Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-19
CITY COUNCILLORS ARE INVOLVED
Senator Neihsrdt Investigating the
Westinghouse Company.
GEAR HIMSELF SHOWS INTEREST
COmmissary Colonel on Trial for De-
handing Brides,
RUSSIA TO HAVE A NEW NAVY
Council of Ministers 20 Ask the Ina
periRI Duma for the sam Of
FIFTY Million Dollars 10
BuIId ships.
by GEORGE FRAZER.

ST PETERSBURG. March iS-tSpecial
to The Bee 1.-THE disclosures from the
government Investigations into state and
municipal corruption in Russia are causing
a painful feeling. Certain St Petersburg
city councillors are alleged to be involved
in extensive frauds.
Twenty agents OF NJ Neidhardt, the SEN
ator, visited the offices and factory Of
the Westinghouse company which built
the st. Petersburg tramways. and made a
search among the company's books. last
ing six hours. 1t now seems apparent that
the car will have a thorough eXamina-
ton into the operations Of the Westing-
house company in the empire made. II
was disclosures into the operations OF this
company that led to the first suspicious
Of corruption. The car is most carefully
following the senatorial inquiry.
His majesty has received M. Neidhardt.
at whose instigation the government is
taking criminal proceedings against NJ.
Dandre the president of the revsional
committee Of the St Petersburg munich
pality.
The first important trial resulting from
the inquiry has been in progress at Mos
COW. Colonel Polakoff, administrator OF
the commissariat department OF the Mos
COW military district, is charged with sys-
tematically demanding and receiving brides
from contractors.
Want New Navy.
Russia will build a greater navy, the
work already outlined to extend over
period of four years. The Council OF Min
listers viii ask the Imperial Duma to vote
$50 100000 for the construction of four bat
tleships Of the latest type and largest size.
The work is expected to begin this year
I and be completed in the year 1915
Mime De Lacy Insane.
! A tragic development of the recent muir
! der of microbe" trial in St. Petersburg ha
occurred, Nine de Lacy, wife OF Count
O'Brien de Lacy. who was sentenced for
completely in the death of his brother-in-
law. having lost her reason as a result
of the disclosure After the sentences were
passed on the two murderers Nine de
Lacy left the court quietly and went
home Next morning she vanished. Gen
eral Buturlin. her father (whom the prls-
oners had also plotted to murder) feared
she had committed suicide and asked the
police to search for her. Nine. de Lacy
was discovered in an electric tramway car.
At the next stopping place she left the
car and FASTENED away but was followed
and pursued and persuaded to enter a
police station. Taken home, she was eN-
amined by physicians. who pronounced her
bereft of reason.
Gold Invitations,
NJ. Spiridonoff. a wealthy Moscow mer-
chant who is about to celebrate his golden
wedding, has sent out invitations engraved
on thin sheets OF gold, worth $2O.a each
instead of the usual cards.
SentrieH Frozen Post.
Two deaths from exposure at their posts
of duty during the recent blizzard hav,
caused much comment. After a night o.
intense cold over so degrees below zerC
being registered a Russian sentry al
Cronstadt was found dead in his sentry
box and a sailor was discovered frozen e
death on the quay. The frozen corpses
were found at their posts as II stu or
duty.