Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1920 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom x Reported by Wire. OPEN COAL HEARING SEPT. 27 • State Special Coal and Food Commission to Obtain Information on Which to Base Prices in Indiana —Notices Sent 200 Operators. Indianapolis, Sept. 17. —The first of the hearings to obtain information on which the state special coal and food commission will base coal prices in Indiana will be held in the statehouse beginning September 27. It will be open to the public. The hearings will have to do only with the sale coal by mine operators to Jobbers, wholesalers and retailers. It is believed that other hearings on other phases of the coal price fixing action soon to be -undertaken by the commission will be called later. Notices of the hearing have been sent by Jesse E. Eschbach, chairman of the commission, to the approximately 200 coal operators in Indiana. They mark a new epoch in state regulation of Industry, Indiana being the first state Ln the Union to have such a law. The notices said: “You are hereby notified that the special coal and food commission of Indiana will, on Monday, September 27, 1920, at 9 o’clock a. m. at the office of said commission, room 332, in the statehouse, in th® city of Indianapolis, begin a hearing for the purpose of regulating and fixing the maximum price at which all coal moving in intrastate commerce in the state of Indiana shall be sold, both {o jobbers, wholesale and retail dealers.’ At such hearing full opportunity will be given for all persons Interested to be heard, to adduce evidence and to be represented by counsel, and the hearings will be continued from day to day until all are heard. In witness whereof, I. Jesse E. Eschbach, chairman of the special coal and food commission of Indiana, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said commission at its office in the city of Indianapolis this 14th day of September, 1920.” The commission may fix maximum prices for the operators, for the wholesalers and for the retailers, each In separate classes. Those having to do with the administration of the law again direct attention to the fact that the law applies only to coal rallied and sold in Indiana. Record Enrollment at U. of I. Bloomington, Sept. 17.—Enrollment for the fall semester on Monday and Tuesday s at Indiana university here reached 2,178, breaking all previous records, John W. Cravens, the registrar, has reported. Students will continue to register at the rate of several hundred a day during the remainder of the week, it is'expected. Registration Monday was 1,773, and included 710 freshmen. 358 of whom were young women. More young women than men registered Tuesday. The number of new students exceeds previous figures for freshmen enrollment. Students at the university have the choice of 884 courses offered by the Institution. Accused of Auto Theft. Noblesville, Sept. 17.—William J. KiveU. a bridegroom of two weeks, is in jail in this city, charged with grand larceny. He is accused of stealing an automobile from Arthur WeUwJMa fa-ther-in-law. Kiveirtras been living in Indianapolis for the last year. Two weeks ago he was married to Miss Mary Florence Wells and since than he has been living here. His only .explanation of his actions, the police say. was that he needed the money. He is a metal polisher by trade. Boy Burns to Death. Terre Haute, Sept. 17.—George Gillum, age six, adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gillum, was burned to death at the family home in this city when a coal oil stove on which the mother was preparing breakfast exploded. The parents and three other children escaped injury. The Gillum family lost all of Its household goods in the fire, which destroyed the house. By the time the fire department arrived the flames had gained such headway that little couht be done. Ex-Congressman Acquitted. Jasper, Sept. 17.—J. Hr Kveke, a justice of the peace at Huntingburg, came here to hear the case of the state against William E. Cox, formerly representative in the congress from the Second Indiana district, accused of assault and battery on Ben Ed Doane, editor of the Jasper Courier. Mr. Cox pleaded self-defense and was acquitted. ■ " -! - Woman Admitted to Bar. Bloomington. Sept. 17.—Mrs. Minnie Waldron, one of the best-known women of Bloomington and a leading charity worker, was admitted to the Monroe county bar, being the first woman lawyer in the city. She is the mother of Charles Waldron, an attorney, and recently was graduated from Indiana university. ¥ rs - Waldron will form a law partnership with her son. Frederick Stritter Is Dead. Evansville, Sept. 17.—Frederick Stritter, who served eight years as recorder of' Vanderburg county, retiring In 1918, died at his home here after a month’s illness. For a number of years he had neen active in Democratic politics. He is Survived by a wld<siw and one daughter; '