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The Omaha Daily Bee LAUGH HEARTY MUTT AND JEFF YOU CAN'T LOSE US THE WEATHER, Fair; Cooler VOL. XLIll-NO. 136. OMAHA, MONDAY MOKMNG, NOVEMBER 24, 1913 TRNT PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. V r JEWETT FOUND NOT GUILTY OF CHARGE OF SLAYING INFANT Blair Man Accused of Killing Two- Days-Old Baby is Acquitted by a Jury. LONG TIME TO REACH VERDICT, Twelve, Men Out Three Hours Before Voting to Free Defendant. TRIAL LASTS FOR FIVE DAYS Father Alleged to Have Thrown Body from a Train. BIG CROWD FILLS COURT ROOM Public. Interest So Aronsed l'lnce Is Crowded to It Capacity When llenrlns: Opens Last Dny. HLAITt, Neb., Nov. 22?-(Spedal Tele gram.) Georgo 8. Jewett, charged with having caused the death of his Infant baby find of then having tossed tho body from a moving Northwestern train, was found not guilty by a Jury at 9 o'clock tonight. The charge of first degree mur da against Jewett for the killing of hla 2-days-old baby has occupied tho court for five days. The nudden closing of-' the testimony last evening at a late hour when ho tes tified to finding his baby dead at the time ho ' was cnllcd from the Paxton hotel to take nn early train so aroused public Interest that the large court room was crowded to Its fullest capacity when court was called nt promptly 9 o'clock this morning. Jewett, resuming his testimony, said that upon finding the baby dead and after putting his ear to Its heart to as certain If life was extinct, ho did not know what to do, but finally put his lalncoat, collar box and toilet articles in the grip and placed the baby's body, wrapped In the same clothes and blanket. In the grip and, taking the grip went to the room of Mrs. Adams, who was in the hotel lobby. Took Northwestern Train, Together they went to the Unldn depot and after eating a lunch took the North western train for Crclghton by way of Arlington. Owing to the mystery of where the baby was kept and what was done with It from the midnight hour to the finding of the body at Arlington, Jewett was put through tho most grill ing examination, especially In the cross examination. Jewett testified that while eating lunch the jgtip. was placed on tho floor near their feet and remained near Mrs. Adams wrJ.lt he bought their ticket. When they boarded the train he took the sec ond seat from the rear end of the back cdachand Mrs. Adams a seat near the wlddlevof 'the- car, Jfuxtlier. he testified that several per sona stopped and talked with him where lie sat reading, having bought a maga zine for Mrs. Adams and a paper for himself. tie said that he got to thinking ot the little baby being In the grip, and taking the grip went to the front end of the tar, where he took the body from the .grip jvid laid It on the seat next to the window on the double chair scats, and then placed a sheet of paper partially over It to screen It from the passengers. I'pon reaching Arlington, he says, he got out on the depot platform and talked tp riev. Mr. Cauffer, an old-time friend. FlnilM Body Gone. When the train started he entered the second car and went back to the vother car and found the grip, but the baby and nil wrappings were gone. Continuing his testimony, he said when the train reached Fremont he watched every passenger get (Continued from Page One.) Holdup Gives Back 'Oar Fare to Victim "flay, mister.' I may be a atlckup guy at this moment, but I've got a heart, T have. Here's a couple of dollars back tfor car fare. Just to show you," apolo gized an unmasked highwayman who held up and robbed Frank Oearhart of Drayton, la., of $12 late last night. Oearhart was taking n the eights around Twelfth and Capitol avenue, near the Midway saloon, when the robbery took place. The man walked slowly up to him and deliberately, as If he was reaching for a match with whlchUo light Ills cob pipe, he pulled a revolver and held It close to the victim's stomach. "I'm a poor guy, that's all, and I need the money probably worse than you do," ho aald as he left. The amount handed back to Gearhart was $130, which his victim told him was sufficient to take liltn back to. Rrayton. The Weather . Temperature t Omnhn enterday. Hours. Deg. S a. m a! h. in 31 7 a. m 36 5 a. in ; 3 a, m 39 10 a. m. 41 11 a. in 31 12 m Si 1 l. m y. 2 p. m 37 3 p. in !M 4 p. in If B p. ni rW 6 p. m XI 7 p. in it Comparative Local Ilrrorri. Official record of temperature and pre cipitation compared with the correspond ing period of the. past threo years: 1SJ3. 1912. 1911. 1910. Jllnhest todav 69 St 27 .52 lowest today 32 22 17 .36 lean temnerat'ire 'Si 3t .-11 Precipitation CO . .T .0) Temperature and precipitation depart ures from the normal at Omaha elnre March 1. and compared with the last two years; Normal temperature St KxreM for the day 12 j TotI eX'-fM dince March 1 , 712 ' (Normal precipitation Ot Inert Dflflr encv for tlie day 0? Inch J'recipltatlon since March 1 . J) til inches Def Iclencv r inco March 1 ... 7.W Inches Jloflrlenor for cor period, Wi 3 ' Inches Deficient y for ror period, 1S11 11 Winches KNABE MURDER TRIAL FRIDAY Dr. Craig's Hearing on Charge of Killing Woman on This Week. SLAYING IN OCTOBER, IN 1011 Victim One of Mont Prominent of ller Sex In Indlnnn and Accnsed Mnn President of Veterinary rolleur. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Nov. 33,-Dr. William H. Craig, president of tho In diana Veterinary college, will be ptaced on trial at Shelbyvllle next Friday for the murder of Dr. Helen Knabe, who was one of the most prominent women In Indiana. On tho morning of October 24, 1911, Dr. Knabo was found dead In her apartment with a deep wound In her throat. Life apparently had been extinct for several hours when tho doctor's office girl, Mlsa Katherino McPhcrson, made the dis covery. The police made a number of arrests, but in tho absence of any known mo tive for the crime all the suspects were released. Tho public was not satisfied with the police theory of suicide and tho case was presented to two Marlon county grand Juries, both of which failed to take action. In the meantime. Coroner Durham had been conducting an Investi gation of his own, and he reached a de cision that Dr. Knabe had been murdered "by unknown persons." Itensriln Offered. Various rewards were offered for In formation leading to the arrest of the slayer or slayers, but these failed to bring results. Friends of the woman finally Induced tho Local Council of Women of Indianapolis to raise a fund with which to conduct a further Investi gation of tho mysterious case. Harry C. Webster, a private detective employed by the council, worked for nearly a year on the case, and In December, 1912, he pre sented before the grand Jury Information on which tho Indictment against Dr. Craig was based. A. M. Bagsdale, an undertaker, also was Indicted as an ac cessory after tho fact. Craig's attorneys naked a change ot venue and tho case was sent to Shelby county, whero the trial was set to begin November 28. The date for Ragsdale's trial has not been set. After the Indictments were returned Webster admitted that the case he had constructed was entirely circumstantial and that ho had no witnesses to testify that either Dr. Craig or Bagsdale were In Dr. Knabe's apartment during the night on which the woman met death. In the alleged relations of Knabe and Dr. Cralg, however, claimed to have found a motive for her Dr. he the crime. In his report to tho Council of Women, Webster reviewed the friendship be tween the two physicians, which began in IMS, when Dr. Knabe was assistant pathologist In the laboratory ot the State Board of Health. In aupport of Jila leaser circumstantial evidence, Webster made tho following disclosures: Hitter n arret 'FoHqits. .. A bitter cltarrel Is" alleged to havo fo- lowed alleged attempts ,ot, Dr..CYaig to fend a relationship which had become ob jectionable to him'. Dr. Cralg la alleged to have been posi tively identified by Harry W. Haskett as a man he met coming out of the area- way between tho Vendome flats and the j Delaware apartments, .where Dr. Knauo lived, shortly after 11 o'clock on the night of October 23. Dr. Cralg Is alleged to have known of the death ot Dr. Knabe an the morning of October 21, before anyone outside the apartment had been informed of the find ing ot the body. Oil UIU JllfillV Ufc w iwci w Cralg Is said to have returned to his! home and to have made a complete i change of clothing. Webster said this j Late on the night of October 33 Dr. Information was furnished him by Dr. Eva B. Templeton, who claimed to have been told by Mrs. Iydla Tennant, house keeper for Dr. Cralg. The wound In Dr. Knabe'a throat could have been Inflicted only by a person fa miliar with the human anatomy and with a wound known to butchers aa the "sheep nick" and described medically as being "an Incision In the throat which Insures death by bleeding without the spurting of blood," according to Webster. Charge AcninM Ilnnilnlr. Ragsdale Is charged with visiting the Knabe apartment at the Instance of the slayer and removing a silk kimono from the body. This kimono, worn by Dr. Knabe when she answered professional calls in her office on the night of Octo- ber 23, was produced by Itagsdaje, who, ,was appointed administrator cf the f Knabe estate, on he order of the grand jury, nagsdale claimed to haye found j me KimUHU imm ...... "l ..i I tun n u Afflntl thta OAntMl. tlon, Webster said he would produce wit-1 ' 1 .1., .. .I,., t,r. n-o.i0' neKses who would swear that there was no such garment In tho flat after the body was found, as careful search had been made for It. A chemical analysis of a piece of silk from the hem of the garment showed, It is alleged, that It had been stained with human blood and afterwards washed with a strong chem ical solution. In his report Webster told how Craig had given Dr. Knabe b' place in the fac ulty of - the Indiana Veterinary college after she had left the State Board of Health and ' making poor headway In establishing a private practice. Dr. Knabo began lecturing at the college In the fall of 1909 and continued to do so until the spring of 1911. when a sudden ! estrangement sprang up between Dr. I Knabe and Dr. Cralg. She ceased to de liver lectures because of the opposition ,of Dr. Cralg. I Called on Cralfr. i Dr. Knabo is alleged to have called on Cralg at hla home on Sunday night, two days before her death. She told her courlii, Augusta Knabe, that she was go ing "to see about the quarrel." The two are said to have quarreled again, and finally Dr. Cralg took the woman away In hit automobile. Dr. Knabe visited Craig'a home again on the night of her death, but Cralg waa not at home. Tlie local Council of Women ha em ployed several of the best criminal law yero in the state to assist Prosecutor Frank Baker at the trial of Cralg. Mrm. Jntol. Zlmi.irr. McCOOK. N'b.. Nov. S3. (SpcUI.I ' Mrc Jarob Zlmmer of Willow Grove rc- cut. He. I willow count, died iat nlg.it of Bright H dleae Burial will b made n Mcvook, Sunday afternoon. s s? jjij - TTs Voomg- fAnH vjM M Touch 'JSovsrt ,n 3PiTe 3 ot Than b.n duo o boos " "TO AY TfclttS "Tt GESCRIDSl. Tnis. "fourth iMmcuHSfors " Drawn for The Dee by Hal Cotfman. TEAMSTER FOUND MURDERED Body of James Short Discovered on Old Circus Grounds. WAS STRUCK BY AN IRON BAR Unit Knocked n Fef Hour nefore nt the llonse of Colored Woman, Sarins;, that He Wanted Mis Laundry. Face, i, downward In a pool of blood the body of James Short, teamster, 2123 Sew ard street, was found Sunday morning lying in the lot known as the "circus grounds" at Twenty-second and Seward streets. Bailde the corpse a heavy piece ot wagon Iron on which blood, and hair were stuck Indicated that tho man had been struck down by this weapon. J. doldmnn, a paper carrier, while pass ing through the lot shortly before o'clock discovered the body nnd with the aid of William Norton and another man who were passing turned It over, rAi-eallnsr a deen wound on the face and " - - v another pn the aide of tho head, from which the blood had been freely flowing and which was evidently the one which caused Short's death The police and Coroner Crosby were Immediately notified and an Investiga tion started. , Detectives Ring and Van Dusen learned that Short had spent the evening at , Reeves' livery barn, where he waa em j ployed as teamster, until shortly after 10 o'clock. Upon leaving he declared he was going to walk up town to get some' laundry. At 2 o'clock In the morning Anna Brown, colored, 201i Paul street.. who Is Short's laundress, was aroused by his ringing the door bell and demand ing his things. She says' his voice sounded as If he were intoxicated and upon her refusal to open the door he went away muttering. John L. Thomp son, who lives wth the Brown woman. declares he awoke and heard his house although he could not dlt , M ,ho ead The )ro Gto. - .r.Uln at Tu..nMMI, o.l !..! No Hupposltlon Is vouchsafed ce as to the cause of the crime, although eight colored men have been arrested on suspicion. Coroner Crosby declared that Short had i been dead "sev eral hours before his body was found. A sister surviving the dead man, who lives In South Omaha, could shed no' light on tho matter. Short was about CO years of age. CHARGES AGAINST MAYOR GEORGE B0YER OF LENOX I.ICNOX, Neb.. Nov. 23. (Special.) Local offie.vs of the Women's Christian Tmiperan-o union have filed a petition for the removal of the mayor, George Boyer. The petition, sworn to by Mabel P emlng, president, ind Elizabeth Mtt nary, vice president, asks that Mayor Boyer be reitralned from carrying on h! pe-son, giving away, .-r selling intoxi cating liquors, and aUo alleges that Mr. Boyer Is in the habit of keeping a supply of said Intoxicants at the building known a the city hall. Assistant At torney Oeneral John Fletcher on receipt of the petition at oneo cumo to lyinox and Investigated the case and Attorney Oeneral Cosson will 'inmedlately bung proceedings In the district court fcr the removal of Mayor Boyer from office, is the assurance given tht people of fnu'. Voimr- Mnn Injured. OTtAND ISLAND. Neb.. Nov. .-Pp-rlal.) Hen ivoehler. tt'd 31. tmptoyrtl at the pulp flume of the Amnrlean Beet Suuar company's faetory here, on the I nlsht uhlfl. warn e-su--hl In a rerulvlnc 1 pnltcv und qi. le ftenmuty Injured before tieing extracted, lie was removed to the Ht Francis hospital expected. Easy recovery Is What Is Belle Fourche Mail , Carrier Travels Far DEADWOOD, 8. D., Nov. 22.-(Speclal.) -. recent news Item In eastern news papers told ot tho romarkable contract of a mail route driver In Missouri, who delivers mall tor three states. This driver's claim to such distinction lr com batted by J H. Brantley, who has tho mall contract out of Belle Forche, and who a'lfco nerves three states. Brantley delivers mall in South Dakota north ot Hello Fourohe, then crosses Ihe Hn Into Wyoming, where he delivers, and, then continues on to AlKnda, Mont., where he also carries mall, Aliada Is forty-five miles west of Belle Fourche. Brantley believes he has the ed?o on the Mlasourian bcause the latter delivers mall to an island that happens to fall within the limits ot the state ot Nebraska, although it la not really a portion of the main state, while Brantley delivers actually in three states. KINSFOLKS FILLWHITE HOUSE Executive and Mrs. Wilson Plan Family Dinner for Tonight. LIST OF' AIDES IS ANNOUNCED Anionic Weddlmr Gifts Arriving Is I.lve 'I'oaanm from Mississippi s Aildrrsaeri to Presi dent. . WASHINGTON, "Nov, 29,-After a day ot motoring and tennis, Mlra Jcsrle Wood row Wilson and Francis H. Vayre, who are to bo married at tho White House next Tuesday, were given a din ner tonight by Associate Justice Hughes ot the United States supreme court and Mrs. Hughes at their residence here. Covers were laid for eighteen and be sides Miss Margaret Wibion. the presi dent's -eldest daughter, the guests were from the supreme' court and cabinet clr clec. Mr, Sayre, who has been a guest at the White House since Thursday, went to the Hughes home .today to remain until Tuesday. He Is a claxumate of Charles Kvans Hushex. Jr., at Harvard law school, who Ib to bo one of the usher at tho wedding. Bcv. John Novlu Sayre, a brother of the bridgefroom-to.be, who la to UHslxt Rev. 8ylvetr W. Bonch of Princeton, N. J., at the wed ding ceremony, also Ib a. guest of tho Hughes family. With the arrival of the bridesmaid nnd ushers tomorrow It la oxpectod that a' rehearsal .of , tho ar rangements will tako' place on Monday. Complete Ml nr. The White House reflects the anima tion incident to the wedding. Carpenters j today completed the Improvised altar In j the east room, where the woddlug service Is to be read and decorators wero at j work on the other parts of the house j where the guests aro to promenade after ; the ceremony. The White. Ulousa itself Is full ot kins i folk and the president and Mrs. Wilson jaie planning a family dinner for tomor- i row night. Atsoclate Justice and Mrs, Iamar vx- (Continued on Page Two.) CONFESSES TO ROBBING SEVEN HOMES IN OMAHA ' James Komley. alias Joseph Jrnson, arrested lato yesterday afternoon by De ' tectlves Illng and Van Deusen, confessed tp the police limt night that during the last two weeks he had robbed seven homes In Omaha and South Omaha- He could not give the officers the locations of all the lootod placvs. hut promised to take Hum there today He said he loblxwl Chaile Schley's homo at Ift! Castellar, and Mike Basar's homo at 1914 South Kleventh. Theve places he remembered when detectives told him the ai tides that were mleed. Gameness? X- 2 O k f S4rl H"o YILLA TO EYACUATE JUAREZ From All Indications Rebel Leader About to Leave City. TROOP TRAINS ARE BLOWN UP Anierlean Force on Mexican Fron tier Ilelnforced Infantry Heatl ment to Ue Ordered Intmet dlnlelr to Fort Bliss. '. .JUArtlM!. Mexr. Novi 23,-aeneml Francisco Villa Is preparing to evacuate Juaret, front all Indications, arid It 1 expected soon there will not b a trace of a rebel soldier In tho city. His men en training quietly, only a fow at a time on train in the Mexican Northwestern rail road yards, and this leads to tho belief that the rebel chieftain In fleeing towards Casan Qrandcf. . EL PASO, Tex.. Nov. 23. The main body ot General Francisco Villa's rebel fcices, which left Juarei Saturday morn ing to meet a federal force reported to number about 6,000' men, which la advanc ing from Chihuahua to give . battle to General Villa's rebela, la reported tonight to be about forty mile south -of the uui no iar the Impending battle between tho two armies has not 'been opened. Troop Trains Illorrn tip.' ' Two federal troop trains en route from Chihuahua to Juarer, were blown up at Bancherla, slxty-sl.x miles . squlh,. of Juarez this afternoon by dynamite mines placed along tho railroad track, by tho rebels, according to a statement given out by General Franclaco Villa, who re turned from Juurez, whore his troops nrn awaiting the federals' approach. He claimed that there were 1,,'jOO fedorala on the trains which wero destroyed and that tho loss of life was enormous. The rebels claim to have captured one of the trains. General Villa returned to Juarez to night. Ororco Mot luff North. .MEXICO CITV, Nov. 28,-General Orozco, In command of federal troops, hi tu'oNlng from Chihuahua to attack Juarez, now held by the rebels. With him ore hla old lieutenants, General Halarar, Catavero and Orpinel, of the regular army. This announcement was made by the War department, which also reported that 1W followers of Ctapata wero killed In a battle today In the atate ot Morelos. tinnier Troops Ilelnforced. WASHINGTON. Nov. 28, Reinforce ments of the American troops on the Mexican frontier waa' a development to day relating to tho Mexican problem, but i thla movement of troopo was said to be not at- all alarming by official statements hwiied In explanation. j It was suld at the War department that lone of two infantrv regiments Is to be ordered Immediately to Fort Bliss, near HI Pas'o, for the purpose of freeing one .of the cavalry reglmonta now stationed I at that fort for active duty along thn International line in the execution of the neutrality laws. To nerve as a garrison and defend the city of Kl Paso from any iosslble attack from the nouth of the line, or to protect the city in ease of rioting, It wan Mild that ll Infantry oraanlzatlon would Im3 as serviceable as the mounted soldlcis. The net result of the order Is to Increase by a full regiment the force of American troops available to maintain order along the border. Frenchmen Attacked, SAN FUA.VISCO. Nov. St -A party of French and other foreign residents of Santa Roxalla, Moxlco, fleeing from an anticipated capiuro of the town by con fitltutlonalUU, reached this city today headed by Dr. P. Itehuc, Four Freu"h citizens, Her Itehuo raid, were taken pris oner by the insurgents and beaten ulmoat ' lu death The hatred of thn French in I Santa lloalla, he said, waa due to a (Continued "ou Page Two.) .... I.,.- i : g-uB LL-f 5CS Sixteen Prisoners Are Taken in Raid Chief of Detectives flteve Maloney per sonally headed a raid squad consisting ot Detectives Eddie Fleming and Frank Murphy, two men out of his own depart ment. In search of gambling Joints last night. " ' . He and his men found two, Qp was a. pool hall at Sixteenth and Davenport streets,- w-llpfe a -'head-aild-hf ad' fame for nickels and- dimes was In proaresi, and tKn other was ih s, pool hall' on Far- nam street, :near Seventeenth, where a.' game ot equal dimension wail In'progreas. Tho two raids netted sixteen prisoners. G0MPER& IS JMAIN ELECTED Delegates Jeer as One Casts His Ballot Against Him. BIO OVATION FOE MITCHELL Iletlrliiir Official MaUea Farewell speech Kxhortlnir llenrers to ()r Kanlse Unskilled Men and Women Workers. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 22. The Amer ican Federation of Labor adjourned to night after electing officers and choosing Philadelphia as the place of Its 1914 con vention. The officers chosen are: 1 President, Samuel Gompers; first vice president, James Duncan; second vice president, James O'Connell, formerly third vice president: third vice president, Denis A. Hayes, formerly fourth vice president; fourth vlco president, Joseph F. Valentine, formerly sixth vice presi dent; fifth vlcn President. John It. Alhlne. 1 formerly seventh vice president; sixth vice president, H. B. Perham, formerly eighth vice president; seventh vice presi dent, John P, .White, president of the United Mine Workers ot America; eighth vice president, Frank Duffy, general sec rotary of the Brotherhood of Carpentera and Joiners; treasurer, John B. Lennon; secretary, Frank Morrison, In this list aro only two new men, White Bnd Duffy. Second Vice President John Mitchell and Fifth Vice President William D. Huber retired voluntarily. SoelalUt MlreiiKth Tented. For delegates to tho British Trade I'nlon congress, W. D. Mahon International-president of the Brotherhood of Street and Klectrlc nallway Employes, was elected over Councilman Fred T. Wheeler of I .on Angeles by a vote of 14.C03 to' 3,s33. John Mitchell nominated Mahon and Wheeler's vote- was looked on as a test of socialist strength. For second delegate to the British (Continued on Page Two.) Chauffeur Held Who Drives Into Crowd A complaint filed by Counly Attorney Maguey In police court against James Bvoytek, the Omaha Taxlcab company's driver who drove a car Friday evening Into a crowd at Fifteenth and Farnain atreets, charges him "with maiming by J automobile." He was removed to tho i county Jail, Ball has not been asked ns yet. Should one ot the Injured persons die the complaint will probably be changed to manslaughter. Albert Hadman, 13-year-old messenger boy, who was first struck by tho ma chine. Is recovering nicely, while tho In juries sustained by John J. Mahoney and Peter Boland are more painful than seri ous, and both men were reported resting easily at a late hour, MIsji Motile Saltzmau, wjio suffered a broken Jaw. . fractured skull and Internal Injurlee, was still unconscious late Satur day at St. Joseph's hospital, and her condition waa reported critical. Bvoytek Is on the verge of a nervous collapse and threatens to kill himself. WOMAN'S STORY OF BEATING WAY CLEARS "MURDER MYSTERY II Elsie Day of Dr.s Moines Confesses She and Brother Rode Bumpers from Coast. HIS NOSE HIT AS CAR JOLTED Wipes Blood Off with Waist Which Gives "Clue." SHE WEARS BOY'S CLOTHES Young Man and Sister Adopted by Different Families. HAD NOT MET FOR MANY YEARS Yonth Jiy lie- Knew Ho Could Get Along; In lovrn Cnpltnl nnd Olrl Swniesta They TrnTel Hast on Frelsht. DES MOINES, la., Nov..I2.-Elsle Day. who waa thought for a time to have been murdered somewhere between Spokane, Wash., and Aurora, III., but waa found alive In Den Moines last night, admitted tonight that she and her brother, Alfred Love, had beaten their way from Spokane to Des Moines. Their story explains tho finding of the bloody clothing, books and revolver In the car of lumber at Aurora. K woman's garment soaked In blood, led the authorities at Aurora to be Hove a murder had been committed. The name of Miss Day waa written In the book among a numtier of others. The cor was consigned from South Bend, Wash. "On the road somewhere I struck my nojfl against the end of a projecting Joist In the car," said Love. "I had my sister's waist In my pocket and used It to wipe off the blood. Tho revolver s one I brought with me for protection. I dropped it In tho car and could not re cover it. Forirot to Pnelc Book. The German reader found In the car w one which they forgot to pack with their other belongings and they had car ried It with them." Elsie Day traveled the whole dlstancu in her brother's clothes. They left Spo kane October 27 and arrived here eleven days later. "I hadn't sesn my sister for seventeen years." said Love. "I visited her last fall. I couldn't get work and we were up against It- I knew I could get along In Des Moines and Elsie suggested that w beat our way." ' "nearly, we had a great lark on the way," tiaid Miss Day, who s an un usually attriatv young woman. Tlie first theory ot the Aurora pollen was that ' tho 'chili owner of, tho bbofc might .have been lured or dragged Into the car and attacked and' slain. Other Names In Beak. Other names In the book beside that of Miss Day were Dr. A. II. Day. Charles Mant. Colville. Wuh.; Alfred Love. 692 Southeast East Fifth street, Des Moines, la.; Alfred Love, 922 Riverside avenue. Spokane, Wash.; Mrs. A. C. Day, NX) North 2H street, Portland. Ore.; Mrs. D. II. Smith. Unlonvtlle, la. The car In which the bloody clothing was found was In transit sine October 23 and was loaded almost to tho roof with flat lumber. Both side doors and one end door were sealed. The other end door waa open. Near this the clothing and re volver wero found. The open door was about two and one-halt feet equate. GIRL BOUND IN TRUNK RECOVERING FROM SHOCK Harriet Johnson, the 9-year-old girl who was bound and placed In a trunk Thursday night by "Brownie'" Tennyson, the Janitor of the Leonard apartments, 2351 Farnani street, Is declared by the family to be recovering rapidly from the effects of the experience, although still unable to go out of doors. Mrs. Char lotte Grant, who rescued the child, Is confined' to her room as. the result ot nervous shock caused by the experience. rr Like a Ship Without a Rudder Have you cvsr had the dis agreeable experience ot trylnff to shop with a friend who did not know what sho wanted to buy or where she wanted to buy It? A conversation held In tho shopping vicinity waa ovsr .heard the other duy. It went something like this: "I am so glad you came along with me. You have such good taste. My dress maker Is coming; in the morn ing and I must get the ma terials for a dress this nfUr noon." 'What are you going to get?" "I haven't made up ray mind, quite something nice but not too fancy. I thought a mea sajlne, perhaps, but the crepes and brocades are newer, and then there are such pretty light wool materials now they are warmer, too, but you can't wear them on bo many dif ferent occasions as you can a silk." Think of the time and pa tience that this woman would have saved herself, her com panion, the salespeople, and probably her dressmaker, if she had started a few days before to plan her dress and had read the advertisements In the newspapers so that she would have dectded what she wanted and would have known where to go for It.