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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30
ADAMSON LAW NOT VALID
Federal Judge In Missouri Makes Dc
cision-Case Goes Higher.

Federal Judge In Missouri Makes Dc
cision-Case Goes Higher.
Federal Judge Hook, in Kansas
City, Mo-, last Wednesday issued
the final decree in the Missouri, Okla
homa and Gulf railroad injunction
case against the government to pre-.
vent the enforcement Of the Adamson
law, declining to dismiss the injunc-
ton, declaring the law unconstitution
al and enjoining Francis NJ. Wilson
United States district attorney, from
enforcing the law.
The decree dismisses the injunc-
ton suit so far as the railroad broth
erhOods are concerned, leaving the
government sole defendant.
Railroad attorneys intimated that
while they probably would not pass
the multitude of injunctions through
out the country, in view of this ac-
ton, they might ask that one other
suit filed by some eastern railroad be
taken to the supreme court as well as
the Kansas City case.
The decree will be mailed to Wash
ington today and viii be filed in the
supreme court Friday. Dec. 4 the gov
eminent attorneys will appear and
urge that the court advance the casa
on the docket and hear it at once.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30
SEVEN DIE IN AUTO WRECKS
lnterurban Trolley Car Crashes into
Crowded Machine Near Detroit.

1850 - $500 ~''NJ N'sS' ~ 14Sll-S liieS
Crowded Machine Near Detroit.
Three persons were killed and three
others injured, two probably fatally,
when- an interurban trolley ca.
crashed into their az. gmobile near
the northern city limits of Detroit.
The dead are: Mrs. Laura Wilke.
meyer, aged twenty-four; Joseph
Wilkemeyer eight; Roy Hayes,
twenty-four.
The probably fatally injured are;
Russell Winterstein, fractured skull;
Elizabeth R. Marchese, fractured
skull; an unidentified girl, aged about
nineteen, was less seriously hurt.
The accident occurred at Nine Mile
road and Woodward avenue. The auto
mobile and the interurban were both
northbound. Apparently curtains on
the automobile obstructed the view o.
Hayes, who was driving. He attempt.
ed to crGGs over the tracks and the
interurban travelling rapidly, struck
the machine squarely in the center,
All Of the victims were of Detroit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30
DEATH RIDES IN RACE
Motorcycle Contest Results Fatally on
Road Near Bedford, Pa.

Harold D. Glacken, aged nineteen,
of Pittsburgh, a motorcyclist, was
killed instantly near Bedford, Pa, in
the sidecar of a motorcycle driven by
Lawrence Keys, twenty-one, also OF
Pittsburgh. Young Glacken was
crushed beneath the sidecar when a
Blowout caused the machine to buckle
up. Mr.. Keys was thrown to the
roadside and escaped with minor cuts
and bruises.
The accident occurred five miles
west of Bedford on the Bedford road,
Mr.. Keys and Mr.. Glacken had lost
several miles before entering Bedford
in mounting their motor on a new
frame. They were forcing their ma,
chine at top speed, according to
PAGERS, attempting to overtake their
adversaries in a race when the rear
tire blew out. The machine swung
to one side and crashed into an en-
bankment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30
CO-RECENT FOR AUSTRIA.
Francis Joseph VIII Elevate Heir OF
Sixty eighth Anniversary.

sixty eighth EHEiVeTcary.
According to the Nossische Zeitung.
an uuconfrmcd dispatch from Vienna
says that Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria-Uungary viii issue on Dec. ,,
the occasion of the siXty-eighth ami
versary of the beginning of his reign,
a proclamation making Archduke
Charles Francis Joseph. heir apparent
to the throne, co-regent.
Archduke Charles Francis Joseph.
who is granddaughter of the emperor,
became heir to his throne at the as
sassination of Archduke Francis Fer
dinand previous to the outbreak Of
the war The Archduke Charles has
had command Of the eastern front
especially in Galicia and in the Italian
theater
At present he is in command of the
combined German and Austro-Hun-
garian forces in the Carpathians and
along the Pennsylvania frontier
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30
WAGES or Steel
MEN BOOSTED
Corporation Announces In
crease Of 10 Per Cent
AFFECTS 100000 PERSONS

Chairman Gary Makes Announcement
In New York-Average Salary Per
Employee In 1915 Was $2.92 a Day.
The United States Steel corporation
announced an increase of 10 per cent
in the wages of the employees OF its
steel and iron companies effective
Dec. Is, next.
Wage and salary advances in other
departments of the corporation also
will be equitably adjusted, it was
stated.
The increase affects, in all, about
100000 employees and probably adds
nearly $20,OOO,O00 to the corporations
pay roll.
Ordinarily the question of wages
would not come up for consideration
or decision at this time of the year"
said Chairman Ebert H. Gary, in
making the announcement, but in
consequence of the abnormal condi-
tons existing it has been decided to
increase the wage rate of iron and
steel companies 10 per cent, to take
effect Dec. Is. AS to other depart
ments increases will be equitably pro-
portioned."
Chairman Gary declined to make
further comment, but another official
of the corporation said the action of
the directors was taken with due re-
gard for the higher prices prevailing
for necessaries in all parts of the
country"
Total salaries and wages paid to
the companys 1925 employees in
1916 aggregated $176,80O,S64. Since
that time the number of employees
has greatly increased and several
wage advances have been made. 1t
is estimated the pay roll of the Steel
corporation at this time is between
S190,000,00O and $20Q.000,OOO which
implies an increase of approximately
S20,000,000 under the higher rate of
pay.
The average wage of salary per en-
plov5e in 1915 was 1892 a day, an i'll
crease of four cents daily over the
previous year. The advance to take
effect in December will raise the aver
age of wages and salaries to the high
est level in the history Of the cor
poration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30

Catarrhal Illness Killed Franz Josef.
Emperor Franz Josef died last Tues
day at Schoenbrunn castle in Vienna.
The first intimation received in Lon
don that Emperor Franz Josef's health
was again the subject of solicitation
was contained in a dispatch dated Nov.
y, emanating from a Vienna news
agency, which reported that the en-
peror had been suffering for some
days from slight catarrhal affection.
Subsequent reports from various
sources, more or less conflicting, rep
resented that his condition was BE-
coming worse, but none of them indi-
Gated that his illness threatened to
reach a critical stage, and from Vienna
came assurances that he was still
able to give audiences to one or more
ministers daily.
What gave some crcdence to the
suspicion that his condition was much
graver than official bulletins indicat-
ed was the report, which still lacks
official confirmation that it had been
decided to associate the heir to the
throne, Arch Duke Charles Francis, in
the government of the country and
that he was to assume the position
Dec. ,, the sixty-eighth anniversary
Of the emperor's ascension to the
throne.
The death of Franz Josef is a re
markable climax TO the long list Of
tragedies in the Hapsburg family
list unparalleled in any other reign
ing house in Europe He dies in the
midst of the worlds greatest war,
which he himself largely brought
about by his determination to avenge
the assassination of his heir, Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, as the result
of an alleged Serbian conspiracy,
while on a visit to Bosnia June IS,
1914.
Franz Josef was eighty-six years
old. He was born Aug IS, 1880
European newspapers, commenting
on the death of Emperor Franz Josef
of Austria, almost invariably blame
the aged ruler OF the dual monarchy
for the war which is ravaging Eu-
rope. The political significance Of
the death of the emperor has not yet
been touched upon TO any extent, al
though Italians are pointing to the
fact that the heir, Emperor Charles
Francis Joseph, is married to Prin-
cess Zita Of Parma, an Italian. How
ever nothing direct is said regarding
the bearing this fact may have OF
future events.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30
BIG BRITISH SHIP SINKS
Fifty Lives Lost When Brittanic Goes
Under Waves,

The British hospital ship Brittanic
has been sunk with the loss of about
fifty lives, says British official an
nouncement.
The Brittanic was sunk by q mine
or a torpedo Tuesday morning IN the
Aegean sea, according to Tho alHcial
statement. There were LOG sur
vivors, of whom about IS were in,
jured.
1t is understood that the Brittanic
sunk was the new White Star liner
Of thst name of 1880 tons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30
And The Cat Camn Back.

Mrs. j. f. Cation of Swampscott took
her pet cat Tiger to her summer cot
tage in Ogunquit, Ne. last June. On
the morning after the arrival there the
eat disappeared. Last week Mrs Ca
ton found the cat scratching at the
door Of her house in Swampacott. The
distance travelled bg TIGER is nearly a
hundred miles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30
DIGS HOLE TO KILL SELF
BIaster Jumps In and Lights Fuse;
Dynamite Does Rest.

Leon David Ross, a foreman blaster
in quarry Lear Stony Point, Rock
land county, N. Y. used his knowledge
of his trade to wipe himself literally
out Of existence.
He dus own three feet, took a
half dozen sticks of dynamite and
braided thei? fuses. Then he IeaDeJ
into the nc y and lighted the fuses.
Only bits Of his body have naan found.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30
SEVEN PERISH IN FIRE
Whole Family of Resident of Cape
May, N. j., Burned 10 Death.

way, IN j., burned 70 GeaLh'
The whole family Of Lewis Wilson,
consisting Of seven persons, persisted
when they were entrapped in their
beds by a fire which destroyed their
home in West Cape May, n. j.
The family consisted of four chill
dren, their father and mother and
their grandmother.
The family was asleep when the
fire broke out and had gained such
Roadway when neighbors arrived that
it was impossible to save any of them.
The house was two and half-story
frame dwelling and stood some dis
lance from other dwellings in the vii
lage where there is no fire depart
ment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30
CHARLES |. TO
biIAd!HTAIN WAR
New Ruler Of Austria Issues
Proclamation to hation
FRANZ JOSEF DIES III VIENNA
Austrian Rulers Determination to
AVenge the Assassination of Ferd-
nand Was Cause Q. War.

Emperor Charles 0. Austria has is
sued proclamation to the Austro-
Hungarians declaring his infeXible de-
cision to maintain the war until "a
peace assuring the existence and de-
velopment OF the monarchy" accord
ing to Vienna dispatch to Reuters
by way OF Amsterdam.
After paying homage to the late
emperor, the proclamation said:
81 will continue to complete his
work. l ascend his throne in stormy
time. Our aim has not yet been
reached and the illusion of the enemy
to throw down my monarchy and our
allies is not yet broken. You know
me to be in harmony with my peoples
in my infiexible decision to continue
the struggle until peace assuring the
existence and development of the
monarchy is obtained. | will do all in
my power to Danish as soon as pos
sible the horrors and sacrifices of war
and to reobtain peace as soon as the
honor of our arms, the conditions of
life of my countries and their allies
and the defiance of our enemies will
allow"
According to the Berlin correspon-
dent of the Copenhagen Politken, as
quoted in Copenhagen dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company,
Archduke Charles Francis of Austria
Hungary will assume the title of en-
peror and King Charles |.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-11-30
ff3,3OQ.285 IN U. S.
Census Bureau Estimates Population
OF Country.

The population cf continental Unit
ed States on Jan. /, 1911 will be 1922
$4,000 and, with its outlying posses
siOns, 113,3O92 S5, the census bureau
estimates. upon the increase shown by
lhe federal censuses of 1900 and 1910
Treasury department statisticians,
using a different method of calcula-
ton, estimated the population of con
tinertal United States as 03OO2, 900
Nov. l.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-10-19
MAURER SISTERS x
HERE NEXT WEEK
First Number of Lyceum Course
to be Given Thursday Eve
- ming in HI. S. Gym

The Redpath Lyceum course will be
opened here next Thursday evening,
October &c, by the Maurer Sisters Or
chestra. Of the six numbers the
Maurers are the only attraction which
appeared last year. They were book
ed by the committee because of the
general satisfaction which they gave
last year. In fact they are being sent
west again this year by the Redpath
bureau because of the heavy demand
made by the Northwest towns for
return engagements.
According to press reports the Sis
tiers are making even a bigger hit than
last year. The Daily Examiner, of
Bellefontaine, Ohio, says:
"The Maurer Sisters Orchestra ap-
peared before large audience Mon
day evening and their work was SUI
perb. They gave concert that brought
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-10-19
Willy CECIL. RHODES.
fhe Way He Discovered the Diamond
Fields Of South Africa. ..


Have you ever heard how diamonds
were discovered in South Africa? And
did you know that Cecil Rhodes was
the man who made the discovery? But
here is the story:
A German trader in skins and ostrich
feathers from the interior. with Pieter-
maritzburg as his frontier station.
drove into Cape Town one afternoon.
He had been two months bringing in
his wagons, each drawn by ten yoke
of long horned oxen, from the frontier
trading post named. I...
This trader, among other curious
things. had a dozen or so very brilliant
pebbles. which he was showing to his
friends. .. h..
Zine specimens of globular quartz.
said a doctor newly arrived. who had
Just enough of smattering of geology
to know nothing at all about it.
"Would you mind giving me one or
two of those pebbles?" said tall.
dark skinned. slender young man. "Or
will buy them from you at whatever
you may consider them worth. l have
no such stones in my collection at
home" .r@E.a
MY dear SIR" the other replied,
with the heartiness of dweller on
the veldt, you are very welcome to a
couple. Pick out any two you may
fancy.|
The dark young man selected two
about as large as medium sized hick-
ory nut. thanked the trader and i'm
mediately sent the "globular quartz
off to Amsterdam. AS he thought,
the report came back saying that the
stones were diamonds Of incompara-
BILE fawlessness. Then started the
rush to the diamond fields.-Philadel-
phia North American. Esq.,. .-..-.. ~.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-10-19
EAST KENNEWICK
Mrs. l.. A. Peters is worse again

Mrs. L. A. Peters is worse again
this week.
Mrs. H. N. Anderson has been ill
this week.
d. F. Cresswell and B. F. Neal
were at Mottinger Saturday and Sum
day. ."..s
Miss Beatrice Brace and Miss
Gladys and Nevada Dague were Pasco
visitors Friday. ...
Little Ethel Lawson fell from lad
der at the grade school building Tues
day, breaking her arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Breithaupt ac-
companied Fred Breithaupt, who came
down Sunday, to his home in Toppen-
ish for visit.
Miss Gladys Motter, Miss Alice
Korfman and the Misses Johnson ac-
companied the Allisons to Richland
Sunday to attend services at the Bap-
fist church there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl E. Humes and
little SON Robert left Wednesday at
noon for the East. They will go to
Maryland first, where Mr.. Humes has
a position as overseer of large or
chard tract. From there they will go
to Massachusetts to visit with rela-
tives for a month and will return to
Maryland in time for Mr.. Humes to
take up his work by the middle of
November. East Kennewick folks re-
greet very much to see them go and
hope they will find their new home a
good one.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-10-19
RIVER ROAD NOTES

Mrs. w. H. Kratzer visited with
Mrs. j. O. Cleve on the Highlands on
Wednesday. *.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Brue and family
and Mrs. Ben Bergen were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. D. G..
Bergen.
Mrs. D. c. Day proved herself a
genial hostess when she entertained
the ladies of the Thursday club the
past week.
d. C. Day finished filling his silo
Friday, after which the machine was
moved to H. H. Peters where another
silo was filled. .....s 4
C. r. Kerr and wife, of Ontario, Or.
spent Tuesday and Wednesday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Philson.
Mrs. Philson and Mr.. Kerr are brother
and sister.
A. Bergen, who has been visiting
with his daughter, Mrs. D. C. Bor-
gen, left for his home in the Palouse
country Tuesday. He was accompan-
led by Ole Brue, who goes in search Of
health. They will make the trip in
Mr.. Borgen's car.
Mrs. M. Doan and children, who
have been visiting at Northloup, Neb.,
expect in a short time to join Mr..
Doan at Walcott, B. c., where he is
employed by the Grand Trunk Pacific
as operator. They report snow and
zero weather in that section.
Earl Carpenter came home Tuesday
morning, being compelled 70 give up
his work with the Price Lumber Co.,
for time in order to allow his fingers
to heal, the ends of two of which were
caught and taken off in cog-wheels
where boxes were being made.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mounsey left
Sunday for Vancouver, where they
will make their home. Mr.. Mounsey
will be associated with his brother-in-
law in a business way. George, hav-
ing resided in this community for a
number of years, will be missed by his
numerous acquaintance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-10-19

afternoon. Success to each and all OF
Them"
The program follows:
Ensemble: ga Musical Melange.
$50. Iopanl
Whistling Solo:
a. Underneath the Stars"
b. "The Fairy Pipers"
Cornet and Flute Duet: "Serenade"
................. LII
Violin Solo: "Hejre HAITI. ... .Hubay
Reading: "The Abandoned Elopement"
Ensemble: "Liebesfreud" -. .Kreisler
Cello Solo: "Gavottce". ..... Pepper
Vocal Solo selected
Piccolo Solo: turtle Dove" ..Demare
Reading: allow Some People Laugh"
Ensemble: Carmen March" %. .Bizet
Altho the committee has completed
its canvas of the community in listing
season tickets it is not too late yet
for those who wish to enjoy the course
to take advantage of the reduced
rates. the price of season ticket is
$3.50, while the single admission tick
cts will raage from SIS to $1.00.
Tickets may be purchased of Supt. M.
S. Lewis. Reservations as usual will
be made at Whereabouts. The
committee has adopted the plan of al
lowing no reservations to be made on
tickets that have not been paid for.
Other numbers and the dates are:
Mt. Vernon Singing l-arEy, November
%; the Killarney Girls, December Ia;
Lecture, either DIR. Suzzalo, of The
State University OF DR.. Holland, of
the State College, early in January;
Schildkret's Hungarian Orchestra, on
January 81; Gay Zelola MacLaren,
February 2.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-10-19
sunken Ships Mark His Grave.

There are many monuments to the
father of the British navy" Sir Fran
els Drake. throughout the world, but
his tomb" is in the great deep upon
which he made his everlasting fame
He died Jan. %. 1895. in his ship the
Defiance, near the town Of Nombre de
Dios, West Indies, and ins leaden'
coffin his body was lowered into the
waves some six miles from shore. As
q last honor to him two Of his ships
with all the prizes that were in the
feet at the time, were sunk beside his
casket. At the time of his death the
great admiral was in his fiftieth year
and in the prime Of his physical and
intellectual powers. Since his death
the British navy has never been with
out a ship bearing his name.-Ex-
change
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-10-19
INDIA'S FAMOUS ROAD.
Il Is Called the Most Romantic High
wav In the World,

II Is Called the Most Romantic High
way In the World.
Every one who has seen 1t will agree
with the New York Sun that the Grand
Trunk road of India is by all means
the most romantic highway in the
world. That paper says of it:
A stately avenue of three roads in
one-the center of hard metal. the
roads on each side ankle deep in sill
very dust-fringed by double rows OF
trees. it runs for 1.4O0 miles through
the vast northern plain that skirts the
Himalayas. from Calcutta to far Pesha-
war, which keeps sentinel at the gate
of Afghanistan. " -.
From horizon to horizon it stretches
like q broad white ribbon. as straight
as if traced by a gigantic ruler, Ana
dotted along the entire length are hum
dreds of serats (wayside rest houses).
each with its arched and turreted gate
way. it's spacious inclosure. where hu-
mans share shelter with oxen, camels
and goats. and its central well of spar
king water. .,. -s......a .s-sss
For 5000 years the Himalayas have
looked down on this road and have
seen it as they see it today. 1t has
seen hundred generations Of men
come and go. score of dynasties rise
and fall. And yet today. 1t is to the
eye exactly the same as in the long
gone time when Nineveh was proud
city and our ancestors gnawed bones
in their caves.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-10-19
WHEN COTTON BALES BURN.
Firemen Always Dread That Type OF
Warehouse CONGREGATIONS


A type Of fire that the firemen dread
a great deal is a blaze in cotton ware
house. These fires generate an i'm
mense amount of dense. suffocating
smoke and because of this fact have TO
be fought almost exclusively from the
outside of the building. The smoke is
of too dangerous character to allow
the men to remain any length of time
inside. Therefore the fire fighting has
to be done entirely from the outside.
by pouring great streams Of water
through the windows and doorways
until it is finally drowned out"
There is an added danger at fires OF
this type that is not generally known.
The cotton bales are packed so closely
in these buildings. with practically no
space between them. and such an enor
nous amount of water must be used
to extinguish the fire. that the cotton
absorbs the water and begins to swell
And the Swelling" or expansion Of the
cotton has been sufficient in a number
of cases to force out the walls Of the
building. causing the structure to tum-
BILE into the street and within a short
time after the outbreak of the fire.
This was the case at fire in cot
ton warehouse in South Brooklyn sew
eral years ago. Within three-quarters
of an hour after this fire started, al
though it was in substantial looking
stone building. the walls suddenly
bulged out and crashed into the street.
and number of firemen working near
by narrowly escaped being killed
Charles T. Hill in st. Nicholas.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-10-19
PRINCESS PROGRAM

Friday, October 90
"The Absentee" a five-reel drama,
featuring Robert Edeson.
"When Love Took Wings" one
reel keystone comedy, featuring Fat
ty Arbuckle. .a a
Ford Animated Weekly.
Saturday, October 21-
Triangle Might
William Collier, the famous Broad
way star, supported by Enid Markley
in "The No-Good Guy" five-act COM
edy-drama that set a standard in New
York City. It's clean, wholesome fun.
Also two-reel comedy, "a Dash IF
Courage" featuring Harry Gribbon.
Orchestra music.