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window that was not barred, and 81.
lently he had stolen in on them.
They turned at slight noise and
saw him Genuine fright was now on
their faces as they looked at him,
open mouthed.
What's all this?" he growled. 81
am known as the Clutching Hand. |
allow no interference with my affairs.
Tell me what you are doing here with
Elaine Dodge"
Their beady almond eyes flashed
fear The Clutching Hand moved me.
nacingly. There was nothing for the
astute Wong Long Sin to do but to
| submit.
With low bow, Wong spread out
his hands In surrender and submission.
Il will tell you, honorable sir" he
said at length.
60 on" growled the criminal.
Quickly Wong rehearsed what had
happened from the moment the idea
of blackmail entered his head.
How about Mary Carson?" asked
Clutching Hand. Il saw her here"
Wong gave glance of almost su.
perstitious dread at the man.
She will be back-is here now,r he
added, opening the door at a knock
and admitting her.
Adventures Mary had hurried back
to see that all was right. This time
Mary was genuinely scared at the for
bidding figure of which she had heard.
1T is all right" pacified Wong.
"Henceforth We work with the hon
orable Clutching Hand"
At home at last, Elaine sank down
Into a deep library chair and stared
straight ahead. She saw visions of
arrest and trial, of the terrible elec-
trio. chair with herself in it, bound,
and of the giving of the fatal signal
for turning on the current.
We're such things as these going to
happen to her, without Kennedys
help? Why had they quarreled? She
buried her face in her hands and 'wept
Then she could stand it no longer.
She had not taken off her street
clothes. She rose and almost fed
from the house.
Kennedy and l were still in the la
boratory when knock sounded at
the door. went to the door and
opened 1t. There stood Elaine Dodge.
1t was complete surprise to Craig.
What Is the matter?" he asked.
She hesitated. then suddenly burst
out, "Craig-I-I ana murderess!"
had never before seen such a look
on Craig's face as suddenly came over
It.
Then she poured forth the story sub
stantially as l have set it down, but
without the explanation, which at that
time was not known to any of us.
oh" expostulated Craig. there must
be some mistake. It's impossible-im-
possible"
NO" she asserted. "Look-here's
my handkerchief all spotted with
blood"
She opened the bag and displayed
the bloodspotted handkerchief. He
took it and examined 1t carefully.
Elaine" he said earnestly, not at
all displeased I could see. that some
thing had come up that might blot out
the past unfortunate misunderstand-
ing, there simply. must be something
wrong here. Leave this handkerchief
with me. I'll do my best"
Thank you" she said simply as
she left the laboratory.
Craig went to work abruptly without
q word.
On the laboratory table he placed his
splendid microscope and several cases
OF slides, as we'll as innumerable mi
cro-photographs. He had been work
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Mother and Tot ralls Down stairs

HOLLYWOOD May 6.-While descending
the stairs at her home yesterday carry
ing her two-year-old son, Mrs. James
Armstrong was injured internally be-
sides breaking her left leg. The child
was also seriously hurt. They fell to
the bottom, distance of fifteen feet
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DR.. Miles II. Shearer Dies

York, Pa, May 6.-Dr. Niles Fl
Shearer, senior member of the firm of
N. H. Shearer & Co., wholesale and
retail druggists, died at his home here
yesterday. He was for many years. a
director of the York First National
Bank. DR.. Shearer was 73 years old
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FIiIns
"No-why?" inquired Elaine anxious.
ly.
He's a tong man who has been
chosen to do away with the prince.
He followed me, and says you have
done his work for him. II you will
give him ten thousand dollars for ex-
penses he will attend to hiding the
body"
Here at least,was a way out.
1T is the safest way out of the
trouble. Yes, I'll do 1t. I'll stop at the
bank now and get the money"
They rose and Mary preceded her,
eager to get away from the house.
At the door, however, Elaine asked
her to wait while she ran back on
some pretext.
Our telephone rang in the middle
of our conversation on blood crys-
tails, and Kennedy himself answered it,
1t was Elaine asking Craig's ad-
vice.
They have offered to hush the
thing up for ten thousand dollars" she
said in muffied voice.
She seemed bent on doing it, and no
amount of argument from him could
stop her. She simply refused to &C.
cept the evidence of the blood crys-
tails as better than what her own eyes
told her she had seen and done
Then wait for half an hour" he
answered, without arguing further.
You can do that without exciting
suspicion. Then go with her to her
hotel and hand her over the money"
"All right-I'll do it." she agreed.
What is the hotel?"
Craig wrote on slip of paper what
she told hm-"Room 500, Hotel La
Coste."
Hastily he threw on his street coat
60 into the back room and get me a
brace and bit, Walter, he said.
did so. When returned saw
that he had placed the detectascope
and some stuff In bag. He showed
in the brace and bit also.
Come on-hurry!" he urged.
We must have made record time in
getting to the La Coste 1t was an or
nate place, where merely to breathe
was expensive. We entered, and by
some excuse Kennedy contrived to
get past the vigilant bell-hops. We
passed the telephone switchboard and
entered the elevator, getting off, at
the fifth floor.
With hasty glance up and down
the corridor, to make sure no one was
about, Kennedy came to Room 500,
then passed to the next room, 511,
opening the door with skeleton key.
Quickly Craig went to the door
which led to the next room. 1t was,
of course, locked also. He listened
moment carefully. Not a sound. Quick
ly, with an exclamation of satisfac-
ton, he opened that door also and
went into 500.
This room was much like that In
which we had already been. He
opened the hall door.
Watch here, Walter" he directed.
Let me know at the slightest alarm"
Craig had already taken the brace
and bit from the bag, and started to
bore through the wall In Room 611,
selecting a spot behind picture of
Spanish dancer-a spot directly back
of her swapping black eyes. He fin
ished quickly and inserted the detecta-
scope so that the lens fitted as an eye
in the picture. The eye-piece was in
room 511. Then he started to brush
up the pieces of plaster on the floor.
Craig" I whispered hastily as I
heard an elevator door, someone's
coming!"
He hurried to the door and looked.
There they are," he said, as he saw
Elaine and Mary rounding the corner
of the hall.
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Amos w. Dtesem Dies

New Holland, May 6.-Amos W.
Diesem, IS years old, died yesterday
from a complication of diseases. He
was for many years connected with the
Downingtown and New Holland Rail.
road Company. He was member of
the Methodist church
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Asks $4,000 For. Husband's s Death

Reading, May 6.-Mrs. Annie NJ.
Stitzel, Of Hamburg, started suit in
court here yesterday against Neiman
& Saul, operators of a foundry at
Hamburg, asking 100000 damages for
the death of her husband, Frank Slit
eel, following injuries he received
while working at the defendants
plant.
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$4,000 Gift to Library

Pottsville, Pa, May 6.-Trustees of
the Pottsville Public Library announced
yesterday that they have received
gift of $17,500 for the library, The
name of the donor was not made
known.
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ooNTINUED

s They pressed each others hands and
parted.
Meanwhile in the front room Long
Bin was on his feet again. brushing
himself off and mopping up the blood.
1T worked very well. SAM" he said
TO the servant.
They were conversing eagerly and
laughing and did not hear a noise in
the back room.
A sinister figure had made its way
by means of FIRE escape to a rear
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Aged churchtown Woman Dies

Fink's xxx Derby Ale is especially
strong in hops.-Adv.
The Seward gateway., 1915-01-29

When speak holy think that all the people their dearest desire the aughterug however that the NOhammedans Christians themselves There s amongst the each other the mutual the MOhammedas are two or three particularly inspired gOdy for another IS say A. P. As they call Romans
 really Christians hate each other the chances that the Mo- bammedn sec each thinks than the most Christian that drew the breath of life
 This all Christians and Christians compliment Wherever MOhammedans and Chris together that they hate each other as good Christian Holy Roller good DukhobOr To real Christian get the two together To get up any a decent hate prOpinQuity is necessary
 Isn't positive of Christian hates another sort O Christian more he a who isn't Christian at al
 In the way another of MOhammedan more than he hates a Christian
 Right now where the Turkish gathering the invasion of Egypt is the spot Chstendom. It mdisputabe fact that in that region compelled to keep the peace between the different scs of Christians rights in the Holy Land The Mohmmedan that Christians of different sec have other imagine conditions reversed Let us suppose control of Mecca and were forced " us"
 strong measures to keep MOhammedan from flying at each others threats think of MOhammedanism as religion" But of human beings that we are and is just as hard to get agree subject at IS to get us to agree thinks that the other will be surely cast into eternal fires something horrible Each of them absolutely sure that doesn't think he thinks he IS o no ea use and ough to be dead them that MahOme meant one thing when he other thinks Mahomet meant some thing else altogether that sect of O"mmdanS has secret organization to keep getting political jobs It is also likely that one other suertous and dOaos " even possible Mamdans that no other sort Of dan need apply they all believe that h IS no god but goa and
 hOme his prophet when there many kinds " Tt followers that one god prophet? Isn't that Mohamme ansm ridiculous? the Christians We're all p the block in this respect at least
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NEWS FROM ALL PARTS
 OF THE NORTHLAND

CORDOVA ALASKAN, Jan. o.
 The circulation medium of Cordova is several hundred dollars less today than it was yesterday, due to the fact that a smooth confidence operator de- parted on the Alameda with the panga obtained in amounts ranging from $5 to $15O from people who listened too intently and willingly to his different stories. In several business houses where he was unable to obtain cash, he purchased bills of goods ranging as high as $50 which were to be paid for on arrival of his $500 pension coming on the next boat" Millinery goods valued at SAP, to be sent as birthday present to his niece" were obtained from one establishment; from another store he obtained cloth ing to the value of $50, on the same representation.
 In the cash transactions, he opened the game" with $50 to $1OO, and if that proved too much for the intended victim, the amount would be lowered to suit convenience.
 The "mysteriuos stranger" arrived on the last trip of the MaripOsa from Seward and registered under the name of a prominent citizen of Tacoma. Later he erased the name, explaining that he did not want it to be known he was in the city. The name is that of a man who has taken an active part in both state and nat ional politics; but it isn't the same name he gave when booked for pas sage on the Alameda. He is about 65 years of age, walks with crutch and cane and claims to be a Civil War veteran who draws a pension of $1OO a month. He carried and exhibited a pension blank, which coneyed a tone of plausibiity to those inclined to listen to him,
The Seward gateway., 1915-01-29

SEATTLE, Jan. 9.-H. F. Alex ander, president of the Alaska-Pacific Navigation Company, which operates the Admiral line of 'teamers, is ex- tremely optimistic over the recent successful test of the Matanuska coal. In an interview he says:
 "Within two years the activity re- sulting from the opening of the Ala ska coal fields, the settlement of the vast valley of Alaska and the pro- lection of great mining propositions will astonish the coast.
 "The tests show that the Matanuska coal fields possess a better coal than now being used on the naval vessels in the Pacific and the supply is so abundant that there need never be any scarcity. The departments announce ment means that good and cheap fuel will be brought to Seattle and other coast cities. It means that manufact- urers using coal will have a better and cheaper fuel than at present"
The Seward gateway., 1915-01-29

there certainly is an ordinance pro- viding that all frement are special policement during a fire. They have the power to arrest in case they deem an arrest advisable.
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NEWS NOTES

About hundred people are now wintering in the neighborhood of Kenai river instead of living in the town.
 Fire Chief Mel Horner says that
The Seward gateway., 1915-01-29

Sheet, bar iron and drill steel at Brown & Hawkins. Quality first"
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ROMIG & ROMIG

REAL ESTATE AGENTS Houses for Rent, Rents Collected, Titles Examined Lots for Sale.
 Large Listing. Phone Red l-6. Seward, Alaska
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
EMMY DESTINN
RETURNS AS ELSA
Bohemian Soprano Gets Warm
Reception in Wagner's
''Lohengrin."

The return OF q popular soprano Is
ever an occasion for rejoicing. second
only to TIE return Of popular tenor.
when that soprano, In addition, returns
sitter formal announcement at the be-
ginning o: tho season that she will not
return, the rejoicing is Of course In
tenslhed. Such was the case with the
return OF Miss Emmy Destinn to the
Metropolitan Opera House last night.
Miss Destinn was rapturously greeted
and her curtain calls were numberless.
And She looked very. very happy.
Elsa. for it was in "Lohengrin" that
TIE bohemian soprano was making her
remittance. IS not an ideal part for
Miss Destlnn, but she always sings the
music beautifully when she is in good
voice. She was not in good voice last
season. She proved last night that she
Is IN good voice this-which is all very
lovely ard pleasing to Miss Destinn.
her public and 20 Mr. Gatti-Casazza.
She Is also thinner by il is solemnly
and officially stated thirty pounds.
And this, added 20 the Improvement
IN her vocal condition. means that her
return to the company is most crafty
ing
Mr.. Urlus Is not an ideal Lohengrin,
but Nine. ODER is an Ortrud once
heard and seen never to be forgotten.
Mr.. Braun was stately King Henry,
Mr.. We'll a capable Telramund. and
Mr.. Schlegel an excellent Herald. Ar
tur Bodanzky conducted with mis- usual
e.fectiyeness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
WHAT Is GOING on TO-DAY.

Free admission 10 the American Aluspam q Natural
History Metropolitan Museum n A.. Van Cot,-
isuir Psk Museum. New 1ork Geological PARK
AID De Aquarium.
Address hy Joseph D. Davies a. fhs luncheon q tie
American Manufacturer Association. Hotel BIZ
more. D. 10 ..
Pubic lecture bY Joseph Ps1ucl co. Tie Making n.
a. Etcaing." Bro0kgu MUSEUM Librsy y. m.
Dinner n me National DENY atic CiuD f0r Demo
cratic o-cials riet ~ Sew Aod County. club
house 81 Fifih Avenue. 2 p. m.
AdItessts by Mrs. Nitism Cumming : 0y on
Patriotism" Dudley Fled Also"r 900 "Natlors
Defence" and Mi.ha = App-i1sum on 'Osho-rs's
Prison Theories" a. the meeting of tie ilumsUi-
ladsn cut. Leslie Hall. Broadway aud Eighty
fII.i Street. h g.
Lecture ly John { curtis % "Prar'ira Method. of
20. Improvement Labor Temple. Iuuftteatb
street ard Second Avenue \ ..
Intersclo.as'tr deba.s pu Resolved That IN New
Y1rk stsfs the Wsnf ~ Equa' Surss should Re
Extended o. Ncneu.' '0Ilcse 1ueslir. 20 West
Sittrlutu street IS - D. m
Lscturr hy VIII Monroe on Tile HaksI PENN.
suls' a. the meeting n DIE American GsosTaphi.
cal s1,iey. - Wet TIlr,y uiItu street. : 30
.
Public lectures q tic Board ~ Edlcarou. s.I-
. m. Manhattan Ia.us Cesar" by Louis 4
Wilkinson Wsi.eisu Hlgh School. Il5th STREET
vest of seventh Avenue. Hamlet. The rhi %.
sophie Skeytlc." hy Duncan SpssiH Ph D.
Public School 4 Riyiug o. Ridge snd PM streets
spanish Paintings co. The Altman 'olleftion." ig
Alfred w, Msuin. Ameilcsn Museum o, Natural
Ht.ov, sUsay seventh slENI All CsGIIA Rxs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
REGULAR ROYALTY
SINGS AT PALACE
A Chinese Princess, Adelaide
and Hughes and Nazimova
Head Programme.

Princess Jue Quon Tai doesn't thlnH
that the new Chinese Emperor will be
a good thing for the country. She has
declared for vaudeville in America
rather than monarchy in China. More
over. there was evidence al the Palace
Yesterday that her decision IL sound.
Yuan Shih-kai certainly mas had a de-
moralizing effect on Chinese business
in the short time that he has been on
the throne. The princess was displayed
in lavishly appointed Chinese tea
garden. containing tables, chairs and
cups for dozen guests. but II was
noticeable that not a single customer
happened along. Even the princess,
though she sat at table, failed 10
order 2 thing. She sang
The programme had :his 20 sly about
the princess: "A Pearl Of Peking-A
Royal Marchu Princess-The Fairest
Flower Of the Old Regime. Direct from
the Imperial Palace OF Peking TO the
Vaudeville Palace Of New York" There
YOU have it, Princess Juo has consid-
cradle Celestial beauty, a pleasant So
prano voice and iifty-ffty acquain-
lance with Chinese and English. One
hesitatcs to predict that she will either
succeed or fail in vaudeville.
Nine. Nazimova brought War
Brides" back for another showing, and
Adelaide and Hughes, retained for a
second week. again captivated the
audience with their dancing. willard
Sims offered his ever-booming paper
hanging efforts. which arc still hugely
humorous Winsor McCay, cartoonist,
made his usual hit with "Gertie." 9th
era were Roy Harrah G. Co., IN skst-
ing exhibition; Kramer and Morton, In
dark face: Tony Hunting and Corinne
Frances. with love Blossoms and
need it be added q? a trained dog act.
A long bill at the Colonial - topped
By G.. s. Niereek's very own war MINIS,
which are a wee bit German. George
NacFarlane and Emma Carus are CO.
hesdined with the pictures, and are
backed up By Cristeta Conf. yiolinist;
Ethel Clifton and Brenda Fowler, in
playlet: Adler and Airline. IN AN Idea
Of Their Own; George Howell Co,
in "The Rcd Fox Trot"; Fred and Adele
Astaire, with dances; White and Clay
ton and Walter Brewer.
Further uptown. Lily Langtry is con-
iinuing her fne acting in ASHES al
hambraJ, where she is assisted by the
German war films: Harry Cooper and
numerous others. AZ the Royal Inc
atre Belle Blanche gives her well known
limitations. and Joseph Jefferson IS
breaking In new playlet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
DIR. RUDOLPH WITTHAUS DEAD
Gave Expert Testimony on Poisons in
Several Celebrated Trials.

DR.. Rudolph August Witthaus, well
known for his expert testimony on poi
sons In number Of celebrated Grim
inal cases. died yesterday at his home,
2039 Broadway. He was slXty-nine
years old.
After being graduated from Column
bia University he studied abroad, and
returned TO become an Instructor IN
New York University He was later a
member Of the faculties Of the, Uni
versity of Vermont and Cornell, where
he held the chair Of chemistry. His
opinions on poisons carried great
weight with juries in the Buchanan,
Fleming, Benham and MolyneuX cases.
I'm 1898 he issued general denial to
the allegations made by his wife in her
suit for slimOny.
DR.. Witthaus was member of the
American Association for the Advance
ment Of Science, several clubs, and was
the author Of several books and artl-
cles which attracted wide attention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
THE MESSIAH" PLEASES
Columbia Chorus Well Received in Car
negie Hail Performance.

The performance Of The Messiah
given last night az Carnegie Hall by
the Columbia University Chorus
brought out a large audience, and one
which was well rewarded by what II
heard. The chorus, under the direc-
tion of Professor Walter Henry Hail.
has been moulded into an admirable
body of singers, well balanced, well
trained, and composed of fresh, youth
full voices. There was last night per-
haps a slight lack in their shading, but
the attack was invariably good and the
volume of tone resonant and ample.
The solOists We're Miss Marie Stod-
dart, soprano; Gilderoy Scott, con-
tralto; Dan Beddoe, tenor, and Robert
Maitland, bass. Mr. Beddoe's singing
was especially delightful lie was in
good voice, and his style Of singing, his
legato, his diction, were Of the first or
der The Columbia Chorus il on the
right road, and it's presentation OF
The Messiah" is worthy OF commenda-
ton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
kONDOLT-CARTER.

Mrs. Pauline Doyle Carter, sister Of
Louis F. Doyle. of this city, was mar
ried to Frank Nicholas Kondolf yester-
day at the Hotel St. Regis. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. DR..
Reese +. Alsop. Of Brooklyn, and re-
ception followed. The bride wore a
gown Of silver lace. Her attendants
were Mrs. Augustus +. Forsn and Mrs.
A. Tyler Harbeson. Henry Kondolf, Of
Rochester. was best man, and the ush-
err were Wallace Flint. Archibald A..
Forrest. Colonel Robert b. Baker and
Harold II. Kondolf After their return
from their wedding trip Mr. and Mrs.
Koldolf will live at 40 West Fifty-ninth
Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
GENERAL BARNARD DEAD
Death fastened by Auto Injury
Fought Civil War Unscathed.

Brevet General Levi Robins Barnard,
Civil War veteran and Colonel Of the
9Th Regiment Of the old National
Guard. in Newark, for twenty-six years.
died yesterday at his home, s6l South
Twelfth Street. Newark. He was
eighty-seven years old.
lie died from old age infrmities after
- life which included q term in the
navy, many years at sea as a sailor on
merchant ships. chief Of the San Fran
cisco Fire Department in pioneer days
and service through the Civil War. IN
which he fought in thirty-six battles
and escaped without a scratch
General Bsrnsrd's first serious in
jury, considered a contributing cause
10 his death. was received in August.
1918, when he was knocked unconscious
by an automobile truck. Born in New
York October @, 1929. General Barnard
attended the local public schools. and
later entered a military academy in
Hartford, Conn. He organized Com
pany G, I'd New Jersey Cavalry. was
made is Lieutenant and served with it
throughout the Civil War.
He leaves his wife and one sister.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
Y. NJ. H. A. FUND NOW $4,000
Felix Warburg Gives $500 Check in
Campaign to Raise $4,000.

Contributions of $3.50 we're received
yesterday by the Young Mems Hebrew
Association. the most successful day
of the campaign TO raise $780, for a
new building in The Bronx. The total
amount received TO date is over $4,000.
Included in Yesterdays contributions
was one of $4,000 from Felix Warburg,
president of the Young Mems Hebrew
and Kindred Associations. Mr.. War
burg announced other contributions Of
5000 from persons interested in the
work of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION. including $3.50 from W. Eel
loves Morgan. In a letter to the Rev.
DR.. Stephen 5. Wise. George W. Per-
kins pledged $500 TO the campaign.