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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19

law that every vehicle on wheels must
show a light fore and aft" after dark.
The law is primarily to prevent auto
mobiles running down carriages.
Some 26S horses were burned in a
Chicago fire recently when a huge
stable of a transfer company burned.
The total money loss amounted to
100000.
The Senate is paving the way for
the reciprocity vote by defeating all
the amendments to the Canadian
agreement A flibuster, however, is
feared at the hands of La Toilette
and his friends.
a San Francisco woman dropped a
So bill in New York City The wind
blew it away, but friend planted a
foot on it after chasing it a block
within two minutes twenty-nine peo-
pie had claimed it was theirs.
The forty thousand rural free de
livery carriers in the United States
are to receive material increases in
pay. The postmaster-general has de-
cided to eXpend $i,9OO,OOO in this man
ner.
Colonel Edward Emerson, the
"Bromo Settler king" outwitted his
former wife and married the vivacious
Mrs. Mccormack of New York. Elmer
son is the father of the beautiful di-
vorcee, Margaret Hollis McKim, who
visited Honolulu last year.
In it's maiden flight, a new-idea
100000 aeroplane, having twin re-
volving motors and twin propellers,
was wrecked in New York. The ma
chine showed plenty of speed, but
proved unruly at the turns.
Under the leadership of Judge Gary
steel men are planning to form a
worldwide trust, with the steel in
terests of many nations, involving ten
billions of dollars, concerned in the
trust.
The Eastern corp of foodstutfs, oats
and hay has been seriously depleted
as a result of the continued hot wave.
An ice famine in Chicago, Indianap-
oils, and other big cities, is one of
the worst features of the hot wave
sweeping the east,
Relatives of Ethel Barrymore say
her break with her husband Russell
G. Colt, is final, that his conduct has
been such as to preclude their re.
naming man and wife.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has ordered a reduction from
SO per hundred weight TO 81 80, as
the freight rate to California for au
tomobile parts.
Over one hundred more deaths
have been reported throughout the
East as a result of the continuation
of the hot wave. Thirty-two deaths
A are reported from Chicago alone.
: President Taft says there is M
doubt of the signing of the arbitra
d ton treaty with Great Britain, anc
j. that other nations will likely follow
The agreements will not abolish wa
/ but will do much to prevent it.
/ The House steel trust investigat
/ ing committee may call TEeodoi
J. Roosevelt to testify as to his meet
ings with Gary and Prick, and OK
!. plain why the government did not in
1 terfere with the merger when it wa
1 being formed.
=. The Chicago chicken crop has heel
almost ruined because of a great pow
der explosion in Wisconsin 81
> months ago, which added the egg
5 in that great chicken section. Thi
y resulted in deformed "broiers' 70
the present market
e Broker James Petit, a Chicas
:, grain operator, was drowned in LAX
t Michigan, and it was discovered h
had outstanding notes of $l,50O,OO
a secured by using the credit of h
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-19
NEW RICE MILL,

The K. Yamamoto kice Mill is the
largest as we'll as the finest in the
islands. All machinery is of the very
latest pattern. The famous Tengu
Rice is cleaned at this mill. With tho
large cleaning capacity they are able
to handle considerable outside partic.
ular work which they guarantee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
HARRY KEMP WEARS HAT.
Tramp Poet Threatens to Write Poem
on Wheat.

Hutchinson. kan, June 17.-Harry
H, Kemp, the tramp poet, is in Hutch
inson. Harry is not the underfed
looking, bare-headed bard who blew
into Lawrence a few years ago and
started to the university He has
prospered as a poet and is now on his
way to the Kansas wheat fields to
earn some money to go t. Italy, where
he viii tramp around among the an
Gent hangouts of Virgil and Horace
and get an inspiration for some more
poems and plays.
Harry didn't arrive in Hutchinson a
Ia Weston, nor did he craw, out of
"rattler' in the east yard. He came
on the cars and, what is more. he
brought hat with him.
I didn't want to be bothered this
trip said Harry, in accounting for his
skypiece- IF I came out here bare
headed I would attract too much at
tention. I am here to wrestIe with
this wheat harvest and earn enough
money to get to New York. 1 have
some money saved there and I intend
to go to Europe on a cattle boat and
get down into Italy, where 1 expect to
do some writing.
II want to write a poem on the
Kansas wheat. I want to get where
they use headers and stack the grain,
is another reason that I am here"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
SEEN FROM ABOVE
Views of Topeka Taken From a
Balloon.
First Successful Ones Are Made
for State Journal.
REAL BEAUTY OF CITY
Spread Out Before Air VOyagers
in Panorama.
Demonstrates How Well Topeka
Is Shaded.

The first successful pictures ever
taken Of Topeka from a balloon were
obtained Tuesday evening, June Ii,
when Pilot Jacobs, George S. Badders
and Arthur ]. Carruth Of the State
journal made an altitude flight of 1000
feet over the city. Unless an explana-
ton is made one might think that they
are pictures of G. A. r. encampment-
These photographs were made with
small pocket kodak, 912x572. The cam
era was held over the edge of the bal
loon basket and snapped during the
flight.
Ten good pictures were taken that
evening when Topeka H. made the
sensational rise over the city in a per
feet calm. For nearly an hour the bal
loon remained suspended 1000 fee
above Washburn college with not d
breath Of air to take it on it's course,
but the pictures taken at that altitude
were not satisfactory.
At an altitude of about 1000 feet
when the balloon was hanging over
Elmhurst most of the pictures were
taken. Higher than this the photo
graphs were not so good. Two of the
pictures reproduced on this page were
taken from an altitude of about 1000
feet and the other two 500 and 800 feet
respectively
When parts of Topeka look like these
pictures from an altitude of 1000 feet
1t can be imagined what the city would
represent four times this height or
a.. 900 feet. In these photographs the
houses have the appearance of battle
field in the evening with tents laid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
GOOD SAMARITAN IS sTUNG.
CharitabIy Inclined ''Frtcnd'' Helped
Buy Morphine.

Emporia, Kan, June 17.-An EN-
poria man. who. for years. has been
helping along as opportunity offered,
grew reminiscent and told one on him
self. He received a letter from one
he had befriended years before. In
her epistle she said she had two fine
sons and sick husband; that the sons
had been supporting the family, but
were now both out of jobs. She asked
the Emporia man if he ould contrib
ute little to tide them owe until the
young men could secure employme nt.
Not being willing to seEd them aid
without knowing more of their circum-
stances, he wrote asking for the par
ticulars. In three weeks his letter
was answered. and he sent them $5,
after which he heard no more. Later,
while passing through the town in
which the family lived, he decided to
investigate their condition. Upon go
ing to their address he learned from
the owner in charge that the entire
family was in the hospital for treat
ment. They were morphine eaters
the father, mother and sons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
BALL BUG BUzzES
Conyicts in Federal Pen Play
National Game.
Every Evening TRUSTEES Get
Ball and Mitts.
NO BALLS OVER FENCE
It Is Twenty Feet High and
Made of Brick.
Schedule Calls for Only Five
Inning Contests.
10 BALLS OVER FENCE

Leavenworth, Kan, June 1.-THE
baseball bug buzzes in the federal peni-
Tertiary.
With summer temperatures and long
evenings after the o'clock supper the
national pastine has a flour1shing fol-
lowing inside the walls OF the govern
ment institution. If there is one of the
1,109 convicts who is not an en-
thusiastic fan, it is his foreign parent
age that is responsible.
Evidence of the bugs presence SCI
dom is visible to the casual visitor, Tor
during working hours ite~finds no ex-
preston. 1t is after the evening Diet OF
rice and milk, bread, coffee cake ana
water that the buzzing begins OniJ
lights OUT when the cells are dark
ened and the dormitories closed, con-
fines the bug to dream flights
Play After Supper.
Fu+ before the closing hour, it is diff
ferent. A convict's life is not all silence
and work. After supper there is recrea-
ton. There is an hour ana d nalA III
which a prisoner may rest.
Then it is that the bug buzzes-
TRUSTEES. permitted the freedom OF
the yard choose up sides a rev
priceless mitts and balls are oroughI
ont of the rooms and the game star Is
A banker, perhaps Of national MOTOR
ie+v NAV Umpire. The pitchers NAV
be college men who have met the as
approval of the government STOCK
brokers who misused the mails OF
Young mail clerks who appropriated
letters probably will be found IN the
infield positions or in the outer gar
dens. The Iinecp never is puphsned IN
the sport columns Of any paper Prison
snort gossip alone gives out the news
The games are always short rive
innings ordinarily is the limit Inc
schedule of the league does not permit
long games.
Diamond Cinder Path.
The diamond is in the cinder yard
It may not be exactly the regulation
size or possibly as level as q. leagu1
mark. but it is the right shape. Ihere
is no danger of a hit over the renee.
That is made of brick and is more thar
twenty feet high. Even If it were pos
sible to knock a homer across the wall
the hest hitter would not do it. M
kids are waiting outside to get IN 4
see the game" by presenting the ball Fl
the front gate and the ball would o.
lost. A few such hits would cause tht
league to dissolve for balls are no
numerous.
| Convicts who are not TRUSTEES and IL
not have the privileges of the yaro
confine the bug to the sporting column
| of newspapers. The box scores, tn
/ standings of the teams, and the east
ern papers accounts of the games ar
studied until the lights are turned out
The brainv part of a ball game is no
| paoIocfed there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
TWO OLD TIMERS CELEBRATE.
Leavenworth Men, Aged 81 and 81
Years, Born Same Date.

Leavenworth, Kan. June 1.-Two
old-timers of the Oak Mills neighbor-
hood. Anton V. Banks and Henry
Sacks, celebrated their 82nd and saith
birthdays. Both of these octogenar-
ians lived in Leavenworth in the early
days, later moving to farms near Oak
Mills. Both live near the county line,
the former in Leavenwortk county and
the latter in Atchison county.
Mr. Banks first landed in Leaven-
worth in April, 1857, and was married
here in September, 1866, to Amelia
Ketterer.
Uncle Henry Sacks. as he is ia
military called, arrived in Leaven-
worth in April, 1855, just two years
before Mr.. Banks. He soon became
steward of the government mess at
the post, and held this position until
October 1, 1857, when he moved to
his present farm near Oak Mills. and
has resided there since then, for a
period of nearly fifty-foul years. He
now owns several hundred acres of
we'll improved land in that vicinity.
He has been married twice. His pres
ent wife was Rhoda Johnson, a daugh-
ter of Jesse johnson, a pioneer of this
section
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
AGED e2; TRAvELs ALONE.
Kansan Has 1871 LdneaI Descendants
and Other Relatives.

Independence, Kan, June IL
John Burton, a resident of Humboldt.
who looks as though he would live to
celebrate his hundredth birthday eight
years hence, is visiting here with
James Canatsey, A. T. Cox and other
acquaintances. Mr.. Burton is on his
way to Oklahoma to spend a few
weeks with his relatives. and when it
comes 60 relatives the old man certain
ly has his share. Besides his more
remote kinsfolk, he can boast of 13I
lineal descendants. He is the father
of ten children, is grandfather OF As,
great-grandfather Of ~, and great
great-grandfatner of 1.
Mr. Burton will be 90 years old If he
lives till the second day Of next Octo-
ber He travels alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
THEY RAID KITCHEN JOINTS.
Montgomery and Sheriff Find Liquor
i'm Miners, Hor.les.

IN Miners HOrleS.
Pittsburg, Kan, June 17.-s'Kitchon
joints" have taken the place of this
easies" and open saloons in Crawford
county W. F. Montgomery, assistant
attorney general. introduced the name
in this part of Kansas. He thinks he
may have invented the phrase. hut he
is not sure about that Anyway. it is a
most expressive name, and, in two
words, explains the status of the LIQUOR
business in this county now
In the coal mining camp of Yale the
houses are uniform in size. shape ard
color, a faded red. Upon the porch of
one OF these houses sat a stout woman
in red calico gown and with diamonds
in her ears She was Mrs. Matt E:z-
lacker.
Are you selling any beer nowg''
asked Montgomery.
Beer. huhl Me sell beer. Since
when did you think I become a saloon
keeper"
Your husband. then?''
No nor my husband, neither. He
Is 9 hard working man."
montgomery and the sheriff pushed
past her into the front room. It's bars
\ floor was tracked with dust. It's only
FURNITURE were two tables and some
chairs At these sat three italian min
ers, who sat quietly and watched the
officers with wondering eyes. The
kitchen was beyond. There in a corner.
Was the ice cneSC- montgomery Slid
back the top, reached down and brought
up bottle of whisky.
My husbands medicine said Mrs.
Ezlacker.
Montgomery dived into the cracked
ice again and brought up quart bottle
of gin.
MY medicine" said Mrs. Ezlacker.
He went down into the chest again
and fished up a dozen cold bottles OF
beer.
Il also take little beer when it's too
warm" said Mrs. Ezlacker
In the cellar he found another case OF
beer.
For our friends who visit us" said
Mrs. Ezlacker. But her protestations
did not save her husband. Montgon-
ery's spys had been there and bought
beer ana whisky and the husband. VINO
was in the field, was arrested and talk
en- along in one of the carriages, his
little girl Wringing her hands at the
gate and crying after him in foreign
door, waved good-by to her husband.
why do YOU sell beer when it causes
so much trouble?' she was asked "You,.
/ husband will have to pay big fine
/ now.
oh she said IN broken English.
! ''the brewery pay it. no lose notn-
| ing"
While the officers were searching this
| house a crowd of fifty foreigners gath
cred on the porch of a vacant house
across the street and watched, but said
/ nothing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17

no bad effects. My weight has gone
from 124 to III pounds and 1 sleep inst
fine. Have not had sign of acute in
digestion since the first week 1 took vour
treatment I can do much work as
could before I contracted that awful
stomach trouble, and as I look back over
the 20 years I suffered I shudder and
wonder that I did not have sense enough
to go to a specialist instead of the ordj-
nary physicians. can see now that 7
made a mistake, the ordinary phvsi-
clans treat only local or acute cases but
the specialist goes to the root of things
and cures chronic cases. This believe lis
the reason for your success. I also want
to tell you about my neighbor. Her par
alysis is gradually leaving her and she
can walk out to the barn and back, the
first time in five years. and gets along
pretty well. She says she feels sure she
viii get entirely well, but it VIII take
some time"
This is the same old story went the
rounds, finally went to the United Doc
tors and was cured.
The Topeka Institute is located at go
Kansas avenue. Examination and con
sultation free. Office hours 9-12, 1851
and 1880 p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
HERES BIGGEST KANsAN YET.
Burden Grocer Measures IS Inches
Around His Waist

Arkansas City. Kan. June I'm.
L. Lynch. one of the products of Kan
sas. whose home is in Burden. was a
business visitor here. Mr. Lynch
weighs 425 pounds and measures 6s
inches around the waist Needless to
say he does not wear a belt as none
are made that size. Mr.. Lynch is a
hustler and is in the grocery business
in Burden and is prospecting. His
parents are both average sized people.
He has been large, though, from boy
hood He is probably the greatest
athlete in the world of his size He
can run and is very handy with his
fists. it is said. He is five feet seven
inches tail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
WHEAT VIII TEST Low.
No CO Pounds TO the BusheI Grain
This Year

Hutchinson. Kan, June 17.-Suca
few reports of the harvest as have
been received by the Santa Fe division
freight office indicate that Reno and
Stafford counties will be the banner
wheat counties of Kansas this year.
The reports show one thing, how
ever, very plainly. There is not go
ing to be much 62-pound wheat this
year. 1t will all be low test, prob
ably due to the early ripening. One
of the finest wheat reports received
lately comes from J. H. Molzen, Of
Harvey county. He cut a field this
week which required five pounds of
Irvine to the acre This. Mr.. Molzen
says. indicates about 40 bushels to
the acre
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
CAMS 1sO PoUNps oUIoKLY.
No Wonder Jacob Beyler Improve
Since Leaving Hospital.

Since Leaving Hospital.
Salina. kan, June 17.-Jacob Bey-
Ter, after having been lost for a week
in the Cook county hospital, Chicago.
is back in Salina to go into business
here.
i've gained a hundred and fifty
pounds since I got out of the hospi-
tai last Sunday" Beyler remarked.
Then he explained that he brought
back a wife with him. whom he mar
ried the other day in Kansas City. She
was formerly Miss Nellie Wilson Of
Wichita and the marriage followed an
acquaintance of ten years.
Beyler says his being lost in Chicago
was probably a nervous breakdown.
He talked nervously, but declares he
is very much improved now. He will
be connected with the Salina bottling
works.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17

two Of them have struck out for H0is-
ington to help in bringing in the
Sheaves." The wheat field recruits
are DeLoss Clark and Captain Martin,
recently of lola, and they will stick to
their new job as long as it lasts.
The local ranks of the Salvation
lists also will be further depleted by
the removal of Captain ed Mrs. Will
lam Manley, who leave for a little
town 20 miles from Birmingham. Ala
to make their home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17

v IWNo % . Mt
Ritter wrote the
following letter to
the doctors:
Ny Dear Doc
tor: 1t is a real
pleasure to write
you. I am feeling
just fine. I eat
everything set be-
fore me and hove
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17

This will give one a good idea of the
size of the basket in which the pilot
and the two passengers rode. The av-
erage person believes this basket IS
large enough to walk around in In fact
three passengers edge around against
each other when they wish to take o7-
posite sides of the balloon. The sacks
of sand hanging on the sides serve as
ballast. This sand is not dropped by
the sackful-it is dumped in a tin box
near the pilot and sifted to the ground
by the handful. The wooden ring just
above the heads of the passengers is the
real life preserver of the balloon.
Whatever happens this ring is to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17

out in squares. At four times this
height the city looks more like a greell
carpet sprinkled with confetti.
The higher the balloon the smaller
the city appears. After a height Of
1000 feet has been reached the city
rapidly crowds together and finally It
seems to settle snugg1y in a little basin.
For distance of 30 miles the passen-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
THEY'RE BRINGING IN sHEAvEs

salvation Army Workers Quit to Go to
Harvest.
Ottawa, Kan, June 1.-THE cry Of
save the wheat" has become mingled
with that of Save souls in the ears
of the local Salvation Army men and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17

the west. In the background the view
ends with the upper border of the pic
ture. The bare spot in the foreground
is an alfalfa field Three or four blocks
down is the tennis court across Huntoon
street from the Central CONGREGATIONAL
church. The picture clearly shows the
extension of Huntoon street until it
merges with Sixth and Tenth avenues
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17
Stomach Trouble
Entirely Cured
Mr.. A. D. Ritter Receives Per-
manent Cure from United
Doctors.
United Doctors Rank High in
the Medical Science.

Mr. A. D. Ritter, of Winfield, after
suffering many years from stomach
trouble, being unable to receive any help
from his local physicians, takes treat
ment from the United Doctors, and is
entirely cured. A few weeks ago NJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17

ger can see the country and in the
center it is basin-iike. In other words
the country, although it looks flat, IS
in the form of a mammoth dish-witr
Topeka resting in the bottom and the
Kaw river running down from one di-
rection and up from another:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-17

This picture was taken at an altitude
of about 500 feet just after the bal
loon had left Westlawn park. This
park can be seen near the bottom of
the picture. Near the center of the
park is seen the canvas stretched out
on the ground. 1t was on this can
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-09-14
WIDE TIRES NEEDED.

Much OF the wear and tear on w
tumwa pavements Is due to the use OF
narrow tired vehicles. Heavily laden
wagons, with tires SO narrow that they
act as wedge ON the paving, are
drawn over the streets. The best
paving in the world could not with
stand this treatment. The first time
q heavy load is driven over the paw
Ing in q narrow tired wagon groove
is started In the paving. The next
narrow tire passing over the street
hicks the corners of the protrudlng
bricks. This process does not have to
be repeated very long before the paw
Ing is chopped up until it resembles
cobble stones. If wide tires were
used tires OF three inch width. they
would not cut groove in the paving.
Rather they would tend to roll 1t and
smooth 1t down.
The resurfacing of East Main street
has been ordered and the city council
is now considering the question or
ordering the resurfacing of the North
Court street paving. These improve.
ments will be made at the expense OF
the property owners along the street,
although the owners Of the property
affected may not have been respon-
sible in any measure Tor the damage
done to the pavement.
Other paved streets will have to oe
resurfaced in few years unless bet
ter care is taken OF the paving. Even
the newly paved streets will not long
remain in good condition If they are
allowed to be cut up with narrow tires.
All realize that wide tires can not
be Immediately used by everyone, but
from now, purchasers of wagons for
heavy hauling can and should buy tho
wide tires. M