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SEVEN DIE IN
ELECTRIC CHI
AT OSSINING
All Dcnth Records Broken for Official
Executions Fivo Dlo Protesting
Innocence and One Fnlnts nnd Is
Unconclous When Shocked to Death
Two Statn That "I Never Had No
Chance Wlfo Murderer Meets
Death Calmly
OHKININtl. N. Y. A-ig, 13 All
dun Hi rerords vwiri broken hro to
in' when seven in nn, five or whom
died crying their Innocence, woro
electrocuted In I ho Slug King death
rhninlmr. Oiio of the men fulntoil
mill wnn iinionnflonn when shocked
to dim Hi.
Tln first of the vlrtlmn to tho Inw
entered tho death chamber nt 4:&
o'clock nml wnii pronounced dend tit
r. : u r it. in., tun soventh entered the
chamber nt C:(M nnd wim dend nt
i!:H o'clock. Tho aulhtirltle pro
nounced (ho "most skllfull nnd fen
titleless ever hold."
Wlm llm Victim Wer
Tho vlctlmn of tho legal killing
went 'John Collin, n negro, who
murdered Policeman Michael Lynch
of Now York whllo drunk; Joseph
Fcrrone, who rut his wife's thront
liccinmo iiho refused to lend n Ilfo of
shame, nml Angola OulMa, Ixtrciuo
Cull. Flllpo DiMiinrro. Halvatoro Do
titnrrn nnd Vlnren Conn, who pnr
trlinlid In n series of robberies In
the Crotou Aqueduct ruction, culmi
nating In tho nuirdor of Mm. Mary
llnll In hor Isolated ho inn, near Cro
ton l.nki.
The, oMIclnU.und witness of tho
rxcciitlQtis gathered nt tho prison be
fore daylight nnd tho chair was
tested n soon ns thoy entered tho
dentil chamber. Colllim, tho negro,
entered smiling nnd muttering pray
ers. Tho lU'V, Mr. naumoyor. n
Lutheran milliliter, accompanied tho
innrderer to tho rhnlr nnd , knelt,
praying hy Itn sldn whllo Collins' lips
woro still artlaulnllng petitions to
Cod when tho current flashed ItU
hoiiI Into eternity.
"Never Mail no Clinoro"
dill wnii next to dlo. Three priest
iiccompaiitcd him on hla inarch to tho
rhnlr. Ill stop wns firm nnd hi
face liloodloitH. Am ho nut In tho chnlr
he niuinlilod, "I novor hud no chnnco,"
mid an tho head strap wnu ndjtmtod
ho Mhrlokod thnt ho wao Innocent nnd
hint hud no fnlr trlnl. Tho curront
rut short his protestation.
Halvntoro Domnreo died smiling,
praying nnd protesting his Innocento.
Tliroo contnctn wcro rcqulrod to ond
hlit Ilfo.
ITIlpo Doninrco wns noxt. Tho
nlxxlliiK of hitlr anil tho nnusontliiK
odor of hurnod flctih filled tho room
iih tho Nocond contact wns npllod to
his form which, boundliiR nKMiiHt tho
Htrap.i nindo thorn cronk nnd Rronn
under tho fnrro of Ills convulsion.
AuroIo CluUtn, n moro boy, fol
lowod. HIb volco tromblliiR with
torror, ho orled: "Jraim Christ, I
hopo ," but tho llRhtnlnR nhook
of tho curront ondod his cry, nnd nont
his soul out Into tho boyoud with
tho pntltlon still unsaid.
Killed Whllo Uiiroiirloiit
Vlncuiuo Conn, crying "I novor lmd
n chnnco," wah thou supported into
tho donth rhntnbor on tho vorRo of
collapHO. Whon ho unw tho chnlr ho
fnliitod, In thnt condition ho wan
forced Into position nnd shocked to
dcutli whllo his IntolllKonco wh nh
scut from tio suplno body. Throo
coutactH woro rpqulrcd to looso hla
spirit.
JoHonli Forrono, tho wlfo nlnyor,
wan tho liiHt to din. Ho wnu known
to ho n dnsporato mnn nnd bad
lioiiHtml ho would not dlo in tho chnlr.
Tho Riturds woro ready for n Inst
HtniRRlo, hut Forrono ontorod qulot
ly, nhoutod "Oood byn nnd Reed
luck," walked firmly to tho ohnlr,
ItlHHod tho crucifix and pruyqrt hN
luntly iih ho lud,
Official ntitopsloH followed tho oxo
cut Ions, (Hiding In duo form tho
Krcntost numbor of Judicial klllltiRH
over neon In Hlng BIiir In ono day.
WASHINGTON, Au. 33. l'rtwl.
dent Tu ft uniioiint'dtl thJH ut'tcniopu
flint ho would coiiiiiiulo to lil'o im
pilHoiinient thu (loath Kcnteiico of
Muttio Lonin, u Nori'ohh conyiolod
of iho jmirdor hQro pf Iwf uiiBlmud.,
TAFT TO VETO
BUDGET BILL TO
SAVE COURT
Adjournment of Conorcss Will Do
Indefinitely Delayed Unless Meas
ure Can Be Passed Over Veto
President Standlrifj Pat
Cummins Demands Action In Amend
ment Limiting President to One
Term of Six Years
WAHIIINOTON, Auk. 12 - "Con
Kress will adjourn next Knturdny un
less President Tuft vutoes tho bud
Ktt bill," Maid IIoiiho Leader Oscnr
Underwood today. "Hut If tho presi
dent disapproves tho budget bill, ad
journmnnt will bo up In the air."
Underwood plans to call up tho
wool bill tomorrow and try to pass
It over the presldeutlnl veto, It Is
Reiierully believed this Is Impossible.
To I'hm )er Veto
CottRressiiinu FltxRerald of New
York this afternoon told President
Taft If ho vetoes the hudKet bill tho
session will bo prolonged until Hep.
tember and nlso wiirned tho chief
executive tho bill would bo paused
over his wlo.
President Tnft, It Is understood, Is
stnudlnR pat on his threat to veto tho
bill beratiso It abolishes tho com
in err a court.
Hy ii vote of ,17 to SI the senate
ndoptoif today tho substitute to tho
house provision In tho post otflco ap
propriation bill oxtendlitR federal aid
to states for tho Improvement of
hlKhwn)ii,
Tho ntiietidmenl creates n com
mission to Itncstleato tho feasibility
of n comprehensive system of Reed
roads. Tho bouse provision contem
plated federal nld. with nn annual
appropriation of I IT.. 000, 000.
HoiiroeV 11 mi Adopted
Tho plan of Senator Hourno fot-
parccls post zones wns ndopted with
out discussion. It was substituted
for tho limited parcel post ns pro
posed In tho house bill.
In domandliiR action on his reso
lution to amend tho constitution so
ns to fix tho presidential term nt six
yenrs, with n limit of one torni, Bonn-
tor Cummins of Iowa, today Ravo no
tice In tho senate that ho would ln
slst on n vote on tho measure before
adjournment.
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MOW YOUIC, Aur. 12. "Koep (ho
prisoner from outsiders nl any
cost."
This was tho Inst word of District
Attorney Whitman to his nssUtant,
Kobort Ilublu and County Dotcctlvo
Itobqrl Stewart buforo thoy departed
for Hot HprltiRH thin nftefuoon to
brliiR back Bam Bchopps, wanted horo
for ulleRed Implication In tho murder
of Gainblor Horman Hosouthnl before
tho Hotel Motropolo,
District Attorney Whitman oponly
stilted this uttornoon thnt with tho
arrival of Bchoppa bis chain of ovl
donco nRnlnst tho police officer would
bo complete. Bchopps, ho Bald, would
have nothing to say until ho reached
Now York, whon ho would rIvo n de
tailed stutomont concerning tho plan
to murder HoHonthul, tho num6 of
tho gangsters who did tho actual
killing nnd tho motlvo behind tho
alaylng.
AMERICANS DEFEAT
MEXICAN REBELS
ISl- l'ASO, Tomih, Auir. t'-'. -Triippccl
by United SIiiIoh HoldiiUH
while trying to smuggle nmmuiiiiloii
uoroHH lite iiitermitioiiul liouiulury
from CohunliiiH, N. M.( it Imnd of
vebolH gave battle, mid us u result,
mi Ameriunp Holdier wuh tdiot tlitottgh
lliu body ami (ho hand of a Mexican
torn from liin arm. Tito abovo repmt
received today ly Colonel K. Z,
Bteovor albo stated that tlio troopn
eaptut'eil about fiO.OOO round of am
munition, thu MoxIcaiiH rutieating in
disorder,
CHAIN
COMPLETE
A6AINS
BECKER
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This photoprnph of Lieutenant CXiarles Ituckcr. under srrcst In New York charged with tbe murder of Her
man ItoM-ii tluil, wki taken when be appeared In-fore Judge iluliiueeu to withdraw hi former plea df not ffullty tt
permit motions for dUmlssil of thu liallctitienl us defective and for the Inspection of the tuluutcs of tbe Grand Jury,
liobert lildcr U one of hU uttoruejs.
F
IS CRATER LAKE;
Tho following Is n copy of tbe
Crater I.nko Horn In tho Sundry Civil
Hill, this Item having been Inserted
as nn amendment at tho request of
Bonatnr Hourno, after tho bill parsed
tho House;
"Crater Lnku National Pork, Ore
gon For construction of a wagon
rond ami necessary bridge through
Crntcr Lake National Park, Oregon,
together with n system of tanks nnd
water supply pipes to provide for
sprinkling, In nrcordanco with tho
recommendations contained in tho re
port of tho War IVpnrtment pub
lished ns IIoiiho Document .128, GL'nd
Congress, 2nd Session, to bo ox.
ponded under tho direction of tho
Secretary of Wnr, $100,000.
Tho bill passed by tho Senate con
tained this item.
It was stricken out In tho bonne,
and at Hourno's request reinserted by
tho senate ronforos,
Tho Wnr Department recommended
1100,000 n year for sovon yenrs and
tho appropriation Ik in tho form of a
continuing ono.
10
EA
ClUOAdO, Aug. 12."A pailor for
external reficsliincntrt where massag
ing is practiced."
Thin is (ho lettering in signs for
shop windows us adopted heio today
by the national convention of har
Iiorfl. Tho delegates agreed that the
term "barber hliop" in undignified
and not in keeping with tho high plane
of intelligence and expert service
required of a "tonsorial artist." The
delegatus will remain in session until
Friday.
BALLINGER WANTS
,S.
VANCOUVKH, H. C, Aug. 12.
"When Champ Clark made his Htato-
mont that tho United States ought to
annex Canada, I amnio ono to tho of-
feet thnt Canada ought to annox tho
United States for, In theso tlmos of
political turmoil, our country noodH
bolter government," yostorduy at tho
Hotel Vancouver doclnrod It. A. Hal
linger, formerly Unltod States secre
tary of tho Interior.
"Canadian laws," continued Judge
Unlltngor, "aro moro conservative
thnn ouib, Howovor, I boliovo that
condltlonu will nettle down after a
whllo, and President Taft, whothor
ho Ih elected again or not, will go
down In history na ono of our groat
preHldouta."
Judgo Hallluger snld Hint his aup-
port la for Taft,
BOURNE'StN
LUENCE
WHERE IS
HAWLEY?
CANADA TO
HE APPERED BEFORE JUDGE
FT
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TRUSTS RECEIVED INi
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 Testi
fying before tho senate campaign con
tributions Investigating committee
hero today, Congressman William I).
McKluley of Illinois flatly declared
that not u penny wbb received from
corporations during tho republican
congressional campaign In that state
in I90S.
"Wo had n rule, " McKiuloy said,
"thnt no contributions wcro to bo ac
cepted from trusts and this rule was
faithfully obojed."
Although McKiuloy said he had no
complete record of tho 190S cam
paign fund, ho estimated that nbout
360,000 wns raised. Of this amount,
ho said, ho peoonally contributed
"Home five, six or seven thousand
dollars."
McKlnlcy estimated the totnt con
tributions in tho republican congres
sional campaign in 1908 nt $73,000.
FINAL VOTE ON
POSTAL HI AI
4 P. M. T
WASHINGTON, Aug. ll.-Agreement
was reached today in the senate
to take a final olc on the post
office npimipiiutioii ami the append
ing amendments at four o'clock to
morrow. Karlier tu tho day the
senate had approved tho Hourno par
cel poht plan and a substitute for
the house plan of a commission to
investigate federal co-operation with
tho states in good road building and
also nppioved the McGumbcr amend
ment iuereasing the Milaric of rural
i'reo delivery earner..
Another amendment, to the bill te
quircs newspapeis and periodicals
to file semi-aunuallv with the post
master general ami the postmaster at
the iilty of publication a sworn state
ment showing the name of the editor,
publishers, owneii and security
holders of the paper.
Another provision is that editorials
and all other reading matter in the
newspaper or periodical for the pub
Motion of whieh money ov other con
sideration was accepted must he
market "ad ei liseiucnt."
Senator La Follctto today urgnl
that postal employees bo peimitted to
unionize, and charged tluypostal oftU
eials with intimidating and disehaig
ing employees joining tho unions, lie
ohm god that many replies by clerks
to a circular ho sont broadcast
asking opinion and advluo concerning
unionising had been opeiod and held
up by those hostile to tho iuitivry.
Ulta Storwood will bo tho pilnm
donna of "My Host Cllr," of which
Clifton 'Crawford wl bo Uio star,
ILLINOIS
CAMPAIGN
DAY
POLICEMAN IN COURT.
MULQUEBM
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BY PROSECUTION
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LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Aug. 12.
Drawing comparison between Clar
ence S. Harrow, accused of jury brib
ing, and lxrd Francis Dacon, the
famous English statesman of tho
Ellzuuclhan era, who pleaded guilty
to bribery before tho British. House
of Lords, JudHs Iscarlot and Benedict
Arnold, assistant District Attorney
Joseph W. Ford opened today a atlr
rlng arraignment of tho accused at
torney before tho Jury which will de
cide Harrow's fate.
Ford mado a personal appeal to
Juror F. E. Goldlng, nnd attempted to
talk Goldlng out or tho belief that tbe
case against Darrow was a frame-up.
When examined for Jury duty, Gold
lng admitted a suspicion that tho
case might bo a frame-up.
1ST CONDEMNS
OSSINING AFFAIR
SALEM. Ore.. Aug. 12. Condemn
ing capital punishment as "idiotic."
Governor West today nttor rending
au account of tho executions at Os
6lulng, N. Y made a strong plea for
tho substitution of Ilfo imprisonment
for tho death penalty. Governor
West said:
"To mo capital punishment seems
Idiotic. It was not very long ago In
England that moro thnn 200 crimes
carried tho death ponalty. Tho man
who robbed a rabbit warron was put
to death. Rabbit stoallng did not
stop, howovor, and somo ono with a
little horso bonso secured tho repeal
of tho law.
"Capital punlshmont docs not do
tor crime tor tho reason that tho
man who commits murder never
thinks or cares nbout tho ponalty at
tho tlmo. Imprisonment for ono's
natural Ilfo Is fnr moro ecnslbla pun
lshmont nnd will permit and secure a
moro prompt execution of our laws.
"Ono of tho greatest objections I
hnvo to capital punlshmont Is that
as a rule only tho poor aro hanged.
Tho rich can tako ovory advantage of
our nntlquntod system of criminal
law nnd thoroforo soldom hnvo their
necks cracked."
LA FOLLETTE ACCUSES
POSTAL DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. That of
ficials of tho post offlco department
had rifled bis mail la au attompt
to learn tho result or an investiga
tion ho is making Into conditions In
tho hospital sorvico was tho chargo
made hero today by Seuator La Fol-
lotte. Ho showed tho bouato a bundle
of letters ho doclnrod had boon brokou
open before ho received them,
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HARROW
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PAYMASTER 0
BLOOD
MONEY
i ARREST
Schepps who Paid Gangsters for
Rosenthal Murder is Caught at
Hot SpringsHay Confess to Se
cure Immunity Between Two Fires
Letter Written Jack Rose is Found
Suspects Under Arrest Appreren
sive of Confession
HOT SI'MKas, Ark.. Aug. 12.
Trembling with fenr nud rngc over the
action of Deputy Police Commissioner
Dougherty in offering to send mem
bers of the New York Police force to
take him buck to N'ew York, Sam
Schepiw, under arrest here for
alleged complicity in the murder nt
Gambler Herman Rosenthal, this
afternoon begged t be sent home by
a detective from District Attorney
Whitman's office, offering to waive
extradition if this was done.
"Do not let them teinl the ikjIicc,"
he begged. "I would never get bnck
to New York alive if they come. '
"If I squeal,' Schepps told his
guards, "I can't live in New York
they won't let me. And if I don't
tell. God knows whut will become of
me."
lector Makes Admission
Although Schepps Is reported to
have admitted that lie tuid the mur
derer, of Rosenthal to "pull off the
job," he refused to tell who gave him
the money. District Attorney Whit
man declares the money was given
Sclieppsrty Police Lieutenant C'i.'irle.
Becker, under indictment here for
Rosenthal's murder.
Schepps wns arrested in Hot
Springs just as he wns about to post
a letter addressed to "Harry Smith,
133 Third Avenue, New York."
Tiiis letter rend in pnrt:
"All I can sny is thnt I am soirv
it has turned out this way for you.
dear old pal. I have read cry little
about tho ease. I paid $1,000 to L.
L., on 4Uth street, and n few others,
which I do not dare mention. How
ever, Jack, my name is Sara, and I
don't go back on u pal such as you."
Selects Apprehensive
"Bald Jack" Hose, "Bridgio"
Webber nnd Harry Vallon were ap
prehensive when told today that
Schepps had been captured nnd that
a lotter he had written lo Rose had
been confiscated with the one ad
dressed to Smith. The letter to
Rose, it is said, docs not agree with
the confessions of Rose, Wcbbor and
Vallon made to the district attorney.
District Attorney Whitman is con
fident that Schepps will talk nud is
jubilant over tho arrest. Whitmnn
unhesitatingly asserts that Lieuten
ant Becker paid over to Schepps the
money whieh was distributed among
tho actual slayers of Rosenthal mid
ho figures that with Schepps' testi
mony, tho evidence against' Becker
wns sufficient to send tho police
official to the eleetrio chair.
E
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Today's
oponlng stock market dovoloped gon-
oral strength and nearly all loaders
mado fractional gains. Canadian Pa
cific mado a now high record and
Lpulsvlllo and Nashvlllo was up threo
points, Southorn roads woro de
cldoly strong whllo tho relutlve back
wardness In Harrlman's was partly
attributed to ponding Ponania Canal
legislation. Amorlcau Tobacco was
up nearly four points.
Tho miarkot closed strong and ac
tive. Honda were Irregular.
ITALIANS AROUSED OVER
ELECTROCUTION OF MEN
NEW YOUY, Aug. 12. Tho Italian
colony hero is thoroughly aroused
over the electrocution at Sing Sing
today. It was freely asserted by a
number of angry ItulinnK that four
of thoir countrymen electrocuted for
the murder of Mrs. Hall woro iu-
llOQOJlt,
PERHAM STARTS
WORK ON BEAR
CREEK BRIDGES
Following an Understanding With
City Officials and Business Men
Contractor Will Construct New
Bridge and Move Old One
If Injunction Suit is Lest In Supreme
Court City Will Be Asketf t Vee
Bonds for Payment ef Centracter
Contractor Porham started work
in earnest today on tho new bridge
over Bear creek on east Main street
and will movo th present structure
to;Jackson street as son as possible.
Supplies have been ordered and all
possible speed will be made lathe
removal of tbe old structure and tho
erection of tho new.
Contractor Perbara decided to be
gin work at once on the bridge fol
lowing a conferenco with commit
tcotot the city council Saturday af
ternoon and after having Interviewed
a large number of local business men
whe stated that they "would use their
influence to have tho city vote bonds
for payment of the contractor in case
the supreme court should decide ad
vesely tho Injunction suit brought by
Ashland parties, which checked work
on tho bridge.
Mr. Perham will undertake the
work In such a manner as to com
plete the construction of the bridge
as rapidly as' possible. He has a
crew of men preparing the Jacksoa
street Bite for the old bridge and
will move tho present structure over
Bear creek within the next few days.
Mr. Perham was awarded a con
tract by the coHHty cert hi June for
the erection of tbe new bridge ever
Bear creek In this city but aa 'in
junction suit brought by 8. A Carle
ton and Benton Bowers of Ashland
was decided adversely to the county
and was promptly appealed to the
supreme court where It is now pend
ing. Wishing to build the bridge Mr.
Perham conferred with tho city coun
cil and leading business men of Med
ford who stated they would use their
influence to have the city voto bonds
to pay for the bridgo in case tho su
preme court decides adversely to tho
county.
TO RESIGN OFFICE
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 12.
Declaring emphatically that he would
not resign his offlco, Governor Hiram
Johnson is preparing today for the big
mass meeting to be held here tonight
at which ho will bo the chief epeakor.
Tho twelve other members of the
California delegation returning from
tho Chicago progressive convention
declared horo today thoy had con
sented to Governor Johnson's nomi
nation to the vice presidency on the
condition that ho should not resign,
Tho governor brings word that
Roosevelt will campaign in 40 states,
taking the stump in ono part of tho
country while Johnson la speaking
in another. Johnson's part In tho
campaign will tako him into tho At
lantic states.
WILSON TO TAKE
PLATFORM LATER
SKA GIRT, N. J., Aug. 13. 12. "I
do nut want to give 'horseback'
opinion," was tho anHwer iven here '
today hy Governor Woodrow Wilwou
the democratio presidential nominee,
whon asked -why it w'au that' his
speech of uceoptance failed to com-' .
inept on tho plank for ft single p,reT-
dentin! term. ,
,"I do not onro lo aay anything, on.
this topic now," uddsd Wilon ",but
later I shull make my partition r-
feutly clear on all plunks in the;
platform. A speech of aveeptHeel
need not necessarily ewbraet) alr
platform subjects. I eik for, wy
initial utterance the t)4 whieh I
liolieyed were (he wf pJMMwisjr,'
JOHNSON
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