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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16

The earnings for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1915, as found by our &C.
countants were SIZE, 505 Is. This
leaves deficiency of about $25 100000.
An estimate of the earnings of an in
creased rate can be only rough ap-
Proclamation. The results can be de-
termined only by an actual trial Of
the rate as established. We have de-
termined to order the company to put
in force the following schedule of
rates and discounts:
RATES AND DISCOUNTS
Quantity Gross Rate Per M. Gu. Fl.
First 1,000 soc; second 1000, roc;
third 1000, Csc; fourth 1000. 6Oc;
fifth 1000, 50c;next 5000, 45c; all over
10000, 3Oc.
Discount Per M. Gu. Fl.
First 1000, 10c; second 1000, 10c;
third 1000, 10c; fourth 1000, 10c; fifth
1000, 10c; next 1000, 10c.
Net Rate Per M. Gu. #.
First 1000, zoe; second 1000, 60c;
third 1000, 55c; fourth 1000, SOC; fifth
1000, 4Oc; next 5000, 35c; all over
10000, goo.
Minimum monthly charge, gross SOC,
discount 10c, net roc.
Rates and discounts based upon
monthly consumption.
Discounts will be allowed only up
on payment of monthly bill within ten
Q0) days from date of bill.
The Commission finds that the
above schedule of rates, tolls and
charges is just and reasonable. What
the rates will yield is in measure
problematical, but we do not believe
the earnings of these rates will be
equal to the required revenues. How
ever, the community is under no OBJ
legation to furnish required revenues,
if this can be done only by a rate that
is unfair to the people.
The Public Service Commission of
Indiana, therefore, orders the Rich
mond Light. Heat and Power Com
pany, to file with this Commission
the schedule of rates. tolls and charges
hereinabove set forth and orders and
directs that said schedule of rates,
tolls and charges shall be effective
from and after September 9, 1916.
And the Commission ascertains that
the following expenses were incurred
by the Commission upon The investiga-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16

An analysis Of the methods by which
these unit prices were determined,
ought to disclose no difference in thu
cost Of material, If the average price
was taken for the same years. This
manifestly was not DONE The great.
est difference arises, no doubt, from
the various estimates, for installing
mains.
The staff includes in its appraisment
the following property, to-wit:
Cost Of Reproduction
Generating room. ..........$ 2246
Blower room ............... 2126
Coal shed and boiler room $50. 1886
Generator house .............. 2195
Purifier house ................ 1885
Oil tank house. ............... 1925
Oxide shed 2317
Items under water gas equip
ueuL ............... 4Z7S
One-half station piping ....... 694
Total Observation-Disclosures. s73406
Cost Of Reproduction less Depreciation
Generating room. ...........$ 2156
Blower room. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1743
Coal shed and boiler room 500. 1887
Generator house. ......... 1922
Purifier house. ............... 4013
Oil tank house ................ 1912
OXlue Sned 1873
Items under water gas equip
meHt ............ 4O519
One-half station piping. ........ 416
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16

ton of the matters set forth In the
petition, to-wit:
Expenses Incurred In the Valuation Of
the Property Of the Richmond
Light, Heat and Power
Company
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16
OLD RATE

First -. 5000 GU #. SOC gross less 10c 40c net
Next -. $4,000 Gu #. 45c gross less 1Oc = 35c net
All over 100000 GU #. 4Oc gross less 1Oc SOC net
Minimum Monthly Charge Soc
Discounts will be allowed only upon payment
of monthly bill within ten days from date
of bill.
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ATTACKED BY PET BUCK.
Hatchery Superintendent and Wife Set
Upon While Feeding Pet Deer.

Auburn. Me.-JOhn +. Stanley, sew
enty-SiX, superintendent of the Maine
fish hatchery grounds. and his wife.
seventy-One, were nearly killed by
pet buck which suddenly became en-
ragged. Stanley WAS feeding the ami
NAL, which charged on him. breaking
several ribs and cutting and bruising
him. Mrs. Stanley was awakened by
the noise and, clad only in her night
gown, rushed to the Enclosure to aid
her husband. The buck charged her.
too, and would have killed her but for
collie, which set upon the deer and
drove him away.
Mrs. Stanley crawed to the tele-
phone, gave the alarm and then faint
ed. Her husband was found half sub
merged in a brook and helpless. The
buck was killed by order of the state
authorities.
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PHYSICIANS ATTEsTING PATIENTS
L-ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE
Points T. Nier wash. 1871 Pac 44)
passed upon the admissibility of the
testimony of physicians attesting a
will as to the mental capacity of tes-
tator who was their patient, Holcomb,
J., held that such evidence was adj
missible saying:
Appellants quote the provisions of
our statute (section 1914. Rem. G. Bal.
Code), which reads as follows: "A
regular physician or surgeon shall
not. without the consent of his patient,
be examined in a civil action as to
any information acquired in attend
ing such patient, which was necessary
to enable him to prescribe or act for
the patient Cases are cited to the
effect that, under such statutes as
this, il is held that the privilege is
personal with the patient, and that
il applies in testamentary cases and
cannot be waived by the heirs and
personal representatives. We do not
agree with the reasoning or the hold
ing of the cases cited. Wigmore on
Evidence, Vol 4, Section 1890. states
the rule as follows: To request a
physician to attest ones will is by
imnlicatiOn IN ranueSt him IN hear
testimony. if called on, to all facts
affecting the validity of the will, and
is therefore a waiver Our
opinion is. therefore. that il the tes-
tatriX requested these physicians to
attest her will as witnesses or know
ingly assented thereto. she waived
the privilege. and they are competent
to testify as to the execution Of the
will and the competency Of the
maker"
The broad ax., 1916-12-09
GALLONS OF HONEY IN
CLOSED UP FIREPLACE
Owner Finds Four Years Work of Bees
Too Heavy to Move.

Montclair, N. IA. P. Boehm, vice
president Of B. Altman & Co., New
York, closed up big open fireplace at
his residence, POI Midland avenue,
Montclair, four years ago for two rea-
sons. He did not care to use the fire.
place, for one thing, and bees in the
chimney frequently went down into
his dining room.
Recently Mr.. Boehm decided to use
the open fireplace, but found it impos-
sible to lift the sheet Of iron he haS
placed over the outlet to keep out the
bees. Believing some bricks from the
chimney had fallen down, he set
man to work making the clearance
Operations from the roof stirred up
fuss among the bees, which still inhab-
tied the chimney.
The workman decided to chloroform
the bees and, placing a saturated rag
upon the end of a long pole, went
about the task. When the stick was
pulled up again, however, the rag was
dripping with honey, the weight Of
which had made impossible the easy
removal Of the sheet iron.
The next thing was the boring Of
hole in the iron to allow the honey to
run out, a big tin pail being used to
catch it. That quickly filled up, and
another pail was procured. This vessel
also filled up, and some kitchen pans
and kettles were used. There was no
diminution in the flow, and a wash
boiler was next used to catch the honey.
This also was filled. Before the honey
had all run out dozen vessels, large
and small, were sitting around the
room, all filled with delicious honey.
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have fought at Verdun and in Alsace
Don't ask me about the SOmme. BY the
way, l want it denied for the benefit of
killed. That report. which emanated
from Paris. was wholly unfOunded.
Tell of Nerdun and how l got the
cross of the Legion of Honor? | did
my duty. that was all. For my at
tempt TO perform this faithfully / was
also promoted to first lieutenant.
I'VE were stationed last May at Yer
dun, we of the N124. Word was re-
ceived from the front that an enemy
aerOplane WAS rising, and / was desig-
mated TO go UP and send it back. l went
up and ont over the supporting treach-
es, over the first line trenches, over the
German trenches Then We met.
"As we fought. two other Germans
appeared. 1t was three against one
But / got one machine. Then they
got me. i was hit by a bullet and my
left arm became helpless. Later l
learned my left elbow was shattered.
with my right arm l steered for
our lines, for | saw my only chance
to escape was retreat. l made what
speed / could. but engine trouble de-
veloped and l had to vOlplane. /
thought the end had come.
Il was faint with loss of blood and
nearly lost consciousness. Finally
landed, and it was in the right place
500 yards behind the first line
trenches of the French infantry"
Regarding the death of Norman
Prince, a fellow member of the corps.
Mr.. Thaw said:
81 saw Prince few minutes before
he was ordered up. He went out over
the German lines and got his man. On
his return it grew haZy and as he
neared the landing area he failed to
notice a string of telegraph wires. His
machine crashed into those, turning
over and plunging to the ground. He
sustained injuries from which he died"
Speaking of the death of Captain
Boelke, the German aviator whose dar-
ing won the respect of all allied avia-
tors, he said it was caused by a col
lision with British machine.
The broad ax., 1916-12-09

NlRCulr Coz T MASTERS.-The queS-
ZION Of APPOINTMENTS of masters in
'Aahoery al The Circuit Court will be
taken up 70: the judges of that tri-
'uHal on Friday next At a meeting of
Tue Judges q; The Sherman Hotel there
"dS SOME discussion of changing the
present m"dr of appointing masters.
tut some ''Irs il has been the method
w Judge a recommend whomSoever
d" u'Slrcd z. master. and his appoint
''"' Was assured by the entry of an
'0'r 10y th'' chief Justice. Instead of
'u'SuinS This plan. it has been sug-
S'S''u That - judges have a secret
'"l'' 50 tina, The appointment will be
.''''' 10y an or a majority of the
.~"N'S, ill., matter will be taken up
>''" al H.. next meeting. The idea
: l" do aW with the individual ap-
,V',I'A'ntS nlcss they are conCurred
=; -, "y at least a majority of all the
Judges.
y, AK lie" >ncscstion. however. leaves
9, u'"r ol,n for an analysis of the
S and ability of those seeking to
' Masters. 1t has been sug-
;. WI mat any one having complaint
q, ,""e against the present masters.
s,o. "ose contemplating appointment,
AVA nave an opportunity to do so,
III. VI The other hand, any informa-
Or vi! a master should be appointed
,s,,. FPOlnted would be welcome. The
S.,, T." about twenty masters expire
s,,, ~Ohth and there are a few new
VETS to be appointed.
The broad ax., 1916-12-09
CATTLE KING BEGAN
As HELPER IN MARKET
Romantic Rise of Butcher Boy
Who Died Leaving an Estate
of $2O,OOO,O0O.

Oakland, Cal.-The romantic rise of a
young German butcher boy, once the
butt of jokes at Washington market, in
New York, for his inability to speak
English, to the position of cattle king
of the west and probably the largest
single land owner in the country has
been revealed by a legal controversy
over the administration of his estate in
California
Three years before he died in Oak
land, Henry Miller decided his entire
S20,000,O00 estate to his daughter. Mrs
]. Leroy Nickel of San Francisco, to
avoid the inheritance tax collectors of
the state. The collectors now are at
tempting to find a way in which they
can collect the tax.
Miller came to this country from
Wurttemberg. Germany, in 1917. He
worked for a time in a small down.
town hotel in New York as porter.
Finally he obtained work in Washing
ton market as a apprentice. where he
was known as "Potsdam."
He saved his money and in Deem
Der, 1850, Joined the gold rush to Cali
fornia. He arrived too late to get to
the gold fields and got a job as a sec
ond butcher in San Francisco. In ten
months he had saved enough to set up
for himself Then the miners who had
found the gold came back and, spend
ing their money recklessly, made for
tunes for the merchants of the town.
Miller later became associated with
Charles Lux, cattleman, and together
they bought hundreds of thousands of
acres of grazing land in California,
Oregon, Nevada and other western
states. They went into the cattle rails
ing business and at one time owned
$4,000 head of cattle and 100000 sheep
The broad ax., 1916-12-09
FEW SMALL COINS
Directors of MINIS Hold Confer.
ence to Solve Problem.
INDICATION OF PROSPERITY.
People Among Whom NickeIs, Dimes
and Quarters Circulate Have More
Than Ever Before-EnsraVing De-
partment Reports Enormous Demand
For One and Two Dollar Bills.

New York.-An unprecedented de-
mand for small coins-quarters, dimes,
nickels and cents-a demand that Is
daily straining the resources of the
United States treasury department,
brought F. II. ]. Van Engelken, direc
tor of the mint, to New York to see IL
something could be done to relieve the
scarcity. He met officials of all minis
here for q conference to devise ways
and means of turning out enough small
coins to meet the demand.
At the conference were T. W. II.
Shanahan, superintendent of the San
Francisco mint; Thomas W. Annear.
superintendent of the Denver mint; f.
D. Hawkins, chief clerk of the San
Francisco mint, and Vernon Boyle, SUI
perintendent of the New York assay
office
1--WE never before have been confront
ed by such an emergency" said Mr.
Van Engelken, "and 1 doubt that we
will be able to materially increase the
production. Our two large minis now
are working twenty-four hours a day,
while the smallest is on q sixteen hour
shift. They are all at maximum ca
pacity, and their energies are being
concentrated on the coins of which we
are so short.
"Our idea in holding the conference
was to discuss the operation of the
minis, probably adopting at all of them
suggestions that have proved of benefit
in one mint. We are now at capacity.
Therefore by the team work which we
believe this conference will produce we
expect to be able to speed up our pro-
duction of small coins. The problem
is growing more perplexing every day."
what IS the reason for the shortage
in small coins?" the director of the
mint was asked.
There is only one answer" he said.
"The people among whom the small
coins circulate have more of them than
ever before. 1t is the result of the ire
mendous prosperity that is getting
down to the people who use coins of
small denominations.
81 talked recently with the head of
the engraving department in Washing
ton. He tells me there is q similar ire
mendous demand for the dollar and
two dollar bills and that this demand
is increasing as the holiday season ap-
proaches. None of them is returned.
They are worn out Bankers say they
are having great difficulty in meeting
the demand"
The broad ax., 1916-12-09
CATS BITE CAUSES DEATH.
Brooklyn Pier Waterman Is Stricken
With HYdrophobia.

New York.-Hans JurgenSen, fifty
years old, of Brooklyn, a Waterman Oh
pier IS, Atlantic docks, died in the
Long Island College hospital of hydro
phobia caused by the bite of his pet cat.
Jurgensen's hand, which was bitten,
gave him a little trouble during the
first six weeks following the bite, but
it was only a few days ago that the
hand and arm began to swell. DR.. Viii
liam NJ. Ennis of 81 First place. Brook
Ign, who was called in, diagnosed it as
hydrophObia and caused Jurgensen's
removal to the Long Island College
hospital, where the diagnosis was veri-
fed by physicians from the department
Of health before his death.
The broad ax., 1916-12-09

FIND lNDIAN RELICS.
Members OF New Historical Associa-
ton Get a Load of Them.

Klamath Falls, Cal.-LOaded down
with newly found Indian relics, includ
ing pipes. stone war hammers, dishes,
grinders, seventy-five arrow heads, ten
spear heads, several knives, eleven
mortars and more than 100 pestles, J.
c. Rutenic. A. c. Yaden. Floyd Bran
denburg and George Snyder, members
Of the recently organized Klamath His
tOrical association, returned recently
from a ten days research expedition
through the lava beds.
These beds, lying just across the Cali
fornia line in Modoc county, were the
seat of the MOdoc Indian war and have
furnished many valuable relics during
the last few years.
Most of those found on the present
trip were gathered along the receding
shore of Tule lake. which is being
drained at the hands Of the United
States reclamation service by divert
ing Lost river. which formerly flowed
into it.
The broad ax., 1916-12-09
WINTER WILL BE SEVERE,
Muskrats Are Digging Deep, Say North.
ern Trappers.

Winona, Minn.-Buy your ''heavies'
heavier and heap your coal bins. dig
out your snow shovels and clean out
your furnace fiues.
This warning is being sounded by
trappers I'm this section who have ad-
vance information on the brand Of
weather each season.
The trappers base their forecast on
the activities Of the muskrats. They
are digging their homes deep, and the
walls are OF unusual thickness.
The broad ax., 1916-12-09
DANCED OFF DIET GAINS.
Net Loss of One and Half Pounds In
Chicago Squad Due to a Ball.

Net Loss of One and Half Pounds In
Chicago Squad Due to Ball.
Chicago. - Dancing and dieting are
not in harmony.
The weighing in" figures of the "diet
squad" which demonstrated that 40
cents worth of food day is enough for
the average individual showed a loss of
seventeen and half pounds when COM
pared with figures of the day before.
The answer seems to be that most of
them attended the annual dance of the
health department.
Only two members of the squad
showed a gain. Each gained half
pound. Comparing weights with those
taken when the test started, seven
members gained ten and a half pounds,
but the other five members lost twelve
pounds-net loss a pound and a half,
and all because Of the dance.
The broad ax., 1916-12-09

PROVOCATIVE DEFENsE.-"The street
|rOssing at Hickory street, st. Louis
Fyenue, Mulberry, and Santa Fe
streets were blocked for twenty-five
minutes by a train" says the Kansas
City Star. a. L. Anderson, the con-
ductOr, was III the police court to tell
why.
You see, il was this way he said.
We were pulling into Armourdale
when the train stopped suddenly. l
ran to find what was wrong. Well, the
engine was around one curve, the ca
bOOSe around another, and l couldn't
get signal to either man. The tower
man was handing me the back-up and
somebody else was giving me the go
ahead. Just then 1 found an angle
cock had dropped from the air tube
on one Of the cars, and they were try
ing to line up the switches on me.
Then | got stop word and l found
out pin litter had dropped. l Stacked
EN- ahead rs soon as I could, but 1
wuldn't help Matters"
l guess So said Judge Kyle. Ten
dollars Tile Docket.
The broad ax., 1916-12-09

oF OBJECTION TO SPLITTING
Va or AcrIoN.-The splitting of
O0I If action is quite thoroughly
aeusssd in the Kentucky n Court Of
s'u ols case, Cassidy o. Berkovitz,
louisville Ry. Co. o. Berkovitz,
u southwestern Reporter, 12s. The
|sia sHf'- Berkovits, while driving
crossing of the defendant road,
- injury to his person and
r artv. through collision between
~ the defendant roads street cars
defendant Cassidy's automobile
1;.b caused the automobile to be
u,ad against plaintiffs wagon. Ber-
Eo,itz filed two suits against the road
cassidy. as Joint defendants
l. personal injuries and the other for
los to his horses and wagon.
Z action for damages to his proper
zoe tried first, and resulted in a
4 -dict in his favor. After this YER
81 tbe defendants attempted to plead
T. first judgment in bar of the Sec
+ action, then being tried. The
t,rdants had heretofore filed sep
late answers il the two cases. and
fuT knowledge of the separately
/ -.;+rted. causes which they now
I'm cbouIC Lave been Joined. Their
o+ion TO file amended answers was
|,orruIed and Il judgment was OBJ
lined against them in the personal
biurv cast. Ipon this ground they
|1roaI after denial of a new trial.
flor quoting from several cases,
[bicb in passing upon the question of
orioinder of causes of action and
oirar of the right to object to split
mo of the same, state, as the object
Il tbe rule Of res judicata, the protec-
Inn of the uei GHudHI IiOh SOhIlhuC
ovation from the outgrowth of a sim
10 cause of action, the court concludes
hot the right to rely on that doctrine
nav he implicitly waived and such
rairer will permit other proceedings
h the same subject-matter. In speak
NO of the instant case, Judge Clarke,
l. mart saws: Here the actions were
! lnd in the same court at the same
inc and the defendant accepted the
|ssue in each case, and made no OBJ
|ection to the filing of separate actions
h recover for the different parts of
he appelee's one cause of action.
tbev had the opportunity and right,
h they so desired, to have had the
Iauses consolidated, or one or the
btber of them dismissed, but they
elected. rather, to try the actions sep
Brately, and having so elected, waived
their right to object to the splitting
bf his cause of action by appellee, and
the lower court did not err in over
ruling the motion to file the amended
snd supplemental answers"
The broad ax., 1916-12-09
Spanking Replaces Moral Suasion.

New YGk.-Whatever educators may
say Of the advantages of moral suasiOn
over the rod. superintendent and trus-
tees for New YOrk's dependent orphans
have concluded to the contrary. Good.
old fashioned spankings work wonders.
they declare. Thirty OF them met at
the Russell Sage foundation and agreed
that the 10000 orphans under their
care were more amenable TO spanking
than to other forms OF reproof.
The broad ax., 1916-12-09
PAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL PLAN.
Argentina's Envoy Suggests Inter-
change of Letters by Pupils.

Argentlna's Envoy Suggests Inter-
change of Letters by Pupils.
Washington.-PlanS for establishing
system Of correspondence between
the high schools of Argentina and the
United States were discussed at a con-
ference between Ambassador Naon Of
Argentina and a representative Of the
Washington bureau of the American
Peace society.
81 have already dispatched to one OF
the BuenOs Aires schools letters writ
ten by students Of the Proctor academy
of Andover, n. H." said the ambassa-
dor. I'm due time / shall receive from
the principal of the Argentine school &
long letter written by the students
there, which will be translated and
sent on to AndOver. Thus the plan
may be considered to be definitely I'M
der way"
The broad ax., 1916-12-09
DEER WRECKS AN AUTOMOBILE
DazzIed by Headlight, Il PIunses Into
Draper Car.

Cold Spring. n. Y.-Game Warden
James Barry was called to Peekskill
to take charge of the carcass Of big
male deer which plunged into an auto
mobile in the darkness before daybreak
and wrecked it near .Peekskill village.
The automobile, driven by Algernon
Draper Of Closter, n. j., was bowling
along the Oscawanna road when the
buck, emerging from the brush, got in
front of the car. The searchlights must
have dazzled 1t, for it plunged head
foremost into the machine and was
dragged underneath the engine.
The broad ax., 1916-12-09
FIGHTS IN THE AIR.
Greatest Sport, Says William
! iThaW, Daring Aviator.
MAN FROM NO MANS LAND.

Having Forfeited Status as American
Citizen by Fighting For France, He
Travels Under French Passport-Air-
men Go Out to Do Their Task OF
Never Return.
! New York.-William Thaw, the dar-
ing American air fighter, who came
here to complete his recovery from the
wound he got at Verdun, calls himself
"a man from no mans land" Having
forfeited his status as an American
citizen by fighting for France, he is
travelling under French passport. In
talk with the newspaper men he said:
! "In short time expect to be back
In France, but where 1 will rejoin the
other American aviators is military
secret. I may tell you. however. We
The broad ax., 1916-12-09
LOTS OF MONEY IN KANSAS.
Hat Passed For $500 Brings Back
S2,O29.

Smith Center, Kan.-There is lot OF
money in Kansas-enough to buy the
minister a mOtorcar merely by passing
the hat in a crowd.
So comes the report from Harlan.
Kan, where fancy priced hogs. cattle.
wheat and corn are the means OF sus-
tenance for farmers.
The other day. says ]. W. Patlee OF
this town. a $1,000 church was being
dedicated, and the finance committee
announced the fund to put the church
out of debt lacked $500.
"Pass the hat" yelled some one.
The hat contained $2,029 in cash and
checks when it got back.