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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-23

But you can't pay the rent with q
feeling of superiority
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-23

There are many things that may in
terfere with a mans appetite, but love
isn't one of them
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-23

Some people judge books simply
by their looks.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-23

How detected those COWS look"
Maybe that is why their milk is
so blue
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-23

Vii IolAc1l II - L. = ~ -
Jerusalem, but in other
sacred places of the
Holy Land Christians
are entirely shut out by
the Turks or must
venture there at the
risk of their lives.
In Jerusalem the
American tourist could,
before the war, visit
such sites as the gar
den of Gethsemane.
with the olive tree
where the Savior was
betrayed by Judas and
the garden tomb of Je-
sus, near Mount Cal
vary.
Many of the most in
teresting parts of Jeru-
salem have, however,
not been open to the
visitor or the explorer
Chief among these is
the site of the temple
of Solomon. which can
not be touched by a
Christian or a Hebrew
because it is occupied
by a Mohammedau
mosque.
Excavations in the
temple area may still
reveal the altar of sac
rifice. the brazen altar.
the table of shew bread.
molten sea and various
ether sacred objects
mentioned in the RihJa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-16
PLAN Love FEAST
Democrats Are Holding IA Preliminar,
Meeting Hero.

Members of the Democratic ban
quet committee will lay plans for their
February love feast at a meeting to be
held at the Throop hotel October Is.
Several members of the committee
met in Topeka this week and now are
working out details for one of the
most elaborate banquets ever given by
Kansas BourbonS.
1t is the plan of the banquet COM
mittee to bring national speaker to
Topeka for the February dinner and
to launch their 1915 campaign at the
February % love feast. Among mem
bers of the committee who met in To-
peka to discuss informally their plans
were: w. c. Lansdon, Salina; w. T.
Tullous, Rantoul; James E. Park, CO.
lumbus; Walter B. Stringley, Manhat-
TAM w. B. Drieling, Hays; E. M Eby,
wellington; w. H. Kemper and
George Young, Topeka 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-16
AUTOMOBILE EXHIBIT
rcontinued from Preceding Page.l

CONTINUED from Preceding Page.]
represented by the Independent COM
pany, is priced at s2,170.
The Independent Auto company also
represents the Chandler Light Six car.
w. NJ. Goodrich. of Kansas City, is
here demonstrating the Chandler this
week, along with statesmen of the local
agency. The Chandler is being sold
for $1.295, factory. and is a 7-passen-
ger car, weighing 2,S90 pounds. W.
w. Babcock, of Moberly, Mo-, drove
a Chandler from San Francisco to
Topeka without buying a new tire
He arrived here this week and re-
ported his good luck and interesting
experiences to Motor hall visitors.
Babcock carried with him a heavier
car of standard make which was swal-
lowed up in quicksand.
The exhibit of Oakland cars was
not in evidence up to Thursday. J.
r. Johnson is the local Oakland
dealer, handling the Skies at his gar
age on Quincy street. Johnson was
one of the agents who built Motor
hall and has reserved a booth for the
stylish sturdy as the oak" machine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-16
"COPE" GORDON ILL

Well Known Topekan Sick After
Amputation of Toe.
J. c. Gordon, the well known former
proprietor of the Copeland hotel, has
returned i'll to his apartments in his
building at 800 Kansas avenue, from
the hospital where he has been con-
fined for several weeks following the
amputatiOn of q toe.
He recently spent several months in
California and although "a years old
walked about much seeing the expo
SitiOnS.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-27
lR1 Fradariok !. HaslIin.l

The ma{1 On the street Il TO be
treated to a surprise when the re-
lnorta which naWal experts are to
make "a the President and upon.
which the Prestdan4 win base recon-
lmandations to Congress- are made
nuhac. This surprise WI be due to
the fact that ff1e nayaI authorities Of
| tha nation VIII say that the subma-
rina "a Of LITTLE inportanoe and that
ltha dreadnaughts still rules the
waves.
This. the experts hold. IA one OF the
i'bfe lessons of the war. but one that
liz not apparent TO the casual observer.
The submarine has been one. OF the
most stirling developments Of the
lgreat conAict has attracted more at
Itantion than any other of the new
laIIy interfere with the commerce. of
lC.raat Faritain or France or. to have
lany erect upon their dominance of
the seas. The shtps Of England have
Ipr,na steadily about their. business de
snfte II and the loses of vessels leav-
! ing British ports has been but two
lin a tf1ouand. The 1898 have borne
their cargoes to the ports for which
thew cleared. The losses have been
laccepted as q chance OF war and have
mot prevented other shtps from put
Ittne forth.
Losses Slight.
\ a nat7, Of the sea. has been steadily
kent s.open between England and
fFrance. soldiers have been freely
and supplies have gone
sorward IN a constant stream. The
lIoss Of transports or fighting ships
has been 40 slight as to amount to
n almost nothing.
Vet the exnerts noint out the con
Idt+ions roundahout England are IDEAL
liy advantaoeons To submarine war
fare Germany has had her own
home ports al a basis Of operations
ana me sea, lanes leading out from
|Rrittsh lnarbors have been in easy
beach of the German base. The same
EEie +r,e If the Italian norts with re
i 10 to Anstr;a Vet the submarine
has nroved itself hut a wasp that
co1,1d sting most aggravatingly at
H times. but which could inflict no mortal
Iwonnd
IF submarines could not prove them
n selves q. vital element in a war be-
tween European nations situated as
A;ct # is said thai it would deserve
little consideration in any conflict
with any nation that could be consid-
arad an amhitfoua nossfble enemy OF
|ithe United States. The distance that
lilies hetween this country and any
lotI1ar that is at ali powerful would
render the submarine SO much less
effectiye than it is around England
that Uncle sam would nave little to
fear from It.
;T.ouallv interesting is the expert
loninion upon the part that the dread
Inanght mas PLAYED in the present war
and mon it's importance in a con
lsiderafion of possibilities that may
.larise. The big lighting craft have
maze so few snectacular appearance
that thew have been almost forgot
item and the public has begun to say
that the big ships are thing of the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-27

The sea elephant uses IS trunk to
seize its prey and to tarnsfer food to
its mouth Just as does its brother
which roams the land.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-09

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steps another bend ana another dighl
Of stnits. Then along d long corridor
where scarcely q ruy Of light was yisi
Die. An the time the shufiilng feet of
the little yellow man could be heard Ia
the advance.
4 Then a door stopped the procession.
Another series Of signals. Another long
walf The door opened with a pecu-
liar rumbling sound They entered a
queerly arranged room. At first glance
It seemed very small. but us the eye
travelled around its walls It's strange
shape gave one a feeling OF fearsome
apprehension II was completely cyl
indlical.
Wilkcrson ut sign from the China
man laid Ruth on the floor and Chi
nese woman shutlled to her at the beck
OF the yellow man. Leaving her in
the charge Of the oriental. the others
returned the way they hnd come.
Oh the arrival of Dorr In San Fran
cisco he was met by Everett at the
ferry and together they started the
search for Ruth. First they began a
round Of the hotels. Failing to locate
her at any Of the smaller hotels. first
inquiring at the st. Francis, where she
was supposed to stop. they arrived ut
the Alai;x
Weary and sore from Ills narrow es-
cape Of the night before. Dorr was
ready To retire n his room Intending
to purchase wearing apparel the next
day.
Desiring TO put some Of his personal
effects away. he tried to open the dres-
ser drawers and discovered them to be
locked He sent for key, and to his
amazemeiit. on opening one Of the
drawers he discovered Ruths papers
to the mine.
He mule speedy inquiry at the office
and from the clerk and the detective
learned Of the getaway Of Mrs. Dar-
nell and her party.
4 Drake In the interim secured quar-
tcrs for the quartet. and still leaving
Ruth IN secure hiding. well guarded by
the wntchfn Wall Sing. former
partner of Wilkcrspn iii the
days of the "opiunl ring" they walked
10 the lodging house and settled them
selves to await further developments.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-09
Left Handed Men Mo, Defective.

AZ left handedness Is an inherited
characteristic. apparently behaving as
Mendelian recessiye. it Is interesting
to note the belief Of some investigators
that 1t is one Of the stigmata OF degen
erncy. says the Journal of Heredity
Bardeleben is quoted In German peri
odicals as saying:
''rhat few great men, such as
Leonardo da yinci. were left handed
does not noutraiize the prevalent be-
lief In all ages that left handedness
implies substandard subject. The
percentage nf left handed recruits is
but G.s: of school children somewhat
higher These figures are very decep-
tive. however. for OF the left banded
children who become right handed the
percentage is some 90 This, added to
The perslstentiy left landed. raises the
original percentage of left handed con.
siGcrably"
After pointing ont that the gibbon
ana ornng outang are as rule right
handed and the gorilla and chimpap.
zee left handed the speaker decided
there was no evidence at all that a
left handed person was mentally or
inferior.
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M4
After moilInG over the problem he
lfelt tint lie must coilndc Iii some one
or MI the men in the mine he trusted
only Tom Kane. He strode down the
hsli to the cook shnnty ana found the
old man engaged IN his task OF prepar
Ing the MONDAY meal
Look here. Tom John said alb.
ruptly, holding out the telegram. II
haven't said anything before, but Ruth
Is lost in San Francisco. I've wired
Everett before, He can't lind her"
Without word the cook reached
for tile yellow slip and read it slowly.
He glanced up and said with the ut
most simplicity. n reckon you'd bet
ter catch this evenings express
"Rut my work here-somebody has
ROT to hook after the mine and vilker-
son
Tom Kane glanced at him and then
AT the bit Of paper. Il know how you
feel he muttered, but I've cooked
years enough to know that If you leave
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lwss worth while. Eie Would W. ~
mine and tile woman also
| The mInel The Master Keyl'
| The thought brought him bnck ike
the snnpplng Or 4 whip.
Where is the grip he asked almost
brusquely.
I'm there" and Mrs Darnell pointed
to the curtains dividing Ruth's room
from the other.
Wilkerson started toward the arclI-
why.
Harry"
He turned.
You mustn't 80 III there"
why not
shes sleeping you'll nwaen her."
''Oh. al right" He paused and look
ed from Drake to Mrs. Darnell We'll,
let's get down to business. Where ure
the papers? Have you got them YETI"
Ssh. Not SO loud iiild Mrs. Dar
nell looked lppreliensivcly toward the
heavy plush hangings.
"Oh, that's all right, Jean But we
must hurry this thing up
In her bed Ruth stirred The MUIR
mur of voices came to her as in a trou-
bled dream. Whose we're they? Where
had she lleur,l that voice before? The
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-09
BROOK FISH.
Why They Do Not Get Carried Away
Out lnto Deep Waters.

III you watch school Of minnows in
some stream that has Il strong and
swift current you will see that they
always head upstream The reason
Is plain. Only by constantly swim
ming against the current can the brook
dsli remain Il brook fish and not final
ly be carried out 10 sea, as the brook
empties into Il river, and the river
empties into the ocean. but we cam,
not suppose thar the brook fish knows
that this Will happen II it weakly al
lows the stream to carry 1t along. The
young minnow is born with the IN.
stinct to resist the tow Of the brook.
The most natural superstition would
be that the instinct amounts to Il ten
dency to push against the pressure
OF the water, but experiments have
shown that 1t Is not the sense OF
touch, but the sense of sight that
plays the important part. The instinct
Of the brook fish is not to swim against
the current. but to keep near the same
SCENERY" on the banks or bottom OF
the stream
The experiments that proved this
were performed some years ago by
Professor L, r. Lyon He put some
little fish into bottle filed with wa
tel aud corked the bottle. which he
then placed In an aquarium, whose
sides hnd seawecd upon them When
he moved the bottle along by the wall
all the fish crowded to the hinder end
OF the bottle. or course there was no
current III the bottle. The fish were
trying to keep alongside that part of
the seawccd covered wall that was op-
pos.te them before the bottle was
moved.
In another experiment the professor
reversed the conditions He made a
wooden box with wife netting at each
e,ri Its bottom he covci> 4 with sand
and lis upncr sides with sea weed, Then
he put tt.a ilsh into this box and piac-
"a " III a stream As long as the box
was kept still the fish headed against
the current but rs soon as the box
WIS allowed to toat away In the
'titAiH thc uoh iIS4ut IL SWdu III any
direction. While the box was still the
ish. unless they made head against
he stream. were carried along past
heir landmarks on the sides and bot
ON OF the box. But when the box
lcated along with them they carried
heir landmarks with them, and so
hes made no opposition to being
wept along by the stream Youths
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Master of the master Kay" Nina
VxYI HEN Roth Gallon did not cal
" upon him and he found him
E1 SELF unable to locate be-
Charles Everett was at II losi
what 70 DO. He had wired Dorr Of hil
\ anxiety about her and had received
word Ia reply that the young engineer
bad received conflicting messages.
Unhappily for the giri. Everett was
called out Of town. And 50 when he
found himself forced to make hur.
ried trip to San Francisco her predica
ment became the more pronounced
The false Everett, George Drake. tooF
It upon himself to can ut the Ritz for
her mail. and, returning with word
that there was none for her Ruth felt
strange premonition that mattors
were not progressing as they should
Mrs Darnell found her gazing out OF
shc drawing room window. huddlel in
pathetic little heap, detection stamp
20 Ca features and form
.g1arie,r purTed the hostess, "yon
ioos as IL you had lost your last friend
oysssslfh DO cheer up. What is the
+ t.ou'aes'
a Iinih turned her head, but remained
Y u the saig:e greer iittle attitude realy
.ng s. . plaintiye voice:
NJ @;i dtsn nut understand why Mr. norr
afsssIOt written or wired me Really.
~ ~ Darnell. | am beginning TO fear
that something has happened to him."
Mrs. DMrnpIl looked at her searching.
Ii. but recovered quickly under the
questioning return gaze.
Do not worry, Ruth. Everything
will come out all right, Supposing we
take II drive. The air and sunshine
will do you world Of good
Every minute was one of delight to
the Hnsophisticatcd girl. and each new
sight and vista opened new world
to her inexperienced mind. After Il
stop at Grants tomb they speeded
downtown, reaching Columbus circle
after a run through Central park. A
Blowout Of one Of the tires caused a
delay. Ruth tired Of sitting III the
cur. and. Jumping out. she spied for
lists window. Before Mrs. Darnell
could think Of the possibility OF mis-
carriage of her well laid plans the girl
was inside. She purchased violets for
both and was on her way out when
she saw a telephone lntuitiyely. ritl-
or than, from any other motive. She
hastily called UP Mr.. Everett's office.
10 her nmazcment she learned That he
had gone west
Her news was even more startling
to Mrs. Darneyl than ii had been to
Ruth. Quick action was needed. and.
leaving Ruth in the ear with pre-
yaricated excuse. the older women WIS
soon phoning to Drake, telling him 10
go west at once and instructing him
to meet them in San Francisco. where
he was to pose as Everett aud continue
carrying out the plot to secure posses
sion OF Ruth's mining property.
And thus Ii came about that five
days later found them In the metlop-
Dlis Of the Pacific coast. where they
were net by Drake, still posing as Ev-
erett.
The greatest difficulty lay III reconcil-
Ing Ruth's mind to the mystery OF !.
Everett's sudden departure after she
had seen him at Mrs Darnell's the :
night before. But the cieverness Of I
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|s7EES1 Vista. He felt in bis pockets
gk:J to see how much money he
4 had. He discovered that through an
oversight he had put into his pocket
/ before leaving the office the last San
francisco mint check for something
ike $4,000. There was besides this a
/ couple of hundred dollars.
II He pulled this out, stared at it. laugh
ed and went on Frisco for mine"
/ said be-
The evening sun was pouring pale
blue light through high Pacific fog
when John Dorr came to his senses.
! Twenty feet away the machine was
smodcring and the smell Of oil ana
yariilsh lay like miasma in the gulch.
He could hardly breathe. He strug
gled painfully up the slope toward the
road and then lost consciousness again.
1t was only for moment, for Tom
Kane desert wise, travelling In the cool
of tile evening. stopped his burros at
the top of the declivity. wondering
vllat the fire was. He saw that the
bridge was gone. This might be due
to tramps camped In the dry bed of
the creek. not attending to their blaze.
He led the burros off the road and
down the slope. only to stop with an
exclamation such as he had not used
In years. John Dorr 10y there with
his fingers clutched into the gray
mari
He stopped over aud saw that the
body bulking heavily Il; the misty
light. still held it's vital spark.
Where is Hickman. the drlser?"
The cook peered around and then once |
more bent over the rnntionless foru T
OF the young engineer. With great ex
ertion he managed TO lift him up and !
niaee him across one OF the pack sad
dies. Johns arm automatically clasp
ing ihe little animals neck. Seeing
him secure. aud conding 10 lis senses.
Kane went down 10 the smuIdering re-
rasIins of the inachine 10 search for
his companion One glance was suffi.
cient. lie quietly went back aud start.
ed his journey toward tue mine. His
old hands. seared by yenrs OF cooking.
Iatted The alInost inanImute form OF
Ilpw
They were almost TO the Master
Key mine wien Dorr came to himself.
slipped or the pack saddle aud stood
up weakly.
Whit happenedy he muttered.
-Nothiny mueh.r said Kane. putting
Ifs arm about him. ''You had bad
nit That bridge never was any too
trong
"Bridze,~ said Dorr ~The bridge is
onef-
SURE said old Tom Kane enslly.
10 his burros again. -yon
ust come airng With me-"
~But ! haven't got my coat"
The cook looked NJ him with swift
His coat had been I'm
be seat Of the mnchine and was burii-
d I'm get you another coat when
- get back TO camp" he said com. =
ortingly. SO they progressed the long c
nd dusty road back to the Master
Ley" II was dark when they ar.l
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britige Or considerable height II wa
ini1afsernoon when Harry Wilkersol
threw the bride rein over his pony
| head and climbed down the hill Stop,
! ull he was directly under the bridge
Then he pulled the little saw out Of hi
sliirt bosom and began work. Fifteer
minutes Inter he climbed up to thu
road. broke the saw in two. flung tht
pieces ilito the brush and rode away
He did not 80 far
| From his place OF vantage halfway
| up the hill he waited The hour thai
elapsed before he heard the coughing
OF the motor seemed All endless success
sion Of deadly seconds, each marked
by stabbing breath Then he saw
the truck emerge from the cut and com.
mence to rumble heavily down the
slope. John Dorr was driving. with
him was one of the hands.
The heavy truck bumped upon the
bridge. and in the desert silence the
man on the hill saw it quietly sway to
one side and then plunge downward
to the rocks below Before the sound
Of that crash could reach his listening
ears he saw q sudden burst of flame
shoot up dense swirl of smoke Then,
Ike the PARKWAY cracking Of 4 fire,
came the noise Of tile yielding tinhers.
followed by dull boom.
My Godl" whispered Wilkerson to
himself. "The gasoline tank exploded
and the car Is on fret He crouched
In the brush, waiting to see whether
any one emerged from the gulch. No
one did. The bridge burned flercely
At least no one would ever know the
cause Of this catastrophe. and John
Dorr would not 60 TO San Francisco.
Instinct told him to flee the scene.
But stronger passion overcame him..
be must see for himself what had hap.
pened. He mounted his horse and rode
swiftly down the slope.
The truck had turned completely
over and lay broken and smoldering
across the waterworn powders. VIII
kerson could not see two forms; all
be discerned through the eddying
smoke was the body of John Doir
dung some distance from the truck.
lis pallid face turned ta the blazing
lily.
"Deadw muttered Wilkerson, chilled
With the horror Of the thing he had
lone. 1t bit Int. ..,is very soul, that
Gene, until he could not stand 1t longer
md rode furiously away toward the
'ther side Of the divide. He must 60 1
n his supposed errand about the wood
nd know nothing of this.
On the crest of the mountain he halt
d and looked back. Far below him n
hin curl Of gray smoke marked the
lite of the murder. Knowing that he
7as safe. Wilkerson experienced tire
lendous reaction.
he raised himself exultantly in his
tirrups. He was now master of the
Master Key" mine.
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hNI' SsS'vu rioFlsKh WtnucW-
the schemer ceunterbalanced all doubts
and the girl was therefore persuaded
10 hasten to San Francisco to carry on
her plans.
Accordingly she wired Dorr. but
again "the wires crossed for. al.
though he learned that she was 70.
ing to the western city, he again learn.
ed that Everett had failed to eonnect
with her.
Ruth had been gone many days
when John Dorr received another tele-
gram from Everett that made his heart
stop its regular beat Alone In Ills
cabin be pored over IT MS If there
must be some hidden meaning beneath
the words. II was unbelievable. AT.
er all his pain and bis very careful
foreihought for her comfort and safe
y something had gone wrong. Ev
ereft was brief
San Francisco. April =
John Dorr, Silent Valley, Cal:
Have been unable to Ind Miss Gallon
EVERETT.
For awhile bis rnipd refused TO work
logically. All that he could think of
WAS little Ruth Gallon, she Of the sIen.
der hnnds and pure eyes. lost in the
great city and plteously seeking IA
niliar fate. But he pulled himself Wig
orously together and called up the
agent az the station.
"Bili' he said over the telephone.
This Is Dorr. want TO get wire
through TO San Francisco"
"Ah right. John; what is itT'
John thought moment and then die.
sated this message
Charles Everett. csn Building San Fran
risco.
Mss Gallon was 20 have gone 70 the St
Ff&ncis. rs wircd you before DORR.