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f HE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1917. V' HIT CAPPS FOR BIG DELAY IN U.S. SHIP PROGRAM Piez Declares Timber Men Fell Down on Contracts, Holding Up Constriction of Wood- , en Vessels. "v 0 :"" r, .V.--.- " f Br Amo1M4 Fraaa.) J Washington, Dec. 22. Testimony today of. shipping board officials in the senate' investigation of delays to the Vhip building program, disclosed that the ftart on construction of fab ricated steel ships was delayed two months by the refusal of Rear Ad miral Capps, formerly general man ager of the emergency fleefcorpora tion, to dose'contracts "negotiated by bis predecessor, Major General Goethals, until .many alterations in them were made.; -I Fall Down On Order. r v !The cumulation of delays, Chairman Hurley admitted under questioning, brought about the recent reorganiza tion of the fleet corporation,- which ended in Admiral Capps resignation. The wooden building program was ""held back largely, Charles Piez, new general manager, of the corporation, ' testified,, by the inability of southern pine producers" to ielivct timber. The pine producers to deliver timber. Ihe condition of affairs was uncovered by an investigating committee, headed by Mf. Pier, which made a tour of the yards for the shipping board. "Whose fault was that?", Mr.. Piez was asked.v-. ,. . . "I do not know," he replied. I understand that the Southern Pine as sociation promised to deliver the tim bers and then fell' down on the or der ''- ': . - ' ."What are you doing to correct the situation?" . . ' ' fWe are having fir brought from the Pacific coast." " x i( "Must Transferontracts. . ;Many contracts already - let for wooden ships in the east vill haveto be transferred, to the west, Mr. Piez added, in order to get the vessels completed, as sufficient titnber cannot be had hi the east V Senator Nelson directed a - long series ' of Questions at Mr. rier learn why a practical ship builder would not be a proper man for gen eral manager. ' ' -. ; f Are you a shipbuilder? asked the No," replied Mr. Piez, "buf I have had large experience In organization and manufacturing work," . f "Don't yoti think it would be better to have practical builder at the head of the shipping program?" , i - "I have . engineering training and have a force of experts under me." Finally Mr. Piez said, somewhat ' sharply: v - " : ' "I want you to understand, senator,. I did not seek this place. I took it very reluctantly." v'. , Knock thange in Design. The change in design of true wctoden ships after construction wan begun drew some criticism from members of the committee. Senator ,Martin aiked Mr. Piez who was responsible. The , reply was that the change was made by Civil Engineer Ferris, the corpora tion's designing expert, r "Don't you think that shotos incom petency?" asked the senator. . "I would , say," replied Mr. Piez, "that it was unfortunate." "Yes," the senator said, "unfortun ate ignorance." '- The committee, taking up the oper ation of the ships, sought to develop if the army has handled inefficiently . the ships turned? over to it. Officials of the board explained that they now " are investigating that subject. -, Rear Admiral Bowles presented fig - ures showing the present progress of ship construction, but the committed decided to keep, the statistics confi dential f Packers Held ; ) Control of Big i Plants on Side 'J ' JtConMauad From laa Ont.) ' ' mour; are interested in the .Chicago atockryarda. Persons connected with the Swift and Morris interests ap i peared on the lists of directors of the Chicago Junction Railways com pany and the Chicago Union Stock Yards & Transit company operating the Terminal railways and the stook yards.5 - v, , . " These companies are owned by the Chicago Junction Railways and Union . Stock Yards company of New Jer sey, which in turn is controlled by ; the Maine corporation, formed by Armour and Prince. Frederick W. .Croll, treasurer of Armour & Company, said he could not explain why the other packers should!, have representation on these concerns. " Croll admitted that Armour & ' Company ha 1 large interests in cot ton seed oil plants in Texas,' Arkansas and Tennessee, and that Armour and 1 Swift yrete interested in cattle trade papers in Fort Worth and' Denver. Millions of dollars, of Chicago real estate.-known as the Central Manu facturing district, appeared in a list of assets of the t Chicago Junction Railways & Union . Stock Yards company. Mr. Heney called particu lar attention to assets of this com pany because of replies made to small , stockholders when Armour and , Prince gained control of the company, that the company's property was in danger of material depreciation in or der to get the small investors to sur render their stockand accept a guar anteed 9 per-cent 'dividend. . , : :: Worked Both Ends. V la attempting to market the bonds after having gained " jconrol of the Junction Railways company, the Chi cago Stock Yards company told in vestors, according to records intro duced, that the assets of the Junction company amounted to $47,000,000, in cluding 800 acres of land in Chicago and 250 miles of belt and terminal railways. . . Atention : was. called to large surplus earnings from 1907 to "It, appears that one set of repre sentations was made to get the stock and another to sell the bonds," com mented Mr. Henev. . ' " - . Manipulation of share warrants of the Chicago Stock Yards company, Mvxnent of dividend checks to dum earnings of a subsidiary company to conceal excessive profits also were touched upon today. Records of the Maine corporation showed that redistribution of share warrants was made the same day a federal trade "commission investigator asked to examine, the books. -Some Immense Profits. Discussion of profits attracted con siderable interest from the commis sion as to Armour's returns on his in vestment. Mr. Heney exp'ained that Armour put up $194,000 of the original $1,000,000 used to promote the Chi cago Stock Yards company and gain control of the Junction company's $47,000,000 assets. A letter -from Prince" advised Ar mour to take advantage of the reor ganization proposition to exchange Junction company stocks for bonds at a rate of two for one, then sell the bonds which, would' net him a profit of .$117,000. i: Armour owned 6,500 shares of Junction. 1 V , v Later, it appeared from 'the rec ords, the packer's investment was cut to $77,000. Armour has been getting approximately $77,000' yearly in divi dends and besides appears in the rec ords as having borrowed $200,000 of the original million from the Maine corporation. - The interest charged was hot shown. ' He obtained for his $194,000 a total of 15,520 shares, par' value $1,552,000 of . the corporation, whicrHs-capitalized at $8,000,000. . v Trince appears as the other large stockholder in the ' Chicago Stock Yards company and the .original plan of th" company, r introduced, in evi-" dence, was to give $4,400,000 "in stock "to the packers" in-place of rebates and bonuses paid them up to that time. .Efforts to prove that Other packers, particularly Swift ar,d Morris, received such stock, have not been Successful and will be continued when the commission resumes the hearings. Another Air Raid Made . 7.; j On English Coa Towns London,' Dec 22.Anottier raid has been attempted - by the Gtrmans aeamst English coast towns.! One hostile airplane was forced to de scend. mi Vktrek IV-A, $20 Oik & VictrolaV.-A.l30 .Oak Victrol VIII-A. V . Oak i Mi $45 .... Victrola IX-Ai $57.50 Mahogany or oak ; iii? WW Victrol X-A, $83 . kahogany or oak VktroU XI-A. $1 Mahotanyoroak ii iwiMi -1 -j" lit' 'kit m j jj ESTABROOK .. LAWYER AND ORATOR, DEAD (Continued From r Ont.) father was appointed attorney general of Nebraska in 1855. Mr. Estabrook had made hij home & .'it- I.!.. UHMtta.!n In... in larryiown, wiui u? uiwm-m-i. Colonel Clowery, former president of the Western Union.' Part in Boyd Case. It was while practicing law in Oma ha that Mr. Estabrook. associated with General Cowin and A.' H. Gar land, ex-attorney general of the Unit ed States, conducted the case of ex Governor James E. Boyd in the his toric Boyd-Thayer contest of 1891, involving the governorship of Nebras ka, which excited national interest and Wwhich a precedent was set in volvingthe law governing citizen-JT ship. In the argument before the United states supreme court it was Mr. Estabrook who-, presented the points upon which that high court re versed the contrary decision of the Nebraska supreme court and restored the executive office to Governor Boyd. , - : 7: , Counsel for, Western Union. - While in Omaha Mr. Estabrook be came local counsel for the Western Union Telegraph company nd in 1896 was given a similar position with the company in Chicago, necessitating his removal to that city. Six years later he was made general counsel for the company and removed to New York, where he became a member of the legal firm of Lowdcn, Estabrook & Davis." He was tecognized as an at torney of great resource, logic and rare oratorical powers 'Among his more important cases while in Chicago was one involving the-first investigation ever made into the operations of a .stock exchange clearing house, wherein the legal fact was established that transactions, on 'change were not gambling. Recognised at Orator. It was not until 40 years of age, that Mr. Estabrook's power as an orator became generally known. An T Intur Victor quality, ttwijr look for the famous trademark. "Hi MaMar Voice." It la on all genuine product of th Victor Talking- Machine Company. J Owing to the enormous demand it is pos sible that some Victor dealers . may not nave , w in stock just the style Victrola you wantbut . it is also just as reasonable to suppose that the exact Victrola you want will be found at some , r of the regular qualified dealers listed below:; Brandies Stores, 16th and Douglas- National Music Supply Co., 1907 Sts. : ; , '- Farnam St. ' . , BurgesaNash Co., 16th and barney" Nebraska Cycle Co., 319-21 S. 15th StS: . j . : - . St; John Hofman, 1246 S. 13th St. Orcha'rd & Wilhelm Cd. 414-18 S. A. Hospe Co., 1513-15 Douglas St , 16th St V N. E. Johnson . 4 0J- 10 VktreU XTV, $1C5 . VlctroU XVI, electric, $270 VktroU XVII, electric, $325 . . ; . .' Uaaotany oroak Mahogany or oak ' , Mahotaoy or oak oration before the Marquette club m 1892 on "Lincoln" gave him national prominence. ' - In Omaha Mr. Estabrook was active in public movements, hi? speech before a meeting to organize a citizens government made .Novem ber 1, 1895, at the Coliseum, being one notable instance. ' , He was orator also at the semi-centennial celebration of the Kansas-Nebraska act at Omaha, June 10, 1904. Before numerous republican conven tions and gatherings, his addresses were of such notable character as to win national comment Mr. Estabrook was married to Miss Clara Campbell of Omaha in 1879. Their daughter, Blanche, was married toJCarl G. Roebling of Tren ton, N. Y., member of the John A. Roebling's Sons company builders of Brooklyn bridge. . . , "Mr. Estabrook, while here, was es tablished in business partnerships with R. S. Hall, Earl B. Coe,, and with Frank Irvine, supreme court commissioner. KIDNAPER OF SEET BABY ..? ADMITS CRIME '(Continued From Ps One.) t alleged confession, the drugr having bee administered by the '.'Mysterious Riley" to put the child to sleep to keep it' quiet. Riley is named by Piersol as the leader of the gang and the man who plotted the abduction, but he says trie man now under ar rest and held for the Springfield authorities is not the right Riley. , Says Riley Took Baby. ' According to the signed confession, Piersol admits hisjyirt in the abduc tion -but savs it was Riley who climbed into the window of the Keet home and took the baby. Riley handed, the child to Dick Carter, a cording tp Piersol, and the latter gave it to a woman, a member of the band. Piersol' took an active part, in the abductfbnr he admits, but declares he, at no time, touched the child. He was stationed at the Keet home, he says, with Kletus Adams, Maxie Ad- you. can Vicinity of Omaha Blair, Neb. . . Council Bluffi, la. , Bee Hive. ' Sr;;:'r. ; A. Hospe Co., 407 W. Broadway. v- SHr;-; '-Nebraska Cycle Co., 334 Broadway JohnffiCnubili; . . . Gleawood.Ia. VictroJa ams, Dick Carter and others he names, who have not yet been ar rested. ' ' t The baby was taken to a deserted house on the Greene and Christian couhty line and there, Piersol says, he took food for the child andi guards the next day. He declares he does not know when the child was removed to the Grenshaw house, but thinks it was taken there the night after it was abducted, when a rain and elec tric storm occurred. Piersol knew nothing of the plot to kidnap the child until Clctus Adams "put it up to him." according to the confession, and he denies writing the ransom letters which experts swore he penciled. The postcard mailed to the father of the kidnaped baby, the last word he received from the ab ductors," was mailed by Taylor Ad ams, Piersol says; ; To Kidnap Others. ' Piersol denies knowledge of ' the death of the child until after his ar rest. In the confession he says a member 'of the kidnaping band not under arrest called on him at the county jail and told him of the ad-' ministration of the laudanum anJ the resultant death of the baby. "Riley is going to throw it in the well at the Crenshaw place," he says the visitor told him. Maxie Adams,, 17 years old, charged with the attempt to kidnap C. A. Clement, and recently released vfrom jail, was the first person to be arrest ed as the result of Piersol's confer sion. He also expressed a desire io confess, it is said,, but no announce ment of a statement from him has been made. - The confession alleges otljer abduc tion plots were contemplated by the gang.;'. It was planned to' kidnap J. Holland Keet, father of the kidnaped child, at the time he paid the $6,000 ransom, Piersol says, and Ed L. San ford, vice president of the Holland Banking company and chairmap of the state highway commission, also wis marked- as a victim. Sanford. Piersol says, was to be held for a $100,000 ransom." Chinamen Expelled From Austria. Berne, Switzerland, tfec. 23. Forty-five Chinamen, expelled from Austria oh account of China's declara V, '31 I XVTI. $2BS tion of war against that country, ar rived today .on their way to Paris. Queen LiFs Latest Will ' .Set Aside as a Forgery ' Honolulu, T. H., Dec. 23.,-A pur ported 1917 will of the late Queen Liliuokalani, bequeathing the major part of her estate to "Prinsess Ther esa Belliveau, was thrown out bf court today 'by. Judge C. W. Ash ford, who stated from the bench that alt evidence and his own knowledge convinced him it was a forgery. Sam Kamakaia, a preacher, swore he signed as a witness to the late will in his own home and not at the bed side of the queen. H. Keakoha, a second witness to the purported will, gave similar testimony in repudiating preceding affidavits. Kamakaia stated that "Princess" - Theresa offered him. the bribe of a new church if he sitrned. .A 1909 will of the queen, containing a deed of trust in favor of Theresa Belliveau, said .to be only a distant relative, of .Liliuokalani, remains con tested by Jonah ("Prince Cupid") Ka lanianaole, congressional delegate from Hawaii, on the ground that the queen was . mentally incompetent at the Wmi of its execution. Germans Work For Teuton Republic Washington, Dec. 23. The, com mittee on public information, to night gave out another article t written by Germans and circulated in Germany through the efforts of German republicans in" Switzerland . who were" working for the estab lishment of a republic in their na tive land. . . 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