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The Washington times., 1920-03-21
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CONTINUED from Last Sunday
vYYHAT has become of Theodore Shonts's millions'
w In her suit against Mrs. Thomas it is as
w serted by Mrs Shonts the.disinherited widow
that BY her artifces mmoralities and wiles Amanda
Caskie Thomas debauched the old president of the Inter
borough and practically vamped him of his property
Did Shonts have property worth several millions'
Did he and others deliberately plan campaign OF
fslsehood to camoufage and hide his miionsf
Certainly there are some very strange things which
become easy to understand if Shonts pretending pow
ery to his wife and children he would have the more
to lavish on my friend Amanda.
In previous article it has been shown why Shonts
probably had at least 81 O0 and may have been worth
turned up with the queer Ias will they announced that
Shonss big fortune had dwlndled to only half million
What has become of President Shonts millions9 .
That is of the things which Mrs Shonts attor-
neys ex-Attorney General Grggs, Judge Warren Dixon
and Mr. George PILES, patiently investigating. !
This matter of Shonts's fortune is very important
one for the widow and children His money has certainly
disappeared Has it been hidden away by very shrewdy
planned campaign Of lying and misleading prctensesf
Have wife and daughters been victmized by very
clever trick up handsome fortune and discour
age any search to find and recover III
Writing to his daughter Marguerite in January 1915,
Shonts prptends be in serious financial troubles and
hasn't dollar to spare for her lie tolls her he finds
she has forgotten bank balance in Chicago savings
bank Of $35531 and that her sister Theodore Duchess de
Chaulnes) has balance Of $40S74a total Of $76405 and
little accrued interest And Shonts advises her to
her own savings bank money to pay her expenses
Shonts at that time had salary OF $500 week from
the Newfoundland probably additional income from
his private fortune Of another $4,000 or $1,000 week
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WY HEN Theodore r. Shon president Of New Yok rapid
NJ transit lines died last Summer the scandal which, during his
lifetime, had been smother burst into fame
And wonder.
Prom the mystery and dead sick emerged
remarkable ngure-Ms Caslie Thomas This had
been shon intimate companion sharing his apartment his automo
bile his vacation outings and his check book This former chorus girl
had complete dopaon the old traction magnawe she and
her little nestled close shons his she forbade her
servants allow Shons wife and daughters to him.
SEEKING everything worth cang from his town apartment
and country house Mr. Thomas produced mzed bill sale from
shon Of everything from shoe horn baby grand piano. and in
due time turned with a will leaving her the bulk of her
millionaire admirers estate The old traction muhmionare in
had been thoroughly well stripped Of his milons Did
my friend Amanda Thomas he calls her in his will get all?
The widow Mrs. Shont has appealed tho courts throw out
this very suspicious and peculiar last WILL and she has also begun
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actions get the Shons millions away from Mrs Thomas who
swear dsbauhed Shonts and lured him power
pre, by "her articles, immoralies and wiles"
Mrs Amanda O. Thomas stands forth remarkable
intimacy with Shonts she carried with
what and others said thought Surrounded
friends Of herself and shonts and the nborough lawyers
to have felt from legal consequences
But the skeleton has been dragged forth my
Amandas closet by the proceedings begun Mrs Did
Mrs Thomas Vamp President Shoats of his fortune
Shont effect asserts? The courts will be asked
Mrs Thomas shall be permitted keep shons
widow and children left almost pnnless And great
issue well legal issue Rev Dr. Sraon Of Calvary Baptist
Church pointed out in a in these
II the wronged wife finally robbed and the other
this will not the tendency every girl
ask herself the question: If she did these things got
and now dourishes, why may not ~
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spend dollar in the way of entertaining
With love to you, Toosie, and the boy,
Your affectionatc

Your aHectonatc FATHER
Would this letter create the impression that Shonts
doing his share in the pnching and economzingY
Does present the picture of rather shabby genee old
gentleman overcoat tre frayed his suit bit shiny,
hat of ancient vintage and shoes pretty well down at the
heelsi Poor Mr. Shonts!
WE'LL turn from this appealing picture of hard-up
Shon and look the inventory Of his hats and clothes
and shoes etc. which is file in the Surrogates office
This the list of of poor Mr. Shonss skimped and
limited wardrobe found in Shonts's apartment end
temized by the Guaranty Trust Company temporary Id
mnistrator of the estate:
Riding suit. IS Suits of clothes
DUO Ahunting suit. 8Overcoats.
corduroy suit 70 Hats.
Duck trousers and belt 1as Shirts.
pairs leegines Pair riding boots.
, Pairs white flannel trousers. Pair hunting shoes
Linen yachting suits 45Pairs shoes (oiaek white
Linen fishing suits. and tanJ
Now read again his words in his letter to his daughter
Marguerite My expenses which never were very large
have bought nothing for myself this Fall, etc
And then look at those As pairs Of shoes-more than $ooo
worth Of shoesand suit after suit of clothes does
look as if Shonts holding his family down to the most
rigid economics by the fictitious cry of poverty while
there was plenty of money for Amanda and himseff
How does Mrs. Shonts know that Shonts had plenty
Of money for Amanda his FRIEND" but not for Mrs.
Shonts the wifef Oh in hundred ways-and here
For a number of years the Shontses had lived at the
Hotel Plaza Fifth and Fiyninh street In the
early days before Mrs. Thomas became such devoted
friend of the traction millionaire the ShontS family had
regular accounts all the important New York shops.
But Shonts now shut down this gave the family
small allowance for expenses and forbade them to run
any bills anywhere
In the Fall of 1911 Mrs Shonts and the daughters
went Europe. Shonts remained in New York and lived
at the Hotel Plaza In the Spring of 1912 Mrs Shonts
returned to America and went to the Plaza where the
clerk handed her bundle of mail that had accumulated
One of the first envelopes she opened contained bill
from Lord Taylor the dry goods store for $5O53 for
very feminine articles The bill addressed to Mrs.
T P Shonts Plaza Hotel Room 1884 1t covered items
for the months of December and January while Mrs.
Shonts in Paris This is the bill
LORD & TAYLOR
Founded 1896
Importers and Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods
New York, jan q. 1919
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President Shonts in of his thirtysix suits of clothes
and one of his forty-fve pairs of shoes Shonts
held his wife and family down to rigid economy
while he had plenty of money for himself and
his friend Amanda and his daily boutonniere
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you not TO charge hngs-that account not for you!
You take those things back | won't pay for themi''
So there WAS somebody with better right to that
Mrs T p Shonts account than the genuine Mrs Theo.
dore Shonts.
And next day humliating experience was in store
for Miss Marguerite Shonts Not knowing Of the scene
between her father and unfortunate mother over that
account Miss Marguerite purchased something she needed
and asked that be charged the account Of her mother
Mrs Shonts Certainly" said the shopgr and handed
the purchase to Miss Shonts
just she leaving the store foorwalker quite
breath from running the length Of the store stopped
her
Il am sorry. Miss Shons" painted the floor
walker "bu shall have to ask You to let me have the
package We have had orders from Mr. Shonts that
Of his family TO charge anything on the account
Of Mrs 7 Shonts. Ii there has been some mis-.
take and that the have been CARRYING was
not intended for Mrs Shonts at all-but for some one
else
Certainly most unpleasant episode for Miss Mar
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Stems, including "six pairs o
carriers. Mrs. Shonts was in
terested to know if a mistak
had been made by the trades
men, and she dropped in at I.or
& Taylor's and asked if Mrs. I
P. Shonts s account was in goo
shape or whether there was an,
unpaid balance due. She kney
Shonts had closed out her oil,
account, had forbidden her t
charge any things and that sh
had been in Europe for severa
months, and, of course, had no
been in the store or made any
purchases.
"Oh, yes, Mrs. Shonts," sait
the credit man, your account
is in excellent condition, an(
you owe nothing except the pur
chases of the present month. -
But how about this bill O
last December and Januaryf Il
this still unpaid2" Mrs.
Shonts asked.
"Oh, that's the bill that
was lost. | remember we
had to send a second bill,
because it went astray
Mr.. Shonts paid it some
time ago, =.
Mrs Shonts pondered
the situation a little, and
concluded that if there
was an active and unlim-
tied charge account in the
name Of Mrs. T P. Shonts
she would make use of it
did anybody have a bet
ter right to use it, She
soon found out
Mrs Shonts-the gen. i
uinc. the real. lawful Mrs.
Shonts-charged a few !
purchases of linen. neces- -ssss|
sarics for herself and her go,
daughters. When the first
of the month came she
did not get a bill. but ono
morning Shonts came
bursting into the room r,
with his mail in his hand.
What do you mean
by getting things on credit
at Lord & Taylor'sf told
,,o,, NOT 70 obarpp fhinpS-tha
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Fac-Simile of
bill from
Lord & Taylor
for articles
bought by
MRS. T. p.
Shonts"
while the real
Mrs. T. p.
Shonts was in
Europe.
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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-01-31

furnishing feed for his dairy herd.
Mr. Carson asid he had found the
two islos which he has, of great
value, and could not think OF lis
pensing with them. The farm OF
Mr.. John T. Game was next invided
and his bunch Of Jersey cows gave
evidence OF good attention. and the
feeding of silage was largely The
cause of this condition. Mr.. Ander-
son's farm was next visited and found
TO be in good condition with a sup
ply OF silage in his silo. Mr.. Clarence
Funk was the next victim OF THIS in
quisitive bunch and he stool the
test in most commendable way
giving satisfactory reply t. all the
questions asked. II may be stated
that Mr.. Funk has given evidence Of
his splendid ability as dairy man
through his fine exhibits ut our
county fairs. but to learn OF |, cus-
trious habits and business-like meth
DDS, one must visit his phase AMI
see what he is doing, He now has
two large silos and intends 10 build
this season. Tho fine con-
uition of his 0airy nerd of pure bra
IIolsteins. he says. is due to n great
extent to silage. by this tiae the
crowd felt that they we're convinced
Of the value of silos on dat y IA ms
and decided to build as far as cir
cumstances justified.
A ward reunion under the auspises
OF the Old Folks committee VIII be
held in the Benson meeting house
next Thursday In connection with
the bounteous repast which all arc
expecting the following program win
be rendered: Singing, congregation,
led by w. j. Funk. Prayer. Philip
Purser. Music, Benson orchestra.
Address Of Welcome, II. W. Ballard.
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Bishop Howard Reese and company.
Recitation. Mrs. W. G.. Reese Song
]. Il. Allen and company. Piano So
10, Mrs. Angus Funk. Song, Ms.
L. A. Parsons. Remarks by members
of the old folks committee of .re
Cache stake. Music by orchestra.
Benediction. T. II. Reese. AL! oven
fourteen years will gather on Tha.s-
day and all under that age will b.
cared for the following day. Dancing
will be INDUCED In by old and young
without which the undertaking
would be a failure.
On Friday evening the Children Of
Mr.. G. Beutler met at his cozy home
and had very enjoyable time in
honor OF their fathers birthday. A
fine supper was served
On the l4th inst. Mr. Howell
Reese OF Benson and Miss May
Brown OF Amalga were united In
marriage and last Monday evening u
large number of their young friends
gave them a shower at tee hoiIe Of
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Melkle of
Smithfield. The bride was the ye-
clpient of many beautiful Presents.
These are worthy young people and
the very best wishes OF their hosts
Of friends so with them on their
matrimonial voyage.
Mr.. II, II. Reese as bought beau
tiful home in Logan and viii be
leaving Benson soon to take up bis
residence in Logan. It will be a
source Of regret to us to have him
leave our ward where he and his
good wife have lived so many wears
and Eave been such valuable mem
bers. Their son Howell and Mr.. Lee
Hancey will have charge of their
Benson interests which are quite ex-
tensive.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-01-31
Great Artist With
Minneapolis SYM
phOny Orchestra.

II doesn't take long to count the
really famous harpists of the world
for this beautiful and classic instru-
ment seems to present difficulties ga
lore to those who seek proficiency
upon it,
And so a real viriuoso has come
to be looked upon as luxury as well
a. necessity to well organized
symphony orchestra
Henry James Williams. harpist
with the Minneapolis Symphony or
chestra which comes to Logan on
February IL althugh Welshman.
enjoys the distinction OF being one
OF the really great harpists in AM
erica today
Brn at Abergavenny. South Wales,
Mr.. Williams comes of long line Of
Welsh harpists among his forebears
were thse wandering minstrel bards
SO dear to all Celtic people. and his
prediction for this particular instru
ment is perfectly natural one there
fore.
The winner al three successive
celebrations OF the famous Welsh
Eistedfoor. or musical tournament.
Mr.. Williams has the gold medal
which carries with 1t the assurance
that he is the best solo harpist in
England, Scotland and Wales.
Most Of his musical education was
gained at the Royal Academy of Mu-
sic, London, and his first orchestral
experience was as member of Sir
Henry Woods famous orchestra.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-01-31

There is an epidemic OF colds, ac-
oompanied by sore throat and in
few cases by fever and lung trouble
in Benson Mr. Leroy Ballard Is
afflicted with pneumonia.
The attendance at our Sunday
School was good on Sunday being
above average. The remodeling Of
our meeting house is proving . sue
ssss in the arrangement Of the Sun
day School classes.
The thawing weather Of late Is
making the road between Benson and
Logan almost impossible. Stake ON
GERS Of the various associations some
times feel that the ofieers of oar
ward organizations are rather Lax in
their attendance at stake gatherings.
but II they knew how bad the roads
are TO Logan they would not feel TO
eensurs.
The softening OF the weather will
no doubt, brlss down the price %
feed ms animals can get a good deal
OF picking out now.
Mr.. Jno. Kicks recently snloaded a
oar of coal among the Benson peo
pie.
Mr.. Philip Purser has recently
purchased fine player piano. Near.
~ every home in Benson is provided
with talking machine which Is ev.
idence that the people Of oar ward
are fond OF music.
There is a rumor That there will
be sugarfaetory built in Benson
soon.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-01-31
MEMBERS OF THE
FARM BUREAU
BUSY

BENSON, Jan. 26,--As stated in
previous communications there are
ewo farm bureau locals in Benson,
nne In East Benson and one in West
Benson. East Benson has 100 per
rent membership and West Bensos Is
working very successfully to that
end. At the weekly meeting held in
East Benson last Monday evening,
Mr.. II, A. Farson was elected vice
president and Chas. d. Reese direc-
.Or. In connection with many other
matters connected with farm bust
ness The ACCESSIBILITY OF building silos
gas discussed at some length and it
was finally decided to investigate the
matter and so n committee OF ten was
appointed to visit those in surround
sng settlements who have built sllas
and had experience in raising corn,
consequently on Wednesday, Messrs.
w. j. Funk. e. A. Parsons, Chas. d.
SIse'e. Rosoph c, Jorgensen, A. 4. Me
Ilenna, a Y. Reese, A. j, Reese,
Bishop Howard Reese, Lionel Muuk
ansT y. G--lieese went on this tour Of
inspection and in smithfield ,heY
were Joined with President r. j..
Wrigley OF Logan, Mr.. Ounce Rico
or Ogden, accompanied by three CSi-
iege ward farmers. After inspecting
the silo OF Mr.. Fisher trip was
made TO the farm of Mr.. Alma Car
son who very Interestingly told OF his
experience witr silos as q means OF
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-01-31
TRINITY NJ. Il. CHURCH
Services for February 1.

Sunday schoolu at 10 a. m. The
primary and junior classes will meet
in the main auditorium. Our Cit..
bens Forum will meet in the lecture
room. Prof. Tracey Abel will al.
dress the class on Home Building,
Preaching at IL a. m, theme "The
Inspiration OF the Bible" Theme at
1880. p. m, "Can n Sinful Man BE
Converted" League at $50 D. m.
j. r Miller Pastor
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RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam
nation for the county of Cache. Utah
to be held at Lgan Utah on Februa, y
2S. 1920, TO fill the position OF rural
carrier at Logan and Trenton, Utah.
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