The Alaska citizen., 1912-10-21
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HE ROSENTHAl CASE.

THE RosENTHAL CASE.
 NEW lCEh. Oct. II. -- Bridgy Weber. confessed sAar,r in the mur, der plo; agaias Herman Rosenthal. and one of the inlormers against Lieutenant Becker vas called to .r, sand fotay ia the hearing of 'he iati,tei police officer. and ask cd t0 rrrea' th" story which he al. ready hal tv.I .e District Attorney Whitman.
 he testimony et Weber Was quite as sensational !u is taHre as the account of thr killing as told by "Ba!G Jack" Rose ou saturday. and kept the spectators n s.ate of su,duri eAgt.,mert during al uf the time he was eli the stand
 Weber also told ol having raceiy- ri gumerou~ letters from the gang" IhreateHins him nith death if he "pcached" One sentence of the letters read. The less you say. the longer you live"
 FOR GOVERNOR.
 TACOMA. tvs if As il is asasast the constitution of the state for Judge Black 10 run for office frEest Lister. well known resident of this state. has been selected as a ,J.di.a.e in pla-c of Justice Black
 THAT IS RIGHT.
 SALT AXE Oct. II - The op- eratiyes in the local copper mills have refused to handle the ore from The mines al Bingham. which are TO" being worked by strikebreakers 7 he men threaten 10 90 out on strike if they ara forced 10 work on the Bingham ore and there is 'r arGoa aii'y of serious trouble ' t"r' tao ml.lcr is finally ad-
 ENSIGN DROWNED.
 NEW YORK. Oct. IT. Ensign Rutler i3 returning to his ship on Saturday ni-ht. fell from the launch mto thc water and was drowned.
 DROPPED DEAD.
 HONOLULU. net. Ii Major Wholley, Of the second infantry. in Comma.I at !aft Shafser. dropped dead in lis :cors today
 THEY REVIEWED THEM
 Ni-% GOitk. Oet. II President Ial and Secretary of the Navy Von Never today ra}ieaei the naval par ale, which vas the greatest ever held in Amer. a. Hu.Grc. s of thou s"#s # sReta ers Itaea the riyer nH3 a,t rHfo.eI inc sae,aele.
 OFF FOR THE WAR.
 CHG >GO. t,t- II More than l'a4 Of lie Greek residents of this 'ily inspired bt their love for their La itc land. have started for Europe during lle past fa" days. it being thcir intention to offer their services to their counlrs in the war which has broken out a9ajnsf Tur&eE.
 SOME REGISTRATION
 SEATTLE. Cc' Ii. - When the registration of voters for the com ing election c,oaed in this city last evening there were >5.t26 names or the registration books
 ACQUITTED OF MURDER.
 PASCO. Get. IS. Mrs Anna May Christensen vas today acquitted on the char@e cf having r.urderad her husband, a local banker The case against Al Carey. charge with cOmplicity in the death Of Christen- sen. was dismissed. Christe.sen died on q train enroute 10 spokane and the authorities believed he came 10 his death frcm poison admins tered by his wife ami her alleged paramour.
 IN OAKLAND
 OAKLAND. Oct It. - A masked bandit iasr night attempted 10 hold np street car in this city. but vas shot and instantly killed by Molorman IL J. Hegwer
 IN PORTLAND
 PORTLAND. Oct. Bandits last night held up a street car ill the suburbs of the ,iJy Woundine two of the passengers anI robbing them all
 DYNAMITE FOUND IN MAIL SACK CHICAGO. Oct. It. -- Late this al ternoon the report gained circulation throughout the city that d dyna, lite bomb addressed to Colonel RoOse NcIt had been discovered by the Clerks in 1Ee local postoffice Inycsti- sation of the story disclosed the fact that a parcel containin" the ex- plosive had been found in mail sack. but the name of the person 90 whom the bomb had been mail ed Is being "i.hheld b. order of the secret service men in whose hands lhc mysterious case has been placed
 THE WIDOW SAYS
 NEW YORK Oct. l6. Mrs Her man Rosenthal. widow of the gambler who was shot down by the hirelines of the police department, was re- called to the stand today. ani further questioned concerning her dealings with Lieutenant Becker who is on trial on the charge of bringing about the death of her husband.
 Mrs. Rosenthal informed the court that the sudden removal of her hus- band had left her. without funds and that since his murder she has been compelled 10 rely upon her friends to keep her from starving She stated, in answer to the questions of District Attorney Whit man. that her husband had been indebted to Lieutenant Becker in the sum of $500. After he had been murdered, Becker came to her, she said, and told her that the death Of her husband had squared" the obligation, and that he would not look to her for payment.
 GOOD CROPS.
 WASHINGTON. Oct. 16 The crop report for 1912. which has just been issued, shows that all pre- Vious records have been broken by the farmers of the United States dur ing the past season. Not only was the yield abundant in nearly all parts of the country, but the farmers prof lted also as result of the unusually hiph urices which Dreyail-