Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 95, 3 March 1915 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3. 1915

EXPLAINS BOOKS KEPT BY PLANT IN EARLY-YEARS Kleinknecht Says Municipal Utility Can Satisfy Commission on Use of All Funds.

Superintendent Kleinknecht . of the Municipal electrical plant, said today there would be no difficulty In showIns the state utilities commission the disposition of the funds of the plant

in recent years, except in a few in

stances.

He said that during the recent ap

praisement of the plant it had been discovered that between the years 1902 and 1910, practically no record

of the purchase of poles had been kept.

"During those years invoices on hand show that only 400 poles were purchased, whereas I know the city is

half owner of over 2,500 poles. Records show expenditures for all poles

owned by the plant but the purchase Invoices for the great majority of these poles are missing," Kleinknecht

said. Will Ask About Fund. The plant superintendent also anticipates that the commission will ask an explanation why a depreciation fund was never created. "The first few years of the plant's existence practically all of its surplus earnings were paid back to the city in return for loans advanced to the plant by the city. Later Improvements were

made and the city advanced more money to the plant and it took the plant two or three years to pay off this loan. Then earnings were diverted to a fund to provide for new equipment and new buildings. In 1913, all of this surplus was so expended and it was necessary for the plant to borrow $7,000 additional. This loan was paid off the first of last year, which year was the most successful one in the plant's history for it had no abnormal expenditures to meet, with the exception of $20,000 spent for a new street lighting system."

Model For Statuary at West Coast Fair

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Miss Audrey Munson is the "girl" of the Panama Pacific Exposition now being held in San Francisco. Eighty per cent of the statuary depicting the likeness of woman was posed for by Miss Munson and her profile was used by the artist who drew the design for the official coin accepted in honor of the exposition.

FIRST 1915 LICENSE LEADS TO DIVORCE

Mona Miller Charges Husband Sold Bed Covers to Purchase liquor. The first marriage license Issued from the county clerks office under M. W. Kelly was a disappointment. -"It was returned today in the form of a divorce suit The plaintitf Is Mona Miller and: she is suing Ross Miller. Their troubles started almost immediately, according to the complaint. The license was issued: January 1 and the couple married immediately. Because it was the first license, Clerk

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OTHERS UOTIGE! Every mother outfit to know about the little pink pin Uutt has never been known to trip or sicken. If yen wtll try a 10 to 2S cent pckof Dr. Price's Oom-plex-lon ptlls you'll resret that you did not hear of them before. If mothers would give faithfully the Com-plex-ton Pills to their children testead of ealta and senna leaves and uch other strong- physics, you would find out your children would not have pimpled and bolly. nvces. The safest pllla mothers can take are Com-plex-lon Pills, as they do not contain any calomel, but are more effective than calomel or castor olL Fine for ohronlo constipation. ' Ton -cent packag-e contains 20 little Com-plex-lon Pllla; SS-eent packages 10 pllla

Kelly and his deputies, Miss - Smith and Mr. Hafner, took some interest In it. ' "I was afraid that would be an unlucky one," Mr. Kelly said today. ' Mrs. Miller said her husband sold the bed covers to buy intoxicating liquors and that he was drank most of

the time. - She also charged that he threatened to do her harm and said he stood behind trees with a revolver In his hand watching her on February 27. two days after the separation. While she was still a young bride, she charges he ordered her to leave the house and earn money. She says smmmmmmmmmmjmigmamm

he gae her, names' of men and ordered her to meet them.':' '. . '.

The Marseillaise,''.' the national anthem of the French republic, was written and composed In .1792. , ,

PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY.'

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This Is a Cut ol Our New Hall Mammoth Incubator, Capacity 2,400 Eggs-The Only One In This Part of fhe Country

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We have been in the hatching business for five years and have never been able to supply the demand for day-old chicks. We hope this will solve the problem. We will be glad to receive your order for pure Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Rhode IslancrReds, White and Brown Leghorns or any other popular breed if ordered. We feel that we are better prepared to do your hatching than any one else. Telephone Us at Once tor Prices, No. 4742 or 3015. Or Address F. W. PORTERFIELD, National Road West

AIRSHIPS OF KAISER BOMBARD STEAMER

Aeroplanes Drop Bombs But

Fail to Hit Vessel Off Es

sex Coast.

MEN WORK CHARITY EDGERTON SUSPECTS

Trustee Believes Several Persons Combined to Get Undeserved Help. Other arrests will follow that of Chas Coolman Monday on the charge of obtaining charity under false pretenses. Trustee Edgerton said today. "I believe some of these fellows have been working together," Mr. Edgerton said. "I have been investigating, and I believe Staley told Coolman what to say when he came here. Relatives of Coolman say he is feebleminded. "These prosecutions will help toward reforming charity conditions in Richmond. I do not believe it will be necessary to prosecute more than three or four imposters to break the thing up. "A man came to me and gave me Information on another case which differs slightly from the Staley and Coolman cases. While it is not as clearl7 a case of false pretense, Its prosecution will have a good effect on the city." Robert Staley was taken to Jeffersonvills yesterday to start a term of one to seven years on prosecution resulting from his illegal method of socuring charity.

EQUIP MOTOR TRUCK FOR GLEN KARN LINE

Homer Welsh and Oliver Spencer have purchased an automobile truck, which they will place in operation between this city and Glen Karn, O., for the transportation of passengers and freight from this trading center to the isolated Ohio town, and a number of other small towns along the route. The first trip will be made between March 22 and 25, after which daily trips will be made on a regular schedule. The proposed truck line cornea as an answer to the town's appeal for improved transportation facilities.

DUNDEE, Scotland, March 3. The British Steamer Dalblair reports that she was attacked off the Essex coast by two hostile aeroplanes that dropped bombs. This is the first aerial attack upon British merchant ships reported from the British "war zone." The Dalblair carried a cargo of jute from Calcutta. Her captain reported that both aeroplanes were yellow and were the shape of German taubes. None of the bombs hit the ship. TORPEDO MERCHANTMAN. BERLIN, March 3. The German admiralty announces that a British merchant ship was torpedoed in the English Channel off Dieppe on Friday last Another English ship steamed out to the aid of the attacked vessel and found only floating wreckage It was said. FIRE ON SUBMARINE. THE HAGUE, March 3. The German legation announced today that on March 1, a yacht opened fire with wto small guns upon the German submarine "U-21" in St. Georges Channel. The extent of damage was not mentioned.

It is believed that an excellent substitute for silk has been produced in Panama by crossing the blooms of certain wild fibre plants with a species of cossipium." The result is a staple of texture finer than cocoon silk, but with a tensile strength about five times greater.

BROOKES HAS NEW IDEA IN RACQUETS

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The new racquet. Norman E. Brookes, the famous Australian lawn tennis player, has furnished the fundamental ideas for the up to the minute racauet, "photograph of which is here shown. The most striking thing noticed about the new racquet ie the perfect graceful oval .and frame of ash bevelled off until the wooden rim, if cut through cross section, would practically present the dimensions of a diamond.

LAVELLE The body of Michael Lavell, which was to have been buried from St. Mary's church this morning, did not arrive from Minneapolis until this afternoon, and funeral services will be held at St. Mary's church at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Friends may call at the undertaking parlors of Jordan, McManus & Hunt this evening. NORRIS Hannah J. Norris, widow of William Norris, died at Cincinnati, O. The body will arrive here at 12:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and will be taken at once to Earlham cemetery for burial.

BRONCHIAL COUGHS When the bronchial tubes are af

fected with that weakening, tickling ' cough, they need immediate and sen- j sible treatment. The breath seems ; shorter because of mucous obstruoj tions; usually fever is present and your head jars with every cough.; Your chest aches and the inflamma- j tion often spreads to the lungs. j The food-tonic that has proven its ! worth for forty years is Scott's Emul-! sion. It drives out the cold, which j is the root of the trouble, and checks j the. cough by aiding the healing: process of the enfeebled membranes, i

If you are troubled with bronchitis or know an afflicted friend, always remember that Scott's Emulsion builds strength while relieving the trouble. 14-61 Scott &Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J.

A Direct From Factory Proposition In Wayne and adjoining counties we sell Davis Cars direct to the car owner.. This gives you the advantage of a special price, and because you are close to the factory you get direct factory service as well. You should get our proposition before buying any car.

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The Gar That Never Fails All car owners like to talk about their cars to tell yo what great hill climbers .they are, how comfortable, "always on the job," etc. And once in a while after praising hiB car "up to the skies" the owner can't get the engine started, or it balks and sputters, and lays down generally. But this never happens with Davis owners. All the good things Davis owners can say about their cars are true. Davis cars never fail.

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Where Can You Find a Gar

with So Many Big Features?

Every ounce of material that goes into the Davis Four at $1 ,235, is "sterling" as applied to high-grade automobile building. Every parts unit in the car is built by a parts maker who is the, leader in his line. There are scores of great big features of worth in this car we'll mention ten as typical. Compare the qualifications of any other ear anywhere near the Davis Four price with these. . ... . :

$1235

THE MOTOR in this car is a Continental you can't buy anything better than Continental. Cars at twice the Davis price use them. You are absolutely safe on the point of having a good power-plant, and it's a mighty important point.

WARNER TRANSMISSION leaves no doubts on this unit. Three speeds forward and one reverse. The gears are large in size, of chrome vanadium steel. Bearings used are the best in the market.

THE CARBURETOR is a big element in the performance you get from your motor. A good carburetor can't make a poor motor pull nor can a poor qarburetor get the best out of a good motor. But a Continental Motor and a Stromberg Carburetor there is no better combination.

$1235

List Price of Two or Five Passenger DAVIS FOURS

33 inoh Ykv R 1npi TTViut Pvllnila. TTr. i i A

- " " - - - uiuwi, iirouuguuuoo Biaruug, iguuiuu ana lighting, 112-inch wheel base, 34 by 4 inch Ores all around, all cars completely equipped with top, windshield and every desirable accessory. Those Desiring a New, Powerful

IGNITION is important too. You want an ignition system that is positive and sure and trouble proof. You get it in the Westinghoase System on Davis cars. This big name Westinghouse applies not only to the ignition, but also to the starting and lighting.

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THE STEERING GEAR on Davis Cars is also Warner. The worm and worm wheel principle . makes it irreversible and is so designed that any wear may be easily taken up. No part of a car except the tires wears as quickly as the steering gears. The steering gear, that doesn't provide for adequate adjustment is exceedingly unsatisfactory.

Should Investigate this New DAVIS Model

THE CLUTCH is very important too, isn't it ? Certainly if you value a slow, easy pick-up of load when you start your car. And this gradual engagement of the clutch means longer life to the motor, transmission, and every driving member. The, Davis clutch is a tried and positive success.

A STRONG FRAME means safety and we've made Sure on this point by using a pressed steel channel of great strength. You'll appreciate the Davis spring suspension too the three quarter platform springs give a resiliency that means real riding comfort.

$2185

THE AXLES on Davis cars give a feeling of security to Davis owners. Nothing short of violent accident is going to impair the service of these axles Weston-Mott both front and rear. The rear is the floating type with extra heavy bearings.

For 7-Passenger Davis Six; Five-Passenger Six at $2150

3 inch by E inch Six Cylinder Motor, Bosch Ignition, 129 inch wheel base, 37 by 4 inch tires all around, all completely equipped with electric starting and lighting, top, windshield and full complement of accessories. Come to the factory for a demonstration or drop us a line and a Davis salesman will call and make a demonstration that will open your eyes to the real comforts and joys of motoring. A catalog sent for the asking. The Geo. W. Davis Motor Gar Co. Richmond, Indiana

THE BODIES are big and comfortable, plenty of leg-room, wide doors, deep upholstering and easy cushion springs. These non-mechanical features round out the satisfaction one takes in a car to a wonderful extent. The finish is genuine painting and not a cheap job of japanning.

DAVIS EQUIPMENT You don't have to add a lot of accessories after you get a Davis. The car is sold complete and each item of equipment is high grade top, windshield, flush type Stewart Speedometer, 'electric horn, tire carrier and spare rim on rear; complete kit of tools, etc., etc.