWASEE: The only thing stirring around Like Wawasee, Monday, wr.s tl*e ducks, and not many of those. The weathei was cold, and Wet. A dinner parly at The Tavern Sunday evening celebrated the 12th anniversary of Matty Katzer’s pu-rchase of the hotel. Twenty guests attended In. addition to Syracuse friends, Mrs. Johnson and Miss Quick, Mr. McCready and Mr. Hendry of Indiana-I polis attended. At this time an-] nouncement was made that Mrs. Quick and Mr. Hendry will be married On Easter. Mrs. Quick has spent several summers recently with Mrs. Johnson at the Johnson hotel. Mr. and Mrs. G. F.) Wtirren of Indianapolis were Wawasee visitors, Friday, « inspecting improvements being made on their lake home. Mr. and Mrs. George Wandel of Kale Island spent Sunday with Dr. ; and Mrs. Peppl* of Avilla. Charles Miller of Anderson entertained a party of*friends at his cottage on Lakeview Feint,, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Fishack -and Mrs. Grace Ulds of Fort Wayne were lake visitors, Satuiday. Mr and Mrs. Roland Crowe entertained relatives from Fort Wayne, at dinner, Sunday. Mrs. C. M. Vawter, Mrs. Will Veltman and daughter Barbara are visiting Mrs. Molly Dunning in Chicago, this week. R. B. Tuttle is having the basement of his cottage enlarged, Mr. and Mrs. Will Mallon spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown. William Graham of Bloomington entertained six fishermen at his cottage over the week end. The U. D. T. S. club met at the home of Mrs. H. L. Bird, Friday. Members attending were Mesdames: Felty, Landefeld, Emerson, Martin, Dickerson, Gray, Warner; and Miss Vorhees. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson of Elkhart were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bird last- Wednesday. . Mrs. K. C. Hutchings of Muncie; Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Bird of Blontsville were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Bird. Mr. Bird has been suffering with “shingles” for more than two months, and his nerves have gotten into such a con(Continued on Last Page)

quake.” About that time the side of the drug store to our right started to come down, just like it had been pushed out. Someone yelled, “live wire” and by that time I had the car stopped and got out thinking maybe it was exposed and near the car. There was no wire down and so I got back into the car and started for the old residence. We found Jeanette still in the house and Johnnie down stairs. Both youngsters had been in the house when the big shake came and she had started for the door but was knocked down. She then crawled on hands and knees into the hall and stayed there until we came. (There was quite a shake just now). We were glad that we were all safe. The house that we lived in is very unsafe now. The quake worked in a northerly direction and many of the buildings look as though they had been pushed ]in that direction and pushed hard. Some of theni also look as though they had been' hit on top and just flattened down. The neighborhood (pontinued on page 2)

ROWDABAUGH BEING SUED FOR $12,000 I ■ Leckrone Charges Him With “Malicious” Prosecution.” Tuesday morning, Asa Leckione, ’.Vaisaw attorney, filed a complaint for malicious prosecution against Seth E. Rov dabaugh, prosecuting attorney of KosciuskJ county. In the complaint he asked $12,000 damages. On Monday, of the 22 criminal cases dismissed in circuit court, by Judge Vanderveer on the motion of the prosecuting attorney were two ! rand jury indictments against Asa Leckrone. In these he had been accused of influencing and obstructing ■witnesses. A third indictment was against Fred Me,Kinley of Mentone, charged with incest. Leckrone re- - presented McKinley in this case. With the-charges against him among those dropped to clear the docket, Leckrone filed his complaint He accuses Rowdabaugh of premeditated malice, claiming as prqsecutr ihg attorney he secured the indictments of the grand jury. Leckrone was accused in the grand jury indictments, of influencing Chai les McKinley and. Emma Me Kinley, children of Fred McKinley of Mentone, to refuse to testify against their father on December 7, .1932 when McKinley wes to be tried of incest. Rowdabaugh assisted Bowser, then prosecuting attorney* in prosecuting the case, in Justice Leas’s court. When they refused to testify, the justice dismissed the case. Due to public opinion in the southern part of the county, Rowdabaugh then in the office of prosecuting attorney, brought the facts before the grand jury. They returned the indictments against McKinley and Leckrone. Text of Leckront Complains. The complaint filed by Leckrone against Rowdabaugh in which a judgment 0f512,000 damages is asked, i reads in part as follows: r “The plaintiff says that on January 1 12, 1933, during the December term I of the Kosciusko circuit court, while i the grand jury of the county was in (Session, this defendant as prosecuting attorney, unlawfully and wilfulI ly, and with premediatated malice, „ land by fouT and unfair means, by scowling at, yelling at, and threatening imprisonment to, and by other means not knowft to the plaintiff, questioned Charles McKinley.” Leckrone claims that Rowdabaugh knew that Charles. McKinley was “a. boy of subnormal mental develop- . inent and an habitual prevaricator,” . and that the prosecutor succeeded in? getting young McKinley in a very nervous state of mind which resulted in his signing “ a prepared statement, the contents and purport of which the boy did not then know and does not now know, that there was no testimony from any other witnesses or witness on and concerning said alleged crime.” In the petition there follows a copy of the grand jury indictment in which Le.ckrone was accused of influencing the testimony of Charles McKinley. Forced to Provide Bail. Leckrone then tells of having to give bail to procure immunity from jail. The complaint says that the defendant procured the indictriient against the plaintiff for no other cause than malice. That as a result of the indictment being found and filed and his arrest thereunder being made, the newspapers of Kosciusko (Continued on Last Page)

DIES AT HOME OF HER HALF-BROTHER Jennie I. Isbell, aged ■ 64, died Monday morning at the home of her half-brother, James Isbell. She had come to Syracuse about seven weeks ago, to make her home with him. She had lived in Fort Wayne the past 45 years. About six weeks ago she became ill and heart trouble caused, her death. In addition - to James Isbell, another half brother, William, of Whiting, survive; and one full brother Frank, of Muncie. Miss Isbell was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Isbell and was born in Avilla, Ind. Fqneral Services were held in Fort Wayne, yesterday afternoon and she was buried there. She was a member of the Evangelical church.

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