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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-11-27

farmers are aroused to the danger,
which beset the country, dangers thai
have been augmented by the flood az
loose and reckless talk that has porr,
ed in an unchecked stream from tho
mouths of trouble-making agitators
In this, as in every previous emer.
gency that has confronted the country
the farmers may be counted on tho
side of safe, constructive conservation
For the future, the self-appointea
spokesman for the farmer will do well
to have his or her credentials exam.
ined and approved before taking the
platform.-Toppenish Review.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-11-27

and there seen them handed the
red card of anarchy, as the only
passport to employment. Seeing
this, we have stood by with
folded arms because some pussy
footed politician has whispered
"forbear, it's the legitimate eff
fort of the under dog to rise, the
sacred rights of labor" In our
hearts we knew he lied. We
knew it for the license of indo-
lence, not the liberty of labor.
Yet we stood aside, because to
stand aside was the way of least
resistance.
We have seen the mill of an
,archy set up in our public places
and grind out its ominous grist.
We have heard the agitator in
flame the passions and poison
the minds of the gathered crowd
many, the minds of children
in the bodies of men-with the
accursed doctrine of class ha-
tired. We have read the creed of
sedition, the indictments to riot,
the challenge to law and order
in red press and random pamph-
let, and we have kept silent be-
cause some high-brow idealist
has said, "desist, tits the honest
voice of sweated toll crying in
the wilderness of oppression
the constitutional right of free
speech" In our hearts we knew
he lied. We knew it for what it
was, the battle cry of revolution.
And yet we desisted because to
desist was the way of least re-
sistance. II ~
Today the pussy-footers and
the high-brows are in the rear.
The red-blooded citizenry are
face to face with the red men
ace. The way of least resistance
is still open-to hang every agi-
tator to the nearest pole and to
drive their converts out of the
boundaries of the U. S. A. We
have followed the way of the
least resistance long enough. The
time has come for a show down,
but not for unrestrained acts of
violence. Direct action now will
be as detrimental to the cause of
good government as has been in
action in the past. The red men,
ace must be stamped out, but it
must be done in accordance with
law and order. Every good citi-
zen must realize that he has a
duty to perform in holding up
the hands of the makers and the
executors of our laws and our
administrators of justice.
If the state constitution is
such that it cannot permit to
stand on the statute books a law
which says in perfecly plain and
understandable English that the
1. w. w. and all kindred organ
izations are outlaw organizations
and that membership in them is
felony, the time has come for
the state of Washington to get
a new constitution. If any ma>
can by his speech or writing
preach and teach sedition, dis
loyalty and revolution and can
conspire with his fellows to car
ry out those teachings and be
protected in that conspiracy by
the federal constitution, the time
has come for the United States
of America to get a new consti-
tuition, one which will embody
perfectly understandable provis-
ions for the self-preservation of
that government which it Gre
ates. - H-@~ $780, ~....
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-11-27

III henneWlck, w 8SnlnSCOE, III
We are Awake-Shall We Sleep
Again?
~ HE CENTRALIA massacre
1which pulled the cloak of
concealment off the l. w. w.,
has brought the people of the
Northwest to their feet, wide
awake with the declared deter
mination to stamp out the great
red menace. But is our wakeful
ness real, or is our determination
soon to lapse into Indifference ?
Is the seditious agitator again to
mount his soap box to preach
the damnable doctrine of syndi-
calism, communism and anarchy
is the red writer soon to return
to spread his poisonous and in
flammatory screed thru the col
umns of class publications; are
we again to be lulled into repose
by the insidious lullaby, "the
rights of labor" are we to halt
and once more stand impotent
and fearful at the false cry, "the
freedom of speech and press y
are our laws to be soft-knuckled
and our juries weak-hearted are
we going to fill our jails for q
brief period and turn the key OF
legal -technicalities in the en-.
trance door of our prisons; are
we going to send the l. w. w
scattered and mcb-driven from
one community to another; is
the red card to continue to be the
magic talisman which alone car
open the highways of the home
less-the unemployed's admis,
sion ticket to a job? If so, il
were better had we slept for oul
impetuous awakening will have
but added fuel to the flame.
The inhuman monster which
ravished Belgium and devastated
France was prepared for his
bloody deeds by half a century's
teaching and preaching of q
German kultur. The cowardly
assassins who fired upon the
Centralia parade were prepared
for their dastardly job by the
unrestrained mouthings anG
writings of a mongrel pack of an.
archists who have sought pro.
lection within the folds of the
constitution. We have known
they were there, in usurped pc.
sitions, but we have not dislodg.
ed them because the way OF
least resistance was to let them
stay.
Yes, the way of least resis
lance! w. W.ism did not spring
suddenly and mysteriously from
ambush that Armistice Day in
Centralia. The blow did not des-
cend from clear sky. 1t was
rather the inevitable crash OF
the gathered avalanche, unob.
secured and long impending
which we had hoped-when we
knew there was no hope-woulG
not descend.
We were not taken unawares
We were not deceived as to the
real visage of the red monster
which revealed itself in Central
la. We were not ignorant of the
aims, purposes and methods OF
the I. w. w. We had read the
proclaimed tenents of the organ
ization, and we had read them
Just as those assassins in Cen
tralia had read them, to mean
defiance of law, destruction of
property, overthrow of govern
ment, to mean arson, murder and
despoilation. And yet knowing
these things, we have gathered
up our men and boys from the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-11-27
With Weekly ;si Editors

FARMING THE FARMER

The farmers of the Yakima Valley,
in common with farmers turnout the
country, are giving proof Of the fact
that they can fight their own battles
and without recourse to self-appoint-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-09-25
elephant MADE NO WHIMPER
Underwent Pain Of Having Tooth
Drawn With Stoieism That Would
Shame Many Humans.

II does not require much imagina
ton to realize that pulling an ele
plants tooth is something Of an en-
cheering as well as a dental Job.
An example of this was when Albert
one OF the biggest elephants In the
Ringing herd at Madison Square gar
den, New York, had refused to ca,
and the circus veterinary found a grea,
tooth cavity which was beyond rene
dy by filling.
The tooth that was giving Albert SC
much discomfort was as large as q
mans fist. After a liberal dose of CO.
caine had been injected, forceps as big
as Ice tOngs were clamped to the tooth
rope attached to the forceps. and q
squad Of trainers made ready to sup.
ply the pulling power.
At a given signal the trainers gave
tremendous pull, and out came the
huge tooth.
In this sort Of dental work the un-
known quantity lies In what the ele-
rhant will do. Albert had been taken
orr OF the menagerie to prevent panic
among the rest Of the herd In case he
developed an inclination to object to
the process. However, he underwent
the ordeal calmly, and as soon as his
jaw was dressed he was conducted
back to his stall.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-09-25
COST HIM MORE THAN FIFTY
Mr.. Travers Had Not Properly Estl-
mated His Losses on That Little
Fistic Encounter.

81 can't afford to lose $50 on q
prize fight, mourned Gelatine Tray
ers an hour or so after the shock he
received over the wires that fatal
Friday afternoon. "But you have lost
1t, haven't your" we asked, and he
nodded disconsolately as he climbed
aboard homebound car. He must
have felt premonition as he
mourned, for IL Is unlike Mr.. Travers
to regret his losses; and when he ar
rived home he broke the news to Mrs.
Travers, along with the implied sug-
next few weeks would not come In
amiss. Mrs. Travers said nothing In
her most sympathetic manner, and the
evenings conversation covered topics
wholly foreign to prize fights. At the
breakfast table next morning Mr.
Travers had no taste for anything the
morning paper might have to say, and
Mrs. Travers gained possession Of Ii
without the usual contest. CHANGING
through the paper rapidly Mrs. Ira
page 2. and another from page IL.
Then at one of those unexpected mo-
ments every woman knows breakfast
Is replete with, said: $50 you could
lose $50 on a prize fight. Well. well.
Here is a sale have been awaiting
for long time. And strange to say,
here Is another Just across the street
one is on suits and the other on
gowns. And the strangest Of all. we
happen to have accounts at both those
stores. Fifty dollars, you say, you
lost? Was 1t an even fiftyT And
so 1t was that the breakfast dishes
at the Travers' home went unwashed
Saturday morning because Mrs. Ira
vers was obliged to catch an early jit-
ney downtown and commence opera
tions.-Kansas City Star.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-09-25

The San Francisco Chronicle tells
the following experience told by Brig.
Gen. Benjamin Alvord when the latter
was adjutant general Of the A. f. II.
The general had been sent by General
Pershing to make an inspection about
Bellies.
He walked around without getting
the attention the doughboys would
show an officer of his rank. No one
saluted him and no one noticed him.
Once In a while captain or a major
would snap a salute, but not the en-
listed men. II rather riled the general,
who always scrupulously followed
army regulations himself. Finally
when a private passed him with a
cigar In his mouth, and. although look
ing right at him, failed to salute, the
general thought II was time to call a
halt.
Come here, young fellow" he called.
"Say, what do you do In this camp
when general officer shows up?"
"All right, I'll bite. what is 1t. old
top?" parted the private.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-09-25
CLAIMS HONOR FOR GEORGIAN
Elias Howe Was Not Inventor
of the Sewing Machine.

The centenary of the birth of Elias
ed the sewing machine. took place on
June 0. There was no extended Of
servance of the day. observes Hart
ford Courant, yet 1t was Howe who
took a good deal of the drudgery out
of the lives OF millions of American
women. He also increased the power
OF his fellow men to produce garments
and other material that formerly
needed the patient handwOrk Of indi-
viduals.
But IL Is interesting to observe, In
connection with the anniversary, that
the Savannah News undertakes the
rather hopeless task of trying to con-
vince It's readers that IL was not Howe,
but a Georgian. Francis II. GOuldlng,
who constructed and operated the first
sewing machine. This paper says
that this man. Presbyterian preach
er living In Liberty county. married a
Savannah girl and then began work on
a sewing machine I'm order that he
might save his fair wife much hard
work. Alleging this was long before
Howe patented his machine. and also
that Goulding never patented his. they
try to sh, y his motives were purely
altruistic and not commercial.
1t all sounds good. but 1t will take
considerable space" In the Georgia
newspapers to convince the world that
Goulding takes the prize.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-09-25
MONKEY CHAIN CALLED MYTH
Recent Travellers In South America
Explain Probable origin OF story
Once Implicitly Believed.

An interesting article by Prof. e. w.
Gudger. in a recent issue Of Natural
History, deals with the time-honOred
story on which most of us were
brought up that South American mon
keys are In the habit Of crossing alliga-
tor-infested streams by linking their
tails and legs to form living bridge.
Pictures Of this feat once figured ex-
tensively In the school Biographies,
and Professor Gudger reproduced such
a picture from q Fourth reader pub
Nshed as late as 1897. The story was
first told, so far as known, by the Jes-
uit priest Padre Jose Acosta In a
work published In 1850. Several later
writer's have repeated the tale. The
first person to dispute its veracity was
Baron Humboldt. Recently explOr-
ers Of South America. when they men,
ton the story at all. express skepti-
cism. Finally, Messrs. Leo e. Miller
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-09-25

and George n. Cherrie of the Ameri-
can Museum OF Natural History, who
have done so much travelling and col
lecting In South America, have sug-
gested to Professor Gudger plausi-
BILE origin for such tales. They think
that the story of the monkey bridge"
has come about through observation
OF procession OF monkeys crossing
a ravine or stream on pendent Llama.
--Sclentific American.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-09-25
Building.

Our lives are like buildings going up,
and every one who comes to us. wheth-
err for prolonged stay or only for a
few moments, puts something into the
walls or into the adornment. Our
friends, If they are worthy, exert a
measureless influence over us.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-09-25
WILLING TO BE PUT WISE
Private Ready to Absorb Any infor.
nation Brisadier General Was
Able to impart.

In all the armies In the war disci-
pline was lax In the air service. Army
men are at a loss to account for It.
but without exception laxity was evil
dent In all the air camps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
Weekly Cotton Review

New Orleans, January 12.--Price move- ments in the cotton market last week were rather narrower than usual, the ex- treme range being 116 to 15S points. Last prices showed net losses of 66 to 112 points. The general trend of the market was downward, mainly because of hqui- dation, although there were periods of firmness and at one time the active months were A to 64 points above the net of preceding week.
 The market still maintained some part of the reactionary feeling which fol- lowed the long advance of December, and it also felt more or less short selling, especially toward the end when bearish traders made much of the labor troubles in New York Ginning returns were larg- CT than expected. mill takings were small and there was much complaint because of the unstable market for ocean freights. It was claimed that fear of wide de- clines in freights was keeping foreign buyers out of the spot market.
 The market was closed Wednesday, in observance of the anniversary of the bat tie of New Orleans, and this served to keep alive the holiday feeling, but this week will have no holidays and it Is likely that a more normal market will prevail The last of the regular semi- monthly ginning periods of the season will end on Wednesday, so that private forecasts of the ginning output will prob ably appear toward the end of the week and they may have some effect on values. The shipping situation is bound to be factor. because of the promise Of fur- ther cuts in ocean freight rates while the trade will probably take more interest in weather conditions over the belt be- cause of the approach of the time ol preparation for planting the new crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13

is progressing with a minimum of un- settlement or disruption to industry. This does not alter the fact that price l establishments are proceeding in many lines of finished and unfinished materials | to the accompaniment of lower quota l tions for securities, bonds as we'll as stocks
 In the investment market the one en- | couraging feature of the week was the 1 ready sale by banking syndicate of
 s65, 900 GOO of securities issued by the
 cal subsidiary, the entire amount being
 oversubscribed in the first days public l offering.
 ] Reduction of call loans to 3A per cent
 was hailed in speculative quarters as ar
 augury of easier rates for time funds
 but the local money pool acting on in, | timations received from the treasury de 1 partment. again discouraged more thar
 moderate advances for long dates. l Although transportation officials rerart the new director general of railroads as l liberal in his attitude. the whole ques- tion of the future of the railways re- mains in abeyance. Wall street expects | no change in this situation until Con gress and the executives reconcile ex- | isting differences. M ] Foreign political and economic copdi- I tions are claiming increased attention | from international bankers. Extension ot l disorder and disturbances in central anc I eastern Europe are regarded by oui financiers as the greatest obstacles te <the solution of problems at the coming
 peace congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
THE WORLDS MARKETS
Weekly Metal Review

New York. January Manifestations this week were that the position of steel was becoming stronger. Industries which were called nonessential during the war period were entering the market for mis- cellaneous grades of the metal in order that production which had been up might be resumed. Automobile concerns were more freely shifted to commercial pro duction with government war contracts cancelled. Additional demands for steel are expected from this quarter. Large foreign inquiries for shapes and sheets have recently made themselves felt, hut there is noticeable tendency to wait until market conditions become more settled
 The production of steel ingots in De- cember totalled 2992,30 gross tons of which 2,273, ,1S9 tons were open hearth, 706, S44 tons Bessemer and 12,273 tons all
 others. The December total compares
 with 3,06O,76o gross tons in November. The estimated production of steel ingots during 1918 was 42,212,oo0 gross tons. Struc- tural demand at present continues light, but there is news of considerable con struction work pending for which in quiries will soon be made.
 The pig iron situation was brighter
 with some heavy inquiries from abroad. The question of ocean freight rates Is causing some worry to producers since it has been established by agents abroad that Great Britains prices are materially i lower than those which obtain here. | Some relief Is expected in the situation
 on account of the steady release of more tonnage available for commercial pur- 1 poses,
 ! There was little activity in copper. The only new phase of the situation was 1 the apparent willingness of the larger producers to do business if possible with buyers at the 23-cent figure. A move has been started by which buyers of
 tho red metal at the 2S-cent level will
 he protected in the event that before ] actual delivery time the price should re-
 cede. Smaller producers are offering cop per at prices ranging from 20 to 2l cents.
 | There was practically no trading in l tin. Quotations are nominal and indica- l tions are that there will be little change
 during the period of restriction The
 lead market was dead with no effort
 noticeable on the part of producers tc meet the consumer with a lower quota 1 tion The market for spelter was alsc
 very quiet and easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
AUCTION SALES

PUBLIC AUCTION-Office of the quar- termaster. auxiliary remount depot 3os, Camp Mcclellan, Ala, December 26, 1918. There will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at aux Hilary renount depot 3G9. Camp McClel- Ian, Ala, commencing at clock a. m., Tuesday, January 21, 1919, and continu- ing until all animals are sold, the fol- lowing surplus animals, viz: 150 cavalry horses, 450 artillery horses, 375 draft mules, 50 pack mules. The above animals have not been condemned for government use, but are surplus, and are no longer required and are in ser viceable condition. There will be sep arate pens for purchased animals The quartermaster will supply necessary help for loading in case of shipment of carload lots. There will be luncheon on the grounds A halter will be sup piled free with each animal sold. Aux Hilary remount depot 309 is three miles from Anniston, Ala. and can be reached by automobiles from principal hotels. A bus line between Anniston and Camp Mcclellan passes auxiliary remount depot 309. The government re- serves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and to suspend the sale at the discretion of the commanding of fcer. No animals will be sold that cannot be certified free of contagious disease. Health certificates will be fur nished animals shipped by rail. Rail- road cars in readiness for shipment of carload lots. Terms: Cash or certified checks. Ten per cent of purchase money will be required to be deposited by the buyer after each lot is sold the bal ance to paid at the conclusion o1 the sale day. Sale, will be held under shelter. R. w. Lindenstruth, Captain .. M. C., Quartermaster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
Weekly Financial Review

New York, January 12.-Authorftative advices from various sections of the coun- try concur in the opinion that the move ment of reconstruction on peace basis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13

WE negotiate loans and sell real estate Can handle desirable farEl loans Mo Connell Anglin. White POPS Sd ave. WE negotiate mortgage loans at low rates and buy mortgage paper. Leon. ard Riley Co, 725 Woodward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Corrected December $, 1918 Arrival and departure of passeneAp trains. Birmingham: The followfnr schedule figures published as informa. tion, are not guaranteed.
 BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL STATION
 Southern Railway system
 lSUuIheEni K HaiiNN1Y CA-A I U
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
FOR SALE, MISCELLANEOUS Il
 BIDS WANTED

As a result of the demobilization or the students army training corps at the University of Alabama on De- cember 21, large amount of second hand material must by order of the war department be disposed of at once. This material includes Plumb ing supplies and tools second hand lumber and other building material, dining room equipment, including a large, new electric dishwasher; tools for electrical work, forges, anvils and other blacksmith equipment; gaso- line driven concrete mixer and tools; r-shop tools for automobile repairing, and surveying instruments and draft ing material. For full particulars write to
 PRESIDENT G. H. DENNY,
 University. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13

LOST-Yale tire lock and bunch of keys. Liberal re- ward if returned to R. H. Borders, Hotel Jefferson, or call Main 1162.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 30 FOR SALE-Best-built bum galow in Norwood; imme- diate possession; No. 1920 18th st. For particulars phone owner, Main 627S.
 HOMES FOR SALE
 HOMES FOR SALE
 HOMES FOR SALE In every section of city, J. Murray Norment, 2026 1st ave.
 WEST END-5 rooms; modern; Poplar st.; s1SO0; s200 cash, s20 month. B. +. Eborn, 312 Empire bldg. M. 1197.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13
s. R. Stewart & Co.
McREYNOLDS & JULIAN
 RR0KERS
By BRIGGS

Members N. Q. Cotton Exchange
 Chicago Board of Trade Correspondents Il. & B. Beer, New Or. leans, La. Clement Curtis & Co.,, Chi- cagO, J. 5. Bache X Co., New York.
 l.. ID. Phone SS0
 303-4-5-6 Empire Bldg.
 DjrminE ham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13

ROOMS FOR RENT

ROOM for rent; for gentleman; private home, on car line, steam heat, phone; everything modern. 1888 S. 18th ave. Main 4943
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13

WANTED-At our log camp 12 to 15 ex- perienced log mule drivers, pay $ to BPS per day; rooms furnished; meals soc per meal. Sixteen to 20 log cutters. pay s1 per 1000; short leaf yellow pine,
 healthy country; operation VIII last W to 12 years. Also sawmill, planning
 mill and yard men, wages $2.5o per day x and up, depending on man and what he is doing; white or colored. Colum- bus Lumber Company, Columbus, Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-13

NICELY furnished room with good board, special rate for girls In dormitory; steam heat. s22-SS4 s. 20th st.