Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 129, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 October 1920 — Page 4

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90-CENT GAS IS IN VIOLATION OF CITY FRANCHISE Document Specifically Puts Limit at 60 Cents, Critics Aver. NEW ‘LOOPHOLES* FOUND If the public service commission grants the Citizens Gas Company the Increase In rates of from 60 to 90 cents, which company officials state they intend to petition for, such increase will be In direct ■violation of the franchise of the eompany. Section 14 of this document, approved Aug. 30, 1908, reads, as follows:’ “The parties of the second part (gas company) and assigns further agree that the price to be charged the consumer for gaa so to be furnished under this contract, sball never at any time exceed the sum of sixty (60) cents per thousand cable feet and in the event said parties of the second part or their assigns shall ewer increase'its rates for* gas in excess of sixty (601 cents per one thousand (1.000) cubic feet, nforesaid, for gas furnished under the terms of this contract, then and In that event all the rights, privileges and franchises herein granted shall at once become nail and void and Its right to longer occupy or use any of 1 the streets, alleys, avenues, public places or other parts of said city may ibe terminated and the city shall have the right to acquire said plant aa herein provided as upon the termination of the franchise period.” RECALL FIXE IMPOSED ITXDER SAME FRANCHISE. ~ The franchise, of which tMs section is a part, has neie- iwen surrendered by the Citizens Gas Company and that it lis in full working force wlfr demonstrated a year ago' when the board of !>n*Mc works, under another section, •ned the company ?100 per day for more 'than twenty days for failure to maintain its product at. 600 British thermal unit standard. Further evidence that the franchise Is regarded as being effective, despite the fact that the public service commission has assumed certain powers of regulation over the company in the past. Is contained in the fact that all of the provisions of the contract relative to the extension of mains, some of which protect the gas company by requiring a reasonable minimum number of consumers to live in a district before new

• sains shall be ordered therein and other like safeguards, are followed by the board of works and the gas company regularly. e'nrther examination of the franchise discloses that paragraph sos section 1 provides: “The earnings of said company shall be used in the following order, towlr: First, to the payment of matured debts and operating expenses; second, to the payment semi-annually of said dividends of 10 per centum per annum and any unpaid accrued divedends; third, to sdeh extensions and betterments as may be •rdened by the board of public works of said city, and the excess to the payment in whole or partial payments of the amounts subscribed.” etc. BEE LOOPHOLE FOB ORDERING ADDITIONS. The appearance of the word “betterments" in this section, persons • interested in the maintenance jof adequate pressure say, opens a 'way for the board of public works to order additions to the plants of the oomphny, which gn-> officials say are necessary before the daily supply can be increased, withfcut encountering the long delay incidental to waiting for the public service commission to act. If this contention be true the board t>works could order the gas company - to build the additional tank and other facllities, said to be needed, Immediately so that the public could be definitely assured that in due time every sudden cold spell would not mean low gas pressure and let the company, and the public service commission find a way to finance the improvements. Such assurance has not been discoverable in any of fthe public discussions ot the gas problem in the last week. Members of the board of works, sines the informal conference with gas company men last Friday in which it was nrst disclosed that a 90-cent rate may be sought, have stated that they believe the company, having made a splendid financial showing last year aud this would have little or no difficulty in raising the $2,500,000 said to be needed for Improvements. > The franchise gives the board of works the right to fine the company each day that Its order is disobeyed without reasonable excuse.

COX SAYS SENATE RING PLAYS FOR FULL CONTROL (Continued From Page One.* * \ ' T~. ‘ ’ absolute control of the three constitutional branches of our Government. “No President of the United States will - appoint any one that he deems unworthy of a* place on the highest court of the land, but we must be reminded tngt Senatorial nominee for the Presidency has his faith many times In the theory of plural government, which means that he will not only confer with the group around him, but that this same group has the constitutional right to apply its check if the President should show signs of independence. APPOINTMENTS WOULD BE FROM REACTIONARIES. “Besides, it would naturally follow that a reactionary President would appoint four reactionary members of the Supreme Court. X “This would bind the country to reaction for the better part of a generation." There were eleven speeches on Governor Cox's schedule today. Nine of these were rear platform talks at various places throughout the cdun- , try and two were set speeches, one at Psduach this forenoon and another at Louisville tonight. The Governor characterised Harding's Dee Moines speech as making beyond all doubt the League of Nations as the great issue of the campaign. “Senator Hardlnfs position is now known.” he said. . “In response to any questioning, he says he ts against the league altogether. "Evidently he has heard from Brother Borah. “He is against the league arid I am for it. “That’s the issue.” GOVERNOR COX TO SPEAK IN DETROIT OCT. 15 . NEW YORK, Oct. S.—Governor Cox will speak in Detroit Oct. 15, instead of Toledo, as.origlnally planned, it was an-no-nced at Democratic headquarters here today. COLBY BRANDS HARDING 'ARCH REACTIONARY ’ DETROIT, Mich., Qpt. Balnbridge Colby, Secretary of State, arrived here •arly today to address a meeting of Michigan Democrats tonight. Colby bitterly assailed the Republican candidate* for President and Vice President, hraedlng Senator Harding a# an “arch reactionary" and saying Governor Cqi was a "true progressive.”

HAAPANEN’S WAR PICTURES SHOWN Verdun Scenes in Collection at Herron Institute. Special Exhibitions —John J. Haapanen’s collection of war drawings and paintings. Hour4—Week days, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.; Sundays, 1 p. m. to 9 p. fa. Admission—Saturdays and Sundays free, other days 25 cents. Children and school teachers free. A small collection of pictures by John J. Haapanen of Boston. Mass., done during the b\g battles at Verdun In 1918, will replace the exhibition of photographs of ancient and modern Greece at the John Herron AVt Institute and will be on display Sunday. It would be rather difficult to place an estimate of the artist’s ability fronj the examples of hla work, but the interest lies in the fact that all the crayon and pencil drawings and a, portion of the oil paintings were completed while Verdun was under fire. PAINTINGS WERE MADE AT VKRDVW BOMBARDMENT. The sketch which‘shows Porte Cliaiise, Verdun’s main entrance, and the Meuse River, was drawn during the latter days of the war while Verdun was being bombarded, the shells falling so > close that Haapanen was compelled to take shelter, the sketch being left unflnlahed. Mr. Haapanen Is the only American soldier who received official permission to paint on the Verdun front. Among those which have the most historic attraction to the visitor are sketches of Porte Chatel at Verdun, a Cathedral at Verdun, an old mill at Louppy and ' the ruins of a college Marguerite at Verdun. In most of these drawings tb outlines are too vague to really estimate the proportion nf the ruins, the imagination being necessary to a great exi tent. j After having seen numerous motion 1 pictures which, contain accurate details of the devastations of the cathedrals and the numerous beautifnl buildings it Is hard for the spectator to really appreciate the pictures even when he consider* the conditions under which they were made. One small sketch shewing an unpaved road flanked on either side by ruins or what once were comfortable homes shows to the best advantage the scenes we would expect, since it is drawn without that haziness and la-’k of definite lines that characterizes the others. Among these drawings there are a number of oil fainting* of the war district around Verdun, which are of less appealing Interest.

PICTURES LACKING IN DEFINITE LINES. As pictures, they are pretty, but the artist shows, a liking for indefinite scenes which might be painted in any part of the world which does not make us feel that they are a part of France, more especially of that war-stricken district. Another shows what we know as a “loTer’s lane,” which is painted with considerable skill, resulting in quite an inviting appearance. \ln this as in other works Haapanen shows a decided tendency toward the use of strikingly bright colors and indefinite scenes. In quite a distinct collection are two of his pictures depleting water scene*. An exhibition of old laces also will be pnt on exhibition the first of the week, making another attraction of antique dome- t> rarities received at the Art Institute within the last few months. _____ POLITICAL QUIZ SNAGS AT DAYTON Becomes Enmeshed With Fund for Flood Prevention. DAYTON, Ohio. Oct. R.-,Quiizlng of witnesses regarding a nj£t* dated June 20, 1019, alleged to-have been given by Governor Cox and paid by the Dayton Meat} Products Company, was to be continued here today by the Senate sub. committee investigating campaign expeniitures. The committee la trying to trace the proceeds of the note. The committee will go further into the charge that dummies were used to con cesl the source of contributions to a $37,000 campaign ftfwt-to re-elect the' Governor in 1916. While the purpose of the committee was to trace the $5,000 note, it became involved in the intricacies of expending a fund of $2,000,000 raised by popular subscription to prevent a repetition of the disastrous Dayton flood of 1913. Witnesses were to be questioned on the details of this fund.

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FORM NEW HOME , ENTERPRISE HERE $1,000,060 Firm Plans Relief for Housing Shortage. Proposing to build homes that will provide ample space for gardens, and to build enough of them to afford some relief for the present shortage of homes In the city, a number of business men have formed the Indianapolis Housing Corporation. Ti e organization Is to be capitalized at $1,000,000. The plan for the organization was approved yesterday at a meeting of more than 100 men held in (he Chamber of Commerce, and called by Charles F. Coffin. president of the chamber. Plans for the corporation were presented by Clarence E. Coffin, after the need foi* concerted effugt for the construction of more homes In < the city was shown

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by Charles F. Coffin, Lucius M. Wright, O. B. lies and other*'? The plan was given approval of the men present, but no action was taken by the chamber. ! It Is the Intension of the company to branch out and build homes in other cities of the State aljter the shortage has ibeen relieved here. * j According to the plan as outlined by ; Mr. Coffin, the Capital stock of the organization will be divided Into $500,000 I coihmon stock and $500,000 preferred. | Associated with Mr. Coffin in the project will be Oscar B. Johnson, Cornelius F, Holloway, Robert F. Daggett and Ross Wallace. , The company proposes to operate on six different lines ns follows: 1. To build where the owner already has a lot free from ir-curaberunee. 2. To buy a particular lot* and build on it. 3. To buy any particular property for cash and to resell at profit. 4. Where a- particular property Is offered for sale at a bargain to. buy and resell t a profits

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MERCHANT KILLED BY GRANDFATHER LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. B—George Rose, a constable and a grandfather. Is In the county Jail today, charged with slaying Ernest L. March, a wealthy fur-

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