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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

short time men were paroled when
McReynoIds was attorney general;
one, Clancy, was taken to San Quentin
on account of fatty degeneration of
mate would improve his health; an
other, Legleitner, is dead. The re-
mainder excepting the thirteen, have
served out their sentences.
The new east cell wing is 351 feet
long, 65 feet wide, so feet from floor
to ceiling, IS feet from the floor of
basement to the top of the roof 1t
will accommodate 1000 men if two
are put in a cell.
New Hospital, Too.
Nor is this the only building feat
of the Morgan administration. hos
pital had been under construction and
its completion also was looked upon
more or less as a joke. Work on thar
building mad dragged along for nine
years prior to 1913 and at that time
not 60 per cent of the work was COM
pleted. 1t was occupied in February,
1915. 1t is modern in every respect. has
SO regular beds and in case of emer-
gency can accommodate 125 patients.
While the east cell wing was under
construction a part of the dynamiters
began the steel construction work on
the west the last of the four cell wings
in the federal prison. The basement
and basement cells are in, stone is up
on the 'front.' walls ABOUT WE'VE Ieet,
the rear wall of brick is up thirty feet
and all preparations are made to rush
the construction during the next eight
months of open weather. When this
is completed the federal prison at
Leavenworth will house between $500
and 1000 prisoners.
A Difficult Problem.
Then a dome will be constructed
similar to the dome at Washington,
d G.. and the prison will be complet-
ed. Upon completion it will look sim
liar to the capitol at Washington.
Even now the perplexing question
of convict employment in the futur
is bothering Warden Morgan. The
government will not permit it's con-
victs to do any work that will inter
fere with union labor. A manufac-
turing plant to turn out blankets, tents
and uniforms has been proposed to the
department of justice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

t. take up a work filled with inr
estimably greater hardships and self
sacrifices, cutting himself off from the
soci of those he loves most TO carry
out a work which seems to him he
personally should do. And SO, Father
Murphy. 1 know 1 speak the sentiment
of this company of men tonight Vnen
/ say we appreciate you all he more
for your loyalty to duty, for -FOUR
strong character which makes IL pos
sibie to renounce friends and pleasures
TO enter into field of duty that feeuls
to you which undoubtedly eocs
demand your talents and your BEST
life efforts and l am proud indeed to
have the opportunity to express pub
licly the good wishes l feel for you.
as are these men gathered round you
tonight, for success in your future un-
dertak3ngs, whatsoever they may be,
and may the great God whom you
serve. have just cause to be proud OF
your work when you have finished
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
MORGAN The man
WHO DOES THINGS
History of What Federal Prison
Head Has Done.
Reads Like a Chapter From a
Story Book.
has BUILT BIG EAST WING
With Accommodations for 1000
Men With Convict Labor.
He Has Completed a Hospital
to Hold SO Beds.

Seventeen hundred and sixteen con-
victs at the federal prison at I-eaven-
worth celebrated their handiworl- this
week, the completion of a 500-cell east
wing after twelve years of convict
labor. Thirty months ago Lcaven-
worth spoke of the end of time by
referring to the completion of the
east cell wing at the federal prison
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
ROSS SPOKE AT ABILENE.
Dickinson County Teachers Hear Su-
pcrintendent of Public Instruction.

Abilene. Kan, March 4-w. D.
Ross, state superintendent Of public
instruction. delivered an address in
Abilene today at the high school to
the members of the Dickinson County
Teachers association. He spoke at
1880 in the afternoon. instead of the
morning, as announced on the pro-
gram. Superintendent Steen extended
cordial invitation to all TO come and
hear Mr.. Ross. who made his initial
appearance in this city today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
Very Unusual.

Then you say you have a model
husband?"
quite. Since we have been mar
ried he has never given the neighbors
xiety."-Kansas City Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

The tensile strength of a paper fly
wheel is far greater than one made
of iron.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
Would Be Square.

Merry King Art-Now, just what are
your reasons for wishing 20 resign
from the Round Table?
Sir Lionel-My wife objects to this
knight work.-CaliforniaP Pelican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

Staylate las clock strikes tweIvel-
" 'Tis now the witching hour of night when
sing onel-''Can you blame them ?T1Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
In The AftergLow
By GRANDPA NORTON

In which old the the the future
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

What's frighte red young Frederick SO
All sound dies in his throat2
These dots when Joined the cause will show
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
The School Lunch

From the Woman's World for October.
The beginning of school presents an
other problem for the home cook TO
is the growing boy or girl,
used to three substantial meals q dav
to be properly fed at mid day? If school
Is near enough and luncheon can ba
aiken at home it must be composed
OF such vlands as can be eaten. not
hurriedly. but with briskness, and NOT
productive Of indigestion later. II The
lunch must be carried it will have to
be appetizing as well as satisfying. and
OF a fair variety, so it will not paE m
on the palate. 1t Is suggested that
mothers lay in a supply Of plain paper
napkins, waxed paper, papier macha
cups and plates. The cost of these ia
trifling, and. they save the table linen
wonderfully, also they require no wash
ing and can be thrown into the waste
box after the lunch is eaten. Even the
home lunch table might be attractivelv
set gu with such articles, and many
extra minutes gained for he home
cook.
Moist eatables such as baked apples
pickles, cream cheese and the like. NAV
be carried neatly in the lunch boy IL
wrapped in two thicknesses Of waved
paper. Hot cocoa or soup may be tn.
ken In a small thermos bottle holding
a pint.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
MENTAL DETECTIVES
IN WASHINGTON, D. C.

There are $50, 900 persons in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. OF these about 1900
are known to be insane. Recently the
children's bureau of the department Of
labor made a search for feeble minded
persons. They found 79S. The opinion
is general that there are about as many
feeble minded as there are insane in a
community.
The bureau sought information from
all Institutions and societies that might
know of defective persons and all social
settlements, pastors, physicians, and
such private individuals as they
thought might know of feeble minded
persons.
While this is the most comprehensive
survey of the detectives in an Ameri-
can community that has been reported
on so far as 1 know, it is easy to under
stand how it found only 500 instead Of
l,4OO. Some surveys now in the max
ing or now being planned should fur
n1sh much more accurate figures.
The American Association for the
Study Of Feeble Minded adopted the
following classification of the feeble
minded:
Idiots-Those so deeply defective
that their mental development does not
exceed that of a normal child of about
2 years.
Imbeciles-Those whose development
is higher THAI that Of an idiot but does
not exceed that OF. a normal child of
about Z years.
Morons-Those whose mental devel-
opment is above that of an imbecile
but does not exceed thai Of a normal
child Of about - years.
Probably not very many. idiots were
missed in the Washington +
Idiots are SO, different from other peo-
pie that the existence of an idiot ia a
n~elghborhood is a matter of common
information. On the other hand, idiots
are generally harmless. They are as
nonaggressive as a small child. Oc-
c~asionally some low down man will
take advantage of the incapacity for
resistance of an idiotic woman and a
detective child is begotten-about the
only way in which an idiot can posi-
lively harm society.
IN such a survey some, but not
many, 1mbeciles are missed. Imbeciles
are generally marked Individuals
known to the n%eighbors. Some were no
doubt missed, and, to make matters
worse, occasionally an imbecile will be-
come a positive enemy to society. I'm
beetles can be trained to do simple
work we'll enough to more thar paw for
their care.
An inquiry Of the kind made in
washington would fail to uncover a
lot OF morons. A good trained moron
properly directed can more than nav
ms way. Unframed, uncontrolled mo-
rons are responsible for a large part of
the crime. Va
OF the 7s8 feeble minded found in
Washington 81 were in a%ppropriate in
stitutions, 249 We're in inappropriate in
stltutions, and 452 were not In institu-
AS regards feeble mindedness Wash.
1ngton is neither better nor worse than
other communities. To get the num-
Der of its easily recognized feeble
minded a community can figure thai It
mas such proportion Of 800 as its non
ulation is Of 100000.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
HAS BIG TELESCOPE
Rejecting Apparatus at Victoria 10
Said to Be the Largest Yet
Constructed.

A. seventy-three inch rejecting tele.
scope, which ranks in size as the
largest telescope of that type yet COM
pleted, has been constructed for the
Dominion Astronomical observatory at
Victoria, Canada. The instrument is
described in Popular Mechanics. The
mirror, which in this type of telescope
ing the rays of light, measures 73
inches in diameter oyer all, is u inches
thick at the edges, and is pierced by
Il hole ten and One-eighth inches in di-
ameter. The silvered upper surface is
4 parabola to bring the reflected light
to a focus, 80 feet above the mirror.
This enormous piece of glass weighs
two and one-quarter tons and yet is SO
accurately supported that no fleXure
can distort the surface, which must
nowhere deviate from the theoretical
curve more than q 2O0-1 900 of an inch.
The instrument weighs so tons and
will rest on massive piers of re-en-
forced concrete. The tube is 81 feet
long and weighs - tons. OF unusual
interest from an engineering point of
view are the dome and observing
bridge. The former is 3G feet in di-
ameter and is provided with a double
shutter having an opening Is feet wide.
All the movements, including revolu-
ton to any desired position as well as
the operation of the shutter, wind
shield and the observing bridge, are
accomplished by means of electric mo.
tors.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19

Duane returned to the door. He
could see far down the street, out into
the country. There he waited, and
minutes were eternities. He saw no
person near him; he heard no sound.
He was insulated In his unnatural
strain.
AT a few minutes before half past 2,
a dark. compact body OF horsemen APP
peared far down, turning into the road.
They came at Il sharp trot.-a group
that would have attracted attention
anywhere at any time. They came a
faster still; now they were four blocks
away. now three. now two. Duane
backed down tho middle Of the vesti-
bule, up the steps. n halted in the
center of the wide doorway.
Their seemed to be a rushing in his
ringing clip-clop Of iron hoofs. He
could see only the corner of the street.
But suddenly into that shot lean
limbed, dusty bay horses. There was
q Gathering Of nervous hoofs pulled to
Q halt.
- D pia sa saw the tawn ~. Pogg'n speak
quickly. They followed suit. They had
the n of ranchers about to con-
duct Some business. No guns showed.
Poggin started leisurely for the bank
door, quiclSening step a little. The 9TH
erS, close together, came behind him.
Blossom Kane had a bag In his left
hand. Jim Fletcher was left at the
curb. and he had already gathered up
the brides.
Poggin entered the vestibule first,
with Kane on one side, Boldt on the
other a little in his rear.
AS he strobe in he saw Duane.
"HelPs fire!" he cried.
Something inside Duane burst, pierre
Ing all of him with cold. Was it that
fear?
Buck Duanel" echoed Kane.
One instant Poggin looked up and
Duane looked down.
Like a striking jaguar Poggin moved.
Almost as quickly Duane threw his
arm.
The guns doomed almost together.
Duane felt a blow just before he
pulled the trigger. His thoughts came
fast, like the strange dots before his
eyes. His rising u had lcosened in
his hand. Poggin had drawn quicker!
a tearing agony encompassed his
breast. He pulled-pulled-at random.
Thunder Of booming shots all about
him! Rec flashes. jets Of smoke, shrill
the end! With fading sight he saw
Kane go down, then Boldt. But, SUI
preme torture. bitterer than death,
Poggin stood, name like a lions back
to the wall, bloody faced, grand, with
his guns spouting red!
All faded, darkened. The thunder
~deadened. Duane fell, seemed floating.
There 1t drifted-Ray Longstreth's
sweet face, white, with dark, tragic
eyes. fading from his sight fad
ing fading
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
"But Ray-you dear. noble griffin
poor. 1 nave nothing. And I'm a

"But Ray-you dear. noble griffin
poor. l have nothing. And I'm a
cripple"
ooh. you'll be we'll some day." she
replied. "And listen. 1 have money.
My mother left me we'll off. All she
stand? Well take Uncle Jim and your
mother. Well go to Louisiana-to my
old home. It's far from here. There's
a plantation to work. There are
horses and cattle-a great cypress for
est to cut. Oh, you'll have much to do.
You'll forget there. You'll learn to
love my home. It's a beautiful old
moss blows all day and the nightin-
gales sing all night"
My darling!" cried Duane, brokenly.
mo, no., not"
Yet he knew in his heart that he was
yielding to her, that he could not re-
sist her a moment longer. What was
this madness of love?
We'll be happy" she whispered.
"Oh, 1 know. Come!-come!--comei"
Her eyes were closing, heavy lidded,
and she lifted sweet, tremulous, wait
ing lips.
With bursting heart Duane bent to
them. Then he held her, close pressed
to him, lille with dim eyes he looked
out over the line of low hills in the
west, down where the sun was setting
gold and red, down over the Nueces
and the wild brakes of the Rio Grande
which he was never to see again.
1t vas in this solemn and exalted
moment that Duane accepted happi-
ness and faced new life, trusting this
brave and tender woman to be
stronger h the dark and fateful
passion that had Swallowed his past.
1t would come back-that wind of
flame, that madness to forget, that
driving, relentless instinct for blood, it
would come back with those pale, drift
ing, haunting faces and the accusing
fading eyes, but all his life, always
between them and him, rendering them
powerless, would be the faith and love
and beauty of this noble woman
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19

Mr.. j. M. Sinclair. ed for four years
and was in a v state and very
much depressed. The doctors medi
cine didn't help me, so I decided to
try Dodds Kidney Pills, and I cannot
say enough to express my relief and
t~hankfulness, as they cured me. Dia,
mond Dinner Pills cured me Of Con
stipation."
Dodds Kidney Pills. SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodds Dyspepsia Tab
lets for Indigestion have been proved.
Soc. per box.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
Head Of Chicago Police Depart
ment Accused of Conspir-
acy With Operators
of Vice Resorts.
OTHERS ALSO INVOLVED
States Attorney Maclay Hoyne
Announces Determination to
Air Underworld Scan
DIAL in Courts.

Chicago, Oct. 14.-Warrants charging
Chief of Police Charles G. Healy with
conspiracy and with m~alfeasance in Of
flee will be applied for by States At
torney Maclay Hoyne this afternoon,
Mr.. Hoyne announced today.
II shall probably ask for the arrest
Of other persons ALSO" said Mr.. Hoyne.
The charges are said to have their
root in the chiefs administration OF
the law with regard to vice, saloons and
gambling.
Mr.. Hoyne explained that his action
vas due to the assertions of the chief.
Mayor Thompson, n the Getty hall
crowd" generally, that Mr.. Hoyne was
playing politics In an endeavor to de-
feat the republican candidate who IL
Harry D. Miller, for the states attor-
neyship. Mr.. Hoyne is a democrat.
Grand jury proceedings are secret
and although the idea is erroneous, the
opinion nevertheless prevails that the
grand jury is under the thumb Of the
states attorney" said Mr.. Hoyne. For
this reason I have determined to throw
the whole matter into open court where
the public may Judge whether l am
doing my duty or merely playing poli-
tics.'
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
CHAPTER XIV.

Light shone before Duane's eyes
thick, strange light that came and
went. For a long time dull and boom
ing sounds rushed by, filling all. 1t
Ing; a drifting under a burden; dark
ness, light, sound, movement; and
vague, obscure sense of time-time that
was very long. There was fire-creep-
Ing, consuming fire. A dark cloud of
flame enveloped him, rolled him away.
He saw then, dimly, a room that was
strange, strange people moving about
over him, with FAINT voices, far away,
things in a dream. He saw again,
clearly, n consciousness returned,
still unreal, still strange, full of those
g and far away things. Then he
was not dead. He lay stiff, like a stone,
with a weight ponderous as a mountain
upon him and all his bound BODY
racked in slow, dull beating agony.
a woman's face lowered over him,
white and tragic eyed, like one Of his
old haunting phantoms, yet sweet and
eloquent. Then a nan face bent over
him, looked deep into his eyes. and
"Duane-Duanel All. he knew mel"
After that there was another
long interval Of darkness. When
the light came again, clearer this
time, the same earnest faced men bent
over him. 1t was MacNelly. And with
eSSSoAaSAOA lax PdSk llOOuSu pack.
Duane tried to speak. His lips were
weak. and he could scarcely move them.
"Poggin!" he whispered. His first
real conscious thought was for Poggin.
Ruling passion-eternal instinct!
"Poggin is dead, Duane; shot to
pieces" replied MacNelly, solemnly.
What a fight he made! He killed two
OF my men, wounded others. God! he
was q tiger. He used up three guns
before we downed him."
"WhO-got-away?"
Fletcher. the man with the horses.
We downed all the others. Duane, the
Jobs done-it's done! Why, man,
you're -
What of-of-her?"
Miss Longstreth has been almost
constantly at your bedside. She helped
h doctor. h watched your wounds.
And, Duane, the other night, when you
sank low-so low-I think it was her
q wonderful girl. Duane, she never
gave up, never lost her nerve for a
moment. Well. we're going to take YOU
home, and she'll go with us. Colonel
Longstreth left for Louisiana right aft
or the fight. advised 1t. There was
to leave"
"Chance7 Why. man." exclaimed the
captain. you'll get well! You'll pack
q sight OF lead all your life. But you
can stand that. Duane, the whole
southwestknows your story. You need
neve again be ashamed Of the name
Buck Duane. The brand out!:w is
washed u Texas believes you've
been a secret ranger all the time. You
are a hero. And now think Of home,
] your mother. Of this noble girl-of your
future"
The rangers took Duane home to
Wellston.
A railroad had been built since Duane
had gone into exile, Wellston had
crown. A noisy crowd surrounded the
station. but It stilled as Duane was
carried from the train.
A sea Of races pressed closa Soma
we're faces he Observation-Disclosures
mates. friends, old neighbors. There
was an upf1inEing OF many hands.
Duane was being welcomed homo to
the town-from which he had fled. a
0eadness within hinA broke. This vel
come hurt him aomehow. auickened
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19

She praises it highly as she has been
relieved of all these pains by its use.
A llmothers should know Of this remedy,
and all young girls who suffer should
try it. Mrs. MATILDA KURTzwEG, 529
High St, Buffalo, N. Y.
Young women who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache,
headache, dragging-down sensations,
fainting spells or Indigestion, should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands have been re-
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy.
If you know of any young wo-
man who is sick and needs help
eul advice, ask her to write to tho
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co..
Lynn, Mass. Only women will
receive her letter, and it will be
held in %strictest confidence. r,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
Swat the chiooer.

Touch each chigger bite with a brush
that has been dipped in iodine or apply
strong solutions of ammonia or com
mon baking soda after itching has
begun. The better PLAN of course
is to prevent the chigger from getting
a foothold at all. This may be done
in a number Of ways. A bath in hot
water with strong soap is very good
If taken Immediately after passing
through the shrubbery and weeds from
which the chiggers IRE picked up, but
the best real preventive is flowers OF
sulphur rubbed all over the body, par
ticularly from the knees down. The
sulphur may be made te stick better
If mixed with a little cold cream and
rubbed OIL. Haseman.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
YOUNG WOMEN
MAY AVOID PAIN
Need Only Trust to Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, says Mrs. Kurtzweg.
Buffalo, MY My daughter, whose
picture is herewith, was much troubled

with pains in her
back and sides every
month and t h e y
sometimes be
SO bad that it would
seem like acute in
of some
organ. She read
your advertisement
in the newspapers
and tried Lydia E.
Pinkham's V e.
+ q n a Cn~po,,,,d
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19

Inflammation OF
the bladder. La
ter I became sc
much worse that
I consulted q
doctor, who said
that I had Dia.
betes and thai
my heart was af.
fected. l suffer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
BRITISH MAKE CAIN

London, Oct. 13.-Progress for the
British in yesterdays lighting on the
Somme front was announced in an Of
ncial statement today. The British adj
vances We're scored between Gueude-
court and Lesboeufs and north Of
Gueudecourt Some $50 Germans were
made prisoner.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
ADvANcE: pRIvEM BACK

German troops took the offensive
yesterday along the Shara river in Rus
STA. north of the Pinsk marshes. The
war office announced today that the
Germans captured a trench section, but
were subsequently expelled with heavy
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
BoMBARD TRANSPORTS.

Berlin, (by wireless to Sayville),
oct. ia successful attack by Ger
mar naval a%eroplanes upon Russian
transports in tin Rumanian harbor OF
Constanza, on the Black sea. is report
ed in an admiralty statement issued
under date Of October u.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
BIG %ARTILLERy eATTlE.

Paris, Oct. 13.-Sharp artillery fight
ing took place On the Somme front
last night. Today's official
ment says h bombardment was par
ttcularly severe in the regions Of Nor
val. Bouchavesnes, Ablaincourt and
Chaulnes.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
SUFFERED FOR FOUR YEARS.

MI. ]. M. Sinclair Of Olivehill,
Tenn, writes: II strained my back
which weakened my kidneys and
caused an awful bad backache and
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-19
RUMANIANs in 6

Berlin, Oct. 13.-(via London)-The
Rumanians have been expelled from
further Portions Of TRANSATLANTIC and
are being pursued by the Austro-Ger-
mar forces. 1t was announced Officially
today.