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MEXICO
MARCH,


Francisco Villa, outlawed Mexican.
raided Columbus, N: M, set fires and
killed 1S Americans: finally driven
back to Mexico by United States cav
airy; upward of 100 Villistas killed.
Punitive expedition ordered into Mex
leo to dispense the bandit bands.
United States troops modified on the
Mexican border.
Carranza refused permission to United
States troops to enter Mexico.
. Carranza was granted reciprocal priv
ileges to send troops over the border.
Col G. A. Dodd and Gen. Pershing
led two columns of cavalry into Mex
leo to pursue Villa bands.
Mexican generals prohibited United
/. % Of Villas band. including Gen. Coz
man, killed in action with Carranza
troops Villa reported wounded
and 10th United States cavalry defeat
ed 500 Villistas at Guerrero; 80 Next
cans killed. 4 cavalrynen wounded.
49, APRIL.
. Col. Browns 10th cavalry defeated
Villistas at Aguascalientes, killing 30
bandits. Col. Gonzales Mexican troops
repu!sed an attack of Villistas at Par
ras, killing az bandits. So
j. Mexican troops, led by Gen. Cavazos
routed Villa and his bodyguard, kill
ing 10 bandits.
!. Mexico declared that no permission
had been granted the United States
to use Mexican railroads.
!. United States soldiers attacked by
Mexican soldiers and sailors at Par
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CONVENTIONS

JANUARY.
IT, National Civic federation met in
Washington z
Is. Biennial convention Of United Mine
Workers Of America met at Indian
apolis.
8. First convention Of Chamber Of Com
merce of the United States met in
Washington
National Congress Of Mothers met in
Nashville, Tenn.
II. National Academy Of Scientists met
in Washington. Daughters of the
American Revolution met in Wash
ington,
MAY.
l6 United Confederate Veterans met at
Birmingham Ala.
JULY. 87
I l National Education association met In
New York.
AUGUST
90 Both national encampment Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic opened
at Kansas City, Mo.
SEPTEMBER
II. National conference of Catholic socie-
ties met III Washing ton
$ssss NOVEMBER.
20. ". G. q. =. annual convention met at
indianapolis
DECEMBER.
.26 American Association For the Adj
Vancement of Science met In New
FORK.
q. Geological society Of America met at
Albany American Historical society
met In Cincinnati .ssss
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survivors were icebound on Elephant
island
AUGUST.
16 Steamer Admiral Clark, from Port
Arthur Tex, foundered; q lives lost.
g. United States armored cruiser Mem
phis formerly Tennessee) wrecked
in q hurricane in Santo Domingo har
Dor; 80 of the crew dead, Is injured.
,-. OCTOBER. 49, ..-.
g. Steamer Merida lost in storm on
Lake Erie, with Is sailors. The James
B. Colgate also went down with q
sailors.
NOVEMBER.
T. Steamers Retriever and Connemara
wrecked off Irish coast: % lives lost.
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16. Cen Trevino notified Gen. Pershing
that movement Of troops south, east
or. west, would be considered a hos
tile act
49, President Wilson called out the or
ganized militia of the whole country
s. for service on the Mexican border.
War vessels ordered south to Mexl-
can waters.
20. President Wilson notified the Mexican
government that American troops
would not be withdrawn from Next
= can soil and would remain solely to
protect the United States border. &
Il. Two troops of the 10th cavalry were
In action outside Carrizal, 80 miles
south of Juarez, with Carranza forces.
Mexican Gen. r elk Gomez was killed;
also Capt. c.. T.. Boyd and Lieut.
Adair of the 10th cavalry. The affair
resulted from an attempt by the cav
airy to march westward in defiance of
Gen. Trevino's notice Of the 10th. q
troopers were made prisoners by the
Mexicans. 10 killed and 16 missing.
q. Militia ordered to proceed to the Mex
lean border.
Is. President Wilson demanded the imme-
date release of the Carrizal war pris-
oners. s--.-
q. g negro prisoners taken by Mexicans
at Carrizal were delivered to the Unit
ed States forces at Ell Paso.
JULY.
8 Col. G. A. Dodd, leader of an ad-
vance into Mexico, promoted to brig
adler general. IL ~.
g. Carranza troops fought Villistas at
Los Nievos (The Snows), near Jiminez
15 National guardsmen from department
- Of the east on the Mexican border
numbered $1,000.
Mexico appointed members Of q joint
commission to confer ON the issues
with the United States. .
q Franklin K. Lane, Judge George Gray
and DR.. John r. Mott appointed for
the United States on Mexican joint
commission. :rD
SEPTEMBER.
6 Joint American Mexican conference
met at New London, Conn.
Is. A band of 500 to 1,700 led by Villa,
raided chihuahua City. Fighting re-
ported with Carranza troops
NOVEMBER.
g. Villistas defeated by Mexican regu-
lars at Chihuahua
"a American-Mexican protocol signed.
Is. Vfllistas attacked Chihuahua City and
: drove out Carranza's troops.
.ECEMBER.
l. Villistas driven from Chihuahua City.
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OBITUARY
JANUARY.

JANUARY, .S
Gen. Grenyille w Dodge, noted Fed
eral commander in the civil war, at
Council Bluffs, Ia; aged 81.
70 Ada Rehan, noted retired actress. in
New York; aged 30.
10 Gen. Victoriano Huerta, former pro-
visional president of Mexico. at Ell
Paso, Tex.
10 Jeanette L. Gilder, writer, critic and
editor in New York; aged &C.
FEBRUARY.
Il John Townsend TroWbridge, poet and
story writer. at Arlington, Mass;
aged 80.
q. DR.. Allyn Gorton Father Of Eusen-
ics,'' in BROOKLYN; aged 49,
q. Henry James. noted author, at Chel-
sea, England: aged q.
MARCH,
2. Carmen Sylvia, poet and novelist, dow
ager queen Of Roumania, at Bukha-z
rest; aged n.
9. Jean Mounet-Sully, French actor, in
Paris; aged Is.
IL Former United States Senator Henry
Gassaway Davis, at Washington;
aged 49,
81. Robert Burns Wilson, poet and artist.
in New York city; aged Ga.
APRIL.
T. Geo. w. Smalley, noted American
journalist, in London; aged SO.
MAY.
10. Clara Louisa Kellogg, once noted
prima donna, at New Hartford, Conn;
aged 70.
26. Rev. DR.. Timothy Dwight, former
president Of Yale university, at New
Haven, Conn; aged 81.
Y. Gen. j. S. Gallieni, leader of the
French flank attack at the Marine bat
tie, Sept Z, 1914 in Paris.
%. Harry Hawk, the actor, on the boards
at Fords theater when President Lin
coin was assassinated April IA, 1866
died at Granville, England; aged 70.
20. James J. Hill, railroad magnate, at
St. Paul: aged II.
30. Col. John Singleton Mosby, noted
Confederate cavalry leader in the civil
war. at Washington; aged 80.
8. John r. Mclean, publisher of the
Washington Post and Cincinnati En-
Quirer: aged 67.
20. Edward S. Ellis, American novelist
and historian, at Cliff Island, Me-:
aged rs. ~
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World's ar
Under Many
Great Drives and Battles
Of the Armies In 1916.
Thirteen Nations
In the Field
WEST FRONT.

WEST FRONT.
9. Germans sprang a heavy attack on
five mile front near Tahure, in the
Champagne, on ground the French
captured in, September, 1915.
FEBRUARY.
%. Germans began heavy attack on
the Verdun salient along a 25 mile
'front.' gains at some points were
miles deep.
Is. Giant arnored French fort Douau-
mont, miles from Verdun city and
one Of it's permanent Notifications
captured by Brandenburg Germans.
&C. Germans captured 6 fortified French
villages in the Verdun salient, with
1000 prisoners.
90. Germans had intrenched on II mile
front of ground captured before Yer
dun.
10. Germany's captures to date at Verdun
were $4,000 prisoners, Al cannon and
2S2 machine guns.
II. French repealed five German attacks
at Vaux, near Verdun. .
30. Germans captured Malancourt, in the
Verdun area. but were repulsed at
Dead Mans hill, according to French
report. ..- ~.
g. In an offensive on 10 mile front at
Verdun the Germans captured 500
yards of trenches on hill 295, near
Dead Mans HILL No. 304. Assailants
used liquid fire.
MAY.
II. French line held firm and drove back
Germans around Vaux. ~ Germans
claimed repulse Of 2 French attacks
near Dead Mans hill
I. Germans captured Fort Vaux, called
the "key to Verdun," with it's garri-
son Of 700; also captured Rooge, in
Belgium, making Verdun advance since
June nearly 2 miles wide.
81. Germans resumed vigorous attacks at
Verdun on both sides of the Mouse.
30. French recaptured Thiaumont (held
by Germans since June 23), but were
driven out by nightfall.
s.
l. French retook Thiaumont; lost it at
8 p. m and regained it at 4:30 p m.
Concerted French and British drive be-
gun on the north and south banks Of
the Somme river; villages and towns
and even miles of trenches captured
on Is mile front.
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Summarized
Topical Heads
Greatest Naval Battle of
the MARYLAND Con1bats
Numerous, Fierce
and Deadly

. e T
10. Russians captured Dubno, Volhynia;
$4,000 prisoners claimed in the days
fighting and ''booty in enormous guam
titles
II. After a long campaign against Ger
nowitz, Austrian capital Of Bukowina,
the Russians entered the city. 1t had
changed hands many times since 1914.
JULY. 1900
%. Russians broke Austro-German line
northwest of Lutsk, forcing abandon
ment of positions beyond river Stok-
bod, which Russians crossed.
NOVEMBER.
IL AuStrO-Germans broke through the
Russian lines in the Halicz section.
q. Gen. Brusiloff's Russian armies began
a drive southwark across the Carpa-
thians to succor the Rouma mans In
Wallachia.
DECEMBER.
z. Russian advance across the Carpa
thians southwark checked by small
reverses in Moldavia. :
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0i6dlll0r HOdu~
oke foundered
off the coast of
Cafif ornia: "a
drowned.
Lieut.. Shackle-
ton cabled from
the Falkland is
lands that his
exploring s h ip
Endurance was
crushed Oct. q,
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France reported
754 French towns
and communes
destroyed by
war. 554 towns
captured by
Germans, 1869
houses Destroy
ed and Is, 9o4
damaged.
British attack,
ted by Gen.
{ Haig, conferred
around La Bois-
selle, aiming for
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M r 8. H g tty
Green, known as
the richest Wo-
m a n in t h e
world, in New
York city; aged
81. ~
Prof. Ellie Met
chnikof, noted
bacteriologist,
sharer in the
Nobel prize for
m g d i c al re-
search, in Paris;
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SsoAA, al A"'s dSS'
NJ oil y Elliott
Seawell, novel
list and play
wright, in Wash
ington; aged Sc.
Henryk Sienkie--
wicz, Polish nov
elist, a u t h o r
20 u o Vadis"
and a Polish
tale, Fire and
Sword" 1T h e
-
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l.. New United States army reorganiza-
ton law in effect.

German mer--
chant submarine
D g u t schlan n
reached Ralti-
more, 16 days
out from Helgo-
land port. Her
captain, P a u ]
Koenig, stated
that his vessel
was a pioneer
of regular serv-
ice.
r u r a / credits
bill became law.
Paralysis cases
in New York
deaths
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WAR ON THE SEA.

JANUARY.
I. Germany agreed that survivors on
liners torpedoed would not be sent
adrift In open boats and that she
would pay for lives lost on the Lu-
sitania-
MARCH.
). German sea raider Moewe, after
months of cruising in South African
waters, during which she captured the
British ship Appam and sank Is mer-
chantmen, reached home port laden
with prisoners and gold.
4. British steamer Sussex torpedoed and
sunk in the English channel; IS deaths.
MAY.
). Germany agreed to modify submarine
warfare on merchant ships.
I. German high seas fleet and heavy
squadron Of the British grand fleet
fought several hours off the coast Of
Jutland. The Germans reported loss
of 5 cruisers, battleship and 6 de-
stroyers. British losts6 warships and
destroyers with 2 battleships in
doubt British, loss of life about 5000:
German, about 4, 600
OCTOBER.
s. Submarine U-53 sank three British.
one Dutch and one Norwegian ships
off Nantucket shoals. All on board
were saved.
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RUSSIAN FRONT.

JANUARY.
). New Russian drive in Bukovfina CEN
tered in battle for Czernowitz.
$S MARCH.
Z Russian attack checked at Dyinsk.
with "enorm GUS losses to the assail-
ants
JUNE. S.
z Russia reported that Gen. Brusfloff's
offensive In Volhynia, Rukowina and.
Ga1icia had netted 40, 600 prisoners n
guns. 154 machine guns and 49 NOR
tars besides arms and equipment
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SOUTH AND BALKAN 'FRONT.'.

~ JANUARY.
T. Allies evacuated the Gallipoli peninsu-
la, leaving to the Turks enormous
plumber. British loss in the campaign
100000.
10. Russians captured Erzerum, with 49,
600 Turks and 1923 guns.
MARCH.
s. British attack on Tigris front repulsed
by counterattack of Turks. British
lost 5000 killed and wounded.
APRIL
u. Austrians in great force attacked Ital-@
ian positions in the Plezzo basin, Tren-
tinO, and were repulsed, according to &
Italian report. Italians recaptured POI
sition on Monte Sperone, which the
Austrians captured on the 18th.
IL. Russians captured Trebizond, an inn
+. portant Turkish town on the Black
sea, by land and sea attack
%. British under Gen. Townshend sur
rendered Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia,
to the Turks, with about 10000 troops.
after prolonged siege.
"a. Italians continued retreat in Trentino
Austria claimed $4,000 prisoners in the
Tyrol campaign.
JUNE. rs
l. Italians opened counter offensive
In the zone of Austria's maximum
effort May 30 and 81. Result reported
disastrous to the Invaders
20 Italians began an offensive movement
in Trentino. Austrians reported in
general retreat. -
AUGUST ---5s %.
g. Italians captured Goritz. the supposed
key to Trieste. Prisoners reported,
10000 The town had been under fire
over a year y
II. Allies from Saloniki began an offen-
sive northward through Macedonia
rs ttoumania entered the war and attack
ca Austria in the Carpathlans, aiming
to invade Pennsylvania. Germany de-
clared war On Roumania
~ Roumanians forced three mountain
passes into Hungary and captured
3D.. kronstadt north Of Vulcan pass and
an industrial center
81. Turkey and Bulgaria declared war on
ROumania
SEPTEMBER ~
o. Bulgars and Germans captured bridges
mead OF Tutrakan, on the Danube. 81
miles from Bucharest.
II. Ieutonic allies defeated Russians at
Dobric, in Dobrudja.
~. Won %Falkenhayn's column surrounded
the Roumanians near Red Tower pass
and destroyed their army
. OCTOBER.
g. Ieutons recaptured Kronstadt, Hun
gary. which Roumanians took Aug. 80.
%, Constanza, on the Black sea, Rouma-
MAS chief port, captured by Germans
and Bulgars
"a. Roumanians evacuated Cernavoda, on
the Danube. u
rs. Danube bridge at Cernayoda was
blown up to check invading army.
". ROumania moved capital to Jassv
NOVEMBER.
". F'ranco-Servians captured hill 1912, in
front of Monastir. Bulgars evacuated
Mona stir
Fl. Austro-Germans captured Craiova
l..
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SHIPWRECK
MARCH.

s. Spanish steamer Principe de Austurias
sunk off San Sebastao; over 400
drowned. .-
--a-p .5-s---.--> MAY. .:..-SsLg.3z sE.-szs =s.
8. Steamer s. +. Kirby wrecksd on Rake
Superior, off Eagle river: 20 drowned
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SPORTING

JANUARY.
8. Nick Gianakopulos,, Greek athlete, won
49, the national cross country. title by
outrunning Hannes Kolehmainen. at
New York.
- ~ MARCH.
3. Jess Willard outpointed Frank Moran
in a 10 round combat at Madison
Square Garden, New York.
a. Miss Molla Bjurstedt retained the Wo.
mems Metropolitan singles champion
ship title by defeating Miss Marie
Guthrie at the Forest Hills tennis
court, n Y.
20. Friar Rock, three-year-old, owned by
August Belmont, won the historic
Suburban race at Belmont park, N. y.
JUNE.
9. Oswald Kirkby defeated Fred HERES
hoff for the Metropolitan golf anna
teur championship. up and 1 to play,
at Glen Cove NJ Y 9S$
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. e- JANUARY.
20. King Constantine appealed to the
United States against aggressions by
the allies
26. japan renewed the seven demands on
China, which that power rejected in
January, 1915, as being oppressive.
FEBRUARY,
10 Secretary of War Garrison resigned. 4
20. President Wilson asked congress to
act on the armng of merchantmen.
8 The United States senate voted to
support the presidents submarine pol
icy, 6S to H. ...-.
q. The house voted to sustain the pres-
dents foreign policy. 276 to 14a.
MAY.
8. United States declined Germany's pro-
posal that the allies be forced to re-
spect neutral rights.
JUNE.
s. Louis D. Brandeis confirmed justice
of the United States supreme court.
Iowa rejected woman suffrage.
Z. The Republican and the Progressive
national conventions met In Chicago.
40 Charles E. Hughes nominated for
president by the Republican conven-
ton and Charles Warren Fairbanks
for vice president The Progressives
named Theodore Roosevelt and John
M Parker OF LOulSlaHd.
rs. President Woodrow Wilson and Vice
President Thomas r, Marshall renom-
mated at ST. Louis. go"
30. Germany and Austria concluded
treaty of military and commercial al
nance for Is years duration
JULY.
&. Japan and Russia signed treaty Of
alliance
SEPTEMBER.
8. Japan made four new demands on
China with regard to recent conflict
In Mongolia and asked four corices-
sions In the same case.
OCTOBER
10. United States notified allied powers
that it would continue to apply exist
ing rules Of International law to sub
marines. DE-.
II. Allies took control of Athens by force.
NOVEMBER.
T. Austria and GERMANY nroc1aimed PO-
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In. Pennsvlva Iva. CHICK EVANS.
MIA, 2o:52. 10. Junior Varsity SYRIA
cuse, Ills 2-5: Cornell, 11.203-5; CO..
lumbia, 1872; Pennsylvania, 1906 is.
Chick (Charles) Evans won the ma.
& tional open golf championship, one Of
the two greatest golf honors in the
United States; the third amateur to
win the American open title. His to-
tai score was 286 strokes for u holes.
a record.
AUGUST.
The lawn tennis doubles champions,
4 w. NJ. Johnston and C. j. Griffin, re-
8 tanned their titles by defeating Nc
Lou5hlin atsd Dawson at Forest Hills,
N. y; scores; GA, ST., Ga.
SEPTEMBER.
Welsh, lightweight champion boxer
81 Of. the world, defended his title at
Colorado Springs by defeating White:
4 In 20 rounds
Richard Norris Williams OF Philadel-
phia won the national tennis cham
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. ~ ASAA w w,
Molla Bjurstedt
again won the
women's tennis
singles cham.
nship over
Mrs. p d w a r d
Raymond by
scores of 60, 6-1.
Syracuse won
the varsity 4
miles at Pough-
keepsie. I'll m e
Warsity)-Syra-
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8 the mill Photo by American
Y situation Press Association.
% ~ 80 GEN. OREGON.
United States and Mexican con-
,es at Juarez were deadlocked over
withdrawal of United States
Ups from Mexican soil.
MAY.
!. r. L. Howe, 18th cavalry bat
on, routed bandits near Ojo- Azules,
ing A. "A,
lican bandits raided Glen Springs,
tia Of Texas, New Mexico and
IONA ordered to Mexico.
ted States again warned Ameri-,
s to leave Mexico.
ference at FL Paso, on withdrawal
United States troops from Mexico,
] suspended; no agreement req ched.
government asked for i'm
liate withdrawal of all United
tes troops from Mexico, alleging
faith and the violation of Mexi-
sovereignty.
JUNE.
.i-American riot in Chihuahua City,.
xico; q protest against the pres
9 OF American troops
kicans. burned United States con-
tie at Durango City, Durango. also
llted the nag.
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W SAA
Falk en- h a yn's
army recaptured
Q r 8 o v a a n d
reached Alt riv-
er. Won Mack
ensen's troops
crossed theDan-
ube above Ger
navOda.
AustrO -Gernan
column of Fall
k Q n hayn and
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northwest, respectively, met in Rou-
mania so miles west of Bucharest.
DECEMBER.
German guns shelled Bucharest.
Teutonic allies captured Bukharest,5
former capital of Roumania.
Gen. Sarrail's column checked by Ger
mans in northern Greece. Germans
and Bulgars won counterattacks Ii
tho Monasrir section. Teutonic allies
captured $1,000 Roumanians in Wal1a-
CHA
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dl. NdI dliAo
asked TO open
negotiations for
the withdrawal
of United States
army from Mex
leo.
Gen. Scott, Gen.
F u n 8 t on and
the M 9 x itc a n
Gen, Obregon
met at Juarez,
Mexico. to dis
cuss the mill
tary situation
along tha bOr.
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SO DAYS FOR ANNIE
Woman Accused Of NeElecting Children
Fails to Pay Pine Of $40
and Costs,

Annie Booher was arralgned before
Justice r. G.. Hobbs at the county jail
last evening on q charge OF neGlecting
her children. preferred by Humane Of
ficer Sheldon Joseph. She was found
guilty and the squire fined her $40 and
costs She failed to produce tho cash
and her husband declined to rescue her
and Squire Hobbs committed her TO jail
for GO days.
Mrs. Booher. with a male companion.
recently was fined SEQ and costs on q
nasty statutory charge. When she was
arrested the second time she failed to get
lawyer before her case was called for
hearing. Then she demanded an at
torncy and Squire Hobbs gave her
scvcn days TO secure counsel. but no at
torney was present TO defend her last
evening. several having refused 10 take
the case.
When she was remanded to Jail last
evening she became wild and 1t was
necessary to place her IN solitary con,
finement to Quell her apparently tented
rawlings.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-19
P. S, C, ACCOUNTANT
WILL EXAMINE BOOKS
OF WATER COMPANY
TESTIMONY IN THE WARWOOD
WATER RATE CASE COM.
PLETED YESTERDAY.
Attorneys Will File Briefs After Evil
dence and Audit transcripts
Arrive.

! The taking of testimony in the War
wood water rate case, in which the
! Warwood Light & Wafer company
seeks permission 10 raise its maxi
mum rate from $40 to $13 per years
| for 1888 gallons with charge Of
! 80 cents for each additional 1000 gal
! Ions consumed above that amount,
was completed early yesterday after
noon before Judge Z. G.. Rider OF the
public service commission in the OHIO
county criminal court room.
! At the conclusion or the taking of
testimony, which included statements
| Of officials Of the water company ana
| their reports tending TO show that
they cannot operate under the present
rates for water without failure to
allow for a depreciation of the plant
and a reasonable profit, and the testi-
mony OF Mayor a. H. kindelberger,
Marshal Edward Rice and Councilman
J. C. Williams in opposition 10 the IN,
crease, oral arguments were presented
to Judge Rider by Judge James w.
Ewing, representing the water com:
pany. and Solicitor c. j. Smith and
Attorney D. &. Beanst representing the
towns and citizens of Warwood.
The, next step as result Of the
testimony Will be TO send an expert
accountant representing the public
service commission from Charleston
10 Warwood within the next two or
three days. He will make complete
audit of the books of the water conf
pany 10 verify the evidence of water
company officials given before Judge
Rider. His findings. along with the
testimony taken Yesterday will be
transcribed and copies submitted 10
attorneys for Warwood and the water
company as well as the public service
commission. After Il study of the
audit report and testimony, attorneys
for both sides will submit their case
in briefs to be filed with the public
service commission at an early date
and a decision Is expected probably in
J,r