Murder Fee Offered to Poison Husband in Veiled Plot
In Wheeling West Virginia January 14 testimony states Mrs Laura Farns Worth Schenk offered $1000 to Elinor Zoeckler a detective nurse to administer poison to John C Schenk at North Wheeling Hospital Last November The plan involved a car ride and requests for a written promise of payment The defense aims to challenge the nurse witness while the trial notes no arsenic or lead findings in the hospital water The case also notes auxiliary details about clothing orders and nighttime car rides with Mrs Schenk and Dan Phillips The Southeastern Limited train schedule is listed at the end
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Wheeling
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Laura Farns- Worth Schenk
John C. Schenk
North ‘Wheellrnx
Elinor Zoeckler
Frame
Kifin
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John
Schenks
Albert Schenk
Tr. Caskins
Httle
Arkansas Battleship Arkansas Christened With Champagne
Miss Mary Macon christens the new Arkansas class battleship at Camden amid cheers in Philadelphia. Secretary Meyer presides as Arkansas delegates stay away over a date dispute with the Navy. The ship measures 462 feet, 28 feet draft, 26,000 tons, with 12 12-inch guns, turbine propulsion, and a plan to deliver by 1923. The sister ship Wyoming is under construction as other vessels cost about 12 million each.
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New York
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Mary Macon
Robert J. Macon
Bill Hull
Meyer
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Macon
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Elerbe
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A. W. Grant
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Haseen
Geov. Donaghey
Navy Department
Washington
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Conqueror
Monarch
Orion
Thun
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Cramps’ Ship Yards
Texas
Newport News
Court hears expert testimony in Schenke poisoning case
Dr. Thornton, pathologist, testified again with details on lead and arsenic symptoms. Prosecutor Handian announced Dr. Thornton will be recalled Monday to pose a comprehensive hypothetical to cover all proven facts. A possible link to stomach disorders was noted, and court filled early as juror Lasch awaited news of his newborn.
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Thornton
Handian
Schenke
Albert Lasch
Lasch
Foe of Diaz Held as Political Refugee in U S Detention
Juan Sanchez-Azcona, former editor of El Diario in Mexico City and opponent of Diaz, remains in U S custody beyond his 40 day provisional detention. A District Supreme Court order extends his confinement by up to 20 days while Mexican charges and extradition papers are reviewed, with a hearing to follow at his lawyer’s request.
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Juan Sanchez-Arcons
United States
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Diaz
Sanchea-Ascona
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Department of Justice
W. T. Denison
Sanchez-Azcona
Cherry
Wilson
District Supreme Court
Justice Barnard
L. J. Peale
T. 5S
Hopkins
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Diez
Madero
Mexico
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District of Columbia
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Mexican Revolutionary Committee
Washington
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Juarez
Costo
el Diario
Simondetti
Sanchez-Azcons
Mexico Nuevo
San Antonio
Tex
Ambassador de la Barra
Heidelberg
Paris
Mexican Congress
Europe
Harlan Plug Sent By Winston Salem Tobacco Chief
Washington Post reports that George T. Brown of a Winston Salem tobacco company sent a letter to Justice Harlan offering a 2 pound box of his best plug tobacco after a remark attributed to the justice during the tobacco trust case. Brown says the tobacco uses North Carolina’s finest leaf and old family methods to avoid a justice suffering for lack of chew.
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Washington Post
Winston Salem
N. C
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust
Attorney Hornblower
George T. Brown
Winston Salem Tobacco Company
Express
Brown
North Carolina
Supreme Court of the
United States
Reward to be shared for Claymont murder arrest
The Washington Post reports that a $2,100 reward for the murderers of Robert Casey and wife will be split among several officials and contributors. Reese Roberts was convicted and faces a death sentence. distribution includes $900 each to Representative Harry S. Gillis and ex-State Detective James P. Ratledge for arresting Roberts in Chester, Pennsylvania. Alfred Whartenby received $60 for footprints and clues. J. Blanchard Gil earned $100 for aiding the case.
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Claymont
Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
Attornney General
State Supreme Court
Harry S. Gillis
James P. Ratledge
Chester
Alfred Whartenby
Brandywine Hundred
Roberts
J. Blanchard Gil
Wandering Girl Prefniless In Philadelphia Case
A 15-year-old girl named Jeanette Grossman from Adirondack Virginia arrived in Philadelphia after walking from Trenton New Jersey to seek relatives for aid. She was arrested in Reading Terminal and told Magistrate Carey her story of Maid work in New York and depleted funds. She was sent to the Young Women's Hebrew Home while authorities locate her parents.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Jeanette Grossman
Adirondack
Carey
Trenton
N. J
Reading Terminal
New York
City
Split in Tammany Blames the Interests Dark Horse Parker Mentioned
Open revolt in Tammany Hall over Murphys plan to nominate Sheehan for senator prompts talk that ex Judge Alton B. Parker could unite factions. Leaders like Cram Grady Burt Griffen Saxe Fried man press for Parker with Dix and Gaynor. Gov Dix refuses interference and Gaynor backs Shepard. Parker possible bipartisan choice to block Sheehan.
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Tammany Hall
Charles F. Murphy
William B. Sheehan
United States
Dix
Gaynor
Edward M. Shepard
Alton B. Parker
Tammany Bank
J. Sargent Cram
Murphy
Thomas F. Grady
Senate
J. E. Burt
Sheehan
A. d. Griffen
John Godfrey Saxe
Harold J. Friedman
Tammany Organization
Cram
Grady
Nny
Parker
Finley Denounces Capital Costs in Rail Rates Debate
Southern Railway President W. W. Finley told the Washington Traffic Club that rate reasonableness must be judged by service, not capitalization or construction costs. He warned against broader regulation and urged railways to present their case to the public while opposing political entanglement. He cautioned that restrictive policies could harm U.S. railway development and private capital attraction.
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Southern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. W. Finley
Finley
Washington Traffic Club
New Willard Hotel
United States
Tive Railway
Rail regulation warned would hurt railways and public
The speaker argued against uniform rates, saying fair differences support movement of goods. A carload of clothing costs more to ship than coal, and raising coal rates to clothing levels could bankrupt railways. Finley introduced by Odell & Smith, with Brayton James King and Mesterman contributing.
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United States
Mr. Finley
Odell
Resignation of Princeton English Chair Dr Van Dyke
Dr Henry Van Dyke resigns after eleven years as Murray professor of English at Princeton University. He cites reasons tied to past resignations and lack of votes in the English department, and states future plans to write and preach in a friendly atmosphere in Princeton. The letter to trustees references an endowment and his desire to pursue literary work full time.
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Princeton
N. J
Henry van Dyke
Murray
Princeton University
Yeagens
van Dyke
Wireless ship to shore by new leviathan vessels promises direct Atlantic links
London reports wireless messages may be sent from any point in the Atlantic to shore as soon as colossal ships like the Europa and Cunarder are completed. The Europa will feature exceptionally tall masts and the most powerful wireless gear yet on a sea going vessel. A new ventilation system will push warmed pure air to all decks with no protruding ventilators. The Cunarder ordered will be about 885 feet long, slightly shorter than the Europa.
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Washington Post
London
Atlantic Ocean
Leviathan
England
Mauretania
Mid- Atlantic
Europa
Atlantic
Taft Praises Peary at National Geographic Banquet
President Taft speaking at the National Geographic Society dinner lauded Peary for the pole discovery and urged Congress to recognize the achievement. Wilbur Wright and ambassadors Bryce De la Barra and von Bernstorff attended along with Gen Wood and others as discussion covered aviation, the Philippines, and the Panama Canal.
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National Geographic Society
Wilbur Wright
Gueat of Honor
Ambassadora Bryce
de la Barra
von Bernstorff
Philippines
Panama Canal
Taft
New Willard
Robert E. Peery
North Pole
William Howard Taft
Henry Gannett
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Count von Bernatorff
Germany
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Washington
Wright
Fort Myer
Count von Bernstorff
Heni
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Zeppelin
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Democratic Party
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Russia
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Better Wireless Service
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