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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-30
MARSHALL'S TO PLAY.

Marshalls band will give a sacred con-
cert in the Auditorium Sunday after
noon, commencing at o'clock This
concert is one of the city series and is
free to everybody The following pro-
gram will be rendered.
IIarch=-OId Trinity" ...-....-.-. PAMELA
Novelette, .I4ur1oreske'' ..-.-.. Dvorak
Selection" Morning Light Farmhouse
Overtura-''S Stal at Mater .Mercadante
Meditation-~The Last Hope"
Observation-Disclosures. .Gottschalk
Waltz Girl biribin'' ........ Pestalozza
Sketch-"Down South" ..... Myddleton
Patrol-"Pittsford Farms -.-.- Weigand
Song-''Amelica ."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-30

melted 10 of an inch. thereby bring
ing the rainfall for the month to 2;56
inches.
The minimum temperature for the
day was recorded at 1915 o'clock this
afternoon when the reading was SIS
degrees. According to the local wealth
er prophet there viii not be likely to
be much change in temperature in
the next 4 hours
'sThe same conditions probably exist
all over Kansas as exist here, SAID
sunny" Flora. the weather observe
ditions that produce snow furries are
general in this section of the country
The wind is blowing II miles an hour
from the northwest The hourly read
o-cIock........--.S {. Il II O'Clock. <
o'clock = o'clock.---.-----. 6
o'clock .......-.-. i O 'clocS-+---.-. .
1G o'clock k--..----... Z ? o osclock------ 49, 3
Passengers SnowbOund
Passengers on Union Pacific trains
Nos 40 and 104 are snowbound west of
sharon Springs, Kan, according to in
formation given out at the local office
Of the Union Pacific today. These
trains cannot complete their schedules.
Snow plows have been sent to their re-
lief and the passengers will be rescued.
No 11O is near Sharon Springs and 104
IS farther west. Special trains will be
made up at Salina to handle the traffic
from that point east The towns further
vest will have to wait.
Both the Colby branch trains, a dis
gatch from Salina says. are tied up by
snow drifts and can not be released
without the aid of snow plOws- The
snow plows have been sent to Sharon
Springs to the relief Of the two through
rains.
The Rock Island reports that there is
little trouble on the Denver line of that
! road but the trains from the southwest
Z are in trouble No. f. due in Topeka
- o'clock tonight, is estimated At
RSm four to ten hours late at noon to-
= The train is still fighting its way
through the storm. At that time the
kenver train, No. Is was marked only
Z little more than two hours late
The Santa Fe Denver train was re-
ported 5 minutes late at noon, but
Just how late it would be. If more than
an hour the railroad officials would
not say
railroad troubles in southwest Kan
sas Oklahoma and Colorado are ex-
pected to increase as the day wears
on. The storm was not reported abat-
ing at o'clock
Kansas City. Dec. 30.-Several
through trains were snowbound in
western Kansas today by heavy
storms which have swept that district
r p passenger No. 1a4 which left
Denver at 7.10 D. M Thursday was
locked by snow at noon today at
Sharon Springs, Kan, just over the
a. message to U. p Headquarters
lire said the train crew expected to
z-Aoceed eastward this afternoon after
f1 delay Of 36 hours
D. snow and Cold.
The advertised cold wave struck To-
rsks on schedule time. All night long
q frfgid breeze was blowing from the
northwest which causef the mercury to
Side down toward the bulb of the
tlernon,e eter to find protection from the
this geason thus far was reached at 9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-30

On pages II. II and 13 today Will be
found an article on the great Santa Fe
system, so important to Topeka. The
article is presented to the company
and Topeka with the compliments of
the season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-30
Kansas City Concern Shut Up
by State Officials.
Total of S2O3, 900 Due to 5000
DepositOrs.
SAY IT WILL PAY OUT
1t Started Business IN January
Of This Year.
the Night and Day
Bank Last July.

Kansas City. Dec s0.-As the re-
suit Of an order issued by the state
banking department, thu American
Union Trust company of this city
closed its doors today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-30
TO PREVENT RIOT.
'StrongArm' Squad OrderedOut
by Police Commissioners
To Preserve Order at the Peace
Banquet Tonight.
TAFT IS TO SPEAK.
May Reply to Roosevelt Editorial
on Arbitration Treaties.
John Temple Graves Will Act as
TOastmaster.

New York, Dec. 30.-Twelve hun
dred lovers of peace have signified
their intention to attend tonight the
citizens peace banquet with President
Taft as the guest of honor Whether
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-30
Pres dent Tells Senators He Has
Decided to Name Him.
viii Get Justice HarIan's Place
on Supreme Bench.
is A PIONEER KANSAN
He Came to the State in Year
1868.
First Appointed on the Federal
Bench by Mckinley.

Washington. Dec. 30.-Kansas viii
again be represented on the United
States supreme court bench. At least
it was stated this forenoon that the
president had decided on naming
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-30
Well Advertised Blast From the
North Arrives.
Mercury Drops to Six Degrees
Above Zero.
TRAINS ARE TIED UP
Union Pacific Has Four of Them
SnOWbOund.
1Rock Island California Train
Makes Slow HeadWay.

The light snow flurries and sleet of
the early morning developed into a
heavy snowstorm BY 1880 O'Clock and
by , o'clock an inch Of the white stuff
had fallen which measured when
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-30
Senator LaFOllette Makes &
Speech at Hamilton, 0.
Clifford PinchOt Joins LaFOi.
lette Forces in Ohio.
FLAYS THE BOSSES
Will Speak in Cincinnati To.
night; Thence to Michigan.
Urges Nomination Of the WiscOn,
sin Man for President.

Hamilton, o.. Dec. 30.-United States
Senator Robert LaFollette, progressive
leader and avowed candidate for the
Republican nomination for president.
moved toward President Taft's home
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officers of the bank say the 5000
depositors win be paid in full.
Its bills payable are said to aggre-
Continued on Page Two.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-30
LAST TRIP OF YEAR.

Washington, Dec. 2O=President
Taft left Washington at 10 this morn
ing for his last trip of the year. His
first stop will be at Philadelphia,
where he will attend the John Wana-
maker fiftieth anniversary and ju-
bilee celeb ebration. From there ne will
proceed to New York to attend the cit
izens peace banquet tonight Arrange
ments were completed for the presi-
dent to spend New Years eve at the
White House. Senator Penrcse ac-
coInpanied the president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-30
THE SANTA FE

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On New Year.

On New Icar's-
The State Journal viii issue its regu-
lar carrier edition at 1 o'clock; Post
script edition at o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-30

Chicago. Dec 30--Forecast f.
kansas: Snow fIurries tonight an
Sunday. Continued cold
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-23

Tex Jones is to get another tryout
with the Sox.
The Pirates have adopted a black
cat as a mascot.
Nap Rucker is after Grover Alex
ander's strikeout record.
Maybe Tenney believes in taking
the old ones and making them new.
Billy Sullivan's throws to second
show the old man still has whip.
Pitchers ought to be striking their
stride about this time of the year
Christy Matthewson is the only star
who does not occasionally give flashes
of form
Athletics do not relish the old
style baseball served up by James
]. Callahan.
Hal Chase recently had 81 put
outs at first base in nine innings. The
record is %.
Giannini is the name of a San
Francisco college boy signed by Bos-
ton. He third-bases.
Keefe of the Reds has the Jinx on
the Giants. He has beaten them
three games this year.
Stufy McInnis is a real live wire on
first. He stops everything that comes
his way and digs up a lot of low
throws.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-23
| ONE EFFECTIVE PLAY
Hit-and-Run Trick Still Worked
Successfully.
With Man on First Batter Attempts
to Hit Ball Through Space Left
Vacant by Player. Taking
Throw to Catch Runner.

One of the most effective plays that
has wedged its way into the exciu-
sive circles of baseball is the h1t-ano-
run play.
AS a rule, this performance is nego
tiated when, with a runner on the
paths, a pitcher gets himself into
hole by giving the batter three and
two.
Invariably, the only exception De-
ing when a good pinch hitter, such as
Hans Wagner of Pittsburg is at pat
and with runners on, the safest move
is to give the big fellow a free ticket
and keep his enlarged stick inactive
twirIer will do his best to slip the
next ball across the pan.
Then it is up to the batter to con-
meet, for as the mound worker makes
the slightest movement toward the
plate a part of his motion the runner
digs his spikes and is off for the 9TH
er and more fruitful regions.
The high sign for this play is gen
orally wigwagged when runner is
on first and the batter has three balls
on him. Then if the next offering Is
wide of the batter there is no chance
of tossing out the runner at second
for he is advanced on the four balls.
If the delivery is over the plate
connection by the batter probably
means something doing.
AS in all other sports, the funda-
mental principle of defense is to
break up effective plays of this cali
Der. Ever since the hit-and-run play
broke into the confines of baseball
much has been offered in the form OF
a remedy But the play is still
worked effectively.
With man on first it is hard for
the second baseman or the shortstop
to determine whether the runner IS
attempting to pilfer the second pill
low or whether the signal for hit
and-run play has been passed. That's
where the hitch comes in, and it Is
just this element of uncertainty that
has made the play a success.
The pitcher nine times out of everS
ten, realizes that the play is to be at
tempted, and yet he has got himself
in hole and is hopeless to mar it.
He hopes the batter in his anxiety to
hit the ball will misjudge it and
swing wildly, or that his teammates
will rise to the occasion and retire the
runner, probably negotiating a double
play. But a handful of hope doesn't
go very long way in a baseball
game Of the present day.
When a player attempts to steal
second signal is passed between the
shortstop and second as to who will
take the throw from the catcher. AS
the runner digs for the midway either
the short fielder or his mate on the
opposite side of the cushion, as the
case may be, starts to cover the bag.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-23

Curious Discovery Made by Lumber.
man, Whose Camp Bunk Was Roof
of Big Black Bears Den.

When certain Maine lumbermen one
autumn took possession of the camps
they had occupied the winter before a
man named Jenkinson got one of the
lower berths. He did not sleep we'll
Ordinarily the lower berth is aE
comfortable as the upper one. The
bottom Of it, Is inches from the
ground, is made up of small poles,
which are covered evenly and quite
thickly with fir boughs, and all one
needs over him is pair of blankets.
In Jenkinson's bed, however, there
seemed to be a good many bubbles"
Just outside the camp there stood a
large birch tree. 1t was much agitated
when the wind blew. 1t groaned. So
did Jenkinson. He said the root of that
tree ran in under his bed, and that
when the wind blew it would rise up
and roll him over against his berth
mate. Then the berthmate would
punch him in the ribs, demanding
more room. Consequently there was
much unhappiness on all sides.
Finally things got so bad that Jen-
h4lIoOn fOMGu Ll1cII IL I11C DOSo QAu nv
cut down that birch he would leave.
Therefore the tree was felled. That
night, however, Jenkinson found him.
self rolled against the other man as
usual
The unhappy woodsman declared
that this thing had gone far enough.
He determined to find out wha- vas
under that particular part of his
berth. The next morning, which was
Sunday, after the man got up, Jenkin-
son dug the boughs back and pulled
up the poles.
The mystery was then laid bare.
First there appeared huge black
head and a pair of paws, then a
body. A stampede among the men
followed. A black bear weighing
about 400 pounds crawled out and in
less than minute was In undisputed
possession of the field. He did not
seem to be very friendly to the peo-
pie who had unroofed his den and
walked him up.
The men lassoed the bear and tried
to kesp him, but he made things so
lively in he cooks range that he had
to be shot.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-23

habit. Look at me-" he would say to
them. 81 never banker after sleep"
And then the drowsy assistants would
sneak away and hide behind the bales
in the warehouse in order to steal a
nod or two while the tireless master
was lost to the world in some abstrac-
ton of mind
l repeat the story for what it is
worth, but whether it be an exaggera-
ton OF not, EdisOn's well known tire
lessness suggests the thought that the
time may come when long continued
work will not be followed by fatigue.
Why indeed should it? Why does a
man feel tired after a hard days la
Dor?
The question seems a childish one,
but German psychologist not long ago
put that very query to himself, not
with the simplicity of child, but with
the deep knowledge which sees in the
questions of children the most difficult
problems of science.
That man can feel tired without
having exerted himself at all is well
known fact. 1t is a fact recognized by
enterprising sellers of tonics guaran-
teed to cure that tired feeling" which
persons with deranged bodies have on
arising from sleep And it is a fact
which would seem to prove that the
sensation of fatigue is due to the pres
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-23

ence in the body of some substance
that by it's reaction on the nervous sys-
tenn produces the sensation in ques-
ton.
Such, in short, is the plain truth.
caused by the poison, or toxin, of
fatigue, and this toxin of fatigue is
produced by the using up Of certain
materials in muscle and nerve and
other tissues of the body, just as
smoke and ashes are produced by the
using up of fuel with the evolution of
heat.
But if the sensation of fatigue is
caused by the presence in the body of
the toxin of fatigue, the body tries to
neutralize this toxin-and actually
does neutralize it-by the production
of an anti-toxin for fatigue. When put
to hard work the body grows tired
after short time, but presently re-
cuperates, while still at work. A man
gets what we call his second wind"
and this second wind" this refresh
ment of the body, is due to the quick
ton. The body begins to fight this poi
son Of fatigue, just as it tries to fight
all substances antagonistic to its per-
feet equilibrium. But push the labor
further, drive the body on continuous
ly in it's work, and the toxin of fatigue
is produced in such large quantities
that it can no longer be conquered by
its anti Your man is then dead
tired" and must rest" until the IA
tigue poison can be thoroughly over
come by the accommodating anti-poison,
or anti-body, as it is technically called.
Our German scientist had all these
well known facts in mind when he set
to work on the experiment by which
he hoped to make an anti-toXin for
fatigue which he could administer artf-
ficially, and thus perhaps cure the rest
habit altogether. The experiment and
it's results are interesting.
Taking a rabbit-one of those plia-
BILE and accomplishing tools Of the
Iaboratory-and placing it in a revolv-
ing cage, he made it work continuous
ly until it was perfectly exhausted.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-23
A Little Knock for the Aeroplane

and l am none. But a conservative
habit of mind will dispose man to
look with considerable calmness on
the antics of those ford persons who
directly fall into passion of tears at
their first sight of an aeroplane in
the air. A conservative habit of
mind will likewise dispose a man to
have little faith in the future of fly
ing machines, SO far as the improve
ment" of the present genus Of ma
chine is at all concerned. The aero
plane was made possible by the inven-
ton of the high speed gasoline engine,
which also made possible the dirigt-
BILE balloon. There is positively no
warrant whatever for the hectic hopes
one hears expressed on all hands that
the world will see ''naVies of the air"
| (worked by gasoline engines) replac-
ing the navies of the sea, and the I'M
poetic, If useful, railway freight car.
If there is any warrant in sound sense
or sound science for the belief that
gasoline enginess will fill the sky with
merchant aeroplanes, it has not yet
| been publicly discussed.
The only future for the aeroplane
is one in which he prophet who
| POUNDS on fact ana not on fancy can
| see ambitious and reckless young men
rising in the air (as they do now for
exhibition purposes, and descending.
in many cases Gas they do now, to
certain death or permanent disability.
Other and more hopeful predictions
are for the most part pleasant dreams,
which no earthly law can chasten.
| Whereas, the future of the much de-
spised balloon is much the same to-
day as it was when it was first launch
ed more than century ago by its
French inventors.
But this is not saying that men will
f, never be able to transfer ali traffic
| from the surface of the earth to some
| considerable distance above it. On
| the contrary, there are In France
! few bold scientists who are not afraid
to suggest for human industry in gen
| eral future as far beyond the dreams
of the aviators and their warmest
| friends as the light of the sun is be-
! yond the Illuminating power of a tai
! low candle. 1t is held by these cour-
! ageous men that what is called mass"
that is, the weight of matters in
reality nothing but electric discharge;
that all the phenomena of matter are
electric phenomena And if we igam-
inc that scientific investigation will go
on taking the leaps 1t has taken dur
/ ing the past ten years in the study of
radio-activity, the time may not be
far distant when a vessel of the size
of the largest ocean steamer-or much
/ larger, for that WATERWAY be whirl
ed through the higher regions of the
earth's atmosphere from San Francis
co to London in few hours. WhirIed
and with perfect safety for the thou
sands of men who shall take passage
aboard. The discussion of these posi-
bilities is tempting; bat the possibili-
ties themselves are So tremendously
great that one hesitates to go farther
than the barest mention of the sub
| ject.
| Copyright, 1911 by the Columbia Press
Syndicate)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-23

1t is curious how the bird idea has
chung to the It and science of the fly
ing machine in spite of all efforts to
shake it off, We call it the art of avi-
alton, and the artist we call an aviator.
Making these two terms into English,
we would have bird-ation and bird
ator Clearly then, if we are to be con-
sistent in our etymology, we should
call the flying machine itself ''avis,"
the Latin word for bird.
And yet we do no such thing. We
call the flying machine itself an aero
plane; and this word, with it's two spe-
cies of biplane and monoplane, is an
excellent one for the purpose, because
it means precisely what it says. The
word plane as now used in this COM
bination is not derived from the Greek
word which means ''wanderer," Tut
from that which means fiat"
What warrant is there for the asso-
citation of the bird idea with that of
the curious machines that are now
swooping and circling through the air
in the skies of all the nations? Has
man, as matter of fact, realized the
longing of the psalmist, who sighed for
the wings of bird that he might fly
away and be at rest?
l, for one, do not believe it; and
imagine that l would not be alone in
my conviction were a poll taken of
those who have some knowledge of the
structure of and the work done by the
nervous and muscular mechanisms
that enable the bird to fly.
When you look at a hawk high up in
the air, soaring with rigid outstretched
wings, maintained in his glorious flight
by the pressures between his wings
and the atmosphere, you have before
you the pretty and inspiring prototype
of the buoyant aviator in his mono
plane Maybe. Both, perhaps, rest
upon the same mechanical principles,
so far as the buoyancy is concerned.
Both are, in their way, monoplanes.
But there" as Lord Byron says, "all
likeness ends between the pair"
The bird is the absolute master of
the situation. The aviator is absolute
Iy at the mercy of it. The wing and
the tail Of the bird respond to the will
of the bird with the infinite nicely that
mark the conduct of the arm, the
hand and the fingers of man when
they move in response to the man.
dates sent down to them by their mas
ter. the brain. The birds wing, apart
from the plumage that makes it a
plane, consists of millions of muscle
fbers, each one of which is directly
supplied by its own nerve-flber, and
these millions of nerve-fbers (both
sets of 6bers are microscopically
smalD connect up with other millions
of nerve-fbers in the spinal cord of
the bird, and these last connect up
with still other millions of nerYe-ffbers
In the birds brain, whose batteries
are in certain groups of the almost
countless cells of the gray matter
Here we have a mechanism incalcu-
lably intricate; thing very different
from the crude spread of the aeroplane
and its motive power of gasoline.
] do cot wish to be called knocker,