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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-05-17
NEIGHBORS BRING BACK
CONVENTION PRIZE

Ire district convention of Royal
Neighbors was held in Walla Wal
la Tuesday. Fifteen members of
the Kennewick lodge attended and
carried off first prize for stunt
put on by Mrs. Ed. Barg, Mrs. c.
Higley, Violet Boyer and Pauline
Higley, given during the enter
tainment in the evening. The bus
mess meeting was in the afternoon
and reports were given by the dif-
ferent lodges represented. The
Walla Walla Royal Neighbors
served a banquet to the visiting
lodge members in their hall at six
o'clock.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-05-17
C. E Mace Dies at PascO
Hospital Eight Hours
Afte rFatal Fire
TWO OTHERS ARE
BADLY INJURED
Mixture of Gasoline and
Acid Ignites-Half of
Skin Burned Off

c. E. Mace was fatally burned
Tuesday afternoon while spraying
the brooder house at the Twin
City Poultry farm. Mr.. Mace was
taken Immediately to the Pasco
hospital, but medical assistance
was without avail and he died at
three o'clock Wednesday morning,
eight hours later. Sam Weiggans
and his four-year-old son, Glen,
also were badly burned about the
face and hands.
Mr.. Mace and Mr.. Weiggands
had just finished cleaning the
brooder house. After the cleaning
was over they had planned to
thoroughly spray the building
with a preparation of kerosene
and carbolic acid to kill the lice
and mites. BY an error gasoline
was put into the spray material
instead of kerosene, but neither
of the men thot the change Of any
consequence. While he had planned
to use kerosene, Mr.. Weiggans
said he thot the change would not
make any difference as in the
past he had used both and believed
one to be as good as the other.
The brooders that were in the
room had been turned out that
morning, so they both believed,
when the cleaning was started.
The spray was mixed in bucket;
Mr.. Mace was operating a hand
pressure pump while Sam held
the nozzle. When the bucket was
more than half empty and the air
thoroly charged with evaporating
gas an explosion occurred. Glen
had just entered the room and
closed the door. The explosion
threw the small boy on his faee
and set fire to his clothes. Sam
grabbed his son in his arms and
carried him thru the roaring
flames that filed the building, to
the outside and removed his
clothes. What was left Of the
gray material in the bucket, had,
apparently, been flung over Mr..
Mace, saturating his clothing. He
ran from the building and was des-
perately trying to undress. AS
soon as Sam had cared for Glen
he ran after Mace, and jerked off
what was left Of the mans burnt
clothing.
Mr.. Mace was put to bed and
DR.. Spaulding Immediately called.
Practically half of the skin of the
deceased was burned by the fire
and carbolic acid. Nearly all the
flesh was burned from his hands
with deep burns on his face and
all over his body.
Sam Weiggands and Glen, while
not in imminent danger, are in a
very serious condition. Sam was
burned severely about the face
and shoulders and back, while the
boy has deep burns on the face,
neck and hands.
What it was that ignited the
gas is not known. Possibly there
was fire in the brooders, but they
had been carefully tended to that
morning. Some have expressed
the opinion that the friction Of
the spray pump combined with
static electricity might have been
the cause.
Funeral service for Mr.. Mace
were held Thursday afternoon at
the undertaking parlors and his
body buried in Riverview Heights
cemetery. The Woodmen of the
World had CHARGE o,f fba sav-x,;ooo
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-05-17
Continuous Show Sunday

The Liberty Theater will run
a continuous show Sunday from
three o'clock in the afternoon until
eleven. Harold Lloyd in his latest
comedy SPEEDY" is the attrac-
tion. ssThis is the first time new
Harold Lloyd picture was ever
shown in Kennewick at regular
prices" said Les. Fine, manager
of the theater, today. "By continu-
GUS showing it is hoped that con-
gestion will be avoided" Shows
start at three, five, seven, and
nine o'clock in the afternoon and
evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-05-17

The city has now received all
its street markers and highway
signs and tey will be erected as
soon as the street department can
get to it. The work of patching
of the two main thorofares will
also be undertaken in the near fu-
ture. The installation of the curb
ing around the triangle park near
the power lumber Co. will also
be done shortly. The paving inter
sections have been installed and
are now open to traffic.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-05-17
Al CLUB WANTS MONEY

In order to raise money to send
their delegates to Pullman this
year, the 4-H Room Improvement
girls are giving cooked food sale
at Hulet's on May %. The money
is badly needed and the trip to
Pullman is deemed very much
worth while so patronage Of the
sale will be much appreciated.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-05-17
Rody is Found Two Miles
Below Town by Ditch
Patrolman
WAS ONE OF TOWNS
OLDEST PIONEERS
dependency Follows Ill
ness of Twenty Years
Leaves Note

Mrs. A. w. lOiS, ->~~~'
:. Kennewick for the past twenty
.wo wears. was found dead in the
rennewick irrigation canal early
Monday morning of this week.
Death, according to physiriansb
v.s the result of heart failure
rather than of drowning as no
water had entered the lungs.
Mrs. Tomkins had been afflict-
d with spinal trouble for over
twenty years which had made her
. partial invalid. and she had
been gradually growing worse.
She had suffered from a severe
attack about four weeks ago
which had left her very weak. She
became despondent when she
learned that her son, Neil, who had
been summoned by her daughter,
Mrs. DuSair, from California dur
ing her last illness, would have to
return to his home in Los An
geles shortly.
Sunday evening Mrs. Tomkins
requested that the hall lights be
left on. Early next morning Mrs.
DuSair, who has constantly look
Cd after her mother during the
past several years, arose, as usual
to see if she needed anything and
found her gone. The police de-
partment, neighbors and friends
we're Immediately notified and a
city-wide search started.
Mrs. Tomkins resided on Aven-
ue "a" three blocks east of the
for pencil and writing paper.
main canal. Footprints were found
leading from the end of the eve
nue. toward the ditch. The man
ager Of the irrigation ditch was
notified and the ditch given a
thoro searching. The body, clad
only in thin night dress, was
found about two miles below town
by N. L. Broughman, one of the
ditch patrolmen and his son Bill
ly, at 5:30 a. m.
n
One on two days before her
death Mrs. Tomkins had asked
A few hours after the body was
recovered, note was found lying
her family forgive her for what
On one of the tables asking that
sfe was going to do but that she
could not stand the thot of dy-
mg by inches.
May E. Lockridge was born at
Albany, Wisconsin, May 18, 1867,
and lived there until coming to
Kennewick with her family. Af-
ter finishing school, she taught
LOT several years. She married
A. W. Tomkins and they had two
children, Ethel, now Mrs. Dusair,
and Neil. She also leaves a little
granddaughter, Florence May Du-
Sair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tomkins purchas-
ed land in the Garden tracts and
plated and improved the Tomkin's
sadihon. Since her husbands
eath, seventeen years ago, she
ead managed her property. Altho
sne was not able to get around
much, Mrs. Tomkins enjoyed life
ana had many friends and until
.ae last three years she took part
IN the social life of the town. She
was one of the early workers in
sae Cemetary Association. She
aad been a Christian since child
hoed..
FUNERAL services were held yes
.eroay at the Mueller Underta-
s,ng !, parlors conducted by Rev. F.
y. Morton, and she was laid to
,est IN the family plot beside her
husband and her mother. Members
u the masonic lodge and old
trends ! acted at pail bearers: E.
~ = Smith, G. n. Shanafelt, r. e.
NEED, r. L. Banta, j. B. Slaugen-
naupt, and Frank Green.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-05-17

C. d. Fratt drove to Walla Wal
la Friday on business for the Gen.
trail Grocery. Mrs. Fratt, Mrs. III.
C. Schmidt, Mrs. E. C. Smith and
Mrs. n. G. Fyfe went over with
him and spent the day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-05-17

Inc women of Mooseheart Le-
sion !. Chapter 59S invited the bro
T 1Ser Moose and Pasco Chapters in
tu,uesday night and celebrated
snelr End. birthday. An excellent
program was given by the kiddies
aaa an appropriate birthday cake
n nas ushered in by six little fairies
ahclng completed the evening.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-05-17

Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Meals went
to Walla Walla Friday to see the
exercises of st. Mary's
hospital, where their daughter Ber-
nice finished her course of train
ing. Frank Lyons and family and
Mrs. and Mrs. R. E. Reed were al
so present at the exercises.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-05-17

Mrs. Nellie Carpenter and son
John came over from Walla Walla
yesterday for the funeral Of their
cousin, Mrs. A. w. Tomkins. Mrs.
Carpenter viii remain over Sun
day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-05-17

c. o. Britton and family left
Tuesday on a two months visit
with relatives and friends in Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Mexico and Cali
fornia.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-05-17

Mrs. Amelia Olbrich visited with
friends in Walla Walla a few days
this week.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-26
Your Health How To Keep It. Causes of Illness
BY DR. MORRIS FISH BEN Editor Journal Of the American Medical Association and of Fly
 geia, the Health Magazine

BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal Of the American
 Medical Association and of Fly
 geia, the Health Magazine
 A person may be short of breath as result of many different con- ditions.
 In some cases Of eXophthalmic goiter the chemical changes that so on in the body take place so rap idly and are so much ovcrstimulatcd that they are from 50 to 100 per cent above normal.
 Such people arc not likely to be short Of breath when resting, but the extra demand placed upon the lung is likely to make them short of breath when they do any work. They have 10 liberatc an excessive amount Of energy 10 get anything done and as a result are forced to breathe rapidly to get sufficient lung ventilation.
 Chemical Changes In some cases of kidney disease chemical changes take place in the blood because the kidney is unable to get rid of acid substances as it docs in health. Therefore. the me- | chanism that controls breathing is stimulated and the person may show definite signs Of shortness of breath.
 The increased breathing IS an at tempt 10 restore the normal reaction of the blood by getting rid Of carbon dioxid. In the same way, any suD- stances that may give rise to excess siye amounts of acid in the body may bring about shortness of breath, this being particularly the case in diabetes when. abnormal acids are formed by inability to use lp fats and sugars in the body.
 Such people breathe at first slow ly and easily, but increase their pull monary ventilation so much that ac- tually they are short of breath and suffer with air hunger.
 Shallow Breathing
 In some nervous diseases the breathing is shallow and the insuf- licient ventilation Of the lung results in shortncss Of breath.
 Heart disease particularly car cause shortncsS Of breath because the heart is unable to force suffi- cient amounts of blood into the lis. sues to take care Of their require. mcnts, The lungs are unable tC eliminate q sufflccnt amount of car bon dioxld. The blood vessels Of the lung become congostcd and inter fcro with the acraiion of the lungs
 As may be suggested by these facts. shortneSs Of breath on an! oNertion is likely to be serlon sympt om and should be given care fll attention.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-26
Madgc Tells Eleanor She Is A"ar'
 of Her Identity

must not let Eleanor Lincoln rive her confidence to me until she had time to give a second and Calmer thought to her resolve to tell me inc secret which was so troubling Acf. This was the realization which cam to me as l heard her voice trtlnu- lously saying that she could trust me. and that she must tell some body, But l conquered distinct temptation to take her instantly al her word a I loos. her tWiS'lNS hands from mine and said gently but firmly.
 Indeed you shall tcli m" any thing you wish but not iHst now, You are too much excited lj" HtliI and think things over Int while ! TO to your Aunt Auua's room and see how she IS.
 She looked mp at mo w''l' u"'i- nous mouth and determined eyes, T shall not change my mind" sne eaid. but do go 10 See my poor Anna. She isn't my amt. 'hoHEjL I might as well begin hy telling Noo that. She's--
 But was already at the door aul she did not finish the sentence ! hurried along tho corridor To tho sick-room of the woman who Was supposed 10 le Eleanor Lincoln Aunt Anna' The door was Wld" open in order to admit all the air possible, and as neared II I heard . low nutte>lng. l stood mo''oniFs5 at the door for several secouds he fore I could distinguish the sounds into the syllah hles of 3 name contlnu- ally repeated. Lena, Lena, Lena.
 The nurse turned and. seeing me came toward me swiftly and silently, fhe husband Of the sick woman seated at the bedside, did not look up but kert shaking his head in a sort of mournful negative accom- paniment to the call from the sick woman.
 DO you know these people,? ?? in" surss asked. Have you any idea who Lena is?"
 Y only know them as neighhors dncs they came here In the Spring VI ! replied in equally low tones. But l will ask Miss Lincoln about it.
 The old man sprang suddenly to
New Britain herald., 1928-03-26
By MARIAN HALE (\EA Service Writer

New York, March @4, -- Right along with the springtime comes this story of the tall, handsome doorlnan who won the love of the beautiful young hcircss for whom he had opened the door,
 Their good fairies predict they will live happily ever after they arr" married down in Biloxi, Mississippi, next August.
 The tall, handsome doorman is Arch Slim Bonge, who also is a aviator and fapjach cook-and an artist. The beautiful young hciress is Eunice 'Dusty'' Lyle Swetman, daughter of a south ern banker. She left her luxurious home to become an actress, and found love as well as stage success.
 The plot of this modern fairy story began 15 years ago on a Ne braska ranch when a deep voice called out to a gansling boy of r.:
 "Slim. what on earth are you do- ing? Why don't you bring ip the horses?"
 "I hid the mud Indian head l was sculpting because l knew my father would be impatient, Slim told. But then and there I Criited my teeth and resolved 10 study art and some day prove to dad that It was more important than ranch ing"
 Slim bided his time. Four more years Of sun-ups. riding the fences rounding up and branding put for all time the quiet of the open spaces in his manner. the light Of outdoors in his eyes and smile, and q burning desire to paint in his heart. Then the World War thundered over the country. Slim enlisted His six feet supported his claim 10 2l years when he was only 6. From infantry to artillery 10 air service was his ~arpath. He never got farther than Kelly Field, Texas. Btu he learned enough to serve lat"' as relief pilot for the |. $. air mai from Chicago 10 Rock Springs, Nyo But Slim wanted above all tt paint. As a "painting bum' th' words are Slim's) he hopped freight> | tle length and breadth of America He cooked in lumber camps, shared campfire pot-luck with hoboes, die any work that was handy. including a memorable stretch of Tapping pancakes in a restaurant window.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-26
BEAUTY How and Why
GENTLEMEN PREFER THESE SHAMpOOS
 By Ann AlysiS.

While this article is intended for :he type of girl that gentlemen pre- fer. it will do her darker sister no harm to read it carefully. for by re- versing the advice, she will get a line on what brunettes should not do.
 Blonde and brunette alike should wash and dry the hair thoroughly at least twice week and the aim of the fair girl should be to keep her hair as light as possible, for there lies it's chief beauty, while the bru- nette, by following her methods. will dull and fade her darker tresses.
 Both blonde and brunette should use a shampoo either a liquid or soap form that is bland-that is, it should not contain too much alkali. By alkal is meant lye or some simi- lar chemical. Not being chemist you may not be able to determine the amount of alkali present in the shampoo, or whether it is combined in right proportion with the other ingredients, but if the proportion Is
 
 not chemically correct you will know jt by the smarting and burning of the tender skin after its use. A thorough rinsing will remove this, however. As the effect of an alkali is to bleach. the blonde head will not suffer the ill effects of the bru- nette.
 Now the blonde may, if she chooses, use ammonia water, salts of tatar, or carbonate of soda in the rinsing water. Porax or perox- ide of hydrogen are other chemicals which, used with discretion, will | keep the hair light. But the last step must be to remove every trace of these active drugs by thoroughly rinsing.
 i In reverse ratio. the brunette must avoid these chemicals as be. | ing destructive to the beautiful col. bring of her crown of glory.
 Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc )
New Britain herald., 1928-03-26
LOVES EMBERS Adele Garrison's Absorbing Sequel To
 Revelations of a Wife,
Beginning a New Serial

his feet and started toward US.
 You ask my-nicc" nod Iings," he said, liercely. "Shc not know. My >Ife she shus, talk foolish ness. Dcre is no Lcna.'
 The nurse wheeled and sent WithorinS look oyer him.
 If you speak above whisper in this room again. she sad m icy tones that vt could not have been bearj by tho sick woman. T shall tell lh, doctor that you cannot stay herr"
 He plared ar her for an i4etan' then without $ worI wont back to his place by his wr~'s bedside. The nurse walked with me into the halt, closing the door after her.
 "Ir Miss Lincoln knows who Iona IS. ind out if it IS possible 10 got her hcr"." she said T rhough' at first the woman meant her niece, but the unrlo tells me her name Is Eleanor"
 "1u ass.l her about it," I said, "but l'd like to wait 3 little while. Shes moi m very good shape"
 "rher.s no particular hurry," the uurey replied. "It would do no good 70 bring l.ona' or anyone else while she Is in this d"ljruu. Bur ir when she comes back to consciousness, she Stjr longs for Lena II will he highly ,leejr7hle to grant Ior wish.' "1U asl; her about It turing th" next hour and lot you know" ] promised. and Iet' her. For almost hair an hour I talked with Mrs, 7lcer downstairs. and then went hack ' to Eleanor Lincoln. to find her wait ' ing for me with flushed face and eyes which betrayed the terror which was consuming her. T thought you weren't coming , back" she said, and I mustn't wait i any longer 10 tell you, You must listen To begin with my name is not Eleanor Lincoln. I've been de ceiving you all, I really am the
 She stopped hestantly fearfullr, and searched my face. I laid my i hand upon her reassurjnEly.
 "Perhaps i' would help I said quietly, If told you that l already know you are the Princess Olina of l Transvania.'
 Copyright. 1928, Newspaper
 Feature Service. Inc.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-26
SUN VITAL
 TO TEETH
Tooth Brush Helps, But Is
 Not Everything.
(Ry T.. s. Public Health Ser,iee)

(Ry U. s. Public Health Ser,ice)
 Washington, Mar. 26 R-The toothbrush will help but will not, by itself. insure good teeth.
 Brush your teeth daily" re- mains a slogan, but investigations by Public Health Service and other research workers have disclosed that sunlight, diet and attention 10 the general rules of hygiene are equally important.
 One of the most striking facts recently brought out has been the relationship of sunlight to the soundness of the teeth and gums. Much evidence along this line was obtained in the British Isles, where large groups known to be generally subject 10 bad teeth were shown to have lived or worked under conditions which deprived them of normal exposure 10 the suns rays. Others living under less restricted conditions in this respect were not so affected. It may he said that fresh vege- ldi'ItS phllh lpbs t'ttIl. ' VI growing children especially, well balanced diet Of fruit, vegetables | and milk is essential to their de- | Nelopment.
 l For many years no one thought 1 If visiting q dentist until the 1 foot haChe began. Within recent years, however. much attention has been paid to the care of the
 mouth in relation 10 the protec- ton of general health and it is be- coming more and more generally recognized that every person should have 3 careful examination made at least once a year by a competent dentist.
 ! Physicians and dentists. col l lahorating in studies of oral hy- 1 siene. have found that small
 pockets of pus may form at the roots of decayed or defective teeth and that their presence may lea q to several serious diseases. In such cases. removal of the affected teeth may clear up annoying symp- toms with great rapidity.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-26

there, but l doubt if have any such looking relatives as you have told me about. Do you know what l thlnk?'
 "What?" demanded Peter.
 T think,' replied Bobby. that Scrapper the Kingbird has just been stuffing you
 Copyright, 1928, by T. ". Burgess)
 The next story: Curiosity Masters Bobby Coon"
New Britain herald., 1928-03-26

That year taught me I could get from Now Ior, 10 Frisco on $4,' he said. "It also taught me 1 couldn't paint without technique. So I doubled back on my tracks and matriculated at the Chicago Insti- tutc of Fine Arts"
 The art institute was expensive. So Slim, with his six feet seven and half inches of hardy lcanness, got himself his first theater doorman's job. He hadn't been there a month when, just as he was dreaming of his ideal model for a contest paint ing Of spring" along came Eunice, with her golden fairness. her soft voice, her fine taste in real people.
 'I wanted her for my model of Spring inc minute l saw her, Slim said. But by the time I had open cd tho door for her l wanted her for my wife,
 She was playing In "Topsy and Eva at the time. Friends of Slim knew her. They Introduced the two NoIllS tIllItH. Iput SI' VI do II H. slim Worshippod in silence. She went 10 the coast in "Thc Shanghai Gesturo.' and played in Chau 1aunuas and stock
 Slim worked all the harder at his art. He came on to Philadelphia, then to Now York.
 Once again theatcr doorman. .h, Il lLunce a second time. Surely fate had a hand in this! Both of them think so, at least.
 Slim took Eunicc to tea in his llt- tle garrct studio in the Village. He poured out his love, the inspiration she had been and would always he 1 to him. He rcsigncdly confessed the barrier her wealth was.
 "But what would money he if it kept slln1 so distant?" qucried will ! lowy young Eunicc' Lyle, as "le is l known on tho stage. He was afraid my people would never consent. So ! took him home with me to Biloxi. l Rather 1 took his canvasses and
 clothes and he hoped rides down. i They all loved him, and We are to ! be married in August"
 Two of Sims paintings were hung ! in the Independent Artists cyhibi-
 ton here recently. One of tltem he i sold for S1000. If he sells few
 more, they'll see Paris on thelr ] honeymoon.