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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-01

William Young is still confined to
his bed as result of the severe shake
up he received during the freight ac-
eident recently. DR.. Hopper is in at
tendance on him.
Max Hopp has SO nearly completed
: trade for his property here for
ranch property near Palouse that he
i waiting daily only the result Of an
investigation Of an abstract before
packing up to leave.
Miss Laura Hartho and Mrs. F.
Price rendered most beautiful solos at
the song service held Sunday night at
the Methodist church. Mrs. j. III.
brenneman led the service and it was
enjoyed by large crowd.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church met Wednesday with Mrs. E.
:. Hubbard and Mrs. Chalcraft at the
hubbard home in town. General bus
mess was attended to and plans ma
tured for the Old Maids Convention
70 take place early in April. Also the
1000 sale to be held on April 8, which
IS IN charge Of Mrs. C. S. Gibbs and
mrs. J. H. Brenneman.
Don't forget the home cooked food
sale under the direction of the Ladies'
AID OF the Methodist church which is
scheduled to take place Saturday,
April 3. Everything that is good to
cat will be there and you will have to
come early to avoid the rush. The
.,me is next Saturday afternoon and
.ne place the Randall building next to
'ne Wheelhouse store.
Little Miss Adelaide O'Brien gave a
most delightful birthday party to sew
.iai OF her friends Friday, in honor of
Aer FOURTH birthday. A cake with four
candles formed the center of the table
decorations and refreshments partic-
fiy suited to the small guests were
served. Miss Adelaide received many
Me.ey membranes of her birthday
anniversary.
niiis are out for an auction sale
INC Will be held at the home of
S g. Glenn in the city of Richland, on
S Saturday afternoon, April 8. Mr..
ei,n Is selling out his household
e ranch stock and machinery pre-
pa.atory to look things over in tho
1ssn part of Idaho, where he may
i ave permanently. Mrs. Glenn, il
e expected, will visit relatives in Cal
oo urnia until her husband finally To-
Gates them a new home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-01
wh.r, Atlantic IL Narrovssse.

Where Atlantic u Narro~sst.
Between Brazil and Guinea the At
Antic ocean is only about 1900 miles
wide. From Newfoundland to Ireland.
the narrowest breadth north Of the
equator. h nearly twice AZ far. From
New York to the nearest point Of
France Is nearly three times 40 far.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-01
TRIP AROUND THE WORLD
IN JITNEYS AND HAYRACKS
Richland Church Folk Take Part in
Novel and Interesting En-
tertainment

One of the most unusual as well as
instructive entertainments which the
Richland people have had chance to
participate in for long time was the
"Trip Around the World" under the
auspices of the Woman's Missionary
society of the Evangelical church.
Three classes of tickets were sold:
first class, emitting the holders to
make the journey in autos; second
class, which entitled one to ride in the
surveys and buggies, and third class
was the good, old-foshioned hay rack,
and which proved to be a winner for
the small boys and girls to say moth
ing Of the young men and their sonly
Ones"
The autos left the hotel promptly
at 7:45, which was one-half an hour in
advance Of the other vehicles, as the
various stations could not accommo-
date all the passengers at once. The
first stop was at the home Of Mrs.
John Martin which was decorated and
made as nearly as possible to re-
semble the land of cherry blossoms.
Refreshments suggestive of Japan
were served to the guests who were
expected to eat same seated cross
legged on sofa pillows on the floor.
Miss Myrtle Penn represented Japan
and looked very handsome in her most
becoming costume.
From the Martin home the next
station was at the Hartung ranch,
where Germany was typifed, both in
refreshments and decorations. Weinies
and sauer kraut were the principal
parts of the bill-of-fare here.
The next station was the home of
Mrs. ]. M. Breithaupt, one Of the fin
est res 'ences in Richland, which was
tastefully decorated torepresent Eng
land, and the proverbial English tea,
bread and butter and fruit cake were
served.
To close up the triumphant tour Of
the world not in eighty days, but in
two hours, the terminal station was at
the home of Mrs. M. D. O'Connell, rep
resenting the United States. The
beautiful residence was most artis-
tically decorated. Ross Page repre-
scented President Wilson, Miss Fallon
his daughter and Clarence Yedica
made an ideal Uncle Sam. Mrs. o.
Connel served ice cream and cake,
thus rounding out one of the most
successful as well as enjoyable enter
tainments instituted in Richland in a
long time.
The committees having the affair in
charge and through whose earnest
efforts its success was assured, are as
follows: Japan, Mesdames Martin,
Bauer and Miss Myrtle Penn; Ger
many, Mesdames Hoy, Hartung, Egg
gers and Miss Anna Eggers; England,
Mesdames Breithaupt, Hudson, Young,
and Arnold; United States, Mesdames
Wheelhouse, Roehl, O'Connell and
Koelsch; committee on transportation,
rolling stock, rights-of-way, and gem
eral passenger agents, Mesdames Har-
ding, Hoffman, Maupin and Sawyer;
publicity, printing, poster making and
bill posting, Mrs. Young. Mrs. Young
is a recent arrival in our midst, but
has been here long enough to demon
strate her artistic ability and up-to-
date theories of publicity. Her posters
contributed very much in creating an
interest in the tour.
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Rioht TO the Point.

One OF the shortest cummings up on
record u believed to be that delivered
BY the late Commissioners Kerr at the
Old Bailey In q case where q man was
charged with being In the unlawful
possession Of a gold watch and chain
The appearance OF the prisoner Ger
tniniy did not correspond with the le-
Ultimate possession OF such costly orna.
ments, but he asserted his innocence OF
the charge and declared that he hao
found the watch and chain ON the
pavement The Judge looked at the
man In the dock an0 then at the men
In the box. Gentlemen Of the jury.
he said. 81 have walked over the pave
ments OF London during the last forty
years, and I've never found q COLO
watch and chain there yet Consider
your verdictr'
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-01
The Frsnoh Foreign Legion.

~
No other regiment In any existing
army undergoes such Spartan training
a the French Foreign legion When
at their headquarters. sidi-bei-Abbes.
the legionaries are marched Oh for oc
casional training trips Of 800 miles OF
more. In continuous daily stages OF
twenty-four miles. with only i've min
utes. halt every six miles. General de
Nerrier. who commanded them in
Madagascar. said. .'Some soldiers can
6ght: the legiOnaries can de- Their
record shows how they fail IN action.
In the Crilnea, In Mexico lighting FOR
Macmillan and In Spain their losses
were enormously heavy. OF 1000 10
gionaries sent 70 AID Queen Christina,
in 1855 against the Caribts. only ON
returned TO Algeria.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-07-10

thing Of relief In It, Too bad. Poor
fellow. Keep on doing everything you
can for him, doctor, and send me the
bills as you have been doing
"All right" answered the doctor,
and then as an afterthought he added.
and. by the way, West begged me to
send for Edgar Clay. He said he had
to see him before he died"
Some foolish fancy, no doubt"
quickly interrupted Stone. He'll have
forgotten 1t by now. Pay no attention
to 1t. Never mind sending for Clay"
But l already have" answered the
doctor and he was surprised at the
suddenness with which the converse
ton terminated. Stone had hung up
on him.
Clay and death made a merry race
OF 1t for the bedside of Stones old
clerk. And Clay won.
Feebly raising one trembling hand,
West haltingly grasped Clay's ex-
tended palm and indicated to the doc
tor and nurse that he wished to be
alone with his guest.
Take that pad and pen from on
the table, and write as dictate" the
dying man commanded And this is
the statement he made with the last
ounce OF breath In his emaciated
body:
IL relieve my soul OF the con-
fession that my employer, Horace
Stone. stole 100000 In securities
from Edgar Clay. Sr., to whose
son ! am now debating this con-
fession. Stone obtained the sig
nature Of transfer while Clay was
intoxicated. one hour before said
Clay was killed by train. have
been bribed by Stone to keep this
QUIET
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three months was pledged. Her
jewels were gone. All that remaiheu
to her was the diamond engagement
ring that Edgar had given her on the
never-to- be-forgotten evening "heh
she had blushingly promised TO take
him for better or for worse
Cowardice was not one OF lsaoeiie
follies. THE sooner the better she
had murmured to herself, and aiter
a careful toilet had gone resoiuteiy ~
her husbands dressing room, there u
put the whole sordid story before him'
and ask for help once more.
But abe had IeckQped without LIS
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in his refusal. old King Folly might
have been foiled; might have lost two
promising victims, and what follows
might never have been written.
Il can't give you cent. Isabelle"
he shouted. "and II you foolishly gam
BILE again. I'll repudiate your debts. "
Very we'll. Edgar" she answered
coldly, what follows will be on your
own head" And haughtily. majestic
ally-like a queen OF tragedy-she
swept from the room, leaving the two
men still more depressed to wrestle
with their problem-a problem that
seemed without answer. And there
we too, will leave them for the pres
ent.
Peter West lay dying. And the Sc
cret that WAS dying with him grew
heavy on his conscience. At the very
time that Edgar Clay and his partner
were seeking to pierce the black pail
OF ruin that was slowly pressing down
on them, he was seeking to penetrate
the still blacker curtain OF the future
eCShih6 " huoW ldtc.
'I didn't do It; I didn't have any.
thing to do with 1t. God knows I'm
innocent" he mumbled over and over
to himself.
The nurse leaned over him.
Did you calf" she asked
TT was nothing" he feebly an
swered. 81 was talking to myself.
81 didn't do 1t, God knows it's moth
ing on my soul-Im innocent-inno-
cent-innocent"
But the still small voice could not be
sllenced. And SO Peter West hest
, tated at the door OF eternity. His
laden soul refused to cross the border
with Its weight of guilty knowledge.
Again the nurse leaned over him.
Send for Edgar Clay" he whis-
pered.
Doctor Dessing came hurriedly to
the bedside. He made another exam
ination Of the sinking man and his
face was very grave.
Tell me the truth, DOCTOR" West
demanded. Am l really dying"
The doctor nodded.
Dying! l must see Edgar Clay.
Phone him."
And thus 1t was that Russell Irwin
and Edgar Clay were interrupted in
their conference the second time.
It's call from a dying man. don't
know him but perhaps I'd better 90"
announced Clay. turning from the
phone.
Yes, CO." said Irwin, I'VE can do no
good here!"
And while Clay was on his way to
the humble cottage of the stricken
man. Doctor Dessing had sent yet an
other phone message. This time it
was to Horace Stone.
Il thought Id tell you. Horace, that
your old clerk is dying. His end is
very near. 1t is only question Of
minutes
Too bad, too bad" answered Stone
in voice that seemed to have some
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Clay, young, good looking, but with
the marks OF dissipation already
showing on his otherwise boyish fea.
lures, was in no mood for trifiing that
morning The cares of business
weighed heavily upon him. Junior
member of the real estate firm of Ir.
win & Clay, he realized that the house
of which his father-in-law Russell IT.
win, was head. faced financial ruin be-
cause of his extravagances and reck.
lessness. The throbbing in his tenn
pies and the racking reminders of last
nights wild time in no wise improved
his temper, as he slowly picked at the
breakfast that had been served in his
room.
Has his lordship new crown this
morning." smiled Isabelle as she came
into the chamber unannounced and al.
most unheard.
With a slightly forced laugh, she
pointed to the wet towel that he had
bound around his aching head
Or is it some new style of head.
gear made fashionable by the WARP"
she persisted.
Clay scowled at his pretty Wife He
was in no mood for trifing.
=, cant you see that l have a head
ache?' he grumbled.
"Oh, these mornings after" she
answered teasingly as she slowly ap-
preached and planted light. quick
kiss on his nearer cheek.
rs his mightiness too cross this
morning to grant his little wife one
tiny favor?"
Yes his mightiness is" he answered
ungraciously, and Isabelle sagely, with
the wisdom that is born of woman
intuition, decided to await a more
favorable opportunity to press her re-
quest.
Clay was too absorbed in his own
troubles; too much engrossed with his
aching head to think clearly or he
would have realized that Isabelle's
tiny favor" must have been an i'm
cause her to arise at that hour. The
days when she took breakfast with
her husband were long since past
She usually spent her mornings in bed,
recovering from the fatigue Of the
previous nights session at auction
bridge. For Isabelle's chief folly was
the playing for high stakes at the
home of Mrs. Cora Blake, an attrac-
tive widow of fifty.
Clay had frequently objected to his
wife's visits to the Widow Blake's
apartments.
Stories had come to Clay, stories OF
wild times at the Widow Blake's.
Stories had come to him, too. of the
fascinating widows wild infatuation
for Horace Stone, attorney and
sharper. whose business dealings were
often open to suspicion and whose
escapades in which automobiles,
chorus girls, wine suppers, stage
doors and midnight, revels were large
ly interspersed made the chief top.
les of conversation among the men
about town.
Careful investigation, however had
3 failed to reveal anything Objectionable
In Stones conduct while the play was
on at Cora Blake's beautiful home.
AS may have been guessed before
this, Isabelles early rising on this fate
full Saturday morning had to do with
the play at Mrs. Blake's. Luck mad
been against her once more.
She had reached the end OF her re-
sources. Her allowance for the next
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-07-10
(9P1HYS?
The Fruit Of Folly
BY EDWIN BLISS
pHhs N " As una al For
Y EDWIN BLISS

eign Copyrights Strictly Reserved) N'' "''u I'll Or
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-06
new MINISTER
HOLDS FUNERAL
OF REV. BECK

> Brief services for the Rev. Joseph
Beck, pastor emeritus of Trinity Lu.
theran church, will be held at the
residence at 2 o'clock, at which the
Rev. Mr.. Baum of Dayton will Off.
ciate, followed by public services at
Trinity church to be conducted by
the Rev. Oscar Tressel, who succeeds
Rev. Beck az pastor. Rev. Mr.. Riden-
our Of New Lebanon, O., will have
charge of the services at the grave
in Lutherania.
Active pallbearers will be the fol-
lowing former friends of the Rev. Mr..
Beck: George Deuker, John Acker-
man, Edward Turner, DR.. A. F. Kemp
er, Otto Schuman and Fred Heithaus
The following persons comprise the
list of honorary pallbearers who will
attend the services In a body; John
Hasecoster, Frederick Hasecoster, E.
H. Erik, H. F. Erik, Henry Koehring.
ST., John Koehring, William Koehring,
Henry Sieweke, Sr., Henry Sudhoff,
John Knollenberg, John Igelman, Hen
ry Tubesing, George Snyder, Henry
Veregge, Herman Nieman, Charles
Ackerman. George Haner and George
Weidner.
The body Of the former pastor lays
in state at the church from until 8
o'clock today when the casket will be
closed. All the members Of the Kern
le Home board will attend the funeral.
No services. either in the Sunday
school or church will be held at Trim
ity church Sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-06
Germans Now Have Route
From Berlin TO CONSTANT
nople to Move War NUM-.
tiOnS.
SERBS GO NORTHWARD
City on Orient Railway at
Junction Where Road
Branches Southward to So.
lOnika.

SOFIA, Nov. e.-Bulgariaus have
captured Ntsh to which city the serv.
ian government was moved from Bel.
grade. Official announcement Of the
capture OF the servian city was made
today BY the Bulgarian war office.
The fall OF Nish gives the Germans .
clear railway route from Berlin to
Constantinople. .
Troop and ammunition trains will
probably be rolling from Germany to
Turkey within . few days. Nish fell
0sfore the attacks Of the first Bulgar-
fan army under General Boyadjiess.
After the forts defending the city on
the north were smashed the troops
made their entry into the city. The
capture Of Nish u one of the most i'm
portAnt victories the Bulgarians have
achieved In northern Servia. The city
was strongly fortified and held by q
strong force Of Servians. Practically
Ill the strongholds Of the Serbs in
northern 6ervia are now In the hands
Of the Germans. the Austro- Hungarian
and the Bulgarians.
The Servians are retreating into the
mountains. meanwhile being hammer
ed mercilessly by the Austro-0 Germans
and Bulgarians. Nish 10 on the main
line Of the Orient railway. It lies at
the point where the line from Sofia
to Constantinople branches off from
the line which runs southward from
BELGRADE to Salonika- Nish r. 1S0
miles southeast Of Belgrade and SO
miles from the Bulgarian border.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-06

detailed to this jury now for an out,
lay OF almost fifteen days. shall not
be unmindfui in the first instance of
the fact that you ayeSlistened atten-
lively to the testimony as 1t has been
presented here in open court, and
ask that you. give me the same atten:
tion that you have given heretofore. !
This Is simply claim against an
estate made by a corporation" con,
tinued Mr. Jessup. -. The ,sisnif ificant
fact in connection with this case 10
that no one. has questioned the hon.
esty or ,yeracity of the tbookkeeper apd
cashier who was entrusted entirely
with the care of the books aud rec
ords Of the plaintiff corporation. This
IL emphasized by the factt that Miss
Bentlage had the everlasting :cOhfi.
dence OF Chris Hasemeier himself.
"She had the confidence of. the en-
tire community and this confidence
was not as great as the confidence
Chris Hasemeier himself had for her:
Mr.. Hasemeier has shown a spirit In
this case which probably. no other
business man In the city would have
shown. He has opened up his bnsipess
life and private life to. the scrutiny
of the community. He would mot have
done this II he had not believed that
his cause was righteous. - ---.- ~.
ITO show that We have not hesi-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-06
HASEmEIER TRUSTED MISS BENTLAGE
WHO HELD RESPECT OF Community
JESSUP Tells JURY I'M ARGUMENT 7

II would to God this case had never
come up" said Wilfred Jessup, coun-
sci for H. c. Hasemeier, who opened
the argument for the PLAINTIFF Friday
afternoon in. the trial that has been in
progress in circuit court for the last
three weeks. "Hasemeier tried to
avoid bringing the case to trial, but
business honor and business integrity
demanded that when they found the
shortage existed and made claim on
the estate Of Miss Bentlage, which was
refused by her administrator. that
they should ct once, put themselves
in a position to prove their claim"
Mr. Jessup continued his argument
for two hours and q quarter, during
which he paid personal tribute to Miss
Bentlage, who was bookkeeper and
cashier of the company since its organ
ization in 1904, and was connected
with the same store for many years
before the present company was or
ganized.
Throughout the argument Of the
counsel members Of Miss Bentlage's
family were in tears. The court room
was still az death when Mr.. Jessup
arose to make his opening statement.
'.If the court pleases, and gentle
men Of the jury" he began. Il trust,
and will say to begin the argument in
this case am to discuss before the
jury facts and evidence % 1t has been
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-06
FIFTY WOMEN
meet DEATH IN
DRo0ll IA FIRE

BNooKLYN, N. r, Nov. e.--Fifty
women and children are reported TO
have been killed In fire that swept
the six story building occupied by the
Diamond Candy company and other
manufactures today. Ambulances
from eight hospitals have been rushed
to the scene.
The fire started In the candy com:
pany's quarters on the third and
fourth floors and spread rapidly. With
in five minutes the building, said to
have housed more than 1000 workers,
was wrapped In flames.
Women and girls began to jump
from windows and fire escapes long
before the firemen arrived. Bodies
caught on fire and we're scorched and
burned beyond recognition. .
Fire engines were called from all
parts Of Brooklyn. but the force was
unable to cope with the flames for q
time. Meanwhile reports that the
death list would be larger than first
reported caused extra ambulances to
be summoned. -..- - "
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-06
EmbEzzLEMENT CHARGE
AGAINST B00kkEEPER
MADE, SHIvELEY ARGUES

Where is there any proof that
shows that one dollar came into her
possession. The burden Of proof IL
on the plaintiff, not with US. ,-.-z
Miss Bentlage did not have excltl-
sive care Of this money SO why should
she be held exclusively responsible for
it. Chris, John, Ed, Wilbur and Miss
Bentlage all had access to it so it
results in the burden of proof resting
on plaintiff. When five people have
access to 1t why accuse one over the
other. s..,..s..a.,.ss sss,s,s..ss ass.s.s.. 4 =
Needed No gxpsrts. g
I'm ordar for you to decide this case.
yQu do net hare u decide anyone is
ns1AAA The mDnoy want through ~
ordinary channels OF bnsinsss. You
must understsnd that all of our case
is based on their own expert. We did
not even have to put our expert on
the stand to prove our side. 1t was
all brought out In cross examination.
Their witnesses in cross examina.
tion supported our theory absolutely
Can You possibly conceive Of any bust
ness man who would not know how
his bank account was running? 10 II
possible that he could have thought
that he had signed $4,000 Of checks
when he didn't do it,
Several times during the argument,
the audience gave vent to their feeling
and were warned by the Judge to de-.
sist from any displays Of emotions
THE whole meat of this affair."" said
[continued On Page Three.]
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It isn't much to live in million
aires mansion for years and have
servants at ones beck and call y
wait on every wish, and drive the car
up to the door at exactly the right
moment-and then have to 80 4 T.
work as q, chafteur for some one who
is living as you used to live. But that
is what happened to Eben Smith. Jr!.
of Denver. -. :.
+ Now it is different. Next week
young Smith and his pretty young wife
are going east to spend belated
honeymoon and some Of the fortune
that came to them the other day when
Eben. .Jr, was 'twenty-one.
Eben Smith, ST., was one of the
richest. men In the west He got. his
millions out of mines. His home was
one. Of the show places of Denver.
About seven years ago he ,died. His
only son was just fourteen then. For
fear too much money would. ruin the
lads chances of a profitable career,
the father arranged matters. 90 that
Eben, Jr., could not get any money
until he was twenty-one. 'F-. ~
= ~ AiloiNenee ;ls Limited. ;
He was allowed only enough for
food. plain clothes and a school book
or two. A." -. - ,sI--7 .s'..;.s.
when he is twepty-one he will
have more sense" the father's idea.
So Eben Smith, ~Jr., associated with
lads who. spent only as much as he
spent }: I. - ~ u
Nearly two years ago Miss -Marga: