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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28
NoRREck TELLS HIS STORY.
Gives Damaging Evidence
Aoa;pct Erorr,ar poIioa chief Amas


Chris C. Norbeck, formerly city detec-
tive, and now a "trusty' in the Hennepin
county jail awaiting his sentence for com
plicity in the Minneapolis police scandal,
as a witness in the trial of Fred w, Ames
for eXtorting money from Addie Mills, yes
terday exposed the inner workings of the
graft" by which tribute money was col
lected from women and added material
strength to the states case by corroborat-
ing the testimony of a number of women
who previously told OF, the method by
which they paid a consideration rat for Pc
forward story of his connection with the
matter, sparing no one and was unshak-
en- by the cross examination. He seemed
graft and it's workings, and was re-
peatedly cautioned by the attorney for
Ames because his haste to answer Mr..
Boardman's questions gave the attorney
no time to interpoSe an objection.
II had a conversation with Chief Ames
in his Office and told him that Carrie
Emerson said that Joseph Cohen had
been to her place and threatened to make
trouble for her unless she paid her as
sessment. told her not to pay the mon
ey, and that | would see the chief and
see if he would not let her off for two
get the money together Supt. Ames
said that he would see Cohen and ask
him to hold off while in the case Of
''I visited the houses with Chief Ames
some time during the latter part of jan
uary or the first Of last February. Ames
told me that If he was going to be chief
of police he would be chief of police and
that Gardner was not going to collect any
more of the graft" and that I was not
toa take any. more orders from Gardner
He said: will see to the graft matter
myself, 49, a., =.
and numbers of all places where Gardner
had been collecting graft l suggested
that he send Detective Bracket with me,
as he knew the places as well as did and
between US we would get all the names.
eve turned in the list asked for by the
chief. We only gave the numbers of the
places, as 1 did not think it would be
policy to go into the places and get the
names. When we handed the list to Supt.
few days we would make the rounds"
Norbeck then detailed the trip made
with Chief Ames, Detectives Wirtenson
and Bracket. His story was identically
the same as that told by the various wom-
en- who had been on the stand to testify;
but Norbeck had not heard any Of their
testimony. He said that few days aft
erWardS he saw number of the women
down at headquarters to see the chief
"I told him" he continued, that a
| made to pay fines We're kicking, and how
| they said that they would have to soak
| their furniture unless the fine was taken
off, The chief then said that he would
| when times got good again they would
| have to come up with the money"
Odd you ever have, any talk with Anes
| regarding money that Cohen had collect
ed?" asked Mr.. Boardlnan.
| yes. sir I had astalk with him some
| time in March, and / told him that Co
| hen had been down to the store of one of
the women and collected SIS, one Tuesday.
1 and told her that she would have to call
| at his office the followingsFriday and pay
4 . ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28
AUTOS RACE IN MUD.

The automobile races at Minnehaha
Driving park yesterday drew crowd of
about 500 persons. The track was mud
dy. The most interesting event was the
five-mile dash, flying start. of the big
fifteen horse power French machines,
owned by H. e. Wilcox and H. E. Dick
enson. Wilcox won in 1912. his machine
taking the lead at the start and keeping
it.
The entry of w. E. Wheeler in two
classes was protested on the ground that
its power exceeded As horse power. His
machine was excluded. pending an inves-
tigation. Mrs. w. Gardner won the prize
for best lady driver, AND. Tom, Sheylin
won the similar prize for the best exhibit
ton by man. DR.. w. A. Jones was given
the prize for the best appointed machine.
George Dorr won the pursuit race for
eight -horse-power machines. Time, 1874,
John Nilsson won the five mile cycle
dash, with Thomas l.. Bird. of st. Paul,
second. Time, 8 minutes. The first prize
for the two-mile eight -horse-p power ma
chine dash went to George Dorr. Time,
500. Claude Lackey won first In the one
mile standing start race for 4.5 horse
power machines. Time, 2:30.
The judges were: F. B. Forman H. e.
Pence and DR.. A. A. Law. The timers
were e. F. Osborne. John c. Oswald and
]. D. McArdle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28

Fuel is fuel these days and the
scramble now on for cedar blocks which
the contractors are removing from the
streets being paved is a good illustra-
ton of the fact.
Less than a week ago the work OF
res11rfacing Jackson street just north
of Eighth street with brick began. To-
,7ay the entire thoroughfare is denuded
of its diIapidated cedar block covering
and those in charge are having hard
work in keeping coal-hungry citizens
:. from carrying away the wooden plank
foundations. Even the chips have been
confiscated.
ordinarily a plow is used in ripping
I'D the blocks, but any work in this
direction was forestalled long before
the work began. Eager for the best
of the blocks, children, men and Wom-
en-. armed with picks or any instru-
n1ents that would act as lever, started
+he onslaught and as fast as the COW
ering was displaced it was carried
away.
Robert street north of Seventh is
not given to fine residences and the
little piles of black blocks which now
adorn the front yards give evidence
that the residents are not over par
ticular as to their fuel as long as it
., will burn. All day yesterday the little
army worked with a will and by night
fall little was left of the original COW
covering. Transfers cracked their
whips Viciously at the children, who
darted beneath the very feet of their
horses, while the bosses swore vigor-
ousiy at those that got in the way Of
the men. but it did not cause any ces-
sation in the harvest.
one old woman had a baby buggy,
into which she laboriously dumped an
apron load of the blocks, while of chill
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28
LUMBER OUTPUT SHORT.
Minneapolis SawmiIIs VIII Show Decrease
Of 1nn nnn nnn Feet

The total lumber output Of the Minne-
apolis sawmills for this year will fall
short at least 100, 100000 feet as compared
with last years record, even If the mills
run one week longer than year ago, as
is now expected. Some lumbermen place
the probable shortage as high as $780,
000, 900 feet. Inability to get logs down
the river owing to the extremely low
stage of water that has prevailed during
the past season is mainly responsible for
the shortage.
The total amount of lumber sawed last
year was 559, 900. This would make
the shortage this year amount to nearly
20 per cent Of last years totals. The
local mills are saving on the average OF
8, 1000 900 feet per day. Last years aver
age was $780, 900 feet.
The trade this year, however, has peen
good prices, being fully 5 per cent higher
god prices, being fully per cent higher
than last years prices. B. F. Nelson,
Tuthill Lumber company, in an interview,
said:
"a decrease Is shown every year as
compared with former records. The re-
duction will continue at the same ratio
as heretofore till the production gets to
about one-haf Of the present totals. II
will then remain the same for some time.
AS long as logs remain so high, owners OF
standing timber will continue to cut every
tree on their lands For the lumberman
that has to buy all Of his logs there Is
not much profit in the operation Another
thing that makes logs scarcer in Mime
| sofa is the fact that the mills down the
river come up here to buy their sup
| plies"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28

rush on, grab the inanimate peoples
and hustle them off into the property
room.
Meanwhile, though you can see
scarcely a thing, and are hugging the
very wall at the side of the stage for
fear Of being knocked down by a
piece of scenery, you hear the clap
ping of hands from in front. You Won
der why, for the stage is blank to
you. But not so to the people in the
theater.
And Then 1t Shows.
They are witnessing a snow storm
a whitening snow storm that complete
ly blightS and buries those burning
peoples.
Again the stage manager says, "let
there be light" and once more the
gas man" gets in his work With
skillful hand he delicately turns the
switches. Meanwhile various drops
of red ascend and disclose to view
drops" of white, and finally all the
lights are turned on, disclosing the en-
tire scene-the same poppy field, but
robed in white.
10, There Are More Women.
In the background appears a gor-
geous sleigh filled with pretty women.
in the fourth entrance from which the
sleigh is brought on while the snow is
falling in front, and when the snow
ceased and the sun came out, the OPP
portunity for observing the sleigh and
the girls was good.
OF course the peoples had disap-
Z, peared. Perhaps some Of them had
been transformed into the girls form
ing the sleighing party.
Few people in the audience dreamed
that the rain and snow storm effects
were produced by revolving transpar-
ent discs operated in the stereopticon
machine stationed in the first balcony.
From the front the representation Of
the falling snow Is a remarkable sim
ulation of nature. The rays Of light
are thrown through a revolving disc
upon a gauZe curtain hung well to the
front of the stage. With the rest of the
stage and theater in entire darkness,
the gauZe curtain is as impenetrable to
the vision as a stone wall, but as the
lights go up in the rear the storm
gradually ceases.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28
WILEY WALKS THE PLANK.


The Democratic county committee at
its meeting last night dispossessed an
other of its members Of his official posi-
ton, and in so far as the members were
able, read him out of the party.
James Wiley, representing the country
districts on the committee. was the man
compelled by the irate members to follow
in the footsteps of r. P. Platt, who was
on last Wednesday night subjected to
similar treatment.
The main charge made against Wiley Is
the same as that for which Platt was
made to walk the plank, the supporting of
Uncle Loren Fletcher in his contest for
the Republican nomination to succeed
himself as representative of this district
in congress. He was suspected of being
careless about information held by him
as a member of the committee, Add
tional charges of appearing at the com
mittee meeting in unfit condition and of
using abusive language were lodged
against him. The committee having now
rid itself of the two suspected members
are satisfied with the membership and
will hold no more purgative meetings.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28
STRIKE INJURIES REALTY.
Minneapolis Dealers Feel Effect of Tie
Up In Anthracite Fields.

The big strike of the anthracite coal
miners in the East is affecting real estate
business in this city. so far as sales are
men assert they have had several pros
pective sales Of both houses and lots
called off during the last few weeks.
Every person who can find an empty
er to live in that fashion than to. rent a
house and pay the present prices OF
coal, either soft or hard.
is that very little if any, anthracite coal
will be brought to the Northwest during
the coming winter. Reports from other
cities indicate that the same condition OF
affairs prevails In those places.
Apartment house owners, even with
every fat filed during the coming winter,
will come out at the end of spring with
out much profit, they claim. The high
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28

Olaf Edward Olson, could not be
found in Minneapolis yesterday. 1t is
supposed that he carried out his ex-
pressed intention of returning to To-
ledo to, attempt to straighten out the
matrimonial ENHANCEMENT in which he
has become involved, but no definite in
formation as to the direction he went
or time of his departure could be OBJ
tanned.
He did not report at the Twin City
Rapid Transit company, where he is an
inspecting engineer, yesterday; he
did not confront Rev. Marion D. Shut
ter, the pastor Of Westminster
church, who is said to have perform
ed marriage ceremony between him
and Blanche CRANE, of Toledo; he did
not appear at the Westminster hotel,
where he left his personal effects; he
was not to be found at the National
hotel, where he was last seen Friday
night, and he had not announced his
future plans to his employers.
Olson, at the request Of the super
intendent of the street car company,
was to have gone, in company of one
of it's officers, to see Rev. Shutter Fri
day evening. The visit, for the purpose
Of settling his identity, was postponed
until yesterday morning, Rev. Shutter
was not in the city Friday evening,
but returned yesterday morning, and,
although at his home, 1906 Park ave-
nue.. all day, he heard or saw nothing
Of Olaf Edward Olson. Neither was he
seen nor heard from by the official
of the company who was to have &C
companied him, alth0ugh he waited in
readiness to make tIieeNsit which, Oh
son said, would clear him of suspicion
Of bigamy.
"Not Working To-day"
'1s Mr., Olson still employed by the
company" was asked Ahe official in
question yesterday.s Is
HE is, but he is not working today"
was the reply. "He has not told us that
he was going or wheresfie would go and
he has not asked for a. leave of absence.
Yes, we asked him to make the visit
to Rev. Shutter. He told me he would
go this morning, but The has not ap-
peared today"
Inquiry at the Westminster hotel yes
terday evening developed the fact that
Olson had not been In his room for
two nights at least. He was there Fri
day afternoon for a short time, but
nothing had been seen or heard Of
him since. His personal effects were
still in his room and no order had been
left for their disposition.
The time Of his lease was up at the
Time OIL his exposure DIT IOleQO dlu no
was merely leaving his things there
until he found another location, 1t was
said.
No one knew anything about him at
the National hotel, where he was last
seen. If he stayed at the hotel it was
under an assumed name, as the reg
lister does not contain his signature.
Neither Olson nor the woman he
called his wife seems to have had many
acquaintance in the city, nor to have
been given to talking about their past.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28
WIFE NO. I FoReIvEs.
Also Says Olson VIII Not Return to To
ledo-GIrI's Brothers Are Wroth.

Also Says Olson VIII Not Return to To-
Iedo-GIrI's Brothers Are Wroth.
Special to The Globe.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 27.-Both Mrs.
Olson No. 1 and Mrs. Miller, aunt Of the
Mrs. Olson whom report says is No. 2,
have appealed for police protection from
somebody who stones their home at night.
Mrs. Olson No. 1, mother Of the six de-
serted children, Is now inclined to for
give her husband. She is not disposed
to be communicative, and says that she
does not wish to have anything further
published about her husbands alleged
escapade. reporter who called at her
residence 2155 Lawrence avenue, was in
formed that she was not at home There
is reason to believe that she is evading
the reporters. This morning a reporter
contrived to talk with Mrs. Olson No.
over the phone.
Mrs. Olson was informed that a Min
neapolls dispatch quoted her husband
Olaf as denying that he had married a
second time, and was asked what she
had to say about the latest information.
She answered: II believe what my hus-
band says is true. I do not think he
rs it true your husband is coming
back to Toedo?"
g! don't think so. He will never come
back here"
How do you account for what the
clergyman said in his telegram to your"
"Oh, that was mistake-the whole
thing was a mistake"
"Why do you think so? Have you
heard from Mr.. Olson?'
eyes; 1 hear from him every day. It
got a letter this morning. He says 1t
is not So The case is going to be settled,
and I don't want to talk any more
Mrs. Miller, aunt Of Blanche q. Crane,
was advised of the latest developments,
and she said:
IT have no doubt but what Blanche
was married. However, she can speak
for herself when she returns. home. I
do not wish to say anything further for
trated with grief in Chicago. She will
not be home for several days"
When informed that Olson expected to
return to Toledo, Mrs. Miller said:
81 would like to see the rogue; but
hope he does not come back here for I
fear a meeting between him and the four
brothers, of Blanche. 1t would go hard
with him If her brothers met him. For
that reason hope he does not return
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28

Behind the scenes and in front!
What a vast difference! The contrast is
incredibly striking.
This is not applied to the players
themselves, whose Municipalities often
undergo a startling change when you
are brought face to face with them,
but rather of the stage itself, its seem
cry, its settings and its effects.
If the difference between the charac-
ter represented and the man or woman
who impersonates the character, is
wide, that is testimony to the actors
art.
But it is the triumph of science, COM
bined with art, that renders possible
the realistic scenic displays and effects
of which the stage is now capable.
Without the aid of science, these eff
fects would be impossible
Anyone standing on the stage Of the
Metropolitan opera house, while the
scene representing the poppy Held In
1.-THE Wizard of o." is being disclosed
to the spectators, cannot but marvel at
the applause he hears from those who
are looking at the affair from a differ
ent point of view. 1 stood there last
night and was astonished.
If you should ever be privileged to
view it from the wings, you would
doubt your ears if they seemed to hear
plaudits from the front of the house. In
: you are in the wings or, for that matter
even in the center of the stage, dur
ing the first few moments of this
scene. Behind the rain storm, which
precedes the dawn, everything on the
stage is enveloped in darkness.
Deception Is Easy.
While whole theaterfull of eyes be-
hold pelting rain apparently descend
ing from the top of the proscenium
arch, the man behind the scenes Meth
er sees nor hears it. The fact that the
rain is a mere optical Illusion doubtless
accounts for this. But as soon as the
eye becomes accustomed to the dark
ness behind the gauze drop on which
the rain is depicted, one can family
descry a score or more of feminine
figures. softly stealing onto the stage.
They are clad in leafy skirts, and their
heads are surrounded by hats Of pro-
digious proportions. In the exceeding
ly dim lights their color is indistin-
guishable, and indeed the figures them
selves seem like so many phantoms, so
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28

ization, which only last May was
charged with being subject to prose-
cution under the Sherman law, went
to pieces last Wednesday, when its
subscribers, after a stormy meeting,
resolved to disorganize and repudiate
the agreements which have bound
them together for three years. This
powerful combination is charged with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28

in another SIS. advised the woman not
to pay any attention to Cohen. The chief
said that Cohen was going it a little
strong, and that he would speak to him
regarding it,
The session yesterday was taken up,
aside from the testimony Of Norbeck,
with the stories told by women who had
paid money to "Reddy' Cohen presum
ably for police protection. The stories
detailed by the women linked in a strong
chain Of evidence.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28
GRAND NEW STATION
IN SMOKING PITTSBURG
Pennsylvania Railroad Planning Improve
ments to Cost Ten Million Dollars.


PITTSBURG, Pa. Sept 27.-It is an
nounced that the Pennsylvania railroad
will build a magnificent new station in
Pittsburg which will bring trains to the
heart of the business district at Fifth
avenue and Smithfield street just west
of the new station recently completed.
Two blocks of valuable downtown prop
erty bounded by Grant street and Fifth
and Seventh avenues on three sides, 1t Is
said, will be devoted to the undertaking,
for which plans are said to have already
been drawn, A large part OF the property
which is to be RACED for the improvement,
including the site of the old Catholic
cathedral and the Third Presbyterian
church, is owned by Fl. c. Frick, who has
bought millions of dollars worth Of real
estate in this district.
The new station will be devoted to To-
cal and suburban traffic principally, but
it is expected that 1t will eventually be-
come the chief union station OF the city,
with the present Union station as an
auxiliary. The new enterprise of the
Pennsylvania involves the expenditure OF
approximately $10,000,00O, and perhaps
more.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28

silent and shadow-like are their move
ments. They arrange themselves IN
parallel rows, three or four deep
couldn't tell which in the ghostly light
and then there is a hustle among the
stage hands, accompanied by sup
pressed cries such as AL right. go
ahead" "aIl ready" "get out Of the
way" "move along" lights" etc, etc.
Meanwhile men are carrying tall
wabbly things with big swaying tops
onto the stage and standing them up
near the human figures.
Then Dawn Breaks.
Gradually a faint russell light steals
over the rear of the stage and spreads
to the sides. 1t is the dawn. AS 1t
grows things become more distinguish
able and colorS begin to show them
selves. You see twenty OR more girls
with Bonded heads or rather with huge
red hats inclined far forward. They
are mingled with the nodding mani
mate things that the stage hands
brought on
AS the rays Of light wax effulgent the
stage becomes one mass of red peoples
if you are out in front.
Behind the scenes it is one mass of
girls in green dresses, and enormous
red hats, property peoples, bustling
stage hands moving quickly but quietly
about, and wooden braces, boxes and
what not.
You hear talking out in front. Some
one says he is getting sleepy. A femin-
inc yawn is heard. You look on from
the wings and 10 and behold all the
girls sway their Bonded heads from
side to side.
The property peoples, prompted by
strings invisible to the audience, fol-
low their example, and bend their
heads before the imaginary breeze.
This puts the dramatis perSonae in
the foreground to sleep, whereupon the
poppy girls lift their heads and dis
close their faces to view You hear
applause out in front.
They Come To Again.
In order to awaken the sleepers 1t
becomes necessary, that the story may
be continued, to remove the somnolent
influence eXerted by the soporif1c pop
pies. So the Witch of the North, who
has been summoned in time, commands
a snow storm for the occasion, well
knowing it will blight and discourage
the radiant, blushing peoples.
StraightWay the same lights that
made the glorious day begin to fade
away. AS they go down, the girl pop
pies do likewise, sinking gradually to
the floor until nothing but their bios
soming hats are visible. Lower and
lower drop the lights, until the stage
is quite dark.
Then it is those poppy girls sneak off
in the darkness, while the stage hands
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28

them hauling the debris away. The
only thing they retain is the wooden
planks that form the foundation of the
surface covering, but in the case Of
Robert street they have had hard work
in even saving this.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28
New Insurance President.

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-Charles H.
Fancher, president of the Irving National
bank, has been elected president Of the
Bankers Life Insurance company, to sue
coed Richard Morgan, who resigned re-
Gently because Of ill-health.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28
Memorial to Bishop Simpson.

LONDON, Sept. 27.-An interesting An
glo-American religious ceremony will
take place Dec. IA, when Ambassador
Choate will unveil the memorial window
to Bishop Simpson, in Wesley Chapel
London. The window is the gift of the
American Methodists to the mother
chanel.