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VOL. XLTV NO. 5.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, .JULY 19, 1914 FIVE SECTIONS-Til IRTY-FOUR PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
CARRANZA WILL
ENTER CAPITAL
CITY THIS WEEK
Chieftain Expeots to Take Peaceful
Possession of tho Oovcm
ment Within Few Day.
MADERO GOVERNORS RELEASED
Men Appointed by Dead President
Come from Hiding and
Prisons.
WILL LEAVE SAN LUIS POTOSI
Carbajal Shows Good Faith by
Ordering Its Evacuation.
HUERTA WILL GO TO EUROPE
Dictator Malcea Extended State
ment In Which Ha Sara All
Ilia Acts Were Baaed on
Patriotic Motive.
MEXICO CITY, (July IS. Several etato
governors appointed by President Ma
dera and deposed by General Huerta,
have Juet arrived In the capital, or have
been released from the prisons where
they were confined for many months. All
of them have been in close communica
tion with the constitutionalist leaders
and declare that until Carransa arrived
here no steps will be taken to establish
a provisional government
As the bulk of the Carransa forces are
now In San Luis Fotosl and the railroad
from there to. this city Is In good order,
It Is generally expected that Carranra
and his troops will peacefully enter the
federal capital some time next week.
Carranza Is said to have ordered Za
pata and the other chieftains in the
south not to make any attempt to enter
the capital.
Troops Ordered to March.
MONTEREY, Mexico, July 17. Seven
thousand constitutionalist troops were to
day ordered to March toward Mexico
City to be ready to preserve order there
In case of an outbreak.
The troops ordered to march toward tho
capital aro under command of General
Jesus Carranza, brother of the first chief
of the constitutionalists, and who has
been operating In the neighborhood of
Fachucam which is only a few hours'
ride by railroad from Mexico City. Con
stitutionalist officials claim to have
57,000 to SS.000 troops within twenty-four
hours by rail of the capital.
EL PASO, Tex.. July IS. General Villa
and his staff left this morning for
Chihuahua after paying a short visit to
the border town ot Juarez. Opposite this
point. It was said that plana had been
compteteoT'for'lho movement of the north
ern troops toward Mexico City.
Carlinjnl Orders Evacuation.
WASHINGTON, 'July 18. To demon
strate that the new provisional govern
ment ,ln Mexico wishes to restore peace
without further bloodshed, Francisco
Carbajal, Huerta'a successor, ordered the
federal forces to evacuate San Luis
Fotosl. one of the large cities In central
(Mexico.
General Carranza, the constitutionalist
chief, has rent a commission to Calaya
to meet the three commissioners sent from
Mexico City by Carbajal. with authority
to arrange for tho transfer of authority
to the constitutionalists.
These advices were received today at
the Mexican embassy by Senator Jos.
Castellot personal representative here of
President Carbajal. Mr. Castellot said
that since the constitutionalist forces
had arrived In front of San Luis Potosl
and there might be difficulties In arrang
ing a suspension of hostilities. It was
deemed mora convenient to give the City
to the constitutionalists without conflict
end manifest at the same time the will
ingness of the Carbajal government to
arrange peace. lie had received no
definite Information, however, as to
whether the evacuation had occurred as
jet.
XTnofficial reports from Matanoros last
night Indicated that the federals had de
parted. Ilnerta Talks to Ileportein.
PUERTO, Mexico, July 18. It was an
nounced today that General Huerta had
decided to depart from this port on board
tho German cruiser Dresden, General
Hlanquct alone accompanying him.
When former President Huerta had
lhaveri and dressed himself In a white
ult. he called a number of newspaper
men Into the railroad car. He appeared
to be In one of his grimly genial moods.
One of the correspondents started to
isk k question, but the general Inter
rupted, saying:
"No, no, do not do that. I want this
to be one of those question and answer
interviews and I am going to do both
the questioning and answering myself."
Huerta blew the smoke from his clgar
itte toward tho celling while some of the
American correspondents were being told
by an Interpreter what they wore ex-
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The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Sunday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
-Fair, warmer.
Temperature, at
Omaha Yesternny.
Hours. Deg.
G a. m
m.
m.
m.
m.
m.
m.
12 m 71
m 73
m 74
m 70
m 71
m 70
m 75
ro 75
Comparative Local Record.
191t 113 1312. 191L
Highest yesterday 77 82 78 78
Lowest yesterday 63 08 62 CI
tiean temperature 0 74 70 TO
Precipitation 'i00,. :6 -3' M
Temperature and precipitation depar
!ures from the normal:
I ormal temperature 7.
Deficiency for the day 7
Total excess since March 1 iv;--?3
Kormal precipitation 15 nch
iieflclenoy for the day.. .l.lnci
Total rainfall since March 1. 14.49 Inches
Deficiency since March 1...... 1.74 inchea
Beflclency for cor. period, 191S. 2.09 Inches
eflclency for cor. period, 1912. 6.87 inches
U A, WELSH, Local Forecaster.
iJIfc, ft St
7 p.
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Tor farther Information about
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Reaction of today's Bee.
POLICE STILL SEEKING CLEWS
Two Italians Arrested on Suspicion
Are Released on Bonds.
CHIEF DUNN WANTS RESULTS
Post Mortem Shorra Victim Killed
by a .38 Caliber Gan and from a
Point lllsher Thnn Where
They Were Stnndlnnr.
As Impervious to solution as upon tho
time when they first learned of It, the
triple murder last Wednesday night at
Twenty-third and Pierce streets. Is still
a provoking problem to the police.
Sscorcs of clews have been run to earth
only to be found worthless; theories ob
tained from a dozen different viewpoints
have been worked to no tanglblo end, and
the men thus far Jailed for Investigation
have since established their Innocence In
such satisfactory manner to the police
that the latter now believe they have
made mistakes In causing the arrests.
"Got some results." is the determined
order of Chief Dunn to his captains. The
latter having gone over the field once,
are repeating tha performance.
Deny Their Guilt.
Tony Calabria, and his brother, Joe,
both prominent members of the local
Italian colony hero, vehemently deny
their guilt They have been released on
$5,000 bonds each by the county attorney,
who Is Inclined to believe their asser
tions. The police declare the Calabrlas
have heretofore possessed spotless repu
tations and think they will bo able to
easily establish their Innocence beforo
the coroner's Jury Monday morning,
despite Mrs. Rapp's statements.
Detectives John Pszanowski and Delbert
Rloh have found two names in the time
book of Pete Schroeder, and the police
are seeking to two men. They are
known as Bill Butts and John Green.
John Schroeder, brother of the two mur
dered men, told the detectives that these
two men had been employed only six
hours when they were discharged. Both
are Italians, and they came to the
Schroeder home and demanded their
money. A squabble ensued, but passed
in a moment or two, and the two men
left soon after. Mr. Schroeder was
unable to say what kind of settlement
had been made.
Both Have Allbin.
Tony Calabria and his brother Joe have
proven alibis to the county attornoy.
Each has witnesses to prove that at the
time of the shooting' they were else
where. A little over a week ago .Tony Calabria's
room warfTobbed ot clothing and a re
volver, the only one he had. The police
discovered the clothing, but tho revolver
Is still missing. It was a 3S-callber gun.
Rumors, which police officials refused
to cither affirm or deny, have It that
three men were engaged In tho shooting;
Rapp against the two Schroeders, and
that the fight was-ovor a woman. That
the police were working upon this theory
or that they possesssed clues tending to
strengthen the theory was denied by
Chief Dunn and Captain Maloney.
GIRL CARRIED EIGHTH
OF MILE THROUGH PIPE
RIVERSIDE, Col., July 18. Mary
Sobde, 2 years old, dropped her rag doll
Into an Irrigation standplpe here yester
day. She reached for It. hut lost her
balance, fell In and floated along In an
elghteen-lnch main. Efforts to fish her
out at two standplpes further down failed,
but at the third, an eighth of a mile
away, James Ktnge, a rancher, caught
her. She was uninjured.
I W. W. FORCES CAUSE
NEAR RIOT IN ABERDEEN
ABERDEEN, S. D., July 18.-(Speclal
Telegram.) Ten men and one woman are
In Jail here as a result of defying Mayor
Hall and the pollco and trying to hold an
Industrial Workers of the World meeting
on the streets. A near riot followed.
Story of the Great Bribery Plot as Told by Pickard
rirst Installment.
After stating his name as Frank M.
Plckard and giving Information as to
himself, his education and his previous
employments and his assignment to work
in Omaha for the Burns agency, Mr.
Pickard's answers to the questions pro
pounded were:
Question And before you came here did
you see William J. Burns? Answer I
was taken to the Baltimore hotel by Mr.
John A. Gustafson, my manager, and In
troduced to him as tho man that was
going to be sent to Omaha.
Q. Burns knew you were coming here?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. When was It that the matter of
your coming to Omaha was first men
tioned to you by Mr. Gustafson? A. I
should Judge about tha 15th to the 20th
of December.
Q. And before you came here, how
ever, you met Burns? A. I met Burns
at about that time.
Q. And what was said to you as being
tho purpose of your coming to Omaha by
Mr. Gustafson? A. Mr. Gustafson said
that there was going to be an Investiga
tion of municipal affairs in tho city of
Omaha and he wanted me to come hero
and meet certain gentlemen, to get their
Ideas of what they wanted, and assist in
outlining the plan of work.
Q. Did you get an Idea from Gustafson
at that time that It was an Investigation
of alleged municipal graft? A. He did
not so state, but I assumed that was It
from the character of the Investigations
that I had read the agency conducted.
Q. And at the time you were told to
come hero was there anything at that
time suggested by the agency that was
In any way :llcgal or Improper?, A
Nothing.
Q. And you expected when you came
here to make an honest and legitimate
Investigation? A. That is what I ex
pected and what I did.
Can you give tho date when you
MASSACHUSETTS
MAY INTERVE
Bay State Seeks
Rights in the
Railroad
BOSTON & MAINE IS
Commonwealth Now Has Right to
Buy Stooks at Any Time that
It Sees Fit.
FEARS GOVERNMENT'S
Has Foreboding United States May
Order Sale Without Restriction.
REFUSAL BY THE
Suits In Equity Instituted in Bejinlt
of Certain Minority Stock
holders of the Cor
poration. WASHINGTON, July 18.-The Now
Haven railroad case assumed a new
aspect today when It became known here
that tho state of Massachusetts may seek
to Intervene after the government's Shor
man law suit to dissolve the system Is
brought, and ask tho courts to force the
New Haven to make a conditional sale
it its Boston Maine stock. Massa
chusetts now has the right to buy the
stock at any time. In recent legislation It
preserved that right and gave permission
to the New Haven to sell.
The New Haven board of directors re
fused to accept that legislation and now
Massachusetts Is understood to be fearful
lest that right be endangered In the pro
posed litigation. It Is feared that If
the government wins Its case, the court
might merely order the salo of tho New
Haven's Boston & Maine stock without
restrictions. If Massachusetts Intervened
it would be merely for the purpose of
preserving Its right of purchase. Attor
ney General McReynolds, It waa believed,
will not object
Suit Klle.il In 'ew York.
NEW YORK, July IS. Suit In equity
was instituted hero in behalf of certain
minority stockholders of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad, against
directors of the road and the corporation,
to compel them to answer charges of
maladministration and misuse of funds.
The suit, which Is brought by the law
firm of Robinson & Lauder of this
city, Is somewhat similar to the action
In Boston which demanded restitution
of (300,000.000, of which more than $160,
100,000 was alleged to have been misused.
One of tho two .claims made asks that
.the "Individual defendants bo compelled
to account for all sums of money and
shares ot stock misapplied and misap
propriated and all profits which they re
ceived by reason of unlawful acts.!! fc . v
The second clulm asks that tho de
fendants be enjoined from further man
agement of the system.
PRIEST CELEBRATES
HIS SILVER JUBILEE
YANKTON. S. D., July lS.-CSpeclal.)
Very Rev. E. A. Bouska, pastor of St
Wenceslaus church, Tabor, eclebratod
his silver Jubilee of his ordination to tho
ministry. Thero was a large attendance
of priests and frionds, for all over this
fectlou. Rt. Itev. Bishop Thomas O'Gor
mau ,wa also present from Sioux Falls.
Sqlenin high mass was colebruted at 10:30,
atcr which dinner was served. ExeroUes
of various kinds followed In the after
noon. For twenty-three years Father
Bouska has been priest at Tabor, and
Is widely known and respected, espe
cially amongst his own Bohemian
people.
DIAMOND TRUST WILL
REDUCE THE OUTPUT
NEW YORK, July 18.-Notlces of the
signing of an agreement between thito
of the largest diamond producing com
panies, controlling about 98 per cent of
the world's supply, to curtail their yearly
output have been received by diamond
brokers hero. The effect of the agree
ment, one broker said today, would be
to put an end to competition between the
three companies, with the result that
prices would bo materially increased.
Stenographic report of the questions and answers in Justice Britt's court in the preliminary
hearing of the case resulting from the sensational charges made by Mayor Dahlman a few weeks
ago uncovering the operations of a bunch of Burns' sleuths in Omaha.
came hero? A. I came here Just before
Christmas; two days beforo Christmas.
Q. And who did you meet? A. I was
Instructed by Mr. Gustafson to go to the
Rome hotel and engage a room and tele
phone to Mr. Polcar of the Dally News,
who would quietly meet me thero and
give me statement of facts upon which
to base operations, upon which I was to
report.
Q. You had never up to that time met
Mr. Polcar? A. No, sir.
Q. What did you do? A. I went to
tho Rome hotel and engaged room 308,
telephoned to Mr. Polcar and was told
by him that another gentleman, a Mr.
Colver, who had been expected and who
was delayed: that they would see me that
afternoon or the next day.
Q. What time In the day did you get
here? A.-G:u0 in the morning.
Q. Did you meet Mr. Polcar and Mr,
Colvor? A Klther that afternoon or tho
afternoon following, I am not certain
which; my reports would show if I could
get them.
Q. What was the nature of that Inter
view? A Well, Mr. Polcar and Mr. Col
ver came to my room and stated, In a
general way, that a certain faction were
In control of the official positions gener
ally; In control of the city of Omaha;
that the leading spirit of that faction
was a man by the name of Tom Dennl
son, and that they had engaged the serv
ices of the Burns agency for the purpose
of entrapping some members of that fac
tion that were In control, because of con
ditions that they stated were improper
and corrupt
Q. Did they mention the entrapping of
any particular one? A. They stated
that Mr, Polcar stated that he did not
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EEs issue u, MK PJllini:,rT in
ACTION sSi2f2m M
DIRECTORS V W f - -V U
Drawn for The Boo by Powell.
LANCASTER PARTY
MEN INHARMONY
Republican Convention Held in
Capital City Draws All Wings
Together.
HEARS CONGRESS CANDIDATES
lint BalUa When State Contender
Headed by It. Beeclier llovrell
Would Make Talka tu
the Ileleicutes.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, July 18. (Special.) The Lan
caster county convention, which met here
today at noon, was most, harmonious.
Tha. convention -was callf l.ta order by
L. J. Dunn, chairman of the county cen
tral committee, and he was elected tem
porary chairman, and E. D. Beech, secre
tary of the county committee, secretary.
The temporary organization was inado
permanent and W. A. Hawos, Luther Lud.
den and R, Springer were elected assist
ants.
The committee on resolutions consisted
of Judge A. W. Field, 12. G. Muggl. Ned
Brown, Ralph Grulmin and A. J. Mc
Claln. All candidates for congress in tho First
district were invited to the platform and
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The National Capital
Saturday, Jaly 18, 1014.
Tho Senate.
Met at 11 a. m.
A statue of Governor Click of Kansas
was unveiled In Statuary hall.
Committee continued work on the trust
bills.
Proposals for a democratic conference
to consider the nomination of Thomas D.
Jones to the federal reserve board
aroused opposition In the democratic
ranks.
A J75.000 appropriation for a monument
to Francis Scott Key at Fort Mcllenry
was Inserted In the deficiency bill.
The general deficiency bill was passed.
Adjourned at 2:27 p. m. to noon Monday.
The House.
Met at noon.
Debate was resumed on the general
dam bill.
think any agency could entrap Tom Den
nlson, but he wanted to get some one
high enough up In tho councils of the
faction and get contlcting evidence upon
him.
Q. Upon whom? A Upon some one
high enough up In that political faction,
to convict him, and to show Mr. Dennlson
that he was not powerful enough to pro
vent his conviction; and they named ovor
a number of officials; they stated that
one John Lynch was probably the closest
to Mr. Dennlson's confidence, and his
first lieutenant, and that his position
was that of one ot the county commis
sioners; and it was then discussed as to
what could be done for getting John
Lynch, and it was suggested that some
arrangement be made., by which a man
should come here representing some busi
ness which he could bring to the attention
of tho county commissioners and conio I
In contact with John C. Lynch and be in
a position to receive any application for
graft or bribe.
Q. Who was It that laid these matters
before you? A. Mr. Polcar mainly. Mr.
Colver Is a man from out of town.
Q. Now was an arrangement after-T
wards made In regard to a concern that
you could represent? A. I returned to
Kansas City and triads a report ot the
interview with Mr. Polcar and Mr. Col
ver to Mr. Gustafson, my superintendent.
Q. That report was In writing? A.
Yes. Mr. Gustafson then sent mo to
Fort Scott, Kan., where I met Mr. Web
ber and Mr. Kun of the Forced Draught
Burner company. Palmer Force Draught
Burner company; this was between
ChrlstmaH and Now Year's.
Q. Now, that agency was secured for
you? A, Yes, elr
Taint What It Used to
COLORADO MINERS FILE BRIEF
Operators Charged with Misstate
ments of Facts and Law.
FIGURES ARE ALSO ATTACKED
Kstlmntes of Cost of Production and
lletnlla of Operation Are Char
acterised aa "Utterly
Unreliable."
WASHINGTON, July 18. Another brief
in tho congressional Investigation of the
Colorado coal strike was filed todoy with
tho house mines committee, E. P. Costl
gan, James H. Brewer and Horace N.
Hawkins, representing the striking
minors. It was a voluminous roply to a
brief submitted some time ago by repre
sentatives ot the operators. Counsel for
the miners declared tho operators' Lrlnf
was a "serlos" of what wo must necessar
ily call misstatements ot tact nnd law."
The miners' brtet contained a long legal
argument to show that decisions of vari
ous courts had not held tho United Mine
Workers of Amorlca to bo an "unlawful
organization." Tho brief also attacked
figures submitted by tho operators as to
-production, cost of labor, wages and other
details of oporatlon and characterised as
"utterly unreliable" tho statements by
counsel for the operators.
Tho brief filed today Is expected to
close the investigation and tho committee
will at onco begin work on a report to
tho house.
SENATOR ALLEN ASKED TO
SPEAK SAUERKRAUT DAY
IOWA FALLS, la., July 18.-(Spoclal.)
An effort Is being made to Induce ex
United States Senator William V. Allen
of Nebraska to return to his old home
town on August 27, and deliver an ad
dress as a part of tho program for the
famouo Sauerkraut day festivities at Ack
ley. Before going to Nebraska and be
coming famous in the halls of congress,
Mr. Allen was an attorney with an
office in Ackley and a familiar figure
In the courts ot this part of Iowa. He
has not appeared before the public In
this soctlon for many years, hence this
effort to have him return and participate
I tho festivities Incident to the day that
tho town of hi younger days has made
famous.
Q. When did you get bock to Omaha?
A. Immediately after the new year.
Q. And was this company that you rep
resented advised in any way that you
wero connected with tho Burns agency?
A. No, sir. I got a contract for a com
mission of IS per cent on all burners sold
Q. To whom was that 15 per cent to go?
A. Well, I understood It was to go to
mo, but after a sale was Imminent X
was Informed It wus to go to William J.
Burns.
Q. Now you came to Omaha and what
did you do with reference to opening an
office? A. I opened an office at b09
Brandels Theater building and rented a
back office, 507. In which I put a dicta
phone, as soon as It was furnished and
as soon as an operator was furnished for
mo.
Q What Is un office dictaphone? A.
Well, the dictaphone proper Is a small
disc, about two Inches In diameter; It
Is a sound gathering device connected
with an ordinary telephone receiver, and
this Instrument was placed within the
calendar abovo my desk In a section
under the first three leaves of tho calen
dar; It can be placed in a drawer or hung
behind a picture and will gather the
sound of a conversation and transmit it
a considerable distance, very plainly.
Q. Who was directly over you In these
operations? A Mr. Gustafson for tho
first three weeks that I was here.
Q. And then who was ocr you after
that? A. Well, he was always over me,
but I was placed under the Instructions
of ono K. L. Bernard.
Q. How long did you use that dicta
phone? A. Constantly, except three days
when Mr Gustafson took It himself to
take it over to the Rome hotel wnsa ho
Be
CAILLADX TRIAL
BEGINS MONDAY
Wife of Former Premier Is to Be
Arraigned for Murder of
Editor.
ALL PARIS 18 INTERESTED
KeTTspnpcr Arc neprlntlnsr A
count of the Killlnu- nnd Polit
ical nnd .liidlclnl Scunilnls
Which Attended It.
PARIS, July 18,-Madame Caillaux,
wlfo of tho former French , premier
and minister of finance, will bo taken
day to bd'hueh, better than when ahe
tho Conclergerle. adjoining the palace of
Justice, to await her trial, beginning Mon
day, for UlllluK Gaston Calmclto, editor
of tho Figaro, on March it.
The prlsonor Is to bo lodged In the
cell occupied In 1002 by Madame Theresa
Humbert, while under trial on chargos ot
swindling the French out of sovoral mil
lions of dollars.
Madame Calllaux'a health appeared to
day to bo nilich better Ulan when sho
was arrested In March. It is .reported
sho Intends to apply for a divorce after
tho trial, whatever Its outcome, as she
In said to consider that by so doing
Mho will show tho greatost mark of her
love for her husband, slnco by remain
ing with lilm she thinks she would prove
an obstaclo to his political career.
Will Last Five Days.
The trial Is expected to lost at least
flvo days. The spaco In court usually
occupied by spectators Is 'to bo given up
almost entirely to newspaper men. 153 ot
whom from ull parts of the world have
been allotted places In tho press box.
Oddly enough, tho scut Immediately be
hind Madame Calllaux's position In the
prisoner's enclosure will be occupied by
a roportor from the Figaro.
Women are not to be allowed in the
publlo section of tho court, but a few
places have been reserved for them In
the passageway leading from the Jury
rpom to the Jury box.
Some commotion was caused today Irr
legal circles by the report that tho au-
(Contlnued on Page Two.)
had an appointment with an official
here.
Q. And who was the operator that you
employed? A. Mr. William Crow.
Q. What did he have to do with oper
ating the dictaphone? A. He sat at the
receiver, Just as they do at a telephone
exchango, and took down In shorthand,
and had a corroborative witness of tha
conversation who was at a second re
ceiver; they had two receivers from the
dictaphone in my room, In the room 607
the receivers wero placed In a desk and
locked In, and the conversations were
taken down In shorthand, and one
listened to It as a corroborative witness
when there was anything of Importance.
Q. Now. when you returned here after
tho agency for this burner was secured
for you, who did you meet here. In
Omaha, if any ono. with reference to
these operations? A. Met Mr. Joseph
Polcar.
Q. And where did you meet him? A.
At his office In the Dally News building.
Q. And about when was It that you
met him the second time? A That was
Immediately after the first of January;
I cannot give you the exact dates; they
have mv reports, or I could give them.
Q. Now what took pluce at that Inter
view? A. Well, I told Mr. Polcar that
I had been sent here to carry out the
plan outlined In the first meeting; that I
had obtained the agency of a device that
was sold on a guarantee of a saving of
so much, and pay to be taken out of the
saving; It was a device of merit; and It
was one which could be Installed In
county buildings and state buildings, as
well as others, and I was In position now
to go ahead and udvertlse It. and ho told
mo to go ahead nnd get out my adver
tising matter, which I did.
Q. Who told you to go ahead? A. Mr
Polcar. Mr. Gustafson always paid the
bills. Mr. Polcar told me to go ahead
with the plan as outlined.
SCor Monday.
POLGAR HAD LIST
OF NAMES TO BE
TESTED BY BURNS
Editor Furnished Catalogue ot
Those Who Were to Be Handled
by His Hired Sleuths.
HANSEN GIVES MORE DETAILS
Tells of Meetings with Polcar and
Brome and Conferences Be
tween Them and Bums.
SAYS HE ALMOST HAD WOLFE
Boiler Inspector Not Big Enough
Game to Suit Brome and He
Was Let Go Free.
WAS AFTER SOME "BIG INJUN"
Bribes to Be Offered to Somebody
of Real Importance.
DETECTIVE HELD FOR TRIAL
Released on Ball to Await HrarlnK
In the District Court After Tell
Ins; Ilia Share In Daily Nevra
Bribery riot.
"Attorney Brome" supposed to be H".
C. Bromo. on associate of Joe Polcar,
was one of tho principals In the Daily
News bribery plot.
Polcar wanted J 300 bribe money paid to
R. U. Wolfe, smoke Inspector, but W.
J. Burns refused.
Polcar prepared a list of persons In
cluding four women, to be bribed or de
bauched, or for the detectives to "get"
something on.
Tho foregoing were the Important facta
developed at tho preliminary hearing?'
yesterday afternoon of G. Hansen, Burns
detective, charged with attempting to
brlbo R U. Wolfe, city smoke Inspector.
Hansen was bound over to the district
court for trial by Justice. Brltt and waa
released under bond of 11,000. Criminal
court hero is now In vacation and Han
sen's trial cannot take place until fall.
Opportune Denial.
At practically the same time Polcar
wasdenylng In a signed statomwu pub
lished In hl Dally 'N&Yanatiie Wad
hired IC L. Bernard to debauch the
wives of two well known men, a tUt of
names of persons to be ruined Including
those of tho women In question was In
troduced In evidence by Joseph Burrea,
attornoy for the Burns agency, In th
Hansen hearing.
Hansen testified that ho was given
this list by John A. Gustafson, manager
of the Kansas City 'Burns agency, and
was told by Gustafson that it was fur
nished by Polcar. Plcknrd, when seen
later at the Hcnshaw hotel, admitted
that ho secured this list from Joe Pol
car and Kavo It to Gustafson, Plckard
being tho first detective who operated
here.
Any of the persons whose names wera
on tho list were to be ruined in the event
they gave the opportunity, Hansen tes
tified. Llat of .Proposed Victims,
Tho list follows:
Tom Dennlson,
John Lynch,
Henry McDonald,
August C. Hartc,
Thomas O'Connor,
Frank C. Best,
Felix McShane,
Harley Moorhead.
Sylvester Rush,
Steve Maloney,
Peter Loch,
Billy Doylo.
Jack nioomfleld,
Fred Anheuser,
Billy Nesselhouse
.Too Calabria,
Billy PowcU,
Bob Wolfe,
Bob Smith,
W. O. Ure.
Hazel McVey,
Charles Rosewater,
Victor Rosewater.
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Mrs. Poter Loch,
W. W. Dales,
Mrs. John C. Lynch, E. W. Fltt.
F. H. Foster.
Sam Grace.
Morris Milder,
Peter Rooney,
Tom Flynn,
John J. Ryder,
Henry Dunn,
Ben Baker,
W. J. Connell,
Tom Leo,
A. S. Ritchie,
Dave Berkowltz,
Fred Rogers,
Mrs. Grace B.
Beals.
Mogy Bernstein,
Mrs. Dwyer.
Charles E. Fanning,
Weber,
John Latenser,
Billy Brltton.
Johnny Mark.
C. H. Wlthnell,
Mayor Dahlman.
Olc JackHon,
Ulliy Crutchfleld,
Polcar ISatrer to Bribe.
At a conference In Chicago attended
by Joe Polcar, "Mr." Brome, W. J. Burnt
and other officials of the agency, Hansen
reported, he testified, that Wolfe had
said he was hard up and had asked foi
$300 In payment for services in connec
tion with Hansen's bl on new boilers at
tho city hall.
"Why not give It tl him? Give it U
ihlni," Joo Polcar said, according ta
! Hansen,
I W. J. Burns refused, saying that Wolft
was not big enough to land the con
i tract and that Hansen should return and
see who Wolfe was dealing with, th
j detective testified.
Hunsen told of attending two confer
ences In Chicago. At the first ,he said,
he met "Mr. Brome," who was Intro
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Rector Bell Resigns
Kearney School Head
K13ARNEY, Neb., July lS.-(Spec!al.)
R. B. H. Bell, rector of Kearney Military
acudemy, announced today his resignation
as head of that school to take effect Sep
tember 1. The chief reason given is lack
of harmony between himself and Bishop
Beechcr and notwithstanding he has a
contract for the management ot thtt
school for the coming year he believes It
Is expedient to retire and give the bishop
a free hand. He will spend a tew months
In California after leaving the school re
cuperating from the effects oC a recent
operation which has greatly sapped his
strength.
Hector Bell reports a large advance en
rollment fur the coming year at the acad
omy, with prospect of a full enrollment
His administration the last year was very
successful and the financial balance sheet
shows a net earnings of about HOOO, tho
gross train ri betas fiUOA ,
