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Evening star., 1915-01-28
CUMM1Ns Is PRISON MAYOR.
Banker Convict Heads Sing Sing
Golden Rule Society.

NEW YORK, January 2s.-William ]
Cummins, the banker, who is serving
a term of four years in Sing Sing
prison for wrecking the Carnegie Trust
new office, as under the rule of Warden
Company of this city. has been elected
chairman Of the Golden Rule Brother
hood of the prison Cummins, who Is
said to be the most popular man in the
prison, will have much influence in his
new ONCE. as under the rule Of Warden
Osborne the brotherhood Is given a
large share of the responsibility for
maintaining discipline in the prison.
He will have the appointment of five
men to serve as judges of the convicts
court, which will try prisoners for
minor infractions of the rules. The
new mayor" as he is called, won by
a vote of IS to 81.
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SHIP AND CREW SAFE.
Angelo Parodi, Believed to Have
Been Lost. ToWed Into Port.

NEW YORK, January 2S.-The Italian
steamship Angelo Parodi, which was
lost from view of the revenue cutter
Itasca yesterday in a fog and was be-
lisved to have gone down with her
crew of twenty-seven. reached this
port today in tow of the Greek steamer
Crios.
The Parodi had been 'adrift since
January 10, when her supply of coal
was exhausted. For four days the rev.
enue cutter Itasca stood by and en-
deavored to get line to the drifting
ship. The Parodrs food supply ran
out and this increased the suffering OF
the crew. High seas prevented the
Itasca from aiding either the ship OF
those aboard.
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Strong Effort on Foot to Get
Senate Action on SIayden
Bill Before March 4.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
HEARTILY FAVOR ACTION
Shively. Root and Cummins Among
Those in Favor of Transfer
From Present Location.

A strong effort will be made, it was
learned today, to get action by the Sen
ate before March on the Slayden bill
which provides for the removal of the Bo-
tanic Garden from its present location al
the foot of the Capitol to Rock Greek
park. The bill at present is before the
Senate committee on library, to which it
was referred following its passage by the
House.
Members of the committee today eX-
pressed themselves as heartily in favor of
taking action on the Slayden bill at the
earliest opportunity. They contended that
some disposition must be made of the Bo-
tanic Garden, in view of the fact that the
completion of the Grant memorial must
be undertaken soon, and that when 1t is
undertaken it will seriously interfere with
the Botanic Garden. Unless the Slayden
bill is acted upon at the present session
the measure will die with the Sixty-third
Congress. and it will be necessary to put
it through the House again.
Shively Favors Removal.
Senator Shively of Indiana, one of
the majority members of the commit
tee. today expressed himself as very
favorable to some action looking to the
removal of the garden. He said it
might be necessary to amend the Slay-
den bill. but that he was in hope that
the library committee would take the
matter up.
IF the Botanic Garden is to be pre-
served and also developed as 1t should
be-" said Senator shively. something
must be done at an early date"
Senator Root of New York Is another
member of the committee who believes
that something should be done as soon
as possible to preserve the garden.
Il have not visited the location in
Rock Creek Park upon which the Slay-
den bill would place the garden" said
Senator Root. but obviously the gar
den must be removed from its present
location owing to the completion of
the Grant Memorial, work upon which
will be begun before long. The Slayden
bill provides for placing the garden
under the Department of Agriculture.
Perhaps 1t should be placed under the
Smithsonian Institution. But that is a
matter which could be adjusted"
cummins Long Advocated Move.
Senator Cummins Of Iowa said that he
botanic garden to a more suitable To-
cation for many years.
Il sincerely hope that something will
oC uohC III liiS idttCi pSlUIc lOuSb ne
said. I'm Rock Creek Park the garden
will have room to develop as it has not
in its present location"
Senator Luke Lea, chairman of the
committee on library, was not in the
city today. but is expected to return
within day or two. 1t is probable he
will be urged to call a meeting of the
committee for the purpose of giving the
Slayden bill consideration. He attempt
ed to get a meeting of the committee
last week for this purpose, but quo
rum did not materialize.
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BOUNDARY GUARD UNNEEDED.
Canadian Commander Reports
Against Force Along U. S. Line.

NEW WESTMINSTER, British Co
lumbia, january 2s.-That there is no
present need Of guarding the boundary
between the United States and Canada,
as recently proposed by officials of the
Canadian national reserves. Is the opin-
ion of Col. Ogilvie, district officer. CON-
manding at Victoria.
Col. Ogilvie was recently instructed
by the minister of militia to investigate
the question of maintaining such a
force and today he officially notified
c. II. Stuart-Wade, adjutant of the
national reserves. that a boundary
guard is not necessary at this time.
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German Statement

2sThe office today following
on
theh Of
the
losses in
of
2h
the hands troops
Of
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were
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Baltic Sea Ferry Limited.

LONDON, January ga dispatch to
the Daily Mail from Copenhagen says
that since the German cruiser Gazelle
was torpedoed in the Baltic sea ferry
communication between Germany and
Sweden has been limited to the hours
Of DAYLIGHT,
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Russian Statements

28-The
allie as
andL Lasdehnen
banko o
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26 mpor
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DAY IN CONGRESS.
Senate.

- Met at II am.
Discussion of the administration ship
bill continued.
House.
Met at IL am.
President Wilson's veto Of the i'm
migration bill was received, read and
referred to the immigration commit
tee.
Debate continued on the agricultural
BILL.
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Talk of Tips.

We who are opposed to this legisIa-
tion." replied Mr.. SABBATH, did not re-
ceive any tips either as to what the
President would do or when he would
do it. but we did believe that this great
President of ours would veto the bill
Oh the ground of justice and right to
mankind. Therefore, ! resent any i'm
putation that any one received advance
Information on the Presidents action"
Nr. SaSath urged that the debate on
the veto be set for next Tuesday. This
led to general discussion during which
Minority Leader Mann declared that
it seemed strange that neither Mr..
Burnett nor Mr.. SABBATH had received
any tips on the Presidents action.
Everybody else certainly received a
tip as to what the President was going
20 do" said Mr.. Mann, and knew that
his message would come in either to-
day or tomorrow or the next day at
the latest"
Finally an agreement was reached
and the veto message was referred to
the immigration committee. from which
Chairman. Burnett said he would ask
to have a report to the House one week
from today. The veto will not come
before the Senate until il has been
acted on in the House.
Champions of the bill who have
fought for the literacy test restriction
through two administrations were
hopeful today that the measure could
be passed over tnt lTtsluellt veto DS
the necessary two-thirds majority in
both houses.
To Try to Override Veto.
Despite the Presidents open opposi-
tion to the literacy test. which was
made known during debate on the bill
in the Senate. il was passed by the
Senate January last by vote of so
TO 7. This would indicate overwhelm-
ing sentiment in favor of the measure
in the upper house of Congress, al
though there were thirty-nine senators
absent or not voting on account of
pairs.
migration bill toward the close of his
administrator because of the literacy
test, the bill was repassed by two
thirds ma jority in the Senate and barely
failed of repassage in the House. fall
ing five votes short of the required
majority.
The present measure. known as the Bur-
nett-Smith bill. which originated in the
House. passed that body February 4, 1914
by a vote Of 252 to l26. or one vote short
Of a two-thirds majority. Fifty-five rep
resentatives. however, did not vote
Representative Burnett, author of the
bill. felt confident today that the House
will repass the measure. He pointed to
the last vote, which was on agreeing
TO the conference report, when the
House approved the measure as IT
went to the President by vote Of 237
to 81, considerably more than a two
members did not vote, but the per-
centage Of favor and opposition, how
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COMMUNICATION SENT
, TO HOUSE THIS MORNING
Advocates Prepare to Try to Pass
Measure Over Objection
by President.
CLAIM NECESSARY TW0-THIRDS
House and Senate on Test Ballots
Showed Enough Votes to Override
the White House, It
Is Declared.

President Wilson today vetoed the I'M
migration bill and sent special mes
sage to Congress, declaring he disap-
proyed the measure because of the liter
acy test in the bill.
The White House messenger reached
the House of Representatives with the
veto a few minutes after IL o'clock
while the Speaker still occupied the
chair. but before the message reached
his desk the House had resolved itself
into committee of the whole for further
consideration of the agricultural appro-
prfation bill. and for this reason the
veto message was not read at once.
Nevertheless. it became known that
the expected veto had arrived, and Ma
jority Leader Underwood. Minority
Leader Mann, Representative Burnett,
chairman of the immigration commit
tee. who is the author of the bill. and
Representative SABBATH, who led oppo-
sition to the literacy test in the House.
Joined in the conference with the
Speaker. and Representative Burnett
later announced that he would move
Thursday or Friday of next week that
the House of Representatives recon-
slider and pass the immigration bill
over the Presidents veto.
When the veto message was finally
read applause was evoked on the
democratic side and from some repub-
1icans. Mr.. Burnett declared that the
message in itself gives good reason
why the bill should become law.
Wilson Gives Reasons.
President Wilson said that it was
with unaffected regret that he found
himself constrained by clear conviction
to return the bill.
The right of political asylum" the
President said in his message, has
brought to this country many a man
of noble character and elevated pur-
pose. who was marked as an outlaw
in his own less fortunate land. and
who has yet become an ornament to
our citizenship and to our public coun-
ellis. The children and the compatriots
of these illustrious Americans must
stand amazed to see the representa-
the fullness of our national strength
and at the maturity of our great insti-
tutions. to risk turning such men back
from our shores without test of quality
or purpose"
Other business in the House was
suspended in order that the veto mes
sage might be read. and during the
discussion it was said that a day will
probably he set aside for debate before
a vote to pass the bill over the Presi-
dents veto is taken.
In answer to Mr.. Burnett's statement
that he would probably move next
Thursday or Friday that the bill be
passed over the veto, Representative
SABBATH urged that discussion of the
subject should not be deIayed.
Il do not desire snap judgment on
anybody" Mr. Burnett said mo one
who favors this bill has had any tips
as to when this message would come
in"
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WEATHER

Unsettled and much colder tonight:
Friday fair and colder; moderate north
west to north winds.
Temperature for the past twenty
four hours: High, 40. at pm. yes
terday; low, 33, at am. today.
For full report see page 10.
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Battles in Galtcia.

The battles In Galicia appear 70 be
developing on . broad scale fer . dis
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Commuters Score a Point.
Commuters scored point just before
the close of yesterdays hearing during
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lCont1nued on Recond Hage:l
The Dickinson press., 1915-05-08

son." had arrived at the little tumble
down station and had taken the only
vehicle in sight, q very ancient car
rage.
1t ambled along until, at last, It
pulled up before the vestry room door
Of the church, just as the bogus min
lister was finishing his TRANSFORMATION
from q frank crook. Clutching HAND
was giving him his final Instructions:
Elaine and the others alighted ana
approached the church, while the an,
cient vehicle ratified away.
They're coming!" whispered the
crook, peering cautiously out of the
window.
Clutching Hand moved silently and
snakelike into the closet and shut the
door.
How do you do, Doctor Carton?"
greeted "Weepy Mary" I guess you
don't remember me-"
The clerical gentleman looked at
her fixedly a moment.
Remember you?" he repeated. "Of
course, my dear. / remember every
one I marry"
"And you remember to whom you
married met"
Perfectly. To an older man-a Tay.
lor Dodge"
Elaine was overcome.
Wont you step in?" he said
suavely. "Your friend here doesn't
seem we'll"
They all entered.
"And you-you say-you married
this-this woman to Taylor Dodge?"
queried Elaine, tensely.
The bogus minister seemed to be
very fatherly. YES" he asserted, II
certainly did So"
Have you the record?" asked
Elaine, fighting to the last.
why, yes. / a show you the
record"
He moved over to the closet. Come
over here" he asked.
He opened the door. Elaine screamed
and drew back. There stood her arch
enemy, the Clutching Hand himself.
AS he stepped forth, she turned wild
ly, to run-anywhere. But strong
| arms seized her and forced her into
q chair.
She looked at the woman and the
minister. It was a plot!
"a moment Clutching Hand looked
Elaine over. Put the others out" he
ordered the other crook.
Nov, my pretty DEAR" began the
Clutching Hand as the lock turned in
the vestry door, I'VE shall be Joined
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Who Ia that woman" she asked,
still wondering about the identity Of
The ntobe outside.
At first he said nothing. But finally,
seeing that she had noticed It, he
handed Elaine the card, reluctantly.
Elaine read it with a gasp. The look
of surprise that crossed her face was
terrible.
Before she could say anything. how.
ever, Milton had returned with the
sheet Of paper on which "Weepy
Mary" had written and handed 1t to
Bennett.
Bennett read it with uncontrolled
establishment.
what is it," demanded Elaine.
He handed it to her, and she read:
A. the lawful wife and widow
Of Taylor Dodge ! demand my
sons rights and my own.
MRS. TAYLOR DODGE.
Elaine gasped at It.
"She-my fathers wife," she ex'
claimed. What efrontery! What
does she mean?"
Bennett hesitated.
Tell me-" Elaine cried. rs there
a there be anything in it? No-no-
there isn't"
Bennett spoke in a low tone. II
have heard a whisper of some scan.
dial or other connected with your faith
er-but-" He paused.
Elaine was first shocked, then indig-
nant.
"Why-such a thing is absurd. Show
the woman in!"
"No-please-Miss Dodge. Let me
deal with her."
BY this time Elaine was furious.
"Yes-I will see her"
She pressed the button on Benefits
desk, and Milton responded.
Milton, show the-the woman in"
she ordered. "and that boy, too"
AS Milton turned to crook his finger
at "Weepy Mary" She nodded surrep-
;titiously and dug her fingers sharply
into SONS" ribs. d.
"Yell-you little fool-yell," she
whispered.
Obedient to his mothers" com.
mands, and much to Millions disgust,
the boy started to cry in close imita.
ton of his elder.
Elaine was still holding the paper in
her hands when they entered.
What does all this mean?" she de-
manded.
"Weepy Mary" between sobs, man
aged to blurt out, "You are Miss
Elaine Dodge, aren't you? Well. it
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shortly by your friend, Craig Kennedy,
and" he added with a leer, II think
your rather insistent search for a
certain person will cease"
Elaine drew back in the chair, horri.
fed at the implied threat.
Clutching Hand laughed diabolicaIly.
While these astounding events were
t%ranspiring in the little church, Ken.
needy and I had been tearing across
the country in his big car, following
the directions of our fair friend.
We stopped at last before a pros.
porous, attractive-looking house and
entered a very prettily furnished, but
small parlor. Heavy portieres hung
over the doorway into the hall, over
another into a back room and over
the bay windows.
Won't you sit down a moment?"
coaxed Gertie. I'm quite blown to
pieces after that ride. My, how you
drive!"
AS she pulled aside the hall Dor.
there's, three men with guns thrust
their hands out. I turned. Two 9th.
ers had stepped from the back room
and two more from the bay window.
We were surrounded. Seven guns
were aimed as us with deadly preci.
sion. E
"Gentlemen," he said quietly. Il
suspected some such thing. 9" have
here a small boz of illuminate of mer.
curry. If I drop 1t, this building and
the entire vicinity will be blown to
atoms. Go ahead-shoot!" he added,
nonchalantly.
The seven of them drew back rath.
er hurriedly. ,,ra
Kennedy was a dangerous prisoner.
He calmly sat down in an arm:
chair, leaning back as he carefully
balanced the deadly little box of full
inmate of mercury on his knee. (
Gertie ran from the ROOM.
For a moment they looked at each
other, undecided. Then, n by one,
they stepped away from Kennedy to.
ward the door.
The leader was the last to go. He
had scarcely taken a step.
"stop!" ordered Kennedy.
The crook did 90. AS Craig moved
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SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystiled by
D series of murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the crimina Is the warn
Ing letter which Is sent the victims.
eagned with a "clutching hand" The lat
est victim of the mysterious assassin Is
Taylor Dodge. the insurance president.
Els daughter, Elaine. employs Craig
Kennedy, the famous scientific detective.
70 try to unravel the mystery. What
Kennedy accomplishes Is told by his
Y8iend Jameson, a newspaper man En-
kaged at the determined effort which
blaine and Craig Kennedy are making to
put an end to his crimes. the Clutching
Hand. as this strange criminal is known,
echemes to put Their out Of the way.
tRacr chapter Of thu sto: tells OF a new
dot s2ainst their live. and Of the way
kho great detective uses all his skill to
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for the ladder leading farther up Into

for the ladder leading farther mp into
the steeple.
Kennedy followed.
Elaine had recovered consciousness
almost Immediately, and, hearing the
commotion, stirred and started to rise
and look about.
From the church she could hear
sounds OF the struggle. She paused
just long enough to seize the crooks
revolver lying on the floor:
She hurried into the church and up
into the belfry, thence mp the ladder,
whence the sounds came.
The crook by this time had gained
the outside of the steeple through an
opening. Kennedy was in close pur-
suit.
On the top Of the steeple was q
great gilded cross, considerably larger
than a man. AS the crook olambered
outside, he scaled the steeple, using
a lightning rod and mn projecting
points to pull himself up, desperately
Kennedy followed unhesitatingIy.
There they were, struggling in dead
ly combat, clinging to the gilded cross
The first I knew of it was a Mortified
gasp from my own crook. looked up
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means that your father married me
when I was only seventeen and this
boy is u son-your half-brother."
"No-never," cried Elaine vehem.
emily. unable to restrain her disgust.
"Weepy Mary" smiled c~ynically.
Come with me and I will show you
the church records and the minister
who married U.S."
"You will?" repeated Elaine defiant.
ly. "Well, I'll just do as you ask. MI.
Bennett shall 60 with me-"
mo. no, Miss Dodge-don't go.
Leave the matter to me-" urged Ben
nett. g" will take care Of her. Be-
sides, I must be in court in twenty
minutes"
Elaine paused, but she was thor
oughly aroused.
Then I will go with her myself"
she cried deiantly..
In spite of every objection that Ben.
nett made, "Weepy Mary" her son
and Elaine went out to call a taxicab
to take them to the railroad station
where they could catch a train to the
little town where the woman asserted
she had been married.
Meanwhile, before a little country
church in the town, a closed automo-
bile had drawn up.
AS the door opened a figure, bumped
up and masked, alighted.
It was the Clutching Hand.
The a had scarcely pulled away
when he gave a long rap, followed by
two short taps, at the door Of the
vestry, q secret code, evidently.
Inside the vestry room a man we'll
dressed, but with a very sinister face.
heard the knock and a second later
opened the door.
"What-not ready yet?" growled the
Clutching Hand. "Quick-now-get on
those clothes. I heard the train whis-
tie as I anne in the car. In which
closet does the minister keep them?"
The crook, without a word, went to
q closet and took out a suit Of clothes
of ministerial cut. Then he hastily
put them on, adding some side-whisk-
ers, which he had brought with him.
At about the same time Elaine, &C.
con1panfed BY 'sWeepy Mary and her
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just Then ] Saw a Woman's Face
Tense With Horror; It Was Elaine.

Just Then ! Saw a Woman's Face
Tense With Horror; It Was Elaine.
carefully, fearing it was a stall to get
me off my guard.
There we're Kennedy and the other
crook, struggling, swaying back and
forth, between life and death.
There was nothing l could do.
Kennedy was clinging to a light
ming rod on the cross.
1t broke.
I gasped as Craig reeled back. But
he managed to catch hold Of the rod
farther down and cling to it.
The crook began to exult diaboli-
cally. Holding with both hands to the,
cross he let himself out to his full
length and stamped on Kennedy's fin
gers, trying every way to dislodge him.
It was all Kennedy could do to keep
his hold.
l cried out in agony at the sight, for
he had d~islodged one of Craig's hands.
The other could no: hold much longer.
He was about to fall.
Just then l saw a face at the little.
window opening out from the ladder
to the outside of the steepEe-a WON.
ans face, tense with horror.
It was Elaine!
Quickly a hand followed, and In it.
was a revolver.
Just as the crook was about to dis
lodge Kennedy's other hand I saw q,
flash and puff Of smoke, and a second
later heard a report-and another
and another.
Horrors!
The crook who had taken refuge
seemed to stagger back, wildly, taking
o couple Of steps in the thin air.
Kennedy regained his hold.
With a sickening thud the body Of
thec crook landed ON the ground around
the corner of. the church from me.
"Come-you!" I ground out, cover
Ing my own crook with the pistol, "and.
If you attempt a getaway III kill you,
tool" ~
He followed, trembling, unnerved.
We benz over the man. It seemed.
that every bone in his body must be-
broken. He groaned, and before I
could even attempt anything for him.
was dead.
AS Kennedy let himself slowly and
painfully down, the lightning rod.
Elaine seized him ana, with an her
strength, pulled him through the win.
dow. ". .a4;f a<s 40
He was quite weak now from loss of
blood. 49,
Are you-an right?" she gasped, as,
they reached the foot of the ladder,
In the belfry.
Craig looked down at his torn and
soiled clothes. Then, in spite Of the.
smarting pain Of his wounds, he
Smiled "Yes--al right" 3
Thank Heaven!" she muYnaured fer.
vently, trying to stanch the Tow Of.
blood.
This time--it was yoH-saved mel"
ne cried, "Elaine!"
Involuntarily his arms sought hers
and he held her a moment, hooking
deep into her wonderful eyes.
Then their faces came slowly To-
gether in their first kiss.
To BIZ coNTINUnD3