The evening world. Newspaper, October 17, 1912, Page 1

STATE CLOSES CASE AGAINST BECKER: GRAFT TESTIMONY RULED OUT BY GOFF tr Toontebt and Petdayy W by SAAR, EDITION. “PRICE ONE CENT. ‘The Ne Lt ‘ Circulation Books | Open to. to All.”’ | by, The Press Publishing Che NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, ROOSEVELT PICKING UP ORDE¥S BULL MOOSE STEAK AND LOTS OF FLAPIACKS + Doctors Say Danger Is About Past, but Refuse to Allow Travel - Until After Sunday. CHICAGO, 17.—Six doctors,” making the most extended survey of Col. Roosevelt’s tempted since his arrival at Mercy tal, this morning found his condition as near normal as a wounded man’s could be and renewed their assurance that there was no longer cause for worry. It also was announced > ns and surgeons were | the hospital unt ' A 1 ur Dean Bevan, and William B. John F, Golden, Scurry L. Cauley. The last-named POLITICAL ENEMY “Pulse, 72; tempera tom, 18, all night. Woun: looks well, some oozing. Dxa: nination by Dr. Alexandcr Lambert chows lungs tn good condition; general cond SEEKS SEN ATORI AL splendid. The case i¢ pr favorably that unless some co: tioma occur tho Lullet will not be re- moved at prencnt.” CANDIDATE'S LIFE! It was signed by Dr John 1. Mure ply, Dr. Arthur Dean Mevan, Dr. Alex: rry L. Tere the $ told eit shat if wie cose Pg] Fhomas Owens Wounds An- soe of Teal Chews oh AES) Gther Man When Gunning Sunday. WILL STAY UNTIL DOCTORS SAY for Dantel J. Carroll ' HE CAN CO. i : Mrs, Roosevert was ver thie! net Le er an all-night tour of saloons in ee a a _| Willlamsburg, Thomas Owens, widely EE tA dg fectly | SnoWN In the Eastern District of Brook eee ‘i vanteal ih a& a Demoeratte politician and « to Ret back 1 t \\.| former Neutenant of Senator P, H. M nD [Carren, entered Lawrence Carrolt's j The most ieussuring bulletin yet] and Driggs ave- issued by the 1 ws concesniny 8 o'clock this morning, and ( sevelts comditinr was Ble ced his fntention of killing Ovlock (2 vieluck, New Tork: vine nce Carroil or his son, Dantel J V td he Democratic candidate for Puls ‘ tor in the Seventh District. “td i of the Carrols was in the 2 Mrs. Ri 1 , and Owens, declaring he would Far the be and me Carroll—anyhow." fired lished au ’ ots at Willam J, Dardis of No. walen ti a stre faction | Brooktyn end a dozen , a member of the | of from $12,000 to $16.1 had been en- THRTEENFIREMEN | IN PERIL FIGHTING BROOKLYN BLAZE Battalion Chief Callahan and | Men Are Nearly Overcome by Clouds of Smoke. SAVED FROM PLUNGE. Comrades Stop Dazed Leader} as He is About to Step Off Into Space. Battalion Callahan of firemen under had several minutes of! this afternoon when they | ‘ found themselves covered by a blanket | ™ fo his wommand aoute perti han wax so dazed he came neur stepping from a third story window Into space, |“ under ,the Impression that a ladder was braced outside of the window, The fire started tn the rear of an old church building, which was onc fashionable Sixth Avenue Baptist Church that stood at Sixth avenue and Lingotn place, but was latterly used as one of the stock storehouses of the pa- | per box factory, The flames spread to a stable, the property of the eompany, and several ho would have been burned if James Fox of No. #9 Third street had not rescued them when the fire was all about them. Deputy Fire Chief Lally responded to the second alarm tha: was ttrned in han lead a squad of men, with two linus of hose, to the roof of a three-story brick structury that siood a Iittle apart from the burning church and atable buildings, When the firemem were 4 the roof they suddenly became en oped in smoke, which jumped from a} ® Diind fire that bad amoulderes under their feot. Callahan {mmediately led a line of hose onto the third floor ana there tt was that he and the men with him had to fight for every breath, Several of theny were wvercome and Callahaa bad one leg thrown over a window !sdge and was about to slip out when the sells af his somrades tn the street below cleared his brain and he saw that there waa|! no fadder against that window, He|% hung to his perch until a ladder was moved under him, 4 The fre was not subdued until a loss ° a h Pinned Says He Did Not Know Names NO OIL CASH, WAS TOLD. Munsey Testifies He Gave Bull | of smoke during @ fire in the paper |t? te Roosevelt timd, und that waen box factory of L. H. Hebertein, |e carried Col, Ruosevelt's message to to 303 Seventh street, Brooklyn. Catla-| Treasurer Cornelius Bilvs to return the money, stating the campaign was perfectly clean, ait you snow who we svatrib- Pomerene. Bliss Would sell me of salances, et different times, but mot of contributors,” 20 added. regarding the Standard Ol contribution | and directed that Battalion Chief Calla-| b MATTER NOT TO BE SISCUSSED, tions had been made it way u srattor, that should not be discussed. dent Roosevelt ondering the return of the Standard OU money as applying the return of individual sontributions, if { nad thought it was @ proper in- celved It anyway, wi iroulation Books Open to All,’”’ | 1912. 22 PAG E 5 ‘PRIC 904 FUND CLEAN SAID CORTELYOU, NEVER SAW BOOKS on Statement, He of Roosevelt Contributors. Moose $118,005 — Puts Total Fund at $574,000, WASIEN , Oct. iT -George 3. ortelyouy rman of the ‘4 Re- ubliican Campaign, testified defore the app Committee to-day that ue othing of the Standard Oil contribution knew eee TET EET COPPPTP OPTS EO PTO TTOTOTTIV TTT eaascausapuasueuaeasessestasenaane Bliss had dented recelviag | ny, t the time you issued a etter tors were?” he was asked by Senator “Ho, sit,” Oortelyou said. . "Mad you examined the books of Col. ‘Mever,” wae the reply. “Mr, Bliss Air, Cortelyou amplified h!s testimony y saying: SAID BLISS. “1 remember Bliss told me thet th tandard Ot} had not comrtbute, I Ave an indistinct reoallection that he dded that if any individus! oonunibue “I considered the letter from Presie nly w the Standard (i! Co: # referring to Individual! cont ie added. ang—not wibutions,"" “If the letter had @rected dont’ think T would bave tuken any rders from the President regarding it vidual contribution, I might have re- “Woe drew no Ine againat corpora RESCUED FROM DEATH | BY BUSTON'S MAYOR si siete Weather, Fair To-night Bi EDITION. E ONE CENT. COURT DEALS A CRUSHING BLOW TO THE PROSECUTION OF BECKER Wife of Gunman ‘‘Lefty’’ Louie Who Testified Against Becker | FECTEESTESSGOESS TITTTETFTSISIISGSD FSSSSs $5SSISSSSVTSTTTIT FOS TIFT TEST IV GFIFT atternoon, that Justice Gott dismiss the case, more latitude in cross-examaination, made by Becker as head of the Vice bribery, not murder, ahd seeking to We desi a Sveveresesssseeooeeeysse8 | Paige to show,” sald Mr. mas jurder, PEI IEEE ES a Nii g iat FESTINKOND g OF RED SOX IS LED Intyre. The Court—The Let the Jury retire When the jurors were out Mr, gan to argue for the admissibility of tbe testimony regarding Becker's wealth, point {9 well taken. bidididedatdch oeeoscorveeveree? suld the entire motive cou! be! that hix source of revenue mixht be | at tion sontributions, and I had no excep- “Honey” Fitz Praises Ma .|cut off by the Rosenthal exposures. . ey Carrs on ‘The third bullet grazed | tailed. a tion ayself to that rule” the former Honey” Fitz ise thew: Mn Mefntyr. ate an argument n t Fen BAND: 4 Cabinet official declared, “It was the at Public . against this kind of testimony, declaring Si fuse he OWens. who lost his left hand in a MAYOR LUNN AGAIN JAILED; [ore wuo objected to the Standara son at Public Reception to | there was no broot that Rosenthal hed * tery six Years: 880). wal T, | O11 monoy being received.” = ; any Knowledge of Becker's weal q 1 witiout «itestio le see SHERIFF READS RIOT AC Frank A. Munsey, the publisher, told | World’s Champions, SAYS THE TESTIMONY WOULD Sue td at wave im Uiejand Knocked him down, Policeman| LITTLE FALLA, N. ¥., Oot 17.—Mayor | She CLAPP Comunieres | tide | atuernons \ ——— PREJUDICE JURY. 5 S WHE On 1, | beyan rushed {nto the saloon, and after | George R. Lunn of Schenectady, and A | “If he anid, “this kind of testimony 0 8 : al it pre-convention campaign. BOSTON, ifere., t a four other Socialists workers, were ar-| BArBOV Bie Crean oe ne committee Fell Asleep Whil gete before the jury, it will inflame, ‘ rested here to-day when they trled to| Mr Munsey gave t the committee) Mr, Donovan Fell Asleep He | streets ned oy enous Bias and (aupaasion’ thameneonen tale un, Viot an hold a meeting in Ciinton Park, near Nrosolalts: ee the Rnvesvelr epee . a ‘ the Boston Fea prisoner, It would mi hy Jurors the mills of the Phoenix Knitting Com-| 200 testimony before the committee, Smoking It on Pier and of 1912, paraded think he was grafting.” Bul (here was no-appeats a -|nue police pany, Where several hundred men and | yi" Munsey said, the campaign ecak ye a from Penway Hack to KF Hat,| “It 9 always competent,” said Justice Slot of Mra, Roosevelt at & cher women are on svikh A ohare OF slot | tai4 cog, excluding what ne cuted “drib-| Tumbled Into East River, — ywnere cney wore vonzratciated yy otty | Gort 1r ruling out the Dankbooks, ‘for mitted to the ‘ 1 on a charge of carrying aling ts to be made against the Mayor OMetala and choueavda of the followers | @® Prosecution to prove motive, whether sdimit revolver, tn violation of the Sul-|and his associates. ‘This Is Lunn's aece Jt Mm MONE oy Dan Ree Oe cate 2 a *| there t* ciroumatantial evidence or not. van lam: Ona erroat Here, within tires Gare: | Hanna in Ohio end $144,000 by Mr. Flinn| josting after removing a few thou f : ‘The ovidence of mottve becomes all !m- The evidence showed Owens, whose] Mra, Lunn, wife of the Mayor, started | [Anns in Dil and Baill by Br. ill | Resting @ barge at the foot iy Pencutl Halt Was] portant. But there ja no proof here that preakfast with |Home ts at No. 105 South Firat street, ito read a newspaper editorial and was| Oigiag gid aot sost over $150,000" the | ‘nd, Uricks from ® barg var ter Mayor Jame B, Fitz! osenthal knew of these alleged collec- attaches took | recent out with the Carrols, who] escorted from the Park by éheriff Moon publlane » Seclared, . of East Ninety-ninth street to-day, | congratulate ¢ Red @ox| (onu from the gamblera, or that Recker 1a fow drops of |* 8 of the Democratic organiza-|iytieen minutes later Robert A, Bake- |? "rnomas W. Lawson testified that he| Wiliam Donovan sat down on the) ) | ha Seanank Gy Make weto |icneee that Sinapalhal Rewate? mish aul? blood at §.15 o'clock and departed for! 1: Nhe: OUTER peter The! man was arrested when he began rend-| spent £100,000 In Col Roosevelt's In. | #t#inavlece of the pler to smoke HIS PIP” base Stason waid iat Huston gridmet |lections, If Rosenthal knew of these the Jaboratory tot Carrolis have been waging @ bitter AEN: | ing the Bible. A big crowd guthered |tereats this year in advertising and jit-| flo fell asleep while amoking and while! ooh Syren | ke am tions, T Would not hesitate to ad- Jewcooytes, After t Wilincnsburg resorts, last night, that| DUt dispersed when the riot act wae rad |urary work ile Kave no inoney to any|asieep fell into the river, Ag he] lit At leave tlahe init the testimony, but inasmuch as the ang he had deen i ‘wuld get even” with Lawrenes| bY the Sheriff, ‘The generat, situation ‘a | committee. reached the water hie head struck a 107K BM Heidel by tug[ evidence does not show that Rosenthal t lo, ‘ “} admittedly growing wo though no | Ing piece o} ner and the blow] sentiment vy aly SREIRUGS ‘ux cognizant of these collections I |. in Ded he Carroll or Dan. adralttediy growing Worse, AlthOUR 02 copy oR BLISS'S BANK ACCOUNT | outing piece .of timber and the blow Josmph Walker, former| Wet CORRIAANE Of thine a ections for | Which he read wis! . Owens knew St was the custom of| Violence against the authorities has IN 1904 PRESENTED, | rendered hi ss for a time, pl 3 enontatives, | Stull Nave t sustain The mirror 4 or shaving W481) awrence Carroll to get to his place| been att mpied, James G, Cannon of the Fourth Na-| Aitheueh he was partially stunned Meniager | the defense, ising nberny weil It to catch | of business about & o'clock in. tho —_ —— Fee ae att Nas | Donovan's voice wan In working order hihors at the| PROSEGUTOR SPRINGS A SUR- a reflection « ty out of his wine ng When he Carroll's} ROOSEVELT AND WIFE lr pmmitiew a copy of RE eR agalicnng hy 4 the people of PRISE ON THE DEFENSE. 0 F wert side : 4 ; ' rath, nineteen yeara 0 ‘ ews fuany By | went to the back tov! TELEGRAPH THANKS |: ount of Cornelius N. Bliss, Lona avenue, Whe wan nen [2 District-Attorney Whitman sprang OF the pullding it Waal oxpacted to And Carrol) PRESIDENT TAFT, | r of the Kepubiican cam. aT ReatY Aa cl anager Sta rive In the closing pertod of thi the light int eneenl ait for him," said Ow TO z pala eposite of $210,000 be- pee inie k e | MeAlmor with “y cuse when Lillian Romenbei ae slegr ioe Mond ; etapa tpn get even with him wien he . | ew 1, as followe "i DESH BIte ude i! f “t Syabyedoll” wife of Letty Lout observing for himscl’ vy ala 7 me on and have a drink Oct 835,000 | tal (want MoGvath n a| telegrams ha ‘ ed as 4 witness and corrobo- | mirror. , nyitution Was addressed to Dar- Oct 100,000 |. tee ; bd jew ft t ruin features of Jack Rose's “Dhis ts ey ali A had known Owens for some Automodit Oct. - 105,000 Sern ney Nera . Nurse Blar r, who Was ar-| time, Dardis auld he wouldn't dri: Tala total is the run which some wit. Ing carried oat by | aA hewavanTacnsens neal ‘ ‘ WWHLM ome Wit res rani ‘LE: however, acd y ranging th h ower We with Owens ‘The Latter pulled out a eases have testified that 2, Hy Ae ci i Sa 2 sey: sae CHICAGO CUBS 3S FOR * “LES vy Max Margolis a with r the Mee ee iim cia a: stigma. 1p [HON Hons BRK Las OF fer EMH Jinan rane Exyonaitures uf #108712 on |i eed Posty nent} NEW YORKEA MAY BUY. | i..ce who wan forced to contean per morning ©s 6 ation hike s this) pond Dewan to blage away at Dardis. from Gol, # rot, H are 0 sown one Nona WHE Remon tury on crouse SaGiBktlon The de- Reseed WBA Cae Feng ee tae eee DATES Wane Nia ond to the ¢ DED) ONT AEG Donovan was holated from the v | ACAGO, 0% IDA report was fense also scored by the adminston of He glanced st Mf ¥BO | crashed into a partition, The third cut! yy sent soon att | $50,000 on Marc 4 iMod, Hanovante Hukd! waa out Und’ an vAtibUs | re tardy thi os W the affidavit made by Jack Rowe at the hag joined bin a Tana |& crease in Dardis's neck, from witeh| ghot, The tel from the Colonel ute SL sdibeptiannealcr ty i taaitang Lote tote ‘ Ljhome of Harry Pollock tn whieh he papers, She sied wale ¥ andl dood & ‘ and he fell to the Moov, | rag 1. Cortelyou, 164 Republican |IAnee a he de F his we i | fecker in regard to the head. Owens rted for the door, but Mes ‘ ' ands im, a Ba HD IR Be: Bel Beda "Eibe's tors" he smiled (o the nurse,| Qraie tackled nim and ‘walted tim tong | EAP lngules | Chalemadc When sales: ely gtd Last Ninetysthini strc Hovlr in the tei al loan ‘Bhe's we mm Se AOE Me , nilow thet ray land wish ndard one {NO aakd at lnalng hl aa bo the wt Hecker witnesses were awe a teking Tne one from Mra. Rooaevelt read aad | Hd Mean cane Bascerner's ame in full force when court TEL GTEAMFITTER HE (GAN ihe een ie Carrol) reached the saloon| ‘My family: end 1 unit anks for] about: iti" oatd a declared Dune ened, chief among them being for- MAKE SOME NOISE. pai ninutes after the ehootine: Vas | your kind! expressidn of eznpathy.! led before that 1/°e"'s ab jin ap hls -cute| _— DiatsloteAtkomoe Garome, wha A ateam itting inade an annoying| ye been in the place when Owe — ln Archbold mak-|** * REGISTER TO-MoTnOW 1 mortal blew to nolee in the tiny an m of his apart-| rived he probably would have n RDGISTER TO-MORROW. ing a contribution and did not recall To-morrow and Saturday are the nding conteston. — killed, To-morrow and Saturday are the| his name being mentioned during the 1 linet f regiutration, If yo Fr Mecker interest 4 x ere 4 or oantwlay " ast days of regis’ H you ar sGontlaued nt BAS im ‘oTiens |'set fave of registration, If you do lagi firwt br t Bermtsta ni frees sed not register you cannot vote. a the Criminajl Courts Guila- SNOUT ate, Ln, pean an Aasery he he Pulltger AG), Temleney yen sebaeh vote, aes ROR: ua eten wee Fleas brauaht bo; my Mh 22M | eration booths will open at 7 &, M, eua| ing in droves coil? Pic etic evalu yy siding, neating, 8. A .M — ae cory Gaon at Cite a i Bil fier 0m (Continued on Sixth Page.) 4 close as OF. Me. When Justice Goff! arsived in ais fat) mt \ ae nee ‘Refuses, After Long Wrangle, to Ad- eeeedeoeeenenesecannnenenoesrennce csasceascsonenees| mit as Testimony Police Lieuten- A ant’s Bank Account as Proof That He Was a Grafter. ‘WITNESS FOR THE STATE ADMITS HE’S A PERJURER. State Closes Its Case, Court Over- rules Motion to Dismiss, and McIn- tyre Opens Defense To-morrow Baffled at every attempt to introduce evidence of Lieut. Charles Becker's many and heavy bank deposits, the prosecution in the trial of the accused police lieutenant for the murder of Rosenthal before Justica Gofl in extraordinary term suddenly rested its case at 4.25 o'clock this i McIntyre, chief counsel for Becker, then made the usual motions to instruct the jury to bring in a verdict of acquittal for lack of evidence set forth by the prosecution and kindred legal moves, all of which were denied by Justice Goff. The Justice, upon Mcintyre's request, granted adjournment unti} the morning. Sam Schepps had been recalled to the stand to give the defense He was temporarily withdrawn and Daniel A. Bentien of, the Franklin Savings Bank was called. He said an count was opened in:th€ bait in April, 1912, M’INTYRE OPENS BIG LBGAL BATTLE. ; Mr. McIntyre was on hts feet Instantly, fighting bitterly to prevent the opening wedge by which the State hoped to show the great sums Squad. “The State,” he shouted, “Is trytng to prove this prisoner guilty of {inflame the public mind.” Moss, “that there was a motive for That motive was that Rosenthal was endangering Becker's source of revenue. We want to show that Rose’s testimony was true. He said he was Becker’s graft collector, and we want to show he was.” “T object to these statements in the;enambere every passageway Presence of the tury." shouted Mr, M@-|@ourtroem, wae jammed with people who besought the police uards to pass them into the tribunal. The policing of the building wae splendidly handled, and only those whe had panses inaued by Justice Goff's direc- tion were admitted through the lines. MANY WOMEN TAY TO GET INTO COURTROOM. Scores of women were in the throngs that Kot into the building and foreed thelr way up to the rotunda. Many of them had Influential friends who had ob- tained passes for them and they man- aged to aqueese into the tribunal through inner hallways before the main doors of the evurtroom were thro’ open. Jonn Carney of No, % Grove etrest, Joreey City, was the Gret witness of the day. He was examined by Mr. Moss, Q. Are you @ telephone eperator? A. I am, in che Times Bullding, Q. Were you there on the morntag of July 167 A. Yes, in my place near the Forty-second street entrance of the gub- way. Q. Did you keep a memerandem of connections you made that aight? A. 1 ata. Q. Ie tvs your memorandum? (mew- Ing him @ telephone call emeet), A. It ta Q. Did. you make * connection af 261 ALM.?. A. Thi time I called the morning of July 16 “What connection did you make at 281 A. MT" Objections by the defense were over- ruled, and Carney was ordere@ pe reply. Here, Mr. Hart demandeg | = given permiasion to crore-e: i ney as to his recollection of the evant, before he answered Mr, Moss’ questians. Q. (By Mr. Hart.)—Have you.sesn this Paper lutely? A. Yeu, Mr. Rubin, an Assistant District Attorney, showed It to me. Q. So your testimony will be based on your records? A, Yes, air, BECKER EXAMIN THE TELE- PHONE RECORDS. Becker interrupted Mr. Hart and asked to look at the telephone record, The prisoncr made some suggestian to Mr, Hart, who then proceeded with bis croms-examination. Hart got from the witness only the fact that he could not remember all his culls, but that he was aure of tho accuracy of his report, ‘The testimony of the operster is vitally important, as it shows that Zeek Bose did call up Lieut, Booker from the Times Building immedi ately after the murder ag he oald “es 4 whem be testified last Bat- a was {ollowed by Luaine Mare cotered, dey