READ It Here Now-Then x SEE It All in Moving Pictures The of Cloima A Detective Novel, bXplOltS fcmin6 Motion Picture Drama - Presented by This Newspaper in Collaboration With the Famous Pathe Players (Continued from yesterday.) "Indeed?" hs remarked, coolly going back to the reaction. "Yes," I cried. "It is a scientlflo criminal - who seems to leave no dues." Kennedy looked up gravely. "Every crim inal leaves a trace,'' he said quietly. "If It hasn't been found, then It must be because no one has ever looked for It In the right way." Still gaxing at me keenly, he added: "Tea, I already knew there was such a man at large. I have been called in on that Flettfher rase— he was a trustee of the university, you ksow." "All right," I exclaimed, a little nettle\ that he should hare anticipated me even so much In the case. "But you haveft't heard the latest." "What is itr he asked with provoking calmness. "Taylor Dodge." I blurted out. "has the ■aan r Kennedy fairly jumped as I repeated the aewa. "How long has he knownT" he demanded eagerly. "Perhaps three or four hours," I hssarded. Kennedy (taxed at me lt*edly. "Then Taylor Dodge Is dead!" he ex elatmed. throwing off his acid-stained labor atory coat, which had once been a smoking Jacket, and hurrying Into his street clothes. "Impossible!" I ejaculated. Kennedy paid no attention to the objec tion. "Come, Walter,"* hs urged. "We must hurry before the trail gets cold." Thsre was something positively uncanny about Kennedy's assursnce. I doubted—yet I feared. It was well past the middle of the night when we pulled ap In a night-hawk taxlcab before the Dodge house, mounted the steps and rang the bell. Jennings answered sleepily, but not so much so that he did not recognise me. He was kbout to bang the door shut when Ken nedy interposed his foot. "Where Is Mr. Dodge?" asked Kennedy. "Is hs all right?" "Of coarse he Is—ln bed," replied the fcutler. Just then we hesrd a faltA cry. like noth . Ing exactly human. Or was It our heightened imagination, under the tpel! of the dark ness? "Listen!" cautioned Kennedy. We did. standing there now in the hall. Kennedy was the only one of as who was cool. Jennings's face blanched, then he turned tremblingly and went down to the library door, whence the sounds had seemed to eome. He called, but there was no answer. He turned the knob and opened the door. The Podge library was a large room. In the centre stood a big flat-topped desk of heavy mahogany. It was brilliantly lighted. At one end of the desk was a telephone. Taylor Dodge was lying on the floor at that end of the desk—perfectly rigid—his face distorted—a ghastly figure. A pet dog ran over, sniffed frantically at his master's legs and suddenly began to howl dismally. Dodge was dead! . V HHMjgg ' * -■ i-iKu '^?'^* -■ V. »iti : "is«' *aH^HSß»j|i^i||^^^BS£H^^Hfl^Bfl^ESHßfH^^^B|BflflH^kfifl£jifi^^^^^R| a v%. < 19H|pb9^H^HM * Craig Kennedy (Arnold Daly) Di»cever» That the Finger Print* the Mur derer Left oA the Suit Are Identical with His Own. "Help!" shcsted Jennlng-s Others of the servants came rushing In. There wii. for the moment, the greatest excitement and confusion Suddenly a wild figure in flying garments flitted down the stairs and Into the library, dropping beside the dead man, without seem iag to notice us at all. "Father!" shrieked a woman's voice, heart-broken. "Father! Oh—my God—he— be la dead!" It was Slalns Dodge. With a mighty effort, the heroic girj oeemed to pull heroolf together. "Jennlnga"' she cried, "call Mr. Bennett— to mediately!" From the one-sided, excited conversation of the butler over the telephone. I gathered that Bennett had been in the-process of dis rotoing In his own apartment uptown, and would fee right down. Together. Kennedy, Elaine and myself lifted Dodge to a sofa, and Elaine's asnt, Josephine, with whom she lived, appeared on the scene, trying to quiet the sobbing girl. Kennedy and I drew a little away, and he looked about curiously. What was It?" I whispered. "Was it na tural, an accident or—or murder?" The word seemed to stick in my throat. If It was a murder, what was the motive? Could It !»»▼• been to gat the evidence which Dodge had that would Incriminate the master criminal? Kennedy moved over quietly and examined the body of Dodge. When he rose bis face had a peculiar look. "Terrible!" he whispered to me. "Appar ently he had been working at his accus tomed placo at the desk when the telephone tang. He rose and crossed over to it. Bee! FAEMEBS AUSTRIA'S STAY Asked by Government to Cultivate Every Plot of Ground Vienna. Feb. 19.—The Austrian Min 1 ister of Agriculture has issued an ur rent appeal to farmers not to leave a single plot of ground anywhere uncul tivated. He declares: '' Peace depends more than over upon j That brought his feet on this register Ist Into the floor. As he took the telephone re ceiver down a flash of light must have shot irom it to his ear. It shows the character istic electric burn." "The motive?" I queried. Evidently his pockets hsd been gone through, though none of the valuables were missing. Things on his desk showed that a hasty search had been made. Just then the door opened and Bennett burst in. As he stood over the body, gazing down at it, repressing the emotion of a strong man, he turned to Elaine, and In a low voice exolaimed: "The Clutching Hand did this. I shall consecrate my life to brlss this roan to justice !*• He spoke tensely, and Blaine looking up Into his face, as If Imploring his help In her hour of need, unable to speak, merely grasped his hand. Kennedy, who In the meantime had stood apart from the rest of us. was examining the telephone carefully. "A clever crook," I heard him mutter be tween his teeth. 'He must have worn gloves. Not a finger print—at least here." Perhaps 1 can do no better than to recon struct the crime as Kennedy later pieced these startling events together. Long after I left, and even after Bennett left. Dodge continued working In his library, for he was known as a prodigious worker. Had be taken the trouble, however, to pause and peer out into the moonlight that flooded the back of the house, he might have seen the figures of two stealthy crooks crouching in the half shadows of one of the cellar windows, one crook at least masked. The masked crook held In his hands care fully the ends of two wires attached to an electric feed, and, sending his pal to keep watch outside, he entered the cellar of the Dodge house through a window whose pane they had carefully removed. As he came through the window he dragged the wlras with him, and, after a moment's reconnoiter ing, attached them to the furnace pipe of the old-fashioned hot-air heater, where the pipe ran up through the floor to the library above. The other wire was quickly attached to the telephone where its wlrjs entered. Upstairs Dodge, evidently uneasy in his mind about the precious Llmpy Red letter, took it from the safe along with most of the other correspondence, and. pressing a hidden spring In the wall, opened a secret panel and placed most of the Important documents In this hiding place. Downstairs the masked master criminal hau already attached a voltmeter to the wires he had installed, waiting. Just then could be heard the tinkle of Dodge's telephone, and the old man rose to answer It. As he did so he placed his foot on the Iron register, his hand taking the tele phone and the receiver. At that Instant came a powerful electric flash. Dodge sank on the floor, clutching the Instrument, electrocuted. Below, the master criminal could scarcely re frain from exclaiming with satisfaction as his voltmeter registered the powerful current that was passing. A moment later the criminal slid silently Into Dodges room. Carefully putting on rub ber gloves and avoiding touching the regis ter, he wrenched the telephone from the grasp of the dead man. .replacing it In its normal position. Only for a second aid he pause to look at his victim as he destroyed the evidence of his work. Minutes were precious. First Dodge's pockets, 'then his desk engaged his attention. Tfcere was left the s&Je. As ho approached the strong box the mas ter criminal took two vials from his poc'.tets. Removing a bust of Shakespeare that atood or, the safe, he poured the contents of the vials in two mixed masses of powder, form ing a heap on the safe, into which he in serted two magnesium wires. He lighted them, sprang back, hiding his eyes from the light, and a blinding gush of flams lasting perhaps ten seconds poured out from the top of the safe. It waa not an explosion, but Just a dazxllng, intense flame that sizzled and crackled. It •semed Impossible, but the glowing mass was litsrally sinking, sinking down Into the cold steel. At last It burned through—as if tha safe had been of tlndor. Without waiting a moment longer than necessary, the masked criminal advanced again and actually put his hands down through the top of the safe, pulling out a bunch of papers. Quickly he thrust them all, with Just a glance. Into his pocket. BUII working quickly, he took tho bust of the great poet which he had removed, and placed It under the light. Next from his pocket he drew two curious stencils, as it were, which ha had apparently carefully pre pared. With his hands atlll carefully gloved, ha rubbed th» stencils on his hair, as If to the work in the fields this spring. The power of the -State is conditional uoon the productiveness of agriculture." The question of food supplies in Austria-Hungary is daily becoming more acute, anil the Government has confiscated al! stores of grain. The shortage of fodder for cattle is great ly increasing the gravity of the sit j nation. HAKRISBURG STAB-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19. 1915, Band Anniversary Concert Lebanon. Feb. J 9. Arrangements for the anniversary concert and enter tainment by the Perseverance band Tuesday night. March 2. have been placed in the hands of capable com mittees The officers of the organiza tion are in charge of the affair, which, : including motion pictures, will be given in the Academy of Music. ' cover them with a film of natural oIU. Thee he deliberately pressed then over the atatue tn several places. It waa a peculiar action, *nd he eeemed to fairly gloat over It when it was done and the bust returned to lta place, covering the hole. i As noiselessly aa he had come, he mjde his exit after one last malignant look at Dodge. It was new but the work of a moment to re move the wires he had placed and clii&b out of the window, taking them and destroying the evidence down In the cellar. A low whistle from the masked crook, now sgaii* in the shadow, brought his pal stealth ily to his aide. ' "It's all right." he whispered hoarsely to the man. "Now you attend to Liimpy Red." The Villalnoue looking pal nodded and, without another word, the two made their getaway tn opposite directions. When Llmpy Red. still trembl!sc. left the office of Dodge earlier in the evening, he hsd repaired aa fast as is shambling feet would take him to his favorite dive uo on Park Row. There he might have been seen drink ing with any one who came along, for Llmpy had money—blood money—and the recollec tion o? his treachery and revenge must be forgotten and celebrated. Had the Bowery "sinkers" not got into his eyes he might have noticed among the late revelle-« a man who spoke to no one, hut took hie place nearby at the bar. Llmpy had long since reached the point of saturation, and lurching forth from hie ntv found cronies he sought other fields of ex citement. Likewise did the newcomer, who bore a strange resemblance to the look-out who had been stationed outside st the Dodge house a scant half hour before. W hat happened later was oply a matter of seconds. It came when the hated snitch —Tor gangdom hates the informer worse than anything else, dead or alive—had turned a sufficiently dark and deserted corner. A muffled thud, a stifled groan followed aa a heavy section of lend pipe wrapped in A newspaper descended on the crass skull of Limpy. The wielder of the improvised but fatal weapon permitted himself the luxury of an instant's cruel sgiile—then vanished Into the darkness, leaving another complete job for the coroner and morgue. It was the revenge of the Clutching Hand—swift, sure, remorseless And yet it had not.been a night of com plete success for the master criminal, as any one might have seen who could hnv« followed his sinuous route to a pla.-e of greater safety. Unable to wait lonrer, he pulled the papers he had taken from the safe from his pocket. His chagrin at finding most of them to 'r>» blank found only one explanation of foiled any of the men he had seen—Gross. Lacas real one: Kennedy had turned from his futile exam ination for marks on the telephone. There stood the safe, a moderate siied strong box, but of a modern type He tried tli* door. It was locked. There was not a mark on it. The combination had not been tampered r.ith Nor had there been any attempt to "soup'' the safe With a quick motion he felt In his pocket as if looking for gloves. Finding none, he g!*tlce*l about and seized two pieces of paper from the desk. With then-., in order not to confuse any possible linger prints on tl'.a bust, he li'ted it off I pave c Rani of surprise. There, in the top of f.ie safe, yawned a ga.?lng hole, through which ore w,-;a have thrust his arm ' "h "*at Is it?" we asked, crowding a-'jout hlrt. "Tiiem:!:," he reoiied laconically. "Thermit?" I repeated. "Tes—a compound of tron oxide and po~- dered aluminum* Invented b; a c.teruist at per weight to show Elaine. THE FINGER PRINTS OS THE BUST WERE KENNEDY'S OT.'X. (To be continued next week.) Accepts Can to Waynesboro Church Union, Feb. 19.—The Bev. John Lewis, for a number of years pastor of the I T nion Presbyterian church. this place, has accepted a' call to become the { pastor of the Presbyterian church at ! 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AMUSEMENTS t 1 ■■ " - THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE Will Be Shown First in mim P3CTBBES AT THE Victoria FIRST EPISODE | SATURDAY, FES. 20 Will Be Continued Every Saturday READ THE STORY in the STAR-!»2cP^3£tfr EVERY WEEK > i i a■■ ■ » in. . -1 j GERMAN RUSE. TO DECEIVE Every rase, every little trick Is employed la the great European war to deceire tbe enemy. The accompanying photograph shows • bogus 42 centimetre gun mounted on a carriage by the German seldiers to deceive the allied avia- LENT MUX US OUT SLAVER Reappears Voluntarily After Five Years to Face Murder Charge Xew York, Feb. 19.—Seized with what he saitl was an irresistible im pulse at the approach of the Lenten sctkaon, Frank Madalena abandoned a prosperous business in Steubenville, 0., and came to this city yesterday to face a charge of murder, for which hi' was indicted five years ago. MadaJeua is accused of shooting and killing Jo seph Papa, once his partner, after a quarrel. M:*d;. 'en;: fled, but was subsequently indicici on a charge of first degree murder: Reaching Steubenville, he en in business and prospered. Of late his conscience troubled him. he said yesterday, and the approach of lAii t strengthened his impulse to face the murder charge. (JAS GUSHER SroUTSTERROR People for Miles Around Rush in Awe to 20,000,000-Foot Roarer Washington, Pa.. Feb. 19.—The Manufacturer's Light and llcnt Com pany yesterday brought in a record breaking gas well, which it is believed will make, when controlled, fully 20,- 000.000 cubic feet of gits per day. At the present time the well is beyond all control and the roar of tho escaping gas can be heard for nearly three miles. When the ga* first cut loose with a tremeiaJous rear; terror was spread over a wide territory. Word rapidly spread that there ha 1 been a big ex plosion, and people came from miles around. On learning the true cause of the '-'eat and continued roar, tliey .'.yed tn watch the ineffectual efforts i f the g;>s men to check and control the flow of precic-us fluid. May Restore Dcatli Penalty Olympia. Wash., Feb. 19. —-The State senate Judiciary committee has Voted to report favorably the bill to repeal the anti-capital punishment law passed by the 1913 Legislature. Supporters of capita! punishment; for first decree mur der point out that in the last two months ten murders have been commit ted in King comity, which includes Seattle. Engine Proving Satisfactory The iarge 1.-l s type of engine which is now being tried cut l\v the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company is proving more satisfactorily then the company is expecting. The engine was brought to Marysville with a heavily loaded train Monday in a period of fifteen hours, and returned Wedne-' lay to Al toona with 120 empty steel cars in a period of nine hours and fifteen min utes. CARRIES HIS ASHES HOME i Bride Will Sprinkle Them at Russian Home of Suicide New York, Feb. 19.—Carrying with I her the ashes of her husband, who ! killed himself because he wa« afraid ; that some day t.heir love might grow ,' cold, Mrs. S. W. (irote sailed yesterday > for Russia on the steamship Hellig i Olav. She is on her way to Riga, I where, in accordance with the last 1 wishes of her husband, she will spriu j kle his ashes on his old homestead, j Mrs. (irote's husband ended his life • last October. lie had married Mrs. .'(■ rote, a beautiful woman of Swedish ; birth, two weeks before. There was a , | report at the time that Grote in wooing i j her begged her to take him for two | weeks only, promising at the end of ! that time to die and leave his fortune j to her. Before sailing Mrs. Grote, with I tears in her eyes, denied this story and | said that the great love which her hus i' band bore for her was the only reason j for his act. I "He was frightfully jealous,'' sho ; said. "He loved me so greatly that he i i otiM not bear the thought that some ' day I might cease to love him, and he died when his happiness was great- I est.'' FASCINATED INTO THEFTS Youth's Plea Substantiated By Failure to Market Loot Pottsville, Feb. 19.— "1 TY:IK not forced to steal and didn't want to sell loot for money, but 1 found that 1 simply had an obsession for theft," i was the confession of Wilbur Geiger, 11 17-year-old robber, who was arrested | some time ago charged with heading a gang of burglars who robbed a large ! number of houses in this section. Bcv | era! wagonloads of plunder have been j reclaimed by the police, j Little effort was made by Goiter to I sell his loot, and the facts in possession of the police substantiate his declan ; tion that he stole simply because of the fascination it had for him. Man, 07, Still Active as Worker Marietta, Feb. 19.—Jacob Miller, | of near town, 9 7 years old, made eight. | large clothes racks in his carpenter ; ,-iiop the past two months. His nerve i is steady and he works to pass away | the time. Ijevi Longenecker, of Mar't- I etta. who is soon 80 years old, is mak ; ing a table from pieces of wood gath | ered from all parts of the United | States, including several pieces from ! the prisons of Libby. Danville and [ Salisbury. Mr. l,ongenecker ha-< com pleted within the past five years four tables, which are made of more than I 10.000 pieces of wood. 11