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them now. All of sudden she threw up her arms. Craig, in fury, turned around and fired into the darkness. Then suddenly, as though on the bid ding of some unspoken word, there was a queer silence. Everyone was distinctly conscious of an alien sound the soft thud of many horses feet galloping from the right; then sharp. English voice of command. |
 Hold your fire. men. Close in to the left there Steady"
 The cloud suddenly rolled away from the moon. A long line of horse men were immediately visible. The officer in front rode forward
 Drop your arms and surrender he ordered. sternly.
 The Mongars, who were outnum- bered by twenty to one, obeyed with out hesitation. Their chief seemed unconscious, even, of what had hap pened. He was on his knees. bending over the body of Feerda. half support ed in Craigs arms. The officer turned to Quest.
 Are you the party who left Port Said for the Mongar camp?" he asked
 Quest nodded.
 They took us into the iungle-just escaped. They'd caught us here. though, and I'm afraid we were about finished If you hadn't come along, We are not English-were American
 Same thing" the officer replied, az he held out his hand
 (To BE CoNTINUEp.l
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on their horses. and, turning north wards, galloped away.
 The professor looked on anxiously.
 "I am not at all sure,' he said in an undertone to Quest. about our po- sition with the Mongars. Craig has a peculiar hold upon them, but as rule they hate white men, and their blood will be up. See! the fight is all over. Those fellows were no match for the Mongars. Most of them have fled and left the caravan"
 The fight was indeed over. Four of the Mongars had galloped away in pursuit of the Arabs who had been the temporary escort of Quest and his companions They passed about a hundred yards away. waving their arms and shouting furiously. One of them even fired shot. which missed Quest by only few inches.
 They say they are coming back, the professor muttered. Who this ? Us the chief and"
 Our search is over, at any rate. Quest interrupted. Its Craig!"
 They came galloping up. Craig in white linen clothes and an Arabs
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Drop your knife," she ordere5

Drop your knife" she ordered Craig.
 He obeyed without hesitation.
 Now, tie the sash around the girl
 He obeyed mechanically Quest took Craig by the collar and led him to the spot where the others were wait ing. They hoisted him on to a horse. Already behind them they could see the flare of the torches from the re- turning Mongars.
 You know the way to Port Said. Quest whispered. See that you lead us there There will be trouble, mind If you don't"
 Craig made no reply He rode off in front of the little troop, covered all the time by Quests revolver. Very soon they were out of the jungle and in the open desert. Quest looked be hind him uneasily
 TO judge by the row those fellows are making he remarked "I should think that they've found Feerda al ready"
 Tn that case," the professor said gravely, let me recommend you to push on as fast as possible. We have had one escape from those fellows. but nothing in the world can save us now that you have laid hands upon Feerda. The chief would never forgive that"
 They galloped steadily on. The moon rose higher and higher until It became as light as day.
 Quest fell a little behind the pro- fessor's side, although he never left of watching Craig.
 Look behind you, professor he whispered
 In the far distance were a number of little black specks, growing every moment larger. Even at that moment icy heard the low, long call of the Mongars.
 They are gaining on us, Quest muttered.
 They raced on for another mile or more. A bullet whistled over their heads. Quest frightened his reins.
 No good he sighed Wed better stay and fight it out professor. Stick close to me, Lenora"
 They drew up and hastily dismount- ed The Mongars closed in around them. A cloud had drifted in front Of the moon, and in the darkness it was almost impossible to see their whereabouts. They heard the chiefs voice.
 Shoot first that dog of Craig,''
 There was shriek. Suddenly Feerda. breaking loose from the oth- CTS, raced across the little division. She flung herself from her horse.
 Tell my father that you were not faithless," she pleaded They shall not kill you!"
 She elung to Craig's neck. The bull lets were beginning to whistle around
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Sanford Quest, master crimnologist of the world, finds that in bringing to ius- tice Maedougal. the murderer of Lord Ashleigh's daughter, he has but just be- gun life-and-death struggle with A. mysterious master criminal. In hidden hut in Professor Ashleigh's garden he has seen an anthropoid ape skeleton and a living fnhuman creature. half monkey. half man, destroyed by fire. In his rooms have appeared from nowhere black boxes containing sarcastic notes, signed by a pair of armless hands. Laura and Lenora. his assistants, suspect Craig, the pro lessor s servant, of double murder. The black boxes continue to appear in unean- ny fashion. Craig is trapped by Quest but escapes to England. where Quest, Le- nora and the professor follow him. Lord Ashieigh IS murdered by the Hands Le- nora Is abducted in London and rescued Craig is captured and escapes to Port Said. where Quest and his party also go and beyond into the desert
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absolutely refused my request. Feerda has overheard some of your conversa- ton, and the chief believes that you will betray us. You will have to come, too"
 They all rose at once to their feet, and few moments later horses were brought.
 The little procession was already be- ing formed in line. Craig approached them once more.
 You will mount now and ride in the middle of our caravan," he directed "The chief does not trust you. If you value your lives, you will do as you are bidden"
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CHAPTER XXiV.

You can call this fairyland, if you want" Laura remarked, gazing around her: "I call it nasty, damp, oozy spot"
 Quest motioned them to sit little nearer.
 T had moments talk with Craig this morning, and from what he says I fancy they mean to make move a little farther in before long It'll be all the more difficult to escape them"
 You think we could get away?" Lenora whispered, eagerly.
 Quest glanced cautiously around. They were surrounded by thick vege- tation, but they were only very short distance from the camp.
 Seems to me-" he continued, i've shall have to try it some day or other and I'm all for trying it soon. Even | if they caught us, I don't believe they'd dare to kill us, with the Eng. fish soldiers so close behind 1 am going to get hold of two or three rifles and some ammunition. That's easy, because they leave them about all the time. And what you girls want to do is to hide some food and get bot tie of water
 What about Craig?" the professor asked.
 We are going to take him along Quest declared, grimly. He's had the devils own luck so far but it can't last forever. I'll see to that part of the business, if you others get ready and wait for me to give the signal.
 They dispersed in various directions. It was not until late in the evening. little to indulge in their customary orgy of crooning songs, that they were absolutely alone. Quest looked out of the tent in which they had been sit ting and came back again.
 ''Well?"
 Laura lifted her skirt and showed an unusual projection underneath.
 'Lenora and I have pinned up our petticoats,' she announced We've got plenty of food and a bottle Of water"
 Quest threw open the white Arab cloak which he had been wearing. He had three rifles strapped around him.
 'The professors got the ammuni- tion," he said, "and we've five horses tethered a hundred paces along the track we came by, just behind the second tree turning to the left. I want you all to go there now at once and take the rifles. There isn't soul in the camp and you can carry them wrapped in this cloak. I'll join you in ten minutes"
 What about Craig?' the professor inquired.
 q am seeing to him." Quest replied.
 Lenora hesitated.
 Isn't it rather a risk?" she whis- pered fearfully.
 Quests face was suddenly stern.
 Craig is going back with us." he said. 'I1l be careful, Lenora. Don't worry"
 He strolled out of the tent and came back again.
 The coasts clear" he announced. of you go. One moment he added, there are some papers in this little box of mine which one of you might take care of
 He bent hastily over the little wallet, which never left him. Suddenly lit tle exclamation broke from his lips.
 What is it?'
 Quest never said a word. From one of the spaces of the wallet he drew out a small black box, removed the lid and held out the card. They read it to- gether:
 Fools, all of you! The cunning Of the ages defeats your puny efforts at every turn.-The Hands.
 Even the professors lips blanched a little as he read. Quest. however. seemed suddenly furious. He tore the card and the box to pieces, flung them
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The BLACK BOX By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

Novelized from the motion picture drama of the same name produced by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company Illustrated with pho tograPhs from the motion picture production.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
PROBES BORDER ATTACK
Lansing to Know If Factions Violated
Neutrality Pact.

Washington. July 22.-Secretary
Lansing announced today that the
state department was investigating
whether the attack of Carranza forces
at Naco and the fighting which fol-
lowed were violation of the agreement
both Carranza and Villa factions had
made with Brigadier General Scott,
chief staff of the army, for a neutral
zone on the border.
Red Cross officials have asked for a
conference with President Wilson on
the seriousness of the situation in get
ting relief into Mexico. No comm uni
cation came through today from Mex
leo City, now again. in possession OF
the Zapata forces.
Charles A. Douglas, General Car
ranza's American counsel, cabled the
Carranza agency here today that be-
fore General Gonzales evacuated Mex
leo City he had distributed to the poor,
one million pesos-enough to aid 49,
900 families-and had brought into
the capital sixty carloads of foodstuffs
and established 40 distributing de-
DOtS
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BODY IS UNCLAIMED.
Identity of Harvest Hand Who Died
Here Is Still a Mystery.

A harvest hand, seriously i'll, was
found in Topeka about week ago. He
was taken to Christ's hospital where
he died. Before his death he gave his
name to the hospital authorities as
A. S. Lee, and his residence as Kansas
City. He claimed that he had no
friends in that place, however.
H. w. BOmgardner, a local under
taker, took charge of the body and It
tempted to find out the identity of
the man. He wrote to the police de-
partment i'll Kansas City and Omaha
but nothing could be learned. Today
it was discovered: that Lee passed
through Topeka on his way to the
harvest fields about six weeks ago.
During the high water he stayed with
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Deppe of 1882
North Taylor street. To them he gave
his name as Herman Resch. He claim
ed to have come from st. Louis ac-
cording to the information obtained
from the Deppe family, and said that
his wife was in that place.
The body is being held at the Bonn
gardner undertaking parlors. Today
Mr.. Bomgardner wrote to the authOri-
ties in St. Louis A letter was found
in the pockets of the dead man appar-
emily from his wife and was postmark
ed Kansas City. No clue as to the
identity of the man has yet been found.
The cause of his death was nephritis.
Unless his relatives or friends can be
located the body Will be buried at the
exnenSQ of the county,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
WANT WORK STOPPED.
East Side Citizens Object to Activities
of Drainage Board.

A mass meeting of the taxpayers of
the East side drainage district was
held. last night at Notes hall 913
East Sixth street, at which two hum
dred persons were present. The meet
ing was called to order by the chair
man, r. I. Jones. After the reading
of the minutes the Following resolu-
ton was offered by the committee on
resolutions and was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved That we. the petitioning
taxpayers Of the East Side .ShunSa-
nunga Drainage district, deem it ad-
visible and to the best interests OF
the taxpayers living within the boun-
Diary lines of the district. that further
work in the district cease. in view of
the present paving taxes and the pro :
posed sewer which will. be burden
to all, and we request you! to discon-
tinue further expenditures.
We further resolve:
That if the petition is not faVora bly,
acted upon. we shalt deem it adVlSlDle
to take whatever steps are necessary
to accomplish the purpose of the pre-
A resolution was adopted asking
for a committee to be elected to audit
the books of the drainage board and
make a complete record of their find
ings. Charles Swearengen, L. Candy
and NJ. T. Watson were selected as the
auditing committee. Mr.. Parkhurst
engineer for the district, gave an adj
dress on the drainage propositions of
the Shunganunga creek and the
"spill-way nuisance"
City Engineer A. r. Young explain
ed the proposed East side sewer. A
committee composed of r. 1. Jones,
Chas. Parker, A. Rosander and c. A.
Bradley was appointed to present the
petition to the board at the next meet
ing, Monday. August 2. The district
COmnOSPd j.
president; L. j. Darr, treasurer, and
Geo. Bowman secretary
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BIDS ARE HELD UP
Contract for East Side Sewer Is
Not Awarded.
Lowest Bidder 25 Per Cent Be-
low the Estimate.

Bids for the construction of the big
East side sewer were opened by tbs:
city commission today and as result
the members of the commission are
still blinking and rubbing cheir eyes
to make sure that no mistake has
been made in reading the figures Of
F. NJ. TorSon, of Kansas City, Kan,
whose bid is approximately twenty
five per cent below the cost estimated
by A. r. Young, city engineer. Young :
estimate was $129,191.9S. Torson' S
bid is 5,430.73, or S2476f.25 be-
low the estimate.
Three bids in all were received. The
Commercial Construction company. OF
Chicago. represented by A. BIckel, bio
1927, j. A. Pringle, the Lowest
bidder, except Torson, offered to do
the work for $125,S34.S9. Stingley <
Peak submitted a bid of $12S,000 but
titled check and the bid was not con-
sidered. Frank Coats, of the Willis
Construction company, prepared a bid
but did not submit it. HIS bid was
also approximately $128,000.
The bid of Torson was SO vely low
that the members of the city commits
sion postponed awarding the contra ct
until an investigation could be made.
The matter was referred tc a commit
tee composed of w. G.. Tandy, city
commissioner of streets, Jay E. House,
mayor, and George%sR- Hayden, city
attorney, with instructions to report
Monday to the commission. The mo-
ton to do this was made by Tandy.
Il have confidence in the ability of
Mr.. Young, city engineer, to prepare
a fair estimate" said Mr.. Tandy, land
the bids of the other contra ctors in
dictate that Young's estimate was
fair one. Consequently L do not be-
ieve that any contractor can co the
work for rs per cert below this esti-
mate without SHINING the job, and
as the city will rot stand for SLOUGH
work., the result would be litigation
against tho contra ctor and his bonds
men and that means delay for several
months or year with streets all torn
up and the residents of the district not
only without sewer service, but able
to even have a vault Cleaned, TO say
nothing of the fact that interest on
their bonds would be running while
they were having nothing to show for
it, "a.
Mayor House holds the same views
as does Tandy and the city will sec
that the residents of the district are
protected before any contract is
awarded.
Il still believe that my estimate is
a fair one, and l believe every expert
enced contractor will agree with me-
crid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
State Starts Crusade Against
Labor Agencies.
1Ieged Questionable Concerns
To Be Investigated.
HARVEST HANDS COMPLAIN
Claimed They Were Sent to
Communities of No Wheat.
Wichita Employment Bureaus
Are Under Suspicion.

Following the receipt of numerous
complaints from disappointed harvest
hands, the state labor bureau today
started crusade against questionable
employment concerns. The first step
in the fight to rid the state of al
legged illegal employment agencies was
when Paul Mcbride. state labor con-
missioner, today notified L. Z. Bates
and F. A. Bates. of Wichita, to appear
in Topeka and show reason why their
license should not be revoked.
Since the opening of the harvest
season in Kansas. many complaints
have been filed with the state depart
ment of labor against various employ
ment agencies. Most of the complaints
have been filed against Wichita COM
panieS which are alleged to nave sent
men to harvest wheat in communities
where there was no wheat to harvest.
In each Instance, it is claimed, the in
nocent harvest hand paid a fee for
work which he did not find. That was
no. all The men We're sent to some
remote section of the state and N
many cases were stranded when they
found there was no work.
The Wakeeny Case.
In the case of the Bates brothers.
it is charged that they sent 80 men to
Wakeeny to help harvest the Kansas
wheat crop. When the men arrived
they We're told that the demand fer
men had been met. 1t is claimed that
the Wichita agency sent the men to
northwestern wheat fields merely up
on the strength of press dispatches
which recited that harvest hands were
needed. Each of the SO men paid 5
for the job which he did not get. They
also paid their railroad fare from
Wichita TO Wakeeny
As result of the trouble which fol-
lowed the failure Of the men 10 receive
work, near riot was Drecipitatcd. In
an encounter Patrick O'Malley of
Kansas City is said to have been shot
and dangerously wounded.
No definite date has been set for the
Bates hearing. The mer have been
notified to come to Topeka and show
cause why their license should not be
revoked. Similar action, it is asserted
may be taken against other employ
ment agencies.
There is no criminal law under
which the officers of the agency may
be prosecuted, it is stated. The men
who paid for jobs they did not receive
may recover judgment for their fee
and expenses in civil action, but the
only steps which the state can take in
the case is 20 revoke the license of the
offending agency
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
WAR EXPORTS BIC
Large Increases Seen i'm Ship
ments to Europe.
Vast Sales of Explosives, Steel,
Clothing, FOOdstuffs.

Washington. July 22.-Large in
creases in exports Of explosives, iron
and steel manufactures, automobile
leather, cotton and woClcn goods
chemicals, all classes of metal goods
and in foodstuffs are shown py detail
tics for May, issued today.
Exports # explosives over May,
1914, increased S5,5O0,0C0. The to-
tai Tor last May aggregated $500
600. Exports of explosives for eleven
months in 1914, aggregated approx-
imately 100000, while for eleven
months in he fiscal year 1915 me to-
tai exceeds $30,000,0OO.
Iron and steel exports for May ag-
gregated 26,5OO.OOO, an increase Of
$6,S00,0O0 over May, 1914. CONNER
cial automobile exports agsresate ted
$1,000, 900, an increase of $5,5OU,OOO.
For eleven months this year CONNER
cial automobile exports amount to
approximately S30,U00,000, as COM
pared with 1000 900 for the previous
period.
Refined sugar exports for the elev-
en- months aggregate $23,000,00. an
increase of more than s21.OO0,0OO.
Flour exports for May aggregated
S9,S00,OOO, an increase of Say50O,000
over May, 1911. For the clever months
flour aggregated $SS, 100000, as COM
pared with $5o,000.000 in the 1914
period.
LedlIieI Hl'-iuIactufeS, Olnef tndn
boots and shoes, increased over May
1914, S4,9O0,000; cotton goods 81
100000; brass and manufactures
thereof, $3,600,00O; cars and car
riages, 81 100000; cotton seed oil ST.
100000; cheese S1.SO0,O0O; zinc man
IL f C s., s2,500,000; aeroplanes,
100000.
Slight decreases occurred in exports
of copper boards, electrical goods, ag-
ricultural implements, naval stores
timber, tobacco. alcoholic bevera geS,
oarthenware and musical instruments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
BIRTHS REPORTED.

The following births have been re-
ported to the office of the city clerk:
Scott, George B., and wife, Soldier
township, girl, July 16.
Beatie, DR.. o. o., and wife, 1878
Mulvane street, boy, July 16.
Marsh, John w, and wife, 1895
Kansas avenue. a boy, July 20.
Kloster, Constantine, and wife, 545
East Sardou, girl, July 20.
Riley, James, B., and wife, Route 6,
North Topeka, girl, July 15.
Kleine, j. P, and wife, 1928 North
Van Buren, street, a girl. July Is.
Statch, William, and wife, Rossville,
a girl. July 16.
Mccoy, James Henry. and wife, 154
Holman street. a girl, July II.
Kahler, George, and wife, 400 Ash
street, a boy, July IS.
New5ergs George. and wife, 1911
Laurent street, boy, July Il.
Dixon, Beecher, and wife, 421 Lin
coin street. a boy, July 10.
CLANCY, James Edward, and wife,
72S Weir street, a girl, July 20.
Bivens, Tony Elmer, and wife, 1912
West street, a girl, July 10.
Lilies, William Robert, and wife, SIC
Western avenue, girl, July 20.
Chandler, Herbert, and wife, juno
ton CitH, boy, born at st. Francis
hospital July 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22

Fairgrounds association at the Com
merciaI club quarters today
The picnic will b. all all-day affair
and the parents will be asked to join
the children in the evening. pro-
gram of games will he arranged by w.
2. MacLean, director of physical edu-
cation, and his playground directors.
Each child will be expected to bring
his own lunch. The Federation of
Women will be asked to appoint
committee I o check the lunches This
committee proba bly, Will work in
shifts-fiVe or six persons at time
J. E Wilson. w L. Porter and
Frank L. Snow were named as a COM
mittee on zransportat ton Mrs. G j.
Evans, w. p. MacLcan, w G. MaSaw
and DR.. H. b. Wood will arrange for
refreshments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22

workers had been offered increases
ranging from 70 cents to a dollar a
day could not be confirmed.
Gompers sto Bridgeport.
= Washington, July 22.-Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor and representa-
tiveS of other trade unions, who met
here yesterday to consider the Rem
ington strike, will go to Bridgeport
tonight for d conference tomorrow,
despite the developments which may
end the trouble. 1t was said today
that the juriSdictional diSpute'for con-
troll of organized millwrIghts between
the International AsSocia ton of Ma
ehinists, United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers, is a matter of prime
importance which needs adjustment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-22
FAKE AGENTS ARRESTED.
Collected Fee From 100 Harvest
Hands and Gave No Jobs.

Wichita, Kan, July pa warrant
for the arrest of E. e. Bates and F. A.
Bates, proprietors of an employment
agency, was issued here Wednesday
A complaint charging violations of the
state law governing employment agen-
cies was sworn to- by J. E. Collins,
deputy state labor. commissioner. The
employment men are alleged to have
eXacted a fee of 81 from more than
a hundred harvest hands to secure
work for them at Wakeeney, Kan. No
work was obtainable at that place
according to Mr.. Collins He. asserts
that protests regarding the number of
men being sent there have been re-
coiUad