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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Sugar Crop Estimate

New Orleans. September S-John S. Denee, field agent for the bureau of crop estimates. United States depart ment of agriculture, announced tonight arcane on September 1. based on re- ports from all growing sections of Louisiana, was SG.4 per cent of nor nal. compared with 85.2 month ago. and 90 per cent year ago. The con- dition it was announced, forecasts a probably production of 4.4s6.752 short tons of cane or 245,20S short tons of sugar. Weather conditions in Septem- Der will largely determine the size of the crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Save Your Nutshells to Make Gas Masks
 for Boys Over There

New York. September s.-Plans for collecting fruit pits and nutshells to be used in making gas masks for the army have been extended to the home, and all persons are urged to deposit their collections in receptacles provided by hotels and restaurants, according to an announcement made here tonight by the hotel and restaurant division of the Uni ted States food administrations
 While the saving of pits max seem trivial the announcement said, Ut Is an important contribution to the war which can be made without sacrifice.
 The pits collected will be forwarded to factories at the direction of the gov ernment.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
ITALIAN OFFICIAL

Rome, September S.-The war office communication issued today follows:
 "There has been effective activity on the part of our artillery in the Camonica valley and along the Piave river and ire quent artillery duels in Val Arsa and on the Asiago plateau.
 I've have dropped two tons of bombs oa hangars and machines in the aviation camp near Belluno Our aviators also have dropped bombs with great accuracy on the villach (Carinthina) and License cryroD railway stations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Swimmer Reclassified

' Honolulu. T. IF, Septebber S.-Duke Ka- hanamoku, holder of all the worlds swimming, records for ? yards to 100 metres, has been transferred from draft Class to Glass 1 by his exemption board. He will be inducted into the army when he returns from the United States, where he is now on swimming tour. 1t was announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
M'ADOO REV|E WIS RESULTS OF FEDERAL RA|LW WAY CONTROL Salaries Paid Executives Now Much Lower Than
 Under Old System WAGE RAISE JUST,
 SAYS RAIL DIRECTOR Movement of Coal Accelerated by Increased Transportation Fa-
 cilities-McAdoo Draws :. Small Pay

Washington, September S.-Govern- nent operation of railroads for the seven months ending August 1, are re- viewed in the first report of Director General McAdoo to President Wilson The report made public today, re- veals that salaries paid railroad ex- ecutives by the government are much lower than received from companies under private control, but they have not been pruned to the comparatively small figures of other officers in Sov- ernnlent service The several regional directors of the railroad administra- ton get between $4o,000 and $500o0 year and federal managers of indi- vidual roads of systems varying amounts between s5000 and $40,0e0 although under private control, salar- ies ranged as high as s10o,000 for rail- road presidents or chief executives. a At the same time it is shown that directors of the nine divisions of the railroad administration are paid sal aries between $20, 900 and $25,000 each MT McAdoo, their superior, receives ? only the usual cabinet members sal-
 y of s12000 as Secretary of the Treas /. fy, and nothing in addition as director
 sneral of railroads. number of ,r, Sistant divisional directors of the | ilroad administration are paid more | an he receives.
 'slOf the 3253 railroad officers receiv- sr1g more than s5000 under privats management, 400 presidents and other officers have been removed from gov ,ernment pay rolls-although they may ohave been retained at company ex- pense-and the s21,320,000 paid officers in the aggregate under private control has been reduced to s15,062.000 by the government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09

the outflanking of LaFere and Laon and all the Germans positions east of this region. They have reached the outskirts
 of the village of Sevais. on the northern edge of the forst and 21a miles from
 LaFere, while a short distance to the north they have taken the village of Nemesis on the St Quentin canal This latter gain brings the French within little more than eight miles from St Quentin. North of the Aisne, near Soissons, the Germans are fighting hard to keep the French in check. realizing that the gain by them of much more territory in this region, in conjunction with the maneuver that is in progress around the St. Co., bain forst, will place the entire German defense line eastward toward Rheims ln a critical position. Near Laffaux and north of Celles-Sur-Aisne the Germans have delivered strong counter attacks
 but the French everywhere have main tained their ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN

The Germans also are reacting some what south of Ypres, especially in the region of Ploegsteert, where the British are threatening the recapture of Armen- tieres. Counter offensive maneuvers here and east of Wulverghem were broken up by the British.
 During the first week of September Field Marshal Haig's forces have taken more than 19,0oo prisoners and large num- bers of machine guns and quantities of stores.
 That further big events are on the pro- gramme of the entente allies in the pros ecution of the war is indicated by the fact that Newton D. Baker, the American Secretary of War, is again in France for a war conference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
BITUMINOUS COAL

Washington, September S.-Bitumi- nous coal production for the week ending August s1. was 12,s42.0oo tons. the fuel administration announced to- day, and was approximately the same tonnage mined the preceding week. Anthracite production for the same neriod showed an increase of 25.Tl6 tons over the week before with a total-of 2,259,716 tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
TURKS EXPECT PEACE

Amsterdam, September S-Talaat Pasha, the Turkish grand visier, in an interview published in the Vienna Neu Freie Presse, said he firmly be-
 iieved that peace would come before winter. Talaat is now in Vienna. Talaat said the war had exhausted it. self in it's achievements and that it's continuance was manifestly useless. All our enemies, not excludine
 America" says Talaat. twill shortly
 come to recognize that thre is no sense in continuing the hostiiities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Floating Mine Found

Long Branch, N. J., September S.--A floating mine of the torpedo type was found in the surf near here today. It weighs about 200 pounds and bears the number 524. It was taken to the prov ing ground at Sandy Hook for exami- nation by army and navy officers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
DEATHS

Jacob Lloyd Martin. aged 26 years, died at the home of his father, J. N Martin. 67e0 Underwood avenue, veg terday afternoon. Funeral services will be held from Sixty-siSth Street Baptist church at 3 o'clock this alt ernoon. Wahouma lodge in charge. Nrs Iouyenia HcIton. wife of w. P. Helton, died at the family residence at Ketona yesterday afternoon. Body was shipped to Mount Pinson by Shaw this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Swedish Mills in Operation

stockholm, September S.-The arrival of l4,O0O bales of cotton at Gothenburg from New York will permit the swedish cotton mills to resume operation, which ceased in August, 1917. The cargo VIII be apportioned among the various mills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
|HAIG SMASHES BOCHE LINE FOR TWO-MILE
 GAIN ON WIDE FRONT
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it will be supreme test and will mean the enemys retirement from the soil of France if Ludendorff is not able to retain his grasp on the line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-Two, three or four furnished
 or unfurnished light housekeeping
 looms; immediate possession; pre- fer Southside. Call Main 9u60.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09

Vailly were repeated many times until evening but were repulsed
 Between the Aisne and the Vesle the lighting activity has decreased"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09

The distance by way of Panama canal from New York to Valparaiso, Chile, is 59l5 miies, and steamers made 1t in zz days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
JAPANESE COMMUNICATIONS

Tokio, Monday, September 2.-The war office today issued the following off cial communication:
 our cavalry, consisting of the main
 force Of the Twelfth regiment, one com pany of infantry and a detachment from the Cossack General Kaminoff's troops occupied 1man August 30. and from there August 3l, advanced towards Bikin. The
 main strength of the Twelfth division
 remained September l. in the vicinity
 or the ussuri, preparing for an advance
 on Iman. The railway bridge has been definitely taken by our infantry The retreating enemy is obstructing
 our advance by destroying bridges and
 with armored trains. The enemy who destroyed the railway bridge at the
 southern extremity of Iman at midnight oI August 2S was captured by our cav
 airy. South of Simakoff, the line was opened to traffic August 31
 our detachment dispatched toward Abigaid, five miles eouth of Manchuria Slty encountered enemy cavalry mum bering 100 August 90 at a point eight kilQmetres southwest of Abigaid and at tackled and dispersed them. We had no casualties.
 "On the occasion of our north Man churia detachment passing over the east China railway the Chinese troops, off, cials and people enthusiastically well | CnIef of the general staff. Baron Uyehara. tele graphically thanked the Chinese war minister, Yuan Che Kuei, August 90. 1 Tuan's reply was received August s1. It said:
 l Tt is only natural and proper to ex- tend welcome to your troops as those 1 of our friendliest neighbor when they l pass our territory. We hardly deserve your appreciation which, however. syou
 have been good enough to send us. Your
 kind message has now been conveyed to the local authorities"
 EIGHT HUN PLANES DOWNED London, September 8.-The official statement on aerial operations over the battlefront issued tonight sayss l Clouds and rainstorms limited work 1 in the air OH September z, but a good deal of artillery observation was carried out, as we'll as reconnaissances and con- 1 tact patrols. Eight hostile machines and
 one balloon were destroyed by our air- men. Three of our machines are missing.
 Thirteen tons of bombs were dropped
 by us during the 24 hours. Our night
 bombing machines all returned safely"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-03

Rev. w. A. Diggins of Walla Walla
will preach in the local Christian
church morning and evening Of every
first and third Sunday.
The Kennewick Woman's club will
hold its first meeting of the present
season next Friday afternoon, the 18th
at the public library room.
Billy Sherk celebrated his fourth
birthday Thursday at the home of his
parents, with a real life-sized party
and kiddies of both sexes as his guests
The Home Economics department OF
the Woman's club. met this afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Guy J. Hayden
Following luncheon the afternoon was
spent in Red Cross sewing.
Mrs. Shoemaker has been engaged
by Sherk & Company as dress maker,
Mrs. Shoemaker has had several years
experience and formerly conducted a
dressmaking parlors in Chicago.
Mrs. E. Y. Hawley and daughter
Sarah have returned home from a
several weeks visit with Mr.. Hawley,
who is employed by the Pacific States
Telephone company near Spokane.
Because of the coming of the trophy
train Tuesday evening the regular
meeting of the council was adjourned
until next Monday evening at which,
time the annual budget will be
adopted.
David E. Gould, of Brookline, Mass,
is looking after business interests here.
Mr.. Gould is one of the directors of
the Northern Pacific Irrigation COM
pany and has large holdings on the
Highlands.
w. F. Fulbright, of this city, has
received word that his brother, Elmer
Fulbright, Battery d, 146th Field Ar
tillery, was severely wounded July ~.
The official notice of the casualty was
received this week by the soldiers
mother in Yakima. The mother, how
ever, is in receipt of letter from her
son under date of July 81 saying that
he was laid up in the hospital with a
sprained ankle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-03
TEN YEARS AGO

There had already been three hard
frosts.
M. N. Hudnall was building resi-
dence in the Beach addition.
F. H. Lincoln and /. S. Gleason Of
Worcester, Mass, We're visiting with
friends. here.
L. E. johnson and o. L. Hanson
bagged 80 ducks in one day along the
Yakima river.
The N. P. /. company moved into
their new offices next door to the Ken
newick Hardware company.
r. C. Mounsey was at the Yakima
Fair exhibiting 80 birds from Mounsey
Bros. White Leghorn flocks.
]. F. Perry and R. Stanton reported
the sale of eleven lots in two weeks in
the new Hover Park addition.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Sweet returned
from four months visit with rela-
tives at various points in the east.
F. A. Swingle's concrete factory was
working full crew of men, getting
out large quantity of blocks for the
Hover Investment company.
The North Coast railway began the
grading of its line on the right Of way
over the Fcchter & Rudl5in tract ad-
joining the town limits on the west.
p. N. Harris, formerly in the real
estate business here, was arrested in
Walla Walla, charged with. embezzle-
ment of funds from the Prescott State
bank.
The Columbia Clay company shipped
three carloads of brick. A quantity
of hollow tile was also being turned
out for E. r. Neible's new house in
the Anon addition.
James Gavin, who was employed on
the steamer Mountain Gem, was Sc
riously injured by the breaking of
capstan bar at Cello where the boat
was being drawn on the ways for re-
pairs.
Rev. n. M. Bartlett was the first
purchaser of land under the N. p. /.
company's new Highlands project. Mr..
Bartlett took 40 acres and four 20
acre tracts were taken by non-resi-
dent buyers as soon as the land was
placed on the market.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-03
HIGHLANDS NEWS

A. D.. Villier commenced hauling
with his now Ford truck Tuesday.
Verne Mitchell left Sunday for Pull
man where he entered the state col
lege. s.=. .. r ~ 20.
Hugh, Arthur, Ethel and John Han
ratty motored to Grandview and re-
turned Sunday. z ~ -
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Carstens of the
Carstens Packing Co., of Fond du Lac,
Wis, were guests at the w. T. Mann
home last week.
Gordon Burris, of Livingston, Mont,
arrived last week and will spend the
apple picking season at the home of
his sister, Mrs. HI. j. Liebel. :
d. J. MCGOWAN of Tacoma was here
last week looking after his ranch
which has been under the supervision
of T. A. Warnock during the summer.
Mrs. A. G. Zierdt, who has been quite
seriously ill with congestion of the
nerves at the base of the brain, is re-
ported much better, but still at Miss
McGregor's hospital in town.
Miss Margaret Laird and Mrs. Geo.
Laird, of Rathdrum, Idaho, who were
returning from Coast trip, We're
guests at the A. C. Hart home on
Thursday and Prof. and Mrs. d. W..
Holt and children were guests on Sun
day.
M. G. Clark, who with his family
spent the summer on his Highlands
ranch and later accepted the position
of instructor in the department of
science in the Ellensburg high school,
spent the week end here looking after
ranch matters.
The ladies of the Highlands met at
the club house on Wednesday and or
ganized themselves into Red Cross
circle with the following leaders: Mrs.
Jos. Hess, Mrs. Bunts, Mrs. Kadow,
and Mrs. Simpson. Each circle will
meet once week at the homes of the
members.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-03
Little STORIES OF THE WEEK

Mrs. G. r. Bradshaw visited in Pros
GER Wednesday.
Attorney M. M. Moulton is feeding
his stenographer a diet of canned talk.
he has installed a dictaphone.
Newman Strommen, who is enjoying
afurlough from the Navy, visited with
friends in Kennewick this week.
Mrs. David Rae and son Jimmie, of
Walla Walla, are visiting at the home
Of her sister, Mrs. E. H. Sherk.
The City Clerks Office will be open
all day Monday, October z, 1913 and
any who wish to register may do so.
Raw Pritchard, who is in training
at Camp Lewis, visited Mrs. Pritchard
here from Friday until Saturday noon.
Alex Campbell and family, of Nab
ton, drove down and spent the day last
Saturday with the r. Dorothy family.
Charles Berney of Troutdale, Ore,
visited last week at the home of his
$brother-in-law, Arthur Jacot and fam
lily.
Mrs. Charity Smith arrived from
Walla Walla this week to spend the
winter with her daughter, Mrs. r..
Dorothy.
The Red Cross branch last week
shipped to chapter headquarters, Sd
pairs of socks, 33 sweaters, 2 helmets
and one afghan.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Dennis leave to-
morrow for Bremerton, where he has
secured a patriotic and profitable job
in the shipyards.
Seward McAuley, of the Navy, has
received his first furlough and is Wis
ting Mrs. McAuley here and his par
ents near Richland.
Lester Spencer, of Gresham, Ore,
spent few days this week at the
home of his brother-in-law, Robert
Dorothy and family.
The Bridge club will meet Wednes-
day afternoon of next week at the
George D. Peters home on the High
lands with Mrs. Peters and Mrs. C. c..
Lennon as hostesses.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-03
I SCHOOL NOTES

Last Monday afternoon the high
school was divided into two literary
societies. We have decided to discon-
tinue the interscholastic debates this
year, owing to the fact that SO much
time and money are. spent and so few
people take part. However, we do not
intend to drop debating. There will
be debates held between the societies.
A program will be given by one So
ciety the eleventh of October. The
public is invited.
During the morning and afternoon
sessions the students are allowed a
'five-minute recess. This is to elimi-
nate the confusion during the study
periods.
: Owing to a conflict between the
penmanship and spelling class and the
general science laboratory days, the
penmanship and spelling class has
been divided. Spelling classes will
meet on Tuesday and Thursday, PEN
manship on Mondays, Wednesdays
an Fridays. Miss Kraft will have
c. arge of the spelling and Miss Turn
quist will continue the penmanship.
From 12:45 to 100 p. m. students
have daily informal singing exercises.
Familiar and popular songs are sung
and incidentally school spirit is de-
veloped.
In accordance with the spirit of the
times which demands that everybody,
especially the student. make the most
of his time and opportunities, it has
been decided to change The time of
holding school in the high school build
in. On and after October q, the after
noon hours will be from 100 to 3:4O
o'clock. The entire time can etaoi
o'clock. The extra time can be used
to great advantage both to the high
school and the grammar grades that
will meet in our building.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-03

T. C. Browne has put the old Ford
Jit on absolute work schedule and
when he really wishes to go some
where he officiates at the wheel of a
new Paige roadster. He purchased
the new car in Seattle last week and
drove it home.
Mrs. Iowa M. Crawford, county SUI
perintendent Of schools, spent the first
of the week visiting schools in this end
of the county. She has been exper-
fencing some difficulty in getting
teachers for all the rural schools in
the county and still has two vacancies.
Mrs. j.. w. Soth received word this
week from her son Perry that he had
arrived safely in France, Perry en-
listed in the Marines year and half
ago and is glad to get where there is
promise of something more exciting
than guarding powder magazine on
the Pacific coast.
Rev. R. Aldrich, new pastor of the
Congregational church will preach his
first sermon here next Sunday morn
ing. The Rev. Aldrich comes from,
Fredericksburg, Ohio. He and his
family arrived the first of the week
and have occupied the Moulton resi-
dence on Third street.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Annis and
young son returned home this week
after an absence of several months.
They spent the summer at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. j. II. Jarboe, in
Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado End re-
turned West about two weeks ago,
visiting at the homes of their sons in
Spokane and st. Maries, Idaho.
The Kennewick Woman's club will
open the year with a reception in the
library rooms Friday afternoon of next
week. Following the business session
tea will be served by the Home Eco
nomics department. All ladies who
use sugar in their tea are requested to
bring their own sugar as none will be
served by the department. The Home
Economics department have changed
their meetings from Wednesday to the
first and third Fridays of the month.
Guy Purdy, formerly advertising
manager of The Produce Company,
writes that he is employed by the Pu-
get Sound Mills company in Tacoma.
He says: "The warehouse superinten-
dent at our plant has been receiving
voluntary subscriptions from the en-
ployees for the Liberty Loan. So far
as know he has not solicited anyone,
but he just told me that every man
and woman employed in the plant had
subscribed, making it 100 per cent
firm. There are not to exceed 123 of
us here and our subscriptions, exclu-
sive of the company's which will be
made later, total $60,450. It makes
me proud to be working for such a
firm.n
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-03
BIG CROWD SEES
CAPTURED TROPHIES
Many People Visit Train Carry
ing War Spells Which Yanks
Have Taken from the Huns

Several hundred people visited the
trophy train which was halted in this
city two hours Tuesday evening. In
fact the crowd which gathered along
the N. p. tracks where the train was
parked was so large that the. train
was ready to pull out before the last
visitors had filed thru the big auto
mobile box car where the smaller tro-
phies were displayed.
The uses of the cannon and machine
guns on the two flat cars were inter
estingly explained by a returned Ca
madam soldier who had seen about all
there is to see at the front and spent
IL months in hospital before recov-
ering from his wounds. Short talks
were also made by other Canadian sol
diers and by Travelling Passenger
Agent Miller, who was in charge of
the train.
Mr.. Miller introduced to the crowd
four American boys, all of whom had
been over the top and had been sent
home on account of wounds. Two of
the boys, Private Redd and Private
Boutell, had not yet recovered from
their wounds. Redd walked with a de-
cided limp and Boutell carried a limp
hand. Both were wounded in the
fighting in Belleau Wood at the bat
tie of Chateau Thierry and are MEM
bers of the Marine Brigade which was
one of the first American units to win
distinction on the battlefields of
France.
Sgt. Armistead, Co. H, 59th regu-
lars and Sgt. Cameron, Co. B, Bird
Missouri, were also introduced as boys
who wore the bands of honor of their
country and had been cited and decor
ated for bravery. They are now in
structors at Camp Lewis.
In addition to the American and
Canadian returned soldiers there were
on the tain two French veterans and
number of soldiers and sailors be-
sides one of the bands from Camp
Lewis.