The Tribune from Seymour, Indiana • Page 1

OR DAE 1 kvY Formerly The Seymour Dally Republican Consolidated With Th Seymour Daily Democrat EIGHT FCB'TCAT. Ll. VOLU1EE XIJI NO. 159 SEYMOUR, INDIANA. 'TIES DA JULY 3, 1923.

TRICE THREE CENTS. LL HURD SUBF.1ITS HIS HAROIHG PARTY ON TO READY FOR FOUTH PROPOSED SEWERS Workmen Busv At Athletic Park City Divided into Two Main DIs President And Party Enjoy Celebration With Indians, Cowboys And All Typical of Early West, Companies Play Losing Game When" 1 They Stock Liquor on Ships and Is Seized. Preparing For Fireworks In The Evening. tricts with Baltimore Ohio Tracks as Dividing Line, 0 LY wwm AuERIGA! 01! SHIPS DECIDE THE OREGON TRAIL GARRY LIQUOR 1 vj. i i i), .1 jSZv i-'v I CONVERGE WEST SMOKED INDIAN PEACE PIPE DEPARTMENTS ARE RELIEVED I Will Carry Just Enough to Supply Patrons on Voyage onlfie American Ports.

Ily InternatlinaVNw Service. "WaHliiiigton, July 3. Diplomatic tension, over the enforcement of AiiieNcaii "-prohibition laws against foreign ships was relieved today when the state "and i -trensury dejiurtments were advised through consular channels that practically all foreign ship line- have decided to! stop loading bever- age liquor under seal for the homeward voyage. Having concluded, 1t'was explained, at the Treasury, that they were playing a losing game by having all their non-medicinal liquor, confiscated as soon as it reached the I'nited States, the British and French steamship -operators will make no 'further attempts to trans-. 1M.

'y imMiillli I I ill Phdto is irom' a celebratVd painting of the hiatorio. efiTl winch took affixed their names to. Jvhat was Jo become one of tho most iniportunt 'modern civilization, f- f' gress the Volstead Act. Txenftinpr an adjustment of the ship Jiipior tancle. r'Ttmerican Consular t)fiicers, keep FLOOR Shields Park Free Attractions, Rides, With Baseball, WresUing And Boxing At Ball Park.

All preparations have been com pleted for the Fourth Annual Inde pendence Day celebration to be given in Shields -park7 tomorrow by the local poet of the American Legion, is was announced by the In dependence Day committees who held their final meeting in the club rooms of the post last night. For the' past several days construction of concession stands and platforms for the free acts to be offered have been underway and yesterday representative of the Italian-American Fireworks company, of Durant, arrived in the city and started consimction of various framework which will- be used in giving the $500 free fireworks a a grand finale to the day's celebration ut the Seymour Athletic park. The fire works display will be given tomor row night at 10 :30 o'clock." 1 Originally it wa decided to erect a mammoth platform for dancing during the evening, but as an cn ormous crowd of dancers is ex peeled it was decided to rope off Sixth street for the dance will begin at 7:30 and will continue until 11 :15 o'clock in the evening. Besides special orchestra for the dance a band will play continuously throughout the day in the park during' the intermissions b- tween the free acts to be given. A program for the day has-been arranged which is featured with with many thingfTTof interests The local post will spend $1,000 in free acts for the.

entertainment of those visiting the park and a $500 fire-wqrkdisp'ay will be free at the baseBall park as the last feature on the day's program. At 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon the Seymour Reds will clash with the North Vernon aggregation following which the fastest boxing and wrestling carnival ever staged in Sey mour will be given in the ballpark Some of Southern Indiana's best battlers and wrestlers have been secured for cards. Jack Dillion, the "Hoosier and Joe Walters, Columbus, are scheduled for the main go in a fast ten round bout. Kid pounds, and Battliifg SIXTH DANCE i ing strict watch 'npon 'whip opera -lions nt foreign -ports cabled that foreign vessels are taking aboaj-d only; enough 'liquor to safeguarrl -needs of passengers and crews on the western trip. Reaching American ports, official said today, American officers will take every possible precaution to assure foreign liners ample medicinal liquor stocks for their return Treasury officials today saido 177f5, when 56 American patriots" public documents in the history ED AS COUNTY AGENT County School Board Him for Th'rd Year With Thrc'j Votes Against Retention.

FARM BUREAU REPRESENTED More Than a Dozen of Them Attend July Board Meeting and En-r dorse Him and His Work. Willis Stall, county agent, was elected by the county school hoard Monday to serve for anotlier ear. Ilis present jeur-ends with August 31. It will be his second year completed, his new term being the third year of his work in Jackson county. Of the twelve Township, trustees iii the county, ten voted for the -ten-tioa of Mr.

Stall for another vear- The only dissenting votes were cast by the trustees of Driftwood ''and Brownstown townships and by the senooi ooara. ah scnooi corporaiion heads in the county, as ell as trus. i i education. ia iht inir trustees -feci that the countvf li :a.A il- was not jusiuieo in me CAweiiuiiure, but those in" favor ofrrefaining Mr, Stall Tegard him as one of the best invAstmnnts the countv has 'r made. -They, point out that nis 1.

I 1 I services navif vvvn miuv man unvs. nnA that he is known a9 one of the most emeient, agents in the state: He is referred j.j stituencv. lie is rejaroea as nin a ty nn mn rf ilia STALL 1 cuii.ib Durrnu imumcu ol ii. Main Trunk With Lift Pit Breaking Its Level Would Extend to Vehs lage Woods Disposal Plant. Charles II.

Iurd, civil and snni tary engineer, of Indiana pons, who is planning a sewer system for Scy- mour, met with the city council Mavor Kessler, Cjty- Attorney T. 11 Montgomery and City Engineer J. MeCurdy last night ats the -city council chambers and presented preliminary draft of the proposed system. The plans were gone over thor oughly 1 and it was found that some minor change', would have to be made in some streets and alleys. Mr, luurd will have his surveyors go ov the ground in question again and final plans will ibe submitted, perhaps this week, Mr.

Ilurd will be in the city again Thursday after -noon and will -fprobably remain till some time Saturday in getting the final survey and plans completed. In general the system divides (he ity into-two main districts, north and south, with the Baltimore Ohio Railway tracks as the dividing line. A trunk sewer is to be built on the south side, in Brown street, le- ginnmg anoint Brien streets, or farther east, and extending west to within a square of.iAhe corporation limit and then northwest to the Brownstown road. The north district trunk sewer will atari just north of Sixth on Kim, and extend south to. Second and follow it till it joins the Brown street trunk.

The. two converge ther and go a northwesterly dir rection to the Vehslage woods, par- alt lling the present sewer. At the west edge of Jhe Vehslage woods the disposal plant will be located, and from that point to 'White river, a istance of about 10,000 feet, the present sewer will serve, as the outlet to the river. At the point where thetwo trn (Continued on page 5, column 3) TEACHERS' EXAMINATION PAPERS TO STATE BOARD eki "fj. i nerson wno rorwaras TO for Grading.

tI 1 countv supenn- II- tabulation of the-manuscripts of fl VU nnU" vj ifj ivuiv nic icovu- ers' -exambat ion at Brownstown Saturday, and will forward them to the state board of education this wcbk in oe graueu. Ct na Kfl tv Yn i rrs ha ivo 1 vm, u-o LAumiiiw- tiom 3 were for supervisors. 12 for it a gf nrrltiianta frr li'nnuau tu. i i iiw nitiic immu iivi giaurs inciu, are forwarded to, "the superintend- ents FIRST 192? WHEAT mmr I lv ih I mi mm Lewis Rotert Receives '95 Cents for No, 2 Wheat Fresh From Machine. Lewi's Kotert, a weir known farmer residing south of the city, brought the first load of new wheat to the -Scj'mour market this iorn-ing and sold it to the Blish' Milling The wheat, wuic was grade 2, averaged 59 pounds to the' bushel.

The wheat brought in by Mr, Rotert was morning on his farm south of the citjv He thre'shed but a small quantity, his chief object in tnreshing today being to test the threshing machine and to get all in preparedness to begin threshing in earnest Thursday. From the test made this morning, should prove a. bumper crop, au the yield of the; section he threshed was. extraordinarily heavy. Quota- tion on No- 2 wheat today is $.95.

itu ciiavuiicui vi imuvu by. the recent session of the state legislature, countv superintendents are relieved of the duty of erad nir tne super.utenae.us eunuu. ing the examinations and making to oil. in their ofliees or those who rru 1 niinnM The rosnlrs nf thn frrnnxntr i i i.i t- Eat Lunch In Tent, Attend Dance And Mingle With Great Crowd of Folks on Grounds. Jly Jnlrnatlont Npwg Bervlcs MeachaOre.July-It.rI'reatdcnl Harding joined here today witl thousands of Urcgonians in iribftte to the, heroism of the pioneers who nearly a centiury blafce.l the trail to' Oregon and fashioned from the wilderness then existing.

the rrcat' American NorthVest of to- The president was the principal speaker at the celebration of the eijihticth anniversary of thn Oregon trail and he coinmcndcd the spirit of he nioneers us worthy of emula K- I HOI1 uy II1B iiiiierifuiis ui wm.n The: trail blacrs, he pointed "out, asked nothing from the" government at Washington but an opportunity to rv: hev even had to oat lie against op pfisition from the government, for the opportunity to cross the un charted wilderness and Mr. Harding read into. this a pointelilessonfor those of today who believe that t'o government ought to dip into any thing and. everything. 'The lesson," he said, "cannot fail to impress itself.

In this 1wt of Keif-reliant citizenship, there cumc the rnirced. militant, wholesome West "Greater things were wrought. larger accomplishments were record ed, greater victory was won in this wholesome, inspiring (individualism Jhan wjll attend any paternalism or government assumption of .1. tne tasks wnin are in'! navitniM horitago of hniilders arid who may bettpr serve themselves. jrxovernment may well provide opportunity, but the worth-while accomplishment is the privilege and the -dif of men." Much of the.

president short address was devoted to a recital of the hardships and- governmental stupidity that the, pioneers had to elmiljatnTTofderTrl West. He recalled how Andrew Jackson had counselled against trying to establish American title to the Oregon territory in the fact of British op position; how Daniel Webster had said the country "was fit only for wild beasts arid wild men," and bowin spite of all this, Marcus Whiternan went to Washington and persuaded President Tyler to give bim the necessary authority to lay claim to the territory in the name of the American government. "There as, determination something for themselves," the president continued, "and not ask tb? (Continue on page 4, column 6) THIRD PARTY DELEGATES ASSEMBLE AT CHICAGO Some Strong Unions Represented But Socialist Party-Declines Asy Inopportune Movement. By Jntr nation at News' Servtc. Chicago, July 3 Six hundred del egates, representing many walks life, were present here today when the Farmer-Labor party put under way its movement to unite 'minority parties with a view to forming a third political party.

Leaders said the i meeting 1 wus iiiereTy for the" purpose of sounding -out sentiment on a third party, and that they were not interested in any presidentiaJLboonir il communication from the socialist naftv leaders declinincr to be the third party movement was The Brotherhood -of Locomotive Engineers, Amalgamated Clothing Workers and other unions were represented. Speeches: were. to.be made by O. Brown, secretary-treasurer of the Farmer-Labor Bennett, of Lieut. Gov.

Cummings, of Wisconsin, former U. S. Senator. F. Pettigrpw, of South Dakota Jones, famous woman leader in labor troubles.

Bus Notice. No trips to North Vernon tomor-' row. All other trips dlt Fleming, 138 pounds, will head the'tendent of schools, is comnletin? his I place at July 4,. SPECIAL CARS OF I Interstate Said To Have Klansmen From Extreme South End 0f State For Kokomo Julyj 4 THREE CARS OF WHITE HORSES Union Traction Refuses Further Service After Chartering 50 Carl Ta Klansmen Tomorrow The Company is running special car out of Jcffersonville tonitrht which it is said locally will carry a party of- Ku Klux Klan nieinbers from the south end of the state to the h'lg July 4 celebration that be staged tomorrow at Kokomo A large number of. automobile parties have passed Vh rough be pcinp north today nird "it-under.

stood that a big per cent, of them are Klansmen enrpute to Kokomo, and that Jackson county is furnish ing several automobile for the Kokomo meeting. Traction men bring the report that on Monday afternoon three car loaaV of white horses were trans ferred at onto the Union Tractiop Company lines to be taken to Kokomo to be usedlianhft parade. It is also stated that the Union Traction Company had chartered 50 special cars to Kilinstnen from points 1 o.vec.JtsSsysteiii to carrv parties' Kok'oimpfor the day, and that the same company had refused additional service of special cars becnii'e it fcmnl ihu iiunnal July 4 travel and the 5.0 special would ne nil tne load it could carry con-. ventieriHy from its power-stations, because of the difficulty of -handling larger number of cars and keen traffic anyways near sc hedule. Indianapolis press reports- have said that the Klan wtild have of its in Kokomo tomorrow from; ever un official reportsslate that there be automobiles from neighboring states bearing Klansmen who have been determined to 1 on hands to witness and "to partif ipat what is' be the most pretentious assemblage Klan has ever undertaken "in the any ity in the Central West.

Case Continued. The case of Howard Ilauerspergeri harged with exceeding the speed limit, which was to have been tried in' the, -city court this afternoon at I has been continued until next week, no definite time having )een set. Hauersperger was arrested a week ago Jby Kast Tipton street. 7 Return. J)etnpsey-Gibbons fight returns to be announced at Shields Park as they occur.

Enjoy the Legion Independence Day Celebration. Tip's Yellow Taxie. Any time, anywhere, Phone 447. Residence 67. "Tip Richardson.

0 K0K0M0 preliminaries. Leonard -Wilier, well linnWIi Wrdstlw will in ImmU, nP I matches over Southern Indiana has proven nis will meet Hoover, iwewn, pi picKneii. i ne wrestlers weigh 1Z5 pounds Besides the entertainments for the older folks, the kiddies will be en- flETAIl. MERCHANTS CLOSE TOMORROW keeping the custom of the retail merchants' the "Chamber of Commerce of this city, all business will be suspended over July Fourth, and no mercantile business house will he tomorrow, it has been announced. IV itiuun Liunnni OFFERS ITS BOOKS Would Grant Use By Townships Other Than Jacksurf Provided Books Arc Wanted By Theml- STATE BOARD INTERESTED County Board of Education Discusses it In July Session Deliv- eries Regularly-in Truckrr Seymour ruU Library boHfrd has declared ltswillinLrniss to every township he county the use -ot its books, the same as Jackson township has en- 'joyea lor tne iai tour or nve years, -Vloar(1 voted iJ' Ella Francis Xortht'y, suier- visor of school libraries of the state public library cowimfetgion.

conferences witbrtbe -library board and has also brought the matter be- l.i u.i fAi, HeMm fathrX fv not every one of the townshipw, Mill avail themselves of it. part i laJ-y a mctor trtick n.akea.trip to the pountrv-tuhnols and distributes fresh book's and takes up those that' have been in use from the and collections on a regular sched- ule. The trustees, it is pointed out, could make the levy necessary to cover the cost of the service to the this would-make the first avail- Continued on pagV 6, column 5) Legion I)onationd for Fourth Anntiaf Independence Day. Celebration of local post No, American IjCgioii will be received at following places: Carter Collins, Stein wedcl Clothinr store, Bacon's KIectric P. Hagd Jewelry store, Ideal Shoe store, Cbrdes Hardware, Mix's Pool Room, Interurlmn j' station, Cigar store, Jones' pharmacy.

CLvMnilu IDDHC ULI tertainedV with the Bohool licenses and the balance rems whee, wading pool, swimmin'g for common school licenses. i l0 Dy IITHUV laFIIierS Ul Hie VUUIIIV mi ft as th walking encyclopedia be- j(s juj session Monday and the of owl fund of nrnrticnl 1 matter was discusscq, and there in rpu-nrlini a most nnv v-" -ery-. mojeatton that practically an, 1. 1 ill 1. these no hopB re covery of -the high grade liquor -and wines seized on foreign liners at New York, Boston and ot her ports since the ne regulations be came effective.

The thousands of gallons of liquors will be either sold or 'destroyed, according to the court's order. F0CH SENDS MESSAGE TO THEAMERICANLEGION Declares Its "Principles Are Those for Which France is Today -L Making Fight, By International News Service. Indianapolis, July 3. The princi ples of the American Legion are those for which France is fighting at the present titme, Marshal Foch declared in an Independence Day message made public here today at legion national headquarters. "I am happy to repeat to the Americah Legion on the occasion ol! Independence Day my sentiments' of sincere the message that it remains faithful to the prin ciples that governed its foundation- These principles are.

those for which France is fighting'at this time. The legion has recognized this fact and our action as in the days of. the past for: the defense of tight in the world cannot fail to contnb-' ute to work for the highest welfaru of our two countries." TAX QUESTIONS ARE BEING SIDE STEPPED Irreconcilable Conflict of Opinion' Among Party Leaders Tends to 7 Leave Revenues Alone, By International. News Service, Washington, July, 3 able conflict of opinion among party leaders over tiio policy to be pursued in advance of the 1924 election will defeat any moves in the 08th Congress-forthe downward revision of taxes, despite the $300,000,000 surplus accumulated by the treasury, according to opinions expressed in Congressional This difference of view is expected to lead to a decision that it be unwise to open the revenue laws to changes because of tre danger of stirring up the forces 'desiring the. imposition- or heavier tax bur dens on the wealthy and no tan-corporations.

Those who want lower taxes generally are m.t Mr enough resist. alliu-k i miartcr. so V''' cfficient 8n.t tremenaously encr-, Undef a Uw enut.ted J01- h. )s made possible where the town-records fmp n. A oody ot about 10 tanner rep- Kmp trustees will make a special Itm AfR4nn I fill II I rnrill 1 i icvy fitier nc rui uii iiih me iiorary uiat gives tne serv jbbard and they very strongly eti- township has a two dorsed-MrStall anl asked that lie Pent ievy to meet the cost, and reg- be 1 hey were very repre- sentative the county.

The trustees who, it is said, voted airainst his 'retention are M. A. Driftwood township; Seymour library. jWorth Clark, Brownstown township, If the service is extended -to oth-and O. R.

Emerson, Brownstown cr townships the truck will extend town school its route and make tho deliveries in a big park amply shaded i acts ana mu scheduled to filleverv jh both' the afternoon and evening. Howard Wiggara, physical culture rxpert and well known boxer, has been chosen by the local Legion (Continued on page '6, eolumn 1 P0ST0FFICE WILL OBSERVE JULY 4 No City or Rural Delivery And Windows Will be Open Part Time Only. There will be ueither city nor rural delivery of mail tomorrow as July 4. is a legal holiday. However it is announced that "the general delivery Window will be open from 7 -30 to 10 iarnd.

from p. The money order department will be open from 8 to 10 a. m. and mail wilf.be received at the office as iisuat and all outgoing inail will be dispatched. Regular service in all departmeifls-will-be resumed JThurs- day morninR.

Street Dance. St reet dance, 7 :30 to 11 o'clock p. July 4, Shields park- A big feature of the Legion Inde pendence Day Celebration. Snecial orchestra. jy3d Closing Notice.

The Library will be closed fourth of July. the dljt asic are, mute of. Hardwick Suffers Fire. By International Newg Service. Hardwick, July 3-Fiftccn families were; made hon when Are threatened the business section.

Seven Imildjngs were destroyed. Damage was estimated at li5oioo. ZZ Aid was summoned from nearby towns. Coinpany of the National Cuard of St. Johnsbury also was called out.

Street Dance. Street dance, 7:30 to 11:15 o'cloi-k July 4, Shields park- A big feature of the legion Inde- Day Celebration. Special 'orchestra. 3y3d probably.