The Syracuse Journal, Volume 27, Number 3, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 May 1934 — Page 1

TRIM Arthur Brisbane MAY DAY NOT MERRY GIANT BOOTLEG INDUSTRY GOOD NEWS, NEW HOMES CONVERTING CRIMINALS

May 1 was the day Europe devotes to labor and radical demonstrations. Fortunately, this country selects a later date for Laboi day. Even so, Chicago and New York were on the alert, fearing that American branches of Europe’s radicalism might become active by contagion. In Paris alone, 40.00 C guards, many tanks and machinegun patrols filled the streets. Several were injured. ■ i There was a general strike in Spain, and Cuba was worried about attacks on United States property. Such was the early news. The advantage of a dictator who really dictates was shown in Italy, Germany, Turkey, Russia. In those countries no May day or Labor day agitatino develops. The people get orders and obey them. In Germany, the day was devoted to Nazi speeches, telling how much happier the workingman is under Hitler than he ever was before. In Italy, Turkey and Russia it was “business as usual,** with the dictator in command. The dictator idea may spread before the world gets over its crop of troubles. The government turns an army of 2,500 agents loose against bootlegging, which has become a serious matter. During prohibition, bootleggers only flouted the Constitution. Now they cut down government income. Figures supplied by Joseph H. Choate, Jr., director of federal alcohol control, show that bootleggers are manufacturing more whisky than the total legal consumption. And the bootlegging indus'ries are not little “moonshine” affairs, but enormous distilleries, ' with stills tall enough to extend through three or four stories of well equipped buildings. " ' In the first quarter of 1934 stills were seized with a capacity for producing 68,000,000 gallons of alcohol sprits a year. Bootlegging enterprises involve robbing the government of hundreds of millions a year. Good new's, fortunately, is not lacking. Business better in many directions. The government has <300,000,000 of “new money" available for building American homes and modernising old homes. That should put many to work and create cheerfulness. To iivs in a home run down, unpainted, dilapidated, is gloomy, discouraging. Leland Harvey, notorius jailbreaker of Georgia, recently pardoned by Governor Taimadge, with the advice, “Go and sin no more,” takes the advice seriously. He attended a revival meeting conducted by Rev. Wade H. House at Macon, Ga., and joined the church. This offers an idea to police that chase bandits and can’t catch any. Let the police buy Salvation Army uniforms, drums, flutes, tambourines and hymn books, and try converting criminals that they can’t catch. Nothing could be more pleasing than to see Dillinger, accompanied by two policemen in Salvation Army uniforms, walking up a sawdust trail, shouting, “Hallelujah, I’m saved!" HOLD PARTY FRIDAY. A party in honor of Mrs. M. M. Smith, club member who is soon to leave for South America, and in honor of Mrs. O. C. Stoeltihg, recently elected county chairman of federated clubs, was held by the Wednesday Afternoon Club, Friday evening at the home of Mrs. L. A. Selder. New members of the club, Mrs. Fred Clark and Mrs. John Pettit were present. Refreshments were served at tables decorated with violets. Mrs. John Harley and Mrs. W. T. Colwell were the committee in charge of arranging the party. 4 0 BASS RAISING BEGUN The Wawasee Conservation club with 15 pairs of large mouthed baas in the club’s fish rearing ponds on the Andy Armbruster farm, now feels prepared to raise fish for the state. The 30 bass came from Maxinkuckee lake and were a gift from the state conservation department. They were placed in the rearing pond, Sunday. , > TO WORK FORNORTHERN INDIANA POWER CO. Miss Helen Jeffries has resigned her position with the telephone company, and will take over the work in the office of the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., the position occupied by Miss Janice Rapp before her marriage. q »—DESERT This vicinity was visited with a heavy dust storm today s despair tn those who had just finished cleaning houses.

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XANDERS IS NOMINATED PROSECUTOR Koher and Searfoss are Nominated for Trustee. , George Xanders of Syracuse was nominated prosecuting attorney on the Democratic ticket, receiving 1,282 votes in the county, with his nearest opponent, Fitzgerald, receiving but 985. Xanders led his ticket in Turkey Creek township with 135 votes, In the primaries in this county, Tuesday, there were 6,397 Republican votes cast for the three candidates for congress and 2,903 Democratic votes for the two candidates of this party, making > total of 9,300 votes cast out of a registered vote of 16,815. In Turkey Creek township a total of 738 voles were cast in the three precincts, of these 581 being Republican ballots and 157 Democratic. In the first precinct there were 193 Republican and 65 Democratic, total, 258; in the second, 161 Republican and 46 Democratic, total 207; in the third, 227 Republican and 46 Democratic, total 273. In spite of this township and county showing such a Republican vote at the polls, reports from the state indicated that ' elsewhere the state was going Democratic. Walter Koher received the nomi-, nation of township trustee on the Republican ballot, with 326 votes. The nearest opponent was W. G. Connolly with 106. Sam Searfoes received the DemoI cratic nomination for trustee with i 99 votes, the nearest opponent being Nelson Miles, with 18. The three high names for advisory I board on the Republican ticket were? George Strieby who received 355 votes, the most of any candidate on the two ballots; C. D. Ciingerman and Harry Porter. On the Democratic the three highs were Bert Whitehead, A. A. Pfingst and Eli Shock. Roscoe Howard, Melburn Rapp and James Searfoss were nominated justices of the peace on the Republican ticket. As Jesse Shock was the only Democrat filed for this office his name was not placed on the ballot. Frederick Landis, Republican candidate for Congressman, received 4,679 votes in this county, against 1,718 of his two opponents, Roy Street and Claude Steele. Landis was reported late yesterday as carrying the district two to one. “Joe” Rovenstine, deputy sheriff, lost the nomination as sheriff on the Republican ticket by 354 votes to Virgil Yeager. County Auditor Jesse Bruner defeated his nearest competitor, John F. Shoup by 356 votes. Vere Kelley, former secretary of the Kosciusko County Taxpayers* association was nominated by a load of 810 over Orvel Phillips. Chauncey Tucker defeated his nearest opponent, Scott Swanson by 1,504 votes. Coroner Paul Landis waa renominated by 224 votes over Dr. Leslie Laird. Harvey McCleary secured the nomination as county assessor with 232 more votes than Beebe received. In the county commissioner race, William Dorsey defeated Thomas Stackhouse and Seward Poor defeated Harvey Mollenhour. The three (Continued on Last Page) 13 TEAMS TO PLAY IN GOLF TOURNEY Annual High School Meet to be Played bn South Shore Course, Saturday. The second annual Syracuse High School Golf tournament will be played on the South Shore Golf course, Saturday. Fourteen High schools have entered teams for the tourney and 56 boys will tee off at 10 a. m., Saturday for the High School Golf championship of Northern Indiana. A plaque will be given the school winning the tourney, and a gold, silver and bronze medal will be given respectively to the first, second, and third, low, individual scores. The following High Schools are entered for the tourney: Riley, South Bend; Mishawaka; Concord Elkhart; Plymouth; Rochester; Peru Wabash; Huntington; Milford; Elmhurst, Fort Wayne; South Side, Ft. Wayne; Central, Fort Wayne; Cromwell and Syracuse. In practise, Monday, Jake Kern shot a hole, in one, on the 16th, 163 yards.

ON LAKE WAWASEE' Mrs. Thomas Potter and daughter, recently come north from Florida, moved into their summer home on the Vawter Park road, this week, for the season. They have moved their furniture there from the former home in Fort Wayne and plan to make Wawasee their permanent home. The Chinese pagoda and bridge which is being built on one of the islands at the rear of the W. E. Long home on Kale Island, is nearing completion. The carved doors were imported from China. Cap Johnson of Goshen is donating a trophy for the winner of the annual match between golfers of Nappanee and Goshen. The winner will be the one who wins the best out of three games. The match will be played on the Maxwelton and Turkey* Creek Golf courses. The Indiana Pharmaceudical convention is to be held this year at Lake Wawasee, at the Spink-Wa-wasee hotel, June 19, 20 and 21. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Wilbur of Michigan City spent the week end at their home on Kale Island. The Robert Deutsch cottage on Kale Island has just been painted. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Schacht of Huntington came to their lake home Friday, to spend the week end here. Mrs. C. J. Stein spent several days last week at the Stein summer home on the north shore. Mrs. E, W. Hendry returned to her lake home, last week, having spent the winter in California. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Phillips of Marion and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gingrich of South Bend were lake visitors, Sunday. Ralph Teetor plans to entertain the group of engineers, the S. A. E. at the annual party, at his summer home, tjiis coming week end. “Herb” King is having his grocery store on Kale Island painted inside and outside. He has opened the store for the season. Mrs. Roy Brown accompanied Mr. Brown and Bruce Wilcox as far as Anderson, Monday, when they went on to Indianapolis to attend the greenskeepers’ meeting. Mrs. Brown went to Anderson to visit her friend, Mrs. Grobel, who is recovering from a recent operation in a hospital there. Freeman Moore also went to Indianapolis to attend the greenskeepers* (Continued on page 2.) PRODUCE OF FARM BOYS TO BE SHOWN 33 Within Township in Various Clubs to Exhibit Produce This Fall in Competition With Others. According to C. A. Langston of the High School faculty: “There are within the township, 55 agricultural projects being operated and studied by 33 farm boys this summer. “These boys are studying during the summer months, the problems of managing, growing, marketing and showing of some of the major farm enterprises. As a climax to their works this fall, an exhibit is being planned, where each boy is to be given an opportunity to- show his products under competition, which were produced during the summer. “The show will not be limited to the boys alone as there will be an open dam that any one may enter his produce. The show will be limited, however, to eggs, onions, corn and potatoes. “The boys who have enrolled for the Dairy production records and livestock projects are: Ray Archer, Herman Doll, Edward Coy, Robert Inslejr, Christian Koher, Wendell Beck, Walter Grimes, Allen Bickle, Richard Beck, Leonard and Oliver Hibechman. “Those in the potato club are: Ralph Coy, Ray Archer, Gerald Line, Herman Doll, Edward Coy, Geraldine Lung, John Simon, Russell Gawthrop, Dewitt Disher, Wilber Charles Niles, Laster Lung, Devon Hann, Oliver Hibechman, Harold Kline, Charles LeCount, Dewitt Thomas, Leonard Hibechman, James Byrd, Chester Brown, Corl yas LeCount. “Those in the Onion Club are: Buford Scarberry, Charles LeCount, Dewitt Thomas, Geraldine Lung, John Simon and Lester Lung. "Those is the corn club are: Oliver Hibechman, Richard Beck. Walter Grimes, Delbert Ott, Allen Bickle, Leonard Hibechman, Ray Archer, Herschel Bitner, Edward Coy. Russell Gawthrop, Wilbur Charles Niles Christian Koher. Charles Miller. Corlyss LeCount and Chester

SYRACUSE. INDIANA. &URSDAY MAY 16, 1934

NUDISTS MAY CAMP NEAR CHURCH CAMP Describe Pleasures of - Nakedness; Have Regular Rates. ■ Rumor hath it that that old sayj ing “Clothes don’t make the man”— or woman, is to be tried out in Kosciusko county. Rumor goes so far as to say a Nudist colony is being established within three-quarters of a mile of the Mhurch camp, Epworth Forest, near No. Webster. The rumor reached the Syracuse Journal office, Monday morning, and late Monday afternoon the in- . quiring young reporter went in ! search of the Nudist camp “to see , what she could see." It had been said that the camp was established on Dill Mock’s farm on road 13, next to the Tippecanoe church, not far south of the Vawter Park school, and Lake Wawasee. When questioned, Monday, Mr. Mock said, however, that it wasn’t on that farm, but he did believe some of those Nudists were buying his 86 acre farm a mile and one half east and three-quarters of a mile due north of Epworth Forest. He said that a few weeks ago he saw an ad in a Warsaw paper, asking if there was a farm for sale of 50 acres or more, on which there was a stream or lake. He said he didn’t answer the ad at once, that Will Kindig in Syracuse had an option on the farm, to sell it. Mr. Mock said when he and his grandson went to the farm, Sunday, to put 79 sheep to pasture on it, they saw a number of cars parked there, and “Private,” “No trespassing" signs posted all around the place. He said they looked into the cars for the names of owners, and saw one car was from Indianapolis, that the truck parked there was from Logansport. They didn’t see anyone in the machines but found some Nudist literature. Mr./ Mock’s grandson spoke up then,! and said they also saw a man’s suit of clothes in the back of a car. Within a short time after they had slammed car doors shutj . Mr. Mock said'a man appeared from the direction of the lake on the farm, Long lake. The man told them that his elub was a Nudist club and planned to buy the farm. That they were going to outdo the Newton club which had asked the attorney general to attend a play it was giving and he had refused to attend. Mock asked the man if they would object to him pasturing his sheep there and the man said he wouldn’t. When the reporter asked Mock if they would be allowed to clip the wool off the sheep for warmth if weather became cold at the Nudist camp, Mr. Mock said all the wool had already been clipped off the sheep. Mr. Mock said the man told him they planned to invite other camps to big picnic parties with them this summer, and that they would post pickets to prevent anyone entering the grounds. Mock seemed to think the party there Sunday was there for that day only, instead of moved there for the season, as yet. Both he and his grandson said they saw three men while they were at the farm and they all had their clothes on. Mr. Mock had not seen Mr. Kind(Ontinuetf en Last Page) TWO CARS WRECKED SATURDAY AFTERNOON Car Turns Over; Woman Phones for Help? Friend’s Car Turns Over • When He Comes to Aid. A young woman whose name could not be learned, was driving from Syracuse to her homo in Goshen in a car which she said was borrowed from a friend, Saturday afternoon, when the car left the North Huntington road just north of Road 6, and crashed through the wire fence on the farm now occupied by Mr. And Mrs. Greenwood, formerly known as the Davey Watson place. She went to the nearest home where there was a telephone, the Merle Neff home, and telephoned to Russell Bertram in Syracuse. He hurried out North Huntington and was going rapidly when he spied his friend’s car in the ditch. In applying the brakes too quickly, his own car turned over twice and landed on the top. Ho eeeaped with slight injuries. The accident of the first machine tore down about a rod of fence on | the Greenwood ferm.

TWO MEN CAUGHT; ELI LILLY MAKES GffT TO POLICE According to the Friday morning Indianapolis Star, Eli Lilly of Indianapolis and Lake Wawasee was reported to have been the Indianapolis business man who received an attempted extortion note for $25,000. The Star account reads: Two Paragon young men were in city jail last night as a result of a weird, story-book plot to extort $25000 from an Indianapolis capitalist. The plot was rendered more ironical when it was so nd that a signal flag placed in a tree to attract the man’s attention from a train window had been stolen from a church. As it flapped its demand for the money, it also showed letters advertising a revival meeting. The young men are Carlos McNeil, 26 years old, and James B. Wood, 23. Both are prominent in Paragon, and have college training. McNeil is the son of the Morgan county coroner and has been a student in Indiana University. Keeps Pledge of Secrecy. Fred Simon, chief of detective, kept his pledge to the Irtdianapolis man not to reveal the name, but it was understood that Eli Lilly, drug magnate, was the intended victim of the plot. Lauds Efficient Work. A check for SI,OOO was presented Tuesday to the Indianapolis police department pension fund by Eli Lilly president of Eli Lilly & Co., pharmaceutical plant, in appreciation of the capture of the Paragon men who recently attempted to extort $25,000 from Mr. Lilly. The check was accompanied by a letter to Michael F. Morrissey, chief of police, commending the department for the efficient work in the case. Mr. Lilly’s letter follows: “It is impossible for me to ex—' press adequately my thankfulness for the administration of the work which the Indianapolis police force did recently in unearthing the two blackmailers who attempted extortion upon our family. “The promptness, efficiency and consideration of your men could not have been greater. It was characteristic of the Indianapolis police force, of which we are so justly proud. “In appreciation of the work which your men did, I am enclosing my check for SI,OOO to the police pension fund.” The case was opened when the Indianapolis man received a typewritten letter Monday, demanding $25,000 on threats of kidnaping members of his family. The letter was sent by special delivery/ and carried (Continued on Last Page) SUMMER HOME WAS ROBBED LAST WEEK Thieves Left Clothing and Possessions Strewn All Over Brannum Cottage. Thursday night last week, the J. G. Brannum cottage on the south side of Lake Wawasee was robbed. Almost morning, Friday, Roy Brown, who lives nearby, heard a car start up from the Brannum cottage. He went over to investigate as he knew Mr. and Mrs. Brannum were in Indianapolis. He found the window above the back porch had been cut and entrance had evidently been gained that way, the intruder going up the trellis work to reach the porch roof and cut the window. Exit must have been made by the front door as the storm door had been taken off and was lying on the porch. The interior of the house was “a wreck. There were clothes, dishes, bed dinen, table linen, etc., strewn all over the house, upstairs and down. It was impossible to tell how much was taken, but evidently the thief or thieves was taking certain articles and just cast aside the rest. Mr. and Mrs. Brannum were notified at once and they came from Indianapolis, Friday evening. Clothing bed linen, etc., Mrs. Brannum missed at once but not having a list of belongings will only know something was stolen when she looks for it and can’t find it. They spent the week end at the lake and plan to return this week end to have the cottage cleaned, and open it for the season. MARRIAGES ANNOUNCED Announcement is being made that Miss Katherine Li ngef elter and Harry Fackler were married at the home of Rev. Warstler, Saturday. Ms. Ida Woodling and Frank Bodkins of Warsaw were married at the home of Simon Bell, Saturday, Rev. Jarboe* officiating.

I DO YOU REMEMBER—I— I 2® Years Ago. 1 When Mathew Sharp was killed when struck by a train? • • • 15 Years Ago. When Ernest Buchholz, who had been working in Garrett was transferred to the local B. & O. office to fill the vacancy left by A. B. White who was appointed agent at Attica, O. ? • • • Ten Years Ago When C. C. Bachman bought the A. W. Strieby store? • • • 5 Years Ago. When announcement was made of the marriage of Miss Edith Evelyn Stettler and Joseph Weaver? 0 FISH EGGS HATCH WITHIN NINE DAYS Men in- Charge of Hatchery Surprised at Sudden Change of Eggs Into Fish. Those five million wall eyed pike eggs which were sent to the Wawasee'hatchery, as stated in last week’s Journal, and which, it was thought would become fish within 18 days, “hatched” in nine days; and on Monday 350,000 of the tiny fish were put into Lake Wawasee. Others of the fish will be put into the Wabash river, according to H. W. Moesch, in charge. Os the five million eggs, 65 per cent hatched, an unusual record, according to Moesch, who said it usually runs 40 per cent, according to what Abe Andrews, head of the fish department of the state told him. They had been supplied with 40 quarts of eggs and only threw out 5 quarts. The eggs, which look like small drops of white of egg tapioca were all placed into 22 large, glass jars, test tubes. The water was kept circulating, and by Saturday, the first of the eggs showed the two black tiny spots, eyes, and the round eggs began to elopgate into ,fish shape. There is a tiny swelling of the stomach of each fish, visable through a magnifying glass, which is the yolk of the egg, and from which the fish feeds for three days. As soon as the fish became fish they were carried by the stream of water to the two big cement tanks built for breeding purposes in the new hatchery. Here they were kept the first few days of this week until ready elsewhere. Mr. Moesch said there were - three times as many wall eyed pike eggs being hatched at the Tri Lakes hatchery this year. He also said if the buildings in which the eggs were placed, were greenhouses the eggs would hatch more rapidly, in his opinion, as the glass jars struck by the sun coming through the windows turned out the first crop of fish. When Moesch was asked if it were safe to put such tiny fish into a lake like W awasee to be eaten by other fish, he said, if one per cent survive, there’ll.be a couple of wall eyed pike in there. He also said the fish are carnivorous, and eat each other. Mr. Moesch said there were more visitors at the hatchery, Sunday, than there have ever been. And he said everyone at that end of the lake has helped with “hatching” those fish eggs. Friday night the centrifugal motor which kept the water circulating in the glass jars and tanks, stopped. The night man awakened Moesch at once. He coupled some pipe together and some fire hose and managed to hook up an old motor i kept there for emergencies. He said he had to send to the Turkey Creek Golf course for needed wrenches for work, and that the. noise wakened Mr. and Mrs. Forirest Galloway at the grocery near the hatchery, and Mrs. Galloway offered to waken the children to have them splash the water to keep it in circulation, to save the fishes’ lives. This was not necessary however, and after a few hours work and worry, everything was order again. Catch Gar. Moesch said when they went out with nets, Sunday night, on Wawasee to catch fish for the ponds, for breeding purposes, they caught a nine pound gar fish and 22 other gars. pTAKEN TO HOSPITAL. In a serious condition, suffering with uremic poisoning, Ishmel Rookstool, son of Lon Rookstool, near Solomon’s Creek, was taken to the Goshen hospital, Monday for treatment. 0 Milt Wysong is remodeling the former J. D. Lind home on Front street, which he recently purchased.

350 SHARES BANK STOCK ALL PLEDGED T o Be 78 Stockholders In Organization When Reopened. The last share of stock in the reorganized State Bank of Syracuse was pledged, Monday night. The 350 shares of stock, par value SIOO each are now in the hands of 78 stockholders, which will make the bank one in which the entire community will be interested. There still remain a few depositors who have not yet signed waiv--1 ers. Their seeming unwillingness to cooperate with other depositors in signing depositors' agreements is the cause of anxiety among the rest. More must sign the agreements before the bank can reopen, is the feeling existing at present. However, all preliminary clerical work of transferring accounts to bank trustees, figuring interest, etc. which the state banking department requires before the bank reopens, is now being done. Other things to be done beside obtaining more depositors* agreements are a final examination by the state banking department and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and a meeting of the subscribers of stock to choose a board of directors. Notice of the meeting of subscribe ers is expected to be sent out shortly and this cannot be done until all stock which has been subscribed is actually paid for. To expedite matters, all subscribers who have not yet made settlement are urged to do so, with Dr. C. R. Hoy, trustee, immediately. 0 - * FINAL RESULTS NOT YET AVAILABLE Q Final results of the Benton Township vote were not available this morning, but it was said that Levi Kalb was leading as nominee for trustee on the Democratic ticket; and that the race between Walter Hire and Charles Weybright on the Republican ticket was too close _for any prediction to be made. Orn won the Democratic nomination for trustee on Van Buren township. Irvin Coy, Republican candidate was unopposed. Mace Hollar received the Democratic nomination for trustee of Jefferson township. 0 • SYRACUSE GOLFERS DEFEAT PLYMOUTH Win Match Last Week from One of Teams Entered in Tourney This Week* The Syracuse High School golf team, composed of Jake Kern, Gail Geiger, Herman Jensen and: William H. I. Xanders, defeated the Plymouth team 8 to 4 in a match played on the South Shore golf course last Saturday. Kern defeated Kuhn *2 to 1 on scores 84 to 87. Geiger defeated Southworth 3 to 0 on scores of 92 to 102. Xanders defeated Derb 3 to 0 on scores of 94 to 97. , ’Jensen lost to Morris 3 to 0 on scores of 101 to 91. Henry Abts and George Bill Smith are the other two members on the Syracuse golf team. The final selection of the four men to play in the High School tourney, Saturday will be made at the final practise, Thursday. Abts was not out for play last week, as he was ill with measles. o JUNIOR LADIES HAVE PITCHFORK “WEENIE” ROAST The Junior Ladies of the Round Table met with Mrs. Zelma Grady, .Thursday evening at 7:00 o’clock, “weenie” and marshmallow roast. \A new and shiny ‘pitchfork was initiated for its farm duties by using ft for the roasting. Before ’ leaving, Mrs. Grady served iced tea. There were ten members and one guest present. The next meeting will be held September 6 with the Misses Irene and Pauline Shock, hostesses. — q HAS SCARLET FEVER. Mary Lou Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thomas, who live on the north side of the lake, is ill with scarlet fever. p FIND MUSHROOMS Saturday, Mrs. Wallace Baugher and Miss Martha Jane Kern found 165 sponge mushrooms.

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