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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-04-15
STABILITY
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of
Illinois.

THEY were tearing down the old
L stone mill when j last visited the
village near which lived when l was
boy and putting up a brick garage
upon it's former site. They are moth.
Ing If not up to date in that town.
The next time / 60 there shall prob
| ably find that they are constructing
apartment houses, though there is no
lack of available land upon which to
build. :. <.
| The old mill was built long time
for 1t looked weather beaten when I
was a boy and that is longer ago than
yesterday. 1t must have dated back
to 1850 at least, and that is almost as
remote as the Stone age In middle
west building.
"The old thing should have been
taken down twenty-five years ago."
heard one OF the boys Of the town
saying. isn't it wonderful how long
some of these buildings will standf"
We've got to have a new house be-
fore many years." heard some col
lege fraternity boys saying not long
ago. This old shack in which we are
living won't be any good very much
longer. Why, the house must be n
least twenty-five years old"
1t was, indeed, almost that old and
1t was of brick and stone, quite sub
stantially built, and with proper care
should have done service for cen
fury or two.
We do some things very well In our
country which is, of course, the great
est country in the world, but in. few
Instances do we build with the idea
Of stability and permanency. II O
house or a business block is fifty
years old we usually look upon it as
back number, an architectural an.
tiQue which should either go into a
museum or be torn down and replaced
by something more modern and Of a
newer type Of architecture.
The farmhouse In which lived the
6rst time / was In England had been
built more than two hundred years.
and it was as solid and well kept as If
1t had been put up twenty years ago.
The aQueduct at Segovia was built
by Augustus Caesar, built without
mortar, too, and rises in some places
to q height of ninety feet, and it Is
1oing business today as 1t did then
and seems likely to be good for a
thousand years more.
There are parts Of the Abbey OF
Mont Saint Michel that look as solid
and as substantial as when they were
built more than a thousand years ago
i have seen buildings constructed
before Columbus discovered Americs
that look better, are better designed,
and are in better repair than others
In our American cities that were erect.
ed in 1893, and the difference does not
lie In the materials used. ,
Perhaps the reason lies In the fact
that we build for today to satisfy a
present need; we build hastily and
, without a sufficiently well-considered
plan, and so there is little perma-
nence or stability in our buildings.
&c, 1926, Western Newspaper Union.)
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The Custom of the Country

The English have the credit for being
q conservative race-a breed In which
respect for traditions is SO strong that
they hesitate to change anything which
has behind il the merits Of antiquity
and established comfort. The story
which follows-it may or may not be
true-would tend to indicate that this
trait really does persist In our Anglo
Saxon cousins.
The tale, as ii was told to me, had 1t
that through the fields between two
villages In Sussex ran q footpath. IL
was not the quickest route for one 60
ing from one Of the hamlets to the
other. for 1t wandered about, but IL had
been traced originally by the horny,
naked feet Of Saxon serfs, and now
was worn deep into the turf by the
heels OF countless generations. Every
body In the neighborhood used 1t, be-
cause everybody always had.
A country gentleman lived midway
between the towns. He led a reason
ably quiet, not to say dull, existence.
One day he heard q vicious bull was
straying about the countryside, cbas-
Ing pedestrians, frightening children
and generally misbehaving himself.
Seeking for variety from the monot-
ony; Of his life, the gentleman went
forth In the afternoon hoping to glimpse
the bull. For four afternoons he
sought to discover the whereabouts Of
the marauder, but with no luck.
On the fifth evening he fingered;
afeld until nearly dusk. He had
reached stile where hedge crossed
the footpath when he heard In the dis
lance, through the thickening gloom,
the patter Of flying feet, mingled with
the thud Of heavy hoofs, conyulsive
painting and the snorts of some large
animal.
Into sight came the locQl postman, an
elderly person. He was logging along
I: at top speed, his mail pouch bouncing
/. on his hip, his whiskers neatly parted
by the wind and blowing backward
over his shoulder. and just behind him
came the bull, lunging with his horns
at the seat Of the fugitive's trousers.
By half length the fleeing man
reached the hedge ahead Of his pur-
suer. he flung himself headlong over
the stile and In Its protection lay
breathless. while the bull, believing his
disappointment, strolled or to seek an
easier victim.
The spectator aided the Quiverins
pOstman to his feet.
He almost had you tonight, Fetch
. er." said the gentleman, sympa-
thetically.
"'E's almost 'ad me every night this
week, sir" gasped Fletcher.
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one who has completed hard Job,
made as though to sit down.
From thousand threats behind him
one question arose in a mighty chorus:
'.Who wins?"
Dramatically Mercer raised his hand
for silence, and a deep hush befell.
1.-The dispatches did not state" he
said, simply, and sat down again.
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''Say, Bill. u youse lookin' foz
work I"
''Not me. believe In the prin.
ciple dat de Office should seek q
mani"
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
FIRES AROUND
PORT ANGELES
UNDER CONTROL
Burn Two Days Along Beach
Sailors Join Citizens
Fight Flames.

PORT ANGELES. July 14.-Fires,
which have been raging for two days
near this place and the vicinity of
Dungeness. feeding upon driftwood
along the beach and grass in the
settled portions of the country were
got under control today. Seventy
five sailors from the battleship fleet
that is at anchor in Port Angeles
harbor joined with the city firemen
and citizens in fighting the flames
here and around Dungeness. A crew
equipped with gasoline pumps made
three stands in the fight to save
the homestead of Allie Evans,
prosperous dairy farm situated In
the heart of the famous Dungeness
Valley.
Fire N the driftwood and grass
Of EdiZ Hook, long sandspit run
ming ouL three miles into the Strait
OF Juaa lie Fuca and making the
protected Port Angeles Harbor,
threatening the lighthouse and the
keepers residence, the, u. S. Coast
Guards coaling station and squat.
tet's shacks, was extinguished today
after two days OF fighting. Large
engines were taken to the scene and
for two hours salt water from the
Strait was pumped on the blaze be.
fore it gave UP the ghost
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over MILLION
ARE WITHOUT
ANY COUNTRY
Strange Circumstances Con-
front Over Million Per-
sons in b. S.

WASHINGTON July II. - Harry
T. Huh. Commissioner of Immigra-
ton. said today that more than l.
100000 persons In the United States
are in the fix of THE Man Without
a Country
Commissioner Hull asserted that
you can safely say that over one
million persons cannot claim citizen
ship of any land. The great ma
jority of them are unaware of this
but there are quite a few who don't
care. it seems."s
The Commissioner of immigration
explained that this total was created
by aliens who oyerstayed temporary
entries and tourists who. enroute to
some other country. stopped off in
the United States, found jobs and
settled down Many. the Commits
sioner said, came over the borders
when restrictions We're less rigid
and lost their original citizenship
when they remained too long, then
forgot or ignored American citizen.
ship requirements
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
ENGLISH NOVELS DO NOT
TELL STORIES-PEMBERT0N

LONDON. July 14.-Max Pember-
ton says the trouble with modern
English novels is that they do not
tell a story.
Conan Doyle, Stevenson and Rider
Haggard won a great following be-
cause they told stories, and the
public would instantly respond to-
day to novelists who invent and
have the necessary technique to car
ry invention through, so Mr.. Penn
berton believes.
1.-The public is tired of sheiks
ond hysterical women veiled obscen-
ity and all the nastiness and pow
erty of the modern novel as 1t now
is being written. The story is the
thing the public wants
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
RUM RUNNERS
IN new CAME
Quit Smuggling Liquor Into
y. S. for More Renum-
erative Risk.

san FRANCISCO, CAL July IA
Prohibition Administrator Green de.
clared that smuggling of Orentals is
thinning the ranks of the rum run
that it has been learned from under
cover investigators that ships once
running the blockade with liquor
now carry Chinese Japanese and
sometimes Mexicans. Men who re-
ceived from $15 to $50 per case of
liquor get $500 head for smuggled
human beings
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
N. Y. STRIKERS
INVOLVED, SUIT
Rapid Transit Company
Brings Damage Suit for
Large Amount.

NEW YORK. July 14.-The In
terborough RAPID Transit Company
has sued the striking mototmen and
switchmen for $239,000 lost in
revenue.
An injunction is also sought
against continuance of the strike
Sixty-two defendants are named
in the suit for damages
1t is announced the company
intends to institute ciminal pro
ceedings against the strike leaders
il they continue in their attempts
to augment the ranks of the strik-
ers and also against any newspapers
printing "fear-inspiring articles or
cartoons"
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
BUILDING GREAT ACQUEDUCT

ATHENS, July 14.-Over the
same route taken by the famous
Marathon runner when he hastened
to inform the Athenians Of the Hell
lenic victory over the Persian
hordes, American engineers now are
building great aqueduct to sup
ply the ever-growing population of
Athens and Piraeus with water.
The new system. costing 100000
600. replaces the antiquated Hadrian
aqueduct, built by the famous En-
peror of that name 140 years after
the death of Christ.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
Mobile In
Parade on
Fifth Auenue

NEW YORK, July 14.-Com-
mander Mobile. of the dirigible
Norge, on the flight to the North
Pole and then to Alaska. rode
down Fifth Avenue today be-
tween ranks of cheering New
Workers with Titina. his pet dog.
i'll his arms. Congratulated for
his exploit, Commander Mobile
grinned, then said: Don't forget
Titina. She flew over the pole,
too"
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14

APPLETON. Wis, July IA. - The
Bible has taken its place alongside
the primer. arithmetic book and
speller in Is Wisconsin cities where
the school and church have combined
to promote the spiritual welfare of
Its future citizens.
A voluntary plan of religious edu-
cation through which children of the
grammar school spend a portion of
their school day two or three times
a week studying the Bible and re-
hgious history, is in effect The re-
ligious schools are supported by the
parents OF the children who volun-
teer to attend.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
QUEEN IS NOW
ON Way NORTH

SEATTLE, July IA. Steamer
Queen sailed for Southeastern AL
aska at 10 o'clock this morning
with 173 passengers, the following
for Juneau: Nels Lundstrum and
wife, Mrs. V. Gamble, Miss Emma
Bonnet, Mrs. Frank l. Ruhl and
daughter, DR.. j. Smith Peterson and
wife, Mrs. Alice Meyers, Mrs. G.
Shea and Sedro Mendoza.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
FLAMES TRAP +,
AUTO PARTIES.
B. C. FORESTS
Woman and Children Meet
Death One Village De-
stoyed-Flames Spread.

VANCOUVER, B. c., July IA.
Forest fires in British Colum.
bia and oEaer places in Western
Canada are now collecting
their toll of death and spread
lng destruction in many di-
rections.
Mrs. Watt Nesbitt and two
children. in q closed automo-
aic were burned to death late
terday in a forest fire at
kootinay Crossing, Eastern
British Columbia. Watt Mes
bltt, the husband, who was try
ing = find path for the auto
mobile out Of the fire area, was
pc h2p5 critically burned.
WIND FANS BLAZE
The wind freshened last
night and the fire area widen
ed, All available forces have
been rushed into the district.
Another family, in an auto
mobile, was trapped in Winder-
miIe Valley and five were crit
loal'y burned, also two men who
went TO their assistance.
VILLAGE DESTROYED
Fanny Bay, a village, has
been destroyed by a forest fire
and many women and children
are missing, listed as dead.
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BUCHAREST. July II. Crown
Prince Michel OF Rumani the four
year-old son of former Ppnce Carol
and Princess Helene, whose fathers
escapades will one day make him
King, is being trained for his kingly
duties not according to the old
European standards, but along demo
cratic American lines.
The blonde-haired baby, who bears
a striking facial and temperamental
resemblance to his grandfather, the
late King Constantine of Greece. is
being taught English by an Amer
lean tutor as his first language.
American Toys
All his toys, picture books and
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
Are Hung for Plotting
Death Of Mustapha Kemal

SMYRNA, July IA. Thirteen
persons convicted of plotting to kill
Mustapha Kemal, President of Tur-
Key, were hanged at dawn today
Those who paid the penalty includ-
ed six members of Parliament and
two former Deputies. The Tribunal
of independence condemned Is per-
sons but two are missing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
7 MURDERERS
SWING TODAY

VANCOUVER, b. l.. July IA
Benito Pasquale and Alexander De
bortoli, murderers of women, were
executed at a double hanging today
at Oakalla Prison.
the last minutes, and in clear
voice said: Goodbye. everybody"
Pasquale slashed the throat of his
former nurse, Anne 'Roedde. in 4
Vancouver hospital last December 2
Debortoli killed Pearl Traversey last
November.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
Training Cro,cn Prince
Along american Lines

playmates, too, are American. 1t is
even said his mother favors Amer
ican 80" ming syrups. talcum pow
ders and oher Yankee baby prepar-
ations.
The crown prince has shown not
only surprising aptitude in learning
to talk, but the things he does and
says would do credit. it is said. to
much older boy. His precocious
sayings are widely quoted by Queen
Marie and others in Bucharest, who
are sure he will equal his great.
granduncle, the talented and yigor-
GUS King Carol |. ii he lives to be IL.
II the boy should die before CON-
(Continaed c. fsge Thres)
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
FRANCE MAKES
AGREEMENT ON
DEBT WITH C. B.
Provisions of Settlement Are
Made Between Nations
Plans Outlined.

LONDON, July IA. Winston
Churchill told the House Of Com
mons today that a debt settlement
with France, agreed to late yester-
day, provided that the French pay
four million, six million, eight mil.
lion and ten million pounds for the
and one half millions annually until
1857 when France starts paying
fourteen million annually for the
final 81 years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
PLAY WITHOUT WOMEN

LONDON, July 1.-THE Noun
TAIN" play without women, has
been given a tryout by the London
Stage Society. 1t is the work of
c. X. Munro, the author of AT
Mrs. Beams" who is dramatic
rebel and upsets established rules
of the traditional stage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
ALAMEDA HAS
MANY ABOARD

SEATTLE. July 14.-Steamer Ala
media sailed at o'clock for South
eastern Alaska with 17S passengers
Iaboard including the following for
Juneau: A. Blankeyort, M. Trues
dale, w Garster and wife, L. Erick-
son and w. G. Smith.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
BIBLE JOINS PRIMER IN
78 CITIES IN WISCONSIN

lie school have been adopted, and
the curriculum consists of hymns,
memorizing certain scripture pass
ages and the regular lessons which
are taken from the Bible.
Course Meets Creed Problem
Difficulties of the conduct of re-
Iigious schools presented by the in
terdenominational complexion of the
children attending, has been sur
mounted through planning the
courses to meet objections, said DR.
j. r. Denyes of The Lawrence Col
lege. AS head OF the department of
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HOME FOR BURNS PAPERS

LONDON, July 1.-THE Burns
manuscripts presented to the Scot
tish people in 1914 by John Grill
bell. of Philadelphia, have found a
permanent resting place in the Scot
tish National Library at Edinburgh.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
Removal of University
Regents Upheld, Court

OLYMPIA, July 14.-Gov r. II.
Hartley's dismissal of James II.
Davis, of Tacoma, and Werner A.
Rupp, of Aberdeen, regents of the
University of Washington, has been
upheld by the State Supreme Court.
Judges Askren, Main and Bridges
dissented. The vote was five to
three. Judge Macintosh was absent
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
CeHuIoid Doll
Causes Death
Of 2 Riddles
International Newsreel

SEATTLE, July Leona
Boldman. aged three years. and
her sister Edith, aged five. died
last night from burns received
when a celluloid doll ignited
and exploded.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
BURNS;
MANY VICTIMS

TANNERSVILLE, n. Y. July IL
Twelve bodies have been recovered
from the ruins of the Twilight Hotel,
Catskill Mountain resort, which
burned early this morning. Sixteen
guests and seven employees are
missing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
Survivor Talks


NEW YORK, July 14.-From his
cot in the United States Naval Hos
pital in Brooklyn, Private Casmer
M. Kensick, of the Marine Corps,
told of how three of his buddies
We're killed and he was injured as
they were taking a hose reel to-
ward the blazing powder magazine
at the Lake Denmark Arsenal last
Saturday afternoon.
we were standing, talking. when
the fire alarm was sounded" said
Kensick 1t. II. G. Schraeder told
us to climb into his automobile and
help put the fire out | think about
a dozen OF us climbed in his auto
mobile. On the way to the fire,
four of us jumped off to help run
a hose reel we had passed, to the
scene of the fire. We must have
got the reel started when | heard
an awful roar | hardly know what
happened. was blinded and left
deaf by the roar. There was a great
red flash-then | knew nothing"
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-14
TOLL or DEATH
REACHES q IN
NAVAL DISASTER
Fragments of Body Are
Found - Rain Fails on
Smouldering Embers.

DOVER, y. J, July 14.-The
number of victims has now reached
II when fragments of a body were
found late yesterday afternoon.
Rain fell last night on the last
smouldering embers of the wreck
ed Lake Denmark Naval Ammuni-
tion Depot which disaster was caus-
ed late last Saturday afternoon
when lightning struck the arsenal
causing explosions and fire which
spread throughout the Depot area.
wrecking buildings in radius OF
nearly one mile, causing many
deaths and injuries to scores OF
persons.
The showers, according to the
officials, increased assurance of safe
ty for the large stores of explosives
at the Picanniny Arsenal
In the shattered villages of Mount
Hope, Denmark and Hibernia, ON
the fringe of the twin arsenal's
area, lights twinkled through pane
less windows last night from II =
provised shelters marking the for
mer sites. for the first time since
last Saturday.
About 1000 persons have heen
permitted to return to their homes
as danger from bursting shells is
now belieevd to be over.
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Ro0serelt and Wilson
indifferent TO Personal
Safety; Hard TO Guard

INDIANAPOLIS, July II. = Guard
ing United States presidents is no
easy task and one of the reasons is
that some of the chief executives
elude their escorts.
SO states Captain Thomas f.
Halls, CHIEF of the indianapolis dis
triet, who after G5 years in the sec
ret service, will retire next month
at the age of So. The captain was
body guard to six presidents.
President Wilson was wholly in
different as to his safety Roosevelt
scoffed at danger and frequently
eluded his guard for the pleasure of
being alone. On one occasion his
body guard after a frantic search
found him walking unatte d d
through Washington tenement dis
trict.
Taft Easiest to Watch
Harrison, Cleveland, Mckinley and
Taft were the other presidents whom
Halls served as body guard. Taft
was the easiest OF the six to qua d
because he followed routes mapped
out by the secret service and sehod.
ules of public appearances. Ne
Kinley. like Wilson. was Indifferent
to danger, while Harrison and Cleye-
land sometimes chafed under the
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Taft Easiest to Watch

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-23
LARRY STRILEY AND
LISC0MB WIN over
| GILMAN AND 0UIMET

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Bangor, Me, July 1.-THE record
of the Penobscot Valley Club golf
course was broken today in the
coarse of the professional match to-
day when Larry Strilay, pro of the
course. paired with Shirley Liscomb,
pro of the kebo Valley Club of Bar
Harbor, beat Frank Gilman, pro Of
the Augusta Country Club, and Ray
Ouimet, brother of Francis Ouimet,
pro of the Waterville Country Club,
in a 81 hole match, five up and four
to go. At the end of the IS hole
play this forenoon Strilay and Lis
comb led by one up, although the
best score of 50, made by Strilay and
Gilman was not impressive. This
afternoon the play was more sensa-
tional. Liscomb turning in Y, par
for the course and the record, al
though he had TO take one six by a
wild shot into grapevine arbor.
The full number of holes was play
ed out, the total card showing for
the 80 holes, Liscomb 157, Gilman
162, Strilay 165, and Ouimet 1877 with
one hole to play. The match was
played in intense heat but drew a
big gallery and considered excellent
golf under the conditions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-23
Two Thoughts

The great are always brave. Great
souls develop their own philoso-
phies;: They have a sense of values
and humility. Most of all, they
know how to die. During the past
year we have seen two brave men
come to the end of their DAYS, They
mad brushed aside the false face of
life, and as souls stripped of lnlma n
fra1lty they stood on the very brink
or eternity and called back some
eternal truth to those they loved.
One was great architect whose
monumental works will outlive our
civilization. The night before his
death he said to his children: Re
member. beauty grows slowly
ugliness in haste"
The other great soul was a philos-
opher and a poet. In his last hour
he comforte1 his sorrowing survi-
vors with this thought: The Won
derful thing about life is the mys-
terry of tomorrow. 1t may bring
US the work for which we were
made. A lifetime of service may
come In one hour
Go out. my friends, under the
immutable stars and ponder those
Two, thoughts which have come over
the rim of life to us.
Beauty grows slowly-ugliness in
haste"
"A lifetime of service NAV come
"a one hour."-From The Delineator
for July.