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Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22
PIONEER OMAHA WOMAN DIES
widow Of Prof S. D. Beals Answers
the Last Call
HAS LIVED HERE So YEARS
Her Husband Was nj one Time su-
perintendent of Omaha PubIic
echoOls-BcRIs school T.
Named After Him.

Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Besls, 2il' Dsven-
port street, widow Of Prof Samuel -.
Beals, who died fourteen years ago, died
At her home MONDAY night al the age Of
% years. She mad been I'm omaha for
fifty-eight years. having come here with
her husband from New York state.
Prof. Beals was al one time conductor
Of private school here. but later be-
came q teacher at the omaha Hish school
and taught there or was connected with
school work continuously until the time
OF his death.
Besls school was named after Prof
Besls. who was ct one time suporinten-
dent OF omaha schools.
Mrs Beals' funeral will be held AT the
home Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock.
The body will be inferred at Prospect Iilll
cemetery.
Mrs William r. Stuwell OF Burlington.
Wis, and Ter daughter. the nearest 81
kin, are in Omaha Mrs. Stowell has a
brother. a. W. Stevens. OF Milwaukee.
Mrs stowell is q niece Of Mrs. Bcsls.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22
AD CLUB ELECTS NEW
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The executive committee OF the Omaha
Ad club will hereafter elect officers OF
the club from among It's members. Just
as the city commission elects the mayor
and distributes the positions OF city gov
ernment among the members Of the
elected commission. This is one of the
changes made In the constitution adopted
by the club at meeting today.
In the election Of executive committee
men Immediately after. George Pray and
John Mellen tied. for the fifteenth place.
This will mean that one will have TO be
eliminated either by lot drawing OF some
other way equally impartial. The list re-
eelvinE the highest votes for executive
committee follows; Ralph Sunderland. o.
= Eastman. Harry Docherty. Harry Ma
haffey Frank Builts. Victor White. Penn
p. Fodrss. l.. NJ Whitehead. A. d. Borg
lum. Samuel Rees. Robert n, Manley,
Charles Edward Duffey. n. ]. Baker sid
ney Ranger, George Pray and John
Mellen-
The new executive committee will meet
soon TO choose the president and other
officers for The ensuing year.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22

20 10 Mr. Wolfe for a list. for my mailing
list and when ] saw this clipping I went
to Mr.. Withnell. one Of the city commits
sioners, made a legitimate explanation of
my fuel saving device and asked that I
be considered when the boilers were in
stalled, offering to make a free test;
also saw the engineer at the city hall,
Mr. Foley. I think his name Is, and
saw MIR. Britton, the engineer at the
general hospital; went over the details OF
the device with him; and soon after that
was advised by gentlemen who we're
working for me In the office trying 20
further my efforts to sell the burner, that
a man by the name OF Hansen had come
here and was going to put the boilers in
the city hall, and, as they expressed II,
was going to slough In $500.
Q-what did you understand that to
mean? Al understood that to mean
that the Burns agency had sent a man
here to bribe the city commissioners, the
city officials. 20 effect the same purpose
that I was here-seemed to he here for.
Odd you ever have a talk with Gus
tafson about that? A.-Not until he
came up some days after I heard that
| Hansen was here.
Q.-what did he say about that7 A
We'll. I went over 20 the Rome hotel. az
usual, on some appointment. ] says what
! about this man you have got here; well,
! he SAYS he IL handling the city hall end
OF II; was told 10 keep away from there,
and he is here now. and he is going to
| put II over; he has got Mr. Wolfe, who Is
| going up to Chicago. and the deal will be
/ closed up there; and Mr.. Gustafson was
| feeling very jubilsnt over the prospects
! OF making the deal with the city officials,
| Q-what kind OF deal did you under
| stand? bribe7 Ale was to get the
contract for the boilers in the city hall
and the price was to be boosted 30 that
he could give 800; that Is the way It
was reported to me by the men employees
in my office / never saw Mr.. Hansen
and don't know him.
Q.-Now, when was IL that Hansen was
sent here7 A.-Well that is along about
! I should say, the LIST OF March; maybe
the middle OF March.
| o.-Now, Mr.. Pickard, along there In
in March, was there any change made
with reference TO the operations against
Lynch? Ayes, sir.
Q.-what kind ot meeting was held and
| where? A meeting was held in Chi
]
sago: 70 I was told by Mr.. Gustafson
my employer, my manager; several meet
ings were held there.
o.-what was the change II any. thai
was TO be inaugurated7 A.-Well, my re
ceptive attitude had brought no results
no one had approached me for any
money, and Mr.. Hansens matter had no
proved successful, apparently; had beeI
| dala vad or aonethinR: they held a meet
ing in Chicago, 10 Mr.. Gustafson said.
o.-who held the meeting? A-Polcar
and either Mr.. w. ]. Burns, or his son
r. j.. and Mr. Gnstafson.
Q.-What was the result OF that con
ference as reported to you by Gustafson
Accusation gave me instructions 4
feel out Mr.. Lynch and see whether h
would accept a bribe.
o-Now. was anything said later o
, with reference to- attempting to bribe
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22

See real estate columns for bargains
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22
Showers Wet the
Fields of Kansas
and of Nebraska

According TO the reports TO the rail-
roads there were light and scattered
showers over portions OF Nebraska Mon
day night. but nothing in the way OF a
general rain
Several points in Kansas Monday night
had fairly heavy rains distributed ever a
wide area. relieving the dry weather to
some extent
George McNutt OF the Katy. who tFav-
els over northern Kansas and southern
Nebraska, is in town for the day and
brings flattering reports relative TO the
corn situation. Mr.. McNutt asserts that
while corn in his territory Ia In need of
rain Il has not been damaged by the
drouth. In his opinion, while the critical
period 10 approaching, the cereal could
stand dry weather another week without
sustaining any damage
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22
PANAMA-PAClFlC LINE TO
SAIL THROUGH NEW CANAL

City Passenger Agent Clewell OF the
Illinois Central is the first OF the Omaha
agents TO receive notice OF the saillngs
Of vessels through the Panama Canal
next year. lie represents the PBnsma-
Pacific line OF New York. owner OF the
Finland and KroOnlsnd. boats that are
announcing the first sailings for san
Francisco May I OF next year
The trip from New York 20 San Fran
cisco IL 20 cover sixteen days and the
prices charged depend TO some extent upon
what passengers exact For instance,
the trip costs $50 TO $50 II the passenger
occupies q room on the promenade deck
$50 70 $50 for quarters on the upper
deck; tiT5 10 $40 on the saloon deck and
$50 If third class passage Is taken. Third
class, like the other classes. includes
meals and state room
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22

o.-Now what vas the suggested plan,
n there was one. with reference 20 trap
ping Mr. Lynch? A.-The plan discussed
at the first meeting which ! have ex-
planned. to be carried on by securing what
We call a cover.
GA cover A saieable article.
Q.-That was the agency FOR this
burnere A.-Ycs. sir. The first plan was
for me 90 open an office and engage IN
the general sales 10 send my advertise
ments out 20 the various county officials
and city officials and in that way come
in contact with them. and hold myself IN
a position whore n my efforts to sell TO
any of the officials but particularly TO
Mr. Lynch. were promising, that ! would
be ready 10 be approached by Mr.. Lynch
or anyone else connected with II, IT, the
matter OF money for the contract.
Q-That is you we're IN q receptive
mood? A.-Yes. cir.
Q.-And you cxp,otc II any overture
was made for a br,bc, that 1t would come
from him? Ayes, sir.
Q.-Was there anything said as to who
should furnish the money in the case that
condition arose? A.-The only under
stndinE was that N such condition arose,
was 70 report II, that the money would
be sent me by Mr.. Gustafson.
Q.--And be provided by whom? A
We'll. that never was stated TO me. That
money IL always provided by the client Of
the agency. which. in this instance, was
the Daily News
Q.-You say that Gustafson was COM
ing up here how often during these oper-
ations7 A.-Every seven or eight days.
Q-And his conferences were with
A-Mr. Polcar
Q.-Was Mr.. Colver here during your
operations after the fret time? A.-Not
that / know OF.
Q.-And your idea in coming here TO
omsha originally. you say. was to inves-
tigate municipal graft? Ayes, sir.
Q-Now then the original plan that
you had was with reference to bribe?
AT Mr.. Lynch or any other official APP
preached me OF somebody and offered TO
place a good contract by the handing out
of certain money, / was TO report that
at once, and / was told that Mr.. PolcaT
would arrange for immunity with the
state authorities.
o.-In case his bid for a bribe was ac-
cepted7 Ayes. sir.
o.-what was said 70 you, II anything
by Polcar, with reference TO the possibil'
ity OF Mr.. Lynch doing that7 A.-Well
he never said very much about II, ex'
cept that he though such an opportunity
would present itself.
o.-And he expected Lynch to make
the offer? A.--Mr Polcar's plans were
made generally with Mr.. Gustafson;
was afterwards instructed what to do
o.-whs there any change in YOU
plan7 How long did you continue in THU
receptive mood. without changing you
operations7 A.-Up TO about some tIm'
along the LIST OF March, or the 10th o
! March.
/ Q.-And up to that time no overtur'
had been made by Mr. Lynch? A.-No
nor by anyone else.
Q.-Was there any change made In th'
plan OF operations az that timer A.
Well. along about that time I reported &
the agency at Kansas City and sent then
a newspaper clipping which announces
an appropriation Of $4,000 for the pur
chase Of new boilers in the city hall.
had been instructed not to 80 near Tn
city hall and had not done so except
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22
Pickardps Story of the Great Bribery Plot--Part Ill.,

do more than receive an application for
a bribe.
Q.-Now. do you remember a meeting
OF the commissioners on the INST of Feb
ruary? Ayes. I was there almost every
day for two months
Q.-And OF course you cannot detail
what occurred at every meeting? A
NO. I made the best effort 1 knew to sell
the burner. particularly to the county
hospital
Q.-Now. that was the department Of
the work OF the commission Mr. Lynch
had charge Of? A.-No, sir: Mr.. Nc
Donald was chairman Of that committee,
and Mr. Mcdonald answered my adver-
tisement; asked me to call upon him. and
/ presented the burner along about the
18th of January, to him.
More Tomorrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22

A-Weil. when ] came back, had been
constantly refusing 10 make any effort at
any bribing without being assured Of Inn
munlty
Q.-Who was it thai wanted you to
make bribe, 20 offer bribe? AIR.
Gustafson.
Odd he suggest any way by which
you should do II? A.-Not at that time.
After came back | saw Mr. Polcar and
told him that my instructions now we're
TO tentatively feel out Mr.. Lynch and see
whether he was ripe for a brlbe.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22

Q.-Now, did you. up 20 that time. have
any conversation with Mr. Lynch in
which you offered or ever intended to
offer him a bribe Of any kind or any
amount? A.--Never I have had many
conversations with him and never offered
him a bribe or never intended to offer
him a bribe.
Q-And at that time the plan Of your
instructions were not to actually offer a
bribe, but TO be in a receptive mood for
one? Ayes; at the time 1 made no
change in this; was not instructed to
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22
Council Asks the
Contract to Pave
Farnam Forfeited

resolution directing the forfeiture Of
the contract between Hugh Murphy and
the city for the repaving OF Farnam from
eighteenth to Twentieth streets was
passed by the city commission, at the in
stance Of Commissioner ]. J. Ryder
The city legal department will investi-
gate the case and II Murphy has delayed
the work without good reason an attempt
VIII be made to forfeit the contract and
cause Murphy to pay damages.
Property owners on Farnam street and
business men have protested to the coun-
ell that the condition of the street for two
months has been such that their trade is
being hurt
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22
KUNCL FOUND GUILTY
OF DUMPING RUBBISH

August Kunel Was found guilty OF
dumping rubbish near Sixth and Cass
streets and was fined S.5 and costs in
police court, the sentence being suspended
~ Judge Poster. The suit was brought
~ ths CITY health department to prevent
GiseaBs which might originate from
dumping refuse and garbage within the
~ nznitA
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-03

HE early records OF the Belgian
capital, which is now in the
hands of the Germans are
rather neagre, although it was
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-03

advancing enemy to their Knees. IHen
followed the order to fire by battaiions
and before, the smoke of battle cleared
hundreds upon hundreds of dervtshes
lay dead on the field. the SURVIVORS
aeeing precipitately for cover.
Wins Twenty-four Battles.
Ntchener's first engagement in the
Soudan netted him a signal victory.
The New Years greeting went forth as
he had expected 1t would. and from
that moment, although many more
battles followed, Kitchener became
the undisputed master of the Soudan
and he continues so to this day. In
fact there were exactly tWenty-three
battles that followed the first. In
every one of these the black troops
he, Kitchener, had trained, proved the
most valiant in the line and never
defeat was registered against them or
their leaders.
The world little knows what this
war Lord of England has really done
for his flag. He has added an EN-
pire to England,s vast domains. He
has given his King and Emperor an
African empire that reaches from the
mouth of the Nile to the Cape of Good
Hope, 5000 miles of sea front rolling
swiftly and resistlessly southwark,
ever southwark. Two modern Eu-
ropes easily could be hidden in its
confines. And again, that long I'M
known country above Khartoum,
where the Blue Nile and the White
Nile meet to make the great river of
story and song. has been added, thus
increasing the holdings of his sover-
eign by millions of fertile acres. This
is the country In, which Kitchener.
spent his early manhood doing match
less work and adding many laurels to
the wreath that encircled his brow at
such tender age. Failure Is an un-
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and for a time Brussels alternated
with the Hague as the seat of the
States General and the residence OF
the King. The revolution which
broke out In Brussels in 1880 ended
in the separation of Belgium and Hol-
land and on July 21st. 1881. the new
King of Belgium. Leopold of Sake
Coburg- Gotha entered the city in
state.
Salic Law.
The constitution provided that the
Crown was TO be vested in the male
line to the perpetual exclusion of
females, but in the event of failure OF
male heirs the King was to have the
right of nominating his successor
with the consent Of the Chambers
(Parliament).
BY a strange fatality 1t was feared
at one time that such an occasion
might arise for Leopold the first was
widower when he came to the
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decorated with every clasp, cross and
medal within the gift of her rulers
and aside from this he was elevated
to the peerage and each time sub
stantial monetary grant, in the form
of an Independent fortune, was be-
slowed upon him. He has fought his
way through every campaign England
has engaged in for the last twenty
five years and in each and every one
he covered himself with glory. His
career has been one of ascendency
since the day he was graduated from
the Royal Military Academy at Wool
witch, and chances are he isn't through
yet There is no better way to set
before the reader just what this man
has done than to do so chronologic-
ally.
Horatio Robert Kitchener Is the son
of the late Lieutenant Colonel Kitch-
ener, whose wife was the daughter
of an English clergyman. This son
was born at Crother House. Ballylang-
ford. County Kerry, Ireland, and from
his Irish father he inherited that dash
which has characterized so many of
the Emerald Isle who enlisted in the
service OF their rulers. The boys
earlier education completed by private
tutors. he elected the career of sol
der and accordingly was entered ut
woolwich, the Royal Military Acad-
envy, much like West Point. Upon
graduation he was attached to one of
the surveys then being made In Pal
esttne and later in Samoa. 1t was not
until 1882 that his career as soldier
began. at which time he was given
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-03

For the three years thereafter the
Mahdis raided Egypt at their pleasure
and it was not until Wad-El-Nejumi
was killed that they were even mo-
mentarily checked.
The English cabinet. under the
guidance of Gladstone, was In sore
straits. They realized that they were
unable to cope with the situation. and
seemingly no matter who they sent to
Egypt to take over the command of
it's waning forces. defeat was his only
portion.
In its laundering English way the
cabinet, more through good luck than
by good management. stumbled upon
the right man to send to the right
place. They selected young Irish
captain OF the Royal Engineers.
Kitchener by name. whom none at
home had ever heard of. England's
War Lord, Woolsey, figured that so
long az somebody had to be sacri-
feed it had better be one of no prom
inence, or standing. Gordon and
Hicks Pasha both had been slain, and
IL these military geniuses had been
unable to cope with the Mahdis 1T
wasn't reasonable to suppose any 9TH
er person in the army could do more.
In less than a year after arriving
in Egypt Kitchener had eighteen bat
talions of we'll drilled troops, six of
which were negroes from the Soudan.
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KItchener,s First Battle.

The morning of December 80, 1855,
broke clear and warm. Kitchener de-
cided that he could send no more ac-
ceptable New Years greeting to ms
chief at home than a
report of the success OF his new ma
tive cohorts and his supporting col
umns Of regulars.
Kitchener led his forces forth to
beautiful level plain and lined up his
battalions, commanded by sktllful
English colonies. His forces consist
ed OF these eighteen battalions. half
Soudanese negroes and Egyptian EEL
lahs; the rest British cavalry and IN
fantry with two batteries of Maxim
twelve-pounders Kitchener's three bril-
gades took up their positions and
awaited the enemy, rs. 900 strong.
Mahmud, leader Of the dervishes,
remembering the ease with which he
had annihfated former forces. was
quick to accept the battle challenge.
IT am Lord of the Soudan: there Is
none like me-" said the Khalifa, as he
gave the order to advance.
AS the whirling dervishes swarmed
to the battle line, charging with that
fearless dash for which they are
famous, they were soon nonplused
by the inactivity of the. enemy. On
the dervishes came, yet not shot was
fred to greet them. Emboldened by
the passive enemy, -tHSy eSSuHeo eAAeAe
the English. dogs of infidels. that
they were were Supplied by the
strength of the opposing force and
were dumbly standing in their tracks
awaiting the slaughter 50 sure to fol-
low. Their conjecture was shortlived.
however, for when the dervishes were
within 1000 yards OF the foes battle
line command, spoken in rasping
voice and in Arabic, rang out. The
order to Fire at last had been given
and before its echo died away the
Maxims belched fire and shrapnel.
Meanwhile infantrymen were pouring
rain of forty-five calibre bullets into
the dervishes' midst and this first vol
ley brought down hundreds of the
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throne and although twice married
only three sons and one daughter
were born to him. The eldest son
died when he was less than one year
old. The second son. Leopold the
Second, succeeded his father and
reigned nearly forty-fve years. In
the meantime the third SON died. King
Leopold IL married and had one son.
who died, in his tenth year. Three
daughters had also blest the union,
but under the Salic law they could
not inherit. The throne at Leopold's
death then reverted to the Count OF
Flanders, who had two sons and two
daughters. The two sons were Bald
win and Albert, Prince Baldwin died
suddenly in 1891 without having mar
ried. There remained only Prince
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IoEed KiJeheragp Of EnSLznd

command OF an Egyptian cavalry
From that moment his life has been
succession of brilliant achievements,
every one of which We're OF such ster-
ling worth that both honor and pro-
motion followed. No man had more
to do with civilizing the Soudan than
Kitchener. and IN every chapter mark
ing advancement In that country's af-
fairs Kitchener's name boldly stands
forth.
Career Dates Far Back.
To realize Just what Kitchener has
done it is necessary to turn back to
the year 1893. and even before Sir
Samuel Baker. the famous Nile ex-
plorer and hunter, had been made
GOVERNOR General of the Soudan. His
brother, Colonel Valentine Baker, the
man who allowed his brilliant career.
in England tc be ruined because he
would not tell what he might have
told about a fool of a girl, command
ed what there was of cavalry in the
early SOS. But at El-Teb, Wad-El-
Neiumi, the great Emir of Soudan
and born general. fought Bakers
weak legion and massacred 1t. AT FL
Obeid and Shekan, on November 4,
1888, Wad-El-Netumi finished what
had been left over. He defeated and
killed Hicks Pasha, captured Khar-
toun1 and murdered General Gordon
The naughty conqueror thereupon
wrote the English commander of his
signal victory and sent along with his
message the head of Gordon as a
souvenir of England's bloody defeat.
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is his motto. In the years he lived
In the Soudan he mastered every
tongue and dialect there spoken. No
native, no matter from how remote Q
part of that vast domain, ever APP
preached him but that Kitchener
could duently converse with him. His
mastery OF these dialects has been the
wonder Of his superiors and Gubordin-
ates alike.
Kitchener AS He Il.
Lord kitchener is tall, spare man.
standing six-feet-four in his stockings.
his muscles are OF steel and his nerves
ever taut and as steady. Seemingly
he Is never tired, and nothing SUR
prises him. He Is prepared Tor all
affairs at the psychological moment.
as far as Soudanese matters are con-
cerned, and none doubts that his pres
ent post will receive the same bril-
liant handling under his guidance that
he has given lesser matters
It is noticeable fact that tho adj
vances OF the Kaiser on Paris were.
almost unchecked until the week be-
ginning September 2. One week later
it was learned that Lord Kitchener
had secretly left England for Frame
where he conferred with General
Joffre, chief Of the French StN ana
General Sir John French. OF the Eng
lish forces. 3 &, u ~. ( :.
Il is highly signidcant that the mo-
ment these secret conferences were
over the tide OF battle turned in the,
Allies favor, and from then on the
kaiser received series Of set backs
that virtually foreshadowed the drdv-
ing Of his hosts from French soil.
Kitchener. perhaps. could explain
this sudden change OF fortune. but dt IL
extremely doubtful IL he ever will. for
taciturnity is one OF his most notes
able traits