Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 45, 3 January 1916 — Page 10
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TUB IlICmiOND PALLADIUM AND SMN-TELEGEAM.' MONDAY, JAN. 8. 1916
MUNICIPAL PLANT SHOWS PROFIT OF $65,000 FOR YEAR
Showing n'4 pw cnt lnarwM In
business 0Tr UU snd S8 pr cent InorMM In bullous oft th two yri of 1813 and 1914. the Richmond
municipal lotrlo plant on December
31 closed the moat auoovsaiui year in
Us history, Superintendent Kleln knecht announced today.
The plant's gross receipts for 1915
were $182,263. Its operating expenses were approximately 148,000, while Its
expenses for building and construction
were approximately 919.000, anowing
net earnlnn of approximately lob.uuu
A deUiled financial report of the
city plant will hare been completed in
a few days.
In 1914 the gross receipts of the plant totaled $126,035.94. Operating
expenses totaled $66,928.29. and construction expenses amounted to $35, 493.91. showing net earnings of $33,-
813.74 : for that year, or almost 50
per cent less than the net earnings of
the year Just closed. .
By conducting systematic coal tests
for the purpose of ascertaining grades of coal producing the greatest amount of electric energy on a minimum of
coal consumption, the plant-during the
past year was able to save $5,000 on its
coal bill.
CASTLENAU ASSISTS
--GENERAL JOFFRE
ASK MANUFACTURERS
TO ENCOURAGE MEN TO 60 TO NIGHT SCHOOL
The co-operation and enthusiasm of Richmond manufacturers and business men will be sought by directors of the public night school to increase the membership for the second term which begins tonight in the high school building. Principal P. G. Pickell of the high Echool said that every reasonable effort will be made to awaken an active interest among employers and to have tbem impress upon their employes the need of night school advantages. Twelve hundred circulars announcing . the ro-opening of night school 'were distributed today In the stores, shops and public buildings. Enrollment is open to anyone more than fourteen years old who is employed during the day time. Persons who did not enroll last term may do so this
term or persons who dropped out of
the classes during the last term may re-enter for the second semester. Beginning tonight, class study will be held every Monday and Wednesday nights, eighteen nights in all, closing on March 1.
PEACE IS FAR OFF SAY WAR LEADERS
BERLIN, Jan. 3. All the German officers Bay they see absolutely no treason to hope for an early peace, as the enemy Bhows no sign of readiness
to give in and It would be fatal to Ger
many to make concessions at a time
when she stands victorious on all
"fronts. "Let us be quite frank," one of them
said. "We all want peace, but we
Know it is quite out of the question and when we endeavor to' make our inen believe otherwise, it is simply in order to stimulate them, for they are -.uite worn out. Another officer said that it was the general opinion among officers that Germany would make a final effort to break through the hostile lines in the West before the end of this month. This officer put the entire blame for Germany Inability to achieve a definite success in the West on America, as without the supplies of munitions which they had received from the United States, the Franco-British forces would have been beaten long ago.
"GENERAL" COXEY TO RUN FOR SENATE
APPGIUTtinTS BELAYED by mam illness
Gen. De Curleres De Castlenau, who became FrencL chief of staff when
Gen. Joffre was promoted to the su
preme command of all the armies in the field. He fought in the campaign
of 1870 and has seen service in Cochin, China and Algeria. When this war broke out he was in command of the Second Army of Lorraine and after the battle of the Marne took command of the army of the Somme. He had five sons with the colors. Two have been killed and one seriously wounded. , He is now in Greece, where he helped plan the defenses of Salnica and later conferred with King Constantine.
Illness prevented William O Beaney
from attending the meeting of the
county commissioners this morning.
and because of hla absence one of the
appointments scheduled to be made today were announced by Mordeoal Doddridge. The commissioners went into executive session Saturday morning, and it la understood that they have decided upon slate of appointees.
Neither Mr. Doddridge or Mr. Cheeaman would make public the reault of the conference, and said that the appointments would be made Wednesday.
providing the Democratic member of
the board la able to be present.
It was learned, however, that two of
the present appointees will lose their positions. The county attorneyship is still In doubt, and both Oath Freeman and Ouatave Hoelscher are working to secure the job, which is the only position which haa a political aspect. Mrs. Aurelia Thomas, matron of the Home
for the Friendless, is the only applicant
ror that poaltlon, and she undoubtedly will be given the appointment. ' Al Brown, court house elevator operator, has presented to the commissioners a petition signed by more than fifty persons, many of them employes at the court house,' asking for his re-
QREEK8 WIN GAME8
Before the big game was called at the CoHseum New Year's night the Greeks and Quigleys played a preliminary, which the Greeks won, 4-3. Goal were made by Markle, Fetzer, Minner- 2, Williams 2 and Bradfield. Referee, Dunham.
BUTCHER 10,000 HOGS Few persons realize the large number of cattle, sheep and hogs killed in Richmond each year. Beside the large
number slaughtered for private use the firm of Anton Stolle packers, killed
during the year 10,000 hogs, 900 cattle, 600 calves and 100 sheep.
STEALS DRESS SUIT.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 3. Abe Cappon, with the New Year approaching, found himself without many luxuries.
He didn't mind going hungry or any
thing like that but he did have his
heart on a dress suit. So he took one from the West Washington street
rooming house. Abe is resting up at
the works.
SPREAD OF FLAKES THREATENS HOUSE AS STABLE BURNS
A barn in the rear of the residence of Arthur il Lee, 424 South Ninth
street, was destroyed by fire about
2 o'clock this morning and a " hone.
owned by Lee, burned to death. The residence and barn' are the property of Mrs. Mary B. Toschlag, 444 South Eighth street The cause of the blase is not known. Within two or three minutes after the fire was discovered and before the fire companies could reach the scene the barn was a mass
of flames and It was feared for a short
time that sparks would start biases on
neighboring buildings. This danger
was prevented by the firemen who confined their work mostly to preventing the spread of the flames. The loss caused by the destruction of the barn' will amount to approximately $150. The horse which was cremated was valued at about $75. The first fire of the year. New Years Day, was caused by a Christmas tree at the home of Wesley Dafler, 422 North Fifteenth street. Flames in the room where the tree was located did considerable damage, the loss being estimated between $50 and $100, mostly to walls and furniture. Dafler had his hands severely burned. The tree was very dry and when a candle on it was lighted it flared into a mass of
flames instantly. For a time It was
feared that the entire building would be badly damaged. A small flue blase at the hem of Ed Thompson, 75 PL Wayne avenue, called out the tire companies Sunday. The tire was promptly extinguished with Inconsequential damage.
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LODGE CALENDAR
Richmond Council. No. It. Jr. O. U.
A. M. Meets Monday night at 7. SO. Frank Vore. Councilor. John Hlghley. Reo. Secretary. Uniform Rank. Jr. O. U. A. M. Meets Tuesday night at 7:80 and Sunday at 2:30 p. m. Theodore Whitney. Captain. C. Perry, Company Clerk. Daughters of America. Pride of Richmond Council. No. 15 Meets at 7:30 Wednesday evening. Jennette Vore, Councilor. Rosetta Hoosler, Rec. Secretary.
FIX DEBATE DATE
3electlon of the time for the debate between the Richmond high school
team and the Main high school students will be made by Benjamin Null, Instructor In English, and Principal
F. G. Pickell tomorrow. The debate will be held here, either on Friday night. Feb. 4. or Feb. 11. The question to be discussed is "President Wilson's
Mexican Policy is to Be Commended.'
Flying with a strong wind, the carrier pigeon covers 1,600 yards a minute.
RAIL COAST DEFENSE
GUN OFFERED II. S.
WASHINGTON. Jan. t. I W. Luellen and Cecil Dawson, who have
Invented a new type of heavy coast
defense gun to be rushed to a threatened point on railroad care are here
endeavoring to Interest the United State government In purchasing their device. The invention consists of heavy guns permanently mounted on especially constructed railway car
riages or cars, which are adapteel sat be quickly locked on solid concrete) foundations for Instant use, to secure accuracy and rapidity of fire control. "In carrying our invention Into practice." says a statement Issued by the two inventors, "we propose to Install at fixed and predetermined points along existing railroads or at desirable strategic points where railroad faculties may be' Installed, suitable foundations, preferably concrete of sufficient sise and stability, from which the highest powered guns may be fired, and upon a suitable mobile care to permanently mount high powered guns which may be swiftly transported to
nnmt fir artnrlr imiitM nn inn mnnna.
tions and brought into action."
SCHOOL REMAINS CLOSED
St. Mary's school did not re-open today as planned. Four of the seven teachers are ill and unable to attend their classes. School will be resumed Wednesday.
RED MEN CONDUCT HOWARTH FUNERAL
Funeral services of James Howarth, Wayne townsbip assessor and formerly township trustee, who died of paralysis Friday morning were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The funeral was private because of the serious illness of Mrs. Howarth. Rev. J. S. Lightbourn, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church of which Mr. Howarth was a member, officiated. Interment was in Earlham cemetery. Following are the pall-bearers, four of whom were appointed by the Red Men's lodge: Charles E. Potter, J. O. Edgerton, Alfred Bavis, David Reid, Bruce Kenny and Ed Ireton. Ritualistic funeral rites were conducted by the lodge members at a special service at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Approximately 200 members of the order were present.
PERSIA
GN MCO& S. COXEY.
'General'.' Jacob S. Coxey, wealthy manufacturer of Massilon, Ohio, who led the "Army of the Commonwealth" to Washington in 1S94, has outlined plans for his campaign as an independent candidate for United States senator from Ohio, to succeed Senator Pomerene next year. He said he would run on a platform demanding that congress authorize the issue of one billion dollars legal tender currency, half of which Is to be used to create a merchant marine and half for naval equipment or toast defense:.
One Arkansas man at an expense f $500 this year raised and sold 4,500 kusbels of rice at more than $1 a luahsL ,
Continued From Page One. but this was officially denied by the British admiralty, whose statement was accepted by the United States as a basis for the contention that the Lusitania was an unarmed, defenseless ship. Many of the life boats of the Penninsular liner Persia were destroyed by
the explosion that followed the impact of the torpedo. The passengers were at lunch when the attack was made. Even the lookout on the ship did not see the submarine which remained hidden beneath the surface. Responsibility for the destruction of the liner Persia with the loss of nearly 300 lives, including one American, was placed upon Austria today in dispatches from Cairo. These brought the first definite information that the submarine which sank the Persia in the Mediterranean last Thursday was an Austrian vessel. Six boats were launched and the occupants of four of them stated variously to number 153 or 158, reached port safely. Two of the boats have not been found and there is little hope that further survivors will be picked
up. Robert N. McNeely, the American who was proceeding to his port as United States consul at Aden, was given up for lost today when a dispatch from Alexandria said that he was still on board the Persia after the sixth boat was launched. A place had been found for him in the fifth boat, the dispatch added, but he had refused to take It, a woman with two little children replacing him in the boat.
$375,000
(Continued From Page One.) salary was only $1,000 a year his fees amounted to $1,087.42. The effectiveness of the fire prevention crusade undertaken by Inspector Hodgin and Fire Chief Miller is aptly illustrated in the reports of those two officials. Hodgin's report shows that the fire loss to buildings alone amounted to only $4,870. The fire chief's report shows that. the total fire loss to buildings and their contents was only $6,620. In 1914 Richmond established a record of low fire losses for cities of its size. $8,155 for .buildings alone, but dur ing the past year, it is shown that loss was cut practically' in two. During the months of November and December last year, months when fire risks are very high, not a cent's worth of property was lost by fire, a truly remarkable report. Fire Chief Miller's annual report in detail has hot yet been made out, but it shows that during the past year there were 155 alarms and that property valued at $89,079 was endangered by these blazes. The insurance on buildings endangered by fire totaled $45,550. The department used 23,350 yards of hose and 1791 gallons of chemicals' In fighting blazes. The most costly fire of last year was at a residence on South J street where the C. O. railroad crosses. Damage of $1,000 was done to the building.
NU5BAUM
Great Clearance Women's, Misses9 and Children's Outerwear BEGAN TODAY This phenomenal selling began this morning at 8 o'clock and as usual was greeted by a crowd of eager, enthusiastic buyers such as we have never seen before, and up to present writing the throng has almost doubled and enthusiasm has grown to such an extent that we can hardly
wait on them fast enough.
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They Bought SuitsHigh Grade Tailored Suits Goats Elegant, Fashionable Goats Cheaper Than They Ever Bought Them Before THIS GREAT CLEARANCE BRINGS GREAT ECONOMIES ALL OVED OUR ENTIRE SECOND FLOOR. THESE WONDERFUL CLEARANCE BARGAINS, FAMOUS FOR THEIR REMARKABLE SAVINGS IN HIGH GRADE, FASHIONABLE, DESIRABLE WEARABLES HAVE BECOME AN INSTITUTION OF ECONOMY TO WHICH EVERY PRUDENT WOMAN LOOKS FORWARD. IF YOU HAVENT BEEN HERE TODAY, COME TOMORROW. If You Havn't Been Here Today Gome Tomorrow
Mind You! Can You Afford to Miss These for Tomorrow's Selling ONE LOT CHILDREN'S WASH DRESSES 1 to 1 4 yrs., Vj (O) ONE LOT CHILDREN'S WASH DRESSES 6 to 1 4 years, l Jh 50c values, tomorrow , LLeVvL' $1.00 values, tomorrow fuSQw WOMEN'S AND MISSES' SWEATERS $1 .98 to $3.98 (QvgVp WOMEN'S HOUSE DRESSES You've often paid 98c l (Q values; these tomorrow cVOvL' for no better, light and dark styles; these at... TuerVL'
You Can't Blame Prudent Buyers Getting Enthusiastic Over These
CHILDREN'S COATS, $2 to $12 values, these at One-half Price WOMEN'S AND MISSES COATS, $20 to $40 values; these at One-half Price
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BATH ROBES $2.25 to $5.00, now priced $1.13 to $2.50 WOMEN'S TAILORED SKIRTS, $5.75 to $8.75; tomorrow while they last. . .$1.98
TAILORED SUITS at ridiculous prices that dictate a quick clearance. Fine Tailored Suits worth $10 to $37.50 on sale at $4.48, $9.95 and $13.75.
greatest Values You Ever Saw
Fhis Wonderful . Sale Continues All Week Of Course Choosing Will Be Best for Those Who Come First
Lee B