The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-01-05

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error Of $10,000,000 was purposely
made to deceive the Indiana public
service commission and justify high
rates for service.
That huge expense accounts for GER
tain officials, covering trips to Cali
fornia and Atlantic City and the send
ing of vast quantities of flowers to
hotels, were an unjustified charge
against Northern Indiana Public
Service.
That properties, in many instances
worthless, and without exception worth
far less than the value charged, were
transferred to the treasury of Northern
Indiana through a system Of inter-
locking directorates. This was done,
the report declared, to milk Northern
Indiana Public Service of surplus
earnings"
That the funds and assets of the
operating company are still being
constantly depleted by the domina-
ton of Midland Utilities and other
parent organizations of the insult
group"
The investigation was given its start
when Howard W. Duncan, former as
sistant treasurer of Northern Indiana,
confessed he had embezzled $132, 600 Of
the company's money and lost it on
the race horses. Duncan pleaded
guilty to the theft Of $500. He Of
fered to tell the inside story of the
| insult high finance and was allowed
to do so. The investigators then fol-
lowed out the lines he laid down for
them to follow.
THE government of Greece notified
i Samuel insult that he would have
to leave that country when his resi-
dence permit expired on December 81,
but when the American fugitive plead
ed illness he was granted an extension
of the permit to January 81. insult
has no consular status as an American
citizen, his passport having been re-
voked. Where he Gan go with safety
| is a puzzle, for tie United States has
extradition treaties with all countries
bordering on Greece and presumably
he would be naObed in any of them.
The government in washington has
instituted proceedings to collect from
insult, his wife and his son $50, 900
| in income taxes.
vXTHEN President Roosevelt's pet
Wv project In the Tennessee valley
is far enough advanced to manufacture
electric power it is going to produce a
lot Of it, and consumers will be need
ed. SO, to create a market for this
energy the President has set up a
million dollar mortgage loan corpora
ton, using public works funds. and d.
rected it to finance electric appliance
| purchases in the Tennessee region.
Cheap credit will be extended to all
| home owners and residents within
| the Tennessee Valley Authority area
for this purpose.
Manufacturers of electrical house
hold goods are enthusiastic over the
prospect Of having the government fur
| nish funds with which their products
| can be bought, Stephen T. Early. Sec
rotary to the President, said In an
official explanation of the order.
| TIBETsS supreme religious and civil
4 ruler, the dalai lama. died in
| Lhasa, and a Bengal correspondent
| says 1t is reported he was poisoned.
| This powerful priest was regarded by
| Buddhist Asia as the reincarnation
| Of long dead Buddha and was wor-
i SHIPPED as deity. In his sixty years
he had many adventures. When the
British opened up Tibet In 1904 he
fled to Mongolia Five years later he
returned to Lhasa but was quickly
driven out by the Chinese and tool
refuge in India In 1912 the Tibetans
ousted the Chinese and established
their independence and the dalai lama
went back and resumed his place Al
ruler Of the country.