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ITSC'.'SiS 1 frWfWtTTflTftttTTTtTTttW RICHARD PARR. nnNnPMQPn npuq & i I l TELLS OFFMODS BQYcrnmep.t Plays Its Trump Card in Heike Case. MANY DEVICES FOR CHEATING, Man Pardoned by President Says Bag ef Lend Was First Used to Manipu late Scales and Two Kinds of Springs Later Revelations Produce I Big Sensation. Now York, May 24. Oliver Spltzer, A man whoso conscience hurt him, pamo back to New York like a specter from tho grave nnd, with n pardon from tho president In hie pocket, gave testimony at the trial of Charles It. Ilclkc, socrotary-treaaurer of tho American Sugar Refining company, )who, with flvo subordinates, la charged Iwlth conspiracy to defraud tho govern ment In underweights of sugar Im ports. Spltzer, as superintendent of tho company's Williamsburg (Brooklyn) (locks, got two years In the Atlanta (penitentiary for his participation In tbo frauds, but he was quickly par doned by tho president last Thursday, after serving only three months ana liaving mado full confession. Iro : now on will aid tho government Jn i . attempt to convict his former arastl ate. Spltzor's story on tho stand did no; directly connect Helko with tho frauds, but his confession resulted la cno new arrest. James O. BrSJSinE'nl, formerly an employee of the treasury department and' now a private detect ive, wob locked In tho Tombs, charged jwlth perjury. Spltzer confessed that the nttomptcd to brjbe Drzezlnskl to conceal tho frauds and the latter 1b alleged to have denied this before a federal grand Jury. This apparent conflict caused Brzezlnskl's arrest. Bag of Lead First Device, i Spltzer went back to tho years 1894 and 1895, when, ho said, an Investiga tion ho mado doveloped tho fact that the checkers wcro affecting the welghtB on raw sugar by placing small lags of lead on tho beams of tho scales, causing tho recorded weights to drop below tho actual, often as much as forty pounds on each draft. In addition, Spltzer said it was also tho practice to stuff paper underneath tho floors of tho scales for tho samo purpose. Ho said- that when Deputy Surveyor of Customs Vail took office these devices wore abandoned nnd the use of tho steel corset spring was be gun and continued. Spltzer demonstrated In court the nse of the bags of lend. He walked over to the sample scale, which Is ono of tho government's exhibits In tho case, and indicated on the benm the jplaco where the bag was suspended. (Testifying regarding the UBe of the wire spring, whjch superceded' tho bag 4of lead, Spltzer said that two styles of springs were used, a heavy one first and then n spring considerably lighter dn weight. I New Development. I Spltzcr'a' testimony regarding the weight-lessening device of tho news papers underneath the scale was a pew development Holko listened to JBpltzer's testimony wjth tense Interest, j Spltzer talked freely about the frauds, by which tho government was robbed of millions of dollars. He said the use of the steel springs was ktopped after tho sugar trust had paid (the rebate to the government aB a re teult of the federal court's decision. In reply to an Interrogation of the rosecutlon If he had ever reported e weighing frauds to anyone. Spit- r replied be had Informed a man amed Leroy, who worked In the Wall fetreet office of tho sugar trust. Spltzer told of conversations ho had with former Cashier James F. Bender nagel and ex-Superintendent Frank W. Gerbracht, two of tho defendants. Tho witness said when he wanted to raise jeny of the checkers' wnges ho was e bilged to put .the matter before Ben ernagel and Gerbracht. The govern ment weighers were favorites over 'those of the city weighers In tho mat ter of wages. He said every effort possible was mado to conceal this from tho other workers ou the dock. Frauds Stopped by Telephone. , Spltzer said that In the fall of 1906 5bo received a telephone message whjch .aused a letting up In the fraudB. He jcaid ho did not know whb sent the message, which warned him to be careful of the wire springs as tho gov eminent was watching the docks. 1 Spltzer said that following the raid In November, 1907, by tho government Hie was Informed by Gerbracht that the jwelghers and himself would be taken care of. "When the six weighers were dis charged, what happened?" "I paid them the same wages every eek at my home," replied Spltzer, ho said the money was given him ach week by Gerbracht, who left it In package at his garage. Spltzer said ho knew Secretary Hclke, but did not connect him In any way with knowledge of the false weighing. Forty Rescued by New York Firemen. New York, May 24. There werw sensational rescues by firemen In a blazing tenement on East Seventieth street. Mrs. Mary Miller died in a fireman's arms from the effects of smoke Inhalation. Meanwhile tenants were being carried down ladders and dropped into Hfenets. Fully forty persons were taken In this way from tbo burning structure. One of the Principal Witnesses In Trial of C.R. Heike, V "V 'VBBBBLam iv vHf LbLbLbLbH jys am ''MMawswa fZ &? A 2 IBBBbW ir'AL? flt JbBFj? BW DISCUSSES COLOR LINE Negro Delegates Excluded From Bible Class Parade at Washington. Washington, May 24. Discussion Is hot In tho world's sixth Sunday school convention over the criticism which 8ome of tho British delegates publicly heaped on the Washington committee In the churches for barring tho negro delegate's of tho District of Columbia from the mammoth parade last week. With two oxceptions the criticising sermons were mado by .white men, nnd in addition to the English speakers, two American delegates W. N, Harts horn of Boston and Louis Strolbor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn de nounced the drawing of tho color line. The Rev. John L. Dube, n Zulu dele gate, got up at ono of tho meetings and declared he has been admitted to hotels Jn London and New York, but not so in Washington. The f hole In cident hnB stirred up various feelings, nnd it Is not improbable that the ques tion may be carried Into the conven tion. THREE GIRLS DROWNED Boat Is Overturned In Lake Byron, Near Huron, S. D. Huron, S. D., May 24. Whllo boat ing on Lnke Byron, twenty miles north of this city, in a small metal boat, Lydia and Leila Bonesteel, daughters of Charles H. Bonesteel of Hutton, and Jessie Broe of Lake By ron were drowned. They were about forty yards from shore and attempted to change seats when the boat turned turtle and tho occupants were drowned in ten feet of water. Favor Postal Savings Bank. Clinton, Mass., May 24. Resolutions favoring postal savings banks wero passed by delegates representing 8,000 members of the New England dlvisjon of the National German American alli ance at the annual convention here. . . ji .m..m..m..:.m -. "TTtITI 4 rT I f TT TTTi'T" J THE MARKETS f .t..lXi.J.JlJ,AXXAJMtX.I.AA tTTTTtTTTTTtTTITntTT Chicago, May 23. More than a mil lion bushels of wheat wero thrown In to the pit at the first tap of the gong today. Such tactics repeated through out the session and following a break Saturday, demoralized the market. One of the largest houses here, sajd to be heavily short In the May, led in the selling. Foreigners assisted in pounding down prices. May wheat was 4c off at one time, but closed with a net loss of 2,c. New crop futures finished llc to lftc.down. Final figures on corn were unchanged to c higher, oats c lower and provisions lower also by 67l&c. Closing prices: Wheat May, $1.08; July, 99c; Sept., 98V(,c. Corn May, 58c; July, 60c. Oats May, 40V.sc; July, 38c. Pork May, $22.75; July, $22.80. Lard May, $12.95; July, $12.60. Ribs May, i;.97&; July, $12.52. Omaha Cash Prices. Omaha, May 23. Wheat l2c low er; No. 2 hard, $1.0001.01; No. 3 hard, 97c$1.00. Corn lc lower; No. 2 whlto, 58.c; No. 3 white, 58V4 68c; No. 2 yellow, 56456c; No. 3 yellow, 5G564c; No. 2, 55456c; No. 3, SWiQiWiC, Oats Steady to ytc lower; No. 3 white, 3737c; No. 3 yellow, 3737c; No. 3 mixed, 3637c. South Omaha Live Stock. South Omaha, May 23. Cattle Re ceipts, 3,300; best steady, others low err native steers, $6.008.00; cows and heifers, $3.5006.75; .western steers, $3.5007.00; Texas steers, $3,00 06.00; stockers and feeders, $3,500 6.25; calves, $4.0007,50; bulls and stags, $4.0006.25. Hogs Receipts, 4. 300; strong; heavy, $9.3009,45; mixed, $9.409.45; light. $9.4009.60; pigs, $8.0009.00; bulk of sales. $9,400 9.47. Sheep Receipts, 6,000; 15 25c lower; yearlings, $7.0007.50; weth ers, 15.25 6.5P; j ewes, $5.0006.00; iambs, $7.ftU8.50.' FOR GREATER NAVY Passes Naval Supply Bill Carry ing $134,000,000. TWO BATTLESHIPS TO BE BUILT. WIN Bo of Dreadnought Typo and Cost Twelve Millions Each Subma rine Squadron Is Approved House provision for Eight-Hour Law Is Re tained In Senate Measure. Washington, May 24. Voting down, 16 to 39, an amendment offered by Burton to authorize only one new bat tleship instead of two, tho senate passed tho naval appropriation bit. The bill carries an appropriation of al most $134,000,000. It was beforo the lenate for two days, the debate being tonflned almost exclusively to tbo bat tleship question. Two Important amendments were adopted. .One of them, offered by Sen ator Johnston, appropriates 460,000 for the purchase of torpedo boats "whoso vjtals are below the normal load lino," the other, by Senator Jones, eliminating railcoad, county and mu nicipal bonds from tho securities which may be deposited by contractors. Tho naval Increase for tho fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, provided by tho bill, Is as follows: Two first class battleship's, to cost not exceed ing $0,000,000 each nnd when equipped frith armor and armament about $12, 500,000 each; two fleet colliers, to cost not exceeding $1,000,000 each; flvo submarine torpedo boats, not exceed ing n total of $2,500,000; six torpedo boat destroyers, cost not exceeding $750,000 each. Tho house bill provided for only four submarine and no torpedo boat destroyers. The senate alBo added a provision that not more than one of tho battleships should be built by the same company. Tho provision inserted in the house requiring that the battle ships and fleet colliers should be built under the "eight-hour law" was re tained by the senate. NO FUNDS FOR TARIFF BOARD Appropriation for Its Expenses Strick en Out on Point of Order. Washington, May 24. After extend ed debate, the proposed $250,000 ap propriation to defray the expenses of the tariff board, recommended by President Taft, was stricken from the sundry civil appropriation bill In the house. Mann of Illinois, who was in the chair, sustained a point of order, made by FJtzgorald of New York, who contended' there was no law authoriz ing Buch appropriation. Tnwney then proposed an amenfl? ment appropriating $260,000 for prac tically the same purpose, providing a fund bo the president could give con gress "certain information." By leaving out reference to the tar iff board, It is hoped the amendment will come withjn the house rules. MRS. DOXEY ON TRIAL Charged With Murdering William j. Erder at St. Louis. 'St. LouIb, May 24. Sympathy for women on the part of talesmen was responsible for some delay Jn the selection of a jury for Mrs. Dora E. Doxey, whose trial for the alleged poisoning of William J. Erder, a postal clerk, began In Judge- Hugo Grimm's court. Mrs. Doxey and her husband, Dr. Loren B. Doxey, are under indictment on the charge of causing the death of Erder, who, it is alleged, Mrs. Doxey married while the wife of the doctor. Erder died In convulsions July 10, 1909, and shortly after It is charged that Mrs. Doxey sent Erder's furniture to the home of Doxey in Columbus, Neb., and collected Erder's life insur ance. Twenty-two members of the panel of forty-seven, from which the Jury will be chosen, have been accepted by both the state and the defense. ALBERT J. SNELL FOUND DEAD Son of Murdered Millionaire Dies in a Rooming House in Chicago. Chicago, May 24. Albert J. Snell, ton of the millionaire, Amos J. Snell, whose murder here In 1688 created a widespread sensation, was found dead in bed at a rooming house here. He was fifty years old. He Inherited n fortune from his father and Is said to have set a pace while the money lasted. He drjfted steadily downward of late years. MORE RATES ARE ADVANCED Sharp Increases on Sugar and Coffee Are Announced. Washington, May 24. A sharp in crease in rail and sea freight rates on sugar and coffee from Atlantic sea board points to destinations in the western trunk line territory was an nounced by the filing of tariffs wjth the Interstate commerce commission, making Increase on those commodities ranging from 16 per cent to 44 per cent Snowstorm In New Mexico. Albuquerque, N. M., May 24. North eastern New Mexico Is In the grip of a heavy snowstorm. Tho storm, evi dently a continuation of the one that Bwept southeastern Colorado, is cen tered at Folsom. It is feared geat loss of live stock will result. Hans Rlchter, ono of the greatest of Wngnerjnn conductors, Is seriously 111 In London. Five men were killed by an explo tlon In the Hamilton powde. works, four miles from Napalmo, B. C. Receivers were appointed for tho Waukesha, (Wis.) Canning company. Assets, $903,150; liabilities, $576,862. John A. Hall, former treasurer of the Southbridgo Savings bank at Worcester, Mass., pleaded. guUty to larceny of $104,000. YIe Chalm Yong, the Korean who stabbed Premier Yi in an attempt at vssassinatlon on Dec. 22 last, was tcntenced to death. John Augustine Nlcols, flfty-ono fears old, commodore in tho United States navy and a native of Boston, died at Richmond, Vn. Increase in wages of employees of the Standard Oil company, dating from May 1, will add $6,000,000 to $10,000,000 to the company's payroll expense. Dick Beatt, indicted wjth others of tho Mnbray gang, was capturea' at Enid, Okla., by government officers. He will be taken to Council Bluffs for trial. The executive board of the National Women's Trade "Union Lengue of America Is in executive session jn St. Louis, with Mrs. Raymond RoblnB of Chicago presiding. Dr. F. C. Blessing, president of the common council of Pittsburg, was con victed on charges of conspiracy and bribery. The vordlct asks tho ex treme leniency of tho court. Three packages of moriey, contain ing $32,024, wero stolen from the Pennsylvania depot at Oil City, Pa. Tho money was being shipped by the Adams Express company. Removal of the tariff from the do main of partisan politics was urged by Representative Henry S. Boutell In a speech delivered at a luncheon given by the Bankers' club of Detroit. The success of Secretary Knox's plan of mediation in the dispute be tween Peru and Ecuador Is assured, Ecuador having notified the state de partment of its acceptance of the offer. Mr. Roosevelt in London is enjoying the quietest days thus far of his Euro pean tour and is getting something like a real rest. Hjs throat, however, Btill bothers him and his voice is husky. The ashes of Bowman H. McCalla, rentr admiral in the United States navy, one of the famous hero captains of the Spanish-American war, were In terred In the Arlington national ceme tery. Negotiations between the United Mine Workers and operators of Illi nois will undobtedly be broken off nnd a strike declared. Both sides have failed to yield to the three leading questions. The 72,000 miners in Illinois will re main Idle for an indefinite period, fol lowing the disagreement of the spe cial committee of miners and oper ators, by which all negotiations are declared off. Important discoveries have been made In Johannesburg with regard to the manufacture of cyanide, which is so largely used in mining operations. The discovery will do away with cyanide importations. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, leader of the rough riders during the Spanish war, Is slated as commander In chief of the national encampment of the Spanish,, War Veterans, to be held In Denver, Sept. 6, 7 and 8. After denyjng the women delegates the right to have a woman chairman of tho meeting the socialist congress in Chicago adopted a resolution incor porating woman suffrage as part of the platform of socialism. The body of S. C. Baker, clerk of the City of Saltillo and hero of the catas trophe which cost twelve lives, a week ago, was reepvered at Genevieve, Mo., three miles below Glen Park. Seven bodies are still missing. After an unsuccessful attempt to loot tho People's National bank at Wapanucka, Okla., four robbers en gaged in a running fight with a posse of citizens, wounding one of their pur suers, and escaped on a handcar. Harry P. Flanery, former president of the San Francisco police commis sion, charged with grand larceny In connection with the Sausalito fake pool room disclosures, was acquitted after the Jury had taken two ballots. Five thousand persons saw Oscar Leroy, an aeronaut with a circus, fall 2,000 feet through the air at Elwood, Pa., and escape with his life, his only Injury being a broken leg. His para chute refused to open until the aero naut had almost reached the ground. Conductor Charles Thompson and Motorman J. E. 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