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2 UASES PLANNED 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, } & THE GEORGIANS NEWS BRIEFS Titled Nurse Gives War Advice Countess Maggiolini a Heroine L™ e‘:?' 4 The Itahian . o Countess :::‘ #W . e e l? Irene y 3‘%:'.‘ 3‘ 1&) ¢ i, % Sl i X i { 3 i 4 Nb - i ‘} ) I Maggiolini, : s ”". f' 9 {{ In her dress | ' i I A K : |{as a Red ¢ L . Cross nurse ! gn Lish [ during the ’ i ; : - { : a :::‘::” 3 . b !j’ terrible ¢ 4 p e ! period of i J ';;_ ‘ hardships in é ; . i the Balkan ‘ e i war. ¢ : ‘7.7' : " j «?fig’/’r G g 5. b . ;’(’( 88 3 e i A B g Pen. : & 7 £ s i ’ e, el o &% ’ A R e ; ’ ; - GRS L A i = 3 E: ¥ 2 A 2 ",C”;\Q-: G < B 2 ¥ z o LV SR g 3 & > 7 p: b \ ( S s‘\‘ \ e b NV G © : & R 3?2( et e b M 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. - Anarchist Plots to . . 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, o , . . 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. e Y . 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, T, AR