Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 164, 23 June 1915 — Page 1

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UTILITY BOARD RESTS ONE DAY IN CITY'S CASE Bond With Engineer Watts on Stand Tomorrow Will Try to Show Valuations of Plant High.

GRILLS KLEINKNECHT L. H. & P. Attorney Calls Superintendent on Stand and Bond Refuses to Cross Examine City Official. BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT. INDIANAPOLIS, June 23 This was an off day in the hearing of the city's condemnation action before the state utilities commission for the acquisition of the electric plant of the Richmond Light, Heat, and Power company, but tomorrow the commission will be in session t6 hear evidence introduced in the condemnation proceedings and in the city's petition, filed several months ago, for a reduction In the rates of the electric lighting and power schedules, established jointly for the city plant and the privately owned plant by the state commission, last year. Thursday, June 24, was the date fixed several weeks ago for a bearing on the rate reduction petition, and testimony will be received In this case, the same as though the city had no proceedings pending at this time for the purchase of the competing plant. A few weeks ago the engineers of the state commission established the present valuation of the Richmond municipal plant to be $355,752, at the same time fixing the present value of the electric plant of the Light, Heat end Power company to be $151,500, which has been increased to $166,500 since that time because of the addition of some new equipment. Claims Value Too High. City Attorney Bond tomorrow, with E. E. Watts, an electrical engineer in the employ of the city, on the state, will make an effort to convince the fommission that the valuation its enineers have placed on both -the municipal and the privately owned plants are excessive. In this undertaking he will have a two-fold purpose. A nerw Cate will be based upon tUe present alues of the two Richmond plants. Mr. Bond desires the present values of both considerably lowered. A reduction of the present valuation of the privately owned plant would also mean a shaving in the price the city would have to pay in the event it is authorized to take over the competing plant. Last week the commission, it will be recalled, strongly intimated that it will hold a plant's valuation for rate making and for the purpose of sale is one and the same thing. The imposing legal staff of the Light, Heat and Power company is prepared to offer stiff opposition to the plan of campaign the city attorney has mapped out. Yesterday Mr. Olney, chief counsel for the company, Informed the commission that while It had accepted the valuation established on both Richmond plants for rate-making purposes, this action was not to be construed as an acceptance Df the valuation fixed for its own plan for selling purposes. Engineer Views Plant. S. S. Wyer, one of the Light, Heat and Power company's staff of engineers, spent yesterday and today in Richmond making an examination of the company's electric plant, and he will be the first witness called tomorContlnued On Page Six. AUSTRIAN SHIPS RAID ADRIATIC COAST OF ITALY VIENNA, June 23. Dashing from their base, Austrian cruisers and destroyers have made another successful raid upon the Adriatic coast -of Italy, it was officially announced today. They swept along the Italian coast for nearly two hundred miles, shelled railroad property, sank one steamer and returned safely to port. The official announcement of the naval raid follows: "On June 17 and 18 several Austro-Hungarian cruisers ind destroyers made a raid on the ttalian coast from the frontier as far is Sano. They damaged semiphore station 8 at the mouth of the Pagliatnento and near Pesaro, shelled railroad bridges near Rimini and sank an Italian steamer. All the crew were saved. All our units returned safely." SOLDIERS BURN TO DEATH. EL PA&O. June 23. A rumor reachid here today from Chihuahua that a large number of wounded soldiers had been burned to death when a hospital there was destroyed by fire. The runor lacks confirmation.

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RICHMOND GETS MOST OF TAXES FAR IN ADVANCE City's Share Amounts to $94,178 All of Which Has Been Drawn With Exception of $29,000. Figuratively speaking, the city oj Richmond received $94,178.19 as its share of the spring installment of taxes paid to County Treasurer Chamnessi In reality, or rather in' cold cash, Richmond will receive about $29,000, because, as usual, the city this year has been drawing advance payments from the county treasury to the tune of approximately $65,000. To the various townships, civic corporations and school corporations the county auditor will distribute, he announced today, $294,217.63. The school city of Richmond's share of taxes was $78,208.31, but of this amount $38,000 has been advanced, not because the school city needed the money, but to comply with the state law. One reason why public jobs in the town of Whitewater are not in demand is made plain in the auditor's estimate of tax distribution. That village receives the munificent sum of $52.39 to meet all its expenses until after the fall distribution of taxes. The tax distribution is as follows: Abington township $ 2,747.02 Boston township 5,975.84 Center township 8,030.47 Clay township 6,093.17 Dalton township 2,834.55 Franklin township 6,264.41 Greene township 6,676.58 Harrison township 2,850.78 Jackson township 5,763.29 Jefferson township 6,978.47 New Garden township 5,595.87 Perry tqwnship 4.579.11 Washington township 6,535.77 Wayne township 22,014.18 Webster township 3,781.36 Boston corporation 355.79 Cambridge City corporation 7,265.72 Centerville corporation .... 2,038.28 Dublin corporation 1,116.28 East Germantown corp 262.69 Fountain City corporation.. 541.90 Greensfork corporatjxm .... 610.62 Hagerstown corporation ... 2,276.67 Milton corporation 803.88 Mount Auburn corporation. . 310.84 Richmond city 94,178.19 Spring Grove corporation . . 458.26 Whitewater corporation . . . 52.39 Cambridge City school 4,329.08 Centerville school 1,932.19 Dublin school 1,653.55 Hagerstown school 20,088.84 Richmond school 78,208.31 Spring Grove school ....... 93.28 Total . ,v.v. ... ...... ... . $29,421.63

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KAISER CLOSES DOWN ANTI-AMERICAN PAPER

Tages Zeitung Suppressed For Printing Articles of Count Reventlow Denouncing United States. WASHINGTON, June 23. The suppression by the German government of the paper which has been publishing the belligerent articles of Count Reventlow is regarded here as one of the most favorable signals which has come from Berlin in connection with the preparation of the reply to the American note on the Lusltania tragedy. This action of the kaiser, which suspended publication of the Deutsche Tages Zeitung, is interpreted here to mean that Germany wishes to avoid anything which is likely to work against a peaceful adjustment of the difficulties between that nation and the United States and that the kaiser's government intends to curb all jingoistic utterances while the reply to the American note is being considered by the foreign office. Count Reventlow has been regarded as a firebrand in the present delicate situation. Since the sinking of the Lusitania and the protest of the United States which followed the loss of INDICTED MEN AT INDIANAPOLIS ARRANGE RAIL INDIANAPOLIS, June 23. One hundred and three of 127 persons indicted with Thomas Taggart, national Democratic committeeman, for conspiracy to commit felonies in elections had arranged for bond up to noon today. Three of the men already were in custody and twenty-two capiases remained to be served. Charles W. Miller, former United States district - attorney, Michael Ryan, and Henry Spann, prominent lawyers, applied to Criminal Judge Collins for copies of the Indictment notifying him that they represented practilally all the defendants. They were promised copies next Saturday. Assurances of apparently satisfactory i nature to the effect that none of the ' defendants would be permitted to go to jail were in circulation. The only exceptions were cases of a few of the defendants who were under other in dictments not connected with the alleged election frauds.

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American lives, Count Reventlow has insisted strongly that Germany should concede nothing to this country and that it must carry on its submarine warfare along the lines originally followed; that is, a submarine should strike wherever she found her prey without giving the doomed vessel notice of search or seizure. Only a few days ago Count Reventlow published a scathing arraignment of the American position and urged that no concessions be made by the kaiser and his advisers. The count also assailed Dr. Eugene Zimmerman, director of the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, because of his suggestion that possibly America is right in permitting the sale of munitions of war to the allies. Announcement that the paper which has been carrying these articles will not appear for an indefinite period is regarded as a favorable sign in official and diplomatic circles in Washington. It indicates, at least, that the German government is not bitterly antagonistic to the American position and seeks an amicable and calmly considered adjustment of the present difficulties. That the tone of the German reply will be conciliatory, if it is not final, is a belief encouraged by these latest reports from the German capital. GERMANS LOSE ENGAGEMENT AT DNEISTER RIVER PETROGRAD, June 23. An important Russian victory over the right wing of the Austro-German forces in Galicia is announced in the latest official statement from the war office. This statement, issued at midnight, says that the Teutonic troops have been defeated in a six day battle on the Dneister river front, the Russians taking more than 5,000 prisoners. This success will permit the most orderly withdrawal of the Russians from Lemberg and the defenses of the Galician capital, a move that was menaced by the activities of the Austro-German right wing The statement adds that the enemy is retreating, his flight across the Dneister being so precipitate that he was unable to destroy the bridges, four of which have been crossed by the victorious Russians. " Cossacks are pursuing the Teutonio troops. - -

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BOND BDYERS SHY AT ISSUE OF CITYBONDS $50,000 Issue Not Attractive to Investors Because of Indefinite Phraseology in Advertisements for Bids. BANKERS DRAW BACK Interest on Bonds Low and Outside Banks Fear Legality of Issue to Raise Money. Wednesday, June 30, is the date the city has fixed for receiving bids on the $50,000 bond issue recently authorized by council, but it' is anticipated that there will not be many bids submitted; first, because of the rate of interest on these bonds, 4 per cent, Is not attractive; second, because prospective bidders have been rendered timid because of the indefinite phraseology employed in the advertisement for bids, setting forth the purpose of the bond issue. In brief, quite a few prospective bidders believe the city has no legal authority to sell bonds under under the provisions set forth in the advertisement of the bond sale. Bid Too General. In this advertisement it is mentioned that the money realized from the sale of these bonds will be used to pay for permanent street improvements, for the purchase of an aerial motor ladder truck and "for the further purpose of procuring money to be used in the legitimate exercise of the corporate powers of such city, and for the payment of its corporate debts." Those who have decided not to submit bids, and they include several local financial institutions and at least two out-of-town banks, point out that the bond sale advertisement should be specifically set forth the exact purposes for which the money was to be used if the requirements of the state statutes were to be complied with. Interest Too Low. "The city really should have taken out a temporary loan to meet the expenses it has incurred and then issued refunding bonds to retire the loan," a local banker said today. The bonds are not regarded as particularly desirable by banking institutions because of their low rate of interest. It is pointed out' that township gravel road bonds bear 4 per cent interest.

KAISER PLANS TO LEAD TRIUMPHANT SOLDIERS INTO FALLEN LEMBORG Berlin Awaits Official Announcement of Evacuation of Supply Base by Retreating Russian Army Teutons To Hammer Foe AD Summer.

VIENNA CELEBRATES

BERLIN, (via Amsterday) June 23. Emperor William will lead the triumphant army of General von Mackensen into Lemberg. Official announcement ' of the recapture of the Galician capital Is expected within a short time. The Russians are known to have evacuated the city and though hard fighting is still going on in that region it is believed that this Is due to the efforts of the Russian rear guard to cover the retreat of Grand Duke Nicholas' main forces. Unofficial advices received here during the night reported that the advance guard of the German forces had entered Lemberg 'yesterday afternoon but no official confirmation of this report was forthcoming up to the time that this dispatch was sent. The fall of Lemberg marks the victorious culmination of the great of-

EARTH TREMORS KILL TWENTY IN WESTERN STATE Imperial Valley of California Suffers Damage of $1,000,000,000 to Property in Three Cities. THREE QUAKES FELT LOS ANGELES. June 23. Latest reports from the district visited by the earthquake last night, today indicates that twenty persons had been killed in the Imperial valley. The property loss according to the reports over partially restored lines of communication will reach $1,000,000. The heaviest property damage and the greatest loss of life were reported from Calexico, El Cajaon and Imperial. A number of buildings in El Centro, the largest town in the valley, and the county seat of Imperial county, were wrecked including the four story Barbara Worth Hotel, which partially collapsed. The walls of many buildings in Calexico toppled into the streets. Two fires were started and early today martial law was declared to prevent locaing. Seven Killed at Mexlcall. It was reported from Calexico that many gambling places in Mexican, the Mexican town across the border line, has collapsed and that seven persons were killed. Three quakes rocked the city. Heber, a small town a few miles from El Sentro, was reported to have sustained heavy lamage, both from the shocks and fires. Ia. Imperial, although the walls of several buildings were cracked, the water system of the Imperial valley, its greatest asset, was not damaged. El Centro Damaged. The great property damage, according to reports, occurred in. El Centro. The four story concerte and brick Barbara Worth Hotel collapsed and is in ruins. The Holton Power Company, the ice and cold storage plant, the kgas plant and the Delta Mercantile Company, all owned by W. H. Holt and associates were damaged. The mercantile, a wholesale grocery house, with a $60,000 stock, was burned. The Masonic temple, built a year ago, caved in on one side. The Princess Hotel was badly damaged and masonary from the top of the structure was dislodged and hurled to the street, three stories below. The plants of the Valley Press, and the Progress, the two newspapers of El Centro, were reported out of commission. In Heber the bank buildings cracked, a great fissue almost dividing it. Considerable damage was done in Holtville. The high school building at Imperial was slightly damaged. The McHenry theatre there also was damaged. Weather Forecast

For Indiana Fair tonight and Thursday. Warmer Thursday. Temperature. Noon 69 Yesterday. Maximum 75 Minimum 52 For Richmond Fair and continued cool tonight. Thursday warmer and probablv fair. .GENERAL CONDITIONS Weather remains unseasonably cool north of the fortieth parallel and very warm in the southwest. One hundred degrees at El Paso, Texas. A storm is developing in the west and will reach here about Friday and Saturday. W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster. .

VICTORY OF TEUTONS

-fensive campaign opened by the Ger man and Austrian armies early in May. Military experts in Berlin are divided in opinion as to what the next step of the General Staff will be. but the majority believe that the campaign1 against Russia will be pressed. Instead of baiting at Lemberg and withdrawing troops for action in the western theatre. These experts point out that conditions are highly favorable for "smashing" Russia, asserting that Napoleon's invasion of Russia was carried on in the rigors of winter, & fact which foredoomed him to disaster while the Teutonic troops have the entire summer and fall before them to accomplish their task. By the capture of the rich agricultural provinces of Russia the Germans will be able to replenish their stores of food which have thus far not been gTeatly depleted. OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED. VIENNA, June 23. The recapture of Lemberg. capital of Galicia. was officially announced today. In reporting the recapture of this Important city, the Austro-Hungarian headquarters stated that it was taken by the second army after a violent fight. The city is celebrating the recapture of Lemberg enthusiastically. Within a short time after the official announcement flags were flying from practically every housetop In the city. A public holiday was proclaimed by the municipal authorities. The enthusiasm over Lemberg Is greater than that over Przemysl because of the sentiment attached to the Galician capital. It is a seat of art and learning and before the war had a population of about 170,000. From a military viewpoint the capture of Lemberg is of vast importance to the Teuton troops. Controlling a net work of railways it is of the highest value to the army holding it. It is believed that the army which took the city also captured a vast quantity of supplies, as the Russians bad been using Lemberg as their main base since its occupation early in the war. GERMANY CELEBRATES. BERLIN, June 23. News of the fall of Lemberg was received here today with wild rejoicing. Church bells rang to celebrate the triumph which German military experts declare another great step toward- final victory. Throngs filled the public square and cheered for the German and Austrian armies while bands played patriotic airs. From Berlin the news spread throughout the empire over the telephone and telegraph wires. Extra editions of the newspaper were Issued as soon as the news arrived. According to the report thus far received, 60.000 Russian troops and nine guns were captured in the operations since June 12 against Lemberg. but it is believed the Russians succeeded in saving the greater part of their artillery. The special correspondent of the Koelniche Zeitung with the German army telegraphs that all the artillery parts were hurriedly sent before the Russian retreat began instead of being used to cover the withdrawaL "When the retreat began," the correspondent continues, "the Russian troops were panic stricken. Wagon trains blocked the road. Men detatched the horses and rode away heedless of commands. The retreating army formed a mob that pressed on despite their officers command. Colonels were swept away helpless. Entire units disbanded and when the army turned into a mob catastrophe was inevitable." RUSSELL TO LEAVE EARLY IN AUTUMN Elbert Russell, former head of the Biblical department of Earlham college, has made no definite plans regarding his departure from Richmond to assume the duties assigned htm in Johns Hopkins university in Baltimore save that he will leave about the first of September. His family will make the trip at a different time, a son going first to Beach Haven. New Jersey, to taketreatment for catarrh.