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GERMANY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
BERLIN. (via wireless to Sayviiie,
L. l.) July 9.-Arras is still burning,
the result Of bombardment by German
artillery, according to dispatches from
headquarters today. Practically all
tho enemy's supply stations in the
x city have been destroyed. Official dis
patches today said thattne deseruc.
ton Of the cathedral by fire robbed
the enemy Of valuable observation
point"
oFFIc'A - PORT.
BERLIN, (via .ess to London), ;,
July s.-with bombs and gre.
nades, Germ ,ops stormed and
captured $50 Z of French trenches
in Lepretrel = Is, the war office an
nounced = - iternoon. t"-
"We W ompef1ed to evacuate
hill neat .De-S'Apt," tho statement
said.
SOCIALIST WANTS WAR.
BERLIN, July 9. (Via wireless to
SayviIie).-The editor Of the socialist
newspaper chemnitz voIkstimme, who
is at the front, sent letter to his
paper today, repudiating the appeal Of
the governing ooaro OF the German
socialists for peace.
TANNING AN EDITOR.
BERLIN, July 9. (via wireless 70
Sayvilie.) - The government today
took another direct slap at Count Won
Reventlow, whose anti-AmeHcan art
icles recently resulted In the temper,
ary suspension Of the Tages zeituna.
The following officially Inspired stats.
ment was Issued: "Political and oven
naval circles are beginning to get
tired of daily editorials In the Tag-s
Zeituna against the German-American
negotiations regarding submarine war
fare. The Tages Zeitung attitude
that Il is undesirable to reach an un-
derstanding with America is sufficient
proof that such an understanding ls
desirable"
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RANCE
[ BY William Philip simms, United
Preaa staff Correapondent.

BY William Philip StmmS, Oniteo
Press staff Correspondent.
PARIS, July e.-Fear that heaps OF
decayine human bodies along the
battle 'front.' would prove the source
OF a cholera epidemic, that would
sweep all France, was aliayed today
by an official report from the parlia-
mentary committee on hygiene.
Or. Pottevin, chairman o. the COM
mittee, began the investigation to
learn the truth Of statements that de-
competition Of thousa nds Of cadavers
In the trench country, threatened ser
ious consequences. For several weeks
reports have reached Paris that the
cholera epidemic in Austria had it's
origin In the slaughter in the Narpa-
thians and that other wssring coun-
tries were fighting epidemics devel-
tees report made public today de-
ciared these assertions to be unfounu-
ed.
"From lie; eng medical mon, the
committee has found that decomposi-
ton Of bodies at the front offers no
grave menace" said DR.. Pottevin.
"Not only Is it out Of the question
that a cholera plague could arise from
such condition, but tho sanitary
conditions surrounding the French
army would not permit an epidemic
to take hold. We have taken every
precautton to prevent cholera from
reaching France from other coun-
tries"
Prof. Legroux Of the Pasteur instt-
tute, confirmed the findings Of the
parliamentary committee.
"Any dangerous microbes. on putre-
flying bodies are themselves destroyed
by others which develop during de-
composition" said Legroux.
"The odor and the flies annoy the
soldiers, but the eadavers constitute
no source Of danger"
GATHERING ARRAs TO BITS.
PARIS, July o.-Arras 10 being sys-
battered into ruins b,v
German shell fire. For forty eight
houre the Teutons have been lombard
ing the city from long range. both day
and night, with scarcely moments
cessation.
Several sections Of the city are re-
ported In flames. French soldiers
have promptly extinguished all fires
ttht threatened military works, but
residences and public buildings are
being wiped out bv fire or Falling be-
fore the erssl, of shells. s.r
The bombardment has donc no
great damage OF military importance
according to official dispatches, but in
addition TO the cathedral severa' fine
public buildings have been pounded
into heaps Of wreckage. The bonn
bardment continued throughout last
night. Both sides are using shells
heavily In the region north Of Arras
particularly near Souchez. Violent
10 going on on the Nouv.
ron plateau.
I'VE have captured $50 yards Of
trenches lost to the enemy in the lie
pretre forest region July f." said the
"The Germans attacked
With liquid fire and aerial torpedoes
It one point. They were at first sue
:essfuI, but later were elected from
,ur positions.
I'VE have had marked success at
In the Vosges. On a 700
,ard front we made a gain Of 600
,ards, taking nearly 1000 prisoners"
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POWDER MILLS BLOWN UP.

piosions, the cause Of which is as vet
unknown, today almost totally de-
stroyed the Curtis Powder mills at
HounsIow, Middlesex. It is not known
how many were killed. One hundred
mon were at work In the mills.
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scale Of humanity and development,
civilization and culture?
| America Is free to answer these
4 questions as she sees fit. Neither Of
these two countries can hope, through
fear, to gain anything of the other"
| The Note on the Way.
by Carl w. Ackerman, United Press
| Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, (via The Hague), July g.
CLERKS at the American embassy
were today engaged in coding the
German reply to the second American
note regarding the Lusitania The
communication was handed to Ambas-
sador Gerard last night, and the work
! of preparing it for transmission TO
Washington begun this forenoon. Tho
note Is lengthy and because Of the
fact that it must be translated into
English and coded with the greatest
care, the time OF its receipt in full at
Washington cannot be accurately
forecasted
Gernany's Answer.
WASHINGTON, July e.-Ge.many's
answer to the last American note will
day or tomorrow, onicialdom here un-
Ederstood today.
It was generally believed that it
would be unsatisfactory. The ambas-
sador's forecast revealed it's terms.
Officials were hopeful, however, that
it could be made the basis for fur
ther negotiations and that the situa-
ton would not again become critical.
ha FOR ho$
was being hard pressed at home
through the pro-war party's agitaSon,
will be taken into consideration by
the president in formulating the next
note, but it was stated in admisistra-
ton circles that the executive has de-
termined the United States as chief
neutral OF the world cannot surrender
a single right under international
law.
It is understood Ambassador Bern
storff has already advised his govern
ment that the unofficial German sug-
gestions were unsatisfactory here and
that he has sabeen told that under
existing conditions" Germany had
gone the limit.
There was little attempt today to
disguise the pessimism IN odiciat
circles.
Just Month Ago.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-Rumors |
that the German note had been hand
ed to Ambassador Gerard circulated
at the state department for some time
before their confirmation by the Unit
ed Press bulletin.
Secretary Lansing was Of the opia.
ion that the time required to trans
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LIbertv Bel, at Omaha.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. J
OMAHA, Neb., July 9.-Despite the
threatening weather. fully 10000 per-
sons visited the liberty bell during
its fve hour stop here this morning.
The visiting Philadelphians were en-
tertained at breakfast by the local
Pennsylvania society.
The special train left at 1O:30 for
Lincoln.
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BAL KAKS

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service |
ROME, July 9.-Austro-Gernany Of
fered Serbia territory in Albania and
an outlet on the Adriatic If she would
consent to an immediate peace, the
.Nish correspondent Of Gioranie DIta Ie
reported today, but the offer was re-
fused.
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AUS STR|A

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
ROSE, June 9-The Austrians have
launched thousands Of floating mines
In the Adratic, according to informa
tlon reaching the ministry Of marine
today. From the Austrian naval base
at PoIa they have been carried south
ward and along the Italian coast. A
sailing ship sighted one Of the mines
off Bari yesterday and exploded Il
with rifle shota
MELT TYPE INTO BULLETS.
GENEVA, July 9-Austria military
authorities are seizing printing press
es and type and converting them into
war munitions, according to Vienna
advices today.
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MAKES NEW LOAN,

BUCHAREST, July 9.-The Ruman-
ian government has contracted
through the national bank a new loan
of 10000, 900 at three per cent pay
able in two years. No explanation Of
the use to which the funds are to be
put was made public.
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River Bulletin.

Mean temperature Sth, 10,
Highest, rs.
Lowest. So.
Lowest last night. so.
FRED 4. GOSEW1SCH.
Observer.
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Weather Conditions,

The eastern storm has moved out
the northeastern coast, where the
rainfall has been heavy, and gener-
ally fair, somewhat cooler weather
has followed in the central valleys.
The western area Of low pressure
has concentrated. with a marked de-
preston central in Utah this morn
ing. and the weather is.unsettled and
warmer in the plains states, with
scattered showers or thunderstorms
in some portions, Dodge City, Kan,
over one inch of rainfall
Conditions indicate showers or
for this section tonight
and probably Saturday, and warmer
tonight.
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THE WEATHER

For Keokuk and vicinity: Showers
and thunderstorms tonight and prob
ably Saturday. Slightly warmer to-
night.
For Iowa: Showers and thunder.
storms tonight and probably Satur.
day. Slightly warmer east and south
portions tonight.
For Missouri: Showers and pos.
sibly thunderstorms tonight and Sat.
urday Warmer north portion tonight.
For Illinois: Increasing cloudiness
with showers late tonight and Satur.
day. Slightly warmer tonight.
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is this manufacture Of arms and
ammunition so important in our busi-
ness and national economies as to
Justify us in engaging the enmity OF
a people which, like ourselves, Is not
IN the descending, but the ascending
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RUSSIAN SHIP SUNK.
LONDON, July e-The 2,716 ton
Russian steeI bark Marion Liehtbody,
bound from Valparaiso for England,
was torpedoed yesterday off the coast
Of ireland. Her crew was saved.
The Dickinson press., 1915-06-12

room. There Mary looked at the mo-
tionless body on the door and recoiled.
Mortified.
Elaine, noticed some spots ON her
hands, and, seeing that they were
stained by the blood OF Long Sin,
wiped the spots OF on her shandker-
chief, dropping 1t TO the floor.
"Ugh!" exclaimed Sa cultural voice
behind them.
1t was the servant who had come
lin.
"You-kill him-with knife?" insin.
uated the Chinese. Ill.,
Elaine was dumb. The servant did
not wait for an answer, but hastily
opened the hall door.
TO Elaine it seemed that something
must be done quickly. A moment and
all the house would be in uproar.
Instead, he placed his finger on his
lips. "Quick-no word" he said, lead.
ing the way to the hall door, "and-oh.
you must not leave that-it will be
clue" he added, picking up the
bloody handkerchief and pressing 1t
into Elaine's hand.
They quickly ran out into the hall.
"Go-quick!" he urged again, land
hide the handkerchief in the bag. Let
no one see it,"
He shut the door. AS they hurried
away Elaine breathed a sigh of relief.
They had reached the street. Afraid
to run, they hurried as fast as they
could until they turned the first col.
Der.
They pressed each others hands and
parted.
Meanwhile in the front room Long
Sin was on his feet again, brushing
himself off and hopping 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 ia
the back room.
A sinister figure had made its way
by means Of a fire escape to a real
The Dickinson press., 1915-06-12

Elaine Took Out the Package of BlMo.
putty blower? A keyhole is just as
good" e
do you realize how little you can
really Q through a keyhole?" he re-.
piled confidently. "Try it over there,
I did, and, to tell the truth, I could
see merely a little part of the hall,
Then Kennedy inserted the detecta-
scope. !
Look through that" he directed.
], put my eye to the eye piece and
gazed through the bullying lens Of
the other end. I could see almost
the whole hall. ~&'%
" - . .
Elaine was playing with Rusty when
Jennings brought in a card on which
was engraved the name, Miss Mary
Carson" and underneath in pencil, was
written Belgian Relief Committee"
"How interesting" commented
Elaine, rising and accompanying Jen.
nings into the drawing room. II won.
der what she wants?"
Every pleased to greet You, Miss Car
son." she greeted her visitor.
The Dickinson press., 1915-06-12
,sYNoPsIs.

Tho New'York police are mystified by q
series of murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the crimina Is the warm
Ing letter which Is, sent the victims. signed
tim of the mysterious assassin is Taylor
Dodge. the insurance president. His
daughter, Elaine. employs Craig Kennedy,
the famous scientific detective, to try to
complishes Is told by his friend Jameson,
D newspaper mar Enraged at the deter
mined effort which Elaine and Craig Ken
needy are making to put an end to his
strange criminal is known, resorts to all
sorts of the most diabolical schemes to
put them out Of the way. Each chapter
Of the story tells of a new plot against
their lives and of the way the great de-
&ective uses all his skill to save this pref
ey girl and himself from death.
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She opened the bag ana displayed
the b~loodspotted handkerchief. He

She opened the bag ana displayed
the b~lood-spotted handkerchief. He
took 1t and examined It carefully.
Elaine" he said earnestly, not at
all displeased I could see, that some
.thingshad come up that might blot out
the past. unfortunate misunderstanding
Ing, there simply. must De something
wrong here. Leave this handkerehief
with me. I'll do my best"
Thank you," she said simply as
she left the laboratory.
Craig went to work abruptly without
0 word.
eOnthe laboratory table he placed his
splendid microscope and several cases
of slides, as well as innumerable mi
cro-photographs. He had been work.
ing for some time when he looked up.
1T Is, dogs blood-not human blood"
he said simply, "but what's the game
back of all this-that's the main ques-.
ton now" -
It was not much later that Elaine
received q second visit from Mary.
do you know why the servant al.
lowed us to leave the apartment"
whispered Mary with a glance. about
fearfVlly, as If the walls had ears.
"No-why?" inquired Elaine anxious
ly. f:
Hes 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. If 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 it. 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 :"!.3se she ran back on
some pretext.
Our telephone rang in the middle
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as one woman always does at the pic.
ture of another pretty woman. It was
q newspaper cut of Elaine, under
which was:
"ELAINE DODGE, THE HEIR.
ESS, WHOSE BATTLE WITH
THE cLUTcHIN0 HAND Is GRE
ATING WORLDWIDE INTER.
EST"
"Now," he began at last, breaking
the silence, "Ill show you just what !
want you to do"
He went ove to the wall and took
down a curious long Chinese knife
from a scabbard which hung there
conspicuously.
"See that?" he added, holding it up.
Before she could say a word he had
plunged the knife, apparently, into his
own breast.
"Oh!" cried Mary, startled.
She expected to e him fall. But
nothing happened. Wong laughed. 1t
was an oriental trick knife, in which
the blade telescoped into the handle.
Look at it," he added, handing it
to her.
Long Sin took a bladder Of water
from a table near by and concealed it
under his coat. "Now, you stab me-"
he directed.
Mary hesitated. But he repeated the
command and she plunged the knife
gingerly at him. 1t t~elescoped. He
made her try it over, and she stabbed
him more resolutely. The water from
the bladder poured out.
Good" cried Long Sin, much
pleased. "Now," he added, seating
himself beside her, II want you to
lure Elaine here"
4 y
I had been amusing myself by rig
ging up a continuance by which 1
could make it possible to see through,
or, rather, over, a door.
Kennedy, who had been busy at the
other end of the laboratory, happened
to look over in my direction. whats
the big idea, Walter" he asked.
1t was, I admit, a rather cumber-
some and clumsy affair.
"Well you see, Craig" I explained,
"you put the top mirror through the
transom of a door and"
Kennedy interrupted with a hearty
burst Of laughter. But suppose the
door has no transom?" he asked,
pointing to his own door.
I scratched my head thoughtfully. I
had assumed that the door would
have a transom. A moment later
Craig went to the cabinet and drew
out a tube about as big around as q
putty blower and as long.
Nov, here's what l call my de-
tectascope," he remarked. "None of
your mirrors for me-"
II know" / said somewhat nettled,
but what can you see through that
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.Ov
window that was not barred, and 81
lently he had stolen in on them.
They turned at a slight noise ant
saw him. Genuine fright was now OF
their faces Is they looked at him
open mouthed.
Whats 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 a low bow, Wong spread out
his hands in surrender and submission.
II will tell you, honorable sir" he
said at length.
Go 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. II saw her here"
Wong gave a glance of almost su.
perstitious dread at the man.
"She will be back-is here now" 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.
ut is all right" pacifed 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 cleo
trio chair with herself in it, bound,
and Of the giving Of the fatal signal
for turning on the current.
Were such things as these going to-
happen to her, without Kennedy's
help? Why had they q%uarreled? She
buried her face in her hands and wept.
Then she could stand it no longer.
She had not taken of her street
clothes. She rose and almost fed
from the house.
Kennedy and I were still In the Ia
boratory when O knock sounded at
the door. ] went to the door and
opened It. There stood Elaine Dodge.
It was q complete surprise to Craig.
What is the matter?" he asked.
She hesitated, then suddenly burst
Out, "tCraig-I| ana murderessl"
/ had never before seen such a look
on Craig's face as suddenly came over
It.
Then she poured forth the story sub
s~tantially as I have set 1t down, but
without the explanation, which at that
time was not known to any Of us. y
"Oh;" expostulated Craig, there must
be some mistake. It's impossible-im-
Iossible."
No. she asserted. "Look-here's
~ handkerchief all spotted, with
blood" :,
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OF u conversation on blood crys-
tails, and Kennedy himself answered it.
1t was Elaine asking Craig's adj
vice.
They have offered to hush the
thing up for ten thousand dollars" she
said in a mufhed 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" ha'
answered, without arguing further.
"You can do that without exciting
suspicion. Then 60 with her to her
hotel and hand her over the money"
All right-1ll do It," she agreed.
what is the hotel?"
Craig wrote on a slip of paper what
she told him-"Room 500, Hotel La
COste." &.7& ~
Hastily he threw on his street coat.
go into the back roomsandaget me a
brace and bit, Walter, he said.
4 did SO. When I returned I saw
that he had placed the de%tectascope
and som stuff In a 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. It 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 a hasty glance up and down
the corridor, to make sure no n was
about, Kennedy came to Room 500,
then passed to the next room, 511,
opening the door with a skeleton key.
Quickly Craig went to the door
which led to the next ROOM. It was,
Of course, locked also. He listened a
moment carefully. Not q 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 wan An Room 511s
selecting a5gpot behind q picture of
gnaniahi Aam6er-af unof ad{recf1v hack
81 her Swapping black eyes. He fin
ished quickly and inserted the detectar
scope so that the lens fitted as an eye
In the picture. The eye-piece was in
room iii. Then he started to brush
up the pieces Of plaster onthe door.
Craig" / 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
nf the hall
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-10-22
MEAT MAKES
HIT WITH PARlSlANS

Paris. oct d. The urs, cousign.
meut ~ scycnty-tvo toms of american
frozen beef has proved greatly TO the
taste of Parsmus About GOO pounds
are sold daily at the central market
lies Hallos The yommissall ln
charge says the meat IS highly spoken
of ON am sides and as particularly
suitable for grllug ana roastus
The supply has hitherto come from
one firm IN Chicago but contacts arg
|ahout TO be siened with the London
agents of other Chcago firms
. owing to the small amount import
.el and To the fact that the expert
ment has been only five weeks un
.trii no effect ON prices has been reg
istercd as yet II is anticipated thut
as mo good quality of the meat br-
comes more widely known this effect
viii begin Ia operate Tho price of
he frozen meat Ht present is slightly
below that of Frcu,h-groWn meat
namely. IA to lt cents per pound a
compared with rs ANA -2 cents foi
French