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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
FAMILY MARKED BY oDDITY
London Newspaper Tells Of Strange
Fate That Pursued Group Both
In Life and Death.

There lived at Ipswich in the reign
Of William III a family known as the
"odd family" most appropriate
name, as the following facts prove,
London Answers states:
Every event. good, bad or indiffer-
ent, came to that family in an odd
year or an odd day of the month, and
every person was odd In manner or
behavior or appearance. Even the
letters of their Christian names al
ways amounted to an odd number.
The father and mother were Peter
and Rahab; their seven children (all
boys) bore the names of David, Eze-
kiel, James, Jonas, Matthew, Roger
and Solomon. The husband possessed
only one leg and his wife only one
arm; Solomon was blind in his left
eye and Roger lost his right i'm an,
accident; James had his left ear torn
off in quarrel. Matthews left hand
had but three fingers.
Jonas had stump foot, David was
humpbacked and Ezekiel was 6 feet
inches at the age Of nineteen. Every
one of the children had red hair, not
withstanding the fact that the fathers
hair was jet black and sthe mothers
white. -A. - s
+ Strange at birth, all died as
strangely. "
The father fell into deep sawpit
and was killed, the wife died five days
after from starvation. Ezekiel enlist
ed. was wounded in % places, but re-
covered. Roger, James. Jonas. David
and Matthew died in 1713 in six diff
ferent places on the same day; Solo
mon and Ezekiel were drowned in the
Thames in 1923.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
Regulating immigration.

Until 1882 congress did not make
any law restricting foreign immigra-
ton. On the other hand, everything
was done to encourage immigration
without regard to its character or quail
ity. In 1882 a law was made exclud-
ing escaped convicts, idiots and per-
sons likely to become a public charge.
Since then laws have been passed ex-
Guiding persons afflicted with any dan-
gerous contagious diseases, persons
guilty of serious crime In their native
country, anarchists, paupers and pro-
fessional beggars. Foreigners deferred
by law are sent back to the country
from which they came. During 1916
the report Of the commissioner of i'm
migration shows 5,256 aliens, morally.
mentally or physically below the
standard were returned, 4,257 of whom
were debarred from entering, the re-
mainder having been arrested and ex-
PEELED.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
RECALL LEGENDS OF HAWAII
Two Idols, Recently Unearthed, Bring
to Memory Folklore Tales Almost
Lost to Memory.

OF the two old Hawaiian idols lately
found concealed in the earth at Hook
aupu, PaukukalO, one, q female idol, Is
in a fairly good state of preservation.
The idol is supposed to be that Of XII
hawahine, the Undine of Maui myths
Her haunts are the springs at Pauku-
kalo, the Kauaha pond, and the match
less pools in the wooded glens
around Pilholo, MakawaO.
The legends about her compare with
those of the German fairy folklore,
and around the charms of her person
as she sits combing her wealth Of
golden tresses at the edge of some
bathing pool is woven many a half
forgotten Mauri folk tale.
In some of the latest ones she Is
reputed to have lured two haoles at
different times on merry chase only
to see her disappear in one or another
of the deep. clearwater pools among
the wooded glens of Pilholo. One, a
doctor, ended his aifhless wanderings
to her glenwood haunts by becoming
paralytic, the other, a woodcutter,
never ceased to describe the charms Of
this wonderful woman with the gol-
den hair" always able to elude his en-
brace, but ever reckoning him on to
her lair among the vines and trees
and pools and crags Of the glens about
PilhOlo.-Wailuku (H. L. Times.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
Safe Liaht for Minecs.

Nowadays the up-to-date miner car
ries a package Of electricity about
with him while underground. 1t is
small storage battery attached to the
back of his belt, and is connected by
a cord with lamp fastened to the
front of his cap. The lamp, provided
with a reflector, throws quite a food
of light in front of the miner. But It's
chief advantage is absolute safety. In
olden days miners (who must, of
course, have Light carried about with
them open-fame lamps. These caused
innumerable disastrous accidents
through ignition of coal dust or gases.
Sir. Humphrey Davy's invention of a
safety lamp whose flame was protected
by wire gauze saved an immense
number of lives. 1t is in common use
today, but the electric mine lamp is
better and more convenient.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27

compared them with results that have
been obtained in this state. He took
UP the taxation question and pointed
out that the taxes in North Dakota
for 1919 showed on increase of 109
per cent over 1918, while the increase
in the state of Washington for the
same period was only 8 per cent.
In closing Capt. Brown painted a
vivid word picture of the fighting of
his regiment in the battle of the Ar
gonne and charged that at the time
that battle was in progress, the men
who are today leading and directing
the thought and action of the national
nonpartisan league were stabbing
their own government in the back.
Out of courtesy to Capt. Brown, who
is an active worker in the Ellensburg
Post of The American Legion, the
boys of the local post recessed their
regular meeting and came in body
to hear the speaker. Following the
address Capt. Brown was the guest
of the Legion boys at weiner feed
in the Legion rooms.
Capt. Brown was accompanied to
Kennewick by Harry Gillian, special
representative of the republican state
committee. .s-..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
BROWN GRILLS
LEAGUE LEADERS
Continued from first page)

CONTINUED from first page)
aims of the leaders of these two or
CARNATIONS, he said, are essentially
the same, the difference being in the
methods by which they hope to accom-
plish those aims. Both seek to array
class against class, both preach class
hatred and both play upon class preju-
dices and both seek to overthrow the
established form of government, the
one by any means whatsoever, the
other by the peaceful means of the
ballot box. He traced the nonpartisan
league movement from its inception in
North Dakota, saying that it was
started for the purpose of correcting
specific grievances and at its begin
ming was legitimate farmers move
ment. Radical socialists, however,
soon recognized that it offered We
hicle by which they might put o.>=
their wild schemes Of class govern
ment and they seized control of it and
today it is no longer genuine farm
ers' movement, but radical socialism
masquerading under the guise of a
farmers organization. He reviewed
the history and the anti-war activities
Of Townley, Mills, Kate Richards o.
Hare and other leaders of the league
and read extracts from their writings
and published speeches. He also re-
viewed the results of the nonpartisan
administration in North Dakota and
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
The Cynical Actress.

!. The late Oscar Hammerstein be-
lieved that the actresses should lead
q pure life.
cynical, disillusiOned actresses are
no good" he once said at a dinner.
81 remember an actress of mine some
years ago who fell down badly in .
part I'd given her. s
"LoOk here I said the morning
after she fell down, all the critics say
you don't show half enough emotion
in the scene where your husband
leaves you never to return
''The cynical, disillusioned creature
gave tart laugh.
"'Oh, don't, don't II she sneered.
We'll, look here, Mr.. Hammerstein,
I've had six husbands leave me never
to return, and / guess know how
much emotion ought to be shown in
such circumstances as well as any
body"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27

ly later than heretofore, leayi,. ;
newick 400 p. M, Pasco 4.lo AeA'
Washtucna 6:10 p. nj, Lamont |, =,
p. m, arriving Spokane 9:O5 !, :, ''s0
will make local stops east Of i NJ, 1
bridge. 'aL
Nos. 1 and 2 will carry tbn..,
sleeping car equipment to and
Glacier National Park, st. Pam 4Va
Chicago, via Great Northern R.u quo
east Of Spokane, continuino ~
"North Coast Limited" through 4. %
ing cars until June 9th, after MP sp'
date their movement will be ON Nv MN
3 and a to and from Yellowstone ~
tional Park, st. Paul and Chicaoo !.
the Northern Pacific Railway east !,
Spokane. o. ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
Death Took Old and Young.

During the war the London Times,
either Willingly or unwittingly, pub
lished innumerable items about the
very old men and women in the Brit
ish empire who were dying of. Their
great age, their longevity, formed q
melancholy contrast to the slaughter
of youth then going on in Europe. Dur
ing six months in 1913, 3D. persons
over one hundred years old died in the
British isles. but the figures of young
men who fell during that time DeIore
the guns of the enemy and who diea
with influenza mounted toward a NH.
lion. Not one of the old. be II sara
In uassing, died from "fu.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
NEW IMPORTANT TRANSACTED
ULES ON SPOKANE, PORT
+" LAND & SEATTLE RY.
EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, MAY BOTH

b. -
New trains will be added and sched-
ules of existing trains will be changed
on the dates shown above, as follows:
Westbound
Train No. Twill leave Spokane 8
a. m, Lamont, $3.50 a. m, Washtucna
10:45 a. m, Pasco 12:40 p. m, Ken
newick 12:45 p. m, arrive Portland
7:45 p. m, making local stops east Of
Fallbridge. No. 8 heretofore leaving
Spokane 7:20 will be discontinued.
No. 3+New limited train, will leave
Spokane 900 p. m, Lamont 1923 p.
m, Washtucna 1880 p. m, Pasco 1:25
a. m, Kennewick 1:30 a. m, arrive
Portland 500 a. M, stopping only at
the points named, and Amber, Benge,
Kahlotus, Roosevelt, Maryhill, Fall
bridge, Lyle, White Salmon and Van
couver.
Eastbound
No. New Limited Train, leave
Portland 7:10 p. m, Kennewick 2:05
a. M, Pasco 2:15 a. m, Washtucna a
a.. M, Lamont $50 a. m, arrive Spo-
kane $50 a. m, stopping at points
named and Kahlotus, Benge, Amber
and South Cheney.
No. 4-WiIl leave Portland 9:15 a.
m, instead Of 7:55 and will run slight
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
To Breed Rabbits for Their Fur.

An organization known as the Be
veren club has been formed in Lon
Con, England, to breed rabbits for
their fur. The scheme is being run on
cooperative lines.
The blue Beveren and the Havana
rabbits are the strain which the club
intends to rear. The fur of the blue
Beveren is of lavender blue and is
long, .ustrous, fine and silky. That
Of The Havana is of a rich chocolate
color and is thick. fairly long and
fine.
1t is hoped to produce from these
rabbits natural furs the color of which
will not fade.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27

talk on Getting by Your Hoodoo," a
study of obstacles and how to over
come them.
Grathwell's story is not dry, nor
filed with abstract theories, but a
message Of human interest straight
from the heart. He knows the value
of faith, hope, optimism and exalted
ideals. He brings them to you with
the enthusiasm of virile manhood and
by force of his presentation impels
you to accept them for your own.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
searchIiuht Telephone.

One of the latest inventions of talk
fng through the air without the use OF
wires Is the searchlight telephone, de-
veloped by DR.. A. o. Rankine OF Lon
don. BY it conversation is transmit
ted by beam Of light.
The inventor said the apparatus had
been tested over distance OF 11s
miles with much success. In an Illus
tration he received clear and distinct
messages In building considerable
distance from the transmitter.
Only by the interrogation Of the beam
of light can the conversation be tap
ped, the new plan differing In
this feature from wireless messages.
which are scattered broadcast. Either
artificial or natural light can be used.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
clvino Away the NewIyweds.

During our honeymoon my husband
and I stayed ut hotel. We were
blissfully happy and sure no one knew
that we were newlyweds. We entered
the dining room at dinner time trying
to look as If we were used to each
others company, when all at once,
the orchestra struck up Lohengrin's
"Wedding March," As we were the
only ones entering the room. of course
people laughed and stared. The music
continued until we reached our table
which was decorated in flowers.
Some one had put the manager wise"
I never did know what l had to eat
that meal. as we continued to be the
attraction during the whole neal
Chicago Tribune. ' .E = .ttr
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
LECTURE TRANSLATES
LIFE EXPERIENCE
Sam orathwell Knows whereof He
Speaks.

Sir Philip Sidney once said: 'sIf a
man would write poetry let him look
into his heart and write" What is
true Of a poem is true of a lecture.
With real live struggle-in which he
was often knocked down but never
knocked out-what more natural than
that Sam Grathwell,. lecturer at Chau-
tauqua on the second afternoon, should
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
Friends.

Two criminals were being taken to
Michigan City, both for larceny. One
had stolen hog and the other had
stolen watch. They knew each other
well. so after having ridden for about
an hour the one who had stolen the
hog said to the other, "What time Is
it," ri. .... e.. -. ..-
"About time to feed that hog" was
the reply.-Tndianapolis News.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27

ull0 q MdShCG Iu&u uClO uP IWO
employees of the institution with .
revolver, four other men broke into
the basement storeroom at Firlands,
the Seattle municipal tubercular sani-
tarium, early Sunday morning and
stole nearly $50 gallons of whisky,
valued, at current bootleg prices, at
more than $4,000.
A temporary Injunction directed
against Local $50 of the international
Brotherhood of. Transfers and Chauf-'
feurs, Stablemen and Helpers Of amer
lea, restraining its members from in
terfering verbally or otherwise with
the men employed by several ice, fuel
and transfer companies. was issued at
Spokane by Superior Judge Oswald.
The industrial welfare conference,
called to consider minimum wage
for women employed in the manufac-
turing industry, has recommended to
the welfare commission the establish
ment Of q minimum weekly wage of
$18, being the estimate of the confer
ence of the lowest wage adequate. to
supply the necessary cost of living and
to maintain the workers in health and
comfort.
Increase Of the fare charged on Seat
ties municipally-owned street railway
system was forecast when it was an.
nounced at the conclusion of meet
ing of city officials called by Mayor
Hugh M. Caldwell to discuss the finan.
cial situation of the car lines that an
ordinance fixing the fare at z cents.
with an additional charge of cent for
transfer, will be adopted by the city
council. The present fare is cents.
Policeman Frank Prezinger of Taco
ma narrowly escaped death when
COW switched her tail about his neck
He attempted to milk the COW in the
city pound. Resenting his efforts, the
cow swung it's tail sharply and started
10 race around the enclosure. The tail
twisted three times around the patrol
mans, neck and tied itself in knot.
Patrolman Prezinger was blue in the
face when fellow policemen arrived
and rescued him.
The Crescent, Single company's
mill. the last. of the Kelso single
plants in operation, shut down last
week on account of the unfavorable
market and car conditions. The other
two mills of Kelso and the Barr
Single company's plant at Kalama
were already closed, and the Columbia
single mill at Kalama has also shut
down. Nearly all small mills in the
vicinity are closed. Date of resump-
ton is dependent upon a more fav-
orable condition of the market
To revise the school laws of the state
of Washington so that funds shall be
more equitably distributed among the
districts, commission of six members
has been named by Governor Louis F.
Hart. The members are: Mrs. Irene
Reed Of Shelton; alfred Lister of Ia
coma, a brother of the late governor;
Joshua Green of Seattle; w. III. Kern
Of walla Walla; Miss Elizabeth Meyer
of Ritzville, and w. j. Sutton of Chen
ey. Provision for such commission
was made by the recent special session
of the Legislature. =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
WASHINGTON STATE
NEWS OF INTEREST
Important Occurrences of Past
Week Briefly Completion
Our Readers.

T. G. Harry, an ex-service man of
Tacoma, has confessed to the robbery
Of q homes and stores in Tacoma and
four in Seattle, according to state
ment of the police department.
Marie Mcdonald, daughter of form
Or jurist of Whitman county, has been
sentenced to Imprisonment from / to
20 years in the penitentiary following
her conviction on charge of forgery.
Two children were burned to death
and three other occupants of the
Henry Bloyd residence in Kelso burn
ed and injured in escaping from the
house when the structure was destroy
cd by fire. 3. lii.
The public service commission sit
ting en- banc at Walla Walla, June Is.
will hear protests against the proposal
of the Pacific Power & Light company
to increase rates on all except irri-
CATION power.
Farmers of the Walla Walla valley
ere uniting to fight the gophers. One
hundred farmers of Touchet have
agreed to use poison to combat the
pests. At the Baker Langdon orchard
5000 of the rodents have been trapped
since March %.
Charles w. Johnson of the Charles
w. Johnson Lumber company, Seattle,
was elected vice-president of the Amer
lean Wholesale Lumber association,
which was organized in Chicago recent
ly to coordinate the interests Of the
lumber industry.
A park of 1922 acres on the shores
of Lake Qufnault may be set aside by
congress as national or state OF
Washington park If action taken by
the Aberdeen Rotary club is Endorsed
by the state legislature in memorial
to congress.
Cooperation between fairs held id
Washington with especial regard to
educational features and standardiza-
ton of exhibits and awards were dis
cussed at conference in Spokane Sat
urday between Governor Hart and
representatives Of Washington fairs.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-05
TER-CAM-FO
An Effective Germicide Assist
ing Nature To Ward Off
Flu Germs

For Cold in the Head or Chest. Cough,
Headache. Sore Throat Tonsilitis. Bron-
chitis, Catarrh, spasmOdic Group, Chill
blains, Rheumatic Pains, Indammations,
Burns, etc. Antiseptic and Healing. Neg
Letting cold is dangerous and may lead
to some dangerous disease. so begin using
TER-CAMFO at once to break your cold.
For Children and Grown Folks.
Sold at all good Drug Stores. 30 Cents.
Ask for and insist on TER-CAM-Fo.
DR.. Clark's Chemical Laboratories, Inc.
5J03 Kenwood Ave, Chicago, Ill.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-05

every year consists of a provision that
the board Of public works may order a
maximum Of $4,000 feet Of new mains
laid each year.
This provision is modified to the ex-
tent that the board may order new mains
only where there is at least one con-
sumer for each 100 feet Of pipe.
However. the board rarely, If ever, or
ders a main laid where there is not a
much higher ratio Of consumers.
At least 500 residents are added to the
companys' list OF patrons every year in
this manner, George Lemaux, president
Of the board, estimates.
COMPANY'S COURSE
LEADS TO CONCLUSIONS.
All OF these things lead to conclusions
that eagerness OF the company to make
a good financial showing led its officials
to pay more attention TO and spend more
money In preparation for the production
of coke and other by-products than for
the production Of gas, despite their
promise ts~ the public service commission
that granting of the increased rate of
90 cents would enable them to double
the production OF gas"
The company has had ample knowledge
OF additional requirements for service,
which IL might expect, but has not pre-
pared TO meet them sufficiently TO pre-
vent shortages such as that OF last
Wednesday.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-05

This morning the Rye Straw store
keeper made mistake and opened box
OF crackers bottom side up and Sile Kill
dew went and got choked eating one of
them upside down
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-05
South Bend Officer
Captures RObber

SOUTH BEND. Ind, oct. 5.-Four bur
glars were surprised by PatroIman Fred
De Lee at, o'clock Monday morning
ransacking one Of the city's largest cloth
ing stores.
They hurried to a truck, which had al
ready been piled high with clothing. aud
three rode of IN the machine.
fourth burglar was caught before he
could Chamber aboard.
Two Of the others were arrested later
by police at Niles Mich
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-05
$4,000 REGISTERED
HERE ON LAST DAY
Women Outnumber Men in
Many Precincts of County.

With approximately eighty-ive thou
sand men and women taking advantage
Of the last opportunity Of registering for
the coming election, County Auditor Leo
K. Feeler today estimated the total regis
traitor IN the county at approximately
$4,000
The outstanding feature OF the regis
tratfon yesterday was the large number
II women who appeared and placed their
names on the registration lists.
"An registration officers were impressed
with the manner in which the women
intelligently registered yesterday and all
women co-operated in the tremendous
task, said Mr.. Fesler.
1T takes no longer for a woman to
register than man." he added
In some precincts yesterday the women
registered IN larger numbers than the
men and this is shown in the Second
ward, as follows: Second precinct, 593
men. 643 women; Fourth, 674 men, 507
women; Sixth, S26 men, 997 women; Sew
enth, 919. 046 women, and in the Eighth
precinct there were 7S2 men and S37
women.
In the Fourth ward there were 519 men
and $50 women registered in the First
precinct; 6s4 men and 66S women in the
Second precinct; $50 men and SIT women
in the Fourth precinct; 533 men in the
Thirteenth precinct and 497 women
According to Mr.. Fesler the registra-
ton was the heaviest on the north side,
with most Of the south side precincts not
going over the one thousand mark in
each voting precinct.
As the county commissioners and
Auditor Fesler had estimated the total
registration at 900 instead of 10000.
it win be necessary to use more Austria
Ian ballots than first intended.
The heavy female registration shows
that the women Of Indianapolis and
Marion County are well versed in their
duties under suffrage and are prepared 10
vote side by side with the men on the
first Tuesday in November.
The registration is now closed and
work viii start at once on completing a
list Of the registered voters for the chair
men of the various parties.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-05
Man With Car
Leads

Our advertising method; hundreds
sfed customers keep swamped with buyers; can't
siby take Of them without assistance real
salesmanone who wouldn't be satisfied with $400
per month, and a 81, 900 ambition.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-05
Eagles Would Boost
Membership to 5000

Plans to boost the membership of In
dianapo1is sAerie No oil, Fraternal Or
der OF Eagles, to 5000 were made at an
open meeting at the lodge home, 43 West
Vermont street, last night.
Conrad H. Mann, Kansas City, No, and
Frank E. Herring, South Bend. both past
grand worthy presidents Of the order,
were the principal speakers.
The drill team gave an exhibition.
The Indianapolis Lodge OF Elks will
hold their social session of the season
ct the Denison Hotel following the regu-
lar meeting tonight.
Vaudeville entertainment and addresses
are on the program, to which all visiting
Elks are invited.