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KING ISINMIENS
Constantlne Arrives at Capital
of Greece.
Will Take Oath of Ruler
Tomorrow.
GENERAL PLOT IS FEARED
May Be Conspiracy to Murder
Other Rulers.
Inquiry Begun to Determine if
Schinas Acted Alone.
Athens, March 20. King Constan
tlne arrived in the Greek capital to
rta traveled to this city by auto
mobile from the port of Phaleron,
where he landed.
King Constantine will take the oath
In the chamber of deputies tomorrow.
The government announced a special
mausoleum Is to be erected to contain
the body of King George.
The chamber of deputies will be
summoned to take the oath of fealty
to the new king, after which the mm
aolences and sym-
government and nation poured Mnto
from tne head of a nation received by
QTen Olga came from President il-
BA11 Greece mourns the death of a
.sovereign who had done so much, par
cutaPly during the past year to ad
vance the prestige of the nation, Emb
? of sorrow are displayed on all
itde's and8 manifestations of grief are
even more marked among the poor
and lowly than among those of tne
higher classes. ,
Queen Olga. accompanied by several
members of the royal family, is now
on her way M Salomki-
A searching inquiry has begun by
the Greek government to determine, u
possible, whether S. Aleke Schinas was
acting alone, when he shot down King
George, or Whether he was a crafty
agent of an organized anarchist band
A rendezvous of anarchists exists
at Volo and the ministry heard a re
port that the plot to kill King George
was formed there. It is rumored that
the assassination of the king was the
Teginning of an anarchist project to
murder the rulers of all the Balkan
states, Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria,
King Nicholas of Montenegro and
King Peter of Servia- Nothing de
veloped in Saloniki to indicate that the
Turks had anything to do with the
killing of the Greek king.
Schinas is of Greek birth and a na
five of Saloniki. He was abroad for
years, part of the time in a university
and part of the time in America, and
did not return to Saloniki until the
Greek army captured the town last
December.
Evidence was obtained that Schinas
was intoxicated when he shot King
George. Witnesses told how he was
drinking with two companions in a
afe garden close to where the king
was shot for a considerable time be
fore the monarch came along.
"Murdered!" cried one of his two
companions, still seated at the table,
when the shot was heard, according
to witnesses. It is supposed the man.
referred to the king and knew at
whom Schinas shot.
The Turkish and Jewish residents
of Saloniki were in terror, fearing a
massacre at the hands of the Greeks
should the military control be re
laxed. The Jews were barricaded in
their shops and homes.
Assassin Promised Reforms.
Saloniki, March 2 0. Aleko Schinas,
v. . . : F rLn-wer cstill to
lilt- it .-"il 1 1 1 i ' v i iif, . v v n V. . 1
held in close confinement. At various
periods throughout the night he was
forced to undergo an examination but
without eliciting any facts to show
that other persons were implicated in
the crime.
Schinas is not a madman but appar
ently is weak minded. He lived by
begging, and three weeks ago came to
Saloniki by way of Athens."
He stopped for a few days at Volo,
Thessaly, where he delivered ha
ragues, in which he declared that in a
short time he would succeed in estab
lishing equality; that there would be
no longer either rich or poor, and
that work which was now accom
plished in one hour would be spread
out over two.
Interrogated as to why he killed the
king, Schinas replied:
"I had to die somehow, as I suffer
from neurasthenia and, therefore
wished to redeem my life." j
Was an Anarchist?
London, March 20. Reports that
Schinas, assassin of the king of Greece,
was well known in his home country i
as a disciple of anarchistic doctrines, j
are current here.
The Greek minister to Great Britain I
repeated his statement that Schinas
was weak-minded and addicted to the
use of intoxicants. The man had been
drinking heavily before his attack on
the king, he added.
The Greek minister has issued a i
statement in which he says that
Schinas on two occasions was dis
charged from positions as attendant
at a school because of his alcoholism ;
and weak intellect. j
He later applied to King George for ;
n ..jetn anil hia Tietitinn 'iftn. . . ; cr
referred to the proper quarter, was re- I
jectea.
Denmark in Mourning.
Copenhagen, March 20. The Danish
people Lave begun a period of eight
weeks mourning for the late King
George of Greece. The officers and
men of the navy will wear mourning
crepe for a fortnight. On the day of
the funeral mourning salutes will be
fired from aM the Danish warship
fortresses. The genuine national grief
over the assassination of King George
is evidenced by the mourning aspect
of this city. Flags on the buildings
and on the vessels in the harbor are at
half mast and many people have
donned black. There was a constant
. stream of callers at the royal palace,
proffering condolence. All the theaters
in the capital were closed last night.
Many stories are coming to light show
ing that the late King George was an
excellent business man. Some years
ago he started a large dairy farm and
from it derived a good Income,
iiis majesty also owned large vine-
THURSDAY EVENING
I yards in Greece and he personally
! supervised the production and the sale
or wines from them, which were pro
fitable.
- Knew King's Assassin.
Baltimore. March 20. E. Chan-ins, a
waiter in a hotel here, claims to have
worked in the pantry of a New York
hotel for more than a year with Aleke
Schinas, the assassin of King George.
"Schinas told me many of his con
fidences," said Charrins. "I frequently
quarreled with him because of his
atheistic and socialistic iaeas. One of
his favorite expressions, which caused
several scraps in the pantry, was 'To
h with King George."
"Schinas could speak Greek. English.
Italian and French fluently. He spent
his leisure nights on the East side,
making friends with radical and fervid
thinkers. He was never so happy as
when seated in one of the coffee
houses, among a number of his asso-
(Continued on Page Two.)
DINNER JO MORSE
Officials From Entire Santa Fe
System Are Coming.
Tribute to Chief Engineer Who
Will Leave Soon.
One of the highest compliments ever
paid a departing railway official In
Topeka will be tendered C. A. Morse,
chief engineer of the Santa Fe sys
tem, Saturday night when the entire
official list in this city and officers
from tiie engineering department of
the road from Chicago to the coast
and the gulf, will give a banquet in
honor of Mr. Morse. It is anticipated
that 60 officers of the road, represent
ing every section in the 12,000 miles
of lines will be in Topeka for the
event. C. A. Morse has resigned to
take a position as head of the engi
neering department of the Rock Island
Lines.
C A. Morse, Guest of Honor at Ban
quet Saturday Night.
The dinner will be given at the Har
vey House at 8 o'clock Saturday ev
ening. E. L. Copeland, secretary and
treasurer of the road, headquarters in
Topeka, will act as toastmaster.
Toasts will be responded to by C. W.
Kouns, general manager, J. R. Koontz,
general freight agent. C. F. W. Felt,
chief engineer, Topeka, and J. M.
Meade, engineer of the eastern lines,
this city. Other speeches have been
scheduled but have not been announc
ed. The program will be completed to
morrow.
The menu card will be one of the
most novel pieces of printer's and pro-
tographer's art ever issued in Topeka.
Probably no other resignation in
years has created the surprise and re
gret that was occasioned by the an
nouncement in the State Journal a
few days ago of the Intentions of
Chief Engineer Morse. The Rock Is
land in late years has been obtaining
a number of the officials of the Santa
Fe officials who have been advances
to executive positions by the former
road. The president of the Rock Is
land, H. IT. Mudge, and the general
manager in Topeka, A. E. Sweet, both
were Santa Fe men at one time. The
departure of C. A. Morse to the Rock
Island as head of the engineering de
partment has placed that part of the
road's .work under charge of a Santa
Fe trained man.
No announcement has been made in
local railroad circles concerning the
successor of Mr. Morse. Rumors, al
ways to be doubted, favor the appoint
ment of C. F. W. Felt, chief engineer,
to the system head of the engineering
work but the rumors are unofficial
and without foundation.
Besides the heads of the departments
of the road in Topeka the committee
on the banquet arrangements E. L.
Copeland. R. J. Parker and C. F. W.
Felt announce replies from the fol
lowing named officers of the road from
out of town. This is an incomplete
list:
H. W. Wagner, principal assistant
engineer, western lines, Amerillo.
F. Merritt. chief engineer, Galves
ton. E. S. Rice, with chief engineer sys
tem, Chicago.
Joseph " idel, engineer, Lubbock,
Texas.
A. F. Robinson, bridge engineer sys
tem, Chicago.
F. A. Lehman, assistant to vice
president. Chicago.
H. C Phillips, valuation engineer,
Chicago.
A. C. Jobes, vice president. First
National bank. Kansas Citr.
Looks Like Snow Tonight.
The weather is of a disagreeable
brand today. A damp, cold breeze Is
blowing from the northeast at the
comparatively slow pace of ten miles
an hour.
"A northeast wind and a cloudy sky
are indicative of snow," remarked
"Sunny" Flora, the local weather man,
this afternoon. "There'll be snow
here tonight; there is not much doubt
about It. There is very little clear
weather today east of the Rockies."
The hourly readings:
7 o'clock 19
8 o'clock 20
9 O'clock 22
10 o'clock 22
11 o'clock 23
12 o'clock 24
1 o'clock 24
2 o'clock 24
WILSON QUITS JOB
Assistant Secretary of State
Hands in Resignation.
Does Jfot Agree With Far
Eastern Policy.
WAS ACTING AS SECRETARY,
Declination to Serve Contained
in Long Letter.
Resignation Immediately
cepted by President.
Ac-
Washington, March 20. Huntington
Wilson, assistant and acting secretary
of state, has resigned that office and
insisted upon Immediate acceptance of
the resignation, because of his radical
difference of opinion with the admin
istration regarding its Chinese policies.
President Wilson immediately accepted
the resignation.
Mr. Wilson, like all assistant secre
taries of the various departments, tend
ered his resignation as a matter of form
to President Wilson directly upon the
latter's assumption of office. Mr. Wil
son was requested to continue in his
place until it should be convenient for
the president to name his successor,
and consented to do so to accommodate
Secretary Bryan in his desire to : :ake
his present visit to Lincoln, Neb.
The issue of the statement from the
White House defining the administra
tion attitude regarding the Chinese loan
negotiations ia believed to have been re
garded by Assistant Secretary Wilson
as sufficient to justify him in request
ing to be relieved at once. After tele
graphic notice to Secretary Bryan of
his intentions, Mr. Wilson late yester
day dispatched a note to the White
House, terminating his own service,
and President Wilson Immediately
designated Second Assistant Secretary
Adee to act as secretary of state dur
ing Secretary Bryan's present absence.
A probable result of the resignation will
be the immediate appointment under a
recess commission of John Bassett
Moore, as counsellor of the department
of state, with authority to act as secre
tary. Long: Letter Written.
In a thousand word letter to Presi
dent Wilson, the former secretary of
state set forth that when he consented
to continue for a time with the new
administration he did not understand
there were to be any radical changes
of policy for which he would be called
continued in part:
"It today becomes the duty of the
acting secretary of state, in dispatching
instructions to the representatives of
of this government abroad and as the
channel -of communication with the
representatives of foreign governments
at Washington, to be spokesman of the
president in regard to the new Far
Eastern policy, which is apparently de
ducible from your statement issued to
the press last night. Inasmuch as I
find myself entirely out of harmony
with this radical change of fjlicy, as
I understand it, I trust you will sympa
thize with the view that It is not ap
propriate that I should longer retain
the responsibility of the office which I
have now relinquished."
"I had no reason to suppose that the
officials on duty in the department of
state would learn first from the news
papers of a declaration of policy which
I think shows on its face the inade
quacy of the consideration given to the
facts and theories involved and the
failure clearly to apprehend the motives
leading to and the purposes of the
policy superseded. I had no reason to
suppose that the fate of negotiations
which had so long had the studious at
tention of the foreign officers of the
six great powers would be abruptly de
termined with such quiet, unnecessary
haste and in so unusual a manner.
These methods, against which I re
spectfully protest, are the very extraor
dinary circumstances which I feel
vitiates my understanding with Mr.
Bryan and completely relieves me of
any further obligation In the premises.
"The repeated utterances of the last
administration must have made it per
fectly clear that the motive and pur- I
pose of the policy now abandoned were
first and primarily the protection of
China's integrity and sovereignty, the j
uplift of the Chinese people, morally, !
materially, and governmentally, the
development of China s resources ,and
the maintenance of our traditional pol
icy of the 'open door" or equality of
opportunity for American enterprise.
America Should Participate.
"Precisely because of the ultimate
possibility of a measure of foreign
control of China's finances, which may
be inferred from a study of other coun
tries which have found themselves in
a similar situation, it was deemed im
perative that there should be American
participation in the rehabilitation of
China's finances, in order to make sure
of the precedence of the potent, friend
ly and disinterested influence of the
United States. The only practicable
method of such participation is by the
use of reliable American bankers.
"In the consideration of the Far
Eastern policy, I have felt that so much
should be promised and that the prob- :
lem of the government using American ;
bankers, wTiile still scrupulously avoid- I
ing any material monopolistic feature,
might now be found one of the most
difficult preoccupations. I have .-Iways
thought that in the work of advancing ,
the national interests and promoting :
the welfare of other nations, the finan-;
cial force of the United States could
be marshalled in some manner to pre
sent a safety united front abroad, where
it would be like the apex of a triangle,
but would have at home as its base
broad equality of its opportunity, both
for its citizens desiring to invest and
for bankers desiring to engage in these
difficult and relatively risky ventures."
President Wilson replied:
"My dear sir Allow me to acknowl
edge the receipt of your letter of yes
terday, and to say that I accept your
resignation, as you suggest, as of the
present date."
TOPKKA KANSAS- MAJICH. 20,
MOBS SET FIRES
Big Conflagrations Result of
Militant Suffragism.
English Property Destroyed to
Extent of $100,000.
COUNTRY MANSION BURNED
Defiant Placards Found Near
Scenes of Depredations.
Buildings at Fashionable Wa
tering Place Fired.
London, March 20. Two arson squads
of militant suffragettes succeeded in
destroying a hundred thousand dollars'
worth of property early today. One
squad burned the country residence of
Lady Amy White, at Englefield Green,
near the Thames. The other squad
fired the buildings of the Golf club at
Weston, Superraare, a fashionable sum
mer watering place in Somersetshire.
Lady White is the widow of Field
Marshal Sir George White, the hero of
Ladysmith in the Transvaal war. Her
house was a big mansion standing in
spacious grounds.
The flames were discovered at 1
o'clock this morning and at that time
had such a start that the efforts of the
local fire brigade were helpless. Traces
of oils and inflammable material were
found scattered about the house, while
around the grounds were papers in
scribed "Stop torturing our comrades
in prison," "Votes for women," "By
kind permission of Charles Hobhouse,"
the last being a reference to the re
cent taunt of Chancellor Hobhouse that
"women lack the real revolutionary
spirit by men who burn and sack in
support of their cause."
Two women on bicycles were seen
in the neighborhood half an hour be
fore the fire was discovered. The house
was unoccupied. The incendiaries of
the golf pavilions also escaped. There
are many suffragettes now in that
neighborhood, owing to the meeting of
the National Teachers' conference, at
which Viscount Haldane, lord high
chancellor, is scheduled to deliver an
address.
HOUSE PERSONNEL
Report Made on Membership of
New Congress.
Demo-crats Hare JBig Majority
With 290 Members.
Washington, March 20. The mem
bership of 435 in the house, when it
convenes April 7, will comprise 290
Democrats, of whom 103 will be new
members, and 145 Republicans, of
whom 55 will take their seats for the
first time. These figures, officially
compiled and distributed, include two
Democrats expected to be elected from
the Tenth district of Texas and the
First district of South Carolina, to suc
ceed Postmaster General Burleson and
the late Representative Legare of
Charleston, and a probable Republican
successor to Senator Weeks, of Massa
chusetts in the Thirteenth district of
Massachusetts. "
The list shows that 279 of the repre
sentatives served in the congress just
ended and that six of the new repre
sentatives come back to Washington af
ter two or more years' absence from
congressional duties. These six com
prise Representatives Crisp, of Georgia,
meantime parliamentarian to the
speaker; Stafford, of Wisconsin, who
replaces Victor Berger, the only Social
ist member of the last congress; Mc
Andrews and Williams, of Illinois, and
T. D. Sullivan and J. A. Goulden, of
New York.
The North Carolina, Tennessee, Ver
mont, Wyoming, Alaska and Hawaiian
representatives in the last congress re
main intact. There are solidly Demo
cratic delegations in the house from
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire,
New Mexico, the Carolinas and Texas,
and solidly Republican delegations from
Idaho, Nevada, the Dakotas, Oregon.
Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wyom
ing. EXPERTSAT WORK
Proposed Tariff Changes Being
Carefully Analyzed.
Conferences Held on Income
Tax Feature of Bill.
Washington, March 20. The tariff
revision agreed upon in the house
committee on ways and means has (
been carefully analyzed by a corps of
statistical and customs experts, tem- j
porarily quartered in the committee ;
offices. Representative Hull, of Ten- j
nessee, who will frame the income tax
feature of the bill, and Representative
Peters, of Massachusetts, have been j
conferring over the administrative fea-
tures for report to the full committee. ;
of the administrative sections of the
present tariff law and the income tax
has yet to be formally voted upon,
hinging upon the analysis of probable
returns from the 14 schedules of duti
able articles.
Whether the appropriation committee
will be named at the outset of the
association depends largely on a com- J
ing conference between Chairman Un
derwood, of the ways and means com
mittee, and Chairman Fitzgerald, of
the appropriation committee. Demo
cratic leaders point out that with the
overwhelming Democratic majority it
would be easy to suspend rules and
act on the failed sundry civil and In
dian appropriation bill.
1913-
THURSDAY EVENING-
j SCHENCK'S PLEA
Attorney Pleads for Acquittal
of Rer. Beers.
At Same Time Denounces
Catholic Church.
I CAUSE PREACHER'S TROUBLES
Attacks Testimony of State's
Witnesses.
Prefers Tribute of Preacher's
Wakarusa Neighbors.
A scathing denunciation of the
Catholic church and its "pernicious"
influence over Mrs. Laura Beers, and
a vivid picture of the Methodist min
ister who is charged with killing his
wife as a man of sterling qualities, a
passionately devoted husband and
father, and a good Christian charac
ter, were contained in the closing ad
dress in behalf of the defense by John
J. Schenck in the W. L. Beers murder
case this morning. Schenck consumed
the entire morning with his address.
There remains yet the closing address
for the state by County Attorney Wil
liam E. Atchison, that will consume
much of the afternoon. The case may
go to the Jury late this afternoon.
Schenck referred many times dur
ing his address to the "fat priest from
Ohio," Father John P. Kunert, and
characterized him as a "perjurer of
the worst type." He called attention
to what he said Atchison had said in
the opening argument in the case
with reference to Beers being a "hu
man monster" and "human tiger," and
declared he could not imagine the
quiet, peace-loving, God-fearing
preacher anything approaching the
animal he was painted.
Schenck also referred several times
to the state's witnesses from Ohio, in
cluding Father Kunert of New Wash
ington, and Harry Black and E. G.
Staley, attorneys of Tiffin, as the
"state's contemptible, lying hirelings
from Ohio," and declared it was neces
sary to bring three Catholics here in
a vain effort to prove that the minis
ter had abused the wife the attorney
says he loved.
Much of his argument referred to
the Catholic church and its doctrines,
and he declared even at the last, when
Beers was attempting to get his wife,
to come home, that the influence of
the Topeka priest at St. Francis hos
pital held her back. He said the
woman was a "grand, good, noble
woman when out of the influence of
the Catholics." He did not see how
she had stayed out of an insane asy
lnm as- long as she had, he said, with
the contending influences about her.
He Blamed Catholic Church.
He declared that the "damnable doe
trine" of the Catholic church was re
sponsible for the estrangement between
Beers and his wife. The doctrine in
question was that a Catholic woman
married to a Protestant must needs se
cure from him an agreement that her
children may be raised in the Catho
lic faith or lose her soul.
"The wonder to me is that the poor
woman was not in an insane asylum
long ago," he said. "Every time she
met a priest she would be told that
she must leave the man she loved bet
ter than all the world, or she would
lose her soul.
"Go with me for a moment to the
little Methodist church in Lexington,
Neb.," he exclaimed passionately, "and
see this Catholic wife, inspired by the
holiest of all emotions, ler . her little
8-year-old stepson to the altar and
there take upon herself the vows of
Methodism. She was doing what she
believed would please the husband she
loved, and what h r consicence urged
her to do, and she intended to throw
off the yoke of Catholicism. But there
was an evil influence at work. If you
catch a wild animal from the jungles
it may be happy for a time, but al
ways there will creep in the longing
for the wilds again. This evil influ
ence in the life of this woinan, the
seed of Catholicism that she could not
be rid of, grew like a canker in her
soul until it led her to abandon the
man and the children she loved, and
took her away from everything that
made life worth while."
Schenck said that instead of proving
Beers a "human monster, as testified
to by Mr. Atchison in his opening argu
ment, the state only had proved him
to be the kindest of husbands, and the
most devoted. He said the only evi
dence against him was that given by
the county attorney in his opening
argument, and that of the state's "con
temptible, lying hirelings from Ohio."
"And not a syllable of the "'charge
made against this man in the opening
argument has been proved, not a
syllable," he declared.
The Threat of Excommunication.
Schenck declared, in connection with
the testimony of Father John P.
Kunert, of New Washington, inasmuch
as he had testified that an attempt to
secure the signing of an agreement that
her children might be raised in the
Catholic faith was not enough, but that
such an agreement must actually be
secured, and then he pictured the tor
ment of a Catholic idea of ex-communication.
"And when this priest told you how
Mrs. Beers said her husband had
abused her, he told falsehoods," the at
torney said. "If ever there was a per
jurer this man was one."
He characterized in a similar manner
the testimony of Harry Black, of Ohio,
accusing the attorney of wilfully mis
quoting the Catholic doctrine to save
himself from an admission that Mrs.
Beers must secure the agreement re
ferred to or remain forever out of the
church.
As to Witness Staley.
"Staley didn't lie any more when he
said he was a Methodist than he lied
at any other time," Schenck said. He
called attention to the testimony of
Beers to the effect that it was reported
Staley had Joined the Catholic church
last fall when he was running for re
election as city attorney, and said he
did that to secure Catholic votes.
"But when every other place in the
whole world went Democratic," said
Schenck, "and although Staley lived
in a strong Democratic community, he
was defeated for re-election. That
shows what bis people at borne think
of him, that he was beaten In a Dem
ocratic landslide."
Schenck then ridicule" the theory
that Lillard had written out the testi
mony of Staley and Black in Ohio to
present to the Shawnee county com
missioners for the purpose of seeing
if the county board would pay for the
evidence.
"It was written out and brought here
and then the county board decided it
would be worth $10 a day and board,
and washing, and patching," Schenck
said, "to bring those witnesses here.
They bid for the testimony, and Sta
ley was mighty glad to come and get
his money."
Talking of the assistance Mrs. Beers
had rendered her husband Schenck
said she had done all she cuuld to help
him in his religious work. He said she
went into his work with all her might,
became active in the Ladies' Aid soci
eties, the Epworth League, led in
prayer at the churches, and otherwise
did everything she could to assist him.
"They had to bring that fat priest
from Ohio to tell you how he told Beers
his wife had complained about being
dragged around by the hair, and choked,
beaten, and kicked by her husband. Do
you believe that when in a little town
like New Washington, the defendant's
neighbors say they never knew of any
trouble? Don't you suppose they would
have known something about it, at least
the people who lived on the next lot,
whose depositions have been read here,
if it were true?"
Schenck called attention to the in
struction of the court referring to the
evidence showing a good character. The
instruction concludes with the warning
that the fact that the defendant has
proved a good character is a recom
mendation that he told the truth when
he appeared on the stand In his own
behalf.
"That is one time when a man may
be glad of what his former neighbors
have thought of him," Schenck said.
"When he is in trouble the opinion of
his neighbors and friends mean inuch.
We have had depositions here from
14 people in Ohio who knew him well,
and spoke of him only in the highest
terms. Then we had seventeen people
from Wakarusa, your neighbors and
friends of Mr. Beers, who have told you
of the life he lived there."
Some time tonight there may be a
verdict in the Beers case. It may not
require long to reach a verdict, but on
account of the vast amount of evi
dence introduced in the case it is be
lieved likely that it will require some
time at least to go over all of it. And
then, those who have been watching
the case impassionately, expect one
of three things. There is the Inevita
ble chance that the jury may not
agree. But if it does agree there are
but two chances, it is believed. The
verdict may either be one of guilty of
manslaughter In the fourth degree, or
one of acquittal. Friends of the min
ister feel sure he will be acquitted,
and there seems to be a good chance
that he will be. On the other hand,
inasmuch as the minister admitted
that he placed his fingers in his wife's
mouth just before the tragedy, al
though declaring he did so uninten
tionally, the '.'culpable negligence"
definition in the Kansas law may be
taken to mean that he is guilty- of
manslaughter. , ,
It is interesting to note that ap
proximately, a - quarter of a million
words of testimony was taken in the
case. An estimate of the number of
pages used by Stenographer C. D.
Wellman puts the total number of
words at about 250,000. Some of it,
of course, was unimportant. But
much of it bore directly on the case,
and may have to be reviewed by the
jury before a verdict is reached.
Schenck's Startling Theory.
Attorney Schenck for the defense,
bid fair to talk most of the afternoon.
His most startling statement after din
ner was to the effect that Dr. Ernest,
not the preacher, pushed the false
teeth through the walls of pharynx
where they were found in the coroner
inquest on the remains of Mrs. Beers.
Schenck argued that the doctor must
have pushed the teeth through the
walls of the pharynx while trying to
extract them from their lodging in
the throat.
SUIT IS DISMISSED
Judge Pollock Throws Rail
roads' Case Out.
Action Was Brought Against
Kansas Utilities Commission.
Kansas City, Kan., March 20.
Judge Pollock of the federal court of
Kansas City, Kan., today dismissed a
suit brought January 1 by railroads
engaged in oil carrying in Kansas
against the Kansas utilities commis
sion and a number of refining com
panies, asking that the enforcement
of a law of 1905 regulating rates for
the transportation of oil be enjoined
as unconstitutional and confiscatory.
Judge Pollock declared that a law
of 1911 g e the utilities commission
power over the rates in question and
that the later law superseded that of
1905 complained of. The railroads,
he said, must carry their complaint to
the utilities commission.
Dawson in Court.
The suit was dismissed at the request
of John Marshall, attorney for the
utilities commission, and Attorney
General Dawson, who appeared before
Judge Pollock today. They told the
court that it was within the power of
the commission to care for the railroad
complaint. The railroads which
brought the suit were the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe, the Union Pacific,
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific,
the St. Louis & San Francisco. a..d the
M. K. and T. road. The suit was di
rected against the utilities commission,
the Chanute Oil Refining company, the
Uncle Sam Oil company, the National
Refining company and the Cudahy Re
fining company.
Complaints that rebates and discrim
inatory rates for oil transportation were
granted to Standard Oil companies
started the agitation which resulted In
the law of 1905. The object of the law
was to give the smaller and independ
ent concerns the same advantage of
transportation as the large ones. The
railroads in their complaint against the
law declared that through its operation
from 1905 to 1912 they had lost over a
million dollars.
Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Snow and colder tonight, Friaay
cloudy and colder.
TWO CI NTS
i rive CENTS
HELD FORMURDER
Widow of Admiral Eaton Ar
rested on Charge.
Action Is Result of Investiga
tion Into Death.
DIED OF ARSENICAL POISONING
Woman Committed to Jail
Without Bail.
District Attorney A. F. Barker
Makes Statement.
Bingham. Mass.. March 20. Mrs.
Eaton, widow of Rear Admiral Joseph
G. Eaton, was arrested here today,
charged with the murder of her hus
band. Mrs. Eaton was later arraigned be
fore Judge Pratt, who conducted the
inquest into the admiral's death. She
pleaded not guilty and was committed
to Jail without ball for a further hear
ing on March 3-8.
Admiral Eaton died suddenly on the
morning of March 8. He waa CC years
old, but, according to his friends, had
been in good health. Two days later
the body was removed to Dracut. his
former home. There was no service at
the grave and besides the undertakers
and newspaper men, only the widow
and her daughter by another marriage
were present.
There were no military honors. The
rear admiral had seen 39 years service
in the navy. He commanded the trans
port Resolute at Santiago and re
ceived a medal of honor for his share
in the battle. He was born at Green
ville, Ala., and was twice married.
The present Mrs. Eaton was the ad
miral's second wife, and was formerly
the wife of D. A. Ainsworth, once a
clerk in the United States senate. Her
father was George Harrison and the
family home was at Alexandria, Va.
She is 40 years eld.
The investigation is said to have de
veloped that their married life was not
altogether happy. Her explanation that
her husband died from an attack of
indigestion did not satisfy the medical
examiner and after conferring with
the family physician he delayed the
preparation for the burial until a post
mortem had been made.
Mrs. Eaton has two daughters by
her first marriage, Mrs. June Ains
worth Keyes of Boston, and Dorothy
Ainsworth who lived with her.
District Attorney A. F. Barker an
nounced the arrest in the following
statement:
"Mrs. Eaton is under arrest charged
with the murder of her husband. Rear
Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton.
"Death was due to arsenical poison
ing. Peculiar' features which are in
volved have prevented the authorities
from communicating them to the pub
lic This fact was communicated to
me on March 10 by Professor Whit
ney in a preliminary verbal report and
has been known to the officers work
ing on the case since that time. Car
tain features which are involved have
been presented to the authoritis and
will be communicated to the public
We have been unable thus far to as
certain where the poison was procur
ed. Mrs. Eaton was arrested at her
home at Assinnippi this morning."
HONOR 10 BRYAN
Secretary of State Guest at
Birthday Party.
His Work for Nation Lauded
by Distinguished Speakers.
Lincoln, Neb., March 20. William
J. Bryan last night heard himself
lauded as the foremost exponent of the
ideals of Democracy, as the man who
more than any other made the nomin
ation and election of Woodrow Wilson
possible and as a leading factor in
bringing about what was termed a
"return of the government of the peo
ple." In his reply Mr. Bryan disclaimed
credit for doing more toward bring
ing about the triumphs of his party
than should be expected of one who
had three times been honored by re
ceiving the nomination for the presi
dency. Mr. Bryan gave away no secrets of
state, nor in his speech did he commit
himself on any national policy, which
is not well known to the reading pub
lic. He discussed the causes that have
led to Democratic victory and in gen
eral promised that President Wilson
and all Democrats would devote them
selves the next four years to bringing
tl government closer to the people.
As to praise bestowed upon him, he
said he was only one of six million
men who had aided in bringing about
the result.
The banquet tonight was In honor
of the fifty-third birthday anniversary
of Mr. Bryan. Over a thousand men
sat at tables in the Lincoln Audi
torium. Governor Hodges Talks.
Speakers for the evening who laud
ed the achievements of Mr. Bryan
were Governor John H. Moorehead, of
Nebraska: Governor Hodges, of Kan
sas; Governor E. F. Dunne, of Illinois;
Dr. Charles R. Scoviile and Jerry B.
Sullivan, of Iowa. Edward Howard, of
Columbus. Neb., presided as toast
master, being introduced by O. W.
Meier, president of the Lincoln Bryan
club.
The following telegram was received
from President Wilson: "Hon Edgar
Howard. Lincoln, Neb.: Please accept
my sincere good wishes on the oc
casion of the' celebration of Mr.
Bryan's birthday by the Lincoln-Bryan
Club. I cannot tell you what a com
fort it Is to me to know that I am to
have the aid and counsel of your dis
tinguished fellow townsman. It is a
source of genuine pleasure, as well as
great advantage to me to be associated
with him.
"(Signed)
"WOODROW WILSON."