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The Washington times., 1920-07-24
MAY
S0LYEStAY|NG
Trunk With Woman's Slain
Body Shipped According to
Written Instruction.

NEW YORK, July 24.-Detectives
investigating the mystery of the
grewsome discovery of the nude body
of a young woman in a trunk in the
American Express Company ware
house were hopeful of a solution to-
day following their receipt of two
letters bearing on the case which
were turned over to them by Andrew
J. Branic, who operates the New
York and Brooklyn Express on West
Thirty-ffth street.
One Of the letters was signed "A.
A. Tatum," the name of the man who
shipped the trunk coffin from Detroit
and said: your express was recon-
mended to me by a former patron. I
am sending my trunk to you prepaid.
Will you please get the trunk and
hold il until l come? / will pay
carriage and storage when I arrive"
The other letter. signed by o. J..
Wood and dated January last, asked
Branic to ship a trunk left by Wood
TO f. LIE Roy, at the Y. M. c. A,
Detroit
Miss Little Brooks, in charge Of
the apartment at 105 Harper avenue
at Detroit, from where the trunk is
alleged to have been sent, has told
Detroit police authorities that Mr.
and Mrs. E. Leroy came to her apart
ment on June Z last. The woman dis
appeared on the night of June IA, ac-
cording to Mrs. Brooks. and the man
left the following day with his
trunks and suitcases.
Authorities investigating this new
angle will have q minute examination
of the letters made by writing ex-
perts to see whethere there is any
similarity between the handwritings
of Tatum and Wood.
DR.. Charles Norris, chief medical Of
acer, who conducted an autopsy over
the woman victim of New York's
gruesome trunk murder mystery, de-
clared today that the mutilation of
the body had been done by some one
with a full knowledge OF surgery.
"The assassin knew where to To-
cate the vital organs of the body and
how to remove them" said DR.. Nor
ris.
The brain-the only vital organ
left in the victims body-was care
fully examined for traces of hemor-
rhage. 1t was declared a superficial
examination failed to show the ex-
istence of any blood clots. dispelling
the theory that the woman may have
come to her death by blow on the
head.
The New York police have turned
over all their information to the au-
thorities at Detroit, where the crime
Is believed to have been committed
A complete description OF the wom-
ans and mans clothing found In the
trunk with the body has been tele-
rraphed to the Detroit police. The
police have also sent description OF
the trunk in which the mutilated
corpse was shipped to this city from
Detroit last month.
MAY HAVE DIED IN BED.
whether the young woman died
from an operation or was killed could
not be determined today. The ap-
pearance OF the body indicated that
death might have occurred In bed
There were no combs, hair pins, shoes.
stockings. underwear or corsets-but
there was a woman's cheap black hat
No bones were broken and on marks
! CONTINUED on Page 2, Column IL
The Washington times., 1920-07-24
Home Rule for South of Ireland
IF Rest of Country Remains Loyal
Ulster Would Remain UnChang.
ed or Have Own Govern
ment, Under Plan.
by EARLE c. REEVES.

LONDON. July .4-Proposals are
before the British government which
are tantamount to granting dominion
rule to South Ireland If the central
and southern provinces remain part
of the British empire and defense
against external aggression is left in
the hands of the British government,
the Times stated today.
By dominion government is meant
home rule such as Canada enjoys.
South Ireland would be unrestrict-
ed as to customs, excise and finance
The six counties of Ulster province
would remain as they are at present,
minion government separate from the
south.
All of the evening newspapers gave
conspicuous display to the new irish
policy negotiations which are now
being carried on with the Sim Fein.
After the brief period of quiet re-
newed rioting was reported from Bel
fast during the night and the war Of
flee is sending more troops into Ulster
province.
The British military commander In
Ireland will be given wide powers to
deal with criminal offenses, but de-
NAL is, made of reports that civil
trial. arc to be eliminated.
Tao Ulster Volunteers, an anti
honr rule military organization in
Ulster province. are being summoned
to arms.
According to information from Dub
lin, Sir Edward Carson was responst-
bic for the call to arms on the part
of the Ulster Volunteers. The call
was described as part of Sir Edward
Carson's protest against the possi-
bility of the British cabinet granting
dominion rule to Ireland.
The Washington times., 1920-07-24
Seek Clue
To Victim
In Chicago

DETROIT, July 24.-Was the
hacked and mutilated corpse ship
ped from Detroit to New York in a
trunk by "A. A. Tieturn" on June
10, a Chicago woman?
Detroit police, baffled at every
turn for a clue, will seek the CO.
operation of Chicago police today in
an effort to unravel the mysterious
trunk murder by having them make
a search of their records for miss
ing woman answering the descrip-
ton of the beautiful girl found in the
trunk, her body sliced by surgeons
knife and her vital organs removed.
LIE ROYS TALKED OF CHICAGO.
Mrs. Lottie Brooks. manager OF
the apartment at los Harper avenue,
the address given by the shipper or
the trunk coffin, told police today
that the young couple giving the
name of Mr. and Mrs. +. lie Roy. who
departed under mysterious circum- =
stances at about the time the trunk
was shipped. had told her they were
from Chicago and had talked of that
city.
Because of the fendish mutilation
of the corpse, Detroit police are at
loss for a motive for the murder.
All the vital organs, including the
heart and lungs, were removed, the
tongue was cut out, and the nees
we're broken so that the body could
be pressed into the trunk in the form
of the letter S, leading to the belief
Continued on Page ., Column ~
The Washington times., 1920-07-24
Boats at Starting Line When
Regatta Committee Calls
Oft Contest.
.RESOLUTE NOW FAVORITE
Chances Appear to Indicate VIC
tory for Defender and Re-
tention of Cup.
By FRANCIS J. WHITE,
international News Service.)

ABOARD U. S. S. GOLDSBOR-
OUCH OFF SANDY HOOK, N. j.,
July "a, (via wireless s).-The decid-
ing race between Shamrock ~, Sir
Thomas Lipton's big green chal-
lenger, and Resolute, Americas cup
defender, was today postponed until
Monday, owing to high winds.
The big yachts we're at the start
ing point and ready to go when the
regatta committee flashed the signal
calling the race off for the day.
WIND WAS TOO STRONG.
A twenty-five mile Southwestern, un-
der which both yachts staggered
about the starting line under the
shortest possible sail. caused the call
ing off of the race. A couple OF
early morning squalls brought up the
stiffest breeze that has swept lower
New York harbor in two weeks.
The two yachts ploughed their way
out to the lightship, where they found
terrific sea running, and each skip
per notified the regatta committee
that they were willing to postpone
the contest. The regatta committee
announced last night that in case OF
postponement the race would be
run on Monday.
The fleet turned back from the
lightship and headed up the harbor
at noon, while the two yachts sour
ried back into the horseshoe.
1t was the first postponement on ac-
count of too much breze since the
Reliance-Shamrock III contest was
called off seventeen years ago be-
cause of northeastern.
Yesterday morning the chances OF
the Americas Cup crossing the Allan
tic in the safekeeping of Sir Thomas
Upton looked considerably more than
a possibility. A remarkable sailing
day that at times changed from
midsummer breeze to a tropical squall
and a wonderful exhibition of han
ding the Resolute has changed all
that.
with two wins each, Shamrock ard
Resolute are eagerly awaiting the de-
Gliding match on Monday, and cur
sorry review of the races to date
makes it appear that the big trophy
is still to grace the museum OF the
New York Yacht Club.
With even ordinary luck the Reso-
lutte should have settled the matter
before this. An accident robbed her
of victory in the first race, and when
on the second occasion the race was
called off after two-thirds of the
course had been covered, she had
lead of half an hour.
On the third occasion they met.
Shamrock won handsomely, but it
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The Washington times., 1920-07-24
TO-DAY
through centuries, the Vanderbilts
fade in a day.

When you see a python gliding
over rocks, head well up, move
ments swift, look out. That python
is fasting, hungry. He is hunting
and a menace to everybody.
But later, when you find him
asleep in the sun, with a small
deer or three or four monkeys in
side Of him, you need not worry.
Activity and the menace have gone
out Of him.
So it appears to be with our hunt
ers in the financial forest. They
are quiet and harmless when they
reach the stage of digesting that
which has been accumulated. Ycu
need not worry about them then.
w. X. Vanderbilt was a well-be-
haved, courteous man, respecting
his country's laws and the rights
of the public, as he understood
them. Without the curse Of a
great inherited fortune that made
efforts seem foolish, he might
have been like his grandfather,
the ferryman--a constructive force
in tho country.
There is nothing but good to be
said Of him. And no man need
envy him. For of all dull, sad
lives, the dullest is spending what
some one else has made.
The Washington times., 1920-07-24
NEW CLUE MAY.
SOLVE Staying.
Mary Abrams, Who Moved to
Detroit From Canada, Had
Protruding Teeth.

BUFFALO, N. Y, July "a
James Boylen, of this city, has fur
nished the police with information
which may result irf the solution Of
New York's trunk mystery.
Boylen told Acting Captain Of De-
tectives Newton that he felt sure,
after reading all the published de-
scriptions of the young woman whose
nude body was found in a trunk in
New York, that the murdered wom-
an was Mary Abrams, of Toronto.
DESCRIPTION TALLIEs.
BoyIen said the description pub
lished in yesterdays papers Tailed
with that of Mrs. Abrams. He said
that two of her teeth. like the muir
dered woman's, protruded in no.
ticeabie manner. He said that Mrs.
Abrams and her husband. Roy Abb
rams, had moved to Detroit. Mich.
early this year. The information was
forwarded to the Detroit police.
The Washington times., 1920-07-24
Peace, SUeet Peace
The Nice Little Treaty Ending
War Is All Signed and
TUo Years Old
But
Ten Major Wars Are Raging
and 1900, 900 Gentlemen
Are Trying to XII
Each Other.

PARIS. July 24.-In this, the sec
ond year Of the Versailles Peace"
at least ten major wars are raging
in Europe and Asia.
Altogether. 1000. 900 soldiers are
engaged In these wars. This Is as
many as were at one time engaged
In the great European conflict.
Among the conflicts are:
POLAND-3O0.0 900 Poles are fight
ing 800. 900 Russian troops.
TURKEY AND CAUCASUS-250.-
600 Russians. 10000 Turks. 10000
Greeks. $4,000 British and 60.000
French troops are at war.
SYRIA-45.0O0 French are bat
tling with the Arabs.
CLIMATIC country is torn by
rebellion marked by heavy lighting.
900 British troops
and $4,000 Irish men are engaged in
almost continuous warfare.
The Washington times., 1920-07-24
LET BARS DOWNON
MAKING H0MEBREW
Kramer Issues Order Permitting
Manufacture of Cider and
Fruit Juices.

The first step toward making pro-
hibition easier for the country has
been taken by Prohibition Commits
sioner Kramer in an order just is
sued, which provides that persons can
make cider and fruit juices for home
consumption. The products must be
nonintoxicating, the commissioners
says in his order, but they can con-
tain more than one-half of one per
cent alcohol. This puts a milder in
depreciation on the prohibition
amendment than that of the Volstead
act.
In Washington today the order of
the commissioner was looked upon rs
the letting down of the bars from the
drastic Interpretation of the Volstead
act and the permitting of the making
of home brew for personal use.
The commissioner makes IL plain
in his order that the new ruling is
not intended to cover the commercial
use of cider or fruit juices, but
merely the ues of the same as an-
piled to the home"
The new ruling as to cider ana fruit
juices is as follows
Any person may, without permit,
anu without BlNlnH DOnO, IndnIidCN vi q
Misunderstanding cider and fruit Juices.
and in so doing he may take his ap-
pies or fruits to a custom mill and
have them made into cider and fruit
juices. After such nonintoXiCating
cider and fruit juices are made they
must be used exclusively in the home
and when so used, tho phrase mon
Intoxicating" means nonintoxicating
in fact, and not necessarily less than
one-half of one per cent of alcohol, as
provided in Section l. of Title IL. Of
the said act.
This ruling is understood to mean
that one can buy fruit and have IL
made into cider or other juices The
relaxation on the part OF the pro-
hibition commissioner is said to have
been inspired by Southern members
of Congress, whose constituents have
been in the habit of making drinks
from fruits they grow on their farms.
The Washington times., 1920-07-24
F. D. ROOSEVELT WILL
QUIT NAVY POST AUG. 9

Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Franklin u. Roosevelt, Democratic
candidate for Vice President, this
afternoon formally rendered his res
ignation to President Wilson. The
resignation is to take effect Au-
gust o.
The Washington times., 1920-07-24
BOLSHEVIKI MASSING
FORCES AT COURLAND

BERLIN. July 24.--Hcavv reserve
forces OF Russian Bolshevik troup,
are being massed In Courland, at tho
extreme northern end OF the Russo
Continued on rage 10, Column 81
The Washington times., 1920-07-24
POLES AND REDS AGREE upon ARM|ST|
High Winds Postpone Final Yacht Race Until Monday

WHILE warsh Annapolis delegation of
Washington
photograph shows of the Of
right Admiral Nj
Admiral E Coonz u s NJ Capt Yoh
Lieut. Comdr Hlbono Back Lieut.
Comdr C. Moore NJ F. Rogers, u NJ
The Washington times., 1920-07-24

Paris In An Uprosr over Peasant
sculptor's Unconventional ways Of
Picking out His Models! See Tomor-
rows sunday TIMES.
The Washington times., 1920-07-24

Save money by Following Mrs.
Christine Fredcrick's Sensible Advice
About Cnnning-sn Instructive Art
tcIc In Tomorrow sunday TINES.
The Washington times., 1920-07-24

Can "Littic Lord FnuntIcroy" Win
Back His wifc's Loycf An Actors
Perplesipp Domestic Problem - In
Tomorrow's Sunday TINES.
The Washington times., 1920-07-24
TRUNK MYSTERY VICTIM BELIEVED TO BE TORONTO GIRL
WEATHER

ThssAer showers tkis
afternosa or t0sigkt. fol-
lowed sy fair weather
Sunday. Not quite so
warn. TemperatUre mt
3 o'clock q: degrees.
The Washington times., 1920-07-24

It has not been so always. WitN
the Medicis of Italy, for instance.
the worlds greatest fortune meant
many things. Besides Wallets and
cooks it meant Medici for Pope.
ruling the world; a Medici for wife
of Henry of Navarro; a Medici(
"the magnificent" 1t meant the
victory Of the Medici over the Rel
public Of Florence. The Medici,
fortune meant encouragement andj
support to the greatest artists, mott
mere buying from a dealer thd
works Of men dead centuries ago(
but creating new men, new genius)
in the present. The Medicis ruledi
The Washington times., 1920-07-24

A Vanderbilt Gone.
Story Of a Great Fortune.
Not Like the Medici.
Harmless Python.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. is2o.)

w. X. Vanderbilt is dead In
Paris. where OF late years his
horses raced and his time and
money were spent. The world re-
views "a great American family"
The FIRST generation. headed by
Commodore Vanderbilt. started on
the road to wealth from a small
rowboat with a Vanderbilt at the
oars. via great railroads, with
Vanderbilt as president and stock
manipulation.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-01-05
Bajo el Cielo de'Helvecia

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un rasle fnmAaiea. , uinAa . 81
compnl.t.a con cius tElslrA. cono a.
cisndulss
"A ddnae sns ~ isulae tn nnas..-
S6lo por anE&e = paacrr a. alteEuar
con e,ss nunae b. cunpeutido cn Nes-
tiFsne esae tEAie y eacncllar esot veFNos
cue no cumBsxnao.
So comnafsera ara mcunda. Fib a.
IN poco rF0esa. peFo EFnciosA. Sobre
80 cnello. blanco y aamirablemcnte tor
meade. lucia an gran collar De perlas.
y los rizos Dc 81 cabeIlera caiun en
fngido des6naen sobre Ia nuca De ala
bastnO. Llevaba una gran Tiquezs en-
Gina. y annqne estaha muy s,.Bs de
ser elegante. resultahs q 1dora.
CuandO q sc revolvia inquietO, ella le
miraba tambien. y q aqOellaS pupilas
de martir de su espOso. parecia res
pOnderle, con infnita dulzura:
Ten paciencia, mi amado. EstO
acabara prontO y retOrnaremos a casa,
Y alli estarss de nuevO en- contacto
con tus viejas levitas anchas mise
ricordiOsas.
iPobre maridO complacientel Aque-
LA noche, 20 estoy cierto, eOmenz6 el
calvario de su vida matrimonial. FL
doble pecadO de tener dinero una
esposa bonita, lie ha cOstado bien caro-.
Porque ninguna augusta mas grande
que la que producer los versos en- esas
almas endurecidas por el dinero Y los
negocios. Les hacen el efecto de So
noras bofetadas.
Pero aquella noche, en- la sala de
fiestas del Bernerhof, habia algo mas
Idigno de Observarse. Era un espec-
taculo humilde, sencillo en- ell que aca-
so muy pocos Sc fijaron: un hombre al
to, de cabellos blancos, ocupaba una
butaca. Sc lie veia seguir atento la
palabra de la artista, como anheloso
de saciar una gran sed interior en-
aquel chorro lfrico: a veces desmaya-
do y turbio pero siempre armonioso Y.
refrescante. Era el uno de los mas
entusiastas en- ,el APPLAUSE y. tambien ell
que, saba guardian un silencio mas
grave en- los breves periodos de mo-
ci6n- =. Al 1desaparecer, ,trasrla am
plia cortina de damascoy la fgura me-
nuda de la tragica, aquel anciano, dull
ce Y sonriente como un abuelito, Sc
'confundio entire la concurrencia que
salia de la sala, sonora de aplausos.
Los que lie conocian, Sc apartaban para
cederle ell paso. otros extranjeros, en-
'su mayor parte, tropezaban con el y
no Sc tomaban ell trabajo de voiver la
cara para pedirle perd6n. Era un
,concurrente mas, como un habitante
cualquiera de Suiza, sin boato nj corte
jo que. indicasen su alta investidura.
Y aquel hombre tan sencillo, doblemen
te insigne por su bondad Y su talento,
Sc llamaba M. Gustave Ador, Presiden
te de la Confederation Helvetica!
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-01-05
BanoO Territorial y AgioOla de Puerto Rico


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EOcidO las accioueS De h lMERA SECUNDA" seFe de
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prenie aa os se0res aconistas desde esta
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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-01-05
A NUESTROS RELACIONADOS

Al anunciar del cndo ocurrdo
nohe del 22 del corriente desda
totalmente nuesto archvo necedd de supca
bvedad possible an p o. Box 22O las
repcntan deudas conraO tOd los
los sados nuestro favor hasta Is del h
desde dicha fecha.
As prec exaeta manifestation respecO Mdcnas
oprobandO acturas demas deae pardas
Eamo nstalados posionamente No SO cae de Sal
Yador Bau baos) donde continuao sOca
dedicaTles gual aencon haa ahora.
Ancipando graas Ell compliments
la OCCASION
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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-01-05
COMPRO.

COMPRO.
Maiz, AjOnjoli, Achiote, Almi-
don. Mani, Huano, Gengibre y
Hedionda.
Precios al P. o. Box 631.
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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SOLO HAY CN "BROMO QUINI-
Ma, que es LAXATIVE BROMO
.QUININA. La firma de E. w. GRO
We Sc halla en- cada cajita. Sc usa
Epor todo ell mundo para cuTar res
friados en- un dia. M
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-01-05

X Es de lamentarses que quien cOnoci6
tan fntimamente Rostand como Ma
dame Sarah Befnhardt, no nos diera
detalles mas concretos de su vida. Cast
todesel tieIhpo que dur6 su conferencia
New-York tribune., 1920-08-19
More Cox Hypocrisy

In the manufacture of buncombe
Candidate Cox, in his remarks to the
Ohio Democratic State Convention.
exceeded his previous high mark. In
the attainment of new levels of
pietistic demagogy he may be called
the Landon of politics.
Mr.. Cox publicly shed a few
crocodile tears over the "dishonor"
OF a separate peace with Germany.
He is, of course, aware that other
former belligerents against Germany
have negotiated and concluded peace
with her, and hence that the case is
not and cannot be one of abandon
ment by us of common war.
The only abandonment by us has
been the abandonment of the war
obJectives Of our allies. This oc-
Cured when the President throt-
tied ratification of the League of
Nations and again when the presi-
cent, having promised to urge by all
means in his power the treaty for
the protection of France, then be-
came entirely silent about the mat.
ter.
During the critical period when
American sentiment was taking
form Mr.. Cox's newspaper was a
vociferous advocate of an extreme
form of American isolation. Through
1t he shouted, in the German inter
est, for neutrality and for the
.strlctest abstention from European
affairs; re was willing only to break
up the 5sckade of Germany. Admi-
raj Sins was told before he left
Washington that I'VE would as read
lily fight Great Britain as GERMANY"
The Cox doctrine went further
was based on a preference for fight
ing Greas Britain, France, Italy and
the otsst Allies il they refused to re-
New-York tribune., 1920-08-19
A United Policy

1t is understood that Washington
and the Allied governments at last
are exchanging views in the hope of
formulating a policy toward Poland
which would be acceptable to all.
Considering the present divergence
between France and England in re-
spect to Russia, the status of Italy
and the unreveale1 attitude of ia
pan, it seems time that such steps
were taken.
The average American still is
wondering how it is that while the
European situation grew more and
more tense, month after month, ap-
,parently Ho confidential diplomatic
exchanges we're undertaken in order
that each of the Allies could know
progressively what the others were
thinking and planning to do, if any
thing. A series Of frank informal
conferences would have furnished
this information to all. Upon it
might have been erected united
policy, Of which the world stands
sorely in need
Why was. not this simple and ia
miliar method of handling a danger
Gus situation put in operation? What
secretive influence seemingly pre-
vented ambassadors of the great
powers from functioning? Why, for
example, did Secretary Colby's note
to the Italian Ambassador fall like
bombshell upon England, which
was described next day as stunned"
by its revealing an American atti-
tude toward Russia wholly unsus-
pected? Did the author of the Colby
note, hot potato in words but cold
potato in action, fail to consult our
associates? These are interesting
questions for Americans to consider.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-19

Island. To bring in head of cauli-
flower will cost four mills more, a
peck Of potatoes nine mills more and
a bushel of oysters seven cents more.
If you are "stuck" more than these
amounts ask pointed questions; re-
fuse to be satisfied with general
statements or gauzy assertions.
To bring a pound of meat from
Chicago to Mineola will cost three
mills more than it did; 100 pounds
of sugar from the refineries to Hunt
ington will cost eight cents more,
or less than mill per pound. Shoes
from Boston to Hampstead will bear
traffic charge eight mills pair
higher.
Yet we fear the worst. The PUBLIC
is still afflicted with boobery. In
letters to editors it is boldly de-
nunciatory, but it is milder than a
lamb while it's pockets are being
actually picked. 1t seldom even so
much as bleats as it is stripped, it
not being polite to the dealer to
express discomfort,