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M'JIBER 1.10
RICHMOND, VA? TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1915. ?TWELVE PAGES
fe,!?R ?RAIN.
PRICE, 2 CENTS
May Require Further Considera
tion by President and His
Cabinet.
NO UNNECESSARY DELAY
Wilson Anxious That Words Be
So Explicit There Can Be No
Misunderstanding.
V. ASHTN'OTON, June 7.?President
'laon let It tie known to-day that the
notf the United States is to send to
?'"rrnany with respect to submarine
A arfaro had haei, prepared with' the
utmost expedition, and had not been
subjected to an hour's unnecessary
delay since it was first drafted.
The President's desire to have the
"r" ument state explicitly the position
?f 'he United States so Uiat it cannot
possibly be misunderstood abroad or
lMN<te protracted discussion is clearly
responsible for the fact that the note
has not cone forward.
Wal officers of the pover,ir?e?t <?*.
??n.ln/?d the note to-day and sent it
? hire.,'h* Pre8,d,nt some
?i#i? !'f' may re1u''? further con
ration by the President and his
dw ,,r'-morrr>lv- and high ofllciaIs
*| 1 know to-niclu Just when it
would be cabled.
tnvrJ''U,!0,>u r,t moment are
nh ' ;d thal President is a?*ious
m.tt tf)(. communication not onlv h.ll
i-7 'h n* T" winh**- ur.i
in./ * " ,he ,,0'nt ?f V"" "f
international law.
011 t h i ' i ' 'l;,s been at nniij
m?n?V!?C"nMtnl ???"l.ha.lxii.K the state
,v ,he American note that
time*Mev? ?? *kS "n-'?rmed, at the samo
persona 1 envoy of
hXrt 7tnrff' ,h" ,:"m?n am
' *' ' ' '!' voyaging to (Jer
Trlrn' "???????? message,
the '"rman "mbassy concerning
the American point of view on sub
marine warfare
?KK".\|U).ji Til 11* I)i:? l..\ni;i,
I O HI-: MKitKl.) < Ol.x IDKXT
O'-rhnrd-s trip, however, wa, declared
' ,ph 'Iuarters to have bef.n
m rely a coincident, and in no wav
have interferr-i with the progress
?>r the not<.
When the document i* made public
official, said, it not onlv would satis v
American public opinio,,. but n.ou,;,
lqU?rHv b0for- Germany the
issue whether the imperial government
"Mends to adhero to hitherto
principles of Internationa! law on marl
time warfare. ni.tri
T he Ptesid.-nt has been displeased
^v"rer?UP accounts that
Woul,. ]'\,i,Uyhl"1 ?f What th"
would contain when he himself had
not settled Anally o? its ,.onlPnte ^
is anxious that misconceptions of the
S,a,rs "hall nor
cab,"r1 abroad, and that the Ame-i.
can peopje .hall suspend judBment
until they r< .t! the text.
The general view in lierm.m quarters
here is that the recent trend of events
a fr,c'"I|v adjustment.
This IS based, not alone o? ,he probable
course of the German side of,/,, nego
tiations. 1 ut also on the American
course. Which is regarded as deV/lo "
inp alone lines whi?i will ??miI of'a
satisfactory conclusion.
The most promising formula for a
"? the 'Serman
bine in Whi"h com -
bine an agreement on the status of
;t5 *n ar'?"? unarmed
? .ip. and also a general agreement
guaranteeing immunity from attack
hereafter to all unarmed ships cam
ing passengers. ?
IX POSITION TO A( < i;i>t
POSIT! VK ASS! ItAXfK
As to the Lusiianla. the German posi
tion thus, far has been that she wi <s
an armed ship. n?t uhrn thc L ;
Mates government states definitelv that
its official information shows thc ship
was unarmed, then i, is suggested that
the Rerlln authorities will be in a po.,.
Hon to accept this positive assurance
from a friendly government, notwith
standing any report Germany mav have
to the contrary.
The recent Von J?gow note, i, ?
pointed out. is predicated on the view
that the Lusltania was an armed ship
but did not assert the principle that
unarmed passenger ships could be
flmilarlly sunk. it is maintained
therefore, that the principle of j?
munlty to unarmed passenger ships |,
one which could he accepted bv rjer
many as consistent with her attitude up
to this time, and would give the larg
est measure of protection to Americans
in the future Such an agreement' on
the status of the I.usitania and the
principle to govern unarmed passe,,pet
ships. It Is generally admitted, would
pave the way for a much wider adjust
ment of the various conflicts which h?v?
arisen over American si,ips and the
safety of the seas, and the hope is
expressed tha, this larger adjustment
might even in turn lead to the supreme
question of bringing the warring na
tions to peace. ' i
CAN SAY ONLY FIVE WORDS
|><nilinr Condition of (ilrl Pound on
IClevnted llnllwny PIntform.
fSpecial to The Times-Dispatch ]
NEW YORK. June 7.? "Hello! Yes.
this is central," are the only words
a plrl found unconscious on an ele
vatfd railway platform at One Hun
dred and Fourth Street and Columbus
Avenue to-day can utter. She fell af
ter a train had pulled out from the
station and was taken to Knicker
bocker Hospital. Physicians t'here de
clare her malady is syncope. She is
unconscious, but can utter no other
words than those quoted, and works
<her hands continually as though she
were sticking "plugs" into a switch
board.
President Invited
to Vtsit Richmond
Promises to Attend Negro Ex
position Here in July,
if Possible.
(Special to Tlic Times-Dispatch ]
WASHINGTON. June 7.?A Virginia
delegation. headed l?v Governor Stuart
anrl including John Skelton Williams,
Comptroller of the Currency, to-day
called by appointment upon President
Wilson at the White House and invited
the President to visit Richmond during
the nef;io exposition, which is to bo
held there July.V "J", and deliver an
address to the n?*groes. The President
assured his visitors that he would make
every effort to comply with th<-ir de
f Hitshould affairs of state imt in
terfere.
j The appointment at the White House
; was made through the efforts of Sena
: tor Martin. The delegation of Vir
ginians, most of whom came from Kich
! mend, was received l?y the President
at 12:30 o'clock and accorded a most
gracious welcome Among those in the
delegation were Congressman Hal D.
Flood. John Stewart Bryan. Harry M.
Smith. Jr.. 1. H Kemp, Henry Fairfax
and William M. Hahliston. The delega
tion was accompanied by <*.il?-s B. Jack
' son. president of the n^cro exposifi"n.
who delivered a short address. Re
t marks wer?* also mad>> in advocacy of
th* President's visit to Richmond by
Harry >1. Smith, John Stewart Bryan.
John Skelton Williams, Congressman
Flood and Governor Stuart.
The President replied to the delega
tion bv assuring its members that he
would make all efforts to visit Rich
mond 'luring July if this was in any
way possible. He expressed his thanks
for the invitation to visit the capital
Virginia, and said it would afford
him pleasure to address th" negroes of
the State.
PINDELL BACK IN AMERICA
Prrrtlrtn \V?r , ?tl,ln?p f(,p
More Vrnrx.
Pin.i, 11 KKl 'une ?Henry M.
, "1 "? ?*"?paper publisher of Peoria
T'7 l:-,"y r,M thfi
. t. I.ouis, decla red that the Kuro
^;|"swar wi" c?ntinu?- for three more
"There is v|,.tory f 0|th?r
J"*.- "1.1 Mr. Pinde,,. w.nthJ
? ">???? .v??rs onrtict end,
?ind millions mor#> men will ?>.- *i.ur, '
I am not :i peaco |?rop?Bai,.list. b,?
Mon V^r "?Ul" "te lvllHl '
In lie trenches thev would n.-v.-r
?-??<,
I talked to a man near Carencv
number of a regiment which started'
.?""it with i.?no m(.n
i . ? "f " as nno Of
,-00 that were left. He described ^
-certain battle as a minding of t^rlflC
noises, a shaking and trembling of the
' '.Y' ? h,infI'nK. <'hoking smoke, hiding
"/ both friend and foe. the
s -earns of the wounde,, nnd
' v 'h'*n the confusion of .etVeaV
ide'! "h''* n?r h'S oomi'afIos had a ru
Idea what they ,Vej.
accomplishing."
KNAPP SUCCEEDS BENSON
?m of |?|?,n_
?lelpliln \avj.\nril,
W A SHI NT; TON lur.o - <? . ?
John Knapj., of the nava.'e^^^
and retiring board, formerlv com
i n,a"der of battleship Connect!,.,,,.
?as designated I,;.. Secretary Dani.ds
lo-fiav as commandant of the Phil-.
?delt.h? Xavy-Vard. ,o succeed ^ I
. Admiral William S. Hrn(,on. now serv
ing as chief of operations.
"Wt Pr?P,?^ ,nakin" ?he Philadel
phia Na vy-\ard one of the most im
; poitant. said Secretary Daniels |? an.
nouncing the appointment. "We al
?/nrt'1'. J'rP blllMinc a s,,PPl.v ship there.
! "p;f? in * years to .,o
. ?*ble to build a Dreadnought there."
ROOSEVELT IN MISSISSIPPI
Will Make Trip Among Fe.lera, nn?
Mate (inmr Preserves.
PASS CHRISTIAN. MISS.. June 7 __
t olone] Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs
Roosevelt arrived here to-dav for a
v,s1t w??h John M. Parker To
morrow the Colonel and a party of men
will board the Louisiana Conservation
commissions yacht Daisy for n trip
among the Federal and State game pre
serves on the lower coast, which com
prise about ::n.oo? acres, it |? saj(l
that it was at Colonel Roosevelt's *7jg
; gestion that the first Federal preserve
was established in Louisiana, hut h.
never has seen it.
NO REPORT ON NEBRASKAN
j iicrmnn Admiralty Still Investigating.
Says (iorard.
{ WASHINGTON. June ".?Ambassador
j Gerard reported to-day that the rier
I man admiralty as yet harl no report
ion the recent torpedoing of the Ameri
can steamer Nebraska,,, but was in
j vestigatlng.
Ambassador Gerard's message was in
answer to the state Department in
uuiry whether any report had been re
ceived from German sources. Mean
while. the department also awaits a"
j full report of the inquiry by American
ZZoH.""""' """? "
HISTORIC WARSHIP SOLD
Old S|??p ?f Wnr Portsmouth Disposed
Of for $3,0(13.
WASHINGTON. June 7.?The* old
sloop of war Portsmouth, which took
possession of Sa? Francisco Ray for
!, ^it6fl Statcs ?'? 184?. destroyed
th^ Chinese fortifications in Canton in
18n6. and later fought with Admiral
rarragut. was sold to-day for $3 figo
to John H. Gregory, of Perth Ambov"
I>. J.
The old ship lies sunk at her berth
in the, Norfolk Navy-Yard, and is good
only for the material in her hull
Since the Civil War she has been used
as a training ship.
!DARING AIR FEAT
| WITHOUT PARALLEL
, Zeppelin, Nearly 6,000 Feet Up,
Destroyed by Aviator in
Aeroplane.
CREW OF 28 DROPS TO DEATH
Wreckage of Machine Falls on
Orphan Asylum, Killing
Several Occupants.
1 L'lXUON. J tine 7.?For the first time
on record probably a Zeppelin in the air
i was destroyed by an aviator in an
aeroplane. Reginald A. J. Warcnford.
a young <.'anadian sublieutenant in the
Royal Navy, who mastered aeroplatiing
this summer, has pet foi mod the feit,
land to-night is within the British lines,
while the Zeppelin wreckage sprawls
"ii the roof a'nd grounds of an orphan
age ne.it <;hent.
Falling there a hia/.ing mass, after
being struck by the young aviator's
i bombs, its crew of twenty-eight men
were killed, a:-: .lino w?-re several oc
cupants of ih" orphanage building.
Home say this Zeppelin is the craft
that raided th<* east coast of England
.last night, for, since it w.is in the air
lover Belgium, between (Jhent and
Brussels, at 3 o'clock in the morning,
it possibly was returning from an ex
pedition. not starting. Iiawn breaks
; early these days, and the huge Zep
pelin could be sighted far off. and it is
presumed the craft was headed for its
home hangar when W'sirenford came
wincing swiftly under the gray skies.
1 he Zeppelin, which was flying com
paratively low, began to mount im
mediately, but the British airship was
spe. divr and < limi etl into the air in
loim spirals, reaching a position at
length ov#>r the German's vast bulk.
From this vantage i>oint, Warenford
pi?*ri.ed tlio Zeppelin's shell repeatedly
: with his incendiary bombs.
vroitv or aviatoii
W 11.1. UK I \I'AQAI.I.BIiEU
\\ itliout parallel in ;his war or any
"th'-r is t h?- stor.v which the young
j aviator will have to relate, for details
i of the fight have not yet been told.
J'irst came the long pursuit, 'or, ac
cording to the admiralty report, the
aeroplane was ?.i>00 feet up. To reach
this altitude would require nearly
| twenty minutes, and the Zeppelin,
meantime, could drive forward approxi
mately fifteen miles. Then followed the
j maneuvering for position, and flnallv
the dropping of the bombs, from which
the dirigible tried vainly to escape.
Minor explosions occurred, and at last
one of terrific force, and the Zeppelin
burst into flames. At that moment
Warenford must have been at close
range over the dirigible, for almost
; simultaneously with the outburst his
machine turned completely over. an.I
j for a moment he hung head down, his
monopl.m,- pitching and tossing in the
Iswirt currents of air which rushed up
| to fill the vacuum created.
. Then, by i desperate . (Tort. Waren
foi d lighted his machine far above the
|'-a; tii and planned a landing behind
I the i.ertnan lines. He alighted unhurt.
I s<-t his propeller going again and flew
off to the west.
Whether the Zeppelin's machine guns
I or rifles were turned on the aviator is
! not disclosed, but to attain such an
.advantageous position the British lieu
j tenant must have handled his machine'
: skillfully, for this is an extremely dif
ficult feat.
Although ih? target the Zeppelin "re
sents is extensive, it can be lifted by
i its own buoyancy to a great height,
while the pursuing aeroplane has to
rise in spirals by the power of its
engine alone.
IIOl'R TH \T A lit Ml 11' HASKS
W II.I. nii .MOVED EASTWARD
j As the flight in midair occurred over
the part of Belgium held by the (Jer
? mans, hopes are raised in London that |
the Germans will be forced to move 1
I their Zeppelin bases eastward, thus
| making raids on England more hazard- j
ous. Some reports say the noncom
batnnt victims were two nuns ami two
j orphans, and that others were injured, I
| but a fteutcr dispatch to-night savs
I t wo nurses and two children were!
(killed and many others injured. Ml
j versions agree that the Zeppelin crew
I perished, and this seems certain, as
i the German craft, was struck while I
j more than a mile in the air, and must !
j have b. en a roaring torch before it i
i struck the earth. I
| ,M 'he raid on the east coast of
! England last night. the Zeppelin j
I dropped incendiary and explosive j
I bombs, killing five persons, injuring I
fortv and causing two fires, according i
to an official announcement bv the ad- '
miralty to-day.
I ho admiralty also announced an at
tack upon the airship ?shed at Evere.
issuing this statement:
"This morning at A. M. an at- J
tack was made on the airship shed at j
Evere, north of Brussels, by Flight I
i.ieutenant .1. |\ "Wilson. S. B. X.. and :
.1. S. Mills, li. X. Bombs were dropped, j
and the shed was observed to be in '
fla mes.
"Il is not known whether a Zeppelin ?
was inside, hut the flames reached a '
great height, coming out from both i
sides of the shed. Both pilots returned I
sa fely."
<;kioia\ ofkkiai, iikpojit
OX ItKCKNT All! HA III
REKLIX, June " (by wireless lo Say
ville, N". Y.l.?An oflldal statement
! issued to-day says:
! "On the night of June 4-5 German
naval dirigibles attacked the fortified
mouth of tha, Humber (on tlie east
coast of England), the naval port of
Harwich (in Essex), England, and the
harbor of Harwich. They were con
spicuously successful. Many bombs
were droppc-d, and tliere was a large
number of explosions. One particular
ly violent explosion was that of a gas
tank, cr oil tank, which was hit.
Bombs were dropped on the depot.
"German airships were shot at
vigorously by guns on land and on
(Continued on Second rage.)
DR. LEE W. STATON
KILLED BY FALL
Buggv Wheel Comes Off, and
Physician Is Hurled Against
Pavement.
! had just left HIS 'home
Widely Known Doctor Meets
Death While Making Round
of Professional Visits.
Dr. Lee Whitfield Staton. fifty-eight
| ^ r,t' old, of lis West iJracc Street,
, was almost instantly killed nbout 7:20
, fl ''iork last niclit when thrown from
l his iiUSK.v oil J> ffer:ion Street, be
i ween llroad jtinl (Srace Streets. Dr.
Staton was found lying on tlip paving
I of the street by Harris. L?no West
?.rare Street, who at once carried h'ni
into ih? residence <?f Dr. C. C. Coleman,
of the same address. Several surgeons
| and physicians living in the neighbor
i hood rendered all possible assistance
; in an ?-ff.?rt t<( save his life. but he
I expired a few minutes after his wife
| and son reached him, and without hav
1 ing regain*d consciousness.
I The accident resulted from one of
the front, wheels of the buggy coming
j off. and allowing that end of the axle
to drop to the ground. At the mo
I mem the axle swayed toward the
j groun>l. Dr. Staton's horse sprang for
ward. The lur'-h and the start of the
horse threw the physician over the
corner of the dashboard to the street.
The buggy was an unusually high one,
! and. as Dr. Staton struck upon his
: head, his skull is thought to have been
fractured.
iiaij .n vi i.i;kt his homk
To M IKK I'HOFKSSIO.XAIi CAM.
! Dr. Staton had left his home to make
a professional visit but a few mo
ments before. the accident occurred.]
He was killed within three blocks of
I his home, and news of the accident
was telephoned his residence in a few
minutes after he had been carried into
Dr. Coleman's office. Mrs. Staton and
Dr. Louis Staton. the injured man's
son. hurried to his side. They found
? Dr. Staton unconscious and evidently
dying. His death occurred in a few
minutes, fifteen minutes being given
as the length of time he lived after the
accident.
I Dr. Staton was a well-known phvsi
cian and surgeon of this city, and had
been practicing here since lss7. He
was a native of Scottsville. Va.t and
i received his early education in the
I nchburg schools. He spent several
years In a Baltimore college after
completing his high school course, and
j then entered a medical college of that
city. After one year in this school, he
went to the Kentucky School of .Medi
cine. Of Louisville, where he graduated.
Me returned to Virginia after his
graduation and practiced in Albemarle
County for several years, later remov
ing to Lynchburg. He then came to
Richmond, where he spent one vetr.
During that lime he married .Miss
Mary Powers, of this city, in lSMi. and
then removed to Kanvis, where he
spent a year. Dr. Staton then re
turned to Richmond, where he settled,
and where he has resided since.
w as st it<;i-:o\ for i xitkd
STATES >1A It I \ k OFFICIO
His widow, a daughter. Miss .lanie
Louise Staton. and a son. Dr. Louis R.
Staton. of this city, survive him. He
is survived also by' three brothers.
Joseph, of Richmond; 12. Colev. of De
troit. and <Seorge, of Brunswick. X. J? ,
and one sister. Mrs. 12 mm a Hoyd, of i
Detroit.
Dr. Staton was surgeon to the Rich
mond Industrial Home. Dixie Aerie, 1
I* ra tenia I Order of Eagles and to the
marine corps for t lie port of Rich
mond. He was a United States pen
sion examiner, a member of the Royal |
Arcanum, of the Association of Mili- j
tary Surgeons and of St. Mary's Church. !
A short lime after the death of Dr. i
Staton last night Coroner Taylor was :
notified and viewed the body. He i
deemed an inquest unnecessary, and '
turned the body over to the family at
once. Undertaker Rliley has charge of
the funeral, but announced early this
morning that no arrangements had
been made.
OTTO HUMBERT ARRIVES
IlffiimcH Voluntary I0.\l!o From (ironl
Ilrltaln.
XKW YORK, June 7.?Otto Humbert,
owner of the Queen's Hotel, at Queens
j town, where many survivors of the
! Lusitania were sheltered and cared for.
| reached New York to-day, a voluntary
i exile from Great Britain.
Mr. Humbert, although a naturalized
British citizen, is of Herman birth, and
| this fact aroused so much criticism
| froVn the friends of the Lusitailia's sur
j vivors, it is said, that he found it al
i most impossible to remain in Queens
town.
KLEIN'S WILL IS FILED
IitiNilfliiin Victim l.envr* ItiilU of h>
fatc to ifo.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch]
NEW YORK, June T?The will of
Charles Klein, playwright, who died
in the Lusitania disaster, was filed to
day in the Surrogate's Court. He left
the bulk of his estate to Lillian Klein,
his wife. To his son, Philip, he gave
! $30,000 outright, and to John Victor,
another soil, he l>?f|ueathed 5^0,000.
'The wife will receive the residue.
I The will-was executed in April. 1013.
and was found in a safe deposit box
of the Commercial Safe Deposit Com
pany.
Ilntex Held Itcnaonnblo.
| WASHINGTON, June 7.?Freight
rates on carload lots of cast-iron pipe
J from East Radford nnd Lynchburg, Va .
and Anniston, Ala., to Charlotte,- N. C..
land Rock Hill. S. C., were held rea
sonable to-day by the Interstate Com
[ merce Commission. The commission
j Rock Hill that the rates violated the
I Rock Hill, that the rates vlo luted the
long and short haul claims.
Physician Killed in Accident
WANTS COMMITTEE 01
CHANGES III CHARTER
Councilman Carter C. Jones Pro
pares Joint Resolution Laum-h
iiiK Movement.
TO BK COXSIDIOKKI) TIH USDAY
Hiiildinu-Line Hearing in Common
Council Prevented Action Last
Night?Hesolution Woulrl Submit
\ew Charter to Popular Vote.
Bringing to a head the movement
'for a ch:inge in the form of <? it>- gov
ernment, which has been gaining mo
?nienium for several months, Council
i man Carter C. Jones, of Madison Ward,
last night attempted to introduce in the
j Common Council a joint resolution ap
pointing a special joint committee of
seven members to draft a new charter
j for the city of Richmond.
Unforeseen delays incident to the.
, special hearing given opponents and
advocates of the ordinance fixing the
<5ntce Street building line between
: Shafer and Harrison Streets prevented
| consideration of the paper last night.
When the debate on the building-line
I ordinance was completed, it was 11:30
; oclock. and the Council was in no
humor to sit any longer. Councilman
I'ilcher moved an adjournment until S
j o'clock Thursday night. Councilman
Jones asked that the body remain in
session long enough to receive his char
ter-change resolution, but the members
declined to remain in session longer,
and adopted the Pilcher motion for
adjournment. The resolution will he
introduced by Mr. Jones at the meeting
I of the Common Council Thursday night.
; Authority to change the local form
?of government is conferred upon the
|Councils of cities and towns by an act
passed by the General Assembly on
Match 13,1 I'M. Under this act the
Council may, by ordinance, propose a
form of city government to supersede
the existing charter and any and all
statutes concerning the government of
cities end towns applicable to it. such
ordinance to he submitted t<> the qunli
tied voters of Richmond at a special
elect ion.
PKOI'OSlcn < 'IIA ((TICK HI ST
III-: SI milTTKI) TO IMCOIM.K
If. at submission, :u majority of the
voters should approve the proposed
new charter, the Council is directed
l?.v the act, in that event, to request
the General Assembly at its next ses
sion to approve and declare the new
charter as the charter for tin govern
ment of the city of Richmond.
The resolution which Mr. Jones will
present, if duly approved by both
branches, will pave the wa\ for a con
crete effort having for its aim the draw
ing up of a revised scheme of local gov
ernment in which there will probably be
'no room for the Administrative Board.
In some quarters the resolution is
regarded as the tlrst step in a move
ment to abolish the board and substi
tute for it a form of administration
meeting more accurately the govern
mental ideas which have gained cur
rency in the last few months.
While for more than two years there
has been more or less criticism of the
Administrative Hoard and its methods,
there has not until recently been a
well-defined reform movement look
ins to its substitution by another form
of government. The movement gained
impetus in rccnt weeks from the ad
dresses of Arthur Glasgow, who has
in numerous public utterances urged
a radical change in the charter.
rnoMisios to -iiiiim; i i?
HIOATKI) CONTHOVKIISY
The resolution promises to bring to
the front a problem which will be the
center of heated controversy. Friends
of the Administrative Board, both i
within and without the Council, will
naturally make war upon It as threat
ening the extinction of that body.
On the other band, it will receive
(Continued on Second Fago.)
REJECT GASLEA5E OFFER
Public Utilities Committee Receives
Honifl's Report and Adopts Its
Recommendation.
HOARD RKCITKS ITS RKASOXR
Says City Can Furnish <?as at 80
t ents Profitably, and Will Ciive as
(?ood Service as Anybody if Given
Full Authority.
The Administrative Board yesterday
I afternoon returned its complete an
. swer to the Council Committee on Pub
' lie Buildings. Properties and Utilities.
giving all its reasons for recommend
ing the rejection of the application of
the Southern Gas and Klectric i.oijjo
ration to lease the Gas Works. The
committee, after hearing the report,
recommended to the Council th<? rejec
tion of the leasing offer.
There was little debate. Attornej A.
H. Sands. Counsel for the pas company.
asked for time in which to lile an
answer to the statements In the board s
1 reports, saying that it was due the
, company that >t be enabled to make
categorical reply. Councilman l\ I*.
1'ilcher said, however, that the ?jues
tion was one of j-oliey purely, and
moved the rejection of the petition.
which followed unanimously.
itKi'ORT <;o?:s ivi'ft
.AIM.I Mi:vr A T I.K.NtiTH
lii us report the Administrative
Board goes into the proposition of
ithe Southern C.as and Klectric Cor
poration at length, and answers each
I of the company's arguments. The
! board declares that the city can fur
njsh k.'is at SO cents, readily and profit
1 ably, if it I"1 deemed a wise policy to
' do so. and that gas can be furnished
even for TO cents. To the argument
' that the lease of the C.as Works would
i furnish revenue to the city, it is re
plied that the city can make the same
revenue, and would receive both the
direct revenue and the profits which
the company would pocket. As to the
proposition that the company would
furnish better gas. it is answered that
lit cannot, by any known method, make
I any better gas than the city is now
i making.
"Recently, however." the report con
1 tinues. "the parties who proposed the
lease of the C.as Works have aban
' iloned their assertion that they would
make cheaper gas. and based their
i claims for possession of the C.as
j Works on a promise to give better
j service.
ic\x Kt it visit t;o?u> sr.n vick
IF fJIVKN At THOItl'l'Y
"This proposition Is unworthy of
, consideration, because the city officials.
provided the Council invest them with
; sufficient authority, can and will fur
nish as good service as any city in
, this country now receives. The only
1 justification for the lease of the C.as
i Works to the Southern C.as and hlec
i trie Corporation is their desire to pos
i sess a plant of undoubted, stable and
constant value, which has been a profit- j
earning success for about sixty years, j
' Any established business with an ah- !
' solutely secure patronage. yielding !
such a satisfactory and continuous j
protlt. would he readily and promptly I
leased or bought by any capitalist who
| ascertained that the possessors were j
foolish enough to part with it."
The board urges that if it were in- '
vested with the necessary authority to
exercise the peremptory methods and
free handling of the Cas Works and
the service which the company would j
exercise. It could give service equal to .
any In the world, and charges that the]
Citv Council has quietly refused to al
low the authorities in charge of the J
lias Works to exercise authority In the .
houses and on the premises of gas ^
consumers.
<;as wokks h vm:
I'ltOVKI) HBVBXl'K SIAKKH
Considered us a revenue maker, the
board says further, that if the Gas
,* TContinued"on Third Page.)
Encircling Movement on
City Duplicating That
at Przemysl.
POSITION OF CAPITAL
APPEARS PERILOUS
At One Point Teutonic Forces
Are Only Sixty Miles From
Russian Frontier.
TERRIFIC FIGHTING IX WEST
Contests Hardly More Than Trench
Warfare, However, Contrasted
With Galirian Battles.
Gains of Positions
Claimed by French
VIOLEXT pnRnRrinrnt.H arc in
progress near Arras, Xeuville,
north of the Alsne nml dcvornl other
sectors. with gains t>f positions iind
(rrtirhe* for the nllles, nccorillnn to
the French! while In llir rn.tt the
Teutons nre still Krlvlne the Ilus
slnns before them.
1'nofllcini mlvices front Merlin
say that In ,\orthncsteni Kti.isia the
Itussinii offensive lins shifted to n
wenk defensive, nml the tiermnna
lire mnkliiK hrmhvny.
North of the Alsne <;cruinns
linve been killed In nn emlenvor to
rotnke from the French two Hues of
trenches captured on Sunday.
I'rnjtre** iiInii Is reported for the
allies between Solssons nml Itheinis
nml in t'linmpngnc. The French re
port mentions the use by their
troops of n flniuing llnniil, which
"ns sprayed on the (iennnn trenches
?'by vrny of reprlsnl.''
Since June I, in the vleiulty of'
J I'rxemynl, the Austrian* clnini thnt
) in their advances they iinvc enp
t ii red more than IIO.IIIK) Htissinu
prisoners.
The Italians, nccordlui; to VIcuuo,
| seem to be pushing; forward strong;
I forces npriilnst the Uonio Itiver
! front. In this southern theater the
Austrian* declare their troops linve
I been successful in severnl minor
! en gn^r me n t s.
The lirltish and Italian Finance
Ministers, at n - meeting at \Ice,
have resolved to make use of the
tlnnncinl resources of the two coun
tries during; the war "in the same
ii iiKrudpri iik spirit as in the em
ployment of their nnvnl and mili
tary forces."
I/.)N'DON', June 7.?if the Germans
have transferred troops to the west,
? as reported, they have held sufficient
! men in the east to continue without
j relaxation the offensive that has cfir
: ried them with the Austrlnns almost
, across Gnlicia.
The forces that pinched I'rzemysl
? into surrender are battering their way
I eastward, and, according; to both the
j German and Austrian official communi
cations. at one point in the southeast
jare hardly more Lhan sixty miles from
' the Russian frontier. The troops which
! swept through Stry have continued
J further cast until they are thirty miles
j beyond that town, and equally beyond
Lemberg. the position of which appears
1 perilous.
Further north they are eighteen miles
to the east of Przemysl. So that,
roughly speaking-, the encircling; move
ment on I.embers is duplicating that
at Przemysl.
The Hermans also are on the offen
sive in the Baltic provinces. Their of
ficial statement records the erossin? of
i the River Windau. southeast of {?lbau.
| A Petrograd dispatch received in
I London to-night says:
j "Telegrams from Riga report the
[Germans active to the north, north
Je.isi and e.ist of Libau. The military
authorities expect heavy fisjhting at
| Mostziz, where the Russians will make
a determined stand."
} II10 A V V I.OSSICS ON MOTH
SI1IKS OCCt'n IV WKST
Hard fighting and heavy losses on
[both sides, notably north of Arras.
I where the French seem determined to
j nibble their way forward, continue in
the west, hut the contests are hardly
more than trench warfare contrasted
with the fighting in Galicia.
Repeated Zeppelin raids on England
have aroused Kritish airmen to extra
ordinary actions, a raid on a Zeppelin
shed near Brussels and the bringing
?lown of a Zeppelin with its crew near
Ghent being carried out at about the
same time. The British official account
does not state whether the hangar at
tacked held a Zeppelin, but a message
reaching Loudon asserts that !t did.
Italy has been taken into the finan
cial circle of the nations warring
against <?ermany. At a recent meeting
of the British Chancellor of the Ex
chequer and the Italian Minister of the
Treasury an agreement was reached to
pool resources, just as Great Britain,
France and Russia h.nl previously
agreed.
< ntton K.xrhnnRo Ofllrrr*.
NEW YORK, Jure 7.r? At the annual
flection to-day of oncers of the Cot
ton Exchange. Henry H. Ueyce was
chosen president, A. B Owathmfty was
elected vice-president, and James F,
Maury was re-elected treasurer.
Srvrntrrn Shot nk Splm,
[Special Cable to The Tlrnei.-Dispatch.1
ROTTERDAM. June 7.?Seventeen
persons including three women, have
been shot at Lieg>? as splerf.