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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-11

the Omaha Observer, who through
sheer sympathy for the boy and his
mother trailed the abductor across
half a continent and won his fight
for the possession of the boy in
Baltimore.
Lazel Winakur, a Polish Jew,
who with his brothers operates a
sweatshop at 107 North Front St,
Baltimore, is under arrest in that
city and will be brought to trial
on charge of kidnapping young
Bruner.
BY alluring tales of fine life in a
city, with prospect of ease and
money and a bright future, Winau-
ker is alleged to have enticed little
Floyd Bruner from his home at the
Koehlor hotel in Grand Island on
Nov. 10.
Mrs. Bruner is employed at the
Koehler hotter. When Elmer E
Brown, broad shouldered and big
hearted. heard the story, he de
cded instanter to find the boy OF
bust the Brown bank account. He
went to Denver, OmahO and Chi
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-11

turned to Baltimore and began a
fight for the possession Of the boy.
He enlisted the aid Of a Jewish
society for the protection of chill
dren," and secured the custody of
the boy through the juvenile court.
When Elmer Brown reached Bal
timore he secured a special session
of court Sunday morning, but learn
ing that he must travel the red tape
line of long litigation, he then de
termined to do little kidnapping
himself, if necessary -
Brown called at the home where
| the society harbored it's wards and
i told the officers of the institution
| that he would leave with the boy
if he had to lick the whole insti-
tuition. They evidently drought
Brown meant what he said, and the
Nebraskan left triumphantly with
a humping heart and tight grip
on the kidnapped youngster. He did
mot let the boy out OF his sight until
he arrived at Grand Island and re-
stored the lad to his OverjOyed
mother.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-11
The Daily Short Story

he had ever believed it possible to
love.
This relieved my mind so much
that | wrote to Aleck and told him
that | knew Ruth would be his
wife if he would only ask her. This
encouraged him so that he came
home the following week and made
Ruth promise to be his, no matter
what the family thought of it,
Realizing that l had done the
best l could. and now that l was
to be left, l grew very lonely. But
Harry came more frequently than
ever, and only a week before the
day set for Ruth's wedding he ask
ed me if l could ever be able to
care for him.
! l had not thought of it in this
way bebfore. but since he told me
that it was | he loved all the time
instead of Ruth | was happy in
deed, and much to the dismay of
the family we announced that W.
would be married two weeks, after
AIeck and Ruth.
The dear girl says to this day
that | de@arve my happiness be-
cause it as through me she met
and fell in love with my step
brother. And I am glad, for they
are as happy as Harry and |, and
that is wonderful degree. c
Margaret, with her disagreeable
disposition, has not yet married.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-11
EDITOR TURNS SLEUTH To-
RESCUE KIDNAPPED BOY

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 11.-Enticed
from his home at Grand Island,
Ne0., to York, Neb., then kidnapped
and taken to a life of drudgery in
a Baltimore, Md, sweatshop and
finally rescued after a hard fight
in court, 12-year-old Floyd Bruner,
son of widowed Mrs. eLon Bruner,
been restored to his mothers arms.
That the boy was found after his
abduction is due solely to Elmer e.
Brown, of Harvard, Neb., editor of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-11

the simplified spelling depart
ment."
"Come off. The government
hasn't any such department"
"Sure 1t has--or one thai
amounts to the same thing. He's
In the dead letter Office"
president Roosevelt says in his
message that there are good
trusts" e.
81 suppose there are-the one In
which we hold stock and the
dead ones"
"What was It that Mrs. Prouder
told you had been in the family
over a century 2" asked Mrs. Smith
ers.
"She was speaking Of the silver
candlestick on the mantel." SAID
Smithers.
/ Il thought she was referring tt
Ihar bonnet"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-11

cago. but could obtain no trace of
the boy. Finally, at Lincoln, he
learned that Floyd had eaten at
one of the hotels in company with
man who registered as Lazel
Winakur.
From Winakur's merchantile Gus
toners, Brown learned that the
mans place of business was in
Baltimore. wired the police there
to resuce the boy.
In the meantime Winakur re.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-11
AN UNKNOWN VICTIM,

Another terribly mangled body
has been found under heaps of de-
bris caused by the wreck near
Garfield last Wednesday morning.
1t is impossible to identify the
body. which Is believed to be the
remains of a tramp who was steal
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-11
LUCKY TRAIN WRECK,

OMAHA, Dec. lit is reported
that the wreck on the Rock Island
last night is of no moment. None
hurt and the train was but slightly
damaged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-11

ing a ride on the passenger train
when the fatal collision ended his
life. The body was found under
the tender.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-24

RAINIER nEACH acre and half acre
tracts. $40 20 tt00 easy terms Why not
own fuut own homo aud stop paying fsntf
VIII lean YOU money 20 bulh You can
raise large garden keep chickens and
have FREQ wood rs minutes car service
b. fare city water. These larFe tracts
sfa being sold AZ ona.hntf the price asked
for adjoining property. ace / II Spencer
~ Rainier fehch station or cali al To-
Marion building. -s9ad
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a TTVTFTST TT19IIFT7-r --TT- -
UNION WATERFRONT io FEET
sIhEkr FRONTAGE ON CAR LINE
iiMlhoNEp WITH BUILDING THAT
MUST HAVE THE MONEY. TUIg AT
iioeq ~ 90, 60 below VALUE on
LAST SIDE OF LAKE. AND INCLUDES
FifA Y' NRc khibShrf re 1Iilss rn ca
ENIiuafNE AGENTS. ROOMS ins AR
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isoe 900 ACRES 81 valley ians seia a
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gyui three million feet u timber. II takan
ttfots up,ion expires. can deliver for tii
per acre. trfmH
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RN.a0 "a Alaska futialnF n. 70
FOR SALr--REAI ESTATE,
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tss Arcade building
Second Ave ana Union.

Fo'Und Ave and Union
o. g91z=tS CASH
acrn IN orchard and garden ~ Rich
mond Beach, good house new aHd well
built, good water, . blocks from sound.
wharf and Il. r. station.
SNAPS .6oa-X Cash
n acres VHshou water front, y IN orch
ara and Gafdau, small house. good Income
property and the best Investment We know
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ffg0aTEpMa
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DOUBLE co9nNER O. nrsr PART or

WEST SEATTLE
Lots -. "a block a. second Plat Of West
seattle riHht IN hest reaidenCe section!
good view near present car line and future
business part - California AVt streets
Ftafed and water tn You can't duplioate
this for the money anywhere IN this To-
calitl, and you cen make good profit
on " BY Hpfins Price Z 100 m 700 cash
balance one year, Zee owners
W " SMITH a co, mi boston BLOCK
fhonea@fnd. l. i65. Main iShs If
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foR sAIr--REAI ESTATE.
GEORGE v MEAcHAM q CO,
New York Bldg.
TREES = SMITH.
Empire Building

fItEEN 4 SMITH.
Empire building.
u. io1-fsoo cash. balance any reasonable
Terms splendid modern cottage on Fast
Union car line
u sopafpog cash double corner nm Na
dfnnA ridge near cars
tas-t2qo cash. bis bargain In close IN
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ron tAHun rHuFfFH AND QUICK
HEfNRaa
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TACOMA o. ns@ y 80 gfNt go tairfs
sftae
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1865. EASILY EizaFa4 J utie ffaaW Nssta
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CAL 81 ftst = H4steaH asafits Esft
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49, rfsf eiess aEian&. ntes ffsaA tetasse
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home 81 10 cash
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tfffisa open futi m
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FARM LANDS
70 srTea frnnsiaa 90 lake sfif COUNTY faasd
All i4.stafn lard aisn near seattle Everett
frfsf,irf.sn line. rsfes q -. tffms
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80 reartsHs Hans huildlns
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Booth Whiftlssey Hanf0rd Abstract Co.
sssshiished 1860. Basement o. Hailsr blk
Phone Main fst a
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NOM 81 ata
10 fuu want % make t.aoof Qusstlau
% settins money
Property must ~ sofa
18th Ave. n. and John ~
oooa terms. secd locaiinn
NOW A. 10
Watch this prop soil far % 600
on itth ave near Denny way. inrans
~ per meath. full bot
Two lots On 18th ave on paved street
~ improvements raid. each psiro. fee
ts 49, Cor both
ASprnapS as posien nm Ia uat
LOT Almost ON WATER FRONT
OBJ LAKE WAfHfSnruN FDH ONLY
30 SEE AID Oh rAuf
a aENttSE sNAr-f have = iot within
80 feet II Mount naker Park Additiua
where leis are selling fnr o. ore ana more
which viii sell for fsr. 80 down ana
10 manthi fine view near lake Aa5
dress "a care star
4 sNAp FuR $40
Lot Just aefoeA street rrufn LAKE Wash.
inFiou. within fen hundred feet ~ Mount
hakar Park. where lots arr selling faF
three simsH much. Terms rrierhnne
Maln 1871 I teot from , 90 n 3 m
BEACON HILL ADDITION
Fine cleared lots. with beautiful view
u monntatna and axe. oniy ucc down
ana 81 % each week uuy one ~ thsss
fur yrur baby II To- better than A savs
inAs bank. Title perfect
CHARLES v ADAMS.
30 tfnlman hide
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LIT OF THE CHEAT rrai-
deues lots only Is minutes from
'taneer SQUARE on interurban
Lots cleared and walks Ia No
OVERLOOKING splendid view Of
lake, mountains and valley
Voc 70 SIC. easy payments bc
Fare city pipe line on addition.
lfuY ffuiu owner
RIVERSIDE IMP. Co,
", W Waters, Sec.
tnIa Ataaka Tihc
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=. Vienna Dys Worts-I.adles' and gents
line tailoring, repairing and STEERING
ZONES pressed Wills you walt. Pants, tsc.
sliss Ne oferenets, tbc. suits steam cieen.
90 y JPN tiii q 100 fth av. zsss
Arizona republican., 1906-12-24
They Resent the Action of the President in
 the Japanese Matter
They Regard His Attitude Menace to the Freedom of the American PeOple--A Demand for the ExeIu- sion of the Japanese.

San Francisco. Dec. 2S.-MayOr Schmitz addressed a mass meeting to- night under the auspices of the Jap anese and Korean Exclusion league. defending the action of the San Fran cisco school board. A formal protest was made against the unrestricted ad- mission of Japanese and Koreans to the United States and the admission of MOngOlians to the San Francisco public schools.
 The meeting adopted resolutions de- nouncing the presidents message on the Japanese situation, resenting his interference in the domestic affairs of the state, expressing a lack of confi- dence in Secretary Metcalf, declaring his report on the school question ut terly unworthy of credence in any particular and calling attention to his numerous misstatements and misrep- resentatiOns, which were obviously one sided and grossly exaggerated.
 Twenty-Five hundred people attended the meeting. Mayor Schmitz said he was willing to lay down his life with his fellow men in fighting the Japanese hordes. He said the Japanese were more of a menace than the Chinese. If they were naturalized, as has been proposed by the president. they would soon control the state by their votes.
Arizona republican., 1906-12-24
IN "WHITE" INNOCENCE
 DE RATTAN WAS ARRAYED
The Burial of the Woman Who d Week
 Ago Was Man
Phoenix Woman Who Lived a NeighbOr In Oh ica % of the Wife of the Mystery and Recognized Her Photograph

De Raylan. whose strange case has fired public interest for the last five days was yesterday hidden from mortal eyes. The funeral took place from the undertaking rooms of Mohn X Driscoll at half past two o'clock. As on the preceding days. the undertaking rooms were thrOnged all forenoon with visitors desirous of seeing the body of this remarkable woman and at the time of the beginning of the service it became necessary to close the doors against a further accession to the crowd in the chapel.
 Rev. MT. Maclean officiated. His address was brief and did not touch upon the life of the dead. It was to the living. After the services the body was taken to Greenwood ceme- tery. The procession consisted of the hearse. a carriage conveying the pail . bearers and a cab in which rode Charles Tanner. the former friend of the dead and Superintendent Stillweil of the public schools. There were othe . carriages bearing those who had been drawn to the case by curiosity or sym pathy.
 There was an unprecedented thing in connection with the funeral The body of the dead was enclosed in d white casket and conveyed to the woman who had been a man of affairs
Arizona republican., 1906-12-24

demonstration in his efforts. as judged by the noise. A few moments later Mrs. Harrison looked through the screen and saw the light of the burn ing building. She instantly gave the alarm and hastily dressing. was one of the first to reach the burning building but it was then entirely in flames and could not be entered. It happens that there are more women in the neighbor- hood than men and there were eight or ten of them on the ground before a man appeared. Still it is doubtful it anything could have been saved had there been an army of men at hand. for the fire made rapid progress when 1t first started though it burned q long time for a building of that size The only things saved were a bedstead and mattress. a carpet sweeper and hammock. Nothing else, not even trunk or trinket. escaped the flames.
 The fire was seen down town shortly after il started but 1t was seen that IL was a long way out and those who noticed 1t first believed it to be a brush pile. Some had started in that direc- ton and were half way to the capitol building before the alarm was turned in. The department when notified re- spOnded as quickly as possible with the chemical apparatus but did not take the engine out as there is no hydrant within a quarter of'a mile of the place. It was a long drive for the team with the heavy ladder truck and all that could be done on arriving was to stand guard and see that no adjoining house caught fire There are several houses in a row along that street but fortu- nately there was no wind at all and no danger to adjoining property. The res idents of that neighborhood are more than grateful for the ready response of the department for they are outside the limits and cannot demand protec- tion. nevertheless there are times wheh the necessity of ones self or neighbors is the highest law.
 An early telephone message that created considerable alarm was to the effect that the burning house was that of H. B. St. Claire and that the nearby property of Capt. George D. Christy was threatened. This was the more startling for the reason that Captain Christy has been for a long time con- fined to his bed by illness. Happily though, this report was erroneous. There was no one hurt and the loss was financial except the loss to the Harms family of those effects which have a value that cannot be counted in dollars. Among the most valuable contents of the house, in money con- sideration. was a piano belonging to Mrs. Harms.
 MT. Harms noticed the fire down town, along with other interested spec tators, though he could not tell with any certainty where it was and hearing the report that it was the St. Claire residence he was not particularly alarmed. though he hurried home as fast as possible only to find his home in ruins. It could not be learned last night. whether the property was in sured or not and Mir. Harms said he did not know.
Arizona republican., 1906-12-24
BURNING OF A HOMt
 ON JEFFERSON STREET
Residence Owned By Mrs. Anna Mon ihan and Occupied By the Harms Family, Destroyed With All It's Con- tents.

The house belonging to Mrs Anna tween Twenty-first and Twenty ond avenues. and occupied by the fam fly of Charles w. Harms. was totally destroyed by fire last night between 10 and 12 o'clock. IL was a four room brick structure with a wooden bath room in the. rear, very comfortable and well built One-story house. a porch or outside sleeping apartment on one side adding room and convenience. The origin of the fire will never be known though the most natural theory is an exploding lamp or a defective flue.
 There was no one at home when the fire started nor had there been for friends at Wenden. MT. Harms was home early in the evening. sometime after dark and deciding to go up town for a little while he did so, leaving two lamps burning. He had also had a fire in the stove early in the evening. The first to give the alarm was Mrs. Hor- ace Harrison who resides the second house to the east from the Harm, place. She was sleeping in a screened apartment and had retired early. She heard a racket as of tin cans or some thing similar. and remarked to lady who resides with her that she guessed MT. Harms must be splitting some kin61ing. The other replied that ha seemed to be making considerable of
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and of the world on two continents. who was married to a woman after having according to report maintained other women as mistl esses. Yet death revealed that this man" was a virgin and so the forms in relation to the funeral and burial of virgins was ob- served. Nothing else could be done without a violation of the forms. There was also buried with her the Greek church cross with the name "Nicolai'' inscribed upon it which had been found about her neck.
 There was a single development in the case yesterday and like all tha other numerous developments it only showed how deep the mystery is, how little the world is. Among those who called to see the body was Philip Kalsman of 343 East Monroe street. of the tailoring department of the New York store. He recognized a photo graph on the casket as that of a young woman he had known as Miss Anne Davidson. He told his wife about IL and Mrs. Kalsman called to see it There could be no doubt that the pho tOgraph which was that of Mime. Anna De Raylan was also that of the former Miss Davidson.
 There was strong cOrrOborative proof of tine identity. Mrs Kalsman knew the Davidson's. a Jewish family in Chicago well. They lived on the opposite side of the street. There were two sisters and a brother beside the parents. Anne Davidson was concert hall singer whose reputation was not as good as it might have been. Mrs. Kalsman used to meet her and her mother at a kosher market and there were frequent conversations about family affairs. These conversa- uOns occurred during a period of sev- eral years.
 About twelve years ago Miss David son married a man in Chicago. They had one child which had been born out of wedlock- Their married life was brief the wife obtaining a divorce. Some years later, Mrs. Kalsman said.