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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01

ranged for first Liberty Loan bonds be- tween May 15 and June IS, and between November 15 and December l6 For the second loan, these dates woald be April i5 to May 16. and October l5 10 Noveu- Der IS. For the third loan, February h to March l6, and August 1s to Septenfaer l6 For the fourth loan, March E to April 16, and September l5 to October I6.
 This arrangement Is explained by the treasury as follows:
 During any period when the transfer books for any particular loan are closed no transfers of registered bonds of such loan or interchanges of registered and coupon bonds of such loan will be per- naitted but if requests for transfer of any such registered bonds or interchanges of any such registered and coupon bonds are received during any such closed pe- riod, the requests will receive attention upon the reopening of the books.
 "The semi-annual interest will be paid to the person in whose name bonds are registered as shown by the books of the treasury department on the date the books close, regardless of any dsposi- ton that may be made by the registered holder during the closed period. If cou- pon bonds are presented for exchange for registered bonds during such closed periods, the coupon next due should be detached and collected in the usual man ner. If registered bonds are presented for exchange for coupon bonds during such closed periods, interest on such reg istered bonds will be paid in the usual manner, and the coupon bonds delivered upon such exchange after the reopening of the books will have the coupon ma turing on the interest day for which the books were closed and prior coupons de- tAched 7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01
URGE OWNERS OF
 LIBERTY BONDS ID
 REGISTER THEM
Involves Heavy Work and Expense, But Govern ment Thinks It Is
 Safer Plan

Washington, November so.-To insure against loss or theft of Liberty Bonds, owners are being urged by the treasury to have their coupon bonds registered, although the procedure results in a great amount of work and expense for the government now that the number of bond owners runs above 3OOoo.0oO. The regis tration can be arranged at most banks, and is done without cost to- the owner. After registration. if bond is acciden- tally lost, stolen pr destroyed the gov ernment will pay 1t at maturity just the same, and interest checks will be mailed to the bond owner twice a year without requiring him to go to the trouble of clipping coupons and presenting them at bank
 The fact thas~ bonds of the First Lib erty Loan or bonds of the Second Lib erty Loan are converted into bonds bear ing higher rate of interest does not af feet the dates on which interest is pay able explains a treasury announcement
 Interest is paid on bonds of the first loan, regardless of whether they have been converted, on June 15 and Decem- Der 15; on bonds of the second loan, May 15 and November 15; third loan March 15 and September 15; fourth loan, April 15 and October b.
 The treasury also explains that, owing to the mechanical difficulties of prepar- ing millions of interest checks on reg istered bonds, coupon bonds will not be exchanged for registered bonds or reg istered bonds transferred on the books from one owner to another during a month before an interest paying date of each particular loan. For example exchanges or transfers cannot be ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01

classification camp and found to be so
 ured as to De unfit for further serv- ice.
 esides those sent from the hospitals to this camp are those officers and men who were round wanting i'm varying de- grees when put to the test. Since the begnning of the American offensive west of Verdun several officers from two divisions have been sent back for reconsideration. In only a few Instances taa they prove wholly inefficient put there are many who demonstrated that mistake had, been made when they were placed in the roles they held few oI them are above the rank of major but the majority are captains and lieu tenants.
 IL IS not expected that any, or at least not more than a very few, of these off eers will be returned to the United States deprivedz~of their rank but it is certain that many of them will be as- signed to work for which they are bet ter fitted than that they have had. Some will go back to the service of supply and some whose previous training has pe- culiarly fitted them for office work will find themselves doing work at som6- base.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01
SPECIAL AGENCY
 FOR WEDDING OUT
Trained Men Pass Upon Fitness or Unfitness of
 Men for Service

With the American Armies in France, November 5.-(Correspondence of the As sociated Press. )-The classification office is the "weedng out" agency for the American fighting forces in France In large walled camp overlooking the. Loire river is the headquarters where army officers schooled in efficiency and psychology ascertain whether soldier has become unfit for the fighting lines.
 To this office are sent officers and men alike from the battlefields north of the Marne, from the St, MihieL Mouse, and Argonne sectors. It is duty of the classification officers to return the men under consideration to the fighting units. to assign them to industrial work or to direct their return to the United States as unfit
 TO be unfit does not imply disgrace in great majority of the cases. For every man who has proved to be lack ing in soidier-like qualities there are hundreds for whom the word unfit, is a testimonial of valor. They are the wounded sent from headquarters to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01
LAPS STUDYING
 FOREIGN RELATIONS

Tokio, October 3o.-viscount Yasuya Uchida, minister of foreign affairs; Lieut.. Gen. Giichi Tanaka, minister of war; Count Gen. Masatake Terauchi for mer prime minister and Baron Shimpei Goto, former minister of foreign af- fairs, have been made members of the diplomatic advisory council, an organiza- tion which was created about a year ago to assistS and advise the foreign of- flee in the foreign relations of the efn- pire.
 Viscount Uchida was made the chief secretary of the council. Mitsutake Ia kahashi, chief secretary to the cabinet and Lieutenant General Yamanashi vice. minister of war were chosen assistant secretaries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01
Prominent Jap Dead

dent. of the city council of Tokio. who, with Baron Shibusawa, headed a Japan ese mission to the United States in 1909, is dead He was for 9 long time presi- dent of the Tol1io Chamber of Commerce and leading figure in the Japanese business world. The mission with which he went to the United States nine years ago was received in many American cities and proved an important step in promoting business relations between Japan and the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01

known with the will to conquer steadfast in their minds and hearts.
 We do nos laugh now in England at the idea of marching through Berlin, we feel that It Is the thing that all of us long for most, and that it is~now quite within the limits of possibility 1 think that it is the seriousness of the American soldier fresh to his work and enthusiastic in his outlook, that has put new vigor and heart into the war worn British soldiers who have been slugging away through weary years and who now see the light that shines lat the end of the pa ssage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01
SOUTH AMERICANS
 SUPPLY EACH OTHER

Buenos Aires, October 3o-The com mercial relations between Brazil, Uru- quay and Argentina have increased so rapidly during the last two years that steamship companies are finding it inn possible to furnish vessels enough to take care of this trade.
 < Since European and American markets have been closed to these three South American republics, they have found that they can furnish each other with most of the products formerly bought in other countries, Plans are making to increase the shipping facilities between them as soon as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-01

crew of 14 farmers, two foremen and four riggers in the Supple -Balin ship building yards at Portland, Ore. built and placed in position from lumber in the yards s9 frames in 4e1s hours These ffames being double were built, bolted together with GA screw bolts in each frame, and two coats of carbolineoum were applied before bolting together.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
KENNEWICK GIRLS
FOR ARMY NURSES
Six Young Ladies Volunteer to
Enter Training at Army H0s>
pitals in this Country


That the young ladies of Kennewick
are fully as ready to serve their coun-
try as are the young men was demon
stratcd this week when six volunteer
ed to enter training as Red Cross
nurses.
Mrs. +. M. Crosby was notified from
Prosser that Benton county had been
to furnish four young ladies
as army hospital nurses. With the
assistance of Mrs. j. w. Vickers the
county's quota was more than filled
in one day. Those who volunteered
are: Margaret Beinhart, Audrey Gra-
ham, Agnes Larson, Allegro Baxter,
Edna Brown and Bernice Meals.
No information has been received as
to when the young ladies will be called.
They will receive their training in the
hospitals at the army camps in this
country.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08

unsanitary and in every way unfit for
court house purposes; that at last
Commissioner Bash and myself had
come to see the building as they saw
it and had taken steps to secure bet
ter quarters; that an expert architect
had said under oath that the present
building is unsafe and unfit and so
thoroly onvinced of the truth were
the former board Of commissioners
that at much pains and considerable
expense they had felt it no less than
their duty to invest S125,000 of the
peoples money in providing more suit
able quarters; in view of all this we
considered it very poor business to
pay $4,000 for the purchase of, or
$250.00 month for the rental of, an
old shack that is good lor little else
than an ice plant"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
ABSENT NOR TARDY

A school report just issued shows
the following pupils neither absent nor
tardy for the year 1917-1918:
First grade-Armand Jamitta; Ia
grade, Bernice Kadow; End grade,
Elva Allen, Joe Brown, Myrtle Schus-
ter; 3rd grade; Edna Kimple, Bonnie
Brown, Silver Mcclure, Floyd Myhre;
4th, Ardell Hartman, Glenn Allen,
Amiel Bockstruck, Chester Cox, Leo
Glassner; 9Th, Mary Bremmer, Russell
Lawson, Robt. Plummer; 7th, Howard
Beste, Troy, Bockstruck, Lolita Fors-
lund, Dorothea Martin, Elmer Martin
Muriel Martin; 7thA Milton Tripp.
Agnes Door; 9Th A Orion Willsey,
Merle Muncy, Everett Terril, Winri-
fred Winkenwerder; 9th, Evalyn Da
Wis, Glessie Wynn; 10th, Mona Fer
ril; 11th Mary Kinkaid; 18th Agnes
Hawkins, Lorene Kennedy, Gladys
Motter.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
MORE SOCKS AND SWEATERS
NEEDED BY THE RED CROSS
Local Branch Receives Supply of Yarn
and the Knitters are Busy
Again

The local branch of the Red Cross
has received shipment of sweater
and sock yarn and Kennewick's knit
ters will again get busy. In compli-
ance with orders from headquarters
the local branch has discontinued
making all hospital garments and are
confning their efforts exclusively to
making refugee children's dresses.
The following statement has been is
sued by chapter headquarters at Yak
ina:
Red Cross organizations in the low
er valley report that they have been
and are greately concerned over
the persistent reports that the Red
Cross needs no further work from the
Yakima valley women or from women
elsewhere in the nation. According
to the ugly rumors, the difficulty ex-
perienced by the Red Cross in getting
yarn and other materials is proof that
the women's work is neither appre-
ciated nor wanted.
According to the official statement
sent out from headquarters, the Red
Cross work should be speeded up,
rather than reduced. More socks and
sweaters will be needed now that the
American boys are in the trenches,
and the demand for surgical and hos
pital supplies will increase. While the
Red Cross now has considerable sup
ply of these on hand, it is regarded as
a reserve supply and not by any
means as a useless surplus.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
MARRIED MEN PUT
INTO CLASS ONE
Twenty-Five Men in this County
Are Advanced i'm Accordance
with New Ruling

Twenty-nine married men without
children, of the 1917 registrants have
been advanced by the county draft
board from Class 2B to Glass 1Y. The
registrants thus reclassifed have the
right to appeal. Appeals should be
taken by government appeal agents
in all cases where the local board does
not initiate Redistribution and the
best interests of the government war
rant an appeal.
The ruling of the provost marshal
generals Office under which this re-
classification is made reads as follows:
eff a registrant has a wife but no
children, and there are, such other
sources of support available that the
removal of the registrant will not de-
prive the wife of reasonable adequate
support, he goes in Glass 1 as not be-
ing included in any other division of
the schedule"
In compliance with this ruling the
ioCdl UodTO HAS dONdHCeU Cle IOliOW-
ing men to Glass /:
Raymond Earles, Seattle; Walter
Washburn, Kennewick; Guy Davis,
Kennewick; VIM. Schuster, Kenne-
wick; Pack Crawford, Pasco; John A.
Brog, Kennewick; Eben Robinson, Ho-
yer; Phillip Watkins, Prosser; Glenn
Fish, Spokane; Arthur johnson, Ho-
yer; Harry Breede, White Bluffs; Jas.
Crosby, Prosser; Mark Dele, Prosser;
F. L. Soper, Prosser; F. L. McNeill,
Prosser; Carroll Harding, Richland;
Clifford Head, Williston, N. D.; Robt.
Kelly, Prosser; Walter Richards, Pros
ser; VIM. Crump, Portland; Harry
Cochran, Kennewick; James Crofton,
Vellejo, CAL; Gentry Brown, Kenne-
wick; Solen Cook, Toppenish; Orville
Fisher, Pasco; Elbridge Barker, Ev-
erett; Reuben Larson, Kennewick; II.
Reedy, White Bluffs; Horton Hunting
ton, Prosser.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
ORIN BEINHART
SEVERELY, Y,,WOUNDED
First of Kennewick's Fighting
Boys to be Injured on Bat
tlefields of France

The war was brought little closer
home to the people of Kennewick Mon
day when word was received that Orin
Beinhart had been severely wounded
in action July Fl. First news Of the
casualty was received in a telegram
from the adjutant generals Office to
the young mans father, ID. j. Bein-
hart and his name was carried in the
published casualty lists two days later.
The wire said that the war depart
ment was in possession Of no details
and no further information has as yet
been received.
Young Beinhart was one of the
first of Kennewick's boys to answer
his country's call. He enlisted a year
ago in Battery E, 146th field artillery.
When the battery left England for
France he was left behind in. quar-
antine and was placed in casual de-
tachment. Later he was assigned to
Company 1, Military Police, 1st Div
ision.
His letters indicate that he has been
up near the front for several months.
A few weeks ago he wrote that shell
had struck his dugout but none of the
boys were injured and in a letter
written July and received by his
father day before yesterday he says
he had been in two gas attacks.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
BENTON IS UNDER IT'S QUOTA
County Lacks $43,74O of Apportion-
ment of Savings Stamps

According to statement just issued
from the Office of the state war saw
ings committee, Benton county is be-
hind $43,740 on its quota of war saw
ings stamps. The quota is $158,740
and the total amount Of sales and of
pledges reported to date is s115,000.
In recent saving drive only six of
Che 80 counties of the state went over
the top. They are Chelan, Garfield,
Grays Harbor, Lewis, Pacific and
Whitman.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
DAIRYMEN BUY HAY HERE
Clarke Co. Men Buy 400 Tons at $25-
County Agents Make the Deal

Roy Dobbs, of Vancouver and A. j.
Stickney, of Washougal, representing
number of the leading dairymen of
Clarke county, purchased 400 tons of
alfalfa hay in the valley last week.
The price paid was s25 fob. shipping
point.
The hay deal is the result of cor
respondence between County Agent l..
M. Lampson of this county and the
county agent of Clarke county. Mr..
Lampson believes permanent mar
ket for much of the valley hay crop
can be developed in the dairy Sec
tions of southwestern Washington.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08

Rev. c.. r. Delepine will preach at
the union services in the Congrega-
tional church Sunday evening. The
Rev. Delepine had thought this would
be his last public appearance in Ken
newick before going to France to en-
gage in Y. M. G. A. war work, but he
received word this week that he would
probably not be called for three
months.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
DIR. and Mrs. F. M. Crosby were hon

DIR. and Mrs. F. M. Crosby were hon.
or guests Tuesday evening at very
pleasant launch party given them by
few of their friends. The following
guests enjoyed the moonlight ride up
the Columbia as well as the delicious
picnic supper served: Mr.. and Mrs.
FL. r. Vibber, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H.
Sherk, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Harsha,
Mr.. and Mrs. George d. Peters, Mr..
and Mrs. C. C. Lennon, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. E. johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. B.
E. Reser, j. j. Rudkin and E. w.
Trenbath.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
NO IMPROVEMENTS MADE SOON

Council Decides to Delay Street work
No Gravel to Fruit Warehouses
There are to be no extensive street
improvements in Kennewick this year.
This decision was reached at the reg
ular meeting of the city council on
Tuesday evening. Owing to the high
water in the Columbia it will be sew
eral weeks before it will be possible to
secure gravel, or until much of the
fruit hauling is over, so the improve
ment of the street leading to the fruit
warehouses was called off.
The streets improved last year by
VIM. Morain are holding up better
than was expected and their further
Improvement will be indefinitely de-
layed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
EIGHTH GRADE DIPLOMAS HERE
Those Successful in Examinations May
Get Diplomas at High School

Thirty-three children of the Ken
newick schools have finished the state
eighth grade examinations and have
been granted their state diplomas.
These diplomas have been sent to the
Office of Superintendent H. H. Hoff-
man, where the owners may call for
them. The names of those earning di-
plomas follow:
Mana Carmen, Luree Ficklin, Della
Golland, Albert Williams, Clara Linn,
Winifred Winkenwerder, Alice Sand
berg, Emil Albrecht, Fred Bernath,
Elizabeth Brown, Leota Byrd, Mar
garet Given, Charles Haas, Irl Halli-
day, Harve Hendricks, Ruby Kinds,
Jeanette Huntington, Lawrence john
SON, John Keene, Ruth Larsen, Marian
Lewis, Frank Maupin, John Mayfeld,
Merle Muncy, Rose Olbrich, Marian
Peter, Avis Philson, Wilma Sandberg,
Harold Schultz, Gordon Taylor, Hope
Taylor, Everett Terril, Orion Willsey.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08
LAG ARTILLERY
HAVE BEEN In
THE BIG FIGHT
Sgt. Lake Writes that Battery E
Boys have Been Fighting
Like HelI''
in CHATEAU THIERRY SCRAP
Says Regiment is Wonderful Organi-
cation and is Making Name
For Itself in France =

The first definite information that
Kennewick's artillery boys have been
given a chance at the Hun is contain
ed in letter from Sgt. Hugh R. Lake
of Battery E, 146th F. A., who with
five other boys from the regiment has
been sent to the United States to
serve as instructors in gunnery.
According to Sgt. Lake, whose let
ter was published in yesterdays Yak
lima Republic, the artillery boys have
been fighting like hell'' since June 20.
"About June 20 we left for the
'front.'" writes young Lake, now in the
United States. "By our sudden de-
parture missed my chance of going
to the officers school, but I was not
disappointed because / wanted to be
where things Were doing.
eve gave a good account of our
selves up behind Chateau Thierry, fir
ing continually night and day. One
morning at IL o'clock, when we were
still firing, and / had just sent over
20 rounds in 25 minutes, the command
ing officer came to me and told me to
get my stuff packed and report to
battalion headquarters. 1 didn't know
what was up, but when got there it
was an order to report to Lieut.. Hart
for service in the United States. So
/ am returning as an instructor on the
new gun. cannot say that am glad
about returning"
"I hated to leave the boys, who are
working and fighting like hell, and go
ing thru hardships they will never see
this side of the water. The 146th
regiment is making name and is a
wonderful organization. We did not
have any casualties, tho shells were
dropping within 200 yards of us, and
we had two gas attacks-one lasted
two hours. There are six of us re-
turned from the regiment"
When the 146th embarked for over
seas about eight months ago nearly
100 Benton county boys were in Bat
terry E, but since that time several of
them have been transferred to other
branches of the service. Altho let
tiers have been received from several
of the Kenncwick boys recently none
Of them have said anything about hav-
ing been in action at the front. The
information in Sgt. Lakes letter is in
a manner confirmed by letter from
Sgt. Fred Berg to Mrs. Berg. The
letter was dated June 20 and the
writer closed by saying that they had
just received orders to hurriedly pack
up and be ready to movc-to where
he didn't know.
That all is well with the 146th is In
dicated by cablegram from. Major
Paul HI. Weyrsuch, Of Walla Walla,
to his wife, Sunday, in which he says:
Gall are WELL"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-08-08

Miss Tillie Raucher, who was TAX
en- to the hospital at Walla Walla
last week, underwent an operation
Wednesday and is getting along nicely.