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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-28

EVA Plantation Co.
Waialua Agricultural Co., LtA.
Kohala Sugar Co.
Waimea Sugar Mill Co.
Apokaa Sugar Co., Ltd
Fulton Iron Works o. 81. LOuia.
Westons Centrifugais.
Babcock & Wilcox Bonsrs
Green's Fuel EconomizeF.
Matson Navigation Co.
New England Mutual Life IRHURI
ARce Company of Boston.
Aetna Insurance Co.
National Fire Insurance Co.
Citizens Insurance Co. (HartEora
Fire Insurance Coz
The London Assurance UorDoraA
ton.
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ord, Is recognized as an exceedingly
good showing, and particularly when
1t is realized that the walking was
over rough country roads, across rail-
road bridges and through tunnels.
Selby's greatest mistake lay in treat
ing the contest too much in the nature
of a joke and neglecting 10 make the
watched closely by army officers. The
interest lay in the kind of shoes worn
by McEnery and the particular foods he
ate on the road.
To the patriot who felt a sense OF
chagrin at seeing the laurels go to
England there is the consolation in the
knowledge that while it was British
feet which covered the miles Ii was
American brains that guided them 1t
was only after the race had been fin
ished and the $4,000 passed to Nc
Emery that society. club and community
began to realize the wonderful system
by which he had won.
There was but one mishap, and that
was when McEnery strained tendon;
but this was something which no power
on earth could guard against. Nc
Enery's clothing consisted of the spe-
ciaI shoes and socks. jerseys. cap and
loose flannel trousers. His managers
forbade him underwear, declaring that
these garments would bind the muscles.
At night, when the air became chilly.
he put on an abdominal belt, this aid
ing him materially in keeping warm.
On the whole, it was a j0ke-a vast
joke. nicely planned. thoroughly exc
cuted and ably finished. 1t was a joke
which netted McEnery $4,000; the kind
of a joke which necessitated brains.
hard thinking and harder cash. and
where the laugh came in unexDectedly-
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one position for more than minute
or two, and his managers forced him
to keep his legs in motion to prevent
the muscles stiffening. And so bit by
bit they nursed him on his way.
The automobile supplied everything
There was food and drink of all de-
scriptions and no time was lost in eat
ing. Spencer and Ford took turns at
pacing him. Another point and one
which rested the mind of McEnery was
the watch kept on the man behind.
They knew just where he was at all
times of the race, for at intervals the
machine would be run back and then
would shoot forward again with the
report of the others movements. Every
trifie was taken into consideration and
that trifles are immensely big affairs
on such occasions was shown by an
incident which befell Ford. In pacing
McEnery he carried in his pocket a
small pocket knife and when he fin
ished he discovered that the constant
friction of the article rubbing against
his leg had caused a large bruise
Therefore Ford and Spencer performed
wisely in eliminating every possible
trifling burden. 1t was at Sargent that
the real test came. Here McEnery
took to the railroad tracks instead of
walking up the grade, Ford having
previously observed the wisdom of such
a move. 1t was about l o'clock In the
morning when he started on this
stretch and bitterly cold. McEnery in
his exhausted condition felt the cold
keenly.
Here also plans had been perfected
for the proper lighting of the. way
The rubber who paced him at this juno
ture carried an acetylene lamp, made
specially for the purpose, strapped to
his belt and which threw a bright light
ahead ITO add to the dieiculty of the
walking McEnery had to cross two
bridges and tunnel.
Stepping over the plankings of
railroad bridge in pitch darkness, ex-
cept for a small light, is a trick In it
self and was made all the more notable
on this occasion on account OF the ex-
hausted condition of the walker He
had to change his stride suddenly and
pick his way, with tottering feet over
spots which in broad daylight and un-
der ordinary circumstances would have
required a certain amount of nerve A
misstep would have sent him to the
bottom of clear 100 foot drop. This
was no joke.
When McEnery arrived at Pajaro, at
$50 a. M, he yelled loudly for three
square meals The night air, the exer-
else and the cold had given him the
appetite of wolf He was given two
poached eggs and told to be good. An
hour later the walk was started again
and under the same conditions as those
of the day before.
The walking machine was fed and
fed scientifically. 1t was in vain that
McEnery pleaded for rare roast beef.
He was given a. lemon and scornful
laughter His request for cold chicken
was denied but he was allowed an egg
instead. When his managers thought
he ought to have chicken or beef he
was given these meats. but not other
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M 75S5T 5T 1yE zeH 55S

Thereupon began the preparation, the
while the rest laughed. The training
time was brief, but inasmuch as Nc
Emery was as hard as nails from the
outset it was sufficient.
Your heart may be good, your liver
may be good and your lungs may be
good" said Ford, but your feet want
nursing" Then with Spencer the race
was worked out to a science. A joke?
Far from it. 1t was cold blooded
proposition to uphold the Irish name
and win $4,000. The three proceeded
in a manner the absolute science of
which was understood later-when
Selby was dropped far behind
The first thought was for the shoes.
These were of elk hide, medium heavy,
elk high sole and sole leather next to
the ground The purpose of this spe-
cial shoe.was to have one which, while
flexible, would yet be firm enough under
foot to eliminate stone bruises. The
shoes had low heels, seams hammered,
square toes and were large enough to
be worn easily with a heavy pair of
socks. Next in order were the socks.
and in the picking of these was dis
played again the far sightedness
which ultimately resulted in victory.
They were of graded weights The
first pair were heavy, the second a
trife lighter, and each pair grew
lighter, for it was seen that in walk
ing the feet would swell, and as they
swelled the socks could be exchanged
for a lighter pair. so that the foot
would I'LL the shoe comfortably at all
times.
The training of the feet for the trip
was given the greatest attention. The
purpose was to make them pliable, yet
tough, and to this end they were rubbed
with lanoline, the pure grease from the
wool of the sheep, it having been de-
cided that nothing else would bring the
required result.
The treatment consisted in rubbing
them with the grease. drying them on
a towel and then sprinkling them with
talcum powder. All this was part of
the joke and it was repeated daily.
The training was not rigid by any
means. McEnery was kept down to
strong foods. such as steaks, rare roast
beef and green vegetables. and his ex-
ercise consisted of moderate walks at
a rapid pace Three days before the
race he toned down, saving all the
energy possible.
The point of the joke lay however,
in the preparations made for the race
itself There were two points-the saw
ing of the feet and the saving of
time. Everything worked to these
ends. Spencer and Ford arranged the
details. DIR. .McEnery's automobile was
Communicated and converted into a
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By Harry Davids

20 the clubs. to society, to the
Community at large it was a
vast joke. It is always a joke
when two very wealthy men who
need not exert themselves TO. any
Gppreciable extent choose to do so on
q wager; but to Dr. W. A McEnery it
was no Joke, though he might have
chuckled-and no one blames him
when he gathered in a trifiing bagatelle
OF $4,000 Neither was it in the ma
ture Of witticism to Percy Selby, but,
of course, Selby did not realize this
until he found himself nursing an inn
rnense loneliness in Salinas, knowing
that his pride had been laid in the
dust, so TO speak.
Dr. McEnery is a man with an Irish
name, an English accent and a Scotch
modesty. He is the livin', breathin'
htmage of a bIoomin' cosmopolite,
q sort Of three cornered manifesto
ton OF the might, main and domin-
ION Of the British empire. Also he is
feet 10 in his socks, weighs 155
pounds, does not drink, smoke or chew.
Primarily, IT is impolitic to tell a man
with an Irish name that you can do
something better than he can. The
chances are that you can not and 1t is
g moral certainty that ne VIII make
Won travel rather more than rapidly
in proof of your assertions. Accord
snglv. when 1t was fntimated TO Nc
Fnery-observe its very roll-that Sell
by could outwalk him in 100 mile
race. he bristled all over and fetched
out his check book. He would let his
money talk back.
Then the clubs laughed, then society
laughed and then the community
laughed. McEnery did not Instead, he
began to prepare and what followed
showed that with him it was TAR from
a laughing matter. He was out for
blood. His first move was to place him
self in the hands>of DR.. J. Wilson Shiels.
Am l fit?" he asked. rs 1T possible
for me TO trot a blooming circle around
the other chap? Can ] try it?'
Shiels pried open his month, hit him
in the chest, slapped him on the back
'As dt as a fiddle" he remarked. The
heart is good, the liver fine and the
lungs great. But for the love Of
heaven, look after your feet-feet-
feet"
I've only two" said McEnery.
Feet" said Shiels, opening the door
for him
That's the ticket whatg"
Feet" said Shiels, as he walked out
When McEnery went back to his
clubs there arose joyous shouts, and
men of all degrees offered him odds.
The Scotch in him rose and he accepted
all that was offered and then sweetly
departed to seek E. Courtney Ford
and Harry Mcdonald Spencer, clubmen
whose hobby is athletics and who have
Rept in training ever since their col
lege days
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commissary wagon for the nonee. 1t
carried everything that would be
needed on the journey, from rubber
to hard boiled eggs and a stove. Moth
ing was purchased or accepted on the
way. The sort of water McEnery had
been drinking in town was bottled and
carried along. it being feared change
Of water at such a time would work
him harm
Another point of the joke was that
Ford knew every inch of the road. He
had mapped it out some days before.
and it was this fact which had so much
to do with the winning of the victory;
but it was part of the general scheme,
an item in the scientific details of the
whole.
The race started with Selby and Nc
Emery travelling together. The latter
allowed Selby to pace him for about 10
miles, until he saw the automobile wait
ing for him, and then, with a brief nod,
spurted ahead. Tire real work then be-
gan. From that time on he was in the
hands of his managers, and they re-
garded him as human machine which
had to be kept going until the race was
run. Spencer was the first to pace him,
and he did so within a mile of San Jose,
and then Ford took him in hand. The
common expectation was that they
would stop at San Jose, but they did
not Why should they? Everything
they needed was in, the automobile.
Why, then, should they stop by the
wayside?
McEnery, have said, was regarded
as a machine and he was treated like
one. The man pacing him carried with
him the food and drink for the jour
ney. And he was scientifically fed,
little at a time. 1t was on the same
plan az stocking furnace. He was al
lowed just enough to keep up his
strength. A wise fireman does not choke
his furnace with coal. and neither did
Ford choke McEnery with food At one
stage he would be given an egg, at an
other an orange and then again a drink
of milk or water. When the weather
was cold and his vitality was run down
he was given bouillon, and when sleep
dropped his eyes they handed him scald-
ing coffee, as strong as it could be
made. The coffee was heated on the
stove carried on the automobile and
then kept in patent bottles.
The first rest was made at Cilroy
The automobile shot ahead, out came
the folding army cot, the blankets were
arranged and when McEnery came up
he dropped upon it and the rubber was
at his feet. Here the socks were
changed for a pair of lighter ones. 1t
is worth noting that during the trip he
changed his socks six times.
McEnery was not allowed to lie in
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THE RACE

Burlingame country club to Hotel
Del Monte
Distance, 103 miles.
McEnery and Selby left Burlingame
together, with their PAGERS and COM
panicns, at $50 a. m. Saturday, Feb
rusry 25.
McEnery reached De- Monte at Sis
P. n. Sunday, February 81.
McEnery's time, sc hours and As
minutes.
Selby gave out at Salinas and went
no farther.
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wise. No time was lost in eating. He
ate as he walked and he drank as he
walked, and when he did rest he was
rolled around to prevent him falling
asleep.
those of McEnery. He was accom-
panied by a big wagon and trusted to
the passing country for his sustenance.
The net result was that there would
be waits while coffee was being heated
for him and when served it was often
of a sort which had no other qualifica-
tions than that of being hot and wet.
The race was not. in fact, between
McEnery and Selby-it was between
science and pot luck. With. the usual
result.
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McEnery, Spencer and Ford walked
into Del Monte together. and so well
had the physician been nursed and
handled that at the end he was reel
ing of the miles at more than six an
hour. 1t was the only time that he
had been allowed to cut loose and then
only when the goal was in sight and
when it was learned that Selby. hope
1essly beaten, was struggling up
cruel grade, many weary miles in the
rear.
Such was the manner in which the
race was won. The secret lay in the
minute and intelligent attention to de-
tails The distance was 10S% miles
and 1t was done in Sc hours and As
minutes. This. while it is not rec
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By E. Courtney Ford


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ALL Rubbing
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By Harry Mcdonald Spencer

a
McEny Burlingame
of IS in II
his time bets The time bets 40
with witch hazel lanoiine The the
responsibility
walking
at
make
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pou Catcher's Ambition.

Harry Hart, an officer Of the Spo.
kane (Wash.) Humane society, who
caught 2,O2O stray dogs in 1909, or
1890 since beginning the work In Spo-
kane four years ago and total Of
more than $4,000 in various parts of
the United States and Canada since
1903, is striving for worlds record.
His greatest ambition is to become the
acknowledged champion dog catcher,
and with that end in view he will un-
dertake to clear any town Of less than
$4,000 Of unlicensed dogs within thirty
days free of charge to the municipali-
ty. Hart is a native Of England, where
he learned the art Of catching dogs
and has worked in the province Of
Nova Scotia and practically every
state In the Union.
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DOORS TOO SMALL FOR HATS

Expressmen Explain Why Rates Have
Risen on Women's Headgear.
With an apprehensive group of man
milliners looking on .he other after
noon the express companies struck a
telling blow at the mushroom hat in
dustry. 1t happened at the interstate
commerce commission inquiry into the
rates for transporting millinery be-
fore Commissioner James s. Harlan at
Chicago.
In the last two years the express
companies have been putting up the
rates oD hats until they are nearly
twice what they were IN 1906 The
hatmakers were before the commits
sion to find out why. c. w. Stockton.
who did most of the talking for the
express companies. said:
when we first began making rates
On women's hats the hats were small.
neat, compact affairs that looked like
q pat of butter and were fastened to
the wearer's head with bit of string
We charged by the pound at that time
Since then the hats have been grow.
ing steadily in width, height. length
and the fourth dimension, but they
haven't grown an ounce In weight.
"Why. FIVE years ago you could gel
from 500 to 1000 women's hats into
an ordinary express car. Now you
have to take out the double doors tc
get one in.
Another thing. These hat people
have been coming TO us demanding
damages for dents which our express
men make in these hats occasionally
Why. everybody knows that the more
dents a hat has In it the better hat Il
ia -
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The Trust Boycott.

Take back those chops! I will not eat
One single ounce OF trust owned meat.
Az Tor those eggs, like them much,
But trust owned eggs I will not touch.
Bread? Tempt me not. With bread I'm
through.
For that trust produces too.
Potatoes? No: cast them on.
At trust owned vegetables sco6.
A bas the butter! That is made
BY Standard OIL I've heard It said.
Chicken? How dare you offer IT.
'Tis all trust owned, you must admit.
Tea? Well but no: some trust, think.
Controls each cup Of tea we drink.
Besides, unsugared tea II nat,
And, oh, the sugar trust owns thati
MIX? No: cannot drink q drop.
The milk trust ! must help to STOP
Water? No. not single drab.
I'll help put down the water grab.
Yea, though 1t kill me. I'll refrain
From eating trust owned food again.
Yet, what's the use? For II die
In trust made casket must lie
And sleep my sleep. forever sound.
All lonesome In the trust owned ground.
still. my reward shall splendid be
II future folks shall speak at me
And say, with sobs that come ia gusts.
1T killed him, bit he best the trustsi"
Paul West In Now York world
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PRISON LIFE OF
c. W. MORSE.
How Convicted Banker Will Fare
In Atlanta JAIL
ENTITLED TO SOME PRIVILEGES

Placed In First Class Prisoners, but
Must Undergo Rigid Routine--Still
Game and Determined to Fight on In
Courts-He Takes Much Pleasure In
Poem.
When the big steel door of the Unit
ed States penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga,
recently swung shut behind Charles
w. Morse of New York, but yesterday
a man of millions, he had ceased to
exist socially. The quondam ice king,
banker and master of great fleets. who
was intrusted with the care of many
millions and convicted of being faith
less to the trust, had begun his fifteen
year sentence He had become convict
No. 2S14, and after all the formalities
had been concluded, clad in an iii fit
ting suit of rough blue clothes, he was
marched into the big dining hall and
with negroes, Indians, Cinnamon and
whites of every condition took his first
meal under the roof that is to shut out
his liberty for fifteen years.
No. 2S14 henceforth supplants Morse's
name. He has been put in the first
grade of prisoners. which entities him
to all the privileges that the best be-
haved may enjoy. AS such he need
not wear the stripes save when he is
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New Santa Re Trail.

A modern highway 275 miles long
through the short grass country" In
western Kansas would not only prove
an Illuminating object lesson for the
entire state. but for all the country as
well. The people OF western Kansas
have started movement to afford the
world just that object lesson In road
building. From Newton to the Colo
RADIO line 1t is proposed to construct a
continuous boulevard along the Ar
kansas river and call 1t 'the new
Santa Fe trail"
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he would be permitted to keep them.

he would be permitted to keep them.
"Did feel myself guilty my outlook
would be black indeed" he said. "but
/ do not think my life a failure, at
least not vet. No matter what they
do to me, they can't kill my spirit, Ii
Is because Of this sentiment that love
Henley's lines. Every mans voice
raised for me or against me, Is of
avail, and so ask the aid Of every
man who may believe that a wrong
has been done me. That is all / want
to say. Goodby."
That was his valedictory.
Allowed Two Visitors a Month.
Morse IS permitted two visitors each
month. besides special calls of urgent
nature. SO long as he is in the first
grade. He may receive letters and
books and may write one letter every
two weeks, but all of his communica-
lions are subject to the wardcn's scru-
tiny.
He can purchase out of the money
he left with the warden, something
Int G-tU, Il llC tOOtl plStC
and hairbrush and a looking glass.
but he is not permitted to buy any
additions to the menus. Here is the
daily bill of fare:
Breakfast-Potatoes. bread, butter and
coffee.
Dinner = Roast beef. sweet potatoes.
bread and water.
Supper-Pie, bread butter and tea.
A sample of the daily routine for
convict No. 2S14 is: $50 q. M. rising
gong; 7:15, a. m, roll call; 7:20; a. M,
sick report; 80 a. m, breakfast; 8 a.
M, work; 11:45 a. M, recall; 1916 p.
m, dinner; 12:45 p. M, work; 4:15 p.
M, recall; ABS p. m. supper; 6 p. m,
musical hour; to 9, quiet and reading,
smoking permitted; 8 p. M, lights out.
sleep.
At meals different motions of the
hand indicate different wants. The
hand upraised means water, extended
to the right means something else, and
then to the left it has another meaning.
1t is likely Morse will be put to cleri-
cal work, as he is not strong enough
to do outside work.
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ual progress with the women of the
nation.
The more fortunate woman has
awakened to the fact of her obligation
to the self supporting woman not only
In the way of charity. but in methods
that do away with the necessity of
charity. The woman who has every
thing is beginning to realize that she
has it in her power to enforce condi-
tions wherein women less fortunate
may benefit by her influence The wo-
man suffrage movement is producing
this effect. The anti-women. who are
unable to appreciate this, are still sat
isfied with the subordinate position of
the sex in general-praisewor per-
haps, In some respects, but far from
an elevated standard.
II the suffrage bill, as now promises,
shall pass the legislature / should say,
as the greatest boon of 1910, that the
wise men of the United States have at
last realized their inability to stand
alone in the government of the country
and that the extended help of the wise
women Is grateful to them.
BY ORviLLE WRIGHT,
Famous aeronaut and inventor.
We are of the opinion that the new
year will see much progress in aero
nautics not only in America, but in all
the civilized nations that have taken
up the art of flying. Better motors.
greater speed and improvement in de-
tails are some of the things we expect
in connection with the aeroplane. 1t
Is almost certain also that flying will
be taken up by amateurs to great
extent during the next few months.
Two big events that will arouse world
wide interest will be held in America
namely, the Gordon Bennett interna-
tional balloon race and the Gordon
Bennett flying machine cup event.
Both Of these will add much zeal to
the flying business and are sure to put
aeronautics on stronger basis in the
United States.
My brother and l will probably be
busy manufacturing aeroplanes in
1910. We expect to do little If any
flying ourselves and will devote what
time we have to the scientific end of
the business in the hope of bringing
our machine to greater perfection. One
other thing that we expect to do in the
new year is to build some racing ma
chimes. We have never built ma
chine especially for speed. The one
we built for the United States govern
ment was faster than our others. but
1t was not designed for speed as much
as for capacity and long distance fly
ing. But our intentions are to build
a machine especially designed for rae
ing.
BY Brigadier General JAMES ALLEN,
Chief signal officer of U. s. army
The new year should be signalized
by the perfection of the inventions and
discoveries which have so far added
to the worlds material and moral ad-
vancement One of the possibilities
Of the near future is that the peace of
the world may have to be preserved
by the best aerial navy.