4 The Exploits of Elaine A Detective Novel and a Motion Pictarw Drama By ARTHUR & REEVE TheWell-Known Noveliit and the Creator of the"CrugKennedy M Stodet PrtMnhd in Collaboration With the Pathe Ph;«i aad tli* Eclectic Film Company Conrrifht. 1414. by the iar Comma Atl Foraun Alfhn laim CONTINUED . They pressed each other's hands and , Meanwhile In the front room Long Bin was on his feet again, brushing fcinuelf off and mopping up the blood. "It worked very well, Sam," he said to the servant. They were conrersing eagerly and laughing and did not bear a noise in Che back room. , A sinister figure had made its way ky means of a fire escape to a rear Elaine, Too Horror-stricken Even to Scream, Dropped the Knife and Bent Over Him. ■window that was not barred, and si lently he had stolen in on them. They turned at a slight noise and •aw him. Genuine fright was now on their faces as they looked at him, open mouthed. "What's all this?" he growled. "1 am known as the Clutching Hand. I allow no interference with my affairs. Tell me what you are doing here with Elaine Dodge." Their beady almond eyes flashed fear. The Clutching Hand moved me nacingly. There was nothing for the •stute Wong Long Sin to do but to fcubmit. With a low bow, Wong spread out bis Sands in surrender and submission. "I will tell you, honorable sir," he •aid at length. "Go on!" growled the criminal. Quickly Wong rehearsed what had happened from the moment the idea of blackmail entered his head. "How about Mary Carson?" asked Clutching Hand. "I saw her here." Wong gave a glance of almost su perstitious dread at the man. "She will be back—is here now,'/ he Added, opening the door at a knock *nd admitting her. Adventuress Mary had hurried back to see that all was right. This time was genuinely scared at the for bidding figure of which she had heard. "U is all right," pacified Wong. "Henceforth we work with the hon orable Clutching Hand." • ••••«# At home at last, Elaine sank down Into a deep library chair and stared •traight ahead. She saw visions of •frest and trial, of the terrible elec tric chair with herself in it, bound, of the giving of the fatal signal for turning on the current. Were such things as these going to happen to her, without Kennedy's help? Why had they quarreled? She buried her face in her hands and "wept. Then she could stand it no longer. Bhe had not taken off her street clothes. She rose and almost fled from the house. Kennedy and I were still in the la boratory when a knock sounded at the door. I went to the door and opened it. There stood Elaine Dodge. It was a complete surprise to Craig. "What is the matter?" he asked. She hesitated, then suddenly burst out, "Craig—l—l am—a murderess!" I had never before seen such a look on Craig's face as suddenly came over It Then she poured forth the story sub stantially as I have set it down, but without the explanation, which at that time was not known to any of us. • "Oh," expostulated Craig, there must be some mistake. It's impossible—im possible." "No," she asserted. "Look—here's my handkerchief all spotted with blood." / She opened the bag and displayed the blood-spotted handkerchief. He took it and examined it carefully. "Elain?," he said earnestly, not at All displeased I could see, that some thing had come up that might blot out the past unfortunate misunderstand ing, "there simply, must be something wrong here. Leave this handkerchief With me. I'll do my best." "Thank you," she said simply as j •he left the laboratory. Craig went to work abruptly without A word. On the laboratory table he placed his splendid microscope and several cases of slides, as well as innumerable mi cro-photographs. He had been work See " Exploits of ElaineTwelfth Episode, In Motion Pictures, Victoria Theatre, Saturday, May 8 READ THE STORY IN THE STAR-INDEPENDENT EVERY WEEK KiAJERISBURG- STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1915. ing ror some time when he looked up. "It Is dog's blood—not human blood," he said simply, "but what's the game back of all this —that's the main ques tion now." • •••••• It was not much later that Blaine received a Second visit from Mary. "Do you know why the servant al lowed us to leave the apartment?" whispered Mary with a glance about fearfully, as If the walls had ears. "No—why?" inquired Elaine anxious ly- "He's a tobg man who has been chosen to do away with the princq. He followed me, and says you have done his work for him. If you wll> give him ten thousand dollars for ex penses he will attend to hiding the body." Here, at least,was a way out. "It is the safest way out of the trouble. Yes, I'll do It. I'll stop at the bank now and get the money." They rose and Mary preceded her, eager to get away from the house. At the door, however, Elaine asked her to wait while she ran back on some pretext. Our telephone rang in the middle of our conversation on blood crys tals, and Kennedy himself answered It. It was Elaine asking Craig's ad vice. "They have offered to hush the thing up for ten thousand dollars," she said in a muffled voice. She seemed bent on doing it, and no amount of argument from him could stop her. She simply refused to ac cept the evidence of the blood crys tals as better than what her own evea told her she had seen and done. "Then wait for half an hour," he answered, without arguing further. "You can do that without exciting suspicion. Then go with her to her hotel and hand her over the money." "All right—l'll do It," she agreed. "What is the hotel?" Craig wrote on a slip of paper what she told bfm —"Room 509, Hottfl La Coste." Hastily he threw on his street coat "Go into the back room and get me a brace and bit, Walter,' he said. I did so. When I returned I saw had placed the detectascope and some stuff in a bag. He shoved In the brace and bit also. "Come on—hurry!" he urged. We must have made record time in getting to the La Coste. It was an or nate place, where merely to breathe was expensive. We entered, and by some excuse Kennedy contrived to get past the vigilant bell-hops. We passed the telephone switchboard and entered the elevator, getting ofl*at the fifth .floor. With a hasty glance up and down the corridor, to make sure no one was about, Kennedy <fame to Room 509, tMsn passed to the next room, 511, opening the door with a skeleton key. Quickly Craig went to the door which led to the next room. It was, of course, locked also. He listened a moment carefully. Not a sound. Quick ly, with an exclamation of satisfac tion, he opened that door also and went into 509. This room was much like that In which we had already been. He opened the hall door. "Watch here, Walter," he directed. "Let me know at the slightest alarm." Craig had already taken the brace and bit from the bag and started to bore through the wall In Room 611, selecting a epot behind a picture of a Spanish dancer —a spot directly back of her snapping black eyes. He fin ished quickly and inserted the detecta scope so that the lens fitted as an eye In the picture. The eye-piece was In room 611. Then he started to brush up the pieces of plaster on the floor. "Craig," I whispered hastily as I heard an elevator door, "someone's coming!" He hurried to the door and looked. "There they are," he said, as he saw Elaine and Mary rounding the corner of the hall. Across the hall, although we did not know It at the time, In room 540, al ready Wong Sin had taken up his star tlon, just to be handy. There be had been with hia servant, playing with his two trained white rats. Wong placed then up his capacious sleeves and carefully opened the door to look out. Unfortunately he was Just In time to see the door of 609 open and disclose us. We hurried Into 611 and shut the door. Kennedy mounted a chair and ap plied his eye to the detectascope. Just then Mary and Blaine entered the next room, Mary opening the door with a regular key. "Won't you step in?" she asked. Blaine did so and Mary hesitated In the hall. Wong Sin had slipped out on noiseless feet and taken ref uge behind some curtains. As he saw her alone, he beckoned, to- Mary. "There's a stranger In the next room," he whispered. "I don't like him. Take the money and as quickly as possible get out and go to my apartment." At the news that there was a sus picious stranger about Mary showed great alarm. Everything was so rap id now that the slightest hesitation meant disaster. Perhaps by quick ness even a suspicious stranger could be fooled, she reasoned. At any rate, Wong Sin was resourceful. She had better trust him. Mary followed Elaine Into the room, where she had seated herself already, and locked the door. "Have you the money there?" she asked. "Yes," nodded Elaine, taking out the package of bills which she had got from the bank during the half-hour delay. All this we could see by gazing al ternately through the detectascope. Elaine handed Mary the money. Mary counted It slowly, At last she looked up. "It's all right," she said. "Now, I'll take this to that tong leader. He's in a room only just across the hall." She went out. Mary had Just succeeded In getting on the elevator as Kennedy hurried down the hall. The door was closed and the car descended. He rang the push bell furiously, but there was no answer. He dashed back to the room with us and jerked the telephone receiver. "Hello —hello—hello!" he called. There seemed to be no way to get a connection. What was the mat ter? He hurried down the hall again. Down in the hotel lobby, with his follower, the Chinaman paused before the telephone switchboard, where two girls were at work. "You may go," ordered Wong, and, as his man left, he moved over close to the switchboard. Just as a call from 509 flashed up, Wong slipped the rings off his little fingers and loosened the white rats on the telephone switchboard Itself. With a shriek the telephone system of the Coste went temporarily out of business. • • • • • • * Kennedy had succeeded In finding the alcove of the floor clerk in charge of the fifth floor. There on his desk was an instrument having a stylus on the end of two arms, connected to a system of magnets. It was a telauto graph. Unceremoniously Craig pushed the clerk out of his seat and sat down himself. It was a last chance, now that the telephone was out of com mission. Downstairs in the hotel office, where the excitement had not spread to ev ery one, was the other end of the elec tric long-distance writer. It started to write, as Kennedy wrote, .upstairs: "House Detective —quick—hold wom an with blue chatelaine bag, getting out of elevator." The clerks downstairs saw it and shouted above the din of the rat-bait ing: "McCann—McCann!" The clerk had torn off the message from the telautograph register and handed It to the house man, who pushed his way to the desk. Quickly the detective called to the bell-hops. Together they hurried af ter the well-dressed woman who had just swept out of the elevator. Mary had already passed through the ex cited lobby and out, and was about to cross the street —safe. McCann and the bell-hops were now in full cry after her. Flight was use less. She took refuge in Indignation and threats. But McCann was obdurate. She passed quickly to tears and pleadings. It had no effect. They Insisted on leading her back. The game was up. "Here," cried Kennedy, "take her up in the elevator. I'll prove the case." • ••»••• "Now—not a word of who she Is in the papers, McCann," Kennedy con cluded, referring to Elaine. "You know. It wouldn't sound well for the La Coste. As for that woman—well, I've got the money back. You can take her off —make the charge." As the house man left with Mary I handed Craig his bag. We moved to ward the door, and as we etood there a moment with Elaine, he quietly hand ed over to her the big roll of money. If be had been less of a scientist, he might have understood the loolc on her face, but, with a nod to me, he turned and went. Ab she looked flret at him, then at the paltry ten thousand in her hand, Elaine stamped her little foot In vex ation. "I'm glad I didn't say anything more," ahe cried. "No—no—he shall beg my pardon first—there!" (TO BE CONTINUED.) One Spoonful Gives Astonishing Results Harrisbtirg residents are astonished at the QUICK results from the simple mixture of buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., known as Adler-i-ka. This rem edy acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel and is so THOROUGH a bowel cleanser that it is used successfully in appendieitis. ONE SPOONFUL' of Adler-i-ka relieves almost ANY CASE of constipation, sour, or gassy stomach. ONE MINUTE after you take it, the gasses rumble and pass out. O. A. Gorges, druggist, 16 North Third street and Pennsylvania Railroad Station.— Adv. NEW CODE PROVIDES FINE FOR FISBINC ON SUNDAY Game, Food and Bait Fishes of the Commonwealth Are Classified and Methods Prescribed for Taking Them From Public Waters The new fish code, as agroed upon in the Senate Committee on tiame and Fish, will very likely be tho law for the next two years. It prevents Sunday Ashing, except in boundary waters, un der a penalty of $25. The new code classifies the game, food and bait fishes of the Common wealth and provides that game fish may be taken only with rod, hook and iine, with not more than three hooks to each line during the open seasons. Bait fish may be taken at any timo with hook and line, or with minnow traps or dip nets not over three feet square, and food fish maybe taken with hook and line and outLiue at any time of the year. All other methods of ta king fish from the public waters are forbidden. The trout season is left as it is, but the size limit is abolished and a creol limit of 40 is established, it beiug made illegal to return to the water any trout that has been hooked. The seasou for other game is from June 15 to December 31, inclusive, and size limits arc established as fol lows: White bass, rock bass, grappie, of calico bass, six inches; small-mouth, large-mouth, yellow bass, striped bass, rock fish, lake or salmon trout, nine inches: blue pike, eight inches; wall eyed piko or Susuqeh&nna salmon, pick erel, 12 inches; muscallonge oj- western pike, 24 inches; sturgeon, five feet. The creel limits established are as follows: In possession at one time 12 largo or small-mouth bass, 25 rock bass, white bass, calico bass, crappie, pick erel, blue pike or pike perch, 4 muscal longe or western pike, 50 sun fish. The only fishing with nets in the in land waters will be in tidal streams or in the Susquehanna below McCall's Ferry dam. Improved provisions are included to govern dams and fishways and inlet pipes and better regulations and larger "powers for commercial hatcheries. The sale of game fish, ex cepting lake trout, blue pike, piko perch or wall-eyed pike, is prohibited except by licensed hatcheries. The pollution section is a repetition of the existing law.. The Commissioner of Fisheries is given power to distribute fish to the streams on forest reserve lauds, to the public schools and educational institu tions and to individuals for planting in streams, the banks of which are sub ject to private ownership, on tho writ ten application of one or more of the owners or lawful occupants of such lands, if the waters are suitable and if the applicants will agree to permit lawful fishing in said, waters by the public, the persons fishing being liable for any and all damage done, and also to distribute fish to waters where ad joining land owners are non-residents or who by habit or custom have permit ted the public to fish therein. The Commissioner also is empowered to make plantings when he deems wise in waters for which no application is made. it is made unlawful to apply for fish If the prohibits or prevents fishing by the public in water flowing over his land and the obtaining of fisV by false representations is made pun ishable. The Commissioner of Fisheries is given pover to designate nursery streams in which all fishing shall be prohibited after public notice in at least two papers in the county and aft er the posting of notices at the outlet and at intervals of 300 yards along said streams. Violation of the sanctu ary of a nursery stream calls for a fine of SIOO. Onr "JITNEY" Offer—Tills and 5c DON'T MISS THIS. Ou«. out this slip, enclose with Be to Foley & Co., Chicago, 111., writing your name and ad dress clearly. You will receive in re turn a trial package containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup; Foley Kidney Fills, for pains in sides and back, rheumatism, backache, kidney and bladder ailments; and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a whole some and thoroughly cleansing cathartic. Stout people enjoy them. Geo. A. Gorgas, 16 N. Third St. and P. R. R. Station. —Adv. , Rob Home of York's Ex-Mayor York, May 6. —A daylight robbery took place yesterday at the residence of ex-Mayor M. B. Gibson, diamonds and money being stolen, while members of the family were in the house. Mrs. Gibson met the intruder leaving the house by the front door. He told her he had gotten into the house in mis take and she believed him. Eight Years For Hold-up Pair Pottsville, May 6.—John Snyder and James Martin, identified as the masked highway robbers who had been terrifying Tamaqua, were convicted in court list evening and sentenced by Judge Koch to each serve years in jail. The masks, a pile of money they took from hold-up victims and a razor were among the exhibits in the case. Asks SIO,OOO For Husband's Death Reading, May 6. —Mrs. Annie M. Stitzel, of Hamburg, started suit in court here yeeterday against Neiman &. Saul, operators of a foundry at Hamburg, asking SIO,OM damages for the death of her husband, Frank Stit zel, following injuries he received while working at the defendants' plant. Dr. Nlles H. Shearer Dies York, Pa., May 6. —Dr. Niles H. Shearer, senior member of the firm of N. H. Shearer & Co., wholesale and retail druggists, died at his home here yesterday. He was for many years, a director of the York First National Bank. Dr. Shearer was 73 years old. r You Pa y Leas For Better Quality at Miller & Kades IIC tmmmm ——^ BHHHH The savings in prices on Furniture and Floor Coverings will pay you to buy at this big Department Furniture Store. l I Swing White Enameled Med- gg a k Another shipment of this cabinet has Complete V —— j v ' t " » Demonstration of £nglander Bed Couch Tn our window every day thin week. The illustration shown how this bed can be folded up and put out of the way until ready for use. Very simple in operation, compact, light and everlasting. A highly 8 Til useful household utility for emergency or regular use where space is pQ | HI Notice what an extremely small space is occupied by this bed when 1 ' | fag [ Jm folded. No loose parts. Splendidly constructed of best quality steel and C**«itß fine, heavy, brown canvas bottom or guaranteed rust-proof National i *^ UBt t ' ,e thing for sleeping porches. Easily rolled from one place to Cnflan4<> roiDAWW mV *• » another. During this demonstration a reduction of 25 per cent, will be given on all Englander products—Couch Beds, Cots and Unit-edge Springs. MILLER & KADES u| 7 NORTH MARKET SQUARE fjT ENTOMBED MI NEE RESCUED Workman Buried by Fall of Rock Taken Out Alive Wilkes-Barre, May 6. —'Buried be neath tons of coal and other fallen debris for nearly one hour, Jacob Dom brow yesterday was rescued alive from the mines of the W'Anamie colliery of the Lehiigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company. Dombrow was at work in his cham ber when the roof suddenly caved in carry down tons of rocks, coal and dirt. Workmen in an adjoining chamlber heard his cries and 'a first-aid corps was quickly organized to attempt his rescue. After working one hour, Dom brow was located and dug from be neath the fall. He warn unconseious but still alive. He was removed to a hos pital suffering from several fractured ribs, numerous lacerations a,ml severe bruises, but will recover. General O'Neill a Dinner Guest Allentown, May 6.—Surrounded by the friends of his boyhood, General Christopher T. O'Neill, recently pro moted by Governor Brunnbaugh from command of the Fourth regiment to that of the Fourth brigade, was guest of honor Tuesday night at a dinner tendered him by the Knights of Colum bus and the Ancient Order of Hibern ians. Following the dinner, General O'Neill was presented with the com plete accoutrements o fa brigadier. The presentation was made by Junes F. Gallagher. Hugh E. Crilly presided. Fink's XXX Derby Ale is especially strong in hops.—Adv. Aged Churchtown Woman Dies ■Marietta, May 6. —Mrs. Peter Fore man, of Ohurcfotown, 77 years old, died last night from t'he infirmities of age. She was a lifelong resident of Church town and her father helped found it. Besides her 'husband, a num'ber of chil dren and grandchildren survive. Amos W. Diesem Dies New Holland, May <5. —Amos W. Diesrm, KS years tfld, died yesterday from a complication of diseases. He was for many years connected with r'ne Downingtown and New 'Holland 'Rail road Company. He was a memiber of "the '.Methodist church. Missionary Society in Session Marietta, IMlay 6.—T'he thirty-tfhird annual session of the Woman's Mission ary Society of t'he Presbyterian church is 'being held here for several days. The Rev. Arthur Ritfhards and the Rev. An drew Brown are speakers. Many coun ties arc represented. Aged Landisville Woman Dies Landisville, May 6.—Mrs. Henry F. Stauffer, 80 years odd, died from the infirmities of age. She was a descend ant of t'he first inhabitants of this I/a-n --caster oounty village. "Besides 'her 'hus band, four children and a num'ber of grand children survive. Mothar and Tot Falls Down Stairs Holtwood, 'May 6.—While descending t'he stairs at her home yesterday <-a Try ing her two-year-old son, Mrs. James Armstrong was injured internally he sides breaking her left leg. The child was also seriously hurt. They fell to t'he bottom, a distance of fifteen feet. TUNNEL FOB HISTORIC MINE Drowned Portions to Be Regained— Supplied Monitor With Fuel Hazleton, May 6. —The Lehigh Valley Coal Company, which drove a mile lomj tunnel to save the coat of pumping' water out of Oneida mines and which will do the same for the Hazleton basin, h'3s ordered surveys for a drainage tube that will free the drowned-out portions of the Eckley aud Buck Mountain collieries. A new ibreaker is to be built at Buck Mountain to prepare the coal for market. The mine supplied fuel for the Monitor when it fought the Merrimac in 18'63 and is still able to make the fortunes of those who operate it. MADMAN AGAIN LOCKED UP Man Who Murdered Child 20 Years Ago Sent Back to Asylum Norrisrtown, Pa., May 6.—Armed with a heavy pair of shears anil threat ening to kill those who interfered with him, William Ijock, who more than 20 years ago murdered his baby by cutting its throat on the roof of his home at Harmonville, in Plymouth township, was picked up on the streets of Norris town yesterday and recommitted to the Norristown Hospital for the Tnsane. Lock was acquitted ofi killing his baby on the ground of insanity and sent to the Norristown Hospital for the Insane. After being a patient there for years he was discharged as cured and up to a few days ago, when he resigned, was attending the other patients. Rearrested as Prison Sentence Ends Lancaster, Pa., May 6. —Detective Broome, Lancaster, yesterday met • W. A. Wenrich, residing near Pottsville, at the door of the Lebanon county prison, where he had just finished a six months' sentence for stealing a horse in iMyerstown, and rearrested him on the charge of stealing W. H. Shirk's team at Ephrata ibefore his arrest for the other theft. He is now in the Lancas ter county prison awaiting a hearing. Old Invitations As Relics 'Marietta, I May 6.—William Hoover, of 'Lancaster, who 'is a retireil clerk, having served in that capacity for fifty, two years, is the [Assessor of old in vitations of which he is proud. They are of the (cried of the Civil war*and are quaint and neat in appearance. He has refused flattering offers for many of them. They include military and dance halls, picnics, et,e. IRON FENCES • Biaoksmlth & •' • • Prass Castings Work Promptly f , nmi M/VTAM t 1 11T11 ■ a Spec ally ExtouMd BT T T Trt ffrfltt t M tl B Structural All Stall Cedar 1111| 111111H111 BllffHC Wlllll 111 l Hll {IH ,ron Doors bj.i iui i |.i 11111 tjqm 111 iTy m i ujymJALa ani) Steel CASTINGS OK AM, DESCRIPTIONS M\I»K TO PATTERN Sole Agents For the Stewart Iron Works Co. Ell PAADCR JL OA Founders and ■ Ha llvUrttl A Ulfajp Machinists SHORT AND SOUTH STREETS HARRISBURG, PA. O. U. A. M. PICKS PHILADELPHIA State Council Selects H. O. Hotatein As Secretary Punmutawney, May 6.—Philadel phia was selected as the 191(5 conven tion city by Pennsylvania Council, Or der of United American Mechanics, ad journing here yesterday. The following officers were elected: State councillor, E. M. Dersheimer, Beaver Falls; State vice councillor, O. E. Schmader, Adamston; State coun cillor's secretary, H. O. Holstein, Har risburg; State chaplain, A. P. Barnum, Allenport; State inductor, Paul M. Fink, York; State eraminer, ,T. L. Sturm, Pittsburgh; inside protector, F. S. Reeser; outside protector, John Lon don, Big Run, and national delegate, J. Hillwick, Larendale. 2,700 QUIT AT MINES Nonunion Men and Wage Orievance Cause Trouble at Collieries Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May 6. —Two thousand men and boys at the Button wood and Parrish collieries of the Le high and .Wilkes-Barre Coal Company were idle yesterday because eleven men refused to join the miners' union. Meetings of the local unions have been called to settle the trouble. Pottsville, Pa., May 6.—Seven hun dred miners went on strike at the Oak hill Colliery, at Minersville yesterday. At a meeting held yesterday afternoon the employes decided to remain away until the wages are raised to what they claim is a scale equal to other col lieries. The miners also say they are being overcharged for powder furnish ed by the company. Aged Shenandoah Resident Dies Shenandoah, Pa., May 6.—Charlei O. Palmer, 76 years old, one of the pi oneer residents of Shenandoah, died yesterday. He was born in England and came to Shenandoah in 1870. Mr. Pal mer serveit as Justice of the Peace and a Borough Councilman for years, and in 1902 was elected Representative of the First Legislative District. He wa» one of the charter members of the Welsh Congregational church and a prominent Oda Fellow. $17,."500 Gift to Library Pottsville, Pa., May 6. —Trustees of the Pottsville Public Library announced yesterday that' they have received a gift of $17,500 for the library. The name of the donor was not made known.
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