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TOOK THIRD $1,000
WEEKL Y PROFITS
Former Right-Hand Man of Saloonkeeper, Testifies He
Saw County Commissioner and Two Others "Split".
' Earnings of Lakeside Roadhouse In Court
House "Gym."
Gu3 Tylee, private detective, gymnasium "rubber" and for
mer right hand man to Pete Loch, who operated a saloon across
from the court house before prohibition went into effect, testi
fied in the Clark-Lynch ouster suit yesterday afternoon that
$1,000 a week profits from Lakeside Inn, known as Schesshey's
roadhouse, were "split three ways" between County Com
misioner "Johnny" Lynch, Loch and "Johnny" Ford.
SAW MONEY COUNTED O
Tylee told the jury hearing the
charges against Lynch that he saw the
money counted.
"The money, in greenbacks, gold
and silver, would be carried down to
Pete Loch's saloon opposite the court
house and put in the safe," Tylee
testified. "Then we took it over to
the court house 'gym' and counted
it intc three piles. Johnny Lynch
took one pile and Loch took one pile
and left one pile for Ford.
KEPT LOCH'S BOOKS. ,
"Lynch, Loch and himself were the
ones present when the proceeds were
'whacked up,' Tylee' said, he kept a
ledger record of the income and ex
penses of the Lakeside resort for
Loch.
Business began, at the Lakeside Inn
about 8 p. m., Dave HowarJ, a waiter
testified. Men and women drsnk and
danced at the place until daylight
every morning, he said.
"Johnny" Lynch put on three of
four "parties" every month without it
costing him a cent, Howard said. t
Never Charged Bill
, "One time I served his party 10 or
iZ bottles of wine and-champaign in a
single sitting. It ran about $3 pint,
.but we. never.xhargl4b4)ill"-'
"Boating, bathing, fishing and
entertainments de luxe," were the
attractions advertised on the Lake
side. Inn, calling card, identified by
Howard. He said that there was no
boating, bathing or fishing connected
with the resort.
Maybe Not de Luxe
"Were there 'entertainments' out'
there?" ,
"Sure, every night. But I don t
know whether they were 'de luxe' or
not." Howard replied.
Clarence Christopher, formerly a
waiter at the Lakeside Inn, known as
a roadhouse, testified that until the
advent of Mike Clark as sheriff the
sale of intoxicants was carried on
openly, but when Clark became sher
iff the liquor storeroom was locked
and highballs were served from gin
ger ale bottles.
Reinstated by Lynch.
When Christopher was fired' by
Johnny Ford he said he was rein
stated by Johnny Lynch.
Attorney Howell examined Chris
topher as follows:
"What has been your business?"
"I was a waiter at the Lakeside inn;
was there until about February 1,
1917."
"Are you one of the men who sued
Sheriff Clark for $10,000 damages on
account of arrest at time of raid at
fe Lakeside?"
"Yes."
"Did you ever employ counsel or
pay attorney's fees or costs in that
case?"
"I did not."
"Do ycu know John Ford, Lynch
and Loch?"
"Yes."
"How long?"
"Ford about seven years and Lynch
and Loch 12 years."
Didn't Prosecute Case.
"Have you ever done anything tow
ard prosecuting the case which was
started in your name?"
"I have not."
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
The Weather
For Nebraska-
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Comparathe local Rrcord.
101S. 1917. 1916. 1915.
Highest yesterday. . . :i 44 31 32
lowest yesterday.. 13 18 8 27
Mean temperature.. 2 35 20 39 ,
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Excess for the day .-. 3 ;
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Yutal precipitation since Mar. 1 22.81 Inches
fklency. ince March 1 7.56 inches
i-ricl?ncy for cor. period, 1913 12.93 inches 1
efict-iicy for cor. period. 1915.. .'.071 inch i
Kepoit.H rrom Stations at 1'. M.
. a. ion nml Statu Temp. High- R:il"-
of Weather 7 p. m. est tall
h.yeniie, cloudy 20 32 .00
J ayenport. cloudy 36 62 .01
)enver. part cloudy 36 42 .01
Dcs Moines, cloudy ..24 42 T
Jxxlse City, cloudy 40 50 .00
Lander, eioudy 2S 32 .00
No'lh Platte, clear 1 3 .08
T indicate)! trace of precipitation.
Indicates beioiv zero.
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DEATH SENTENCE
FOR BOLO PASHA
AND ACCOMPLICE
Court-Martial Deliberates Only
15 Minutes; Accountant In
volved Receives 3 Years'
Imprisonment.
' i (By Associated Press.)
Paris, Feb. 14. Eolo Pasha was
sentenced to death this afternoon.
The court-martial which condemned
Bolo Pasha to death deliberated for
only IS minutes.
Darius Porchere, an accountant who
was a co-defendant, was sentenced to
three years' imprisonment.
- Filippo Cavallinie, another co-de-
f . . ! . t. J a T4.1..
is not within the court s jurisdiction.
' Paul Bolo Pasha's court-martial was
one of the first of the so-called cases
of "intelligence -with" the enemy" and
came up for trial before the third
court-martial of Paris on February 4.
Bolo Pasha was charged with having
capitalized the company that bought
the Taris newspaper Le Journal with
money obtained from the Germans.
Bolo Pasha was an instrument of
German propaganda, pne of the first
to find exposure in the French inves
tigations of 1917, and his name has
come to be used as typifying the en-N
tire system of Boloism, by which
Germany strove to break down the
French morale and instil a desire for
peace by spreading the idea that Ger
many could not be beaten and that it
would be well to make the best terms
possible with her as soon as they
could be arranged.
. Huge Sums From Germany.
It had been charged that Germany,
in attempting to bribe French states
men and leaders and to influence
French opinion by subsidizing news
papers in France or founding new
publications to disseminate the spirit
of pacifism or defeat, voted a sum
of money in the neighborhood of
10,000,000 marks. Bolo, himself, was
said to have had the use of a fund
of more than $1,500,000 to be used in
attempting to corrupt the French
press.
Darius Porchere, a co-defendant
with Bolo Pasha, who was sentenced
to three years' imprisonment, is a
business agent 'who was charged with
receiving correspondence relating to
the affair as an intermediary of Bolo
Pasha.
Filippo Cavallinie, who was judged
by default and sentenced to death, is
a former member of the Italian cham
ber of deputies.
He was charged with having intro
duced Bolo Pasha to Abbas Hilmni,
the former khedive of Egypt, and with
having faciliated the negotiations.
Captain Mornet acted as prosecut
ing attorney for the military authori
ties. -
Involved United States Banks.
The files in the case contained no
less than 4,000 separate documents,
some of which, including the Amer
ican report and the report of M. Doy
en, an expert accountant, were of sev
eral hundred,pages each.
Bolo Pasha's activities were of pe
culiar interest to America because it
was charged that of the funds at.his
disposal $1,683,000 was transferred
from the Deutsche bank in Berlin to
France by way of New York. It was
as a result of the discovery of his
manipulation of this fund through five
New York banking houses that the
New York state attorney eeneral was
I able to obtain information which was
forwarded
'UfWdrUCQ
to M. Jusserand. the
French ambassador at Washington
andf "hich .brought about Bolo's ar-
rest "1 i am.
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Big Ice Gorge to Sweep
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xltlSDUrgll, ra., r"CD. 14. I at large
ice gorge in the Monongahela river
luar Brownsville, Pa.; almost 10 miles
i:i !ei;gth, and an ice gorge in the Alle
gheny river near Parkers Landing,
i'a not quite so large as that in the
Monongahela, broke almost simultan
eously this afternoon.
River men predict that both gorges
will sweep out into the Ohio river at
about 3 o'clock tomorrow morning.
HAYS ELECTION
TO UNITE G. 0. P;
PLEASES HOWELL
Nebraska Member of National
Republican Committee En
thusiastic Over Results
at St. Louis:
R. B. Howell, republican national
committeeman for Nebraska, consid
ers the election of Will H. Hays of
Indiana to the chairmanship of the
national committee as portcntious of
great things ior the future ot the
party.
Howell stated that he was con
vinced that the election of John T.
Adams of Dubuque, against whom evi
dence was ottered to indicate that he
made pro-German statements during
August, IV 14. and atter the sinking
of the Lusitania, would have been un-
wisc.N
"George W. Perkins was charged
with having instigated the. charges
against Adams, but the records were
sufficient without brincintr 1:1 any per
sonal animus against Perkins," added
rilowell
The Nebraska national committee
man believes the election of Hays
will mean party solidarity and the
breaking up of the "W. Muiray Crane
clique."
More Power to Committeemen.
"National committeemen 111 the fu
ture will be committeemen in fact as
well as in name, and each will have
something to -say about his respective
state," was another comment of the
Nebraska representative of the na
tional committee.
' He explained that the election of
Adams to the vice chairmanship of
the national committee a year ago in
New York was the beginning of the
old guard scheme to, elevate him to
the chairmanship. ....
Howell gave The Bee the following
statement:
"The meeting at St. Loufs was of
longer duration than expected, be
cause of . developments tlrat took
nlare. It soon became evident that it
would be unwise to elevate Mr.
Adams .0 Iowa tp the office of chair
man of the republican national com
pro-Qcrmau and ' anti-British ' and
French record. However, it took
time for. some of his supporters to
aDoreciate this fact, f
Brings Happy Result
"The election of William H. Hays
of Indiana as chairman was certainly
a happy result for the republican
party. It means a new era m party
solidarity, and I, feel confident that
from this time on there will cease to
be charges of old guard influence and
progressive revolts.
"Following the election of Chairman
Hays, all of the members of the exec
utive committee -tendered their resig
nations, and the national committee
decided to start with a new slate so
that it should be in harmony with its
new chairman, and truly representa
tive of the national'committee.
Has Marked Ability.
"National committeemen decided
the members were to be no longer
nominal committeemen, without pow
er in their own states. A series of
resolutions introduced by myself was
passed providing for the full recog
nition of each committeeman and his
prerogatives and including a pro
vision for annual meetings of the na
tional committee.
"The new chairman is a man of
marked ability as an organizer. He
belongs to the young, active element
of the party, and I feel confident his
administration will reflect credit not
only upon himself, but upon the na
tional committee and the party."
SUFFSSEEKTO
ENJOIN ANTIS
IN COURT SUIT
The Nebraska Woman Suffrage
association brought suit in the Lan
caster district court at Lincoln yes
terday to disqualify the anti-suffrage
referendum petitions filed with
the secretary of state. The move is
made in order to obtain court action
injime for the women to vote at the
spring elections.
That dead men's names and vacant
lot addresses have been placed on the
anti-suffrage petitions is charged by
suffrage investigators.
','Names of men who" deny signing
the petitions, certifications by per
sons other than the actual circu
lators and misrepresentation of the
purpose of the petitions are other ir
regularities discovered, according to
suffrage leaders." - -
The suffragists ask an injunction
to prevent the secretary of state from
proceeding further with the petition
and from placing the referendum on
the ballot this fall.
Granting the injunction would per
mit the women to vote according to
the partial suffrage raw passed by the
last legislature, members of the asso
ciation declare.
Two Soldiers Wedded .. .
To Two Sisters Here
Miss Rose Kellnerand Mr. Max W.
Morphis and Miss Edith M. Kellner
and Mr. William D. Hacket were
married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge
Wedne-day afternoon at 5:30 at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Benthin
Bengtson, 2865 Pinkney street. Mr.
Morphis is a member of Company I,
41st 1 tizntry. Mr. Hackett is a mem
ber of Company K, 41st infantry.
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Divorce?
PACKERS FILES
CONTAIN RECORD
Nature of Document Seized by
Federal Trade Commission
Revealed When Papers in
Case Are Filed.
Chicago, Feb. 14. Papers on file to
day in the office of the clerk of the
United States court of appeals re
vealed for the first time the nature of
the documents seized ten days ago
by the agents of the federal trade
commission from the safe of Henry
Veeder, general counsel for Swift
& Co., packers.
The copy of the search warrant
also indicated the wide, almost world
wide, nature of the papers sought.
Packers Kept Files.
It showed, too. that "files" were
kept regarding various men prominent
in public life, both friend and foe,
and records also were kept on rail
roads, steamship lines, and under the
names of cities.
Other files bear the name's of news
papers, trade journals and other pub
lications. , Three, which government men be
lieve may be of interest, show the
buying outright of certain stock pub
lications. In justice to all concerned Veed
er, Swift & Co. and the men men
tionedgovernment agents pointed
out that no reflection is cast on the
integrity of anyone named in the
files.
It also was pointed out that many
corporations keep records of the "po
litical activities" and attitude of pub
lic men towards questions in which
the concerns are interested.
Kept Many Records.
L Some of the files were labeled:
Frank O. Lowden, governor ot
Illinois; Judge Kenesaw Mountain
Landis, Congressman Jahies R. Mann.
James Minotto, son-in-law of Louis
F. Swift, the packer; Theodore Roose
velt. Mayor William Hale Thompspn
of Chicago, and J. P. Tumulty, Presi
dent Wilson's secretary.
The cosmopolitan character of the
records are said to be indicated by
such headings as "Argentine beef,"
"Belgium," "Business in Italy," "Rus
sia, Doing Business In," and "Al
brecht, Frederick Jno. Hamburg,
Germany." 1
Still other headings are "Constabu
lary, Pennsylvania," "Incorporating
Beef Houses." "Political. Fort
Worth," "Fort Worth, Tex.," "Capps,"
"Cantey," "Hanger and Short," "Louis
J. Wprtham.
City of Des Moines Sues
For Coal Mined Under Streets
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Des Moines. Feb. 14. (Special Tel
egram.) Late today the city of Des
Moines, through its corporation coun
sel, H. W. Byers. brought action in
district court to recover approximately
$138,000 from a half dozen coal com
panies of the city.
It is claimed the companies are min
ing coal under streets which belong
to the city.
Following are the companies sued
and amounts sued for: Eagle, $74,418;
Bennett, $2S,817; Blount-Evans. $13,-
l(Vi! P.-k. $2,506: Dps Mrinis $11 .
679. -
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WILSON ORDERS
. INVESTIGATION.
Attorney: General Gregory Di
rected to Ascertain How
Government Funds Are
Spent at Ship Yard.
Washington, Fe 14. President
Wilson today directed Attorney Gen
eral Gregory to investigate the much
discussed Hog Island shipyard con
tracts, which have been adversely
criticised before the senate commerce
committee, and determine if there has
been any criminal misuse of govern
ment funds.
The president also directed the at
torney general to work in conjunc
tion with Chairman Hurley o'. the
shipping oard in his investigation.
Vanderlip Heads Project.
About $42,000,000 of government
money has been involved in the Hog
Island project, in which the Ameri
can International corporation, headed
by Frank A. Vanderlip, president of
the National City bank of New York,
has figured.
Investigation by the Department of
Commerce was recommended by
Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board, who asked that an assistant to
the attorney general be sent to Hog
Island to work with Assistant General
Manager Bowles of the emergency
fleet corporation.
Mr. Bowles was put in active charge
of the yard recently.
Funds Spent Recklessly.
He has been directed by Chairman
Hurley to put the Hog Island yard
on an economic basis.
Shipping board officials are of the
opinion that there has been nothing
worse at the Hog Island yard than
inefficient management and a reckless
spending of funds, but they want to
ascertain all the facts.
Farm Repair Work is
, Institutes' by Government
Washington, Feb. 14. The food ad
ministration has approved the plan to
make March 4-9 a farm implement
and repair week.
! Every farmer in the nation will be
urged io inspect 'his machinery dur
ing the week and immediately place
his orders for repairs or new parts.
The move is considered necessary
because of the scarcity of steel parts
adi4 also as a means of raising a maxi
mum, food crop.
John A. Kuhn Sees
In Omaha Zone
John A. Kuhn, head of a freight
traffic bureau, has been given a job
with the government.
1 1 is new job is that of traffic man
ager to the food administration, hav
ing charge of the Omaha zone.
The position will pay Mr. Kuhn a
salary of $1 a year and will take 24
hours of his time each working day.
Mr. Kuhn has entered upon the dis
charge of his duties in connection
with government work and will be
the dictator of the distribution of
grain cars in the Omaha zone.
In addition, he will be the man who
will sec that cars are promptly un-
GERMANS SUSPECT
TR0TZKY PLANS TO
WIN BY TRICKERY
Russian Demobilization Order Believed to Be Sham; Red
Guards Forming Large Army to Establish Colshev
iki Power in Border States. Germany May
Break With Russia.
(By Associated Press.)
Uneasiness over the Russian situation in G;rn:tn and Aus
trian official circles is indicated in reports in the German press.
The central powers are said to be uncertain "concerning .
the future attitude of Foreign Minister Trotzky and the Bolshe- (
viki government, and one Berlin newspaper says that the an
nouncement that the Russian army had Ibeen ordered demo-
brlized was a "sham maneuver."
: O LEADERS ANXIOUS.
BRITISH DRIVE
GERMANS FROM
YPREHECTOR
Repulse Foe in Counter. Attack;
Manyjeutons Killed; Gana-.
JisnilMake Two Success-
ful Raids.
London, Feb. 14. Cauadian troops
have carried out two successful raids,
in which they captured prisoners and
inflicted losses on the enemy, the of
ficial statement from British head
quarters in France and Belgium to
night says.' ,
""In an attack this morning nortn
wMt of Passchendaele. in the Ypres
CAtcuUGerjTKin troops temporarily.
cupied Two British posts. ; Toe Brit
ish" later ttrovj tne uermans our m
a counter attack," the statement reads.
"In a successful raid southeast of
Hargicourt reported this morning
carried out by the Canadians in addi
tion to 13 prisoners two machine guns
were brought back to our lines.
"Many Germans were killed in
fighting above ground and four
trench mortars were destroyed.
"Seventeen dugouts in the enemy's
first line and others in its support
line, whose occupants refused to
come out when summoned, were
bombed.
"The casualties incurred by the
raiding party were slight and all were
brought in.
Capture Machine Gun.
""Another successful raid was car
ried out last night by Canadians in
the neighborhood of hill 70, north of
Lens. Considerable opposition was
encountered, in spite of which six
prisoners and a machine gun were
captured. Our casualties again were
light.
"Local fighting took place at dawn
this morning northwest of Paschen
daele, where a hostile party attacked
and temporarily occupied fwo of our
posts.
"The enemy subsequently was
ejected by a counter attack and both
posts were regained. The enemy's
artillery showed increased activity this
morning south and southwest of
Lens."
Fuller Acquitted of
Killing John Brown
George Fuller, negro, on trial
charged with the murder of John
Brown, a negro barber, was acquitted
by the jury in district court. Fuller
was charged with stabbing and mor
tally wounding Brown in a barker
shop quarrel over a quarter and a
ring last October. Witnesses testi
fied that Brown "rushed" Fuller and
ran into a knife in Fuller's hands,
which pierced his abdomen. The ver
dict was reached last night after five
hours' deliberation.
Judge Decides How Man
Must Act to Be Real Drunk
Sergeant Allen of the morals squad
testified in police court Thursday
morning that D. Michael was so drunk
when caught in a raid on 714 South
Sixteenth street, third floor, that he
attempted to put a round key in a
flat hole in opening a trunk. This
was conclusive evidence of his guilt
in the eyes of the court and he was
fined $10 and costs.
That Food Cars
Are Kepi Moving
loaded at the Omaha terminals and
thewhurried back intot the territory
where needed.
He will be the person wh s will iron
out all the difficulties that may arise
on account of grain shipments and
will be the kicking post that will stand
between the consignor and consignee.
The government came to Mr. Kuhn
without his solicitation and he as
serts that he is loyal enough so that
he has accepted and will discharge
the duties to the best of his ability.
He has been in the railroad traffic
business practically all his life, being
formerly general freight agent of the
Northwestern.
German leaders are said to have
held conferences as to the best course
to pursue.
One report is to the effect that mil
itary operations against the Bolshe-
viki might be resumed, but both Ber
lin and Vienna appear to be anxious .
over the probable (ate of the many
thousands of Austro-German prison
ers in Russian hands. ,
Circulation of the message ordering
the demobilization of the Russian
army, the German papers say, was
halted three hours after the order .
was sent out.
PETROGRAD RIOTS.
Concerning the situation in Petro
grad there have been no press reports
since early last Tuesday, when dis
patches reported rioting in Petrograd
in which 120 persons were killed.
Judging from latest indications In
the German press, much dissatisfac
tion and suspicion has been aroused
by the latest move of Foreign Minister
Trotzky. Important political and mil
itary leaders are said to be conferring
busily to find the best solution to the
puzzle. ' ' . x. v.: " '
,..j;he-..Kreuz Zeitung of .BerHft-sn -Tuesday
declared "on reliable in
formation" that Trotzky's proposal
is in no circumstances to be regarded
as a peace offer, while it is pointed
out by other papers that the Russian
war theater was mentioned especial
ly in the official army report of Tues-'
day. .. ' ' .
Must Sign Treaty.
A Berlin telegram to the Koel-.
nische Volkszeitung of Wednesday
says: .
"The1 government is not willing to .
continue relations with Russia on
any basis whatsoever unless the pres
ent Russian government signs a reg
ular peace treaty.
"As, however, it must be reckoned,
for the present at any rate, that
Trotzky does not think of signing any
formulated peace declaration a situ
ation is created which makes neces
sary a thorough Miscussion between -
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Funeral of J. E. Marsh at -Lawrence,
Kan., Wednesday
Funeral services for John E. Marsh
former Omaha man, who died in San
Antonio, Tex., a few days ago, "were
hld at Lawrence, Kan., his old home,
Wednesday. Interment was in a ceme
tery at Lawrence.
Mrs. Marsh arrived in Omaha yes
terday from Lawrence.
In last evenings edition of The
Bee, the day of Mr. Marsh's funeral,'
was given as yesterday, whereas it ,
should have been Wednesday.
Montreal Nunnery on Fire;
40 Orphans Reported Dead
Montreal, Feb. 14. The west wing
of the Grey Nunnery in this city, oc
cupied partly by returned wounded
soldiers and partly by orphan children,
is on fire and probably will be de
stroyed. There are unconfirmed reports that
30 or 40 children have lost their lives.
All the soldiers are believed tp have
escaped. r
GERMANS ADMIT LOSS..
Berlin, Feb. 14. (via London). In
their attack yesterday on the Cham
pagne front hear Tahure, the war of
fice announces, the French -obtained
a footing in a salient of the German
positions.
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