2 ROTARY CLUBS OF STATE HOLD SESSION HERE * Frank H. Hatfield of Evans ville. Mentioned for Governor. With a large attendance, the fourth annual conference of Indiana Rotarians, which will continue until Wednesday night, got under way today. Indications ore, at least 2.000 Rotarians will attend the convention, according to club officials. The usual Hoosier avidity for politics cropped out even before the conference opened and there was a world of gossip S3 to the next district governor and the luclty city to be awarded the 1928 con ference. Among the politically wise, the general opinion seemed to be Frank H. Hatfield of Evansville will have no op position for the position of governor, while Wabash and South Bend are con sidered the most likely candidates for the next conference. The greater part of the morning was taken up with registration at the head quarters at the (Jlaypool Hotel under , the direction of Henry L. Stenger. BOWhING MATCH MARKS GETAWAY. First on the program came the third annual Indiana Rotary bowling tour nament which began this morning at the Capitol alleys, 115 West Market street, anu this was one of the early centers of attraction for the visitors. The most elaborate and complete preparations were made for the reception of the guests. Squads of local Rotarians, j under the direction of Clyde A. Bowers, chairman of the reception commltteo, were esslgned to railroad stations and hotels to welcome the out-State Ro farians. and several hundred automobiles wers available for their use. These ma chines are stationed at Capitol avenue and Washington street and the visitors were not slow In taking advantage of the opportunity given them of seeing the city. During the conference traffic will be suspended on Washington street between Illinois street and Capitol avenue In order to facilitate the passage of the Rotarians back and forth between the Hotel Lincoln and the Claypool, where the principal meetings of the conference will be held. MUSICAL PROGRAM IS PLANNED. For this afternoon a special musical program has been arranged on the mez zanine floor of the Claypool Hotel from 2 to 4 o'clock. Following dinner there will be a concert by the Newsboys’ Band In the Claypool lobby and this will be followed by a theater party for Rota rian women at Keith’s. The business sessions of the conference will get under way this evening with two special assembles. One of Rotary activities, will be held in the Claypool as sembly hall, and the other, which will be a special assembly on the 1922 Interna tional Rotary convention will be held in the Palm Room on the ninth floor of the r hotel. The assembly on Rotary activities will be addresses by Dr. A. W. Millis, presi- | dent of Hanover College, who will speak j on “The Education of Rotarians as to i Rotary.” Other speakers and their sub- i jects will be “Boys’ Work,” Dr. Samuel ■ E. Smith, superintendent Eastern Hos- ] pital for the Insane, Richmond; “Rotary | Efficiency,” Samuel Strlckler, Marion; ! "Just Ballast,” Will C. Ehrhardt, Greens- j burg; “The American College ns an Ex- . emplifleation of Rotary Spirit,” Prof. W. Gear Spencer of Franklin College; "The Relation Between the Employer and the ■ Employe,” Dr. C. A. Lippincott, South Bend. DISCUSSION WILL FOLLOW TALKS, These talks will be followed by a general round table discussion on the best things done by club committees dur ing the year. One of the principal events of the con- j ference will be an address at the ffurat Theater Wednesday afternoon by Col. Charles Repington, British Journalist and miitary critic, who was famous for his articles during the World War. He will speak on “The Washington Conference and Its Results.” Crawford C. McCullough, international president of the Rotarians, and other in ternational officers were to arrive this afternoon from Chicago. An address of welcome will be deliv ered by Governor Warren T. McCray at j the opening of the second day of the con- j ference. This will be followed by a business session at 10 o’clock when the j proposed revision of the constitution and by-laws of the international organization will be presented by Frederick E. Matson. ! Then will come the nominations for dis trict governor. SPIRITS HOVER OVER HEARING Physician-Spiritualist on Trial Before Board. Spirits, alcoholic and otherwise, figured today In the hearing before the State board of medical registration of the case o* Dr. Frederick E. Crura, 2845 Annette street, who was before the board to show cause why his license as a physician should not be revoked. Witnesses testified Dr. Crum was ad dicted to the use of liquor and drugs. It was testified the physician who was she head of the State Spiritualist convention at Newcastle last year “beat up on’’ one of the delegates and the melee stopped only_after another delegate had drawn a revolver. FIREMEN’S VOTE IS MADE PUBLIC Election of Walter West and Jesse Dn( sell as firemen's pension fund trus tees In the voting by city firemen Feb. 13, announced today by Ben C. Wheat, secretary of the fund. West succeeds Henry Peterman for four years while Hntseil will servo two years of the unexpired term of Feel Pr rainier who w;fs retired from the fire deportment in January. The votes received by the six candi dates in the election were found by Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank. City Clerk John Rhodehamel and Fire Chief John .T. O'Brien, sitting as a canvassing board, to be as follows: West, 410; Hut sell, 311; John Mahoney. 130; Ernest Hinchman, 133: Phillip Moss, 91 and Arthur Rose meyer, 65. Electric Engineers M ill Hear Lecture The second meeting of the year of the Indianapolls-Lafayette section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers will be held at the Chamber of Commerce Friday night. R. H. Kruse of the Cutler- Hammer Manufacturing Company of Mil waukee will speak on “Measuring Cas Electrically.” The lecture will be illus trated. INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK. The Stewart Talking Machine Company of Indianapolis, today filed notice with the secretary of State of an increase in capital stock from $50,000 to $400,000. The stockholders are given as Alexander M. Stewart, George E. Stewart, James T. Stewart and Henry P. Ross. MURDER TRIAL BEGINS. TERE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 21—Joseph Lobovlch of Clinton, indicted Jointly with Mnrv So -'fci for the alleged --de- of UoseA S'lixski r JwreGvdnv. Sonzak. wuc sia.u .a#i Aw. SCHOOL BOARD ALMOST HOLDS CALM SESSION Gadd Learns Inspector Was Employed Between Meetings, Routine matters and odus and ends of unfinished business were disposed of by the board of school commissioners at a special meeting today. The meeting was the quietest and most uneventful since the new board came into office Jan. 1, and was devoid of the stormy scenes which, have been so characteristic of other meetings. On recommendation of the instruction committee the transfer of $5,000 from the special fund to the vocational training fund was authorized. This action was tnken that it may not be necessary to discontinue the part time and evening classes because of exhaustion of the fund set aside for their maintenance. A delegation representing the Indian apolis community chorus, with R. C. Wilson as spokesman, appeared before the board and asked support given the chorus in past years be continued. The matter was referred to the instruction committee. Only once did storm clouds appear in the sky, but, after a few threatening signs of an outbreak, things aguin be came peaceful. The near-disturbance arose when Walter J. Twiname, business director, suggested the “inspector” be asked to look over school No. 73 and re port as to whether it is ready for ac ceptance by the board. Bert S. Gadd, the minority member of the board, wanted to know something as to the identity of this Inspector, whose name was not mentioned. George H. Riekes, superintendent of buildings and grounds, arose and admitted he had put Edward Stelhorn to work temporarily as inspector, and in answer to Mr. Gadd's question why the appointment had not been reported to the board snid that there had not been a regular meeting of the board since the appointment was made. •‘ls this the same Stelhoru you had at the coal yard watching coal at an In spector’s salary?” Mr. Gadd asked. Charles L Barry, president of the board, rushed to the defense of Riekes with a long explanation of the whys and wherefores of the case, and Mr. Gadd restored peace by dropping the subject. A special meeting will be held Mon day morning at 10 o’clock to receive bids on $250,000 vh’cn is to be borrowed for the special fund until the next install ment of taxes U available. The appointment of Clara E. Brook and Mabel Scott HuggiDS. trained nurses, as instructors in charge of the nutrition classes was reported by E. U. Griff, su perintendent of schools. SAFETY BOARD DEFERS ACTION IN TWO CASES Chief Rikhoff Files Neglect Charges Against Two Patrolmen. Cases of two policemen charged with conduct unbecoming an officer were taken tinder advisement until March 1, by the board of public safety today. Two patrolmen were promoted to sergeant and one sergeant was reduced to patrolman. Charges of neglect of duty were filed against two patrolmen by Chief Herman F’ Rickhoff. Testimony In the trial o Motorcycle Officer George Melton was to the effect he accepted $5 from Russell S. Coulsoa, in payment for torn clothing and a sprained thumb, suffered when Coulson's automobile struck a police motorcycle on which Melton and his partner were rid ing. It was charged also he did not re port the accident to headquarters. Patrolman Frank Johnson admitted cursing Lieut. John Volderatier in front of the latter's home. Patrolman Frank Volderauer, son of the lieutenant, testi fied he caught Johnson’s right hand when he acted as if he were going to draw it ont of his overcoat pocket ind he felt a revolver in the hand. Both Volderatier and Johnson said they have been friends and neighbors for twenty jears and bore no malice toward each nth?r. “I’d rather lose any friend in the de partment than Volderauer," said John son, with a catch In his rope. The testi mony indicated Johnson thought Vol derauer had had him moved to an out lying district. Chief Rikhoff charged Patrolmen Mo riarity and Howard Tenbroek with full ing to report, and declared one of them shot Clane Hunter in the foot the night of Feb. 11. The charges recite the po licemen found liquor on Hunter when they searched bira and Rowel Montgom ery, and ordered them to walk away and destroy the booze. Hunter started to run Instead, and one of the officers fired, the chief charged. Their trial was set for March 15. Patrolmen Samuel Rariden and John Sheehan were promoted to sergeants and Sergt. Oral Chitwood was reduced to patrolman. Fireman W. G. McCullough, who has been in a hospital for five months, was retired. A contract for purchase of one Xnti touring car for use as a “night rider squad car” in the police department, wSs awarded to the Losey Nash Company on a bid of $1,085. Building permits for the week ending Feb. 18 totalled 127 in numbe rand $211,- 920 in vahie. Building Commissioner Francis L. Hamilton reported. Will Build New Barn at State Fairground Architects today were conferring with the State board of agriculture on plans for anew barn ,it toe State fairground to replace the one destroyed by fire Sun day. The new barn probably will be built on the same plan as the one de stroyed by fire, except It possibly will have fire walls at frequent intervals in order that a blaze can be confined to one part of the building. It is also possible that flu additional wing will be built on the s^icture. Isaac Hits Goldie With Fined “I didn’t hit her with a poker because I loved h"r,” declared Isaac Barr, negro, 78S Indiana avenue, who was tried in city court today for assault and bntterv. Goldie Cravens, negress, living fn the rear of C2l IVest St. Clair street, made “goo goo” eyes at Isaac, during the trial and told of being hit with a poker, but admitted she loved Barr very much. The affair appeared to be only a sweet hearts’ quarrel, but Judge Delbert O. Wllmeth thought it was rude of Barr to hit Goidie With a poker, and he fined him $1 and eostb. Mortality Report for 24 Hours Four deaths from pneumonia and one from influenza were reported to the city health department during the twenty four hours ending at 10 o’clock this morning. Piles Cured In 0 to 14 Days. Druggistß refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to oure Itching. Blind, HI- #>g or Protruding Piles. Instantly ’• ■lt hlrtg Piles. C2c.—Advertise 800 Roof Fires Result in Call tor Conference Roofers Asked to Meet Pre vention Bureau and C. of C. Committee . Eight hundred fires on shingle roof* since the first of the year have moved the fire department, the fire prevention bureau and the fire prevention commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce to call a meeting of all roofers for Friday noon at the Chamber of Commerce to plan for a publicity campaign which tbe sponsors hope will eliminate inflammable roofs in the city. "We are issuing a call to all of the roofers in the city to meet with us in conference,” said a statement issued by Fire Chief John J. O’Brien today, “to consider plans for a city-wide campaign of publicity in reference to tbe elimina tion of shingle roofs and it Is our hope that this campaign will, during the year 1922, result in the substitution of ton or twelve thousand fire resistant roofs for a like number of shingle roofs. “The serious condition existing in the city of Indianapolis on account of the large number of shingle roofs has been brought most forcibly to our attention during tbe past few weeks. During the period Jan. 1, 1922, to and including Feb. 18, our department responded to 1,072 fire alarms, 800 of which were fires due to shingle roofs. On Feb. 16 the de partment responded to sixty-three alarms, this number exceeding all pre vious records in the history of the de partment, and on that day practically every one of the sixty-three alarms was caused by a shingle roof. The vital im portance of the elimination of this great fire hazard will be readily understood when if is realized that there was one period on Feb. 16, when every piece of apparatus in tbe city was at work on some of these fires. Last week’s fire In the 1900 block on North New Jersey. street, had gained considerable headway before our department reached the fire, and it looked as if the entire block would be swept by fire. The fire department was, however, materially aided In its work by a fire resistant roof on the property at 1927 North New Jersey street and the fire did not go beyond this property. During the past year we have had quite a number of similar Incidents, showing clearly that the man who places a fire resistant roof on his house pro vides fire protection for himself aDd pro vides a valuable barrier against spread of fire. “Our fire prevention campaign has been of great value, our records showing that we have very few fires from burn lng trash, oily waste and other similar preventable causes, but our large number of fires and consequent heavy fire loss will continue so long as Indianapolis has its sJiingle roofs. We will ask the city council to enact some stringent ordi nances and will do everything in our power to get rid of this serious fire menace.” BIG COP BARS GIRL’S ESCAPE Rooming House Occupant Is Held on Vagrancy Charge. Flossie Harris, 24, 38 North Oxford street, almost escaped from a house at 484 East Market street yesterday after noon by climbing through a rear win dow, but a big policeman was in ‘be way. He was waiting outside, and when the fashionably dressed young woman attempted to make a hurried exit he or dered her back Into the house and l.ieu i tenant Jones, who conducted the raid, arrested her on the charge of vagrancy. The police testified in city court today that they were sent to the East Market i’reef house on the report that the place was a resort. When they arrived they found tbe doors locked, but Lieutenant Jones climbed through a window. Two paperhangers were so frightened by tbe i arrival of the police that they climbed I off of ladders and ran upstairs, and Miss i Harris tried to escape through a rear window. The men were not arrested and the police did not bring the proprietor of the rooming houße to police headquar I ters, but Miss Harris was arrested She j explained to the police that she worked at 101 North Pennsylvania street, and the police say they Investigated and learned that she had not been employed there for two and a half years. Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth took the case under advisement until March 11. FINED ‘sso AND’ ON TIGER’ COUNT Judge Delbert O. Wllmeth In city court today fined Louis Sattlnger, 63.8 South Meridian street, SSO and costs on the charge of operating a blind tiger, when Sattlnger, who Is an ex saloon f keeper, pleaded guilty. The police ound nine quarts of Vermuth, two quarts of i gin, and two quarts of whisky in a raid i on Sattlnger’* home. i Spite work resulted in Mrs. Saille ' Kelscta, 1539 West New York streer, be ! lng brought Into court on the charge of operating a blind tiger. Henry Scl.mlJf, 966 North Sheffield avenue, who swore out the affidavit, admitted that he had put a heating plant into Mrs. Kclsch's home and that they had settled their trouble in court following an argument about the pay. Today he testified that Mrs. Kelsch had given him and his son ! wine while they worked at her borne. Mrs. Kelsch and other witnesses test!* tied the wine was uufermented grape Juice. Judge Wilmeth discharged Mrs. Kelsch. Failure to Use Same Scales Loses Case Failure of Patrolman Broden to weigh the coal on one of the I. A. Barker Coal , Company's wagons on scales where the j coal was weighed originally today re sulted in Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth dis j charging Carl Struckman, charged with i short weight. Struckman is employed ! by the I. A. Barker Coal Company and the policeman alleged the ton of coal I was ninety pounds short and testified ! he weighed the coal on another com pahy’s scales Barker testified lie weighed the coal on the Barker company’s, scales and it wns not short. Barker admitted on cross-examination that he was con victed of short weight about two weeks ago. Government Still Has Positions Open ! Owing to the fact sufficient applications for a number of government positions ! were not received the last time civil serv ice examinations were held, additional examinations will lie held March 22.23,24. according to nenry M. Trimpe, secre tary of the civil service board. 421 Fed eral Building. Positions for which ex aminations aW‘ to held are: junior en gineers nnd deck officers, coast find geodetic survey ; assistant examiners for pateut office; special agent in revenue service, reconstruction aide and assastant in veterans bureau; photographer in de pjartmental service, charwoman service, PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY. Horace Wright of Clinton, garagetnan, filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy in Federal Court today. He scheduled liabilities of $9,042.83 and assets of 53.77L24 INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1922. IDENTIFIES MAN WHO VICIOUSLY ATTACKED HER Stolen Jewelry Is Located Through Arrest of Re puted Thief. John Mulhanl, 77, today was Identified by Hattie Tharp, 1018 North Illinois street, as the youth who calleu at her home Sunday and asked to rent a room and when taken to the second floor struck her with a “blackjack.” The man, Mrs. Tharp said, attacked her to get the dia mond rings from her hand. She was wearing Jewelry valued at more than SSOO. Mulhaul ran from the house when Mrs. Tharp screamed and escaped before the emergency squad arrived. • Detectives regard Mulhaul as a good catch. They say he has been staying at a rooming house at 323 West New York street, but that his home Is in New York. Detectives said he operated with another man in Louisville and came to Indian apolis, where the other man left him. A diamond lavalier, stolen Feb. 11 from the home of Bessie Welch, 837 North Delaware street, was form! in possession of Mulhaul, detectives say. Mulhaul was arrested yesterday after noon when he attempted to sell jewelry at an Indiana avenue pawnshop. The Jewelry, valued at $l4B, was stolen from the Moia Olsliewltz pawn shop, 648 East Washington street, earlier in the day. Olshewitz was at police headquarters re porting tbe theft of the jewelry when the police brought Mulhaul into the detec tive office. NEW PLANS FOR MIDWEST PLANT MADE PUBLIC (Continued From Page One.) dianapolis, have agreed to waive their claims or rights, aud they will receive nothing for their common stock holdings. The control of the new eorporatlou will be vested in the preferred stockholders, in which the bank interests will predomi nate. However, after the new company bus paid dividends on the preferred stock for two consecutive years, the control will be In the hands of the common stockholders of the new company. Full power for putting the reorganiza tion plan into effect when a sufficient number of stockholders and creditors have assented thereto will be In the luiudr of a reorganization committee with the same personnel as the creditors’ commit tee which has been cooperating with the management of the company for the last six months. The stockholders are represented by t preferred stockholders’ committee con sisting of William W. Mooney, Leo Rap poport and Thomas Taggart, all of In dianapolis. 11. W. Griff th, treasurer of the company. Is secretary to this com mittee. COMPANY CONTRACTS FOR 1922 EXTENSIVE. The company has contracts for engine* for the year 1922 with truck, tractor and bus manufacturers whose norma! require ments total over two nnd one-quarter million dollars' worth of engines. The officials of the company also report that contracts are on the verge of being closed with well-known manufacturers whose normal requirements would amount to another $2,000,000. This means that there is enough business uetually in sight to give the reorganized company an ex cellent start. In addition to this present business, a large number of other users of truck and tractor engines already have tested and approved the Midwest engine and have indicated their inten tion to adopt It as soon as general busi ness conditions improve sufficiently so that the total engine business of the re organized company may easily reach, In the opinion of the company officials, a figure of six or seven million dollars when It gets well under way. This, with the utilltor business and the pumps and turbines manufactured at the Andersou plant, which, together will ultimately ap proximate $2,000,000, Is expected to pro vide profits for the new company. The growing demand f<-r Midwest c ngines, a rd 1 t ; > the fTt company, lies in the fact that it is the only engine designed specifically to taka care of the requirements of trucks, trac tors and busses; The company was. therefore, able to introduce an engine that on a performance basis has little or no competition and one which manu facturers were quick to see the value of. Many contracts were obtained at higher prices than those quoted by competitors. MANY CONCERNS I E MIDWEST ENGINE. The chief manufacture.s that are using the Mldwust truck and tractor engine are such well known concerns as Allls- Chalmera Manufacturing Company of Mil wnukee. Bates Machine and Tractor Com pany of Juliet, 111.; Huber Manufacturing Company of Marlon, Ohio; Lauson Manu facturing Company of New Holstein, Wls.; Dill T-actor Mann fa cm ring Com pany of Little Rock, Ark.; Service Motor Truck Company of Wabash, Ind. ; Aroer ieau Motor Truck Company of Newark, Ohio; Pittsburgh Truck Company of I’ittshurgli and the Harmer Knowles Company of Toronto. Substantial orders and contracts have also been received from well-known bus manufacturers in cluding the Fifth Avenue Coach Company of New York, American Motor Bus Com pany of Chicago, Trackless Transporta tion Company of New York, American Motor Truck Company of Newark, Ohio, nnd the Abbott-Dowulng Truck and Body Corporation oi Boston, Mass. The Bowen Motor Railway Car of St. I,o*uis, tho Burton Industrial Locomotive of Cincinnati nnd the Bicicle Fire En gine of Woodstock, Ontario, are using Midwest engines. The Midwest plant Is equipped through out with new and modern machine tools of the best and most approved typo for large quantity production. Before giv ing the Midwest Company a contract, one of the largest truck Manufacturers of the country sent their technical nnd manufacTYtrlng staff to Inspect and in vestigate the manufacturing facilities of the Midwest Company, a.id after the closest, detailed examination, those par ticular experts reported their entire satis faction with the company's unusually good facilities for precision manufactur ing in quantities. MANUFACTURES UTILI.TOR TRACTOR. The Company also manufacturers a small, general purpose tractor knowu as the Utilltor. Many thousands now giving satisfactory service nil over tho country, testify to the usefulness and efficiency of this device. Chief among this year’s improvements of the Utilltor Is anew model on which tho operator rides. This Is a very important Innovation designed to increase the market consider:: oly. In this new model, the operator rides in front of the tractor and has an un- RESINOL Soothinq and He&linq Household Ointment EXCHANGE YOUR OLD PLAYER ROLLS They are worth 83c each on the pn rcliase price of any word roll in our music dept., regardless of make, condition or original purchase price. Only one roll accepted on each new one. Records,s9c Each. 2 for SI.OO Win. H. BLOCK CO M Music Dept. obstructed view of the field ahead at all times. Directly beneath him are those implements which require the most care ful observation while in use. It is said that the Utilltor agents throughout the country are enthusiastic about this new riding type machine and predict a much broader field for the Utilltor. A spring sales campaign was begun on a conservative scale a few weeks ago and has resulted in a satisfactory number of new distributor and dealer contracts and a large number of inquiries from farm ers and truck gardeners. The company at its Anderson plant has an established business for pumps and turbines, numbering among its custom ers such companies as Swift & Cos., Armour fc Cos., Libby, McNeill & Libby. Stone & Webster, Proctor & Gamble, and a long list of municipalities, railroads and industrial plants that use this class of equipment. Recent power projects over the country will also influence attractively this divi sion of the Midwest Engine Company's business, it is said, SIMILARITY IN CEMENT BIDS FOR CITY PLANT Purchasing Agent Notes Of fers for 200-Barrel Contract About Same. A remarkable similarity in bids upon 200 barrels of Portland cement for tbe city asphalt plant was noted by City Purchasing Agent Jesse E. Miller today. There were four bids of $2 30 per bar rel of cement in paper sacks, two of $3.20 in paper sacks ; two of $2 61 In -cloth sacks and one of $2 26 in paper sacks. The bids all for Indianapolis prices were as follows : F. W. Aldag Cos . Lehigh Portland ce ment in paper, $3.20 per barrel. Indianapolis Coal Company. Lehigh Portland cement in paper sacks, $2.86 per barrel; In cloth sacks. $2.61. Indianapolis Mortar and Fuel Com pany, Lehigh Portland cement in paper bags, city tested, $3.20; I/ehlgh Portland cement in paper bags, $2.26. A. B. Meyer & Cos, Atlas Portland ce ment, In paper sacks, $2.36. Peoples Coal and Cement Company, Portland cement In cloth sacks, $2.61; In paper sacks, $0 86. Brannum-Keene Lunmber Company, ce men’ In paper sacks, $2.36. Mr. Miller took the bids under advise ment. When the State highway commission re ceived three identical bids on road con tracts recent y, Governor Warren T. Mc- Cray started an Investigation into ce ment prices. RAILROAD MEN AWAIT DETAILS OF LEWIS’ IDEA (Continued From Pore One.) Lewis proposal la advance of presents tlon. Not one railroad labor leader openly favored a sympathetic strike with the miners. One of them declared privately that the railr aii men “had taken a lot,” that they were ready for almost any thing but, if they found it advisable to strike, they “would pick their own time The consensus was that the Administ ration is dead agnlnst them and some thing must he done. Mr. Lewis said there was “nothing destructive” In tho defensive alliance proposal he was to uutline to the riiiiijny union leaders. This was taken to in dicate Lewis would not ask the railroad men to support hie Idea to the extent of backing the miners with a sympathetic strike. The leader of the miners indicated he wns confident a coal strike can be averted if the operators will attend the conference If tho operators refuse to meet with the miners on or before March 31, the strike April 1 is Inevitable, he declared. Tbe Joint conference was provided for in the formal d* mantis of the miners for rev.- wage contracts formulated at their convention in Indianapolis last week. One call wns snt (>y Mr. Lewis to the operators who signed the present agree ment In New York March 31, 1920, and the other to officials of vnrlous coal op eratona’ assorts tlnns in Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana aud Illinois. In their new demands the miners asked for a six hour day, a five day week and continuance of the present scale of wages. The conference call was sent to Michael Gallagher, president, Pittsburgh vein Operators' Association, Cleveland; IT. C. Adams, president of the Central Illinois Coal Operators' Association, Chicago; W K. Kavanaugh, president of tha Coal Operators' Association, St Louis; Rice Miller, president of the Illinois Coal Op erators' Association, Hillsboro, 111.; P. H. I’cnna, secretary Indiana Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association. Terre Haute; O. Ii Blackburn, president of the Pitts burgh Coal Producers' Association, Pitts burgh, Pa.; James Pritchard. Columbus, Ohio: J. A. Donaldson, Pittsburgh; \V. M. Henderson, Pittsburgh; C. E. Maurer. Cleveland: George M. Jones, Toledo'; H. C Perry, St. Louis; E. C. Senrles. Centra. Illinois Coal Operators' Association, Chi cago; Thomas T. Brewster, St. Louis, nnd M. I. Gould, president of the Indlauu Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association, Indianapolis. For Sleepless, Nervous People Remarkable Effect of Wheeler's Nerve V 1 - taliver That Brings Sound and Kest tnl Sleep Without Alcohol or Narcotics. For some reason, you may not know why, your nerves arc exhausted and you do not sleep well. Are you golug to wear out and lie a wreck? Mrs. Minnie Hildebrand, Box 124, La fayette, Ohio, writes: “It was a glad day for me when I sent for tho sample of Wheeler's Nerve Vitallxer. 1 got so bad and nervous I jerked' nnd shook like n leaf. I could not walk alone. With the first dose of your medicine, I began to feel like my self. I am so much better every way and I sleep s> good. They all say ‘How much better you look.’ ” Thousands wreck their health with sleep drugs. 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Indianapolis Typographical-Union No. 1 today sent copies of a resolution to Mayor Shank in which the union asks the Central Labor Union to withdraw from any further participation in the conference called by Mayor Shank for consideration of tiie street car problem. The resolution says. “That we call attention to the fact that the public service commission would not, and should not, be swayed in the slightest particular by public clamor and that the wishes of the people as ex pressed through any mass action would have no weight with that body. “That under tho law means are pro vided for the fixing of rates and that the public service commission. If it ad heres to the law, will follow the method laid down. “That we consider amusing the state ment of Dr. Jameson to the effect that the street car company is not asking for an increased rate, but that all it is asking is fair treatment. "That Mayor Lew Shank knows, if he has mental power sufficient to compre ! lieud the duties of his office, that it is the ! duty of the ciiy administration to protect S the rights of all the people—the street ' car company, as well as the individual ; citizen—and that he cannot shirk this 1 duty by commissioning any outside or ganization to take over this work. “That Mayor Lew Shank was elected last fall by the largest majority ever given a candidate for mayor In this qjty i and Is thus, more than any other similar official we have ever had. the spokesman for the people of this community. “That we think the Central Labor Union, without participation in any con ference, should Insist that Mayor Shank tieeep! the proposal of the street car com pany for an Investigation of its books— although this has been done appareutly on oecasion by the public service commis sion and that ho through this method inform the people if the company is still paying 6 per cent on the $5,000,000 Issued by the Citizens Street Railroad Compnny In 1895. and If so If this has any bearing on the necessity for Increased rates.” Policemen Protect American Miners WILKESBARRE, Pa., Feb. 21.—Twen ty policemen were sent to Butler col liery in Kingston, near here, to protect more than 400 American miners who re turned to work. 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A motion for uc reopeuing of rate schedule cases of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company and Mechants Heat and Light Company, closed by the pub lic service commission in an order issued Jan. 25, was to be filed by the city this afternoon, Taylor E. Gronlnger, corpora tion counsel, announced. lie also stated that Samuel Ashby, former corporation counsel, has volunteered to assist the city and William L. Taylor, representing large power users, in the hearing before the commission next Monday of the power users’ petition for lower electric rates in Indianapolis. Mr. Ashby will make no charge for his servi.-es, Mr. Gronlnger said. The purpose of filing the motion for re opening of the rate schedule cases is so that the city will be officially a party to the ease opening next Monday, Mr. Gronlnger stated. The eases grew out of an order of the commission late in 1920 directing the two electric utilities to file inventories of their property and new, simplified rate schedules. 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