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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-06-08
BRYAN BELIEVES LANGUAGE SHOULD NOT BE OFFENSIVE President Gives State Secre- tary Note to Phrase Ac-
 cording to His Ideas. WANTS CT. BRITAIN
 CALLED TO ACCOUNT Bryan Urges Sending to England Note He Prepared Several Weeks Ago, Demanding Respect for Rights of
 American Commerce.

Washington, June "A cabinet crisis has arisen over the note to Germany
 That an acute difference of opinion existed between the members of the cabinet over the terms of the note, became known definitely this after noon, when Secretary Bryan went to the white house. and, after a talk with the president, took the note back to the state department to couch it in the phraseology which he thought should be employed.
 The note as originally phrased by the president and as revised by Secre- tary Bryan this evening with the as- sistance of Counselor Lansing, will be considered by the full cabinet tomor- row and a decision reached on it's IlHdl lIS,
 Another and most important ques- tion to be considered by the cabinet tomorrow will be whether or not it is advisable for the United States to send firm note to Great Britain de- manding all rights of American com merce and international law at the same time the note to Germany is forwarded.
 Secretary Bryan is of the opinion that this sheuld be done.
 Prepared Note to Britain.
 The International News Service learned on the highest authorit, that Secretary Bryan had prepared such a note at the time the first note was sent to Germany and had urged that the issues between the two nations and the United States be taken up. synchronously.
 The president and the cabinet dis agreed with Secretary Bryan and de- cided that the issues should be made separately.
 Since then, MT. Bryan has urged re- peatedly that the note which he had prepared, protesting against Great Britain's infringements on the rights of American commerce, should be forwarded, but he had not succeeded in obtaining the authority of the president and the cabinet to send it.
 It is understood that Secretary Bry- an did not fully approve of the lengths to which the president went in his "strict accountability" note to Germany.
 Protection for Neutrals.
 President Wilson himself was not inclined-and from the best informa- tion obtainable with respect to his present intention-is not inclined now to make the demands of his first note less vigorous in the second cominun- ication now being framed. It is stat ed that he will not insist that Ger many cease submarine warfare against all merchant vessels unless she conducts such warfare strictly according to the rules of information al law. but that he will insist just
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-06-08
SCOTS CAPTURE
 FOUR GERMAN
 SUBS IN NETS
Undersea Craft Make Oar ing Raid Up Firth of Fay,
 and Come to Grief.

New York, June Flour German submarines were captured in the Firth of Fay, on the east coast of Scotland in recent raid, according to officers oft he liner Cameronia, which arl'iv- ed from Glasgow today.
 These undersea craft made raic up the Firth. and passed under Icy bridge, the longest bridge in the world. and wa:ecaueht on tleir re- turn in nets spread by the port au- ,hOrities
 The subma ines were kept ontangl- eG 62 hours, said the officers, after which they were allowed to come up. The crews were found to be exhaust cd and surrendered i.nnedia:ev.
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Council Repeals First Ordi- nance, Immediately Adopt
 ing Another Similar.
ALSO STIMULATES
 ENUMERATION PLAN
Well Declares Ordinance Is "Reyer. sion to Dark AgeS"; That It Will Be Hardship on Poor Man-Niyen
 Gets Favorable Street Action.

! The city conEcjl last night repeal ed the per capita street tax ordi- nance, becausa of alleged defects and then, under suspension of the rules, read three times and finally adopted another ordinance. of about the same nature, and which has the same purpose Tn view.
 The new ordinance makes the tax applicable to all able bodied male residents of tho city between the ages of IS and 45 years, this to con- form with the state law on such mat ters.
 The new ordinance also provides that the warnings for street work shall be issued by the street com missioner, or lis deputy, and that tho warnings shall be issued by wards, staring with the first ward. Alderman Veil alone was opposed to the ordinance, as he has been op- posed to such ordinance since its first mention. He again referred to it as reversion 10 the dark ages" and stressed :he allegation that the ordinance taxed the poor man, who will be compelle5 to work the streets while the rich man can afford to avoid such labor by paying the rax In his talk, Mr. Veil stated times are very hard now and many people in Pine Bluff are unable 10 buy fo, ,i.
 The council also finally adopted the ordinance creating the position of deputy street commissioner, and then elected Evan Parnell. now city detective, to that office Mir. Well again objected. and he once more called attention to the fact that the city is banking on something which is not yet a certainty. thus referring to the per capita tax and the applica- tion for injunction which is now pending in the chancery court.
 Complete Paving District.
 Final organization of paving dis trict No. 34, which embraces Laurel street from Sixth to Fifteenth and Fifteenth avenue from State s'raet to Cherry street., was perfected by the council last night, when a reso- lution was adopted naming J. H. Hudson. E. w. Phillips and E. A. Howell as the commissioners of the district.
 N. J. Can't Jr.. attorney for the petitioners, read a statement from the abstractors, showing the prop erty involved aggregated in value $229,45O, while the signers. ot the second petition own property valued at $139 S75.
 Will Buy Metal Culverts.
 Alderman Niven, chairman of the committee on pu.lic works. r:eom- mendtd tAat the council 'nstrict tn } board of publi, offairs to advertise for a car of metal cu'verts, for use in improving the streets.
 Mr. Niven mentioned that the car of culverts will cost about f5,00O. and that the bill need not be paid until July, 1917 The council took favorable action on the recommends tion, and Mayor Bloom asked that the board of public affairs. Alderman Niven of the committee on public works and Alderman Veil of the finance committee. meet with the mayor Monday next at 1O:3O a. m.. to discuss the street work and other necessary improvement matters.
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Must Stop Trains.

Little Rock, June 7.-The Arkansas railroad, commission has made an order directing the M. D. & G. rail- road to stop it's trains at Roseboro and Amity, on that portion of its line which is leased from the Iron Noun tain. The road must pay the Iron Mountain 70 per cent of all business done at those stations.
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MEMPHIS ITALIANS.
 500 STRONG, TO WAR
Contingent Will Sail From New Orleans in 30 Days, According
 to Consul Gallela.

Memphis, June Hive hundred Italians. residing in the Memphis consular district, Have been called to the colors, and will leave for the front via. New Orleans within the next 30 days, according to announce ment late today by John Gallela local Italian consul.
 All expenses will be paid by their government
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ASK RECEIVER FOR KNIGHTS OF
 HONOR s. LODGE
Petitioners Say Organiza- tion Carrying Insurance of
 23 Million on $40O,O00.

St. Louis, June '7.-Application was made to the federal district court here today for the appointment of a receiver for the Knights of Honor, a fraterna1 organization. The petition says that on April 30, last, the liabil- ities of the order were approximately $6GO,00C and the assets $40O,000. The outstanding insurance is placed at $23 100000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-06-08
9.ooo Masons Visit Buffalo.

Buffalo, June 7.-Over 5000 mem bers of the supreme council, Mystic Yelled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm are in the city today. in an- |nual convention. The delegates come from all sections of the country.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-06-08
Liner St. Louis Arrives.

New York, June 7.-The steamer St. Louis, which arrived today brought S31 passengers, of whom 2g7 were in the first cabin. It was the liners first trip since she was refit- ted to accommodate first cabin pas sengers.
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CAN RIDE ON PASSES.
Widows and Children of Pensioned
 Employees Not Barred

Washington, June 7.-The inter- state commerce commission made the ruling today that the widow Of a pensioned railway employe and the minor heirs, during their minority. may ride on passes without violating interstate commerce, law.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-06-08
West Texans Shiver.

San Angelo. Texas, June 7.-Over' coats were worn here today when ar unusual norther swept into the Southwest, causing a drop of ahou 40 degrees here in five hours. Tenn peratures in this section ranged around 30.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-06-08
Welcome Lodge a Branch.

Welcome lodge. Knights of Honor, of Pine Bluff is a branch of the or ganization for which receiver was asked al St. Louis yesterday.
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Women,s Tennis Championships

Philadelphia, June 1.-The wom- ems national tennis championships opened here today. Later there will
 be an itation-teurnament in. Mem phls.
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Execute 17 as Spies.

Rotterdam, June 7-Seventeen per-
 sons, including three women. have bee nshot at Liege as spies,
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rhe Weather

'esday and Wednesday.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05
MISS WARD TO SPEAK
HERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Assistant Superintendent of Boys
and Girls Work Comes Under
Clubs Auspices

Miss Florence E. Ward, Of the fac
ulty of the State College at Pullman,
will address the ladies Of Kennewick
and surrounding country tomorrow,
(Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in
the Commercial club rooms. Miss
Wards subject will be "a Forward
Step in Education" and the address
will be the same as delivered before
the meeting of the state federation in
Spokane.
Miss Ward is assistant superinten-
dent of boys and girls industrial
work in the state and as such she ex-
poets to make several visits to Kenne-
wick during the year. Her address
tomorrow will be of an Introductory
nature for the purpose of interesting
the mothers in the work which the
state has planned for their boys and
girls.
Although Miss Ward is coming un-
der the auspices Of the Kennewick
Woman's club the meeting is open to
the general public and every woman
in the community is urged to attend.
There will be no admission charge.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05
COMMISSIONERS GIVE
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION
Unpaid Warrants Drawn Prior to jan
uary 1, 1885, to be Cancelled
After September z

ing notice that all county warrants
issued prior to January 1, 1915, will
be cancelled on September 2, unless
prior to that time all persons inter-
ested in said warrants appear in per-
son and by affidavit before the county
auditor and establish:
First-That they or their assignors
performed the labor or furnished the
supplies for which the warrants were
originally issued.
Second-That they have never re-
ceived compensation from Benton
county for the claim upon which the
original warrant was drawn.
All warrants drawn prior to Janu-
ary l., 1915, are subject to cancella-
tion by statute and the cancellation
will be absolute if made.
The outstanding total several hun
dred in number and are mostly Of
small denominations. Included in the
list are the following:
G. N. Calhoun, No. 6O87, 1920; Ike
M. Ely, 659s, $1,000; H. C. Tweedt,
1904, $1,000; w. A. Morain, 6211,
$3.50.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05
MAROONED IN ATTALIA

A dusty ride on a freight train and
a hike across the N. p. bridge in the
gray hours of early morn brought to
an unromantic end, an automobile
JOY ride which J. M. Hawkins and w.
H. Stimson began Friday afternoon.
When DR.. Crosby received hurry-up
call to Alfalfa they took passage in the
rear seat of the Buick. Later, when
the physician boarded special train
with his patient, Jim and Slim were
left in custody Of the auto. AS a
Buick is a valve-in-head proposition
and refuses to work like spigot or
a razor-strop, what the two marooned
joy-riders knew about running it was
Mt much. They did know few things
about freight trains and away along
in the black hours of the night they
commsndeered one which landed them
1t the N. p. bridge anead of the day
patrolman.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05
BOY SHOOTS FATHER

~. +. M. Crosby was called to At
!. ana Friday afternoon to attend R. H.
sssei' a blacksmith Of that place, who
.as accidentally shot by his son while
.anslns rabbits. DR.. Crosby chartered
:, peciai train out Of Pasco and rushed
~ s wounded man to Walla Walla,
A.le an operation was Immediately
;ormed. For several days Steel
p'oVeo steadily but died Monday af-
"oon from an internal hemorrhage.
IS survived by widow and four
ss | The accident occurred as the
~ "sr and son We're returning from
n,.. -. aunt, The boy, in attempting to
c;S.s., cid = z2-calibre rifle on safety. ac-
la'ally i. pulled the trigger. The bull
ensered the parents back and
'ced the liver and the intestines.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05
VISITS HIS OLD HOME

Robert Dorothy returned the first Of
the week from q three months visit
with friends and relatives in Wyom-
ing, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa.
This is Mr.. Dorothy's first visit east
for 80 years and he had the pleasure
of meeting many nieces and nephews
whom he had never seen before. he
returns highly elated with his trip.
saying that all the sixty-odd years OF
his life he has never experienced q
more enjoyable three months. Crop
conditions in the states he visited, he
says, are excellent, nut considerable
damage has been done by the recent
heavy rains and overflowing rivers.
He found country roads in some sec
tions practically impossible because
of mud and the dust Of the Kennewicls
country for once was really welcome.
Mr.. Dorothy was accompanied by a
sister, who lives in Idaho.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05
Second Carnival Preliminary to
be Open-Air Dance at the
Conway Pavilion
FIRST FUND-RAISING
FUNCTION is A SUCCESS
Large Crowd Makes Merry at the Ice
Cream Social-Exhibitors are
Asked to Begin Plans

Preliminary number two in the
warming-up campaign for the Fifth
Annual Grape Carnival will be staged
next Wednesday evening on what is
left of the Conway pavilion on Third
street. The pavilion came into ex-
intence some years ago as an open-air
dancing pavilion. 1t promises to exit
by the same route, as rne roof has been
dismantled and the walls torn down,
but the floor remains. Consequently,
preliminary number two will be an
open-air dance with such trimmings
as may be necessary to make it one
of the most pleasant social functions
of the summer season.
The ice cream social Saturday eve-
ming with which the committee opened
the series of Embarrassing entertain
ments, was well attended and was in
every respect very successful affair.
The. little park west of Hotel Kenne-
wick was attractively lighted for the
occasion, while Mr.. and Mrs. HI. j.
Claussen opened the doors Of their
dining room where an informal dance
was given in connection with the So
cial. The committee is indebted to the
4 .
ladies of the town for the donation of
more than 20 cakes and to the Brett
haupt Nurseries for cut flowers, large
bouquets of which adorned the tables.
Secretary H. E. Groom and the COM
mittee are rapidly getting the pre-
mium list in shape for publication.
Local business men have responded
very literally to the call for merchan-
disc prizes and the awards will prob
ably be more attractive than ever.
Attention now is to be turned to in
teresting growers in making exhibits.
County Agriculturalist Lee M. Lamp
son is rendering valuable assistance
in this respect and has collected some
choice sheaves Of wheat from num-
ber Of the hill ranchers. Mr.. Groom
all those who wish to COM
pete this year to confer with him as
soon as possible regarding space and
plans for displaying their products.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05
VALLEY EDITORS MEET

The midsummer. meeting of the
Yakima Benton press association was
held at Zillah last Saturday. Fore
noon and afternoon business sessions
were held, the visiting editors being
splendidly entertained by the ladies Of
the Christian church with a big chick
en- dinner at noon.
The following papers were given
at the afternoon session: "How can
We Increase the Efficiency and Scope
Of the Country Paper" George M. AL
len, Toppenish; "How Can We Best
Increase Our Advertising Patronage"
A. S. Hillyer, Zillah; Relation of the
Job Department to the Newspaper" !"
E. C. Tripp, Kennewick; "The Editor
ial Column in the Country Newspa-
per-" Yancey Freeman, Sunnyside;
"Our Association by President VIM.
verran, Wapato. $50
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05
FRED YORKE'S BODY
FOUND N RIVER
Remains of Drowned Farm Hand
Recovered by Relatives-Fun-
eral Held in Richland

The body Of Fred Yorke, farm
hand employed on the Abbott dairy
ranch, whose disappearance and sup
posed death was reported in these col
umns last week, was found last Sum
day night by his. relatives, Ralph
iYorkesea SON, of Eureka, Wash, and
a .son-in=law, of Walla Walla, who
were searching for some trace Of the
man. ~; Sszogsar II
The body was found some distance
down stream from the place where it
was thought most probable he was
drowned, and at which place the most
effort had been made to bring the body
to the surface. Fourteen shots of dy-
mantle had been used but seemingly
to no effect until the body was at last
discovered some distance away, and
it is the general opinion that the shots
dislodged the body which followed an
unAsr current, thus eluding the search
Of the rescue party.
The body was in such fearful con-
dition that steps were Immediately
taken towards burial.
Ralph Yorke, son of the deceased,
Mrs. Edith Hoch, q sister, Of LaGrande
Ore, and q son-in-law living in Walla
Walla, were the relatives in attend
ance at the funeral Of the drowned
man, which was held late Sunday
night and the body buried in the
Richland cemetery.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. J. c. Erwin and were attended
by quite a number Of RichIand people
who gave to the bereaved relatives
such help and sympathy rs was possi-
BILE on the occasion.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05
COMMISSIONERS
TO MEET HERE
Will Hold Sessions Here Three
Days Next Week as Board
of Equalization

Through the efforts Of President L.
E. johnson, of the First National bank
the county commissioners have agreed
to sit in Kennewick as p board of
equalization Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, August Y, IS and-14 The
sessions here will be only for equali-
zatfon purposes and no other business
will be considered by the commission
ers. - 80 s4zs17y )
This action has been taken for the
benefit aud accommodation Of taxpay-
.ers in this end of the county who find
it inconvenient to make . trip to Pros;
ser. In former years there have been
many of the smaller taxpayers who
have felt that they were entitled to a
reduction in their assessments who
have not protested to the board be-
cause such. reductions as they might
get would not warrant the time and
money required to make the trip to
the. county seat.
The commissioners request that all
protests be made in writing on regu-
lation. blanks furnished for that pur-
pose. Filling out Of these blanks is
requested even though the taxpayer
appears before the board in person.
Blanks may be secured upon applica-
ton to the First National bank or the
Courier Reporter Office.
The board meetings will be held in
the Commercial club rooms.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05
STEAMER CARRIES
CARGO OF GYPs|Es
Twin Cities Sails for Portland
with Fourteen Wagons, so
Horses and Some People

Steamer Twin Cities, Of The Dalles-
Columbia Line, broke all records for
unique cargoes Monday morning when
she sailed from the Kennewick docks
loaded with gypsies. The cargo con-
sisted of fourteen wagons, sixty head
of horses and goodness knows how
many men, women and children. The
gypsies were bound for Portland and
will make their own portage around
Cello Falls.
And now the police department,
Mike Driscoll and Mayor Richardson
feel lonesome and County Assessor
A.. HaWheaton is happy as he, with
the assistance of Sheriff C. E. Duffy,
relieved the gypsies Of $44.60 as taxes
on their stocks. Now, paying taxes
isn't in the list of traditional traits
which Webster assigns to the gypsies
and nobody knows snis any better
than Assessor 1Wheat.", They. made
no attempt to deny that taxes had not
been paid upon their stock, but upon
advice of City Attorney C. B. Hamlet
they claimed the $aO0. exemption al
lowed married men,. In fact some OF
them claimed 5000 exemption by the
simple rule of multiplication and the
possession of three wives. Blu" Wheat"
got the money and in justification OF
his act writes this paper as follows:
"There seems to be some discussion
ais to where we got- authority to as
sess and collect taxes from the gyp-
sizes. There should not be as we had
three charges to work on. They were
disposing Of their property on which
taxes had not been paid; they can
easily be- classed as migratory. as
they said as muchsa and best Of all, we
can fall back on the law approved Feb.
21st, 1907-"An act providing for the
collection Of taxes upon personal pro-
perty being moved or about to be
moved from the limits Of the state,
etc. sF
sYsThe whole bunch told as they were
about to take the boat for Portland
in fact they told us enough to catch
them on all three charges. We caught
them and got the money. some forty
dollars Of which Kennewick and the
Kennewick schools get by far the
greater part.
"They had two and three wives each
but were not married according to our
laws and had nothing to show they
were married. We acted on our best
Judgment and we got the money in
the county"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05

The young people of the Methodist
church entertained on Monday eve-
ming at the home of Miss Helen Car
penter in honor Of Miss Olga Bur-
master, of Spokane, who is visiting
in Kennewick and Richland, Miss Mary
Reaugh, of Walla Walla, and Miss
Martha Hayden, who Is guest at the
Carpenter home. A straw ride from
town to the Carpenter home was part
of the evenings entertainment. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05
MARY BRYANT DIES

Miss Mary Bryant, aged Is years,
died last Friday afternoon at the r.
C. Book home. Death was due to ty-
phoid fever. The funeral services
were conducted Saturday afternoon at
three o'clock in the M. E. church by
Rev. C. D. Rarey. Miss Bryant is
survived by mother and brother in
England and two sisters, Mrs. Delbert
Anon, of Horse Heaven and Mrs.
Kennedy, of Seattle, both Of whom
were present at the funeral. Miss Bry-
ant was taken i'll while making her
home with her sister in Horse Heaven.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-08-05
CANAL CLOSED

Cello canal has been closed to traf-
fic for repairs and al freight between
here and Portland is being transfer
red around the falls via the portage
railroad. Until further notice Steam
er Twin Cities will make the trip from
Kennewick to Portland twice week
sailing every Monday and Thursday
mornings at z o'clock.