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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-23
Attest: ETA NJ. CovBLL, 81
lSeal.) City Clerk. 49,
First published in The Topeka State Jour
nal, August p, 1911

RESOLVED by the soard of Commits
sioners Of the City of Topeka that Lots No.
"a, SO and 50 on Mcvicar Avenue, College.
Place Addition, in the City Of TopeEs,
Shawnee County, Kansas, and owned by
Emma Palmer, are so low that water re
mains thereon and constitutes nuisance
and is dangerous to the health of the
neighborhood; and that it is necessary for
the best interest of said city to abate said
nuisance by filling In said lots. sse
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLvED
that the owner of said lots be, and she is.
hereby given until September i, 1917, TO
abate said nuisance by filling in said lots
and If said nuisance be not abated within
the time specified herein the Superintend-
ent of Streets is hereby directed to fll
said lots in such manner as to permanently
abate said nuisance and report the cost Of
said work to the Board of Commissioners.
which said cost shall be levied and Az
sessed against said lots, as provided by
law.
v-s w. l.. PORTER,
per-- COMMISSIONER
1, Eta NJ. Covell. City Clerk of the CITY
Of Topeka, Kansas, do hereby certify tuat
the above and foregoing is a true and cor
rect copy Of the original resolution now
on file in my office.
ETA NJ. COyELL,
tSea1) City Clerk
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wANTED-MIsCELI.AYEoI

WE PAY the highest price cash for cast off
clothing, shoes, hats and overcoats- Drop
US a card or call Gordon Bros. loan office,
400 Kansas ave. Phone 1919.
HEMSTITCHING. PINKING.
Plaitings of all kinds Buttons made
Mail orders receive prompt. careful atten-
ton Mrs. Mercer. 500 Topeka.
WANTED-State Journal, home edition,
date June 80, 1917 Will pay 1Oc. Leave
at State Journal office.
WANTED To BUY-A good young horse
and light spring wagon. Call BPS.
GOOD milk cows, fat cattle and veal calves.
W. c A Leitzoz Tel. 257.
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LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-Between Rock Island yards and
21st street, hood for top of Ford. Re-
ward. Address d. c. O.. care State Journal.
LOST-Cameo pin at Ripley park. Please
return to 81 East 2nd st.
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Office Of the Mayor,
Topeka, Kansas, August %, 1911

Topeka, Kansas, August %, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that there will be
a special meeting Of the Board Of Commits
in the commission chamber of said city at
10 80 o'clock a. m, Thursday, August 30,
1917, for the purpose Of hearing and con-
sidering a certain petition heretofore filed
in the office of the city clerk Of said city
praying said Board of Commissioners to
specially illuminate Kansas Avenue from
Tenth Avenue to Eleventh Etreet- and to
construct, install, equip and maintain an
additional system of street lights for that
purpose, and all persons in favor of or
opposed to the granting the prayer of said
petition are hereby notified to be present
at said meeting.
JAY Z. HOUSE,
Mayor.
Attest: ETA NJ. COvELL,
(Seal.) City Clerk.
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FOR SALE-LIvESToCK.


FOR SALE-Fine black mare, 6-year-old,
weight 1900 lbs. Topeka Tent & AVN
ing Co., 3O4 Kansas ave.
FOR SALE-Young driving horse and
spring wagon. 106 N. Fillmore. Phone
50SS Black.
FOR SALE-Nice young Jersey milch cow
Gives gallons milk, just fresh. Call
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GREAT INVESTMENT
FOR sALE-HoUsEHoLD GOODS.

FOR SALE|HOUSEHOL GOODS.
--~>---~~---~~~>~-~O~>~>>>>-~
ALL KINDS of furniture for sale at mon
ey saving prices. Kent B. Logan, 322
Kansas Ave, Tel. 1882.
FOR SALEINew TUNED oak dining room
set, eight pieces, stored since bought
Call BIO Blue.
FOR SALE-Three- piece black walnut bed
room set, springs, hair mattress. Tel.
1921.
FOR SALE|China closet, buffet. gas
stoves Phone 55OSw. Ala W. 18th.
AT ONCE-Good heater and other house
hold goods 1874 Lincoln.
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EOH HEsNI-HOUSES
FOR RENT-7-room modern house, with
lot and half ground, 1888 Morris avenue.
Call Mrs. Marshall. Phone 1905, g.. m. to
p. IN.
FOR RENT-Nice apartment close in,
Also good house near shops Phone 252o
Red.
FOR RENT-5-room house, large barn,
near Santa Fe shops, by owner. Inquire,
125 Adams st.
FOR RENTED Tyler, rooms, $50. 1910
Kansas ave. rooms. Inquire 1921
Quincy.
FIVE-ROOM cottage In good condition
electric lights. 2019 Clay. Phone 2196
Black.
FOR RENT-6- room house, 1890 Monroe,
$3.50. Inquire of II. c. Lang. Phone
FOR RENT-Strictly modern Broom house
at 1914 Fillmore. Reasonable rent
FOR RENT-6-room house, part modern,
$14.00. 1909 Black.
FOR RENT4-room house, 116 Fillmore.
Phone 50SS Black.
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LEGAL.
[ First published in The Topeka State Jour-
nal, August %, 1911
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bid will be received for curbing
and guttering Main street on Tuesday,
September 4. 1917. at p. m. Specifications
and forms of contract can be obtained at
the Peoples State Bank. The right to
reject any and all bids and to award the
contract as is deemed to be for the best
interest of the City Of CORTLAND
By order of
GEO. F. HAAS, City Clerk.
CORTLAND, Kan.
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August %, 1911
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hereby certify l am not over Is
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


A STENOGRAPHER experienced wants a
position in the mornings. Address Cleo,
care Journal.
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MONEY

FARM LOANS WANTED.
This company has an unlimited
amount Of funds to lend on Eastern
and Central Kansas Farms at $50
with a reasonable commission Our
representative 10 at your service IL
you want information.
THE FARM MORTGAGE co.
Crawford Blu. ing, Topeka, Kansan
Phone 1888.
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WANTED-TO RENT

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WANT to rent on Oct. 1, a four or more
roomed apartment Heat furnished. Ad-
dress II. L., care Journal ..
WANT TO RENT or Groom house
East Side. Phone 1917 White.
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FOR SALE-COAL
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WANTED-Watch repairing. Main springs,
75c; cleaned, 15c. All work guaranteed.
Armstrong Jeweiry Co, 429 Kansas ave.
"PENDRY'S" Book store sells any book
made, new. school books for less" We
buy. sell, exchange all school books
MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH SCHOOL
Invest in a good paper route. Phone 1913
Ring 2.
FOR SALE@National cash register 413
Kansas ave
1852 HASTY AUTO EXPRESS
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LEGAL

Lot No. 80 front. l<-Ss
Lot NO. - 'front.' ....-....-....s.s... 49,
Lot No. "a front. ..................... 14-3s
N. 8 feet, Lot No. SO front. .......... liz
TOPEKA AVENUE.
Lot No. 139 front. .................... 11-2
Lot No. 141 front. Observation-Disclosures. 11-xs
Lot No. 143 front. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. H.
e. so feet, Lot No. IA side. 34-6C
SIXTH AVENUE, EAST, Parkdale.
Lot NO. ~ front. .-...-...........-s w.
Lot No. 1853 side. ..................... 104.6s
VAN buren, STREET, BLOCK c.
Huntoon's Add
Lot No. 464 front. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1oSl
AoL 10. ago rh, c c,.rr .h.;i 49,
certified copy Of THIS ordinance and de-
liver the same to the County Clerk of
Shawnee County, Kansas, who shall place
the several amounts mentioned in section
one of this ordinance upon the tax roll
of said county to be collected as one tax
in the same manner as other taxes are
collected.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be in force from and after Its
publication in the official city paper.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners.
August 20, 1917.
Approved. August u, 1917.
JAY E. HOUSE,
Mayor.
Attest: ETA NJ. COvBLL, e. s3
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WANTED-MALE HELP.

ARMY NEEDS BAEBERS ~
Earn from $50 to s1oG a month
With the raising of larger army there
Is a great demand for BARRIERS We teach
you in weeks under our new system.
Get in now before the fall term Low
tuition.
TOPEKA SANITARY BARBER
COLLEGE.
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ORDINANCE NO. 474s.

i in The Topeka Stat
August %, 1911
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FOR sALE-VEHICLES.

PHAETON-rubber tires. Good bargain
Phone 2346 Blue.
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:
(Seal.) City Clerk.
Published in The Topeka State Journal,
August %, 1871
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NJ nj Real Estate Loans, Phone
(OC/O "A. Robert B. Kane, AS
~ Kansas ave.
LOANS made on any kind Of personal Sc
curity. i. Biscoe. 523 Kansas ave.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-09-20

working since four in the morning at
the dam, they had made that difficult
run at headlong speed, yet they labored
like men possessed. They even wasted
breath to call challengingly and pro-
yokingly and to set forth their progress
each TO the other. In almost less time
than 1t takes to tell 1t, they had COM
pleted the holes and so informed the
engineer triumphantly.
Meade. as usual, had reserved to
himself the more dangerous, If less ar
duous task. Covering himself with
big Murphy's discarded slicker which
fell over him like q shelter tent as he
knelt down, he opened the box of
detonators, selected one, and attached
the fuse In position carefully. Then
he unfolded the paper about one of the
cartridges and placed the detonator.
wrapping the paper around 1t there
after. He prepared two cartridges
this way with the greatest care.
The men rapidly but carefully cut
Sits in the covering Of the cartridges,
and lowered four cartridges down each
hole, forcing them gently into place
with the butt ends Of the tripod stakes
and COMPRISING them so that they
filed the holes completely. Then
Meade placed his two prepared sticks
with the decorators on top of the other
four. He cut the fuse to the proper
length in each case, and, keeping It
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bearded. From the angle at which
they saw him it was impossible to rec
ognize him. nor was he in his frantic
progress assuming the usual attitude
and bearing of a man under ordinary
conditions which sometimes betray
him to those who know him we'll Nor
could Helen Illingworth with her
trembling hands focus the glass, which
she took from Rodney before the strug-
CLING Adventures had passed; and yet
there was something in the figure be-
low that made her heart beat faster.
She pressed her hand to the wet gar
ments over her heart and stared. Sud-
denly Rodney raised his voice and
shouted at the very top of it. Winters
Joined in, and even Helen lllingworth
found herself screaming. The three
men below were not more than five or
six hundred feet away. but evidently
they could not possibly hear In that
tumult OF nature. No voices would
carry through any such rain and wind.
They were too intent on their paths
and on what they had to do to look
upward. They rounded the shoulder
of the mesa and disappeared in the
pines ut its feet.
The three on the top looked at each
other.
The dam still holds" said Rodney,
quite unsuspecting what was in the
woman's heart.
Even us he spoke, Helen Illingworth
turned away. She ran heavily in her
sodden garments along the broken
mesa top past the house to the upper
edge. There below her were the three
men just emerging from the fringe OF
trees. Rounding the end of the mesa
they had at last struck firmer ground.
Helen 1llingwoyth could see them
through the pines on the old trail. The
going was bad enough, but 1t was moth
ing compared to what they had passed
over and presently they burst out OF
the woods and ran along the greasy
well-rounded hogback that divided the
valley from the ravinc.
The woman had no idea what was
toward. what was their purpose. She
could only stare and stare ut the rap
idly moving far-ofr figure indomitably
In the lead. and the others following
after. There Winters joined her.
Rodney sent me to look after you ::
he feels that he must stay back and
watch the dam for his paper
Look" said Helen, pointing far
down. The men halted ut the very
narrowest part of the hogbaek. They
were clustered together. The bag lay
on the ground behind them. One man
bent over 1t, evidently opening 1t.
Another man swung the shovel vicious
ly. the third grabbed the pick. Win
tiers had. been too far removed from en-
gineering even yet TO figure out what
was toward. They could only watch
and wonder.
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CHAPTER Xxx.
The Victora.


Meade knew that they were fighting
losing battle. Every one Of the
higher grade men knew 1t also. The
spillway was entirely inadequate. but
1t suddenly flashed into his mind, with
that consciousness Of the hopelessness
Of the struggle. that perhaps there was
another way to discharge the flood.
The same idea might have come to
any other Of the more intelligent Of the
men from Vandeventer down II they
had taken a moment for reflection. II
they had not been So frantieally. SO
frlghtfully engrossed In their present
puny but gallant efforts to save the
dam, they certainly would have remem-
hered. That the possibility came tn
Meade rather than to any of the others
was perhaps due to the fact that he
had noted the situation later and had
studied the conditions more recently.
Those solitary rambles OF his. those
the valley. had been made long after
the original surveys and the results OF
his observations were still fresh in his
mind.
The water was rising so rapidly
since the cloudburst and he saw the
inevitnbleness OF the failure so clearly
that he did not dare to waste time to
look up Vandeventer. tell him hts plan.
and get his permission. Every second
was Of the utmost value. When the
thought came. he acted instantly. He
was In the position OF the commander
Of q small force to whom Is suddenly
presented the bare possibility OF wrest-
ing victory from defeat by some splen-
didly daring and unforeseen undertake
Ing. And he was the man to seize such
a possibility and make the most OF 1t.
He had endeared himself to some Of
the men and the respect in which hea
was held by vandeventer was shared
by the others. When he called two
OF the most capable OF the workmen.
big. burly lrlshman and stout little
Italian. to follow him. they did It
without moments hesitation.
'.rhe rest Of you keep on here" he
shouted as he left the gang. Murphy
and Funaro. come with me. Keep 1t
up; think / know q way To help he
yelled back through the rain as he
scrambled OF the dam up the rocks TO
the spillway. II was not his fault that
I ey could not bear and could not un-
'tand.
water was rushing through ne
about knee deep. and thu
zen plunging forward through
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He Was as One Dead.

carefully covered with the raincoat. he
held 1t while the others filled IN the
holes and the excavations and care
fully tamped down the earth. All that
remained was the lighting OF the fuse.
And then? Would the dynamite so
off? With fuses it was uncertain In Its
action ut best. and although these
fuses were supposed to be So prepared
rs to be independent of weather con
ditions. more often than not rain
spoiled a blast. II this blast failed 1t
was good-by dam-good-by every, hing.
Meade drew out from the pocket OF
his flannel shirt box of matches. He
had to light the farther cartridge fuse,
then run fifteen feet and light the
nearer one. and then make his escape.
He had made the nearer fuse little
shorter so as to secure n simultaneous
explosion If possible.
Tony Funaro now interposed gal
lantiy.
''Glva me da light" he demanded. ex-
tending his hand.
"G'wan wild ye." shouted the big
Irishman eagerly; femme do 1t. sor."
Stand back. both OF you." cried
Meade. succeeding after some trouble
in striking match.
He had cut OF q shorter length OF
fuse for torch. the better to carry the
fire from one blast to another. As It
sputtered into flame. he touched the
first fuse. then the second. and turned
and ran for his life after Murphy and
Funaro. They had just got safe dis
lance away when with muffied roar
the two blasts went Off nearly together.
When they ran back they saw that
two-thirds OF the hillock on that side
OF the ravine had gone. A wall OF
earth through which water was already
trickling rose between the great gap
they had blown out and the lake, the
upper level of which was much higher
than the bottom of the great crater
they had opened.
'Hurrah." yelled Meade. the others
joining in his triumphant shout. Now.
another hole right there" he pointed to
the foot of the bank. 'Drive 1t In
slanting and 1t will do the job"
"Will the dam be after holdin' yit,
sor" asked Mike Murphy, selling his
pick.
Il hope so. but, for Gods sake.
hurry"
With two men working. the last hole
was completed before Meade was
ready. Funaro, indeed, came to his
assistance In preparing the cartridge.
Presently all was completed. Reject
Ing the pleas Of both men. Meade
struck the match. and this time, since
there was but one blast to be fred, he
touched 1t directly to the fuse and
waited second to see that 1t had
caught and ran as before.
At safe distance they drew back
and waited. Nothing happened. A few
seconds dragged on. They saw no sign
OF life In the fuse. no light. In spite
OF the care they had taken, 1t had got
wet. 1t would not work. The precious
were flying. They stared
asonizingly at the fuse through the
rain.
"I'n have to take q look at It." said
Meade desperately.
Funaro and Murphy caught him by
the arms. They all knew the tremen-
dous risk in nearer approach. The
fuse might be alight still. At any Sec
ond the flame might fash to the deto-
nator and then Yet Meade had to
go. That charge had to be exploded II
he detonated 1t by hand, he thought
and he had not come 80
far and worked 20 hard to fall now.
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1t had difficulty in keeping their foot
ing on the broken, rocky bottom.
When they reached the other side.
Meade shouted above the storm:
Murphy, bring your pick and SHOW
ell; take that iron range-pole, too.
Here. Funaro, you take your shovel
and these"
As he spoke he ran into the office
shack and wrecked transit tripod,
ruthlessly separating the legs from one
another by main force and pitching
two Of them into the little Italians
outstretched arms.
Without question, both men COM
piled with his directions In huge
creyice, almost small cave. in the
spur of the mesa which overhung the
east end of the dam the explosives
were stored. The dynamite wasskept
in oilskin bags. the decorating caps in
waterproof boxes. There were six
teen sticks or cartridges in each bag
Each stick was an inch and n half In
diameter and eight inches long. One
bagful should be ample. Indeed, If
that did not do the work, the attempt
would fail.
The men waited while Meade select
ed Il bag of dynamite, box of detona-
tors. and package of fuses. 1t was Il
cardinal rule that dynamite cartridges
and decorating caps should never be
carried by the same person, because
the combination SO greatly increased
the risk of premature explosion.
The illuminate of mercury in the
detonators was very volatile. highly ex
plosiye and immensely destructive. con-
sidering its size. One such cap could
blow off a mans hand, or even his
head, and in its explosion might deto-
nate the dynamite. Hence the sepa
ration when being carried.
Meade decided to take that risk. He
knew how perilOus was the undertake
ing, how liable he was in his hurry to
fall against the rocks. slippery and
half submerged in that pouring rain.
He knew what the consequences of
such a fall would be. He would center
all risks In himself He thrust the box
of decorators In his pocket. the pack
age of fuses inside his flannel shirt.
and carried the dynamite bag In his
hand. He would need his free hand to
protect himself. so all the tools were
carried by the other men.
The little Italian shook his head rs
he noted these preparations. He hap
pened to be one of the explosive force,
those whose duty 1t was to do the
blasting. In his practical way he knew
great deal about the properties and
possibilities of usefulness of the dyna-
mite. Neade's purpose was obvious.
even to Murphy. who was only la
borer. though where he proposed to
work neither man had any id, 4 at all.
Dynamite no work In zis weather."
said Funaro impresslvely.
Probably not" answered Meade.
hurrying his preparations, but It's our
only chance"
Give ME ze caps" urged the Ital-
ian calamity.
mo. I'll take both"
ut ees danger"
"Yes. but come on"
Meade. wasting no more words.
sprang ut what was left OF the trail.
and the two men calamity followed
HIM. The hogback at which he was
aiming was perhaps little more than
two miles from the dam. On the ordi-
nary trail and prepared for the run.
he could have managed 1t In fifteen
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minutes: as II was. they made II in
thirty. The extreme possibility OF the
life OF the dam seemed to Meade not
much greater. He went In the lead.
and by his direction the others kept
some distance behind him.
III fall and explode this dynamite.
there's no need of all three of us be-
ing blown up" he had said. and it was
no reflection on their courage that they
complied with his direction.
Indeed a stern command was neces-
sary to keep the two men back. They
had caught something of the gallant
spirit of the engineer. and the big
IrIshman and the little Italian were as
eager as he. Helped by q few hasty
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-09-15
ALLIES MUST DESIRE PEACE
Central Powers Ready for Negoti-
atoms Reply to Pope Says.

Central Powers Ready for Negoti-
atoms Reply to Pope Says.
Amsterdam. Sept 1.-THE reply
of the Central Powers to the peace
note of Pope Benedict, according to
a Vienna dispatch to the Tijd. begins
by declaring that they regard the
Papal proposal as a suitable basis for
polce negotiations.
Regarding the exchange Of occupied
territories, arbitration. disarmament
lnd similar proposals, declarations
are made, the dispatch adds, which
testify to the idealism of the Cen.
trail Powers and their sincere desire
for peace which will insure happi
ness to all nations.
Ccncilatory declarations also are
made regarding the settlement ofdhe
Balkan question, Poland and the res.
toration Of Belgium, but emphasis is
laid on the condition that the allied
powers must also give serious evil
dence OF a desire for peace by a Joint
and benevolent discussion OF the ques
tons which now separate the nations.
The reply, it Is said, will be published
rs soon as the consent of the Papal
auncio at Vienna is obtained.