The day book. [volume], May 09, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 12

About The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917

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Ijreat Saviwky casein which Krasov
feky went Jntp" a "province that "fras
ravaged by a mysterious haniL of
thieves, .disguised himself as a ped
dler, becamp a trusted member of the
gang, learned .tjeir secrets, and
brdught fifty of them- to justice, while,
their leader committed -suicide- JHe
determined to clean up thiavcas'e, like
wise. , v f
He learned tjiat two men in. Kiev
who, knew faqts fit the- Yiscninsky
murder had vanished. He traftad them
to America, "adopted a suitable dis"- F
guise, fpund them working near New
York City, won their friendship and
obtained their affidavits
These men tell the identical same
story. Agrgatniagsof girctjtostances
od incidents has .been; dran from
mem, and their accounts absolutely
nam. ' ' y. r
f TPheyhave consented. toTeturn and
raftify, tfecessary. ""
It Sk-expecttd thapublication 6t
ibis story and tfe, facts,, in the affi
feritftwlll caused gr&at sensation in
Rusjia, where-the persecution of (he
Jjews is-moredrulwit than ever since
tbeBeilis trial. . '
dOid S
GATHER TO DjSORfeDrpMOVE OF
STATE'S ATTY OFFJCE
Chicago's biggest .income taxpayer,
Julius Bosenwaldand several other
millionaires took; an. afternoon, off
yesterday and wnt tp the county
building to watch the meeting of the
finance committee of the county
board, f
Orson Smith, banker for the Mar
shall Field estate ,and president of
the Merchants' Loan and Trust Co.,
was there. Also John William 'Scott,
vlce-president of Carson, Pirie, Scott
& Co., and Charles H. Thome, treas
urer of Montgomery Ward & Co.
They came with other members of
the advisory board of the Illinois
Training School for Nurses as part trf 1 6tf ghly
a plan to discredit ine investigation
now being made by Assistant State's
Att'y Chas. C. Case.
Case has been asking some ques
tions lately.. He wants, to know Why
the hospital directors , are buying
bonds and making heavy permanent
investments and at the same time
qoming before the county board And
demanding more money than ever for
running the schoo v .
On the face of its own records the
'nurses school is making money and
salting it away in bonds and other
placps. for monev whicfi, ire a lot saf
ewn rat holes. City of Houston
bqnda to the amount of$10,000. also
'tyere bought last yearT '
Property worth $218,945.27 Is own
ed'by t&e School, of which $186084st
real-estate, buildings and machinery.
'On? this, the depreciation vahje, last
yewue'was $10,358.25. Tfrese aft the ',
figures of Barron?, Wade-, Guthrie &
Co., the auditors employed by the?
school directors.
Thesa" figures roused, interest in
the state's attorney's olHee. "The law
says that if a corporation Js eleankig
up a profit from its business, thepdt,
shall pay taxes. One purpose of the
inquiry is to find out why the school
is caUing for more money frm the
county when at the same Qme itaaU
ed-away $18,000 worth of bonds ?$
last year's business.
Last year the schooLjipt $13,600 ,
a month from the coun&pMr& In
March of this yearlt'fot $21,500.
For April It demands $1,245. A
written statement was read yester
day by Mrs. Ira Croiich-Wood, presi
dent of the board of directors, threat
ening to pull out every nurse the
school is furnishing to the County
Hospital unless the county board
comes across with this $16,245.
Case explained that the increase in
running cost and the pecvHar "bond
investments and- the avoidance of'-
taxes by the school would be thor-
induired into before the
state's attorney's office would recom
mend the county board to pay more
1 expense money to the school.