The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-14
Morera. Terror of Three
Countries, Captured.
Lola. His Actress Mistress, Shoots
Two Soldiers.
CRAZE FOR DICKENS
Paris Is Mad Over English Plays
and Books.
American Scientists Attend Cen
gress Held in France.

paris. oct. 14-The Spanish brig
49, Aforera. of whom many tales OF
ferocity and daring are told in lonely
mountain districts of Northern Portu-
gal and in the Gallieian province OF
Snajn. has been captured by Portu-
. euese troops. Morera was the old
fashioned bandit of romance living IN
q cave high in the mountains. he ndu
been a bulI-fghter of renoWn IN Md
drid who escaped TO the mis- alleF d
crime Of violence 10 Ihers ne "Sl9
followed by the actress Lola
This was years ago, ana since me-
Morera had led life of desperate ad-
venture. marauding in three countries,
for sometimes he would penetrate INTO
Southern France and sack village u
pIurdar and burn a chateau Usually
he operated in Spain and Portugal UNI
til his excuses in one country became
intolerable. Then he would go INTO
the other. For some months he mas
been devastating the district of Nalon-
90. near Oporto- Then detachment
of Portuguese troops surprised Morera
ard his band of sixteen men ana pur-
sued them to their cave in the noun
tafns Two brigands were killed and
six wounded in the first heavy Volley
of the troops. Lola fired her revolver
with utmost GOODNESS, woundlng Two
soldiers. She. Morera and the sur
E1NOTE were over III eA-S
a quantity of loot was found which
will be divided among the captors II
owners are not found
Mansion Thrown Open.
While all Paris-or that small and
exclusive minority which calls itself
ssAU Paris''-was seeking shade and
distinction by the sea or on the noun
tain, two happy mortals passed thelp
vacation under the abundant LEAKAGE
,F 10 RI s,4TrrC4TndinP the TnaQnlfI-
cent old 18th century mansion, the
Hotel de Biron, until recently the home
. of the school conducted by the Sisters
of the Sacred Heart. Acquired by the
state from the liquidators Of the es-
tates Of the religious orders after the
separation of church and state, it is
proposed to use it as a palace for the
meetings of International conferences
and to throw the grounds open to the
public
It has been let out in apartments
this summer, among the tenants being
Rodin. The famous sculptor found the
garden an excellent place to work in,
and prevailed upon Ex-Premier Gle
menceau to pose to him for his bust
The artist became so interested in his
sitter that he made not one but three
bustS, one of which will figure either
at the Autumn Salon or at next
springs Societe Rationale exhibition
Among the other tenants of the Ho-
tel Biron are de Max. the Roumanian-
French tragedian, and Henri Matisse,
probably the greatest living Postum
pressionist painter.
Sensation in European Society
> Princess Tulsa of Toscano has writ
item a. book which, so it is said, prom
Uses to reveal certain incidents and
phases of European society, including
that of courts, THAI will cause an up
heaval in the circles with which the
revelations have to do. Attempts have
been made by high personages, so it is
avcrred, to persuade the Princess to
squash her proposed publication, but