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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
LIGHT RATES
StateC Commission Lays Down
Principle in Deciding Ohio
Corporations Appeal.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Columbus. - A public utility Is
not entitled to 6 per cent return
on its investment if 1t has been
aged improperly and greater expeno.-
lures have been made than are justf
fed by it's business. This principle
was laid down by the state public utili-
ties commission in a decision on he
appeal of the Bucyrus Light & Power
Co. from a Bucyrus city council rate
ordinance, just made public. 1t was
the first instance in the history of the
commission that that body has fixed a
valuation upon the physical property
of a utility. The ordinance passed by
the Bucyrus city council is held to be
unjust and unreasonable.
Based on a valuation of $4,000, also
determined by the commission, the
rates fixed for a f%ive-year term were
announced to be Is per cent lower
than the rates heretofore in force and
somewhat higher than the rates fixed
by ordinance of the Bucyrus city
council.
The rates fixed we're: For residence
and compercial lighting, 10 cents pei,
kilowatt hour net for under 30 kilo-
watt hours, z cents from 80 to so hours
and 8 cents for all over so hours; sign
and window lighting, z cents; power,
from 5.S5 cents to ZIG cents according
to the amount used.
The commission says that these
rates will not return 6 per cent on the
investment, but charges that the plant
would be making money if it had not
been grossly m~ismanged.
The valuation placed on the COM
pany's plant is about two-thirds 81 TIC
value claimed by the company. Since
the Bucyrus plant has a combination
of gas and electric apparatus such as
exist in few other towns of the state
and in none of the larger cities, the
utilities commissions decision in this
case will not set a general precedent
for making rates based on valuations,
as had been expected earlier in the
consideration of the case.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
ALASKA COAL BILL PASSED
Provides for Blocks in Multiple of 40
Acres-Minimum Royalty Two
Cents a Ton.

Washington, Oct. 17.-Given up a s
dead legislation less than a week ago.
the Alaska coal land leasing bill, re-
vived at the instance of President Will
son and Secretary Lane as part of the
administrators program of this e s
sion. awaits only the presidents sig
nature to become a law. 1t went
through its final order in the house
virtually without opposition.
The bill is designed to throw open
to a system of leases under competi-
tive bidding the immense coal re-
sources Of Alaska, tied up the last
eight years, and pending claims will
be adjudicated within a year.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
ABUY A BARREL OF APPLES"
Foreign Trade Cut Off Growers Are
Urging People to Help Dispose
Of Big Crop.

Chicago, Oct. 15.-National apple
day is to be observed on October 20
this year, and those back of the move
ment are urging that on that day ap-
pies be served in some form on every
table in the country. The apple crop
this year is the greatest since 1896.
The European war has SO affected the
foreign trade that the apple growers
r compelled to make extraordinary
efforts to cultivate the domestic mar
ket in order to dispose of their i'm
mense crop. Following the lead of
the southern states with regard to
cotton the apple growers have adopt
ed as their slogan BUY a barrel of APP
Piles" and hope for as hearty response
to their appeal as was given to the
cotton growers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
BOMB IN N. Y. CATHEDRAL
Edifice Escapes Serious Damage In
ExpIosion-Plot on Cardinal
Denied.

New York, Oct. ia bomb was
exploded in st. Patrick's Catholic ca
thedral on Tuesday. Although many
worshipers in the edifice, the
hour being that of evening prayer, no
one was injured. The damage was
slight. The bomb tore a hol. in the
floor and smashed the entrance to two
pews. Fragments went into the arched
roof and knocked off chips of stone.
Cardinal Farley denied himself to in
reviewers, but Mr.. Lavelle said it was
ridiculous to suppose the bomb had
been an attempt or the cardinals life.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
Democratic politician Dies.

Sandusky. - Clark Center, aged 50,
boiler manufacturer, who for many
years had been prominent in Demo-
cratic politics in Sandusky and the
18th congressional district, died at his
home here. AS a member of the city
council Is years ago Mr. center fought
against great obstacles until he OBJ
tanned an investigation of the city's
financial affairs, which eliminated in
the conviction of a city official for en-
b~ezzlement.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
For Relief of Cotton Growers.

Washington, Oct. Ex-senator Hoke
Smith of Georgia, in the senate today,
opened the fight for relief of the south
ern cotton growers, when he spoke in
support Of the amendment to the
wal tax bill providing a government
bond issue of $3.50, 100000 to buy s.
600. 900 bales cotton. Senator Smith
is determined hat the senate act on
the cotton situation before it adjourns
and he is supported by all the south
ern senators.
Adjournment prospects today took a
decided slump following the failure
Of the senate to hold a night session
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
CONGRESS TO QUIT IN WEEK
Members of House of Representatives
Permitted to GO Home for
Campaign.

Washington, Oct. members of
the house, chatting to get into their
home districts for campaign work, vir-
tually were given temporary leaves of
absence when Majority Leader Under
wood announced that there was no
reason why those members who could
return next week in time to vote on
the war revenue bill after it had
passed the senate should stay in
Washington.
Representative Underwood said
congress probably would adjourn about
the end of next week.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
LOOK FOR new
GERMAN MOVES
'Kaiser'S Presence in France Be-
Iisved to Presage a Smash
ing Attack.
PARIS CLAIMS GAINS
Official War Office at Bordeaux As
serts French Troops Have Reoc-
cupied Two Cities-BeIgian
Capital Now or French
Soil-Other News Con-
corning the War.

London, Oct. 16.-Although the fall
of Ostend appears to have become a
certainty, the German sweep of the
northwest coast to the west has been
circumvented by the allies in driving
a wedge between the army of General
Won Beseler and the forces of Generals
Won Kluck and o. Boehm, which
compose the German right of the main
line of the invaders in France.
Great requirements are rushing
from Russia to France, however. in
readiness for another German advance
ON Paris.
The official communique issued at
Bordeaux reports among other gains
along the whole front the capture of
Estaires, Is miles west of Lille, and on
the north bank of the Lys.
The allies are moving straight north
to give battle to the Antwerp be-
~leaguering army, which is moving to
the westward.
Northeast of this position the Ger
mans have made a corresponding ad-
vance, which is part Of the converg-
ing movement upon Ostend.
The army from Antwerp not only
has occupied Bruges, only Is miles
from Ostend on the east, but has es-
tablished a line swinging in an arc
to the south and then to the west,
with the vanguard of the German
army occupying Thourout and Dix
nude, the latter but ten miles from
the coast and to the southwest Of Os'
tend. In Thielt, Is miles southeast
Of Bruges, a large force of Germans
has appeared, and at least one hundred
thousand of the invaders are reported
to have occupied Client.
On the left bank of the Lys the
Germans have been forced to abandon
all their positions, according to off
cial announcement from Bordeaux, and
in the vicinity of Lens and between
Arras and Albert the French have
made considerable progress.
The French have recaptured Muehl
hansen and Altkirch, according to 9
! dispatch from Basel. Switzerland
This message says that German
losses were SO heavy that the enemy
was compelled to use $50 motor cars
to carry off the wounded.
Further successes are claimed b,
the French war Office on the heights
of the Mouse and in the Woevre
region, principally to the south O.
st. Mihiel and near Marcheville. Be
tween the Mouse and the Moselle, furi
Gus attacks by the Germans to the
southeast of Verdun were repulsed
and the French have been able to ad
vance some distance to the south O
the road from Verdun to Metz.
The wal office in Berlin issued tn,
following official statement:
in France there is heavy ightin,
east of scissors and the Argonne. TIL,
French have continued to make a;
tacks on u positions near ST. Mihie,
but have been repulsed. The German
have lost ground at no point, despit
the Official report issued in Paris a
to French successes. The emperor
headquarters have been moved farthe
into France.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23

Paris, Oct. 15.-Lille has been cap
tured by the Germans. This is the
outstanding feature of an official state
ment issued here. The fighting has
centered about Lille for nearly two
weeks. The admission by the French
that it has been lost indicates that
the Germans are gaining in their
ter-ianking movement against the al
lies left wing and that the kaiser's
troops will now sweep quickly to the
coast. The capture of Lille was eff
fected by a German army corps, says
the official statement. The French
claim that they have gained ground
between Arras and Albert, southwest
of Lille, and also at the center of the
battle front in the region of Berry-au-
BAG.
Belgian Capital Moved to France.
Official announcement was made at
Bordeaux that the Belgian government
was transferred from Ostend, which
is menaced by the Germans, to Havre,
France.
Members of the cabinet of King AL
bert have arrived at Havre, where
temporary quarters have been provid-
ed by the French government for
their use. 1t is understood that King
Albert will remain with his army.
This announcement indicates that
the allies have little hope of being able
to keep Ostend out of the Germans
hands.
The announcement of the flight OF
the Belgian government to Havre,
after being driven successfully from
Brussels and Antwerp, is explained
thus:
The Belgian government desires
full liberty of action, and for that
reason ut was decided that it should
come to France"
Germans Pressing On.
A Times correspondent in the north
of France reports strong German col
umns-of all arms passing through Bail
leul, in the French department of the
Nord, in the direction of Ypres.
Bruges, for the second time in this
war, is in the hands Of the Germans,
WuO OCCuplCQ dACllt LII lOtSS OE 11OA
day. The telegraph lines from Bruges
to Ostend have been cut. Lens, which
is less than ten miles from Arras, has
changed hands three times in two
weeks.
The greatest battle of the war, so
far, is shortly to be fought on the
north end of the opposing lines, be-
tween Lens and Cassel, reaching per-
haps to the ~seacoast and connecting
with the left flank engagements of the
battle of Seven Rivers, now in its
twenty-ninth day, according to frag-
mentary information disseminated by
the press bureaus of the belligerent
powers.
On this giant conflict will depend
the success of the German effort to
obtain a North sea base from which
to launch the projected aerial and in.
fantry attacks on England.
Allies Occupy Ypres.
That the fianking movement of the
| allies left wing is making marked
| gains is indicated by ar official state
ment issued in Paris. 1t states that
the Belgian town Ypres, which is q
|,miles northwest of Lille and 33 miles
south of Ostend, has been occupied by
| the British troops.
This announcement, which is the
first official statement that has men
toned English troops as operating in
this section, shows that the allies left
WINE hoe ovfondpd its range 0f work
from France into Belgium.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
an1D GERMANS DIE I'M
FIVE FIERCE CHARGES

xs enc hezuzec astczEFe; Of. Prussian
ayxxrzs 1D eak aEie railway connecting
KEshxzx znzzEEsafxna
Thaa z9sczzzzf kziIeR and the Ger
xzresit danger of being caught
seezxzeu FzEsz Hrrnx3a infantry and cav
z1ry d. xans zf Eas n1omenK, while
sE,xs greater Rzrf az the German troops
wsrn xEsRrzEg m the direction of
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23

pocket began to reel out a ~plaint1ve
strain.
The effect upon the snake was like
magic. The reptile swayed with the
music until it lost its grip and fell
to the ground, where it lay as though
lifeless. Harding stopped playing, and
Immediately the snake glided off into
the brush.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
Garden Files Denial.

Washington, Oct. 17.-Sir Edward
Grey, British foreign affairs. minister.
informed the state department that
Sir Lionel Garden has filed a written
denial that he criticized President Will
son. Sir Edward Grey admitted that
it was a breach of diplomatic ETH
ouette for Sir Lionel to have spoken
about Mexico at all.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23

of the revolt of the troops serving un,
der the English flag martial law has
beer proclaimed throughout the Union
of South Africa.
Report Heavy German Loss.
London, Oct. 16.-The Chronicle has
received from a correspondent who
was in Berlin recently the following:
1.-The authorities in Berlin estimate
their total losses in France and Bel
GUM to date as more than 700, 600
men. Their losses on their eastern
frontier they estimate at more than
$50, O00. They acknowledge that Aus
trian losses exceed 100000. The total
of 1,350,000 Austro-German losses
covers killed, wounded and missing"
Portugal Ready for War.
London, Oct. 16.-Dispatches from
Lisbon and Madrid indicate that be
fore many days a tenth nation, Portu-
gal, will have become involved in the
European war
Her treaty with England will line
up the new republic, If she goes to
war, among the foes of Germany, in.
creasing the number of allies to eight
The treaty obliges Portugal to furnish
100,0 600 troops to England when called
upon.
Claim Victory Over Russians.
Berlin, via London, Oct. 15.-An Of
fetal statement says: "a new attack
by the Russians has been repulsed and
an advance of Russians, consisting of
about eight army corps, between War
saw and Ivangorod, has been success
fully met with heavy losses to the Rus.
slams"
Austrian Dreadnaught Burned.
Rome, Oct. ia new Austrian
dreadnaught was Quilted by fire in the
government shipbuilding yards near
Trieste and six new torpedo boat de
stroyers we're also damaged, accord
ing to a telegram received here. The
dreadnaught was to have been
launched this week.
Gar Ends Reckless Acts.
London, England, Oct. 1.-THE reck
less bravery of the Russian officers
daily resulting in a long list of casual
ties has constrained Emperor Nicho
las to urge the commissioned cadets al
T~sarskoe-Selo to be more cautious.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
Music Charms a Snake.

With a classic selection played on a
mouth organ, William H. Harding of
Spring Grove, Pa, took the fight out
of a six-foot blacksnake that showed
every disposition to attack him.
Harding was strolling through a
grove near Nashville, when he hap
pened to glance aloft and observed the
snake coiled on a limb and apparently
preparing to drop down upon him.
Recalling stories of snakes charmed
by music, Harding leaped aside and
drawing his mouth organ from his
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
SOLDIERS FOOD MADE STUDY
Composition of Rations Dealt Out to
Fighting Men Has Been Most
Carefully Considered.

The rations on which England's
soldiers are being fed during their
European campaign are based on the
results of a series Of interesting ex-
periments which were completed only
a short time before the war clouds be-
gan to gather.
In the first experiment 20 volun-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
CARE FOR GERMAN WOUNDED
Orders of President Poincare to Hos.
pitaI Authorities Are Being Faith
fully Carried Out.

Bordeaux. Treat the German
wounded the same as u own said
President Poincare during q recent
visit to the hospitals here. That his
recommendation is being carried out
to the latter was seen by the CORE
spcndent at the Bordeaux high school,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
CLAIMS MADE BY RIVALS
ANGLO-FRENCH

German right wing forced to evacu.
ate left bank of the Lys river and
Estaires taken by the allies. Between
Arras and Albert and in region OF
Lens allies progress is marked
North and eas of Reims allies ad.
vanced more than a mile. Several
German trenches captured north OF
Prunay. On heights of the Mouse and
south of st. Mihiel near M~archeville
allies made gains. Allied troops ad.
vanced to highway from Verdun to
Metz Between the Disc and the
Meuse allies advanced in direction OF
Craonne. German advance on Calais
driven back.
GERMAN.
Ground lost nowhere. German
troops in Belgium moving toward Os.
tend and France. Emperor Williams
headquarters moved farther into
France. French attacks neal st. Mi
hiel repulsed. Battle against Rus
SLAMS at Wirballen favorable to Ger
mans. Russians defeated near Schir.
windt, repulsed south of Warsaw,
Fifth and Sixth Russian infantry divi
sions fleeing toward River San.
AUSTRIAN.
Toronya, in the Carpathians, occu
pied after four days fighting and
Russians pursued toward Wyskow
Attack now being made on Russian
position on the line of Stry, Sambol
and Midyra in Gafcia.
RUSSIAN.
South of Przemysl Austrian troops
were defeated and 500 men and sever
officers we're taken prisoners. There
is no change on the East Prussian OF
central Vistula fronts.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23

bed hospital. Here are 60 of the
worst cases of German wounded.
In charge of the hospital is an
American, DR.. Melville Wastermann
of San Francisco, and a Bordeaux
doctor. Doctor Wastermann and the
Bordeaux physician are being assisted
by a well-known Dresden surgeon.
Eight members of a German hos.
pital corps who surrendered to the
French and were requested to care
for the wounded and came on here
with them, will be sent back to Ger
many soon. as provided for by the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
REEEMENT rs TRAPPED
NlPEn OUT BY FRENCH

FarS-zE1szas tx q 1sspcrt here that
. FseRnlzs fsree in Azsace annihilated
1GE1 EEhse KEsaEafed and Ninth Baden
rngEnreut' Ny means OF a remarkable
mzse z~zE<esEfuzy worked during q
9sEzsw faE-
Ne1xzeeu AKta1rrh aud Waffiigiaofen
q considerable French force discov-
ersxa HKe zaaxaasz af the BADEN regi-
1zEz1-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
Makes Queer Charge.

Toledo. - Forest cemetery, the
municipal burying ground, was the
trusting place for Mrs. Alice Goerssen
and her alleged affinity, according to
Christian Goerssen in his petition for
divorce, filed Thursday in common
pleas court.
Goerssen declares he trailed his wife
several times at night and saw her
enter the cemetery, which is at the end
of S~tickley-av, at the city's edge.
He says she met a man there. The
Goerssens we're married in Port Gin
ton, o., in October, 1905.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23

Procuring many stick and boughs,
the French stuck them into the earth
Of an OPEN field The French placed
their airs 0R fine sticks. From a few
feet away In the fog the capped sticks
resembled troops laundering and help
less The French Immediately am
basaed themselves
IRE Germans, vaguely seeing the
maka-beiieye soldiers, ckeered and
charged wildly The French waited
until they gerg completely in the trap,
Il opened fire from three sides. The
Gea1nan regiment vas cut to pieces.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23

teers and four officers of the Royal
army medical corps went on prac-
tice marches during October, when
there was almost continuous rain.
The ration consisted of fresh beef,
whole meal biscuits, bread, a vegeta-
BILE ration, jam, sugar, salt and tea.
The energy value of the ration was
3,465 calories, which is slightly less
than the standard laid down by Pro-
lessor Atwater for moderate work
1000 calories less than hat for hard
work, and $50 calories less than that
supplied to convicts in England on
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23

Lima. - Hinchman s. Prophet, aged
70 years, former mayor of Lima,
died here following a short illness. He
had lived here AZ years. He was one
of the first students of phonetic short
hand and was the first official court
stenographer appointed in the north
west. Later he entered the law pro-
fession. He was twice elected mayor.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
Meet After Fifty Years.

B~ellefontaine. - When Joseph Hag-
gard, severely wounded, was car
ried off a southern battlefield more
than so years ago, he and his comrade,
]. P. Bush, became separated and had
not seer each other again until they
met at a reunion in Ridgeway, where
Mr.. Haggard resides. ,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
Geneva convention.

Geneva convention.
The Germans seem to suffer more
from inconsistencies than from their
wounds, which they bear with patient
resignation.
h cheeriest of all the men is a
Berlin street car driver, who has a
dreadful wound in the head which al
ready has destroyed one eye and
threatens the sight of the other. He
always has a smile for the doctors
and nurses, and his delight when a
kindly doctor places a cigarette be-
tween his lips is pathetic.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
Lightning Is Freakish.

Urbana.-Lightning in the form OF a
ball descended on Mingo, this county,
Friday and did freakish damage.
The fireball did not explode until it
touched the street in front of J. r.
McElwain's store. The conclusion
broke all the windows and showcases
in the store. MI. McElwain, standing
in the midst of the havoc wrought, was
unhurt. No damage was done L. r.
MarshalI's store across the street, but
Mr.. Marshall was paralyzed for two
hours.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23

tReims, that q regiment of Prussian
guards threw itself desperately upon
the lines of the French cavalry.
Not once but five times did the de-
voted regiment hurf itself against the
solid French front After the fifth
charge there were only a hundred
men Isft surrounding their flag. With
signs of reluctance they gave the sig
nal OF surrender, and It was then
found that nearly al of the hundred
weEss wounded
En- the course of this engagement
the guards lost 1900 men, it is stated.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23

the szme farewell greeting The Ger
man shells were falling thickly be-
hind the battery and killed or wound
ed every man serving the guns.
Eventually the persistence and &C
curacy Of the British fire proved ef-
fsctfye and the British infantry ad-
yanceE and took the opposing DO.
aitiorl M the point OF the bayonet."l
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
conuressman,s wire Offers Prlze.

Defiance.-Mrs. T. 7. .Ansberry, wife
of Congressman Ansberry, offers a
prize of SO in gold to the school child
under 16 in the Fifth Ohio congress
sional district who writes the best 800
word essay on 1.-THE Cotton Plant and
Its Uses" #,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
MINOR NEWS OF THE WAR.

London, Oct. 1.-THE government
press bureau that part of
have rebelled. This information came
in a dispatch from the governor-gen-
eral of South Africa. The revolving
troops are those under Colonel Maritz
and they have been stationed in the
northwest of the Cape provinces, sup
posedly close to German Southwest
Africa. 1t is understood that the mu-
tineers are mostly Beers. AS a result
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
Austrian Dreadnaught Burned.

hard labor. The health of the men
was excellent throughout. During
the first five days the average loss in
weight was just over one-half pound
in the men and three-fourths of a
pound in the four officers. 1t was
calculated that the men were losing
two and a quarter pounds Of fat and
nearly six pounds of flesh during the
last five days, and the conclusion was
reached that the ration was too small
and that at least $500 calories should
be furnished, or even 5000 for big
men.