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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-07-04
Historical Backgrounds
By Margaret Thompson

IWW members were taken out of
town by vigilantes and beaten.
Whereupon Seattle IWW sympa-
thizers took up the affair as an in
fringement of American constitu-
tional rights. They chartered a
boat and went to Everett intend
ing to stage a free speech demon
stration. AS the vessel locked
deputies on shore opened fire and
before they could get away num-
Der of Wobblies were dead and
many more wounded. When they
reached Seattle the police were
waiting for them and bore them
away to the morgue, to hospitals
and to jails. Eventually charges
of murder in the first degree were
placed against "a Wobblies. Mr..
Leighton makes this comment:
Technically this was a murder
trial. Actually it was struggle
of the established order against
the rebels -. On the one side
were the timber owners and the
townsite promoters of Everett,
frontier magnates in business
which technology had scarcely
made a dent. Opposed to them
was crowd of itching-footed free
for-alls. None of the Everett
deputies, or vigilantes either, ever
saw courtroom" After the first
defendant to be brought to trial
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-07-04

the out-spoken champions OF the
], league was William Bouck, state
master of the Washington Grange.
The state meeting of the Grange
that year was scheduled to be
held in Walla Walla. However,
when the delegates arrived they
learned that no preparation had
been made for their coming. Upon
inquiry they were told that the
Grange was looked upon as a dis
loyal body and the leaders of the
CITY of Walla Walla were not
enthusiastic about entertaining
them. Finally they obtained per-
mission to meet in the high school
auditorium. The meeting proceed
ed on the assumption that Bouck
might be defeated in the election
of State master. He won this cleo
ton, however, by vote of 100
to 1874. But as the meeting pro-
ceeded to the point of installing
officers members of the school
board appeared and ordered them
out of the building. Efforts to
obtain another meeting place were
of no avail, and there was whis-
pering of tar and feathers and
gun play. Bouck was for staying
to fight it out, but his friends
persuaded him to leave before
any violence developed.
In 1920 individuals representing
all reform groups met in conven-
ton at Yakima and attempted to
lay plans for political control of
the state of Washington. They
argued on whether to launch a
third party or try to capture the
party machinery of one of the old
er parties. The ultimate result
was Farmer-Labor state ticket,
which won a large vote even
though the state was swept by
Harding and his "Back to Normal
cy" campaign.
Probably the most interesting
state contest in the 1920 election
was that in Montana between
Burton K. Wheeler, running for
governor on the democratic ticket,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-07-04

and Joseph M. Dixon, the republi-
can candidate. Dixon-who won
the election-had been manager
for the Bull Moose campaign in
1912 and was allied with the lib
eral elements of both parties. AS
a matter of fact both candidates
were pledged to a revision of
metal mines taxes, which meant
that the copper interests at long
last were unable to control the
election. Sentiment against the
copper companies, who ever Since
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-07-04
The IWW Incident in
EvePAff

Everett was lumber town and
it was not surprising that such
sentiments publicly voiced there
would lead to trouble. The Ev-
erett Commercial Club set out to
rid the town of Wobblies. Street
meetings were forbidden and forty
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-07-04

Montana had been ~
t sya AIDED paying paying taxes ca state \
10 never heat. oeen risn'
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-07-04
KENNETH E. SERIER

KENNETH E. SERIER graduated from III. K.un.
wick high school twenty years He then attended Whit
College maoFing in both the study of physics and
nomcs being awarded major honors in the field Of economics
and receiving the degree Of ABB cum laude) Thereafter
attended the University Of Washington Law School being 3D.
Mr.. SeIioI has resided in Benton and Franklin Counties
siding Prosssr until 1872 While at Prosser he served
number Of DspuY Prosecuting Attorney City com
Gilman Of Prossex Secretary Of the Priest Rapids Irrigation
Attorney Of Benton County which office he held until his
resignation in 1872.
KENNETH e. SERIER then served in til. iu..la.
gsnce office at the Armys Pasco Holding Reconsnmsn
Point employed there Inspector by the War
also becoming well acquainted with people in that com
untY in connection with his work AZ the Pasco Pon
He later served Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Benton
County during the phase Of the Hanord pr0
KENNETH e. SERIER then moved 10 K.nn.wid.
Washington whore he established law office in 1914 puf
chasing being elected by residents Of Knn
wick TO the office Of City Attorney which position he nov
holds
KENNETH e. SERIER has taken an active part IL
community activities. both in Prosser and Kennewck ~
the affairs Of Benton and Franklin Counties He 80
known in the field Of juvenile and peoples wofk @
in church and club eforts and Chairman OF the 1
and Girls Work Committee Of the Kennewick Kiwsnn C
He has bssn active in Boy Scout and Campfire Girl work e
for the Community Chest. and Chairman Of the Ks
wick Community and Victory Chest for ls4s-lsAs
KENNETH e. SERIER i. now .esiv. in community
activities being temporary secretary Of the Columbia b
onal facilities for the Ksnnswic He also ,s
with the Ksnnswck Grape Festival organisation ana
part in many Of the local Kennewck groups He ms
and has two children
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Baby, Reported Kidnapped,
Found in Station Nursery
BY the Assoeioied Press

CHICAGO, Feb. 23-A brown
eyed. 4-month-old baby girl taken
with its carriage from outside a
near North Side department store
while her mother shopped yesterday
was found unharmed last night sew
eral miles away in a nursery at
Union Station.
Police Capt. John Enright said the
child apparently had been placed in
a bed in the railroad stations
nursery while an attendants back
was turned, several hours after the
baby was reported missing. The
carriage also was found in the depot,
A woman who identified herself
as Miss Evelyn Pleshko, Is, the
mother of the baby, reported to
police the child and carriage were
gone when she emerged from a half
hours visit at Milwaukee avenue
store.
Capt. Enright said the woman at
first said her name was Mrs. EVELYN
Lieberman and that she had a
husband living in Detroit, but later
said these statements were not true,
The police investigation of the
incident will continue. Capt. Enright
said.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
I231 Receive Degrees
AT G.W.; Two District
Residents Honored

George Washington University
graduated 231 students last night
and conferred honorary degrees on
two prominent Washingtonians.
President Cloyd Heck Marvin in
his address to the midterm gradu-
ates, condemned the War Depart
ments destruction of japanese
cyclotrons.
The action showed the same type
Of fear that drove the Nazis to burn
books, DR.. Marvin declared.
LAS members of this university"
he said, your task and mine is to
help invent the machinery for max
ing understanding on world wide
scale possible. If this is done, the
differences between Asia, Europe
and the United States, which are too
often considered irreconcilable, can
be overcome"
DR.. Charles Stanley White, retir-
ing after 40 years on the Medical
Schools surgical faculty, was given
an honorary degree of doctor of
science. Charles H. Tompkins
builder, was given an honorary de-
gree of doctor of engineering.
The Rev. Charles Enders pro-
nounced the invocation.
f.Fo lt,at at.N,
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Radio Store Theft Suspect
Meets Court Clerk Victim

Alfred Scott, clerk to Judge Ar
mond Scott of Municipal Court, had
more than a passing interest in
the plea he recorded for a 26-year-
old colored man arraigned today on
a charge of petty larceny.
That was because Wilson BAYLOR
of the HOO block of Fifth street
NV, is the man accused of the
theft of pocket radio from Mr..
SCOTS own electrical appliance
store.
"In view of the circumstances, l
don't think I had better try this
case" Judge Scott said.
Attorney Robert I. Miller settled
the matter by entering a not guilty
plea and requesting a jury trial for
his client.
Baylor was arrested Thursday out
side the store, in the 1900 block of
Fourteenth street NV, shortly after
he and another colored man had
inquired about radios and left the
store, police said. Julius A. Lee
store manager, missed the radio from
a shelf after Baylor's departure and
followed the man. The radio was
recovered.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Shenandoah River Bridge
Bids Held Too Hiqh
Special Dispatch TO The stor

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, Feb.
23.-The low bid of S167 ,496 for con-
Struction of the substructure of the
proposed new bridge over the Shen-
andoah River here will be recon-
mended for rejection as being ex-
ceSsive, according to a State Roads
Commission spokesman. Bids were
opened last Tuesday.
Rejection will be recommended to
the Public Roads Administration,
which will help in building the span,
it was stated. The work then will be
readvertised for bids. The low bid
was submitted by Monty Bros. st.
Adams, w. Va.
The proposed bridge is designed to
carry traffic across the. Shenandoah
and subsequently tie into the cross
Potomac bridge at Sandy Hook, Md,
a mile east of here. The Potomac
bridge crosses from Maryland to
Virginia.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Mrs. Betty Fits Hinton
To Be Buried in ARLINGTON

Funeral services for Mrs. Betty
Fits Hinton, who died Thursday
at Columbia, Mo-, will be held at
Fort Myer Chapel at pm. Tuesday
Burial will be in Arlington Gene
terry.
Mrs. Hinton and her husband
Col. John Hinton, USA, now sta
toned at the University of Missouri
as a professor of military science
and tactics, formerly lived at 1888
Klingle road NV, while Col. Hin
ton was stationed at the War De-
partment here.
Mrs. Hinton was born in Chicago
and was educated in schools there
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by son, John, jr., now q
student at st. Adams School; two
daughters, Bettina and Nancy; hel
mother, Mrs. Charles F. Fits, ano
sister, Miss Martha Fits, both
of Chicago.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Woman Killed 44Hur1
In Boiler Explosion
By the Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Pa, Feb. 23-A
woman was killed and A other per-
sons injured, five of them seriously,
in a boiler explosion which rocked
the First Christian Church during
q Washington's birthday father
and-son banquet last night.
There was no fire and, after the
first shock, the group of some 200
persons who were uninjured left the
church dining room in an orderly
manner.
Washington Hospital, where the
injured were treated, identified the
dead woman as Mrs. Martha Knes-
trick Mollenauer, 81, church organ
ist. The explosion occurred as she
walked past the boiler room door.
She was struck by pieces of the
boiler and died about two hours
later.
The interior of the church was
wrecked. The partition between the
boiler and dining rooms was fat
tened and part of the dining room
ceiling fell.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Son Believed 10 Have Slain
Father, Sister and Self
BY the A,socioted Press

TEXAS, Md, Feb. 23.-Baltimore
County Police Chief Oscar M
Grimes said today Benjamin Chaff
man, jr., was believed to have killec
his father and sister and then
himself.
The bodies of the three persons
believed to have been dead since
Tuesday, were found Thursday by
two boys. The father, was about
IS, his son about IS, and the daugh.
ter, Irene, about 30
Chief Grimes said the investiga-
ton indicated the son was respon-
sible for the three deaths. He saio
a man held for investigation in the
case since Thursday will be released
today.
States Attorney James D. C
Downes said he expects to receive
the full police and autopsy report
next week.
Chief Grimes said police reasoned
the younger Chairman, an expert
marksman, killed his father first
as he ran out of the Chairman
home. His body was found As yards
from the house.
Then, Chief Grimes continued, the
son killed his sister and himself.
Chief Grimes said he expected
the autopsy report to substantiate
the police explanation.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Roomer Held in Staying
OF Los Angeles Divorce
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23.-Stuffed
in closet off the kitchen of her
home, the body of Mrs. Rae O.
Krohn. 80, attractive divorcee. was
found last night, clad in a night
gown.
Detective 1t. C. E. Ream reported
few minutes later the detention
for questioning of a man found
driving the. dead woman,s car. He
was being ticketed by traffic officers
for crossing signal violation when
the pickup order for the car was
broadcast, 1t. Ream said.
Booked on suspicion of murder
after several hours of questioning
was Robert L. Dierwirth, 81, dis
charged soldier, who 1t. Ream said
had been rooming at Mrs. Krohn's S
home for the last two weeks. 1t.
Ream said Dierwith was the man
driving Mrs. Krohn's car.
The detective said Mrs. Krohn
had been brutally beaten on the
head with hammer, found near
the body. Neighbors, he added, told
Of seeing a man leave the house late
in the afternoon.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Meat
Continued From First Page :,

terday produced the OPA report of
the prospective meat price rise.
Frank S. Ketcham, assistant OPA
general counsel, said Mr.. Bowles
had not finally decided the matter
but when pressed, he added:
''As of this time he has decided the
price of meat probably should be
increased to take care of the wage
increase"
Scent Increase Seen.
No figure was mentioned for the
wage-offsetting price change, but
the committee was told by other
OPA officials that withdrawal OF
subsidies would increase the retail
price of meat by IS cents plus" a
pound and the price of bread by ]
cent for 1-pound loaf.
The committee approved the
subsidy legislation before it. The
measure authorizes continuation OF
the sugar subsidy program, current
ly costing $115, ,O00, 900 year
through this calendar year, and
adds $150,00O, 900 to amounts pre-
viously approved for meat and flour
subsidies In the fiscal year ending
june 30.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
'Putzi' HonfstoenqI
To Be Reputriuted
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Feb. 23.-Ernst "Putzi"
Hanfstaengl, the Harvard alumnus
who was Hitler's favorite pianist
before fleeing Germany in 1897, will
be returned to Germany, authorities
said yesterday.
The 60-year-old former chief OF
the German foreign press bureau il
in British concentration camp al
the Beltane School in Wimbledon.
A letter signed with Hanfstaengli
name which arrived at the Asso-
ciated Press Office yesterday asserted
that Hanfstaengl went on hunger
strike two days ago in protest
against repatriation.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Eisenhower 10 See
Atomic Bomb Tests
By the Assoeiotad Prssx

LONG BEACH, Calf, Feb. 23.-
Gen. Eisenhower will witness the
atomic bomb tests in the Pacific in
May, he told reporters yesterday on
his arrival here by Army transport
plane on an inspection tour.
From his observations there, the
Army Chief of Staff said, the future
size of the United States Army will
be determined.
There was no thought of using
the atomic bomb on Germany, Gen.
Eisenhower said.
My main concern was that the
Germans did not get the atomic
bomb to use on U.s." he observed.
Gen. Eisenhower inspected the in
stallations of the Army's 9Th Ferry
ing Group here and will inspect
other installations in this area today
Evening star., 1946-02-23

1943, he was employed in the Dis
trict Building. He went overseas in
September, 1914, and was shot down
over Karlsruhe, Germany, on March
81, 1945, while squadron navigator
He was attached to the 9th Air
Force.
Mrs. Hurley was notified of the
change of her late husbands status
early last month. Lit Hurley was
awarded the Air Medal and -Four
Oak Leaf Clusters. In addition tc
his widow, he is survived by a son
George Ronald, and his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Hurley OF
1887 Lawrence street NE.
I'd 1t. George Francis Carr, 26
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. William A
Carr, sr., of zoos North KennesaW
street, Arlington, Va, has also beer
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Voters in Argentina
Cooling Off Before
Elections Tomorrow
By tho Associated p,...

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 23.-Argen-
tina's turbulent presidential cam
paign entered compulsory 24-hour
cooling off" period today as a.
record total OF more than 5000 900
voters prepared to go to the polls
tomorrow in the nations first gen.
eral election since 1887.
Both candidates for President
Col. Juan D. Peron, former Vice
President who is supported by the
Labor party, and Jose P. Tamborini,
who has the backing of a four
party coalition known as the DEM
ocratic Union-expressed confidence
in victory.
|. A state of siege, which had banned
the holding of political meetings
without permit, was lifted at mid
night. However, the effect was null
lifted by an old law providing for
the 24-hour cooling Off" period,
which forbids all political activity
the day before an election.
Capital PatrOlled.
Meanwhile, soldiers and police
patrolled downtown streets of the
capital city, keeping vigilant
watch on the movement of crowds.
The presidential campaign, which
has been marked by frequent dem
onstrations and bloodshed, moved
toward dramatic climax last night
with these developments:
l. Peron warned in radio ad-
dress that If there were any cleo
ton fraud, violence would result
which would be remembered for
centuries"
2. Police announced the arrest of
at least IA men. some of whom were
identified as Communists, in what
the law officers termed "terroris-
tic" plot to make trouble in the
elections. The police added that a
large contraband cache of arms and
"terroristic plan to provoke dis
turbances" were seized.
3. Peron, in a reply to a United
States Blue Book charging him with
having collaborated with the Nazis,
accused the United States of spying
in Argentina. His answer, Ga
page blue and white" book, con-
tanned what purported to be fac
simile Of an Argentine court mar
tial report which sentenced a Ger
man Jew to prison for giving secret
data to John w. Lang, former
United States military attache.
Opposition Confident.
Tamborini's supporters - drawn
from the Socialist, Communist,
Radical and Progressive Democrat
parties-predicted their candidate
would get large majority of the
376 electoral votes. They conceded
only that he might lose three
provinces, with a total electoral
vote of SO.
Peron followers. also predicting
landslide for their candidate, said
their only worry was their con-
gressional majority.
Voting is compulsory for all male
citizens over l8 years of age. Those
who had been vacationing outside
the country were returning from
summer resorts. Special ships were
run from Uruguayan resort areas.
Prisoners serving short jail SEN
tences will be released to vote, and
will not have to return to jail.
Ballot boxes from the 16,162 poll
ing places will be brought to Buenos
Aires for the count, which will take
80 or 40 days. However, If there
is landslide, the outcome may
be known in two or three days.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Phone Union 10 SET Up
Headquarters Here
To Run National Strike

Headquarters for the Nation
wide strike of National Federation
of Telephone Workers scheduled
for March 7, will be set up in Wash
ington, sometime next week, it was
indicated today.
Carlton w. Werkau, secretary
treasurer of the federation, who
will direct the strike, said in Mem
phis yesterday, according to the
Associated Press, that the execu-
tive board would remain in that
city for several days, completing
details.
But next week." he announced
I'VE will operate from Washington. "
Make Cancellation Offer.
Participation of the Government
in conciliation attempts to help
settle the wage dispute between the
federation and the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co. was ex-
pected.
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach
offered the service of the Labor De-
partment's conciliation service, after
union leaders declared strike
seemed inevitable unless the Gov
ernment intervened.
There were no indications early
today, as to when efforts would be
made by the conciliators.
Approximately 10000 workers are
represented in the II unions ordered
to strike two weeks hence, but union
officials after the Memphis meet
ing said the walkout would be in
dustry wide, with 100000 workers
in 80 other affliated unions directed
to observe picket lines.
Subsidiary Unions Affected.
This statement apparently was di-
rected at such subsidiaries as the
Federation of Telephone Workers OF
the District of Columbia, which
sometime ago voted not to strike
John w. Mullin, spokesman for the
local federation said today, how
ever, that it was inevitable that
there will be picket lines, and there
is only one thing we can do" He
added that Hellery Robinson, pres
ident of the local federation and
Glenn Watts, the second delegate to
the Memphis meeting, will be back
in Washington within a day or SO,
and a meeting will be held to de-
termine what instructions to give to
members. There are about $500
members of the local federation.
On the other hand, the Washing
ton Telephone Traffic Union, con-
sisting of about 5000 operators,
have voted to strike.
A spokesman for local 96 of the
A SIS o c. t 10 n of Communication
Equipment Workers, affiliated with
the National Federation of Tele-
phone Workers, said here today that
orders have not yet been received
from their national officers con-
corning the strike. Ernest Weaver
of Chicago, national president of
the ACEW, participated in the
Memphis meeting, it was explained,
and word is expected soon from him.
Local So has about 500 members in
Washington and nearby States, in
cluding about 200 in this city.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Sandy Spring Farmers
Discuss New Techniques
Special pispotch 10 The Stor

SANDY SPRING, Md, Feb. %
Improvements in farming techniques
were discussed today at the 73d an
nual farmers convention of Sandy
Spring in Sherwood High School.
The all-day meeting, sponsored
jointly by the Senior Farmers Club,
Enterprise Farmers Club and Mont
gomery Farmers Club, opened this
morning with consideration of reso-
lutions, an open forum discussion
and a report on contour farming.
Women of the community pre-
pared and served the midday dinner.
DR.. Ernest N. Cory, Maryland
State entomologist, was to discuss
use. of the insecticide, DDT, at the
afternoon session. County Agent
o. w. Anderson was to speak on
labor saving machinery.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Maryland Railroad Unions
Vote in Favor Of Strike
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 23.-Two In
dependent unions of railway en-
gineers and trainmen with Mary
land membership exceeding 5000
report almost unanimous approval
of a strike, if necessary, to obtain
wage increases and a revision OF
work regulations.
Both Charles Mitzel, State rep
resentative for the Brotherhood OF
Railroad Trainmen, and Charles A.
Blaney, Grievience Committee
chairman of a local of the Brother
hood of Railroad Engineers, said In
statements last night approximately
80 per cent of their members have
voted in favor of such strike action
The decision whether to strike
Mr.. Mitzel said, now is up to the
organization National Policy Com
mittee. He said the members want
wage increases of Is per cent, with
a $3.50 minimum increase on the
basic day, in addition to revision ol
IS work regulations,
Evening star., 1946-02-23

AAA oSlioAi, oS-
cording to a
w ar Depart
m e n t an
nouncement to-
day.
A native of
Washington, 1t.
H u r | e y was
graduated from
Mckinley High
School and at
tended Mary
land University.
At the time of
his induction
into the Army
in February.