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THE MORNING OREGONTAN. THURSDAY; AUGUST 8, 1912. POLICE EXTORTION DETAIL CONFESSED "Bald Jack" Rose Tells How $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 Was Paid to Becker.. WIFE AND SERVANTS SEE Lieutenant Always Goading Collect' ors for More, Writes Gambler In Reiteration of Mammoth Xew York Scandal. NEW YORK, Aug. 7. "Bald Jack Rose, the gambler upon whose testi mony was chiefly based the Indictment - . , -, i . . rhurlai Ttrlcer on l police ijieuiciiwtfc i the charge of instigating- the murder of Herman Kosentnai. iuroisu trlct Attorney Whitman with a written statement Tuesday, disclosing In de tail the history of Ms relations with Becker as one of the police officer's alleged graft collectors. Rose in his confession reiterated his i - 1 1 that Pprbffr was one of four high police officers who . . .. aaa 1 nnn collected oeiween -,vvv,vuu aaa -I nioffll resorts, and gave a complete table of his collections from gamblers wnicn. no turned over to Becker. These collections, according to the ronfession. averaged from $12,000 to $15,000 a month, and came from a dozen or more gambling-houses. The names of ten of them Rose gave to the Dis trict Attorney. Becker, the self-accused gambler wrote, was continually hounding him for more money, telling him, he said, that "the bunch downtown isn't getting enough." Rose said he had always turned his collections over to Becker In cash, fre quently in Rose'r home, and that his wife and servants had seen the money pass and could testify to the truth of his statement. Becker's method of bringing the gam blers to terms was to raid them first. Rose said. This was the police way, he explained, of "getting acquainted." After the raid Becker would offer to "fix" the case before the grand jury. Rose charged, provided the unfortu nate gambler would "come across." To Impress the gambler. Becker would pro cure further warrants, threatening to continue his raids as long as the gam bler refused to pay blackmail. Spe cific Instances are given. Rose said that his own acquaintance began when Becker raided his gambling house. Rose said he then became a stool pigeon for Becker in his raiding activities and later his collector. Rose substantiates all that Rosenthal had charged as to Becker being his partner in the Rosenthal gambling house. He said that Becker got 32 H per cent of the "play." iO per cent on his own account and one-half of Rose's share, which was 25 per cent. The district attorney, it was learned last night, obtained telephone records substantiating Rose's story that a few minutes after the murder of Rosenthal, Rose called Becker up and asked him to come down town at once and that he communicated by telephone with Becker several times that day. Becker saw newspaper men in his cell today. When he was asked If it was true that "the system" was collecting a $50,000 fund to defend him. he re plied: "I have engaged John F. Mclntyre to conduct my case by advice of my coun sel, John W. Hart. No system will tuggest my counsel, I am master of my own case." COLORADO HAS. ASSEMBLY Democrats Xante Adams and Sliaf roth for Senator. PUEBLO, Colo, Aug. 7. The State Democratic Assembly met here Tuesday to nominate a state ticket and two United States Senators and adopt a platform. The day session was taken up with seating contesting delegations. Aside from Indorsing the National' Democratic candidates and platform, the state platform waa devoted to purely local issues. The nomination of candidates did not begin until a late hour last night. Alva Adams and Governor John F. Shafroth were named for the long-term for the United States Senate. Charles Thomas was unanimously chosen to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Hughes. The candidates named by the assem bly must go before the people at pri mary elections. At midnight It was expected that adjournment would be taken before the nominations were completed. AUTO DITCHED, 2 ESCAPE Alleged Cattle and Chicken Thieves Make Getaway In .Opportune Time. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 7. Two al leged cattle and chicken thieves es caped and four men were Injured today when a county automobile driven by Deputy Sheriff Herbert Beeba went Into the ditch two miles northeast of Kent. Beebe's shoulders were Injured, Deputy Sheriff Joseph Hill suffered In juries to his spine, shoulders and chest; Marshal Joseph Edwards, of Renton, sustained a broken collar bone "and a dislocated shoulder, and H. M. McDonald, the rancher who complained against the alleged thieves, waa severe ly bruised. The prisoners who had been arrested by Hlil and were being brought to Seattle, escaped injury and fled while two other members of the posse were summoning help for the Injured men. OROZCO'S MEN VICTORIOUS Rebels on March Defeat Force of Government Troops. TUCSON. Arts.. Aug. 7. Oroxco's rebel forces, according to advices received yesterdaJy. defeated the government soldiers under Generals Sanjlnes and Velasco at Sehuerlpa and continued their advance as far as Ladura, Sonora, There they opened fire on the town, -which was defended by 26 or 30 Fed- i The railroad agent, hiding under the station, sent out toe report oi ine at tack, adding that he Intended to stay where he could be comfortable. ft.., ,.kl. r i! t thN tftUrr&nh vrlr between Ladura and Mlna, Sonora, to the east. OUSTED MAYOR IN CITY C. A. Norther, of Huntington, In dorses Governor's Housecleaning C. A. Northey, the man whose re noval Governor West directed ai Mayor of Huntington and cashier of the Bank of Huntington, arrived in Portland yesterday to attend to some financial matters In connection with his banking Interests. In speaking of Huntington affairs he said: "Governor West did forcibly and quickly exactly what I had been try ing to do since being unanimously elected Mayor of Huntington in March last. The conditions there have been far from ideal morally, but the situa tion is a difficult one to handle on ac count of the general character of the floating population. My position as Mayor was more or less of a sinecure, as the City Marshal was an elective officer over whom I had no actual con trol. Except the aspersions cast on my character, which those who know me recognize as false, I am really glad that the purification of Huntington came as it did. I have large Interests there and will continue to make that city my home, as there is an excellent future for It as a considerable business center. I do really hope that the un pleasant things that have been said of the city will be forgotten and in a few years the stigma that has been placed on It by undue publicity will be wiped out by Its moral and Industrial growth." TAFT MAX LEADS IX IXDIAXA Durban Is Nominated for Governor on "Administration" Platform. INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 7. Colonel Wlnfield T. Durban, of Anderson. ex-Governor, was nominated today by GOE SURE COLOflEL WILL WIN OREGON Delegate Says Movement. However, Must Be No .Office-Riding Chariot. QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED Suggestions Made That Candidates of Other Parties Be Required to Declare Openly Against "Political Theft." BT HENRY WALDO COE. CHICAGO, Aug. 7. (Special.) Let him with no bowels for a battle back away. This Is no kindergarten contest or TWO MEN CHOSEN BY GOVERNOR WILSON TO HANDLE DEMO CRATIC FINANCES. -fm mw - MRU Charles R Crave Rolla Well the state Republican convention to head the ticket in the coming campaign. His platform praises the Administra tion, pledges support of the selection of President Taft and advocates - the primary elections and woman suffrage. WILSON LEARNS TODAY DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE TO BE OFFICIALdVi NOTIFIED. Governor Marshall Meets Standard Bearer for First Time in Year. Ceremony to Be Simple. SRAr.iBT N. J.. Ansr. 7. Governor Wilson, Presidential nominee on the Democratic ticket, met uovernor mar shall, of Indiana, the Vice-Presidential nominee Tuesday at a seaside nook, two miles away. It was the first time the two Governors had seen eacn otner within a year and their greeting was cordial. Governor Marshall came to attend tne Ceremonies at Sea Girt tomorrow, in which Governor Wilson will be notified nf iita tinminfliinn The meeting came at the close of a strenuous day for Gov ernor Wilson. At an eariy nour ne mo tored to the state house at Trenton, met j.i.tr,tiin nf linmnrrnti from Dele- ware and Maryland as well as Gov ernor O'Neil. . of Alabama, who will stump for him in the iMonn. a nnnn r 11.. n i-Ti ii w i 1 h o Ti made a brief speech with a district campaign tone In It to his cauers. ne auvu cated. he said, taking the Government nt th TTnWri Kfatos "out of the hands of the trusts" and putting It In the bands or "tnose we can irusi. The notification ceremonies tomorrow nrlll ha cfmnlA flnil hripf- AbOUt 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Senator-elect James, of .Kentucky, chairman or tne notification committee of 52, will notify r',I-..nn. w u u n n nf hist nomination. Governor Wilson's speech of acceptance will approximate euuu woras. The Democratic Governors of 22 v.,.,,, kaAn invitH tn attend, and prominent Democrats from various sections have signified tneir internum of being present. Governor and Mrs. Wilson will en tertain the notification committee and their guests at luncneon. - Governor Wilson announced today fhm. nnnlntment of Rolla Wells, ex- Mayor of St. Louis, to be treasurer of the National Democratic committee, and Charles R. Crane, of Chicago, to w. h,(pman nf the finance com mittee, of which Henry Morgenthal, of New York, has Deen cnosen itiuu. Governor Wilson declared that Mr. nr.ii. ,. - ltfA-lnnff- friend, who had come Into prominence in the West In conneotion witn tne mn- .... waterway project. Mr. Wells is a grad uate of Princeton University, of the class of 187S. Mr. Crane, who was a prominent supporter of and contributed to the La Follette campaign for the Presi dency, was appointed In July. 1909, by President Taft to be Minister to China, but was recalled four months later at San Francisco before he reached hia post. BALLPLAYER SEEKS UNION Organization of Major League Men Is Big Plan Now. NEW YORK, Aug. 7. David FvUtx, a lawyer, who was formerly outfielder with the New York Americans and the Philadelphia Americans, said last night that activities toward forming a union of big league baseball players were in progress. He said members of the National League clubs met In his office last Sunday and that American League players met secretly in New York two weeks earlier. The 16 clubs of the two major leagues were repre sented either by- person or by proxy, he declared. Fultx said there . were certain mat ters concerning contracts and other phases of a ball player's life which the players believe they can change for the better by binding themselves to gether. Clark's District Renominates Him. MONTGOMERY, Mo, Aug. 7. Speak er Clark was renominated for Congress in this, the Ninth District of Missouri, at the primaries today, without oppo sition In his party. This makes nine times the Democrats of this district have nominated the Speaker. Fourth of July celebration. It Is a solemn and serious undertaking and those in the lead In the movement feel the grave responsibilities which con front them in deciding the right course, as they see the right, and to pursue that right course unflinchingly that the great progressive movement may this year win National success. With us, after doing our duty In the National gathering as well as our in dividual endowments would permit, our own responsibility hereafter and until November 8, is the conscientious sup port . to the movement In Oregon, so far as we have ability toward landing the state in the Roosevelt column. We have every faith that Roosevelt is to sweep the country. We feel sure he will carry Oregon on this platform, which, in part the Oregon plan, has now become a contract offered to the whole Nation.- -. .... Politician Greatest Coward. This Is a crowning glory to our state and a National indorsement to the plain people of Oregon who created the Oregon plan. When Lincoln went Into the then new Republican party, he sought in every way to have those running for office on the old Whig ticket. But the professional politi cian and the office-seeker is of all men the greatest coward. He fears to move from his old mooring and although those old Whigs knew that the Re publican party, like the present pro gressive movement, was based on great moral and eternal principles, they fal tered and in that earthquake of po litical event! which followed they were destroyed. I have had a lifelong affiliation with the Republican party and like most Oregon progressive Re publicans, feel that in the present Ore gon emergency and In a controversy primarily among Republicans those on the state and county Republican tickets should first be given consideration. Democrat May Be Considered. If some'men already nominated on KA T7Anilt.fn tlflcAt Arm Tint TirOfZXefl- sives. consideration of Democrats al ready nominated tor sucn oinces snouia be given. With the true follower of D.n.a.H Tinnr t h nrnerpsiiiVA candi date, the first and greatest considera tion, except pernaps on i"e ii i local candidates themselves, must be the election of the National ticket. This question with us overshadows every other political question. In Oregon, with no progressive state or county .i-i. k fioM In nhnnlutelv clear to day to do those things .most advisable for the -strengthening oi tne muomu Progressive ticket. r..,intv n ijbva a state ticket and county tickets everywhere nominally at least, supporting tne aiiegea mu epui lous Republican National ticket and state and county tickets everywhere with the Democratic party, with a mul titude of workers thereby contributing their several energies against us, while - Viova Yn finch BUDDOrt. WOUld be as serious in politics as it should be bad in morals and false in duty. It is for-the state governing body of the Progressive party or others than myself to decide as to state and county tickets, but It Is possibly not out of order to say tnat so mr as my mm- ... J .. 1 j.ivmAn vnAM It WOuM VIUUB1 juuftiii...!. r. fair to first Interrogate those already nominated and determine wnetner or not those already before the people. Tw mnot rflul FAOfl 10611 flTB UOW DTQ- gresslves who are ready to assist us In electing Roosevelt ana nis running; mate. rpki. mimt ft yi ft wh I khptM n bt affair. No statement that one is a progressive will be surncient. win me mumun openly support the National Progres sive candidates? Is the question. Some earnest colleagues may not agree with this sentiment, but it seems to me that the candidate need not declare himself a member of the new Progressive par ty, but he certainly must declare open ly against the political theft of a Na tional nomination and stand boldly for its rebuke by his support of the -Progressive National candidates running upon an Oregon platform. Full Set of Ticket Planned. At the same primary In which the local candidate received his own nomi nation the Oregon voters are already on record for Roosevelt. Will the can didate follow the instruction of his state? After exhausting a moderate period of time with our rormer KepuD llcan collegeaues now under nomina tion and examining the Democratic nominees, we must decide that those not for us are against us. Then. In my opinion, must we fill out the tick ets, state and county, with those who shall be with as, that from United States Senator to the Constable in every county in the state we may elect a full progressive set of officers t vltH tiaw National nrosrres- slvelsra patterned In so many Instances from laws already in force In progres sive Oregon. T....tiAaa manv men throusrhout the state feel In this new movement the call to office. There may oe gooa rea sons why numbers of these deserve r.ffitm i nrAfArment. but this present movement must not be made an office- riding chariot, sucn men must ne pa tient, demonstrate their worth to the new movement and under the new rule of the people await the call of the people themselves. Just now the peo ple are engaged in a more serious busi ness than to provide offices to the of fice hungry. People Are Selecting Leaders. The people are selectlg, we hope, wise leaders. This work begins with the people and these leaders are fresh from the people. These leaders will do the best they can, but the people must certainly advise these leaders, who feel the moral responsibility in a move ment such as this. The example of Governor Osborn, of Michigan, and Governor Deneen, of Illinois, should not be overlooked. Both played the waiting game too long. Osborn Is again back for Roosevelt, but the pro cession has gone onnd left him. Illi nois yesterday sounded In her state progressive convention the death knell of Deneen. Oregon men already nominated need to get their house In order, for the Ore gon progressive will pass their door posts soon and we believe happy for their political lives if we find on these doorposts, as in the days of the prophet, the sign that therein rests the true faith. AUTO INJURES WOMAN MRS. PERCY GTJNNOE HIT BY CAR ON BASELINE ROAD. Machine Is Driven by Mrs. Joseph Supple Victim Said 'to Have Been Thrown 20 Feet. TT-htiA .,mmin tnwArrf Portland along the Base Line road Tuesday the fender or an automODiie onven oy Mrs. Joseph Supple struck and severely Injured Mrs. Percy Gunnoe. a resident of that neighborhood. Mrs. Gunnoe i 1. n Kut with assistance she was able to walk across the road to the house. The accident took place about half a mile north of the Country Club at 4:S0 P. M. In the car besides Mrs. Supple were Mrs. F. P. Waring. Mrs. C. F. Jones and Mrs. M. M. upiogrove. Mrs. Gunnoe was standing on the edge of the road talking to a neigh bor, who was sitting In her buggy on the right side of the road. The auto- hnA fa eaM tn Viava- been traveling llivuno " - - on the left-hand side of the road, and caught Mrs. Gunnoe. Knocking nsr v feet and inflicting injuries auu cuts and bruises, though no bones were broken. The husband of the injured woman said last night that the driver of the automobile was to oiame, oecauso n was on the left-hand side of the road. Mrs. Gunnoe was standing on the south side of the road by the path. Mrs. Joseph Supple said that the ac cident was caused, by the restlessness of the horse and that she never saw Mrs. Gunnoe until the? car hit her. NAPPING CAUGHT NAPPING Sirs. Brown Had Husband bnt Wanted Year to Get Divorce. --f TT-Ta a vnicrn Anar. 7. fSneclal.) tt.j vivil here Tuesday by Captain of Detectives wall that Alice J Brown, who is wantea nere -plain how she mulcted David Napping, a retired Illinois farmer, out of some thing like 17,000, has been arrested at tv i. a .nA i hulnir held awaiting the ..,! f on officer from this city. Mrs. Brown is 22 and possesses more than her snare oi Deamy uu -i"".-tiveness. She is also a grass widow. vt i omA tn th cltv for rest and J.ift"l6 . - , ..nm sftAr making? a comfortable little fortune during nis tarmins In Illinois. Napping was urciou "J Mrs. Brown's beauty, and Mrs. Brown was attracted by Napping's money. Ac- n - - t. Kanninff. It was love at first sight, and he was caught napping. The only oDstacie to a mai i mgo wa. that Mrs. Brown already had a hus band, an employe of an Insurance com- w nrtisteA YlATTIA hftS nOt hPPTl lllj , " divulged. Mrs. Brown's proposal was that capping snuuia wait. a. u"u while providing the necessary money .xrrnnt AYnAnses while, she nroceed- ed to get a divorce from her husband. Brown agreed. The history of the divorce suit has . K .... o-nn a Intn hut t h A waiting .1 W b Swa-V " , w proved more expensive than Napping naa anuciyiiieu. waa a. eajr while it lasted, and It lasted until 117,000 of Napping's fortune had been lavished on his fiancee. The last S3500 r, kA tniA thA nAllnA. wsla arlvAn her to purchase an apartment-house. But it turned out that Mrs. Brown did not want an apartment-nouse, ana tne .imKaaa iran ' havaf marie. A mnnth 1 T R.nirn tannA nillAtTv from sight, and Napping came to the police on June 27 to ask their aid In finding ner. XT I Y. - .twnA tn Tlllnrtl, Kilt ilttjililllig, i.A HI' 111. V . V iiiuiuio, "t promised the officers that he would be on hand to testify wnen nis gay o- cciver wets uiuufitib iuiu t-vuii. PAGET ATTACKS LAXITY Prohibition Candidate Scores Old Parties on Liquor Question. FOREST GROVE, On. Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) Refusal of the Republican and Democratic parties to recognise the liquor question as a political issue, was dwelt upon by B. Lee Paget, .front bltlonlst candidate for United States Senator. In an address at Eels Park last night. The speaker contrasted the cha otic conditions existing in both of the old parties and declared that many of the reforms advocated in their plat forms were enunciated in the platform of the Prohibitionist party In 187.. Tonight's meeting, the seventh of the day, was the largest attended since Mr. Paget and O. A. Stlllman, candi date for Representative In Congress from the First District, began their automobile tour of Washington county vesterday. The speakers were Intro duced tonight by Rev. Hiram Gould, who presided as chairman oi the meet Ing. SALMON TROLLING IS PLAN Seagoing Boats Being Fitted Ont to Dodge State Pish Laws. ASTORIA. Or- Aug. 7. (Special.) As a result of the success attained by the men who have been trolling for salmon outside the mouth of the river during the present season, quite an Industry in that line Is promised for this Fall. Several boats are now be ing rigged for that particular class of fishing. The crafts that are" to be used are Columbia River power fishing boats, but are decked over with a small cock pit, left at the stern for the men. the idea being tnat sucn a crait wiu De able to stay out In heavy weather. The boats will fish well off shore, In the vlolnity of the lightship, and It is asserted they will not be subject to the state laws governing the fisher ies. They can thus operate during the closed season on the river. 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