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Evening star., 1916-10-02
aALusHA pENNYPAcKER DEAD.
Was Said to Have Been Youngest
General Of Civil War.

0aIusha Pennypacker. said to have
been the youngest general of the civil
war, has died here. He was seventy
years old. and had been i'll for two
years.
Gen. Pennypacker was q descendant
Of Hendrix Pennypacker, surveyor of
land for william Penn. He enlisted in
the 9th Pennsylvania Volunteers at the
than three years became a brigadier
general. At the end Of the war he
was retained Ia the regular army, and
In 1888 was retired with the brevet
rank Of major general. He was voted
4 medal Of honor by Congress for gal
liant and merftorious service. He bore
tho marks OF seven wounds. It was
suffering from these wounds that
caused his retirement at such an early
Evening star., 1916-10-02

but all who will may stay until q
o'clock The audience doesn't cafe, Ap-
parently. Most Of 1t II asleep. The
turned by q union operator. In case
you should not believe It they give you
his number and the number Of his
union. The man next to you notes down
the number ON an envelope. ~ though
asleep.
In fact, everybody is either half or
wholly asleep. The faithful couples up
front have gone to. sleep. Most of those
present have seen the show at least
once, but they make no move TO go.
There is a dreamy enervAted atmos-
phere about that warns you that you.
too, will presently be asleep. So you
arise and go forth.
You find yourself at q step in tho
Evening star., 1916-10-02

Now and then a gloomy and dignified
cow-puneher drifts in. balances his new
Evening star., 1916-10-02
HIGHWAY WORK SHOWS
ENORMOUS INCREASE
Statistics on Road Building and
Bridge Construction in q. s.
Past Twelve Years.

An enormous increase in the total
expenditures for road building and
bridge construction marked the de-
velopment of highway work in the
United States during the past twelve
years. Statistics compiled by the once
Of public roads and made public today
show that the expenditures for this
work increased from approximately
$50, 100000 a year in 1904 to about
$2s2, 100000 in 1915, or more than $50
per cent.
State expenditures increased from
50, 900 to more than $63 100000. In
addition, more than $27,000.000 of local
vision in 1915. bringing the total road
and bridge expenditures managed by
the states to ss0,514,69e.
State Highway Departments.
The rapid growth in importance Of
state highway departments Is shown
by the report. Since 1891. when New
Jersey established the first OF these
agencies. every state except Indiana,
South Carolina and Texas now has
These departments had expended up to
January / last a total Of $266, 1925
in state funds for road and bridge
construction. maintenance and admin
istration. They had constructed more
than $4,000 miles Of roads.
The falling OF in value Of road work
performed by statute and convict labor
was from $20,000.000. in 1904, when
the total road expenditures were
$50, ,00o, 900, to about SIS, 1000. 900 in 1915.
when it had grown to $3.50. 600. This
was a reduction of from Is per cent of
the total in 1904 to less than 5h per
cent Of the total in 1915.
Two and a HALF Million Autos In Use
It is estimated that there are now
approximately two and one-half million
automobiles in use on the roads of
the country. or one car for every mile
of road. This present motor traffic is
in excess of traffic Of all sorts twelve
years ago.
The cash road and bridge expendi-
lures of the United States averaged
only $2S per mile of rural roads In
1904. In 1915 this average had grown
to s109 per mile. New Jersey led all
other states both in 1904 and in 1915
with 1921 and $475 per mile, respective
ly. Nevada made the least expendi-
ture in both years-$3.72 per mile in
1904 and SIT per mile in 1915.
Evening star., 1916-10-02

chill. deserted foggy street. It Is Just
before the dawn. when ~ hny novelist
can tell you. courage and optimism are
at their lowest ebb. Twelfth street Is
q drab and dispiriting thoroughfare in
tho darkness. Only the electrics before
the picture show glow brightly. Tho
proprietor sits behind his grille, ar
ranging his nickels and dimes IN neat
stacks. His sign glows dauntiess at
his feet-"Open An Night
Evening star., 1916-10-02
Dahlman's Bold Position.

Mayor James C. Dahlman of Omaha is
chairman Of the Douglas county demo-
cratic central committee, whose juris-
diction embraces one eighth of the vot-
ing population Of the state. This chair
man has announced that the democratic
capaign in this county will include an
effort to defeat the prohibitory amend
ment. 1t is believed that this bold po-
sition taken by Mr.. Dahlman will be a
long stride for the "wetS" throughout
the state, as the mayor has a strong
following among democrats of the
state.
Arthur Capper, Governor Of Kansas.
has been dragged into the prohibition
free-for-all. The Nebraska Prosperity
League, leading organization OF the
anti nti-prohibitionists. published page ad-
vertisements which included alleged
interviews with Gov. Capper. who was
quoted as stating that prohibition in
Kansas has been a dark and dismal
failure. The governor indited the fol-
lowing message to the Nebraska press:
Since this state closed its doors to
the liquor business. never-ending
campaign Of falsehood has been con-
Quoted by the liquor interests of east
ern states. With scarcely one excep-
tion not a truthful assertion has been
published by the whisky dealers about
the situation in this state. The wonder,
in my mind. has always been what
strange sort Of mentality is responsible
for this particular brand Of mendacity."
Evening star., 1916-10-02

Meantime the real night audience is
drifting in. It dawns upon you that a
Evening star., 1916-10-02

from various an-night lunches Of the
neighborhood filing one corner Of the
hall with comment in the tongue of
Socrates. There Is the pretty cashier Of
q nearby restaurant identinable by q
yellow pencil stuck in her black hair.
Another young woman, resolute and
trinity dressed. causes a dozen necks
to crane when she enters. You won
der what she il doing here. until pres
emily she produces a pencil and block
Of paper and begins to make sketches.
She evidently represents art and the
new woman and emancipation. Prob
ably she has a protector in the back
ground The habitues sigh and sink
back in boredom. They are used to be-
ing sketched.
Evening star., 1916-10-02

The young Virginian playwright mar
ries the school teacher for the third
time running.
GJifnnse the Awfn1 Sitting here you
Finality of a Film. .h;na 80 W.
Evening star., 1916-10-02
Sails 800 Miles With Fire in Hold.

NEW YORK, October 2.-Fire which
broke out in the cargo hold OF the
American line steamship Philadelphia
Thursday. while the vessel was ap-
proximately 800 miles from this port,
still was smoldering under a blanket
of steam when she arrived here yes
terday. So successful were the officers
and crew in keeping the news from the
846 passengers, lest there should be
panic among them, that few were
aware Of the peril they had been in
until after the big liner docked.
Evening star., 1916-10-02
twenty-five Workmen Killed.

AMSTERDAM, via London, October
1-Twenty-hve workmen were killed
Friday through the collapse Of a por-
ton Of the railway tunnel on the WISE
Aix-la- -Chappelle line, according to the
Echo Beige.
Evening star., 1916-10-02
Kansas Held Up as Example.

Kansas is being held up to the gaze
Of the people as a terrible example Of
the effects lof prohibition. I'VE don't
give a cuss about Kansas" is the reply
Of the prohibitfonists.
The dry" forces are moving their
field batteries into position. Mrs. W. J.
Bryan, wife Of the former Secretary of
street corners OF Omaha. Mr.. Bryan
will be here later in the campaign, pub
lie announcement having been made
that he will make the supreme effort Of
the eve Of the state primaries last
spring the writer heard Mr.. Bryan
make the following statement to an au-
dfence Of 5000 Omahans: Il hope that
cratic or republican. it must go dry"
There was accent on must" In an in
terview on that occasion Mr.. Bryan
said he would like to devote the last
decade of his life in a battle royal with
demon rum. Nebraskans do not ques
ton Mr.. Bryan's personal purity, but
this is the substance of questions fire.
quently heard asked by former Bryan
patriots: "Will Mr.. Bryan be received
| seriously on this occasion. when it is
struggles for the presidency he know
ingly received financial support from
the liquor interests of this state?"
The political chemist would have to
\
politics and prohibition in the Ne
| braska campaign. The most astute
politicians have tried the feat and they
! say. 1T can't be done"
Bryan's Attitude Toward Ticket.
| In this connection, it is significant
| to note a. statement received from
Charles w. Bryan, brother of W. J.
Bryan and mayor of Lincoln. Neb. He
| wishes to make 1t distinctly under
stood that a statement said to have
| been made by Chairman Langhorst of
| the democratic state central committee,
| that w; j. Bryan would support the
| entire democratic ticket, was not cor
| rect. This is as far as Mayor Bryan
will go in speaking for his distinguish
ed brother. It Is. however, taken to
mean that w. ]. Bryan Is not posing
| as a spokesman for the entire demo-
| cratic ticket; that he will pick his own
posies from the democratic garden.
The anti-prohibitionists have no de-
| lusions. They have accepted the de-
fensive and are spending much money
in their campaign OF opposition to
| prohibitory legislation. There is a
ment PREVAILS in Nebraska at this time
| in favor Of prohibition, and the antis
are aware of this situation. They hope
| within the remaining weeks of the
campaign to stem the tide.
| Thus does closeup view of the
Nebraska situation reveal the liquor
question obtruding itself as the vitals
| Of the state campaign. The effect of all
this unon the national phase Of the
state campaign is a matter Of much
| gard Nebraska as a doubtful state in
| the national campaign. This national
phase Of the Nebraska campaign will
| be considered in a subsequent letter.
Evening star., 1916-10-02

Now ana then gloomy and dignifed
cow-puncher drifts in, balances his new
Stetson on. one
Speculate vainly knee while he
p-.;. smokes a cigar
v" A"eAA cite, and de-
parts in ten minutes. Not so one or
two young couples down in the front
rows. They were here when you ar
rived. and they must have seen the
bill at least twice already. They sit
on and on. their eyes on the screen as
though hypnotized. You speculate
and vainly over the purpose and busi-
ness Of some of the rest of the audi
ence. A few are plainly here out of
curiosity.
There are one or two restless couples
who seem to be Gaping off an evening
at the theater and a subsequent sup
per with reel or two Of movies. But
what of these half-a-dozen statd and
commonplace old gentlemen who sit
rigidly erect in their neat business
suits. scattered here and there among
train or troubled by insomnia, or es-
Gaping from family toubles? And what
Of the good-natured, middle-aged mar
ried couple who stroll in as though it
were a quarter of three In the after
noon instead of the morning?
These are moro or less puzzles. but
the regulars among the audience
make their purpose clear enough. They
have have come aeotss, to sIesp though why
not look INDECENT, but they lean
their heads against the chair behind
them. or the wall. or the chair in front
Of them, and slumber peacefully.
sprawled in all the attitudes of relaxa-
tton. The pictures utterly fail to keep
them awake. though the hero is young
virgfhian who writes plays and scat
sketches the sleepers busi1y.
One or two of the regulars" do not
sleep. There is an old gray-bearded
teIl you sitting ea aatentive and sritcs1 ths2
and slightly bored, like a German
baron at the opera. A boy of eighteen
comes in with the familiarity of habit,
wall lights and proceeds to dig grimiy
into book. Why he comes here to
read or study. heaven knows. Perhaps
his passion for the film is too strong
for him. and he salves his conscience
by pretending to work while he watch
es. The lighted clock on the wall
strikes a single little bell at o'clock,
with reproachful Tut"
The young Virginian playwright mar
ries the school teacher for the third
time running.
GIifnnae the Awfn1 Sitting here you
Finality of a Film. thing % of sH the
awful f1nality Of moving-picture film.
That playwright will go on breaking
the stove and marrying the teacher over
and over again until the end of time.
The management breaks the spell by
flashing an announcement telling the
audience that the doors close at am,
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-05-12
Coyotes Cut
Up Capers

The queer capers that the coyotes
are cutting on the east side of the
Columbia has caused Matt Weihl to
wonder whether they have sudden
ly become tame, are in the first
stages of hydrophobia, or just have
an attack of old fashioned hunger.
One crawled under Mrs. j. F. Will
sons front porch one day last week
and it took two people to drive it
away. An evening or two later,
Matt found one in his chicken
house. Besides giving him one
glance, the animal paid no atten-
tion to him, but Kept steadily on
at his job of trying to catch a
chicken. 1t was only after he had
been struck a sharp blow on the
head that he showed any fight, but
was soon dispatched.
Mr.. Weihl has taken it up with
the county health officer, but the
absence of any rabbits, due prob
ably to the severe cold and snow
last winter, inclines him to the be-
lief that the coyotes are starving.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-05-12
Republican
Convention

Ed Sims republican convention
at North Yakima last Saturday was
we'll attended by delegates from
the different counties in the state,
and to all appearances nearly all of
them performed to the satisfaction
of the manager.
The streets ablaze with decora-
tions, bands playing, and the great
crowds moving to and fro suggest
ed one of the old-fashioned, rous-
ing kind of conventions; but one
could not watch it in action long
without feeling growing sus-
picion that the details had all been
settled in advance and that the
convention itself was simply rat
ification meeting, and those who
went expecting a few thrills
were doomed to disappointment.
1t seems that political conven-
tions nowadays, however, have to
be handled in this way to get any
where and in the end, perhaps, the
results attained are on the whole
as satisfactory as under any other
plan.
A platform broad enough for all
republicans to stand on was adopt
ed. Messages of hope and encour
agement from Senator Jones, Con-
gressmen La Toilette, johnson,
Hadley and Humphrey were read,
but none from Miles Poindexter.
We are unable to learn whether
it was because the Senator forgot
to send one, or whether it was just
because. In either case, Miles
should worry!
The following delegates were Sc
lected to represent this state at the
national convention to be held in
Chicago in June:
First District, C. D. Bowles and
E. c. Hughes, Seattle; Second
District, Howard Taylor, Eagle
Grove and Thomas Sumner, Ever
ett; Third District, Alex. Poison,
Gray's Harbor, and N. B. Coff-
man, Chehalis; Fourth District,
A. D. Sloan, North Yakima, and
John Ankeny, Walla Walla; Fifth
District, A. l.. Rogers, Waterville,
and Alex. Alexander, Wilbur. Del
egates at large were: Scott G.
Bone, Seattle; Millard T. Hart
son, Spokane; Charles P. Lund,
Spokane; and Ed Sims. Port Town
send.
George Finley, of Finley, Ben
ton county, was selected as one of
the presidential electors.
The delegates to the national
convention go uninstructed, but it
is believed they are all opposed to
Roosevelt except as a last resort.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-05-12
Conservation
Congress $ S

Milton E. Dam, who, with his
brother, Everett S., attended the
National Conservation Congress last
week in Washington, d. c., as del
egates from this state under ap-
pointment of Governor Lister, was
selected vice president of the con-
gress.
The one big question before the
meeting, which was we'll attended
by delegates from all over the
United States, was the attitude it
would take on the water power leg
islation now pending in Congress.
A motion endorsing the Shields bill.
passed some time since by the Sem
ate and now pending before the
House, and which is credited gen.
orally with being satisfactory to
the water power interests, brought
on a spirited debate that was re-
markable for it's intensity. Clifford
Pinchot, former Chief Forester, led
the fight in opposition to the mo-
ton. Accusations that the con-
gress was "cold-decked" by the
water power interests were posi-
lively made and just as positively
denied. When the vote was finally
taken it proved the congress to be
favorable to the Shields bill by a
two-thirds majority.
1t is believed that this action of
the conservationists will add con-
siderable impetus to the pending
measure and mitigate much of the
opposition that has heretofore ex-
listed against it in the House.
The water power bill is on the
''must go" hook of the administra-
tion and it's passage is confidently
predicted at this session.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-05-12

At a meeting held Thursday aft
ernoon. the school board elected
the following teachers for next
year: Principal, Clifford Perry,
lone, Oregon; Grammar grades,
Lula M. Noe, White Bluffs; Inter
ediate, - Fuerst, Prosser; Pri-
mary, May Crews, White Bluffs.
The board considered at this
meeting, the advisability of provid-
ing house for the teachers, and
if one suitable can be rented, this
plan will probably be adopted.
A reorganization of the grades
is also under consideration.
School closed today.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-05-12
About the
Gas Well

In the belief that they are with
in striking distance of gas, the
company drilling in the we'll on the
Knudson ranch out in the Rattle
snakes have ceased operations for
time, until the water in the we'll
can be cased off.
There is in the neighborhood- of
400 feet of water now that wonld
greatly interfere with the efficiency
of the we'll, were gas to be encoun-
tered.
1t is presumed that it will take
about week to case off the water,
when the drilling will be immedi-
ately resumed. The hole is down
now close to 700 feet, and as gas
in the old we'll was encountered at
7O5 feet, the present operators fee
they are reaching depth when the
bottom Of their we'll may be blown
out any minute.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-05-12
New Laundry
All Ready

/ have everything in readiness to
start my new laundry. A new
mode is now offered my friends in
town and the rural districts. To
those who have been sending their
work away, come. let us get to-
gether-I am sure we can make
arrangements satisfactory to both
of US. To those who are doing
their own work, you will find it
will not pay you to do it. To those
living in Hanford, write or phone
286. To those living at up-river
points, plans can be made for the
transportation and service. All
work guaranteed and a fair trial is
all l ask. | am here for business,
and want my friends and patrons
to know that / am here to please
them. As | intend to establish a
permanent business, my aim will
be to do satisfactory work at all
times.
MRS. M. E. TROMANHAUSER,
Proprietor White Bluffs Laundry.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-05-12

Notices were received by the
water users this week from the
Consumers Ditch company fixing
the annual maintenance charge un-
der the old Hanford project at
$3.50 for the first 80 inches and 10
cents per inch for each additional
inch. This charge is made in con-
formity with the order of the Pub
lie Service commission made this
spring. The company makes it
plain in the notice, however, that
the rate is made without preju-
dice to them to question the jur-
isdiction of the commission or to
invalidate an appeal to the courts.
But the fact that they have made
the commissions ruling their rate,
probably means they will not ap-
peal.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-05-12
Plain Water
Aphis Spray

One of the most economical and
most effective sprays for aphis that
we know of is plain water. Where
you have pressure and there is
aphis on your roses, currant bushes,
snow balls, ETC., put the nozzle on
your hose and shoot the water to
them as hard as you can without
injury to the plants. Repeat this
in a few days, and you will practi-
cally get rid Of the aphis.
LUKE POWELL,
Dist. Hort. Inspector.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-05-12

Twenty dollars was the price
paid by Davenport's in Spokane
for the first crate of Strawberries
shipped out by the Richland grow
ers on Friday, May 5th.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-05-12

Four cars of delegates from
Okanogan and Chelan counties
passed through White Bluffs Friday
on their way to the Republican
convention at North Yakima. They
returned this way on their home
ward trip, bringing with them four
more carloads who had gone to
Yakima over the almost impassa-
BILE roads via Vantage ferry and
Ellensburg. AS an evidence of the
excellent condition of the roads be-
tween White Bluffs and Yakima,
they made the run across, a dis
tance of IS miles, Sunday morning,
in 2 hours and 40 minutes.
The Woman's Club will meet at
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-05-12

The Woman's Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Gage, Wednes.
day afternoon, May II.