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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, . OCTOBER 13, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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ROSE SAYS BECKER
ORDERED MURDER
Gambler Testifies
Hired Gunmen.
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THOUSAND DOLLARS IS PAID
Witness Admits Motive Is to
Save Own Neck.
DEFENDANT IS STOICAL
3fan Who Has Turned State's Evl
dence Says Crime Was Deliber
ately Planned at Police
Official's Command.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12. Long hours of
cross - examination by supperless
lawyers before a supperless court and
Jury failed tonight to make "Bald
Jack" Rose vary the story toe told
earlier In the day of the part he played
and the part he says ex-Police Lieu ten
ant Becker played in the murder of
Herman Rosenthal the gambler.
"Becker told me," he testified, "that
he wanted Rosenthal murdered, shot,
croaked or dynamited. At his bidding
I got the gunmen to kill Rosenthal.
hid after, the murder. I. saw Becker
that morning and later talked with him
over the telephone. I paid the gunmen
$1000 for Becker, and told them be said
not to worry but to lay low.
Lawyer on Verge of Collapse.
"I gave myself up and became
state's witness because Becker deserted
me like a dirty dog and was getting
ready to throw me to the wolves."
Justice GofC convened the afternoon
session of court at 2:15 o'clock. Shortly
before 9 o'clock tonight he declared it
adjourned untlMonday morning, after
John F. Mclntyre, Becker's lawyer, pro
tested he was on tne verge of collapse.
Court, Jury, counsel, witnesses and
the accused man had been without
food since noon.
Becker, cool and stoical, leaned. on
the table at which he sat, his chin in
his hands, his elbows on the table, dur
ing the long cross - examination.
Twenty feet back, in the first row of
seats usually reserved for spectators,
sat his wife. Once, only once, he
glanced back at her and smiled.
Rose Cornea Out Unruffled.
"Bald Jack" Rose, thick-lipped, wide
eared and without a hair on his head.
was unruffled by the ordeal.
Rosa admitted that he had lied, had
perjured himself, had been a gambler
and had been engaged for 20 years In
illegitimate business. He admitted that
he was testifying to save' his own life,
but said he was telling the truth now.
He said he had concluded to become
state's" witness only when the electric
chair stared him In the face, and added
that he was not ashamed of his de
termination. Without emotion, in a
slow drawl, he said he had deliberately
planned, at Becker's request, to put
Rosenthal where he would never wor
ry anybody else. He knew, he added,
that it was a terrible deed to plan.
Personal Motive Denied.
"Where was your conscience?" de
manded the lawyer.
"I don't know," he said measuring
his words and facing the lawyer
squarely, "I never saw It."
"Do you now Intend to lead a re
spectable life?"
"Yes, but not In this community. I
value my life too much and I wouldn't
bo a free man here.".
Wlth words tumbling over each
other in their haste. Rose declared he
had been a "true friend" to Sam
Schepps Harry Vallon and had lnter
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AFTER 42 YEARS
FATHER MEETS SON
IS SPOKA3TE PAWNSHOP SIRE
RECOGXIZES "CHILD" OF 52.
'Dad," 73, Until Testerday Had Xot
Seen Boy Who Went to Sea at
Ten Both Are Cooks.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Oct 12. (Special.)
John' Nichols, 73, and James Nichols.
52, father and son, after a separation of
42 years, during which each considered
the other dead, met in a loan office at
411 Main avenue this morning, and the
father recognized his only offspring
despite the change time has made.
The elder Nichols, who has lived in
Epokane for 33 years, was purchasing
a pair of spectacles from Mark Seas,
proprietor, when the son walked Into
the establishment to make a purchase.
The old man watched his son pay for
bis purchase with a check and glanc
ing at the signature shouted: "Jim,
you're my son." -
The son was born in Canada 52 years
ago and at the age of 10 went to sea."
The mother died, and the father came
West. Until today neither father nor
son had seen each other nor had they
corresponded.
Although there Is some resemblance
between sire and son, the one strange
coincidence is that both are cooks, the
son following the occupation of the
father after he had left the sea.
Father and son celebrated tonight.
according to the son, a "Dutch" dinner
In a Main-avenue restaurant.
WHALE MAKES. MEN RICH
Sea Animal Coughs Up Valuable Bit
of Ambergris Near Seward.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 12. (Special.)
A. C. Gould, an Alaska mining .man,
who arrived on the steamer Spokane
today, tells of the' flnding of a valuable
piece of ambergris by Dr. Elliott and
George Bowes, near Seward, a few
weeks ago. Elliott end Bowes were on
a launch In Seward Harbor when their
way was barred by a large whale.
They stopped the launch and watched
the animal until he swam away. He
left floating on the surface of the
churned water a lump of ambergris
weighing 63 pounds.
'There were really nine lumps of It,
Mr. Gould said, "all strung together
like a long string of sausages. They
brought It into Seward and had it
tested by a chemist there. He told
them it was the real stuff, and as the
real stuff is worth 140 an ounce, Elliott
and Bowes were, pretty well repaid for
being"delayed half an hour by a whale
with the stomach ache. Their find. is
worth $832,280." "
MAMMOTH TUBERS GROWN
Little Old Back Tard Tlelds Abun
dantly for Portland Man.
Potatoes, many of which weigh three
pounds ea6h, with many others weigh
ing more than two pounds, are being
raised right In the back yard of a
resident of Portland. The grower Is
Al Wilson, stagehand at the Orpheum,
and his potato garden is situated in
the rear of his home at 297 Ivy street.
In a lot 50x50 Wilson has grown ten
sacks of potatoes, the supply being
sufficient for his own needs and for
generous gifts to relatives. The po
tatoes are a blend of the Early Rtse
and Burbank varieties, many of them
being ten inches long and a large num
ber measuring 12 Inches In circum
ference. PETTICOAT MAKERS FAIL
Close-Fitting Dresses Worn by Wom
en Cause of Bankruptcy.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12. The Jackson-
Mack Manufacturing Company, one of
the largest makers of silk petticoats
in New York, went Into Bankruptcy
today.
The failure is the culmination of a
widespread complaint among petticoat
manufacturers that the close fitting
dresses now worn by women nave so
reduced the demand for petticoats as
o make them a glut on the market.
PICTORIAL
BEDIENT WINS DUEL
II
Boston Takes Battle
in Fog 2 to 1.
ONE MORE GAME IS NEEDED
Wizardry of Red Sox Youth
Mystifies Giants.
VICTORY COMES IN THIRD
Hooper Starts Sharp Batting Bee
When He Catches Matty's Fade
Away for Drive That Results
In Three Bases.
BOSTON. Oct. 12. Overcoming the
New York Nationals by a score of 2 to
1 today, the Bostons, pennant-winners
of the American League, need only a
slnsrla victory to attain the world's
baseball chamnlonshiD of 1912. The
world's series now stands: ' Boston,
three games won; New York, one -and
one contest a tie.
More than 84.000 persons, a record-
breaking baseball crowd for Boston,
saw a pitching duel In which Hugh
Bedlent, a youngster, sparkled as
new star in the baseball firmament.
Three hits were the Giants' portion
from Bedient's effective service. Only
for an error by Gardner the young
twirler would have turned back the
New York club to defeat In nine score
less innings.
Bedient's Work Best so Far.
Only a shade less brilliant than the
box work of Bedlent was the skill of
the old master, Christy Mathewson,
who, except for two long-distance drives
In the third inning, held tho Red Sox
helpless Ty the magic of his. curves.
Bedlent pitched the best ball that
has been shown so far In the world's
series. He had not been regarded as a
likely choice for mound duty during
the championship games and It was not
until several Innings had passed that
the thousands of spectators realized
that the Giants were facing a Quality
of pitching that was most baffling when
hits meant runs.
The only New Yorkers to fathom
.Bedient's benders were Mathewson,
Meyers -and Merkle. Those who suc
cumbed on strike-outs were Davore,
Snodgrass, Merkle and Mathewson. '
Blooper Begins Rally.
Harry Hooper started the sharp bat
ting bee that gave the Red Sox their
two runs. A fadeaway curled up to the
plate, and Hooper, catching It fair and
square, shot the ball past Herzog along
the left-field foul line, where the ball
ricochetted between the angles of the
fences to the confusion of Devore. On
went the flying Hooper and before the
ball was returned to the Infield the
Red Sox outfielder was perched on
third.
There was pandemonium in the stand
when Yerkes drove . the first ball
pitched to left center, where It rolled
up against the fence and bounded past
Snodgrass. Hooper came over the plate
and Yerkes made third whence he tal
lied when Doyle made a bobble of
Speaker's grounder. That ended the
scoring for Boston. Thereafter Mathew
son showed his skill in returning to
Boston's benches every succeeding
player who went to the plate.
20 Men Face "Matty."
Seventeen men In order went out
from the middle of the third to the last
of the eighth inning on grounders to
the infield, pop files to fielders, or as
strike-out victims. Those who fanned
were Gardner and Wagner. Mathewson
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COMMENTS BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS ON THE
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 72
degrees; minimum. 46 degrees.
TODAY'S Pair, followed by increasing
cloudiness and cooler weather; easterly
winds, shitting to southerly.
" Foreign.
Europe looks for spread of Bulgarian-Turkish
war. Section 1, page ,1
Politics. Ex-Senator Fulton says Bourne confesses
truth In his reply. Section 1, page IO.
Stephen A. Lowell says Bourne's excuses foi
running are flimsy. Section 1. page 8.
Ben Selling makes reply to Bourne's charges.
Section 1. page 11.
Parallel is seen In Colonel's campaign on
" trlbutlons and liorlmer's fund. Section
4, page 1.
Colonel attacks Wilson's record as Governor.
Section 1, page 5.
Domestic.
Three killed, five seriously hurt by storm
In Chicago. Section 2, page 7.
McNamara letter to unions, suspending ac
counting of funds, identified. Section 1,
- page 4.
20 convicts escape from Wyoming; peniten
tiary. Section 1. page 3.
"Bald Jack" Rose testifies Rosenthal was
killed by order of Becker. Section 1,
page 1.
Southern Paclflo prepares for Coast line con
struction. Section 1. page 9.
Sport.
Coast League results: Portland 7-8. San
Francisco 2-3; Oakland 6-8, Sacramento
4-2: Vernon 6-10. Los Anseles 4-4. Sec
tion 2,' page 2.
Fullerton tells how Boston beat Giants. Sec
tion 2, page 2.
McGraw gives Bedlent credit for fine pitch
ing, but says "breaks" were with Sox.
Section 2, page 2.
Soccer football playing begins In earnest
today. Section 2, page 6.
stultnom&h fears defeat by O. A. C. Section
2. page 0.
Swarthznore College defeats - Pennsylvania,
6 to S. Section 2, page 8.
University of Oregon defeats Willamette, 12
to v. Section 2. page 3.
Boston defeats Giants, 3 (o L
page 1.
Section 1.
Automobile and Roads.
Columbia Association to hear Bowlby's re
port on highway plan. Section 4, page 4.
Woman has final word usually In automo
bile purchases. Section 4. page S.
Economy Is proved In auto drays. Section
4, page 5.
Paclflo Northwest.
Party lines give way to personalities In
county division In Idaho. Section L
page 8.
Washington Industrial Commission says first
report shows success. Section 1, page 9.
After 42 years, father- meets son thought
dead. Section 1, page 1.
Holiday halts, progress of Pasco murder
trial. ' Section 1, page 6.
Brigadier-General Maua says few elk are left.
Section a, page 10.
Salem will celebrate completion of Portland.
Eugene & Eastern bridge. Section 1.
page 7.
General . Wood favors retaining Vancouver
post, section 1, page 6.
Grant B. Dimtck replies to URen. Section
.1, pag-o 7.
Beal Kstate and Building.
Greater Portland plan report Is ready. Sec
tion 4. page 8.
Early development of 8outh Mount Tabor Is
expected. Section 4, page 8.
Plan to extend Stark to Nineteenth Is under
way. Seotion 4. page a.
Campaign for more factories la started.
Section 4. page 9. -
Many colonists seek permanent homes in
Oregon. Section 4, page 9.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon hop market lifted to 20 centa Sec
tion Z, page 17.
Daisy Freeman goes on bar at Astoria. Sec
tion 2, page 17. ,
Multnomah launched before admiring audi.
ence. section 2. page 6.
Portland and Vicinity.
Oregon Electric to operate sleeping cars.
first of type In America, section 1, page
16.
Opposition grows to granting Heusner fran
chise for Interurban cars on Seventh
street. . Section 2, page 18.
Afternoon automobile ride on Llnnton road
ends In tragedy. Section 1, page 1.
Dairy show at stockyards November 18-23
promises good advertising. Section 1,
page 14.
Mayor calls on citizens to observe "back
yard cleanup day." section l, page Itf.
Dates and topics given out for extension
lectures oz Reed college, section 1. page
17. '.
Mr. TJ'Ren, quibbling, refuses to debate with
Mr. Shields. Section 1. page 18.
Confessed forger's quick disguise Ineffectual.
Section 1, page 1.
Functions of first Portland Land Products
Show set forth. Section 1, page 14.
Red Pencil day clears , $3000 for Baby
Home. Section 1, page 12.
Ng Poon Chew says New China bids Amer-
lean merchants enter, section l, page iz.
CHEMICAL COW INVENTED
Machine Digests Vegetables and
Gives Milk That Scientist Likes. .
LONDON, Oct. 12. (Special.) Three
Germans have Invented a machine
which digests vegetables like a cow
and gives chemical milk.
Sir William Crooks, 'scientist, tasted
some of the milk and said he liked It.
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EUROPE BELIEVES
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Concert Fails at Criti
cal Time. .
COLLECTIVE NOTE IS WEAK
Sultan Foreshadows Reply in
Ordering Mobilization.
GREECE PREPARES OPENLY
Turkey Expected to Send Great Force
. Against Bulgarians, Leaving
Montenegrin Outposts for
' Present to Fate.
PODGORITZA, Montenegro. Oct. 12.-
After sua engagement lasting until mid
day, the Montenegrins broke through
' tne Turkish ranks near Tosht and In
vested the town which la completely
cut off from Scutari. .
The; Montenegrin army baa been
fighting; for four days alons the whole
front, penetrating the Turkish terri
tory slowly, owing to the many forti
fications. Turks have burned several
Mallsaori villages.
Many wounded Turks have been
brought to Podgoritza.
LONDON, Oct. 12. The war cloud has
settled over Europe., No rays of peace
strike through any quarter.
Montenegro continues to assail the
Turkish forces, but the cracklings
along that border are as mere fire
crackers compared with the general ex
plosion confidently expected within a
week.
The historic "concert of Europe" in
the supreme test has failed to suppress
the Balkan clash, which It averted time
after time In the last quarter of a cen
tury. ... The final exhibition of the help
lessness of the great powers was given
in the collective- note to Turkey pub
lished today. That note, which was the
best they could devise after earirest ne-
gotlations, merely says that they will
discuss reforms with the Sublime Porte,
and gives no promise of any results
that might placate -Slav nations.
Sultan Exhorts His Army.
The Turkish cabinet has been en
gaged in framing a reply to the note,
but at the same time the Sultan fore
shadowed the nature of the reply by
the Issuance of a proclamation for a
general mobilization, which is a formal
notification of what Turkey has been
doing the last fortnight, and by an ex
hortation to the army to fight worthily.
Greece is equally above board with
her preparations. Crown Prince Con
stantino left Athens today to take
command of the army. Vienna advices
show Turkey will put 460,000 men
against the Bulgarians and leave only
two divisions to oppose Montenegro.
Turkey apparently Is willing to sacri
fice her outposts on that border for
the time being.
Losses Heavy at Tushl.
Latest advices from Podgoritza say
the Montenegrins have occupied the
town of Tushl and that great losses
have occurred on both sides.
The mobilization of the Greek army
has been successful beyond expecta
tion. Troops to the number of 125,000
will be concentrated on the frontier by
Monday and another 20,000 are being
equipped. The mobilization centers of
the government are overwhelmed with
volunteers and it has been decided to
enroll no more recruits for the -present.
The Bulgarian government has
framed a reply to the Russo-Austrlan
fCoD eluded on Pago 4.)
WAR WILL SPREAD
PAST WEEK'S LEADING EVENTS.
QUICK DISGUISE IS 1
NOT EFFECTIVE
FORGER CAPTURED AS HE
STEPS FROM BARBER SHOP.
By Simple Method Credit Is Obtained
and Checks to Amount of
$600 Are Passed.
"Hist!" The sleuths are upon my
trail. I must change my disguise.'
Edward Stokes, 33 years old, self
confessed forger of $600 worth of bad
checks, played the leading role In
melodrama on the old stock company
lines last night before he was captured
by Plain Clothes Officers Martin and
Tackaberry a role which would have
been a thriller 10 years ago.
Stokes had forged checks on two
jewelry stores, a tent and awning
house and a hardware store, and was
engaged In making his getaway when
the officers picked up his trail. He
wore a heavy mustache and when he
was "tipped off" that two officers
were looking for him, he thought he
must change his looks.
Into a barber college at Fourth and
Couch streets, where shaves are but
5 cents each. Stokes went. His. mus
tache he ordered shaved off, his hair
he required clipped. Fifteen minutes
later he emerged from the shop, 'an
other man to all personal appearances.
But the disguise was not sufficient
to elude the officers. He was arrested
as he stepped through the door and
was hurried to the police station, where
he confessed to the forgeries.
In his confession he showed how he
had deposited balances In the East
Side Bank and In Hartraan & Thomp
son's Friday; $50 in the East Side Bank
and $70 in Hartman & Thompson's. Be
fore the figures In each bank book he
placed two "ones," so that his balance
In each bank accumulated $1100 at
once. At Jaeger's jewelry store, where
he passed a check for $325, he showed
the bank book as he wrote a check,
using the same device at. each place.
On Marx & Bloch he passed a check
for $85, on the Willamette Tent &
Awning Works one for $20, and on the
Honeyman Hardware Company a bad
check for $150, explaining that because
it was a legal holiday, he could not get
the money from his bank. He had
seven diamond rings when taken.
POSTCARD SHOWER IS DUE
Spokane Snffrngists to Send Con
gratulations to Sirs. Dnnlwaj.
SPOKANE. Wash., Oct. 12. (Special.)
Spokane- women suffragists will join
in a "post card shower" In honor of
the 7Sth birthday of Mrs. Abigail Dun-
lway, 292 Clay street, Portland, known
as the "Mother of Equal Suffrage" -In
the State of Washington.
Women throughout Washington,
who appreciate the ballot, are asked to
send the aged suffragist post card con
gratulations on her birthday, October
22.
Mrs. M. A. Hutton has received a
post card from Mrs. Henry Waldo Coe,
acting president of the Oregon Equal
Suffrage Association, telling of the
initiation of the post card shower. Mrs.
Hutton says:
"I heartily indorse the idea and sug
gest that all who appreciate the right
of the ballot send cards to Mrs. Dun
iway."
MARYLAND SJSENT SOUTH
Cruiser Will Join American Warship
at Corlnto.
SEATTLE, Oct. 12. Orders to sail
Immediately for Nicaragua were re
ceived tonight by the armored cruiser
Maryland, which arrived yesterday
from the Orient. The Maryland Is at
tho Puget Sound Navy-Yard, coaling
for the southern trip, and is expected
to get away before noon tomorrow.
The Maryland will call at Acapulco,
Mexico, and proceed from there to
Corinto, where she will Join the war
ships unier command of Rear-Admiral
W. H. H. Southerland. The Maryland
will put in at San Francisco on the
way down the coast.
iH KILLED, 2
Unruly Cow Sends Car
Over Embankment
BROKEN NECK CAUSES DEATH
Alice Holmes Dies Instantly
After 40-Foot Crash.
LINNTON ROAD DRIVE FATAL
Two Women and Driver Have Ml
racu'ous Escape When Touring
Car Plungea Off Highway
at Treacherous Place.
Killed.
Miss Alice Holmes, 21; neck broken.
Injured.
Miss Bertha Holmes, cut on faca
and se'erely bruised,
George F. Brlce, contusions of arm
and leg.
One woman was Instantly killed
and two others and one man, the driv
er, miraculously escaped death and
suffered minor injuries when an auto
mobile, seeking to avoid a fractious
cow, overturned on the St. Helena road.
about two miles below Llnnton, yes
terday afternoon.
Slipping Into a treacherous bank,
masked by ferns, the automobile tilt
ed slowly, then gathered momentum
and hurtled down a 40-foot embank
ment, leaving the passengers strewn
along the incline, one of them near the
bottom with her neck broken.
Those in the car were George F. Brlce,
attorney; Mrs. H. B. McCabe, wife of
an employe at the Baker Theater, liv
ing at 445 Tenth street; Miss Alice
Holmes and Miss Bertha Holmes, sis
ters of Mrs. McCabe.
Cow Gets Unruly.
The driver, Mr. Brlce, had Just turned
the car toward the city, after driving
down the highway and had not yet
gathered speed, when a farmer lead
ing a cow, cut across his route. As
the machine approached, the animal
swerved violently, dragging its leader,
and, to avoid hitting one or the other,
Mr. Brlce turned his car to the edge of
the road. In doing so he overstepped
the margin of the Bafe roadway and the
two outer wheels sank into a bed of
ferns, masking a crumbling bank.
We all felt the car going over,'' said
Mr. Brlce, in telling of the accident
last night, "and my first thought was
to disentangle myself from the steer
ing gear, realizing that in case of an
overturn, if caught under it, I would
be helpless."
"I cannot describe what followed, it
happened so quickly. The next thing
I knew I was picking myself up and
coming out of a daze, down the bank.
about 16 feet below the highway. Miss
Bertha was beside me, half-swooning,
and I picked her up and carried her to
the road. Miss Alice lay about 10 feet
farther down the embankment, lier
head crumpled under her body, and
motionless. Mrs. McCabe, In some re
markable manner, escaped from the
car at the edge of the road."
Miraculous Escape Pussies.
Mrs. McCabe can give no explana
tion of her quick and safe escape. "It
all happened In an Instant," she said,
"and we were all dazed by the shock."
She escaped with only a severe shak
ing. The wrecked car rolled clear to tne
foot of the bank and came to rest be
side the tracks of the Astoria & Co
lumbia River Railroad.
Mr. Brlce, who has been a friend of
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