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SWAYNE FINDS FAULTS IfJ BAVIS PLAN TO RAISE WATER WORKS DEFICIT

Exceptions to some of the points in the compromise plan for the settlement of the water rate controversy between the city of Richmond are taken in a letter which S. E. Swayne, president of the Swayne-Robinson company, has written to Mayor Robbins. The compromise plan is that Miggested by Alfred Bavis, president ' the board of works. Text of Swayne Letter. Mr. Swayne's letter follows: July 31. 1918. 'Mr. William J. Robbins, Mayor, City. ' Dear Sir: I am convinced In my mind that the suggestion made by Mr.

WILSON DECLINES TO CONTEST FOR 810 CROWDS IN KENTUCKY

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. President Wilson today declined to enter into .a crowd drawing contest with Charles Evans Hughes, his Republican oppon ent for the presidency. Senator Ollie James of Kentucky, headed a delegation that called at the white house to urge the president to sneak at Winchester, Ky.. on Septem ber 5. On that day Mr. Hughes speaks at Lexington, Ky. The president will be at Hodginsville, Ky., to attend the Lincoln birthplace memorial exercises September 4, and Democratic leaders wanted him to stay over the next day and make a political speech. The president declined on the CASEMENT AWAITS EXECUTION TOMORROW LONDON, Aug. 2 Roger Casement, the former Irish knight, condemned to die Thursday on the scaffold for high treason, is calmly awaiting what the next twenty-four hours will bring forth, according to reports from Bentonville prison. Rumon were in circulation here today that Casement would be granted a reprieve, but these were not based on any available official information. One of the condemned man's solicitors said be knew nothing of any decision with regard to carrying out the death sentence. RILEY'S MEMORIAL MAY BE FEATURE OF FALL FESTIVAL Combination of the Riley Memorial with the Commercial club's fall festival and centennial celebration is being considered by Edgar Iliff, chairman of the memorial committee. The Riley services have been set for October. 8, the day following the poet's birthday. According to tentative plans the fall festival would be held about the first week in the same month. This would cause the two observances to fall upon consecutive days. Mr. Iliff said today he believed the memorial could be incorporated as a distinct and separate feature of the celebration, adding materially to its success. He will broach the proposition of holding the festival and memorial in conjunction if the Commercial club decides to hold the carnival during the first week of October. WOOD BRIDGE EXPERT SOUGHT BY COUNTY While in session tomorrow the commissioned will bring up the proposition of Ketting eome wooden bridge expert to come to this county and rfpalr the historical old bridges so that they may be preserved for future fa-iicratlona. "All of these bridges will do for sen ice for at leust a hundred years t-t if properly cared for." County High way Superintendent Jones said today. Contractors in great numbers are preparing bids for the road improvements. Kepresientatives of large cement Arms and other supply houses have been here for several days. SOOTH SIDERS " Resolutions endorsing the movement of the Commercial club and the city officials in holding a centennial celebration and fall carnival here the first of October were passed by the South Side .Improvement association last night. The association 13 particularly anxious that a historical pageant be the feature of the fall exposition. "A birthday of this kind only comes j to n slate everv hundred years," Willi Bartel said when he proposed the resolution. "All around us, cities have been holding big centennial celebrations, but historic old Richmond and Wayne county have so far done notoling and have been ridiculed by the f other citieB. There is yet time and

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Bavis that the deficiency in the water works revenue be made up by increasing the charge on water consumption against those who consume 80,000 gallons per month or more is wrong in principle for several reasons. Mr. Bavis stated that in increasing this charge it would penalize the manufacturers who have not installed the sprinkler equipment. It might be true that this would add to the bill for water .of some of the manufacturers who do not have sprinkler plants, but It would, of course, also add to the water bills of the sprinkler equipped plants, and as the latter concerns are the larger concerns, they are the ones Continued On Page Five.

grounds that his visit to Hodginsville bears a national character and he did not want politics to become mixed up in it. . SPARKS OF TRACTOR FIRE LOAD OF RYE Sparks from a traction engine set fire to a load of rye which was being threshed by Harry Brown on the Elijah Kerlin farm, uear Chester, yesterday. The team, belonging to Samuel C. Robinson, was unhitched from the wagon while the thrashers fought the blaze on the wagon. The rye was destroyed and wagon badly burned. The brisk breeze blowing in the direction of a barn surrounded by considerable straw made strenuous efforts necessary to prevent a dangerous spread of the fire. SUFFRAGE LEADER AHEAD IN KANSAS TOPEKA, Kas., Aug. 2 Dr. Eva Harding, of Topeka, well known woman suffragist leader, has a generous lead over H. J. Corwine in the Democratic congressional primary here. Late returns from over the state indicate W. C. Lansdon will have a good lead over B. S. Gaitskill for the Democratic nomination for governor. Gov. Capper had no opposition on the Republican ticket. FRED HASECOSTER SUMMONED BY DEATH Fred J. Hasecoster, 80, one of the oldest members of the Trinity Lutheran church, and a resident of Richmond for sixty years, died at his home, 209 South Thirteenth street, last night. Death was due to dropsy. Mr. Hasecoster had been employed at the J. M. Hutton company for thirty-six years. RUSSIANS TO CHECK NAPHTHA EXTORTION PETROGRAD, "Aug. 2 The Russian government has decided to put an end to the extortions of the naptha companies which are continually raising their prices. The Minister of the Interior has drafted a bill which will be submitted to the Duma as soon as this body meets again. It has the creation of a state monopoly for its purpose The different naptha companies are to be united into a 'syndicate under the control of the government. A board to be appointed by the Ministers of the Interior and Commerce will supervise the whole production and trade of the companies and fix the prices. The control is intended to be permanent and will not be given up after the war. BOOST

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let us get behind the movement which is already under way and assist in putting on a Centennial celebration which is worthy of Richmond." Although no committees were appointed to assist the city and Commercial club officials in planning for the celebration, the secretary was instructed to inform them that the South Side Improvement association is ready to assist. - Nothing will be done toward arranging for the annual harvest festival of the association and nothing will be done until all arrangements are made for the city affair. It was suggested that the association festival might be co-operated with the centennial celebration.

AGKERMAN AND HALE PROTEST CENSORSHIP

Carl V. Ackerman and William Bayard Hale, correspondents in Berlin, have signed the protest against the British censorship. They have joined with other American correspondents in charging that the news is distorted and that many things are deleted by the London censors. The protest asks for free use of a cable. LE BOUTILLIER ASKS HEARING ON WATER RATE Request for a hearing at any future conferences on the water rates recently established over the protest of the city and manufacturers, has been asked by the Pennsylvania railroad in a letter written by Superintendent LeBoutillier to Alfred Bavis, president of the board of works. Mr. LeBoutillier also intimated that if rates were increased materially, the railroad company might find it profitable to construct and operate its own water works system. Upon receipt of the letter, Mr. Bavis said personally he would welcome representatives of the Pennsylvania at future hearings and he believed this would be the attitude of the whole administration. The railroad company is getting water at a 6 cent rate. Although not assuming a hostile attitude toward the corporation, Mr. Bavis said he could not consider such a rate fair. He continues to be of the opinion that an appeal should be taken from the commission's ruling. PRESIDENT STANDS PAT ON OLD STAND ON SUFFRAGE PLANK WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Reports that President Wilson is contemplating reversing his position on woman suffrage and coming out in favor of an amendment giving the women the ballot was strongly denied at the White House today. The president's position is exactly the same as it has been, it was stated, namely that he favors woman suffrage but believes that it is a matter for each state to decide for itself. -

CONTRACTS IN SUM OF $184,941 TO BE LET BY COMMISSIONERS

Contracts for road Improvements amounting to $184,941.30 will be let by the county commissioners tomorrow. Most of these improvements are in Jackson township where the National road will be paved. The Jackson township road contracts will be let in four different contracts. The estimates on the three mile strips starting from the west are $34,002.40; $33,075.60; $28,508.50 and $31,750.50. One strip of the National road in the eastern part of Center township will be let and the cost will be about $46,354.30. After these contracts a strip of about four miles from the eastern boundary line of Jackson township and the improved strip in Center township will be left unimproved, but the viewers for the Thomas G. Dunbar road will report to the commis$400,000 RAISED FOR PENN COLLEGE Success has crowned the efforts of Penn College, Oscaloosa, la., to raise $400,000 to replace buildings destroyed by fire several months ago. A telegram bearing this information was received today by Miss Anna Eves, 51 South Sixteenth street, a teacher in the college who has been instrumental in interesting many Richmond Friends in the campaign. Miss Eves estimated today that local contributions would amount to something over $2,000 - DUTCH SHIP IS SUNK BULLETIN LONDON, Aug. 2. The Dutch steamer Zeland, 1,203 tons, was sunk by a German submarine in the North sea, says the South Shield Gazette. The crew was allowed to take to the boats before the vessel was sunk. Weather Forecast Forecast for Indiana Fair tonight and Thursday, except probably thundershowers Thursday in south portion. Temperature. Noon 8S Yesterday. Maximum : ." . . 86 Minimum 67 Forecast Fair tonight and Thursday. Somewhat unsettled probably. General Conditions Generally fair weather prevails north of the fortieth parallel, due to high barometric pressure over eastern Canada. Low barometic pressure west of the Mississippi river will probably cause unsettied weather after tonight Ninetytwo degrees at Helena, Mont.

PICARDY OFFENSIVE OF FRENCH TROOPS THREATEN PERONNE

PARIS, Aug. 2. French troops have resumed their offensive in Picardy. They have made progress on both banks of the Somme river, the war office announced today. Continued success in the operations is expected to result in the fall of Peronne, thus threatening the great German salient which has been under attack since July 1. The war office states that this fighting took place last night on the right bank of the Meuse at Verdun. The Germans made numerous attacks using gas shells to overcome the resistance of the French troops. NEW GARDEN SHOW BALANCE OF $2,121 New Garden township has a balance of $2,121.91 left for the tuition fund from the tax appropriations of last year. The total teaching expenses of the township for last year was $4,142.02, and the total receipts were $6,263.91. . These facts are revealed in the trustee's yearly report. The hauling of children to school in New Garden township last year cost $2,161.50. There are 284 school chil dren in the township, 118 white boys, 4 colored boys, 159 white girls and 3 colored girls. So far this quarter, no money has been expended in that township for the care of poor people. 3 SPIES EXECUTED COLOGNE, Aug. 2 The "Koelnische Zeitung" reports that after a trial lasting four days, three French and Belgian spies have been sentenced to death and executed at Brussels. Two others were pardoned'to life imprisonment and four, among them two women, escaped with prison terms ranging from six months to eight years. WOMAN IS INJURED Grace Heckman was taken to Reid Hospital in the police machine this morning after she fell in the alley in the rear of the Bethard garage, Main street. She was passing through the alley when she tripped on a grating and was thrown to the ground. She suffered some broken ribs. sioners and then everything will be ready for the county officials to call for bids for this road. This wjll leave only a strip of about one mile and one-half between the two strips which will not be paved. This Improvement cannot be made for several years because of the lack of money. The contract for S. Merton Catey road, gravel, northwest of Williamsburg, will also be let tomorrow. The cost will be about $11,250. MILTON MINISTER BELIEVES RURAL PASTOR AT FAULT Tbat a decadence in the rural ministry rather than in the rural church has taken place in recent years was the assertion of the Rev. F. C. McCormick of Milton, in an address at Bethany Park before the rural life conference of the National Chautauqua of the Churches of Christ. The Rev. Mr. McCormick spoke on "The Work and the Rewards of the Rural Minister." "The country church, generally speaking, is as alive today as it has ever been," said the Rev. Mr. McCormick. "Where the preacher does the work that he is supposed to day his flock will rally to his support. The country people today as in the past will provide means, and ample means. for religious work, if they are assured that the minister is able and willing to lead them in their effors." MINISTER ON STRIKE CHARLEROI, Pa., Aug. 2. The Rev. Kushinoff of St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church is on a strike. He hasn't appeared at services for some days. The Rev. Kushinoff says his salary hasn't been paid and until it is there'll be no services in his church. REPUBLICANS TRY TO GET BIG SPELLBINDERS HERE "We have been playing a game similar to hide and seek in trying to get big speakers here for Republican Chautauqua day," L. S. Bowman said today. Scarcely a week passes that several prospects are not found but it is a difficult proposition to get them. WIRES BOYS $50 FUND. PRINCETON, Ind., Aug. 2. ,The Princeton boys in the national guard on the border are happy now because John T. Butler of Franklin, Pa., who was "the drummer boy of the Seventeenth Indiana"' during the Civil war, wired $50 to be used in purchasing.

DEOTSCHLAND LEAVES ON RETURN TRIP THROUGH HOSTILE WATERS FOR HOME; SHIPPING HIEN WISH HER GOOD LUCK

NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 2. Steaming slowly down Chesapeake bay the first merchant submarine the giant German Deutschland today is headed for the deep waters off the Virginia cape. Reports reaching here and Newport News indicate that the big submersible is keeping' well to the eastward of the regular ship channel. This is believed here to be due to the desire of her commander, Captain Koenig, to prevent any interference with his vessel from any of the tramp liners -flying the flags of the enemies of Germany which are scattered from the cape to the mouth of the Potapsco river. Captain's Plans Secret. Representatives here of the North German Lloyd line said that they knew nothing of Captain Koenig's plans and refused to confirm or deny the report that the submarine was going to anchor at Newport News for several days. A British tramp steamer, equipped FISHER SHOWS NERVE ON OPERATING TABLE Realizing that he must undergo at once his third operation for the removal of his appendix, Joe Fisher of New Paris, showed nerve Tuesday morning when he drove from his father's home at Bluffton, where he had been visiting, to the Reid Memorial hospital, where the operation was performed at 6 o'clock Tuesday. Upon arrival at the hospital he summoned his New Paris physician and submitted to the third operation in the course of a year. The first two were unsuccessful. Fisher is over six feet tall and is fleshy, which has made the operation especially difficult. The third was successful and Mr. Fisher is in a satisfactory condition. FIND BLAST VICTIM NEW "YORK, Aug. 2. The body of another victim of the Black Tom Island explosion was recovered from New York harbor today. The finding of this corpse increased to six the number of known' dead. Seven are still missing and it is believed by the New Jersey authorities that the final death roll will be 13. The body of Cornelius Leyden, of the Lehigh Valley police force was found yesterday and was identified this forenoon. BOY FRACTURES LEG Henry Cook, 5 years old. fell from a box on a wagon with which he was playing with companions on the sidewalk near North Ninth and C streets today at noon, suffering a fractured leg. He was carried to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. .Shubel Cook, 314 North Ninth street, by a neighbor. A physician set the leg. BOYS ASK APPARATUS Playground apparatus for Starr park was decided upon as an absolute necessity at the meeting of the Boytown public welfare - and education committee held last night at the home of Floyd Nusbaum. The committee will advise the next meeting of the Boytown government of the need of such apparatus. If the Starr park project is successful the committee will advise the erection of similar apparatus in Glen Miller park and in the smaller parks in the city. OIL COUNTY ROADS Six miles of the Wayne county roads have been oiled and thoroughly repaired. This leaves six miles yet to be worked on. The old National road is being refaced from the Ohio line west. Only about a mile of it will be refaced this year but it will have to be refaced all the way into Richmond in a few years. It is in bad condition, the highway superintendent said today. PAY WITNESS FEES Witness fees amounting to $133.40 for the damage suit of Danner vs. the T. H. I. and E. traction company were sent out by the county clerk today. The traction company paid in a total of $197.05 for expenses. The reason that the witness fees were so high is because the witnesses were called into the local court before the case was taken to Fayette county on a change of venue. WILSON HURRIES APPEAL FOR CLEMENCY TO IRISH WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. President Wilson today instructed Acting Secretary of State Polk to forward to the British office immediately the resolution adopted by the Senate last Saturday in which the hope was expressed that the British government "may exercise clemency in the treatment of Irish political prisoners." "Y" HOLDS SERVICES Street services of the Y. M." C A. will be addressed tonight by the Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, pastor of the Grace Methodist church. Edgar Mote will lead a quartet which will furnish music.

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ed off Newport News since last Saturday slipped her anchor today and slipped out of the capes. Norfolk was greatl;' excited when the news reached here that the German submarine actually had started on her initial leg of her homeward journey. Fast speed launches have been chartered to the entente allies and were seen charging up the bay, reported her departure. At the Virginia Pilots' association, it was said, latest reports from the patrol vessels of the allied fleet, which have been lying off this port for the lasi three weeks watched to gather in the Deutschland if possible, indicate that they have moved in as closely to the three mile limit as possible. Estimates of the number of patrol craft that are off the capes varies. See Allied Observers. Three have been seen by the observers, two British and one French. The British vessels are of the Mon

AILROAD EMPLOYES AGREE TO CONFERENCES ON THREATENED STRIKE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Labor leaders representing employes of the big railroads that have threatened to strike this afternoon notified the United States board of mediation and conciliation that the men had agreed to a resumption of conferences for the settlement of all differences, the next meeting to be held in New York City, August 8. The agreement was a result of the board's informal request several days ago that the employes and employers try again to avoid a strike. Approximately one-half of the 400,000 ballots cast by the railroad employes upon the question of a nation wide strike had been counted today. A preponderant number of those voting favor striking. The ballots counted today were CHILD LABOR BILL STARTS DISCUSSION WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Lines were drawn for bitter fighting in the senate today when the child labor bill is taken up, probably late this afternoon, immediately after the disposition of the District of Columbia appropriation. The opening of the fight 'will be marked by an effort on the part of a group of Republican senators, led by Borah, of Idaho, to couple the child labor bill with the immigation. This plan has a two-fold purpose,, first to compel President Wilson to sign the twin measure despite his opposition to the immigration bill, and second in J command support of the southern Democratic senators who favor the immigration bill but oppose federal child labor legislation. CARS KEEP RUNNING NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Although city officials failed in their first efforts to avoid a general tie-up of street railways in greater New York, they conj tinued their efforts to avoid a general strike. From the leaders of the strike came the assertion that there would surely be a general strike unless the employers agreed to recognize the union. No extension of the strike, however, will be ordered without giving 24 hours' notice. INCREASE ASSESSMENT Attention was called today to the gradual increase made in the assessment of the Richmond Home Telephone company. It was. assessed at $318,580 this year, but this was cut down to $209,8S8, which is a big increase over last year when the company was assessed at $136,640. Assessments for other years follow: 1910, $121,500: 1911, 126.750; 1912. $127,500; 1913. $148,750; 1914, $149,450; 1915, $136,640. MANY TUBERCULOSIS PEOPLE NEED ATTENTION HERE "Several Wayne township tubercular people rightfully belong in state hospitals but cannot be sent because Wayne county has all in the hospitals now that it is allowed," Township Trustee Edgerton said today. One case in particular has been brought to the attention of the trustee which deserves care in the state institution. The family is in a destitute condition and has to be supported by the township. They live in a tent at the edge of town. The husband is almost dead from tuberculosis. GERMANTOWN SPAN REPAIRED Germantown's old wooden bridge on the National road has been repaired and was opened for traffic late yesterday afternoon.

mouth or County class and it was reported here today that they have been reinforced since last week by a number of fast converted merchant liners. These vessels have been strewn in fan shaped formation off the Virginia capes and are reported to be patrolling a distinct lane. Officials and waterwise experts here declared today that they felt satisfied that the Deutschland will await favorable weather conditions before passing out through the three mile limit They say that it will be very easy for Captain Koenig simply to hold his ship in readiness until a heavy fog sweeps in from the sea or a shore wind forces the patrol craft to put farther out to avoid being thrown up on the sands. This is the plan many people here believe will be put into effect. Meanwhile they expect that the Deutschland will play Continued on Page Two

mainly votes of the eastern and southern members of the Big Four railway brotherhoods. The western and southwestern chairmen will arrive in a few days with the ballots from their districts. CONSTABLE ARRESTS AUTOIST AT FUNERAL CHICAGO, Aug. 2. Officials of the Automobile club today announced that they are going to fight to a finish the cases of six persons arrested in a cemetery by a surburban constable on a charge of automobile speeding. The funeral party was headed by Henry Howard, whose wife was to be buried, and Constable Henry Ernest followed the cortege into the cemetery and in the middle of the service at the graveside announced they were under arrest for speeding. KILL WHALE WITH AXES NEW YORK, Aug. 2 A 65 foot whale, stranded in shallow Mater near Rockaway point, fell easy prey to men with axes. TRUSTEES AT PICNIC After whetting their appetites by playing ball, tossing horseshoes anc playing croquet, the trustees of Wayne county, their families. County Superintendent Williams, and the advisory boards sat down to a large chicken dinner in Glen Miller park today. The annual trustees picnic is being held. GERMANS TRY TO DRIVE BACK RUSS ADVANCE PETROGRAD, Aug. 2 Terrific fighting is in progress between German and Russian forces on the west bank of the Stckhod river today. The Teuton army, resisting the Russian advance on Kovel has been heavily reinforced and is attempting to drive the Czar's troops out of the positions which they captured west of the Stokhod by a brilliant charge. Reports thus far received by the war office state that the German counter attacks have been fruitless. The Russian artillery on the east bank h2s inflicted terrible losses on the German infantry. That the Teuton commander regards the lost positions also of vast importance is indicated by the fact that in several instances the infantry was ordered to attack without any artillery preparation. The belief at the war olfice is that the next few days are likely to see the Austrian and German forces so effectively separated that it will be impossible for them to co-operate further. The well balanced strategic plan of the Russian general staff, it is asserted, is working out admirably. It was discovered too late by the Aus-tro-German commanders for them to take effective steps to prevent the splitting of their armies. BRITISH ADVANCES CHECKED BY TEUTONS BERLIN, Aug. 2. All French, and British attacks In the Somme sector were repulsed by the Germans, the war office announced today. Further ground was gained by the Teutons in the Verdun sector. In the region of Thiemont wood, the capture of 923 men and machine guns was announced. On the eastern front Russian attacks at Lake Nobel in the Stochod salient were repulsed.