The Topeka Daily Capital from Topeka, Kansas • Page 3

Saturday, November 16, 1912. THE TO A A I API A ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING KILLS TWO CHILDREN News All Over Kansas IoosE-Wktts Biscurr Company mm TESTIMONY AGAINST LINCOLN CENTER MAN Annouhc emeni We believe that in our Sunshine Biscuits we have, without argument, mi IV- The Quality Biscuits fi KANSI KILLED AFFINITY AND SELF Body of Mrs. Lillie Green Found Mutilated in Hutchinson Rooming House Man's Throat Cut. BOTH WERE MARRIED Frank Parks, Suicide, Had Invalid Wife at Canton Dead Woman's Husband Lives in Kansas City. Hutchinson, Nov.

15. The bodies of Frank Parks and Mrs. Lillie Green were found by the police when the doors of a rooming house were battered down this morning. A handkerchief was tied about the mouth of the woman and her head had been crushed with a hammer. The hammer lay upon the bed.

A deep knife gash showed how the man died. A pocket knife lying at his Bide was the weapon he employed. The couple had been living in Hutchinson since July. They first lived at hotels, but later opened the lodging house where they were found dead. MfciHCHANT AT CANTON.

Prank Parks was a hardware merchant at Canton and his invalid wife lives there. He failed in business several months ago and then came here and Joined Mrs. Green. Parks was Special to the Capital. McPherson, Nov.

15. Shirley Arnold, aged five years, and Vincent, aged seven, were shot at the Voss Goodshelter home this evening at six o'clock. Shirley is dead and Vincent hardly expected to live. The accident happened about duak. Hunters had come Into the yard and the children were about the automobile.

Accidentally one of the men picked up the automatic gun, holding it by the barrel. was discharged, several shots killing the younger one. Emergency calls came to McPherson and doctors rushed to the scene. The sons are the children of Mrs. Lizzie Arnold, whose husband was murdered in Hillrose, this spring.

She is the daughter of one of the most widely known families In the country. No men were killed as was first reported. FARMERS OF BEL 0 IT CLOSE ANNUAL MEET Special to the Capital. Belolt, Nov. 15.

The annual farmers institute for Mitchell county has been in session in Beloit for the past two days. Interesting subjects were discussed at every session. The domestic science department of the high school made a very good display of sewing and jelly and canned fruit. The speakers from the State Agricultural college were Prof. Cochel and Miss Francis L.

Brown. The newly elected officers for the coming year are Mr. J. K. Gibe, president, and Mr.

Wm. Lukens, secretary. A woman's auxiliary was organized and a delegate elected to attend the farmers' congress at Hutchinson. Miss Brown recommended prunes as a staple article of diet for men while Prof. Cochel thought silage better for cattle.

SANTA FE HAS A NEW AGENT AT. WICHITA Special to the Capital. Wichita, Nov. 15. Eugene Molarity, assistant city passenger agent for the Santa Fe, was today appointed city passenger agent, to succeed Harry King, resigned.

Mr. Moriarity has been in Wichita almost ten years and is one of the best liked railway men in this section. Mr. King goes to California for hl3 health. KANSAS EDITORS PLAN A COMMITTEE MEETING Special to the Capital.

Sedan, Nov. 15. A meeting of the executive aommittee of the Kansas Editorial association will be held in the office of the secretary of state at Topeka, Saturday afternoon Novem ber 23, to arrange for the annual meet ing of the association at Topeka in January. The call was issued today by Clyde H. Knox, president of the association.

OXFORD FARMERS MEET. Special to the Capital." Oxford, Nov. 15. The Oxford farmers' institute held a meeting today at which much interest was shown. There was a display of needle work and kitchen products as well as farm products, a number of local speakers; gave good talks.

The college was rep- resented by P. E. Crabtree and Miss Florence Snell. The following officers were re-elected for the ensuing year: Emory Rice, president; Otto Wenrich, secretary. Mcpherson elks to build.

Special to the Capital. McPherson, Nov. 15. At a meeting of the McPherson Elks' lodge, last night, it was decided to build a home. Last week the lodge purchased two lots.

All the details of the plans have not been worked out. but the home will be a credit to the community. The Best Clothes Made The Latest N. Y. Styles a absolutely unequalled We wish to prove it to you may we? Difficulty Found In Securing Jury Try William Grape.

Special to the Capital. Leavenworth, Nov. 15. The trial of William Grape, charged with the murder last May of Carter Allen, a military prison guard, was begun in the district court here today. The regular venire of thirty-six Jurors was quickly exhausted and then additional venire was ordered.

Owing to the wide publicity given the circumstances surrounding the killing it is thought that several days will be consumed in securing a jury. Allen was slain on the night of May 5." In company with other guards, he had attended a beer party. Two of the guards quarreled, and it is alleged that Grape, who was passing by, interfered. The guards are said to have chased Grape down the street for some distance. When overtaken Grape is said to have drawn a knife and as the guards ran away he followed, slashing Allen's throat.

The defendant is a well known army contractor. ANOTHER CONVERT. The prodigal son returned. "Fatted calf is out of date," he cried, "give me bull moose." Brooklyn Life. PR SON GUARD TP.IA ma mail this: Coupon for Free "Ssrprise Box1 Looa Wiles BUcoIt Kjmaaa City, Ma.

Plaasa tend FREE "Surprise Box" of assorud Sunshine Biacalu. AdirMa Or Nam. Addra position, for he has the bmlna to grasp anything." Should kvers make good aa president. Murphy further said, he might not resume the presidency after his glob circling trip but became chairman of the board of control. MORNING STAR MAKES NIGHT'S HIGHEST RUN New York.

Nov. 15. The featurea of tonlght'a play In the 18.2 Balk line billiards championship tournament wer a high run of 167 by Mornlngstar. the high record of the tourndcient. and the defeat of the veteran Klosaon by Hoppe.

the title holder. Mornlngstar defeated Sutton. Hcorea: Hoppe. 500; average. 23 16-21; high runs.

122, 81. S2. Slosson. 234; average, 11 14-20; high runs. 50, 43, 29.

Mornlngstar, 500; average. 1C 20-20; high runs. 1C7. 2. 52.

Sutton, 285; average, 12 25-30; high runs. 91. 58, 45. Tomorrow the afternoon contests will be between Yamada and Taylor, and Slosson and Cllne; in the evening. Hoppe and Mornlngstar.

and Sutlou and DeMarest. Don't waste your money buying strengthening plasters. Chamberlain's Liniment Is cheaper and better. Dampen a piece of flannel with It and bind It over the affected parts and It will relieve the pain and soreness. For sale by all dealers.

Adv. Unmatchable Prices Alterations Free! and about 48 years old. Mrs. Lillie Green came here from Kansas City. She has a husband living there and a son here, one in Kansas City and another in Chil-llcothe, Mo.

She was about 30 years old. There was no signs of a struggle in the room. Blood on the electric light Indicated that Parks had killed Mrs. Green, then turned off the light and cut his own throat. Parks was getting hard up financially and that is believed to have been the cause of his crime.

He had given several checks that were refused. A quantity of diamonds and other Jewelry belonging to Mrs. Green were found in the room. f. VALID WIFE GETS NEWS.

Not until she received the news today that her husband had cut his throat, after braining his affinity, did Mrs. Frank Parks, of Canton, McPher-eon county, learn of her husband's dual life. Parks came to Hutchinson frequently, but his Invalid wife thought it was to attend to business at a branch store here. Mrs. Green, with whom he lived Special to the Capital.

Lincoln Center, Nov. 15. John .1. McCurdy, brother-in-law of W. McCanles, was placed on the witness stand by the prosecution in the case against McCanles this morning.

It was in McCurdy's home that the offense against an orphan girl, living with the McCurdy is. alleged to have been committed. McCurdy told of coming home on the afternoon of December 24 and finding the girl and McCanles alone in the house. According to McCurdy's story, he went upstairs and found McCanles partially disrobed, hiding In a dark attic. McCurdy bolted the door and kept McCanles in the attic for a number of hours before he was released.

Under long examination nothing more direct than this against McCanles was obtained from McCurdy. N. J. Davidson was on the witness stand this afternoon. He testified to having helped McCurdy watch McCanles and having seen him go to the McCurdy home, but had no personal knowledge of what occurred within the home.

Mrs. McCurdy took the stand late today. She told McCanles version of the affair of last December which was that he had been taking a bath in the McCurdy home and hid when McCurdy appeared, fearing that the latter would misconstrue his presence in the house. STANTON HAS INSPECTED THE EL DORADO LIBRARY Special to the Capital. El Dorado, Nov.

15. John F. Stanton, of Topeka, architect, was in El Dorado Thursday, and inspected the new $10,000 Carnegie library building completed this week by Sharp Erothers, contractors, of El Dorado. Mr. Stanton was greatly pleased with the entire building, and it will be formally accepted this week at a meeting of the library board, of which Senator Curtis L.

Harris is president. The new building is of native stone, 42 by 52 feet, elegantly finished and thoroughly modern. Miss Corah Mooney is librarian. The library will be moved from the city building to. the new library building next week.

BIG SENECA STORE HAS CHANGED HANDS Special to the Capital. Seneca, Nov. 15. The $40,000 stock of hardware in this city, owned by John Gillespie, was traded this week to James Wiltse, an extensive farmer and stock raiser of near Wetmore. Mr.

Gillespie gets in the trade a farm near Wetmore and a business building and residence in Kelly. This is one of the largest stocks of hardware in northeastern Kansas, and was owned for over thirty years by G. W. Williams, Nemaha county's wealthiest citizen. Mr.

Wiltse expects to conduct the business himself and will take possession and move his fmily to this city as soon as the invoice of the stock is completed. THE OFFICIAL CANVASS OF RENO CO. ELECTION I Special to the Capital. Hutchinson, Nov. 15.

The official canvass of the vote in Reno county on state officers not previously reported is as follows: Justices of supreme court: Burch, 3,7141 Johnston, Reeves, Riddle, 3,333. Lieutenant governor: Ingalls, Britton, 3,546. Secretary of state: Sessions, Brown, 3,455. State auditor: Davis, Clemans, i 3,370. Attorney general: Dawson, Little, 3,515.

Superintendent of I instruction: Ross, 3.759; Bowen, 3,392. Superintendent of Insurance: Lewis, Peterson, 3,408. State printer: Austin, Feder, 3,479. SMITH COUNTY FE ARS WINTER FUEL FAMINE Special to the Capital. Smith Center, Nov.

15. Should a severe winter prevail a coal famine is sure to result in this part of Kansas. Coal dealers complain that their orders for fuel are not being received, and the failure is attributed to the great shortage of cars. The mines are reported as up with their orders, but the railroad cannot get cars to them fast enough. At one time last winter the railroad coal at this place was levied on and used by the people, and the same thing is likely to happen again in case of sudden cold and a storm.

FOURTH OF WHEAT CROP IS STILL IN THE STACK Special to the Capital. Hutchinson. Nov. 15. Grain men of the Hutchinson board of trade estimate that fully one-fourth of the "i-aL uup ui me leuirai anu wesiem ivansas wneai oeii is sun in ine stacK or in the farmers' bins.

A large per cent of the wheat of this belt has not been threshed as yet. Farmers were too busy plowing to thresh when weather conditions were right. FAItMKRS IXSTTTVTE CLOSES. Special to the Capital. Norton, Nov.

15. A two-day session of the Norton county farmers' institute closed Wednesday. The prin-. cipal discussions were on irrigation in western Kansas and crop rotation in dry farming. Much interest was shown in the subjects discussed.

One interesting feature of the institute was the boys' and girls' contest in which were entered number of good exhibits of corn, sewing and baking. Mr. H. B. Walker and W.

A. Boys rep-: resented the agricultural college. T. H. Fawcett, and A.

L. Hicks secretary. In Hutchinson, also has a family, her husband residing at Kansas City. Special to the Capital. DEFENSE SCORED IN TRUSKEn CASE Letters Introduced Tend to Show Lease Owner Was Kept Away From Defendant.

TO MAKE GOOD Special to the Capital. Independence, Nov. 15. The Truskett defense played a trump card this afternoon with the Introduction of letters written by Owen Owens, an attorney of Bartlesville, to John Vann during the time Robert Goodman, owner of the lease, the dispute over which led to the killing of Neely, was being hustled about over the country to keep him away from Truskett until be became of age, when he was to sign over a lease to agents of the Wichita Ga3 company. Vann's business was to keep Goodman out of the county and as the boy was evidently becoming homesick It was getting to be quite a Job.

Owens, the defense insists, was working for the gas company and was supplying Vann with gas money. The letters were directed to various places in the country and usually contained remittances of $100 or more. One letter told Vann he was "jumping around too much" and said to keep the boy in a town longer and not wear him out traveling. "Keep me advised of your whereabouts and will tll you if it Is necessary to move" was -ne command and Vann was warned not to let the boy write to his mother or receive post cards from homi for that would add to hs homesickness. There was much more of this sort of thing tending to prove the contention of the defense that gas company money kept the boy out of Truskett' reach so he could not make good the lease he had given Truskett as a minor.

The court instructed the jury this evening and the arguments will Le made tomorrow morning. The court's instructions give the jury wide latitude. The verdicts that may be brought in range all the way from first degree murder to acquittal, or guilty but insane. A KANSAN IS KILLED IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT Special to the Capital. Marysville, Nov.

15. John Jaeg-gli, a farmer living two miles southwest of Herkimer and some seven miles northwest of this city, was found dead in the public road a half mile from his home this morning. Death Is supopsed to have resulted in the runaway of his team. Coroner Shumaky went to Herkimer this morning to investigate and decided that his death was accidental. Jaeggli, who is a single man thirty-five years old, had driven to Herkimer Thursday afternoon with a wagon and on returning home in the evening his team attempted to run away, but were stopped.

Continuing his way home he stopped at a neighbor's and borrowed a hay rack and wagon, and it is supposed the team again ran away and he was thrown onto the double trees and dragged for some distance and then dropped. No one witnessed the accident. The rack was found on the ground some forty rods distant from where Jaeggli's body lay, and the team was found almost half a mile further along the road. SECOND SKIN GRAFTING OPERATION A SUCCESS Special to the Capital. Newton.

Nov. 15. A second operation of skin grafting was per formed on T. M. Erb, yesterday, at Ax tell hospital, and over 200 square inches of cuticle was removed from a sister i and applied to the burned surface of his legs, which had not been covered by the previous operation.

Three weeks ago 244 square inches Was secured from the limbs of Dr. Erb's wife, and the burned area thus covered has healed nicely. The application made yesterday will complete the repairing. Those giving the skin have experienced no ill effects STILL DRILLING WHEAT IN HODGEMAN COUNTY Special to the Capital. Jetmore, Nov.

15. At this late day wheat drilling is still going on in Hodgeman county. The conditions are fair. A rain early in the week will make the wheat already Three thousand foreign cattle are being wintered here, most of them belonging to Mr. Crocker, of Cottonwood Falls.

There is plenty of feed for more. OFFERS TO GIVE FARM TO COUNTY FOR POOR Special to the Capital. Junction City, Nov. 15. J.

E. demons, for 44 years a resident of Geary county, has made the county commissioners an offer of his farm, valued at $20,000, to be used for a poor farm on condition that he and his wife receive $40 a month each during their lives. A special election may be called to decide. A NEGRO IS 5EXTEXCED. Special to the Capital.

Junction City. Nov. 15. Wil-bert Macey, colored, was sentenced five years in the penitentiarv for bur glarizing a. grocery store here, anii five years for breaking jail while awaiting triaL He entered pleas of guilty to both chirges.

PLAN A. H. T. A. CAMPAIGN.

Special to the Capital. Newton, Nov. 15. Newton suborder of the A. H.

T. A. has organized a campaign to add 1.000 members to the order during the next eleven months. RILEY AIR TESTS END. Special to the Capital.

Junction City. Kan, Nov. 15. The aeroplane detail In charge of the flying machines used in tests at Fort Riley, left today for College Park. Mi The two military aeroplanes have been dismantled and will be shipped to Augusta, and Fort Leavenworth, at once.

is It Just Biscuits KANSANS WILL SPEAK TO MISSOURI MOOSERS Kansas City, Nov. 15. Former Senator Beveridge of Indiana, and Judge Albert D. Norton! of St. Louis, who was the Progressive candidate for governor of Missouri, will be the principal speakers at a banquet to be given here November 26 by the Jackson county Progressive club according to the announcement made today.

Covers for 2,000 persons will be laid, the announcement says and members of the Progressive party from all parts of Missouri and Kansas will attend. Other speakers on the program are: Governor Stubbs of Kansas; Arthur Sager of St. Louis; William Allen White of Emporia, and Henry Allen, of Wichita. EVERS TO" GET BOOST, INTIMATED BY MURPHY Chicago. Nov.

15. So well pleased la Charles W. Murphy, president of the Chicago National league baseball team with his new manager. John J. Evers, that today he said it was possible that Evers would become the chief executive of the club.

"Evers may become president of the club." Murphy said. "1 am planning a trip around the world and If I go I will make Evers head of the club as well as manager. He is fitted for the Tn DOTTD Goats, Included arc Jcbnny Coat heavy 8ceteh materials plain broadcloths or ml turea; SI -length or fall it 4 Inches; aeml-fltted lined; $29 values; this FAY THIS 6ATBLT WAT." I BU TS ft McPherson, Nov. 15. Frank Parks has been known here for the past twenty-five years.

He was formerly a clerk in a store with his uncle. Afterwards he removed from McPher-eon to Canton, engaging in business for himself, and became involved in a shooting escapade there. He was tried and convicted and spent eighteen months in the penitentiary, when he returned to Canton to resume business. He has had more or less trouble ever since both in a family and business way. Recently his financial troubles brought a suspension of his business, and deeding his home to his Invalid wife he left Canton and had not been heard of until the murder and suicide this morning.

He has an invalid mother and a sister living in McPherson, 4 who are of the most respectable Pas7 IwitoirDuDi) Here's another one of the big advantages of buying Clothes on ear liberal charge plan you are wearing them while paying THEY MUST MAKE GOOD. Besides, you suit your own convenience in paying. $1 a week, or as low as 16c a day. Anybody can spare it. Here is a golden opportunity to get into the better-dreosed class.

SENECA FARMERS HAVE BEGUN HUSKING CORN Special to the Capital. Seneca, Nov. 15. Nearly all the farmers of this county have begun to husk their corn and find it poorer than they had anticipated. The grade of corn over the entire county is said tj be about the same as last year.

The yield this year will probably average from eighteen to twenty bushels to the acre, the county over. In some patches where the rain came more frequently during' the growing season, yields of from thirty to forty bushels to thj acre are reported. The poor yield of corn the last two years has caused many farmers to plant more wheat than they have heretofore. The acreage of smaller grain in Nemaha county next year will probably be the largest in years. CAR SHORTAGE ACUTE, REPORTS HUTCHINSON Special to the Capital.

Hutchinson, Nov. 15. The car shortage situation is still very acute. The Santa Fe is short 600 cars on this division alone, and the Rock Island is in still worse dilemma, it is said. The elevators at the country stations are full of wheat and it is no uncommon sight to see wheat piled on the ground along the railway tracks.

The broom-corn movement is starting now. which is adding to the railway car trouble. rnoFKssoRs tavn address. Special to the Capital. Manhattan, Nov.

15. President Waters and Dean K. H. Webster, of the Kansas Agricultural college, are at-nding a national meeting of agricultural college representatives in Atlanta, this week. Both are on the program for addresses.

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