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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-12

published once each week for four sue
cessive weeks in the Kennewick Courier,
a newspaper published and of general
circulation in said County.
Dated this End day of April, A. D.,
1912. ANDREW Brown,
Court Commissioner in and for Benton
County, Washington.
April 5-12-19-26.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-04-12
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals will be received by the under
signed Clerk of the City of Kennewick
up to the hour of 5 o'clock P. NJ, April
%, 1912, for the furnishing and installa-
ton of pipe lines for irrigation, as pro-
vided for in Ordinance No. 1873, creating
Local Improvement District No. Z, and
in accordance with plans and specifica-
tons now on file in the office of the
City Clerk.
The estimated quantities on this work
are:
600 lineal feet of 8-inch pipe,
800 lineal feet of 6-inch pipe,
7,1OO lineal feet of 4-inch pipe.
Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check payable to the City
Treasurer for a sum of not less than
five per cent of the price bid. No bid
will be considered unless accompanied
by such check.
Special attention is called to the state
law regarding the number of hours
comprising a days work, as now in
force; also to chapter "a of the laws of
the State of Washington. the Work
mans Compensation Act.
Payment will be made in local i'm
provement bonds, payable on o. before
five years from date of issue, bearing
interest at the rate of per cent per
annum.
The successful bidder will be required
to give good and sufficient bond for
the amount of the contract price. for
the faithful performance of the work.
The City Council reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
BY order of the City Council.
T. J. WRIGHT, City Clerk.
Date of first publication, April S,
1912.
Date of second publication, April H.,
1912.
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
Evening Services in the Churches

.THE NEW sPRITr-The wedderspoon, Foundry
Church. p.
"THINGS THAT MAKE FOR PROGRESS-WEALTH"-The Rev.
Charles Wood Church Of the Covenant, p
PLACE AND PURPOSE"The Rev. g. B. Pierce,
All Souls Church, p. m.
LAWS THE KINGDOM INDICATED BY THE DEATH OF
CHRIST"-MemoriaI Seventh Day Advenists, 7:45 p.
Church. Pythian Temple 8 p.
"FAITH LIFE"-The Rt Rev. G. Mott Williams,
Church,
"THE Margarets Church,
SPIN.
GOUNODs MASsr-New Presbyterian
Church, 7:45 p.
"THE HERMITs AWAkENNG"The Rev. Donald Macleod First
Presbyterian Church, 745 p. m.
POWER OF THOUGHT AND THE WORD"-Clara Bewick
Colby, Lockwood Hall, 819 f street, $3.50 p. nj.
Montgomery,
Metropolitan Memorial Church, p.
"A MAN CALLED"-The Rev. j. j. Muir Temple Baptist Church,
as 1T HARDER TO BE HAPPY IN WASHINGTON THAN ELSE.
WHERErThe Rev. Z. Hex Sven, Capital Baptist Church,
"THE GLORY WITHDRAWN"-The Samuel First
Congregational Church, p. m.
"F MORAL, WHY BE RELIGIOUSThe Rev. Frank Goodwin Mt
Pleasant Congregational Church, p.
"SHALL THE MAN OF TODAY BELIEVE IN THE MIRACLES
THE NEW TESTAMENT-AND HOwr-The Rev. Julian X.
smyth, New Church, 1850 p. m.
The Washington times., 1912-01-28

from wells Of English undefled it was agreed that
everyone us be gallanty specific and say every
man--who swore an oath should contribute penny
to the box with slit in il, and the proceeds at some
given time, should be taken out and donated to
charity.
For the first few days the refectory table must
have borne the aspect Of the army in Flanders.
For $4.76 is not much in money, but it is whole lot
measured in profanity at penny an oath. And this
was the sum accumulated in the first few days.
The mental and moral discipline seems to have
been able to get in its work early for are told by
the veracous chronicles of New Albany, that already
it has seemed unnecessary to keep up the penalty
since everyone has quit swearing and there was
nothing to do but distribute the proceeds to the poor
Which the same was done accordingly.
The autocrat Of that particular boarding house
must have had difficult time determining just when
man was swearing. Surely it is in the spirit Of
the utmost piety that the orthodox Mohammedan
huckster cries. I'm the name of the Prophet, Rgs!"
In the spirit of respect and gratitude the poet
or the professor might couch his request that his
neighbor pass the butter-or voice his estimate Of
the coffee Allusions to the little mounds of putty
used by tinkers and technically called tnkers DAM
have found their way into the vernacuar with never
a thought of HARM To be penalized and to submit
to it would be confession of guilt.
But assuming that the referee was learned in
expetives, and that the tribute exacted really repre-
sented many oaths, what of the morality of turn
ing to pious uses fund which, in its very essence,
went forth weighted with many curses? Could
money in any form or from any source be more
deeply tainted? Could it be used for the education
of the young? Could the hungry be permitted to
eat oaths? Could destitution conscentiously light
its fire with sooty objurgations?
1t would be we'll, perhaps, not to inquire too
curiously into the bylaws of the New Albany Anti
Swearing Society," but purists of morals as we'll of
speech may safely indulge the hope that the custom
Of swearing for charity will not become feature
of the modern uplift
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
GAS COMPANY'S VALUATION.

1t is gratifying to know that the Washington Gas
Light Company has finally decided to comply with the
request of the District Commissioners to furnish them
with the data for determining what is the physical
value Of the gas light property.
From this data the Commissioners it is hoped,
will be able to determine whether the dividends
earned last year. under the reduced of IS cents
will justify still further reduction, in accordance
with the agreement entered into when the price was
placed where it is now.
Nobody has the slightest doubt that the figures,
properly construed, will show that the Gas Light
Company can we'll afford to make a still further re-
duction in the price of gas, and that under such
duction the profits will, in all probability show
further increase
The entire incident has merely served to empha-
size the necessity for public utilities commission
with broad powers. The Washington Gas Light Com
pany is of the public utilities whose value is de-
rived from the community as we'll as from the amount
invested in the physical properties, and the public
has right to every reasonable concession 1t should
not require the slightest effort to determine just how
much of this value is represented by the physical
property. In other words, there should be a COM
mission in whose keeping should be placed a full
statement of the amount of money invested in the
company and the details of its operations.
This commission should have some say as to all
future issues Of stocks and bonds, and what is a
reasonable return on the investment as it stands A
franchise belongs primarily to the people, and the
time should never come when their interest in it
should be lost overlooked. Once for all should
be established just what is the present physical value
of the Washington Gas Light Company.
Experience has shown, in the face of bitter pro-
tests that S5-cent gas will yield handsome profit.
There is every to believe that the same
will be true when the price is still further reduced,
and the people are entitled to the reduction
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
JOHN PAUL JONES'
REMAINS ARE AT ANNAPOLIS

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Charles Henry Hart. reputed authority
on historical portraiture. after un-
eq,i"ocal charges that the identity OF
John Taul Jones body was based on
forgery; that the Biron bust, used as a
basis OF measurement. was another's,
with others as absurd. asks this:
Or were the comparisons made with the
unquestioned Houdon bust OF Jones?
Such a question. in the face of Of
fcial facts before him. makes one
doubt Mr.. Hart's sincerity. His uues-
ton Is answered by the "official certifi-
cation Of the participants and Witness
es." mage 70. John Paul Jones' Com
Congress authorized, Gov
ernment print. 1907, as follows:
BY the side of the body were placed
the bust Of the admiral by Houdon, a
plaster cast, loaned by the Museum OF
Trocadero, OF the original bust in the
also the medal signed Dupre -, which
enabled one to verify the perfect resem-
bianee existing between the reproduction
corpse.
IL not Mr.. Hart's question answered? :?
Mr. Hart was not present at the identi-
fication. OF what value are his theories
OF lima sination in the face OF conclu-
slve facts drawn hy eyewitnesses Of
comparison between reproduced features
" the admiral in life and those Of his
corpse The eyewitnesses were of the
highest order Of intelligence. among
them many skilled scientifically. includ-
ing the great DIR. G. Parillault. who
on page 80. in the same book. individu-
ally says:
We will simply make our comparisons
with the Philadelphia bust after having
noted nevertheless, that the arrangement
OF the hair on the corpse Is exactly the
same as that observed on the bust OF the
Marquis de Biron.
Can any one now doubt that Hou-
don's. and not the de Biron. was used =
Of DR.. Papillault or General Porter will
suffer from Mr.. Hart's attacks. Just
another case Of attempted perversion Of
history. And for what:
ANDREW JORDAN GREEN
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
SWEARlNGEN ARTICLES
SHOW DEEP THOUGHT

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Pearls cast before swine" seem to
be Mr.. Swearingen's evolved Caucasian
articles to some. zone of Them not
only presumes to speak for others in
exhorting you, Mr.. Editor, "for hea-
ven's sake, let up!' but also butts into
your business In ridiculous effort to
edit The Times. l.. II. Smith tries to
be smart and falls, as all weaklings at
that game. And heaven help him In
his effort to pun, weakest sign of in
tellect. He also butts into The Times
business with suggestions of how to
edit and run that paper by telling you
what subjects to consider, and how
long. And lastly he says he does not
care to take philosophy lessons from
III. Swearingen." Smith does not have
to do 1t. There is much I'm every paper
not to the relish of all. Some are hit
hard by truth, while others have not
sense enough to appreciate. will not
suggest what you do, for fear OF med
ding or presumption. However. Mr..
Swearingen's articles show deep thought
and broad reasoning, and are instruc-
tive and interesting. ! therefore ex-
press the hope that Mr.. Swearingen
will continue his articles, and that The
Times will print them: hope to SEQ
them in book form. There are many
who do not understand the Bible. 1t Is
no reason why II should not be printed.
And so of Robert Elsmere," THE
Tale of the Tub" and ''The Age OF
Reason"-the last book the reading
of which would go a long way to re-
opening the eyes of the nations to the
insidious danger fastening in cancerous
growth on the body polite today.
So, of course, many do not under
stand Mr.. Swearingen's evolved eau
casian. 1t Is beyond their depths. But
that Is no reason why those who do
understand 1t should be deprived of it.
CAUCASIAN,
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
May Visit Girl-Wife
Three Hours a Week

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Jan. &.-Af-
ter intercediny for several weeks with
the father Of his sixteen-year- old wife,
arthur w. Smith, former football star
of Notre Dame College, today an
nounced that his father-in-law. John
Ii. VanNest, had permitted him to
visit his wife for one hour each day
for three days of the week.
His wife was formerly Gladys Van.
Vest. He elopel with her last Septem-
Der in an automobile and married her
In Hudson. Wis. The couple kept the
wedding secret for several weeks
smith returned to srhoo! in Indiana,
while his wife resumed her studies in
the West high school.
When the news of their marriage
got out both Mr.. and Mrs. Smith left
school. Mr.. Smith returned to Minne-
arolis and is now employed by an IN
s,irance firm. Mr.. Smith, in addition
TO his insurance work. has been study
ing law In the evenings. He says he
expects soon to have a home for his
wife.
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
SUNDAY, JANUARY %, 1912.
A DEADLY PRE-EMINENCE.

The recently issued mortality reports show that
the United States still holds its deadly -emnence
as land of homcides and violence. More than 1000
murders dishgure the record of American life for the
year 1910. and crimes of violence hold their omi-
course in all parts of the Union In this still
hold the worlds record among civilized nations. 1t
is not an enviable distinction.
Nor is it clear that our authorities show much
judgment in dealing with the antecedent conditions
which make the homicdal desire effective in opera
ton. The drastic enforcement of the New York au-
thores in the matter Of carrying concealed weapons
not only accomplished nothing in the way of deter
renee, but made the law ridiculous and destroyed
whatever moral force it might have acquired But
Americans still too prone to take the law into
their own hands and administer personal ideas of
justice off-hand.
Clearly there is need for much education in this
matter. But physical lawlessness is the handmade
of state of mind which evades and twists and null
lifes law generally, and this is almost national
habit with us. We hate to be restrained The re-
volver and the knife are the lowest form of this
indsposton to be controlled We shall get less vo-
lence when we have mastered, in the higher forms
Of our national life, spirit of obedience to consti
tuted authority.
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
Governor Wilson
Resumes Trip to
Hold Conferences

Wilson of New Jersey in his swing
around the circle left Boston at 10
o'clock this morning for Providence,
where this afternoon at the Hope Club
he will confer with Democrats Of
Rhode Island. and then continue to New
York at I o'clock.
Governor Wilson was greeted with
enthusiasm in his three addresses in
Boston, and had confidential chats with
Mayor Fitzgerald and also with Gov
ernor Foss of Massachusetts,, who is
regarded by many as the dark horse
Of the Northern Democracy for the
Presidential nomination.
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
OLD FRIENDS PAY :
LAST TRIBUTE TO-
JUDGE B.A. HARLAN
Fraternal Associates Attend
Funeral Of Veteran of
Pension Bureau.

The Rev. Edward Marshall Mott, pas.
tnr OF the Episcopal Church OF the Ad-
vent. oniciated at the funera, cererIo-
nies for Judge 3. A. Harlan. which
were held at the Church Of the Advent
th's afternoon. The body was sent to
h's old home in Grand Rapids. Mich,
where interment will be made.
Judge Harlan had been member Of
the board Of reviews at the Pension
onice for thirty years. and was highly
respected. A high tribute to mis- life
vas paid mt the Michigan Social Club
E'st niSht. in an address before that
BODY by Burridge Wilson. Resolutions
on his death were adopted. copy be-
Ing sent to his family.
Members Of the Masons. knights Of
Pythias, and other fraternai organiza-
tons. Of which Judge Harlan was q
member, were present ut the funeral
and acted as pallbearers,
The Washington times., 1912-01-28

Northern professionals who have been
In that sort Of work in ali parts Of
the country. Just at this time Florida
and Texas are in high favor with
these hriEands. They are masters in
the art of deceiving the innocent---and
80 many people seem willing and
anxious to be deceived. Large sums
are sent by purchasers to companies
with high-sounding Misunderstanding
their money with people they do not
know for something they never saw.
The Everglades project is not shown
In red on the map in question, but II
should be. and on every other map, In
the reddest kind of red. as a warning
to the simple minded folk-of whom
we seem to have so many-who are
always looking FOR the pot OF gold at
the end CT the rainbow. Think of peo-
PIE buying land from which the wa
swamp in which a coarse rush or
grass has .grown-not the tender
grasses that made the soils of the
Northwestern prairies. Drain off the
decayed vegetation to the hot sun of
that latitude. and the "sofT' will burn
like paper The so-called muck Of
south Florida is half-formed peat,
tion when dry. have seen acres Of
II burn right down to the sand. Flor
IDA has fne climate. and intelligent
and industrious men who understand
the use OF fertilizers can do well In
many parts Of the State. There are
millions of acres of land in Florida
that don't need drainage. 1t will be
time enough to drain the Everglades
when these vacant millions are put
into cultivation. 1 do not wish to use
ugly terms In expressing an opinion
about the Everglades as a home and
money-making proposition, and will
close by mildly declaring 1t q delusion
and a snare.
HENRY PERKJNS
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
Here's a Book
REBELLION. BY Joseph Medil Pat
terson: published by Reilly & Brit
ton, Chicago)

No one will read Rebellion" indif-
fcrently or put it down unfinished. Nor
is this merely because Of the vivid,
dramatic story told by Joseph Mednl
Patterson in this novel.
Jim Connor became a beast through
drink, and lost his wife's love. She. for
long time the breadwinner, at length
sent him away, and, being only twenty
six, she fell in love with another man.
decent one, with WI om she could
hone TO be happy. But hcr mother MI
the church preached the sancfilv OF
her marriage tie, and finally prevailed
upon her to take Jim back.
There had been one child, which had
dled. Now there was another, the child
or o'psomaniac, born Of a mother
who athed its father. 1t lived lonS
enough to show that II would become
an epileptic, the pitiful srareguat of
others Ems, thrust INTO a world which
II lacked powers to contend with, fore
doomed to suffering or crime. Yet when
the child died and Georgia left its father
again, this time defying the church ami
the tradition which would dcrriye her
OF a decent life with the man she loved.
the priest pronounced her sin be yond
absolution.
The story is tcld with an intimate.
unfiinching realism which is al tin,as
distastcful. 1t is In itself a very M,
pleasant story. But ID Is terse anl
torceiul III the Eugene Walter fashion.
novel OF purpose intensely concrete
ana aliVe with unfagging. irresistibls
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
Brother Coming From
Richmond to Seek Sister

No clue as to the whereabouts Of
Miss Nellie Hazel Williams, the pretty
Richmond girl who disappeared from
her boarding house at 1914 o street
northwest. Tuesday morning has been
found by the police. Careful search is
being made in the hospitals and other
institutions of the city without result.
William Williams, a brother, employed
by the Adams Express Company in
Richmond, is speeding to this city
today to aid in the search.
Miss Williams is described as a
brunette and pretty, about five feet six
inches tall, brown hair and eyes, and
wearing q black dress and brown fur
coat and a black picture hat
She left the home of Mrs. M. Free
man Tuesday morning saying that she
intended visiting a friend. She took no
clothes or other baggage with her.
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
WILSON MEN ARE
SURE He GAINED
BY CONTROVERSY
Governors Adherents in
Congress Expected to Re-
affirm Faith in Him.
CONTINUED from First paseD

tSoHtinueu from F1rSt Page.D
he says he has that he was authorized
to collect funds for the Wilson CAM
ign shall be submitted. He has Of
fered to let Senator Tillman see them,
but Tillman refuses to have anything
more to do with 1t. and invites Wat
terson to make his proofs public, II he
has them.
Awkward Position.
The Kentucky editor is thus put into
the position OF having alleged proofs
which will justify what he has alleged
In the Wilson controversy, but of thus
far being unwilling to give them out.
His suggestion Of court Of honor
is not taken seriously in any quarter.
It has become plain that the strategy
OF the friends Of Governor Wilson will
are going, II they can. to keep Colonel
Watterson SO busy justifying his own
course that public attention will be
centered on him rather than on the
The Wilson men are making the ut
most OF the fact that Watterson went
to Ryan for funds and declare that this
admission alone will show the impos-
slbility OF Governor Wilson having any
ing to do with Watterson.
Meantime, opinions differ as to the
effect the Wilson-Harvey break and the
Watterson attacks are having on the
Wilson candidacy. Conflicting reports
are reaching Washington. 1t is beyond
question that the enemies Of Wilson
have thus far cleverly used what has
occurred to hurt Wilson In some States.
Some trouble has been given the VIII
son.I son men & IN virginia and some In Ten, Ten,
out remains to be seen. 1t is asserted
by the Wilson men that while they suf-
fered some from the first versions OF
the break with Colonel Harvey they
II xvn nrA AhaS. llaA
One Argument.
One manner In which the opponents
of Wilson are seeking to use the VIII
son-Harvey incident is this: They are
pointing out that Wilson used Colonel
Harvey to capture the governorship In
New Jersey and to get UP to a certain
point in his quest for the Presidency.
Then, they say, he turned on Harvey
and "threw him DOWN when he saw
he could no longer use him.
In the light of this, say the anti
Wilson men, what will happen to
Bryan? VIII not Wilson use Bryan to
get into the White House and then turn
ingratitude that Is said to be sharper
than a serpent's tooth, but with a dis
regard for the progressive policies, the
advocacy of which has led Bryan to
This sort OF argument has been ap-
lied cleverly and with some effect by
the opponents of Wilson in quarters
where admiration for Bryan Is high
and intense. But the difficulty about
getting any permanent advantage
against Wilson with this sort Of talk
is that Bryan himself Is plainly strong
er than ever in his support of Wilson
and in his belief that Wilson Is the
Moses to lead the Democratic party out
OF the woods
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
Friends of Wilson
Busy in Delaware

DOVER. Del. Jan. 2s.-Democrats are
getting busy in the lower part of Della
ware, but the activity seems to be con-
fined entirely with the forces working in
behalf of Governor Wilson, of New Jer-
sey, for the Democratic nomination for
the Presidency.
The Wilson workers are hustlers and
there seems to be no doubt in the mind
of Willard Salisbury, Democratic ma
tional committeeman, at the helm OF the
Wilson ship in this State, that the Della
ware delegates to the June convention in
Baltimore, will be instructed to vote for
Woodrow Wilson.
The Washington times., 1912-01-28
PANAMA CIVIL SERVANTS
DESERVE CONSIDERATION
he Editor of THE TIMES: /:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Since the dismissal of 1,100 Census
clerks on January 10 several articles
have appeared in the various news
papers commenting on the injustice of
the act. At the time these clerks were
appointed they knew their positions
were to be temporary, and were will
ing to leave their homes and accept
them under those conditions.
When the United States took upon
itself to dig the Panama Canal men
were not willing to risk their health.
and perhaps their lives, to go there
large salaries, quarters. and medical
attendance were offered, men went
down because they were not required
to be under civil service. Finally, as
changed. better sanitation. less sick
ness, and lastly, all men, in order to
hold clerical positions, were com
PEELED to be under civil service. As
the cost OF living was on the increase
civil service clerks here. some get.
ting $1,000 and $1,000, went there, and
were given to understand before
transferrinS trans that after sTo years rs they
rious departments. They remained on
the isthmus three or four years, and
as the canal Is almost near compile
tlon, trleQ 10 transfer DaCk. IN nine
cases out of ten they are either told
they must come back at the regular
entrance salary, $500, or else that
there are no vacancies. They are COM
PEELED then to remain there until a
chance arises to get back At the
same time vacancies are occurring in
all the departments and examinations
are held TO fill such. 1t certainly
seems Inconsistent of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission to bring new en-
ployes in and not to take care of the
old, and certainly very unappreciative
of the services rendered in Panama.
Our soldiers who serve in the Philip
pines get double time, so why can't
the civil service men on the Isthmus
OF Panama get double consideration.
or at least q preference? NJ. Z. NJ