Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 12, 1910, Page 1

4 A el | Philadelphla and othér points. | these | Nkely knows ( b, > | the reception ought to be. PART OowEm NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO FIGRT. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. VOL. XXXIX-NO. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska— Fair and warmer. For lowa—Generally fair For weather report see page 2. 52. WHEN ROOSEVELT COMESBACKHOME \ Colonel Moore Talks of the Reception to Be Given the Former President. PROPOSES THAT IT BE NATIONAL Greeting Should Not Be Confined to Any One Section. ‘WHOLE COUNTRY SHOULD HELP Tour of Many Other Large Cities is Proposed. ' | OMAHA 1S PUT UPON THE LIST Demonstration Should Be from Maine Californin, with Rejoicing by All the People of the to Land. BW YORI, June 11.—(Special Telegram) A national reception for Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, following his arrival in New York, when citles and towns throughout the United States may have equal oppor- tunity to display thelr honor and regard for the distinguished former president, is the suggestion made today by Colonel Alexan- der P. Moore, the Pittsburg newspaper man, who deolared recently that a glgantic conspiracy had been hatched to minimize the New York reception to Colonel Roosevelt. Colonel Moore is in New York at present making arrangements for the western Pennsylvania delegation, nearly 5,000 strong, who will come here from Pittsburg on spe- cfal trains next Friday night to assist'in welcoming the famous American to his shore. “I have no quarrel with the New York committee on arrangements,” sald Colonel Moore tonight. ‘“Perhaps the members know best what New York wants to do for lonel Roosevelt, but my opinion is that after the great tributes of forelgn capltals, we Americans ought to outdo the forelgn receptions if for no other reason than na- tive pride or patriotic jealousy. 0 plans can be too big; no arrange- ments 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 native heath and settlo down among his fellow- citizens with no other honor paid him save & parade in the chty of New York, wit- nessed by residents of New York and by such out-of-town people Who can afford the time and money to travel to the metropolis. In Forelgn Lands. ““There is to be no great civic, state or national display, whereas in the foreign capitals persons of royal and noble blood 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 of some the greatness and importance of the man. I sincerely hope this Is not the onn t 4 not aione my opinion that some- thing more than an initial demonstration in New York ought to be done in greeting Roosevelt. The last month I trave been In correspondenced with newspaper publishers throughout the United States and 1 find that sentiment is universal for & 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 & distinguished home-comer when it tries. “When Colonel Roosevelt arrives here the proposition will be put up to him. If he will acquiesce, and 1 have no reason to be- “¥eve he will not, the arrangements will be started at once for a series of grand demon- strations 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 detalls have been worked out, &nd nothing has been done towards plan- ning & demonstration in any other city out- side of New York. “It would seem a good plan to give the whole country a 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 on the Route. “The tour would, If carried to a success- ful conclusion, likely embrace the citles ot Pittsburg, Columbus, Cleveland, Chicago, $t. Paul, Omaba, Kansas City, Lincoln, Denver, Balt Lake City, Portland, Seattle, San Franclsco, Los Angeles, New Orlean: Austin, Galveston, Mobile, Atlanta, Au- gusta, Savannah, Washington, Baltimore, 1 mentlon citles at random, merely to show how representative of the country entire Nothing has been definitely settied to Indicate that the demonstration will take place, but It has been suggested to me that it be carried out in the summer and fall. “As 1 say, the New. York committee what the city of New York wants, but the average out-of-town resi- | dent looks at it in a different light. The " person from OHlo, Iilinols, Kansas, Ne- braska, Colorado or lowa sees in the New York demonstration & weak imitation of the splendid receptions given Colonel Roosevelt In forelgn cltle “We want to do.someihing blg. Just as America is bigger and greater than any other country in the world, just so should the celebration over the home-coming of one of our foremost citizens be the biggest “Natlonal demonstration would give the people of every section equal opportunity 10 voice thelr sentiments, Just @&s the nolse of the Kourth of July sweeps from California to Malne, so ought the wave of rejolcing - over the safe home-coming Of former President Roosevelt do the same. No one clty can adequately express the de- cree of the whole people. Let the states and citles link their hands and if Colonel | Roosevelt 18 In sympathy with the proposi- tion, & celebration will be accorded, the like ot which has not been seen in many a —_— South Dakota Printing Contraect. PIBRRE, 8. D., June 1lL—(Special.)—The state printing contracts for the next year were let here today. The bidders were Hip- ple Printing company, News Printing com- pany, State Publishing company, and Mark D. Scott. The Hipple Co. secured fourteen contracts, including the bills of both houses for the session, and the laws. The State Publishing Co., secured four contracts. In- the purnu- of both houses. The . ch ‘ublishing Co,, and Mark D. Scotl, secured the work oa eleven different slata reports Tax Levied on the Man Who Kills France Adopts Plan for Dealing with Cannibal Natives of the French Kongo. BORDEAUX, France, June 1L—(Special |huts with the skulls of their vietir causing much trouble in the French |according to Captain Prakos, who has just arrived from Atrica. ““Governor General Merlin,” said the cap- tain, “in the course of a tour of Inspection & few months ago, the Motaba river at the moment when a tribe of cannibals attacked, pillaged and | burned a village of peaceful natives, the | captives being actually cooked and eaten General Merlin deelded that a lesson was necessary and ordered me to take charge of a punitive expedition. The troops, di- vided Into throe columns, extremely marshy country, ofteh marching walst deep in water. Indescribable .. A |1ng brought under convoy, being almost unobtainable. Finally, however, rovnded the fll-armed savages. Our force of 600 lost forty men, but the loss of the savages was much heavier. After the vic- tory we divided the territory into districts and established a government, with the re- sult that the taxes for 1910 will be nearly double those of 1909, “‘We imposed a fine of $16 for each skull found In the possession of the natives who had been accustomed to taking their cap- tives to the outskirts of the posts, killing huts with the skulls. This tax we found to be efficaclous in suppressing cannibal- gy College Athlete Raymond Wylie, Formet Pennsyl- vania Student, Caught in Act of Looting Residence. LOS ' ANGELES, June 11.—Raymond Wyley, the former University of Pennsyl- vania 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 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- Drietress 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 eity yesterday, visited a number of saloons, and In the evening walked into the residence district and selected the Yankle home for the beginsng of his operations. Following the athlete's surprise by Mr. .Yankie and the summons of assistance, ‘it required the efforts of twelve men to sub- due and bind him. Wyley when searched had three dlamond rings and a gold stick pin and a gold neck- lace which .he had taken from the Yankie home, The arrest of Raymond Wyley in Los Angeles caused surprise at Rutherford, N. J., and the contiguous New Jersey towns, where the Wyley family is prominently known. Frlends of the family say that Wyley must have suffered a nervous break- down. Vindication for Fred Dennett i Committee Finds Congressman Hitch- cock’s Charge Against Land Office Without Merit, WASHINGTON, June 1l.—A complete vindication of Commissioner Fred Dennett of the general land office of all the charges of reckless expenditures, brought against him by Representative Hitchcock of Ne- braska, a democrat, will be the repart of the majority of the house committee on In- terfor department expenditures, If there |s a minority report, it prac- tically will be based on the allegation of favoritism and unauthorized expenditures for “Jack” Ballinger's trip across the con- tinent from Washington to Beattle, where he left the government service to go Into private service. “Jack” Ballinger is a tary Ballinger and Mr. H! hcock claimed that the young man Intended to resign when he left here and that the allowances of his travellng expenses and per pay, under a designation of porary Inspector’ cf offices, was a “final rake-off" and an “outrage to the treasury.” The majority report will say that R. A Ballinger was not then in public office and nobody had any Idea that he would be secretary of the Interlor. nephew of Secre- Preacher Hit by Chuidk of Coal BOONE, la., June 11.—(Special Telegram.) —~The Rev, George H. Kaps, Baptist pas tor, was serlously Injured yesterday while standing at the coal chutes of the Boone Block Coal company. A chunk of coal welghing 0 pounds fell, striking him on the back. His condition today is eritical and Eats Enemy | | Catlegram.—Cannibals who ornament their | | ongo, reached the shores of | advanced over | hard- | ships were encountered, subsistence not be- | we sur-| and eating them and then decorating the Turns Burglar| dlem | “special tem- | OMAHA, SUNDAY SUITS AGAINST CHICAGO YARDS Attorney General Prepares Bills Alleging Violation of Interstate Commerce Act. PAPERS TO BE FILED TOMORROW Charge that Terminal Railroad Com- panies Fail to Post Tariffs. BULK OF TRAFFIC INTERSTATE | Relation of Junction Company to the | Big Trunk Lines, BEBATING IS AISO ALLEGED Corporation is Charged with Paying Fifty Thousand Dollars An: | ally to One Firm to Stim- ulate Bus | WASHINGTON, June 11.—Under instruc- tions from Attgrney General Wickersham, William 8 Kenyon, assistant to the a torney general, Is expected to file today in the United Btates circuit court at Chicago a bill in equity against certaln 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 commiseion, which s the complal ant In the proceedings. It 1s directed against the Union Stock Yards and Transit company, the Chicago Junction Rallway company, the Chicago Junction Railway and Union Stock Yards company and Louls | Pfaelzer & Sons. It Is alleged in the bill that the tracks of the Chicago Junction Rallway company are controlled by corporations subsidiary to the Union Stock Yards company. The | vallway company handles all incoming and outgolng stock for the Union stock yards at Chicago. It Is alleged that the live stock freight 1s delivered to the Chicago Jurction from all the trunk lines entering Chicago and by it delivered to the Unicn 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 Rallroad company serves approx- imately 60 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 compuny. No Charges Publ a. The complaint alleges that none of the charges made by the Junction rallway on frefght, efther Incoming or outgoing, published or filed throwgh the Interstate Commerce commission, although the bulk of traffic is Interstate commerce. The stock yards company advanced to the trink lines all charges, ‘and twice each wéek collects from the consignees the money it has ad- vanced to the rallroads for the transporta- tion of stock from points outside the state of Dllinois 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. Louls Pfaelzer & Sons are engaged in 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 1llinols, 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 Pfaelzer & Sons have entered into a contract with the Stock Yards company from which the Stock Yards company will pay to that firm $50,000, | fully guaranteed, “ostensibly for the pur- pose of encouraging, developing and retain- | ing- at or near the stock yards in Chicago the business of sald Louls Pfaelzer & Sons," and also Increase the earnings of the Junc- tion company by announcing the amount of property transported by the Junction com- pany in interstate commerce. The government further alleges that the payment of the $50,000 to the Louls Pfalfezer & Bons will constitute in effect a rebate and an unlawful discrimination, and will amount to the charging of a less frelght tariff for the frelght of Louls Pfalfezer & Sons, which It Is the duty of the Junction | company to file with the Interstate Com- merce commission; thus constituting & vio- lation of what is commonly known as the Hlkins law. The government therefore asks that the defendants be required to appear before the clrcuit court to answer the charges In the blll of complaint, and 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 trelght which it handles in Interstate com- merce. B Wil Filed Monday. CHICAGO, June 11.—The bill charging re- bating agalnst the Unlon Stock Yards and Transit company, etc, probably will be thled here on Monday. W. 8. Kenyon, the government lawyer, who Is expected to tile the document, declared that it was at present In the hands of Examiner Lamb of | the Interstate Commerce commission, “Auto pirates” has superseded “joy riders,’" if the writers of a letter found In a car taken from 617 North Twenty-sixth street last night are to be belleved. The nomenclature is certalnly more picturesque than “hogs of the road,” and the eplstie shows that the perpetrators of the raid are as fully clive to the courtesles 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 ken of Its owner It was dlscovered a few blocks away and plnned to the seat was the following emanation from the brains of the plrate Somebody—~Dear Sir: Joy riders T Buto pirates, as we are sometimes called, | Auto Pirates Take Joy Ride and Fix Broken Car enjoyed a fine ride this evening In your | ear which, no doubt, you know, &nd wish | to thank you for the ride and the gasoline we used while driving over the boulevards, highways and byeways and beautiful ave nues of the city. We also wish to con- gratulate you upon your ca We found It as smart as & top, and & fine machine for speeding. We hope we have taken £00d 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 oft the bollers were leaking and the owner had left it on the street while he went to see about having it placed in efficlent order tor traveling, \ MORNING, In | general | JUNE 12, 1910—SIX SECTIONS—FORTY PAGES. SINGLE Coming and Going in Omaha Local Events as Viewed by The Bee's Artist. 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 Passengers Ride in the High Grade Cars. | 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 Rallway 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 Lind- 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 injuncton, The Pullman and the Great Northern companies sought a preliminary injunction restraining the commission from reducing the rates of berths in sleeping cars between Chicago and points in the northwest. The commission ordered the price. of lower berths reduced, the order to hecome ef- tective June 1. The Pullman company be- gan a sult i the United States circult 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 elsewhere than In court today: Passengers on rallroad trajins will be forced to pay extra for the privilege of purchasing places in Pullman cars, it a plan now being considered by the east- ern roads Is put into effect. For years it has been the alm of eastern trunk lines to Institute a ‘“class system,” similar in a great degree to that prevaling in Europe, Has Been a Failare, 1t kad 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 & universal raise in fares of passengers, who ride In intepest (Continued on_Becond Page.) A few thihgs were lost last week. They are advertised in the want columns today. A few were found. They are also advertised. Read these littlo treasures. Every one of them. They will be Interesting and Profitable. They make spicy reading. Good employers are advertising for servants. Good servants are advertlsing 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 s BEE WANT ADS *—. Other Arrests in Sugar Cases Are Probable Announcement that Three More Men Have Made Full Confessions Foreshadows Sensations, NEW YORK, June 11L—Hint of further prosecutions in connection with the sugar under-welghing frauds was given today by Special Prosecutor Henry L. Stimson, when the two men convicted last night were brought up for sentence. Preceding this a respite was won by Charles O. Helke and Ernst W. Gerbracht. Judge Martin suspended sentence until August 30, pending an appeal. Bail 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 recognizanée. It is considered doubt- ful if his case is' further prosecuted. James A, Halligan, the checker, ana Harry W. Walker, the assistant dock superintendent, who pleaded gullty, were sentenced to three months each on Black- well's Isiand. Sentence in the case of Jeane Volker, who 18 confined to his bed In a dying con- dftion, was suspended. Adding to their attorney: ercy for Halligan, Voelker and Walker, Prosecutor Stimson made the announce- ment that since the men had pleaded gullty 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, THREE SOUTH DAKOTA PLACES IN DOUBT Lieutenant Governor, Land Commis- sioner, Railroad Cpmmissioner till in Balance. PIERRE, 8. D, Juue 11.—Three places on the South Dakota republican ticket still remain in doubt—lieutenant governor, land commissioner and rallroad commissioner. It will probably take the officlal 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. plea for clem- Nebraskans S; or Bremen Tuesday. NEW YORK, June 11.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark, Miss Bessie Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Helt- man, Miss Caroline and Arthur Heitman of Lincoln, Mrs. Willam Schwanke, Mr. and Mrs. G. Koopman of Howells, Neb., will sall for Bremen Tuesday on the Kaiser Wilhelm, General Wood Salls for Home. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, June 11 Major General Leonard Wood, who visited Buénos Ayres, as the representative of the American government at the Argentina centennial, salled today for home, where matters require his early attention. I MONEY MARKET LOOKS GOOD Suit Brought Against Railroads Dis- turhs Securities. i ARMISTICE RESTORES CONFIDENCE | James J. Hill Roported to He in the Field to Dispose of $80,- 000,000 NEW YORK, June 1L—(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 railroads last week Wednesday's rise d‘l not remain perma- nent, much to the refgret of the Investors. Up tlll today ‘the matket sagged with a tendency downward. The undertone has been and Is still;’ uncertain—too prone to influence and not figm and unshaken as it should be in & nprmal market. Aside fgom stock market operations, this has beani® good week for the New York money ‘market, Local banks ‘gained in thelr currency operations 3,150,000 Ac- cording to the Saturday returns there was A gain of $3,85,00 on operations with the interior institutions which offset & loss of $706,000 to the government on operations with the United States subtreasury. Of currency §2,212,000 was received from in- terfor Institutions, and $2.376,00 was shipped direct. The action of the Bank of England in reducing its minimum discount rate from 3% to 3 per cent was expected, hence it created mo effect here. No Signs of Trouble. The instabllity of the stock market is Que to several things. One of the principal causes Is the Washington program. With congress tinkering with affairs and in- stitutions which form the business founda- tions of this country, the market is apt to_be a little shaky. The small menacing attitude of the federal power toward organized capital, the restricting features of the administration rafiroad bill, the postal savings bank bill, and the apparent alm of the government judiclary depart- ment to interfere In rallroad matters all constitute a series of causes whose effect Is uncertaln. Weather conditions, which are always a factor, owing to crops are very unsatisfactory, However, there is no pessimism. 1s no cause for gloom. Because Wall street has seen fit to dump several million var- lous stocks upon a suspecting market and get away with it, for alarm Viewed from a dispassionate angle th: is notk.ing In the railroad situation to cause unrest. President Taft and the heads have agreed upon at least rary term The armustice will permanent before danger develops, dence of this the placed orders with tive Works in There there is no cause tempo- become As evi- Harriman system has the Baldwin Locomo- )-lulmwumn for eighty- (Continued on Second Page) Rent Fifteen Feet Long Torn in French Submarine CALAIS, France, June 11.—~The manner of the sinking of the French submarine Pluviose was revealed tcday 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 Calals. Two bodles were recovered before the rising tide again closed | over the wreck The Pluviose was sunk with its crew of twenty-seven men In the English channel | two miles off the French coast on May 2. Since that time wreckers have been en- gaged at ev high tide in tawing the submarine ashore. L Wes Lapossible to | closed. A second body ralse the wreck to the surface. Today In the shallow water of the jetty the super- strucfure rose to view and the firet thor- ough examination was possible, The body of Helmsman Lebraton, clad in ollskins, was found at his post in the steer- ing tower. The trap door leading from the tower to the compartment below was had been recovered the returning tide forced the sus- pension of the operations. As It {8 now established that the hull s filled with water, holes will be drilled through the plates to make possible the removal of the other bodles. The funeral for the lost crew will be attended by Presi- when | country rallroad | cory CENTS. MRS. CHARLTON IS KILLED IN ITALY Body of Wife of Former Omaha Man is Found in the Bottom of Lake Como. FIVE IS CLEARLY A CASE OF MURDER Brother of the Woman Talks of Com- mission of the Crime. ! TO DISCOVER MOTIVE Had Gone Abroad, Intending to Remain Three Years, WERE ON THEIR WEDDING TRIP ' UNABLE Seven Wounds in the ¥ Vietim, Corps Wraped and Then Placed in a of the in Cloth Trunlk. | 1T, BASTERN London), June ‘I am now cons Porter Charl- FORT H. G. WRIC LONG ISLAND (via New 11 scial Telegram.)— vinced that my sister, Mr ton, is dead, but I 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 (Harrison Scott, U. 8 brother of Mrs. Mary Scott-Castles Charlton, the American woman whose dead body was found in @ 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 newspapers, and it was not until today that he re- celved confirmation of 1t. Situated at Fort Wright, on an island twenty miles from New London, Conn, he 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 ate tempting to conjure up in my brain some solution of this tragedy,” sald Captain Scott. “At first T relled upon the hope that the dead woman was not my sister, but T felt strangely certain all along that it was she. Before she salled she sald that she and her husband intended visit- ing in Italy and mentioned Como as one of the spots where thoy anticipated spending some time In a quiet cottage by the lakeside. “I have noe seen my sister for somo months. I never saw her present husband, Porter Charlton, son of Paul Charlton, formerly of Omaha, but more recently’ of Washington and Baltimore, 1 was not present at the wedding, Not that I ob- jected to the marriage, but because it was a very qulet affair and I did not feel called on to attend. Last month I recelved 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 salling elther on that day or the following day for Europe. They planned to spend three years abroad, golng first to Italy, where they Intenden living for wome months. From Italy they were going to France, remaining in Paris some time. From Parls 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. 1 was not in New York when they saifed, /but 1 sent them a message, wishing them happiness and a good voyage. “I recelved @ letter or o from abroad, but nothing containing the elightest hint that danger confronted either my slster or her husband. The news that she was dead came like a thunderbolt. I was amazed and horrified. I could not believe It at first. However, there can be no doubt of it now. “Try as T may I cannot conjure up & single motive for the murder of the girl. While Mr. Charlton was well to do and they took conslderable money with them, my slster was mot what you would term rich, 1 don't think she had suffiefent jew- elry or money on her person to tempt mur- derous thieves. It is all a deep mystery to me and 1 hope the Itallan authorities solve it quickly and bring the guilty per- sons to justice. So far nothing has been done towards bringlng the rerhains to this 1 have received word that the post mortem revealed the fact that the girl was really murdered. 1 can even yet scarcely belleve 1t."” Captain Scott was formerly stationed at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, but was 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 & lawyer. Vietim Mrs, Porter Charlton, COMO, ITALY, June 11.—The police are bending all their energles to solve the my terious murder of an American woman belleved to be Mrs. Porter Charlton of New York, formerly Mary Crittenden Scott of San Franelsco, whose body was found in a trunk at the bottom of Lake Como, yes- terday Detectives belleve that Mrs. Chariton met 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 locatéd. nstantine lspolatoff, & Russian, who has been seen frequently with the couple, Is in custody. The man whom the police are particularly anxious to get hold of 1s in Switzerland, where he fled immediately after the murder. There 1s no authoritative statement as to who he ls. The post mortem examination of the body was made today. This revealed that the woman dled from suffocation. It was found there were seven wounds on the head, sufficlent to render her unconsclous, but they were not regarded as of a nature to cause death. The victim apparently ex- pired some time after she had been placed in the trunk. {he wrapping had been done with a strip of cloth and the body was crowded Into the 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 mortem, the body showed certain ab- normal conditions, on which the doctors reserved expression of an opinion. The police are working hard to recon- struct the mysterious circumstances of the crime, Ther Investigations show that the trunk and its contents were found to be t00 heavy to be carried to the lake by one person and the individual who firet at tempted this task called to his asslstance dent Fallleres and the cabinet, N Lontinued on Becond l'uu