Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-12
TO ELECT
PITTSFORD AS
ROTARY CHIEF
Well Make Him District
Governor or Not Come
Home,' Local Men Vow.

FIT WAYNE, Ind. Feb. l2-Tndianap-
oils Rotarians are going to elect Walter
Pittsford district governor-or refuse 20
come home. And they want to come
home when they're through here.
The Indianapolis boosters eyre button
cling every delegate that could be found
today The Pittsford boosters declare
that he win secure the votes of the fol
lowing cities: Kokomo. Lafayette, Nun
Gle. Evansville, Bloomington, Bedford,
RushviIle. Princeton. Terre Haute, Mad
ison, Seymour, Greensburg, Franklin,
Shelbyville. Washington, New Albany,
Vincennes and Jeffersonville, In addition
to the twelve votes he Will receive from
Indianapolis. More than 1000 Rotarians
had registered at noon today.
MUSICAL BOOSTERS
WORK FOR PITTSFORD.
Aiding in the campaign is the Rotary
chorus under the leadership Of Ed Nell
of the Metropolitan School Of Music; Bert
a. Boyd aud the Hoosier Harmony Trio,
an Indianapolis singing organization.
The election will be held late today.
In an address this morning by James
Il. Finlay of Chattanooga, Tenn, the
third vice president of the International
Association of Rotary clubs the Indiana
Rotary was complimented on the show
ing made in organization work during
the last year The number of cities In
which Rotary clubs are now located is
double the number at the conference last
year.
Peter W. Collins Of Boston. formerly
secretary of the International Brother
hood Of Electrical Workers. stamped boil
shevist as unamerican and false to the
true interests of organized labor.
At one of the sessions last night Fred
erick e. Matson, president of the In
dianapolis club, presented a resolution
similar to that introduced at the club
meeting last Tuesday, asking that In
diana Rotary put through a system of
education for Americanism In the city
schools throughout the state. According
to Mr.. Matson 1t is likely that sim
liar resolution will be put before the con-
vention Of International Rotary to be held
in Atlantic City the week of June 90
CHEERS GREET
RESOLUTION.
When the resolution was presented,
following a speech by the Indianapolis
president on Rotary and Americanism."
it was loudly applauded and is almost
certain Of passage at tonorrow's session.
Immediately after the arrival Of the
Indianapolis special at 3 o'clock yester-
day a parade to the Hotel Anthony was
held. Charles Ross, who arrived in Ft
Wayne early today, had more than 1000
balloons on hand and each person on the
indianapolis train was given one to carry
in the parade. The delegation was lead
by a troop Of Boy Scouts from Indian
apolis under the leadership of F. O.
Belzer. A Terre Haute troop brought up
the rear. On arriving at the hotel the
balloons were loosed in the lobby and the
delegation, with Charles E. Rush, city IL
brarian, leading, gave a series of yells
boosting Pittsbord for governor. The en-
tire Indianapolis delegation had dinner
last night in the banquet room of the
hotel.
The indianapolis party at the confer.
ence is as follows:
Ralph W. Albeit, Roy L. Adams, VIII
liam Ray Adams, Carl n. Angst, John w.
Atherton, Hugh J. Baker, Herbert L.
Bass, Arthur R. Baxter, Frederick S.
Bon, Clyde A. Bowers, Bert A. Boyd.
Daniel R. Brosnan, Charles Brossman,
Ancil T. Brown, Raymond D. Brown.
Judge James A. Collins, Horace w.
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