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VERA CRUZ TAKEN
LEADERS 1ST D E
Officers to Be Shot Af
K ter Courtmartial.
TROOPS WILL BE DECIMATED
One in Ten, Chosen by Lot, to
-i Suffer Death Penalty.
OFFICIALS DECIDE POLICY
Capture of General Felix Diaz Ef
fected Easily, "With Little Real
Fighting Campaign Against
Orozco Is Renewed.
MEXICO CITT. Oct. IS. Following
the retaking of Vera Crux today by
federal forces, which was accomplished
with little real fighting. General Felix
Diaz, Colonel Jose Dlas Ordaa and all
the officers of the rebellious troops
and marines will be baled Immediately
before a coart-martlal and doubtless
will suffer tire death penalty. Orders
have been Issued for the convening of
the court, which will be presided over
by General Beltran.
General Diaz, although not now a"
member of the army, Is, amenable In
such a court under the law- which
provides for such a trial, of any civil
ian under like circumstances.
Troops 'Will Be Decimated.
The soldiers of the rebellious troops
will be decimated one In ten being
executed. They will be chosen by lot
to pay the penalty for all.
This Information was Imparted of
ficially tonight.
The collapse of the Diaz movement
one week after Us Inception with a
minimum of fighting and bloodshed
has created the greatest surprise here.
In administration circles, where op
timism has been the keynote since the
beginning, the outcome is regarded as
the highest possible vindication of
the confidence always expressed In
the' loyalty of the army.
Political Danger Removed.
General Felix Diaz, after General
Reyes, has been regarded as the man
who could wield the greatest Influ
ence with the army and the people
generally. His rebellion, ending In a
fiasco only slightly less pronounced
than that of Reyes last December, re
moves a danger that long has loomed
on the political horizon.
The news created little demonstra
tion In the capital. There'was no oat
ward show of elation or of regret
among the populace, which maintained
its usual Indifference. It was early
reported that all the officers involved
In the movement very likely would be
condemned to death within a few
hours.
Blanqet to Rrtiri North.
The troops under General Blanquet,
who came here from the north last
night and proceeded Immediately to
Vera Cruz, got no further than Oriza
ba. They have received orders to re
turn and will leave soon for the north
to renew the campaign against Oroz
co. Five hundred troops have been dis
patched to Tuxpam to restore order.
All other troops will be returned to
the points from which they were
drawn for the Tera Cruz campaign.
VERA CRUZ EASILY RETAKEN
Confusion, Instead of Battle, Fol
lows Entry of Federals.
VERA CRUZ, Mex., Oct. 23. The re
. volt of General Felix Diaz.-nephew of
- the exiled President, has been short
lived. The town of Vera Cruz, which
he occupied with about 2000 adherents
for several, days, was captured by the
federal forces today. The casualties
were few.
i Two federal columns, commanded by
Colonel JImlnez Castro and General
Joaquin Beltran. entered Vera Cruz
from 'the north and south. There was
slight opposition to their advance. Colo
nel Castro, with fewer than 30 men,
captured General Diaz, whose 300 men
at police headquarters refused to fire
at his command.
Revolutionists Hold Barracks.
The revolutionists n the barracks
have not yet surrendered. . They say
they will hold out until the last man is
killed. However, - the weaker spirits
eem to be trying to escape.
The killed and wounded number
fewer than 100. No foreigner was
hurt. Desultory firing continued after
the federals entered the town. Instead
of a great battle, everything TRas in
a muddle. Rebels and federals en
countered each other In the streets
without one knowing which side the
other was affiliated with, as uniforms
pi an were auao.
Colonel Ordas Disappears, .
Colonel JImlnez Castro was shot In
the leg In the first firing. Colonel
Ordaz of the Twenty-first Infantry,
who Joined General Diaz with his
troops In the revolution, has disap
peared, but an active search for him
is being made.
The rebel officers have been dis
armed, and many have been made pris
oners. It is thought probable they will
be ordered shot by summary courtmar
tial. It is announced the soldiers will
not be punished.
The United States cruiser Des Moines
sent Lieutenant' Burns and Passed As-
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ERROR OCCURS IN
OFFICIAL BALLOT
ARTICLE "VI" INSTEAD OF "IV"
OF CONSTITUTION CITED.
Secretary of State Advises , County
Clerks to Make Correction Port
land Man Is Discoverer.
SALEM. Or.. Oct. 23. (Special.)
Through an error made in the certifica
tion of the official ballot to the County
Clerks, a transposition occurs In the
prlnUng of the ballot title to the ma
jority rule bill. This, error makes the
title read as an amendment to article
VI of the state constitution, rather
than to article IV.
The error was discovered by Judge
Kavanaugh, of Portland, who called it
to the attention of County Clerk
Fields, of Multnomah County. Mr.
iti.ij. nlfl.H Kortratarv OlCOtt tonight.
Some of the ballots in some of the
counties have been printed.- ecrcu.w
Olcott sent out telegrams to all of the
County Clerks In the state tonight no
tlfvln them that the error has been
made. His telegram follows:
"A transposition occurring in the
printing of the official certiflcatlon of
October S of the Secretary of State to
the County Clerks. Change first line of
the ballot title of measure numbered
a n a 9?i tn reait "For the amending
of section 1. article IV Instead of 'For
the amending of section 1. arucie vu
t- .... K.llnt. are already printed.
suggest the figure four be' written in
black Ink over the numeral vi.
ney-General states correction manda
tory. Please asknowledge receipt
in the proof
reading on the certification. The bill Is
cnrreetlv stated In ' the initiative
referendum pamphlets and was cor
rectly stated In the copy seni w
printer, but in the proof-reading In the
Secretary of State's office the error was
undiscovered. I
What effect legally the failure to cori
rect the error would have in event the
bill passed. Attorney.-General Crawford
did not state tonight- He expressed
himself as somewhat In doubt as to
what the attitude of the courts would
be. He held, however, that it would be
legal for the clerks to write in black
ink a correction on the ballots.
TAFT MOTORS IN RAIN
President to Play Golf at Poland
Springs, Me. Crash Averted.
POLAND SPRINGS. M, Oct. 23.
President and Mrs. Taft, Miss Helen
Taft and Mrs. Thomas K. Laughlln,
Mrs. Taft's sister, motored today from
n.,..rW tn -Poland Springs. Secretary
of State Knox came with the party as
far as Portsmouth, N. H-, out lurneu
back there.
The trip today was more than 150
miles long, most of it over roads slip
pery and uncertain from rains last
night and today, and the last 25 miles
were made In the face of a rain that
came down sharp and hard. Near
Portsmouth only the skill of the chauf
feurs of the party prevented a bump
between the car bearing the President
and his guests and that carrying the
secret service men.
The President expects to play golf
here tomorrow and later to speak to
Mains school teachers In Portland. He
will leave for Boston early on Friday
with a 175-mile ride to make in eight
hnnn in nrrir to catch a train to Cam
bridge Springs. Pa., where he is due on
Saturday.
SPIRAL GLIDE IS FATAL
Louis Mitchell, Aviator, Falls 20O
Feet to Death.
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Oct. 23. Avi
ator Louis Mitchell fell 200 feet "here
this afternoon and was killed. Mitchell
lost control of his machine while trying
a spiral glide.
Mitchell had been In the air before
5000 spectators more than an hour, and
shortly before 5 o'clock he began his
descent. At a height of 600 feet he lost
control and at 200 feet the biplane
seemed to go to pieces. The aviator was
pinned under the motor and was dead
when surgeons reached him.
Eugene Heth, of Detroit, Mitchell's
partner, was flying directly over
Mitchell. He was carrying a passenger
and had planned to follow Mitchell in
a similar spiral. He said tonight that
after Mitchell lost control of his 'ma
chine the planes tilted to the perpen
dicular so that he could see to the
ground between them. Mrs. Mitchell
was among the spectators, but did not
see her husband fall.
EXPLOSION FATAL TO FIVE
Powder Factory Blows Up and On
tario Village Is Wrecked.
HAILET CITY. Ont, Oct. 23. Five
persons were killed and three seriously,
perhaps fatally, injured when the plant
of the Energetic Explosive Company
was blown up today.
The factory was ruined and bouses
throughout the village were demolished.
The cause of the explosion is not
known. Flames shot 200 feet into the
air and flying roofing and splintered
timbers were thrown through nearby
buildings.
JOHN D. UNDERESTIMATED
Clews Tells How Uncle Refused to
Increase $15 Salary.
TOXKERS, N. Y7"Oct. 23. Talking
to the students of the commercial de
partment of Tonkers High School to
day. Henry Clews, the New York fi
nancier, told them that John D. Rocke
feller once worked for S15 a week,
and when he tried to get an Increase
was informed that his services were
not worth any more than that. Clews
said the story of the incident was
"brand new"
I - : 1
MARSHALL PLEAOS
FOR HARRY LANE
IndianaGovernorTalks
in Southern Oregon.
TRUCK AND WAGON ROSTRUM
At Medford Cigar and Overcoat
Keep Candidate Warm.
SPEECH IS UNSCHEDULED
From Baggage Carryall on Station
Platform Democratic Aspirant for
Vice-President Asks for Aid
for Portland Man.
GOVERNOR MARSHALL'S ITIN
ERARY FOR TODAY.
10 A. M. S?eaks at 4Uny.
2 p. M. Speaks at Salem.
5:30 P. M. Arrives In Portland,
via Oregon Electric
8 P. M. Delivers addreai at Gipsy
Smith Auditorium.
MEDFORD. Or., Oct. 23. (Special.)
Governor Marshall, of Indiana, Demo
cratic Vice-Presidential candidate,
signalized his entrance into Oregon
from California tonight - by an un
scheduled speecn from a baggage
truck on the depot platform at Ash
land, where a crowd of several hundred
had gathered to see him.
He followed this ten-minute talk at
Ashland with a 30-mlnute open-air
speech in Medford.
The Vice-Presidential nominee was
scheduled to speak in the Natatorlum
but at the last moment the plans were
changed and he was given a cigar and
an overcoat and hustled Into the back
of an express wagon from which he
made an address In Haymarket Square
to hundreds of people.
The Governor declared he would give
his reasons for . voting for Senator
Lane, but the second section of his
train came. In.' before -he got t that
point, so he contented himself with a
word against a one-man government
and an appeal for Democratic support
so that the common people could secure
justice and a living wage.
Ne Vote Pleader Is He.
"I am not here to appeal for votes,"
Bald he. "I never' have appealed for
them and I never will. I am merely
the tall of the Democratic kite. If you
can send up the kite without me, I
will be. content. I am an old-style
Democrat and I am proud of It I be
lieve In state's rights and I am proud
of that.
"I believe that the State of Oregon
knows more about what should be
done with its land and its resources
than the Federal Government. I be-
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,yT, . AtT7nnv Tin nAV. nrTflBER 24. 1912. """ PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
IESTEHDATB Maximum temperature. SO
degrees; minimum, 43 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; winds mostly
southerly. .
- Foreign.
Berlin women engage in meat riots. Page 1.
Sarah Bernhardt feted on her 7th birthday.
Page 8.
Allies still winning In Turkey. Page 2.
Vera Crus retaken and rebel leaders will be
hot. Page 1. '
National.
Harvester trust directors at organization
hold office only for a day. Page -
Proposed Increase of grain freights, ordered
canceled. Page 2.
Beveridgo's return of Perkins and other
contributions made after election. Page 1.
Politics.
Editors of state find Bourne is pursuing
wrong course. Page 0- "
Domestic
Jack Johnson's young brother furnishes dam
aging evidence against pugilist. Page a.
Becker case to go to Jury today. Page 1.
Retribution will not save -man who stole
million. Page 8. -
Shooting at . Lawrence denied. Page 8. -
Dynamiters purchased nitroglycerine by
wag-onload. Page 6.
Sport.
Paclflo Coast League results: Vernon ,
Portland 1; Los Angeles 10, Oakland 4;
' San Francisco 5. Sacramento 3. Page 6.
Venice may replace Vernon on Coast clr-
cult. Page 0.
Johnny Even - slated - to succeed Frank
Chance. Page .
Lambert Wood. bf Portland Academy, sus
tains broken leg In football game; Co
: lumbla wins 22 too. Page . -
Paclflo Northwest.
Fifty thousand pounds of powder set off at
Monroe. Page T.
Governor Marshall, from Ashland depot bag
gage truck, pleads for Democratlo nom
lnee. Page L
Error occurs In official ballot In Oregon.
Page 1.
Two vessels go ashore at Nome. Page T.
Commercial and Marine.
Highest price of season paid for California
hops. Page IT.
Wheat advances sharply at Chicago on large
export buying. Page IT.
Wall street stock prices break under forced
foreign selling. Page 17.
Bear unable to carry all who desire passage
to California. Page lft.
Portland and Vicinity.
James Flaherty, supreme knight of Knights
of Columbus, speaks to members of Port
land council. Page 10.
F. W. Hlld declares East Is enjoying great
prosperity despite campaign. Page 12.
Mrs. I. M. N. Stevens Is re-elected National
president of W. C. T. U. Page 10.
Tin plate and bonding ordinances passed by
Council. Page 11.
Northern Paclflo Railway report shows net
gain for year. Page IS.
No business lull in view says President Gray
of Great Northern Railway. Page 11.
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon addresses Woman's
Club In favor of suffrage. Page 4.
Masons turn guns on raided lodge. Page 4.
"CORNER" IS NOT DEFINED
Technicality Is Argued In Cotton
Case; Indictments Faulty.
-x WASHINGTON, Oct. '13. Two rndtef
ments against the men charged with
engineering a $10,000,000 corner In cot
ton in 1910 need patching, counsel for
the Government admitted to the Su
preme Court today. The defendants are
James Patton. Eugene Scales. Frank B.
Hayne and William P. Brown.
The third indictment, Solicitor-General
Bullitt told the court, was value
less because it neglected to charge the
defendants with holding back cotton
from sale.
The seventh, he added, charges a
"corner," but does not specify in so
many words that a combination was
created to withhold cotton from mar
ket. "Everybody In the world knows a
'corner' means withholding from sale,"
defended TAr. Bullitt. "
WANTED MOBE OLD-FASHIONED MOTHERS.
MONEY HELD UNTIL
AFTER ELECTION
Beveridge's Return of
Drafts Belated
LETTERS DULY WITNESSED
Perkins Addressed by Senator
as "Dear Old Man."
POMERENE IS SKEPTICAL
Investigator Has Heard Money Was
to Have Been Used In Event
Contribution From .National
Committee Fell Snort.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. That Sena
tor Beveridge returned campaign con
tributions amounting to' 177,000 sent
him by George W. Perkins. Edward I
McLean and Gilford Plnchot was the
testimony of three witnesses examined
today, by the Senate campaign contri
butions committee.
While Mr. Perkins, when examined
by the committee, declared he recalled
sending only $10,000 to Senator Bever
idge. which, was returned, today's tes
timony was to the effect that Senator
Beveridge received and returned three
checks or drafts each for 10,000 Be
sides 125,000 was received from and re
turned to Edward I Mcl-ean, cousin of
Senator Beveridge, and either $2600 or
$3000 was returned to Gilford Pinchot.
Senator Has Letters Witnessed.
Lara A. Whitcomb, who had a law
office with Senator Beveridge in 1904;
John F. Hayes, formerly Senator Bev
eridge's private secretary, and Leopold
G. Rothchlld, who was on the Repub
lican executive committee in 1904, were
today's witnesses. Each of them tes
tified to having witnessed and signed
copies of the letters with which Sena
tor Beveridge returned the contribu
tions. Mr. Rothchlld said that Senator Bev
eridge showed him the drafts from Mr.
Parkine early. in October, before, .the
eleotion, and announced his intention
of returning the money. Mr. Rothchlld
said he advised holding the money until
after election, lest the contributors be
offended, and that Senator Beveridge
concluded to do this. The noney was
returned some 10 days after the elec
tion. - Purported Copy Published.
After the . committee had adjourned
for the day Frank J. Hogan. represent
ing the Roosevelt irogressive party
In Washimrton. crave out a letter which
he said had been telephoned him from
the New .York office or Mr. -erKins
and which purported to be the letter of
Senator Beveridge returning the money
sent him by Perkins. The letter names
no amount. It reads as follows:
"Dear Old Man Herewith I return
(Concluded on Page 5.)
BERLIN WOMEN IN
RIOTS FOR MEAT
BUTCHERS REFUSE TO SELL
CHEAP IMPORTED BEEF.,
Housewives Tear Down Stalls and
Stamp Native-Raised Product
Into Ground.
BERLIN, Oct. 23. Hundreds of Ber
lin housewives joined in a wild riot to
day because the butchers in the union
markets refused to handle meat Import
ed so as to reduce the cost of living.
The principal troubles occurred In
the Wedding district, which is entirely
Inhabited by working people. Hundreds
of women who went to the municipal
market hoping to profit by reduced
prices found that the butchers had
agreed not to deal In meats imported
by the municipality. Then they stormed
the butchers' stalls, seized all the native-raised
meat, trampled It on the
ground and fought with the butchers.
The police were forced to close the mar
ket to stop the .riots.
The municipality declares its inten
tion of punishing the butchers by can
celling their licenses.
INDUSTRIES DAY IS SET
November 21 Proclaimed1 for "Made-ln-Oregon"
Goods.
Thursday, November 21, will be
"Home Industries" day In Oregon and
proclamations from Governor West and
Mayor Rushlight will be issued an
nouncing It as a special day for recog
nition of the "Made In Oregon" move
ment At that time the convention of
the Manufacturers' Association of Ore
gon will be held In Portland and it Is
at the request of this organisation that
the Governor is to issue the proclama
tion declaring a holiday.
About 2000 manufacturers In all parts
of Oregon have been invited to attend
the convention and, taking advantage of
the special rates that will prevail on
all railroads at that time for the Pa
cific Northwest Land Products Show,
which will be in session at the same
time, it is expected that an exception
ally large delegation will visit this city
at that time.
Arrangements will be made to have
all the factories in the city close for
one hour in the day, and speakers will
address the employes In behalf of home
industries and the patronage of home
made goods.
LIBRARY BRINGS $500,000
Henry E. Huntington Buys Famous
Beverly Chew Collection.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. (Special.)
Henry E. Huntington, of Los Angeles,
has purchased the entire library of
Beverly Chew, the noted collector, of
rare copies of early English authors.
Mr. Huntington paid J500.000 for the
library.
Some time ago Mr. Huntington
bought the celebrated library of E.
Dwig'ht Church, of Brooklyn, contain
ing one of the most complete collec
tions of Americana in existence. Many
rare books were bid In by him at the
sale of the Robert Hoe library. He
paid 350,000 for a first edition of the
Gutenberg Bible, the highest sum ever
given at a public auction for a volume.
Included in the Chew collection are
works by Drayton, Dryden, Brathwalte,
Francis Bacon. Beaumont and Fletcher,
Fielding, Do Foe, Bunyan, Robert Bur
ton. Colley Cibber, Oliver Goldsmith,
Dr. Johnson, Boswell, Sir Robert How
ard, Charles ,Lamb, Richard Brinsley
Sheridan, Smollett, Spencer, Milton and
many others.
MONEY PAINTER IN PRISON
Impecunious Artist Who Turned to
Counterfeiting Gets One Year.
CHICAGO, Oct 13. Louis Gadmore.
who turned his talent as an artist into
the painting of $10 counterfeit Govern
ment nofes today, was sentenced to
serve one year in the United States
prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., after
he had admitted his guilt. He will
start for prison at once.
Gadmore told the court he had
painted the notes so that he could sup
port his wife and child when he found
he could not sell his paintings. The
Federal authorities declared the notes
were so well executed that it had been
difficult to discover, their source.
Gadmore, the authorities said, had
painted and passed more than 50 of
the spurious bills. '
TAFT ELECTORS WIN TITLE
Roosevelt Men In Xebraska Cannot
Be Called Republicans.
, LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 23. The State
Supreme Court handed down a unani
mous decision today holding that the
six Taft electors chosen by the Repub
lican State Committee, together with
the -two Republican electors chosen, at
the Spring primary who remained loyal
to Taft, are entitled to the designation,
"Republican," on the ballot in the gen
eral election and to a place at the top
of the ballot.
The decision of the District Court in
a case brought by the Taft men seek
ing to' deny the Roosevelt men the use
of the name "Republican," was upheld
by the Supreme Court.
HOPE OF HEIR DISPELLED
Queen Wllhelmina, However, Is Re
covering From Indisposition.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 23.
Queen Wllhelmlna has been suffering
for several Bays from a Blight Indispo
sition. This, according to an official
bulletin, tends to dispel the hope which
Her Majesty entertained of the birth
of an heir to the throne.
The . bulletin adds that the condition
of the Queen is satisfactory.
TO
FATE TODAY
Defense Centers Its
r- Attack on Rose.
"GUNMEN" MAY NOT GQ FREE
State Hints It Has Not Dis
closed AH Its Case.
NO APOLOGY IS OFFERED
Prosecutor Contents Himself With
Supplying Motive for His Chief
Witnesses Defendant's
Alibi Is Attacked.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. The fate of
Police Lieutenant Becker, charged with
the murder of the gambler. Herman
Rosenthal, will rest with the' Jury to
morrow. Counsel for both sides com
pleted today their summing up and a,U
that remains to close the case is Jus
tice Goffs charge to the Jury.
1 Becker heard himself characterised
by John F. Mclntyre, his chief counsel,
as the victim of a conspiracy plotted
by Jack Rose, "the hell of the assas
sins," and by Assistant District Attor
ney Moss as "the brains behind the
gunmen, with a tremendous motive for
murder."
. Attack Centers on Rose.
The defense centered Its attack on
the state's case almost wholly on Rose's
testimony, which Mr. Mclntyre de
nounced as "unworthy of belief because
Jack Rose testified to save himself
from the electric chair." He (character,
lzed the corroborating witnesses as
"crooks and murderers"; the state's
case he summed up with a declaration
that District Attorney Whitman, "actu
ated by ambition," had fathered a prose
cution "framed up" by "crooks."
Assistant District Attorney Moss re
sented the. Implication that Mr. Whit
man had any other motive than duty
for seeking the ' conviction of Becker
and denounced "the vilification of
counsel for the defense" as revealing
the "desperate straits to which he had
come."
Flat Thrust Into Opponent's Face.
- Mr, Moss accused Mr. Mclntyre of
misrepresenting the evidence to the
Jury, impelling Becker's attorney to
Jump to his feet and shake his fist in
the face of his opponent as he uttered
an Indignant denial.
"If Becker did not have a motive for
the murder, why did lie want to get an
affidavit from Rose two days after
Rosenthal was dead?" Mr. Moss asked.
"The truth is Becker did not know how
things would go. He saw the possibil
ity that Rose might be a witness
against him, and he got an affidavit
from Rose to silence him. He got Ro?e
to swear his own life away, so he
couldn't testify against him."
Sam Schepps, Mr. Moss conceded, was
an accessory after the fact, but had
come forward to testify that Becker
had thrown "his pal. Rose, to the dogs."
"Why," ' the prosecutor asked, "It
Becker had no interest in the murder,
did he visit the police station where
Rosenthal's body was lying? Becker
was off duty. What reason did he have
to go there?"
Mr. Moss said that the defense had
dwelt throughout the trial upon an al
leged conspiracy to murder Rosenthal,
"founded on the hatred of the under
world," but had not introduced a shred
of proof that such a conspiracy had ex.
lsted.
"Answering Mr. Mclntyre's declaration
that the four gunmen yet to be tried
might go free, even If Becker were con
victed. Mr. Moss said:
"Have no fear that you will ever meet
these four men on Broadway. We have
not disclosed our entire case against
them yet, and you needn't be afraid oC
meeting Rose, Webber and Vallon there
after the trial is over. 'Their friends,'
the gunmen of the underworld, will
take care of that."
Informers Testimony Necessary.
For the character of his witnesses,
Mr. Moss offered no apology. He de
clared, however, that it the District At
torney had not accepted the testimony
of the four Informers, Rose, Webber,
Vallon and Schepps, all 10 men con
nected with the case would be at large.
Mr. Moss denied that Rose. Vallon and
Webber had received Immunity. "Their
stipulations do not protect them from
prosecution if they fired a shot," he
said. "To say that these men sre
testifying to eave their lives Is to befog
the Issue."
Frederick Hawley, the newspaper re
porter put on by the defense to prove
an alibi for Becker In conection with
his alleged meeting with Rose and.,
Webber the morning of the murder,
was declared by' Mr. Moss to have been
really a witness for the state.
"He testified that he telephoned
Becker," Mr. Moss said, "and told him
of the murder. Jack Rose testified that
when he telephoned Becker, Becker
had told him that he had. heard of the
murder from a newspaperman. There
is corroboration from the defense's own
witness."
Schepps' Crime Is Hiding.
Mr. Moss denounced the defense for .
characterising" Sam schepps as a mur
derer. "Schepps never-premeditated the kill
ing of Rosenthal," he said, "but after
it was over and he learned about the
murder, he committed the crime of hid
ing. He was an accessory after the
(Concludtd on Fag I.)
BECKER
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