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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
"CARoLIHE WAR" WAS SHORT
Border Trouble Between United States
and Canada Threatened for Time,
However, TO Be Serious.

The "Caroline war" was q border
krouble between the United States and
Canada, In which few persons were
KILLED. but the trouble did not last
Dong. In 1867 there was strong re-
publican spirit rife in parts of lower
Canada which eliminated in Deem
Der, 1887, in an unsuccessful insurrec-
ton In Toronto. The leaders of the
ansurrection fed to the United States,
and one of them, a newspaper man
named Mackenzie, with % or 30 men,
including a few from the American
side who had joined him, seized an is
land in the Niagara river and set up
a provisional government. Their navy
consisted Of a steamboat called the
Caroline, and one dark night while she
was lying on the American side party
of Canadians crossed the river and
burned the boat, killing several men
on board Of her.
The affair caused great indignation.
President Van Buren, issued proclama-
tons demanding observance Of the neu-
trality laws. The New York militia
was called out and placed under COM
mand Of Gen. Winfield Scott. Presi-
dent Van Buren, characterized the
burning of the Caroline In American
waters as ian outrage Of most aggra-
waited character" and concluded by ask
dng congress for "such appropriations
as the circumstances In which our
country is thus Unexpectedly placed re-
0uire." The affair dragged along a
few years, but was finally settled with
out further bloodshed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
Child Falls Into Canal.

Blackfoot, Idaho.-The body of g.
year-old Dorothy Norton, daughter of
Thomas w. Norton, who disappeared
from her home Monday morning, was
found late in the afternoon ina slough
of Snake river mile northwest OF
Blackfoot. The child had fallen into
canal which runs in front of the
Norton home and had been carried
to the slough.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
EIaht Paesenaera on. AIrpIane.

Mineola. eight passengers
Lieutenant Silva Resnati arrived at
the government aviation field here in
his Caproni biplane at 4 81 o'clock
Monday afternoon, completing a flight
of about 800 miles from Hampton. Va,
In four hours, eleven minutes. Ac-
cording to officials of the Aero Club
of America, the flight breaks all rec
ords in the United States for machines
carrying two or more passengers.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
conoressman's Son Dodees Draft.

Madison, VISA federal grand jury
indictment was returned October 20,
against Byron Nelson, son Of Congress-
man John M. Nelson of the Third Wis
consln congressional district, charging
him with an attempt to evade the draft
law. Young Nelson now is in Spring
CouIee, canada.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
BOB FlTzslMMoNs CALLED.
Former Champion Puuilist Loses Out
In Fight With Pneumonia.

Chicago. Robert Fitzsimmons,
former champion pugilist. died early
Sunday of pneumonia, after an illness
of five days. The former champion
was taken i'll early last week with
what was at first diagnosed as
ptomaine poisoning. Later it was dis
covered he was suffering from double
pneumonia and physicians declared he
could not live.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons, wife of the form
er champion, was appearing with him
at local vaudeville house and was
with him until death.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
Panama observea LIberty pay.

Panama. day was celebrat-
ed In the canal zone on October 20 in
the interest Of the war loan subscrip-
tions. All along the zone, from the At
lantic to the Pacific, aviators distribut-
ed bond literature. Canal employees
and officers and men Of the army In
the canal zone so far have subscribed
more than $1,OOO,O00 to the second
Liberty loan.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
conepIred to Foment Revolution.

Chic go-Gustav n. Jacobsen and
three co-defendants were found guilty
of conspiring to foment revolution
In India. The defendants were also
found guilty of committing the act Of
setting on foot a military ENTERPRISE.
Besides Jacobsen the men found
guilty are Albert Wehde, George Paul
Boehm and Heramba La1 Gupta,
Hindu.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
FoIrth puma Dissolved.

Petrograd.- Owing to the elections
for the constituent assembly being de-
creed for November %, the Russian
provisional government has ordered
the dissolution of the fourth duma, de-
clarlng me mandates issued to the dep
uties null and void.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
Sarah Rernhardt Ia "a

Davenport, Iowa.-Mme. Sarah
Bernhardt was 70 years old on Octo-
Der %. Frances woman of the hour.
saddened but brave in the face of her
country's trials, expressed her pro-
found admiration. for America.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
CAPTAINS Conviction Confirmed.

Los Angeles, Cal. - Conviction of
David Captain for manslaughter in
the dynamiting of the Los Angeles
Times building seven years ago, which
caused the deaths 81 twenty men, has
been affirmed by tho district court of
appeal.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26

IN my SIDE and Dack
until / nearly went
crazy. / went to
diferentd doctors and
they all said l had
female trouble and
would not get any
relief until / would
be operated on. ]
had suffered forfour
We ars before this
time, but | kept get
ting worse the more
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
Ak Slayer Again on Trial.

Red Oak, lathe Rev. Lyn G. J.
Kelly, who is In the county JAIL prob
ably win be put on trial second time
for the Villlsca AK slayings In 1912,
within three weeks. The first trial end
ed in a disagreement Of the jury.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26

Athens.-The report of the Greek
parliamentary investigating committee
made public Saturday declares that
the late Lambros cabinet assisted by
every unlawful means ex-King Con-
stantine's personal policy of monarchi-
cal absolutism.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
W. w Plat "a Foroe strlke.

Henrietta, okla.-A plot to force the
$500 coal miners In this district out
on a strike, said to have been direct
ed from I. w. w. headquarters in
Minneapolis, was declared to have
been uncovered here.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
Drive for Recreation Eund.

Washington.-Plan have been laid
for the nationwide drive during the
week of November 40 to raise 81, $780,
600 for the war camp community rec
reation fund to provide wholesome en-
tertainment for the soldiers and sail
ors in the cities around the training
camps.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
To Rebuild Broken Soldiers.

Chicago - Surgeons from the war
front and those from different sections
of this country met here Sunday to
consider plans for the care Of the men
injured in the war after their return
nome, many prominent surgeons being
present.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
sixty Killed in Explosion.

San Jose, Costa Riea.-slxty per-
sons were killed and ninety seriously
wounded as the result of an explo-
sion which occurred In the principal
barracks here early Tuesday morning
The explosion was due to an accident.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
soelaIlsts b CONFERENCE.

Vienna.-The Austrian Socialist par
tvs annual conference opened here
with a speech by Secretary Skaret,
who emphasized the lasting effect the
Russian revolution would have on the
working classes.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
RoIo Pasha removed . ceII.

Paris.-The health of Bolo Fasha,
under arrest as a German propogand-
list, has been restored and he was
tranferred on Monday from the prison
lnfirmary cell to a cell in the Sante
prison in Paris.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
Fifteen German Airplanes Haooed.

London.-F Fifteen German airplanes
were brought down by British aviators
In recent fighting over the battle areas
In northern France, says the official
statement on aviation, issued Monday.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
a ali MixaA

Uncle ST with newspaper)-Here,s
a man who paid $1,000 for stradI-
varius.
Farmer Hoskins-Some of them
fancy breeds o. cattle cost powerful
sight of money.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
SENATOR KILLED BY ACCIDENT.
Fatally WOUNDED by Brother While on
HuHting Trip.

HuHting Trip.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Accidentally shot
in the chest while hunting at Rush
Lake, Wis, with his brother, Gustave,
United States Senator Paul 0. Husting
was fatally wounded. He died Sum
day night The shot was fired by his
brother. The charge Of shot tore away
part of the senator's left lung. He was
carried in an unconscious condition to
a nearby farm house and surgeons
from all the nearby cities were rushed
to the scene, but without avail.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
Auto Hlt Rv Train.

Semple, Texas.-Five persons were
killed and another seriously injured
when a Missouri, Kansas & Texas
train hit an automobile at Little River,
near here. late Saturday afternoon.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
AnAnnroval.

'sYour colleague uses great many
classical quotations"
Il approve of them," commented SEN
ator Sorghum They're the only OBJ.
servations he makes that are In any
degree reliable"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26
An OPERATION
AVERTED

Philadelphia, Pa.-"One year ago !
was very sick and suffered with pains
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-10-26

An Unreasoning ccmpIainer.
Most unreasonable man ever met.
Kicks because he has to get up in the,
morning at @ O'Clock and throw coal
into the furnace"
Pretty hard, | say"
Yes! But think of having the coal
to throw"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-26

We don't want to spend our money
outside of Kennewick when it could be
spent here. Even a few polished
boards laid out in the grove with
Brog's orchestra to pipe a tune oc-
casionally would suit us better than
anything we know of, especially if the
canvas covering is left off. There is
nothing youth loves better than the
moon.
We know from, experience that if
Kennewick once gets started we could
show the population lot better time
than Pasco has shown any person
since the state went dry.
1t has been over month since the
last dance in Kennewick. Of course
there are the movies, but we find little
enjoyment in prickly heat and hard
wood seats. If something doesn't hap
pen soon we will all dry up and blow
away.
We will certainly back any action
taken in our behalf by regular attend
ance.
Yours truly,
1--WE Who Know"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-26
STRUCTURE OF THE EYE.
Why We Sec Better In q Moderate
Than In q Glaring Light.

Why We Sec Better In q Moderate
Than In q Glaring Light.
An observant chauffeur. passing an
automobile with glaring headlights.
noted that objects at the side of the
road which had been distinctly visible
dropped out Of sight when the bright
lights were thrown upon them. Since
one can see better in little light than
in no light, be wondered, why can one
not see better In bright light than In
moderate light?
The answer is, paradoxically, that
the less light there is the better one
sees, for the brighter the object the
less efficient is the eyesight If, after
We have been In darkness. we sudden
ly turn on bright light and look at
our eyes in mirror we can see the
pupil Of the eye rapidly growing small
er. II we reduce the light the pupil
dilates again. What happens is the
same as In the camera when we adj
just the shutter to the intensity Of the
light.
The colored iris of the eye CORE
spends to the shutter. 1t consists
chiefly Of a muscle which, as the light
increases, is stimulated to contract.
thus drawing the curtain and shutting
out some Of the superfuous light. 1t
usually takes few seconds for this
adjustment to take place. Thus when
We emerge from darkness into light We
are blinded until the iris can shut out
some of the light from the eyes
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-26
in the household and to live simply.

in the household and to live simply.
/ will begin now"
The work that confronts women is
no mere pastime of the summer
months. 1t is long and hard strug-
gle. Haphazard methods and spas
modic efforts will not do. The work
must be intelligent and persistent. 1t
must be done both thru individual eff
fort and thru cooperation with es-
tablished agencies.
And this work must be done in adj
dition to good works to which we are
already pledged, not at their expense.
1t is an added service at the expense
of our ease and leisure time and lux
uries. Local interests, home charities
and regular duties we owe to society
must not suffer. To neglect these is
to defeat the whole plan of patriotic
service.
Human efficiency depends upon ply
steal and mental efficiency and these
depend fundamentally on adequate
food production and the right use of
the food supply.
A vital factor of the promotion of
food supply by women is the elimina-
tion Of waste of time and effort in
their daily home occupations. 1t is
our duty to put our time, as well as
our natural resources to its best and
fullest use. Take stock of your time
now!
Also take stock of your resources.
What is your 'bit" to be? Will you
promote boys and girls clubs or cul-
tivate a garden or put up dozen
glasses of jelly or dry fifty pounds of
vegetables or raise fifty chickens? De-
eide what you can do. And begin now.
This is time for complete co-opera-
ton among women without regard. to
race, color, religion or politics.
Government publications are very
helpful. Write to the department
of agriculture for the Weekly News
Letter.
Cordially yours,
Lulie Nettlcton, Conservation
w. S. F. w. C.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-26
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
We certainly appreciate your broad
mindedness and wish there were more
people in Kennewick who were gifted
with such rare qualities. We have in
mind an editorial of July 18th that
comments on the playground" in
Pasco-why not one in Kennewick?
We noticed that only last Saturday
night you hailed the bus and stepped
across the river to the playground"
We young folks are just as enthusiast
tic over the pavilion as you are.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-26

Letters from the People
lIIIlllnlI1lIIIlIIlIlIlIIIIIInII1IIIIlIIIuIIIn
Women of Washington:

Women of Washington:
Conserve the food supply" is the
clarion call to duty sounding to the
American housewife.
In these stirring days, appeal fol-
lows appeal for aid for the starving
Belgians, French war orphans and the
Red Cross. Our sympathy, pity and
generosity reach out to each noble
cause, but we must also remember
that Food Conservation is not only a
duty but stern command, a patriotic
duty which surely every American
housewife will heed.
Before the battle of Trafalgar, Mel
son sent a message to his fleet, ENG
land expects every man to do his
duty"
Our nation calls to its women in
the great world crisis-America ex-
poets every woman to do her duty.
Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, con-
servation chairman of the General
Federation of clubs, says:
"Never before has America faced
the responsibility Of supplying for its
own people and fighting men and also
for the nations by whose side we are
fighting. We must share with our al
lies to the last crust"
The responsibility does not depend
upon peace or war If peace were de-
clared tomorrow the conditions would
be the same. Famine threatens a large
part Of the world. Americas respon-
sibility is just the same. We must feed
ourselves and our allies till normal
conditions return.
Food conservation is therefore a
duty which every citizen owes to the
country" ga dictate of patriotism
which," in the words of the president,
mo one can now expect ever to be ex-
cused or forgiven for ignoring"
Half of this responsibility lies with
the women of the nation. We can help
to increase production. We can dry,
can and conserve food products. We
can largely control household waste.
We can set the example Of intelligent
economy. We can adjust our lives to
the General Federation pledge:
81 will use only those amounts of
food required for adequate nour-
ishment. will endeavor to control
the waste in all kinds of materials
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-26
COMFORT IN THE HOME.
A Mans Motion of How the Rooms and
Things Should Look.

Things Should Look.
A young newly married man COM
planned recently that he almost dread
ed taking a friend home to dinner be-
cause his wife, every time she expected
company, imagined 1t was necessary to
scrub the house from garnet to cellar
and polish every bit OF silver on the
sideboard.
1t made him uncomfortable all day
long to think Of his wife giving herself
this wholly unnecessary trouble.
'Of course, q man likes to see his
homo looking nice when he takes an
old chum into it-and Of course the
chum does too," he said But I'd be
Tar happier If I could convince my wife
that house can look tidy even IL it
hasn't been gone over that very day.
II like the books to look q little dis
orderly. You get the feeling that
they're being read all the time, and
that's what books are for. And like
the music on the piano to be a trifle
disarranged. 1t looks as IL we really
sang the songs. and 1t gives a room
that coy home feeling that a fellow
loves. What If the curtains aren't just
even in every window? Things ought
to look as If they were touched and
were used and enjoyed. II the sofa
cushions are dented you know some
one has leaned against them. Isn't that
what they're for? But IL they stare at
you in a prim row you're a brave man
if you dare to put your back against
them-much less your tired head!
And when a fellow comes home at
night he usually has tired headr'-
Irish World.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-26
SHERIFF TO WARN
ALL AUTO OWNERS
Circular Letter to be Addressed
to Every MOtOrist in Ben
ton County

Sheriff C. E. Duffy, who has been
looking after official business in this
end of the county this week, says that
within the next few days a circular
letter will be issued from his Office to
every owner Of an automobile in Ben
ton county calling his attention to the
new motor vehicle law passed by the
last legislature. The sheriff says that
it is his intention to rigidly enforce
the law but that he wishes to give
every owner ample opportunity to
comply with it. By mailing out the
notices Mr.. Duffy expects to head off
the possibility of any violator seeking
to excuse himself on the grounds that
he did not know the law.
One of the most important sections
of the law provides for the regulation
of the lighting system on each car.
This provision is important not only
to every person who drives car at
night but also to pedestrians or teams
that might be met on the highways aft
ter shutdown.
It is one of the most important fea-
lures of the law which prevents acct
dents and lessons the danger to human
life, for it aims to do away with those
lights that so blind the person coming
from another direction that he cannot
see to guide his own car.
Thus far it has not been practical
to enforce this section of the law be-
cause no lens has been decided on
which seems to satisfy this provision
OF the law in every respect. This con-
dition, however, will soon be remedied
and then there will be no reason why
this phase of the law should not be en-
forced as strictly as any other.
|. M. Howell, secretary of state, in
whom is reposed the responsibility of
enforcing the motor vehicle law, is
contemplating making a test of all
lenses submitted, sometime in August
at some central place in the state,
when all kinds of lenses considered
suitable will be offered for the test
and a decision made as to which ones
meet all requirements. The exact date
OF this test will be announced later.
After a decision has been made notice
will be given to the public by news
paper publicity and otherwise as to
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-07-26
Agents for Ed. V. Price Tailoring

what kind of lenses they should use
and all deputies of the motor vehicle
division in the field will be required
to enforce this provision of the law
as carefully as any other.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-08-03
BETTER CITY AN INVESTMENT
improvements in Streets and Buildings
Pay Returns Just as in Any
Private Business.

Mr.. mcfarland, president Of the
American Civic association. takes the
practical BUSINESS view when he says
that city betterments are nothing less
than paying investments. The streets
belong to the people. Their widening,
or the building of new ones to accom-
modate increasing traffic, Is simply
business expansion that will pay re-
turn as does any private business up
on new capital put into it.
The same thing is true of housing.
No city is rich enough to afford hous-
ing conditions that mitigate against
the welfare of any part of its popula-
ton, says the Kansas City Star. The
man Of small means, as Mr.. MacFar-
land says-the man who must have
low rentals the basis of industrial
prosperity. Low rental dwellings are
necessary, but it does not follow that
low rental dwellings should be lacking
in the sanitary conveniences that are
essential to public health. The owner
of rental dwellings who neglects to
maintain them in proper condition is
interfering with the city's business and
prosperity. The city's business de-
mands laws regulating housing in con-
formity with the best interests of that
business, and those laws should be rig
idly enforced.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-08-03
f10rlF TOWN
Helps !
CITY SHOULD KNOW ITSELF
One That Has All Necessary lnfor-
nation at Fingers End Makes
Impression Upon Inquirer.

There are many ways in which a
central organization can be Of service
to city in industrial development.
An Industrial commissioner, a man Of
vision and intelligence, with experience
in the problems that confront manu-
facturers, can make q survey of a city
with reference to industrial advantages
and have them ready for every in
quirer.
The prospective manufacturer likes
to do business with a city that knows
itself, just as the individual likes to.
trade with the man that knows his
stock. There are so many details that
enter into industry, so many points of
information about location, switching
and traffic facilities, raw materials and
related industries, that it requires ex-
haustive study of the whole field to
make a creditable presentation of the
city's advantages to the inquirer from
the outside. The city that has all these
facts at its fingers end, and can pre-
sent them convincingly, is in better po-
sition than the one where only a smat-
tering of essential facts are known.
The Importance Of a careful survey
of related manufacturing groups
should not be underestimate. Now
more than ever before the manufac-
turer looks for a place where his I'M
finished material can be delivered in
any volume on short notice and at
minimum of cost. Or it may be that
he wants a city whichshas developed a
line related to his own, so that he can
get the benefit of it's prestige in that
line. Here, again, we see the import
ance of knowing our city and its in
dustrial possibilities thoroughly, and
that is the function of the industrial
department of chamber of commerce. |