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'" V A : fjrctjwi Hlstwlcal lttHk City HaH Mtom Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair nnd warmer -Mux M Mln MH Ret ntim M. u . "V i Y KorlynopuMit Yir. Dully Mnvwitli Vrnr. f --U J.VfV '''-;'. MJSDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JTLY 30, 1012 NO. 310 Accused of Plotting Rosenthal's Death F l fl 1IRFRKFR ARfiHSFfl RYTfMMRI FBS AM DENIES HOUSE OPPOSES GAYNOR ORDERS NEW SUGAR BILL COMPLETE PROBE M0Wim INSTIGATING ROSENTHAL'S DEATH T Ik. Franklin Testimony Contradicted In Detail hy Defendant Gave Frank lin No Check on Date Claimed for any Purpose Paid Expense Money I.OH ANCIKLK8, Col., July BO. Harrow on tin' witness hIiiikI todly went over lliti enm of the hIiiIo from I In beginning, denying lit del nil every charge I r n I 1 1 1 liy (In prosecution mill explaining ly Hlllit unities ninny points which the stutu bronchi, out I iy wltiicsHi'M. Rogers gradually led tin' defendant over the ground uiiil up to thn day tint iiainit of Prospect ive Juror George N. l,oekwood wan drawn from I ho box. In regard to tin Main en hi', Rogcra asked: ''What did Ilaln Hay in regard to his ipialificatioim an n .MfS'amnm juror whim you interrogated hliu In court and why did you retain him aH a jurorf" Old Mon (linriutilfl "Ho said lie wax it workingmnu and would stand hy IiIh convictions. Ili was an old'mnu, mid I havo found in my experience that old men an morn charitable." Itolxtrt !'. Haiti Ik tint regular .Mi'Nainura juror whom Marrow !h iiIko alleged to have brilii'd. "Did Franklin over tell you hit had given Main or Mm wife money?" nuked Rogers. "No conversation of that kind ever took placo." "Now, proceeding to the matter of Krcuger, did you ever know or hear of Frank Fowler going to Kreugcr, a tali'Muinn, nnd putting down four mnti'ln'M on thn tnhlu Maying, 'a thousand apiece' for hi services iih a juror in (ho McNuimirit cno7" "No." "You heard Franklin ny lt wont to Ki'ii Krcugur after hceinu ymi and Lincoln Sti'f ffiirt n't n hoti'l, N'ovi'itt her '2. U llinl trttoT" Dctilr Bribery Talk "I never had any conversation ahout hrihiiitr Kreugcr or nil) body cNc," answered the witness. "Did you show Franklin a lint of proMwelivo. jurors in it hotel No win her Ufi, 1011, in the presence of Lincoln Sti-rfiMin?" "Wti druw it new venire that morn ing, fifty iinmcii. On ten of thi'in wo had no report whatever. I didu t give din-list to Franklin an I thought it would he useless, the negotiations for thu MuNiiinaritH to plead guilty having' progressed ho far that I wasn't iuteri'Hted in further iuvesti Kit Inn," This wiik the lint on which the name of George N. I.oekwood wan. TAFT EXPRESSES WABUINQTO;, July 30. I'rcBl dent Tnft motored to tho Jununeeo ombaHHy lioro todny and porsonntly offered IiIh condoloncon on tho death of thn Into Mikado. In reply to l'renldent Tnft'a cnblo Krnin, tho now emperor Yoshlhlto cabled: "I am deoply touched by your Hympnthutlo moBnaKo, and offer my Hlncorcnt tltnnkt." Tho downisor emproHa Ilurtiko ro piled: "Accept my nlncoro tlmnltH for tho honrtfelt uy in pit thy bo cordially ox presnnd hy you and Mrs, Tnft ott thU norrowftil occnulon." E SUBMI TO INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 30. Former United Btatos Bonntor Uov orldwi loft today for Oystbr Buy to Htibmlt to Colonel HoohovoU tho Hpeoch ho Is to tnuko nt Chicago dur Iiik tho projrrogHlvo convention. Uovorldge rofuaod to ony whether ho would nccopt tho progreBBlvo nomlnutlon for governor of Indiana. It In bollovod ho wIbIiob to consul with Hoosovolt boforo announcing hla nomination. Moscow morohantu aro coiiBldorlng a plan to ralno cotton on u trnot of U7!!,r00,iioro8 In Aslntlo HuhbIu. Ir rltfiitlou will bo noodod. SYMPATHY Til JAF; BEVERIDG SPEECH Underwood Uroes that Wool, Sugar and Excise Bills he Returned With out Concurrence Free Tolls on Canal to be Fought for all Summer WASHINGTON. July 30. When thu ho ti ho todny resumed consldorn- tlou of thn wool, sugar uml oxclnn bills, nlnmdy pasted by the senate, It Hccmuil likely (hoy would not meet with fnvorablo uolloti. Ma jority Leader Underwood urged that nil three measure, bo returned to tho senate without concurrence, ob jecting to thn amendment!! to tho ex cise bill repealing reciprocity with Canndit and establishing a Inrlff board. Five members of tho house com mitten on Intor-Mato rotnnterco who have led tho fight for free pnssngo throne" the Panama Canal for Ameri can vowtols, announced today that they would Htlrk out for free loll even If It taken all milliliter. Repre sentatives Humphrey of WathliiKtou nnd Knowland of California am two of thn free toll cliuuiploim. 1 STOP TRIAL OF WABIIINOTON, July 30. Flatly denying that they had Kreod to end the probo It Ilnnford rcnlgned, Con KroMinan Ornham nnd McCo)', two meinbem of tho jiub-cotntulltea of the houRo Judiciary comnilttee5 "which InveMlgnteil tho Impeachment chnrgen ngitlnst United Staton Judgo CornelltiH l'. Hnnford of Seattle, ro turned to WnnhlnRton today. Con- grenaman Hlgglim, tho other ntombor of tho committee, In renting nt hl homo In Norwich, Conn. "Ily tho testimony necured." said Congressman McCoy, "denplto tho Btrongent opposition, wo forced Han ford to resign." Doth McCoy nnd Graham admit they fnvorcd dlsmlsslnn tho charges against Hatiford but sny thero wan no ngreotnont by which tho charges would bo dropped If tho Jurist ro signed, McCoy said an Impeachment trial would requlro six weoks and cost 1100,000. Tho uotiso Judiciary commltteo to morrow will docldo whether to dts iiiIhs thn charges against Hnnford or go on with Impeachment proceedings, EPIDEMIC OF INFANT PARALYSIS IN LOS ANGELES I.OS ANORLKS, Cnl., July 30. An organized campaign to Btnmp out tho epidemic of Infnntllo purnrlysls which ndmlttodly exists In Los Angolcs and Its HUburba, which will bo launched by tho city council todny. Tho coun cil authorised Dr. L. M. Powers, health commlaBtonor, to expend monoy whorovor needed to chock tho epidemic. Slnco tho mlddlo of June, Dr. Powers, reported thoro havo boon ISO cnsoB. More than 100 caBos aro now under tho euro of physlclana. T L UKDDINO, Cnl., July 30. Tho story of why nnd how ho killed Wil liam O. Landls wait ro-told hero to dny by William Clomont nt hla pre liminary examination on a chargo of first dogroo autirdor, "LnntllB killed my mothor, Mro, O. W. Urndford," sohbod Clomont. "Thou ho tuuntod mo by playing 'Just Anothor Bhovolful of Dirt on Moth er's Qrnvo,' on hla guitar. It inndo mo crazy. I hid bohltul tho mos quito hiiBhcB nnd shot him." Dnn Thompson and A, O. Griffith, nllogod accomplices, woro arrulgnod with Clomont. Although Clomont'u confosBlon abaolvos thorn from blame, tho pollco any thoy havo a good caso ugulnst thorn. Tho court room wns crowdod with Clomont aympitthUors. It la gonor- nlly prodlctod horo that ho will bo acqulttod, NOAGREEMENT E MH m OR KILLING Wl Forced to Action hy Arrest of Uent. Becker Mayor of New York Com pletely Reverses Himself and Or ders Probe Into Civic Life of City NKW YOHK, July 30. Korced to ncllon by tho nrret of Pollco Won tenant Charles llcckor as tho alleged plotter of tho murder of Herman Itoseiithal, tho ciilmlnntlon of the New York pollci-fambllng-murder scandal, Mayor William J. (Juynor completely reversed himself today and signed a resolution that tho board of nldormen probo thn nllgod gniftliiK conditions which aro said to eat like it cancer Into the civic life of tho city. Oaynor'x announcement followed u long conference today with Pollco Commissioner Ithlnelunder Waldo, who, It Is reported, urged tho probo. It Is believed tho aldermanlc Inves tigation, In connection with that ho Ing conducted boforo tho grand Jury by DlHtrlct Attorney Whitman, will fully baro to tho world tho details of tho alliance between tho police, gamblers and other lawbreakers, nnd, probably, will enmesh a number of "ItlRhor-uimY" District Attornoy Whitman today re-examined "Haiti Jack" Hebo. "Hrldglo" Webber and Harry Vallon, tho three gamblers on whoso confes sions Ilecker was arrested. Another Detail Durvd Another detail of tho Rosenthal murder canto to light today with tho finding of Christian Walker, who came out of the Metropolo Hotel Just behind Rosenthal on tho night tho latter was killed. Walker said Rosenthal stopped to buy a news paper and JtiHt or ho turned from thn news stand tho first shot was fired. Walker Insisted that tho slayers then ran to tho automobllo In waiting nnd escaped with It at full speed. This story contradicts tho testimony of William Shapiro, Its chauffeur, that ho stalled tho motor of tho car In an effort to delay tho escapo of tho gang sters. Full declaration by District Attor noy Whitman was also mado today to clear Assistant Pollco Commis sioner Dougherty of In any way shltldlng any of the Rosenthal slny crs. Ho snld Dougherty won doing nil ho could to help clear up tho murder. Whitman received a letter today which declared that tho pollco aro protecting disorderly resorts, and named certain men who tiro alleged to bo tnklng tho monoy. Tho letter stated that tho resorts pay $500 when they nro allowed to open nnd $200 per month thereafter. BARM PEAR PICKING STARTS E llartlett pear picking bean Tues day morning in tho Oeorgo II. Daggett orehtinlH north of Jacksonville. Tliia is just a few days early but as tho fruit in this orchard is exception ally largo nnd will go us prima fanoy fltook $n nay market and us tho Producers' Fruit company of this oity, whiuh company has contracted for all tho DtiKgftt fruit, expect to export part of tho liartlott pears the picking is commenced about a week in advanoo of tho usual time. Tito exporting of Htutlclt pears hns uovor before been attempted hut Mnnager MoKoanoy of tho Protluoors company is satisfied tho resulla of tho oxpirement will justify tho "try out." Only one carload of Mnrtlutts will ho exported, nnd only this one carload will bo picked at this time but on Monday next picking will ho resumed nnd until tho entire crop is hurvos'ted. Mr. Daggett estimates that ho will have twelve carload of pears from his orchard and practically all of tho fruit will urdo fancy. Lust yenr Mr. DngK'dt sold his Hose, pears at an uyorago prico of ifJMG por half box. Mr, MoKoanoy states (lint tho pear crop in Uto valloy is showinc up for in oxooss of anticipated ylold and tho slco and quality If tho fruit could not bo hotter. DAGGETT GROV MM PLANT MraMliffi OF NEW PffilY ARE ririCAOO, July HO. -Preparn-tions for the national progressive convention whiclAahOtnbles here at noon next Monbny to nominate a national tiekct' areutnplete. it was believed today that an evening xession would he held the first day to effect permanent organization. Former United Stntes Senator Uoveridge of Indiana who will act at temporary chairman will deliver the Keynote speech of tho convention. lie left IndinutiKli today for Oyster Bay to pl Roosevelt's stamp of ap proval to his address. OYSTKK BAY, X. Y., July :i0. After it three hours conference horo today with Colonel Iooevelt, Sena tor Joheph M. Dixon of Montana, who directed KotHcvell's campaign for the republican presidential nomi nation announced that John Parker, n New Orleans democrat, hns been selected for permanent chairman of tho "bull mooho" convention wltLdt meets in Chicago at noon Monday. Comptroller Win. A. PrcuderRii-it of New York will nominate Colonel Itoosovelt and the seconding speeches will bo made by Governor Johnson of California, Judge Ben Limlsey cf Denver and Former Fovemor Garvin of Hhode Island. WIFE BLAMED ATLANTA, Ga., July 30. In tho trial of tho Mrs. Daisy Grnco, accused of trying to murder her husband Mrs. S, L. Hill, Grnco's mother, testlflod thnt hor son's wlfo wont to Nownnn after tho shooting, arriving there Mnrch 25. Sho satd; "Tito first thing Mrs. Grnco said whett I saw hor, 'Whnt'a this I hear about Geno bolng shot?', and 1 told hor whnt had boon telephoned ano from Atlanta. Mrs. Grnco Insisted thnt ho could n't havo shot ltlmsolf nnd Indicated thnt If nnyono elso did tho shooting It wns tho negro btttlor, lluffln," Mrs. Hill then testified how sho rolntod tho detecttvo'a atory of tho shooting to hor dnughtor-ln-lnw, and snld thnt they both roturuod to Atlanta that emtio ovonlng. Slight Losses on Market NKW YOKK, July at). Lower prices prevailed in tho oarly trading on tho stock oxchango today. Losses wero slight, most ot tho leaders ex cepting United States Steel, declin ing fractionally,. Trading, which hud been almost nt a standstill, was butter later in tho day nnd prices worked toward greater firntnosfi. Union Pacific and Stool advanced fraction- Tito mnvkqt closed dull. Bonds wove steady. ' NOW COMPLETED N L WORD ML BY IMPEACHMENT WASHINGTON. July 30. Presi dent Taft's refusal to accept the re signation of United States Judge C. II. Hanford unless ho has conferred wlthnho anb-conimltteo of tho house' Judiciary commltteo which Investi gated Impeachment charges In Seattle against tho jurist, has caused tho belief here today that bo plans to. make Hanford's case an example, Illustrating tho theory that Impeach mont proceedings aro as expeditious as tho recall of judges. Tho sub committee Is expected to arrlvo eith er this afternoon or tomorrow. Several days ago President Tatt announced that ho would not accept Hanford's resignation if tho sub committee reported that tho evidence wns sufficient to result in Impeach ment. In tho latter event tho Im peachment would go on as originally planned. PLENTY OF COIN BUT NO WAY TO GET AT IT WASHINGTON, July 30. Tho United States treasury is In tho odd predicament today ot having lots ot money, but being unablo to pay for Its transportation to sub-treasuries where tho money Is need. As a con Eequenco thero Is a shortage among tho treasury branches of $1, S3 and $5 bills. Moreover, thoro will bo no relief until congress stralghtotiB out tho tangle of Its big aproprlatlon bills. Congress failed to pass tho sun dry civil bill boforo tho now fiscal year beginning July 1, and to keep tho wheols of tho government In motion it enacted a resolution ox tending to tho n in omit of one-twelfth tho old appropriation bills. It hnppons thnt tho domnnd for tho movement ot monoy Is always unusually largo during tho first part ot tho fiscal year so tho July appropriation does not meet tho dopnrtmcut's needs. At present tho appropriation Is nbout exhausted and tho aub-treasury officials aro erylng for small bills. WILSON DROPS CANDIDACY TO WATCH STATE AFFAIRS SEAGIRT, N. J., July 30. Gover nor Woodrow Wilson suspended to day work on his partly comploted speooh of acceptance of tho demo cratic nomination and wont to Tren ton to attend to state business. Gamesters Swear Before Jury that Police Lieutenant Forced Them hy Threats of Prosecution to Hire Ruffians to Kill Proprietor of the Gamblinn Houses who had "Squealed" and Refused to Pay Mwe Blood Money Becker Arrested and in Tombs Claims Irwweflce " NKIV YOKK POMCK-OAMHMNafllURWKIt SCANDAL' 1 The cause corrupt alliance York police and the "underworld'.' which was bled for police "pro tection." Rosenthal was killed Tuesday 'morning, July 1C, when he refused longer to pay "blood money." The victim Herman Rosenthal, gambler, keeper of many gam-, Ing places In New York for years. Shot dead by four thugs before the doors of the New Mteropole Hotel In the heart of the up-towu New York tenderloin. Tho plotter Lieutenant of Pollco Charles Becker. Indicted f ami arresteu on tiie sworn testimony of threo eamblora that he . forced them to arrange for Rosenthal's death. The Informers Harry Vallon, "Brldglo" Webber and "Bald Jack" Rose. AH three sworo before the grand Jury they hired fr gangsters to kill Rosenthal In fear that Becker would railroad thorn to Sing Sing If they refused. The killers Harry Horrowltz (Gyp 'tho Blood), Frank Mutter (Whitey Lewis), Louis Rosenzewlg (Lofty Louie) and "Dago Frank" Clroficl. Clroflco was arrested In a Harlem flat and Htr fr rowlt Is believed to be at TnrnerBvllle, N. Y. Muller and Rosenie- wig aro still at large. The prosecutor District Attornoy Whitman of New York, Ho declare) that Becker is by no means tho "higher-up" In the scandal f and assorts he will keep on tho trail until tho top of the blood money plot Is exposed. NKW YORK, July 30. With Po lice Lieutenant Charles Becker, charged with murder, in the Tombs, nnd five of his alleged tool in the murder of Gambler Herman Rosen thal in the hands of the authorities, New York today i.s nil ngnpe for the arrests of "higher-ups" in the most sensntiottnl police-gatnbling-murder .scandal in the history of the city. -Any hourmay bring the indictment of n score of police officials nnd some prominent citizens alleged to" have been involved with them in the grafting which led to murder, nnd tt score of tho biggest sporting men in the city have already fled. With the details of tho confessions which caused Becker's arrest fresh in their minds, the members of the grand jury which indicted itim lint night reassembled to hear further tes timony in the case which District At torney Whitman has relentlessly fol lowed 'sineo tho hour when Herman Rosenthal was shot down by four thugs in front of the New Jfetropolo hotel, while hundreds of New York ers were in sight of thnt comer, the busiest spot in the night life of the city. Decker In tho Tombs Beckor today is in the Tombi, where he wns tnkeu Inst night imme diately after his arrest, followed hard upon the confessions of "Bald Jack" Rose, who, with "Bridgie" Webber and Hurry Vallon, told the grand jury tho story of how thoy "framed" Rosenthal's murder after threat by Becker to "send them up for seven years" if thoy refused. The three charged that Becker said: "I'll do tho job myself if I havo to, but first I'll put you fellows away if I havo to plant guns on you. You're all gamblers nnd confidence men. What chance will you have-" Becker slept soundly in tho Tombs nnd this morning greeted his counsol, I. W. Hart, with tho remark: "Whnt an awful plight for an innocent man to be in J" He mado no comment on his arrest. Becker Claims Innocence Intimations thnt Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty might bo concerned in some way with Becker's alleged boasts of tho inflttonco in the police department, which, tho threo informers claim, ho, declared would protect them for tho Rosenthal mur der, wero disclaimed todny by Dough erty. He issued a statement declar ing thnt ho had never had anything to do with Beckor, who always report ed direct to Polico Commissioner Rhinelandor Waldo. Waldo refused to make any comment on tho alleged polico grafting, tho Rosenthal mur der, his connection witlt Becker or tho possiblo arrests' which tho por sistent unraveling of tho murder plot by District Attornoy Whitman seem to wnko moro probable with every passing hour, Illustrating tho belief in the power of "tho system" which is hold in t)to underworld of Now York, Rose, Web ber nnd Vallon, after their confes sion was made to tho grand jury, pleaded with tho district attorney not to havo them returned to tho Tombs. "If you do," said tho threo man, between certain officers of tho Now,. ' "we will be dead before morning." Whitman apparently believed there was some bnsis for their pleas, for he nrrnnged that they be held in the city prison instead of the Tombs. He detailed half a score of his own picked detectives to keep guard over tho trio nnd see thnt no harm came to them at the hands of those whom he still hones to arrest nnd bring to book an the "higfTer ups" in the world ' of craft who are threatened by the stories of the men who so far have brought only Becker behind tho bars. Informers Hysterical With Fear All threo of tho informers were sleepless Inst night, and "Webber, in a frenzy of terror, did not sleep an hour. He is stil almost hysterical with fear. It is reported today that Webber's wife, learning that the po lice planned to "railroad" Rose, Web ber and Vnllon to the electric cbnir to save themselves and "the sys tem," persuaded the threo men to confess all. It is believed they did so under promise of at least partial immunity. In addition to Rose's fears for himself, ho declared to District AC- toniey Whitman that he did not doubt revenge for his baring of the murder plot might be wreaked on his wifo and children. "I wnnt you not only to see, thnt the wifo and kiddios do not suffer," he told Whitman before he would agree to confess. "But I also .want them guarded against death or in jury at the hands of those my story will hit." Detectives Guard Homes Whitman was so well satisfied that there was reason tn'Roso's feurs that he at onco detailed four detec tives to guard Mrs. Rose and tho children". They will bo on duty un til the case is cleared up, and havo orders, in caso of anyone attempting to molest the Rose family, to "ahoot first and ask questions afterward." Exactly what stories Roso, Web'P and Vallon told to tho grand jury after thoy had opened their hearts to Whitman is, of course, not fully, known. Much of what they said however, Whitman has revealed Roso, ho admits, gayu the mqst com plete Btory of tho killing and tho events which preceded it, Htarting, from tho days when ho first' began, ns "collector" for Becker of gambl ing graft on tho East side. For weoks, Roso told Whitman and tho grand jury, Becker had been "ufter" hint to kill Rosenthal. When tho first sign enmo from tho dead gatnblor, Roso said, thai he would no longer submit to tho police graft and that ho wns likely to "qiioal," Booker declared flatly that Rosenthal hud "lived too long" and he "pu tho scrows" on himself, Roso, Val lon mid Webber to do the trick. Story of MHrder Urged by tho foar of being rail' ronded to Sing Sing, Hose declared ho and tho two other informers Saw' "Big Jack" Zelig, and through him secured the services of the four actual Harry Ilorrpwitz (Gyp the Blood); Frank MHer (Whitney (Continued on pag 3.) ' i ! , iii ( t 3- ' ii '. .. -'!