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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
NAILS IN HER BACK.
Pole Devises Horrible Plan for killing
His Wife.

W'ill1esbarre. Pa, Feb. 19.-StanIev
Vekamas, a Pole, is under arrest here
charged with driving nails into the
spine of his wife in an attempt to
kill her so that he might marry an
other. Mrs. Vckanas is lowering be
tween life end death at the city hos
pital
1t is allesed that vekanas first tried
to drive his wife from him by i'll treat
merit and abuse but when this failed
he resorted to a method of torture al
most past belief in its brutality.
While Mrs Vekamas was asleep in
bed her husband tied her securely. She
awoke too late 70 free herself and a
moment later three nails had b. en-
driven into her spine with a hatcheC
She tainted and the husband left her
bel ewing his purpose had been accom-
plished-
The couples little son found his
mother suffering terrible agony and
notified neighhors who had her re-
moved to a hospital. Vekamas fed but
was captured
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Mahlon Pitney was born in Mo- Morris. RI 5;
BUILDING CRUMBLES.
steel and Concrete Walls Collapse Kill
ing One Man.

Pittsburg. Feb. 1e.-One man was
killed and four injured in the collapse
of an uncompleted three and a half
story concrete and steel. office build
ing of a steel plant at Etna today.
The building was a thousand feet long,
and from a cause yet unknown, about
five hundred feet o. 1t crumpIed like
an egg shell and fell into the base
ment, a mass of debris and twisted
steel work.
Five men, employees of the build
ing contractor, were all known to have
been in the building at the time. -Four
were rescued and. it is reported, Will
recover. The body of the dead man
was not recovered
Several small stores across the street
were crushed in but their occupants
escaped
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
WEATHER IS UNSETTLED
Promise That 1t VIII Be Fair To-
morrow.

The weather story today must nee
essarily be a repetition of those of the
past week. but at that no one has
cause to grumble, for the conditions
are pleasant, to say the least. Gen
orally fair weather is predicted for to-
night and Tuesday, with the atmos-
phere slightly more chilly.
The shippers forecast reads: PRO
tect SO hour shipments north and
grees; east and south 28."
The ice began floating down the
Kaw some tim Elm the course of the
night, and as result Of the gem
eral thaw along the course of the
river the water has risen three feet
in the past "a hours. The wind is
blowing 10 miles an hour from the
northeast. The hourly readings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
Real Capable Politicians Find
No Roosevelt Campaign.
Eight Governors Support Only
Indication of Effort.
NOT LIKE CLEVELAND'S TIME
States Represented for ROOse-
welt Have Few Votes.
New York Republicans All for
President Taft.

New York. Feb. 19.--If there could
be any authentic statement respecting
an organization having in view. the
nomination of Colonel Roosevelt for
president, then many OF the cooler
headed politicians would give closer
heed to the reports telling OF Roose-
welt sentiment than they are now do
ing. The common view held by the
really able politicians OF this city IS
that there is much froth, a great deal
of superficial activity, associated, not
only with the Roosevelt activity, but
also with that which is centered upola
the nomination of this or that Demo-
crat. Apparently there is no effective.
we'll disciplined, coherent and skill
fully manager organization which also
possesses authority excepting the ono
which processes to be in favor of the
denomination of President Taft.
Sometimes it is said that organiza-
ton is not always necessary and the
precedent esta blished in 1892 by the
friends Of Grover Cleveland is cited to
show that regular party organization
is not vitally essential to the nomina-
ton for the presidency. But there IS
widespread misunderstanding about
the conditions which made Grover
Cleveland's third nomination possible
in 1892. In this state. and in some
other states, the regular Democratic
organizations were opposed TO the re-
nomination of Grover Cleveland. New
York state sent a practically solid
delegation to the Chicago convention
committed to the nomination OF David
B. Hill. It was comm only said in the
spring Of 1892 that no man could be
nominated for president who did not
have the support of his state deleRa-
ton, so that it was presumed that
with New York state arrayed solidly
against Grover C1eveland's nomination
1t was impracticable TO bring that
nomination about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
TRAIN KILLS M'CANN.
Every Bone in Lawrence. Mans Body
Is Broken.

Kansas City. Feb. 1s.-The body OF a
man identified as r. F. Mccain. sup
posed to be of Lawrence. Kan. was found
fifty feet from Twelfth and Santa Fe
streets beside the railroad tracks Sunday.
DR.. Harry Czarlinsky deputy coroner.
was called and ordered the body removed
to the Stewart undertaking parlors. where
it Is being held pending the arrival OF
relatives.
Mccain is supposed to have been killed
by an early morning passenger train. The
cOnuluon OF the BODY and other evidence
led the officials to believe IL had been
dragged several yards. Although the
body was not mangled, nearly every bone
broken.
1t was learned last night that Mccain
left Hutchinson, Kan, Saturday morning.
He has brother-in-law residing in
Hutchinson, Mr.. c. G. Grey. McCan vas
apparently about q years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
TODAY IN CONGRESS.
Chemical Tariff Revision Bill Taken
Up in the House.

Washington, Feb. 19.=Senate in ses-
sion ? p. m
With both majority and minority
reports of Stephenson election investi-
cation committee completed consider
alton of the case promises to hold at
tention though the week.
House met at noon. General Aims
worth appeared before war depart
ment expenditures committee but
hearing was postponed until Tuesday.
Chemical tariff revision bill taken
up for passage. Vote not expected till
Friday.
Lead producers told senate finance
committee lead had decreased in price
since steel bill passed house
Pujo money trust investigation reso-
luton after having been called up was
withdrawn on point of order.
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No Change Is Made in the Sec
retary's Itinerary.
Some Word Directly From Bo-
gotta Is Awaited.
MINISTER WRITES A LETTER
In Which He Says a Call Might
Be InOppOrtune.
He Declares His COmmunica-
ton Is Not Official.

Washington, Feb. 19.-No change
was made today in the itinerary Of
Secretary Knox's trip to Central Amer
lea because of the Colombian minis
ter's letter Of protest. The depart
ment will await word direct from the
Bogota government before altering its
plans.
Some intimation, either diplomat
ically confirming or repudiating the
action of it's representative in Wash
ington, is expected within the next "a
hours.
No action Of any kind in the mat
ter is possible before tomorrow
The letter incident brought out a
statement today by Representative
Rainey of Illinois, author of a resolu-
ton to submit CoIombia's damage
claims to arbitration in which he de-
nOunced the methods used by the
United States to acquire the Panama
canal zone.
Minister Ospina's letter. he said.
"forcibly calls attention to our inde-
fensible conduct for nearly ten years
in refusing Colombia the arbitration
she has requested
The Panama incident. which has
been the subject of committee investi-
cation was denounced by Mr.. Rainey
as "the blackest page in our history as
a nation" He charged that the revo-
luton was engineered by "a New york
promoter with the sanction and aid
Of Theodore Roosevelt and the state
department.
They Don't Want Knox.
Washington, Feb. ia grave dip
lomatic situation between the United
States and Colombia has been precip-
itated by the publication of a letter
which Senior Pedro Mel Ospina. the
Colombian minister, has written to
Acting Secretary Huntington Wilson,
OF the state department, suggesting |
that it might be 'inopportune'' for |
Secretary Knox to visit Colombia dur
ing his projected tour of Central
America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
EUROPE is PASSED
Kings Doctor Comes Here to Study
Praises Doctors.

New York Feb. 1e.-Sir Bertrand
Dawson Of London, physician to King
George, viii sail for America, within
a fortnight to spend several months ia
surgical studies on this side. Most Of
his time will be spent at Rochester,
Mimi. and in the Johre Hopkins hos
pftal in Baltimore.
American has surpassed Europe in
surgical science" Sir Bertrand said,
'and henceforth we must come to you
to learn. 1t is time your methods re-
ceived universal adoption"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
TAFT men MEET.
win Put Ticket in the Field Against
LaFoIIette in Wisconsin.

Milwaukee. Feb. ia large number
of the followers of President Taft are
in milwaukee today the occasion heine
the holding Of conference late This
afternoon to select delegates at-larga
for Wisconsin to the national RepThIi-
can convention. Tonight there win he
banquet which Attorney General
Wickershan. is scheduled to deliver an
address on the subject Of Trusts The
delegates to be selected at the confer
ence must go before the primaries in
opposition to those selected by the La
Toilette conference held at Madison
several weeks ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
TWO MORE ARRESTS.
Tveitmoe and Clancy Held on Dyna-
mite Conspiracy Indictment.

San Francisco, Feb. 19.-Olaf A.
Tveitmoe and Eugene A. Clancy were ar
rested here today on indictments returned
by the federal grand jury at Indianapolis
charging completely in a nation wide
dynamite conspiracy
Both men secured bail and were re-
leased Clancy's bond was fixed at $40 :
600 and Tveitmoe's at s., 600.
Attorneys for the accused said they
would fight extradition and the hearing
OF the contest on the extradition proceed
ing was set for March IL before United
States Commissioner Francis KruI.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
INJURED BY WEIGHT.
Artery Ruptured While Victim Is IN
Hypnotic Trance.

Albuquerque, n. NJ, Feb. 19.-Charios
Morgan Of Muskogee. Ok. is IN a criti-
cal condition in a local hospital as a
result Of injuries received while acting
as a subject for an itinerant hypno-
tist- While under the influence Of the
mesmerist Morgan lay prone on the
stage, and eight men stood on his body.
County Physician MniilScn said today.
4 Morgan lives. which is unlikely. he
will be permanently disabled as the re-
suit of a rupture of the bronchial
artery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
KANSAS LAW UPHELD.
Burden Rests on LandhoIder, Supreme
Court Rules.

Washington, Feb. 19.-The supreme
court today upheld the constitutional
ity of the Kansas statute placing the
burden on the landholder of proving
a defective return on notice of for
feiture for non-payment of taxes on
school lands"
The point arose in the suit of Chas.
Reitler against Vim. A. Harris and is
said to affect title to thousands of
Kansas lands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
He STUDIES DAIRYING.
son of President Hayes Wants In
formation on Agriculture

ithaca. N. Y, Feb. Rutherford P
uavas son of Rutherford B. Hayes,
former president of the United States,
has matriculated as a student in fruit
culture and dairying at Cornell MT
n r and came here to get in touch
with the latest phases of agricultural
Improvement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
FIRE COSTS TWO LIVES
One Killed. Another Fatally Hurt in
Early Blaze.

st. Paul Mimi, Feb. 19.-John Thorn.
lieutenant of the fire department. was
killed and LIiles McDonough. pipeman.
probably fatally injured in a fire that
destroyed the Grand opera house here
early today.
The fire was nearly under control
when the la15er on which the men were
working fell
The fire, which broke out at l:40 was
under control shortly after O'Clock.
after causing a property loss Of 10000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
Taft Withdraws NomInations.

WashIngtOn, Feb. 19.-President
Taft today withdrew from the SEN
ate the nominations of two collectors
Of customs and eight postmasters. all
in North Carolina. Political condition
in that state 1t was intimated. prompt
ed the action
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
WEATHER RECORD.

The following are observations OF the
United States weather bureau for the "A
hours ending at O'Clock this morning,
giving the high mark yesterday and the
lowest point recorded last night:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Feb. 19.-Forecast for Kansas:
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, cold
er tonight
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Continued on Page rwo.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19

I. B. JENNINGS,
Sectional Director.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19

Des Moines. Feb. 19.-A- l. Urlch,
,,~esi7ent of the Iowa Federation Of
labor. today addressed Senators Cum
minis and Kenyon at Washington, pro
testing against the appointment by
Mr.. Taft of Chancellor Mahion fltney
- Nre1s- Jersey to succeed the late Jus
rice Harlan on the supreme bench.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-30
Mr.. TAFT SOUNDS HIS KEYNOTE.

VAL HAT may be regarded as the keynote of the Taft campaign
WY was the speech delivered by Mr.. Taft before the Tippe.
canoe Club of Cleveland last night. 1t marked a new
departure. Through all of the previous speeches by Mr.. Taft there
ran a vein of apology. He was on the defense. Recently word
came from Washington that the Taft counselors had strongly adj
vised the President to come out and make a militant fight. 1t was
necessary for him to take an aggressive position, to declare himself
and stand up for his policies. The Roosevelt movement was ad
vancing by threatening strides and pushing him to the wall. An
aggressive attitude would check it. So it was expected that the
Taft speech at the Tippecanoe Club dinner would be & keynote one,
and it was. In his speech Mr.. Taft Identifies the Republican party
nomination would make the party wholly responsible for the acts
that split the Republican party, made the name of Taft unpopular
and gravely compromised his chances for a second term candidacy.
Nor should Mr.. Taft misread the popular verdict in 1910 as he
does in his speech. The Republican voters who failed to vote that
year did so to rebuke the President and the Congress that had i'm.
posed the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill on the country. AS for carrying
tut the party pledges, that one act which Nh. Taft defends is a
sufficient commentary. The good legislation of the last Congress,
be it understood, was brought about in spite of Mr.. Taft and con
trary to his recommendations to Congress. He can claim no credit
for legislation like that. His Commerce Court, forced upon Con
gress, has served to parayze the work of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and its existence is indefensible. If the question of re-
tanning it was left to the Republican voters alone it would be voted
out by an overwhelming majority. Mr.. Taft calls this progress.
the record of his administration, as he says he is, the Republican
voters are not willing to shoulder the responsibility. That's why
they are looking to Oyster Bay and Roosevelt.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-30
A SEARCH FOR A MONEY TRUST.

NAV HETHER a dragnet investigation of the great moneyed
WV interests of the country, with g view TO developing some
thing that may stir up public feeling and make a great
disturbance in the business of the country at a time when other
causes are unfavorably affecting business, is judicious is for the
Democratic leaders in Congress to decide. On the eve of a presi-
Dental campaign moves of this kind may always be expected. The
exigencies of politics often have no respect for the interests of
business. 1t is declared that there is a money trust. Nobody has
located or identified it, but il there just the same, and it is the
object of the proposed investigation to smoke it out of its hiding
place. 1t is true, as everybody knows, that there are combinations
of capital of all kinds, and it is equally we'll known that they are
essential to the large enterprise that distinguishes our country
above all others and is the secret of our marvellous progress in
manufacture, trade and transportation and in banking operations.
1t is known that hundreds of millions of banking and insurance
capital are under control of great financial firms for investments
A money trust might therefore be declared in any one of half a
dozen groups of fnanciers that command large units of capital.
These groups are always at variance in their interests and always
competing. A trust to be a trust must be alembracng and admit
of no competition. But Congress has immediate and highly impor-
tant work to do in enacting legislation to reduce the excessive cost
of living. That's what the people are interested in and what they
demand. They have not petitoned Congress to enter upon a long
winded investigation of any kind that must drag along for two or
three years and may then amount to no more than former investi
cations, the bulky results of which are pigeonholed in Washington.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-30
WATTERs0N,s CRUSHING STATEMENT.

cH HERE is one error in Colonel Watterson's statement, pub
Ii lshed today, and it is one of opinion, not of fact. He says:
The sole issue is whether | have lied, as Governor Wilson
says have, or he has lied, which | have engaged conclusively to
show That is only the personal issue. There is a broader one,
which Colonel Watterson himself states when he declares that the
nomination of Woodrow Wilson would be "a disaster and his cleo
ton a calamity" The issue, therefore, is not personal, but ma
tlonal. Mr.. Watterson has washed his hands of it after finding
that he is preclnded from submitting his proofs TO an unprecedented
Judgment. And he no longer belongs to it. II his statement is
bitter in its invective the circumstances Justify it. For the first time
IN his long and brilliant career and in the sunset of his life the
lie has been given to him, and that, too, by one for whom he had
unselfshly labored. What wonder his Indignation blazed in the
paragraphs of his concluding statement. But there is no stain on
the name of Mr.. Watterson. He left the stain as well as the issue
behind in departing for Florida. 1t is for Governor Wilson to
rid himself of that stain and for the Democratic party to settle the
issue that has broadened into a national one.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-30

ships and a shell, going wide Of h
target, kicked up a oloud of Foam Ear
out to sea.
THAT SHE'LL remarked tAs civilian,
fell far to the left"
''The - it did, ooutrsdicted the
ensign, and continued 10 gaze howard
the horizon.
The tall, thin man resarded his com
panion in silent amusement for a few
moments and Their remarked:
'I suppose I'd better INTRODUCES my
self. nm the secretary of the navy"
Whereupon the ensign remembered
the naval regulations against profanity,
let his chest a In like q saucer and
lost his appetite for three days.
He came down the path a sad, sor-
rowful figure. She watched him with
anxious eyes.
How did father take it?" she asked.
"He took it-wel1," replied, the young
ooh. I'm SO glad, George!" she cried,
pressing her hands together.
Are you?" replied George, Topping
forlornly by her side. well, I can't
say that 7 am. dear. At first your
father wouldn't listen to me-"
why didn't you tell him thai you
had $500 in the bank, as I told you
to?" she exclaimed.
II did after all else had faiied .,
answered George, dejectedly.
And what did he do then?"
Dol echoed the young man pass
ing his hand YEARLY through his hair.
Fl borrowed it,"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-30
SOCIAL NOTES
OF Newark and the Suburbs

Mrs. James C. Fins will give a
day afternoon, Feb. 4, at her residence,
17S Harrison street, East Orange.
Those who will assist the hostess are
Mrs. Frank Dana Hyde, Mrs. Law
renee A. Norton, Miss Bulkins, Mrs.
James McFarlin, Mrs. James Jamison,
Mrs. Gardner Colby, Mrs. S. Barton
Hazard, Mrs. Leonard B. Films, Mrs.
Edith X. Rhodes and Mrs. Hamilton
Corwin, of the Oranges; Mrs. Charles
F.. w. Dillaway. of Montclair, and Miss
Allene B. ELL, of Boston. Mrs. Corwin
and Mrs. Dillaway have been asked to
pour.
DR.. Calvin Kendall, State Commits
sioner of Education, will give a lee
ture on 1.-THE Educational Problems of
the State" Friday night at the Wom-
ans Club House, East Orange, under
the auspices of the legislative com
mittee of the Woman's Club, of Or
ange. Mrs. William Downs is chair
man. The lecture will be open to the
public.
Mrs. Coleman f.. Nissan, Of High
street. Orange. is spending two weeks
IL Washington, d. c.
=
Mrs. C. Louis Fitzgerald, of 80 He'd
den terrace, this city, entertained AT
whist his afternoon at her home, IN
honor of her guest, Miss Sturgis, oil
Watsontown, Pa. Three tables were in
play, including Mrs. Benjamin Pang-
born, Mrs. J. samuel Stage, Mrs. John
J.. Korb, Mrs. Charles f. Hunt, Mrs.
Arthur Schmidt, Mrs. /. Harry Ogden,
Mrs. Joseph c.. Bell, Miss Sturgis, Mrs.
J. E. Dickson, Mrs. William Ladd, Mrs.
Martin and Mrs. c. Louis Fitzgerald.
Following the games a social hour was
spent and a buffet luncheon was served.
=
Miss Elizabeth Guild, 495 Prospect
avenue, this city, will be the guest of
Mrs. Raymond S. Baldwin, of New
York, who will give a theatre party
to fifteen of, the younger set. There
will be a luncheon at the Ritz-Carleton
after which the party will attend the
play, Little Boy Blue" at the Lyric
Theatre.
=
Mrs. FARMLAND Briggs, 10 Pennsyl-
vania avenue this city, viii entertain
at whist at her home tomorrow after
noon.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-30

ABOUT MEN,
(eUTWoW

A prominent clergyman called police
headquarters on the telephone the other
Sunday and wanted to know If the
saloons were open.
mot that / know Of" replied Ser
geant Ashley.
''The reason I ask said the clergy
man, was that there is a man in front
of my house and he is awfully intoxi-
cated.'
ooh. he must have gotten that in
Harrison" suggested the sergeant.
mo-" replied the clergyman, because
he could never have carried the load
he has tina far
In a few minutes the man was in a
police station, but he was not able to
tell where he got the load.
There are five members Of the
police department who should never be
brought before the Police Board for
hardness. They are all named Early.
Furthermore, three of them have the
same first name and initial of John J.
inen there ID mlcnatl y. anu M"eeiio"
It. Early. They have many character
istics almost as similar as their names,
while two of them live at the same
address.
A ous just an ordinary little
mouse, appeared before three justices
of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
during the certiorari proceedings on
behalf of the deposed county employees
at the Court House Saturday, but as
the Justices range of vision was limited
by the high and flossy bench behind
which they sit, the mouse escaped JUS
tice and liz now nibbling at some at
tendant's ham sandwich.