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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-30

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] SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystied 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 "Clutching hand" The latest VIC
tim of the mysterious assassin is Taylor
Dodge, the insurance president. His
daughter, Elaine employs Craig Kennedy,
the famous scientific detective, to try to
unravel the mystery. What Kennedy ac-
complshes is told by his friend, Jameson,
a newspaper man. Kennedy illustrates a
daring attempt to rob a jewelry store and
rescues Elaine from boiler where she
had been imprisoned by the thugs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-30

Susie rose to go and Elaine followed
her to the door. No sooner had she
gone than the Clutching Hand came
out from behind the curtains. He gazed
about a moment, then, moving over to
the safe about which the. two girls had
been talking, stealthily examined it.
He must have heard someone COM
ing, for with a gesture of hate at the
safe itself, as though he personified it,
he slipped back of the curtains again.
Elaine had returned, and as she sat
down at the desk to go over some pa
pers which Bennett had left relative
to settling up the estate the masked
intruder stealthily and silently with
drew.
"A package for you, Miss Dodge"
announced Michael later in the eve
ming, as Elaine, in her dainty evening
gown was still engaged in going over
the papers. He carried it in his hands
rather gingerly.
Mr.. Kennedy sent it, ma'am. He
says it contains clues, and will you
please put it in the new safe for him"
Elaine took the package eagerly and
examined it. Then she pulled open
the little round door of the globular
safe.
1T must be getting cold out, Mi
chael," she remarked. This package
is as cold as ice"
1T is, ma'am," answered Michael.
She closed the safe, and, with a
glance at her watch, set the time lock
and went upstairs to her room.
No sooner had Elaine disappeared
than Michael appeared again, catlike,
through the curtains from the drawing
room, and, after a glance about the
dimly lighted library, discovering that
the coast was clear, motioned to fig
ure hiding behind the portieres.
A moment and Clutching Hand him
self came out.
He moved over to the safe and
looked it over. Then he put out his
hand and touched it,
''LiSten!" cautioned Michael.
Someone was coming, and they
hastily skunk behind the protecting
portieres. 1t was Marie, Elaine's maid.
She turned up the lights and went
over to the desk for book for which
Elaine had evidently sent her. She
paused and appeared to be listening.
Then she went to the door.
"Jennings!" she beckoned.
What is it, Marie?" he replied.
She said nothing, but as he came up
the hall led him to the center of the
room.
Listen! | heard signs and groans!"
Jennings looked at her a moment
puzzled, then laughed. you girls!'
he exclaimed. q suppose you'll always
think the library haunted now"
But, Jennings, listen, she per
sisted
Jennings did listen. Sure enough
there were sounds, weird, uncanny. He
gazed about the room 1t was eerie
Then he took few steps toward the
safe. Marie put out her hand to it and
! started back.
"Why, that safe is all covered with
cold sweat" she cried with bateC
! breath.
Sure enough, the face of the safe
was beaded with dampness. Jennings
put his hand on it and quickly drew il
away, leaving a mark on the damp
ness.
"W-what do you think of that?" he
gasped.
I'm going to tell Miss Dodge" CRIED
Marie, genuinely frightened.
A moment later she burst into
Elaine's room.
What is the matter, Marie?" asked
Elaine, laying down her book. "Yol
look as if you had seen ghost"
"Ah, but mademoiselle--it ees JUS
like that The safe-if mademoisellt
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-30

ing happened There was not sound
He looked cautiously into the room.
Apparently there was nothing
1t had been about the middle of the
morning that an express wagon had
pulled up sharply before our apart
ment.
"Mr. Kennedy live here?" asked one
of the expressmen, descending with
his helper and approaching our janitor,
Jens Jensen, typical Swede, who
was coming up out of the basement.
Jens growled a surly, "Yes-but Mr..
Kannady, he bane out"
TOO bad-we've got this large cab
met he ordered from Grand Rapids.
We can't cart it around all day. Can't
you let us in so we can leave it?"
Jensen muttered Well guess it
bane all right"
They took the cabinet off the wagon
and carried it upstairs. Jensen opened
our door, still grumbling, and they
placed the heavy cabinet in the living
room.
Sign here"
you fallers bane a nuisance" pro-
tested Jens, signing nevertheless.
Scarcely had the sound of their
| footballs died away in the outside hall
way when the door of the cabinet
slowly opened and a masked face pro-
| Io1 a1fp oh he
1t was the Clutching Hand!
From the cabinet he took a large
package wrapped In newspapers. AS
he held it, looking keenly about, his
eye rested on Elaine's picture. A mo-
ment he looked at it, then quickly at
the fireplace opposite.
An idea seemed to occur to him.
He took the package to the fireplace,
removed the screen and laid the pack
age over the andirons with one end
pointing out into the room.
Next he took from the cabinet a
couple of storage batteries and coil
of wire. Deity and quickly he fixed
them on the package.
Meanwhile, before an alleyway
across the street and further down
the long block the express wagon had
stopped.
Having completed fixing the bat
teries and wires, Clutching Hand ran
the wires along the molding on the
wall overhead, from the fireplace I'M
til he was directly over Elaine's pic
ture. Skillfully he managed to fix the
wires, using them in place OF the pic
ture wires to support the framed pho
tograph until it hung very noticeably
askew on the wall.
The last wire joined. he looked
about the room, then noiselessly moved
to the window and raised the shade.
Quickly he raised his hand and
brought the fingers slowly together
1t was the sign.
OFF in the alley, the express driver
and his helper jumped into the wagon
and away 1t ratified.
Jensen was smoking placidly as the
wagon pulled up the second time.
Sorry" said the driver sheepishly,
"but we delivered the cabinet to the
wrong Mr.. Kennedy"
He pulled out the inevitable book to
prove it.
Wall, you bane fine fallers,
growled Jensen, putting like furnace,
in his fury you cannot go up
agane."
Wen get fired for the mistake, "
pleaded the helper
Just this once" urged the driver. as
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-03
Good Prices Given
For City Bonds

Continued From Page one)
Harriet V. Saunders, 10 bonds of
series A, SIS 900.
P. E. Hannah, one of series A. 10
of series B, and 10 of series C, $4,000.
Neville D. Hannah, one of series A.
10 of series B, and 10 of series C,
$1,000.
A. c. Drummond, 10 of series A,
so of series B, 100 of series C, sill.
A. Greenhut, one of series D, $3.50.
j. F. Coppersmith, five of series A,
$500.
DR.. M. A. Lischkoff, 10 of series C,
$50.
Thos. H. johnson, four of series D,
500.
Edna Mock, one OF series A, $500,
Thos. V. Hannah, four of series A
and one of series B, $2,100.
Mrs. w. ]. Hammac, two of series
A, $1,000.
Mrs. A. D. McKinnon, one of series
A, $500.
H. ]. Greenhut, four Of series D.
500.
Leila F. Lewis, two of series G, and
20 Of series d. $1,000.
Mrs. Cora Epstein, ten of series A.
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Great Russian Baltic
Port is the Aim of
Austro- German Armies

Continued From Page one),
ating favorable conditions for active
operations by our allies"
There has been heavy fighting on
the Narew front where the Germans
have made some progress in the des-
perate battle which is raging be-
tween the Narew and Ole rivers.
Latest reports from Vienna are
that the Russians are retreating far
Their east, pursuing German regi-
ments having passed through Chelm.
The opening of the Russian duma
was held before a brilliant assem-
blage. The ministers, in their speech
es, did not attempt to minimize the
gravity Of the situation, but all
agreed that Russia had not reached
the end Of her resources. The min
lister of war summed up his views
with the assertion that Russia per
haps would surrender Warsaw as
Moscow was given up in 1912 in order
to insure final victory.
On the western front artillery duels
only marked the military operations
There has been no important fight
ing on the Gallipoli peninsula for two
weeks.
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LAURA JEAN LBBEYS
8iDAILY TALFSONTiEARTSA
6aea TOPICS SsSaSss

see her. She goes to sisters where
he boards. He sees her home, does
not come indoors but talks in the hall
until quarter to II o'clock. Course
we have words. She snaps; won't
speak for weeks. He promised to
marry her Easter, but changed his
mind. Told sister he didn't know her
ways yet. Girls get older. This one
cannot be told to go. Hearts are
broken over her. She thinks / am
not good to her. S.P.
Brooding and unhappy magma
tons cause -ros.1le in families. Try
kind words and heart-to-heart talks
with her. No other way viii appeal,
if in contrary belief. Wonderful good
erect might result if you had other
nice young men call at your home
Se~ might, with < ood ,heer on your
part chengI her NM.
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Lansing Asks for Confer
ence Next Thursday

Continued Frora Page one)
ternoon at a point east of Guade-
loupe. Director of telegraph states
telegraph communication is expected
by Sunday afternoon at the latest.
Communication with lula via Pachu-
ca and is being purchased northward.
Occupation of Zacatecas by Obre-
CONS forces confirmed. II is stated
that General Gonzales is going di-
rectly into Mexico City instead of lin
gering as before, and it is expected
that communication will be restored
at once. 1t aleo is expected that Car
rama viii I've his entire govern
ment to MeBco City during August. y
AMERICANS TOLD TO LEAVE.
The state department has unofi-
clal reports that General Villa aban.
doned Torreon, established headouar.
tiers at Chihuahua and ordered Amer.
leans there to leave. Nothing oficial
has been received.
7Advices concerning Paul Hudson
an American editor of the Mexican
1le1alo' say ne was held prisoner II
the Herald building as late as Jul,
%, when Zapata followers were op
Grating his presses, printing theil
paper FL RenoYador.
1T is presumed however," the de
partment's dispatch says, chat upo,
the entry of Carranza forces int,
Mexico City, the Brazilian minisfer
was able to obtain the release of Mr.
Hudson and his staff
Advices from Tampico saw tn,
plants of the Eagle Petroleum Com
pany and the Huasteca Petroleum
Company are being operated by for
eigners.
| Mexican employees have struck, bu
there have been no damage to for
!, eign property and the Tampico an
| thorities have given assurances o
! protection.
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resident of S.
AL. SaysNever
Made Statement
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Norfolk, Va, Aug. Wv. ]. Hara-
han, president Of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway, issued statement to-
day denying report from Savannah
that he had stated at meeting of
employees there would be a material
decrease in the gross earnings of the
Seaboard this year.
IT am confident that there will not
only be no decrease" said the state
ment, "but on the contrary, healthy
increase"
Mr.. Harahan declared that he said
the general falling off in the earnings
of Southern railroads last year owing
to the war was largely offset in the
cae e The Seaboard by efficiency in
operation.
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so of series B, S10.O75.
Miss Ethel Black, 100 of series C,
$5,05O.
Daisy Hixon, no series denoted,
$1,000.
w. S. Rosasco, Jr., three of series
c, $3.50.
Mrs. w. S. Rosasco, four of series
A, 10 of series B, $4,000.
Amelia Rosenau, 20 of series A,
$10,112.50.
Clara ]. Merritt, six of series A, 20
of series B, 25 of series c, and so of
series D, 1851.
National Bank of Commerce, 20
of series A, 100 Of series B, $20,250,
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and a fifth inspector to be named
later will be brought here to assist
in the work, the secretary said.
The investigation of the record of
the inspection service viii be made
by board on which the travelling
public will be represented.
The sixth session of the federal
board of inquiry into the Eastland
disaster, was held today.
The Western Electric Company's
plant resumed operations today.
Today's revision of the casualty list
shows S3S identified dead; two un-
identified dead, and 140 missing.
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Continued From Page one)
all passenger-carrying steamers on
the Great Lakes would be made and
that the work of steamboat inspectors
during the last fifteen years would
be investigated.
John A.. Cotter, of New Orleans,
John K. Bulger, San Francisco, H.
M. Seeley, New York, Eugene O'Don-
nell, Boston, all steam boat inspectors
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-03
sICKNEss coMMoN I'M SUMMER

Hay fever is attributed to pollen
floating in the air, while asthma is
caused by dust and certain atmos-
pheric conditions common in the sum-
n1er. Sufferers who can, seek the
mountains or the sea, Hay fever and
asthma victims compelled to remain
at home viii find relief in Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound which al
lays the inflammation, soothes and
heals raw and rasping bronchial tubes
and helps to overcome difficulty in
breathing, and makes sound, refresh
ing sleep possible. (Adv. J
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TORPEDO BOAT SUNK.

Beriing, Aug. "a dispatch from
Constantinople to the Overseas News
Agency reports the sinking through
an unknown cause of large Rus
sian torpedo boat destroyer off the
Island of Kerken, to the east of Chi
leh, in the Black sea.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-03
TREASURY RECEIPTS
SHOW FALLING orr

Washington, Aug. 2.-Treasury re-
ceipts for July, the first month Of the
new fiscal year ran sixteen millions
behind expenditures. A working bal
ance of approximately of one hundred
millions is still available, however,
from all sources.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-03
GRAND CIRCUIT RACES
HAVE BEEN DELAYED

Kalamazoo, Mish., Aug, 2.-The
Grand Circuit races opening was call
ed off for today, because of rain. To-
days card will be raced tomorrow.
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PIRII MARKET
An ACTIVE ONE
SALES or 1900 CASKS POSTED AT
ssss TO sss4 cENTs-RoslN CLOSES
FIRM.

An active demand for spirits was re-
Elected BY the market IN Pensacola yes
terday when $500 casks were sold at S6ss
to 3SA cents, the price being above Jack
sonville and equal to Savannah, while
the sales were more than those two ports
combined. The sales of spiritS were
larger than on any day since the Ynar-
ket opend in Pensacola.
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lree Vessels
Reported Have
Been orpedoed
81 AssocIATED PREss.

London, Aug. e. The British
steamer Benvorlich, which left Ma
Mia May / for London by way of
Marseilles, has been sunk Sixteen
members of the crew have been land
ed. The others are still in the boats.
London, Aug. 2.-The British steam
er Fulgens, of 2,50l tons gross, has
been sunk. The crew has been land
ed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-03
No Kisses Mean Marriage.

Dear Miss Libbey: Have been go
ing steadily with a young man three
years. l love him. / know he truly
loves me. During our three years of
counting he has never asked me for
a kiss. Do you think that would de-
note he does not care for me very
much? Kindly inform. L. M.
My good girl you are very wise
and deserve much praise in keeping
him at his distance. He will know
you are ladylike and become anxious
to wed you. No kisses usually result
in marriage,
To Wed Easter. Changed His Mind.
Dear Miss Libbey: As you advise
others please aid me. My sister, 20
years old, is with me. It seems we
can't get along at all. Ny trouble
| is, she has kept company six years
with a man SO years old. He's
Jealous; they quarrel weekly. I told
her not to keep company longer. If
married, home would not be a happy
one. 1 dislike his never coming to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-03
Savannah Markets.

Savannah, August 2-The spirit market
was firm at 3Sss with sales of $50 casks.
Receipts, Casks.
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Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
eff l could have my dearest wish full
filled,
And take my choice of all earth's
treasures, too
And ask from Heaven whatsoe'er
willed-
I'd ask for YOU"
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State Federal Officers
Clash Over Eastland

tcontinuea From Page onel
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-03

Leona Dalrymple who writes this story won the
$4,000 prize for the best American novel. So get
your smiles ready for HThe Red GraingerH-in this
issue of our magazine feature
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Receipts. Casks.
stocka, caeks.

Today .............. 1852 ....
April 1. ............. 1881 49,.
The rosin market was firm with sales
of 46g barrels.
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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-03

and button. The patch pockets leave
a turnover flap, and the new order of
things in belts Is recognized. The COL
lar may be turned up close about the
neck If required.
Because this is a sweater for real
comfort in cool days it is rather heavy.
It's usefulness begins with fall, and
continues to the coming of another
summer, for II reinforces the too light
wrap in the depths o. winter. 1t is
an excellent model to choose for the
young girl to wear to school during
the autumn months, and nothing could
be better designed or arranged for
sports 0ear.
Sweaters of wool stand the rough
handling which they are likely to get
from young people, and continue to
look none the worse for it. Now that
they are made in beautiful colors and
with so much attention to style, the
field of their usefulness is wonderfully
increased.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-03

No outfit is quite complete in these
days without a sweater of some sort.
And there Is a wide and varied choice
In sweaters, for they ar claiming more
attention than ever before in their
history.
There are finely woven sweaters Of
silk, in gay colors, which one sees at
the afternoon concert, at the country
club, on the beaches and the golf
links, and In any other outdoor meet.
dngs of fashionables. There are sweat
ers considerably like them, made Of
artificial silk, usually in more vivid
colorings than the all-silk variety.
Then there are the practical wool
sweaters, similar to that shown in the
picture, and belonging to the same
class.
The new models are carefully de-
signed to the end that they may en-
body just the right style. In the ex.
ample pictured here, for instance, II
will be noticed that the sleeves are
well shaped and finished with a cuff
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-03

SILK, and would be equally effective in
panne velvet. The material Is covered
with corded tucks and serves for the
covering of the hat and for its trim.
ming The edges are finished with
silver tinsel braid which has the effect
or needlework. 1t looks like close.set
overcast stitches, and needleworl
decoration is a feature of the new fall
millinery.
The turban with extension crown ia
made of black velvet and white
chiffon. A bead work ornament trims
tne front and is made entirely of
white beads.
The soft and graceful brim of the
third hat bespeaks for It. and for
many others of the same character
hrst place in the favor of Young
women, 1t is made of velvet in black
or one OF the dark shades Of fasb.
ionable colors. The trimming is Of
white fancy ostrich and looks like a
DIT OF fireworks, done in frost II
throws its sprays in front of the left
eye OF the wearer with an abandon nm.
known to ornaments hitherto. But II
is strong in the knowledge that It ia
less IN the way Of vision than manv a
veil. "
JULIA soTToMLEy,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-03

OF all things, millinery requires
careful choosing, and, after it is
bought, the hat requires careful plac-
ing on the head, II it is to fulfill it's
destiny. According to an old millin.
cry maxim that destiny is to improve
the appearance of the Wearer. You
must look better with your hat than
without it'-that is the exacting test
to which each new mode is to be sub
tected.
The three new models for fall,
which appear here, are types that will
repay a little study on the part Of
those who consider things before buy.
ing them They include small tur.
ban, turban with extension crown
which forms halo brim, and one of
the graceful wide-brimmed hats to
which fashion is extending welcom.
ing hands.
Quite number OF these wide.
brimmed hats are shaped with brims
turning upward at the back. This has
brought In the underbrim trimming
again and 1t is not confined to wide
brimmed shapes. Short. curling
ostrich plumes fit into the trimming
Of the underbrim In the most graceful
way.
The small turban is made of corded
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-03

gasp ol ulSrnay,
Helen took the
dish. 1t was the
gravy tureen Of
their best china,
broken and crude
ly glued together.
mo no, OF
course you cant
use it! Oh, that
girl was too sly
for words. She
tried to mend that
so | wouldn't
know. Now, An
ma, if you do
break anything, |
want you to come
straight and tell
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-03
Got Himself DisIiked.

why does the bride hate him."
Hes one Of those practical jokers
whom everybody hates. The bride
asked him to come over and try some
of her biscuits"
Didn't he go?"
Eyes, and took a hammer and a
cold chisel with him"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-03

It is always easier to blame the
man who gives us advice than to
blame our own judgment for acting
upon it.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-03
Copyright, 1916 by the Mcclure Newspaper syndcae)

Can use this, maam? Won't it
come apart when | wash it," With a
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-03

We know Of no liniment that equals
Hanford's Balsam in its healing prop
critics. Adv.