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CITY BANKING CODE GOES IN EFFECT JAN. 1 Checking Account Charges Feature Agreement of Financiers. APPROVED BY JOHNSON S2OO Balance to Be Made Requirement; Hours for Business Set. Indianapolis banking code, providing anew schedule of compensation for bank services, was completed yesterday by the Indianapolis Clearing House Association. The code will become effective Jan. 1. A tentative draft of the code has been approved by the NRA administrator. The state code also was announced yesterday. Charges for checking services, innovated, it is explained, to save actual bank losses, feature the code. Checking account depositors will be permitted to write one “free" check for each S2O in the minimum monthly balance, but will pay 5 cents for all additional checks, in addition to the 2-cent tax imposed ' all checks by the federal government. ( Must Pay Their Way , A maintenance charge of 50 cents • will be imposed when the minimum 1 monthly balance falls below S2OO. Checking accounts showing a ’ minimum monthly balance in excess of SSOO, or those showing unusual activity, will be analyzed and will be made to pay their way under a special detailed schedule. Losses to the bank through expenses in handling the account will be deducted. Non-depositors will pay for cashing checks drawn on other banks at the rate of 10 cents for each SIOO. Savings account depositors will be permitted to make fifteen withdrawals in any six-month period without charge. They will pay 10 cents for each withdrawal over that number. Box Rents Established A charge of 50 cents will be levied against savings accounts that are closed within sixty days after they are opened. Minimum safety box rents within the mile square will be $5 a year and outside the mile square a minimum of $3 a year will be charged. Outside banking services less general in character, such as the registration of bonds, will be paid for at uniform rates prescribed in the code, and information concerning them can be obtained at any Indianapolis bank. The code forbids payment of interest on demand (checking) accounts. A charge of 50 cents will be imposed on each overdraft. M- king Hours Are Set Banking hours were set as from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m., except on Saturdays, when banks must close not later than 1 p. m. in all departments. Maximum hours for trust, bond, insurance and real estate departments will be from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m., except on Saturdays. The state code will serve as the governing code throughout the state, according to Felix M. McWhirter, Indiana Bankers Association president. It was drafted by Donald B. Smith. Mishawaka, chairman: O. H. Bushing. Ft. Wayne; Sheldon Cooper, Anderson; Robert H. Myers. Muncie; William P. Flynn and Charles E. Herin, Indianapolis; H. M. Crosner, Frankfort; Benjamin Scranton, Rising Sun; Oscar Cravens, Bloomington; J. D. Driscoll, Jeffersonville; Joseph E. Kelley, Mt. Vernon, and C. B. Enlow, Evansville.

YOUTH MUST DIE IN LETHAL GAS CHAMBER Colorado Governor Refuses Killer Executive Clemency. By United Prcst DENVER. Dec. 29—Walter Reppin, 18-year-old Jersey youth, must die in the new Colorado lethal gas chamber. Governor Edwin C. Johnson ruled today. In refusing eelemency, Johnson asserted that he saw nothing to cause reconsideration of the sentence imposed for the murder of Vincent Reagan, Colorado Springs taxi driver. Reppin will be the first to die in the new Colorado chamber. 150 PETITIONERS ASK CAR LINE EXTENSION Residents Want Service Continued Along Martindale to Thirtieth. Petition for extension of Indianapolis Railways transportation service along Martindale avenue to Thirtieth street today was filed with the Indiana public service commission by a group of 150 residents of the street. Times Index Page Bridge 8 Broun 13 Classified 19. 20 Comics ■ 21 Crossword Puzzle 22 Curious World 21 Editorial • 14 Financial 16 Food Section 17, 18. 19 Hickman —Theaters 7 Hunting 19 Pegler 14 •Radio 9 Sports 15 State News 9 Unknown Blond 21 Woman's Page 10 Your Health 22

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Thousands of Citizens Are Imperiled Daily by Rotting of Roof Beams at Tomlinson Hall, Works Board Finds

‘Top of Building Might Collapse Any Time on Market Shoppers,’ Louis Brandt Says as CWA Workmen Start Renovating. Thousands of Indianapolis citizens literally have been walking under impending disaster for many months, Louis C. Brandt, board of works chairman, asserted when workmen today discovered rotting beams supporting the roof of Tomlinson hall, Market and Delaware streets. Reconstruction of the old landmark recently followed exposure by The Times that the hall occupied the only site in the downtown area listed by insurance underwriters <as a “conflagration area.” Several days ago, made-work men employed under the civil works administration began the work of reconstructing the building. According to Mr. Brandt, the beams in the four towers on the roof of Tomlinson hall, w’hich support hundreds of tons of brick and other material, were found rotted. “The discovery did not come a minute too soon,” said Mr. Brandt. "Any time, the roof might have collapsed, killing perhaps hundreds of people shopping in the city market. The building will now be entirely renovated and in the meantime precautions will be taken to prevent a disaster.”

SNOW FLURRIES PREDICTED HERE Slowly Rising Temperature Tomorrow Also Is Promised. Hourly Temperatures 12 (mid- 6 a. m 11 night).. 16 7 a. m 11 1 a. m 15 8 a. m 11 2 a. m 15 9 a. m 13 3 a. m 15 10 a. m 15 4a. m 12 11 a. m 19 sa. m 11 12 (noon).. 22 1 p. m 23 Snow flurries tonight or tomorrow, with slight moderation in the cold wave gripping the city by tomorrow’, was forecast today for Indianapolis by the weather bureau. The mercury touched 11 early today, 2 degrees lower than it reached yesterday morning. A subzero wave originating in north central Canada yesterday missed Indiana, sweeping over the lake region and bringing below zero w’eather to the New England and St. Lawrence regions. Boston reported 16 below zero this morning, the coldest weather ii* sixty-two years, said J. H. Armington. meteorologist. Lowest temperature reached tonight is expected to be between 15 and 20 degrees. There is no indication at this time that snow flurries tonight or tomorrow will be heavy, said Mr. Armington. Slowly rising temperature tomorrow was the forecast.

Blizzard Is Raging By United Press The icy breath of winter sent the mercury plunging downward along the eastern seaboard today as rising temperatures in other sections brought some relief from the season's most severe cold wave. New York shivered when thermometers recorded zero weather at 6 a.m. Temperatures were dropping rapidly throughout the northeastern section of the United States, where earlier in the week heavy snow fell. Snow accompanied the rise in temperatures in the middlewest. Government predictions were for more nearly normal temperatures the remainder of the week. Followed possibly by a second cold wave moving down from the Arctic. The cold brought intense suffering to thousands who had insufficient clothing or fuel to keep warm. Deaths from exposure and accidents directly attributed to the weather totaled more than 150 since the storm began Christmas day. Br-r —It’s 60 Below! By United Press OWLS HEAD. N. Y., Dec. 29.—A temperature of 60 degrees below zero was recorded today at Owls Head, far north in the Adirondack mountain region, as a large section of the state remained in the grip of an unsually intense cold wave. 17 Below at Boston By United Press BOSTON. Dec. 29.—The mercury sank to 17 degrees below zero here shortly after 8 a. m. today, making this the coldest day in the sixtyyear history of the Boston weather bureau. New York Shivers By United Press ALBANY. N. Y„ Dec. 29.—Records in many sections of New York were broken today as temperatures registered 25 below zero and even lower.

Ringing Demand for World Peace Made by Roosevelt as He Lays Down New U. S. Policy of Non-Intervention in Affairs of Latin-American Nations

By United Pres* WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 A clearcut statement of American foreign policy, based on the simple maxim of “live and let live.” was received by the nations of the world from President Roosevelt. In an address that rang with a warning that wars are started by politicans and not by the people, the chief executive last night praised the objectives of Woodrow Wilson for universal tranquility, enunciated in behalf of the United States a program of nonintervention, and served notice that so far as the League of Nations was concerned "we are not members and do not contemplate membership.” “From now on, wars by governments shall be changed to peace by peoples.” the President said. Mr. Roosevelt's speech, one of the most important of the many he has made since March 4, was deliv-

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Unsettled with snow’ late tonight or tomorrow; slowly rising temperature; lowest temperature tonight about 15 or 20 degrees.

DELICATE OPERATION ON BRAIN OF INFANT GIRL IS SUCCESSFUL

IStj United Press BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 29. Surgeons at Johns Hopkins hospital today successfully removed a brain obstruction which had threatened the life of five-months-old Sue Trammel of Houston, Tex. The child was rushed here by airplane early in the week for the delicate operation, which was performed by Dr. Walter R. Dandy, world-famous brain specialist. Hospital authorities described the child's condition as good, but explained that the ultimate outcome of the operation could not be foretold at this time. The operation, one of the most difficult known to medical science, required about two hours. The obstruction which was removed had caused a condition known as hydrocephalus, or water on the brain. This malady was fatal to another child in the Trammel family several months ago. U. S. STARTS DRIVE ON GOLD HOARDERS Campaign Is “Year-End Mopping," Morgenthau Says. IS if United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The government’s new drive against gold hoarders is aimed at individuals who have held on to large amounts of the metal in defiance of previous orders, Henry Morgonthou, acting treasury secretary, said today. “We are worrying about the big fellows and' the drive is directed against them,” Mr. Morgenthau said. “This is a year-end mopping up.” Unlike previous anti-hoarding orders, the new regulation applies to holders of less than SIOO of gold, as well as larger amounts. But Mr. Morgenthau said he was not worried over those who may be keeping just one or two gold pieces. ROBERT A. MACGILL, CRANE CHIEF, DEAD Prominent City Business Man Passes. Robert A. Mac Gill, 57, of 5260 North Meridian street, manager of the Indianapolis branch of Crane Company, died early today. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. Mr. Mac Gill was born Sept. 15, 1877, at Chicago. He was educated in a Chicago high school and entered the Crane Company, Chicago, when he was 20. He served as manager in Terre Haute and Chicago before being appointed Indiana manager. He was married Aug. 9, 1919, to Pearl Sebel, Indianapolis. Mrs. Mac Gill and their three children. Robert A. Mac Gill Jr., David Dunlop Mac Gill and Richard T. MacGill survive him. During Mr. Mac Gill's residence here, he was prominent in business, civic and social activities. He was a member of Highland Golf and Country Club, Columbia Club and Rotary Club. Woodin “Much Improved” By United Press TUCSON. Ariz.. Dec. 29.—William H. Woodin. secretary of the treasury. confined to the desert sanitarium here, was reported “much improved." in a bulletin today by Drs. Jerome Wagner of New York and Paul Holbrook.

ered before a brilliant audience in connection with the annual dinner of the Woodrow? Wilson foundation in the ballroom of the Hotel Mayflower here. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the war-time President, was among the guests. Mr. Roosevelt departed from his prepared address to relate several anedotes about the part he played in the war-time administration, saying in speaking of Mr. Wilson "To me, he'll always be the President.” The President took as his text the mobile utterance of Mr. Wilson in 1913 that “comprehension must be the soil in which shall grow all the fruits of friendship.” He developed from this declaration a policy of particular import to the countries of Latin .America. He said they were free to set up and maintain governments of their own choosing. Mr. Roosevelt declared that events

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1933

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ADAMS IS PUT ‘ONJE SPOT’ Road Chief Reported Next to Feel Ax of M’Nutt Clan. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer Chairman James D. Adams of the state highway commission is reported today to be next “on the spot” in the effort of Governor Paul V. McNutt to enforce machine-like political discipline at the statehouse. With the Governor in Florida, Pleas Greenlee, his patronage secretary, dismissed Mrs. Josephine Williams, Mooresville, Seventh district Democratic vice-chairman, from the automobile license bureau where she has been employed for several years. Dismissal notice was given Mrs. Williams at 5 p. m., yesterday by Frank Finney, head of the license department. He said there was no complaint regarding her work. Predicted by Times That the political ax would fall was predicted by The Times two months ago, when Mrs. Williams supported R. Earl Peters, then Democratic state chairman, in his fight with the Governor over “2 per cent club” collections. It was delayed at that time “until the heat dies down,” it was reported. In the interim, Mr. Peters has resigned the chairmanship and opened his campaign for the nomination for the United States senate. At the opening meeting in Ft. Wayne two weeks ago, Mr. Adams was one of the speakers. Finney Is Mentioned Since that time, rumblings of his possible dismissal have been heard at the statehouse and Mr. Finney has been mentioned as a successor. MV. Finney comes from Martinsville, the Governor's home town. According to one of the McNutt lieutenants, the Adams matter has been formally discussed. “It isn’t likely to happen now,” he commented. “But should we decide to get back of some candidate for the senate against Mr. Peters 100 per cent and Mr. Adams continued openly to support Mr. Peters, there might be a conflict.” Will Do as He Pleases That Mr. Adams will do as he pleases politically is generally conceded. He is publisher of a newspaper at Columbia City and a champion of freedom of both speech and press. His chairmanship of the commission has resulted in building up a relief program through road work, features of which have been adopted by the federal administration. Dismissal of Mrs. Williams has aroused the ire of the Democratic women generally, as she is rated as an outstanding organizer. Mrs. A. P. Flynn, Logansport, vice-chairman of the Democratic state committee, expressed surprise and indignation at the move. $100,000,000 TO BE ASKED FOR RELIEF Government Will Use Money to Carry On Activities. Bn United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.—Federal relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins indicated today that congress would be asked for “around SIOO,000,000" to carry on the government’s relief activities to July 1, 1934.

since the World war justified Latin-American suspicions of the motives of the United States, but added, significantly: ‘‘lt therefore has seemed clear to me as President that the time has come to supplement and to implement the declaration of President Wilson by the further declaration that the definite policy of the United States from now on is one opposed to armed intervention. “The maintenance of constitutional government in other nations is not a sacred obligation devolving upon the United States alone. The maintenance of law and the orderly processes of government in this hemisphere is the concern of each individual nation within its own borders first of all. “It is only if and when the failure of orderly processes affects the other nations of the continent that it becomes their and the

RATE BATTLE OPENED AGAINST POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY; $24,000,000 ‘WRITE IF CHARGED

HEALTH 08009 TOOTH NKFMNCtM** SU,OOO chuhhuih CITY 1 Staff of Fifty-Four to Start Jan. 2 on House-to-House Canvass, Dr. Morgan Announces; Alarmed by Increasing Diphtheria Death Rate. Alarmed by the rapidly increasing death rate from diphtheria, the city health board today announced plans for a city-wide drive for vaccination of 50,000 children of preschool age. Starting Jan. 2, forty-eight women workers and six public health nurses will make a house-to-house canvass

of the city, according to Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health commissioner. Approximately 20,000 children will be vaccinated against diphtheria and approximately 20,000 against smallpox, according to Dr. Morgan’s estimates. Fourteen children, ranging in age from 2 to 10 years, have died thus far this year from diphtheria in contrast to a death rate of six last year. Dr. Morgan said. Where the family of pre-school age children are able to pay for the vaccination, they will be instructed by the canvassers to have the work done by the family physician. If the family is unable financially to pay for the protection, the children will be taken to neighborhood physicians, who have volunteered their services, and vaccinated by them with antitoxin furnished by the state health board. Canvassers will be paid with funds obtained from the civil works administration. Dr. Morgan said approximately 5,000 children in the city schools had been vaccinated by the school physicians prior to the reductions of the city budget.

‘BY DRINK’ SALE OF WHISKY MUST CEASE, THUNDERS PAUL FRY

“Whisky is being sold by the drink, in violation of the state liquor regulations, and it is going to be stopped.” This was the somewhat startling statement today made by Paul Fry. state excise director. Mr. Fry explained to reporters he had been informed of wholesale violations of the regulations, and that he will start immediately a wholesale campaign of liquor license revocations in order to halt the practice. “And, furthermore,” he added, menacingly, “there will be no tilting of the lid, or changing of rules for New Year’s eve celebrations.” Governor Paul V. McNutt last week reiterated his original stand that enforcement of liquor regulations largely is up to local prosecutors. DEMOCRATIC HISTORY PRAISED BY FARLEY Postmaster-General Says Party Lives Because It Serves. By United Press PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29.—Post-master-General James A. Farley today told the American Political Science Association that the Democratic party “has lived because it has served.” “Under our system of government,” Mr. Farley said, “a party aspires to power. Receiving a popular mandate, it must succeed or fail in direct proportion to the measure of its service. And when we look back over the interesting pages of the Democratic party history we begin to find some of the reasons for its virility.” Kansas Bank Robbed By United Press OXFORD, Kan., Dec. 29.—Bandits today robbed the Bank of Oxford of about SI,OOO and fled southward in anew sedan.

point to stress is that in such an event it becomes the joint concern of a whole continent in w T hich we are all neighbors.” From this observation the President turned to a discussion of the broader aspects of world problems, declaring that of late there has been a turning away from the Wilsonian ideals. “The blame for the danger to world peace lies not in the world population but in the political leaders of that population.” Mr. Roosevelt was greeted with a burst of applause at this remark which he drove home with all the emphasis at his command. Referring to the Wilson influence on world peace, the President outlined the movement for creation of the League of Nations and pointedly criticised the “so-called statesmen who gathered in Paris to assemble

$20,000 LOSS IN PLANT FIRE Two-Alarm Blaze Sweeps City Packing Firm Early Today. A second-alarm fire early today swept a portion of the Brown Brothers packing plant, 534-50 West Ray street, causing damage estimated by company officials at $20,000. Heavy fire doors throughout the plant and quick work by firemen confined the flames to the twostory rear building at the plant, and prevented its spread to the office section of the plant. The fire was discovered at 5:03 a. m. by Nicholas Gehl, 1242 Richland street, night engineer. He telephoned an alarm to fire headquarters. The entire section of the building was blazing fiercely when firemen arrived on the scene. Chief Harry E. Voshell arrived shortly after the firemen were summoned and took personal charge of the fire-fighting efforts. Eight streams of water were played on the flames, flooding the plant. Water stood on the main floor to a depth of nearly a foot in most places, but was prevented by waterproof flooring from reaching the meat storage section in the basement. Coolers in the basement are airtight and waterproof, and were not damaged by smoke or water, permitting the company to fill all orders. Chief Voshell said a preliminary survey led him to believe the fire resulted from defective wiring, as the section where the fire started is some distance from the heating plant.

TAG ARRESTS WILL START ON MONDAY License Bureau to Remain Open Saturday. Office of the state license bureau in the statehouse will remain open tomorrow afternoon for the convenience of motorists seeking automobile plates, Frank Finney, license bureau head, announced today. With state officials reiterating their warning that no extensions will be given motorists beyond Jan. 1, the deadline for license plates, the license bureau and various branches throughout the city were jammed today. Mr. Finney called attention to the ruling that applications for automobile license plates must be accompanied by applications for 1934 drivers’ licenses. Also, the motorist must present certificates of title and poll tax receipts in making application. Arrests for driving with 1933 license plates are scheduled to start Monday, New Year's day, Mr. Finney said.

a treaty of so-called peace in 1919.” “Political profit,” he asserted, “personal prestige, national aggrandizement attended the birth of the League of Nations, and handicapped it from its infancy by seeking their own profit and their own safety first. “Nevertheless, through the league directly, or through its guiding motive* indirectly, the states of the world have groped forward to find something better than the old way of composing their differences. “The league has provided a common meeting place; it has provided machinery which serves for international discussion; and in very many practical instances it has helped labor and health and commerce and education, and last but not least, the actual settlement of many disputes great and small among nations great and small.”

Entered a* Second-Cias* Matter at Postoffice, Indtanapolla

Order Is Issued for City Firm to Show Cause Why Electric Rates Should Not Be Reduced Here. HEARING DATE IS SET FOR FEB. 1 Fees Now Are ‘Unfair, Unjust and Unreasonable/ Alleges Petition Filed With Board by Minton. BY BASIL GALLAGHER Times Staff Writer A $24,000,000 “write up” on the fair valuation of the property of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company is alleged today in a public service commission order to show cause why electric rates in Indianapolis should not be reduced. The order was issued at 10:30 a. m. by the commission after a petition had been filed by Sherman Minton, public counselor for the commission. Signed by Samuel L. Trabue and Moie Cook, public service commissioners, the order charged “the rates now charged by the Indianapolis Power and Light Company are unfair, unjust and unreasonable.”

Issuance of the order today culminates eight months of extensive investigation by The Times, which turned its findings over to the commission. A copy of the order, attested by Pete H. Dawson, secretary of the commission, was ordered delivered to the sheriff of Marion county with directions to serve it upon the proper officers of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. Date of the hearing to show why electric rates in this city should not be reduced was set for 10 a. m„ Feb. 1, by Mr. Minton. In his petition for the order, Mr. Minton charged that the fair valuation of the property of the utility has been written up by at least $24,000,000. Charges Valuation Unfair “The public counselor,” the pe--tition reads, “is of the opinion, and on information and belief, alleges that the fair valuation of the property of said utility, used and useful in supplying electricity to the public as aforesaid, is not to exceed $35,000,000. “That said utility carries this property on its books as costing the utility approximately $59,000,000, of which at least $24,000,000 thereof is composed of write-ups disguised as capital surplus and otherwise, and represents no value.” Following the charges of alleged write-ups in the valuation of the property, the order of the public service commission to the company, states: “That the gross income of said utility for the year 1932 was approximately $3,025,000; that the gross income for the first ten months of 300,000 for the corresponding period 1933 was $2,250,000, as against $2,of 1932. “Decline Tapered off” “That there was a sharp decline in the revenues of this company in the earlier months of 1933 over the corresponding months of 1932, which decline tapered off until the revenues in June, 1933, and each succeeding month therafter have exceeded the corresponding months of 1932 up to and including October, 1933, the last month available to the investigators of the commission with whom the public counselor has consulted, and, from the trend of the revenues since June, 1933, to October, 1933, the last two months of 1933 will, in his opinion, equal, or exceed, those of 1932. “That the charge to operating expenses for annual depreciation made by this utility is grossly excessive in the light of the annual charges made against this fund and the healthy reserve accumulated and now carried on the books of this company at approximately $11,238,638. “That the charges to operating expense of payment to the Utilities Power and Light Corporation, the holding company of this utility, for alleged services rendered by the holding company, upon an analysis will be found to be grossly excessive and unwarranted, and, therefore, upon proper adjustment of the annual depreciation allowance and

At this juncture Mr. Roosevelt declared: “We are not members and we do not contemplate membership. We are giving co-operation to the league in every matter which is not primarily political and in every matter which obviously represents the views and the good of tUfe people of the world as distinguished from the views and good of political leaders, of privileged classes or of imperialistic aims.” > “Throughout all the centuries,” he continued, “and down to the world conflict of 1914 to 1918. wars were made by governments. Woodrow Wilson challenged that necessity. That challenge made the people who create and who change governments think. They wondered with Woodrow Wilson whether the people themselves could not some day prevent governments from making war. _

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

holding company charges, the gross income of this company should be greatly in excess of that above set forth. Urges 6 Per Cent Return “That under the depressed business conditions heretofore and now prevailing in Indianapolis and vicinity, and considering the compact area served by this utility and the risk attending its business, and the extraordinary economic situation of the patrons of said utility and other business concerns in said area and their earnings, together with the purchasing power of the dollar, a rate of 6 per cent on the fair value of the used and useful property of said utility in supplying electricity to its patrons is a fair and reasonable return, and upon this the excessive eanungs of said electric utility are approximately $900,000 annually, without any adjustments in the operating expenses as above suggested. “That the rates now charged by this utility for such electricity are unfair, unjust and unreasonable, and in the opinion of the public counselor an investigation should be instituted and said utility ordered to show cause why its rates should not be reduced. “Wherefore, the public counselor prays commission to institute an investigation into the rates charged by said utility for electricity throughout its system and for an order against said utility to show cause within a short time to be fixed by the commission, why an order should not be made by the commission reducing the rates charged by said utility throughout its system.” Order Is Issued The commission’s order follows; “And the commission, having examined said petition and being advised in the premises finds that an investigation into the rates of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company charged its patrons for electricity should be instituted and upon the facts alleged in the verified petition, an order should be issued against said company to show cause why its rates for electricity should not be reduced. “It, therefore, is ordered by the public service commission that said ’company appear before the commission at 10 a. m. on the first day of February, 1934, at its offices, 401 statehouse, Indianapolis, Ind., and then and there produce evidence as to the fair value of its electrical property used and useful in supplying electricity to its patrons in and about the city of Indianapolis. “Its net operating income therefrom and evidence as to the fair rate of return on the fair value of its electrical property used and useful; and in all things to show cause why the said rates for electricity so charged by said company should not be reduced. “It is ordered further by the commission that a copy of this order issued by* the secretary of this commission be delivered to the sheriff of Marion county with directions to serve the same upon the proper officers of said company and make due return thereof.” Procedure Is Similar The procedure in the case of the public service commission against the Indianapolis Power and Light Company is similar to the action recently taken against the Public Service Company of Indiana. Last May, Mr. Minton filed allegations against the Public Service Company of Indiana, and the public service commission, in similar manner, issued an order citing the utility, which serves 270 cities and towns of southern Indana, to show cause why its electric rates should not be reduced. Subsequent investigations and formal hearings were conducted before the commission, finally winding up Dec. 12. The commission now has this case under consideration for Uie writing of a final order. STATE OFFICER INJURED Policeman’s Auto Wrecked En Route to Another Accident. Raymond Foltz, state policeman, was injured severely last night near Clinton, when his car skidded and was wrecked en route to investigate another automobile wreck, according to word received today at state police headquarters.