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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-19
LITTLE STORIES OF THE WEEK

Paul Walters has resigned his place
at The Produce Company.
w. G. King is having few weeks
vacation from his duties at Neunlan's
store. .s4 #
Miss Moulton was dinner guest OF
Prof. and Mrs. Holt of Richland on
Sunday. .. s..5 .s.
Mrs. Grace Perrier and baby re-
turned Sunday from two weeks Wis
it with her husband in Walla Walla.
Mr.. and Mrs. E.. III. Sherk motored
to Walla Walla last Monday. Mrs.
Sherk remained week with her par
ents.
The women of the M. E. church will
serve cafeteria dinner at noon on
July 4th and also supper in the eve
ming. .-..
Mrs. Edith Blackman, cousin of
Mrs. E. Fl. Sherk, returned home on
Wednesday, after spending two days
in Kennewick.
Mrs. Roy Yamaoka has been quite ill
with typhoid fever for ten days, but
the crisis has passed and she bids fair
to have rather speedy recovery.
Mrs. B. S., Grosscup of Tacoma
who visited several days at tn T. G.
Grosscup ranch near Richland, was
house guest of Mrs. F. M. Crosby
on Saturday night.
Frank Presley returned to his
home in Idaho on last Friday, after
spending a number of months in this
vicinity experimenting irrigation pipe
line construction work. He expects to
return this fall and resume work.
Mrs. Walter Morrison gave one of
the prettiest parties of the season
Saturday afternoon. The beautiful
home was artistically decorated in
honor of the day, it being flag day.
The fifty invited guests were enter
tanned at bridge during the afternoon.
Light refreshments were served at
the close of very pleasant after
noon. Card honors fell to Mrs. B. E..
Reser first, and Mrs. F. M. Crosby,
second.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-19

i Mrs. w. H. Mather and daughter
left the first of the week for Baker.
Oregon where they will visit friends
and relatives for several weeks.
The bridge club will be entertained
Wednesday afternoon of next week
by Mrs. G.. Brunn and Mrs. w. l..
Craver at the Brunn home on Ken
lnewick Avenue.
Miss Grace Carroll of Mabton
spent Monday in town working on
some preliminaries for the Epworth
League Institute to be held at Rich
land park next month. <
Mr.. and Mrs. HI. A. Howe, Miss
Mabel Howe and Tracy Howe, arrived
yesterday from motor trip through
Oregon and will leave tomorrow for
their home in Spokane.
S. j. Coull, local manager for the
Standard Oil company, went to Yak
ina today, and will be one of class
of 800 who viii be initiated into the
Elks lodge this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Slaughenhaupt
received word yesterday that they
were grandparents of bouncing baby
boy born to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Green,
Saturday, June IA at their home in
Litchville, N. D.
County Agent Lee M. Lampson has
called his agricultural council to-
gether for an all-day meeting here
Wednesday of next week, at which
time new farm projects viii be discus
|sed.
The Courier Reporter is in receipt
of handsome box of Bing Cherries
from the orchard of Ed Sellick & Son
in the Valley. The Sellicks have won
an enviable reputation for quality
farm products and the cherries are
fully up to the Sellick standard.
Earl Tweedt was disappointed in
plans to join tn army of occupation
because they refused to take him for
so short period and is in Kennewick
again. He has plans for entering
college this winter and did not care
to interrupt them.
C. w. Skinner, who is widely known
as the jazziest banjoer who ever BAN
joed in this part of the country has
taken over Browns Summer Garden
on the Pasco side of the Columbia and
will conduct it the rest Of the season
with dances each Wednesday and
Saturday evenings. Mr.. Skinner has
arranged for free ferry service, leay4
ing the Kenncwick side at 9 and 9:2o,
Mr.. Skinner expects to Introduces
number of feature dances.
The following officers were elected
Thursday evening by the Knights of
Pythias for the semi-annual term
beginning July 1: Chancellor Com
mander, E. H. Mann; Vice Chancel-
lor, p. w. Struve; Prelate, Frank
Moran; Master at Arms, E. A.
Mouda; Master of Work, S. H. White
horn; Inner Guard, Jay Seward. Sew
eral of the Local Knights accompani-
ed by two candidates for the second
rank will go to Pasco this evening
where a joint meeting of the two
lodges will be held.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-19

Marriage legalized excuse for
circulating in couples,1 says Owen
johnson, author of 'eVIRTUOUS
WIVES" here Sunday and Monday at
the Pincess Theatre.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-19

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Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
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BITS OF NEWS
MEDALS GIVEN WOOD,
SCOTT AND HOLBROOK.

Washington. April 5.-Secretary
Baker personally presented Distin-
guished Service medals today to
nearly two score officers and civil
ians who rendered CONSPICUOUS ser
vice to the nation in the preparation
OF the army and the mobilization OF
industry for the war. the first being
Major Gen. Leonard Wood, ranking
officer of the regular army.
Others decorated included Major
Generals Hugh L. Scott, retired, and
Willard A. Holbrook.
Before he began presenting the
medals, Mr.. Baker made a brief ad-
dress, pointing out that while it had
been the fortune Of some officers to
serve their country in the time of its
peril at the front or with the armies
III France, TO others had come the
no less trying and arduous duties
that went with raising and training
the army at home. He expressed
his f4l' recognition of the loyalty
and devotion with which they had
! given themselves to the work before
them, whatever its nature, in order
that the nation might triumph.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
RUSSIAN FLAG
TORN down BY
U. S. ARMY MAN
Animosity Against Americans
Excited by Bearing Of the
Troops in ManChuria,
Gen. Graves Is Told.

Irkutsk, April 5.-An American
soldier is alleged to have torn a
Russian flag from the rear platform
Of a special train bearing General
Diedrlchs. commander of the
Czecho- -Slovak forces i'll Siberia. and
Colonel R1manovsky, an arti-bcl-
shevik leader in the Udinsk district,
when it was passing through the
village of Pelka. Manchuria. Off
GERS on the train expressed indigna-
ton over the incident when the train
reached here today.
The officers were especially irri-
tated, since this was the second un-
pleasant incident in which Ameri-
can soldiers have figured recently.
Three days previously several Amer
leans from troop train waiting on
a siding at Mulin Station, Manchu-
ria, tried to board the same special
train in spite of the platform guard
Several cars filled with armed ca
diets from the Vladivostok Military
school were attached to the special
w lld< llOlllistu 10 De d SERIOUS Hll-
uation was relieved when the com
lnander of the cadets ordered the
train to start
Reports OF the incidents have
been sent to Maj. Gen. William S.
Graves, commander OF American
expeditionary forces in Siberia, by
Colonel Romanovsky. The latter
informed General Graves that the
men were intoxicated, and said:
Il regret the lack of discipline in
these troops, which increases the
animosity of Russians toward Amer
leans" He added that the conduct
of American officers had been above
reproach, but that the men seemed
to be uncomfortable.
General Graves has telegraphed to
Colonel Romanovsky expressing his
regret. He stated that an investiga-
ton had been ordered and that the
guilty persons will be severely pun
ished.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
0L.DIERS STOP
SE:Ll.L|.!NCOF |. |. TAGS
FOR PROHIBITION
Returned Men Indignant Over
Attempts Of Temperance
Workers to Cut Off
Rum and Tobacco.
BY Universal Service.

Toronto, April 5.-Thc ird;gna-
ton of returned soldiers over at
tempts made by the temperance
workers to cut off the rum issues
and prevent soldiers while on active
service from obtaining smokes came
to climax today when the women
were holding tag campaign 10 raise
money to build a home and further
carry on their work against "the
booze.'
Big posters adorned the various
khaki clubs during the morning and
at noon the soldiers inaugurated a
parade and marched up and down
the main streets. Eventually they
stampeded the city hall and demand
ed that the tag sellers should be
taken off the streets. They were
successful.
After huwied session OF the po-
lice commissioners it was decided
that the women should be recalled.
The soldiers then concluded their
pdldQe dlld uuNultuS OF CltlZeuS VINO
refused to remove their tags found
that the regular element in the pro-
cession was not inclined to indulge
in ceremony beyond snatciling sthe
offending tags from the wearels.
1--WE are going to carry .his thing
on until we get our rights returned"
one of the leaders shouted in course
of an impromptu speech on tie city
hall steps. "We fought for liberty
and have come home to bondage
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
U. S. SURGEONS
HUNT SLEEPING
SICKNESS GERM
Qualified Medical Officers to
Make Comprehensive |nves-
tigation of MaIady; States
Asked to Aid.

Washington, April 5.-Although
1888 cases of 1ethargic encephalitis,
or sleeping sickness" with ID
deaths, were reported to the United
States public health service up to
March %, officials of >the bureau
still are undecided whethet the dis
ease of the type prevalent in Europe
has reached the United States.
"In the absence of any method OF
positively establishing correct
diagnosis and especially because OF
the failure thus far, both i'll this
country and abroad, to find spe-
cific germ in these cases, the public
health service is unwilling to &C
cept 'lethargic encephalitis' as the
new disease said statement issued
by the bureau
Surgeon General Blue has detailed
qualified medical officers to make a
comprehensive investigation in or
der to learn the true facts regarding
the prevalence of the malady, and
has requested state health officers
to make the disease reportable so
that the study of it can be facil-
itated,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
W0MAN0N
TRIAL FOR
s LA Y IN c
KIN
Seventy old Mother Of
II Said to Have Confessed
Killing Son and Grandson
to Save Her Boy.

Montrose, Colo, April 5.-That
Mrs. Nancy Jane Bush, 20 years old,
was suffering from "senile demen-
tia" when she confessed she had
slain her son with an axe, and dis
posed of the body by boiling it with
lye in a soap vat, was the defense
outlined by her counsel today after
the state rested its case in the trial
OF Mrs. Bush. The aged woman is
accused of killing her son, John
Bush, and her young grandson, Otis,
at the Bush farm home near Olathe,
Colo, in December, 1917.
Said She Boiled Bodies.
In the alleged confession submit
ted by the prosecution, Mrs. Bush
was quoted as having said that she
slew her son and boiled his body
after he had killed the boy. Otis,
and disposed of his body in a similar
manner because the boy had stolen
small sum of money. Mrs. Bush
is alleged to have said that her son
compelled her to help dispose Of
the boys body, and that she killed
the boys father for fear he would
attack her.
The defense outlined late today
was that Mrs. Bush had concocted
this story to enable her son to es-
cape after the murder of the boy.
In suppore of this contention, the
defense today placed two witnesses
on the stand. J. H. sRoatcap testi-
fled that he saw John Bush in
Olathe two days after the date of
the alleged murder. The witness
however, became confused as to the
exact date on DISCRIMINATION.
Walter Lips testified that he saw
a man who answered the descrip-
ton of Bush at kelso, Wash, sev-
eral months ago.
Bones Found On Farm.
Before resting its case, the state
introduced two witnesses, DR.. Ed
ward c. Hill, city chemist of Den
yer, and DR.. ]. c. Parks. a dentist,
to establish that bones found a the
buSh 1dfm were OF an duult as well
as a child. DR.. Hill said chemical
examination of blood stains found
on the premises as we'll as exam
nations of bones found on the farm
established this fact, and DR.. Parks
testified that the teeth of an adult
were among those exhibited by the
state.
Mrs. Bush is the mother of II
children. nine of whom are living
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
CHARGE Brickmakers
of Chicago Combine to
Raise Price Of Product

Chicago, April 5.-A dozen wit
nesses were examined today by the
legislative commission investigating
the high cost of building materials
i'll all effort to show the existence of
an alleged price fixing combination
among Chicago brick manufacturers.
The testimony showed that the
American Equipment company,
which leases on royalty a patented
brick setting machine to the leading
brick manufacturers, wields a pow
erful influence over the industry.
B. NJ. Weber, president OF the
National Brick company. testified
that there was clause in this con-
tract which permitted a majority Of
the manufacturers in the agreement
TO alter the maximum price OF 81
i'll Chicago and S. on cars whenever
they desired. 1t is believed that Ii
was under this provision in the con-
tract that the present price OF $l2
was fixed.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
''Ghost'' Of Chaloner
Reappears in New York
to File Damage Suit

New York, April 5,-The robust,
virile ghost of John Armstrong
Chaloner, millionaire. who was ad-
Judged insanse by New York court
p years ago and later pronounced
legally dead by a sheriff's jury
after his escape from the Blooming
dale insanse asylum, returned to
New York today after an absence of
p years, to prosecute a suit for
alleged libel against newspaper
here.
The ghost" who says he is still
dead" under the "Machiavellian
laws of New York state, came to
the city from his home at Merry
Mills, Va, where he has been held
to be both alive" and sane, under a
writ OF protection granted by Fed
era1 Judge Hand. This writ re-
strains New York authorities from
rearresting and committing him to
Bloomingdale under the insanity
Judgment which still stands against
him.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
Bolshevik Doctrines Are
introduced in n. Y. Schools
High School Pupils Well Supplied With Lenine Trot-
zky and Other Bolshevik and Socialist Literature,
Universal Service Correspondent Finds

green fields and out of the way will
places that make boy world worth
while. He has two brothers and a
sister, all younger. Their perspec-
tive on life has been held to the
Moore street neighborhood by me
force of circumstances. Isidor sr,,
is a tailor. The family ,orturcs
have been controlled largely by
strikes. These strikes have gener-
ally been for fewer working hours
i'll Is years they have been reduced
from IA hours to eight. Shorter
working hours and better living con-
ditions are not an issue with the
lsidor family-they are paramount
facts.
For 10 years the boys high school
has taught history, Latin. mathemat-
les, literature and all kindred sub
iects that come within the sphere Of
a school of that class. There are
many other schools, from the Allan
tic to the Pacific, which nave done
their work as well, but none better.
They must all be missing some
Continued on Page Two, Column Three)
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
Another Man Accused
of Having Part in Plot
to Steal Automobiles

Ed Falconer, 1914 North Twcn-
tieth street, is in jail, accused OF
being the man to whom Fay Hat
field and Francis O'Neil, Council
Bluffs boys, were told to deliver a
Ford automobile which they at
tempted to steal Friday night from
Seventeenth and Douglas streets.
Hatfield and O'Neil, when arrest
ed Friday night, told the polio. that
William Swan, 3424 Seventh avenue,
Council Bluffs, told them to steal
Ford cars and bring them to place
on Burdctte street and they'd be
given $50 for each car. Swan was
taken into custody yesterday wcrn-
ing. Falconer is his brother-in-iaW
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
TAG SELLING STOPPED
BY POLICE IN TACOMA.

Tacoma, Wash, April 5.-The po-
lice Of Tacoma arrested many per-
sons today who defied the city coun-
ellis order that tags should not be
sold on the streets under the aus
pices of the soldiers and sailors
council, Early this afternoon four
soldiers who served overseas were
among the men and women who had
been put in jail.
The city council ordered 100 extra
policemen to 60 on duty when it was
declared that the ship yards workers
would defy the police and sell tags.
The controversy is waged around
the purpose OF the organization in
selling the tags. Members of the
city council believe it is founded
along lines of the Russian soviets.
Leaders of the organization de-
\clare It's purposes are misrepresspt-
ed. A proposition was made to the
city council that the soldiers and
workers council would call off the
sale if the city authorities would re-
lease all those in iail
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
FORCE PEDESTRIAN INTO
CAR AND THEN ROB HIM.

Three men riding in a Ford auto
mobile stopped John Bambano, 2lO9
Pierce street, about midnight Satur-
day on Twenty ty-second and Pierce
streets, commanded him at the point
OF gun to get into the car with
them, and after a long ride. robbed
him ard set him ont for home on
foot. according to the report John
made to the police,
Bambano says the bandits drove to
Fiftieth street and Poppleton avenue
with him and relieved him of $50
and his revolver. He said two of
the men were about 20 years old and
the third about a. The latter, he
said had a police badge.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
PRESIDENT WILSON
STILL HAS SOME FEVER.

Paris, April 5.-President Wilson
was Slightly better" at noon today,
an official bulletin OH his condition
said. His cold. however, was still
pronounced enough to cause slight
temperature,
The president has come very
near having serious attack of in
fluenza, but Ivy going to bed at once
by my direction he has apparently
escaped, but still is necessarily con-
fined to his bed" said statement
issued at o'clock this afternoon by
Rear Admiral Grayson, tthe presi-
dents physician.
Colonel House asserted that Pres
ident Wilson was feeling cheerful
during the visit Of the premier and
himself. He was sitting up in bed,
Colonel House said and would prob
ably be able to resdme his place in
the council on Monday.
While the afternoon bulletin
showed an Improvement in Pres
ident Wilson's condition. all pre-
cautions are being taken against
anything which might lower his vi
tality.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06

cused from answering questions
calculated to throw any light on the
situation"
While telling her story Mrs
Hoeltz hesitated as she approached
an explanation of her daughter
farewell note, and was told by Mr.
Steinwender she would not be re
quired to reveal anything she die
not care to relate to the jury.
Following Mr.. Walkers solci
tious attentions recently to Mrs
, Hoeltz, who has been accused pre-.
viously of accepting Mr.. Walkers
favors, Charles A. Goss, represent.
ing Mrs. Walker in her divorce suit
declared last night he did not know
whether or not he would amend his
petition naming Mrs. Hoeltz.
May Amend Petition.
Il will not take this feature of the
case up until it is necessary said the
attorney. Should it become neces-
sary. of course, | shall file an
amendment to the petition"
Mrs. Helena G.. Walker is seek
ing a divorce from her husband on
the grounds of cruel and inhuman
treatment. She charges her hus-
band. to whom she was married
February 26, 1890, with wholly dis
regarding his marital duties and ex.
cessive gambling. Mrs. Walker is
S. years old, and declares Walker
is the father of her three children
2S.24 and 20 years old. respectively
Walker is all automobile salesman
and earns a monthly salary of 5000
Mrs. Walker alleges. He owns a
house and lot valued at $4,000 and is
interested in other real estate in
Omaha, Mrs. Walker declared.
Mrs. Walker further charges that
her husband carries a loaded re-
volver, and has often threatened tc
do himself injury with the weapon
She declared he was extremely cruel
to her on numerous occasions and
asks division of their property,
allmony and suit money.
Walker at Inquest.
Walker appeared at the insuest
Friday and remained by Mrs.
Hoeltz's side when she was not on
the witness stand. He caused a
scene when he attempted to have
the reporters excluded from the cor
oner's hearing, and interrupted Mrs.
lioeltzs statement to the press
after the jury returned a verdict
to tell her just what and how much
she should say for publication.
+ Walker lives with his family just
across the street from the IToeltz
residence. Both he and Mrs. Hoeltz
declare that their acquaintance
amounts only to a ne; e;ghbor1y
friendship
Both Walker and Mrs. Hoeitz de-
clare that Mildred's urgent request
in her death note that her mother
live "clean and happy life had no
significance at all as far as Mrs
Hoeltz's past life was concerned
Walker declared positively that this
request in the girls last note to
her mother had no reference to his
attention to Mrs. Hoeltz. Mrs.
Hoeltz asserted that her daughter
was AL unusually good girl and the
request was made without anything
in particular in her mind.
mildred was a good girl she
said, "and her mind did not dwell
on evil things. The note made no
Continued on Page Two. Column Two.)
Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-06
LIST OF ARMY UNIFORM
FOR DISCHARGED MEN.

Washington, April 5.-Evcry en-
listed man on discharge, the War
department announced today. will be
allowed to retain as his personal
property the following articles of
uniform equipment:
Overseas cap, for men with over
seas service, hat fos others), olive
drab shirt, wooden coat and orna-
ments, wooden breeches, one pair
shoes, one pair legsins. one waist
belt. one slicker and overcoat. two
suits underwear, four pair stockings,
one pair gloves. one toilet set, one
barracks bag, gas mask and helmet
lfor overseas men only).
Soldiers who have already turned
in their equipment are authorized to
redraw them by applying to the direc-
Tor OF storage in this city.
The department today called at
tention TO the fact it is unlawful for
a discharged soldier to wear the
regulation uniform without the red
chevron which show his connection
with the military establishment has
been terminated according to law.