Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1915 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic ReportiFrom Many Parts of the Country. ; SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. TO PROBE STOCK SELLING DEALS Utilities Commission Issues Summons for Officers of Lafayette ANoithwesteiu Railroad Co. Indianapolis, Ind., July 21.—The public service commission of Indiana has issued an order citing the officers of the Lafayette & Northwestern Railroad company to appear before the commission at 10 o’clock a. m„ July 24, 1915.

A hearing is to be held in response to the selling of stock in the railroad company without the consent of the commission.

Summons for many persons as witnesses have been sent to the sheriffs of Tippecanoe, White and Jasper counties.

It is said that the action of the commission is based on information that the company has been selling stocks and bonds without first obtaining the consent of the commission, which is in violation of the law.