Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 26, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 April 1909 — Page 1

1

PLYMOUTH UNE D I t t ry . n 1 un "V OLUME VIII PLYMOUTH. INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1909. NO. 20

B

i) j

PLYMOUTH GIRL HS 111 COUNTY ORATORICAL CONTEST

Miss Mabelle Miller with Oration on "Patriotism" Defeats Five Opponents .Argos Wins Piano Contest.

THE COUNTY VICTORS. Grand Pme, First in Oratory, Miss Mabelle Miller, Plymouth High School. Subject -Patriotm" Award, Gold MedaL ' Second! Prize in Oratory, Lloyd Yockey, Bremen High School. Subject "Value of Patriotism." Award, Silver MedaL First Prize in Piano Contest, Miss Gladys Taber, Argos High School Selection "Chaminade's Potpourri. Award, Gold! MedaL Second Prize in Piano Contest, Miss Alice Wisema-i, Culver High SchooL Selection, "Tocatelle by Dupont." Award Silver MedaL Rah-Rah-R-h. F.ah-Rah-Rah, Rah-Rah-Rah. Plymouth for the third consecutive time, has won the Marshall County Oratorical contest. Twce before by young, men students, this year th good old P. H. S. demonstrated that her girls are as well trained as her boys. A Freshman girl the youngest of all six of the county TO GET AFTER BLIND TIGERS STATE CONVENTION OF TEMPERANCE WORKERS WILL BE CALLED. Plans Will Ee Formulated for Elim1 inatmg Illegal Sale of Liquor in Indiana. Indianapolis, March 23. E. S. Shunvaker. superintendent of Ithe Indiana , Anti-Saloon ileageue, s preparing to call a - state contention of temperance workers to formulate plans and perfect organizations to fight the "blind tiger" in the counties -which have voted under the county option Ja-.v to oust the saloons. No date Jias keei sehcted for the convention, and, according to Mr. Shumaker, it will probably not ibe called until the work of holding elections is. -well out ni the way. Mr. Sh'umaker's.plan is Ho have as strong an organization against the "blind tiger" as the league has had in waging campaigns for ousting the saloons. He believes the organization will be easy to form and .that it will be practical, since the people oi the counties voting "dry" "feel, he says, (that the saloons have been ousted by the ipeople themselves, and that it is. up to the people to see that "blind tigers" do not take their places. Mayoralty Candidate. R. C. Minton, attorney for the league, who spent part of Monday in Bloomington- and Martinsville rej.orttd 'that citizens in these two cities in- favor of law and order and the extermination of the "blind tiger" were considering the advisability cf drafting a candidate for mayor in case the candidates in the established parties were not friendly to their opinions concerning law enforcement. " He reported that in these two cities he found a strong sentiment in favor of such a step, due to the boldness A the druggsts in selling Kquor in BloomHgton, and to the dynamite outrage in '.Martinsville, in which an attempt was made to wreck the home of an attorney who had1 been activr in the Morgan county campaign. Many Want the Jobs. The number cf applications filid with Governor Marshall for appointment under his administration lias broken all Inidiana records. He is swamped with them and, is now trying to'select good men for tie places at his disposal. 125 mem want Parks Martin's job on the state tax board and 50 are after Judge Wood's place on the railroad Commission. For the other places- there ane over 200 applications on file. Came Season is Changed County Clerk Whitesell has been notified by the state game cornmisirn of a recent change affected ia the state game laws. According to the former law, the -closed season for ducks, began April 1, but by the new law the season is open until April 15, and hun-ters are now allowed nnil (May 1 to dispose of the game bagged during the seamen. Buys Opera House BU C. A. Bondurant was the ui bidkr on the Klinghanuser ck. on'Laporte street,, which was set for sah by foids by the exeevtor S. N. Stevens. The olock includes three business rooms, now occupied by The Gas Office, the Ocker Sa'oon and The Democrat office, and also the old Opera House, up stairs. The entire block brought only 9000.

contestants, with her wonderful seh control, perfectly pitched voice, easy and confident delivery, coupled with a well thought out oration, gained the mosi coveted first prize in oratory and established a record of being the first girl to win first in oratory, in the recent series of couirty oratorical contests. When Miss Mabelle Miller, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. E. Miller of this city, arose as fourth in order, at the oontes-t at Bremen, Friday 'eveniivg, to d-eliver her p.iocc, a sudden but effective hush ifcll over the entire audience of four hundred scholars and spectators, gathered in the High School room of the Bremen school. 'Not even -whispers jvere exchanged. Why? Because the Plymouth speaker had arisen. , Plymouth the county seat town which had won both the two former contests. Plymouth, whom it was claimed could not come close if the contest were held someplace else than Plymouth. Here was the Plymouth speaker. And she was such a small girl too. What show could a young Freshman expect to have with the big Senior boys, who had been there before. Surely Plymouth wouldn't get a place on the list of prizes this year. But, the young lady had begun to speak. She has a pleasant . but strong voice. Her accent seem to be perfection itself. She -was young and "would probably need prompting, later along in the piece. She continues into the theme df her oration. With a gradual inflection of the voice, the young Lldy gathers her subject into a climax .The central climax is reached. Tjfi'eJ skill displayed in its delivery was far -beyond th young lady's years. Weiert-lite final point was reached in

her central climax, Miss Miller lead the attention of the, audknee to the brink, arid broke it forth; Superintendent Randall sat close to the stage. "Good, Good", he said to himself, but half aloud. . And thu it took the judges. The 'remainder of the piece was delivered unerringly, without a single mistake in pronunciation or a single halt. Crowd Gathers Early.Delegations from the six High Schools represented in the oratorical and piano contest held at Bremen Friday night, began -to arrive at the Germar town-ship town, Friday morn ing. Every train from the west on the B. & O. carried a crowd of. Culver, Argos, Lapaz and Plymouth students. By far the, greater number drove to the town however on account of the difficulty of train con nections. At 6 o'clock Friday evening every livery and . hitch barn was crowded to 'its capacity, with visiting horses, and the streets were lined with buggies. It is estimated that over two hundred and fifty persons drove to Bremen Friday Of course as soon as a group of boys and girls from Che same town became organized, the Rah-Rahs began. "Kille Ka- Nick, Zip Boom Bah, Straw Berry Shortcake," and 'Other .shouted delicacies filled the Dutch atmosphere about the town, and in the High School building, until after "the last dog was hung." The hanging of the last dog, must have been the Ball given by the Spartan club, at their headquarters, to which about forty couple attended, and continued in . the terpsschorean pastime, until about three a. m. when the last of the visitors by- buggy, sought out their native shores The yelling in the High School, preceded and succeeded the orations. The yeHs were of course many and various. The Argos crowd was thoughtful enough to have their iocal printer get their conglomeration into concise form, from which it was yelled with great effect. Alter he program had been delivered, the various schools, complimented each other with yells Ifor each other. This seemed to be more like the right kind of spirit. The High School room in which the contest -was held, was of course crowded to itß capacity, and held a crowd of from 450 to 500. Plymouth had a delegation of about 65 or 70 present. Bourbon had about the same number. Outside of Bremen the other schools had smaller delegation than that df Bourbon or Plymouth Program as Executed The program was opened at 8:18 o'clock by an invocation by Rev. J. W. Lake. The contesting ora'tors and pianists were seated on a platform in the front of the room. The first number on tfhe program was a piano solo by the Argos contestant. Miss Gladys . Taber, whose selection was the Potpourri of Chami-nade. The remainder of the program was earned out as follows: Oration, "The Japanese Question" , Frank Spahrs Culver Piano Solo, Chopin's Valse, Opus 34, No. 1 Margaret Holzbauer, Plymouth Oration. "Education and Patriotism" Victor Bowers, Bourboin (Continued to page 8.)

KLINE DITCH AWARDED.

Contracts Given in Much Disputed St. Joseph County Drain Which Terminates in This County. The beginning of the end of the famous Kline ditch controversy came in South Bend when Horace G. Miller,"' commissioner for the improvemeut, opened sealed bids and tentatively awarded construction contracts to Yoder & Schwartz, Titus E. Kinzie, John H. Easterday and Albert Sheets. Fifteen bids were presented but six of -them were withdrawn and not considerd in the competition. Peter Yoder and Charles Swartz were the lowest (bidders for the excavation for the main' ditch and if satisfactory 'bond of $10,000 is. filed, wil! likely be awarded the contract. Th's bid -was for .059G per cubic yard or about $13,320 ifor their part of the improvement. Titus E. Kinzic, former counity surveyor 'bid lowest on IS of the twenty laterals. John H. Easterday and Albert Sheets, both of Wyatt, were the lowest for the others. The laterals will cost abou't $16,000 making the total cost of th: ditch about $30,000. Construction work must start in CO days according to the terms cf the contracts and must be completed ivithin one year. The main ditch will commence about five miles south of Mishawaka extending 11 milest terminating a; the B. & O. railway riht of way in Marshall county. The c'ourt controversy found its inception seven years ago when remonstrances were filed and .the fight " was carried on uninterrupted until the last term of court when Special Judge H. A. Steis ruled that work should star.i. The contest at times became very bitter, the controversy on one occasion going to the supreme cc.trt. INDIANS SEPARATE TO AVOID BATTLE CRAZY, r SNAKE'S BAND DELAYS CLASH WITH TROOPS BY SCATTERING. Soldiers Use Bloodhounds in Seeking Chief, Who May be Rallying Men for Standi Oklahoma City, Okla., March Ü9. Crazy Snake's band of Creek Indians 0 far has escaped a decisive battle A-ith the militia and citizens, although one serious encounter took place today. B scattering the red men have confused the soldiers, and, while the troops divided into squads are in hot pursuit the fle:ing Indians have avoided a concerned stand. Chitti Harjo or Crazy Snake, the chief was sought in vain today, it being felt that his capture or death would bring the uprising to an early end. He eluded all pursuers and tonight is believed rallying what he can of his forces in some strong position. Bloodhounds After Chief. Bloodhounds have been put on the trail of the much-wanted chief, and today his house -was burned by tie red men to hide evidence and divert attention from them. A detachment of Crazy Snake's band was surrounded by deputies this afternoon near Crazy Snake's home, and a lively baittle ensued. More tha:; 200 shots were ft red and one Indian was killed. Eight Indians were captured, and -the remainder tied with the deputies in pursuit. There were about fifteen Indians in the band that had taken refuge in a' house. The deputies had tracked them for some distance and were informed by a farmer of their location. Advancing from all four sides, the posse fired a volley at the house. The Indians rushed cut, scattered among the -tree and made a valiant defense. The posse, firing all the whilo, steadily advanced and soon routed tht band. None of those captured are seriously injured but it is knonvn that a number of Indians were hit by the posse's shots. Captured After Fight. Those of Crazy Snake's forces captured today are: Little Tiger, a subchief, Esley Larney, Jimmie Roe, W. E. Taylor, Tom Jeffries, John Lewi, Abe Burgess, Simla Harjo, who is not related to Chkti Harjo. The captives were started for the camp at Hickory Grounds under heavy guard. Orders were issued that the search be kept up and numerous parties went out during the early hours of the night to round up the renegades. As fast as -they were captured they will be hurried to Hickory Grounds which will be established soon as a reconcentrado camp. By this means the military authorities expect to avoid a pitched battle, but regard it as certain that numerous small engagements -will be fought. The Indian killed by the posse was the only fatality of the day reported to Colonel Hoffman. There are numerous rumors of engagements here and there, with a varying number of fatalities. One story told that a posse of farmers near Checotah fought a Jarge band of negroe renegades and killed twenty. This, with similar reports, cannot be confirmed. Leader Sought in Vain. Deputy Sheriff Frank Jones early today reported to his superiors in Checotah tha't he believed his iposse had part of Crazy Snake's band surrounded, including the chief himself. This gave rise to a story that the

EARLY SETTLER PASSES AWAY

MRS. NELSON McLAUGHLIN HAD RESIDED HERE FOR 72 YEARS. Was One of the Earliest Settlers of Plymouth Having Moved Here in 1841. Plymouth and Mars-hall county loit one of its earliest settlers, in th death of Mrs. Nelson MtLaughlin, which occurred al her home in north Plymouth, Sunday afternoon, at 2:0J o'clock. Death was caused from oKl age, Mrs. McLaughlin being 77 years of age at the time of her death. Susan Howe was born in Saratoga county, New York, in 1833. When but five weeks old her parents moved to Michigan, where they resided until the daughter 'was 'five years of age, when they moved to Marshall county, in the year 1H37. At the age oi nineteen she was married to Nelson McLaughlin, who with two sons. Charles and Theodore, of Plymouth, survive her. 'Mrs McLaughlin was a sister of the late David Howe and Mrs. Charles Reeve, also deceased. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. iMcLaughlin moved to Plymouth where they have since resided. Eight sons were born to the union, all of -whom are dead excepting the two afore mentioned. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson McLaughlin celebrated their golden wedding anniversary seven years a-o. The funeral was held at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, after "which the funeral proceeded to the Stringer cemetery, where interment took place. leader was killed. No confirmation cf this could be obtained and it probably 'is incorrect, as nobody could be found tonight who had seen the Snake during the day. .Scores of cowboys and fontiersmen, all expert gun fighters, joined the militiamen in 'the chase during the day and evening. Tney know the ruged country as well as do the Creeks. These men declared that if Crazy Snake was anywhere in the district he would foe run down before morning. Despite all the talk abot Crazy Snake the militia officers have yet to nnd anybody who has seen him since Sunday mtfrnirtg. Their only real knowledge that he is comanding the Indians personally is the information choked out of his son by the deputies when they hanged him by the neck until he expressed a willingness to talk. The young man may have been misleading the deputies at that. The militiamen, though, 'msist they have the best of reasons for believing they are near to capturing the Snake and ending his uprising.. One of the largest crowds eveT congregated in the little town of Checotah attended the funeral of Herman Odom, the 22-year-o!d deputy who -was killed in a fight at the home of Crazy Snake. Every business house was closed for an hour. The body of Edward Banm, who was killed in the fight, was scat to Fort Smith for burial. Several families have deserted their homes in the vicinity of Pierce on account of the Indian trouble. Treacherous and fearless, the redskins hang about that region, hiding in- .the -woods atvJ hills and occasionally coming into the open. Captain Frank Ben King of the engineering corps of the National Guard, and Sergeant Fred Joyner are hurrying to Henryetta in response to a call from Colonel Hoffman. HAVE CIH TEAM

Driving Club Forms Permanent OrganizationOfficers are Elected and Standing Committees Are Appointed.

PLYMOUTH DRIVING CLUB President, John O'Ryan. Secretary, Ed Danforth Treasures-, W. H. Var.Gildtr It was decided at tne meeting of the Plymouth Driving Club held for the purpose of forming a permanent organization Friday cv-e-ninlg, that Plymouth will have a salaried base ball team this summer, and the fair grounds ahd race tracK will be put in repair, that races among local and foreign horse-s can be hold here. The Club elected as permanent officers, John O'Ryan president, Ed Danforth secretary, and W. H. VanGilder treasurer. A 'onsfitutioly and bylaws were adopted, which set out tfl.e purposes, requirements for membership, etc. of -the club. The Club at present has 61 members, which is expected to be raised to 100. in a short time. Over $300 has ben raised by subscriptions from the members.

WILL ENTERTAIN

WAR SURVIVORS ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE OF SHILOH WILL BE CELEBRATED. Loyal Burch Will Entertain Veterans of the 29th Regiment on April 7th. Loyal Burch of this city, intends to celebrate the 47th anniversary A the Battle of Shiloh, by entertaining the survivors of the 29th Indiana, and their families at dinner, at his home in this city, on April 7Ä, at 7:00 o'clock p. m. There are about eleven members of this regiment in Marshall counity. Mr. Bunch desires all members to be present, also be sure and come hungry, so as to do justice to the spread he will have prepared, which he promises will be no mean one. i ' I i Entertain for Miss Thayer. Miss Marie Rlhtodes entertained at 6:00 o'clock dinner at her home on Sophia st. Friday evening a number of her girl friends, in honor of Mis-s Frances Thayer, who is to be married in the near future. At the table each guest received an inspiration for a toast. Later the guests ervgaged irv hemming and working initials in towels. At this. Miss Cecile Burkett won first, and Miss Ruth Chadwick consolation prize. The latter was a Child's First Lesson in Embroidering. A novel means of entertainment was furnishing a house by clippings from magazines. The guests present were the 'Misses Ffances Thayex, Floy Leonard, Deldora Deloney, Ruth Chadwick, Lyrel Morris Lura Capron and Cecile Burkett Sues For "Divorce. Laretta Anders has brought suit against her husband Delbert W. Anders, for divorce and custody of the one child Ruth aged 11 years. The plaintiff is a resident of Polk township. She avers that they were married in 'Marshall coun'ty in July 1896, and lived together until June of 1904 when they separated, and have continued livting apart. She charges cruel and inhuman treatment, and failure to provide. O. C. Gibbons has brought suit against the estate of Tabitha Denman deceased for a disallowed claim of $20. Easter Vacation Here. The Plymouth Public ochools closed Friday afternoon, for a week's vacation. Many of the grade and high school teachers, have left for their respective homes to spend their vacation. Prof. O. E. McDowell went to Bunker Hill, Saturday morning. Prof. David Thompson will spend his, vacation' in Chicago. Thompson will spend his vacation in Chicago. Miss Evangcfline M orris ey, went to Grand Rapidsr Mich. Saturday to spend her Easter vacation, wvah relatives. Takes Girl to Reformatory. K. F. Funk superintendent of the asylum at Valparaiso, passed through ethis city Thursday enroutc to India najpoli-s. lie had in his charge a girl. Lolo Besterfield, who will be entered in the Industrial Schools for Girls at Indianapolis. Meeting of Marshall Farmers Ins Co. Marshall Farmers' Home Fire Insurance Co. will ho'd its anmial meeting at the Court House' in Plymouth on Saturday, April 3, 1909, at one o'clock p. m.,for the purpose of electing officers for the. ensuing year. BASE BALL IBIS SUKR Base Ball Team Sure. A permanent committee -consisting of seven members of the club, were appokited as directors' of the base ball team. This committee consists of Messrs. E. C. Martindale, Adam E. Wise, C. A. Bondurant, L. S. VanGilder, Bert Allman, S. N. Stevens and Mose Lauer This committee -will have supervision and control of the base ball team. The committee will elect from the membership of the club, a manager for th team. Treasurer VaavGilder said today that work on organizing a base ba'l team would probably be begun within two or three weeks. Horse Racing Too, A committee of five, was appointed to direct the horse racing part of the club. This commitee consists of Messrs. John R. Losey, John Leland, Harley Logan, Herbert .Gibson and William Martin. This committee will overs-ec the repairing of the race track, and will manage the horse racing.

WILL MEET AT PLYMOUTH.

Delegates From Various Reading Clubs to Congregate in Marshall County Seat. The delegates of the Federated Reading Clubs of the Th rieenth congressional district will have a convention in Plymouth. Headquarters will be made at the home of Mrs. William O'Keefe. An address will be made by Mrs. Major president of the Federated clubs of the district, and otlhers. The date is April 22. Home on Vacation. Darmon Rhinehart, Glen Worthington, and Allen Goodyear, are home from Indiana University for their -spring vacation. Glen Underwood and Harry Woodbury, who are trying out for the University Base Ball team, wvll not return but spend their vacation at school, continuing their base ball work, Allen Goodyear, -will not return to the university after Easter, but will spend the remainder of the spring with his father on the farm, and "will return to college next year. Fred Kuhn is home from Wabash college, , Shively in Town. Senator Benjamin F. Shively, breakfasted at the Grand Hotel Menday morning and iwas here enroute from' Washington .to his home in South Bend. The Senator, says that they are waiting for the Payne Tariff bill to he handed up from the Houe. Veterinary for Bourbon. Dr. Garside of Providence, R. i.. who has been the guest of Dr. Carl Reynolds in this city, went to Bour. bonvMonday -where he expects to locate as veternarin. SENATE IS READY FOR IT CAN PASS THE TARIFF BILL IN THREE DAYS, SAYS ALDRICH. Payne Bill Hews Close to Lines of Dingley Bill, Pleaaes thd Senate Standpatters. Washington, March 25. Members of the senate committee on finance reasserted today that they would be ready to report a tariff bill whenever the house passed the Payne bill. They were informed that that time would not be more than ten days or two weeks distant, in all probability arrd Senator Aldrich replied that the, senate commnttee would -be ready in three days if necessary. With every day's consideration of the Payne bill the senate committee is impressed with the fact that it hews very close to the lines if the Dingley bill, iand as a result the work of the committee is much simplffiei. The changes to he made in the measure will be far fewer in number than was. at first anticipated. The closest attention is being paid to the administrative features of the bill and especial effort will be made to avoid the (pos-sibipity Jbff und'er vailuation of imports such as cause'd disturbance a few years ago over the importation of fine potteries from Franlce. Another question which is concerning the finance committee is the rearrangement of schedules on related articles. Among these is pig iron and the manufactured products of pig iron. Under the Payne bill some fear is expressed that there is too great a similarity in the regulation of these related articles, and that instead of the des-ired importation of iron in pigs the manufactured products may be imported in too great competition with American manufacturers. While no agreement 'has been reached by the senate committee, the indication is- that the rate on the manufactured articles may be somewhat increased, A proposition has been submitted to the finance committee on the subject off lumber which was received with some favor. It provides for the free importation of dimensioned lumber, but with the continuance of the duty on oull from -which lumber of an inferior ,grade is manufactured. ;Many complaints have reached the finance committee concerning the schedules in the Payne bill on watches and the various parts imported from abroad for ,watch manufacturers. The kluty has ibeen increased on the finished product aud 'on all iparts erf the watches with the exception of tfiaJs. Information has been gathered -which shows that practically all the American manufacturing concerns have been driven out of Ibusiness in the United States because of the cheaper manufacture abroad and the low rate of duty upon imports. These schedule have not been reached by the senate committee. Complaint also has .been filed with the committee against the more than 100 per cent increase of duty on cocoa and choclate. Statements have been submitted showing that cocoa and choclate are being used more and more every year as breakfast "beverages and Uhat the increased duty will compel the consumer to pay much for these articles. Read the Weekly Tribune and keep pasted.

SALOON According to Opinion

0 OT

Last Saloon Vill Go Out Here , . on September 8thv,

According to an opinion by Attorney General Bingham, which aifects the saloons in this city, rne iasi drink emporiums wv.l go out of business on September Sin, and will uc the places operated b. Hiram Aunb and Jacob Rentschler. Ti.e saloon Edward Shipley on north Micniga.i street, which it was thougnt would permitted to operate until Ocooer 7, must go out ninety days alter the recent 'local option election whca wiil be oi Jurae 2nd. at which umc TS saloons of L. R. Ocker, John C. Kuhn, Charles Vogel, of Flymoum, and Wilford C. Vink of Lapaz, must cease doing -business. Liquor men in "dry" territory have been advised by Attorney benerai Uingham that their licenses, if tatcen out after the passage of the'ecunty local option law on Sept. 20, w.ll not be permitted to run arter the expiration of ninety days after the jroanty in which they are situated has voted "dry?' The opinion was given at the request of saloon keepers who had liquor licenses and 'who were uncer'tain as to the time of their expiration Tne county (local option law. was passed on Sept. 26, and ct Ibecame effective by proclamation of former Governor Hanly on Nov. 20 of last year. It is provided in the law that those licenses which -were .aken out after the passage of the bill should become void at the expiration of 9u days in the event that the county voted "dry." The question has arisen throughout the state where the saloons have been ousted that the li censes taken out after the passage oi the bill would be good for one year, provided they were signed in the intervening time between the passage of the bill and the time it became effective by proclamation. Liquor Men's Theory Rejected. A number of liquor men who obtained licenses in this intervening t-ime did so on the 'belief that then SEEK A MISSING BOY. Posters Reach This City Offering a Reward for a Kidnaped Youth of Flint, Mich. Search for young Harold, the flint, iMich., boy, who was kidraped February 27, has been extended to Piymouth,iposters announcing the offer of a reward of $1,300, having been received. B The hoy has light hair, light brown eyes, full face and light complexi-cn. He is- of medium build, weighing about 80 pounds and when last een Aore brown corduroy; blouse pants, light gray sweater vest with dark blue Jwrder and a light gray stocking cap. The man supposed to have stolen him is- described as follows: Dark complexion, smooth face, dark hair, 33 to 40 years, five feet nine or ten inches, prominent scar on right hand extending from little finger diagonally across back of hand to wrist. Wore long black gauntletfur glovcst red necktie and celluloid collar, no overcoat. MANY TEACHERS EXPECTED. At Joint Meeting of Northern Indiana and Southern Indiana Association at Indianapolis. . It is expected that the meetings of the Northern Indiana and Southern Indiana Teachers' associations to be held in Indianapolis next week, will be the most largely attended of any teachers' organization held there in years. "I fully expect to see from " 000 to 6,000 teachers attend the two meetings," said Robert J.'Aley, superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction. Indianapolis educators are looking after the entertainment of the members of the two associations say that the hotels of the city ill not be able to take care of -the crowd that will attend ar.J arrangements have been made to entertain m'any of the teachers in the hoarding houses of the city. Teachers all 'over the state arc interested in ithe coming conventions. It probable that an effort will be made to combine the two associations into one tgjrciat organization, which will. take the place, of .the Indiana Teachers' association, which meets in Indianapolis during the Christmas holidays. If this is done the annual meetings hereafter will be in Indianapolis in April. The coming meeting of the two associations will be held on Aprl 1, 2 and 3. Change in Barbers. Guy Majors, who -has been employed as barber in the Rhinehart shop has resigned his position, and gone to Ft. Wayne to accept a position. Ed Raynu'r of Rochester, has ac cepted the position'-made vacant by

Mr. lMajor'sN resignation.

IN PLY

L OCTOBER

of Attorney General permitl would he good until the expiration of the year from their date, but this theory is rejected in- the t'nion sent out from Mr. Bingham's oIft.ee. The law has been- interpreted to mean that only those licenses taken. out before the passage of the bill can run until the expiration of the year, and that those which -were taken out afterward may run only for ninety Jays after the county has voted out the saloons. Several requests have come to Mr. Bingham's office in the last few weeks for opinions on the same subject, and they were all turned over to Alexander Cavins, assistant attorney general. All of the inquiries wre answered Saturday. Mr. Cavins interprets the ilaw to mean that the Legis latirre intended ' that those persons who took out a license after the pas-, sage of the bill did so with the . knowledge that there mfght be an election called and that they were in danger of losing their permits. "The ' law provide for the. return of the money paid by the holder of the licenses in the event he oes not get its full year's benefit. FOUR BOYS ARE ACQUITTED GREER BROTHERS NOT GUILTY OF COMPLICITY IN TRAIN WRECKING. Hollo ways State's EvidJetice Trial of Hudkins Boys Will be Heard This Term of Court. Wednesday afternoon it was learned that the Greer boys, brought here rora Michigan for alleged complicity n the train wrecldn-g; attempt mentioned in these columns yesterday, A-ere not with the parties who placed the obstruction on the Erie tracks and the authorities- immediately released and exonrated them from all blame, and the case as filed in the ctrcuit court stands against Daniel Hudkins and William Huxfkt-cs only. It is alleged that they, with Glen and Granville Hollo way were the parties that placed the obstruction on the track. The Holloway boys have turned state's evidence and the trial of the Hudkins brothers will occur some time during the March term of the Fulton Circuit Court. According to the confession- of the Holloway boys all four of them had been drinking and the act was- com. mctteti just for meanness. The case Of die State df Indiana, for boot-legging" whisky -was set for trial Monday the 29th of March. State of Indiana vs- Ortois Mitchell was set for next Tuesday. State of Indiana vs Charles McPherson. next Wednesday. State of Indiana- vs Newby, next ' Thursday. Rochester Sentinel. Announce Engagement. The engagement of Miss Florence Vanscoiak of South Bend, formerly of this cit) to Gustav Elick of Flint, Mich., has been announced, and. the wedding will take place at South Ilend, on April 7th. Miss' Swindell is Hostess. Miss tMrnnie Swindell who has recently returned from Western col!ege for her spring vacation with her parents, entertained a number of her young lady friends at a six-o'clock dinner Friday evening. y Sues for Divorce. Bruce D. Seymour has brought suit against his .wife Emma G. Seymour, for divorce, charging cruel and inhuman treatment and misconduct. They were marriexl on March 31 1907, and separated on Oct. 2, 1908. Closed for Invoice. J The Hartle Shoe Store, which has been recently sold, is closed for invoice prior to (being taken by the newmanagement. Funeral of Infant Child. The funeral of the four month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer White Ol South Bend, -was brought to this city for burial Friday. The funeral was held at the Reformed church in this city. Attend Wedding of Relative. County Clerk J. C. Whitell and wife went to Hamlet Sunday to attend the wedding of her brother, Charles R!tchie, to Miss Mae Abner, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Abner of Hamlet. New Suits Filed. Dr. James Kizer has brought suit against the estate of David Warnacut for disallowed claim.

i 1 .

If ' f i . i t i i t

!

- - .