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--Use For News' Want Page for Profit TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 5EVENTEENTH YEAR THE LIMA DAIEY NEWS --Read About-Conserving Health --Editorial UMA, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1913. HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS FRANKJ.BAXTER IS GIVEN A CLEAN BJLL FORMER STATE EXAMINER OF BANKS EXONERATED BY COLUMBUS COURTS TRIED TO SLUR VICE-CRUSADER Judge Kincaid Rules That Lima Man Is Not Guilty of Mis-using State Funds MOTION TO QUASH THE INDICTMENT IS SUSTAINED Only Man Yet to "Come Clean" of the Dirty Work in Columbus Savings and Trust Company--Be No He-trial (By United Columbus, May Klnkald sustained the motion of the defense this morning in the case of Frank E. Baiter, former state bank examiner, Indicted the misappropriation of the $37,000 of the defunct Columbas Savings and Trust Company's funds. Baxter will not have to stand trial.

Baxter was indicted on the charge of using private business transaction for nine days $37,000 of the funds of the bank, which Institution lie was liquidating. In his opinion Kinkaid held that the crime of embezzlement is not compete unless actual defalcation exists at the time the accounting is made" -le said there might have been moral wrong-doing on Baxter's part but here is no remedy at law for it. The court held there must be a secret extraction of funds to consti- ute the crime of embezzlement and that Baiter's withdrawal of $37,000 vts not a secret transaction. This ruling will not effect the cases of Cyrus Ruling and former state reasurer Isaac B. Cameron, both former presidents of the Columbus Savags and Trust Co and under Indictment for Illegal use of state deposits.

They will be tried before Judge Kinkaid -within a few days The state expected to show, the irosecutor declared that as banking LONG "TURKEY TROT" CAUSES MAN'a DEATH. New York, May V. Moses, an importer of 215 West 98th street, started tur- key trotting early last night At he was still at it, but at an early hour this morn- ing he decided he had enough and with a friend startea for hosie. When only a short dis- tance from the dasw hall Moses became faint. He was rushed to a hospital and died within an hour TWO KILLED WHEN MAGAZINE EXPLODES (By United Press Cumbeiland, Maj 14--Seventeen hundred pounds of dynamite and sixty cans of powder, stored in a powder magazine at Eckhart, in the George's Creek Coal district, let go early today, killing Edward Keller and Albert Patton, wrecking seweral houses and breaking window pane in the village The shock of the explosion wa felt for forty miles.

BATH-HOUSE JNO, IS VINDICATED CHICAGO DRESSMAKERS PAVOB HIS NEW DRESS REFORMS. uperintendent Mr. Baxter had taken iver the assets of ttoe Columbus lavings and Tmst company when he institution was closed by his or- er on February 12, 1911, and that had temporarily used $37,000 of b.s bank's money In meeting a press- ag New York obligation. On Mny 12, 1912, the prosecute eclared Mr. Baxter tad a note 37,000 fall due, and after repeate ttempts to borrow the money from cal banks under his supervision had failed.

The te had been iven him six months before to the ohn W. Gates estate in New York as secured by 525 shares of th exas Gii company in vhich the Bax TS were extensively interested ad was pavable at the office of the ankers' Trust Company of New ork. The prosecutor declared that axter in canvassing a local loan a fical turn down from a olumbus bank Sunday, May 19, id that on the day following ha from Lima to Daniel H. Jwers to withdraw from trust company's assets and con- Tt them into New YorK drafts pay- le to the Bankers' Trust Company. Sowers had been previously 'Pointed Mr.

Baxter as Iiquidat- agent of the defunct bank, and is in charge of the funds. These had placed on deposit in the Cit- 3ns' Trus. and Savings Bank and the State Savings' Bank and Trust mpany. In directing that the 7,000 he withdrawn Mr. Baxter stipulated that be awn from the former and $17,0 from tbe latter bank.

Mr. Baiter received these drafts Mr. Sowers on his return from ma afternoon, the prose tor conunved, and mailed them the Gates estate. The prosecution troduced a copy of a letter writ- 1 on May 20, 1912, with which sse drafts were mailed. It was on stati.

nery of the Samuel A. Bax- the money was taken The testimony will show that Mr Baxter paid three per cent for It, the proseeu- toi said As it stands the case, if it goes to trial, will be in the ban Is of a farmer's jury. APPEAL THREATENED. Prosecutor Turner gave notice that the case would be appealed immediately to the Supreme Court on points of law and an Interpretation of the embezzlement statutes. Bax- te of course, cannot be placed twice in jeopardy for the same offense.

BKGIXXIXG OF END (By United Press.) Chicago, May John" Coughhn, representative House Police Will Man the Cars and Company Hopes to Resume Service With Strike Breakers Imported From Other Cities (By United Press.) Cincinnati. May crisis in the tttrike of the 2,000 em- ilotes of tne Cincinnati Traction company was expected to come today the first attempt of the cars under company ti operate 1 police protection. MAUD ROBINSON Thn department instructed by i to give every assist' ante to the company to restore traf- tii. v. inoli has been suspended since late Satuida.

was couoentratod at barns and along car Hues Previous efforts to operate cars i strikebreakers having been un- hiici'Hsful beceUiBe no policoinon were on the earn, the -lt administration instructed hief of police Copolau to police oven' i nr bent 'Mil The hour tor starting cars today was kept and the company decided not to attempt anything before a because of the fact that greater be on the stieuth in the early hours. WILL CbK CLUBS, The 350 policemen detailed to protect throo earn belccted for the IMrbt attempt to lUBume Borvico on the Avanduie lino toduy wiro given i i to HBO their clubs or rovolv- It' cluliK. or firearnis were Friends of Barrett Lieutenant Govoinoi of the Stato of 1111. Ill nois, who nab been i i national commendation bj his earnest luvfsti- or firearms i council of the first ward and ar- gation of vice conditions in the state, particularly in Chicago and Spring- efforts to stop the cars biter of morals, chuckled gleefully field, assert that the attempt to besmirch bis character through an affidavit Thn a A today when he learned that he has sworn to by Maud Robmson, in sh alleged that she and O'Hara Chicaen dressmakers on his side in had lived together as man and wife, was a --s of tho "vice t- trt A A 1 i ii The cara were sqnt from the AVOD- a. in.

Tftny were lu OIAU wa.0 it i ut.3 or mo V1CG his effort to regulate b' city ordi- trust" in a last attempt to besmirch the character of the vira crusader nance the length of the silt in wo- and thus discredit the work he Is doing The Robinson woman's stoiy maa spring gowns. has been proven false by witnesses for O'Hara and she will nrnoably bo Resolution passed anamlously at tried for perjury. a banquet given by the dressmakers dale barn at operated clone together. In front not grant onion reeof- nitlon. It was shortly before mHnitfht that the strikers by unanimous vote declared they would keep on fight- Ing whatever the outcome--untaM they could arbitrate with their union recognized first Stirring speeches were strikers at a meeting in hall.

The men declared they had. a natural -ight to organise Just the traction company had a right to organise ns a corporation. For two hours Presldaat Mahoa ot the International Union of Street Railway Men, Organizer Rezin Orr and Cincinnati labor leaders had been la conference with the mayor and city officials. The labor leaders still insisted that before the men could go back to work they would have to be Burotl of protection under their union that their jobs might be safe. When Mahon told the strikers what had happened at the Conference and called for "ayes" on the propoHitlon to reject the traction company's offtir, the answer was un- unimous.

When he called for via- iblo evidence of tho men's Boniimw.t 2,000 hantib were raised. "I have in no way attempted to influence you," Mahon said, 3 you have voted exactly as 1 would sr have voted had I been in the raiika. 5 You have asserted your manhood." MEN ARE CAUTIONKD. Mahon tho men ugiust if tho traction company started cars and said if tho men acted peacefully they wero bound to win. iL.

sr The men departed quietly an- nounciug they "would stick witb. the of the cars were three auto patrols bunch." loaded 'lib policemen. Two auto When word was sent to the mayor Of Freight Handlers' Strike Is Seen In Latest Developments (By 0nlted Press.) Cincinnati, May in the local freight handlers' strike yesterday indicated the beginning of the end ot the struggle. There was a break in the ranks of the strikers at the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern and the Cincin- nsU, Hamilton and Dayton freight houses. These men, who include truckers and truck loaders, "were the first to walk out, when their demand for $2 25 and $2.50 was met with a counter proposition of an ncrease of one per cent per honr Yesterday and 20 of he C.

H. and D. freight handlers club label the slashed skirt, a "fraud, cheat and atrocity perpetrated on an intelligent nation" and proceeded. i "Whereas, woman stands 2or the i highest ideals of the human race "Therefore, be it resolved, that the Chicago dressmakers club put itself on record as opposed to the slashed skirt and all similar designs which appeal to, or suggest immodesty Mme. C.

H. Phair, president of the club, defended the slashed as not necessarily naughty, if it isn't carried too far--say not above 16 inches But she was overruled. FROSTS DAMAGE OHIO ORCHARDS agreed to work this morning at the law pay basis of IS cents per hour or truckers and 19 Cents per honr or truck loaders. Sons, private rted to "jo signed bankers, pur- Mr. Baxter baak letrrned the oil stock hold collateral.

The prosecutor further charged it a weei later whan Mr Baxter at saw Mr. Sowers he did not ntion the incident, but that a days later he tola the liquidat- agent tha' he would put up the lateral tr- protect him. Sowers reed to accept it, so Mr. Baxter ne- lated a loan of $42,000 from the io National Bank, on the secur- and replaced the money in the 5 banks. This was on June 6, 12 leaa than three weeks after (By United Press Columbus, May heavy frosts of Saturday and Sun day nights caused big losses to th fruit in all parts of the state, ac cording to reports received by N.

Shaw, Staie Nursery and Or char Inspector. The damage was parti cularly serious In Central Ohio Fruit of all kinds is reported to totally dnsta-ny-d i- the lowlands Southern Ohio. A fair percentage of fruit is uninjnred, it Is said. In that part of the state From 4d to 80 per cent of tho ap pie crop in Northern Ohio Is report ed killed, but became of the unusually heavy bloom Inspector Shaw Is of the opinion that there will gtll be a good crop. Peaches are bm Lenap, due In Port today from slightly injured along Lake Erie FREIGHTER IX DISTRESS (By Unites Prnt.) Xew York, ftfay freighter Chesapeake, of the York and Baltimore transportation line, was reported in distress off Bamegat on the New Jersey shore early today.

On receipt of a wireless from thei Jacksonville, revenue cutters set out to the Chesapeake's assistance. The freighter carries a crew of 45 SHOOTING JUSTIFIED (By United Proas.) Youngstown, May L. L. Beach, the slayer of Thomas 3ird, negro, was released after Coroner Cross decided that the shooting was Justifiable homicide Her gray- laired father, who is supposed to given her the revolver with vhich she shot the sat be- ide her during the inquest is the big peach belt. blooming varieties of strawberries are unhurt.

Heavy fruit growers near Dela- ware and Newark protected their orchards by burning oil thus raising the temperature above freezing. WISE OLD BOVINE Middletown, May 14. -Because he insisted on smoking in her presence a cow became offended and kicked George Jefferson. Her hoof hoof set off matchci in bit pocket, burning him. i Who Stole The Plans of A New Battleship.

BELIEVED TO BE THE WORK OF AN EMPLOYEE OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT (By United Washington, May Despite the best efforts of a force of picked secret service operators not a single trace had been found today of the thief who stole the plans of the new battleship Pennsylvania from the navy department The government officials are far more troub- ed than they care to admit ovf-r Oie 'act Because of the nature of the thefts it IB reared that they are the work of an insider. The result is an uncomfortable feeling of susplc- on among the persons within the epartment who might have access the plans. Secretary of the navy Daniels ordered that the thiut be located i fail No expense ii- 10 spaied. llio thu the most secrets of the ua.v.v oiui be at 1 vere along" "the" route" of patrols wore in the rear. chief of Police Copelan and Inspector? Grimm and Carroll, leading 3 0 mounted policemen, rode In front.

Another auto patrol and several wagons filled i police reserves the Avondule line, while more than 300 officers wore station along the "line or march." wfre large crowds along streets but no attempt was made the merci ot a alter i worried the ofluiali, as tbCj ham not been In nianj jeais Uelccuvia ut work inside dial outbide oi the great building and ttieru waa a widespread belie! that tue thief to interfere ith the "parade" as it or thieves must a bu dlv wafl Jokingly termed by the strike co.ered ol the di-parimentj No passengers board- insisted todaj ibat tho suggestion, (1 ars that there way auj direct coniiot- WON'T ARBITRATE. tion uetween the thefts and 'lit: Traction company officials an- anesa situation gi owing out of "the! no nf ed Tuesday night that they California anti-alien land owning 1 woul(1 start car a today if the union rAifiPtfifl ifR A They point-' eclea ed to the fact that the initial theft arbltrate proposition to tho men held did place on March 4, the night that tbe present administration 7 9 9 9 9 over the government, as disproving! HLT 3 STREET TARS this theory. At that time they sa RUNNING IN CIKCY. was not tbe slightest thought; of trouble with Japan and no Cincinnati, May 14. At reason why Japan agents would want plans of an American battleship The theory popular with the detectives who are work ng on the cage Is that the plan were stolen by someone who be loves he might be ablf to dell them ater.

Reasoning along these line he operatives, who are working olve the mystery, claim that th thief probably still has the plan nd they will be able to dlscove. them. They are watching certain persons In this and other cities who have a reputation for trafficking in military and naval plans and there is a possibility that this espionage will bring results. that the strike would continue he issued a pi oclamatlon announcing he had called upon the company to operate ita can. and urging the people to refrain from violence.

He pointed out that under the law ha would have to give police protection. GUARDING ARMORY. Columbus, May General Geo. H. Wood said today he had detailed ten men to guard the Cincinnati armory.

"Tills was on my own Initiative," he said. "It Is a precaution we ually take a time trouble, Neither Mayor Hunt nor the sheriff have asked for any militia. Wood Bald he had decided on the companies for service at Cincinnati in case troopo were called, but he declined to name them. I HOW ANNOYING. (By United Philadelphia, May risked their lives and two were overcome by smoke In rescuing a woman who, when carried to the street proved to be a dummy model.

HERE'S HONESTY (By United New York, May Sleir kindness got Its due when two young women In a llmosine call- 1 o'clock today the Cincinnati Traction company whose 2,000 motorinen and conductors are on strike had made no effort to run out more than the three cars which started in the mor Ing. The parade" composed of thfse three earn, filled with ctrike breakers and uurroiind- ed bv a of 200 po- Hcemen on horseback and auto patrols, continued its progress over one making the round MILITANTS BURN EMPTYCOTTAGE ASTD BOMBS ARE BJSCGVERJED A RAILWAY TRAIN trip over and over. Fire men of the crowds on the streets were too noisy were arrested for disorderly condust TTRVING THE TABLES (By Unltud Press) .0. May 14--James Dun! Sought his wife's plea for alimony with tho piea that she could naak 7100 a month plafng poker. I- R- CHANCES SLIM.

(Bj United Press Springfield, May if the Initiative and referendum esoInUon defeated by one vote over, that the chance alia. (By United Press.) London, May saf- fragettea today burned an unoccupied cottage at Sand Gate, causing $2,500 IOHB. Suffragette literature and placards announced that the flre was the work of the women and one card read: "We hope this is not a poor widow's home." Three suffragette bombs were found today In a third-class compartment of a London and Soutn- railway train at Kingston- on-Thaines They wero canfsteri filled gunpowder, witb fuses attached and were Inscribed for women." The trial of tho and chemlBtt Clayton, charged with conspiracy, wan resumed today la Bow Btreet police court. JEWS PA. PER I IFWSPA.PK.