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RALEM, QKEGOX, 8ATIKDAY, JANUARY 21, 1911.
NO. 18.
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DEFENSE AT LAST TAKES ITS MUGS
if long mm out schebcb trial
IT IS THOUGHT DEFENSE
HAS "AfJ ACE "UP ITS SLEEVE"
CONSPIRACY IS ALLEGED
Case That Dragged for Nearly a Month in Which Mrs. Laura
Schcnck Is Accused of Poisoning Her Milloinaire Husband
Is Important Only From Great Wealth of Parties Testi-
. mony Today Shows Brother of Schenck Was Always Bitter
Against His Brother's Wife.
Rigger Than Hello Girl.
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Kiulorses I my Itreakeis.
Cincluuati, 0., Jan. 21. In-
dicat'on that the administration
at Washington Vndorses the ac-
tion of 15 Republican members
of the West Virginia senate who
Had here to prevent the organi-
istlon of that body by Demo-
Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 21. Predic
tions that the defense - In the trial of
Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk, ac
cused of poisoning her millionaire
husband, John 0. Schenk,' has "an ace
up Its sleeve," were freely made at the
resumption of the trial here today
when Attorney J. P. O'Brien of Mrs.
Schenk's counsel, announced that the
defendant would not take the stand..
O'Brien said Mrs. Schenk would not
plead Insanity, and that Albert
Schenk, brother of the . accused wo
man's husband, would not be called
in an effort to prove that Mrs. Schenk
Is the victim of a conspiracy among
the relatives of her husband. No
hint was given as to the evidence ex
isted to be produced on which the
defense hopes for a verdict.
When the first witness was called
today, it developed that the reason
Albert Schenk would not be put on
the stand was that, called by the de
fense, it would not be possible for
Mrs. Schenk's lawyers to attack the
credibility of their own witness.
.That the plea of a conspiracy
against the accused woman will be
relied on, her defense, at least in part,
was evident when Mrs. Jane Hedges
was called. She testified that Albert
Schenk had always shown animosity
against his brother's wife' and time
and again declared he would leave no
atone unturned to get her out of the
family.
Mrs. Hedges continued:
"Albert Schenk came to my farm be
tween April and June and said that
Ail or last nignts session or the his brother John was going abroad
court was devoted to attempting to and that he had bought Laura (the
Impeach the credibility of Dr. Myers, defendant) a $6,000 automobile. Al
who testified that he had sold Mrs, pert said 'I wish every time she rides
Schenk a quantity of acetate of lead, in the machine that she may break
with which poison, as well as arsenic, her neck,'"'
Schenk is alleged to have been fed. Cross examination of Mrs. Hedges
Rome, Jan. 21. To sass
king and not know it is some
thing of a calamity, In the opin-
Ion of the "hello" girls at the
local telephone exchange.
Yesterday the king, wishing
to speak to the head keeper at
Castle Porsiano, attempted to 4
call him by telephone, but each
time he called for the number
he was given, the tart answer.
"none-rlspondet" Knowing that
the head keeper was expecting
his call, the king sent a court
official to the telephone ex-
change and the girl was fright-
ened Into hysterics by the
"calling down' 'she received.
produced nothing new, the witness
simply sticking to her story of Albert
Schenk's evidences of an Intense dis
like for the defendant, but being able
to throw no light on the alleged poi
soning of Schenk. -
District Attorney Handlan today de
clared that the attorneys for the de
fense had threatened to call him to
the 'stand. Handlan declared hn wna
willing, to testify, but warned the de
fense he would tell all he knew and
said pointedly that the defendant had
made damaging admissions to him
the night she was arrested..
"I blundered that night." said
Handlan. "I was so tired and ex
hausted that I delayed going into de
tails with Mrs. Schenk, and by the
following morning she had consulted
attorneys and would talk no more."
(Continued on page eight.
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Money Saving Bargains Offered in All Departments During
Our Annual
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Clearing Prices, Ladies'
Suits, Coats, Capes, One
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Coats & Childrens Coats
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ing up to our advertising agreement,
one half price and less on all our cloaks
and suits, 1910 and 1911 newest styles
Hnings aid materials.
Ladies' $18, $20 and $25.00 Suits
noW$7.50, $8.50, $10.50 and $12.50;
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now $4.50, $6.90, $9.50 and $12.50
Ladies' $12.50, $18.50, and $22.50
Dresses now $5, $7.50 and $10.50.
Girls' Coats $5, $7.50 and $10 now
$2.50, $3.50 and $4.50.
Children's $3.50, $4.50 and $7.50;
Coats now $1.65. $1.98. and $2.90.
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crats. Is seen today in the an
nouncement that Charles P,
Taft, brother of the president,
will dine the fugitive legisla
tors. Under a compromise arranged
between Senator-elect Chilton,
for the Democrats, and Gover
nor Glascock, of West Virginia,
for the Republicans, the exiles
will return to their legislative
duties Monday.
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THE PORTLAND, EUGEfJE & EASTERN
TO BEGIN ACTIVE WORK THIS SDDEQ
HUE HE
UQDIt
DUELLING
Bodies of, Mrs. Percy Brooks
and Her; Four Children Are
Found in the ruins of Their
Burned Home.
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Alameda, Cal., Jan. 21 Too
much "rah-rah boy" is the basis
of a divorce complaint on file In
the Alameda superior court here
today In whl-h Alfred M. Chand
ler, complaining of a broken
home, brands his wife, Helen,
as the original "collnge widow."
When Chandler came home
o' nights, he says, no wife would
be on the job. Only a cracker 4
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board. Helen would be over at 4
the University of California 4
holding a reception and hands 4
with a bunch of students whose 4
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SERVANT IS BADLY BURNED
The Position in Which the ody of
the Mother Lay Indicated She Hud
Thrown Herself lief ore the Cliil-
, dren to Protert Them From the
lames--!' ire Started From a De
fective Hue Early Today.
Clearing Prices on Dress
Goods and Silks
Thousands of yards here ready to show
you of all the newest and Best Dress
Coast S'lkS Sh0W" anywhere on the
Dress Goods of every description per yard .
25c, 35c, 49c, 65c, and up.
Silks of every description per yard, 25c,
35c, 49c, 69c and up.
Clearing Priecs on Blankets,
Flannels and Domestics
the crowds and the values we are giving
Standard 8 1 -3c percales now, r
per yard OC
Seeing is believing. Come here and see
20000 yards of Embroidery now on sale,
all kinds per yard, 3c, 5c, 8 1 -3c and up.
Sheets and pillow cases at mill prices.
Blankets, pair, 39c, 49c 75c, 98c and up.
Outing Flannels, yd 4c, 5c, 6 1-4c, 8 1-3c
a up.
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Toronto, On t., Jan. 21. Five per
sons met their death and another was
taken to the Western Hospital- badly
bulned as the result of a pre which
destroyed the home of Percy
Brooks, manager of the Fairbanks
Scale Company, of Toronto, at No.
435 Indian Road, early today. It Is
believed the fire started from a de
fective furnace. , '..
The dead are:
Mrs. Percy Brooks and her four
children.
Brooks Is at present in Chicago on
business.
The boditB of two of the children
were found on the first floor in the.
bathroom, while the body of Mrs.
Brooks and her two youngest chil
dren were found in her bedroom on
the second floor. The position of
Mrs. Brooks' body indicated that Rhe
had thrown herself before her 'hil-
dren as a shield from the flames
The fire was discovered by a neigh
bor, T. McTavish, who turned in the
alarm, Di spite the efforts of the
firemen, the house was destroyed.
The woman was burned almost be
yond recognition, and a servant girl.
Viola Martin, was badly burned nnd
taken to the hospital.
COMPANIES
MAKE BIDS
FOR PAVING
WAR UK N UONSTHUCTIOX (O.tf.
PANV OFFERS UHTUTIIIC AT
1.H I'FK SQUARE YARD OTHER
BIDS RANGE FRO.IT glJil TO $'.0S
The street committee to which was
referred at the last session of the
council the proposals made by the
various pavement companies for the
pavement of streets In the city met
with the representatives of the com
panies in the office of City Engineer
Skelton this forenoon and listened to
arguments advanced by them In be
half of the pavement which they rep
resent.
Seven companies submitted propo
sals and the Btreets for the pavement
of which they were submitted are as
follows: North Liberty from Court
to North Mill creek; North Church
street from Court to North Mill
Creek; North Church from Court to
North Mill Creek; North Cottage from
Court to North Mill Creek; Twelfth
street from Court to Union; Chemek
eta from Front street to Fourteenth;
Center from Front to Fourteenth;
Ferry from Liberty - to Winter;
Church from Ferry to State and Cot
tage from Ferry to State.
The bid of the Warren Construction
Company for standard bltullthic pave
ment for these streets was $1.85 per
square yard; that of the South Port
land Crushed Rock company for a
concrete pavement with finished
wearing surface $1.45, for crushed
rock and $1.35 for gravel; Clark &
Henry, of Sacramento, California, bid
for asphalt was $1.96, $1.84 and
$2.08 per, square yard, the difference
In price being dependent upon the
hydraulic concrete base and the as
phalt wearing surface; the American
ravemeni company s. bid for a con
crete pSvenlent .wm $2 per square
.yard; the' Universal '.Construction1
'company's bid for an asphalt concrete
pavement was $1.50; 1.68, $1.63 -add
$1.75,; the difference of price being de
pendent upon the asphalt 'concrete1
wearing surface; the .bid of the Fed
eral Construction company on' an as
phalt pavement with a cement base
and asphalt wearing Burface was not
to exceed $1,34 per square yard; and
that of the Pacific Coast Westrnmlte
company, of Portland, was' $1.68 and
$1.80.
The committee Monday evening
will report back to the council and
that body will then or at some subse
quent session take action with rela
tion to the proposals.
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A BOY WILL
FLY ACROSS
CONTINENT
HAS IVVKNTKO A XKW TVPK OK
HIPlAXK, AXI) KXI'KCTN TO
KLV FROM KKW JKIWKV TO
SAN FRANCISCO, M.KI(i ;loo
MILKS A IAV.
SURVEYORS IN THE FIELD
TO DECIDE 0N BEST ROUTE
TO BUILD TO EUGENE FIRST
The Washington-Oregon Corporation Recently Organized
With a Capital of $5,000,000,' Will Finance the Undertak
ingRoad Will Run From Portland to Eugene via Salem
and Albany After That It Is Probable a Network of Lines
Will Be Built in' Valley." r ... ,
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That the Portland, Eugene & East-1 The early dream of Welch with rela-
ern Railroad company, better known Uon w this line was to extend It Into
Westfleld,' N. J., Jan. 21 -To fly
from Westfleld to Sun Francisco Is
the modest program mapped out by
Arthur Clark, 19, aviaior, who ex
pects the biplane now building will
be completed by April.
Clark says he lias Incorporated
original ideas in his maehlno that will
surprise the Wrights and 01 her air
craft manufacturers. Young (.'lark
expects to make 300 miles daily on
his fliKht. His biplane will have two
propellers and 35 horse power en
gine.
as the Welch line, will within the
next two or three months have sev
eral crews of surveyors in the field to
complete the preliminary survey for
a route for the road from here to Eu
gene and from here to Portland la the
Information which comes from Inner
railroad circles and having as Its
source one of the men interested in
the line and also in the Washington
Oregon corporation it seems to bear
all the stamps of reliability. From
the same source comes also the fur
ther Information that It is hoped to
have the surveys completed in time
so that the construction work of the
line may be commenced In the sum.
mer. . ;, .....
The Washington-Oregon, corpora
tion filed articles with a capitaliza
tion of $5,000,000 with the secretary
of state several weeks ago. Named
with capitalists from Philadelphia,
Tacoma and Portland was A, Welch,
the promoter of the Portland. Eugene
ft Eastern line, and it is this corpora
tion which will finance Its construe'
tion according to the Information
given out ' The. articles of the Wash
Ington-Oregon corporation gives as Its
purpose the operation of povyer plants
and railroads and 'the directors and
stockholders ) named 'with V-Weloh have
railroad. Interests both ,ln .Washing,
ton and Nevada. One of its objects Is
to take over the Welch line and build
was admitted by the party giving the
information and he further stated
that the construction - of the line
would Commence Just as spon as the
corporation could get Its affairs In
shape. . ,
Several Routes Surveyed,
Preliminary surveys have been
made for several routes for the road
from here to Eugene and als6 to
Portland and the mission of the com
ing -crow of surveyors will be to se
lect the most feasible route. Enough
crews will bo placed In the field so
that the work can be rushed as it Is
the desire of the directors of the corT
pnratlon to commence the construc
tion of tho line during the summer.
eastern Oregon but the present com
pany has so far, it seemi, decided to
confine its operations to the Willam
ette Valley and will connect up by
a line the various cities contained In
It which it has now ' in operation
street railway systems. ' They ar
Albany, Eugene and this city.
Falls City Road to Enter City.
. Information also comes from Inner
railroad circles that It Is the pur
pose of the Salem, Falls City, & West
ern Railroad company to build a
bridge across the Willamette river ta
the spii ig and enter . tne city and
erect a depot. The depot Is now sit
uated across the river in a most In
convenient place and it is to over
come this drawback that the improve
ment will be made. This road has as
sumed a policy lately of reaching out
after traffic and It is predicted that
It will hnrnmn Active In the w nf
Improvements during the summer.
The information with relation to the
building of the bridge and the con
struction of a depot In , the city la
said to eome from one of the officials
of the company. ;
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SHE ROJE' THK FUNDEK
J-v - ' A COtVLE OF BLOCKS
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y BNITID FUSS U1MD WlBI.)
, ' Los Angeles; CaI. 'Jsm. 21. Ex
cept for a few slight bruises, Mrs.
Clara Carr, music teacher and ar
tists' model, is little the, worse to
day tor having been dragged 00 feet
on the, fender of a street.car. When
the car stopped, she got , up, brushed
the dirt from her clothes, and walked
away. t
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KLKVKN THOVSAJlU M .
REGISTER IX ONE t)AV
VNITID press win wixa.1
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 21. Reports
today show that mor than 11,000
men and women registered yesterday
for the privilege of voting at the spe
cial municipal election to be held In
Seattle February 7, and aiming to
the recall of Mayor Hiram C. Gill.
GAMHLKK LEFT SI.N'GKIl
A S.M'G FOirn'XIO
Goldfield, Nev., Jan. 21. Ten
thousand dollars Is held for I.ucllhi
Byrnes, a ginger in a San Francisco
cafe, by the coroner here today, fol-j
lowing advices from San Frands'-o
that the woman has heon located
The money was left by Frank Smith.
a gambler, who died last week.
Smith .was supposed to be single, but
papers found among his effects re
veabd the fact that "MIhh" Smith was
h's wife.
Young Men's Overcoats
Sizes 28 to 34 Ages 7 to 18 "',
1 ' 'years; " -
We have reduced the price on , . '".
these garments 33 1-3 per,
' cent, It will pay you to stock
up for a year,
Newest styles in cut and pat
tern,
$9.00 Coats $6.00
$6.00 Coats $4.00
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