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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
Anxious to Hit Neighbor
While in Trouble With
Italy.
FORMER Is IN BAD WAY
BelligerentS, However, Notified
by Powers to Keep Off of
Macedonia.

London. Oct. 1.-Most urgent and
categorical representations in favor Of
the preservation of peace in the Bal
kans have been made to Sofia by Rus
sian Foreign Minister Sazonoff. France
and Great Britain likewise are using
their good influences, while the triple
alliance, Germany, Austria and Italy,
are just as determined to prevent an
outbreak of hostilities. The powers
again brought before the port in a
most friendly manner the urgent ne
cessity for the introduction of reforms
in Macedonia. The GlNek minister re-
ceived telegram stating the Hellenic
government had decided to mobilize
land and sea forces in concert with
other states. Mobilization orders of
four kingdoms will go into force in
stantly.
London, Oct. 1.-The armies Of the
Balkan states are preparing for war
with feverish activity. The mobiliza-
ton order given out yesterday is be-
ing put into effect with all speed, ac-
ccrding to dispatches received here.
Various nations concerned appear to
believe the longed-for moment at last
has arrived when they will be called
upon to march against Turkey. There
are still two points in regard to which
diplomats can continue to maintain op-
! timism.
POWERS ARE IN ACCORD.
The first Is the fact that winter ap-
preaching will render active war op-
erations difficult, while the second is
the European powers are working in
accord and have warned the belligerent
little states that, whatever might be
the outcome of the war, they will not
be allowed to extend any of their bor-
ders SO as to take in a portion OF
Macedonia. Everything, according to
dispatches, seems ripe for the long
expected confiagration in the near
east. The Turkish government, diplo-
mats assert, would like to find an easy
way out of the present war with Italy
and thinks war in the Balkans
would give the Turkish nation an out
| let.
| BALKAN STATES ANXIOUS.
| L NC bdihdh btdIcos at INC Sdllo tlIilc,
are anxious to get at their big neigh
Dor while 1t is involved with one of
the great powers. At present there
appears no reason why any of the
European powers should become in
volved in the event of war breaking
out, although it Is recognized by dip
lomats it will take very little to draw
them in once trouble is started.
TROOPS LEAVE sERVIA.
| Belgrade, Servia, Oct. Troop
trains were leaving the capital all
night long for Nish and other garrison
towns on the Turkish frontier Many
business houses In this city were COM
PEELED to close on account of en-
ployes ordered to Join regiments.
Owners OF automobiles in Servia we're
ordered to surrender them immedi-
ately to military authorities.
KING NICK BUSY, TOO.
Vienna, Oct. liking Nicholas of
Montenegro has ordered general mo-
bilization of the Montenegrin army.
according to a dispatch.
RED CROSS PREPARED.
st. Petersburg. Oct. 1.-Extelsive
hospital equipment has been prepared
by the Russian Red Cross for service
in Bulgaria and Servia in the event
of war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
PREVENTS
ROOSEVELT TALK

Salisbury, n. C., Oct. IA RooGe-
velt meeting at Hickory today ended
il a fight in the crowd and Roosevelt
was obliged to give up his attempt
10 speak.
Ashville, Oct Roosevelt today
entered North Carolina, the last state
he will speak in on his present tour,
which extended more than 10000
miles. Tonight he speaks at Raleigh
and then will return TO New York.
He will leave New York Thursday
night for Washington to testify as to
campaign contributions. The colonel
was hoarse today from campaigning,
but otherwise he said he was feel
ing bully"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
RUGH RECOVERING AFTER
SACRIFICING HIS LIMB

Chicago, Oct. William Rugh, the
crippled newsboy who gave his leg
that Miss Ethel Smith might live,
awoke from sleep last night and asked
for a porterhouse steak, with all the
trimmin's."
This was taken as an eviednce Of a
quick recovery. In two or three weeks,
1t is said he will leave the Gary gen.
eral hospital and go back selling pa
pers An artificial leg will replace the
crutch, and Rugh declares he will get
along better that way.
Miss Smith is also recovering Pre-
vious TO the skin grating she had been
weakening daily, and the operation has
undoubtedly saved her life. She is the
happiest girl in the world, she says.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

$4,000 and was contributing $4,000
a week to keep the campaign going.
This concluded Hooker's examination.
Finn SPENDS SIO2,3S4.
William Finn of Pittsburgh also tes-
tilted. 81 think it can be stated with
safety that S5 or 80 per cent of the
money expended for Roosevelt in
Pennsylvania was contributed by my
self" said the witness. He said he
contributed in all to the primary cam
paign fund s102,3S4. OF this, s2S,300
was expended in Pittsburgh. He de-
cIared the Taft people spent s95,0O0
in our county 81 think the money all
spent legitimately," he added.
Clapp called Flinn's attention to
the Penrose charge in the senate Aug.
%, that Finn made a fortune out of
municipal deals and had offered a mil
lion or two millions to Penrose and
Israel w Durham to secure the seat
OF former Senator Quay in 1895.
LIAR, SAYS FLINN.
"Sitting here under OATH" Finn
said, 81 will say if Penrose made any
such statement. he lied. Neither did
authorize any other man to make
such an offer for me-" He said he
never talked to Penrose or Durham
about the senate. He declared he had
brought with him ]. G. Slain, the man
who, without his authority, had signed
Films name to a telegram to the
Standard Oil company, asking support
for a seat in the Senate This was one
of the kilograms produced by Penrose
when he made his sensational charges
against Finn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
SUFFRAGE Chief
RAPS mere MAN

Galesburg. ILL.,, Oct. 1.-The annual
meeting of the Illinois Suffrage asso-
citation opened today. Mrs. Elvira
Downey of Canton, H., retiring presi-
dent, gave the annual address. She
said: Those men whose wives took
in washing and those men who con-
troll their wives property were the
ones who refused to sign the petition
to get a vote on womans suffrage in
Illinois,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01


From noon today to noon tomorrow)
Sun sets 5:42, rises SIS. Evening
stars: Mercury, Venus, Mars. Jupiter.
Morning star: Saturn Consultations
during October: Cygnus dncluding
Cross), Pegasus, Delphinus. Ursa Mi
DOR. Ursa Major 1ncluding Great Dip
per. north-northwest, low DOWN. Ce
pheus, Auriga. Perseus. Cassiopeia.
Taurus. Aries. Cetus teast-sOutheast.
near horizonl. Aquarius. Capricornus.
Aquila, Hercules. Ophiuchus. Lyra
form OF harp. Corona Borealis. Draco.
Orion trising) and Bootes and Serpens
(setting1. Bright stars: Deneb. Capel-
la, Aldebaran near the Pleiades. red
and very bright. Affair. Vega. Arc
turus (near Great Dipperl. Rigel and
Betelgeuse lin Orion. Castor. Fomal-
haut dn the south. low. AlGol Planets
during October: Mercury. Venus. Mars.
Jupiter. Saturn. Uranus and Neptune
Evening stars in October: Mercury,
Venus. Mars. Jupiter. Morning star:
Saturn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
TEXTILE WORKERS
RETURN TO JOBS

Lawrence, Mass. Oct 1.-The strike
of the Industrial Workers in the textile
mills in this city as a protest against
the Imprisonment of Ettor and Clio
vannitti ended today when 1900
operatives who remained away from
the mills yesterday returned to work.
Some minor disturbances we're re-
ported.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
TRAIN, WRECKED,
BURNS; ONE DEAD

mans, four day coaches and two ex-
press cars broke away from a rapidly
moving Louisville & Nashville train
Eear Elkmont, Ala. today, plunged
down an embankment, caught fire and
burned, but every passenger escaped
death. Less than a score received mi
nor injuries. The express messenger
vas cTemated-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
WEST IDENTIFIED
BY LIEUT.. BURNS

st. Louis, Oct. Lieutenant Ber-
nard Burns of Chicago arrived today
and positively identified Frank West,
known as ]. w. Stacey ana doc"
Danzell, as the man who beat him
with piano stool when he attempted
to arrest two alleged Canadian bank
robbers.
Jefferson City, Mo, Oct. 1.-Gover-
nor Hadley honored requisition OF
the governor of Illinois for the return
to Chicago of Jesse Stacey, arrested
in ST. Louis as an alleged bank robber.
He is wanted in Chicago on a charge
Of assault to kill Lieutenant Burns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
EXPLOSION KILLS
A NAVAL OFFICER

Newport, X. l., Oct. Lieutenant
Donald Morrison was killed and eight
men we're injured today in the explo.
sion of steam chest on the torpedo
boat destroyer Wake.
The accident occurred off Brenton's
reef light ship. Morris entered the
service from Missouri.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
LAWYER HELD ON
MURDER CHARGE

Goshen, N. Y, Oct. burton w.
Gibson, an attorney of New York city,
was held to the grand jury this after
noon on a charge of numbering Mrs.
in Greenwood lake last July.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE is
MOI NEEDED FOR CROPS

Washington, Oct. 1.-The treasury
will make no deposits this fall with
national banks to facilitate the move
ment of crops. Assistant Secretary
Bailey said there was nothing 10 in
dioate the necessity for such de-
posits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

conservation from all sections of the
country were here today for the open
ing meeting of a four-day session of
the fourth national conservation con-
gress. Many speakers are on the pro-
gram.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

Conservation Congress Opens.
Indianapolis, Oct LEADERS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
The Weather

Forecast III Z p. m. tomorrow TOR
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline,
and Vicinity.
Fair tonight and Wednesday. Rising
temperature.
Highest temperature yesterday, so,
lowest last night, 40, at Z a. m, AZ.
Wind velocity, miles.
Precipitation, none.
Relative humidity at p. m, 81, at
z a. m, SO.
Stage of river, feet, a fall of i
foot.
J. NJ. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

CONTINUED on Page seven.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

J. NJ. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-01

pear for the government Judge Al
bert B. Anderson will be on the bench.
YEARS OF INVESTIGATION.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09
WHAT IS S. J. HARRISON GETTING
OUT OF HIS DEAL WITH PR0SSER?
Benton City Promoter Files Petition One Third
Of Whose Signers are from the
Present County Seat!

Last Tuesday S. j. Harrison promoter City, filed his
county seat petition with the commissioners.
About 25O Poer people (nearly oneh signed paper-de-
berate asked that the their own town.
All of which merely concuey urmd ever
since Benton City talked of entering the that Benton
Cty aspirations huge farce hope promoter ever
really had getting the county planted on his
townsite (most of which is vacated.)
that the Proser ring knowing for Benton Cv
vote for Prosser and being afraid souarev on its
merits has made it object for Harrison fight
So the question naturally what Harrison getting ont Of
~ And the next question s Can he deliver the goods? Will
the people of the district which his e suffer themselves h
be exploited in this manner?
SD Harrison knows that Benton nothing for the
Iy hasn't the ghost OF show casewhethe the majority
gng the county seat He ad people county
med much before meeting and most economically bv bo,
business men IN this city two weeks ing the county
He also made the statement Prosser His real interests
built at this county ANYWAY On
rosser next the county seat what does he care?
is retained there race simply because Prosser has
s. Harrison is for s. Harri- made it worth his while enter
He exploiting Benton City Why else should wasting his
for what he get Of it, He time hope?
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09
EXCURSION DATE SET
FOR NEXT THURSDAY
Tickets on Sale Tomorrow for Annual
Boat Ride to HanfOrd and
White Bluffs

Kennewick's g annual up-river ex-
cursion, under the auspices of the
Commercial Club, will be held on
Thursday of next week, August Is.
The steamer Inland Empire has
been chartered for the day. 1t had
been the purpose of the committee
to charter her sister boat, the Twin
Cities, also, but this boat has been
stripped of her equipment in out
fitting the Relief and the company
would not agree to reft her for the
one days run.
The Inland Empires passenger
capacity, as limited by the inspect
ors, is 200, so if you wish to be
among the lucky ones to go, you'll
have to be among the first 200 to
secure tickets. These tickets will
be on sale at the Vibber- Clifford
Drug Company and the Columbia
Pharmacy, beginning tomorrow.
Saturday morning.
It is a matter of regret that the
other large boat could not be Sc
cured. The club feels that, with
everyone remembering the enjoyable
features of last years outing, it
would have been as easy to get
crowd of 500 or 600 as it will be to
get 200.
Among the features of the outing
will be concerts by the Commercial
Club Band and big basket picnic
aboard the boat. Stops will be
made at Richland from 8 10 10;
Hanford from l to 3 and White
Bluffs from 4 to 6. The boat will
leave Kennewick at 500 a. m. and
reach home at $50 p. m.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09
TO CONDEMN FOR S. Pas. ROAD

The city council ordered the CITY
attorney to start condemnation pro-
ceedings Immediately to secure
right of way for the opening of the
road to the S. P. & S. station.
Waivers have been secured for all
necessary land for the widening of
the road except from three owners,
Chas. Conway, Mrs. Beach and Don
Cresswell.
1t is likely that the city will be
compelled to bring but one suit, as
Mr.. Conway and Mrs. Beach have
signified their willingness not to
hinder tide development of that Sec
ton.
AS soon as the city can secure the
right. work will be rushed to widen
the road. put it to grade and finish
with a hard surface. making it one
of the main arteries of travel in
that portion of the city.
The council has appropriated the
balance of the road fund of the city,
amounting to about $1,000, for the
purpose, the remainder of the cost,
ii any, to be apportioned to the
property.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09
AN ANCIENT CONFIDENCE GAME

c. E Trip received a letter this
week purporting to have been writ
ten by one "Volkoff," confined in
prison in Madrid, Spain. The
writer, so the letter goes, is relative
of Mr.. Trip, and is about to kick
the bucket" :" He is gravely con-
cerned about the future of his 15-
year-old daughter now in college in
Spain. In addition to the daugh-
ter, presumably beautifully he is
also possessed of a fortune of $780,
600 in American securities. He
offers one-third of this sum to his
relative" providing he will ad-
vance the necessary funds to get
his daughter and baggage out Of
hook. At the time of this writing
the money has not been sent.
1t would seem that this ancient
swindle, which has been worked
since the time of Columbus, would
be getting bit threadbare by this
time. But evidently they catch
sucker with it now and then, or
they wouldn't continue to work it.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09
BAND PETITION LAID OVER

A petition signed by nearly zoo
of the heaviest taxpayers in the city
was presented to the city council
last Tuesday, asking that the band
be made a municipal organization,
the city to supply a fund of $12GO
during the year for the purpose of
hiring director.
As there were but four members
of the council present, Mr.. Shep-
pard moved that the petition be
laid on the table, to be considered
when the full membership was pre-
sent.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09
STEAMER RELIEF FAILS
TO GET THE BUSINESS
Lack of PATRONAGE Forces Open River
Boat from Run-Building Larger
Hull for Steamer Bureau

The steamer Relief, which has
been making a tri-weekly run be-
tween Kennewick and White Bluffs
for the past month, has been taken
from the run and will again be tied
up at Cello.
Immediately following the sink
ing of the w. R. Todd. the Relief
was put on the run at the solicita-
ton, mainly, of the Hanford and
White Bluffs people. Her owners,
the Open River Transportation COM
pany, protested at the time that in
their opinion there was not enough
traffic to make her use paying
proposition and that Capt. McMil-
Inns boat, the Chas. Bureau, would
be able to take care of the business,
aided now and then by a run by
the Inland Empire. At that time,
however, the McMillin boat was
so wabbly and uncertain in her
movements that the representatives
of the up-river towns insisted on
having a boat on the run upon
which they could depend for the
regular and certain movement of
their peach crop. 81 the Relief
was put in commission, but not
until the company had been guar
anteed against operating losses for
a period of two months by the bus
mess men of the towns served.
Instead of giving the Relief the
business, after they had put in a
hurry call for her services, the up
river ranchers, almost to man,
gave their shipments to the Chas.
Bureau. AS result the operation
of the Relief has cost her hackers
about $50 a day, a third of which
loss was made good by Kennewick,
one-third by Pasco and the balance
by the up-river towns.
Just why the ranchers refused
their business to the Relief, no one
seems to clearly understand, but it
is supposed they preferred to sup
port Capt. McMillin, local man,
on his promise of year-round SER
vice, rather than to drive him out
and run the chances of having no
boat at all should the Open River
people have seen fit to abandon the
run after the fruit season was over.
Capt. McMillin has ordered lum-
Der and timbers from which to con-
struct a new hull for the Chas.
Bureau. The work of building will
be started at once and it is planned
to have the hull ready for the trans
fer of machinery sometime in the
early part of winter.
In the meantime the Chas. Bur-
eau will handle the traffic up to
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09
LOCAL MEN FILE

In spite of the fact that, owing to
the many aspirants from the west
END, 1t ought not to be difficult for
any good Kennewick man to get al
most any old nomination he might
want, only three local men have
hled for county jobs.
Hal H. Cole of this city will make
the race for county attorney. Mr..
Cole, through his long practice in
'ne county, has wide acquaintance
ana many friends who have no
ooubt he would make an able and
conscientious prosecutor.
GORDON H. Taylor of the High
lands has filed for county engineer.
Mr. Taylor has been for some years
resident engineer for the n. P. Irri-
sa'lon company and is we'll ac-
qualnted with the county's engineer
lug needs. He is we'll fitted to fill
Tue position to which he aspires.
II. d. Nicewanger likes the smell
Vi money and wants to handle the
'ouhty's funds. He has filed for
we lfeasurer's job on the democrat
ticket. MIR. Nicewanger is at
present secretary of the Kennewick
commercial Club. He has had a
'"'se experience in clerical and bus
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09

cided the matter as herein set
forth. We believe that the tax
es of Benton County are already
too high and will not favor any
measure that will tend to increase
the taxes but insist on a policy
that will reduce, rather than in
crease the already too burden
some drain on the tax payers.
First National Bank, L. E.
johnson, Scott 2. Henderson, M.
M. Moulton, H. E. Munday,
Skillman VanCott, S. D. Lynch,
R. c. Mounsey, W. R. Weisel,
S. M. Lockerby, Kennewick Trad
ing Co. Ernest L. Kolb, Chas. M.
Hemphill, Hover Investment Co.
j. H. Gravenslund Kjosness
Nero. Co. Geo. F. Richardson,
A. F. Berrian, Omar w. Rich,
W. C. Cryderman, J. w. Hewet
son, Edw. Sheppard, H. A. Bier,
/. N. Mueller, C. B. Hayden. J.
E. Tun, J. O. Short, Hotel Koontz-
E. R. Sully, ]. B. Schlund, J. M.
Holmes, A. c. Brown, R. STAN
ton. Kennewick Fruit & Produce
Co. Stewart & Reser, R. H. An
derson, L. Speegle, DR.. L. G.
Spaulding, M. H. Church, Ken
newick Clothing Co. Hal H. Cole,
H. R. Vibber, F. F. Beste, E. C.
Tripp, H. j. Claussen' John J.
Rudkin, w. G. King, E. Peterson.
James A. VanNorsdall, Star Pal
ace Laundry, J. M. Hawkins, E.
A. Ferrell, VIM. Dircksen, Ro-
bert Dorothy, C. L. Holcomb,
E. R. Carnahan, G. L. Jones, B.
H. Jenkins, Chas. w. Anderson,
A. R. Gardner, Lloyd & Thresher,
Kennewick Mechanical Electric
Co
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09

Mr.. Case has covered lot of ground
and addressed many voters during
the last few weeks. He believes in
the heart-to. heart method of cam
paigning and says that the returns
on the 10th of September will sure
ly show that M. E. Hay, Bob Hodge,
ct al, also ran.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09

We, the undersigned business
men and other citizens and tax
payers of Kennewick and other
sections of Benton county trib-
utary to Kennewick, believing
that the question of imposing
debt on the county for the pur-
pose Of building a court house
should be settled by the tax pay
ers themselves, and believing
that Benton County should not
at this time become indebted for
court house, do hereby record
ourselves as being opposed to the
building Of a court house at any
point in Benton county at this
time, and do protest against the
mourning of an indebtedness for
the purpose of building a court
house until the question has been
submitted to the tax payers at an
election in which they will be
given an opportunity of giving
expression to their will with re-
ference to the incurring of said
indebtedness and we go on record
in favor Of not building a court
house anywhere in Benton Coun-
ty as long as the county will be
compelled to go in debt for the
same until at least sixty per cent
Of the tax payers voting at an
election, or until at least sixty
per cent of the electors voting at
an election shall express them
selves as favorable to the incur
ring of an Indebtedness for court
house purposes. And in the
event of the removal of the coun-
ty seat from Prosser to Kenne-
wick we will use our influence to
prevent the building of a court
house until the electors have de-
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09
BRIDGE CONTRACTS LET
TO KENNEWICK FIRM

Morain & Mayfield have been
awarded the contracts for raising,
building concrete abutments and
wing walls and repairing the coun-
ty bridges across the Yakima River
at Richland and Kiona.
From 81 900 to $4,000 will be ex-
pended on the work which will give
employment to 40 men and take
six weeks to complete. There are
1000 yards of concrete to be put in
and about 5000 yards of dirt fill.
The work will start Monday morn
ing.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09
GOVERNOR HERE TOMORROW

Fred l.. Watson received tele-
gram this morning from Gov. M.E.
Hay saying that he will arrive in
Kennewick tomorrow morning at
1920. Mr.. Watson hopes to get
the band out for the occasion and
is making other necessary arrange
ments for a cordial reception to the
states chief executive.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09

iness matters and promises to make
an aggressive campaign if success
full at the primary.
There may be a Kennewick man
in the race for the clerkship before
the filing closes, but at this writing
he hasn't quite made up his mind
t, enter the campaign.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-08-09
REGISTER!

Just about one third of the voters
in this precinct have registered.
Are you among the 900 delinquent?
If so, hike up to the city clerks
office now and get the job off your
mind.