Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 25, 1912, Page 1

fi&s\.ofla\ societ x THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEE L S WINNESOTA | HISTORICAL | . VOLUME 10. NUMBER 154. “TEDDY” SCORED " BY LAFOLLETTE Article in Latter's Weekly Says - Roosevelt Did Not Honestly Pro- duce Facts at Chicago EXPLAINS INSIDE WORKINGS Says Neither Bull Moose Nor Taft Had a Majority and Each One Was Afraid McGOVERN BETRAYED VOTERS Candidacy In Convention Was Mere Pretense as Aid in Nomination of the Badger. Madison, Wis., Oct. 25.—“Was the Republican nomination stolen from “Theodore Roosevelt?” This question is raised by Sena- tor La Follette in his latest article, . “Why I Continued as a Candidate,” - in the current issue of La Follette’s ‘Weekly Magazine. Senotor La Fol- lette answers “no” and asks: “If he had evidence to prove that Taft could not be honestly and fairly nominated, why did he not direct his lieutenants to present that evidence to the national committee, and then = to the convention and the country, so clearly that the convention would not have dared to nominate Taft and that Taft could not, in honor, have accepted the nomination if made. “The reasan is obvious. An an- alysis of the testimony shows that neither Taft nor Roosevelt had a ma- Jjority of honestly or regularly elected delegates. This the managers upon both sides well understood. Each candidate was trying to seat a suffi- cient number of fraudulent creden- tilated delegates, added to those reg- ularly chosen to support him to se- cure control of the convention and steam-roll the nomination. It was a + . Droceeding with which each was ac- quainted and which each had san- ctioned in prior conventions. “This explains the extraordinary conduct of Roosevelt. He could not enter upon such an analysis of the evidence as would prove Taft’s regu- larly elected delegates in the minori- ty, without inevitably subjecting his own spuriously credentialed delegat- es to an examination so critical as to expose the falsity of his own con- tention that he had an honestly elect- ed majority of the delegates. “He therefore deliberately chose to claim everything, to cry fraud, to bully the national committee and the convention, and sought to create a condition which would make impossi- ble a calm investigation of cases up on merit, and to carey the conven- tion by storm. He filled the public ear with sound and fury. He ruth- lessly sacrificed everything to the one idea of his being the one candidate. . = He submjtted no suggestion as to a platform of Progressive principles. He clamored loudly for purging the convention roll of ‘tainted’ delegates, «, Wwithout purging his own candidacy ; of his tainted contests and his taint- ed trust support. He offered no rea- son for a third party except his own overmastering craving for a third term.” Senator La Follette asserts. “The charge of theft against the national committe for seating Taft delegates where Roosevelt delegates should have been seated, came with bad grace from those who made it.” And * he quotes an article by Mr. Munsey’s chief political writer in support of his statement that the Roosevelt con- tests were made “with the deliberate purpose of deceiving the Republicans of the country.” - Senator La Follette tells the story of the McGovern incident at the Chicago convention, asserting that the Wisconsin governor betrayed the commission with which he was in- trusted by the voters in his state. He says: “A pretense was made that Me- Govern’s candidacy was in my inter- - est, and would, in some mysterious way, have aided in my nomination.l QThe producer and the consumer hold daily heart to heart talks through these columns. € There is no fictitious value as an obstacle to a business transaction through the want ads. 9 You cannot afford to miss the chances thrown atyour feet on this page, Mr. Careful Buyer. But this valuable service in my be- half was conceived and carried along toward consummation without con- sultation with, or indeed without an intimation to me, and kept carefully under cover until the Chicago con- vention was right at hand,—and then attempted to be forced though over my earnest protest. It must al- ways stand upon the record as a be- trayal not merely of my candidacy but of the progressive principles which the Wisconsin voters instruct- eg these men to represent with fidel- ity.” La Follette goes into Roosevelt's iecord on railroads and trusts, claim- ing that the ex-president never was a Progressive, and that trusts grew rapidly under his administration. He promises “hot stuff” in the next arti- cle on Roosevelt's tariff record and his opposition to the Progressive fight in Wisconsin. CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF LIEUTENANT BECKER CASE July 16.—Herman Rosenthal, a notorious gambler, who had threat- ened to expose an alleged connection between Lieutenant Becker and New York's gaming and vice syndicate, was shot down in the glare of the|- lights of the Hotel Metropole, with- in a few hours of the time he was scheduled to tell his story before the grand jury. July 16.—Within a few hours of the erime the car in which the mur- derers are alleged to have escaped, with William Shapiro, the driver, were arrested. July 18.—“Bald Jack” Rose, well known gambler and former partner of Rosenthal, surrendered to the dis- trict attorney to whom he is said to have confessed to having acted as Becker’s “collector,” also giving the details of the alleged murder con- spiracy and the names of those con- cerned. July 21.—On the strength of the statement made by Rose, “Bridgey’” Webber, alleged gambling house pro- prietor, and Sam Paul, a notorious gang leader, were arersted and charged with complicity in the mur- der. Both are said to have admitted having an intimate acquaintance with Becker. July 23.—Harry Vallons, a gangs- ter, suspected of having been one of the occupants of the murder car, sur- rendered to the police. July 26.—Frank Cirofici, another suspect, taken into custody. July 26.—Mrs. Rosenthal, widow of the murdered gambler, testified be- fore the grand jury that Becker col- lected money from her husband, as did Rose for Becker. July 29.—Lieutenant Becker ar- rested and locked up on a charge of murder. Aug. 1.—Frank Muler, alias “Whitey” Lewis, one of the gangs- ters who fled from the city immed- iately after the murder, arrested in the Catskills. Aug. b5.—Disclosures concerning alleged deposits of thousands of dol- lars put in banks in New York City and elsewhere by Lieut. Becker and his wife. Aug. 20.—Blanket indictment re- turned against Becker. Aug. 22.—Sam Schepps, who is alleged by Jack Rose to have been the man who hired gangsters for Becker and paid them off after the murder had been accomplished, was apprehended in Hot Springs, Ark., and returned to New York. Sept. 3.—Becker’s trial fixed to be- T (Contlnued om Page D (Copyright.) BECKER VERDICT IN AT MIDNIGHT Jury Was Out For Ten Hours, In New York. Prisoner Remanded to the Tombs Until Oct. 30, When He Will Be Sentenced. Wife Fainted When Told the News— Decision Rested on Schepps’ Testimony. New York, Oct. 25.—After having been out for ten hours the jury which has been trying Police Lieutenant Charles Becker on a charge of insti- gating a plot for the murder of Her- man Rosenthal at midnight last night returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Judge Goff was summoned to the court room to receive the verdict and after it had been read, he remanded Becker to the Tombs until October 30 at which time sentence will be passed. Mrs. Becker, who was sitting outside the courtroom swooned when the verdict was announced.. The prisoner’s destiny was placed in the jury’s hands yesterday after- noon after Justice Goff charged the jury, speaking for three hours. The charge in effect was a ruling that the guilt or innocence of the prisoner rested almost solely upon the debat- able point as to whether Sam Schepps was an accomplice to the crime. The court itself was doubtful as to Schepps’ status and declined to guide the jurors in deciding. He then in- structed them to return a verdict of first degree murder or second degree murder or acquit the defendant. Manslaughter was eliminated. The greater parts of the court’s instruc- tions dealt with first degree murder the penalty for which is the electric chair. Twice during the afternoon the jury communicated with Justice Goff. The jury asked for the stipulation made by the state with the four in- formers, Rose, Webber, Vallon and Schepps. The request was granted. Later the jury asked for the testi- mony of the persons who had talked with Schepps in Hot Springs. This was -denied because portions of the (Continued on Page 7) WHO IS WHO Being a series of brief biographies of candidates for state snd county offices at the general election, Nov- ember 5. - JAMES MANAHAN. Born and reared on a farm near Chatfield, Olmstead James Manahan was early introduced to county, hard work and has never yet been afraid of it. He .worked his way through the. public schools, the Wi- nona normal, and the college of law of the University of Minnesota. For twenty-two years he has been in gen- eral practice and in two cases es- pecially, the Pullman berth rate and the express and railroad rate hear- ings, he has won recognition for his public spirit, courage and ability. JAMES MANAHAN. In the September primaries, he won the Republican nomination af- ter. a hard fight. Manahan is on Irishman and with the Irishman’s love of battle has steadily fought for the people’s interests. His conviec- tions on public questions are the re- sult of careful thinking and not hap-hazzard judgments. Manahan believes in the direct control of the law by the people and 8o stands for initiative, referendum, recall, presidential primaries, and direct election of United States sena- tors with other general progressive legislation, Manahan says the people do not rule in Minnesota because here they pay three cents a mile passenger fare while in Iowa and Wisconsin the rate is two cents. .Tudg?a Sanborn is appointed for life and is irremovable. “The people through the legisla- ture made the two cent law, but they do not rule,” he says. If elected, he says that he will fight for a fail chance for the men and women who work and no chance for those who steal. Manahan is a progressive republican of the ap- proved type and deserves election. | Phillips BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1912. OTTO TRAILS FORGERS Gang of Money Order Thieves Un- earthed With Headquarters In City of Chicago. TWO0 HAVE -BEEN ARRESTED Chicago, Oct. 25.—A gang of money-order thieves and forgers, whose headquarters have been in Chicago and whose opperations have extended over ‘*he United States for the last two years, has been run to earth by United. States authorities in Chicago. Mrs. Edna Phillipps and Thomas J. Sharum were arrested. Mrs. Phillips was held in $3,000 bonds by United States Commission- er Mark A. Foote. Since October, 1910, the postal in- spectors have been tracing the oper- ations of the gang which was passing forged checks of the face value of $50,000 in various parts of the country. Inspectors Gerner and Otto of the federal service made the ar- rests at Crown Point, Ind. Mrs. was placed in the Cook county jail and was taken today be- fore the United States commissioners Sharum is held by the United States marshal’s office. The postal orders forged were stol- en from substations. One hundred orders were stolen from the West Pullman substation and 150 from the Oak Park station. At Niagara Falls more than $5,000 was secured from forged orders. Other orders were passed in Indianapolis, St. Louis, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Evanston, Rock Island, Joliet, San Francisco and Milwaukee. g When the forged orders came to the attention of the Chicago postal inspectors soon after the robbery of several Chicago drug stores where substations were established, the connection of the two crimes was ap- parent. A. E. Otto is a Bemidji resident and was formerly assistant postmast- er here. He has been a postal in- spector for about two years. MAKE EXPOSITION RATES The Northern Pacific railroad, in conjunction with the Minnesota and International has offered a rate of $8.80 to Minneapolis and $9.20 to St. Paul during the ‘'show of the Northwestern Products exposition from November 12 to 22. The Soo line has also offered a rate via Du- luth of $9.20. The regular Soo line rate from Bemidsi to the cities one ‘way is $8.50 which makes the special rate but little rore than one cent a mile. The Soo rate is being made to advertise the new Soo short line from Duluth to the cities. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. BIG FOOTBALL ON BOARDS TOMORROW Yale, Princeton and Harvard Touted As Winners In Eastern Con- & tests, MINNESOTA VERSUS IOWA Gophers Conceded to Have Edge On Hawkeyes. But Latter Show Much Confidence. NO HIGH SCHOOL GAME Grand Rapids Refused to Play On Be- midji Field So Team Has Day of Rest. FOOTBALL RETURNS. At 5 p. m. Saturday, the Pioneer will receive the results of the ime portant football games in the east and west and will post them on its bulletin board in front of the Se- curity State bank. (By United Press.) New York, Oct. 25.—Two of the five big football elevens still in the race for eastern honors will be re- moved by the games to be fought out, on the gridirons tomorrow. Yale i$ practically certain to stay in the race, for, although Washing- ton & Jefferson is reported strong, the men of Old Eli expect to wim handily, on their own field at New Haven. Princeton and Harvard are thought.. to be almost sure of continuing om. [me road to the “Big Title.” Brown and Dartmouth are touted to lose. Princeton, after having run wup large scores on all opponents to date, expects trouble from Dartmouth and the later is cockey enough to pre- mise all sorts of dire things for the Tiger. ‘While Harvard scouts and Quart- erback Gardner are watching the Princeton-Dartmouth game, members: of the Princeton coaching staff wilk get an eye full of the proceedings at Cambridge, where Harvard entertaing Brown. In the western circuit, Minnesota will play lowa. This is the first time the Gophers have met a con- ferance team but their victory over the strong Cornhuskers last Satur- day has given them confidence. The Towa men say that it is their year to win and a close game is looked for. Chicago will meet Purdue and Northwestern will meet Indiana. Wisconsin and Illinois will have a day of rest. Each of the conference games tomorrow have a direct bear- ing on the championship. At present Minnesota and Wisconsin are believ~ led to have the edge on the other teams. As Grand Rapids refused to sches dule a return game with Bemidji for tomorrow, there will be no footbalt in Bemidji. STOVE TO HIGHEST BIDDER. C. E. Battles Makes Offer to Sell Heater on That Basis. C. E. Battles is making a unique offer to the public on an Art Gape land base burner, which he will dise pose of to the higest bidder on Nows ember 9. The stove has been place@ in his display window and on anoth- er page of this paper may be found an advertisement in which he is agk- ing for sealed bids. Bids will be opened Saturday, November 9. “The stove will positively go to the highest bidder regardless of the price bid in. It is a brand new Art Gar- land base burner and is regularly sold at $50, said Mr. Battles. He reports that usually on specials of this nature bids do not flock in until the last few days, and he ex- pects that a large number will take advantage of his offer.