Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1939 — Page 6

CITIZENS FIGHT

ELWOOD WATER

PURCHASE PLAN

Group Headed by Industrial Leader” Charges Price Is Too High,

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Times Special ELWOOD, Ind. July 2. (—A group of Elwood citizens headed by King Leeson will oppose purchase of the Elwood Water Co. by the City of Elwood, Mr. Leeson said today. “Mr. Leeson declared that opposi~ tion will bé“voiced when the purchase proposal is submitted to the Public Service Commission for approval tomorrow and that action also was contemplated in. Madison Circuit Court. to halt the purchase.

Charges Price Too High

“The $475,000 purchase price agreed upon by the City Council at a recent special meeting is too high, Mr. Leeson contends. He said that the bond" issue proposed by Council will -be for $587,000. The bonding company, which he refused to identify, has fixed the purchase | price at $450,000 with a 2% per cent interest | rate, he said. ‘Mr. Leeson said that court action -is delayed because the ordinance authorizing the purchase is hoy on record. . Higher Rates Expected

Citizens opposed to the purchase claim also that revenue {rom -the plant will not be sufficient to pay principal and interest and that increased water rates will be necessary. Mr. Leeson is president of the Elwoad Industrial Board, but said he was opposing the (proposed purchase as a citizen and not as president of the Board.

CANCELS ‘MARRIAGE’ OF BOGUS HUSBAND

PASADENA, Cal, July 26 (U. P.). —The five-year “marriage” of Minerva Phipps, 46; and Mabel Eagan, 50, was dissolved today by Superior Court ruling. -- Mrs. Phips, still dressed as a man, sought employment again as a chauffeur. Mrs. Eagan, her bitterly disillusioned ‘ “wife,” was chagrined that the Court: had found no grounds for her complaint lof fraud. “I find it impossible to believe that she (Mrs. Eagan) was deceived,” Judge Frank C. Collier said in dismissing charges of fraud ahd impersonation against Mrs. Phipps.

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DALLAS, Tex. July 26 (U. P.).— Velma West, who risked her life to have “one last fling at life,” said to-

day that the last fling turned out to be a tame affair. Mrs. West, 32, escaped Ohio hammer murderess, was captured here last night. She and three companions had fled the women’s reformatory at Marysville, O., June. 19. “It was worth while,” she said toda¥, “but—well, I don’t:know. I'm ready to go back and be good. In a way I'm sorry I left: “I saw a lot of new scenery—I’ never been out of Ohio before,” she said. “And I visited a couple of honky tonks. I didn’t go to a night club—I was afraid. I didn’t get to see a talking picture. “We had some clothes hidden—a dress apiece to take the place df our prison garments.” “We really didn’t intend to come to Texas, but when we got to Dallas we decided to stay because we didn’t think anyone would spot us.”

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ELECTRIC RATE REDUCTION PLAN GIVEN P. S.C.

New Schedules Proposed By Firms to Affect 78 Indiana Counties.

and the Northern Indiana Power Co.

.|today submitted new rate schedules

to the Public Service Commission which the companies said would save 204,000 electric users $236, 000 annually. The schedules were submitted as the Commission held a hearing on the Public Service Co.’s proposed

'1 $48,000,000 refinancing program.-

This company said that its velun-

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annual saving of $170,000 to about 144,000 residential and commercial customers in 53 central and southern Indiana counties.

Covers 25 Counties

New schedules submitted by Northern Indiana were described as

customers in 25 counties in central and western Indiana. The ‘schedules’ revised by both companies estimates savings as high as 7.7 per cent to small users. The proposal provides a reduction of % cent per kilowatt hour in the initial step of the rate and a similar reduction in the second step. The number of kilowatt hours in each of these steps would be changed from 30 to 35. In cities classified as Class A the first step of the rate would be lowered from 6%; te 6: cents per kil-

B cities, the rate for initial consumption would drop from 7 cents to 61 cents a kilowatt hour. In rural territory consumers also would receive a reduction of % cent a Kkilowatt hour in each of the first two steps of the rate.

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The new rate for the second step in all residential and commercial schedules would be four cents. The Public Service Co. proposes to

d put its reduction in effect on all bills

rendered on or. after Sept. 1. The proposed reduction of the Northern Indiana Power Co. would be effective Aug. 28. Cities served by the latter company include Clinton, Huntington, Greencastle, Kokomo, Martinsville, Noblesville, Sullivan and Wabash. The Public Service Co. formerly a subsidiary of the Insull utility, asked permission to issue $38,000,000 in refunding bonds and $10,000,000 in debentures for a 10-year period. Although issuance of the new bonds would increase the company's funded debt by $1,700,000, the refinancing program would save $650,000 in interest charges at the end of two years, company officials told the Commission. .Debt Reduction Seen Company auditors testified that the company’s debt would. be reduced from the .present. $46,300,000 to about $38.000,000 at the end of 10 years. Ralph Hanna, public counselor, said “-the . company's

, financial difficulties ‘are the out- - growth of the collapse of the Insull

utilities ‘financing structure several years ago. Company records show, “according to Mr. Hanna, that the firm lacks $9,000,000 of having a surplus and that it is $6,400,000 in arrears on preferred stock dividends as of last May 31. The ocmpany operates power and gas lines and water Service in 323 cities and towns .in central and southern Indiana. It has 144,600 electric customers, 39,500 gas customers and 22,100 water customers. The Public Servicé Commission will take the refinaneing petition under advisement at the close of the hearing today. ‘

FRANKLIN MARATHON “BICYCLIST INJURED

7 FRANKLIN, Ind. July 26 (U. P.). —The attempt of four Franklin High School boys to set a nonstop bicycle-riding endurance record

ended today when Jones McQuinn, 16, was injured and his bike demolished as he was struck by a truck on U. S. Highway 31 north of here. McQuinn decided to break the monotony of riding continually around a city block, so with a companion he pedalled to the nearby town of Whiteland. On the return trip a truck driven by Earl Woerning of Seymour skidded on the wet pavement as it passed the two boys and struck McQuinn. The lad suffered facial lacerations and severe bruises but will recover. McQuinn’s team had been aiming at the unofficial record of 268 hours of riding. They had covered 1127 miles since starting a week ago tos day.

PROBE OF BEATING" CHARGE CONTINUES

Don F. Stiver, Staté Police superintendent, said today he was continuing his investigation into charges that Samuel Goldstein, Indianapolis junk dealer who committed suicide in the Allen County jail Saturday, had been beaten by State police officers. The charge was made by Goldstein’s attorney after his client had been arrested on larceny charges in connection with the theft of copper wire. Mr. Stiver has assigned two detectives to the case.

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Times Photo. The Harrison statue . . . too true to be good.

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Security Chief Will Confer ~ With F. D. R. on Young Democrats Date.

Times Special : . WASHINGTON, ‘ July 26.—President Roosevelt will not address the Young Democrats at their Pittsburgh convention next month, but whether Paul V. McNutt will do so is to be decided by this week-end, the new Federal Security Administrator stated today. He expects to go to the White

House on Friday to present the President with an American flag, which he accepted on behalf of the United States from the Philippines Government when Occupation Day was celebrated for the first time this year in. Manila. At that time, he expects to discuss with the President the advisability of his attending the convention, he had accepted the speaking engagement for ‘Aug. 11 before he took his new “nonpnlitical” post. .Mr.. McNutt and their daughter, Louise, arrived here from Indiana today to begin apartment hunting. . Mr. McNutt ‘was ‘unable to meet them at the station because he was attending a Labor Department luncheon. given for . him. by Secretary of Labor. Perkins when the train arrived at noon. They were greeted at the station by Mrs. Margaret Heady, his secretary.

“DOUBLE” MOONS EXPLAINED VALIFIO, Cal, July '26 .(U. P.). —Profesor T. J. J. See, noted astronomer who lives here, relieved the minds of residents who saw two moons one night recently. He explained: that the double moon effect is caused by atmospheric conditions, probably . the result . of eastern storms. The effect is ascribed to polarized light.

Likeness of of 23d President, 30 Years in Seclusion, Now at Home.

If a committee of practicalminded citizens had not feared that Benjamin Harrison might walk right off his pedestal, a certain little statute of Mr. Harrison might have grown up *o be an imposing bronze monument in University Park. As it finally worked out, the 23d President’s sculptured likeness spent 30 years in the seclusion of ‘a private home. Only recently it has

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Harrison Memorial Home, 1230 N. Delaware St. was too true to be good. Among Models Considered This model is one of two or three which Charles Henry Niehaus submitted to the Harrison Monument Association. committee. Woollen was one of the committee members who was struck by its “informality and life likeness.” Eventually, however, Mr. Woollen yielded to a conservative majority that knew pretty much what a statue ought to look like. Mr. Woollen even came to realize, he recalled today, that perhaps there might be a feeling of instability in the sight of Gen. Harrison striding

along, coat on arm and hat in hand, and getting nowhere.

One Dedicated In 1908

So the statue which slowed the subject down to a standstill finally was chosen, and duly dedicated on Oct. 27, 1908. But Mr. Woollen continued to admire the more active model. So mucin so that Mr. Niehaus made him a present of it. Mr. Woollen - kept it in his home until he presented it recently to the Memorial Home. The funny thing about this extremely lifelike work is that Mr. Niehaus never saw his subject. The model was his composite impression of numerous photographs which Mrs. Harrison and Mr. Woollen collected.

URGES REVOCATION OF DRIVING LICENSE

Municipal Court Judge Charles Karabell today recommended that the State revoke for a year and two months the driver’s license of a 17-year-old youth. The : youth, Fred Ashley, 367 E. Westfield Blvd., was involved in a serious: traffic accident two weeks

speeding. At the time of the conviction: Judge .Karabell suspended his license for 60 days. and fined him ‘$1:and costs. . Young Ashley was driver of-a car that struck a utility pole and skidded into a ditch. at 96th . St. and W. Spring Mill Road when: two 14-year-old girls riding. with him were injured.

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