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AGAINGT EIGHT
BURNS MEN
Detective Will Be Arraigned on
Two Police Counts—All His
Employees Here Trailed.
Chief of Detectives Lanford Thurs
day told tl}e special investigating
committee of the police commission,
probing the workings of Burns de
tectives on the Phagan murder case,
that he had ample evidence to con
vict Detective William J. Burns and
at least seven or eight of his aides
for viclating the city ordinances reg
ulating the operations of private de
tectives.
Chief Lanford Informed Chairman
W. A. Vernoy and Commissioner A.
R. King, the committeemen present
at the conference, that he would sub.
mit to the committee Friday morning
4 detailed report of evidence against
the Burns men.
On this report the committee will
frame its report, to be submitted to
the called session of the Police Com
mission Friday night, recomraending
that Police Chief Beavers be direct
ed ut once tc make Police Court cases
against those involved.
City Sleuths Get Evidence.
The evidence against the Burns de
tectives has been obtained during the
past few weeks by city detectives,
who, by direction of Chief Lanford,
have been closely watching every
move of the Burns men.
The cases are expected to be made
by Chief Beavers Saturday, and set
for trial before Recorder Broyles the
first of next week.
The conference with Chief Lanford
followed a call late Wednesday by
(‘omm'ssioners Vernoy, King and
Colcord on Manager Charles E Sears
and Dan Lehon in the Burns effices,
for the purpose of ascertaining the
names of Burns operatives. But lit
tie information was gathered, how
ever, as the detectives said they pre
ferred to comfer with their lawyer,
Judge Arthur Powell, before going
into details with the committee.
Case Prepared for Grand Jury.
I. A. Stephens, assistant to Solici
tor Dorsey, was engaged Thursday in
completing the compilation of evi-i
dence which wili be submitted to the
Fulton County Grand Jury Friday ln‘
asking for the indictments of detec
tives and other agents for the de
fense in the Frank case and of wit
resses who are alleged to have sworn
falsely on the stand or later in affi-
Cavits.
Mr. Stephens weuld net disclose the
identity of those whose conduct in the
case the Grand Jury would be asked
to investigate. Affidavits presented by
the Solicitor at the hearing on the
extraordinary motion indicated that
he would demand a therough imquiry
into the Ragsdale and Anmnie Maude
Carter affidavits. Ragsdale charged
that he had been paid $2OO for sign
ing the statement, and that Arthur
Thurman pa‘d. ,him the money in the
presence of C, C. Tedder, an emp‘.oyee|
of the Burns agency. |
The conference with Lanford wil
be for the purpose of ebtaining addi- |
tional information as to the identity
of men employed by Burns and Le
hon and as to the methods that were
used throughout the case, Chief Lan
ford is said to have bheen im receipt
of regular reports as to the move
ments of many of the Burns m-!
tives from the time they started on
the case, A J‘
Admit Using Men.
Manager Sears is reported to have
admitted to the members of the com
mittee that he had worked “Boots”
Rogers and L. C, Whitfield without
reporting to the Police Commission
the fact that he had engaged them in
Lis office. Lehon is said to have ad
mitted that he similarly had engaged
Carlton €. Tedder, although beth of
the Burns managers denied there was
#ny intention of violating the letter
cr the spirit of the regulations gov
erning privite detective agencies, |
Sears denied that George: Wren
(‘harlie lsom or a negro named Mar
tin were in his employ. Sears and
I.ehon would not geo at length into an
explanation of the methods employed!
in the Phagan investigation, telling
the committee that they preferred noz|
to talk until the return of their coun
sel, Arthur G. Powell. who is ex
pecied back in Atlanta Saturday.
Pick Qut List to Prosecute.
Chairman Vernoy scaid after the
conferenee that out of his list ef
eleven men connected with the Burns
agency from seven to nine would be
picked, with the recommendation that
cases be made against them in Police
The hst consists of W, J. Burns,
Dan 8. Lehon, C. K. Sears, L. ('
Whitfield, W. W. McWorth, “Boets”
Rogers, C. C. Tedder Charlie lsom,
tieorge Wren, Smiley and a negreo
named Martin.
This action foliows the recommen
daticn of the Police Board to Counefl
that the license of the agency in At
lanta be revoked. The poard already
has withdrawn its permit for the
agency to do business here,
Two cases are planned aguinst
Burns, one for doing business in At-
Janta without a lcense and another
for operating without being approved
by the Police Comthission. One case
is expected against Manager Sears
for working men not approved by the
commission, } &
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Tells of Ordeals in the Balkans—Gives Points to
Those Who Want To Be War Nurses.
Countess Irene 3Maggiolini, the
daughtcr of Count Maggiotin di Mom
bercelli and Belviaiere, whose 10th
Century castie neer Turin is ome
known (6 most sightscers and tourists
in Italy, went to Greece ot the com~
mencemient of the Balkan war én or
der to accompany her huhband, Cap
tain 4. H. Trapmann, the war ceor
respondcent of The American.
She hclpea argenize the gsevvice for
the wounded in severei hospitals at
the front, nolebly the mlitary, Ita'-
ian Red (‘ross and Swiss Red Cross,
and hersclf acted a 3 a nurse throwgh
out beth ecampaigns, in the second
cempaign develing Rerself to nursing
cholera patients.
By COUNTESS IRENE
MAGGIOLINIL
LONDON, May 23.—My American
sisters will probab'y nßw be fmaking
great plans how they may best serve
their country in the case of actual
war; perhaps, bhaving served as a
nurse throughout the two recent cam
paigns in the Balkans, | may be able
te give them a few po'nts en how te
make themselves as useful as possi
ble and, abeve all, how teo aveid mak
ing themselves a nuisance.
Of course everybody will first thisk
of going to the front as a nurse. It
sounds so remantic and the more
sentimental ones will dream of nurs
ing a handsome officer back to life
with the usual matrimonial result;
that idea. however, is pure fiction
and not likely to be berne out by
the facts.
It is very improbable that female
nurses would be allowed to go farther
to the fromt than the base hospitals.
Now, one nurse, if she knows her
work, can look after ten patients (if
she does not know her work it will
probably take the whele of the hos
pital staff to look after her), so we
can easily calculate that the num
ber of trained nurses required in the
hospitals will not be very large, say
200 at the very most. There will be
places for a few more nurses on the
hospital ships, but this is very heavy
work such a® no ome who knows
would velunteer for.
1 remember when 1 first joined the
Greek advance base at Arta, eighteen
Fnonths ago, there were ne trained
nurses, either male or female. There
;were only four other ladies who, like
myself, had volunteered to do our
best. And just at first that was little
enough, for we had 600 pationts to
attend to among us.
' The utmost we could do, working
sometimes 18 hours a day, was to
wash 40 patients each and to make
tea. for everybody and occasionally
smooth the sheets and pillows of
some ef those who were in the worst
agonies of pain
~ We felt our own incapacity bitterly
enough, but we were so few.
3 }Atu in the campaign I was one
‘of the few women who could face the
Lorrors of the operating room and
after an action I have often steod
for 24 heurs on end assisting sur
‘geons at the operating table.
Anaesthetics were seldom used and
the poer fellows seemed to like to
kold my hand while they were being
cut about. It's a wonderful thing
‘how a man can derive pleasure and
solace from holding a woman’s hand
when he is having his leg sawed off,
or a surgeon is using his probe in the
rough way that is customary in war
time,
But if there is not much place for
nurses, especially for unqualified
nurses, there is always a demand for
nurses’ helpers—women who can tie
a bandage, do a little simple ceoking
without wanting a whole Kkitchen
range to do it on, and who are net
beget with too much false meodesty
to make them raise objections to
washing the patients placed under
their care. I think that each trained
nurse would like to have two intelii
gent helpers under her to do the
rougher and simpler work.
But it is not at all necessary to go
out to Mexico to make oneself useful.
Clean hospital linen and clothes will
be required by all the sick and
wounded.
To those women who are hoping to
go to the fromt | can give a few prac
tical suggestions. The four absolute
esgentials are (1) a camp bed; (2) a
large bottle of insecticide fluid; (3)
simple washable clething, and (4) a
methylated spirit iron. The first
three are essential if you want teo
retain your health and be able to
put in hard work, the fourth if you
wish to look neat. )
TG BOAT ARMY
HELPLESS WITH
CIANT LINER
The Vaterland, on Maiden Voyage,
Swept Inte River While
Trying to Dock.
Il NEW YORK, May 2t.—The new
Hamburg-American liner Vaterland,
l the greatest ship afloat, on her maiden
itrlp trom Hamburg, beeame unman
ageable to-day when she attempted
to dock at the company’s pier at Ho
boken. The tugs that were guiding
her were pulled about like infants
by a giant, and the vessel bad to be
taken a mile dowh the Hudson River
to prevent her smashing inte the pier.
Twenty-one powerful tugs were
aitached by lines te the Vaterland.
There wag a strong ebb tide flowing
as Captain Hans Reuser brought the
big liner's nose near the head of her
dock. The current caught the ship
broadside, and she was swept toward
the center of the Hudson River.
Whistles screeched a warning to riv
er traffic, and ferry boats and tugs
scurried out of the way.
The engines om the big ship then
were started, and she was able to
‘work her way back to her pier with
out difficulty.
The Vaterland brought 2,048 pas
sengers and a crew of 1,281. She cai
ried 2,066 barreis of beer and 250 of
salt for carge.
The Vaterland has a tonnage of
58,000; length, 950 feet; beam
(width), 100 feet; horsepower, 65,000;
speed, 25 knots an hour.
Lo addition to being the last weord
in luxury, the Vaterland was con
structed 1o be unsinkable. Her bulk
heads are of steel and she has two
“gkins,” so that if the euter hull is
punctured the water will be kept out
of the hald by the inner wall. Inm ad
dition to being unsinkable, the Vater
land is fireproof.
Among the passengérs were the
Rt. Hon. Alexander Caglisle, designer
of the Titanic; Admiral VenTrupel,
of the German pavy; ex-United Stales
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich and Ed
gar Allen Forbes, the author.
President Breaks Up
WASHINGTON, May 23— Angered
because President Wilson refused to
attend memorial exercises at Arling
ton Cemetery om Deceration Day,
members of the G. A, R. anunounced
to-day that the G. A. R. had with
drawn from participation in the Cen
federate memorial exercises June 4.
The President teld Commander
Gardner, of the: G. A. R., that he
could mnot be present at the Decera
tion Day exercises beeause it wouid
entail his making a speech, which he
said he could mot do at the present
time. The President, however, has
consented to speak at the Confederate
memorial exercises.
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Anarchist Plots to
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Kill Kaiser at Geneva
GENEVA, May 23.—A few hours
prior to his departure from Basel en
route to Germamy from his Corfu
estate, Kaiser Wilhelm had a narrow
escape from the pistel of an Italian
anarchist named Cevo.
The Swi.-yd:t:fl:otwiadc;lnn
anarchist’s plan succeeded in ar
resting the man as he was entering
the railway station at Basel. In his
pockets they found a loaded revolver
and a copy oi a popular anarchist
journal,
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Woman's Will Gives
$500,000 to Church
NEW YORK, May 22.—Bequests
totaling nearly $500,000 are made to
Roman Catholic institutions by the
will of Mrs Catherine Paris, who was
a friend of the late Bishop Denis M.
Bradley, first bishop of Manchester,
N. H., and bad an estate adjoining
that of Charles Hoyt, the playwright.
To institutions im Manchester, N.
H., $lOO,OOO is bequeathed.
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Burglar, 17, Given
45 Years in Prison
NEW YORK, May 22 —Charles
Wohlgiffer, 17, cemvicted of six bur
glaries, was sentenced by Judge Mar
‘in to serve 45 years in prison.
The court declared “there was no
room for maudlin sympathy.” Wohl
siffer’s record was a Jong and a bad
one.
VARDAMAN IN WHITE.
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Byes of
Senators to-day were dazzled by the
appearance of Sepator Vardaman, of
Mississippi, when he walked into the
Senate chamber garbed in brilliant
white flannels and carrying & broad
brimamed siouch hat of similar hue,
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