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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-02-18
Commercial Club Committee is
On Job With Time-HOn0red
Subscription List
WANT GUARANTEE FUND
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
More Than Half of Required Amount
Is Secured in Two Afternoons
But Worst is Not Yet

The question of whether or not
there is TO be fifth annual Columbia
River Valley Grape Carnival was
topic for discussion at the CONNER
cial clubs weekly luncheon Wednes-
day. The discussion was opened by
the report of M. S. Lewis, F. R. Jeffrey
and R. C. Mounsey, who were named
the week before to test the public
pulse in the matter.
Mr.. jeffrey, who reported for the
committee explained that the COM
mittee had gone about its work on the
theory that the only accurate means
of testing the public's sentiment was
to feel of its pocketbook first. For
that reason they had circulated
subscription list asking for guaran-
tee fund of $4,000, twenty-five per
cent of which is made payable on or
before September 1, and only so much
of the balance to be collected as might
be necessary to meet deficit. After
two afternoons work the committee
succeeded in getting total of $1050
signed up. Although this amount had
come rather easy the committee pre-
dicted that the other $3.50 would come
much more slowly.
Based upon the financial needs of
the carnical in other years it is
thought that it will not be necessary
to collect more than the 25 per cent
of a $1,000 guarantee fund. Two
years ago the first payment on a
guaranteed fund of 81 800 was enough
to put the carnival thorugh while last
year it was necessary to collect 40
per cent of the guarantee fund of less
than $1,10O. The first payment on
this fund gave the carnival committee
less than $500 as an actual cash work.
ing capital, or about $160 less than
was raised for the Fourth of July cell
ebration.
Mr.. Jeffrey said the committee had
found the business men practically
unanimous in favor of continuing the
carnival but even so subscriptions had
come much more slowly than they had
expected.
M. S. Lewis, chairman of the COM
mittee, said all of the most liberal
contributors had been seen and small
contributions must be relied upon to
complete the fund. If this is done, he
said, every member of the club must
lend his active and hearty support to
the movement by increasing his SUBJ
scription of year ago and using his
good influences with his neighbor.
The committee was kept on the job
and instructed to report again next
week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-02-18
PAID
FORMER SALARIES
Council Committee Reports that
There is No Authority for
Reducing Pay of Cops

The municipal boat was navigated
through the mid-month meeting of the
city council Tuesday evening upon an
upright and even keel, eveNthe ques-
tion of the policemen's salary causing
not so much as one tiny disturbing
ripple. Councilman F. ]. Arnold, the
chairman of the special committee ap-
pointed to investigate the salary pro-
position, reported that the city mar
shal's salary is fixed by ordinance
and can not be decreased during his
term of Office and directed that he
be paid at the old rate. The commit
tees investigation Of the councils re-
cords failed to reveal any official ac-
tion reducing the slsry s. the night
patrolman and the committee recon-
mended that he receive his former
pay.
Crosby Re-Appointed
Mayor Richardson's re-appointment
Of DR.. F. M. Crosby as health officer
was unanimously confirmed. City At
torney Hamlet held that as the health
officers term of Office was fixed by
statute and that his salary had been
reduced by ordinance, it was proper
that he receive SIS instead Of $25 for
his services in January.
After considerable discussion, the
council deemed it advisable for Ken
newick to be represented at the Pub
lie Service commission hearing in
North Yakima, March Is, when the
question of the Pacific Power & Light
company's rates is to be given hear
ing. Councilmen Vibber, Arnold and
Hayden were named as committee to
confer with Prosser and Pasco as to
the feasibility Of sending joint del
egation to the hearing to work for the
interests Of the small towns as against
the larger ones.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-02-18

managed by a board of directors as
follows: w. H. Allison, w. R. Craw-
ford, F. H. Lincoln, H. N. Anderson,
]. T. F. Gladding, I. N. Newkirk and
VIM. M. McElroy. The site selected
for the club house is two-acre tri-
angular tract at the S. w. corner of
section z, just across Che road from
the home of F. H. Lincoln. The tract
was donated by the N. P. 1. company.
The club house is to be of the bung-
allow type, 30x60. 1t will be equipped
with q stage and suitable dressing
rooms for the accommodation of the
atrical performances and it is pre-
dicted that unless the city gets move
on it will be known as the "Opera
House" and the only place this side of
the river where first class productions
can be staged.
The building will be erected on a
three-foot concrete foundation to per-
nit of excavation next winter of a
basement dining room and kitchen.
The foundation will be finished by
Tuesday Of next week and work on the
superstructure will start Wednesday
morning. The work is all to be done
by donated labor and all those who
can are requested to report for duty
"Wednesday morning and to stay on
the job the rest of the week. The pro-
moters plan to have the building
ready for occupancy March 4, when
Prof. Safro, of Louisville, KY, will
speak on aphis and Luke Powell on
powdery mildew of the grape.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-02-18
L|sI|NGs MUST Be
IN BY NEXT WEEK
Commercial Club Engages HI. d.
Nicewanger to Call on Farm
ers and List their Lands

Fl. D. Nicewanger has been engaged
by the Commercial club to secure list
irgs of farm lands for use in the In
land Empire immigration campaign
which is being conducted by the Spo-
kane Chamber of commerce. In order
to be included in the next edition of
the listing booklet, these listings must
be IN the hands of the Spokane COM
mittee by February 25 and Mr.. Nice
W ,Ager requests that all owners who
wish to list their lands report to him
not later than next Tuesday, February
%.
The listing is an agreement by the
owner Offering land for sale until
April l, 1916, at the price he names,
to q bona fide settler who will go on
the land, live on it and cultivate it.
He is not to pay any commission to
the committee for selling the land
and he is not barred from selling the
land to anyone else in the meantime
or from listing it for sale with any
real estate firm. He is simply to
agree that if he continues to own the
land he will sell it at the price and -on
the following terms of sale:
Glass A-Ten per cent of the pur-
chase price, or more, at the option of
the purchaser, to be paid in cash at
the time of closing the deal; one-tenth
each year thereafter beginning two
years from date of purchase, with in
terest on all deferred balances at the
rate Of six per cent per annum, in
terest to be paid annually.
Glass B Twenty per cent of the
purchase price to be paid in cash at
the time Of closing the deal and one
tenth of the balance to be paid each
year thereafter with interest on de-
ferred balances at the rate of six per
cent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-02-18

a. V. McReynolds and Thos. McKain
nave secured the contract for building
'ne sub-structure for large steel ir-
I,eatlon fiume in the Wapato project
TINS side of North Yakima. The local
men We're awarded the contract by O.
L. hanson, formerly of this city.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-02-18

With fine bunch of men, with ar
inviting spread, with some good
speeches, some rollicking songs and q
lot of goodfellowship, the Fifth An
nual Banquet Of the Kennewick Com
mercial club, which marked the close
of the annual membership contest, at
Hotel Kennewick Friday evening, was
one Of the most successful functions
Of it's kind ever given in the city. Much
credit for the success of the affair is
due to E. w. Trenbath, Geo. w. Sherk
and H. E. Groom, committee on ar
rangements and to Mr.. and Mrs. II.
J Claussen, of the hotel. The COM
mittee is to be especially congratu-
lated upon it's selection of speakers
for the evening, while the hotel pro-
prietors overlooked no detail in the
appointments which might contribute
to the pleasure Of the guests.
The banquet was attended by one
hundred men and with the exception
Of a few out-of-tow guests the res
ervations were limited to club men,
bers. The best of spirit prevailed
and those present showed q deep in
terest in the Welfare of the club and
the town by the close attention which
they gave to the talks, all Of which
were along the lines Of community
development.
Forty Three New Members
At the opening Of the speaking pro-
gram Toastmaster A. r. Gardner an
nounced that the membership contest
had been won by the team captained
by Vice President F. M. Crosby, to-
tai Of 43 members having been secured
during the contest. OF this number
the Crosby team turned in 25 and
the Gardner team 18.
AS captain Of the winning side, DR..
Crosby was called upon to respond to
the toast, "Did he, or did he not :"
After some good d-natured thrusts at
the opposing captain, the speaker said
that the question Of the day in every
walk Of life, and Of every man is, aDid
he, or did he not-make good?" He
criticised the common tendency to
find fault with the other fellow. II
do not believe there is q man in Ken
newick today" said the speaker, "who
is not doing the very best he can to
make good in his chosen business or
profession, although most Of US are
prone to think that we could do just a
little bit better were we in his shoes. ("
DR.. Crosby commended the fine spirit
Of cooperation which is at present
manifest in the community and urged
the necessity for continued team work.
Robert S. Boynes, Of Seattle, who
is successful and practical bust
ness man and president Of the Seat
tie Commercial club delivered an ex-
cellent address setting forth some of
the good works which any commercial
club, small or large, may accomplish.
He assured the banqueters that it was
the aim and ambition Of the Seattle
Commercial club to contribute to the
up-building, not only Of Seattle, but
Of the State Of Washington and the
Pacific Northwest. He said his or
ganization stood always ready to sup
port the local club in any enterprise
looking to this end. He spoke with
extreme optimism Of the future bust
ness outlook, saying that business is
bound to be good and is good now, in
spite Of the general feeling Of pessi-
mism which had pervaded business
circles for the past year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-18
LEAGUE ELECTS OFFICERS
Two Boards Chosen by Plor-
ence Crittenton Organization.

At the annual meeting Of the Flor.
ence Crittenton League, az the Hotel
Vanderbilt, yesterday, the following
members were elected TO the board or
directors: The Right Rev. David II.
Greer. Mrs. Herbert Scheftel, George
r. Sheldon, Mrs. J. Searle Barclay.
William Howard Taft. Mrs. Sheldon
Fuller. Joseph II. Choste, Mrs. J. Nell
son Borland. Peter T. Barlow, Mrs.
Hermann Biggs, Jules S. Bache, Mrs.
Henry Seligman. Henry W. Herbert.
Mrs. Frank Potter, Allan Dean Con-
verse. Miss Alice G. Smith, the Rev. DR..
Henry Nottet, Mrs Barclay Hazard,
Mrs. James Madison Bass, Miss Ger
trude X. Smith, Mrs. Kate Waller Bar
rett. Mrs. Mortimer Menken, John Do
Witt Warner and Mrs. Joseph Corrigan.
To the advisory board were added
Or. Katharine B. Davis, Mrs. II. il.
Rogers, DR.. Simon Barueh, Mrs. II. X.
Ickelheimer, Monsignor ID. j. Mac
Nahon, Mrs. John Insley Blair, Daniel
: Murphy, Mrs S. Stevens Sands,
George T. Brokaw, Mrs. FitzhUgh
Whitehouse, Mrs. J. Borden Hartman.
Charles II. Appleton, Mrs. Jules ).
Bache. Mrs. II. A. Stimson, Mrs. ;.
Harold Freeman. the Rev. DR.. W. II.
Morgan, Mrs. Francis b. Fay. Mrs. A.
Z. Dick and George II. Howard.
The officers of the league are Henry
". Herbert, president; Peter !. Bar
low, Mrs. Barclay Hazard and the Rev.
DR.. Henry Mottet, vice-presidents;
Jules S. Bache. treasurer; Mrs. PEN
rose y. Milsted, recording secretary
and Clarence r. Preston, general Sec
rotary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-18
$3.50 FOR KIPLING BOOK
Top Price of Sale Brought by
"The Smith Administration.

"The Smith Administration, pun
lished at Allahabad. in 1891, and re-
carded by collectors as the scarcest oil
Rudyard Kipling's first editions
brought the top price yesterday at the
sale of the G.. VI. Williamson colIec-
ton of Kipling's works, held at tne
Anderson Galleries. j. f. Drake gave
$3.50 for this volume, the contents OF
which were gathered from periodicals.
without the permission OF the autnor'
and its publication was suppressed pc
fore it was issued for sale.
Robert II. Todd gave $500 for twenty
nine numbers Of THE United Services
College Chronicle" These are all the
numbers TO which Kipling contributed.
The same buyer paid $500 for Echoes.
This first edition was written by Rud-
ward Kipling and his sister Beatrice
and contains limitations of the modern
English poets. ~
J. +. Drake also gave $265 for
"Schoolboy Lyrics first edition OF
Kiplings first book. printed IN India by
his parents while he was at school IN
England. For copy Of Departmental
Ditties." lacking the front cover, Mr.
Drake paid $3.50, and W. NJ. Hills bid
of s2O5 was the highest for thirty
three numbers Of "The Weeks News,
some of Kipling's best known stories OF
Indian life. The Kipling collection
brought S5,64S.S5. the sale OF the Rob
ert {. Brown collection bringing the
total TO S6006.55.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-18
TO AID POOR JEWS
Sisterhoods Plan Provision for
Passover Supplies.

The Federation Of Jewish Sister
hoods, at a meeting in the United He
brew Charities Building yesterday, ar
ranged for a house-tO-house canvass
of the city to provide matzoths and
other Passover supplies TO poor Jews.
An appropriation of $4,000 was made
by the federation, composed of twenty
two organizations, to aid the work
rooms for Jewish women at the Emanu-
Ell Sisterhood, in East Eighty-second
Street. where thirty-fye women are
employed, and az the Harlem Fedora
ton Settlement House, 24O East lO5th
Street, where sixty-fve are employed.
Mrs. s. -nuel Elkeles, president of the
federation. announced that a carpenter
shop. where eleven h!en are employed
had been opened at the Emanuel Sis
terhood. Materials for the women's
workshops will be contributed by the
sisterhoods, while warm lunches Will
be supplied by Rabbi Harris's congre-
CATION. at Len6x Avenue and l2O:h
Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-18
MIME. VANDERVELDE
HONORED BY CROWD
Belgian Woman Praised at
Farewell Reception in
Carnegie Hall.

That the war will last two years,
perhaps more, and that II lies with
America TO feed Belgium until it ends,
was asserted last night by Joseph H..
Choatc, chairman at the farewell re-
ccption to Nine. Lalla Vandervelde at
Carnegie Hall. Mr.. Choate told the big
audience gathered to say goodby TO
Nine. Vandervelde that the well-mean-
ing neutrals who talked about offering
their services to bring peace were vast
ing their words.
81 hear clerics and others saying
that it is time to make overtures Tor
peace" he said. Don't believe it.
This war is only just begun. When l
hear talk about peace plans it carries
me back to the Civil War, when we
knew that strife could cease only with
the absolute triumph of one side or
the other, and when any one discussing
peace overtures would have been
booted out of town"
The war must never be considered
closed, Mr.. Choate said, until Bel
gums ruined homes were restored and
the full bill of her losses paid by those
who had caused those losses. In the
meantime her people must be fed.
81 hear there IS food to last till
April l." he added Consider how
near is April /. There is scarcely time
to turn around before that comes"
Nine. Vandervelde, who, dressed, in
simple black gown and a black feath-
cred hat, sat in the centre OF the plat
from surrounded by Belgian sympa-
thizers, spoke last of all. Before she
rose she had listened to many admirlng
phrases from James VI. Beck, Frederic
II. Coudert. Z. Alexander Powell. the
war correspondent, and other speakers,
on the devotion and energy with which
she had labored in this country for her
people. gathering, in the five months OF
her stay, the sum of S27S,OOO.
At the end of the meeting Robert
Erskine Ely read a testimonial from
the American people" honorlng her for
"a brave-souled woman But Nine.
Vandervede declared that she had done
nothing.
ANY of you here would have done
the same had your country been IN the
stress mine is in," she said.
Nine. Nandervelde declared that
peace was out of the question now.
Those persons who would arrange
peace for US are well meaning but mis-
Guided" she said. Even we Belgians
would not terminate the war until
something is settled We are fighting
for all that we hold dear. We could
not endure the rule Of military caste.
We must breathe the air of freedom.
This will never be the case until the
military caste Of Germany IS crushed"
Much of Nine. Vandervelde's ad-
dress was made up of letters which
she had received lately, describing the
suffering among the refugees in Eu-
rome. and in the trenches. The last
speech was by Mr.. Powell, by whose
advice it was that she came to this
country.
At the close of the meeting pledges
were passed, and almost $4,000 was
collected.
Nine. Vandervelde sails for Europe
about April l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-18
DIMES
TO SAVE 5 BABIES
Gift to Belgian Relief Means
He'll Wear His Old Shoes
a While Longer.

An ex-conyict sent five dimes to the
Washington State Commission for Re-
lief in Belgium. "Not much" he wrote,
"but it represents five cans of milk for
five babies" In his letter he said:
when there is babe next door, or
in the next block, in dire need of milk,
or a mother in need Of nOurishment
the ordinary human can comprehend
the situation and aid is promptly forth
coming. And so it is easy, compare
lively, for one to picture in his mlnd
eye the scenes attendant upon speclhc
instances Of Belgian babies dying OF
starvation.
"My contribution is not much, as
contributions go, but 1t represents the
difference between new soles on my
shoes and wearing the old ones little
longer. Nv five dimes represent five
cans Of milk for five little Belgian tots.
III take chances on catching cold"
The Belgian Food Relief Committee
Of Chicago has received an appeal from
the German Austro-Hungarian Rel
Association for war sufferers IN Ger
MANY and Austria Hungary. 1t reads;
"In the spirit Of humanity and char.
itv. which knows no distinction OF
country or flag, we hail your efforts
for relief and hope they will meet with
success"
Gifts amounting to $l,025.63 were re-
ceived by the Belgian Relief Fund yes.
terday. The American Jewish Relief
Committee sent out warning TO per
sons sending letters to Russia, urging
them to write in Russian, English or
French. because letters in Yiddish have
iittle chance of proper delivery: Add
tional contributions of $S,443.86 were
acknowledged by the committee yes
terday. ;l
Mrs. Whitney Warren received
soIs IN for the relief of French women
and children. Ebert II. Gary sent $500
and the Fcnccrs' Club ss3.7o.
The fund for the American Am e10o
lance Hospital in Paris received Sloo
from the Colonial Danes OF Iowa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-18
ART PRIZES AWARDED
Academy of Design Jury Gives
Ont List of Winners.

Announcement was made yesvelG@y
Of the National Academy of Design
that the Jury Of awards had allotted
The prizes TO the winners in the various
classes. The Hallgarten prizes, TOT tne
three best pictures in oil painted by
American citizens under tnlrty-nve
Years of age, in the United states, were
inns distributed: The first, $500, 70
T Eng Speicher for "a Portrait OF
Betslo": the second, $500, to Randall
Davey for "a Portrait Of a Young
Iadv" and the third. 500, to Robert
H. Nesbit for a landscape, "Lingering
The Isaac y. Maynard prize for the
best portrait in the exhibition goes 10
Douglas Volk, for "A Portrait OF Dr.
Felix Adler" The Julia A. Shaw me-
mortal prize OF $500 for the mos
meritorious work of art in the eXhlol
ton produced by woman was awar ,i''
70 Mary Greene Blumenschein. Inc
Thomas B. Clarke prize of $500 ior
the best American figure composition
painted in the United States goes 70
Richard f. Miller. and the lnness gold
medal. presented by George lnness,, IT,
in memory of his father, for the best
Landscape in the exhibition, to Joseph
T Pearson. II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-18
ARMY LUNCHEON HELD
Officers Entertained at Union
League Club.

A luncheon in honor of the United
States Amy was given by the Union
League Club, Fifth Avenue and Thlr-
ty-nirth Street, after the review Of the
o9th Infantry yesterday morning.
Elihu Root, as president Of the club
presided. and proposed toast TO the
army. Major General Leonard Wood
responded for himself and his stan,
who we're the guests of honor. Other
speakers were Joseph H. Choate,
Chauncey NJ. Depew, General Horace
Porter, Mayor Mitchell, Samuel W.
Fairchild and George T. Wilson.
Among the forty-iive guests present
were Major General John F. Organ,
Brigadier General George R. Dyer, Of
the national guard; Colonel Daniel APP
pleton, 7th Regiment; Colonel Bates
and staff, of the list Regiment; Major
General Roe, General Thomas ii. Hub
bard, Colonel j. A. Fowler, General
Thomas II. Watson, r. A. C.. Smith,
Dock Commissioner, and Theodore
Rousseau, secretary to the Mayor.
II was said yesterday that similar
luncheon would be given the admiral
and officers of the Atlantic feet, which
is expected to visit these waters IN
Nav
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-18
OBITUARY..
SAMUEL b. T0TTEN.

Samuel Bleecker Totten, for many
wears active in the Republican organl-
cation OF the old 9th Ward, died early
Yesterday morning at his home, 100
West 103d Street, from heart disease.
A member of the old Long Island
family, Mr.. Totem WAS born in New
York City eighty-two years ago. From
1851 to 1855 he was member of the
Volunteer Firemen of the 9th ward,
and for a time had charge of the bell
tower, which in those days directed
the firemen to the blaze. For twenty
FIVE years he presided over a butchers
booth in Washington Market. and later
moved to jefferson Market, where he
held forth for thirty years. lie re
tired from business a number OF years
ago.
Mr.. Totten served his party in sew
eral state conventions. He upheld
Mayor Opdyke in the struggles which
marked his term, and acted as lieu
tenant of Senator James W. Booth,
who died some twenty years ago. Late
ly he was associated with Abraham
Gruber. being active in the district up
TO within short time of his death.