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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-07-16

heard the window cleaner and Jen,
nings. but thought nothing Of It at
the time.
Once, however, Craig paused, and
saw him listening more intently than
usual.
They've gone out" he muttered.
but surely there is some one I'm the
Dodge library"
Il listened. too. The thing was SO
sensitive that even a whisper could
be magnifed. and ! certainly did hear
something.
Kennedy frowned. What was that
scratching noise? Could II be Jen.
nings? Perhaps It was Rusty.
Just then we could distinguish a
sound as though someone had moved
about.
3 "No-that's not jennings" cried
Craig. He went out"
He looked at me moment. The
same stealthy noise was repeated.
IT'S the Clutching Hand!" he ex-
claimed excitedly.
A moment later Dan hurried into
the Dodge library.
For heavens sake, Chief. hurry"
he whispered hoarsely. THE Falsers
must have fallen down. The girl her
self is coming!"
Dan himself had no time to waste.
He retreated into the hallway Just az
Jennings was opening the door for
Elaine.
Marie took her wraps and left her,
while Elaine handed her numerous
packages to Jennings.
Dan watched every motion.
Put them away. jennings" she
said softly.
Jennings had obeyed and gone up
stairs. Elaine moved toward the IL
brary. Dan took a quiet step or two
behind her, in the same direction.
In the library Clutching Hand was
now frantically searching for the
spring. He heard Elaine coming and
lodged behind the curtains again Just
as she entered.
With a hasty look about, she saw
no one. Then she went quickly to the
panel, found the spring and pressed
1t. SO many queer things had hap
pened to her since she went out that
she had begun to worry over the safe
ty OF the papers.
The panel opened. They were there,
all right. She opened the box and
took them out. hesitating to break the
seal before Kennedy arrived.
Stealthy and tigerlike. the Clutch
ing Hand crept up behind her. AS he
did so. Dan gazed In through the por-
there's from the hall.
With a spring, Clutchfng Hand
leaped at Elaine, snatching at the pa
pers. Elaine chung TO them tenacious
ly. In spite OF the surprise. and they
struggled for them. Clutching Hand
holding one hand over her mouth to
prevent her screaming. Instantly Dan
was there. aiding his chief.
Choke herl Strange her! Don't
let her scream!" he ground out.
They fought viciously. Would she
succeed? II was two desperate. un-
scrupulous men against one frail girl.
Suddenly. from the man In armor
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-07-16

aiming the order and finding It ap-
parently all right.
Dan followed him in, taking the lad.
der and bucket upstairs, where Aunt
Josephine was still reading.
THE man to clean the windows.
ma'am." apologized Jennings.
"Oh. very WELL" she nodded, taking
up her book. to go. Then. recalling
the frequent injunctions Of Kennedy,
she paused long enough to speak
quietly to Jennings.
Stay here and watch him." she
whispered as she went out.
Jennings nodded, while Dan opened
o window and set to work.
Elaine now decided to go home.
From his closed car, the Clutching
Hand gazed intently at. the Dodge
house. He could see Dan on the lad
der. now washing the library window.
his back toward him.
Dan turned slowly and made the
sign of the hand. Turning to his
chauffeur, the master criminal spoke
few hurried words in low tone and
the driver hurried OF.
A few minutes later the driver
might have been seen entering near
by drug store and going into the tele-
phone booth. Without a moments
hesitation he called upon the Dodge
house. and Marie. Elaine's maid, an
swered.
rs Jennings there?" he asked.
Tell him friend wants to speak
TO him.
wait a minute" she answered. I'll
get him"
Marie went toward the library, leav-
ing the telephone OF the hook. Dan
was washing the windows, half in
side, half outside the house, while Jen-
nings was trying to be very busy, al
though II was apparent that he was
watching Dan closely.
"A friend OF yours wants to speak
to you over the telephone. Jennings"
said Marie, as she came into abe
library.
The butler responded slowly. with a
covert glance at Dan.
No sooner had they gone, however,
than Dan climbed all the way into the
room. ran to the door and looked after
them. Then he ran to the window.
Across and down the street, the
Clutching Hand was gazing at the
house. He had seen Dan disappear
and suspected that the time had come.
Sure enough, there was the sign OF
the hand. He hastily got out OF the
car and hurried up the street. All
this time the chauffeur was keeping
Jennings busy over the telephone with
some trumped-up story.
AS the master criminal came I'm by
the ladder through the open window,
Dan was on guard, listening down the
hallway. A signal from Dan. and
Clutching Hand slid back OF the pos
there's. Jennings was returning.
i've finished these windows" an
nounced Dan as the butler reappeared.
''Now. I'll clean the hall windows"
Jennings followed like a shadow.
No sooner had they gone than
clutching Hand stealthily came from
behind The portisras.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-07-16
SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystified by n
series Of murders OF prominent men The
principal clue to the murderer is the warn
Ing letter which In sent the victims, signed
with .clutching hand" The latest Vic
tim OF the mysterious assassin IL Taylor
Dodge. the insurance president. His
daughter. Elaine. employs Craig Ken
nedy, the famous scientific detective, 10
try TO unravel the mystery. What Ken
nedy accomplishes Is told by his friend
Jameson, newspaper man Elaine Is Kid
naped by the Clutching Hand, but Is res
cued by Kennedy, who hes discovered her
whereabouts through using third degree
methods on one Of the crooks.
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had n repaired" ne remarked TO Aunt
Josephine. Suddenly his face lighted
up. .Ah--an ideai" ne exclaimed.
No one will ever think to look inside
that"
Now, Mrs. Dodge" he said finally,
as he had completed installing the
thing and hiding the wire under car
pets and rugs until II ran out to the
connection which he made with the
telephone, don't breathe word OF II
Ito anyone. We don't know whom
to trust or suspect"
Elaine's car had stopped finally at
a shop on Fifth avenue. She stepped
out and entered. leaving her chauffeur
to wait Is,
As she did so. Dan and Billy sidled
along the crowded sidewalk.
Dan the Dude left Billy and Billy
surreptitiously- drew from under his
coat half loaf OF bread. With a
glance about. he dropped II into the
gutter close to the entrance to
Elaine's car Then he withdrew lit
tie distance.
When Elaine came out and APP
preached her car, Billy, looking as
cold and forlorn as could be, shot for.
ward. Pretending to spy the dirty
piece OF bread in the gutter. he made
dive for II, Just as Elaine was about
to step into the car.
Elaine, surprised, drew back. Billy
picked up the piece Of bread and with
all the actions of having discovered
treasure began to gnaw at II vora-
ciously.
Shocked at the disgusting sight. she
tried to take the bread away from
him.
II know it's dirty, MISS" wh!mpered
Billy. but It's the first food I've seen
for four days"
Instantly Elaine was full OF SYM
patty. She had taken the food
away. That would not sufflce.
What's your name. little boyr she
asked.
Billy" he replied, blubbering.
Where do you liver"
with me mother and father
they're sick-nothing to eat"
He was whimpering an address far
over on the East side.
Get into the car" Elaine directed.
"Gee-but this is swell" he cried,
with no fake, this time.
On they went, through the tenement
canyons. lodging children and push
carts, stopping first at grocers, then
at a butchers and delicatessen..
Finally the car stopped where Billy
directed. Billy hobbled out, followed
by Elaine and her chauffeur, his arms
piled high with provisions. She was
indeed lovely Lady Bountiful as a
crowd Of kids quickly surrounded the
car.
In the meantime Dago Mike and
Kitty the Hawk had gone to wretch
ed fiat, before which Billy stopped.
Kitty sat on the bed. putting dark
circles under her eyes with black
ened cork. She was very thin and
emaciated, but II was dissipation that
had done 1t. Dago Mike was CORE
spondingly poorly dressed.
He had paused beside the window
to look out. She's coming" he an
nounced finally.
Kitty hastily jumped into the rick
ETY. bed, while Mike took up crutch
that was standing idly in corner.
She coughed resignedly ard he limped
about, forlorn. They had assumed
their parts. which were almost to the
burlesque of poverty. when the door
was pushed open and Billy burst in,
followed by Elaine and the chauf-
feur.
"Oh, mach. pa" he cried. running
forward and kissing his pseudo par
ents, as Elaine, overcome with SYM
pathy, directed the chauffeur to lay
the things on shaky table.
Just then the door opened again.
All were genuinely surprised this time,
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"EIainel" He Exclaimed, Turning
Pale.
for a prim. spick and span. middle
aged woman entered.
Il am Miss Statistix, OF the organ
lied charities.Y she announced, look
ing around sharply. 81 saw your car
standing outside miss. and the chill
dren below told me you were up here.
l came up to see whether you were
aiding really deserving poor.
She laid a marked emphasis on the
word. pursuing up her lips. There was
no mistaking the apprehension that
these fine birds of prey had OF her.
either.
"Why-wh--what's the natter"
asked Elaine. fidgeting uncomfortahly.
"This man Is a gunman, that wom-
an is bad woman. the boy Is Billy
the Bread snatcher," she answered
precisely, drawing out a card or
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-17
.MARCONI Sees
STRICKEN CITY
SCENES AT AVEzzANo 5EGGARS
DESCRIPTION OF TONGUE OR
PEN, HE SAYS.
Not a Building, Not a Wall Left
Standing and Only Three Per Cent
Of People Survived.

Rome, Jan. 15.-Willam Marconi,
who returned mere today from Avez-
zano on board the train with King
Victor Emmanuel, declared words
were insufficient to describe the nor
rors he had witnessed. The town
had been absolutely levelled, he said,
and those of it's residents who had
escaped death in the disaster now
were destitute.
King Victor Emmanuel told me. "
ed the scenes of all the earthquake
disasters i'm Italy since he was a
child, but that this one surpassed all
others, even including Messina The
king said the survivors of Avezzano
were only between two and three per
cent of its population while in Mes
sina one-third of the people escaped. -
Describing the damage done In
Avezzano. Mr. Marconi said
"Avezzano has absolutely ceased to
exist In Messina some buildings,
especially the palaces along the sea
front, give one the impression that
they are still intact, their facades
having survived the shock while only
their interiors fell in Not so with
Avezzano No wall there remains
erect 1t seemed as though the town
had been ground to powder by some
gigantic machine"
The people of Avezzano. according
to Mr.. Narconi have abandoned
their efforts to take bodies from the
wreckage and are giving their entire
attention to trying to rescue the liv-
ing who are prisoners in the debris.
The catastrophe was of such vast
proportions, Mr. Marconi added, that
no organization Of men could POS
sibly have done anything to give i'm
mediate relief. The people We're in
despair at their powerlessness tc
render aid to those who called for
aid from their places of eatombment
During the first day of the disas
ter, Mr.. Marcoli continued, "the res
cuers We're so few they could no
even attempt to excayate at place,
from which cries OF distress came
and planted poles here and there a
such spots, hoping 10 return late
With adequate forces OF men to re
lease the imprisoned persons WheI
! would-be rescuers did arrive, how
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CARRANzA Will
GRANT DIVORCES
SIMPLE AGREEMENT TO sEPAR
ATE WILL BE ALL THAT is NE.
CESSARY WOR THE JUDGE.
Some Peculiar Restrictions Will Hinge
About the Regular Application for
Separation.

Vera Cruz, Jan. l6.-tCorrespond-
emit OF The Associated Press) Cen
cral Carranza has added to his pro
gram OF reforms the granting of abb
soute divorce. Any Judge in Mexico
il he cases to take the chance of
Carranza reseatng himself in Chapul-
tepec may now annul marriage con
tract The law became effective on
New Years day.
Mexico has heretofore never grant
ed more than a legal separation. The
new law not only provides for divorce
with the right to remarry but makes
the dissolution of the union so simple
that the mere agreement of man and
wife to break their matital contract
is sufficient.
If the factions headed by villa and
Zapata and Gutierrez should not
agree to duplicate Carranza's decree
or if Carranza should fail to retake
the capital and restore himself to
power, a state of martial relations
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homework or attend to my baby was
soweak. Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable
Compound did me world of good, and
now lam strong and healthy, can do my
work and tend my baby. / advise all
suffering women to take it and get
well as ! did. Mrs. FANNIE COOPER,
RED, Bridgeton, NJ.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful
drugs, and to-day holds the record of
being the most successful remedy for
female ills we know of and thousands
of voluntary testimonials on file in the
Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass. 4,
seem to prove this fact.
For thirty years it has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, inflammation,
liberation, tumors, irregularities, etc
If you want special advice
write to Lydia IL. PiRikiiani Med
icine Co, confidential Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by woman
and held in strict confidence,
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-17

vice president of the committee,
Guillermo Garcia Aragon, and of the
first secretary, David G. Berlanga.
up to the present date there has
been no investigation made of these
demonstrations. In view of this, we
saw that none of the permanent com
mittee had any guarantees for our
protection For this reason, we with
drew to the United States Pauline
MARITIME, who belonged to the con
vention, also was assassinated.
Espinoza said he was Oh his way to
San Francisco. He expressed salts
faction of the reappointment of Gu
tierrez as Provisional president The
Aguas Calientes convention appointed
the committee as custodians of the
flag and this is the reason they
brought it from Mexico City, he con
Guided
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not differing greatly from bigamy
may be expected in the territory now
controlled by Carranza. 1t is assert
ed, however, that Villa, Zapata and
their followers are OF like mind on
I the question and will not hesitate TO
follow Carranzas example.
Should the new law stand, Mexico
will be perhaps the most liberal coun-
try in the world in specifications of
the causes for divorce. In the case
of mutual consent it is merely neces-
sary for the man and wife to sign an
agreement stating they are tired of
living together providing for proper
division of property and the DISPOSE
ton of the children, present this to a
Judge after it has been attested by a
notary, and the judge has no option
but to render the judgement that en-
ables them to search for new mates.
Unfaithfulness, cruelty and those
offenses usually listed in most div
orce laws as reasons for separations
are given but there are a few unusual
features as well. Abandonment on
the part of the wife is defined as
Abandonment without cause of the
conjugal home, even though it be for
single night Towards the hus-
band the law is more lenient. His alb
sence from home shall not be regard
ed as abandonment unless he has re-
NAMED away for thirty consecutive
nights
The wife who refuses to support
her husband when he is out of work
and when she has money, shall be ad-
judged as having given grounds for
divorce.
One restriction has been placed in
that section relating to divorce by
mutual consent. 1t is specified that
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ever, most of the voices were stilleC
and the poles were merely markers
of spots under which lay the dead"
MIR. .Marconi personally heard com
ing from under the ruins of the girls
school in Avezzano the voices of twt
of the pupils, imploring aid.
The girls said they were uninjured
They were protected from injury by
a piano under which they had fallen
and which became wedged in the
wreckage and acted as a screen from
the tumbling walls of the supreme
court house. At first choked by dust
and later numbed by cold, they had
remained for two days without nour-
ishment and in spite of the strenuous
efforts made to release them the girls
still were prisoners when Mr.. Mar
conf left Ayezzano for Rome.
Prior to his departure Mr. Marconi
said The endeavored to organize
small parties of men to attempt to
extinguish fires which had broken out
at several points among the debris,
and which he declared, undoubtedly
had burned to death some of the pin
toned victims. The difficulty of
fighting the flames was almost insur.
mountable because water was almost
entirely lacking in the town. Mr..
Marconi left Rome tonight for Lon
don
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-17
BLOOD POISON
In Worst Form Cured by
The Peerless
ALKANO
King of the Blood.

"Alkano Remedy Co., Kansas City,
Mo. Gentlemen: Three years ago |
contracted contagious blood poison,
cook treatment from our best doctors,
have taken the mercury ana potash
treatment and others. After all OF
this lao deep sores came Dn my body,
arms, legs and face. My mouth and
throat were so sore l could not eat
nor drink. / had not eaten one bite
for six days and was nearly dead when
the agent for Alkano called to see me.
took a bottle from him, not expect
ing to be benefited, and to my sur
prise, in a few days my mouth ahas
throat were healed, and l could eat
and drink. | have now taken Alkaho
three weeks and the 14O deep sores
are all healed up. | have gained AZ
pounds in weight: rheumatism all
gone; sleep well; can eat six times
day. | had stomach trouble when /
contracted this disease. Alkano has
cured that as we'll as other troubles.
"Alkano is sure blood renovator
Five dollars is cheap for this great
remedy. | would advise anyone who
has blood troubles to try it. Yours
very truly,
q "BEN F. SPRUILL."
1t is now well recognized that the
treatments ordinarily given for this
disease, based on powerful minerals,
are very harmful to the system. They
have tendency to deaden the nerve
and muscular tissue, especially the
former. The result is apt to show up
in later years in the form of paralysis,
locomotor ataxia, rheumatism, etc.
Even blindness sometimes results.
This may not occur for many years,
but in all cases where these drugs
have been taken, the danger always
exists. These Affections. as we'll as
others long considered as after effects
Of the disease, are now admitted to re-
suit not from the disease Itself, but
from these drugs.
Then why take these drugs when
Alkano is even more certain of curing
the disease than they, and never has
any evil after effects. but always
leaves the system thorouehly cleansed
and restored. -
Alkano cures All forms OF diseases
and disorders OF the blood.
For sale exclusively by r. @. Nor.
ris Drug Co., Hot Springs. Ark.
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in that case the parties must have
| lived together at least for three years
Carranza, commenting on his de-
cree, said that marriage among the
lower classes was exceptional; that
those unions which do exist rarely
are legalzed, whether on account of
poverty or the instructive fear of en-
tering into an irrevocable contract -
He explained that in his opinion div
orce offered the best remedy for re-
ducing the number of illegitimate
unions, which he admitted character
lied a great part of the unions in
Mexico. He was chiefly concerned,
however. in aleviating the condition
of woman, especially the woman of
the middle and lower classes.
1T is a fact" he said, beyond all
doubt that in the middle classes. the
woman, due to special conditions of
education and customs is incapacitat-
, ed for successful participation in the
economic struggle On this account
the woman whose marriage has be
NOlhc IdiNe Aluuo HSloci Iht victim
of her husband, placed in a condition
of slavery from which she cannot es-
cape except by means of a law hiatt
win break the bond joining her to her
husband and so emancipating her.
This law should give to the woman,
especially the woman of the lower
class, the opportunity for her own up
lift and for he emancipation from
the slayedy in which She finds her
self"
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-17
Epidemic at Vera Cruz.

Vera Cruz, January 16.-'Smallpox
has made big Roadway in Vera Cruz
in spite OF the efforts made by Gen.
eral Auerbach, chief OF the sanitary
work. The presence Of a great num-
Der of troops and the impossibility of
making them conform to the modera
sanitary regulations has resulted in a
dirtier city than the residents have
known for years. General Auerbach
believes the comparatively cool win
ter weather will make improbable the
serious spread however. of any di-
sease unless it is smallpox.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-17
Delegates Flee to Border.

Ell Paso, Texas, Jan. Is. Fear for
their personal safety caused the
members of the permanent executive
committee OF the national convention
at Mexico City to flee to the border,
according to Martin Espinoza. presi-
dent of the committee who arrived
here today.
Espnoza gave Que a statement ac-
cusing the Mexico City faction with
the assassination of several Eromi-
nent convention members whose
deaths previously had not been re-
ported He said
The permanent committee of
which | was rresidelt, the secretary
and other OF the members withdrew
from the capital in order not TO au-
thOdze by our presence the crimes
that were being committed Among
these were the assassinations OF tie
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-17
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice is hereby given that letters
Of administration on the estate of
John Mckay. deceased, were issued to
the undersigned by the Clerk of the
Probate Court of Garland County. in
the State of Arkansas, on the 18th
day of January, A. d. 1915. All per-
sons having claims against said es-
tate are therefore hereby notified to
exhibit the same to the undersigned,
properly authenticated, within six
months after the date of such letters
of administration. or they may be pre-
cluded from any benefit in said es-
tate. And if such claims be not ex.
hibited as aforesaid. within one year
after the date of such letters, they
will be forever barred and precluded
from any benefit from said estate.
Given this 18th day of January, A.
d. 1915.
d. S BARNES,
Administrator of the estate of John
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good Lydia E. Pink
hams V eg e table
Compound has done
for me. ! suffered
very much from a
female trouble. l
had bearing down
pains, was irregular
land at times could
hardly walk across
the room. ! was
unable to do my
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-17

Judge c. T. Gotham has resumed
the practice OF law and has secured
the offices formerly occupied by At
torney A. ]. Murphy. located at sol
Central avenue, second floor of the
old Citizens National bank building,
over spencer's cigar store. Phone
646. 12-31-tf
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-17
APPLIED FIRE TEST.

New Orleans. La. Jan. IS. To
their clients legs were paralyzed. at
torneys for John Nutting suing a
street car company because of al
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-17
cEurS az AVE. JOHN Fl. LEWIS GENITAL ri AVE.

legged injuries in car accident APP
piled fire to his flesh in federal court
here today. He did not finch.
Specialists who testified disagreed
as to his condition.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-17
THIS WOMAN'S
SICKNESS
Quickly Yielded To Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

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