The Syracuse Journal, Volume 26, Number 27, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 26 October 1933 — Page 1

If Arthur Brisbane TO DISCOURAGE KIDNPAERS THE COUNTRY IS RICH GERMANY'S BIG PLAN FRANCE HAS THE ANSWER Resident Roosevelt and his Depart* men of Justice deserve thanks for their energy in discouraging kidnaping. Sending eight or nine kidnapers to jail for life is effective discouragement. . Now the President orders an intensive- investigation to be made of the Lindbergh kidnaping. Kidnapers, present and to come, would be influenced, beneficially, by conviction of the Lindbergh case criminals even at this late date. Ari able police official of Chicago, who worked on the horrible LoebLeopold murder, believes that Col. Lindbergh's child was abducted and murdered by one or .more depraved students, as a “stunt crime.” Mr. Capone told this writer, who visited him in the Chicago prison, "The Lindbergh baby was not abducted, by any regular mob. They wouldn’t be so foolish. That was the work of some crazy fool working by himself." Plenty of money is here, apparently. And, apparently, those that possess it mean to keep it hidden where it will be safe and not too active. Pres. Roosevelt offered five hundred millions in bonds and is offered nearly two thousand, million dollars. Already more than twenty thousand million are locked up in government bonds. With our dollar, off the gold basis worth whatever Europe chooses to pay, with that same dollar scarcer than it used to 'be, and all the note shavers and others that deal in money telling the President "you must not inflate,” something unpleasant may happen. Germany demands from the League of Nations the right, in spite of the Versailles treaty, to spend, in gold, ' for new armaments, the con-ide able sum of one billion, two hundred and thirteen million dollars in the next tight years. German intelligence is shown in the fact that expenditures would include three hundred military airplanes and three hundred fighting tanks. Where will the money be found? Nations c. n always get money for war. War talk continues, but leas vrolent, and the poor old dollar drops . a little. If there-to to be war, the dollar will be more valuable, for it would buy anything here that foolish fighters might need. If there is to be no war, the dollar, floating in midair, neither gold nor paper-, would be leas valuableAil Europe feels uncertain, the moat definite statement coming, as usual, from the French, who through their prime minister, Daladier, say to Germany: “France will give an example of j calmness and coolness. The more so i because she knows that she is able to defend her territory and her liberty.” Civilisation to spreading. Students at the co-educational University of Minnesota report that “one in every twenty of the girl students paints her toe-nails. ” Farther east, the number of toe-nail painters to considerably greater. Many wear stockings and shoes that reveal the painted toenails, . for it is useless to paint your toenails if nobody sees them. Two men died recently after drinking bad whisky, made of poisonous alcohol. The end of prohibition will notend such whisky, for heavy taxes undoubtedly will continue the possibilities of bootleg profit. Whatever you drink, beer, wine or the stronger drinks, be sure to •elect a respectable label for' your protection. Names of well-known respectable brewers, wine growers and distillers will give you protection if you insist on having them. Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson is having an interesting time in Boston •aving souls. Imagine her delight when her fervid eloquence caused Jessie Costello, recently acquitted of murdering her husband, to “hit the sawdust trail,” and kneel while Sister McPherson prayed for her. It seems a pity that Mr. Soetello could not be present. But he probably knows about it. Joe Crawford of Morehead,. Ky., past his hundredth year, decided it was about time to die, and started digging his grave. He never finished digging. When he failed to return to his work, neighbors found his body, finished the digging and buried him. There to no fine monument, and there will be nothing in histories, encyclopedias, or the "lives of great mon,” about him. Jut Joe Crawford lived his hundred yours, did hto share of the world's work as it came, to him, obeyed the law, behaved Utanaeif, helped his neighbors, injured nobody. In the Angel Gabriel’s book, his name to perhaps written as large as the name of Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini or even Christopher Columbus or Genghis Khan. Mbs Perkins, secretary of labor, (Coutiaiied on Last Page) <

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EMPLOY MEN ON HIGHWAYS IN COUNTY Attempt Made to Give’ Work to Men Who Are in Need. I Twenty , er 25 men from Syracuse and Turkey Creek township have received work on the roads near Warsaw,, according to J. J. Lanta, who is in charge of the work. ' Funds for the work which has been done this past month were supI plied for this county by the federal government and was money from gasoline tax paid the federal govj ernment. Work has been done near Warsaw on U. S. 30 and “feeder" roads such as 15 leading to it. About SIB,OOO is to be spent in this county. So far some 600 men have been employed, and Mr. Lantz says there to a waiting list of about 160. i An attempt was made first to employ men who had obtained relief, from county poor funds, and then 1 others who applied for help were given work. } Mr. Lantz said in many cases he knows men have lied in order to get the $2.40 a day for five days a; week, every other week, but that it i has been Impossible to check up on I ’everyone. I Mr.' Lantz is county chairman of I the Red Cross and when the funds were sent to the state by the federal j government he was appointed by .James I). Adams, chairman of the 1 state highway commission to see to j the employing of men in this county. Old and young are employed, and 1 .work being done is simply work on the berms on the sides of the roads “feeding" U. S. 80, . and on 30 ••lfMr. Lantz does not believe work will continue much longer as funds 1 are rapidly dwindling. He said he and Lucas, chief of police of Warsaw who is assisting ! him in* putting men to work on the roads are receiving much criticism for employing single men, men without families, etc. . But he said they are doing the best they can without any funds. All their service is donated--and it envolves much I bookkeeping Mr. Lantz said. It to i impossible to investigate every man who asks for employment. He said some complaints were that i some men .working on the roads were farmers who were making money that way now that crops are harvested; that some men lied in saying they had families to support in order to obtain employment; that complaints have come to him that some of the men when paid have spent the money in pool rooms and in attending the fair, instead of buying groceries, supporting families or | paying taxes. Others complain they | need the work as their families are in want, but they are put on the i waiting list. So now anyone to be employed must first be sent there by the trustee of his township, Mr. Lanta said. ■ He said he would appreciate know-' ing of any unworthy cases, of men working on the roads, having said they were needy, when they are just working there to make money. I Work has been given certain i groups one week, who are the next • week laid off. How long this work will continue is indefinite, but may . not last long, according to Mr. Lanta

HUNTERS HOME FROM THE HILLSAND DALES, WITH DOGS AND GAME

After talking and making plans for several weeks, Fred Hoopingarner, Roscoe Howard, Earl Menxenberger and Harry Porter made a trip to the northern portion of the lower penin* aula of Michigan thia past week, with the idea of returning home with 40 partridges- or ruffled grouse, the legal bag limit for the season for four men. After hunting for three days they were satisfied to return home with 18 birds which they finally obtained (by shot, and by gift from residents of the locality in which they hunt* ed.) Hoopingarner and Howard get away first, leaving last Thursday morning, taking most of the baggage, all the guns and one dog. Duo to business, Menaenberger and the editor did not get away until 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Their conveyance was Menxenberger’s four wheeled glass encased booth made In the early 20's by the Buick Co., and bought by Mensenberger as his banting car.

FIREPLACE CAUSES FIRE ON WAWASEE Ignite Wood Nearby; Waken Family Early Sunday Morning; Other UstM Reported. Sunday morning about 4 o’clock Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Kitch of Fort Wayne and four guests were awakened by fire at their summer home .on the Vawter Park road, j On overheated fireplace caused the , fire. — ■ They had built a fire in the open fire- > place the night before, large enough 'to heat the house. Early in the morning the wood around the fireplace had caught and the flames were crackling in the bedroom above, 1 awakening the occupants. The men in the party managed to throw water enough on the flames to check t bonfire, and when Joe Rapp arrived with the fire truck, the fire was almost out, so that it was not necessary to use chemicals. But clothes on the chair in the bedroom above the fireplace had been burned as well at the floor, walls and ceiling near the fireplace. Just about a year ago a similar fire occurred at the Kitch cottage, and after it a new fireplace had been built in. I Thursday morning last week the Misses Vorhees were alarmed when , flames burned out the chimney of 1 their cottage. It was feared that the roof might catch fire, and Everett j Xstoring and Charles Naylor, who i live nearby were called. The men I with ladders got up on the roof, and saw that no sparks caused the roof ito catch fire. I ' Monday morning this week, about 14 o’clock, Mrs. Sol Miller in Syracuse was awakened by the smell of •moke. She traced it downstairs, and when she reached the kitchen, she discovered the room was blue with smoke. She wakened her husband and son, and Dick found that the trouble seemed to be with the electric refrigerator. He disconnected it and the “smoking" ceased, but a burned out motor was blamed for the scare. o GRADE PUPILS HEAR . LECTURE ON SAFETY Unco Safety Train Shown Them Monday; Captains to Direct Traffic at School to be Chosen. ’ Monday afternoon a small sized engine and parlor car drove down Main street and stopped in front of the grade school building. The train looked like a model of a railway train, except the wheels resembled those of an automobile, and it was not a steam engine. The men driving the safety train had been sent by the Unco Accident Prevention Bureau of Indianapolis, and were visiting schools throughout the state. Grade school pupils wore dismissed from class and gathered about the safety train, and listened to the leci turo on safety broadcast through a loud speaker. There was music and a short program before the train left for the next town. The men in charge left safety badges, to bo worn by pupils, and as soon as cape are sent for "captains,” they will wear these and white belts and take their poets in the streets to supervise crossings at bell time at school and the loading and unloading of buses. Captains will bo selected from the Fifth and Sixth Grades.

With the two men wore throe dogs—all pointers, named: Big Jake, I George, and the office pup Four Bucks. These animals occupied the rear seat of the car when they were not trying to lie on the men in the front seat. J The Buick spun along byway of .Wolcottville and LaGrange. Dee to the late start, Menxenberger tried [to make up for ioSt time as there were 360 miles to cover to reach the farm house from where the hunting party was to start, and where it was thought Howard and Hooptagar* nor already were located. Menxenberger stopped on the gas and pushed the glass bootij along at 50 miles an hour. At Wolcottville the ear started to vibrate much at Gilda Gray would do, to shake and : to pound. They kept on going at a ‘ lessened speed. For about 286 miles rough roads, smooth roads, cement or gravel made no difference to the i Buick. It kept on vibrating. The ' only relief was when Mori sen borgei (Coatlaued eu Lest Page}

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 26, 1933

ION LAKE WAWASEE’ Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Elliott have traded their Mishawaka property to Mrs. Laura Wertz in exchange for her property next to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott were in charge of the Kale Island bathing, beach last year. Mrs. Wertz has gone to Florida, starting for there, Monday. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Kraffmiller and two daughters, Mrs. Laskay and Mrs. Higgins, who have spent the summer in Ellwood George's cottage next to the one in which he lives, are moving back to Indianapolis this week. Mrs. E. L. Martin plans to move to this house Nov. 1, to spent the winter there. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Neumeyer have moved back to Indianapolis for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Wilbur’s new home on Kale Island to completed and they moved their furniture there this past week end. Friends here have received announcements of the marriage of Miss Louise Stephenson, daughter of Mrs. Edith Stephenson, of Marion and Lake Wawasee, to Robert Kiley, Wednesday, Oct. 18. They will make their home in Marion. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Tuttle and Mrs. Gass came from Indianapolis to visit Carl Tuttle until Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Shaeffer of Goshen were lake visitors, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hogan of Chicago spent the week end and Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Brown. On Saturday night, Mr. and Mrs. Hogan, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Miss Lydia Mellinger and Miss Lucille Mellinger, Mr. and Mrs. Ada Mallon and Mr. and Mrs. John Walton, were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hamman. The party were dinner guests at the Roy Brown home, Sunday, and Monday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mallon. The! guests made this party a surprise for the hosts as all arrived masked for Hallowe’en. Mr. and Mrs. R. Conrad of Kokomo spent the week end at the lake. Mrs. Honeywell of Wabash was a lake visitor, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. McMahon of Anderson entertained a party of friends at their cottage last week end. Mrs. Grace Olds was a Fort Wayne visitor, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mellinger and daughter Lucille went to Chicago, Wednesday, to visit friends and attend the fair. Lucille returned home, Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Don Fassler. They went on to Kokomo but Lucille remained at the Roy Brown home. Charles Cripe of Goshen closed his cottage this past week end, snd brought the pier in from the lake. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bornaman have moved to the former Retta Warner home, where they will spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Kindle of Goshen and Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Mock visited The Shades Tuesday last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Emerson and two daughters and Dr. Wallace went to Chicago, Thursday, to visit the fair. They returned home, Saturday. Mrs. Abell closed her summer home, Monday and returned to Garrett. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bishop visited hto sisters in South Haven, Mich., from Tuesday until Friday last week. Frank Woods of Kale Island visited the fair in Chicago, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. W. E. Long, Mrs. Anna Warren and daughter Lida Fay, Mrs. Jesse Rex motored to Dayton, 0., last Friday to spend the week end with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. George Wandel were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Day of Elkhart. HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTY Members of the Lutheran Ladies Aid held a surprise party Wednes day last week, celebrating Mrs. J. E. Karn’s birthday. A potluck dinner was served at noon, and Mrs. Kern was presented with a number of useful gifts, among these being an old-fashioned hat, jacket and : skirt, a pin cushion, otc. Following the party the regular meeting of the | Aid was held. •

VAN BUREN SIGNED OLD LAND GRANTS Deeds Dated 1838 Sent to Present Owners of Property; Valued As 95 Year Old Relics Twenty-seven holders of property which originally was deeded to own- • ers under a patent land grant deed of -the federal government, during the administration of President Martin Van Buren, almost 100 years ago, were mailed from Warsaw, last • week to present holders of the land, by Robert Minear, deputy county recorder. Some of these deeds, which are on parchment paper, have been in the files of the recorder’s office for 75 or 80 years. Those who received these old deeds were: L. F* Minear, of Warsaw; Alltoon Whittenberger, Mrs. Grace L. Ross, Andrew Hoffer, Charles G. Beck, Jacob 0. Johnston, William Guffey, C. Clesta, Godfrey Smith, Tobias Yoder, James L. Paxton, John Heckman, Charles- Brower, Ripley Young, John B. Horine, Erwin Kimes, Jacob C. Payne, Louisa Mote, William Koffel, Russell Buffer, David Ecker, Jacob Harris, C. R. Shuderm, John Swenson and Noah Frantz. These patent deeds belong to the present owner of the real estate, having been properly recorded, and were sent to them as it was felt they might treasure these as keepsakes. The one which John Swenson received was issued 95 years ago, Aug ust 20, 1838, to Andrew Gordinier. The deed reads: “Whereas Andrew Gordinier of Kosciusko county, Indiana has deposited in the general land office of the United States of America, certificate of the register of the land office at Fort Wayne, whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Andrew Gordinier according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820 •♦ • containing 140 and 23 hundredths acres; Now Know Ye that the United Statse of America and by these presents do give, and grant unto said Andrew Gordinier and to his heirs the said tract above described, to have and to hold same with all the rights, privileges, immunities of whatsoever nature thereunto belonging unto the said Andrew Gordinier and to his heirs and assigns forever. Signed, Martin Van Buren, president of the United States.” The patent land grant deed sent to John Swenson Jr. was meant for the property now owned and occupied by his mother since the death of John Swenson, Sr. It does not mean Swenson Jr.’s 80 acres south of the Vawter park school house. It refers, like the one sent to Charles G. Beck to the property formerly known as the Gordinier land on the north side of Lake W’awasee. Mr. Beck bought hto home and land from A. P. Jones and hto brother about 12 years ago. It is the last house before one reaches the railroad track, on the paved road to the north side of Wawasee. Before they owned it, the land was part of the John Rapp farm, on part of which Dale Grimes now lives. The two deeds, the one sent Beck and the one sent Swenson were both made out August 20, 1838 by President Van Buren. The one in Beck’s possession describes 70 and 25-100’s of an acre. In neither of these patent land grant deeds of the federal government is purchase price of the land mentioned. The county recorder said in hto letters to those to whom he was sending the deeds that of course the property was divided since the original papers had been issued but that these deeds belonged to the ones owning the largest section of the property described, and should be transferred to the buyer whenever the property was sold. HURT IN FALL. Saturday, when Mrs. Isabel Grieger, who had been standing on top of the refrigerator to reach walls which she was washing, attempted to step down to a stool and then to the floor. The stool tipped over and threw Mrs. Grieger to the floor. Her leg was cut on the edge of the stool in the fall and an artery was severed. R was necessary for the doctor to take several stitches to close the wound. Mrs. Grieger had to remain in bed for several days. Her niece and nephew, Mrs. Myers and Dial Rogers were in the house with her at the time of the accident. . -nr*.-! O-*—V—: * 1 MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED , Announcement to being made of the marriage of Miss Thelma Sarah Eiler, daughter of Rev. William L. Eiler, of Sugar Grove, formerly of Syracuse, to Rev. Leo. R. Erney, < pastor of the Etna Green and Harrison Center United Brethren churches. The marriage ceremony was per- i i formed by the father of the bride at < their home east of Elkhart. i

| DO YOU | REMEMBER—--20 Years Ago. When at the time of the town election, candidates on the Citizens ticket were: Geo. W. Gilderman, Geo. Xanders, Sol Miller and Omar Darr; and on the Peoples’ ticket, 0. L. Cory, John Wingard, Otis C. Butt and E. W. Hire? 15 Years Ago. When Emeral Jones shot and killed a red fox, trailing it after he found jt had killed a number of chicken/? « • • Ten Years Ago When Mrs. C. R. Hoy was chosen as a member of the library board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. J. W. Rothenberger • • • - 5 Years Ago. When announcement was made of the marriage df Ray Wilkinson and Emma Gross; of the marriage of Owen Strieby and Goldie Johnston? SLOAN HEARS FROM REPORT ON “BIRD” Was Cormorant from Canada, According to Washington; Watch- , ing Birds Migrate. J. P. Dolan was right. On September 18, when “Curly” Sloan was fishing near the Slip and baited his hook with a chub and cast it into the water, one of the three “ducks” he had seen near there went down after the bait. The hook caught in the duck’s neck and “Curly” pulled it to his boat and released the bird which swam away. Before doing so, he took from its leg the metal clasp with the number on it. He did not know what kind of bird it was, but from the description. Mr. Dolan said it must be a cormorant. The clasp containing the number was sent to the Bureau of Biological survey in Washington, and this week, Henry Sloan received this letter; October 20, 1933. Mr. Henry Sloan, Syracuse, Ind., Dear Mr. Sloan: The Biological Survey is in receipt of your recent communication. The bird carrying band No. A717412, Doublecrested Cormorant, banded July 11, 1933, at Isaac Rock, North Channel, Algonia Mills, Ontario, Canada, by William I. Lyon. By means of these numbered metal bands important investigations relative to the migrations and other facts in the life histories of North American birds are being advanced. The bands are attached to the birds by volunteer cooperators, both in' the United States and Canada, who serve without pay. Success in the bird-banding work to therefore dependent upon the reports of persons in both countries on such banded birds as come to their attention. Migratory waterfowl have been banded in large numbers at more than 50 stations scattered over the continent and have been recovered as far south as Central America and the island of Trinidad. Small song birds have been banded in still greater numbers, and many interesting facts concerning their movements are being discovered. These data are not only of scientific importance but also they are of much service in the administration of this valuable wildlife resource. The Biological Survey accordingly, desires to have a report on every banded bird that may be recovered, and it is hoped that you will continue to help in this work by reporting any bands that come to your attention, giving the number (with series designation, if any, as A, B, etc.) date of recovery, and the locality. ' Thanking you for your interest and cooperation, I am Very truly yours, PAUL G. REDINGTON, b Chief. BELIEVE IT OR NOT— But Saturday night, Mrs. Sherman Deaton said she had two German prune trees in bloom at her home, and had picked ripe strawberries and ripe raspberries last week, despite the frost earlier this month. And she went on to say that they were going to have ripe muskmellons from their garden for dinner,' Sunday, Oct. 22. D BIRTHS ANNOUNCED. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gall are. announcing the birth of a daughter, Juva Irene, Sunday morning. The baby weighed six pounds. Mr. and Mrg. Chester Stiffler are announcing the birth of a lon, Monday morning. The boy weighed 9 pounds. *

SHRUBBERYIS DONATED FOR CITY PARK Edgewater Nursery will Donate Plants; Must Furnish Labor When W. E. Long was in town Sunday, he said that Mr. Brauer from the Edgewater Nursery at Goshen had called upon him, and expressed interest in Syracuse’s city park. Mr. Brauer agreed to furnish , trees and shrubbery for the park, providing labor of planting was fur- , nished by men in Syracuse. Work is progressing on the park site. Tractors have not been run over the “junk” as it to necessary that dirt be thrown over this junk before the tractor makes the trip. Knowing so much work is being done On roads near W arsaw, to take care of the unemployed, a committee of men from the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce plans' to call upon James D. Adams, chairman of the state highway commission wheh he comes home to Columbia City, to spend the w’eek end there. They wish to ask if the highway department would not be willing to have some of the federal, or state funds spent on cutting down the hill Opposite the park site, as state road 13 rounds a dangerous curve here. If the dirt could be thrown across the road oit top of the junk heap, it would permit travelers to see oncoming traffic at this turn in the road and would supply the necessary dirt for covering the junk heap. It to also hoped it would supply work with pay for local labor. . . o_ — COURT NEWS On the motion of the prosecuting attorney the case against Mrs. Sarah Bishop, charged with accepting money for selling a fishing license, was dismissed in Circuit court this morning, for lack of sufficient evidence. It is understood that Mr. Kunkle, commissioner of fish and games wil. file an injunction against the clerk of courts to enjoin him from appointing people to issue liceuees. Mr. Barce, representing the fish and game department, appeared in Warsaw this morning and conferred with the prosecuting attorney before the case was called. The costs of the case are charged against the state. i r Mrs. Bishop was represented by - Brubaker & Rockhill. In the appeal of Aaron Ketring, charged with assault and battery, called for hearing in circuit court in Warsaw, Friday, the prosecutor’s motion to have this case dismissed was overruled by Judge Vanderveer. It is rumored that when the case to called tomorrow morning the prosecutor will refuse to prosecute and then the suit will likely be appealed to the supreme court of the state for settlement. ‘ Last night the jury in, the tria’- ( of Jethro Greider vs Fred, Stanle; and George Weaver, decided the car in circuit court against the Weaver and awarded Greider S6O damages. The Weavers were charged, with cutting wood off Greider’s property on Shoe Lake, near Papakeetchie lake. Greider asked S3OO damages in the complaint when it was filed. Today to the day the trial of Mrs. C. E. Bishop, appealed from justice of the peace court is to be called in circuit court in Warsaw. Mrs. Bishop is charged with charging 25 for issuing a fishing license this last summer.’' According to the defense, the law forbids the county clerk from charging for issuing a license, but does not forbid anyone else for accepting 25 cents for this service. The three young men week for an attempted robbery oh Wawasee, after a gun battle with Freeman Moore have not yet been called to trial but are being held in the county jail, having failed to post $5,000 bond. These three, James Hawthorne, William Lamphorn and William Laughlin, were taken to Fort Wayne by Sheriff Harley D. Person, this week, to be photographed and have finger prints recorded. It may be possible they are connected with a hold-up in Fort Wayne. 0- , Mrs. Vanderwater’s sister from Waukegan, 111.. s P ent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. A. I Vanderwater.

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