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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13
Commencement Week

This paper intended to have been
able to give full list of graduates
and the exercises for the week but ON
account of other matters we have been
unable to do SO but in next weeks is
sue we will try and give our readers
VINO were so unfortunate as not to
be able to attend, very complete
write up of this weeks exercises which
are always of extreme interest to a
community.
The May Day Festival and Pageant
given by the Public and High School
this Thursday afternoon and the pro-
gram given by the Senior Glass of
the High School this evening promis-
es to be in distinct class by itself.
The faculty of both schools and the
student body have labored faithfully
to make this an interesting occasion
The graduating exercises of the High
School on Friday evening will be of
exceptional interest and very large
audience should and probably will
be in attendance.
Judge Burke who will deliver the
commencement address Friday evening
is a deep thinker, and brilliant ora
tor and those who miss this address
will miss an opportunity Of hearing
one of the best speeches ever deliv-
cred in our city.
The graduating of young men and
women from our High School means
mucn to our community and we should
all show our interest in our young
people by being present when they
reach this important mile stone in
their history.
Too much credit cannot be given to
the faculty of both our schools for the
achievements of the years work which
is just closing more of which will be
said in next weeks paper.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13
The Addition ts tke Publir Schssl
Building

The publicity given as to the needs
of more room and better sanitary con-
ditions for our public school by this
paper the past few weeks has resulted
In getting the matter before the pa
irons of he school and they are nov
demanding that something be done.
At the school election many of the
patrons inspected the building and are
unanimous that the needs are impera-
tive and our school board are getting
ready to present the matter intelli-
gently to the taxpayers.
When he building was built it was
left In such manner that 1t could cas-
lily be added to and the board have
sent to the original contractor for
plans and specifications and estima-
ted cost Of the proposed necessary ad-
ditiOn. Two bonding companies have
had representatives to see the board
in reference to handling the neces-
sary bonds, one company offers to take
the bonds at 941a while the other
makes still better offer. and 1t is
quite probable that a still better offer
will be made when 1t is known just
how much money Is needed.
Just as soon as possible we will be
glad to give the voters all the infor-
nation on the proposed addition. In
tine very near future the board will
call an election for the purpose of
voting the necessary bonds and we
hope that every voter will aquaint
himself with the needs so that voting
the bonds will be unanimous.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13
In Mers,oriium

Possibly this community has never
been more shocked than when the
news reached Julesburg and Ovid on
Saturday morning that W. J. Burch
who has been for nearly years the
Manager of the Ovid Lumber Co, had
died that morning at hospital in
Denver Mr.. Burch was known as one
of the live wires in Sedgwick County,
always ready with his unusual talents
to help in any matter that pertained
to the betterment of others and always
willing to give of his time and strength
to help boost.
Words which We can PEI. will only in
a measure tell of the deep loss which
we feel because Of his going away or
express our sympathy to the wife and
babies who are left to mourn
W. J. Burch was born at st. Louis,
Mo-, on December IA, 1873, and died
in Denver May Sth, 1915. Eight years
ago his health failed in ST. Louis and
he came to Colorado where he had
apparently overcome that grim disease
consumption. On February Hth, 1911
he was married to Miss Emma Bar
nard Of Denver and to this union there
was born two children, Katherine aged
81 years and George aged ~ years.
In September 1910 he came to Ovid
and took the management of The Ovid
Lumber Company and by his persis-
tent good nature and his ability has
made that institution one of the strong
mercantile institutions of Sedgwick
Couny.
At Easter time he took severe cold
and gradually 1t was seen that he was
growing weaker and his doctors or
dered him to go to Denver where he
went on the Ard Of May, and while his
doctors there held out little hopes for
his recovery he maintained to the last
that he was going to get better and
only some 36 hours before he died call
ed stenograpEer and dictated some
letters in reference to the Ovid busi-
ness.
His funeral was held on Tuesday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock from the Boule-
ward Congregational Church in Denver,
the former church home of Mrs Burch.
The pastor of the church spoke of the
value of being prepared to go into
the great beyond and the hope for
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13
So That The Public May Know

We, the Seniors of 1915, wish to show
our gratitude to the faculty for their
kind attitude and their great help to us
They have stood by us all year, in
fact as long as they have been here
We never could have accomplished
anything had it not been for their
loyalty and willingness to help us in
times of need. To Mr. Young, the
Principal of the school we certainly
are most grateful, for without his
timely suggestions our May-day pro-
gram and the Senior play would never
have taken place. Who was it that
thought of our May-day festival; who
was it that suggested the Rivals;
and above all to whom is it we are
indebted for most successful school
year-Mr. Young Think what our
class owes Miss Eismann for helping
US with our class play. Many weary
hours have been spent by her in this
work and she has done it willingly,
sometimes having to stay up late and
leaving other necessary work until
a later date. We never could have
given the Rivals" had it not been
for help and we wish to thank her
most heartily for it. Her chorus work
has also been greatly appreciated by
the school and public as has been
shown in their appearance before the
public Those who have been in the
chorus will agree that it takes untir-
ing efforts to bring it up to any de-
gree of perfection. To Mrs. Reed, who
has been with us ever since we have
been in High School, we wish to show
our appreciation for her excellent in
struction in cooking. If you doubt
this ask the Senior Boys about the
dinner they had on Friday last. An
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13

Maine will not forget the civilians of
tn. Lusitanfa
journal ef Csnnefee. New York
The attack on the Lusitania WAS
not war. II was plain unqualified MUIR
der
Ckissgs Tribune
To Tie slaughter OF the innocents In
Belgium has been added the slaugbt-
er of the innocents of the Lus:tania
New Ysrk Herald
II ever wholesale murder was Dre-
meditated this slaughter on the high
seas was. Nor does the fact that warn
ings were given mitigate the crime.
1t rather increases its enormity.
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Only one word cIraracterizes ade-
quately the policy of Germany in this
matter. That word is piracy.
B6stOa Herald
Now. II ever. is the time for the Uni
ted States to speak for itself and for
humanity.
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The United Estates should notify
Germany that loss of American life
and sinking Of passenger ships by tor
pedofng without taking off passengers
will be regarded as an act of war, and
the United States should demand an
answer And If the answer Is not sat
lcfArfnFV UV1lGx, OBJ h.
in extra session to consider declara-
ton of war
Los Angeles Times
1t is a deed on a par with the pois-
oning of wells and the torturing and
massacre Of prisoners.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13
Charles Strattan Married

Word was received Thursday morn
ing by Roy Strattan that his brother
Charles was married in Omaha on the
Sth to Miss Bessie Gibbens.
Charles was for some time in the
employ of this Office and went from
here to Omaha where he is employed
In the Fesner Printing Co.
This paper and "Chuck's" many
friends certainly wish for him and his
bride all kinds of good luck and hap
piness.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13
Julesburx to have Rural Route

Following is letter received by
Postmaster Dye in regard to the rural
route to be established between here
and Ovid. TAe route will ha On the
north side of the river to Ovid crossing
the river there and returning to Jules
burg on the south side.
Post Office Department, Washington
May s, 1915
Postmaster,
Julesburg, Colorado.
You are authorized to establish three
times a week rural delivery service
from your office, beginning June 16,
1915, with carrier at salary of $616
per annum, the route to be designated
No. l, and to be served in accordance
with the description enclosed No
other or further allowance will be
made the carrier for performance Of
this service as authorized
You will be duly notified of the
name Of the carrier appointed upon
certification by the Civil Service Com
mission to serve the route. If not noti-
fed of the appointment of the regu-
lar carrier prior to the date set for
establishment, you will administer the
inclOsed oath to some suitable per-
son and have him start service on the
date fixed for establishment, notify
ing the Department promptly of the
name of the person employed as tenn
porary carrier
You will see that the carrier on this
route observes the following schedule:
Leave at 1000 A. NJ. and return by
500 p. NJ. on Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday.
The order for establishment of this
service will be postponed or rescinded
unless certificate is received from
yon not later than June 7, 1915, to
the effect that at least 100 families
have qualified as parons either by e.
recting approved boxes on the propos-
ed line of travel or filing with yuu
written agreements that they will join
with others in the use of boxes, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of Sec
tion S2S, Postal Laws and Regulations.
You should cndeavor to guard pros
pective patrons against the purchase
of boxes until you are able to assure
them that the full number required
to insure establishment of the service
will be erected. A form of certificate
is enclosed for your use, and you will
submit report thereon in time to
reach this office prior to the date men
toned.
Unless you receive instructions to
the contrary. you will please see that
this service is established promptly on
the date fixed above and advise the
Department accordingly. using the in
closed form for that purpose
JAS. S. BLAKELT.
Fourth Assistant
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13

an ordinance of the Town of Jules
burg, l entered into a stipulation for
the dismissal of the case for the rea-
son that / came to the conclusion that
the evidence obtainable was not suf-
ficient to secure conviction.
Respectfully,
c. E. HENDRICKS,
Attorney for the Town of Julesburg.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13

Mrs. W. J. Burch will soon return to
Ovid and make her arrang ements to
move to Denver where she will make
her future home.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13
WHAT SOME OF OUR GREAT A.
MEXICAN PAPERS HAVE TO SAY
New York Trihunt

Americans-American women and
children-have been exposed to death
by German submarines. The nation
which remembered the sailors of the
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13
Steamship Lusitania Torpedoed

One of the worst premeditated GRIM
es committed in history was the torpe-
dding of the passenger ship Lusitania
by the Germans on last Friday Hun
dreds of women and children were
murdered Out of 1SS American passen
gers only 73 were saved.
Roosevelt Thinks Time to Take Action
Theodore Roosevelt, after learning de-
tails of the sinking Of the Lusitania
made this statement:
This representes not only piracy,
but piracy on vaster scale of mur-
der than any old time pirate ever
practiced. This is the warfare which
destroyed Louvain and-Dinant, and
hundreds Of men. women and children
in Belgium. 1t is warfare against in
nocent men. women and children. trav
cling on the ocean and, to our fellow
who are among the
sufferers.
at seems inconceivable that we can
refrain from taking action in this mat
ter, for we owe it not only to human
ity, but to our own national self re-
spect"
,x-,u,,r cnNyr nr ny-n rnrau,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13

Everything went off In nice shape
and the visiting shooters said that 1t
was the best shoot they ever attended
in place OF that size.
This was the first shoot held in the
western part Of Nebraska this year
Following IL the score for the two
days. P) stands for professional
shooters:
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13
The Town Of Julesburg
W. N. Hileman, Mayor

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Referring to the case of The People
of the State of Colorado VS.. NJ. Schuy-
Ter, which was charge of violation of
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-13
Comparative Precipitation
IN April for The past S years

a. denotes above zero.
The Dickinson press., 1915-04-17
to 9 IT." she wheedled Of Aunt Jose

to see it," she wheedled Of Aunt Jose
phine.
Aunt Josephine nodded acquiescence.
and a moment later we all entered the
building. ~
"You-you are very careful since
that last warning?" asked Elaine al
we approached our door.
More than ever-now," replied
Craig. Il have made up my mind I'd
win"
Kennedy had started to unlock the
door, when he stopped short.
&c.," he said, this is a precaution
l have Just Installed. I almost forgot
in the excitement"
He pressed a panel and disclosed
the boxlike apparatus.
"This is my %kinograph, which tells
me whether l have had any visitors IN
my absence. II the pen traces q
straight line, it is all right; but II
hello-Walter, the line is wavy." .
We exchanged a significant glance.
would you Misunderstanding
down the hall just a bit while I en-.
ter?" asked Craig.
BE careful" cautioned Elaine.
He unlocked the door, standing on
to one side. Then he extended his
hand across the doorway. Still moth
The Dickinson press., 1915-04-17

"a Package for You, Miss Dodge"
will come down stairs, I will show it
you"
Puzzled, but interested, Elaine fol-
lowed her. In the library Jennings
pointed mutely at the new safe. Elaine
approached it. AS they stood about.
new beads of Precipitation, as it were,
formed on it. Elaine touched it and
also quickly withdrew her hand.
II can't imagine what's the matter"
she said. "But-well-Jennings, you
may go-and Marie, also.".
When the servants had gone she still
regarded the safe with the same won
dering look, then turning out the
light, she followed.
She had scarcely disappeared when,
from the portiered doorway near by,
the Clutching Hand appeared, and,
after gazing out at them, took a quick
look at the safe.
"Good!" he muttered.
Noiselessly Michael of the sinister
The Dickinson press., 1915-04-17

Copyright 1914, by the Star Company All Foreign Rights Reserved
SYNOPSIS. ated nv clockwork Across Tho HI,

The New York police are mystihed by a
Oeries Of murders Of prominent men. The
Ing letter which Is sent the victims signed
with a "clutching hand" The latest vic
tim Of the mysterious assassin Is Taylor
Dodge. the insurance president. His
naughter, Elaine. employs Craig Kennedy.
The famous scientific detective. to try TO
nnravei the mystery. What Kennedy ac1
complishes Is told by his friend. Jameson
g newspaper man. Kennedy illustrates a
daring attempt to rob a jewelry store and
fescues Elaine from a boiler where she
had been imprisoned by the thugs. !
The Dickinson press., 1915-04-17

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, s%tealthlly examined it.
He must have heard someone com.
Ing, for with a gesture of hate at the
safe itself, as though he personifed It,
he slipped back Of the curtains again.
Elaine had returned, and as she sat
down at the desk to go owe 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 yer
the papers. He carried 1t in his hands
rather gingerly.
Mr.. Kennedy sent it, ma'am. He
1~SS ~ SSAIoAAo SAuOSS dAO Al yoN
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
dfmly lighted library, discovering that
the coast was clear, motioned to a 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 a book for which
Elaine had evidently sent her. She
paused and appeared to be listening.
lei 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! l heard signs and ~groans!"
Jennings looked at her a moment,
puzzled, then laughed. "You girls!"
he exclaimed. II 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 a 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 bated
breath.
Sure enough, the face of the safe
was beaded with dampness. Jennings
put his hand on it and quickly drew it
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.
eWhat is the matter, Marie" asked
Elaine, laying down her book. you
look as If you had seen a ghost"
"Ah, but mademoiselle-it ees Just
like that. The safe-if mademoiselle
The Dickinson press., 1915-04-17

ing happened. Thare was not a 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, a 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 1t around all day. Can't
you let us in so We can leave it,"
Jensen muttered: '"Well-I e It
bane. all right"
They took the cabinet off the wagon
and carried it upstairs. Jensen opened
u 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 theii
footballs died away in the outside hall.
way when the door of the cabinet
slowly opened and a masked face pro.
truded, gazing about the room.
1t was the Clutehing 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.
m!rent 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 r and laid the pack.
age over the andirons with n end
pointing out into the room.
Next he took from the cabinet a
couple Of storage batteries and a 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 un.
til he vas 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 1t hung very noticeably
hskew 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;
It was the sign. /
on in the alley, the express driver
and his helper jumped into the wagon
Ind away it ratified.
Jensen was smoking placidly as the
wagon pulled up the second time. +;
Sorry" said the driver sheepishlv.|
but we delivered the cabinet to the
wrong Mr.. Kennedy"
He pulled out the inevitable book tol
prove it. =
"Wall, you bane fine fallers.1
growled Jensen, putting like a furnace
In his fury. "You cannot go up
agane."
We'll get fired for the mistake"
pleaded the helper.
Just this once" urged the driver, az
The Dickinson press., 1915-04-17

was unframed and so were the rest.
With a bound he was at the fire.
place, followed by Elaine and tho rest
of us. There, in what remained of q
package done up roughly in newspa-
per, was a shotgun with it's barrek
sawed of about six inches from the
lock, fastened to a block Of wood, and
connected to a series of springs on.
the trigger, released by a little electro.
magnetic arrangement actuated by
two batteries and leading by wires up
along the molding to the picture where
the slightest touch would complete the.
circuit.
A startled cry from Elaine caused ua
to turn. :.
She was standing directly before her.
shattered picture where it hung awry,
On the wall. The heavy charge of
buckshot had knocked away large.
pieces Of paper and plaster under it.
"Craig!" she gasped.
He was at her side in a second
She laid one. hand on his arm, az she,
faced him. With the other she traced
an imaginary line in the air from the.
level Of the buckshot to his head and,
then straight to the Internal thing that
had lain in the fireplace
"And to think" she shuddered, chat
It was through me that he tried to kill,
you'll"
Never mind" laughed Craig easily.
as they gazed into each others eyes,
drawn together by their mutual peril,
"Clutching Hand viii have to be.
cleverer than this to get either of uas
-Elaine!"
(TO BE CONTINuEDJ D.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-22
NARCOTIC MEDICINES BARRED
FROM DELIVERY THROUGH MAIL

COLUMBUS, Ohio.-Medicines con-
tanning habit forming narcotic drugs,
traffic in which is forbidden by the
Harrison law, cannot be sold through
mail order business, Judge e Sa-
ter decided in federal district court
here. He dismissed suit brought by
the DR.. Nathan Tucker Asthma Spe-
cifc Company Of Mount Gilead, Ohio,
to enjoin B. e. Williamson, federal in
ternal revenue collector, from seizing
the plant. The courts decision de-
clared medicines containing narcotic
drugs may be prescribed by physicians
only after a personal examination of
the patient before each prescription.
Diagnosis by mail is held illegal. The
decision is considered of far-reaching
Importance, since it is said many
other proprietary remedies contain
narcotic drugs Or their derivatives and
are sold by themail order system.