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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-27
THIS LAND HIGH.
Kansan's Irrigated Tract LO-
Gated on Mountain Top.
Kansas City District Attorney
and Kansan in Fight.

Kansas City, Oct. PA unique fea-
ture of the record in the disbarment
proceedings against Leslie J. Lyons,
United States district attorney, will be
a detailed account of a near fight be-
tween Mr.. Lyons and Clyde r. Com
mons, county attorney of Seward coun-
ty, Kan. The two FLASHED in the hall
way outside the room in the Commerce
special commissioner, is hearing the
testimony, and Commons later took
the witness stand and narrated tbs
particulars of the quarrel for the benz
fit of the court of appeal judges who
are to pass on the case
Mr.. Commons was a witness at the
hearing Monday, when he told OF ~
citizens of Seward county demanding
that he begin criminal proceedings
against the Oregon Valley Land com
pany on the ground that the company
had been guilty of fraud in d1SpOslnS
of acre tracts in Oregon, in which they
had invested. Mr.. Lyons was counsel
for the land company at the time the
testimony was intended to show that
the district attorney was in the pay
of a concern that made use of ques-
tlonable business methods.
They We're Same Man.
The Kansas prosecutor told of COM
ton tn9 of laying the matter before the
United States district attorney, but
that he changed his mind after he had
been referred to that official as sts7
counsel for the land company.
B. D. Creek of Liberal. Kan, one Of
the investors who complained to the
county attorney of Seward county ana
who was captain of a team of In
vestors. told of what occurred at the
land sale in Lake View. Ore, Septei.-
Der 9, 1909. Mr. Greek had gone to Or
egon as the representative of the Sew
ard county patrons of the land company
and expected to obtain tracts of good
grazing and farm land subject to irri-
cation" in return for the money the
Kansans had put into the enterprise
On Mountain Top.
Mr.. Creek inspected some of the lana
allotted to him and his Kansas friends
after the drawing. His seemed to be
prize in point of altitude
aft was a ten acre tract on top of a
very, very high mountain" he test-
fed. "I couldn't have carried bucket
of water up to it, much less irrigate
it. I don't think there were any 9TH
ers as high
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-27
PoP-PoP RIDER GETS FALL.
Drops Into Creek When Machine
Lodges in Tree

Mcpherson, kan, Oct. 27.-Cimare,
Young man from Wichita, was the
victim Of a very peculiar accident as
he was riding to Mcpherson on MS
motorcycle. -
south of Mcpherson there is a small
bridge across Turkey creek The
bridge is low and not visible until al
most upon it.
when he came to the place and before
he knew it he ran off the bridge.
The young man fell to the bottom
of the creek, a distance of 20 feet put
fell in mud and water This is all that
saved him from fatal injuries. He
was bruised somewhat but after extri-
eating himself he was able to ride on
- AZ the Young man fell, his motor
cvcIe shot out and lodged in the
branches of a tree where it was held
fast. This is all that saved the motor
cycle from damage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-27
KANSAS GIRL JILTs RICHEsoN.
Preacher Held for Murder Known in
LeavenwOrth.

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. 27.-The
Rev. Clarence Y. T. Richeson, accused
of numbering Avis Linnell at Boston,
visited the Rev. Luther E. Floyd, when
he was pastor Of the First Baptist
church here five years ago.
Mr. Richeson, it was reported, was
affianced to Leavenworth girl at
that time, but her father denies this.
He says that she met him several
times at Liberty, Mo, when he was a
student at William Jewell college but as
far as he knows she was not engaged
to him. The girl according to the re-
port Tilted the minister. She later
was married to another man.
Mr.. Richeson preached at the Bap-
fist church here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-27
FEAR FOR FIRST FRIENDS
Prisoners worried by Delay in Arrival
of Paroles.

I,eavenworth, kan. Oct. 27-Pris-
oners who know that Attorney General
Wickersham has granted their paroles
and whose first friends" live in In
diana or Illinois, are worried
Parole officer Zerbst has completed
his tour of these two states and the
prisoners are at a loss to account for
the delay in their being set free Some
even wonder if the parole officer has
not reported favorably upon their
first friends
Warden McClaughry says there is no
cause for uneasiness as both the pa
role officer and attorney general have
to pass on their first friends Some
times the parole officer forwards the
report to the warden and sometimes
the attorney general. 1t is probable
that the attorney general now has the
parole officers report upon the first
friends of the convicts who have not
left prison yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-27
THIEF STEALS HOTEL BIBLE.
Present From Gideons Taken by Cap
tured Horse Thief.

SaIina, Kan. Oct. 27.-An illustra-
ton of the greed of a thief was shown
in Salina when Sheriff Burke com
pleted his exa mination of the contents
of the suit case of Louis Nichols. the
Ottawa county horse thief. Among
other articles he found all neatly
wrapped up and carefully tucked away
was a copy of a Gideon Bible which
had been stolen from some hotel
where it is supposed that Nichols had
stopped. The book contains nothing
except the usual words to the effect
that it was placed in the building by
the Gidecns-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-27
CHS 5000 ZOE FALI..
Mrs. Henderson Wins Suit Against City
of Blue Rapids.
Marysville, Kan, Oct. 27.@Tf

Marysville, kan, Oct. 27.-The
damage suit for $4,000 brought by
Mrs. Nellie Henderson against the city
of Blue Rapids for injuries sustained
in a fall on defective sidewalk
brought victory to the plaintiff The
jury returned a verdict awarding her
judgment for $4,000 Her husband
also has brought suit against the city
Of Blue Rapids for $4,000 for injuries
he received on defective walks and his
case is now at trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-27

q thing of the past, and said that it
was now supplanted By a school of
small attendance mainly of little chill
dren who lose interest at adult age.
"Of the half million school pOpula-
ton of Kansas, 100000 children at
tend the obsolete rural school and the
only solution appears to be that of
consolidation" he said.
The advantages outlined in the ad-
dresses have satisfied a majority of the
citizens that it is the way out"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-27
GAS PRICE IS BOOSTED.
Leavenworth Pays 27 Cents Now In
stead of IS.

Leavenworth, Oct 27-The price Of
gas here has been advanced to 27 cents
per 1000 cubic feet 1t has been d
cents BY the terms Of the franchise
the price can be raised cents per ]. 600
cubic feet every five years. The first
five years of the franchise has just
elapsed.
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and expressed the same tastes In 1T
tratnrc all arr From the perfect
French they spoke. Il wunli have btei
impossible 70 till hat Will ne Lai
bscl born n Paris tile other was from
yoad the Rhine
vi: wanted t. 70 TO Pierrerands TO-
n,9rrow.-. conferred the Young Preach.
Am raily. shut suppose tliat We nus
fsish Up that wra.clicl boundary fues
tiaa."
And YVES invited Il shoot 1t YER
rali,cs. but sI.usc We must work
"Tork ~ Dshomry." IA lie French
aitar.ie li:h.'v. .Do ycu suppose i
lly maiicrsf"
"0r Togo." udfrd the German. II
falit I: Il really asis.s" They both
...lgagl.
Il tell spa." suggested the French
ian. "co.ae over 10 the cuai dorsey
suv ard es'!l settle Il IN tonight.
I will ~ a iHcre matter Of fifteen
inuics."
"Rs.yO" cried the German. Then
wen have Tomorrow n ourselves"
T,isir SESSION was LONGER than fifteen
minutes, .faf they lild y, mueli T. tnlg
bout. They wurld work uui para.
':'arli " i'ieiF t.eri. then stop % chat
abrut the wy snIn, wumln they had
seen nc the hail was dressed. Then
they were Invariably mlslaying their
cigarettes NJ matches. IT. hunting
around for niare pahrr II WINS anus
iag 10 work like this. without see.
fc.ary. bus Il took tire
~ row. alm,i that cursel VII.
lagc. said lie Iaplfh aiiachc. "What
& III! Tinhe 4 naaknuiuu
''ruacollpu. answered tile German.
samiag over tie mas III serms that
* Cssfmidetl surveyors simply
lsl-ri the " 're altogether.
The frcnr'maa yawntd "rhc devil.
It's gsitlug iTte Yea takr Is"
No. yCu q he H.
I'M. you"
! "Oh. here. sisl ~ frlh.nan ~
last. pulling Z II floai Ills ~. srt
aud ilirping L % to- bread table.
Heads or taiisg"
That was the way two greet powers
settled the question OF l.OlRlerknu
After n few weeks. the ncws reached
the waiting world that al international
commission had c0nc ~ Friendly
agreement on questions that iucnascd
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spent most Of his life on the wtst
Coast. Ills ideas ~ patr.oslsa worc
roriidly objective. All hc cared for
and he ayowed II shamrl,Ssls--
plenty Of money 20 pamper his woi
Coast conception Of luxury. II he
could secure this rs q citizen of France.
81 right. 10 BE- could not. well. for his
part. he would Just as lief l,e 4 citizen
~ Liberia. II was al tile snmr IL
HIM lie would keen right N deliver.
ing bis comrany's goods aai euiiccii, \:
his rake-off from Preach " Mandla.o.
German or kru: and when he lah
enough. why. he WIS goiig 20 .Algicrs
the called Il Iiocrl aud live like n
prince. There would be NJ more Ia
ltamcy for him.
But with SehwcnCkcr 4; wis diiics-
emit He was the ORIGINAL willie ses tn.
Tie had arrived there q ygar ahead ~
Dura,h. lie also had tome Ia trade
aud barter. lie also was the agcnt
~ commercial company. I.nt he had
made Iondoukou his home He llkul
20 think 81 II ~ M OUTPOST II Tie Elm.
plre. lie tried 10 make Il III &c the
Fathcrlard. lie was beginning t. love
u. Aud B0ndoukou was not iovablc
place rs he had found IL. There was
only one street. lined with square mud
houses. The street was bread enough.
but cyilsmclling. Refuse IL piasaAya.
ccroauul husks. shells 0f palm Kernels.
nnlidcScript garbage generally Uttered
u AMI made u natural grazing ground
for the long.legged native sheep. IL
was here that the Eondockouars he'll
their weekly markets. when palm III
sud palm nuts. prp.crs ard feo.fc1.
cassada and duinhh0y las exposed fgr
sale under q tropical sun iii the midst
- sweat. dirt. dust aud dies.
schwcncker planted him n garden
with gcraniuns IN u. lie had his
boy" clean the street IN front of his
house. lie introduced the shelter or
Nuremberg for the open market place
only here II was paim-thatch instead
~ umbrella. lie cured the hcad man
~ kraw-kraw. lie taught him the
Lords Prayer IN German. He organ.
lied a school. and tears used to come
Into his eyes when the naked plrkanh,.
MES grlnncd and shouted. hin. srci.
drtc." The muddy. sluggish river that
waddled past the village 20 unite finally
With the Mono be rechristcned the lsar.
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women to hook AZ. aud dbsinfhe frappe
10 drink. Dic1' Why do you speak
always o. thatT'
schwencker did not reply at once 70
Durand's peerish rcbuke. -Or In Ber.
lin." be unused audIhly. 'in a pleasant
bicrkciIu, with music playing and a
breeze IN the branches overhead. Ach.
Cot. that boundary commission"
The commission had passed through
Bondoukou six months ago-a German
lieutenant. a French lieutenant. and
three civilian engineers. German.
French and English. with an escort or
two hundred native iirsilicHrs. choppers
and chaInmcn. For two days they had
paused there. during which time Bon
dpukou was become as the Field of
the Cloth u Gold. The commissioners
brought whisky with them aud cognac.
aud kumnel. aud The illustrated papers
n the Latin and the Goth. For two
days Sehwcncker aud nurand had rev.
cled each Ia his native language. II
was n talk-fcst. an orgy Of language
IN which the pink-and.ycllow English.
man alone showed Moderation. Then
the commission had cut It's way into
the jungle again. leaving two Tapping
flags behInd 1.-THE blue. white AMI rrl
~ France over Durand's mud shack.
and the black. white and red Of Ger.
many over Schwcncker's But which
had the better right iherei Was Bon.
doukou French OF GERMANY Was Il
IN the domain % nahnncy. and thus
nm arpanaee ~ the Third Repullscg
or WINS Il IN Togo territory. aud inns
n city ~ the empirsi
Lieutenant Dclafassc had privately
informed Durand that the place was
French To schwenrkcr's agiiai,sl
query. Lieutenant llufuaecI had wills.
Icred an unmistakable aifoch der kai.
serls Durand aud sehwcrckcr had
each kept his secret 10 himself FOR
week after the commission left Then
the truth scctcd Into the open. Some.
one had lied.
Dnrand was cynical about II. lie
was 4 dark little frenchman who had
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the peaee OF Europe. There was q rise
On the Boursc. And d month later the
news had reached the Guinea coast
and begun 70 trickle through the jun
gle toward Bondoukou.
In the meantime the white popula.
;lon Of that tlourishing fdcforie con-
timed 70 20 armed. Durand and
Sshwencker kept NJ their nightly In.
trrchange " visits. bur their mutual
hatred and suspicion we're barely dis.
guised Durand was mere cynical than
,yer. He scuffcd az Bond0ukou anl
anyone who manifested an interest In
it-meaning Schwencker. As soon aS
the place was properly allotted on the
man. he sail, he would have the gov.
error seiid HIN q company Of frGH.
lcHrs 10 teach the nel.iharhOod lcs.
son. lie kept his fag flying day and
Ei.ht. lie boosted that Il would never
come down. IL was oil the same To-
Lin, only 4; would never come down.
Schwentkcr was less laluacicns. but
~ alsa arp, Ills ilag ilyln. HI also
kCpt Ills revolver clean. Eut day by
day be WIS becoming more melancholy
Willy WIS iie left IN Doubt: Was tn
FGtherlasd forgetting It's u.posl! IVES
the Kal,er forgetting his sentinel? lie
sought relief In extra work lie get
lie lrll alsa u have f'ie entire village
clcaGil lic STr.cd Ii14guul0a's first
illlic Building. combination council
giinbtr ad srhDnlllousr lie moved
about with n sort u awful fatality
some % the ri kaalnnies could now
rcpeat tile first Stanza u the "l.orclei."
ald pr0.punre suh phrases as Sctr
~1H, a.ia Lrrr. ~ ll'if tghf u Marns
Int tllft were griiuing Iss
All OHe afternoon SllNcHrkpr cnllgl
a The lead man gnl explained what
splli be deup II be tSchwcnekeri
s,ltld happen 10 de
Tie hfad EiaI liked : iiwerCker. AMI
went that night e. caasult witch.
Gagtor. The Vi.chdartar sill that tlc
3i- German WIS III grave DANCER. and
.iiat Is protect lin Il would q ncers
- e. satfilfra goat. Tie head man
who had his suspicious. wanted IL
know whether tie dancer diin't come
from the other white nan. Tie witch.
i,atOr said no liat tie f1rct 10 rtil
lay beyond It'll Wide waters Tile heal
man suggested TINT thy sacrifice II
Slack hcii. Tile witcli4iuttar siat into
the asiles. and sail that lie DANCER Wis
drawing near. The bead man raid Tor
the goat.
sure cnoa.h the dancer arrived la.e
Dii the following afternoon Il caine I'll
tile form II two packets hrnush. I'LL
tip sanr COURIER. one Tar ShWengher
and aanlhcr Or Durand on their ~
ceptioa the white population vt ii0H
,icui.nu witinirtt each 81 the privacy
u bis own house
Daraad fouii much tint interested
him: s,r Bin friend The chief clerk ID
Aipnry. wrote Him i tntc containing
information that drew frrm him MI
rxultant ~. Il" Ami thUn. the very
nest sentence read eAiHl Is pity.
lc,ause W. understand lha. fprsakCn
post u yours has lern tentatively dc.
cIafcl French.
iilranl broke Into d eliu klins langh
that made BIZ black .tay' show his
white teeth III grin. That would b.
news fur Schwcuckrr. puraud lit a
cigarette aud strolicd out tO his porch.
Niins bctter.naturol than he had been
fCr nanths II was the Germans night
IL call afl b. awaited lis ,umine cum
liIacrsis llut Sclivsutkpf lid not IA
pcar. puraud beganie Iirst inpaiiv.
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lie was going TO make this a Ger
fsaa 6ly. w4ssdy ~ German gcalua.
aid .faiH.I Eich "a German wife.
WHY'D | always agtsls ~ l..at badnd.
ary commits ion.r as.sed = .wclf -.
"Ili tel you WY. Eessuse Bc.lou..o;l
Is German. ! w.s TIE lirst settler here.
a.d the 0mmis siosess know II. You
wait. It's .,rs Of tie German Empire. .
Sefgnrlcr's voice t.ciGLied as he
SAIL ii.
ilF. d's only reply was: "Oh. II.
L.. al asGia, vile IN occsisioas
hooaA Of .r7 o. scresm or wesl Ia
leo came f7On TIE ilns.ei.s..y q BLACK
jingle around them. "oh. u. Ia
Tut tit nlght. when HIS der w.ss
shut ard hc he'd r:ll. ~ hls baa.s
itusa1d Il ~ his revolver. u 50 .hs.t
y YVES lolitl: thcn ~ clicked ie han.
.icr osep - tw,cc. 81 make s.re that
Il was II GOOD condition Il ID.
Ike TIE wy he's beginning 10 ials. .
Inc told li 10.
scaweastsr. let alone. also exam.
ined bis n liver I.rliiad him sb4se
place IVES ihc fathrriaad. till creas
German Elu.ire lie felt that. III 4
wny. Ii WIS al deacftleit On him. Tow.
headtd children AMI grave brrsheTs.
princes a.d rriiiccssrs. the Kaiser ard
kaiscrih. were sleeping under the SPAR.
King northern sky. bit Dc Ns the
luncly Mtilacl On d distant outpost. lie
was 4 keeper ~ tie fraatlcr.
lie vaguely suspected tile approach
~ trouble what. he tl'd rot hE0w. Bnt
he VAS goin- to he p-siarh
70 IS 70 IT, su.rnissi TINT rethrr the
French Er German fegcign m.iets
were greatly concerned about tic c.ae.
geographical position uf l.ondpukuu
The Togo pahoniey boundary was tie
least If their troubles. Wien the H..
port Of tn minor Surveying csnliiian
tame IL. L was deeortu.iy referred 70
a comnisSinn--nlong with Other t1ias.s
that WIS ~ meet IN Paris. aud thca
the commission had eragply referred
this part ~ It's labuFs IL two III I'll
youngest attaches Whcrcunn The
commission had gone 60 dine.
The attaches. being young and cx.
nhcrant. undertook their part IL the
work icyfully They had bath been 60
hall ilai night In the Avenue Mar
ccnu They had fs,ial with the same
women, battered ~ aalae statesmen
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l>OR Thousand niles In all az
N.ections-except 10 the south.
whore wallowed and siImmercd the
sinking Gulf u Guinea lay the
tangled. steaming West African jungle.
Durand and schwencker knew this yet
they hated each other. They sat IN
the darkness In front q schwcncker's
mud house Tomorrow night they
would he sitting IN the darkness in
front % Durand's mud house. They
were punctili0us In such matfers Du-
rand. as the latest arrival. had called
on schkencker first. naturally: but as
soon a. he had his house. built be had
received visit from, schwcncker. AMI
ti,cn. next nIght. Durand had returned
the call. II had h~en eulng on like
that ever since. The jungle sounds
~ longer Interested them The boom.
Ink q night.nyiux beetles % the occa.
sional scream of nIght bird were I'M
Qotieei incidents In the damp and sul.
try oppression Of darkness that shut
them IN. Natives were grooming In
some hut ~ the other end Of the street.
Now nnd then a weird hnIloo iioatei in
10 where they sat from the edge u the
forest rs n woman frlgItenci a prowler
from her sheepfold Hut the two white
residents Of Bondcukou sat together In
mutual distrusi. thinking % other
things
Il suppose that there boundary com.
mission Il 10 home ALREADY said
schwencker gioomIiy.
lie spoke no French and Durand
spoke 20 German. 20 they conyer-si In
Engllsh.
YES. DicHf hut why DO you gcak
always o. THAR They are 10 Paris.
on the boulevard. where Il is sweet and
cool where there are no insects. no
nisgers no jungle. and only beautiful
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might not follow, but the chill Of the
certain winter was already cooling
much of the fire In his veins. The
silence and mystery of the darkness
that brooded over the park. the solemn
stars, seemed to emphasize the night
ness of the questions that he would be
called upon, shortly, TO confront and
the smallness Of the things with which
he had 10 do at the moment. He won
dered what could come from revenge
after all
Once more there rose thrill of
young laughter. Hendy stood and
looked down at the street.
And but for Barnes. he said to
himself, =, too, might have had chill
dren--perhaps-- the little one III
the car lie robbed me % the best in
life, and I'm only just finding cut
what 1 have really lost. Surely 1t is
right that punish him.
Moodily combating his growing dis.
inclination 10 carry out lis purpose.
IIendy called for his hat and strolea
toward his club. The faces there were
too familiar. He wanted recreation,
so he walked down Broadway TO roof
garden He sighed as ne noticed that
the entering crowds were Invariably
6, ples-man and wife, youth and
maiden, even the tots who were not Ia
bed seemed to obey the universal I'M
pulse, and paired of prettiiy.
At the sides Of the roofgarden were
small, rustic, vine-clad recesses. IN
one of these Hendy anchored himself
and communed with waiter. Then ne
began to take cognizance Of his sur
roundings. He scarcely noted that at
the table nearest him the chairs were
uptllted, when the people for whom it
had been reserved arrived and seated
themselves. They were half a dozen
in all, and. with a sort Of dumb as
constituent, Hendy saw among them
Barnes. ard handsome. dignified gray
haired woman in whom he had no diff
Guilty in recognizing the Gertrude OF
his youth.
Gertrude Barnes! Her maidenly
beauty had ripened into matronly win.
someone's. The intense blue OF he.
eyes remained. For that the watcher
felt curiously thankful. Barnes looked
worn and haggard. Hendy, familiar
with the Street and its crop Of physical
and mental ills, had no difficulty IN
translating the lapses into abstraction,
the forced gaiety. the nervous move
ments Of the fingers. the sallow sl;'n.
and the shifting, irritated gaze o. the
man before him. Barnes was being hi,
and hit heavily, 50 these signs said
Hendy felt sure that the stricken
man saw farther ahead than his cur
rent difficulties: aud. seeing, looked
upon a hopeless future.
The watcher turned to the wife. A
faint throb a jealousy and disapnoint.
ment ran through him as he saw the
unmistalNble look Of affection that lit
up the woman's face when she spoke
to or was addressed by the man. he
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on his knee. The laughter below rip
pied again. Again came the vision Of
the chlld's eyes so ike Geytrude's OF
the days that. were. Again came the
remorseful qInlm, followed by a glow
Of the dull steadfast hate Of Barnes.
He picked mp the dead leaf and eyed
it thoughtfully. Withered before its
companions. But what OF that. At
best, those remaining had hut three or
four more weeks Of life awaiting
them. Such a little space separated
him from llfe's inevitable winter. Such
little time would elapse before the
frosty fingers would detach him from
his surroundings. A spring might or