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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-03-04
CARD. OF THANKS

&:. CARD. OF THANKS Is. =
Iswish to thank my friends for their
many thoughtful acts of kindness to-
ward me during the recent illness and
after the death Of my wife. i
JOSEPH HESS
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-03-04
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our deepest
thanks to our friends for the many
kindnesses shown us in the time Of
our great sorrow occasioned by the
passing away of our beloved wife and
mother.
G. A. HAMILTON AND FAMILY
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-03-04

Frank Emigh came down from Spo.
kane the first of the week on business
Mrs. Leverich, of Pasco, was in
/ Kennewick the first of the week look
ing after property interests here.
Mrs. J. L. Johnson and mother, Mrs.
Ross, were called to North Yakima,
Sunday, by the illness of Mrs. John
son.
George Glasshoff, night clerk at
Hotel Kennewick, and Miss Maxine
Gates, were quietly married in Pros
ser Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. M. Sly and son
Gene, and Mr.. and Mrs. G.. CARRIER
were guests Of Mrs. M. j. Gensen at
six o'clock dinner Sunday evening.
J. F. Bleakley, Of the Bleakley Fruit
company, who operate a 4O-acre ap-
ples orchard at White Bluffs, trans
acted business in Kennewick the first
Of the week. )
Right Rev. Herman Page, D. D., the
new bishop Of the Episcopal church
in the Missionary district of Spokane,
will be in Kennewick Monday of next
week. A reception had been planned
but as it confiicted with the entertain
ment at the school was postponed.
Mr.. and Mrs. .Chas. II. Collins and
little daughter Lucille and Mr.: and
Mrs. w. H. Collins, who spent the
winter in Florida, returned home
Wednesday. Mr.. Collins spent several
weeks in Nicaragua looking over the
project of the Point Perlas company.
Whether or not the Kennewick Ath-
letic Klub will lease quarters now or
delay the beginning of gymnasium
work until fall is to be decided at
meeting of the club Thursday evening
of next week in the Commercial club
rooms. Several other important mat
tiers are to come before the club at
that time and a full attendance is de-
sired. ~
The local high school has arranged.
Tor an exhibit OF the Elson pictures
about the middle OF March. These.
pictures have been secured not only
fol-, the entertainment Of art fahciers.
but to give the high school an oppor-
tunity, Of purchasing pictures for the
different rooms. Combined with the
picture exhibit will be exhibits by the
manual training and domestic science
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29

first Pathfinder twin six will arrive IN
Omaha early in September.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
HARDNESS SUCCEEDS FISHER
Son Of late Standard 0il'Msgnate is
Made President of Sheepshead
Bay Speedway.
HOLDS SEVERAL AUTO RECORDS

Harry 8. Hardness has been elected
president OF the sheepshead Bay Speed
way corporation In place OF Carl @.
Fisher, who resigned owing to the de-
mands Of his business interests in In
dlanapolis and Miami Fla Mr. Hark-
ness is the only son OF L. v. Harkness,
Standard OIL magnate, who died last
January, leaving him a colossal fortune.
IL was natural that the Sheopshead Bay
speedway project should have appealed
to Mr.. Hardness for In the early days
of motor racing from 1900 to 1905. he was
ono OF its most conspicuous figures. In
those days he was a frequent contender
against Alexander Winton and the late
Albert o. Bostwick In track races Later,
on road and hill, he made records that
have never since been beaten
Starting from the Boston Athletic club
on June 8. 1909, in the early hours Of the
morning In his big Mercedes car, he made
the 28TIk-miie run 70 the Central bridge
at the beginning OF Jerome avenue. in
hours IS minutes. This still stands
as the Boston to New York record.
Mr.. Hardness. however, IL probably
best known to motorists by reason Of his
wonderful climb to the clouds" on
July I6. 1905 he made the steep, tor
tous eight-nile ascent OF Mount Wash
ington In his Mercedes In "a minutes S7si
seconds, dlstanclng all competitors. This
is still the record.
Il is not improbable that President
Hardness will be represented by a racing
car in the contest for the Vincent Astol
cup on october 2.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
New Allen Machine
is Just Received by
Omaha Sales Agency

The Standard Motor Car company Ia
showing the 1915 Allen car. which has
Just arrived. That II Ia a beautiful and
well built car Is conceded by everyone
who has seen II. Next to Its handsome
boat effect lines and the rich dark green
finish. one notices at once the roomy
body. especially the drivers seat. which
VIII hold two large people comfortably.
and tho long flfty-five-inch undertaking
rear springs. which the Allen people
claim makes It's smooth and joltless rid
ing unexcelled. The instrument board
arrangement IL compact and handy. The
equipment OF the Allen Is surprising.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
Saxon Sales Show
Big Increase for
July of This Year

According to information given out yes
terday by Percy owen. vice president In
charge of sales. the Saxon Motor com
pany's business for July was almost
double that OF the same period year
ago. The month showed 80 per cent
greater sales in point OF number Of cars
and considerably more than that in point
of their value. The fact that many Of
the orders received specified the six-cyl-
liner model, whereas year ago the
Saxon company was building only four
cylinder roadsters partly accounts for the
large proportionate increase in volume of
business.
As an indication Of the prosperous con-
dition OF the Saxon Motor company,
orders on one day recently totaled 400 of
the six-cylinder touring and four-cylln-
der roadster models.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29

Bring Inquiries

H. C. Russell. who has recently come to
Omaha from tho Overland factory to ac-
cept the position OF manager Of the
Overland Omaha Automobile company,
has received an interesting statement
from the factory regarding advertising
A report which has been compiled at the
Overland factory shows that H64l6 in
quiries have been received in response to
advertisements during the last twenty-six
days.
Mr. Russell has taken the place of Il.
E. Feazell. who recently went to Blair
to take charge Of the Overland distri-
button there. Mr.. Feazell will be under
the jurisdiction of the Omaha office.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
Fisk Expert Says
Omaha Better City
Than Minneapolis

Fred Ayres. New England district man
ager for the Fisk Rubber company, was
in Omaha Thursday with ]. d. Anderson,
assistant to the president of the company
Both of them expressed considerable
surprise at the lively condition Of bust
ness in Omaha
Omaha is a better town than Mime
apolis," said Mr., Ayres, "and Is showing
up better just at present than almost
any other city in the country"
The two officials have been on bust
ness tour of the middle west, and both
said that they considered the Twin Cities
very much overrated.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
FOSHTER TAKES
OYER PATHFINDER
Vice President Stalnaker Declares
Omaha Man is Best Known
Dealer in Country.
CREDITS SUCCESS TO PAPERS

wv, ID. Foshier Of Omaha is one auto
mobile dealer with a national reputa-
TOM says w. p. stalnaker. vice president
ana director of sales of the Pathfinder
company. indianapolis. manufacturers of
the twin six and single six cars Mr..
Foshier, who has been in the automobile
business IN Omaha for the last four years.
spent several days last week at the Path
finder factory, indianapolis, and signed
a large contract for the sale Of the
Pathfinder twin six In the Omaha ter
ritory. He IL probably tho best known
automobile retail dealer in the United
States. I know that Mr.. Foshier Is
better known In New York City and in
Dallas. Tex. than many OF the factory
officials themselves. He has always at
tended the big national automobile shows
in New York and Chicago and has taken
an active interest in motor car affairs
of ali kinds Engineers have consulted
with him and In this way found out
what the people were demanding in motor
car construction"
Mr.. flasher handled several hundred
Carter cars In one year. while distributing
this oar. He has 100 sub-dealers and has
one OF the best service departments in
the country today. He controls more
territory than any other country dealer
or distributor In the country
Advertisfng Makes Success.
Il give q great deal OF credit for my
success" says Mr.. Foshier. ito news
papers. / believe In newspaper adver-
Using and newspaper publicity. know
that the automobile owner reads the
automobile columns in the newspapers
and they like to see their cars talked
about. Newspapers can make any retail
automobile business, and I believe that
any automobile dealer who does not tell
the people regarding his product through
the Newspaper columns can not hope to
build up business in these days OF keen
competition"
Mr. Foshier spent the last two weeks
visiting the automobile factries in Michi-
gan. Indiana and Ohio and signed the
Pathfinder contract at this time. This
contract is one OF tho largest that hai
been closed this year by any manufac'
turer and according 20 all reports the
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
Jones wants CaIva.

Fielder Jones, manager of the st. Louis
Federals, lie negotiating with j. Calvo,
the clever center fielder of the Long
Branch team. who was with the WASH
ington Americans last season.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
Gossip
Along the
Automobile Row

stearns knight enthusiasts will be in
terested In knowing that a shipment of
1916 cars has arrived and is ready for
delivery.
MIR. Mockler. who travels for the Nc
Intyre Auto company, reports a much
better crop outlook in Nebraska than has
been previously reported. He also reports
growing enthusiasm over the stearns
knight.
A stuben. q garage man at $500 Leav-
enVorth, this week purchased a 1916 Kis.
sci for a pleasure car.
+. M. Bromwell, Gales manager of the
Oldsmobile Sales company, states that he
has been at a loss to know what to tell
the factory about the local requirements
of Oldsmobiles. Notwithstanding the
fact that the Odds Motor works has
shipped to Omaha four more carloads in
the last two weeks than the allotment
for this territory for this period, there
were three days last week when the local
office was entirely out of stock except
one roadster. Shipments have now been
Increased TO one carload day for this
territory, three carloads having been re-
ceived in Omaha Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. Four other carloads were di-
verted direct to sub-dealers OF the Odds
mobile Sales company, making a total OF
seven carloads in one week handled
through the Omaha branch.
Vice President and Assistant General
Manager O A. Pfeffer of the Chalmers
Motor company, announces that the sew
en-passenger Chalmers Six-4O, is break
ing all previous sales records for the
Chalmers Motor company. Especially
through the east, this car has met an en-
thuslastic reception. During the week of
August q, two train-loads of Chalmers
cars were shipped to the Chalmers Motor
company of New York, indicating the de-
cided quantity trend Of the Chalmers pro-
ductlon for 1916.
The Nonpareil laundry, located at 170S
Vinton street, has purchased a new Buick
LOCO pound truck in order to handle the
steady increase OF business in the city.
This truck is a 1916 model and enables
them to give better service to their Gus
toners. Mr.. Shedell. manager of the
company declares that the Buick "1e''
"a the best ever.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
Big DRY" Gains in Kentucky.

Kentucky, famous for its whis-
kies, but nearly all Of whose
counties have gone dry" is
threatened with statewide prohi-
bition next November.
The ''drys" claim they have
the votes to carry the state. But
the vets claim first blood. The
Republican state convention, just
held, refused to put a prohibition
plank in the platform, and by a
vote of 2,1OO to 16O declared for
the existing county option sys-
TEN. The Republican candidate
for governor, to be selected in a
primary election in August, will
have to make his campaign on
this platform.
The Democrats do not hold
their convention until August, af-
ter the Republican primary, but
it is predicted that they will also
declare for the county unit law
and against statewide prohibi-
tion.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
After Silence of 40 Years Seeks
Family.

Great Bend, Kas., July L.
Forty years after he dropped out
of the knowledge of his family,
Joseph Swartz, now wealthy
resident of Arizona, has written
here to locate his wife and three
children in order to make provis-
ion for them in his will. The
wife died several years ago. A
daughter is living at Hutchinson,
a son in Oklahoma and another
son in California.
Forty years ago Swartz left his
family at Camp Point, I'll. The
family later moved to Great Bend
where they lived until the death
of Mrs. Swartz. In his letter
asking about his children Swartz
gave no explanation of his long
silence.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
100000 Horses Exported
Washington, ID. c.. July !

Washington, d. c., July L.
With the sinking of the steam
ship Armenian by the Germans,
attention again is directed to the
large expectation of horses and
mules from the United States for
service in the war zone in Eur
ope. In the fiscal year just end
ed approximately 100000 horses
were sent abroad, chiefly to the
British, French and Belgian ar
mics. Some have gone to the
Italian forces.
The only shipment lost was
that aboard the Armenian. The
other ships, by carefully guard
ing their courses, have managed
to get through to the various
armies safely.
The figures on the shipments
are not complete at the Depart
ment of Commerce. They are
ready only. for the first 10
months of the fiscal year, includ-
ing April. The tabulation shows
that 215,759 horses and mules
valued at $47 1888, $40 were sent
abroad in the 10 months period.
The value is 10 times as great as
the total shipments Of the two
previous years.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
Swopes Won't Pay Again.

The Swope family will not as
sist financially in another trial of
DR.. B. Clark Hyde for the MUIR
der of Col. Thomas H. SSwope.
This statement was made in q let
ter from Mrs. Swope, received by
Floyd Jacobs, prosecuting attor-
ney Of jackson, Friday of last
week.
The letter was in reply to an
inquiry by Mr.. Jacobs as to
whether the Swopes would be
willing to contribute the 81, 900
necessary to bring Doctor Hyde
to trial in September, when his
case is set. The trial has been
continued numerous times be-
cause Of the failure Of the state
and county to provide funds.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
CROPS LOOK we'll
State Agricultural Report lndl-
Gates a Great Harvest
May be Expected.
NEED WARM ANOORy WEATHER
Cultivation Of Corn and Wheat Harvest
Badly Hindered by Soft Fields--
Floods Hurt.

According to the Missouri crop 70.
port just issued from the Office Of the
secretary of the state board Of agri-
culture, and which shows conditions
on July /, most of the state is in need
of fair and warmer weather. How
ever, the report as a whole holds out
hope for an abundant harvest.
| With almost record rainfall for the
month of June practically the entire
state, with the exception Of the south
east section where the season has
been IDEAL is in need of fair and
warmer weather. At Columbia the
rainfall for the month of June was
9.11 inches as compared with 4.38
inches as normal for the month. The
highest temperature was 80, on June
5 and the mean temperature for the
month 69.6. In many parts of the
state heavy rains and Overflows from
rivers and other large streams caused
great loss to growing crops.
The condition of corn on July was
rs for the state as compared with 81
one year ago and S2.5 as the ten-year
average. This condition is due to
overflows and to lack of cultivation.
Almost two-thirds OF the Missouri
wheat crop-61 per cent-has been
harvested. In the extreme southeast
portion of the state some wheat has
been threshed Harvesting, as far as
1t has progressed, has been done with
great difficulty owing to soft fields
and much down wheat
The Missouri oat crop is fine. Con-
dition for the state is SO. One year
ago condition of oats for the state was
Sc. Dat harvest is we'll under way in
the southeast section, where it is esti-
mated that 80 per cent of the crop is
In the shock.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
RETURNED RECORD VERDICT


The longest trial IN the judicial rec
ords Of Jackson county ended the Other
day when q Jury Ia Judge Porterfieldsa
court returned . verdict for. the plain.
tiffs in the suit Of the Interstate Ran.
way Company against the Kansas City,
Clay County & st. Joseph trolley line
and the estate Of George Townsend.
The verdict. which was signed By
nine jurors. awarded the Interstate
company $1,500,000. Two other jurors
concurred in finding a judgment for
the company. but were for q lesser
amount. The twelfth juror refused to
find judgment.
The Interstate company, of which
Ernest b. Martin, former state sena-
tor, was the principal promoter,
brought the suit on the contention that
the defendant company had built its
line in part on right-of-way obtained
by the plaintiff company.
The trial began eight weeks ago and
the testimony covers 5000 typewrit-
ten pages.
The defendant company's line runs
from Kansas City through Liberty and
Excelsior Springs to st. Joseph. A
valuation of $4.0O0,OOO has been placed
on it by the Missouri utilities board
and it is mortgaged for $3.000.000.
A motion for a new trial will be
filed by the defendants.
Comment on the length of the trial,
the technical nature of the testimony
and of the arguments by the attorneys
was made by George E. Ridenour one
of the jurors. following the jurys dis
charge.
TOO much talk" was his verdict.
The case could have been finished in
a much shorter time. Much of the
testimony was of kind that made lit
tie impression on the jury"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
$4,000 Prison Job for Lester
Parker.

Jefferson City, Mo-, July L.
1t, is reported that tender of the
appointment as Supervisor of in
dustries in the Penitentiary will
be made by the State Board Of
Prison Inspectors to Lester s.
Parker of Jefferson City.
This is the position created by
the last Legislature in the revis.
ion of the penal code under which
the contract labor system is to
be abolished.
The place will pay $4,000 a
year and the supervisor will have
charge of the factories and mar
keting the product of the plants
that are to be established.
Mr.. Parker made a fortune op-
Grating a boot and shoe factory
in the prison, which he started on
borrowed capital and sold out to
a Chicago company some years
ago for sum in excess Of $780,
900.
The board has visited several
prisons where State manufactor-
les are conducted, but until the
name of Parker was suggested a
man had not been considered for
supervisor who combined all the
requisite qualifications.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
Shot for BUILDING a GARAGE.

Darmon L. Porter, a wealthy real
estate owner and secretary of the Por-
ter Real Estate Company of Sedalia.
probably was fatally shot by o. c. Har-
ris, a retired liveryman, the other day.
Harris has been in the Nevada asy-
lum and is believed to be demented.
The cause of the shooting was the
building BY the Porter company Of a
garage adjoining the residence prop
erty of Harris. Harris is in Jail.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
Galloway Woman Dies at 81.

Mrs. Jane Derreux, 81 years old,
probably the oldest woman in Gala
way county, died at her home near
Mokane the other day. She was mar
ried when II years old and was the
mother of fourteen children, ten Of
whom survive. Mrs. Derreux was born
In Virginia, but had lived in that coun-
ty eighty-nine years,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
DENY COURTS JURISDICTION
St. Clair County Judges Reply to Man.
damus Suit to Compel Them to
Make Special Levy.

The ST. Clair county court, against
which mandamus has been asked in
thefederal court to compel them to
make a tax levy to pay the old rail-
road bonds, has filed its answer in
the federal court. In it the court al
leges:
THAT the suits against the county
had been improperly brought in the
federal court; that the real owners of
the bonds lived in Missouri and that
jurisdiction had been obtained in the
federal court by a fraud practiced on
the court. 4a.4
''That the judgment against, the
county in 1884 was void on that &C.
count and that subsequent judgments
against the county In 1905 and 1914
were void because they were judy
ments upon judgments and not a re.
vival of the original judgment.
THAT the bondholders had forfeit
ed their claim by reason of not max
ing proper demands and claims for
years after the original judgment was
rendered
THAT the bondholders had waited
until claim aggregating 100000
now is pending against the county
which has taxable wealth of only
$5,000,OO0 and that tax levy against
such claim would really benefit no
one.
THAT the $1,000 surplus the claim
ants say the county had left over
last year and should 60 to them had
been expended in repairs to the court
house."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
Music Teachers Elect.

The state convention of the Mis-.
souri, music teachers closed four.
day session at St. Joseph with the
election Of the following officers !:
Wort S. Morse, Kansas City, presi-
dent; Miss Louise Wright, Fayette,
vice president; Alfred G. Hubach,
Kansas City, secretary-treasurer. The
selection Of next years meeting place
was left to the officers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
Hudson Heads Homeopaths.

Dr.. T. H. Hudson of Kansas City
was reelected president Of the Mis-.
souri, Institute Of Homeopathy. in ses.
sion at the Planters hotel In st. Louis.
The other officers chosen are: Dr..
B. T. Payne, Lexington. first vice
president: DR.. F. F. Nethertor, Clin.
ton. second vice president: d.. L. F.
Annet. st. Louis, secretary: Dr.. w. e.
Jones, provisional secretary. and DR..
A. C. Putnam Of Marshall, treasurer.
The next meeting of the institute will
be held in Kansas City.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
Active at So.

Ninety-six years old on July 4, Mrs.
Catherine Forbes Of Carthage cele.
brated the nations and her own natal
day by attending dinner party in
her honor and the later assisting a
number Of youngsters in shooting fire.
crackers and setting off fireworks at
night.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
Pioneer Lawyer Dead.

Charles o. Tichenor Is dead at his
old home in Kansas City, following
paralytic stroke in San Diego, Cal,
In January Mr.. Tichenor was horn
in Appleton, Wis, January 6, 1912.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs,
w. A. Knots, 1449 Independence ave.
nue.: brother. l. N. Teachenor of
Keokuk, Ia, and q sister, Mrs. Emma
Gibbs Of Elgin, III.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
Three Dry Elections In July.

Three local option elections viii be
held in Missouri In July, Rev. A. NJ.
Livingston, superintendent Of the
Springfield district Of the Missouri
AntiSaloon League, announced re-
Gently. The entire county Of st. Fran
co.'s, excepting Pennington, the coun.
y seat, will vote on the question July
II; Carrollton will vote July TO-, and
Clinton July 23. - ,, 81
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-07-08
Youth Died Of pstlsars.

Clarence Groves. 10 years old. son
Of . farmer near West Plains, died re.
Gently Of pellagra. This 10 the first
pellagra case known In that part Of
the state and has attracted wide At
tention. The victim came here from
North Missouri . few years ago.