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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
MUST FLY ONCE A DAY.
Or Be Penalized Is the Rule at Los
Angeles Meet.

Aviation Field, Los Angeles, Cal,
Jan. 13.-Big white clouds, threaten
ing rain and a wind that blew six
miles an hour and carried chill were
day at Aviation Field, when the
crowds began to assemble. The
weather bureau promised rain and
the promise seemed about to be full
filled. but there was no lack of en-
thusiasrn, either on the part of the
people who came to see the expected
record breaking flights or on the part
of the aviators who shifted the breeze
and scanned the sky and then re-
turned to the task of preparing their
machines.
The program for Pasadena day
promised great things and Paulhan
and Curtiss both promised greater
things. Hamilton and Willard agreed
to go for a record or two and Miscarol
and Mason conversed in French while
they kept one eye on the sky and the
other on their Bleriot machines Har-
mon, the amateur aviator, contented
himself with walking around and
around his machine and frequently
seating himself in it and working a
lever or two.
Hours before any flights, could be
expected the electric cars from Los
Angeles were disgorging thousands.
The thrills of Paulhan's flight of
yesterday when he rose nearly mile
to the evening sky had not died away
and the attendance promised to eclipse
the previous days of the meeting.
Curtiss showed his sportsmanlike
spirit in talking of Paulhan's feat. He
expressed pleasure that the record
was made in America and said:
1.-The credit for flight such as
Paulhan made belongs entirely to the
aviator and it is an evidence of his
daring, skill and confidence"
Reticence reigned as usual in Cur
tiss' tent over his program, but there
was well defined feeling that he
would try some great things today to
take from France for America, a por-
tion of the glory. 20,
The meet has been. brought into de-
finite shape now. A big blackboard
on the field gives each official event.
Megaphone. men announce it to the
grandstand. The judges require an
announcement from the aviators be-
fore each attempt at speed. height
and endurance records. Each aviator
who does not fly around the circle at
least once a day is penalized at least
five per cent of his best time.
The local .aviators tinkered with
their machines in their open air shops
expecting to make trial flights today.
These machines have not been tried
and accidents have been carefully
guarded against.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
COAL TO BE HIGHER.
Scarcity in Chicago Caused Dealers to
Boost Prices.

Chicago, Jan. 13.-In connection
with the scarcity of coal the City Fuel
company made effective yesterday an
increase in the price of coal 20 the
retail or small consumer of 25 cents
a ton on certain Illinois coal and
Pocahontas and so cents a ton on
block coal. The company's officials
explained they had been compelled to
go into the market and buy between
so and $50 carloads of coal for the
retail trade ut greatly advanced prices.
The price of steam coal has not been
increased.
One city IN the vicinity of Chicago
suffered the dire effects of the coal
shortage yesterday. All lights went
out In Aurora at 9 o'clock last night.
With only a few tons of coal left,
an the fires at the municipal lighting
plant were put out that there might be
fuei for short run of the engines at
night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
IN PINCHOT'S PLACE.
Taft Decides on Henry S. Graves of
Yale.

Washington, Jan. 13.-President
Taft has decided to appoint Henry S.
Graves head of the Yale school of
forestry, as chief of the forestry bu-
reau, to succeed Clifford Pinchot
President Taft also appointed AL
bert F. Potter, at present acting for
ester, associate forester. The new for
ester and his associate are both known
as Pinchot men. Both have served
under Mr.. Pinehot and both are in
sympathy with his policy of admins
tration. 1t was largely through. Mr..
Pinchot's efforts that the Yale forest
school was established. and Mr.. Graves
went from the post of assistant chief
of the division of forestry under Mr..
Pinchot to become director of the
school in 1900. He had served in the
forestry division two years
Mr.. Graves graduated from Yale in
1892. He was trained in forestry in
this country and in Europe and has
had extensive experience in the west,
having made the reconnaissance sur
vey of the Black Hills in 1897. Mr..
Graves will take up his duties as a
forester February 1.
Mr. Potter, the new associate for
ester, who succeeds Overton w. Price,
is a native of California and had spent
all his life in the west until he be-
came member Of the forestry staff
nine years ago. He has had jurisdic&
tion over all grazing. privileges within
the preserves He IS well acquainted
with western conditions and is thor
oughly informed of all the policies
and practices of the forests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
new KIND OF MONOPLANE
1t Is Receiving Daily Tryouts at Ham,
mondSport.

Hammondsport, N. Y, Jan. 13.-A
coal black monoplane, built along
somewhat different lines from any of
the American or European aeroplanes,
is receiving daily tryouts above the
snow sand ice which covers Lake
Keuka here The monoplane is the
invention of A. L. Pfitzner, who has
been studying the science of aerial
fight with the colony of aerop1ane in
ventors here for some time past
The new monoplane, which has
made several short flights successful
ly has new balance device, while its
steering gear is also novel in aeroplane
architecture. Instead of steering with
a rudder, Pfitzner has his right and
left steering. surfaces piled in front
over the elevating plane. In the rear
he carries a rigid plane as a tail
The inventor will continue his ex-
periments here until he has mastered
the control of the machine and it's
twenty-five horsepower engine. Later
he expects to exhibit it throughout
the country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
1T is COLDER AGAIN.
Mercury Drops to Twenty-Five De-
grees This Morning.

Below freezing temperature has
prevailed all day, and the fact that
the surface of the ground was frozen
last night undoubtedly saved a more
serious condition in the Kaw valley
The river has fallen rapidly today be-
cause of the freeze, which stopped the
supply of surface water.
The forecast for tonight is fair and
colder" which will give all streams a
chance to run down before another
thaw. The destruction of property in
cident to last nights flood includes,
beside the three bridges torn out, the
loss of two sand dredges from Topeka.
These barges passed Lecompton at 10
o'clock this morning.
This afternoon tho wind blows 2S
miles an hour from. the northwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
WILL REWARD DRIVERS.
Chicago Humane Society Plans for
Better Treatment of Horses.

Chicago, Jan. 13.-Drivers of un-
ruly horses who succeeded in keeping
their tempers under trying and un-
usual circumstances will be rewarded
by the presentation of gold. silver and
bronze medals if the plan of Hugo
Krause, superintendent of the Anti
Cruelty society, meets with the ap-
proval of the board of directors of
that organization.
Mr.. Krause said yesterday that a
wealthy man interested in the welfare
of horses had agreed to finance the
scheme and that the medals would be
forthcoming if the board of directors
did not veto the suggestion.
The medals as proposed will cost
from SO TO $40 each and will be
decorated on one side with q horses
head and on the. other with the name
of the recipient.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
TO FURNISH CLOTHES.
New York VIII Provide for Comfort
of Open Air Glasses.

New York, Jan. 13.-New York city is
going into the clothing business to the
extent Of buying garments for some of
the pupils in the public schools. The
board of education has voted to buy
wraps, overshoes, gloves. caps and foot
warmers, so that the children in its
open air classes shall be comfortable
while pursuing their studies.
The open air class room scheme was
adopted a few weeks ago as an expert
ment in an East side school. The class
is intended for anaemic children who
have tendency to tuberculosis. If the
experiment proves successful, 20 similar
class rooms are to be opened in other
public school buildings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
HANGING TO RIGGING.
Survivors Are Seen on Wreck of the
Steamer Czarina.

Marshfield, Ore, Jan. 13.-When
morning broke today the wrecked
steamer Czarina was plainly visible and
from the shore half a dozen men could
be seen lashed to the rigging of the
last remaining mast. The breakers
still was dashing over the vessel.
AS soon as it become sufficiently light
long distance glasses were brought to
bear on the little group of survivors
and from the observations of the watch
ers it is believed that among these six
are Captain Duggan. Harold Mills, the
only passenger; Purser Hedges and
First Officer Hughes.
The life savers are unable to reach
the Czarina. The sea is too rough for
them to approach sufficiently close even
to fire a life line over the vessel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13

The bill likely will be laid before con-
gress next week.
The principal feature will be the
creation of a form of holding company
under the national charter which may
control business of subordinate COM
panies organized under state laws
Proper limitations will be pr divided
against the embarkation of any such
corporations in the business of dis
counting bills, receiving deposits and
issuing notes. There Will be ne COM
pulsory provision in the bill, it is said.
The corporations Will not be required
to take out national charter if they
see tit to do business under the state
laws instead
All charters will be subject to the
approval of the commissioner of cor
porations
Any corporation that has more than
one kind of stock will be authorized
to confer the right to choose the di-
rectors of any class to the exclusion
of others
No preferred stock, by the terms.
can be issued except as specified in
the original articles of association
save with the consent of the holders
Of two-thirdsA of each class of out
standing stock. Stock books are to be
open to inspection of all stockholders,
judgment creditors and law officers.
An important provision will be one
requiring every. subscriber to pay to
the treasurer of a corporation ten per
cent of the amount of his subscription
in cash and directors will be author
lied to assess stock not exceeding the
whole par value thereof
A corporation will be permitted to
purchase property necessary for its
with the approval of the bureau of
COrDOratiOna
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13

night is that the original stream was
entirely frozen over when the melt first
came on. The thick ice on the river
held up under the water and soon the
riverbed was running two stories hlgf
one stream under the ice and one
stream above the ice. 1t is thought,
however, that the lower layer is bro
ken out and floating with the stream
by this period of the flood stage
The North Topeka dikes are in fine
shape. Probab they were never in
such good condition to withstand a
flood They are frozen solid several
inches in the ground and would be
impregnable against high water. The
water thus far has only Tapped the low
er sides of the original bank and have
rot given the huge levees a test. But
the people of the city have little fear
of the efficiency of the dikes under the
present conditions.
The city park is a great place for the
small boys today. The whole park is
frozen over with a layer of ice and
is almost as good as a pond of that
size In places the ice is penetrated by
grass and shrubbery but as a whole it
is a treat for the small boy skaters.
The only danger is that the boys may
slide off into the river before they
could stop themselves.
Wichita, Kan, Jan. 13.-Swollen by
the water from the melting SHOWS that
have poured into it along its course
through three or four counties, the
Ninnescah river, which runs through the
southwestern portion of this county. is
a torrent. Ice, which has formed N
jams at several points on the stream, Is
being driven on bv the resistless force
of the current, taking with it many
bridges across the stream. Nothing
seems atic to Withstand the force of
the huge, slow moving mass, when III
-lIo hoo 10 the I0.E
lands, causing much damage.
A telephone message from Cheney
conveys the information that at least
four bridges and the material for three,
others had been carried away, and
there seemed to be little hope for any
bridge on the river below that point.
The bridges that are. known to have
been swept away are, the Baughman
bridge in Reno county, the Blakely
Albert and Wolfe bridges in Grand Riv-
er township, this county; and new ma
teriaI for three more bridges at inter-
mediate points. No such ice flood has
been known in the Ninnescah in a
great many years.
Trouble at Ottawa.
ottawa. Kan, Jan. 13.-On the
Marais Des Cygnes river an ice gorge
formed against a bridge two miles
east of Ottawa and by this morning it
had extended to that. city, blocking the
channel The water was rising rap
idly this morning and a force of men
started out to dynamite the gorge in
an attempt to prevent a flood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
FIGHT ON TAFT BILL.
Administration Corporation Measure
Will Have Hard Struggle.

Washington, Jan. 13.-Now that
the main features of the bill to be
recommended by the president provid-
ing for a federal incorporation act
have become known there is a disposi-
ton on the part of many members of
congress to insist not only upon a
full discussion of the measure but
upon amendments which will, in their
judgment, be necessary to make it eff
fective in dealing with great corpora
tions. Indeed, it is believed that moth
ing short )f tremendous administra-
tion influence will enact it into law.
The need of a forfeiture clause by
which a corporation persistently vio-
lating the law can have its charter re-
voked is declared to be absolutely
necessary ie corporations are to be
effectively controlled.
Many congressional lawyers advo-
cate compulsory instead of voluntary
federal incorporation. They cite as
sound the general principle that if
congress has constitutional power to
tions doing such business to take a
federal Incorporation. it has power to
require them to comply with its laws
regulating interstate commerce.
Among the questions that will come
up for consi .9eration is that relating to
the effect of federal Incorporation
upon the right of states to control and
to tax the property of such enter
prises.
Some members of congress will wish
to have the rights of the states clear
ly defined in respect to such matters
as regulations for sanitation and fac
tory inspection. They will also wish
to reserve to the states their right to
tax such property after the corpora
ton has assumed its federal character.
Some of them will wish, if possible,
to separate the state from the inter
state business so that the states may
still have power to control in respect
to business conducted by the corpora
ton solely within the state.
The Administration Bill.
In twenty-one sections Attorney
General Wickersham has embodied
the ideas of President Taft and his
cabinet regarding system of federal
interpretations of business enterprises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
IN WASHINGTON.
Topeka Man Makes Plea for Reform
of Judicial Procedure.

Washington. Jan. 13.-Correction of
crying evils in the existing judicial
procedure was, sought at hearings
given a delegation of the American
Bar association by the senate and
house committee on the judiciary to-
day. A thorough revision of the law
was urged and instances were given
of escapes Of criminals through mere
technicalities.
The delegation included Judge S. H.
Alien of Topeka, Kansas, and Prof.
John D. Lawson of Columbia, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
HUG CAUSED INSANITY.
Girls Companions Teased Her and She
Lost Her Mind.

keolxuk. Ia, Jan. 13.-The embrace of
a young man, followed by incessant teas
ing on the part of girl companions, while
at work. caused pretty 20-year-old Lilly
Nygren. daughter Of s. P. Nygren of this
city to become insane
Ihese facts were disclosed in the appli-
cation to the Lee county insanity board,
which yesterday ordered Miss Nygren
committed to the state institution at
Mount Pleasant. She is in critical con-
dition and the strictest watch is being
kept for fear she Will attempt suicide
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
shoes to Cost More.

New York. Jan. 13.-Trade conditions
demand an increase in the retail price
of shoes. Retailers probably will in
crease their prices from 10 to IL per
cent before the close of the present
year. This in effect is what President
John H I-anan said as he addressed
the sixth annual convention of the
National Association of boot and shoe
manufacturers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
KNOX IS ALL RIGHT.
But the Japanese Do Not Agree With
His Proposal.

Toxic, Jan. 13.-There is reason to
believe that japan and Russia have
reached a complete agreement on the
subject of the naturalization of the
Manchuria railway proposed by the
United States.
The newspapers here generally ad-
nit the benevolent intentions of Sec
retary Knox, but there is no evidence
of a lessening of the opposition to his
plan on the grounds of sentiment and
impractica bility.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
WOULD LEGALIzE FIGHT.
J. C. Miller Would Have Jeffries-
johnson Bout Held in Oklahoma.

Chicago Jan. 13.-J. C. Miller of Bliss
Okla, one of the owners of the 101 ranch,
says if the plans backed by him and 9TH
ers of that state are successful there will
be a special session of the Oklahoma leg
islature soon at which permission will be
obtained so the JeffrieS-JohnSon fight may
take place there next July.
Mr. Miller is on his way to Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
RECEIvED$2, 900 REWARD
New York Working Girl Found $780,
900 String of Pearls.

New York. Jan. 1s.-Mrs. Irene
Isman, who last October divorced
Felix Isman, the real estate operator
and theatrical manager of Philadel-
phia and New York, yesterday recov-
cred the necklace of pearls worth $780,
900 she lost in the street last Friday.
The working girl who picked up the
pearls received $4,000 reward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
POET WATSON SAILS.
Leaves Shores of America for His
Native Land.

New York, Jan. 13.-William Wat
son, the English poet, and his wife
sailed yesterday on the Adriatic. He
did not look well, and Erskine Ely.
speaking for him. said he did not
desire to talk. He had found the
United States remarkable country,
but had been much disappointed with
some aspects of his visit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
KILLED BY A CASTING.
William Rhodes, CoffeyviIIe Foundry
man, Crushed to Death.

Coffeyville, Kan, Jan. 13.-william
Rhodes. foreman at the Coffeyville
foundry, was killed here today while
taking heavy casting from a mould.
The crane slipped and Rhodes was
crushed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
Maid strangled by Burglars.

Millbrook. n. Y, Jan. 13.-Sarah
Bramer, nursemaid employed by Mr..
and Mrs. Barnes Compton in this
morning by burglars who robbed the
Compton mansion of jewelry valued at
III 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
AUTHOR DAM WINS SUIT
Plot of ssHeir to the Hooraal' Stolen
From Story Written by Him.

New York, Jan. ia court decid-
ed Yesterday that the author of a story,
the plot of which is stolen for a play,
is entitled 70 all the profits of the
play. The suit was that of H J. w.
Dam again Kirk La Shelle, who pro-
duced the s'1eir to the Hoorah.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
Negro Pugilist Dies.

Duluth. Mimi. Jan. 13.-WaIter White
head negro pugilist of this city. who
was stabbed by Ralph Jones, another
negro about a week ago. died today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Jan. 13.-Forecast for
Kansas: Fair tonight and Friday;
colder tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13

CONTINUED on Page Eight,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
The ADMINISTRATION Bill.

In twenty-one sections Attorney
General Wickersham has embodied
the ideas of President Taft and his
cabinet regarding system of federal
interpretations of business enterprises.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-23
TAKE IT FROM THOSE WHO KNOW

TAKE IT FROM THOSE WHO KNOW
"The of storage gasoline, even with all known pre-
cautions, is danger which should always be recog-
nized" declare the experts of the National Board of
Fire Underwriters in official report The people
who deal with the hazards to life and property recognize
the danger of gasoline cook Stoves but do you recognize
cook stove blows up the tragedy is in few Sec
onds There is no warning-no chance to escape the
fury of gnited gasoline vapor All these are things to
be considered when you think proposition to
put the cool and safe fuel-GAS-in your home
POWER COMPANY.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-23

learned from It that to be thorough
and solid was not necessarily to be
dull; and 1t pleased nim again as
often as he returned in later years to
the convenient little brown volumes
with the familiar Edited by w. ].
Role" in gilt lettering on the cover.
Prof. Rolfe popularized learning in
unlikely quarters, but still more he
humanized scholarship. Shakespeare
was to him more than an intellectual
exercise. This scholar, oddly among
his brethren, bore constantly in mind
that the raw material Of his craft was,
more than any other raw material in
in literature, the passions and wills
of human beings, and that those who.
were to profit by his craft were chiefly
of an age when nothing so appealed
and interested as living men and wom-
en-. II anyone doubts that the teach
ing Of youth Is a fine art, or that 1t
Is unworthy of his best effort, let him
take up a volume of Rolfe's Shake
speare. In his critical notes he used
style OF concise writing and an attl-
tude of appreciation which earns the