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QUOTES BECKER AS ASKING
BRIDGE TO HELP.

Becker wasn't there. l went into n
cigar store to get some cigarettes and
when | came out ! found Becker In
conversation with Harry WALTON. lie
asked me where Webber was and | said
he was coming soon, Weber came
along little later and we all stood
around talking about Rosenthal. Becker
told about the efforts Rosenthal was
making to reach the observation-disclosures.
lie said: i was Informed to-day by
Jack sullivan that Rosenthal Is trying
to arrange meeting with Dlstrict-At-
torney Whitman Up TO that time the
District-Attorney had refused to meet
him.
Becker said to wsbber; 'Bridgts,
why didn't You help Jack In this
thing and have that fellow Rossn-
thai croaksd7"
Webber said he was afraid OF trou-
BILE.
There won't be any trouble,
Bridgie.' said Becker. IN attend to all
that. I'll look after all OF you. %
ahead now ana help Jack oroak that
fellow Roponthal.
"Webber thought awhile and then
said he would help out IN the matter
of having Rosenthal croaked.
"Then Becker and Bridgle went aside
and talked. When they came back,
BECKER said Weber would help and he
wanted the job done quickly. Next day
Becker asked me what had been done
| 1 told him was sure that with Weber
on the job, Rosenthal would be croaked
soon,
"A few days later I met Lefty Louie
| and told him Becker had enlisted the
aid OF Weber and that Weber would
soon come to see him about croakine
| Herman"
Roses voice began to crack a little
after he had been on the stand tive
hours, and he sent for glass after
| glass OF water, Then he seemed to gel
his second wind, raised his voice again
and spoke out In describing the con
yersatlon he had with Lefty Louie,
Weber and WALTON, he initiated thu
tone Of their voices, but when he quoted
Becker he spoke In fiat, colorles'
voice. carefully avoiding letting hi
glance roam to the prisoners table.
TOLD LEFTY NOT TO TAKE on
pERs FROM WEBER.
II told Lefty" pursued the witness
II did not want him to take orders from
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sisting an ofhcer. I want him shot, his
throat cut dynamited-I don't care
what, Just 80 ho IL killed.
SAYS BECKER SENT $500 TO
JACK ZElIG.

"Thcn he told me to go and see ZeIig
In the Tombs and offer him 800 II he
would look after It, lie also told me
To go and see 'Bridgle' Weber and
Harry WALTON. Becker gave me 800 to
give Zelig.
II Went TO gee Zelig and told him
what We wanted him to do, offered
him the Sl00. i don't want $780, sad
Xelg. What I want Is to get out OF
this prison. They framed" me up and
put me IN here. Now | want to get out,
| won't turn off anything for YOU while
I'm locked up here. Get me out ilrst. II
you want to talk business
- went back to Becker and told him
that Helg said he wouldn't do anything
while he was In jan | said Ia given
him 500 but that what he wanted was
to get out OF IAN. We'll, he won't get
out, damn him" said Becker. Let him
rot there. That's the iast OF him and
his gang I'll finish them all on
81 told Becker | knew some friends OF
Zeligs who might croak ltosenthal and
thus get Helig out. Becker told me 10
do 80 and to assure them that no harm
would come % the man who killed
IIosenthal went to the house on
southern boulevard and saw Lefty
Louie and Whitley Lewis and said to
! tNtUs l thlnt 10 warn you llhl bcNhtl
and Ais strong arm squad are prepar-
| ing to frame you Cor carrying guns
/ Just like they did X,lig.' They asked
why and said; Herman Rosentha
has been sduoaling against Becker
! Becker feels that YOU fellows owe 1t 10
him to see that Rosenthal does not app
pear to make that squeal,'
""rhsy asked me II wanted
Rosonthal croaksd. said, yes!
They asked me II I had seen zslig.
! said zelig wanted tbs Job done.
oh. all right they said, we will
croak him now-to-night, II you
want US to-
| II told them 10 walt there until
! came back | wen, 20 see iecker ant
! told him everything was all rlght-tha
Zeligs friends We're on the Job and tina
he could expect Rosenthal croaked an,
day. Becker said 1 hope that il so
Now tell those fellows they have moth
! ing 20 fear and that | Will take care o
every man who had a hand in IT.
"a couple OF days passed by and
Becker called ~ my house one
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All lost or found articles ID.
vertised In The World viii b.
listed Ut The Worlds Informs-
tisn Bureau. Pulitzer Building
Arcade, Park Rowt Worlds
Uptown Office. northwest cor
ner 3Sth 1t. and Broadway
Worlds Harlem Office. 2<o
West I25th ST., and Worlds
Brooklyn Office. 2O2 Washing.
ten St., Brooklyn. for 30 dAys
following tho printing Of the
advertisement.
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said, what DO you msanT He re-
piled, There - o fellow I want
croatsd.' I said, There are other
ways Of handling HosenthaL' NO.
he said, no must DO croaked.

~ would have no scruplcs against
him. Becker said. I want to tell you
something. rode downtown In taxi
with Herman Rosenthal last night.
could not help It. lie talked about you
and members OF your family. That In
gratitude for you. isn't II? Why, I
know what you did for him all winter
how you paid his rent and fed him and
now he In talking about your woman
That's gratitude. isn't II? why, |
helped him-gavc him $500 and had TO
lose II to save my own job-and now
he's trying to get me-
"'That fellow In not good enough
TO live. Hos go. to be oroaksd.
II said. Charley. that IL going too
strong. We can do II differently. There
are people uptown whom | can 20 to
and who VIII 20 to Herman ana tell
him to quit talking That will be
enough
NOT ASKING FhvoRs FROM
RosENTHAL.
Becker turned ON me angrily. DO
you think. he demanded that am
going to ask favors or Rosenthal? No,
he has to be croaked.' said. NO.
Charley. that won't do. ! can get him
beat M good and can tell him he will
get worse II he doesn't stop
why, ! could beat him up myself
shouted Becker, 4 could raid some
gambling house and beat him for re-
sisting an officer. want him shot, his
throat cut, dynamited-I don't care
what, Just 80 he 10 killed.
At this testimony Becker throw him
| self back In his chair and made an In
audible exclamation. lie wet his lips
and rolled his tongue on them several
| times. His face was beaded with
sweat Rose continued
Becker told me: We've just got to
! get this fellow out OF the way. Jack.
why. do you know that the sentiment
, up IN Police Headquarters Is 80 strong
against Herman Rosenthal that any
policeman who would croak him would
| get n medal
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Cost Sc. Per Box; Worth $500.
1sd y 0gos Cough Drops. EIsgwhsss. -
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TALKED IT OVER AT THE SAM
PAUL OUTING.

II said: I'm going to the Sam Pau
outing tomorrow. and I'll have long
talk with Vallon and Webster. befors
we come back we'll have some definite
plan agreed on. Next day We went 10
the outing. We all bought the sunday
World. We read RosenthaFs amdaV1.
We saw that Becker's name wasn't
mentioned, but we knew who was meant
and decided not to have any more de-
lay.
There were several hundred men on
that outing, but We managed 10 talk II
all over together. ! said to Weber that
Rosenthal was surely going to squeal
ana 10 TO the District-Attorney' Inc
boat made n landing at the foot OF East
Twenty-sixth street and ! went TO
telephone. | got Becker on the phone,
and he asked me about the sentiment al
the sam Paul outing. l told him that
the sentiment was all for him-that we
had talked to most all the men on the
outing and that none OF them liked
what Rosenthal was going 20 40
Nj
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HIS TALKS WITH BECKER ABOUT
NEWSPAPER STORIES.

NEWSPAPER STORIES.
O. Did you talk TO Becker about news
paper articles regarding Becker. A.
Becker said Rosenthal had been trying
to get newspaper men to publish stories
about Becker, but Becker said he was
not worried. Jack sullivan" he told
me. "can control all the papers and keep
them from publishing anything about
me-"
q. Were there any publications abopt
which Becker spoke to you? A. After
this Becker told me that The World
had received an affidavit from Rosen-
thai and that they were about TO pub
fish II. This was on Saturday night.
Becker told me that he didn't intend TO
answer the charges In that affidavit but
that he was going to The World with
his counsel and ask to see the aft
davit. lie said that Deputy Commits
sioner Mckay had told him that he had
an action for criminal libel against lto-
senthai
Q. Did Becker say anything about
his personal attitude toward Rosenthal?
A. Several tlmes-before the publica-
ton of this story In The World
Becker talked to me, One day he
phoned mo TO meet him at the Ur!on
Square Hotel. lie said 10 me; This
fellow Rosenthal Is trying to expose
me as his partner and CRATER lie y
trying 10 break me. He has tried to
see Commissioner waldo and has
phoned him. but the Commit ssloner has
refused to talk to Mm. lie has tried
20 get the papers to print his story, but
failed. lie has tried TO see Magistrate
Corrigan, but he would do nothing. lie
has tried to tell Chief Magistrate
McAdoo that the warrants on which I
raided his place We're secured on per-
| jured testimony lie has tried to see
! Mayor Gaynor and the Mayor would
not see him. Now he IL directing his
attention toward the District-Attor-
nsy's once, and that 10 getting danger
Gus. He must DO stopped"
II said TO Becker. I don't believe
you need to care Becker said, 4 he
lieve he means to do me and I've got
! tc stop him.
"'That ought 30 be easy enough
said. Becker said; But want to
have o serious talk with you.
want you to do q favor for me. You
know 1ig Jack Eeiig and he IL
friend Of yours and he would do
favor for you. He 10 in bad, out on
$4,000 bail, and We ought to be
able TO use htm-you know what I
mean. There 10 only one thing to
DO with . fellow like Essential
Becker said, and that IL TO stop
him so that he will be stopped for
all time
"I said. what DO you meant
He said, There 10 . fellow who
ought to get off the earth. The
Ass now - 70 DO somsthtng.'
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FER AFFIDAVIT OF RoseN'
THAL's FIRST WIFE.

"Becker asked me tt there WAIST any
chance OF killing Rosentha' that night
before he could get to the Grand Jury.
I sald would see. Then he asked me
about Dora Gilbert-Rosenthars first
wife. He asked me to persuade her to
make an affidavit about Rosenthars life
with her. saying some other people he
had sent had failed. Then Weber
talked on the phone with Becker. Then
Weber. WALTON and myself went up 10
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GETS THE SIGNAL HART WAS

Continued on Third Page,)
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wanting a meeting to find out what
he was going to do about the indict-
ments and the stay OF those police
men In his house. Becker refused to
see him and left orders that he was
not in to Rosenthal Soon after that
Becker said Rosenthsl was talking
around the street about Becker hav-
ing been his partner and that he was
going TO show him (Becker) up.
- few days later, Becker said
Commissioners waldo sent for him
and asked II there was any truth
In the story that he was interested
In 1ossnthals gambling house.
Becker said he only laughed At
Mr.. Waldo and had said to him,
why, NT. Commissioner, that is q
funny story about . cop giving up.
Usually the story 10 that n police
man 10 getting monsy--not giving
up money to Eambisrs.'
"Recker told me that Commissioners
Waldo didn't believe these statements.
Becker said he just wanted to tell the
Commissioner what rumors were around.
"a little later Becker came to me and
said that u newspaper man had been to
waldo and wanted to get an interview
about Beckers raldlng OF Roscnthal.
This reporter said he had seen Rosen-
thai and had been told certain things
Of a sensational character. Becker said
the Commissioner had refused to grant
an interview. Becker told me he was
worried. as Herman was doing lot OF
talking. | asked him what was the use
OF worrying 80 long as Mr.. Waldo be-
lieved him and wouldn't listen TO the
rumors about Rosenthal.
81 asked Becker II the policeman had
been taken out OF Rosenthars house.
He said No I told him that IA long
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that Herman. Mrs. Rosenthal and
Jack Sullivan were In the Garden
Restaurant, in Fiftleth street.
PRESENCE OF BURNS MAN POST.
PONIES MURDER.
I'VE all started there. We left the
gunner In front OF the New York
Theatre, and they went to the Garden.
Later l went alone to see how things
were getting on. l saw the three gun
men In the shadows.
I called Lefty aside and pointed
out q man across 20 street and
said; "That man II . Burns dstso-
tive whom whitman has appointed
to guard 8ossnthaL You can't
oroak him now. Give up the Job
now"
They did. and just as the three gun
men left Rosenthal his wife and Jack"
sullivan came out OF the restaurant.
The next day l met Becker and he
said; What's the matter with that
Rosenthal job See him around every
night big as life. ! told him what had
happened at the Garden Restaurant and
low the gunner had been scared of.
".rsu thsm,' said Becker. there
isn't anything to be scared Of.
They don't need TO be frightened
on by any detective. Why, you can
tell them to 60 up and shoot Dos
snthal In front Of . policeman ana
AZ viii be all right. They won't
get In any trouble over H.
ION July Becker phoned nae that
Rosenthal had made an affidavit fol
the morning World-that was fe"
DAYS before the murder. Becker said
he was trying to prevent Its publication
and was going to ask for the original
OF the affidavit so he could start Grim
inal libel suits against Rosenthal
Becker said. II you had been on the
lob. like you said. / would not be IL
this predicament.' Oh ! said. 1t Is moi
too late. We will get him yet before
hs can do you any HARM
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ROSE LOSES HIS NERVOUSNESS
.sSf u ON THE STAND.

~ Rose warmed up TO his narrative
his nervousness disappeared and his
voice steadied down to a matter-of-
tact tone.
Later" continued Rose. Becker
came 10 my house and told me Rosen-
eAaa had been calling him up daily.
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~ called him mp ct his homo.
saidi 'xsuo, there. DID you hear
the nswsT Yes he replied y
congratulate your Row did you
ret Il 90 soonr asked. '0h,' said
Becker, \ got IL from . Aswspapsr
man
Becker said then that he could com,
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"a couple OF days passed by and
Becker called ~ my house one
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A 3 c of The Convention

| they are selected by the state dele
cations to the national convention.
| What are the functions of the ma
tional committee?
| 1t is the supreme organization of
the party. 1t has oversight over the
presidential campaigns, chooses the
campaign managers, calls the national
delegates entitled to seats in the ma
tional convention.
| Is the national committee now max
ing up that list?
! Yes.
Is the decision of the national COM
mittee final?
No. The list of delegates certified
| by the national committee is for the
purpose of determining what.delegates
are entitled to vote in the temporary
organization of the convention.
How could the convention overrule
the national committee?
The convention is the sole judge of
its own membership. After the con-
vention is organized a committee on
credentials will be appointed, consist
ing of one delegates from each state,
named by the members of the various
state delegations. This committee will
go over the testimony offered before
the national committee. 1t may sum-
mon other witnesses, also, and make
its own investigation of the election
of the contested delegates. Then it
will report its finding to the conven-
ton and that body will determine
whether it will admit the contested
delegates or those bringing the con-
test.
| But do the delegates seated by the
/ national committee have the right to
caseo
| Yes.
| What is there to prevent the nation
al committee from actually stealing a
national convention?
Nothing except a protest of public
| sentiment against it of sufficient force
| to influence the committeeman.
| Could not the courts interfere?
| The courts will not. They have de-
cided long since that contests affect
ing only party nominations are not
matters for adjudication in the courts.
| Then there is no appeal from the
| national committees action except to
| a convention, which it has the power
| to organize?
| There is no appeal except to the
convention and to the fair judgment of
| the delegates whose seats are not con-
tested.-The Kansas City Star.
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This Is My 47h Birthday
SIR JAMES WESTON

Sir James Weston, appointed recent
ly to be acknowledgement of the Uni
ted States Provinces of Agra and Oudh
and who is recognized as one of the
ablest of the younger men in the gov
ernment of India, was born in Aber-
deen, June IL, 1865. He was educated
at Aberdeen University and at Balliol
College, Oxford, and passed into the
India civil service in 1883. He became
a joint magistrate in 1890. deputy
commissioner in 1896, and a magistrate
and collector in 1899. Later he served
as secretary to the finance department
OF the Government of India In 1905 he
was lent to the Government of the
Cape Of Good hope to assist in straight
ening out the finances of that colony.
He was created a knight Commander
OF the Star of India at the time of the
recent Durbar.
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Heart toHeart
Talks.
TRIFLES.
By EDWIN A. NYE.

TRITLES.
Life is made up mostly Of what we
term trifes.
Crises seldom confront US.
When a critical turning does come
to us we bring to bear upon it all the
force that we can summon. We rise
to the challenge. We put the best foot
forward. Win or lose, we do our best.
But
The little things are different. They
wear us out. We call them tribes, but
are they?
You know, for instance, that a slight
dip in the axis Of the earth would
wipe out every vestige Of man and his
works off the globe.
Or
A nail near the compass box may de-
feet the needle and run the ship on
the shoals.
Trihes?
A little too much or too little vibra-
ton Of the violin string in the tuners
hand mars the tone. 1t is the little
rift in the lutte that makes the music
mute.
1t is so in our lives.
Nerves are rasped and put on edge,
tempers are ruffled, patience is ex-
haustd by 'trifes light as air." Be-
cause
These small things come upon us
frequently and unawares. We have
no time to gather together our forces
to meet the "trifes." We do not put
them down and in consequence they
put US down.
Little things become big.
Take it in married life. Irritated at
some trife. the husband loses his pa
thence. He voices the complaint. The
wife loses her grip on discretion and
retorts in kind. The thing develops
into a dispute, q quarrel-sometimes
worse.
Or
The husband comes home to find the
nerves of his wife are tangled by
some extra household cares. She for
gets that he may be worn by the wor-
ries of his day. She complains Of
some tribe Of omission or commission.
The husband flames up. There is a
dispute, misunderstanding. discord,
,wretchedness.
Trifies make tragedies.
Had the wife been seriously Ill the
husband would bear the little COM
plainings without thought Of resent
ment Had some misfortune befallen
the husband the wife would stand by
him to the end.
Ware the tribes!
They cause us to lose our proper
sense Of proportion. Looming large
In fancy, they create havoc. In the
lexicon Of human living there is no
such word as trivial.
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This DATE IN HISTORY


Massachusetts,
AL
15,
1S3-Gen President u
born in Died Mones, Ia, Feb 6, 1912
1S6-Go
in Mass,
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CifzenIke.

withdrawing his
The fact S himse Miss
filled Mr. Jordan had
ttudef for tizent to iowa
in
to
to the family"
Hill
be-
Mr.
cizenlke withdrawing ahso
from
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Question: When will the Republi-
can National Convention meet?
Answer: June IS.
How mony delegates will comprise
the convention?
There will be 1,07S delegates.
How many votes will be required to
| nominate the candidate?
A majority of the total number, or
! $40.
How is the number of delegates ap-
| portioned among the states?
Each state has twice the number of
delegates that it has representatives
and senators in Congress.
How are the delegates elected?
| Two delegates from each congress
sional district and two at large for
each United States senator.
But some states have four delegates
at-large and some have six while
others have eight?
The new law for the apportionment
of representatives in Congress gives
some states added representation in
not been assigned to districts as yet
and are called congressmen-at-large
For each of these representatives two
delegates are elected at large.
Are the delegates elected by popu-
| lar vote?
A few states have presidential pri-
mary laws where all the voters in the
party vote directly for the district and
state delegates. In the other states,
they are elected in conventions.
| How are these conventions deter
mined?
| The precincts, wards and townships
elect delegates to county conven-
egagates to the congressional district
and state conventions, and these con-
ventions elect delegates to the nation
al convention.
What is meant by contested dele
cations?
| When irregularities are charged
against the election of delegates in
district or state conventions those who
believe that fraud has been practiced
or that corrupt or irregular methods
are used in the election of delegates
challenge the right of those delegates
| to seat in the convention.
! Who bears these contests?
| The national committee.
How is the national committee Sc
| lected?
| One representative from each state
| is selected to serve on the national
| committee. In some states they are
elected by direct vote of ali the Re
publicans at the presidential primar.
| les, but in a majority of the states
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In Re COmn1encen1entS.


orals whic hhavea in
bankupted
is a
which
andre
an
S n easier
get proved
particularly about.
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Nine. de Maintenon,

Once when Nine. de Maintenon, who
had risen from the gutter to grandeur
was looking pensively in the golden
pool at Versailles her companion, not
ing the fish in the crystal water, OBJ
served, How languid the carp are. -
Yes" replied the famous beauty, with
a sigh. they are like me; they miss
their mud"
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Interesting Correspondence.
The Palladium:


a
shall cand
Socialist
ticket do
l discontinued.
Republican
i'm he ideaa all.
Republican do
believe Republican
is stolen nomination allegiance
s
We submit this
e
Charles
a
a Teddy Roosevelt.
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Curious Beehives

In the village Of Hoefel. Silesia. there
are n number of beehives in the shape
of life size figures cleverly carved IN
wood and painted in colors. The fig
ures were carved more than a century
ago by monks of the Naumburg mon
astery, who were at that time in pos
session Of large farm in the district
The beehiyes represent different char
acters, ranging from Moses to a mill
tary officer. country girl and a night
Waterman with a spear.
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SPEAKS THIS EVENING

Miss Mamie Helen Burroughs, Dean
of the Industrial Training School for
Colored Women and Girls. of Wash
ington, D. C, will deliver an address
this evening at half past eight O'Clock
in the Baptist church on South Ninth
street. under the auspices of the wom-
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Thursday, June 13.-Wayne Coun-
ell, No. 10. R. & S. NJ. Special Assem-
bly, Work in the degrees Refresh
ments.
Friday, June liking Solomon's
Chapter No. 4. r. A. NJ, stated con
vocation.
Saturday, June 15.-Loyal Chapter
No. 40, o. E. s., stated meeting and
refreshments.