Indiana daily times., 1920-07-20

bill advocated by the governor which
would enable the state to give priority
for coal cars TO Indiana mines that held
contracts for the furnishing Of coal to
the state institutions.
In this statement Senator Cravens
asked a series of questions which were
interpreted as insinuating that Gov.
Goodrich and his associates had concocted
a scheme by which preference in the al
lotment of coal cars was given to a mine
in which 1t was believed Goodrich was
interested
In reply to this statement Goodrich
admitted that he had purchased $4,000
of the stock of the company controlling
the Lenoir mine as a wedding present.
for his son. and he also admitted that
other relatives were financially interested
In the mine.
In the course of his statement the
governor challenged Senator Cravens to
give any evidence Of a collusion between
him and a certain railroad official to
provide cars for the mine. to the federal
authorities for investigation.
UNBIASED SCREENING
IN FOREGROUND.
This Mr.. Cravens has done and It now
appears likely that there Will be COM
plete investigation from an unwIsed
source of the relationship of the Good
richs to the coal industry.
The scope of this investigation has not
yet been esta blished
The federal authorities will be inter
ested only in determination of whether
the federal laws against discrimination
have been violated or whether there has
been a conspiracy to violate the federal
laws.
T. tha 5a4a-r,fro+io, of x~bo@her or
not there has been a conspiracy in vio-
lation Of federal laws. the federal au-
thorities may go far into the various
coal stock deals that have been made
by the governor aud members Of his
family.
Some of the affairs that may be In
vestigated are:
The Goodrich family interests in the
Globe Mining Company, which furnished
coal to the state in return for the serv-
ices of convicts ordered to the mine un-
der the direction of Goodrich.
The Goodrich family interests in the
Consumers Coal Company, which was
awarded a contract to furnish coal to the
state, but lost the contract when it was
disclosed that Goodrichs brother was a
director in the company.
The Goodrich family relationship to the
Goodrich says Frank Coulter got the
coal which he furnished the state under
a contract made with the Frankfort Ice
and Coal Company.
OF these affairs the public is probably
more familiar with the Globe Mining
Company scandal than any other.
After Gov. Goodrich had permitted
convicts from the state penal farm to
open a 'stripper mine" in Pike county
for this company 1t was disclosed that
in n suit in Marion county one of the
stockholders OF the Globe Mining Com
pany had revealed that the Globe Com
pany had given Goodrich a block OF
its stock "for services
IN COLLEGE.
But STOCKHOLDERS.
1t was also disclosed that the gov
ernor's son, Pierre>F Goodrich was a
stockholder and director in this COM
Pany while the state was working it's
property with convict labor although the
son was then enrolled as a college stu
dent
Gov Goodrich made the statement that
he had given his son this stock as a
birthday present"
This company is alleged to have fur
nished about $4,000 worth of coal to
the pena. farm in return for the convict
labor given it by the state
The AFFAIR of the Consumers Coal
Company left an equally bad impression
of the governors interest in state coal
contracts.
The Consumers Company submitted a
bid to supply state institutions with coal,
and Maurice SHELTON, state purchasing
agent, appointed under the direction OF
Goodrich. announced that the contract
had been awarded to that company.
It was then disclosed that the officers
of the Consumers Company were ]. r.
Norman, P. E. Goodrich and w. n.
Tobin, and the contract was rescinded and
given to the Aetna Coal Company, an
other corporation that enumerated among
its stockholders certain other friends"
of the governor.
In an interview in reply to Cravens,
Gov. Goodrich is quoted as saying that
coal furnished the state by Frank Coul-
ter,s company was not obtained from
the Lenoir Company but from the Calora
Company.
Investigation of the Calora Company
is now under way and there Is no ques-
tlon that Goodrich was at one time the
president Of this company also.
Opposition to entering Senator Cravens'
reply was voiced by Senator Luke Duffey,
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