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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-11-07
KANSAS CITY
filters L0ST2
American BaItoonists May Have De-
scended in Arctic. Ocean.
all EUROPE WILL Be SEARCHED
No Word From Dusseldorf u Since
Leaving Stuttgart Last Sunday
In Great international Race
Government Starts Search.

Berlin, Nov. 2.--No word yet has
been received from the balloon, Dussel'
dorf II with the American pilot. John
Watts OF Kansas City. and his aid,
Arthur. T. Atherholt Of Philadelphia
who assembled last Sunday from Stutt-
CART, Germany, in the James Gordon
Bennett trophy race.
A message from Bremen says the
missing balloon probably was the bal
loon seen sailing to the north on Mon.
day by John Berry and A. Won Hoff-
man when they landed with the MIL
ion Population near Danzig.
Flew High and Fast.
Berry said: "An hour after we had
landed near Ueckermuends Cat noon,
Monday we saw balloon sailing at
the height OF 5000 to 1900 feet to-
wards the northeast. 1t soon disap-
peared in the clouds.
I'VE believe the balloon was the
Dusseldorf and that the pilot had
aimed to reach Norway. Since the
balloon was so high in the air and
was travelling at least 40 miles an
hour, the pilot could not have de-
scended before dark and we we're OF
the opinion that he would not be able
to tell where he was before next
morning.
"By that time he must have sailed
At least 800 miles, and II the balloon
kept in the direction 1t was taking
when we observed It, it must have
been carried far into Norway or Lap
land, or even beyond into the Arctic
Ocean"
consuIs Notified,
washington, Nov. 2.-American
consuls in Eastern Russia, Norway
and Sweden have been warned to In
yesa gate Immediately Fumors re-
gardlng the lost balloon, Dusseldorf,
with John watts and Arthur Ather-
holt. A telegraph search will be con-
Quoted all over Northern Europe.
Myers IL Optimistic.
Kansas City. Mo-, Nov 2-George
NJ. Myers, president Of the Kansas
City Areo club, IL optimistic.
II will not begin to worry until
Monday some time" he said. "Hawley
and Post ware Loaf a. week in CS-sda
two years ago, lie Blanc was so hours
Al reporting from his landing place
over so miles from Moscow. and other
balloonists have been arrested upon
landing in Russia. II Watts is $50
miles from st. Petersburg land !
don't think he would have allowee
himself to be blown over the Arctic
Ocean--he would be unable to report
for a week or more"
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WIZ az.

Their boat was drifting Idly, the
sun shone above. soothing the soul.
and the sea was serene; while she--
she was sitting snugiy not on the
same side Of the ship. Then he pro
posed. From the opposite side Of the
craft she gazed at him calmly. Then
abe spake:
@As matter o. common sense, real
izlng that we are 10 this boat. on VA
ter which Is more than fifty feet deep.
and that II you were to act Is you
should act H I accepted you we would
be capsIEed, I win decline your pro
posal at the moment: but. George,
nov e faat Is gou can to ne shore,
end Az ne aeaiair
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There are now In Jamaica six fac
tories manufacturing banana figs.
chips, meal and dour," said James
Nee. Harris Of Boston, who recently
returned from Jamaica. During the
seasons at which the fruit Is cheapest
all Of these plants are run at their
maximum capacity. The methods OF
drying the fruit are different In diff
ferent plants. though all resort, be-
lieve. to a hot air process Il takes
about 400 to 500 pounds OF the fruit
10 manufacture 100 pounds OF meal.
1.-THE banana as is as paiatabIe as
the natural fig and resembles Il close
" IN color. Il has replaced the nat
uraI flg IN many markets In which IL
has been introduced. the chips are
sold primarily for breakfast foods.
being made into porridge. Several
Cf the manufactures, who deal IN the
European markets. ship the chips 70
their mills IN those European cities
and have Il ground into meal there.
Crist mills. the same kind used for
manufacturing meal nom corn. are
used"
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TURKS BEGGING
FOR MEDIATION
Government Issues Bulletin Admitting.
Defeat and Asking Truce.
CHRISTIANS IN GREAT DANGER
unruly Element In constantInople.
Wait But Slightest Excuse for
Maseaere and rlllage-Pov'>
srs send Warshlps.

Constantinople, Nov. a.--The porte.
has applied to the powers for media.
ton with a view TO the cessation Of
hostillties and for the negotiation Of
peace. Application has been made to-
the embassies here and by circular to
the Ottoman representatives in the
European capitals. M
The Turkish army Is retreating to-
the last line OF fortigcations outside
the capital. This was announced In
bulletin admitting defeat in the
great battle on the Thracian plains
which the government issued.
There Is large and uI1'uly element
OF the population which would be glad
OF any pretext for massacres and pill.
lage.
Rlotlng Expected.
Ties presence OF more than 10000
Moslem refugees from the war zone..
who have lost all their possessions
adds to the danger of the situation.
Rumors are current that the Young
Turks committee may start rioting
with the object Of oyerthrowtng the
government, but there have been no
tangible proofs Of such plan. 1t is
doubtful whether rising would be-
directed against foreigners as much
as native Christians, but the danger
to foreigners Is very real.
Warships Through DardanelIes.
London, Nov. 4.-Appiication was
made to the embassies In CONSTANT
nople for mediation BY the powers,
to end the hostilities and arrange .
peace agreement.
The ambassadors. prior to this, had
asked the porte to grant permission
to each Of the great powers to send
one warship through the Dardanelles
end this request had been complied
With.
The only guarantee Of safety for
the native Christians and foreigners
In Constantinople is to be found in the
presence OF the warships Of the great
powers in the harbor Of the Turkish
capital.
Bulgaria Won't stop.
It is the general belief that Bull
kaIl& VIII FSlubG W AIDSSM " @AS tAAAS ~
In the way Of Intervention until the
Bulgarian army Is at the gates Of
Constantinople and will insist that
Turkey make an appeal direct to the
allies without interference from the
powers.
The powers have not been able to
agree upon the French premier's for
mula OF territorial disinterestedness''
which is not acceptable to either Aus
tria Of Germany They are taking
steps, however for the protection OF
Christians and their own political In
terests In Turkey. One warship In
addition to the vessels already des-
patched to Turkish ports, Will be sent
through the DardaneIles by each Of
the powers.
Beyond the statement that the
Turkish army Is retreating to the last
Inc Of Notifications outside CONSTANT
nopIe, there was little news received
from the seat OF war.
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slnIn b atreet ouarrel.

WAGNER. Ok, Nov. 4--Luther opry,
former sheriff OF wagner county,
was shot and killed in the streets
here BY Eugene Flowers, deputy
sheriff. According to Witnesses, opgy
made an open attack upon Flowers,
calling him opprobrious names and
finally selzing Flowers b the collar
and striking him IN the lace. Flowers
drew an automatic revolver and shot
Opry seven times. the ex-sheriR sink
ing 70 the sidewalk dead
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g keeplnn for' Womeil.

Nothing could induce Us to give up
bee keeping for, aside from the profit,
the larger returns Of health and hap.
piness, the pure Joy Of living I'm the
sunshine and watching the tirelesa
workers as they come in with loads OF
pollen and nectar outweigh any fnan-
cial consideration" says writer in
farmers Wife.
To sum It ali up bee keeping IL pre-
eminently q "woman's job" whether
for pleasure or profit or for combi-
nation Of both. The financial returns
compare favorably with anything else
from farm or garden, while to those
who love outdoor life bee keeping is
tie most fascinating Of AL avOcations.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-11-07

Eittsburg, Kan, Nov. 5.-Lonnie LIE
Roy, Is years old, was to have be-
come the bride Of Horace Demoy Of
Skidmore next Christmas. Demoy
visited his fiancee to show her q new
automatic shotgun. 1t was not loaded
he said. They were examining the
weapon when 1t was discharged. The
girl was killed.
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Drowned nuldlna enc.

Cottonwood calls, Kan, Nov. A.
w. e. Davis, 40 years old, q farm
and whose home is at Billingsley,
ok, was accidentally killed as he
was stretching strand Of barbed
wire at point where it crossed q
small creek. 1t is supposed the wire
broke. entangling him and causing
him to fall into the shallow creek
where he was found drowned.
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Ieavenworth, Kan, Nov. $40
.ordlng to advices received from VOL
,ott. Is miles south Of here. Il il be-
ieved that Lnther spainhauer. an old
bachelor Of that town. ended his lie
" setting Gre to his three-room home.
Neighbors say mat be was In the
,ouse few minutes before the Gre
ras discovered and an Efforts 70 md
i'm afterwards proved futile
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atrlkara Mnunded oficera.

Little Falls. N. r.. oct ST. Michael
HALEY Of this city. a special policeman,
was shot, and Detective John Kennedy
% Albany vas stabbed In q riot In
'front.' Of the Phoenix Mill. Trouble
started when chief Long attempted to
break up the massed picketing at the
Mn entrance.
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aaun cultu Lender sued.

Chicago, Oct. Ottoman Ear
Adusht HanIsh, leader Of the Sun
cuIl and now under indictment In the
Esaeral court on charges Of shipment
II improper literature, was sued for
$1,000 BY Mrs Ellen Nelson Marx, for
mersy OF Kansas City, Kan. She
charges that Hanish lost more than
5000 she Intrusted to him to invest
1ar her.
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~. 800 MhlIa Nut,lnn.

laskosee, Ok Nov. 4.-Barlow
hawkins, u years old, and Tom
nson. Il years old. we're shot and
1ea dangerously By an unidentI-
ueEfo while picking up hickory
M - &c woods near here.
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iJncIe aam wac ThIrd.

Kansas City, Nov. 5--George M.
Myers has Just received q cablegram
from H. e. Honeywell. pilot Of the
Kansas city balloon. Uncle Sam, that
he had won third place In the interna-
tional balloon races from Stuttgart,
Germany. The message said nothing
as to John Watts having won pos
Mlble second or 1rst place IN the race.
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etor EnuIne pIew Un

Enid. Ok, Oct. 31.--Two men were
rn1nrcd and motor car demonsnet
ners when the engine Of the car blew
~ Bert Mills was struck In the alb
doRen and knocked from the car.
frank Mills, a brother, was cut about
he face By the flying pieces Of iron,
The injuries are not fatal.
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cI.l.a LICE - a7s. GO.

New York. Oct 2s.-Work was be-
gun on the printing Of more than s.
o00. 600 ballots. to be used IN The cleo
ton IN this city November S. One
hundred and nftY tons 81 paper vii
~ nenf - -rs.-~v
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Sedaiia, Mo-. Nov. 4.-Pansy Lesh.
at Los Angeles, II her story IL true,
was Pansy Hastings. who lived at the
home OF Col. and Mrs. r. N. Quain.
lance at Green Ridge, this county, in
1908 and 1904. She was sent to Green
Ridge from st. Louis orphanage
ana had lived at the Quaintance home
only few months when she and Mrs.
ouaintance quarreled over an alleged
intimacy between the girl and Col
luaintance. The girl Is said to have
,nocked Mrs. Quaintance down, injur-
ing her severely. Peritonitis devel.
oped, and she died in June, 1904.
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SAYS SHE POISONED TwOWOMEN
California Girl, Deserted BY Husband,
confesses to Crimes Committed
In Missouri. 81

Lon Angeles. Cal, Nov. 4.-Pansy
Hastings Lesh, "A years old, who
said she had just been deserted by
her husband, surrendered herself to
the police declaring that she had
murdered two women in Missouri
one at Green Ridge, and another ct
Sedalia.
The victims, she said. were Mrs b.
M. Quaintance and Mrs. Eliza Coe.
Both we're slain by the administration
of poison.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-26

her as Miss Mason" and that was
all. though he was aware that as
stenographer she was quick and accu-
rate. He watched her leaving one aft
ernoon. and was aware for the first
time that she was well-formed. and
that her manner of dress was salts.
flying. He knew none of the details of
woman's dress, and he saw none of
the details of her neat shirt waist
and well-cut tailor suit. He saw only
the effect in general sketchy way.
She looked right. This was in the alb
sence of anything wrong or out of the
way
She's trim little good-looker." was
his verdict. when the outer Office COR
closed on her
The next morning. debating. he CON
cluded that he liked tie way she did
her hair. though for The life of him
he could have given no description of
II. The impression was pleasing thar
was all. She set between him and
the window. and he noted that her
hair was light brown. witt hints of
golden bronze A pale sun. shining in
touched the golden bronze into smoul.
dering fires that were very pleasing
he discovered that in the intervals
when she had nothing to do. she read
books and magazines. or worked on
some sort of feminine fancy work
Passing her desk. once. he picked up q
yolums OF Killings poems and glanced
oepuzzled through the pages.
You like reading. Miss Mason?" be
said laying the book down.
"Oh. yes, was the answer; very
much"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-26
The PEEvISH CHILD
NEEDS TREATMENT

When a child sulks drowsily. or q
fretful. 1t is usually due to some slight
disorder Of the digestive organs. and 4
mild laxative is very often all that is
necessary to restore cheerfulness and
buoyancy of spirits.
In cases where the use of a gentle.
effective laxative stimulant is indi-
Gated, many of the best physicians are
now prescribing DR.. CaidweIrs Syrup
Pepsin. This preparation is admitted.
~ the perfect laxative. being mild. vet
positive In its action on the bowels.
and far preferable to violent cathart-
les and purgative waters. 1t is very
pleasant to the taste and Is an ideal
remedy to regulate and strengthen the
stomach. liver and bowels. It's easy.
natural action makes 1t especially de-
sirable in the case of children, a dose
at bedtime being sure to have the de-
sired result next morning, with no at
tendant unpleasantness or discomfort.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold
by druggists everywhere In SOC and
sl.00 bottles. If you have never tried
this splendid remedy, write to DR.. w.
B. Caldwell, 201 Washington ST., Mon
ucello, ILL.,, for sample. He will be
very glad to send trial bottle with
out any expense to you whatever.
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HIIH,DlP or Z11F CHI NF Z1zF k/ZD'
zy>H//E <AIYG" "1ssApzzV E1kY"EzG

Of alcoholic inhibition athwart his
consciousness. The office became i'm
mediately q closed affair. 1t ceased
to exist. In the afternoon, after lunch.
1t lived again for one or two hours,
when. leaving 1t. he rebuilt the wall of
inhibition. OF course. there were ex-
ceptions to this; and. such was the rig
or of his discipline, that II he had a
dinner or a conference before him In
which, in business way, he encoun-
tered enemies or allies and planned or
prosecuted campaigns, he abstained
from drinking But the instant the
business was settled. his everlasting
call went out for a Martini, and for
double-Martini at that, In long glass
so as not to excite comment.
Into Daylight's life came Dede Ma
son. She came rather imperceptibly.
He had accepted her impersonally
along with the office furnishing, the
Office boy, Morrison. the chief, conf
Dental. and only clerk, and all the
rest of the accessories of a super
mans gambling place of business. Had
he been asked any time during the first
months she was in his employ, he.
would have been unable to tell the
color of her eyes. From the fact that
she was demi-blonde, there resid-
ed dimly in his subconSciousness
conception that she was a brunette
Likewise he had an idea that she yas
not thin, while there was an absence
in his mind of any idea that she was
fat. And how she dressed he had no
idea at ALL He had no trained eye in
such matters. nor was he interested.
He took 1t for granted. in the lack of
any impression to the contrary, that
she was dressed somehow. He knew
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successful financier He did not go
in for swindling the workers. Not
only did he not have the heart for 1t.
but 1t did not strike him as a sporting
proposition. The workers were so
easy. so stupid. 1t was more like
slaughtering fat. hand-reared pleas.
ants on the English preserves he hau
read about. The sport to him. was
in waylaying the successful robbers
and taking their spoils from them.
The grim Yukon life had failed TO
make Daylight hard 1t required civ
ilization to produce this result I'm
the fierce. savage game he now play
ed. his habituai geniality imper-
ceptibly slipped away from him, as did
his lazy Western drawl
He still had "reminiscences of genial
ity. but they were largely periodical
and forced. and they were usually due
10 the cocktails he took prior to meal
tine In the North he had drunk
deeply and at irregular intervals; but
now his drinking became systematic
and disciplined, 1t was an unconscious
development. but 1t was based upon
physical and mental conditions. The
cocktails served as an inhibition
Without reasoning or thinking about
it. the strain of the Office. which was
essentially dIe TO the daring and au-
dacity of his ventures. required check
or cessation; and he found, through
the weeks and months. that the cock
tails supplied this very thing They
constituted a stone wall. He never
drank during the morning. nor in Of
fee hours; but the instant he left the
! office he proceeded to rear this wall
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Red Indian" was said Of him, and IT
was said truly.
He was a free lance, and had
no friendly business associations.
Such alliances as were formed
from time to time were purely az
fairs Of expediency, and he regarded
his allies as men who would give him
the double-cross or ruin him If a
profitable chance presented. In spite
of this point of view, he was faithful
to his allies. But he was faithful Just
as long as they were and no longer.
The treason had to come from them,
and then it was Ware Daylight.
The business men and financiers of
the Pacific coast never forgot the les.
son of Charles Klinkner and the Cali
fornia & Altamont Trust Company.
Klinkner was the president. In part
nership with Daylight, the pair raided
the San Jose Interurban The power
full Lake Power & Electric Lighting
corporation came to the rescue. and
klinkDer, seeing what he thought was
the opportunity, went over to the en-
envy in the thick of the pitched battle
Daylight lost three millions before he
was done with it, and before he was
done with it ne saw the California &
Altamont Trust Company hopelessly
wrecked and Charles Klinkner a sui
side in felons cell
So it was that Daylight became a
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CHAPTER x

Back in San Francisco, Daylight
quickly added to his reputation. in
ways 1t was not an enviahle reputa.
ton. Men were afraid of him He be-
came known as fighter. a fiend. a
tiger His play was ripping and
smashing one. and no one knew where
or how his next blow would fall. The
element OF surprise was large. He
baked on the unexpected. and. fresh
from the wild North. his mind not OBJ
Grating In stereotyped channels. ne
was able in unusual degree to devise
new tricks and stratagems And once
he won the advantage. he pressed II
remorselessly AS relentless as q
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-26
DISFlGURED WITH cRUsTs

Some time ago / was taken with
eczema from the top Of my head to
my waist. 1t began with scales on my
body. | suffered untold itching and
burning, and could not sleep. l was
greatly dishgured with scales and
crusts. My ears looked as If they had
been most cut off with a razor, and
my neck was perfectly raw. suffered
untold agony and pain. tried two
doctors who said had eczema In It's
fullest stage, and that it could not
be cured. | then tried other rem
edies to no avail. AT last. tried set
of the genuine Cuticura Remedies.
which cured me OF eczema when all
else had failed, therefore I cannot
praise them too highly.
Il suffered wiAh eczema about ten
months, but am now entirely cured,
and / believe Cuticura Remedies are
the best skin cure there is" (Signed)
Miss Matte ]. Shaffer R. F. D. /. Box
s, Dancy, Miss, Oct. ~. 1910.
Il had suffered from eczema about
four years when boils began to break
out on different parts of my body. 1t
started with fine red rash. My
back was affected first. when 1t also
spread over my face. The itching was
almost unbearable at times. / tried
different soaps and salves, but nothing
seemed to help me until l began to
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
One bOx of them cured ma CENTRALLY I
recommended them to my sister for
her baby who was troubled with tooth
eczema. and they completely cured her
baby" (Signed) Mrs. F. L, Marber-
ger, Drehersville. Pa. Sept. 6. 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere. a sample
Of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cuu-
cura,," Dept. L, Boston.
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SYNOPSIS.

Elan Harnish, known all through Alas
"a as Burning Daylight" celebrates his
Both birthday with a crowd of miners at
the Circle City Tivoli. The dance leads
TO heavy gambling, In which over 100000
is staked Harnish loses his money and
his mine but wins the mail contract He
starts on his mail trip with dogs ana
sledge. telling his friends that he will be
IN the big Yukon gold strike at the start.
Burning Daylight makes sensationally
ra pid run across country with the mail,
appears at the Tiyoli and is now ready
to ioln his friends in a dash to the new
gold fields. Deciding that gold will be
found I'm the up-river district Harnish
buys two tons of -four. which he declares
will be worth its weight in gold. but
when he arrives with his -four he finds
the big fiat desolate. A comrade discoy-
ers gold and Daylight reaps rich har-
vest. He goes to Dawson. becomes the
most prominent figure in the Klondike
and defeats combination of capitalists
In a vast mining deal. He returns to
civilization. and. amid the bewildering
complications of high finance, Daylight
finds that he has been led to invest his
eleven millions In a manipulated scheme.
He goes to New York, and confronting
his disoyal partners with revolver. he
threatens to kill them II his money is not
returned.
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loans Kidney Pills, I passed a graz
stone as large as a pea. The stonas
continued to pass at Intervals
] passed eleven in one day. Doan's
Kidney Pills finally cured me-
and have had no kidney trouble
since"
when Your Back is Lame Ramar,
Der the Name-DOAN'S." SOC, all stores
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y
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on! how I suffered. I
became SO bad the
doctors said my left
side was paralyzed. I
could not walk with
out assistance. I grew
worse and went to a
hospital but was not
helped. My friends
all thought I wouId
die. Three weeks
after / began takiro