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THE IKDIAJi'APOLIS NEWS, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1919.

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EXPLOSION IN OIL TANK

block on Bell etreet. at Wew Y. Sr? MO Trouble Calls. The Central Union Telephone Company bad <99 trouble call* Sttrhic the large force of men worked up the damage. Meet *h* trnrlM* WM dOf tO the

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WITHOUT LIGHT WHEN

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Suffered.

Heat and Ustrt Com-

ANDERSON, Ind., August »—During a etorm In Andereon and rldnity between S and 9 p. m. Sunday considerable damage was done by wind, beery rainfall. lightning and Are. No eerrlcee were held Is the churches and motion picture theaters were dosed because of the lack of light The city was In

of damage done by o the municipal light ran into two large

started a -fire that

threatened the plant because the employee had all ther could do to protect other parts of the plant, as well as the two condensers Two companies of firemen eoott extinguished the fiamee but to the meantime two of the main circuits for commercial and residence districts were burned out In addition, light wires were torn down by wind and **iiL n «r trees In »n parts of the city. While part of the firemen were at the fifiht plant, lightning struck the shed of an oil service station In the south

fruit trees suffered much damage. Many sewera overflowed and flooded the bsae-

City cars and also mterurban cars on the Union Traction Company imes were

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bourn after thes«<^ am^hu^j^

persons were Just leaving Monads pmit ban tracks, but reamed traffic

where an old fiddlers' contest had been delayed. Howe*

the storm broke, and trees

held I ■ MHmH falling across the car Hne and highway* made ft impossible for them to get fceck

to town until two hours later

At the Chesterfield camp of the Indlana Association of gpUfitualists more than l«» persons sought shelter in. the camp cottages, hotel and auditorium. ' Some of the cm am trees fell, and light and telephone service for the camp was

crippled until today.

SMOKE STACKS BLOW DOWN.

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part of the city and the flames from the shed communicated with an oil

Light and tank nearby, resulting in an explosion. A number was estlmated at O,#* The out due to at^ the city light pi ant was ro-

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all over meed by wires or by

Many Window Banes Broken. While one fire company was on the

way to the oil service station a motor

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BRAKES FAIL TO WORK.

CRUSHED

(flpeeial to The Indianapolis News] — —) R 0 ( ind, August 25»—A large truck on which were about

te Lemcke annex

fn Various ’ t^rk of the fire department stalled

damage 1 when It tried to drire through two feet

tier which, un- of water In a valley wnere a sewer the sewers. over fl 0we< i i n several factories, buei-

r»e«e building* and residences window panes on the west and north sides were either broken by hall or blown in by wind Numerous large shade } trees were uprooted and many broke I off at the top. until several streets i were blockaded during the ntghL At i Jackson and Fourteenth street*, when a tall tree was lifted from Its roots It foil on the opposite std* of the street and carried down telephone cables, city light and fire alarm wires Another large tree fell across Jackson street at Seventh street The street commissioner called out hi* men and also employed many extra men to eloar some of the

main streets during the .night

Grape arbors, heavily laden, and star*

Damage Caused at Edinburg by Storm

—Traction Service Hindered, (flmriei te The Indianapolis News] FRANKLIN. Ind-. August *a—Dur-

ing an electrical and windstorm Sunday evening, two large steel smoke stacks on the power plant of the In

loan to the company esthmated at gift, OM. The plant of the Union Stanch and Refining Company also was badly damaged by the felling stacks and has been forced to close down. A lane force of men Is clearing away mw debris, but it may be several weeks before operations can be resumed. The stacks felt across the Pannsyl-

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was sot because of the dam-

| to the power plant, no limited tmterurb&n cars have been run, since the car tearing Frankln at 4:« Sunday evening. Local cars, however, have been runnirfg from this city to Soy mour on schedule time. No other serious damage Is reported In the county

AIRPLANE DEMOLISHED.

Terrific Wind and Rain Storm Hits

Lafayette, Doing Damage.

LAFAYETTE. Ind., August K—An airplane, operating for the Lafayette Aerial Transportation Company, was demolished tat the terrific wind and rainstorm. which hit this city last night. JRmi plane was on the landtag field, south of the city, ready ter a flight to Crmwfordsvilla. where It was to have carried passengers during the Montgom-

terstate Public Service Company, at ary county fair this week It waa tossed Edinburg, were blown down. Causing a} over the ield like a peice of paper.- Dab-

Soft Water Like the Touch of Liquid Silk

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nine years old, sob of HPRI L. was caught between the ’ender and the embankment, and one leg was crushed below the knee Two t yeera ago the bov narrowly escaped. death whsn he was kicked on ths bead by a horse. 9 * ‘ er members of the party escaped injury. Ths motor truck was

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Three Hurt In Motor Crash, y (Special to Ths Indianapolis News] COLUMBUS, Ind.. August 28.-Dr. J. J. Rapp, a dentist of Madison, suffered a broken leg and severe bruises, his wife received a severely sprained ankle and his daughter, Miss Marie Kapp. was r badly cut and bruised. In an automobile accident west of this city Saturday. Dr. , Rapp, on his way to Indianapolis, ran into a sharp curve and lost control of the machine, which turned over, ptnnin* him and his family under it. The ma- i chine was wrecked. Mrs. Jsff Merritt, of OgUvllle. suffered i a broken collar bone when she Jumped from a machine her husbad was driv- * ing. When going up a hill near Columbus ths engine stopped and the machine 1 started back down the decline. Mrs. j itened Merritt became terrified and jumped. ’ i have — Flyer Hurt in Auto Accident. (Special to The Indlanepolta News] OXFORD. O., August 26.—After flying over French battlefields for two years without accident. Clark Gilmore, age twenty-five, of Eaton, narrowly escaped death Saturday night while on his way to this village In an automobile. A bretk in his steering gear caused his , machine to run Into a ditch and ov#rtwice He landed face down in a ! le of water, the engine on his head, j broken arm and a badly !

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ton JL Craig, of this city, president of tho company, astlmated the lose of the piaae at 9Mw. The plane was not insured. It was said. ^Considerable damage was done throughout the city by the storm, many tress and wires being tom down On the Wahash railroad between here and Westpoint. traffic was delayed for aevhours, while twenty-seven trees which had blown acmes the tracks, were cleared away. WSS MARKS RETURNING. She Hag Been in Paris Two Months Buying for Selig Company. A cablegram has been received anaounctag the sailing of Miss Lena Marks ter this country last Saturday on the French liner Lorraine. Miss Marks spent two months vtei{£ng the fashion centers of France. She la buyer ter the Selig Dry Goods Company, and one of the first middle western buyers to visit the foreign markets since the end of the

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OFFICERS ARE RE-ELECTED.

j— I by the committee favoring the creator

of a national board to determine values

on farm produedons. ~

A motion was carried empowering tbs president to appoint a legislative committee of five members to take up with the proper committees In the coming special session of the state legislature revision of the tax Jaw, and other meas-

ures affecting the farmers.

Marion County Farmer*’ Federation

Closes Its Meeting.

The present officers of the Marion County Federation of Farmers were unanimously re-elected to serve another year at the meeting Saturday. The officers are: President, W. j. Fink; vicepresident, Leowen Jones: secretary, John E. Shearer, and treasurer, Royal McClain. Salaries of *200 a year were voted to the president and secretary, and a salary of *50 a year ter the

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The federation adopted resolutions favoring the abolition by the United States congress of the dealinftg in options on grain br the 'so-called' ^oard of trades and in favor of the licensing and control by the congress of the meat packers and the stock yarda The Plumb plan of tripartite operation of the railroad svstems was condemned In the resolutions. Support of the state federation in its efforts to reduce the margin of profits of millers and grain dealers in handling wheat and in raising the $300,000 guar-

VETERANS FIRE SALUTE. Prince of Wales Greeted on Arrival at Toronto. TORONTO. Ontario. August 25.-The prince of Wales today visited government house at Rosedale. As he left his train he was greeted by LieutenantGovernor Hendrie, Premier Hearst, of Ontario; Mayor Church, of Toronto; BrlgadierGeneral Gunn and other officio la A battery manned by artillery veterans of Sanctuary Wood. Vimv Ridge and Cambrat, fired the royal salute across the Don valley.

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