Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 47, 5 January 1915 — Page 1

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FRENCH CAPTURE ALSACE' TOWN WHILE POLISH TOWN FALLS INTO CONTROL OF HINDENBURG'S ARMY Steinbach Destroyed and French Artillery Hammers Away at Sennheim on Railway Leading to Muelhausen Infantry Attacks in Belgium Continue.

GERMANS BLOW UP FRENCH TRENCH NEAR LILLE

Near St Georges the Allies Gain Part of Invaders' Trenches Operations in Sand Dunes Near Nieuport Successful Ships Bombard Zerbrugge.

BY FRANKLIN P. MERRICK, Staff Correspondent The International News Service. PARTS, Jan. 6. The great battle line la the western theatre of war has extended until the lower end of it now touches the Swiss frontier near Zept. while the northern extremity, lying on the North Sea, east of Nieuport, is75 miles away. Official dispatches state that the ; Germans lying east of Sennheim, in upper Alsace, have been delivering counter attacks in an effort to recap ture lost ground, but nil were repulsed .ie repuiRtu. et.in,,nv, i, i j v.. lerv fire and the French aro nn.O hnH. i lng the energies to take Sennheim, which lies upon the railway leading to Meulhausen. Bombard German Lines. French artillery has bten mounted unon the rcntlv rntiir.H holohtc tinrthooat nf fit.inhii a ha i man lines at Cernay are being vigorously bombarded. The French line has nnw viii.v.. ; soum irom AitKircn to precent the uermans irom trying a rianking operation. From the southern foothills of the osges the battle front lies east of ;

GERMANS REJOICE AT SUBMARINE FEAT AND CAPTURE OF B0RJIN0W IN POLAND

BY FREDERICK WERNER, Staff Correspondent The International News Service. BERLIN, Jan. 5 (By Wireless). Germany Is jubilant today as a result of official announcements that the British battleship Formidable was sunk by a German submarine, and that j the Polish town of Borjinow has been take by the German troops. The subMarine escaped. German naval experts declare the submarine's feat is further evidence that England's supremacy on the sea is seriously menaced, while military experts assert that the fall of Borjinow is of great importance in the campaign against Warsaw. Holds Key to Warsaw. The town lies nearly four miles east of the confluence of the Bzura and Rawka rivers and commands a direct highway from Lowicz to Warsaw. After it was captured by the Germans, the Russians made seven attacks in an attempt to recapture the town, but all were repulsed. From the position they now occupy the Germans command a wide sweep of the surrounding las been I BUM FORGES NAME TO CHECK FOR FARE Police Get Man Whom Mrs. Foulke Gave Money for Ticket Home. Mrs. William Dudley Foulke, in a spirit of pity for a man who called at the Foulke home yesterday and related a hard luck story, gave him a check, made payable to C. W. Elmer, city ticket agent for the Pennsylvania lines, for the purpose of purchasing ticket to Detroit, where, he said, his Wife and children were on the verge of starvation. Today this man, who gave his name r.s Elmer Shields, is slated at police j headquarters on a charge of obtaining ; money under false pretenses, while i his confederate, who first said his j name was Elkins then corrected himself by asserting his name was C W. Elmer. Is slated on a charge of for-1 pery, the police asserting that he t'org-; fd Mr. Elmer's name to the check. i After Mrs. Foulkes generosity had Tieen imposed upon by the crook she telephoned to Mr. Elmer telling him hat a man would present a check made payable to him and that he ; nhould secure a ticket to Detroit for ; Tilm, place him on the train and turn the ticket over to the conductor. Hut i fke man failed to appear at the Pennfplvania station. Eater, after the banks ad closed, the police were informed that two men had been attempting to pass a check at two or three saloons. Officer Voirplsnne: found thpm ami

Tlaced them under arrest. j Foulke through Spain in 1872, when Elkins, alias "C. W. Elmer." asserts I that country was in the throes of a that he had a right-to sign the name ! revolution and brigandage was ramof Elmer to the check because that, is i Pant, is one of the very many inter-

jhis name, and that he thought the I check was made out to him. PROPRIETOR FAILS TO SHOW ASSAULT Leslie Miller, against whom a fharge or assault and battery had been ! iiieu uy i-iarm smuens, proprietor of a Iiegro "club room," was acquitted of -the charge in circuit court. Evidence Showed that Miller had not struck fiklllens but had been forcibly ejected from the "club," and that Skillens

lidu eppearance. He stated that he had : purchased drinks at tthe club" although the club has no 1lrnR tn ii I fc - v .-v., i flUOF

Mt him over the head with a cuspidor. travelers was a quite frequent- occurWilier presented a very battered usance. In some places the hiahwavs

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Thann, through Steinbach southward through Aspach and Eglyn, near Altkirch to a point near Zept. British warships are again bombarding the German lines on the North seacoast of Belgium. The water tower at Zeebrugge, the new Gorman base, has been demolished. Heavy volumes of smoke can be seen on the Holland frontier arising from Duinbergen, between Heyst and Knocke. and it is l"" l.d ttUU. 11 " ' S 3 DurmnOFFICIAL STATEMENT. PARIS. Jan. 5. French lnfantrv at- ,,!, i , , . - uavo ueeu resumed in ueieium aud .nave resulted successfully in the sand dunes before Nieuport. The the vicinity of St. Georges the French have gained at various points from two to five hundred yards, capturing part of the German trenches. uiwumuy an- """ eittieiueu. issueo. nere this afternoon. It also stated that the Germans . had blown up a French trench near thp T.illo Tifp-hwov qt,h Vinrl 7T L..L" r mijiuicii il, uul tua l mier it was re captured. In Alsace the French have fortified i the eronnd nineri nn th rMH fi-m Thann to Cernay and have maintained j their progress. country, and their advance upon Warsaw will be greatly facilitated. News from the Galicia theatre of war as conveyed in the Austrian official reports is more reassuring than it has been for several days past. The eF: ! ausbiuub iu ureaK mrouga : their lines west and northwest of Gor lice were defeated with heavy losses to the attacking troops. During this fighting the Austrians took by storm the heights south of Gorlice after a violent conflict, and captured 850 prisoners. Reports from the Turkish allies two, j show that the Russians are suffering heavy losse in both men and munitions of war. Ottoman troops captured two Russian military trains between Sari Kamysh and Kars and then destroyed the railroad. The Turks won a decisive victory at Sari Kamysh and have taken two thousand prisoners, eight cannon and thirteen machine guns since Christams, together with large quantities of ammunition and provisions. ELECT ATJT. PAUL'S Church Members Make W. F, Miller, Eldei. Officers elected by the St. Paul's Lutheran church last night will be installed Sunday morning. The following were chosen. William F. Miller, elder, Edwin Deitmeyer, trustee, Henry Kimm and Paul Benfeldt, deacons. An auditing committee will examine the financial accounts of the church this week. The report will be read at the installation. The committee on the German-Indian missionary relief h t h j . ' vl"Jl 1 mBnl ; tnat $4.25 had been sent to that; ueiu ior reiier worK. - - . ' rtiiiiiiiinHinumtmiiiinminM

Spanish Adventure On Honeymoon Trip Narrated by William Dudley Foulke.

One of a Series of Articles on Unique Experiences Richmond People.

Prepared by W. rs::::::: b An incident of the wedding journey Mr. and Mrs. William Dudley of estlnS experiences which Mr. Foulke relates. "Almost as interesting." he puts it, "as the time I was second in a duel on an island off the coast of Panama. But that is another story." "It was in Spain in 1872, more than forty years ago," Mr. Foulke Baid. "Spain is a very unprogressive country, and yet today is in many ways quite different from the Spain of 1872 Today-order is preserved and the high ways are generally safe. At that time there were insurrections and disturbances everywhere; brigandage was vuiuiiiuii. iui 1 v hiiii iriiiriiMr ni ! were broken, down and you had to travel, on horseback and ford rivers i TTv - mt. .-J Za ' .J - ...... v. t. v j, inuuft 11,0 tuau w na a ycrpss to mark the place where some J"

RICHMOND, IND.,

KRON PRINZ WILHELM SINK8 FOUR VESSELS LAS PALM AS, Canary Islands, Jan. 5 Continuing Its daring raids In the Atlantic, the German converted cruiser Kron Prinz Wllhelm has sunk four more vessels owned by French and British conoerns, the Bellevue, Montagel, the Bretnage and Union, The crews of these ships were brought here today by the German steamer Otabl. The Bellevue and Montagel were steamers and the other two vessels were sailing ships. The Kron Print Wllhelm Is the former North German Lloyd liner, which was converted Into a cruiser after the war broke out. Her last known sailing port was New York. WILSON UNABLE TO MAKE TALK TO DEMOCRATS White House Informs Kern of Rejection of Invitation Extended by Admirers in Richmond. President Wilson will be unable to speak in Richmond during the few mintues his train will stop here Friday, according to a dispatch received at the Indiana Democratic headquarters at Indianapolis. Senator Kern, in response to a personal letter written him by Postmaster Beck, asked the president if it would ' v . . .. ue vemeiu lor mm u step to me rear platform of the train and say a wu,u" lu county uemucrats in Richmond. The Indiana senator was informed that the president wo,,m ha ,ir,a,,0 Bn would be unable to do bo. i Postmaster Beck has not receved an answer from Senator Kern, but expects a letter tomorrow. The dispatch to Indianapolis was sent by wire. Another dispatches says Senator Shively will be unable to accompany the president to Indianapolis, because of important business engagements in Washington. BECK SEES DEFEAT FOR SALARY SLASH IW-. c n uduhobici uajis vuiigicsa men Will Never Consent to Proposed Cuts. Postmaster Beck predicted today that the bill In congress to reduce the salaries of postmasters in line with the postmaster general's scheme to reduce expenses, would be badly defeated. The postmaster was Included in the proposed cut. His salary now Is $3,300 and the department bill plac?3 the proposed new salary at $3,000. This is based on the business of post-1 offices which take in annually from $40,000 to $160,000. His present salary of $3,300 is based on' the annual j postoffice income of $80,000 or more. The postoffice now does an annual J business of more than $90,000. Fourteen years ago it passed the $40,000 i mark and the salary of Perry Free- j man, then postmaster, was made $3,200. Although the business has more than doubled in fourteen years, the salary increase has been $100. "I know that the congressmen will never consent to a reduction of salaries," Mr. Beck declared. LA JOIE RELEASED TO PHILADELPHIA TBY LEASED WIRE.! CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 5 Napoleon ua Jole- second baseman of the Cleve-: land American league club was today j released to the Philadelphia Athletics.: ' immiimimiHti 1 1 : II! I i ft! II! , 11: Ill j Ill of Well Known 1 1 j R. Poundstone. ... M",ni1 iiiHiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitm wayfarer had been killed and to cheer ! Vr, -ik niMO, :!,.- i ,m iiicanani in.i.:ipuuuris. I .

"In the northeast of Spain a revo-jFOR

lution was going on in favor of Don Carlos and against the reign of Amadeo, who was a foreigner, an Italian, and very unpopular in the country, from which he afterward was comnelled to retire. We were on our wedding ; journey, my wife and I, and had been I spending a month in Spain, and were preparing to leave the count rv and en back to Paris from Barcelona, a city iu the northeast corner of the Spanish peninsula. There was at that time 110 railway across the Pyranees into France, but there were diligences ca -rylng the mails which set out every morning irom werona, a town some ii , . . 1 r-i?? ,S B"ceI?na' 'hre .J 1??: The journey ocJt 1 1 Mure ay aUU part 01 the ? npL WR wpre in Barcelona we (C utinued on Page Seven.

TUESDAY EVENING, JAN

GERMAN AVIATORS BLOW UP SUPPLIES Drop Bombs on British Ammunition Storehouses at Rosendal. BY LEASED WIRE. BERLIN, Jan. 5 (By Wireless), Official announcement was made today that German aviators had conducted a successful raid upon the British ammunition storehouses at Rosendal and Couderkerqe, near Dunkirk. One hundred British soldiers were killed or wounded by bombs dropped from aeroplanes. Repulse of French attacks in Alsace and the Argonne, blowing up of a French trench north of Arras, and progress by the German troops west of Warsaw ore the chief points of an official statement issued here this afternoon. "In the western theatre of war, north of Arras," it said, "we blew up a trench two hundred yards long and have taken some prisoners. The enemy's counter attack failed. A French attacw between Steinbach and Aufholz, in Alsace, was repulsed after a bayonet encounter. The situation is unchanged in East Prussian and northern Poland." PETRO EXPECTS TO MAKE FARM MEET EXPENSES Superintendent of InfirmaryShows Efforts to Put Institution on Self-sustaining Basis. In connection with the report of the poor farm quarterly inventory, Frank j Petro, superintendent has submitted j his first written report of the actlvi ities of the institution -whir-h chnu-u j how the infirmary is being brought to a self sustainine basis The poor farm has been a drag on the county's finances for years. A profit probably would have been shown this year if depreciation had been guarded against in previous years. The large amount of money expended for improvements, including electric lights, line fencing and a partial restocking of the farm, has kept the financial showing down. Petro Makes Report. The report follows in part: "Since March 1, 1914 we have sold fifty-one head of hogs that averaged 231 pounds each, amounting to $882.32 and have tntfchereoTbTty"-seVn "he&d of hogs averaging 320 pounds, valued at $1,040 and four beeves. "We have on hands 2,500 pounds j of lard, 800 pounds of sausage, hams, j shoulders and middlings from thirty-' six hogs in process of curing. Up to the present date we have turned tjver to the county treasurer $1,295 from the sale of hogs, some culled cattle. lard, etc. "We are keeping a r?!i!Lf i wheat and ten fat steers for a suitable market, We expect to dispose of them before March 1 at a figure placed conservatively at $2,000. "We also have thirty-nine head of milch cows and stock cattle, 100 head ; of hogs consisting of brood sows and stock hogs, three good teams and enough farming implements to run the farm properly. Farm Holds Ensilage. "Other supplies we have are 100 tons of ensilage, thirty tons of hay.

500 bushels of corn and a quantity of;gola for the campaign against the Gersnredded todder. e raised 250 bush-

els of Irish potatoes, 50 bushels of j engagement between the Germans and sweet potatoes, canned 2,200 quarts i Portuguese was not made known. of fruit, mane four barrels of kraut, j buried 400 heads of cabbage and used i IOPPITR TO QFPVP an immnese amount of garden stuff vJIVVi EjIVI V7 oCilvvCi which cannot be itemized. ! PENITENTIARY TERM "The expense of the farm for 1914! has been heavy, among the expendi-j James Archer of Kansas City, who tures being 500 rods of best wire forged a check on a New Castle bank, fencing. 500 line posts, twenty end was given a fine of $10 and a jail senposts, lumber for all kind of repair tence of two to fourteen years by work and fencing and a considerable Judge Fox in circuit court Monday af-

amount of cement. We have also nurchased 200 tons of coal, a good team 1 of cares, wiring and storage batterv and many other things to improve the 1 frm i "The above mentioned expenses do not include the maintenance of the institution and the salaries of the su- i perintendent and employes. "We are trying to run the institu-j tion on a business basis and hope ; with good luck attending us to show at the end of our second year a re-. port with figures standing on the right side of the balance sheet. We now have fifty-three inmates. Since! our administration began we have I had fourteen deaths. The greater! number of inmates is inflicted in! some way but all show a willingness! to work and cheerful respond to any request that is made. "Religious services are held on alternate Sundays." . I Wpo fji pr FfirPPI Cf , CdXllCI A Ul Ctddl INDIANA Unsettled tonight and - weanesaay. probably snow or rain. Warmer tonight. Temperature. Noon 40 Yesterday. Maximum 40 Minimum 16 LOCAL CONDITIONS snow or rain. Wednesday GENERAL CONDITIONS A storm of great size now covers the western and northern portions of the United States.- Diameter 6,000 miles. Tem-

leratures are above seasonal averages I appropriations to the .bon .(including quat t care for the ever-increusine In the pa9t 11 nM bean council's polover central states and middle west j a $5,000 reduction lu. the pay roll orio placed upon them and this fact lc' to ignore the fact that although with thawing weather. Coldest place in! the ..Street Department) lor 1915, only means the flooding of basements ' Rlcumo,,d has rown to be a third the United States during the past 21 $15,000 remained to, meet the city s : signaling pools, impaired health to' rIR cltjfc is still garbed in the swadhours was Northfleld, Vermont, where part of public improvements. , the community, and r ccuting of li- clothes of a small town, so far

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weather Forecaater.Jboast of less than, six miles of . oer-J

UARY 5, 1915.

COU WEN FAVOR $ 1 50,000 BOND ISSUE TO PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS; AVAILABLE FUND FALLS FAR SHORT

SALARY RAISES INCREASE CITY EXPENSE $1,880 Council Gives Firemen $5 More Per Month Gluys, Pittman and Hodgin Receive More Pay. HODGIN GIVES REPORT Signs Over Walk Endanger Lives He Says Russell Favors Drastic Laws For July Fourth. Council last night passed an ordinance fixing the salaries of the city officers for the ensuing year. Assistant Fire Chief Carter and all members of the fire department subordinate to him had their salaries increased $5 a month; Meat Inspector Charles Plttman's salary was increased from $70 to $75 a month; the chief engineer of the municipal light plant, Howard Gluys, had his salary Increased from $125 a month to $135, and Building Inspector Hodgin had his salary increased from $83.34 a month to $100. All other salaries remain the same. There was some question today as to whether the increased salary of the meat inspector could be paid. In the meat inspection ordinance his salaryis fixed at $S40 a year, while the sal j ary ordinance passed last night fixed his salary at $900 a year. Council. ! however, neglected to repeal the sal-j ary clause In the meat inspection or-j dinance. In increasing the salary of! the building inspector, council first ! repealed the salary clause in the building code, so there Is no question but that the increase in salary for that official is legal. Expenses Go Up $1380. By increasing the salaries of twenty-eight city employes last night the operating expenses of the city were increased $1,880. Some of the councilmen objected at first because fire company captains hd - not bn- frtevnv.ef-pTj", r.jw (Continued on Last Page.) PORTUGAL ENTERS" WAR WITH ALLIES Sends 4700 More Soldiers to Fight Germans in Africa. LISBON, Jan. S. Portugal has en tered the war on the side of the allies. official announcement was made today that Portuguese troops had been engaged with German soldiers in Angola, Western Africa. The announcement was made at a meeting of senators by the Portuguese premier, who stated that 4 700 more soldiers had been concentrated at Anter he pleaded guilty to forgery. Fran Strayer appeared before the judge and asked that the man be given leniencv. Indianapolis friends failed to intercede for him as he expected. .r .

BOARD REQUESTS COUNCIL TO EXPLAIN INEFFICIENCY

Asserts "There Is Something Radically Wrong" in Richmond When City Exists as Money-Losing Proposition With Few Paved Streets and Inadequate System of Sewers.

The statement of President Ravls of the board of public works last night follows: ! To the Members of The Common Council: Gentlemen, The Board of Public Works have, within the past few months, made an

effort of an analytical character, to penses, and the ever multiplying de-iwU1 be explained by Mr. Bavis at the determine what, is .wrong .with . the , mands for public improvements. meeting next Monday evening, present condition in our city, as re-; In short th cIty has not for thei After the reading or the board's relates to the Insufficiency, of. funds toipa8t several years In our opinion port la9t n,ght the mror. posstbtv carry forward permanent improve- j maintained or kept up the depreciated d011"' as to ue PWt m which comments In keeping with its. demands, : part8 and aB ,on a8 th ' ent .ijt" receive it. hastily stated that

t hft t i v rv lolit hirniAn n n1 I h A 1 growing Importance of the.cUy. The idea of making Ihla. analysis was suggested, .by. the, fact. that, .although we had. pared , departmental r rmo mond, with a population of 25,000

Council Supports Efforts of Works Board to Give City Needed Payed Streets and Sewer System Adequate to Carry Uw usual Rainfall President Bavis Will Submit Plan of Issul at Special Joint Meeting. ,

METHOD PRECLUDES INCREASE IN TAX RATES

Mayor Robbins Urges Lawmakers to Consider Works Offt cials Report as Statement of Conditions Instead of Recocn mendation Former Administrations Held Floating oi Bonds as Bad Politics Regardless of Needs. .-.-.

IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED IN RICHMOND. Here are the public improvements the board of public works says the city stands in need of, and the city's share of the cost of each : Sewer Lines. Between West Ninth and Eleventh $ 500.00 Randolph street, from river to West Fifth 12,000.00 North Second and A streets 1,200.00 Main from Eleventh to Twelfth 500.00 South end relief sewer 50,000.00 North E and Twenty-fourth relief sewer 10,000.00 Enlarging filter beds, Southwest sewer system . . . 1,500.00 Street Paving. North Ninth from Main to A 2,400.00 North Sixteenth from Main to North F 5,600.00 North A from Seventh to Sixteenth 12,400.00 North Fifth from Main to North A 1,500.00 North Third from Main to North D 3,000.00 Sheridan street from Richmond avenue to School. . 4,800.00 North Fifteenth from E to F 1,500.00 North F street from Fifteenth to Sixteenth 800.00 Widening North Third at C. & 0 5,000.00 Crossing Subway. Under Pennsylvania tracks at North Twelfth street; cost to city 40,000.00 Total cost of suggested improvements to the city. .$172,000.00

SHIVELY CONSIDERS NEUTRALITY ORDER of the neuCareful consideration tralitv bill to Drevent the united Watt- fro a auigwarrtag.natioBsU

wun munitions, is promised Dy bena- mauently improved streets and an adtor Shively. Mr. Shively sent the fol- i equate sewer system, was put squarelowing note in answer to the letter ' y Up to council in a statement 6lened

from the German Alliance requesting his favorable vote on the bill: "In reply to your communication of last month relative to Senate Bill 6,688, permit me to assure you that this measure is receiving my careful consideration. Very truly yours, "B. F. SHIVELY." FALL FRACTURES ARM Mrs. Margaret Wickett slipped yesterday in front of the home of Charles Jenkins and broke her arm. She was removing a Christmas tree from the front sidewalk when the accident occurred. She spent the night in pain but is improving today. LABOR UNIONS DINE Incoming and outgoing delegates to the Central Labor Union will enjoy a sumptuous banquet in the Trades Council hall on South Sixth street tonight. There will be about sixty-five present. The nomination, election and installation of officers will be held before the banquet. The business meeting will begin at 7:30 o'clock and will be closed as early as possible to start the banquet. All delegates are requested to be present for the business meeting and banquet. manentlv ImnmraJ crooo t !

strates that something is wrong and ' ment Mr- believes, for they ! radically wrong, too; now what is it:wouId be equivalent to taxable com- : Without wearying you with a lot of:mfro,al bo,nds per cent ;

.detailed data, we will simply state . that the increase in taxable values is nowhere In proportion to the added nrp.i tr ha ra rorl Vt nnmn departmental and administrative - . -

icy Is continued. Richmond as a mu-'the -"municaUon was not to be Inniclpal business institution is a money 'erpr? aa a recommendation by the losing proposition. : board tlmt a bond ls8Ue floated, but Sewers Are Inadequate. was merely a statement of existing flnr nwer evat&m to i.,iit, ; conditions.

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4 "For every dollar this city is expected to spend we have just thirty cents available, and the city can't do business satisfactorily on that scale. declared Alfred Bavis. speaking for himself and the other members of the board of public works, and council I agreed with him. Lat night the fact that the city of : Richmond Is wav behind in the matter public i m pro vem eats, especially er-. by the three members of the board. and in a verbal statement by Mr. Bavis. Council Backs Board. That council keenly realized such a condiUon of affairs existed and that it was high time some remedy be applied to the situation, was Indicated in several speeches made by councilmen, and by a unanimous rote It was decided that council should meet with, the mayor and the board members next Monday night for the purpose of planning a campaign whereby many ' of the most necessary permanent Im provements can be provided. A bond issue was openly advocated by several city officials, especially when Mr. Bavis assured them that, bonds could be floated without a further increase in taxes, and the prospects are that in the near future council will decide to authorize a bond ' issue of over 1100,000, possibly $160,000. At the meeting next Monday night Mr. Bavis will submit to council his plan whereby bonds can be is-, sued without increasing the tax levy.j Those who have been Informed of thisplan agree that it 1b practical. City Cuts Bonded Debt. There is now a seven cant levy to meet the city's bonded Indebtedness.! which will be about $15,000 next July, j exclusive of the $139,000 municipal light plant bonded debt, which tbV plant itself is paving off. In Novem-i ber, 1916, the city will have no bonded 1 debt. ; The sinking fund levy now provides j approximately $11,000 per annum and bears three per cent interest. It is planned to float bonds bearing three and one-half per cent interest. Mr. ! Bavis would issue bonds, part of wnlch would be taken np in six part in eleven years and the remalnd er in eighteen years. If a 1150.00s) bond issue was floated the Interest: could be met anniiallv nut h snV ' ing fund, leaving a substantial surhis . . v u .. v, ouiftin it each year after paying interest i on the bonds, and at the end ot the , first six years the first $40,000 In . bonds could be taken up with monies, in the sinking fund. Bonds Would Attract. As the bonds would be non-taxable ule wouia oe an attractive Investoua aavocate. in the j ever,t of bond Issue, that the bonds ! offered to tb, general public In ; small lots. This plan, in more complete detailas permanent -Improvements are con eerned. nd the mere mention, of a (Continued ob Fas 81s

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