Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 30, 1916, Page 15

have jumped to the opposite extreme and BUTLER WANTS 10 FIX LIGHT RATES Commissioner Will Introduce an Ordipance Determining the Maximum Charges. HE ANTICIPATES ITS PASSAGE City Commissioner Butler an~ nounces he will introduce next Tues- day morning an ordinance deter- minfng and fixing maximum rates which may be charged consumers of electric current, It is proposed to reduce the initial lighting rate from § to 6 cents per kilowatt hour, alter- nating current retall power rate from 7 to 6 cents and direct current retall power rate from 7.7 to 6.5 cents, Mr, Butler states he expects enough support in the counmeil to pass the ordinance. The following are the rate pro- visions as specitied in the ordinance: 1. For all light and for all small do- mestic appliances and motors for domens- tic uses, up to one horse-power, not to exceed 6 conts per kilowatt hour. 2 For retall power—alternating cur fent—not to exceed 6 cents per kilowatt hoyr, 8. Kor retall power—direct current--not Lo exccrd 6% cents per kilowatt hour, 4. For wholesale power, the prices and rates shall not be excessive or discrim- Inatory and must be avallable alike to all consumers who are willing to meet the reasonable conditions which may be fixed in regard thereto: but the service and yates in respect to such matter may be reasonably varied and graduated to be based upon the time of service and the amount of energy or power furnished, and vpon much other reagonable condi- tlons as may enter into the mctual cost ditferences of production or distribution, In such service, Tihe present lighting rate 1s 8 cents for the first twenty-five kilowatt hours, 6 cents for the next 1%, and a graduated scale of rates beyond that consumption, The proposed ordinance does not go be yond the maximum rates, but provides that within sixty days from passage of the measure that there be filed with the councll for approval schedules of rates covering classifications of service and graduations of charges as may be de- #ired to be made and established by the company. ' In this connection the oral nance reads; “‘Such schedules may reas- onably graduate or block the quantities of current and the rates per kilowatt hour may vary from block to block, All variations of rates must have reasonable relation to the cost-difference of the ser Vice.” Hection VI of the ordinance reads: “The Gty council reserves the right to change, alter, repeal, modify or substitute other conditions and rates at any time it may think mdvisable or necessary in the pub-. lie interest. This ordinance and its pro vislons are not entirely regulatory in na- ¢/ ture and purpose and not contractual, and fo.not constitute a grant of franchise or wtreet lights.” WIDE SKIRTS PLAY HAVOC WITH FRENCH CLOTH TRADE ((forrespondence of the Associated Press.) PARIS, April %.~For years the cloth manufacturers of France have boen ory- ing ruln owing to the vogue of the nar- row and split skirt. Now that women cnr dresses that measure several yards around the same manufacturers declarc that ‘things have gone from bad to worse. In _ordinary times the cloth manu- acturers would be rubbing thefr hands with glee at the change of fashion; as it in they greet It with lll-concenled ap- prehensfon, “Owr best mills are In the hands of fhe enemy,” explained M. Alfred Da- meéx, secretary of one of the big trad- ers’ . ecommittees, “and those that are 161t to us are so 1 at work on army ordera that they have little time to de- vote to thelr ordinary trade, This sim ply means that if women will insist in walking about in skirts as blg as bal- loons, French factories will be unable to keep pace with the demand.’ A meeting 18 to be held to mee whether the “‘union sacree,” which has been ap plted to most things since the war hegan, can be extended in some way to control- ling fashious, DUTCH BOYS WORSHIP AT SHRINE OF LADY NICOTINE (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) LEYDEN, Netherlands, April 24.-Ho! iand is the paradise of the boy smoler The extent of the olgar-smoking habit among Dutch lads is shown by an in quiry just made in the schools of this famqus old university eity 2,080 boya attending tho better cluss chools 1t was found that 64 per cent moked-22 per cant reularly and 43 per nt more spasmodically, Tn the “pec plow’ schools the percentage nigher, Beventy-four per cent of the lads ndulged in tobaceo, M per cent belng eqular amokers. Coming finally te the Ia where education fs free, all but fifth of the youngsters wers tohaceo | and halt thelr number re smokers In ¥ boys In the was #thl tevatees wular highest class amoked Avernge 9 per cont the e DR RROSF HORNF WOULD ‘ STAGF DEBATF WITH DRYS | 1] ¢ Ohica . i roprese Liberty and Propeet STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY TO MEET MERE IN MAY 3 . \ N brag (T . e Aba May B 0 Alsady LS |on the mound which had probably beer | dinavian type. & I -u.‘.-u\l’: Big Banks Being Organized in the Philippine Isles (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) MANILA, April 24.—~With the announce- ment that shares of stock in the new Philippine National bank would be put on sale at once, the insular government has taken its first steps in the actual organization of the $10,000,000 bank au- thorized by the last insular legislature, Harvey P. Willls, the first president of the bank, formerly secretary to the Fed- eral Reserve board of the national gov- ernment, is expected to arrive within two months to take over his duties, and it is hoped to have the bank machinery ready for operation when he gots to Maniln. Bamuel Ferguson, aoting executive sec- retary, has been named vice president of the bank, rnd will direct its affairs in the organization perfod until the ar- rival of his chief. Willlam H. Anderson, head of one of the greatest American firms in the {slands; Leon Rosenthal, an American of many years' residence here ish naval architects, the present war has | SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 19186, THE OMAHA 30, erty a young Japanese girl recently threw |she was rescusd, serfously but not mor- [in the place,” TORPEDO A BACK NUMBER AP GIRL THROWS HERSELF v trims the topm.at | tally Burt FROM CLIFF OF SACRED ISLE | cie of the saoreé sie of Encenimar ths | ‘Waal, now, fs a dry goods Innre rec 13—A kon I he smilingly replied, “This Kknow'd “an’ ef crackers bain’t dry goods, tl Times. Bet and keap for short fillers on inside - ‘ : e posh.’ " mad the old man All-Big-Gun Ship the Naval War £ . . |™Ae oaught and pinjoned by the branches | .. une o dtme's worth o dried heet | I'd liko to know what in tarnation yo . pondence of the Associated Prows.) |of a glant tree which leansd out over srackers’ said Uncle Josh to]call ‘em?'~New York Machine, Asserts Prof. Abell, TOKIO, March #.—Driven to attempt (the sew. It was not until seventeen |hn, A0M® OFACKerR BhId Lo o on ‘~New Sea Fighting Architect. suicide by the fallure of her father on | hours later that her cries were heard by :~.;:‘..:;I;‘,‘l‘:\ :”:l-::l:h:‘\:“:v ,.un-[ W s the stock exchangs and consequent pov- |a fisherman passing In & sampan and | “you have evidently made a mistake| o help on make-up B e ot 1 o T T e, R A R S e 12 LONG-RANGE GUNS EFFECTIVE | (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) LONDON, April 18~According to Brit- demonstrated conclusively that naval su premacy rests with the nation possessing the greatest number of all big-gun ships. They assert that the blg gun with the = o e e o e e o ; Standar A long range is the dominating factor and E it is In the direction ot perfeoting blg guns and perfecting the armor of ships that their energies will be, The torpedo, they contend, (s of no great account, In the armament of the capital ship and it ia doubtful whether the battleship and battle crulser of the future will be fitted with torpedo tubes All-Big-Gun Ship the Thin Prof, T. B, Abell, professor of naval HE CADILLAC COMPANY is the largest producer of quality cars in the world. N L Large volume, unequaled facilities of production Pilipine atmy, Iater 8 newspaper. mani|of the’ All' bigugun_ ship. and has fully and “knowing how” are the factors which make and now deputy chancellor of internal revenue; Teodoro Yangeo, perhaps the foremost Filipino merchant, and vincente Singson Encarnacion, member of the Philfippine commission since the arrival of Governor General Harrisen, consti- tute the board of directors. Of the 200,000 shares, the insular gov- ornment i to take 101,000, the rest being offered to the public, The government's share i to be pald for with $650,000. from the insular treasury; $600,000 from the Agricultural bank, which now is merged with the Insular bank; $00,00 from the payment of a loan made last year to other government sources, There was n fight in the legislature a8 to the character of the bank. One faction wished it to be largely agricul tural in its purpose in order that it might ald Philippine farmers to get the mont out of thelr soil, The bill, as passed, was & compromise and really establishes n general bank, which s expected to pay particular attention to agriculture. Under the terms of the law, the bank practically useless, six-inch and often a over, this so-called secondary armament, and | evolved the dreadnaught, negro sugar planters, and the rest from |amft twenty-four twelve-pounder guns 15 of use In repelling attack of torpedo eraft, range of the torpedo, some cloud fs cast upon advanced that at a range of four miles, which 15 the effective range of the mod- ern torpedo, the six-inch weapon would Justifiod the policy which Admiral Low PMsher initiated In the conception of the drendnaught. He adds that secondary armament of battleships I8 now rendered it the lowest priced high grade car in the world. . There is a wealth of significance in this con- dition. The Cadillac is in very fact the standard of the world. ——engineering pre-eminence, ~—gocial pre-eminence, —unequaled V-type experience, —the enthusiastic endorsement of thousands of owners. In the pre-dreadnaught era, battleships were armed with twelvednch guns am primary armament, nine and half and guns as secondary armament latge number of smaller | weapons. The Russo-Japanese war, how | demcnstrated the uselessness of out of the Russo-Japanese war was heavlly armed twelvesinch and g mounting ten AR While the six-inch gun was and often with the Increased armament of destroyers and the increased striking the wisdom of burdoning a ship with six-inch guns and the argument Is must be insugurating by Aunllll L butInot prove very effective against . . : e e s (ol A, | TS mechanical construction representing the Russian Women at The Front Honored With Decorations (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) PETROGRAD, April ' 2%4-~The bravery of the woman soldlers who have man- aged to get into the Russian army is again strikingly recalled by the decora tion bestowed upon a Russian sister of charity, Mile, Ivanoff, and the proposed decoration of Tanja Kakourine, a girl 16 years old. Mile, Ivanoff, finding herself close to a company which had lost all its of- ficers, placed herself at fts head and captured a hostile trench before which the troops were hesitating, Mortally wounded, she was, by imperial command, decorated with the cross of Bt. George in enamel, & distinetion to which only officers are entitled. Tania, a girl with masculine name, got into a regiment in much the same cir- cumatances and the same disguise as her mother joined a Russian company in the war against Turkey in 1877. At the time her identity became known the girl was in a regiment serving in Galicla. For a long time the men had concealed her sex from the authorities. Tha officer dis- covered the truth accidentally, He wished to take the soldler as his orderly om account of his *good” conduct and youth, and had summoned. “him" to his quarters, He was struck by the face and the eyes; he asked questions and the girl began by denying, but finally This burst into tears and oconfessed. girl shared all the difficulties of the service aud all the dangers of battle with the others. Her bravery has been the marvel of her male companions. She has a pleasing appearance, a round face, ghining with health, and looks well in uniform. The men protect her by ecom- mon accord and act toward her as father and mother with touching solicitude. She bas just heen proposed for the cross and medal of St. George. Hindu Baronet Dies at Calcutta, India (Correapondence of the Associated Press.) CALCUTTA, Indla, April 24.—~The death {a announced of Sir Chinubhal Madhavial the first aud only member of the Hindu race which constitutes more than half the population of the whole British em- pire, to be created a baronet. He was 2 years old Sir Chinubhal's grandfather was the ploneer of the ecotton industry in - the provinee of Gujaral, starting the first| spinning mill at Ahmedabad, where there | are now fifty mills ENGLISH SCHOOL CHILDREN | DISCOVER VIKING RELICS (Correspondence of the Associated Press) LONDON, April 3.-Children playing ralsed over the some Vikin Rrave leader at Valtos tn the ialand of Lewd e of the He fos & re tly dis red & number Viking relles of tnth century, They col A of & pa APE® OVA hes A noted Boa mall brooch, & row dise-shaped ornament w then of » partion of & brons MILKMEN ARE FINED FOR WATERING THEIR PRODUCT % Xk NS TR T Y WH NAYR A AFRGIAL FROOESE rOB VLEANING LiMOUNINGS. Dresher Bros. .:: WATYENS WiLAT FA Oar Autamabiles Boor Brary B VALL TYLER s non-desirability of fitting battleships and battle crulsers with torpedo tubes experience In the present war,” he mays In fact, Alspensing with it altogether in the hat- the torpedo was intended for use by eap! tal ships engaged at close range. however, actions are fought having so greatly in creased, owing to the perfecting of the big gun and the range finder, the actlon always takes place well outside the strik ing - distance of a torpedo. and capital class, pedo tubes, for In act'ons between snich No Use for Torpedo Tubes, Prof. Abell s emphatic regarding the highest type of fine manufacturing. and an established record of luxury, long life and endurance. You KNOW that you get these qualities in the Cadillac “Eight.” Where else can you get them? “No ‘appear to justify its present existe there appears every reason of tieship and battle crulser.’” The professor points out that originally Now, the range at which declsive Destroyers lght crulsers, vessels outside (he will certainly retain tor Cadillac Company of Omaha GEO. F. REIM, President 2060-64 Farnam St. Phone Douglas 4228 eraft, the range would be well within the limits of *the torpeds; Futility of Kno g, ‘“You ean't make me bell A oolle education gits yrn“ anything,” said Yfi: oung man who had won two medals or_fox-trotting, “8till T always thought fml};fl M‘nwl was awful swell,” replied the girl. “Nothin' doin'l We got one of them in_our office that always says ‘whom’ ~i T T Y Y A A A R T T TSR AN and ‘notwithstandin’, and say, T heard B the ‘hn,g' callin’ him ‘q;’,w:-‘ tn’fl;y the i TR worst T ever meen wt's the use | i) NURURSRLRNAN RPRARANS A sk knowin’ them kind of words If you can't talk back?’-Judge. Friday and Saturday of this week, 5th and 6th, Chalmers will entertain automobile dealers at The Fontenelle in convention--~All auto dealers, interested in up~-to-date methods, intelligent salesmanship, and modern systems of conducting an automobile sales and service store are invited to be my guests on this occasion. 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