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Lartschs evidence
ating 1t draws Gordon about him from which he
e royal chief OF household in her testimony
revelations social life"
to her startling revelations of the aisers habits
also the boased family e OF the Hoenzollerns.
proves Williams pettiness and deception
The incidents related
wellknown writer.
have been re-edted publication N
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-04

ment of death by violence all onsfs
life passes in review like In = nash.
Rosa and Karl must have chuckled
If they remembered their last lodg-
ings as they faced tho busy firing
squad)
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II aqviee 1919. Copyright
The Kaiser's Uneasy Head" - His Dsdain For "Ple
beians"-Peop1e Without Handles to Their Name
& Glimpses of Royal Society-Diplomacy on a Grand
Scale-Intrigue at Home and Abroad-The
Kaserin's Constant Jealousy-His Conversa-
ton "Snacked of the Stable"-Some of His
Escapades-TIow the Kaiser Was "Shad-
owed" by His Wife-Some Interesting
Anonymous Letters and the Facts That
Lay Behind Then-A Stingy Lover
Is the Kaiser-Anonynous Let
tiers Show German Society
to Be as Rotten as Its
Royal Master
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For Weakened Lung

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RIO BE Continued 1o-morrow.1
The sun., 1919-05-16
LEFT NET ESTATE OF $5ss, $40.
of Mrs. Elizabeth Laid
laws Holdings Filed.

Mrs. Elizabeth Carter orderdonk
Laidlaw, who died at 70 in her city
home, "a West Seventy-fourth street, in
October, 1917, loft total estate OF
$62S,019 and a net estate of $59S,31O,
according to the appraisal filed yester-
day In the Surrogates' Court.
Assets of the estate consist or the
country home, Keiso Place. at Sands
Point, L. l.. surrounded by ten acres OF
land and valued at $4,000; personal
property appraised at $21,472, and
stocks and bonds valued at 1886, 1853.
Among the larger holdings are 2S2
shares of the Bank of California, $21,-
472; 1924 shares of st. Joseph Lead
Company. s3S.31s; 396 shares Rochester
Cold Storage Company, $52.074.
The estate is divided among the sons
and daughters of the deceased, as fol-
lows: Elliott c. r. Laidlaw. Plainf1eld,
N. j.; james Lees Laid!aw. 26 Broad
way: Hobert r. Laidlaw. same address
Mrs. Jesse L. Williams. 1862 West Fifty
seventh street Mrs. John c. Vaughn,
158 West Seventy ninth street. and Mrs
Edward Roesler. Sands Point. L. l., sS4,.
462 each. and Mrs. Inlay Benet. Lake
Mahopac. N. Y, Ss9.535. The execu-
tors are her sons. James l. and Robert
r. Laidlaw.
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to the extent Of finding lobby OF $780,
600 to further the candidacy OF Senator
Thompson for Governor"
mot at.the present time, but IL any
thing comes will give 1t to you. ! did
not understand, Mr.. Chairman, that this
investigation ran to an established lobby
fund. Perhaps my notion of II Is differ
ent from that of others, but 1t seems
to me the evidence tended to show a
potential fund, a fund that would be
subscribed. Not that there was $780,
900 in any place, collected and put down
for distribution, but 1t seems to me the
evidence has shown that there was a
willingness to contribute that fund, n
willingness to deposit 1t providing the
Senator had been receptive of 1t. II
there was such a fund, and l get any
evidence of 1t, l will be glad to submit
1t to you"
Now. Mr.. Jordan" said Chairman
Burlingame, addressing himself to Mr..
Burke's counsel, "have you any infor-
nation along the same liner
The information / have l am free
to confess" replied Mr.. Jordan with a
smile that he made no attempt to con-
ceal, 'Is that>there was not any, and
that Senator Thompson did not get a
dollar"
In his cross-examination Mr.. Jordan
tr1eu TO make senator thompson HuuIlt
that he had received a great deal OF
assistance from Burke; that he had
among other things served subpenas on
him. and had been asked to find George
w. Young Of the Windsor Trust Com
pany. who was In Palm Beach when
the Public Service Committee wanted
him.
Counsel tried TO get into the record
an intimation that Senator Thompson
was on good terms with Nicholas F.
Brady and deliberately did not 60 into
the gas and electric interests In the
investigation as thoroughly as he did
into the traction matters.
'.Were there some other interests that
were entirely ignored?' asked Mr.. Jor-
dan,
I'VE did not ignore anybody" was the
reply. 1--WE continued the inquiry all we
could after we lost the power Of sub
poena."
When Mr.. Jordan started to press
Senator Thompson as to the motives
that led him to give out his "slush'
fund story without first asking for ar
Investigation by the Senate, this testi-
| mony was taken:
Q. Did you have in mind that II yor
published that 1t might keep some OF
your associates in liner" A. No"
Q. You didn't think that unless yor
made It public some one else was liable
to DO bribed and You would preserve
them from that calamity. did your" A
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be of value to you, 10 say It to you here
from the witness stand. II did would
tell you, and there Is not anything that
has occurred that 1 won't tell you all
about, and go down the line as far as
you will go, or your committee will go,
any time, and as long as you have the
authority, and after that, II you want
to take IL and try IT,
The committee wants to 20 down the
line with you, IL you will give us some
thing to follow" said Senator Burlin-
game.
We'll, / wish the committee would
take the lead and let me follow" was the
answer.
IF you will show us the light we will
lead and you can follow"
"I don't want to have to do all the
work. You see, / am not member of
this committee. l do not think II is
right for you people here to try to put
the burden of this whole thing on me. 1
am giving you information and I am
glad to see you welcome II. Now go to
somebody else and get some of theirs.
You cannot have a picnic all alone you
must have others to It,"
Not Holding Out, He Says.
We'll, what are you holding out, Ser
ator?'
II am not holding out anything, am
not going to hold out anything. 1 am a
witness here on the stand and I am will
ing to give you any Information or an
swer any question they can. ask. de-
cline to take the responsibility for this
investigation OF your committee, I de-
cline to take the responsibility of when It
shall stop, and / decline to say that I
have not any further Information In re-
latlon to any other subject, because !
may and may not have. ] don't know.
l decline to say whether I have got any
further Information in relation to this
subject because 1t may be pertinent and
II may not. But l am going to give II
to you, l am going to show It to you and
tell you what know about it"
Wont you make an exception and
tell us whether you have anything more
on Burke?' asked Mr.. Jordan. his coun.
sell
IT cannot be any nicer to you than
have been to the Attorney-Ge re.
piled the Senator with a smile.
Counsel for the committee and fol-
Mr.. Burke having failed to pry anything
further out Of Senator Thompson, Chair.
man Burlingame turned to counsel for
him and said:
May 1 inquire. Mr.. Moss, whether
there is anything in your knowledge
anything further that will give us any
assistance with respect to this investiga.
ton or the purpose for which the inves.
tigation was started, namely and chiefly
The sun., 1919-05-16
PLANTS GUN TO NAB HUSBAND.
F'tremsn's wife, Though, In Tears
Confesses st Hearing.

Lieut.. James Shaw OF Hook and Lad
der No. 3, East Thirteenth street. had
a spat with his wife on April 15 that re-
suited in Shaw's arrest for violation of
the Sullivan law. As the bout waxed
warm in their apartments. 1854 Holland
avenue. The Bronx. Mrs. Shaw ran from
the house and called a patrolman.
Don't go in there, my husband might
shoot you," she said.
The policeman went In and Mrs. Shaw.
following, pointed to revolver on q
shelf with five cartridges near II. The
weapon was not loaded. In Bronx Spe-
cial Sessions yesterday Shaw was ac-
quilted, proving that he had no guilty
knowledge of the weapon being in the
house. Mrs. Shaw thereupon broke down
and sobbed, saying she had trumped up
the whole business 1t looked as though
a reconciliation would be effected.
The sun., 1919-05-16

committee could not see how any Of the
rund could have been used in Albany.
An attempt, which failed, was made
TO get the Senator to admit that he did
not take much stock In the stories of
Burke, did not regard the suggestions of
FORMER Gov. Whitman seriously and that
ne gave out the stories about "slush"
ana dough bags solely for the purpose
OF defeating the Carson Martin bill. He
would not have taken the Burke story
seriously, he declared, II II had not been
Iollowed by the suggestions from Mr..
whitman that he vote for the bill. He
insisted that Mr.. Burke had told him he
was on the payroll OF the gas compa-
mes although, as the record showed, he
did not know whom Burke represented.
dispute developed when Clark Jor-
can counsel for Burke. tried to get
thompson to acknowledge he had used
the long distance telephone to communi-
cate with two women and had furnished
them with rooms at the Biltmore, all at
the expense Of the State. The names OF
the women were stated, and went into
the record despite the objections Of the
Senator. They could do anything to
him, he said but he did not think II fair
to attempt to cast slurs on two per-
fectly respectable women. He knew
both. but denied that they had ever
Schuyler Beattie of Lockport, who
acted as a confidential man for Senator
Thompson during part of the Public
Service Investigations, testified that
Burke tried to get from him all the in
formation he could about the financial
condition. habits and hobbies Of the
Senator. He was solicitous about his
health and thought he ought to have
long vacations. Burke told him, Mr..
Ia = In 4 y 49, n.
Mr.. Brady.
did you take Burke seriously when
he offered the 100000 slush fund in
support Of your candidacy for Gov
ernorT' asked Senator Burlingame
WELL yes he meant IT," was the re-
ply. II was satisfied Of that. but what
/ meant to convey to you is that Burke
had no influence on me at all, none what
ever. There was no danger with me, or
! don't believe with any Senator. that
Burke could say anything to me.
The Chairman: You did not think
much of Burke's offer when he made 1t,
did your
well. 1 would MOTT would not
tempt me-"
Didn't you think It was a good deal
Of n hoaxT'
mo, did not. He tried everything in
the world, I guess. to find out what
wanted. There seemed to be everything
tried that wanted and there are some
disordered minds that think a man in
the Senate must want something, and II
It was not one thing II must be another {,
apd having tried everything else, why, It
must be Governor. He found out that
was another thing that ! did not want
That Is all that is. what got to me.
From your mental state. the matter
got much more serious. didn't It, after
you saw the GOVERNOR
Yes. much more serious"
And you coupled that with the Burke
ncident?"
Yes, that Is true,
The sun., 1919-05-16
-oh. l cues. we wsr. just as friendly

"oh, guess We were Just as friendly
then as We ever WERE"
And you did not take this bride sit
uation as serious, did you. until some
time after?"
mo. I took It serious then. do not
like to have you say n bride situation.
1t was an improper practice, no question
about that"
We'll, now, Senator, tell the commit
tee, Is there any other source of informa-
ton you know OF that will enable us to
get any closer to this situation of lobby
ing whereby you were offered 100000
slush fund to run for Governor as the
result Of your proposed vote-change Of
voter"
II would not say they offered me a
$500, 900 slush fund, have been told by
those in position to know that II costs
upward of that sum TO run for Gov
ernor and make a campaign in the pri-
maries and another one in the election ;
but l don't suppose that II is used as a
slush fund"
well, l know; but Is there any added
information that you can give us to aid
the committee in accomplishing the OBJ
ject for which the committee was APP
pointed?"
"Why, I have got a lot Of stun here.
will make you a statement, try to. this
afternoon, in relation to anything, II
there is anything; 1 don't know that
there is"
Hints at other Things.
1T think you will agree with u.s."
pressed the chairman, that we have
followed. as far as we can. the purpose
for which the committee was organized.
and that you have no further informa-
ton that you can give us at this time ?''
What difference does 1t make whether
we agree" replied the Senator. II have
rome other things here that seem as
though they ought to be called to your
attention"
Senator Black asked whether Mr..
Thompson took the Burke proposition
seriously after similar proposition"
had been made to him by Mr.. whitman.
There wasn't any danger in Burke
talking to me at ALL" was the reply.
but the other one was more dangerous.
Nov. Senator" broke in Mr.. Cheney.
will you tell us when a similar PROPOSE
tion was made by Gov. Whitman"
well, the question of similarity is
not. Mr. Attorney General, hardly for
me to decide. have tried my best to
give you the detaila"
Just answer my question. Senator.
and we will get along all right When
you answered Senator Black did you
have in mind a conversation with Gov.
Whitman at the st. Regis and nothing
else?"
Yes"
Nothing else?'
mo"
Asked to try and be specific in stating
what further information he might pos
sess, Senator Thompson said:
well. I don't know about informa-
ton. There Is a lot of information in
there Indicating the suitcase); you can
have II. There Is some more there lin
dicating portfolio). and then there is a
trunkful Of letters and kilograms and
stuff. What It might relate to do not
know / decline to foreclose myself now
on any information I might ind in my
possession. y don't call to mind at this
particular instant anything that would
The sun., 1919-05-16

''Oh, I think the bill was beaten then,
but l thought there was a good deal Of
danger II Mr.. Whitman and Mr.. Burke
were going to organize together and got
at 1t the way they started for me-"
when you left the st. Regis Hotel
where you had luncheon with Gov. Whit
man. did you deem that you had been
offered a bribe?"
within the meaning OF the Penal
Code?"
"Oh, no, in any sense, that there was
lobby. or that there was an effort TO
bride your"
Il thought that he was lobbying In the
full meaning OF the term"
Were YOU much incensed over it?'
II did not like it. and l got crosser
over 1t the more though OF it."
well, you parted as friends when
you left him after luncheon didn't you?'
The sun., 1919-05-16

wAsHrNoroN, May 15.-An Official
despatch to the State Department to-
day reporting the burning OF the City
of Mobile said De witt Harp and r.
Ford Thompson, Americans, and Carl
Peterson, a Dane, were reported missing
and probably dead. They signed with
the barkentine at Jacksonville, Fla.
The sun., 1919-05-16

wen, I might have felt that probably
II would be good thing for the public
to prevent some people from using on
others what they attempted to use on
me-"
O. "You felt that, whereas you were
strong enough to resist, there might be
some weak brothersT A. 1T is not
easy even to resist IT. No. l thought
they were strong enough to resist"
Q. You mean to say It was a tempta-
ton to your You say II was hard to
resist?" A. mo, there never was any
temptation as far as I was concerned to
vote for this bill. The minute any one
spoke Of this bill to me In the past two
months waded into them with an
argument"
O. You said II was hard to resist p
A. 1T Is not easy for any man to be
invited TO a wonderful hotel and be given
a sort Of attempt at hospitality and be
given q good lunch, good visit and all
that sort of thing It is not easy to say
what you have got to say. that you can't
do 1t. 1 hate to tell anybody NO
don't know how II Ia with other people
but always hate to refuse a man"
Q well then, you did not do it for
the purpose OF preserving some of your
colleagues from the same temptation
that you went through with, for fear
they would not have the same stamina
as your" A. II talked to one Of my
collea CUES, talked about this bill. and
I said, What do you think about it?'
And he said, I might consider jumping
of the Woolworth Building. but would
not consider voting for this bill don't
think anybody would have tempted him
I think his mind was made up all right
but even at that he would not be pleased
with an opportunity to refuse the plead
ings Of an Ex-Governor of the State.
don't believe; I don't know"
Denies Any shonts oner.
Senator Thompson denied that Theo
dore p. Shonts, president of the Inter
borough had ever offered him hnancia
assistance directly or indirectly. As fol
the story about $50 church funds. HI
said he had collected $500 for a church
In condemnation proceedings and paid 4
out the day after he got It. home
newspaper had printed some sort of
yarn to hurt him politically and 1t hat
been forced to apologize.
Arguing In favor OF getting his ques
lions about the Hotel Biltmore bills Mr.
Jordan said he wanted to attack thu
| credibility OF the witness.
HE has made a long statement" tn
lawyer said. ut reads like a romance
II Is a beauty. and think there are few
people who could beat It I cannot sa.
1t Is not true. but wherever he charge
The sun., 1919-05-16
Europe, Band Leader, Left $1,000.

Application for letters of administra-
ton to the property left by Lieut.. James
Rees Europe, leader of the jazz band of
Col. Hayward's negro regiment In
France, who was killed by one OF his
bandsmen in Boston last weak, was filed
in the Surrogates court yesterday by the
band leaders widow. Europe died in
testate, according to the petition. leav-
ing property worth approximately $4,000.
The sun., 1919-05-16

After Mr.. Jordan had finished his ex-
limitation of Senator Thompson he was
AIKEN in hand by Chairman Burlingame
and other members of the committee in
n effort to prove out Of his own mouth
hat he did not lay much store by the
alks with Burke and former Gov. Whit
nan until he saw the chance for a SEN
ational story.
Senator. the seriousness of 1t, in your
mind. was the usage Of 1t as a basis for
story. the ultimate effect of which you
hoped would be to beat this bill to which
you were 80 opposed?"
The sun., 1919-05-16
THOMPSON ADDS
NOTHING NEW TO
SLUSH INQUIRY
Senator Refuses to Give Up
Information He "May or
May Not Have"
PROBE MAY BE DROPPED
Council for Burke Fails to Pin
Witness-Last Public
Hearing Held.

Unless further information deemed
worthy of investigation comes to It from
a little yellow dress suit case or a bat
tered trunk belonging to Senator George
r. Thompson or from some other unsus-
pected source. the Senate Judiciary
Committee held its last public hearing
Yesterday in its search for "slush" funds.
Aside from the three times when, in the
opinion of the Senator. he had been i'm
properly approached on behalf of pend
ing investigation. as told by him on
Wednesday. he would offer nothing yes
terday which he thought should be
brought out in open session without pre-
vious investigation. 1t has not been de-
veloped that any Senator saw so much
as the glitter of new dime.
II is the general impression that the
inquiry will not be pressed further, al
though Senator Thompson. at the request
Of the committee. is to give a mass of
information in his possession, most of
which he frankly acknowledges is prob
ably worthless. but some of which he
says might develop something improper
IL properly investigated. Even this
might be properly explained, he said.
The Senator insisted. upon cross-ex-
animation. that he believed former Gov.
Whitman was lobbying in the full sense
Of that word at the st. Regis luncheon
conference that has been many times re-
ferred to,
The sun., 1919-05-16
Suitcase an attraction.

! As the Senator sat on the stand in the
Board OF Estimate room in the City
Hall yesterday he had the mysterious
little yellow case before him. He ran
casually through its contents. consisting
OF documents, legislative bills. drafts
letters. kilograms and notes. 1t was
gathered that some of the things he be-
lieves might be investigated came to him
in the form of anonymous communica-
lions, which as a class, Frank Moss, his
counsel. remarked. frequently produce
facts OF the greatest Importance, prop
erly followed up, All these matters are
to be turned over to the committee as
soon as Mr.. Moss can arrange them, with
suggestions for further inquiry.
Jerome L. Cheney, Deputy Attorney
General, counsel for the committee and
members Of that body, sharply Quizzed
Senator Thompson in an evident attempt
10 get him to say that he had given to
them every fact in his possession which
he thought might show anything i'm
proper in the way of influencing legisla-
ton. He refused to acknowledge this,
saying he had other things that might or
might not be of value. but that none OF
them was in such shape that he cared
to bring 1t out at this time.
One thing that he drew casually from
his bag was a copy OF a letter signed by
well known hotel men here, which was
said to have been sent by them to all
saloonkeepers in the State. 1t stated
that the hotel men had a scheme for
fighting prohibition and were putting up
per cent of their gross receipts from
the sale OF alcoholic beverages in 1918
and asking the saloonkeepers to send :
per cent. of their receipts to the fund
Senator Thompson said If he were con
Quoting the inquiry he would get one
Of the subscribers, find out who he paiC
the money to and then learn what wa.
done with It,
II was brought out that the letter was
dated February 81, while the prohibition
amendment was passed in the Legisla-
ture in January, and members of the
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-11-26
OCTOBER EXPORTS GAIN,
WHILE IMPORTS FALL


American exports in October 1919,
were valued at $632, 100000, gain
of $35,OO0,O0O over September and
of $4,000 900 over October of the
previous year, according to state
ment issued today by the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce, De-
partment of Commerce. Exports for
the 10 months ended with October
are placed at s6,5O1, 100000, an in
crease of f$1,44O,0OO,0OO as compar-
ed with the corresponding period of
1918.
October imports totaled 10000
600, falling off of $40 100000 from
the high mark of September, but an
increase of $169,OO0,0O0 over Octo-
ben of last year. For the 10 months
ended with October, imports amount
ed to $3,113, 3,0OO,OOO, gain of
$543,OOO,OOO over the similar period
of last year. This figure for the first
10 months of the current calendar
year is higher than that recorded for
any previous full calendar year.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-11-26
HAD A GOOD TINE.

Members of the WILSON Rotary
club are loud in their praise of the
snlendid hospitality of the Norfolk
Rotary club, who were hosts to rep
resentatives of the various clubs in
this district yesterday.
DR.. e. T. Dickerson, w. A. Edger-
ton. c. P. Fulghum Dr. Oscar Hooks,
and T. F. Pettus, who attended. saw
the day started off with breakfast
at the Fairfax hotel of bass caught
from a private lake for the entire
party, consisting CT more than 200
guests, aside from the home mem.
bers of the club.
After being shown the points OF
interest in the city they were taken
to the new naval and war bases.
which cost approximately $4,000.
600 each, returning at noon the,
went into a meeting where the rep
nesentatlves of the various club.
made short speeches. President Edg
erton of Wilson did the honors grace
fully for this city Following thi.
came huge oyster bake at Cap,
Henry.