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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-06-10

OF cur conversation on blood crys.
tails, and Kennedy himself answered II.
II was Elaine asking Craig's ad.
vice.
They have offered to hush the
thing up for ten thousand dollars she
said in n mutiled voice.
She seemed bent on doing Il, and no
amount OF argument from him could
stop her. She simply refused to ac.
cept the evidence Of the blood crys-
tails as better than what her own eyes
told her she had seen and done.
Then wait for half an hour" he
answered, without arguing further.
You can do that without exciting
suspicion. Then go with her to her
hotel and hand her Owe the money"
"All right--IM do IT," she agreed.
What Is the hotel?"
Craig wrote on n slip OF paper what
she told him-"Room 500. Hotel La
Coste."
Hastily he threw on his street coat.
Go into the back room and get me n
brace and bit, Walter. he said.
| did so. When | returned ! saw
that he had placed the de%tectascope
and some stun In a bag. lie showed
In the brace and bit also.
Come on-hurry," he urged.
We must have made record time In
: getting TO the La Coste. II was an or.
nate place, where merely TO breathe
was expensive. We entered. and by
some excuse Kennedy contrived to
get past the vigilant bell.hops. We
passed the telephone switchboard aud
entered the elevator. getting OF at
the fifth floor.
With n hasty glance up and down
the corridor, TO make sure no one was
about. Kennedy came 10 Room 500,
then passed TO the next room, Gil.
opening the door with a skeleton key.
Quickly Craig went to the door
which led to the next room. II was,
of course. locked also. He listened a
moment carefully. Not a sound. Quick.
ly. with an exclamation OF satisfac.
ton. he opened that door also and
went into 500.
iHls IOOHH Whb WuCH uhe ina IN
which we had already been. He
opened the hall door.
Watch here, Walter" he directed.
Let me know at the slightest alarm"
Craig had already taken the brace
and bit from the bag and started to
bore through the wall In Room ell.
selecting a spot behind a picture OF n
Spanish dancer-a spot directly back
OF her swapping black eyes, lie fin.
ished quickly and inserted the detecta.
scope so that the lens fitted as an eye
In the picture. The eye.piece was In
room 5ll. Then he started TO brush
up the pieces OF plaster on the floor.
Craig" | whispered hastily as |
heard an elevator door, someone's
coming!"
He hurried TO the door and looked.
There they are" he said, az he cav
Elaine and Mary rounding the corner
Of the hall
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SYNOPSIS.

The New York police are mystined by a
series OF murders and other crimes. The
principal clue to the criminal IN the warn
Ing letter which 10 sent the victims, signed
with a ''clutching hand" The latest VIC
tim OF the mysterious assassin II Taylor
Dodge, the Insurance president. His
daughter. Elaine. employs Craig Kennedy.
the famous scientific detective. to try TO
unravei the mystery. What Kennedy &C.
complishes In told by his friend Jameson.
n newspaper man. Enraged at the deter
mined effort which Elaine and Craig Ken
nedy are making TO put an end to his
strange criminal In known. resorts to all
sorts OF the most diabolical schemes to
put them out OF the way. Each chapter
OF the story tells OF n new plot against
their lives and OF the way the great de-
tective uses all his skill! to save this pref
~ girl n himself from death.
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room. There Mary looked az the mo
tionless body on the floor and recoiled,
Mortified.
Elaine noticed some spots on her
hands, and, seeing that they were
stained by the blood OF Long Sin,
wiped the spots of on her handker
chief, dropping II to the floor.
UGH" exclaimed a cultural voice
behind them.
II was the servant who had come
in.
"You-kill him-with knife?" insin.
uated the Chinese.
Elaine was dumb. The servant did
not wait for an answer. but hastily
opened the hall door.
To Elaine II seemed that something
must be done quickly. A moment and
all the house would be in uproar.
Instead. he placed his finger on his
lips. "Quick-no word" he said, lead.
ing the way to the hall door. "and-oh,
you must not leave that-it will be
a clue" he added. picking up the
bloody handkerchief and pressing II
into Elaine's hand.
They quickly ran out into the hall.
"Go-quick!" he urged again. "and
hide the handkerchief In the bag. Let
no one see ~"
He shut the door. As they hurried
away Elaine breathed n sigh OF relief.
They had reached the street. Afraid
to rum, they hurried as fast as they
could until they turned the first cor.
ner.
They pressed each others hands and
parted.
Meanwhile In the front room Long
Sin was on his feet again, brushing
himself of and hopping up the blood.
1T worked very well, Sam" he said
to the servant.
They were conyersing eagerly and
laughing and did not hear u noise In
the back room.
a sinister figure had made its way
by means OF n fire escape TO a rear
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She opened the bag and displayed
the blood.spotted handkerchief. lie
took II and examined II carefully.
Elaine" he said earnestly, not at
all displeased ! could see, that some
thing had come up that might blot OFT
the past unfortunate misunderstanding
ing, there simply. must be something
wrong here. Leave this handkerchief
with me. I'll do my best"
Thank you," she said simply as
she left the laboratory.
Craig went to work abruptly without
a word.
On the laboratory table he placed his
splendid microscope and several cases
OF slides, as we'll as innumerable mi
cro-photographs. lie had been work.
ing for some time when he looked up.
1T Ia dogs blood-not human blood
he said simply. but what's the game
back OF all this-that's the main oues.
ton now"
II was not much later that Elaine
itNtiNtu N bttulu NlSit iIoHl "aiss
DO you know why the servant al
lowed us to leave the apartment"
whispered Mary with a glance about
fearfully. as II the walls had ears.
"No-why?" inquired Elaine anxious.
ly.
He's q tong man who has been
chosen to do away with the prince,
He followed me. and says you have
done his work for him. II you will
give him ten thousand dollars for ex
penses he will attend to hiding the
body"
Here, at least. was a way out.
ut IL the safest way out OF the
trouble. Yes. I'll do II. I'll stop a, the
bank now and get the money"
They rose and Mary preceded her.
eager TO get away from the house.
At the door, however. Elaine asked
her TO wait while she ran back on
some pretext.
Our telephone rang in the middle
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Elaine Took Out the Package Of Bills.
putty blower2 A keyhole is Just as
good"
do you realize how little you can
really see through a keyhole?" he re.
piled confidently. TRY It over there"
! did. and. 10 tell the truth. ! could
e merely a little part OF the hall.
Then Kennedy inserted the detecta.
scope.
Look through that" ne directed.
] put my y TO the eye piece and
gazed through the bulging lens of
the other end. I could see almost
the whole hall.
Elaine was playing with Rusty when
Jennings brought In a card on which
was engraved the name. miss Mary
Carson" and underneath In pencil was
written Belgian Relief Committee
How interesting" commented
Elaine. rising and accompanying Jen.
nings into the drawing room, Il won.
der what she w%ants?"
Very pleased to greet you. Miss Car,
son." shs greeted her visitor.
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window that was not barred, and 81.
lently he had stolen in on them.
They turned at n slight noise and
saw him. Genuine fright was now on
their faces as they looked ut him,
open mouthed.
What's all this" he growled. 81
am known as Tho ClutchIng Hand. !
allow no interference with my affairs.
Tell me what you are doing here with
Elaine Dodge"
Their beady almond eyes flashed
fear. The Clutching Hand moved me.
nacingly. There was nothing for tho
astute Wong Long Sin TO do but to
submit.
With a low bow, Wong spread out
his hands In surrender and submission.
Il will tell you, honorable sir" he
said at length.
Go on" growled the criminal.
Quickly Wong rehearsed what had
happened from the moment the idea
OF blackmail entered his head.
How about Mary Carson" asked
C%lutching Hand. Il saw her here"
Wong ave "a glance OF almost su.
perstitious dread a. he man.
She will be back-is here now" he
added, opening the door at a knock
and admitting her.
Adventures Mary had hurried back
TO see that all was right. This time
Mary was genuinely scared at the for.
bidding figure OF which she had heard.
1T is all right" pacifed Wong,
"Henceforth we work with the hon.
orable C!utching Hand"
At home at last, Elaine sank down
into n deep library chair and stared
straight ahead. She saw visions OF
arrest and trial, OF the terrible cleo.
trio chair with herself In II. bound,
and OF the giving OF the fatal signal
for turning on the current.
Were such things as these going 10
happen to her, without Kennedy's
help? Why had they quarreled? She
buried her face In her hands and wept.
Then she could stand IL no longer.
She had not taken of her street
clothes. She rose and almost fed
from the house.
Kennedy and | were still In the Ia.
boratory when q knock sounded at
the door. ! went to the door and
opened II. There stood Elaine Dodge.
II was a complete surprise to Craig.
What IL the matter?" he asked.
She hesitated. then Iddenly burst
out. "Craig-l-I ana murderess!"
had never before seen such a look
on Cralg's face as suddenly came over
II.
Then she poured forth the story sub.
stantially as ] have set II down. but
without the explanation. which at that
time was not known TO any OF US.
"oh," expostulated Craig, there must
be some mistake. It's impossible-im-
possible"
NO." she asserted. "Look-here's
my handkerchief all spotted with
blood"
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Mary. She looked at II with interest
rs n woman always does ut the pic
ture Of another pretty woman. II was
a newspaper cut OF Elaine. under
which was:
ELAINE DODGE, THE HEIR.
Ess. WHOSE BATTLE WITH
THE cLuTcHiNc HAND 10 GRE.
ATINo WORLDWIDE INTER.
EST"
Now" he began at last, breaking
the silence. "I1l show you just what
want you to do"
He wen over TO the wall and took
down a curious long Chinese knife
from a scabbard which hung there
conspicuously.
See that?" he added, holding II up
Before she could say n word he had
plunged the knife. apparently. into his
own breast.
oh" cried Mary. startled.
She expected to see him fall. But
nothing happened. Wong laughed. II
was an oriental trick knife. in which
the blade telescoped into the handle
Look at IT," he added, handing Il
to her.
Long Sin took n bladder OF water
from a table near by and concealed II
under his coat. Now, you stab me-
he directed.
Mary hesitated. But he repeated the
command and she plunged the knit,
gingerly at him. II t%elescoped. lie
made her try II over. and she stabbed
him more resolutely. The water from
the bladder poured out.
Good" cried Long Sin, much
pleased. Now" he added. s,atinl
himself beside her, II want you tC
lure Elaine here"
had been amusing myself by rig
ging up a continuance by which
could make II possible to see through
or. rather. W a door.
Kennedy, who had been busy at tn,
other end OF the laboratory. happened
to look over in my direction. "What'i
the big idea, Walter?" he asked.
II was, ! admit. q rather cumber
some and clumsy affair.
We'll. you see, Craig" I explained
you put the top mirror through tn,
transom OF a door and"
Kennedy interrupted with n heart!
burst OF laughter. But suppose th'
door has no transom?" he asked
pointing to his own door.
scratched my head thoughtfully.
had assumed that the door woult
have a transom. A moment latel
Craig went TO the cabinet and drew
out a tube about as big around as 1
putty blower and as long.
Now, here's what | call my de
tectascope," he remarked. None o
your mirrors for me-"
II know" ! said somewhat nettled
but what can you see through tina
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tIr in both hefgAtaand strength. Hey-
ing passed this hrst barrier to the
royal presence, you reach Q wall OF
waited roods. Hopefully you pass
through this enclosure. only to DIS
cover that within nifty yards there Is
another, and 80 on you pass through
half dozen or more successive walls:
the royal residence being enclosed
like the inmost block of one of those
Chinese toys that at inside eacn
other.
In each or these com pounds. there
is a native Uganda house of uniquc
and charming style or architecture,
which is worthy of descrip Jon. The
walls are of reeds: the roof Is a very
heavy thatch of long, hne grass. In
front, this thatch is lifted UP and sup
ported with palm logs, making .
shady veranda. while all the rests OF
the way around the thatcn comes
clear down to the ground. On the
whole, the typical Uganda house
looks like a glorived poke bonnet.
The house of the king. however, is
a disappoin tment, for 1t is built o.
wood and corrugated iron and fur
nished with European furniture
most Earring note in this land of
primitive charm. W 5N, s4GT
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An Annreciation of Highland.

The Wheeling Intelligencer editor
tally expresses the following appre-
citation Of Virgil L, Highland:
The boom that has been given to
the candidacy of the Hon: Virgil L.
Highland. Of Clarksburg, for the gu
hernatorial nomination is meeting
with the cordial support Of many OF
the Republican papers of the state
and influential members of the Re
publican party. This must be very
gratifying to Mr.. Highland. who has
not, SO far as the Intelligencer knows.
IN any way encouraged the movement
The compliment paid him, therefore'
is all the greater.
It is with great pleasure that the
intelligence testifies to te COM
handing business abilities and othes
qualities possessed by Mr.. Highland
for the states highest administrative
ONCE. His executive talents are eS-
emplified in his successful career as
the head of one of the largest bank
ing corporations in the state, the
prosperous business enterprises he is
connected with, and his work as an
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TT E DAILY. :
NOV Ell E TIE
!. 4. > 444*A4.4.44.+4l
THE Fatal THRUST


In baseball there are times when
even the left-handed pitcher is JUS:
Prof s1mp.
I"Sfc semper tummatosy Sockit tuum
stunt, Caesar certainly had his crust
wit him to give me cigar like this
mutered Brutus wrathful1y as ne
paced the balcony OF the capitol.
And he snatched the OFFENDING and
odtferous weed from his mouth ana
threw 1t violently down on the tnno-
cent head Of foi pol1oi selling ba-
7nanas on the plaza beneath. (See
ozark Wumple's THE Temper OF
Brutus'D.
Stepping Inside to the main cham
Der again, he started.
Hello! What the prosits up?. ne
exclaimed: There's crowd yellinE
around Caesar. wonder what the
rows about. It's a good chance for
me to get even with him for that ci-
gar, anyway. The populace will think
I did it for political reasons.
And Brutus rushed into the thick
OF the throng and gave Caesar poke
with his stfcker in the tread-wate-
ribs.
'sEt tn, Brutus, you dirty Brute
moaned Caesar and expired.
editors Note-As we know for :
fact that cigars were unknown TO the
ancient Romans, we must decline to
subscribe to the historical authentic
ity Of this story.)
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T R A v ELETTE
nv Niksnh.
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Kampala is the native capital OF
Urganda, Africa. You come to it by
fine graded road that cuts through
dense beltsttof jungle shaded wood
lands, open prairie country and seas
Of waving elephant grass eight feet
high, that ripple in the wind ana
seem to be parting to make a way
for the traveller.
TRANSPORTATION to the capital is in
motor car, labeled Government OF
Urganda." The significance OF this
modern innovation in the African
Jungle may be better appreciated
when it is stated that quarter OF 9:
century ago missionary was KILLED
here, and fifty years ago human sac
rificeS were common.
The natives are now peaceabfe
enough, but they are not altogether
used to the motor car. They not only
believe in giving it the road, but the
Whole road. and even the vicinity of
the road. They are also strongly adj
verse to the odor of gasoline. Hence
very few people are seen along the
highway when the government QUITO
passes, unless it be a glimpse of a
native diving into the elephant grass
with his hand over his nostrfIs.
It is hard to determine just when
you have reached Kampala. The cIus=
tered villages of grass-thatched huts
become closer together, the jungle IS
partly replaced by broad-leafed ba-
mana groves-you are in the suburbs
of the capital and it is nearly all
made up of suburbs.
Kampala is built upon seven hills.
and they are almost as distinctive and
as steep as pyramids. Each of them
is crowned by a little village with it's
own matched house and banana
groves. Sightseeing in the capital 70
a continuous porcess of sliding down
and toiling up again.
The house of the king Of Uganda IS
surrounded by fence truly majel-
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Tick!ish situation.

The New Orleans Picayune writes
hopefully Of the prospect of the re-
peal OF the free sugar clause in the
Underwood tariff law before the
clause becomes effective May L.
1916. 1t is possible that a canvass
Of the vote of the next house OF
representatives would show decided
majority in favor of repeating this
clause, or even in favor of restor-
ing the Republican rates on sugar,
but the question is, will the next
chairman of the ways and means
committee and the floor leader. Mr..
Kitchin, dare to put it to the test
by opening up the whole tariff law
TO amendment? With a majority of
but Twenty-Five in the house it would
be tfcklish situation at best.
In an attempt to put a Republi-
can president in the hole. and in
order to play politics, the Democrats
in the sixty-second Congress brought
in several tariff bills to amend GER
tain schedules Of existing law-'pop-
gun bills as they were called. One
of these schedules passed the house
with little difficulty. but when it got
to the senate an amendment reduc-
ing duties on an additional schedule
of the law was tied to the house
bill and carried through. Like the
rest of the tariff tomfoolery Of that
session, it received the presidential
veto.
1t is hardly possible that with
the small Democratic majority in the
house an attempt would be made to
limit consideration to the sugar
schedule alone, and especially would
this be true should the request come
from the president. The Tammany
contingent will have the balance of
power in the sixty-fourth Congress
and any bouquet which they may
present to the president within the
next two years is more than likely
is rather too optimistic. The Demo
Gratis will consider it easier to issue
bonds to meet public expenditures
than to repeal the free sugar clause.
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: THE sEARCHLIGHT
{. latest views from the Fields Of
Z acie1tce. Education and In y
+ vention.
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CoLLAPSIBLE SPADE AND
BARROW

A folding wheel barrow u and g
folding spade or shovel are two new
inventions which will doubtless FREE
quently be used together. although
they were invented by different men.
Both are designed for travellers and
tourists into remote or unknown
countries, and both will be valuable
to biologists and other scientists
upon expeditions in which exca-
waiting is likely to- be necessary,
and tho equipment provided must
be as compact as possible.
The wheel barrow can be knocked
down to spec equivalent to the dt-
mensions Of the bottom in area and
less than ten inches in height. The
wheel. axle, feet and handle all come
of and can be put together in q
minute with no danger of coming
apart. It's strength and durability
are claimed to be fully equal to that
OF any other barrow upon the mar
ket
The spade or shovel. is equally
strony and dependable. The blade
folds double and the handle folds
so that the implement may be
packed into space 8x12 inches. This
makes it available for the ordinary
tool box of an auto for which pur-
pose it is likely to come into great
demand. Many an autoist has felt
the urgent need of a spade when
stuck in muddy road and has often
walked a mile to procure one.
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Ffgrres nIisIead.

=
Democratic newspapers have been
citing a reduction IN the number of
idle freight cars as an evidence OF
business revival, but now comes a
prominent railroad operator who is
quoted by the New York Times as
saying that the statistics are mis-
leading.
The idle cars Of the country =
says this railroad man, represent
reserve on which we are expected
to draw as business increases in
volume. It is true that the railroads
have from month to month used
more of the idle cars. 1t should not
be forgotten, however, that these
same railroads are wearing out cars
from month to month and discarding
them. In normal times these worm
out cars would be Immediately re-
placed by new cars. But the rail.
roads are not buying eirsnormal
supply of idle. cars and this
discarded freight cars are not being
replaced by new ones. Instead, the
roads are drawing on the reserve
supply of idle cars ard this has re-
dhced the sCrplus OF fdle cars.
1T is wrong to assume that bust
ness is booming. The railroads are
standing still, at best, and that
means going backward in the rail-
road business. There are isolated
cases, of course, in which business
is picking up, but the roads as a
whole are meeting great disappoint-
ment. If the boom does come, we
will not be ready to handle a rush.
There will. not be enough cars to
carry the freight"
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",,ar orders,, Boom.

While Secretary Redfield and the
others are exulting over the hu ale
trade balance growing out OF Inc
awar orders boom. it may be IN
kind to remind them that the mum n
her of business failures reported IN
tbis country during the last six
months was the largest on record for
similar period and the s total Liable ffnre
also. The record OF failures for
June was the worst ever made in a
single month.
There is great prosperity at Beth
lehem. Pa, and at other points where
'swar orders are concentrated; and
1t is a great pity that we do not
all own large blocks of Bethlehem
But, while war factories prosper
because OF European conditions with
which we have nothing to do, other
enterprises have slackened or sui
fered disaster because OF policies put
into operation by Democratlc
Congress urged on by Democratic
president.
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NOTICE 10 coNYRAcToRs.

The Board of Educasion OF Union
District, Harrison County, w. Va, viii
receive sealed bids until 3 o'clock r
NJ. Tuesday August 10 1915 for con~
structng a one-room school building
lions are on file with S. W. Ford, Ar
chitect, Clarksburg. w. Va, w. q.
Kennedy member Board OF Education,
West Milford, w. Va, and L. r. Mo
MILAN, Sec'y B. of E., Good Hope. w.
The Contractor will be required to
give bond with approved security, for
double the amount OF the CONTRACT
price, according to law Il
The Board of Education reserves
the right to accept or reject any or
P1ERcB s1DEBoTToM. H
President B. OF 3.
L R. MCMILLAN. sec'y. Z;
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The federal treasury statement :
f Salan sasue Of ss;7i.o51. in Il the
general fund. compared with s12e.-
133s5s5.s9 on the same date two
years previous. under Republican q.
laws. The deficit for the first nj
teen working days of the new rs
cal year was s13.142,5S7.94, show
ing that the administration IS run IN
ming behind at the rate Of $Si o'ooV
per day.