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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
MILWAUKEE CUTTING
PRIEST RAPIDS ROCK
Railway Obtains Essential Piece
of Right Of Way Along the
Columbia River

Word has reached North Yakima
that the Milwaukee railroad has
achieved the ownership of the last
strip of right of way required for the
construction of its line on the White
Bluffs branch, so-called. This stretch
is at the Priest Rapids canyon and as
"a consequence of the settlement of
this barrier to progress, steam show
els and other machinery have been
placed at work on the rock cut
through the gorge. 1t is reported
that the earth work has been COM
pleted and that rock work Is now be-
ing engaged in and that camps are
being instituted at various points
through the rock country. The rail-
way for its grade takes a portion OF
the old wagon road along the rapids
and is therefore under the necessity
of restoring, In part, the wagon trail
and to do this will use much of the
material removed for its cut in the
gorge. The wagon highway across
that stretch of country will be costly
but slightly, as 1t will be along the
face of the bluff probably two or
three hundred feet high in some
places.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
IN WATER SEARCH
Well Driller Says That More Peo-
pie Are Interested Locally
That Ever Before .

Interest in the search for artesia n
water in this valley is greater now,
according to e. NJ. Churchill, well
driller. than at any time since he has
been in this valley. Mr. Churchill
has been "A well driller here for sew
eral years and has kept himself we'll
posted as to the extent of the drill
ing in operation. There is more work
of the kind right now and more talk
of such work he says that he has
ever known. Government reports in
dictate that there Is no arteslan water
to be found on the reservation or K
any that it is so far below the basalt
as to be too expensive to go after.
The water find on the Harrah ranch
has disproven this government theory
and the strikes at Pomona and other
places have aided in discrediting the
statements of the government sur
veyors. Many of those who are after
water will be satisfied with pumping
supply not seeking flowing water, but
others are after the real thing. One
firm located further up this valley is
reported to have made a contract for
thousand feet of drilling at 81 per
foot and if the needed supply is not
obtained at that depth will keep go
ing.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
Senator La Toilette Charged That
Some Officials Of Department
Have Tempered With Letters
SAYS SPIES WANT TO
KNOW OF HIS PROBING
Department Heads Say Charges
Are Ridiculous a. No One Il In
terested in Replies Senator Il
Getting From Postal Clerks

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE dis
cussion of the postoffice appropriA-
ton bill. which is to go; to vote to-
morrow. was enIivened today when
Senator La Toilette, speaking on
house provision granting to employees
of the postal servie the right to or
ganize, deliberately charged officials
of the postoffice with rifiing his mail
in an attempt TO delve into the investi-
cation he is making into the postal
service.
Mail Is Tempered With
He showed letters said to have been
tempered with, and said his mail had
been subjected to an espionage all
most Russian in character"
The postoffice officials declare. the
charges are ridiculous, and say that no
official would have any interest in the
replies of the postal clerks to Sena-
tor La Toilette.
Parcel Post Substitute
The Bourne Bristow plan for par
eel post with system of graduated
charges based on eight zones of dis
tance dividing jthe country was
placed in the bill today as substitute
for the house provision which outlined
a flat charge Of II cents pound
throughout. HuHls.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
PEARS AND PEACHES
ARE SELLING BETTER
Chicago Market Indicates an In.
creased Value to the Fruit
Supplies

Offering at auction today in de-
ciduous fruits, says the August let
ter of Denney & Co., Chicago, con-
sisted of 22 cars, and was made up OF
5 cars of peaches, containing mostly
Elbertas; 2 cars OF grapes, ten cars
of pears, five cars mixed of different
varieties of peaches, plums, prunes
and grapes. Market was higher On
nearly all varieties. Bartlett pears
advanced 15c, Malaga grapes soc
peaches were also sc to 10c higher
This was largely due to lessening re-
ceipts of peaches from other sections
that is southern bushels and carriers
from Texas and Arkansas. Peach,
prune and pear sales and prices were
as follows: 4485 boxes Bartlett
pears, $155 to $3.50; averaged $1.70;
Apt boxes Elberta peaches. Acc to
zoe; averaged Sic; 265 boxes Craw-
ford peaches, Csc to soc, averaged
Soc. 76. boxes Foster peaches, 45c to
55c; averaged SIC; las h. c. Tragedy
pr, s1.00 to $3.50; averaged 1921;
698 h. c. German pr, $1.10 to $1.45;
averaged $1.29
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
MOUNTAIN CLIMBER
FALLS TO HER DEATH
Miss Helen Hunt, Seattle School
Teacher, Falls 500 Feet
From Pinnacle Peak

TACOMA, Aug IL. A telephone
message from Longmire Springs on
Mount Rainier states that Miss Helen
Hunt, a school teacher of Seattle. fell
five hundred feet from Pinnacle Peak
to her death this morning.
She was a member of the Tacoma
Y. w. c. A. party which left here
Tuesday to spend ten days on the
mountain. Sixteen Of the party made
the climb this morning. the accident
happening just after the ascent was
begun.
The other women of the party, I'M
nerved by the accident, were let down
by ropes. The body of Miss Hunt,
every bone broken, 1t Is said, will be
brought to Tacoma tonight by auto
mobile. Her home Is said to have
been at Tama, Iowa.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
AGED WOMAN CRIES AS
SHE SHOWS HOW BANK
TOOK HER LAST DOLLAR

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-Two
persons attracted attention in front OF
the building of the Continental Build
ing & Loan association, one was
Francis j. Brandon of the State
Building Loan commission. entitled "a
possession under the statute, which
the banks counsel declares unconsti-
tutional.
Brandon sat all day on the steps
because he could not get inside. The
other figure was that of an aged
woman, who wept as she told how
she had been induced to draw her
last thousand from the savin gs
baak and deposit II with the Con-
tinental. The bank book showed thai
her deposit was made after the in
vestigation had begun.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
MADE IN WASHINGTON
DAY NOW SET ASIDE
Governor Marion E. Hay Fixe.
Date Which Should Be
Observed by All

Made in Washington Day will be
Saturday, August 81, according to
proclamation of Governor M E. Hay
q "a Mada7 in Washington Day
serves to CALI attention to state pro-
ducts"
The proclamation issued by Cover
nor Hay follows isis Ell saf
F Whereas the development ofohome
industries is OF, the first Importance To
the people of the state; and
Whereas, Encouragement to Wash
ington manufacturers can be given by
every citizen seeking for and giving
preference to Washington-made arti-
cles;
Now. therefore, I, M E. Hay, gov
ernor of the state of Washington, do
hereby declare Saturday, August 81
1912, rs.
Made in Washington Day
And urge that on that day the peo-
pie of this state in making purchases
call for Washington made products
and that they acquaint themselves
with the excellence of the goods man.
ufactured here
In witness whereof, have hereun-
to set my hand and caused the sea
of the State to be affixed at Olympia
this eighth day of August, A. D..
nineteen hundred and twelve.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
BABY BOY DROWNED
IN THE SELAH CANAL
infant Son Of c., n. Watkins 81
Pomona Loses His Life When
He Falls Into the Water


The infant SON of Mr.. and Mrs G.
~, Watkins, of Pomona, was drowned
Monday about noon in the Selah &;
Mckee canal. The body was recover
ed within very few minutes prob
ably a mile distant from where the
little fellow isjbelieved to have fallen
In. The boy, who was but two years
old, was playing alone and is believed
to have strayed to the bridge which
crosses the ditch near his home and
to have fallen in. He was missed
and search was at once begun and
the body was recovered within ten
or fifteen minutes, it is believed, of
the time the little fellow fell in. The
body was found near the Simmons
place. Much sympathy was expressed
among friends and neighbors when
the accident was learned of by them.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
Midnight Fire Destroys Northern
Pacific Equipment for Icing
Fruit Cara
FORTY CARS DESTROYED
AND BUILDING is WRECK
But Small Proportion of Contents
Of Plant Il Lost and Condi-
lions Will Be Re-established in
Few Days

The ice house at Pasco containing
the ice intended for icing the cars
carrying Yakima fruit over the North
ern Pacific railway was burned Sat
urday at midnight. Within an hour
and half from the time the fire
was discovered the building was de-
stroyed and with it some Ave thou
sand tons of Ice. The building, which
was an old structure, was constructed
to carry about $4,000 tons Of ice and
was filled at the last icing season for
the business Of this year. Naturally
not very large proportion Of the ice
had been removed, as the shipping
season has not yet reached its height
Much Ice is Saved
Active work with tarpaulins. straw
and sawdust, as soon as work was
possible, resulted in the ice supply
remaining being covered and work
men are now engaged clearing away
the wreckage of the old house that
new walls may be built up around
the supply. 1t is believed that the
fire was the result of a lighted torch
left in the neighhorhood by workmcn
who were engaged in icing ctrs, a
night and day crew being used and
the men having left for then mid
night lunch at the time of the lire.
Forty Cars Destroyed
Forty cars were destroyed with the
Ice house, some of them refrigerator
cars, but so far as any information
has reached Yakima they were ali
empties preparing for icing and distri.
button.
Cars needed for. immediate use
were distributed to various North
Yakima ice manufacturing plants
and sosns were lead at spokana tc
take care of immediate shipments
and 1t Is expected that today or to.
morrow at farthest the Pasco plant
will be again ready for service.
One result of the Are, and proba-
bly, 1t is just as well to glory in It, as
no serious damage has been done
otherwise to the growers and distrib-
utors, Is that the railway icing plant
at Pasco TO replace that destroyed
will be modern. The need of the
fruit shipping districts have grown 50
great that a modern equipment is, es-
sential and will now be easy The
loss of time and cars must. of course
be regretted. 1850 ;,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
KENNEwICK AND COUNTY SEAT
Newspaper Charges That Prosser Peo-
pie are in Deal

Last Tuesday S. J. Harrison, pro-
moter of Benton City, filed his coun-
ty seat petition with the commission
ers. About ESQ Prosser people (near-
~ one-third) signed this paper-de-
liberately asked that the county seat
be removed from their own town. All
of which merely proves conclusively
what has been surmised ever since
Benton City talked of entering the
race. 1t proves that Benton City's as
pirations arc a huge farce. as far rs
any hope her promoters ever really
had of getting the county seat moved
down and planted on his townsite
(most of which is now vacated.
1t proves that the Prosser ring,
knowing that vote for Benton City
is vote for Prosser. and being afraid
TO face the issue squarely on its mer-
its, has made 1t an object for Harri-
son to enter the fght.-Kennewick
Courier.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
SHEEP SALE
HUGE TOTAL
Ellis Raglan, Representing Fry &
Co., Buys Nine Thousand
of Yakima Stock
MEASURES ARE PASSED
TO SAFEGUARD TRAVEL
ON SEACOINC VESSELS
Life Belts ant life Boats Must Be
Provided Enough For All
Aboard

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-Two OF
the measures passed by the house to-
d grew out of the agitation to safe
ic disaster.
One provides that each passenger
carrying vessel must hereafter be
equipped with enough life belts for
every passenger and member of the
crew and with life boats sufficient to
remove all human beings at one time.
1t also extends the inspection OF
ocean going steamers TO those flying
foreign flags. but which touch Ameri
can ports.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
Baseball Game at Sumach Park
Sunday Afternoon Was Cork.
ing Good Exhibition
WINNING RUNS WERE
MADE IN THE NINTH
Credit for Victory Goes to Nelson,
Who Struck Out ID of His Op-
ponents and Pitched Great Ball
in the Pinches

Nearly 500 people were in attend
ance at Sumach park Sunday after
noon to see one of the niftiest and
scrappiest games of baseball that has
been on the local diamond this year.
The contesting teams were the Mckee
City boys and the North Yakima
Tigers, the latter taking the game by
the score of s to g. There was not
a minute of the game that was not
interesting. Nearly 500 rooters were
present from Mckee, and the manner
in which they rooted was something
wonderful. The audience was i'm
partial and all the good plays were
applauded, which made 1t enjoyable
for the players.
The credit OF the victory properly
belongs to Nelson, who pitched a
strong game. and in addition con-
tributed two safe hits. one a two
Dagger. To him hats must be lifted
and low obeisance made. But to
get back to our muttons' and tell
how the game WAS played.
Considerable money had been wag-
cred that Tigers would win two to
one. In order to take advantage OF
the full nine inningsI Captain Grover
sent the Tigers to bat first
The game started off In a manner
to please the most fastidious fan. In
the first two innings the Tigers went
out In order. The Moxeeites were re-
tired in the first inning in order, but
the second made bid for run, but
were foiled. Lien started the inning
with two-bagser. Higdon went out
on fly to Getchell Lien took third
on passed ball. Berkeley drew a
base on balls and stole second. Nell
" (C-ontinued9 on nara etwht,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
POSSE PURSUES MAN
WHO MAY Be [YMcHED
Unknown Negro Who Assaulted
Mrs. w. Barclay of Hunting
ton Is Nearly Caught

BAKER, Ore. Aug. 12.-Pursued
by posse of angry men who 1t is
feared VIII take summary measures
an unknown negro, believed to be
a man who assaulted Mrs. W. Bar
clcy - Huntington last night, Is
thought TO be hiding just across
Snake river in Idaho. A negro an
sH erIng the description was seen by
two hoys..stOne bloodhound Is on the
trail
Barclay, r1ilroad engineer. eft
home for work. A criminal entered
the house. gagged md assaulted his
wife He told her he saw her isad-
ing the choir in the Methodist church
and felt infatuated. Mrs. Barclay was
beaten over the head and is in criti-
cal condition
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
INCREASE REWARD TO $500
Richey & Gilbert Company Double
Offer for FOrgers of Letter

The reward or 500 offered by the
Richey & Gilbert company forsinfor-
nation leading to the arrest ana con-
viction Of persorE who forged the
typewriter letters and signature of
the company and sent them to COM
mission houses and retail dealers in
the northwest has been Increased to
$500, and advertisements announcing
the increa1esare being published,
The lett@f forged was copy Of one
sent out NJ the company, on their
own letterheads, ito retail dealers i,
the middlSTest but not to any part
of the nof<hwest The forgery was
made on Imsy paper. and was an
exact copyfspf tbs original letter. in
Guiding copS9for advertising appended
thereto. l
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
MAchinists and Boiler Makers Quit
Work at Noon Monday in
Struggle for Recognition
TEN MEN ARE INVOLVED
IN THE LOCAL PROTEST
Railway Authorities Do Not Rec
ognize Such Labor Difficulties
and Will Replace Those Who
Are Out of Employment

There was strike Monday at noon
Of boiler makers and machinists of
the O.-W. r. & N. in North Yakima.
Six or seven machinists and two or
three boilermakers connected with
the steam railroad and the electric
line went out on strike, the principle
involved, it is understood being
whether Or not the organization OF
shop operatives is to be recognized.
1t will be remembered that some
months ago machinists in the employ
or the Hartman lines went on strike
on some such similar principle and
are still out. Representatives of the
men who struck have been in Yak
L; several times and as result of
tE-.r negotiations the local men
Joined the protest and are now idle.
Recognize No Strike t
So far as the Hartman people are
concerned, it is reported there is no
strike because the railroad company
does not recognize any such thing. It's
attitude Is to replace those who are
WI VA'h ASW iiiCIi SPccullN. DIS pos
sible and proceed with it's work. The
new men employed will be the ODD
men If they desire to go back as new
men or other men who are available
and qualified. Because of this atti-
tude on the part of the Hartman
people not to recognize a strike it may
said, technically, that the men who
quit work Monday are out of en-
ployment.
Trouble Is Regretted
Yakima shops Of the street rail
way and O.-W. r. & N. are in no way
concerned. 1t is said, with the gem
eral strike except as regards the
principle and it was hoped that the
influence would not extend here AS
the men here were home owners md
builders and were not doing repair
" ork which went to the districts
where the strike is in effect neither
were the engines from this line being
used elsewhere Also, It is Said, tn
strike conditions have not been such
as to lead to the expectation that the
local men could have much Influence
one way or another. In brief IL is
regretted generally that the Yakima
M are 4 inyolYed "a though adding
their mite to- Uphold fthes brlhkfple
which theit brethren arefistrigsrhg
for.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14

WHsHINGToN. Aug; 12.-Senator
Newlands of Nevada takes position
with respect to. the negro question
more advanced than any Of his col
leagues yet have taken He comes out
for white mans government" and
an amendment to the constitution
that will withdraw the voting fran
chise from negroes yet to be born.
1.-THE blacks had a right to be made
free men," he says, "but did they
have the right to be made sovereigns?
And was not their sudden transfor-
nation from slaves to sovereigns the
greatest cruelty that could be inflicted
upon them, as we'll as upon the
whites? Freedom was a right; suf-
frage was a privilege. The former
was beneficial, the latter prejudicial.
While securing and strengthening the
former, why not withdraw the latter.
avoiding even the appearance Of in
justice by applying it only to those
hereafter born?
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
MASSACRE .OF
!eA!!!N LOAD
Mexican Rebels AmbuX. Asu m
Derail Cars and Pour Deadly
Fire Into Passengers
SETTING FIRE TO WRECK
THEY MUTILATE THE. DEAD
Thirty-Five Soldiers andl Twenty
Passengers Killed and Brutality
Of Wounded UnrestrAined by
Commanding Officers

MEXICO CITY, Aug. f2.-Thirty-
live soldiers and 20 passengers were
killed in an assault by Zapatists on a
passenger train from Mexico City
near Cuatla Morelos, yesterday. The
train was ambushed in a canyon and
Dnly q few escaped. M
Ambuscade on Hillside
A rail had been loosened and as
the locomotive left the track a volfey
of rifle shots was poured from the
hillside into the train with deadly eff
feet conferred upon the coach in which
most of the soldiers were riding, but
= ooon became general The en-
trenched soldiers returned the fire
until all were killed. The passengers
then took up the guns from the fallen
soldiers but the unequal battle lasted
~ . short time. The rebel leaders
made no effort to withstrain their
men from brutality.
Set Wreck on Fire
The cars were set ON fire and the
Rouuded, crawling from the wreck,
Ooeo struck down without pity. The
fingers of men and women were
chopped off to get the rings and or
naments were torn from the ears OF
Vomen and their bodies mutilated.
.f, Newspapermen Killed
Two newspapermen were among
those killed. One was H. L. Strauss.
and the other the consular agent OF
Uruguay. Both were on their way to
interview Miliano zatpata, chief of the
rebels.
2 Two trainmen, both wounded
scrawled through the rebel lines to a
telegraph station twelve miles distant
and told of the massacre. The au-
sthorities at Cuatla are planning a
ipunitive expedition.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
HAVEMEYER CONTROLLED
BEET SUGAR BUSINESS !.
II FROM MEXICAN BORDER
Fixed Prices for Products and Die
tatcd All Lines of Policy

Fixed Prices FOR Products and Die
tated All Lines of Policy
DENVER, Aug. 12.-Letters pur-
porting to show that the beet sugar
industry of Colorado was dictated by
Fl. o. Havemeyer, head of the Am
erican Sugar Refining Co., was intro.
duced today in the governments in
quiry before Special Commissioner
to dissolve the so-called sugar
trust"
The letters were not rad but will
be later. One telegram signed H
o. H." saying he could not pay over
$3.50 for beets was answered by a
litter form Chester 8. Moorey, head
of the Great Western Sugar Co, say
ing beets would advance in the flu
ture without submitting the matter
to Havemeyer. Other letters tend to
show that Havemeyer dictated the
policy of the company throughout.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
MILWAUKEE, WRECK
NEAR KEEcHElUS
Five Killed, Many Injured, When
Engines Go OFF Trestle Drag
glng Cars Down

SEATTLE, Aug. lo.--Ffye persons
wsre killed ard several injured when
the wesebound Olynpiln train OF the
Cnicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
broke through bridge near Keeche-
lus, Ct miles east of Seattle late to-
day. The dead are Mrs. Simon Zurich,
Seattle. engineers Townsend and No
BILE and Fireman Thimbel.
The forward engine was derailed on
the bridge and the pounding of the
wheels on the ties broke down the
bridge, the engines and two cars fall
ing into the creek.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
ROCKHILL ADVISER TO CHINA
Position to Be rendered to Former
American Minister

LONDON. Aug. 1.-THE Picking
correspondent of the Daily Telegra pm
cables he understands China has Of
fered the post of adviser to the gov
eminent to William Rockhill, Ameri-
can ambassador at Constantinopla,
who it was stipulated would not be
affected by political conditions sur
rounding the new republic.
Chinese newspapers suggest the
appointment of Admiral Lord Beres-
ford as naval adviser to China. Rock
hill was formerly American minister
to China.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
HEAVY FIGHTING ON BORDER
Mexican Federals and Rebels Clasl,
Iis With Latter Having Victory

TUCSON, Ariz.. Aug 12,-Heavy
fighting is in progress today btween
Mexican federals and rebels at Alta
durai, Sonora.
The rebels advanced and opened
fire just before noon. A trainload OF
federal troops were prevented from
leaving Ladura because of burned
bridges and by 1900 rebels who
forced them to retreat.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
Orozco DELAYS Departure

JURAZ, Aug. 12.-Orozco again
today postponed the evacuation Of
this city. although forces are ready
to move on short notice. 1t is said
the rebels will make no move until
trict.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-08-14
STEAMER STRUCK ICEBERG
Wireless From Captain Says That
Little Damage Was Done

MONTREAL. Aug. 12.-The Allan
line steamer Corsicana. which sailed
Friday from Montreal for Liverpool,
with zoo passengers, struck an ice
berg east of Belle Isle late today. but
apparently sustained little damage A
wireless FRONT the captain says the
steamer was Ngoing very slowly at
the time and will proceed on its voy-
age