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r THE BEE'S LETTER BOX (nvites short contributions on cui rent topics from Bee readers, Let us hear from you limit 309 words. 0 MAHA DAI ly Bee THE WEATHER. Fair; Warmer VOL. XLII NO. 76. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1912. FOURTEEN PAGES. SINGLE " COPY TWO CENTS. GENERAL COUNT N0G1 COMMIT E SUICIDE IN TOKIO lets Follow CompletionSf Religious Exercises , in . Connection ; with. Late Emperor's Funeral. NATIONAL HERO IN JAPAN He Held Position of Supreme Mili tary Councillor of Empire. PROMINENT IN THREE WARS He Captured Port Arthur from the Russians in 1904. SIXTY-THREE YEARS OF AGE . i He Wm Made Lieutenant Colonel Daring) Sao-o Rebellion and Com- 1 manded Brigade In Chlno - Japanese War. I TOKIO, Sept. 13.-General Count Mare puke Nogl, supreme military councillor, end his wife, the Countess Nogl, commit ted suicide tonight fojlowing the relig ious ceremonies In connection with the Beath of the late Emperor Mutsuhlto. General . Count Nogl was a national hero in Japan. It was he who captured Port Arthur from the Russians In, 11 Mid assured the success of bis country In the battle of Mukden, The count was born at Hagl, In the province of Choshu, In 1849 and was the eldest son of Maret suga Nogl, a Samurat of the Choshu clan. During the Sago rebellion Nogl fought bravely at the battles of Yamagauchl and Tawarazaka and was wounded, and after the rebellion was suppressed he was made a lieutenant colonel. He commanded the first brigade of Infantry, in ' the Chino Japahese war and captured Port Arthur In one day. ' - On the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war In 1904 General Togi . was ap pointed commander of tho Third army. His forces took 203 Meter hill after ter rible slaughter and also destroyed the Russian squadron In the port. General Nogl personally received General Stos eell's proposal to surrender Port Arthur. ' The Countess Nogl was a daughter of Yuchl Sadaukt, a Samurai of Kagoshlnia clan.' . , . - VERTICES FOR DEAD MIKADO (objects Gather from Extreme Points of Japan for Ceremonies. TOKIO, Sept. 18. Funeral ceremonies of the late Unperof 'Mutsuhlto of Japan, posthumously known as "The Emperor of the Era of Enlightenment" began today amid, surrounding 'in5- Which' 'Century -old rites and customs were ' mingled with modern military display. - ' " " r-: From the extreme points of Japan sub jects have been assembling in Tokio. . Ai midnight great crowds - had gathered along the route of the. procession, the weather was fair. . A police cordon was established ' Shutting off the streets through which ' tbs , body of the em peror will be transported and upon which it is estimated 500,000 persons will be accommodated. - A reservation was provided for 1,000 - foreigners, both resident and visiting, at the request of Baron Toshlro Saka tani, the mayor. ' . . . Boon after midnight officials proceeded to the palace in preparation for the early ceremony. .'"".' The somber coloring associated with western mourning Was almoBt entirely absent, replaced by the brilliant hues of tho orient '.Sorrow for the dead ruler, however, was apparent in the faces of all who took part In the final act of respect to an empenor whose reign had witnessed some of the most marvelous develop ments in the life of any nation. Official representatives of every coun . try had come to Toklo to participate in the solemnities. Among them were seve ral; princes representing reigning houses and 'special embassies commissioned to convey the condolences of republican presidents. The list included Philander C Knox, secretary of state of the United States, who was acompanled by Ransford E. Miller, chief of the far eastern section of the State department at Washington; Real Admiral Alfred Reynolds, U. S. N., and Brigadier General John J. Pershing, U. S. A. . Members of the regular foreign diplo matic body were present in their uniforms, the brilliance of which was set off by the modest court of evening dress worn by a few ministers from various re publics. From an early hour in the morning the palace in its great private park in the heart of the capital was the goal toward which virtually everybody in Tokio made his way on foot. The late emperor only occasionally during his life left the moated enclosure where his body has laid in state since August 13. Since that date on each tenth day, solemn memorial services and ' sacrifices to the spirit of the departed ruler were performed. The casket containing the body lay In state in the main hall. It had been decor ated according to Shinto rites, by a spe cial corps of ritualists appointed for f he obsequies The casket was of enormous dimensions! measuring nearly ten feet by five and weighing one and one-half tons. Official Monrners Arrive. At S o'clock in the morning the offi cial mourners began to arrive. First came (Continued on Second Page.) i The Weather For Nebraska Fair, slightly warmer. " For Iowa Fair, slightly warmer in west portion. . ' t . Temperature TTO '; at Omaha I P Hours. Deg. B Sa.m.... M A a. m............ 5 AV 7 a. m.... ..64 jy-.acV t a. m 64 ill 9 a. m... ......... 5 ML 10 a. ra 65 U J 13 m.. lp. m 72 1 p. m..... 73 . 3 p. m....... 75 . f i INSECT HAY CAUSE DISEASE . Some Doubt Whether Horses Die of Meningitis Germ. EXPERTS MAKE INVESTIGATION Government Veterinarians Enter Into Work of FerretiosT Oat Cause of Epidemic with j Vigor. AMERICAN T ROUPS (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINOQLN. Sept IS. ( Special. ) Dr. E. T. Davidson of New York, Dr. W. F. Jones of McCook, Dr. William Thompson of South Omaha, Dr. L. S. Campbell of Alliance and Dr. H. M. Baohelder or Ster ling, Colo., compose the corps of govern ment veterinary experts who are investi gating the horse, disease that is baffling the best veterinarians of the state. Thes men are working under the able lader ship of Dr. Davidson, and some of them, in company with him, were investigating the disease yesterday afternoon and again were, at it early this morning. Accompanied by Private Secretary Fuller and Chief Clerk Flegenbaum of the governor's official family,' Dr. David son and Dr. Bostrom, state veterinarian, investigated some cases near Lincoln and were able .to find one horse which had Just died. They at once made a post mortem examination and discovered that there was a clot on the brain and that the spine was affected. The affected por tions were brought to Lincoln and a very x'gid examination will be made. Dr. L. Vaness of Fargo, N. D., is ex peoted to arrive today and will enter the fight against the plague. Insect May Be Cans. It looks at the present as if the trouble was caused . by some kind of an insect which lives in the blades of grass , and other green stuff which has sprung up as a sort of second growth since the wet weather began and it is thought that it Is found more especially in low pastures or pastures and lots which are not prop erly drained. If this Insect is the cause of the dis ease, it will be necessary to discover what kind of an insect it Is and then work out some plan for destroying it The plan at present is to divide the state Into districts, putting some expert veterinarian in charge of each district and make a systematic campaign of In vestigation. This' week Geneva will be the headquarters of one district, Tork another, Holdrege another and in a few days another district will be formed with North Platte as the headquarters. Work will be confined at first to the districts where the disease seems to be raging the strongest 'and that comprises the South Platte country. While there have been some reports from north of the Platte river the disease does not seem to have so much of a hold as In the south part of the state. Frost May Stop Sconrsr. From now on the weather Is not likely to be as uncomfortably warm -as lh .the past and now that old weather may be expected .at no distant day leads to t'Ae belief that as soon as.' It ItrcoJa" enougn to freese these insects, if they are the cause of. the malady, . will disappear. In the opinion of the experts, uhtir some thing satisfactory daft be discovered, ev ery precaution should be taken by owners Amer,iCani fear that tne rebela at of horses to keep them away from un sanitary water tanks, second growth grass and weeds, and poorly drained pastures and lots. While many remedies and preventives have been published, none of them have been of sufficient importance to warrant taking up. The best of these ' and the one which will do the , most good is probably the plan of placing Ice on the head of the anlmat which show signs of the disease. That the government Is going to use every means at its command to stamp out the plague is ev'deneed by the fact that the governor's office received word today that Dr. Melvin, chief of '. the bureau of animal industry, would arrive tomorrow and take charge of the work. 'MAY TAKE HAND IN AGUA PITA FIGHT Commanders Ordered to Take Neces sary Steps to Protect Life and . Property on This Side. RAJAS SENDS A DEFIANT REPLY He Says United States Must Pay for Aiding Federals. WILL NOT LOOK WHEN HE AIMS Greater Part of Cavalry Force Used in Guarding Border. TWO COMMANDERS IN QUARREL Orosco and Salasnr Completely Estranged, is Information Re ceived by United States Secret Service, BULLETIN. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Sept. 13. -Rebels have begun an attack on El Tlgre, th Amer ican mining settlement south of the bor der at this point according to advices re ceived here today. , There are seventy five American men and six American women Isolated in the camp, which Is defended by only a few federals. Rein forcements have been sent from NacoSari. but must follow a rough trail to reach the camp. The attacking rebels are said to be led by the rebel general, Ines Salazar. WASHINGTON. s7pt. 13.-Amerlcan troops may take a hand in the fighting at Agua Prieta, if bombs fall In Doug las, Arls., or lives are menaced, on the American side o the Mexican boundary. This was intimated today at the head quarters of the goneral staff of the army, following advices that rebel leaders would disregard warnings that the must not fire in the direction of Douylai. Troop commanders have blatiKet In structions to prevent a repetition of the killing of Innocent Americans in Ooiglaa during the Madero rebellion. Thf.se vs broad enough to cover practically any contingency, and It was made pla'n today that any reasonable action by command ers would be upheld by the War depart ment. Further and more definite In structions may be Issued bv Major Gen eral Wood, chief of Staff, latr today. Brigadier General Pteever reports fili bustering expeditions crossing at Moxlcal. Naco and Douglas. Rebela Retreat Southward. EL PA80, Tex., Sept 13. After firing a few shots into Agua Prieta the rebels that have been threatening .an attack on the town disappeared southward early today. ? There was no battle, according to advices - received ho. The rebels fired pccujsiojial sijojs during the night at federal scouts and outposts. ' The emphatic notice served by United States army officers to the rebels not to fire . Into American territory is', believed to have caused the , rebels to -retreat Five Are Injured When Racing Auto Flies Into Crowd MASON CITY. Ia., Sent 13.-(SDecial Telegram.) Five were hurt, two seri ously, during the final event at the North Iowa fair, when the racing auto. Green Goblin, member of the Marshall flying squadron of Chicago, threw a wheel at the first turn of the track and went into the crowd. The injured: Marlon Arnold, driver, fracture at Dase ot sKuu; serious. Herman Wubenhorts, Liberty. Mo.. skull fractured: serious. Fred Eaaly, Sheffield, la., skull f rac- I .,.. ' " . , J!' tured. MARFA, Tex., Sept. 12.-OJInaga, Mex Gertrude Pedelty, Mason City, collar bone broken. Edwin Netiffee, Mason City, bock hurt. Attorney Gibson Will Plead His Own Case MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., Sept. 13,-The fight which Burton W. Gibson, he New York lawyer, will make fornts life, he said today will be directed entirely by himself. He has not engaged counsel, he added, and intended to appear on his own behalf when arnigned today before County Judge Boyce on the charge of murdering Mrs. Rose Menschlk Sxabo, his client who met death while boating with him on Greenwood lake, sixteen miles from here, on July 16. Gibson's examination was postponed to day until September 24 on application ot District Attorney Rogers. BUFFALO AUTO DEALER AND WIFE FATALLY SHOT BUFFALO. N. Y., Spt 13,-Georgc Hanner, a Buffalo automobile dealer,' was fatally shot ami his wife was wounded today while driving through Tonawanda In their car. DES MOINES PICKLE AND WINE PLANT BURNS DES MOINES, la.. Sept 13.-Flre of un known origin destroyed the plant of the iJennig-Slater company, pickle and wine manufacturers, here today. The loss is estimated at flX.OOQ. ' tempt reprisals .by attacking towns in habited by Americans in Sonora. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Sept. 13.-The situa tlon today is unchanged. There has been no fighting between the federal forces in and around Agua Prieta and the rebela who are encamped In the surrounding territory. ! . Rajas Is Defiant. DOUGLAS, Aris., Sept. 13. Antonio Rojas, encamped Within range of Agua Prieta and less than three miles from the American border, sent a message ot defiance, tonight in reply to the warning of United States military authorities against firing on American territory. If the Americans insist on helping the federals they must suffer the conse quences was the substance of his answer. General Schuyler refused to make any statement regarding the matter. To tl messenger who took the notlfica. tlon from the War department Rojas said: "We aren't going to look where we shoot." - The messenger reported that when he delivered the notification to Rojas the latter declared it was a recognition of tho belligerency of the rebela Nearly the entire force of cavalry is being used to guard the border tonight. Alarming reports were received tonight from El Tigro where a combined attack by the combined forces of Salazar and Alanls is threatened. onsul Dye is making strenuous efforts to have aid sent to the camp. v -. .- OJlnaga Snrrenders, across the international boundary from Presidio. Tex., was . surrendered to a rebel band late last night and according to a secret agent to the Mexican govern ment who came to Marfa from Presidio tonight, Fascial Orosco, rebel commander-in-chief has established headquarters within the town, which It is believed will be made the base of operations In north em Chihuahua. ' Two Chieftains Quarrel. EL PASO, Tex., Sept 12,-An absolute estrangement exists between General Pascual Or or co., Jr., and General Salazar, according to the advices received today by the United States secret service. The 1,200 rebels attacking Ojlnaga are Oroz oo's followers. Fourteoh hundred operat ing on Texas border near Juarez are also his men. . Salazar leads 1X0) believers in Jvt political doctrine of Flores Magon. They are scattered through the west. Orozco is reported as disgusted with Salazar'e Sonora campaign methods. Coming Down in a Blaze of 61ory From the Philadelphia Inquirer , ' ; ... y .... . f Triple Tragedy Occurs on Thompson , Farm, Some Six Miles East of Council Bluffs. ' " , ; SKULLS OF THE VICTIMS CRUSHED Butcher Knife Later Used.to Cut the" Throats of the Victims. BODIES DRAGGED ABOUT ROOMS After Taking Lives of Members of' Family, Murderer Kills Self. CUTS THROAT AND DIES ON FLOOR Blood-Smeared Not Foaad on Table in Room of Hoase, bat it Gives Nothing Definite as to Reason " ' for the Crime, ! . MORE VIOLENCE AT DULUTH Rioting Renewed When Attempt is Made to Hun Cars. SEVERAL CARS ARE ATTACKED All Windows Are Broken and Mem bers of Crews Beaten Up Sev era IShots Fired at One Car Barn. DULUTH. Minn., Sept. 13.-Hoodlums took possession of Duluth's streets today with the strike of street car employes as an excuse, and rioted for hours in all parts of the city. Nonunion conductors and motormen were beaten, the cars and other property of ' the company was wrecked and in one Instance shots " were fired in defiance of the police who tried to disperse a particularly vicious crowd near the oar barns. ; " : - 1 At least two of the strikebreakers brought to this city from St." Paul, Minneapolis 'and Milwaukee were seri ously. .Injured by mobs and nearly a dozen others were stoned and - driven from their posts. The authorities as serted that the rioters were Iron work ers employed in boiler shops and foun dries. ' . - v ' . . The police force found itself outnum bered nl almost every instance. As fast as one disorder was quieted another would break out blocks away and sev eral times the officers were confronted with the task of appearing in three places at once. . Because of conditions company officials and commercial Interests of the city de clared that troops wore necessary ' and plana were laid for appealing to the gov ernor's office at St Paul for aid. Three Cars Are Wrecked. Three cars wore wrecked, several pas sengers were assaulted, and a conductor and motorman escaped the fury of an other mob only by flight early today. The crowd in one car, composed, It is said, of men from the iron plants, tore up the seats and threw them at the conductor. The first revolver shooting of the strike was reported this afternoon from the mob at the car bams. No one was hurt, although It Is declared a dozen shots were' fired by rioters. The police did not return the fire. On Lake avenue, In the heart of the city, a conductor was dragged from a car this afternoon and so badly beaten that he had to be helped from the street to a drug store after being thrown through a plate glass window. His mo torman attempted to help him and re ceived a beating. Iron workers from the boiler shops near the bay are said to have handled the men. An unconscious conductor was taken to a drug Store near Forty-second avenue, west and is believed to be badly injured. . He was beatn and stoned and his car practically dismantled. The police gave fight to the mob. There is not a whole window left for a block from the car barns. A drenching rain added to the dif ficulties of citizens forced by - the street car strike to walk today. Mayor McCuen is preparing to call the city council to give authority to start suit and the city attorney is ready for prompt action. The methods used by Judge Lawrence De Graff to settle the Des Moines difficulty, will be Invoked here. There was no violence last night. After a day of . riot and after a half dozen men had been beaten by the mobs the Duluth Street Car company pulled ! off cars on all lines at 3:45 p. m. They will not attempt to run cars tonight GERMAN INVADERS WIN MANEUVERS CAMPAIGN DRESDEN, Saxony, Sept. 11 The man euver in faxony of the German Im perial armies, which began on September 9, ended today with., a victory for the invading array, according to the verdict of Emperor William, who was chief um pire. The result indicates, military ex perts say, the difficulty of Germany's conducting a war while presenting two fronts. - Emperor William will attend the naval maneuvers In the' North sea, stopping tot a day at Berlin on his way north. He will' review a parade of the fleet off Heligoland on September 16. ' ' Ten Gotham Mashers ' Sent to Workhouse NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-New York's propored Broadway curfew, otherwise crusade against "masiierS and kindred nuisances' received support from' the bench today, when Magistrate Cornell sentenced to the workhouse for indeter minate terms ten men who - bad been arrested for loafing after midnight this morning around the entrances of uppei Broadway hotels. The court compllnr.enteii the' police for the r work and express-id the hope that the crusade would b con tinued, ' Wilson and Bryan to Talk in Lincoln from Same Platform Oct. 5 NEW YORK, Sejn. 1J. -Governor Wood row Wilson and William J. Bryan meet in Lincoln, October 6, when they will spesk from the same platform. This was announced by Governor Wilson be fore he left for Sea Girt today. On the date mentioned Mr. Bryan will have completed a stumping tour through the "northwest and Pacific coast state snd Governor Wilson will be on his second trip west ' The only other date on this trip thus far announced is Indianapolis, October , when the governor. 11 .adqes the Na tional Conservation ; congress. Spring field, III., Des Moines and Milwaukee may ba Jnoluded. " ' .' . . '.- . -- - i ' ' - - -,; ELEVATION' CHARGE REDUCED ' .. ,f . .t 1 '.'V Interstate Commerce Commission Is . sues Important Order. '"". RESULT , OF RECENT HEARING It is Chanced that C-oUnaion Existed Between Railroads and Eleva tors, bat. of Coarse, it is Denied, ADVANCE IN INSURANCE RATE Bohemian Union Applies Increase to Old and New Members. . TEN PER CENT IS AGREED UPON Chances Ara Made in the M-ne.r of Paying- Claims of Benefici aries of tho Deceased Members. ARMER T KILLS HIS HOMPSQN WIFE AND CHILD AND HIMSELF The beginning of the end is believed to have been reached in the custom of pay ing arbitrary grain elevation charges, ' Notice has been received that the Inter state Commerce commission has Issued an order reducing the elevation charges at Omaha and all other Missouri river points from of a cent per 100 pounds to 14 of a cent per bushel on wheat. The old rate of ft of a cent per 100 pounds still maintains on oats. Testimony In the case, that brought about the decision was taken In Omaha, Kansas City and other river grain mar kets several months ago. At that time grain dealers in the state owning small elevators and shovel houses contended that the elevation charges paid by tlw railroads to their competitors, the blft elevator companies, Were in the nature of rebates, and consequently a violation of tho freight rate law. The Railroads' Defease. They contended that even if the charge was a legal one It did not cost the big elevator companies of a cent per bushel to handle and blend wheat at the ter minals. The railroads took an opposite view of the case, contending that It was nothing in the nature of a rebate, but that it was a bonus paid to the elevator companies to encourage Uiem to hurry up the unloading of the cars. By paying this the cars were quickly back in the service, earning mors mpnsy than the aggregate of the elevation charges paid. Immediately after the hearing the Union, Pacific, abolished all elevation charges at all points on the system. Other roads, however, have continued to pay the charges, but the freight men of most of them are now of the opinion that it is but a short time until the practice will be abolished, not only In Omaha, but at all other grain markets, blending and storage points. They say that applying to all points alike it will In no wise hurt the Omaha grain market Freshman Killed by Sophomores RALEIGH, N. C Sept 13.-William Rand, freshman at the state university, was killed today while being hazed by sophomores. Rand, perched on a barrel, and surrounded by his tormentors, fell off and gashed his neck on a broken pitcher. He died soon after. ' As a final compromise delegates to the Western Bohemian Fraternal Union de cided on a lodge insurance rate increase of 10 per cent yesterday afternoon. This rate increase had been one of the Im portant ' matters ' to come bef ors th con ventionvnd its ' setUenient (niarks the wlhdup'of important business, The new rate will .Include .both old nd yonf members and will go intoefteot about January X The rats Increase was discussed sines Thursday afternoon, when ths first com mittee .report advising a, 15 per cent in crease for old members and 20 tor new members was rejected. ,The vote in favor of the 10 per cent Increase was 302 to 42. The new rats provides that during the first year of membership in the associa tion one-half of the amount of insurance will be paid in case of death. After one year three-fourths of the amount will be allowed and after two ykrs policies will be paid In full to beneficiaries. The election of officers and the selec tion of. the next meeting place will be made today. ' A banquet for delegates and visitors was given at -11 Jed Bokol hall last evening. F. J. Kutak ot South Omaha acted as toastmaster. Those included on the program for talks were Mayor Dahl ma.li, Louis Berka, Omaha; F. M. Bart a, Cedar Rapids, la.; Emll Folds, Clarkson, Neb., and Alois Blaha, Cedar Rapids, la. Most of the delegates will remain until Sunday afternoon, when the unveiling exercises of the Jan Roslcky monument will opcur at the Bohemian National cera- etery. Fifty-fourth and Center streets. FIRE CUTS OFF ELECTRIC . P0WERJN MILWAUKEE MILWAUKEE; Wis., Sept. 13.-Fire from a cause not known damaged an im mense switchboard at tho Commerce street power - plant of the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light company to the extent of tKO.OM- today. Ioterurban service Is badly hampered this afternooi) from lack of power. The" loss Is covered by Insurance, Bryan's Itinerary For Western Trip is Given to Public LINCOLN, Neb., gept. U-Ths Iteneiv ary of William J. Bryan's western stumping tour was mads public here this afternoon. Starting from Denver, Mi. Bryan will close his western trip Sep tember SO in Woyming, In time to return to Lincoln by October 5, when hs Is scheduled to deliver an address from the same platform as Governor Wilson. Mr. Bryan will tour in Colorado Sep tember It, speaking at the fair In Pueblo on the morning of September 17. He will deliver an address In Provo, Utah, th next afternoon and one In Salt Lake City that evening. Crossing over into Montana he will speak at Butte on September 19, as well as several other Important cities of the state, the same day. The democratio stato committee Is arranging his tour In that state. , He will speak at Los Angeles, Ca., on the afternoon of September 23 and the next morning at Stockton. He will ad dress the democratic state convention at Sacramento the same afternoon and will speak September 24 in the evening at San Francisco. The next day he will be the guest of the Civic league, a woman's political organization of Sacramento, at a noon luncheon and at night will ad dress a public meeting at Sacramento. Reno and Carson City, Nev., are his next stops, where he will speak on 8ep tember 28. He" will address an evening meeting at Ogden, Utah, the next day and will end, his campaign in Wyoming on September 28, 29 and 30. Supposedly In a sudden outburst of in sanity, Martin Thompson, a Danish farmer and carpenter living six mile east of Council Bluffs, killed his wife and their 8-year-old son, Raymond, and then took his own life. The tragedy oc-! curred some time during the early part of Thursday night and was not discovered until nearly noon yesterday. The skulls of the wife and boy had been crushed with a carpenter's hammer . and their, throats cut with a butcher knife, the; same Instrument used by Thompson? to' end his own life. . ' The Thompsons resided in a comfort, able and well-furnlshed farm house which the husband built eight years ago when he purchased forty acres of the Royer farm, half way between Council. Bluffs and Treynor. Lat Thursday after noon a number of his neighbors saw and talked with him. They say he appeared not only to be in a normal condition, but "as happy as a lark.", Yesterday shortly before noon E. W. Rose, a traveling sales man for the Watklns Medicine company, at Carson, stopped at the farm house, as had been his custom.' Receiving no re-;: sponse to his knocking, he started to go around to the back door, and as h: passed a window saw, two bodies covered; with blood lying on the floor. , Rose , drove to the nearest neighbor's' and called" Coroner Cutler and thq; sheriffs office at Council Bluffs. He wa: directed to return to the house and prei; vent any person entering it until th: officers arrived. i) ' Of fleers Go to Farm. Coroner Cutler, Deputy Sheriff Wad.' dlngton and Assistant County Attorney; Ouren wenl io the fam, arriving there at 1;S Oo'clock. The kitchen door was un.; locked and a side door was t standing, open. Ths front door was openlwlth thtj: Sottas door hotutdtt th inside. - On ths' floor of ths room adjoining the kitchen were ths bodies, all lying face downward.! Mrs. Thompson lay next to the wall. The boy was beside her and close by him lay the husband and father. A few inches from ths man's extended right' hand lay a bloody butcher knife. All had their throats horribly slashed. The bodies had been dragged from ths bed room through two doors. The boy slept In the same room with his parents. Examination of ths beds showed thai both were spattered with blood drops that had been smeared on the sheets as ths bodies were dragged from them, appar ently after the heads had been struck with', the hammer, and their throats eul In the adjoining living room, where ths heavy carpet was stiff with blood. Thomp son's hands and, feet were stained with blood, but there was none on , the feet of the woman or child. Thompson Cats Ills Throat. Tracks on the floor . showed where Thompson had walked after standing on the blood-soaked carpet. He bad gone to the side door and thrown the hammer Into the yard. He had then gone into the collar and walked over the cement floor, bloody footprints and red drops marking the course he had followed. He had evi dently slashed his own throat, but had not Inflicted the fatal wound until ha lay down by the side of his murdered wife and boy. A lamp standing on the table In this room had been freshly filled and apparently not lighted. On a table In the adjoining frant room lay a letter with a third of the envelope extending over the edge, A bloody thumb print on the upper side, and a smear of blood beneath showed that the hand that placed It there was covered with fresh blood. The letter was addresser !To Stlna and Dora," two adult daughters, both, of whom are living away from home. It was written in Danish and read: Dear Children: I hope you will exousa papa for what there has been done, but lcan't stand It any longer. But you are now left alone, and I pray that you will pray to God that He help, and I hope you will be good children, and if you get married try and have a nice home, and t hope that some one win neip you. your Heartily farewell, children. lovely future. . .. . ' Known In Conncll Blaffs. Mr. Thompson was well known In Coun cil Bluffs. He came here twenty-three years ago from Denmark, . and a year later was married, his bride coming from From PAPA. 1 and a (Continued on Second Page.)... COUPLE ON MOTORCYCLE ' STRIKE A STREET CAR DAVENPORT, la.. Sept. tt-Harry Shields, Sy clerk In the city hall, was killed snd Mrs. Bes-iln Wlese was badly though probably not fatally injured last night wiien Shield's motorcycle collld-vl with a street car on the Rock Island bridge. The woman: was 'riding with Shields on his motorcycle. , Many a For tune has been Builtthrough the Persistent Use of Bbe Want Ads.