The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 29, 1916, Page 3

STAR—MONDAY, MAY 29, 1916. PAGE ; INNES ON TRIAL NOW FGR THEFT pesseSccsmeecnan Charged With Robbing One of Nelms Sisters of $3,397 ACQUITTED OF MURDER ATLANTA, Ga, May 29 Tried and acquitted in Texas on the charge of murdering the two daughters of Mrs. John W Nelms of Atlanta, Lawyer V tor E. Innes and his wife, Ida May Innes, went to trial here today for robbing one of the girls of $3,397 Mrs. Nelms’ two pretty young daughters disappeared in June, 1914, and have never | been found | 1 am still convinced,” sald Mrs. Nelms today, “that my girls are dead and that Innes knows how they died and is sponsible for it; but the Texas jury acquitted him, and can only try him for larceny Lois Nelms was married to Waiter Dennis and lived here. In 1913 she went to Carson, Nevada, and employed Innes to get her a divorce. followed in 1914 to wean her Innes The or erson to whom Lols of the things We expected to testify that him, Is that she and I be married, and 4 were to Pos ne a Announcement Extraordinary! Weathers says Mrs him that she hid sent Innes mor to buy a lot in Salt Lake City, and ranches in Montana and in Sonora Mexico. Mrs. Nelms declares her daugh ter was madly infatuated with Innes and she entrusted teally all of the by her father, WN shall, have fourd t er from a telegraph or express company, for s allegeé Mrs. De: Iso copies of messages alleged to have passed between the two Statements made by Innes ind cate he will deny any communica tion with Mrs. Dennis after - a? cured her divorce for her, and that| he will assert she did not leave here to meet him in Texas or any where else THLDA BARA IS AT THE STRAND THEATRE In one of the greatest pictures she has ever been in “GOLD AND THE WOMAN’ IS THE TITLE This picture gives Theda Bara an opportunity to show her wonderful skill as an actress to the fullest advantage. Cynthia Grey’s LETTERS Q—i have a new black satin! dress and am undecided what color shoes to wear with it. | want them to look well and be stylish. | am| 25, so please tell me what would be most suitable for me at that age. | FREDA. | A.—Style in shoes is not regulat ed by age, but by the place they are to be worn and the bulld and gen ral effect of the wearer. A com bination of black patent leather and n, gray or white kid is suf for dress wear, tho solld cc SSA RRARARNAAAY seem# to have the All black agne, gray or white lar colors. Q—While working at a certain occupation, | stayed at the home of my employer. This man and his wife did not like children, not even their own—two half-grown girls— and were best pleased to have them out of sight. In the few families | have seen, the youngsters have in variably taken a great liking to me and so It was here, too. | enjoyed the company of those pleasant chil dren, whom | loved as | would my little sisters, if | had had any. When | went away, each member of the family shook hands with me, and the lady of the house asked me It’s a great picture in every way—one that you can’t afford to miss. Come N to come and see them when | came A : ° A N to that part of the state again. today or this evening, if possible N If not— TOMORROW IS A HOLIDAY, s0 be sure to pay the Strand a visit then. Some time afterward | sent the younger girl a card for her birth day, and to the elder | wrote a short letter, the contents of which were that | remembered the happy days spent in their home, that | longed to hear from them, and that she must let her parents read the let ter. Being a stranger, and alone in the city, | waited expectantly for a reply, but none came Just another little story. Last Christmas, when | sent cards to some of my friends, | also sent one to an elderly unmarried lady teach ae at an. acodemy | had attended 9 year ago. The simple reason | did this was that | thought she would like it. The card was not returned neither do | know if the lady got it | am a foreigner, born and rained in a country where a young, healthy man is not necessarily looked upon as a dangerous beast, and the time | have spent in America has been largely in the solitude of the “back woods,” so there are many things | don't know The auestion | wish to OUNDRRWOKAD ¢ UTDuRE Karmann nnn nnn nnn The best pictures shown in Seattle are unquestionably the William Fox Features—and they are shown EXCLUSIVELY AT THE STRAND. If you are not a regular patron of this theatre, you are not seeing the best. MUTT & JEFF Is undoubtedly the funniest comic being printed today—you have had many a good laugh at this feature in The Star. Mutt and Jeff animated cartoons are fully up to the standard that has made “Bud” Fisher the highest salaried cartoonist in the world. This is an- other exclusive Strand Feature. Harold L. Windus is a REAL picture organ is one of the finest in the Northwest. HE STRAND Second Ave., Bet. Spring and Seneca ADMISSION 10c. EVENINGS (Alter7) 15c. CHILDREN 5c Roomy, Comfortable Loge Seats 25c. —The Strand’s Giant Organ ask is Has conventionality been worked down to so fine an art that a little girl must not answer an Innocent letter from a friend of her family, nor an old maid acknowledge the receipt of a Christmas card from one of her pupils? M,N A—You cor ed no breach tfulne The hance.