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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-03
YAKIMA RIVER BURSTS IT'S
BANKS AND INFLICTS A
HEAVY LOSS IN THE LOW
Err VALLEY.
KENNEWICK- -RICHLAND
BRIDGE GOES DOWN
Losses Sustained from Horn to
Rivers Mouth will Amount
to Many Thousands of
Dollars

Since last Saturday the lower
Yakima Valley has been exper.
fencing one of the worst floods
in it's history. The full extent OF
the damage, which will amount
to many thousands of dollars,
will not be known until the wa
ters recede. Every river bottom
farm from the Horn to the riv-
er's mouth, a distance of 20 miles
has been inundated. Thousands
of tons of hay have been either
lost or badly damaged; stock
have been drowned and meadow
lands furrowed deep by the rush
ing waters. Altho no homes
have been swept away, the wa
tiers have crept up to the doors
of the houses and families have
been forced to seek safety on
higher ground.
The general public has suffered
along with the individual farm
ers in the damage done to roads
and bridges. The heaviest loss
in this respect was sustained at
the bridge between here and
Richland, the north span of
which was carried away about
three o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
This bridge was only built a few
months ago. At last reports the
Grosscup and Fallon bridges
were still in place but the small
er OF the Grosscup bridges was
reported to be badly out of align
ment. For several days the flood
waters have been pouring over
the floor of this structure and
there has been but small hope of
keeping it in place. The east ap-
proach to the Fallon bridge has
been washed out and owing to
the flooded condition of the flats
1t has been impossible to get
near to either this or the Gross
cup bridges and as telephone
lines have been washed out, COM
munication between here and the
flooded areas has been rendered
difficult.
A continued downpour of rain
IN the mountains the last of the
week sent the river up to a high
er level than the flood stage of
the week before and by Sunday
40 was again out of it's banks in
tne Hats northwest of Richland
ana by Monday afternoon it was
tearing deep channels thru mea-
doWs and across roads in the
hats between here and Richland
where no damage has been done
oy the Yakima for many years,
out which each year are flooded
by the backwaters from the Co
lumbia.
The fact that the Columbia is
not at flood stage added greatly
70 the damage done by it's tribu-.
tary. In ordinary high water
times the Columbia backs up in
TO the Yakima for several miles
and retards the flow of the small
'er stream. Now, however, the
swollen Yakima rushes down into
the Columbia with tremendous
force. 1t was this great onrush
OF water that carried away the
Richland bridge. The current
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-03

Rev. and Mrs. w. P. Osgood
and family and Mrs. Lyoia B.
Smith were honor guests ss a
pretty reception given them by
the members of the Baptist
church Monday evening in the
church parlors. A profusion of
cut flowers and potted plants,
palms and hanging vines made
the rooms very inviting, while
the Stars and Stripes added a pa
triotic note to the affair. A pro-
gram was given consisting of in
teresting talks by Rev. Osgood,
Mr.. Motter and Rev. Delepine,
joyed before bidding goodbye to
Miss Nelson and solos by Mr.. A..
C. Hall, while Mrs. Hall rendered
some beautiful piano selections.
After the program refreshments
were served and a social hour en-
several delightful readings by
their pastor and family who will
leave today for their new home
in Puyallup.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-03

rapidly ate it's way out around
the abutments at the northern
end Of the bridge and undermin-
ed the middle pier. The north
span thus loosened crashed into
the water and was carried a
short distance down stream
where it now lies grounded.
1t is impossible to ascertain
the extent of the damage to the
state road across the flat west
of Richland. Ten days ago 100
feet of the road was washed out
and it is thought that this time
the road has been destroyed for
the full distance across the river
valley. Considerable damage
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-03
CALL NO MORE MEN
UNTIL FEBRUARY Is
Local Boards are Notified that
Next Draft will Not be
Made this Month

DR.. F. M. Crosby, of the Ben.
ton county draft board, has re.
ceived official notice that the
next formal call for men under
the selective service act will not
be made prior to February Is.
The provost marshal general has
issued this announcement for
the guidance Of local boards and
registered men.
1t may be, however, that spec
ial calls will be made for skilled
Workmen, such as the one made
recently for bricklayers, under
which call the state of Washing
ton was asked to furnish 25 men.
The provost marshal generals
order instructs local boards to
send forward all men who are
placed in class 1 until any defic-
iencies in the quota of the first
draft have been made up. In
this state there are no such de-
ficiencies, every local board in
the state having received re-
ceiptS in full for fhoi,. ,ooroof;,,,
quotas as called for by the gov
ernment, July 20.
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TO OPEN ROUTE
TO RICHLAND
Road on This Side of River to
Fall0n Bridge to be Made
Passable, Says Pratt

Commissioner Pratt said to-
day that immediate steps would
be taken to alleviate the isolated
condition of the district On the
other side of the Yakima. A
force Of men will be put to work
at once improving the road on
this side of the river to the Fal-
Ion bridge and as soon as the wa
ters receded the road across the
flats near the old hop ranch will
be made passable.
An Investigation will also be
made as to the feasibility of put
ting in a temporary ferry be-
tween here and Richland. IF this
cannot be done a pile driver will
be secured and a temporary
bridge will be put in.
Before rebuilding the old
bridge Commissioner Pratt ex-
poets to have a state engineer
here with a view of changing the
location of the bridge to some
point farther up the river. By
doing this the old route across
the flats near the mouth of the
river will. be abandoned. During
high water in the Columbia
these flats are nearly always
flooded, the soft subsoil spreads
and it is extremely difficult to
maintain Q good road. The state
department has always
contended that the bridge wash
ed out Tuesday was poorly
placed.
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tural industry and must be
brought to a realization of that
Importance. Considering the cap
ital invested this industry re.
ceives less consideration at the
hands of the banker than any
other. If the industry is to
thrive this must change.
In the establishment Of by
products plants, Mr.. Sugrue be-
lieves is the one great hope for
the future Of the industry in the
Northwest. The time is fast ap-
preaching when the fruit grow
ers must cease their attempt to
market C-grade stuff on the
green market. At the present
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RED CROSS CONCERT IS
PLANNED FOR JANUARY Is
r. d. Kennedy, Baritone of Spokane;
Will Sing Here-Miss Shier to
Arrange the Program

Thru the efforts of Miss Mar
jore Shier, director of music in
the public schools, Red Cross
benefit musical concert has been
arranged for the evening Of Jan
uary Is. e. D. Kennedy, bari
tone, of Spokane, who directed
the choral society here, will give
a varied program including Sc
lections from opera, oratorio and
modern American composers.
Mr.. Kennedy will be assisted
by the high school orchestra and
other local talent.
Mr.. Kennedy is coming to Ken
newick primarily to inspect the
teaching methods Of Miss Shier
and it is at her invitation that he
has consented to appear in a pub
lie concert. Members of the
Woman's club have offered to
assist in making the concert a
success. The admission charge
will be small, probably 25 cents,
and the entire net proceeds will
go to the Red Cross, Mr.. Kennedy
making no charge for his work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-03

Guy johnson and Wilmot
Gravenslund have gone to Seat
tie to enter the Seattle School of
Engineering. They will take up
the study of gas engines with
the view of equipping themselves
for service in the aviation de-
partment of the army.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-03
MEET DEATH IN ATTEMPT
TO CROSS SWOLLEN YAK
INA IN BOAT ABOVE THE
IRRIGATION INTAKE DAM.
NOT MISSED UNTIL NEXT DAY
Empty Cabin and Drifting Boat
Tell All Story that will Ever
BE Kn0wn-Bodies Not
Yet Recovered

Henry M. Thamke and Charles
Vanier lost their lives last Sum
day night while attempting to
cross the swollen Yakima river
in boat above the irrigation
dam at the Horn. The manner
of their drowning will never be
known, but there is little doubt
but that they were swept over
the dam to their deaths in the
swirling rapids below.
The two men were employed
at road camp on the other side
of the river near the Horn, where
Mr.. Thamke was experimenting
the repair Of roads that had been
damaged by the high water two
weeks ago. County Commission
er F. l.. Bash had spent the day
with them and about three
o'clock in the afternoon Mr..
Thamke took him to his home in
Hanford. Returning he brought
DR.. M. p. Davidson down to the
camp. About eleven o'clock that
night the two men, Thamke and
Vanier started to cross the river
to spend the night at Vanier's
cabin near the intake of the N.
p. /. company's canal on this side
of the river. The next afternoon
a boat identified as that Of Mr..
Vanier's was seen to float past
the home of j. B. Clements near
the mouth Of the river. Altho
a constant watch has been kept
at the river, no search for the
bodies can be undertaken until
the waters recede.
During the afternoon Sunday
the two men, in company with
Mr.. Bash, twice crossed safely
above the dam and telephoned
from Vanier's cabin to Ditch Su-
perintendent w. F. Sonderman
and Vanier had promised to teIe-
phone again later in the evening.
Not receiving the message Mr..
Sonderman attempted to call the
cabin that evening and again i'm
the morning. Not receiving any
response he went to the head
gates. 1t was evident that the
men had not passed the night in
the cabir as they had intended.
It was not until later in the day
when Mr.. Bash and Mr.. David
son were reached by telephone
that friends became alarmed for
The safety Of the two men. Until
that time Mr.. Sonderman had
thought the men had not left the
road camp the night before and
the men at the camp thought
they had been detained on this
side of the river.
Mr.. Vanier was an excellent
oarsman and had crossed the riv-
er above the dam in all stages of
water frequently for several
years. He was likewise an excel
lent swimmer and thoroly ac-
luainted with the river in all its
moods. The supposition is that
IN the darkness the boat probab-
y collided with a floating log or
'ther debris. When the river was
On its last rampage about ten
lays ago Vanier broke an oar and
Iost an oarlock in a collision with
some floating brush and would
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A. /. Smith returned the first

A. l. Smith returned the first
of the week from a short visit
to Seattle, Tacoma and other
Coast cities. He accompanied
his brother John, who had been
home on a furlough, to Camp
Lewis. He visited at the camp
and was well pleased with the
manner in which the boys are
housed, fed and cared for.
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Continued on page eight
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The next meeting of the ex.
tension work given by the Ell.
lensburg Normal School is sched.
uled for the evening of Tuesday
January 9th, at the high schoo
building.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-03
HORTICULTURAL
SESSIONS START
DemOralized Railway Traffic Re.
sp0nsible for Small Attend
ance at Annual Meeting

LABOR, transportation ana IL
nance, are the three great prob.
lens which are today confront.
ing the horticultural industry OF
this state, according to j. F. Su.
grue, of Cashmere, president OF
the Washington State Horticul.
tural association which opened
its fourteenth annual convention
here this morning.
In his annual address Presi-
dent Sugrue laid stress upon the
necessity for more careful study
Of these three vital problems.
He said today horticulture is one
of the first ranking industries in
this state, taking its place along
with lumber and fisheries. From
an investment standpoint, he
said, there were few industries
in which there was more capital
involved and in which there was
lower percentages of net returns
to the investor.
During the early years of it's
existence the work of the state
association was of a cultural ma
ture. It's mission was to teach
the orchardists how to grow bet
ter fruit. The cultural phase of
the industry has now become of
secondary Importance to the
three great problems of labor,
transportation and finance, all of
which had become bigger prob
lens because of the war.
The growing of fruit is an in
dustry in which machinery does
not figure largely. The most of
the labor is hand labor. The prun-
ing must be done by hand; the
spraying, with the exception of
the pumping, must be done by
hand; thinning must be done by
hand; picking is also done ex-
clusively by hand labor as is also
the packing, with the help of au-
tomato grading machines. For
this reason the labor question
looms big before the fruit grow
er at the present time.
While long distance from mar
kets will always render transpor-
tation one Of the big problems of
the fruit grower, it has become
doubly so now that railroads are
taxed to capacity in carrying war
necessities. This is a problem
the solution of which calls for
the combined efforts of the grow
ers, the railroad companies and
the railroad commissions and is
one which demands attention ev-
cry day in the year and not just
during the marketing season.
The bankers and the financiers
of this state. Mr.. Sugrue said,
have not yet come to realize the
real Importance Of the horticul-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-01-03

DR.. D. S. Brogunier, of this
city, has been appointed to the
medical advisory board for the
army draft to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of DR..
Fewell, formerly of Pasco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-07
HEAR FROM HOCKEY STARS.

TORONTO. October Harry Ar
dagh, the former st. George and To-
ronto goalkeeper, now a gunner in
the 18th Ottawa Battery in France,
is again reported slightly wounded,
but able to remain on duty. A cable
has been received from Lieut. Jerry
Malone, saying that he is in England
on two weeks leave. He is with the
18th Battalion. and by a strange COIN
cidence is in command of the platoon
originally commanded by his brother.
Lieut. Mike" Malone. the varsity
hockey player. who was killed in ac-
ton several years ago. Lieut. Gerry"
has been in the thick of it since the
offensive began IL July.
A recent visitor was Maj. Jack
Lash, who went overseas with the 92d
Battalion, and has returned home to
90 to another fighting front with the
Siberian forces. Jack" Lash was one
Of varsity's greatest foot ball and
hockey stars and figured on several
champion teams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-07
SERVICE ELEVENS
: GETTING IN SHAPE
Four Army Camps and Navy
Yard to Be Represented
by Gridiron Teams.

Five strong service foot ball teams
are getting ready to play games
around Washington this fall. Unless
present plans, elevens will represent
Camp Leach. Navy Yard, Marines.
Camp Meigs and Fort Myer. There is
a possibility also that the Walter
Reed Hospital will develop an eleven.
With all these units represented
on the gridiron there are likely to
be some mighty spirited contests.
Down at Quantico the Marines are
said to have an exceptionally good
lot of material Many men who have
held down regular jobs on college
teams are at the marine camp and
all are anxious to get out on the foot
ball field again. Fort Myer has pros
poets for turning out a competent
eleven, and out at Camp Leach are
several men who have starred at col
leges; among them McQuade, one OF
Georgetown's best halfbacks of the
last few years. Camp Meigs is also
said to be ready to turn out a COM
petent aggregation, one that should
make almost as good a record as
was set by its base ball club last sum-
mor. Bumps turner, WIZ useu "
star for the Vigilants and MohaWks.
Is heading a Navy Yard team which
ought to be good enough to hold its
own against any in the section. If the
number of former Independent stars
mentioned for it's lineup is any cri-
terion Of its probable strength.
Mohawk Athletic Club will not have
q foot ball team this fall, according
to President Harry Smithson. In talk
ing about his club last night Smith
son stated that it was not intended
to develop an eleven, because such
. course would be next to impossible.
Hero Ia how Smithson puts it.:
TT Is next to impossible for the
Mohawks to Hink of developing a
foot ball team this fall. Thirty-one
Of our nfty members are in the serv-
ieo and the majority of the remain
ing nineteen are working in the navy
-Ard. which IL practically in the serv-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-07
1919 BASE BALL STATUS.
Garry Hermann Says q. S. Au.
thorities Will Decide Program.

CINCINNATI, October August
Hermann, chairman of the national
commission, recently said: Major
league ball for 1919 depends entirely
on the authorities at Washington.
Measures will soon be taken to ascer-
tain the opinion of those in control.
IF it seems best to the government
that base ball should stay dormant
for another season the magnates will
cheerfully obey. but if the govern
ment wishes base ball to be resumed
as a tonic for the public nerves the
magnates will put forth their best
endeavorS.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-07
TAKES TWO. MORE TITLES.
Miss Bjurstedt Wins Singles and
Doubles Honors in New JERSEY.

NEW YORK. October Like Alex
ander the Great, Miss Molla Bjurstedt
soon will be forced to weep for lack
of worlds to conquer. Playing in the
final events of the New Jersey state
championships on the courts of the
Orange Lawn Tennis Club at Noun
tain Station. N. J., the famous Morse
tennis artist yesterday added the
singles and doubles titles to her
credit.
Miss Bjurstedt moved down the
clever Miss Marion Zinderstein of
Boston in the final of the singles,
winning at Go, GO. In the final of
the doubles Miss Bjurstedt and Mrs.
Spencer F. Weaver defeated Mrs. H.
Stuart Green and Mrs. L. G. Morris
at 60, IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-07

ice. With one exception every man
who would be available for team to
represent us now is out for the Navy
Yard eleven, and our former players
are just as much wrapped up in the
development of a Navy Yard team as
they were in the success of the Mo-
haws when the latter won the city
championship. We are willing to let
our laurels rest with the two cham
pionships we won; that is, We are
willing to let them rest until the boys
get back home When Cohill and the
others of our fellows come back from
France We'll turn out another eleven
and be ready to meet the best o.
them with an even chance to win.
Probably one of the most remark
able physical specimens in the Army
camps around Washington, or any
where Tor that matter. is Grenvllle
Lewis. a former Maryland State foot
ball and base ball star, who is cap
tain in the Engineer Corps at Camp
Leach. Lewis, or "Gren" as ne is
known to all old Maryland State men,
is forty-two years of age. but in the
last three months has passed three
100 per cent physical examinations.
Lewis captained the State foot ball
team of 1896, an eleven that had but
one touchdown scored against it in
seven games and won all the games
it played; the game not won was
to tie. Lewis played fullback and
practically was the whole team. He
also starred at first base in the spring
of '97 in base ball. He was perhaps
the greatest of all the athletes that
have worn States colors. He stands
about six feet one. weighs in the
neighborhood of 100 and could still
play a mighty good game of foot ball
if he so desired.
intercollegiate basket ball may
be carried on here this winter. but
the schedule will have to be confined
to games on Saturday nights. All
members of Students Army Training
Corps units must have two hours
of supervised study five nights of the
week, and consequently will be able
to get away from their posts only on
the last night of each week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-07
TEXT OF GERMANY'S PEACE
PROPOSAL TO UNITED STATES

The German government requests the President OF
the United States take in hand the restoration of peace
acquant all the belgeent of this request and invite
them plenpotenaries for the purpose Of opening
negotiations.
It accepts the program forth by the President of
the United States in his message Congress January
and in his later especially his speech of
September ~, basis for peace negotiations.
With view to avoiding further boodshed, the Ger
government requests the immediate conclusion of
armistce land and water and in the air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-07
COLES BEATS STILES.
Shawnee Golfer Wins by / Up in
Tobacco Fund Benefit Tourney.

SHAWNEE-ON-DE Pa,
October THE fall golf tournament
was finished on the links of the Shaw
nee Country Club here Saturday, Alec
Coles of the home club winning from
Edward Stiles Of North Hills in the
final round by 1 up. AS a result it
was figured that something like $500
would be turned over to the fund for
smokes.
Coles won both Of his matches Sat-
urday on the home green. In the
morning he disposed of ]. W. Platt
of North Hills, one Of the best of the
junior players, while Stiles had rather
an easy match with Pierre A. Proal,
the Rumson Country Club champion,
the first named winning by up and 8
to play.
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ICIIANCELLOR'S PEACE MOVE
OUTLINED TO THE REICHSTAG
Cites Note to President Wilson
Requesting Armistice- Tells
Army and Navy Of Step.

COPENHAGEN. October 8 (by the
Associated Press).-Prince Macmillan
OF Baden. the new German imperial
chancellor, announced in the reichstag
yesterday that he had sent note
through the Swiss government to
President Wilson, in which he had
requested Mr.. Wilson to take up the
question of bringing about peace and
to communicate with the other bell
lgerents regarding the subject.
The chancellor told the reichstag
he had addressed his note to the
President Of the United States be-
cause Mr.. Wilson, in his message to
Congress on January 8. 1918. and in
his later proclamations, particularly
his New York speech on September
81. had proposed a program for
general peace which Germany and her
allies could accept as basis for ne
gotiations.
Kaiser Addresses His Forces.
BERLIN. October 6. via Basic, Swift
acknowledgements William today is
sued proclamation to the German
army ana navy, III WHICH, dIIeF an
nouncing that the Macedonian front
had crumbled, he declared that he had
decided, in accord with his allies, to
again offer peace to the enemy.
the text of the emperor's procla-
mauon reads:
"FOr months past the enemy
with enormous exertion and almost
without pause in the fighting has
stormed against your lines. In
weeks of RtfuRRleN often vvifh0uf
repOse, you have had to persevere
and resist a numerically far su.
perf0r enemy. Therein lies the
greatness of the task which has
been set for you and which you
are fulfilling. Troops of aL the
German states are doing their part
and are herofcally defending the
fatherland ON foreign soil. Hard
is the task.
.My navy is holding it's own