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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-20
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and Daily Capital printed aUltb-
out nay knoaOlege.
CONCERNING KIENE

Last week Mr.. L. L. Kiene VINO mas
been on the staff of this paper for
eighteen years, voluntarily resigned ms
position as managing editor to go into
the campaign for the office of sherlH
of this county A good man thus LETT
a newspaper to enter politics ana
thereby politics will be the gamer
Mr.. Kiene has been an able, con-
scfentious faithful reporter, city edi-
tor and manager. In a close assocla-
ton with the writer for these long
wears he has proven himself the soul
of honor. of unquestioned integrity,
and of the highest character; man
in whom the utmost confidence may be
placed.
Perhaps nothing stronger can be
said than at the end of his service ne
deserves these words.
with an even temper, a genial dis
position, courage. capacity and quail
1cations for his past work, it can be
confidently predicted that should he
be nominated and elected to the Of
fee he seeks, he will make a popular,
fitting valuable and efficient officer.
Under these circumstances, in TAX
ing himself from this paper, he must
necessarily take the kindest wishes for
his preferment-
Kiene comes of a remarkable FAM
lily and has a. fine one himself His
father and mother are exemplary peo-
pie who have a splendid farm near
Valencia and "have raised" with their
CROPS, eleven model children-two
daughters and nine sons who hont
them and who are successfully fol-
lowing various callings. Mr.. Kiene's
own family is a wife and five childreh-
Altogether the Kiene's are noteworthy
and deserve more kindly attention
than this brief mention, made be-
cause there is a fitting opportunity to
make it.-Editorial in Topeka State
Journal, written by Frank P. Mac
Iennan-July 8 1912.
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thousand drinks are passed over the
soda fountains in Topeka each day,
and for the refreshers more than
$1,000 is paid. This estimate is based
upon the statements of the proprie-
tors of the parlors where the thirst
dispellers are sold as to their vol
ume of business. The scores of pop
stands presided over by youngsters
and other places where soft bottled
drinks are dispensed are not taken
into consideration.
Fashions in Drinks.
Fashions in drinks are almost as
fluctuating as those in gowns. For
example, last year smooth" drinks
were all the rage. I'VE have but
comparatively little demand for them
now" said one druggist. They are
often spoken of as Jew ice cream
sodas, because one gets a little ice
cream for nickel
LINES were first brought to To-
peka five years ago for use at a soda
fountain. At first it was difficult to
force the people to drink limeade. 1t
was not until last year that this thirst
quencher was among the leaders in
popularity. The drink is now even
more popular. a week ago today
sold 1000 glasses of the sour stuff -
Some Popular Drinks
Buttermilk is being dispensed from
almost every soda fountain in the
city, and restaurant proprietors find
that there is a heavy demand for it,
Three years ago 1 bought a gallon
of buttermilk and had to drink a
going to waste. 1t now takes 20
gallons day to supply the demand
This is the equivalent of 800 drinks
Coca Cola is as popular as evere,
and root beer sells in large quantities.
Mint phosphate is a drink that is COM
ing to the front this season, and grape
juice is frequently called for, taken
straight or in phosphate form. True
coke is the name of a drink that has
been introduced in the last week or
two, but little is known of it by the
indulging public. Individual stores
have their own pet drinks for which
in instances they have many calls.
Sherbets and ices are selling more
readily than usual this summer
Women Like Sweet Things.
do the tastes of the men and wo-
men differ to any marked degree ?''
was asked by a reporter OF a dis
penser of drinks.
Yes" was the reply, 1.-The women
like sweet things, and for this reason
we make pElosphates sweeter for them
occurrence when woman calls for q
| sour drink. This is the reason that
| ice cream sodas and sundaes are so
popular among them. The men like
! the long sour drinks such as phos-
pilates"
..At what time of day do you do
your rush business? % was another
question asked.
In day we sell from 1900 to
| 1900 drinks of all kinds, but so per
cent of these drinks are sold after Z
| o'clock at night.
| You know that on recent warm
nights it has been hard to shut up
| the store at II O'Clock. The people
seem to stay out late, trying to keep
/ cool. 1 suppose.
"One marked change noted in soda
| fountains in the past few years is
that they are more sanitary. A great
1 er effort is made to keep everything
| perfectly clean. The arrangements for
strawS which keep flies off. and the
| people from rubbing their fingers over
| them in extracting the straws, were
| not seen two or three years go.
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l. Kene Candidate for the Republican Nomination for
That Men ho Know Him to Say
My public announcement sIoUi9ag 1Osere I
stand and aOhy I ask yoatr support for the
office OF Sheriff at the Primaries IN august

voters Shawnee
several weeks age made formal announcement of my
ticket entered the after elaboration
because believe that after having been touch with
the affairs of Shawnee county for 20 will be able
to give the people the kind of administration they have
right to demand from sheriff.
For 80 years have lived county
than 20 have been Topeka
papers, eighteen of them with the State
unfairly resigned position enter the and expect
devote the next month to the campaign
The constitution that sheriff should
not be eligible
subscribe that provision pledge myself that neither
directly by subterfuge shall for third
My record the question of law enforcement speaks for
wish state that familiar with the duties of
sheriff and would ask for the office if did not feel
fdent that perform those duties unequvocay
believe that public Off
who attempts subvert nufy the laws he to
execute should be ousted from office at
The duties sheriff necessarily varied and in the
election shall not attention wholly the
clerical duties connected with the office but shall where
duty calls
raton of the affairs of the shers office but if elected
shall select deputies the most competent find
who have clean records.
should readustment of the and salary
applied county officers such
will give all officers fair remuneration for their
vices and
The custom has grown up of spending large in the
campaign county offices. do this and would
do if could If it to buy office in Shawnee
county do not want it,
If elected shall best efforts the people
county honest clean fearless
of the sherffs office 1t of the most
and the people entitled admins
raton in harmony with the highest standards of citizenship
Very truly yours
L. L. KIENE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-20
insect Bite Costs Leg.

A Boston man lost his leg from the bite
of an insect two years before. To avert
such calamities from stings and bites
promptly to kill the poison and prevent
inflammation, swelling and pain. Heals
burns boils, ulcers, pills, eczema, cuts,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-20
KIENE TO GIVE HIS
TIME TO POLITICS

After eighteen years newspaper ser
vice on the Topeka state Journal, L.
L. Kiene has resigned as managing
editor of that paper in order to make
the campaign as candidate for the
Republican nomination for sheriff of
Shawnee county. In the eighteen
years he has done faithful work as a
reporter. city editor and managing
editor.
In the years that Mr.. Kiene has
been managing the news end of the
evening paper he has turned out crop
after crop of newspaper reporters. He
has taken them as CUBS" fresh out
of school and turned them out ex-
perienced newspaper men. In MAX
ing newspaper men of them he made
friends of them, and that is saying
lot for the ability and efficiency. and
the temper and disposition of man
aging editor.
In the eighteen years Mr.. Kiene has
handled the newspaper end of scores
of political campaigns. He has helped
elect many man to office, but until
he annonced himself as a candidate
for the nomination for sheriff he had
never been a candidate for office.
He is Shawnee county product and
Is one of eleven Kiene children"
There are nine boys in the family and
they would make about the "heaviest'
baseball nine in the country. The
father and mother still live on the
farm near Valencia
The paper for which Mr.. Kiene
worked and which he helped make
for eighteen years says: "a good man
thus left a newspaper to enter politics
and thereby politics will be the
gamer. Topeka Daily Capital, July
IL, 1912.
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enough for car fare back home, after
/ nearly starved for about a week
But it was an education, and was a
great opportunity for the study of
human nature"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-20
Waited FOR FuneraFs Return.

Deaths were our harvest. 1 knew
one of our crew to wait at a house
for mourners to return from a
funeral and then and there with tears
in his eyes work upon their sympa-
thy and respect for the departed I'M
til he got an order for an enlarged
picture of the one who had passed
awaV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-20
SOFT DRINK CRAZE
Warm Weather Drives Thou
sands to Soda Fountains.
Pop Stands on Street Corners
Keep Youngsters Busy.
FASHIONS ARE FLUCTUATING
Some Interesting Facts About
FadS in Drinks.
Buttermilk Is Now All the
Rage Among TOpekans.

The soft drink habit is reaching
enormous proportions in Topeka.
The sweltering weather of last week
caused thousands of citizens to seek
relief at the soda fountains. And the
craze once formed is difficult to drop
until the leaves begin to fall.
Would you believe it, Sixteen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-20
Second Wife Spoiled Sale.

Another time, at Wynnewood, Ok,
myself was canvassing a widower
while his second wife was in the
room. I thought the picture he
showed me was of Mrs. Blank No. 2
and spoke of the excellent likeness.
picture of his first wife. She don't
look like me at ALL No order for
me there.
I'm Oklahoma the Indians were our
best customers.
with an income from the govern
ment and a taste for gaudy pictures,
they would fall for the pastels every
time We would take as many as
forty orders in one day-driving
through the country with a team.
Indian Boy at a Bargain.
lone Creek Indian woman near
SapuIpa, Ok, who pretended ignor-
ance of English, understood very well
when / asked what she would charge
to let her boy be my driver one day
and promptly gurgIed:
".You have him for two bits No
bring him back 1 declined the bar
gain.
Another Indian woman, with a
fair education, wanted pastel of her
self, provided it would look like a
white woman's picture She lived in
log cabin like many other of the
Indians at that time
I'VE hear how terribly agents are
treated, but 1 remember only one
case where / was treated rudely- A
drunk man told me, The sooner you
get out of here the better, l think
replied, I think so, too, and left.
No, didn't make any money. The
company went broke. I had just
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-20

some money and get experience. 1 got
the experience.
1--WE started in at Rossville, jumped
from there to Alma, thence to How
ard, Sedan and Edna-in Kansas
From the last place we went south
west through what is now all Okla
homa, although we were mainly in the
part then Indian territory. 1t was
the summer of 1905.
Agent Was Dan Webster.
Before saying anything more about
experience, I would like to mention
our crew. The leader was tall, dark
Missourian with voice as smooth and
musical as an alto saxophone, with all
the elegance and eloquence of a Daniel
Webster. In his heart 1 think he re-
GREETED his nefarious calling, but he
was into it-like the rest of US.
He would come in at night after
driving through the county and car
ry in his pocket twenty or thirty
photos with orders for enlargernentS
of the same. We were pretending to
make engagements as samples and
charging only what the material
costs the first trip and to charge
full price next year. Our schedule
was crayon CSC, pastal $1.9S and up
to $5.O0.-for the picture For the
frame-anything our delivery man
could get, 50 at one farm house and
$12 at the next for the same kind and
size of frame, if the victims didn't
compare notes over the telephone too
soon.
I'VE agents were instructed to mark
pictures of the departed for the bene-
fit of the delivery men, who could
always get more for dead pictures
and frames to go Herewith.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-21
ODDS AND ENDS
Al The PORT

A number of Asiatics sailed for the
orient in the Pacific Mail liner Mon
go1ia that departed for Japan and
China last evening. -.
The bark s. c. Allen is riding out
side the harbor awaiting the filling of
her crew. The vessel is to proceed
to Puget Sound ports for cargo. ..-
Seventy cabin passengers are hood
cd to depart for San Francisco in tie
Oceanic liner Sierra, sailing for the
coast at four o'clock this afternoon.
Australian coal to the amount of
$3.50 has arrived in the japanese
freighter Koju Maru This vessel will
follow in the discharge at the Inter
island wharf, with the departure of the
British freighter Strathaifan.
The American Hawaiian freighter
Alaska is scheduled to sail for San
Francisco and Salina Cruz this even.
ing taking part cargo only. The
freighter will complete her shipments
for the Isthmus at the coast port.
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nation as mayor in order that / might
carry out the work / had IN mind. ]
dropped down on that nomination,
At the following election two years
ago I was urged by my political work
'ers and friends IN fact was told al
that time that would have to take the
NOMINATION for the party. They came
and insisted that | should become the
candidate year before the event.
: After considering the matter said
tiiat I would stand for the nomination.
What happened in that convention
was something like that what happen
ed the other day. ..
Naturally enough the cry has been
for good men to come to the front.
The reasonable supposition is that the
people making such a call should have
considered the men who had done the
work of county government efficiently
iii the past. Some people were there
fore greatly surprised tnat, in the -
port of the businessmen's committee,
my name was not mentioned.
Z :. when the report came out I de-
cided to lay low and, If the Republican
party did not put UP the right man.
that would Jump in and run indie
pendently On this course, after due
deliberation, have now determined. .
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HAWAII G, 0. P.
SUPPORTS kOHHO
County Platform Congratu.
Iates Territory on Dele
gates Work

!. HTLo, Sept. 20.-The Republican
platform as prepared by the commit
tee and adopted yesterday by the con-
.vention, is very mild document. In
almost every section it is an exact
reproduction Of the instrument of two
years ago. The pledge of support to
the territorial platform is given and
Delegate Kuhio is endorsed strongly
with the following words: I'VE con
graduate the Territory on the contin-
.ued remarkable success of Delegate
Kalanianaole in obtaining financial
and other legislation for Hawaii Re.
suits call for his election as a matter
of course"
The county officers are congratu-
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Rithet sails For TIE Coast.
PASSENGERS ARRIVED

Per stmr. Mauna Kea, from Hilo
and way potts, Sept. I'll Miss Cas-
sells, Miss Dalton, Miss G. Buckley,
Mrs. 3. s. Buckley, Miss M. Kane, i.
e. Mccain, M. s.. Neugass, George
Morgan and wife, Miss Al. mccarthy.
Mrs. A. Bodrefo, Miss L. Watkins,
MRS. Il, Davis and son, Mrs, J. M. KEEP
fler and son, n. g. Prentiss, K. Lun-
deem, M. Preston, r. Schmidt p.
Todd, II. H. Lewis, L. L. McCandless,
Master e. Silva, Miss A. silva, 3.
Akfna. w. r. Desha, A. M. NaaGao,
Judge Kapaha, A. Gaftley, F.. Snyd
3. u, Hartman, e. Madden and wife.
Misses Houghtailing CD, Mrs. c.
Houghtailing and son, Master G.Ke-
kila, 81; Bustard, Rev. II. 81 Sender,
A. Berg, r. r. Elgin and wife. Mrs.
yainanaka and child, Mrs, Jas CRUDE,
4. Bearing, a, j. Thompson, Mrs. III.
P. Wood, f. Ii Richardson and wife,
+. O,Bffen, Master Chin. Master 6.
W. Chong, J. x. Motley, Sam Parker
Jr.. Miss v. Richard, Mrs, w III.
HckArd, L. c. Kealoha, b. Il Meyer.
Il, Strenback, Geo. M. Weight M. D.
Mitchell, A. c. Belts, Miss Cumming s,
Miss Richardson, Mrs. l.. Savage. A.
b. Gordon. Miss E. Lau, a. s.. Suss-
man, r. B. Church, w. Buck, Miss
Keanu, Mrs. L. H. Soares, w. Miner
and wife, J. r. Purdy, Miss Bal, Miss
Hoffman, Miss Scholtz, p. Schwidt,
d. Quill, Miss C. Short, r. B. Faw-
cett and wife, W., F. Cole, w. D..
Weight, Miss Daniels, Mrs. Rogers,
Miss Robinson, Aug. Pumbo, J. Hiona,
A. Naone, w. Punohu and wife, MISS
Punohu, Palo, A. Morris, w, Napaiha,
N. Nicolai and wife, K Cross, J. Kali
henui, Sam Kaleo, Joe Clement, W.
Cummings, j. Garcia, A. Robinson, G..
H.. Cummings, F. Swan, Kama, We
illa,. w. Cockett, NJ. Santos, ]. H, Ku-
newa, W. E.. Bal, ], R.. Love, r.
Smythe, NJ. II. sAlu, s., Nakamoto,
j. K. Bal, E. Lyons, r. Kali, j. Wa
ikola. All Sue, Aki Tom. W A.
Young, H. Kalino, T. Cummings, j..
Halau. F.. f. Medeiros, J. Mahoney,
M. Canha, r, j. Silva, III. Lake, Geo.
Edwards, ]. Do Rego, j. L. CornWell,
}. Bright, ]. Smith, Miss, HI. Aiexan-
der, Mrs. c. +, wilder, Lieut. j, A.
Ulio, j. Makahio, s. T. Short. K. nj.
Smith, S, Walker, A. vasconeeilos.
E. /. Kellett, NJ Medeiros, II, Corn
well. A. Kfa, Geo. Ali, III. K Duncan,
H. G.. Burcell. w. s. Mountcastle, G.
E. Meyers. T. A. Birmingham, L.
Weinzheimer, w. A. Gill, Bro. Henry,
Rev. Frothmiller, w. Henning, Mrs.
Carwither, w. Keanu and wife, O.. j.
Whitehead and wife, Miss CARTRIDGE,
M. Medeiros, H. Glade, Y. okita, Mrs.
Naiapaakai, Miss s. Kumaale, Mrs. J..
Morton.
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lated upon their work for the past
two years and the supervisors and
members of the Legislature are
pledged to go ahead with road work
and a further appropriation OF 800,
600 IS pledged for this work as we'll
as extension which, will complete the
belt road on Hawaii till the entire ISL
and Is circled by modern road OF
the best type. The present liquor law
is praised but a strfcter and more efs
ficient enforcement is called for,
In health matters a further extern
sion Of The work of the past two
years is promised as well as further
appropriations to reduce the death
rate and guard the. health of the
people. Citizen labor is given strong
plank and here Gov Frear get his
only mention in endorsement of his
action IN; strict enforcement of the
law requiring citizen labor on all
public work. The final plank of the
platform calls for the legalizing of
primary elections and the passage OF
a general law providing for the same.
When 1t came to nominations there
were some big surprises Jim Lewis,
thought to be sure for the Senate,
was defeated, as was Jared Smith,
Henry Beckley and Antoine Fernan-
dez winning out in hard contest
Both OF these had been candidates for
supervisor but had been defeated in
their districts, and when the ballots
were cast the result was as follows
Fernandez, 80; Beckley, 81; Lewis, 80;
Smith, a. Stephen Desha was nom
mated for the House but withdrew aft.
er the defeat of Hale and da Silva
was chosen in his place.
Norman Lyman ran for the House
nomination from Puma and was chos-
en- over Hale by a vote of rs to 40,
the entire convention voting. In the
Hamakua contest only East Hawaii
voted, with the following result: Mo
anauli, 46; Kayser, 8; Kealoha, 4.
There was quite a fight over the
rules which were presented by the
committee on that subject, Hale try
ing for the secret ballot but he was
beaten AZ to "a by vote of the con-
vention, which wished to hurry mat
tiers along by the simpler form of vot-
ing by roll call Upon the permanent
organization of the convention John
T. Moir took the chair, being unani-
mously selected. AS the result of his
hurrying things through thework was
completed before eleven o'clock last
night, though at first it looked as
though late morning session would
be needed. :...z
After the convention adjourned
the county committee met, electing
the following committee otfice1:
Chairman, John T. Moir; vice-ehair-
man, Charles Weatherbee; secretary.
Ben Brown, .Jr.: treasurer, John Ke-
aloha.
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new WARDOG TO
BE AS BIG As
BATHESHIP
Displacement win Exceed go
, 600 TonS-WilI Be Crude
Oil Burner

WASHINGToN-Te new battleship
Pennsylvania. the only one authorized
by Congress at the least session. will
DC fully as large as the great battle
ship which the British government has
jtst ordered, according to plans of the
naval general board. Its displacement
viii exceed 10000 tons, which IS about
equal to the addition OF od-sized
cruisers displacement to the biggest
ship the United States now has afioat.
The naval board already has outlifi.
ed the features Of the new vessel. AMI
an effort vii be made to get out the.
advertisements calling for bids for the.
construction OF the ship before Cil-
gIess meets in December. -
Progressive navy men are iInpeiled
to this course BY an apprehension that
II the advertisements are not publish
ed before Congress meets, the social
ed little navy men might use the
fact In jfstiffcation OF their failure 10
provide more than one battIeship at
the last session, alleging that they
had provided more funds than the
Navy Department was able to expend.
They might also use the fact as d war
rant for again limiting to one battle
ship the item for the increase OF the
navy in next winters appropriation
bill.
Certain important feaures OF the
Pennsylvania remain to be developer.
1t is said to be well established that
the size of the ship has exhausted the
HaAS - ffra0
CINE, for the great power to be oevei
oped by the boilers would necessitate
such gigantic low-pressure cylinders
and main shafting of such thickness
that the engine builders could not
safely meet the demands.
Certain experiments are now in
progress at Indian Head with a gun
carriage capable of carrying three
great 14-inch rifles. So far these have
not been entirely satisfactory, yet
upon their success must depend the
adoption of the triple gun turrets for
the Pennsylvania. = .
In general dimensions the ship VII
be about $50 feet in length, 1O2 feet
beam, and 26 to % feet draft. Crude
oil probably will be relied upon for
fuel.
When the Pennsylvania goes into
commission it will probably be equin-
ped with twelve 14-inch guns, which
will he made with tapered or cone
shaped Innings. This lining will In
crease the efficiency of the ship about
i've per cent The length of time re-
quired to change her WORKOUT guns
with be shortened from about four
months to two weeks.
A big naval gun is made In two
pieces. steel shell and tempered
steel lining. The shell is heated and
the lining slipped into it. When they
cool, the parts are firmly welded to-
gether.
The big 14-inch guns will fire a
much heavier projectile than the II
inch guns, and will have muzzle vel
ocfty but very little less. so it Is est.
mated that they will have life of