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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-04
Thirteen Zeppelins Attack
- ondOn in Greatest Aerial
Raid; Damage Slight

London. Sept. 4.-London has been
cunning a long time for the biggest
birds in the world and this morning
early she got one. 1t was one of the
nocturnal monsters that hover high
above peaceful homes. now and then
tossing off ball of fire or some other
death dealing missle-a Zeppelin.
There were thirteen of the monsters
hich took part in the most dangerous
and elaborate raid yet made. Only
three of them succeeded in getting
over London. the rest bombarding with
little effect towns and cities along the
east coast. AS usual. many of the
bombs fell into the sea, and the total
casualties were very small compared
to the effort put forth. So far only
two deaths have been reported, and
the injuring of thirteen, including two
children. None of the casualties were
in the metropolitan district of London.
The quarry of London's guns came
to earth in little hamlet northwest
of the city. 1t fell in an open field and
the early risers were rewarded by the
sight of the greatest trophy of the air
as the stricken ship, like some pre-
historic reptile, lay stretched out,
singed and charred.
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a hundred cases he had followed the
mind processes of arch criminals to
their logical conclusion, turning each
corner at the proper time, counting
accurately each footstep that led to
the solution of the case. But here
all paths seemed to be circles. The
blind man was as much at sea as the
keenest- eyed person in the world.
Was he all wrong? Was this case
for eyes? Was it a problem that re-
quired sight, instead of insight? This
Cotton would not believe, because he
refused to believe it. Perhaps 1t was
egoism, but all masters have been
egoistical, and Thornley, Cotton was
master. The thing he had builded
had come topping down over MS
ears. but the foundation was there,
firm, unshaken. The building must
go on!
once more the blind man sat before
the desk in his darkened library. Up
stairs, sleeping was sydney Thames.
The blind mans sensational discovery
at police headquarters had shaken the
department from top to bottom. 1t
aroused every detective in the city
from the lethargy of easy-won success
to furious effort He had proved the
identity of Sydney Thames when the
police, supreme in their belief that
they could not be wrong, had demand
ed ii. And Sydney Thames, weak,
dull-eyed, had gone home in the car.
Now he was sleeping away the effects
of the drugs and hypnosis that had
made him a helpless tool to throw
dust into the eyes of the police, and
to build the stone wall that kept the
blind man from touching the persons
behind it.
On the desk before the blind man
oh rd ic n
his hand, his head bent so that his
sightless eyes under the folds of the
alcohol-soaked bandages seemed
studying each piece on the board. AS
time passed, there was no movement
of the seated man. At his elbow the
crystalless watch licked off the min
utes.
The blind man moved to touch the
watch. 1t was eight o'clock; thirty
seven hours since he had slept. One
| finger tip touched a button of the row
on the desk. The red-haired boy
answered it on the run.
ANY new editions of the papers
1 haven't gotten, Shrimp" he asked.
Nope. On'y them l read to you.
They ripped Silver Sandals house
apart, but they didn't find nothin'
Everybody's lookin' fer her an the
girl"
Anything from the crow?"
No, sir. It's just sayin' Perkipsie
over an over. with that stuff about
George Nelson. Can't make it say
anythin else"
"All right" the blind man nodded
wearily. Listen carefully and write
down everything 1t says, even il it's
only part of woro or a letter"
Yes, sir" The boy started for
the door, and then turned. 81 just tip.
toed into Sydneys room. He's sleepin
fine"
Il can't do anything till sleep has
weakened the effect of the drug" Col.
ton said. And, Shrimp" he halted
the boy again. 81 expect the district
attorney in few minutes. Bring him
here, but don't mention the crow;
want to keep that to myself for a little
time"
"Yessir."
! Again in the silent darkness Colton's
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err The officials exclamation was
vehement. Hes nothing but a young
fool, a pawn of scoundrels."
"Wrong" declared Cotton solemn
ly. HE is one of the principals. He
was the waiter at the restaurant"
"Bracken?" The district attorney
refused to believe it.
THE testimony of the waiting cap
tain that the waiter knew the dishes
and silver but didn't know how to
carry proved my original theory that
the man was not a common waiter.
Bracken would know them because
he had used them all his life; but. of
course, he wouldn't carry them like
waiter. And Bracken was the same
type as my secretary, very dark.
'Phoning to a former friend told me
that. The natural disguise would be
dyed hair; opposites are always
chosen. 1t was probably Sydney's
visit to the house that gave the idea
of throwing us off the trail by making
him impersonate the waiter. That
and one other thing that occurred
suddenly to change all plans"
And that other thing?" broke in
the district attorney.
"T don't know-yet. 1 think it's a
crow"
rs that what you expected the two
women to carry away with them ?"
asked the district attorney suddenly.
(To Be Continued
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CHAPTER X
Preparations For Murder

Another stone wall! Once more
the path that had started straight had
circled to its beginning. The discov-
cry of Sydney Thames as the prisoner
had thrown everything out of focus:
made chaos of the carefully arranged
puzzle pieces that had been put to-
gether in the mind of the blind man.
He had expected an entirely different
denouement for his secretary's dis
appearance. He had expected a solu-
ton of the whole case in the finding
OF Sydney Thames. But the one raw
of light had become darkness, black.
impenetrable
The strange words of the crow in its
alley of refuge had told the blind man
whom he would find at police head
quarters. The apparently senseless
reiteration of the walters name and
age could only mean that the crow
had heard the words repeated as they
we're taught to some one else. And
that some one could only be his sec
retary. Drugs and hypnosis COM
bined to explain the condition of the
man the police captain had been so
certain was the murderer
The bird of i'll omen had. however.
apparently destroyed the basic the
ory Thornley, Coltons intuitive rea-
soning had formed Never before had
the problemist known this strange
faculty - made almost preterhuman
by his blindness = to be wrong. In
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-04

head bent toward the board and its
pieces. 1t was strange game of
chess Thornley, Cotton played. A black
queen and king were pitted against
piece of broken wineglass with a spot
of dried blood on its edge. Another
black queen and black pawn oppos-
ed a ragged black feather. Four small
scraps of papyrus were held in check
by black bishop. 1t was the crime
Triumphant on the problemist's
squares were a scrap of newspaper,
the torn corner of photograph, q
crust of bread, and a silver dime. But
there was no move of the pieces, for
the blacks held Colton's men" in
check.
The electric front-door bell tinkled
it's alarm. Cotton heard the door
open, and Shrimp's polite, This way,
SIR" and he snapped on the lights
as the footballs told him the district
attorney and the boy were at the room
entrance. Cotton crossed the room to
shake hands with the city official
What is it?" asked the blind man
quickly, with his finger tip on the
key board of silence-the pulse of the
wrist that told him the emotions of
the heart. you've heard from
Bracken?" 1t wasn't a guess on the
part of the blind man, but certainty.
"Yes. A wireless. He is coming
as fast as his engines can bring him.
But ho can't reach New York before
tomorrow noon"
Meanwhile the police are search
ing for his son." interposed the prob
lemist
"Yes. How did you know? The de-
partment has kept even a suspicion of
such thing from the papers,"
''Sit down." invited the blind man.
"If you don't object to the darkness,
I'll snap off the light; they make my
eyes burn like fire, even. through the
cloth"
The district attorney sank lifelessly
into a chair. His manner, his voice,
told the blind man as plainly as eyes
that the city official had aged years
in the few hours since they had clasp
ed hands in allegiance.
How did you know young Bracken
was suspected? ?" the district attorney
repeated.
captain McMann is no fool" the
blind man declared. He's working
| like fury on this case. 1t means a
whole lot to his bulldog nature. It's
/ the only chance he ever had to beat
me. No doubt he was in communica-
ton with Bracken the minute he saw
the note of recommendation And
you know what would be the first
|
Hes sent five imperative wireless
demands to know how his son is inn
plicated," the district attorney
answered. "He is refusing to answer
all other messages because he fears
the newspapers"
IT'S perfectly logical that he should
want to know about his son. No
doubt the messages to you were blunt
er than the answer to the police, but
McMann only needed hint. to con-
meet the recommendation and the
choosing of the Beaumonde with the
SON."
But, my God, man." the city Of
| ficiafs voice was hoarse: think OF
my positions He used my car! Why
doesn't he come forward to explain %
"Why?" echoed the blind man, his
fingers touching the black king on the
board.
But he couldn't be guilty of murd-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-04
KGser's FaUorite Troops
DriUen Back in General
Attack Along Somme Line
By Associated Press

With the British Army in France.
Sept. At was "by the right flank" in
the concerted Anlo-French attack on
the Somme front to-day, with the great
battle which never has ceased for two
months flaming up into a general con-
fiict. Kitchener's new army charged
the flower of the German army-the
Prussian Guards-four divisions of
which were concentrated before the
British to stay the British offensive.
In places the German emperor's favor
lite troops were driven back, counter
attacked and again had to yield their
crimsoned, shell-wrecked trenches to
stubborn English and Scotch, most of
whom two years ago did not know how
TO form, and who fought all the harder
because of the known prestige of their
foe.
1t hardly seemed possible that more
artillery could be concentrated against
given areas than had been already,
but more was concentrated to-day both
by British and Germans. Never had
so many guns been in action.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-04
Tariff Will Be Chief
Campaign Argument

Washington, d. c., Sept. Further
indications that the Republicans in
tend to use the tariff question as one
of their foremost arguments when
the campaign gets down to brass tacks
is shown by the large amount of space
devoted to this subject in the Repub-
lican campaign textbook, which was
made public here yesterday. The book
contains an exhaustive discussion of
the needs for a protective tariff when
the war is over and a bitter condem-
nation of the Underwood tariff law,
ure."
The Republican campaign textbook
is a remarkable document inasmuch
as its contributors include not only the
Republican presidential nominee,
Charles Evans Hughes, but Theodore
Roosevelt Myron T. Herrick. Charles
w Fairbanks, Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge and others of almost equal
prominence. The book, which is in
dexed completely. covers 432 pages.
That section of the book devoted TO
the tariff question begins with a brief
history of the tariff and includes long
line of arguments designed to show
that the Underwood law enacted by
tho Democrats is complete failure.
Following this Is a chapter entitled
THE Tariff and the Farmer" by Rep
resentative Charles II. Sloan, of Ne
braska, a Republican member of the
Ways and Means committee; then
comes discussion of the Underwood
tariff as 1t affects sugar, dye stuffs, the
lumber industry and hosiery.
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[Continued From First Pagel
front made another attack in the
region of Lake Ostrovo yesterday. An
official announcement from French
army headquarters at Saloniki says
the attack was repulsed by the Ser
bians.
Accept Allied Demands
Baron Won Schenk, chief director of
the German propaganda in Greece
has been arrested and placed on a
cruiser of the entente allies. Sixteen
more allied warships have arrived at
Piareus. The Greek government has
accepted the new demand of the allies,
the French and British agents have
taken control of the postal and tele-
graphic systems.
Allies Take Three Towns
Bad weather is delaying operations
of the French troops along the Somme.
The War Office announce that four
teen cannon have been captured thus
far in the fighting inaugurated yester-
day when the French in conjunction
with the British advanced over a front
of six and a half miles and captured
three towns.
Two more aeroplane raids over Bel
gium have been reported by the
British. One Saturday attacked the
shipbuilding yards at Hoboken, near
Antwerp. Yesterday a large British
squadron bombarded the German
aerodrome at Ghistelle near Bruges.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-04
Portion of Ginchy, All of
GuiIlemont, Taken by Allies

London, Sept. 4. - The British, with
the cooperation of the French on the
right wing, succeeded yesterday in
capturing part of the village of Ginchy
and the whole of Guillemont. The
forces also gained ground on the
Moquet farm and captured several
hundred prisoners. The announce
ment is officially made by General
Headquarters.
The village of Forest and Clery- Sur
Somme and all the German positions
between these two points were cap
tured by the French and British yes
terday in a joint attack after intense
artillery preparation. More than 1000
prisoners, as we'll as twelve cannon
and fifty machine guns were taken.
The official statement issued by the
French War Office, making this an
nouncement, also reported progress
for the French troops in the neigh
borhood of Fleury, with the capture
of 800 prisoners.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-04
Says Hughes Has Been
Friend of Working Man

Washington. D. c., Sept. 4.-That
Charles f. Hughes has been truer
friends of the laboring man than Pres
ident Wilson is the declaration made
by the National Republican Congress
sional committee in a formal statement
issued to the press. 1t is charged that
Mr.. Wilson never showed solicitude
for the welfare of organized labor un-
til the railroad strike crisis rose.
THE dispute has been brewing many
months" says the statement, but the
President waited until a little more
than sixty days before the national
election to summon the brotherhood
chiefs and the railroad heads to Wash
ington. Perhaps there was psyche
logical reason for that, if not the rea-
son Of political advantage"
Several extracts from the writings
and speeches of Mr.. Wilson are quoted.
This is taken from a speech delivered
by Mr. Wilson June 3. 1909, to the
graduation class of Princeton Univer-
sity. "You know what the usual
standard of the employe is in our day.
1t is to give as little as he may for his
wages" Again he is quoted as saying
in a speech at the Waldorf Hotel
March IS, 1907: I'VE speak too ex-
clusively of the capitalistic class.
There is another as formidable enemy
to equality and freedom of opportun-
ity as ii is and that is the class formed
by the labor organization and leaders
of the country"
According to the Republican Con-
gressional committee, Mr.. Hughes has
never written or spoken a single word
inimical to labor"
"On the contrary declares the
statement, "he was the greatest friend
of labor that ever occupied the Gov
ernor's chair at Albany"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-04
DEPUTIES HURT
AT ST. THOMAS
Riot Occurs When State Health
Officer Attempts TO Eject Chill
dren From Oxroast
Special TO the Telegraph

Chambersburg, Pa, Sept. 4. - on
Saturday q riot occurred at st.
Thomas, a small town about seven
miles from here, because the health
officers, who had been sent there TO
enforce the quarantine for infantile
paralysis, attempted to exclude chill
dren under sixteen from the grounds
at an oxroast. Two deputy sheriffs
were badly beaten and a score of the
mob received injuries.
Several of the rioters were arrested
and placed i'll an automobile to be
brought to Chambersburg for a hear
ing. A mob at once surrounded the
car and cut the tires to shreds. They
then attempted to take the prisoners
from the deputies, but were unsuc-
cessful.
The prisoners were placed in an
other car and taken before a mag
istrate who held them for court. More
arrests followed and a number of war
rants have been sworn out.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-04
When Eczema Burns
and ItChNS CutiCura
SOOtheS and Heals

# Cuticura did no more than soothe
and heal eczemas, rashes, itchings and
burnings, bringing speedy comfort to
tortured, disfigured men, women and
children it would be entitled to the
highest praise. But it does more. By
using the Soap exclusively for toilet
purposes, allowing no other soap to
touch your skin, you will in many cases
prevent these distressing experiences.
1t is always pleasure, not an effort, to
use them, they are so pure and delicate.
II had eczema on my hands and
around my finger nails for ten years. 1t
started with rough rash, and then my
hands cracked open and would bleed,s
and 1t settled around my nails. My
hands were much inhamed and swollen,
and | had to have the nails removed.
/ lost many nights rest. My hands
were painful and burned, and to put
them in water made them worse.
"On reading a Cuticura Soap and
Ointment advertisement | thought I
would try them so l bought some, and
| used three boxes of Cuticura Oint-
ment and six cakes of Soap when my
hands were healed" (Signed) Mrs.
Josephine Thomas, II Middle ST.,
Uniontown, Pa, March 81, 1916.
Sample Each Free by Mail
With 32-p. Skin Book on. request. Ad-
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Boston" Sold throughout the world.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-04
HARRISBURG BOY FORCED
HUGHES ON OREGON BALLOT

Wherever he went in Portland Mr..
Hughes was reminded that it was
Oregon which, through court proceed
ings, forced his name upon the ballot
for the Presidential primaries and
thus put him into the running. At
the reception in the Hotel Benson a
man presented himself and said:
Governor. my names Wallace Nc
Camant. and / want to make a con-
fession. I'm the man that started
that mandamus proceeding"
WELL" responded Mr.. Hughes
laughing and taking his hand, you
seem to have got away with it,"
Mr.. McCamant is a Harrisburg boy
who has become one OF the most sue
cessful lawyers on the Pacific coast.
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LAWYER SHOT in
PARK WITH GIRL
TContinued From First Pagel

through the park, and they had stop
ped but moment when the two men
appeared in the roadway, commanded
them to throw up their hands and
shot Dlworth.
Kansas City. Mo-, Sept. Airs.
Grace Dilworth, wife of Dwight H.
Dilworth, the New York attorney,
murdered there last night while mo-
toring with a young woman in Van
Cortlandt Park, declared to-day that
she. with her three-year-o son, in
tended leaving Immediately for her
home. She has been visiting friends
and relatives here for the last two
weeks. Mrs. Dilworth said that she
did not know Miss Mary McNiff, who
was with Dilworth when he was shot.
Dilworth formerly was a Kansas City
attorney.
Violent deaths have followed the
Dilworth family. The father was
killed by burglars in his store in Okla
homa City, Okla, two years ago and
four uncles and a nephew have been
murdered at different times, according
to the family.
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The Best Ginghams in the World
Come From Scotland

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INVADING HOSTS
ARE BEING HELD

tContinued From First Pagel
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(To Be Continued.)
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Dives Pomeroy &
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Dives Pomeroy Stewart, Second Floor.
, 1916-12-07
Normal Training for all Teachers.

1T IFS being advocated from different parts of the state that all
teachers, teaching IN any public school in this state should be "a
graduate OF some recognized Normal school. This indeed would be a
which come up from time to time. While this would not remove all
OF the evil Of unqualified teachers, yet it would go a long way in the
right direction, as 40 matter what grade or school a teacher might be
Im, he OF she would nave to be qualified in a manner that would leave
mo- doubt, if they had any ability at all.
Teachers are hired for the benefit they give the children, and
not from "a standpoint OF whether they are o art not liked by the
public Ihe lax payers pay a big tax for the up-keep of the schools
for tine benefit OF the children, and perhaps Normal trained teachers
could be kept from disagreements that arise to the detriment of the
children.
Another feature Of the school business should be the putting of
all schools ON d standard grade, SO that children could go from one
school 10 another without being dropped a grade o r two o being adj
vauved. Too many small schools are run in a half hazard manner,
due psraag. .' .ue fact that there is no way of compelling teachers
o. tom. ur 3D.. certain standard of work. A teacher too often comes
ia.a school NuI moi fading the school up to where it ought to be,
7ee7 "a chance Co loaf on he job and continues it on the old base, thus
snrklua us Jr her duty to the position and to the children. Too
much -tras- can not be put on the work of our schools, and especially
on lna lower grades where most of the children receive all the school
them 90 leaya school at an early age, never getting the higher bran
cbe- ot education
Giving the children all the benefit of education possible will in a
iw years enhance the value of his or her usefulness as men and wo-
m.1 ..a wIl be felt in the civilization of the world.
FuIt les sill ruling most of Mexico although died, dead or dieing
t.a buO hundred Im-s.