Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 11, 1912, Page 1

N N 754\ 63 o7 X \7(‘ g B XS O™ VOL. LIV.—NO. 247 NORWICH, CONN. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1912 PRICE _TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation In Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total ‘Girculation 15 the Lai‘gést in Gonnecticut infli’rop(;::tion. to the City's Population FEROCIOUS ATTACK ON MacDONALD, Gov. Baldwin Accuses Highway Oomlpissioner of Wasting Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars MAKES BITTER SPEECH AT DEMOCRATIC RALLY Credits Last National House of Representatives With Econ- omy Because it Cut Out Appropriation For Battleship— Declares - Tariff Bonrd Scheme All Wrong—Believes Very Few Democrats Are Lining Up With Progressives. West Haven, Oot. 10.—Govemnor | Forster feels that he might have to Baldwin was the principal speaker at|put this matter up to the national a democratic rally tonight, the salient | committee. Very well, so that there feature of which was a savage attack | may be no delay on our part, I have upon Highway Commissioner MacDon- | today sent the following tefinm to mld. The governor also gave fulsome |the republican national committee, in praise to the last national house of | order that there may be no question representatives. - - b of the fullest sanction by the man- Democrats for Economy. “l;;' of ll'mth parties: Gov. Simeon W, Baldwin said, in B[ eea tolows: part: . "H-;tford. Conn., Oct, 10, 1912. 7] 'udm,fl“m“' b:n« cox:; og.n eJa(;( ;- ‘Hutchlnxo?‘, Jr,,ngge;t::- ess may Bureau, Republ Sire of more evonomy i our national B"x‘,fi;‘(’{m"% Times Building, expenditures. e democracy, “f forwarded St ey illote yadbors from the time of Thomas Jefferson ; lay I P4 down, has always been the party of day copy of letter to chairman of dem- economy. The last democratic house ocratic central committee in re- of representatives saveq the country [S27d to jolnt debate between Con- millions which would have been spent gressman Underwood and Congress- by a republican house. Over $100,000 | a8 Hill. Intimation in newspaper was saved, to begin with, by cutting interviews that question must be de- out unnecessary policemen and per- cided by democratic national commit- quisites at the capitol. Twelve mil- tee. Please forward request in behaif lion dollars, for instance, was saved of republican national committee to by cutting out one battleship, $500,000 gemoa-nnc headquarters, and also to by cutting out the tariff board. w Underwood, if lywu tN‘nk ort te Te - Tariff Board Scheme Wrong. Do 9 St e Tl ecely “The fact is, that the whole scheme (Signed) “J. H. RORABACK, of the tariff board was wrong. They | “Chairman Republican State Central were agents of the president. They Committee.” should have been made agents of con- ” gress. They should have reported to congress. Then the public would have known what their conclusions were. They reported only to the president and he pocketed their final report, in 1910, until after election, because he paid that if he had publisheq it be- fore election the voters might not have read it impartially. “This kind of guardianship of the people on the part of the president, the AUBREY WON'T SERVE. Declines Nomi;\lfilon Because of Bal- lot Box Stuffing Charge. . Meriden, Oct. 10.—Attorney Alfred B. As , Who wae nominated judge of probate at the republican town caucus Wednesday night, forwarded today to Committae, Tis, romiumation, | Chatges democratic party does not believe in. ittee, 8 ignation. arges It belleves in publicity as a prineciple | that the lot box was stuffed to of public policy. It believes in turn- | make sure of Mr. Aubrey’s nomination ‘ing on the electric light, especially in | 8ere made by Attorney William C. dark corners. It believes in this in | Mueller, his opponent, today. The total ptate and nation alike. bcl:}lt;tuon a:;uafi wa; 20. o‘n» rgg:i- “ " sel ive 303, on judge of pre e MacDonald Has Wasted Money.” | 455" 37 “Aubrey's vote was 189 and “We have not always had emough | Mr, Muejler's was 183, with 11 scatter- of that in state affairs, Let me give | ing votes three | . Mr. Muel- you an nce, We have an officer le:‘ and h‘x:flmm. le the serious with a $5,000 salary, called a highway | aliegation that | it box was € . He does what in other | giu; after the 'was over, not es 18 done by an officer called a any_Opportuaity -wi te & ighway engineer. .Wae. don’t call ours enge it on the floor. Mr. A A g0 engineer and We don't because he | whae high charaster totally absolves Highway Cemmissioner | him from any in the al- has had competent train- fradulent voting, says in his let- ing and experience as a political man- L‘r‘gf restgnation: “Chnrlye- have been #ger, but not as an engineer. & or|made that the ballet bex was stuffed ‘want of it, he has wasted hundreds of | and I do net feel that, evem if the lho.u# of dollars of the state mon- | charges are groundless, that I eught te "i}ov&nu Baldwin alluded to thi A h??‘mnm:l: 3“ mil:la. » o the der t! #uspicien.” progressive party as follows: e " Few Democrats Join Progressives. ELECTORAL DISPUTES. “I have been about the state quite b little this fall and find the same | All Settled Favorably to Taft Exce| story here. The Roosevelt par- in Ci yrfli-. T ty is almost entirely made up of those who have heretofore been republicans, New York, Oct. 1o._wm;vu.o settle- men ttoday of the Pennsylvania elec- “Why do not more democrats join 4hem? It is because the democratic | tora] dispte by the sbstittion of Taft electors for Roosevelt men at Harris- party Ill_l1 hu«lwnn be;nmt.he éx;arty of rogress—the party of the people. It |purg, all electoral contests in different g:u l;:en doing all that is worth doing | states, the republican national com- of what the progressive platform con- | mittee announced, have been satisfac- torily adjusted, with the exception of tains. Democrats do not need to change their party lines. They are | that in California, where the Roosevelt electors remain on the \'remlbncan all right as they are * * * In my inaugural address I recommended sev- | ticket. The following summary of states in eral things that the progressive par- ty have copled into their mew plat- | which the situation has been cleared up was given out: form and some of them were carried through by the democratc members| Illinois: Four original Roosevelt of the assembly, aided by some of the | electors resigned and their places filled better sort of the republican members. | with Taft men named by the state committees. Got Help from Brinsmade. “T did not D Indiana: One elector understood to b Woogmg;";,"“g;',;;‘g fg{““‘;’i‘a be a Roosevelt follower supplanted by get some from other mm;hllc Taft man named by state committee. ators and re v an sen- |~ [oua: Two Roosevelt men resigned; Bonator. Brinamaonatives —men like | paft men in their places. : made of Washington, | ~Maryland: All Roosevelt electors re. who has now gone over to the Roose- " L Velt camp, because he could not stand | Mot O and, Taft men substituted by ihe tone of the republican party any |~ AMichigan: Three Roosevelt men re- longer. s " | signed; Taft men in their places, 1 do mot wonder why men 1like|® \finnescta: Five Roosevelt men re- m.:xmd&:h;utwtoh Srown to feel it in- | gigned: Taft men named. &m ks ® councils of the re- | Nebraska: Taft electors go on ballo: Ek; :}an}rl:am should be ruled by men | py petition. 0. Haton, Ty ‘Roraback and Robert | “Kansas: Roodevelt electors resigned, 1 66 Bob 3 1 Taft men named. ot hold any party responsible | * North Dakote: Roosevelt electors !’bur‘ the character of all its members, | resigned: Taft men substituted. r" i do hold any party responsible Ohio: Six Roosevelt electors resign- or the character of its chosen man- ed; Taft men substituted. hgers and leudsrs: > Oklahoma: Two of ten electors are Democrats Believe in Progress. Roosevelt men, but have agreed to “The people this year are with the | YOté for Taft if ho carries state, gnmncrn\-y of the United States. They T‘;?‘"“‘ Fg‘f“fh“i the five electors ara elieve that progress—progress in th 'aft men th announced he would PNt Eirention al e aore aam; \';Jt‘e for Taft if republicans carry the counted on from a party that has | Y& pakota: st0od for progress vear after vear |, SOUth Dekota: end achieved progress, whenever it PRl at l.]{)lalned;mwnr. than from any person- 3 ally conducted party, the momentary SPELLACY BRIN growth of disappointed ambition, or > Sy any stand-pat party which has long | Accuses Fellow Democrat of Branding Him as Traitor. had power, and has steadily gone Hartford, Conn., Oct. 10.—State Sen- I Taft men will be backward instead of forward. ‘We ought not to be over confident. | Cabled Paragraphs | | Condensed Telegrams W. M. Pond, a Former Alderman of Chicago, died in Florence, Italy. Letters from (he 0il Trust SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN RECEIVED MANY. First Victory of Balkan War TURKS SURRENDER POSITION ON| antonio Rojas, the ‘Mexical Rebel MOUNTAIN. | leader, has demanded the surrender ° | of Montezuma, ‘south of Douglas, Ariz. Coal Jumped Another 75 Cents in New York and is now selling at $8 per ton for grades considered high at §7 last year. German Military Balloon Wrecked. Berlin, Oct. 10.—Germany's aerial fleet suffered a severe loss today by - the total wrecking by explosion of one of its immense military dirigible bal- loons and of the hall in which it was stationed at Reinickendorf, a suburb of Berlin. “Red Phil” Davidson, slayer of “Big Jack” Zellg, the gunman, was indicted vesterday for first degree murder. Turkey Delays Peace Agreement. Paris, Oct. 10.—The final negotia- tions for peace between Turkey and Ttaly have been delayed by the hesi- tation of Turkey, according to a des- patch from Rome to the Temps. Italy has fixed Saturday as a limit after which it may break off negotiations. ARCl'lliOLD SENT THEM|SITUATION IS PUZZLING —_— Makes Acknowledament -t Senate|No Declaration of War Yet by Othier | . Wi Givioed f Winstad whs moml; Possible Polish Insurrection. . nated for the senate yesterday at the Paris, bet 10,—'Beports of & possi- | Committee—insists That He Gave| Balkan States—Turkey and Greece | Sist senatorial district republican con- ble insurrection in Poland have result- $100,000 to Roosevelt Campaign Fund vention. ed in secret instructions being siven to the financiers in Russian Poland to transfer their documents and valuables to Moscow, according to a despatchy from St. Petersburg to the Temps. Trying to Buy Same Chinese Cruiser Convinced That Future Battleship Fuel will be oil, the British admiralty is preparing to build a huge ofl de- pository at Roths: ‘Washington, Oct. 10—The' autheh- ticity of the majority of the letters recently made public by William R. Hearst, purporting to have passed be- tween John D. Archbold of the Stand- ard Oil company, and members of the house and senate, was admitted by Mr. Archbold today before the Senate London, Oct. 10.—Montenegro claims the first victory in the Balkan war by the capture of the strong Turkish po- sition on Detchitch mountain, whose commander surrendered today, with the bulk of his forces. Montenegrins alss crossed the frontier near Berana, and, according to the Turkish accounts, Coupe in Fear of His Life. London, Oct. 10.—Thomas Coupé the éye witness of the Rosenthal murder, with his legal representative and As- sistant ' District Attorney DeFord, ar- The Anniversary of the Chinese rev- olution is being celebrated with great rejoicing in Peking, and the other im- portant Chinese cities. rived in London today, where they |committed investigating campaign ac-| have been repulsed. Augustin Sartoris, a strapping young r i Coupe, | tivities and expenditures. have since been in conference. D Pheasr Tetioes iof ik’ ofac Afaile, Other States Have Not Yet Acted. Brazilian, is -on E”’fi Island with a when asked what were his plans, re- very small chance to enter the United . : The situation meanwhile is as _puz- v . If% aid it might | photographs have been published, were | . = 5 5 B d Dby the ‘other Archbold with 'the statement: Teen siaton sad there 31 m"‘m“ More Than 10,000 Mongols were “I undoubtedly wrote that.” These included letters to and from Senators Hanna, Foraker, Quay and Penrose, and former Representative Sibley of Pensylvania, and Grosvenor of Ohio. Many letters Mr. Archbold said.he did not remember, but he rec- ognized handwriting and signatures, and admitted their genuinness. Destroyed Receipt For $100,000. The president of the Standard Oil company, recalled by the committee after making his charge in August, that he had given $100,000 to the Re- Mutiny on German Steamship. Berlin, Oct. 10.—Three officers and eighteen men of the crew of theGer- man steamship Lotte Menzell mutinied at Hotra in the Azores and attempted to kill the captain today. The vessel was bound from Norfolk, Va., to Co- penhagen. The mutiny was sup- pressed by the intervention of the Ger- man cruiser Hertha and the mutineers arrested. e THREE HOTEL CLERKS IDENTIFY M'MANIGAL. slaughtered by Yuan Shi Kal's troops in eastern Mongolia, according to a despatch received in St. Petersburs. Young Officers of the Navy will have to serve one year on a gunboat in the future, as it is considered that a gun- boat affords more experience for new men. vet of their ministers having left Con- stantinople. It \cannot, therefore, be definitely said whether Montenegro has acted independently, with the mo- tive for forcing a conflict so as to render the powers’ efforts to preserve ‘Peace nugatory, or in accordance with a strategic plan arranged by the Bal- kan coalition. Powers Present Note to Turi;oy. The powers today presented a col- lective note Inviting Turkey to dis- cuss a scheme for reforms in Mace- American Minister Waeitzel reported to the state department yesterday that all organized resistance to the Nica- raguan government appears to have Was Guest at Their Hotels Previous to | mitted today that the receipt Kiven bY | peicefully, guns wil decide ¢ for| The Executive Committee of (he Explosions. Cornellus N. Bliss for the sum had | tpep, State Board of Trade met yesterday been destroyed by +himeelf and H. H. Rogers, now dead. He said he had not been able to find even a book entry of the amount n the books of the Stand- ard,Oll' Company. “I repeat that the money was paid,” and voted to hold the annual meeting of the state organization.in Hartford Nov. 15. 7 Bulgarian Attacks Reported. Fresh Bulgarian attacks on Turkish frontier towns are reported tonight, and the opinion is growing that the opposing parties are only using diplo- Indianapolis, Oct. 10.—For the firsi time since he confessed to dynamiting Ortie B. McManigal before a fury in the “dynamite conspiracy” trial today was identified by hotel clerks as hav- Governor Dix Commuted the death sentence of John Cain, the negro who ing visited various cities at times|he said, “and was not refunded; that matic delays to concéntrate their | jjled three men in New York on when explosions occurred. it was paid by me to Mr. Bliss. I don’t | forces in readiness for the inevitable | March 17, 1911, to life imprisonment. H. H. Pearce, Kansas City, Mo., in | want any man to tell me it was not.” outbreak. The court of appeals said he was in- the pages of a hotel register, traced “J, W. McGraw” as having registered at a Kansas City hotel Aug. 20, 1910, three days before McManigal blew up a_portion of a $1,500,000 bridge across the Missouri river, which, he says, was arranged for by W. Bert Brown of Kansas City and James B. McNamara. “Do_you see McGraw in the court- room?” asked James Noel, special dis- trict attorney. “That's the man,” said Pearce, point- ing straight to McManigal. The line of testimony was followed by the government as tending to car- ry out McManigal’d confession that he actually caused the explosions detall- ed in his confession for which the gov- ernment charges members of the ex- ecutive board of the International As- sociation of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers paid him at the rate of $20 04 ‘job.” R. J. Quigley of Duluth, Minn., iden- tified McManigal as a visiter at a Du- luth hotel in July, 1910, shortly before an explesion at Buperior, Wis. F. W. Gates said MeManigal was the “J. C. Bric” who frequently_ registered at a hotel at Rochester, Pa., near which later were discovered quantities of nitro-glycerine hidden in a shed. The activities of James B. McNam- ara on his return to Indianapelis after blowing up the Les Angeles Times building were alse traced in hotel reg- isters, : 2 —_— Austrian Minister Creates Sensation. The statement of the Autro-Hunga- rlan minister of forelgn affairs, Count Von Perchhold, in the Hungarian dele- gation today, that Austria ls prépared to guard her interests In the Balkans at all hazards, has created a sensation in European capitals, as an Indication that the powers may be unable to con- fine themseives to Lhe policy of merely holding the ropes. Greece and Turkey After Same Cruiser The Frankfurter Zeltung publishes a sensatlonal report that Greece will withdraw from the Balkan agreement and demobilize, but this is hardly credited here. Both Greece and Tur- key are trving to purchase the Chi- nese ecruiher Chao-Ho, recently built at Newcastle, Archbold a Trifle Nettled. On the suggestion of Senator Pom- erene the committee finally asked Mr. Archbold to have expert accountants search the books of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey and its form- er associates, to try and find the record of the $100,000 having been paid out. “May 1 raise the question of how impertant it is to find that entry” ask- ed Mr. Archbold. “There is no manner of question that the money was given.” “There is some question whether it was paid,” returned Senator Pome- rene, “and there is a statement made that it was refunded. We want all the evidence we can get.” Chairman Hilles Questioned. Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the Republican: National committee aiso’a witness teday; was asked by Chairman Clapp if he gave out a statement in August that the primary fight for Calonel Roosevelt had “cost the Har- vester trust millidas of dollars.” “I assume the responsibility for it,” he answered, His explanatien was given to the cemmittee in the form of a letter he had just written to George W. Perkins whe with Senator Dixon, demanded that Mr, Hilles be called to account for this statement, The letter ex- pressed the opinien that Colonel Reesevelt’s pre-convention campaign sane. Philip Reinhardt. a former patrol- man. killed his wife with the xrevolver he carried for 30 vears on the Buffalo police force. He then committed sui- cide. He was 80 years old and his wife 5 years older. Every Effort Will Be Made by the government to facilitate the consid- eration of the injunction proceedings Commerce to restrain the enforcement of the newspaper publicity law. Jerome T. Gaffney, foreman in the bookbinding department of P, ¥. Col- ler & Sons, at New York, was arrest- stolen $30,000 worth of gold leat from his employers during a period of five years. TURKS SURRENDER, Battle With Monton;gr;nl in Progress d: t New- for Thirty Hours. which_was badly damaged al port, R. I, last week when a steam Podgaritza, Montenegro, Oct. 10.— The Montenegrins have captured Det- chitch mountain. The Turkish com- mander and officers with many sol- diers surrendered. For the past 30 hours the battle be- tween the Montenegrin forces, under direct command of King Nicholas) and Turkish troops strongly entrench- number of the crew, salled for New York yesterday. She was able to use but one engine. Farm Prices of the Important Crops declined 6.5 per cent. between Sep- period of last year and an average expenses undoubtedly amounted to|€d In the hills had been in progress. | decline of 3.1 per cent. during Sep- lnA{::n;:mnw::‘o”l.’%un n&"&'fil{ “not less *han ‘z,oooloyw‘.. The fight began at 8 o'clock yester- | tember of the past four years. e e ¢ Unlted | mused Statement on " General 'Know- | 02Y, morning, the first shof belng fired e by Prince Peter against the Turkish position on Mount Planinitiza. With- in a few hours the Turks evacuated that district. Strongly fortified positions were oc- cupled by the Turks, however, on Det- chitch mountain, which commands the road to Scutari, and reinforcements were brought up which resulted in a general engagement which extended along the line for several miles. King Nicholas remained at his head- | quarters at Podgoritza, while Crown Prince Danilo directed operations at ledge. The letter which Mr. Hilles read to the committee, asserted that witnesses had already testified to giving $667,000 for the Roosevelt campaign; and that expenses in different states and throughout the country would make the total he gave. Chairman Clapp questioned the witness sharply as to his information, and Mr. Hilles said it consisted of his general knowledge of what the Roosevelt workers had been doing and his specific knowledge of out!? sald the governor, quickly, and the crowd gradually quieted itself. Once during the governor's speech, a voice in the gallery called “Hurrah for Teddy!” just as the speaker began to take up the planks in the progres- sive platform. “Just walit a hinute," sald the gov- ernor, “and see if you’ll feel the same after T've explained.” The governor then lauded that part headquarters In New York yesterday and said he would take active ‘charge of the work of the campalgn next Tuesday. Thomas |. Kinney of New Haven has been appointed by Governor Bald- win to be a member of the commis- sion on rivers, harbors and bridges, to fill the vacancy caused by the re- cent death of Oliver Gildersieeve of ot the progressive platform which ad- | what different kinds of campaigning | the front. The Montenegrins resumed | Portland. vocated humanitarian and social re- | activity cost. the bombardment of Detchitch at dawn s Py’ T forms, but declared that the failure Létten FronRocsévelt. | and a heavy cannonading was kept up [ Millie Christian, ~Said to. Be the of the same platform to condemn mo- until 11 o'clock in the morning when | greatest “twin freak” of human anato- Mr. Archbold presented four new Bl - i q e S g nopolies and pronounce itself explic- the Turkish batterfes on the mountain | my, possessing apparently two sep leiters that he had found as the re- | \er, 24 T ond Moot halhgy pithaE }?";ége-t::g ?ot e tba;ighl:xt"o:gdn:g: sult of a search of his files, the only i 1;§c$.:;ginme a great battle was | ?)f:it\ died e e i the soclal parts of the programme were | OieS 1S, 521d “that has escaped | the | proceeding near the Turkish town of | homestead in Columbus coundy, N, C, to be accomplished. The SOVErNOT | Roosewelt. “I; I8 ot little va resident | Tyughi about 15 miles to the south of | where “they” were born in slavery. emphasized “who and how.” oosevelt. “It Is of little value, but 1| poqgqritza. At 4 o'clock in the after- | - —_— |offer it as showing the friendly atti-) poon, the Turkish commander —on| Guilty as Charged was the verdict WILSON ON IMMIGRATION, |tude of Mr. Roosevelt in 1904, at | peichiteh with his officers and a ma- | of the jury at Tacoma, Wash. yester- period when he has indicated he con- AP R F ) ros jority of his troghs surrendered. The | day in the cases of . E. Houston and Roosevelt Quotes from a jfagazine Ar- | Sidred mo under the ban” sald/ Mr.| Yiontenegrins captured four guns. | John H. Bullock, tried in the federal ticle Written in 71889, Bt e e o The Montenegrin standard was | court on a charge of conspiracy to de- | ““The White Hnusx-aipnl f‘,fi 190 hoisted over the captured position. | fraud the government on qoal com- Duluth, Minn, Oct, 10.—Governol | “My Dear Mr. Archbold: 25 There were heavy losses on both sides, | tracts in Alaska. Sentence' will be ‘Woodrow Wilson's writings on immi- | | but the Montenegrin camp gave itself | passed November “I am in receipt of your letter of the gration were taken up tonight by |25th Face A e the | over to rejolcings on the first victory | == ernor Wilson for a statement attrib- | hope that I can promote him A division of Montenegrins com- | Mass, yesterday declined to or uted .to him that the United States| P Ty : manded by General Vukotuch crossed | the release on bail of Joseph J. Bttor, & | | “Sincerely you E ROOSEVELT.” [ { ! | | Steel corporation was supporting the the frontier early this morning near | Arturo Giovannitti and Joseph Caruso, “THEODORE rogre: Ve | Berana. whose trial on charges of belng re- P et Roicet- 1t came here today| IMvited to Lunch With President. | sponsible for” the alleged murder of > 2 T stters o elegra = o ), La ce i1l work- from Michigan, stopping on the way‘l, The other letters und (clesTams re- | Geneva Jewelers Announced that the i 1o il e e for an hour at Superior, He spent|ldte to ome in which Congressmun|price of pearls will be increased 2 & % most of the day here. The auditortum | Sibley wrote Mr. Archbold that Pr per cent this fall because of the in- | cUT EARS OFF OF was thronged when Colonel Roosevelt | dent Roosevelt was anxious to see him crease In popularity and the decrease arrived there tonight, and another hal] | 21d advising him to come to V in suppiy. CAPTURED SOLDIERS. was thrown open to the crowd. He |ton and take luncheon with the pres o i spoke in both bulldings and then left | dent. The letters addressed to Mr. Sib- Sl sie — | Barbarity Follows a Victory of Mex- sded M. for Oshkosh, Wis., where he is to de- | 16y expre: Archbold’s regr | liver an address on “what Mr. Wilson | that he could not come and expr S e | ican Rebel Forces. has said, compared with what he now | the hope that he might later Tiol | rose should be expelled from the sen- | Laredo, Tex., Oct. 10.—A rebel force says on the question of immjgration, and especially the immigration from eastern and southern Europe.” numbesring 1,500 under the leadership of Cheche Campos, hilated a ate. It is a monsirous thing, to say,” | said Mr. Archboid. hairman mittee that he did not go to the White House at that time, January, 1904. practically anni- rWAITER instituted by the New York Journal of od yesterday on a charge of having The Torpedo Boat Destroyer Walke, chest exploded, killing and injuring a tember 1 and October 1, against a decline of 2.5 per cent .In the same William F. McCombs, chairman of the democratic national committee,who has been ill for two months, called at Saw Shooting (lf_li_u_semhal IDENTIFIES GUNMEN AS MURDERERS COURAGEOUS WITNESS Meets Angry Glare of the Prisoners Without Flinching—Court Rebukes Counsel For Becker. New York, Oct. 10.—The trial of Charles Becker, former police lieuten- ant, for the murder of Herman Ro- senthal, the ’fhmbl*' began in earn- est today. e jury was completed with the selection of the twelfth juror, District Attorney Whitman made his openf address for the people and the ng of testimony was begun. Identifies Actual Murderers. Louis Krause, a Hungarian waiter, was the star witness, He was called “Gyp the Blood,” Loule,” and “Whitéy” Lewls, as the actual of the gambler. As to “Dago slayers the fourth of the gunmen indicted the murder, Krause was not but he positively identified Jack livan, one of Becker's alleged as the man who bent over dead body, &8 it lay on the sidewalk of Forty- street, in front of the Hotel Metropole. Justice Goff Dismisses Witness. Although John MclIntyre, counsel for the defepse, spent two full hours of cross examination in a determineq ef- fort to break down the credibility of f the witness, the waiter tenaciously stuck to his story, Justice Goff himself the lawyer's grilling fire “I do not think is conducive to tlons and discharge the witness.” A Dramatic Scene. Krause's identification of the thres gunmen made a dramatic scene in the courtroom. The waiter was called af- ter two policemen and the coroner's physician had established the fact of the gambler'’s death. He told of hav- ing been attracted into Forty-third street about two o'clock on the morn- ing of July 16, the day of der, by “several noufi of 1 in the street.” ome group, he said, he saw “Bridgie” Webber another the three gunmen, who stan near a touripg car. Saw Sullivan Bend Quer Rosenthal. h “1 saw @ man come out of the Metro- hi¥ hand. man came out of the hotel right four crossed 1 saw Jack Sullivan bend over him. Sullivan looked up and smiled at the other men.” The four gunmen and Sullivan were then brought into court. Received Threatening Letters. Krause, who later testified that he recetved letters threatening his and ever since he testified before grand jury he has been guarded detectives, left the witness stand walked over to the bar where the EsEf Krause, shoulder. Buccessively the prisoners with of "Dago” Frank, and met the angry glare of their eyes without flinching. Becker Counsel Rebuked by Court. Then Mr. Mcintyre began his gruel: ing cross examination. It was purpose to try and discredit the iden- tification of the men. It had beem generally supposed that Becker's at- torney would make no effort to defend the men charged with the actual slay- ing. r. McIntyre at the outset referred to use, referred to Krause as “the great American ldentifier,” for which he was rebuked by the court. . Grueling Cross Examination, “Do you remember saying to Henry Shea, a special officer, that you did not ses a single person who did the | murder?” shouted Mr. Mclntyre, lev- eling his finger at the witness. “1 did not,” retorted Krause deflantly, “You say you saw three men whom you thought did the shooting?" “..9; three men who did the shoet- { ing,” corrected the witnesa. | Fatal Bullets Produced. “When you say you saw these three men in the group near the tour- ing car,” thundered the lawyer, “dom't | you know that you are committing & | deliberate perjury?” “I do not,” rejoined the witnesa, looking his interrogator in the eye. “How did you come to be & wit- ness 7, “I wanted to do my duty a» a cit- izen,” explained Krause. The two bullets which killed Rosen- thal were produced in court today b the coroner's physician together wil a fragment of Rosenthal's jawbone, driven by one of the bullets into the gembler's brain. Proseoution te Have Wide Scope. That the state would be allowed wide We ought not to stop helping our par- 1y, each one of us, to strengthen the advance, “But if we democrats are true to ourselves, true to our best traditions, true to our great leader, we will and #hall sweep him into the White house ator Thomas J. Spellacy has brou suit for $5,000 against Michael gl}' Hafey of this city, also a prominent democrat. The plaintiff alleges that Hafey told a democratic ward chair- man that Senator Speilacy wanted him to go out and work for the election of | Hilles’ Letter. Hepublican € “Mr. Roosevelt on the stand before this committee put me in the pe He then read extracts from a maga~ zine article written by Governor Wil- r sent t force of 150 federals mear| geope in introducing evidence into the between Jiminez and-TorTeon, | trial pearing upon graft in the police nfxl November."w, John P. Studley of New Haven for governor. The plaintiff claims tha this statement branded him as a traitor to his party and injured his reputation marally and otherwise, DEMOCRATIC SILENCE. Roraback’s Challenge Fails to Elicit a Response. : “HURRAH FOR TEDDY!"” 7 Tartford, Oct. 10.—Chalrman - N loo ¥y Roraback of the repubuca{i }s{t::e Dériosteative Bull Moossr nterrupts Governor Wilson. Chicago, Oct. 10.—All factions of Illinols democracy marched gside by side today and cheered Gov. Woodrow Wilson, the siandard bearer of the national ticket. Trom the moment of arrival until late tonight when the governor departed for Canton and Orrville, Ohio, his reception was one of nolsy demonstration and enthusi- asm. central committes was ask oday whether he had received a r::lytf!d:; Chairman Forster of the democratic gtate central committee,in reply to Mr. raback's suggestion that Congress- an Underwood and Congressman ill hold a series of debates on Oct. 14, 15 and 16. when Mr. Underwood efines ;{n 4‘rn)nnectlr‘ut Mr. Roraback sal. “I have mothing from Mr, Forster in ro;;;&:fl my letter, hl;: I have seen in the Bewspapers that Mr, Forster would| The theater where the governor Mke to debate with me. I think he | spoke at noon was jammed !r.om gal- t must be joking, as T am not a public | lery to pit. The cheering developed | m‘(enfilmr' into a prolonged demonstration and I believe it would he the proper|the governor tried to quiet the erowd thing to have Mr. Underwood and |to begin his speech. A nolsy element Nr: il talk from the same platform | in the gallery continued to shout, and have the ; y truth about the tariff | “Put them out! Put them out!” pre- gome out tested volce In the balconies. | “ln the newspapers 1 note that Mr.! “No, no! Dom't you put any body Governor Wilson’s books he spoke of the coming of multitudes of men and | of the lowest classes from the south | of Italy and men of the meaner sort | | easily ascertainable cost of things that | | were done. Five or six of Mr. Roose- ' | velt’s witnesses have already admitted | Letters Stolen From His Office. STRIKING A STONE. Mr. Archbold declared the letters James Sullivan of New Haven in Dap. published by Mr. Hearst had been stol- | Mol e o out of Hungary and Poland, men out 1 en from the files of his office, but he | (Ea7 (e¥ expended nop S bury Hospital. of hte ranks whero thers is neither | 4°Clined to name those whom he sus- | "0 i = s Aot | skill nor energy, nor any Initiative or | PeCted of the theft. He said he be-! normous Funds to Foment Strife. Danbury, Oct. 16. —Jumes Sullivan of intelligence, 3 | lieved the letters eontained “nothing The letter stated that this was ex- | New Haven is in the Danbury hospl "Tho colonel said: “I am reluctantly | (&t 18 subject to Just eritieism,” and | clusive of the money spent in a great | tal as the resilt of injuries received In obliged to say that it is quite impos- that they were “such letters as a m: number of states ahich are named, an auto accident on the Sugar Hollow sible to reconclle tha explanation Mr, |1 & besition like mine would write |and in which Mv. fllles sald a hard |road today. WilL mpanion, Sulli- Wilson gives with facts.” i el inen in refi;fienlmvalnntsmnn | Roosevelt. fight was made. Flo said in | van S 'hrklunbm‘\' ol i | “I never made & request of any man |additlon, “enormous sums were spent | fair when the machine siruck a stone, g:::;:;ldllgcnvcnflen Deadlocked. that meant the infraction of an existing | by the Roosevelt management in fo- | skidded and rtu; 1. Sullivan was iy MiEATbohed ORNL, ‘n)g“t. 10.—Hopeless- | law, or the making of any new law, | menting strife and creating nealy 200 | pinned under the car and his left leg | Iy deadlock after 205 bailots, the re- | er the glving ef any speeial privilege,” | contests in the southern states and | was badly fractured. His companion | publican senatorfel convention for the |he said, “Of eeurse, cenditions have | transperting the fiatitlous clalmants | escaped infury Twelfth distriet adjeurned at 8.30 to- | changed; the eampaign publieity laws | to Chicago, and paying their hotel ‘ex- —_— e {;,‘b"“ untll next Tuesday. Dwight W, | since made have changed things but | panses while there American Runner Dies at Manila. R;\::Lf:“"fflflaa{‘_'lwtiha\:n_ and Geerge I, |the other matter in.thd letters 1 “There was evidence on every hand,” Manila, Oct. 10. eant Thomas Na uilferd each had | weuld repeat today, 1 have ne apelegy | the letier continued, “of the expendi- Tong. dibtatoe twelve votes when the convention ad- | to make. ture of meney in Mr. | in the | Jeurned. - On the 150th ballot John 15.| He deelured it was “amuazing that a | Roosey hix pre-com « found Davis of Hamden withdrew and threw | man in My, Reosevelt's position would | eamps undoubiedly | 1 ndiles eas | his suppert to Mr, Tuttie wikie the avsortion’ thul bocause of this wmounted to not Jeve than §2,000,000, ' death was apparently accidental | protection of his infamous | ment, : s /3 ieorge W. Perki d rday, according to advices vas indioated wh | i ol 4 attitude of having been a v €8 | depuriment was indicated when Justice ji':-::‘ ‘xr;alffiffi:lfi::c(r?: “fmfir 8% =¥~ | luncheon with him in 1 S Ey commne s olEy y. Of the federal| Goff overruled an objection to refer- { was being “most decpls affcted and |BaY by Senmator e D it e Colonel Tello, In | gpces by the district attorney in his modified by the enormous immigration | Archbold. He gaid th L e o i LS. el hangeq | 2d4Tess (o the jury of the alleged which vear after year pours into the | the White House President et AsferLion Lhat MHons. o After o, the rebels hanged | gambling houss partnership between | country from Burope ang thes v | had spoken of the return of X RIS 10 vester money were ex- | his bedy o a telegravh pole. Bigh- | Becker and Rosenthal, made by the | 'y pe,” and that “our |’ 2ot Tk pended in the effort to nominate Mr. | teen fedepals were caplured and their| jefense, own temperate blood, schoooled to self | DO daughter and son-in-law from | p,,cey cut off | possession and to the measured con- | AITiC2. “The public has not been furnished e federal flag bearer was ogered | Bocker Most Desperate Criminal of duct of selt government, is receiving |~ ‘1 must have vou bring them over' | atements as to funds received It he wollld surrenaer tho| Them All py | consta : i i° | the president said, “according to Mr. e 2 2 3 A izr;;x‘;n; rc;nrx;\;:llon and vearly experi- Arvh‘:)nldd S oot mfm i yursed hy vou and you lies, flag, which he kept after he was cap-| Mr, Whitman in the course of his bigodns = COEUTHIon OLREOPRIRT | o ot i Sttt ke appointed ifo | DL tyUieTe (Rare [ otier - WaVE.0n tured. dis refused sud ORISR opening said: y et s it 2 C. ascertaining the amounts expended, e et “We can show that a erful mo- Colanel Roosevelt also sald that in | Q¥Ster Bay at the fnvitation of Colomel | g “particularly by estimating the | AUTO OVERTURNED BY g tive for the murder existed in the heart of the prisoner at the bar, such & mo- tive as no one else ltving could have had. We olalm that in spite of the fact that Becker did not use the fatal weapons, notwithstanding the fact that he may not have been present at the scene of the crime, that the real mur- derer, the most deaperate oriminal of them =ll, was the cool calculating, grafting, scheming police officer, who used the very power with which the eople had Intrusteq him to tempt and &no_othnr- into the commission of orime; te extort graft and biackmall from lawbreakers, and, finally, for the in the purchase and sale of law enforce- ‘wantonly to sacrifice human lite, for the protection of which the | very office which he held was created.” Rhede Ishind Democrats yestarday nominated Theodors Francis Gresme dor governor \ ::zp“an:lvo‘n signal,” sald the wit- *