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The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
Many Citizens of Swiss Village
Are Shot Down.
Insane Soldier Shoots Every
body That Comes in Range.
He BARRICADES HIS HOME
Police and Citizens Surround
the House at Night.
Shot Starts Panic and They
Kill One Another.

Berne. Aug. 31.-A frenzied Swiss
soldier, Johann Schwartz, last even
ing transformed the little town of
Roman Shorn ON Lake Constance into
miniature battlefield strewn with
dead and dying.
The soldier is a native of the town.
In fit of madness he seized his rifle
and shot every one within range OF
the windows of his house, killing four
and wounding SIX men in few mo-
ments. He then barricadcd himself in
his home
When night fell the house YVES sur
rounded by police and citizens among
whom an hour or so later a panic
broke out when they heard a shot.
The besiegers, under the impression
that Schwartz had come among them
started firing and shot one another
down until a dozen of them lay badly
wounded on the ground. During the
scare the mad soldier escaped from mis-
house and fled to the forest where be
is still at large and armed.
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
SHE TAKES IT HARD.
Wife of Wells Lounsberry on Verge
of Illness.

That Mrs. Wells Lounsberry, wife
of the confessed robber of the Union
Pacific train ten days ago. is on the
verge of serious illness, was the
statement made this morning by d.
C. Ti1lotson, attorney for Lounsberry.
Mrs. Lounsberry has not recovered
from the effects of her long trip and
the mental strain under which she
has been laboring since she heard of
her husbands arrest, and it is feared
she will break down under the strain.
I'VE are uneasy about her." At
torney Tillotson said today. "She ris
not resting at all well and is feeling
badly. 1 hope it will not prove seri-
Gus, and we believe perhaps a few
days of rest will restore her to her
health. But she is worrying great
deal, and that is robbing her of the
rest she needs so badly.
I'VE have not thought it necessary
to call a physician yet, but il she
does not improve we may have to do
so. She is being kept as quiet
possible, and is being given every at
tention- She spends as much of her
time as she can at the hospital with
her husband
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
IS SIDETRACKED
Cold Wave That Was Headed
This Way From Northwest.
Will Be Hot as Ever Sunday,
Says Weather Man.

Yes, we have some hot weather ant
too much of it, asserted Sunny Flora
tcday Friday night was the warmest
of the season and tonight will be just
about as warm. The cold weather that
was promised us was sidetracked and
only the people of Northwestern Kan
sas will enjoy it's benefits.
The thermometer registered 7S at
o'clock this morning and rose at a
rapid pace throughout the day and
reached 81 at o'clock. The thermom-
eter showed the mercury three degrees
higher in the tube at 2 O'Clock this
afternoon than at the same time Fri
day.
The thermometer registered 81 degrees
at o'clock and that is something un-
usual for the last day of August. The
temperature is Ia degrees above nor
NAL and the lowest point reached by
the thermometer Friday night was II
degrees.
The temperature at Dresden in north
west Kansas, dropped to Sc degrees
about o'clock this morning and this
is the result of the cold spell which
prevailed over the entire northwest.
The cold weather will not come any
further east or south and the people
of Kansas must suffer Sunday the
same kind of weather as on Friday
and today.
There has been no rain in the state
during the last "A hours and none is
promised. The weather for the next
"a hours will be geenrally fair with
practically no change in the tempera-
ture.
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
he FLAYS STUBS
People Cheer as Thompson
s'Skins" Governor and T. r.
Roosevelt, Trust Breeder, Not
Buster, Democrat Says.

Frankfort, Aug. 31.-The second day
of the Frankfort Fall Carnival was at
tended by double the number that were
present opening day. There were large
delegations from the surrounding
towns of the county. MarysviIIe and
Blue Rapids furnished the largest con-
tingents, with a goodly sprinkling of
country folks between the two cities
Blue Rapids folks came to boost for
their ball team which is playing a
series of games with the Blue Rapids
team. The Marysville contingent came
because there was much politics in the
air, and it was Democratic Day.
Judge Thompson, the candidate for
United States senate, was on hand. This
IS practically his home ground, as he
was for years a resident of Nemaha
county before going west. Many of his
school boy friends We're here to greet
him. He was the chief orator of the
day, was applauded by his old friends.
the Democrats and the Republicans
who are not in sympathy with the Bull
Moose movement He was given re-
spectful attention for an hours speech.
at the conclusion of which he was In
consultation with his political friends
fol several hours.
Judge Thompson made an inpas-
stoned plea for votes and detailed with
considerable mi 1utcneSs Bow he had
won Ills JudgeShir in the west in q dis
trlct composed of nine Republican
counties by mis- methods of indefati-
gable campaigning. He promised to
make a similar campaign for me sena-
torship. He pointed with Susto to his
increased majority when he was re-
elected. He argued that the Demo-
Gratis were sure of victory of they
didn't make any fool breaks" but
with all the Democrats making all the
fool breaks they could would not pre-
vent victory this year.
If We do lose it will be the fault of
the Republicans; as they are doing all
things possible to bring about Demo-
cratic victory" he said.
Roosevelt was termed trust
breeder rather than trust buster"
inasmuch as he had begun his presi-
dency with 1872 trusts in the United
States and quit with over 10.O2O trusts
in full operation. He inyeighed against
in the senate and accused
them of much bad legislation, and
drew the conclusion thai q vote tCr
Stubbs was vote to add another IN l.
lionaire to the senate club The
Judge insisted that "he was a man of
moderate means and whilc the people |
might have to pay his expenses to get !
him down to Washington, yet when he /
got there his heart would beat with /
the common people and his salary |
would be his only recompense.
IF 1 am sent to the senate I will |
gladly rattle The bones of -he old fos- |
sils who have filled that ocdy by she |
power of wealth; the bones shall rat !
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
HER PLUCKY FIGHT WINS
Girl, Failing Into Well, Grips Cham,
Saves Life.

Somerville. N. J., Aug. 31.-EIiza
Hawk, Is year old Somerville girl is
in the hospital here today as the re-
suit of a terrifying ordeal through
which she passed. yesters!av.
Losing her baiance ami falling :n to
a so foot well en- the ]. b. Duke es-
tate, the girl gripped the well chain
and hung on, pracing herself insecure
ly by digging her heels. Inso the rock
crevice of the wells side far above the
water level
Workers nearby who heard faint
cries for half an hour or more COM
ing from a source they could not de-
termine, finally reached the we'll and
by lowering a noosed rope managed
to bring the girl to the surface, where
sne tainted from exhaustion.
When after long efforts by physi-
clans she was revived she said she
could hardly have held on a minute
longer. She is expected to recover.
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
BACK AT BEVERLY.
Taft Cats Breakfast and Starts for
Golf Links.

Beverly. Mass, Aug. 31-President
Taft returned to Beverly this morning
for another brief vacation period.
Motoring over from Boston the presi-
dent arrived at ParamAtta, the sum-
NOR White House at SEQ.
The president took breakfast with
Mrs. Taft and few minutes later he
was headed for the Myopia golf links
for his usual morning game.
President Taft will remain in Bev-
he will leave for Washington to par
ticfpate the next day in the opening
of the International Congress of APP
piled Chemistry
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
DIRICIBLE is WRECKED
Zeppelin III Is Blown Against a Fac
tory Chimney.

Cologne, Aug. 31.-Another war di-
rigible came to grief here today when
the military Zeppelin II was hurled by
a squall against factory chimney. The
airship had just emerged from its shed
with the entire soldier crew on board
when a violent gust of wind tore the
tow ropes from the hands of the squad
os the balloon corps who were trying to
steady the balloon.
Two of the inside balloonets were rip
ped to ribbons and the propellers were
much damaged, while two of the crew
were injured slightly.
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
SHE TIRES OF PAIN
Woman Asks Dix for PermiS-
sion to End Own Life.
Lifelong Paralysis Victim Un-
able to Kill Herself.

New York, Aug. Ex-Governor Dix
will next week receive an appeal from
Mrs. Harris, 33 years old, sufferer
from paralysis for three years, for an
act of the legislature which will make
ii lawful for physicians to end her
sufferings by a merciful death. For
three years Mrs. Harris has not been
able to move hand or foot because. of
a spinal malady which keeps her con-
stantly in intense pain. Her appeal
was dictated to a clerk at the Audu-
bon sanitarium and will be forwarded
to Albany. sz.-e ,s-.s-s- -el
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
STABBED IN HEART.
Student MysteriousIy Killed In Front
of Home.

Corden, Ont, Aug. 31.-Grant Ap-
Pleby, a college student from Toronto,
who had been spending his vacation
with his parents near here, was mur-
dered late last night in front of the
parental homestead. He was stabbed
twice through the heart. There is 10
clue to the Identity of the murderer
or the reason for his act
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
CRAWLS INTO FIRE
Unknown Man Chooses Awful
Form of Suicide.
Opens FirebOx Door of Engine
and PIunges In.

Reno, New, Aug. 31.-An unknown
man was found dead in the firebox of
stationary engine at Christians
Camp, 16 miles from Wadsworth, New.
He had opened the door and crawied
in. His body was consumed by the
fire to the waist
The suicide is attributed to despond-
ancv
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
Leaves i1s Descendants

Salina, Kan, Aug 81. H. Conner,
S8 years old, died at his country home
near Bridgeport, leaving wife
and seven children, 56 granchildren
and 81 great grandchildren one
of the largest families of descendants
in central Kansas. The Conner family
came to this country in 1870 and have
lived on one farm since locating here
The Conner family is represented in
every state in the union
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
HE STEALS 1O0 BASES.
Champion Bag PiIferer Swipes Sack
in Nearly Every Game

Frankfort. KY, Aug. 3O.-A worlds
record for stolen bases was made here
ty { lie NicnoIsCn Gutfseldar of the
Salem, Ind, club of the Frankfort
Blue Grass League. Nicholson today
stole his one Flundredand eighth base
in lis games played this season. lie
has batting average of $50.
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Generally fair tonight and Sunday
The Topeka state journal., 1912-08-31
RECALL OF THE STRAW HAT.
By John T. McCutcheon.

IcoDyright. 1912: By John T. Mccutcheon.l
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CHAPTER xxxlv~-(con.Inued.)

CHAPTER NNNIv~-(Continueo.D
HE confessed he was in the pay
like these chaps we're after now-of
q highly respectable Chinese merchant
and head of one of the tongs-one Of
the richest men In Rangoon, who. 1t
seems, was also after that ruby. !
cant imagine what he wanted of 1t,
but thatll come out, probably; the
mans rich enough to buy dozens OF
stones as fine. However l
gather he'd laid his plan far ahead.
The coolies intimated you'd been
watched all the way from Bombay. At
all events. the brutes were ready
when you arrived; Sypher vas a
doomed man from the moment you
handed over the Pool of Flame. They
surrounded his house this night. CON-
ing up from the river. just as soon an
1t was dark enough to conceal their
actions. Then they found a third els-
ment In the business-your friend Des
Trebes. all unsuspicious of them. Turk
Ing on the veranda and watching Sy-
pher through the window. SO they
MulLE0 W BG0 Wual n0 was w W. 1L0
pretty soop they found out. Sypher
came downstairs. went to the safe and
opened It, / presume he had the stone
In his hand. ready to put away. While
he was standing there the Frenchman
slipped up behind and stabbed
him, annexing the stone and leav
Ding the way he got In. Tho In
slant he stepped of the veranda the
Chinese got him: but he managed 70
scream before they could silence him
and drew the attention OF the house
hold, Miss Pynsent. your wife and the
servants. SO to cover things up they
had TO gather them all In. The serv-
ants were k~illed--there were three Of
fhem--and the women
Neither man spoke for a time. Then
Couch resumed.
This coolie was an outsider
servant OF the merchant's-not one
pf the junk gang; so he stayed ashore.
knd thought it would be q fine young
ycheme to return and do o little loot
Ing on his own I've telephon-
I'd the head ONCE to arrest that
cursed merchant and confiscate his
house and goods and detain anybody
hey could catch connected with him.
The nets well enough laid. and 1
think
The lights Of the city became Wis
lble. strung along the right bank OF
me river as the launch rounded a
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USE FOR OLD BLUEPRINTS
6leached by a Simple Process, They
Furnish Sketch Paper Of
Fair Grade.

In the engineering department Of
every mine office. blueprints will accu-
mulate until the quantity has reached
amazing proportions. Some compa,
MES keep a record and file of all prints
made and at periodical times destroy
the old ones. In addition to this. says
the Engineering and Mining Journal.
at the time of printing. there is sure
to be a certain waste due to poor ex.
posures, blotchy paper. etc. A method
for turning this waste into a useful
article is presented by e. b. Birken-
bend. In the American Machinist.
These old or useless prints may be
bleached by immersing them in a soda
bath containing four ounces of soda
to n gallon Of water. II It is desired
to bleach only a portion Of the print.
this may be done by painting that part
with this solution. BY washing the
prints in fresh water. after bleaching.
any discoloration is prevented. The
blank paper thus obtained furnishes
a fair grade OF sketch paper, and
there are numerous ether uses to
which 1t could also be put.
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or another of bis companions had
been tackled bodNly by one of the
Junk's On his own part he
caught a glimpse of a shadow moving
ghostllke against one of the lights,
and promptly exercised 1t with a shot.
By this time Pie vessel seemed to
be caught In tia grip of pandemon-
ium; shouts ana shots Wed with
screams, groanS, confused padding
footsteps, to mass the moment one of
a nightmare. The boarding party stood
at bay, not daring to venture from the
spot on which they had landed, firing
steadily but wits discretion.
Huddled together like children in
fear of the ers of darkness, the
three held their IRE against the inev-
liable assault ie force, handicapped
fearfully by their absolute ignorance
of the lay OF the deck, of the number
OF their opponents. and OF from which
quarter they had TO expect the attack.
And the silence and the suspense
wore upon their nerves until the final
struggle came In the shape Of a boom
to W. them iram madness. And it
came with a rush and a will, cyclonic,
tremendous. overpowering. BY sheer
weight of human flesh the Europeans
were pinned against the rail, fighting
at handgrips WITH a cruel and cunning
foe far better prepared for such bus..
ness than they. For at such close
quarters pistols were practically
worthless save - clubs. while knives
could slip TO slay through almost any
interstice. however straitened.
O'Rourke had no time to think of his
companions. Staug to desperation by
the silent, unrelsut.ng fury of his as
sailants-twice be was conscious of
the white-hot agony of a knife-thrust,
n penetrating the flesh of his side
and scraping his ribs. the other biting
deep into his th.gh-he fired until he
had but one cartridge left in his re-
volyer. and expended that blowing out
the brains of az extraordinarily per
sistent coolie, tuen dropped the use
less weapon ana trusted to his naked
strength.
1t served him we'll for a little. One
man, precipitat@d by the weight of
those behind him into the adventur-
er's arms. he seszed by the throat and
throttled in a twinkling; then lifting
him from the deck. he exerted his
power to the utmost. and cast the
body like a log into the midst OF the
melee. Thus clearing a little space. he
found himself able to step aside and
let another run past him into the bull
wark; and seeing the sheen OF q
swordblade In the fellows hand. be-
fore he could recover seized his wrist.
twisted 1t savagely. and wrenched the
weapon away.
The finale came q moment later, sig
nalized by q binding fash OF lixht
more bright than that Of day. which
fell athwart the deck and Illuminated
simultaneously every inch OF the
lighting ground. Ferventiy be blessed
the nearby yessel that had sn-rsa q:
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cred, and that the men, in their
frenzy, would rush out to certain
death. He drew his revolver and
told them that he would kill the first
mar to attempted to break away. The
men knew that he meant 1t, too, and
that knowledge brought them back to
reason.
1T wasn't more than twenty min
utes before the worst Of the fire had
passed the shaft. When it was safe
to crawl out they found that five Of
the men were dead from ~suffocation,
but the other thirty-five were all
right. Pulaski himself was blinded
and burned, but his sight was partly
restored. He lost five men, to be
sure. but with legs courage and pres.
ence OF mind he would have lost
them all. ! take of ny hat to such
a man. He is a real hero"
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BY day chey rode through funsss
wood and rolling ~uplands, or less ead
ly through the Businesses OF the hills
side by side, thought linked Il
thought, their hearts attuned. By
night their camps were pitched In q
~new-found world of beauty. wonderful
In Its shadowy mystery.
toward shutdown Of a certain day, "a
the foot of a hill crowned with a great
pagoda of many multiplied roofs firing
ed with a myriad silver bells that
tinkled ceaselessly in the eveniRs
airs.
Here they dismounted and together
made the ascent of an age-old woodef
stairway, broad and easy. and throng-
ed from the first rise to the last with
weary pilgrims, beggars, lepers, laugh
ing children, mendicant holy men. The
SUI was low upon the horizon when.
having bribed their way along that
gauntlet, O'Rourke and bis bride (shs
could never be aught less to him. at
tanned to the topmost platform and,
having received permission, with meet
show Of reverence entered the temple.
It was very dark inside and for a
time they moved blindly In and out;
but at length they came 10 a massive
doorway looking toward the West, and
here they paused, hand In hand, look,
ing up to the placid face of a huge
Buddha, who squattin9 cr~oss-leggea
upon a pedestal, looked through tie
incense-scented gloom ceaselessly for
ward to Nirvana.
The figure, carven originally from
stone, had been so heavily plasterec
with gold-leaves by the devout, tina.
now it had all the semblance of beinS
gold to its core; and, lavishly deco
rated with necklaces and bracelets Of
rare jewels set In crusted gold, in the
evening glow 1t shone like some great
lamp of holiness. Only its face was
in shadow.
Slowly the light struck higher be-
meath the caves of tho pagoda, and
slowly it crept up and yet up, until it's
last blood-red shaft revealed the Bud.
dha's forehead and what was set
therein, a monstrous ruby.
The woman gasped family ana
chung tightly to her husbands arm.
He held her close, watching the great
stone flame and thrSb and pulse, like
a pool Of living fame swimming In
darkness.
And then the light of the world
went out.
Pensively in the dusk they descend.
ed the temple staircase. At the foot,
before they remounted their horses.
The woman came to the man and put
her hands upon his shoulders.
Terence" she said, 81 think | am
very weary. Take me home"
He gathered her into his arms.
II think" she said, ut frightened
me-made me fearful of this country
the Pool of Flame, up there"
we've seer the last of it," he said
~tenderly, land so have |. 'Tis done
with. like the days of me adventur-
ings. | have 40 thought but you. dear
heart. Let us go home"
THE END.
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Pure Food Law Label. Old.

Pure food law labels were in en-.
istence in 900 B. G.. according to q
discovery made by Prof. George A,
Reisner. of Harvard. Inscriptions ex.
cavated in the ancient city of IA,
maria. In Palestine, are labels which
were employed al seals on jars OF
wine and OIL. They mention the
years in which the wine was laid
down in the cellar of the palace store.
house and they state the vineyard
from which the wine came. Those
labels. about rs in number. have been
dug up on the ruins Of the storehous<
attached to tho palace of King Ahab
some 5000 years ago and the names
of the owners as given indicate tina,
not only the king himself but otheI
men stored their wines and oils there
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-09-19
RANGER IS A HERO
Real Men to Be Found in Occur
d'Alene Reservation
How Captain Of Fire Fighters, by
Goodness and Bravery, Prevented
Loss of Thirty-five of His Crew
In Northern Woods.

Boise, Idaho.-Professor yelling,
tanned and toughened by his sum-
mer's work in the Occur d'Alene ma
tional forest reservation, held his
eastern visitors spellbound with
stories of the fight he had helped to
make against the fearful forest fires,
says the Youths Companion. He had
gone out, with two others, under gov
eminent commission, to study the for
est and, coming back in August, they
had met the fires and spent almost a
month in fighting their way out Of
them.
There are real men among these
forest rangers" he went on. I'm
fact, there Is no place for anything
that is not genuine up there. The
most thrilling story Of heroism hat
| have heard in a long time Is the
story of Ranger Pulaski. 1t did not
happen in the part of the reservation
where | was, but l can vouch for it's
truth, for l have talked with some
of the men who were with him.
Pulaski had forty men under him,
and they had been fighting a big FIRE
for hours. Suddenly the wind rose
until it blew a gale. The fire got
beyond them, and it became a ques-
zion of saving the lives of the men.
They were many miles from a rail-
road Or a clearing.
pulaski remembered that about a
mile from where they were working
was an abandoned mine shaft that
ran back about forty feet into the
hillside. He ordered the men to
snatch their blankets from the camp
and run for this shaft. Once there
they packed themselves like sardines
Into the hole. Pulaski placed him
self at the opening and stretched a
blanket across it.
I'm a few minutes the fire overlook
them. The blanket at the opening
caught and Pulaski jerked it away.
Again and again this was done, and
when the supply of blankets ran low
he held tile burning fragments across
the mouth of the shaft with his bare
hands.
THE suffering of the men from the
heat and smoke was pitiful. They
were fairly maddened by it, and some
Of them made a wild attempt to push
their way out Of the shaft. For a
while Pulaski held them back by
sheer physical strength, for he was
an unusually strong man. But he
knew that he must soon be overpow-