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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28
MAN CONFESSES'
NUMBERING Wife
and 5 CHILDREN
G.. GasselIy, Held in Texas
Also Admits Staying A
Others in California.

FAREWELL, Tex, Dec. % (R-A
lengthy statement in which George j.
Hassell is said to have confessed to
the Staying of his wife and his eight
ssep-children, and also to the killing
of woman and three children in
California three years ago, was made
here tonight by Hassell, police an
nounced. The bodies of Mrs. Hassell
and her eight children were found
Friday in a dugout on the Hassell
farm near here.
The statement, police said, relates
that the wife and seven of the chill
dren were killed with an axe on
December 8 and that the oldest boy,
aged 21. was shot to death two days
later as he played cards with his
stepfather The children were the
sons and daughters of Hassells
brother.
The oldest boy was away from
home, when Hassell killed the wife
and the other children, the statement
says, and when he returned Hassell
told him the others were in Okla
homa
He then induced the son to play
cards with him. They played until
the boy fell asleep, when Hassell
says he shot him and placed him
with the mother and the other chill
dren in the shallow dugout ten feet
from the kitchen door.
Hassell made his statement today
but it was not permitted to become
public until tonight.
Hassell refused to give the namesl
of the persons he said he killed in
California or the place. 1T was al
good job and no one ever will
known" the statement said
Letters found in Hassell's house
indicate that he worked for the
Southern Pacific railroad. He was
in California from 1915 to 1926 He
was also with the Associated Pipe
Line company at Fresno, Calf,
year and four months. He later
Joined the merchant marine corps as
cook on the west coast He then
farm near FarweII, having married
his deceased brothers widow The
brother was reported to have been
killed in Oklahoma by the Kick of a
mule. He has lived near here about
year and half.
Hassell was in a Jail cell today. I
having been removed from a hospital
where he was treated for knife |
wounds inflicted when he stabbed |
himself while officers were remov-
ing the bodies from the dugout. Feel
ing against Hassell was intense in /
Farwell tonight and the sheriff was
taking every precaution to protect
him.
Hasselrs confession said that the
killing followed a quarrel with his
wife over her Oldest daughter.
The statement said the wife had j
charged him with intimacy with the ,
daughter.
The confession quotes Hassen as
saying the slayings were prompted by
persistent quarrels with his wife whcih
had grown out of his alleged intimacy,
with one of the stepdaughters.
Il had just quarreled with my wife
and gone out to the barn and taken a
drink of whisky the statement says. /
When / returned my wife again be-
gun quarreling with me. 1 grabbed
hammer; where's it came from 1 do
not know. j struck her and she fell
to the floor.
About that time the smallest baby
began crying, and I reached down and
choked it. Then ] secured a stocking
and tied it around the baby's neck.
Il don't know why but when I saw
what I had dofe 1 decided 1 had best
go on and kill the whole outfit
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28
Two Injured As Cars
Collide on A Avenue

Anna Whitaker and Byron Davis Of
this city We're injured in an automo-
bile accident which occurred on A ave-
nue. Christmas night when the car in
which they were riding and which was
being driven by Davis, according to
police reports, was struck by another
car, the names of whose occupants
were not learned Both were removed
to the Calumet hospital, where their
injuries were dressed. Police officers
who investigated did not fix any
blame.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28

Continued From rage OneI
would regard the entire east coast
of Nicaragua as neutral territory
and withdraw it's forces, which sur,
fered defeat recently In action with
the liberals may possibly mean that
these troops will take refuge within
the Bluefields zone and surrender
their arms to Admiral Latimer
The Diaz announcement said tn,
troops were to be withdrawn to
Rama, UP the river toward Managua.
If the liberals should prevent this
move however, the only recourse
would lie to enter the Bluefield zone.
The announcement also may mean
carly withdrawal of the forces
landed by Admiral Latimer at Rio
Crande bar and Puerto Cabezas to
protect American interests. This de.
cision would rest with the admiral
and be made on his information as
to any danger still threatening. He
notified the state department today
that he had warned the commander
of the defeated government forces
that they will be permitted to enter
the zone only on surrender of the1l
arms.
1t was reiterated today that tn,
Washington government did not re-
gard landing at Puerto Cabezas az
Intervention in any way in the
Nicaraguan civil strife, but only for
the purpose of protecting Americans.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28
PLAN TO LESSEN POISON

WASHINGTON, Dec 27.-Govern-
ment chemists are hopeful in the
rear future of making Industrial
alcohol more distasteful but les;
poisonous through new formulae, but
il the meantime the government is,
accepting no responsibility for any
deaths resulting from the drinking
of liquor recently.
Assistant Secretary Andrews, chic.
OF the dry forces, has desired to
make the alcohol less poisonous but
at the same time more distasteful SC
that drinkers would be quickly
warned if they obtained bad whisky
and government chemists believe
they soon will have some such solu-
tion.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28
RouT1s REATs ANpERsoN

s NEW YORK, Dee. 81 (H9 - Andre
Routis of France tonight won judges
He@tsio mover Eddie Anderson of Wyo-
ming, outboxing and outfighting the
westerner in bout of 10 rounds.
Routis weighed 1876, pound less than
his foe.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28
Is Dead From Alcoholism
in New York
CONTINUED From Page One,

Continued From Page onel
Mills said The denaturing, he said,
also helps the domestic dealers meet
foreign competitors on a nearly equal
basis.
The total of deaths from alcoholic
poisoning was raised to Is today with
three deaths in Bellevue Hospital and
two elsewhere. Eight additional alco-
holic poison cases were admitted at
Bellevue during the day.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28

in the treatment Of persistent coughs aud
colds, bronchial asthma, bronchitis and
other forms Of respiratory diseases, and is
excellent for building up the system after
colds or flu. Money refunded if any cough
or cold is not relieved after taking accord
ing to directions. For sale by all drug
gists. Send coupon for free sample,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28
Chaplins Ask About
Sonora Divorce Law
Continued From Page ona)

rhe presence of one or the other
of the parties to the proceeding is
required. The Sonora law provides
tor IN equitable settlement of money
upon any children which are prod
ucts Of the un>on being broken.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28

mo Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch.
Dispatch Telephones-S1 and so
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28

Among the many vocations taken
up by women is astronomy There
are now so women members of the
Royal Astronomical society, all of
whom are hopeful some day of emu
lating the feats of the first great
woman astronomer, Caroline Herschel,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28
Few Persons in East
Plan Making Resolution

Continued From rage One,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28

A new motif in advertising appeared
on New York streets as the first icy
breath of King Winter swept over the
land" Enterprising taxi-drivers pasted
on their winSshields placards reading
Heated" They make an homogeneous
picture as they sit shivering along-I
side the sign.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28

Strenuous night club life of the pre-
ferred type of ladies is revealed in the
following from the lost column of a.
New York newspaper: Blonde wig,
night November %, taxi, Club Lido,
Club Richman or Club Ell Fay; $25 re-
ward"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28
Admiral Latimer Reports
Neutrality in BluefieId

Continued From. rage one,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28

1t will be we'll this Christmas to
carefully examine that new set Of
books. One of the newest sets being
Offered here includes, Dante, Burns
Shakespeare, and Columbus; but the
fooled leather tones break horizontally
instead of vertically to disclose neat
and compact beverage set.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28

Natives of other countries who wish
to satisfy their native gastronomfr
tastes have difficulty in secluding their
haunts from the hordes of curiosity
seekers. Many an unlighted, and
closely locked brown stone-front har-
bors, not a den of iniquity, but rem
devious restaurant for foreign stu
dents, seeking to elude the crowds.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-03-18
NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY
PROPERTY

State OF Washington. County Of
Benotn, SIS.
Notice is hereby given, that in ac-
cordance with an order heretofore en-
tered on the 18th day of March, 1926.
by the Board of County Commits
sioners of the County of Benton,
State of Washington, directing the
sale of the real property hereinafter
described, acquired by the said Coun-
ty Of Benton for delinquent taxes un-
der tax foreclosure suit and sale. I,
the undersigned County Treasurer of
SAID County, will, on the 3rd day of
April, 1926, commencing at the hour
Of 9 o'clock am, and continuing UNI
til the hour of o'clock pm. of said
day, unless the property hereinafter
described shall sooner be sold, at the
front door of the County Court House
IN Prosser. in said County and State,
sell to the highest and best bidder
for cash the following described real
property, Situated in said County. and
described as follows, to-wit:
Sk of SWA Of SEA of NWA go
%, 5 acres; Lot 4, south of S. p. & S.
Ry. rtw. 8-5-28; north 10 acres of Lot
5 Of 1924; Lot of 1851; SEA
NEA SWA E. of Drain Canal in 81
1923, 2.68 acres; NEA NEA SWA
=. of Drain Canal in 27-1O-28, AS
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EAST KENNEWICK

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NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of County Commissioners OF
Benton County, Washington, will re-
celve sealed bids at their office in the
County Court house at Prosser, Wash
ington, April 9th, 1926. up to the
hour of 200 o'clock pm, for the
sale of certain personal property, con-
sisting of the residence only, belong
ing to the County and situate on the
County property, being the proposed
site of the new court house in Pros
ser.
Bids to be accompanied by cash or
a certified check in sum equal to
one-tenth of the amount of the bid;
which cash or certified check will be
returned in case the bid is rejected.
The Board of County Commission
ers reserve the right to reject any
and all bids.
Dated at Prosser. Washington. this
9th day of March. 1926.
e. o. KEENE, Auditor and clerk
OF the oBard of County Commission
ers of Benton County, Wash. 3:11-4:1
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wayne Bennett is visiting home
folks this week.
Mrs; c. G. Campbell is quite sick
with the flu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter have moved
to the Big Bend country.
Mrs. Fred Cresswell of Finley Wis
lteo Mrs. D. +. Cresswell Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Lampson were
White Bluffs visitors Tuesday.
About twenty from Valley grange
ATTENDED Pomona at Finley, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Dickinson and
son Ernest spent Sunday at Paterson.
Miss Pearl Buchanan resumed her
school duties again Monday after two
weeks of illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Albrecht Miss
Louise and Emil, Jr.. were Walls
Walla visitors Monday.
George A. Anderson delivered the
hrst crate of asparagus to the Three
Rivers Growers Tuesday
Mrs. Zwanzig who has spent the
winter in Toppenish with her daugh-
ter Mrs. Deffenbaugh, has returned
home
The Get-Acquainted club will meet
Friday. March 10Th at the home of
Mrs. A. B. Kulp, with Mrs. Chris
Puderbaugh assisting.
Mrs. B. F. Neel entertained eight
ladies at a quilting bee Wednesday.
Mrs. E. R. Carnahan, Mrs. Marvin
Carnahan and Mrs. w. S. Grouse
were out from town.
Valley grange has challenged Fin
ley grange to a spelling bee and can
dy pull to take place Friday, March
18th. ALI grangers and their families
are invited.
The Progressive Womans club will
meet with Mrs. James Johnston Fri
day, March Goth. Those who are TAX
ing up the basketry will go for an
all-day session and any others are
welcome to come if interested. Miss
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All the world loves lover,
boosts booster, quits a gutter
and kicks a kicker.

& & & &
frank Green says: "Many rose
llves TO blush at the price the florist
gets for it. :. -
& & & &
Always look for the point in disan-
pointment; it's there.
& & & &
A newspaper has an article
entitled: "Cure for Scratch
ing Hens If another hen is
flirting with her husband
there amt no cure.
& & & &
And now to replace some devots,
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Talk about women. look at that
freak dancing over there"
mell, III speak to her about it,
DO you know her?'
Yes, she's my wife,
& & & &
& & & &
Famous sayings: "I'll be down in
just a minute John.' Thirty minutes
later: i hope ! didn't keep you wait
ing long, Dear"
& & & &
You have to look higher than the
knees to have any idea about age.
!. q & & &
America IS still the country
Europe makes fun of and
borrows money from.
4 II p o. q
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acres; Beach's Second Add, Lot 6,

acres; Beach's Second Add, Lot 6,
Block 2. So SIRE,
And notice is hereby given that if
necessary will adjourn said sale to
the same hour from day to day by an
nouncement made at the time and
place of said sale, or at the time and
place to which said sale may be ad-
journed.
Dated at Prosser, Washington, this
18th day of March, 1926.
MALCOLM McDOUGAL, Coun-
ty Treasurer of Benton County, Wash.
5O-52
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Another "Skin you love to touch
is Dads pocketbOOk.
& & & &
What we can't understand is why
golf clubs instead of having year
" dues, don't charge by the
stroke and thus make things in
teresting.
& & & &
my overhead is very high" I heard
merchant say.
l never knew just what he meant
until the other day;
/ saw him on his way to church, a
plug hat on his bean
His was the highest overhead think
I've ever seen.
& & & &
Gladys says that it's a fine thing
to be able to have a man in your
arms but the only trouble is that
you end up by having him on
your hands.
& & & &
The weather didn't agree with him.
so the weatherman left town.
& & & &
DO you want a hunting license ?"
mo, I'm thru hunting. l want a
marriage license
& & & &
YOU GET used to
THINGS.
SEEMS ONLY natural
NOW THAT A
GIRLS COMPLEXION
SHOULD BE artificial.
& & & &
Experience, comments Cecil Rich
Gds, would be much better teacher
she stopped to explain things to us.
& & & &
GLOOM MATRIMONIAL
Hnen | tell Pauline that I would be
TO enter the marriage ties,
One mutely looks at the collar ad,
inen looks at my map-and signs.
my memory is, 1 hope, quite fair
but when | would plight our troth,
she laughs and asks If I can compare
With bird named David Roth.
! say that | hope some day / can
write after my name, Success"
Dut she knows I lie-I'm a college
man
MOI a grad of LES.
rernaps some day her ideal she'll see
D., ana announce the wedding glad;
0ut know full well that it won't be
me.
m man and not an ad.
& & & &
any old day is Thanksgiving
Day for the old maid who
gets married.
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Friday a Good Luck Day

Columbus, sailed from Spain
on Friday and discovered land
! on Friday. He departed again
on Friday, and on a return trip
discovered the mainland Of
South America on Friday. st.
Augustine was founded on Fri
day, the Mayflower reached
: Provincetown on Friday, and
John Adams motion for an in
dependent United States was
made on Friday (July Z, 1774).
%. 1926. Western Newspaper Union.)
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Gage will be present to instruct. The
regular club meeting will be held in
the afternoon.
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Yes. sir folks! L. r. Sloppy of
Richland was fined $85 last week for
hootlegging. Of course it was easy
to catch hint takes neat man
tn get away with that kind Of work.
& & & &
Ashes to ashes
Pill upon pill
If new cars don't break us
The price of gas will.
& & & &
IT MAY BE just
COINCIDENCE. BUT
DID IT EVER strike
YOU AS PECULIAR that
AN EDITORS Name
SHOULD BE REED?
& & & &
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Bert Lloyd
swears that he
killed thirteen
geese out in
Horse Heaven
zone day with
Jone shot!
Now you tell
one.
.
Evening star., 1926-06-11


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Mutt de Chine
Perfume, S1.95

Dorothy Gray's comblna-
tion-Regular size powder,
tissue cream, cleansing cream
and skin tonic-$4.%5.
Kolynas Tooth Paste,
tube, 1870.
Forbidden Fruit Perfume
Small size, $1.95.
Maharaiah Perfume - Bot
tie, $1.95.
Maria Farina Cologne -
81. 20. j..
Elizabeth Arden's BabahI
Perfumes-Sousouki, Saigon,
Afghan, Yasaraak and Chy'
pre-; bottle, $1.75.
-Ayres-Toiletries,
street floor.
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Box of IL. Either cellu-
cotton, or all-cotton filed.
GAINSBOROUGH HAIR
NETS-Dozen, single, csc;
double, $50.
SANITARY APRONS - OF
rubberized silk, 69c.
DARNING SILK-In hosi-
cry shades; spool, SC.
RIBBON ELASTIC-Garter
lengths, 3 lengths, ST..
BRIGHT RUBBER APRONS
For household use, 75c.
SCISSORS-And shears, as
sorted sizes, 75c.
representations,
street floor.
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New Glass Console Set

Choice of either candy jar or fruit .bowl-botl
fashioned in attractively quaint shapes and hand
decorated in gay Moravan peasant designs.
--Ayres-Glassware, sixth floor.
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
CURRICULUM OF
SCHOOLS WRONG.
DECLARES ROSE

PRESCOTT - The public school
curriculum is "full of material,
once good, but now worthless"
but the condition is difficult to
remedy because amy change con-
templated in the schools is looked
upon askance by society,"" c. E.
Rose, superintendent of the Tue
son public schools, said here Mon
day before a sectional meeting Of
the Arizona State Education asso-
citation. superintendent Rose is
president Of the association.
"The school is not to blame for
this situation" Mr.. Rose explained.
"Our society is most jealous of
this, it's institution. 1t is charac-
teristic of society to preserve its
institutions. Hence, any change
contemplated in the schools is
looked upon askance by society.
Were it not for this attitude, we
might make great headway and do
it very profitably by throwing our
present curriculum into the waste
baskets and setting up one in it's
place based solely upon the seven
cardinal principles of public edu-
cation"
In effect, the speaker argued for
the practical application of book
lore as opposed to the parrot-like
learning of lessons.
Nearly all the subjects of the
school curriculum are merely
means, and not ends in themselves,
Superintendent Rose continued,
asking, "Are we not considering
them too much as ends? - . q
are we not giving parents too
much the idea that proficiency III
the subjects we teach is the real
objective of the school?
Ours is an ever-changing and
rapidly advancing civilization. The
high-stepping thorobreds and fine
carriage of a generation ago have
given away to the high-powered
automobile Of today"
Urging that teachers keep in
mind "our great detectives" the
speaker said that the ideal teach
ing method would be to teach
only those things which definitely
contribute to the attainment of
those detectives" taking as an ex-
ample the teaching of health
knowledge and habits in the place
Of hygiene and physiology. "Then," "
he added, you could pick out and
emphasize all those facts to be
discovered in text books and in
community life and practice which
would give just the knowledge
needed"
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
part One)


Once upon a time, in a far
away land (Hoboken, or some such
place, if it makes any difference),
there lived a gentleman of decid-
ed matrimonial tendencies. At the
time of this writing, the authori-
ties had not jerked him up on a
charge of bigamy, figuring he
would beat the case anyhow, as
he was king. This is the same
as a ward boss in our country, and
means that he had the big drag
down at the city hall and court
house, had to kiss all the babies at
election time, and those that didn't
like him perforce had to fear him.
He was one of these sporty types
whose years have not yet slowed
him up appreciably, he had a beard
like a Jewish patriarch, which,
though he kept it well-mowed,
showed through his epidemis, Civ
ing him the apt sobriquet of
"Bluebeard." Well, it SO came to
pass that one day while delving in
to sandwich shop, he stood trans
fixed by the rare chemical beauty
of the hasher who attended his
needs. Rare indeed was her beau
ty-almost raw, in fact. Listen,
sister, began the monarch
(To Be Contiunued)
The Winslow mail., 1926-11-26
With Other
Editors
SATISFACTORY SHOWING
Tombstone Epitaph)

Arizona has had several hard
storms this fall at which some
damage was done. 1t has been af-
flicted with political speakers who
have told us how bad the times
were and that the country was
going to the deuce; we have been
told much about the low wages
and low prices of products, some
of which is true and much of
which was not The cotton grow
er has been hit quite hard but he
will survive; he does survive. The
farmer is smiling, he is living well.
He is we'll clothed, we'll fed, and
still rides in his horseless car
riage. The laboring men are busy,
few are idle, and in parts of Ari-
zona there is a shortage. The
labOring man of Arizona lives on
g par with it's other citizens and
better than any other place in the
world.
Rental property brings a good
rental price and is in demand all
over the state. Real estate is
changing hands at satisfactory
prices, the stock market is good
and the ranges are not over
crowded. The merchants are en-
joying a good trade and not COM