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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05
FINLEY GRANGE MEETS
IN THEIR NEW HALL

Finley Grange No. Ala held the
first meeting in the new hall on
Friday, February 9th, with all
officers present.
There were q members present,
&c visitors from Vale Grange and
one from over on the coast.
We are proud of our new hall,
which is nearing completion. 1t is
ceiled, floored, all windows and
doors in, a well in the basement,
seats on each side and a roomy
stage built.
The building committee reported
100000 paid with about 100000
debt. All the labor has been do
mated by both members and nom
members.
The heating plant has not been
installed but with oil stoves and
an electric heater the hall was
made comfortable.
r. C. Morgan was appointed to
arrange for having the floor sand
ed at once before the flooring be-
came damaged.
We find on the roster fifty-two
members in good standing.
Mrs. Helps, our worthy chaplain,
is leaving soon for her new home
in Canada. She expressed regrets
at leaving her friends here and the
Grange which she joined eleven
years ago. She said she would not
resign her office, but it would be-
come vacant upon her departure.
During the lecture hour the
young ladies gave several chorus
numbers with Alta Puderbaugh
accompanying at the piano. Mar
garet Schaffner, in a very charm
ing manner, gave an interesting
account Of her recent visit to CAL
ifornia. @
A party was given Mrs. Helps
following the closing of Grange
and the ladies gave her a handker-
chief shower.
Refreshments of sandwiches, cof-
fee and cherry pie were served by
the refreshment committee.
AS required by the bylaws, the
new Master appointed the follow
ing committees:
Refreshment committee: Mrs.
Nettie Tewalt, chairman, with
power tot choose her helpers.
Ladies' work committee: Mrs. JOS.
Gerards, chairman, with power to
power to chose her helpers.
Membership committee: Chris
Puderbaugh, Mrs. ]. R. Ayers,
Elsie Schaffner, R. C. Morgan,
Mrs. Deakins, Mrs. Gardner.
Legislative committee: Lester
LaRue, E. A. Waters, G. A. Greg
erson.
Taxation committee: A. O'Don-
nell, R. H. Perkins, Edgar Carter.
Marketing committee: JOS. Ger
ards, T. M. Gardner, Lester La
Rue.
Relief committee: Worthy Chap
lain, chairman, Mrs. Chris Puder-
baugh, Mrs. R. C. Morgan.
On February 18th, six of the
ladies met at the home of Mrs.
Schaffner and quilted quilt from
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05

Rev. Father Arthur Joda arriv-
ed from Waterville Friday and
took up his duties as pastor of the
st. Joseph's parish of Kennewick
and st. Mary's parish at White
Bluffs. He is accompanied by his
parents, who will make their home
with him at the parish house.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05
CORRECTION

r. L. Albee, whose wife and
son were injured in the automobile
collision with the Linn car. last
week, calls our attention to some
inaccuracies in the story about it.
His son, Virgil, who was driving
was fifteen years old and had a
drivers license. He considers that
both drivers used good judgment
under the circumstances, and that
his SON did the only thing possible
to avoid a collision.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05

G. III. Shanafelt and Mrs. Shana-
felt were in Yakima Thursday of
this week attending a meeting Of
the Yakima Valley Postmasters'
association. They were accompan-
led by Postmaster and Mrs. w. r.
Cox of Pasco.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05
Mr. and Mrs. William Smith an,

Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith and
little son, Melvin James, returned
to Spokane Sunday. Mrs. Smith
and son had spent several weeks
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. A. Boyer in City View addition.
Mr.. Smith came down Friday eve
ming to join his family for a few
days visit.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05
WHEAT ACREAGE LARGER

Wheat farmers in the Horse
Heaven district are busy with
their spring seeding. They report
an excellent stand of winter wheat.
The acreage is larger than last
year as several abandoned farms
have been put into cultivation and
seeded this year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05

The Entire Nous met Tuesday
at the home of Mrs. F. F. Beste at
a one o'clock bridge luncheon.
Three tables were in play. Honors
went to Mrs. R. E. Reed and Mrs.
C. S. Knowles. Mrs. Paul o. Stone
received the guest prize.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Zarndt, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry otte and SON, Wal
ter and Francis Zarndt visited in
Hanford Sunday with Rev. and
Mrs. L. C. Krug, Mrs. zarndt's
parents and other relatives.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05
Net to Benton County ........s2eo.2S

All seals, letter heads and 9TH
er supplies were furnished by the
State Association and all services
were donated so expense was light.
The mailing system used almost
entirely throughout the county
has brought splendid results.
We thank all who SO literally
supported this Worthwhile work.
MRS. j. R. AYERS.
County Chairman
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05

A group of All club members
went on their first hike of the sea-
son Saturday, February %, with
their leader, Miss Whitney. The
girls sang their club songs as they
walked along. They enjoyed a
camp fire dinner in a sunny spoi
near the gravel pit. After short
business meeting in the sunshine,
they spent the afternoon playing
games and hiked back to town be-
fore dark, tired but happy group,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05

which small sum was realized.
The ladies of the Grange are maxi
ing two quilts that will later be
sold. Money earned in this way
will be used for equipment in the
kitchen and dining room in the
basement.
Alice. B. Ayers, correspondent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05

Mr.. and Mrs. G. Fl. Shanafelt
were Walla Walla visitors on We'd
nesday of this week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05
TOTAL

Many people all over the coun-
ty have asked where this money
goes and often the workers are un-
able to tell exactly how it is dis
tributed.
Our percentage is based on the
population of Benton County,
which is 1882.
We receive 40 percent on seals
or cents per capita and 20 per-
cent of all amounts over 5 seals.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05
SEALS BRING
NEARLY $500

The report to date of the Ben
ton County Seal Sale is as follows:
KenneMick Finley 500 o.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Sea Lions to Hunt U-B0ats
Once British War Plan

He reasoned that the sea lion,
being gifted with an eXtraordi-
nary sense of hearing, might be
trained to detect the noise of the
submarines motors.
The plan was to equip the sea
lions with bladder buoys and set
them off in chase of U-boats.
When the "prey" was reached the
sea lion would swim around it,
betraying the submarines pres
ence and thus offering an easy
mark for depth charges.
Were Sent to School
The animals were given prelim-
mary instructions in a swimming
pool.
Whether the animals ever ac-
tually were used to trail submar-
ines was not revealed. Nor did
the archives disclose just what
was calculated to happen to the
sea lion when a depth charge ex-
ploded.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Er-COnUict Faces
5-YeGr Sentence

CLEVELAND, Jan. % QN,S).
Jackie French, 40, alias Jack
Fairmount, alias Franklin, ex-
convict of the Canon City, Col
orado penitentiary, who was ar
rested in Akron, Ohio, last Mon
day in a narcotic raid, was to be
taken before Judge Samuel H.
West in Federal district court
here today for a hearing on a
parole violation charge.
French faced the possibility OF
having to serve a five-year sus-
pended sentence at Atlanta penk
tentiary.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
D. {. OFFICIAL
HAS OPINION
BANNED
Abrogation of Court Decree
In Electric Fight Urged
BY Corporation Counsel

The Public Utilities Commission
today tossed aside the recon-
mendation of Corporation Counsel
w. w. Bride to abrogate the con-
sent decree under which the elec-
trio rates are fixed annually and
insisted that steps be taken i'm
mediately to modify the decree
under the terms set up by the COM
mission last week.
Under the commissions decision,
Mr.. Bride will prepare a petition
asking that the decree be modi-
fled to fix the rate of return for
the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany at 634 per cent on it's fair
value instead of the present 71a
per cent return and to have larger
amounts in excess earnings ap-
piled to rate reductions.
Statement Issued
Following an executive session
today, the commission issued the
following statement:
cat it's meeting today the COM
mission decided to make no
change in the request cOmmuni-
Gated to its general counsel to
proceed at once to take the
necessary steps to secure mOdi.
ficatiOn of the consent decree in
accordance with it's announce
ment of the thirty-first of De-
cember, 1880, in finding No. 4
of it's order No. 892."
The pronouncement referred to
by the commission in the state
ment was the order fixing 1881
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. p
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
+. U.C. IGNORES BRIDE ON POWER
Faro
Swindle' Is
Charged

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. %
GN.S0 .-Edward R. Litsinger,
member of the Cook county
board of review, returned to Chi,
cago today after filing Of a com
plaint with Springfield police
that he had been "bilked" out of
$4,000 in a faro game at a
prominent hotel. here.
Litsinger, according to the
complaint filed with police,
charged that Mrs. Myrtle Black.
lidge, collector of internal reve-
nue. for the northern district of
Illinois, was a party to the game
and asked that she be questioned.
Says Matter Is Clear
Mrs. Blacklidge, when ques,
toned. told the following story,
according to police:
II am not going to make a
sob story out of this, although
1 could. 1 am the victim Of
confidence men, but there is
nothing wrong so far as / am
personally concerned. Mr.. Lit
singer understood the entire
matter when the $4,000 was
secured. He was to get $4,000
for the use of the money.
81 came to Springfield last
Saturday and early Sunday the
game opened in a downtown
hotel. 1 won S2O7 500, but the
man dealing the game refused
to give it to me because 1 could
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
REP. BANKHEAD,
WIFE RESCUED.
IN BLAZE
Home Catches Fire When
House Next Door Burns;
Exits Cut Off BY Flames

Mrs. William B. Bankhead, wife
Of Representative Bankhead of
Alabama, and Mrs. Isabella Pur-
Wis were forced to flee for their
lives down a ladder from the Sec
ond floor when fire attacked their
home at 1919 Nineteenth st.
N. w., early today.
Following them to safety, clad
only in pajamaS and a dressing
gown, came Representative Bank
head as dense clouds of smoke
blocked all exits.
The Bankheads only recently
took possession of the house,
which is owned by Mrs. A. B.
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
HEARST: ASKED
To AID VETS
Times Staff Photo

Seeking the aid and influence
of the Hearst newspapers in OBJ
tanning immediate cash in pay
ment of the adjusted service GER
tificates of World War veterans,
Representative William P. Con-
merry, jr. CD of Massachusetts,,
today telegraphed William Ran
dolph Hearst. Mr.. Connery is a
World. War veteran with record
for meritorious service and is
author of one of the bills now
pending before House Ways and
Means Committee to bring this
about.
Wires Bonus Plea
Representative Connery's tele-
gram to Mr.. Hearst:
"THE EX-SERVICE MEN OF
THE UNITED STATES ARE
FIGHTING VALIANTLY TO
OBTAIN CONSIDERATION BY
CONGRESS IN THIS SESSION
OF LEGISLATION FOR THE
IMMEDIATE CASH PAY
MENT OF THEIR ADJUSTED
VICE CERTIFICATES.
MANY SERVICE MEN AND
THEIR FAMILIES ARE IN
DIRE NEED OF THE MONEY.
YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
A CHAMPION OF THE VEL
FARE OF THE VETERANS.
WOULD 1T BE TOO MUCH
TO ASK YOU THE USE OF
THE VAST INFLUENCE OF
YOUR PAPERS TO AROUSE
PUBLIC SENTIMENT TO THE
FACT THAT STICE
SHOULD BE DONE TO THE
MEN WHO FOUGHT THE
COUNTRY'S BATTLES?
Bill Held Up
In connection with the tele-
gram, it is recalled that various
bills for immediate cash con-
version of outstanding veteran
certificates have long been held
up in the Ways and Means Com
mittee.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Thomas Offers Plan
For. Work in Desert
= . -,-

In an effort to find funds to
pay contractors doing Western
reclamation work for which the
Bureau of Reclamation already
is more than $5,OOO,OOO in ar
rears, Senator Thomas (R0, of
Idaho, today proposed to PreSi-
dent Hoover a five-year $5,000,-
900 moratorium on repayments
to the Treasury on $20,000,00
loan made to the reclamation
fund some years ago, together
with a reappropriation by Con-
gress Of $5,000,000 for use on
current projects.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22

LONDON, Jan. % Q.N.S0.-Be-
lated examination of the war
archives of the European nations
has revealed many unusual meas
Ures reSorted to in the desperate
days of the conflict, but few
have caused greater amusement
than the disclosure that the
British admiralty, early in 1917,
endeavored to train sea lions to
catch submarines.
The documents reveal that a
training school for the purpose of
setting sea lions on the trail of
undersea boats actually was
established at Bala Lake, North
Wales.
Would Trail U-BOatS
British destroyers were having
difficult task tracing the move
ments of U-boats. Then the idea
occurred to a naval officer that
it might be possible to train sea
lions to stalk submarines.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
RUM GUARDS
JAILED IN
BRIBERY
Twelve Border PatroImen Are
Sent to LeavenWorth; Two
BootIeggers Get Terms

DETROIT, Jan. % GN.SO.
Twelve former customs border
patrolmen and two admitted
bootleggers today we're sentenced
to serve two and one-half years
each in the Federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kan, as a
climax to the recent border
patrol scandal here, where a col
lusion between border patrolmen
and international rum smugglers
was alleged to have existed.
Bribe Taking Admitted
G. H. Fredericks, acting United
States district attorney, asserted
that "this cleans up the biggest
bribery mess this office has ever
uncovered"
The patrolmen admitted in
court that they had accepted
bribes to permit wholesale SNUG
Cling of liquor across the inter
national line.
Denounced By Judge
Continuing his attack on the
patrolmen as they stood before
him for sentencing, Federal Judge
Mornet stated:
"YOu are on a lower level
than bOOtleggerS. They were
not sworn to uphold the law.
You took oath of office to en-
force the prohibition act and
then turned traitors.
"It is a sad spectacle to see
IL such men-AmericanS as you
are-admitting being in the
claws of bOOtIeggerS."
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Death Probe Delayed
Bu N. C.. Grand Jury

CONCORD, N. c., Jan. %
GN.SO examining more
than IS persons, among them
Mrs. Anne Cannon Reynolds, wife
of son of the late r. j. Rey-
nolds, tobacco magnate, the grand
jury here today continued the in
vestigation of the mysterious
death of Thomas G. Coltrane un-
til the April session.
Testimony showed that Col
trane had left the home of Mrs.
Reynolds several hours before he
:. found dead in the front yard
of a friends home.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
NYE OVERRULED
IN DAVIS QUIZ

An attempt by Senator Nye
CRD of North Dakota, chairman
of the senatorial investigating
committee, to put in the record
a newspaper article bearing on
the campaign of Senator Davis
(RD of Pennsylvania was frus-
trated today by Senator Patter-
son (RO of Missouri, a member
of the committee.
Nye and Patterson were the
only members present when the
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Choir Concert Will
Aid Fund of Library

The National Capital Choir
concert which will be held Friday
night for the benefit of the Force
School library fund, will take
place at Continental Hall instead
of Constitution Hall, it was an
nounced yesterday by DR.. Albert
W. Harmed, conductor of the
choir.
This group of singers, which
last year sang with the Philadel-
phia Symphony Orchestra dur
ing its Beethoven festival here, is
presenting program of choral
numbers.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Anaesthetic ExplOdes
In Woman's S Lungs,
Causing Death

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Jan. %
QN.SO Medical attention to-
day was centered on the un-
usual death of Mrs. Maude
BrantOn. As, of Chino, Calf,
who died on an operating table
here yesterday when an anaeS-
thetic being administered her
became ignited and exploded in
her lungs.
Mrs. Branton was inhaling
from the saturated cone Of
nitrous-oXide and drew the
flame into her lungs.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Lewis Keeps Silent
On Nine ReOpeninq

NEW YORK, Jan. % GNSO.
John L. Lewis, international
president of the United Mine
Workers, arrived in New York to-
day to address the Anthracite
Club of New York tonight He
refused to say whether be would
confer with union leaders re-
garding the reopening Ct the
Glen Alden Company mines near
Scranton, Pa.
Senator James j. Davis of Penn
Sylvania also will speak.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
F Street "COWbOy"
Fined as MdSher

Jack Pincus, 80, of 1881 Ninth
St.. N. W., a bill poster empioye,
was fined $25 for disorderly con-
duct, in Police Court today, when
it was shown that he had spoken
to woman, who resented his at
tentions, on F. Street yesterday.
Judge Robert E. Mattingly told
Pincus that he wished officers
would bring more of the "F Street
cowboys" up before him.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
SegrGUe Speed Boat
Runs 100 Miles Hour

LONDON, Jan. % GN.SO .
Plotting the speedboat, Miss Eng
land II, in which Sir Henry Sc
grave lost his life last year, Kaye
Don, British racing motorist to-
day attained a speed of 100 miles
an hour on one run on the
waters of Lough Neagh, Ireland,
according to a Central News dis
patch from Belfast.
His 100-mile-an-hour run today
was unofficial.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Rites for LIE Gendre
Held in N. Y. Today

NEW YORK, Jan. % GNSO.
Funeral services were held today
in Brooklyn Navy Yard for Lieut..
Robert Lucien LIE Gendre, a den
tai surgeon at the Navy Yard
and former noted athlete. He
died of pneumonia yesterday at
the age of 33. At one time lie
Gendre held the worlds broad
Jump record.
The body will be taken to
Lewiston, Me-, his birthplace, for
burial.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Exchange SUspends
L. E. Anderson Co.

NEW YORK, Jan. % GN.SO.
The New York Stock Exchange
announced today the suspension
of Lorenzo E. Anderson and Com
pany, of st. Louis, Mo-, for in
solvency.
The firm has only one office
located at I'll st. Charles ST.,
St. Louis. Members of the firm
include Archur C. Hilmer, William
C. Fordyce. Ralph B. Fairchild,
Edwin H. Hilmer, and Andrew H.
Kaufman.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Pope Benedict Death
Anniversary Marked

VATICAN CITY, Jan. %
G.N.S0 The ninth anniversary
of the death of Pope Benedict XIV,
who ascended the throne of the
Roman Catholic Church in 1914,
was celebrated today with high
mass in Sistine Chapel.
Pope Plus XII and 81 cardinals
attended, as well as a number OF
diplomats and members of the
aristocracy. The mass was read
by Cardinal Boggiano.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Defunct Bank Head
Faces Inquiry TODAY

NEW YORK. Jan. % q.N.SD
Bernard K. Marcus, president of
the Bank of United States, was
to be questioned by Prosecutor
Max D. Steuer today.
With evidence in Steuer's pos
session purporting to show that
a $17,OOO,0O0 surplus claimed by
the bank on September "a, did
not exist, Marcus appearance
was expected to precipitate fire
works" in the investigation.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
ViUisectiOn League
MOUes EssGy Date

The date for the deadline on
essays in the contest sponsored
by the Vivisection League has
been pushed forward a week. it
was announced today by Mrs.
Arthur Adams, chairman of the
District committee of the league
Essays may now be submitted
until midnight of February 4
Prizes will be announced four
DAYS later.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Rum Runner Seized,
But CreU ESc1DeS

NEW LONDON, Conn, Jan. %
G,N.SO.-The Coast Guard patrol
ship No. 234 today seized an
alleged rum runner while attempt
ing to land liquor at Saybrook,
but the crew escaped, it was an
nounced here.
The captured boat was the
Goose, which officials said, had
been seized before on suspicion,
but no liquor had been found on
her until today.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Shot Fired at Home
PUnctUreS WindOU

BETHESDA, Md, Jan. %.
Montgomery county police are
looking for the person who fired
a shot through the window of
the home of w. A. Wheeler, 56l6
Grove ST., Chevy Chase, Md, last
night
Police found a hole in the
window pane about the size of
a dime and a slug of lead inside
on a radiator. Mr.. Wheeler told
police that he heard shots after
he called them.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Maryland Alcoholic
Deaths Last Year, 40

BALTIMORE, Jan. 22.-One
hundred and ten deaths attributed
to alcoholism occurred in Mary
land in 1880, according to re-
port issued by DR.. John Collinson,
head of the Bureau of Vital Sta
tistics, State Department Of
Health.
The rate per 100000 population
was 81. the same as in 1929,
although the death total for 1929
was one less, or 100.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Woman World Filler
Makes Chicago Stop

CHICAGO, Jan. % GN.SJ.
Mrs. Victor Bruce, British avia-
trix, arrived at Municipal Airport
here today on the last lap of her
round the world flight.
Mrs. Bruce has flown $4,000
miles on her trip, having started
from London. She left st. Louis
this morning.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
SENATE DELAYS
MYER ACTION

The nomination of Eugene Myer
of New York, as governor of the
Federal Reserve Board, was re-
committed to the Senate Finance
Committee today.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Cashier Discovers
$1,000 Bank Robbery

MALAKOFF, Texas, Jan. %
GN.SO.-Opening up the First
National Bank for business today,
Cashier Homer Riddlesperger dis
covered it had been robbed last
night of $1,000.
The vault had been cut through
with an acetylene torch.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-03
'. s. StiH Faces European
 Protest On GiF,ned Cotton

WASHINGTON, D.. O., June 3. The show of harnlc1iy at the fourth biennial international cotton con- ference was interpreted by some in the trade as the calm before the storm.
 It merely removed to some fu- ture date, they said, the protest which eventually must be met con- corning American ginning proc- eSses.
 European manufacturers ore m derstood to have prepared an elab- crate complaint against oil spots and excessive moisture in American cotton, but never got to the front except for the lone voice of the British federation of master cot ton spinners and manufacturers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-03
MuJ%Rwa4II9..
BY JssstG DOUGLAS -soxs

:. SYNOPSIS: Nora Lake finds sympathy and understanding at the home of her Aunt Elm fly after the suicide of her husband, Nicholas Thayer. The girl, conscious of the reproaches of Nicholas brother, Jonath0n, and his step-sister, Damon, ac- cepts their invitation to live with them. But the scalding of her cousin Frances child de- lays Nora's departure for the Thaycr place, and when Da- mon and her father leave on a vacation, Ncra fears che is doomed to remain in her aunts middle class household. How ever, Jon, who alternately at tracts and repels her, repeats the invitation. Meanwhile the pcnnilcEg Nora has started work in the cffice with Frances, con- corning whose cough young Dr. More is scIicitous. Suddenly Ncra's father, whom she had left in Italy, appears.