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VOLUME XXXI
IHE AGENT IS
AFTER IU DODGERS
Government Is Checking Up Income
fax Ketiirns and Will Mak>> It
Unpleasant for Delinquents
I Deputy Collector S. E. Ratliff, of
tho U. S. Department of Internal
Revenue, arrived in Pullman yester
day to remain until this (Friday)
evening. He will return to Pullman
rext Monday and will be here for a
week for. the purpose of checking tip
Income tax delinquents in the vicin
ity of Pullman, Including the towns
of Albion, Uniontown, Colton, John
son and Palouse.
"There appears, from the records
in my possession, to be a large num
ber of delinquents in the eastern por
tion of Whitman county," said Mr.
Ratliff to The Herald reporter. Con
tinuing, he said: "There are a large
number of citizens, particularly
farmers, who either are not convers
ant with or have been improperly
advised concerning the income tax
law. Many of them are of the opin
ion that the law did not apply until
1917, whereas it has been in effect
since 1913. It is the purpose of the
department to check up and demand
returns from all delinquents, regard
less of whether or not their failure
to file was due to ignorance of the
law or to intent to defraud. There
are severe penalties imposed upon
those who neglected through Ignor
ance to file their returns when due,.
but much more severe are those im
posed upon cny who intentionally
sought to evade the tax.
"B\it the department is especially
anxious to bring to account those
who have made improper or fraudu
lent returns, wherein they swore to
an amount of Income less than that
actually received. For this offense
there is prescribed not only extreme
ly heavy fines, but imprisonment, as
well, and every case of this kind will
be pushed to the limit."
As evidence of the intention of the
internal revenue department to
prosecute a vigorous campaign
against income tax slackers. The
Herald herewith reprints the follow
ing article taken from last week's
Colfax Gazette:
"Henry Lelnweber, a wealthy En
dicott farmer, was arraigned before
United States Court Commissioner
Inman in thin city Tuesday evening,
and was bound over to the federal
(Continued on page four)
PYTHIANS HONOR
DEPARTED BROTHER
Evening Star Lodge Holds Impres
sive Service* as Tribute to Jos
eph E. Ist man. Killed in
Action
, , Memorial services for Joseph E.
Christman, who was killed In action
*hlle fighting with the United States
Marines on October 4, were conduct
*d Monday evening by Evening Star
lodge, No. 26, Knights of Pythias, of
which lodge Mr. Chrlstman was an
officer prior to his enlistment. A
beautiful ceremony, prepared especi
ally for the occasion by members of
'he lodge, was conducted, each offic
er having a speaking part.. This cere
mony concluded with the placing of
'he gold star on the Pythian service
"ag, which represents the 30 mem
bers of the lodge who responded to
: tlj8 call to the colors, Mr. Christman
°eing the only one called upon to
*lv his life in the cause.
p The memorial, address was dcliv
• ered by D. C.Dow, an old-time Min
nesota friend of the family, who paid!
*° eloquent but deserved tribute to
'he young hero and eulogized him
; tor his sterling characteristics.
Two songs. "Abide With Me." and
\ "God Doest His Own In Safety
L«P." were sung by the K. of P.
|Mo, Including A. R. Metz, E. W.
jThorpo and Clarence Hix, with N. T.
wirlev accompanying on the piano.
A l*- .audience Joined in the singing
*' "Nearer My God to Thee" and
'America." /'.* *V\
Memorial programs, dedicated to
th* departed brother, and each bear
**.., •• a < a* —.*
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The JPyu^an Herald
evotedtothebe»* interests of Pullman and the best farming community in the Northwest surrounding it
Ing his photograph, were distributed!
The young man was one of the
most popular members of Evening
Star lodge and the services were
largely attended, although confined
to members of the order.
EDWARD NAGIiK SUCCUMBS
Edward Nagle, aged CO years, suc
cumbed at bis farm homo just east
of Pullman Saturday afternoon, altei
suffering over a yen r. Funeral Jirv
ices were held from Kimball's chapel
Sunday morning by thy Modern
Woodmen of America, with which
organization Mr Nagle was affiliat
ed, and the remains were sent to
Spokane for cremation. The cause
of Mr. Naples demise was anemia
recondary, an internal cancerous
condition.
Practically all of the men of the
State College S. A. T. C. will leave
Pullman wearing the stripes of a ser
geant. All the men who have proved
efficient and have taken an Interest
in the military affairs that, might
have resulted fn promotion had not
tho "flu" ban interfered, or had the
unit been continued longer, will be
presented with the stripes.
BELOVED YOUNG LADY
' DIES OF INFLUENZA
Hazel lone Dysart Succumbs to Mal
ady Thursday Morning —Mad
Itrsided (fere Since Early
Childhood
Miss Hazel lone Dysart, aged 28
years, succumbed to the effects of
Spanish influenza at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Mary Dysart, early
Thursday morning. Miss Dysart was
born In Spokane on August' 21,
1890, and came to Pullman with her
parents the year following. She
graduated from the city schools and
later attended the State College. In
1913 she went with her mother to
Spokane to reside, remaining there
two years and then removed to
Helena, "Mont., in 1915. In the fall
of the latter year the mother and
daughter returned to Pullman to
make their home.
Miss Dysart was employed in the
dictaphone office of the State Col
lege. Eleven years ago an attack of
catarrh affected her vocal chords and
ears, greatly impairing her speech
and hearing, but she -made the best
of her misfortune and lived a happy
and contented life, with local friends
numbered by the hundreds. She was
a devout Christian Scientist and se
cured much assistance and comfort
from the teachings of that society.
The young lady was beloved by all
who knew her and her untimely
death is a pronounced shock to the
entire community. She was a girl
of exceptional characteristics and
high Ideals, an exemplar always of
the right and ever mindful of the
Interests and welfare of her friends
and loved ones. Of a sweet disposi
tion and a stranger to selfish mo
tives, she endeared herself to the en
tire community, and even during the
later years of her life, when bur
dened with an affliction which mig^t
have caused an ordinary mortal to
lose faith, she held stoically to the
belief that all is for the best and
went to her just reward "untar
nished by a single stain." or by any
but pure and generous thoughts and
deeds. Hazel Dysart was one of the
best examples of God's glorious
handiwork, and the world Is better
off for the life she lived.
She is survived by her father and
one brother, Kirk, a salesman for the
International Harvester company,
with headquarters at Missoula, both
of whom were with her during her
last living hours. Mrs. Dysart her
self is ill, but her condition Is not
considered critical.
MRS. MURDOCK TO FRANCE
Mrs. Isabel Murdock left last Sat
urday for* New York city, whence
she will take pass? go for France to
do work in the rehabilitation lfes
pitals. Mrs. Murdock is a member
of the State College, faculty, serving
as Instructor In English, and is
granted leave of absence to take up
her chosen war work. She fitted
herself for the duties overseas at
Reed College, Portland, where she 1
has just completed a two months in
tensified course.
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1918
GENTRY, "STICKER" CANDIDATE,"
ELECTED MAYOR OF PULLMAN
Eleventh Hour Lan Enfoweniei
Candidate shows Heels to oppon
ent—Other Ballot Candidates
Fleeted Without Opposition
New City Administration
Mayor—N. E. J. Gentry.
Councllman-at-large— XV, c. Krue
gel.
First ward councilmen—J. E.
Hammond, U. G. Lav ler (holdover).
Second ward count Union —Ira N.
Nye, F. V. Roth ( holdover
Third ward councilmcn —,1. P.
Duthie, Dr. A. A. Rounds.
City attorney- D. c. Dow.
City treasurer —J, S. Clark.
City clerk— Matilda F. Gannon.
The stirring times of the old wet
and dry city campaigns were re
enacted, though in quite modest get
tings, last Tuesday, when N. E. .1.
Gentry, eleventh hour "sticker" can
didate for mayor on a law enforce
ment platform, piled up a two to one
majority over .Mayor William Swain,
ballot candidate tor re-election. Mr.
Gentry was groomed for the race by
a contingent of Pullman voters who
contend that the dry laws have not
been as strictly enforced as they
should have been and claim that
legging has been going on With
little effort to put a stop to the il
legal traffic. Monday afternoon it
was decided to run a candidate
pledged to strict enforcement of the
liquor laws and other laws of a
Strong Man for College Faculty
Edward 0. Johnson Accepts Position
of Dean in the College of Agri
culture anil Director of tho
Washington Experiment
Station
Dean Edward C. Johnson of the
division of extension in the Kansas
Agricultural College, has accepted
the position of dean in the college of
agriculture and director of Washing
ion Experiment Station, according to
an announcement made Wednesday
by President E. O. Holland,
Dean Johnson's acceptance of this
position follows personal conferences
with President Holland in Kansas
and a trip of his own to Washington,
during which he made some study of
the agricultural conditions obtaining
in this state, visited the State Col
lege, met the members of the board
of regents, and of the college faculty.
According to the agreement Dean
Johnson is to arrive if Washington
about the first of January, to take
up his work. In making this an
nouncement, President Holland
states that during the war he and
tho board found competent agricul
turists generally, throughout the
country, loth to enter new fields of
work tiun! the war was ended, a sit
uation which made it impossible to
fill the vacant deanship of agricul
ture at the State College before the
war was over.
President Holland states also that
the filling of the deanship of agricul
ture here, which Includes director
ship of the Washington Experiment
Station, is the first of several steps
now planned to broaden and intensi
fy the work of the State College In
several lines, among which are vari
ous phases of engineering. science,
home economics, extension, and In
other fields likewise given impetus
by the needs of the reconstruction
period following the world war.
Dean Johnson is a native of Minne
sota, of Scandinavian parentage, and
was graduated from the University
of Minnesota in 1906, his specialty
being biological science. He was
born on a Minnesota farm in 1880,
and worked his way through high
school and the university, mainly by
farm labor done during vacation
periods.
At Minnesota, he was a student as
sistant In botany in lOoG, and in
structor in botany in 1907, in which
year ho also earned his M. A. de
mora] nature, and the campaign to
elect Air. Gentry was started with a
bang. Committee* were at work
Tuesday "lining in tin Interests of
-Mr. Gentry's candidacy, hundreds of
"dry" voters being called to the polls
by telephone, The result was a
landslide lor tho "dark horse" and
the retirement of Mayor Swain to the
ranks of citizenship.
The total vote of the four pre
cincts showed Mr. Gentry a winner
by 2 1!) to I 19. Mayor Swain car
ried his own precinct, No. 51, by a
substantia] majority, the other three
going tee Mr. Gentry.
The mayoralty vote of the four
precincts was as follows:
II .M til 72
Gentry .. . .42 30 121 56— 249
Swain .. . .37 54 22 C—ll9
All the other candidates, as nomi
nated at the recent primary, were
elected without opposition. W. C.
Kruegel received a total of 399 votes
for councilman at-large, J. E. Ham
mond 7*.' for First, ward councilman,
Ira N. Nye 75 for Second ward coun
cilman, .1. P. Duthie 1S 1 for long
term councilman from the Third
ward and Dr. A. A. Pounds 183 tor
the short term. D. C. Dow drew 321
votes for city attorney., .1. S. Clark
358 for city treasurer and Matilda F.
Gannon 353 for city clerk.
With the exception of Councilman
.J. E. Hammond, Ira N. Nye and J.
P. Duthie, whose terms of office will
be four years, all the newly elected
officers will serve two years, until
the next city election.
gree, lie was appointed assi.;,;ii
pathologist in the United States De
partment of Agriculture in 1907, and
in 1908 was made pathologist, in
charge of the cereal disease work of
the United States Department of Ag
riculture, in which position he re
mained until 1912, devoting his en
tire timq to Investigational work.
[Airing this time he did graduate
work in bacteriology in Georgo
Washington University for one term.
His summers were spent largely in
the central west and the far west
in the study of field crops. He is
retarded by 11. J. Waters, former
president of the Kansas Agricultural
College, and leading officials of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture, as
thoroughly familiar with experiment
station methods throughout the
United States.
In 1912, under the administration
of President 11. J. Waters, at the
Kansas Agricultural College, Mr.
Johnson was elected Superintendent
of Institutes and Demonstrations at
the Kansas institution, which
changed him from investigational to
state.,ide teaching and administra
tive work. ile developed this field,
and in 1915 was elected Dean of the
Division of Extension in the Kan-
a- Agricultural College. As ad
ministrative head of this work in
Kansas he has been In general direc
tion of the work cf one hundred and
fifty persons.
In addition to this, Dean Johnson
taught farm management at Kan-
sis. this field of work, in addition
to agricultural economies, being his
specialties in addition to agricultur
al .vi 1 extension administration. He
a a member of the honorary, soci
eties ')■• Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma XI.
Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha B«ta and
Gamma Sigma Delta. He is a fe'.
low of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, a mem
ber of tn.. iii,i" led Society of Am
erica, the American Farm Manage
ment Association, : nd the American
Geographical Society.
CHRISTMAS PACKAGES
The Red CrOSS committee In
charge of the Christmas parcels for
men overseas have mailed 80 car
tons from the Pullman office. This
includes cartons Issued to the Whe
lan. Clinton and Johnson auxiliaries.
Irs. J. N. Emerson. Mrs. Me'/ and
Mrs. Lincoln were tbfl members of
the committee.
AHN'OLD SMITH MAUIIJI).
Mr. and Mrs, ■!. H. T. Smith of
the Ewartsville neighborhood on
Wednesday of this week received
the news of the marriage of their
son, Arnold z.i-., Smith, to Miss
1 Florence Owen, 'i\ Carlsbad, New
Mexico, 0:1 November 27. The cou
ple an. spending their honeymoon
at Dallas and El Paso, rex-..,, but
Will reside at fa. .(*. New Mexico,
' .Mr. Smith being agricultural agent
of tho county in which Carlsbad Is
lecated. Mr. Smith received his
early schooling in the Bwartsvilla
school, and was then enrolled la the
elementary department of the Wash
ington State College.later In the col
legiate department, receiving his de
gree as Dachelor of Agriculture In
June, Hi 14. Ho accepted a posi
tion to i.each agriculture in the col
lege at Marcel las Park, New Mexico,
which position he held for three
years, when be was appointed agri
cultural agent. His bride was born
in and has spent all her life at Carls
bad, where Bhe has many friends.
Mr. Smith's friends here are num
bered by his acquaintance*, all of
whom extend congratulations and
best wishes for a lung, happy and
prosperous wedded life.
CITY WILL OBJECT
TO NEW POWER RATES
Will Protest Proposed Increase by
Washington Water Power <.'<►.
Itefore Public Service Com
mission Sat ii it lay
A Vigorous protest against the pro
posed Increase of nearly 400 per cent
in the municipal power rates of the
Washington Water Power Co. will
be registered with the state public
service commission by the city of
Pullman at the hearing to be held by
the commission In the chamber of
commerce rooms tomorrow. The
meeting will be open to the general
public, but the exact hour has noi yet
been established. Upon the request
of Mayor Swam the chamber of com
merce appointed a committee includ
ing D. F. Staley, George 11. Watt and
E. XV. Thorpe to work in conjunction
with the council in presenting the
matter before the commission. Dean
11. V Carpenter of the college of me
chanic arts and engineering has been
asked by the council to attend the
session in the capacity of advisor on
power rates and technical Interpret*
er.
The objections to the proposed in
creased tariff, which the company
would make effective December 8,
will bo based on the argument that
the franchise granted by the city sev
eral years ago is still in full force
and effect, due to the fact that it
antedates the law creating the state
public service commission, hence can
not be. changed during its life with
out the consent of both parties, and
that the proposed rates are exorbi
tant and unreasonable.
Should the public service commis
sion fail to lake cognizance of the ob
jections raised, i' is highly probable
that some other means of securing
power will be devised by the council.
Every citizen of Pullman should
be vitally interested In the hearing
and should make an effort to attend
the meeting.
WILL HOLD MILITARY
FUNERAL FOR LEE DAY
The body of Lee Hay, son or* Mr.
and Mrs. II G. Day of this city,
who lost his life from gaseous pois
ons while serving on a torpedo boat
destroyer off the coast of England,
airived in New York last 2u iday.
according to word received by the
parents, and ,- now on its way to
Pullman. 1 pen the arrival el the
remains nore a military funeral will
le held, In charge of the naval unit
stationed at tbe Btata College.
CIIAMRKR AHOLIHHWfi
MI.MI»I*KMIII* FEE
. The membership fee of $2.50 as
sessed to all new members of the
chamber of commerce since the or
ganization of that body, was abol
ished Tuesday ,1,-1,11 vote of the mem
bership. Henceforth no initiation fee
will be charged, the members icing
asked to pay only the *' per month
assessment for dues.
FARMERS ENDORSE
I LEAGUE OF NATIONS
County Farmers Union Convention
Boosts Plan by Itosolution—En
done Temple «if Agriculture
Tho farmers of Whitman county
are overwhelmingly in favor of the
formation of a league of nations as
a menus of promoting international
harmony, it the expression of the
farmers in attendance at the county
(•(invent of the Farmers Union,
held here l rut Friday afternoon, can
be taken as a criterion. The following
resolution was adopted by the con
vention With only one dissenting
vote:
Whereas. The world Is Just
emerging from a war which was
many times over the most colossal
and destructive of any conflict re
corded in the annals of time, and
Whereas, It appears that this
war was precipitated by the volun
tary act of one man, and
Whereas. The nations of the
world are now prepared for peace
and seem willing to take steps to
ward perpetuating the blessings of
peace, therefore be it
Resolved, That We favor the for
mation of a league of nations similar
to the league of states formed by the
United States, with a military force
for police purposes to he contributed
by each nation entering Into said
league in proportion to the popula
tion of said nation.
The county convention gave its
hearty endorsement to the proposed
Temple of Agriculture at Washing
ton, D. C.
State President A. A. Elmore of
Spokane attended the session and
gave an Interesting talk on the work
of the Union, as well as explaining
the plans for the proposed Temple
of Agriculture President Elmore
left at the close of the session for
California, where be will attend the
state convention of the Farmers
Union, and will return to this state
in timo to attend the state conven
tion to he held in Spokane Decem
ber 10.
BUSINESS WOMEN'S CLUB
The business women of Pullman
are invited to meet in tho chamber
of commerce headquarters on next
Wednesday, December 11. at 8:00
o'clock, for the purpose of complet
ing the organization of a business
women's club.
DR. E. E. WEGNER
WILL HEAD CHAMBER
Is Elected President of Organization
at Meeting of Trustees— Bent.
W. A. Spalding Vice President
Dr. E. E. Wegner, ■ for the past
term vice president of the chamber
of commerce, will serve the organi
zation as president during the en
suing six months term, he having
been elected to that position by the
newly elected board of trustees at
their organization meeting last Sat
urday. The Rev. W. A. Spalding of
the United Presbyterian church was
named vice president and William
M. Porter will continue as secretary
treasurer, a position which he has
filled most efficiently for several
years.
Standing committee chairman
ships were apportioned among the
trustees as follows:
Agriculture and horticulture —F.
0, Dcnsow.
Legislative—Bruce McCully.
Membership— Robert Neill.
Entertainment —Otho West.
Railways and Immigration--,!. O.
Adams.
New industries -B. H. Douglas.
Roads and parks—E. E. Wegner.
Publicity—W. A. Spalding.
City improvement and sanitation
—Dr. J. I. Gilleland.
Committees on social welfare and
auditing were named from the mem
bership of the chamber as follows:
' Social welfare— Neill. A. R.
Met/., the Rev. Gilbert Laidlaw. •
Auditing— C. F. Anderson, . Hugh
Hunt, D C Downen.
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