Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 March 1935 — Page 3

MARCH 15, 1935

DROP IN PROFIT FOLLOWING WAR! HIKED GAS RATE Cost Mounts from 60 Cents to 51.20 Within Two Years.

fContinurd From One) hou =** to hou.se getting signatures ;>eti?ion protesting such an adIn May. 1921, the comm; ,ion held public hearings on the appeal and handed down a decision granting the increase. This 50 p*r cent boost in the gas ave any substantial favorable r fleet on earnings of the comParodoxicallv total operatOn April 7. 1922. officials of the Citizen Gas Cos. filed anew petition with the Public Service Commission feet This demand was acted UDon Q'U r l(lv bv the regulatory body and 0 weeks it entered an order ocnj’.ng ne request. Take Case to Court This proved to be an ephemeral victory for the gas concumers, howtl r the eery next day the Citizens Gas Cos. asked for a rehearing which was denied. Faced with this situation the company went into the courts in its effort to win a Large amounts of evidence were submitted by the opposing sides. Within a short timp, however, the court rondcrc da decision in which fi ratory and ordered a rate of $1 20 until such time as the Public Service Commission should make an appraisal of the property and fix a The commission then fixed a temporary rate of $1.15 a 1000 cubic feet on an estimated valuation of $16.snoooo until such time as a complete as of Jan. 1. 1923. of sl4 186.391. reproduction value including the property of the Indianapolis Gas Cos. It allowed a rate of $1 15 with a discount of 5 per cent for prompt payDiwount Is Boosted On March 1. 1928. the company voluntarily increased the discount to 10 per cent and on July 1. 1927. the company, again voluntarily, dropped the basic gas rate to $1.05 with a discount of 10 per cent for prompt pavment. This is the rate which is The present schedule of rates which is maintained for the 570 Brit: h Thermal Units gas <a 1000 cubic feet) follows: Gross. Ne*. rus* in non ruble feet *1 ns $ .95 non cibir feet ....... 100 .90 Next tsnnno ruble feet 95 Jft Nex> *nn non ruhte feet ...... .90 .no Nr Xt SI t fee' 05 .75 Over 1 non nn o cubic feet 75 .05 i When the franchise was entered i Into between the Citizens Gas Cos.! and the city, there was no existing agency similar to the Public Service < nmmisMon, which was created in | 1913. Asa result the city when it i formulated this agreement was act- j mg as the agent of the state.

Indeterminate Permit Issued It gave the company the right to mil and highways of the ntv to lay mams and distribute gas. When the franchise had been granted it became a contract between the company and the state and neither party can change it without consent of the other. When the Public Service Commission was formed it did not attempt to change the old franchise rights of the city. It did. however, provide for the surrender of a franchise and the replacement with an indeterminate permit. In August. 1921. the trustees and directors of the Citizens Gas Cos. took advantage of this offer bv surrendering the company’s franchise and taking the indeterminate permit. When the franchise was surrendered there was quite a furore. The opinion was held in some quarters that the Citizens Gas Cos. by its action was avoiding its contract with the citv. A movement was launched to have legislation introduced which would insure the city’s rights in the Co.zens Gas Cos. Eventually, this point was settled in the courts. Reports Are Available For years, the Citizens Gas Cos. has not lived up to the clause in its articles of incorporation which states that it must publish semiannual statements of its affairs in three Indianapolis newspapers. While this particular issue has never reached more than the talking stage it is believed that the Citizens Gas Cos. has avoided the necessity for meeting with this demand because it has filed monthly reports with the Public Service Commission since that body has been given supervision over public utilities. The only difficulty with such a chance is that while the reports of the company are available to any one at the commission's offices, many can not get a picture of the company's position without the interpretation of the newspaper. STATE FARMERS DEBTS SLASHED 33 PER CENT Food Scaled Down by Governor's Relief Commission. The debts of Indiana farmers who sought the aid of the farm debt conciliation department of the Governors Unemployment Relief Commission have been scaled down more than 33 per cent of the total indebtedness. Dr. E H. Shideler. rural rehabilitation director for the commission, announced today. These adjustments were made in co-opera-tion witn the Farm Credit Administration. During the month of February alone, an aggregate indebtedness of $376364 was adjusted to $273 636. making a total scale down of $102,727. MIDMIGHT IS DEADLINE ON U. S. TAX_RETURNS Office to Be Kept Open Until Then. Collector Sava. Midnight tonight Is the deadline for filing Federal income tax returns without penalty. Will H. Smith, collector of internal revenue for the district of Indiana, today warned taxpayers who have put off filing returns. Room 309 in the . Federal Building will be open until; that time to care for the last | minute rush, Mr. Smith said.

FOUR MEMBERS OF STATE LIQ'JOR CONTROL BOARD NAMED

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ROCKVILLE-RD RAID BARES RECORD STILL Youthful Suspect Is Held, Apparatus Wrecked. Federal authorities and deputy sheriffs last night raided a house at 3791 Rockville-rd and seized there what was described as the largest still ever found in Marion County. Irvin Small. 22, living at that address. was arrested and held under high bond on a vagrancy charge. The still, capacity of which was estimated at 800 gallons, was found in the basement. Eighteen gas burners were used to heat the mash. Authorities smashed the still, seized 1000 gallons of mash, 62 gallons of w hisky, an electric ager, 1000 pounds of sugar and a quantity of oak chips The Grassy Shack tavern at Miekleville operated by Small was raided also. The gas had been piped around , the meter to evade payment, according to police. OPTOMETRIST FOUND DEAD AFTER BATTLE Doctor Dies in Home of Divorced Wife; Her Mate Held. By f nitrd Pro** HINGHAM, Mass., March 15.—Dr. Harold E. Johnson. 37, Boston optometrist, was found dead on a divan in the home of his divorced I wife's second husband today after a terrific fight in which living room 1 furniture was turned topsy-turvy. Later, Robert E. Burns, 43, the second husband and an in.sura? ce agent, was arrested on a manslaughter charge, police alleged that he was the second party to the; scuffle in which the optometrist suffered fatal injuries. Dr. Johnsons two young children were asleep upstairs at the time. ! Police understood that a quarrel over the children led to the tragedy, j EX-POSTMASTER NABBED Former Waveland Official Faces Federal Charge. On charges of mishandling postal: funds. Fred McNutt, former post-! master at Waveland. was arrested j yesterday by George Haley, Deputy United States Marshal, and taken to j the Marion County jail. McNutt j was indicted last week by the Fed- j eral Grand Jury after it was alleged he had employed his housemaid in! the post office. He is charged with having paid the girl maid's wages, I pocketing the difference. He 'em- r ployed his wife until the govern- j ment forced a change.

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POSTMASTER FARLEY ENJOYS GOOD LAUGH AS PHILATELISTS PAY

j B<J f nitrd Prr WASHINGTON, March 15. ; Postmaster Gen. James A. Farley laughed $1,000,000 worth at the ! nation s stamp collectors today as , they paid hard cash for his most embarrassing blunder. More than 3000 philatelists swarmed into the vast Post Office Building to buy copies of the famous gift stamps, which gave Mr. Farley some of the worst moments of his career. Others sent SIOO,OOO to the PhilI atelic agency in advance orders for the pretty squares of paper, duplicating those the P. M. G. handed President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary Harold L. Ickes his own children, and | friends. The agency said the day was the biggest in its history. It estimated sales would reach $200,000 | before night and predicted collectors would eventually pay $1,000,i 000 to $3,000,000 for the rarities. The stamps are being sold only I in blocks of 100 at $190.30 cents j and four at $3.32. CATTLE SHOW TO BE STAGED HERE AUG. 8 Second Annual Central Indiana Guernsey Exhibit Set. The second annual Central Indiana Guernsey Cattle Show, which will be held Aug. 8 and 9 at the Indiana State Fairground, will be larger than the one held last year, Fred Gwinn, Noblesville, chairman, said today. The show will be arranged by a committee which includes W. O. Mills. Morgan County: Russell George, Boone County; Howard J. Clark, Johnson County; Lawrence Wright, Hamilton County, and Robert Gordon, Indianapolis. Representatives from Hancock and Hendricks Counties will be appointed soon. Milk Board to Organize The first meeting of the newly found State Milk Control Board will be held tomorrow in the office of Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Towsend, its chairman ex-officio. A secretary will be named. De Lawd’s Burial Tomorrow. By United Press CHICAGO. March 15—Funeral services for Richard Berry Harrison, “De Lawd” of the play “Green Pastures’, ” Who died in New York yesterday, probably will be held here tomorrow in his South Side home.

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Named today to serve on the new and powerful Alcoholic Beverage Commission were Paul P. Fry, State Excise Director, and Russell J. Ryan, former Superior I Judge, Democrats, and David A. Myers, Greensburg. former Indi- | ana Supreme Court Judge, and Henry A. Quigley, Kokomo, former Mayor of that city and Howard County Clerk. BRUNO TO SEE THREE MEN GO TO DEATHS Jersey’s Murders Row to Lose Trio of Occupants Today. By United Press TRENTON, N J., March 15. Within the next 48 hours Bruno Richard Hauptmann will see three men walk to their deaths in the electric chair where he. too, will die unless saved by a court. Three death house companions of the stolid murderer of the Lindbergh baby were groomed for death today. Hauptmann will be able to see and hear W'hen Michael Mule, 24; Connie Scarpone. 26, and George De Stegano Jr., 25, are taken through the narrow corridor to the chair. Perhaps they will call a last greeting to the German, although, he is reported not to be on goocf terms with the other inmates of the death house. NEGROES BEAT DRIVER OF CAR AFTER MISHAP Suspect Held for Attack Following Early Morning Collision. Several Negro passengers of a car driven by William R. Osnouer, Negro. 865 Indiana-av, which collided with an auto driven by Donald Reynolds, 22, of 2322 Guilford-av, early today at 16th-st and North-western-av, jumped on Mr. Reynolds and began beating him after the crash. Osnouer, who was driving a borrowed car, was charged with disobeying an automobile traffic signal and assault and battery. The other Negroes had fled by the time police arrived. Mr. Reynolds’ wife, Mrs. Pauline Reynolds, suffered head cuts and was sent to City Hospital. RAIL ELEVATION PUSHED Enterprise Civic League to Ask Support of Mayor. A delegation from the Enterprise Civic League, which met in Rhodius Park community house last night, was to call on Mayor John W. Kern today, to learn his views on track elevation for W. Morris, Harding and W. Washington-sts and Ken-tucky-av. Labor Holds Charity Ball Proceeds of the annual charity ball of the Central Labor Union, held last night in Tomlinson Hall, will be used for charity work of the organization.

TERRE HAUTE STRIKE PARLEY CALLED HERE Labor Board to Confer With Garment Workers and Plant Officials. In an attempt to bring to an end the strikes of 468 workers at the Stahl-Urban Cos., Terre Haute, representatives of the company and the United Garment Workers were to meet here today with the Regional Labor Board, of which Robert H. Cowdrill is director. The workers went out on strike Wednesday alter refusal of company officials to sign an agreement with the union. Union leaders said the

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FRANCIS HUGHES IS HONOREO BY JUNIOR C. OF C. Attorney Named Member of Board of Directors: Succeeds Butler. Election of Francis M. Hughes, an attorney associated with the firm of Remy & Remy, as a member of the board of directors of the Junior Chamber of Commerce was announced today by the chamber. Mr. Hughes Succeeds John Butler. The new director is a son of the Rev. Edwin H. Hughes, presiding bishop of the Methodist Episcopal

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! Church and former president of De Pauw University. The younger Mr. Hughes was I graduated from Ohio Wesleyan ! University and. last year, from the | University of Michigan Law School. He is a member of the Wesleyan ; Alumni Association and Central I Methodist Episcopal Church as well ! as the Coif, a legal fraternity. The directors, now engaged ln prepa ration for the chamber's Clean-up. Paint-up and Fix-up Campaign. April 13 to 27. will meet at 6 Monday night in the Washington. FINDS FURNITURE - GONE Weary Workman Deprived of Even Bed to Sleep On. W’hen Paul Drewes. 1271 First-av, Mars Hill, returned to his home late yesterday for quiet rest after a day's toil he found that burglars had not only taken his bed *>nd all its furnishings but also the* stove, kitchen cabinet, five chairs, couch, rug, pedestal, table and lamp, all valued at $l5O.