Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 25, 1912, Page 1

PRICE TWO CENTS BECKER IS GUILTY IN FIRST DEGREE Jury Returned Verdict at Midnight After Deliberat- ; ing on the Case For Eight Hours xuns. BECKER FAINTS UPON HEARING RESULT| — Prisoner Hears His Doom Pronounced Without Moving a Muscle—Passing of Sentence Deferred Until October '30—Justice Goff Hinged Charge on Question of Wheth- er or Not Sam Schepps Was an Accomplice. e e New York, Oct. 25.—Police Lieuten- | degree is the electric chair. An ap- ant Charles Becker was found guilty | peal from the verdict goes directly tonight of murder in the first degree !to the court of appeals at Albany and by the jury which has been trying him j acts, of course, as a stay of execution. i the death of Herman Y g!m“t‘l?ai‘ flt‘l‘ai gambler. The verdict Jurors Told to Keep Mum. was announced at 10.02 o'clock thia| ‘When the jurors left the court room z ing. B E]l:llfy went rli(x]'et:tlfll to their homes. ™ Beck atsids ey were under the mandate of Jus- court room, 12“8&“:‘ ,,‘,’oo,, ;h:: 3}: tice Goff “not to communicate the na- verdict was announced. ture of what had taken place in the To Be Sentenced October 30. SUEYgTOOE S 3 The verdict was “murder in the first Schepps Much in Jury’s Mind. degree’ and was pronounced just Twice during the afternoon the jury after midnight. Becker was remanded | communicated with Jystice Goff. Once for sentence to the Tombs by Justice |it asked for the stipulations made by Goff until October 30. _ | the state with the four informers, Rose. Becker did not flinch when he heard | Webber, Vallon and Schepps, and the verdict pronounced by Harold B. Schepps’ letter to Rose, written by Bkinner, foreman of the jury. the little gambler at Hot Springs, Ark. Becker Anxiously Scans Jury. and expressing: his willingness to tes- tify. The second time the jury wanted The twelve jurors with solemn faces | the testimony of persons who talked and measured steps filed into the court | with Schepps in Hot Springs. The room at 11556 dclock. A minute later | first request was granted, the secpnd the defendant was brought in from | denied, because portions of the? - the Tombs. Justice Goff had not vet| timony taken at Hot Springs had been entered the room, and for a moment | excluded from the evidence by the Becker took & side seat. As he waited | court, he scanned with anxious eye the faces Schepps, in view of the court’s of the jurors, but none of thém return- | charge, was apparently much in the edAhll 3151.7:& f‘ i(el}!e“p:len&e grevx:.lledd juty's mind, it 11,57 o'clock Justice Goff entere : thetc})urt room and, bowing low to Bulgarian Losses May Be 3,000. counsel, took his seat. The jury roll Sofia, Oqt. 24.—Details of the cap- ‘was called. ture oAtn Ki k;‘{{i‘u?sehuue still mea- . . er. unofficial estimate puts the Guilty in the First Degree. /Bulgarian casualties at 3,000. The clerk then asked the jurors if| The fighting nhas been continuous they had reached a verdict. % lgince Tuesday. “We have,” announced Foreman 3 3‘. Bkinner. The jury rose to its feet. Shooting of | Rosenth: “We find the defendant guilty as New York, Oct. 24.—It was in the charged in the indictment,” Mr. SKin- | early hours of July 16 that the ner sald slowly and evenly, looking | “squealing gambler” was shof to Bquarely at Justice Goff. death in front of the Hotel Metropole. “Do you find the defendant guilty of | On July 21 the grad jury took up the murder in the first degree, as charged | case. On the 29th it indicted Becker, in the indictment?” asked the clerk On Aug, 5 he was arraigned and “We do,” the foreman replied. pleaded not guilty. On Aug. 20 he ws The court then directed that the roll | reindicted. His trial was set for Se| of the jurors be called for their indi- | 21, but a stay was granted until Oct. widual verdict. 7 by Supreme Court Justice Bischoff Becker Stands Rigidly. to enable a commission to take testi- 4 mony at Hot Springs, Ark, On Oct. 7 hfa‘u’? ?l;&f:d :he fi‘t’“"t‘m D: Yo | the trial begos. It lasted 17 dass. ni e defendant guilty of murder ‘Ninety- % ghe ‘Bet 6 o an’ eharged ) | ekih nety-eight witnesses testified; their Juror m&fi “1 do.” w;t:mony was placed on 2,745 type- written pages. Becker stood at the bar with squar-| " 3 saxs ed shoulders, -erect, mug-{” Court ‘Was Doubtful. cle moved in , but he swallowed i ful ) 0. . That wen all, The court itself was doubtful as to Schepps’ ‘status and declined to guide “When the last juror had answered,|the jurors in a decision. What he did Justice Goff instructed the clerk to 3t g gl bt instruct them to do was to return u take the defendant’s pedigree. verdict ‘of first degree murder or sec- Becker's Pedigree Taken. ;i degree Qurdler or to acquit tk;e Becker answ: endant. Manslaughter was elimi- Jow, firm voice«:dmt\‘::t ‘;‘;:;:Rg.m&;h% nated and a ‘no compromise verdict” the questions to. him, written on a slip |'¥as directed upon the motion of Becker's lawyer. By far the greater :; Dfi;’::élfieu,;;?eg?sme o e part of the court’s instructions dealt CROrtY - " with murder in the first degree, the ..ig&é&ocm:: ‘ng;.n lll: (!}:itmny; Penalty for which is death. eddress, 3239 Audubon avenue; lieu- |, Flagked by counsel, face expression- tenant of police; married; Protestant; | 1688, Becker sat chewing gum whilo . 7 ! | the court delivered the charge. Back mother'lll‘\-i;: gb.et);g!’ts temperates ‘nev: of the railing sat his wife, head bowed, o) i . 5. eyes downcast. Mcintyre Asks to Defer Proceedings.| "The white-haired justice\spoke in a When Becker's voice died away Mr. alnnotone, but with incisive delibera- Melntyre, who had covered his face|tion. . . 4 with fiis hands as the verdict was giv- Not Claimed Becker Did Killin en, rose and asked that all further pro-| 9- ceedings be deferred for one week, It is not claimed by the prosecution “until T can prepare the proper mo- | that\Becker's hand did actually kill tions for appeal” Rosenthal,” he said at a crucial point. “1 will defer sentence,” announced | It i8 claimed that he requested and Justice Goff, “until October 30th and | directed that the killing should be remand the ;)rlnoner " done, and as I have already instructed S the jury, Becker, in law, must be held Judge Speaks in Low Tone. responsible for the acts of everyone 3 Jun{ce (;;'ofl 2}:okedt n th:usame tlfvz wh«; s({tedtin.pursuance of his requesy one of voice, almost a whisper, that|or instructions. had characterized his utterances dur-| “It is important here that I should ing the trial. - | direct you as to the law' governing the Becker gave a fleeting glance at the! case now presented. Where a person judge and rested his eves for a mo-|is claimed not to have done the actual ment on the jury. Th:in he tu{(nesd aln;i ktlmng'dbullt to ‘}:a\ée ln:glrecll it n;d }i{n_ followed by a jail warden wal with | structe . Under e law Becker unfaltering, rapid steps up the aisle of | stands charged principally with the the court room and disappeared | commission of the crime of murder on through the door Ileading over the|the ground that he counselled and ad- “Bridge of Sighs” to the Tombs, vised it.” Jury Deliberated Eight Hours. | Rose, Vallon and Wcbber Accomplices The jury had deliberated nearly eight| The court here added that the main tours before reaching the verdict, | Witnesses against the defendant were though the case had been in .thefr | Without a doubt accomplices, and he so hands since 2.20 o'clock yesterday aft- | branded Rose, Vallon and Webber. srnoon. Actual deliberation began at Schepps’ relation he would not ‘define. 4.07 o'clock, when the doors of the jury —_— room swung behind them on their re- AN AFFECTING SCENE. turn from luncheon. bl What* happened behind those doors,| Mrs, Becker Clings to Husband d how the debate ebbed and flowed, who Stiggers .z Th ; r:" - ®tood out eight hours against the final N 99 8y SEArs, rdict, how many ballots were cast— s¢ were matters to whose secrecy New York, Oct. 25.—"There is not sach juror was pledged. the s]lghtlestf d(;lubt that there will be . a reversal of this verdict in a higher Judge Forestalls Demonstration. | .ourt” saia Mr. Melntyre after the While the jury was making up Its|jury had filed out. “I cannot and will mind absolute stillness, heightened by [ not say anything more” he added the midnight quiet of the streets, pre- | John W. Hart, attorney of record for vailed in the court room. After the| Becker, said: “I agree with Mr. Mc- verdict was given no one was allowed | Intyre. I have nothing further to to leave the room until the jury had|say.” filed out. Justice Goff had given ordecs | District Attorney Whitman returned that any one disturbing the proceed- | to his office as soon as the court pro- ings in the slightest degree should be ceedings following the rendering of the brought before him for punishment. | verdict were concluded. Two hundred persons of more gath- “l prefer to say nothing,” he said, ered at the court room doors. With|when asked for an expression on the her ear almost at the keyhole sat the| verdict. “The verdict speaks for it- prisoner’s wife. As the last juror left| self,” was his only comment. the room by another exit the door flew Mr. Whitman salg the trials of the open and a man rushed excitedly into | remaining prisoners in the Rosenthal the corridor. The crowd gave way. He | case will be called in an order to be was half way down the steps to the|decided on later. All the priseners in- telephone booth, when a policeman | dicted with- Becker have asked for shouted: Eeparale trials. . The trial of Philip | i avidson, charged with the murder Mrs, Becker Faints, of Jack Zelig, the East Side gang “What's the verdict? leader, will begin next Wednesday, The fleeing man looked over his|but Mr. Whitman wés undecided- shoulder. which of the other prisoners would “Guilty * he shouted. follow Davidson on trial, For a4 moment there was silence, Before Mrs. Becker was taken to keen, intense, gripping. It was broken | her home she was allowed to see her by a woman's muffled scream and the | husbanq in the sheriff's reom in the sound of a falling body. building. As she entered the doer her The prigsoner's wife had husband clasped her in his arms, Mrs, dead away. Becker burst Into tears and Becker Mcintyre's Last Plea. tried to calm her, Just before the verdict was given, Bhe clung to him fer mere than a Mr. Mclntyre made his last plea, e |minute and then twe wemen compan- asked that the court grant an earlier | ions touched her, hut she did not request of the jury to Inspect the tes- | move, Becker kissed her again and timony of the persons who talked te |a8ain and finally whispered something Sam Schepps in Hot Springs, Ark, The | te her. ' Tt will ceme out = i eourt refused to hear the plea, he sald. Finally Mrs. Be Mr. MelIntyre had ‘opposed that re- | back and with a parting k u- queet of the jury’s when it was made | Ple separaied. As Becker walked to- to Justice Goff sfx and & half hours | Ward the entrance to the bridge of before. sighs he smiled back at his wife, bur ! fainted 3 she suddenly threw her hands up to | Was 8am Schepps an Accomplice? her face and staggered into the arms It was upon this question—whether | of her women companions. half Sam Schepps wus an ac ymplice to the | carried her to a waiting ta murder—-that Justice G hinged his | er soon was in the cell charge to the jury. He sald that he, Becker's conviction ¢ himself, was in doubt. 106 days, almest to the hour, after the ‘ The penalty for murder in the sk murder of Reseathy Cabled Paragraphs Death of Viscount Peel. London, Oct. 24.—Viscount Peel, who was speaker of the house of commons from 1884 to 1895, died today at the age of 83. To Detain the Greek Ships. Cardiff, Wales, Oct. 24.—The British foreign office has instructed the cus- toms officers here to detain the Greek ships which have been commandered by the Greek consul. Russian Admiral Commits Suicide. St. Petersburg, Ocf. 24—Rear Ad- miral Chagin, commander of the em- peror of Russia’s yacht, Standart, com- mitted suicide at his residence yes- terday. Steamer Montcalm Disabled. Liverpool, Eng., Oct. 24.—The steer- ing gear of the Canadian Pacific steamship Montcalm, which left Liver. pool for Montreal on Oct. 14, has got out of erder and the vessel is obligeld te return te this pert. Death of Archduchess of Australia. Sorrente,- Italy, Oct. 24.—Princess Mary Theresa, archduchess of Aus- tralia, died suddenly sdere today. She was the wife of Prince Ludwigg heir to the throne of Bavaria, to whom she was married in 1866. Prince Mary Theresa was born in 1849, BOY AND DOG DRIFT IN OARLESS BOAT. Companion Says Craft Has a Hole Stove in Bow. New York, Oct. 24.—An 11 year old boy and a vellow mongrel dog are drifting to sea tonight in_an oarless flat bottom boat, which has a howe stove in its bow, or else have perished in the storm that is kicking up high waves off the Coney Island shore. The boy is Clinton Fox, who lives in Coney Island. Willlam Taylor, also of Coney Island and 11 years old, was found unconscious on the beach to- night. When revived he said he and Fox had found a rowboat in Gravesend bay and had rowed in it around Nor- ton's Point. Just as they were swing- ing out into the ocean a big wave hit the boat and dashed it against a bul- wark, throwing him out, knocking a hole in the bow of the craft and wash- ing away the oars. The wayes picked him up and cast him asho’e. The last he saw of the boat, he said, it was drifting out to- ward the cpen sea with the Fox boy and the dog in it. The police boat patrol and a fieet of power boats are out on the ocean to- night searching for the missing lad. PATIENTS' COMMUNICATIONS TO BE MADE CONFIDENTIAL. New Haven County Medical Associa- tion Advocates Such a Law. Meriden, Oct. 24.—About fifty physi- cians attended the semi-annual con- vention of the New Haven County Medical association held in this city today. The afternoon session opened at 4 o'clock in Arcanum hall, with ad- dresses by several of the medical men. Dr. Louis M. president of the assogiation, recommended that a law to the effect that communications of patients to their physicians shall be confidential, be passed, and a commit- tee will be appointed soon to bring the matter before the state legislature. Several of the physicians visited Undercliff, the state tuberculosis san- atorium, in the afternoon, and were pl with its method of administra- tion. In the evening a banquet was held at the Winthrop hotel and a num- ber of after dinner speeches were made, Dr. Gompertz acted as toast- master. PROMOTERS OF GAMBLING ON COMING ELECTIONS. Warrants Sworn Out for Well Known Sporting Men in Chicago. e Chicago, Oct. 24.—Warrants for the arrest of James O'Leary, former gam- bler and bookmaker when horse racing was in its heyday, and Shelly Nesmith, a saloon keeper, were sworn out today by Capt. J. Caughlin of the stockyards station. O’Leary*is charged with cir- culating offers to receive wagers on the coming national and state elec- tions. Nesmith is charged with being keeper of a gambling game. The po- lice officer is in possession of hand- bills bearing the names and addresses of the two men in which are offered various odds on the election. The po- lice also have a witness in the person of a man who says he placed a bet with Nesmith at his saloon. NO DAMAGE DONE IN VERA CRUZ'S RECAPTURE. P i Captain Hughes of the Des Moines Reports to Government. ‘Washington, Oct. 24, — Captain Hughes of the cruiser Des Moines re- porting that thg Mexican port of Vera Cruz had been “again opened to com- merce, .today asked the navy depart- ment ‘for information as to the prob- able movements of his vessel. Although this i{s taken by the department that complete order is restored in Vera Cruz, the Des Moines will be kept there for some days vet. Captain Hughes said no property was destroyed and no damage dons in the retaking of the city by the fed- eral forces. Mexican soldiers protect- ed American property as well as the cables. He reported that the cruiser Tacoma, which left Bluefields, Nicara- gua, several days ago, would reach Tampico tomorro STRANGULATION CAUSE OF MRS. SZABO'S DEATH Verdict of Coroner's Jury in Hudson County, N. Y. Jersey City, N. J,, Oct. 24.—“Death due to strangulation from without,” with Burton W. Gibson, the indicted New York lawyer, “responsible for the death,” was in substance the verdict givex by the Hudson county coroner’s j jury at the close here tonight of the inquest into the death of Mrs. Rose Menscik Szabo, while rowing with Gibsor on Greenwood lake, New York, July 1\, Sheriff de Graw of Orange county, N. Y, and Dr. O, H, Schultz of New York, who performed the autepsy, were ameong the witnesses, Dr. Schultz tes- tifled death was by “strangulation caused by impression of the upper part | of the neek and the floor of the meuth ! frem without.” WISCONSIN INSURES CITIZENS. Operation of the New State Insurance Law Begins. Madison, W ongin re nsurance busine \ce cormnmis ern, onened maily went into The se for applica- of §500 up o be made quarier] Citizen of W win between the ages of twenty aad Oy ip sligible ., ©ct. 24—TPhe state of | tate in- | Herman 1. | i l 1 act of the | § city Puts Questions {0 @_didates LETTERS SENT TO BALDWIN, STUDLEY AND SMITH BY HARTFORD PASTOR All Pertain to Their Attitude on Lig- uor License Legislation—Letters Embody Three Propositions. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 24.—Rev. Wal- ter E. Lanphear, pastor of the Ply- mouth Congregational church, has sent the following letter to Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin: “The undersigned as a citizen ex- pressing what he has reason to believe is a question in the minds of many, would respectfully ask you, as a can- didate for re-election to the governor- ship of this state, your position on the following propositiens which may be brought before the general assembly: Three Questions. “1—The limiting of saloons in license towns to one for each thousand of population. “2—The increase of the license fee to ene thousand dollars. “3—The repeal of the so-called sum- mer hotel license law. Sent Also to Studley and Smith. “The last, which, of course, you can be _hardly expected to favor, is in- clided because it is a part of the question being sent to candidates of the other parties.” \ Communications practically identical with.the above were also sent by Rev. Mr. Lanphear to Judge J. P. Studley and Herbert Knox Smith, republican and vrogressive candidates for gov- ernor. BULL MOOSE FUND. Has Received atrihutionu of $304,244 and Spent $292,341. New York, Oct. 24—The progressive party received contributions for its campaign fund up to Oct. 17 of $304,- 244, spent $292,341, and had unpaid bills and contract obligations for $41,- 341 more, according to the official statement of receipts and expenses sent to the clerk of the house at ‘Washington today by Treasurer E. H. Hooker of the progressive national committee. Frank A. Munsey, who gave $70,000, George W. Perkins, who gave $45,000, and W. Emlen Roosevelt, who gave $31,100, appeared as the leading indi- vidual contributors to the fund. The balance came from npearly 7,000 indi- viduals whose gifts ranged from the $15,000 given by Douglas Robinson, Colonel Roosevelt's brother-in-law, to two anonymous contributions of 10 cents each. Mrs. Longworth gave $600. Accuses Wilson of Migrepresentation. Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 24—That Gov- ernor Wilson and his advocates have misrepresented the attitude of the progressive party toward the trusts was the charge made here tonight by Governor Johnson in a speech at the Auditorium. An enthusiastic throng escorted him through a rain to the hall The seats and aisles were filled with people before Governor Johnson start- ed his speech. TARRED AND PAINTED YOUNG WOMAN IN OHIO Six Men Arrested for Assault—Anoth- er Charged with Perjufy. Norwalk, Ohio, Oct. 24—Six men were arrested today at West Clarks- field on indictments charging them with riotous conspiracy in connection with the recent tarring, or painting, of Minnie LaValley, a young woman of that village. A seventh man was ar- rested on an indictment charging per- jury in connection with his testimony before the grand jury in its investiga- tion of the occurrence. Reginald Thomas, constable, was among those charged with the attack on the girl. Others arrested for al- leged participation were Joseph Cum- ming, Joseph and Carl Sly, Harlow and Ernest Welch, men well known in West Clarksfield. They range in ages between 20 and 40 years. The seven arrested are to be arraigned here to- mMOIToW. Minnie LaValley was seized on the street of the village on the night of August 20, divested of clothing and smeared with tar or paint. It was al- legea at the time that women dressed as men had taken part in the affair. This the finding of the grand jury de- nied. BALDWIN PREDICTS ELECTION OF WILSON. Says Taft is an Honest Man, But Not a Politician. New Britain, Conn, Oct. 24.—Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin was the principal speaker at a largely attended demo- cratic rally here togight, and after analyzing political co‘ditlonfl and the candidates declared that Gov. Wood row Wilson would be the next presi @ent of the United States. He said Fo was one of those who believe that Piesident Taft is “a thoroughly honest man,” but who 18 not a politician. Of Colonel Roosevelt, the governor s1id he is a born leader of men, but ‘I don't think he always leads in the right direction. I think he often knows he is not leading in the right direction.” WHITE HOUSE HOSED DOWN. Fire Engine Souses It Because There Was No Paint Appropriation. Washington, Oct, 24.—The White house received its first bath since 1895 today. Formerly it was customary when funds for lacking for paint to turn a hese en the executive mansion to restore its immaculate white. Since then the White heuse has been painted instead of being washed, This yeaf there were no funds for paint, So a fire engine pumped water and firemen soused the exterior of the White house in anticipatien of President Taft's home coming Sunday. Messenger Boy Robbed of $8,000. Minneapelis, Minn., Christiansen, a m Soo railway, today $5,000 in pay checks of on one of the princ ] man obt hi Escar r the robbed ot company streets of this ned the checks by the paper. A One-Sided Election. Washington will be a Ay ing to advices state department, and Minister Ca PERUSILIOR aedl witheul Condensed Telegrams Sweet Apple Cider, fresh from the press, has been banned by a Wilming- ton, Del, ordinance. Infants in Arms Are Passengers un- der a ruling received from the depart- ment of commerce and labor. Ten Years Ago the Average Age of the Johns Hopkins freshman was near- Iy 20 years; today it is only 17.8 years. A Large Mirror Will Be Placed in a Baltimore police station so that drunks and rowdies can see how disreputable they look. Following a Parade in Davenport, Ind., 300 Greeks knelt in the street and prayed before leaving to fight against the Turks. Arrangements Are Being Made at New York for an ocean yacht race from New York to Porto Rico early next summer. A Severe Earthquake Sheck was felt between Bersimis and Pentecost on the north shore of the River St. Lawrence late Wednesday night. There Are Eight Vacancies for veung surgeons in the, United States public health service. Successful candidates will get §2,000 a year to start. Adam George, who owned a $12,000 farm and had $7,200 in securitips and cash, starved to death in a tumble- down shanty near Dearborn, Mich. Federal Officers Are Continuing their investigation into the Jack Johnson- Lucile Cameron case, although the federal grand jury adjourned over to Monday. The Old Wooden Frigate Hartford, flagship of Admiral Farragut at Mo- bile bay, left Annapolis yesterday for Charleston to become station ship at the yard there. The Champion Polygamist in the British empire has been discovered among the Banku tribesmen in the Transvaal. He has 46 wives and is 35 years old. Naval Constructors have just.com- pleted a new hydroplane of distinctive design which will be given its initial test within the next day or two on the Potomac river. Charles M. Ames, head of several Mount Vernon, N. Y. manufacturing firms, has just completed contracts for the purchase of the entire town of Turnerville, Conn. Owing to Increase in the Price of silver bullion, manufacturers of ster- ling silver flatware have advanced the price of spoons, forks and tableware approximately 10 per cent. et Several Astronomers from American universities who made a special trip to Rio Janeiro to observe the sola. eclipse, are returning home disappoint- ed. A cloud hid the eclipse. A Negro Porter Was Killed and three of the train crew were injured at Fill- more, Ill, Yesterday, when a special train carrying oflch.‘l of the Toledo, St. Louis and Western railroad was wrecked. Miss Mary E. Brown of Vashington, D. C, in an address yesterday before the convention of the National Wom- an's Christian Temperance union, made a plea for a stricter enforcement of the curfew laws. Seventy Christians and a Priest were massacred by the Turks before their retreat from the town of Servia yes- terday, according to an official cable from the Greek foreign office to the legation at Washington, Charged With the Embezzlement of $5,000 from the Eastport, Me., post- office, where he has served for six years or more as assistant postmaster, Ernest A. Farris was arrested yester- day by federal officials. The Election of United States Sen- ator Elihu Root of New York as Staf- ford Little lecturer on public affairs was announced yesterday at the regu- lar fall meeting of the board of trus- tees of Princeton university. Resolutions Declaring that unrest in Lawrence and other textile centers is due to the policy of mill owners were adopted by the international conven- tion of the United Textile Workers of America at Boston yesterday. Gov. Woodrow Wilson yesterday was named by Gov. Hiram W. Johnson of California at Sunbury, Pa. as the one man in the world who in the last 22 months might have dissolved the Standard Oil and Tobacco trusts, Capt. Willlam H. Davidson, for vears a foreign missionary of the Adventist church and oldest Grand Army man in the state, died yesterday at the Meri- den hospital. Had he llved until Nov. 26, he would have been 102 years old. San Francisco’s Chinatown shut up shop yesterday while two commission. ers from the youngest of the republics selected a site for the building which will represent China at the Panama- Pacific international exposition in 1915. Governor Baldwin Yuh&day appoini- ed Charles W. Barnum Lime Rock and Willlam O’Connor of Norfolk members of the executive committee and ex-officio members of the board of directors of the school for imbeciles at Lakeville. STRATFORD VICTIM IS NOT ROSE BRUNO. Latter is Found in Chicago by the Protective League. Chicago, Oct. 24—Jennie Cavaglieri. known also as Rose Bruno, who was shot to death near Stratford, Conn.. by five men, is not the Rose Bruno known to Chicago police, it was declared to- dav by Louis H. Quitman, secretary of the Chicago Protective league for women. Quitman told tae police he had found the Chicago Rose Bruno and talked with her and was satisfied her identity had been confused with that of the murdered sirl. A PAN OF GRAVY ON STOVE CAUGHT AFIRE. Rockvilie Woman Badly Burned Try- ing to Extinguish It Reeiville, Conn, Oct 2 Melly Newcembh was perhaps burned this afternoen when her clotn- ing took fire while endeavering te ex- tinguish the flames frem @ pan 4 gravy that had taken fire on a steve he was taken te Bt Francis’ hespital in Martford, where her cendition is said te be critical Miss Neweomb is beokkeeper for the ars eld and is e Journal Next W. C. T. U. Cenvention. Partland, ©Ore, Oct. 24.—Washing- ton. D. €., will be the convention city in 1913 of the Nationa! Woman's Temperance unien, which tenight aller & weekls con yeation here Gol. Roosevelt Leave_gji_is Bed SURPRISES FAMILY BY APPEAR- ING AMONG THEM. WORE A RIDING SUIT Refused to Stay in His Room All Day —Became Fatigued and Returned to Bed for Two Hours in the Afternoon Oyster Bay, N. Y., Oct. 24 —From morning till night Colonei Roosevelt was up and fully dressed today, walk- ing unassisted about the heuse. It was the first time since he was shot that he had been out of bed long at a time, but he felt so much better after his two days of rest at home that he refused to stay upstairs in his room all day. He put on his khaki riding suit and surprised his family by appearing in the living roem and saying that he wds going to have lumch with the others. Gets Fatigued Easily. Colonel Roosevelt was so much bet- ter that the physicians who have been coming from New York to care for his wound thought it unnecessary to make the trip today. Dr. Scurry L. Terrell, the colonel's personal physi- ‘cian, and Dr. George W. Fuller of Oyster Bay spent a few minutes with the colonel in the morning and again later in the day and found that his condition was improving steadily. The most marked changed was his im- creased strength and vitality,. He spent most of the day in his library, but attempted lttle work. In spite of he was far from having his usual strength, and in the afternoon he be- came fatigued and slept for two hours, To Start on Speech Today. Tomorrow Colonel Roosevelt expeots to resume his work. He sent word to his secretary today to be at Bugamore Hill in the morning and hopes to spend several hours in dietating letters and a part of the speech he expects to de- liver in New York.next week, His wound is te be examined temerrew afternoon by Dr. Alexander Lambert of New York. - 2 “Mr. Dooley” Calls. ' For a time this afternoon Colenel Roosevelt talked literature with Rob- ert Collier, Finley Peter Dunne and Mark Sullivan of New York. BOYS LIVE FOUR DAYS ON APPLES Had Been Locked Up in a Frsight Car Since Monday. Boston, Oct. 24—Two 14-yvear-old boys, Harry Lee and Jesse Bollni 3 of 988 Jefferson avenue, Detroit, Mich, were found tonight locked In a freight car where th?r had been since Mon- day without food except a few ap- ples., The bo{- sald they ran away Monday from the Goodwill farm school in Hinkley, Matne, and went to sleep in a freight car at Nerth Monmouth, When they awoke they found they were locked in. Not until tonight when the train reached a siding In Charles- town were the cries of the half-fam ished lads heard by the freight crew. The police had them in safe keeping tonight and the state board of chari- ties will probably send them back to their school tomorrow, PRESIDENT PREPARES TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON, Has a Speaking Engagement at Cam- bridge Springs, Pa., on Saturday, Poland Bprings, Me.,, Oct, 24.—Aftep a vacation of nearly two montha, President Taft starts back tomorrow to Washington te take up the labors of what he expeots will prove a busy winter, His plans for the returnm trip were changed tonight and instead of taking a motor ride of 175 miles from Polnd Sprines to Boston over y greasy roads, he will board his te car at Danville Junction, five miles :wn.z, and start his journey south- ward. The president is not due in Wash- ington until Sunday morning, for he has a speaking engagement Saturday in Cambridge Springs, Pa., and he will turn west tomorrow afternoon at Bos- ton to keep it. Mrs. Teft and Miss Helen Taft, who motored north with the president from Beverly, will return to the summer capitol for a stay of & few days and probably will poin the president in Washington in time to accompany him to Cinmcinnati, whgre he will vote. RAILROAD OFFICIAL i INJURED IN WRECK. Special Train Bearing Four Directors Plunges 'Through Trestle. St. Louls, Mo, Oct. 24—When the relief train from the site of the wreck of the Toledo, St. Louis and Western railroad at Fillmore, 111, reached here tonight it was found that Thomas ¥, Hubbard, chairman of the board of directors, was painfully though not serlously injured when the special train bearing four directors plunged through a trestle, causing the death of a negro porter and injuries-to three other trainmen. Mr. Hubbard was pinioned against a door by baggage when his private car went head-om through the trestle. President W. L. Ross, Secretary J. 8. Mackie gnd Vice President F. H. Davls, the three other directors, were uninjured. Mr. Hubbard plans to de- part for New York tomorrow. MOTOR CARS COST MORE THAN MISSIONARIES, Texas Clergyman Makes a Striking “ Point at Baptist Convention. Kansas City, Oct. 24—"Every Bap- tist who owns a motor car is an'> to support a missionary,” Dr. J. T. Love of Dallas, Tex., told the delegates to the Missouri Baptist general associa- tion here today. “The cost of maintaining a moter car,” tha Texan continued, “is much more than the cost of maintaining a preacher in the less settled districts of thin state, ['nless these gasoline Bap- tists come to the asistance of the cause We may not expe to make material progress as rapidly as we should.” Fire in Prison Warehouse. Jaekson, Mich,, Oet. 24.—Fire tonight destroyed the hind twine warehouse inside the walls the state prison here. The building contalned moe than #00 5 of sisal steek and as the state carrles no insurance the loss will be heavy, The fire is thought to have hean of ineendiar Latest Dreaineught Launched. Devenpert, IIngland, Oet, 24.—The Marlbereugh. Fngland’'s latest dread- nenght, was launched here teday by L: Gwendolyn Churehill, sister of u Churchill, lord ef the admir- his improved condition, he found that: \