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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-11-19
R. ]. AnDRUS TALKS FOR
ELECTRIC SIGNS

kennewick, Wash, Nov. 18th 1909.
Mr.. l.. W. Soth, Editor,
kennewick Courier, City.
Dear Sir
take the liberty OF writing you
relative to your editorial in the Ken
neWick Courier on November 18th.
advertising that pays" is easily
the live topic before every pro-
gressive business man to-day.
Given a certain annual expenditure
for advertising, the amount so ex-
pended can accomplish one of two
things. 1t may enable house,
always provided of course the repu-
table goods stand as substantial
backing for the advertising, to retain
present trade in competition with
other houses more favOrably loca ted,
or If conducted with Intelligence will
secure new business. approximately
In proportion to the generalship dis
played in handling the advertising.
What then is the particular form
OF advertising from which u business
house may expect the greatest ult!-
mate good?
Any man who has ever advertised
In other than the spasmOdic manner
that scarcely deserves elevation from
Obscurity by having the word lad
vertising" applied to it. will am
sure agree that the newspaper is the
best medium.
But will newspaper advertising
bring all the results possible from a
given expenditure? You will am
sure return the courtesy by agreeing
with me. that is too much to ask
of the newspaper.
The question at once arises then,
what is necessary to supplement the
newspaper advertisement? Some
means of impressing the physical
location of the house that ad sertises.
In a pleasing and indelible manner.
upon the mind OF the reader. In this
way, and only this way can the cor
siderable percentage of NEAR sales"
which always result from a cleverly
written newspaper lad" be cOnsum-
mated in the final and actual selling
of the goods.
That ia the ultimate desideratum
OF all advertising and In this one
particular consider your arraign-
ment of oil so called ''signs" too
broad, as one of these arguments
you employ might be by some con-
strued to include the best supplement
to newspaper advertising, refer to
the electric sign.
IquOte you Alright in the follow
ing. land when made. the wording
remains unchanged. For that reason
the novelty soon wears away and
they attract no attention by their
unsightliness."
On the contrary the electric sign
denotes the live and progressive
spirit in business. 1t segregates one
location from it's immediate neigh
bors and shedding its cheerful glow
over the pavement 1t gives promise
Of courteous management and
thriving prosperous establishment.
surmise that your article ia direct
ed against the common and insight
ly bill board but lest some of your
readers misunderstood your definite
intentiOn In the use OF the word
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confluence of the Snake and Col
nmbla rivers. Improvements, strict
~ modern, are being planned. In
the scheme are included electric
lights, water graded streets.
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At ttlr Ghurfhfs
November q, 1909.
CHRISTIAN

s. S. at 10 q. M.
Morning service at IL a. III. by the
pastor, Rev, J. A. Pine, Topic,
Up. III. Bible study. y
Sermon by the pastor, p. IN.
All are invited to these services.
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"sign" 1 am takinglthe liberty per-
chance OF assuming an intent where
none exist.
| beg to subscribe myself,
Yours truly,
K. Andrue.
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We Don't Believe 1t!
Do You? We believe th'

hest and surest lands in all the
Northwest are to be found under
the Kennewick Canal for all tree
fruits as well as berries, vegetables
and alfalfa. We believe the best
buys are those improved places
along the Columbia river; that will
soon double in value and will repay
their value every year or two In
crops. Now is the time to buy.
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fourth Sunday Of each month at s a.
m. at the residence Of g. J. flenne-
berry until q snita bic ediiire for divine
worship Will he erected.
Sund ~ school rs held every Sun
day afternoon at } o'clock at the
residence of Mrs. J Hawkins.
Pastor in charge: Rev. Father r.
Frederick, St. Patrick = parish Pascu.
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Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio,
Oregon, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee. Texas, Washington and
West Virginia.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. H. T Murray. pastor.
s. S, at 10 q. IN.
Sermon by the Pastor at II Q. m.
"The Man without a religion"
Jnnior Christian EnGeavor at 500
Christian Endeavor at 8;l5 p. NJ.
Evening sermon at 1880 p. m.
CONGREGATIONAL
w. L. Rowan, pastor.
s. S. at 10 a. m.
Preaching at IL a. m. and at 7:30
p. N.
c. E. Society at ZOO p. m.
All have u cordial Invitation to
attend these services.
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EPISCOPAL

EPISCOPAL
G. w. Dubois. Rector
Holy Communion ami sermon at
ii a. IN.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
ARBITRATION Is
REFUSED In SWEDEN

Stockholm, August 27.-At a cabinet
meeting today it was decided to refuse to
aroitrate the labor disputes which re-
suited in the general strike The gov
ernment has issued a proclamation 10 all
employers who desire protection for nom
union labor that they will be supplied
with police and military guards Nine
hundred extra policemen have been ap-
pointed for this purpose.
The Salvation Army says that the suf-
fering in the homes of the laborers who
went on strike already is terrible
Government returns show that POI 500
persons are still on strike Some few
malicious acts on the part of strikers
are reported. Iron bolts have been placed
In the sawnills at Gefle. doing some
damage to the machinery and sheet iron
studded with nails has been placed In
streets in Stockholm with the object of
damaging motors and injuring horses
otherwise complete order reigns in
Sweden
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
Wireless Operator
Gives Up His Life TO
Save Fellow Beings

Seattle Wash, August 27.-Five lives
were lost in the sinking of the Alaska
Steamship company's steamer Ohio off
Steep Point, Alaska, early today. There
were 12S passengers on board. but all es-
capped, the victims being from among the
crew. The loss of the steamer and cargo
is total. The drowned
Purser F. j. Stephen, Seattle.
Wireless Operator George E. Eccles,
Winnipeg
Two seamen, names not given.
Quartermaster, name not given
A wireless dispatch says the Ohio sank
in three minutes. This probably means
that she was on the reef a considerable
time, and that the passengers were all
off before the ship slid into deep water,
which she did so speedily as to carry
down five of the crew
Some OF the passengers were carried
ashore in life boats and picked up by the
fishing boat Kingf1sher and taken to
Swanson bay. Others were taken on the
Humboldt and Rupert City. The Hum
boldt's passengers will be landed at
Ketchikan and the Rupert City is taking
her passengers to Vancouver
Early reports said that so or more lives
had been lost, but the steamship COM
pany fixes the list at five on the strength
of wireless dispatches from M. ]. Heney,
railroad builder, who was taken off by the
Humboldt.
Purser stephen and Operator Eccles
stuck to their posts and gave their lives
to save the passengers.
The United Wireless company, one OF
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
TWeIDe Men, Killed
By Fearful Force OF
Dynamite Explosion

Key West, Fla, August 27.-As result
pounds of dynamite at Bocachica, 12 miles
from Key West, on the Florida East
Coast railway, IL men are dead and many
others seriously wounded. The explosion
was caused by a member of the railroad
construction force carelessly throwing a
lighted cigarette into a box of fuses
Eleven of the workmen met instant
death and the twelfth died while being
brought to the hospital here. The men
were hurled high into the air and bodies
of the dead were mangled almost beyond
recognition, arms and legs being torn
from the bodies of some, while the faces
of others were mere masses of flesh.
When the explosion occurred the 15 men
were standing in water four feet deep
and directly beneath them was the 700
pounds of dynamite, ready for the blast
when the men should stop work for din
ner.
According to one of the wounded, a
workman, one of the nine to meet instant
death. threw a lighted cigarette to one
side, not noticing that 1t fell into the box
containing the fuses which were connected
with the heavy charges of explosives be-
meath them. few seconds, and the
men, water, mud and tons of dirt were
thrown 10 to 30 feet in the air. Tugs at
once brought the dead and the more seri-
ously injured to this city. the latter being
placed in the Louise Maloney hospital.
Those less seriously injured were placed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
MORSE REBUILDS
FALLEN FORTUNES

New York, August 2.-That Charles
w. Morse, the f1nancier, who recently
was released from the Tombs prison I'M
der s125.O0O bail, has begun his efforts to
rehabilitate his fallen fortunes, was in
dicated today by the announcement that
he has purchased a majority of the
claims outstanding against the Metropoli-
tain Steamship company, and will at
tend a sale Of the property of that COM
pany which takes place in about a MONTH
1t is proposed to reorganize the Met
ropolitan line by the formation of a new
company with a capital of $6000,000 con-
sisting of equal portions of stock and
bonds and in addition an issue of $780,
900 of notes.
The Metropolitan line Is one of the six
steamship companies included In the
Morse s120000.00o steamship consolidation,
which was broken up into its constituent
companies in 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
CADETS HAVE NO CHANCE.
Those Dismissed Cannot Hope for Re-
nstatement.

Washington. August 27,-"It is perfectly
useless for any of the young cadets who
were dismissed by President Taft last
week from West Point for hazing Cadet
Orlando Sutton to make any efforts to-
ward reinstatement" said a well-known
army officer today.
1.-The law is mandatory on the subject
of the dismissal of a cadet found guilty
of hazing," he added, land neither the
President nor the Secretary of War has
any power to reinstate any of them. The
law against hazing provides for dismissal
Of cadets found guilty of participating,
encouraging or countenancing such prac-
tices, and they are not eligible to again
enter West Point or for admission to the
army through civilian examinations un-
til two years after the class of which
they were members has graduated
These statements were made in answer
to inquiries at the war deparement re-
garding the efforts making by some ca
dets for reinstatement at West Point.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
NO BIG WHEAT CROP
SAYS ]. ]. HILL

st. Paul, August "a note of warning
to crop statisticians who are predicting
a bumper crop of wheat in the northwest
was sounded by James ]. Hill, chairman
of the board of directors of the Great
Northern railroad, In an interview to-
day.
Much harm will be done to the busi-
ness of the country in encouraging over
speculation by the statements sent broad
cast that the northwest will harvest a
bumper crop, according to the railroad
magnate.
IT believe the northwest will harvest a
crop that will be about 100000 larger
than some previous years." said Mr.. Hill,
"but the statement that bumper crop
is expected is far from true. much harm
has been done by recent published state
ments"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

dark rumors of Harriman's health
Twelve men killed by explosion.
Farman breaks airship record.
Wireless operator goes down with ship.
Census supervisors must not mix in
politics.
Two negroes lynched and white man
killed.
2INo trials held at Meadville.
Meridian boy fatally burned
Fierce storms on Gulf of Mexico.
3-Leaguers vote to have field man.
Gadsden may get a glass factory
Campaign opens at Autagaville.
Safe and sane interests busy.
EEditorial comment
5-Woodmen moved by eloquence of
Sheppard.
Peculiar sections of Fuller bill.
Senator Hammer hears of 'cussng.'
Greek robbed and tied
Weakley enters race today.
6-General sporting news.
7-Birmingham social events.
Dolly Dalrymple's column.
S-Ensley board of trade has resolutions.
Morrison held on grave charge at
Bessemer.
9-Stock market still uncertain.
Cotton makes slight gain.
Wheat advances on weather reports.
10-Count Zeppelin is hero of Germany.
Trouble feared among strikers.
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whose operators, G. f. Eccles, of Win
nipeg, perished in the sinking of the
steamship Ohio, off the Alaskan coast to-
day, received an account of the disaster
from Operator Booth at Ketchikan, Alas
ka, today. Booth says in a dispatch to
headquarters of the company here:
About ] a. m. | was sitting with my
receivers clasped to my ears, having just
finished working with Operator Eecles
about the Ohio when | was startled by
| hearing him call C. @. D. C. Q. D. I
Immediately answered. and he sent the
following message: Ohio struck rock
steamer sinking, send aid Immediately or
everybody will be lost
THE steamships Humboldt and Rupert
of the Mckenzie Bros. Steamship COM
pany happened to be near al the time and
they both called the Ohio, asking for her
latitude Eccles gave it Immediately, and
the Rupert flashed back that they would
change their course and stand by the
Ohio as soon as possible.
I'm the meantime Eccles sent another
message, saying Ohio sinking fast, can
not hold out Passengers being taken off
in small boats. Captain and crew will
stick to the last
The Humboldt and Rupert both replied
that they were headed for the Ohio, and
would pick up the passengers. Then came
the final message from the stricken ves-
sell 1t was never finished: Passengers
all Off and adrift in small boats it said.
captain and crew going off in the last
boat waiting for me now. Goodby'
81 was unable to get him again. col
cludes Booth, 'and I knew he had gone
/ down with his ship"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
SPEEDWAY COMPANY Is
BLAMED FOR DEATHS

Indianapolis, August N.-The Indianapo-
lis Motor Speedway company is held re-
sponsible for the deaths of William
Bourque and Harry Holcomb, driver and
mechanician of Knox car in the auto
mobile races in this city on August 10, is
the finding of Coroner Blackwell, made
public this afternoon and an investigation
by the grand jury is recommended. Bour-
que and Holcomb were the first of several
persons killed in the course of three days
racing.
The coroner in his report says that the
course was not properly built for racing,
and that for 200 feet at the place in the
track where Bourque and Holcomb lost
their lives the broken rock surfaces, i'm
perfectly welded with asphaltum, had
been torn by the wheels of the cars.
There was not sufficient foundation for
the roadway, the coroner declares.
Further, the coroner declares, there
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
MEXICAN TROOPS
ON THE MARCH

Monterey, August IA detachment Of
70 rurales, armed and equipped for a
long stay reft today for Monclova. Goa
hula.
The Monclova district has been quiet for
some time and rumors of unrest have
reached here from time to time. The
movement of the rurales was sudden, as
the orders were issued at o'clock in the
morning for the detachment to move at
once. The troops started an hour later
This Is taken to indicate that the authori-
ties fear that some trouble has taken
place or is about to occur. At the mill
tary headquarters of the third military
zone, it is stated that no special signifi
cance Is attached to the movement but
that it was in the nature of a precau-
tionary measure.
From an authoritative source il was
learned that man very close TO General
Reyes had been sent to Galeana to en-
deavor to secure the governors resigna
ton and that his mission had been sue
cessful. No confirmation of the rumor
could be obtained tonight, but it is gen
orally credited here.
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was an open ditch 20 inches wide and two
feet deep at the edge of the track and
when the machine struck this ditch the
car was battered to pieces and its oc-
cupants mangled. Had it not been for
this ditch, adds the coroner, the car
should have held upright and the two
men should not have been killed. Tho
coroner concludes:
1T Is clear to my mind that the Indi-
annapolis Motor Speedway company knew
there was going to be loss of life and
limb. The surroundings indicated every
thing of that kind. They were prepared
with a hospital. ambulances forces and
every convenience to take care of the
dead and the dying. Therefore from evil
dence shown and testimony taken l hold
the officers and manager of the Indi-
annapolis Motor Speedway company re-
sponsible for the deaths of Harry Hol-
comb and William Bourque, and when
the grand jury holds its next session L
will recommend an investigation of the
whole affair"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
ALABAMA MAN Is
UNDER ARREST

Memphis, August ga ]. Treadaway,
former superintendent Of education Of
Fayette county. Alabama. and at one time
a prominent business man of that state,
was arraigned here today before United
States Commissioner A Grant Matthews
and remanded to jail in default Of $500
bail, charged with using the mails to de-
fraud. 1t is alleged that Treadaway, by
correspondence, established a false credit
for his stores at Crews and Carbon Hill.
and federal authorities assert wholesale
houses in Memphis and other southern
cities suffered to the extent of $4,000.
Treadaway was captured at farm near
Featherston, Okla. where he was known
as L. C. Snow. In explaining his predic-
ament, Treadaway declares that he SIM
ply failed in business and was unable to
settle for the goods purchased from the
various concerns. He will probably be re-
moved to Birmingham to appear for trial
before the federal court in that city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
COLONY Leaders Welded,

Tampa, Fla, August 27.-The mar
riage of DR.. Graves. formerly of Estero,
to Victoria Gratia,' "pre-eminent" of
the Koreshan colony there, occurred
here tonight. Several years ago the
colony at Estero was founded by DR..
Cyrus w. Tweed of Chicago. Mrs.
Graves, who was then Mrs. Ordway,
left her husband and Joined the colony.
Soon after Tweed died, and after wait
ing for some time and his body did not
rise from the grave according to the
Koreshan cult, DR.. Graves and Mrs.
Ordway came to Tampa. 1t is probable
they will soon file petition asking
that receiver be appointed to wind
up the affairs of the colony.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
BATTLE PRACTICE
MARRIED BY HAZE

Norfolk. Va, August N.-A thick haze
over the ocean today made battle prac-
tice for Rear Admiral Schroeder's ar
mada of Is vessels almost impossible as
It was difficult to get satisfactory ain
on the moving targets at proper ransc.
Wireless Information received at the
Norfolk navy yard was to the effect that
several of tho in'rrovised masts careied
by the torpedo boat OBrien for the
stretching aloft of canvas targets had
been carried away during the battle prac-
tice work and she is now ready to be
brought in for refitting.
Her sister boat. the Nicholson, dis
mantled and provided with like masts for
battle work, is still at the yari awaiting
orders to go out.
The Atlantic torpedo fleet is expected to
join the oartlcship and cruiser nest the
last of next week for other mimic war
evolutions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
Attorneys General In Session.

Buffalo, N. Y, August 27.-The National
Association of Attorneys General gather
ing east of the Mississippi river for the
convention at the Hotel Iroquois here
today Attorney General O'Malley of this
state delivered the opening address Prom
inent among the questions expected to
come up before the close of the conven-
tion will be the liquor question, par tic
ularly in the SOUTH the police power Of
the state, and the effectiveness of custer
proceedings in the control of corpora
tions. The corporation and income taxes,
1t is expected. will also come up for dis
cussiOn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
Negotiations Are Stopped.

Lima Peru, August 27.-The Boliv-
ian government has asked Senior Polo,
the Peruvian minister to Bolivia, to
suspend for few days the negotia-
tions which are in progress looking to
& settlement of the boundary dispute
between Peru and Bolivia, that the
Bolivian congress may have time to
finish its debate on the question. The
Peruvian government has called 1000
conscripts to the colors to replace
those which have finished their term
of service. 1t is reported that the gov
ernment has $4,000 men ready for any
emergency
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
Railroad Deal Held Up.

Mexico City, August 27.-Ambassador
David E. Thompson said today that the
negotiations for the purchase of the Pan
American railway, running south from
San Geronimo, on the Tehauntepec Ma
tional, to the Guatemalan border a dis
tance Of 2S miles, may fall through be-
cause of the obstinancy of some of the
minority stockholders of the old COM
pany. The ambassador is offering $40 =
900 600 for the road and intimates thai the
minority stockholders are holding out for
impossible concessions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
Back to the Childhood Home.

Union. s. c., August 27.--A longing
that proved irresistible for a drink of
water from the well of his childhood
home brought N. w. Gwin 1850 miles
this week. He arrived here yesterday
from Memphis, took his drink several
times over, and announced that he was
ready to return. Gwin left here 43 years
ago and has never returned. The other
day he began to thirst for drink of the
cool waters which quenched his thirst in
childhood. SO he packed his bag and re-
turned He remained here about an hour
and then caught a fast train for Mem
phis, where 1t II said he has pros
1nered
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28

were excited and ran for the stairs and
windows. Many leaped to the ground,
falling on each other. Scores tried to
descend the stairways only to become
hopelessly entangled in the narrow pas
sage ways. Those empolyes working on
the first floor went quickly to the rescue.
dragging the entangled persons from the
jammed staircases and fighting of the
flames until the injured could be carried
to safety.
When all had been taken from the
building 1t was found that Mrs. Walter
Davis, Irene Lockley and George Miller
had been SO severely injured that they
will probably die. McRoberts dropped
dead after saving some books from the
office OF the factory. He had probably In
hailed flames.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28
Deadlock Is Broken.

Columbia, S. c., August 29.-The dead
lock in the state board of canvassers
over the recent state liquor election
probably will be broken tomorrow. Com
missioner General Jones, who left the
board with the meeting tied, broke the
tie Another member, who has not been
present also will attend The discussion
which resulted in Mr.. Jones leaving the
meeting was over the rights of the men,
bers. some claiming the committee had
a right to declare unlawful the whole
election. Until the deadlock is broken
the dispensaries in the state must re-
main closed.