Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 165, 24 June 1915 — Page 1

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COUHTY URBANIZATION SUPPORTS PRESIDENT IN TOJTirJB PLACE CHANGED Wayne County Old Trails Road Association to Hold Fourth ol July Celebration in Old Historic Town and Rushes Through Arrangements. MtJ' ..

REPUDIATES CHARGE OF BAD FAITH Centerville will be the scene of the Fourth of July celebration planned by the Wayne Country Old Trails Road association to create public sentiment for federal cpnstruction of the National road. This was the unanimous declaration of the township delegates at a meeting held at the Commercial club last evening. Fred Teas and the committee on arrangements from Centerville denied emphatically last night that they opposed the selection of Centerville after it was seen that Jackson park was not suited for a meeting place. They also denied giving out statements published here that there was a fight in Center township against Dr. I. S. Harold and his proposal to hold the celebration in Centerville. Prof. J. Blose, secretary of the county organization and resident of Centerville, said there was no dissension in Center township; that the committee had made no accusations, and that its members were only anxious to carry out the wishes of the organization. He said the committee believed that since Jackson park was originally selected, it did not believed it had the authority to make arrangements for Centerville,

but that this was not to be interpret ed as an attack on Dr. Harold. Addison Harris of Indianapolis, a native of this county, has been secured to make the principal address. Claude Bowers, secretary to Senator Kern, and Finly Gray also will speak. William Dudley Foulke will read a history; of the National road. Miss Bessie Buhl of Centerville will give a reading. E. Ml Haas was selected chairman of the county program committee. A tentative, program provides for band concerts at 10 o'clock- and ,1:30 . o'clock, .and speeches, a X p'clockv The main program will be held on the large tract of land surrounding the school in Centerville.. Mark Stevens was appointed to succeed Fred Teas on the arrangements committee. Clarence Bertsch was named chairman or the publicity committee. Dr. Harold opened the meeting last evening with a statement of why the county organization wanted the celebration changed from Jackson park to Centerville. He said a committee inspected the park, and found the entrance too narrow to accomodate heavy automobile traffic, the approaches dangerous, the park wild with briars and weeds and accommodations for a large crowd. He resented the imputation of bad faith made in certain quarters outside of Center township, and expressed his willingness to have the celebration held whereever the organization decided. Fred Teas of Centerville said he believed Jackson park offered inducements, but was willing to abide by the vote of the organization. Lawrence Handley explained fully the advantages of Centerville and the drawbacks of Jackson park. O. B. Medearis pleaded for Centerville, as did T. R. Jessup, C. B. Beck and E. M. Haas. Prof. Baldwin of Webster moved that the decision on the place for holding the celebration be reconsidered, whereupon Centerville was chosen. Others who spoke were Clyde Lundy and Steve Kuth. The Centerville delegation left last night with the purpose of arranging a celebration that will be a credit to the township and bespeak the patriotism which its residents hold for the great men who were born there. Committees will begin work at once. A booster trip to Hagerstown from all townships has been called for Wednesday evening, when a band concert will be given there. All townships are asked to send bands and automobile delegations to Hagerstown, meeting there at 7:30 in the evening. TURK VICTORIES IN TWO ZONES CONSTANTINOPLE, June 24 Successes won by Turkish troops operating against the Russians on the Caucasus front and against the AngloFrench troops at the Dardanelles ar announced in two official reports issued here today. That relating to the Dardanelles follows: "On June 21 a battle took place near Sed-El-Bahr. This lasted nearly twenty-four hours and resulted in the defeat of the enemy. Trenches changed hands several times. During the night of June 21 and the day of June 22 the Turkish troops recaptured all trenches completely by means of an energetic surprise attack. The enemy was thrown back into his old positions." The report as to the Caucasus front follows: "On Wednesday afternoon on the Caucasus front in the direction of Oley after a very bitter fight, Turkish troops captured nearly two miles of trenches on the heights of Kradagh. The enemy fled eastward. We took hundreds of cases of ammunition and a quantity of other war material."

BOOSTER TRIP

OF ROAD MEN TO HAGERSTOWN Old Trails Road Associations In All Townships to. Send Autos and Bands to Town. '" The 'Old "Trails Road association 'of the county will hold a big booster trip to Hagerstown, Wednesday evening when automobiles from all townships meet there at 7:30 o'clock in the evening to listen to a band concert and to speeches on the Old Trails' movement. Every township is asked to send a band or drum corps to this meeting. As the township automobile delegations run through the county from their homes they will advertise the Fourth of July celebration. This is to be the biggest all-county booster trip ever held. At Hagerstown, the Teetor band will give a concert and speakers will explain the motives and purposes of the Old Trails' road movement. Other bands and drum corps will be asked to play. Old Trails' Road boosters have promised to send delegations from all towns and rural districts to this meeting. DOROTHY BATES DIES AFTER OPERATION IN HOSPITAL AT ELGIN Popular Society Girl Succumbs to Attack of Appendicitis When Operation is Attempted by Surgeon. Friends who are numbered by the score, were shocked today to learn of the death of Dorothy Bates, age 21 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Bates, 25 South Thirteenth street, at Elgin, Illinois, last evening at 8:00 o'clock. Miss Bates was operated on for ap pendicitis at 1 o clock and only lived a few hours, failing to revive at all after the operation. As Elgin is the former home of the Bates', the funeral will be held there Saturday morn' ing. Mr. Bates, who is in South America on business for the American Seeding Machine company, will be unable to reach Elgin. Miss Bates was a prom inent young society and club woman of this city and has assisted in much of the philanthropic work of the com munity. Recently she assisted the Domestic Science association when they gave "The Follies" at the Gennett Theatre for the benefit of the visiting nurse. She was a member of the St. Paul's Episcopal, church and was active in its social organizations being identified with the St. Agnes Guild. She was a member of the choir. Miss Bates was an accomplished musician and had ' studied vocal in Chicago and other places. She is survived by her father and mother. RUNS SKUNK FARM. ADVANCE, Ind., June 24. There's more than one way of making a living. Take the case of George Dale, Jr., southwest of here, 'for Instance. George has a skunk farm. His thirty skunks are the finest in these parts and he expects to have many more like them. George says you can get used to anything if you try hard enough.

Lansing Succeeds Bryan as Secretary

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BOARD OF REVIEW ADDS $1 2,970 TO TEETOR PLANT

Valuation of Corporations in Wayne county was fixed yesterday by the board of review which is holding, its annual session in the office of Auditor Bowman in the court house. In several instances were increased and decreased, but in the majority of cases the assessments remained the same as last year. The assessment of the Teetor-Hartley Motor Car company of Hagerstown was increased from $75 000 last year to $87,970, an increase of $12,970. The entire list of corporations in the county was not completed. The early part of yesterday's session was devoted to hearing personal complaints and nearly all of these wero taken under advisement. Following are the names of the cor porations whose assessments were fixed yesterday: American Casket Co., Cambridge City $ 6,950 Auto Inn Co., Cambridge City. . 760 Bertsch & Co., Cambridge City 30,000 Cambridge City Casket Co., BONDS LIKE OTHERS M'MAHaN ASSERTS Indefinite phraseology in the advertisement of the $50,000 bond issue on which the city, will receive bids June ZT, should have no affect on the number of bids received. This is the opinion of City Controller McMahan. Mr. McMahan said today the bonds were advertised and worded in the usual manner and that the bonds had been prepared by City Attorney Bond who had used as his example other city bonds which are outstanding at the present time. None of the bonds state the purpose for which they are sold, merely binding the glty to redeem them at a certain time. Inquiries from financial concerns in Chicago, New York and other large cities, Mr. McMahan said indicated that there would be numerous bids.

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LANSING Cambridge City Cambridge City Lumber Co., Cambridge City Ideal Concrete Cement Co., Cambridge City National Drill Co., Cambridge City Paul Casket Co., Cambridge City ". Standard Mfg. Co., Cambridge City , Centerville Creamery Co Davis Bros. Floral Co Dunbar Bros. Co., Centerville. . Wayne County Lumber Co., Greensfork Hagerstown Natural Gas Co., Hagerstown . . . Hagerstown Gas .Co., Jefferson township . . . Teeter, Hartley Motor Car Co., Hagerstown Connell-Anderson Grain Co., Milton ' Doddridge . Grave Decorating Co., Milton Milton Mfg. Co 6,590 15,420 500 15,000 3,000 12,700 1,390 2,610 6,970 5,920 600 600 87,970 1,640 5,620 1,840 DOG TAX VIOLATORS FINED BY STRAYER Fifty-four affidavits, charging violations of the dog tax have been filed by the Wayne township trustee in Justice F. T. Strayer's court. This wholesale number of cases is the largest ever returned in any criminal proceedings in any court at one time in the county. . The affidavits include persons of every occupation from a bank president to a negro washerwoman- The township trustee returned the affidavits on last Tuesday and since then arrests have been made and cases heard by Justice Strayer. Some of the defendants pleaded guilty, others were released on recognizance bond and others announced their intentions to contest the cases. The law requires that dog taxes be paid tb the tax assessors on March 1. Violation is punishable by a fine of one ' dollar and ' costs making a total of $9.60.

TEUTONS TURN ATTENTION TO WARSAW FORTS With Przemysl and Lemberg Retaken, German Allies Open New Way to Big Polish City.

RUSSIANS IN RETREAT Vienna Military Experts Look for Immediate Resumption of Attacks on . Great Stronghold of Russia LEMBERG, June 24. Austro-Hun-gary's victorious troops entered Lemberg at noon yesterday. The commanding officers attended a solemn thanksgiving after their arrival. As the troops marched into the city theyn were given an enthusiastic greeting. Children threw flowers before them, while their elders gave them refreshments. The city has suffered little during the Russian occupation, the czar's troops treating it as a capital. When they retired they set fire to the large oil tanks on the outskirts, but otherwise destroyed little of value. THREATEN WARSAW. 'VIENNA, (via Amsterdam and Berlin) June 24. Outflanked by the Aus-tro-German forces which have swept through Galicia, successfully taking Jaroslau, Przemyl and Lemberg, the great Russian army in southwestern Poland, north of the Vistula river, is in full retreat, according to an official report from headquarters today. It Ib being pursued by Teutonic troops. The Galician drive of the Germanic allies is thus bearing fruit, opening a new way to Warsaw, which has successfully "resisted "atlaeksTrom the north and west. Threaten Ivangorod. From Lemberg, which has been captured by the Second Austrian army under General Von Boehm-Ermolll, the Austro-German forces can strike northwest against Ivangorod, the southern defense of Warsaw. With the greater part of Galicia cleared of the enemy, Vienna military experts look for an immediate resumption of the attacks against Warsaw, the Austro-German forces which have swept eastward from the Dunajec now turning northward to co-operate with the forces that hem in Warsaw from the north and west. k In the meantime, the pursuit of the Russians who evacuated Lemberg is being continued. The Austro-German forces inflicting heavy losses upon the fleeing enemy. The Russians are retiring rapidly along the railway toward Brody, near the Galician frontier. THAW IS SANE LAWYERS TELL GOTHAM JURY Reporters Claim Prisoner of Today is Rational and Not Maniac of Years Ago. NEW YORK, June 24. Harry Thaw held his usual reception when he came into court today. Hands- were held out which Thaw grasped as he passed, and there were cries of "Go to it Harry; we are for you." When court opened there were on hand more than a score of witnesses from New Hampshire, Vermont and 1 Canada, prepared to swear they found ; Thaw rational. On re-direct examination, Gus Roeder, a newspaper reporter, said he had i interviewed Thaw many times over a period of nine years, and that the Thaw of today "is vastly different from the Thaw of 1906." William L. Shurtleff, a king's coun sel of Quebec, who was retained by Thaw when he was arrested at Coaticook, said that Thaw's actions and conversation impressed, him as being rational. On cross-examination Mr. Shurtleff said Thaw told him that he wanted, if possible, to be transferred to Sherbrooke, so that if the Canadians deported him, he would cross the border into Vermont and not into New York state. RECEIVES CERTIFICATE Pettis A. Reid who was elected to fill a vacancy In the Richmond school board has received his certificate of election from City Clerk Bescher, but has taken no steps to qualify for holding the office. Mr. Reid will wait until he has received an opinion from the attorney general stating whether he can accept this new position and remain a member of the state board of education.

EFFICIENCY FIGURES OF PLANT'S C1AMGEB RIDDLED BY EXPERTS Claims Percentage of City Plant's Operating Expenses ta Revenue Only 31.5 Per Cent, But Big Discrepancy Is Shown.

CITY CLOSES CASE FOR PLANT CONDEMNATION INDIANAPOLIS, June 24. Clarence Kleinknecht last witness called by the city today in the bearing before" the state utilities commission on proceedings instituted by the city of Richmond for the purchase by condemnation of the electric plant of the L. H. & P. company when he announced with unconcealed pride the fact that for the year ending March 1, 1915, the percentage of the municipal plant's operating expenses to its revenue was only 31.5 per cent brought on himself a grilling which be will probably not forget very soon. The attack on the manager of the municipal plant was launched by the L. H. & P. company's large and effective legal battery, and to make it all the more uncomfortable for Kleinknecht, Chairman Duncan took an active part in the melee.

FLOOR SETTLES UNDER WEIGHT OF 400 MASONS Third Floor of Masonic Temple at Cambridge City Gives Way During Lodge Work. FORESTALL STAMPEDE Crackling of timbers when the third floor of the Masonic temple at Cambridge City sank six inches and came near collapsing under the weight of about four hundred men came near causing a stampede last night. Lodge work, in which visitors from Richmond and neighboring towns participated, had been completed on the third floor, and the crowd was forming in line to march to the dining room on the second floor. Without warning the supporting beams creaked and then crashed. The floor settled, but stopped before the surprised crowd had time to stampede for the door. Filed Out Orderly. The lodgemen quickly and orderly filed out of the room without undue commotion. Persons who experienced the sensation of the settling foor declare that a stampede or violent movement by the four hundred men might have resulted in the greatest disaster in the history of Wayne county. Had the floor under its human freight collapsed it would not only have caught about sixty men who were waiting to serve the spread in the dining hall on the floor below, but would have pulled the walls down upon the men above, who would have been helpless-in their death trap. Damage to the lodge hall and the steps necessary to repair it has not been ascertained. Although Masons were present from Eaton, New Paris, Whitewater. Centerville, Williamsburg, Webb and Richmond lodges, John Rupe and Charles Marlatt of this city were among the oldest members of the order present. Lateness of the hour after the completion of the work and the banquet prevented carrying out of twenty-five short talks which had been arranged. Attorney John Rupe made a short talk. GERMAN WASP HITS CRUISER BERLIN, June 24. (By Wireless.) A German submarine attacked and torpedoed a British cruiser last Sunday, the Admiralty announced today. The cruiser was struck by a torpedo, but its effect could not be learned. The official statement issued by the Admiralty follows: "A German submarine attacked on Juns 20 a British armored cruiser apparently of the Minotaur class about 100 miles from the Firth of Fourth. A torpedo hit the ship but its effect could not be ascertained by the submarine." London's Version. LONDON. . June 24. The British Admiralty announced last night that the cruiser Roxburgh was struck by a torpedo In the North Sea Sunday, but was not seriously damaged. It is probably this vessel to which the Berlin announcement refers. The Roxburgh is a vessel of 10,850 tons, while cruiser of the Minotaur class are of 14,600 tons.

Had the municipal plant at Richmond been able to reduce Its operating expenses to 31.5 of its revenue, it is quite probable that a world's record in electric plant operating efficiency would have been established, but it was discovered that the city plant had not been operated at such a low rat for the year ending March 1, 1915. the first year under the rates which now prevail for the two Richmond plans. The alert Mr. Beasley. one of the attorneys for the company, and the equally alert Chairman Duncan by doing some adding, subtracting and multiplying with the figures Kleinknecht submitted as his basis for obtaining the rates of operating expenses discovered that the per cent of operating expenses -was a fraction shy of 40 per cent instead of 31.5 as said by Kleinknecht Admit Error. "We are all liable to make mistakes?" - Kleinknecht assured Chairman Duncan and the other city officials looked very sheepish. City Attorney Bond and Supt. Kleinknecht did some calculating and both admitted that the operating expense per centage Kleinknecht had testified to was incorrect.. Bond stated be had not given this matter previous consideration. After Kleinknecht had testified that during the year March 1. 1915. every kilowatt hour had been produced on 3.5 pounds of coal Chairman Duncan remarked that the city's report for the year ending June 30. 1914. showed 4.82 pounds of coal had been required. The first six months of this year N. H. Johnson was superintendent of the plant. Asked how the coal consumption had been reduced Kleinknecht said he had used a better grade of coal obtained through tests he conducted. "Your last annual report chows your per cent of operating expenses to your revenue was 43.8 and you say that for the year ending March 1. last, this per centage was reduced to 31.5. This is quite remarkable. How did you accomplish It?" asked Judge Duncan. Praises His Economy. "I reduced the coal expenses and other operating Items," Kleinknecht replied. "Were you the only economic factor which entered into this great saving." he was asked. "Yes. sir. myself and my efficient assistant," was the answer It was then that Judge Duncan and Mr. Beasley informed him that the percentage of the plant's operating expenses was about 9 per cent higher than be bad anticipated. Under questioning by Beasley. Kleinknecht testified he had never bad any experience in managing a central power plant until placed at the head of the city plant. He said he had been a line foreman for a telegraph company and had worked about two years as a line man and hole digger for an electric plant at Coshocton, Ohio.' A perusal of the inventories of the two Richmond plants compiled by the state accounts revealed the fact that a wrong form had been employed In both instances in estimating the cost to produce one kilowatt hour. Th

report shows this cost is 3.5 cents for the city plant and S.4 cents for the privately owned plant, which is higher than the rate charged consumers in many instances. The last witness for the L. H. & P. company was S. S. Wyer an electric Continued On Page " Weather Forecast For IndianaShowers this afternoon or tonight. Warmer Friday. Fair. Temperature. Noon 72 Yesterday. Maximum 72 Minimum 47 For Richmond Unsettled .tonight and probably Friday. Occasional showers. GENERAL CONDITIONS The western storm is movi-g toward the lakes and will cause unsettled weather during t the next 36 hours. Occasional showers and somewhat warmer. W. E. MOORE. Weather Forecaster.