Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1920 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hooslerdom Reported by Wire. COAL PRICES SET FOR MINES - 1 , I I -"■* State Special Commission Fixes Charge* at $2.80 to >6.Bs—Whole•alers and Jobbers Will Probably - Be Permitted Margin of 16 Conte. Indianapolis, Oct. B.—Prices eeal operators shall charge for Indiana coal at their mines were fixed by the state special coal and food commission. The prices were divided Into four groups, the commission specifying to which group each mine in the state belongs. The groups were fixed on the basfs of production costs. Group 1, prices are as follows: Mine run, $3 a ton; screenings, $2.80; prepared sizes, $3.25. Group 2, mine run, $3.20; screenings, $3; prepared sizes, $3.45. Group 3, mine run, $3.85; screenings, $3.65; prepared sizes, $4.10. Group 4 (Brazil blapk), mine run, $5.60; ’screenings, $5.40; prepared sizes, $5.85. In case any of the Nroup 3 mines are not situated on a railroad track or switch, and It is necessary to haul the coal by wagon or truck, to h ( e loaded on board the car, the producing person or company may add for the cost of such hauling not to exceed 50 cents a ton. The mine run price in each group Is the basic price. The screenings prices are 20 cents less and the prepared sizes are 25 cents more. Jesse M. Eschbach, chairman of the commission, of which Governor Goodrich and Otto L. Klauss, auditor of state, are the other members, issued the following brief statement when askqd about the.order: “The prices fixed by the special coal and food commission are liberal. The main object at this particular time Ift # swl 22*', flclent quantities to relieve the extreme emergency and avoid suffering. The special coal and food commission believes life prices It has fixed will bring about this result. If any person, firm or corporation feels Itself Injured, It can have an Immediate hearing and if the evidence warrants It, may have a modification of the order. If conditions warrant at any time, the commission will modify its present orders. Since the wartime prices were last fixed by the government there have been three labor increases and two freight Increases affecting the price of coal to the consumer. The prices fixed tn the order of October 5 are for the temporary emergency only and will be readjusted at any time upon hearing.” Orders fixing margins for the wholesaler and Jobber are expected to follow soon. They may be permitted a selling margin of 15 or more cents a ton. Prices for the retailers to charge the consumers will be contained in another order to come soon. By permitting operators who sell directly to retailers or consumers an additional margin of 15 cents a ton, for handling the coal, indications are that the commission may fix this same'' amount as the jobber’s margin.

Teacher Pleads Not Guilty. Evansville, Oct. 8. —Miss Mabel Speer, age twenty-four, a domestic science teacher in the high school at Birdseye, who was arrested, accused of sending poison candy through the mall to Miss Marie Hardin, a school teacher at Ireland, was released here when James Speer of Bridgeport, 111., her father, signed her $1,500 bond. Miss Speer denied the charge when arraigned in the court of Charles Harmon, United States commissioner in Evansville. Miss Speer and Miss Hardin were rivals in love, it is alleged.

Uncle Jack Has Guardian. Wabash, Oct. 8. —Guardianship papers were granted to Edward Bridges of this city over Uncle Jack Higgins, age one hundred and two, a Civil war veteran. The petition said that the aged man was unable to manage his estate and had additional pension due him, which could* be collected by a guardian.' Three weeks ago Judge Hunter ordered a guardian for Mr. Higgins and a petition was filed asking that "Mr. Bridges be appointed guardian. The petition was granted and papers issued. \ ‘ Missing Pastor Found in Hospital.' Evansville, Oct. B.—After having been sought by relatives since Sunday in Henderson, Ky. t and other places, Revt G. M. Williams, age seventy-three, who left his home here Sunday to go to Henederson to deliver a sermon, was found in a local hospital. fell from an interurban car between this city and Henderson and the traction officials had him removed to a hospital. The minister suffered a fractured rlhr a scalp and a sprained hand. Widow Expected to Recover. Muncie, Oct. B.—-Mrs. Eva Benadum, who was shot at her home, probably will recover, hospital physicians say. The polide have been working on a number of theories concerning the shooting. They think that Mrs. Benadum may know who did the shooting and for personal reasons will not tell.

Hoosier Postmaster in Arizona. Washington, D. C-, Oct.' 8. —A. C. Snyder of Indianapolis has been appointed postmaster at Chivacamua, Ariz. Mr. Snyder -Went to Arizona several months ago for the benefit of his health, and the government decided he wduld make a good postmaster.