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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
JURY UNABLE TO AGREE
Move For New Trial in the
Schenk Case.

Wheeling, w. Va. Especial The
curtain was rung down In the sensa-
tional case of Laura FarnsWorth
Schenk at o'clock Thursday after
noon when the jury appeared in court
and Foreman Philip Burke announc-
ed that they had been unable to agree
on verdict.
Your honor" said Foreman
Burke, as he arose from his chair, ad-
dressing Judge Jordan, the jury
stands III to for acQuittal.'
He was Immediately interrupted
by the Court, who said that no such
statement had been asked tor; that
the only thing the Court wanted to
know was whether they had been able
to arrive at q verdict.
Every juror then answered mo I
Judge Jordan then discharged the
jury.
Juryman Albert Lasch, who on Sat
urday evening roared out from the
jury box, My God. has this thing
got to go over until Monday" when
the prosecutor said he could not
finish, was the first to be interviewed
He said: THE first ballot. taken
within 80 minutes after we went to
the jury room, was II to | in favor
or acquittal Heymann was that one,
and he continued to hang like the
Hannah of old until the very last
when we decided to come into court
disagreed"
It developed after the trial was
nearly completed that Lasch was q
relative of Mrs. Minnie Lasch. the
special friend of Mrs. Schenk, who
testified in her behalf. and that Hey
mann was a brother of an electrician
employed at the Schenk packing
house.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03

A Russian who recently came to
this country and located in Pittsburg
became very irate because his wife
was disobedient and had become i'm
bued with American IDEAS So he
threatened to shoot the woman. and
did tear her clothes from her and
burn them in the street. Then the
police took a hand, and the overzeal
Gus Russian was fined $50 and sen
fenced to 80 days in the work
house. When he has paid up and gets
out he IS likely to have lasting
recognition Of the fact that one
American idea is that husband
cannot treat his wife like slave. And
II he objects he is at liberty to re
turn to the land where the laws are
less Objectionable to him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
Delaware To Take BODY.

washington. D. G. Especial The
battleship Delaware. which will leave
Hampton Roads this week with the
body of the late Chilean Minister
Anibal Cruz. will STRIVE in VAL
paraiso March IL. after having gone
around the continent BY way of the
Straits Of Magellan. The American
warahip win leave the Chilean port
ten days later for Rio de Janeiro, ar
irving April 4. She will leave
Brazilian waters April 10 and go d.
rectly TO New York arriving April IS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
FOUR KILLED BY SIGN.
Tragedy in the shopping District Of !
Philadelphia.

FHla8uGEpnAa.
Philadelphia. Especially Four
persons were crushed to death Mon
day and seven others injured by
big sign falling at 933 Market street,
shortly before one o'clock The sign.
IA feet high and extending IL feet
along the width of the top OF the
four-story building, was probably
loosened by the wind. 1t crashed
down without warning upon the
heads of scores of shoppers and Pc
destrians in the noon-day throngs
along that thoroughfare. The sign
had been in place from 18 to as
years All the dead and injured were
passersby.
The building is occupied by the
Rexford Jewelry Company and was
owned by the James Herman estate.
According to persons connected with
the jewelry company the sign had
only recently been repainted and ex-
amined, and the shorings we're report
ed in good condition. The sign was
braced against the cornice. The Rex
ford store Is fianked on each side by
higher structures. and it is supposed
that the high wind, which sprang up
shortly after noon, sweeping down
between the higher buildings, caught
the sign and tore it from its fasten-
ings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
Continental United States has pop


Continental United States has pop
ulation Of over 100000 That does
not include outlying possessions,
which have d number Of millions
more The figures put this country
foremost among nations having q
homogeneous and united people. There
are several countries where the ag
gregate population is larger. inciud
ing China and India with their hun
dreds Of millions. But nowhere else
IS there such solidarity and harmony
Of general purpose as in the United
States. We have out little differences
political and otherwise; but taking in
the fundamentals the Americans are
q pretty harmonious family.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
Noted Woman Dead.

Newton, Mass Special Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps Ward, widely
known author and lecturer. died at
her home in Newton Center, Satur-
day night, after short illness, at
the age OF 81 years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
was daughter Of the Puritans. She
was born In Boston in 1874. Both
of her grandfathers were congrega-
tional ministers Professor Moses
Stuart, her mothers father, was an
eminent Massachusetts,, divine of his
day and Bible commentator. and q
pioneer Of Bible literature in the
United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
Mr.. Taft to go, South March 8.

Washington, D. c. ~ Especial
President Taft Monday promised Miss
Martha Barry that while ON hjS
Southern tour in the early part OF
March. he will stop at the Barry
School, near Rome. Ca, an industrial.
school founded by Miss Barry for
poor white boys and girls. The itin-
erary for the Presidents trip Ia prac-
tically completed. Leaving here the
night of March s and getting back
March 10, he will visit Anderson,
s. c.; Atlanta, the Barry School,
Chattanooga. Sewanee. Nashville,
Cincinnati and Cleveland in the or
der given.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
Boy ON Cycle Killed by Anto.

Philadelphia. Especially While
riding bicycle at Glenwood avenue
and York street Sunday Philip Tay-
Tor, aged IA years, coliided with an
automobile owned and driven by DR..
Martin J. Nevinger. and was almost
instantly killed. DR.. Nevinger sur
rendered to the police. but was re-
leased on his own recognizance to APP
pear before the coroner.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
SAVED BY A DOG.
St. BERNARD Puppy Rescues a Boy
and Girl.

New York (SpeciaI) Rex, an
oyergrown st. Bernard puppy owned
by David Wilson, a farmer Of Bogota,
N. j.. saved the lives OF Wilson's two
children Saturday night.
Harry Wilson, IL years old. and
Grace, 9 years old, fell through the
ice on small pond hack of the viii
son barn. Rex jumped in and pulled
first the boy and then the girl ashore.
Both children had swallowed q
quantity Of water and were helpless
for a time. As soon as he had them
ashore the dog ran to the farmhouse
and fetched the father.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03

A dispatch from Berlin informs us
that the kaiser drinks with frankly
boyish enjoyment" We are glad to
hear that he enjoys It. We were
afraid that he might do It purely out
of patriotism.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03

New England women are protesting
against the use Of corkscrew curls by
stage people to portray their type.
This Is quite right New England
women are no longer in the daguer-
reotype period.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
Girls Tn Panic AZ ExpIosion.

Philadelphia Especially In an ex-
.plosion Of large tank containing
ammonia in the Locust laundry. at
Ninth and Locust streets. here, two
women were killed. 10 to 20 girls
were slightly injured and $50 other
employees. mostly young women. were
thrown into wild panic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03

washington, ~. u. tSpec1al -
Within less than 10 months after the
initiation by President Taft OF nego-
tiations with the Canadian govern
ment there was laid simultaneously
before the American Congress at
Washington and the Canadian Par
lament at Ottawa reciprocity ar
rangement, which, If approved by the
legislative branches of the two gov-
ernments, will surely do much. in the
opinion of the negotiators, to enlarge
and liberalize the trade between the
United States and Canada.
Usually such arrangements take
the form Of treaty, but in the pres
ent instance this was not done, with
the result that considerable time will
be saved in the contamination of the
agreement, which can be made eff
| fective by g simple majority vote in
each of the two legislatures. In the
case of treaty it would be neces-
lsary, in the United States at least, to
have the approval of a full two-thirds
| of the Senate, but now the way is
clear for the Ways and Means Com
mittee of the House and the Finance
Committee Of the Senate to proceed
as it would with any tariff bill.
Reduces Cost or Living.
The animating purpose OF Secre-
tary Knox appears to have been to
secure reduction of the high cost
of living. by greatly enlarging the
free list so far as it relates to food
stuffs coming from Canada. On the
other hand, he secured notable
abatement Of duties on, number of
American products. consumed in Cam
ada. Prominent among these is Bit
luminous coal, which Is now exported
to Canada to the value of several mill
lion. dollars annually. There is also
a much better opening for American
farm machinery and implements,
which will be appreciated by the many
American farmers who have gone in
Eto the Canadian Northwest.
1t is notable fact that no less
than 81 per cent of the Canadian
| goods imported into the United
States will benefit by considerable
ITeuucllOnS OF duty ana only per
Icent. of our Canadian imports will
remain unaffected.
| Wood Pulp and Paper.
| The intention Of the commission
ers to remove all duties on printing
paper and wood pulp was affected so
far as the Dominion government
could do 1t outside the Limitations
existing in the laws of the Canadian
provincial governments imposing ex-
port duties on wood cut on crown
lands in Canada, but 1t would appear
that the American duty will lie only
upon the comparatively small pro-
portion of Canadian pulp or wood cut
on such crown lands.
The agreement, to become effective,
must be put in the shape Of Law
amendatory of the existing tariff acts
| in the United States and in Canada,
and 1t will require sharp work to ac-
complish this SO far as Congress is
concerned, In the brief period Of time
remaining of the present session.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03

The New York police have captured
= band of kidnapers This ought TIC
AFFORD fine chance to make 50 signal
an example Of retribution that this
despicable form Of crime win receive
= staggering blow to its industry OF
blackmaiIing distracted parents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03

A class in cooking school in Prov
idence had all its members poisoned
with their own cooking. This was
retribution swift and sure. but it gave
q great lesson to thu community.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
Last Hanging in kentucky.

Lexington, KY. Especially The
last legal execution BY hanging took
place Monday, when James White.
is years old. feeble-minded negro,
was hanged at Pineville for the MUIR
der OF white girl The death sem
tence hereafter will be carried out BY
electrocution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03

Since Wholesale prices Of meat
have gone up a cent in Omaha, watch
and SEQ whether your butcher does
not hear pf it much more prompetly
than he did Of the preceding decline
Of a much larger amount.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
Evidence Disregarded.

Chattanooga. Tenn. Especially -.
Five members Of the Hamilton coun-
ty grand jury were discharged Friday
by Judge McFeynolds for refusal to
vote indictments in cases Of alleged
whisky sales, where. Attorney Gen
eral Whitaker stated to the court,
plain evidence requiring indictments
was placed before them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03

lnventins excuses for staying out
late at night win not qualify any mar.
ried man for membership in the In
ventors' guild, no matter how well the
missus receives his inventions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
Mob shoots Kidnapner.

Marion, Ill. Especially Walter
Harris, a colored miner. was shot six
times and probably fatally wounded
at Dewmaine. by crowd Of enraged
colored men, while he was attempt
ing to kidnap his own child
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03

Count de Lesseps says he isn't go
ing to fiy any more. ITS all right for
bachelors" he said, "but when a
man intends to get married. well-7"
It takes good deal Of courage to do
either
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03

A st. Louis man made hiL rife cut
his hair. Barbering, however, VIII
never be Included in any domes In
science course.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
clark Reelected n Wyomine.

Cheyenne, wyo. Especially The
joint session Of the Wyoming Legs
lature reelected Clarence D. clark
United States Senator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
M'CuRDY FALLS
NEAR THE END
Drops Into the Ocean in His
Cross-Sea Flight.
4 new LONG DISTANCE recon-

MSnLs WMcn FAR ExCdtAGu the
Eighteen-Mile Cross-C Channel Trips
Within Ten Miles Of the Cuban
Coast, He Was Forced to Come
Down in the Water and Was SUPP
ported by the Pontoons Until
Picked Up.
Havana. Especial j. Al. d. Nc
Curdy, q Canadian by birth but now
affiliated with American aviators. set
new record Monday in oversize
water flights, covering distance OF
close to hundred miles, from Key
West to within ten miles of Havana,
when, from a slight accident, he was
compelled to drop into the sea- There
he remained, his biplane fioated BY
pontoons until the lifeboat Of the tor
pedo boat destroyer Terry picked him
up.
With victory within his grasp, his
goal in plain view, an accident, trivial
in itself, for which no provision was
possible, robbed McCurdy of his al
most won title of conqueror OF the
Florida Strait. With MORO Castle
scarce a dozen miles away. his aero
plane rushing at the rate of SO miles
an hour, an altitude OF 1000 feet,
q break in small part Of the engine,
a ruptured crank case, permitting Of
the escape of all the fabrication OIL,
necessitated McCurdy's immediate de-
scent. Havana was then in plain
view and Camp Colombia, where the
landing was to be made, was only
short distance beyond.
At the time OF the descent the
aeroplane was about equidistant from
the Pau1ding and Terry, the leading
ships. which were about 10 miles
apart. The intrepid aviator, when
the sound of the engine told him
something was wrong. instantly shut
of the power. He descended rapidly,
swinging steadily to the water and
alighting as gracefully as gull
with outspread wings. The pontoons
proved abundantly buoyant, McCurdy
not even wetting his feet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03
TO ENL ARGE And
LlBERLl z'|E TRADE
Reciprocity Pact Between United
States and Canada.
WILL REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING.

The Canadian Parliament AT Ottawa
Receives the Agreement At the
Same Time The Presidents Mes
sage Says That 1t Is the Wish OF
the American People That We
Enter Into More Cordial Rela-
tionship With Canada Duty On
Wood Pulp Removed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-03

es Payne Tariff food products from Canada
offered by PresidentTaf and Secretary Knox
The evening world., 1911-11-03
A CHARTER OF

~ HE charter for The City Beautiful and The City Efficient IL
found in the proposition designated as Amendment Number
-Four, which viii be voted upon Tuesday. This provides that
when a city takes private property for public use additional adjoin-
ing or nelghboring property may be taken under conditions to be pre-
scribed by the Legislature by general law" and that this shall be
deemed taken for public use.
II the amendment is written into the State Constitution, New
York will be mistress of it's own desines in the large sense in which
London and the Continental cities are. 1t will have the means Of
financing improvements not now undertaken because Of prohibitve
cost, OF abating eyesores heretofore incident to improvements and Of
achieving effects of municipal establishment not now to be attained.
London's Kings Way, the civic centres of Paris and Berlin and
Vienna, the bettered municipal housing abroad. the beauty of foreign
parks and plazas and boulevards. all have been secured through the
power of "excess condemnation which foreign cities generally pos
cess, and which the proposed amendment would vest in our own.
For years Lafayette street has been an argument for Amend
ment Number Four. When it was created by extending Lafayette
Place southwark it left irregular corners and segments of blocks,
buildings MANNED and shorn of their walls and other conditions that
defaced a fine new street. Had power been in the city to condemn
. strip of property on either side, the whole could have been re-
plotted and resold to advantage. Instead Of paying damages to own
err Of disfgured realty, the city would have received large sums from
persons eager to take advantage Of a public improvement BY erecting
buildings AUDITING it. 1t would have reaped the "unearned incre-
ment."
nent, and not real estate spectators Or "honest grafters" to whom
the tip has gone forth that the city is going to make a street or a
park and that it will be well to get hold of the property. Give the
Legislature power to grant the right of excess condemnation. and
the municipality may go far toward making many improvements nav
for themselves. 1t may hope to emulate the sightlincss and conven.
fences of a Paris, a Brussels.
The evening world., 1911-11-03
Mr.. Jarr Hears More
Than He Bargained For.



those who take each other for better
promise to each other while stin on
~deavoring to rise by energy. effort
and forbearance from the worst to the
best But the curse Of marital unrest
among US. the great middle olass, %
silly extravaganza
Men rave It as we'll A. women. OF
the younger men Of this type. who
scrimp their stomachs to put gay ap-
parei uron their backs. who i've In a
cheap boarding house. that they may
belong to swell clubs. I shall not now
allude.
But what shall we say Of the women
who want what their more fortunate
sisters have. whether their husbands
can AFFORD It or not? The women who
hang around the great hotels and be-
long to pseudo-literary clu5s. the
women who nave no time for their
homes nor their children. and who
often have neither. living In a boarding
house In idleness and petting . zap
dog.
They live beyond their husban Is
means: they plunge them hopelessly n
debt: they keep them without . cent
OF capital, so-when occasions rise-to
embark In business for themselves. the
husbands have not the capital to do
so. Opportunity knocks on the door.
but the door Is fastened!
ITO my mind. among the middle
classes. such as we belong to. II Is the
Stiffness. extravaganza and. to use a
slang phrase. the 'four-fiushing' OF
iady-loafer wives. that makes more for
marital unrest than anything else
know Of"
The speaker finished,
II guess that will hold them for a
While" muttered Mr.. Jarr to himself,
But Mr., Jarr erred To such applause
as now rang out and continued. the
Cerise room OF the Hotel ST Vitus had
never echoed before. Prot. P~onsonby
Pomfret OF Pompton was mobbed by An
eager and enthusiastic host Of m
"Oh, Prof. Pomfret" they cried
I'VE are so glad that you showed the
great cause Of 'U%nhappiness Among
the Married Middle Glass! We must gel
all that sort OF m here some day
and have you repeat your lecture. II
will do them good"
.What's the isef" murmured Mr.
Jarr. "Oh. what's the user"
The evening world., 1911-11-03
%E5zSSmsqy

bull . little yourself7"
a pug-nosed lady who at near
wr1nkled her brow at the utter .ncom-
prehensiblhty Of this remark: nor was
she n further enlightened when,
with q sweeping gesture. the Professor
had replied to Mr.. Jarr in a low tone:
mix; these wrens and hens are going
to get II straight from me-"
After being introduced and greeted
with great applause from the ladies
present.. Prof. Ponscnby Pomfret OF
Pomptoh cleared his throat and plunged
into his subject.
We are discussing. this afternoon,
Marital Unrest. Its Cause and Effect.
To my mind. the cause and eYe,t are
closely allied. and In speaking Of one
We speak Of the other: hence will be-
excused II I. In q measure, tresp II
upon the theme Of the previous
speaker.
II have never been In Sympathy
with the way many speakers have, al
The evening world., 1911-11-03


TT was Prof. p~onsonby Pomfret's
turn to speak on the subject OF
Marital Unrest At Ira. stryver's
afternoon OF Ethical Advance.
The previous speaker. Miss Niobe
Braker-Hart. had left the audience.
composed almost exclusively OF ladies.
dissolved In tears. In shrill. but Bio
quent tones. she had pictured the one
great cause Of marta, unres wives
not having enough money tc spend on
themselves. while they were let still
young and charming.
She had shown how the habi, OF
wifely economy in the earlier years OF
married iife had formed sue. sordid
and grasping ingrained methods Of
stingtness that when wealth came with
tho rising fortunes OF the average
American family. the wife AMI mother
could no longer spend. with a careless,
happy heart. but had a dreadful and
almost unbeatable habit OF putting
her pin money In the savings bank.
As Prof Ponsonby Pomfret OF Pomp'
ton a. arisen from beside Mr. Jar
TO take his place upon the rostrum Mr.
Jarr had whispered to him:
81 suppose YOU are going to toss the
The evening world., 1911-11-03
An EugItsh mau's Wow.

n the Editor o The Evsnins Worlds
Having read about ar American In
I should Ike as an English
to express my opinion. From my
M personal experience among Amer
leans ! can say I have found them to
be FIRST rate people to get on with. ] I'm
q much travelled man and can say with
enthusiasm that a person who settles
down In n other country than his
should be content to be allowed TO
earn money. and should bring his chill
drsn up to think the same. also TO con.
form TO the laws and rules therein
Then H., can. BY living a fairly decen,
life. surely call II a free country, Petty
prejudice only tends to make life. So
ciably. UNDESIRABLE. ENGLIsHMAN.
FortWne TeIl~rs Agsin.
10 ~ Editor Of the Evening World
IN nsvsr to he ahout fortune
tsllers. | rpent 81 least 70 on palmists.
astroiogers and c%lairvoyAnts. paying
fees Of from % cents TO s.. And not In
one single instance was the seer abb,
TO foreteil future events Of any impor-
lance. The last four years OF my life
have been very eventful. and ! could
have avoided a great deal Of trouble II
the fortune tellers had been able to see
and warn me OF certain transactions
and ventures consulted some OF tire
most noted IN New York and one Euro
pean pa mist, some ,enuine gypsies and
some Coney Island fortune tellers. and
gos no satisfaction. ! thu - the reascH
Uas that / did not ask them q lot OF
The evening world., 1911-11-03

affairs Of this kind. Of going afar Tor
my subject matter and its application.
Why speak Of the poverty Of the east
side to people who are on.y Interested
in their own welfare? Why tell Of the
curious customs Of the natives Of Pat
agonia, when the customs Of the men
and women OF our own country are
even more curious m puzzling &c the
man or woman Of calm anc philo-
sophie mind7
THE cause Of marital unrest among
the very poor or the very rich can be
summed up in two words. 'penury' and
safety Drink and selfshness -four
ish equally in the poorest soil an" the
richest. The cause o: marital unrest
where marital unrest exists amor the
middle class such as we belong to. is
caused by snobbery and false pre-
tense.
I'VE. my hearers. pretend to be wha,
we are not, to have what we haven't
There Is 40 marital unrest among