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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH' ' i n . -- FY A V AJ V : i i . j F7- 15,-1925- (f . .LJ? V Tft PP DM -- ' - el Current Cases of the Eternal Problems Behind the Conditions Which Swallow Up Without a Trace theaughteti of Ric Running the Gamu- tfrom Romance to Tragedy 1 . ,1 I IT Ljry-F- 11 . " .. w mj v - rj-- . I jr. Jl.;.-',-- 1 - 1 ni CL T rui g t-- r ' - VvN". ' ' VTV4 w-f- " ., i i am w. ' a.i..,;ji.acitiii vV"; 1 L...ii 1 ill j i ow ca 1 .1 i n mmmmm 11 - .: I II' ) t'lil An- n .. 1. . v ir ' ' II I " ' Jl 1" I " f I 'jj" 1 l ( E , I 1) J7 - iTr 1 i If ')3C rca-- y ft llllf nlT hai told ma .BUT if Malil that the wanted toNrmder it he ha4 just "dropped a hint that she waant happy at home. I Height not feel o cruelly cut up about her disappearance.' That aentimentfrobbed out in bewilderment and terror, is not merely the plaint of a single mother, suddenly bereft of what to her is the greatest treasure of life: her daughter. wail rising from No, it is a chorus-lilc- e ceres, from hundreds of throats all over Tor the menace of the this country. missinr girl has grown from a scattered and diffused danger to a terrible maze, which has vital aspects from a sociological and psychic viewpoint From every sphere of existence, from the mansions of the ptutoerats and the tenements of squalor, the stream of 'maidens, most of them children made miserable by some hidden sorrow, flows. wave of the Usually with a smile and a Msays or Doris hand, Polly Q good-by- a to parents, brother! and sisters with a surface assumption of carelessness, but with who knows what inner turbulence. Months, years, may elapse. And the sequel to the may be dark mystery, or the happy ending; or the finding in some mera of a frail little figure, identifiable by signet ring or birthmark. It is not always so tragic as that ConElizabeth sider the case of fifteen-year-ol- d Muro, typical of one phase of the missing morning girl maze. One bright Sunday she quietly stole out of her home and was apparently blotted from the face of the earth. Subtly and stealthily did Elizabeth lay Dorothy Arnold, Whoae Uncaany Di Store of Year Ago, uHtrtKt, Seemingly Started the MiMiag CirlMase of MrttorW - light-heart- , e' ism gg.w. and eonsummatehrfIJns" Tor de partur. Shr must have giver deep thought to the problem ol search and seizure by the police, for she "framed" a suicide which was almost enough to carry conviction. Before she left on her wanderings, she took care that she should be regarded as having Uilled herself. On a bank of the Hacken-sac- k River, New Jersey, not very far from her Jersey City residence. was found by distracted searchers one of Elizabeth's frocks, with wearing apparel accessories that could havt belonged to no one but her. The suicide theory, however, exploded violently when her father and his private investigators unearthed the fact that before leaving home, Elizabeth had packed a suitcsse containing clothes. Spurred by this faint hope of her recovery, Mr. Muro continued the search for a year. But no trace of the vanished child has to date been disclosed. For purposes of contrast, take the cases of two Brooklyn school girls, also among the vast ranks of the missing. A most atrange. but perfectly natural, impulse is now believed to have motivated their disappearances. Mary Leviskis and Anna Brazaitis were highly regarded in the neighborhood where they lived.' Quiet studious, talented musicians both, they seemed quite happy in their little circle of intimates. But . One morning they left their homes for the high school at which they were pupils at least, so they said. When, however, they failed to return at a reasonable hour, search was instituted. It was learned that these two demure, unassuming children had paid a flying visit to Manhattan's Chinatown, but investigation there proved futile. One significant thin had come to light, forming the basis for the amazing suspicion that each girl secretly cherished a mad passion for the Orient Since their families began to harbor that fear, Mary and. Anna have been reported as having beert glimpsed in Chicago NEW YORK , 4 j, ' K , : y " r ... ions v . . ...t one night four years ago. It was then that pretty Edna May Matheney, twenty five years old, vanished from the home of a Pennsylvania Railroad official a few hours before she was to hear the peal of wedding bells. Nationwide was on the astounding" showered case. Countless clues were run down in every nook and corner of the globe. Aphasia victims were sought out and quizzed, but every hope' proved -- publicity futile. Miss Matheney was last seen in the East Liberty district of Pittsburgh at about half past eight on the evening of June 23, 1920. Upon leaving the home of the railway official, by whom she was employed, she remarked to him that she was about to make a few purchases of garments for her bridal trousseau. Apparently in excellent spirits at the time, she presented the veritable picture ot good neaith. complete lacK or odvjous has from the first marked tne difficult i9a over tjirklerl hv the Missine Per- sons' Bureau. mysStill another intricate mifsing-gir- l tery has baffled the police of Atlanta, more fifteen than years. It Georgia, for centres in the disappearance of Beatrice Nelms and her sister, Mr?. Lois Nelms Dennis. Trailed after infinite effort to women foiled all Texas, the two young efforts to locate v them. Investigators simply found themselves up against a blank walhof mystification. -Victor E. Innis, a friend of Mrs. Dennis, was arrested on suspicion of having made away with her. but the murder assumption would not hold water, with the result that he eluded trial. He was, how. ever, tried, convicted and sentenced for embezzling Mrs. Dennis' money. Meanwhile, the vanished damsels were reported seen in Mexico, India, and China. rtrtt nf the rrnst. whirls wn iimmi - i 1 - j tw.. I PHILA v - 1 v V f vJd J !' . 1 Moaidaa, Whoee VaeUUag Is ' Attributed to a "Oriental Couples. :.,,,; -- I Ytw Brooklya ' PITTStMPCH " ; Mlae 'Ajsm Breaaltls ht CHICAGO : f "' " HoUm Xyona, ; to-da- y, During the year 1924. over nineteen hundred girls under twenty-fiv- e years of- e i s a d a red p 0 aire from their homes in New York City alone. The number, according to experts, is proportional in every city according to its population. And the interesting feature of the statistics, as stated by Captain Ayers, Chief of the Missing Persons Bureau in New York, is that the highest age for such disappearances averages around fifteen. In discussing- - the situation. Captain Ayers disclosed the fact that over ninetv-eigper cent of those who vanish from their homes are not found. And the reasons for their disappearances are as numerous as the possibilities which envelop those who do not return. "In the first place, it is inter- esting to note that about sixty-fiv- e per cent of the girls whose names are registered on the. missing persons' list are the daughters of foreigners," Captain Ayers said. "Such cases are readily understood. It is the sympathetic understanding lacking between parent and cWld which SO often dis-rupts the family bonds. The parents, accustomed to Old World ways, reared in the belief that their daughters should be sheltered in the strictest of homes, fail wheM they attempt to put their 'beliefs into practice here. "For "environment plays a stronger part in mental development than heredity. The daughters of foreign-bor- n parents aa- euciaie wiui American JgiriS wnose freedom nowadays isfprectieally unlimited. Economic conditions have forced thousands of riri. v.. wUn Ior memselvps. ...j And the success which they have attained in the majority, has bred within them a of resourcefulness spirit and independ- - i Placard With Which the Conntry We Plastered Whoa Mildrod Rice Suddenly Loft Her Battle Crook Homo. J I One of the weirdest disappearances in the annals of crime in Pittsburgh remains, as far from solution as it was ATLANTA , ' ; To the staggering list of missing irl4 have beea "dded two new r e j, f W Muu - v One of miMing i.. NVw bin ' ' 1 tiu. ... Mrs. Lois N. Dannie, Variovily Soon in Mexico, Kport4 Chine end India., Daring 1924. and Lee Angeles is the company of almond-eye- d me with long finger-nai- ls and sallow1 skins.' Anonymous letters received at their deserted homes have said menacingly: "YOU WILL NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN. Every ritv in the United State Which contains a Chinese colony is me Demg line loowefl - eomoeu. reil of mystery hasn't been pierced, ' t L .. 1 C; ... . f ; ' Mildrod Podmon. . Who, it la Foarod, Is in the Power of EAia M. Malhoney, Enfulfad Juliott A. Raid, Who Scamp-oro- d y Oblivion Just Bcforo Her Away When Har Mothor. a Uang of Crook. Banned "Too Much Route." Contemplated Wadding. They are still listed among the missing. ence which is evied by the girl brought and, when they do, it is an easy matter to There is at least, a slight similarity be- op in the tradinons of her ancestors. reconcile parent and daughter. tween all these cases and those of Jessie "There are comparatively few Instances "She reby against her Elsie McCann, and only toorequently against the condi- of the daughter of the wealthy leaving: Sigel and Dorothy Arnold, which occupied police attention about tions under Ahich she lives, usually in a home voluntarily," Captain Ayere contwenty-fiv- e years aro. The congested Action of the .citv. and de- - tinued, "and few eases of girls going out n ner-owhome ycung girl left life. When thts1Tntothtworld with deliberate intention of mandt UAV tdomeshoppinj. fth box of denied hsr, she takes the alternative and ' wrong-doinThe home instinct in book own and a and then went forth goes he candy way in spite of protest ' womankind is too strong to permit girls to an oblivion as complete as though the Some il in their pursuit of livelihood, of tender acre to forsake the hearth easily. pavements had yawned to engulf her. majority, fortunately, 'make good,' It is, therefore, usually an urgent motive. butty Onprrlcts, IKS. kr InuruOooal rattan 11 OnM Brttafe Blfhti tmmt. ' - last-nam- g. or a motive which to the youthful mind seems urgent, which will precipitate such drastic action. "Of course, there, is another angle of tiie situation to be considered. The of fourteen, fifteen or sixteen, as wellgirl as the boy, is at the age where romance and adventure seem among the most important things in life. And it is this nrge, this questioning of life in general, which will cause them, if too greatly restricted in their home environment to escape from what seems a monotonous existence. "The parent are largely to blame In the majority of eases, and until a better understanding can bo established between the two generations, there can be to change. It is up to them to decide and up to society in general to cscide whether or not the women ef tve future are to lead the normal life." If society at large takes ep t e pre' ' -, amd endeavors to core with it esrti' the list of "mtssirt girls" may be mtn-all- y decreased. If not bow many r"r may bo added to the followers of tie sinister path led by our Dorothy Amd l and Betty MurosT , . |
