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Continued from Page One •o badly damaged that accurate reports of the damage from the tornado were greatly delayed. At Kankakee ten houses were destroyed. Five were torn down ip Pittsville, III. Eight cars of a Big Four freight train were blowm from the track near Kankakee. Heavy property damage was indicated in reports from Morocco, Ind. Logansport and Marion both suffered severely from the storm. Debris on the tracks stopped street car service in Logansport, where many buildings in the business district were damaged. At Marion the roof of a school house was swept away and several factory stacks were blown down. A fire in the business district causing a loss of $5,000 was attributed to electric wiring damaged by the storm. A violent electrical storm, accompanied by sleet and hail, occurred through the northern part of the state while the tornado was sweeping its way across Indiana. High winds were general along the Wabash valley, though damage caused outside the direct path of the tornado was comparatively slight. The sleet storm, > however, added further to the damage to communication facilities, and interrupted telephone and telegraph services generally throughout the northern countios. FOUR SEVERELY HURT.

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Ternado Overturns Three Coaches of Train Near Hanfield. [Special to The InStaoapolia New*] MARION, Ind., March tl—Three coaches of Clover Loaf passenger train Ko. 5, West-bound, were blown from the track a tornado about U o'clock last night miles east of here. About twenty-five sons were Injured, four seriously. The train is known as the "Commercial Traveler" a through train from Toledo to St Louis. v The train was at Landessville, three miles east of the scene of the accident, when It first encountered the wind, which slackened Its speed to shout thirty miles an hour. One mile west of Hanfield. a small station, the full force of the tornado struck the train, and lifted three coaches, the baggage car, a combination car and chair car. from the track. ese cars turned over on their sides, a the fourth car, a Pullman, was tilted an angle of 30 degrees, the front trucks ving the track. The train was broken .wse from the engine, which remained

on the track.

Two Women Injured. The four persons moss severely injured

were brought here. They

the Grant county hospital

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Pilf ■ i Mrs. Jerry Carter, age twenty-eight, of St Louis, Mo., back severely wrenched and spine injured;

Italian woman. Injured in chest: William Hutchins,

, brakeman, cut in back of

end face wounds; E. H.

Van Buren, extra brakeman,

cut and right shoulder

Hutchins and Moore were

for their homes today.

Injured were: William Elfgen.

of Alton, 11., scalp wounds and left arm

led; George E. ,Evans, of Detroit, cuts abotlt both eye#,jicalp wounds;

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bout both eyet.pcalp wounds;

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t eye and bruises; V. Sperry, scalp wound; Bertha Brooks, Louts, out on right temple and ear Injured; Mrs. B. A. Thompson.

tokomo, cum on head; Dr. B. A. n, of Kokomo, light scalp wound;

tt, vx.«swold, of Detphos. O., teeth knocked out, mouth cut, left hand and arm Injured; Nelson Anderson, of Ohio City, O., scalp wound, both legs hurt; Alonso Cross, of Crystal City, Mo., left hand Gift and left leg bruised; C. Morar-

Frankfon, conductor of train, M L. Swaysee, of Marlon, H V. Smith, of Marlon, wrist

sprained; Isaac Dougherty, of Marion, foot hurt; 0. M. Comer, of Toledo, baggageman, bruised; Helen .Bodkins, of

Marlon, bruised.

Others whose injuries were reported as •light are L 8. Wise, Stephen Oainbprtts, F. E. WelgM. Oscar Koeer and

Mrs. Koser, ajl of St Louis.

Husband and Child Escape. Mrs. Jerry Carter,, of St Louis, was accompanled by her husband and two-year-

ebild. Neither was hurt,

he Italian woman could not speak Bh. but a railway employe who l to her, said she had a brother, Jose Pasquale, in Trinidad, Colo. First aid to the Injured was given by

Dr. B. A. Thompson, of Kokomo, who was on the train. Dr. Albert T. Davis. »r. O. W. McQuown, Dr. V. V. Cameron, Dr. George R. Daniels and Dr. Glen D. Kimball were taken to tbe^cene of the wreck, on the engine, which brought news of the accident to this city. Ambulances and automobiles could not reach the wrecic because of treat, telephone and

trolley nolee blown acrosa roadways. A ‘relief train of boxcars finally was

sent to bring the Injured to Marlon, and It wee 4 o’clock this morning before the

train was able to return here. Conductor Morarlty said he had record

of twenty-seven passengers aboard and

that he accounted for all of them.

Windows Blown Out.

"We were a mile weet of Hanfield when the storm struck us,*' Morality said. "I was in the chair car. The first tl.ing 1 knew the windows of the oar were blown out and then the car was lifted bodily from the track. The passengers clung to the seats, and we did not run

far after that"

? William Hutchlna, the brakeman, grasped the signal rope as the cars were going over, pagengers said, and signaled

the engine crew to stop.

The place wheiw the care left the track was practically level ground at a slight curve In the track. Charles Waldor. en-

0r « m ? n - both of

Fninkfort. were In charge of the train By the time the Injured were brought to this city a wrecking crew had arrived

from Frankfort

Farmer Killed in Silks Williams, age seventy-one. of near Jalaps, Pleasant township, was killed hv the collapse of his house when the tornado •truck that part of Grant county. His Wile suffered a broken arm. Mrs Williams notified neighbors, who removed the body of her husband from the debris Report, from Washington and Pleasant townships north of here tell of scores of bents having been blown down, and of many farm dwellings having suffered damage. Three horses were killed and four others Injured in the collapse of the barn on Grant Hendricks’s farm, near Fox Station. Morris Chapel church, three miles north of here, was blown down, and ;the Methodist church at Hanfield was raised from Its foundations. The River schoolhouse in Pleasant township was blown down. Losses to farmers of Grant county on account of the tornado will amount to thousands of dellara.

The ternado i land avenue sc

and damaged faetortee and other build Inga. Shortly after the storm the W. kJ

uois rom

— - basement, and It was said it was due to electric Wiring damaged by the atortn. TWO DEAD IN CASS COUNTY.

Nethercutt, of Trimmer. Ind., burned and crushed. Mra Benjamine Ricketts, bruised and cut by debris. Cynthlna Mlslove, cut by flying glass; son of Mra. Nethercutt, Trimmer, cut and bruised; Harvey Wright, injured when blown from a cab. Clarence Wilson, age twenty-one. was burned to death when pinioned under debris which caught Are after his home in Harrison township was wrecked by the tornado. Hta parents were unable to extricate him, though they could reach his hands, which he held out to them, begging to be released. The root of the Sider broom factory was blown against the Ricketts home, crushing the house. The Nethercutt home at Trimmer was blown over. The stove fell on Mrs. Nethercutt and burned her about the body. Her son sustained minor cuts. Quincy Guy and wife were rendered unconscious when their home In Jefferson township was blown over. The homes <*f A. B. Ireland. Frank Graham and Dallas Buchanan, in Jefferson township, were demolished and the Inmates hurt. The Western motor works was destroyed and 300 men are out of work. The Panhandle railroad suffered damages estimated at 110,000. Outbuildings at the Northern Hospital for the Insane were blown down and considerable damage was done to wa-d and administration buildings. B. C. Cooper and Mr. and Mrs. H. Dodson and daughter, after a wild ride In a runaway cab during the storm, escaped with minor bruises, but Harvey Wright, the driver, was injured about the head when blown from the rig. Several stitches were required to close wounds suffered by Cvnthia Mlslove. age t,even. who was struck on the leg by glass blown from a window. . Telephone, telegraph, traction and railway traffic Is almost destroyed today. City street car service was stopped until the tracks could be cleared and lines of poles restored. Part of the Central school building was wrecked by the wind. The slate of the roof was blown across the street, crashing through the art glass windows of the Baptist church. Plate glass windows In the business section were blown in and many pedestrians narrowlv escaped death or Injury from falling walls or signs. , w , The storm swept up without warning, and many pedestrians, taken unawares, were 'blown off their feet. The city was plunged in darkness by the destruction of electric light poles and wires. FARMER’S DAUGHTER KILLED.

poles were blown down. Several fires were reported. Farmers, working as rescue parties, are going from one farm to another, aiding those injured. Rain, snow and sleet followed the tornado. No persons were seriously hurt, according to reports.

FAMILY BURIED IN RUINS.

Wabash County Suffers Heavy Property Loss on Farms. WABASH Ind.. March 22.-John Fulton and family were seriously hurt, many other persons were Injured and damage estimated at $50,000 was caused by a tornado which swept over Wabash county about midnight, last night. The wind was preceded by a heavy hailstorm. At Somerset a church, a school building and the store were blown down. The wreckage of the schoolhouse burned. At the Fulton home the entire family was caught In the wreckage of the house. A neighbor discovered their plight and rode to Somerset, a mile away, to obtain aid. All were dug from the ruins. One of the sons suffered a fractured nose and another suffered several* broken rlbs r Mrs. Fulton was badly hurt and It is believed that Mr. Fulton sustained internal Injuries. The farm barn of Re veil is Brubaker was demolished and six head of live stock killed. An unconfirmed report says a farmer living in the extreme southeastern part of the county was killed, but the report can not be confirmed because all telephone lines are down In that prt of the county. Interurban service west of here is blocked. Telephone service to all towns south of here has been impossible since the storm, and only an occasional telegraph wire is available. The damage done to property In this city was not serious. Hail broke many windows. SNOW FOLLOWS STORM.

Girl

Four Years Old Dies in House

Wrecked by the Tornado. [Special to The Indianapolis News]

HARTFORD CITY, Ind., March 22.Gertrude Alspach. age four, the daughter of a farmer living near Montpelier, was killed by the tornado which swept the northern part of Blackford county, early today. Four other members of the family were severely injured, according to the meager report received here. The property damage in the county was estimated at $100,000. Serious-damage was inflicted in Dundee and the rural territory in the northern part of Blackford county. Wire communication is cut off, but the best information available Is that many farm homes

and buildings were destroyed.

The Christian church In Montpelier was wrecked, and many homes and business buildings were unroofed. The plant there of the Jackson Shovel and Tool Company is reported demolished, and a cup and metal lyorks and a steel mill are said to have been destroyed. The roof was blown from Arnold and Furman’s store, and rain damaged the stock of goods.

No damage was done here. Interurban Service Stopped.

FT. WAYNE, Ind., March 22.-Lake Erie A Western railroad ocials here today were entirely without wire communication with any of the towns on its line south of Bluffton, and were wholly without information regarding conditions at Montpelier. No interurban cars were operating into ' Bluffton today except those of the Ft. Wayne line from the north.

The storm was accompanied by a terrific fall of rain south of this city. Near Geneva water poured over the tracks of the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad for half an hour, but did little damage.

SEVENTY MILES AN HOUR.

Wind 9wtpt Fiercsly-Over Gary and

Halted Wqrk.

[Special to The IndianepoUn News] GARY, Ind., March; 22.—This city and the surrounding lake coast region today was beset by one of the worst blizzards Jn its history. A storm that began last night with all the earmarks of spring, thunder, lightning and showers, gave way toward morning to the wintry elements. At daylight tjiunder, hail and an electrical dispmy in the skies was followed by cold blasts from the north, a seventy-mile gale off Lake Michigan, carrying with it whirling snow. All street car and Interurban traffic was stopped, pedestrian travel In the streets became almost Impossible and construction work on the new steel mills was halted. Many ventured out Into the storm only to return again to the shelter of their homes. Three persons were injured by automobiles. The motor police patrol was Impressed Into service to take to their homes women and children caught in stations and stores, who could not reach

their homes.

WIND STOPS RIVER BOATS.

Interferes With Ohio Navigation— Man Blown Into River. [Special to The Indianapolis News] JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., March 22.Vlolent winds practically stopped river navigation here this morning. The excursion steamer Corona Is doing ferry duty for the regular steamer which, with her heavy superstructure, could make a landing >»nly with great difficulty. The mail steamer City of Louisville was blown from her wharf on the other side of the river, but had steam up and returned to her landing without accident. A white laborer on a coal landing was blown from the float Into the river, but

wae saved by a line.

TRAMPS PUT OUT FIRE.

Leava Freight Train to Save Power House Struck by Lightning. KOKOMO. Ind.. March 22.—Attempts to communicate with Logansport of Peru by wire or rail had failed up to 10 o’clock today. Poles are down along both routes. An unconfirmed report said three were killed at Logansport during the storm

last night.

Lightning struck the power plant of the Indiana Railway and Light Company at Michlgantown, near here. Two tramps alighted from a passing Clover Leaf freight and put out the olase, probably

saving the plant.

MAN KILLED AT MONON.

Rain and Hail at Valparaiso Accom-

panied by Lightning.

[Special to The Indianapolis News]

VALPARAISO. Ind.. March 22.-A blizzard accompanied by thunder is raging here today. During the night a severe electrical storm was accompanied by rain and hail, which later turned to snow.

Windstorm at Evansville. _ [Special to The Indianapolis News]

EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 22.-A severe wind in Evansville and vicinity early today did considerable damage. Fences and outbuildings were blown away, and along the lower Ohio river steamboats were forced to tie up owing to the severity of the blow. Several gasoline launches and shantyboats are repprted

damaged.

Worst Storm of Winter. [Special to The Indianapolis News]’ GOSHEN, Ind., March 22.—Following a severe thunderstorm that raged for several hours last night and early this morning, during which rain fell, the worst snowstorm of the winter has this community firmly in its grip. All trains are running late and business is demoralised. Blizzard Follows Rain. [Special to The Indianapolis News] MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., March 22.After a thundershower last night a blizzard swept down over the city from the north. The snow drifted and rail traffic in this section was considerably demoralized.

ILLINOIS TOWNS HIT.

Many Homes Destroyed and Several Persons Injured by Tornado. [Special to The Indianapolis News] DANVILLE, 111., March 22.—A windstorm, approaching the velocity of a tornado, passed through Iroquois and Kankakee counties last night, injuring a number of persons and inflicting heavy property damage. Wire communication with the towns north of here was cut off by the storm and many trains are delayed because of damage to the tracks. At Beavervllle more than a dozen houses were demolished and a large Catholic school in course of construction was blown down. Mrs. Theodore Massev and her young baby were so seriously injured they may die when their home was demolished. Mrs. Massey suffered fractures of both legs and w'as badly bruised. Others in the town were more or less injured. The Big Four railroad station at Beaverville was lifted bodily and carried to the railroad tracks. The wrecking crew removed It. Beavervllle. Marttnton, Papineau, Pittwood, Chebansea and South Hooper were struck by the storm. Houses were demolished and several persons injured at each place. Watseka felt the effects of the storm. Wire communication from Watseka was cut off for several hours today. In Vermilion county the damage was slight, the greatest loss being felt by the telephone and telegraph companies. A cold rain turning to snow fell during the greater part of the forenoon. At Hoopeston a number of houses were moved slightly from their foundations and windmills in the country were blown

down.

STORM STRIKES CHICAGO.

Damages Public Service Companies’ Wires and Causes Small Fires. CHICAGO, March 22.—A sleet storm today followed the rain and thunder storm which caused considerable damage to electric light and telephone wires throughout the city last night. Whole streets and sections of the city were left in darkness, but little property damage was done. One or two small fires broke out. Reports from the northeastern part of Illinois, in the vicinity of Kankakee and Beavervllle, told of a tornado, which caused Injury to a number of persons and heavy property damage. Telegraph and telephone wires were down and communication with outlying points was cut off. Five houses were destroyed at Pittsville, 111., and ten demolished at Kankakee, 111. Beavervllle. 111., and Morocco, Ind., were said to have suffered some damage. Blizzard in Michigan. DETROIT. March 22.—A blinding blizzard of soggy snow swept over Michigan today. Shortly after daybreak the storm increased in energy and rpore than six inches of snow covered the Detroit streets. Railroad traffic was affected nnd local street car lines In various cities experienced great difficulty operating cars. EFFECT OF THE STORM.

partly wrecked the High nool building In this city,

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Homes Domolithed by Tornado, Man Burning to Death in One. [Special to The Indianapolis News] LOGANSPORT. Ind., March 22—Loganaport today is practically isolated following the tornado which struck the city last night, leaving in its wake two dead, many Injured and thousands of dollars worth of damage. The dead: Milo Ricketts, age sixteen; crushed under wreckage of his home. Clarence Wilson, age twenty-one. burned to death when farm home was wrecked. The seriously injured: Benjamin Ricketts, skull crushed, in hospital. Mrs. A. H.

Baby, piovvn 100 Fset, Seriously In-

jured—Tornado Damage Severs. [Special to The Indianapolis News]

MONON. Ind., March 22.-The tornado struck here last night with terrific force, demolishing many homes. James Rector was killed when his home literally was blown to pieces His body was found this morning in the wreckage fifty yards away. A baby in the Arthur Ewins home was blown a hundred feet when the house was wrecked and so se-

verely Injured it probably will die. DAMAGE IN MIAMI COUNTY.

Barns and Silos Wrecked and Smoke-

stacks Blown Down.

(Special to Tha Indiana poll* New*]

PERU; Ind.. March 33L—Wind and hall did much damage In Miami county last night. Many barns and silos were wrecked and telephone poles blown dwn. In Peru several factories were not in operation today owing to smokestocks being

down. The electric lines are crippled. MANY BARNS DESTROYED.

Property Loss in Jay County Heavy in

Path of Storm.

(Special to The Indianapolis New*]

PORTLAND. Ind.. March 22 -Jay county suffered damages from the tornado. Tuesday night, amounting to many thousand dollars. A strip two miles wide between Portland and Bryant was in the path of the storm. Twenty-five bams were partly or wholly destroyed. Roofs were blown off and windows broken in

DELEGATES OPPOSE

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dent, was honest and sincere, that he had the interests of all the union miners at heart, and that he wished to please the miners from Indiana, as well as the miners from Illinois. Ohio and Pennsylvania. He advised the Indiana miners not to be

carried awjay sentiment.

"In solving great problems.” said the speaker, “you can not always take into consideration your own immediate surroundings. | Time vindicates all things and I am willmig to leave the verdict so to the wisdom of our acta. Theae men in New York built better than they knew and they oughO to have their names enrolled

in the hall of fame.”

The committee on credentials today reported that W. W. Loving, representing one of the locals at Boonvllle, was entitled to a seat In the convention. His credentials were held up yesterday pending the investigation of the recent controversy bejtween the Ayrshire and Boon-

ville locals.

Several Reports Are Read. lal report of James Shiet. of e. vice-president of the dis<sad by P. L. Dowie. a member < utive board. Secretary Mitch is biennial report at the mornHe recommended that money a fund for use in strikes and r sions, and also to help worthy ' nate members. The report the district did not have as ijers as two years ago, but that ship had grown somewhat . year. During the last two gl mines In Indiana have been Sullivan county has more nes than any other county. Mitch said that during the Tlany of the locals in the disfceen under a heavy financial use of the expense of the hurtpers who died, and the aid of s and orphans. He recomut the constitution and byn tended so the district would i he matter instead of the vain making this change it was would be necessary to levy i tax on the 22,000 members

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Telegraph and Telephone Poles Blown Down and Communication Cut Off. The tornado in Indiana practically destroyed telephone and telegraph lines along its path, and the sleet and hail north of the course of the wind seriously interfered with both services at several places. No trouble was reported in Indianapolis. ..WO.. Forty poles belonging to the Postal Telegraph Company were blown down near Monon, Ind., according to Information received at the local office from a train crew. Several other poles were blown down at Reynolds. Trouble was reported at various points between Hammond and South Bend. The main telegraph line between Indianaoplis and Chicago. is out of service, according to the

local office.

The Central Union Telephone Company reported that a number of Its poles are down at Muncle and Hartford City, and the company is unable to get in touch with other points in northeastern Indiana, where the storm did much damage. The Indlgnapolts Telephone Company reports that seven of its long distance telephone poles are down at Marion. Communication between Indianapolis and Marion and Logansport is cut off. No other trouble has been reported to the local 0 Several hundred pplea belonging to the Western Union Telegraph Company, for a distance of five miles, near Marion. were blown down. The company can reach Marlon and Logansport by

wire through other cities.

William Hook Released on Bond. [Special to The Indianapolis News]

WTNAMAC, Ind.. March ^.-William Hook, who was indicted with his father. Samuel Hook, in connection with the killing of Orns Foul, was released today on a IP-W bond, following the acquittal of

his lather yesterday.

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abandon compensat be defective and it was alleged that many operators Were not complying with the wash house 1 law, which was recently declared constitutional by the state supreme court. William Raney, of Princeton, member of the executive board of the district, made a report on the annual state convention of the American Federation of Labor, held at Gary- last fall. He criticised the delegates from the Indianapolis convention, saying that they let him and his friends know as soon as they arrived that "they were opposed to anything the southern Indiana boys were for and for anything that Raney’s friends were opposed to.” President Stewart yesterday afternoon took the floor and denounced as untrue a statement published In the United Mine Workers’ Journal that he had approved or confirmed the recent general scale agreement. He charged that the document had been signed for the Indiana district by the international officers over his protest and that of Mr. Mitch, The recommendation of the agreement published in the Journal was untrue and issued for the purpose of misleading the miners, Stewart declared. His position was supported by Secretary Mitch. Vote to Consider Matter. As a result of his’ declaration the convention voted tp take up consideration of the scale today. Resolutions prevailed calling on the miners of the state to withhold their vote in the referendum on the agreement until the stand of the convention on the matter could be decided. Clyde Hlrchfield, of Terre Haute, read the resolutions. Stewart said the United Mine Workers’ Journal had accepted the version of President White's press agent regarding the New York conference. He read a letter that had been sent to the editor of the Journal by himself and Mitch asking that this report be corrected, declaring it was untrue and misleading and presented the state officials In the wrong light. Stewart said the entire scale committee ■was present when he cast his vote in the New York conference and that they would "tell the truth about It” Secretary Mitch said later on he and President Stewart would have to give an account of their actions at the New York conference, and that he did not think it wise to explain those actions until the international officials arrived. Will Hear Both Sides. "You will hear both sides of this controversey at that time,” he said. The secretary declared he opposed the "usurping of powers Jjy President White and other international officials at the New York conference.” Mitch also criticised the Mine Workers’ Journal for the article referred to by Stewart. President Stewart read his biennial report late Tuesday. During the last year, he said, the miners of the state had not worked an average of more than three days a week. He added. however, that the outlook was brighter than for some time past The president deplored the fact that many men are elected to office in many locals who are not qualified to fill the places. Stewart said he had issued four strike ordered since he had been in office. He went into detail of the causes leading up to the strikes. A proposal was made that power be given the executive board to redistrict the state in order to equalize the membership in each district. President Stewart announced the following committees: Rules and Order of Business—James Green, of Bruceville; Russell Benjamin, of Dugger; Noble Smith, of Clinton, and Charles P. Fettlnger, of Winslow. Grievances—Jasper Stacer, of Newburg; Frank Houghland. of Chandler; Leonard Lee, of Jasonville: John Griffith, of Linton; Harrison Taylor, of Shelburn; Charles McGravey, of Farmersburg; John Grange, of Clinton, and J. R. Bemis, of.Terre Haute. Officers’ Reports—T. C. Duncan, of Jasonville; John Stet, of Terre Haute; Arthur Freels, of Evansville, and Charles Underhill, of Shelburn. Resolutions—Isaac Coe. of Ayrshire; James O’Laughlin. of Evansvdle; James Norwood, of Linton; Ed Weldon, of Bicknell; E. P. Gallion. of Seelyville; George Rice, of Shelburn; David Jones, of Terre Haute, and Alex Houston, of Clinton. Constitutional—Moses Dossett, of Glazen; William Bogle, of Bicknell Ned Melvin, of Jasonville- John Sheldon, of University; W. W. Loving, of Boonvllle; Hamilton Irving, of Terre Haute; James Keen, of Sullivan, and Archie Forbes, of Shel-

bum.

Chairman Green, of the committee on rules and order of business, read his re-

port. ' j*. ,

Thomas Price, ot Clinton, read the report of the committee on credentials. A. McAndrews. of Louisville, Ky.. president of the Tobacco Workers’ International Union, addressed the convention Tuesday. He paid a tribute to President Woodrow Wilson for having appointed William B. Wilson as his secretary of labor. Dr. August Knoefel, of Terre Haute, discussed "First Aid to the Injured.” He went into details on mine res-

cue work.

WAGE CONFERENCE AT BRAZIL.

Continued from Page One. something would happen, and I proposed to be ready to clear myself." But this wat not the first letter that Hlnesly l ad written Hlnshaw about tha way of doing business in the People’s State Bank of Arcadia, protestinfe against what he called an irregular way of doing business. The letter that follows was also introduced in evidence:

June 12. IMS.

"Dear Ed—It rather seems to me that something is not just exactly right or ns It should be. You know that Cravens is to be expected every day now, and to come lit on a bunch of checks Irregular, together with the obligations which are considered so objectionable to the department, is taking a chance that seems to be a

desperate one.

"The system of running checks around as they have been is. quoting your own words, 'out of keeping with good banking.’ Besides, you don’t know how businey is up here and you keep me up against a proposition _that is hard to bear up under and honestly solicit deposits over the counter. "It. don’t seem possible that you are allowing such things at the Indiana State Bank, and why should this hank, in its condition, be strained to take care of business that is foreign \o its regular course. I don’t want to sav too much, bit I feel, Ed. that you want to try me out to see how far I would go, and now. since the department has asked that I not allow any more such business, you can see where I am at, and what vou might expect "Luther promised to take care of the checks Monday; said he was detained in the city. He did not come; neither did the money; neither did the amount come up that was to he paid March 1. Now, Ed. business caiv not be carried on at this place in this manner longer, and the sooner it terminates the better. If you continue to keep Up this, then T don’t believe you have the man for the place. fo<- I can not get the business in this manner. And it is not very encouraging to make any headway toward getting more deposits^ , Hinealy testified that he invested $6,000 in the People’s State Bank of Arcadia when he became its cashier in 1909. That he put all his own money and borrowed

more into the bank.

"What are you worth now?” asked J-

F. Neal.

“Nothing,” replied the witness. Harry L. Arnold Testifies. Harry L. Arnold, now head of the insurance department of the state auditor’s office, was a witness for the’ state today. At the time of the failure of the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank at Cicero he was at the head of the state bank department and had the supervision of the reports of examinations made by the state bank examiners. Part of his duties was to visit state banks and interview the officers and

look after other matters.

Mr. Arnold testified that he was connected with the Elkhart National Bank for nine years, beginning as a messenger boy and working up to the position of assistant cashier of that institution. He testified that he met E. M. Hlnshaw in IflO, J. L. Hlnshaw in 1911, M. C. Beals in 1912 and has known Lee Tescher for some time. He met R. H. Metcalf in the latter part of 1912, when Metcalf became president of the Farmers and Mer-

chants’ Bank of Cicero.

The report of C. A. Ramey, a bank examiner. who made an examination of the Fanners and Merchants’ Bank, at Cicero. -December 17. 1910, showed that even at that time the Hinshaws and those asso ciated with them in various enterprises were heavy borrower^ from the bank.

Report Admitted as Evidence.

Ed V. Fitzpatrick, for the defense, made strenuous efforts to keep this report out as evidence, but Judge Will M. Sparks ruled that it could be admitted and Mr. Arnold read the report to the jury. Among the heavy borrowers from the bank in 1910. only a short time after the bank w-ae organized, were: J. F. Beals. $16,826; George Bowen, $4. ; '’02: Indiana Bottle and Glass Company. $2,232; E. M. Hinshaw, $12,800; W. F. Modes. $5,896; Olney Bottle Company. $25,158; Bottle Storage and Transfer Company. $8,625; E. M. and J. L. Hlnshaw, $8,000. The total of these

loans was more than $104,000

In the bank at the time was $41,316.86 of paper with two names as securities and $56,866.55 with only one name. There was $66,696.66 of paper secured by real estate. Among the collateral named In the report were bonds of the Sumner Gas and Oil Company, $5,000; Grar* T — 4 -' J n

her Company. $21,500;

Company, $5,000; Grant Lumber and Tlm-

Company. $21,500; Egyp ‘

Power Company. $#.500; Indiana Union

>tian Heat and

destroyed, and hundreds of telephone

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Miners and Operators in Block Coal

Field Will Meet Monday. [Special to The Indianapolis New*]

BRAZIL. Ind., March 22.—A delegate convention of miners of District 8. United Mine Workers, will be held in this city tomorrow to arrange for a joint session of miners and operators of the block coal field that will be held Monday to con-

sider a wage scale.

It is understood that the operators will

present an ultimatum to tne miners demanding that the differential between the cost of mining coal in the block coal field and the bituminous fields be eliminated. The operators contend that & decreased demand for high grade domestic coal, such as is mined in the block coal field, and an increased cost of mining as compared with neighboring bituminous fields, make it impossible for them to meet the bituminous operators in competitive markets and keep their mines running. They contend, however, that if the differential Is removed block coal can be sold much cheaper and the people will demand the better grade of coal, thus keeping the mines in operation for a greater length of time and benefiting the

miners as well as the operators. The matter came up at the January jtnt meeting of miners and operators, ut the miners objected to any reduction

in their pay and no conclusion was reached. The matter was then postponed until after the international conventions. The miners contend that the demand of the operators Is unreasonable

at this time.

Traction Company, stock. $1,400; Halloran Coal Company, $2,000; Cicero Hardware Company, $1,000. Amounts Owed by the Bank. The bank owed the Hamilton Trust Company $6,300.47 without collateral; the People’s State Bank of Arcadia, $3,675.87, and the Capital National Bank of Indianapolis, $7,000. It also owed the Ham ilton Trust Cdmpany, $9,000, and to secure this loan to the Hamilton Trust Company, the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank took as collateral $10,000 of the Olney Bottle Company notes. A check signed by E. M. Hlnshaw for $3,000 was also In the bank, making a total of $23,800 that the Hinshaws owed the bank personally. The bank’s capital stock was

$25,000.

It was shown also by the report that most of the collateral accepted by the Farmers and Merchants' Bank, owned and officered by the Hinshaws, for loans, was the notes and bonds of the “blue sky” companies in which the Hinshaws were interested. John Slater, of Washington, Pa., who was interested with the Hinshaws. had an unsecured loan of $3,000. C. E. Clark, connected with the Hinshaws in the Olney Glass Company, owed the bank $9,000, secured with Olney Bottle Company stock. The defunct Cicero Bank of Cicero, also owed the Farmers and Merchants' Bank. $2,780.94. The Cicero Bank, defunct, was the predecessor of the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank. Owed the Bank $111,034. In a letter to the Fanners and Mer chants’ Bank, written by Mr. Arnold, December 28, 1910, which was introduced in evidence, Mr. Arnold called attention to the fact that J. F. Beals, W. F. Modes, the Olney Bottle Company, the Indiana Bottle and Glass Company, the Bottle Storage and Transfer Company, E. M. and J. L. Hinshaw\ John Slater and C. E. Clark, owed the bank $111,034.26. "The department is greatly surprised that a man who has been a bank examiner," Mr. Arnold says in his letter, ‘'should allow these conditions to exist, knowing as he does the law, and the fact that any bank examiner, or any bank department would severely criticise such actions on the part of tho officials. We notice also the kiting of a certificate of deposit for $15,000. This was done merely to boost your reserve and assist your respective reserve accounts. This is bad banking, and you know' it. Under no circumstances do we w'ant this done again. The finding of Mr. E. M. Hinshasv’s check for $3,004 in the loans and discounts, is bad and you know it. “This department insists that the loans of all these allied institutions be materially reduced at once. We are very much‘surprised to find these conditions existing, but they must be reduced at once to a point that will meet with the approval of this office.'’ Owed $41,976 More Than Deposits. At the time C. A. Ramsey made an examination of the Farmers and Merchanta Bank in 1910, the deposits were $200,000. There was due to banks $!7,976.34,

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07^.34 Th&t *J**.**ZV XS r* V«U iv more than its 'deposits. When the bank failed in January. 1915. its deposits were $104 026.08 According to the Ramsey report there were $4,454.09 in overdrafts. Of the $200,000 in depositors’ money in the bank when Ramsey made his report $111,000 was lent to the Hinshaws and

their associates.

E M. Hinshaw went to the state auditor's office after the notification that the loans in his bank must be reduced. There a memorandum agreement was made as to how the reduction of the debts should be made. Letters from E. M Hinshaw to the state department setting out that these reductions had been made according to the agreement were

read in evidence.

In answer to a demand of the state auditor a statement of the financial condition of the heavy borrowers in the Farmers and Merchants' Bank was made under oath. Mr. Arnold rea l this statement It showed the net worth on January 2, 1911, of E- M. Hinshaw. $96,426.67; J. L. Hinshaw. $18,500; the Egyptian Heat and Power Company, $121,000; the Olney Bottle Company, $41.068.87; the Sumner Gas and Oil Company, $72,000: the Grant Lumber and Timber I’.vr pa Fr $51,756. the Olney Gas Company, |H,868.30; J. F. Beals, $.

Every one of these concerns has failed and the bonds issued by them pay from 2 cents to 10 cents on the dollar. The notes given by them are worthless and E. M. Hinshaw, J. L. Hinshaw and J. F. Beals are hopelessly insolvent. Report of January 7, 1911. On January 7. 1911. the state department called for a report on the condition of the bank. This was after E. M. Hinshaw had written that the orders of the department had been carried out The called report showed that as compared with the Ramsey examination the overdrafts had been reduced $3,441.34, cash on hand increased $6,889.99, current expenses increased $809.08, time certificates increased $4,476.18, due to banks and trust companies increased $6,485.98, bills payable reduced $9,000, rediscounts reduced $5,000, exchange, discounts, etc., increased $372.85; loans to other banks reduced $10,000, paper indorsed by officers and directors reduced $14,000. But the bonds and notes of the Hinshaw concerns remained as collateral. $6,000 Mortgage Mystery Solved. "Here Is the story of a $6,000 mortgage that was told by J. F. Hlnesly, former cashier of the People’s State Bank of Arcadia. When the Hamilton Trust Company failed, John L. Dulin, the receiver, found, among the listed assets, a mortgage for $6,000 given on the bank building and property of the Farmers and Merchants' Bank. The mystery of that mortgage was solved today. 'T was called to Ed Hinshaw’s office at Indianapolis.” testified Hlnesly, 'and Ed told me that the Cicero bank was In trouble and he had to have $6,000. I told him that I would not advance that amount of money from the People's State Rank of Arcadia. He was pretty angry about it. and I went home. Both Hinshaws Visited the Bank. "The next day Ed called me from Cicero and told me to keep the books out and the vault open, as he was coming up after that money. I told him that l would not let him have It. About 4 o’clock, Ed and Luther Hinshaw came to the bank. Luther looked over the dally balances, made some figures on a piece of paper, which he handed to Ed. ‘We have come after some money,’ said Ed, so HineslSy testified. ”1 don’t think you are going to get any,” I said. "Well, then,” said Luther Hinshaw "we will have a directors’ meeting and order she loan.” "No. vou won’t have any directors’ meeting." Hlnesly testified he said, ’’and at thaw Ed got very angry, cursed me and called me all sorts of names. He had one finger pointed at me and kept his other hand over nis hip pocket and that didn’t make me fell very good, especially when he was demanding that I pay him $6,000. Luther Hlnshaw started toward the vault, but I got past him and shut the door. That was all of it that day. Said He Must Have the Money. “The following morning 1 was called to Ed Hinshaw’s office at Indianapolis. At firsts Ed was there alone. He told me that he must have the money because there were a lot of checks issued by the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank in the Indianapolis clearing house, and if the money was not there to meet these checks in the morning there would be hell to pay. “If we don’t get that money,” Hlnesly testified E. M. Hinshaw said, "the Cicero bank will have to close because of your ^Welf^lf the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank will close because it has not $6,000, it will have to close. I haven’t $6,000 to put into that oank. Then Ed got very mad,” testified Hlnesly. “and was very ugly. Then Luther Hlnshaw came In and they both talked to me to let them have the money. George Bowen Came In Smiling. "Then George Bowen came in, amillng. as he always did, and after him came A. H. Bowen and Elmer L. Sturdevant They all wanted me to furnish the money and save the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank at Cicero, but for some time I stood out against them. Finally I told A. H. Boweri that he could draw a check for $3,000 against the People’s State Bank of Arcadia, provided the money was there before the bank opened In the morning. About half past 8 o’clock the next morning Elmer L. Sturdevant, who was secretary of the Hamilton Trust Company, came to Arcadia in an automobile and delivered to me two certificates of deposit for $3,000 each. Issued by the Hamilton Trust Company.” Disposition of the Certificates. Mr. Hlnesly testified that he placed one of the $3,000 certificates of deposit issued by the Hamilton Trust Company with the People’s State Bank of Arcadia, to meet a check that A. H. Bowen had drawn against the Arcadia bank. Then, for the other certificate of deposit, the Arcadia bank gave Sturdevant a draft on the Hamilton Trust Company for $2,960, which was the remainder of the $6,000 loan. Sturdevant took this draft to Cicero and deposited it with the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank, at Cicero, and thus that bank was saved for the time

being.

The Hamilton Trust Company received as security, to protect the two certificates of deposit for $6,000 placed with the People’s State Bank of Arcadia, a mortgage for $6,000 on the bank building and fixtures of the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank at Cicero. That is the history of

the mortgage.

Protested Against Kiting Check. The state introduced a lot of letters written by Hinesley to Hlnshaw protesting against the system of check Kiting used by E. M. and Luther Hlnshaw and against their habit of issuing checks against the Peoples' State Bank of Arcadia when they had no money there. Hinesley’s letters alpo condemned the

Hinshaw style of banking.

A letter that was read in evidence after it was identified by Hinesley was as fol-

Indianapolls, July 24, U14.

*D«ar John—In the Star Monday morning will

b* an article affecting me. and I

know that I am

o. k., and I will g

my numerous outside tnteresta.

ED.

The state proposes to show that the day before this letter was written E. M. Hinshaw returned from the Indiana State Bank following an examination by the state banking department, and that on the date of the letter, the Farmers and Merchants' Bank of Cicero was a mere shell. Dr. Pettijobn’s Experience. Dr. Fred L. PettJjohn, of Indianapolis, told of a whirl he took In high finance. He testified that he was approached by E. M. Hinshaw. who asked him to put up his note as an accommodation to Hlnshaw. who had arranged to obtain some stock in the Indiana State Bank of Indianapolis. Dr. Pettijohn at first demurred. but Hinshaw told him it was only as an accommodation, that he would not be required to pay anything, and that Hinshaw would protect him. Under this promise Dr. Pettijohn signed three notes, one for $3,900, one for $1,900 and a third, the amount of which was not given, but the aggregate of the three notes was

$7,400.

"It was my understanding." testified Dr Pettijohn. "that these notes were to be placed in the Indiana State Bank, and I supposed they were there until I got notice that one of the notes was In the People’s State Bank of Arcadia, another in the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank, at Cicero, and the third in the People’s State Bank of Indianapolis, which was

In Market street."

Not Financially Responsible. "At the time you made thess notes were you financially responsible for the amount of them?” asked J. F. Neal. "I was not” replied Dr. Pettijohn. “And you never paid them?"

*T did not.”

Dr. Pettijohn said the note in the People's State Bank of Indianapolis was paid by E- M. Hinshaw. but the others were

not paid. _

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Range of Temperatures.

Another remarkable feature as shown on the weather map, was the varying range in temperatures In the Mississippi valley Down in Tennessee today the temperatures were around 70 degrees. From this the mercury graduated to points around the freezing mark in Iowa

and the middle west.

These two elements, vying with each other above, reinforced by the rapid movements of the pressure area, caused all of the weird conditions which arrived in Indianapolis and particularly in the northern section of the state where se-

vere storms were felt. No Reports Received.

No reports on the storms in the northern part of Indiana were received at the weather bureau today, but J- H. Armington meteorologist in charge of the bureuu, 1 said he believed the 8*0™* were due to local thunder * " 8 wmdd did not think the general conations would < ause storms in the nature of tornadoes. The conditions today heralded A dW in temperature tonight which in the %o- < abulary of the weather ,e , ca t l,e tji cold wave The mercury is likely to get down to 20 or 25 degrees above zero tonight, the official prediction said. HARRY LAUDER IS GUSTS AT LUNCHEON AT ROTARY CLUB Entertains Members and Friends With Songs and Brings Tears With

Appeal for Emigrant.

Harry Lauder, the Scotch comedian,

now playing at the Murat theater, was the honor gueat today of. Jhe Rotary Club at luncheon. The Riley room of the Claypool hotel was crowded to capacity with Rotarians and their gueat*. Scotch caps were distributed to members and guests, and Mr Lauder’s kiltie band added eo*or to the scene. Mr. Lauder belongs to the

Rotary Club of Glasgow . , „ The comedian was Introduced, follow-

ing the luncheon, by PrMldent Miller, and for a half hour he sent his audience from tear# to laughter, from laughter to

. .. tears, and back again. He became parpav them, was it?” asked Floyd Chris- ucnlariy impressive In his plea to native - ’ Americans to give kindly greeting to the

(-migrant, drawing a word picture of the young emigrant’s las* night at home, • the auld fayther an’ mither gathered a boot th' board for a last *I«ht wi’ th’ lad that was gangin’ »wa. * He drew j tears to many eyes as he told of a young

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crept np beside and listened, the tears In her eyes dropping to the baby’s cheek. It was a picture of soul interest that, made every hearer feei more tenderly interested in the strangers from over sea. Mr. Lauder said he had been on th • stage as a professional entertainer for twenty-four years and that next year Im would retire. And, sorrowfully enough, he told his hearers that perhaps this visit to Indianapolis would be his last. He sang some Scotch songs for the Rotarians and made the luncheon altogether enjoyable.

tlah, for the defense.

-No. sir.”

"And you never did pay them? "No. sir." . .

“They were merely acommodatlon notes to hHp F.d Hinshaw. weren’t they?"

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Continued from Page One. diana avenue district. The mystery district Is close to the Plaza hotel, it is

said.

One report has it that the injured arm was injured coincidentally with an Injury to a head, but this has not been verified. The mystery first was presented for *<■ lution when a policeman arrived at the city hospital, late last night or early today. carefully nursing «n injured arm He asked that it be examined, and it was. Name of Policeman Not Given. ^ l»r. Thomas Sullivap, superintendent of tire city hospital, tried to find out about the injured arm. He learned that a policeman came into the hospital early this morning or late last night and that he asked a physician to examine the arm The physician made an examination, he told Dr. Suiilvan. and did not think any bones were broken. Dr. Sullivan said no report was made of the examination and that the name of the policeman wg# not known at the hospital. Dr. Sullivan said the policeman gave no explanation of the injury' to the arm that the physician who treated R remembered Thus the mystery of tne injured arm remains unsolved, and until the battered head appears, if there Is a battered head, or some other tangible evidence is produced, the “investigation" will go on. GETS RIGHT TO HOLD OFFICE Elijah Davis Wins Suit for Oakiand City Trusteeship. [Special to The Indianapolis New*] EVANSVILLE, Ind.. March 21—ftod If. Hoetetter. Judge of theVanderburg county superior court, has decided in favor of Elijah Davis, of Oakland City, in his Salt to obtain his right to act os trust** of the Second word of that city. In the election of November $, 1916 Davt*( a**# a candidate for office and W alter France and W. H. Stewart were his opponents France and Davis obtained the same number of votes and caet lots to mm whe would take the office. Davis won, bui according to his complaint. J. R. Arnold' who held the office of trustee at the ti of th* election, refused to vacate sustained by the other trustees

ing of judge Hostetter_ gives

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