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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-01
BY w. w, Jermane.

Washington, May Careful inquiry
at the treasury department today shows
as to whether Captain Nc
Cardy is to quit the office of auditor for
the postoffice department. 1t is adj
mitted that there has been friction be-
tween McCardy and heads of depart
ments over some of his acts since he
became auditor. One was his assump
ton Of power in dividing one of the di-
visions in his office, virtually creating
a new division, which was decided to be
contrary to law. McCardy was called
to account for it, and directed to revoke
his order Another source of friction
was McCardy's alleged adoption of Cap
tain Castles favorites in the auditor S
office, and the general continuation Of
Castles policies in connection with pro-
motions of clerks. This did not please
Secretary Shaw and it is said that, in
of Castle s influence, he suggested some
months ago that McCardy be trans
ferred to the office of auditor for the
war department.
The president did not look favorably
on the proposition, and McCardy re-
manned as auditor for the postoffce de-
partment.
Captain McCardy himself has always
denied any intention Of quitting gov.
eminent service. He has not intimated
to any high official of the treasury de-
partment that he intended to relinquish
his job. It was said today that Nc
Cardy would stay, while in another
quarter strong belief was expressed that
he would resign voluntarily or by re-
quest, within the next six or eight
months.
Secretary Shaw left for Boone, Iowa
Yesterday to attend the funeral of his
old pastor and so he could not be in
teryieWed,
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InVentOrS -
America g Best 10c Cigar. -
GOULD SAYS FINANCIAL
CONCERNS ARE SOLID

New York Sun Special Service.
New York, May 1.-George J. Gould
said today:
"There is not bank, Trust company
or a large corporation of any kind in
the city of New York in trouble at the
present time. am affiliated with a
large number of financial institutions
and corporations and were any of them
in difficulty l should certainly hear Of
it.
"There has been great deal of agi-
tation of late concerning the EQUITABLE
Life Assurance society and a good deal
of unjust criticism. I say it in the
most positive manner that the Equitable
is as safe as the Bank of England. Not
a policyholder will lose a cent despite
the present outcry. The matter will
work itself out to the satisfaction of all
concerned
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KOLB TELLS OF
CLOCKS AND BEER
Continued from First Page.

mon came in with six bottles of beer.
He could see the clock on the dresser,
the Milwaukee station clock and the
clock. There were few peo-
pie in the room.
NHow often did this combination of
three clocks, eight bells, i've people and
six bottlese Of beer happen in room
1872 inquired Mr.. Hall.
"You remember getting beer yourself
at a. quarter Of seven and OF Harmon
at at f fRa c,oe Wss it habit to buy beer
MI. Hall also asked the witness if
he remembered reading and discussing
an account Of the Columbia Heights
Job in johnson s saloon the morntig
after the murder, and if there. was. a
man present who could hear what they
said This man, it is stated, will be
produced later by the state. s=
Burned Night Light.
AS to his reason for having a light
in his room when arrested at o'clock
in the morning, Kolb stated that he al
ways kept a light burning nights. Kolb
was on the stand a few moments early
in the afternoon.
Mabel Ward was then called. ..ax
The defense is now debating whether
or not to put Kalderwit on the stand. A
few days ago it was stated that. he
would 90 on, but the plans have since
been changed. Mr.. McGhee stated that
he had not yet decided what would be
done.
The three prisoners spent a quiet
Sunday in the gloomy little jail. Most
of their friends left Sunday and re-
turned this morning. Mabel Ward and
Alger Waller remained, however, and
visited the prisoners.
1t is doubtful if the case can possibly
go to the jury before Wednesday after
noon. The defense will try to complete
its testimony tomorrow. A day will be
required by the attorneys in summing
up their case.-M. G. Bachelor.
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The Journal carried i'm April, rs issues more
advertising than any paper i'm the Twin Cities
in 80 issues including five big Sundays.

the murder,'' said Senator Somervllle.
"That makes it between 9:40 and 9:45.
We declare that George Koch got home
that night at 9:3S. Chief of Police
Klause said that he walked from Geb-
hardt' s office in fourteen minutes and
iorty-fve seconds, and that he ran 1t by
the shortest route in seven minutes and
some seconds. The alibi will prove
that the defendant was at home when
Brooks saw the murderer black SLOUGH
hat, or heavy shock of hair, moving
about in the Gebhardt Offices
"Atth first trial the members of the
family were the only ones who said DIR.
Koch was home at $685. was remarked
Go the senator. "Hippauf, the only. per-
son in the house not member of the
Koch family, said he didn It see George
until one minute before TO-
The senator said that if DR.. Koch had
returned home after an ordinary even
ing down town Their was no reason for
his rushing into Hippauf IS room the
minute he got in the house. It was
but natural, he said, that he should
move about the house and talk with
! the family before entering his own
room. Then he reiterated that the
alibi as established at the first trial
would not be Disturbed.
Mrs. Dah1ns' Long Silence.
On cross-examination late Saturday
afternoon Mrs. .Dahms, who told of
hearing someone run past her house and
toward the gate leading to the Koch
home about ten miEtltes before 10 on
the night of the murder, and then OF
finding blood on the gatepost next morn
ing, said that she had been silent be
cause she did not want to be mixed uI
in the affair in which George Koch
whom she had known all her life, was
accused Of crime. One of counsel fo1
the state said that after Mrs. Dahm:
had testified to what she had heard ant
seen, she remarked that "now her con
science felt BETTER
The defense said that it had nothing
to, say about Mrs. Dahms' testimany
save to point out the popularity of he
sudden appearance at the second trial
and the "absurdity' of her testimon,
that the murderer, however much bloot
he might have had ON his hands in Dr.
Gebhardt IS office, would have en'ougl
blood on then, to smear the gate pos
after raising the window, breaking tn
screen, and swinging down to tn
ground from wire, and then runnin,
} nearly a mile to the gate.
They declared it would have beel
!. physically impossible to keep enoug
blood on the hands running that dis
lance to make mark of any kind o.
: anything.
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CANT Use PLAIT
As A CHARACTER
Mae Wood Sues Secretary Loeb
for Alleged Interference
with a Novel.
w York Sun special Service.

Z. ri
Omaha, Neb, May IA petition in
a suit for $35, 900 damages, wherein ex-
Postmaster General Robert j. Wynne,
now consul general to London; William
Loeb, secretary to President Roosevelt,
and j. Martin Miller, consul to AK
laChapelle, in Rhenish Germany, are
named as defendants, was filed here
today by Miss Mae c. Wood, woman
lawyer, formerly an employee of the
postoffice department at Washington
Miss Wood is the young woman who
recently won much notoriety in con
nection with love affair and threat
ened breach of-promise suit wherein
Senator Thomas C. Plat of New York
was the most conspicuous figure. Miss
Wood was formerly practicing attor-
ney in Omaha and she acts as her own
attorney in this case.
In her petition Miss Wood alleges
that the three distinguished defend
ants conspired to obtain possession of,
and actually did obtain possession of,
certain letters and manuscripts belong
ing to her which she was preparing
to use in a book to be entitled "The
Love Affairs of Boss.
The letters, she affrms, were writ
ten to her by Senator Plat. She al
leges that the letters and manuscripts
were obtained from her by unfair
means.
Loeb Doesn't Know.
Glenwood Springs, COL, May l.
",:Why, l never saw the woman in my
life, nor do | want to see her, said
president, when ne was shown dis
patch concerning the suit filed il
! Omaha by Miss Mae Wood. Mr.. Loci
added:
1t is just as I thought. I will have to gel
bill of particulars to tell how am con.
nected with the case
The only knowledge T have of Miss
Wood is in relation to her position in thu
postoffice department and the notoriety
she brought to herself just prior to thu
| marriage Of Senator Plat of New York
She called lip the. White House ane
asked if she could see me.
| Assistant Secretary Barnes talked Will
her and as. her business did not seem t,
be important declined to see her.
| That is all I know personally of tn,
woman. I am at loss to see where sh,
gets my name into the action for dam
ages.
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New Ulm yesterday he stood on the
porch Where Mis- Weidermann said she
stood when she saw the light in the
window. He had gone there for the
one Miss Weidermann could have had
from there, while his colleague stood in
DR.. Koch's workroom. THE senator
declared that from any point on the
porch from where the window of the
workroom could be sen, the window IN
the operatingroom could also be seen,
there being nothing to obstruct the
view.
T.. Clothes Important, Too.
Another feature which is being EN-,
phasized more than at the first trial
relates to the clothes Dr. Koch wore
the day after the murder, After Post
master Krooks testified Saturday fore
noon that when he walked down town
with the defendant at 8:l5 or $3.50 on
the morning Of NOV cos = ne h wore hrd not
one, W. P. Eckstein was called by the
state to add the story Of what he
eyes saw. Mr.. Eckstein was one OF the
coroner's jurors at the Gebhardt In
quest and acted as court reporter at
the first trial. He said that he saw
Koch at about 2:l5 on the afternoon
certain he wore a coat OF broWnlsh
tint then.
The defense, on cross-examination
used Mr.. Eckstein as a means of get
ting before the jury certain features
of the defendants testimony at the
first trial. It Intercepted him al
| length on what he had written Of
Koch's testimony, and thus brought
several points to the attention of the
} court which otherwise would have, beer
buried until the state had rested.
Won't Fight About Time.
The first week IS testimony as to time
| established pretty clearly that thu
work Of the murderer was completed
before 9:45 pm. This conclusion wa
reached in peculiar, devious way, on
that makes it impossible to determine
| whether or not any estimate was JUS
right. Conductor Richardson, Enginee
| Reed and some other men were stand
ing in Englebert's saloon, across tn
street from the Gebhardt office, whel
Deed and Richardson pulled out thei
watches to compare them as to time
One of them then said, in SO loud
tone that those standing near hearc
that it was 9:34. After that Nenn
and some, others had drink an
talked with some persons playing Smea
at table near the bar.
Then Cavanaugh> entered and told Q
the trouble in Gebhardt' IS office. Rich
ardson said that, estimating the figh
of time after he looked at his watcl
he believed it was 9:39 or $40 whe
Cavanaugn entered. .Nenno said b
; thought it was four minutes after til
comparison of watches that Cavanaug
!, entered Nenno said, further, that h
had chased straight across the stree
J, and up the stairs as fast as he coul
i go, and that it was $40 when the doc
was broken in, just after he arrive
II at the head Of the stairs.
!. Policeman Weisenborn said that
, was $40 or 9:45 when Cayanaugh al
! preached him near the Otto Meye
5 block and told him Of the tragedy, an
[ that the door was broken open nc
, more than minute or two later.
We'll take the testimony of tn
states own witnesses as to the time {
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Japanese Will Honor Dead.

| Toxic, May with elaborate cere-
fmony beginning Wednesday and ending
Friday the names of 30,S66 soldiers and
sailors Of Japan killed prior to the bat
Stle of Mukden will be cnshrined in the
sSpokonsha temple. The flag of the
Russian cruiser Variag, which was sunk
an the first naval battle Of the war,
sand Il standard captured at Mukden
5are on exhibition in the temple. The
emperor and empress will attend the
ceremony on Thursday, and the crown
prince and princess will be present on
Friday. The ceremony is based on the
national belief of the Immortality of
the soul and the homage due to an
fcestOrS.
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KOLB UNDER FIRE
Kalderwit's Pal Not Badly Ratified by
Saturdays Characterization.

SATURDAY Observation-Disclosures
Special to The Journal.
Anoka, Mimi, May Practically all
the afternoon session on Saturday was
consumed by A. H. Hall in cross:exam,,
lining John Kolb, the first witness Of
the defense. Kolb was good witness
on direct examination and on cross
examination proved cunning and shifty.
Mr.. Hall, however, succeeded in tan
Cling the witness in his dates, and fol-
lowed it up by securing other admls-
sions.
Kolb. at times was most polite and
dignifed, but on other occasions lost his
temper and even became flppant: He
admitted that he associated with Colum-
emphatically any intimation that he
was what might be called ladies, man.
with Mabel Ward and Ethel Mason.
The theory of "a New Brighton alibi
was smashed by Kolb's statement that
he had not been out to New Brighton
since June. -.
In cross-examining the witness, Mr..
Hall drew from him the statement that
that he went broke on Nov. 10 after
buying an overcoat and a pair Of shoes.
Mr.. Hall requested the witness to try
on the shoes which Witness Goodman,
for the state, claimed Kolb had pawned
with him on Nov. 25. Kolb had de-
MED that the shoes were his on direct
examination. The Jurors were request
When a Mans Broke
The feature Of the afternoon was
KoIb's laconic definition of being hard
up, which was as follows: "A man
is hard up when he has no place to
east, no place to sleep, no place to 20
and no nothing
Kolb had stated that Kalderwit had
er similar to those offered by the state
as evidence. He stated that Kalder.
wit had the clothes which he wore at
| the time of his arrest and one extra
shirt.
Gle was almost as hard up as you
were," said Mr.. Hall.
~ wasn't hard up retorted the
"What do you call hard up9,' sail
clothes and your watch.
The witness then offered his concep
tion Of being hard up.
The witness stated on cross-exami
1 nation that Mabel Ward was per
former at the Columbia the:ate1r AM
that Ethel Mason, another friend. wa
woman Of the town. Mr.. Hall
| questions concerning the relations ex
4 listing between the witness and thes,
women were so pointed that Mis-
i Ward, who was present, became EN-
barrassed and left the courtroom.
4 Kolb denied absolutely that he hat
4 ever entertained women in his rooms
] but admitted that Miss Ward and Ham
i mon had lived together ~
The purpose OF Mr.. Hall g question
4 ing was to make the witness: ADM
4 that he was an adventurer and asso
I ciate Of bad characters, both men an,
S women.
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JAPANESE LINE UP
Principal Concentration Is About Tie
Pass.

Gun-shu Pass, Manchuria, May L.
Information obtained from prisoners
and captured mail shows that the dis
position Of the Japanese armies is as
follows:
/ General Nodzu, the region between
frie pass and kaiyuan.
! General Oku, from Tie pass west
ward Of the railway.
I General Kuroki, from Tie pass east
ward of. the railway.
] General Nogi, from Fakoman to
Chang tufu.
/ General Kawamura, northeast of
Mukden.
The weakest forces of the Japanese
are in the region about Mukden, while
the principal concentration is in the
region Of Tie pass. The TANKS are
guarded by mixed bands of japanese
and Chinese bandits.
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EMPLOYERS BENT
ON WINNING FIGHT
Continued from First Page.

guarding wagons on the way to strike
ridden business houses, died today. Dur
ing one Of the many riots growing out
of the strike he was knocked under the
feet of horses attached to cart, and
was crushed beneath the vehicle IS
wheels. John Ceresa, driver Of the cart,
was arrested and is held under heavy
bonds.
Spurning the efforts of the peace COM
mission appointed by Mayor Dunno, the
employers have declared that the strike
must end by the unconditional surren-
der of the Transfers
All hope of a cessation of hostilities
and a peaceful settlement Of the
transfers strike was abandoned last
night.
Unconditional surrender on the part
Of the striking employees, it is declared,
is the only thing that can possibly
close the breach between them and the
employers. This is the ultimatu m of
the executive committee of the employ
ers' association as expressed in emphat-
ic language by the various spokesman
before the peace commission, and as re-
fected III the defiant manner of the
members Of the committee when they
emerged from the conference room.
"We will treat with the teamsters as
individuals, but we will have no truce
with men who attempt to destroy our
stables, let our horses starve, destroy
property and endanger life in the public
streets with reckless abandon. -
| According to Levy Mayer, counsel for
! the employers, this was the text of the
reply Of several of the employers, de-
livered in ringing addresses Before the
peace commission. It meant battle to
the end and no quarter.
Teansters Confident.
President Shea of the teamsters and
president Of the Chicago Federation is
sued the following statement:
! To the Trades Unionists of Chicago:
The teamsters organization has the
situation well in hand and we earnest
ly request that no sympathetic strike
| be called or any member leave his EN-.
! ployment until such time as they are
asked TODD 50 by the committee having
4 the matter in charge. We also urge
upon all members Of organized labor to
preserve peace and commit no act that
can be interpreted by the courts as a
violation Of the law or Of either iniunc
ton issued
/ It was further announced that union
4 teams would be supplied to any fair
/ house whose team companies had sold
out to the new teaming company.
Il s8
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ers could be heard at the house,

sprinters could be heard at the house,
as sworn to by her.
1t is reported their stay there was cut
short by one of the Dahms boys, who
ordered them from the place.
The gate posts, upon which Mrs.
Dahms found blood the morning follow
ing the murder, were dug up last night
by Paul Hippauf, who roomesd at Koch s
presumption is that the defense will in
troduce them in evidence. The tops of
the posts were cut off some time ago by
the state and are available as exhibits
in the case.
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KoCH's RETURN TO HIS OFFICE
Much More Vital in This Trial Than at
-. -;a Former One.

Special to The Journal.
Mankato, Mimi, May l. What Dr.
Koch did when he returned to his
Office on the evening DR.. Geb-
hardt was murdered is a much more
conspicuous question at this trial than
at the first. Peculiar interest attaches
to the testimony of Miss Lena Welder-
mann, a new witness for the state, on
this point. In fact, It appears ina that one one
will center around the statement OF this
woman that she saw Koch turn on the
light in his workroom, stoop, extend his
arm as tho reaching for something,
make a move which looked as tho he
was putting something in his pocket
and then turn out the light.
Realizing the Importance that TINS
testimony will have, if not plauslbly re-
pudiated, it was one Of the chief sub
Vile and Abbott while in New Ulm Sun
dav. Senator Somerville said this
morning that he had made thoro in
ouirv into the CIRCUMSTANCES surrounding
the sudden appearance Of Miss Weider-
mann at the second trial, after her fail
ure to tell her story at the first, and
that he had inspected the premises from
where Miss Weidermann said she saw
Koch in, his office. The result, he be-
evidence than the cross examination did,
when it was brought out that Miss
! Wcidermann was certain the defendant
wore q, black SLOUGH hat (such hat as
Brooks says the murderer had on when
he looked over the transom), while all
| others who saw Koch that evening de.
clare he wore the brown derby hat
which he had worn ON the streets OF
/ New Ulm for many months before ano
after the Gebhardt murder. The de
Tense believes that further doubt IS cas-,
on the testimony Of this witness by the
/ fact that she declared that every time
she saw DR.. Koch before tn murder, he
wore black SLOUGH hat.
In Which Room?
At the first trial DR.. Koch testified
i that, after starting home that fata
night, he remembered he had left thu
! light in his operatingroom turned on
and returned and extinguished it, no
A going into his workroom or laborator.
or any other room. !.
i Now Miss Weidermann IS testimony i
l that he went into his workroom and dit
q what she described. She declared sh,
/ was certain it was the workroom which
4 he entered, as she could not see the win
i dow Of the doctor S operating room
4 from the porch on which she stood
Il And she asserted that the window wa
L dark when she first tsh rned in that direc
tion and that the light appeared sud
q denly, Indicating that Koch had turne,
1.-THE light g on 9 and not 8 off z when b
II Senator q somerville said that while j,
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LAWYERS IN NEW ULM
Defense After Evidence with Which to
Impeach Mrs. Dahrns.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
New Ulm, Mimi, May 1.-Messrs.
Somerville and Abbott, lawyers, defend
ing DR.. Koch, came to New Ulm yester-
day and with Henry Somsen, 8. w.
Dahm a0I place ace which VII IS figuring SO SEN
sationally in the trial.
While the others took a position near
the house, Messrs. Somerville and Abb
bett ran over the course described by
Mrs. Dahms in her evidence, to de-
termine if the noise made by the
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JAPANESE DOUBT
FRENCH PROMISES
Toxic Believes French Are Still
Winking at Russian Use
of Ports.

Toxic, May Lit is believed that
Admiral Rojestvensky continues to use
the ports of Indo-China to obtain coal
and other supplies and to maintain
communication with st: Petersburg,
and the japanese press is again ques-
tioning the faith of the recent assur-
ance of France. The government here
il silent. but it is believed the minis
ters are preparing to renew the neu-
trality question with France.
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Rural free delivery ordered established June 1,
MiEnesota-Canby. yellow Medicine county;
route No. 4; length, 2s% miles: population: 5l5:
Iowa-Whttemore, K9ssuth county; length: %
Barnes county: routes No. and No. 9; length,
26M and 2s1s miles; population. $50. South Da.
kota-Fulton. Hansen county: route No. u
length, 32A miles; popula ton. sos.
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Giovanni Robena. "a Genoese who climbed to
the roof OF his ssweethearts house to speak to
damned there TIL morning. when he was soaked
with Geld water and horsewhipped by the girl
brother. Is - 49, Eiaa
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ii HEAD CUT FROM BODY.
Special to The Journal
Escanaba, Mich. May IAN unidentified
ywoodsman, aged 80, instantly killed in the
yards Of the North Western road shortly after
moon today. He fell between cars and his
head severed from his body.