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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-11-05

Washington State is aiming to
make its higher education more
practical all the time. At the Uni
versity in Seattle, a course in the
japanese language has been added
to the curriculum, for the benefit of
those students who plan to invade
the Orient for commercial purposes
or in the government service. An
other innovation is the addition of
a course in the candanavian lam
guages. The Washington State Col
lege is doing much to advance agri-
culture. Its latest demonstration
train is touring Western Washing
ton in the region of Puget Sound.
The excursion covers a period of
two weeks beginning Nov. 1. Prac-
teal demonstrations of scientific
farming and lectures are given at
all points.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-11-05
WHERE The DANGER LIES

The recent shocking revelations as
to the white slave traffic indicate
that the majority of victims come
from the ranks of Immigrant girls.
But it is also true that a large num-
Der is drawn from the small cities
and towns Of our own country.
That may seem surprising to
many, and yet little reflection
will show how easily it is made pos
sible. Because the small town il
free from some of the evil features
Of a large city, and everybody is
popularity supposed 10 know every
body else, many parents relax the
vigilance and authority they would
exercise in a larger place.
That is where the danger lies.
The greater freedom as to hours,
companionship and other matters,
and the laXity of parental discipline
not often breeds a dangerous disre=
gard for moral and social prophecies
When that is the case, as many a
family knows to its shame, it is an
easy thing for some glib, persuasive
pander to induce girls to leave home
by false descriptions of the easy and
attractive life they may enjoy in the
city. Almost invariably the girl
thus entrapped bids farewell tc
happiness, and another line is add
ed to the chapter of ruined lives
and wrecked homes.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-11-05

This is the month in which there
is a day set apart for national thanks
giving, though a cheerful heart is
thankful every day. 1t is good
thing, however, for the people to
be reminded periodically Of the fact
that as a nation we have much to be
thankful for, and whether we ccle-
brate the day simply, or with enough
turkey and stuffing to invite indi-
gestiOn, let us mark it by a resolve
to be better citizens than ever be-
fore. None of us is too humble or
obscure to exert a wholesome inHu-
ence, day by day. If we do nothing
more than greet our neighbor with
a cheerful face and kind word we
shall shed a benediction over an en-
tire community. Let us therefore
give thanks not only upon one day
Of the year but every day of our
lives. Farm Journal.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-11-05

Even an optimist may be inclin-
ed to doubt that the world is get
ting better when the front page of a
morning paper stares him in the
face with its startling headlines OF
crime and misery, But he soon re-
covers his balance when he reflects
that all this news is gathered from
far and near, and that far outweigh-
ing it, though unrecorded, are the
thrifty, industrious, honest and true
lives of the great majority Of people
in well nigh every community, and
whose homes are marked by love
contentment and happiness. While
no one may overlook the existence
of gigantic wrongs and evils, yet
day by day virtue and righteousness
grow in power and influence and
the world is getting better.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-11-05

In minute is an expression
frequently heard. A minute seems
very small and unimportant frac-
ton of time, and because of that
idea most people waste good many
in the course of day. Yet think
what can be done in the short space
of a minute. Take travelling as an
example. In minute the average
pedestrian walks sixteen rods, a
trotting horse and an ocean grey
hound" cover half a mile and an
express train clips off a mile. That
is pretty fast travelling but nothing
to what this old world is doing In
one minute it whirls us around on
the outside of the earth by its dur
nal motion some thirteen miles, and
it speeds us on in the same space of
time $50 miles on the grand tour
around the sun. But even that is
slow work compared with what a
ray of light does, for in one short
minute it flashes through II 900, 900
miles. a minute is a good deal
after all.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-11-05
rom this division. He lives in

from this division. He lives in
North Yakima. Miles Poindextel
considers himself solid in the Third
on his insurgent record. Judge
McCredie, who will probably be
elected from the Second, to succeed
the late F. W. Cushman, is said to
be well fixed in the saddle; while
in the First district, Kenneth Mack
intosh, former prosecuting attorney
Of King County, is credited with
ambitions to succeed VIII L.
Humphrey. such are the rumbling-
in the congressional cauIdron to
date.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-11-05

\ project has been started to
divide the third congressional dis
trict of Washington, limiting it to
the extreme eastern tier of counties.
This would put the central counties
into the fourth district. Already,
l.. O. Meigs, speaker of the 1909
house of representatives, is being
doomed fer the place in congress
Middletown transcript., 1909-06-26
WARWICK

Mr.. Uric CHM was visitor in town or
Sunday.
The farmers of this section are harvest.
ing wheat.
Miss Blanche Wright is visiting Mrs.
Isaac Gibbs.
Mr.: Guy Johnson has returned from a
visit in Baltimore.
Miss Bessie Gunkel is spending this
week in Baltimore.
Miss Elsie Boulden was caller at the
home Of Miss Eula Vinyard Sunday.
Miss EuIa Vinyard is spending this
week with her sister near st. Georges.
Be sure and come to the baseball game
this afternoon, Warwick vs. Townsend.
Mrs. Mary A. LoHand is spending some.
time with her sister, Mrs. James Vinyard.
Mr.. W. J. B. Lofland spent Sunday
with his mother, Mrs. Mary A. Lofand.
Messrs. William Peaper and Henry
DuFyea spent Sunday at willow Grove"
Miss Clara Blackburn and Miss Katie
Evans spent Sunday with Mias Bessie
Gunkel.
Mrs. A. R. Merritt and Miss s. Ethel
Yinyard spent Tuesday with their sister,
Mrs. U. P. Ginn.
Mr.. Jesse vinyard attended the com.
mencement exercises at Goldey College
Monday evening.
The funeral of Miss Catherine Lynch
was held in the NJ. P. Church, Friday,
June 18th. Miss Lynch was well known
here, having been a resident in former
yeara.
While coming from MiddletoWn Satur.
day evening. the horse of Mr.. William
Uuruh became frightened at the water
tank near town, and succeeded in getting
away. MIR. Unruh escaped unhurt, but
his carriage was considerably damaged.
Middletown transcript., 1909-06-26
TO books. Which, when read

TO books. Which. when read. g
cultivation
1.-THE book ! of high justice and
lofty fate. like Aeschylus and
Isaiah, are absent. Sc are all
the useful information books, ex-
cept Darwin and Adam Smith,
both books Of q century, not Of
all time and out Of place here.
tBut there is a lofty and Sc
rene view of life as the scene of
the triumphs of the spirit and the
far vision Of the upper air Of the
soul, to which President Eliot's
list leads. The Quaker tailor OF
Burlington, N. j., Woolman, had
it as much as Marcus Aurelius or
Fpictetus or Plato. Penn had it.
Il is present for Browning more
in the "Blot on the 'Scutcheon
than in nMen and Women, :
though why not "Pippa Passesg'
Milton and Emerson strike the
note. tits present in the Eliza
bethan plays President Eliot
cites, even more than in much of
Shakespeare. This high detach-
ment from the narrow view OF
life is in all Eliot's list.
"Those who read the books, he
urges, will not have information.
They viii not be able to pass an
examination. They viii be aoored
by very simple interrogatories.
But they win know the lightthat
never was on sea or land and the
lRision will be theirs. "-Phild.
Press.
4
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BODY OF MAN DISCOVERED
clump Of Bushes ID Cecil County, Nd,
Reveals Story OF Crime

AASNyeA~A
ELKToN, Nd, June 2l.-Discovery of
che body Of q man concealed under a
clump Of bushes along stone fence
on 4 farm near Liberty Grove gives
the authorities of this county murder
problem to solve. The body is that OF
James McEllister, aged about thirty-fiye
years, Of RowlandsvilIe, who disappeared
from his home three weeks ago. The
skull appears to have been beaten in
with blunt instrument
Although it is said McAlIister had the
sum OF Sl2 when he left home, this is not
certain, and the theory is advanced that
he was killed because he would not share
the contents of pint bottle ofliquor with
some companion.
The authorities are desirous of finding
Scott johnson, the man last seen with
McAllister; but it is said that johnson
has gone to Pennsylvania. On the same
evening that McAllister Disappeared ohm
son went to his home, did not wait for
supper, walked to his sisters home at
Pleasant Hill and then was seen hurrying
toward Pennsylvania.
McAllister's failure to return home
caused bis family to become uneasy and
they came to Elkton and notified the
county authorities. A search was
made of the surrounding country and the
body was found late yesterday after
noon on Fl. L. Cummings farm, between
Liberty Grove and Rowlandsville.
Cogoner Frazer, Deputy Sheriff McAllis-
ter and States Attorney Constable went to
Liberty Grove to investigate the murder.
Middletown transcript., 1909-06-26
cORpOpArONs MUST 0IyE Up
Details o. tie Taft Measme q g
Before ne Senate

WASHINGTON, Jnne Is The details Of
tbe corporation tax plan qgfeed upon
by the Repnblican leadersas an amend--
ment TO the tariff bin are as follows:
A tax Of two per cent. on net earnings
10 excess Of 5000 fall corporations or
ganizsd for profit.
All preferred and common stock. aed
bonds In excess of the total amount q
capital, will be subject 70 the tax.
Losses resulting from bad account, M.
colIectable notes or other forms nOt Gov.
cred BY the insurance, salvage, ETC., may
Be deducted from the net earnings
Insurance companies, including, mutual
and fraternaI concerns, organised as pro-
fit taking institutions will not be exempt.
Collection Of the tax viii be under the
bureau of internal revenue ofthe Treasury
Department. to which reports Of their
business must be made by corporations.
Only specially designated agents of the
bureau will be employed to interroeate
corporations regarding their business.
Reports of corporations must include
gross receipts, capital stock, net receipts,
bonded indebtedness, interest on bonds,
interest on notes and all other with losses
upon which deductions are claimed.
The tax becomes operative Immediately
after the passage Of the Law.
The present years tax will bs collecti-
Bile July l, 1910, the beginning of the
next fiscal year.
Penalties ranging from $1,000 to $1O,.
600 will be imposed for making false re-
turns.
National banks, which pay tax on
their circulation will be given rebate to
extent Of that payment.
Revenue expected to be derived $25,.
OOO, 600 or SEC, 900, 600.
These provisions were adopted at the
White House Tuesday night, at which
were the President, the lawyer of his
cabinet; the Republican members Of the
Senate finance committee, Speaker Can
non, and Representatives Payne and Dali
zell.
Middletown transcript., 1909-06-26
COMING AIRSHIP AGE

Preparations for the coming
airship are under way already.
Last week a young aeronaut took
ia fly over New York City and
then turned back to the outskirts
in order to avoid running amuck
with the skyscrapers and land.
ing severul hundred feet in the
air on aFugged roof.
In a few years such a posi-
bility will be avefted. The COM
ing tall buildings in the great
city are to be made to provide
for the landing of airships. Next
week there is to, be opened on the
top of a hotel on upper Broad
way a new roof garden. In con-
nection with the plans now being
carried out it is set forth that
the proprietor ''is proud Of a
landing place for airships, which
he says is the first Of the kind
ever constructed"
With the surface of upper
Broadway monopolized BY all
sorts of moving vehicles, the
horse and carriage being the no.
table absentee-the time is COM
ing when foot travel on that high
way is to be almost impossible,
while the electric and gasoline
machines will have to follow in
line in order to make any head
way. But the airship is to solve
The problem.
1t is to come that one who is
in the lower part of the city, and
wishes to reach an uptown hotel,
may be able to take passage on
an airship and be landed safely
and without a bump on a great
roof garden two or three hun
dred feet above the street. This
is to be the exclusive method of
rapid transit for those who can
afford the luxury. And it may
even come that a Philadelphian
wishing to visit New York can
step on board an airship and
be landed in New York far up
in the air, avoiding the clatter
incident to steam or electric rail-
road trains, free from dust and
all that sort of thing. There are
many who can yet recall when
the express railroad trains of to.
day would have been considered
the vagray of a diseased mind,
and thus the practical airship of
the future is not to be set down
as a mere dream. There are
great things ahead for those yet
to be born. .-Morning News.
Middletown transcript., 1909-06-26
AllFsluB Il RUN
1hs IKiA WlllA|nsson to Dover al |
resffax EYerf


AAiddlaho turned naf euGhnsiassica
Saturday ssnins % witness the fourth
Raadahilit Rnn al the Delauars Auto
mobile As ion. FIaas WsEs displayed
from number Of residences and the
crowds Fassd handkerchief ana days.
When tAa cars began reaching Dover
they wers welcomed BY almost ths entire
population NElli aaes and noise prOduc.
-ers. William Fl Jones was the first to
arrive il Dover and former Mayor John
@. Fahey W. the third 10 arriss, but the
first % ess away. Al this point Alden B.
Richardson vas the checker aud Dr.
Charles 4. Wharton was the timer. The
checking BtatiOns 90 the downward trip
we're q Glasgow, 10 miles; Ginn's Cor
nsr, l5.5 mills; Dover 1916 Fniles. On the
homeward ioarney the checkers we're ct
Ginn's Cprner. 10 d miles; Delaware CITY,
l64 miles end Wilmington, is 9 miles.
The sealed running tims 10 Glasgow was
70 minusas % Ginn's Corner, So minutes,
and 10 Dover .B7 minutes. Homeward
the tins Was: To Ginn's Corner, 81 min
utes; to Delaware City, 56 minutes and to
Wilmiugton. 53 minutes.
The winner Of the roadabiIity rup<was
Thomas a. Wilson in 40 b. p. Stoddard-
Dayton, missing perfection BY oniy four
teen points. VI. L. Hammond in an
eighteen-hone-poWer Mitchell, won Sec
Ond and A. B, Hazard, in twenty .horse-
power roadster won third. The run was
most successful In point Of finishes, for of
tWenty-three carr started, eighteen OF
them finished in sufficient time to be
legally conntsd part Of the run. The
sealed time agreed on by the committee
some days before the run was six hours
and eleven minutes for covering the lO6
miles Of the run, but in connection with
this was the checking stations at which a
car was liable to penalty in event of the
violation and penalties might have lost q
man in the race even though bis time was
nearest that of the sealed time The day
was most beautiful one for the run, and
for the most part the roads we're 10 excel
lent condition. The cars and q large
crowd Of people witnessed the start at
Tenth and King streets. Here the ma.
chines we're checked out one by one, be.
ginning at 10 o'clock, and sped on their
way. All along the course decorations
were prepared and farmers and villagers
collected to see the cars pass in groups or
in singles.
The cars finished at Tenth and King
streets in the following order: DR.. J. G.
Fahey's Stoddard. Dayton, 401 P. NJ;
G. s. Woodward, E. M. F. 4.27; Thomas
NJ. Brown, Stoddard- Dayton, 4.S6; Will
liam H. Jones, Rambler, 4.45; 7. G. Brad
ford, E. NJ. F., 4.48; A. B. Hazard. Nit
chell, So; W. Z. Hammond, Mitchell,
4.54; Mrs. Eugene E. DUPONT. Buick, sos |
j. Davis Sisler, Stevens-DurYes, $40;
William NJ. Jones, Rambler, 5.12; James
F. Hoey, franklin, 5.17; Coleman B. |
Harris, Cadillac. 5 "a; Hugh F. Dough-
-erty, Ford, 5 80; G. NJ. Beadenkopf, Ca
dillac, 40; Mrs. Joseph Bancroft, Frank
lin, sal; William ]. Gibbons, Franklin,
5.42, Robert S. Baird, Stoddard- Dayton,
5.43. Those who fell by the wayside and
did not finish were: T. G. Bradford, Loco
mobile and REQ; R. T. Elliott, Buick; Mr..
Joseph G. Moore, Cadillac, and Walter E.
Anger, Autocar.
Middletown transcript., 1909-06-26
CHESAPEAKE CITY


Mrs. W. t. Malster is soiourning at At.
lantic City.
Miss Leanors Lake is visiting relatives
in Rising Sun.
Mrs. Bennett Steele spent Wednesday
in Philadelphia.
Miss Jennie Swing is enjoying q visit
in Philadelphia.
Miss Carrie Ellison is visiting Mrs. /.
G. Ellison, near Kirkwood.
John McCloskey, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday at "Randslia."
Miss Florence MaIster is spending some
time at Emmitsburg, Md.
DR.. and Mrs. Edwin Graves and sons
have left for cruise on tn" "Sevarg."
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Griffith and dauRh.
ters and Mrs. Sarah Barwick, Of Morris.
vile, N. j., were the guests Of Mrs. Maria
Griffith last week.
Miss Tina Evans and little Miss Lanra
Laws are enjoying visit in Baltimore.
Mrs. J.4Groome Steele and Mrs. F. S.
Clayton spent Saturday in MiddIetoEn.
Miss Elizabeth Clayton, Of Elkihs Park
Pa, isthe guest Of Miss Kay Price.
Miss Elizabeth Cropper, Of PhiladeI-
phfa, is the guest Of Miss Margaret Smack,
New cushions have been placed in all
Of the pews Of the Church Of the Good
Shepherd.
Mrs. James w. Johnson is spending
sometime in Philadelphia and Haddon.
field, NJ.
Miss Esther r. Bapks was entertained
By Miss Frances MsClOskey At .Randalia,
on Friday.
Misses Ida Bonehelis ard E iahsth
Cooling were tbs guests Of MFs. James
Woolsyhan On Saturday.
-Rlsas Annie O,Brien and Mr.. Theodoge
0'Brisn, Of Csis6eld, I'D, are visiting
MFssT 4. A. Bees, nsar sown.
Rev. William F. Ysnablss, of Phiiadel.
piia, hes been spending several days e ths
home Of w. A. Alexander.
The opening dance at Spa Spring pa
siaiOu viii be held Monday evening. July
5, A large attendance is expected.
Miss Mamie Wright has returned from
Mt. 81. Agnes College. Miss Wright won
gold watch for philosophy,
A very interesting game Of base haH
was played hara Rhursday afternoon be.
tween the Reguasrs and Yanigans. The
score was Sto in favor Of the Regulars.
Miss Evelyn Kibler entertained num-
Der Of her friends on Friday afternoon &c
five hundred. ID honor OF her guest, Mics
Lyster, Of Philadelphia. Those who en-.
ioyed the afternoon we're Mrs. Bennett
Steele, Mrs. Frank Howard, Mrs. T. ],
Confey. Mrs. Ralph Rees, Mrs. Harry w.
Kibler. Mrs. Delmar EmIshsrs, Mrs. Hugh,
W. CalwelI. Misses Elsie Karsner, Hattie
Morgan, DORIS Steele, Lucy Reed, Florence
Egss aud Sarah Malstsr,
Middletown transcript., 1909-06-26
ODESSA

Mr.. Ollie Stevens spent Sunday at his
home here.
Miss Martha Evans spent Sunday with
friends on the Levels.
Mrs. o. C. Stevens spent one day last
week in Philadelphia.
Miss Margaret Mccoy spent this week
with relatives at Trappe, Md.
Mr.. Anthony Higgins, of Wilmington,
spent Sunday with Mr.. D. W. Corbit.
Mr., Frank Gremminger is spending
sometime with relatives in Riverside, NJ.
Mr. William Smith, of Philadelphia, is
spending this week with Mr.. W. W..
NayloF,
Misses Gertrude and Mabel Wallace are
spending sometime with relatives in Viii.
mington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard spicer and son
Erwin spent Sunday with friends in Mid
dIetoWn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lightcap and son
Delaware spent Sunday with friends in
Townsend.
MIS-. L. Foard, Of East Orange, N. j., is
spending this week with her brother, Mr..
F. b Watkins.
Miss Mary Curtis, of Wilmington, spent
few days last week with her grandfather,
Mr.. D. W. Corbit.
Miss Sarah Townsend, of Wilmington,
Is spending sometime with Mr.. and Mrs.
G. L. Townsend.
Mr. Howard vanDyke, Of Townsend, is
spending this week with his brother, Mr..
Ralph vanDyke.
Miss Edith NJ. Inglis, of swarthmOSe,
Pa, spent few days last week with Miss
Helen Townsend.
Mr.. Ralph shaileross accompanied by
Mr. Mailley DAVIS has returned 10 his
heme in Htnsyille, N. J.
District Superintendent 3. <. Steven
son viii preaeh 10 the N. E. Church to.
morrow {snnday1 morning.
sEss, A. Franks, of PhiIadelphia, is
spandiag few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
john Bingnear, near town.
Misses Margaret and Nancy Mitchell
and Calvin smyth and Edward McHenry,
Of Germantown, Pa, spent last week q
the home Of DR.. H. F. Smyth.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Duer have returned
to their home in Philadelphia, after spend
ing week with her father, Mr.. D. W.
Corbit.
Mrs. ]. F. Douglas and sons, Messrs
Robert and Fennimore, aud Miss Emma
West spent Sunday with Mr.. and MTs.
John Joseph, near Middlstown.
Mrs. Joseph Coll and daughter Jean.
nesss accompanied by her sister, Miss
Margaret GremminRsr, returned to ber
home In Philadelphia this week.
Middletown transcript., 1909-06-26
nR r 2 MnIE

The death of DIR. 7. r. Wolf,
who for thirty eight years was
State Chemist, and a member of
the faculty of Delaware College,
is a distinct public loss. DR..
Wolf was a useful man, one whose
efficiency has been too long recog-
nized to need any comment here.
He was a good citizen, earnest
and progressive, and such men
are not easily spared. Perhaps,
after all, the weight of the loss
falls moreheavily upon Delaware
College. It was to this institu-
ton that he gave his best
thoughts and exerted his great
est energy, and bis place there
will be hard to fill.
Middletown transcript., 1909-06-26
DR.. T. R. WOLF DEAD

The death of DR.. Theodore r. Wolf of
Newark, professor Of chemistry in Della
ware College and State chemist, which
occurred on Tuesday, removes not only
one OF the most loyal friends Delaware
College ever had, but one Of the foremost
chemists of the country.
The funeral took place on Friday morn
ing with services at 1890 O. clock in the
Episcopal Church at Newark. Services
will be conducted by the Rev. 81. B.
Phelps. Members Of the faculty Of Della
ware College will be the pallbearers.
There will be eight honorary and eight
active bearers.
Interment will be private in Head Of
the Christiana Cemetery.
For thirty-eight years DR.. Wolf has
been connected with Delaware College.
Through its ups and downs he stuck to
the institution, giving the benefit Of his
widely-recognized ability and his counsel.
Il was source Of qualification to him,
too to see the college begin to advance
and to realize the splendid future it now
seems TO have before it.
Members Of the faculty Of Delaware
College, residents Of Newark, and the
alumni Of the institution will miss DR..
Wolf greatly. He and DR.. George a.
Harter and Professor Frederic Robinson
we're warm personal friends, a friendship
enhanced by years Of association At the
college.
Among the students and graduates Of
old Delaware especially was DR.. Wolf
popular. His ability vas uDQuestioned. I
and his statements we're taken Il author-
itatiye BY the students who 81 dnder
him. He bad an informal Nay IN md
out Of the class room that x6n ha hIzh
regard Of the pupils and lIs lzllil
never f0rgot d. Wolf
Middletown transcript., 1909-06-26

There is due from the piano funds 2I9 u
8. EDWARD LEWIS, Treasurer.