Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 58, 17 January 1914 — Page 2

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r AGE TWO THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, JAN. 17, 1914

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Wharton and Bavis Confer About Gas Deposit Rule. President Barls of the board of public worki was unable to secure much saticfaction from Manager J. B. Whar: ton of the Light, Heat and Power company when he called upon him to request a meeting with the board to discuss 'the company's unpopular deposit rule. "We have reoeived numerous protests from citizens over this rule, established last year, and the board wants to find its province in acting on the matter," Mr. Bavis explained. He said Mr. Wharton assured him he desired to work In the closest cooperation with the city, but could not promise to take up the deposit rule question with the board until he had received authority to do so from his superiors. The board desires to be perfectly fair to the corporation and wants to Investigate its claim that the rule was adopted with the consent of the Zimmerman board of public works. Mr. Bavis does not believe that the old board ever officially sanctioned this rule, but he admits that the city's failure to act on the rules and regulations of the company before accepting its bond for natural gas service, as specifically provided for in the franchise, furnishes a powerful argument for the company. The administration will, however, use all its influence to have the state utility commission set aside the rule. CONGRESS PREPARES FOR WILSON'S NOTE Anti-Trust Legislation to Be Pushed Through Both Houses. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. President Wilson's message to Congress next Tuesday will be the signal for work on the administration's anti-trust program. The judiciary committee will have charge of the legislation in the house, while in the senate the interstate commerce committee will have jurisdiction. Though the bill of Representative Stanley of Texas providing a jail sentence for a violation of the anti-trust law and the elimination of "the rule of reason," set up by the supreme court, is not strictly an administration measure, it was not introduced until after the congressman had consulted with the president, and will receive favorable consideration from the committee to which it is assigned. According to Senator Newland, Democratic members of the interstate committee will take up the proposed legislation soon after the president addresses congress. In framing the bill or bills that will be presented, President Wilson's wishes will be followed. The legislation will be put through at the earliest possible moment but it is intended to make haste slowly, in order that defects may not creep in. The president will insist that no mistakes be made, as he is resolved that perfection, or as near perfection be obtained, in this, the last of the great measures of his administration. Representatives of the big business interests may be heard by the framers of the legislation as in the currency and tariff bills. PROBABLE HEIRS TO ESTATE IN WALES L. M. Jones and Sister Interested in $50,000,000 Property. if the family relations are satisfactorily substantiated it is quite possi ble that 1... M. Jones, of this city and 1 Mrs. Mary .1. Uanrk, formerly of Cen- j terville now residing at Bloomington, i Ind.. will be two of the fiftv heirs to i the $50,000,000 estate of the late Sir William Jones, of Caermarvar, Wales, lloth Mrs. Ranrk and Mr. Jones are jrrandehildren of the late Welsh nobleman. Both beirs have been In communication with the Welsh government officials regarding their heirship to the vast fortune. The estate valued at the $50,000,000 consists of a large farm, which was leased by the grandfather of the Richmond heirs, to a number of men. Recently the iease expired and according to the Welsh laws the estate reverts to the heirs of the lessor, which is the Sir William Jones. The city of Caermarvar is built on the estate. It is paid that there are other heirs located In Sacramento, Cal. TOOK "JOY RIDE" III STOLEN BUGGY John Charles Must Now Pay Fine and Serve Term. A short "joy ride" in a stolen buggy at the invitation of Verlin Hunt, of Modoc, cost John Charles of Economy $25 besides ten days of his time which he must spend in the county jail. A month ago, Hunt, it is charged, "borrowed" a horse and buggy which Ora Morsener hitched at Economy. He secured some "bottled goods" and drove out in the country where he met Charles. Charles rode with him a short distance and then then drove the horse back to Economy. Hunt, who is wanted on several charges, is missing. Charles pleaded guilty of violation of the "poy riders" act of 1913 and was given the minimum fine. It Is the second prosecution in this county for violation of the vact

CAMPAIGN FLAG FOUND IN ATTIC A campaign flag used in the presidential race of U. S. Grant in 1868. was found in the attic of the house at Eleventh and North A streets yesterday by workmen, making repairs. The flag was wrapped and is in perfect condition. The flag bears the pictures of Grant and Wilson who was running for vice' president.

PLANT'S ADDITIONS DURING1AST YEAR (Continued from Page One) fund at the close of the year, notwithstanding the unusual expenses during the year. "If this legitimate debt had been paid the light plant last year," remarked President Bavis of the board of public works, "not only would it be possible to reduce the service rates over 25 per cent, put in a luminous street arch lighting system, but show a substantial balance in the municipal fund at the close of the year. Notwithstanding the loss of this legitimate revenue, the service rates this year will be reduced at least 25 per cent, and we hope to see the way clear to put in a luminous arch lighting system and have a fair-sized balance left in the fund December 31." City to Take Over Bonds. During the year the board required the expenditure of over $13,000 of the plant's sinking fund for called city street improvement bonds, which, however ceased to be interest bearing after being called. These bonds held by the plant, however, will be taken over by the city. The 1913 report of the municipal plant follows: Income Account. January 9,415.75 February 9,044 62 March 8,821.66 April 7,691.41 May 7,464.29 June 7,002.77 July 6,339.80 August 6,498.02 September 6,164.47 October 7,487.31 November 8,421.30 December 10,266.11 Total $94,616.91 Other receipts 1,583.63 Grand total $96,200.54 Disbursements, 1913. Pay roll $19,427.47 Coal 18,117.97 Oil 446.50 Repairs 1,017.68 Miscellaneous 3,342.32 Office expenses 998.62 Interest and commission . . 5,667.08 Total $49,017.64 Building and Equipment. Current expenses Wire $ 1,180.95 Meters ; . . 3,532.90 Transformers 2.402.35 Sundry equipment 2,630.32 Plant additions Excavation 1,200.00 Foundation 5,532.02 Boilers 13,119.00 Chimney 4,636.59 Stokers 5,354.51 Building 18,676.83 Pumps 1,932.00 Generator 7,695.00 Switchboard 960.29 Large engine 14,250.00 Exciter engipe 2,364.00 Piping , 2,692.05 Steam separators 663.02 Chimney foundation 874.42 Machinery foundation 1,675.96 Grand total $92,072.21 Paid in sinking fund $ 7,920.00 Total disbursements $149,009.85 Municipal Fund. Balance on hand December 31. 1912 4f,144.13 Amount paid in, 1913 . 96,185.85 Borrowed from Union National Bank 7,000.00 , Total for 1913 $149,329.98 Amount paid out, 1913 149,009.85 Balance, 1913 ... December 31, $ 320.13 Sinking Fund. Amount December 31, 1913. . $17,739.06 Amount paid in, 1913 7.920.00 Amount refunded on bonds.. 5,000.0(1 Premium on sinking fund.. 76. 00 Interest on sinking fund . . . 413.84 Bonds sold 364.74 Interest on bonds sold 2.28 Amount bonds bought and interest 2 7,332.30 Balance, December 31, 1913 4,183.62 Due From City Liqhtin 1910 $2 0,243.30 2 4,248.16 0,214.91 8,105.27 1912 i 1913 i Total $81,811.64 Actual cash receipts, 1913. . $96,200.54 Operating expenses 49,017.64 Excess receipts over expenses $47,182.90 CITY STATISTICS Deaths and Funerals. CRISTOFF Anthony Cristoff, the Bulgarian who died yesterday as the result of burns received when oil with which he was starting a fire exploded, was buried at Earlham cemetery this afternoon. DINGLE Y Services for John Dingley will be conducted by Rev. Lightbourne, at the Jordan, McManus and Hunt chapel, at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Interment will be made in Earlham cemetery. Friends may call at any time. RATLIFF Horace Ratliff, 56, died at his home four miles west of this city early this morning. He is survived by his wife, Eveline Ratliff, two daughters, Florence Ratliff of Anderson, and Mrs. Earl Stinson, of this city; two brothers, Walter Ratlin and Benjamin Ratliff, of Stonington, Illinois, and a 6ister, Mrs. Mark Bates. Services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Friends may call at any time, but are requested to omit flowers. SPECIAL Cream to whip. Try ou; Coffee roasted today. H. G. HADLEY Phone 2292

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El Kelly Accepts Offer of Board Which Permits Re-opening of Campaign. Following a conference between Dr. Robert L. Kelly, president of Earlham college and Drs. Butterick and Gage, of the Board of General Education, of the Rockefeller Endowment Commission, at New York, two days ago it was announced that as the result of the recent financial campaign the Quaker institution will receive a sum aggregating between $28,000 and $30,000 from the commission. The exact endowment to be received by the Richmond institution will be made known to Dr. Kelly at the conclusion of the session of the board, January 22. During the two-year campaign the trustees aided by Vincent Nicholson, who was appointed field representative, have raised a total of $133,300. The conference between President Kelly and the. Rockefeller representatives resulted in suggestion of three courses, any one of which-might have been followed. The first was to accept the granting of an extra year to raise the specified sum of $400,000 and at the culmination of the year then the original offer of $175,000 would be given the Quaker school. The second was the extension of the campaign another year but a reduction of the amount to be raised to $250,000 which in the end ultimately would mean the reduction of the endowment sum. The third course was to accept the pro rata settlement on a 23 per cent basis which will give Earlham the sum between $28,000 and $30,000 with the privilege of re-opening the campaign at a later time. This offer was accepted by President Kelly. "The accurate sum is not known at this time because of the fact that in the funds raised there is $22,000 cash for annuity bonds and it is not known just what rating or discount the board will make on the bonds," said Dr. Kelly. NEEDS NEW BUILDING County Farm Should Be Improved, Report Says. Wayne county penal institutions were found to be in good condition by the state board of charities and correction according to the bulletin issued, containing records of inspections and the recommendations of the visiting committees. It is said that the cells of the county jail are poorly ventilated, but although the building is old, it is in good repair. The cost of maintenance for the year was $8,171. The men's building at the county poor farm, the report says, is uncleanly. It was said the woman's ward is well kept and clean but that a new building is necessary. The committee has made the recommendation for several years. Printed rules for the women's pail on South Tenth street, are recommended. COUNTY PAYS OUT MILLION DALLARS More than a million dollars was paid out by Wayne county in 1913, leaving u balance of almost a quarter of a million dollars in the hands of County Treasurer Chamness. The amount received during 1913 was $407,934. 2 and amount paid out was $1,176,085.58. The money was spent for salaries, road work, school fund loans, appropriations and general county expenses. The balance at the end of the year in all banks to the credit of the county was $231,848.94. SAYS HE WILL RUN ICE BOAT SUNDAY Unless the weather interferes with present plans. Captain Rodgers of the "Wild Rover," will take passengers on her sister ship tomorrow. T'nlike the "Wild Rover" the other boat is propelled with a three horsepower gasoline motor, and flies over the ice that still covers the lake at Morton park. MASONIC CALENDAR Monday Richmond Commandery, No. 8, K. T. Special conclave. Work in the Knightstemplar degree. Tuesday Richmond lodge, No. 196, F. and A. M. Called meeting. Work in Master Mason degree. Refreshments. Wednesday Webb lodge, No. 24, F. and A. M. State meeting and installment of officers. Friday King Solomon's Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. Called convocation. Work in the Mark Master's degree. Only One "BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day, Cures Grip in Two Days. 25c. (Advertisement)

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HOT APPEAL County Board Again Discusses Hipskind Case. With the lw on their side in the case of the demand of P.hilip Hipskind the county commissioners have taken under consideration with County Attorney Hoelscher, the special appeal of the suit of Hipskind against the commissioners. Hipskind rilill aBks $7,000, which is due him, but which the county must retain, according to law, and the release from the $86,000 bond. Until the Liberty pike is repaired where it was washed out by the March floods, and the road is accepted, the commissioners can not legally pay Hipsjftid any of the $8,500 due him. He offers to leave $1,600 with the county and file a personal bond covering the amount of damages to the road. Hipskind bases his demand on the concession which the commissioners have made to other road contractors in the past. He charges that other contractors have been paid all the money owed them by the county be-! fore the entire road was accepted. County Attorney Hoelscher said the commissioners have the law on their side in the case, but want to give the contractor a square deal. Otherwise, his demands would be refused and the j case appealed. Judge Smith of Portland, who heard the case and rendered a decision against the commissioners after two months, remarked recently to former Attorney White that the decision was wrong and would be reversed on appeal. He ordered the commissioners to stand the expense of repairing the $1,500 washout. i LOAFERS NEEDED ON COUNTY ROADS Highway Superintendent to Name Only "Hustling Assistants. A motorcycle probably will be used by W. O. Jones, Hagerstown, the choice of the commissioners for road superintendent of the county. In inspecting the roads and giving orders to hiB assistants, who will be appointed in a few days. Mr. Jones was to have announced his appointments today, but said that many applicants refused to consider the job when they were told of the requirements. j "A man can't work under me and raise crops," said Superintendent Jones. "The assistants I appoint must promise to work every day for at least nine months of the year. There won't be any Boft snaps handed out. ; The law gives me sixty days to make my appointments, and I am going to get the right men if it takes me two , months." j A uniform road system throughout the country Is a reform which Mr. , Jones has planned. j "There have been forty-eight road supervisors in this county under the , old law," he said. "Some of them I farmed and worked when they were ' so inclined. I am going to plan a route, and buy either a motorcycle or use my machine to inspect certain roads at specified times. I am going to make every road uniform in repair work." 1 Mr. Jones was disappointed at the small amount received from the state as Wayne county's share of the automobile state license tax. The new superintendent filed a bond for $5,000 with the county commissioners today, , which was accepted. Mr. Jones will spend next week in establishing his office with County Surveyor Peacock, where the two can keep in touch with needed improvements easily. Road work will begin actively on March 1, or sooner if the weather is open. However, should the roads be frozen so deeply to grade, there are several bridges and approaches which will be repaired until the roads are , in condition to work. Palladium Want Ads Pay

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IN MORNING SERVICE Sunday Worship For 17 Churches Will Be Held At Tabernacle. ' The first of the union morning and evening services of the Honeywell revival will be held tomorrow morning. The seventeen pastors have dismissed their church and will unite in worship at the tabernacle. This same idea will be carried out in the evening. The Sunday schools will be held in the various churches at the usual time. The Honeywell union meeting starts at 10:15 o'clock and the schools will be dismissed in time for the tabernacle meeting. This is the first time since the opening of the revival that such action has been taken. The second of the men's mass meetings will be held in the afternoon at 2 o'clock. It is expected that the auditorium will be filled as the first meeting was one of the largest of the series. Miss Lamonte, Mrs. Clase and other women of the Honeywell party will conduct services for the women In the East Main Street Friends' church at th same time in the afternoon. HOPE ABANDONED FOR SUBMARINE PLYMOUTH, Eng., Jan. 17. Although all hope for the officers and crew of the sunken British submarine A-7 had been abandoned by their comrades, a fleet of hips today raked Whiteand Bay for trace of the lost vessel. Grappling operations were renewed at daybreak and after several heilf' vlfrnin ear-i- -- vyas flashed ashore by wireless that no trace ot tne tu;u ...c had been found. As the A-7 was equipped with only a twelve hours' supply of oxygen and as she had been submerged for twenty-four hours this morning navy officials held out no hope. Wanted The Tidewater Timber Trust has need of and will employ seven high-grade men for important positions at Salaries ranging from $2,500 to $5,000 a year. We want forceful industrious men who can convince us of their ability. Any good man, whether employed at present or not will be considered if he can prove his merit to our satisfaction within the next thirty days. This organization is placing a sound, attractive business before the public by which, for the first time in history, men of moderate means can secure valuable holdings in standing timber on easy terms and at a price that will return the investor a large profit on his money within a short time. And we want men for seven important positions to take up the work in their home towns with a view to making permanent connections with us. For further information address: F. T. CONKLIN Special Agent 1444 First National Bank Bldg. CHICAGO & R0HE 921 Main St.

iTROTTER TO SPEAK

Tentative Plans Made For Conservation Day. Tentative plans for the great conservation day meeting to be held in connection with the county evangelistic campaign are being formed. They include addresses by Melvin E. Trotter, the celebrated mission worker, and Madison Swadener, the temperance leader. These will be followed by talks by the neventeen ministers who have backed tho Honeywell campaign. In addition there will be sentence toasts to the Rev. Mr. Honeywell, the Prof. Clane, to the county work and the sueegs of the whole revival movement. Evangelist Kdaar Williams, who is arranging the program, is conductin a series of successful meetings at Haserstown, which are attracting wide attention. The plan for county revivals has been endorsed by M. t Pieraou. of Indianapolis, formerly connected with Earlham College. The meetings at Hagerstown will close next week. Three services will be held in the Christian church of that city tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening. 100 COME UNDER INCOME TAX LAW Not more than one hundred persons will be affected by the Income tax law, according to local bankers. It is estimated that the number who will be required to file reports regarding their incomes will be about one hundred, while not more than a fifth of this number will actually have to pay the tax. The reason given for this by the bankers is that most of the persons whose incomes are over i 3,000 a year hold corporation ; bondss and other non-taxable l property, thus exempting them 1 1 out me income tax. crops netted growers 118,500,000 EWSIB nKcv0 sfc " A.

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Rather than see her twelve-year-old daughter fail Into the ways of the e: company with which she has been js sociating, Mrs. Mary Franklin, colored asked that her only child. Paulim Franklin, be placed under state rare Today Judge Fox ordered the girl s:ui to White's Institute. Mrs. Franklin told Mrs. "anrtl-r that her daughter remained out latat nights and refused to obey her mother. The child has ben assnciat Ing with older girls and young colored men, Mrs. Franklin says. Mark Dudac, 5, whose mother is con fined in the county jail and who.father is said to have left his wifand child pome time ago, will also bsent to White's Institute. Mrs. Dinia" who (s a Hungarian, cannot speak English. She Is subject to epileptic fits. No charge to adjust a bent pair of glasses. E.B.Grosvenor,M.D. Oculist Over 713 Main Street. JUKI'S

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