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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15


New feEh' Dec. i5.~-cfic@rs
*7d i'aHSei gers OF the American
-5fatnshlt' carolina. here today
itah3 "t'a l,lsa, brought hfst-
- ..d detatss me stopping of
l.'at sh]t 7d u removal or her
iS7rt -TF,-rIT -1yfe. ~
me ff'e'' 'seartes On
4'fc' " Dei ne Car ma. &c
4}HE 70 CAPTAIN j. .. f'oss,
vas hatie hy he Ifes0ortes Just
a.t.F she had passed out OF the
taFoT~i'i'H !iH}'t. = blank shot be
me HfSa - 5sr cruiser to cali al
il.t."'i d ''a IS Al 10 atop
i.'Hho T-l'f six men aud
lieutenant from the cruiser. came
alongside and the ship was tietain-
"a for about two hours Several
passengers. among them Charles
= pratt an importer. Of this
city. we're Questioned by the Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
Siberia Reaches New York

New York, Dec l4.---Fhe Amerlcrft
steamer Siberia, one Of the Pacific
Mail liners recently sold TO the At
lantic Transport Company. arrived in
port Monday ia enter the New York
and London trade. She Is the first
of fiTe steamers flying the American
flag that win enter the service from
this port,
II is a curious coincidence that lho
Siberia, which was built at Newport
News. Va, LETT New York harbor De-
celnher Is, 1909 and returns after an
absence of Thirteen years to the day,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
1000. 600 .NnsyNcr Call.

London, Dec. 14.--That a, least a.
600. 0jn men have answered Lord
Derbys call for volunteers was The
report in official circles today fol
lowing the close Of England great
recruiting campaign
Definite figures VIII not be OBTAIN
able until Lord Derhy's report t. Pre-
nier Asquith is made public E}lt il
was reported that Lord Derhy VII toll
The Parliamentary Committee on La
hor. tomorrow that thn 6Anlraigp was
q su1c S. aad that coaeertptl@n j. OF
likely in the near futuAo
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
GETS OUT PtIER
With I.R] POWER
storm Cuts on Juice So ginotypes aud
Presses Are Operated From
Automobile.

Greenwich, Conn. Dee f3.-~-Lack OF
electric current, caused by the storm.
caused the News and Grahpic. a local
newspaper, 10 be published tonight by
power furnished by a Ford automobile.
Belts attached TO the linotype ma
chimes and presses proved good sub
stttutes for the usual current which
had been cut off during the storm.
The Ingenious method Of furn!s hing
power attracted wide attention. and
other plants equipped with electric
current tonight hogan rigging up au-
ton ubiies as substitutes
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

ny copying n statement from
the Tirnes-btspatch Yesterday the
Evening Journal .perpetuated the
erroneous report that b. e.
Wherry was dead He came In
himself TO say that the report was
very much exaggerated, and
proved himself live ono - Rich
Tnond Evening journal
We congratulate Nj Wherry HI
deserves better treatment at the hand,
II the newspapers than being merci.
lesely slaushtered like this, TIN,
Journal holds itself guilty Of per
petast'ps an error We don't thinh
ts that tat II may have perpetrated
6at we don't believe it per
aetaafad y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Port Jervis, ~ T., Dec. I4.-~An
Erie express train r19ughed into a
group of twenty passengers at the
Ohsville station at O'Clock last night.
Six persons We're severely injured.
That no one was killed was due TO
the banks in when the men ard
women landed when the5 were hurled
through the air
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

81 Pierre, Miquelon Dee. 14.--1ni-
Gers and crew numbcrlug twenty-nine
of the British steamer st. Kilda,
" hich fouEdered off the west coast OF
Mique on "a a storm last week, were
brought acre yesterday on a tug
which went TO THAR assistance after
they escaped from the vessel and
landed on the cliffs
Fears had been expressed IN marine
circles that the men would perish in
the blizzard.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

nances and abolished the Office If
city health inspector.
1t has been charged that the eri-
deuic was caused by contaminated
milk. Mayor Scott addressed a re-
quest today to the state Health Ben ID
asking that an inspection of the milk
supply be made and guaranteeing that
tire city Will pay the costs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Rome. Dee. IA dispatch from
Athens says that more than 400 sol
diers w4re drowned when the Turkish
transport Bechid l.8eha WIS sunk
In the Sea OF Marmo4a by q French
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
I1iOridn Safe Arsenal.

81 Augustine, Fla, Dee. 14--Th9
Florida state Arsenal. formerly .
monastery of the Spanish FranciscanS
and one Of the landmarks of 81.
Augustine. burned Yesterday. The
actual property loss was small
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
Nod Norman Dies in Yard.

HaEer@f0WU, Nd, Dec. II Ml$s
lillian Thoruhur9 fiftv-eieht years
cid, 6ied Suddenly Yesterday In tho
yard o. her brother, Frank l.. Thorn
bar. tht~-,Atty -s1ftc WIS Il daughter
of late Robert G. Ta9rnburg. Unite
States marshal DURING the civil War.
Three brothers survive Harry Thorn
burg. Roanoke. Va. Robert Z. Thorn
burg and Frank l.. Thernburg. Hag-
erstoWn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
| ag Day,Working
Women S Industrial
Home and Nursery

The Mayor OF tho city has granted
=. Tag Day" Saturday, December 1s.
for The benefit of Working Womens
Indlstriai Home and Nursery, locat~
ed 4, 1913 Taylor street.
This home is organized and oper-
ated for worthy working women and
their children. and the work done nv
said homo during the past seven years
has commended Itself to the public
IN general. and both white and co!ored
friends nave contributed towards its
maintenance, but at the present time
the home stands In great f.eed of
FUNDS. with which TO meet the press
ing obligations. IL is now appealing
10 the charitable public to be kind
enough to help il on the Tag Dav''
above mentioned, with a liberal con
tribution. Careful and honest work
ers viii have charge OF the boxes on
the street on the day mentioned
above All friends are asked to con
tribute to this worthy cause.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
Kills Wife, Mother-In-Law ana self,

Madison, IuN., Dec. tt ERNEST Ash
by forty-ntne. years old, living near
here, Yesterday afternoon shot and
ktlied his wife. Ethel +. Ashby; his
mother-h-l Mrs William TaCac,
aud then killed himself He was
thought 70 he insane.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Geneva frc II ~SV = experts tor
day e.tIflataa tho losses Of The CEN
trial powers and their alltes IN t1e
Serbian campaign al $4,000 men
Killed, wounded or stricken with sick
ness. Ia this total the4 include Ger
man Austrian, Rulgarian and Turk
Ieb trnaps
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
John Ramsay Graham Dead

Rochester y, y, Dec l4,--John
Ramsay Graham Mayor Of Enlporia.
Kan, in 1894, and at one time pub
Usher OF the Emporia Gazette, is dead
at a hospital here. He was seventy
wears old
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

The cowboy made rich OH a start
OF eeven Texas cows has nothing on
the Waidorf-Astoria buttons. boosted
into luxury by It single Wall Street
bull.--Washington Post
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
NO PEACE MOVE BY TURKEY.
Halil hey Says Ovcrtures Are "Ab
soIutely Out Of Question"

Berlin, via London. Dec. 1I.--A
Constantinople dispatch to the Zeitung
Am Mittag says that Hall Bey, the
Turkish minister OF foreign Affairs,
echoing the German Imperial Chan
cellor's Reichstag speech. declared in
an interview on Sunday that peace
overtures from Turkey ARE absolute
~ out OF the question"
The minister added: III others APP
proach with peace proposals we vii,
consider them" =
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
Earl OF Glasgow Dead

London. Dec. 14.--David Boyle,
Glasgow. seventh Earl Of Glasgow,
died er1ay at his home at Fairlie.
Scotland. He was eighty-two years
old. He served in the Crimean and
China wars
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Lyons. Iflance. Dec tt.--Licutenaut
Caudron. brother Of the famous aero
plane inventor. ant two passengers
were killed In an aviation accident
at the military aerodrome
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Old Jonn Barleycorn has gotten
another whack on the nose, This time
,he United States supreme Court
polished him off with q decision up
holding the constitutionaiity of the
lngfon.
There is no question that the
Colcncl has a forty-two cent!meter
vocabulary and Il fine publicity depart
ment
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

for a local board OF censors!
Ia there any influence against It save
Indifference or carelossnesae Was it
not agreed three years ago that such
a censorship should be established
the Police BOARD and Ministerial
Union being al one on the question?
In the name of all that is clean and
decent and on behalf Of our innocent
children and growing youth We
soIemniy demand action
VINO dares affirm that -ndcconcy
could flaunt It's ugly figure on our
streets and not DO halted Then why
not halt It where its influence for evil
is as create
Richmond owes 'asalf a dotz Ngin
Richmond act
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Mr., Fanderllp would impose tax
upon all restaurant bills over So Can
stand anything after the hat check.
Wall street Journal
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Wonder If W. j. a. thome address
Lincoln, Neh.l shares Mr.. Wilson'S
rosy views of Democratic success at
the next election Manchester Union
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Tom osborns prison reforms will
not he complete unti he prepares out
going Sing Sing hoarders To meet tho
perils of wicked world. Washiut
ton Post
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Repre- sentative Mann is one Of those
persons who sei2cs che opportunity TO
play partisan politics with the presi-
dents message. Chicago News
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Yaan So Kai VIII be wise In his
day ana geael ston if he continues to
shy ~ tine THRONE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

for ten minutes. The accident, IN
which no one was injured. according
to local officials OF the road. and in
which damage was small blocked
traffic for short time. and delayed
the fast train to Richmond a tow
minutes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
MORE THAN fOR1Y-fQUR
HUNDRED Pi|D TAXES
Federal Income Measure Takes S191,
600 From the Pockets OF Virginia
People.

Washington y c., Dec 14-One
OFT Of every AIS persons in Virginia
aars a FEDERAL income tan The ratio
is big one, due TO the large negro
population Of the state. Of the 3D.
5l5 sn1ome tax collections IN the
Tuned states, 4,4e4 were IN Virginia.
These were distributed as follows: g.
i73 married; 662 single male 2s9
single female GO married women with
sepe1ete incomes
Virginia ranks fourth among the
twelve Southern States (includ:ag
Maryland. Texas and oklahoma) in
the amount Of personal income taxes
paid 20 The Federal government dur
ing the past fiscal year. according 10
the statistical record OF the income
tax collections made public by the
United states commissioner of internal
revenue, She ranks fourth in tho ag-
gregate internal revenue collections.
Nirginians paid a total OF s197.559
IN personal income taxes and $500.
379 in corporation income taxes The
total Internal revenue collections in
the State were sS.642.35S of which
SI.3S5.o33 were collected n the Rich
mond-Norfolk district ana s1,2b0.2S4
in the Western district
The persona income tax payments
~ the Southern States were az fol-
lows Maryland $685.. $40. Texas
>s422,63l, Louisiana. >209 SlSs Vir-
ginia, S191,559; Tennessee. si55.904.
South Carol ma $43.36a; oklahoma.
S133.6S5; North Carolina. Sl2S.553;
Mississippi. $34.G64; Kentucky Sl63,-
}1s1; Alabama, $s4.639; Arkansas
$3s,1T7 Georgia, StI3,983
New York Leads.
New York lead the nation win
StT,417.537, Pennsylvania. second
with s4.642,557, and Massachusetts
third. with $2.6S3.os4 New York also
lead in the aggregate internal revenue
collections With s76, sos
the 4.424 persons who paid personal
income taxes in Virginia during the
last fiscal years are classified as fol-
lows:
From $4,000 to $4,000 incomes--1.-
o. persons.
From $4,000 to $4,000 incom es--s63
persons.
From $1,000 To $4,000 incomes
1880 persons
From st0,ooo to $4,000 incomes
433 persons
+ From $4,000 20 $4,000 incomes
From $4,000 to $4,000 incomes
SIS persons.
From $4,000 to s3o,o Incomes
76 persons.
From $40, goo to $4,000 incomes.
~ persons
From $40, 900 10 $4,000 incomes
81 persons.
'ron $4,000 to $4,000 Incomes
. persons
From $4,000 to 500 900 incomes
q persons
From $500 O0o to $4,000 incomes
i persons.
From sSoc 900 TO s4oo, 900 incomes
person,
Fram 1900. ooo to 100000 incomes
! person
There were no payments in the
$i50. 900 100000 class. the 100000
to S2St.tn6 to $4,000 class and the
$500 600 and over class.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Committee.
ofleers; Rebekea V Crawford
founder and manager; Mrs {,
stewart president; Miss f. A. CorIine
secretary. Mrs ". W. Archer. treas.
urer; DR.. Il. !. Harris and pr A, q
Johnson
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Another eouugster has been All
Vanced, the rev chief of the French
General staff is sxty-four --Pbila-
deiphiA Record
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

The extreme inflammahiIit Of
sugar when Il Is in the hold of yes
sc! bound for a British port la an
other highly undressing scientific d $
covery.-Philadelph Public Ledger
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
Coast Line OfIiSAal In City.

James +. Post, OF Wilmington. N
c.. treasurer OF the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway. was a business visitor
| In Richmond yesterday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
: s q. EARNINGS IN LAST,
FIVE MONTHS SHOW INCREASE

Earnings of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway during the first week In
December continue the showing made
by the railway during the last five
months an increase In earnings.
Earnints for the first week In this
month. estimated, were $763,197, as
against s652.26l in the first week Of
September. 1914. For the Ave months
period from July l to December l,
earnings this year total $20.211,420.
compared with s17.235.b 04 during the
same period a year ago, an increase OF
s2.3T5,4l6.
Freight Wreck Near Disputanta.
A rear-end freight collision on the
Norfolk and Western Railway, near
Disputanta. early yesterday morning
delayed the morning Cannon Ball
train, arriving In Richmond It l1:4o
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
THE QUESTION OF HAZING.

Sweet matriculated, the student body
having pledged itself 20 abolish the
practice
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

Hopewell. which manufactured ths
commodities ~ preparedness was II
self unprepared New York Mail.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

|Ve wonder Il SAINTS Claus Will travel
n Ford car TINS year. !.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15

sIKtslNIAN PHONES
= fveTt's.ng--Mad. 1853.
ESitoriai.--MRd. 1914
Society---Mad ie21.
General Mgr Ran. T2i
Ctrcuiaticn--Ran. 322
Contest D~rt Ran. 77s
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-15
SALT AND PEPPER.

Hopew@ll, which manufactured the
commodities ~ preparedness. was if
self unprepared New York Mail
Another eouugster has been all
Vanced. the rev cbief of the French
General staff is sxty-four --Pbila-
deiphia Record
Mr. vanderllp would impose tax
upon all restaurant bills over 50. Can
stand anything after the nat check
Wall street Journal
Representative Mann is one Of those
persons who sei2es che opportunity TO
play partisan politics with the presi-
dents essage.--Chicago News.
Wonder If W. j. Il. thome address
Lincoln, Neb) shares Mr. Wilson'S
rosy views of Democratic success at
the next election. Manchester Union.
Tom osborns prison reforms will
not he complete until he prepares out
going Sing Sing boarders to meet tho
perils of wicked world. -Washiu,
ton Post.
The cowboy made rich on start
the Waldorf-Astoria buttons. boosted
into luxury by single Wall Street
bull--Washington Post
The extreme inflamma bility of
sugar when Il Is in the hold Of yes
sc! bound for British port la an
other highly-intere sting scientific d IS
Covery.-Phi Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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and openly proclaim without mercy
our utter destruction we were. con-
Quoting a war in s~elf-defense for
our national existence and for the
sake of peace of an assured perma-
nency. We have been obliged to
adopt a submarine warfare to meet
the declared intentions of our enc
mics and the methods of warfare
adopted by them, in contraventlon
of international law.
Interests of Neutrals.
"With all its efforts in principle to
protect neutral life and property
from damage as much as possible,
the German Government recognized
un~reservedly in its memorandum OF
February 4 that the interests of neu-
trails might suffer from the subma-
rine warfare. However, the Ameri-
can Government will also under
stand and appreciate that in the fight
for existence, which has been forced
upon Germany by its a~dversaries and
announced by them, it is the sacred
duty of the Imperial Government to
do all within its power to protect
and save the lives of German sub
jects. If the Imperial Government
were derelict in these, its duties, it
would be guilty before God and his
tory of the violation Of those princi-
Piles of highest humanity, which are
the foundation of every national ex-
~istence.
"The case of the Lusitania shows
with horrible clearness to what jeo-
pardizing of human lives the manner
of conducting war employed by our
adversaries leads. In the most d.
rect contradiction of international
law, all distinctions between mer-
chantmen and war vessels have been
obliterated by the order of British
merchantmen to arm themselves and
to ram submarines, and the promise
of rewards therefor, and neutrals
who use merchantmen as travellers
thereby have been exposed in an in
creasing degree to all the dangers
of war.
Destruction of Lusitania.
eff the commander of the German
submarine, which destroyed the Lusi-
tania, had caused the e. and pas
sengers to take to the boats before
firing a torpedo this would have
meant the sure destruction of his
own vessel. After the experiences
in sinking much smaller and less sea-
worthy vessels, it was to be expected
that a mighty ship like the Lusitania
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GERMANY REPLIES
TO AMERICAN NOTE
Continued from page -

regulate the law of maritime war IN
a n guaranteeing the freedom
Of the cas-. and will welcome it with
gratitude and satisfaction if it can
work hand in hand with the Amerl-
can Government on that OCCASION.
"If in the present war the princl-
ules which should be the ideal of the
future, have been traversed more
and more, the longer its duration,
the German Government has no guilt
therein. 1t is known to the Ameri-
a Government how Germany's ad-
v~ersaries, by completely p~aralyzing
peaceable traffic between Germany
and neutral countries, have aimed
from the very beginning, and with
increasing lack of consideration, at
the destruction, not so much of the
armed forces as the life of the Ger
man nation, regulating in doing so
all the rules of international law and
disregarding all rights of neutrals.
Enzland's Declaration.
con November 8, 1914, England
declared the North Sea a war area,
and by planting poorly anchored
mines, and by the stoppage and cap
ture of vessels, made passage ex-
tremely dangerous and difficult for
neutral shipping, so (by0 that act
ually blockading neutral coasts and
ports contrary to all international
law. Long before the beginning OF
submarine war England practically
completely intercepted legitimate
neutral navigation to Germany also.
Thus Germany was driven to a sub
marine war on trade. On Novem-
Der the IA, 1914, the English premier
declared in the House of Commons
that it was one of England's princi-
pal tasks to prevent food for the
German population from reaching
Germany via neutral ports. Since
March /, England has been taking
from neutral ships without further
formality all merchandise proceed
ing to Germany, as we'll as all mer-
chandise coming from Germany,
even when neutral property. Just
as it was also with the Beers, the
German people is now to be given
the choice of perishing from star
walton, with it's women and children
or relinquishing its independence.
"While u enemies thus loudly
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would remain above water long
enough even after the ~torpedoing to
permit passengers to enter the ships
boats. Circumstances of a very Pc
culiar kind, especially the presence
on board of large quantities of high
ly explosive materials (word omitted,
possibly 'dissipated,O this expecta-
ton. In addition it may be pointed
out that if the Lusitania had been
spared thousands of cases of NUM-
tons would have been sent to Ger
many's enemies and thereby thous-
ands of German mothers and child
rem robbed of breadwinners.
"In the spirit of friendship where
with the German nation has been i'm
bued towards the Union and its in
habitants since the earliest days of
it's existence, the Imperial Govern
ment will always be ready to do all
it can during the present war also to
prevent the jeopardizing of lives of
American citizens. The Imperial
Government, therefore, repeats the
assurances that American will not be
hindered in the prosecution of legiti-
mate shipping and the lives of Amer
lean citizens in neutrals vessels shall
not be placed in jeopardy.
To Exclude Dangers Unforeseen
"In order to exclude any unfore-
seen dangers to American passenger
steamers, made possible in view of
the conduct of maritime war by Ger
many's adversaries, German subma-
rines will be instructed to permit the
free and safe. passage of such pas
senger steamers when made recog-
nizable by special markings and no
titled a reasonable time in advance.
The Imperial Government, however,
confidently hopes that the American
Government will assume to guaran-
tee that these vessels have no on
traband on board, details Of arrange
ment for the unhampered passage of
these vessels to be agreed by the
naval authorities of both sides .
"In order to furnish adequate IA
%cilities for travel across the Atlantic
for American citizens, the German
Government submits for considera-
ton a proposal to increase the num-
Der of available steamers by install
ing in passenger service a reasonable
number of neutral. steamers under
American flag, the exact number to
be agreed upon under the same con-
ditions as the above mentioned Am
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Continued on page 49,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-10-21
Meter Reading Made Easy.

Meter inspectors who stalk into
ones house, leave cellar doors open
and create several varieties of trou-
BILE and commotion are to become only
unpleasant memories to the house
holder. because of a recently adopted
building feature. Architects have
taken cognizance of the inconvenience
that attends the placing of meters that
can only be read from within doors
and have solved the problem by pro-
viding space for the meters next to
the outer walls and by the letting IN
OF small doors through which the in
struments may be read from the out
side. A glass panel protects the me-
ter indicators, and through this the
reading is made. The door contain
ing the glass panel is fitted with a
lock, which protects the meter against
tampering. The householder's is not
the only gain from the new plan, how
ever. Since door bells need not be
rung, and since circuitous trips
through dingy passages are unneces-
sary, much time is saved by the in
spectors and much expense by the
gas and electric companies.