Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 322, 23 November 1914 — Page 1

JRICHMOOT) VOL. xxxix! NO. 322. irr'nm RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY EVENINGNOVEMBER 23, 1914. SINGLE COPY. 2 CENTS

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WAYS OF LIVING FORM CHARACTER SAYS W. D. COLE

Speaker at Y. M. C. A. Theatre Meeting Asks How Men Spend Money and Hours of Leisure Time. URGES SELF CONTROL Economy Ranks First as Trait Which Adds Strength to Quality of Manhood and Wisdom. "Enonomv the nlnln hnmolv ovcrv. ! ay virtue and self-control are the two great Qualities of life." declared Dr. waiter D. Cole, pastor of the High Street M. E. church of Springfield.! yesterday afternoon at a Y. M. C. A. pien's meeting in the Gennett theatre, i "Tell me how a man spends his . tnoney and how he spends the fragments of his time, the small change of his hours when he is not working, and I will tell you what will become of him nl what his success in life will be," pr. Cole said. The speaker pleased an audience of men which filled the lower floor of the theatre. His address was "The Rejectad Stone," which he was compelled to cut In half because of lack of time. Enemy Make Noise. "Wo have come here to fight the nemy and the enemy is not nearly bo strong as we would think by the tioise he makes," the speaker said. "The erection of the tabernacle at Jerusalem furnishes us with a story partly history and partly tradition. The materials were collected, the ceders from the forests of Lebanon, the stone from the quarries, and every piece fitted and inspected before the ; blow of a hammer was heard putting up the tabernacle. There were three Inspectors. One carried a plumb. Everything he inspected must be plumb or it would be rejected. Another carried a square with which every piece must conform. The third had a level to see that all the parts were level. "The inspector with the plumb came upon a piece of stone in the quarries Which was unlike anything else he had Been. The workman had produced something of singular beauty and yet when the inspector used his instrum-j ments, he found it was not plumb. It was smaller at the bottom than at the top. He called the other inspectors. They found it was not square and one fcurfactJ of it curved so that it was not level. Think of Stone. "The inspectors had their specific ! directions but they disliked to reject! the stone because of its beauty. Theyi did reject it and soon it was forgotten. I The tabernacle was erected and work , on the arch started a few days before the dedication. The workmen could not complete the arch. They needed a stone wider at the top than at the bottom with a curved surface. Then the inspectors remembered the stone they had cast out and the hands that threw it away, restored it and it fitted. "Why do we reject any thing? If it Is for form, what is the manner of form? If for quality, what is the standard of quality? Society has its standards. Man says, 'How does it look? God says, 'What is its character? "What is its essence?' You cannot always tell by the looks of a man what is inside him. "If it is a question of quality, the first characteristic or trait I mention is economy. A foolish man spends his jnoney foolishly. A wise man spends liis money wisely. A wicked man upends his time in the barrel house. A wise one spends his time at night Fcfaooi or at the Y. M. C. A. studying a good companionship. "The second quality is self control. It 1b one of the finest attributes of the highest type of manhood. To have the organ of reason dominating over every passion and every desire and inclination, is manhood. The ambition to make a living is a low one. It is the business of every animal. The ambition to make a life, is a high and worthy ambition."

"BLOODY ANGLE" SCENE OF FURIOUS STRUGGLE ALLIES AND GERMANS BATTLE AT OISE AND AISNE

BY FRANKLIN P. MERRICK, 6taff Correspondent the International News Service. PARIS, Nov. 23. The "Bloody Angle," that elbow of land bounded by the junction of the Oise and Aisne rivers, has again been the scene of furious fighting in which the allies were on the offensive. That region marks the point where Ihe German lines line nearest to Paris nnd It is also the apex of the German wedge upon French soil. Heavy French artillery has been bombarding the German trenches north of Soissons and some of the German works have been destroyed. Farther to the north, in the vicinity of Yypres, there has also been a renewal of activity, despite the near-zero weather which is prevailing in west Flanders. The Germans seem to have made a shift of troops in that vicinity and have resumed their cannodale with great violence. Shell Positions. The sound of llring off the Belgian roast was reported from Dunkirk. This Vras probably British and French warPhips shelling the German positions, but the report stated that the timbre of the firing was such as to indicate that the artillery of one side was being answered by that of the other. All agree that the Germans have fnounted a great number of heavy (ems along the northern coast of Bel

GERMANS TAKE 3 RUSS TOWNS Teutons Again Rush Fight Within 30 Miles of War-saw.

BY FREDERICK WERNER, Staff Correspondent of International News Service. BERLIN, Via Amsterdam, Nov. 23. Steadily pressing forward south of the Weischel (Vistula) river, the German forces in Russian Poland have captured the towns of Lowicz, Debske and Rozlaslow, according to a semi-official dispatch received here from 'the front early today. These three towns are on the Bzura river. Rozlazlow is only thirty-one miles weBt of Warsaw. News of the capture of Lowicz, which 1b on the south bank of the Bzura, indicates that the Germans have crossed that stream in force. Lowicz is an important railroad point, two lines from there running to Warsaw. One line runs through Skierniwice, the other through Socharzew, just across the Bzura from Roslazlow. Debsko and Roslazlow are on the second line mentioned and are located on the north bank of the Bzura. Their capture gives the Germans control of the railroad up to the bridge between Rozlazlow and Socharzew. STEAM EXPLOSION ROUTS JLEEPY MEN Twenty-Eight Flee From City Hall Basement When Furnace Strikes. Twenty-eight homeless men, cheerful for the time being from the soothing heat of the furnace in the basement of the city building, had stretched themselves out for a trip to a land of dreams where money grew on trees, work was tabooed and banquets served everyone three times a day. Some had just begun to snore when "Bang." It was a terrifying noise. The detonation shook the big building and there was a wild dash on the part of the city's boarders up the basement stairs ot the first floor. Some fell down and were trampled upon. The stampede was not checked until the men reached the front sidewalk. There the men saw that the building had not been blown down so they hurriedly, although somewhat timidly, re-entered, where they met another group of somewhat startled policemen and firemen. The return pipe valve in the heating plant boiler went on a ctrike last night and when the steam reached the sixty pound pressure mark it blew off with a crash like a German seige gun. Some of the men who fled from the basement were attired only in their underwear. None were more than half dressed and nearly all of them had their socks off. Today it was necessary to heat the city building with the natural gas fire places. PROMINENT FARMER DIES AT GETTYSBURG NEW PARIS, O., Nov. 23 J. Grant Hawley, 46, a prominent farmer living near Gettysburg died yesterday of typhoid fever. Mr. Hawley was a member of the Preble County Fair board and was active in all progressive movements in the county and township. He leaves a widow, a 16-year-old son, two brothers, Dr. C. A. Hawley, New Paris, W. A. Hawley, Gettysburg, and a sister, Mrs. B. F. Wherley, Wayne county. Services will be held at 1 o'clock Wednesday. TRAIN HITS AUTO; 2 KILLED, 3 HURT PATOKA. Ind., Nov. 23. J. W. Bruner and his daughter Louise, were killed and three other members of the family are suffering from serious injuries as the result of an automobile driven by Bruner being struck here by a passenger train. gium between Ostend and the Dutch frontier, with their muzzles pointing to sea. These cannon have been placed behind barricades which were erected under fire from the warships off the coast. The works were constructed with considerable loss of life. Transport Guns. It was undoubtedly the intention of the Germans to mount a wall of steel all along the Belgian coast to prevent the allies from landing their troops at any point. The task of transporting the heavy Krupps to the coast and mounting them has been carried on the most difficulties. Rain has turned the roads to deep Quagmires and a cold wave had driven down from the North Sea. The artillery horses gave out and the traction engines were so heavy that they were continuously stalled in the mud. At some points for mile after mile the artillery men crawled forward, working night and day, over corduroy constructed roads ahead of the guns. PURPLE PICKS LEADER. fBY LEASED WIRE.! EVANSTON, 111.. Nov. 23 Austin W. Stromberg, .center for two years on Northwestern university football team, has been chosen captain of the 1915 Purple eleven.

GERMANS RUSH FRESH TROOPS INTO FLANDERS Mass Heavy Artillery Between Bruges and Courtrai to Smash Resistance of Allies Lines.

BUILD FRESH DYKES Thousands of Teutons Pass Through Thielt on Way to Reinforce Dixmude or Ypres Front. ROTTERDAM, Nov. 23. Reinforcements of infantry, cavalry and artillery are passing through Belgium to strengthen the German army in West Flanders. The invaders have thrown up a strong line of trenches, behind the front, all the way from the Dutch border through Bruges to the coast. Between Bruges and Courtrai the invaders have massed a large amount of heavy artillery. The Germans believe that the fresh troops which have been on the way to the front will be sufficient to break through the allies line notwithstanding the fact that new forces are recruits and have never been under fire. Move Througn Thielt. It is reported from Sluis that thousands of German reinforcements are in motion through Thielt, on their way to reinforce either the Dixmude or the Ypres front. The Germans have commandeered an immense amount of meat tq feed these troops. A detatchment of German engineers and sappers have arrived at Desnep, north of Roulers, to take up the work of building fresh dykes and bridges in the inundated region between Dixmude and Nieuport and to drain the land. From Ghent it is reported that large detatchments of cavalry from Brunswick have passed through there for the west. German soldiers are actively engaged at Meirelbeck near Ghent, building aeroplant hangars for the aviation camp at Knesselaere. Two hundred workmen from the Kiel naval wharf have arrived at Zeebrugge to put together submarine parts which are being transported there from Germany. BANKS RELEASE XMAS ACCOUNTS IN THREE WEEKS Citizens With New Savings System Accumulate $210.000 for Use in Holiday Shopping. BUSINESS TO BOOM Merchants Expect Wave of Prosperity After Dec. 15 When Banks Put Money in Circulation. More than four thousand citizens of Richmond will share in $210,000 to be placed in circulation December 15, by the First and Second National banks, which will release the Christmas saving funds three weeks from today. It is estimated that more than half of the money will be turned into commercial channels within two weeks after it is released, creating a temporary wave of prosperity. The remainder, it is believed, will be left in the banks as savings accounts. The banks estimate that twenty-five per cent of the families in Richmond will be benefited by the Christmas savings funds. There are more than 5,500 accounts held by 4,000 persons whi will receive checks ranging from $12 to $65, the larger accounts being in the majority. Business conditions caused the banks to receive many applications for withdrawals earlier. Although against the rules of the savings accounts, -the banks allowed many persons to take their money out for immediate use. Funds Will Help. The money will be spent for Christmas presents, clothing or useful articles in some cases, but the checks will go into many families where the provider has been out of work for some time, and will furnish cash to pay up grocery and fuel bills and relieve temporarily an unknown amount of hardship. Bankers say that the Christmas savings plan has brought to the bank hundreds of persons who never had savings accounts before. Men, women and many children are included on the Christmas account books in the banking institutions. The banks announced that they will open Christmas saving accounts the third week in December for next year. The Dickinson Trust company and the Union National bank have similiar plans under consideration. Open New Accounts. The same plan will be used next year, the one, two and five-cent cards, Increasing, or decreasing each week at the option of the holder. Straight payment plans in which 25 cents, 50 cents and $1 payments are made weekly will also be available. Merchants say that they are holding many of their accounts until the sending out of the Christmas savings funds to men who have been out of work. Quite a number of families stopped paying on the Christmas funds in September, but those who have successfully passed that time have continued to keep up their payments. There were fewer delinquents In the past month than either bank expected.

TEUTON GANNONS DRIVE CRUISERS FROM COAST British Warships Retreat from Belgian Shore Germans Make Gains in Argonne Region of France, Capturing Prisoners Situation in East Prussia Unchanged Turkish Troops Reach Suez Canal

BULLETIN. BERLIN, (Via Wireless) Nov. 23. It was officially admitted here today that English aviators had made an attack on the Zeppelin works at Friederichshafen. The following statement was given out by the of flea I German news bureau "A special dispatch from the Zurich correspondent says that the British aviators who failed in their attack on the Zeppelin factory at Friederichshafen, flew over Swiss territory." BY FREDIERICK WERNER, Staff Correspondent of International Newsservice. BERLIN, Nov. 23. The utmost confidence was expressed at the war office today that the result of the battles now raging in Poland would be a decisive victory for the Germans and Austrians and would settle the fate of the Russian campaign. Vienna added to the general confi dence here with a declaration that the Austrian and German allies were con- j tinuing their attack successfully. News . that heavy battles are in progress west i of the Dunajecriver in Galicia shows the tremendous extent of the territory involved in the struggle. Battles are also going on on the Carpathians. In addition to their successful ad-' vance to the Suez canal, the Turks also report progress in the direction of Batoum, the important Russian port on the Black Sea. They say that all j the territory between the Turkco-Rus- j sian border and the River Tschuruk is in their hands, and that their army in the southern part of the territory,, has captured Artwin. Drive Off Warships. That warships, which recently resumed their bombardment of the German positions along the Belgian coast, have been driven off by the German artillery and that the Germans are making gains in the Argonne region of France, capturing trenches there, are ARMY FROM MEXICO UNDER UNORDERS Flag Hauled Down at Vera Cruz and Soldiers Leave Shores of Revolt-Torn Republic. BY LEASED WIRE. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. With all arrangements for the evacuation of Vera Cruz perfected, the Washington administration today awaited news from General Funston that his troops had left the Mexican nort. had left the Mexican port. Under the instructions of President Wilson, the American commander was to haul down the Stars and Stripes which have been flying over Vera Cruz since last April, and with his six thousand infantry marines hurry aboard the transports that have been waiting to bring the troops back to the United States. Over-night advices from Mexico showed the situation there even more confusing that heretofore, but these did not alter the determination of this government to withdraw the troops. In the evacuation of the port, President Wilson and his advisors were careful not to recognize any faction in Mexico, and General Funston acted under blanket instructions merely to leave the city, bringing with him all Mexicans and other refugees who cared to go. The five battleships at' Vera Cruz and Tampico and the cruisers on the west coast will remain indefinitely, ready to answer any call for protection of American and other foreigners. The embarkation of six thousand American troops upon eight transports began early today, and it is expected that by the middle of the afternoon the evacuation of Vera Cruz will be complete. General Candido Aguilar and several thousand Carranza troops are awaiting a few miles west of Vera Cruz to occupy the city as soon as all the American soldiers have em bark. The marines were to take separate transports for Philadelphia, while the soldiers were to go to Texas City and Galveston. The money received at the custom house by the Americans, which amounts to more than a million dollars, is being brought to Galveston and will be held by the war department. General Funston, upon his arrival at Galveston, will have the choice of relieving General Bliss in the south or going to Chicago. Secretary Garrison expects that in view of his long absence from the United States, General Funston will prefer the northern post. Should General Funston go to Chicago, General Bell will relieve General Bliss, who will come to Washington as assistant to the secretary of war. The departure of the Americans was mourned today by thousands of Mexicans as a calamity. Many would liked to have seen the United StateB soldiers kept there until peace is established throughout the republic. The departure of American troops in these regions does not mean that rowdyism will run rife at an early period at least. It is evidently tbe intention of General Carranza to make Vera Cruz his capital, and this may result in the town being attacked by the Vilaistas ultimately. In case this happens the frowning guns of the American warships will tend to conserve the peace in the city that has been in the hands of the Americans for more than fifteen month.

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the chief points brought out by an official statement issued at the Belin war offilce today. It was as follows: "Headquarters reports that fighting continues on the Nieupor-Ypres front. Small British squadrons which reached the coast were driven off by our artillery. The British naval guns had no effect. "We are gaining ground in the Argonne forest slowly but surely. We are gradually taking trenches and points of support, capturing prisoners daily. A reconnoitering expedition against our position east of the Moselle was made ineffective by a counter attack. TURKS NEAR SUEZ. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 23. Via Berlin and Amsterdam. According to anofficial announcement made here, Turkish troops have reached the Su3z canal, and fighting is going on between the Ottoman and British forces between Katasa and Teatebe, thirty kilometers (18.5 miles) east of the canal, near Kantara. ADVANCE IN POLAND. VIENNA Via Berlin and Amsterdam, Nov. 23. It is officially announced here that the Austro-German aries in Poland are steadily gaining ground, having driven all the Russians south of the Zreniawa river, back across that stream, with heavy losses, and that the Austrian successes in Servia continue.

GERMANS RENEW ATTACK. PARIS, Nov. 23. Shells hurled upon Ypres by the German artillery have set fire to the famous cathedral og St. Martin, the noted Halles, or Cloth hall, and numerous houses, according to an official statement issued here this afternoon. It states that the Germans are directing their attacks against Ypres, against Soissons and against Rheims. In the Argonne region three attacks made by the Germans have been repulsed. CLUBS START SEAL SALES TO FINANCE WHITE PLAGUE WAR Mrs. Walter Bates and Mrs. Ed. Schalk Will Direct Corps of Workers in City Territory. Distribution of red cross seals is practically completed by the Wayne County Anti-Tuberculosis society, the campaign for selling them opening 17i.i1air in all nQftc rf thtfk t t C The . v . , appearance of the stamps on the backs o letters and on parcels is becoming more frequent. No reports as to the amount of sales have been made. The Wayne county society has adopted the state slogan, 'Ten seals per capita." Mrs. Walter Bates and Mrs. Schalk will have direct charge of the sale of Red Cross seals by the club women of Richmond. The Domestic Science association and other members of the federation of clubs, will handle practically all stamps sold in the city while the schools will be counted on fot most of the county seals. "Each Red Cross Seal sold is a bullet in the fight against the disease." said S. FX Bond, county sales agent. "Every cent is utilized. The committee will retain seventy-five per cent of all seals sold in the county to be used in the local work. "When you buy a Red Cross Seal you not only help the community sufferers but indirectly assist the big Red Cross organization in its work in the battle field. In Indiana for three years the state has been organized until today in nearly every county and township there are organizations selling seals. "Last year Richmond was 14th in the procession in the amount of seals Hold. We certainly do not want with all our wealth and culture, and sentiment of response to fall below this figure, which means that towns of five or six thousand have sold more seals than Richmond." AUXILIARY OPENS. BY LEASED WIRE. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 23. The building trades department, one of the four big auxiliary divisions of the American Federation of Labor, opened its convention here this morning with President Thomas Williams of Pittsburg, in the chair. There were about sixty delegates in attendance. Jurisdictional disputes will form the chief subjects for discussions. The Weather INDIANA Fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday. TEMPERATURE. Noon 40 Yesterday. Maximum 38 Minimum 13 W. E. MOORE'S FORECAST. LOCAL CONDITIONS Fair tonight and Tuesday. GENERAL CONDITIONS The remarkable spell of fair weather is due to a rapid succession of areas of high barometric pressure. A severe storm occurred yesterday . at Sioux Ste. Marie, Michigan, on Lake Huron.

ST. FRANCIS PUPILS PRESENT MUSICALE WITH GREAT TALENT Musical Training and Drill in Public Speaking: . Richly Exemplified by Pupils' of St. Andrew's. An interesting event in the musical life of the city, and an enjoyable affair, was the musical given last evening in St. Andrew's auditorium by the pupils of St. Andrew's school, under the direction of the Sisters of St. Francis, which was attended by the general public, the large hall being filled. The program, published in Saturday evening's Palladium, waa carried out in full, and included dramatic readings and illustrated songs, with recitations, as well as musical numbers, the former giving variety to the entertainment and displaying much amateur talent. From a musical standpoint the recital was significant in showing the careful training the pupils of St. Andrew's school receive and which has been instrumental in having an educational foundation for musical appreciation which gives support to our May Festivals and other musical institutions of the city, and which has given Richmond some of its best known musicians. Show Careful Drill. Not only was the musical phase made apparent but the discipline the young performers are subjected to in

making a public appearance, their exits, entrances and reception of the applause given them being admirable and made with all the eclat, even among the youngest, of seasoned proi fessionals. Especially was this demonstrated in the piano solo by a very little girl. Miss Virginia Buche. whose appearance and performance were given great applause. The two most ambitious numbers, musically, were given by Miss Eva Aubin and Mrs. C. E. Hayes, the former's interpretation of the Grieg and Heller numbers in which she appeared, being full of expression, and Mrs. Hayes giving a vivacrious exhibition of piano playing in Mendelsshon's "Rondo Capriccoso," and Rachmaninoff's "Prelude." Recitations Score. The recitations given by boys and girls made distinct hits, Joseph Grothaus in "Little Willie's Hearing," Magdalene Maibach in "Guilty or Not Guilty," and Ralph Austerman in "The Mustard Plaster," being given in fine voice. Miss Elizabeth Kettman, in "Just Like Grandma," a costume song, was one of the successes of the evening. ' The compositions by A. M. Virgil, In which Miss Maibach, Master Alfred Phenis, Miss Dorothy Gegan appeared, were given effective interpretations by the young musicians and the two piauo numbers, given by Mrs. Hayes, Miss Ramler, Miss Aubin and Miss Oberle was played in excellent musical form. "Pretty Little Violet." a part song, given by little girls who included Misses Pfeiffer, Kettmann, Maag, Kutter, Aubin and Kutter, dressed in white with little flower bonnets, received a prolonged encore and another success was a piano number given by Misses Maibach, Gegan and Smith at one piano with Master Prenis and Carl Pfeiffer and Miss Helen Pfeiffer at the other. The opening number given by a large chorus of little girls, displayed a fine appreciation of rhythm and for ensemble effects, the same chorus singing in the closing number, a pantomine illustrating "Home Sweet Home," in which the principals were Mrs. Hayes, Miss Oberle, Miss Piening, Miss Lichtenfels, Miss Ramler and Miss Aubin. TRAIN ADDS TWO. SAGINAW, Mich., Nov. 23 A Michigan Central train crashed into an automobile here Sunday killing R. McLean and William Hatton and injuring five other persons in the car.

Notables View Films to be Flashed Here WASHINGTON OFFICIALS MARVEL BELGIAN VIEWS WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 23. The European war pictures taken by E. F. Weigle, staff photographer of the Chicago Tribune, -vere exhibited at the National Press club before the most notable gathering in the club's history. A large delegation of army and navy officers, attached to the general staff of both branches of the service in Washington, as well as several heads of departments, were present at the exhibition. The whole force of Washington correspondents, representing the leading daily papers not only in the United States but Europe, were also in attendance. Commend Daring Photographer. Both military men and newspaper men were surprised at the success of the exhibition. Mr. Weigle is personally known to many Washington writers, all of whom followed his-exploits in Europe with much interest. The daring and success of the young photographer were commended by all. E. Havenith, the Belgian minister, was unable to attend because of illness. Rene A. M. Van Crombrugge, chancellor of the Belgian legation, was one of the guests at the exhibition. Mr. Van Crombrugge declared that it was the most wonderful reproduction of actual events he ever had seen. Other guests of the evening included former Governor Yates of Illinois, and the members of the Illinois utilities commission. Plight of Refugees Shown. After the display closed it was heard on all sides that the most impressive thing about it all was the, sad plight of' Belgian refugees. The need of these unfortunate people was apparent in practically every picture. It was fully as outstanding in its clearness as the bravery of the Belgian soldiers on the battlefield.

These pictures will be shown here under the auspices of The Palladium and the receipts will be used to give poor children of Richmond a Christmas treat.

CLUB ABANDONS EFFORT TO GET LOW FIRE RATE Robbins Informs Eggemeycr of City's Inability to Meet Demands of Sellers Insurance Bureau.

FINANCES TOO LOW Mayor Points to Cost of Aerial Truck and Increased Number of Firemen as Prohibitive. Efforts to reduce fire insurance rates for business houses and other property within the fire limits of Richmond by having tbe city of Richmond advanced from fire insurance class three to class two were temporarily abandoned today when Mayor Robbins Informed George H. Eggemeyer, chairman of the insurance committee of the Commercial club, that the city could not afford to comply with two of the requirements of the state bureau, the purchasing of a motor-driven aerial ladder truck and the increase of the fire department by the appointment of five additional firemen. Mayor Gives Reasons. Mayor Robbins pointed out to Mr. Eggemeyer that appropriations for next year have already been made. A new truck would cost about $12,000 while the salaries of tbe five new firemen would amount to $4,200. Mayor Robbins also stated that it was extremely doubtful if such expenses could be provided for in 1915 if the city's income that year was no greater than what it will be next year. f they were authorized for 1916, the mayor thought, it would be necessary to provide a slight increase in the city tax rate, which is now $1.10 on the $100 valuation. Mr. Sellers, chief of the state underwriter's fire insurance bureau, in a letter written to Mayor Robbins Oct. 24 and made public for the first time today, listed six requirements to advance the city into class two, which would result in the following approximate rate reductions: Brick mercantile buildings, 13 per cent. Contents of brick mercantile buildings (average), 5 per cent. Frame mercantile buildings and contents, 8 per cent. Agreement Expiree in '15. In concluding his letter Mr. Sellers states: "Kindly bear in mind that the conditions and agreement as specified on the part of this bureau are void at the expiration of one year from date, (October 24, 1914) unless extended by special endorsement." The requirements specified in Mr. Sellers' communication to the mayor are as follows: First A 75 or 85 foot motor-driven ladder truck, to replace the present service truck, -which is to be held in reserve. The new truck to be manned by six men, four to be taken from the present service truck and two additional provided. Second Provide three additional firemen, one to be placed on No. I hose wagon and the other two on No. 2 hose wagon. Third An ordinance requiring all overhead wires, except trolley wires, in the congested districts to be placed underground, the work to begin within six months from the date of the passage of the ordinance and to be completed within two years after Its passage. Fourth An ordinance governing the storage of explosives and volatile oils. Fifth An ordinance requiring firemen to make frequent and regular inspections of buildings. Sixth An ordinance requiring policemen to render assistance at fires. An effort to compel all wires within the fire district to be placed under(Continued on Page Eight.)

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