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VOLUME XXX — No. 116.ELUOTT SEATEDCHAIRMANSIXTH\FTEK W A LB’S ELECTIONf■■■' 1 ■'—— • ——■MM—III !■■!! ■■■!'AS CHAIRMAN OK STATECOMMITTEE TODAY.SCHORTEMIER RE-ELECTEDGreatest Harmony in FirstMeeting of State CommitteeToday at Indianapolis.George Elliott was seated today aschairman of the Sixth district by thestate committee after Chairman Walbstated there today that such talk if there had been such was that this change might be made later after the [ nomination of Schortemeier as secretary of slate, at the coming stateconvention.The result of the district conventions in all parts of the state were a surprise to the opponents of the present committee and last night around the Severin hotel there seemed to be the greatest harmony that has prevailed in recent years. The Sixth district alone present any real battle, this being due to the fact that Walter Bossert who is reputed to hold some high position in Klan circles had attempted to use it in control of the district. He was opposed by Steven-Llt;Ishad declared that a tie had existed for son^ former leader in Klan circles, intwenty-four hours and that there wasa vacancy and that it was up to thestate committee to decide the chair-In his decision the chairmanship.iman declared that Rush county had a j right to be represented and that her vote was for Elliott, making the vote j a tie—four to four.the state, who was for Walb. These men were kept from going into a personal encounter by friends at New Castle yesterday.terconhasi „ „.Cl VICOUNTY LOSTPrevious to the decision of theSixth district case the committee hadelected Walb to succeed himself byacclamation and had chosen FredtheSCHOOL CHILDRENSchortemeier as secretary inThe vote on ElliottOutside City There Was a Gain Nineteen Over Last Year—ofCoreatipet;Tres itoImlisame manner, is said to have stood ten to two. The chairmen were behind closed doors for two hours before they reached a decision in the Sixth district case.The state committee as now' constituted is as follows:Stuart T. Fisher, Princeton, Firstdistrict, re-elected.Ewing Emison, Vincennes, Secondiistrict, re-elected.Archie Bobbitt, English, Third dis-rict, re-elected.Daily McCoy, Versailles,Iistrict, re-elected.Mark Nebeker, Clinton, Fifth district, re-elected.George Elliott, Newcastle, SixthIistrict, re-elected.Schuyler A. Haas, Indianapolis, seventh district, succeeding William5. Reiley.Lawrence Cartwright, Portland, Eighth district, re-elected.E. W. Bowen, Delphi, Ninth di«-rict, to succeed W. J. Robinson, Leb-inon.City Lost Seventy-three.gi/nlaw:The complete report of school ehil-Iren in Decatur county as shown bythe reports of enumeration on file in0busiDecthe county superintendent’s officeF ourthCity,George M. Fo’and, Crown Point, Penth district, re-elected.Hurd Hurst, Peru, Eleventh dis-rict, re-elected.Lloyd Gates, Columbia Pwelfth district, re-elected.Notwithstanding the fact that it lad been reported that Daily McCoyf this district would be a candidate or Schortemeier’s position there was 10 opposition to the secretary. It isshows a total of 4770 as compared with 4824 last year, a loss of 54. Washington, Adams and Marion townships show' decided gains while Sand-'reek and Westport show marked decreases. The net gain for the county outside of Greensburg is 19, but the loss for the county and city is 54.The table showing gains and losses is as follow's:1921Adams ........333Clav .........1924 Gain Lossis aines i pa I saidis $ lawhasburpfor of t as ( cemlI) - ^..........3 ooClinton ........139Fugit .........lt;298Jackson .......348Marion ........439Saltcreek ......358Sandcreek .....408Washington ... Millhouseno —O i i52Westport ......169Greensburg..1549Totals 4824Net loss in entire count\35421036380113402960o351304561803500837003841942047051450241476073477096150meteaftemoilsion, of r(4per$1.21$1.5lt;mett1 1rmotv51.H. S. SENIORSper$6.0(andfile(4ordeirtinnnATO mGET DIPLOMAS£TVrSrlt;-T *- *■5,%‘6Ktical
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Greensburg Daily News
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Wed, May 14, 1924
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