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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-10-13

Cord Tires built the Firestone
way could not fail to produce
mileage. Every day, from all over
the country, comes the word that
10000, 10000 or $4,000 miles are
frequent and consistent records.
Sept 10. 1874
Yirsstone Tire Z Rubber Co.
laekooavil1e Branch,
Jacksonville. Florida.
oentlemen:-
submit herewith the history Of 3sx4 Fire
stone Cord tire This tire has run 1000 miles
I have retreaded il seven times. The average
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-10-13

Car Owners rubber the tread where the wear
hardest gum between cord plies perfect resilient and
powerful And they scientifically constructed Non
Skid with all angles and contacts resist skddg and give
Cord Tires have these demands
the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-10-13

600 miles. The sseono
tire rolled up q miies
OF between $4,000
IS, 900. These were ~ -
rear tires and had 0s 3
cut considerably y
chains. The two iIos,
tires have gone ps'S ~
than $4,000 miles sfo ~
still in good condition; ...t
expect TO get o. Il
10000 miles from es ss.ir
them. ! need scs'sx
saw that the fire'' -
Cord will be my wv
choice for the tuturs
Archie II. Besfe,
Sa2 LsSalls BOZ
HinneapoR
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-10-13

mleage to each retreeo.
Ing was about 1000. i
think you will agree this
10 q remarkable record.
Il 10 especially unusual
% I know the owner 20
Be q severe driver. How
Over. he gives his tires
proper imitation. The tire
In question 10 not yet
out II service and has
every indication Of being
eu6eiently strong for. an
other retread. ] am
mailing photographs un-
1oe separate cover.
G y. Pennsy,
Plant City. Fla
Evening star., 1921-01-16
MESSENGER IN TREASURY
NEAR so YEARS. SERVICE
Richard Green, Who Has Served 22
Heads of Department, Knows
Manv Financial Leaders.

Fifty wears of service in the Treas
rrv Department is the record which
in a few days will have been COM
pleted by Richard Green. dean of the
corps of colored messengers in the
hiy building at 18th street and Penn
sy|yania avenue and one of the best
known persons in the government
service in Washington.
From his station, just outside the
door of the Secretary's office. Green
has seen twenty-five cabinet officers
come and go. an average OF TWO lor
each of the eleven Presidents that
have occupied the White House dur
ing that time. He entered the gov
trnment service February =, 1871.
when George s. Boutwell, OF Massa-
chusetts was Secretary of the Treas
ury and Gen. Grant was President.
and has served continuously since
that time.
Sooner or later almost every men,
Ter of Congress calls on the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. and Green has
developed an amazing faculty for
spo:ting an important caller as soon
as he appears at the distant end of
the long corridor at the south end
of the Treasury building. He is
familiar figure also. to many Of the
principal financiers whose business
brings them to Washington. and is a
PerAmbulating directory Of all Treas
ury officers. past and present.
The veteran messengers appear
ance gives no hint of his age. but the
record shows he was born in 1852.
entering the service at the age of
eighteen years.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
SEES WHITES ON SLIDE
| IF JAPANESE COME IN
Representative Vaile Upholds
Right of U. S. to Place Restric-
tions on immigration.
BY the Associated Press

Ky the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 15.-Restrc-
tion of immi grafton by legislation IS
a prerogative that cannot be ques-
toned unless nations wish to lose
their independence, Representative
William n Vale of Colorado told
members of the National Republican
Club. in an address here today.
Touching on the California-Japanese
ber of the House committe on immi-
grafton. declared. I'VE should not fear
war with any nation for exercising
our right to determine whom we Will
admit to residence here
He said that unrestricted influx of
an unasSimi!able race, as he described
the Japanese, would start the white
race ''on the toboggan slide"
Il contend" he continued, that hu-
manitarian reasons or reasons of in
ternational comfy do not compel us
to submit to such extinction.
Il am a great admirer of the Jap
anese race. ] believe that those who
have come here have been in the main
of economic benefit, but they are un-
assimilable. Assimilation is not desired
ours. Because they. by working
longer hours. by working in greater
detail and by living on less, could
crowd the white man out is not to
my mind any argument at all for al
lowing him to do So
The speaker urged enactment of
pending immigration legi Station to
keep out RECKLESS hordes from un-
fortunate countries of the world
Evening star., 1921-01-16
NORFOLK AND WESTERN
SPENDING $4,000, 900
Will Build 1S-Mile Branch Line to
Coal Lands, Add Rolling Stock,
Make Other Better1nents.

ROANOKE. Va, January 15.-The
Norfolk and Western railway is
Spending $1s,0O0.000 for new rolling
stock and additions and betterments
to its lines. it was announced today
at the roads headquarters here. The
additions include an eighteen le
branch line which will open up
$4,000 acres of coal lands near
Lenore. w. Va. which are expected to
produce 13.000,000 tons of coal an
nually.
The betterment work now being
done is grouped as follows:
Lamberts Point, Electri-
fcation of piers and new bumper,
S6o0,0O0; new trimming machine,
sl5o.0ho. and additional yard tracks.
$4,000
Roanoke Private water supply
system, including d 1000. 900 gallon
reservoir, s223.000; additional shop
facilities, $1,000. 900. and motorization OF
the freight Depot, $4,000
Radford. Ea.-Erection of a cross
tie treating plant, 100000.
Bristol. Va.-AdditionaI yard tracks
and shop facilities, 1000 900.
Columbus. Ohio-Brid2e over the
Pennsylvania railroad at Cleveland
avenue. $4,000
In addition the road plans to pur-
chase new locomotives TO cost 1884,
900: 500 100-ton coal cars, to cost
81 600, 900. and 900 1o0-ton coal cars,
to cost $5.750.00O.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
"Greatly Exaggerafea."
BOY SCOUT NEWS.

Ernest Thompson-Seton, naturalist
ana author. is expected to be present
at the meeting of the Scoutmasters'
Cup tuesday evening. The meeting
Epiphany Church at O'Clock. F.. A.
Shuster of the geological survey will
speak.
Two scouts became first class and
twenty-seven second class at the last
meeting of the court of reviews.
Their names and troops are: First
class-Christian Adlemen. Troop 81:
II. Leo Knott, Troop S5 Second class
Weller 3. Clark. Troop /: Peter
Dickinson and Russell Anderson.
Troop I1 s: H. T. Graham: Charles
Oris RAIDER, Carl Engel. James Ret
teW. Kenneth Harwood, Troop -;
John Woodward and Henry Albright,
Troop 16: Madison c. Love, Troop SO;
Lewis G; Phillips Troop As; Alex
indr1a hr1ss cr, s,i't92 %n,n,1n Troop 81: Edward
Wiibert Haley. Troop 7s: Robert
Hodgson. Troop IS: Thomas Cha
conas. Troop IS; William Cooper.
Troop Sc: Edwin Frantz. clifford
kettier Troop 81; Harry Wender.
Daniel Mccormick. Troop Ies.
At the meeting of the Merit Badge
Court of Honor Tuesday H. H. Bar
low. Troop 40. was awarded the star
badge for having completed the nee
essary work, and the following scouts
were awarded merit badges: Henry
Gichner. Troop s. pioneering and first
aid to animals; William Taylor. Troop
.. pioneering; Edward Denison Troop
16. life saving: Daniel Geary. Troop
%. public health: Donald Plant. Troop
70, public health: William A. Jack,
Troop 80. carpentry and life saving;
Raymond Crist. Troop SO. civics; H.
II. Barlow. Troop 40, camping,
cycling. handicraft. swimming; Dana
w. Lee. Troop 40. cooking, crafts
Mansfield. Troop 40. cooking; William
Reed. Troop 81. cycling: H. Leo
Knott. Troop s5. electricity. fireman.
ship and signaling; William j. Ste
phenson. Troop 100. hiking: Daniel H.
Tyrrell. Troop 100. cycling; William
Crockett. 1o6 Jewell. cycling. personal
health and public health.
February S all troops are expected
to attend religious service. and Feb
ruary 1S will mark the beginning of
;he training course for scoutmasters
The final inspection of the winners in
held February IL in the gymnasium
Of the boys department, Central Y.
M. c. A.
Some changes have been made in
the rest of the schedule. Divisions 3
and 4 meet January 81. boys depart
ment gymnasium. Central Y. NJ. c. A. !:
divisions and s. January 25. Cen
trail High; division Z, January os.
Cherrydale School. All inspections
are scheduled to begin at 7:30.
Troop So has rented a thirty-three-
acre farm about four miles outside of
Alexandria, Va.
The annual meeting of the District
of Columbia Council will be held at
the University Club January 25 at
o'clock. officers for the ensuing year
will be elected.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
NEWSIES AS GUESTS.
Boys to See "Dinty'' at Leader
Theater,

Eewsboys of Washington-some
LOCO OF them-are to be the guests of
Sidney X. Lust at the Leader theater
this week. where the much freckied
Wesley Barry is TO be seen in The
County Fair.
Barry is known to the motion pic
ture world as 'Dinty," and the
speckled countenance and ubiouitous
propensities were never shown to a
better advantage than in this play in
which he appears as a country boy
having the time Of his life
As the theater would be over
whelmed if all the boys desce nd ed on
1T at the same time, the tickets will
be distributed through the circuia-
tion managers of the several papers
in Washington. The Boys have
been told to apply to the man from
whom they received their papers
to get the tickets. and numbers of
them will be present at the show each
afternoon from Monday to Friday, in
elusive.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
WOMEN TO MEET HERE.
Session to Be Held Tomorrow by
Organizations Delegates.

Women representing the twelve ma
tiona1 organizations which compose the
joint congressional committee will
hold their January meeting at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning in the Of
fee of the National League of Woman
Voters. in the Munsey building.
Organizations that will be represent
ed are the General Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs. W. c. T. u. National Con-
sumers League. Association of Col
legiate Alumnae. National Federation
of Business and Professional Women's
Clubs. National Women's Trade Union
League. American Home Economic AS
sociation. National Council of Wom-
en-. National Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations and the
National League of Women Voters
The chief business of the meeting
will be to consider the reports of the
various Suhcommittees into which the
Joint committee has been divided. The
most important reports will be those
on the Sheppard-Towner bill. which
has passed the Senate, but is still in
committee in the House; the Curtis
Gard child labor bill and the Gronna
bill.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
ECONOMIC CLUB MEETS,
Speakers Discuss Price Readjust-
ment at Resumption of Activities.

How best can price establishments
be accomplished was the subject for
discussion before the Economic Club
of Washington last night at the Hotel
Hadleigh. the occasion being the first
formal gathering OF the club since
1917 and the first Of a series OF din
ners to be held this winter.
The subject was discussed by four
speakers prominent in various lines
OF endeavor, namely, Glenn E. Plumb.
counsel for railroad brotherhood labor
organizations. who devised the Plumb
plan for reorganization of the rail-
roads: Senator Thomas p. Gore Of
Oklahoma: Benjamin G. Marsh. di-
rector of legislation of the Farmers
National Council. and Edwin W. KEN
merer. professor Of economics and
finance, Princeton University. Dean
William A. Wilbur of George Wash.
ington University presided.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
BANDITS OUT OF LUCK.
Foiled in $4,000 Liquor Theft ani
Other Robberies.

CHICAGO. January ID Chicago's
bandits had poor luck today. At almost
every turn they were frustrated or cap
tured.
Albert c. Clark. state senator, nearly
lost $4,000 worth of liquor. Four
thieves, one Of them disguised as maid
servant, gained entra nee to the home and
locked the occupants in their rooms.
Before the robbers could complete load
ing their motor truck the imprisoned
family's cries had aroused neighbors
The police arrived and captured the
quartet.
A private banker threw up pistol
instead of his hands and routed four
bandits who later were arrested when
they attempted a pay roll robbery.
Two robbers we're outwitted by
butcher who was locked in an icebox
Previously he had hidden his money in
the icebox and cut slit in the door, by
means Of which he released himself
after the pair had left.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
DENIES BRITISH CONTROL
CANADA Being NATION
Minister of Justice Believes Empire
Will Hold, However-Ex-
plains Differences.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 15.-Canada,
although part of the British empire,
is a nation in itself and its spokes-
men represent only the Canadian peo-
pie. c. j. Doherty. X. c.. minister
of justice of Canada. declared on his
arrival here today on the steamship
Adriatic after attending the council
of the league of nations at Geneva.
Il have the utmost confidence that
the empire will hold" he said, ''but
the empire members stand together
on basis of agreement. and not on
a basis of control To get the voice
of the empire it is necessary to get
the voice of all the nations that COM
pose it. There need be no appre-
hension as to Canada. which is ma
tion within the empire. hut the Per
sons who are sent out to represent
Canada are responsible only in their
expressions to the Canadian people"
Citing the failure of the Canadian
representatives at the league council
to agree with the British concerning
certain mandates and the admission
of certain countries. Mr.. Doherty ex-
planned that we reserve the right
to our expressions of independence
when we differ with those sent out
from Downing street" Mr.. Doherty
Will return to Ottawa tomorrow.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
MAYOR AND Police
! HEAD TO TESTIFY
New York Officials Called in
| New York inquiry-Whit-
J man Active.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, January 15.-Close on
the heels of rumors that Police Com :
missioner Enright had rendered his
resignation to Mayor Hylan. subpoe
cials. requiring them to appear Mon
day before a grand jury in connection
with former Gov. Whitman's inquiry
into alleged corruption in the city ad-
miniStration.
An order also was issued by Mr..
Whitman for books. papers and rec
ords of the police department. which
he intimated would be used in the ex-
animation of Mayor Hylan and the po-
lice commissioner. Mr.. Whitman said
charge of the examination OF the OFF,
cialS.
Request Meets Refusal.
Since Mr. Whitman opened the in
GuirS, having been appointed by Dis
trict Attorney Swami and given free
rein. he has requested Commissioner
Enright to detail for use as nvestiga-
tors certain members of the depart
ment. The request was refused in
letter made public today by Mr..
Whitman.
This refusal was followed by re-
ports that Mr.. Whitman would ask
GOV. Miller to remove Commissioner
Enright from office and that Enright
had resigned, effective February ,.
Today Mr.. Whitman would not con-
firm the report that he would go to
Gov. Miller. He cited, however. GER
tain sections of the city charter in
regard to the duties of the police de-
partment and the assistance it should
give in Investigations. etc. and re-
marked: My duty is plain and l in
tend to do it.
~Greatly Exaxgeratea."
Commissioner Enright said the re-
port of his resignation was greatly
exaggerated" Mayor Hylan positively
denied the report.
The grand jury before which the
officials have been subpoenaed to ap-
pear was impaneled expressly for
the investigation being conducted by
Mr. Whitman. Its first indictment
was returned against Police Capt.
Bailey. charged with accepting fees
for alleged protection of fur manufac-
turers whose employees were on
strike.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
VIRGINIA PAGEANT
POSTPONED YEAR
More Time Required by Or
qanizations to Prepare for
Elaborate Event.
spccial Di.patch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
RICHMOND, Va, January 1o.-Such
is the magnitude of the Virginia MS
torical pageant that the promoters
have been forced to direct that the
affair shall be postponed for one year.
to the spring of 1922. The pageant
was suggested by one CT the news
papers here and the idea began ~
spread. and the various organizations
and societies began to ask for per.
mission to participate in tho uhoeF-
'aFnes: These came so fasteAnd there vas
such a wealth Of material and n,s.G nt;n-
cal data that the committee oiIe
the matter was soon overWheimeui
The pageant will depict scenes nS anI
events in the history OF the c.y a"1
the state since their foundation.
Reduce Tobncco Cfsp.
There are several organizations IN
Virginia which are made up iarsey
of farmers. and they have reacneu az
agreement to reduce the TOBACCO Srop
one-half. They have also agreeu -
poultry. more dairy products. mohf
bacon. more beef, sheep, beans ana
other food articles that can pc
handled in the winter season without
serious loss. Fruit, too. is to become
a part Of the crop of the farmers OF
the state. They are determined 70
provide the crops in future which will
be available on the farm for the sup
port OF the family, and they Will rely
on tobacco and cotton for the money
crop, with which to provide what fs
not produced on the farm.
Ralph lizard. an inspector from the
Labor Department at Washington.
who was here this week, declared that
he was surprised to find the labor
situation here as good as he had
found it in other parts of the country
he had visited. He was informed that
there were approximately 1,0oc to
1900 persons out Of work here. and
he thought this a surprisingly small
number for Richmond.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
ARRESTED AFTER CHASE.
Detectives Run Down Man Held on
Three Charges.

After a chase of almost two blocks
through the business section of WASH
ington yesterday afternoon, William
H. Chism, was arrested on F street
between 18th and 14th streets. by De-
tectives O'Brien Pratt and Alligood
and Chauffeur Turnbull of police
headquarters. Three charges Of for
gerry have been entered against him.
He gave his address at 45s NJ street
southwest
The man was pointed out to the
detectives by an employe of Arthur
Jordan's piano store at 18th and q
streets. as he left the store after at
tempting to pass an alleged forged
check. The company had been no
titled to be on the lookout for a sus-
pect and notified the police shortly
after he entered the store
With the words There he goes"
from the clerk the four detectives
started for Chism. He sped down
18th street to F. and turned west on
F street. Allingood and Turnbull led
in the chase which ended when a
civilian blocked the way in front af
a store in the middle of the square
where the pursuers overlook him. A
plate glass show window was broken
in the scuff1e which followed.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
SIGNS POSTAL PACT.
Burleson Makes Agreement With
France on Parcel Post.

e Postmaster General Eurleson has
signed postal agreement with
France. effective February /, increas-
ing the reciprocal maximum weight
limit on parcel post packages from IL
to % pounds. This includes not only
continental United States and conti-
mental France. but the island posses
sions of the United States and the COL
onies of France, Corsica, Algeria,
Tunis. French Morocco and the prin-
cipality of Monaco.
The agreement also includes pro-
vision for the introduction of the in
surance feature in connection with the
parcel post between the United States
and France at such time as the neces-
sary authority is obtained by the Post
Office Department.. through legisla-
tion.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
SELLS SCENT BREAD.

NEW YORK. January 15.-The five
cent loaf of bread which disappeared
early in the war, is back in New York
1t appeared this week on the ceun-
ter OF bakery shop where, almost
Immediately, sales jumped from 80
to 1000 loaves a day. In nearly all
other New York stores the price is 10
cents, but the baker who reduced
the price says he is making more
money than when he adhered to the
old price.
No general reduction is looked for
by other bakers who foresee a fur
ther rise in -four.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
JOBS FOR INSPECTORS.

Health officer William G. Fowler
announced yesterday that an exami-
nation will be held January 26 to
fill vacancy in the force of food
inspectors and one in the sanitary
inspection force. Salaries of inspec-
tors range from 5000 to s1.40O year.
The positions are open to men be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and forty
five years.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
LUNCHEON OF NATIONS.
European Countries Represented
at New York Fete.

NEW YORK, January 15.-England
France, Serbia and Japan were among
the nations officially represented at a
luncheon given here today by mem
bers Of the Allied Loyalty League for
the purpose of maintaining the spirit
Of friendiiness engendered among the
allies during the war.
Maurice Casenave, French high
commi ssioner. in an address reviewed
the rehabilitation of France follow
;np the war, asserting that "the re-
serve energy of France can never be
exhausted
The future peace of the world. Rear
Admiral William 8. Sims said, depended
primarily upon the English speaking
people. He emphasized the necessity for
ample and speedy naval preparations.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
HERE'S GUIDE TO HADES.
At Least It's What Voliva, Zionist
Thinks Is in Store.

. ZION, Ill, January 1S.-Residents of
Zion were given new light on the ter
fors Of the Internal regions today
when Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva
issIeA advance sheets on Hand
Book and Guide to He'll" based on
what he termed helligrams he said he
Recently had received.
Every sinner is going to be pun
ished with an overdose of his own
sin" Noliva declared.
"A tobacco smoker will be locked
up n a den full of tobacco smoke.
"A scheWer of the filthy weed will
be Immersed to his neck in vat of
tobacco juice.
"a drinker will pass his term of
publication in a natatorium filled with
beer, wine and whisky"
Evening star., 1921-01-16
FORESTRY HEARINGS SET.

The committee on agriculture Of the
House will hold hearings on the Smell
forestry bill on January 26. it was an
nounced yesterday. At the hearings
the side of the public will be outlined
by John Fletcher. vice president Of the
Fort Dearborn National Bank Of Chi
caeo; Ebert H. Baker of the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer and Charles Lathrop
Pack of the American Forestry Asso-
citation. The Association Of Wood
using Industries will be represented
by +. E. Parsonage Of Moline. Ill
Evening star., 1921-01-16
+ oRMER D. c. MAN. 81, DIES
L. K. Hall Operated Hotel Here.
Kpew CLAW and yUehcfer

SEATTLE, Wash, January Is
Funeral services will be held here to-
morrow for l.. X. Hall, ninety-seven,
of Greensboro. Pa, who died Friday,
while on a visit to his daughter. Mrs.
Chester Ckbarn of Seattle. Hall for
years operated hotel at Washing
ton. D. c.: during the time of Henry
Clay, Daniel webster. John Quincy
Adams and other celebrities with
whom he claimed personal acquaint~
ances. The body will be taken to
Greensboro for burial. ~-..-
Evening star., 1921-01-16
MAN AND WIFE HELD UP.
Robbed by Armed Man and Ac-
complice at Garage.

H. A. Mervis. apartment 100. the
Tuxedo. 1889 T htreet northwest. and
his wife were held up at the point
of pistol shortly before O'Clock
this morning as they were about to
enter garage on 18th street between
S and T streets northwest. While one
masked white man threatened the
couple with a revolver an accom-
plice robbed them of jewelry valued
at more than 800.
Mr.. Mervis and his wife were about
to put their car away for the night
when they were approached by the
two men. who apparently had been
hiding in an alley nearby
Evening star., 1921-01-16
GoQDING SWORN IN.

Frank A. Gooding. former Governor
of Idaho, yesterday took his oath in the
Senate to succeed Senator NuEent.
who resigned to Join the Federal Trade
Commission. Senator Gooding, a re-
publican, was appointed to I'LL the
term Of Mr.. Nugent. which expires
March ;. and also was elected for a
full term thereafter. Senator Good
ing's seating made the Senate member
ship fifty republicans and forty six dem
ocratS.