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The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
FINDS BURGLAR
LOOT|NG HOME
Frank A. Thompson's Return From
Theater Interrupts Job-Inruder
Carries Of Cash and Trinkets.

Only the timely return from the the
ater OF Frank A. Thompson and his
wife prevented their home at No. 1Ols
Brush-st., from being ransacked from
cellar to garrett by nimble-ingered
thief, Monday night. AS 1t was, the
intruder got $3.50 In cash, silver
mesh pocketbook valued at $25, a
gold stick pin and other trinkets that
bring the total up to $500.
He was interrupted in his operations
by the appearance Of the Thompsons,
A confederate who watched on the out
side, warned him Of his danger and
the two men ran down the street to-
gether.
A maid was at home and she slept
while the burglar entered the house.
Thompson reported the matter to the
police. Mr.. Thompson Is president of
F. A. Thompson & Co, manufacturing
chemists.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
PUTS AWFUL POO
IN ADJ TO GET JOB
Shrewd Old Janitor Admits Touch Of
Pathos Is Just Clever Scheme
To Land Place.

It sure is the age of advertising
this present day and date.
There is little "Gaby OF the Lilies.
for instance. After putting king out
OF business on account OF lavish ex
travagances, II was strictly up tc
Gaby, on her arrival in America, te
declare that she had zoe, 900 simoleonl
melted into q string OF pearls. Ad
vertising78 One kind.
On the other hand, there is william
Roemer, a round-faced chubby In a hu
man ant-hill at Nos. 272-274 Wood
bridge-st. east. Witness this, In the
Situations Wanted--Male.'
GOOD. sober. awful poor, handy
German man, experienced janitor,
furnace tender, gardener; wants
any steady Job. WIN. ROEMER,
272 Woodbridge.
Visions OF wretched, tearstrained
state Of detection and poverty sent Q
Times man to the address.
Roemer, looking exceedingly we'll
fed and contented, looked up from the
Is suits of his own old clothes that he
was mending and greeted the caller
carefully read his own lad"
Fifteen dollars a month, no less,
he remarked, irrelevantly.
Are you hungry, or uncomfortable? 2
he was asked, as a finger was laid IN
some doubt on that awful poor"
Roemer smiled like a seraph, and
remarked, mo, no. | just put that IL
to get job. There Is so many peo
pie looking for jobs, that maybe that
awful poor gets me something, per
haps. am quite comfortable here.
and he pointed to little coal stove
and well-filled box OF coal. "Wher
i ever get hungry, perhaps, go Il
Schneider. Schneider Is a friend o
mine I'm the groceries business. Ht
says to me often, 'Roemer, II you ge
hungry or mad in the winter time, ant
want to tie string around your necl
and jump offDa soap box, don't do II
Come and see me-" oh, no. I JUS
put that awful poor In, for the Job
Il get lots of Jobs offered me, wha
they call chores. but got to have
janitor job. and got to have SIS /;
month out OF II. This room costs me
$5 a month"
And then the spirit of honest adver
tising shrieked again. II can ge
back my old room for $3.50 a month
but every time ! come home drunl
there, pretty near break my neck OF
them bum stairs. SO I can take M
$5 month chores job; I got TO hav,
IS for my room and $40 more for me.
Roemer explained that he had beer
working on Belle Isle cutting grass
during the summer. He had to lool
for some other work In the winter, 81
he just sat down and wrote out hi
touching appeal TO employers.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
CAPTAIN HAMS STEPS TO
~. FREEDOM FROM SING SING
Leaves For Brooklyn With His Father,
..a But Refuses To Discuss His
Plans For the Future.

oSSINING. N. Y, Oct. 3.-Capt
Peter c. Hams, slayer OF w. e. Annis.
was released from Sing Sing today,
on pardon by Gov. Dix. He left the
prison gates at $3.50, accompanied by
his father. Gen. Hams, who has been
here two days awaiting receipt OF the
pardon.
The pardoned man accepted the
$2l.96 which the state OF New York
furnishes its released prisoners, and
claimed 72 cents railroad fare to
Brooklyn. He was dressed in a new
suit OF dark blue serge and wore a
light felt hat. With his father he left
Immediately for New York. Both de-
cliped to talk OF future plans. ..
Hains was convicted Of the murder
Of Annis, an editor. at the Bayside
Yacht club three years ago. The "un'
written law played an important part
In the trial. Hains recently divorced
his wife,
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
JUDGES DEADLOCK
ON PROSECUTOR
Charles T. Wilkins and Hugh Shep-
herd Receive Three Votes Each
BallOting Continues, Today.

After balloting for almost an hour,
Monday afternoon, the circuit court
judges were unable to select prose
cutor for Wayne county, and another
meeting will be held Tuesday after
noon when an attempt will be made
to break the deadlock.
Charles T. Wilkins, Democrat, and
Hugh Shepherd, Republican, each re-
ceived three votes in Mondays meet
ing. wilkins received the votes oi
Judges Murphy and Hosmer, Demo
Gratis, and Van Zile, Republican,
while Judges Codd, Mandell and Don
ovan voted for Sheperd.
On the first ballot Judge Mandell
voted for Louis Wurzer, Judge Codd
for Fred Smith, Judge Donovan for
Shepherd, Judge Van Zile for Fred
II. Aldrich and the Democrat judges
for wilkins. On the second ballot,
Mandell and Codd voted for Shep,
herd, but Judge Van Zile continued
to vote for Aldrich, whom he Is
anxious to keep in office so as to in
sure a Job for his son, now an assist
ant-prosecutor.
On the eighth ballot Judge Van
Zile swung over to the Democrats
and the deadlock resulted. After II
was seen that further balloting was
useless an adjournment was taken.
wilkins friends are looking for
Judge Mandell to swing over to their
side. because the two men have been
intimate friends for years, and We're
room-mates in college. wilkins made
a fine record in the Office of assistant
district attorney several years ago.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
sHIRK RESPONSIBILITY.
Many Men Decline to Serve On City
Commissions, Mayor Complains.

Many Men Decline TO Serve On City
Commissions, Mayor Complains.
THE system of municipal govern
ment is a great corporation and its
success depends upon the willingness
of business men to give aid" said
Mayor Thompson in an address to the
Mems Association of the Fort-st. Pres
.byterian church, Monday night.
Many prominent men OF Detroit"
he continued, "shirk the responsible
ity of giving the benefit of their ex-
perience to the city by accepting
places on commissions that tender
to them. Conditions are shaping
themselves so we must meet this
situation and urge citizens to CO.
operate"
Mayor Thompson touched upon the
.progressiveness of Detroit and refer
red with pleasure to It's small debt.
The banquet was the first OF the
season to be given by the Mems as
sociation. Alfred j. Pitts, the toast
master, announced that President Nc
Rae, OF the Board of Commerce,
would address the club In the near
future.
The Rev. e. H. Pence, pastor of the
church, also spoke, Monday night
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
PRESIDENT TAFT
IN DENVER TO-DAY
His Fourteen Hours Stay in the
Colorado Metropolis Is Crowded
With Events.

DENVER, Colo, Oct. 3.-This is
President Taft's busy day.
When he arrived here from the
east at 8 a. m, he faced the prospect
of spending fourteen hours In this
city SO crowded with events as to
satisfy even Col. Roosevelt's love OF
the strenuous life.
The president ate at the Denver
Country club at $3.50 with the Yale
Alumni. He spoke briefly there;
then, returning, stopped at the Den
yer University campus and spoke
again. At IL o'clock the president
addressed the public lands conven-
tion, which had delayed adjourning
for two days to give him an oppor-
tunity to discuss conservation.
At noon the president and his par
ty luncheoned at the home of Craw-
ford Hill with fifty society people and
then went to the baseball park, where
he presented loving cup to Presi-
dent McGill, of the Denver baseball
club. The rest of the presidents af-
ternoon was devoted to automobiling
to the foothills of the Rockies and
to a political conference with Color
ado Republicans.
Tonight the president will be the
guest of honor at banquet when he
is expected to deliver an important
address. The subject of this speech
has not been given out, however.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
SCORES OF FLOOD.
VICTIMS BORNE TO
THE GRAVE
Volunteers Garry Rough Wooden
Cofins Across Devastated Town To
Cemetery as Rescuers Search
Debris for Other Victims.
One Hundred and Fifty Cofins Have
Arrived in Morgue in Stricken
Town.

AUSTIN, Pa, Oct. 3.-Austin began
the burial OF It's dead today. Starting
with the break of dawn little groups
Of mournres followed body after body
across the devastated town TO the
cemetery. Volunteer pallbearers car
ried the rough wooden collins and OF
ten mourners and pallbearers were
forced to scurry from the path OF fall
ing debris as the imported rescuers
worked diligently In search OF other
victims.
Survivors are saved one grief as
but few OF the bodies buried TO-DAY
we're mangled Most OF the victims
we're drowned. One hundred and fifty
cofins have arrived at the morgue.
With the larger cities sending forces
OF laborers today, the work OF clear
ing away the debris progressed faster
than Yesterday. The survivors Will
not permit debris to be fred until 1t ls
certain all bodies have been recoV'
cred.
The furnishing Of food and clothing
10 survivors IL stilf q serious problem
The unusual demand fod food. com.
bined with its scarcity. has caused
famine prices to prevail, despite the
fact that food Is being served free 10
all accredited homeless. Clothing mas
been provided for about half the sur
vivorS. -.
The demands for the prosecution OF
those responsible COR the weakened
condition of the Bayless dam continue
today, and it has also developed tha'
scores of lives might have been saveu'
haG Il not been believed that the mrs.
alarm of the approaching HOOD was
intended for a Joke. ,.
Twice within the past ~ osys
would.be jokers had. blown the nre
Whistles" said James Robinson d
Main-st. tailor today. When tne
Whistles sounded Saturday, mans
thought 1t was another joke ano nn alu
not attempt to Zee until the water
WAS upon them" ,.noro.
Mary Decker, the telephone opera,
tor. who flashed the warning h'o
many homes, at hrst thought y Mas
a ioie. when someone called her Sha Snu
said the dam had broken. sne
ianehed. but looked out the Windo"
and saw the onrushing waters
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03

LONDON, Oct. 3.--The powers are
having trouble today with their Turko-
Italian peace plans
Italy refuses to entertain the idea
Of outside Intervention until Il has
completed the annexation OF Tripoh.
Turkey even scorns the suggestion
that Italy may be willing TO make II
cash payment for the province.
Accordingly, the Italian feet began.
bombardment of the port OF Tripoli
today. II Is not yet definitely known.
SO strict Is the censorship. whether
there was q previous bombardment
Saturday, as reported, when the Turk
Ian garrison retreated into the IN
terror. Today's action Is oficially ati-
mitted by the government at Rome.
Turks In Tripoli will suffer little.
strageticAlly. from the bombardment
They hold strong position fifty miles
inland which they are reported to be
entrenching today. Sixty thousand
wellarmed Arabs have joined them.
Their advance guards are twenty
miles bacck from the coast. Before
beginning the bombardment OF the
city, the Italians are reported TO have
sunk the Turkish transport Derna,
which fell into their hands last FRI
day.
II 10 certain today that the Turkish
feet is now safe In the Dardanelles.
Notice has already been served by the
Constantinople government that mer-
chant ships attempting to pass ct
might w.. be sfired on on. The squad
ron is at anchor on Magyar.
Diplomatically, the Turkish position
Is a good one today. From St Peters
burg comes the report that the czar
Is ready to back the sultan II the lat
ter will assure him free passage Of
the Dardanelles for his warships In
the future. The price Is doubtless
higher than the sultan will enjoy pay
ing but In an emergency the offer may
be accepted.
Austria is also very jealous OF Italy
and is hampering It's operations by
constant warnings. Germany. which
was almost certainly negotiating with
Turkey for the purchase Of Tripoli IS
naturally exasperated by the Italians
move.
There is every prospect OF tre-
mendous shaking up OF the London.
Berlin, Vienna and st. Petersburg for
eign offices In the near future as 4
result OF the officials negligence In
allowing Italy to take them SO conf
pletely by surprise that Its Tripolitan
grab was practically completed before
any outside chancellory was aware
that such thing was contemplated.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
Turkey Issues Another
Appeal to The Powers

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct. s.--Tur.
key issued a third appeal to the pow
ers today to intervene in the Turko-
Italian war
The Porte accuses Italy of viola
tion of all international rules and em-
phasizes Turkeys right to retaliate
to the full extent Of its power. The
Sultan has postponed such measures,
however, the appeal says, I'm the
hope that II may still be possible to
end the war in justice and equity"
Aside from the province OF Tripoli,
If the territory may be said to have
passed definitely into Italian hands.
Turkeys losses up-to-date are placed
lContinued ON Page Eight
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
JUDGE HosMER UPHELD.
Supreme Court Affirms Decision ~
tuberculosis Case.

The supreme court has affirmed the
decision OF Judge Hosmer In the sull
of the unincorporated Detroit sociT.s T.!
for the Study and Prevention OF Iu.
berculosis against the Incorporated
faction. The suit was heard In the
circuit court just a year ago and at
tracted wide attention. The unincor-
porated society had been carryIns oH W
the work for years. when a group Oh
members voted to incorporate. New
oficers were elected and the books
and money turned over to them. the II .'
controversy which followed was car ear,
ried into court and Judge Hosmer neio
thot the Incorporated society was In
NO rr~I way related to the old unincorpor, O11pSr
tied % society. either in name. functions
or obligations. or as to Its money, Ts !.
hooks or other possessions. no
money collected by the unincorpol-
% atod society was ordered returned to
It and the other body went out OF eA'
istence.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
sMUGGLER SENT TO PRISON.
Merchant 10 Condemned to Blaekwell's
Allen and Collins Fined.

NtVH abS S~"ibe
NEW YORK. Oct. 3.-Judge Hough
sentenced Abraham Lichtenstein,
head Of q fashionable millinery estab-
lishment, TO serve four months on
Blackwelfs island for smuggling, say.
Ing merchants WhQ.smnggle rlerchan-
disc for profit must suffer the fnll
penalty OF the law -, !. Il ~ s.s4s.
Immediately following the sentence
imposed on the fashionable milliner,
Judge Hough, who earlier In the day
had received pleas Of guilty by Ma.
than Allen, OF Kenosha, Wis, founder
Of the leather trust, and John r. Col.
Inns, Of Memphis, Tenn, organizer of
the Southern Coal So, in which Allen
also is a large stockh6lder, fined them,
respectively, $4,000, and $4,000, but
did note ouple their punishment with
prison terms. With the duty they
must pay on smuggled articles they
will be mulcted at least 100000 and
possibly 100000. The full list of
smuggled articles has not yet been ap-
praised.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
HELD FOR WIFE MURDER.
Or. Harry EleIn Webster is Remanded
Without Bail.

DIXON, Ill, Oct. 3.-A coroner's
jury at Polo late yesterday. ordered
Dr. Harry Elgin Webster held in the
ogle county Jail without bail on a
charge OF numbering his second wife,.
Bessie Kent Webster. Webster did
not appear at the inquest In Polo.
Members of the coroner's jury were
taken in automobiles to the jail at
Oregon, where Webster acknowledged
his confession made In Chicago.
Following the trip to Oregon, the
Jury returned to Polo. where the In
quest was concluded. Hundreds OF
people who had gathered at the Polo
opera house, where the inquest was
held. hoping to see Webster, were
forestalIed by the action Of Sherifr
Delaney in taking the jury to Oregon
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
FIGHTS FOR PRISON BOARD JOB.
Edward A. Phillips Obtains Order
AGAINST Atty.-Gen. Kuhn.

LANSING, Mich. Oct. 3.-The su-
preme court has granted an order to
compel Atty.-Gen. Kuhn to show cause
why he should not filS information In
quo warranto proceedings to deter
mine whether Edward A. Phillips or
lanes Parker Is entitled to member
ship on the board OF control OF the
Ionia reformatory.
phillips attorneys contend he was
appointed by Gov. Warner for term
ending Feb. Is. 1915, and that he was
confirmed ~ the senate by a major
ity vote on IAN. IL, 1911. They claim
Gov. Osborn did not attempt to nom
mate Parker until two months elapsed
and that Phillips Lever received any
notification OF his release oficiaily.
n is finally claimed that Parker Is
holding the once Illegally.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
JUDGE DENIsoN SWORN IN.
Grand Rapids Man 10 Now Member oi
Y. s. Court Of Appeals.

CINCINNATI. O., Oct. 3.-Judge
Arthur c. Denison, of Grand Rapids,
was sworn in today as member OF
the United States circuit court Of ap-
peals. He succeeds Judge Henry f.
Severens.
BY the retirement of Judge Sever
ems, Judge John Warrington becomes
the presiding Judge Of the court. His
colleagues will De Judge Denison and
Judge Loyal z. Knappen, who Is also
from Michigan.
Clarence w. Sessions, OF Grand
Rapids, was also sworn In as Judge
Denisons successor as United States
district Judge.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
ADVERTISING TALKS.
WRITTEN BY
WILLIAM e. FREEMAN

THOMAS E. DOCKRELL, to
whom l have referred before,
has the BASIC PRINCIPLE OF
ADVERTISING so deeply root
ed in his system that whenever
ne talks to q manufacturer about
advertising he drives a nail
home so thoroughly that 1t
STICKS there.
In a recent article of his, en-
titled "MANUFAC T u R / N G
PLUS RETAILING" he made
this statement:
"THE STRENGTH OF A
MANUFACTURES IN ANY
LOCALITY IS XACTL Y
EQUAL TO THE STRENGTH
Of HIS RETAIL OUTLET IN
THAT LOCALITY
Now, HOW is the manufac-
turer to get a retail outlet in any
locality in the United States ?
Must he secure it through gen.
eral publicity, or through adver-
Using in LOCAL NEWSPA-
PERS?
If John Jones, manufacturer
of hose, wants to sell his product
In any or all communities in the
United States, which is the sane
course for him to pursue? That
is the question he must answer
before he commences to adver-
tise.
Is it not a reasonable deduc-
ton that, in order to sell his
hose in Philadelphia, or Balti-
more, or Cleveland, or Seattle, or
Sacramento, or any other place,
the thing for him to do is to
TELL ABOUT HIS HOSE IN
LOCAL NEWSPAPERS in each
community and BACK UP THE
foentiassd % Assp sagsl.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
THE WEATHER.

For Detroit and vicinityi Tuesd. v
might and wednesday, cloudy with
FalnJ ~armerD moderate Go brisk east
eFly winds.
For Lower MiehtganI Rain md
warmer tOnightJ wednesday, rain and
warmer I'm southeast portion.
For the Upper Lakes Brisk east Tn
southeast windsJ rain tonight and ON
Wednesday, warmer tonight.
For the Lower Lakes Moderste east
Go southeast windsJ generally fair en-
eept rain toniGht or Wednesday ON
westera Erie.
One year ago today Highest tenn
Dersture, s2J lowest, BSg mean, 8st
partly cloudy weather.
The sun sets tonight at 5tII m. N.
and rises Wednesday at 5Ea2 q. M,
The moon sets ne I2sOs n. m. wed
nestRy.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
PHONE GIRLS IN FIGHT.
Striking Operators Hold Up Non
Union Girls az Exchange.

owoSSo. Mich, Oct 3.--When sew
eral girls who had been imported from
Grand Rapids to take the places OF
striking telephone operators tried TO
enter the Union telephone exchange
last night. they were held up by the
strikers and their sympathizers. One
OF the strikebreakers bit a girl striker
on the arm till the blood flowed
Police came to the scene and dis
persed the crowd. which hung about
for several hours. but there was no
more picketing.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
KILLED BY AUTO.

Stefan vidakov, Run Down by Dis
abled Machine Being Towed.
Stefan vidakov, SS years old, was
run over and killed by one OF the
Tiyoli Brewing Co.'S automobile
trucks, Monday night, at Jefferson-ave.
and Chene-st. The auto that killed
him was disabled and was being towed
by another machine. Vidakov, hurry.
ing to his work as night watchman,
did not see the hope connecting the
two machines and tripped over 1t. The
body was removed TO the county
morgue. Herbert Pierce, No. 16
Navarre-st., was the driver Of the sec
ond machine
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
DETROIT CASE SOLVED.
Mrs. J. w. Reynolds Diamond u
Found Among 6ahy's Piaythlngs.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. Oct. 3.--A dia-
mond setting which disappeared two
years ago while Mr. and Mrs, j. w.
Reynolds lived on Jefferson-ave., De
troit, has been found among the
playthings OF Walter Reynolds, their
six-year-old son.
When Mrs. Reynolds gem vanished
suspicion fell upon q servant girl and
she was arrested. but released later
when Mrs. Reynolds refused TO ap-
pear against her.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
ODDS AND ENDS
PROM THE WIRES

CHICAGO-Judge Charles Good
now, who never uses the word
obey" In the wedding ceremony, has
tied the knot 81 times and only two
OF the marriages proved unhappy.
COAL CITY, nl-Because she re-
fused to carry out q compact made
between parents ten years ago, where
Joseph Sestalk killed his daughter,
Anna, and then himself.
CHICAGO--Mrs. Arthur Walter.
wife of one of the proprietork of the
London Times, declare II as safe for
woman to make tour around the
world alone. as Il 10 for man. She
lis doing A.
CHICAGo-Having tried the ex-
pertinent and proved his contention,
Malcolm Mcdowell, proprietor of a
Coffee wagon" Is now lecturing on
How to live on four cents day"
NEW YORK-The public drinking
cup being prohibited by law, j. p.
Morgan, and other Wall-st. million
aires. now drink water through q
straw.
NEW YORK-Twelve men will car
ry the coffin of George s. Schober to
his grave. Schober weighed $50
pounds.
PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y.-A
- 10 oEo aEn drnnntn. from a roftnr
coiled itself about the neck of Lillian
Portcher, 8, who was saved by her
school teacher, who finally killed the
reptile.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with
request, she says, Of her husbands
spirit, Mrs. Charles Buhland conduct
ed his funeral service, delivering the
Grafton and singing two Of his fay
orite hymns.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.--Although
severely bitten on his wrists and
arms, Daniel Bond choked a dog to
death that threatened to bite women
and children,
Rallying the disciples
of her husband, Mrs. Jonn Alexander
Dowie, widow of the late leader of
the Church OF Zion, collapsed as she
urged them TO carry out Dowie's
original plans.
NEW YORK-Because OF the birth
Of baby boy since her husband was
killed, Mrs. William Johnson was per-
niitted to double her suit for $4,000
DANCES, under the e1lINoyerg lfsbil-
ity act.
RICHMOND, Va.--Henry Clay
Beattie, Jr., sentenced to be electro
cuted for wife-murder, learned today
that by action OF the city council his
body can be buried in Maury ceme-
tory
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
Cow Upsets q Buggy.

DELPHI, Ind, Oct. 3.-while Roy
Richter and family OF Flora were driv.
ing along a dark street the front wheel
Of their buggy ran over q COW that
was lying In the street. The COW got
up In time to upset the buggy, and the
occupants we're bruised painfully
when thrown from the vehicle.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
MARKET OPENING.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3.--A strong tone
developed at the opening OF the stock
market today, with fractional ad-
vances in all stocks where there was
speculative interest.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-03
ANN ARBoR BOY vANIsHEs.
Paul Jones, H., Has Not Been Seen
Since Last Thursday.

Since Last Thursday.
ANN ARBoR, Mich, Oct 3.-Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Jones, Of this city,
would like to know the whereabouts
of their son, Paul, IL years old, who
has not been home since last Thurs
day at noon, at which time he left for
school. ...a
At school that afternoon he was
punished for some infraction OF the
rules, and his parents think this fact
may be responsible for his failure to
return home. Paul was seen late in
the afternoon on farmers wagon,
and 1t Is barely possible that he has
taken q job on some farm. His par
ents, however, are much worried, es-
pecially his mother.
The youngster has dark hair and
eyes, Is of medium height, and wore
trousers, and a gray sweater with red
trimmings.