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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18

the taxes will be increased to this ex-
tent. 1t ought to be kept in mind
that the management of this company
has shown marked ability in dealing
with the tax officers. We think it
would be unfair to assume that in
subsequent dealings with these Off
Gals the management will totally lose
Its ability to so manage it's affairs that
the state will not get more than it's
just share Of taxes from this company.
We feel that $4,000 would be a Just
and liberal allowance for the total
charge for taxes
Operating Expenses.
The commission placed the estimate
for the company's operating expenses
at $25,360 per annum
Considerable of the opinion is CIV
en- over to consideration of the ques-
ton or return on the investment.
The rate the consumers must paw
Tor the service supplied by this water
works cannot be justly determined
Without considering the source from
which the investment in this property
came. The investors in this property
have put in 1t about $712.O1244 Three
hundred thousand dollars or there
aoouts represents an invested surplus
over and above reasonable earnings,
fixed charges and operating expenses.
About $35, 900 of it represents a pure
eratuity, donation and aid wrenohed
from the consumers by an unjust rule,
(consumers paying $40 to have main
tapped) and in excess Of said
$71a412.44.
III the total actual cost of this plant
had been taken from the pockets of
the investors and invested in this
property, 1t would be entitled to a
higher rate Of interest or a higher
return than it is entitled under the
present condition.
Fixes Pct. Return.
"Viewing this property, the source
from which the investors therein were
derived, keeping in mind the interest
! OF the public, and keeping in mind the
interest of the investors who are the
owners Of this property, we are salts.
fled that net return OF s per cent
on the value Of this property as here
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inbefore found is sufficiently large.

inbefore found is sufficiently large.
This does not mean that this COM
pany shall earn but 6 per cent. but 1t
means that this company shall receive
6 per cent net on the value of it's prop
erty as we found it to be. After the
payment OF all taxes, of all operating
expenses and after setting aside such a
depreciation account as in the life
time of the plant rebuild it, it is still
permitted under this calculation to
earn 6 per cent. We think, under the
ample.
We find therefore that provision
must be made to levy upon the users
of the service of this utility such a
rate as will yield money enough to
pay the following items: Taxes. $10,-
000 operating expenses, $25 1850; de-
probation, $4,000; interest at per
cent on $4,000, $4,000. Total.
$50 1850"
Number Consumers.
The water works, according to evil
dence introduced at the time of the
hearing, has 1922 meter users and
1000 flat rate users. OF the 1920 con-
sumers, 4,798 are residence consumers.
The water output for the year end
ing June 80, 1913, for fire was 800. 900
gallons; for other than fire service the
output was 952, 1895, 900 gallons.
Distributing the expense between
the city and domestic consumers, the
commission estimates that the city
will be required to pay 80 per cent OF
the gross revenues of the water works
and the domestic consumers SO per
cent This percentage, the commits
sion estimates. ought 10 represent the
entire municipal expense of the city
Of Richmond for water. For the year
ending June 80. 1913, the supernten.
dent of the water works testified that
there was distributed 100,00O000 gal
Ions of free water to schools. hose
houses and public fountains of Rich
r ond and vicinity. Under the com
missions order, issued in accordance
with the public utility act. the city
WI be required to pay for practically
all of it's free water. This will in
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crease the city's expenditures, it is
estimated, $4,000 a year.
Dill Mildly Rebuked.

SO,uOU d year
Dill Mildly Rebuked.
Referring to the failure of the COM
pany to include in it's schedule of rates
filed with the commission last jan
uary a rate of 10 cents which was be-
ing granted to a certain class OF con-
sumers, about 500 in number. the COM
mission said: The high character of
the superintendent for honesty and
truthfulness perhaps entities him to
the benefit of the doubt as to whether
his acts were due to intentional vio-
lation of the law or otherwise. 1t is
difficult for us to believe that the in
telligent management of this company
who used this omitted rate almost
daily would when they filed this
schedule have omitted il therefrom.
The requirement that all rates are to
be filed with the commission is man
datory and is enforceable by fines and
penalties"
The commission goes into detail con-
termining upon the new schedule Of
rates.
The petition for an adjustment of
the Richmond water rates was filed
last August, but it was not heard by
i
cause of other matters occupying its
attention. Several new legal problems
We're presented in the Richmond case
and the commission members devoted
! much time to a study of the case. The
opinion was written by Chairman Dun
can, though all five members Joined
/ in deciding the various important Ques-
! lions presented. 1t was only after fire.
Quent conferences that the opinion was
finally whipped into shape to meet the
views of all the commissioners. The
case is one of the important ones
which has been decided by the com
mission since its establishment a lit
tie more than one year ago.
/ What experts declare 10 he a magni-
ficent specimen OF Titian's work has
a portrait OF Don Giovanni de Castro
gallery at Lemberg, Australia. Ii is
and dates about 1916.
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REDUCTION Of WATER

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What experts declare 10 he magni-
ficent specimen OF Titians work has
portrait OF Don Giovanni de Castro
gallery at Lemberg. Australia. II is
and dates about 1916.
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Williams. Ai3I42i243 $50 l--lO--h5
Alexander. . 1 o 4 o 6 - ! ~
WILLIAMS AND JOHNSON vs. HtCKFTr
AND ALEXANDER.
FIRST SET.
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UMPIRE CASTS BLIGHT
ON BROOKLYN'S RALLY
Calls Smith Out at Third and
All st. Louis Laughs in
Derision at Him.

ST. LOUIS. May i7.--The Cardinals de-
fefeated Brooklyn to-day to In n we'll
played game. The Dodgers were unable
TO do much with Robinson except in tho
seventh. when a bad decision probably
cost Brooklyn couple OF runs. In that
inning with the score to against them
the Dodgers got busy. With one down
Wheat beat out a bunt. Red Smith waited
patiently and got walk. Stengel cracked
one on the nose to centre field and Wheat
scored. The throw to second rolled into
left field and Smith set sail for third He
made IL easily by n fallaway slide. but
Umpire Hart, who was behind the play,
called him out That broke up the rally.
Even the $1,000 persons In the ST Louis
crowd, one of tho largest that have turned
out this year laughed at the decision.
Tho other Brooklyn run was the result
OF n clean home run by Daubert into the
pavilion in right field. 1t was Il long
hard rap and coming in the first inning
made il look as If the Dodgers were going
to get Robinson
The Cardinals tied the score in the
second on hits by Chief Wilson and Ted
Gathers ana one OF Ai,chison's wild
pitches He uncorked two, each of which
cost u run.
The explosion came in tho fifth. Sny-
der, first up. hit to deep left for three
bases. Smith fumbled Beck's grounder
but Snyder held third. Robinson then
virtually won his own game with n single
to centre, scoring Snyder. Higgins dou-
bed. scoring Buck. a wild pitch let Rob-
inson I'm. Then Butler and Higgins
worked the squeeze play for another run.
Wagner and Schmut2 finished for Brook
Ign. ono of Wagner's fast ones caught
Butler In the face knocking out the st
Louis shortstOp. The score:
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CINCINNATI, May 17--RcG Ames, who
once drew salary from John }. McGraw,
played rings round his former team mates
at Redlsnl Field this afternoon. and the
Giants bit the dust to the tune OF 70 I.
There are many things that NJ Graw will
not soon forget First Of all was the
pitching that Fromne served W to tho
Nedldnd warriors. Next I'm importance
was a weird exhibition Of nc!ding What
Fletcher and Meyers left undoro in the
way Of helping the Red!ogs to their vic
tory Capt. Doyle made up for. Doyle
had an or day and Fletcher and Meyers
made errors that turned outs into runs.
This, coupled with what the locals man
aged to do with their clubs, gave Her
gogs men a decisive victory.
More than 10000 persons were IN the
stands when Umpire Rigler called play.
Bcscher. erstwhle Red, was the first TO
face the sorrel top hurlcr and he smashed
The second ball pitched for a two Dagger
20 left Burns dropped safety I'M back
OF second, while GrOh, Won EolUitz and
Moran watched the pellet fail In safe
TERRITORY. Bescher stopped at third but
not for long as he came across with the
Giants lone tally when Fletcher grounded
forcing Burns at second. Herzog threw
wild to HoO!!tzell IN attempting 10 double
w Fletcher and the latter pulled UP at
third. Doyle WAS easy for AIarsans,
Merkle struck out and che first rouiI
waS over.
Fromine got an ovation as no stcpped
on tile mound but before he left that
emnencc in the hrst round his opponents
captured the contest.
Moran walked but was caught nap.
ping. Fletcher started the trUIUlG by al
lowing HorzOg's easy grounder TO &c
through him. Groh singled and Heroes
rld into third while Gruh got to second
Marsans struck out, but Hnhitzcll d.
iivered Il screaming double and HerzoG
and Groa scored.
In the NTH Clarke tripled 10 the RICH
ieid wall and scored on Ames's single
Moran forced Anes. Then came the
mo~t brilliant part Of tho Giants play
a sIelkie lclpcd high and captured Her
1r3 liner coming down on the base AM
doubling Vi Moran
Again in the sixth the locals scored OF
Groh's single. Marsanss sacrifice. Doyle
tumble on Herzugs easy tap and Chic
Ms,ers's Iuuif of Frommes throw while
et-mpting to run down Groh, the latte
scoring after Bates hit to Stock Hobb!
took third and Bates second. Hobby wa
out at tho plate, Or Neihon's zap Z
third.
Tho Reds scored their last tally in tn
eighth Herzog singled, Groh sacrifice
and Doyle fumbled Mursaus's gruundcT
Kelly beat out "A tap TO first and Herzo
scored. Bates flied out and Marsans wa
out on an attempted double steal. TIL
score
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CUBS LOSE WHEN CHENEY GOES.
But Thirteen Inning Defeat IL Pinned
on OntneIdcr.

CHICAGO, May l7.--Thc Phillies beat
the cubs TO 9 In n great thirteen inning
battle to-day. Williams's muff of "A fly
ball with two gone IN the thirteenth sent
the winning run across. Mageo then made
victory certain by driving In another run
with Il double. Mayer went the distance
and was mighty good In the pinches
Cheney, who started for the Cubs, was
taken out in the eleventh so that pinch
hitter might bat for him. Good and
Becker were the strong men with the
stick. The latter drove out homer.
while Good was present with three
doubles, single and a sacrifice. The
score.
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SURPRISES AT BEDFORD PARK,
DIR, Roscnbnum and Arthur Low
bond Lose Their Matches.

Councillors in the Bronx County lawn
tennis championship tournament worked
overtime yesterday on the dirt courts AT
the Bedford Park Lawn Tennis Club
finished all OF the second round matches
and only three OF the third round con
tests were left over.
What was lacking in surprises In tho
opening day WAS made up for yesterday
Or. William Rosenbaum furnished the first
OF the surprises by falling In defeat h",
fore w. Wood at SIS, 1--6. Ct. The
greatest OF tho other surprises was tho
defeat of Arthur NJ. Lovibond. the Seventh
Regiment star. by Lincoln Reimer of tho
Marine and Field Club. Roimer won In
straight sets. Cd. 6--i.
NJ Gaivao and Louis Graves came
through TO the nth round. Both OF thts-
players won their fourth round matches
IN straight sets. Galvao defeating Alan
Tobcy, %. 6-3. whilo Graves vail-
qushed q. Gronz, 81. G--G, The sum
mares:
--seeond round --Tiitrheil Boorman N.an
from Frederick g Bags by default J ".
| u. A. L. Dionne defeated Paul Mead 60,
ID by asta, ch r. Won Sarf iso ds %IT
Won from 4; ~ Woods y d CcnYns' ) !.
esaS sa; L 1l,SSSa met de.stea Arlsi
H asisSsG 81 s Robinson A@r"h s b 49,
S.; Or william %Eqser d St9at,i, :, :
baum defeated H. W Robinson, IS, s-s.
81; a. Brown defeated T. Barker '--''
T,Sa EGsAS1 J. s'i ksSgPT E gs52s,.a
defeated, /. il, ,HerdssstlI., "a, %; r I.
James dsrsatcd , w Fox ,;y,rS -; a. Z
Louis Graves defeated r, l.. Bags -
| I'll: Lincoln Reimer defeated j. h.ni;
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KRAMER DEFEATED BY CLARKE.
American Champion Loses First
Match Of Career in Newark,

NEWARK, May 17.--Spectators at the
Newark Velodrome this afternoon were
treated to the unusual sight of Frank l.,
Kramer. for thirteen years the American
national champion, being defeated In n
match race. The downfall Of the cycling
king was complete though and It was sc-
complished by Jackie Clarke. tho little
Australian. Clarke beat Kramer In two
out OF three heats at one mile each, win
ming the last two after Kramer had taken
the first. 1t was the first time Kramer
lost a match race In Newark The sum
niarles:
Hail Mile Handicap. Amat.uy--wen by
William Murray; 2so yards; Georgs, Smith.
yardT ss,Snd Henry % , Sardss
One One Milo Invitation. Prot.ssiona!-won
yards, second; Al Trie6.i. s. yards. .h!rydi:
deOFe 100 ySrd' fSsF'h M;s
SSo s.J seconds t'4'' '"'A' "'' minute
Two Mile Novlce--won by Michael capo
Andrew Bscker. second. Time minutes
Two:th!rds NIL. Handicap. Amatsur-won
10 yards second: FRANK cayanagh, 20 yards
third; Norman Anderson, SO yards, fourth
Two M!le Invitation, Proiessionnl--won
By M,RuS Bsd:li !on G.nno bedei;: , ,ons[
EffSr 5oSas NTH '' Time "s'
rive Mhs Hsns,s9Rp' ,H AmS,sur,nW Non y
yards H second: Fred Taylor. SO yards. third
| Fred Weber. SO yards. fourth Thomas
smith. scratch. Nth. Time. 10 minutes
one Mile Match Race professional
Frank l.. Kramer vs. A.. J. Clarke--Firs,
seconds; last twelfth. u seconds Second
heat3Wop by Clarke, Time, minutes o.
heat--Won by Clarke. Time. Q minute.
7 80 seconds; last twelfth. u seconds:
Ten Nile professi3nal Tandem Pscet
nach. seconIi Alfred Gouiiet third. Time
| 10 minutes 80 seconds
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FEHER JUST LASTS DISTANCE,
Close Pressed by LemlerE-Presen.
tations Get Team Prize.

Nearly 400 men started IN tho open
handicap run of the Presentation Club
of East New York yesterday and the fight
for the leading honors was mainly among
the long start division. ". Feher of the
Hungarian American A c.. who was
favored with tho limit Of minutes 36
seconds, WAS tho first 70 reach the finish
He was pretty badly used up and In n
few hundred yards more would have had
to give way to Abe Lemberg OF the Trinity
Club. Lemberg started from the 2 40
mark and surprised the experts by max
Ing the third fastest time.
Tho virtual scratch men were Tom
Barden of the Irish Americans and Nick
G!anakopulos. tho Greek. Barden man
aged to work his way up into twenty
eighth place and took tho fast time prize,
covering tho distance OF little more
than 1.-Two miles In 30 ~.
There was IA close battle for the team
prize which the Presentation Club landed
with the low total OF Go. The Trinity Club
was second with eleven poiuts. more and
the Long Island A. c. third with IS
points.
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NOTES OF THE DIAMOND.

The An Ma; ana we'd leagues combined
furnished seven l 10 games last week
Don't let ths work ul other pitchers
obscure tho good service Ray Fisher IL rem
orrIng u the New Iurks. In four games
he has held opponents 70 total OF two
runs.
Tho Cincinnati Reds are the only National
league trIu was not shut ouL but have
been very iudu- 'r!Ous In U-InS whiteWash.
They have Fix 70 their creulL
FLETCHER accepted twenty-five chances and
fou2led none In tho PittsburS series,
Tcsreau's law, appearance prior TO his one
hit game Of saturday Vas on bpy 2, In
ths fourteen daya absence he had he was on
the ailiug list but apparently was fully re-
covered by tho time he again went to tho
mound
The trip East has put Il cr.mp In Sam
Crawford bat,lus. lilo hasn't made a base
hit On tho seabourd. SuN, pitchers won't
get careless with I'm yet a while.
The Boston Braves visited three cities In
succession, New GOrl; IiLtsburs and Cincin-
natl, without winning game.
chief Meyers and George Burns hay.
slashed their batting way up into tho 800
clan.
Tho Washingtors won Two games IN a
row, although their total OF hits waa - little
The Ncw Works ht,a three mon among
the American Leagues ifddluE ten base
stealrrH, Two Of tNrW ar, hltiarI aud Peck
3upaugu, Tho third autl.upC--ita down
tAc.g IN blAell Iui white 90 thpL tho cyo
cannot deceive you-.s Sweeney who has
nlrhcG sis.
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Big THREE CONTINUES
FLASHY POLO PRACTICE
Phipps Aids TnternatiOnalists
in Keeping Opponents on
the Defensive.

WEsTBURY, l.. l.. May lin the prac-
tice game Mt Phipps's Field this after
noon the big three in polo, aided and
abetted by the rising young player Hal
Phipps. gave an exhibition of speedy scor-
ing that threatened a severe trouncing
for the Red team. They advanced the
ball with such viyor I'm the first three
periods that the Reds never had chance
to take the offensive. The score at the
end of that time was 7 to In favor OF
the Whites. but the resistance OF the trial
horses improved after that and the flu
ture greats actually outplayed the inter-
nationalists at the end. leaving the final
score 1915 goals to In favor of White.
There was another flash of lightning
play in the hfth period, In which the cleo
trio display was engineered by Hal Phipps
and Monte Waterbury. The ball had been
thrown IN in the middle of the field when
phpps bounced on II, We whipped il out
cleverly to Monte Waterbury. who was
headed for the opponents goal A swift
drive that had both length and direction
started the sphere on its journey and the
team captain was after II for another
whack almost before the other players
knew Il was in play. Two more strokes
were sufficient to send the bali through
the posts, and the timer clicked the
effort from throw in to goal IN IA sec
onds. the fastest tally of the season.
Except In one instance Young Phipps
justified the Judgment that has kept him
in advance OF the big three all through
recent practice matches The chance that
Phipps missed came In the fifth period
Milburn had made a good run through
the field ard had the ball well placed
when lie WAS ridden OFF by Rulnsey
Ph!pps had been following and while
Rumsey was occupied ia taking care OF
Milburn had the ball almost in front OF
the posts and with no one 20 block Tho
hit. Ills stroke failed, however, going
very wide OF the mark
The Reds suffered the loss OF half Z
goal for foul tactics and in addition
La Montague was twice forced TO hit ovel
his own line for quarter of II goal de
duCtlou each time. The next practice has
been set for Tuesday, when the Meadow
Brook field will be used for the ilrs
TINA The lppup.
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No Nourishment for Red sox.

PROVIDENCE, May 1.-THE Boston Red
SoX went down to a 9 to / defeat at
the hands of the Providence Grays at the
Rocky Point grounds here this afternoon.
The Grays hit Zeiser and Coumbe. the
Sox pitchers. hard from beginning to end
collecting ten hits. while Summers and
Oldham twirled great ball for the Inter-
national Leaguers The latter pitched
six innings and during that time not u
Boston runner reached third and only
one got as far at second. The scoro:
X. ii. l..
Boston. 100 90 % 81 /
Providence.... q 0 . . ! O. 10 .
Batteries--Zciscr Coumbs and Thomas;
Summers. Oldham and Reitmcyer.
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KARL BEHR ONLY ONE
TODEFEAT VISITORS
LOngwOOd Tennis Team Headed
by Williams Near TO
Clean Sweep.
WEST SIDERS LOSE. 8 TO I
Alexander Loses to Williams
After Going Through Hard
Doubles Match.

FOREST HILLS. L. l.. May i7.--R, prcsen.
tatives OF the Lougwood Cricket CLUB ~
Boston finished their intCrcty ycrlcs
against tho West Side Tennis Club RACQUET
wic,ders here to-day BY taking I've Of ths
six matches aud thereby brought 'hei-
total score Ia 60 I. Tho only West S'dor
TO score "A victory was Kari Behr, ort-
wlilo jnternationalisl. who defeated
George l.. Gardner, Jr, OF l'ongvood 30
straight sets.
Interest centred around the matches ,
played by Il, Norris william I'd, WHO i1
rated second only TO Maurice y. Me
Loughlin. williams met Frederick ~
Alexander ard defeated him in straight
sets, C., 10--S. after he had paired with
Johnson and vanquished the one time un-
couqucrablc combination OF Alexander and
Harold II. Hackett, two sets to ono, with
scores at -, 81. 60.
Williams was by far the best OF the
four i'll the doubles match and 1t was du.
only to his great worl, that IIackett and
Alexander were defeated. That tho old
timers made such a brilliant showing in
tho first two sets was due to their great
team work. They tried TO keep the pace
set by tho younger men during these sCs
and as a result they were tagged out IN
the third, in which they won ony eight
points.
In the williams-Alexander singles
match the West slider was still tired and
did not make much OF a showing in the
opening set. while Williams. who looked
just as fresh as ever, displayed plenty OF
brilllancy when he wanted to extend HIM
self. Ia the second set, Alexander seemed
to find his second wind for he got around
the court in good style and forced the set
TO deuce four times before he finally sue
cumbed.
q. \. H. Dionne, tho West side Club
captain. defeated L. Sheafc, president of
the Longwood organization, In special
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GREAT NECK TAKES FINAL.
swampS Magpies Polo -Four for
Great Neck Cup.

GREAT NECK, l.. l.. May 17.--Great
Neck's polo four made runaway OF the
final for the Great Neck cup here to-day,
conCedns four goals handicap TO the
Meadow Brook Magpes ana winning by
Is to 5A goals. There was large crowd
TO see tho decisive game for the trophy
for which low handicap teams have been
playing throughout tho week Elliott
Bacon and j. Watson Webb were the most
active scorers. the former making six and
the latter five goals, The lineup:
Great Neck--No. !. Elliott Bacon az;
No g. j. Watson webb (5): No. 3. r. Am,
brose Clark (3l: hack, J. q. Milburn. Jr, (6j.
Total handicap, IA.
Meadow Brook MaGpies.--No. /, Howard
Phipps !2l; No. 2 g. J.; Appleton t2l; No,
Q, David DoWs 60; back, W. q. Loew 90.
Total handicap, TO-
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Browns sunday Improbable.

LoNG BRANCH, May 1.-THE Long
Branch team, which will represent Newark
IN the Atlantic League this year. made u
show of tho st, Louis Browns IN All ex-
Acosta, this youthful Cuban pitcher, tw!rled
d remarkable game, not IA Brown seeing
second base until tie ninth inning. when
two hits and Padrun's error cost "A run.
Calvo and Viola hit well and the inileld
work OF the Cubans was beautiful. The
score:
Long Branch. ........l 0 q 10
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MONTREAL, May l7.-Frank Smith mo
Allen. another pitcher OF tho Baltimore
Federals, arrived here tonight 20 join
the Montreal club OF the lntcrnatona4
League. Both players say they are
through with the F'ederals and PresiGe.',
Lichtenhein says he will use Smith ana
fight Il out in the courts II there is litiGn'
ton. Smith did not sign a Montreal con.
tract before joining the 'ederals. bur Aa"
$500 advance money from LichlrnN' n
when he Joined the opposition,