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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-17

r. Lisle Smith and small daughter
Sharlee spent the week end with rela-
tives at Cheney.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-17

Ar. and Mrs. v. w. Bird motored
|s White Bluffs and spent Sunday
nn Mr.. Birds brother, E. ]. Bird.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-11-17

VIM. Reser of Walla Walla was a
guest at the home Of his SON, B. E.
Reser, the latter part of the week.
, 1921-12-29
MOTHER QUICK! GIVE
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
FOR CHILD'S BOWELS

Even a sick child loves the "fruity'
taste of california Fig Syrup" If the
little tongue Is coated, or If your child
is l~istless, cross, feverish. full of cold,
or has collie, a teaspoonful will never
fall to open the bowels. In a few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly 1t works all the constipa-
ton poison, sour bile and waste from
the tender, little bowels and gives you
a well, playful child again.
Millions of mothers keep california
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genuine
california Fig Syrup" which has d.
rections for babies Inc children of all
ages printed on bottle. Motheri You
must say california" or you may get
an imitation fig syrup.-Advertisement.
, 1921-12-29
DICE LONG KNOWN TO WORLD
Amusement Is Probably the Most An
cient Game, According to Records
Of Old Writers.

The oldest amusement in the world
Is dice-throwing.
In some form or another, dice have
existed in every period of history.
They are shown on early Egyptian
monuments, and some dug up at
Thebes recently are exactly similar to
those in use today. They are men
TONED in laws regulating games
played In ancient Greece and Rome
and most other countries in Europe.
The invention of dice Is attributed
to Palamedes, one of the heroes who
sailed against Troy, about the year
1914 b. c., but the use of cubes with
numbered sides for gambling purposes
Is probably much earlier.
Frequent passages in the works of
ancient writer's and numerous repre-
sensations in marble and paintings
show how popular dice-playing was
among them.
, 1921-12-29
U. 8. Make. Farm Loans.

washlngton.-The War Finance Cor.
porntlon, with its powers ~broadened
by the Republican Congress at the re-
cent special session, has been extend
Ing extensive financial aid to tho
farmers and live stock raIsers Of the
West. Hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars are being I to farmers to Saw
them from being forced to sell their
stock while the market Is low. The
War Finance Corporation announced
that 205 advances were made between
Dec. 10 and n. aggrsgating s6.917. 900,
, 1921-12-29
EXPLAINING LACK OF DETAIL
Youthful Artist Had Excellent Reason
for Leaving Out Characters In
Her Illustration.

A primary class in one of the grade
schools was asked to illustrate n
story that had been read to the little
ones by the teacher. The story told
of three children going to a wood in
a goat wagon, and staying until the
sun went down. Most of the pictures
showed the goat with big horns pulling
the wagon containing the children,
and a sun going down behind a hill.
One of the small girls in the class
handed in a picture showing merely
a hill and some grass.
"Why, what does your picture
mean?" inquired the teacher. "Where
are the goat and the children?"
"They have all gone home" replied
Opal.
, 1921-12-29
WOULD HAND LORD DOLLAR
But Some People viii Doubt Whether
Such a Man Will Ever Get
Close Enough.

A young man in Missouri was col
lecting funds for a benevolent institu-
ton. He tried hard to get a dollar
from an old gentleman who was noted
for his c~loseness.
When the young man had stated his
mission asked for the dollar, the
elderly person asked:
well. young man, how old are
your
II I'M Twenty-Five" said the youth.
WELL" continued the old gentle-
man, Il am seventy-five- years old, and
as you are only twenty-five years, I
think that l will get to see the Lord
sooner han you. 1 will hand him the
dollar myself."-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
, 1921-12-29
Shaw and the Tourist.

George Bernard Shaw recently con-
vulsed an audience by relating a story
of n tourist who asked a rustic
whether he was on the right track for
Standardization. The yokel re-
manned silent. Come, come" said the
tourist encouraglngly. "Stratford-
Shakespeare's town-Shakespeare, the
famous poet, you know. Surely o
know Shakespeare7" "Yus," replied
the rustic, Frightening. BE you her"
, 1921-12-29
WASHINGTON

Postal savings decreased S1,4OO.O0O
during November, according to II state
ment issued by the>Postoffice Depart
ment. Reports indicated, however. that
deposits in many smaller postoffices
increased steadily, while in the larger
cities and industrial centers withdraw
ais exceeded deposits. Total deposits
on hand were estimated at Sl4S,0O0,-
600.
American manufacturers of toys and
dolls have asked the Senate finance
committee not only for protection
against German and Japanese compe-
tltion, but also for the exclusion of
these articles which are the product
Of child labor. They asked for "A duty
of 40 per cent of the value of the o
and dolls based on the prices prevail
ing in the American market.
Necessity of improving sanitation in
Porto Rico as a means of cutting down
the death rate and of Strengthening
the insular public school system IL
stressed in the annual report Of Gov.
Il. Mont RELY, transmitted to Con
gress.
A petition signed by 27 900 citizens
Of Louisiana, asking the approval of
Congress Of the Towner- Sterling bill
for n Department of Education, was
presented to the Senate recently by
Senator Ransladd of that state. The
petition set forth that the measure in
dorsed, II enacted into law, would
prove n vital step In the interest of
Americanlzation work, the protection
of youth from the perils OF illlteracy,
etc.
A prediction that the four-power
pact, entered into by Great Britain,
France, Japan and the United States
will result ultimately In war between
the United States and Japan was made
by b. Skvirsky, official delegate to
America from the Far Eastern repub-
lie. He declared that Japan, embold.
ened by approval Of its present policies
In the Far East and possession OF mil
itary s~trongholds throughout Asia and
the Pacific, would force n future con.
'flict on the United States.
The four-power Pacific treaty and
possibility OF further reduction In
armament are to be discussed with the
home folks" by several senators and
representatives In meetings arranged
by the National Council for Llmltn.
ton OF Armament, It has been an
nounced. S%lxty-eight meetings already
have been scheduled
Purchase by the federal government
OF Cape Cod canal was recommended
by Secretaries Weeks, DENLY and
Hoover, who informed Congress that
81, bo0,O 900 would be a reasonable
price for the property"
, 1921-12-29
The WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DolNGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper uuIon New, Service,
WESTERN

Three men were killed and one was
seriously injured when a Santa Fs
freight engine exploded 2O0 yards west
of the Standish, Mo, station.
Thirty-five Mexican farmers, cut off
by high waters near Elmonts, Calf,
were reported to be in grave danger of
perishing in the flood. Two squads of
deputy sheriffs rushed to the scene and
removed h men from their perilous
position.
The constitutionality of the Califor-
nia anti-alien law, forbidding aliens in
eligible to citizenship from owning or
leasing agricultural land, was upheld
at San Francisco by a court of three
federal judges. Several other states
nave enacted laws patterned on the
California act.
A Ku Klux Khan parade was staged
in Denton, Texas, according to reports
received. The klnnsmen, in their white
robes and hoods, carried n flaming
cross and a banner, on which was in
scribed the words Denton Clan,
Knights of the Ku Klux Khan" Sew
eral thousand persons witnessed the
parade, the report stated.
Suit for $4,000 against the Ford
Motor Company was filed in Superior
Court at Seattle, Wash, by the Grays
Harbor Motor Company for alleged
violation of contract. The Ford com
pany failed to supply the plaintiffs
with automobiles needed for the Grays
Harbor territory, of which they are
agents, according to the complaint.
An area of ten blocks was covered
by a fire which did damage estimated
Mt 100000 in Mexicala, opposite Cal
eXicO, Calf. American firemen
who helped fight the flames were
forced at the point OF guns in the
hands of Mexican soldiers to go to the
home of n Mexican army officer to
save it," The firemen declared the
army officers home was in no danger.
Mrs. Georgia Smith, % years old,
who shot and killed her husband. DIR.
U. Il. Smith, As, in their home at Dali
las, Texas, was released on 81 900 bond
pending grand jury action. Mrs. Smith
tainted four times while making a
statement to officers in which she is
quoted as having said Il had to do it
he beat me and cursed me l am sorry
he's dead" Physicians said Mrs.
Smiths body showed a number of
bruises.
, 1921-12-29
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AS
SIGNING MEN TO OBTAIN DATA
FOR DAUGHERTY.
RETAILERS TO BLAME
WILL PUBLISH WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL PRICES TO SHOW
DIFFERENTiALs.
twsstern Nsvspap~ Union News Service

Washington.-FederaI investigation
of retail prices charged In various
parts Of. the country for food, fuel,
shoes n clothing has been initiated
by Attorney General Daugherty. He
ordered Director Burns of the bureau
Of investigation of the Justice depart
ment to assign men at once to obtain
ing data or retail prices.
Mr.. Daugherty declared prices of
necessities were too high and that In
some instances profits of retailers
were "unconsciOnable." 1t would new
er be possible, he asserted, to get
prices down to the prewar level, but
with wages lowered and the costs of
foodstuffs reduced, he was determined
to learn whether h present badly
proportioned' retail prices should be
maintained.
Mr.. Burns was instructed also to
have his men obtain the variations in
various localities In the retail prices
of general foodstuffs, such as meats,
provisions, beans, bread and butter,
fuel, shoes and clothing, and to make
schedules. Reports will also be gath
cred on the wholesale prices of wheat,
beef and meats in order, Mr.. Daugher-
ty explained, that comparisons might
be made OF the costs of these commod-
tiles with the retail prices.
Action to remedy price conditions,
Mr.. Daugherty declared, would be tax
en- through several channels. In the
main, he said, the situation was a local
one and ithes tates would be asked to
aid. Secretary Hoover, he added,
would be invited to join in the effort
to lower prices, while 1t was believed
that the publication Of the compare
tive wholesale and retail prices would
do much to remedy hfgn prices.
Organizations OF retailers in differ
ent parts Of the country were blamed
by Mr.. Daugherty for high prices.
These associations. he declared, were
formed "by smart men who sold a
scheme to defeat the laws by perfect
ing an organization for fixing prices
which concealed its real purpose under
a declaration Of a desire to help COM
petition"
The department, he stated, intends
to get these smart fellows while at
the same time recognizing that many
innocent merchants had been imposed
on by them. He declared himself In
favor of trade organizations which
confined operations to improving their
services, but he asserted they would
lot be allowed to fix prices or appor-
ton territory among their members,
thro otIfItn0 co~natttfop
, 1921-12-29
Col. Henry watterson Dead.

Jacksonville, Fla.-Col. Henry Wat
terson, known to the American people
as the last surviving member Of the
old school of journalism, and to his
friends as "Marse Henry died at a
hotel here. Death came peacefully,
he venerable editor retaining con-
seriousness almost TO the end and con-
versing during his last half hour with
his wife, son and daughter.
, 1921-12-29
The Critic.

The brilliant Edgar Saltus of I'M
happy memory sat In his club one aft
ernoon when a widower entered.
The widower, with a deep sigh.
sank into a chair. pressed a black
bordered handkerchief to his eyes and
groaned:
81 tell you, Saltus, old man. a chap
never realizes the full value of his
wife till he loses her"
"True, true" said Mr.. Saltus, land
especially true II she was Insured"
, 1921-12-29
A M~aterIaIist's Decision on puoka

1t is possible, Lord Grey. has found.
to bore ones friends with talk about
birds. In an after-dinner speech at
a Selborne society gathering he re-
called an Instance when he himself
had talked freely about his water
fowl. His listener gave ven to his
boredom In a pregnant sentence:
Ducks should be talked about only
when they are OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Guardian.
, 1921-12-29
Allow Yank. to Rsslun.

Madrid.-Instructions have been 10
sued to the commander OF the Span
ish foreign legion to permit all citi-
zens Of the United States enlisted In
the legion to be discharged in the
event that they express a desire to
leave.
, 1921-12-29
Operations on-oId Men.

The venerable DIR. Beverley Robin
son, in a letter to the Medical Record
New York;, protests against some CT
the operations which are performed
nowadays on elderly persons, whom
there is scarcely a chance OF saving.
Too many of these are done, he says,
and the result is only increased dis
comfort to the patient.
, 1921-12-29
From Abraham to AIIenbx.

In the Book of Genesis 1t is told how
Abraham dug "the Well Of the Oath
at Beersheba, and from time imme-
mortal the Bedouins have watered
their flocks from the wells of Beershe-
ba. The occupation of Palestine has
brought Twentieth century methods to
the oldest country In the world. and
Abraham's wells are now equipped
with modern pumping machinery.
, 1921-12-29
lido Hours Win statIstIcian,.

1t is estimated that a man who
reaches the g of eighty years spends
two years Of his life dressing. No
body has the courage to estimate how
many of her years a woman devotes to
but, as we were saying, it's a hard
winter that has no soft spots.
, 1921-12-29
Alien Can Change OCCUPATION.

Trenton. N. J.-Tederal Judge Rell,
stab upheld the right of a Chinese
legally admitted to tho country as the
son Of a merchant to change his oc-
cupation. he revoked an order of de-
portntion made by United States Com.
missioner Charles .Joline of Camden
against Lee wah, proprietor of a Cam
den laundry.
, 1921-12-29
TAKE ASPIRIN ONLY
AS TOLD BY "BAYER"
~eayer" introduced Aspirin to the
Physicians over 81
Years AGO.

To get quick relief follow carefully
the safe and proper directions in each
unbroken package Of "Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin" This package is plainly
stamped with the safety "Bayer Cross"
The "Bayer Cross means the gen.
uine, world-famous Aspirin prescribed
by physicians for over t~wenty-ons
years.-Advertisement.
, 1921-12-29
Then the Fun Renan.

Voice Cat the other end)-Is that
you, darling?
Gouty Father-Er-yes.
voIce-oh, goodl How's the old
boys govt, my pet? l mean to say.
If he still has 1t I'll come round to-
night. but If he hasn't Wen go out to
some show.
, 1921-12-29
FOREIGN

The flag of the Irish Free State will
be tricolor with three bars, one white,
one green and the other gold. 1t has
been decided.
A poultry breeder In London has
and n turkey. which. under the name
Of churkey is in a great demand for
the dinner table.
Robert Hanb has been elected presl-
dent of Switzerland by the federal as
sembly for the year 1922. He will take
office Jan. /. Col. Karl Scheurer was
elected vice president.
According TO the Taeglische Rund-
schau, the Preparations commission has
sent TO the German government IL tote
tantamount to an order for complete
prohibition of the export of German
coal to neutral countries.
The Mexican government has grant
ed a delay until Jan. 20 of the payment
Of production and export taxes due
from American oil companies in Mex
leo. The taxes. approximating 22,OOO.-
900 pesos. were due Dec. %.
A decree exempting from duties all
cattle and horses entering Mexico will
be promulgated shortly, according to
official information, in order to assist
ranchers to replenish their herds de-
pleted by Years OF revolution.
A S30,O0O,OOO loan TO the kingdom of
Denmark has been made by the Nation
al City Company, which is affiliated
with the National City Bank of New
York. The loan will bear interest at
per cent. will run for twenty
years and will be callable at 100.
Sir Arthur Pearson is dead as the
result of an accident at his home In
London. While in his bath he slipped,
striking his head against a faucet.
Stunned, he fell into the water and
was drowned before aid could reach
him.
The Department of Commerce is ad-
vised that at a show in London II nine
horsepower automobile was exhibited
that is sold on Il guarantee to make
sixty-One miles on one gallon of gaso-
line, and to make sixty miles an hour.
1t is priced at about 5000 American
money.
Swedish farm hands have been or
ganized by Communists for the pur-
pose of emigrating to Russia. This has
been brought about by the constantly
falling prices Of wheat and the fact
that farmers all over the country have
made agreements with their workers
at lowest wages.
, 1921-12-29
GENERAL

a bill authorizing the President to
expend S20,OO0,0O 0 out of the funds of
the United States Grain Corporation
for relief of the distressed and starry
ing people of Russia was passed by
the House, ia 10 81.
Counterfeit internal revenue stamps
of a face value Of $1,000, 900 and 10000
counterfeit whisky labels were seized
in Chicago by federal agents in Il raid
on "A South State street shop. Emil
Carlome and his wife, owners, We're ar
rested.
Four large frame hangers at Langley
field were destroyed by fire at New
port News, entailing II loss of more
than 100000. The origin of the fire Is
unknown. One Martin bomber and
most of the tools at the station were
destroyed.
The crew of fifteen Of the American
bark Harvard, wrecked while on the
way to Honolulu from Tahiti, was res
cued by the British steamship Baron
Inchcape after drifting forty-eight
hourse In lifeboats. The men were
taken TO Balboa by the Baron Inch
cnpe and are now on their way To San
Francisco on tile steamship Hawkeye
State.
Two of the bOldest robbers that st.
Louis police have had anything to do
with in some time stuck up" Edward
Edwards, colOred bank messenger, on
n trolley car, and relieved him of IS. $50
In cash. While one man held the crew
and passengers at n distance with his
revolver the other went through Ed
wards pockets. When the job was fin
lshed, the men stopped the n and
made heir escape.
Ruth Fllly Of Beacon. n. V, was
freed from marital bonds. Ruth and
her father testified that when she mar
ried Nat Smith OF Poughkeepsie In 1917
she had no intention Of becoming a
wife in fact, but desired only to ''see
what a wedding was like" She never
had attended one. Justice Morschau-
ser granted an annulment.
Orders received at the New York
navy yard, which would provide for a
reduction In the enlisted personnel of
the United States navy by approx
mately 10000 men, set forth hat any
enlistment might be cancelled by reslg-
nation. A few hours after the orders
had been posted, yard officials were
deluged with designations coming from
all classes OF the enlisted service.
Henry Campbell, negro. 10t years
old, was granted n divorce from his
wife, Alverta w. Campbell. In Circuit
Court, Baltimore county, Md. In sign
ing the decree, Judge Duncan declared f:
"And the court suggests that at the
plaintiffs age, future matrimonial en-
tanglsments had best be avoided
Campbell testified hat n quarrel, fol-
lowing the receipt OF n letter from an
other man addressed 70 his wife. led
to n separation.
c. Il. Lively, Buster" Pence and
william salters, charged with the kill
ing OF Ed Chambers of Matewan ON
the court house steps Mt WEIGH, w.
Va, last August, were freed by n jury.
The defendants were hold under the
indictment charging them with the
killing OF Sid Hatfield, and gave bond.
Moonshlne, a horse that had cost
the government s672, was sold at nuc-
ton at New Bedford, Mass, for S25.
The OLD gray mare, which was seized
by prohibition agents fifteen months
ago In a raid at Mattnpoisett, had piled
lup the Sofa board bill since.
, 1921-12-29
Dry Goods.

Colonel, should a dry goods store
sell soda water?"
Eyes, l guess it's dry enough"
, 1921-12-29
Speed Of GIaclera-

Studying Alaskan glaciers. Prof. W.
s. Cooper finds that Muir glacier has
receded 60 miles in the last 127 years.
, 1921-12-29
Women In sculpture sooI.tv.

Ten American women sculptors
have been honored with membership
In the National Sculpture society.
, 1921-12-29

Wise men cultivate the art Of tax.
Ing things easy.
, 1921-12-29

II you are ashamed Of your calling
hire a boy to call for you.
, 1921-12-29
ArmchaIr Hint

Economy Hint When corn and
beans are high eat succotash.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-03-08

Nuestro corresponsal en- Ponce nos
informa que la Comisi6n de la Camara
de Delegados ha cumplido va sus ges-
tiones en- aquella pOblaci6n, y que, des
pues de una vista al muelle, de la cual
sali6 muy bien impresionada, sali6 para
Entire otras declaracioncs
del Licdo. Guerra Mondrag6n, presi-
dente de la Comisi6n de Hacienda de
la Camara de Delegados,--no informa
nuestro Corresponsal,-dijo que la Co
mission Sc propone reahzar solamente
obras de interes pablico. on beneacio
tanto de obreros como patronos
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-03-08

Ell comite nombrado para enten-
der en- la inpugnaci6n de torna de po
session del sefior Iglesias emiti6 su in
forme, recomendando de acuerdo con
los motivos v excusas presentadas a
ellos por el senador impugnado, que
Sc lie tonaara juramento y Sc le diera
possession. No habiendo oposicion, el
sefior Iglesias tomo possession de su car
go, Iuego de prestar el debido jura-
mento ante ell Presidente.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-03-08

Londrcs. mario i.--El iefe del
gobicrno frances. NJ Briand. ylsit6 en
union de Lloyd George. Toeh y ei
general wcygand II mansion aonde m
clio 81 gran pcsta Milton.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-03-08

Fucron aproh1das varias rcsoIu-'
Clones en- scgunda tcrccra lectura,
Y a las diez media Sc lcvant6 Ia -
sion.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-03-08
DINERO

Sc efrece en- hipctecas de primera class
E. M. AMY.
Edincio National CITY Bank.
San Justs q Tel ees
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!. (continuaci6n dc Ia pag. la.l


encontrarian aqni. un gran apoyo, pero
para la independence ningun progreso
es possible. Cuando los dos Partidos Ma
cionales adoptaron la politica de incor-
porar Ia Isla como psrte de los Estados
Unidos v conceder los puertorrique-
nos la ciudadanfa, no Sc tuvo la idea
de que ustedes desearfan la secession
y probablemente no 1sabra ell pensamien
to de concederia nj ahora nj en- ell
future.
Asi es que yo sinceramente espero
que el partido dominante en- la Isla
hara clara su politica de tai suerte
que no Sc pueda proclamar que la po-
Utica y Ell prop6sito de ese partido
consisten en- separarse de Estados Uni
dos. 81 este Sc hace claramente. sin am
higiiedad v sir reserves, sera mucho
mas facil para los amigos de ustedes
ayudarles en- toda forn.a tanto politica
como econ6micamente.
SPuedo 70 solicitar que esta carta,
juntamente con los recortes que inclu-
yo sea leida al Senado y forme parte
del acta?
Sinceramente suyo,
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-03-08

FL Fresidente. La Presidencia cree
cue 10 haria fuera no ese su deber.
MANIFESTATIONS DEL sENADoR
FALL EN- Ell SENADO
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-09-08
LEGAL NOTICES

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