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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29
MADE A SHORT FLIGHT.
But Three Topeka Aviators Claim tC
Have Reached 1850 Feet.

An altitude of 1850 feet. a little
short of a mile and a half, was reach
ed by the balloon Topeka" of the
Western Aero association when it
made a trip from Topeka to the Frank
Robertson farm, eight miles north of
Silver Lake, last evening. The start
was made at $50 o'clock from West
lawn park, just south of West street
and Tenth avenue. The balloon land
ed about 1880, making about fifteen
miles on an air line.
Those who made the trip were E. S.
Cole, pilot of the association; r. Emer-
son and c. c.. Higgins. The party ar
rived in Topeka about midnight, hav-
ing been driven with their balloon in a
wagon from the Robertson farm.
They say that they were rather
chilly on the trip on account of the
high altitude and the 1ateness of the
season. Otherwise, the stiffness of the
air made ideal conditions for the flight.
The start was seen by several hun
dred people, Just before leaving,
Charles Ripley stepped in the basket,
but it was found that he made too
much weight and had to be left out.
Mr.. Emerson this morning gave a
very vivid account of how Frank
Mitchell was kidnapped by the balloon
party and thus unintentionally made
the ascent with them.
Mr.. Mitchell didn't go and the story
may have been the result of a dream.
1t is considered ethical by some people
to tell a reporter what isn't true.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29
Notes and Personals.

A reception for the parents of the
pupils of the Quincy school will be held
at the school from $3.50 to o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
Mrs. Homer Scofield will leave to-
day for her home in College Port, Tex,
after a visit with her uncle, F. E.
Williams.
Bring us your films. We do develop
ing and printing. Campbell Drug Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Goodman from
Decatur, ILL.,, are visiting at the home
of Mr.. Goodman's father, mother and
brother, A. N. Goodman, at 921 Gar
field avenue.
Mrs. B. F. Goodman is seriously i'll
at the home of her son, A. M. Good
man, of 921 Garfield avenue.
Miss Letha Locke and Mr.. Bert
Stockwell We're married at the home
of Mr.. G. G. Stockwell, 1921 North Van
Buren, street, at 8 o'clock last night
Rev. Mr.. Pence performed the cere-
mony. The guests were: Miss Annie
Dentan. Mrs. Cook, Beta, Alice and
Frank Elige, Mrs. Earl Martin, Mr..
Emmett Schafer, Mr.. and Mrs. G. L.
Stockwen, Miss Edith Stockwell, Mr..
Chas. StockweI Messrs. Lawrence,
Earl and Clifford Stockwell, Mr.. Lew
Miss L. Martin of Meriden, Mr.. Jim
Stockwell of Hoyt. Refreshments were
served after the ceremony. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert StockWeIl will make their
nome at 1871 MOTIFS avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Sipes, of so North
Jackson street, have returned from a
visit in Richland.
James Ankey and family, who have
been living at 1924 North Kansas ave-
nue. are moving to Kansas City where
Mr.. Ankey will work in a brass foun-
dry.
J. R. Spetter has return from Lee
compton where he has been on bust
ness.
Mrs. Todd has returned from bust
ness trip to Kansas City.
At the regular meeting Of the North
Side Baptist church choir tomorrow
evening business of unusual import
ance will come up. A full attendance is
desired.
w. NJ. Van Ness, of 1903 North Kan
sas avenue, has returned from a visit
through southeastern Iowa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29

street was very pleasantly surprised by
the following ladies Tuesday afternoon
who gathered at her home to give her
farewell social. Mrs. Fuller leaves
socn for California to make her fu-
ture home: Mrs. Amos Beeler and
daughter. Mrs. George Sherman Mrs
VIM. Sherman, Mrs. Ed Ash and son
Edmond, Mrs. Jennie Rust, Mrs. John
Hand Mrs. Lizzie Maher Mrs. Sol
Richardson, Mrs. Alice BartelI, Mrs.
Charles Tennyson, Mrs. w. H. Tenny-
son, Mrs. Jerry Shaw of Dodge City,
Mrs. Thomas Jones and daughter Ma
bel Mrs. w. A. Morton. Mrs. Z. ].
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Smith
and son Kenneth, Mr.. Fred Fuller and
Mrs. Fuller
Mrs. Aretta Braunella of Letter
Ford, Ind, and granddaughter, Miss
Mae Hinton of Kewauna, Ind, and Mr..
and Mrs. S. NJ. Evans spent Wednesday
in Oakland the guests of Mrs. Rena
Stamm. Mrs. Braunella and grand
daughter are here spending several
weeks the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Evans.
On September 30 and so, Thursday
and Friday of this week. a church raj
ly will be held in all the Methodist
churches of the city. The rally will be
an evangelistic missionary campaign.
The speakers for the occasion at the
East Side NJ. E. church will be Rev.
G.. A. Marvel, Rev. NJ. NJ. Culpepper,
the Iaymen will be H. V. Clayton, c.
H. Buck, Mrs. c. H. Steele and Mrs.
G.. H. Ensign.
Mrs. Jacob H. Staerkel of 235 Ger
man avenue went to Chicago Saturday
to spend several weeks with Mr..
Staerkel, who is employed there as in
spector fo~ the Santa Fe.
Mr.. Harry Athon has returned from
Albuquerque, n. NJ. where he has
spent several weeks on a business trip.
Mr.. Fred Fuller of Needles. Cal. is
here spending several weeks visiting
his mother. Mrs. NJ. Fuller. of Madi-
son street. Mrs. Fuller will return to
California with her son, to remain per-
manently.
Miss Mabel Beeler will leave October
s for a trip through the east. She will
visit in Chicago. Niagara, Buffalo, Gin
cinnati and Detroit.
Mrs. R B. Gathers continues to i'm
prove. after being quite sick for the
past two weeks with an attack of
stomach trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29
PUZZLED
Hard Work, Sometimes, to Raise
Children.

ChiIdren's taste is Outlines more ac-
curate, in selecting the right kind of
food to fit the body. than that of
adults. Nature works more accurately
through the children.
A Brooklyn lady says: "Our little
boy had long been troubled with weak
digestion. We could never persuade
him to take more than one taste of
weak little chap and we were puzzled
to know what to feed him on.
zone lucky day we tried Grape-Nuts-
Well you never saw a child eat with
such a relish, and it did me good to
see him. From that day on it seemed
as though we could almost see him
grow. He would eat Grape-Nuts for
breakfast and supper, and 1 think he
would have liked the food for dinner
1.-THE difference in his appearance is
something wonderful.
"My husband had never fancied
cereal foods of any kind, but he be-
came very fond of Grape-Nuts and has
been much improved in health since
using it.
I'VE are now a healthy family and
naturally believe in Grape-Nuts-
"a friend has two children who
were formerly afflicted with ricketts,.
was satisfied that the disease was
caused by lack of proper nourishment
They showed it. So urged her to use
Grape-Nuts as an experiment and the
result was almost magical
'They continued the food and today
both children are well and strong as
any children in this city. and. OF
course, my friend is a firm believer il
Grape-Nuts for she has the evidence
| before her eyes every day
Read ''The Road to Wellville," found
in pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. The!
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.

It occurred to me the other day,
after being an unwilling witness at
family scrap, that one of the greatest
harmony destroyers in the home is the
fixed idea which many people have,
that every untoward thing that hap
pens must be somebody's FAULT.
Don't you think maybe that there is
something in my idea?
Perhaps you don't grasp exactly
what l mean.
I'll try to elucidate.
Big brother puts his bundle of shirts
for the laundry in the hall. Sister
in the dark falls over them and breaks
the pitcher she is carrying. Its all
Bob's FAULT" she walls. for leaving
those old shirts in the hall for some
body to tumble over
go oni'' retorts Bob warmly. ITS
your own fault for not carry lamp or
| lighting the light so you could see
where you were going and not tumble
over everything.
Why anybody.s FAULT! Why not
call it just what is was-an unfortun-
| ate accident-and thereby preserve
/ family harmony, which surely is inf1n-
china pitcher?
The other da.- 1 saw two young
folk spoil what should have been a
perfect holiday outing. just because
/ each insisted on calling an unfortunate
accident the others FAULT.
The husband went back after a
magazine which he was particularly
anxious to read. and then when the
/ cars were blockaded and they missed
| the train his wife said if he hadn t
gone back for that magazine they
would doubtless have gotten a car that
would have been ahead of tn blockade
and therefore the missing of the train
was all his FAULT. Whereat, he said
| that if she hadn't insisted on stopping
J to do UP the dishes instead of leaving
| them until night, as he wanted her to,
they would have surely gotten the
train, and therefore, it was her FAULT
And in the flare of recriminations
and temper that followed, the beauty
| and brightness of the perfect autumn
morning was clouded and the edge
| taken off that childlike delight in a
lark in which they had Jared forth
together.
All of which needn't have happened
had they both accepted the blockade
and the missing of the train as an I'M
| fortunate accident, and had not in
sisted on calling it somebody's FAULT
Irritating and disturbing little things
inevitably happen to all of u.s.
If we try hard enough we can US
ual1y find someone to blame for them.
But wouldn't it be happier world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29
NORTH SIDE NEWS.
Increase in Demand for Houses
in First Ward.
Real Estate Men Say Not Many
Are New Vacant.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
Shows Big Increase Over That
of Previous Years.
Other Items of Interest on the
North Side.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

Real estate men on the North side
say that there is more demand for
houses and enquiries for houses and
lots than ever before at this season.
1t is also said that empty houses are
becoming as scarce as unimaginative
fishermen.
The departure of the Holy Rollers -
or Holy Sanctified" people as they
wish to be called, have left several
houses vacant, these are being rapidly
taken up.
The increase in population is notice
able in the schools of the First ward
In the Quincy schools the enrolment
is nearly 500, which breaks the record
for that school. The enrolment at the
Grant school also makes a good show
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29
Notes and Personal Mention.

Mrs. Charles Blood Smith has re-
turned from Chicago where she spent
the past week
Mr.. Ralph Rohrer, who went to Vir-
ginia to enter a school of forestry early
in the fall, left after a short attend
ance for Lafayette, Ind, and visited
his sister, Mrs. William Crockett. From
there he will go to Ann Arbor, Mich,
to enter the university and will finish
| his college course there.
DIR. F. N. Hayes will leave for Bos-
| ton next week to attend the national
! council of the congregational church
! Dr. Hayes is a delegate, a corporate
member of the national board, and a
member of the nominating committee
| of the board.
| Mrs. E. S. Marshall has moved to
apartments at 300 West Tenth street.
| Mrs. c. B. Hoffman, of Enterprise
spent Tuesday in Topeka.
| Mr.. Robb Thomas, of Lawrence, will
come to Topeka Friday to attend the
initiation party at the Delta Phi
| house.
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Morehouse
will return Saturday from a trip to
New York and Chicago.
Miss Effie Banter will spend next
| week in Kansas City.
| Miss Marjorie Whitney has returned
| from Manhattan, where she attended
the rushing parties of the sorority
girls of the K. S. A. c. Miss Eva Reece
| of Omaha, formerly of Topeka, was
also a guest at the parties in Man
Mrs. B. Warkentin of Newton is the
guests of Mrs. Adrain Greene.
Miss Sue Downey and Miss Mary
Fisher will leave Saturday for a triT
to the Grand Canyon, Pueblo, Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver.
! Mrs. A. H. Ellis and her son, Mr.
| Hale Ellis, moved from the Heinz flats
and have taken apartments at the
Bliss flats, on Tenth and Topeka ave
nues.
Mrs. Elmer Halstead and her daugh-
| ter Marion, who spent the summer il
/ Colorado, will be guests of Mrs. A. H
! Ellis a few days on their return tC
| their home in Ponca, Neb.
Miss Theo Bartel, who has been the
guest of Mrs. Harry Goodrich, return
| ed today to her home in Los Angeles
| Cal.
The Pi Iota Gammas of Washburr
| college gave picnic supper on the
| campus Tuesday evening. The party
! included Miss Gertrude McClintock
Miss Edith Thompson, Miss Bess Rem
| wick, Miss Daisy Monroe, Mr.. Walter
Wedding, Mr.. Roy George, Mr.. Hugh
| Mcfarland and Mr.. John Robb.
McRae's school of dancing open!
| Saturday. Glass instructions 2 to 8
assembly following.
| Colonel J. w. r. Hughes has return
| ed from business trip to Burlingame
| MRS. II. ,. DUN OF Colunbus, ONO
| has returned home after visit to he,
| mother, Mrs. E. L. Lyman.
| Mrs. Richard Thomas has returned
| from Oska1oosa where she attended
| house party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will McCready of Lo
Angeles, Cal, are the parents of a sol
| to whom they have given the nam
Donald. Mrs. McCready was formerl,
Miss Pauline Peak of Topeka.
Mr.. and Mrs, H A. Speilman ant
Mr.. Harold Spielman have taken apart
ments at the Gordon for the winter
Miss Helen Spielman will attend tn
| Northwestern university at Evanston
| Illinois.
Mrs. w. c. Calvert of Washington
D. c., Miss Sudie Lindsay and Mr.. D
| P. Lindsay of Mcpherson are guests o
DR.. and Mrs. w. S. Lindsay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29
An Olive Plant Burns.

Los Angeles, Sept. 2s.-The plant OF
the American Olive company, said to
be the largest of its kind in the world.
was totally destroyed by fire early this
olive oil, valued at 50 a gollan, and
$4,000 worth of olives were con-
Eumed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29
Rbode island Democrats.

sProvidence, Sept 29.-Delegates to
the Democratic convention held here
today had the task of selecting a state
ticket with no candidates in the field
for the gubernatorial nomination and
other leading offices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29
walsh Pardon Papers Filed.

Chicago. Sept. pa record in the
application for a pardon for John r.
Walsh was received here today by Dis
trict Attorney Sims. Mr.. Sims viii
study the document which makes a
package Weighing so pounds and report
back to Attorney General Wickersham.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29

J. S. Dawson. Mr.. James Mcclure, Miss
lie Compe, Mr.. James Clark, Dr. and
Mrs. w. E. McVey, DR.. and Mrs w s.
Lindsay, DR.. and Mrs. H L. AIkire
DR.. and Mrs. NJ. r. Mitchell, Dr. and
Mrs. ]. c. McClintock, DR.. and Mrs. S.
g. Stewart, DR.. r. E. McVey, DR.. and
Mrs. R. S. Magee, Judge and Mrs w
F. Schoch, DR.. and Mrs. A C. Sloan,
DR.. and Mrs o. P. Davis, Dr. and Mrs
w. F. Bowen. DIR. and Mrs J. P
Raster. Dr. and Mrs W. L. Warmer,
Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Storrs, DR.. R. B.
Stewart, DR.. and Mrs. Otto Kiene, DR.
and Mrs. J. D. Freeman, DR.. and Mrs
c. NJ. Hensley, DR.. and Mrs. S. D. Mil
lard, Dr.. and Mrs. j. A Crabb Dr.
and Mrs. H. NJ. Conner, DR.. and Mrs.
J. N. Beasley, DR.. and Mrs. L, V.
Sans, DR. and Mrs. NJ. G. Sloo, DR.. and
Mrs. A. W. Dawson. DR.. and Mrs. F.
b. Dams, DR.. and Mrs. c. A. Mcclure.
DR.. and Mrs. L. H. Mum, DR.. and
Mrs. NJ. c. Porter, DR.. F. J. Ernest.
DR.. E. A. Ernest, Dr. and Mrs F. c.
Menninger, DR.. Seth A Hammel, DR..
Sara E. Greenfield, DR.. Harriet e.
Adams, DR.. and Mrs. s. A. Johnson,
Prof and Mrs H. w. Page, DR.. and
Mrs. w. H. Fighter. DR.. and Mrs. f. j.
Mahon and DR.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Brock
EFT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29
NIrs. sage Sc Years old.

New York, Sept. 29.-Mrs. Russell
Sage is this week celebrating her
eighty-second birthday at her home In
Lawrence, L. I.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29
BRADSHAW IS PlQUED.
Court Refuses to Allow Marriage That
Topelzan Requests.

Oskaloosa, Kan, Sept. ga w.
Bradshaw of Topeka appeared in tie
probate court here, asking for a license
for Paul S. Hiatt, 20 years old and
Fairy A. Gillen, Is years old, both of
Topeka. Bradshaw represented to the
court that he was the stepfather of
the Gillen girl, but the court refused TO
issue the document without the writ
ten consent of the mother.
Bradshaw gave up in disgust when
the written consent was not forthcoln-
ing. He told the court that he knee
of places where the officials were not
so particular.
Early in September the stepfather, A.
V. Bradshaw, who runs a restaurant
on West Sixth avenue, objected to the
attentions paid to the Gillen girl by
Ernest Woodward. A fight followed
in which Woodward was hurt after
--hich Bradshaw was landed in police
court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-29

If, instead of trying hard enough, we
cheerfuIly accepted such things as no.
body's FAULT, just accidents.
Seems so to me. anyway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
STARVING TO DEATH In
The LAND OF PLENTY
This Man Was Starving to
Death With an Abundance
of Food at Hand.

1t isn't often in these days of pros
perity that we read of any one being
on the verge of starvation, but it
nevertheless occurs right here in our
midst. What makes it sadder still is
the fact that few dollars invested in
eatables and sent to their door would
not help matters in the least, as they
already have an abundance of food at
hand, but on account of a lack of
power to digest this food they slowly
starve to death, even though the
stomach is crowded with food, and
probably the less they eat the more
they would digest, as overlooking
disordered stomach is like corn in
mill, too much stops the mill. Mr..
M. c. 1ykenS says: For two years /
have been slowly starving to death,
stomach wouldn't digest enough of the
food 1 ate to support me, and I have
been slowly losing weight in spite of
the best medical attention l could
get. One doctor would advise me to
diet myself and the next one would
suits were always the same. and I
continued to go down hill. 1 would
bloat terribly after eating and that
awful burning pain in my stomach
would at times nearly drive me crazy.
When I called at the United Doctors
office was but shadow of my for
mer self and was so weak and nerv-
Gus that 1 could hardly stand, and
my skin was as sallow as a russell
shoe. After two weeks treatment by
the specialists I have gained nine
pounds in weight. am feeling better
than 1 have in years and believe L
will be able to go to work in two
weeks more"
You say how are the United Doc
tors able to perform such feats as
these after SO many others have
failed? In this case it was simply a
matter of finding the cause of the
trouble, which was not in the stom-
ach. His real trouble was a lack of
bile in the digestive juices, caused
by an occlusion of the gall ducts, OF.
what is commonly known as gall
stones, and after he was given treat
ment to remedy this trouble his stom-
ach cured itself, because in reality
there was no organic disease in the
stomach. but a functional trouble de-
pendent entirely upon another organ.
The United Doctors are located at $40
Kansas avenue, Topeka, and they are
making the unprecedented offer of
treatment free until well of all cur
able cases applying in the next 80
days, except the cost of medicines
used.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
NEVER OFFERED BRIBE.
McNIurray FTatIy Denies Story Told by
Senator Gore. .

Sulpher, Ok, Aug. 19.-"It has been
charged that you, through Jake l. Ha-
mon, offered Senator T. P. Gore $4,000
or $4,000 as a bride to influence him in
congress to withdraw opposition to the
approval of your contracts Did you or
did you not offer Senator Gore such a
hribe?''
J. F. McMurray answered mo to the
question in the hearing before the con-
gressiofal committee investigating In
dian land affairs.
Mr.. McMurray, who holds contracts
with the Chickasaw and Choctaw In
dams for the sale of $50, 000,o 900 worth of
their land in this state on a 10 per
stand all day. The questions were pro-
pounded to him by Cecil H. Smith, his
counsel.
Ibid you ever tell anyone that Vice
President Sherman had any interest in
your contracts?"
Il never did, answered McMurray.
did YOU authorize Halrlon to say
Mr. Sherman was interested?"
st did not"
Did Senator Charles Curtis of Kan
sas ever have any interest in the con-
tracts?"
HE never did and I never told any
one that he did"
did you ever tell anyone that Con-
gresham B. S. Mcclure has any inter-
est in your contracts?'
ct never did,
Ibid you ever authorize Harmon to
represent you before any members OF
congress or anyone else?"
st did not
HAS any member of congress or any
employee of any department Of the gov
eminent any interest in your con-
tracts? ?"
s.They have no."
Describing his contracts as ''plain
business proposition" Mr.. McMIrray
told Of his relations with the Indians,
which he said began in 1859. In the first
contracts for the sale of the land. Cecil
Lyon, national Republican committee
man of Texas, was a partner. THESE
contracts were disapproved by President
Roosevelt in 1908 and Mr.. Lyon ceased
to be connected with him. Mr.. Mc21ur-
ray then employed as counsel former
Senator ]. M. Thurston Of Nebraska,
former Senator Chester I. Long OF
Kansas and Richard c. Adams of Wash
ington.
The witness also denied he ever had
offered $4,000 as a bride to d. c. Nc
Curtain a Choctaw lawyer. McCurtain
had said the offer had been made to
him in connection with the old tribal
contracts. Senator Gore has testified
that Hamon had offered the br1be In
the senator's private Office in Washing
ton on May last. Mr.. McMurray testi-
fed he twice had called on Senator
Gore after that date and the senator
had made no reference to the alleged
offer of bribery until his speech In the
senate on June "a.
Jake L. Hamon was mentioned by
Senator Gore as being the man who
offered the bribe in McMurray's behalf
and took the stand two weeks ago and
denied he had ever made any SUCH OF
fer The examination of McMurray
will be continue today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-19
EXILES DROP TWO
Champions Win Double Game
IL to 6 and 3 to O.
Jackson Allows Eleven Hits and
Eight Walks in First.
HERSCHE IN SECOND.
Des MOines Pitcher Gives Only
Three a Chance.
Last Game Goes Innings by
an Agreement.
HERSCHE IN SECOND.

Des Moines, Aug 19.-Topeka's Ex-
lies dropped both ends of double head
er to Des Moines. the first II to and
the second 3 to 0. Jackson opposed
Biersdorfer in the first and allowed IL
hits and Hersche three. The Exiles
twirler allowed six hits and three walks.
Every hit was represented by run at
the finish. The Cooleys broke into the
lead in the fourth inning but were I'M
able to hold it.
while Hersche went in for the Cham
pions. Better pitching graced the sec
ond game, jackson allowing only six
hits and Kersche three. The Exiles
I.ever had n chance to score and pes
Moines cinched the game in the second
and third innings. The game went only
seven inngs by agreement.
First Rame-ScOra.