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unday- Bee. At on WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Fair ond warmer. For Iowa (Jrnorally fair. For wenthor report see page 2. NEWS SECTION vaoxs on to tjomt. VOL. XXXIX-NO. 52. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOIININO, JUNE 12, 1910-SIX SECTIONS FORTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. WHEN. ROOSEVELT COMES BACK 1I0ME i Colonel Moore Talks of the Reception to Be Given the Former President. PROPOSES THAT IT BE NATIONAL The Omaha Tax Levied on the Man Who Kills and Eats Enemy France Adopts Plan for Dealing with Cannibal Natives of the French Kongo. i nORI.'FArX. France, June 11. (Special Cablegram. Cannibals who ornament their huts with the skulls of their victims are causing much trouble In the French Congo, according to Captain Prakos, who has Just arrived from Africa. "Governor General Merlin," said tho cap tain, "In the course of a tour of Inspection a few months ago, reached the shores of the Motaba river at the moment when a tribe of cannibals attacked, pillaged and SUITS AGAINST Coming and Going in Omaha MBS. CHARLTON IS CHICAGO YARDS KILLED1N ITALY Attorney General Prepares Bills Body of Wife of Former Omaha Man Alleging Violation of Interstate Commerce Act. is Found in the Bottom of Lake Como. PAPERS TO BE FILED TOMORROW S CLEARLY A CASE OF MURDER r Greeting Should Not Be Confined to Any One Section. , "WHOLE COUNTRY SHOULD HELP Tour of Many Other Large Cities is Proposed. OMAHA IS PUT UPON THE LIST Demonstration Should Re from Maine to California, with Rejoicing by All the People of the Land. NEW YORK. June 11. (Special Telegram) A national reception for Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, following hla arrival In New York, when cities and towns throughout the United States may have equal oppor tunity to display their honor and regard for the distinguished former president, la the suggestion made today by Colonel Alexan der p. Moore, the Pittsburg newspaper man, who declared recently that a gigantic conspiracy had been hatched to minimise the New York reception to Colonel Roosevelt. Colonel Moore Is In New Tork at present making arrangements for the western Pennsylvania delegation, nearly 5,000 strong, who will come here from Pittsburg on spe cial trains next Friday night to assist ' in welcoming the famous American to his native shore. "I have no quarrel with the New Tork committee on arrangements," said Colonel Moore tonight. "Perhaps the members know bent what New York wants to do for Colonel lloosevelt, but my opinion la that after the great tributes of foreign capitals, we Americans ought to outdo the foreign ' receptions If for no other reason than na tive pride or patriotic Jealousy. "No plana can be too big; no arrange ment too vast, and no reception too great for Theodore Roosevelt. It would be a sad plight, indeed. If this distinguished man 'would be allowed to return to his natlva heath and settle down among his fellow cltlsena with no other honor paid him save a. parade In the city of New York, wit nessed by residents of New York and by auch out-of-town people who can afford the time and money to travel to the metropolis. In Vorelgrn Lands. "There Is to be no great civic, state or national display, whereas In the foreign capitals persons of royal and noble blood ' i vied with one another to pay homage to our former president. "It may be a fact that familiarity with Colonel Roosevelt has lessened in the minds ef some the greatness and importance of the man. I sincerely hope this la not the caso. ; ' "It Is not alone- riiy opinion that some thing more than an initial demonstration In, ' New York ought to be done In greeting Rootevelt. The last month I have been in correspondenced with newspaper publishers throughout the United States and I find that sentiment is universal for a sort of triumphal tour for the former president through the country. The Idea is to show the workl What America can do in the way of honoring a distinguished home-corner when it tries. "When Colonel Roosevelt arrives here the proposition will be put up to him. If he o -will acquiesce, and I have no reason to be !eve he will not, the arrangements will be etarted at once for a series of grand demon eiratlona in various cities the country over. "Publishers with whom I have been In communication have gone no further than to fall In with the suggestion that the tour be made. No definite route has been sug gested; no details have been worked out, and nothing has been done towards plan ning a demonstration In any other city out side of New York. "It would seem a good plan to give the whole country u show. The east, west, north and soutl. all want to show regard for the former president. Doubtless each section would vie with the other to demon strate its affection for the ex-president. Omaha ou the Honte. -M I "The tour would, it carried to a success- ful conclusion, likely embrace the cities of Pittsburg, Columbus, Cleveland, Chicago, 8i. Paul. Omaha. Kansas City, Lincoln, ' I Denver, Bait Lake City, Portland, Seattle, k I San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, M Austin, Galveston, Mobile, Atlanta, Au ' gusta, Savannah, Washington, Baltimore. . Philadelphia and other points. I mention ( these cities at random, merely to show j how representative of the country entire the reception ought to be. Nothing has been definitely settled to indicate that the. demonstration will' take place, but It bus been suggested to me that It be carried out In the summer and fall. Am I say. the New - York committee likely knows what the city of New York vents, but the average out-of-town resi dent looks at It In a different light. The A person from Ohio, Illinois, Kankas, Ne braska, Colorado or Iowa sees in the New York demonstration a weak imitation of the splendid receptions given Colonel Roosevelt In foreign cities. "We want to do. something big. Just as America Is bigger and greater than any other country In the world, Just ao should the celebration over the home-coming of one of our foremost cltlxens be too biggest. people of every suction equal opportunity i . k. -1 . l .t.ur. I T I rat CI fh IV VVlVJ IHVU cillUMs.i.-i - " - - - - noise of the Fourth of July sweeps from California to Maine, so ought the wave of raloiclnsv over the safe ' home-coming Of former President Roosevelt do the same. No one city can adequately express the de cree of the whole people. Let the States and cities link their hands and If Colonel Roosevelt Is In sympathy with the propost- tlon, a celebration will be accorded, the like K ik flf which has not been seen In many a A f year." " South Dakota Printing; Contract. PlBftRia, 8. June 11. Special.) The state printing contracts for the next year were let here today. The bidders were Hip pie Printing company. News Printing com pany, State Publishing company, and Mark 1. Scott. The Hippie Co. secured fourteen contracts, including the bills of both houses for the session, and the laws. The State IMbllshlng Co., secured four contracts. In cli'i the Journals of both houses. The jdiT fubllhlng Co., and Mark 1). Scott. .Jr. n secured the work oa eleven different si la report burned a village of peaceful natives, the captives being actually cooked and eaten General Merlin decided that a lesson was necessary and ordered me to take charge of a punitive expedition. The troops, dl vlded Into throe columns', advanced over extremely marshy country, often marching waist deep In water. Indescribable hard ships were encountered, subsistence not be ing brought under convoy, btlng almost unobtainable. Finally, however, we sur rovnded the Ill-armed savages. Our force of 600 lost forty men, but the kws of the wages was mucn heavier. After tne vie tory we divided the territory Into districts and established a government, with tho re sult that the taxes for 1910 will be nearly double those of 1900. "We imposed a fine of $16 for each skull fouiy! In the possession of the natives who had been accustomed to taking their cap tlves to the outskirts of the posts, killing and eating them and then decorating the huts with the skulls. This tax wo found to be efficacious In suppressing cannibal ism." College Athlete Turns Burglar Raymond Wvlie. Formet Pennsyl vania Student, Caught, in Act of Looting Residence. L08 i ANGELES, June 11. Raymond Wyley, the former University of Pennsyl vanla athlete, was repentant when he awoke today in the city prison, where he was Incarcerated last night after his capture In the residence of James M. Yankle, which he had been caught In the act of looting. Wyley declared today that he had em barked, upon his brief career of burglary after a quarrel over finances with the pro prietress of a seaside hotel at Venice. He became desperate, he declared, and resolved that he must have money. . Arming himself with a revolver, he came to this city yesterday, visited a number of saloons, and in the evening walked into the residence district and selected the Yankle home fof the beglnlng of his operations. Following the athlete's surprise by Mr. Yankle and the summons of assistance, 'It required the efforts of twelve men to sub due and bind him. , Wyley when searched had three diamond rings and a gold stick pin and a gold neck lace which .he had taken from the Yankle home. ine arrest of Raymond Wyley In Los Angeles caused surprise at Rutherford, N, J., and the contiguous New Jersey towns wnere tne wyley family Is prominently known. Friends of the family say that Wyley must have suffered a nervous break down. Vindication for Fred Dennett Committee Finds Congressman Hitch ; cock's Charge Against Land Office Without Merit. WASHINGTON, June 11. A complete vindication of Commissioner Fred Dennett of the general land office of all the charges of reckless expenditures, brought againa him by Representative Hitchcock of Ne braska, a democrat, will be tho report of the majority of the house committee on In terlor department expenditures. -ir mere is a minority report, it prac tlcally will bo based on the allegation of favoritism and unauthorized expenditures for "Jack" Ballinger'a trip across the con tinent from Washington to Seattle, where he left the government service to go into private service. 'Jack" Balllnger Is a nephew of Secre tary Balllnger and Mr. Ill heock claimed that the young man Intended to resign when he left here nd that the allowances of his traveling expenses and per diem pay, under a designation of "special tem porary Inspector" cf offices, was a "final rake-off" and an "outrage to the treasury." The majority report will say that R. A. Balllnger was not then In public office and nobody had any Idea that he would be secretary of the Interior. Preacher lilt by (hank of Coal. BOONE, la., June ll.-(8pecial Telegram.) The Rev. George H. Eaps, Baptist pas tor, was seriously Injured yesterday while standing at the coal chutes of the Boone Block Coat company. A chunk of coal weighing 600 pounds fell, striking him on the back. His condition today Is critical. Auto Pirates Take Joy Ride and Fix Broken Car "Auto pirates" has superseded "Joy riders," if the writers of a letter found In a car taken from IT North Twenty-sixth street last night are to be believed. The nomenclature Is certainly more picturesque than "hogs of the roid." and the epistle shows that the perpetrators of tike raid are as fully alive to the courtesies and amenities of life as the gentlemen of the sea who ever scuttled ship or cut a throat with all the grace of a stately don. Two hours after the auto vanished from the Won of its owner It was discovered a few blocks away and pinned to the seat was the following emanation from the brains of the pirates: "Mr. Somebody Dear Sir: Joy riders er auto pirates, as we are sorastlmea called. Charge that Terminal Railroad Com panies Fail to Post Tariffs. BULK OF TRAFFIC INTERSTATE Relation of Junction Company to the Big Trunk Lines. REBATING IS ALSO ALLEGED Corporation Is Charged with Paying Fifty Thousand Dollars Annu ally to One Firm to Btlm- nlate Business. WASHINGTON, June 11. Under lnstruc tlons from Attyrncy General Wlckersham, William a Kenyon, assistant to the at lorney general, is expected to file today in the United States circuit court at Chicago a bill In equity against certain Chicago stock yards companies for alleged rebating on freight charges. The bill of the attorney general was pre pared at the request of the Interstate Com merce commission, which is the complala ant in the proceedings. It Is directed against the Union Stock Yards and Transit company, the Chicago Junction Railway company, the Chicago Junction Railway and Union Stock Yards company and Louis Pfaelzer & Sons. It Is alleged In the bill that the tracks of the Chicago Junction Railway company are controlled by corporations subsidiary to the Union Stock Yards company. The railway company handles all Incoming and outgoing stock for the Union stock yards at Chicago. It Is alleged that the live stock freight Is delivered to the Chicago Juiction from all the trunk lines entering Chicago and by It delivered to the Unlrn stock yards, that specific sums per car are paid by the trunk line carriers for this service. Including the loading and unload ing of stock cars, yet no tariff is filed by the Junction company, nor Is the charge in cluded In any tariff filled by the trunk line carriers with the Interstate Commerce commission. It further Is alleged that the Junction Railroad company serves approx imately 650 industries in and about the stock yards district of Chicago, and that all of the tracks operated by the 'Junction company are owned solely by the stock yards company. . No Charges Published. The complaint alleges that none of the charges made by. the Junction railway on freight, either Incoming or outgoing, Is published or filed through the Interstate Commerce commission, although the bulk of traffic is Interstate commerce. The slock yards company advanced to the trunk lines all charges, 'and twice each' week collect from the consignees the money It has ad vanced to the railroads for the transporta tion of stock from points outside the state of Illinois to the stock yards. It Is declared In the bill that two-thirds of ..the net earnings and revenue received by the Junction company Inure to the bene fit of the stock yards 'company. Louis Pfaelzer - & Sons are engaged In general 'packing business near the site of the Union Stock Yards company. The firm purchases live stock at the stock yards, and it also purchases live stock at points outside the state of Illinois, which It ships from points of origin to the Union stock yards on through bills of lading over the lines of the Junction company In connection with the original trunk line carriers. Rebate Payment Alleged. It is alleged that Louis Pfaelser & Sons have entered into a contract with the Stock Yards company from which the Stock Yards company will pay to that firm 150,000, fully guaranteed, "ostensibly for the pur pose of encouraging, developing and retain ing at or near the stock yards in Chicago the business of said Louis Pfaelzer & Sons,' and also Increase the earnings of the June tlon company by announcing the amount of property transported by the Junction com ipany In interstate commerce. The government further alleges that the payment of the $30,000 to the Louis Pfalfezer & Sons will constitute In effect a rebate and an unlawful discrimination, and will amount to the charging of a less freight tariff for the freight of Louis Pfalfezer 4 Sons, which It Is the duty of the Junction company to file with the Interstate Com merce commission; thus constituting a vio lation of what Is commonly known as the Elklns law. The government therefore asks that the defendants be required to appear before the circuit court to answer the charges Jn the bill of complaint, a-nd that meantime the defendants be restrained by the court from carrying Into effect any agreement alleged to be in violation of law, and that the Chicago Junction company be required to file with the Interstate Commerce com mission tariffs for the transportation of freight which It handles In Interstate com merce. Bill "Will . Filed Monday. CHICAGO, June 11. The bill charging re bating against the Union Stock Yards and Transit company, etc., probably will be filed here on Monday. W. H. Kenyon, the government lawyer, who Is expected to 1 file the document, declared that It was at present In the hands of Examiner Lamb of the Interstate Commerce commission. enjoyed a fine ride this evening In your car which, no doubt, you know, and wish to thank you for the ride and the gasoline we used while driving over the boulevards, highways and byewaya and beautiful ave nues of the city. We also wish to con gratulate you upon your car. We found It as smart as a top, and a fine machine for speeding. We hope we have taken good care of It and we hope you will find It in as good condition as It was when we started. Most gratefully yours, "AUTO PIRATES." When the machine was whirled off tbe boilers were leaking and the owner had left it on the street while he went to see about having it placed in efficient order for traveling. Local ACTION IN PULLMAN CASE Order Lowering Rates on Sleeping Car Berths Will Stand. NEW MOVE BY RAILROADS Propose to Place an Extra Charge of Their Own When Paasenircra Hide In the llih Grada . Cars. . i . ': - . CHICAGO, June 11. (Special Telegram.) Judges of the United States circuit court this afternoon denied the motion for a preliminary Injunction made by the Pull man company and the Great Northern Railway company, restraining the Inter state Commerce commission from reducing the price of berths In sleeping cars. Judge Grosscup spoke for the Judges of the court at 2 o'clock, after they had listened to arguments for four hours,' say ing: "Additional facts, which Attorney Llnd ley, representing the Great Northern rail way, had Introduced In his argument, should have been presented to the Inter state Commerce commission. "Railroads ought to take notice that we hesitate about having cases brought here that have not been before the com mission," he added. In denying the motion for the preliminary Injunction. The Pullman and . the Great Northern companies sought a preliminary Injunction restraining the commission from reducing the rates of berths In sleeping car between Chicago and points in the northwest. The commission ordered the , price, of lower bertha reduced, the order,. to become ef fective June 1. The Pullman company be gan a suit hi' the United States circuit court, In an effort to prevent the enforce ment of the order. The commission, con tinued the date, .when the order is to become effective until July 1. . Higher Pay for Seats. Pullman sleeping cars excited Interest elsewhere than In court today: Passengers on railroad trains will be forced to pay extra for the privilege of purchasing places . In Pullman cars, if a plan now being considered by the east ern roads Is put into effect. For years it has been the aim of eastern trunk lines to Institute a "class system," similar in a great degree to that prevaling in Europe. J Has Been a Failure, been up to the present a failure, owing to the refusal of certain of the weaker eastern lines to enter Into such an agreeement and the fear of the stronger systems that they would lose patronage unless all of the competing lines were in the deal. "If the general public does not raise a big hullaballoo, the move for a universal raise in fares of passengers, who ride In (Continued on. Second Page.) A few things were lost last week. They are advertised in the want columns today. A few were found. They are also advertised. Head these little treasures. Every one of them. They will be interesting and Profitable. They make spicy reading. Good employers are advertising for servants. Good servants are advertising for places. There are bargains of every de scription ranging from second hand lawn mowers to homes. Many other advertisements ap pear which are worth reading. EVERYBODY READS ", BEE )ViiI ..u Events as Viewed by The Bee's Artist. t Other Arrests in Sugar Cases Are Probable Announcement that Three More Men . Have Made Full Confessions Foreshadows Sensations. ' NEW, YORK, June 11. Hint bf further prosecutions In connection with the sugar under-weighing frauds was given today by Special Prosecutor Henry L. Stlmson, when the two men convicted last night were brought up for sentence. Preceding this a respite was won by Charles O. Heike and Ernst W. Gerbracht. Judge Martin suspended sentence until August 30, pending an appeal. Ball was fixed at $25,000 each, the present ball -of $5,000 for Heike and $10,000 for Gerbracht being continued until Wednesday. James F. Dandernagle was paroled on his own recognlzan6e. It Is considered doubt ful if his case is1 further prosecuted. James A, Halligan, the checker, . and Harry W. Walker, the assistant dock superintendent, who pleaded guilty, were sentenced to three months each on Black- well's Island. ' . Sentence in the case of Jeane Volker, who Is confined to his bed In a dying con dition, was suspended. Adding to their attorneys' plea for clem ercy, for Halligan, Voelker and Walker, Prosecutor Stlmson made the announce ment that since the men had pleaded guilty they had made a full confession and the government now was . acting on the In formation that had been received from the men. This appeared to foreshadow further prosecutions and caused something of a sensation. ' . i THREE SOUTH DAKOTA PLACES IN DOUBT Lieutenant Governor, Land Commis sioner, Railroad Commissioner Still In Balance. PIERRE, S. . V., June 11. Three places on the South Dakota republican ticket still remain in doubt lieutenant governor, land commissioner and railroad commissioner. It will probably take the official returns to decide these contests. It Is conceded today that Johnson, treasurer, and Anderson, auditor (stalwarts), and Polley, secretary of state; Johnson, attorney general, Law rence, superintendent of public instruction (progressives), are nominated. Nrbraakans Sail for Bremen Tuesday. 'NEW YORK. June 11. (Special . Tele gram.) Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark, Miss UeKsle Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heit man, Mixs Caroline and Arthur Heltman of Lincoln, Mrs. William Schwanke, Mr. and Mrs. G. Koopman of Howells, Neb., will sail for Bremen Tuesday on the Kaiser Wllhelm. General Wood Balls for Home. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, June 11 Major General Leonard Wood, who visited Buenos Ayres, as the representative of the American government at the Argentina centennial, sailed today for home, where matter require hla early attention. Rent Fifteen Feet Long Torn in French Submarine CALAIS, France, June 11. The manner of the sinking of the French submarine Pluvtose' was revealed today when the superstructure emerged at low tide. A rent fifteen feet long and two feet wide was found In the stern where the submerged craft had been struck by the channel steamer Pas De Calais. Two bodies were recovered before the rising tide again closed over (he wreck. The Pluvloso was sunk with Its crew of twenty-seven men In the English channel two miles off the French coast on May M. Since that time wreckers have been en gaged at every high tide- in 'owing thu submarine ashore. X Wm Impossible to MONEY MARKET LOOKS GOOD Suit Brought Against Railroads Dis turbs Securities. ARMISTICE RESTORES CONFIDENCE James J. Hill Reported to Bo the Field to Dispose of f MO,. 000,000 of Bonds of Ills Roads. tu NEW YORK, June 11. (Special Tele gram.) This has been a spectacular week In the stock market and the further rise of stocks on Wednesday was as sensational as the drop when the government began suit against ' the j-allroadB last week Wednesday's rise dfil not remain perma nent. much to the regret of the Investors. Up till today the market sagged with tendency downward.' The undertone has been and Is Btlll,'' uncertain too prone to inriuenco ana not rirm and unshaken as It should be In a normal market. Aside fom stock market operations, this has beetle, good week for the New York money market, Local banks ' gained their currency operations 3,lu0,000. Ac cording to the Saturday returns there was a gain of $3,806,000 on operations with th Interior Institutions which offset a loss of $706,000 to the. government on operation with tho United States subtreasury. currency $2,232,000 was received from Of In ienor insuiuuons, ana S2,37B,ouo was Bhlpped direct. The action of the Bank of England In reducing lis minimum discount rate from SVi to 3 per cent was expected, hence created no effect here. No Alans of Trouble. The instability of the stock market I due to several things. One of the principal causes la the Washington program. With congress tinkering with affairs and In stltutlona which form the business founda tlons of this country, the market Is tobe a little shaky. The small menacing attitude of the federal power toward organized capital, the rectrlcting features of the administration railroad bill, the postal savings bank bill, and the apparent aim of the government Judiciary depart ment to Interfere In railroad matters constitute a series of causes whoBe effect 1b uncertain. Weather conditions, which are always a factor, owing to crops are very unsatisfactory. ' However, there la no pessimism. There la no cause for gloom. Because Wall street has seen fit to dump several million var ious stocks upon a suspecting market and get away with it, there Is no cause for alarm. Viewed from a dispassionate angle there Is nothing In the railroad situation to caune unrest. President Taft and the railroad heads have agreed upon at least tempo rary terms. The armistice will become permanent before danger develops. As evi dence of this the Harrlman system has placed orders with the Baldwin Locomo tive Works In Philadelphia for eighty- (Continued on Second Page.) raise the wreck to the surface. Today In the shallow water of the Jetty the super strucfWe rose to view and the first thor ough examination was posslblo. The body of Helmsman Lebraton, clad In oilskins, was found at hla post In the steer ing tower. The trap door leading from the tower to the compartment below was closed. A second body had been recovered when the returning tide forced the sus pennion of the operations. As It is now established that the hull Is filled wlih water, holes will be drilled through the plates to make possible the removal of the other bodies. The funeral for the lust crew will be attended by Presi dent t'alllerts and the cabinet. Brother of the Woman Talks of Com mission of the Crime. I UNABLE TO DISCOVER MOTIVE Had Gone Abroad, Intending to Remain Three Years. WERE ON THEIR WEDDING TRIP Seven Wounds in the Head of the Victim, Corps Wraped In I lota and Then Plaeed in a Trunk. I FORT It. G. WRIGHT. EASTERN LONG ISLAND (via New London), June 11. (Special Telegram.) "I am now con vinced that my sister. Mrs. Porter Charl ton, Is dead, but 1 accuse no man. I am Ignorant of any motive, and I have no Information which would help me to solve the mystery." That was the statement made, tonight by Captain Henry illarrlson Scott, U. S. A., brother of Mrs. Mary Scott-Castle Charlton, the American woman whose dead body was found In a trunk at the bottom of Lake Como in Italy and whose mysterious death has shocked the world. Captain Scott got his first Intimation of his sister's death from the nowspapers, nd It was not until today that he re ceived confirmation of It. Situated at Fort Wright, on an lnlnnd twenty miles from New London, Conn., ho Is com pletely out of touch with the world, for he can be reached only by long distance telephone or wireless. Fort Wright Is at the eastern extremity of Long IsTand, the nearest town being New London, Conn., across Long Island sound. "For twenty hours I have been at tempting to conjure up In my brain soma solution of this tragedy," said Captain Scott "At first I relied upon thtf hope that the dead woman was not my sister, but I felt strangely certain all along that It was she. Before she sailed she said that sho and her husband Intended visit ing in Italy and mentioned Como as on of the Bpots where thfcy anticipated spending some time in a quiet cottage by the lakeside. "I have noe seen my sister for some months. I never saw her present husband. Porter Charlton, son of Paul Charlton, formerly of Omaha, but more recently' of Washington and Baltimore. I was not present at the wedding, Not that I ob jected to the marriage, but because It was a very quiet affair and I did not feel called on to attend. Last month I received two letters, one from Mr. Charlton and the other from my sister. Both were dated April 16, and postmarked New York. The letters told of the wedding, and saying they were sailing either on that day or the following day for Europe. They planned to spend three years abroad, going first to Italy, where they lntenden living for some months. From Italy they were going to France, remaining in Paris some time. From Paris they were going to Switzer land and thence to Austro-Hungary. They sope particularly of remaining In Germany for a long time. They outlined a trip which would take three years to make, and they planned something for every week of those three years. I was not In New York when they saifed, 'but I sent them a message, wishing them happiness and a good voyage. "I received a letter or so from abroad, but nothing containing the slightest hint that danger confronted either my sister or her husband. The news that she was dead came like a thunderbolt. I was amaxed and horrified. I could not believe It at first. However, there can be no doubt of It now. "Try as I may I cannot conjure up a single motive for the 'murder of the girl. While Mr. Charlton was well to do and they took considerable money with them, my sister was not what you would term rich. I don't think she had sufficient Jew elry or money on her person to tempt mur derous thieves. It Is all a deep mystery to me and I hope the Italian authorities solve It quickly and bring the guilty per sons to JiiEtice. So far nothing has been done towards bringing the remains to this country. I have received word That the post mortem revealed the fact that the girl was really murdered. I can even yet , scarcely believe It." Captain Scott was formerly stationed at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, but waa trans ferred a year ago "to Fort H. G. Wright It was re who assisted his sister when she was In trouble a year ago charged with at tempting to shoot a lawyer. Victim Mrs. Porter Charlton. COMO, ITALY. June ll.-The police are bending all their energies to solve the mys terious murder of an American woman believed to be Mrs. Porter Charlton of New York, formerly Mary Crittenden Seotr of San Francisco, whose body was found In a trunk at the bottom of Lake Como, yes terday. Detectives believe that Mrs. Charlton mst her death at the hands of two men. Porter Charlton, the young husband, who was on a wedding trip with his bride, has not been located. Constantino Ispolatoff, a Russian, who has been seen frequently with the couple. Is In custody. The man whom tho police are particularly anxious to get hold of U in Switzerland, where be fled immediately after the murder. There Is no authoritative statement aa to who he Is. The post mortem examination of the body was made today. This revealed that the woman dlid from suffocation. It was found there were seven W'ounds on the head, sufficient to render her unconscious, but they were not regarded as of a nature t cause death. The victim apparently ex pired some time after site had been placed In th trunk, "he wrapping had been done with a strip of cloth and the body was crowded Into th trunk along with some letters and personal effects. It was the latter articles which led to Identification. Aside from the wounds disclosed at the post mortom, the body showed certain ab normal condition, on which the doctors reserved expression of an opinion. The police are working hard to recon struct tne mysterious ctrcumxtances of the crime. The!r Investigations show that the trunk and Its contents were found to be too heavy to be carried to the lake by one person and the Individual who first at tempted this tank called to his assistant Continued, ou Bocoud I'age