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FLAYS WILSON FOR HIS BELAY British Minister Believes Dictator Only Man Who Can Handle Situation in Mexico. INTERVENTION MEANS GUERILLA WARFARE Brigands, Plundering Country, Real Menace to Southern Republic, Is Opinion of British Diplomat. NEW YORK, March 4. "President Huerta Is a strong man and the only man who can handle the situation in Mexico, but if given time I think he "will resign. 'Intervention in Mexico, should not be considered. It would only result in a long drawn out warfare and would accomplish nothing." These striking comments on conditions in Mexico were made today by Sir Lionel Carden, British minister to that country as he sailed for England. He said the United States had taken the wron gaction in regard to the lluerta regime. He believed that Huerta ought to have been recognized but said it was now too late for the United States to change its attitude. "Up here you know little of the Mexican situation," continued the envoy. "The real issue down there is not Huerta, or Villa or Carranza. It is the brigands. Bands of them are scattered all over the country, robbing, devastating and killing at will. Rich and poor alike suffer from the hands of these outlaws. Peace will not be restored in Mexico until these desperadoes are exterminated." HOLDS IT PREPOSTEROUS. WASHINGTON, March 4. The report .iiat lluerta intends to obtain the Teleape of the 5,000 Mexicans held as prisoners by the war department at Fort Bliss, Texas, by habeas corpus proceedings was disposed of today by Secretary of War Garrison with the statement that such action is impracticable. DISCOVERS PLOT. JUAREZ, Mexico, March 4. Col. Fidel Avila, commander of the Constitutionalist forces here, announced today that he had secured full proof of a plot hatched at El Paso to assassinate Gen. Villa. According to Avila Huerta sympathizers have raised a fund of $150,000 which will be paid to any man yho can kill the rebel leader and escape to claim the reward.

FUNERAL OF SHOFER 1 LARGELY ATTENDED i. . '.'- . MoreThan 800 Persons Attend Services At St. Mary's Church. - jS-. M.pTa than eight hundred persons, ' Including" the children" of the St. - 1 '"Mary's, school, attended the funeral of -. yjanttaii Shofer,. the well known Hivtoryman( who died Monday at ? St. ft " Mary's 'church today. t was Mid to ,'( , le. lget foiferai bele ia. the St.

lary s riiurcn ior more man aecaqe. tiev. gainer aaatungiy, who jb mar at the,iWasU:BadtlQld; j neia a oiemn nequiem nign maaa. 11 clckta ihe' St Man's 'cliurcl assisted by Father F. A. RoelUv and Father W? A. 1Crntn: s W3 5 . Flowj&rsr ft : profusion?- Ver ibauked

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Wtirlaias. thfe active pallbetfrferts wef flf v Tjftfck Taylor, George' Eggeoieyer, jr-SGeorgej Staubach, Joseph t. Stevenson, vrf Jr. Luften and Thomas. Ryan., n , - ... STALKS ON INSANITY & BEFORE PHYSICIANS "Reflex Causes of Insanity' was the subject of a paper delivered today at the meeting of the Wayne County Medical society by Dr. S. Edgar Bond. Dr. George Hays who was scheduled Sot a talk on cross-eyed children, was out of the city and could not deliver the paper. Dr. Charles S. Bond gave A. short talk. , v WEATHER FORECAST FOR INDIANA Cloudy ' tonight and Z' Thursday. Slightly warmer centra? portion tonight. .'TEMPERATURE. 7 - Maximum .. 37 38 10 Yesterday.

FIRST AUTO PATROL RIDE TOJOHII DYKE Initiates Service of New Police Car Five Minutes After Leaving Automobile Factory.

FRAME TAKES A RIDE Prisoners Receive Jail Sentences, But Glory in Distinction of Breaking in Department Motor.. First come, first served is the motto of the police department since the new Davis motor patrol arrived, so John Dyke, a laborer, was the first prisoner to ride in the machine. Hardly had Wenger left the Davis factory yesterday afternoon when he spied Patrolman William Iawler, holding at arm's length a prisoner. This morning Dyke went down for eleven days for the mere pleasure of christening the new 60 horse-power tourer. Dyke was the happiest man about the station this morning boasting that he received the first ride in the car which will be used as a patrol. William Frame was the second prisoner to ride in the machine. The new police car is the latest word in automobile construction. It is a five passenger Davis, 1914 model. All the latest equipment, including electric lights so that the officers may see to read warrants to prisoners even at the darkest hours of the night, is found on the machine. Speedometer, electric starter, sub-carburetor, center control, and all available extra-time-saving machinery is included within the 112-inch wheel base. The machine is Jet black in color and within a few days the gold letters "R. P. D." will be beaming from the four doors of the Davis car. In fact it seems to be all that is usually advertised in the automobile company's prospectus. The car will be piloted by Wenger. "SWAT THE FLY" CONTEST BY PALL COMMENCES TODAY TO HAVE A FLYLESS CITY Kill all the flies that have survived the winter. One fly killed in March is equal to millions killed in August and September. Be sure that no flies can either feed or breed on your premises. Set a fly trap baited with food in the back yard so as to catch the insects on their way from their breeding places to your home. Refuse to trade with dealers, who do not screen their supplies or who permit even a few flies to be present in their dairies, restaurants, markets or bakeries. (The way Cleveland did it.) In order to start the ball rolling for a flyless Richmond, the Palladium today inaugurates a "Swat the Fly" contest for the botys and girls of the city. For the boy and girl who kills the greatest number of flies during the month of March, prizes of $5 in gold for each one will be provided. For the boy and girl killing the second largest number of flies respectively there will be prizes of $3 each. For the boy and girl killing the third largest number of flies, there will be prizes of 2 each. i- In inaugurating this "swat the fly" campaign to make Richmond a flyless city, the Palladium is not attempting the impossible. Cleveland, Ohio, has thegrell earned reputatidn of being the flyle jetty; of the United States. There; as , th$: result of pity and civic efforts in the elimniauon of the pesky I fly, proud .dttisens .call tooint to low TiBdckne8B and mort; ility rates for ildreh and grown-ups, , era used the punce of preWft saving pounds of cure. the &tf pmcbla ar having ft Honight tcf ecKsliv r - ways and means of. f ly 4revn' 4wVRichr mond, - Here is a suggest minded cw fliA ftffeetiv (Havelkm lau Ithat f they ' COUM tftMra! nisvttif vtiiw,- ; Let tbrKy -raftjcrtta; wasona mtMB) rCTwrecnoirers.TTgrocsrs, meat dealers, tfaloons. milk "men, wholesale i ,T'iifci. h,j ih, ' ixf , QMa Improvement v association and . he South . SHU Improvement 'association Dikertabiiable donations of money which -"together" with the amount ap propriated -by the ctty, shall form a fund controlled by the city health department and used by it for fly extermination. As was done in Cleveland,-let th city health department here pay five cents per nundred for dead flies brought in by th boys and gifls of the city. , - The city school system; offers a splendid means of quickly ferganizing the children of the city into an army of fly exterminators. The.'most effective work could be done during the month of March and April, for every fly killed then means the prevention of millions of possible progeny that would plague us later iiv the summer. By means of the Palladium's contest together with the fivecents per hundred for dead flies provided for . out of the proposed fly extermination fund ae well as the active co-operation of teachers and parentb, the doctors of the city and the rteld enforcement of the new garbage orJUnance by the city health board, buildiVg inspector and police department, interest1 and support for the "Swat the Fly" campaign can be so maintained that the coming summer will ,, practically, be a flyless one for Rlohmond.

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LAMAR FAILS IN ATTACK ON STEEL TRUST REBATE CASE

Harlan Ends Interstate Commerce Hearing When Wall Street Wolf Offers No Proof. ALLEGATIONS HELD WITHOUT GOOD BASIS Lamar Admits He Has No Proof But Statements Already in Hands ofithe Commission. WASHINGTON, March 4. T h e charge of David Lamar, "the wolf of Wall street," that the United States Steel corporation received $75,000,000 in illegal rebates from railroads the last six years, collapsed today. Hearing was abruptly ended by Interstate Commerce Commlsioner Harlan when Lamar admitted that he had no documentary evidence to substantiate his charges other than that already made public by the Stanley committee and the bureau of corporations. The investigation was begun by the commission in compliance with a Senate resolution authorizing an inquiry into rebate charges. When the hearing opened today Lamar offered as evidence a contract between the Duluth Iron & Range Railroad company and the Federal Steel corporation, dated July, 1906, whereby it was agreed that the railroad would give the steel corporation a rebate of 40 cents a ton for a period of 40 years. This he explained was the first overt act of what he described as the steel trust conspiracy." "But, Mr. Lamar, the purpose of this hearing is only to receive documen tary evidence. You may discontinue your argument, said Commissioner Harlan "If you have nothing further to offer to help this commission in its inauiry. we will consider that this

hearing is closed.- I building bow ocupJed bxth. RichLamar said he had no Information I mond Loan association and the Marexcept that brought out by congres- j tin and Runge Music Company, and

sional investigation.

Carranza s Name Goes On Wilson's Blacklist

WASHINGTON, March 4 The name of General Venusiano Carranza has been placed on the "blacklist" of the American government alongside that of Victoriano Huerta. The apparent eleventh houc repentance of the Constitutionalist leader in appointing a commission to investigate the rteath of William S. Benton, after demanding that all negotiations looking j to a complete inquiry must be coni ducted through him alone, will fail to restore him to the good graces of the administration, according to opinions expressed by high officials here today. It is the general belief that any examination made of the body of Ben - ton after the long delay caused by Carranza's effort to force recognition of his government will be fruitless. If he had permitted the international commission of investigation to proceed to Chihuahua at the time when it was ready to go, it is believed that an exhumation of the body would have shown clearly whether Benton was executed by a firing squad or murdered. , . ...... The Information given to President Wilson by' Sir Lionel Carden, the J3rlt-

Ibb minister to Mexico, will not a Iter I dominating factor in tne foreign arMesident Wilson's attitude of atca-1 fair, of the United States

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After the members of the state public utilities commission had briefly discussed the joint .lighting and power rate schedules which the Richmond municipal plant and the Richmond Light, Heat and Power company petitioned the commission to establish, approval was given to the petition and a ruling entered, that these rates should be effective from the first of March. City Attorney Bond who went to Indianapolis with Wilfred Jessup, representing the Light, Heat & Power company, to present the petition, said to-' day that only one member of the commission was not disposed at first to sanction the establishment of the new rate schedules, which provide an approximate reduction of 16 2-3 per cent because he is conscientiously opposed to the policy of giving rate reductions for prompt payment of bills, which plan is provided for the lighting service. In this member's opinion, Mr. Bond said, a penalty of depriving delinquent patrons of service should be provided. Other members, however, pointed out

J, B. MOORE LEAVES' SECRETARYP0SITI0I1 Assistant to Secretary Bryan, Dissatisfied With Mexican Policy, Hands in Resignation to Wilson.

REFUSES TO DISCUSS REASONS FOR STEP Rumored Official Has Repeatedly Expressed Dissat isfaction to President Over Handling of Situation. WASHINGTON, March 4. John Bassett Moore, assistant secretary of state, who has been handling the Mexican situation, today handed in his resignation . Mr. Moore tendered his resignation after a brief conference with President Wilson. His reasons for taking this action were not made public when the resignation was annuounced. It was believed, however, that he has been greatly dissatisfied with the management of the state departmnt by Sec retary of State Bryan and that he has

the presidentV j four years ago while a traveling repWhen he assumed office, Mr. Moore resentative of the F. & N. Lawnmower promised that he would remain until j company, of this city, had the police the first year of the administration ; ln neariy an the important western, had been concluded and now that that j central western and eastern cities time has passed Mr. Moore it is said, j Bearching for him with feverish activfeels that it is no longer encumbent j ity naa Deen reieased on parole from upon him to stay in office. ; the Indiana state prison at Michigan It is expected that President Wilson j clty and is now in Richmond with his will make a statement regarding the j family. It is understood a prominent situation in a short time. j Richmond man has secured employMr. Moore would make no comment , ment for him at Indianapolis, upon his resignation. j Piper's criminal career was brief "I prefer to let any statement in the Dut spectacular, and the nation-wide matter come direct from the Presi-, 8earch for him finally ended in Hartdent, said Mr. Moore. "I will remain 1 ford Conn., in February, 1909. after in Washington for the time being, but ne had successfully eluded for fonr will probably return to New York be- months the police in many cities, and fore long. I have not accepted any j Pinkerton and Burns detectives. He specific position." j was arrested in a Hartford bank as

KNODE BOYS BUILDING Announcement has been made that the two story brick building on North Ninth street, owned by Mrs. E. N. Gray has been sold to Oliver T. Knode a music dealer in North Eighth street. The purchase price for the property which has a twenty-three foot frontage has been withheld. It is underI stood that Mr. Knode will not move ', his music store from Eighth street to I his newly acquired property. The tenants in the second story flats.

The ambassador is said!secnre hi8vPar,e..or p!rdon' but. f,?r

ful waiting. to have told the president that Huerta is the strongesKman in Mexico today, but it is understood that he gave no evidence to contraB tion's belief that will have to retire. let the administralerta ultimately Interest today centered in a hearing called before the senate committee on , , i5 . A. . foreign relations in the stores of Pe - dro Del Villar and Cecilio Ocon, of Mexico. They are citizens of Mexico and are familiar with conditions in the southern republic, particularly in the region now controlled by the constl-! 1 tutionalists. The men volunteered to

appear before the committee. j Fogarty Favors Release. It is believed that the committee Warden Fogarty of the Indiana ultimately will declare for a more ag- state prison was a champion of Piper gressive policy in Mexico and other ! in his flght for liberty. Fogarty said foreign affairs. Senator Stone, of ; Piper had been a model prisoner and Missouri, who succeeded the late Sen- was deserving of "another chance." ator Bacon as chairman of the for- j His advocacy of Piper's cause, it is eign relations committee, is not in fa- j said, had great influence with the parvor of the conservative idea adopted ; don board. by former heads, and his aggressive Attorneys for Piper said today that

attitude is likely to have a marked effect outhe other members of the i committee and make that body a more

Light Schedule

to him that if the two local plants had to employ collectors to secure revenue from service It would be very expensive. Slight rate reductions had the tendency to make patrons meet their obligations promptly, they also told him. Finally he gave his consent to the petition. j Commenting on the action taken by the commission yesterday ln the local ease, the Indianapolis Star today says: The new rates established at Richmond probably will attract considerable attention over the state because the question of readjusting electric light rates is being considered in several cities just now. Under the new schedule at Richmond most domestic consumers will pay a net rate of 6 cents a kilowatt. The charge for current used for lighting, which also shall include that used in motors having less than twohorse power capacity: will be accord-' ing to the following schedule of rates: First fifty kilowatts, 7 cents a kilowatt; next 160 kflowmtta, fft- oeataj

PIPER OBTAINS

PAROLE f PENITENTIARY; VISITS FAMILY State Board Decides on Pardon At February Meeting But Keeps Action Under Cover. JOHN LONTZ FIGHTS RELEASE OF MAN Warden Fogarty Champions Piper's Cause on Ground of Giving Him Another Chance to Make Good. George M. Piper, whose sensational embeszling operations a little over he was in the act of cashing a fraudulent check for $00. Quickly Arrested. His arrest was brought about by a manufacturer who Piper bad asked to identify him. Before the check was ' cashed a bookkeeper at the factory . telephoned to the bank and told his employer that a telegram had been j received from the F. & N. company, giving notice that Piper was an embezzler and wanted in Richmond to answer such a charge. Piper was arraigned in the Wayne circuit court on a charge of embezzle ment preferred by the F. & N. company, and pleaded guilty. His speculations in different parts of the conn try have been estimated variously from $10,000 to $15,000, extending over a short period of time, during which time he lived like a prince. Piper's parole, which became effective March 1, was secured in the face of the vigorous opposition of John M. Lontz, president of the F. & N. company. In February, 1910, Piper was sentenced in the Wayne circuit court to an indeterminate sentence of from two to fourteen years. Lontz Fights Parole. After the expiration of the first two years of this sentence he began his fight through his local attorneys to j baiked by Mr, Lontz. who maintained iu jeaiB utti ruui is tine outtcsaiuiiv ' that Piper deserved drastic pnnish- ; ment for his offenses committed in various pans or me country. One of Piper's ttorneys stated today that the pardon board tentatively decided sixty days ago to parole Piper 1 and final action ln the case was taken j af he euary meen8 f the board, although this was not made public at ; the time and offlclals of the p & N. ' company were greatly surprised when informed that Piper had arrived in this city. The last protest filed by Mr. Lontz with the pardon board was in January. Six months before that a successful remonstrance against his ' ! release was Sled. i he had been wanted in Oregon, Wash ' ineton and Colorado to answer charees . of embezzlement, but these indict(Continued on Page Three)

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Grants

i next 800 kilowatts, 5 cents; all over 1,000 kilowatts, 4 cents. A discount of 1 cent a kilowatt will be given on all lighting bills which are paid before they become delinquent. A minimum charge of 50 cents a month will be made for each connection. The net charge rfor sixty-cycle alternating current used for power, which shall include nothing less than twohorse power in motors on one connection, will be according to the following schedule of power rates: First 500 kilowatts, 3 cents a kilowatt; next 500 kilowatts, 2 cents; next 2,000 kilowatts, ty cents; next 7,000 kilowatts, 2 cents; over 10,000 kilowatts, 1V4 cents. An additional charge of 20 per cent will be made for supplying direct current for, power. The city of Richmond shall pay . the municipal plant the sum of $11,000 for lighting the streets, public thoroughfares and parks during the year 1914, which amount shall be paid pro rata monthly; and shall also pay 3Va cents per kilowatt for current used by it for other Mghtbjg purposes. ,

DEMOCRATS ELECT 14 STATEDELEGATES Delegation Uninstructed At to Candidates on Ticket for Nomination of State Office.

FOURTEEN ON THE LIST Richmond Delegates Named inWards Spirit of Harmony Prevails in Selection of Men. Wayne township Democrats met last evening at the city building and elected fourteen delegates and alternates to the Democratic state convention to be held at Indianapolis, March 19. As was predicted no attempt was made to instruct the delegates for any of the candidates for nomination on the state ticket and the "new harmony" spirit was conspicuously in evidence. The other eleven delegates from the county were elected at township and joint township conventions, outside Wayne township, yesterday afternoon. All the delegates to the state convention from Richmond were elected by wards last night. Party members from the various wards held caucuses and then announced their selections to the state convention. The basis for representation at the state convention was one delegate and one alternate for each 150 votes cast for Governor Ralston at the last general election. The city delegates chosen last night and their alternates are the following: First Ward Henry Farwig and R. O. Allen delegates; Ed Fulle and Willard Dye, alternates. Second Ward Joshua Allen, delegate; and Alph Collett, alternate. Third Ward Douglas Kuth and M. W. Kelly, delegate; Lee Ashley and Walker Land, alternates. Fourth Ward A. W. Blickwedel and George Bayer, delegates; Henry Bode and Harry Sherman, alternates. Fifth Ward C. W. Caldwell and P. A. Reid, delegaees; A. H. Price and Isaac Burns, alternates. Sixth Ward August I. Hafner, ana C. O. Beck, delegates; Frank Macke and Charles Lyons, alternates. Seventh Ward Fred Krone and O. N. Garriott. delegates; Ed Dye and Ed Ellenberger, alternates. Eighth Ward John Kenney, delegate and D. D. Doyle, alternate. AFTER 2 DAYS WORK GUBLHOMLP AMOUIITSTO $21,012 Women Canvassing Teams Enthusiastic Over Results and Expect No Difficulty in Getting Sum.

Mrs. Dalbey $ 229.61 $ 275.00 Mrs. Bond .... 236.00 40.00 Miss Yeo 205.00 278.00 Mrs. Holton ... 106.00 365.60 Mrs. Benfeldt.. 87.00 10.00 Mrs. Hibberd .. 211.00 398.00 Mrs. Mayhew .. 127.00 140.00 Mrs. Roser .... 77.00 Miss Sweitzer. . 95.50 667.00 Mrs. Keisker .. 190.00 251.0 Mrs. Comstock. 441.00 248.00 Mrs. Hornaday. 190 00 80.00 Total 52,194.60 $2,752.50

With a total of $21,012 as the results of two afternoons' efforts, the team captains and workers of the Guest house campaign are well into the fight to raise the $30,000 sum. While today's results are not quite so large as those of the previous days a new ruling was made which took probably as much as $500 from the reports but will be included in those to come. , That the interest is not merely among the women of the city is shown by the fact that from 103 girls at the Indianapolis Glove Company a subscription of $83 was secured by Miss Yoe, one of the team captains. She reported that in the Richmond Underwear Co. the girls are making up a donation to be forwarded to the campaign committee but the amount has not been announced. The Richmond Underwear Company sent a gift of $500 to the committee that donation being. the largest single one of the day. The team captains and workers report that they encounter many handicaps in the soliciting of funds. In one place the workers said a person refused to contribute because she had heard that the Richmond Underwear Company had made the gift of $500 on the conditions that the girls work three days without wages. "That report is simply ridiculous." said Miss Margaret Starr, president of the Guest House auxiliary.. The women are making a systematic effort to thoroughly canvass the city and while many homes have been visited there will be no one missed by the - time the campaign closes Friday night. The largest report of the teams yesterday was from Mrs. Comstock's workers who turned in pledges which amounted to $441. Several pledges were over the $25 mark. The workers will meet again tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the Comemrcial Club rooms. HOUSTON RECOVERS WASHINGTON. March 4. Secretary of Agriculture Houston, who is suffering from an attack of grippe, showed marked improvement today and expects to return to his duties before tha end of the week."

GORDON COMES

10 LEAD WET OPTION FIGHT Editorial Writer Arrives Saturday to Assume Charge of Publicity Work of Liberal Element. NICHOLSON TO TELL ABOUT CONDITIONS Drys Expect Big Crowd At Tabernacle Tonight to Hear L. E. Allison Speak on Prohibition. That the three week option campaign in Richmond win be a lively one was assured today when liberal leaders announced that J. Bennett Gordon of Sioux City, Iowa, formerly a Richmond newspaper man, had been secured to conduct the publicity bureau of the wets. Gordon has the reputation of being one of the best editorial writera In the country and created a sen nation five years ago. during the Wayna county local option campaign by waging a vigorous fight for the wets through the columns of the local newspaper of which he was then editor. Much of the credit for their victory at that time was given Gordon by the liberals, and for that reason his services have been secured to handle the wet faction's publicity bureau during the present campaign. Mr. Gordon is expected to arrive ln Richmond Saturday or Sunday and will at once take change of the work assigned to him. Mr. Gordon since leaving Richmond has been editorial writer for the Indianaoolis Snn. Washington Times, Philadelphia Times and recently accepted a position with a newspaper in Sioux City. Remains Silent. S. Edgar Nicholson. leader of the drys in the coming local option campaign today refused to deny or affirm the report that the drys were securing the names of every voter in the city to ascertain names of those who have not paid thir poll tax. and had planned to challenge every voter who was delinquent. - I don't believe I care to say anvthing about that matter," said Mr. Nicholson. The Citizens' Committee having in charge the local option campaign for the drys has opened headquarter on the fourth floor of the Second National Bank building. William Macy will be in charge of the headquarters, although Chairman S. K. Nicholson, will spend part of his time in these rooms. Any calls for literature and Information about the dry campaign can be made to the headquarters. Expect Large Attendance. The drys expect a large attendance at the tabernacle tonight when L. K. Allison, a commercial traveler of Dayton, will speak. Chairman Nicholson expects to say some things this evening at the tabernacle about the situation here in Richmond and the conduct of the campaign. Election Cost $1,300. The Jocal option election to be held Tuesday. March 24, will be conducted, as the law provides, by th the county, but the city of Richmond will pay all costs Incident thereto. The estimate of the probable expense has not been officially made, but it will approximate $1,300 very closely, and there is little chance of It being carried on for less. There will be thirty voting precincts established, those provided at the general election to be unchanged at th local option election. The election boards will be made up of an Inspector, two judges, two clerks and ln addition there will be one or two sheriffs for each polling place. If precedent is followed, the Inspectors will be allowed three days' time at $2 a day; clerks and judge two days' time at S2 a day. and sheriffs two days' time at $1.50 a day. Tb rental of voting places will cost $5 eacb, if the usual conditions prevail, and meals to be served the election boards will co8t 40 cents each. Estimate Conservative. The printing of ballots and the furnishing of other supplies and the cost of transportation of voting booths to the various polling places will make up the balance of the expence. Those persons who have been figuring on the probable cost say that $1,300 is a conservative estimate. The county auditor, under the law. will certify to the city the detailed cost of the election at its conclusion, and the city will liquidate, the law going so far as to say that such payment shall be made out of any funds available without the necessity of a specific appropriation being made. The suggestion has been made that the cost of the election might be reduced considerably if members of the election board should serve without compensation, but this is not regarded as at all likely. If the dry forces should ask the men who they will designate to serve as judges and clerks to overlook the matter of pay for their services, the wets might follow suit, it was pointed out today by a man who thought he saw a chance for saving the city money. TURKISH SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH CONSTANTINOPLE. March 4. The Turkish soldiers who a few days ago attacked the daughters of Gn. Limon von Sanders, a German officer, were oourtmartlaled today, and shot.

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