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MT. VERNON, OHIO, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1912 No. 40
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ALLEGED
TRUST ON TRIAL
Congressional Committee Makes
Change
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Through Testimony Of Herman Sielcken, New York
importer, To Learn Connection Between National
City Bonk And Brazilian Valorization Scheme Put
Forward Some Years Ago Witness Declares He
Will Not Go Into Banking Features
Washington, May 1C Investigation
ot the money trust began today, but
It did not begin by an investigation
of banks proper, as had been plan
ned. The Investigation started with
a specialty the alleged coffee trust,
'ihe first witness called will be Her
nan Sielcken ot Crossinan & SlelcU
en, coffee Importers of New York
city, and the questions which
it is proposed to level at him
will be in regard to the supposed
coffee trust. Because of the connec
tion between Mr. Sielcken and the
National City bank In the matter ot
financing the Brazilian valorization
scheme put forward some years ago,
fciid still in operation, the inquiry
will have a banking phase.
An authority connected with the
negotiations of Mr. Untermyer and
the committee looking toward the
testimony by Mr. Sielcken conlldes a
situation novel with possibilities of
diplomacy. It seems that Mr; Sielck
en had planned to sail for Europe
today on important business. Mr.
TJntermjer made it known to him
that his testimony would be appreci
ated by the money trust committee
Just In time for him to cancel his
passage. .Mr. Untermyer, howler,
arranged to have Mr. Sielcken called
for today so that he might escape
more quickly to his European affairs.
Mr. Untermyer urged Mr. Sielcken
to have a lawyer present, but he said
as he didn't Intend to answer any
questions except those which dealt
directly with the coffee trade, no law
jer, himself Ignorant of the coffee
business, would be any use. Mr. Un
termyer thereupon pressed Mr.
Sielcken as to exactly what he meant
LIFE
WITH POISON
Mnnsiield, O., May 16. "It's all off
cow. If you don't come today you
needn't come at all," was the mes
lago telephoned to his stepdaughter
5y Calvin O. Kuster, 55, after ho had
taken two ounces of parls green. Ills
daughter arrived too late to save him.
SOOT IN LUNGS
8moky City Professor Tells What
Post-Mortem, Revealed,
Pittsburg, May 16. Over $500,000
worth of laundry of the male resi
dents of Pittsburg is destroyed every
year by smoke, according to Profes
.or II. C. Itenner of tho University
if Pittsburg, in an address before a
board of trade. And that Is not oil.
Professor Bonner stated that from
the lungs of a man who had lived here
fO years a quart of soot had been
taken. He exhibited the soot, too.
Roosevelt's Plurality Grows.
San FianclBeo, May 16, The vic
tory ot Roosevelt in tho California
presidential preference primary Is
more complete than was Indicated by
first returns. Ills plurality over Tatt
may reach as high as 70,000 votes.
He swept every county In tho state
xcopt San Joaquin, which gave La
Toilette tho' highest vote, but even
there Itoosevelt ran second. It is not
believed this ratio will be materially
altered by remaining returns,
ENDS
MONEY
Program
by saying that lie wasn't going to an
ever any questions except those per
taining' directly to the coffee tridc.
Mr. Sielcken replied by saying that
ho wasn't going to answer any ques
tions of a financial or bnnking nature
but the affairs of the Brazilian val
orization scheme, and that he was an
ofllelal representative of the state ot
Sao Paulo of the government of Bra
til, that he could no more be made
to answer questions nbout his ofllelal
riients than could a diplomatic rep
icsentativo be called up by a com
mittee of United States congressmen
and made to reveal the secrets of his
own government.
Columbus, O., May 1G, Delegates
Brattaln, King and Taggart, as a
subcommittee of the schedule com
mittee of the constitutional conven
tion, completed their work. They rec
ommend that the new constitution,
it ratified by the voters of the state,
go into effect Jan. 1. The delay until
January will prevent women voting
for the next president of the United
Siates if the suffrage proposal is rat
ified by the people.
At Poughkeepsle. N. Y., J. W. Jones
was electrocuted on a railroad bridge
vnd his body fell 20U feet into the
Hudson river.
GIVEN BIG
Boston, May 16. Reginald A. Fes
senden, inventor of wireless tele
graph Instruments, controlled by the
National 'Electric Signalling company,
got a verdict for $10G,t75 In the Unit
ed States district court in a suit for
alleged breach of contract.
WILL PROVIDE ELECTRIC
FANS FOR POOR INVALIDS.
Now York, May 16. The Na-
tlonal Electiio Light association,
which does welfare work for
nearly 1,200 electric light compa-
nles In the country, announced
that it will do ull In its pqwer
r this coming summer to aid the
sick poor by furnishing and run-
nlng electric fans free of cost.
The charity may cost the mem-
her companies of this vicinity
$100,000.
LAST HOPE IS GONE
Klcheson Must Die For Murder of
Pretty Avis Llnncll.
Boston, May 10. After a short ses
Fion the executive council adjourned
without Govornor Foss having refer
red .to tho body any petition for
leniency for Hov. C. V. T. Hlclieson,
confessed slayer of his sweetheart,
Avis Mnnell. This means that Itlch
csou musi die,
ARRANGE!
PROGRAM
DAMAGES
THE LATEST OF FASHION'S FRILLS SHOWN
AT SOCIETY TEA GIVEN IN NEW YORK ZOO
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New York, May 16 The New York '
zoological park up In the Bronx, the
(,,,. .,.in, mu, -i,..,
nome of elephants, monkeys, snakes
and other living curiousitles, became
a scene of fashion when the Ladies' i
Winnipeg, Man., May 15. Although
Warren Conlan. playing at tho Or
pheum theater here, dropped dead on
ihe starje, only a few persons in the
tudience knew that a tingedy had oc
rurred. Tho unwritten law of play-
folk that "the show must go on" was
carried out.
DEATH OF
London, May 16. Selina Smith
Hie cvnsv. who has lived In a cara-
an all her life, died at the age of
101. She has earned her meaiiB of
fxlstence almost entirely by fortune
telling. I
-", SHOT BY HIS SON
Washington County Man Had Threat1
ened Divorced Wife.
Marietta, O., May 16. John Ad
ams, IS, of near Bloomfield, Washing-'
ton county, shot and seriously in-;
jurcd his father, Joe Adams, the
shots literally tearing his arm Into '
shreds. Adams may recover. The
shooting took place when Adams,1
Tho was divorced from his wife and
who was lcleased from the county,
jail two weeks ago after he signed '
a peaco bond, because It was nlleced
he had threatened IiIr former wife,'!
went to her home and forced hit
way in.
White Ostrich Feathers.
To clean whlto ohtrlch feathers mako 1
a solution of four ounces of white uoap
(cut small) and four quarts of rather
hot water. Beat tills into n lather
with a puddle or clean large spoou.1
Hip the feather In this and rub it geu-!
tly, but well, for tivo or six minutes.'
Then wash in clear water as hot ns tbu
hands enn bear and shake until dry. (
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Newcastle's Coal. j
A statement was made in parliament
in tl.o year 1010 that tin onal mines
at Newcastle w.ould not be productive
moro than twenty-urn; years.
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auxiliary gave a garden party there.
Tnere were several hundred fashion-
able wmen present and a greater
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number of children. The walks he-
tweon the vaj.ioui budings that
house the animals were gorgeous
Harmon
The undersigned are candidates for Dele
gates and Alternates to the Democratic na
tional convention from this, the Fourteenth
district, and respectfully solicit the support
of the Democratic voters of Knox county, at
the primaries to be held on Tuesday, May 21.
There are two Delegates and two Alter
nates to be elected at the primaries.
The method of voting at the primaries
on May 21st is the same as at an election
by placing an X mark in the square space at
the left of each name.
There is no such thing as a "straight"
ticket at a primary. An X mark must be
placed to the left of each candidate for whom
you desire to vote.
The two Democratic candidates for
Delegates to the Democratic national con
vention are:
CHARLES BEER
DON YOUNG
The two Democratic candidates for Al
ternates to the Democratic national conven
tion are:
WILLIAM BEEBE
B. N.HARRIS
You can vote for all four of the above
named. Get their names well fixed in your
mind so that you will not forget them when
you go to the primary. If you desire, you
can cut out this announcement and take it
with you to the primary and consult it so
that you will get the right names when yoja
come to mark the ticket.
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, with spring raiment and beautiful wo-
men. Those shown in the picture
are: 1, Miss Mabel Choate; 2 Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson; 3, Mrs. Lewis
Islen. 4 Miss Louise ,seMn; 5 Mrs s
. Iselln.
Delegates
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EVIDENCE
Furnished By Gov. Harmon
In Akron Speech
That Bryan Offered To Pre
sent His Name For
President
Akron. Ohio. Hay IC Coming to
Akron on the third lap of his Ohio
speaking campaign. Governor Har
mon laFt night furnished positive evi
dence of the fact that Win. J. Bryan,
in 1904, despite his denials, offered
to place him in nomination for the
presidency. This evidence was in the
shape of a long telegram from D. L.
Baumuarten. of Cincinnati, who per
Eonallv delivered the message of
IJrjan to Hannoa. Mr. Bauragarten
expresses a willingness to make af
fidavit to the fact.
The Governor also answered Bry
an's challenge to say whether or not
"big interests" were behind him.
"The Democracy of Ohio alone by
their action at Dayton" he vigorously
declared, "are responsible for my be
ing in the field for president ami not
big business or little business or any
kind ol business." Speaking with
much warmth, the governor again
said ha would get out of Bryan's way
If he would point out a single in
stance of official action by him which
was in any interest but that of the
people he was fcerving-.
Governor Harmon went into the
subject of the initiatve and referen
dum and quoted copiously from an
interview by George W. Harris, of
Cincinnati, a delegate to the Ohio
Constitutional Convention, in which
Mr. Harris said of the Governor:
"His administration of state affairs
has won the admiration of his politi
cal friends and the respect of his re
publican opponents. He has made
it possible now for Ohio to be con
sidered as a doubtful state m every
future contest for the governorship
and state ofiices, as well as debatable
ground even in a presidential cam
paign. It is high time for the Demo
crats of Ohio, who are big enough
and broad enough, to set. aside any
personal feelings and take their polit
ical inventory and stand shoulder to
shoulder and give Governor Harmon
such a sweeping ictory at the pri
maries on May 21 thai his nomination
at Baltimore will be practically as
sured. Xo person who knows my po
litical record in the past 10 years will
question my devotion to the principals
of the Initiative andReferendum.Gov.
Harmon and 1 differ to some extent
on this question, he being a little
more cautious than I am. but the In
itiative and Referendum is purely a
state Issue, as was most eloquently
and vigorously set forth by no less
an authority than W. J. Bryan. It
never has been. It is not now, and in
all probability never will be, a Na
tional issue. It is not the part of
political sagacity or foresight to take
a microscope and aim to find out
points of differencce amongst politi
cal friends."
Governor Harmon reasserted that
he never repudiated the platform on
the initiative and referendum. The
platform, he said, "approved the
principle" of that Idea, "and for this
reason, though I doubted its practica
bility in Ohio. I advocated before the
joint caucus and signed when passed
the bill authorizing resort to it in
municipalities, which was all our con
stitution would permit."
The goernors visit to Akron was
the occasion for an uvatiou and an
Immense crowd turned out to hear,
htm. Hundreds were turned away re
luctantly from the door because ot
the Inability to find space for them
within the Grand Theatre where the
governor spoke.
Rev. L. G, Walker will deliver
the G. A. R. memorial sermon in tho
Disciple church at Martinsburg, May
2t, at 2:30 p. ni.
CASTOR I A
Tor Infanta and CMIdren.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of C&jyffi&C&iS
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CHARGE
OF MURDER
May Be Ficed By The Co
lumtius Siiootist
Miss Farley's Victim Bas
Liiiie Chance To Recover
BELIEVE SHE WAS HYPNOTIZE!
Grocer With Whom State Department
Employe Rccmed Gives New Turn
to Columbus Shooting Affray by De
claring Zollinger Held Young Wom
an Under Spell and That She Was
Unable to Break Relations Fiance
Is Released Under Bond.
Columbus. O., May 16. According
lo F. A. Ixios, at whose home sht
has roomed for the last two yeara
End a half. Miss Cecelia Farley, who.
vdmits shooting A. K. Zollinger, an
sdvertislng solicitor, the young worn-,
an was under a spell of mes
meric influence exerted by Zollinger,
Mr. Loos says-ie- will testify
to seeing letters in which Zollinger
threatened to kill Miss Farley if she
tut loose from hira.
A cumber of instances are cited to
ihow the strange influence the man.
who now lies unconscious in St
Francis hospital with a bullet In his
brain, exerted over the young woman
who, with her fiance, Jerome Quigley.
will face a charge of murder it he.
oies. largely because he persisted:
in calling her up over the telephone..
Mr. Loos had the instrument removed;
from his home. "
Bond Fixed at $10,000.
On several occasions, Mr. Looa
rays, Zollinger called her to the tele
phone and detained her for as lone
ss 45 minutes. As a result she would
tremble like a leaf and her hands
would drip with perspiration, he
rays. Friends seeing her remain at
the telephone so 'ong would tell her
tr. hang up the receiver. Her only
answer was "I can't."
Charges of shooting with Intent to
kill were placed against Miss Farley,
whose age is said to be 24 and won
has been employed in a state depart
ment, and against Quigley, whos
cge is 20. For each bond was placed
t J 10.000. Within an hour Qulgle
was released. His bond was signed
by Ben Harmon, manager of the Neil
House, where he is employed as a
clerk.
Chief Carter said that In case of -the
death of Zollinger, who is not -I
ectcd to live many hours, both Misa
Farley and Quicley will be charged
with first degree murder. It will
then be up to the grand jury to deter
mine what connection each had wltt
the shooting.
IN BED
Zanesville. O., May 16.- When Mrs.
Arthur Dalton of Chesterhill went to
ihe cot ot her slxmotlis-o!d daugh
ter she found the baby had boen.
emothered in the heavy covers.
Minneapolis, Minn., May 1C. Th
general conference of the Methodist
Vpiscopal church voted to retir j
Jiishop Henry W. Warren. Bishop V
David H. Moore und Bishop T. B.
Neeley.
AS Y0U LIK !F
George and Mary Miller, a- i-ed,
ue under arrost in Cleveland, i l.arg.
r-A with counterfeiting 10-cent rri-.es.
Cleveland has an epidemic ot
ncasuto H2 cases reported being a
week's record,.
SMOTHERS
BISHOPS
RETIRED
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