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FINDING OF CUT-UP BODY IS
, STILL A MYSTERY
New Yjork, Sept, 10. Though
clues' are leading in all directions, the
identity of the woman wose torso
was found near Hoboken is still a
mystery. The police today are cen
tering their efforts on an attempt to
locate a man and young woman who
bought quantities of white tar paper
in two different drug stores in the lo
cality where the pUlow, found
wrapped around the torso, was pur
chased. John Reid, a 13-year-old boy,
claimSito have .seen a woman's skull
in the water along the shores of
Tottenville.'The lad was rowing near
the shore when a saw a strand of,
dark hair in the water, and reaching
over, pulled -it out, to drop it back
in horrorwhen he found it was a
woman's head.
A Richmond, Ind., tailor believes
the body to be that of his wife, who
has been missing since August 26.
He says she had a letter "L" tatooed
on her left shoulder blade several
years ago, which, would correspond
jtvith the mark found on the shoulder
of the murdered woman, described as
"shaped like a square."
Inspector Eaurot is investigating
the .disappear1106 of Wa L. Bowles
whose father, W. E. Bowles, yester
day telegraphed from Charleston, W.
Va., that he believed the victim Of
the 'murder to be his daughter.
Bowles' is said to have received a
special delivery letter from his
daughter on August 28, mailed from
Times Square station, which letter
contained $500, and stated: "I am
living a life of HeU and do not want
to live. By the time you receive this
I will be dead."
The police do no't regard seriously
Peter H. Sternemanri, the erractic
peddler of millinery feathers. He
has been in the habit of identifying
bodies of unknown women in the
morgues iaz,. some years, in each case
declaring that the remains were
those of hisldaughter Ella.
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GOV. COX SCHOOL BOOK PLAN
' IS WELL RECEIVED. "
Columbus, O,, Septv10. Governor
Cox is receiving numerous congratu
lations on his announced stand in
favor of state printing of school
books. .,
Hundreds of different books are
now in use in the graded schools,
each district being permitted to make
its own selection, which has defeated
all efforts to secure uniformity. Un
der Cox's plan a. state commission
of educators would select the book's
that were to be used, the state would
print them and sell them direct to
tbe,parents.
"We will save the parentVof Ohio
hundred of thousands of dollars every
year," Cox predicts.
MAN KILLEDATJLL. STEEL CO.
Credit anotner victim to the Ac
count of the Illinois Steel Company
in South Chicago.
M. Skryzpek, 8248 Bond av., a ma-
chinist, was electrocuted while re
pairing a pit crane in the shops last
iiight.
The officials say other employe
must have turned onthepower while
the man was at work. ' , ' '
BOMBS WRECK BUILDINGS
Three buildings "were wrecked and
several people injured by two giant
bombs early this 'morning. l
The buildings are located at 906-
10-12 S.Halsted street. The last i3
the private bank and steamship
agency of Alexander Conforti. It is
believed the bomb was meant for
him. He has received .several black
hand letters. f
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight, probably becoming
unsettled Thursday; rising tempera
ture; moderate southeast to south
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