The evening world. Newspaper, October 8, 1912, Page 1

N—Fair to-night; Wednesday cloudy, PRICE ONE CENT. EDITION. NEW YORK, TUESDA y~ Hicivinininlelelelnlnisimininininininloioletoleleinininiet-teieieleb-i | TRIAL OF BECKER | Goff Rules Out a Lot of Questions and; Insists That Greater Progress Shall Be Made. | he gis aie ! Under the pressure of Justice Goff, greater progress was made to- day in picking a jury to try Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, charged at the Extraordinary Term of the Supreme Court with the murder of Herman Rosenthal. The Justice put a limit on the questions put to the \alesmen by the lawyers. All of the jurors so far chosen are blg and broad-shouldered, and both Becker and the District-Attorney pronounced them as the highest iype that could be chosen to weigh the facts in a case of such peculiar complexity and vast importance. The second day of the trial brought —j} nereasing swarms of the morbidly THE BECKER JURY. irlous to the Criminal Courts Building | ind filled the pavements with crowds| MAROLD 8, SEXWWERB, house Wo. 01 West One Hundred and Thirty-nfth strest, manager Mew York Maison Branch Company. ROBERT C. PURSHLL, manufactur- extra policemen. ing and consulting chemist, of Wo. 589 Refore John I. McIntyre, chief coun: | west One mundred and Seventy-eighth nel for Becker entered the courtroom to | street, me is an offfcer of the Clayton take up the task of examining talesmen | Chemical Company of Mo. 974 Pearl he sorted out his mall and opened a| etreet. letter which contained # threat of death! JOmW m, MARDY, fifty-five years 014, | if the lawyer stayed Becker's execution | petized rice merchant of Wo. 204 West in case of his conviction. The letter, | gimety-fourth street. perfpbied in a big round hand, read: | eDWAMRD 0. BOULM of mo. 5: 9 West ¢ that lelsure class that hunt in gangs and ive the lives of outlawed parasites. They were driven away by @ force of “arch Crook—You put up the |Qme Muné@red and Fortieth street, aud- murder of Jack Zelig. If Lilith itor for a manufacturer with a place ullet \ acquitted woe be unto you. for you ‘If Becker 1s convicted and you stay his execution y i die. You BHALL before he does, No crook ts writing this, Nor is he a madman, of business at Wo, 19 Park Row, | WILLIAM ¥F. WARD, the real evtate business at Mo. 753 Fifth avenue, living at Wo. 19 West Seventy- third street. | Bullet may be sooner or later, but It | sano soncera et Bor a0 Tarestvay ena will be.” living at Mo, 105 Bast Sixty-seventh This letter, which was mailed in| street, Mot related to defendant. Brooklyn on Oct. 7, Was shown to 7. PRATT, commissary — — gem, for the New York Central and (Continued on Mudson Biver Railroad, living at Mo. - 801 St, Micholas avenue, ‘ighth Page.) Death, | 1 ten years, of} Roller-Skates to Ralph Siegalbaum, ase ) Tinton av ly killed » while roller front of a butehor W ward Kelly of nm Fire Races to News, +, Oct &—The British steamer Iram, ‘With a cargo of caiton from Galveston to European porta, Passed in the Virginia Capes, on tire, et, two of the to-day, heading for Newport News for esaistance, ay Speirey paneer mannan Cotten Steamer Ieltivinieinininlel deleleleinieloinininininio! | Twombly’s offtes Section of Stand When the First Char.pionship Game Started. (Specially Photographed by an Evening World Staff Photographer.) tebliteieitictictt-eebiciek hebben ritr Jsution, but knew of none in which Mr, Mors n was concerned, Mr, MacVeagh testified he had been given to under- stand that in making contributions in 194 Mr. Twombly represented the Van- derbilt raliroad interests, Henry ©. | Frick the coal and stecl interests, and | TAFT'S BROTHERS GAVE $1 50 000 {John D. Archbold an dthe late H. H.| a |"yormer Spnator Depew told on the | stand how he had given $10,000 and then FOR GAMIPANGN zr: sarsertnss se ways been a@ joke," he said, “and it | was quite joke on me to be assessed | . 1 and then nearly tricked out of the Andrew Carnegie Contributed | senatorsitp.” $25,000 to Help President MacVeagh declared positively that he Get Nomination. had never seen Morgan use @ telephons and declared he and the banker had never discussed campaign contributions, | “It was my habit never to be Inter- viewed," added the witness, repudia‘ing| ; ‘ as the statement of Welllver, that ne! i SARS All f—Represen-| (MacVeagh), had given him the Morgan. | ative iam B. McKinley, pre-con-| Roosevelt story. Welliver was again in vention manager for President Taft, | the room reporting the hearing. presented to the Clapp Committee to-, “I never could have made any such| day accounts showing he had spent! statement, as no such event ever about $290,000 for the President's can-| pened in Morgan's office,” sald Mac- didacy. He said $150,000 was eub-| Veagh, scribed by Henry W. Taft and Charles| P. Taft, the President's brothers, ana| TALKED TO WELLIVER ONLY AS A GENTLEMAN. that John Hays Hammond, ET. | Stotesbury and Andrew Carnegie gave! «Mr, Welliver' and Mr. Russell might have been misled,” added cVeagh. £25,000 each I asked Welllver to come and Another chapter was added to the dis. puted story of the so-called Harriman! told him 1 would talk to him o} $240,000 contribution to the Republican! gentleman and not for publicat campaten MacVeagh told him of an Incident that did o« of Phila rney-Gen- | but not for publication.” eral, to-day told thi Committee of| "What was that incident?” Senator a telephone conversation H. McK.+| Clapp interruped, Twombly had with the late . H. Har-| MacVeagh parried: riman In 1004. A gentleman, now de: told me Mr. ¥ Veagh said that while in Mr. | im October, 19, the! latter had a telephone talk and told him that {t was with Mr. Harriman, that Mr. Harriman had sald he ha been to the White House, that Presiden Roosevelt had expressed anxiety that fa $210,000 fund be raised, and that Mr. | Harriman had agreed to tt. Charles A, something that another told him. I don't | under the circumstan then, state if you told Mr. anyt concerning being in r, Morgan's office and that he sald nything about contributions?” Clapp. “Not a word at any time or place,” man, now | e to relate | asked Peabody, President of the Mutual Life | said MacVeagh, ‘but that doesn't Imply| Insurance Company, Mr. MacVengh that I didn’t have @ conversation with said, was in Mr. Harriman's office! some one else regarding an incident of while Mr. Harriman was talking with! Twombly, This was Mr. MacVeagh's version of HE KNEW OF NO CONTRIBU- TION BY MORGAN, a story told by Charles Edward Russe! Socialist ca te for ¢ rnor of N York, and Judson ©, Welllver, a Ws: paper man, to the effect that J. F M n had received a similar teley om the White H Mr. } h admitted having told Willtver that kind,” Clapp insisted that MacVeagh disclose! exactly what he told Welliver. He was backed up by Senator Oliver, | “T did rep But tt relates to altogether a different! person than Mr, Morgan. I was tn the ffice of Mr, Twombly (H. McK Twom-| | bly) abou. that time. He (Mr. Twombly)! was called to the ‘phone. His secretary| told him a man wanted to talk to him y conver-|4 the booth, He came back and sald i © had been talking to Mr. Harrim: AYP Oritkwe lthat Mr. Harriman had been called to in the Pulltwer aie, Beta aah ML PE ESL LOSE ERE Sal (Continued on Second Page.) ay or night, 480 ‘Pulitzer’ « | Tesreaa hadn't a single strik | prite, ——< T. PRICE ONE OEN GIANTS IN HARD FOUGHT | GAMEBY 4 103 SCORE 40,000 Excited Fans See Red Sox Triumph in Opening Game of World’s Series at Polo Grounds. RED MURRAY'S TIMELY HIT PUT GIANTS IN LEAD EARLY Tesreau Knocked Out of Box in the Seventh After Fine Showing, Crandall Replacing Him. Z | SCARE § BOSTON... .». ‘ GIANTS..... Y INNINGS 2 > z 2 3 Tesrean started nervously and gave Mooper, the first man up, a base 08 Larry Doyle got the credit of the fret two assists, handling the taps of Yerkes and Speaker faultlessly. Snodgrass got the first hit of the serjes, a clean single over second. Fletcher made the first error of the game, when he fumbled Gardner's easy rounder, Stahl made the first attempt to steal second, but Meyers’s throw te Doyle got him by ten feet. ‘Wagner got the second base on balls off Tesreau. ‘Wood completely fooled Meyers and Fletcher in the Giants half of the second inning, in succession. Tesrean iseued two more passes in the third to Wood and Speaker. Wood was on third when Tesreau “walked” the Red Sox star hitter, Up to this time to his credit, while Wood had foun Snodgrass had a great moe to inguish himself im the third, but struck out, with Devore on third and Doyle om second, “Rea” Murray brought in the first runs, Devore and Doyle, with « timely thus making up for his failure in last year's world's s Stab) was T% 's first strike out victim in the fourth, Tesreau disposed of the Red Sox three in a row in the Afth, causing Cady and Wood to bit weak grounders and striking Hooper out. Larry Doyle got his second hit in the tifth, but was ont trying to stretoh it into a double, Speaker got the Sret Bed Sox hit of ‘Fesreau, a triple, and shortly after- ward scored the Bostons’ first run. The Red Sox got to Tesrean in the on three singles and» double, giving a was taken out of the mth inning and soored three runs eventh when the Bed Sox all took up ti pitching job. |17 “SPECS” ARRESTED; FIRST RACE~Five and a half fure| POLICE CONFISCATE longs: two-year-olds: allowances,—Creat | $1,000 IN TICKETS. Britain, 190 ( won; Usteppa, 105 | re (Gooue) Grader, 106 ne not given, Prince Hermim, J Skeets, ‘hall (An Sem- | Nearly $1,000 worth of tickets to the olo Grounds 1 when sev- dress), | went to wast enteen spec reptitiously to peddir rested and their 4 confiscated, wily spec ho Were trying @ure were ar them c one mile and ear-oldseClubs, 101 ruche, 101 (Callahan) @ nix! (Tur verteen to be om: ate Court was discharged for jack of evt- dence, * Straus, Bol Farley. nite, Dorble Jack, Right also ran. $2 mutuals amined by Maxist vs, straight $7.00, place, $4.9, Chae a f- show, $2.70; Patruche, piace, $6.10, show, SWEET CORN, 120, 4 CAN, 2.00; Spindle, anow ti. eTES ARE dnt! Selah Meet Devore, If.. Doyle, 2b..... Snodgrass, cf.. | Murray, rf... Merkle, ib... Herzog, 3b... Meyers, ¢. Fletcher, 8s... Tesreau, p Crandall, p.. *McCormick . **Becker..... Toral...... xBatted for Tesreau in seventh. © Becker ran fer Meyers in nint& Bane hite—Off Wood, 9; off Tesreau, 5; off Crandell, 1. First base on balle— Off Wood, 2; off Tesreau, 4. First base on errore—Boston, 1; New York, |. Left on baeee—Hoston, 6; New York, & ruck out--By Wood, 11; by Tesreay 4; by Crande!, 2. Three-base hit-Speaker. Two-base ite—Doyie, Hoope: Wagner, Meyers, Double playe—ftahl, unassisted, Hit by pitcher—Meyers. BY BOZEMAN BULGER. POLO GROUNDS, Oct. 8——-The Boston Red Sox won the open- ing game of the ninth world’s series this afternoon over the Giants by a score of 4 to 3. Forty thousand fans saw the battle. Joe Wood, the star twirler of the Boston staff ran true to form and trlumphed over Tes- reau and Crandall in the hardest fought game that has ever been played in a World Champlonship. He showed his greatness in the last half of the ninth inning when the Giants had runners on second asd third with only one out and needed one run to te the score. Wood then tumed 'Ioose everything he had in reserve and struck out both Fletcher and | Crandall, ‘The Giants out-tlt the @ox tm this game by § to 6 And the defeat can really be lala to Snodgrass, who tn the sixth tnning ran over in front vf = ora steno e-noco--=29 =—==—weo=co-~opP welocoococosco~ez N — S| ecoccona-S-nwcl Slee-n=---ccceac> el ecococoe Nn -nnek | ra bat that ready fer te catch with ease, ‘This gave the Box the one woore that was needed to win, TESREAU WEAKENED ONLY IN SEVENTH, duck Tesreau pitched really @ marvellous game up to the seventh Inning, whee he weakened and was tapped for fear clean hits, Whiah netted Boston three runs. After thie Crandall took ap the pitehing job and escaped unsvathed, ‘The Giants made a game rally in the |iegt half of the ninth, when Merkle and Murray hit eafely and Meyers followed with @ long safe two-bagger, Fietcher was unable t@ hit the ball at all and lene reat rally wae squelohed, | amide from Bnodgras's mistake and the mixup between Gardner and Lewis tp the second inning, both teams played beautiful ball. A@ to playing form, there was little to choose between ‘ene. When the geme was over, 90 Boston rootera, led by @ brass Dand, Krotel tn Harlem | “= = an at So SF mais a a ct SiS Ht 3