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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27
DRYF FARMING CONGRESS
1t Is Formally Opened at Tulsa With
Large Attendance.

Tulsa Ok, Oct. 27.-Formal sessions
of the International Dry Farming con-
gress opened here today with delegates
present from most of the states of the
union and from practically all foreign
countries where dry farming is attempt
ed Several sessions preliminary to the
official business of the congress were
held last week. In connection with
the congress the International congress
of farm women also opened today.
International Soil Products exposi-
ton has been open here since last We'd
nesday
Today's program for the dry farmers
called for a parade headed by Governor
Cruce and party. and made up of de-
tachments of United States infantry,
Oklahoma national guard, Boy Scouts,
three bands, officers and delegates of
the congress and city officials. The first
address at the formal opening was de-
ievered by o. D. Hunt, chairman of
the Tulsa board of control.
w. r. Motherwell minister of agri-
culture of Saskatchewan, and president
OF the congress, made an address Civ
ing the aims and ideals of the organi-
zation and listing important steps made
in the last year.
Others on today's program were H.
NJ. Ba1ner of Amarillo, Tex; DR.. John
tural college of Utah; George Brown,
lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan;
5 w. Black, president of the Panhandle
normal school, Goodwen Ok; W. M.
Jard1ne, of the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college; ]. H. Shepperd, of the
North Dakota Agricultural college;
Fh1lander P. Lewis of the Missouri
state board of agriculture, and w. A.
CocheL of the Pennsylvania State col
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27
MARTYR TO SCIENCE.
Doctor PurposeIy Contracts Scarlet
Fever and 1t Kills Her.

Philadelphia, Oct. 27.-Anxious to
study scarlet fever at close range 50
that she would be able to recognize the
symptoms when she encountered them
DR.. Edith E. Keisker, a school physi-
clan, contracted the disease herself
and died in the municipal hospital.
She had visited the hospital last
week to observe children who were suf-
fering from the fever. A few days
later she was admitted, LAS a patient,
having contracted the scourge Will.
on her search for knowledge She was
the wife of Frank H. Keisker,San arch
itect, to whom she was married more
than a year ago. She was the mother
of a four-months-old child
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27
LOSES HER PLUMES.
Young Woman's Hat Is Dismantled by
Customs Officers.

New York, Oct. 27.-The largest single
seizure this customs inspectors have made
since the new regulations prohibiting the
importation of aigrettes went into effect,
is record at the customs house today,
that of plumes valued at $500, taken from
Miss Edna Mclaughlin. who arrived here
yesterday from Europe. The young
woman had frankly declared fine feathers
as part of her apparel which Was stated
in at SIS, 600 and was shocked when she
learned that regardless of her declara-
ton, the inspectors must seize the
aigrettes. She protested that she had
bought the plumes in this country, but
learned, to her dismay that only "a hours
before arrival an order had been issued
for the seizure of all such feathers wheth-
er originally purchased in this country or
ABROAD.
The inspector finally took the plumes
from the hat they were adorning and sent
them to the appraisers stores. They
will undoubtedly in view of the unequivo
the furnace in the basement of the pub
lie stores.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27
HARD FREEZE IN TEXAS
Heavy Snow Storm Visits Section
of Missouri.

Amarillo, Oct. 27.-The tempera-
ture dropped to % degrees here last
night The freeze destroyed a large
amount of immature feed crops. The
cold wave is prevalent throughout the
Texas plains country.
ST. Louis, Oct. 27.-A heavy snow
storm swept over Rolla, Mo-, and sur
rounding country last night and to-
day, breaking down trees and tearing
off branches until the streets were
blocked. A rain in ST. Louis turned
to sleet and snow this morning but
the snow melted nearly as fast as it
fell.
Oklahoma City, Oct. 27.-In the last "a
hours snow has fallen throughout the
southwest. Bartlesville, Ok, reports
inches the heaviest fall in so years.
but it melted in a short time. More
than an inch was reported covering the
entire Panhandle following fierce wind
and a temperature drop from so to %
degrees within a few hours. Late for
age was ruined by the freeze.
Rolla, Mo-, Oct. 27.-Twelve inches
of snow covered the Ozark section OF
southern Missouri at noon today and
snow still was falling. Old residents
said it was the heaviest snow ever
known in the section in October. The
snow began late yesterday and has
fallen almost continuously since.
Telephone and electric light wires
are down and roads blocked in many
places. Many limbs have been broken
from trees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27
MINES VS.. RAILROADS
Complaints Are Being Heard by the
L. G. c. at Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. 27.-Hearings on the
petition of thirty-four coal mining
companies of the Springfield (Ill.)
group" against forty-nine railroads
were begun before the interstate COM
merce commission here today. The
coal operators allege that the terri
tory comprised in the Springfield
group as laid out by the railroads is
too large and that the petitioners
mines are placed at a disadvantage
in being charged the same rate as
other mines in the same arbitrary
group which are nearer the market.
Readjustment of freight differentials
between the Springfield group and
other groups in Illinois and Indiana
also is asked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27
SENT To THE TOMBS
Cummins's Commitment to Sing Sing
Is Postponed a Week.

New York, Oct. 27-William J. Cum
minis. whose conviction for grand larceny
in connection with the Carnegie Trust
company failure, was recently upheld by
the state court of appeals was committed
to the tombs prison today and execution
of his sentence of four to eight years in
Sing Sing was deferred for week
Cummins' attorney opposed the commit
ment of his client to the tombS. He said
that the case was to be appealed at once
to the United States supreme court on
the ground that article fourteen of the
constitution had been violated by the
Cummins conviction. Since his original
trial and conviction Cummins had been
at liberty under $4,000 bail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27
DRAWING IS TOMORROW
Registration 1868 for the Nebraska
Land Lottery.

North Platte, Neb., Oct. 27.-Men
were set at work today putting the
opera house in order for the land
drawings of Tuesday when Uncle Sam
will give away 531 sections of govern
ment land in the North Platte forest
reserve and the Niobrara military
reservation. Considering the area of
lands to be disposed Of it is said no
other registration has brought such
great crowds as have sought govern
ment lands in the two reservations.
Railroads enterting North Platte have
arranged for special trains, to accom-
modate the crowds. The corrected
figures on registration show a total
registration of 1868
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27

turn. Colonel Vidaurrazaga'S i'm
portunities eventually resulted in the
frank declaration that he did not in
tend to go.
Huerta Beats Diaz to 4.
Vera Cruz, Oct. 27.-Provisiona1
President Victoriano Huerta obtained
1.540 of the 1000 votes cast in Vera
Cruz according to the official returns.
General Felix Diaz polled 800. The
remaining votes were scattered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27
FREEZE OUT IN SPARTA
City Ordinance Prevents the Delivery
of Coal to Citizens

Sparta. Wis, Oct. 27.-This city of 1000
population is experiencing real freeze
main coal yards of the city were today
rejected and buyers were notified that it
was impossible to operate under the new
city ordinance requiring that all coal
should be weighed on the city scales One
small coal yard remains, but it cannot
meet the demand. The thermometer drop
ped below freezing point today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27

3O-37 inches. This is 1.01 inches be-
low normal for the period The rain
fall for September and October has
been 1908 inches. From the last of
April to the first of September the
PRECIPITATION was but 1897 inches. This
is the wettest fall on record at To-
peka-
The hourIy readings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27
Killed by His Anfn.

Decatur. ILL.,, Oct. H.-Dr. Claude C.
Burns is dead at Bemenent as a result of
an automobile accident. Blinded by the
rain last night Burns drove his machine
into ditch and his head was crushed by
the steering wheel when the automobile
turned over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27
CLUB HOUSE BURNS
Flames Destroy EImridge Clubs Home
Loss $50, 900.

Kansas City, Oct. 27.-Flames
famed by a strong wind completely
destroyed the Elmridge Golf club
house on the outskirts of this city to-
day. The loss was estimated at $780,
600. The cause of the fire could not
be determined.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27

Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Fair and warmer tonight; Tuesday un-
settled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-27

NeHeIaI Dlaz SAID ne realized he
mad no chance for election to the
presidency. His plans for the future
are not yet made, but he expects To
establish temporary residence in
Vera Cruz.
Sonora Diaz is not seriously ill but
sufficiently so to serve as an excuse
Tor delay in the general re-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-12
q GIFT BY BIOGRAPH
c6I LvEz WAVES GZLAHopE

recognized It. It was the trademark
OF the st. Louis photographer who
had, recently, taken his pictures. He
himself had sent Milly that package
six weeks ago. Grinning to himself.
Peyton watched her open it. Her
unfeigned delight in the picture was
pleasant; Peyton's spirits lightened a
little. Equally amusing was Ted's
swift, grumpy, unseeing glance.
And then-it was curious it had
never occurred to him to anticipate
this-Constance Terry came walking
down the aisle with Lawrence Graves.
Peyton knew her the moment she
appeared at the top of the picture.
And so real she seemed that he
shrank back in his seat He watched
her progress, not breathing.
Down she came, growing bigger
with each step--down, down, down.
She was going to sit in the front row
with Milly. There was something al
most dramatic about this entrance.
Looking from her height over the
field, she seemed to be gazing straight
into his eyes. There was something
curious about her gaze; 1t was as If
she looked hard at something that she
dtd AOL See. Cy ION 0GNOAIIuS
glance noted that she had lost none
Oh her beauty; the spirited grace of
her figure, the lovely lift Of red
upper lip over red lower one, the
long. straight eyelashes, the thick,
black brows. that in anger made thun-
der-clouds of her gray eyes. His mem
DRY limned all the colors that the bio
graph left out.
"Deuced pretty GIRL" Starrow com
mented: that one that's taking seat
in the front row"
Peyton did not answer.
Milly had risen. There were quick
greetings; and the party seated itself.
Something Lawrence was saying gave
him the center of the stage. Con
stance, not listening, turned her at.
tention again to the field; again. APP
parently, she looked straight into Pey-
tons eyes. The strange expression
came back into her face. Her look
was absent, apathetic almost I'M
happy.
What could be the matter? Was it
possible that Lawrence had not pro-
posed yet-he knew Lawrence's ways
with girls--and that she was per-
picked, perhaps grieving over the
omission? He wondered why Law
renee delayed; for there was no doubt
Of the genuineness OF his ease" on
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-12

Constance Terry. Certainly 1t was
not fear OF refusal In all Law
rence's meteoric amorous career, Pey-
ton had never known him to fail
Peyton tried to imagine himself
holding off one minute after he had
seen that he had any show with Con
stance Terry. Not that he had any
idea that he could complicate Law
rence's suit. He had left Cambridge
the moment he found himself in love
with the girl his roommate had
picked. He could renounce, but he
could not stay and day by day face
his remuneration.
Milly's lips moved. Constance with
drew her wandering, unseefng gaze
from the field. The two girls talked
The picture passed. Peyton had
lived through the longest five minutes
of his life.
Peyton threw himself into the game
with fierce intensity. At first there
were moments when he lost himself
SO completely that he thought him
self fighting with the Harvard eleven.
Starrow would wake him with a
Say. cut it out. will you; you're
pushing me into the aisle" But. after
a while, Constance's face kept coming
between him and the struggling heap
on the gridiron. His yearning for an
other glimpse Of her began to absorb
his interest in the game. He spent
the last minutes of the first half
thrashing impatiently IN his seat.
He groaned with Impotence when
he saw that the biograph, instead Of
turning back on the spectators be-
tween halves, still trained itself on
| the gridiron. 1t was just a flashing
| picture of the Yale eleven trotting
YEARLY to its quarters, circled and
surrounded by trainers, coaches, rub
bers, and the privileged spectators OF
the side-lines. Would it never go back
to the stands?
All, there they understanding
glimpses Of the spectators, at first
only quivering, waving throngs in
which he could not recognize a face.
Once the band must have broken into
the "Marseillaise" for, suddenly, the
whole Harvard section arose, lifting
their hats three times and in perfect
unison. Mechanically, true to an old
training. Peyton started to rise. too.
But, again, Starrow held him down.
Finally, when he thought he could
stand the suspense no longer, came
the section-pictures; the group he
longed to see. In the midst Of a
storm-center Of bowling Harvard en-
thuiasts, Constance sat, still languid,
still distract. In another second, Pey-
ton was sorry that his wish had been
granted. For Lawrence, taking adj
vantage of the preoccupation OF the
rest Of the party, was devoting him
self to her. A Jealousy, as hot as
fame, excoriated Peyton as he noted
tho little intimacies Of his attitude.
Lawrence questioned and explained
He leaned over her to adjust wraps
obviously in no need of adjustment.
Though his suffering grew intense,
Peyton could not take his eyes away.
Once 1t camo over him how strange
It was. The tragedy OF his life was
being played there before theaterful
Of holiday riffraff, and no one sus-
pected 1t. No one about him had an
eye for his little group. Not man
about him but was watching the
.shrieking, jumping. cheering, fag-wav-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-12

itime-the flags, the pennants, the
monster punches of chrysanthemums,
all shouted the fact to him.
This picture vanished. 1t was plain
that the biograph-operator had moved
down close to the audience, and was
beginning to present panoramic
view OF the spectators.
Smooth as a river the old familiar
audience flowed past him; the cheer
ing sections crowded with hats, like
pin-cushions studded with black
headed pins: proud fathers, prouder
mothers, superior little brothers, ex-
cited little sisters; graduates, rang
ing from last years crop to alumni
of thirty years; critical prep-school
boys, giggling boarding-school girls,
Radcliffe girls, all Cambridge, nearly
all Boston, and a little OF all its SUI
burbs. Hi!
Peyton was on his feet.
The panorama had vanished. Into
it's place leaped a picture of the Har-
ward half of the stadium. And the
whole Harvard side was rising with
the steady movement upward of a
tidal-wave cresting to break. All the
flags, banners, and pennants had cut
loose to make havoc OF the skyline.
On the gridiron, a half-dozen yell.
leaders, megaphones in hand. arms
whirling, looked like mechanical toys
wound up to work together. He could
fairly hear the deep, Harvard! Har-
ward. Harvard" He knew what was
happening. He had seen that mag
nificent concerted movement many
times. The team had come on.
Starrow pulled him back into his
seat.
unheeding, Peyton bent forward
owe the orchestra-rail, bursting with
eagerness. Would the picture ever
change? There they we're, running
toward him over the field. Affair off
they might have been buffalo. Now
no could make out the HIS" on their
breasts. He caught a face here and
there.
The herd spread out like a fan and
fell into the well-known formation.
Holley, the casy-moving full-back, had
stepped back for a kick. Peyton
could almost hear the PUNK of the
ball and the humping feet OF the
ends as they coursed down under the
punt He examined them critically.
Even allowing for the exaggerated
speed of the biograph, he could see
how easily they moved, how perfect
was their condition. In his own thews
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-12

he could feel again that powerful zest
OF the man trained to the minute, as
he comes to the mark for his supreme
effort.
The Yale side was next, and the
reception, equally frantic, OF their
team. This series vanished, and in
it's place came a prolonged close view
OF each OF the sections. Peyton
jumped again. The pictures were SO
near and the figures so big, it was
like being in front of the seats. There
was Moulton, '04-Moulton who, he
thought, was in New Orleans. How
the deuce did he-Great Scott! there
was Wright, '05, with Doris Mason.
He didn't even know they knew each
other. There was whole bunch of
Hasty Pudding fellows. What a good
time they were having! There were
the T1iltons and the Morrows and
the Galleghers, all talking, laughing,
waving flags to each other, exchang-
ing chaff, examining score-cards. And,
by Jove, there in the front row. big
as life, happy in holiday seriousness,
were Milly and Ted Dunton, his
cousins.
He caught himself just in time. He
had started to yell over the footlights.
Milly was getting to be an awfully
pretty girl How becoming those furs
were to her! She pulled a bunch OF
envelopes from her muff and, charac-
teristically, she looked them over,
Ted, saucer-eyed, with the fierce con-
centration Of prep-boy, had interest
for nothing but the field. The team
must still be practising-Peyton could
tell from the lack of tensity in the
audience. But what In the world was
Milly doing? There were letters and
a package under her arm. Peyton
suddenly understood. Milly was a
senior at Radcliffe. Coming down
from Fay House to meet Ted at Har
ward Square, she had scooped her mail
off the letter-board.
She glanced at the letters and,
without opening them, put them back
in her muff. The package evidently
interested her; she looked 1t all over.
It interested Peyton also; there was
something familiar about it. A huge.
iet-black signature dashed a slanting
course over one corner. Suddenly he
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-12
ne crowd that surged about the lou


erE.
Followed more pictures of the HaN
ward sections; followed many OF the
Yale sections, but Peyton did not see
them. He did not even look at them.
The second half was close. PeytoD
summoned all the mental strength
that was in him to concentrate on tho
game. And at first he thought that
he was going to be successful. that
his mind had adjusted itself 10 the
situation But,safter brief interval,
his longing, his impotence began to
grind in him again. He churned rest
lessly in his chair. He studied the
audience about him. 1t must have
been somewhere along here that ho
failed to see that long run on for
ward pass-the sensational play OF
the season by which the game was
won.
At the end 1t was relief to cheer
with the handful Of Harvard men who
sprang up from different parts OF tho
auditorium and. following the motions
OF the yell-leader in the biograph.
shouted themselves hoarse. But, in q
moment, his heart was humping in =
very madness Of yearning, pointed by
the anguish of uncertainty. Biting his
lips, he watched the long line OF I'm.
dergraduates zigzagging over the field
in the wake of the band. When, at
last, the biograph began to show Sec
ton views of the dispensing audience,
he gripped the orchestra-rail hard.
Ii it came 1t would be his last view
OF her until-until-when? he won.
dered. Until, best man at their we'd
ding, he would watch her drive off
with Lawrence. He clenched his
hands.
Again the picture! Unmindful OF
the others, his burning eyes riveted
themselves on Constance. The group
had risen. waiting for the crowd to
thin. Milly was talking. In the midst
Of her narrative, she handed to Con-
stance the package that contained
Peyton's picture. Without stopping.
she swept the two men on in her talk.
Constance pulled the picture out Of
its Wrappings. Peyton watched her.
And he saw--in a brief moment-he
saw great deal. He saw the pro.
nounced start that shook her at tho
sight OF it. He saw the quick. furtivo
glance she gave at her unnoticing
companions. He saw her turn her
back TO them and, like one famished.
iooh ~ ~ sfEAlu, uOldlH5 H, III u6r
Inconsistencies, unnecessarily close
to her face. He saw her start to put
it back into the paper, but, changing
her mind, look at it again, long.
close gaze. He saw her turn 1t over
as II she expected some writing And
he saw--but now more with the eyes
of the soul than Of the body-the
emotion that seemed to vitalize her
whole figure, to shine through her
wistful face, to make light in her
somber eyes.
Say. what's your rush," Starrow
demonstrated as Peyton made flying
leap into an open space which offered
a swifter egress.
"Ok, | say, excuse me, Starrow,"
Peyton exclaimed. I've got to get to
a longdistance telephone And then,
in utter forgetfulness of statement
he had previously made. II want to
thank somebody for Christmas gift
I've just received" |
Copyright, The Frank 4. Munsey CAp