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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-09-04
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II Nd7ITk
- ACk OF Duke Kahauamoku the
fastest short distance swimmer
u the word and one Of the
zen men who Sil. represent the
United states 10 the world
swimming contests ia the Olympic
games a. stockholm Ia long ances.
try OF scmlamph.biOus humans From
the day he was born til' the hour he
dies the Hawaiian IL never wholly ots
OF sound OF the sea From the lime
he can walk. and sometimes before, h.
begins 20 dabble In the ocean. Duke
Kahanamoku may win honors 10 speed
at the Olympic games. bur be canno'
begin 20 touch 10 these games the
long distance records made by some OF
hts cOuntrymen and COuutryV0men.
Here is typical instance
Not long ago a Sunday school pic.
ME party started out from The Island
OF Moloka for a days luuket down the
coast In the crowd were old women
and young ones There were a dozen
or 50 children not moro than three
years old. and score OF half grown
boys and girls
About two miles on shore a sudden
gust upset the schooner and left the
sunday school party Ia tho water II
that had been an English or an Amer
lean Sunday school picnic party. pos
slby one or two might have reached
the shore. but all these people were
llawaiians Men. women. boys girls
and babies-they padded gayly back
20 land Except for the loss OF their
luncheon their days outing had not
been spoiled Il had merely been
shortened
Some Of the stories of their big
swims sound ike fiction but they are
not Here are Two OF them
A. halfpast eight on Monday
evening in February a year ago un.
der clear sIarlii sky OBJ, little
schooner Moi Wlh.ur was rammeI
amdslips d, the steel uua ol the
lighthouse tender Kuk.i auI the lat
'cf par uto port believing tba. every
Han ou board ta" Moi WahIuc had
been lost
Not Afraid e sr.
Seven OF the ,igh men who made
MP 'Uo crew have never been seen
suce They Nrrr Cor,Jn slI1.s The
eighth who "a, captain and owner
of the little craft old cap SAN Manu-
80 years old va, @ Hawaiian he
a.ouc escaped lni this h the az be-
f.l.s his story
don know how long swan
and Aoated about the Spot whore the
ones of my hip Wen down NJ
sailor, either we're drowned a' one.
pr a.Iued away from me- AMI then
t1r stern lights OF tHc steamer dis
auurar,d ana was alone there u
fue darkness swimming tor mr ,.fe .
and miles away from land
To- my Younger days . would nav.
augghf little Hi swimming across 90,
few miles chat separated me from dr.
land bur uHou "a man gets t0 10. Owe
,u au 900 night swim is '.tlr nor
.1au h. cares 'l make. Bur . aasu
Ru4 wanted ID DO. 3. was what
.ft fn .0 500 struck ou As H1at
Ell Hn.tu. 11 us clothes ,o .oll
swim .I.. .u,uHs bumped mt
u. side
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-09-04
Crop Improvement
Agricultural development by
Uniting all interests 20 assist
WHEAT IN ROTATION.

WHEAT IN ROTATION
Winter Wheat Follows Osts-Wheat
Good Nurse Crop for Young Glover
-Whest After Corn.
BY = n. Demaree. Agronomist, }. L.
Case Plou Works. Racine.
Wisconsin.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-09-04

ACK OF Duke Kahauamoku the
fastest short distance swimmer
.n the word and one Of the
zen men who slll represent the
United states 10 the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
BOYS BRAVE RIDE
His Love for Pony Overcame
Fear in Early Days.
Makes Trip From Lawrence to
Reno County Alone.

Hutchinson, July ST took some
nerve Tor 12-year-old boy to ride
los Kansas in the pioneer days
When Indians still prowled the plains
Wnen desperadoes were still making
tnlngs lively at Newton and Abilene
and buffalo ranged the prairie.
BUT that is the way Ed M. Moore,
manager of the Hutchinson Printing
company came to Hutchinson in the
spring of 1874
His father, Rev. D. NJ. Moore, had
Deen called to the pastorate of the
Presbyterian church. inst orga nizad IN
the new town of Hutchinson. he being
the first regularly installed pastor of
the church Some time after he NOV
ed his family to Hutchinson from
Lawrence.
son that if he expected to bring his
pony to the new home he would have
to ride him through. The father had
no idea that Ed, who was only 12
cnlld's play to ride across Kansas 3S
years ago.
II thought he really meant it." re-
marked Mr.. Moore. $50 getting down
his old saddle bags that he used in
riding around the country circuit /
put food in one side for myself and
corn in the other for the pony, and
started out.
Il found preachers along the road
as far as Peabody, and put UP with
them nights, but when 1 got to Pea
body 1 run out of preachers and had
to stop at a hotel. That night a lot
of the men loafing around the hotel,
who knew where I was going, enter
tanned me by relating hair-raising
stories of how half a dozen despera-
does had been shot dead on the plat
form at Newton, and how the cowboys
and desperadoes and Indians were
killing people right and left at New
ton.
1T didn't prevent me from contin-
uing my journey the next morning, but
I can tell you I didn't stop at Newton
when I reached there. I went right
on through that town as hard as I
could ride, and kept as far away from
the Santa Fe depot as possible. rode
straight through from Peabody to
Hutchinson without stopping to rest.
I wasn't taking any chances"
Mr.. Moore arrived in Hutchinson in
March, 1874, being perhaps the first
boy to accomplish the feat of making
a ride alone across the state to the
new town. He has been here ever
since.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
Rock Island Made Earnings of
Only Az Per Cent.
Directors Had Hoped for 5 Per
Cent This Year.
HAVE HOPES FOR FALL
Business Hauling Crops Onset
Presidential Year.
Other Items of General Inter.
est in Traffic World.

II is announced at the second district
headouarters of the Rock Island Lines
IN Topeka that the hopes OF the olrec
tors that the road would earn D pea
cent in the year Just closed are " r
1arentIv doomed to disappointment IA
fact thew will have to be satisfied Win
earnings of AZ per cent .
TTlhe railway company has declared
total Of per cent IN DIVIDENDS uuI1nS
the fiscal year, although "A per CEN ~
would have been sufnclent 10 me Se +ba
fhe charges, expenses and taxes OF tne
holding companies It was desired ma
the operating company show a recoI ,
of per cent or over In annual u Ie
dend disbursements. The extra q y.
! ner cent will add a little more IMAM
5000 900 to the SURPRISES or tne nOiuA-o
companies after charges, etc.
THE per cent dividends reQulle
60 712 AsO ON the assumption that June'
1872 produces no gain IN operaIs e..
come over June, 1911, the Dalance oa ~
dividends would approximate $o,ooo,-
ooo Tn spite of the fact that Rock
islands June gross fails to equal tnae
Of Tnne 1911. q wholesale pairing Oh
expenses will bring about an INC
in operating income. How much - -
ponds upon the accounting oepar 'l L.,
and the management. To snow even
AZ per cent on the $74, 1855, 200 outstano-
ing stock the gain will have to e1-
coed $3R0,000.
NO Cut in June Last Year.
In June, 1911, Rock Island made nc
especial cut in expenses. On this ac-
count Iessened maintenance and trans
portation expenses should enable the
company to offset the loss IN June
gross and to enhance operating IN
come by at least 100000. By restrict
ing maintenance and putting the lid on
transportation expenses Rock Island
was able in May to turn a loss In gross
revenue of $250,0O0 into a gain in net
after taxes of above 100000. The loss
in June gross will not exceed 100000
Sl1imping maintenance in May and
June, while it allows the company to
show a balance for dividends within
mailing distance of 5 per cent, will
cause extra expenditures on rush Work
during July and August.
From September 1 on the company
anticipates the beginning Of a period
of plenty. In view of the present ex-
cellence of crop conditions throughout
Rock Island territory, bountiful crops
are expected this fall Such an event
in itself would bring about a business
boom. There should also be a healthy
reaction from the extreme summer
duIlness of this presidential year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
PROTEST FROM PRESIDENTS.
Railroad Heads Against Anti-Injunc.
ton Bill Before CnngreSs

ton Bill Before Congress.
Chicago. July S.@Thirreen railroad
presidents, twelve of whom have head
quarters in Chicago, have sent a me-
mortal to the United States senate pro-
testing against the passage of the So
called anti-injunction bill which is in
TENDED to curtail the power of Judges
10 issue 1njunctions. The proposed
legislation is characterized by the rail-
way executives as vicious and a means
Lor encouraging disorder, especia IIy
curing strikes and lockouts If the bill
becomes law, it is asserted it will he
impossible in the event of a strike to
so operate, railroads as to perform a
lie. eAAo pun
Such a law as this" continues the
memorial, lis notice to all turbulent
elements OF society that acts of depre-
oat1on or violence may be committed
Win 1mpunity and without fear of
Interference.
If there be taken away from the
carriers the protecting arm of the
courts, the only means by which anv
enort can be made to operate a rail
roaI during strike is DESTROYED. with
puI tnat protection the carriers are
neIpless. The violence and disorder
winch the passage of this law invites
YOU'D YOU'D place the railways of this com
lry at the mercy of the mob. We are
oIao1e TO understand how any man
WHO ooes not want to commit violence
coulo pc interested in it's passage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
CHAIR THAT GIVES FATHER TIME
THE LAUGH

NE are just about as old as ne LOOK
People judge us. by the way we LOOK.
The man or woman with grey hair is be-
ginning to get in the "Old Timers Glass.
This Twentieth Century does NOT want
GREY hairs-it wants the energy of Youth.
The big things are being done by the
YOUNGER generation.
There's a sort of HAS Been look
about those 'Grey Hairs There is always
one to criticise and smile scornfully.
Father Time is a stern disciPlinarian.
Get the best of him. Give him the laugh.
Do not be "Has Been" It's unnecessary.
Use HAYS HAIR HEALTH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
MRS. DECKER DIES
Her Death Follows Quickly
After a Surgical Operation.
Was One of the Foremost
Women of the Country.

San Francisco, July s.-Mrs. Sarah
PIatt Decker of Denver former presi-
dent of the General Federation of Wo-
mems clubs, died here at 500 O'Clock
Sunday night, following an operation
for intestinal trouble.
Her daughter, Miss Harriet Platt, OF
Denver, was present.
The operation was performed Friday
and Mrs. Decker rallied Immediately.
Until last night her condition was con-
sidered hopeful.
Mrs. Decker came here to attend the
biennial convention of the General
Federation of WOmen'S clubs. In the
sessions of the convention she was con-
spicuous by successful pleas for an en-
dowment fund.
Denver, July S.-Mrs. Sarah Platt
Decker, former president of the Ma
tional Federation of Women's clubs
was one of the foremost women Of the
nation. She was widely known as a
distinguished club woman, philanthrop-
list. leader of woman's suffrage and
tireless worker in many public spirited
movements.
1t was due much to her efforts that
the Denver Women's club became one
of the most useful and widely known
in America, and it was because of her
recognized ability that the National
Federation of Women's clubs elected
her their national president at st.
Louis in 1904.
Mrs. Decker, whose maiden name was
Sarah Sophia Chase, was born at
McIndoe Falls. VT. Her mother was
a descendant of the famous Adams
family of Massachusetts,; her father,
Edwin Chase, was a prominent temper
ance advocate.
Long before the Denver Woman's
club was organized in 1894 and she
was elected its first president, Mrs.
Decker gave her money and support
to the campaign for woman suffrage.
In the first campaign of Bryan, she
took an active part. During the sec
Ond Bryan campaign she presided at
one of the largest mass meetings ever
directed in the United States by
woman.
Mrs. Decker became the first woman
member of the Colorado state board of
pardons and in 1898 was appointed a
member of the Colorado board of
charities and corrections, which has
general supervision over all penal and
reformatory institutions in the state.
She was member of the national
child labor committee, a member of
the state civil service committee and
was called into consultation at the
White House by President Roosevelt
and the governors of the country in
regard to the child labor question.
Mrs. Decker was vice president of
and was active in the spring campaign
for the citizens ticket, which was sue
cessful in Denver by record majority
She had been mentioned prominently
as candidate for the United States
senate the next election.
Mrs. Decker was three times a
widow and is survived by one daugh-
sister, Mrs. Hattie Kingsland of Dem
yer,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
MONEY PILES UP.
The Country Has ss4,5oo, 900 More
Than a Year Ago.

Washington, July S-The American
government began the new fiscal year
with $3.50, 4O7621. of which all but
$685., 621, ooS is in circulation and the
balance held in the treasury vaults as
the assets of the federal government
This volume of real money breaks all
records, so far as the treasury state
ments show, for the winding up of the
fiscal year ard it beats a year ago by
$84, SOC, 900.
The treasury officials, estimating that
the population has grown to 95,656,OOO
up to last Monday, say that a pro rata
distribution of this money would give
each person $34.26, or six cents more
than year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
Longren to Fly for Them.

Council Grove, July 8.-Aviator AL
vim K. Longren of Topeka has been
secured to give daily aeroplane flights
during the Morris county fair, which
opens Tuesday and continues to and
including Thursday. Longren will
make flights each afternoon. An
other feature of the fair will be base
ball games every morning between
the Junction City and Minneapolis,
formerly Newton, teams of the Cen
trail Kansas League.
The race program is a big one and
the entry list contains many fast
horses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

intermediate points has been made by
a Burlington train. According to rec
ords of the railway service, the Bur-
Hngton flyer leaving Chicago every
night at $3.50 scored on the minute for
thirty consecutive days at Galesburg
ILL.,; Creston, Ia; Pacific Junction, Ia,
and Council Bluffs, Ia, a distance of
500 miles. This is regarded as an inn
portant link in transcontinental mail
service. The 500 miles between Chi
cago and the Union Pacific transfer
station is covered at an average in
excess of SIS miles an hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
KANSAS GOSSIP.
Boy Hurt by Toy Cannon.

Wichita, July 8.-James Ross, the
13-year-old son of the Rev. D. w.
Ross of this city, was probably the
most severely injured victim of the
Fourth of July celebration here. The
boy was with several playmates
watching the discharge of a toy can
non in an early morning noisefest
when the small gun partially explod-
ed, driving the breech backward and
striking the boy, who was fully fiji
teen feet away, in the leg below the
knee. He was at once taken to the
hospital, where he is reported in Sc
riouS condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
Asks Damages From County.

Winfield, Kan, July Frank
Thorp has begun suit for $4,000 dam
ages against Cowley county, which he
claims as the result of an accident
which occurred on an uncompleted
county bridge two miles south of Win
field. While travelling in his automo-
bile one night recently Mr.. Thorp
drove off of the approach to the bridge
and rolled down a steep embankment,
completely wrecking his car and sus-
tanning some bodily injuries. He
claims the county is responsible for
the accident, because, he says, there
were no danger signals on the bridge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
To Furnish Lights to Towns.

Seneca, Kan, July 8.-The Seneca
city council closed contracts the past
week with the city councils of Oneida
and Axtell for the furnishing of cleo
tricity to them from the municipal
light plant in this city. Oneida vot-
ed $4,000 in bonds and Axtell $780,
900 for furnishing their respective
towns with light, heat and power.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

Hiawatha, Kan, July 8.-A bad
storm, having the earmarks of a cy-
clone, blew down trees and filled the
air with dust at this place yesterday
The falling limb of a tree struck
George Norton, county commissioner
and NJ. Copeland, a prominent citizen
of this place, stunning Mr.. Norton
and breaking the hip of Mr.. Copeland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
Farmers Need More HELM.

Erie, Kan, July S.-Binders have
been standing idle in the fields, crops
have ripened without being harvested
on account of the scarcity of farm Ia
Dor in certain portions of this coun-
ty. Down below st. Paul the stu
alton is considered serious.
Wheat has been ripe for over a
week, and the farmers have made
frantic efforts to harvest the crop,
but on account of the lack of hands,
they have made little Roadway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
StfII Want Haryesters.

Cimarron, Kan, July S.-For the
first time in several years there is a
scarcity of harvest hands in Gray
county. Farmers are in Cimarron
asking for hands, and none had come
out thus far. The wheat crop in Gray
county this year is the biggest in the
history of the county and people have
been caught unprepared.
Good wages are being offered. and
those who have finished harvesting N
the central part of the estate can find
employment here. Harvest begins
about July 10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
FAIR GAIN IN EARNINGS.
Increase of As Per Cent Shown First
Three Weeks in june.

Railroad gross earnings continue to
maintain a fair increase over those of
last year, the total of all United States
roads reporting to date for the three
weeks of June as compiled for Dun's
Review aggregating S21,264.249, gain
of 4.3 per cent as compared with the
earnings of the same roads for the cor
responding period a year ago.
Satisfactory expansion continues to
be reported by most of the leading sys-
TENS in the south. Throughout the
west and south there is general i'm
provement.
This adverse exhibit, however, is far
more than offset by the good gains
that appear in the returns of Missouri
Pacific, International & Great North
ern, ST. Louis Southwestern. Mime
apoIis, st. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie and
numerous others.
In the following table are given the
gross earnings of all United States
roads reporting to date for the three
weeks of June, and the gain as COM
pared with the earnings of the same
roads for the corresponding time a
year ago; also for the same roads for
a similar period in the two preceding
months, together with the percentages
of gain over last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
Curtis for senator Club.

BeIleville, KAN, July S.-Belleville
has just organized Curtis for Senator
club. The senator's popularity in this
section is evidenced in the fact that
both Republicans and Democrats find
no hesitancy in joining in his support,
knowing his record in the United
States senate in the past and believing
it is to the best interests of the state
that he be retained in Office for an
other term. 7e-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
Chinch BUGS Fiu Air.

Salina, Kan, July S.-Millions of
chinch bugs filled the air in this part
of the state most of Saturday and
were a pest to pedestrians in the
city. For three or four days the har-
vesters have been unable to get into
the wheat fields because of wet
grounds, but harvesting was resumed
this morning, disturbing the bugs in
large numbers, and they took to their
wings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
bankers Help harvest Wheat.

Keagy of the Citizens bank and
Cashier H. X Mcleod of the Ellis
State bank are taking places in the
wheat fields as harvest hands owing
to the scarcity of men. The wheat
crop will be heavier than was expected
owing to the late rains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
RECORD FOR ON TIME MAIL.
Burlington Covers 500 Miles at SIS
Miles an Hour.

Chicago, July S.-A worlds record
for on time mail delivery between Chi
cago and the Missouri river and all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
Women Seek County Omces.

Cottonwood Fails, Kan, July s.
This county has four women candi-
dates in the field this year who will
seek the nomination for county Offices
They represent three different politi-
cal parties and are Miss Anna Arnold,
who is running on the Democratic
ticket for county superintendent; Miss
Bertha Plummer, Republican can
didate for register of deeds; Miss Gus
sic Houston, a Republican candidate
for the office of clerk of the district
court, and Miss Pearle Bledsoe, a can
didate on the Socialist ticket for
county high school trustee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

Hutchinson, Kan, July 8.-A pecu-
liar ''shake-up," as the preachers call
it, threatens to break up denomina-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

1t is not alone the con-
venience, Or the fresh
ness, or the crispneSS, or
the unusual fOOd-value,
or the digestibility, or
the cleanliness, or the
price, that has made
Uneeda Biscuit the
National Soda Cracker.
1t is the remarkable
combination of all of
these things.
If everyone, every
where, knew how good
they are, everyone,
everywhere, would eat
them-every day.
Sold by grocers in every city
and town. Bought by people
of all classes.
Always 5 cents in the mois-
ture-prOOf package.
NATIONAL BISCUIT
COMPANY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
Asks Pardon for HeaIy.

lola, Kan, July S.-The immediate
pardon of John Healy, the Lansing
prisoner who sought Justice" through
the medium of the want ads. is urged
in letters sent to Governor Stubs by
the Rev. L. A. Mcclure, pastor OF St
Johns Catholic church. Judge Foust,
who presided at Healy's trial, Attorney
B. E Clifford, who conducted the
prosecution, and ]. E. Henderson, c.
c. McCartyand Claud Jury. members
of the trial jury, recommend the re-
lease of Healy on full pardon at once:
Touched by the tone of sincerity of
Healy's statement, the priest investt-
gated the case until he was satisfied
that. an injustice had been done and
then at once set about securing the
cooperation of the officers in secur-
ing the prisoners release. Healy was
sentenced to serve from one to seven
years for grand larceny here in 1919.
Soon after he was convicted, one John
Casey made affidavit that he, and not
Healy, stole articles charged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

tional lines in Kansas. The preach
ers themselves liked the innova-
ton, which is going to become pop
ular diversion in the churches of the
cities and larger towns of the state.
The Ministerial Association of
Hutchinson was the first to try the
new "shake-up" and pronounce it
success. These eight ministers agreed
to draw lots for pulpits. Their con-
gregations knew nothing about it, and
so when the people assembled for
worship two weeks ago they found
a new minister in the pulpit.