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TROLLEY FIRM, UNION GROUPS SIGN CONTRACT Present Wage Scale to Be in Effect Until May 1, 1937. 2 DIVISIONS AFFECTED Works Board Sets May 25 for Final Hearing on Franchise. The Indianapolis Railways, Inc., today signed a contract with two divisions of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America, an A. P. of L. union, company and union representatives announced. The two-year contract provides for continuation of the present wage scale until May 1, 1937. Wages for the year following are to be adjusted on a percentage based on any rise in wages in 15 leading cities, officials said. The contract also provides for deduction of dues from the pay roll upon the signing by the individual in accordance with Indiana law. It provides for weekly pay instead of the present semi-monthly. Two Divisions Affected Members of the union, Divisions 995 and 1070, are the only employes effected by the agreement. Negotiations have been carried on by Mr. Chase, James Green, president of Division 1070, representing the car men, and Arnold Nahand, president of Division 995, representing the bus drivers. The company previously had signed a contract with Division 995 which expired Dec. 31, 1935, and a contract with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which became effective Jan. 1, 1936. Other employes are represented by the Employes Representation Plan, which has had agreements with the company since July, 1932. Wage Raise Granted Mr. Chase pointed out that on Jan. 1 a wage increase of 3 cents an hour was granted all employes making less than $l5O a month. There also was a proportional increase for salaried employes. Meanwhile the Works Board set May 25 for final consideration and signing of the franchise providing for the operation of trolley lines for the next 20 years. The provides that the company pay $324.76 a mile a year for use of streets. Company officials said that they expected to have 49.3 miles of track by the end of this year. The revenue to the city will be approximately $14,000 by the end of the yeaj, it is estimated. BYRNS TALKS AGAINST FARM INFLATION BILL Speaker Reads A. F. of L. Protest Against Inflationary Measure. By United Prcx* WASHINGTON, May 13.—Speaker of the House Joseph W. Byrns spoke personally from the House floor today, reading a letter from President William Green of the American Federation of Labor in an effort to rally Administration forces against the $3,000,000,000 FrazierLemke farm inflation bill. Green's letter pfticed the American Federation of Labor on record against the bill and urged “friends of labor" in the House to vote against the bill. The speaker's decision to speak against the measure indicated .that the leadership seriously was worried over prospects that the bill might pass, despite earlier predictions that it would be defeated later today by 50 votes. 4 KILLED. 7 INJURED - IN NIGHT CLUB BLAZE Flaming Torch Used by Dancer Starts Fire. By United Brest SAN FRANCISCO, May 13.—Four persons were killed and seven injured today when a flaming torch waved by Betty Blossom, a torch dancer at the Shamrock night club, ignited paper decorations on the ceiling and fire swept through the second-floor club premises. The dead were John Manson, 22, Berkeley; Elsie Forrest. 27, no address; Robert Patterson, Berkeley, and Mabel Dickson, San Francisco. The seven injured persons were crushed in a desperate attempt of patrons to escape by the narrow stairway leading to the street. MARKETS AT A GLANCE Bv United Press Stocks —Firm and dull; liquors active. Bonds Mixed; governments irregularly higher. Curb—lrregularly higher and quiet. Chicago—Stocks mixed and dull. Call Money—l per cent. Foreign Exchange—lrregular; sterling lower, francs higher. Cotton—Unchanged to 8 points higher. Grains—Wheat and rye up % to 1 cent; corn off ** to up Vi; oats off Vi to tip %. Rubber—ll to 13 points higher. Troops Mobilized it Puerto Rico By United Press SAN JUAN. P. R.. May 13 Maj. Gen. Blanton Winship. Governor of Puerto Rico, mobilized the National Guard today and proclaimed stern measures to quell riots by students demonstrating for Puerto Rican independence.

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ROBINSON MAY PLEAD GUILTY Kidnaper Agrees to Trade in Effort to Cheat Gallows, Report. K By United Press NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 13. Mayor Hilary Howse today refused to allow Monte Ros, assistant city attorney, to Thomas 11. Robinson Jr., accused kidnaper of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll. (Copyright. 1936, bv United Press) LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 13. Thomas H. Robinson Jr., frightened by the possibility of dying on the gallows for the kidnaping of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, has agreed to trade a guilty plea for a prison sentence, it was reported today. United States District Attorney Bunk Gardner said he expected the 29-year-old female impersonator, who fell to the G-men after a year and a half as a fugitive, would plead guilty. Mr. Gardner denied the report tha*t Robinson had been assured he would not be sentenced to death if he pleaded guilty. • “There has been no trade,” he said. It was rumored that Robinson may be arraigned before Federal Judge Elwood Hamilton at 4:30 this afternoon. Judge Hamilton may sentence Robinson to prison for any term of years up to life on a guilty plea. Should Robinson plead not guilty, his trial probably will be set for the middle of June, it was indicated. If he is brought to trial, Mr. Gardner made it clear he would seek to have Robinson condemned to death. He believed that if Robinson decided to chance death on the gallows, he would plead insanity. Robinson once was confined in an insane asylum for observation. DR. HORACE EVANS DIES IN HOME AT 76 Industrial Board Member .Was Republican. Dr. Horace M. Evans, only Republican member of the state indus- ! trial board, died last night in his home, 217 W. 44th-st, after an illness of a month. He was 76. Dr. Evans was appointed to the board July 1, 1933. He was a former president of Valparaiso University and had been engaged in j banking in Valparaiso. H? had I been in government service during j the World War. Services are to be in the Presbyterian Church at Valparaiso Friday afternoon, with burial in the Graceland Cemetery there. Friends may view the body from 4 to 8 tonight at Shirley Brothers Central Chapel. Surviving Dr. Evans are the widow, Mrs. Maude Evans, Indianapolis; two daughters, Mrs. Lucile Stowers, Western Springs, 111., and Mrs. Ruth Haynes, La Grange, 111., and three sons, DeForest W. Evans, Mobile, Ala.; Edward H. Evans, Washington, D. C.. and Maxwell Evans, Valparaiso. INJURED IN ACCIDENT Local Man Struck by Taxicab Is Hurt Critically. Elmer F. Borgstede, 60, of 245 S. Noble-st, who was struck by a taxicab at Virginia-av and Louisi-ana-st, was in a critical condition today at City Hospital. The accident occurred last night. Paul James, 27, Annex Hotel, driver, was held on a charge of failure to have a chauffeur's license. V m

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Italo - British Agreement Needed to Save League, Leaders Fear. (Copyright. 1936. by United Press) GENEVA.. May 13.—League Council members feared today trfat the situation threatening the League’s effectiveness if not its life, depended for solution upon restoration of friendship between Italy and Great Britain. Preparing to adjourn until midJune, leaving in force penalties exacted against Italy for its war on Ethiopia, delegates felt that the League can do nothing to extricate itself from a threatening position while Italy and Britain are estranged. They felt the anger of rtaly at Britain overshadowed for the present the situation precipitated by Italy’s withdrawal from tha council meeting. Italy has left the council table before during the Italian-Etniopian war. This time Premier Benito Mussolini not only withdrew his delegation but ordered all Italian co-operation with the League suspended until the 50-odd nations in the League repudiate their pledge to aid Ethiopia and agree to recognize his conquest.

ROME HEARS ITALY WILLQUIT LEAOOE Dramatic Proclamation Is Expected From Duce. By United Press ROME, May 13.—Rome today expected a dramatic proclamation by Premier Benito Mussolini that Italy has resigned from the League of Nations. 11 Duce's statement, scheduled to be made before the Chamber of Deputies tomorrow, was forecast by Virginio Gayda, editor of the Giornale d’ltalia, regarded as Mussolini’s mouthpiece. “Italy has had enough cf Geneva,” the newspaper said. “The unjust verdict of the League of Nations has been accepted in Italy with dispipline but with reserved disdain. The departure of the Italian delegation from Geneva is significant of the resolute detachment of Italy from the League. OFFICIAL AND CONVICT SLAIN IN PRISON RIOT Several Escape at McAlester, Okla.; Six Are Recaptured. By United Press M'ALESTER, Okla.. May 13.—A yard superintendent was killed today in a convict riot at the state prison. One prisoner also was killed. An underterminqd number of prisoners escaped. Six were recaptured almost immediately. The men were workiDg in a yard a half-mile from the prison when the outbreak occurred. Supt. Powell was wounded fatally. The prisoner killed was Robert Dunningham. CIGARET LIGHTER TOP IN LUNG KILLS GIRL Young Woman Was Awaiting Operation in Philadelphia. By United Press PHILADELPHIA. May 13.—Pauline Lane, 16-year-old Knoxville (Tenn.) girl who was brought here for an operation to romove the top of a cigaret lighter from her lung, died today in Temple University Hospital. Killed in Train Crash B- T 'nited Press HAMMOND. Ind, May 13.—T. L. Mills, 31, Hammond, was killed intantly today when he drove his automobile into the path of a South Shore electric train at an unguarded crossing.

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COMPROMISE ON TAX SUGGESTED Senate Proposal Would Keep Principle Espoused by Roosevelt. (Editorial on Page Fourteen) BY THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, May 13.—President Roosevelt and his Treasury forces retreated today before a belligerent group of Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee and were ready to accept a compromise on the undistributed profits tax passed by the House. A plan being whipped into shape by Chairman Pat Harrison (D„ Miss.), which apparently is to be the basis of the committee’s bill, would retain in modified form the principle espoused by the President and thus will save the Administration’s face. The President never did recommend any specific measure though Treasury experts collaborated in writing the House bill. Chairman Harrison waited today for Treasury estimates to see if his compromise would produce $620,000,000 annual revenue, the amount needed to close the gap left by enactment of the bonus and invalidation of the processing taxes. It would provide a 15 per cent flat corporation income tax, retain the present excess profits and capital stock tax, and impose a graduated super-tax on all undistributed earnings above 30 per cent, with rates ranging from 5 per cent to 45 per cent on earnings beyond 50 per cent which are withheld. By retaining the corporation taxes, the proposed compromise would guarantee revenue return from a tried and sure source, and, at the same time, would introduce the undistributed profits tax on an experimental basis without endangering the capital structure of corporations and without the necessity of complicated provisions to meet special corporation situations. The 30 per cent exemption eliminates many hardships and permits corporations to build up reserves. This figure was taken because it is the average of earnings withheld for surplus. COUNTY TO ELIMINATE ROAD WEED HAZARDS Commissioners to Ask Bids on 5 Mowing Machines. Plans for cutting weeds obstructing vision along county roads were announced today by Herbert Bloemker, county surveyor. He said the county commissioners soon would advertise for bids on five heavy-duty mowing machines. Weeds are to be cut once each month, Mr. Bloemker said.

Hoosiers Work by Light of Moon, Rush Planting

Rains, sunshine and clouds, not to mention a full moon, have allied themselves with the Marion County and Indiana farmer during the last two weeks of this, his busy planting season. Many Marion County farmers last week worked in their fields under the full moon, and this week are working by tractor lights. The rains have been spaced right, Horace Abbott, Marion County agricultural agent, and J. H. Armington, Federal meteorologist, agree. Overcast skies have made working conditions more pleasant. The result is that today the prep-

PSYCHIATRISTS URGED AS AID TO EDUCATION Stetson Outlines Need of . Experts in Talk to Club Federation. BENEFITS ARE EXPLAINED Delegates Also Hear Purdue Dean and State School Head. “The time is at hand,” Paul Stetson, Indianapolis public schools superintendent, told the Indiana Federation of Women's Clubs today, “when school systems of any size will employ a psychiatris . “His duty,” he said as he addressed the 500 delegates in the Claypool, “will be to relate the emotional disturbances of pupils with physical defects. Working with the psychiatrist should be a psychologist, who will be able to give principals and teachers valuable hints as to the best course to pursue in certain cases. “Society will not for long continue the stupid policy of punishing individuals after the crime is committed and of taking little or no preventive measures. Introduction of these tiyo correlative departments will do much to aid school authorities in dealing with a typical case.” Other Speakers Listed Speakers today included Floyd I. McMurray, Indiana superintendent of public instruction, on “Indiana’s Program for Rural Education,” and Dean Mary L. Mathews, Purdue University, on “Fads and Frills.” In resolutions the federation declared itself in favor of the merit system with trained personnel in government work; national representation for residents of the District of Columbia, and universal fingerprinting as a protective measure. Today is the second of a threeday meeting. Annual reports showed that 21,000 Indiana Federation of Women’s Club members last year encouraged art and poetry, agitated against bill-board-cluttered roadsides, tutored English, and interested themsleves in practical forestry, game conservation and better radio programs. One club was instrumental in cleaning a polluted stream in which fish were dying. First District reports included club-sponsored kindergartens flourishing in Pike County and some conservation activities. In the Second District, the reports stated, Martinsville kindergartens are sponsored by clubs, and there has been an increased use of state, local and high school libraries, traced to club education activities. Other Successful Projects Conservation projects such as highway planting, flower shows and wild life condition improvement also were reported as successful projects of the Second District. The district also sponsored an essay contest in high schools on “Crime and Its Control.” Lawrence County, in the Third District, reported a nursery school in progress and the opening of two free kindergartens. Clubs in this district are maintaining circulating libraries. The Fourth District continued to aid the Rising Sun library. An extensive program of conseryation, which included establishment of bird sanctuaries in Vigo County was sponsored in the Fifth. Progress Is Satisfactory Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Districts clubs reported satisfactory progress with the general Federation program, and Clinton County in the Ninth reported it had donated funds for library extension. The same clubs maintain a magazine corner in the library, and has 23 highway beautifying programs in progress. They campaigned against the destruction of wild flowers, and for landscaped stream banks. The East Chicago clubs in the Tenth contacted radio stations presenting programs for juveniles on program material. The Gary clubs of the same district handled radio programs for Chicago, De Paul and Northwestern Universities. Eleventh District clubs conducted a drive against billboards and carried on 78 conservation programs. Twelfth District clubs sponsored special classes in art, music, sewing and public speaking, and six county chairmen reported increased library use and service. Eleventh and Twelfth Districts sponsored educational radio programs and participated in other Federation projects. Thirteenth District activities were featured with sponsored lectures on mental hygiene and psychology by wellknown educators.

aration of seed beds is being pushed rapidly; com planting has been started in northern counties and is well along in the south, with some fields up, and potato and truck planting have been pushed. Fair and cooler weather here tonight, with the temperature tomorrow morning ranging between 45 and 50 degrees, was predicted today by the Weather Bureau. Cooler weather, moving here from the Northwest, today brought an end to the unseasonably high temperatures of the last several days. No rain* is expected, the bureau announced.

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ENDS 26 YEARS ON ML BOARD New Orleans Editor Chosen Negro Bishop by Conference. By United Press * COLUMBUS, 0., May 13—Dr. Clarence True Wilson, 64, attending the Methodist Episcopal General Conference here, today resigned as executive secretary of the church’s Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals. He had served 26 years in that capacity. Dr. Wilson would have been eligible for re-election under anew plan approved yesterday by the general conference, placing the election of the executive secretary before the conference instead of by the board. Alexander P. Shaw of New Orleans, Christian Advocate editor, Southeastern edition, was chosen Negro bishop after W. A. C. Hughes of Philadelphia and Dr. Willis King of Atlanta had withdrawn. One white bishop remains to be elected. Dr. Wilbur E. Hammaker, Youngstown, 0., and Dr. Charles W. Flint, Syracuse University chancellor, were elected bishops yesterday on the fourth ballot. The strongest candidates for the fourth bishopric as indicated in the fourth ballot were Dr. Harry W. McPherson, Illinois Wesleyan University president, with 214 votes, and Dr. John B. Magee, Seattle, with 133. Dr. Hammaker received 431 and Dr. Flint 408, well over the two-thirds required for election. Both bishops-elect cleave to a less liberal stand than that of the Methodist Federation for Social Service, whose purpose of eliminating the profit motive from business is the center of the liberal-conserva-tive fight of the conference.

NATURAL GAS URGED FOR LOCAL INDUSTRY North Side Federation of Clubs Hears Atkins. The North Side Federation of Clubs today is on record as favoring introduction of natural gas into Indianapolis to keep industries already here and induce new ones to locate here. ' The move was taken at a meeting in the Marott Hotel last night after E. C. Atkins, president of the E. C. Atkins & Cos., predicted that unless Indianapolis provides natural ga.o, outside industries will not locate here and many already here will be forced to move Mr. Atkins said that nis company had been offered a 35-acre site at Charleston, W. Va, and a site at Newcastle with adequate fuel supplies. Reginald Sullivan, former Indianapolis mayor, was quoted by Mr. Atkins as having said that the city would take over the gas company and that provisions would be made for a belt line around the city to supply natural gas to local manufacturers. The provision has not been made Mr. Atkins said. He also said the National Malleable and Steel Castings Cos., which operate factories at Indianapolis, Chicago and Cleveland, has been prevented from building core ovens here because of the expense of the available gas. They now are constructing the ovens in Chicago where natural gas can be obtained. ZEPPELIN IS NEARING ' COAST OF ENGLAND Hindenburg Hopes to Reach Home Port Tomorrow. By United Press AEOARD DIRIGIBLE HINDENBURG, May 13.—The Hinaenburg raced toward its home port and 9 trans-Atlantic dirigible record today with the hope of landing in a little over 55 iiours after its start from Lakehurst, N. J. The present record is 55 hours 22 minutes. Tail winds were in prospect as the great ship, making a steady 75 knots on the 3895-mile Great Circle route, approached England. The Hindenburg passed the halfway mark in the early morning hours and was expected to te over Frankfort tomorrow morning. All day yesterday the ship pushed through rain, fog and clouds. It was expected that the Hindenburg would be over England late tonight.

G. 0. P. GATHERS TO ELECT CHIEF: OARP TRIUMPHS

Pension Plan Candidate Is Certified as Victor in Congress Race. HOLDS 2-VOTE MARGIN Contest Is Closest in Congressional Election History of State. By United Press Benjamin J. Brown, Townsend old-age pension worker and supporter of Father Charles E. Coughlin’s National Union for Social Justice, was certified officially today as the Republican nominee for Congress in Indiana’s Fifth District. Mr. Brown defeated Richard T. James, 26-year-old Portland attorney, by two votes in last Tuesday’s primary, according to figures compiled by the Secretary of State. It was the closest congressional race ever staged in the history of Indiana and gave the S2OO-a-month pension plan its first serious consideration in the state. County Figures Listed Official figures from the nine counties in the district gave Brown a total vote of 13,487, compared to 13,485 for James. The vote by counties: County. James. Brown. Blackford 587 278 Clinton 973 656 Howard 2,890 2,930 Huntington 1,465 1,775 Jay 2.292 517 Miami 481 1,527 Tipton 1,036 491 Wabash 1,234 1,697 The race was climaxed yesterday by the statement of Landess L. White, county clerk, that he was prepared to certify a total of 3596 votes for Mr. Brown in Grant County, wiping out the Townsendite’s two-vote margin. Mr. White said that his canvass sheet showed that total for Mr. Brown, instead of the 3616 previously credited to him. Duplicate Sheet Missing Observers who were positive that the latter figure had been made available to them last week asked a recheck and subsequently a meeting of the Grant County election commissioners was called. The commissioners produced a sealed tally sheet from the third precinct, Franklin Township, Grant County, which credited Mr. Brown with 86 votes instead of the 66 recorded on the canvassing sheet. The duplicate of the tally sheet was missing, the commissioners said, and they added it would be almost impossible to determine who had made the change on the canvassing sheet since more than 500 persons have handled the sheet since it was made up. Regardless of the outcome of the official tabulation, a recount of all the votes in the district was predicted. James P. Fulton, Hartford City, district chairman, has asked that all votes be preserved. BORAH RUNS BEHIND IN OHIO’S PRIMARY Trails Taft Slate, but He Wins West Virginia. By United Press Returns of yesterday’s Ohio primary today showed the favorite-son slate of Robert A. Taft outdistancing delegates pledged to Senator William E. Borah in the Republican presidential contest. Taft delegates-at-large in each case led those pledged to Mr. Borah, who had campaigned actively in Ohio against use of the “favorite son” candidacies in pre-convention maneuvering. In spite of apparent loss of the delegate-at-large vote, Senator Borah appeared likely to win from four to eight of the Republican district delegates. In contrast, Senator Borah polled a substantial Republican complimentary vote in the West Virginia primary where he was unopposed. President Roosevelt ran far ahead of Col. Henry Breckinridge, his anti-New Deal opponent, in the Ohio Democratic presidential preference contest. He was receiving approximately 200 votes for each 15 cast for Col. Breckinridge. In West Virginia the President’s complimentary vote was more than double that accorded Mr Borah. Times Index Births 211 Merry-Go-R’d 13 Books 13 Movies 20 Bridge 11 Mrs. Ferguson 14 Broun 13 Mrs. Roosevelt 11 1 Clapper 13 i Music 15 Comics 231 Pyle 14 Crossword 9 Questions 14 Dutcher 13 Radio 15 Editorials 14 Scherrer 14 Financial 16 Science 14 ; Finfley 13 Serial Story . 24 Fishbein 14 Short Story . 23 Flynn 16 Society .......11 Forum 14 Sports ....... 18 Grin, Bear It.. 13 State Deaths.. 8 Jane Jordan..lo[Wiggam 13

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Conflicting Predictions of Victory Made by Two Rivals for Post. IRWIN CLAIMS 16 OF 24 Forces of Ralph Gates, His Opponent, Say They Are Sure of 14. The Republican State Committee met this afternoon in the Claypool for reorganization. Two factions claimed sufficient votes to obtain control. Don B. Irwin, Frankfort, incumbent chairman, claimed 16 of the 24 votes to be cast. This prediction was made following the district conventions held throughout the state yesterday. A majority wins. The incumbent chairman votes to break a tie. Ralph Gates, Columbia City, Fourth District chairman, was just as confident of his own election. Those backing Mr. Gates are claiming the votes of 14 of the district chairman and vice chairman, it was said. Backers of Mr. Irwin said they are confident that votes will be cast to retain control of the committee now in power by chairmen and vice chairmen of the First, Second, Fifth, Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth and possibly the Ninth Districts. Supporters of Mr. Gates did not list his expected votes by districts. They said that it is certain that he will have Third and Fourth District support, and possibly one vote from the Sixth. District Challenge Hinted Proceedings of the Eighth District may be challenged today, observers said. A tie existed between the two opposing candidates, and, during the absence of the temporary chairman, Gene Scamahom, a Gates backer, was declared district chairman. Most of the district chairmen and vice chairmen were re-elected. In those districts where upsets occurred the winners are claimed by the Irwin forces. If Mr. Irwin is strong enough to retain the chairmanship, the other officers of the state committee probably will be renamed, it was indicated. They are Mrs. Beryl Holland, Bloomington, vice chairman; Harry C. Fenton, Indianapolis, secretary, and Burrell Wright, Indianapolis, treasurer. State Committee Listed Members of the State Committee chosen yesterday are: First District—C. C. McVey, Hammond, chairman, and Mrs. Ida McClellan, East Chicago, vice chairman (both re-elected). Second District—Morrison Rockhill, Warsaw, chairman, and Mrs. Clara Dilts Barr of Winamac, vice chairman (re-elected). Third District—Harry Marum, La Porte, chairman, and Mrs. Frank Coughlin, South Bend, vice chairman. Fourth District—Ralph Gates, Columbia City, chairman, and Mrs. Grace Double, Fort Wayne, vice chairman (both re-elected). Fifth District—James G. Fulton, Hartford City, chairman, and Mrs. Marie Johnson, Peru, vice chairman (both re-elected). Other District Selections Sixth District—John C. Taylor, Danville, chairman, and Mrs. Nell S. Jenkins, Noblesville, vice chairman (both re-elected). Seventh District—Ewing L. Emison, Vincennes, chairman (re-elect-ed), and Mrs. Esther Bray, Martinsville, vice chairman. Eighth District—Gene Scamahom, Rockport, chairman, and Mrs. Tom Groves, Perry County, vice chairman. (Chosen at a rump meeting. Contest expected before state committee.) Ninth District—lvan C. Morgan, Austin, chairman, and Mrs. Eleanor Snodgrass, Nashville, vice chairman (both re-elected). Tenth District, — Ralph Adams Shelbyville, chairman, and Mrs. Mabel Black. Greensburg, vice chairman (re-eiected). Eleventh District—Everett Beeves, Anderson, chairman, and Mrs. Aileen Kidd, Anderson, vice chairman (both re-elected). Twelfth District—Gavin L. Payne, Indianapolis, chairman, and Mrs. Paul Wetter, Indianapolis, vice chairman (both re-elected). Democratic Meetings Held County officers of the Democratic Party met in 10 districts today to choose members, of the state central committee. First and Twelfth District chairmen and vice chairmen were chosen in county organization meetings last week. District meetings held today were: Second, Winamac; third. South Bend; fourth. Auburn; fifth, Marion; sixth, Turkey Run, seventh, Bloomfield; eighth, Cannelton; ninth, Seymour; tenth, Newcastle; eleventh, Greenfield. Section Foreman Is Killed NOBLESVILLE, Ind., May 13. John Woodward, 52, Indiana Railroad section foreman, was killed and five other men narrowly escaped injury yesterday when the handcar on which they were riding was struck by a traction car.