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SEMESTER TO OPEN MONDAY AT INDIANA U, Registration for Second Period Estimated Near Figure of First. By Timet Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 31— Next Monday morning at 8 o’clock registration for the second semester at Indiana university will begin in the field house under direction of Assistant Registrar Thomas A. Cookson and his staff of approximately fifty assistants. The registration is expected to be approximately the same as that of the first semester, which was 4,226. However, the enrollment may be a little short owing to the casualties which usually result from final examinations. Os the 4,226 students enrolled at the university for the first semester, 3,529 were on the campus at Bloomington and 697 were enrolled in the university’s divisions at Indianapolis. Few Faculty Changes The faculty for the second semester. with few exceptions, will be approximately the same as for the first. Dr. Harold Davis of the mathematics department, who has been studying a year at Harvard, has returned to his work at the university. Harold Lusk of Grand Rapids. Mich., will take the place of Professor W. E. Treanor of the law school, who recently wai, elected Judge of the Indiana supreme court. Dr. Logan Esarey of the history department and Dr. Stith Thompson of the English department have been granted leaves of absence for the second semester. Dr. Esarey will spend his time in traveling and Dr. Thompson will study at Harvard, and this summer will continue his studies in England. Class Enrollment Tuesday Miss Georgia Finley of the home economics department, who has been on leave during the first semester, will not return until the summer or fall term. She is traveling in Europe. Enrollment in classes will begin Tuesday of next week and regular classroom work is scheduled to commence Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock. Spring vacation at the university will be from April 2 until April 7. Final examinations will commence June 6 and extend through June 12. Comencement is scheduled for Monday, June 15. liquoTa¥rests net six PERSONS IN TWO DAYS La Porte Prosecutor Opens War on Notorious Speakeasies. By Times Special LA PORTE, Ind., Jan. 31.—Raids on alleged notorious speakeasies here have netted six arrests In two days. Prosecutor John B. Dilworth and his assistants started the offensive attack on liquor violators in earnest this week. Charges of selling liquor in a soft drink parlor were placed against Harry Shepard, who pleaded not guilty and was released on bond. BUSINESS~GAIN SHOWN Dclco-Remy Plant at Anderson Has Good Month. By Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., Jan. 31.—Optimism shone through depression here today, as employes of DelcoRemy were spending the second pay checks they have received this year, and the largest given out at the plant in many months. January has been an encouraging month, according to Delco-Remy officials, with increased working hours for men. BUILD ELECTRIC PLANT Brick Work Completed on Greenfield Utility Project. By Times Special GREENFIELD, Ind., Jan. 31. With completion of brick work on the walls. rebuilding of the city electric plant here is progressing rapidly. The old roof was left standing and the new walls built around it, so equipment might operate unhindered. Now anew and higher roof wUI be constructed. Within a month or six weeks, the new switchboard and generating unit should be ready for installation. Funeral of Aged Man Held By Times Special MONTICELLO, Ind., Jan. 31Funeral was held at Yeoman near here Friday for William Craten Misner, 73, who died Wednesday at his home a half-mile north of Yoeman. Surviving him are the widow, Mrs. Mary Schock Misner, and two daughters. Ground Frozen Deeply By Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Jan. 31While excavating for a swimming pool in the city park workmen were surprised to find the ground frozen to a depth of twenty-eight inches. Those Painful Swollen Rheumatic Joints Need Week-End Treatment Agony Gone in 48 Hour* or Money Back S*y Hook’s Dependable Drug Stores. And 85 Cents Buys a Large 8-Ounce Bottle. Here's the new ewift way to drive Cric Acid from your Joints end mueclos and free vour body from Rheumatism, Sciatica and Neuritis—many call It the week-end treatment —and it la particularly valuable to those who can not afford to lose time thru the week. Start to take AUenru a* directed on Friday night and keep to bed a* much as possible till Monday morning—Allenru nets with double speed when the sufferer Is relaxed and resting. •Mienru is a powerful yet harmless medicine —free from norcotica—you can t depend on mtld medicines to overcome stubborn rheumatic conditions and handy relievers used only to stop pain won't get the uric acid out of your Alien ru Is sold by Hook’s Dependable T>rnK Stores and all modern druggists America over—an bounce bottle for S3

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House Bills Inrtdouced Jan. 30 H. B. 265 (Martin)—Making S2O a mile limit to be spent on preliminary surveys for roads prior to issuance of bonds for construction. (Roads.) H. B. 266 (Martin)—Amending 1927 act governing countv officials' salaries that county clerks in Allen and St. Joseph counties shall have $5,000 annually tor deputy hire. (Fees and Salaries.) H. B. 267 (Stolte. Stanton and Martin) —Permits teachers who were members of the profession prior to passage of the teachers pension act in 1921. who wish to enter the pension plan to do so before Oct. 31. 1932. (Education.) H .B. 268 (Stolte. Fries)—Codifying state drainage has making slight changes; reducing atto.Tiey fees to 1 per cent. (Drains and Dykes.) H. B. 269 (Linke) —Repealing 1919 law Rrohibitina teaching of German in pubc elementary schools. (Education.) H. B. 270 (Nelson)— Providing that fees for the tuition of pupils attending school in a township other than that in which they reside shall be allocated to the tuition and special school funds in proportion to the amounts that were spent for the education of such pupils. (Education.) H. B. 271 (Core, Stolte. Simpson and Cromer) —Leving a tax on personal incomes with a sliding scale of taxation for incomes from $2,000 to SIO,OOO. permitting $lO exemption for single persons, S2O for married persons and $2 for each child under 18 years of age. (Ways and Means.) H. B. 272 (Core)—Amending state gasoline tax law to provide that counties’ proportion of tax shall be placed in the free gravel road repair fund and that ernes' proportion shall be placed in a fund for maintaining streets and bridges. (Judiciary A.) _ H. B. 273 (Grimm)—lmposing a fine of SSO to SSOO on county clerks who fail to turn over unclaimed fees and other moneys to the attorney-general in accordance with the 1929 act and providing that such clerks shall pay 6 per cent interest on such funds from the time demand for payment is made by attorney-general until payment Is made. (Judiciary B.) H. B. 274 (Lee. Ryan)—Amending 1907 act. as amended In 1911, to allow public service commission to mandate railroads to keep their equipment In condition conducive. comfort, safety and convenience of public and employes. (Railroads.) H. B. 275 (Lee. Street. Black) —Permitting the casting of absent voters by mall from fifteen days to one day prior to elections or primaries and in person from ten davs to one day prior. (Elections.) H. B. 276 (Stein)—Providing that banks shall publish a daily balance of state funds on hands in their regularly published statements. (Banks.) H. B. 277 (Babcock)— Legalizing bonds, notes and other written obligations issued for public improvements by any unit of government during the last two years. (Corporations.) H. B. 278 (Denny)—Amending auto license law to provide that county assessor may distribute licenses, collect fee of 25 cents of which 18 cents shall go to county free gravel road fund and 7 cents to assessor. (Roads.) H. B. 279 (Monnig. Egan)—Amending 1925 dry law to provide for the prescription and sale of medicinal whisky; fixing 50 cents as fee on, each prescription issued by physician; requiring pharmacists selling whisky to have been in business at least two years prior to filing of application to sell whisky. (Public Morals.) H. B. 280 (Egan. Monnig)—Reduces fee of prosecutor obtaining liquor convictions under the 1935 law from $35 to $lO. (Public Morals.) H. B. 281 t<?ory)—Providing that Governor shall appoint inheritance tax appraisers for Marion county solely. (Judiciary B.) H. B. 282 (McCammon and Street)—lncreasing state inheritance tax to 80 per cent of the Federal tax; the state tax does not Increase burden because of Federal exemption provision. (Judiciary B.) H. B. 283 (Black and Evans)—Amending 1905 act regarding purchase and operation of utilities by municipalities so as to give latter power to. lease. (Cities and Towns.) H. B. 284 (White. J. F.)—Setting up state free employment agency, providing for appointment of a director by Governor, giving director power to. employ aids and set up sub-offices, and appropriating SIOO,000. (Public expenditures,) H. B. 285 (Connefi —Empowering Indianapolis city council to license cigars, tobacco products and soft drink retailers. (Affairs of Indianapolis.) H- B. 386 (Bates)—Permitting judge of Marlon criminal court to appoint not more than three pauper attorneys, whose total compensation shall not exceed $3,600 annually. (Judiciary A.) H. B. 287 (Bates)—Providing that expense of educating children of the personnel of Ft. Benjamin Harrison be borne by ths state instead of Lawrence township. (Ways and Means.) H. B. 288 (McClain and Reisinger)— Authorizing countv coroner to appoint one deputy at a monthly salary not to exceed SIOO. Applyng only to ctunties of from 100.000 to 150.000 population and valuation of from $165,000,000 to $360,000.000. (Fees and Salaries.) H. B. 389 (McClain)—Amendatory. Authorizing counties to construct bridges across streams formng state boundares and including clause permitting them to issue bonds for partial construction of such bridges in full co-operation with units. (Rivers and H. B. 290 (Furnas)-Prohibits state education board from awarding textbooks contracts at prices higher than those charged for same book in other states, and providing that texts must be printed under state printing board laws; must be sold at cost and books must be adopted for 10 and 15-y-£ii r periods. (Educational.) H. R 391 (Furnas)—Providing penalty of SBO to $250 fine or sixty days imprisonment for person enticing another from anv institution for feeble-minded or insane. and ordering sheriffs where escaped person is found to return him to institution. (Benevolent Institutions.) H. B. 392 (Heine*)—Providing foi hourly inspection of mine tunnels during working hours for evidences or signs of explosive * or du*t. (Mines and Mining.) K. B. 29* (Crawford and Street)—Recuiring that all apodcanU for drivers 11MdMMn)* hOW 0011 Ux recelDt - (Ways ProhibUtng Si within fifer feet of state highway intersections outside cltlja or towns tnd providing that U i 1 - O * 'yrt

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GUY TO MAKE WORK Terre Haute Votes $20,000 to Build Golf Course. By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 31. Unemployment has been cased here somewhat by appropriation of $20,000 by the city council for anew municipal gol{ course now under construction. The course is at the site of the Terre Haute stadium and will be of nine holes, extending around the stadium. About 150 other workmen have been employed by the park department at cleaning brush and cutting undergrowth in city parks. Pavement of Grand avenue also will be part of the improvement work covered by the $20,000 appropriation. PAIR WEDDED SQ~YEARS Golden Anniversary Is Celebrated by Bremen Couple. By Times Special BREMEN, Ind., Jan. 31.—Their golden wedding anniversary was celebrated here by Mr. and Mrs. Christian Eslinger, and their children feted them with a basket dinner. The couple have spent most of their lives in this community. They have fifteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. OFFICIAL OF fowTDIES Services for Maurice G. Stewart to Be Held at Westport, By Times Special GREENSBURG, Ind., Jan. 31. Funeral services for Maurice G. Stewart, 62, town clerk of Westport, will be held at 2 today at the family home. Mr. Stewart had been town clerk for the last ten years and was a director in the Westport bank, now the Westport Union Trust Company. Unemployed Men Chop Wood By Times Special GREENFIELD, Ind., Jan. 31. Behind the water pumping station here a woodpile is growing like a mushroom. The song of axes biting into logs as the unemployed labor to provide fuel for fireplaces and for poverty-stricken, unheated homes, rings out from morning till dusk. Corded neatly, the wood is sold at a lew price, and many jobless men have been able to eke out a few dollars chopping it. of such intersections shall not be permitted to attain a height of more than five feet. (Roads.) H. B. 296 (Modlsett)— Authorizing county councils and commissioners power to fix priority of county unit road construction job. (Roads.) H. B. 397 (Dahiing) Providing that banks must pay following Interests rates on state deposits: 3 per cent on minimum deposit during preceding three months when amounts fluctuated; i'v per cent on six months' time deposits, and 3 per cent on annua] time deposits. (Banks.) Resolution Adopted In House. Jsn. 30 H. C. R. 1 (Evans. Kenney'—Requiring appointment of a joint legislative committee of three members from house and three from senate to consider pending and contemplated amendments to the stare Consttuton and report to assembly. Killed in House, Jsn. 90 S. C R. 1 (Holmes, Gottschalk, Moorhead, Beckett) —Indorsing American legislators bureau and interstate legislative reference bureau. Bills Indefinitely Postponed in House Jan. SO H. B. 54 (Kenney)—Repealing 1925 act permitting garnishment. H. B. 96 (Hoffman)—Requiring registration of chattel mortgages. H. B. 146 (Watson)—Making vaUd and enforceable written orders of arbitration bodies. H. B. IT7 (Stanton)—Requiring counties to supply state boards of accounts with plans and bids on all county work over H. B. 218 (Martin)—Giving county courts power to fix compensation of bailiffs. H. B. 235 (Egan and Stanton)—Permitting county commissioners to donate space in public buildings to former service or and patriotic organizations. House Bills Withdrawn Jan. 30 H. B. 141 (McKesson)—Delaying opening of season for hunting squirrels from Aug. 1 to Aus. Si. Bills Passed in House Jan. 30 H. B. 8 (SUvson and Lake County Delegation)—Abolishing fee system for public officials in counties of not less than 350.000 population nor more than 400.000 and proriding definite salaries. Amended. 73 ayes. 4 noesH. B. *9 (MasseUnk)—Voiding employ-

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Bills Passed in Senate Jan. 30 S. B. 93 (Lindley)—Provides that taxes payable In 1931 may not be collected from proceeds of sale of property for delinquent 1930 taxes. 41 ayes. 2 noes. S. B. 94 (Lindley)—Declares moratorium for one year from Feb. 9. 1931, on sale of property for delinauent taxes. Also provides for amortization of delinquent amount over four-year period. 37 ayes. 8 noes. S. B. 84 (Doosts) —Makes it option with county commissioners as to whether county agricultural agent shall be employed. 34 ayes. 12 noes.

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Greencastle Man Sent to Michigan City for Corn Theft. By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 31. Just twenty years to the day after he was arrested for robbery of a store in South Greencastle, Benjamin White, 45, was taken to the Indiana State prison at Michigan City by Sheriff Alva Bryan of Putnam county. He will start serving his fourth one-to-five years’ sentence for burglary and larceny. White was found guilty recently in the circuit court here of theft of com. In addition, White faces two other charges of larceny in the circuit court, and Prosecutor Marshall D. Abrams indicated today that they would not be dismissed, but would be held over him. White’s former sentences were served in the Indiana State reformatory and in an Illinois state prison. MUSICAL TREAT SLATED Welsh Imperial Singers to Appear on Richmond Stage. By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 31.—The Welsh imperial singers, reputedly Britain’s greatest male ensemble, will appear at the First Friends church here Feb. 18, under auspices of the Richmond Lions Club. For five years, the singers have been touring the world. R. Festyn Davies, conductor, made his musical debut in this country in 1903. Aged Farmer Dies By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Jan. 31. Jasper Wise, 74, farmer and active in civic affairs of Hamilton county, is dead at his home near here. He was the father of Frank and Clarence Wise, business men of Noblesville. Other children who survive are Walter Wise, at home, and Mrs. Alta Noble of Pennsylvania. The widow and the following sisters are also living: Mrs. Anna Johnson, Baker’s Comer: Mrs. Henry Mills, Sheridan, and Mrs. James Daugherty, California. Anto Crash Kills Farmer By Times Special PERU, Ind., Jan. 31.—Funeral was held today for Samuel L. Hurst, 69, farmer of near Converse, killed in an auto collision a mile and a half northwest of there Wednesday. His machine struck an auto driven by Dr. Charles Bowland. Amboy veterinarian. Surviving him are the widow and two sons. Coroner A. S. Newell has not reported on the inquest he held after the crash. COUGHING You get almost instant re--BSc lief with one swallow of efe THOXINE

MIDLAND PUTS MILLIONS INTO STATEJODGET Huge Sum Will Be Spent This Year in Indiana, * Lnsull Says. By Times Special CHICAGO, Jan. 31—Construction budgets of public utility companies in Indiana controlled by the Midland United Company provide for proposed expenditures in 1931 aggregating approximately $22,000,000, according to announcement made today by Samuel lnsull Jr., president of the company. The Midland United Company is a holding or investment company controlling electric, gas, and transportation companies operating in practically every section of the state. “The construction budget for our group of companies in Indiana provides for additions and improvements throughout the territory served by our subsidiaries,” said Insull. “Approximately $3,000,000 will be spent in completion of the electric generating station Qf the Northern Indiana Public Service Company at Michigan City. We will spend approximately $1,000,000 for new passenger cars for the Indiana Railroad system, improving service on the interurban railways in central and southern Indiana. “Important additions will be made to the electric transmission systems of Midland electric light and power subsidiaries, and betterments will be made to our electric and gas facilities wherever necessary.” SUED AFTER FI6HT SI,OOO Asked for Injuries in Driveway Row. Be/ Times Special ANDERSON, lnd„ Jan. 31.—Suit filed in Madison superior court by Charles E. Reighard, bakery proprietor, seeks judgment of SI,OOO for injuries alleged to have been sustained when he was attacked by Merle Foust. The trouble occurred in a joint driveway between the home of Reighard and Foust’s father-in-law. Foust had parked his car in the driveway and is said to have refused to move it out when Reighard drove out of his garage en route to church. An argument led up to the attack in which Reighard says he was knocked down by one of Foust’s blows, suffering injuries that caused him to be laid up at home for several days. Two in Auto Killed FT. WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 31—An automobile accident near here resulted in the death of Howard Schwink, 21, Churubusco, and Leo Melvin Sullivan, 18, Ft. Wayne. Schwink is said to have been speeding when his car crashed head-on into a county gravel truck.

HORSE INJURES CHIEF Crawfordsville Police Head Hurt in Stopping Runaway. By Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 31.—Police Chief Harrison Young was injured Thursday when he stopped a runaway horse at Main and Green streets. The injury is not thought to be serious. The horse was owned by the HiGrade Dairy Company and was hitched to a milk wagon. It became frightened at the high school band as the players drove by on a truck. Chief Young saw the horse start and grabbed the bridle, the shaft of the wagon striking him on the chest. DIVORCE SUIT IS FILED Greencastle Woman Asks Freedom From Pendleton Convict. By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 31. Dora Ethel Lawerence of this city has filed suit in the Putnam circuit court here for divorce from Curtis Lawerence, who is serving a sentence in the Indiana state reformatory at Pendleton for a statutory offense. Mrs. Lawerence also asks custody of the five children of the couple. Lawerence was sentenced in 1927. Greencastle Resident Is Dead By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 31 Leonard Peck, 79, is dead at his home south of this city after a short illness of pneumonia. He was born near here and lived in this community all his life. The widow; a son, Ross E. Peck, Minneapolis, pnd two grandchildren survive him. Economics Club Names President By Times Special NEWCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 31. Mrs. Charles Simmons, Fall Creek township, is the newly elected head of the Middletown Home Economics Club. Other officers are: Mrs. Merton McMullen, vice-president; Miss Grace Cooper, secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Julia Cooper and Miss Edi-the Meredith, project leaders.

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Spring Heralds By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind.. Jan. 31.—There are many signs of the approach of spring in north central Indiana. Charles Webb, while cutting wood, turned over a log and observed a dozen grasshoppers. * They flew away. Residents of the western part of the county report seeing wild geese going north. Jesse Wright, while lowering the awning in front of his place of business for the first time iii three weeks, discovered a swarm of flies. Mrs. M. E. Hartley has sweet peas that are an inch above the ground. She planted them three weeks ago.

CONVICTED MAN ACCUSED AGAIN Arrest Follows Auto Crash in Hamilton County. By Tmes Special NOBLESVItLE, Ind., Jan. 31— Harry McCray, alias Harry Smith, and Frank Wallace was arrested by Sheriff Frank Hattery, after he is said to have permitted his automobile to crash into a machine occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Hanson Lower and Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Winters on Federal Road 31, in northwestern Hamilton county. The only one injured was McCray, who suffered a broken nose. The sheriff found him in a barn, a mile and a half from the scene of the accident. The officers say the defendant was driving the car while under the influence of liquor. The local authorities understand that McCray, who says his home Is ih Wabash, faces a two-year prison, sentence imposed at Greencastle for escaping from the penal farm. There he went under the name of Frank Wallace. He is said to have told Winters and Lower that his name was Harry Smith. He will be turned over to the authorities at Greencastle. WATER WILL BE~SAVED Warning Sent Out by Superintendent in Martinsville. By Tin. is Special MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 31Small boys, proverbially loath to get water too near grimy paws and faces, rejoiced here today as warning was sent out by Lewis Pauley, city waterworks superintendent, to conserve the city’s water supply. While there is no reason for alarm. Pauley said, waste of water is to be guarded against. He said the drought of last summer has resulted in reduction of the level in city wells to nine feet. That is an adequate supply, unless a serious fire breaks out, or unusual quantities of water are used in other ways. VACATION AfWABASH Second Semester Will Start Monday at College. By Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 31.—Formal close of the first semester of Wabash college was observed Thursday, when the last of the mid-year examinations were closed by the different departments. The next semester starts Monday morning. Registration for the second semester probably will be the same as the first semester. SCHOOL BATTLES PESTS Rata, Sparrows, Moles, and Owls Will Be Pupils’ Targets. By Times Special FRANKLIN, Ind., Jan. 31—War on pests that destroy property and foodstuffs has been started by the vocational agriculture pupils of Alva Neal high school. The contest between teams to determine which can exterminate the most pests will end April 15. Those to be eliminated include pigeons, rats, sparrows, mice, crows, hawks, starlings, groundhogs, moles and owls. FIDDLERS TO COMPETE Contest Is Scheduled for Tuesday Night In New Corydon. By Times Special PORTLAND, Ind., Jan. 31. Fiddling, which still holds its own as a form of entertainment In this county, will draw old-timers to a contest in New Corydon, Tuesday night. Prizes for the winners will be distributed by merchants after contestants vie it out on the Arkansas Traveler and other old tunes, Bethany Conference Opens EDINBURG, Ind., Jan. 31—More than 150 delegates are attending the mid-winter Bethany conference that opened here today. eurcT toaiNcn VIE3I YIELDS... wnter-tfritaat.” TTioush relief <• [withone application, Muatetole effective when applied once an hour for 5 houra.

Commissioner Admits State Failed to Share of U. S. Money. Senate inquiry into alleged state highway department inefficiency took anew turn today as several of the committee members continued to gather amunition for quizzing commissioners and Director John J. Brown early next week. Direction of the inquiry was indicated at a committee hearing Friday afternoon where Robert B. Boren iDem., Fountain City), member of the state highway commission, appeared for questioning. Under examination of Senator Anderson Ketchum (Dem., Barthomew, Decatur, Franklin and Union), Boren yielded the admission that the department had failed in its collection of federal aid funds for the fiscal year 1930. “I fully realize we didn't collect all that was coming to us,” Boren declared. One of the reasons for the inqulry, set out in the resolution introduced by Senator Charles L. Strey (Rep., Kosciusko and Wabash) was failure of the commission to collect $3,500,000 of available federal funds while borrowing $1,600,000 from the state treasury to operate. * Asked About Purchase Strey gave the inquisition anew twist as the hearing closed by questioning Boren regarding purchase of snow plows. The commissioner admitted he had been approached at one time by a material man who asked if the snow plow business could be had on the “same basis as the year before.” He denied that he had ever said that this meant a 10 per cent cut to a certain commissioner. Such information had been conveyed to Strey by former highway commissioner George Hershman of Crown Point, the senator explained. “Was there an offSr made regarding these snow plows?” Boren was asked. Denies Offer Made “No, but I think there migh/t have been if I had lended an ear to it,” he replied. “I didn’t get the details of what was meant by ‘on the same basis as the year before.’ ” Boren’s being approached occurred before John J. Brown became commission director, he testified. John D. Wililams, Brown’s predecessor, was present, but presented no testimony as the commission adjourned to permit Senator C. Oliver Holmes. (Rep., Lake) to return to Gary for the week-end. William C. Titus, chief commission engineer, was also scheduled to appear, but will be called later, Strey said. Holmes said earlier in the day that he felt the quiz thus far was “just a fishing expedition.” ST. PAUL WOMAN~DIES Mrs. Ida M. Favors yad Operated Telephone Exchange 25 Years. By Times Special ST. PAUL, Ind., Jan. 31—Mrs. Ida M. Favors, 65, for twenty-five years operator of the telephone exchange here, is dead after several months’ illness with dropsy and complications. She was born near here and had lived here most of her life. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lola Simpson, St. Paul; Mrs. Charles Reber, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Myrtle Schaff, Springfield, 0., and two sons, Frank Favors, Indianapolis, and Jesse Favors, St. Paul. Funeral services were held at the Christian church here Friday Crawfordsville Debaters Win By Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., Jan. 31.—Crawfordsville high school affirmative debaters, speakiny on the question of, “Resolved, That the present system of installment buying of consumption goods should be condemned,” marked up their first victory this week when they defeated the Thomtown negative squad before a large crowd in the high school auditorium.

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.JAN. 31, 1931

STATE RULE OF UTILITY HOLDING UNITSJPPOSED Bankers Unanimous in Stand Against Moorhead Senate Bill. “Let us enjoy all the benefits of monopoly under governmental regulation but retain the secrecy of a competitive business so far as our financing through holding companies is concerned.” This was the plea of veteran utility lawyers before judiciary A committee of the senate at a hearing on the Moorhead bill Friday afternoon. The bill would give ihe public, service commission jurisdiction over utility holding companies. Presidents of all the Indianapolis banks signed a round robin against the bill's passage and supported the utility viewpoint. As drawn, the bill does present constitutional difficulties, it was admitted by Harold C. Batchelder. Indianapolis attorney, appearing in its behalf. Batchelder wrote the second section. which would place the burden of producing evidence in rate cases involving holding companies on the shoulders of the petitioning utility. Legality of Scope Doubted The first section, drafted by the late Samuel R. Artmah, one time public service commissioner, would make holding companies operating utilities and Batchelder doubted whether commission control could be extended beyond the borders of the state. Most of the large holding companies have headquarters in New York, Chicago or elsewhere. “Perhaps Wall Street and the brokers have abused the holding company plan by making it a security selling proposition,” John T. Beasley of Terre Haute, president of the Indiana Gas Utilities Company admitted. “But this bill will accomplish the opposite of what is sought. It would throw the entire matter into federal court, becloud the financing and the people will suffer.” Beasley contended that the Dresser plant and other large producing units would not have been built in Indiana without the holding company set-up. Finally he placed the burden of high rates on the public service commissioners. “The public service commission under the present statutes can get all the evidence it desires in regard to rate making,” ,he declared. “It is the business of the public service commission to lower rates if they are too high.” Data Difficult to Get How the public service commissioners are handicapped in “getting all the evidence” because of lack of holding company legislation was described by Batchelder. “For instance if the commission learned that the Indiana Bell Telephone Company was paying its holding company, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, per cent on gross receipts for engineering services, the commission, under the present law, could not learn what these engineering service costs were because A. T. and T. would be beyond their jurisdiction,” Batchelder explained. William P. Evans. Indianapolis attorney, appearing for lnsull against the measure, declared that the bill is “unwarranted and will produce no good result.” All members of judiciary A committee are lawyers. J. Clyde Hoffman (Rep., Marion) is chairman. Following the hearing they went into executive session, but reached no decision. Further deliberations will be held next week, Hoffman said. The bill is likely to be given a divided report with minority for passage and the majority for indefinite postponement. Senior Play Selected By Times Special HAGERSTOWN. Ind., Jan. 31. The mystery play, “The Cat and the Canary,” by John Willard, has been chosen as the senior play of the Hagerstown high school.

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