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The Exploits of Elaine
A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama
" By ARTHUR B. REEVE ~
The Well-Known Novelist and the
Creator of the "Craig Kennedy" Starlet
Presented in Collaboration With the Pathc Players and the Eclectic Film Company
Copyright, 1014. by the Star Company All Foreign Rights Referred
CONTINUED (
SYNOPSIS.
The Now York police nre mystified by a
peries of murders of prominent men. The
principal clue lo the murderer is thu warri
fliK letter which is sent the victims, sinned
with ft "clutching hand." The latest vic
tim of the mysterious assassin is Taylor
Dodge, the insurance president. His
daughter. Elaine, employs Craig Kennedy,
the famous scientific directive, to try to 1
Unravel the mystery. What Kennedy ac
complishes is told by his friend. Jameson, ,
a newspaper man.
THIRD EPISODE
The Vanishing Jewels.
Banging away at my typewriter the j
text day, in Kennedy's laboratory, I
was startled by tho sudden, insistent
ringing of the telephone near me.
"Hello," I answered, for Craig was
•t work at his table, trying still to ex
tract tome clue from the slender evi
dence thus far elicited In the Dodge
mystery.
"Oh. Mr. Kennedy," I heard an ex
cited voice over the wire reply, "my
friend, Susie Martin, is here. Her fa
ther has just received a message from
that Clutching Hand and —"
""Just a moment, Miss Dodge," I in
terrupted. "This is Mr. Jameson."
"ph!" came back the voice, breath
less and disappointed. "Let ine have
Mr. Kennedy—quick."
* I had already passed the telephone
to Craig and was watching him keen- ]
jy as he listened over it.
He motioned to me for a pad and
pencil that 'lay near me.
"Please read the letter again, slow- j
er, Miss Dodge," he asked, adding, j
''there Isn't time for me to see it— |
Just yet. Hut I want it exactly. You 1
Say it Is made up of separate words
and type cut from newspapers anil
pasted on note paper?"
I handed him paper and pencil.
"All right, now, Miss Dodge, gc :
ahead."
As he wrote he indicated to me by .
bis eyes that he wanted me to read
1 did so:
Sturtevnnt Martin. Jeweler,
. No. 739V4 Fifth Avenue, New York City. '
■ Sir—As you have failed to the
(10,000, I shall rob your main diamond
pasc at exactly noon today.
"Thank you, Miss Dodge," continued
Kennedy, laying down the pencil.
"Yes, I understand perfectly—signed
by that same Clutching Hand. Let
me see," he pondered, looking at his j
Hatch. "It is now half-past eleven.
I'ery well. I shall meet you and Miss
, ' i
A Remarkable Scene Greeted Us.
larttn at Mr. Martin's store directly."
It lacked live minutes of when
ennedy end I dashed up before Mar
n's and dismissed our taxicab
A remarkable scene greeted us as
e entered the famous, jewelry shop,
lvoluntarily I drew back. Squarely
i front of us a man had suddenly
Ur.ed a revolver and leveled it at us. ,
"Don't!" cried a familiar voice.
That is Mr. Kennedy!"
.lust then, from a little knot of peo- ■
ie, Elaine Dodge sprang forward 1
ith a cry and seized the gun.
Kennedy turned to her, apparently
ot half so much concerned about the
litomatic that yawned at him as
bout the anxiety of the pretty girl
ho had intervened. The too eager
loin-clothes man lowered the gun
neepishly.
Sturtevant Martin was a typical so- ;
lety business man, quietly but richly ;
ressed
In the excitement 1 glanced about
arriedly.
Directly In front of me was a sign
icked up on a pillar, which read: j
I'his store will be closed at noon to
ly. Martin & Co."
All the customers were gone.
See " Exploits of ElaineThird Episode,
In Motion Pictures, Victoria Theatre, Saturday, March 6
[— READ THE. STORY IN THE STAR-INDEPENDENT EVERY WEEK
Martin himself was evidently very
nervous and very much alarmed. In
deed, no one could blame him for
that. Merely to have been singled out
by this amazing master criminal was
enough to cause panic. Already he
had engaged detectives, prepared foi
whatever might happen, and they ha'i
advised him to leave the diamonds in
the counter, clear the store and let
the crooks try anything, if they dared.
Just back of us, and around the cor
ner, as we came in, we had noticed a
limousine which had driven up. Three
faultlessly attired dandies had entered
a doorway down the street, as we
learned afterward, apparently going to
a fashionable tailor's which occupied
the second floor of the old-fashioned
building, the first floor having been
renovated and made ready for renting
Had we been there a moment sooner
we might have seen, I suppose, that
one of them nodded to a taxicab driv
er, who was standing at a public hack
stand a few feet up the block. The
driver nodded unostentatiously
at the man.
In spite of the excittement, Kennedy
quietly examined the showcase, which
was, indeed, a veritable treasure store
of brilliants.
Slowly the hands of the clock carao
Rearer together at noon.
gathered about the showcase,
with its glittering hoard of wealth,
forming a circle at a respectable dis
tance.
In deep-lunged tones the clock
played the chords written, I believe,
by Handel. Then it began striding.
Nothing had happened.
We all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, it Is still there!" exclaimed
Martin, pointing at the showcase with
a forced laugh.
Suddenly came a rending and crash
ing sound. It seemed as if the very
floor on which we stood was giving
way.
The showcase, with all its priceless
contents, went smashing Into the cel
lar below.
The . flooring beneath the case had
been cut through!
All crowded forward, gazing at the
black, yawning cavern.
Down below, three men, covered
with smocks and their faces hidden
by masks, had knocked the props
away from the ceiling of the cellar,
which they had sawed almost through
at their leisure, and the showcase had
landed eight or ten feet below, shiv
ered into a thousand bits.
A volley of shots whizzed past us,
and another. While one crook was
hastily stuffing the untold wealth of
jewels into a burlap bag the others
had drawn revolvers and wero firing
up through the hole In the floor des
perately.
"Look out!" cried someone behind
us before we could recover from our
first surprise and return t)ie flre.
One of the desperadoes had taken a
bomb from under his smock, lighted It
and thrown it up through the hole in
the floor.
It nailed up over our heads and land
ed near our little group, on the floor,
the fuse sputtering aminously.
I heard an exclamation of fear from
Elaine.
Kennedy had pushed his way past
us and picked up the deadly infernal
machine in his bare hands.
I watched him, fascinated. As near
as he dared, he approached the hole in
the floor, still holding the thing off at
arm's length. Would-he never throw
it?
He was coolly holding it, allowing
the fuse to burn down closer to the
explosion point.
It was now within less than an inch
of sure death.
Suddenly he raised It &nd hurled the
deadly thing down through the hole.
We could hear the Imprecaticns of
the crooks as it struck the cellar floor,
near them.
"Leave the store—quick!" rang out
Kennedy's voice.
Down below the crooks were beat
ing a hasty retreat through r. secret
entrance which they had effected.
"The bag! The bag!" we could
near one of them bellow.
"The bomb—run!" cried anothei
voice gruffly.
The explosion that followed
us fairly off our feet.
As the smoke from the explosion
cleared away,, Kennedy could b' seen,
the first tQ_run forward.
Meanwhile Martin's detectives had !
rushed down a flight of back stairs •
that led into a coal cellar. With coal [
shovels and bars, anything they could I
lay hands on, they attacked the doot |
that opened forward from the coal eel
lar into the front basement where
the robbers had been.
A moment Kennedy and Bennett
paused on the brink of the abyss
which the bomb had made, waiting foi
the smoke to decrease. Then the>
began to climb down cautiourly ovei
the piled-up wreckage.
The explosion had set the basement
afire, but the fin had not gained much
headway by the time they reached the
basement. Quickly Kennedy ran to I
the door into the coal cellar and 1
opened it.
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HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1915.
From tlje other side Martin, fol
lowed by the police and tho detec
tives, burst In.
"Fire!" cried one of the policemen,
leaping back to turn In an alarm from
the special apparatus upstairs.
All except Martin began beating out
the flames, using such weapons as
they already held in their hands to
batter down the door.
To Martin there was one thing para
mount—the jewels.
In the midst of the confusion, Elaine,
closely followed by her friend, Susie,
made her way fearlessly into the stifle
of smoke down the stairj.
"There are your jewels, Mr. Martin,"
cried Kennedy, kicking the precious
burlap bag with his foot as If It had
been so much ordtpary merchandise,
and turning toward what was in his
mind the most important thing at
stake —the direction taken by the
agents of the Clutching Hand.
"Thank heaven!" ejaculated Martin,
fairly pouncing on the bag and tearing
it open. "They didn't get awc.y with
tlieni—after all!'' he exclaimed, exam
ining the contents with satisfaction.
• « » ♦ • • •
were moving rapidly.
The limousine had been standing in
nocently enough at the curb near the
corner, with the taxlcab close be
hind it.
Less than ten minutes after they
had entered, three well-dressed men
came out of the vacant shop, appar
ently from the tailor's above, and
climbed leisurely Into their xar.
As the last one entered,' he half
turned to the taxicab driver, hiding
from passers-by the sign of the Clutch
ing Hand, which the taxicab driver re
turned in the same manner. Then the
big car whirled up the avenue.
All this we learned later from a
street sweeper who was at work near
by.
• ••••••
Down below, while the police and
detectives were putting out the fire,
Kennedy was examining the wall of
the cellar, looking for the spot where
the crooks had escaped.
"A secret door!" he exclaimed, as
he pansed after lapping alonb' the wall
to determine its character. "You can
see how the force of the explosion has
loosened it."
Sure enough, when he pointed it out
to us, it was plainly visible. One of
the detectives picked up a crowbar and
others, still with the hastily selected
implements they had seized to fight
the fire, started in to pry it open.
As It yielded Kennedy rusjied his
way through; Elaine, always utterly
fearless, follcfwed. Then the rest of
us went through.
Thera seemed to be nothing, how
ever, that would help us in the cellar
next door, and Kennedy mounted the
steps of a stairway In the rear.
The stairway led to a sort of store
room, full of barrels and boxes, but
otherwise characterless. When I ar
rived Kennedy was gingerly holding
up the smocks which the crooks had
svorn.
"We're on the right trail," comment
ed Elalre as he showed them to her,
'but. where do you suppose the own
ers are?"
Craig shrugged his shoulders and
gave a quick look about. "Evidently
they came in from and went away by
the street," he observed, hurrying to
the door, followed by Elaine.
On the sidewalk he gazed up the
avenue, then catching sight of the
street cleaner, called to him.
"Yes, sor," replied the man, stolidly,
looking up from his work. "I see three
gintlemen come out an.] get into h\i
automobile."
"Which way did they go?" asked
Kennedy.
For answer the man jerked his
thumb over his shoulder in the jeneral
direction uptown.
With keen glance, fCennedy strained
his eyes. Far up the avenue he could
descry <he car threading Its way in
and ouL among the others, just about
disappearing.
A moment later Craig caught sight
of the vacant taxicab and .rooked his
finger at the driver, who answered
pronptly by cranking his engine
"You saw that limousine standing
here?", asked Craig.
"Yes," nodded the chauffeur, with a
show of alertness.
"Well, follow it," ordered Kennedy,
jumping into the cab.
"Yes, sir."
Craig was just about to close the
door when a slight figure flashed past
us and a dainty foot was placed on the
step.
"Please, Mr. Kennedy," pleaded
Elaine, "let me go. They may lead to
my father's slayer."
She said it so earnestly that Craig
could scarcely have resisted if he had
wanted to do so.
.Tust as Elaine and Kennedy were
moving off I came out of the vacant
store, with Bennett and the detectives.
"Craig!" 1 cried. "Where are you
going?"
Kennedy stuck his head out of the
window, and I am quite sure that he
was not altogether displeased that I
was not with him.
"Chasing that limousine," he shout
ed
A moment later he and Elaine were
gone.
Bennett and I looked about.
"There are a coupleof cabs —down
there." I pointed ortfaT the other end
of the block. "I'll take one, you take
the othy."
Who, besides Bennett, went in the
other car I don't know, but it made no
difference, for we soon lost them. Our
driver, however, was a really clevei
fellow. Far ahead now we could see
the limousine drive around a corner,
making a dangerous swerve. Ken
nedy's cab followed, skidding danger
ously near a pole.
But the taxicab was no match for
OPEN NOSTRILS! END
A COLD OR CATARRH
Row To Get Relief When Read
and Nose are Stuffed Up.
Count fifty! Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears. Your clogged nos
trils will open, the air passages of your
head will clear and you can breathe
freely. No more snuffling,- hawking,
mucous discharge, dryness or headache;
no,struggling for breath at night.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply a
little of this fragrant antiseptic cream
in your nostrils. It penetrates through
every air passage of the head, soothing
and healing the swollen or Inflamed
mucous membrane, giving you instant
relief. Head colds and catarrh yield
like magic. Don't stay stuffed-up and
miserable. Relief is sure. —Adv.
the powerful limousine. On uptown
they went, the only thing preventing
the limousine from escaping being the
fear of pursuit by traffic police if the
driver let out speed. They were con
tent to manage to keep just far enough
ahead to be out of danger of having
Kenrftedy overhaul them. As for us,
we followed as best we could, on up
town, past the city line, and out into
the country.
There Kennedy lost sight alto
gether of the car he was trailing.
Worse than that, we lost sight of
Kennedy. Still we kept on blindly,
trusting to luck and common sense In
picking the road.
I was peering .ahead over the
driver's shoulder, the window down,
trying to direct him, when we ap
proached a fork in the road. Here
was a dilemma which must be decided
at once, rightly or wrongly.
As we neared the crossroad I gave
an involuntary exclamation. Beside
the ttiad, almost on it, lay the figure
of a man. Our driver pulled up with a
jerk and I was out of the car In an In
stant.
There lay Kennedy! Someone had
blackjacked him. He was groaning
and just beginning to show signs of
consciousness as I bent over.
"What's the matter, old man?" I
asked, helping him to his feet.
He looked about dazed a moment,
then seeing me and comprehending, he
pointed excitedly, but vaguely.
"Elaine!" he cried. "They've kid
naped Elaine!"
•••«•••
What had really happened, as we
learned later from Elaine and others,
was that when the crossroads was
reached the three crooks in the limou
sine had stopped long enough to speak
to an accomplice stationed there, ac
cording to their plan for a getaway.
He was a tough-looking individual who
might have been hoboing it to the citv.
To Be Continued
A TRAINLOADfF WOUNDED
GEEIBANS HOMEWARD BOUND
Geneva. Via Paris, March 3, 10.15
A. M.—Tho first trainload of maimed
German prisoners of war who ate to be
exchanged for wounded French soldiers
arrived here from Lyons, homeward
bound, at I). 15 o'clock last night. The
special glidded slowly into the station
between lanes of Swiss troops. The
cars were immediately boarded by Ued
Cross nurses in their uniforms of white
who distributed gifts of oranges, choco
late and other delicacies among the suf
ferers, relieving their French co-work
ers ot' the responsibility of caring for
the passengers. _
.Swiss government physicians went
rapidly through the train but found
that none of the 241) Germans aboard
required medical attention. All of them
seemed cheerful and contented. They
accepted gratefully the gifts showered
upon them. There was no demonstra
tion as the public was excluded from
the station while the special was there.
Most of the Germans had been crip
; pled by the loss of a leg or an arm and
! many of them had lost two limbs. They
j>paid tribute to the kind treatment they
| had received in French hospitals but ail
| declared they would be glad to reach
j home. After a long stop the train left
I for Schafihausen, at the northernmost
j pcint in Switzerland, where it will pass
j thp train carrying incapacitated French
j prisoners on their way home.
IT PAYS TO USE STAR
INDEPENDENT WANT ADS
Sunday School Class to Give Play
" How a Girl Keeps a Secret" is the
title of a play to be given by the Sun
day school class taught by 'Mrs. ißricker,
at the •('urtin Heights Methodist PJ'pis
co,al church, to-morrow night at 8
o 'clock. Admission will bp by ticket,
which will be on sale ut the door for
ten cents.
Sportsmen Seeking Charter
The Log House (lame Association
formed by local sportsmen for the pro
tection and propagation of game birds,
animals and fish, and the acquiring of
land for that purpose, has filed an ap
plication t'or a perpetual charter in the
office of Prothonotary Holler. The of
ficers are Harvey E. Knupp, president;
Edward Ci. Nisiev, of Penbrook, vice
president; Alfred Johnson, secretary,
and Joseph (Shisler, treasurer.
Nevada Easy Divorce Law to Stand
Ifeno, Nev., March 3.-^—Governor
Boyle's final attempt to obtain a ref
erendum on the easy divoree law has
been rejected by the Legislature, and
as a result there can be no change in
the measure by a vote of the people
within (he next two years.
New Amusement Park for Lsbaiicn
Lebanon, March 3.—Lebanon coun
ty may have a new amusement park this
summer. It will be located along ,the
Kphrata „an<l Lebanon street railway
line, about fifteen miles out of this
city. The ]>ark is to be known as Mt.
Springs Park and will eompriso thirty
six acres. '
Quick Belief for Coughs, Colds ana
Hoarseness. Clear the Voice—Fine for
Speakers and' Singers. 23c.
GORGAS' DRUG STORES
10 N. Third St. Fenna. Station
SHE DARKENED HER
CRAY HAIR
A Kansas City Lady Darkened Her
Gray Hair and Stimulated Its
Growth by a Simple
Home Process
She Tells How She Did It
A well-known resident, of Kansas
City, Mo., who darkened her gray hair
by a simple home process, made the
following statement: "Any lady or
I gentleman can darken their gray or
j faded hair, stimulate its growfti and
make it soft and glossy with this sim
ple recipe, which they can mix at
home. To half pint of water add 1 oz.
of bay rum, 1 small box of Barbo Com
ponnchaml % o z. of glycerine. These
ingredients can be purchased at any
drug store nt very little cost. Apply
to the hair every other day until the
gray hair is darkened sufficiently, then
every two weeks. This mixture re
lieves scalp troubles and is excellent
for dandruff and falling hair. It does
not stain the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy and does not rub off. It will
make a gray haiml person look 10 to
years younger."-—Adv.
KEPT FBOM THEIR LAWYER
Los Angeles Murder Defendants Not
Allowed to Meet Attorney
Los Angeles, March 3.—David Cap
lan and M. A. Schmidt, who have been
held to answer murder charges in con
nection with the destruction of the
rimes" building here in 1910, will
demand separate trials, according to H.
H. Appel, retained as attorney for them
by Anton Johannsen, general organizer
for the United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America, Ap
pel expects to have associated with
I him several attorneys familiar with the
[trials of the McNamara brothers.
• Caplan and Schmidt have not been
] allowed since their arrival here last
j week to confer with their attorney or
I to talk with each other.
VOTES FOR COMMISSION RULE
New Brunswick Changes Form of Gov
| ernment After Tax Rate Jumps
New Brunswick, N. J., March 3.
The city of New Brunswick adopted
I the commission form of government
| yesterday b,y a vote of 2,584 to 1,765.
j The total vote was about 80 per cent.
lof that cast last November. The pro
posal was carried in each of the six
wards. A special election to choose
the five commissioners will be held on
April G.
Tliq proposal first came before the
voters in 1911 and was beaten by
I 1,226 votcsj In 1913 it was beaten
j again, but fly only 57 votes.
The tax rato lumped twenty points
to 2.59 this year, and is credited with
having turned the scales.
Mummers to Hold Banquet
At a meeting of the Mummers' As
sociation held at police headquarters
last night plans were discussed for a
banquet. The date will be decided upon
at a meeting April 7. On the finance
committee are Clarence O. Baeken
stoss, chairman; Thomas J. Keesey,
William Orr, Kobert Buck, Sr., and J.
Grant Hoffman. The committee for the
banquet consists of William Orr, Robert
Buck, Sr., and H. M. Brooks.
Boy Breaks Leg
While playing near his home last
night Earl tHeagy. 15 years old,, 436
i-touth Cameron street, fell and broke
his letf leg. The youth was taken to
the Harrisburg hospieal, where the frac
ture was treated.
/ \
That Gough
Cancelled
If a cough or cold has made an
j engagement with you, you had bet
| ter cancel it quickly.
There is no room or even a tem-
I porarv welcome for any cough or
I cold —when you use
Tar, Tolu and White Pftie
Cough Syrup
25tf
Forney's Drug Store
<l2<» MARKET STREET
RICHARD BENNETTS CO-WORKERS TO PRESENT
"DAMAGED GOODS"
ifflKL r jUKf'wKLm
The attraction at the Majestic Satur
day, matinee and night, will be "Dam
aged Goods," the most widely discussed
drama which has been produced on the
American stage in two decades, not
only on account of the sensational feat-1
ures attending its first production in I
C. V. NEWS
DESERTED HIS WIFE THEM
SOUGHT jOiyORCE HER
Cumberland County Court Made Short
Work of Alleged False Charges as
Set Up by Samuel M. Handshew—
Case Dismissed
i _
Carlisle. March 3. —Alleging that
after he had left her and her two chil
dren, —one only two months old, at mid
nig'ht without a word (if warning, and
after contracting debts that took
practically every cent of his property
he had begun a divorce proceeding
charging her with desertion and had
failed to prwe his claims, John M.
Rliey, attorney for Mrs. Jennie M.
Handshew, of Middlesex, asked that
the proceedings in, the matter be set
aside.
Following an argument. Judge Sad
ler dismissed tile case and placed the
costs on the libellant, Samuel M.
Handshew, who is now in the West. .-V
number of divorces were granted an t
other matters taken up at the regular
session of argument court held, yester
day.
CONFESS TO THEFT CHARGES
Five Boys at Preliminary Hearing Ad
mit Entering Drug Store
Carlisle, March 3.—Each one having
entered a plea of guilty, the five Har
riaburg boys who were arrested last
week by Detective H. J. Bentley,
charged with having robbed the drug
store of 11. C. at Camp Hill,
yesterday were held for court by Jus
tice of the Peace, Warren G. Hughes,
following a hearing at the county jail,
Two of the boys, Howard Wilt awl
George Furman, gave bail for appear
ance and the other three, Charles
Breach, Arthur Brown and Charles
Sheaffer, were held at the county
prison, having been unable to secure
bail.
BRIBE CONVICTION STANDS
City Officials of Cumberland, Md., Must
Go to Jail
Cumberland, Md., .March 3.—The
Court of Appeals yesterday handed
down an opinion against City Commis
sioners T. A. K. Hummelshime v and
Ward M. Eichelberger and ex-City At
torney H. Bruce- Hummelshime, son of
the Commissioner, convicted af con
spiracy in attempt to secure a bribe.
The sentence is that the two Commis
sioners pay S2OO fine and he confined
three months in jail and Bruce Hummel
shime pass two months in jail and nav
SIOO fine. •
Th e th ree men sought to be paid
SBOO to secure favorable action on a
claim of about SS,OOO held against the
city by a contractor.
Grip Leads to Death
Gettysburg, March 3.—Mrs! Jacob
Kennedy died yesterday morning about
6 o'clock at her home near York
Spriugs aged 73 years, 10 months and
14 days.
Mrs. Kennedy had been ill for about
five days, and her condition was serious
for only a very short time before her
death. Grip, with complications, was
given as the cause. She was the widow
of the late Jacob Kennedy and before
marriage she was Miss Rachel Rebecca
Kinter, a daughter of Jacob and Eliza
beth Kinter. She was the last member
of her family.
Dr. Thomas E. E. Miller Dies
Hagerstown, Md., March 3. —Dr.
Thomas E. R. Miller, 71 years old, for
mer member of the Maryland Legisla
ture and extensive land owner in Fred
erick county, dropped dead in his office
at Lewistown. During the Civil war he
served in hospitals of the Eighth Army
Corps under General Wallace. He was
a Republican and served as Pension Ex
aminer under President Harrison. For
three years h e was County Health Offi
cer. He was one of the promoters of
the Washington, Frederick and Gettys
burg Railroad, which was absorbed by
the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway.
Lake Over Central Hotel
Waynesboro, March 3. —Messrs. Mor
•ds and Peyton V. Harbaugh, well
khown men of this plaee, will become
proprietors of the Central Hotel, Pub
lic Square, March 15.
They have secured a lease of the ho
tel property through John McCarney,
the present proprietor, and will make
application at once for the transfer of
New York City but also on account of
the startling frankness with which it
discusses a subject that has been tabbo
in the theatre for centuries. The very
frankness of the dramatist, however,
iiisarms the criticism of those who cus
tomarily attack the stage 04 account of
the suggestivenoss with which sex
j CAN'T FIND DANDRUFF j
Every bit of dandruff disappears after
one or two applications of Dandcriue
rubbed well into the scalp with the fin
ger tips. Get a 25-cent bottle of Dan
ilerine at any drug store and save your
hair. After n few applications you can't
find a particle of dandruff or any falling
hair, and the scalp will never itch.—
Adv.
the liquor license from Mr. McCarney
to themselves.
The new proprietors of Central are
experienced hotel men. Together they
conducted the Franklin House, Hagers
town, for twent.v-two months, disposing
of their interest three in October last.
LEGISLATION ON MEDICINE
Dr. B. F. Royer Tells County Medical
Society Preventive Methods
An illustrated lecture on preventive
medicine in Pennsylvania was deliv
ered by Dr. B. F. Royer, chief medical
inspector of the «tate Department ot
Health, before the Dauphin County
-Me,Heal (Society last night.
Dr. Hover said that Pennsylvania
was flip first state of the thirteen col
onies to pass legislation on medicine.
This occurred in 1-700 following an
outbreak of dysentery in Philadelphia.
The law was made more drastic in 1774
and has been on the statute books eVer
since. Nearly all legislation has been
passed after serious outbreaks of dis- v,
eases, sfeid'Dr. Boyer.
Boys Learn New Song
"The Plea for Voters" was the sub
ject of a new song learned by the Boys'
Bible Class of the Pennsylvania Hail
road Young Men's Christian Associ
ation last night. The song will be sung
for the support of the Governor at the
passing of the local option bill. In the
absence at their teacher, Ira P. Dean,
an illustrated lecture on "Winter" was
delivered to them. There was an at
tendance of 165 boys between 10 and
16 years of age. „
MANY EXECUTED AT SINGAPORE
Indian Mutiny Continues Serious, Trav
elers Report
■Manila, March 3.—Further reports
of the mutiny v in Singapore, brought
here by passengers on tilu> steamer St.
Egbert, show that the affair continues
to be serious and that hundreds of
mutineers who belonged to the Indian
troops arc still at large. The passen
gers also say that executions are taking
place every day in the public squares
of Singapore.
The latest information is that fif
teen Germans, instead of the seven orig
inally stated, joined the mutineers,
leaving the detection camp. Ten of
these have been recaptured and sen- **
tenced to long terms i<i prison. Part
of Singapore is still unsafe for foreign
ers, and sailors from the warships are
still on duty
Jokes on Way to Death House
Kocco Tassone, the Lancaster county
foreigner who is to he electrocuted as
the penalty for murdering Tony Col
lata, has ben removed to the Bellefonte
penitentiary. The Governor has direct
ed the electrocution to take place One
day next week. A. B* Landis, a former
sheriff of Lancaster county, accompa
nied Tassone. The condemned man
freely conversed with other passengers
on the train, joked and laughed and
appeared more like on who is bound for
a social function.
Mrs. Gorner Buried at Marietta
Marietta, March 3. —The body of
Mrs. George F. Gorner, who died in
Lancaster, was brought here for burial
yesterday, services being conducted by
the Rev. E. Elmer Sensenig, of the Re
formed church. Mrs. Gorner was about
00 years of age and is survived by her
husband and several children. She was
a native of Marietta.
Former Burgess Celebrates Birthday
Marietta, March 3. —Ex-Chief Burg
ess John Kugle, yesterday celebrated
his 69th birthday anniversary. He is
enjoying good health. Mr. Kugle served
in the Civil war with distinction, and
is one of the few guards left of the
body of Jefferson Davis, when he lay
in State, being attached to Dupont's
battery. He is the father of a lange
family, and twenty-three grandchildren
are in the clan.
People Ask Us 1
What is the best laxative? Years of
experience in selling all kinds leads us
to always recommend
tde*Ciea>
as the safest, surest and most satisfac
tory. bold only by us, 10 cents.
George A. Gorgaa.
' problems are usually discussed. In
. "Damaged Goods," the author, Eugene
1 Brieux, one of the forty immortal of
the French Academy, takes up the
weapons of truth against the shame of
innuendo and against the great con
spiracy of silence concerning the fumla
; J mental facts of life. —Adv.*