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Shad 1t repaired he remarked to Aunt
Josephine Suddenly his face lighted
up. "Ah-an ideal" he exclaimed.
mo one will ever think to look inside
that '"
Now, Mrs. Dodge" he said finally.
as he had completed Installing the
thing and hiding the wire under car
pets and rugs until 1t ran out to the
connection which he made with the
telephone, don't breathe a word of 1t
to anyone. We don't know whom
to trust or suspect"
Elaine's car had stopped finally at
a shop on Fifth avenue. She stepped
out and entered, leaving her chauffeur
to wait,
AS she did so, Dan and Billy sided
along the crowded sidewalk.
Dan the Dude left Billy and Billy
surreptitiously drew from under his
coat a half loaf Of bread. With a
glance about, he dropped it into the
gutter close to the entrance to
Elaine's car. Then he withdrew a lit
tie distance.
When Elaine came out and ap.
preached her car, Billy, looking as
cold and forlorn as could be, shot for.
ward. Pretending to p the dirty
piece Of bread in the gutter, he made
a dive for it, just as Elaine was about
to step into the car.
Elaine, surprised, drew back. Billy
picked up the piece of bread and with
all the actions of having discovered a
treasure began to gnaw at it vora-
ciously.
Shocked at the disgusting sight, she
tried to take the bread away from
him.
Il know it's dirty, MISS" whimpered
Billy. "but it's the first food I've seen
for four days."
Instantly Elaine was full of SYM
pathy. She had taken the food
away. That would not suffice.
whats your name, little boy?" she
asked.
Billy" he replied, blubbering.
Where do you live?"
With me mother and father
they're sick-nothing to eat"
He was whimpering an address far
over on the East side.
Get into the car" Elaine directed.
"Gee-but this is SWELL" he cried,
with nc fake, this time.
On they went, through the tenement
canyons, lodging children and push
carts, stopping first at a grocer's, then
at a butchers and a delicatessen.
Finally the car stopped where Billy
directed. Billy hobbled out, followed
by Elaine and her chauffeur, his arms
piled high with provisions. She was
indeed a lovely Lady Bountiful as a
crowd of kids quickly surrounded the
car.
In the meantime Dago Mike and
Kitty the Hawk had gone to a wretch
ed flat. before which Billy stopped.
Kitty sat on the bed, putting dark
circles under her eyes with a black
;ened cork. She was very thin and
emaciated, but it was dissipation that
had done it. Dago Mike was CORE
spondingly poorly dressed.
He had paused beside the window
to look out. She's coming" he an
nounced finally.
Kitty hastily jumped into the rick
ETY. bed, while Mike took up a crutch
that was standing idly in a corner.
She coughed resignedly and he limped
about, forlorn. They had assumed
their parts, which were almost to the
burlesque of poverty, when the door
was pushed open and Billy burst in,
followed by Elaine and the chauf-
feur.
"Oh, ma-oh, pa" he cried, running
forward and kissing his pseudo par
ents, as Elaine, -overcome with SYM
pathy, directed the chauffeur to lay
the things on a shaky table.
Just then the door opened again.
All were genuinely surprised this time,
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which to record something. land You.
miss, r q fool!"
There was no combating Miss Stats
Tx. She overwhelmed all arguments
by the very exactness Of ner person
atty. 81
Elaine departed, s%peechless, prop
erly squelched, followed by her cnaur:
feur.
Meanwhile, a closed car, such as
had stood across from the laboratory.
had drawn up not far from the Dodge
house. Near 1t was a man in rather
shabby clothes and a visored cap on
which were the words in dull gold
lettering, metropolitan Window
Cleaning company" He carried q
bucket and a small extension ladder.
In the darkened recesses of the car
was the Clutching Hand. himself,
masked as usual. He had his watch
in his hand and was giving most min.
ute instructions to the window clean
er about something. AS the latter
turned to go, a sharp observer would
have noted that it was Dan the Dude,
still further disguised.
A few moments later, Dan appeared
at the servants entrance of the Dodge
house and rang the bell. Jennings,
who happened to be down there, came
to the door.
MAN to clean the windows" sa'
luted the bogus cleaner, touching his
hat in a way quietly to call attention
to the words on it and drawing from
his pocket q faxed written order.
1"All right" nodded Jennings, ex.
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BY a Sort Of Instinct Kennedy
Seemed to Recognize the Sounds.
"EIalne!" He Exclaimed, Turning
9 Pale. = ~ " en-
for q prim, spick and span, middle.
aged woman entered. s5. "
Z II am Miss Statistic, of the organ
lied charities" she announced, look
ing around sharply. II saw your car
standing outside miss, and the chill
dren below told me you we're up here.
I came up to see whether you were
aiding really deserving poor.
She laid a marked emphasis on the
word, pursuing up her lips. There was
no mistaking the apprehension that
these fine birds Of prey had of her,
either.
"Why-wh-what's the matter?"
asked Elaine, fdgeting intentionally.
This man is a gunman, that wom-
an is a bad woman, the boy is Billy
the Bread Snatcher," she answered
precisely. drawing out q card ON
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aiming the order and finding it ap.
parently all right,
Dan followed him in, taking the lad
der and bucket upstairs, where Aunt
Josephine was still reading.
1.-THE man to clean the windows,
ma'am," apologized Jennings.
"Oh, very WE'LL" she nodded, taking
up her book, to go. Then, recalling
the frequent %injunctions of Kennedy,
she paused long enough to speak
quietly to Jennings.
"Stay here and watch him." she
whispered as she went out.
Jennings nodded, while Dan opened
a window and set to work.
Elaine now decided to go home.
From his closed car, the Clutching
Hand gazed ~intently at the Dodge
house. He could see Dan on the lad
der. now washing the library window,
his back toward him.
Dan turned slowly and made the
sign of the hand. Turning to his
chauffeur, the master criminal spoke
a few hurried words in a low tone and
the driver hurried of.
A few minutes later the driver
might have been seen entering a near
by drug store and going into the tele-
phone booth. Without a moments
hesitation he called upon the Dodge
house, and Marie, Elaine's maid, an
swered.
us Jennings -there?' he asked.
Tell him a friend wants to speak
to him."
wait a minute" she answered. I'll
get him."
Marie went toward the library, leav-
ing the telephone off the hook. Dan
was washing the windows, half in
side, half outside the house, while Jen-
nings was trying to be very busy, al
though it was apparent that he was
watching Dan closely.
"A friend Of yours wants to speak
to you over the telephone, jennings"
said Marie, as she came into the
library.
The butler responded slowly, with a
covert glance at Dan.
No ooner had they gone however,
than Dan climbed all the way into the
room, ran to the door and looked after
them. Then he ran to the window.
Across and down the street, the
Clutching Hand was gazing at the
house He had seen Dan disappear
and suspected that the time had come.
Sure enough, there was the sign of
the hand. He hastily got out of the
car and hurried, up the street. All
this time the chauffeur was keeping
Jennings busy over the telephone with
some trumped-up, story
AS the master criminal came in. by
the ladder through the open window,
Dan was on guard, listening down the
hallway. A signal from Dan, and
Clutching Hand slid back Of the por-
there's. Jennings was returning.
I've finished these windows" ALI
nounced Dan as the butler reappeared.
"Now, I'll clean the hall windows"
Jennings followed like a shadow.
No sooner had they gone than
Clutching Hand stealthily came from
behind the portieres.
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One of the maids was sweeping In
the ball as Dan went toward the win
dow, about to wash II.
II wonder whether 1 locked those
windows?" muttered Jennings, paus'
ing in the hallway. II guess I'd bet.
ter make sure"
He had taken only q step toward.
the library again when Dan watchfully
caught sight Of him. 1t would never
do to have Jennings shopping around
there now. Quick action was neces-
sary. Dan knocked over q costly
Sevres vase.
"There-clumsy-see what you've
done!" berated Jennings, starting to
pick up the pieces.
Dan had acted his part well and
promptly. In the library Clutching
Hand was busily engaged at that mo
ment beside the secret panel search
ing for the spring that released 1t.
He ran his finger along the woodwork,
pausing here and there without sue
ceeding.
"Confound it," he muttered, search
ing feverishly.
Kennedy, having made the arrange
ments with the telephone company by
which he had a clear wire from the
Dodge house to his laboratory, had re-
Joined me there and was putting on
the finishing touches on his installar
ton of the vocaphone.
Every now and then he would
switch it on, and we would listen in
It as he demonstrated the wonderful
little instrument to me. We had
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SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystifled by a
series of murders of prominent men. The
principal clue to the murderer Is the warn
ing letter which Is sent the victims, signed
with q "clutching hand" The latest vic
Tim 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
4edy accomplishes is told by his friend
Jameson, a newspaper nan. Elaine Is kid
naped by the Clutching Hand. but is res
oued by Kennedy, who has discovered her
whereabouts through using third degree
methods on one of the crooks.
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heard the window cleaner and Jen7
nings, but thought nothing Of it at
the time. :
Once, however, Craig paused, and I
saw him listening more intently than
usual.
They've gone out" he muttered,
but surely there is some one In the
Dodge library"
II listened, too. The thing was SO
sensitive that even a whisper could
be magnifed, and I certainly did hear
something.
Kennedy frowned. What was that
scratching noise? Could it be Jen.
n1ngs? Perhaps 1t was Rusty.
Just then we could distinguish q
sound as though someone had moved
about.
"No-that's not jennings" cried
Craig. HE went out"
He looked at me a moment. The
same stealthy noise was repeated.
TITS the Clutching Hand" he ex.
claimed excitedly.
"A OI1O 1dLcI Ddu uuITl0u lutO
the Dodge library.
For heavens sake, Chief. hurry"
he whispered hoarsely. "The Falsers
must have fallen down. The girl her.
self is coming!"
Dan himself had no time to waste.
He retreated into the hallway just as
Jennings vas opening the door for
Elaine.
Marie took her wraps and left her,
while Elaine handed her numerous
packages to Jennings.
Dan watched every motion.
PUT them away, jennings" she
said softly. .
Jennings had obeyed and gone up.
stairs. Elaine moved toward the H.
brary. Dan took a quiet step or two
behind her, in the same direction.
In the library Clutching Hand was
now frantically searching for the
spring. He heard Elaine coming and
lodged behind the curtains again Just
as she entered.
With a hasty look about, she saw
no one. Then she went quickly to the
panel, found the spring and pressed
1t. So many queer things had hap.
pened to her since she went out that
she had begun to worry over the safe.
!ty. Of the papers.
The panel opened. They were there,
all right. She opened the box and
took them out, hesitating to break the
seal before Kennedy arrived.
fStealthy and tigerlike, the Clutch.
ing Hand crept up behind her. As he
did 80, Dan. gazed in through the Dor.
there's from the hall. ""'
With a spring, Clutching Hand
leaped at Elaine, s%natching at the pa.
pers. Elaine chung to them tenacious.
", in spite Of the surprise, and they
struggled for them, Clutching Hand
holding one hand over her mouth to
prevent her screaming. Instantly Dan
was there, aiding his chief.
Choke her! Strangle her! Don't
let her, scream!" he ground out.
They fought viciously. Would she
succeed? It was two desperate, un-
scrupulous men against n frail girl.
Suddenly. from the man In arlnog
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
How Thin People
Can Put on Flesh

Thin men and women-thnt big.
hearty, filling dinner you ate last
night. What became Of all the fat
producing nourishment Il contained9
You haven't gained In weight one
ounce; That food passed from your
body like unburned coal through an
open CRATE. Tho material was there
but your food doesn't work and
stick, and the plain truth IL you
hardly get enough nourlshment from
cooking. This is true OF thin folks
the world over. Your nutritive or
gans. your functions OF assimilation.
arc probably aadiy out OF gear, and
need reconstruction.
Cut out the foolish foods and
funny sawdust dicta. Cut out every
thing but the meals you are eating,
ana eat with every one Of those q
single Sargoi tablet. In two weeks
note the difference. Lot tho scales
be the Judge. Five 20 eight good.
solid pounds ~ healthy, "stny-there"
Tat may be the net result. Snrgol
aims 10 charge weak. stagnant blood
with millions Of fresh. new, red
blood corpuscles---to give the blood
the carrying power to deliver every
ounce OF fat-mhking material In
your food TO every part OF your
food, 70 prepare Il for the blood, In
an easily assimilated form, Thin
people toll how they have gained ali
tho way from 10 20 2b pounds n
month whilo taking shrgoi. and say
that the new flesh stays put. sarRo1
tablets are a careful combination of
ak OF the best assimi1atlve elements
known to chemistry They came 40
tablets to package. are pleasant
harmless and inexpensive, and Bar
tell Drug Co. Swifts Pharmacy and
all other good druggists In this
vicinity sell them. subject to an abb
solute guarantee OF weight Increase
or money back. as found in every
large package.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
A BOOK WE'LL ALL WANT

@ ONE day some sensible man or woman viii
- write a book called "HOME PHILOSOPHY"
There viii be a chapter on the philosophy Of
WASHING DISHES-withcd making a mess or
getting mad.
There will be chapter devoted to MAKING
BEDS WITHOUT MOUNTAINS OR VALLEYS
There WILL of course, be several chapters about
GOOD HEALTH AND AIR.
The woman who fills her home with knick-
knacks will receive gentle Gliding; and the man
who filters the house with tobacco and ashes from
his pipe or cigar cigaret will receive mild scold
ing.
The man who never stays at home evenings
will get hal-coumbia, and the woman gadder will
get hers, tool
That dear homebody woman will receive full
credit.
That fine man who works and thinks and lives
for his home will be remembered.
chow TO RUN YOUR FURNACE" three
chapters.
chow TO KEEP ON GOOD TERMS WITH
THE JANITOR," five chapters! No living person
has solved this problem it is extremely important
1.-THE HOME BEAUTIFUL" let us hope, will
receive proper attention.
When this book has been written, If ii Is well
done, the author will find himself Tor herself)
immortal.
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WHY WE WANT TO PROTECT HAITI

n URlNG the war with Spain Mole st. Nicholas
- became hyword Kissing, and the generally
accepted center of the manufacture of fake news.
The dispatches from Mole ST. Nicholas seemed to
prove that Baron Munchausen had come to life
and settled in that tropical spot
But there is serious side to the subject of
Mole ST. Nicholas. Il is point of the most critical
importance when the control of the approaches to
the Panama canal is considered
For 700 miles Cuba stretches to the west
across the path of commerce, and for half that dis
lance to the east extends the great island of Haiti
Thru the Windward passage, which is the strait be-
tween these islands, so per cent of the commerce
TO and from the canal passes, and must pass right
under the guns of any forts at Mole ST. Nicholas,
or make the immense circle about either Cuba or
Haiti.
The Germans have been trying to get a naval
base in the West Indies The United States, with
perfect proprety, is opposed to any European ma
ton getting such base. That is one reason why
we uphold the Monroe doctrine. Mole St Nicholas
is the place which Germany wants, in order that
she may place new Heligoand on the path of
the canal commerce, and within a short distance
of our own southern coasts.
Such reasons as these explain why weak gov
ernments like those of Mexico, Haiti, Guatemala
and others are dangerous to u.s. We wish them
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
A Brush With the RedsIsins (Or, Willie Gree
Johnny Writes

n. ~. tnsdy--i herd a good COAX
from a feller who was In the offs
from sinsinnati. o. which Ia one
of the few parts OF germany not
surrounded by allies and alps
he dident have nothing to do that
eve. but rubber at the ohio river or
take In a nickel show so he done
the later
they was having a . real picture
called the Work OF God
furst they runs tho name OF the
picture than they runs n line like
this
approved by the ohio bord OF
sensers
& the travelling man says TO my
boss. gee woodent II been turf on
God II the ohio bord didont approve
OF his works johny
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- EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE SEATTLE STAR -

all TO become so strong that they will not be tempted
to sell coaling stations and naval bases to European
or ASiatc governments.
These reasons are also back of the note which
the United States has sent the Haytian government,
a note asking il within 10 days to place the coun-
try under the protectorate of the United States for
10 years, to give the United States control of the
finances and the police, ana to agree not to cedc
territory to any nation but the United States
We need Mole ST. Nicholas; and we must for
our own safety, prevent ii from falling into the
hands of any other nation.
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ON WITH THE PROBE

CHEF LANG now has another weeks respite.
~ With every delay in the proposed council in
vestigaton, no matter what the cause of the delay,
he has that much more opportunity to hang on to
the public payroll, public automobile, and (maybe)
public cafes
With all due respect to Councilman Lundy,
The Star believes ii was grievous error on his
part to sanction or propose any continuance of
the investigation which has been put in motion
by his own resolution.
While II is true that the bankers are in town
now, that is no particular reason why we should
be so embarrassed about washing our dirty linen"
The bankers aren't so sensitive that ii would pain
them to see rotten chief of police fired, nor are
they so unsophsticated that they would be shocked
to hear about wine parties and cabaret girls.
The sooner we "wash this dirty linen," the
better for the city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08

How can tiny Switzerland have
an adequately trained and differed
militia with the small amount OF
training which she imposes?
Secretary OF War Garrison has
stated that the very least training
that man must receive In this
country 20 make him OF any value
as a soldier is six months. All our
military authorities agree 10 this.
How 10 II, then, that swItxer.
land, giving her recruits the
first year only from two to
three months training, and aft
er that only II days 4 year, 10
able 10 have a fighting force
SECOND TO NONE IN THE
WoRLD7
The answer is two-fold. First,
she does much of the preliminary
training In her schools, rifle clubs.
and cadet associations before the
men get into the militia proper,
and she selects only men who can
show by examination that they had
adequate mental as we'll as physical
preliminary training; and second.
when she does start to train her
men to be soldiers. SHE CUTS
OUT THE UNDERSTANDABLE and
trains the men for what they have
TO do
Reverses Theory
Says Capt. r. 3. Mott, U. S. A..
who spent some time in Switzer.
land studying the Swiss system for
our war department. in his report:
The progress OF training of the
Swiss militia Is exactly the reverse
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ries potential field officers In.
sigma in his pack. Promotion TO
corporal and sergeant is by merit
and after examination and after
probationary service in the grade.
Only 200 Professionals
The permanent personnel of the
Swiss army consists of only 200 Of
ficers, known as instructors" of
three classes. These men are the
only men who have adopted the
army as profession.
The military efficiency of the
army Is increased by the fact that
the Swiss confederation owns and
operates the railways. the tele.
phones and telegraphs and operates
its own arms and munitions fac.
tories.
When a man goes into the army
he is assigned to that service where
his previous training will be most
useful.
What v. s. Must Do
To adopt the Swiss system,
the United States must az
abolish the standing army;
(2) turn it's army officers into
"lnstruetors"; (3) prepare the
youth for service OF the land by
prizes and free rifles for shoot
Ing and adopt compulsory edu-
cation up to the age Of is or
f6 years; az compel every
able-bodled man TO serve In the
militia until he has an ele.
mentsry training and then re.
lease him back Into the general
body OF citizenship with a few
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-09-08
INSTANT RELIEF

Cholly Ito shopman)-I say--aw
could you take that yellow tie
with the pink spots out OF the show
window for me?
Shopman--Ccrtainly. sir. Pleased
to take anything out OF the window
any time. sir.
Cholly--Thanks. awf'ly. The
beastly thing bothaws me every
time pass. Good mawnIng.-
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Swiss Don't Waste Time With Nom Essentials

In theory and fact OF that In oper-
alton with our militia. Good per.
Torrance IN the field being the
whole end and object OF military
instruction and the time being
short. the Swiss begin. and we may
say end. their teaching in the open
country. The recruit IN taught to
march correctly In column. form
line and march In line. but these
exercises are made an incident OF
going TO and coming from work.
The real business OF his life, he
learns, IL to march steadily under a
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country. where the battalion acts
for the most part a. II In the pres.
ence OF an enemy. maneuvering
by day. establishing outposts at
night and conducting combat exer-
cises with ball cartridge go per
man,"
The Swiss soldier works on
the ground where he will have
10 fight. our militia works In
the drill hall. or at best In the
city streets"
The Swiss army is differed
from the ranks. Every private car.
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days Of training each year; f5)
provide for Insurance against
accident while he 10 In the
service Of the militia; (6) pay
him his expenses while on
duty; az exact q poll tax from
those Incapscitated from serv-
Ice and an Income tax from the
wealthy; (s) provide free train
Ing schools for those who wish
to become officers. and provide
that any man who enters the
army can reach the highest
grade by merit.
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heavy pack. shoot straight. take
cover. and obey his squad leader.
After three weeks thus spent,
the recruit puts in week at bat.
talon exercises with longer
marches and two nights In blvouac
with outpost duty at night. followed
by exercises all the forenoon and a
march home In tho evening. The
nth and sixth weeks entire are
spent on long march In rough
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A DECENT BANDIT

= VERY now and then villa the bandit gives
~ evidence that he possesses the attributes of a
real man to a marked degree.
The latest is his unsolicited permission, given
Orozco's widow, that the body of the deceased
chieftan-Va's arch enemy-might be honorably
inferred upon Mexican soil, if desired
That his offer was not accepted detracts not
one whit from the magnanimity of Villas act