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VICMWILSON
Says Men Have Been Called
Before Defense Council for
Less Than Rail Hoard
Man Said.
Lincoln, Feb. 15. (Special Tele
gram.) "Men have been citied to
appear before the State Council of
Defense for saying less than you have
just said,' were the words of Presi
dent Frank H. Woods of the Lincoln
Telephone and Telegraph- company,
addressed to Railway Commissioner
Victor Wilson this afternoon who
had said that the telephone company
should not diarge up the expense of
patriotic work to the public in gen
eral
The controversy came out in a hear
Ing before the railway commission on
the application of the telephone com'
pany for leave to increase rates at its
exchange.
The charge had been made that the
action of the company was unpa
triotic. Superintendent Hurtz of the
company resented the charge and
said the company was compelled to
increase its revenue because ot in
crease in cost of material and labor,
and that it was doing as much as any-
body else in a patriotic way. A large
number of its employes had gone into
the service and it was doing all it
could for war service.
DENNISON
1 SAYS LYNCH
T0J3K GRAFT
(Continued From Page One.)
house at the Riverside. Arriving at
Omaha Nesselhaus explained the sit
uation and we drove out and saw the
h place.
" "Nesselhaus told me the money
would be divided equally between
himself, Dennison, Lynch and myself.
He said Dennison had a financial in
terest in the place and that Lynch
was to receive 25 per cent for taking
care of us."
Lynch Was Present.
"Did you ever speak to Lynch
about his share?"
"Yes, sir."
"Was the arrangement agreeable to
Lynch?"
"It was agreeable to everybody."
"Was Lynch present during any of
these conversations about the money?"
"On one occasion."
Haskell added that the monthly
revenue to the four proprietors men
tioned was $600 each from July, 1914,
to 1916, and that during 1914 and
1916 Riverside operated without a li
cense because Nesselhaus said no li
cense was necessary. He added that
the place was closed orf the night that
Mike Clark assumed office as sheriff.
Hans Voss of the Clark-Lynch
ouster suit in Judge Sears' court this
morning testified he was given to un
derstand by "Johnny" Ford that un
less he consented to split his profits
' "three ways," one-third to Lynch and
one-third to Ford, he would be re
fused a license for his Center street
saloon. He said he refused to consent
to such an agreement.
Mrs. Hans Voss then testified that
she followed Ford outside, where he
joined Lynch, who had been waiting
in art automobile. Lynoh asked a ques
tion, she testified, to which she said
Ford replied: "We can't do a thing
with him." "Then they saw me and
drove away," Mrs. Voss declared.
Refused Ford's Offer.
Previous to this, Voss testified,
Lynch approached him with a sugges
tion that the Center street place be
p reopened. Lynch volunteered to as
sist Voss in getting a license, he tes
tified. After refusing Ford's offer the
county commissioners refused his ap
plication for a license, Voss testified.
J. B. Graham, formerly a partner
of Ford in the saloon business, testi
fied that Lynch had spoken to him
about the Voss place.
"Ford froze me out of the Farnam
street saloon," Graham testified. "We
were both pinched for violation of tha
law in that place. I was found guilty
and Ford was found not guilty, They
would not let me take out a new li
cense, so I asked Johnny-Lynch about
fcutting over a license for me out at
The Center street place.'
Make Him Manager.
"At first he said it couldn't be done,"
Graham testified, "but later he said:
'You go out and get Voss to apply
for a license and make you man
ager.' "On May 1, 1916, Lynch told me to
--liave Voss get the license and arrange
to go in three ways, Hans Voss, John
Lynch and myself. Later Lynch said
there was nothing doing, as Hans
Voss would not come in on the deal
that way." ,
Dan Quinlan, who said he was a
chauffeur for Jack Hascall, Billy
Nesellhouse, Johnny Lynch and oth
ers, testified that he drove Lynch and
two girls from the Riverside resort
to the Riverview Detention home,
where one of the girls, one named
Tucker, left the party. They had
spent the night at RiversideQuinlan
testified.
Bills "Put On Tag."
Mrs. Hans Voss, who said she and
Mr. Voss were employed at Riverside
in 1915, testified that Lynch often vis
ited Riverside and that his bills there
tvwere "put on the tag." "Lynch said
he did not have to pay," she testified.
Pete Rooney, formerly one of the
owners of the "Underwoild," as it
was called, testified that Schesshey,
formerly proprietor of what later was
known as "Lakeside Inn," tried to get
a license for the place in 1916. "Lynch
came to me and said 'That's a pretty
good money making place ut there.
How about you and me g'jing in on
it. I'm going to see Pete Loch,' "
Rooney testified. "Later Lynch told
me he had made a deal with Pete
Loch and Johnny Leonard to get hold
. of the place," Rooney said. . "Later
' Lynch said that Leonard was not the)
man to run the place as they needed
a 'ladies' man' to bring in the women
and boost the business."
Attorney Kruger last year filed
4 damage suits against Sheriff Clark
for Clarence Christopher, Frank Gal
- loway, Harry McMullen and Bob
. Wolf, employes of the Lakeside.
,i Attorney Howell proposed to show
L that Kruger had not pressed these
cases for trial as should have bees
done, but Kruger denied the allega
tion. Lawyers Have Words.
The lawyers quibbled over the good
faith of Kruger in filing damage suits
against the sheriff.
"How do you expect to get your
fees out of those suits?" asked Attor
ney Howell of Witness Kruger.
"That's my lookout, how I get my
fees," Kruger replied.
"Didn't you ever take a case on a
contingent fee?" asked Attorney Ken
nedy of Attorney Howell, whereupon
the lawyers all laughed and Judge
Sears almost smiled behind his ju
dicial countenance.
"How did you happen, to start the
damage case for Christopher?" asked
Kennedy of Kruger.
"When Christopher got out of jail
during the morning of the raid he
complained of treatment by the dep
uty sheriff; said the deputy held a
gun against him. He was still raving
the next morning and wanted to do
something about it. He seemed to
be sore," Kruger replied, explaining
that Christopher requested him to
start the damage suit.
Further' questioning of Kruger
brought out the information that the
witness-attorfiey had known Ford for
yearsand had performed legal serv
ices for him.
Document as Evidence.
Attorneys for Sheriff Clark offered
in evidence a document said to have
been a lease executed by George
Schesshey to Peter Loch for the
property known as the Lakeside, the
term of the lease being from April 1,
1917, to April 1, 1918, and the consid
eration $600. On the back of the lease
was an alleged assignment from Peter
Loch to John Ford. This docu
ment was purported to have been wit
nessed by Attorney Kruger.
Gus A. Tylee resumed his testimony
in connection wun a gymnasium in
the Crounse block, known as the
"Owl club." He stated that Peter
Loch, Farmer Burns and himself
originally had keys to that gym
nasium, but that the lock was changed
and his key was useless.
"Loch paid the rent for the evm-
nasium," said Tylee.
Was there any trouble between
you and Lochr asked Attorney
Baker.
Still Owed Him.
"I still owed him for part of the
equipment of the gymnasium and I
told him to take the apparatus as
payment for the debt, which was
$200, and then I left the place," Tylee
testified.
Much of the time of the morning
session was wasted in legal disputa
tions, one contention being over the
admission of evidence' relating to the
four damage suits filed by Kruger
against the sheriff and in behalf of the
Lakeside employes.
Attorney Kennedy read a portion of
an answer filed by the sheriff in the
Christopher case, which is still pend
ing. The section read stated that the
couaty attorney advised the sheriff
against prosecution of Christopher on
the Lakeside charge; that the county
attorney did not believe the evidence
warranted filing of a complaint. This
was brought before the jury to show
the good faith of Kruger in filing the
damage suit against the sheriff for
Christopher.
Wilson Playing
Politics m War
Cabinet Fight
(Continued From Paf e One.)
a change which will materially in
crease Jhe efficiency of our war administration'
Questions System in Use.
Asserting that it is "physically im
possible" for the president to indi
vidually co-ordinate and direct all of
the government s functions. Senator
Weeks added:
"Can it be possible the president
will be embarrassed by such a cabi
net?
"It would seem as if he would be
embarrassed to a greater extent bv
a perpetuation of the disjointed sys
tem which now exists, a system
which has failed to deliver coal, not
withstanding the unbounded coal sup
ply we nave; which has been respond
slble for a failure to protect our sol
diers against sickness and furnish
them with suitable clothing.
We are the inventors and leaders
in airplanes and yet we have no air-
planes.
We have the ereatest steel works
in the world and yety we have few
guns.
We lead the world in automobile
manufacture and yet we are just com
mencing to obtain motor trucks, and.
worst of all, 'the system we have is
responsible for camp hospitals not
having heat, water or sewerage."
TT f p .
rurnisning ot tooa to the army,
One German Victory
Ten Lost at Sea
When Big British
Steamship Founders
New York, Feb. IS. Ten men of
the officers and crew of the British
steamship Miguel de Larrinaga, of
nearly 5,000 tons, perished in mid
ocean on February 6 when the ves
sel foundered.
A cargo of grain bound for
France went down with the ship.
The Larrinaga's captain, E. Wil
liams; his chief officer, R. S. Marn,
and his second officer and a gunner
and six sailors sacrificed their lives
because the small boats were not
large enough to hold all on board.
For 40 hours Captain Williams
and his companions perched at the
rail of their ship, half-overturned,
and fired rockets.
These were observed by the Brit
ish warship, which earlier had re
sponded to an "S. O. S." call from
the Larrinaga. The warship was
unable to approach because of high
seas and when dawn came on Feb
ruary 6 the cargo ship had vanished.
According to Jesse Gilsomini. one
of the survivors arriving here,
the skipper and his officers and
some of the crew volunteered to re
main behind when it was found the
boats were too small. Captain
Williams bade goodby to the de
parting sailors and the firing of
rackets began. This was on Feb
ruary 4.
The Larrinaga, formerly a Span
ish steamship, was in the service of
the British government.
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refund money if it fails.,25c
3UT THIS
Senator Weeks said, has been a "tre
mendous success due to General
Sharpe."
Healso praised General Crozier,
chief of ordnance, saying he had often
asked congress for more ordnance an.
propriations, but that sentiment" in the
country prevented appropriations.
General Crozier, however, he de
clared, was partly responsible for de
ficiencies in machine guns arid light
ordnance.
Reliance upon France for ordnance
and other materials, he said, was "very
doubtful wisdom" and the powder sit
uation was described as acute, "with
half of American production under
contract to the allies and our total
capacity not half of our needs."
Aviation work, the senator con
ceded, has been carried out intelli
gently and systematically.
"While the actual number of ma
chines constructed," he said, "does
not compare favorably with impres
sions given the public, it is represented
that production will be very rapid."
Although praising efforts of the
i War department toward reorganiza
tion, senator Weeks said toward K.
Stettinius, the civilian surveyor of
purchases, is in an "impossible posi
tion" and that the administration is
"throwing away an opportunity to
make an effective organization' by
rejecting the plan for a munitions
director.
Milligan Exceeds Quota.
Milligan, Neb., Feb. IS. -(Special
Telegram.) The town of Milligan
has oversubscribed its $7,050 war
savings stamps quota by $5,000. ,
BAKERS GUESS AT
WHAT IT COSTS
TO DO BUSINESS
(Continued From !' One.)
sell it at that, it's a sure thing I
can't," Bakke replied.
"Is there any agreement between
you and. the larger bakeries as to
what you shall sll bread for?"
Here Attorney Fradenburg for the
bakers told the witness not to answer
the question.
"We'll call for the referee," an
swered Parish.
But while the referee was deliberat
ing, Fradenlurg took off his glasses,
put them in his case, and told the
bakers they need not stay at the hear
ing if they were not treated cour
teously. "We are here because we were
asked to come," he said, "and we are
ntitld to courtesy. If we can't have
we wont stay. We are not here by
process of court."
"All right, go at your pleasure. If
you are not here by process of court,"
said Parish, "we'll issue process and
get you here. Decide now whether
you will stay or go.
Fradenburg took his witness into
the hall for a conference to determine
whether it would be safe to let him
answer the question. He soon called
P. F. Peterson, another baker, into
the conference in the hall. When they
returned he had decided to let the wit
nss answr. Kakke said there was no
agreement between him and other
bakers as to what bread should be
sold for.
William J. Esasser could give little
definite information about the items
contained ia the questionnaire he and
his attorney had made out.
"I find here 50 cents a month taxes,"
said Attorney Parish.
Guess at Taxation,
The witness could not recall how
much taxes he had paid, did not know
what he was assessed at, or where
his tax receipts were. He admitted
that he and Fradenburg had guessed
at the tax item.
Elsasser said, however, that he
made $500 in the month of May, 1917.
Attorney 1'radenburg .and r. F,
Peterson, by questioning the witness
brought out the fact that this profit,
however, was due to the" fact tha he
hen had on hand a lot of flour that
cost him $7 a barrel some months be
fore, though flour was selling in May
at $16.50. They showed that the
profit was due to the fact that he
sold at the high market, bread made
of flour on the low market of many
months betore.
C. W. Ortman and Jay Bums could
not be present because both were at
tending a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Jay Burns Baking com
pany, ot which Mr. Ortman is a di
rector, besides being proprietor of his
own baking plant.
Tfy hearing will probably be re
sumed ne:;t : Monday.
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Suspend Mills Having Made
75 Per Cent Normal Output
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. IS. An or
der was issued today by A. J. Hunt,
chairman of the southwestern milling
division of the federal administration,
directing all flour mills that have
ground 75 per cent of the normal
amount handled in the last three years
.to suspend operations immediately. ,
About 70 of the 600 mills in the divi
sion will be affected, it was said. The
territory includes Texas, Oklahoma,
Kansas. Nebraska, Colorado, Utah
and western Missouri.
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For Saturday
Final
Clearance
of All Women's Apparel
There Are 57 Winter Coats Left
Choice of the Entire Stock, in
Lot
Number
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Lot
Number.
2
Two Big Sale Groups
050
Coats
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E)0 Coats
Worth to
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There Are 10 WINTER SUITS Left
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Sale of Georgette and Crepe de Chine
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