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New Britain herald., 1929-07-20
'HEX SLAYER SURE
 DEATH THREATENED IF WITCH SURVIVED
Victim Could "GiYe You Any Dissase' /, "Kindly Fisherman"
 Killer Tells Authorities
MAN BELIEVES HE DID
 FRIGHT THING" IN MURDER

to Death, Says She Had Already
 Cast Spell" on His 17 Year Old
 Daughtcr-Told Him She Killed 100 People a Year, Including Her
 Husband.
 Kalamazoo, Mich, July 20 P)- Eugene Burgess. 53-year old taxi cab driver who until Thursday night never was known to do anything more vicious than bait fish hook, sat in the Kalamazoo county jail carly today and told officers why he beat Mrs. Etta L. Fairchilds. To- year-old inmate of an old ladies home, to death.
 "I have done the right thing" he said. That woman could make yol have any kind of disease
 Glad Woman Dead
 Burgess wife sat beside him and corroborated his statements. The woman is dead and I'm glad of it. she said as she was led to a cell.
 According 10 their story. told to the county prosecutor. Burgess and his wife believed Mrs. Fairchilds was a witch and could kill people merely by the power of her will. They said she bragged she had kill ed 100 people q year for the past 25 years, including her husband in her list of victims. So, they said. thev invited the aged woman to supper Thursday evening and killed her while she ate.
 Burgess said he beat Mrs. Fair childs' head with lead pipe an l hammer tied cement blocks to the body and dropped it into well at the rear of their home.
 Says He Has "Pains'
 Asked about spells which he said Mrs. Fairchilds cast upon her in tended victims, the confessed sIay- CT said, "I staggcr lots of times can't see at times, have aches and pains in my head and arms and trouble breathing. If you men fel' like me, you wouldn't be sorry. It was either Mrs Fairchilds' life or ours"
 He said Mrs. I'airchilds had be Witched" his 17 year old daughter Eugenic and intended to cause the Tirl's death by witchcraft.
 Burgess daughter, who was way from home when Mrs. Fair "hilds was slain. and his son. Bur. nett Burgess 27, were held. but were to be released today. The
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New Britain herald., 1929-07-20
Great Britain Joins France and United States in Reminding Nations of Kellogg Peace Pact Provisions Both Realize Duty.
Overt Acts on Either Side May Be Regarded as Ex- cuse for War, However, Diplomats Assert-Both Sides Disavow Intention of Starting Battle.
By the Associated Press


 The great powers today were working actively to avert war in Manchuria btween China and Russia, The kelog pact being one of tho chief mediums through which this was in progress.
 Great Britain joined France and the United States in seeking to bring about relaxation of the tension by friendly advice"
 Both China and Russia announced they were fully conscious of their obligations under the Kellogg pact and intended to observe them but that an invasion would mean mili- ,ary resistance and war.
 Both Disavow Invasions
 China and Russia disvowed any in- tention Of invading the other. but it was clearly recognized that border incidents constituted the chief dan ger to peace.
 French consular authorities at
 Shanghai said that Harbin reports told of Russian troops crossing the Manchurian border at the eastern end of the Chinese eastern railway.
 Previous dispatches that this was the case met with denial in Moscow and there was no authentic informa- ton that either China or Russia had invaded each others territory.
 Russian dispatches told of a rush of workers to join the Red army to defend the union against China"
 Ranking reports in London indi- catcd that the Chinese minister in Finland would go to Moscow 10 dts cuss the situation with the Soviet government
 Americans Confident
 American officials at Washington expected the Kellogg pact to exert a profound influence toward peace- iul settlement of the controversy
 Cinese kuo Min news agency dis. patches were made public in New York denied that the seizure Of the tinese Eastern Railway meant that similar action would be taken against other foreign interests in China.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-20
NORTH & JUDD ISSUES
 CALL FOR MEETING
ri,ings of S335,OO0 Arc Shown in Annual State
 ment to Stockholders

Notices for the annual meeting of ne stockholders of North X Judd lanufacturing company. which is to DC held at the general office of the corporation Tuesday afternoon. July 30, were placed in the mails today At the meeting directors will b. elected and other business proper to uch an event transacted. :. slight change in wording rather than lu- tent in Section three of the by-laVs has been recommended, involving tho makeup of quorunl,< Stock transfer books will be closed froEl July 25 to July 31.
 The statement of the condition of the concetn makes it apparent that $S3,SS9.S7 has been added to the SUI plus after rhe payment of S25o, coo dividends and setting up re- serve for taxes and depreciation. Tho dividend rate has been 10 per cent and the earnings for 1929 with 'aNcs and depreciation off was r""GJ. 010.00
 The complete statement is as fol- 'ows:
 inrplus July l. 1928 .......s 719.S9o,3e Legs adjustments ...... 1G1O.13
 71S,2So, 23 things year ending June
 %. 1929. after deducting
 reserves for taxes and de-
 rreciation ............... 335 1000. co
 1.O5S. 2Ss e3 Less dividends paid ...... 25O. 900. %
  surplus July l. 1929 .......s S0S, eS9. g
 Assets
 Cash ..,.,.............,... 21S,95o.S9 Accounts and bills receivable 300 90S5 32 Certhcatcs of deposit ...... o50.000. .on '. S. government securities 2o9 .69 investment in other securities 9G06. .o5 Inventory 0eFs reScrves) .. G74144T7 "l"ut and cdu upmeut fcss
 rHSerNes) .........,...... 1859 96GS.1
 $3,45o.71o.7l
 Liabilities
 'ccouuts payable .,.......t 3o,s5i.s1 Accrued ta%cs ............ G4.0i7. 20 I;asarycs for federal taxes
 and contingencies ....... 5",5t9. II 'apital stock ............. e,5oo. % 'p~rlus ................... sos. 2S9. 9
 SG i5O.710.71 Officers of the corporation are: . ttlGcIl. r. 1' lloiiii'o, NlNt pitS dent and secretary, F. M, Wight nan; treasurer and assistant sccre 'ary, Samuel McCutcheon; assistant treasurer r. l. Ward, and directcr' arc A. |. Slopcr. C. C. Clark. T. N WightmTn, F. M. Holmes r. E chamberlain. Samuel McCutch-or Noah C. rogcrs, C. r. Bennett ana H. L. Judd.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-20
Britain Warns Nations

London. July 20 tR-rhe British foreign office announced today it had informed the United States and France that Great Britain associated itself with the efforts these govern- ments arc making to bring about re- taxation In the Chinese Russian ten- sion.
 There was no disposition in au- thoritative clrcles in London to re. gard the situation from an unduly pessimistlc viewpoint. It was pointed out in such quarters that there are still methods of communication be- tween the Russian and Chinese gov- crnments, although it is not entirely clear what communications if any arc actually passing between them.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-20
FIVE OFFICERS ARE
 GIVEN REPRIMANDS Massachusetts National Guardsmer Disciplined
 for False Story

Camp DeVcns, Mass. July 20 L1N-- Five officers of the 26th Division, Massachusetts national guard. in cluding Col. Sydney Clffe, chief Of staff. have been reprimanded by Major General Alfred F. I'ootc, con- mandcr, acting under direct orders from Governor Frank G. Allen as an outcome of the investigation ordered hy the latter into the origin of faked newspaper stories about liquor raids by military authorities in the towns of Aver and Shirley.
 Apology to Nclcctmen
 In addition. the general has sub mittCd expressions of sincere re Cret" to the SelCctmcn of the two towns. The apologies. as well as the rcprimands, were directed by the governor. who rejected the generals had been given out by Captain Law renee R. Goldberg. Boston news paper reporter and press liaison of tiCcr.
 
 cized by Adjutant General Jesse r. Stevens, who conducted the invcsti- gation ordered by the governor. Gen. eral Stevens found that contrary to information contained in General Foote's original explanation, Gold berg was officially Fin camp" and directly responsible for the raid story,
 Two Others Disciplined
 The officers disciplined by General l'ootc, in addition to Clffc and Gold berg were Lieut.. Co.'s. Everett C. Prout and William J. Blake and Ma ior Roland H. Choate. Officials of Aver and Shirley carried their pro- test to Gov. Allen after responsible officers at the camp were alleged to have minimized the effect of the fake stories on the standing of the two communities.
 News of the alleged raids came on the heels Of a statement by General Foote that he intended to keep the camp surroundings clean" and were taken as indication that the guard officers were acting quickly to dry up nearby speakeasies. Not until the communities protested did news papermen learn that no raids had been made and the purported details fabricated.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-20
THE WEATHER

New Britain and vicinity: Fair and continued cold to- night; Sunday fair and slight lv warmer in the afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-20
Report Border Crossed

Shanghai, July 20 P-French consular authorities here today stated they had received an official report from the French consul at Harbin. Manchuria. that Russian troops had crossed the anchurian border at the eastern end of the Chinese eastern railway.
 Previous reports that the Rus sians had occupied Manchuli, at
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
GARDNER AIDS IN
PICKING TAX MEN
Relief Not Expected Before 1884;
Competent Men Hard to Find
Says Governor

A. r. Gardner, former editor of
this paper, has been influential in
helping Governor Roland Fl. Hart
ley choose his tax investigation
committee, which the governor
announced Saturday to be about
complete.
Governor Hartley has consulted
Gardner, who is head Of the de-
partment of efficiency, because of
his knowledge Of the big men of
the state.
Although the committee of nine
is practically chosen, relief to the
tax payer is not expected before
1884. The executive declared that
it had been difficult task to Sc
cure committeeman who had a
competent knowledge of taxation
and yet no ak to grind.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
GUEST HOLDS
UP HIS HOST;
COPS GET HIM
Regis Gives Tramp Supper,
Takes Him to Show, Then
is Ordered to "Stick EN-
Up;;" Culprit Now in Jail

Frank Regis was held up and
robbed last Friday night by a
man whom he had fed and enter
tanned. Lyle Perry is now in Jail
as a punishment for failing to
show his gratitude.
Perry wandered into town via
the Pasco bridge and asked for a
meal. Regis gave him his supper,
then took him to the theatre. As
they were on their way home past
the o. w. r. & N. tool house,
Perry pulled a gun, ordered Regis
to "put 'em up" and rifled his
hosts pockets, getting a gold
watch, 1854 and 16 hickeys.
Perry then went to the pool room
to cash the hickeys, and was
caught as he came out by Harry
Brown, who had been notified inn
mediately by Regis. Perry, who
gave his age as 20 and claimed to
be from Montana, was taken to
the Jail in Pasco.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
WATERMELONS HERE
Broddus Starts Shipping This
Week. Expects 80 Cars

Once there was a green house,
and inside of that white house,
and inside of that red house, and
in that red house lived whole lot
of little nigger babies. What is it?
Watermelon time recalls this
old conundrum. Watermelon time
is here, no fooling. w. S. Broddus,
famous melon grower, shipped out
his first carload Tuesday, through
the Pacific Fruit and Produce Co.
Broddus sent out another car on
Wednesday, and viii have a third
ready Saturday. He plans to get
out from 95 to 100 cars this year,
as compared to So last season. His
canteloupe crop viii be ready for
shipment next week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
LOUIS RICH MARRIEs
Son of Real Estate Man WEEDS
Girl in Iowa

Word was received here the first
Of the week by o. w. Rich Of the
marriage of his son, Louis, to Miss
Frances Wegner at Reinbeck, la.
Both the young people were
Frances Wagner at eRinbeck, Ia.
students at the University of Iowa,
where Rich received his degree in
journalism this spring. The mar
riage, secret ceremony, attend
ed only by the brides sister, was
the elimination of a college ro-
nance. The couple will make their
home at Washington, Iowa, where
Rich will be managing editor Of
the Washington Democrat-Inde-
pendent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
STATE RATES
VERY HIGH IN
FARM OUTPUT
Washington Leads List When
it Comes to Lumber, APP
pies, Raspberries; Has a
Champion Dairy Cow

Washington first a.
The state of Washington pro-
duced more lumber, aples and
raspberries than any other state
in the Union; it holds the worlds
record in non-irrigated wheat and
oat production on a single acre;
it is the home of the worlds cham
pion dairy COW; it holds the ma
tional record in average produce
ton per hen; it holds the second
place in pear production and in
average milk production per COW.
These interesting facts about
our states were disclosed by the
Prof. George Severance, head If
the department Of farm manage
ment at the State College, in re-
cent address before the hous of
representative appropriations sub
committe in Walla Walla.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
KELSO PASSES
AWAY; CANCER
CAUSES DEATH
Great-grandfather Succumbs
After 87th Birthday Cele-
bration; Funeral Services
Held on Wednesday

E. E. Kelso, 81, passed away at
his home in Kennewick Monday.
His death was caused by cancer.
Services were held Wednesday aft
ernoon at the Mueller chapel. The
Rev. w. j. Scott of Richland read
the services.
Kelso was born in Columbus, O.,
spent large part of his life in
Missouri, and moved to Washing
ton in 1902. He has lived in Ken
newick the past five years. He IL
survived by his wife, seven child
rem, IL grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. His children
are Mrs. George Crutchfield Of
Kennewick, Mrs. R. C. Watson of
Kahlotus, Mrs. A. T. Watson of
Lind, Mrs. r. H. Hartwig of Walla
Walla, Carl Kelso of Walla Walla,
Ray Kelso of Waitsburg and F. M.
kelSO OF R1chland.
Five years ago Mr.. and Mrs. E.
E. Kelso celebrated their golden
wedding. On July Ia of this year,
the family held reunion to honor
Kelso on his eighty-seventh birth
day. He was not in good health
at that time, but was able to be
with the group of descendants that
gathered around him.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
County Calls Hearings

There will be a public hearing
on the farm-to-market road plan
as proposed by the county commits
sioners September 4, at 2 p. m. be-
fore the board of commissioners.
Taxpayers interested should be
present to discuss. protest, make
suggestions.
On August 80, at 1880, there
will he a hearing by the county
commissioners on the franchise
sought by the Northwestern Ma.
tural Gas company, allowing then
to cross country roads and county
property to lay gas pipes te
Grandview and Prosser from ths
gas wells.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
DILL WRITES
HE WILL AID
LOL0 GROUP
Senator Feels Foundation for
Appropriations AlreadyLaid
by Efforts To Date; Out
look More Promising Now

Senator C. C. Dill of Washing
ton, in letter to the Lewis and
Clark highway association, des-
cribes himself as strongly in favor
OF the movement to secure a di-
rect appropriation from Congress
to complete the Lolo pass route.
Il have been working on it for
two or three years." Dill wrote,
"and regret that we haven't been
able to get more results,
believe the work we have done has
rendered the foundation for the
results that seem more promising
now. You can count on me help
ing in any way possible
In interviews given in Seattle
by members of the subcommittee
on appropriations from the nation
al house of representatives, the
members expressed themselves as
being impressed with tn import.
ance of completing the highway.
This route, leading through the
Lolo pass in the Montana Rockies,
will traverse the Selway National
park and will provide, in the op-
inion of the association, a direct
channel for tourist traffic into
eastern Washington.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
Smith Hughes Course
Proves Notable One;
Local Teacher There

Coming to close at the end OF
last week after two weeks Of in
tensive work, she special short
course for Smith Hughes teachers
of the state which opened Monday,
July %, has proved one of the
most interestings of the course
during the summer session, in the
opinion of students and faculty
alike. F. H. Barbee, Kennewick
agricultural teacher, attended the
session.
Besides pursuing sthe regular
course of study, more than 20
members of the group have worked
out definite plans for conducting
evening schools for farmers in their
home communities, and will open
such classes during the coming
year, according to ]. A. Guitteau,
state director of agricultural ed
ucation.
@Another very worthwhile step" !"
Guitteau declares, sis the estab-
lishment of a Washington State
chapter of the Future Farmers of
America, a national organization
of high school students taking vo-
cational agriculture. The state or
ganization was perfected at the
w. s. C. conference, and Smith
Hughes teachers win organize To-
cal chapters in their teaching
communities this fall.v
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
DRIVERS LIKE
KIND0F ROAD
MADE BY OIL
Gives His Time, Sup
port to Work on Kenne-
wick's Streets; New Method
Has Good Features

Those who have driven over the
new stretch of oiled road at the
northern end of Kennewick avenue
and on East Third avenue have
been higly pleased with the result.
Once the equipment was collected,
the work progressed rapidly. A.
considerable portion of its success
is due to the efforts of County
Commissioner H. S. Hughes, VINO
interested himself in the work and
watched it carefully.
The oiling crew are at work
mixing East Third this week. The
new method, which mixes the oil
thoroughly with the surface to a
depth of several inches, does away
largely with the slipperiness and
caking found under the former
method, in which the oil was SIM
ply spread on and left to soak in.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
SWIM MEET
:, all SET FOR
END OF WEEK
u.ter Carnival, Called Off
Iast Saturday, Has Added
attractions; Penny Dive is
Fun

Tho water carnival, scheduled
), last Saturday at the pool, was
! ssstuoued and will be held Satur-
~. S August 10 instead. Another
s,sut has been added to the pro-
,ram-penny diving. Pennies will
!. thrown into the tank, and the
,suursters will try to bring them
i from the bottom.
Other events include swimming
noes, plain and fancy diving ex-
hbitions and stunts. A follow-the-
t.der game will be played in the
,ster. All parents of the children
urolled and any others interested
!, invited, according to Miss Har-
1T Hudnall, playfield director.
The carnival was called off last
veek because an intake pipe was
topped up, and the pool could not
h filed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
ELECTRIC STORE
GETS NEW HOME
Present Quarters Will Allow The
Doubling of Stock; More Room
For Display

The Columbia Electric shop has
moved into the building formerly
occupied by the King Pharmacy.
"It is much suitable place than
ut is more suitable place than
manager, said when speaking of
the change. "We will have room to
double our stock and make bet
ter display" A partition has been
erected to separate the store from
the repair department.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
SMUT PRODUCTION
Low, SAYS GAINES
Special Resistant Wheat Varieties
Are Cause; Little of Growth
Found on Spring Wheat

although this has been one of
the most favorable seasons in
years for the production of smut
in Washington, due to weather
conditions, wheat coming to the
terminals will have less smut than
the ten-year average, due to the
fact than an increasing amount of
Ridit and Albit, special smut-re-
sisting wheat varieties developed
at the State College, is being
grown by Washington farmers"
This statement made by DR.. E.
F. Gaines, associate professor Of
farm crops at the State College,
who in company with DR.. III. 81.
Flor, representing the United
States Department of Agriculture,
has just returned from a 700-mile
trip on which they studied the
smut situation in Washington
crops. DR.. III. B. Humphrey, Wash
ington, D. c., rust specialist, ac-
companied them as far as Yakima.
They covered the territory from
Pullman to Gle Elum, returning
via the Sunset highway. Smut col
lections were taken at many points
thruout the trip. Very little was
found on spring wheat, especially
in the irregated valleys, and in
fields of Ridit and Albit, develop
ed by the experiment station at the
State College, it required consider
able search to find even trace
of smut. Fields of Forty-fold and
Hybrid 1913 contained from 25 to
so per cent of smut in extreme
cases, DIR. Gaines declared.
DR.. Flor, whose headquarters
are at the main experiment sta
ton at the State College, is max
ing a study of the various smut
forms that are found in Washing
ton wheats. This year in the ex-
periments at Pullman, according to
DR.. Gaines, two varieties have
shown almost complete resistance
to all smut collections from last
year. They are Ridit, produced at
the State College by bybridization
and Hohenheimer, a variety OBJ
tanned from Germany four years
ago.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
DELEGATES CHOSEN
Three Local Kiwanians Will At
tend Convention at Salem

DR.. L. G. Spaulding, G. H. Shan
afelt and r. E. Reed have been ap-
pointed as delegates to represent
the Kennewick Kiwanis club at the
twelfth annual northwest Kiwanis
convention to be held in Salem,
August 18, 10 and 20.
The program prepared by the
Salem hosts includes visit to the
Oregon penitentiary, and banquets,
a governors ball, an afternoon
bridge party for the wives and an
oratorical contest. More than 1000
Kiwanians and their wives are ex-
pected to attend.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
Will Wage Crusade
Against Slick Spots

Attempts are being made to re-
claim the ''slick spots" found thru
out the Yakima valley. These spots
due to combination of very
fine silt soil and black alkali up
on which no vegetation will grow.
Agricultural gypsum used as a
flocculating agent and dynamite
for subsoiling will be employed to
get rid of. the spots.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
Growers Begin Shipping
Prune Crop on Monday

With the potato crop and other
early summer produce cleaned up
and out of the way, the Three
Rivers Growers will start sending
out prunes next week. With these
as a beginner, their time for the
next month will be occupied with
fruit. The prune crop should be
done in time to make room for the
Jonathan apples.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-08-08
Hyatt Sisters Are Wed

Miss Vida Hyatt was married
to Ernest Burke and Miss Jessie
Hyatt was married to S. M. EricI-
son in Yakima Monday. The cere-
monies were performed several
hours apart to avoid proverbial
bad luck. Mrs. Lee Hyatt, mother
Of the two brides, entertained with
a supper following the weddings
to compliment her daughters and
their husbands. Both couples will
make their homes in Yakima.