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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
Fine Pearl Necklaces.

OF 80 necklaces which have been
made from the magnificent collection
of pearls contributed to the Red Cross
from all parts of the British empire.
two are of considerable interest.
One of them is composed almost en-
tirely of the fine collection of pearls
sent from Egypt as result of the
Red Cross appeals, and the other is a
specially beautiful necklace of pearls
of the straw-colored tone which is so
much sought after by buyers. The
necklaces are not Of uniform size |;
they vary in length, in color and. of
course, in value. But all Of them are
of great beauty, for they consist of the
best pearls from many famous neck
laces, as well as from less well-known
ones, matched by the chief experts In
London.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
WHEN PEACE CAME
Oppressive Silence Followed the
Great Crash.
Hard at First to Realize That the
Carnage of Four Dreadful Years
Had Ended--Huns Defeated
but Unrepentant.

y
With silence like that which fol-
lows the mighty crash of a great or
gan, the great war came suddenly TO
an end. No longer do the weary sol
diers at listening posts strain their
ears through long night watches; star
shells have ceased TO burst and lame
over No Mans land; cannons nave
cooled; machine guns utter no sound;
the exchange of all manner of deadly
missiles has stopped. At last peace,
which for four slow, dreadful years
has seemed afar off like mirage, has
come. The thousand and one activi-
ties of battle, intense to the last ounce
of possible human effort, are relaxed.
Ships now cross the ocean In safety'
smoke from thousands Of ammunition
plants no longer darkens the sky;
tired workers return once more TO
their homes; armies are demobillzing'
reconstruction of devastated homes
and farms and factories is contem-
plated; the dreadful military debauch
has consumed itself; the world draws
a great sigh of exhaustion and relief;
the conflict is ended.
In all history no message ever spec
so gladly nor so fast as the few words
flashed through the air, and under
oceans. and over land wires, until
around the whole world and to its ut
| termost accessible parts the news was
| carried. What wonder that all ciyiliza-
ton gave vent to a frenzy of joy al
most barbaric, that men shouted. ana
women wept; and little children VIII
| messed an event which threescore
years and ten hence they will relate to
other wide-eyed children. In our JOY
let us not forget those millions of IA
theirs whose voices refused to cheer,
and those mothers and wives and
sweethearts whose eyes were dry, be-
cause their hearts were bowed down
with sorrow no victory can ever COM
pensate.
i. The Huns ceased only when physi-
cally exhausted; when their ammuni-
ton was spent; when the war had
reached their own borders; when they
no longer possessed the ability to MUIR
der the defenseless, to gas the brave.
| Inelr regret 10 eioS my Ao~s
| not one single word of penitence for
the harm they have done. the sorrow
they hav, caused. Instead they think
only of their bellies and demand, moi
supplicate, the food they have so wan
tonly destroyed for years; they whine
|, lest the very cars they stole from
|, France and Belgium be returned tx
their rightful owners. They have beer
beaten In what was for nearly foul
years an unequal struggle, but for an.
word which has yet to come out o
Germany they are the same unregen
crate Huns who, casting aside all tn
obligations of civilized nation
marched into Belgium in August. 1914
.t-Chicago Evening Post.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
The World Docs Move.

The war has made many changes in
world conditions. None perhaps is
more picturesque than what has hap
pened in Mesopotamia. the land over
which Nebuchadnezzar once ruled.
This years harvest tells the story.
While not busy fighting the Turk
and his Teutonic associates. the Brit
ish found time to dig out a hundred
ancient irrigation bitches and 10 bring
into cultivation 10000 acres. They
have also given 10 Bagdad electric
lights, paved streets. waterworks. sew
erage, fire department and police
force.
The natives must be rubbing their
eyes In establishment and wonder
Modern Brotherhood.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
Field Water Service.

The British had the best system OF
piped-in water, though the system
along parts of the Italian front was
admirable. One sanitary officer In
formed me with pardonable pride that
the supply for three army divisions
was piped from a small lake a mile
or more within the German lines
This same officer was able to pipe wa
ter after a great battle to the new
ground won-three miles, farther for
ward-within five hours.
English sanitarians devised one OF
the most perfect combinations of pump.
ing and purifying machines that could
be imagined. Its crew could dip its
intake pipe into pond Of scurn-cov-
cred, pea soup-colored, stagnant wa
ter, start the engine, and out from
the discharge pipe would flow steady
stream of clear. sparkling. pure, we'll
tasting water, at the rate Of 1000 gal
Ions an hour. To look at the pond
and at the water pouring into the
drinking tank is said to have given
anyone positive shock.-Woods
Hutchinson in 1.-THE Doctor in War;
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
Man Of HIGH Ideals.

Charles Foss, bee man of Alpine.
CAL, sold his seasons output Of
honey, four tons, at 6 cents pound
when the market price was % cents,
because he felt that profiteering at
the expense of the poor. especially in
war time, was wrong.
"God gave us the bee" he said. ac-
cording to the San Diego Union, "and
he charges us no tax on it. He gave
us the flowers from which the bee
draws its honey and they cost us
nothing. Why, when the world is
stepped in suffering and misery,
should any man profiteer on the poor?
"Some day hope to look into the
face of God who gave US the bee and
the flowers, but could never lock
him squarely in the eye if had made
single penny out Of fellow crea-
lures stress"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
Bones or Pins

There are various kinds of protec-
ton exercised by governments for the
people. A new one has developed in
the state of Maine. The law forbids
any one who did not himself catch 1T,
to sell "a pickerel. The fish are not
allowed in market and even the man
who caught them must have done that
legally" 1t is well-known to people.
who, for fear of starving, have eaten
pickerel, that their bodies are made
up of 90 per cent sharp bones and 10
per cent flesh. When it comes to a
choice between frying the family PIN
cushion and eating pickerel, most
people prefer the pickerel. but 1t Is
evident that the legislators of Maine
do not mean to expose their constit-
uents to the perils of the diet when
it can be avoided. There is no law
in Maine against selling pincushions.
Hartford Courant.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
HOW KOREANS HONOR DEAD
Weird Ceremonies Commemorative of
the Departed One Described by
American Woman Traveller.

A little round-faced nun from the
nunnery up the mountainside above the
monastery was giving commemora-
tive service for her dead parents Ne
went into the temple about eight
o'clock. 1t was almost dark inside.
The. one large standing Buddha was
dimly Lit by four tapers set in high
stands. Before him on the altar stood
Is copper plates piled high with diff
ferent kinds of breads and above these
were heaped cakes and fruit between
the artificial flowers. To one side
were the nuns from the nearby nun
merry with shaver heads, and baggy
white trousers and long gray robes ex-
actly like the priests. The faces were
indistinct In the dimnesS. Hour after
hour we sat cross-legged on mats. All
around us was the sound of intoning
"Kwanzean Posal, Kwanzean Posal
Kwanzean Posal, KwanZean Posal,
with slow genufiections, till the head
touched the floor, slow risings, then
genuflections, endlessly repeated. The
abbot struck on wooden gong, faster
and faster came the calls to kwanzean
Posal; the incense from the censor
filled the room. The reiteration of the
liturgy grew almost hypnotizing-then
suddenly when felt that could bear
it no longer, the neophytes carried In
numbers of little tables, one for each
priest, lighted a candle on each,
spread out one of the holy books and
retired silently. The candles brought
the faces into sudden relief against
the darkness. At signal the BONES
opened their books; each chose what
ever passage he wished and began In
toning, each voice at a different key
and rhythm and words, yet all blend
ing together into twisted strand OF
sound. And over the genufiectini
monks and the. funny wrinkled round
faced nuns stood the one dim COLDER
Buddha with folded hands. AT TIVE
/ o'clock in the morning beneath :
westerning moon the priest, led by TIT
abbot, filed out and performed wha
looked for all the world like solemn
snake dance in the middle of the court
We were each presented with a larg
pink lotus. and then all marched to
lower terrace. where in the shadow o
the gateway they read for last tim
the names of the dead, and then cor
signed the heaps Of flowers to the firt
that writhed like tortured drago
splitting out sparks of burning petal
high in the air.-Elizabeth ]. Goats
worth, in Asia Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
Nav ReyoIutionize shIpbuiIdinq.

! Remarkable claims, which may have
far-reaching consequences in the ship
building world If substantiated, are be-
ing made for new concrete mixture,
with which it is proposed to build YES
sells that are much lighter than those
now being built, and yet far more
durable. It's ingredients have not been
made known. The assertion is made
that vessels built of the new material
will be one-fifth lighter than those of
wood, and at the same time more dur
able than those of steel. 1t appears
that the discovery can also be made
use of in applying a covering for con-
crete ships now under construction,
for the purpose of giving them greater
power to resist impact.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
Gabriel p,Annunzio.

Maj. Gabriel d'Annunzio. the leader
Of the Italian airmen,. is most ex-
traordinary personality. Famous be-
fore the war as poet and dramatist,
as the creator of new Italian liter
allure, he has affected the language
Of his country more profoundly than
anyone since Dante; notable figure
In society, much discussed for his Ink
urious tastes. he stepped into the fore
front of the battle as a soldier when
over fifty years old. Since then he
added exploit to exploit. stealing into
enemy ports in small craft at night
to torpedo battleships, carrying out
the longest and most dangerous air
raids. When the armistice was signed
he commanded squadron of picked
young airmen.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
cuilIotined Hiqh Heels.

No one could be at his best with
out a minimum of four or five miles
walk a day. or some other form of
open-air exercise. said DR.. TRULY King
lately at the National Health society.
Before women could take reasonable
exercise they would have to give up
absurd high-heeled boots, he added. In
the mental hospital to which he was
attached, the first thing done on the
arrival of a woman patient was to
Ruillotine her boot heels.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
Want Happy Endincs.

Why the unhappy ending Is the
stock weakness of the beginner at
story writing is easy to explain.
Stories with unhappy endings are
easier to write. The human mind Is
naturally subjective and sad; vocabu-
laries In every language have many
more adjectives, verbs and adverbs
to express sorrow and gloom than to
express happiness and light-hearted-
ness.
This subject lends Itself nicely to
debate, but as far as the men in the
war hospitals are concerned the ar
gument has only one side: Give us
happy endings!
A Red Cross nurse tells of serial
story that had been read by two OF
her patients, one of whom was de-
pressed for whole day because the
heroine died.
81 wish I'd never read it." he COM
planned. 81 fell in love with that girl.
If ever found one exactly like her
I'd certainly ask her to marry mel"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-17
DISEASE and COAL
Scientific Discoveries Establish a
Connection.
World Declared to Have Been Free
From Physical Ills Before the
Beds That Supply Fuel
Were Laid Down.

One of the most curious of discus
sions has been started by Prof Roy L.
Noodle. a scientist of high reputation
who has made a special study OF tue
beginning of disease. Once upon
time, he says, there was no such thlns
as disease in either animals or plants.
But it was a very long while ago. his
inquiries led him to the conclusion
that diseases began in the coal-Iorll-
ing period, when the vast deposits Oh
our fossil fuel were laid down in peaty
boys from the luxuriant vegetation OIL
regions then tropical-in Pennsyi-
yania. along the southern Alleghenles
and elsewhere.
In those very ancient times, ever so
many millions of years ago, the eareh
was covered with water far more eA-
tensively than at present, and on the
bottom grew fields of "sea lilies-Just
as they do today in marine shadows.
They are oddly initiative OF plants
though really animals. and fossil re-
mains of them found in coal show en-
largements of the stems plainly Que 10
attack by parasite worms. During the
coal period there seems to have been
an extensive development OF those
forms of microscopic vegetation that
we call fungi and bacteria. Nearly all
plant diseases are due to attack py
parasitic fungi. Most diseases OF men
and animals are attributable to bac-
terra of one species or another that
have acquired the habit Of parasitism.
Minute bacteria and fungi-traces OF
their colonies, that is to say-have
been found in the fossil droppings OF
extinct species of fishes, embalmed, as
one might say, in our coal deposits. In
plant structures Of corresponding an
tiquity are discovered natural "cui-
| lures" of bacteria, silicihed.
The fossil teeth of long-extinct spe.
cies of fishes have been found affected
by "dental caries"-irregular decayed
spots. Are we to suppose that those
finny creatures of early days suffered
from toothache? Twenty or thirty
millions of years ago arrived the age
Of reptiles, which developed the gian
lizards, that were the largest animals
ever known in the world, II some moo
ern whales be excepted. Some OF thef
bones preserved in the rocks) show
4 deformities obviously due to disease
Certain of these deforuities sugges
chronic Inflammation Of the joints
others, tuberculosis. After the age
reptiles came the early mammals. The.
and their descendants (including oul
selves) have certainly had due al
lowance Of disease ever since. Blu
/ re Professor Noodles dictum is to b
accepted) there was no such thing a
disease In the world up to the tim
when the coal beds were laid down.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-06
VEGETABLES

The market ruled firm and wbcrres
and ,ranberries were shade higher under
IL ta!r.N active demand. Quotations: Apple =
BALDWIN Siai i625: northern Spy. Si 5Of6
iiubbsrdson. sin q. so; Greering. siM6.25:
various yaretles s3n5, Apples PennsyI-
yanis and Virginia per barrel--Ben Davis.
sap. 81. 50u !. 30: York imperial Sl & So:
Rome Beauty, fancy. S6pT.50. Apples. per
tsbushel basket i0c a 81 20: do, per bushel-
basket, 81 a., Apples, western. per box.
S2D3,.j Lemons. per box. S.W :. Oranges.
Florida. per crate. 81. 2.50dT. Tangeriues.
Florida. per strap S3W,. grapefruit. par
boz, 81 lO@h plneapples. Porto Rico, per
rrate, SO. 30 q. 80 tranberrics. jersey, y,
per bushe-boX S3m6 do. do. per barrel.
SlJn 20. Strawberries, Florida. per quart,
IS fNUc.
Potatoes were quiet and unchs sussd,
cleaned up and a shade irmcr, Quotations
White potat toes. Eastern shore, per bb'--
iatocs Norfolk. per 6b'. ss..5; hie ,'T pots ia,
toes. Jersey. per q ss.bushel basket-No. |,
Pcnnsylyanla. No i. per 100 lbs. 81. 50Gl
.,s5. White potatoes. western. per 100 lbs
S2W 2.25. do. New York.. per loo lbs 81. a
2,.5. Sweet potatoes, jersey. per basket
No. |, 81 50m |. -; No. =, S5c Il 81 20. Sweet
pe9ts,@2ss Eastern s,h9nree, per b9i;aoNo !
noe: StaYa;s sna d MharySySnd hns9s S hAm
tabbag", ia aish seed, per ton. 80 u 30; do
domestic, per ton, slaal5, Onions, yellow
ner lO0-th bag-No. !. sLI5u@ To- No. =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-06
LOCAL MEAT MARKET

The following report Of the fresh meat
trade IN Philadelphia ts Furnished by the
local live stock and meat office of the
Bureau OF Markets United States Depart
mcnt of Agriculture.
FRESH BEEF-Recepts lighter: bulk
cows. market sharply higher, common kinds
show greatest advance; demand strong.
STEERS--Receipts llght, market strong
and 81 higher at 500 to $50 per cwt., de
mand very active
COWS-Receipts moderate, '1srket on
good COWS higher at $40 10 ar Cwt.
common kinds up So 10 - p SIS to
$50: demand good. lNts A
BULLS-Receipts, light: market arolXld
s. stronger at Sl4 10 slI per cwt; dema nd
good.
VEAL-Receipts, light: market 81 higher
al s1s to s9vi demand brisk.
PORk--Receipts, light. market strong. 81
higher; loins mostly $50 to $3.50: demand
good,
LAMR-Receipts light: market very sc-
tive at 81 to So advance to SIS to sal per
cwt.: demand strong; frozen lambs. s25
to S9T per cwt.
MUTTON-Receipts. light; market ir-
mand good.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-06

based on London. As for the rest, the
buying OF tin was thrown back upon
the primary markets-Singapore Pen1
ane. Hong Kong, and Batavia. On
such sporadic consignments as reached
this country free for sale the market
rose as high as si.10 per pound, but
Il was impossible TO make any regular
quotations from day to day. How
ever, these occasional transactions af-
forded an index OF the general trend
OF conditions, and after marking the
peak they reflected an easing OF the
situation. prices reiapsing 70 about
seventy-fve cents and eventually below
seventy cents. o.. i,
The war industries board intervened
in this difficult situation. in part With
a good deal OF intelligence and in part
with colossal bungling. In assisting
i'm the curtailmeut Of nonessential con-
sumption il operated wisely and with
a good deal OF effect. but the conjecture
may well be entertained that the high
prices were themselves the most con.
trolling factor in curtailing consumption
In the matters OF stimulating domestic
production from Bolivian ore and from
waste metallurgical products. in consid-
erng the statistical position. and in
treatment OF the market no very good
sense was exhibited.
Zinc
Each branch OF the METAL market eS-
hibited its own characteristics in 1918
and zinc lad features quite different
from any other. In the main. 1t had a
free and unrestricted market, Washing
ton letting it largely alone. This was
owing to zinc having had IT'S halcyon
days before the United States entered
tho war and experiencing Its natural
readjustment in 1917. The zinc pro-
ducers therefore entered 1913 with
large accumulation Of stock, which they
desired 10 sell, aud all that the govern
mental departments had TO do was TO
invite competitive tenders in the old
fashioned way. The producers considered
thai the purchasing officials developed
fine practice In skinning them. Ger
tainlv there was no proflteering in the
market for common spelter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-06

In the lead market was the freight con-
eestion OF January. Lead at this time
was two months in coming from the
Mississippi River to the Atlantic sea-
board. compared with a normal two
weeks. and II was estimated that there
was about i00. 900 tons in railway cars.
against the ordinary $4,000 tons. There
was gradual amelioration In the traffic
situation. but the natural factors maxi
ing for strength in this market asserted
themselves and the quotations rose
gradually 20 "a ctnts, which was
reached at the end Of February.
Each little advance was regarded
asiance by the war industries board.
which seemed to he itching TO lay its
hands on this metal. and without fix
ing any price al IA cents, the authori-
ties iutnuated privately to the pro-
ducers. thus far and no further" In
the u,itslde market carloads sold as high
as "a. cents. but IN so far as the ma jor
market was concerned. consumers learn
ing of the bar and having no good APP
probation Of the real economic situa-
lion, jumped to the conclusion that II
lead could 60 no higher than "a cents.
they had no need to keep on buying
especially iuasmuch as the railways
were then delivering freely what they
had previously bought. and reasoning
n relapse In the market to 6'a cents
about the end of April.
Tin
This metal is not produced in the
United States. SO there were no produc-
ers 10 be characterized as profiteers and
otherwise bullied. In SO far az this
country was concerned. there was a
free market hut Great Britain had eN-
ercsed control in London and in the
primary markets of Singapore and Pen
ang. The year opened here with a very
acute position supplies in public stocks
being all but exhausted and the price
seyenty-five cents per pound. BY jan
ary Il had risen TO cighty-nve cents
and after that there ceased 10 be any
real market here. for there was nothing
in which to trade The relatively sma II
quantity of tin produced by American
smelters from Bolivian ore was ear
marked under average price contracts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-06
URGES PAID COUNCIL
Municipal Research Director Sug.
gests Salary of $4,000

Frederick 2. Gutenberg, director of
the Bureau or Municipal Research. yes
terday advocated a small Council for
Philadelphia and the payment of SAL
airy of $4,000 n year to members Of the
Council Mr.. Gutenberg spoke on "char-
ter revision" at the monthly meeting of
the Big Sisters In Grand Fraternity
Hall, 1928 Arch street.
AT present only two kinds of men
can sit in Councils and devote their en-
tire time TO the work Mr. Gutenberg
said. These are the well-to-do and
grafters. To eliminate this and obtain
real representation Councilmen should
be paid sufficient salary on which TO
live"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-06
DICKER WITH RAILROAD men
Federal Agents Will Confer To.
day With Pennsylvania Shopmen

Aitoona. Pa, Jan. 6.--Representatives
of the Federal railroad administration
from washington will arrive here today
to take up with the representatives of
the craft unions the adjustment OF the
wage muddle and TO try and reach a
satisfa ctory settlement with the Pcnn-
sylvania Railroad shopmen.
Union men have adopted resolutions
agreeing to accept the new schedule,
UNDER whieh hf iece werKers vn NH lose lose
receive In addition to the regular day
rate. but It will be under protest and
without signing receipt in full. so tha,
II will not stand as a barrier against an
adjustment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-06
NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS

New York. Jan. BUTTER Receipts
iras, 7Uia g7Ic; firsts G5 Il Zoe SECONDS 500
cry 4Im4 40c
EGGs--Receipts. 712l cases. Extras. zoe
inside: extra frsts. Us sd6Sg frs J. dG0i G,c:
marked 4:ga ga5c; d!rtes, 80. !, 57G5sc;
lua Doc, western and southern, I0a SOC; ia .
ciflc coast white. 7OnsOr: uea rby whites. 30
q ~. mixed color, 3. q T2c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-06
Transport Is Pulled OF Bar

The steamship Tjisondari. aground
since last Wednesday off Fort ou Pont.
was pulled off the sandbar Yesterday
and arrived in this city. The ship is
apparently undamaged Eighty officers
and men from the American ENpedi-
tionary Force who We're aboard the ship
were taken off Wednesday night and
brought to hospitals here.