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They take them freely A as soon as they feel indisposed I And Prevent Much Serious Illness "The Large»t Sale of Any Medicine in the World" At All DrufgUti, 10c., 25c. Directiont of special value to women with every box JUMPS BEFORE AUTO TO DIE Confused Man Foils All Efforts of Chauffeur to Save Him Lansdale, Pa., April 28.—Garrett Merklev, aged 45, a resident of this borough for many years, was killed yes terday afternoou by an automobile, which he failed to notice. The machine was running at low speed; but the driver, Paul Zimmer man, a local plumber, could not stop in time to prevent the accident, as Mark ley jumped directly in front of the machine, was crushed by its weight and die>d shortly afterward. All witnesses of the accident exonerated the driver. German Lutherans Meet at York York, Pa., April 2S.—Delegates be gan arriving last evening for the open ing session to-day of the convention of the Eastern district of the Missouri Synod of the German Evangelical Lu theran Church. The convention will open with a sermon by the Rev. P. Brand, of Pittsburgh. All of the discus sions will be in German. SPRING PICTURES Are Interesting There are many unusual scenes that you can snap with a good Cam era during Spring time. Clear views are to be obtained and landscape effects are distinct. We sell SENECA CAMERAS AND SUPPLIES $2.00 to $25.00 Forney's Drug Store 42« MARKET STREET $3.00 Excursion TO Washington, D. C. Via Reading Railway Sunday, May 9. Leave Harrisburg 2.40 A. M. i Hummelstown, .. 2.57 " " Swatara 3.02 " " Hershey, 3.05 " " Palmyra 3.12 " " Annville 3.21 " " Cleona 3.25 " i " Lebanon 3.32 " Arrive Washington, .. . 9.45 " Leave Washington, ... 6.10 P. M. j Capitol, Library, Art Gallery and Museums are open Sunday —____ ["MARY JANE" f Vacuum Cleaner IK is the host dirt catcher known. She frets all the /I* /fi dirt, all the dust, all the threads and straps of paper, ft I_J all the time. Fully guaranteed by the Cleveland Sue- tion (leaning Co. Call to see her, or have lis bring her to your Home, Church or Office and give you a free i demonstration. Af A Bell Phone No. 317J»J—United Phone No. H:ir,W j/f —^Bfl E. BLUMENSTINE H ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR 14 S. Court St., Harrisbnrg, Pa. J£ Jr Factory outlet for Fans, Mazda Lamps and Church Lighting Fix- TROOPER SHOT AS SUSPECT f Was Guarding Barn Near Butler From Black Hand tj Butler, Pa., April 28.—Michael Laf s fin. a member of Troop D, of the State i-j police, is in the Butler County Hospital ', in a serious condition as a result of be ing shot twice Monday at midnight r while on guard at the home of Joseph - [ Cazaleio. About a week ago an at i tempt was made to blow up the barn of Cazaleio and since then the place PI has been guarded by State troopers. j \ j Laftin was standing in the shadow s of the barn and was seon by Mrs. .! Cazaleio, who fired five shots at him, thinking that he was an agent of the i Black Hand. Nq arrests have been ■ . made. FIGHT FOR CZAR OR SUFFER Threats Said to Be Drawing Schuylkill I Region Russians I Pottsville, Pa.. April 28.—Russia ex-1 . ! pects to get 50,000 men from the! j United States, among its former sub ] i jects, to reinforce its armies this sum-! . j mer, declare leading Russians here. A, | number are leaving every day for Eu ijrope, and several scores left here yes terday. The men are reluctant to go; but, it is said they have been threatened with the confiscation of the lands of their parents and of all other relatives, if they refuse. Many leading Polanders in this coun ty have refused to aid the exodus, but instead have advised fellow-country i men to get naturalized speedily. j Buried With Military Honors Marietta. April 28.—The funeral of Joseph Miller held yesterday afternoon I from his late home was very largely at- j tended by relatives and friends from all 1 I sections of the State. The pallbearers were three nephews, John H. Miller, Ethelbert Miller. Harry S.Miller, Byrou j Lindemuth, IMarietta;' Frank Connellv anil George Connelly, Lancaster. The Rev. Mr. McGowan, of the First Pres byterian church, Lancaster, officiated. Burial was made in the Marietta ceme tery. A large American flag adorned the casket. Members of the G. A. R. ! were honorary pallbearers. Scratch on Thumb Causes His Death I York, Pa., April 2S.—A small scratch | on the thumb of William Reichard, of Olen Rock, caused his death Monday night. A few weeks ago Reichard scratched his thumb. Blood poisonine i set in. > Drowns in Old Mine Hole I Reading, Pa., April 28.—His coat and hat found hanging from a tree close I by led to the discovery here yesterday i of the suicide of Cyrus Oberholtzer, a ! farmer, by drowning in an old mine, ' hole on his farm at Wyomissiug. The j farmer had been missing since Mon day evening. Heat Causes Two Deaths ! Pittsburgh, April 28.—Heat which broke all local weather bureau records | for April 27 caused two deaths here {yesterday. Frank Heil, aged 81 years, collapsed an.l died in the yard at his home. Michael Lisko, 60 v'ears old, fell dead in his home near Bridgeville. UARRTSBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 28, 1915. FREE TRIPS TO ENGLAND FOR SKILLED WORKMEN London, April 28.—Free trips to j England and return are foreshadowed | for skilled workmen in the United | States and the colonies of Great Brit ; ain who are willing to fill the short j age among the armament firms in the I British Isles. i Francis D. Acland, financial secre j tary of the Treasury, announced in the j House of Commons yesterday after ! noon that the government wan taking : stej>s to obtain such help in the pro duction of munitions of war. Free 1 transportation would be arranged, he said, if suitable labor were discovered j without displacing the men already i effectively engaged in those countries. 13NEW CASESOFBERI-BERI ON KRONPRjNZ WILHELM Newport News, Va., April 28. Lieutenant Captain Thierfelder, of the German auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm, reported to Collector Hamil ton yesterday that thirteen new cases of beriberi had developed among the crew. This brings the total number of sick men up to 73. The raider will be interned this week at Norfolk Navy yard, it was said yesterday, and officers and men will be given the freedom of the cities i about Hampton Roads, as was done I with the crew of the Prinz Eitel Fried rich. The Kronprinz Wilhelm destroyed 14 merchant ships, which, with their cargoes were valued at $7,000,000. List of Canadian Casualties Ottawa, Out., April 28.—Lieuten ant Harvey B. McGuire, of the Fourth battalion, who died of wounds, was the only officer included in a list of seven killed while serving in the Canadian contingent, issued by the militia de partment yesterday. Twenty-three wounded, most of whom were privates, were on the list. British Clear Pacific of German Ships ! Melbourne, April 28.—1t is officially announced that a British warship has captured the German trading steam ship Hlfriede. The Elfriede is believed to have been the last German ship free in the Pacific. Louis Napoleon Goes to Rome Geneva, April 28.—Prince Louis Napoleon, brother of Prince Victor, head of the house of Bonaparte, left here Monday for Rome. It is declared he inte-nds to offer his services to Italy in the event of war. Auction Raises $200,000 for Red Cross London, April 28.—The sale at Christie's auction room on behalf of the Red Cross fund was concluded yes terday. A total of $200,000 was rea lized. Another $50,000 will be added to the fund through the generosity of John S. Sargent, the artist, and Sir Hugh Lane. Mr. Sargent will paint a portrait of Sir Hugh, who will pay $50,000 for it. This money will be presented by Mr. Sargent to the Red Cross. Effect of Tobacco Industry on Youths Boyerstown, Pa., April 28.—James C. Cronin. of the i dustrial board, State Department of Labor and Industry, will hold a public meeting here Friday for the purpose of investigating the tobacco and other industries, regarding the ef fects of employing children under the age of 16 years. It is said constant work about the tobacco industries is injurious to t<he health of young folk. Missing Man's Body Found Allentown, Pa., April 28.—Missing since Sunday the body of Wilson Wied er, blacksmith, was found hanging from a rafter of the Cherryville Hotel yesterday. He was separated from his wife. Domestic troubles preyed on him anil he was in tire habit of "relating his woes to the wife of his landlord. The Exploits of Elaine A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama ~r |By ARTHUR B. REEVE II ~ H The Well-Known Novtlltt and the II g Creator of th* "Cmif Kennedy'' Storiet II Praeoted io Collaboration With the Pathe Pla yen and the Eclectic Film Con emit Copyright, 1814, by the Btar Company All Foreign Rights Reservod^^^ ww** XJ.xi u JUXJ BYNOPSIB. The New Tork police are mystified by & ■eriea of murders and other crimes. The principal clue to the criminal Is the warn, ing letter which Is sent the victims, signed ■with a "clutching hand." The latest vic tim Qf the mysterious assassin Is Taylor Dodge, the insurance president. His daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Kennedy, the famous scientific detective, to try to unravel the mystery. What Kennedy ac complishes Is told by his friend Jameson, a newspaper nan. Enraged at the deter mined effort which Elaine and Craig Ken nedv are making to put an end to liis crimes, the Clutching Hand, as this strange criminal is known, resorts yi all sorts of the most diabolical schemes to put them out of the way. Each chapter story tells of a new plot against their lives and of the way the great de tective uses all his skill to save this pret ty girl and himself from death. ELEVENTH EPISODE THE HOUR OF THREE. With the otninouß forefinger of his Clutching Hand extended, the Master Criminal emphasized his instructions to his minions. "Perry Bennett, her lawyer, is in favor again with Elaine Dodge," he was saying. "She and Kennedy are on the outs even yet. But they may become reconciled. Then she'll have that fellow on our trail again. Before that happens we must 'get' her —see?" It was in ttie latest headquarters to which Craig had chased the crim inal, in one of the toughest parts of New York's great river front section. "Now," went on the Clutching Hand, "I want you, Slim, to follow them. See what they do—where they go. It's her birthday. Something's bound to occur that will give you a lead. All you've got to do is to use your head. Get me?" «*••••• It was, as Clutching Hand had said, Elaine's birthday. She had received many callers and congratulations, In numerable costly and beautiful to kens of remembrance from her count less friends and admirers. In the conservatory of the Dodge house Elaine, Aunt Josephine and Susie Mar tin were sitting discussing not only the happy occasion, bt< more, the many strange events of the past few weeks. "Well, said a familiar voice behind them, "what would a certain blonde young lady accept as a birthday pres ent from her family lawyer?" All three turned in surprise. "Oh, Mr. Bennett," cried Elaine. "How you startled us!" Elahte hesitated. She was thinking not so much of his words as of Ken nedy. To them all, however, it seemed that she was unable to make up her mind what, in the wealth of her luxury, what she would like. Su3ie Martin had been wondering whether, now that Bennett was here, she was not de trop. as she looked, at her wrist watch mechanically. As she did so, an idea occurred to her. "Why not one of these?" she cried impulsively, indicating the watch. "Fa ther has some beauties at the shop." "Oh, good," exclaimed Elaine, "how sweet!" "Then let's all go to the shop," said Bennett. "Miss Martin will personally conduct the tour, and we shall have our pick of the finest stock." It was too gay a party to notice a sinister figure following them in a cab. Chatting with animation, the three moved over to the watch counter, while the crook, with a determination not to risk missing anything, entered the shop door, too. "Mr. Thomas," asked Susie as her father's clerk bowed to them, "please show Miss Dodge the wrist watches father was telling about." Unobserved, the crook walked over near enough to hear what was going on. At last, with much banter and yet care, Elaine selected one that was in deed a beauty and was about to snap it on her dainty wrist when the clerk Interrupted. "I beg your pardon," he suggested, "but I'd advise you to leave it to be 1 regulated, if you please." Reluctantly Elaine handed It over to the clerk. A moment later they went out and entered the car again. As they did so. Slim, who had been ! looking over various things in the next case as if undecided, came up to the watch counter. "I'm making a present," he remarked confldentally to the clerk. "How about those bracelet watches?" The clerk pulled out some of the cheaper ones. "No," he said thoughtfully, pointing out a tray in the showcase, "something like those." He ended by picking out one iden- ! tically like that which Elaine had se- i lected, and started to pay for it. "Better have it regulated," repeated the clerk. "No," he objected hastily, shaking his head and paying the money quick ly. "It's a present—and I want It to night." He took the watch and left the store hurriedly. *•«»•»« In the laboratory, Kennedy was working over an oblong oak box, per taps eighteen Inches in length and \ See "Exploits of Elaine," Eleventh Episode, In Motion Pictures, Victoria Theatre, Saturday, May 1 . * READ THE STORY IN THE STAR-INDEPENDENT EVERY WEEK half as high. In the box I could see, besides other apparatus, two gooi sized spools of fine wire. "What's all that?" I asked inquisi tively. "Another of the new instruments that scientific detectives use," he re sponded, scarcely looking up, "a little magnetic wizard, the telegraphone." "Which is?" I prompted. "Something we detectives might use to take down and 'can' telephone con versations and other such conversa tions. When it is attached properly to a telephone, it records everything that is said over the wire. The record is not made mechanically on a cylin der, but electro-magnetically on this wire." Craig continued to tinker tantaliz lngly with the machine which had been invented by a Dane, Valdemar Poulsen. He had scarcely finished testing the telegraphone when the laboratory door opened and a clean-cut young man entered. Kennedy, I knew, had found that the routine work of the Clutching Hand case was beyond his limited time and had retained this young man, Raymond Chase, to attend to that. Just now what worried Craig was the situation with Elaine, and I fan cied that he had given Chase some commission In connection with that. "I've got it, Mr. Kennedy," greeted Chase with quiet modesty. "Good," responded Craig heartily. "I knew you would." "Got what?" I asked a moment later. Kennedy nodded for Chase to an swer. "I've located the new residence of Flirty Florrie," he replied. I saw what Kennedy was after at once. Flirty Florrie and Dan the Dude had caused the quarrel between him self and Elulne. Don the Dude was dead. But Flirty Florrie might be forced to explain it. "That's fine," he added, exultingly. "Now I'll clear that thing up." He took a hasty step to the tele phone, put his hand on Uie receiver and was about to take it off the hook. Then he paused, and I saw his face working. Finally his pride, for Kennedy's was a highly sensitive nature, got the bet , ter of him. "No," he said, half to himself, "not —yet." ♦ »•••»• Elaine had returned home. Alone, her thoughts naturally went back (o what had happened recently to interrupt a friendship which had been the sweetest in her life. "There must be some mistake," she murmured pensively to herself, think ing of the photograph Flirty had given her. "Oh, why did I send him away? Why didn't I believe him?" Mechanically, she put'out her hand to the telephone. She was about to take ofT the re ceiver, when something seemed to stay her hand. She wanted him to come to her. *•*••*» Craig's eye fell on the telegraphone, and an idea seemed to occur to him. "Walter, you and Chase bring that thing along," he said a moment later. At last we came to the apartment house at which Chase had located the ! woman. "Now, Chase," he directed, "you needn't go in with us. Walter and I ; can manage this now. But don't get i out of touch with me. I shall need | you any moment—certainly, tomor row." Kennedy slipped on a badge in scribed: "Telephone inspector." "Walter," he smiled, "you're elect- i ed my helper." We entered the apartment house hall and found a negro boy in charge ! of the switchboard. "You look over the switchboard, Kelly," he winked at me, "while I test j out the connections back here. There ' must be something wrong with the wires or there wouldn't be so many complaints." He had gone back to the switch board while the negro, still unsuspi cious, watched without understanding what it was all about. "I don't know," Craig muttered final- | ly for the benefit of the boy, "but I think I'll have to leave that tester, after all. Say, if I put it here, you'll ! have to be careful not to let anyone meddle with it. If you do, there'll be the deuce to pay. See?" Kennedy had already started to fas ten the telegraphone to the wires he had selected from the tangle. At last he finished and stood up. "Don't disturb it and don't let any one else touch it," he ordered. "Bet ter not tell anyone—that's the best : ■way. I'll be back for it tomorrow, j probably. "Yas, Bah," nodded the boy, with a bow, as he went out. • *••••• Back In the new hang-out, the Clutching Hand was laying down the law to his lieutenants and heelers, when Slim at last entered. "Huh!" growled the master crim- 1 inal, conveying the fact that he W»B considerably relieved to see him at ' last. "Where have you been? I've | been off on a little job myself, and I got back." Slim apologized profusely. "Yes, sir," he replied hastily, "well, I went over to the Dodge house, and I saw them finally. I followed them into a jewelry shop. That lawyer bought a wrist watch. So I bought one just like it. I thought perhaps we could—" "Dire it to me," growled Clutching Hand, seizing it the moment Slim dis played it. "And don't butt in—see?" From the capacioua desk the mas ter criminal pulled a set of small drills, viseß, and other Jeweler's tools and placed them on the table. "All right," he relented. "Now, do you see what I have Just thought of— no? This is just the chance. Look at me." , Carefully he plied his hands to the job, regardless of time. "There," he exclaimed at last, hold ing the watch where they could all see it. "See!" He pulled out the stem to set the hands and slowly twisted it between his thumb and finger. He turned the hands until they were almost at the point of three o'clock. Then he held the watch out where all could see. As the minute hand touched three, from the back of the case, as If from the chasing itself, a little needle, per haps a quarter of an inch, jumped out. It seemed to come from what looked like merely a small instect in the deco ration. "You see what will happen at the hour of three?" he asked. No one said a word, as he held up a vial which he had drawn from his pocket. On it they could read the la bel, "Riclnus." "One of the most powerful poisons in the world," he exclaimed. "Enough to kill a regiment!" They fairly gasped and looked at It with horror, exchanging glances. Opening the vial caiefully, he dipped in a thin piece of glass and placed a tiny drop in a receptacle back of the needle and on the needle itself. "I've set my invention to go off at three o'clock," he concluded. "To morrow forenoon, it will have to be delivered early—and I don't believe we shall be troubled any longer by Miss Elaine Dodge,'* he added, ven omously. Calmly he wrapped up the appar ently innocent engine of destruction and handed it to Slim. "See that she gets it in time," he said merely. "I will, sir," answered Slim, taking it gingerly. Flirty Florrie had returned that aft ernoon, late, from some expedition on which she had been sent. Rankling In her heart yet was the death of her lover, Dan the Dude. Thus, when she arrived home, she went to the telephone to report and called a number, 4494 Greenwich. "Hello, chief," she repeated. "This is Flirty. Have you done anything yet in the little matter we talked about?" "Say—be careful of names—over the wire," came a growl. "You know—what I mean." "Yes. The trick will be pulled off at three o'clock." "Good!" she exclaimed. "Good-by and thank you." With his well-known caution Clutching Hand did not even betray names over the telephone if he could help It. Flirty hung up the receiver with satisfaction. The manes of the de parted Dan might soon rest in peace I • *••••* The next day, early In the forenoon, a young man with a small package carefully done up came to the Dodge "From Martin's, the jeweler's, for Miss Dodge," he said to Jennings at *.he door. Elaine and Aunt Josephine were sitting in the library when Jennings announced him. "Oh, it's my watch," cried Elaine. "Show him in." Elaine put the watch on her wrist and admired it. "Is it all right?" asked Slim. "Yes, yes," answered Elaine. "You may go." *• • • • * * • Early the same morning Kennedy went around again to the apartment house and, cautious not to be seen by Flirty, recovered the telegraphone- Together we carried it to the labora tory. There he set up a little instrument that looked like a wedge sitting up on end, In the face of which was a dial. Through It he began to run the wire from the spools, and, taking an ear piece, put another on my head over my ears. He turned a switch and we listened eagerly. First came several calls from peo ple with bills, and she put them off most adroitly. Then we heard a call that caused Kennedy to look at me quickly, stop the machine and start at that point over again. "That's what I wanted." he said, as we listened in: "Give me 4494 Greenwich." "Hello." "Hello, chief. This Is Flirty. Have you done anything yet In the little matter we talked about?" "Say—be careful of names—over the wire." "You know—what I mean." "Yes, the trick will be pulled off at three o'clock." "Good! Good-by, and thank you!" "Good-by." Craig paused and considered a min- In the orange and grapefruit groves of the members of the Florida Citrus Exchange the pickers wear white gloves to protect the fruit. At the packing houses, the fruit is washed, assorted for size, wrapped in tissue paper and carefully packed by white gloved workers. No child labor is employed and no human hand touches the fruit. Florida Oranges and GrapefhiH Untouched by Human Hands from the Tree to the Consumer The Florida Citrus Exchange is s co operative. non-profit making associa tion of growers for the protection of consumers, dealers and producers. TJp-to-date grocers and fruit dealers have for sale Florida Citrus Exchange oranges and grapefruit. Tell your dealer that you want Exchange fruit. Booklet containing many recipes for the use of Florida oranges and grape fruit for four cents in stamps. FLORIDA CITRUS EXCHANGE 628 Citizens' Bank Building TAMPA, FLORIDA ute, then moved to the telephone. "There's only one thing to do, and that's to follow out my original scheme," he said energetically. "In formation, please." "Where is Greenwich 4494?" he asked a moment later. The minutes passed. "Thank you, sir," he cried, writing down on a pad an address on the West side, near the river front. Then turning to me. he exclaimed, "Walter, we've got him at last!" Craig rose and put on his hat and coat thrusting a pair of opera glasses into his pocket, in case we should want to observe the place at a dis tance. I followed him excitedly. The trail was hot. • »*•••• Kennedy and I came at last to the place on the West side where the crooked streets curved off. Instead of keeping on until he came to the place we sought, he turned off and quickly slipped behind the shelter of a fence. There was a broken board in the fence and he bent down, gaz ing through with the opera glasses. Across the lot was the new hangw out, a somewhat dilapidated, old-fash ioned brick house of several genera tions back. Through the glass we could see an evil-countenanced crook slinking along. He mounted the steps and rang the bell, turning as he waited. To Be Continued Four Graduate at Cross Roads School Wrightsville, April 28,—The con» men-cement exercises of the Cross Roads High school were very largely attended when a class of three young women and a young man were graduated. 'Misal: Margaret M. Manifold was the vale-' dictorian, and 'Miss Martha A. Miller* the salutatorian. Professor Charles K,- Kauffman presented the class. County,' Superintendent Stine was the orator of the exercises. The graduates were Mar* garet iM. 'Manifold, Ruth E. Keseji Martha A. Miller, John D. Hershner. t Dy rZT will relieve your indigestion. Many ' people in this town have used them : and we have yet to hear of a case . where they have failed. We know J, the formula. Sold only by us—2sc."£ a box. J George A. Gorgas L ' Pea Coal | is 25c cheaper. The pres-. out price of $4.95 for hard pea is the lowest in years and will hold good until July 1. Kelley is ready to; till all orders with the best? grades of Wilkes-Barre pea. H. M. KELLEY 6 CO. 1 N. Third Street Tenth and State Streets STEAMSHIPS BERMUDA Tkear CburmlnK lalnmU Are Sort •t The!* Rent S. S. "bERMUDIAN" hold* the record—«4u hour*—is the newest and only twin-screw steam ship sailing to Bermuda, and the only one landing passenger* at the dock at Hamilton without tianirer by tender. 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