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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21
Sheep on Pasture.

If too many sheep are confined on q
pasture they will eat the grass roots
right out Of the ground.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-21

TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTFIL ESS
CHILL TONIC You know what you taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing 1t is simply Qulnine and Iron in u tasteess
form, and the most effectual form. For groWH
people and children, 30 cents.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28
SANITATION AUTO PARTY SOON
TO START FOR THESE ISLANDS

LOS ANGELES, Cal, August TO-
Bearing evidence of desperate battle
with the treacherous river bottoms
and gulches of New Mexico and Ari-
iona following two weeks of the
heaviest rain ever known in the
Southwest, B. o. Tilden, president of
the American Sanitary Works, who
left New York on April goth with a
party of specialists to conduct ma
tional educational campaign in the in
terest of sanitation, arrived in this
city today in his standardization au-
tomobile.
The tourists were delayed by
constant struggle to negotiate the rug
ged trails. They have covered more
than 10000 miles of their $4,000 mile
tour of the United States, British Co.
lumbia and the Hawaiian Islands
The trip from New York was made
by a circuitous route including side
trips of from 100 to 500 miles branch
ing out from twenty cities on the
trunk line across the continent. When
he started from New York Mr. Tilden
inaugurated a motor test of eight
months duration involving every va
riety of road found in this country,
His trip, however, was not without
excitement and incidents that would
stir the soul of the unaccustomed tour
list
He ploughed through the mud
swamps of the Virginia coast region;
battled with the sticky red clay Of
the Carolinas; tussled with the Ma
tional Highway in the Blue Ridge
Mountains during a torrential down
pour when the roads were submerged
or wiped away by washouts and then
bucked waterbreakers on the Penn
sylvania pixies. This would have salts
fed the hardened tourist, but with Mr..
Tilden it was a case Of business and
he went on, crossing the Allegheny
Mountains, boring through the abomin-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28

able slough of mud and rocks which,
in West Virginia, are called roads;
crossed and recrossed the Ohio River
on RATS and dinky ferries that scarce
ly foated the car, invaded the terri
tory of the Kentucky backwoodsmen
and finally crossed the river again
into Ohio to enjoy week of fine roads
in the fairly level country from Ohio
to the Mississippi Valley
After crossing the Mississippi, Mr.,
Tilden visited many cities in Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Oklahoma and Wyom-
ing.
Then he headed south over the
mountainous roads of Colorado into
New Mexico. On July "a, before
reaching Albuquerque, they were
caught in a cloudburst and were fore
ed to seek shelter for three nights in
camp in the mountains.
Washouts and continuous rains made
it necessary to change their route
materially. They crossed the Rio
Grande on July 2S, running on the
ties of the railroad bridge Two more
miles were covered on the ties, be-
cause the many streams were too
swollen to be forded
Again returning to the trail, they
found that it was possible to make
only eleven miles in nine hours of
strenuous travel For two nights
they camped in the desrt with coyotes
for neighbors. They struck into the
mountains again on August l, and
after reaching Snowflake, Arizona,
found road conditions improving.
This permitted moderate speed on the
run to Phoenix. The rest of the jour
ney to Los Angeles which is a com
well known route, was COW
cred without special incident
The tourists will start tomorrow for
San Francisco, from which point they
will sail to Honolulu, taking the au-
tomobile with them for a thorough !
tour of the Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28
THE WORLDS NEWS CONDENSED


1t is reported now that Roosevelt,
when in office, favored the glucose
trust by permitting them to use a
false label, even after the Department
of Agriculture had ruled against it's
use
John d. Rockefeller is adding ten
new rooms to his house at Pocantico
Hills, New York. They are all guest
chambers, and will cost approximate
ly 100000 each.
Fifty lives are believed to have been
lost in the wreck of the schooner
Rover, which has been found desert
ed near the Barbados Islands.
One hundred persons are reported
killed or drowned when an express
train on the National Railroad of Mex
leo plunged over a bridge into the
Amacusac River near the City of Mex
leo
A scandal has been unearthed in
Alameda County, California, because
jailer of the Alameda Jail permitted
the Chinese head of the opium SNUG
Cling ring, who was serving Jail SEN
tence, to visit his home and place of
business in San Francisco.
King George was forced to use an
auto on his recent trip to Scotland on
account of the strike which tied up
all the trains.
James Downey Harvey, a San Fran
cisco millionaire, who tried to build
the Inflated Ocean Shore road from
San Francisco to Santa Cruz, along
the coast, and failed, has been au-
judged a bankrupt.
Senator Robert M. La Toilette in a
speech came out strongly i'm favor of
government ownership Of all railroads
m Alaska.
Frances naval shipyards continue TO
be feyerish with activity in spite of
he probable settlement Of the Moroc-
IAN trouble with Germany.
DR. Harvey Wiley was severely
scored by Secretary Wilson on the
witness stand. lie was blamed for the
friction that has ruled for some time
IN the Department of Agriculture.
The funeral Of Lieut. Darwin Mer-
ritt, whose body was recently recoy-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28
SPRECKELS GIVES congressman
MORE OF HIS VIEWS ABOUT
HAWAIIAN SUGAR. CONTRACTS

(From the hearing before the con-
gressional committee on the investi-
cation of the American Sugar Rein
ing Company and others. Testimony
of Claus Spreckels)
The Chairman. Mr.. Spreckels, is
there any reason why sugar should be
higher to the consumer on the Pacific
coast than on the Atlantic coast?
Mr.. Spreckels. There is a reason.
The Chairman. What is that rea-
son?
Mr.. Spreckels. If you can find the
reason, there is a reason for it.
The Chairman What is it?
Mr.. Spreckels. My idea is there is
a combination.
The Chairman. And that the COM
bination is the reason?
Mr.. Spreckels. That is the reason.
The Chairman. Now, tell us how it
works to make it that way.
Mr.. Spreckels. l think they are all
one and the same thing.
The Chairman. Who are all one
and the same thing?
Mr.. Spreckels. The beet people
and the refiners and everybody con-
nected with it. They are so inter-
woven that it makes no difference.
They catch them both going and COM
ing. There is no reason why sugar in
San Francisco and in California
should be selling for a cent pound
more than it does on the Missouri
river.
The Chairman. Well, does it sell
Hor a cent pound more?
Mr.. Spreckels. Generally. Not now,
not since last year. 1 believe there
is a division of the spoils, as you
might call it. 1 believe each one of
the beet factories and the refineries-
they all take their proportion.
The Chairman. They take their
proportion of production or of terri
tory?
Mr.. Spreckels. Proportion of the
amount of sugar to be sold on the Pa
cific coast at the higher price. 1
know of my own knowledge that peo-
pie wanted to buy sugar in California,
and they were told by the Honolulu
Plantations Co. that they were very
sorry they could not give them any
more, because they had already sold
more than their proportion in Cali
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28

cred from the wreck of the battleship
Maine, took place in Red Oak, Iowa,
and the services were attended by a
tremendous crowd,
Andre Jager-Schmidt, a French
journalist attempting go around
the world in forty days, has arrived
in New York on his way to Paris. He
has week to get to Paris from New
York and break the record.
Federal Investigations in Southern
California are said to have unearthed
a half-billion theft of oil lands. Rail-
road heads are said to be implicated
in the stealing of the lands. Criminal
and civil suits may follow.
Mrs. Robetta Corwin-Hall, who spent
three days in New York Jail for
trying to smuggle her $4,000 sable coat
into America, has left. She says she
will never live in this land that has
behaved so cruelty to me-"
John Jacob Astor is said to have
settled $2,OOOOOO upon his fancee,
Miss Madelaine Force, in place of her
dover rights.
Four Greeks took twenty acres of
land in Northern California, worked
the land themselves, and at the end OIL
the first season cleaned up $4,000 on
their crop Of tomatoes.
Pure Food" Wiley stated publicly
that ruling on corn syrup by food ex-
perts was reversed absolutely by GER
tain cabinet members, who decided in
favor Of the glucose makers.
A new herd of a million fur seals
has been discovered on barren Arcuc
islands. They are supposed to have
once been a part of the Probyloy herd.
The condition of Edmund Rostand,
the French writer, who was severely
injured in an automobile accident, is
very grave.
Admiral Lord Charles Bcresford,
who recently retired as head of the
English navy, has arrived in New
York for a visit, which win be con-
tinued later on in Canada
Stanley Rhodes, a nephew Of the
late Cecil Rhodes from whom he in.
(Cotinued on page ten)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28

fornia-more than their allotment.
The Chairman Who was the man
that made that statement, Mr.. Spreck-
les?
Mr. Spreckels The president of the
Honolulu sugar factory.
The Chairman. What is his name
Mr.. Spreckels. John A. Buck
The Chairman, Will you give the
stenographer his address, if you know
it?
Mr.. Spreckels. Well, l do not know
it. He is president of the Honolulu
Plantations Co.
The Chairman. I suppose that
would identify him.
Mr.. Spreckels. Yes. can fur
nish you his address later, if you de-
sire.
Mr.. Madison. He lives in San
Francisco, does he not?
Mr.. Spreckels. He lives in San
Francisco.
The Chairman. When did he make
that statement?
Mr.. Spreckels. He made that state
ment about year and half ago. 1
met him one day casually on the
street.
The Chairman. Where?
Mr.. Spreckels. In San Francisco.
was there at the time, and in the
course of the conversation he was
telling me how we'll they were doing
with their sugar refinery now, that
they were making a great deal of
money. The price at that time was
about cent a pound higher than it
was in New York.
The Chairman. About a cent a
pound higher in San Francisco?
Mr.. Spreckels. Yes; and 1 said
mo wonder, with cent a pound
margin more, and buying your sugars
at quarter of a cent a pound cheap
per-" because the contract with the
Factors Co. is a quarter of a cent a
pound cheaper than the New York
price.
The Chairman. 1t is? Why, some
of them testified it was the same
thing and that the prices were deter
mined by the New York price, and !
they paid absolutely the same thing. |
Mr.. Spreckels. 1t is not. |
Continued on page twelve.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28
A New Kind of Tests.


Washington Star: To ascertain the
most efficient method of annihilating
craft of the air that might swoop
down upon the country in time of
war, Uncle Sam will soon mobilize
his battleship fleet and a portion OF
his army and set them to work on the
problem of how best to wreck the
aeroplanes of an invader. These
tests will be held the latter part of
the current month for the navy at
Hampton Roads, Virginia, and for the
army at Sandy Hook proving grounds,
where the big guns are usually tried
out. More than forty thousand men
and officers in the navy alone will
perform the experiments assigned
them and seek to destroy that which
others in Uncle Sans employ are
still striving to perfect-the aero
plane.
In this, as in many other matters,
both military and civil, the United
States is far in the lead of the Euro
pean powers. Tests have, of course,
been made by the other powers, but
in no instance have they been con-
Quoted on so gigantic a scale as those
now planned. Exact details regard
ing these foreign tests are not avail
able, as no power divulges matters
of this sort, nor, in turn, will the
tests to be held here be open to in
spection by representatives of foreign
governments.
In the navy tests, commencing at
Hampton Roads the latter part of this
month. experiments Of p limited char
acter will be first undertaken, consist
ing of single battleship firing al a
kite carried by the ship herself. But
during the first part of September a
large portion of our fleet will partici-
pate in more general experiments I'm.
der the direction of Admiral Oster-
haus, who will command from his
flagship, the Connecticut.
In both army anG navy actual aero
planes will not, of course, be used.
The tests are of too serious a nature
to permit the use of real air craft,
for they would undoubtedly be at
tended by loss of life. The same re-
suit, however is obtained in using, as
the navy does, large kites of the box
variety and capable of lifting man.
From these kites will be suspended
pendant targets. During the prelm-
mary tests a kite will be sent up
from the same ship firing at the tar
gets When nm ~ the height desired
the targets will be kept facing the
battleship by means of ropes At
Lached. to it and held by sailors on
board Ten-man squads will then fire
at them with the regulation rifle. It
WILL of course, be possible for the
Kite to be destroyed by a single vol
ey, but only at comparatively
short distance, and it is for the par
pose of doing equal damage at much
greater distance that the more pre-
entious tests will be made.
All shiDs participating will con-
itruct their own kites. This was ae-
ermined in competitive tests held
several weeks ago, when each ship
its own kite, the best Of
hem heing taken as the STANDARD for
he coming experiments The tests
ollowing the preliminary ones will
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28
ARMY AND NAVY

be made during what is known in
naval circles as battle practice" and
will consist, in addition to the aero
plane features, of an attack upon the
fleet by our torpedo destroyers
and submarines. Thus, to be practi-
cally fighting the three most danger.
GUS enemies of the battleship-the
aeroDlane. the torpedo DESTROYER and
the submarine-at the same time Will
be almost similar to actual battle and
Will, therefore, prove of inestimable
value to all classes of the naval serv-
ice.
Under Admiral Osterhaus, the off,
Charles j. Badger, Admiral Aaron
Ward, Admiral Thomas B. Howard
and Admiral Sidney A. Stanton
Among the battleships participating
are the Delaware, North Dakota,
Michigan, South Carolina, Utah,
Pennsylvania, California, South Da
kota and the Florida, if she is ready
for service then. In addition to theI
twenty-five battleships, all our tor
pedo destroyers, of which there areI
forty, and our fifteen submarines will
take part Consequently, there Will
be about eighty ships taking part,
with five admirals commanding some.
forty-odd thousand officers and men.
When firing at another ship it is
easy to follow the course of the pro-
jectile, as it either hits the mark or
splashes in the water But nothing
can be seen of an ordinary proiectlle
hurled at an aeroplane. Whether or
not the aim is successful cannot be
ascertained, unless the kite is pulled
down and examined, or in the case of
a real aeroplane, some visible damage
noted. But here, too, proper equip
ment has been made. In the case
of the fourteen-pound projectile there
will be attached to it what is termed
a daylight tracer" This consists ell
a small amount of powder so packed
that when the projectile is fired i'll
ignites and leaves line of smoke in
it's wake. Thus the men behind theI
guns will be able to ascertain just
how near to the target their shot goes
and to register and aim properly.
These tracers will be used only in
with the three-inch guns.
The cost of these naval expert
ments, it is estimated, will be butt
little more than $1,000. That modest
sum represents the cost of ammuni-I
ion only, for the amount Of coal con-
5umed would be the same wherever !
he fleet might be. The principal rea-
son why the cost is so small is thatI
he projectiles to be fired are smaller
han those used in any other maneu-
,ers. Even in the case of the torpedo
iestroyers the cost is comparatively
mail, for, instead OF using powder
he cap will be filled with water,
which will do no more damage than
o take the paint Off the sides Of the
'essel it strikes, but which neverthe-
ess will be sufficient for test pur-
roses.
II is 10 Lieutenant Commander
-eiph Carlyle Palmer chief of the
.lyision of target practice and naval
lid to the President that the greater
art Of the work of planning this test
CONTINUED on page twelve)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15.-The
graft prosecution, in so far as it As
concerned with the four indictments
in the United Railroad franchise cases,
is at an end. After more than four
years of Lostponements and unsuccess-
full trials, a writ of mandate has been
ordered by the appellate court, COM
handing Superior Judge William r.
Lawlor to dismiss all indictments
pending against Patrick Calhoun,
Thornwell Mutually, William NJ Az
bott and TREY l.. Ford. The petitions
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28

for the writ were signed at 9 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
A test suit mad been brought by
Ford and the grounds for the decision
were made to include the cases of the
other three defendants. Judge p. J.
Lennon wrote the answer to the peti-
ton Judges Chapman and Kerrigan
concurring. ~.
The reason cited by the court for
issuing the writ of mandate is that
the chief witness for the prosecution.
James L. Gallagher, former super.
visor, has gone from the jurisdiction
OF the California courts and that an.
parently he intends to remain away.
In this connection the lower court is
accused of neglect, in that steps we're
not taken to compel Gallagher's at.
tendance
Early Trial Neglected.
A further reason is statutory based
on the constitutional guarantee of an
early trial, the legal limit being sixty
days after the finding and filing of the
indictment.
In the decision it is shown that IA
indictments charging bribery have
been pending against TREY l.. Ford
since May %, 1907. Within the fol-
lowing twelvemonth, Ford was tried
in the superior court on three indict-
ments, all concerning the same trans
action, and one trial resulted in q
disagreement, while in the remaining
two the defendant was declared not
guilty by jury verdict. Since that time
he says that postponements and con-
tinuances have been taken over his
protest, and that he has demanded a
trial some Sc times. The action 70
dismiss the indictments was brought
in Judge Lawlor's court April 25, 1910.
Denied in the lower court, Ford
carried the case to the supreme court,
whence it was referred to the appel.
late branch. July 16 of this year an
alternative writ of mandate was is
sued, requiring the dismissal of the
Continued on page eleven.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28
SAN FRANCISCO CRAFT PROSECUTORS
WHO LANDED" RUFF LOSE ALL
THEIR OTHER PROSECUTED CASES

Chronological Order of Actions in
Case.
May %, 1907-Fourteen indictments
each returned against Patrick Cal
noun, TREY L. Ford, Thornwell Null
lally and William NJ. Abbott, charging
them with bribery of supervisors.
October 5, 19O7-First Ford trial
ends in disagreement of jury.
December 3, 19O7-Ford acquitted
on Indictment charging bribery of Sup.
ervisor Phillips.
March &c, 19O8-Three additional in
dictments, charging offers to bride, re-
turned against each of the four de-
PENDANTS.
May 2, 19O8-Ford acquitted on in
dictment charging bribery of Super
visor Coleman.
June. 20, 1909-Calhoun trial ends in
disagreement of jury.
May, 1908, to present time, fifty-six
continuances taken in various cases
over protest of defendants.
April 25, 191O-Motion to dismiss in
dictments refused by Judge Lawlor.
July, 1911-ApEeal taken to SUI
preme Court is transferred by the lat
ter to the appellate court.
July 16, 1911-Appellate court issues
alternative writ Of mandate command
ing Judge Lawlor to dismiss indict-
ments or show cause for not doing so.
August Is, 1911-Appellate court is
sues peremptory writ of mandate com
polling Judge Lawlor to dismiss the
indictments.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28

tcotinued on page teu)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-28

CONTINUED on page tweIve)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-21
SHORT COURSE A svccEes.
Unexpectedly Largo Attendance an,
Exhibits at Northwsood.

Exhibits at Northwood.
Special to Times-Republfcan.
Northwood, Feb. 2l.-When instruc-
tors from Iowa State College at Ames
opened the Worth county short course
here yesterday, they found the largest
advance sale Of season tickets and the
largest premium list yet offered in the
state. except the list OF the parent short
course at Ames. Nearly 800 farmers
were enrolled in the grain and stock
departments, and over $1,000 in prizes
are offered to the best students and
exhibitors.
Over $50 women are enrolled In the
domestic science course, and the total
attendance today, according to the best
figures at hand, will be in excess Of
500.
This makes the guarantors sure there
will be no deficit to face at the end of
the week, and practically insures the
holding Of another short course hers
next winter. Tho instructors are much
elated over the prospects. and say that
no county in the state has furnished
finer body Of men and women than
Worth and tho territory adjacent. They
also praise the exhibits that have been
brought in.
Special provision has been made for
students from the Minnesota side Of
the line. and large number Of men
from Freeborn, Mower and Blue Earth
counties, which lay to the north Of
Worth, are in attendance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-21
ANOTHER BIG MEAT CUT
Flowers Meat and oroesry Again
Lo~sr the priess-Rsad ths List and


Flowers Nest and oreesry Again
Le~sr the prisss-Read ths List and
Savs Much Msnsy. =
Another big cut on prices At Flowers
Meat Market ana Grocery to the people
who want to pay cash for their goods.
We know that we can save you cb
cents on the dollar for cash. Hero are
few meat prices:
Orittain's Pure Lard.
Ten-pound pail. $40.
Ffve-pound pail. so cents.
Three-pound. pail. IS cents.
Two-pound pail, Is cents.
Pork butts. 1iH cents per pound.
Pork side, I'm cents per pound.
Pork chops, 1871 cents per pound.
Roast beef. 3 cents per pound.
Boiling beef. 8 cents per pound.
Beef steak 10 and 12h cents per
pound.
Twenty pounds boiling meat. 81. +.
Herr Ar Q Few Grocery Pricss.
"spnt Silk. guaranteed. nve sack
Potatoes. five bushel lots. IS cents
per bushel
Large, Juicy oranges, two dozen, IS
cents.
Large bananas, 20 cents per dozen.
Fancy Oregon apples. 80 cents per
peck.
Cabbage, cents per head.
Cranberries. three quarts for Is cents.
No pop corn, three pounds for 10
cents.
Toasted Corn Flakes. four packages
IS cents.
Mince meat. three pounds for Is
cents.
Sauer kraut, three quarts for Is cents.
Oysters, 40 cents per quart.
Fancy cookies. 10 cents per pound.
A thousand other things too numer-
Gus to mention. Prices in the same
proportion.
FLOWERS MEAT MARKET AND
GROCERY. 1885 North Center.
Phone PA.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-21

three fuel boats, $1,000: thirty dredg-
Ing pontoons, $500 each: one fule boat,
$1,000; five stone barges. $1,000 each:
one new quarter boat. $4,000 each one
building steam boat, $4,000: one grass
hopper. 5000.
Tho stessner Lucia, of the govern
ment Meet 10 to- be, entirely rebuilt.
That boat And several others are now
at the dry dock. where they have been
quaftered for the winter and with the
opening OF navigation and first activity
on river repair work. will be out in the
spring with their compliments OF
barges, getting busy.