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ASKS HARDING
TO ARBITRATE
IN MINGO ‘WAR’
President of United Mine
Workers Asks for Executive
Action in W. Virginia.
WOULD ABOLISH GUARDS
WASHINGTON*. Aug. 27. President
Harding is giving careful consideration
to the request of John L. Lewis. presi
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America, for a conference of mine oper
stors and workers to end the industrial
situation and threatened war in Mingo
and Logan bounties. West Virginia, it
was stated at tWP White House tol*r.
The President discussed the situation
with Senator Sutherland. West Virginia,
and it is understood the feasibility of
calling a conference was considered.
Suggesting a conference between miners
and operators. John L. Lewis, interna
tional president of the i’nited Miue
Workers of America, has sent a telegram
to President Warren tt. Harding asking
-him to take the first step in arbitration
. of the Mingo County, W. Va.. mine dif
ficulties.
Mr. Lewis, in his message, states Fed
eral troops are not needed in Mingo
County hut that the protection of the
rights of citizens is needed. He sug
gests that the conference, which he pro
poses. take up the question of abolishing
the private detective guard employed by
mine operators and of settling the dif
ferences between the miner? and the
operators on any honorable basis.
The message to the President follows:
“The disturbed situation In the coal
Gelds vl Me-'* Virginia warrants me in
addressing you this message. The pres
ence of many hundreds of armed agents
of the notorious Baldwin-Felts detective
agency, employed by the coal operators
together with the acts of brutal violence
which they have committed, has developed
a sense of outrage In the minds of the
mine workers of the State which has re
sulted in their assembling in large bodies
to put an end to such an Intolerable sit:,
nation.
LOW TTPE OF MEX
AS DETECTIVES.
"The Baldwin-Felts Defective Agency
maintains Its chief offices in Roanoke. Va..
and does an interstate business, presum
ably making it amenable to the regula
tion of Federal statutes. This concern
employes as Its agents men of the lowest j
type and character and equips them with |
rifles and side arms to act as guards in j
the coal fields. The coal operators of
Logan. Mingo. McDowell and Mercer :
counties in West Virginia employ these
gunmen by the hundreds, and evidence
conclusively, shows that these armed
men practically control the county gov
ernment in each of the aforesaid counties
Brutal outrages are committed by these
thugs from time to time upon the per
sons of the mine workers who are em
ployed in that section. No redness is pos
sible to such citisens. because local au
thority Is entirely set aside by these in
flueaces.
"The Influence of th's notorious agency
has In the pat extended even Into th*
councils of th State government and ap
peals for protection which, from time to 1
time, have been made hy the injured !
mine workers to the chief executives of l
West Virginia have been denied. The
cost of maintaining this private army In ’
contravention of the constitutional guar- -
antees of our citizenship and *he sta- I
tales governing such matters is charged to
the production cost of •■oai and the public
rompelled to bear the burden. In other
words, the coal consuming public is com !
petled to pay for the maintenance of tnese
Hessians of industry.
"In Mingo County since the Innugura
tlon of the present lockout of the mine
workers more than forty men have beep
killed, which killings are directly trace- i
able to the murderous acts of these de
p raved men who kill as a part of their
dally work. I call the attention of your I
Excellency, to the fact that the chief wit- j
ness for the Mingo County coal operators j
before the senatorial committee re<-entiy
investigating the strike, was a Baldwin- I
Felts thug named I/tveiy. who upon his i
return from Washington. deliberately
mardred two nnarmed mine workers on
the steps of the courthouse at Welsh. Mc-
Dowell County. West Virginia.
FEDERAL TROOPS
NOT NEEDED.
"This bloodthirsty act was the culmina i
tion of a long series of such outrages
which resulted in the present ontbnrst of
indignation on the part of the West Vir
ginia miners and their assembling in
large bodies to resist such assaults. In
the minds of the mine workers of West
Virginia there can be no peace so loVg
as the Baldwin-Felts thug system is Id
such- complete control of the machinery
•f the law and such terrible acts go un- j
rebuked.
■ "Federal troops are not needed in Wes
Virginia so much as the recognition of
the rights of citizens as guaranteed by
star constitution and iaw and the surren
der by the Baldwin-Fe'ts army of pri
vately employed gunmen to the constt
ted authorities of our Government. The
United Mine Workers of America deplore
the situation in West Virginia which has
disturbed the domestic tranquillity o*
our Nation and affirma Its allegiance to
the principle of obediente to tbe law of
the land.
“I offer aa a constructive suggestion to
meet the present emergency In West Vir
ginia that your excellency direct repre
sentatives of the operators In tbe dis
turbed sectlons'of West Virginia and rep
resentatives of the mine workers to ap
pear In conference to give consideration
to the following propositions which are
Involved :
L “That the Baldwin-Felts guard sys
tem in West Virginia be abolished
2. "That an adjustment of the eontro
versy raging between the Mingo County
coal operators and tbe mine workers of
that section he effected upon any honor
able basis which can be found.
"I make these suggestions to your ex
cellency In all good faith and sincerity
and with a full appreciation of the public
Interest which is involved. 1 pledge the
cooperation of the United Mine Workers
of America in an honorable attempt to ad
Jnst the Mingo County situation ami If
directed by yon to do so will gladly ar
range for adequate representation on the
part of the mine worlers in any confer
eji'-e which yon may Initiate."
Mr. Lewis is cooperating In a similar
conference called by Governor Warren T.
McCray for Tuesday for the purpose
settling Indiana mine difficulties.
KILL \. WOUND 2 IN
‘HUNGER’ RIOT
Mounted Police Quell Demon
stration in Munich.
MUNICH. Aug. 27. —One man was
killed and two others badly wounded
when demonstrators, representing "the
hung Tc.” clashed with mounted police
here early today.
- Thousands of workers were In the line
of march, but aside from one outbreak
the procession proceeded quietly.
It was reported that radical elements
here will bold o tremendous demonstra
tion tonight because of the shooting of
italic- Erxbsyger, former centrist lead
er. ■*o!ic t are being held In readiness In
easeWof po:tble attacks upon reaction
artf|i
MRS. MEGEL DIES;
90 IN TWO WEEKS
Hold Funeral for Aged Resi
dent Tuesday.
,
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.MRS. REGINA MEGEL.
Mrs. Regina Megel, who In two weeks
w-oulil have celebrated her ninetieth birth
day, died at the home of her daughter,
Vrs. Mathias P. Johannes. .71:2 Hast Min
nesota street today.
She was a member of the Third Order
of the Christian Mothers Society and took
an active interest in the organization. For
almost fifty years before her death she
was a resident of Indianapolis.
Funeral services will be held at the
home Tuesday morning at 8.30 o'clock
and at Sacred Heart Church at 9 o'clock.
Mrs. Megql is survived by teu children,
four dauebters and sir sods. Mrs. EHza
t>eth Johannes, Mrs. Mary Fov, Mrs. Rose
Rensman, all of Indianapolis and Mrs
Margaret Alerding of Norwood, Ohio:
Mike Megel, Adam Kirsch. Peter Kirs<-n
snd Jacob Megel. all of Indianapolis.
Joseph Megel of Hayden, lad., and Bai
seg Megel of St. Louis Mo. •
COURT RECORDS
SHOW SWINDLER
CONNECTED HERE
John Worthington, ‘Frenzied
Financier ,’ Dealt With
Former Bank.
The records of Superior Court. Room
5. reveal the fact that John Worthing
ton. who now Is held in Chi- -go fol
lowing an Investigation of recent mail
robberies and bank swindles amounting
to millions of dollars, is mentioned in
connection with a stock transaction of
the Calptol State Bank of Indianapolis,
which went into the hands of tbe re
ceivers in 1916.
In 1918 Edgar A. Ktrause, R. D. Gar
rett. receiver for the First National Bank
of Peoria. 111., and Wolfe Adolphus sub
mitted an intervening petition to Judge
T. J Moll of Superior Court. Room o.
asking that they be considered as stock
holders and be permitted to share in
the division of the assets of tbe Capitol
State Bank like any other stockholder
The records show that an organlzei
of the proposed Capitol State Bank went
to Chicago In 1913 for the purpose of
gettting sufficient capital stock so a
charter conid be Issued.
EXTENDED LOAN
OF *90.000 TO BANK.
The organizer, who was also an official
of the proposed bark went to Chicago
and secured from John Worthington's
hank, which was known as the American
Banking Association, what might be
called a “loan" of $90,090 with the notes
of the subscribers of stock and their
certificates of stock as seeuritv.
Worthington, according to the evidence,
gave the bank organizer what 1s termed
a “deposit slip” showing an amount on
deposit totaling $90,000 The bank or
ganizer actually did not receive a cent
of money from Worthington, only tbe de
posit slip.
On the strength of this deposit slip, to
gether with the subscription notes and
certificates of stock by the stockholders
tbe bank here received its charter.
During the course of time, the or
ganizer of the bank redeemed ail of these
notes and certificates of stock held by
Worthington except three valued at S2S.-
000. Worthington, the evidence showed,
did not return the three certificates of
stock on demand and the bank officials
here "cancelled" the certificates of stock.
PETITIONERS CASH
IN OX CERTIFICATES.
The three Intervening petitioners
claimed they purchased directly or iDdl
rectly from Worthington these certifi
cates of stock which had been cancelled
hy the bank ofcfl isls. Two of the peti
tioners claimed they received tbeir certi
ficates of stock from H. J. Froellch, who
had obtained the certificates from Worth
ington. it was claimed. Wclfo Adolphus
claimed he obtained bis certificates from
Worthington personally.
The court held the three Intervening
petitioners had purchased the certificates
of stock In good faith and wore entitled
to share like any other stockholder.
Tbe evidence showed the three peti
tioners did not know thnt Worthington
had been holding these certificates only
as surety on the loan.
ATTEMPTED TO
STOP MOTOR CAR
Police Answer Two Calls to
Highways.
• Three white men and one negro at
tempted to stop an automobile in which
Otto Gasper. 1512 West Vermont street,
and his family were riding last night,
as they were passing under the elevation
of the Vandalia Railroad at the Holt
road, south of the city.*
Gasper told Sergeant Sheehan and the
emergency squad he believed the men
had meant to hold him up.
While the po -e were Investigating
they met Donato Ldmondson and r.rnest
Walker, both of Clayton, who told them
they mere driving toward the city on the
National road when three or four men
walking along the road threw stones at
the machine. A atone struck Walker's
arm. The police were unable to find any
trace of the men.
Two automobile wheels and three tires
valued at SBO were stolen out of a garage
In the rear of 2810 North Chester avenue.
Sie Mltrey. Who lives at tbnt address,
reported to police.- He said the lock on
the garage door had beea pryed off.
Sue Beeehara. North Meridian
street, apartment 20, told tbe police some
one entered her room and Stole a vanity
box containing $lO.
MARION MAN STRICKEN.
ANDERSON. Ind., Aug. 27.—C01. E. F-.
Cully, 00. prominent business man of
Marion, who was found unconscious
along the Fishersburg pike, west of here,
Friday afternoon, remains in a serious
condition from paralysis at a local hotel
here jUday.
Cußy had been fixing a tire when he
beoatfie paralysed #1 was found by
passlsg motor!**"
CONFESSION OF
MURDER GIVEN
LITTLE CREDIT
Seymour Authorities Believe
AH Brookses Were Impli
cated in Atrocious Crime.
Special to The Times.
SEYMOUR. Ind., Aug 27.—The con
fessifin of Ben Brooks that ho murdered
Amazona Montgomery was re-alved with
some skepticism hero today an 1 lud'ca
tions were that the Inveatl Jat'.on will not
bo greatly Influenced by i*.
Authorities bad the Impression that
Brooks did not toll the full truth when
he naiiuied responsiliii'.y for 'the crime
in a confession to G. ,A. II Shldeler. *n
l erintendeut of the Indiaua Reformatory.
He and his father n>l two brother* wore
rushed to the reformatory to cecupe pos
sible tnqb violence, following the mur
der.
One point which Brooks. did , not ex
plain to the complete satisfaction of
the officers was how he happened to moot
Montgomery iu the thicket where the
body was found two days after the man
disappeared. Another was why he killed
a small dog. which always followed Mont
gomery. and which was found lying
dead hy Its master s body.
The confessor merely said ho shot
Montgomery in self-defense, following an
argument when the latter came at him
with a drawn knife. Brooks tried to
absolve from ail blame his father and two
brothers who are held here with him. The
technical charge against, tbe quartet is
chicken stealing, preferred hy the mur
dered man some time ago.
It was planned to continue the iDquest
here. Mrs. Ben’ Brooks testifying ns the
first witness gave conflicting testimony
as to the movements so her husband on
the day Montgomery disappeared.
••Well, be didn't say anything to me
about it," she said without emotion when
informed Ben had confessed.
The potnt now which remains unsolved
is whether more than one man was im
plica ted.
M’CRAY ASKS
PAR VALUE FOR
BOND ISSUES
(Continued From Page One.)
Idle ears on the side track and idle loco
motives in the round house do not pro
duce incomes er pay dividends. The
tales have advanced so ateadlly that in
many instances they are 100 per cent
more than they xjre in 1911
R \II ROADS MUST
SHIRE WITH OTHERS.
"The railroads must share with the
farmers and manufacturers the burden
of the present situation by reducing their
freizht rates to a reasonable bit*:*. The
present high rates of freight will restrict
production and paralyre industry. With
decreased freight rates, operating i
penses must bp correspondingly reduced.”
But the entire burden should not fall
upon the railroads alo: e. the Governor
pointed ont. The wage earner must do
his share In the proeram of reconstrue
tlon hy accepting the wage reductions
-.Thiel), the Governor said, are inevitable.
We must all deflate together. In as
near a true and equal proportion a* is
possible." ho said.
"The perpetuity of our institutions is
not secure unless ihe masses of workmen,
farineis, manufacturers and. in fact, so
ciety in genera!, feel end know that un
der these Institutions they will each re
reive a square deal based upon prin
cl pies of what Is right, rational, and
practicable
ASKS JUSTICE
AND SYMPATHY.
•We must approach and solve all
these perplexing and disturbing ques
lions with common sens*, mutual trust,
auu with the fullest respect, for the rights
of each other. They must be dealt with
according to an exalted standard of
Justice and human sympathy, with the
spirit of malice towarj none and charity
for all as the corner stone, and deter
mined hy the broad principles found in
Uie Golden Rule.'as proclaimed hy the
lowly Nar.arece ages ago. and which still
stand as the Itest measure ever proposed
for tb" settlement of human differences
"The question of what ran be done In
order to bring about as speedily* as pos
sible a better business situation Is one
that Is vitally pressing. It is a question
that concerns every person in the Nation,
and doubtless can be answered In a
variety of wuys, any one of which may
seem to be the real panacea for our pres
ent Ills to the person wno offers the
suppose*! remedy.
"To my mind there are several influ
enres. each contributing their part to
the general unsatisfactory business situ
atfbn. (he solution of which wouid as
sist in stabilizing conditions as iast as
they could be pla <..] in operation.
BETTER DEMAND FOB
FARM PRODUCTS NEED.
"First In importance is the solution
of the question of creating a better de
mand for the products of the farm and
range. The farmer now Is bearing more
than hi* proportion of the economic
burden and we must find a way to re
adjust this load. It cannot continue
longer without serious and everlasting
damage to the agricultural industry.
Agriculture arid its allied occupations
form t.he corner stone of a very large
part of our national wealth, equaling ths
total value of rll other industries com
bined.
'The fact that the farmer has been
unable to dispose of his products, both
of the field and of the pastures, during
the last, year at prices that would re
turn the original coat of production, has
had a great deni to do with the under
consumption of the country during that
period. It should he plain to all that
one of the first things to be done to re
vive business is tr> place agriculture on
a firm business basis, by providing credit
for legitimate uses and by the extension
of the limits of our present market area.
"The world sorely needs the surplus
of food products that have accumulated
In this country oud some way should he
provided whereby those starving nations
which are now being kept, alive through
(he henefieetire of others could be en
abled to purchase our products, through
a system of International credits and thus
support themselves and at the same time
stimulate and prevent our most important
snd deserving industry from giving Into
general bankruptcy.
MARKET
LIMITED.
‘■The trouble at present is that we are
confronted with a limited market both
at home and abroad. If our foreign trade
could be extended, our factories would
open up their doors, the wheels of in
dustry would begin to whirl, our home
market r.oitld Improve simultaneously in
ft rest proportion with the foreign de
mand and condition* wouid begin to Im
prove Im mediately.
"We therefore must reach the inevita
ble conclusion that we must cultivate
a foreign demand for a part of our prod
nets even tr, the extent of financing the
countries needing our suppl es. We have
reached the point when we must be com
mercial Interna ionaiists whether we like
the doctrine of internationalist or not.
"We are living under the influences
that were created by international com
plications. The burden of debt under
which the world now U struggling, and
will continue to struggle for generation*
to corue. was brought about by interna
tional itrtfe. Tha torribie woe and suf
fering. the bloodshed and sorrow that
shocked and stunned the world, was
caused by the ambition of the war lords
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27,19 ii.
All He Has to Do Is to Rebuild It
(Do you k/NOvi\ '/ 1 CASi \
7 a/HERS I CAN' j / IJ W APOUT
I get somebody! j AiN/irr^s
TO DRIVE ME {AS SOON A£ I GET:
TD THE NEXT f THIS ford /
TCWN 9 / ■
of a powerful, selfish nation, to rule the
universe. We are forced info the con
flict to preserve our rights and to main
tain our self-respect, and through our
intervention the security of tbe world w as
saved by Hie unparalleled bravery anal
gallantry of our soldiery backed by th*
powerful resources of a united loyil and
determined people It I* now our plain
duly to continue to take our part in the
affairs of ’he world in order to protect
ourselves commercially a* well as pbysl
rally and to render service to these who
continually will ueed the support of a
powerful, unselfish and righteous nation.
IRISH CABINET
IN SESSION TO
DISCUSS REPLY
(Continued From Page One.)
cancelled when word was flashed from
London that the premier was making
reply to the Sinn Fain note
The Btnn Erin cabinet discussed the
advisability of Eamonn De Valera and
his colleagues returning to London It
was regarded as practically certain that
they will go. premier Lloyd George in
bis rejoinder, offered to meet any Sinn
Fetn delegates who went to London to
confer on Irish peace.
The decision that must now be taken
will be the one between peace and war. it
was felt before tbe members entered the
.Mansion House.
The issue is clean cut. Ireland has
asked for anew liuala for futker discus
sion—-Sinn Fein la willing to negotiate,
but only on its own terms. Britain has
replied through her premier that <h only
basis for discussion is the offer con
tained in Lloyd Georges origiual pro
posals upon which tbe present truce was
based.
luslstence upon its point by lnn Fein
will now mean war, it waa said.
PAPERS GESE RALLY
BACK LLOYD GEORGE
LONDON, Aug. 27.--Bolomn warning
to the Irish psopie to hsod the ad
monitions of Premier Lloyd George a re
Joined to tbe filnn Fetn note -ejecting
the English peace proposals, was printed
by British ind some Irish newspapers
today.
"irishmen now must deride that it is
useless lo pretend that the British gov
i or runout's terms will b changed regard
i le of the form of their presentation.'
said the Loudon Times, •'irishmen are
urged not lo be misled by the vain be
lief that the British government will
make any further concessions."
The Northern Whig of Belfast, a bit
ter anti-Sinn Foin organ, in Its comment
upon the Premiers letter, said:
' If the British cabinet abides by the
terminology, it Is an ultimatum to the
j rebels. Unless they haul down the Irish
| Republican flag and hoist, the union
| jack, slops will lie taken to compel them
i to do so.”
! The Irish Times of Dublin suggests a
j referendum as the best way out of the
present situation.
Not a single newspaper suggests that
the English offer be withdrawn, but the
Tory newspaper, Morning Poet, proposed
that John Dillon and other members of
the old Irish nationalist party be con
sulted as well as tho Sinn Feiners.
The Daily Chronicle suggested a direct
appeal to the Irish people.
Both iu Britain and Ireland the possi
bility of a renewal of warfare is deplored.
GREEKS ADVANCE
TOWARD ANGORA
Resisted Stubbornly by Turk
ish Nationalists*
ATHENS, Aug. 27. —Despite stubborn
resistance by the Turkish Nationalists.
Tbe Greeks again are advancing in their
encircling movement against Angora, the
Turkish Nationalist capital, said official
advices from Smyrna today.
'The southern wring of tbe Greek army
has advanced fifty miles from Konleh.
| Northwest of Gorlion. the Greeks com
polled the Turks to accept battle and a
violent engagement is in progress there
The Greeks -have occupied Thai Bulava
din.
INJURIES FATAL TO BOY.
EVANSVILLE. Ind., Aug. 27—Walter
Henry Kramer, 9. son of Jacob Kramer,
a farmer living near this city, is dead,
following Injuries received when a team
of horses beqao frightened and ran
sway with a fo’JPj' he waa riding on his
father's farm. boy’s skull wta frac
tured.
2,000 IN MINE
ARMY ARRIVE
AT CAPITAL
(Continued From Page One.)
firmed and thn*e were discredited tn
what appeared lo b<* the most reliable
reports
That there were no casualties is l.elieveq
to he due to tiie fighting in the dark
ness
Sheriff Chafln Is understood to have
spe-ut the rest of the night in reorganlz
log bis forces and establishing them tn
strategic positions
Report* here indicate that the main
body of armed miners who* wore stopped
at Madison jeaterday by ' . I'. Keeney,
president of District 17, 1 tilted Mine
Workers, did not participate In the Blair
fight, but are on tbeir way home fol
lowing the derision to disband, readied
In a vote following Keeney s address to
them.
MISERS SEIZE
TRAIS; PUSH OS
WILLIAMSON. W. Va.. Aug. 27.
Sheriff Don t hnftu of Logan Ccsuty re
ported to military headquarters here
early today that 1,200 miners who
crossed into Logan County near Sharpies
yesterday, had seized th special train
sent to convey them to their homes
The train was to run to the terminal
of tha Cosl River branch, near Blair,
in Logan County, and the men started
In the direction of Logan.
Chafln said they Boon were In contact
with his deputies and firing had been in
progress through the night.
He could give no estimate of casualties
because ail the fighting had been done in
darkness.
He renewed bis appeal for help from
Mingo County and a fore* of 125 regulars
and apodal State police, militiamen and
deputy sheriffs left here Ht daylight in
automobiles. ilcDowoll county was re
ported sending 30u deputy sheriffs by tiu
touiubile.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Aug. 27 Gen
H. H. Bandboltz and his aides, repre
seating the War Department, left here
early today for Booue County, where
thousands of miners who were marching
on Mingo County coni fields wore en
camped
The purpose of the trip, General Band
——— TAk if an actual pholttgntph
of Raymond Hitchcock"t hand
holding an OMAR.
In Raymond Hitchcock’s
hand OMAR is entirely
at home
Omar Omar spells Aroma
Omar Omar is Aroma
Aroma makes a cigarette;
✓ They’ve fold you that for years
< />~7;n Smoke Omar for Aroma.
'HP
—which means that if you don’t like OMAR CIGARETTES
you can get your money back from the dealer
By DON HEROLD
holtz said, was to make certain the min
ers have abandoned their march and wriß
return to their homes Until this was
definitely ascertained, Federal troops will
remain in readiness
Today was expected to witness the dis
integration of the miners' army.
C. F. Kenny, president of the United
Mine Workers, District No. 17. made a
personal appeal to the marching men at
Madison to halt and reported he bettered
he bad beep successful. The advance
guard passed the night at Madison, tbe
remainder be'ng scattered through the
hills. Special trains to take the rncr,
away, bs'e arrived at Madison.
GUARD AGAISST
POSSIBLE RUSE
LOGAN, W. Vi , Aug. 27.— t'osses of
rifle met) were ba< k In their positions
in vantage point* Ih nearby hills today
guarding against a possible ruse of
minors w ho b; ve been mar hing to Mingo
County.
The volunteer army was called to fluty
again at midnight after I.ogan had spent
the early hours eriebrattng pence pros
pects ns a result of the' appeal made to
marcher* by union officials at Madison.
Shooting on Blair Mountains caused
siren* to be sounded and other alarms
spread, but the I.ogan forces encountered
no opposition when they reached Blair
Mountain.
SO TROOPS USLESS
OTHER ME ASS FAIL
WASHINGTON, Aug 27. I'reMdent
Harding w ill not fcrder Federal troop* to
West Virginia unless there is no other
eourse open to relieve the Situation
growing out of the gathering of armed
miners between Charleston and Mingo
and Logan Counties, ii was said at the
cxeeutive offices today.
General Bandhottz in a la*e report to
the War Department, said some of the
miners army hod disbanded and returned
to their homes but that the situation
has not yet cleared. He said the “war
area" is so extensive and communications
so poor that It is difficult to obtain ac
curate reports
Two airplanes are now in the coal
region for reeonnoltering purposes. As
sistant Secretary of War Wainwright
•aid.
FRENCH AND 8
CHARGED WITH
MAILS’MISUSE
Master Mind in Reputed Con
spiracy Turns Back on
Former Aid.
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—Charles W.
French, “master mind” of an alleged j
band of $50,000,000 swindlers, was ar- j
raigned with eight alleged associates be- j
fore United States Commissioner James |
L. Glass. With the exception of A. L. ,
Strelzin of Milwaukee, they entered pleas
of not guilty to charges of using the
mails to defraud. s'
Strelzin waived examination and was
held under SIO,OOO bonds for appearance
in Milwaukee, where he xvill be arraigned
later.
French and tbe other alleged swindlers
waived examination before the United
States Commissioner and were held to the
grand Jury under heavy bonds. French s
bonds were at $15,000.
At the same time, a Department of
.Justice operative from Cleveland. Ohio, ar
rived here with $10,000,000 more seized
“securities," notes of the Idea! Tire and
Rubber Company of Cleveland This
brings the total of such paper seized by
the Government to S4O 000.000.
Dramatic scenes occurred in the court
room when French faced Alva W . Harsh
man, his aid, who is said to have re
vealed to Federal officials the inside
workings of the "financial wizard's" va
rious schemes. French surlily turned his
hack on his former aid and walked away. I
“What T would like to know." French ,
asked newspapermen, “is who is financing j
all this prosecution on tbe part of the
Federal Government and all this publicity
in the press?”
SVYS DAY IS
HONEST MAN.
When told of the arrest of Zebulon W.
Davis in Canton. Ohio. French said :
"Mr. Davis is a thoroughly good and
honest man. His paper has been eir- J
\ dilating for more than thirty years.
There never has been any difficulty about
i discounting it as it always has been paid
: promptly. No banker in the State of
Ohio would think of turning it down.”
It was an attempt to discount notes
signed hy Davis that led to tbe arrest
; of French and the revelations of his al
i ieged stupendous swindling operations.
! Those to be arraigned besides French
! ar Rudolph E. Kohn. vice president of
the American Rubber Company: Charles
W. Hawkins. Cleveland broker; A. L.
; Strelzin. the "Boy Ponzt" of Milwaukee;
Alva W. Harshman. former secretary to
French; Elmer 1,. Gerber. James H. Lee*s
and Charles H. Deniecke. Cleveland, and
j Charles K. Strobel. Akron. Ohio,
j Others involved with the band and who
|er under indictment, will be arraigned
a* “hey -are arrested.
Assistant United States District Attor
ney John V. Cllonin holds possession of
$500,000 more in questionable notes turned
over tn him by Kohn. together with many
i letters exchanged between Kohn and
! From h. Most of the letter* were written
jto Kohn from Dayton, Ohio, in June,
j while French is said to have been er
deavorittg to obtain $1,000,000 tn unse
cured notes from the Master Tire Com
pany. Cllnuiu considers the letters as
among the most important evidence yet
tneovered it: substantiation of the charges
of misuse of the mails.
SAB OHIO MAS AS
SWISDLE RISC MEMBER
CANTON. Ohio. Aug 27.—Z. W. Davis,
one of the central figures in the French
$,50.000 000 reputed swindle ring, who de
clares he has been the victim of. rather
than a participant with, the "wolf of
La Ssile street." wag taken in custody
this morning by United Stat*s Deputy
■ Marshal Connor* of Cleveland.
WILL CLOSE FOR REPAIRS.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. Aug 27.
i The Fort Wayne Corrugated Paper Com
j psny's plant here will close Saturdya
j for tw o weeks for repair of machinery.
RESINOL
Soolhmq and He&linq
for Skin and Scalp Troubles
HEALTH FOR
WORKING GIRLS
Those Who Suffer and Are
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Springfield, 111. —“I had periodic
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‘ -r-'JTi backache and I
m MWMISIs could n0 * wor^-
neighbor rec-
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month in and month out as Miss Rim
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where Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound has removed the cause of
the trouble and brought good health.
For more than forty years this old
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if there is any complication about
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write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
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It is really a question of persistence in saving money.
Many of the largest savings accounts on our books were
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WOMEN PLAN FOR'
MASS MEETING
First Amendment to Be Dis
cussed Tuesday.
A joint mass meeting of the League of
Women Voters and the Local Council of
Women, of the city, will be held In the
Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday
noon. Mrs. S.' A. Artman will preside for
tbe council prog?hm and Miss Sickler for
the league. The fir3t amendment will
form the subject for the various ad
dresses. The jrroup of speakers will in
clude Elien Wolcott. Henry Dowling.
Lloyd Clayeombe. Philip Zoereher and J.
F. Dunn. Dr. Amelia Keller is to in
troduce the speakers. The council com
mittee in charge of arrangements in
cludes Mrs. A. J. Clark, chairman; Mys.
L. R. Stubbs and Mrs. Artman.
The “billboard parade" previously an
nounced by the league for today, owtng
to the rain lias been postponed until
Monday. Members of the league carrying
posters boosting the first amendment,
wilPmarch through tne nowntown dis
trict prior tn posting the bills in all
parts of the city. Mrs. Isaac Born is In
charge of arrangements. Those who are
to participate will meet at the Public
Library at 2:30 o’clock. All women of
the city, whether members of the league
or not, are urged to join the "boosters. ’’
Terre Haute Savings
Increases 400 Per Cent
Special to The Times.
TERRE HAJ’TF, Ind.. Aug. 27.
Savings accounts in Terre Haute financial
institutions have increased more than 4'D
per cept since the first of the year
despite the fact many are jobless and
those who are working have been affected
by wage reductions.
Reports indicate Increases of more than
$50,000 have been listed.
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