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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-08-13
EIGHTEEN YOUNG LADIES IN QUEEN CONTEST
Choosing Sovereign Grape Carnival Promises Nothing
in Excitement Nominations Coming in by
the Bunch

War has been declared. Mob
ilization orders have been posted.
Skirmishing parties have taken
the field. Ammunition is being
assembled. Neutrality regula-
tions have been posted. In short
the fight is on. There will be no
censorship. The press has orders
to hang the monkey wrench on
the loud pedal and go as far as it
likes.
What's it all about? Well, it
isn't a question of who's who
among the crowned heads of
Europe. It's this, who's going
to wear the crown in Kennewick
as queen of the fourth annual
Columbia River Valley Grape
Carnival.
The contest has started this
year with a bang that promises to
break all records. The very first
week and eighteen young
ladies were entered in the race
by their friends. Queen clubs
and voting pools are already
being talked Of and fun in the
ballot box is not going to be lack
ing. Owing to the large number
of nominations which have come
in. the committee requests that
those who wish to place their
friends in the race to do so with
in the next few days as it will be
impossible to keep the nomina-
tions open for a longer time.
The queen this year will be
held in higher favor than ever
before, as the executive commit
tee has announced that an auto
mobile will be chartered and
placed at the disposal Of the
queen and her attendants for the
three days. In addition to this
if the queen is working she will
be supplied with a substitute for
the three days at the carnival's
expense.
The list of candidates to date
are given above. Complete rules
and regulations for voting fol-
low:
Rules Governing Qeeen Contest
All contestants are to meet al
the Commercial club hall at 9
date to be set not later than
Wednesday, August 10Th, to re.
|ceive buttons and vote-tickets,
and instructions regarding the
sale of same.
At this meeting each of the
contestants is to name the com.
mittee which is to act as corona.
ton committee in the event Of
the election Of the candidate.
All tickets are to be sold by
the contestants with the excep,
ton of such dance tickets as are
sold at the door of the dance hall,
such tickets being sold only as 9
convenience in the event tha,
none Of the contestants are or
hand. The only exception ts
this rule are the drink tickets
which will be issued with eack
drink to the purchaser thereof
Votes will be counted twice Z
week and twice at each of thu
first two dances. At the las
dance votes will be counted every
half hour, the voting to clos.
promptly at twelve o'clock Sat
urday night, Sept. 18th.
Ballots will be counted twic.
by the committee after which
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-08-13
!, YAKIMA BUYERS HERE
NJ TO BID FOR THE FRUIT
By First of Week Movement will To-
tai 30 Carloads daily-Price Holds
Firm around Thirty-five Cents

kon0cWlCk ElUcItd pCaCiiCo
are now moving out to market at
the rate of about Is carloads
daily and it is estimated that by
the first of next week the daily
output will reach 30 cars. At
this rate the bulk Of the Kenne-
with crop will have gone into
consumption before the first ship
ments start from Yakima and
other sections of the Northwest.
The price is holding firm be-
tween IS and 40 cents a box with
orders coming in faster than
they can be filled. In addition
to the District Fruitgrowers' as
sociation and the Fruit Ex-
change. Dick Rist of the Pacific
Fruit and Produce company has
been here for several days bid
ding for part Of the crop, and
Jonas G.. Hillyer, Independent
buyer and broker, arrived this
morning from North Yakima.
1T will be fully a week yet be-
fore the first shipments start
from North Yakima and am in
the market for about Is carloads
if I can get them before that
time" said Mr.. Hillyer. ''The
price is good now but the slump
is bound to come as soon as the
Yakima crop begins moving"
Elbertas in Big Demand
I'VE are now at the height of
our Elberta shipping, +" said Chas.
H. Collins, sales manager of the
Fruit exchange today. I'VE are
shipping now on an average of z
cars a day and by the latter part
of the week we expect to reach
10 to IL. kilograms have been
pouring in to us at the rate of Is
to ~ a day and two thirds of
them have been for orders on FL
bertas and Bartlett pears. We
are experiencing difficulty in get
ting fruit enough to take care of
the orders as fast as the buyers
want them. Our distribution is
very wide. Our sales are scat
tered throughout Canada, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Montana,
Wyoming, Iowa and Michigan.
We were very much surprised to
receive an order for a car OF
peaches from the northern part
.of Michigan. Inasmuch as Mich
igan is considered the peach
state of the east, this was indi.
cation of the superior quality OF
the western fruit. The bulk Of
the Elbertas will be over by
August 20, which will be fully
10 days ahead of last years
movement.
Prunes Moving Too
Italian prunes are just be-
ginning. We started in a pack
ing force on them in our ware
warehouse this morning. To date
the watermelon market is not a.
active as we would like to see it
but we are looking to its picking
up in few days. The prices
while lower than last year, ar
considerably higher than thos,
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REPUBLICANS HAVE %
DEMOCRATS FIFTEEN
Representative and Sheriff Seem to be
Most Popular Jobs-Six for Com
missioner in this District.

1 WHICH ClliiC was CdllcQ anu IIl6
covers Of the big books in the
county auditors office closed
with a snap last Saturday eve
ming, the records showed that,
Benton county has forty-five
men who want the confidence,
and votes Of the people and inci-
dentally a county Office. This
total does not include filings for
Justice of the peace and other
precinct officials.
Twenty-three republicans, 15
democrats, 5 progressives and 2
socialists are in the race. Sher-
iff seems to be the most sought
for job. Four democrats, two
republicans and one bullmooser
want it. On the republican tick
ct C. E. Duffy, who lacked but
al votes of landing the nominal
tion two years ago against W.R.
Mahan, is opposed by A. l.. va
key, the pioneer livery stable
man of Kiona.
The biennial trip to Olym-
pia is also in favor this year;
three republicans, two demo-
Gratis and one socialist are out
for the job. The contest for the
republican nomination will be a
lfour-cornered affair between G..
A. Stewart, of this city, Manly
B. Haynes, of Hanford, W.. A.
Kelso, Of Kiona, and Ezra Kemp
lof Prosser. Knute Hill and Ell.
Salisbury, of Prosser, will fight
it out for the democratic nomin-
alton.
Commissioner Scrap
In the Kennewick-Richla
district, three republicans, two
democrats and one socialist
!. want to be commissioner. JOS.
Gerards and j. K. Hawkins, of
this city, and ]. T. Roberts, of
Richland are after the republi-
can toga and N. A. McPhee, of
this city, and j. B. Clements, of
Richland, are opponents on the
democratic ticket. In the first
; district, E. j. O'Larey, of White
Bluffs, and ]. c. Syfford, of Han
ford, are seeking the commits
} ioner job via the republican
route. With one republican, one
democrat and one progressive
filed, there will be no primary
contest in the Prosser district.
+ One of the prettiest races of
all promises to develop between
L. L. Lynn and Frank E. Snively
of Prosser. Both men are wide
/ ly known throughout the county
both are experienced campaign
ers and both are after the. re-
!, publican votes for auditor. M.
c. Dele, republican candidate
: for county clerk looks lonesome.
, There ara NO othoy. f,1;noc fo,.
this office.
t The list of filings follows:
Representative: republican, G.
!, A. Stewart, Manly B.Haynes, w.
+ A. Kelso, Ezra Kemp; democrat
alic, Knute Hill, E. l.. Salisbury
h socialist, Asa Vance. Auditor
n republican, L. L. Lynn, FRANKIE
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FREE COLD STORAGE

Twin City, Ice & Cold Storage
company, has notified the carni-
val committee that his company
will furnish free cold storage for
all fruits inteded for display at
the carnival.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-06
PLAN OF FEDERAL RISER VIE
 BOARD IS ANNOUNCED

Washington. October 5--(Special )--In anticipation Of the early institution of the federal reserve banking system, the cor respondent of Tho Age-Herald has ob- tained the details as adopted by the re- serve board, of which w. P. G. Hard ing, of Birmingham, is member. As laid before the Class C directors by the federal reserve board the general scheme of organization is as follows:
 First Each federal reserve bank shall be divided carefully into departments each department representing a definite allotment of business, and the divisions corresponding with the various types of business set forth by the federal reserve law.
 Second Each federal reserve bank shall be so organized as to provide for a proper check upon the operation of the r'ember barks and for a suitable over sight on the part of the reserve agent.
 Third Each federal reserve bank shall be subject to specified internal regula- tons evolved as the result of bank ex- rerience, which win conduce to the eff 'cient and economical conduct of it's af- fairs.
 Fourth--Suitab provision shall be made in each bank for the. bonding of employees and for an active control of tlteir operations,
 The federal reserve board will fix an accounting system for the reserve banks, which. it is expected. will be identical in all cases. This will facilitate the examination of the reserve banks by the board A committee of accountants. working in the employ of the Secretary of the Treasury already has prepared this system and it now is being consid- cred by the board.
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BERNST0RFF VISIT
 ID BRYAN AROUSES
 PEACE DISCUSSIONS
German Diplomat Leaves Secretary Burdened With Peace Treaties-Refuse
 to Discuss Visit

Washington. October 5.-The call of Count Von BernstorfF. the German am- bassndor. al the stnfc department to- day, where he conferred for half an hour with Secretary Bryan. aroused much speculation in diplomatic circles here tonight to possibility that fur- ther efforts had been set in motion by the administration. indirectly at least. tO bring about pence in Europe.
 Neither the Secretary nor the ambas- sador would discuss the purpose of the visit although it is known that the diplomat made a special trip from New York in response to 'telegraphfc re : quest sent by MT Bryan. He, left the Secrotary's room burdened with copies. Of peace commission treaties negotiated by MT. Bryan with various countries and is understood to have been ask ed to forward these promptly to Berlins The treaties are typical of all the peace conventions upon which MT. Bryan has been at work. although they differ somewhat in detail.
 Treaty Discussed
 There was every reason to believe that the conference was confined en- tirely to discussion of. these. various treaties and that the European war was mentioned only in passing, if at all. ..f ssss .st.1 I
 It was regarded here. as significant,
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at not. to seScede 6 cents per pound mid ding basis.
 "The establishing of this fund will make the cotton crop d liquid asset, sta bilize it's price, and bring about nor nal business conditions in all lines of trade.
 The amount to be realized by each firancial factor will be proportioned by the committee at meeting to be held within the next few days, providing the general plan meets the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury and the fed eral reserve board
 The southern bankers wlIo attended the conference here today and ratified the plan were: r. M Hardn :. presi- dent Delta Trust and Barking company. NiclSsburg: R II. Stewart. president City National bank, Dallas; TO. Vinton. pres itent Bank. of Commerce and Trust com pany; Memphis: D- N. Fink president Commercial National bank, Muskogee. Okla. B. D. Harris vice president south Texas Commercial National bank. Hous- ton. F. w Robertson, president National Loan and Exchange bank, Columbia. I. H. Fulton. president Commercial National bank, New Orleans; C. C. Price, vice president Southern Trust company. Lit tic Rock. and J. M. Miller, vice .presi- dent First National bank. Richmond.
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RATIFY PLAN TO
 RAISE $15O, 100000
 AS COTTONLOAN
Provides for Raising of Fund By Subscriptions From National and State Banks Throughout the Country Now Awaits Approval of McAdoo and the Federal Reserve Board

St. Louis, October 5sA plan; for raisins a cotton: loan fund of sl5o,ooOooo proposed by conference of St. Louis bankers, was ratified here today by a delegation of bankers from the cotton growing states and now awaits only the approval of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and the federal reserve board before it Is carried Into effect.
 The plan as approved fin general. es- sence by nine southern bankers who had been asked by Secretary McAdoo to attend the conference with St. Louis bankers, provides for. the raising Of the fund liy subscriptions from national and state banks trust companies and mer- caiitife' and manufacturing companies throughout the country M ' es. .s,'
 It must be distinctly understood,,s de- .clared Festus, j. Wade, chairman of the St Louis Clearing House association and originator of the plau, that this is not a movement for the purchase of cotton. It is simple movement to make avail able fund of sl5o.ooo,ooo to loan on cotton
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Also, under the organization scheme governor or each reserve bank will pc elected by the regional board of di- rectors sand shall be the executive man aser of that bank. Any member of the regional board. except the chairman or Vice chairman. may be chosen for this important place. At first 1t is was be- lieved that the chairman of the regional board would be the directing head of the reserve banks, but according to the fed eral reserve boards organization scheme the chairman of the regional board or federal reserve agent. shall be the man who passes on all commercial paper of fered by member banks for redlscount and for security for issues of currency.
 In the case of the Atlanta reserve bank 1t is believed an Atlanta banker or busi- ness man will be selected for the post of governor of the institution Chairman Nellborn however. will maintain an of- flee in the Atlanta reserve bank so that he may pass quickly on the security offered bv member banks for issuea of federal reserve notes. After such com nereal paper has been approved by MT Wellborn. 1t will bc the duty of the gov ernor to pass out the currency to the member bank, lust as the cashier of |, Irivate institution pays out money to n man whose note is accepted by the bank for loan. The governor of the bank at ei' eiH'co VIII uc suDJect to the guidance of the board of directors
 Also, 1t is learned that the date for the opening of the federal reserve banks will be determined by the board of direc tors of each hank and the advisory coun Gil. This joint meeting will not be held until the district directors report tha. their institutions are ready for bust. Less. All twelve banks will open on the same date,s in order that the reserve rc- quirements of all member banks through- out the country shall change at the same time. c. E. c
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The Dead Edward King, aged 40 years, mar ried
 Charles Campbell, aged 30 years, married w. M. Long, aged 2S years, married John Zolaski, Hungarian. Robert Buebick, aged 39 years, married.
 Tony Motoski, Hungarian. M. Gahoski, Hungarian. Negroes;
 Ben Price
 Scott Garrett
 Oscar Palmer.
 William Wheeler.
 Hamp Swansey.
 Carey Howard.
 Two bodies of negroes taken from the mine but unidentified at 10 o'clock tonight; identity expected to be es- tablished in the morning.
 The Injured The list of injured as compiled by Deputy Sheriff Bob Franklin for the Woodward Iron company follows; White:
 Henry k. Williams, aged 37 years, married; dangerously injured and taken to Elizabeth Duncan infirmary at Bessemer.
 Mike O'Brien, Hungarian, slightly injured from effects of afterdamp. Dewey Ware, suffering from after damp.
 Steve Kalfos, suffering from after damp.
 Negroes:
 Will Dunlap, Nathan Mallory, James Herd, Jack Catharine, Watt Bryan, Jack Dowdell, Will Milligan,
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TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-War situation little changed. 4
 Russians claim big victories.
 Fifteen. killed in mine explosion.,
 Ratify plan. to- raise. cotton. fund. 2-Discuss plans for big cotton parade. 3--Early, glimpses of next legislature.
 Exports take big jump. 4-Editorial comment
 t--State Fair comes into it's own.
 Horton acquitted of murder, charge.
 Partial report of grand jury.
 Helena druggist fatally wounded 6--Society { Ezl s< s a.r | 7--Sports J i. s1 ,x .s f<f.93 .4lsf s-Reply of Belgian King to the Kaiser. s-Kennel club has annual dinner. q. <. s.,. ; |. :, z-Enslish mother writes to friend.
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The French, who yesterday officially re- ported that all German attacks in this region has been repulsed and that the allies had resumed the offensive ail- nouneeu today that the battle to the north scf the Csc. which commenced seriously about September 20. continues w,tn great violence with no decisive result and that at certain points the French troops have had 10 y,eld ground
 ILe Germans IF ti,ir report lssucd la st night say the battle is procesdiny sue eess.uls' for them.
 Bosh h. London and in Paris there is the efeisest confidence. although some surprise is displayed at the success of the Germans in preventing the outflanking movement. There is feeling, however that the Germans cannot extend their line much farther north without weaken ing it at some point.
 Little Change
 Along the rest of the line the French communication says there has been no Thange Therefore the progress in the region of Soissons and in Woevre, re- ported Sunday night. either has satisfied them for tile moment or they have been checked by the Germans. Of the fighting here as on their right the German re- port says 1t is proceeding favoraby for the German arms.
 Progress by either side must be ex- tlemely slow, for after every advance, Inc matter how slight, the troops mak- ing it must entrench themselves for pro- lection against the smells from the en- tmys guns posted in sti ong positions from one end of the line to the other.
 The defeat of the German army which Invaded Russia from East Prussia ap- pears from Russian accounts to have been even more decisive than previously stated According to the Russian ambas- sador at Rome the Germans were routed completely with loss of 10000 men and have been forced to abandon everything.
 The Russians now are moving forward with the object of again invading East Prussia. This victory if it is com plete as reported, is of the greatest inn ,.portance to the Russians, ss it will pre- Went the Germans from undertaking from land and sea operations which would have compelled Russia to turn at least part of its attention in this direction.
 Drove Wedge Between Forces
 General Rennenkampff apparently forces which were advancing upon Drus- . kenilSf and Ossawetz and brought about the battle of Augustowo. which resulted
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Will Thompson, Lewis Wilson, Roger Maxey, George Moore, Rag King. | All of the negroes were victims Of the deadly afterdamp. but none were seri- ously affected with the exception of one who was removed to the Elizabeth Dun can infirmary at Bessemer and who is expected to recover
 There were several other white men l slightly injured who did aot stop work ing among them being Thomas Black. a mine foreman, who suffered a cut on the head from the explosion and whose life was saved by Harry Jackson. an old negro miner. who, 1t Is was stated. saved nearly dozen miners from death by leading them out Of the mine.
 There were many other exhibitions of heroism following the explosion. The first man out of the mine was James Anderson machine man He came out dragging the unconscious form of his negro helper
 270 in Mine at Time
 Mulga mine has an output of about l250 tons of coal day It employs about S25 men and this morning e70 mine work CTS were checked in.
 few minutes before o'clock between the right ninth and tenth entries on the north haulage. about three-qtarters of a mile from the mine shaft an explosion occurred the exact cause of which is yet undetermined. There were between r-o and i35 employees In the immediate vicin- ity of the explosion and that any of them were rescued alive is said to have been due to the excellent sprinlSling sys- tom maintained at Mulga mine by the Woodward Iron company
 State Mine Inspector Nesbitt, who spent the entire afternoon in the mine, stated that it was a purely local explosion He said:
 Tt was an explosion that would be like
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"Grand Duke Nicholas has ad- dressed to the ministry of war, to be transmitted to General Joffre, a tele- gram announcing the victory of Augustowo. General Joffre has sent, in his name and in the name of the French army, his warmest congratula- tions to the commander in chief of the friendly and allied army on the battle won, which is a guarantee of future successes"
 GERMAN REVIEW
 OF SITUATION
 London. October 5-ts:25 D. m.)-A Reu- ter dispatch from Amsterdam says:
 Tn long and optimistic review of the
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situation in both the eastern and western theatres of the war the military corre- spondent of the Berliner Tagebatt, Major Moraht, though apparently not very we'll pleased with the scarcity of news from German headquarters. says the German general staff has sufficient fresh troops at it's disposal to oppose any French and British tactical attempts to outflank the German right wing and Co attack the German flank.
 Tt is Major Morahts opinion that the long drawn out line of the allied forces will be the cause of their final defeat.
 Reviewing the situation in the Argen- nes, the writer maintains that the fall of Verdun. despite the activity of the gar rison of Foul, is approaching. Though the German offensive Is hindered by the strong resistance of these fortresses this
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nrc fol eed to al andon everything
 TWO Ru;sifsi armies are pro ocsedins. one from thc west and another from the south. toward Allenstein Gin East lius- s;a. 10 miles southeast of E'5iu,)
 The German. losses have not yet teen nfsc;aliy ahcertained. but 1t Is estimated that they had i0.0oo men disabled"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-06
FIFTEEN KILLED AND INJURED IN EXPLOSIONATMULGA
Rescue Work Progresses Rap idly-Explosion of Pocket of Gas Tn Ninth and Tenth Entries-But One of In- jured Badly Hurt.
By RICHARD F. LussrER

Muga, October 6Specia )At 1:15 o'clock this morning all the the surface completely exhausted that time 5 bodies had been brought the surface and thought that there might be another body the One missing but whether he went home is still in the mine was not established The search will be later this morning
 Muiga, October 5.( Special At o'clock tonight 3 bod es had been taken from the by parties Rick Woodward president of the Woodward Iron company which operates the property stated that there remaining in the entries where the explosion workers he says, will stay the mine until all the bodies recovered
 The total of dead and injured from the explosion the ninth and tenth entries of Muga mine few before o'clock this morning. officially given out at o'clock tonight Superintendent l. c. Darymple follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-06
Defeat of Germans Is
 S Complete, Says Russia

Rome, October 5.--Cvia Paris, 11:2o p. m., The Russian embassy here tonight made public an official communication received from the Russian headquarters staff. say ing:
 ''The defeat of the Germans is complete. Tleir retreat is changing into rtsur that ls sv disordesly and precipita.e that they