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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

| with well-manicured finger, scarcely
reminiscent of fisherman, began trac.
ing the names down the list until he
| stopped before one which read:
Marcus Del Mar and valet, Wash
ington, D. c., Room $40"
With quick glance about, he made
note of it and turned away, leaving
| the La CCste to take up quarters of
his own in the Prince Henry down the
street.
Not until Del Mar had left with his
| two policemen did the fussy old gen
tleman reappear in the La Coste. Then
he rode up to Del Mars room and
| raped at the door.
rs Mr.. Del Mar in?" he inquired
| of the valet
mo, sir, replied that functionary.
The little old man appearing to con-
slider, standing a moment dandling his
silk hat. Absent-mindedly he dropped
IL. AS the valet stopped to pick it up
the old gentleman exhibited an agility
| and strength scarcely to be expected
\,
| while with one foot he kicked the
door shut.
Before the surprised servant knew
| what was going on his assailant had
| whipped from his pocket a handker-
| chief in which was concealed thin
| tube of anesthetic. Then leaving the
| valet prone in corner with the hand
| kerchief over his face, he proceeded
| to make a systematic search of the
rooms, opening all drawers, trunks
| and bags.
He turned pretty nearly everything
| upside down, then started on the desk.
Suddenly he paused. There was a
paper. He read it, then with an air of
extreme citation showed in into his
pocket.
AS he was going out he stopped
beside the valet, removed the handker-
chief from his face and bound him
with a cord from the portieres. Then,
still immaculate in spite of his en-
counter, he descended in the elevator,
re-entered a waiting car and drove
off.
Quite evidently, however, he wanted
to cover his tracks, for he had not
gone half dozen blocks before he
stopped, paid and tipped the driver
generously, and disappeared into the
theater crowd.
Back again in the Prince Henry,
whittier the fussy little old man made
his way as quickly as he could through
a side street, he went quietly up to his
room.
His door was now locked. He did
not have to deny himself to visitors,
for he had none Still his room was
cluttered by a vast amount of para
phernalia and he was seated before a
table deep in work.
First of all he tied a handkerchief
over his nose and mouth Then he took
up cartridge from the table and care
fully extracted the bullet. Into the
space occupied by the bullet he poured
a white powder and added a wad of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

suite valet was already unpacking
some trunks and laying out clothes
when Del Mar and his assistant en-
tered.
With an exclamation of satisfaction
at his transformations entry into the
city, Del Mar threw off his heavy coat.
The valet fastened to assist him in
removing the clothes, still wet and
wrinkled from his plunge into the sea-.
Scarcely had Del Mar changed his
clothes than he received two visitors.
Strangely enough, they were dressed
IN the uniform of policemen.
First of all we must convince them
of our honesty" he said looking fixed
ly at the two men. Orders have been
given to the men employed by WI
Fang to be about in half an hour. We
must pretend to arrest them on sight.
You understands
Eyes, SIR she nodded.
Very well, come on" Del Mar or
dered, taking up his hat and preced-
ing them from the room.
Outside the La Coste, Del Mar and
his two policemen entered the car
which had driven Del Mar from the
seacoast and were quickly whisked
away, uptown, until they came near
the Dodge house.
Del Mar leaped from the car, fol-
lowed by his two policemen. There
they are, already" he whispered,
pointing up the avenue.
All three fastened up the avenue
now, where, beside wall, they could
see two men looking through intently
as though very angry at something 60
ing on inside.
Arrest them" shouted Del Mar,
as his own men ran forward.
The fight was short and sharp, with
every evidence Of being genuine. One
of the men managed to break away
and jump the garden wall, with Del
Mar and one of the policemen after
him, while the other only reached the
wall to be dragged down by the other
policeman
Elaine and l had been, as ! have
said, talking with the man named
Bailey, who posed as a secret service
man, when the rumpus began. AS the
man came over the fence, warning
Bailey, it was evident that neither Of
them had time to escape. With his
club the policeman struck the new
conner of the two fiat, while the tall,
athletic gentleman leaped upon Bailey,
and before we knew it had him dis
armed. In a most clean-cut and pro-
fessional way he snapped the brace
lets on the man.
Elaine was astonished at the ka-
leidoscopic turn of affairs, too aston.
ished even to make an cutlery. AS
for me, it was all so sudden that
had no chance to take part in it. Be
sides, / should not have known quite
on which side to fight. So l did
nothing
AS it was over so quickly, ] took
a step forward to our latest arrival.
BEG pardon, old man. | began,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01
Sure of Congregation.

A Scottish prison chaplain, recently
appointed entered one of the cells on
his first round of inspection and thus
addressed the prisoner who occupied
1t.
We'll, my man, do you know who l
amp"
mo, nor I dinna care!" was the
nonchalant reply.
We'll, I'm your new chaplain"
"Oh, We are? Then l haze heard o
ye before!"
And what did you hear" returned
the chaplain, his curiosity getting the
better of his dignity.
well, heard that the last twa
kinks We were in We preached them
bath empty; but l can say we wilma
find it quite sa easy to do the same
wi this one"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

those who are fortunate to have work
are employed only half time. The big
hotels have as few musicians in their
orchestras as possible. Where year
ago some of the hotels had orchestras
Of dozen pieces, they get along with
four or five. Society folk are econo-
MIXING in the same direction. They
used to hire an orchestra of half a
dozen; now they get along with a pi-
anist and drummer
In no city, however, have the must
clans been hit so hard as in Washing
ton. | met a dozen musicians here
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

trained to watch out for the aero
planes of the enemy, as they have a
keener vision than man can obtain,
even with a telescope The method
Of training is cruel, like everything
connected with the war. The birds
are confined in pen and machine
descends near them and a man bella
bors the fowls with a stick, hurting
them badly and soaring them worse.
This method is continued until the
birds are continually on the watch
skyward and if they see tiny speck
in the air they set up such fiuttering
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01
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 a 'clutching hand" The latest VIC
tim of the mysterious assassin is Taylor
Dodge. the insurance president. His
daughter. Elaine, employs Craig Ken
nedy, the famous scientific detective. to
try to unrayel the mystery. What Ken
nedy accompnshes is told by his friend,
Jameson, a newspaper man. After many
fruitlcss attempts to put Elaine and
Craig Kennedy out of the way the Clutch
ing Hand is at last found to be none other
than Perry Bennett, Elaines lawyer and
the man she Is engaged to marry. Ben
nett fees to the den of one of his Chi
nese criminals. The Chinaman forces from
Bennett the secret of the whereabouts of
eco. Then he gives the lawyer a po-
ton which will suspend animation for
months. Kennedy reaches Benefits side
Just after he has lost consciousness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

but don't you think this is just lit
tie raw? What's it all about?"
The newest conner eyed me for a
moment, then with quiet dignity drew
from his pocket and handed me his
card, which read simply:
M. DEL MAR, Private Investigator.
AS | looked up, / saw Del Mars
other policeman bringing in another
manacled man.
These are crooks-foreign agents"
replied Del Mar pointing to the pris-
oners. THE government has employed
me to run them down."
What of this?" asked Elaine, hold
ing up the note from Bertrand.
"A fake, a forgery" reiterated Del
Mar, looking at it moment critically.
Then to the men uniformed as police
he ordered: You can take them to
Jail. They're the fellows. all right"
AS the prisoners were led off, Del
Mar turned to Elaine. Would you
mind answering few questions about
these men,"
"Why-no," she hesitated. But l
think we'd better go into the house,
after such thing as this. 1t makes
me feel nervous"
With Del Mar l followed Elaine in
through the conservatory.
Del Mar had scarcely registered at
the La Coste when the smaller car
which had been waiting at the fisher
mems hut drew up before the hotel
entrance. From it alighted the fussy
/ old gentleman who bore such re-
markable resemblance to the fisher
man, hastily paid his driver and en-
tered the hotel
He went directly to the desk and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

paper, like a blank cartridge, placing
the cartridge in the chamber of a re-
volver and repeating the operation
until he had it fully loaded. 1t was
his own invention of an asphyxiating
bullet
Perhaps half an hour later the old
gentleman, his room cleaned up and
his immaculate appearance restored,
sauntered forth from the hotel down
the street like a veritable Turvey-
drop, to show himself.
Elaine seemed quite impressed with
her new friend, Del Mar, as We mad"
our way to the library, though / am
sure that it was pose on her part. AT
any rate he seemed quite eager to
help US.
What do you suppose has become
of Mr.. Kennedy" asked Elaine.
Del Mar looked at her earnestly. Il
should be glad to search for him." he
returned quickly. "He was the great
est man in our profession. But first
/ must execute the commission OF the
secret service. We must find his tor
pedo model before i: falls into foreign
| hands"
We talked for a few moments, then
Del Mar, with a glance at his watch,
excused himself. We accompanied him
to the door, for he was indeed a
charming man. l felt that If in fact
! he were assigned to the case | ought
| to know him better.
"e you're going downtown" l ven
tured, 81 might accompany you part OF
| the way
Delighted" agreed Del Mar.
As Del Mar and / walked down the
avenue. he kent up a running FIRE OF
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

who have told me they nave net had
work for month. Take the MariSe
band, the most noted musical organiza-
ton in this country. The men OF
this band are given small salaries. The
highest paid man in the band, think,
gets $3.50 a month. The band is at
the beck and call of the officials. Some
times 1t plays IL hours on a stretch.
1t is because the members of this
band are privileged to take outside en-
ployment that they continue their
membership. Ordinarily, member
of the marine band can make more on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01
Serves Him Right.

A Mississippi bride sued her hus
band for divorce rather than ride In
the dilapidated, mule-dravn surrey
which met them at the station after
their honeymoon. She was awarded
$40 month alimony.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01
WAR MAKES MUSICIANS IDLE
lInstrumentaIists Are Said to Have Suf-
fered More Than Any Other
Class.

1.-The war has injured great many
industries in this country, as it has
benefited others, but perhaps no line
of business has been so seriously Grip
pied as the music profession said
A. Jorss of st. Louis at the Raleigh,
scccrding to the Washington Post. In
ieve~y lie .ty musicians are idle and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

the outside than he gets from the gov
eminent and for his outside work he
gets paid proportiorately much more
tbs, the government pays him. Since
the war started, in fact, ever since the
Democrats came into power, the mu-
sicians have had little work, and be-
lieve there is no line of endeavor in
which there is more suffering than
among musicians"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

and screaming that attention is At
tracted to the aeroplane. So biddy
has been compelled TO take part in
the great war as we'll as horses, dogs
and men.-Mertzon Star.
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No Identification.

No Identification.
you don't remember me, do your
I met you at the seashore"
That's strange. l don't seem to
recall YOU"
why. l gave you ring to remem-
Der me by"
Let me see, which ring was it?'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01
WAS MISERABLE
COULDN'T STAND
Testifies She Was Restored
to Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Lackawanna, N. Y.-"After my first
child was born felt very miserable and

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Compound and my
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appetite good, step
elastic, and / lost
that weak, three
feeling. That was
six years ago and I
have had three fine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

can nearly always hear the rustic Of
petticoat
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

Hens Made to Take Part in War.
An article in LIZ Ddon paper states
that hens, pigeons and crows are being
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

Some men are never neutral They
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23

BILE Compound and in a short time was
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23
WILSON AND CABINET PRAYED
Bishop Tells of Incident at White
House-informed by Senator.

Bishop Tells of Incident at White
House-Informed by Senator.
Indianapolis.-How President Wilson
went down on his knees and led his
cabinet In prayer at a recent meeting
was told here by Bishop William f..
Anderson of Cincinnati at a session of
the Indiana Methodist Episcopal con
ference.
A United States senator told the bish-
op of the incident. The senator had
heard IL from one of the cabinet mem
bers who had prayed with the presi
dent.
when the president arrived at the
cabinet meeting" said Bishop Ander-
son. 'his face was solemn. 1t was evil
dent that serious affairs Of the nation
were on his mind. He said to the cabi-
net members:
"T don't know whether you men be-
lieve In prayer or not. l do. Let us
pray and ask the help OF God
And right there the president OF the
United States fell upon his knees. and
the members OF the cabinet did the
same, and the president offered a
prayer to Cod"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23
GIRL USHERS IN CHURCH.
Bridaeport Pastor Believes They Will
Be Attraction.

Bridgeport, Conn.-For the first time
In the history of the state girl ushers
served in the Washington Park Meth
odist Episcopal church here. The Rev.
Everett A. Burns, the pastor, said the
girls viii act in that capacity every
Sunday evening.
II hope that the young men who
might otherwise absent themselves
from services will attend because of
the girl ushers." he said. The girls, all
from well to do families. are Helen
Clinton, Mildred Curtis. Anna Rack
myer, Emma Smith. Ella Crabtree,
Irene Chapman and Clarice Bray. Mrs.
Julia Griffin also Is an usher.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23
CENsURE HARVARD BOYS TALK
tie SANDER, vapid Mar Chat and Per-
sonaIities, Says College Paper.

s0ttAtfS@f @ay1 ~ShS5~ FaP1'
Cambridge. - Harvard students are
accused OF being frivolous, If not worse.
In their table talk by the Harvard
Crimson, every one of the thousand
who eat in Memorial hall being includ-
ed in the criticism. The editorial says:
"One thousand men are each wasting
three hours a day In intellectual dejec-
tion which might proftably be spent in
~cultivating intelligent thought.
Women. the war. athletics and per-
soDalities comprise the range of sub
jects. Among the first named virtue is
apparently unknown. The weaker sex
Is subject to slandering remarks whose
sole aim is TO fill a gap In the converse
ton.
when the talk wanders to the war
some one says, Il hope those id
get licked and the subject Is
closed. Even On athletics, where the
interest is keenest, desultory remarks
and blasphemies on Yale are the main
element. Interspersing everything are
biting personalities IN another's phys
ical or mental qualities. A tone of af.
fected cynicism crowns the whole
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23
EASTERN ROADS SWAMPEn
Record Shipments OF Grain, Steel and
War Munitions.

New York, Oct. 23.-Eastern rail-
roads are doing the heaviest freight
business since 1907.
The Erie the greatest
business of its history for September.
The New Haven, New York Central
and Central Railroad Of New Jersey
tonnage has been well above normal.
In order to cope with the tremen-
dous export trade demand every type
OF vessel available is being pressed
into use for the reception of the
freight rushed to Eastern ports by
rail.
Each ship leaving the port of New
York Is loaded to capacity.
The New York Central lines have
been bringing solid trains of steel
and grain into New York for the last
two weeks. Long munition trains
travel at short intervals over the New
Haven from Bridgeport, New Haven
md Hartford.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23
THIRTEEN EXPLAINS DEFEAT!
unIucky Number Was Also Aided by
Killing Black Cat.

California. Pa. Il. j. Underwood,
comptroller of Washington county,
ascribes TO ''thirteens'' his defeat as
candidate for sheriff at the primaries.
In the first place his name. Tom J.
Underwood. contains thirteen letters.
The license number of his yellow cam
paign car was 113. On Friday. Aug
10. while riding in his car with an
other candidate now numbered among
the also rams. he ran over and killed Il
black cat. The number of signers on
Mr.. Underwood's petition was l13.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23
HAS LONELY SUPPER AT los.
C~sntenarian 10 Said to Be the Daughter
of Napoleon's Chef.

Jacksonville, Ind.-Mrs. Susan Quin.
Ian, 105 years old. spent her birthday
quietly at her home with only her son,
Charles, sixty years old, a carpenter.
with whom she lives. sharing the sup
per.
Mrs. Quinlan has been married three
times She was born In France. the
daughter OF Franz Antoine. who is
said to have been chef to the Emperor
Napoleon. She came to this country
when twenty-six years old. Her last
husband. who died several years ago.
was Patrick Quinlan, a cafe proprietor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23
TEXAS COWPUNCHER
DIES WORTH MILLION
As Boy Asked For Cattle In
Lieu Of Pay.

Eel Paso, Tex.-wert Love, who has
died at Warfa. started al a cowboy
without even a horse that he could call
his own and became millionaire wner
OF vast herds and a ranch that was a
domain in itself.
A resident of West Texas since 1886.
Vert Love was known to every cow
man from Fort Worth to Ell Paso. He
had his peculiar characteristics. and
thrift was n OF them. But while he
was frugal. he never allowed a genuine
case Of distress to go unrelieved.
When other cowboys were drawing
their wages in gold back In the eighties
and riding to Ell Paso or San Antonio
to spend the money In riotous living or
over the gaming table, Vert Love was
putting his earnings into cows. His
start was wen cows. At his death he
could not have counted all the cattle in
his herd II he had ridden hard for n
month at the task.
His first work after coming west was
for Jim Powell, a cousin. near Fort
Davis. He was a mere boy and re-
ce1ved but 20 q month and his board.
He refused to take any money except
that necessary to buy his clothes. which
were few. and asked to be paid In cows.
In 1889 he had 100 head. After the
start 1t seemed easy to those who
watched Vert Love. but they knew he
was working hard all the time.
he always picked the best cattle
when he bought. and he always picked
the best range for them. The result
was that he lost few cattle by disease
OF drought. He watched the markets
and sold right and invested the money
again.
The result was that when he died 200
men were on his payroll and his estate
was worth more than $1,000. 600. A
o nine years old will get most OF it
and will probably be the richest boy In
Texas.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23
COUNTRY BEHIND WILSON
President Believes People Want Pre-.
paredness for Defense.

Washington. Oct. 23.-President
Wilson told a committee from the ma
tional defense conference that the
country firmly believes in and wants
full preparedness for a defense. The
only question is what form the de-
Tense should take. he said.
A committee from the national de-
Tense conference waited on President
Wilson and presented resolutions urg-
ing adequate and quick" increase in
every department of the national de-
Tense.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-10-23
THREE - 500.
Widow Wins Long Lawsuit, and Birds
Sell For $50.

PocahOntas. Ark.-A goose case has
finally been disposed Of in circuit court
here. Mrs. Ledbetter, a widow. brought
i replevin suit against a man named
Starr for three geese that she claimed
belonged to her. The trial in the JUS
tice q the peac0's court resulted in the
appeal to the circuit court. Eighteen
witnesses were In attendance.
Nh. Ledbetter was awarded the
Eooee. The total cost to the litigants
onn0unted to more than 500. besides
~ cost to the county. The geese were
moeketud II 70 eonts each.