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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-06-06
TO DARK LIVES
BLIND DEAF MUTES
Work Being Done Here and
Abroad to Prevent Many
Cases of Blindness.

Miss Keller recently. referring to Mrs.
Macy.
An important work now receiving
much attention both in this country
and abroad is that Of preventing blind
ness and deafness. So many cases Of
blindness are the result of causes
which might have been prevented that
this work, according to those interest
ed in 1t, is the most important of any
directed against the "long night" The
various associations for the proven
ton of blindness issue bulletins at
regular intervals, telling how blindness
in many cases can be avoided.
In the campaign against preventable
blindness, many startling facts are be-
Ing brought out One of the most i'm
portant is that wood alcohol is an en-
envy of sight
Thirteen persons in New York state
were made blind for life and four were
killed during 1912 either by drinking
wood alcohol or inhaling it's poisonous
fumes, while throughout the country
hundreds of persons have been inno-
Gently victimized by the same poison
according to the fourth annual report
of the New York committee on preyen-
ton Of blindness
The report further states, what is not
generally known. that, although wood
alcohol in as small a quantity as
teaspoonful has caused permanent
blindness and in larger quantities Of
ten causes death. this poison is easily
obtainable from various retail stores.
| drug stores and grocery stores, often
without label or warning to indicate
its poisonous nature.
Rectifled wood alcohol may be easily
mistaken for good" or grain alcohol
and because Of its resemblance is fire.
quently used by ignorant or unscrupu-
lous persons to adulterate cheap liquors.
In the trades 1t is sometimes used in
the preparation Of bay rum, paregoric,
! flavoring extracts, Jamaica ginger and
In some patent medicines
| The committee reports the case Of
one woman who became hopelessly
| blind as result of drinking wood al
| cohol contained In paregoric which she
had bought at reputable drug store
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Photo by American Press Association.
RECREATION ROOM. NEwAwEs SCHOOL.
Another case is that Of a young clerk
who drank white whisky from
friends recently filed flask and was
totally and irreparably blind the next
morning because the whisky was adul-
terated with rectided wood alcohol.
The inhalation of the fumes Of wood
alcohol also causes blindness. This
usually occurs in those varnish indus
tries where wood alcohol is used as
solvent for shellac - for example, in
vanishing the inside Of beer watts. var
nishing lead pencils and furniture.
Since industrial or denatured alcohol
(untaXed grain alcohol made undrinka-
BILE by the addition of wood alcohol and
benzine) can be used in practically all
manufacturing processes where wood
alcohol is now employed and is safer
and no more expensive, there is no
longer any legitimate reason for the
present wide use Of wood alcohol.
However. the use of wood alcohol
would be robbed Of its terrors If 1t
were used in the presence of adequate
ventilation.
Two men were recently killed and
one blinded in New York city while
vanishing beer watts because ventila-
tor was not attached to the watts. while
another man was blinded and one kill
ed because the necessary thirty min
utes in the open air was reduced to
twenty minutes.
The general ignorance which prevails
in regard to the poisonous nature or
wood alcohol is evidenced by the lack
of legal restrictions of its use. In no
state in this country is there law re-
curing adequate ventilation in indus
tries where wood alcohol is used.
while in very few states is wood alco-
hoI classified as a poison and so Ia
beed
There was recently presented to the
New York state legislature bill en-
anating from the state factory inveSt-
eating commission providing for more
stringent labelling Of all forms of wood
alcohol sold in the state.
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PROFESSOR DASSAUX.

PROFESSOR DAsSAUx.
Of perfection that he believes it will
revolutionize electric lighting methods.
Professor Dassaux's invention sep
arates the light from the heat, thus
enabling lamps, without breaking, to
absorb much greater currents than
they were designed for.
The invention consists of an ap-
paratus for successfully interrupting
the electric charge with rapid flashes
and rests, so accelerated that the eye
cannot detect them. Thus an impress
sion Of continuity is conveyed, and a
tremendously powerful light results.
Professor Dassaux Is tireless work
er, and his fellow scientists believe he
will soon make his invention CONNER
cially practicable. In that case we
may see one electric light in the future
doing the work now performed by
many.
Just what the possibilities of the
cold light will be when fully developed
no layman can imagine at present.
We assume, however, that instead of
the sizzling arc lights, which now give
off an intense heat and are therefore
not adaptable to certain forms Of in
door lighting, will in the future radi-
ate no more heat than would the cold
lamp with the current turned off.
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MISS HELEN KELLER.

ray of light or hear any kind of
sound. Then try to imagine never
having been able to see or hear any
thing, and you will realize more keen
ly the plight Of the blind deaf mute.
1t Is to bring light into the lives Of
such unfortunate persons that the in
stitution has been opened at Newawes.
There are many other institutions
throughout the world where blind deaf
mutes are cared for and to some ex-
tent educated, but that at Newawes
perhaps gives more attention to devel-
oping the minds Of the pupils than does
any other.
The sense of touch must necessarily
be relied on wholly for the instruction
Of such persons, and consequently the
little unfOrtunates at Newawes are
taught to "see' with their fingers.
Some Of the children are exceedingly
apt, and all of them are greatly bene-
nted by the instruction. They have
their playroOms and recreation hours
TIE same as other children do, and
they enjoy their needles and dolls and
toys as keenly as their more fortunate
brothers and sisters do their more
strenuous forms of play.
The most remarkable blind and deaf
person In the world Is Miss Helen Kel-
Ter Not only is she remarkable in
view OF her affection, but her achieve
ments might well be considered re-
markable in person possessed Of all
the faculties.
Although blind and deaf from in
fancy, Miss Keller no longer is mute
She not only speaks distinctly. but can
sing the scale.
MISS Keller is college graduate, a
socialist. a suffragette and a writer of
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-06-06
GETS LIGHT WITHOUT HEAT.
Freneh Scientist Says He Has AImost
Oh % L. q 4

Frenoh Scientist Says He Has AImost
Solved Perplexins Problem.
Hudson Maxim, famous inventor and
scientist, predicted several years ago
that the light of the future would be a
light which produced no heat.
Since that time scientists in all parts
II the world have been trying to solve
the problem Of producing light with
out generating heat
Professor Dassaux, q we'll known
French scientist, says he has produced
such light He is not yet through
experimenting, but he says his inven-
ton has been brought to such a state
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-06-06
SWIFT EYE OF THE CAMERA
Rapid Indeed Is tho Action 1t Cannot
"See"

Many things move so swiftly that
the human eye cannot see them or can
not at any rate interpret the motion,
but few moments are so rapid that the
modern camera, with its lightning like
action, cannot catch them.
Persons often declare, when looking
at snapshot photographs Of themselves
in action, that they never did assume
such a pose or expression as that
shown in the picture.
This is because the human eye, TAX
ing all the phases Of a movement into
consideration as a whole, Is not &C.
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'o ny American Press Association
niNa FINGER READING, NEwAwRs
SCHOOL.
~ and ability. Since acquiring
ON po"er OF speech she has frequently
IN on the lecture platform.
A. ner patent teacher, Mrs. John
CO. aes' Miss Keller owes her ability to
ana 'he difficulties of being blind
~ ", ueal. Mrs. Macy has had charge
wo. Mss Keller since infancy. and her
MT, Al developing the blind girls
the world. Tue attention 0'
lioh, nas led ME from darkness into
ano JOY and companionship," said
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-06-06

MRS. MAHLON PITNEY AND DAUGHTER,
MISS BEATRICE PITNEY.
Many are the hostesses who have won
favor during the Wilson administra-
ton and many have been the events
at which they presided
One of the popular members of the
official set at present is Mrs Mahlon
Pitney. whose husband is a supreme
court justice. This picture of Mrs. Pit
ney and her daughter, Miss Beatrice,
was snapped as the two sat in their
box at the Washington horse show.
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Familiar.

Familiar.
Yeast-Did your wife read the riot
act to you last night?
Crimsonbeak-No.
"Why, you thought she would when
you got In late. didn't your
"Oh, no She doesn't have to read It
to me now; she knows it by heart
Yonkers Statesman
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-06-06
BRINGING LIGHT
Of HELPLESS
German School Teaches Little
lJnfortunates to READ
With Their Fingers.
a REMARKABLE institute has
haen onened at Newawes, Ger

a REMARKABLE institute has
been opened at Newawes, Ger
many. 1t is school for blind
deaf mutes. whether afflicted
from birth or later deprived of their
,aes,1es by disease or accident.
IN most persons nothing except
10th is as terrible as blindness. But
hon TO this affection is added that of
.hoolute deafness then is the "long
n,sbt" hideous dream indeed.
Az general rule, blind persons nee
...or,,v lead lives of comparative idle
nose and this is productive of both
nhvs,cal and mental suffering. Doubly
boinless is the blind deaf mute, for
hearing. on which the average blind
nersou depends for most of the good be
COTS from life is denied him.
Imagine, you who can see and hear,
wbat YOUR feelings would be If you
suddenly found yourself unable to see
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-06-06
Why They Fail.

1t takes some people so long to be
sure they are right that they never get
time to go ahead.-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
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Comfortinq.

She-Here's story of a man who
bartered his wife for a horse. You
wouldn't swap me for a horse. would
you. darling? He-Of course not. But
I'd hate to have any one tempt me
with a good motorcar.-London Tit
Bits.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-06-06

We must make our election between
economy and liberty or profusion and
servitude.-ThomasJ Jefferson.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-06-06
Corrected.

Teacher-If should say, "Y0ur two
sisters are coming" would that be cor
rect?
Johhny-No, ma'am. l only have one
sister.-Exchange
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-06-06
EMARKABLE ACTION PICTURE.

Photo by American Press Association
A REMARKABLE ACTION PICTURE
customed to the sight Of any particular
integral part Of the movement. held in
permanent form.
The camera, like figures, never lies.
however many mistakes men may
make.
Here is shown a. remarkable action
picture of w. Hicks. player-manager
of the Australian tennis team. which
recently arranged to play the American
team at New York.
The picture was taken on tennis
field and shows Hicks in the air after
he had leaped from the court to inter-
cept flying ball.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-27

out with "!de lawns dotted here ana
there with shrubbery which forms
beautiiu! vistAs showing the prominent
points of the field.
The work'Sf re-interrinR the dead
began on the 27th of October. 1853.
and was completed on the 18th Of the
following March. The number re-
buried was thirty-Hv hundred and
seventy-.ivc. This does not mean that
even hnlf OF the dead were found.
tor the whole field was dotted with
graves. In re-interring the bodies in
the cemetery every efr.rt was made
10 discover the ind.ntity OF the men
ana this In many cases WAS done and
the relatives OF the dead soldier had
his remains taken home. tho Idcnti-
iicat!on being made through articles
found on his body. An entry Of each
article found vas made. These things
are kept and numbered to correspond
with the number of the .favestone of
h.m upon whose body tho articles
;.ere found. The following is an ex-
ample OF the record:
John SykGs-ambrotypco OF a young
girl; sixty cent?: comb.
Unknown - Pocketbook: lock Of
brown hair: picture of man sup
posed ~ be his fu,hcr.
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Aeey isslf,e A1e X's7o10 CeZII1SzScFsS OcEx4Xzak
y Tt1xI7ocs, eeT0Io9o 1.es7 IN eay Es,e.,,,..7

mad to b. Inferred .. the former
had ABOUT all ;-rv cvu.I do to look
after tscir wuuuddd. 'r.p 'Confed-
crate PRISONERS wsre, pressed into serv-
Ice TO bury their fallen comrades.
This they did cheerfuiy. digging long
trenches and pacin. the men side by
side. MANY times we have made the
Yankees do the same thing for us.
they said as they covered the boys
from the Southland with the cold
earth Of the North. whenever 1t was
possible the graves were marked bu'
tho earth was sogxy and the rains
which followed washed many OF the
marks away and even opened up the
shallow graves. Governor Curten. the
Executive of Pennsylvania, came upon
the scene one day and was so struck
Jy the sorrow OF several relatives of
a dead soldier over the manner In
which the cxigcncies OF war had com.
peiled the burs.-l Of to deao son that
no determined some place must b"
found where the, dead heroes cor..
be suitably buried. A plot OF some
seventeen acres of-ground on Gene
terry Hill was purchnsed-on the spot
that the Union line of battle had
rested Eighteen States Joined In the
enterprise. The grounds were laid
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covering the roadway. The ground
over which P.ckett's men had SO gal
lantly charged was now ned of
dead. and the ground covered by the
First Minnesota Regiment in their re-
markat:c fight was covered with a
silent host OF broken. battered human
forms. Down in the Wheatheld they
found a Confederate and Union SOL
dier side by side-the Union man
holding his canteen close to the
mouth Of the Confederate. II seemed
that his last act must have been CIV
ing the Southerner some wnter-a
silent example of that old saying
Death makes all men brothers" In
the Peach orchard they found n fair
haired drummer boy with his battered
drum by his side. Death had come
swiftly. and the boy yeemed like one
asleep.
The work OF burying nine thousand
dad and removing twenty thousand
wounded to comfortable quarters
was herculean task. ssr the CON
rederate as well az the Tn ua dead
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give correct statement. II has been
estimated by the Union officers that
Lees loss was over five thousand, and
| allowing five wounded to one killed.
which Is the usual proportion. there
were twcn'y-scvcn thousand. flvc hun.
dred wounded. a wcll-known war
writer places tho Confederate losses
killed. wounded and prisoners. at
th!rty-f"nr thousand men.
In 1875 the Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial Association transferred its
grounds ,abou; eight hundred and
ATTY ,acrss, together with the monu-
monts which had been erected to the
care and protection Of the general
Government. The battlefield IN now
under the care OF the United States
6overninci: by Act Of Congress OF
1895. Already five hundred and three
monuments have been erected by DIFF
fcrcnt States. excellent carriage roadf
hnve been built so II In now possiSiy
for the tourist to ride to every poins
on the field Five iron and steel or
servatories have boon erected a.d
from these one may view the entirs
hattcneld-now n vast park dotted
with costly marble and bronze trib-
utes to the men who gave their lives
to the cause OF liberty.
II was no: long after tho close Of
the war that the men who fought In
the Union amy begun tocon1lder the
feasibility of forming an association.
They talked together and sent out let.
sers 20 other regiments until hnaily
the Grand Army of the Republic was
formed. Major u. +. Stephenson or.
xanizinx the f,rst q. A. r Post at
Decatur. Illinois. In 1855. Major
Stephenson prepared the ritual Of the
organization md became its FIRST Com
mnnder-i In Chief.
The United Confederate Veterans
was organized In New orleans, Louis
iaha. In 1888. THE object of the So
ciety. which is composed of men who
Fought in the Confederate army, has
been to unite In "A general federation
all associations OF Confederate vet
Grams. The main object Of the society
Is to nid veterans and their widows
and orphans and keep alive the mem
ory OF tho men who gave their lives
for the Lost Cause. They also collect
authentic data for an impartial his
tory OF tho war between tho States
and preserve relies, The number of
Confederate veterans ut present IL
between 10000 and 100000.
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Tho cemetery grounds were conse-
Grated on November 1871. 1854. MIR.
Edward Everett. tho noted orator be-
ing chosen to deliver tn. grafton Of
The occasion, the dedicatory address.
being reserved for President Lincoln.
Mr.. Everett had spoken for nearly
TWO hours" Gays an old resident u.
Gettysburg, ''and the people had
listened attentiveiy but in cold.
stolid fashion. but after Nr. Lincoln
had spoken Only n few words n wave
q; emotion swept over the audienc.
and everybody WAS In tears.' A del.
.Tation of nifty soldiers of the Army
u the Potomac. who were recovering
rom their wounds. were present, and
when Mr.. Lincoln began to speak they
rr.ssed forward listening intently to
the President. and when he reached
the well known words of that famous
spcech-''The world will li:tle note
nor long remember what we say here,
but II can never forget what they did
here" great tears rolled down the
bronxed faces of the soldiers. When
the President finished there was n
profound silence broken only by the
sohs of the women. many OF whom
had been widowed by the battle. Then
Mr.. Everett stepped forward and
shaking the Presidents had said.
"Ah. MIR. Lincoln. ! would Elaa.J rive
my forty pages for your twenty lines."
There has bssn much diversity of
opinion as TO the numbers engaged at
Gettysburg and the casuait.es on the
part OF the South. I.onRstreet says
that about seventy thousand Confed-
crates were in the battle. but as Lee
was Obliged to leave strong guards all
along from Winchester. to Gettysburg
the ranks were some what depleted.
General Mende testified that iihen no
took command the army amounted to
one hundred End five thousand men,
including the eleven tho usand OF Gen.
eral French which he. Meade. did not
bring up. This reduced the ranks to
ninety -four thousand The LOSSES on
both sides In the three days fighting
were enormous. on the Union side
General Meade In his official report
snys they amounted to twenty-eixht
hundred and thirtyfour killed, thir-
teen thousand. icven hundred and nine
wounded and sixty.six hundred and
forty-threc missing - in all, twenty-
three thousand. one hundred and
eighty-six. General Lee in his report
declares that 1t is not In his power to
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AUTO RACER KILLED

IndIano pG:.s. Ind. June 21-Har-
Martin. mcchanician for Charles
dcrs. who drove the last lap In III.
cccnt 900 mile automobile race II;
he speedway with his car on fire To
vim third place. was killed at the
pcedway while iestIng on; car
'.s;.rday. Martins assistant. frani;
.san, was probably fatally injured,
iartin was running the car n, high
pcct around the course when II blew
tire near tn. northwest turn. hi,
he outside rctairin; walls aud
urncd aver ON the. track with its
aen under II. Martin was instantly
,.lied and 1; vas doubtful II Aga.i
.;!ll recover.
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Dell and Chavez
Training Hard for
Next Weeks Battle

There Is no question but that
Harry Dell vii! <Iyc Chavez tn.
hard.s; fight he ever had. said MIX"
Tor.no, Of the Santa fc Athletic
club last Night. discussing I'll" 'orih-
coming fourth uf July battle. Torino
but echoes The sentiment of every
fight fan In Trinidad and the twenty
round go will be one that viii de-
eide III" relative claims OF the two
boys for IN" championship. Dell
worked out for the flint time ycst,r-
day afternoon ut tie Rhodes gymna
ium aud appeared to have cytTythlIT
required 20 urlas HON. large III
OF bacon. IN fact those who flw him
work out were Eirprlsed at hls
speed and ,leycrncs'.
Arrangements have been made 70
Chavez and Drli 10 work out "a; iii
'.rcnt hours every afternoon, Bcnny
Is being put through the piccs by
Louis Newman and Harry Ricd- vii.
h- added to the training ,taif 10
Dell. Everybody Interested In III
two bantams are invited TO come out
and SEQ the two boys work out.
The only thing that tied up tn"
arrangements Tor the fourth Of july ,
bout at the outsc, was disagree
m.nt over weight. This has been
settled and the two bantamwe!shis
will meet each other In an open air
ring one week from today. The con-
test will be put on early. about two
o'clock. 50 that II will be over be-
for. III. returns begin 10 come lat
from tn. big battles on the coast. An
eight round scmi-llnai between Louis
Newman and some wei! known light
weight will prcccde the main event
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II is reported tina, organized base
ball viii war ON the Federal league
by Ignoring the contracts OF th'
younger Organization. and piokini
up the players II wants. The acqul
sItIon OF the Cardinals OF tw!rlcr Me
Guirc and OF outiielder cavanauSi
by the White sos. are said to bc III,
first raids on the new circuit. The
fact that Garry Hermann. president
OF the national commission. approved
tn. Mcclure dea! Is said 10 have en-.
oouraged other big league manager
TO similar moves.
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TIC eHyLh2HH/.[ /.[zS7cS7l0F
~ 1aeSG~ece1y az GeZU1ucs
ono o@Lhe <HH2ood,
TeIa 1/ Ae caareoe1~Hs>

boden. Lee was Mental
suffering. and oh, too badi.
was all he could say. n ..aIly the
saddest incident I recall o: The War"
Then came tho retreat with all the
attendant horrors OF carrying the
wounded over rocky roads in wagons
without springs. The rain poured in
torrents and the canvas covered wag-
ons afforded little protection to the
suffering men. Scarcely one in n hun
dred had received medical attention
and many OF them died on the way.
When Williamsport. Maryland. was
reached about noon on the Fourth OF
July. General Imboden was compelled
to halt as the rains had turned the
Potomac into raging mood. and
crossing was impossible. The men
who had died on the way were given
a decent burial and the wounded
taken from the wagons and attended
In houses. The entire town assisted
In cooking food and doing al! they
could to make the wounded com
Portable.
a council OF war was held In the
Union camp on the evening of the
Fourth after General Meade had
learned that Lee had left the field.
II was decided not to follow direct.
The cavalry was sent out and they
discovered the Confederatcs near VIII
Transport and on the defensive. for
by this time part OF the infantry had
Joined the wagon train. A brisk
s<irmish occurred on July sixth be-
tween Fitzpatrick and Stuart.
For months after the battle the
feld at Gettysburg bore marks Of
tho terrible conflict. The soil was
drenched with blood and the little
streams ran red with the blood of the
wounded and slain. The Emmittsburg
road was impossible for days owing to
the dead hodies Of men and horses
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Del VIII establish training uqar'
tors at the Budwolscr saloon on
North Commercial street. besinnlns
tomorrow afternoon and viii work
out every afternoon between tire.
ynd four o'clock. II. will give m
exhibition, OF boxing and VIII glyc
the spectators an Interesting hou.
Chavez viii continue TO train 1T the
Rhodes gymnasium on West Maia
street, beginning at .:3o In the az
icTnoon.