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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
COMMISSION
PROMISES TO
Make CITY
PAY REBATE
Large User of Electrical Cur
rent Refused Discount on
Overdue Bill by Municipal
Plant Heads.
OFFICIALS ARE ANGRY

Officers of the city administration
were in fine huff today as a result
Of the latest muddlesome action on
the part Of the Indiana Public Utilities
commission in sending a letter to
local manufacturing concern in which
the commission promised to issue an
order rebating that company the
amount 1t was penalized, ten per cent
of its bill, for failure to pay its ac-
count with the Richmond Municipal
Electric plant within the time limit
stipulated for the receiving of the
discount
Promises Favorable Action.
In its letter, city officials state, the
commission suggested to the manufac-
turing concern that it have the Mu-
nicipal Electric plant present petition
to the commission asking for rebate
for the company, promising that II
such petition was presented it would
be acted upon favorably.
Although the concern which applied
for the rebate is one of the larger
power users of the city its request for
a rebate was turned down flatly by
the city. It was pointed out to the
management of this company that the
commission in formal order had pro-
vided time limit for granting dis
counts on bills of the plants patrons
and that heavy penalties were provid-
ed for the violation of this order.
Company officials were also informed
that If the plant rebated it a danger.
Gus precedent would be established.
No Small Rebates Granted.
It was shown that no rebates were
granted to small patrons of the plant
who had lapsed in payments of their
light bills and that what was sauce for
the small consumer should be sauce
for the large consumer.
Supt. Kleinknecht declined to dis
cuss this matter today, but other city
officials were much less reticent They
stated that the company which asked
for rebate based it's appeal on the
fact that pay clerk was i'll at the time
the check should have been sent to the
municipal plant and In consequence
the company did not pay its bill in
time to receive discount
"The Commissions action in this
case is merely in conformance with the
slipshod, hit-or-miss policy it has pur-
sued in dealing with Richmond cases."
remarked one city official.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
500 MEMBERS
IS COAL FIXED
BY SOUTH SIDE

Six hundred members was set as
the goal for 1917 by the South Side
Improvement association at the annual
meeting last night. The membership
at present totals five hundred and
fourteen.
John H. Niewoehner, chairman OF
the press committee, announced today
that at the next meeting the streets
and alleys committee will bring req
concentrations before the association
concerning renewal Of the fight to get
two roads for which petitions were
filed last summer but which were
killed by remonstrances.
Promises Cooperation.
Besides this the association agreed
to cooperate with the Commercial
club and the Richmond Industrial De-
velopment association in bringing new
factories here. The South Side assoc
iation will stand ready to furnish sites
for new factories.
In his annual report, Adolph Blick-
wedel, president, referred to the past
year as a prosperous one for the as.
sociation and said that with the lonS
pending bridge problem off its hands
more time can be devoted to other ac-
tivities.
Officers, elected a month ago were
installed last night. Appointment OF
committees follows:
Factory committee-Hans N. Kohl,
chairman; B. A. Kennepohl, ]. Henry
E. Bode.
Property committee-Anton Stolle,
chairman A. w. Blickwedel, J. Hen.
ry E. Bode, William H. Bartel, Jr.,
Conrad Zwissler, Hans Kohl.
Railroad committee-B. A. Kenne-
pohl. chairman; Conrad Zwissler, O..
S. Beck.
Park committee August Sturm,
chairman; William H. Haberkern,
Fred Hackman.
Streets and alleys committee-Fred
Hackman, chairman; John Niewoeh-
ner, o. S. Beck.
Legislative committee -Alfre d
Bavis, chairman; Gustave H. Hoelsch-
er, William H. Bartel, Jr.
Press committee John H. Me
woehner, chairman; Conrad Zwissler,
William H. Haberkern.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
RUSS MAKE
FIRM STAND
ALONG line
FROM BRA|LA
German Dispatches Report
Retirement of Defenders to
Line of Sereth Under AS
saults.
1EUToNs DRIVE HARD

reports from both sides in the strug.
gle in Roumania indicate that the
Russians have now virtually reached
the line of the Sereth to which they
have been falling back while fighting
strong rear guard actions.
Berlin today announces that troops
of the ninth army under Field Marshal
Won Mackensen are now before FOX
shani. which is on the fortified line
which the Russians have been prepar-
Ing and which follows In general
way the course of the Sereth. Ending
at the Danube between Braila and Ga
lata, this line extends northwestwarG
through Moldavia In the direction OF
the western Moldavian frontier.
Count on Hating Advance.
II is here, according to present in
dications, that the Russians count up
on bringing Field Marshal Won Mac
kensens advance to halt. Failing in
this purpose it has been pointed out
they would expose their front from
Galicia southwark to q possible crump-
ling up process through turning
movement and imperil their Bessara.
bian territory to invasion north of the
Danube across the line Of the Pruth.
Apparently the Teutonic effort to
break this line is to be strong one as
today's Berlin statement records at
tacks upon the Russian lines at sever
al points in which prisoners were TAX
en- and ground gained. Meanwhile
the drive at the right flank Of the Rus
SLAMS in this region, along the western
Moldavian frontier. is continuing un-
abated and further progress in the
transverse valleys notably In the
Suchitza and Putna regions, is an
nounced.
On the Danube end of the line the
security of Brailia has been further i'm
periled according to Berlin report by
a new advance Of the Teuton forces
on the Dobrudja side of the river
where the Russians have been driven
back further into the northwestern
corner Of the province opposite Braila
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
PARK REALTY FIRM
DRAFTS new PLANS

The proposition by which stock of
the Richmond Lake and Park COM
pany may be revived and eligible to
participate in any benefits which the
new holding company for Morton park
may gain, was mailed out today by
Secretary Haas, signed by George
Seidel, president of the new Morton
Realty company.
The terms stated in the letter
follow:
Each stockholder should have the
privilege to subscribe in cash an
amount equal to the par value of
stock now held by him, and upon
payment Of such subscription stock
will be issued in the Morton Realty
Company for the full amount of the
subscription plus the par value of
stock now held by him in the Rich
mond Lake and Park Company.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
HUNT FOR LOST LETTERS CONTINUES
DURING FUNERAL OF KAufMANS

While funeral services were being
pronounced over the bodies Of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Valentine Kaufman, the vic
tins Of 80 years of unsettled home
life which ended in a tragedy Satur-
day, at their home in Pennville, an in
vestigation to obtain possession of let
ters written by Mr.. Kaufman, prob
ably after he shot his wife, was going
on this afternoon.
The letters have been traced to
Mrs Manzella Conway. aunt of Mrs.
Kaufman and there the trace ends.
Others who had knowledge of the let
ters were Mrs. Will Hudson, a neigh
Dor who discovered the bodies Sunday
morning. Alonzo Kepler, resident at
the Arlington hotel here and an uncle
OF Mrs. Kaufman, and Mrs. Conway's S
daughter, Mrs. Maggie Doyle.
Thus far only the complete contents
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
SOUNDS OUT BERLIN
ON new PROPOSALS

BERLIN, via London, Jan. 3.
United States Ambassador Gerard
took advantage of New Years call
yesterday to discuss the entente ans.
wer to Germany's peace proposal with
Chancellor Won Bethmann HollWeg
The ambassador is believed to have
learned what possibility there is OF
Germany acting favorably on a re.
newed request for conditions of peace
should the United States make such
movement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
BoPP DEFENSE PUTS
NEW EVIDENCE BEFORE
JURORS DURING DAY

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. s.
The defense in the trial of German
Consul.General Franz Bopp and col
leagues for conspiracy to violate
American neutrality. expected to call
several witnesses today.
Theodore ]. Roche. chief counsel
for the defense. said that new evi-
dence is to be introduced corroborat-
ing the testimony of Charles c. Crow
ley, Bopp's private detective whose
investigating tours in the Puget
Sound region and in Canara were
charged by the government with hav-
ing been for the purpose Of putting
bombs aboard trsfns and ships bear
ing munitions to tie entente allies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
GIVE "DRy' SERMONS
At LOCAL CHURCHES

Several local ministers are planning
to comply with the call which has
been issued by the Indiana Dry Fed
Grafton of the state asking them to
preach Prohibition sermons, next Sun.
day.
All preachers in the state have been
asked by the Federation to join in a
united demand on this day for legisla-
tive statutory prohibition in 1917.
The appeal suggests that the
churches make themselves felt by ad-
dressing resolutions to the representa-
tives and senators for their respective
districts urging them to support the
prohibitory bill.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
RURAL ROUTE MEN
MUST COUNT MAIL

Rural route carriers, who have been
made to spend period of their time
each day in counting their mail, prob
ably will be released from the irk-
some duty after the January count,
according to Superintendent Of Mails
Wilson. Other carriers who have
over 5000 pieces a month have been
placed only under the quarterly count
ruls, but the rural carriers have been
forced to count every month. The
four carriers worked a total on the
routes Of about 600 hours in the
month with $4,000 pieces of mail to
handle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
RAILROADS CONTEST
new ILLINOIS FARE

CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-Hearing Of the
petition Of twenty-nine railroads to re-
strain the Illinois Public Utilities com.
mission and other state administrative
agencies from enforcing the Illinois
two-cent fare law began today in fed
eral court here before Judges Lands.
Carpenter and Evans. Suspension for
four months of the schedules filed by
the railroads increasing state passen-
ger fares to two and four-tenths cents
mile has been ordered by the state
public utilities commission, pending
the decision of the court
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
MEASURE
FACES LEGISLATION

S. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 3. The
Minnesota legislature convened today
with the prospect of acting on. state
wide prohibition, woman suffrage, re-
organization of various state depart
ments and repeal of the boxing bill
before adjournment by time limita-
tion on April 10.
Governor ]. A. A. Burnquist will be
inaugurated for a two years term.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
BECK RECALLS TROUBLE
WITH MOTOR ROUTES
ESTABLISHED YEAR AGO

Postmaster Beck marked the first
anniversary of the establishment of
the new auto delivery of rural routes
A year ago today, and for many ensu-
ing days, it was impossible to make
complete deliveries of mails, the car
riers had assistants with them, the
roads were so bad that horses could
scarcely keep from foundering and
the entire system was in confusion.
Despite the present thaw which is
cutting the surfaces of country roads
into deep ruts the carriers finished
their routes, unassisted, in an aver
age of five hour today. All Of them
got away at 7:15 this morning on
schedule. The system has received
universal commendation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03

of the letter addressed to Neil Wright.
a Cambridge City undertaken. have
been revealed by the relatives. Mr..
Kaufman asked that Mr.. Wright take
his body and bury it apart from his
wife's, but the son, Carl Kaufman, who
returned from his honeymoon Monday
afternoon when he learned of his par
ents' death, decided to have them buri-
ed in the same grave in the Lutheran
cemetery, in order that the unusual
proceeding should not keep memories
of the murder and suicide alive.
In the meantime, many neighbors
of the Kaufmans are wondering wheth-
er the charge of cold-blooded murder
under which Mr.. Kaufman was buried
is justified. Sympathy of the men was
with him and they contend that a re.
storation of the letters to the Uniteo
[contlnued On Page Two.l
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
TRY BOMB LEADER

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.-Thomas
J. Mooney, alleged leader of five per
sons indicted in connection with a
bomb explosion here July 20 during
preparedness parade when ten per
sons were killed and forty injured,
was placed on trial today. Warren
X. Billings, charged with having been
the bomb planter, already has been
convicted and is under sentence of
life imprisonment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
MUTINOUS FlREMEN
SURROGATE IN ROOM

MANILA, Jan. 3.-Three Filipino
firemen from the naval collier Ajax,
which is moored at Cavite, were as
phyxiated following confinement in
irons for several hours in a room
above the boilers Of the ship. They
were being punished for mutinous
conduct. Lieut. Commander Paul Fo-
ley has assumed exclusive jurisdic.
tion in the case but an investigation
is being conducted by the civil
authorities.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
MAY SUCCEED k0RBlY

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 3-Philip
Zoercher, former reporter of the state
supreme court is mentionedf BY pfoini
nent Democrats around the Indiana
Democratic club as the probable sue.
cessor of State Chairman Korbly
should the latter conclude to tender
his resignation as state Democratic
chairman.
Criticism of the late campaign by
many prominent Democrats over the
state is given as the reason for Chair
man Korbly's probable resignation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
GOODRICH APPOINTS
LlTScHERT SECRETARY

Frank P. Litschert. Muncie news
paper man, has been appointed private
secretary to Governor-elect Goodrich,
it was announced in Indianapolis to-
day. Mr.. Litschert was born in Win
chester Mr.. Goodrich's home town.
For some time to appointee has been
employed by George Lockwood on the
Muncie Press
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
NUMBER OF SPECIALS
CONTINUES TO INCREASE

Special delivery letters received by
Richmond postoffice patrons are show
ing monthly increases. In the last
three months there has been a letter
for every fourth person. No record is
kept of the specials sent by citizens Of
Richmond but the number received by
them is on record. In October, the de-
livery here was 1855. November, 1,442
and in December 1,73S. The carrier
who obtains the signature for the spe-
cial receives eight of the ten cents
special fee, and the government re-
ceives two cents to pay for extra rec
Ords.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
LABOR COUNCIL MEETS

Central Labor council will hold its
annual meeting in Carpenters hall Fri
day night This is the biggest meet
ing of the year. Not only are dele
gates of the various locals invited but
the doors will be thrown open to all
union men in the city Efforts are be.
ing made to get an out-of-town speak.
er
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
LOST GRIP FORWARDED

A grip found in December by post
al emplove and identified as the prop
erty of Frank r. Austin, who formerly
was Panama canal engineer, has
been forwarded to the owner at Cler-
mont, Ind. The sender, his mother,
sent word that the grip had been mail
cd from Fort Wayne and not lost by
her son on his way home for the hol!.
days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
GERMAN GOVERNMENT
RECEIVES PEACE NOTE

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 3.-According
to the German newspapers the reply
of the entente allies to the peace pro-
posal of the Central powers and their
allies was presented to the foreign
Office in Berlin on Monday by the
Swiss minister to Germany.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
RAISE TEACHERS PAY

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 8. - Increases
of approximately ten per cent. in the
salaries 70 all teachers and other en-
ployes of the Pittsburgh schools re-
ceiving SIS month or less have been
approved by the city board of educa-
ton. The increases will affect more
than 500 teachers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
BOY COUNCIL MEETS

Officers-elect of Richmond Boytown
government will be officially installed
at the first meeting of the year in
council chamber. tomorrow night. A
special organization meeting was held
two weeks ago. Efforts are being
made to get all retiring officials to be
present at the meeting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
MAY MAIL MOVIE FILMS

Word Of a ruling permitting the
mailing of motion picture films has
been received by the post Office
Boxes and labels are specified As
yet no films have appeared in the
mails here although the order grant.
ing the film companies requests for
such permission was issued Dec 27.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
For Wayne County by w. e. Moor

For Wayne County by w. e. Moore
Fair tonight. Slightly below freez-
ing. Thursday rain and warmer.
General Conditions - Barometric
pressure continues low over northern
part of the United States and as a
result the temperatures are above
seasonal average. Very warm in Mon
tana. Seventy-six above in shade in
Montana where it was 80 degrees be-
low zero last week. Extensive storm
covers the far northwest and is now
moving rapidly eastward. 1t will prob
ably cause rain Thursday or Thurs
day night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
WILL RECEIVE PENSIONS

Pensions for war veterans and wild
ows of soldiers will be received here
tomorrow for the quarter. While no
count is kept of pension deliveries, the
number is expected to be far below
the deliveries for the quarter year
ago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
BOCKHOFF DECLINED
TO TAKE SALARY

"In appreciation for services of
the Social Service bureau to Wayne
county," William Bockhoff has
turned his SIS annual salary for
acting as councilman over to the
charity bureau, the secretary re-
ported today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03
Weather Forecast;

For Indiana by the United States
Weather Bureau-Fair and somewhat
cooler tonight. Thursday unsettled.
Probably rain.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-01-03

Temperature Today
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-17
Cleveland Coal Famine
Broken BY Big Arrivals

CLEVELAND, Dec 16.-With the ar
rival here to-day from Lorain of two
boats carrying thousands of tons Of
coal, together with the arrival of two
coal trains Of approximately 125 cars
of fuel. made up from Sandusky and
Ashtabula, Ohio, and the coming of a
third heavily coal-laden vessel from an
Ohio point the coal crisis conrontine
this city, which had already closed
down hundreds of manufactures work
ing on war orders and thrown out of
employment many thousands Of work
men. was broken.
At the Office Of the Illuminating COM
pany. which supplies electricity for
thousands Of factories. the city lights
and street railway system. as well as
thousands of homes, il was announced
that the company would again supply
its normal load of current, thereby re-
lieying the danger Of darkened city
and a disrupted streetcar traffic.
School official worked throughout
the day to obt1in fuel for the city
schools and announced tonight that
enough coal had been obtained to open
every building tomorrow morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-17
Many Grocers Selling att Less
Than Food Board Prices
Careful Housewives Can Effect Decided Saving
From Figures Issued by the New
York Controller
By BRIGGS

sentative Of the Federal food admins
tration and sponsor for the list OF
official prices made public Saturday
morning. did not consider the fact that
government figures had indicated re-
vision Of values upward as serious.
ayes, ! have heard of these COM
plants. but there have been other
complaints that our prices are too
low" he said. There are bound 70
be complaints in matters of this kind"
But il has been asserted that the
figures you have quoted as wholesale
or what the grocers have 10 pay, are
several cents above the actual whole
sale price" he was told. by making
use of these published prices the
grocer would be able to charge still
higher prices and appear to be making
only trifing profit
"That is only partly true" answered
the administrator. "The prices we have
quoted as wholesale are those charged
by iobbers, or the prices most Of the
grocers are compelled TO pay. There
fore, feel that they are justified"
Jobbers Not Needed, Says Expert
The administrator then turned 20 p.
Q Foy, a well-known market expert,
who CHANGED to be in his Office at the
moment, to verify his statement that
jobbers were necessary in the distribu
ton of food.
81 don't think so" was the surpris-
ing statement OF the expert. "The ma
jority of them are parasites. They
work harm by boosting prices. Their
Offices are under their hats and they
succeed only in increasing prices. They
often outbid legitimate wholesalers, and
thus increase the price to the actual
consumer.
Time and again they outbid whole
salers on carload lots of potatoes
orions and other staples, only 10 refuse
them when they arrive here on one
pretext or another IL the market has
gone astray. At other times they per
nit the food to stand in the cars and
peddle it around. with the result that
a carload lot often changes hands four
or FIVE times before IT reaches the
wholesaler, or the legitimate business
man who actually sells it TO the grocer.
IF the food administration would
write 20 every railroad and ASA il
rot TO ship goods, except on condition
that they be taken by the original con-
signee, much of this speculation in food
would be stopped