The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-17

I is wanted in the Kansas town to an
swer charge of grand larceny. The
prisoner VIII not be surrendered to the
Kansas authorities. however. until the
charge against him in this city has
been disposed of.
S. S. Lowrey, the other young man
under arrest for the alleged bogus
check transaction, is also from Kan
sas. His father live at Fort smith
He recently heard of the arrest of his
son, and has wired Major Sylvester
that he is ready to make good any
money that his son may have obtain
ed. He also suggests that his son may
be mentally irresponsible owing to the
death of his wife, and asks that he be
given good treatment.
The postoffice department has issued
a fraud order against the San Luis
Valley Land and Irrigation company,
at No. 920 Commerce building, Kansas
City, Missouri, denying its officers and
agents the use of the mails on the
ground that it has been conducting a
scheme for obtaining money through
false and fraudulent pretenses and rep
Presentations. This company mas been
selling contracts for land in the San
Luis valley of Colorado to farmers and
such persons as were interested in ir-
rigation. The contracts were sold for
5000 each, chiefly through the soTcila-
ton of agents. In its advertisements
the company represents that it owned
it had paid about $500, 000 The depart
ment finds that the company has paid
only 1865 on account of the properties
it claims to own. The department fur
Their learns that the company instead of
owning the land in question merely has
22,6S0 acres under option, or contract,
for 1921, 123, with payments therefor
strung out for years The department
holds that the company intended 20 dis
tribute this land by means of a lottery
because it failed to provide q specific
and lawful method for distribution.
after advertising that the contract
tracts would not be required to pay
therefor. The department also main
tains that the company created the i'm
preston that water TO irrigate the lands
was ample, when it was not. The de-
partment further discovered that the
company induced newspapers to pub
lish it's advertisements by fraudulent
promises and that the company is of
limited responsibility.
An international romance, which be-
gan while the bridegroom was a stud
ent at Cornell university, was COM
pleted at Ithaca, N. Y, a few days ago
when Miss Marguerite Dorthea Cornell,
daughter of Mrs. A. B. Cornell, widow
of the former governor of the state Of
New York, was married to- Arnoud
Jacob Joris Der Does de Rye the son
of noble family Of The Hague. Hol-
land. The bridegroom is now d resi-
dent of Topeka, Kan.
The ceremony was performed under a
canopy of American and Dutch flags,
and Cornell colors figured. Although
the wedding was a quiet affair, mes
sages of congratulation were received
from prominent people in all parts of
the world. DR.. Frederick Lieder. an in
structor at Harvard university, was the
best man.
Miss Cornell has long been a social
favorite in Ithaca The bridegroom
was prominent in musical circles at
Cornell, played on the. Soccer football
team, and was a member OF the Coslno-
politan club of Ithaca He has become
an American Citizen and is now head
of the locomotive testing department of