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PAGE TWO.
OKLAHOMA STATE REGISTER
The Exploits of Elaine
A Detective Hovel and a Motion Picture Drama
By ARTHUR B. REEVE
TWtW^-JCaw, Nmk and (be Creator ti lbe~Cr.it Kaa>t4y~$una
Pre «*t4 u> ColUborttMB Wrti fc« P.tfc. pl rm ud
tke Eclectic Film Cmaum*r
porx
port#rs. i
plati.
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rick *h:-
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bct-c
K«UD'-«1r.
**0 §;j>-
'iing t -
tYMOPtlft J* that Kenn^ly iuuj «oM
. " artificial] fwiri on a **a d. which be
tafoi* 1A the
rnJg Aocmc. tk* rmga fVTbea
| the porter ar*J a limp aid a tb* lib
* ig. Tbe mc* iw. of ex t hinge of tfce ju-j
cJctbea «u cade fcj e. and Craig ~H*r
(lapped a Vascji* l^ard on my wi'l a*
ChilL"
Mus i tie word * taalkned Ken- I kk<
aecy. "Ttw XBBst rnitggje us out afaa: .fy
the b&aae some *i.t" ote*
Kfta^Jr kwt bo time fa confim- firg r.
teg the smpk-jou of h.s bokuse&er at
to the cause of the death of the ln-
roo«t rknijBi of the naehinaiioas of
the Chat ch Lag Hand
Both of thea*. he had learned
bt*u renK-Tf-d to a nearby ondertah- b
i. ' "ke not et*oc t on
tatoe he rmpjdJv turned
>r be remarked. "This
* oor foeallai about the
ray."
itez to the table. eager to
curiosity and read the
i be indicated with hia
infra-red ray
I T4*"® ^'"r'"t-no***d *JT ar
. ~ ' J > L^Croax ar lusta® com-
r'joa of aon-reflecOag sarfju**. It ts
fhop, a*ait:ng the Terdict of the p*t>^Ur*y <fead?j 133 its f3«n oe the
' crooer. We e«jfb! ant the shop it«S*wr!iiv^
ET:
sad boec u *. n% Umt
Wvr- State* could
o&gae l'- wiwd them a
fcto a taJi beaJL^r, like
ie deliberately walked 1
wJ placed the beaker o
tnogt prom'Lent potit
Elaine and Bennett, t
f *U3y«etf. ga/<<j at hli
JBOQmfuJiy
box amd,
toward t
let cs fee the bodie
As Kennedy pu3>
from the face of x
disclose*! ob his t
br
i LeCi
but the ship
H\MTH EPISODE
XTJigllt gfc
1
the death ray.
aelf
I; * •, ay fT*mr d« ^
a -2 /-•«.>• ifr ■.< .,' * t x ar a • > kfnii Doi - ^ aswwered slow.
There s no telling bow far a fel*
l*o has to is marveioua power
ink I'd better leare, to
may not content him*
*ot outsiders always."
any of us co'jId say,
leadings of Elaine ber-
aelf, could move fjijjj Tti<- thought
that at eleven o'clock a third innocent
e* paaaerby might lie atricken on the
By aom«- intuition Craig se«-r; «-d to eemed to move him powerfully. |
know a ho it was. He sprang to open
ter.
ust getting In as
th this and
jh inkh por-
at tt
e rest
box
of
tagged
1 was
K*:. r>*dy
treatise Of^=
hanginif on
knock at the
re 4i#g a scientific
morning. ahJle I was
♦he typ" writer, a hen a
laboratory door disturbed
Ml
ot ev
Ibe door, and tb'-r«- stood Klaine
Oodge and h«-r laayer. Ferry Beanetc
laatjMstly OaJg read from the
■tartly look on Klaine's face tha'
fOMtkiOg dreadful bad hspperi^d
"^'by—what's tba matter?** he
ask«-d, acif' 'ousiy.
"A another letter—from the Cutcb-
|t<g Hand!" she exclaimed breath-
least y
fraJg took the letter and we both
r« ad, afth amazement:
of society*
luKffa^#- and
marked:
Scientific Instruments
Valuable
Handle With Care!
"Here—pile them in there.** she
said, indicating the taxicab. "Ill take
care of them."
Meanwhile one of our sinister-faced
"I'm so sorry—Craig." murmured f^ad* had just had time to regain
Elaine, choking back her emotion and •®Jor€ aftfr following us aboard
finding It impossible to go on sJllp arjd slroUlnc P^at the window
"B< am I. Elaine,** h« answered, I of °"T 'UteroonL paused long
down the shroud Next Kennedy opened the case
first victim he which he had taken out of the cab^
-ebead a round, inet. and from it he took out a plat-
•cark 1>j*a about the sire of a small Inum-asbestos mirror, which was
coin Quickly be moved to the next sor "thirg of hia own invention. He
coffin and. uneoeenng the face, dia-held it op, and in pantoroiiLe showed
Cir'T,r: a f:!r j!ar *^ark. ire just bow It would cut off the dead-
« Lat is itV I ask«*d. awe-struck, ly rays.
said J Te beard of a cer- He bad not finished even that, when
tain Viennese*, one LeCroix, I believe, a peculiar noise in the laboratory it-
wbo has discovered, or perfected, an ®^lf disturbed him. and he hastilv
ir.Jra red ray instrument which sbooU thrust the aabeatos-platinum shield
Its power a great distance wJth ex- Into bis pocket.
tr«-me ac uracy and leaves a mark "Tbousrh we had not realized it. our
like these ' return had been anticipated mrua-
V.e thanked the jndertaker for his Suddenly from a closet projected a great
courtesy and went out roaeazine pun and before we could • jdded door
Meanwhile Elajne had called up Per-move Clutching Hand himself slowly
ry Bennett. appeared behind us.
"Mr Bennett,** she exclaimed over We started to our feet, but in an to LeCroix
Kennedy bad voluntarily placed him
"Outside—a raid' Run! He's told
them:**
Already we could bear the ham-
mers and axes of the police whom
Kenned} had called upon before as
taej battered at this outside door
At that door a moment before the
lookout suddenly had given a startled
stare and a suppressed cry Glancing
down the street h^ had seen a police
liatrol in which were a score or more
cM the strong-arm 6<]uad. They had
;utnped out. 80mA carrying sledge-
hammers, others axes.
Almost before he could cry out and
retreat to give a warning they had
reacted the door and the first re-
> our dine blows had been struck.
The lookout quickly had fled and
arawc the bolts of a strong inner
-oor. and the police began battering
hitching Hand turned to
2e Fray machine,
m'" he shouted,
■ow backed up against a
v a! f the cellar. Ft
erg A ei Jgh lo bold us,
vr re a We to keep
m k of tfc ray The ray
eli a _ s*ruck the wall a
shot p;
crurrl
bit.
"Hurry!
Still
shouted
•t began to
nse heat.
• r*- having
the steel bolt-
was yielding a
tching Hand
. . If not.
tiwoy to wave the <~«/untr
>Un k tomorrow morn In* *nh-
*111 drop 4**4 out«i4'-
rtJI hm
Th* nut- wii tlfn-d by th* now fa-
ntllir dnlater lund, uii) had *<)<)"]
in It a pciatscrlpt which r<ad:
A* a token of hia leaving. !.«•. him
* v« * of flow*-r« In bb laboratory
wl/ 4vw today.
"What a hall w* do?" qu -r)«l fin
p«tt, arldotiilr rerr much alarm«d
It the letter.
"Do?" replied Kennedy, laughing
contemptuouily st the apparently fu
111#' threat, "Why, nothing Just
wait."
Ws got up as unual the nest day,
and quite early went over to the la bo
ratory. Kennedy, as was his custom,
plunged strslrhtwsy Into his work
find appeared absorbed by It, while I
wrote.
"There Is something queer going
on, Walter," be remarked. "This
thing registers some kind of wireless
fay*—Infra-red, 1 think—something
like those that they say that Italian
•dentist, T'Mvi, Halm* he has discov-
ered and called th<- Frays.'"
"flow do you know?" I asked, look-
ing up from my work "What's that
Instrument you are using*"
"A bolometer, invented by the late
Professor langley," he replied, bis
attention riveted on it.
Home fftne previously Kennedy bad
had Installed on the wiudow ledge one
of those niirrorllke arrangements,
known as a "busybody," wjjkh show
those In a room what is going on in
th| Jtfeet
•' As 1 moved over to look at the
bolometer I happened to glance into,
the "busybody' and saw that a crowd
wss rapidly collecting on the glde-
walk
^ "l-6ok, £ralg!*' 1 called hastily.
He hurried over to me and looked.
We could both see iu the busybody
jnfiror a group of excited passers-by
Jbi-'MlJng ovy u man ly'ng prostrate on
th'- aid* v-Mk
^.^2'he excited crowd ilfted him up and j rr®'*f about hia sudden resolution to
bore him away, and 1 turned in sur- W away. But It It a very solemn pro-
prise to < rslg He was looking ut his ' Ceding to pack up and ailmlt defeat
watch after such a brilliant succession of
It tfsH now only a few moments past M had been his until we met
tensely. "But—perhaps—when this
trouble blows over"-—
He pauaed, unable to go on. turned
and shook his bead. Then with a
forced gayety be bade Elaine and
Perry Bennett adieu saying that per
baps a trip might, do him good.
Tbey had scarcely gone out, and
Kennedy closed the door carefully,
when he turned and went directly to
the Instrument which I bad seen him
observing so Interestedly.
Plainly I could see that It vu reg.
Istering something.
He walked fairly close to the win-
dow this time, keeping well out of the
direct line of It, however, and there
stood gazing out Into the street
"We are being watched,** he said
slowly turning and looking at me fix-
edly. "but i don't dare Investigate lest
It cost the lives of more unfortunates."
He Mtood for a moment In deep
thought. Then be pulled out a suit
caae and began silently to pack It.
Although we had not dared to In-
vestigate. we knew that from a build-
ing a<*toss the street emissaries of
the Clutching Hand were watching
for our signal of surrender.
The fact was, as we found out later,
that in a poor!y furnished room, much
after the fashion of that which, with
the help of the authorities, we had
one# raided In-the suburbs, there w ere
at that moment two crooks.
One of them was the famous, or
rather Infamous, Professor I^ef'roix
1 be other was the young secretary of
the Clutching Hand.
This was the new headquarters of
the master criminal, very carefully
guarded
"Look!" cried LeCroix, very much
excited by the effect that had been
produced by his infra-red rays. "There
is the sign—the vase of flowers. We
have |ot him this tlmef"
LeCroix glyefyll^ p^uod a peculiar
Instrument beside him. Apparently
Jt was a combination of powerful elec-
tric arcs, the rays of which were shot
through a funnel-like arrangement
into a converted or, rather, a sort of
concentration apparatus from which
the dread power could be released
through a tubelike affair at the end.
It waa bis infra-red heat wave, F ray,
engine. ^
"I told you It would work!" cried
LeCroix. %
enough to observe one of the occu-
pants studying a map, while the other
was opening a bag.
"They're gone!" he said to the other
the wire, "just guess who called on instant found ourselves sprawling on
b**" the floor.
Who?" he answered; "I give it up " In the cabinet, beneath the labora-
"Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Jameson," tory table, another crook had been
she called back hidden and he tackled us with all
Is that so?" he returned. "Isn't the skill of an old football player,
that fine? I didn t think he was the against whom we had no defense
kind to run away like that. How did Four of them were upon us in-
It happen?" stantly.
Llaine quickly toid the story as I At the same time Thomas, the faith-
il i ^ ,e*s va,et of Benn*tt. had been dis-
Had she known it, how ever, Bennett's patched by the Clutching Hand to
valet. Thomaa. was at that very mo- rommandeer his master s roadster in
his absence, and. earning out the in-
structions. he had driven up before
Elaine s house at the very moment
when sbe was going out for a walk
Thomas Jumped out of the car and
sout hed his hat deferentially.
"A message from Mr. Bennett.
ma'am.4 he explained. "Mr. Kennedy
self in front of roe In the eli Carefully,
to avoid the ray, he took the asbestos-
platinum shield from his pocket and
slid It forward as best he could over
the wall to the spot where the rav
struck.
It reflected the ray.
But so powerful was it that even
that part of the ray which was deflect-
ed could be seen to strike the ceiling
In the corner, which was of wood. In-
stantly. before Kennedy could even
move the shield, the wood burst Into
flames.
Above us now smoke was pouring
into the room where the deflected ray
struck the floor and flames broke out.
"Confound him!" ground out Clutch-
ing Hand, as tbey saw It.
The other crooks backed away and
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CHATTANOOGA, TENN. *
Many a man spends all his ]lf<- i
ing for the unexpected that never na
pens.
It sometimes takes courage to insist
that you are right, but a lot more to
admit that you are wrong.
and Mr Bennett have sent me to ask ! Bt00d h<-8ita"n«. not knowing quite
you to eome over to the laboratory " what to d0
T'nsuspectlnglT, Blaine stepped into i v P0"0* hai1 ^ N"1* finished
the car ..d drove off battering in the door and had rushed
Instead, however, of turning and j '"'"'H* °"ter.pa8"gp
pulling up on the laboratory side of e flame" ,eaped UP- ,he
the street. Thomaa stopped opposite j C B clo8ed the last door lnto the
'• He got out and Elaine, thinking ' r00m'
that perhaps it was to save
time '
"Run!" shouted Clutching Hand,
that he bad not turned the car around Ithey. openpd a secret Bate, disclosing
followed. ' ' a ®I>,ra' night of iron steps.
The door was opened quicklv by a ' A mar?ent.la,er a)1 ha<i disappeared
lookout of the Clutching Hand and tha
valet asked if Craig and Elaine's law-
yer were in. Of course, the lookout
replied that they were, and before
Elaine knew it she was jostled ftato
the dark hallway.
And as the door slammed sh" caught
"Bon Voyage," Cried Elaine, Bravely Keeping Back a Choke in Her Voice.
as he rejoined him on the dock. giv.
Jerk of
ing a nod of hia head and
his thumb at the ship.
"Yes." added the other crook, "and
lost most of their baggage, too."
With a harsh, cruel laugh, the super-
criminal beckoned to her to folio
bim and look down through a small
trapdoor.
Unable now to resist, she did so.
ment listening at the portieres, in- There Bhe Baw u To that extent
tensely interested. valet had told the truth. Ken-
As Bennett hung up the receiver nHdy *as Btan,,inS deep thought,
Hlowly the car proceeded through Thomas entered the room while I sat 011 an old box, smoking
the streets up from the river front,' "lf anyone calls me," ordered Ben- "<5arette— very miserable.
followed by the taxicab, until at last ne"> the message, particularly ^ atching his chance, when the
the Ijodge mansion was reached. . " '8 from Miss Dodge." street was deserted, the Clutching
Elaiii<- sighed moodily as she walked "Yes, sir," nodded the valet with a "and and his followers had hustled
elowly In. • covert glance at hlg master UB ov''r to th" new hangout from the
"Here, Marie," she cried petu- ' " waB not long afterward that a labora,ory There they had met more
lantly to her maid, "take these wraps j ''nock sounded at the door of the new cr°o1" and had thrust us Into this vile
of mine." headquarters of the Clutching Hand hole'
I did not argue any further with
Din* o'clock
Home time later our door was ex-
citedly fluiik open and Elaine and
Perry Hennett arrived.
"I've Just beard of the accident!"
a he cried, fearfully. "Isn't It terrible!
What had we better do?"
For a few moments no one said a
word Then Kennedy began carefully
examining the bolometer and some
other recording Instruments he had,
while the rest of us watched, fasci-
nated.
Homebow that "busybody" seemed
to attract me. I could not resist look-
inn Into it from time to time as Ken-
nedy worked.
I was scarcely able to control my
excitement When again I saw the same
scene enacted on the sidewalk before
the laboratory. Hurriedly I looked at
my watch. It was ten o'clock!
f'ral*!" I cried "Another!"
Instantly be was at my side, gazing
eagerly There wan a second innocent
pedestrian lying on the sidewalk while
a crowd, alrnoat panic-stricken, gath-
ered about Irn.
"It's no use," he muttered, as we
gstbered about hint. "Were beaten.
I can't stand tbls sort of thing. I will
leave tomorrow to Houth America." I
I .bought Els I no Dodg' would faint
at '.he ..hock of his words coming so
•oon after the terrible occurrence out-
aide. She looked at him speechless.
HI * I) II III III >o*r-
this master criminal.
lie was unshakable, however, and
the ne*t morning we cloned the
laboratory and loaded our baggage
Into a taxicab.
Neither of us said much, but I saw
a quick look of appreciation on Craig's
fae« as we pulled up at the wharf
and saw that Elaine's car was already
there. He seemed deeply moved that
Elaine should come at such an early
hour to have a last word.
Our car stopped, and Kennedy I tlons whether to call for help or not
At a motion from Kennedy, as he
pulled off his wig, I pulled ofT the
little false beard.
Elaine looked at us, transformed.
moved over toward her car, direct-
ing two porters, whom I noticed that
he chose with care, to wait at one
side. One of them was an Irishman
with a slight limp; the other a wiry
Frenchman with a pointed beard
In spite of her pleadings, however,
Kennedy held to bis purpose, and as
we shook hands for the last time I
thought that Elaine would almost
break down.
We finally tore ourselves away,
followed by the porters carrying as
much as they could.
'Bon voyage!" called Elaine, brave-
ly keeping back n choke In her voice.
Near the gangplank, In the crowd, I
noticed a couple of sinister faces
watching the ship's officers and the
passengers going aboard. Kennedy's
quick eye spotted them, too. but he
did not show In any way that he no-
ticed an>thing as, followed by our two
Till > HF.F. IT ALL
A Moment later Aunt Josephine left! ^Crolx and the secretary were there, Aa th* various Ineffectual schemes
her and Elaine went into the library I as WPl1 as a couple of others. for **cap© surged through my head
and over to a table. She stood there j The Chief!" exclaimed one. happened to look up and caught
an instant, then sank down into a The secretary opened the door, *,ance of borror on Craig's face,
chair, taking up Kennedy s picture and- Bur® enough, the Clutching Hand fo,,owed his p-ves- There, above us,
and gazing at It with eyes filled with j (>nt«red. wa8 Elaine!
tears. i There came another knock. This 1 Baw ber look from us to the Clutch
JuBt then Jennings came Into the a" the door opened. It was ing Hand in terror. But none of us
room, ushering the two porters laden Thomas. Bennett s faithless valet, who Ottered a word.
with the boxes and bagB. | ©ntered. 1 now show you, my dear
"Where shall I have them put these ' "Bay," blurted out the informer, "do >'ounK lady," almost hissed the Clutch
you know Kennedy and Jameson are Hand at length, "a3 pretty a game
back?" of hide and seek as you have ever
"Hack?" cried the crooks. seen."
"Yes — tbey didn't go. Changed -^s Ba*d it another trapdoor near
clothes with the porters. I Just heard th* infra red ray machine was opened
Miss Dodge telling Mr. Bennett." anc* a beam of light burst through. I
Clutching Hand eyed him keenly, knew It was not that which we had to
then seemed to burst Into an ungov- fpar. but the invisible rays that ac
ernable fury. companled it, the rays that had af-
Qulckly he began volleying orders 'ected the bolometer.
at the valet and the others. Then, Ju t then a spot of light showed
w ith the secretary and two of thenear my foot, moving about the ce-
other crooks he left by another door went floor until it fell on my shoe. In-
from that by which he ha(f sent the stantly the leather charred, even be-
valpt fore I could move.
••••••• Kennedy and I leaped to our feet
Leaving the undertakers, Kennedy and drew back. The beam followed
and I made our way, keeping off1,8 We reteated further. Still It fol-
thoroughfares. to police headquarters, 'owed, Inexorably.
where, after making ourselves known, Clutching Hand was now holding
Craig made arrangements for a raid Elaine near the door where she could
on the ho - e across the street from not help seeing, laughing diabolically
things, Miss Elaine?" he inquired.
"Oh—anywhere," she answered hur-
riedly, replacing the picture.
Jennings paused. As he did so,
one of the porters limped forward.
"I've a message for you, miss," he
said in a rich Irish brogue, with a look
at Jennings, "to be delivered In pri-
vate."
Elaine glanced at him surprised.
Then she nodded to Jennings, who
disappeared As he did so. the Irish-
man limped to the door and drew to-
gether the portieres.
Then he came back closer to Elaine.
A moment she looked at him, not
qu'.te knowing from his strange ac-
Itartled
"Wh—what"—sbe stammered. "Oh—-
I'm—so—glad. How—"
Kennedy said nothing. He was
thoroughly enjoying her face.
"Don't you understand?" I ex-
plained. laughing merrily. "I admit
that I didn't, until that last minute
In the stateroom on the boat when
we didn't come back to wave a last
good by. Hut all the care that Craig
took in selecting the porters was the
ult of work he did yesterday, and
the Insistence vtlth which he chose
our traveling clothes had a deep-laid
purpOMu.
"The change was made quickly In
the stateroom Kennedy's man threw
on the mat and hat he wore, while
l> HOVIM, I'lCTI'ltKS—
the laboratory where he had seen the while he directed LeCroix and the rest
opera glass reflection. to work the infra-red ray apparatus
Then, as secretly as we had come, through the trap.
we went out again, letting ourselves we dodged from corner to corner,
Into the laboratory, stealthily looking ' "deavorlng to keep the red ray from
up and down the street We entered touching us, the crooks seemed in no
by a basement door, which Kennedy hurry, but rather to enjoy prolonging
carefully locked again. the torture, as does a cat with a
No sooner had we disappeared than ,noU8e-
one of the Clutching Hand's spies, ''lease-—oh, please—stop!" begged
who had been watching behind a bar-Klainfi
rel of rubbish, gave the signal of the Hutching Hand only laughed with
hand down the street to a confeder-.fiendish delight and urged his men on.
,ate, and, going to the door, entered by The thing was getting closer and
| means of a skeleton key. closer
I We entered our laboratory which Suddenly we heard a strange voice
Kennedy had closed the day before. r,n« out above us.
With shades drawn It now looked do- f'ollce!"
sertcd enough. "\Wri ' growled the Clutching
j Kennedy went over to a cabinet, ,Iand in fury-
and from it took out a notebook and
W4T1H FOR FASCINATING IE* MEL4l9fK* FILMS
except Clutching Hand himself. The
last #door would hold only a few sec-
onds. but Clutching Hand was waiting
to take advantage of even that. With
a last frantic efTort he sought to di-
rect the terrible ray at us. Elaine
acted instantly. With all her strength
she rushed forward, overturning the
machine.
Clutching Hand uttered a growl and
slowly raised his gun. taking aim with
the butt for a well-directed blow at
her head.
Just then the door yielded and a
policeman stuck his head and shoul-
ders through. His revolver rang out
and Clutching Hand's automatic flew
out of his grasp, giving him just
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ant your vaca-
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She Looked at Him Speechless.
enough time to dodge through and
slam the secret door in the faces of
the squad as they rushed in.
Back of the house Clutching Hand
and the other crooks were now pass-
ing through a bricked passage. The
fire had got so far beyond control by
this time that it drove the police back
from their efforts to open the secret
door. Thus the Clutching Hand had
made good his escape through the
passage which led out, as we later dis-
covered, to the railroad tracks along
the river.
Down there—Mr. Kennedy—and
Mr. Jameson," cried Elaine, pointing
at the trap which was hidden In the
strife.
The fire had gained terriflc head-
way, but the police seized a ladder
and stuck It down Into the basement
Choking and sputtering, half-suffo-
cated, we staggered up.
"Are you hurt?" asked Elaine, anx-
iously, taking Craig's arm.
"Not a bit—thanks to you!" he re-
plied, forgetting all In mietlng the
eager questioning of her wonderful
syes.
(TO HE CONTINUED )
IVJBBY WEEK.
YVjth its owu rails
the
cities in
o m a and
the Katy
can serve
.. ^y°u best, either
as a traveler or as a
shipper of freight.
&
•eok the opportunity of serving you and will cheerfully
furniah any information desired about rat«e and «ervicm
M. N. COCHHLL,
Ticket Agent Guthrie. Okla.
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Golobie, John. Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 1915, newspaper, June 24, 1915; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc169495/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.