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The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1915-07-30

er. This is Williams avenue. You1l
see big rock. Hide behind it.
Ahead you'll see Brownlee avenue. Be
prepared for anything. I shall have
to trust the rest to you. I don't know
myself what's going to happen"
|. / slid out and went along the edge
Of the road, as Craig had directed,
and finally crouched behind a huge
rock.
After moment to give me a
chance, Craig himself left the car
pulled up close by the side of the
road and went ahead on foot At last
he came to the crossroads just around
the bend, where, in the moonlight, he
could read the signs: Williams ave-
nue." and "Brownlee avenue" He stood
there moment.
Suddenly, at his feet in the dust of
the road something heavy seemed to
drop. He looked about quickly. No
one was in sight.
He reached down and picked up q
little Chinese figure. Tapping 1t with
his knuckles he examined it curiously.
It was hollow. .
From the inside he drew out a piece
Of paper. He strained his eyes in the
moonlight and managed to make out:
1.-THE Serpent 10 aII-wIse and his
fang 10 fatal. You have signed the
white girls death warrant"
Meanwhile had made my way
stealthily. peering into the bushes and
careful not even to step on anything
that would make . noise and was now.
- ] have said, crouched behind the
big rock to which Craig had directed
me.
had begun to wonder whether Ken
NEEDY might not have made mistake
when. suddenly. from behind the
shadow Of another rock ahead Of me,
but toward Brownlee avenue. saw
o tall, gaunt figure Of q man stealthfly
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The New York police are mystinsd by
Q series OF murders and other crimes. The
principal clue 20 the criminal . the warn
Ing letter which 4 sent 70 The yictina.
latest victim Of the mysterious assassin
q Taylor Dodge. the Insurance. president.
His daughter, Elaine. employs Craig
60 try TO unravel the mystery. What KEN
nedy accompiishes 10 told by his friend.
Jameson. ~ neWspaper man.
After many fruitlees attempts to put
Elaine and Craig Kennedy out Of the
way, the Clutching Hand e at last found
70 be none other than Perry Bennett.
gagged to marry. Bennett nees 70 the
1a1 o I. one OF his Chinese criminals. The
Chinamnn forces from Bennett the secret
Of the whereabouts OF n. 00o. 900. Then he
gives the lawyer . potion which win sus-
De0d animation for months. Kennedy
reaches Benefits side Just after he has
lost consciousness and supposes him dead.
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Thls b Q token elsae am unhaeyaeA
Havo Mr.. Kennedy eivo tlso. rim q
the man At the eoener - Williams ~
0roWnies avenvse at midnight tonlaDs,
and they Wiil eSrrsndse me % him.
ELAINE.
p. e-Have him come alone o. q,
life Will b In danger.
Il thought something like this would
happen" remarked Craig ct length.
"Oh." cried Aunt Josephine. 'ifa
too good to be true"
wen do It." exclaimed Kennedy
quickly. "only this 10 the ring thai
wen give them"
He drew from his pocket the replies
Of the ring which he had made and
showed It to Aunt Josephine. Then
he drew from another pocket the real
ring. replacing the replica.
Here's the real one" he said I'm q
low tone. Guard It ~ you would your
LIE"
Aunt Josephine was worn out with
the sleepless nights Of worry since
Elaine's disappearance. After We bad
gone. she tried to eat dinner. but found
that she had no appetite.
Although she had intended to cit M
until she received some word from
Kennedy that night, the long strain
had told on her, and In spite Of her
worry about Elaine, she decided. at
length, to retire.
Aunt Josephine, clasping the Jewel
case tightly, mounted the stairs and
entered her room. She locked the door
carefully and put the jewelry case I'M.
der her pillow. Then she switched on
the light.
A moment later a small piece Of the
vase seemed to break away from the
rest Of the mosaic, as though 1t were
knocked out from the inside. Then
. large piece fell out, and another.
AT last from the strange hiding place
q 1.-THE figure, as shiny as though
bathed in oil, naked except for . loin-
cloth, seemed to squirm forth like Q
serpent. 1t was WI Fang-the watch
full eye which. literally as well as figu.
ratively. had been leveled ut us in
one form or another ever since the
kidnapping Of Elaine.
Silently he tiptoed to the doorway
and listened. There was not q sound.
Just as noiselessly then he went back
to the library table and, mufning the
telephone bell, took down the receiver.
He whispered a number. waited, then
whispered some directions.
A moment later he wormed his way
out Of the library and into the drawing
room. On he went cautiously. snake
like. up the stairs, until he came 10 the
door Of Aunt Josephine's room.
He bent down and listened. There
was no sound except Aunt Josephine's
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breathing. Silently he drew from
fold in the loin-cloth screwdriver and
removed the screws from the hinges of
the door. Quietly he pushed the bed
room door open, pivoting it on the
lock. just far enough open SO that he
could slip through.
Creeping along the floor, like the
reptile whose sign he had assumed,
he came nearer and nearer Aunt Jo-
sephine's bed. As he paused for q
moment his quick eye seemed to catch
sight of the bullying lump under her
pillow. His long, thin hand reached
out and quietly removed the Jewel case
from under her pillow.
In country roadhouse Long Sin
was waiting patiently. The telephone
rang, and the proprietor answered
Long Sin was at his side almost before
he could hand over the receiver. It
was Long Sins master, WI.
Beware" came the whispered mes
sage over the wire. Kennedy has
made false ring. I'll get the real
one. By the great Devil of Cobb. you
must cut him on" t
1T is done," returned Long Sin,
hanging up the receiver in great ex-
citement.
He hurried out Of the room and left
the roadhouse. Down the road in an
automobile. bound between two China
men, one at her head and the other at
her feet, was Elaine. wrapped around
H. u
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fyhfnnSn0A MA&N Ma WnY IA An old
h.r
n tha An, ,s~ht ~ . lantern h.n,.
,,- ercm . r.ster roulA 4. eeen .sv.
-, h.rs,. =, . rornev w,,hcrt /.
r,o,nsrt,. h..,t.ttor Tnn~ ain .e,,.d
. hrcket and nI.ceA n undsr The .ri..
~ az ona Of the harrela. ina liouid
roure6 sorth int ~ hpcret ana he
~. IA hucket sr.in and .,.,n and
svineine n risht and len IN eyery
direction. until sba harreI had f,n.llv
mn dry.
Then ne moved over IN the v,ndov
which he examined csrefullv sat,sNed
WIN What he bad done he drew . ain
NJ paper from his rocket ana haat,lv
wrote 4 note. resting the paner an An
ia hox wh.r he h.d ar,.haa wr,t.
inp he folded mn the mote ana tbrust
II into n little hollov-carved Chinese
6eure. which he took also from M.
rocket.
with n final baatv rlanca ahout he
extinRuished the lantern. letting the
moonlight stream fitfullv through the
single window. Then he left the harm.
with both front and rear doors omen.
Taking advantage of every bit of
shelter. he made his way across the
field in the direction OF the crossroa ds.
finally dropping down behind .. huge
rock some yards from the finger post
that pointed each way to Williams and
Brownlee avenues.
Late that night Kennedy left his
apartment prepared to follow the in
structions in the note which had been
so strangely delivered in the vase.
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SEVENTEENTH EPISODE

~Sss~~svS@hA~~S eSkkS@N9 SSss<As
Seventeenth EPISODE
THE WATCHING EYE.
Not clue had been left by the kid.
1Apers when they had 80 mysterious.
ly spirited Elaine away from the
apartment Of WI Fang. She had dis.
appeared as completely ~ II she had
vanished into thin air.
Kennedy, was frantic. WI and Long
Din themselves seemed to have van
1Bhed, too. Where they held her. what
had happened to her. was . sealed
Book And yet no move OF ours was
J made, no matter how secret, that It
I'D not seem to be known to them. Il
Vas % though . weird, uncanny eye
Shared Ut Us. watching everything.
Craig neglected no possibility in
his eager search. He even visited the
little house in the country which
Elaine had given to Aunt Tabby. and
spent several hours examining the
collapsed subterranean chamber in
the vain hope that It might yield 0
clue. But \ had not.
i. unsscab 4hly. he was forced. to the
conclusion that not only Elaine's
amazing disappearance, but the tragic
ceded ID had been caused IN .oroa
way. By the curiously engraved. ring
which Aunt Josephine had taken from
her. 4
Craig had ta,en po..e..,or =, th.
MYSTIC rinr himsely ana nov sorced
heck ON thia sole clna ~ had nccurrsd
a him thaf - tha IN. vsrs ~ v.,m.
able. other attamnts vnnld v,thomt
Aouht. ha made 10 ret no..e..,on =, -
I CANA into ira Iahoratcrv ona ~.
ernoop. 70 nnd Kennadv snrronnded
~ 1eweler,a tools. nara A. VOW m.r.
ing an exact copy Of the rins. b.
ssWhat do Won think ~ n water ~
he asked. holding mn the renlica.
perfect. replied. admirinr,v
sWhat are you eoinx TO do vith n :"
II can't sav-vsts answerad Van.
NEEDY. forlornly. ssbut n / understand
these Chinese criminals at all. / know
that the only vsy we can ever track
them 10 through some trick. Perhapa
the replica win suggest someth:.x to
M lafep ~ :
Lets zee II Aunt Josepn:ne ha. "a.
ceived any word" he remarked an
rap&ly, putting ON his hat and coat.
ana noddinr to me to follow.
kennedy and / were not the onlv
yinitora "a the anhtarraneen ch.mha,
where II had seemed that the clue
to the Clusching Hands millions
might he fothd - :
Il was q enough that hidden watch.
inr eve foflowed ma :, The nivbt sftsr
our own unsuccessful search Wn
FANG. accompanied by Long Sin made
his way into the cavern
WI examined the safe which had
been broken into =
Long Sin was now ro,n. ova- ~.
walls Of the cavern minntelv Ma c,o.a.
Get, beady black ewes eramining every
square inch of It. =,
3 A sudden low euttura, arc,.m.t,on
caused WI to turn n him ou,criv
Long Sin had discovered hacr ~ ths
debris. q long oblonp alot cut into ne
rock. Above II were some necu,;.r
marks.
WI hurried over to his henchman.
ana together thew tried To decinher
what had been scratched nm ths rock
A. Long SINS slender and s,n,ster
eorennser traced over the ,nscrtnt,on
WI suddenly caught him nv tha 81.
bow.
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is'.eu 30 arouno ana ao"n
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~ seeneu as though something hao
sranpea my ioot
WIN great wrench managed 10
puh II ioose. put tne weight on my
other ioot nad imoedded II deeper IN
some'hins. l. struggled 10 rree THIS
iooe ana got tne otner caught MY re-
voiVer "nlch nad drawn' was Jared
from my nand' ana IN the enort to re-
cover IL, l lost my balance. Unable
10 move 1oot In Time % eaten myself
fell forward. MY hands were now
covered oy the shiny STICKY stun. ana
the more struggled, the worse I
seemed to get entangled
WI and Long Sin paused only .
minute in establishment. Then they
literally fell upon the wealth that lay
before them.
: Suddenly they paused. There was
the slight tinkle Of Chinese bell.
Kennedy had reached Aunt Tabby's
garden, outside the roof Of the subter-
ranean chamber where it had given
way, had gone down carefully over the
earth and rock, and IN doing so had
broken a string stretched across the
passageway. The tfnkle OF a bell at.
tached to 1t aroused his attention and
he stopped short, second, to look
about. WI Fang had arranged q
primitive alarm.
Quickly, WI and Long Sin blew out
their lanterns while WI gave the rock
a push. Slowly. as it had opened. it
now closed and they stood there listan-
Ing.
was still struggling In the bird
lime, getting myself more and more
covered with it. when the reverbera-
uon VI revolver snots Teacueo me.
WI and Long Sin had opened fire on
Kennedy, and Kennedy was replying
in KIND. In the cavern 1t sounded like
Verltapie omoardment. AS tney re-
treated' tney came nearer ana nearer
TO me ana couid see the reVoivers
spittlng nre IN the darkness'
wa'cheu tnem 1earlully as toeS
o.nei ~ a'oiu 'ne i'ne-ano "s'e
so Ill., ~
Srals: l managed 70 c1y
ieeOis' Dc careiui' neep ~ '"e
S'ones
otepp,ne rom s,one ~ s'one' lie 10.
u"eu tne Ie'rea'ins Chiiaen. nMI
tney hau alfeaus reacneu Tue n'outn
VI 'no az a.u "e' oAs .neH
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DER where ne dragged me.
Kennedy had been working hard to
revive me, and. as I opened my eyes,
he Strengthened up. His eye suddenly
caught something on the rock beside
him. There was little slot carved
in it, and above the slot was q peculiar
inscription.
For several minutes Kennedy pug
zled over it, as WI had done. Then
he discovered the little cup near the
ground.
1.-THE ring!" he suddenly cried out. =
was too muddled to appreciate at
once what he meant, but I saw him
reach into his fob pocket and draw
forth the trinket which had caused SO
much disaster. as II 1t had been cursed
by the Clutching Hand himself. He
dropped it into the slot. -,.
Struggling to my feet. I saw across
from me the very rock itself moving.
Look. Craig!" cried, involuntars
lily pointing.
He turned. No, it was not vision.
It actually moved. Together we
watched. Slowly the rock turned ON
pivot. There were disclosed to our
astonished eyes the hidden millions OF
the Clutching Hand. -- -.
I looked from the gold and jewels to
Kennedy, in speeches. amazement.
I'VE have beaten them anyhow" I
cried.
Slowly Craig shook his head sadly.
mo-" he murmured, 1--WE have found
the Clutching Hands millions. but We
have lost Elaine"
GO BE CoNTINUED)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
THIEF'S HONOR PLEA
FAILS TO WIN JURY
Dan the Dude" Found Guilty,
Despite His Yarn That he
ALWAYS Tells Truth.

I'm going to be a thief all the rest
Of my life,' ~.
Disappointed in the outcome Of his
trial and disguised with human nature
in general. Dan the Dude" properly
known as Louis Harris, thus declared
his future principles yesterday as ne
stood in General Sessions and heard
himself declared guilty OF grand lar
cenv in the second degree AS second
offender
Harris. a self-confessed gambler and
thief. with a long criminal record was
accused of attempting to steal a PACK
age of silk from messenger last APRIL
For the second time in his he ne
njoaded not guilty, asserting that IL
was his invariable practice to admit ms
crimes when the charges against MN
were true. but this time they mad got
him wrong"
He stood trial for the first time !ast
month in the same court Oh SIM lar
charge and was acquitted. Although he
told the same story of his life IN TINS
trial. including "reminiscences OF MS as
sociations with most of the PRINCIPALS
in the hacker case and tales Of being
bounded by Detective Cassassa' tine
iurv was not convinced. and returned
its verdict in twenty-five minutes:
In charging the jury Judge Wadhams
Granted nearly all of the twenty-eight
1eouests made by William {. Bowers
I'd. attorney for the defendant. Harris
was remanded to the TOmbs for one
week for sentence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17

Il all came about because the Kew
Or. James Chalmers said OF Mayor
Mitchell: "He has time TO dance until
8 o'clock in the morning, but canno'
find time TO take up the question oil
enforcing the saloon sunday closing
law"
When the Mayor read that in his
office Yesterday ne laughed.
III those VINO criticise ny dancing
would do the same thing their dlsposi-
tions would be greatly improved ne
said. cit is heslthful exercise ana eN-
cellent recreation" VII.
Here is what some OF New loIh
hest known clergymen think about the
subject OF dancing az il involves tne
Nayor four of them: The rev
Charles A. Eaton. cf the Madison ave
rua BoptiSt Church: the Rev. INNS
tar =. Reisner, of Grace MethodIsl
Church: the Rev. John Haynes hoimes'
Of ,he Church Of the Messiah. ana tue
Rev. DR.. Joseph Silverman, OF the lem
pie Emanuel. 60, l..o,,
.Whstber or not the Mayor dances
il his own private business sa,u ",
Reisner. 81 don't like modern dances
nersonally. but | don't think we nav
anv right 20 eriticIse the MAYOR loi
dancing. am speaking as a triehu
Of the Mayor. believe that his haoI9
are hi. own affair and not a proper
subject for public CRITICISM. Even gu.
friend. do some thingt we don't want
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
ALDERMEN SAVED COST
Code of Ordinances Less Elk
pensive Than Expected.

Instead of several thousand dollars,
the work of the codifcation committee
Of the Board of Aldermen, which was
completed yesterday when the board
adopted the new code Of ordinances,
cost only about $500. This was for
stenographic work and minor Incl
dentals. In the past, when such r task
had 10 be done. il was customary 10
employ special counsel and experts, a:
A considerable cost.
Alderman Pendry. chairman Of the
codifcation committee, decided they
could do the work themselves. with
the assistance of Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Frank MscNulty and
Frank Martin. who has been ordinance
clerk of the board for more than TWEEN
~ years. -.. -. -.
tights. and not letting the Board OF
Estimate get ahead of II in the acqui-
sition Of new powers, the Board Of
Aldermen passed resolution declar-
ing il would oppose the bill TO be IN
troduced by the Board OF Estimate CIV
ing that body power over the salaries
of county officers and CITY employes'
such as school teachers, unless IL pro
yides for concurrent action oy the
Board of Aldermen. ~.
A resolution providing that dream
land Park. at Coney Island, shai' De
Lent omen as n public bait ing peaeh
vas PASSED, and an agitation mas Deeh
started for new municlpal pa'hnouse'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
ADVISES CRITICS
TO DANCE AND CHEER UP
One Clergymans Gloomy View OF His f1onorS lerpSi
chorean Diversions Isn't Shared by Others
Who Saw It's His Own Business

them 10, and others do better than We
want
at is none Of my business about tn"
Mayors personal habits as long as he
is a good official" said DR.. Eaton. "As
10 dancing. | don't think IL Is any
longer a recreation in New York-it is
q disease. a form OF nervous disorder.
But as for the Mayor, his private be-
hayor, unless he breaks the moral law,
is none Of my affair. | don't think his
dancing helps mis- influence among the
young, out as long as he obeys the
laws and enforces them we have no
right 10 go into his private conduct.
He's our MAYOR, but we don't own him
body and soul
The Rev. John Haynes Holmes said:
81 believe in dancing. In fact, we have
two dancing classes at our church
every week. and we have dances at our
church socials and encourage them. |
believe in dancing as a diversion. not
as a business or craze. The extent to
which il has gone n New York Is
ridiculous. But this Is not criticism
Of the Mayor | think the Mayor has
2 perfect right 10 dance. | don't think
he is overriding it at all"
II don't like dancing personally
Rabbi Silverman said, but ! have no
objection to others dancing in the
proper manner. / don't think u - the
highest form OF culture. but have no
objection 10 the Mayor dancing. he
certainly knows how 10 dance IL q
gentl manly manner. wouldn't even
object If minister dances
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
FRATERNITIES GOOD,
SAYS COLLEGE MAN
Colonel Curtis, of Delta Tau
Delta, Thinks Abolition Will
DESTROY Universities.

Colonel James b. Curtis, president
of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity and
chairman of the inter-Fraternity Con-
ference, Denounced the anti-fraternity
bill now cnGlng in the Texas Legislat-
ure al a dinner given the conference
by the Delta Epsilon at the McAlpln
last hight.
"The abolition Of groups in universe
ties is impossible" he said. Were IT
,Fected il would destroy the university
itself. Groups Of students have exist
ed in all universities from their begin
ming to ia. present day. They make
for the moral and intellectual deve lop-
mort Of the student, giving MIN
stronger incentive TO work and keep
straight. There is less feeling against
them to-day than there ever was
Jeremiah s. Ferguson, Worthy Grand
Master Of Kappa Sigma, said that fac
ulties in various colleges were using
the fraternities 20 promote scholarship
by melting competition between them.
Henry II. NcCorkle, secretary OF the
Inter. Frat, mity Conference, declared
the societies could of themselves lay
much of the opposition they now COM
rlained q.
ave need better scholarship, morals
ard deals" he said. land the govern
ment of chapters should be given over
. aiuu,ai. A higher fraternity stand
ard Voulc do away with many OF the
attacks aga nst US
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
EDUCATION NEEDED.
SAYS MISS DAVIS
Commissioner Of Correction
Speaks for Reform Instead
Of Punishment.

Katharine B. Davis. Commissioner OF
Core ction. told an audience Of ColUm-
bia University students yesterday Of
the best means for reforming our
penal institutions. The G-ea. :rouS.e,
she said. was that we punish criri-
rals % class rather than reform
them as individuals
Professor Henry T. SeaGcr. o. Co
lumbia. who is on Mayor Mitchc.'s
committee on Unemployment. intro
duccd Miss Davis. Her very presence
here" ne said. las Commissioner o.
Correction. vindicates many OF the al
gumcnts Of the sufragettes for ohice-
holding by women
Miss Davis was scheduled to speak
On Modern Penology and Religion. -
and said in part:
"Thc old order Of pun ,hmeot first
and reclamation last should be 70
verscd if we are TO get the best odt
or our penal institutions
Il believe that education Is an i'm
portant facto- y diminishing crime.
especially IN the case o. women. In
ali my experience only Two women
have been committed to penal .nSti.u-
tons Who have had the aGvgn.agc or
more than a grammar schOc. cdUca-
ton. Stories Of refined and vel edu-
Gated women who break the laws are
mostly newspaper stories. which would
not be published without this touch OF
color.
"In the case Of men. education IS rot
so important, for they are often III"
victims of circum Stanccs, as IS wit
ressed b. the number Of bank
cashiers and heads Of industrial. com.
panics who are found in the ranks Of
The criminals.
Eve should adapt the principles
found good in our educational systems
10 our penal systems. We do not cdu-
cate the children or the wholesale
basis. but treat them as individuals.
This same rule should apply TO pris-
onors study Of the mental. moral
and physical side of the man will
often indicate the best method TO be
followed. Sometimes an operation Will
correct a criminal tendency. At other
times industrial education will permit
of the man obtaining q living, thus
doing away with the necessity Tor
stealing.
MANY of us believe that the way to
accomplish the best results is 70 limit
the work Of judges in deciding the
guilt or innocence Of the prisoners
brought before them, and let a clear
ing house determine the fate Of the
nan as regards punishment. This
clearing house would study individual
cases, and an opportunity would be Al
forded to remedy the failings Of the
mentally defective"