Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 84, 24 February 1916 — Page 1

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CHEAPER GAS INCREASES CONSUMPTION MAKING POSSIBLE GREATER PROFITS, CITY'S WEAPON FOR FIGHTING RAISE

Following a consultation today between City Attorney Bond and President Bavis of the board of public works it was intimated that the city would enter into no agreement with the Richmond Light, Heat & Power company regarding a compromise increase in the natural gas rates, putting this question up to the state commission for decision. From inquiries made by City Attorney Bond it has been ascertained that various successful gas utilities which secure their gas from the West Virginia fields, as the L. H. & P. does, operate on an entirely different the

ory than that employed by Other Rates Lower. sThe Richmond Light. Heat and. Power company Is pursuing a polIcy cf providinq profits by seeking the highest possible schedule of -rates without regard to the reduction in the volume of business such a policy naturally results in. Gas Utilities In Ohio have been following a policy of obtaining rrcf its by encouraging the inc.rca3; in the volume of their business thrcuoh the medium of the lowest possible rates. A pan expert at Columbus, O., has informed City Attorney Bond that the maximum natural gas rate in that clty: ik 50 cents per 1.000 cubic feet. In Richmond the maximum rate la -40 rents. The Columbus company has a.i average annual consumption of 130,coo cubic feet per meter. In RichContinued on Page Fourteen. . LETTERS PRAISE DOLPH'S ABILITY AS ORGANIZER Kit l A. Dolph. attorney of Chicago. 111., will meet members of the electric i;iilvwis committee of the Commercial ( lui), representatives from Huntington, Portland and I'nion City and Richinord business men interested in the proposed railroad from Portland to Richmond tonight. The financial plan will be explained as well as the engineering possibilities. In response to inquiries made by Charles Jordan, chairman of the elecContinued On Page Fourteen.

National Demand for Defense is Growing

the local gas utility,

SOCIAL CENTER PLANNED BY SOCIETY OF MOTHERS TO GUARD CITY'S YOUNG

Social centers for Garfield and High schools will be planned by mothers Friday afternoon when they meet in the auditorium of the high school to perfect a Mothers' Association. Movement looking toward proper supervision. of wholesome pastimes for young persons.between 12 and 18 years will be taken. Recent exposures of deplorable moral .conditions among the young people and an appeal issued by Chief of Police Goodwin in which he asks the parents to save their children has led to this mass meeting for mothers.

Prof. Pickell to Talk. Addresses will be given by Principal Frank G. Pickell of the high school and by the Rev. J. J. Rae, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, who will discuss "Other People's Children and Their Mothers." i aroused, i The mothers, thoroughly

intend to strike at what they believe ! ing to reorganize the county committo be the heart of the trouble. Fra-jtee March 11, under provisions of the ternity rooms, maintained by young rla7 P,ie meetnS b,e held at the court house. Newly electmen and boys, without the supervision j ed officers win conduct the fall cam-

ot oiaer persons, ana nances given without chaperones, will be aimed at in the first blow against degenerating conditions. The proposed association plans to take amusements from such places and put them in school houses, under proper supervision. Committees will be (Continued On Page Fourteen.

POWDER MILL PLANT DESTROYED BY FIRE WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 24. The dryer mill of the Dupont plant at Carney's Point was destroyed by fire early today. Several hundred pounds of powder also burned. Four men in the mill leaped from windows and escaped death by a narrow margin. For a time the fire, the cause of which is unknown, as was the case in previous conflagrations, threatened adjoining mills, but tons of water were thrown upon them and none ignited. BOWMAN TO CALL G, 0. P. COMMITTEE A call will be made by Republican county Chairman Bowman for a meetn9in nr. March n (ho nowiv oiot. paign. ed county chairmen of all counties in the Sixth district will meet at Cambridge City, according to the instruction of the state committee, to organize the district. March 15 the district chairmen of all the districts in the state will meet at Indianapolis to perfect a state organization. . !

Evidence in Orpet Case is Damaging

Much damaging evidence has been gathered against William Orpet, the University of Wisconsin student, accused of giving poison to Miss Marian Lambert, his sweetheart, a high school girl, whose body was found in a wooded section of Lake Forest. It has been discovered that Orpet bought a vial of a druggist in Madison, Wisconsin, shortly before keeping the tryst with his sweetheart. A quantity of potassium was found burned near his father's home. ,. t , . . .

ARMORY AT PURDUE DESTROYED BY FIRE; LOSS IS $30,000 LAFAYETTE, Feb. 24. The Purdue university armory was destroyed b fire supposedly of incendiary origin today. The loss is about $300,000. The fire was discovered at 4 o'clock by Prof. Arthur Cole. The West Lafayette and Lafayette fire departments fought the flames and succeeded in saving (other buildings on the campus. The heaviest loss was in government property there being 1,200 rifles and many sabres and a field gun in the building. Many students who turned out to fight the flames had narrow escapes. Some of the ammunition in building exploded.

TEUTONS SINK PRIZE; BRITISH SHIP ORDER

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LONDON, Feb. 24. The British steamer Westburn, which was -taken into Santa Cruz. Teneriffe, by a prize crew from the German commerce raider that captured the liner Appam and sank many other British ships, has been scuttled outside that port by her Teuton captors, according to a dispatch received by Lloyd's today. The German officer was told bv Spanish authorities that the ship would have to leave or be interned. He took the vessel outside of the Spanish waters and had his prize sunk. The German crew returned to port in small boats and will be interned. The dramatic destruction of the Westburn is another thrilling chapter ; in the story of the mysterious comj merce raider practically identified as the German ship Moewe, and the end j is not yet. Despite the fact that Brit Weather Forecast United States Report: Overcast tonight and Friday. Colder Friday. Temperature. Yesterday. . Noon 32 ! Maximum Minimum ....... 47 ! 31

Local Forecast Unsettled tonight and Friday. Colder Friday. General Conditions The weather remains fair in the middle west but low barometric pressure east of the Mississippi river is causing cloudy weather over the central states. It will be colder here tonight with temperature below freezing. W. E. MOORE, W. F.

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WILSON DEFIES CONGRESS TO TAKE HAND IN SETTLING DISPDTE WITH GERMANY ON SEA RIGHT PROBLEM

WASHINGTON", Feb. 24. President Wilson today defied congress to interfere in the international relations of the United States. He declined to receive Representative Flood, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, who was commissioned by a number of his colleagues to tell the president that, if he persisted in his demands, that Germany refrain from attacking armed merchantmen without warning, congress would pass a resolution deSAI ish warships have been seeking the Moewe since the Appam was taken into an American port, the German raider is still afloat. Thus far it has been definitely established, the raider has captured thirteen ships having a total tonnage of 50,847. Twelve of these were sunk, only the Appam now being afloat. Several of these ships carried large cargoes of coal and the raiders' bunkers were undoubtedly well replenished before they were sent to the bottom of the Atlantic. FILE NOLTE WILLS FOR PROBATE TODAY Wills cf Marie Elizabeth Noite. who died Sept. 20. 191 :j. and Henry Nolte, her husband, who died Jan. IT, 1916, were filed for probate in circuit court today. The wills were made in 1900. According to Mrs. Nolte's bequest her husband was to feeeive a life estate to her property and a. similar provision was made in Mr. Nolte's will. For this reason the wife's last testament was not filed for probate immediately after her death. Mr. Nolte's property is valued at $13,000 and consists of 115 acres of land in Randolph county, 7' acres in Darke county and four pieces of property in Richmond, located at 231 and 23:5 South Eleventh street ami on South E and South J street. Six children of Henry Nolte. William, Henry, Alfred. Edith, Daniel ahd Alice will share equally in the estate under the terms- of tbe will. Daniel Nolte was named executor of the Henry Nolte estate and instructed to sell the property and divide the proceeds betw een the six children.

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THREE VILLAGES TAKEN; TEUTONS CREEP UP ON BIG FRENCH FORTRESS

BERLIN, Feb. 24. Rapid strides are being made by the Germans in their great drive upon Verdun, according to today's official reports issued by the war office. The Germans have made further advances on the east bank of the Meuse, the reports stating that they have captured the villages of Brabant, Haumont, Samgeux. They also have taken all the forest districts to the northwest, north and northeast of this region. The Germans have taken possession of Baumont as well as Keradois, the report adds.

ALL TOWNSHIP CHAIRMEN GIVE LONTZ SUPPORT Endorsement of the candidacy of John M. Lontz, of this city, for tbe Democratic congressional nomination has been given by the Democratic chairmen of each of the lifteen townships in Wayne county. A poll of I these township chairmen has just been completed. Included in the list of township chairmen who have endorsed the Lontz candidacy are Charles Shank of Washington township and Will Hangley of Jackson township. It was in these two townships that Judge Gray recruited members of the Finly H. Gray club, organized this week In Cambridge City. At the organization meeting of the Continued on Page Two manding that passports be refused Americans who would not agree to remain off such vessels. The president told Representative Flood over the telephone that lie saw no reason to change his announced attitude and that he must decline to discuss further the submarine question at this time. Simultaneous with' this announcement. Secretary to the President. Tumulty canceled all the president's enZEPPELIN CAPTAIN SENDS FAREWELL COPENHAGEN. Feb. 24. Letters from the captain and crew of the Zeppelin L-l 'j, which was destroyed in the North Sea, were picked up in bottles by the Swedish steamer Stella and brought here today. One letter written by Captain Uhle of the said that the balloon was only 100 yards above the water and descending rapidly because the motor was out of commission. "I expect to be drowned along with my brave men,"' the letter continued, "and I bid good-bye to my wife and little boy at home. May God bles and protect them." AUTO DEALERS GRAB AVAILABLE SPACE AT SHOW So successful were the solk-iiors fori

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space at the "Made-in-Richmond and Automobile Show" that the committee has been literally swamped with requests for booths and it is probable that the exhibits will be strictly automobiles as were the original plans of the committee. There was 20,000 square feet of space to be alloted among the prospective dealers and manufacturers. All but 3,000 of this amount has been subscribed and several local dealers expect to report Saturday. "The automobile show is an assured fact," said Omer Whelan, chairman of the committee. "We expect to hold on March 22-25 and judging from the number of exhibitors who have already signed up for space, the show will compare favorably with any of the shows in the larger cities." "The dealers have co-operated with us wonderfully," said Mr. Whelan. "The show is not to be confined to Continued on Page Two

FRENCH ADMIT REVERSES

War Office Statement. However, Takes Optimistic Stand. PARIS, Feb. 24. French troops have evacuated Brabant Fur-Meuse, north of Verdun, the French war office announced today.. The Germans have also succeeded In capturing most of the position lost to the French . in Bois Des Caures east of Brabant-Fur-Meuse. The terrific offensive of the Gimans on tbe north of Verdun continues with unabated violence. Furious assaults are being; made against tht French positions near Haumont but the war office says that all have been repulsed up to date. At Samogeux, despite the launching of enormous masses of men. the Germans were frustrated In their efforts to carry ,tbe French position. Brabant lies six miles north of the Verdun Continued On Page Fourteen. GIVES SECOND DEGREE. The Osceola tribe of Red Men will give work in the second degree to a class of candidates at the lodge hall tonight. gagements for today and tomorrow, with the exception of tomorrow's cabinet meeting. The president lias taken persona! charge of negotiations with Germany. Until a definite settlement is reached or a break conies, officials say, h.! will remain in closest touch with Secretary Lansing. It is understood to be the intention of the president to bring the negotiations to a head with out any unnecessary delay. 12-6 MEMBERS REFUSE TO HEAR WATSON SPEAK James E. Watson of Riiblmlle, can didate for the Republican nomination as United States senator and foinn-r representative in congress from th:Sixth district, will campaign through Wayne county Monday and Tuesday of next week, concluding his tour by addressing a meeting in Richmond Tuesday night. . Members of the Watson organization in Richmond sought to have Watson invited to address the "12-M club, a non-partisan organization of Rich niond business men, at the club meeting next. Tuesday noon, but the program committee refused to extend tbe invitation. Committee members thought it would be unwise to havi any political candidate appear before the organization as a speaker. Trip Covers Many Dates. It will be impossible tor Watson to make a tour of every township in th" county because of the condition of th" roads but his Wayne county speaking program is an extensive one. It follows: Monday Morning Ccnterville, 9 o'clock; Greensfork, 10:45. Monday afternoon Williamsburg, I o'clock; Economy, 2:30 o'clock. Monday evening Hagerstown, C:15; Cambridge City, 7:45 o'clock. Tuesday morning Fountain City, 7:45 o'clock; Webster, 9 o'clock. Tuesday evening Richmond, o'clock at the K. of P. hall. While in Wayne county Watson wiil have his headquarters in parlor B, Westcott hotel. - SIX TAKE DEGREES About seventy-five members of Webb lodge, 24, V. fc A. M., were present at the meeting Wednesday evening wnen the Entered Apprentice degree was conferred cn six candidates. A buffet luncheon was served at 6:30 oclock.