The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-12
RAILROADS CLAIM
ORDER FOR THREE
CENT RATE UNFAIR
Commerce Commission For
maIIy Notifies State Utility
Board of Investigation
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU I
THE AGE-HERALD :
MOntROmery. Ala. April II

Formal notice was received by the
public service commission today that
the Interstate commerce commits
sion had directed a general investi-
cation to determine whether or not
the commissions order of July II.
1922, for a three cent interstate pas
senger fare in Alabama will cause
any undue or unreasonable ad-
vantage, preference or prejudice" in
favor of interstate commerce and
against intrastafe commerce,
The interstate commerce commits
sion acted on petition of all rail-
roads operating in Alabama, who
obtained temporary injunction last
year prohibiting the public service
commission from making the re-
duced rates effective. Although the
order of the interstate commerce
commission provides also for an in
vestigation. of the state commissions
order of the sale of mileage books
at two and one half cents mile,
this cannot come into the inquiry as
the commission removed that portion
of its original order few months
after the order was issued.
Railroads Petifioned.
In directing the investigate the
order of interstate commerce com
mission said the petitioners "Allege
that the observance by themselves of
said order of the Alabama Public
service commission will cause undue
and unreasonable preference and ad-
vantage to the interstate commerce
to the undue and unreasonable pre-
JUDGE and disadvantage of intra-
state commerce"
The order continued: An investi-
cation be and hereby is instituted
to determine whether the charges
required by the Alabama public SER
vice commission to be maintained by
said petitioners will cause any un-
due or unreasonable advantage, pref
erence or prejudice as between per-
sons or localities in interstate COM
merce positions on the one hand and
intrastate commerce on the other
hand, or any undue, unreasonable or
unjust discrimination against III
terstate commerce, and as to what
charges. If any, or what maximum or
minimum or maximum and minimum
shall be preserved to the charged
by the petitioners in order to re-
move such advantage, preference,
prejudice or discrimination, if any,
as may be found to exist"
Hugh White, special attorney gen.
eral in charge of the commissions
legal work, will appear for the state
in any investigation which the in.
terstate commerce commission may
start. The policy of the federal COM
mission is to send an examiner to
Alabama to make it's Investigations
and to gather information regarding
the resources.
MOBILE WOMAN SEEKS PAROLE
Mrs Virginia Wasserleben of Mo-
bile county. serving a life sentence
for completely in the murder of her
husband Frederick Wasserleben
Mobile policeman, appealed to the
state board of pardons for release on
parole today. She entered the peni-
tertiary March 81, 1913, and since
chat time has been confined az
Gpeigner and Wetumpka. Her
mother, Mrs. Godau. was convict ed OF
the same crime and given a life
Lentence.
Many citizens of Mobile have APP
sealed to the board for the release
of Mrs. Wasserleben. Her mother
admitted that she killed Wasserleben
but insisted that she did SO to protect