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K mam PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LII-NO. 16,199. at V V IS GUILTY FIRST DEGREE Jury Returns Verdict at 12:02 A. M. PRISONER DOES NOT FLINCH Wife of Police Lieutenant on Hearing Finding Swoons. APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN Court' Instructions Declared by Convicted Murderer of Being Thin-Veiled Summing Tp for .State" Sentence Oct. SO. NEW YORK, Oct. 25. Police Lieu tenant Charles Becker wag found guilty last night of murder In the first degree by the Jury which has been trying him for Instigating the death of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler. The verdict was pronounced at 12:02 o'clock this morning. The verdict read: Murder In the first degree." Becker was remanded for sentence to the Tombs by Justice Go ft until Octo ber 30. Mrs. Becker, sitting outside the door of the courtroom, swooned when the verdict was announced. Becker Doesn't Flinch. Becker did not flinch when he heard the verdict pronounced by Harold B. Bklnner, foreman of the Jury. John F. Mclntyre, Becker's chief counsel, announced that he would take an Immediate appeal, but beyond this he had nothing to 'say. The 12 Jurors filed Into the court room at 11:65 o'clock. A minute later the defendant was brought In from the Tombs. Justice Goff had not yet en tered the room and for a moment Becker took side seat. Tense Silence Helens. As be waited he scanned the faces of the Jurors, but none of them returned his sraze. A tense silence prevailed. At 11:67 o'clock Justice Goff entered the courtroom, and. bowing low to counsel, took his seat. The Jury roll was called. The clerk then asked the Jurors If they had reached a verdict. "We have," announced Foreman Bklnner. The Jurors rose to their feet. "We find the defendant guilty as charged In the Indictment," Skinner said, looking squarely at Justice Goff. "Do you find the defendant guilty of murder In the first degree as charged In the Indictment?" asked the clerk. "We do," the foreman replied. Poll of Jurors Taken. The court then directed that the poll of the Jurors be called for their lndl vidual verdicts. As he repeated the question. "Do you find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree as charged?" each Juror answered "I do. Becker stood at the bar with squared shoulders, head erect. Not a muscle moved In his face, but he swallowed hard. That was all. When the last Juror had answered. Justice Goff instructed the clerk to take the pedigree of the defendant. Becker answered the questions In a low, firm voice. A court officer brought the questions to him written on a slip of paper and as the prisoner read them to himself he replied: "Forty-two years old, American citi zen, born In Germany, address 3239 Audubon avenue. Lieutenant of Police, married, Protestant, mother living, habits temperate, never convicted be fore." Appeal to Be Taken. When Becker's voice died away, Mr. Mclntyre asked that all further pro ceedings be deferred for one week, "until I can prepare the proper mo tions for appeal." "I will defer sentence," announced Justice Goff, "until October 30 and remand the prisoner until that date." Becker glanced at the Judge and rested his eyes a moment on the Jury. Then he turned and, followed by a Jail warden, walked with unfaltering, rapid steps up the aUle of the court room and disappeared through the door leading over the "Bridge of Sighs" to the Tombs. The Jury . had deliberated nearly eight hours before reaching the ver dict, although the case bad been In their hands since 2:20 Thursday after noon. Actual deliberation began at 4:07 o'clock when the doors of the jury room swung behind them on their return from luncheon. Deliberation Is secret. What happened behind those doors, how the debate ebbed and flowed, w ho stood out eight hours against the final verdict how many ballots were cast these were matters to whose secrecy each Juror was pledged. While the Jury was making up Its mind, absolute stillness, heightened by the midnight quiet of the .streets pre vailed In the courtroom. After tho verdict was given no one was allowed to leave the room until the Jury had filed out Justice Goff had given orders that anyone disturb ing the proceedings in the slightest degree be brought before him for pun ishment Big Crowd ar Doom. Two hundred persons or more gath ered at the courtroom door. With her ear almost at the keyhole sat the pris oner's wife. As the last Juror left the room by another exit the door flew ; (Concluded on Fas ) WIFE MAKES NEW PLEA FOR SICKLES GENERAL'S EFFECTS MAY BE SAVED SECOND TIME. Xew York Sheriff Agrees to Post pone Sale of Property on Promise Money Will Be Paid. K'irw TflRTf Oct 24. (SoeciaD- Mrs. Daniel E. Sickles and her son. Stanton, called at Sheriff Harourgers nfflra tndav and liked him to adjourn the sale of relics of General Sickles under execution for a Judgment oi tKftAfl Ahtaln tiv th Bank Of the Metropolis. The sale had been set for todav. and Mrs. Sickles asked that it be delayed until November 10. Tjtrm kioItIan AtirA saved her husband fallen when their were to be sold by pawning her Jewelry, but following her kitihonH'a rritui to no reconciled declared ha could be DUt OUt into the street before she would aid him again. Mn fltelrlea told the Sheriff toaay that she thought she would assist her kmhanil n crn I n. but wanted time. 1M Sheriff adjourned the sale to November l. and said he could not grant further adjournment unless the Judgment crea itor consented. Whon Mrs. Sickles left the Sheriff office she said . she would have her lawyer try to arrange for adjournmen to November 10. OCTOPUS QUITS FUEL OIL Standard's Move to Work Havoc In Manufacturing Line. CHICAGO, Oct. 24. (Special.) Ac io .lonninr .Ale. of fuel oil after De cember 1, a step expected to advance prices In many important manuiaciui !. iin a much as 60 per cent has been taken by the Standard Oil Com pany. Th. i,rr Increases in the use oi gasoline for propelling automobiles and other machinery Is given as i" th. abandonment of the fuel Oil k,..,i. nr the. business. It has been found more profitable to refine the oil than to sell it for fuel. Tho .itmatinn la serious, for manufao turers whose furnaces are fitted for olL The independents cannot supply the de mand and it will cost fortunes io v.- niont. to meet the new condi i . sonr- of millions of barrels of an ara burned as fuel yearly. The International Harvester company alone uses S.000.000 barrels annually, . Manufacturers will be forced to use .inanslve sorts of fuel, and are already sanding out notices of advances In the price of their products. SOCIAL CLIMBERS ADVISED Bureau on Etiquette and How to En tertain Formed at- Capital. to- i BTTTvraTDM. Oct. 24. (Special.) First aid for social climbers scaling me u,tm nf r-anltal society and expert advice and assistance in social func tions is tho long-felt want rilled nere todav bv the establishment of a "bu reau of social requirements" by Mrs. Peter Rathbon la Boulsse. t a charmingly arranged office on exclusive Connecticut avenue, Mrs. La Boulsse Is ready to act as social mentor and Inform her clients on affairs social everything from the etiquette of leaving carda down to advice on how to entertain. The bureau will make a specialty of furnishing chaperons, taking charge of entertainments, deciding vexed ques Hnnt nf Ttracedence at semi-off icial functions a-lvlna- advice on wardrobes. coaching on the society small talk, etc LEATHER USED IN FLYING New Material to Have Test In Dis tinctive Navy Hydroplane. WASHINGTON. "Oct 24. Naval con structors have Just completed a new hydroplane of distinctive design, which will have its initial test within the next day or so on the Potomac River. The new craft was built at the Washington Navy-Yard and reinforced leather en ters largely into its construction. It is said. As soon aa it has demonstrated Its availability the machine will be shipped to the Naval Aviation Corps at Annapolis. Lieutenant Joseph D. Park, Lieuten ant Lewis Goddler, Jr., and Lieutenant L. H. Breton, of the Army Signal Corps, have been ordered to Ham mondsport N. Y., to receive Instruc tions in flying the heavler-than-alr machines. PRINCETON CHOSES ROOT Senator to Succeed Choate as Lec turer on Public Affairs. PRINCETON, N.TToct 24. The elec tion of United States Senator Root of New York, as Stafford Little lecturer on public affairs, was announced today at the meeting of the board of trustees of Princeton University. The chair was held by ex-President Cleveland until his death In 1903. Ex Mayor McClellan, of New York, then held the lectureship for two years. Senator Root succeeds Joseph H. Choate, who held the chair last Winter. EVERS SIGNS BIG CONTRACT Cub Second-Sacker to Lead Team for live Years for $50,000. CHICAGO, Oct 24 John Evers, sec ond baseman of the Chicago Nationals, officially became manager today of that club for the next five years, when he signed with President Murphy a con tract the details of which were not made public. It was intimated that Evers' salary was to be 410,000 a year, but this was not officially announced. Evers will take a week's rest and then begin ac tively the selection of next year's team. TAFT SAYS TARIFF SUSTAINS MARKETS Special Appeal Is Made to Farmers. PROSPERITY JUST AT DOOR Promise of Economic Stability Is Emphasized. WILSON BILL RECALLED President in Letter to Minnesota Governor Says - He Belles on Common Sense to Detect Nostrums Being Offered. BEVERLY, Mass., Oct. 24. President Taft made public tonight a special ap peal to farmers of Minnesota and the Northwest to remain true to their Re publican beliefs of past campaigns. The political argument submitted for consideration of rural voters were ad vanced in a letter which the President sent to Governor Eberhardt of Minne sota, saying that while the Republican party had not made the sun to shine, or the crops to grow, it had been re sponsible for the prevailing good mar kets. The letter says In part: "I am very glad to have encouraging news of the political outlook in Mln nesota and wish to thank you for the efforts you are asking for Republican success. The people of your state are vitally interested In our economic sys tem. Their welfare is dependent on the continuance of a protective tariff and although at times, by appeal to their prejudice, they may be diverted from a clear perception of their in terest I am confident that In the end their commonsense will enable them to see the fallacy of newly-dressed nos trums which In the past they have re jected. I am sure they must realize that this contest Is between the Re publican and Democratic parties. Northwest Has Special Interest. 'The men- and "women of the North west country have a special interest In Republican success this year. They are sharing in the general prosperity of the Nation and the continuance of growth of this prosperity are in a large degree dependent upon Repub lican success next month. ' , The Republican party is not" re sponsible for good crops. It does not aid the sun to shine nor the grass to grow, but it is responsible for the en actment of laws which make it pos sible, if the crops are good, that there (Concluded on Pace 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TERTEliniT'S Maximum temperature, 50 decrees; minimum, 43 decrees. TODAY'S Probable rain, southerly winds. Foreign. Felix Diaz to be shot at sunrise. Pace 4. Bulcarlans take Klrk-Kilesseh after three days' battle, face x. Sultan's army really a capable accresatlon. says report. Page 2. National. President plays golf In fog. Page 14. Hitchcock announces plans for placing post roasters on civil service list. Page 14. - Politics. Chairman Sloores points 'to Democratic reC' ord. ' Pass 15. Observers . think November 6 results still much in doubt. Page 5. Munsev. Perkins and W. Emlen Roosevelt leadlnc- contributors to Roosevelt Pro gressive campaign fund. Pago 5- Taft aava tariff sustains markets. Page 1. Domestic Package of "Soo Line" checks stolen from messenger boy. Pago 8. Odd matrimonial tangle disclosed by ax- husband's suit for annulment rage . Mrs. Sickles again goes to rescue of bus- band's property. Page 1. McXamara's stenographer Identifies corres pondence. Page 2. Mother of Jack Johnson's whits wife says his cruelty drove daughter to suicide. Pago 6. Police Lieutenant Becker found guilty of murder In first degree, page l. Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Vernon T, Portland 2: Oakland 4. Los Angeles o; Sacramento S, San Francisco S- Pags 10, Pullman ' eleven not rated high by dope- sters. Page 10. Multnomah Club sport chairman suggests Changs in amateur boxing rules. Page 11. Ous Hetllnr wins Coast League an to. Page 11. Northwest. Eugene-Coos Bay road route is discovered. Page IB. George Levy, wanted by Federal Government and State of Idaho. Page T. State land sales are heavy. Page 9. SDokane school teacher elopes with man. leaving szooo In baa cnecas Denina. Page 7. State Treasurer Kay offers plan to save money for state. - page 8. Children reunite divorced parents. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Short California bean crop causes higher prices. Page 23. Wheat decline at Chicago on heavy selling, due to lower cables, page 23. Bear attack on stock list Is stubbornly re sisted. Page 23. Danish steamer Klna to leave drawing 27 feet, 4H inches. Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Mayor tells of plans for utilising Rosa Is land, page 22. Lively session of Council expected today. Pago 16. W, C. T. U. delegates devote day to dis cussion of suffrage. Page 17. 854 persons protest to Board of Equaliza tion, page 14. Dr. X F. Worcester sees menace in drug habit. Page 18. Bourns geu brunt of Governor Marshall's attack. Page 1. Legal war over dead monkey is costly. Pago 14. Big crowd hears single-tax debate between Charles H. Shields . ana w. B. U'Ken. Page 18. MAN BUYS ENTIRE TOWN Factories, Hotel, 6tore9 and Resi dences, All Are Mr. Ams', MOUNT VERNON. N. Y Oct 24. Charles M. Ams, head,of several Mount Vernon manufacturing firms, has Just completed contracta for the purchase of the entire town of Turnerville, Conn. His new property consists of two factories, a hotel, several stores and residences. He says he bought the town as an Investment THE NEW PLATFORM. BULGARS VICTORS IN BATTLE Strategically Import ant Town Taken. LOSS IS ADMITTED BY TURKS Capture of Garrison of 50,000 Is Not Credited. OTHER REPORTS C0NFLIC Both Servians and Turks Claim Great Victories at Kumova, and Heavy Fighting Is Still In Progress There. LONDON, Oct 24. A three days' bat' tie and a Bulgarian turning movement have resulted, according to Sofia ac counts, in the fall of Klrk-Kllisseh and the capture of tho Turkish garrl son, "numbering E0,000." That so many Turks have been taken' Is regarded as Improbable and the more likely report is that the Turks retreated in the di rectlon of Bunarhlssar, to the south east The capture of this stronghold, to which the Turks attached almost the same Importance as to Adrlanople, was confirmed tonight from Constantinopl In an official communication explain lng that the Turkish army at Kirk Klllsseh, in attempting to split th enemy's forces, discovered that they were in greater strength than had been expected. The Turks therefore retired to the south to await reinforcements. Adrianople's Position Critical. The news of the Bulgarian victory has caused great rejoicing v in Bona, where it is expected the fall of Adrla nople soon will follow. If, as Is gen erally assumed, Abdullah Pasha still is engaged In bringing up his main army to Adrlanople. tne position oi that town Is critical. An interesting situation will develop should - the Turke. .be compelled. . to evacuate Adrlanople. It is supposed that the next stand of the Turks would be made at Domotlca, 25 miles south of Adrlanople, an Important strategic position on the road to Constantinople. Claims of Victory Conflict. In other directions both the Servians and the Turks claim great victories at Kumnova, the Servians declaring they have captured the town and the Turks claiming they have repulsed tne enemy Late reports indicate that heavy fight ing is still proceeding in this district The Greeks are operating from Arta (Concluded on Page 2.) CHILDREN REUNITE DIVORCED PARENTS EX-AVIFE COMES FROM ECROPE AXD S. LEl'AK REAVEDS. Daughters, 13 and 15, Who Conld Not Remember Father, Ask Him to Propose to Mother Again. VANCOUVER. .Wash., Oct ?4. (Spe clal.) After living apart, on opposlt sides of the world for more than 10 years, and having been divorced be cause neither would do as the other de sired about choosing a place in which to live. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Deyak have been reunited and remarried and their two daughters, now 13 and 15 years old, have had the pleasure of seeing their father for the first time to remember him. Back in Roumania 10 years ago, Mr. Deyak decided to come to the United States and bring his wife and family When the time came Mrs. Deyak would not leave her native land, and went to live with a brother for a while. The children were placed In a boarding school, and Mr. Deyak sent back money to support them. After a separation of five years Mrs, Deyak secured a divorce. Living in Vancouver for a number of years Mr. Deyak last year took another wife. but the venture was a failure and dl vorce followed. About that time, the two daughters, Mary and Mellnda Deyak, became anxious to see their father. They had his address and wrote asking him propose to their mother, his former wife, again. He did so and was ac cepted. He then sent tickets for th trio to come to America. As soon as they arrived the second marriage was celebrated. RACE SUICIDE ALARMING Germany Proposes to Give Premiums to Poor Mothers. BERLIN, Oct 24. (Special.) The government will propose a series of legislative measures after the close of its Investigation of the race suicld propensities of the German population. The first of these announced is a bill prohibiting the sale and use of non hygienice baby bottles and putting the Industry under government control. The second step, which Is still under consideration, is the giving of premt urns to poor mothers. This, it appears. may be adopted by the Reichstag, At a meeting of the German Society In Berlin, held to consider the sltua tlon, it was agreed that the race sul clde tendency was developing more rap Idly In tho .Fatherland" than - in. any other country. The evil affected all large German towns and is spreading with appalling rapidity over the entire country. BABIES ARE PASSENGERS Captain's Contention, Infants Should Xot Be Counted, Fails. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct 24. Infants in arms are passengers under a ruling received here yesterday from the De partment of Commerce . and Labor, which upheld the marine inspectors In fining Captain Hunt of the steamer Dove, operating out of Tacoma, for carrying 109 passengers, when the steamers' certificate of Inspection au thorised her to carry only 100. Captain Hunt In his appeal to the department contended that the excess number consisted of babies in arms, who should not be counted. The de partment decided that the Infants were passengers within the law, but reduced Captain Hunt's fine from 3500 to 3250. EMPLOYES NOT TO DRINK Government Orders Total Abstinence In Indian Service. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. Total ab stinence has been enjoined on all In dian agents and Indian employes by Acting Commissioner Abbott of the Indian bureau, who today Issued direc tions to employes to co-operate con- tantly In overcoming the great dif ficulties of keeping intoxicating li quors from the Indians. Employes must set the example," the letter says. "There cannot be one law in Indian country for Indians and different law for white employes. In the future there must be no misun derstanding and no possible ground to plead ignorance of the law and regu lations." 00D RIOTS ARE RENEWED Berlin Butchers Pnt Up Barricades Against Women. BERLIN, Oct. 24. Food riots In creased today. Two thousand women raided a butcher shop in the Wedding district, demolished the premises and stole the meat The manager was seri ously Injured. All the other butcher shops In the district have been closed and barricaded. The police were out in strong force as the district, which is In the north of Berlin, has on previous occasions been the scene of violent disturbances and it is feared these may be repeated. EART IS ON WRONG SIDE Abnormal Conditon Saves Boy Who Falls on Picket Fence. NEW YORK, Oct 24. Because his heart Is on the right side, little David Krunish left tho Fordhara Hospital to day, well on the road to recovery. If his heart had been normal, the physi cians say, he probably would have been carried off In a coffin several days ago. Davis, who Is 11 years old, fell on a picket fence last Monday and one of the spikes penetrated his breast three inches directly over the place where hla heart should bo. MARSHALL AHACKS BOURNE IfJ SPEECH "Pork Barrel" Claim of Senator Hit. 'SPURIOUS', SHOUTS NOMINEE Democratic Vice -Presidential Choice Scores Solon. 2500 LISTEN TO CANDIDATE Wilson's Running Mate Indorses Lane and Munly and Tells Amer ican People to Wake Up at Election or Take Results. Thomas R. Marshall, Governor of In diana and Democratic nominee for Vice- President in an address before an audience of 2500 people at the Gipsy Smith Auditorium last night, defended the Democratic doctrine of "tariff for revenue only" and made a sharp at tack on United States Senator Bourne, whose contention that. If re-elected as an Independent he would retain his present Important committee places, was pronounced spurious. "There are so many candidates for ' United States Senator from your state that I have not been able to learn all of their names," said Governor Mar shall. I notice In The Oregonian this morn ing a double column advertisement in which It is represented that Senator Bourne heads the appropriation com mittee. Tou people want appropria tions In Oregon and the advertisement represents that Bourne holds the ham mer with which an entrance to the 'pork barrel' can be gained. Lane and Blunly Indorsed, But take a tumble to yourselves. I am going to De vice-rresiaent ana may take that little hammer away from Senator Bourne. It may prove a. case of that 'bourne from which no traveler -returns." , If' you people have the right to appropriations any Ad ministration will see that you get the funds. If you are not entitled to ap propriations, you should not have them." Here Governor Marshall strongly in dorsed the candidacy of Dr. Harry Lane and M. G. Munly for United States Senator and Representative in Congress, respectively, on the ground that a Democratic President should be supported by a Democratic Congress. The Governor is not an orator and makes no pretenses in that direction, but In his address of 80 minutes, he proved a pleasant and interesting speaker, injecting sufficient humor to keep his auditors In the best of na ture. The speaker deplored the careless ness and indifference oi me average citizen, explaining that the ordinary voter was disposed to wait until after the election. In which he neglected to participate, and then "growl" about Its results. He said too many citizens took no Interest in elections, with the result that a representative govern ment was representative largely of those whose Interests were antagonis tic to the real interests of the people. Americans' Mistake Cited. "You can have anything you want In America if you will go out and take it" asserted the Indlanan, "and if you are not energetic and patriotic enough to look after your own Interests, you hould take what you get and quit growling. The mistakes of which complaint Is made are due largely to the fact that you people are too thought less, careless and lazy to rectify them." Governor Marshall Bald It was urged against his running mate, Woodrow Wilson, that the New Jersey Governor was a schoolmaster, but asserted that in this age the schoolmaster was broad In politics as well as abroad in he land. He said this was an age of specialization. In fact, a scientific age. Fear of Panic Ridiculed. Discussing the charge that the elec tion of a Democratic President would prove the occasion for a panic, Gover- or Marshall said he had lived through two panics, those of 1893 and 107, the latter of which occurred during a Rep ublican administration. "The only difference between the souphouses during the Cleveland Administration and those of the Roosevelt Administra- on." he said, "was that when Cleve land was President the soupbones had some meat on them, while Roosevelt's Administration yielded bones only." "They call us free traders," declared Governor Marshall, "but this is not tru. We have never been. The Democrats stand for a tariff for revenue only. That their position today. We have been 30 years in building up a false system. nd If you would knock it aown in a day, you would have trouble," qualified Governor Marshall in defense of Wil son's policy for a "gradual" reduction of the tariff downward. Tariff Issue Denned. The principal part of the Governor's address was devoted to a discussion of the tariff issue. After explaining the grounds upon which the protective tariff was based. Governor Marshall de scribed the tariff as a "prohibition of foreign goods into this state and free trade of foreign lapor. I am In favor, said Governor Mar- hall, "of allowing any man to enter this country who can amalgamate with Americans and who can make the com posite American citizen of the future. want our ports riosea to an wno can not become such American citizens." Pursuing his discussion of the tariff. XConcluded on Pace 18.) 1