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Reads List of Contributors.

When questioning turned to. the omis-
sion In the campaign statement of con-
tributions by certain brewers Sarecky
read in chronological order part of the
list of contributors contained In the state
ment. With the exception of several
contributions made by brewers and iden-
titled with the liquor interests the list
compared exactly with the deposit slips
made out by Sarecky and furnished the
assembly managers by the Mutual ALI
ance Trust Company.
How do you account for the fact that
this particular class Of contributors is
ornitted? questioned Mr.. Stanchdeld.
II suppose their omission was acct
dental" Sarecky replied. when made
up that statement thought 1 had all
the memoranda Of contributions before
me. but probably several sheets had been
misled or lost
And you still say you had no confer
ence with Gov. Sulzer concerning the
propriety Of emitting certain names?'
IT do"
Questioned about the omission Of Jacob
II. Schins check for. 81. 600 Sarecky said
that he couldn't think of a single
reason why he omitted It.
And this was by far the largest con-
tribution that was received?" queried
Stanchfield. And you knew that Schif
would be classed in political circles as
representing Wall street and the inter-
ests?" s..e.t y-, s.s r-f
mo; l regarded him more as a phi
Ianfhrorlfst
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GERMANS TO VISIT PRISONS.
Communion Probably Will Come to
Washiugton While Tourinr II. 8.

The German commission which arrived
In New York yesterday to investigate
the prison system OF the United States
probably will include Washington in its
tour. The Department OF Justice has not
been informed Of the presence Of the
commission In this country. and has not
been asked to aid them In their work 1t
was said at the department this morn
Ing that this probably was q commits
sion which was to investigate only state
institutions.
the tour Of inspection probably will
take six weeks. On the commission are:
Privy Councillor Plaschke Of the Prus-
sian department OF justice: DR.. HEX
man. a jurist: Privy Councillor Schlos-
ser Of the Prussian department OF the
interior. and Paul Remppis. director Of
the state school for the education of
neglected children, at Waberu. Prussia.
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Sidney Ashbridge, Real Estate
Operator, Choice Of Court.

Sidney Ashbridge, real estate operator.
was selected today by Chief Justice Cla-
baugh to serve as foreman of the grand
jury for the ensuing three months. The
other members of the grand jury who
qualified are Robert c. Howard. John A.
Farran, Nathan H. Janney, william l..
Hickey. Abraham Van Horn, John Nc
Tween. John Riddle. Robert p. Robb, Ell
phonso Youngs, jr.. Joseph ]. Caylor.
John w. Honey. Hugh d. Digney, Her
man. J. Walz. Edward p. Mertz. John r.
Lang, Broadus X. Alder. Edward c.
Rupp, John e. Battenfield, William s..
Riley, Samuel Bensinger. Charles F..
Meyers, jr., William w. Nally, Charles
D. Radcliffe and Jacob J. West.
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sition Of the governors stenographer to
the head Of a bureau Of the state hos
pital commission, in his testimony yester-
day afternoon before the Sulzer impeach-
ment court.
I'VE received either from Tammany
Hall or from the Secretary Of State" be-
gan Sarecky, "a blank form In which a
statement was to be made out Of receipts
and expenditures Of campaign funds.
1.-THE question came up as to whether
the committee Of the governors friends,
OF which was treasurer, had the right
to file q statement, inasmuch as 1t had
neglected. or some one had neglected, on
behalf Of the committee, to file with the
Secretary OF State. a notice to the effect
that such q committee had been formed.
SO some one suggesed that I take the
matter up with Mr.. SulSer. I went into
his room and told him Ut the quandary
We were In and he said: Well. make up
the statement, anyway: Il does not mat
ter very much who signs 1t as long as we
comply with the spirit of the law So
worked on the statement for about a day
and q half, brought 1t in to Mr.. Sulzer
and he signed It."
Who. II any. one, assisted you in pre-
pairing it?" asked Attorney Hinman.
Il think Mr.. Horgan was the one who
adding machine from his office. and he
and I worked on 1t and finally got II up"
The witness referred to Matthew T.
Horgan. who. he said, formerly had been
ONCE. and who later became secretary
OF the Frawley investigating committee
which unearthed much Of the pre-
liminary evidence on which the impeach-
ment articles were based.
Sulzer Gave No Aid.
did William Sulzer have anything
hot 30. n IL, Ill 80
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raigned on a third charge Of q similar
nature In the Police Court today, and
this time also pleaded guilty.
Judge Pugh sentenced him to serve
three months in the workhouse for the
last offense. which involved $3.50
check on a bank in which Guasp had not
that amount deposited. The young man
was also ordered to serve the two thirty
day sentences which had been suspended
by the court on the previous occasions.
Guasp, who gave his address as 12O5
New York avenue northwest, obtained
81 .2S the FIRST time by means of check,
and $1266 the second time. The sem
fences today were recommended to the
court by Assistant Uni1ed States Attorney
Ralph Given.
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To Entertain Baltimore Merchants

The shoe section Of the Retail Mer-
chants Association plans to entertain
the members Of the Retail Shoe Deal
ers' Association OF Baltimore at a ban
quet at the New Ebbitt the evening Of
Thursday. October 80. This decision
was reached last night at q meeting OF
the shoe section. Several months ago
the Washington shoe dealers were en-
tertained In q like manner by the Balti-
more merchants in that city.
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National shellhsh Day Set.

BALTIMORE. October s.-Friday. No.
vember Fl. il to be National shellish day.
Notice of the date has been given out
by Swepson Earl. secretary OF the Ma
tional Association Of Shellflsh Commits
sioners. On that day people in the various
ehellfsh-producing states are expected
to make q speciality of placing on their
menus their favorite shellfsh, and the
schools will be asked to set before their
pupils information as to the conservation
and development Of the industry.
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SuIzer Campaign Statement
Explained by Louis Sarecky

Louis A. Sarecky. the governors cam
paign secretary. shouldered the blame for
the omission Of unreported contributions
from the governors campaign statement,
confessed he had initiated the governors
signature to deceive bank and admitted
that he had been promoted from the po-
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Felipe Guasp Pleads Guilty When
Arraigned the Third Time.

Felipe Guasp. alias Philip vergara, who
has been at liberty under two suspended
sentences for obtaining money by false
pretenses, to which charges ne pleaded
guilty at the time Of his trials, was ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-08
Louis A. Sarecky, Governors
Secretary, Assumes Respon-
sibiIity for Campaign Fund.
ADMITS HE DESTROYED
CHECK BOOKS AND STUBS
Witness Prepared the Statement
Which Was Filed Showing Re-
ceipts and Disbursements.

ALBANY. N. 7, October s.--Louis A.
Sarecky. formerly Gov. Suffers cam
paign secretary, under cross-examina-
ton at the impeachment trial today,
told how he had destroyed practically
all Of the check books. check stubs and
memoranda in connection with con-
tributions TO the governors campaign
fund which were in his possession. He
also admitted emitting the contribu-
lions from brewers from the campaign
statement, which he said he prepared
and which the governor swore to and
filed with the secretary of state. The
REORGANIZATION of Sarecky was not
completed at the close of the morning
session. It had been searchiug-an in
quiry into the most minute details of
his connection with the impeached
executive and of his handling of the
Sulzer campaign funds.
Sarecky declared he had no bank ac-'
count in which he placed Campaign
contributions except that In the Mutual
Alliance Trust Company in New York
Campaign Memoranda Destroyed.
Ibid you have a checkbook to draw on
that account during the campaign?
asked Stanchfeld for the assembly man.
ayers
II did," he answered. =.
where is that checkbook?"
Il destroyed it.
Did you destroy the check stubs?'
Yes"
What became of the Cancelled checks?"
Il threw the checks away, too"
Ibid you also destroy whatever memo
randa you may have had in connection
with the amounts received and deposited
and expended"
YES"
What reason will you give us now for
destroying all the evidence of the cam
paign contributions?
THE simple reason that / had no use
for them" Sarecky answered.
But didn't you know there were legal;
regula tons safeguarding the receipt and
I'm a general way. l did
And yet YOU chucked the, checkbooks,
and memoranda into an ordinary waste
basketT' -.
Yes -
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In Need Of Bigger Salary.

"You asked the governor to give you a
better position than the one you held ~
confidential stenographer to the gov
ernor?'
1T told the governor was losing money
on $500 year; that L had two homes
to keep up"
Sarecky said he told the governor that
John A. Hennessy. the executives spe-
cial Investigator. had suggested that the
witness be given a position in the New
York Office of the bureau Of deportation.
The attorney read a section from the
statutes which required that q deputy
of the deportation bureau should devote
his entire TIME to his duties.
"And since you were subpoenaed, July
&c, you have done mostly stenographic'
work in Buffalo and other places for In
yestigator Hennessy. haven't your
mo; was specifically told by Senator
Frawley to stay in this town"
The witness later admitted that he had
accompanied Hennessy to Buffalo and
had done stenographic work for him In
connection with the iatter's highway in
vestigations.
Ibid you ever tell the governor you
were subpoenaed before the Frawley COM
mitteef" asked the attorney.
81 may have told him."
isn't your memory goodr'
ION some subjects" retorted the wit
ness.
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I used part of the money that f. de-
posted to my own account In settling a
suit out west that had been brought
against Mr.. Sulzer during the campaign. %
did you confer with Sulzer before you
did that?'
II did not"
For what other purpose had moneys
deposited by you In this bank account
been used, moneys which do not appear
In this campaign statement?'
Il cannot recollect now just for what
purpose l did use them, but know
used some for purposes which were not
campaign purposes"
Witnesses Contradicted.
Sarecky testified that Alfred u wolff,
the commissioner Of deeds, who had &C
knowledged the Sulzer signature. had not
read the oath to the governor or even
seen him sign 1t. When Violin was a wit
fed he had read the subscribers oath
to Sulzer and had personally witnessed
the governors signature.
,Sarecky also contradicted the testi-
mony of Cornelius S. Pinckney. New
York lawyer. witness for the managers,
who said that the governor had told him
that he did not propose to report Pinck-
ney's $500 gift. The governor said. ac-
cording to Pinckney: IT don't intend to
account for these kinds Of gifts"
versation between Pinckney and the gov
ernor and that the governor made no
such statement.
On direct examination Sarecky also
told Of having been employed by the
governor for the past eleven years.
Attorney Human questioned Sarecky
closely concerning q letter signed vii
liam Sulzer." which was sent to Webb
Floyd. the president of the Mutual AL
lance Trust Company, where Sarecky
had his account. The letter purported
to authorize Sarecky to sign Sulzer' S
checks and permit their deposit In Sa-
recky's account.
Signed the Governors. Name.
The witness admitted he signed the
letter while Sulzer was upstate on a CAM
paign tour.
''Now. when you received word from
the Mutual Alliance Trust Company
that they wanted some authority from
Representative Sulzer for you to IN
dorse his name" did you communicate
with Gov. Suffers" he was asked by
Attorney Stanchfeld.
mo. sir. did not
"You put on the face Of this letter
EN- route so that II they noticed In
the newspapers that he was out or the
city they would see by this letter that
II came from him wherever he might
ber'
Eyes, sir"
And you did all this. knowing from
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Again Enters Denial.

Attorney Stanchfeld called upon Mr..
Floyd. who was in the courtroom, TO
stand up.
DO you know who this man is?'
1 think 1t Is the president or the Mu-
tual Alliance Trust Company"
Now are you sure you did not have
this conversation"
II am positive do not remember hav-
ing such conversation with Mr.. Floyd >,
: MI. Stanchneld then took up the wit.
ness promotion to the. state bureau m
deportation.
Have you ever since July 20 Reported
for duty at the offices OF the bureau?"
No, I haven't"
And you have been drawing salary
OF $4,000 a year,"
'f have"
Referring to "trip Sarecky took to New
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w. i. Seldom of Norfolk, Va. has been
lin and Savannah railroad Of Georgia.
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Omitted From Final Statement.

Stanchfield wanted to know whether
he had not included the Schiff contribu-
ton in the rough draft of the Sulzer
campaign statement from which he
made the final draft
.'I did not" said Sarecky, emphatic
ally. -s-,
What did you do with this rough
draftT''
Il destroyed it when made the final
draft"
Wasn't there a different total in the
final draft from that In the rough one %
Il don't think there was, because I
copied the final one from the rough
one"
Didn't you talk with Matthew T.
Horgan about emitting the Schiff con-
tributionsT'
NO. didn't" said Sarecky
Attorney Stanchfield then had the wit
hess identify Gov Suffers signature on
various unreported campaign Checks and
letters acknowledging contributions
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Sarecky Cross-Examined.

Louis A. Sarecky, Gov. Sulzer's cam
paign secretary. resumed the witness
stand for cross-examination today at the
impeachment trial OF the governor.
Counsel for the board Of managers init.
mated this morning that they might take
some action against Sarecky for his
technical forgery of the governors name
TO certain checks and letters. But Sulzer
never has objected to Sarecky signing
checks on the account, and as he, il any.
body. was the locer BY Sarecky's trans
actions. friends Of the former Secretary
made light of the veiledS threat or the
counsel for the board They declared
that any action against Sarecky would
have TO originate with Sulz6r 1t was
the plan of the attorneys for the board
10 cross question Sarecky further regard
ing this. however, in an effort to dis
the case.
Testifying yesterday Sarecky said he
was not a naturalized citizen. Today
however. he stated that his father had
been naturalized several years ago. and
IN this proves to be the case of course
Sarecky Is citizen.
When Sarecky took the stand he was
hrst questioned BY Attorney Stanchfield
concerning the various places I'm New
York and Brooklyn where he has lived
since he became q voter.
-. GU remember yesterday" Mr. Stanch-
field then asked, that / asked Won
whether you had conversation with
Weoo Floyd, president of the Mutual AL
lance Trust Company. concerning your
obtaining authority from Gov. Sulzer to
lndorse his name upon the governor $
such conversation?
Il did not have IN
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this bank that they wanted from the
governor authority In you to indorse
these checks%
Yes. SIR"
IN other words. you presented to
your"
The governors counsel came to Sa.
reckys rescue with an objection. which
Presiding Judge Cullen sustained.
That was my intention when I gave
question by Judge Cullen If his inten-
ton had not been to deceive the bank
Sarecky's testimony that he had been
promoted to his position in the de-
portatton bureau Of the state hospital
Stanchfield In support Of the charge
Dy the prosecution that the governor
obtained the promotion as a bribe to
Sarecky to prevent him from testifying
before the Frawley committee.
Josephthal's Testimony.
Sarecky was preceded on the stand
by Lieut.. Commander L. NJ. Josephthal.
a New York banker, who told Of how
he came to take over the Sulzer ac-
count Of about $4,000 from the broker
age firm OF Harris & Fuller. He. said
that last July while he was attending
the battle Of Gettysburg celebration in
his capacity OF naval aid on Gov. Sui
zer's STAFF he had a talk with the
governors wife.
mrs Sulzer informed me-" he said,
that she owned certain stocks on
which her husband had borrowed
money, and interrupted her and
stated that would rather discuss this
matter with her husband" ~
+ That same evening. Mr. Josephthal
continued. William Sulzer requested
him to take up an account at Harris
& Fuller's.
HE said the stocks were owned by
his wife and he had. borrowed money
on them" Mr.. Josephthal said. "Sulzer
stated the amount due to be $4,000. I
Aeured an equity OF $1,000 in that ac-
count and afterward took It over"
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York July 5, Attorney Stanchfield wanted
to know If ,Sarecky had gone In an auto
mobile belonging to the state highway
department
''Now that you remind me, I did" said
the witness.
ION that trip he visited Gov. Sulzer'e
Office In New York and packed up various
letters and documents, including cam
paign letters, which subsequently, found
their way. to the executive mansion:
"Who was in the office at this timer"
asked the attorney.
Gov Spriggs." said the witness re-
|ferring to ex-Gov. Spriggs Of Montana.
business associate Of the governor. -Sar-
ecky said he had seen the governor De-
tween JuIy 26, the date the witness was
subpoenaed to appear before the Frawiey
committee, and July 80. at the executive
chamber.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-07
WILL Sell
PAPERS 10 EARN
HIS LIVELIHOOD

Chicago, Nov 6.-Rather than con-
tinue to accept $50 month from Il
benevolent society for pensioncl
priests, the Rev. Michael c. Pyplatk,
for thirty years pastor of the st. Jo-
seph's Polish Catholic church, is going
to sell newspapers in Chicago streets.
Yesterday he came here from Des.
PLANES, ILL.,, where he has been in re-
tirement since last May and decided
to put up news stand at State and
Madison streets. This inscription will
hang above the stand: This is Faith
er Pyplatz, who for thirty years SER
we'd his people in St Joseph's parish at
Armitage avenue and Forty-eighih
street, and in South Chicago
The retired Polish father declared
that it is not just to the benevolent So
ciety to take its money when ne is able
ltc work.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-07
HOSPITAL WORK
IS PROGRESSING
VERY FAVORABLY
MUCH MATERIAL HAS ARRIVED
Ladies Are Enthusiastic Over
Proposition

Excellent progress has been made
during the past ten days in the con-
struction of the new Americus hospital
building, and the ladies who are WORK
ing so zealously for this splendid char
ity and enterprise are enthusiastic at
the prospects of success which, most
assuredly, will crown their efforts.
Just now the cement basement is
being laid under the direction of Supt.
B. c. Hogue, and with this completed
the solid brick walls will rise rapidly.
The basement will be built up high n
order to bring the building nearer up
on a level with Lee street.
The Seaboard railway has generous
ly offered to haul, free of charge, any
material required in the construction
of the new building The Central
railway is hauling gravel required for
the cement foundation at very nominal
rate.
The gravel cars are parked near
Schneider's marble yards on Barlow
street, and the ladies of the Hospital
association earnestly reqest the mer-
chants and others to send wagon dai-
ly to aid them in hauling this material
to the building site. So far only one
citizen has done so.
With continued good weather rapid
progress upon the new building will
be made and by the close of December
it Is hoped to have the roof upon 1t.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-07
''FESS" GARDNER
TURNS School BOY

"Fess" Gardner has turned school,
boy. The hustling secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce left Americus
yesterday to enter school in Atlanta.
He will return after completing his
course of study and go to work for the
city of Americus.
"Fess" passed up his A. B. C.'s many
years ago. In fact they say he mas
tered "figgers" to such an extent that
he was given job as teacher long
before he tackled the job of boosting
Americus. The work that the jovial
secretary will take while "off at
school" this time is not included in the
Blue-Backed spelling book and is not
one of the three RS.
The State Chamber of Commerce will
conduct a training school for secreta-
ries of trade organizations of Geo.
gia. Every secretary has been invited.
Experts along the line of city develop
ment will act as teachers and the sec
retaries are going to learn things that
will help them in their work for their
different cities.
Secretary Gardner, ever on the alert
to learn new things that will help him
in his work for Americus, decided 70
attend the School and left yester-
day. He will remain until vacation
days roll around, Monday, and then
he will return to Americus full of en-
thusiasm, ready to do moe for the
city with "high ideals and the cash t.
back 'em up"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-07
CIRCUS man is BETTER;
READY TO QUIT HOSPITAL
Cared For Five Weeks as a
Charity Patient

When Robinson's circus left Amer
icus five weeks ago there was left
behind one of the ticket sellers-a
young man who was very i'll and later
developed pneumonia, with complica-
tions. Penniless and friendless, he
was carried to the Americus Hospital
where as charity patient, he has
been carefully and tenderly nursed
back to health and strength and today
will leave that institution The story
of his case and treatment but serves to
illustrate the great need and import
ance of a hospital here. No one, sick
and destitute, is turned away by the
noble Christian women who manage
the hospital and the penniless stranger
within our gates, if worthy, receives
as good care as can be bestowed, and
without money or price, if he can
not pay. The prince and the pauper
alike are welcomed, their wounds
bound up and sent upon their way.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-07
DEATH OF MRS. LOCKETT
OCCURRED LAST Night
Well Known Woman Passed
Away Here

Mrs. U. S. Lockett passed away
shortly after 9 o'clock last night "t
her residence on Forrest avenue, the
end following an illness of man,
months duration. Quite recently her
condition became more critical and
members of her family and other loved
ones were prepared for the final sum-
mons.
Mrs. Lockett's death will be very
generally deplored in Americus, where
the greater part Of her long and us :
full life of seventy-one years was very
happily passed.
The funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 3 o'clock from First
Baptist church and will be conducted
by Rev. T. Walton Galloway, of Macon
The pallbearers will be Messrs. Ad-
thur Rylander, w. A. Dodson, ]. A
Davenport, Lee Allen, J. A. Hixon
Geo. D. Wheatley, E. l.. Bell, w. M
Tullis.
Friends of the deceased, and of the
family are respectfully invited to at
tend the funeral services.