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SEES DANGER TO NEGRO VOTE1
Senator Depew Declare Move i on
to Disfranchise.
DIRECT VOTE IDEA IS MEANS
Drpw Knows How Proposed Amend
ment for Direct Vol. Wonld
Knock On t Fourteenth
' Amendment.
Washington. Jan. is. (Special Tele
gram.) That the adoption of the amend
ment to the constitution providing for the
election of United Statea eenatora by direct
vote of the people, as proposed In the res
olution now befor.. congress, may annul
the Fourteenth amendment and make con
stitutional lawa In the south disfranchising
the negro, la the statement made by Sen
ator Chauncey M. Depew In an Interview
today.
"The Joint reaolutlon now before the
senate." ald Senator liepew, "for the elec
tion of United States (enatora by the peo
ple, fixes the qualifications of electors to
vote for United States senators In this
law.
Klectori in each state shall have the
qualifications requisite for electors of the
most numerous branch of state legislators;
In other words, the qualifications shall be
fixed by the state legislators.
State. is srloai Means.
"The Fourteenth amendment guaranteed
to the negroes the right to vote and slates
by ' various devices have disfranchised
them. Take Mississippi, for Instance. With
J.SO0.000 people It casts on an average, I
think, from 0000 to 80.000 votee. Under
this resolution, allowing by constitutional
amendment the state to fix the qualifica
tions of electors. It repeals the Fourteenth
amendment, which says that every citlsen
II years of age, who has not engaged In
the rebellion and lias not committed a
cilnic, shall be entitled to vote.
"My proposition Is that the qualifications
of electors or United States senators and
congressmen shall be uniform in all btaie
and that congress shall make laws to fee
that the voles ate properly registered and
counted. When I offered this amendment
to this same resolution to the committee '
on privileges and elections six years ago I.
D adopted by unanimous vote of t lie re
publicans. Then (he democratic senator
v. ho had been Vigorously and with a goo;
deal of temper advocating the Mann
amendment, said that. If the negroes wen
permitted to vote the) did not wunt t'cc
eiectiun of United Slates senators by th
people and Would not have It. They klllra
the resolution.
ttl lkt la Sentiment.
"As an Indication of the change of pubhg
entuuent n regard to this disfranchise
ment of negroes In the south, I got only one
ote beside my owa to my amendment In
the coum)tte. the other duy. All tiie
drnierrata and all the rest of the repub
licans excepting this one were against it.
"Now, It .becomes one of the most inter
esting questions In our politics whether
in six years public sentiment has so
changed that republicans from northern
states are tiling. In order to get the elec
tion of senators by the pople. to practi
islly repeal the Fourteenth amendment to
the constitution and allow the slates by
a constitutional provision to disfranchise
forever the negro vote.
ulk geeks HrM-l.
The south has been endeavoring by var
ious I'liH-riMn to repeal the Fourteenth
amendment. Thev have nullified It. but
Luey tiave always been afraid that the
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supreme court of the United States might
declare that nullification expediencies were
unconstitutional. .
"Now, under h. gulre of securing the
election of United States senators by the
people, they virtually secure an amendment
to the constitution under which In their
states, one-half nr.ore of the people can
be permanently disfranchised and denied
the suffrage. In other words, the election
of United States aenatora by the people
means that one-half of the people shall not
vote and they will be barred by constitu
tional authority."
Woodrow Wilson
Supports Martine
Governor-Elect Says White is Making
Big Political Mistake in Opposing
People's Will.
NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 15. Before several
thcusand people In the new auditorium to
night Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson de
clared It was the duty of the democratic
legislators to send to the United States
senate James E. Martine. who waa the
choice of the people at the primary election
last fall. Pr. Wilson said James Smith,
Jr., who was opposing Martine In the fight
for the aenatorshlp. was ruaklng a colossal
political blunder. Mention of the names of
Assemblymen Mylod, Boettner and Balen
tlne of Essex county, who had asked Mr.
Smith to become a candidate for the aena
torshlp, but afterward repudiated their
choice, was greeted with prolonged ap
plause. Dr. Wilson praised these legisla
tors, who. he said, aaw their error when
the people rose up In their might and de
manded that they come out for Martine.
REVENUE COMMISSION BUSY
Bod? anted by Oovernor Vessey Has
Meeting; to llealn Appointed
Work.
iMKRRiW S. !., Jan. 15.-iSpe.lal Tele
gram.) The commission appointed hy Gov
ernor Vessey to prepare a revenue commls-
shin met yesterday. It is composed of three
members with six-year terms, to be In con
i nnous session to pass upon matters of
assessment and taxation, with extended
powers, each of the commissioners to re
ceive a salary of $1,800 a year.
The commission to Investigate the state
soldiers' home met today and organised by
the selection of Senator Wyman as chair
man and Repreisentalve Cranston as secre
tary. They will gu to Hot Springs Thurs
day of next week to take up the work of
investigation. The signers of the recent
"night utter" to Governor Veasey making
complaint of conditions wllL all be railed
up to substantiate charges.
In the house today tiledt presented a bill
to repeal the anti-treatlng law enacted two
years ago on the ground that It Is a dead
letter and a bill by Jones to abolish the
office of state surveyor.
In the senate bartlne presented his
maximum freight rate bill, which will be
one of the contesting points of the session.
A bill by Brack tt provides thai when an
acquittal la secured on a plea of Insanity it
becomes the duty of the circuit court to
l- minlt the defendant to the slate Insane
asylum.
The fedcial Judgeship is receiving the at
tention of a number of the legislative mem
bers, msnv of thorn tonight signing a peti
tion asking for the ai'polntnienl of Judge
Whiting to the place. The petition will be
forwarded to !-Viitor Ci en ford at Wash
ington tonisshl with a lequist that it be
prtsculvd to the president.
Standard Road of the West
NURSE AGAINST MRS. SGHENK
Woman Detective Tells of Thousand
Dollar Offer by Wife.
WANTED HER HUSBAND POISONED
"I Will Never Be Happy Till that
Man la Dead," Raid Wife to
apposed Accomplice of
posir,
WHEELING. W. Va., Jan. 18-Testl-mony
that Mrs. Laura Karnsworth Schenk
had offered her $1,000 to administer a
poisonous pill to John O. Schenk while he
lay 111 at the North Wheeling hospital last
November, waa given yeBterday by Eleanor
Zoeckler, a detective-nurse, who had here
tofore been known aa "Mrs. Klein, a pro
fessional nurse."
The attempt to Induce the "nurse" to
give the poison to Schenk, the witness
said, waa made while the two were riding
In Mrs. Bchenk's automobile. Mrs. Schenk,
Miss Zoeckler testified, said to her: "John
treats me like a dog. When Miss Evans
(another nurse in the Schenk case) calls up
from the hospital and tells me that my
husband la dead, I will be the happiest
person In the world. I feel at times like
I could kill that man."
" "Why don't you?' I asked, She turned
around and said: 'Will you do It for me.'
" "That Is another thing.' I told her.
" 'What will you take to give him a
pill?' she asked.
" 'I will take 15,000,' I replied. I need
money awful bad. I have my mother and
a child to keep.'
" "Good Lord,' replied Mrs. Schenk, 'I
haven't 15,000, but I will give you $1,000,
if you will make it that.'
"I told her that this was a very rlnky,
business for that small amount, but I
finally agreed If she would give me a
paper In writing showing that she was to
pay me the money when she came Into her
wldow'a rights.
Objected to Written Promise.
"Mrs. Schenk promised to give me the
money, but objected to giving me any-
written promise. She said that would be
dangerous. She also said she would get
the 'stuff and would bring It to the hospi
tal the next morning. She wanted me to
either give it to Mr. Schenk or to put It
In his medicine which would be placed be
side his bed, so he could take it himself.
" 'How could you stand anything like
that?' 1 asked her. 'You would know
that ou and I killed him.'
" 'I will never be happy until that man
Is dead.' she. said. 'If he dies I will wear
a double veil so they ran t see me laugh
ing behind It.'
"We agreed on the plan and she said:
'As aoon as John Is dead call me before
you do the Schenks. If Albert Schenk
knew about It he would be up to the hos
pital before I could cross the bridge, and
see that you get John's kes for me.'
"Mrs. Schenk did not come to the hos
pitaf the next morning, which was Novem
ber 2. at the time she said she would. 1
called her up and asked her why she did
not bring the 'stuff.' .She said she did not
care lo talk about il over the telephone
and that she would be up later.
"When she came we went Into a vacant
room. 1 axked her why she had not
brought the pill and she said she wan
afraid to. That she bad tried to get the
'vtuff thnuMli. but could not. She said
she wax afraid because If John died sud
denly Albert Schenk mid IT HusiklllS.
Johns brother-in-law, would have the
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stomach examined right s away. Then J
would be suspected." "
PnUnn Plain Dropped.
The plan to poison Schenk, the witness
said, waa then dropped; by Mrs. Schenk,
whom she did not aee for some time. The
next time they took an automobile rids to
gether, Mlsa Zoeckler testified, she tried to
learn from Mrs. Schenk If aha had not
already administered the arsenlo.
"I said to her, 'I am going to ask you a
personal question and you need not answer
unless you want to. My experience as a
trained nurse teaches me that there Is
something wrong with John. It looks like
poisoning to me. Haven't you been giving
him arsenic? She did not say anything to
that. She only tossed her head and said
'poo.' "
The witness freely admitted that aha had
been brought her. and put on as a nurse
In order to trap Mrs. Schenk Into an at
tempt to take the life of her husband, or
to secure an admission that such was her
purpose.
The morning session of court adjourned
without further testimony from the witness,
and as no sessions are held on Saturday
afternoons, the direct examination of the
witness will be resumed Monday morning.
Aside from the testimony of the detective
nurse little was brought out at the trial
today.
American Citizen is
Abused by Mexicans
Mining Engineer Reported Confined
in Vile Cell on False Charge
of Murder.
MEXICO C1TT, Jan. 15,-AJIeged In
human treatment by the authorities of
Zacatecas of J. A. Farrell, an American
mining engineer, Is being Investigated by
the American embassy, following a protest
signed by eight foreign residents of El Kio.
Farrell Is under arrest In Quadaloupe,
Zacatecas, charged with being an acces
sory to the murder of a Mexican miner.
Reports on the case, secured by Ambas
sador Wilson, Indicate that the killing was
done last November by Amello Langlot,
stor keeper of the mining concern by which
Karrell was employed, with n pistol be
longing to Farrell. Langlot was Immed
iately arrested. He told the authorities
that the shooting was done In self-defense,
and that the miner, a discharged employe,
had frequently made threats against the
lives of himself and Farrell. Two week
later Farrell was arrested and for ton
days was kept In solitary confinement In
a dark and vile cell. He was later i r
moved to more sanitary quarters, but h.is
been denied release on ball.
Karell alleges that he permitted the store
keeper to take his pistol only after the
storekeeper had repeatedly complained th.it
the discharged man had abused and threat
ened him.
Fairell formerly was a resident of El Hlo.
He came to Mexico from Missouri.
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COLONEL IN SENATORIAL FIGHT
Roosevelt Says Congressman Ames
Deliberately Misrepresented.
DENIES
CRITICISING
LODGE
Object of Attack Wats H. Is Mot Snr
prised at Invitation to Join
Ananlna Club Praise for
Senator.
BOSTON, Mass., Jan. UB. Former Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt took a leap Into
the Massachusetts senatorial contest last
night when in a telegram addreBaed to
Joseph Walker, speaker of the Massachu
setts house of representatives, he vigor
ously championed the cause of Senator
Cabot Lodge and charged Congressman
Butler Ames with deliberately misrepre
senting facta.
The telegram, sent from Oyster Bay, was
called forth by the publication today of an
alleged atatement by Congressman Ames,
who is active in opposition to the candi
dacy of Senator Lodge for re-election.
It reads aa follows:
"Story told by Butler Ames, reported In
newspapers as to the alleged conversa
tion between me. Lodge and Newberry
about purchase of colliers la a deliberate
and outrageous falsehood. I never made
any such remark and no such conversation
ever took place.
"During the twenty-six years I have
known Senator Lodge he haa acted on all
occasions, and especially on every oc
casion when he haa dealt with public mat
ters or matters having any connection
with the government's behalf, not merely
with absolute honesty, but the highest and
most delicate sense of propriety. I never
had talk with him about these colliers
at all.
"11 is shocking to think that Mr. Ames
should invent such an outrageous false
hood about a public man of such rigid
Integrity and probity, a falsehood for
which there is not even the smallest foun
uutlon in facts."
Snlri l.odae Was Reprimanded.
Congressman Ames was quoted as say
In:; that Mr. Roosevelt when president
reprimanded Senator llinry Cabot Lodge
In the presence, of former Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy Truman L. Newberry,
lor on alleged attempt to force the pur
chase of two colliers by the Navy depart
ment at a cost ot Sl.ouo.ou).
According to the pul.ilshcd statement
. i edited lo Congressman Ames, I'reslrtent
Koosevelt, after listening to Assistant Kec-i.-tury
Newberry's explanation turned to
ciiutoi Lodge and said: "Cabot. I told
u not to monkey with these things. Sec.
.ctjiy New beri y is absolutely right.'" Mr.
.Nines said his inforiuution came from Mr.
New berry.
After learning of M. Roosevelt's rom
nicni tonight Coiim cs.-uim n Aims tuid:
' 1 am neither surprised nor dlaturlied
a any initiation into tin- celebrated rlub.
I have invented nothliu. and have not
!.nowiugl overstated or misstated the
a: e. 1 he fact tiial I should be Initiated
into the veU'biated club ht fore pains were
Itahen to gel an accurate btatetiient from
me, was to lie expe led.
I 'I have Kiveii to I lie press Ibis after
noon what 1 believe to be a true statement
i of the fails in tonneitlo.t with those col
I liei. i was lo some extent Incorrectly
ijuolfd In the morning papers."
The latest sin lenient t which Mr. Ames
j let -is dciiica that he ivei mentioned the
j particular woids "calling down ' or "cailea
Tpp
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and a complete
man and beast.
18 - 2S, 1911
dawn," In reference to Mr. Roosevelt's
conversation with Senator Lodge. Other
wise the statement does not differ essen
tially from hla previous one.
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Washington Affairs
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. (Special Tele
gramsArmy orders. The following of
ficers ot the medical reserve corps were
relieved from duty and will sail from
Manila about May 15 for San Francisco,
and report to the adjutant general for
further orders: First Lieutenant Walter
H. Dade, First Lieutenant Kdwln W. Pat
terson, Majors William II. Wilson. William
F. Lewis, Captain Louis C. Duncan, medi
cal corps, and First Lleutenanta Isaac W.
Brewer and Herbert H. Smith, medical
reserve corps, are relieved from duty In the
Philippines division In time to sail from
Manila about July 16 for San Francisco,
where they will report for further orders.
Major Thomas J. Klrkpatrlck, Captain
Jacob M. Coffin and First Lieutenant
Arnold D. Tuttle, medical corpa, are re
lieved from duty In the Philippines In time
to sail from Manila about August 15 for
San Francisco, where they will report for
further orders.
The following named 'officers were re
lieved from duty at stations designated
after their respective names and will aail
from San Francisco for Manila on dales
specified for duty In the Philippines
division: June 6, Major Charles Lynch,
medical corps office of surgeon general;
Major William M. Roberts, medical corps,
Fort Thomas, Ky.; First Lieutenant Joseph
K. liasilon, medical corps, Walter Reed
hospital. Washington, I). C. ; First Lleu
tenunt Thomaa C. Austin, medical corpa,
general hospital, Presidio, San Francisco;
First Lieutenant J. Marchal Wheat, medi
cal reserve oorps. Fort Lincoln, N. l. ;
First Lieutenant Fred 11. Mills, medical
reserve corps, h'ort Missoula, Mont.
On July 6, Major George V). Deahon,
medical corps. general hospital. Hot
Springs, Ark.; First Lieutenant Charles W,
liavei kamapf, medical corps, Fort 1. A.
Itussell, Wyo. ; First Lieutenant Royal
Keynolds, medical corps. Presidio, Sun
Francisco; First Lieutenant Leonard P.
Hell, medical reserve corps, Fort Riley,
Kan.
On August E, Major Alexander Stark,
medical corps. Fort Adams, R. I.; Major
Kdwln P. Wolfe, medical corps, New York;
Major (ieoi Ke 11. R. Gosman, medical corps.
Fort Barrancas. Fla.; First Lieutenant V.
K. Cooper, medical corps. Fort li. A. Rus
sell, Wyo., and First Lieutenant Polk D.
Hrown, medical reserve corps, Fort San
Houston Tex.
First Lieutenant Adam K. Schlanser.
medical corps. Is relieved with hospital
col is. Walter Reed general hospital, and
will sail from San Francisco about July 6
for Hawaii for duly.
First Lieutenant William 11. Smith, medi
cal corps. Is relieved from duty st Fort
shatter, Hawaii, and will Ball from Hono
lulu about August 15 for Han Francisco
and report for further orders.
First IJeutenant John S. I.ainble. Jr.,
medical corps. Is relieved from duty on
"Sherman." on arrival at San Francisco
and will report to the adjutant general for
further 4rdcra.
First Lieutenant Charles L. Raker and
hirst Lieutenant Thomas H Mc ('own.
medical corps, are relieved from duty at
1'restdlo, Han Francisco, and Fort Bar
rancas. Fla., respectively, ' -and will pro
ceed to San Francisco In time to sail
about May 5 for the Philippines for duty.
First Lieutenant Vernon W. Holer. Sec
ond infantry, now on leave, is relieved
from duty at Whipple Barracks, Aris., and
will sail from San Francisco about March
ti for Honolulu for duty.
By direction of president Major General
William P. Duval Is retired from active
service from January 13.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank R. Keefer.
medical corps, will proceed to Hot Springs
tor treatment.
leaves of ah' nee: First lieutenant Na
thaniel I". Koaers. lr.. coast artllery corps
ten days; Captain A. I.arue Christie. KlKhth
Infantry, extended ten days; Second lieu
tenant Heibert iii-irv, coast artillery,
fifteen davn: Flist iJeuteuant Joseph H.I
Laniard, Fifth cavalry, two months.
CUSTOMS FRAUDS UNEARTHED
Conspiracy by Which Oriental Im
ports Are Undervalued Discovered.
TWO ARRESTS AT SAN FRANCISCO
dwindle Covera I.onsc Period and Los.
to Government la Estimated at
Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars Annually.
SAN1 FRANCISCO, Cal Jan. 15 Serious
rharges of attempting to defraud th.
United States customs hy undervaluations
of Imports occasioned the arrest laat night
of two prominent merchants of Oriental
goods in this city. The prisoners are Carl
J. Cutting, who has a store In this city.
and W. A. Wilson of Oakland, who operates
between this port and Yokohama as an
Importer and tea expert.
A secret agent sent to Japan by th.
Customs department last year Is said to
have laid the foundation of the present
prosecution. Upon his advice that Imports
were being marked far below their value,
shipments of Oriental art goods to Cut
ting's store were held at tne local customa
house. Recently one of the Japanese Wr9k
shipped goods to Cutting arrived here. Ha
was closely questioned by the customs men'
and Is said to have admitted that the goods
were undervalued by at least half.
The Jananese is said to have accused th.
second prisoner, Wilson, of acting aa Cut
ting's agents In Japan and swearing to th.
valuation that appeared on the Invoices.
Shipments valued by the Importer st
$20,000 are Involved In the present pro
ceedings, but customs officials express th.
belief that wholesale frauds In the under
valuation of Imports from the Orient hav.
been perpetrated In lie last few years.
They estimate the government's loss by
these operations at $200,000 a year. They ar.
planning a vigorous campaign.
NEPHEW OF COUNT TOLSTOI
NEGOTIATES SALE OF ESTATE
Michael Kouainlnsky Recrlves Offer
from C. H. Flint, After Carnegie
Heritors to flld.
NEW YORK, Jan. lo.-(Sperial Tele
gramsMichael KouBinlnsky. a nephew of
the late Count Tolstoi, who came Iter,
from Russia to try to find a purchaser
for his uncle's estate, announced todav
that Charles R. Flint proposed to tnke the
property, under certain conditions. Nego
tiations had been begun with Andrew Car
negie, but Mr. Carnegie declined to buy the
land, on the ground that Russia was a
long way from New York.
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