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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-14
REVENUE CUTTERS
DID HEROIC WORK
Uncle Sans Cutter Service
Saves Lives and Mil
lions of Dollars.

Sans Revenue Cutter Service has CIV.
len Q magnificent account of itself
along the storm-beaten Atlantic coast
Ireceptly. The recent heavy storms on
the South Atlantic coast have given
the revenue service an unusual op-
portunity.
A statement given out today at the
Treasury Department by Acting Secre.
tary Of the Treasury Bailey, shows
what the cutters have done In conse.
Iquence Of the South Atlantic coast
bgale which wrought devastation Aug.
ust ~ and %. Three revenue cutters
in the past two weeks gave assistance
to sixteen distressed vessels. which
with their cargoes, are valued at over
100000. At least $50 persons were
succored by the prompt action OF
these craft.
The cutters have been SO busily en-.
gagged In rescue work that as yet the
commanding officers have made only
meagre reports by wireless Of the gal
liant labors they have performed.
The three cutters were the Yama.
craw, Seminole, and Onondaga. The
following Is brief resume Of their
recent work.
The Yamacraw, stationed at Savan-
nah, put to sea before the gale sub
'sided, and on her way down the Sa.
vannah river rescued two barges which
had broken adrift, and took off the
crews Of several disabled motor boats.
The Lexington, a $500 ton steamer
a linz
was drived ashore on Hunting Is.
land. Her wireless calls for help
brought the Yamacraw to her assist.
ance. After great effort, the pas.
sengers were taken off by the Yama.
craw and landed in Charleston.
On the Yamacraw's way to Charles.
ton, the news was flashed of several
vessels In distress, the most urgent
being the Bessie Whiting. schooner,
with her entire crew aboard, which
was drifting at the seas mercy eigh-
ty miles east OF Savannah. The Yama.
craw, after landing the passengers OF
the Lexington, searched for the Whit.
ing and t0wed her to Charleston much
to the relief OF the captain and crew
at seven men.
With rest for the Yamacraw's tired
crew, help was then given the schoon.
or Bertha l.. Downs, of New Haven,
which was lowed into Charleston; as.
ststance was then offered the schoon-
- Forest City, and then an unknown
cApsixed schooner was lowed in under
the lee OF Cape Roumain.
Work Of, the Seminole.
Fully as active as the Yamacraw, the
Seminole, with headquarters at Will
mington, N. c., gave aid to the wreck.
"a schooner Malcolm b. Seavey, the
dlsmasted schooner Fortuna, the
schooner Mile r. Bohannan, and the
schooner Charles A. Valentine. The
schooner Fortuna, of New London
Conn. was dismasted and her deck
load of lumber washed away in the
storm. She had been abandoned by
all hands save the captain and his
wife and the cook. The Seminole
towed her into Georgetown, 8. C.
The cutter Seminole and the cutter
Onondaga searched for the schooner
Sarah d. Fell, of New York, and the
Seminole found her abandoned thirty
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-14
THE COST OF LIVING.

The real cost OF living is not reck-
oned in dollars and cents-it's paid for
in physical energy and the compensa-
ton is in physical and mental COM
fort. Many women do not enjoy life
because they are overworked. Conse-
quently, labor-saving devices are the
most welcomed of all inventions.
Prominent in this class is Hewitt's
white Easy Task soap-for kitchen
and laundry use. 1t does half the work
itself, kills the germs, does not harm
the hands or fabrics, and makes an
easy task of household drudgery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17
ChiefWilmarth Makes Estimates
for Year 1912.
Cost of Service and Improve
ments Is $77,6O1.
MUCH NEW EQUIPMENT
New Motor Apparatus for Up
Town Stations.
Steamer and Aerial Truck for
North Side.

The running expenses and improve
ments for the Topeka fire department
in the year 1912 Will amount to SIT sol
If the estimates prepared by Chief VIII
marth are approved by the board OF
city commissioners in their annual Sic
ing contest of the years budgets.
Chief Wilmarth has completed his
budget for the year 1912-an estimate
that covers all advance ideas in mu
nicipal fire fighting and one that will,
if approved, give Topeka the most ef-
ficient fire fighting service in the his
tory of the city.
The budget proper includes estimates
for two pieces of motor fire apparatus
as we'll as a complete plan for the i'm
provement of the service in all sta
lions. An amendment to the budget
includes the establishment of first class
service in North Topeka,-the addlt1o
of steamer and aerial truck apparatus
that viii provide the best protection in
the city to the valuable mill and manu-
featuring interests Of this section OF
the city.
The estimates made by Chief WI
marth for 1911 caused an expenditure
of $67. 400. The increased cost Of grain
and other materials and the additional
budget for new horses, new fire hose
and motor equipment this year has
raised the budget to $77,601.
The actual running expenses for 1912
are set at $65,511.
The Topeka fire department since its
existence has led all other cities in
the country of this size in efficiency and
fire loss. The Topeka fire companies
under the head of Chief Wilmarth have
the loss per capita has awakened many
cities to lew possibilities. Chief Viii
marth has set the standard of the fire
department to such a high degree tina.
only the addition Of modern motor
equipment will improve its efficiency.
The cost of improving the service in
North Topeka is one of the most i'm
portant sections of this years budget
1t is planned tc build an addition to
the No. 1 station and add to the ap-
paratus a steamer and a 75-foot aerial
truck. The cost of this work will be
$4,000 with a maintenance addition Of
$4,000 a year.
Last year it was planned to make
this improvement in the North side
service but the city commissioners felt
that the expense was too great. This
year it is known that the proposition
is favored. If a new aerial truck IS
rot added it is almost assured that
North Topeka will get the steamer pro-
lection at a cost of only $4,000 for
equipment and building and $4,000 for
maintenance.
The item over the 800 mark includ-
ed in Chief Wilmarth's budget this year
Salaries, s5s,451; horse feed, $500:
fire alarm service, 1898; repairs appar-
atus, $40; repairs to station buildings,
$55S; general equipment account, 1884;
horse shoeing, 1854; lighting station
buildings. $126; coal buildings and
steamer S545; chemicals for chemical
engines. s145; supplies, $s4o; fu1nitura
and bedding, $135; veterinary service.
S110; 400 feet chemical hose, $3.50; four
! horses, LOCO; 5000 feet 25z inch hose,
81, $780, motor apparatus, $1,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17
CONDITIONS WORSE HERE.
French Student Finds Paris. Not New
York, an Example.

Hoboken, N J., July 17.-Dr. Charles
Pranard, deputy chief of the bureau of
special providence of France. who IS
here to look over this cityss housing
methods, finds conditions in New York
amazing" He started off with an ex-
animation of East side tenements. hop
ing to get some hints for improving
housing conditions in France, but his
first glimpse led him to think that this
city had better send to Paris for in
structions.
Il inspected several tenements in
lower Manhattan" he said on his re-
turn, land found the tenants paying S.
a month rent per room. Many of these
rooms are so dark that they should be
vacated at once as unfit for human be-
ings to live in. They are also veritable
death traps.
Five hundred dollars is the average
earnings of unskilled laborers in New
York out of which they have to pay
$50 year for their small rooms This
is about one-third of their total in
come. L; Paris unskilled worknen
earn $3.50 a year on the average, but
their rents are only $50 for three or
four rooms, that is only a fifth of their
earnings We feel in France that the
rent should not take more than one
fifth of the earnings"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17
CAPTAIN BURGESS IS DEAD.
Flew American Flag in Spain Against
COnsul's Advice.

Montclair, N. J., July 17-Captain
Charles Burgess of Brooklyn, the oldest
sea captain on the rolls of the New
York Marine society, is dead at the
home CT his son here. He was nearly
80 years old and had followed the sea
from the age of 13 years. He was
educated in the British navy and re-
ceived charge of his first American
vessel during the civil war, carrying
troops and supplies fer the United
States government
Prior to the Spanish-American war,
when there was strained feeling be-
tween the two nations, Captain Burgess
was anchored at a pier in Seville,
Spain The American consul advised
him not to fly his flag for fear OF
trouble with the crowds along the wa
ter front. The captain Indignantly re-
fused to lower the flag
I am a peaceful man." he told the
consul, but if any man tries to haul
down that flag he viii have to fight all
the way to the ton of the mast"
The flag flew unmolested throughout
his stay in Seville
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17
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CONDUCTOR. E. Willoghby of Chanute
spent Sunday here on a business trip.
General Agent Geo G. Chambers CT
the Santa Fe at st. Louis spent Friday
in Topeka calling on old friends and on
a business trip.
N. H. Monroe of Lawrence is here
spending several days on a business
trip.
Engineer VIM. Rain. who has been
quite sick for the past few weeks, is
improving.
B. B. Stegg. general passenger agent
for the Pennsylvania Railroad lines. of
Kansas City. spent Saturday here on a
business trip
A. B. Burrows. travelling passenger
agent for the Nickel Plate road, at
Kansas City, spens Friday here OH bus
mess.
A new cash register has been in
stalled in the R. r. Y. NJ c. A. which
will prove to be a great aid to the Of
flee secretary
Fireman Albert Baker Of Emporia
spent Sunday here on a business trip
Brakeman J. S. CauIting Of Argentine
is spending a few days in the city on
account Of business.
Frank Jolley of the blacksmith shop
spent Sunday with friends in Kansas
City.
B. J. Campbell Of Ottawa spent Sun
LAY in Overlook with his family.
H. Skidmore spent Sunday in Waka-
rusa visiting friends.
f. E. Prout, general secretary of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17
All Day Grange Meeting, Gar
field Park, July 90.
Park Becoming Most Popular
One in Topeka.
PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR
Suggest Moving Pictures in Big
Casino.
VIII Install New Fountain in
Near Future.

An all day meeting of those interest
ed in the farmers grange will be held
in Garfield park July 20. Orville Will
son of Decatur, ILL.,, national grange
lecturer, will speak. This calls atten-
becoming the most popular picnic
day has gone by this summer without
seeing picnic parties on the grounds
Nearly every Sunday school organiza-
ton in the city which has given pic
mic this summer has given it at Gar
field park. Between times private pic
mics and social organizations have
given little suppers under the trees.
Every Thursday and Sunday nights
the concerts given by the K & L. of :.
band add to the attractiveness of the
park Although Soldier creek is quite
low, still enough water remains for
boating. This last feature is one OF
the great drawing cards of the place
Other reasons for the increase IN
the popularity of the park are the
many improvements and means or
recreation added this year. Among the
future improvements to be added is the
new fountain for which the plans and
specifications have been drawn 1t is
planned to install the fountain some
time this summer.
OF course the easy access of the place
has a great deal to do with its frequent
use by pleasure parties. 1t is thought
that next year arrangements will be
made for moving pictures in the casino
Some talk of this proposition came up
last spring, but the plan did not ma
terialize.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17


Frank Allen left Friday for points in
Indiana where he will spend several weeks
on a vacation trip.
Miss Nellie Stewart is spending two
weeks with friends in Wakarusa
Olpie Miller returned to work today af-
ter belng OF working enjoying a short
vacation trip.
Mrs J. E. Willard of Ss1 Kellam street
left yesterday for Little River where she
viii spend two weeks visiting her parents.
Mrs Geo. Rink of After avenue is re-
ported to be slightly improved after a
weeks serious illness
Mrs. J. L. Hellar has returned from,
Sioux City, Ia, where she spent several
weeks visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Hellar
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lingo and son spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Allison
on Polk street.
- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lingo. Mrs. John
Taylor and daughter Ruth, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Lesson, Miss Orner and Mr..
Sherman Taylor spent Sunday with Mr.
Arthur Taylor and family on East Seward
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. R. Cole called ON Mr..
and Mrs. D. A Starr on Oakland avenue
Sunday afternoon.
Mr., and Mrs. Charles schuler and son
spent Sunday the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Patterson on East Seward avenue.
Mrs. O. r. Peake and two children,
Berton and Willis, and Mr.. Fred Huey
visited their cousin. Mr.. Tilford Huey Of
Kiro, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Fred Huey who is employed in the
steel car sheds of the Santa Fe is suffer-
ing with injured eyes. Pieces of steel flew
in his eyes Thursday while at work, and
on Saturday seven pieces were removed.
Mrs Flora Baldwin is quite sick at her
home on Forest avenue.
Mr.. G. Hartman of After avenue is i'm
proving after being quite sick for the past
week.
Mr.. J. L. Hayslip of Oakland avenue
who has been i'll for an extended time is
reported to be improving.
The regular meeting of the c. W. B. NJ
of the Christian church will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O D. m. at the
home of Mrs. Geo. Anderson on Forest
avenue.
The regular meeting of the Ladies' Aid
society of the Christian church will be
held Thursday afternoon in the church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17
Items for the East Topeka column mag
be telephoned to Ind. phone ISL

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mile have re-
turned to their home in Atchison, after
spending two weeks here visiting rela-
tives and friends.
A meeting Of the J. D S. club viii
be held Friday evening at the home
of Mrs r. B. johnson.
Mrs N. E. Morford has returned
from Missouri. where she has spent the
past six weeks visiting relatives and
friends.
Miss Mona Thomas il improving,
after being quite sick for the past
week with an attack of the grip.
Rev. VIM. earle, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Uriah earle, delivered a sermon on
THE Bible" at the union meeting of
the East side churches held in the
Christian church Sunday evening. Rev.
earle is of Marlette, Mich, and is here
visiting his parents for a short time
Miss Lottie Illman of Maysville, Mo-,
is here spending two weeks visiting rel
atives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Anderson spent
Sunday in Lawrence visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Hawkins of PA
Chandler street spent Sunday visiting
relatives in Usage City.
Mr.. Ernest Moscow and family have
gone to Carbonate to visit relatives
before they return to their home in
Arlington, Kan. They were called here
by the death of his sisteA. Mrs. Weber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Wilson left Fri
day for their home in Hutchinson.
after spending a week here visiting
their parents and other relatives and
friends They made the trip in their
new touring car.
Miss Alta Miller is improving. after
being Ill for the past two weeks with
an attack of rheumatism
Miss Florence Brown is improving,
after being quite sick for the past few
weeks with an attack of tonsilitis
Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Dawdy spent
Sunday in Big Springs. They had
charge of the services at the Christian
church there.
Miss Margaret Stewart is spending
two weeks in Atchison visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. E. J. Mitchell
The regular meeting of the Ladies'
Aid society of the Christian church
will be held Wednesday afternoon in
the church
Mrs Charles sheafor, who has been
sick for the past week, is reported to
be improving
The trolley ride which was to have
been given tonight by the Westrninster
guild of the Presbyterian church will
be postponed until one week from to-
night on account of the inclemency OF
the weather.
Miss Alice Stewart is spending this
week with relatives and friends in Bur.
lingame.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17


Car load of Beggs wagons just re
ceived Will sell cheap. J. H. FOUGHT
Dr. A. NJ. Dawson will leave this
week for Chicago. where he will re-
main until fall. He will be engaged in
medical studies and work.
Miss Julia How of Valencia is visit
ing at the home of Miss Pearl Head OF
316 West Curtis street.
Mrs. Harry Williamson of 316 West
Gordon street has returned from visit
with relatives in Kansas City.
Christy Ottamon of Emporia spent
Sunday at the home of Henry Will
liams, 7O9 West Gordon street.
Guy Gardiner, city passenger agent
for the Union Pacific, spent Sunday in
St. Louis. He is expected to return
home today.
Miss Pearl Head and Miss F'reda
Gregg spent Sunday in silver Lake,
Rossville and Valencia
Milt Pond of fire station No. L has
adopted a handsome black dog from
the dog pound. It is a pretty animal,
with hair on its ears as curly as a
woman's hair after being done up in
tins all night.
Miss Marie Coleman of Council
Grove is visiting her father w. D.
Coleman.
J. Taylor and family is moving from
the South side to 800 West Curtis
street.
j h. MCAIeo. manager OIL the w est
ern Wooden Mills, is expected to re-
turn in a few days from the western
coast, where he has been on busin ess
for several weeks. It is rumored that
upon his return the Western Wooden
Mills, which have been shut down for
several weeks, will reopen.
Mrs. NJ. Richardson is moving from
900 North Monroe street to III
North Kansas avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Doty of S92
North Van Buren, street spent Sunday
the guests of J. n. Newlun, north OF
Topeka
F. Brownfield and family, who have
been living north of Topeka are NOV
ing to 613 Grant street.
| Don Wellman of 1924 North Kan
sas avenue, court stenographer, who
was operated upon for appendicitis and
kidney trouble at Stormont hospital
Saturday morning, is reported to be
doing as we'll as possible under the
circumstances 1t is thought that he
will be out of danger il a couple OF
days.
Women Will paper the vestibule OF
the North Side Baptist church. Work
men will lay a new floor Other i'm
prOvements and repairs nay be added
| The committee on the matter includes
Charles Berry, L. c. Boyce and George
Schenk.
Walter Leis of st. Joe spent Sunday
with relatives on the North side.
GuStave st. Louis, clerk a the Santa
Fe junction depot. spent Sunday with
home folk in Burlingame
Miss Pearl Shultz and Miss Emma
Gregg spent Sunday in Silver Lake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17
TORTURE AN AGED MAN.
Police Hope to Catch AssafIants by
Fresh Thumb Mark.

Newark, n. J., July 1.-THE imprin.
Of mans thumb on a whitewashed
door is the clue by which the police of
Belleville. N. J.. expect to trace the as
sailant of James Buckslew, an aged
sailant of James Buckslaw, an aged
hermit, who some time during the past
as hours was beaten into unconscious
ness and left for dead in the Kitchen of
his tiny cottage.
Whether Buckslew was robbed or not
cannot be learned unless he RECEIVERS
consciousness at the hospital here,
where he lies at the point of death.
He was found lying across a table
with his hands and feet tied and his
head stuffed in an ash barrel.
Buckslew was 70 years old and a
truck farmer. He owns considerable
property and is reputed to be wealthy
The police believe that after being
bound he was tortured for several
hours in an attempt to make him tell
whore his money was concealed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17
KANsAN SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Temporary Insanity, Brought on by
Heat, the Cause.

Kansas City, July 17.-Edgar r. Coli
lier, a retired ranchman OF Syracuse,
committed suicide at her home. He
had refused breakfast, but thinking
that her son would want something to
eat later, Mrs. Collier fixed a breakfast
on a tray and carried It above to his
room A minute later a shot was
heard. When Mrs. Collier returned
hurriedly to the room, she found her
son dying with q bullet wound through
the temple She became hysterical.
Mr.. Collier also Is survived by two
eisters, Mollie, and Mrs Ira Ford OF
Blackwell, Ok: a brother Thomas. and
a brother John, who lives in Syracuse.
Members of the family believe the sui
eide was the result of temporary in
sanity, brought on by the heat. MI
Collier was So years old and had been
here two months.
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End of Plague, Cholera and Iieprcss
Is Predicted.

Cambridge, Mass, July 1.-THE es-
tablishment of a great medical school
in China which viii aid to teach the
Chinese the necessity of adopting the
modern systems of medicines and
hygiene is about to become a reality
and next February the doors Of the big
college will be thrown open in Shang-
hal.
The project is sponsored by the Har-
ward Medical school and one of the
Harvard professors. DR. Martin Russ
Edwards viii head thu new school. He
will have a corps of Is Harvard as
sistants Among these interested in
the project are President Taft and
President Emeritus Eliot of Harvard
DR.. Edwards believes that the estao-
Hshment of the school will be the bs-
ginning OF the end of the dreaded bu-
Donic plague, of cholera ana leprosy-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17
ELoPING PAIR ARE CAUGHT.
Dickinson County Married Man Faces
Serious Charge.

Chapman, Kan, July II Harry Ross,
the restaurant owner who eloped with
Edith YerlJes, a 16-year-old girl on the
night of July 8 has been arrested at
Ramona, Marion county. Ross is a
married man and abandoned his wife
and family to fly with the Yerkes girl.
The girl had been working for him 1t
the restaurant.
Descriptions were sent out broadcast
and recognized by the marshal at Ra-
mona. Ross and the Yerkes girl were
arrested and held as soon as they
reached that town.
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FRED BULLENE ROBBED.
Former Topekan Loses Purse. Ticket
and $40.

Carlsbad, Germany. July Hired S.
ing on the continent, left Prague last
Friday for Carlsbad. On his arrival
here he found that he had been robbed
Of his pocketbook and a passage ticket
on a HollSnd-Americs n line steamer.
The poeketbook contained S14O.
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R. r. Y. NJ. c. A, left today in corn
pany with his wife. for Gold Island,
Ver1nilion Lake. Mimi, to spend six
weeks vacation on a hunting and fish
ing trip.
Ray Stewart is spending two weeks
with friends in Burlington, Kan.
E. J. Br, wn has returned to work
after being off a week on account of an
injured hand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17

Perrin, Arabia. July 1.-THE British
steamer Antilochus from Tacoma, Sc
attic and Victoria, 3. c.. via Yokohama,
etc, for Liverpool, has arrived here
with her cargo on fire. The hold has
keen flooded TO extinguish the flames.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17

st. Louis. July 1.-THE troubles
of Mrs. H. H. R. Britton, niece of the
late Mr.. Robson, who received from
him the local baseball team, is having
a strenuous time in attempting 10
break the will of her uncle. In this
she is acting, according to her testi
mony. in the interests of her Uncle's
before he died he made the statement
to her that he did not wish Mr.. Aber-
crombie to be administrator of the will
and intended to change his will ac-
cordingly. This matter also involves
the presidency of the St. Louis base
ball club, and Mrs. Britton wishes Mr..
Steininger to act in that capacity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-17

Washington. July 1.-THE Mexican
am AMBASSADOR. Senior Don Alberto Crespo,
accompanied by his son and his nephew.
and the members Of the emba ssy staff.
viii leave in a few days for Manches
ter, Mass, for the remainder of this
season