The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-09
STATE ROTARY TO
PASS THROUGH CITY
| ON WAY TO MEET

ed In the following extracts from an
article by William HersheH In the In
dianapolis News on the Eleventh dis
trtct Rotary convention, which begins
at TT. Wayne Wednesday morning:
Rotarians will begin gathering at FIT.
Wayne early Wednesday morning. Inc
attendance will be SO large that Fl.
Wayne can not accommodate the
crowd and several clubs, will occupy
Pullmane instead OF the hotels. Ihe
Indianapolis delegation, headed by
Frederick e. Matson, president, and
Arch v. Grossman, secretary, VIII go
to Ft. Wayne on chartered Pullman
train of eight cars.
A second Pullman train will carry
delegations from Vincennes, Terre
Haute, Washington, Bloomington,
Franklin, Seymour, Madison and Rich
,nond. This will run as a second sec
ton Of the Indianapolis train, which
will leave here at noon "Wednesday
tor Richmond by way Of the Pennsyl-
vania.
At Richmond the Grand Rapids &
Indiana road will tage the Rotarlan
tourists over and carry them on to F't.
Wayne. 1t is expected the first sec.
ton will arrive at FIT. Wayne about .
O'Clock Wednesday evening. The In
dianapolis delegation will parade TO
the Hotel Anthony, conference mead
quarters
Bentley Will Preside.
FIT. Wayne is all set for Its big
party. Jerome H. Bentley, of Rich
mond, will be the president of the con
ference, and Bert J. Griswold, of TT
Wayne, conference secretary.
The committee on program anu
rules of procedure is composed OF
Charles E. Watkins, of Muncie, district
governor; Mr. Bentley, Mr.. Griswold
Ira B. Potts, president OF the Hunt
ington club; j. c. Schade. president
OF the Warsaw club; Karl A. Oesterle
president of the Muncie club; Wilbur
r. Gruber, assistant secretary OF the
indianapolis club, and Fred l.. Paige
president Of the Terre Haute club.
RotarIans arriving at Fl. Wayne VII
be met by a whoop- em-up reception
committee headed by Charles L. Bied
e,wolf. At the Hotel Anthony Rotar
ians and the women of the party will
find welcoming friends. Fl. Wayne
Rotary is going to make things pleas
ant for the women, a special program
having been arranged for them. The
program Is so crowded with event:
that the conference ball will not begir
until 10. 80 o'clock Wednesday even
ing.
Right eff the reel the battle for the
1921 conference of the Rotarians o
the Eleventh district will get undel
way Evansville and Lafayette are IL
the field and there are hints that othel
Rotary cities will get into the battle
for the honor Evansville is sending
a delegation of SO to Fit. Wayne ant
they Will take big noise with them
Bands are to be plentiful, too. Elk
hart. which is the home of famous
band instrument factory, will trot GU
its best band.
The election of the new district gov
ernor and the selection of the plac'
for the 1921 conference are on the pre-
gram for the night meeting of thu
second day.
Historical Record.
Rotarians going to FIT. Wayne will
find the old town filled with histor
ical interest There is historical rec
ord of conditions on the site of Fl
Wayne as early as 1905, while it wa
French military ronghold-sevent.
years before the signing Of the Dec
laration of independence. The last o
the French forts was surrendered t
the British in 1850.
Following the American revolution
President Washington ordered tn
erection Of a fort on the site of tn
present city. General Harmar, in 1875
while endeavoring to carry out tn
plan, was met and defeated by the II
dams, under Chief Little Turtle, will
in the limits of the modern city. Ger
eral Anthony Wayne, four years latel
defeated the savages and built the f;
nous stockade of "Old Fit. Wayne
The site of this old fort is two block
east and one block north of the M;
jestic theatre, where the Rotary col
ference sessions are to be held.
In 1912 Indians besieged the stool
ade, the garrison of which was save
by the timely arrival Of General Wi
liam Henry Harrison's army.
The modern city, with its populatio
tof 10000, had its beginning with til
cluster OF log huts built about tn
stockade when the danger Of savag
warfare had passed away. The cit
was incorporated in 1910.