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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-25
xcopyrigfH: 1914; by Harold MacGrstn.S
CHAPTER XVII.

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SETTING TRAYS FOR NORTON.
-r HE Black Hundred possessed three sep
arate council chambers. always in prep
aratlon. Hence, when the one In use
YVES burned down, they transferred
cir conferences TO tie second council cham
appointed scientifically the same as the first
IS inferred. the organization owned con-
irable wealth, and they leased the build
~ In which they had their council cham
RS, leased them for number of years, and
furnished them secretly with trap floors,
,ors, aud panels, and all that apparatus so
ecessary to men who are sometimes COM
slled to make quick getaway.
When the Atlantic City att mpt was
rrned into n fasco by Nortons timely err
val, Braine determined once more TO rid
imself Of this nedding reporter. He knew
90 much. in the first place, and In the sec
md place Braine wanted 10 learn whether
he reporter bore charmed life or was rust
rdinarily lucky. He would attempt nothing
.licate. requiring fnesse. lie would simply
Aaylay Norton and make commonplace end
I Kim. He would disappear this reporter,
hat would be all and when they found him
e might or might not be recognizable.
So Brsine called conference, and he and
is fellow rogues went over number OF
xpediencies and finally agreed that the hest
thing - de weala 30 10 send man To the
4.4uraaa z2ar-nstansihly as a reporter looking
for a situation With this excuse he would
- able to Lang around the city room for
hree or four days The idea back Of this
vas to wayiay Norton on his way to some
assignment which took him TO the suburbs.
All this was arranged down TO the small
re-, detail and a man whom they were quite
certain Norton had not vet seen was selected
20 play the part, He had been a reporter
once. more's the pity SO there was no doubt
IF his being able to handle his end of the
came, happen he was given a situation.
~ want Morton, I want him badly" de-
clared Braine land woe TO you II You let
booze play in between you and the object
Of this move"
The man selected TO act the reporter hung
his bead Whisky lad been the origin OF
lis fail from honest living, and he was not
~ csIonsed As not to feel the sting Of re-
r,orse at times. Often be longed to leave
ew York, TO start anew elsewhere but this
ran Braine was like a terrier outside a rat
sage flled with rodents. None ever really
escaped.
More" went on Rraine. I want Norton
.-ought 10 40. Its little Of the beat, and
w can handle him as please. When we
set rid Of tits newspaper ferret there'u be
another to eliminate. But he's a fox, and
gax must be set TO trail him"
And who Is that"
Jones' Jones, Jones. =" Numbered Braine.
He's the live wire. But the reporter frat.
ssnes depends lot on him. Take away
,lis prop and Jones viii not be 70 sure 81
GasEss ~ egsEs " s4is cir
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stanley Hargreawe, millionaire, after "a
miraculous escape from the den of the
rang of brilliant thieves known as the
Black Hundred. lives the life of re-
esuse for eighteen years. HarEren*e ac-
ctd~ntaIiy meets Bratne. leader of the
Black Hundred. Knowing Braine will
try 10 get him. he escapes from his own
home by "a balloon. Before escaping he
writes "a letter 30 the girls school where
eighteen years before he mysteriousiy
left on the doorstep his baby daughter,
Florence Gray. That day HargTeaye
also draws NJ, 100000 from the bank. hut
Il In reported that this dropped into the
.~a when the balloon he escaped in was
yunctured.
Florence arrives from the girls school.
Countess Olga, Braiae's companion, WIS.,
sts her and claims her ms relative.
1--WE bogus detectives call, but their plot
is foiI<d by Norton. a newspaper mnn.
After failing in their frst attempt, the
Black Hundred trsp Florence. They ask
her for money, hut she escapes. again
soiling them.
Norton and the countess call ON Flor
ence the next day, once more SAFE nS
home The visitors having gone, Jones
removes n section of flooring and from
a cavity takes box. PursHed by m~m-
sers of the Black Hundred. he PUSHES TO
the water front and succeeds In drop
ping the box into the sea.
Acceuplics. Of Braine kidnRp Florence
and hurry her of to sea. She leaps over
hoard and 4. uirked up I'm n dsxed con-
6it.on by fishermen. Braine. disguised
n. her father take. her back tn sea with
him. Florence sets fire TO the boat and
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PLANS FOR YEAR
School Board Makes Teaching
Staff Appointments.
Improvements for Many Of Old
Buildings i'm City.

Teachers were elected for the COM
ing fall term at an important meeting
of the school board last might. The
board planned improvements and re-
construction of school buildings and
an underground passage between the
two buildings of the high school
Three teachers were retired with
pensions. after many years OF service.
They were Miss Martha Dugan. Pot
win; Miss Callie Newell, Polk: Miss
Ida Patterson, Potwin. The follow
ing designations were accepted: E. G.
Hickey, teacher of civtcs and econo-.
mics, high school: Miss Rebecca Pas
son. English teacher. high school:
Miss Flora Fisher, Polk school and
Miss Rebecca Welty, Central Park.
Several small changes were made in
the salaries of clerks and teachers Miss
Caroline Morton, teacher of domestic
science, was appointed director of the
high school lunch room at q salary of
$500 q year. Miss Florence Embree
was made assistant domestic science
teacher. Miss Anna r. Manley will
succeed Miss Passon as English teach
er. Miss Edna Hopkins. w. A. spen-
Ger and L. H. Hausam were placed on
the available list of teachers. Miss Bes-
sic Boughton, high school English in
structor, will return next fall after a
years absence. Her sister, Miss Ger
trude Boughton. who has been her
substitute the past year. will go to an
elementary school. Miss Margaret
Adams and Miss Edna Avery will re-
turn to work in the grade schools after
an absence Of a year.
Grade School List.
The following were elected to the
| available list for the grade schools:
Eleanor Tasker, Mary Aten, Frederick
Bergen. Elizabeth Altman, Della Ran
| kin, Zoula Funchess, Alice Andrews,
Margaret Perry, Helen Rollman, Met
ia Johannes. Margaret Cook. Opal
lLoveless, Grace Pattison, Halcie E.
Fair, Marion Thompson, Effie James,
Alberta Guy. Substitutes selected:
Margaret Vest. Mary K. Lanman. Cal
lie Newell and Mrs. Ada Evans.
Miss Lena Davis was appointed to
the new position as general supply
| teacher. a teacher Of expression, for
! orchestra, debating and dramatic ac-
| tivities of the high school has not yet
| been selected. A supervisor Of physi-
cal education for the high school has
will supervise the home and vacant
lot gardening work for the next six
weeks.
The date for the fall opening viii
be Monday, September II. Summer
schools for made up work will be
opened Monday and continue for SIX
weeks at Lafayette, Clay, Polk and
Quincy.
A committee from Lincoln school
presented a petition for a new build
ing at Lincoln school. The board
| promised nothing, but promised to
plan a modern building in another
| year.
The Grant school addition was dis
cussed but nothing definite decided
upon. The sanitary conditions Of Blu
chanan school will be improved be-
fore next fall.
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IN SIXTH DISTRICT.
Many Women Want Office in North.
west Kansas.

Hone, Kan, June Am article in
the Sentinel, one Of the most pro-
nounced Progressive organs in the
Sixth district, headed: What will
they do?" was written by Mrs. McIvor,
the wife of the editor, who has been
favorably mentioned for the Progress
sive candidate for the legislature in
Sheridan county. Mrs. McIvor says:
The writer is not and never has been
but we have it from reliable sources
that the Progressive party of Sheridan
county will have the name of one or
more women on the primary ballot"
Mrs. McIvOr is very ardent sup
porter Of equal suffrage. She is Of the
opinion that If there is anything that
will cause the women of Sheridan
county to vote for one of their sex it
will be the conviction that a consider
able number Of men are going to vote
against her because of sex.
In Jewell county there are four
women candidates for office, two for
superintendent of public instruction,
and two for clerk Of the court.
In Trego three women are seeking
office, two for school SUPERINTENDENT
and one for register of deeds.
Sweet Girl Graduates.
Norton, June 2.-The Norton county
high school graduating class deserve
congratulations for the manner in
which the girls dressed for the occa-
sion. The % girl graduates were
dressed in gowns of the same material.
made alike, and were appropriate and
neat. Each one of them carried a
bouquet of pink and white roses.
Harvest in Rocks County.
Plainville. June Brooks county
has 10000 acres Of growing wheat
this year. Last year the acreage was
181, 900. 1t is said there are from ii
to 40 heads of wheat in each stool this
year as examined by experts on Para
disc Flats. as against three. four and
five heads in other years. 1t is esti.
mated that at least 500 extra harvest
hands will be needed in the vicinity OF
Plainville alone. 1t is expected the
harvest will begin about the 25th OF
June.
| Pioneer Residents Leave Hays.
| Hays City. June 2.-George p. Crit
fifth and family, for 80 years residents
of Hays City and Ellis county, it is
said, will make their future home in
Alberta, Canada. Mr.. Griffith was for
many years owner and editor Of the
Hays City Republican.
/ Ellis county and Hays City were
highly honOred in the election of J. NJ
Schaefer, state president of the Fed
Grafton of Catholic societies, at the
| annual convention of Catholics in
Wichita
There is talk that E. A. Rea Of Hays
j City, a prominent attorney Of north
west Kansas, will get into the race for
Judge of the Twenty-third judicial dis
trict, His candidacy viii be the third
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GIRLS TO PLAY BASEBALL
Kansas City Public Servants to Play
Match Game.

Kansas City, Mo-, June AFTER
announcement was made that Miss
Mary Rively, employed in the Wyan-
dotte county court house, is to play on
the mems baseball team which will
meet a team from the Kansas City
Kan, city hall, next Saturday, the wo-
men employees of the court house
challenged the women of the city hall
to a game of anything from marbles
to boxing. They ask that the contest
be a preliminary to the city hall-cour,
house game. In their challenge the
court house girls assert that they can
do ''house work, clerical duties OF
athletics in a superior fashion to the
women OF the city hall.
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NINE FROM SHAWNEE COUNTY.
Large Class of X. S. A. G. Seniors Will
Graduate.


Manhattan, Kan, June mime stu
dents at the Kansas State Agricultural
college, who are expected to graduate
with the senior class this year, are
from Shawnee county. They are:
George Harrison Baird, Valencia, who
is completing the course in mechanical
engineering; Clyde George Winter,
Dover, general science; Verne Oran
Farnsworth. Topeka, student in animal
husbandry; Horace Theodore Wilkie.
Topeka, in the department of horticul-
ture; Anna Laura Cornick. Josephine
Woodward Doran, Edith Maude Max
well, Anna Atwood Tomlinson and
Margaret Lee Whitney Of Topeka are
finishing in the home economics
course.
One hundred seventy-two seniors
at the Agricultural college have their
work in such shape that they are al
most sure to receive their degrees this
commencement. This list includes
only the names of those whose records
are entirely complete, with the excep-
ton of the studies they are now hav-
ing in class. Many other members of
the senior class will be able to clear
their records and graduate with this
class.
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one from Ellis county, and all OF them
make their home In Hays City.
MEadORIUM no JUDGE GLASS.
Clay County Court Convenes-
Takes Action.

Clay Center. Kan. June 1.-The regu-
lar June session of the district court Of
Clay county il now on There are only
IS cases on the docket and of that
number five are jury cases which have
been assigned for next week. The jury
has been summoned for June and the
court adjourned until that time The
bar association will procure and for
ward to the family of Judge w. 8.
Glass suitable floral remembrances to-
gether with a note of coincidence. At
torneys Hy W. Stackpole. George L.
Davis and F. B. Dawes were selected
to draft resolutions expressing the sem
uments Of the association toward Judge
Glass and his bereaved family.
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REFUGEES IN HARVEST FIELD
Former Residents of Abilene Return
From Mexico.

Independence, Kan. June al. B.
Dick, wife and 4-year-old son were
here Monday en- route from Mexico to
Abilene, Kan, where he hopes to get
work in the harvest fields They spent
several years in Mexico and owned a
little farm about fifty miles below Ell
PasO.
Because Mrs. Dick supplied food to
a squad Of federas on demand, Dick
was arrested by the rebels and i'm
prisoned. After being there fifteen
days, he dug out, joined his wife and
child and they walked to the border.
OF twenty-five American families in
that vicinity only six are left He says
Americans have been subjected to un-
SpeakabIe crueltieS.
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COBB TO PLAY SOON.
Fractured Rib Knitting-Wm Begin
Practice This Week.

Detroit, June 2@Ty Cobb. who sus-
tanned a fractured rib in a recent game
at Boston, will be able to Join the De-
troit Americans the latter part Of this
week, or the first Of next Announce
ment to tins effect was made Monday
by the clubs physician who examined
Cobb's injured sixth rib. He said the
bone was knitting properly and as
Cobb has not INDUCED in strenuous
exercise since he was hit by the pitch
ed ball, he should be able to take part
in light practice Wednesday or Thur
day.
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Identification of Victims of Ma
rine Disaster Is Difficult.
FIVE CLAIMANTS FOR ONE BODY
One Girls Word Taken Against
That of Is Men.
COrpses Identified as Men Prove
to Be Women.

Quebec, June 2.-Tho first pubic
funeral Of victims Of the collision be-
tween the steamer Empress OF Ire
land and the collier Storstad is to be
held Wednesday when the bodies of
nine Of the crew will be buried. May
or Napoleon Drum. aided by Cana
dian Pacific officials and prominent
men OF the town, is arranging for the
ceremony, which will be an imposing
one. There is to be a public process
sion headed by the royal Canadian
garrison artillery band and detach-
ment from the warship Essex and To-
cal military forces will be in line.
The schools ar. to close and Tor q
time business will be suspended.
Responsibility for the collision. just
now a subject of bitter controversy,
will be fixed by the royal commission
appointed to make q thorough in
quiry. The members are Sir Adolph
ROuthier, Judge of the court OF adj
miralty Of Quebec, and the Hon. Eze-
kiel Mcleod, chief justice and judge
Of the admiralty court Of New Bruns-
wick, appointed by the Canadian gov
eminent. and George L. Vaux of the
British board Of trade, named by the
British government.
whether in Montreal or Quebec has
not yet been definitely decided.
The number OF disputes that have
arisen in the funeral shed is a sur
prising feature of the Identification
work that has been going on there.
In one case, five persons contended
for the possession Of one Of the little
girls unidentified, with the result that
when the pier was closed last night
the body was still classed as I'M
claimed.
Many Mistakes Made.
So altered are the features Of the
dead that many mistakes are made.
had recovered the bodies Of dear
ones. later wavered in their belief and
sometimes even returned to affirm
their previous impression.
A curious case was that Of Mrs.
Price Of New Zealand, who had been
identified by her niece. Miss Town
send Of New Zealand. Somewhat OF
| a dilemma was created when Is or 16
| OF the Empress crew arrived on the
scene and claimed the body as that
of Miss Leder, formerly stewardess OF
| the i'll fated steamer. While the sea-
men were insistent in their identified.
| ton, 1t was Miss Townsend who wor
the day as she swore positively thai
the jewelry worn by Mrs. Price wa.
known to her and she was backed VI
by Mr.. Weber of the Canadian Pa
cific railway, who knew Mrs. Pric,
personally.
Some of the bodies have been 81
mutilated by being battered tina
those who identified them as me1
were told that they were those Of wo
men. The reason for the mistake wa,
that the hair had been drawn bacl
| tightly.
One body identified was that o.
Leonard Palmer, the London Finan
cial News man who organized thu
tour Of the British manufacturers t.
| this country.
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HARVESTERS JUMP OFF TRAIN.
Both Are Injured and CAn't Work In
Fields.

Lakin, Kan, June 1.-The Kansas
harvest field will be short two hands
from Colorado owing to their meeting
with a severe accident at this place.
Jack Harker and Phillip Waller OF
Lamar, Colo, boarded the blind bag
gage on fast train No. 10, eastbound, on
the Santa Fe. and. thinking they had
arrived at their destination, jumped
from the train as 1t was passing
through the yards.
Hanks sustained very bad bruises
and q confusion Of the brain, with
doubtful results. Waller was taken
back to Lamar by his brother.
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SHOTGUN EFFECTIVE.
Clay Center Man Grieves for Departed
Wife-Kills Self.

Clay Center, June leslie S. Hill,
q prosperous farmer of Athelstane
township, IN this county, committed
suicide Sunday afternoon by shooting
himself with a double barreled shot
gun. Brooding over the death of his
wife Is given as the cause Of him be-
coming metal1y deranged. The coroner
was summoned but no inquest was
held. The shot set fire to his clothing
and he was burned about the neck and
face.
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Farmers Regulate Number to Assur
Good Grazing.

Good Grazing.
Cottonwood Falls, Kan, June g.
The last shipments of Texas and west
ern cattle which will be brought into
the grazing districts of Chase county
this season arrived last week. Prac-
tically all pastures have now been
filled, and according to stockmen, cat
tie have so far made good gains. Be
cause Of the larger grass acreage al
lowed by land owners this year, how
ever, there are only about two-thirds
of the usual number of cattle being
pastured here. In the place Of four
acres a head for the season. from six
to eight acres has been given in or
der to assure good grazing, and also
to give pastures a chance to recover
from last seasons dry spell.
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Fourth District G. Il. to Meet.

Yates Center, Kan, June 1.-The
Fourth district Kansas Christian En-
deavor union will be held in the Chris
tan church here June and 5. Many
good speakers of state and national
reputation will be present. Gilbert
Fenton of Topeka, field secretary; Rev.
Hilcher Of lola and others will take
part.
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MEMORIAL 70 STUDENT.
tx" Club Of State Normal Erects
Monument TO Deceased.

Emporia, Kan, June "A rough
hewn granite drinking fountain was
unveiled here with appropriate cere-
monies in memory of William s. Hay.
a student of the Normal school, who
died in July, 1912. The fountain
stands on the Normal athletic field.
near the gymnasium. and its erection
was the work of the TX club, an ath-
letfc organization of which Hay was a
member. Addresses were made by
President Thomas W. Butcher. DIR.
Norman Trfplett and former MEM
beers OF tho student body.
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BASEBALL ON MEMORIAL DAY.
Pittsburg Reform Preacher Took Part
in Game.

Pittsburg. Kan, June IA game OF
baseball between the United Presby-
terrain and the United Brethren team,
Of the Twilight League. in this city.
which was played on Memorial day
at the Normal fields, a short distance
from Mt. Olive cemetery. where graves
were covered with flowers and Tags
in observance Of the day. had added
another interest to the Sunday closing
Of the nickel show war. There il talk
Of prosecution as soon as the complain
ants can get to 1t. Rev. Paul III. Pack
ard. a pastor Of the United Brethren
was the scorekeeper Of the game, it Is
said. He is also one Of the leaders In
the Sunday closing movement.
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Students On Long Hike.

Junction City, Kan, June 2.-Don-
aid Thompson and Frank Thomen,
high school boys, left Monday on an
overland hike to Colorado. They are
the first of several parties of high
school students who will make long
walking trips during their summer
vacations. The route will be
through Nebraska.
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Ar PTTTSBURG NORMAL
Commencement Class Numbers IA
20 Get Life Certificates.

Pittsburg, Kan, June 2.-William
o. Shepard of Kansas City, bishop of
the Methodist church, delivered the
commencement address here today at
the Pittsburg state normal. Twenty
graduates were the recipients of de-
grees conferred by E. T. Hackney,
president Of the state board of ad-
ministration. Life certificates were
granted IA second year students.
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COMMENCEMENT AT BAKER.
Many Alumni Return for Fifty-Sixth
Ceremony.

Baldwin City, June 2.-Baker uni
versity's fifty-sixth annual commence
ment was marked by the return of a
large number Of alumni and other Wis
itors, friends and relatives Of the men,
bers Of the various graduating classes.
The baccalaureate sermon was deliv-
cred by DR.. Mason.
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POILCEWONIAN m WICHITA.

Mrs. Lena e. Dicks Draws First "Cop''
Commission.
Wichita. Kan, June Mrs. Lena E.
Dicks was commissioned Wichita's first
policewoman here Monday. She will
look after the welfare of young girls.
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Atchison, Kan, June 2.-Isaac Por-
ter. a laborer. il this city's first neat
victim this season. He was overcome
Monday while shoveling dirt, but his
condition il not considered dangerous.
He Il belfast
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.IMBALL.
PIANOS PLAYER PIANOS
SOLD BY MAKER

822 KANSAS AVE.

Humbarger, so years old. dropped
dead on a street corner here Monday
afternoon Coroner w. E. Mowery
will hold an inquest Humbarger
leaves q wife and five children.
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Money to Loan

THE SHAWNEE BUILDING
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
offers an easy way to buy q pieoo
Of property or build q houso
and pay for 1t monthly, Just ike
paying rent When you are
down town call at LIS West
Sixth Street and ask them -
a. q one-word primer.
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Winners Of Statuary Contest

Statuary Contest
to end last Friday at O'clock The between
exciting troughout High School finally winning
which will be delivered
distribution these pieces.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-28
ROCK ISLAND ACTION
 GOES INTO U. s. COURT

New York, Aug. 2S-The 5000, ,0oO damage and injunction suit filed in the State Supreme Court last June against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Go. by preferred Nstockhold- CTS of the Keokuk & Des Moines Rail- way Co.,. a leased line, has been trans ferred to the United States District Court.
 Charges were made in the suit of gross misnanagement of the KeoI1uk k lines, failure to pay income due on it's earnings, diversion of it's traffic and waste of it's property. These things were done intentionally, the complaint asserts, in order to benefit the St. Paul & Kansas City Short Line, which the Rock Island is1bui1ding to parallel the Keokuk and Des Moines.