Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1909 — PHONE LEADER IS SCORED [ARTICLE]

PHONE LEADER IS SCORED

Independents' Convention Resolution Condemns Charles 8. Norton. Chicago, Dec. 10.—The International Independent Telephone association closed its convention with a resolution Condemning President Charles' 8. Norton of the Indiana State association for writing letters considered to be in the interest of the Bell monopoly. It was asserted that the Indiana association would demand his resignation. Norton is at the head of one of the companies in which control has been secured by James 8. Brailey, Jr., of Toledo. The resolution followed the discovery that Norton had written numerous letters Dec. 1, 1909 to independent telephone meh in states adjoining Indiana, using the official paper of the association and advocating dual connections with the Bell companies.