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Evening star., 1915-03-27
FRATERNITY HOLDS BANQUET.
Chi Deuteron Charge Of Theta Delta
Chi Celebrate Anniversary.

In celebration Of the nineteenth an
niversary of the installation Of Chi
Deuteron Charge of the Theta Delta
Chi, seventy-five members of the fra
ternity last night held a banquet at
the University Club. Active members
of the fraternity of George Washing
ton University were present in body.
Stanton c. Peelle called the assembly
to order Speakers were P. a. Cham
berlain, president of the local charge:
John W. Thompson. president Of the
Washington Graduate Association: De-
los II. Smith, vice president of the
Washington Graduate Association; w.
NJ Coleman and L. q. Hughes Among
those present were Edward Byrn,
Charles Wright, J. D. Dodson. Clyde
Garrett. R. l.. Newhouser, c. F. Nor
ment. Ross Thompson. C. S. Winstead.
James strayer. Walter Lee. John
Swartzell, Henry Swartzell. Norman
Foster, Henry Myers. NJ. S. Farmer.
Edward King. W. E. Lamb, A. 6. Hend-
ley. Walter Guy. E. c. Guy, Frank
Curtis, Louis e. Bond and Alvin Miller.
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For New Army Aviation School Site

Gen. Scriven. chief signal officer, has
Just returned to Washington from an
inspection trip to the Army Aviation
School at San Diego. Cal. and has pre-
pared plans for the acquisition Of the
lands located on San Diego bay re-
quired for the establishment of the
school on a new site. The present site
on an island in the harbor is soon ia
be vacated and restored to the private
owners. The Signal Corps expects to
develop new plant on the mainland
which will met the needs Of the serv-
ice for some years to come.
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Preserver Of History.

The organization proposes to do all
In it's power to alleviate suffering, and
to perpetuate and transmit true ant
correct records of the names of all
blood descendants of the G. A. r
Historically considered, It is felt that
the association will be an important
and valuable one
An Invitation is extended to all peo-
pie in the District having children
eligible for membership in the Children
of the G. A. X. to communicate for the
purpose Of their enrolment with Mrs
bennett.
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Affieck's drug store, Mrs. Sydney Ja-
cobs, Mrs. Dennison.
Thompson's drug store, Mrs. c. F.
List, Mrs. v. G. Iden.
O'Donnelrs drug store. Mrs. Paul Y.
Waters Mrs. j. H. Pilling.
Cornwell's, Mrs. C. B. Kendall, Mrs.
T. B. Gardner.
Burchelrs grocery. MrA Frank Fuller.
Mrs. T. II. Dawson.
Riggs market, Mrs. b. q Hicks, Ars.
G. u Rose.
Fulkersons optical store, 140T +
street northwest. committee headquar-
ters, Mrs William T. Chantland in
charge.
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Observes Birthday With Reception

Fred J. Mersheimer of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company OBJ
served his birthday anniversary last
night with reception at his home,
1904 East Capitol street. Instrumental
music. songs, several stunts" and a
buffet supper were the entertainment
features of the evening, among the
stunts being round-table discussion
of the real age of the host. which was
not mentioned in the invitations and
which Mr.. Mersheimer declined to dis
close.
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Th' country is full o money, but
tn trouble is t git it away from
TIL farmers.
Their seems t be considerable
fear in some quarters an on some
corners that wider skirts means
tn return o th' cotton stockin'.
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Horns Case Continued at Boston.

BOSTON, March 27.-Werner Horn was
arraigned in the federal court yester-
day on Indictments charging illegal
transportation of explosives from New
York to Vanceboro, Me-, where he at
tempted to destroy the international
railroad bridge. AS he was not pre-
pared to plead the proceedings were
continued until April S.
Evening star., 1915-03-27
500 in Strike Riot at Tacoma.

TACOMA, wash. March 27.- Three
hundred striking longshoremen. strike
breakers and sympathisers engaged In
a riot on the principal business street
here Thursday night Several shots we're
fired. but SO far as known no one was
wounded BY the bulleta Two mon were
beaten.
Evening star., 1915-03-27

Joseph U1rich. q miner. has been ar
rested at Brownsville. Pa, charged
with the murder Of ". R. Riggs. near
Barracksville, w. Va. January 10
Riggs was one of a sheriff's posse to
quell a riot among strikers. and waa
so badly beaten he died.
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a plan TO raise 31.000. 900 fund in
1917 in celebration Of the four bundredth
anniversary Of the beginning OF the ref
ornaatton- by Martin Luther, has been
formulated by clersymen and laymen Of
The Lutheran church. with the Rev. DR.
~. II. Weber. secretary Of the hoard OF
church extension. The money. il raised,
y to be divided among the different mis-
s!onary departments os the Lutheran
Evening star., 1915-03-27
TAGS PLACED ON SALE
TO AID DAY NURSERY
More Than 100 Boys, Girls, Young
Women and Matrons Serving
as Salespersons.
Committee Hopes to Pass $500 Mark
Set Last Year for Dispensary
for White Children.

More than 100 boys. girls, young woinen
and matrons served as salespeople today
| it being the annual tag day for the Day
Nursery and Dispensary for White Cnil-
dren, 1864 N street southwest rags
were on sale at all the downtown hotels,
theaters, department stores and many Of
fees and other places of business. and
CORPS of volunteers. composed OF small
girls and boys, disposed of the tags on
the streets in many parts of the down.
town section.
The tags. made of red cardboard. bore
the words, Have Heart and Help the
Day Nursery and Dspensary for White
Children" They were sold at from 5
cents each up to any amount the buyer
wished to pay for them
The sale vas in charge of commit
tee of which Mrs. ]. c. Welliver was
general chairman, the other members Of
the committee being Mrs. Roe Fulkerson,
Mrs c. L. Peckham, Mrs John Snure,
Mrs c. H. Taylor and Mrs. T. Claude
Rogers.
Tag day for the institution last year
netted nearly $500, and 1t Is hoped the
proceeds of tag sales today will exceed
that sum The Day Nursery and Dis
pensary for White Children cared for
3.0s5 babies and children last year, at a
cost of only $500 The care and treat
ment given to babies and children OF
women who, in most cases. are employed
by the day, and who have nowhere else
to leave their children during the hours
of employment, have saved the lives of
hundreds of little ones
Stations and Those in Charge.
r1,n
today were in charge of Harold Van
Buren,, Stuart List and Percy Neipold.
Tag day stations and those In charge
of the sale of tags at the stations were:
Willard Hotel, Mrs. B. A. Z. Leavell,
Mrs. MacShane.
Raleigh Hotel, Mrs f. NJ Tilden, Mrs.
Margaret Chapman, Fay Aston, Anna
Davis.
Ebbitt House. Mrs. Johan c. Kondrup.
Mrs Robert Hale Merriam. Miss Garnet
kondrup.
Woodward & Lothrop's. Mrs c. H
Taylor, Mrs. E. H. Pitcher. Misses
Dorothy Darling, Katherine Tilden.
Palais Royal. Mrs. G. L. Peckham,
Mrs. J. E. Fishback, Mrs. John Winter
Graves, Miss Jane Fishback
Kann's, Mrs. Thomas Calver, Mrs. L.
Goidenbergs, Mrs. ]. c. welliver. Mrs.
William Burke, Mrs. Roe Fulkerson.
Lansburgh & Bros, Mrs c. L. Henry,
Mrs. l.. Huggins. Mrs. Herbert Street
Miss Lorraine HELEN
Keith's Theater, Mrs J. c. Towers
Misses Rivero. Dorothy Boucher, Ruth
| Corby.
Belasco Theater, Mrs. Van Horne
Me .nhold, the Misses Meinhold, Miss
Davis.
Columbia Theater, Mrs. John Snure
| Misses Lois Pitcher and Margaret Den.
ham
| Polls Theater. Mrs. Theodore Tiller
Mrs. Hal Smith. Misses Edgar and Ber-
| tina Neipold.
Times building, Mrs. John Snure, Mrs
J. c. Towers.
Evening star., 1915-03-27
President Reinstates Letter Carrier

The President has directed that Ed
ward D. White may be reinstated as a
letter carrier in the Oakland. Cal. post
office, without regard to the length of
time he has been separated from the
service. The Postmaster General
stated that as Mr.. White Is Intelligent
and was a very competent and faithful
employe while in the service, the de-
partment will not interpose any OBJ
lection to his reinstatement in the
service The civil service commission
did not recommend the issuance of the
order in this case.
Evening star., 1915-03-27

Four bills designed to provide stats.
wide prohibition. local option and othe0
changes in liquor laws have been re-
committed to the excise committee in til
New York assembly
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Duke De Montmorency Dies.

PARIS. March 27.-The Duke De Mont
morency. prominent figure in the court
Of Napoleon III. died Thursday night at
the age Of seventy eight years
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Objects of the Organization.

The organization is announced as
philanthropic and patriotic. and its
main objects are TO instill into the
minds of children peace: to develop the
faculties that make for real sense of
patriotism; to foster higher ideal OF
civilizations and nob1er view of inter-
national dealings, and to transmit the
honors that belong to them and to all
posterity in the right to love and re-
we're our flag and to preserve with
sacred fidelity the memory Of the vet
Grams who fought for the preservation
of the Union"
Mrs. NJ. L. Parker. the founder and
Evening star., 1915-03-27

Gais New Health NV BY Taking
Father Johns medicihe to build up
Evening star., 1915-03-27

The herring catch of England last
year exceeded by far that of any pre-
vious season.
Evening star., 1915-03-27

Mrs. Fred bennett. 1889 Q street
northwest has been chosen as national
president of the Children of the G. A.
r. Her election took place at meet
ing Of that organization Monday at her
residence.
Other officers elected at the same time
to serve the association during the en-
suing year arc:
president: Mrs. Wesley L. Jones, second
vice president; Mrs. Rachel Longate
Beck, third vice president; Mrs. will
liam G. Sharp. fourth vice president:
Miss Ellen Wood. fifth vice president;
Mrs. Cornelia Parker Grady, treasurer:
Mrs. Frank Thiel. secretary; Mrs. Flor
ence Schneider Forney. guard, and Miss
Everett, chaplain.
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the first national president of the So
ciety. and now Washington editor for
the American Society Of New York,
will devote her time to orga nizing the
Children In this and other cities.
Evening star., 1915-03-27

A No. C211s IDEAL Boiler and 270 a. n.
Of 38-in. AMERICAN Radiators, costing
the owner S 40 were used to heat this
cottage. Al this price the goods Can be
bought Of any reputable. competent Filter.
This did not include cost Of labor. pipes,
valves, freight. etc. which vary according to
climatic and other conditions.
The Ely miner., 1915-08-27

taking off the receiver, but not an
swering. Instead, she hung up and
wedged the telephone bell with a
piece of paper SO that it would not
ring at all.
She was about to move away from
the desk when Elaine entered the Ii
brary
Didn't I hear the telephone bell
ring?" she asked.
Inez was quick YES" she replied.
my former mistress telephoned that
she is sending my trunk today"
"Oh, very well,' smiled Elaine, pass
ing on through the library with an
encouraging nod to the girl.
Inez had killed two birds with one
stone Not only had she disarmed
suspicion about the interrupted call,
but she had laid the foundation for
the delivery of a trunk which at that
moment she knew Wu and Long Sin
were preparing and packing.
It was large trunk, and in it the
two willy Cinnamon were packing a
chair, as well as the phosphorus ma
chine.
Once Mistress Inez induces Elaine
to sit in this chair" observed Wu, tap
ping it significantly as he closed the
trunk, half our work is completed
Uptown IneZ, always on guard, was
watching for the safe arrival of the
trunk, when she saw a messenger boy
coming up the steps of the house.
Perhaps, it flashed over her, it was
some message from Kennedy. She
must get it, whatever it was.
Without hesitating a moment she
slipped back into the library while the
boy was still at the door and wrote
a note Of her own at the desk. She
had thought out beforehand just what
plan she was to adopt and the note
read:
Dear Miss Dodge:
The ladies of the First Baptist
church will send a collector for our
rummase sale this afternoon. We
thank you for whatever you can give
him. Yours truly,
Miss Ella Burns,
Secretary, Woman's Guild.
Inez read over the note she had
written herself as the messenger boy
continued ringing the bell impatiently
Then she hurried into the hall to open
the door
The boy came in and Inez took the
note he had brought, signing Elaine's
name for it in his book. She had
acted not a moment too soon, for
Elaine had heard the bell and was
now coming downstairs herself
WAS it anything for me, Inez?" she
asked.
Inez deftly palmed the letter and
substituted the note she had written.
The Ely miner., 1915-08-27
SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystified by a
series of murders and other crimes The
principal clue to the criminal 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
--nravel the mystery. What Kennedy ac-
complishes Is told by his friend Jameson,
newspaper man.
After many fruitless attempts to put
Elaine and Craig Kennedy out of the way
the Clutching Hand is at last found to be
none other than Perry Bennett, Elaine
lawyer and the man she Is engaged to
marry. Bennett fees to the den of one of
his Chinese criminals The Chinaman
forces from Bennett the secret of the
whereabouts of S000.0O0. Then he gives
the lawyer potion which will suspend
animation for months. Kennedy reaches
Benefits side just after he has lost con-
seriousness
The Ely miner., 1915-08-27

arm tight to his side, still with his
wrist pressing on the rope.
His heart fairly leaped. 1t worked!
The cuff link which he had devised
as a cigarette lighter as joke on me
was burning the rope.
Then he pulled at the weakened
ropes as he had before in his futile
struggles.
They broke.
Just on the other side of the door he
could hear the low buzz of the argu-
ment as Long Sin urged WI to allow
him to kill Kennedy.
Very we'll, then" WI at last
agreed, looking at his watch and nod
ding to Long Sin and the others who
sprang forward.
Free from his bonds, Kennedy had
been standing a second wondering
how to escape from the room. Just
The Ely miner., 1915-08-27

Elaine, down in the library, that she
had done nothing yet about the letter
| from the Women's Guild.
| Il wonder what there is upstairs
that / can give them she thought
| as she re-read the letter. i think
| I'll see.''
She started up, just as lnez was
| leaving.
The adventures in the attic heard
Elaine coming and quickly slipped be
hind door, letting Elaine pass her
without being seen.
In the attic Elaine started to take
down and examine several dresses for
the rummage sale, laying them aside
one by one.
An attic is always place that calls
up memories of the past, and Elaine
soon began to think of things that
were suggested by one after another
| of the discarded dresses. Besides,
some of them were scarcely worth
sending, anyway. She sat down, alb
sently, in the chair to think it over.
Suddenly a secret spring released
a set of bands that automatically and
swiftly clanped over Elaine's arms
and about her body and neck, holding
her in grip of steel. At the same
time vapor bulb in the back of the
chair shot out it's smothering fumes,
rendering her unconscious
Elaine was caught in trap.
Inez in silent exultation opened the
attic door just trifie. Then her
slender hand reached in and took the
key from the inside, shut the door and
locked it from the outside.
Stealthily Inez crept downstairs
from the attic and into Elaine's room.
There, taking care that neither Marie
nor Aunt Josephine was about, she
opened the closet and took out the
dress, coat and hat which Elaine had
worn when she was kidnapped by WI
and stuffed them into a suitcase. Inez
closed the suitcase quickly, threw on
her own hat and coat and left the
house unobserved.
Half an hour later she entered the
opium joint on Mott street.
There were both WI and Long Sin
carefully examining blonde wig made
up as closely as possible to resemble
the golden masses that were the
crown of Elaine's beauty. Four or
five other Cinnamon sat and stood
about at respectful distance.
Have you the clothes?" asked WI,
greeting IneZ.
YES" she returned "All has been
done exactly as you ordered
Good" complimented WI. Then
you may prepare yourself immediate
ly"
=,
In the meantime second trap was
The Ely miner., 1915-08-27

being prepared for Kennedy. The
note of warning regarding Elaine was
merely first step in the entangle
| ment.
We were in the laboratory and
Craig was at work testing some chem.
lcals, about to pour a liquid from a
beaker into a test tube. He paused
polsing both in his hands, listening
Outside We could hear what sounded
like scratching at the door.
BE quiet just a minute, Walter"
whispered Craig, moving on tiptoe
toward the door.
The fact was that a young China
man had crept up cautiously and was
crouching there in a position like
that of a runner about to start in a
race. Actually he was merely wait
ing for Kennedy to open the door,
but 1t looked as though he were listen
ing.
AS Craig threw open the door he
started off like a racer, apparently
dropping piece of paper in his hurry.
l darted out after him, while Craig
stopped and picked up the paper, then
stood gazing after us.
Down the hall the young Chinaman
dashed until he came to the back en-
trance to the laboratory. There he
turned and crouched again in the
darkness.
A moment later l came after him.
As passed the door he seemed to
rise up unexpectedly and l stumbled
headlong over him, almost stunned
as l hit the floor. He rose again
and criss-crossed around the corner
OF the building before | could pick my
self up. 1t was of no use now to
chase him further, and l imped back
into the laboratory.
He got away in spite of me-"
managed to blurt out as 1 rejoined
Kennedy in the hail. What's that p"
The Ely miner., 1915-08-27
Nails First Made by Hand.

In northern Europe, Britain and
America nails were made, at first, by
forging on an anvil. The iron used
for hand nail-makihg was first formed
into nail-rods, which were sold in
bundles. The nail-rods were prepared
either by rolling the malleable thick
ness or by the much more common
practice of cutting plate iron into
strips by means of rolling shears. In
Colonial days the making of nails
from these rods was household in
dustry among the New England farm
ers
The Ely miner., 1915-08-27

Yes, maam,' she replied, handing
Elaine the faxed note.
Elaine read it. 81 didn't know about
the rummage sale BEFORE" she com
mented, as She went into the library,
but l guess I'll have to give them
something"
She sat down for moment to look
over new fashion magazine. Out
side in the hallway Inez was reading
the note which the messenger boy
had brought, with the warning post
script written by Kennedy under
meath. She knew, as she destroyed
it. that it was only part of Wu's
subtle plan to alarm Kennedy and
start him on false scent.
1t was not many minutes later that
the bell rang again, and this time
Jennings answered the door, disclos-
ing the expressman with heavy
trunk.
'Oh, guess that's my trunk" Inez
exclaimed. May have it taken up to
the attic, out of the way?"
Inc men carried the big trunk up
stairs into the attic, large room full
of trunks, some old furniture and a
great many old dresses hanging up
AS they set it down she signed the
receipt for it, and the expressmen
clumped downstairs.
For a moment she leaned over the
railing and looked after them to make
sure that she was alone, then hastily
locked the door and ran back to the
trunk to unlock it.
First she took out the chair which
WI had devised and placed it near the
clothes. hanging up. Next she re-
moved the phosphorus mechanism
and placed it in the shadow back
of the chair, piling up some excelsior
and other dry stuff over and around it.
Inez had scarcely completed her
arrangements when it occurred to
The Ely miner., 1915-08-27

described proves that even in the
hospitals in which the wounded SOL
diers are nursed back to life, a touch
of the ridiculous sometimes lightens
the work.
The nurse of this ward" said Mr..
Oakman, "a pretty and distinguished
looking lady, in wide-winged Golf,
was at some pains to show us her pet
patient, very big, very black, and
very contented Turco in a green fez.
She told US that when he was first
brought in, he was quite badly wound
ed and unconscious. They removed
The Ely miner., 1915-08-27

his clothing, soaked with mud and
blood, and put him in hospital wrap
per, while his uniform was sent to be
cleaned. After the Turco had been
placed in his bed and the clothing was
out of the way, the interpreter, an old
African soldier, rushed up to the sur
geon in charge.
!" For the love of heaven, bring him
back his green fez before he wakes
up!' gasped the interpreter.
Why?' returned the surgeon. It's
dirty enough
Yes, yes, but he wears it to show
The Ely miner., 1915-08-27

"Are You All Rioht?" Gasped Craig.
then he heard footsteps outside.
| Quickly he replaced the ropes about
him so that they looked as if he were
still bound by them.
The door opened, and WI and Long
Sin entered, each with knife, while
behind them were three other China
men,
WI advanced. Slowly he raised his
knife to strike.
THE white girl is slowly being
burned to DEATH" he Kissed, brandish-
ishing the knife. "The allotted time IS
spent
AS he poised the knife in fiendish
glee, Kennedy leaped forward from his
loOsened bonds and knocked him to
the floor.
So unexpected was the assault that
before he knew it Long Sin was also
sprawling beside his master.
Craig seized the only weapon at
hand, a taboret, and brought it
down with smashing blows on the
heads of the other astounded and un-
nerved Cinnamon.
Once on the street, even in China
town, he was safe.
But it was not his own safety now
that had nerved up his strength to
escape from the unacceptable
Was he in time?
81 think had better go back to the
laboratory and wait for Craig" l said
at last to Aunt Josephine after wait
ing for time that seemed like hours.
please let me know the moment you
hear from Elaine
i was about to turn from the foot
of the steps to the Dodge house, when
a taxicab came dashing up almost on
the sidewalk urged on by some maniac
inside. Imagine my surprise to see
Craig, wild and dishevelled, leap out
rs Elaine here-safe?" he demand
she isn't home" l managed to
reply
Are you sure?" he repeated did
you search?"
He uttered a sudden cry, pointing
up at the roof
Look" he gasped Mortified.
stared in blank amazement Smoke
was pouring out of the attic windows
in dense black columns, lighted by
an angry flame.
"Fire!" shouted Kennedy, dashing
instantly into the house.
AS we mounted the stairs Eo,r we
attic
Smoke was pouring out from under
the door and even through the key
hole. Jennings had heard Kennedy's
call and was now dashing up after us
with fire extinguisher Back of him
came Aunt Josephine and Elaine's
maid, Marie, screaming for help.
Like human battering ram we
went through that door A sheet of
flame shot out at us with the draft.
But Kennedy stopped for nothing.
There was Elaine in chair which
the devilish mind of Wu Fang had
devised to imprison her while the
flames licked out her beauty and life
Instantly Craig understood and acted
Carry her OUT" he cried, gasping
for breath himself.
Together we seized the chair and
its precious burden Not a moment
too soon We set the chair down out
side in the hall, ourselves scorched
and blistered.
1t was as though Craig had accept
ed the challenge of the fiery monster
He seized the extinguisher from Jen-
nings and attacked the flames.
By this time Jennings, Marie and
Aunt Josephine had succeeded in un-
fastening Elaine, as our sudden on
slaught with chemicals and force
brought the fire demon under control. |
Are you-all right?" gasped Craig, |
STOPPING over Elaine as she leaned |
back half-fainting in his arms.
Are you?" she murmured heroical |
ly, forgetting her own hurts in her
fear for him.
CTO BE CONTINUED