Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 254, 6 October 1915 — Page 1

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Above is a photograph of the Emperor Yoshihio Yoshito of Japan, who will be "crowned" November 10. His consort, the Empress, is shown in her ceremonial robes for the important ceremony of Dai-Josai, or offering to the gods by the Emperor of the first fruits of the earth. The ceremony is private and purely religious. Her Majesty wears a number of kimonos, the outer one being of purple and the next, which is freely seen at the opening, of pale green. All are embroidered with delicate flowers. ' The sketch is by a Japanese artist. t , , . ; : On the right, below, js shown the taka-mikura, or ancient Japanese throne on which the Emperor wiU",sit:wheri he - receives the homage of his "great men and listens to the ."banzais" of the multitude of his people gathered outside the enclosure. y ; r "'; "'

18,000 FRENCH LAND AT SALONIKA TO HELP SER VI A S RESISTANCE

PARIS, Oct. 6. Eighteen thousand men of the allied expeditionary forces sent to protect Servia from attack by Bulgaria have been landed on Greek soil at Salonika, according-to advices received in Paris today. Disembarkation -of the rest of the expedition troops reported to total between 70,000 and 80,000 men will be completed as soon as possible.

LONDON PESSIMISTIC OVER DEVELOPMENTS IN CRISIS IN BALKANS

LONDON, Oct. 6. Developments in the Balkans within the past twenty four hours caused intense pessimism here today. Chief of these developments are: 1. Resignation of Premier Venizelos of Greece because King Constantine rejected his pro-allies' policy. . 2. Bulgaria refuses to comply with Russian ultimatum which demanded a severance of the intimate relations between King Ferdinand's government and the Teutonic allies. 3. Roumania refuses to take an open stand in support of either side, Weather Forecast; United States Report Unsettled tonight and Thursday. Probably rain. Warmer tonight south portion. Cooler Thursday north portion. Temperature Noon 53 Yesterday Maximum 54 Minimum 40 For Richmond Probably rain late tonight or Thursday. Possibly warmer tonight. Cooler Thursday night. General Conditions The center of the cold wave is over the southern states and an area of low barometric pressure is over the Great Lakes, causing warmer weather tonight ; and Thursday. It is probable, however, as the storm passes east the temperature will fall several degrees within the next 36 hours. W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster.

.All reports on the Balkan situation reaching here today indicate that actual hostilities cannot be long delayed. A Rome dispatch states that three thousand German officers have been enrolled in the Bulgarian army that will strike Servia and will direct operations, while all Bulgarian ports on the Danube river have been closed by the military establishment. by refusing to put her army on a war footing. 4. Allies continue to land troops at Salonika despite the formal protest of the Greek government. 5. Premier Radoslavoff informs Greek minister at Sofia that Bulgaria will not attack Servia unless aggressive action is first taken by the Germans and Austrians. 6. Official announcement is made in Petrograd that all diplomatic envoys of the allies in Sofia are expected to leave at once. TOWN ELECTION LAW DECLARED INVALID INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 6. That the Indiana election law as it applies to towns of 5,000 and under is inyalid and that present town officials will hold office until the legislature amends the law will be the opinion of the attorney general's department. The law contains no provision for calling elections. MANY RUSH TO PAY , INSTALLMENT, OF TAXES Taxpaying time has begun and the county treasurer's office is the busiest office at the county house. Taxpayers are given until November 1, but many have taken the motto, "Come early to avoid the rush," and as a result County Treasurer Chamness and his three deputies are kept busy at the windows handing out tax receipts.

BASEBALL AT HOME

See the world's series at home. You need not travel to Philadelphia Friday to see the opening clash for the premier baseball honors of the "world. The game will be played on the electric score board in front of the Palladium office. On a diamond studded with electric light bulbs, play after play of the big series will be shown. The through leased wire of the Palladium will bring the game to Richmond with speed and accuracy. As the plays happen, they will be flashed on the big electric score board. All you need do is to watch the bulbs flicker on the diamond and you . will know where the ball is, how many strikes are on the batter, how many are out, and how all the plays are made. To watch the light flickering their messages on the board is fascinating. The eager fan easily visualizes the strategic moves of the teams and in his mind's eye pictures the scene at Philadelphia where the home team battles Boston for the advantage of winning the opening-game. WOMEN GAIN WILSON'S VOTE WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. President Wilson today came out for woman's suffrage. His statement follows: "I intend to vote for woman's suffrage in New Jersey because I believe that the time has come to extend that privilege and responsibility to the women of the states; but I shall vote not as the leader of my party in the nation, but only upo nmy private conviction as a citizen of New Jersey. "I think that New Jersey will be greatly benefited by the change. My position with regard to the way which this great question should be handled is well known. I believe that it should be settled by the states and not by the national government and that in no circumstances should it be made a party question; and my view has grown stronger at every turn of the agitation." FIRE PREVENTION BEFORE SCHOOLS No arrangements have been made by the Commercial club for the observance of fire prevention day Friday. Superintendent Giles, of the public schools, has given instructions to the teachers to devote part of the time Friday to the discussion of ways and means of ,-, cleaning up the premises. Except for the observance in the schools, there will be no general observance in the city.

VENIZELOS QUITS GREEK CABINET WITH MINISTRY

ATHENS, Oct 6 Premier Venizelos announced in the chamber cf deputies today that the cabinet had resigned, owing to differences' between King Constantine and the ministry. The sittings of the chamber were then suspended. Venizelos explained that the cabi net had found it impossible to alter the program agreed upon, even to meet the wishes of the throne, and that the resignation of the ministers was therefore necessary. King Constantine has accepted the resignation of Premier Venizelos and the cabinet. The formal notice handed by the French minister to Premier Venizelos that troops were being landed at Sa lonica was as follows: "By order of my government I have the honor to announce- to your excellency the arrival at Salonica of the first detachment of French troops and to declare at the same time that France and England will assist their ally Servia." Roumanian troops are reported to have been sent to the Bulgarian frontier. The Bucharest government is also said to be strengthening its fortifications at various points on the Danube. TRACTION WILL PAY ONE-THIRD THE COST OF TEMPORARY SPAN A written agreement to pay onethird the cost of construction of the temporary bridge over the Whitewater at Main street, was received by the county commissioners this morning from the officials of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern traction company. By including in the specifications under which Contractor I. B. Smith will build the bridge, the use of steel stringers throughout, Engineers MuelIr&nd Danieismgreed that 4t "would not be necessary to reinforce the bridge underneath the tracks. As a result of this agreement,, the original plan proposed by the county commissioners and ratified by Superintendent Jeffries, for the traction company to pay this additional cost, was not necessary. Consequently it was not included in the contract. The traction company's share in the cost of the temporary structure, exclusive of the cost of grading for the tracks and the erecting of poles and wires, will be $1,799.

Tet of Petition Filed By Company With State Board

The following petition has been filed by the Richmond City Water Works company with the Indiana Public Utilities Commission: Your petitioner represents to your honorable body that the valuation placed by the commission at that time upon the property of the utility was unjust, unfair and inadequate and was not the real cash value of the property. That since said date it has expended large sums of money for necessary and .permanent improvements which have not been considered in fixing rates of said company, anJ that its valuation should be increased and the valuation of the property as of October 1, 1915, made on which to establish rates for the future. Your petitioner further alleges that the rates made by your commission were wholly inadequate to provide the revenue necessary to take care of the operating expenses, taxes, depreciation and return upon the investment allowed for by the commission, and that while the figures for the first year, ending October 1, 1915, are not wholly completed, that there will be a deficiency of between $10,000 and $12,000 of the amount necessary to be raised as contemplated by your honor, able body, and a very large part of this deficit was caused by reason of the city of Richmond, Ind., not using the amount of water that it was contemplated it would use under the new rate and which it did use when it was furnished free. That another large part of said deficiency was caused by the fact that the city of Richmond refused to pay, and has not paid, for intermediate hydrants which, under the order of the commission, were clearly required to be paid by it, and by the further fact that the taxes as assessed by the taxing officers of Wayne county, Indiana, exceeded the estimates made by the commission in practically the sum of $4,000, and in this connection, your petitioner further alleges, that said taxes have been increased for the year 1915 and the rate increased, and that there is bound to be a greater deficiency during the coming year. Your-petitioner further alleges that

DEFICIENCY OF 81 0,000 TO 81 2,000 SHOOT It REVENUE OF THE COMPANY SINGE THE RATES ESTABLISHED If 1 9M

ROUMANIAN LEADER OF EAGER SOLDIERS Prince Charles of Roumania, who will head the forces of that country should it become mixed up in the great war, which with Bulgaria and Greece tottering on the brink seems not at all unlikely, ;-.',,- hyiJi "A V.v.YK- ;' s-. DAVIS ATTENDS CHURCH SESSION , Rev. E. E. Davis of Richmond, is attending .the Presbyterian Synod which is holding a two-day session in Delphi. Reports from Delphi indicated that Rev. Davis was likely to be elected moderator of the session. So far as could be learned no other member of the Presbyterian churches of Richmond accompanied Rev. Davis to Delphi. He will probably return today or tomorrow. the rate of return allowed upon the investment of capital in this plant, to-wit 6 per cent, is inadequate, unfair, unjust and is less than the amount allowed other public utilities in this and other states as a fair and adequate return upon the capital invested and upon the value of the property used and useful for the public; and your petitioner prays that in an adjustment made by your honorable body for the purpose of fixing adequate rates that the rates of return to be allowed the utility upon its investment be increased to not less than seven per cent, and your petitioner further shows that if an adequate value be placed upon the property used and useful, as of October 1," 1915, and if a reasonable return, to-wit seven percent, be allowed upon the amount of money invested in the said utility as found on said date that it will be necessary to increase the revenues of the company at least twenty per cent from those allowed and fixed by the commission. Wherefore and by reason of the facts hereinbefore stated, your petit' ioner prays your honorable body to find the value of the property used j by the utility, used and useful for thej public, on the first day of October, t 1915, including the additions made since your former order, that an adequate return, to-wit seven per cent, be allowed upon said value, and that your said petitioner, in order to have an adequate return upon the money invested by it in said utility, and for the purpose of having an adequate return to pay the expenses of said utility, and to give an adequate return, be allowed to increase its rates, now on file, twenty per cent on each , rate so filed, and have such changes in the rules and regulations of the company, and have pay for its services as the commission : may deem necessary in order to make an adequate return to the stockholders of said company for their investment - therein ; and that your honorable body make such investigation ' and such orders as will furnish proper and necessary relief to your petitioner, if it feels that some other plan is better to return such revenues to said company than a flat increase in the rates proposed as hereinbefore prayed for. w4-.

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The Richmond City Water Works company, In a petition just filed with the Indiana Public Utilities Commission, charges that during the first year It operated under the rates established by the commission, Sept. 1, 1914, there was a deficiency of between $10400 and $12400 In the revenue the commission had anticipated the rates would Insure to yield the company a profit of six per cent upon Its Investment. In Its petition the company requests that It be allowed a return of at least seven per cent on its Investment. Instead of six per cent; that its rates be increased twenty per cent; that Its plant valuation be Increased, or that the commission. If it deems best, adopt some other plan than suggested by the company "better to return such revenues to the company than a flat increase in rates."

City's Revenue Small. It is set forth in the petition that the City of Richmond did not contribute as much to the revenue of the company as had been anticipated and that, furthermore, the city refused to pay rental on intermediate fire hydrants. It is also claimed that the taxes of the company this year were $4,000 more than anticipated and that they will be higher next year. It is set forth that during the past year permanent improvements to the plsnt have been provided which were not con sidered when the rates were established last year. President Bavis of the board of publis works today interpreted that section of the water works company's petition suggesting that the commission might relieve the company by "some other .plan" than suggested by he company, to mean that it would be acceptable to the company to have an order issued requiring the city contribute such amount to the company's revenue as to insure the profit desired by the company upon its Investment. Cause of Loss. He pointed out that last year when the existing rates were established the commission anticipated that a revenue of $86,000 would yield the company a return of six per cent upon the investment. The commission figured that the civil city and the school city should contribute 42 per cent of the anticipated revenue, the general con sumers the remaining 58 per cent. By contributing 42 per cent of the antici pated revenue it was figured that the civil city would pay out approximately T$28,000 for metered water and hydrant rentals, and the school city approx imately $8,000. The estimate on the water the school city would use was practically accurate. However,, by rigorous economy, the civil city was able to shave its water bills to ap proximately $21,000, or $7,000 less than anticipated. For next year the city has appropriated only $20,200 for water, of which amount $17,000 is for ..r k . u,cu""- t . , "I believe, commented Mr. Bavis, that the company would be pleased to have the commission increase the company's return on its investment to seven per cent, after its plant valuation had been increased, and then require the civil and school cities to contribute in full 42 per cent of the necessary revenue." Opposes Increase. Mr. Bavis then added that the city will contest any effort on the part of the water works company to have its plant valuation increased, except to include legitimate plant additions. He sa id that the commission had been requested to give no consideration to the petition until City Attorney Bond bad had ample time to take action to safeguard the city's interests. Referring to the company's petition Mr. Bavis remarked that "it was essential that the city should be fully satisfied that the cost of operation of the water works company had not been padded with the end in view of obtaining the results desired by the company." "We will contest the right of the company to charge the city for intermediate hydrants," Mr. Bavis added. "From information we received subsequent to the action of the commission last year in establishing local water rates we have been assured by the commission that it was not Its intention for the company to secure any revenue from the city from intermediate hydrants, of which there are 39. I believe. "It is more than passing strange to me that when the company supplied free water to the city it only charged the general consumer 25 cents per

NOTABLE PERSONS WILL SPEAK DURING CHARITY CONFERENCE

The following is a list of the speakers who will be assigned to speak at Richmond churches on Oct. 31, during the session of the State Conference of Charities and Correction. The loca committee will assign the speakers: Dr. John N. Hurty, state house, Indianapolis, secretary State Board o Health. , Prof. Demarcbus C. Brown, state house, Indianapolis, state librarian; member of the Board of State Charities; former president of: the State Conference of Charities and Correction. M. E. Foley, Traction Terminal building. Indianapolis, member of the board of trustees of the Indiana State Prison. . - . . . - -. Dr. Charles P. Emerson, 602 HumeMansur building, Indianapolis, deon of

thousand gallons, while now, when the city pays for all the water It uses, the company is petitioning for a twenty percent Increase In rates, which would make a cost of 24 cants per thousand gallons to the general consumer. "If a twenty per cent Increase Is necessary to net the company six per cent on Its investment It seems more strange that the company was able to earn 6.6 per cent when It was supplying the city with free water."

WAR BULLETINS

BERLIN, Cxt. 6. The French have renewed their drive against the Germans in Artols and the Champagne re gion, but all attacks have bean repuls ed, according to an official statement issued by the German war office today. The French attacked near Neuvllle St. Basse north of Arras and along the entire front In the Champagne. It la admitted that the Russians gained some success as a result of their attacks, but ultimately they were repulsed. The Deutsche Tage Zeltung In commenting on the landing of allied troops on Greek soil points out that Greece has maintained strict neutrality which is different from the case of Belgium and that the entire powers violated Greek neutrality without any warning. RICHMOND PREPARES TO INVADE MILTON Invitation has been extended to every automobile owner in the city, who is interested In good roads, to attend the good roads rally at Milton I . . I auuay evening, ine auiomooues will meet In the first square of Tenth street, north of Main at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. All automobile owners who anticipate going to the rally are asked to notify the committee, which is composed of Ray Swallow. Albert Chamness, John Zwissler and Ed Harris. Supper will be served at Milton by the ladies of the Booster's club. The meeting is to be held under the auspices of the Milton Boosters club and is to be known as "Richmond Night at Milton." A band concert will be given at 6:30 o'clock by the Milton band. Talks will be made by representatives of the Milton Boosters' club and by Richmond speakers. GAR ROLLS OVER DANK NEW PARIS, O., Oct. 6. Edgar Reinheimer narrowly escaped death this morning when a six-ton truck which he was driving plunged down a twelve-foot embankment, alighting on its side. Mr. Reinheimer, who was wrapped In heavy robes, wss unabl to leave the seat and had to stay with the car until it reached the bottom of the grade. Had the machine turned turtle it would have pinned Mr. Reinheimer under the steering wheel and would probably have killed or fatally injured him. The car left the road just south of town. The cause Is onknown. the college of medicine. Indiana University. Alexander Johnson, Empire building, 'Thirteenth and Walnut streets, Philadelphia, Pa field secretary National Committee on Provision for the Feeble-Minded; former secretary of the Indiana Board of State Charities in 1903 ; president of the National Conference of Charities in 1S97, and for many years its general secretary. Miss Mary T. Wilson. 1140 East Market street, Indianapolis, former president of the State Conference : of Charities and former president of the Vanderburg County Board of Charities. ' . Dr. J. W. MUligan. North Madison, Ind., superintendent Southeastern Continued on Page Fourteen.