Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 37, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 June 1910 — Page 1

-MOUTH Recorder's Offi JL 'IL VOLUME IX , PLYMOUTH. INDIANA. THURSDAY. JUNE 1G, 1910. NO. 37

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HQCT NAMED W 0 FACTIONS -II IS IIÖH 1 111!

Republicans of Marshall County Name Strongest Ticket in Years Neutral Republicans Named to. Carry G. 0. P. Banner in County This Fall Armory Hall Filled With Enthusiastic Delegates.

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j Representative Edward M. .Wright German Township , Auditor Charles Powell Polk Township Clerk Charles Heim, Center Township Treasurer . W. L. Hoover North Township Sheriff Wm. L. Yantiss, Tippecanoe Tp. Surveyor Milton F. Beck Polk Township Coroner Dr. S. B. Shunkwiler German Township Assessor W. S. Overmyer Union Township Commissioner 2nd District George Hatfield Bourbon Township Commissioner 3rd District Philip Sickman Union Township " Councilmen County Councilmen to be nominated by the

township committees. The county convention of the Republican party of 'Marshall county was held in the Armory hall iiaturday afternoon with an attendance of delegates which filled the hall to overflowing.' Owing to the rainy weather, the meeting" which was to have been held in the court house yard, gave up that meeting place for the commodius armory hall. A conservative estimate of the number of delegates present was 400. The meeting was called to or der at 3 o'eFock hv count v chair man Dr. S. C. Loring. Upon the motion of W. G. Hendricks, Louis E. Steinbach ' was selected to act as chairman ofj the convention, and 'W'm. C. Hendricks was selected as secretary of the meeting. It was then voted that each of the ten townships select a member for the committee on Rules and Organization. The following com mit tea was named: West township Chas. Kehert. Center township John A. McFarlin. Polk tp.-0.-L. Webb. Bourbon tp. Frank Dinius. Union tp. !Vm. CrossLand. Tippecanoe tp. Charles F. Cooper. North tp. C D. Hiltlebrand. Green tp L. Qiiincy4 Walnut tp. Ira Kyser. German tp 'Wm. Helmlinger. The committee then adjourned to an adjacent room, and reported rules to govern the convention. Tbi-? committee selected John A. McFarlln for chairman and Wm. Helmlingcr, secretary. After the adoption of the rules, it was voted to proceed to nominate the county ticket. Edward M. Wright was the only candidate for representative and , was given that nomination by acclamation. For auditor two candidates were named, A. A. Watkins of Union, township and Charles Powell of Polk townsliPp. ' The latter receive! the nomination by the vote of I0fi to 171. " For clerk. Center township named Samuel Tomlinso.n and Charles Heim. The forrrwrr mctinted the chair, and stated that because of business connections, it would be impossible for him to be a candidate. Tra Kyser moved to make the nomünax tion of ChVles Heim unanimous, which carried with a vociferous "ay." For treasurer V. F. Schilt of German,, and W. L. Hoover of North contended. Pv the vote of 200 1-14 to 3T7 13-14, Hoover received the nomination. For. sheriff ;Wm. L. Yantiss of Tippecanoe township, was nominate by acclamation. For surveyor a contest aroe between Wm. L. 'Morris and Milton F. Peck, both of Polk township. The vote which ekfcted Peck was 4 IS 9-17 to 129 C-17. Dr. X. B. AspinaH declined to accept the nomination for coroner, and Dr. S. B. Shunkwiler of German was named unaimously. 'W. S. Overmyer of Anion township was nominated for county assessor by acclamation. For commissioner of the second district. West townsfru named! A. E. Adams, and PourJon presented' George Hatfiehl Hatfield received the nomination by the, vote of 316 to 261. Philip

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. if ' various Sickman' o,f Union tp., was nominted for Commissioner of the third district by acclamation. The county council will be nominted by the various township committees, of the county. Speeches by Visitors After the nominations speeches were made by candidates and visitors. Otis E. Gulley, candidate for Secretary of State, and R. Miller candidate for justice of the Supreme court, were present and delivered stirring Republican speeches. ' ' Report of Rules Committee Tohn A. 'McFarlin chairman. Win. Helmlinger, secretary. First Each township, delegation 'Shall havC power to , vote the entire apportionment of that township. Second The order of the ticket shalL be as follows: State Representative, Auditor, Clerk, Treasurer, Sheriff, Surveyor, Coroner, Assessor, Commissioner of second and third districts. Third The county committee shall have power to nominate the County Council candidates. ' Fourth The nomination of candidates' shall be made upon roll call (A the townships made in alphabetical order. Fifth The chairman of each township shall hand the vote of his township to the secretary of the convention. MEET IN ROCHESTER Republican Editors of District to Confer on Political Situation. Tue Republican Editorial Association of the Thirteenth Indiana district is to meet for conference on the political situation at Rochester, Ind., -Friday, July 1, and it is expected that every one of the twenty members will attend. KILLED FOUR' DOGS. Marshal Jacoby Says That the Women Grab Their Canines and Run. "That new dog tagging ordinance, is pretty hard to explain, especially to the women, "says Marshal Jacoby, "and I am havinjr a hard time to make it clear. You see. the idea of having just paub'heir dog tax, and then being required to pay an other two dollars, looks like charging double for the canines, while the fact is the money which they have just paid was for 1000, and that which they pay for the tags is' for 1910. jacoby related his tale of woe to the council last evening. So far, according to Jacoby, he has killed four dogs. Almut a dozen dog owners have promised to buy tags when pay day comes, anl then there have been ten or twelve, who. have refused to tag their dogs. "If they don't tag the critters, I will kill them," quoth his honifw. the marshal. Lots of imes, when the. marshal was seen coming, Jacoby says, the women would grab up their dogs and run into the house with them. One hundred and forty dog licenses have been issued since flhe passing oj Me ordinance.

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STATE CHEMIST SAYS THAT SHORT WEIGHTS ARE GIVEN IN BUTTER AND FLOUR. Attempt to Punish Violators of Law Has Failed Because of Laxity on Part of City Officials. Indianapolis June 10. Sta't chemist H. E. Barnard, will, prosecute short weight dealers who sell butter who are operating northern Indiana. He -says insjectors of the state board ' of health have found several places where dealers are doing this. It is especially true of dairy product he says. Inspectors of the state board of health purchased samples at many of the stores in the northern Indiana cities. In each instance it was found fro be from one ounce to two ounces short in. weight. In other places the package of butter weighed eight ounces gross, wit n the it should packhave age, when weighed eight ounces, jiet with out the package. Mr. Barnard instructed the in"spcictors to prosecute the short weight butter dealers, wherever they found them. He says one inspector called on the police judge in one place, and laid the matter before him and that the judge refused to have anything to do with the case for the reason that he used to do business himself. Then the Inspector went to a couple of justices of the peace, he says, and they would not take the cases. But Mr. Barnard 'says the inspectors will go right ahead and show up the dealers in all places where they may be found selling short weight. . ' Flour Also Short in Weight. Short weight Hour is another article of which the inspectors find much in the stores throughout the state. 'Where an eighth barrel bag -should weight 24 pounds net. it weights, in many instances, 24 1-2 pounds ffross, or oven Iqss, some of them running as low as 23 pounds. The inspectors are on the look out for this short weight and bring it up to the required amount. Some days ago an inspector found a lot of short weighty flour in a grocery store at Linton. He required the dealer to fill the bags and bring them up to the legal weight, and Mr. Barnard received a letter from th dealer a day or two ago informing him that the order bad been compiled -with and that the St. Ivonis Milling company, from which he bought the flour, had agreed to stand the loss. Mr. Barnard brought the matter of short weight flour to the attention of the recent state convention of the Indiana 'Millers' association and it was found that most of the, millers of the starte were convolving with the law by giving full weight flour. Martin Reed's Passing. Death removed from our midst, last Saturday eivening June ."), 1010. Martin Reed, one of our oldest citizens. His demise was not a surprise for it was known he had been ill for weeks and was at the time in life, a ripe old age, when dissolution of body and sotiT is anticipated bv mortals. His remains were buried in Bethel cemetry on 'Monday following his death, ihn nrvirA and burial being atrwi,i n Inrn-e concourse. The deceased" was the father of a lnrn-e and prosperous family and wis wrll known all over the country. Bourbon Xcws-Mirror.

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TO THE CAPITOL RETAIL MERCHANTS OF CITIES THROUGH STATE TO BE GUESTS AT INDIANAPOLIS Visitors Will be Entertained at AH Events Covering the Week of June 13th. The retail merchants of Plymouth are receiving special in-t vitations to witness the aeroplane races at the Indanapolis Motor speedway next week as the guests of the Indianapolis Trade Association and it is expected thalt a party of business men will accept the Invitation. The program which is being received here by- mail shows that the snecial entertainment for visiting merchants arranged by tne jduoers ana manuiacturers wjjo make up the membership of the Trade Association will cover three days, including much more than the aviation exhibit. The visitors are to be the guests at the following events: Tuesday afternoon, June 14. Baseball erame between Indian apolis and Kansas City at Wash ington Park. 'Wednesday afternoon, Tune 15. Aeroplane races at Motor Speedway. Wednesday evening, June 1. Xew Hipprodome Vaudeville at Washington Park. Thursday eveninir. Tune 1CSmoker and Concert on the roof garden of the Indianapolis1 Maennercher Society Building. Anv time Trim in elevators to the top of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Anv time Plunge in great Broad R?pple Bathing Beach pool. Any bona hde ret ul mercnant in Tmliana will receive free ad mission tickets to all of these events, and in addition other courtesies are to be provided. The plan is a part of a long campaign inaugurated by the Indianapolis .Trade Association to bring the buyers ami tnc wholesale and manufacturing market of Indianapolis into closer co-operation. The aviation meeting at tne Speedwav will last all of next week, but -the Ifoecial progran for buyers covers June 11, 15 and 10. The aeroplane races are attracting the attention of the entire country. This is the first National meeting authorized and licensed bv the famous 'Wright Brothers, who have guaranteed to have at least five machines in th air each aft-ernoon and during the week. In addition to these, there arc a number of cither aeronauts entered for the rize-s in. the different clashes. The card for Wednesday after noon, when the visiting buyers will be entertained at the Sneedwav is the best of the week! A whole soction.of seats has been sdt aside and will be especially decorated. Two bands will also orrifnv this section, giving a continuous concert during the ternoon. Pretty Lake Picnic. A party of eighteen from this city, enjoyed a picnic at Pretty Lake Sundliv afternoon and evening. The party va in honor of Mr. Herbert Overman and Miss Gladys Morrison of Chicago, who were the guests of Miss Krina Ilumrichouser. , A picnic supper was served, which the fellows pronounced "swell." The party was composed of the Misses Krma Humricbouser, Gladys Morrison, Helen Tomlinson, Leathe Carmen, Catherine Stevens. Rose Holzbauer, Kthel Tones, Lois Cressner and Ruth Logan and the Messrs. Herbert Overman, Paul Singrey, Hubert Tanner, Alonzo Walker. Henry Humricbouser, 'Wm. Hendricks, Ralph Powell, Charles Reeve, Arthur Thomson. Attend Funeral at South Bend. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Yarrick, Mrs'W. h. Berlin. "Mrs. Sherman Orr, Svlvester Iogan,and C. A. Yarrick of this city, A. A. Yarrick and F. Worthington of Argos went to South Bend Monday morning to attend the funeral of Jesse joo-don which occurred Monday. Attends Graduation. Miss Carol Hunirichouser went to Winona to attend the graduation exercises of the Misses Ruby P.eebe and Catherine Kline which occurred Saturday afternoon.

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Good Attendance at Church of God Meeting Being Held Here. The interest and attendance at the Bible, School, being held at the Churcji of God. are increasing. The sermon by Rev. S. J. Lindsay on Monday evening, was instructive and uplifting. A baptismal service was held on Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Two young men united with the church. There will bc preaching this evening at 7:1." by Joseph Williams. Subject : "The Divine Mirror." A musicale will be given by the school on Wednesday evening, to which everyone is invited. New members of the school are MrsS 0. H. Himmelright, and two daughters of West Lebanon Ind.. -Mrs 0. W. Long, Lipscomb Texas and Mr and Mrs. K. F. Randolph Fairbanks Okla. Frantic Horses Run Away. longing to Ziba Imex, of Green township became frightened in this city this morning and ran madly through the streets of the downtown district, dragging a farm wagon behind them. A buggy hitched in front of the Milner Thomas grocery was smashed, and where the wagon crossed the curb, tire cement was broken. The team broke loose from tire wagon, at the end of Laportc 'sitreet, and turning around madly careened through town once more, and "then down Garro street. Red Men Initiate. Pe-pin-ne-wan Tribe Xo. 511, Improved order of Red 'Men held an enthusiastic meeting Thursday night. Ten new applications for membership were presented and arrangements are being made to initiate a class of twenty-five in the near future, at which time a thoroughly drilled team will be secured to demonstrate the ini tiator- work which is pronounced to be second to no other, order in the state. Thrown from Horse. Miss Grace Milner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kli Mi'lner of this city was rendered 'unconscious when she was thrown . from a horse, while visiting her uncle Charles Heim, northeast of this city Monday afternoon. The girl was riding the animal when he shied and threw her. Kccept for minor bruises the girl was not injured. Bremen Crowd Here. A crowd of about twenty-five from I reinen 'spent Sunday in Plvmouith, attending the services at the United Drethem church. The Premen minister is on his vacation, hence the coming to Plymouth. A number) of the party were the guests of Mr. and Mrs Win. Poor, while in this city. They returned Sunday evening in the Rapid Transit. CHAS. M. WALKER TAKES OVER THEATRE THÜRSDAY TOOK POSSESSION AT ONCE. Will Close at End of Week to Redecorate the Interior Will Reopen With Up- N to-date Show. Chas. M 'Walker Thursday rmrchased the fixtures of the Orpheiini theater of D. 'fi. DeWitt and assumed charge of the new theater at once. The consideration of the sale was S1400. Walker will operate the; show until the end of this week, when he will close the thetiterfor five or six days, during which time the entiro interior of the theater will be redecorated, a new bnlliantine screen will be installed and the interior gone over and put in first class condition. The theatre Avill then reopen with a show which Walker states will be strictly up-to-date,'- including the best films on the market. TX YV. DcWitt stated Thursday that he had not made definite plans for the future, but would nmbably return to Pdoomington, Ind. where he conducted a vaudeville theatre for a few weeks. He is also considering a proposition for managing a moving picture show in the state of Ohio.

THEATRE IS SOLD

ANTIOCH IE1G DRAWS

C STATE CONFERENCE OF CHURCH OF GOD AT TENDED BY THRONG OF PEOPLE SUNDAY Delegates Present from Over Entire State and Visitors from Other States Bible School, in Session. The state quarterly conference of the Church of God held at Antioch convened Friday morning and closed Sunday evening. The meeting was unusually well attended by delegates of the state and also a number from Ohio and Illinois. The annual bible school w4rich follows tSiU conference convened at 9:30 this morning at the Church of God in this city. A large delegation was present at the first session of this .school. There will be two sessions each day during the week. Jos. Williams will teach the forenoon sessions beginning at 9:30 a. m. and closing at 11. S. J. Lindsay will teach the afternoon session from 2:30 to 4:00. There will be , preaching 'service this evening at 7:30 bv S. J. Lindsay CULVER CADETS x GET DIPLOMAS 62 COMPLETE COURSE AT MARSHALL COUNTY MILITARY SCHOOL. . Hundreds Present at Interesting ' Exercises List of Honors . Awarded. Culver, Ind., June 11. The fifteenth annual commencement of the Culver Military Academy was held Thursday moming.lshe largest elates in the history of the academy, sixty-two in number, received their diplomas. The week tfuas been fiHed with exhibitions of the various drills of the cadet corps and fully five hundred 'parentis and friends of cadets as wdll as the hundreds of others who came followed with interest the movements of the cadets. On Tuesday evening 200 took part in a cotillion and on Wednesday evening there were fullv a thousand "people at the final !all in the academy gymnasium. General Irving Hale of Denver spoke to the cadets at the graduation exercises and Dr. H. A. Gobin of DePauvv assisted in awarding the medals ami honors. Following the awards and the announcement of thei officers for the year of 1910-1011 the battalion was formally dismissed as the band played VAuld Lang Syne." ; The . following medals and honors were announced: Scholarship J. S. Rrumbaek, Ohio. Spelling R. S. Camp, Mississippi, r Elocution L. J. Parker, Iowa. Commander of Rest Company W. T. Pals, Indianapolis. 'Manual of Arms M. H. Davis Kansas. jMrlitary Hygiene T. A. Gabel. Deportment K. R. Rublee. Horsemanship D. G. Stiles, do. iMcxico. Physical Development R. H. Gu'cago. All-round Athlete R. S. Lee, California. .Marksmanship J. C ArredonP.artlett, New York. Recommended or second lietttendancy in army- D. A. Jansen, Chicago. Special 'Mention in Army Reg-iste,r-JV. T. Pals, X. D. Trinler, l. M. McClure. P. P. Hendricks, D. A. Jansen. W. K. Hale Newspaper Men Will Meet. The Indiana Associated Weeklies composed of newspaper published outside of county seats in Indiana, will hofd a meeting at Indianapolis on Friday arid Saturday of this week. The election of officers will take place on Saturday afternoon just before adjournment. Return from Michigan. Messrs. Henry Korp. Jacob Stryckcr and N. A. Goodrich have returned from an extended business trip through Nites, Cadalliac. Lake 'City and other cities in Michigan, where they ient on a trip looking over the farm land in that district.

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Fred Corse, Last Trustee, Owes the Township $,11,009.25 According toN Report of State Field Examiners Who Inspected the Books.

CHARLES THIER 1 Local Supply Man Rich Haul Off Donated John The following from the Sun day morning edition of tüte IndU anapolis News contains a num ber of bombshells, which are very "interesting" to residents of Plymouth and Center town ship, t A' tale of extravagance and misconduct in office is told in tne report which two field exam iners made of their ' examinaon into the affairs o Fred Corse, who was trustee of Cen ter township, Marshall county, from 1905 to 1908. The report, Which was made public at the office of tbe state iccoimting board, says that Corse owes the township $11,009.25. The report also charges that Corse's predecessor in the office, C. V, jackman, turned nothing over to Corse, when the latter assumed office, ,ahhough the hooks show ed that Jackman had 01 haml balances amounting to SG.30G.99. Corse, according to the report, refused to accept certain over drafts from Jackman when the change was made, amounting to $250.72. Therefore, Corse start ed with nothing in any "off the township funds. In other words he started at zero. But from the way the report reas, he he'gan a career of official extravagance at once. During his term ?e spent $9,485.20 for supplies, lor which he 'had no itemized bilk. Much"if this sum was spent witht Charles Turner, a supply man of Plymouth and S. J). Kiger & Co., of Indianapolis. The examiners made the defi nite charge in their report' that Corse "was extravagant and he made frequent illegal use of the funds of ithe township." Unnecessary Supplies Wben the examiners investi gated they found Ithat many of the supplies which Corse , had purchased at high prices were unnecessary; that many of the road tools were unnecessary and unused; ithat there were stored in 'the office of thetmstee many Charts, portfolios and cabinets purchased for school use, but which were unnecessary ami un used. They found also that the t 1 t 1 1 townsnip advisory ooaru nau ndt made any appropriations for the purchase of these supplies as the hoard is required by law to do. A trustee has no right to spend township money unless, an appropriation for that purpose has been made previously by the township advisory board. The report savs that 1 tiring his. term in office Corse overpaid himself $530.40 for 'salary and that he overpaid small sums on various other accounts. In the case of Jackman, the former trustee, the examiners say that he was extravagant and that he was easy prey for supply men. They say he was dissipatcd and that since ins retirement from office he has mov ed to the state of Washington and that he has no nrorerty in Indiana. Center Township Report. A copy" of the report on Center township affairs has been made for transmission to- Governor Marshall, but chief accountant Delibrity is fn Xew York and the copy has not yet reached the Governor's office. Cenfter township, .Marshall county, ap-ears to bave been a naradisc for supply men as there is another report which Indicates some of the mctlitxls which have been, in use tlvere. When the examiners looked into the 1ooks of lohn Richards, present trustee, they found one item among the receipts which' read : "Donation from supply man $4." Thev asked Trustee Richard what it meant and he said the money was paid to him by Chas. Turner, a supply man off Plymouth. He said he bough a bill ol goods of Turner amount

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PREYED Off TP. Said to Have Made Two Last Trustees Richard Sum of $4. ing to $19.07, and the examiners found the voucher for the paymen of the bill. Richard said that after he bad paid Turner, the latter handed him. $4. Richard refused to accept the money and Turner refused to Xake it back. So the trustee then put it into the township fund and credited it as a donation from a supply man. Becomes Barren Waste. The examiner's added this comment, to their report: "This ore time fruitful field has since become a barren waste to' Mr. Charles Tu mer." They found tnrstee Richard's record clear and gave him a clean bill. Field examiners who investigated the affairs of J. F. Shutt, trustee of Jefferson township, Huntington county, recommended the 0 'further investigation of the cost of erecting a schoolhouse in that township. The records show that the .township advisory Ixxird authorized the expenditure of $3,000 for the baildhvg. When bids were received the lowest bidder refused to take the contract on the plans prepared, and Shutt then gave the contract to David Shutt at S1CD0 for labor -only, the trustee to furnish the materials. It develops that the total. cost of the building was $1,301.08, which was $1,304.04 in excess of the appropriations. They found also that bridges and culverts had been constructed and paid for at double price. Clean Bills dean bills were given to the following trustees and former trustees: Decatur county A. Xthman Adams township. Marshall county Frank S. Nash, Polk township, except minor errors; Ed. R. Monroe, Polk township, former trustee. Pike county Benjamin F Ferguson, Monroe township. . .'Warrick county Ishman Taylor, Anderson township. Wayne county F. W. Kienzie. Clay township; J. C. Taylor Dalton township. Lake county -Mike J. Schillo Hanover township. Fountain County Mark O. Smith, Shawnee township; Elias S. Waggoner, Richland township ; Joseph Starkey, 'Fulton township; John C. Goodin Jackson township; Duly P. Frazier, Cain township; Chas. A. Brown Troy township; C E. Short, former trustee Cain township; Jacob Fine and Robert Krout, former trustees, Jackson township; Lewis A. Riggin, Uogan township. Laporte county-rRobert Hanson, Springfield township, Wm. M. Walton, Center town-ship. The accounts of the school lKXirtls of the towns or Eaton and Albans were found to be in good shape. HARBOR TEAM WINS. ! Visitors Take Close Game from the Clippers Yesterday by Score of 7 to 6. The Indiana Harbor team took a closely contested but loosely played game from the Clippers cn the local grounds Sunday by the score of 7 to'C. The visitors were very fast, and displayed great ability at base stealing. Spencer was placed in the box during the latter part of the game, and djd fairtoward recovering the game. Attend Funeral of Friend. Wim. F Young went to Columbia City Saturday, to attend the funeral of Mrs William Miser, who is better known in this city as the .mbther of Mrs. S. C. Tuttle formerly a resident of Plymouth.