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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-09

Ing me that you Cont want me to con
tinue investigating your fathers death
and not to try to see you agar
about"
He slapped. l could hear the reply
"Why--no-Mr. Kennedy, | have
written you no letter"
The look of mingled relief and sur
prise that crossed Craig's face spoke
volumes.
Miss Dodge" he almost shouted
this is new trick of the 'Clutch,ne
Hand. I'M be right over"
Craig hung up the receiver and
turned from the telephone. Evidently
he was thinking deeply. Suddenly his
face seemed to light up. He made IN
his mind to something, and a moment
later he opened the cabinet-that in.
exhaustible storehouse from which ba
seemed to draw weird and curious in.
struments that met the ever new prob
lens which his strange profession
brought to him.
! watched curiously. He took out .
bottle and what looked like q little
hypodermic syringe. thrust them into
his pocket and, for once, oblivious 10
my very existence, deliberately walked
out of the laboratory.
did not propose to be thus cava.
lierly dismissed. / suppose It would
have looked ridiculous to . third mar.
ty. but followed him as hastily Ar !,
he had tried to shut tho door on his
own shadow.
We arrived at the corner above the
Dodge house just in time to see anoth-
er Observation-Disclosures.
And, Perry" We heard Elaine sav
~ We were ushered In, someone has
oven forged my name-the handwr,,-
ng and everything-telling Mr. Ken.
1edy to drop the case-and / never
new"
She stopped ~ We entered.
That's the limit" exclaimed Ban.
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Dstt. -M,ss Do1es Aas ,sst 49, TN.
~ me-"
YES" interrupted Craig. -Iook,
Miss DoAos. tAis y It."
He handed hor The Iettsr oho a.
most ssised Il. s1Amining It carefully.
her large syos opening wider In won.
1er.
This y c0rtainly my writing and
my note paper" che nurmurod, bat
never WToto IL lottor!"
Craig looked from the lsttsr 70 her
keenly. No cue said . word. For
= moment Kennedy hesitated. think
ing.
Might I-sr-see your room. Miss
Dodger' he asked q length.
why. certainty" nodded Elaine. q
shs lead the way upstairs.
1t was . datnty little room. breath
ing the spirit OF IT. mistress. n fact.
4 seemed = sort Of profanity a. W
IN followed in after her. Fur : NO
ment Kennedy stood sttll, thea Ae
carefully hooked about At the side
of the bed. near the head, ho stopped
and picked W nomethine which he
held in the palm Of his hand. 4
bent over. Something cleaned In the
morning sunshtne-somo little thin
pieces Of glass. A. he tried deity to
at the tiny little bits together no
seemed absorbed In thought. Quick
" he raised It 70 his nose. ~ II to
smell 1t.
y Ethyl chloride!" he muttered,
wrapping the pieces carefully IN
paper and putting them inside his
pocket.
An +astant- later he crossed IL
room to the window and examined Il
"Look!" he exclaimed.
There. plainly, were marks Of .
Jimmy which had been inserted Mar |
the lock to pry 1t open.
Miss Dodge" he asked, might r.
might I trouble you to lot me- -
your arm?"
s Wonderingly she did 20, and Ken
nedy bent almost reverontly over
her plump arm examining It.
On it was = small dark discolora-
lion. around which was Z slight red
hess and tenderness.
That" he said slowly, sis the
mark Of = hypodermic needle"
As he finished examining Elaine's
lrm he drew the letter from his peck
It. Still facing her he said In I low
one, Miss Dodge-you did write this
etter-but under the influence Of the
lew twilight Sleep"
why, Craig" ! exclaimed excited.
Y, what do you meanr
Exactly what say. With Miss
lodges permission l shall show you.
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arm. and \ voice whispered: Wait,
you chump!"
It was Kennedy. He had whipped
out his automatic and had carefully
leveled 1t at the door. Before he could
IRE. however. Bennett had rushed
ahead.
l followed. We looked down the
hall. Sure enough, the figure of
man could be seen disappearing
around an angle. followed Ben.
nett out OF the door and down the
hall.
Words cannot keep pace with what
followed. Together we rushed to the
back stairs
Down there. while go down the
'front.'" cried Bennett
! went down, and he turned and
went down the other flight As he did
70 Craig followed him.
Suddenly, in the drawing room, I
bumped into = figure on the other side
OF the portieres. seized him.
We struggled. Rip! The port,eres
came down. covering me entirely.
Over and over we went, smashing .
lamp. 1t was vicious. Another man
attacked me. too.
I've got him-Kennedy! / heard
voice pant over me.
A scream followed from Aunt 10
sephine. Suddenly the portieres were
pulled OF me.
The deuce" pulled Kennedy. Its
Jameson"
Bennett had rushed plump into
me, coming the other way, hidden
by the portieres!
II we had known at the time, our
Michael Of the sinister face had
gained the library and was standing
in the center Of the room He had
heard me coming and had fed to the
drawing room. AS we finished our
struggle In the library he rose hastily
from behind the divan in the other
room, where he had dropped. and had
quietly and hastily disappeared
through another door
Laughing and breathing hard, they
helped me to my feet. 1t was nc
joke to me. l was sore In every
bone.
We'll. where did he go?" insisted
Il don't know-perhaps back there"
cried.
Bennett and l argued a moment,
hen started and stopped short Aunt
Josephine had run downstairs and
vas now showing the letter into
,raig's hands.
We gathered about him curiously.
He opened 1t. On it was that awe
ome Clutching Hand again.
Kennedy read 1t. For a moment
10 stood and studied 1t, then slowly
rushed 1t In his hand.
Just then Elaine. pale and shaken
rom the ordeal she had voluntarily
one through. burst in upon u from
'pstairs. Without a word she ad.
anced to Craig and took the letter
rom him.
Inside, as on the envelope, was
hat same signature Of the Clutching
land.
Elaine gaxed at 1t. wild-eyed, then
Craig Cr&ig smilingly reached fol
he note, took it, folded It, ana IN.
oncernedly thrust it into his pocket.
MY God" she cried, clasping her
ands convulsively. and repea ing tho
ords OF the letter. YOUR LAST
1ARNlNGl"
ITO M t-nxrY~.-
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The FORMATION Of . partnership a. pro-
resoce and aide In crime science between
GrAig kennedy, university chsmistry pro-
oeooost and walter Jameson neWspa per
mAn, = 1T once followed by their becom-
ing Interested in = series Of murders by
3 m.eter criminal who leaves no other
- 70 Ms identity than the sign manual
o. Clutching Hand" Elaine Dodge.
wnooe father h one OF the latest victims
g tne mysterious murderer, witnesses
W. pennnsng OF Kennedy's scientific in
vsstiOation Of the murder.
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SECOND EPISODE
The 'rwIIIahs alesp.~

The 'TwiiIoht oiesp.~
Kennedy had thrown himself whole
heartsdly into the solution Of the mys-
tsrious Dodge case.
Far into the night, after the chal-
lsnse Of the forged finger print, he
continued at work. endeavoring to ex-
tract clue from tho meager evi-
dsoce--A bit Of cloth and trace Of poi-
son already obtained from other cases.
We dropped around At the Dodge
house. the next morning. Early though
Il wa. We found Elaine tribe palNr,
but moro lovely than ever, and Perry
Bennett. themselves vainly endeavor.
Ing to solve the mystery Of the Clutch
Ing Hand.
They were 1t Dodse's desk. she IN
tho big desk chair, he standing beside
her looking over some papers.
There's nothing there" Bennett
was saying ~ we entered.
l could not help feeling that he was
gazing down at Elaine a bit more ten
deri, than mere business warranted.
Have you-found anything?" que
ned Elaine anxiously. turning eagerly
TO Kennedy.
"Nothing-yet," he answered, shak-
ing his head, but conveying q q.iet
idea OF confidence in his tone.
Just then Jennings, the butler, en-
Tered. bringing the morning papers.
Elaine seized the Star and hastily
opened It. On the nrst page was the
story had telephoned down very late
IN the hope Of catching \ last city
edition.
We all bent over and Craig read
aloud:
'CLUTCHIN0 HAND"
STILL AT LARGE |
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He had scarcely finished readins
the brief but alarming news story that
followed and laid the paper on the
desk whHn = stone came smashinR
through the window from the street,
Startled. We all jumped to our
feet. Craig hurried to the window,
Not . soul was In sight!
He stopped and picked up the stone.
To It was attached . piece of pa
per. Quickly he unfolded 1t and
read
Craig Kennedy viii give up his
search for the 'Clutching Hand-or
diet.
Later recalled that there seemed
TO be slight noise downstaiyS as II
at the cellar window. through which
the masked man had entered the
night before.
In point Of fact. one who had been
outside at the time might actually
have seen sinister face at that eel
lar window, but to US upstairs it was
invisible. The face was that OF the
servant. Michael
Without another word Kennedy
passed into the drawing room and
took his hat and coat Both Elaine
and Bennett followed.
I'm afraid l must ask you TO ex-
cuse me-for the present." Craig
apologized.
Elaine looked at him anxiously.
You-you will not let that letter
intimidate your" she pleaded laying
her soft white hand on his arm. "Oh,
Mr.. Kennedy she added. bravely
keeping back the tears, "avenge him!
All the money in the world would be
too little to pay-if only"
At the mere mention OF money Ken
nedy's face seemed to cloud, but only
for . moment
I'm try" he said simply.
Elaine did not withdraw her hand
~ she continued to look up at him.
Miss Dodge" he went on, his voice
steady. 40 though he were depressing
something. Il will never take another
case until the 'Clutching Hand il
The look OF gratitude she gave him
would have been 4 princely reward
n itself.
II was some time after these events
that Kennedy, reconstructing what
had happened, ran across. in a strange
way which l need not tire the reader
BY telling. \ Doctor Haynes, head of
The Hillside SaRitarium for Women,
whose story shall relate substan-
Tally as We received 1t from his own
Ups:
1t must have been that same night =
distinguished visitor drove ur in cab
our Hillside sanitarium, rang the
'eli and was admitted to my ONCE.
| am, by the way, the experimenting
hysician. and that night was sitting {
18th Doctor Thompson. my assistant, ,
~ Office discussing = rather inter d
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New York's Master Criminal Remains
Observation-Disclosures New Oar
ng Murder and Robbery on MIL
lionaire Dodge.
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shut.
Now, come on he says, indicating
with the gun that he wants me to fol.
low him away from the safe. At the
desk he repeats the search. But he
finds nothing. Almost | think he Ia
about to kill me. Where else did your
father keep papers?' he Kisses fiercely.
still threatening me with the gun.
I am too frightened to speak. .sut
at last ] am able to say, II don't
know! Again he threatens ms. .As
God Is my Judge cry, I don't know
It Is fearful. WIN he shoot me?
Thank heaven! At last he believes
me. But such q look of foiled fury |
have never seen on any human face
before.
"'Sit down. he growls. adding. at
the desk 10.
Take somA of your note paper
the best. l do that. too.
And pen. he goes on. Ny nm
gers can hardly hold It.
'Now-write!' he says. and a. he
dictates. write
TnlsF inter1ected Kennedy, eager
ly holding up the letter that he had
received from her.
Elaine looked 1t over with her drug
laden eyes. YES" she nodded, then
lapsed again to the scene itself. He
reads 1t over. and as he does 70 saws.
Now, address an envelope. himself
he folds the letter. seals the envelope.
stamps 1t, and drops 1t into his pocket.
hastily straixhtepinx the desk.
Nov. 70 Anead Of me-asai,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-05-27
HAVE PURE BLOOD
Hoods Sarsaparla Makes Rich, Red
Bleed.

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The quality and quantity Of your
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Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the
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Re sure your druggist gives you
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-05-27
LASSEN PEAK
IN ERUPTION
DESTRUCTIVE
WRECKS FORESTS AROUND ITS
BASE - REFUGEES WILL NOT
GO BACK - FARMS ARE DEEP
UNDER MUD.

Redding, Cal, May 25.-Another
eruption of Lassen began today at ] !
o'clock. All fences in the Lassen
national forest are reported TO have
been destroyed. Logs swept down
the side of Lassen peak have been
piled in a dam which has caused
Manzania creek to change its course.
Their farms buried by Lassen peak
under a thick layer of volcanic mud,
which has soidiied into an imper-
yious hard pan, refugees from Hat
Creek valley said today they have
no intention for the present at least
of returning to their homes. The
menace OF the volcano, they said,
makes life too precarious in the val
ley.
Sixteen families fled from the val
ley when Saturdays explosion sent a
river of mud and lava down the noun
tain side They found refugees in
Burney, a hamlet far removed from
endangered zone"
George Roadman of Sacramento,
who witnessed Saturdays eruption
from a distance of twenty miles, said:
The eruption was preceded by a
rumbling and roaring. 1t sounded like
! 900 hailstorms rolled into one. The
huge pail of smoke appeared to hang
almost over me. Big boulders were
thrown hundreds of feet in the air.
When the eruption was at its
height a sharp earthquake shook the
earth and terrorzed the villagers at
Burney. They realized the immi-
nent danger and at once began prep
arations to rescue the people in the
endangered zoe"
Several million feet of standing tim
Der has been destroyed by the dis
charges of Lassen peak, according to
the reports of Forest Ranger Seaborn
whose night ride through Hat Creek
valley early Thursday to arouse the
sleeping ranchers gave them time
to flee before the devastating floods
of mud. Fires started in many places
were eXtingushed by torrential rains
| that followed the eruptions.
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Sole discussion of the rules and the
law followed an explanation of the
rules by Mr.. Samuel.
1t was shown that the board in
tends to construe the law in a rea-
sonable manner; that the presen;
rates will be ollewed to stand until
showing shall be made that they are
excessive: that complaints as to rates,
agents or other matters under juris
dicton of the board shall be sworn
before they may be considered, and
that the present policy of some COM
panies must be reformed so as not to
be misleading.
Mr.. Samuel said that the board
realizes it will be impossible for them
to give the insured any general reduc-
tion in rates and that the changes
will be in specific cases brought un
der the rules for a hearing under the
law. There have been few complaints
filed with the board under the new
law. These will be set for hearing
in due time and the stipulated notice
will be given all parties
Insurance Commissioner Welch was
not present at the meeting, having
been detained in St. Louis.
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looked dry and scaly. ! could not put my
hands in water for If did they would
crack open and bleed. after drying.
Il was treated for quite a while but it
did not do me any good. l tried all kinds
Of fine salvcs but found no relief in them.
Finally someone told me TO try Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. l did and now all tho
scales are gone and my hand, arm and face
are as smooth as ever. / owe all my cure 10
Cuticura soap and Ointment" (Signed)
Charlie Floyd, October 5, 1914.
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MAY 27 IN HISTORY

1S32-St Jean dAcre, Palestine, ta-
ken from the Turks by the Pasha
or Khedive of Egypt.
1S49-4,OOO Spanish troops landed at
Gaeta, to assist the Pope,
1854 Indignation meetings were held
in Boston and buildings draped in
mourning on the return Of "fu-
gitive slave" to the south.
William Mckinley was unseat-
ed by the democrats in the nation
al house of representatives on a
contest from the Seventeenth Ohio
district.
19l4-An American Herman b. Dur
yea, won the English Derby with
Durbar ii.
19l4-The American university found
ed and constructed by the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, was dedi-
Gated at Washington, d. c.
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PAN-AMER|CAN
FINANCIAL
CONGRESS
ARGENTINE DELEGATION URGES
ARBITRATION OF COMMERCIAL
DISPUTES PLAN MEETS WITH
HIGH FAVOR.

Washington, May 26.-The story OF
how resources of the United States
may be used to aid the republics OF
South and Central America in clear
ing away difficulties that the Euro
pean war has brought upon the west
ern hemisphere was told in part to-
day to business men and bankers
who represent this nation at the Pan
American financial congress.
In group conferences" delegates
from eighteen countries began eX-
plantations to representatives of the
commercial and financial interests OF
the United States of their particular
needs and indicated in what ways
capital and credit could be used to
best advantage to strengthen trade
relations. Only a few of the delegates
were prepared with concrete sugges-
tons but the general idea expressed
was that in the southern republics
the surplus capital of the United
states would find fertile fields for in
vestment which must bring in the
future a closer union of political and
commercial interests.
CoIombia's Delegate Speaks
The only general session of the
conference today was marked by a
dramatic speech by DR.. Santigao Pc
reZ Triana. delegate from Colombia,
who waved the flag of Pan-American-
ism and declared that this hemis-
phere should be for Americans He
proposed a new version of the Mon
roe Doctrine that would make it i'm
possible in the future for one Amer
lean nation to covet a foot of a
neighbors territory or invade her sa-
cred soil.
When the groups assembled after
the general session the delegation
from Argentina advanced a sugges
tion which may make possible an un-
derstanding that all the nations rep
resented shall work for an arrange
ment whereby disputes arising be-
tween business men in the different
countries shall be adjusted by arbi-
| tration through commercial organ
izations. Later this proposal was
| taken up by the executive committee
of the United States Chamber Of
Commerce, which, through its presi-
dent, John II. Fahey, gave assurance
that everything possible would be
done to have such plan approved by
the business men in this country.
To Hear From Panama.
The delegation from Panama is
expected tomorrow to bring up the
question of the abolition of the United
States commissaries in the canal zone
so that their trade will be diverted to
merchants of the republic
Speakers before the general session
included Governor Hamlin and Paul
NJ Warburg of the federal reserve
board, A. Barton Hepburn of the
Chase National bank and Mortimer l..
Schin of New York.
Governor Hamln, the first speaker
at today's general session, told the
delegates that the United States never
before was in the position it occupies
today to extend its trade by granting
credit to those nations wishing to be
its customers.
This conference was declared by the
govepor to be an event OF deep sig
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and burned very severely.
Finally my arm was covered
and after . while my eyes
began to swell. Ii was very
hard to find my way for a
while. My hand and arm
would often crack open and
bleed. The more | would
rub them the more they
would itch. The tetter
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STATE AGENTS DISCUSS
NEW INSURANCE LAW

Oklahoma City. May 26.-About one
hundred state agents for insurance
companies met here today with w. r.
Samuel and c. c. Hammonds, mem
bers of the state insurance board, and
heard the rules OF the board as drawn
under terms Of the new insurance law
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nificance to the whole civilized world
All Will Prosper.

~ WV 'SSPS''
Il believe" he said, the world
realizes today that the prosperity of
the people of one nation in the long
run tends to the prosperity of other
nations, while the adversely of one
people ultimately must tend to the
adversely of others. Just as the in
dividual prospers best when his coun-
try prospers, so the nation prospers
best out of the prosperity of all ma
tons."
Mr. Hamin ventured the prediction
that the banking system of the ma
ton through the federal reserve act
will become "one of the strongest sys-
tens in the world
Reviewing the history of financial
legislation which followed the panic
of 1907 and sketching the operations
of the reserve act, he added:
Il think that, growing out of this
new banking act, the time has come
for marvellous development in our
foreign trade, especially with South
America, and that an opportunity is
given to finance that trade such as
has never been possible before"
Need for greater reliance on their
own resources is one lesson the Euro
pean war has brought home to the
nations not involved, in the opinion
of Paul VI. Warburg.
Mr.. Warburg pointed out that when
the war began, England then acting as
banker for the world, felt forced to
ask for some of the vast sums due
her and that this request was reflected
in varying degrees in countries in her
debt. He spoke of the acute situation
which resulted in this hemisphere,
and added
Urges Financial independence.
The lesson all American nations
will have to learn from last years
experience, is that it is unwise for
the world to place its financial de-
pendence upon any single nation;
that those who can afford to do so,
as. for instance, the United States,
should from this time on adopt
policy of greater reliance upon their
own resources. Those countries which
can not rely exclusively upon their
own resources should divide their
risks of financial dependence as even
ly and widely as they possibly can.
There is no difference of conser-
vative opinion that the United States
does not aspire now to take the place
of Europe's leading financial powers.
Our own field of operations is still too
vast to enable us, or to render it even
desirable for us to become the worlds
banker at this stage of our own de
velopment. But the safety of all
countries-and we include England
among their number-demand that,
if again the latter should find her
self forced to call upon her debtors
for instant payment, there should be
at least one country strong and indie
pendent enough to shoulder a sub
stantial portion of the burden.
Though in normal times closely
connected with Europe, the American
continents ought to he so organized
as TO form distinct unit in times OF
emergency-a unit whose transporta-
tion and credit systems will remain
unbroken even though all Europe
should go to war"