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i The Exploits of Elaine IS
\; A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama |
- ~7 HBy ARTHUR B. REEVE ~ ;
II The Wetl-Known Novtlhi and Iht
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Presetted ia Collaboration WHfc the Pathe Players aad the Eclectic Flba Coeipaay
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Oopyrlirht, 1914, by the Star Company. All Foreign Bights Reserved.
CONTINUED
"All right," nodded Jennings, ex- I
amtning the order and finding it ap
parently all right.
Dan followed him in, taking the lad
der and bucket upstairs, where Aunt j
Josephine was still reading.
"The man to clean the windows,
ma'am," apologized Jennings. >
"Oh, very well." shrf nodded, taking !
op her book, to go. Then, recalling
the frequent Injunctions of Kennedy,
ehe paused long enough to speak j
quietly to Jennings.
"Stay here and watch him," she i
whispered as she went out.
Jennings nodded, while Dan opened <
a window and set to work.
Elaine now decided to go home. I
From his closed car, the Clutching
Hand gazed intently at the Dodge
house. He could see Dan on the lad
der, now washing the library window,
his back toward him.
Dan turned slowly and made the
sign of the hand. Turning to his
chauffeur, tho master criminal spoke
a few hurried words in a low tone and j
the driver hurried off.
4 . f ew minutes later the driver !
might have been seen entering a near
by drug store and going into the tele
phone booth. Without a moment's
hesitation he called upon the Dodge
house, and Marie, Elaine's maid, an- i
ewe red.
"Is Jennings there?" he asked. |
"Tell him a friend wants to speak
to him."
"Wait a minute," she answered. "I'll
get him." •
Marie went toward the library, leav
ing the telephone off the hook. Dan
was washing the windows, half in- !
side, half outside the house, while Jen
jiings was trying to be very busy, al
though it was apparent that he was
watching Dan closely.
"A friend of yours wants to speak j
to yon over the telephone, Jennings," j
said Marie, as she came into the
library.
The butler responded slowly, with a
teovert glance at Dan.
No sooner had they gone, however,
(than Dan climbed all the way into the
xoom, ran to the door and looked after
them. Then he ran to the window. J,
Across and down the street, the
Clutching Hand was gazing at the
house. He had seen Dan disappear j
and suspected that the time had come. !
Sure enough, there was the sign of
,the hand. He hastily got out of the
car and hurried up the street. All
■this time the chauffeur was keeping
Jennings busy over the telephone with
some trumped-up story.
As the master criminal came in by
the ladder through the open window,
Dan was on guard, listening down the
hallway. A signal from Dan, and
Clutching Hand Blld back of the por
tieres. Jennings was returning.
"I've finished these windows," an
nounced Dan as the butler reappeared.
"Now, I'll clean the hall windows."
Jennings followed like a shadow.
No sooner had they gone. than
Clutching Hand stealthily came from
behind the portieres.
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Kennedy Show* Elaine the Little
One of the maids was sweeping in
the hall as Dan went toward the win
dow, about to wash it.
"I wonder whether I locked those
windows?" muttered Jennings, paus
ing in the hallway. "I guess I'd bet
ter make sure."
He had taken only a step toward
the library again when Dan watchfully
caught sight of him. It would never
do to have Jennings snooping around
there now. Quick action was neces
sary. Dan knocked over a costly
Sevres vase.
"There—clumsy—see what you've
done!" berated Jennings, starting to.
pick up the pieces.
Dan had acted his part well and
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promptly. In the library Clutching
Hand was busily engaged at that mo
ment beside the secret panel search
ing for the spring that released it
He ran bis finger along the woodwork,
pausing here and there without suc
ceeding.
"Confound it!" he muttered, search
ing feverishly.
Kennedy, having made the arrange
ments with the telephone company by
which he had a clear wire from the
Dodge house to his laboratory, had re
joined me there and was putting on
the finishing touches on his installa
tion of the vocaphone.
Every now and then he would
switch it on, and we would listen in
it as he demonstrated the woftderful
little instrument to me. We had
heard the window cleaner and Jen:
nings, but thought nothing of it at
the tlmi.
Once, however, Craig paused, and I
saw him listening more intently than
usual.
"They've gone o&t," he muttered,
"but surely there Is some one in the
Dodge library."
"I listened, too. The thing was so
sensitive that even a whisper could
be magnified, and I certainly did hear
something.
Kennedy frowned. What was that
scratching noise? Could it be Jen
nings? Perhaps it was Rusty.
Just then we could distinguish a
sound as though someone had moved
about.
"No—that's not Jennings," cried
Craig. "He went out."
He looked at me a moment. The
same stealthy noise was repeated.
"It's the Clutching Hand!" he ex
claimed excitedly.
A moment later Dan hurried into
the Dodge library.
"For heaven's sake. Chief, hurry!"
he whispered hoarsely. "The Falsers
must have fallen down. The girl her
self Is coming!"
Dan himself had no time to waste.
He retreated into the hallway just as
Jennings was opening the door for
Elaine-
Marie took her wraps and left her,
while Elaine handed her numerous
packages to Jennings.
Dan watched every motion.
"Put them away, Jennings," she
said softly.
Jennings had obeyed and gone up
stairs. Elaine moved toward the li
brary. Dan took a quiet step or two
behind her, in the same direction.
In the library Clutching Hand was
now frantically searching for the
spring. He heard Elaine coming and
dodged behind the curtains again just
as she entered.
With a hasty look about, she saw
no one. Then she went quickly to the
panel, found the spring and pressed
it. So many queer things had hap
pened to her since she went out that
she had begun to worry over the safe
ty of the papers.
The panel opened. They were there,
all right. She opened the box and
took them out, hesitating to break the
seal before Kennedy arrived.
Stealthy and tigerlike, the Clutch-
Instrument That Baved Her Life.
ing Hand crept up behind h'er. As he
did so, Dan gazed in through the por
tieres from the hall.
With a spring. Clutching Hand
leaped at Elaine, sqptching at the par
pers. Elaine clung to them tenacious
ly, In spite of the surprise, and they
struggled for them, Clutching Hand
holding one hand over her mouth to
prevent her screaming. Instantly Dan
was there, aiding his chief.
"Choke her! Strangle her! Don't
let her scream!" he ground out.
They fought viciously. Would she
succeed? It was two desperate, un
scrupulous men against one frail girl.
Suddenly, from the man in armor
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in the corner, m tt by a miracle, earn*
a,deep, loud voice.
"Help! Help! Murder! PoUcel
They are strangling ■>•!" .
The effect was terrific.
Clutching Hand aad Dan, hardened
In crime as they were, fell back,
dazed, overcome for the moment at
the startling effect.
They looked about. Not a aoul.
Then, to their utter consternation,
from the helmet again came the deep,
▼ibrant warning.
"Help! Murder! Police!" '
Kennedy and I had been listening
over the vocaphone, for the moment
j nonplused at the fellow's daring.
| Then we heard from the uncanny
instrument: "For Heaven's saket
Chief, hurry. The. P&lsers have fallen
down. The girl herself is coming!"
i What it meant we did not snow. But
Craig was almost beside himself, at
| he ordered me to get the police by tet
ephone, if there was any way to block
them. Only instant action would count,
! however. What to do?
We could hear the master crlrn-
I inal plainly fumbling now.
"Yes, that's the Clutching hand," he
i repeated. v
"Walt," I cautioned, ''someone else
is coming!"
By a sort of instinct he seemed te
; recognize the sounds.
"Blaine!" he exclaimed, paling.
Instantly followed, in less than I
can tell it, the sounds of a suppressed
! shuffle.
"He has seized her —gagged her,"
i I cried in an agony of suspense.
We could now hear everything that
was going on In the library. Craig
was wildly excited. As for me, I was
speechless. Here was the vocaphone
we had installed. It had warned us.
But what could we do?
I looked blankly at Kennedy. Ho
was equal to the emergency.
Jie calmly turned the switch.
Then, at the top of his lung* he
shouted: "Help! H,elp! Police! They
are strangling me!"
I looked at him in amazement. What
did he think he could d>—blocks
away?
"It works both ways," lie muttered.
"Help! Murder! Police!"
We could hear the astonished curs-'
ing of the two men. Also, down the
hall, now, we could hear footsteps ap
proaching In answer to his call for
help—Aunt Josephine, Jennings, Marie
and 'others, all shouting out that there
were cries in the library.
"The deuce! What is it?" muttered
a gruff voice.
"The man in armor!" hissed Clutch
ing Hand.
"Here they come, too. Chief!"
There was a parting scuffle.
"There —take that!"
"A Jpud metallic ringing came from
the vocaphone.
Then silence!
What had happened?
In the library, recovering from their
crock of surprise, Dan cried out to
the Clutching Hand. "The deuce!
What is It?"
Then looking about. Clutching
Hand quickly took in the situation.
"The man in armor! 1 ' he pointed
out.
Dan was almost dead with fright
at the weird thing.
"Here they come, too, Chief," he
gasped, as, down the hall he could
hear the family shouting out' that
someone was in the library.
With a parting thrust, Clutching
Hand Bent Elaine reeling.
She held on to only a corner of the
papers. He had the greater part of
them. They were torn and destroyed,
anyway.
Finally, with all the venomousness
of which he was capable, Clutching
Hand rushed at the armor suit, drew
back his gloved flst, and let it shoot
out squarely in a vicious solar plexus
blow,
"There—take that!" he roared.
The suit rattled furiously. Out of
it spilled the vocaphone, with a bang
on the floor.
An instant later those In the hall
rushed in. But the Clutching Hand
and Dan were gone out of the win
dow, the criminal carrying the greater
part of the precious papers.
Some ran to Elaine, others to the
window. The ladder had been kicked
away, and th« criminals were gone.
Leaping Into the waiting car, they had
been whisked away.
"Hello! Hello! Hello!" called a
voice, apparently from nowhere.
"What Is that?" cried Elaine.
She had risen by this time, and was
gazing about, wondering at the strange
voice. Suddenly her eye fell on the
armor scattered all over the floor.
She spied the little oak box.
"Elaine!"
Apparently the voice came from
that. Besides it had a familiar ring
to her ears.
"Yes—Craig!" she cried.
"That is my vocaphone-r-the little
box that hears and talks," came back
to her. "Are you all right?"
"Yes—all right—thanks to the voca
phone."
She had understood in an instant
She seized the helmet and breastplate
to which the vocaphone still was at
tached and was holding them close to
herself.
Kennedy had been calltng and lis
tening intently over the machine, won
dering whether it had been put out of
business In some way.
'lt works—yet!" he cried excitedly
to me.
"Elaine!"
"Yes, Craig," came back over the
faithful little Instrument.
"Are you all right?"
"Yes—all right."
"Thank heaven!" breathed Craig,
pushing me aside.
Literally he kissed that vocaphone
as if It had been human!
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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GIRL LOSES UFE IN BLAZE
Brother Bisks Ufe in Vain Effort to
Save 8-year-old Sister aa
House Burns
Locust Gap, Pa., April B.—Mary
Glessner, 8 years old, was burned to
death and two others seriously injured
in a fire which destroyed the homes
ef John Glessner and Peter Sehoebor
early yesterday morning. William Gless
ner, 17 years old, was the first to
awake and attempt the rescue of his
seven sisters.
Groping his way aloug the hall,
Glessner was able to reach bis small
sister in a room at the rear of the
house. Throwing a blanket about her,
he staggered back to the window.
Breaking a window, he threw her down
to the crowd which had gathered. She
was caught in the arms of her frantic
father, who, with the aid of neighbors,
rescued six of his children.
"Mary is still in the house,"
shrioked the father as the flames leap
ed through the windows, and he tried
to return. The crowd prevented him,
but up above his son heard the cry and
he returned along the hall. At the
head of the stairs descending to the
second floor, where the child was
trapped, he was met with a rush of
flames.
A crash heralded' the fall of the sec
ond floor into the flames. William
dragged himself up to the third story
and hung over the window sash while
tho flames swirled around him. Then
he threw his body forward and fell to
the ground.
John- Glessner searched the ruins
with pitiful haste all morning. At 11
o'clock he found the charred bones of
his daughter. He is seriously burned.
The house was owned by th© Phila
delphia and Beading Coal ' and Iron
Company and the loss is $3,000, cov
ered by insurance.
SANITY TO COST HIM LITE
Slayer Who Recovers Mind to Be
Electrocuted Under New Law
Auburn, N. Y., April 8. —Antonio
Africano, sentenced to death nearly
two years ago, but later sent to the
State hospital at Damnemora after a,
commission had declared him insane,
has now been found sane by the au
i thorities of the institution and was
brought back to Auburn prison to be
executed. This action is taken under
a inew State law, which holds that an
insane murderer may be executed as
soon as he -recovers his reason.
Afrk-ano, who has been in Dan ne
mo ra prieon since September 212, 1913,
was convicted of killing Pietro Luci
ano, in Rochester, February 12, 1913.
Under the law, Governor Whitman is
required to fix a date for the execu
tion.
BURGLARS AFTER MARSHALL"
Vice President Had Just Taken Out
Insurance Against Robbery
Phoenix, Ariz., April 8. —"I tele
graphed last week for some burglar
insurance," Vice President Thomas R.
Marshiril said cheerfully when told
yesterday that his residence in Indian
apolis had been robbed. "I wooder
how I'll square myself with the insur
ance companies."
MT. Marshall was reached at the
home of his father-in-law, W. E. Kin-
Bey, at Scottodale.
It has not been learned if anything
of value was taken. Mr. Marshall 'a
neighbors found that a window had
been broken atnd that partly burned
matches had been scattered all over
the house, but seemingly no effort had
been made to open drawers or closets.
Lawyer's Removal Notice
C. H. Backenstoe, Esq., has removed
his law offices from No. 14 North Third
street to the Bergner building (Rooms
Noe. 203 and 204 second floor) north
west corner of Third and Market
streets, Harrisburg, Pa. (Entrance on
Third street).
Liveryman Takes His Life
Stroudsburg, Pa., April B.—William
Adams, a local liveryman, yesterday
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart. He was found a
few minutes after the shot was fired,
his clothing all ablaze. Business re
verses are the cause of suicide.
Son Killed by Train; Widow Critical
Shenandoah, Pa., April 8. —Thomas
Horan, Jr., 16 years old, t.he only son
of Mrs. Thomas Horan, widow, of Gi
rardville, was instantly killed yester
day by a Philadelphia express * train.
The mother is prostrated and in a criti
cal condition.
Boy Killed Under Trolley Oar
Mahanoy City, Pa., April B.—Rush
ing in front of a Schuylkill Railway
car at Mahanoy Plane yesterday, John
Dudash, 2 years old, son of Michael
Dudash, was cut in two before the pow
er could be shut off.
Ends Lovelorn Life -
Shenandoah, Pa., April 8. —Rejected
bv a pretty country girl, Bartholomew
Nascavage, aged 25, committed suicide
by drinking carbolic acid.
Asks for 1,000 Women Workers
Reading, Pa., April B.—.Miss Dora
Cain, in charge of the personal service
end of the Stough campaign, to begin
here the last week of this month, is
sued a call for 1,000 women for this
feature of the revival.
Three Held Prisoners Under Anto
Lancaster, Pa., April 8. —Three per
sons were held prisoners under an over
turned auto at Intercourse half an
hour. The car, driven by A. M. Rog
ers, tinsmith, of Intercourse, skidded,
struck a rock and overturned, pinning
beneath it Rogers, Miss Lucretia Eris
man and Miss Florence Pickel. A pas
serby discovered their plight. Rogers
is badly hurt.
c. v.
CARBIAUE WOUKS BVHNIH
Incendiary Thought to Have
Disastrous Fin
Ohambersburg, April B.—A Are be
lieved to be of incendiary origin) com
pletely destroyed .the carriage works
of L. B. Steck, formerly the shops of
Freeze & Shartle, yesterday rftorning
at 112.46. Within a short time the
property was completely destroyed to
gether with a number of vehicles un
der construction.
In than two hours the blaze
was gotten under control by the citi
zens and tlpe fire prevented from
spreading to adjoining buildings. The
loss will amount to several thousand
dollars, partly covered by insurance.
Dead at Age of 78
Waynesboro, April B.—Mrs. Eliza
beth (Bonebrake) Snively, wife of
David Snively, died at her homo a
short distance west of Waynosboro, at
7 o'clo(\k yesterday morning,'aged 78
years.
She suffered a cerebral hemorrhage
one week aigo and never rallied from
this.
Mrs. Snively was born February 5,
1'8'37, o>u the Dr. ,T. H. Koons farm,
east of town, the daughter of Daniel
and Margaret (Stoner) Bonebrake. Sbe
spent practically all of her life living
in this section."
Ran Auto Into Bank
Gettysburg, April B.—'Losing con
trol of his five passenger automobile,.
a 6 he was descending Heyser's Hill,
west of Fairfield, Tuesday afternoon,
Duke Woods, of York, wus forced to
run the car into a hank in order to
prevent serious injuries to himself
and the other occupants of the car
who included his wife, his mother,
Mrs. Woods, of Fairfield, ami Ilia aunt,
Mrs. Kate Sample, also of Fairfield.
Children Observe Curfew
Carlisle, April 8. —While officers
watched the streets until after 10
o'clock, they were unable to locate
any violators of the new curfew ordi
nance which went into effect Tuesday
evening. Liberal advertisement of the
provisions of the act have made it
generally known and 8.15 o'clock last
evening witnessed a general clearing
of the streets by the children under a
legal atge. " ,
Cattle Perish When Barn Burns
Ilagarstown, April 8. —Two horses
and one cow were killed yesterday in
a fire that burned a large frame barn
on Martin L. Smith's farm, tenanted
by Daniel Witmer, near
Ten steers were rescued.
WAR SWAMPS LIMBMAKERB
Glass Eyes Will Also Be in Demand
20 Tears Through It
Pittsburgh, April B.—Artificial limb
factories in Kngland, Germany and
France are utterly helpless under the
pressuro of orders for peg-legs and
arms. Consular appeals have been
made to manufacturers in this country
and factories here are swamped with
orders, which will result in overtime
for months.
C. W. Fcick, a local limb manufac
turer, says that artificial eves lujd noffos
oven will be in demand for the next
20 years as a result of the war.
The French Red Cross reports 15,000
amputations already, Mnke-believp legs
range in price from $35 to 1125; cheap
bucjcet arms, $12.50, while stumps
may be bought from $7.50 upward.
ROB PATIENT'S LONE WIFE
Masked Burglars Take Advantage of
Husband's Stay in Hospital
_ Hazleton, Pa., April 8. —Taking ad
vantage of Samson Jones, of Park
View, being in the State hospital, two
masked men broke into the Jones home
at night, woke up Mrs. Jones, com-
her to give up $35 which she
had concealed under her pillow and fled.
Mrs. Jones ran out of the house in
her nightclothes and alarmed the neigh
borhood, but no trace of the burglars
was found.
ROW FAT FOLKS
MAY BECOME SLIM
Be Moderate in Tour Diet, Breathe
Deeply, and Take a Little
Oil of Korein
Fat person, particularly those from
10 to 30 pounds above normal weight,
will be interested to learn that they
may easily reduce their weight without
starvation diet or tiresome exercise.
This can best be done by being mod
erate in yonr diet, so that you will not
over-tax your assimilative organs, by
getting plenty of resh air, by breathing
deeply and by taking a few drops of
011 of korein "four times a day.
Oil of korein may be obtained from
any good druggist in capsule form (five
drops to the capsule) take one capsule
after each meal and one before retiring
at night. They cost little, are abso
lutely harmless, are pleasant to take
ami are designed to reduce fntty ac
cumulations in the system wherever'
located.
Even a few days treatment should
show a noticeable reduction in weight,
the flesh should become firm, the skin
smooth and the general health im
proved, in fact your footsteps should
even become lighter, your work seem
easier and a lighter and more buoyant
feeling take possession of your whole
being.
Every person who is ten or fifteen
pounds over normal weight should
surely give this treatment a trial. You
will probably find that it is ju-t what
you need. —Adv.
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MANY FIRESYESTERDAY
Buildings cn Bonny meads Farms De
stroyed With 92,500 Loss—Local
Companies Save Nearby House
A series of fires in Harrisburg and
vicinity kept Harrisburg lire lighters
quite busy yesterday, when property
to the extent of several thousand dol
lars was destroyed. The heaviest of
these fires occurred at the Bonny
meads farms east of Paxtang, when
the home of James Pearl Gardner was
burned along with some valuable lum
ber and several small tool houses. The
loss was estimated at $2,500, which
would have been much higher had it
not been for the local companies who
kept the flames from igniting the resi
dence of Mrs. A. P. L. Dull.
The fire started when employes
built bonfires iu the field. A strong
wind arose and carried the sparks to
a pile of lumber. The l'arm hands tried
to extinguish the flames by haind ap
paratus, but it soon got beyond their
control.
In order to save the gardner's
house which stands nearby the Friend
ship chemical apparatus was sent for,
but before it arrived the house had
already caught fire. Assistant Fire
Chief Halbert then sent for the Hope
steam engine.
The engine was placed beside a
small brook and in a short time sev
eral streams were playing on the burn
ing building. At different times the
flames endangered the residence of
Mrs. Dull, but the firemen succeeded
in keeping them away from the build
ing.
I/ast might the firemen were again
called out to extinguish a fire at the
home of George Dash, 546 Camp
street. The fire was caused by the
exploding of an oil stove and iu a
short time the flames ate their way to
the adjoining house, occupied by
Charles Carman. The total loss was
at SSOO.
In the earlier part of the day a
number of other small fires, kept the
firemen on the run.
CORPSE NOT AN ASSET
Bill of Sale on Girl's Body After
Death Figures in Bankruptcy
Des Moines, April B.—The body of
Miss Do-lli% Morgan, of Donver, after
her death, would be of no value, aud
should mot be considered an asset or a
liability in the settlement of the busi
ness of Mose Levich, bankrupt, ac
cording to H. H,. Whitakcr, referee in
bankruptcy, who handed down a de
cision yesterday. This is the answer
to the question of Levich asking
whether the bill of sale that he holds
over Miss Morgan's body after her
death should be considered in the set
tlement of his affairs.
Levich came into possession of the
bill of sale in January, 1>907, when
the young woman entered his pawn
shop and, as security for a loan of
$lO, gave him the right to her body
after her death.
Cbnfew to Robbing Roommate
When William Gritniam, Joseph
Smith and Frank Miller applied at the
police station for lodging last night,
they were surprised to find they were
wanted there. The complaint was made
by Winfield Hershey, a roommate, who
said he was robbed of sl.lO. Later
the three confessed to the theft.
Bicycle Thieves Again At Work
Within a period of One hour three
bicycles wore reported to the police
yesterday afternoon as being stolen.
One wheel, owned by Thoma« Gama
lodo, was found. Ono of the other two
wheels was taken from 1313 North
Second street, and another from 105
North Second street. Another wheel,
the owner of which is not known, was
found at 36 Balm street.
Stroke Fatal to Wealthy Man
Sadsbury, Pa., April 8. —Joseph C.
Walker died yeWtcrdav on his 83d
birthday anniversary from a stroke.
He was considered the wealthiest man
in this section and was affiliated with
a number of banking institutions. He
was a graduate of the Unionville
Academy, amd was engaged in the mer
cantile business in this section many
years. He was one of the organizers
of the Gap National bank. He was a
member of the school board and leaves
a widow and several children.
YORK GETS NEW INDUSTRY
Standard Chain Company to Move Its
Plant at Marlon, Ind., to That City
York, Pa., April B.—The Standard
Chain Company yesterday announced
that it would move its plant at Ma
rion, .Ind., to this city as soon as im
provements to double the capacity of
the Ness plant in this city are com
pleted. The company has six plants
and a rolling mill, and it is stated that
its business is showing a marked im
provement.
The 'new buildings here will consist
of a chain forming department, 400
feet long and 78 feet wide, and a
welding and shipping department, 320
feet long and 176 feet wide, in addi
tion to an office building, 60 by 4'5
feet. the structures will be built
of brick and steel.
When the enlarged plant is in oper
ation employment will be given 800
men. About 150 men are employed 011
day and night shifts at present.
KANSAS WOMEN LOSE
Feminist Candidates Defeated In Leav
enworth and Sabetha
Topeka, Kan., April B.—Women
candidates for ofiice in the municipal
elections in Kansas Tuesday generally
fared badly at the hands of the voters.
Returns yesterday from Sabetha show
ed that out of a ticket composed en
tirely of women only one candidate
was elected. At Leavenworth, Mrs.
Iva Marshall, candidate for Mayor,
was. defeated 6 to 1 by E. W. Crancer,
re-elected. f
J. E. House, nowspaper writer and
author, was elected Mayor of Topeka.
C. W. Green was Te-cleeted Mayor
of Kansas City.
FIVE AUTO CRASH VICTIMS
One Woman May Have Been Injured
Fatally
Norristown, April B.—Five persons
were injured in an auto accident last
evening at Jeffersonville, when two
cars came together and one was push
ed into a telephome pole and badly
damaged, snapping the pole at the
base.
The injured were Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Williams, of Spring City, their
son, Charles Williams, 7 years old, aud
Mr. and Mrs. George Botz, also of
Spring City. Mrs. Botz received in
juries that may result fatally. Her
scalp was badly torn and she is suf
fering from concussion of the brain.
The others were all cut amd bruisod
but uo bones were broken. Botz was
the only one able to leavo the hospital
after having his injuries attended to.
Taking Care of the Children
No parent would consciously be care
less of the children. Joe A. Rozmarin,
Clarkson, Nebr., uses Foley's Honey aud
lar for his two children for croup,
coughs and colds. He savs, "We are
never without Foley's Honey and Tar
in the house." A distressing cough,
sleepless nights, and raw, inflamed
throat load to a run-down condition in
which the child is not able to resist con
tagious or infectious diseases. Foley's
Honey and Tar is truly healing and
prompt in action. It relieves coughs,
colds, croup and whooping cough. Geo.
A. Gorgas, 16 North Third street.
Adv. \
Bea Sells Home Farm
Altoqna, Pa., April B.—Samuel Rea,
president of the Pennsylvania railroad,
yesterday sold his farm in Turkey Val
ley, south of Hollidaysburg, to J. G.
Bagshaw, a farmer, who will take pos
session at once. The farm had been in
the family many years.
Argued About War, 24 Stabbed
Mt. Carmcl, Pa., April B.—Five Hun
garians were seriously stabbed and 19
Pfher foreigners received knife thrusts
in a riot at Exchange over an argument
on the European war. A number of the
combatants wore arrested.
To Attend Banquet at Reading
Fraink C. Hoffman, a past grand
chief of the Knights of Golden Eagle,
will attend the thirtieth anniversary
of Reading Castle No. 49, in the grand
ball room of the Hotel Berkshire to
morrow evening.
W. w. STRAUSBAUCH
MECHANO-THERAPIST
Remove 4 from 349 8. 13th St. to
Rooms 308 & 309, No. 8 Market Sq.,
Trustee Building