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Long List Of Defendants.

The defendants named in the original
petition of complaint besides the
Motion Picture Patents Company are
the General Film Company. Biograph
Company. Thomas A. Edison, Inc; Es-
sanay Film Manufacturing Company,
the Kalem Company, Inc; George
Kleine, Lubin Manufacturing Company,
Melies Manufacturing Company, Pathe
Freres. the Selig Polyscope Company,
the Vitagraph Company. Frank l..
Dyer. Henry n. Marvin. J. ]. Kennedy,
William Pelzer. Samuel Long, J. A.
Berst. S;egmund Lubin, CASTOR Melies.
Albert f. Smith. George K. Spoor and
w y. Selig.
The court in its decision states that
all contracts enumerated in the gov
ernments petition and the combina-
tion therein described were a conspir-
acy in restraint of trade, and therefore
illegal. and that they constituted, with
the exception of the operations Of the
Melies Manufacturing Company. a
monopoly in violation of the antitrust
laws.
With reference to the Melies Com
pany, the court said:
The Melies Manufacturing Company
has denied tas have all the defendants)
that 1t was in any sense a party to the
combination charged. We have gone
over all the proofs without finding any
which go to making good the charge
against this particular defendant. II
is therefore. excluded from the find
ings made and the petition as against
II Is dismissed"
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Went Far Beyond Rights.

The court found that the defendants
went far beyond what was necessary
to protect patent rights and that their
acts constituted a violation of the anti
trust laws.
1t was charged by the government
that the alleged monopoly was formed
in 1908 by virtually all the manufacture
ers of moving picture films in the
country Under an agreement made
by these concerns, it was alleged, the
Motion Picture Patents Company was
made the holding concern of nearly all
the patents that have been issued. \
list of theaters and moving picture
places was prepared and no film ex
change. it was alleged, was allowed
to distribute films to any exhibitor ex-
cept those named Oh the list. Uniform
prices and rules were made. it was
further alleged, and il the film ex-
change did not observe the orders of
tie so-called trust its supply was
cut OF.
The suit was filed August 16, 1912,
and final argument was heard in De-
cember, 1914. The suit was conducted
for the government by Edwin T..
Grosvenor, special assistant to the At
torney General.
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Philadelphia Company Up.

The prominent utilities included Phil
adelphia Company. which sold eN-diVi-
dend of 11a, but made u net gain OF
~ to 9712; United Railways preferred up
"a to 47M. and Pacific Telephone UP
3la to 4sl@
Convertible issues of the copper com
r.pies constituted the feature of the
bond division, some advancing as much
AS 5 to points.
Westipehouse alone of the war spe-
cialtjes showed especial strength, ris-
ing to 123k.
Stcers further rise to rs brought
that stock into bolder relief and was
made the occasion of a renewal al ac-
tivity in such specialties as Westins-
house and General Electric as wen as
a few other war Issues.
Interest in coppers and utilities be-
gan to lag, with / to point recessions.
Dealings up to midday totaled almost
SOC. 900 shares, the record for that pc
riod, but later trading fell away to a
marked degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-01
U. S'TEELLEADS
UPWARD MARKET
Common Stock 81
Reaching Highest Quota
tion Since 1912.

NEW YORK, October 1.-Wall street
again was in the throes of a runaway
market today. with United States Steel,
the copper stocks and some of the utili-
ties operating in Pittsburgh and along
the Pacific coast i,i the lead. War
shares were comparatively neglected
and railways continued to lag.
Steers leadership, always accepted as
an encouraging augury by the specula-
tive element. derived its impulse large
ly from the optimistic statement issued
Yesterday by the corporations chief
executive. Trading in this stock was
reminiscent of the days of Its fiotation.
Its opening offering consisted of a
block of 1000 shares at 1875 to 1878,
soon breaking through 81, it's highest
quotation since 1912. The stock con-
tinued to issue forth in enormous vol
ume, some additional individual lots
ranging from 1900 to 10,S00 shares.
The ease with which these outpourings
was absorbed made the movement more
impressive.
Trading in the first hour amounted to
$4,000 shares, of which Steel common
alone supplied $500.
In the coppers there were wide ,
opening sales in Inspiration and Miami
at advances of ! TO points. Others
of that group were less active, but no
less strong.
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WEATHER.

Rain tonight. Tomorrow partly cloudy.
Strong northeast to north winds,
shifting to west tomorrow and dimin-
ishing.
Temperature for the past twenty-four
hours: Highest. 6S. at pm. yester-
day; lowest, 81. at 1880 a m. today.
For full report see page 81.
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Continued on Second Page.)
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| suppress1ng a momentary flash OF an
ger that had redeemed his face, and
controlled himself as il by super
human effort.
st believe you really love that man
Kennedy" he exclaimed in tone that
was almost hiss But tell you,
Elaine, he is all bluff. Why, he has
been after that Clutching Hand now
for three months-and what has he
accomplished? Nothing"
He paused. Through Elaine's mind
there flashed the contrast with Ken
nedy's even temper and deferent1ai
manner.
Bennett, by another effort, seemed
to grip his temper again. He paced
up and down the room. ,. Then he
changed the subject abruptly, and the
conversation was resumed with some
constraint.
While Elaine and Bennett were talk
ing Kennedy and had entered the Of
fee.
Craig stopped the boy who was
about to announce us and asked for
BENEFITS secretary instead, much to
my establishment.
The boy merely indicated the door
of one of the other private Offices, and
we entered.
We found the secretary hard at
work at the typewriter, copying a
legal document. Without a word Ken
nedy at once locked the door.
The secretary rose in surprise, but
Craig paid no attention to him. In
stead he calmly walked over to the
machine and began to examine it.
Might l ask'-began the secretary.
you keep quiet" ordered Kennedy,
with a nod to me to watch the fellow.
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At that moment we were startled
by the sudden appearance OF Elaine
She entered the room carrying in
her arms huge bunch Of roses which
she had evidently just received.
The moment she saw Craig, how
ever, she stopped short with look OF
great surprise.
Her keen, eye had not missed the
fact that several of her letters lay
scattered over the top of the desk. I.
What are you doing with my let
tiers, Mr.. Kennedy" she asked, in an
astonished tone, evidently resenting
the unceremoniousness with which he
had apparently been overhauling her
correspondence
Z AS guarded1y as possible, Kennedy
met her inquiry, which I could not
myself blame her for making.
ct beg your pardon, Miss Dodge -
he said, "but a matter has just come
up which necessitated merely cur
sorry examination of some purely for
NAL letters which might have an i'm
portant bearing on the discovery of
the Clutching Hand. Your aunt had
no idea where you were, nor when you
might return, and the absolute neces-
sity for haste in such an important
matter is my only excuse for examin-
ing a few, minor letters without first
obtaining your permission"
She said nothing. At another time
such an explanation would have been
instantly accepted. Now, however, it
was different.
Kennedy read the look on her face
and an instant later turned to Aunt
Josephine and myself.
Il would very much appreciate a
chance to say a few words to Miss
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SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystifed by
a series of murders and other crimes.
The principal clue to the criminal is the
warning letter which is sent the victims,
signed with a "clutching hand" The lat
est victim of the mysterious assassin is
Taylor Dodge, the insurance president.
His daughter, Elaine. employs Craig Ken
nedy the famous scientific detective. to
try to unravel the mystery. What Ken
nedy accomplishes is told by his friend
Jameson, a newspaper man. Enraged at
the determined effort which Elaine and
Craig Kennedy are making to put an end
to his crimes. the Clutching Hand, as
this strange criminal is known, resorts
to all sorts of the most diabolical schemes
to put them out of the way. Each chap
ter of the story tells of a new plot
against their lives and of the way the
great detective uses all his skill to save
this pretty girl and himself from death.
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Dodge alona,' he intimated. 81 have
had no such opportunity for some
time. If you would be so kind as to
leave us in the library-for a few min
utes-"
He did not finish the sentence.
Aunt Josephine had already begun to
withdraw and I followed.
For a moment or two Craig and
Elaine looked at each other, neither
saying a word, each wondering just
what was in the others mind.
Craig cleared his throat, the obvious
manner of covering up his emotion.
Elaine he said at length, dropping
the recent return to Miss Dodge" for
the moment, Elaine, is there any
truth in this mornings newspaper re-
port of-of you?"
She had dropped her eyes. But he
persisted, taking newspaper clipping
from his pocket and handing it to her.
Her hand trembled as she glanced
over the item:
SOCIETY NOTES.
Dame Rumor is connecting the
name Of Miss Elaine Dodge, the
heiress, with that Of Perry Ben
nett, the famous young lawyer.
The announcement of an engage
ment between them at any time
would not surprise. ~
Elaine read no farther She handed
back the clipping to Kennedy. AS her
eyes met his she noticed his express
sion of deep concern, and hesitated
with the reply she had evidently been
just about to make.
Still, as she lowered her head, it
seemed to give silent confirmation to
the truth of the newspaper report.
Kennedy said nothing, but his eyes
continued to study her face.
He suppressed his feelings with a
great effort then, without a word,
bowed and left the room.
Walter" he exclaimed as he re-
Joined us in the drawing room, where
was chatting with Aunt Josephine,
1--WE must be off again. The trail fol-
lows still farther
An hour or so later, Elaine, whose
mind was now in a whirl from what
had happened, decided to make a call
on her lawyer and the confidant of her
father, Perry Bennett.
AS Elaine entered his private office,
Bennett rose to greet her effusively
and they exchanged a few words
II mustn't forget to thank you for
those lovely roses you sent me- she
exclaimed at length. "They were
beautiful, and appreciated them ever
SO much"
A moment later Bennett led the,
conversation around until he found an
opportunity to make tactful allusion
to the report of their engagement in
the morning papers.
He had leaned over, and now at
tempted to take her hand. She with
drew it, however. There was some
thing about his touch which, try as
she might, she could not like. Was it
mere prejudice or was it her keen
woman's intuition?
Bennett looked at her a moment,
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chine kennedy removed the legal pa
per that was in it and put in new
sheet. Then he tapped out, as we
watched:
BE AT HEADQUARTERS AT IL. DE-
sTRoY THIS IMMEDIATELY.
TiNcTURE OF IODINE
THREE PARTS Of
This is his contention whereas
TRUTH is the only goal and MATTER
is nonexistent-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
''Look, Walter" he exclaimed as he
drew out the paper from the machine.
/ bent over, and together we COM
pared the Us with those in the Clutch
ing Hand letter, the paper from the
bomb and the letter which Craig had
taken from Elaine's desk.
AS Craig pointed out the resem-
blances with pencil my amaze
ment gradually changed into
comprehension and comprehension
into conviction. The meaning of it all
began to dawn on me.
The writing was Identical. There
were no differences!
While we were locked in the secre-
tary's Office Bennett and Elaine were
continuing their chat on various social
topics. Suddenly, however, with a
glance at the clock, Bennett told Elaine
that he had an important letter to die
tate and that it must go off at once.
She said that she would excuse him
a few minutes, and he pressed but
ton to call his secretary.
OF course, the secretary did not ap-
pear. Bennett left his Office, with
some annoyance, and went into the ad-
joining room, the door to which Ken
nedy had not locked.
He hesitated moment, then opened
the door quietly. To his establishment
he saw Kennedy, the secretary and
myself apparently making close ex-
animation of the typewriter.
Gliding, rather than walking back
into his own Office, he closed the door
and locked it. Almost instantly fear.
and fury at the presence of his hated
rival, Kennedy, turned Bennett, as it
were, from the Jekyll of polished
lawyer anu lOV0I VI Gld1u0 11lO liz
sanely jealous and revengeful Mr..
Hyde. The strain was more than his
warped mind could bear.
3. With a look of intense horror and
1oathing Elaine watched him slowly
change from the composed, calm, in
tellectual Bennett she knew and re-
spected into a repulsive, mad figure of
a man.
His stature even seemed to be al
tered. He seemed to shrivel up and
become deformed. His face was terribly
distorted.
And his long, sinewy hand slowly
twisted and bent until he became the
personal embodiment OF the Clutching
Hand.
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and noiseless little piece of clockwork,
in there, too. And it's powerful
enough to blow us all, the laboratory
included, to kingdom come"
AS he spoke, and before I could re-
monstrate with him, he took the in
fernal machine and placed it on a
table where he set to work on the
most delicate and dangerous piece of
dissection of which have ever heard.
Carefully unwrapping the bomb and
unscrewing one part while he held an
other firm, he finally took out of it
bottle of liquid and some powder.
Then he placed a few grains of the
powder on dish and dropped on it a
drop or two of the liquid. There was
a bright flash as the powder ignited
instantly. y
"Just what I expected" commented
Kennedy with noe. DIS he examined
the clever workmanship of the bomb.
One thing that Interested him was
that part of the contents had been
wrapped in paper to keep them in
place. This paper he was now care
fully examining with microscope.
AS nearly as could make it out, the
paper contained part of typewrit-
ten cremical formula, which read:
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"You are under arrest-and the less
you say the better for you"
1 shall never forget the look that
crossed the secretary's face. Was it
the surprise of an innocent man?
Taking the mans place at the ma
chine Kennedy removed the legal pa
per that was in it and put in a new
sheet Then he tapped out, as we
watched:
Evening star., 1915-04-08
PLEASURE CRAFT READY.
Cruisers and Launches Put in Shape
for Summer Use.

The handsome cruiser Lorayne II, be-
longing to the local fleet of pleasure
craft, which was out on the marine
railway at Regan's boatyard being
cleaned and painted and made ready
for summer cruising service on the
river. has been put overheard. She will
be used by her owners for summer
cruises to the lower Potomac and on
Chesapeake bay.
Regan has shifted the launch Fair
banks TO the cradle of his marine rail-
way. where the work of making her
ready for service will be completed.
The launch is to be cleaned and paint
ed. and to receive minor repairs. and
1t will be several days before she Is
ready to go overheard. Commodore
Thomas Tennesson. owner of the Fair
banks, will use her for summer cruis-
ing. and trips to Colonial Beach and
the mouth of the river will be made
aboard her. .
The cruiser Belle Rose. belonging to
q A. Danzenbaker and others. is about
ready for service. and will be placed in
commission shortly. During the past
month the vessel has been given gem
eral overhauling and has been rented
and repainted She will be used for
long cruises during the boating season.
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books In the library, too," she told him
Just then the man was called to MS OF,
fee and Mona turned to mail order girl
who begged her to hurry.
WAS old Goodrich calling you
down." she asked, solicitously. He
can always find something to growl
about. Everybody is scared stiff of
him." she added, consolingly. Mona
been finding fault or not.
In the morning she went back to her
own place. She worked all day until
she was dead tired No advance In sal
stairs still sang of his love until she
fled to the library for refuge and recre-
alton.
Some weeks later chill struck the
store. There had been a change In
the firm and new manager was in
stalled In the private office that over
looked two floors. Mona forgot the
need of a raise and prayed only that
she might not be supplanted by some
friend who could boast Of a pull
her salesbook was always well above
the average. that she was regular and
punctual. but you never can tell
whatll happen to you" she heard on
all sides, and the horror of being out
of a job was appalling.
Efficiency was the slogan OF the
new power. and all over the great
house every one was feverishly
studying its meaning. One evening
just before closing time the new man
ager and the buyer of the linens and
dress goods walked into Mona's depart
ment and stopped for minute at her
counter. An irate customer was scold-
ing about the ncn-arriva1 Of goods or
TO utter the polite phrases necessary to
direct her to the complaint desk. The
bell had started to ring when a boy
came to tell her She was wanted In the
Office At last 1t had come, but in spite
of long anticipation new courage filled
her. Her heart stopped its wild ham
mering and her knees seemed to have
been reinforced for the ordeal. Some
one took the counter covers out Of her
hands and offered to help. Another told
her to cheer up. there were other Jobs.
while all about her friends watched
pityingly as she started toward the Gle
vator.
In the Office she was told to take a
she sat miserably looking about her
she saw on the desk long card with
her own name at the top and complete
record of her work since the first day
she had been employed there. The man
ager hurried in. and. taking his chair,
card.
Miss Milton" he began. 'ws have
found it necessary to cut expenses. to
rebuild in places and mako number
ment. where we are planning to reduce
the force considerably
Yes. sir" Mona managed to say tense
Iy. and the terror in her voice made
him look directly at her. However" he
added, with view Of omitting details
you need not be alarmed. Our Mr.
Goodrich, in whose department you have
substituted number Of times" he
glanced at the card. has asked that
/ you be transferred to his of1ce. His
! head Of stock is leaving at the end OF
| the month. and I believe he intends that
| you shall take her place. There Is only
! a small increase in salary for the first
| few weeks. but the opportunity offered
! is excellent"
/ Mona was too surprised for words
| "Why-why, Il thought ! was to be
| discharged" she stammered and the
manager looked at her in amazement
why, my dear young lady. you have
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The tanitor had begun to put out the
lights before she thought OF returning TO
her own room and she was surprised TO
see that the only other loiterer reluctantly
replacing q book was the young assistant
Now, II our eyes should meet he
probably wouldn't notice the color of mine,
and I'd go on wondering how he can see
when his are set so far back IN his head
80 there Is nothing a this" She laughed
as she hurried along lest she miss too
much Of her beauty sleep "One must be
wide awake to even do behind -the-counter
work WELL" she philosophical, as she pre-
pared to retire. But, oh dear, how
loathe it-there isn't & romantic thing
about IT, and with the general cry Of hard
times there isn't chance in the world
of getting a raise
The next day there was sale OF
linens in the store. and Mona was sent
10 the new department TO help out All
morning she assured people that II was
pure and well "bleached," and would
wear" little after noon there came
a lul in the rush. when a fussy old lady
asked TO be shown tablecloths- For what
seemed like the billionth time Mona
opened the sample book and exhibited
the various grades and designs The GUS
toner. although confident Of the duplicity
Of up-to-date methods Of weaving,
listened to the explanations Of the sales
girl. watched her unravel the threads and
examine them under the strong electric
Evening star., 1915-04-08

one Of the best records in the establish
ment. In fact, we have been observing
Won closely for a number of weeks and
are more than pleased with the reports
oe you during and outside of business
hours"
Somehow Mona managed to thank him.
and somehow she got to her restaurant,
but she never remembered what she ate.
The world of a sudden looked very dear
and wonderful when at last she reached
her own room and heard:
The girl behind the counter,
am thinking of.
Il am to have raise and perhaps
even a romance may be lying in wait
for me- she whispered to the happy,
hopeful face in the mirror.
tTHE END
Evening star., 1915-04-08
THE EVENING STORY.
ROMANCE AND PRAISE.
Copyright. 1915. by W. wernero
The girl behind the counter
Is the girl ] love.


Is the girl love.
"Ob uifIe,' Mona Milton exclaimed,
disgust edly. as the soulful tones of the
vounc tenor who occupied the room
below were waited. as it were, Ger the
gentle zephyrs: or. In language more
in keeping with the young woman's
mood, that moving picture soloist was
at il aRain'-a lot he knows about IT. =.
The girl behind the counter
thinking Of
ITS much easier singing about
girl behind a counter than being one
Mona remarked. wisely. as she closed
the window and settled herself {" en-
io,, a magazine After half an hours
desultory reading she threw the BOOK
on the bed. Il wonder why they insist
on punching shining ring down over
the head OF shop girls. halo would
he all right if il had a financial value.
That boy downstairs sings by the hour
Of the girl who married the floor
walker. Those two stories"-and she
nointed deprecatingly toward the peri
odfcal-"one downtrodden mss. VINO
really hasn't the fun al aiioIment o,rnest .nl ol
fireiv concealed heart Of the man al
the top and he makes her his private
secretary, while the other poor put
nroud lass just off the farm, carries
own in two paragraphs. Mona Milton,
do you realize that you are doing iot
Of complaining" she demanded OF tne
girl in the mirror. You WOULDN'T
marry young Mr.. Lawrence II he asked
YOU, and he won't in spite Of the fact
that he nearly ran you down SUNDAY
when YOU were going to church and
ha was iov riaing. What is more, his
father will not take you into the firm.
regardless OF the evidence that S.ur
ready smile won the custom of the
,reaIfbv Mrs Ash and the aristocrats
who radiate about her. Now, take your
seif out OF this stufry two-by-four room
that you have dubbed home and go 70
own good fortune after a chapter or two
of How the Other Half Lives
Mona forgot the worries of the day
two minutes after finding comfortable
,orner among her favorite authors. and
rluflCed Immediately into an account OF
tne thrilling exploits that made the unruly
Loy. Peter Vessel. an admiral of Norway.
Evening star., 1915-04-08

light, but remained unconvinced Of their
and. finally gathering up her
bags, moved away with doubtful shake
of her head. 1t wasn't until that moment
that Mona perceived the buyer standing
within a few feet Of her.
why couldn't he have come around
when / was making sale?" she thought,
rebelliously, as she folded and replaced
the goods.
You seem to have familiarized your
self with the difference in textures. he
remarked, picking up some of the threads
that had been dropped.
Il belonged to the dressmaking class
in school and our teacher was very par
ticular on that point. | read some of the