Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 90, 24 February 1914 — Page 2

TTfS RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, FEB. 24, 1914

SAYS FAIR RETURN IS DENIED COMPANY Engineer Mead Says R. C. W. Makes Less Than An 8 Per Cent Dividend.

WAS WITNESS TODAY Engineer Alvord Says Cheap Rate to City Makes Citizens Pay Higher. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 24 Taking the basis of physical valuation of the Richmond Water Works company as compiled by his company, Daniel W. Mead, an engineer employed by the company, attempted to show the public service commission today that the company had not had a fair return on its investment." The figures dated back to 1897, and since that time, in any one year, according to the igures produced by Mead, the company has not earned eight per cent, the sum which is contended such an investor should earn. In his explanation Mead showed how it was possible to lower the net return to the investor by increasing salaries, and said sueb. was the case in many companies, but not in this one. At the dose of the morning session the members of the commission and Mead engaged in a discussion as to the method valuing the investment. . Alvord's View. John T. Alvord, another engineer employed by the company attempted to show how citizens and small users vera compelled sometimes to pay the coat of water furnished to a city on a cheap basis. Alvord was also on the stand for the company yesterday afternoon. Much of the testimony he gave was based on hypothetical questions. Alrord based his opinions on the situation in a city of 25,000 population, which he accepted as being that of Richmond, where the company had 4,500 users of its water. The aggregate value of the plant about which he testified yesterday was $924,305. considering everything which goes to make up the valuation. Chairman Duncan asked him to tell just how the commission could take his figures and determine what the' rates should be. Many Angles Considered. Alvord explsined that many things had to be considered among them the present income, and what a fair income for such a class of business and investment should be. after which there should be a division of the public and private service rates. Then he exnlninpil tlmt nuiiiv writer comnanies

less than the citvV share of the serv-! , 'Tcx-uring a ladder. Pleasant started ice i worth nn. I the private eonsum- . down 111 the, P" l the lid. telling ers have to make that up. He also : ?nson to hold the ladder Not beoJ.i t:-ai t!,..H..itv .,HvtA r,,n-!ig able to tind the lid readily, Pleas-

sutner of a latgo amount of water, in residences. :ich the householder in a t eh e-reom house :): larger, could! afford to j:y more than the poorer cit-; izen. Si:":i':j:i; of l lie larsre consumers, j he sa:i n low rate in.s to he given to j them oftei' from coir1 1 from that tVr thev ,i:sve i ho yowcr .n an(l i i iii p;if! id' tb;ir supply ;"luM' tiiiin the water The revenues derived ;-iiv iiiep . !ie"i. ;iihouh ,5!'tcli less than protirrtion paid iy the smaSJ roilFiimn'. !i Ij' i"fil im r!) burden for th:" s-jval'.er h- tcstjtHd. .Mr. Alvrrd a!.; favors a tninimu'.'.i char?c i'ri- Kr;n i'--. The service consists '!' aciiia I delivery of water, and also t!if' rrad'ness and ability to serve if nfcdpd. Till' 'i( H'.'insf w;s started on petition of t!i citv of li'iohniond, which contends liat tiif hut rates ore two hiKii i ll" rtites fire ail"t-'ed to be excessivc. ;i; .1 thole nlso is alleged discrimi:ia' i"ii on the part, of the com pany. Tin meter rate to the citv and privai' v, niers is,L'." cents a t holistic. The larger consumers e of '.'ems for The same and unlloi get ;i .att amount. The fiat rate varies from ?:i to $'. a. year for a house, and 2" cents a faucet! to a year for sanitary purnmual hyd rentiil is $l.r(.S."4 for 225 fire hydrant". The hearing will be resumed at 0:30 o'clock t.his morning. AFTER SUFFERING TWO LONG YEARS Mrs. Aselin Was Restored to Health by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Minneapolis, Minn. -"After my little one was horn I was sick with pains in iiny sides which the doctors said were caused by inflammation. I suffered a great deal every month and grew very thin. I was under the doctor's care for two long years without any benefit. Finally after repeated suggestions to try it we got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After taking the third bottle of the Compound I was able to do my housework and today I am strong and healthy again. I will answer letters if anyone wishes to know about my case." Mrs. Joseph Aselin, 628 Monroe St., N.E., Minneapolis, Minn. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful drugs, and today holds the record of being the most successful remedy we know for woman's ills. If you need such a medicine why don't you try it? Tf you have the slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will help you, write to Lydia E.Pinkham MedicineCo. (confidential) L.ynn,Mass., for advice. Your letter will be opened read and answered by a woman. Mad add In strict confidence.

Pretty Girls to Honor

Five pretty girls strewed flowers on the waters of the Potomas river while the memorial service for the dead heroes of the U. S. S. "Maine" was being celebrated at Fort Myer, Va.. near the Arlington National cemetery. Left to right: Miss Lottis Pemberton, Florence Stonebraker, May Borland, Ensign Frank Sigourney, Knowlton Priachard and Belva Laughlin.

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INJURES

2 CITYJMPLOYES Warren Henson and Walter Pleasant Badly Burned At Old Gas Well. Warren Henson, white, and Walter .1. Pleasant, colored two enmloves of !

the citv at work cleaning the snow j ,hp coroner today that a baby had t Friday, Miss Lorena Miller tripped and from the Main street hill were pain-1 bpen thrown into a red hot stove a few i fe), q,rjkitlK hpr oheek bone Sne fullv burned about the head and hands minutes after birth in a home near: ' , mil. onH ttith , , . - . . , ,. 'that r-itv An innnoBt hp lioon r.rrlr.1- 'lapsed UltO UlU'On SClOUSHeSS and VMtll by an explosion of gas in an old fire I mat citv. An inquest nas ueen oruei-, well this afternobn. The accident be-! ed fr lale this afternoon at Morris, the exception of a slight rousing a curred about 2. o'clock. .The two men!111- i couple of times, lay until Saturday in were taken to the city building where I According to the physician he was j a state of t.oma Dr c s Marvel, of

their', injuries were dressed. it is said that Henson conceived the iidea that a large part of the snow in i the neighborhood of the fire well ! could be chucked into the hole, therej by saving shoveling it on the wagon, i He and Pleasant, who was working near him, removed the iron lid from j off the well, hut not being able to hold j the lid fell into the well. uni struck a match and the explosion , followed. Heasant groped his wayf out of the hole. Hen son's face and hands were burned. Henson pulled thecolored man from the ladder and sumitoned help from the workers nearby. The two I i. . .. i .. l IllT'H wer IMOU 1(1 LHP. llfiil. ; itenson nas oeen employed me city for thirteen years and resided TlM South Twelfth street. Pleasant also lives on youth Twelfth street. Guest House Meeting, Commercial Club Rooms Wednesday evening, 7:30. i Everybody invited. 24 1t j . DORMITORY BURNS; ; INMATES LOSE ALL : F.VANSTON. ill., Feb. 1M. - Heck Hall, a dormitory of Northwestern I'niversiiy was in ruins today and i nearly a hundred students were minus : their wearing apparel except the gar- j tnents they were wearing when the ' buifding burned last night. The loss to the university and the students was ! estimated at $lu,000 by President! been stopped and the big dormitory saved, but for the heavy drifts of snowthat stalled every piece of fire apparatus that started toward the university campus. The dormitory was built in 1866. THIRTY HOURS TO MAKE DESTINATION DANVII.LK. III.. Feb. 24. Big Four ' passenger train No. 43. due here Mon day morning from Indianapolis, arrived this morning after having been tied up in the snowdrift for Ihirty hours. This is the first train from the east since Sunday afternoon. ASSERTS COMPANY HAS NO TROUBLE Manager .!. R. Wharton, of the Ught. Heat and Bower company today stated that his company bad experienced no trouble whatever from the severe weather. The pas pressure of the mains has been satisfactory and no damage has been done to the wires of the corporation. INSURANCE AGENTS OFFER THEIR AID Aid of agents of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company in carrying out a program for improving the sanitary conditions of the city, has been offered Health Officer S. G. Smelser. The company offers to have its agents distribute literature among its industrial policy holders to stimulate interest in better health conditions. COULTER MISSES SPEAKING DATE Prof. Stanley Coulter, dean of Purdue university, did not arrive in Richmond to make his speech before the Men's Brotherhood meeting last night at the First Presbyterian church and informal toasts were responded to by the forty present. A number of manufacturers gave their views on the local option situation and the cumins ejection was a topic for general discussion. ' '

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Strew Flowers Dead of S. S. "Maine

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CHILD IS THROWN IN REDJOT STOVE Young Father and Mother Arriise Each Other of the! Dastardly Act. JOLIET. 111., Feb. 2L- Dr. H. S. Stockdale. of Coal City, 111., reported to called to the home of Mr. Fred Wildno w earlv today. Arriving there he found Mrs. Wildnow aged 17, had just i given birth to a child. After caring j for the young mother Dr. Stockdale inquir.ed for the child. It is not here, answered the girl moiner. Dr- Stockdale persisted in knowing wnal naa ueronie or me new corn child and finallv found its charred bones in the red hut coals of a stove. Members of the family then accused each other. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE RROMO Ql'ININK ablets. Druggists refund money if it ails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signaure is on each box. - 2nc. fAdvprrlsptncntl

uell Unfair Competition Plea of American Housewives League

MRS. CHRISTIAN FREDERICK. The views of the American housewife on anti-trust legislation were 1 presented to the house judiciary committee in Washington by Mrs. Christine Frederick, of Philadelphia, representing the Housewives' League of America. Mrs. Frederick is the first woman witness to be ' heard on the administration anti-trust program. She asserted the , keynote of anti-trust legislation is to prohibit unfair competition, "by having Uncle Sam umpire the game fairly." Mrs. Frederick presented her views as follows: "First, the fullest and frankest knowledge of everything I buy. Second, the ability to send a child or servant to buy an articlo without fear of ovcn-harRe. or ihal iiic price nquality guarantee may be different. Third, that I may be able to Mud such standard ' goods for sale at any convenient corner.

IG1RL UNCONSCIOUS NEARLYJWO DAYS Blow on Cheekbone Causes

New Paris School Girl to Lapse Into Sleep NKW PARIS, Feb. 24. While skating at school at Dry Run district, Richmond, who was called in to see h(1" succeeded in rousing her, stating that the shock of the fall had thrown her into a sleep which might have lasted indefinitely had she not. been aroused. The young lady seems to suffer no ill effects from her experience with the exception of a slight, nervousness. It is thought that, a heavy knitted cap which she wore, saved her from more serious injury. PRAYER MEETING Prayer meeting will he held at the home "of Wrs. Bell, 214 North Ninth street. Wednesday evening, at 7: 30 o'clock. 4

ONLY 20 PER CENT IN RURAL SCHOOLS

Some Township Schools Are Closed Because of Deep Snow on Roads. . Rural . school attendance over the county is estimated today by County Superintendent Williams at less than twenty per cent of normal. Some of the schools in every township have closed. " Road supervisors have hired men and teams and are breaking the roads for the school hack which will run- tomorrow. - ; Greene township schools may no; open until Thursday, although the road superintendent there has a force of men breaking school hack and mat' route roads. The drifts of snow stretch for miles along the roads, from the tops of fences along one side to those opposite. Williamsburg school' are also closed. All but one or twe schools in Franklin township arr closed and no schools are open ir Whitewater. Washington township schools were not opened today when it was foun" that snow had drifted to a depth oi ten feet across some of the roads. Schools in Milton were in session today. It is estimated that of the sixtyeight school rooms, only thirty or thirty-five are holding school, according to Superintendent Williams. The Bethel school, wiht an enrollment of thirtysix, opened this morning and held session with eltth pupils present. Sspi'pm 1 nf the townshin: were Tint

heard from as wires carried down bvjrei!?. but doesn't use it. His name is the sleet three weeks ago have not really lazaro Bielandonitch. His been restored and it is impossible to grandfather was a Russian who emleet into communication over the tele- grated to Iouisiana years ago. M.

phone with them. BUSINESS SUSPENDS AS BLIZZARD RAGES NEW PARIS, Feb. 24. Business, j schools and work in general has been j abandoned because of the inipasab!e j roads resulting from the blizzard, i The traction connection via Westville ; was crippled, the car not getting out of New Paris on the early morning run. I he telephone connections were crippled early Monday morning. A lineman attempted to get through to Richmond to meet a crew from that ; nlaco thirteen miles from here, but the liveryman refused to rent him a : horse and rig. Nevertheless he started the trip afoot but after a mile j and a half Journey he struck a thirI teen foot snow drift and being unable to cut through the solidly packed snow returned here. The older citizens say this is the worst storm that has struck this section of the country i i for many years. FIRE IN CHIMNEY CALLS DEPARTMENT The burning of an overheated chimney in North Nineteenth street caused to fire department to make a run shortly before 10 o'clock last evening. The blaze was extinguished before the department arrived. It was reported by a neighbor who saw the blaze. No damage resulted. GRANTS 3 DECREES Lynthus Perkins was granted a divorce in circuit court from Bertha Perkins, the defendant failing to appear. The decree was granted on the grounds of abandonment. Divorce was granted Anna G. Coombs from .lohn Coombs, the grounds being abandonment. Mrs. Coombs was given the right to use her maiden name of Strickler. Coombs did not appear at the hearing. Caria Reason was granted a divorce from William H. Reason in circuit court because Reason abandoned her shortly after their marriage. She was given the custody of one child. WILL HOLD FUNERAL THURSDAY MORNING CENTERVILL.E. Ind.. Feb. 24. Mrs. Lucinda Grimes. "9, a life-long resident of Wayne county, and widow of Robert Grimes. died yesterday morning after a lingering illness. She is survived by a brother. Thomas Kli - ason. and a sister. Martha McConaha. Mrs. Grimes was a member of the Kliason family of pioneers, who came to Wayne county almost a century ngo. She was born in Wayne county in 1S35. For years she lived in Boston township with her husband, who was a well-known farmer. Sim-e his death she has made her home with her sister in Centerville. Funeral services will be held at the home Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will bp in Elkhorn cemetery. GREAT BRITAIN DOUBT VILLA'S EXPLANATION LONDON, Feb. 24. Great Britain ' has refused to accept General Villa's i unsupported word as to tho fate of William S. Benton, the Englishman killed at Juarez, and has sent its own representatives to Mexico to make a full investigation, and the American : government has instructed its ron- ; sular representative to enforce the exhumlnpr of the body. Formal announreI ment to this effect was made in the house of commons by Sir Edward j Gray, secretary of foreign affairs, in i reply to inquiries of the opposition as to the Mexican situation. It Will Soon Be Over The blizzard can't last long. Then von will be readv for spring. Send us your soiled clothing now and same time. French Benzole Dry Cleaning THE CHAUNCEY CLEANING CO. P'hon'a 2501 ............. 1030 Main . .. , .Auto Delivery.. . .

GEO. W. MANSFIELD Architect Residence TVork Our Specialty 90VZ Main St. Phone 1593

HAS LONGEST NAME IN U. S. CONGRESS

DR. LADISLAS LAZARO. Or. Iadislas Lazaro, the new Louisiana congressman who succeeded Arsene Pujo, famous as the head of the money trust investigation, has the longest name of any member of ConLazaro is a Democrat and held several ; state offices before he came to Congress. He is forty-two years old and a ! physician by profession. ISSUES WARNING Care should be exercised in the flr- ' ing of heating stoves and furnaces," said Fire Chief Miller, "so that the : danger of over-heated flues may be minimized. At this time with the i sweeping winds It would be only a matter of a few minutes before a residence would be destroyed if a fire should start. The cold weather necessitates warmer fires, which In turn ' means that stoves and furnaces will be filled with fuel and to avoid over-heat- ; ing. which often results In the starting j of roof fires, the residents must ex ercise caution." ECONOMY Mr. and Mrs. J. L Peterson wer tn. i Richmond Wednesday. Miss Minnie ChamDeriain or uenterville was the guest of the Edwards familv, east of town. Thursday and Friday. Miss F.dr.a Carolyn Garrison has gon to Montpelier to visit her parents, Mr. and rMs. Reed Garrison. Rev. and Mrs. Martin are at New fastle. Lon Edwards and Misses Chamberlain and Garrison attended the meetlnfi at West River Thursday night. Mrs. Propst and son Paul, of Ceaterville were guests of Mr. ana Mrft, Thomas Hadley Thursday. . Revival services continue at Pugmr Grove. Mrs. I,. Fennimore has returned from Muncie. Mrs. Rebecca Edwards Is Is very sick from the effects of a recent case of la grippe. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Hiatt sad Mr. meeting at West River Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Replogle and daughter Ruth were at Hagerstown Saturday. Dr. Frank McKinnon of LosUntsville was here Friday. Miss Virgie Stanley is risitlns; rn Anderson. Ashberry Wood atended th revival meeting at West River Thursday evening. Mrs. Lyeinda Marshall. S2, was buried Friday afternoon. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Oliver Frazer at the Friends church. Mrs. Emma Clark has been visiting 1 Mr. nd Mrs. Howard Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jessup. Steve Piatt is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sam Piatt. Mrs. Carrie Jackson visited Glennie Lamb Wednesday. TftAbC HARK Konr genuine without the Beaver trade-mark. Crippled with RSicumatlsm Another Bad Case Cured ''My wife w crippled and unable to walk as the result of rheumatism. She fell off in weight from 1C0 to 113 pound. Doctors and various remedies failing to help her, we l9t all hope of her recovery. Dr. .Linos' Liniment having len highly recnnii.ii'n led, we tried it as a la-a resource. Nine boi!lpj entirely cared her." W. H. KIS1LER. 333 Woodward Ave., Atlanta. Oa. DSL. JOFIES' LEKIMENT Is the best remedy made for Lum bago, Neuralgia, Lameness, or any pain that can be reached by external application. 53c. per bottle. Trial r.ize ?5c. A. G. Luken and Co.. Fosler Drug Co., Conkey Drug, Thistlethwaite's. TYPEWRITERS For Sale or Rent RIBBONS AND CARBON PAPKR. Richmond Typewriter Exchange, Room 4. Hittle Block

LAW CAUSES ANXIETY Internal Revenue Collectors Busy on Income Tax.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 24. Absentmindedness or failure to understand the exact provisions of the income tax on the part of those eligible to this newly conferred honor i giving internal revenue collectors some anxiety. This is the last week for making returns without incurring a penalty, and yet fully one-half the persons who must make returns eventually have thus far come to the scratch in this particular line of duty. Fresh warnings are being sent ont to remind the public that the income law is mandatory as well as a dis tfnet privilege, because no person who has an income that falls short of the required sum may make a return regardless of bow near he may come to the specified requirements. Single persons. $3,000; married persons, I4.0O0: it's very simple. Here are the penalties: 50 per cent added to the tax in case of failure or refusal to make a return. Corporations are liable to a fine of not more than $100,000 for the same causes. If fraudulent return is made, 100 per cent penalty may be tacked on. Individuals failing to "come acroes" in the specified time are subject to nnes or from $20 to $1,000. An officer of a corporation mar be fined $2,000 or Imprisoned on or both. Take Soda for Acid Stomach or Indigestion Try h Indigestion aaya a noted smthertty in not caused by a lack of dlgestlT Juices, but by an excess of hydrochloric acid tn the stomach, wbick promotes food fermentation, ttrus retarding digestion. Than our meals sour in tha stomach and bowels Uka garbage sours tn a can. forming acrid fluids and gases which inflate the stomach like a toy balloon, then, we get that heavy, lumpy feeling In the chest; we ernoate food, beloh gas and bare heartburn, flatulence, wafcerbrash or nausea. He tells as that to tnstantTy neutralize these stomach aolda and atop tood fermentation, we mast set a package of 10 grain Soda gen tablets at any pharmacy and take one tablet anyttme followed by a tumbler of water which immediately settles the stomaoh, absorbs the gases and sweetens the satire dlgesMv system. He states Chat men aw4 wessen who can trace their disordered stssnachs and Indigestion to aridity ahonld not hesitate to take this harmless aatiaoid at any time, as It B simply a compound of Soda, Magnesia and Calcine Carbonate U. 8. IV (Advertisement) A SIMPLE WAT TO REMOVE DANDRUFF Pn nt FeUtef Haf and Bad ftefe. Is 9etp There ts one ajn wew rA never failed to Mmern dSBflndf A once, and that Is to dtasstss) A you destroy It entlref? 9e dft Just get about fear onnoes common liquid arron from, asur store (this is all yon wTJX sees) s4 ply It at night when jtetMngf tks enough to moisten Che scalp and sb it In gently with the finger tips By morniag, most, if not at ct your dandruff will bs gone, and tjsfee or four more applications will aanv pletely dissolve, and entirely destroy, every single sign and trace of It, no matter how aaeoh daadruS yesj so ay hare. Yon win find all itching- ass flfrsjlsj of the scalp will stop Instantly and your hair will be fluffy, Inetroms sjlos sy. silky and soft, and look ami Seel a hundred times better If you value your hair, yon sbooJd get rid of dandruff at once, for BoO ing destroys the hair so quickly, tt not only starves the hair and makes it fall out. but It makes it stTtagyw straggly, dull, dry, brittle, and lifeless, and everybody notices U. (Advert! sera eat) AXL thm uffriM oi thm Afefcpricmd citmrm mf wmWni in thm JOHN RUSKIN expert toorkmanahip, frmgrmmt aroma, mnd thm Hmmmnm fofraeco mmmd im thm mhmiet groVftx. nM U. te-i ?" mat la mmnw you will bey e hf Uw bos. I. LEWIS CIGAR MFG. CO. Newaafe. N. J. Maltaaa. The House of Crane Pis. Indianapolis Ladies' Bright Rubber Boots, good grade, closing at $1.89. RAIL ROAD STORE North Sth and E. SPECIAL Cream to whip. Try ou.' Coffee roasted today. H. G. HADLEY Phone 2292 DR. A. O. MARTIN DENTIST Colonial Huilding Suite 2'2 213

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