Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 286, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 April 1932 — Page 18

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STEEP UTILITY RATES BLAMED ON U. S. COURTS Commissioner Howell Ellis Sees Federal Menace to State Control. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Time* Staff Writer I GREENCASTLE, Ind., April B. Blame for high utility rates were fold directly at the door of the federal courts, which were scored for their ‘government by injunction,” In an address by Howell Ellis, publ‘~ '■ervice commissioner, here Thurs.flay night. Ellis spoke at De Pauw university at an open forum attended by students and citizens of Greencastle. The talk took on particular significane, because of a local movement to purchase the water service for the City. Stinging rebuke was delivered by E’llis to the federal courts, which he Charged with nullifying state utility control. Sees State Control Passing "A pernicious practice of flouting • uthority of the state and its judiciary has been built up by the utilities and federal courts by invoking the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and claiming confiscation of utility property by reason of rate orders made by the state regulatory commisson,” Ellis declared. “This menace to public regulation and public control of public utilities, if not curbed, will destroy every Vestige of authority which Indiana, or any other state, may attempt to exercise In control and regulation of public utilities. Defends State Courts ; “I believe that such judicial review should be made by the courts of the state of Indiana, under provisions of the appeal section of the public service commission act which provides for the widest and fullest right of appeal by any aggrieved person to our state courts.” Ellis pointed out that appeal to federal courts take the form of injunction proceedings brought under the confiscation clause, which can not be resorted to by rate payers, but only by the utilities. Claims Valuations Boosted - Citing a long line of Indiana comtnlssion decisions which have been C-heckmated by federal courts, Ellis presented a tabulation showing an Unbroken line of greatly increased valuations from these injunction proceedings. The recent exception was the Martinsville case in which a threejudge U. S. court upheld the commission order, but the matter is on appeal to the United Statse supreme court, he pointed out. After voicing high praise for Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell of Indianapolis, Ellis scored other judges who come to Indiana, raising utility rates and “do not have to face the people afterwards.” 574-KARAT DIAMOND IS ‘ALMOST PERFECT’ Brazilian Prospector’s Find Proves One of Most Valuable In World. P v I nitrd Press ; RIO DE JANEIRO, April B.—The '{S74-karat diamond found by a poor Brazilian prospector near Diamantino recently was reported today to be pure white and “almost perfect,” making it one of the most valuable in the. world. Reports received here from the diamond fields said Charles Hermann. a geologist, had examined the stone and pronounced it of rare value. The diamond was found on land belonging to a resident of •Bello Horizonite.

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Woodcock Among Speakers for Anti-Saloon Meeting. Addresses by Colonel Amos W. W. Woodcock, federal prohibition director; Dr. J. M. Doran, federal industrial alcohol commissioner, and F. Scott Mcßride, national AntiSaloon League superintendent, will feature the statewide temperance conference April 18 and 19. The convention, to be held at the Roberts Park M. E. church, will be under auspices of the Indiana AntiSaloon League. Preceding the two-day convention, annual field day of the league will be held Sunday, April 17, in Marion county churches. Officials Are Coming It was announced by L. E. York, Indiana league superintendent, that a number of federal officials will be present. These include Prohibition Administrators Malachl L. Harney and E. C. Yellowly; Attorney R. C. Minton, Chicago; District Attorneys Oliver M. Loomis, South Bend, and George R. Jeffrey, Indianapolis, J. W. Morrill, deputy prohibition administrator for sputhern Indiana, and Major Howard Long, deputy administrator for northern Indiana. With the convention being hel only a short time before the May primary, qualification of candidates probably will be discussed in general, York said, but wet and dry leanings of individual candidates will not be considered. Speakers Are Listed Among speakers at the meeting will be Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stanley, state W. C. T. U. president; Mrs. Edwin N. Canine, state federated clubs president; S. P. McNaught, Ohio league superintendent; the Rev. r Will J. Foster, Ohio league field secretary, and Edgar H. Evans, Acme-Evans Company president. Others will include Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington, World League Against Alcohol secretary; Dr. James M. 'Crain, Disciples of Christ temperance and social welfare general secretary; C. T. Tevebaugh, state Y. M. C. A. secretary; Dr. E. T. Albertson, Indiana State Council of Religious Education secretary; i Bishop H. H. Fout, Indiana league i president; Dr. David M. Edwards, former Earlham college president, and Mrs. Amy G. Bruce, Indianapolis Y. W. C. A. executive secretary. U. S. BACKS STILLS Supervision Venture of Jobless in Distilling Wintergreen Oil. By United Press HARRISBURG, Pa., April B. Unemployed in the Pennsylvania mountain regions are operating stills, under the supervision and sanction of the state department ; of forests and waters. No moonshiners these, but dis- j tillers of wintergreen oil, a valued commodity. According to the Forestry De- 1 partment, a man can pick about | seventy-five pounds of wintergreen a day. The stems and leaves are placed in a still one-third filled with water. Two hundred pounds of wintergreen are used in each dis- j and the process produces; about one and one-half pounds of j oil in six hours. High Toll Reported In Floods By United Press BUCHAREST. Rumania, April 8. —Heavy loss of life was reported today in floods in Bessarabia and j Transylvania where, thousands of persons were homeless and extensive property ruined.

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Tables Turned Movies Going to Children Now as Film Folks Adopt Them.

By United Press T TOLLYWOOD. April B.—The movies are going to children these days instead of the other way round. The actors and actresses are adopting them. Slim Summerville, the beanpole comic, and his wife are the latest. They have adopted a 2-months-old boy, and christened him Elliott George. The Nell Hamiltons now are thoroughly experienced with croup and colic. A year ago they adopted Patricia Louise, a baby girl. Constance Bennett now is “mamma” to Dennis Armonstrong, 3-year-old orphan boy. The Wallace Berrys have adopted 2-year-old Carol Ann Priester, and are rearing the baby’s two brothers, George, 9, and William, 4. Even In the days of ancient Rome there were surgeons who specialized in removilg cataracts from human eyes.

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SIOO,OOO RALM ASKED TO CURE ‘LOVE WOUNDS' 1 Pittsburgh Woman Charges Wealthy Ohio Realty Man Deceived Her. By United Press CLEVELAND, April B.—Relationship between a Pittsburgh pottery decorator and a wealthy Ohio real estate operator, described variously as “real love” and a ‘‘pleasing convenience,” was to be determined today by a federal jury in the court of Judge Samuel H. West. The jury is trying the SIOO,OOO breach of promise suit brought by Miss Grace Priehs. 30. of Pittsburgh, against Arthur H. Geiger, 42, of Alliance, O. While the two admitted sharing hotel rooms in Cleveland and other cities several times during the course of their relationship, extend-, lng from 1926, each attributed the joint arrangement to separate motives. Geiger, denying promises of matrimony, said it was “but a pleasing convenience,” acceptable to the plaintiff. Miss Priehs said she was seduced with the understanding they were to be married. From the witness stand were described trips to other cities which the two took, nights on lonely roads in Geiger’s automobile, parties, dinners, movies, and costly gifts of clothing and jewelry. Dressed in a fashionable brown ensemble, Miss Priehs dabbed at her

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j eyes with a handkerchief as she j listened to Geiger s denial that he ever asked her to marry him. He accused her of attempted blackj mail. He described various trips they took together, including one to the home of Mrs. Catherine Betts in Pittsburgh, where Miss, Priehs was ! living. “When I first went there,” the slightly bald and bespectacled defendant explained. “I slept by myself in a room next to Mrs. Betts, But after my hostess went downstairs the next morning. Miss Priehs came to my room." Declaring she met Geiger at a parade in Canton in 1926, Miss Priehs said he deceived her when he first took her to Cleveland to attend a convention. He told her they were to stay with one of his relatives, but instead he took her to a hotel, she testified. “We left our baggage and weut out for the day.” she related- “We came back about midnight. A bellboy took us to a room. After he left, I told Mr. Gieger. ’Well, I’ll go over to my room now.’ “But he said, ‘since we’re engaged.

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