Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 60, 8 January 1911 — Page 8
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A GREAT SCANDAL WILL GET AIRIIIG III COURT M0I1DJ1Y
Mrs. Schenk, Wife of Millionaire of Wheeling, W. Va., Facing a Very Serious Charge. (Continued from Pace One.) continued to fail until his death waa expected hourly. The family phyalclan, Dr. Frank LeMoyne Hupp, exhausted every clue to the cause of the man's Illness, and In despair asked Miss Evans If she had noticed anything that might lead to an explanation of the strange case. The nurse could think of nothing and Dr. Hupp advised the attendance of another physician In consultation. While preparations were being made for this event, little Virginia Bchenk, his twelve year old daughter drank a glass of water used In the eick room and Immediately fell III. This circumstance, together with the mysterious character of Schenk's Illness suggested to Dr. Hupp and the nurse the possibility of poison In the Ick room drinking water. At the consultation, the visiting physician and Dr. Hupp each managed to accrete a sample of the suspected water, which was sent to Johns Hopkins university and the West' Virginia unlverslty for analysis. The ' result bowed In each case, the presence of arsenic. Under .the plea that the sick man waa on the point of death another nurse was Introduced into the Schenk Ick room, a Miss Kline, who was a detective. Her observations confirmed the suspicions of Schenk's relatives and physicians and be was removed to the North Wheeling hospital and hla wife placed under arrest. She Waa Indicted. On November 19, 1910. the special grand jury Indicted Mra. Laura Farnsworth Bchenk on a charge of administering poison to her husband with an intent to kill. Three witnesses appeared before the grand Jury Dr. Frank LeMoyne Hupp, Miss Evans, who waited on Mr. Bchenk before the poisoning was suspected, and Miss Kline, the detective nurse: The doctor and Miss Evans told of their unsuccessful search for the cauae of the Illness and the discovery of arsenic In the drinking water, then Miss Kline was called to the stand. - She testified in part that Mra. Bchenk had offered her $500 for a pill that would put an end to her husband's , life, that Mrs. Bchenk said she wished her husband was dead and that she said she would wear. a double veil at his funeral so that hla relatives would not see her laugh. Mr. Schenk's precarious physical condition did not permit of his ap pearance at the grand Jury proceed Ings, and though be has since recov ered his health sufficiently to leave the hospital. It Is feared that the rav ages of the long illness will physically incapacitate him for the rest of his life. The, two Schenk children. Virginia, twelve years old, and Robert; aged even, were taken to the home of relatives and have been kept in Ignorance of the charge hanging over their mother's head. FOUR BOMBS FOUND In the Fortress of Dead An archists. (American News Servlrt) London. Jan. Confirmation of the plot of the anarchists who engaged an army of soldiers and police in battle In Sidney streets last Tuesday, came to light today when the police found four 6 Inch metal bomb shells In the ruins of the anarchistic stronghold. Evidence thst the anarchists were plotting wholesale death to royalty during the coronation of King George next June Is now in the hands of Scotland' Yard. It Is believed that other Infernal machines will be discovered In the ruins. The bombs bad not been loaded consequently they were not exploded by the fire which destroyed the building. Attending King George's coronation will be Csar Nicholas of Russia. Emperor William of Germany. Alfonso of Spain, all of whom, with King George are said to have been marked for death by the anarchists. FIIID THE INVADERS Scout Cruisers Locate cmyY' Fleet. lEnc(AmerUrn News Srrvlcc) Newport. Tt. I- Jan. 7. The battleship fleet defending Uncle Sam's Atlantic coast line against the "Invading" line of battleships swooping down on It from European waters has won the first point in the war game. A wireless menage received at the station here today from the fleet of scout cruisers under command of Rear Admiral Staunton stated that the location of the "invaders" Is now definitely known. The "attacking" battleship fleet Is the . Atlantic squadron which has been visiting abroad and is now playing a war game, trying to reach American shores without being deterred by the American war ships guarding the coast.' The location of the incoming batUeships . waa not
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Fighting queues Dr. Wu Ting-Fang, at one time mln later to the United States, who is one of the leading spirits in the Chinese crusade against queues. Dr. Wu Ting-fang and about 150 of Shanghai's leadlna citizens agreed at a recent public meeting to waive public sent! ment and endeavor by example, to abolish queues In the Land of the Poppy. January 15 Is the date set by Wu and bis followers for the amputa tlon. While occupying the post of Chinese minister to the United States for the second time Mr. Ting Fang memorialised the throne in favor of the abolishment of the queue. Among his reasons was the fact that Chinese in North, Central and South America bad been mocked and teased because of their queues, and that they bad Implored him to ask an Imperial edict sanctioning the cropping of their hair and the adoption of costumes worn in the western hemisphere. E FAME RELIEVED TODAY Carload Arrives Here and the Lovers of Kraut Are Happy Once More. "Give me this one." Let me have that one, mister." "Oh, I don't want this head, I am going to wait for a bigger one." "Gee, but I bet mother will be. pleased with these heads, and I guess that kraut will be on the table each meal." These and numerous other expressions were made on Saturday morning by a small sized, but excited crowd who were familiar with the fact that the cabbage shortage, practically amounting to a famine, was nearing an end. The crowd was assembled at the north end freight depot of the C. & O. of Indiana railroad, but was disappointed, as a commission firm bought the entire car load. While perhaps only "true blue" Germans were familiar with the fact that the available supply of cabbage was almost entirely exhausted and grocers had reached the point where they were willing to to pay double the ordinary price in order to replenish their stock nevertheless this condition had existed for the past week. It was due primarily to a carload shipment being held up on the railroad tracks. On Saturday morning Constable Ben Crump offered the consignment for sale. There were several commission men present and bidding lively, because they are certain of sales at good profits. About eleven days ago an Italian commission firm of tbe city refused to accept the consignment because the heads were too large. It is said that, the heads were so large and perfect they would make ' fine specimens for display, but were not what grocers here wanted. . , The Irm which made the consignment Is located inHomef, New York, and rather than pay freight back to New York, they offered the cabbage to a local -dealer. . Another commission firm learned of this and as the New York firm was Indebted to it in the sum of $65. the local company had the car load attached by. proceedings in the justice of the. peace court.' Constable Ben Crump was ordered to sell the consignment in its enttrey. For this reason many an urchin and In fact several older cabbage seekers, were keenly disappointed but the public will be relieved, the cabbage shortage is over. WAS SHOT-BY IDIOT Indiana Woman Killed Near, Lynching. American News Serrlce) Evansville. Ind Jan.. 7. Joseph Wlegand. the village Idiot at Tell City, this afternoon shot from the third story of his borne and killed Mrs. Charles Drury, a neighbor, whose colt-had broken into-Wiegand's yard. Wlegand barricaded his house and was taken after a battle with the marshal and deputies. The sheriff had difficulty to prevent a lynching.
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William Howard Taft Will be Candidate for President Again
BY RODERICK CLIFFORD Washington. Dec. 28. William Howard Taft is to be the Republican presidential candidate in 1912. This Is the verdict of friends of tbe Presi dent who control the balance of power In the Republican camp. President Taft is willing to run again, according to bis friends, and will become the Republican candidate whether or not defeat seems certain. Of all tbe presidential timber in the ' Republican ranks, conservative and in- j surgent, the President is the least worried about 1912. Tbe Taft political boosters claim that he Is tbe only man in the limelight that can bring together tbe Re publican factions; that be is the keystone of the Republican party, and by the end of his present term will be riding on the high tide of public approval. The President, unlike bis predecessor has little love for acclaim and spectacular effects. He works hard and strives for results. "Deeds, not words," said a Taft man at the White House the other day, "is a maxim of the Taft creed." While Postmaster General Hitchcock, the politician of the administration Is working day and night fixing up the Southern delegates to tbe next Republican national convention, others of the Taft boosters are preparing for an organized movement to get the Republicans together for tbe struggle two years off. There is talk of rre-or-ganization and elimination of the antiTaft sentiment in several of the Western States. Then, too, President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt will not clash for It is understood thoroughly here that New York will go to the next convention with a Taft delegation. Lloyd G. Griscom. who Is the new boss of the Republicans in the Empire State, Collector Loeb, and other influential Republicans who are close to Colonel Roosevelt and are welcome visitors at Oyster Bay, have told Pres ident Taft that the New York Repub licans want him to run again in 1912. Pennsylvania, thrrough Senator Penrose, has told the President that, he will be the State's choice for Republi can presidential honor two years hence. Ohio, Maine. Massachusetts, Illinois, and in fact all of the dyed-in-the-wool Republican states are lined up in the Taft column. . There has hardly been one Republi can senator or representative, except ing followers of Senators Lafollette and Cummins, who has not made it his business to call at the White House in the last month, and inform the President that he is his personal choice for re-election. It Is recognized by the regulars that Senators Lafollette and Cummins have some following among radical Western States, but the voice of these states in a national convention will be easily Bnowed under by the overwhelming majority that the East and South can send to the convention. It is these same Southern delegates that Colonel Roosevelt influenced with the belp of Hitchcock, to have President Taft nominated in 190S. The delegates from the South have long been a bone of contention in the Republican national conventions. Efforts to eliminate the representation of the Southern states in proportion to the Republican vote cast have always failed. As the case now stands one Republican vote in South Carolina for instance has equal weight in national conventions with 15,000 faithful followers of Boss Penrose in Pennsylvania. "Whether Colonel Roosevelt supports him or not," said a close friend of the President, in discussing the political situation, "President Taft will be a candidate for renomination in 1912. Mr. Taft is not waiting to see which way the political wind blows. He Is not concerned with the question of whether he should make the race. If the party wants him he is ready to run. The party does want him. The delegates to the 1912 convention will be for him and he will be renominated. "President Taft is a man who will be extremely popular before his present term of president expires. It is a fact that in less than two years as the bead of the nation he has had more real reforms enacted into law than did Colonel Roosevelt in his seven years at the head of national affairs. President Taft does not care for notoriety. He is not proclaiming his good works. In time what be is accomplishing will be known to the people generally, and then the public will awake to a realization that President Taft's administration has been a big success. "Two years from now all opposition to him will havxe disappeared. He will be tbe Republican standard bear
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er, and the Democrats flushed with their recent victory in the congressional elections will find that electing a president of the United States is different and harder work than gaining control of the house of representatives and putting into office a few state executives. "I am reminded of President Taffs experience in the Philippines. It is similar to what has occurred since he took over the presidency. When he arrived in Manila, as tbe first governor general, he had confronting him
a naif dozen strong political groups. each one suspicious of the other, and all suspicious of the governor general. He never turned a hair, dealt out justice to all without fear or favor, and refused to play politics. In two years the Filipinos began to see that there was a good deal to Mr. Taft; In three years they were all for him. and today there is hardly a Filipino that will not tell you what a great man Mr. Taft seally is. "Mis rerusai to piay pontics, in my opinion, is one or me presiaent s great virtues. He had an excellent opportunity recently when making up the United States supreme court and commerce court slates, but the president appointed a Democrat chief justice. I predict President .Taft as the unanimous choice of the Republican national convention in 1912." READY P0RA PROBE Telephone Company Courts Investigation. In order to convince the somewhat skeptical public as to whether or not the company has been making a fair dividend on the investment, officers of the Richmond Home Telephone company have announced they will permit an investigation of their books by an expert or committee of experts, providing the stockholders determine to increase the rates on business and residence phones three dollars a year. The proposed increase will be considered by the stockholders on January 25. Officials of tbe telephone company will agree to an investigation of their books by experts appointed either by the city, or commercial organizations. They claim that under the present rates it is impossible to allow anything from the annual receipts for depreciation. This, they say, is important with a telephone company, claiming that tbe equipment becomes either unserviceable or so antiquated that it has to replaced every ten years. They further believe they can show by such an investigation the necessity for an increase in rates from other standpoints.
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Finance boards of the city, town and school corporations, county and townships met on Saturday to approve the bonds of tbe financial institutions which have desires to become depositories for the public funds. In - all cases the bonds were found to be correct. Nearly every institution gave personal bond and in these cases tbe bond called for was at least sixty per cent of the total amount which the bank or trust company is entitled to. The First National bank of Cambridge City filed seven gravel road bonds for surety and in this instance but fifty per cent of the total amount to which the Institution "was entitled was demanded for bond. Tbe reason is that the finance boards considered gravel road bonds just a littlee bit better gurety than personal bonds, though there was no hesitancy in accepting any of the personal bonds of the institutions. New On en Him. A youth from Calhoun county. I1L. which has nothing but steamboat transportation, came over to Elsberry. Mo., tbe other day to catch a Burlington train to St. Louis. He had never seen a train, and when the Hannibal local came rolling in be stood there gaping, watched It hiss and steam and finally pull out. "I thought you was coin to St. LouIs on that train?' shouted the station agent, thrusting his head through the window. "I was," answered the youth, "but thvy didn't put down no gangplank." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Clear Profit. Dan Fishell, manager of the Princess theater, tells of an incident that happened when be was in charge of the Garrick. He says it was during a run of a popular play and a little man down in tbe front row would jump up every little while and stutter: "Gee, b-b-butt t-t-thafs g-g-g-greaf An usher warned him several times without avail until Fishell and the audience grew tired of the interruption Fishell finally went to tbe box office, obtained $1.50 and took it down to tbe little man in the aisle, who at that moment was bubbling over with enthusiasm. "Here." said Fishell. presenting him with the admission money "here is the price of your ticket. Now you'll have to get out." "D-d-d-do I hare t-t-t-to g-g-g-go?" asked the man. "You certainly do." replied Fishell grimly. . "Well. It's j-J-j-Just as well," replied tbe man as they reached the door. "You s-s-see, I c-c-c-came in on a p-p-p-pass." St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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HAPPY YOUTHS TO LEAVEJITMOIIDAY Boys WJio Won Purdue Scholarships to-Take a Week's Course Free.
All is expectancy among the fortunate members of the Wayne County Boys Corn club, who won scholarships to the Purdue University short course, which opens on aJnuary 9. Sickness not preventing, there will be fifty boys who will make the trip to Lafayette on next Monday, the guests of the club, with all their expenses paid during the week they are away from hoce. The return trip will be made on Saturday. At 7:30 o'clock on Monday morning a special interurban will leave Richmond over the Tcrre Haute. Indiana & Eastern traction line for. Indianapo-' lis and at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon the trip will be resumed on the special, the arrival in Lafayette being late in the afternoon. During the i three hours visit in Indianapolis, the boys will pay their respects to Governor Thomas R. Marshall at his of fice in the state house and then a visit will be made to both houses of the legislature." Dinner will be serv ed in Indianapolis. . , Beginning on Tuesday and ending Saturday the boys will forsake. everything for hard work in - the class rooms. The study of corn growing will demand the entire time of .the fifty boys from the county. It is for this purpose the trip is to be made, and It is expected, as a result, the interest in the production of a greater
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visit. mb BUG Ml EJECT. Brussels Rup at $15X0 That are regularly sold at from $18.50 to $20.00. These rugs were sold to us at a considerable reduction with. . the understanding that if we sold them below the regular price, we were not to advertise the manufacturer's name. This manufacturer's name is valued very highly and when placed on a rug, it is worth as much as the name of Tiffany on jewelry. The name stands for the very best made.
These rugs can be had in all colorings, in oriental and floral patterns; colors are guaranteed fast. They are full 9 wire back. Other rugs in Wiltons, Axminsters, Velvets, Tapestry, Cashmere, etc. Over 300 patterns, ranging in price upwards from $4.90, $8.80, $26.50. Special 27x 54 Axminster Rugs only $1.98. Curtains-Drapery Goods - Arabian Lace Curtains, 3 yard lengths, extra heavy, net, $4.00 values, now ; .... . . . . . . . . .$2.98 Marie Antoinette Curtains, $5.00 values, now. .$3.69 Duchess Point Curtains, $6.50 values, now . . .$4.89 Edwardian Curtains, $3.00 values, now ... $2.25 Other Curtains 89c, $1.35 and upward Visit this store often-many opportunities for saving always await you.
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acreage of "corn will be increased and also tend to encourage the future farmers of, the. county,in , the application of more scientific jmethdds. Another result expected will be the instruction' of the i father by the son. Old style methods of corn production no doubt will be eliminated in the
planting, and. culture of the 1911 crop. Those who are to make the trip won the scholarships by. reason ot, their high grades in a competitive contest in l10t - - VJoseph Helms ot Boston township, who is one of the expert corn-growers of the county, is now at Lafayettearranging for board and rooms for the local delegation. It will be unneccessary for any of the scholarship holders to take any money along for the trip. -The finances of the trip will be met by the organisation. Mr. Helms. C. W. Jordan and E. M. Harris will be in charge of the delegation. - Repairs are made at the crematory Superintendent Whltacre and a force of ten men are now engaged in making some much needed repairs at the crematory, where the furnaces were badly burned out, Tbe walls ot the furnaces are being relined with brick and the entire crematory gone over. It will , probably not be in operation for several days. , How Ma Resembled Him. , "Tommy, you don't take after your father much, do your "No, ma'am. But, gee, you ought to ee the way- ma does sometlmesr Exchange. . , Rave you trouble of say Wot arUmc from disordered itomechT Go te your droreUt rod get SOc or fl bottle of Dr. CeMweire rrup Pepsin, which it pomtttTely guaranteed to mro you ana keep you well. Main Sts.
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