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Lodge No. PA, of this city, organized especially fer this occasion. J. O. Grain was the master of work. The ceremonies are very impressive and afford an excellent opportun ty for dramatic work, and according to members who witnessed the perfor- nance, members of the local team ac- quilted themselves admirably
 The Orphons Home Board will meet again this afternoon, following the adjournment of the grand lodge, elect off cers and dispose of all other business continued from the session held Monday afternoon.
 Nothing but words of pra's have been heard for the local committeee on entertainment in their efforts to provide every comfort and conven- fence for the delegates and visitors. Though the care of the delegates was apparently hard problem all of them have been placed in comfortable quar- ters and every effort has been made by the committee to make the stay of the visitors most pleasant
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BECKER CASE IS
 NEARING AN END Bomb Thrown Under the Defense Yesterday When
 Chauffeur Testifies. BECKER SHOWS WORRY
SHOWS WORRY
Case Will Go to the Jury Thursday Morning-trguments Will Be
 Concluded By Tonight.

New York, Oct. 22.-The evidence by which Police Lieutenant Charles Becker hopes to refute the charge that he instigated the assassination of Herman Rosenthal, was conclud- ed before Justice John w. Golf to- day. The defense closed without hav- ing passed the accused officer on the wi ness stand and apparently added no strength to the case through the testimony of the last few witnesses called.
 Will am Shapiro, chauffeur of the murder car, offered in rebuttal by the District Attorney, furnished a S artling climax to the proceedings by swearing that neither Rose, Webber, Vallon nor Schepps were present when Rosenthal was shot in front of the Metropole hotel on the night of July 16.
 The case will go to the jury Thurs day morning. Justice Golf announc- ed ,fter a consultat on with the law yers on both sides, that Attorney John F. Mcintyre would be given fcur hours. tomorrow from 10 a. m. until ? D. m for his summing up ad- dress. Assistant District Attorney Moss will make the closing argu- ment for the people and has been al- loted the four hours from 3:30 p. m. until 7;3O tp. m. The jury will be given 4 knights rest before hearing the charge from the court which will guide them in reiching a verdict
 Shapiro was afraid to so back to the Tombs after being a states wit ness, apparently fearing to face the gunnen CT Becker, and was taken to the, West Side court prison. o--.L
 While Shapiro was testifying Beck CT q splayed more agitation than at any time since Jack Rose. told the. re- markable story which Furnished the foundation of the murder charge. It was an unexpected blow from an un- expected quarter.
 In concluding their case the law yers fer tie defense called ten wit nesses af.er which Justice Golf re- called Joseph Reich known as Jack Sullivan, in order that certain an swers. which were overruled while Reich was on the stand berore, might be admitted in the record If Becker lawyers so desired. Eanf
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JOHNsON'S SALOON
 TO BE CLOSED UP
Negro Champions Immoral Conduct Will Not Be Tolerated By Chica-
 e go City Council.

Chicago, Oct. 22-The city coun- ell aroused by the reports of his "de- prayed, degraged and immoral con duct" and at the slurs which he has cast upon Chicago womanhood, to- night unanimously adopted a resolu- tion urging that Mayor Carter Hafrl, son revoke the salonn license o9 Johnson's $SO,O0O Cafe de Cham nion." No. Al West Thirty-first street
 Mayor Harrison refused to discuss the resolution further than to say that if the investigation he was max ing established the fact that John, son had violated the law, he wouio ;ake the action recommended by the council.
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is necessary to consider. 4
 The demurrer to the plaintiffs be- ttion is, in legal effect, an admission that the allegations contained there- in are true, but raises the question of the right and power of this court to Interfere. In other words IS the ac- tion Of the Board of Bridge Commis- sionegs, in declaring that the neces- sary number of people have petitioned for the building of the bridge, con- elusive and beyond the reach of the courts. ',-'--'-' '.s5''"= s-'7s ! In my humble opinion 1t is not. hold that it is above and beyond the power of the legislature to create any board or body of men and invest 1t with absolute and conclusive power l to, d'vest a citizen of his property by declaring to be true that which Is false. To hold that. 3 citizen may be taxed out of his entire estate by the arbitrary action of a beard of com missioners, regardless of the facts, and to deny to the courts the power to inquire into the truth or falsity, of !ts action, Is doctrine that appears to me as monstrous and in direct con- flict with both the letter and the spir- it of our constitution. Even if we had no written constitution would hold that it is contrary to the spirit of our American institutions to seize the property of any citizen under the form of taxes or assessments for public use and deny him the right to appeal to the courts to determine the legality of such seizure,
 But, the framers of the constitution of 1874 did not leave the matter sub- feet to doubt or construction:
 .The right of property is before
 and higher than any constitution ! al sanction. ... ....... Every person Is entitled to-
 certain remedy in the law for all ] injuries or wrongs he may re- 1 reive in his person, property or
 character; he ought to obtain jus I tica freely and without purchase;
 completely and without denial;
 promptly and without delay, con-
 formally to the laws" .e
 Sec. 22, l3, Art. n COnst. 1874.
 In view of the above and many l h
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FIVE MEN MURDER
 BEAUTIFUL GIRL Bridgeport, Conn.,, in the Midst of a Deep Mur-
 der Mystery. THREE UNDER ARREST Young Girl Was From Chicago Chauffeur Who Carried Party
 Tells the Story.
THREE UNDER ARREST

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Oct 22.-Taken by five men in an automobile to lonely point on the main road be- l tween Bridgeport and Stratford d liberately shot to death by the road de tonight.
 The victim, when found with five bullet wounds in her body, wa sclad in the costly attire and her valuable jewels had not been taken. The mc- tive fer the killing is blank mys- tery, although, on learning that she had come recently from Chicago, the police formed theory that she might have been a dangerous witness in some criminal case there.
 After shooting the girl, the five men, who had sent the chauffeur on ahead in the car abandoned the ma chine and fled into the woods. Three of them were captured within two hours.
 Two of these were traced by a s ra xord posse of constables and cit izens to Vilberry swamp, two m les from the scene of the tragedy. They were hiding in the thick underbrush and were completly exhausted from running through the forest. Their clothing has been torn to shreds by the brambles but it was easy to see that the garments had been whole and costly only a few hours before The men said they were Francisco Pizzicheni, a restaurant keeper at S9 Un on Square, Bridgeport, and l T....o ,ao++;o of Mo 1Q0 CO,,th Ava nue, Bridgeport. =5.--= ,z=..5.
 The third man was captured off the main road from the scene .of the girls death by Herbert M:2 Booth, o1 Stratford. He carried 3S callbre revolver, which had several empty chambers. He was in, such a condl- ton that he could not give his name
 All were taken to the Bridgeport jail. aalr,.,
 The police learned that the five men drove up to the restaurant at NO 39 Union Square early in the evening and had the hired car wait for them When they left the restaurant the girl was with them.
 They ordered the chauffeur, Wll- I liam B. Hall, to drive to the Strat- ford Inn at Stratford, but when they got there they told him to drive on towards, Paradise Green, '. They had i taken ,champagne in v the car .ant | were laughing and taking in louo voices. :, :, Arriving at Paradise Green, Hall was told to just keep on going snt they did not stop until they reached dark and lonely strip of the road III the Putney District, seven miles from Bridgeport. , ,o., There all the men and the girl lef' the machine. One of the men said te Hall: , s'Now you just drive up the road piece and then come back"
 Hall had gone about 400 yards when he was startled by the reports of five pistol shots in rapid succes, sion. He heard no other sound d-rol cry nor a spoken word. He whirlec the car about and sped back. There was no sign of the men or the glrl He put on full speed and gave tnt alarm in Stratford.
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Lnodon, Oct. 22.-The first of the dreaded Turkish massacres by Turks is reported tonight from Girneno, by way of Sofia, where ,150 Bulgarian peasants were forced to lie on the ground and then be shot. Out of a days fighting that included the practi- cal beginning of the siege of Adrian ople by the Bulgars and Serbs, the bombardment of the entrance to the Gulf of Arta by Greek war vessels and sanguinary battles in every part of the war zone of Turkey, this massacre is looked upon as the development most likely to inflame the Balkan states where they will not listen to, the renewed efforts toward arbitration by the powers but fight to the finish, re- gardless of the outcome of the inn pending great battle at Adrianople.
 News of more masSacres is expected hourly. A guerilla band of Turkish soldiers, operating independently. are terrorizing the country in the vicinity of Kotschana, near the scene of to- days attack.
 From Sofia comes the news that the Bulgarians, aided by stronA force o1 Servians, and together composing ar army of more than 100000 men, have captured Kirk-Kilissch, 32 miles from Adrianople, and are tonight pushins onward, driving the Turkish outposts before them in the hope of reducing the latter city in time to continue their march toward Constantinople next week. The advance guard of the invaders, is reported to be 12 miles from the city. 4.
 Practically every Bulgarian force now in the field has joined the mair force for the attack. Six hundred field guns have been brought up for thu battle, these to be pitted against the 300 guns within the Turkish fort Int Turkish force is estimated at 100000.
 The Porte admits the close proxi mity of the Bulgars to Adrianople, ac cording to official dispatches iron Constantinpople, but the Porte is sub Timely confident that no invading force can conquer the .entrenchet army that Is momentarily awaiting the Bulgarian attack.
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ROOSEVELT RESTS
 AT OYSTER BAY Physicians Say Wound is Still Open But Fear No
 Trouble.
PATIENT FATIGUED
Do Not Give Him Any Encouragement in His Desire to Get Back '-' gre ,., Into the Campaign.

Oyster Bay, N. Y., Oct, 22.-After his jostling 24hour ride from, Chi cago, Col Roosevelt rested easily to- night at Sagamore Hill, although fretting over the quiet he must en- dure in the thick of bristling cam pa gn.. When the ex-presidents physicians left him at dusk they gave out this bulletin, impressing their insistence that Roosevelt devote himself to- solid rest:
 "Col. Roosevelt has stood the journey well, but. of course. is tired. The wound is st'll wide open and oozing serum. Rest and quiet are essential to him, to avoid possibility of wound infection He will be able to see no one tonight. While Coi. Roosevelt is extremely anx ous to take up the work of the campaign we are not willing to say at this tllhe I that that will be possible. rA
 "DR JOSEPH A. BLAKE,
 .. GEORGE B. BREWER, @1
 ALEXANDER S. LAMBERT
 "SCURRY l.. TERRELL"
 This bulletin seemed to indicate that the ex-rresident, after his long trin, has lost ground but the phy-- sicians of whom two, Dr. Blake ana Dr. Brewer, of New York, were aoa. Cd today, explained that the only 4 change in the wounded coioneFs con, d;t;on was fatigue. This they salo was a natural consequence or tne shaky ride on the train.
 Before the evening bulletin was all no,nced the physicians gave out one early in the afternoon expressing tne hel' of that the Colonel might be II shane within week to resume m ni' speeches. .1' 'AAl
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TURKS MASSACRE
 l5O BULCAR|ANS Bulgars Were Forced to Lie O. the Ground and Then
 Be Shot to Death.
TURK, FORGE 100000
Six Hundred Field Guns of Bulgar- ians Are to Be Fitted Against
 BOO Guns in Turkish City.

* * * * * # * * * Bulgarians and Serbs 300,o00 * strong, reached point of 12 miles * from Adrianople and prepare for * assault or siege of historical * Turkish stronghold. * Turks massacre 15O peasants at * Girneno
 * Greek war vessels lombard * Turkish pert at Prevesa and en- * trance to Gulf of Arta. * Greek land troops at katarina, * 70 miles from Salonika, Turkish * stronghold.
 Greeks complete occupation of
 * island of Lemnos, near mouth of * Dardanelles
 Greeks capture important towns
 * of Dhisihap and Elassona, the * Turks leaving behind great quan- titles of ammunition and food. * The Servians, advancing in * three divisions, close in on Usube * and prepare for final assault to- morrow.
 * King Peter moved headquarters
 of servian army to Erang, fore * ing war correspondents to stay be-
 * hind.
 Chancellories of powers prepare |" to open negotiations for peace
 * following the battle of Adrianople.
 Turks abandon several Mace * donian towns after killing school, * church and municipal ocicials.
 * * * a * * * * < ss $ ;: * * * :" *
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BURTON GIBSON IS INDICTED FOR MURDER
New York Attorney Accused Legally of the Death of Rosa Menschik-
 SzabO, His Client

Goshen, N. Y.,-Oct. 22-The Or- ange county grand jury today ind ct ed Burton w Gibson, fer murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Rosa Menschik-Szabo in Greenwood Lake on July 16, last.
 Though eager for an early trial, it is not believed in Goshen that Glb- son will sace jury much before De cember when new term of court will be convened by Justice T0Mp- kins in Newburgh.
 The defendant will be arranged Tn Goshen tomorrow morning for for nal pleading to the indictment.
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he thousand delegates officers members were present when the |y-third annual session of the I. o. |F Grand Lodge convened at the s Theatre Tuesday morning at g |Ock with Grand Master George w. Idee. of Little Rock, presiding.
 |egular business was suspended Id Judge J. w. Meeks, of Mann |h Springs, past grand master, terred the grand lodge degree on E,andidates. Following the degree K Grand Master Pardee and Grand fetary John P. Paul made their an-
 reports and committee reports received. Following the appoint t of standing committees the GUS hry election of officers was de- ed and made special order of hess for 2 o'clock th's afternoon.
 he report of the grand secretary Eed a slight increase in member
 but general improvement along other lines. Seventeen lodges
 instituted during the year end |December, 1911. making the total Der of lodges sos. The member increase for the same period is making a. total of 30,546 members resent. During the past year B. members were ini lated, 1,00S ad- ,d by card and 641 reinstated. drawals by card, 1,161; 4,S04
 suspended for non-payment of 1O7 expelled and the death list nnted to 229 The amount of 92.99 was paid out for relief.
 lecting the city fer the 1913 meet xas ,made~ta spec al order for ? ck at the afternoon session. 1n- ions were extended by delegates
 Hot Springs and Mammoth hgs. Though no official invita- was made by the Little Rock or khe name of that city was placed ,e the convention: and after sev- callots Little Rock was selected. e. greater part of the afternoon on was taken up in hearing re-
 from committees on judiciary, als and finance. II The, finance nittee reported per capita tax for lear ending June 30, 1911, amount D Sl4,O36.60 and the tax for the tenancei of the Orphans Home, e6.0O. The total receipts fall a below the previous year but this counted for by the fact that the fap'ta tax in 1911 was lower than paid in 1910. .; s.at. = 4
 e erection of a sanitarium for care of members suffering with tsulosis will likely be the result resolution that was passed which des for a more rigid physical ination of the applicants for a
 in the home. The object of the ution was to prevent any mem uffering from tuberculosis from iating with others at the home preading the infection.
 proposition of caring for those tailed to pass the necessary cal examination brought, out an-
 resolution calling for a com E to investigate the feasibility of ding another institution for the Of the afflicted. In all probabil- ccording to officials of the grand
 tn,s is step toward the erec- oi another home which will be aned by the order.
 lodge has large amount of near Walnut Ridge, in Lawrence Y, which was bequeathed to it
 ". Shlrey, member of the or who was assassinated at his
 on this site several years ago, me only expenditure absolutely saFy would be for the construc- Dl the necessary buildings.
 grand lodge was entertained nlght by the exemplification o1 work conferred by a team
 osea of members of Jefferson
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Brief But to the Point.

bfl3I but to tne YOlnt.
 Judge Grace, in a brief written de- c sion yesterday. states that the real :ssue in his court was whether or not there is a majority of signatures of property owners in value and in number for the Free Bridge. While the demurrer to the plaintiffs petition is, in legal effect, an admission rohat the allegations contained therein are true, says Judge Grace, it raises the question of the right and power of hs court to interfere. "In other words, further states Judge Grace, ''is the action of the Board of Bridge Commissioners i'll declaring that the necessary number of people have petitioned for the building of the bridge, conclusive and beyond the reach of the. coufts?" < eY
 Judge Grace says that in his hum hle opinion it is not, taking issue with the authority of the, legislature ''to create 1any'. board pr body of men and invest it with absolute and conclusive power to divest citizen Of his prop erty by declaring to be true that which is false" This, he says, is contrary to the spirit of American in- stitutions. ."' e-t- 's,3,r 3Ft But it is useless to discuss tho question at length, says Judge Grace, for the reason that, unfortunately for the taxpayers and land owners of Jef- ferson county, it has already been de- cided adversely to the views above expressed. Here Judge Grace cites the ruling of the Arkansas Supreme Court in the 'Ft Smith Bridge case, and again this decision was followed in the case of the Board of Directors of the Jefferson County Bridge Dis- trict against Collier, which was the same case in practical effect as the one before him, and raised substant- ially the same issues.
 Under the laws of this state." said Judge Grace in his decision, "it is the duty of all circuit and inferior courts to respect and obey the decisions of the supreme court of the state." and he adds, Therefore where, as in this case, it appears that the supreme court of the state has directly passed upon and decided the identical ques- tion in issue herein, there is nothing left for this court to do but to obey and follow that decision" .E
 Judge Grace's opinion in full fol- lows:
 | The Decision.
 T. H. Collier, Plaintiff, V. Board of Direc ors, Jefferson County Bridge District, Defendant.
 |, No. 4563.
 This is petition for writ of certiorari to bring before this court the record of the proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Jefferson County Bridge District. a. It Is alleged tha. said commissions have falsely declared that the petitions presented to and filed with them praying for the construction of the free bridge across the Arkansas river contained the signatures of a majority in num- ber and value of the owners of real property in Jefferson County, when in truth and fact. said petitions had not teen signed by such majority either in number of value, of such tas payers. Many details are also al I legged, but the above statement pre- sents the real issue and in all that
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Notwithstanding the said
  of him petition filed review findings which returned majority oi the Bridge The petitioner Protective project eventually
 
 The decision tories caton has d effort to block Free Bridge operations but notwithstanding their determination, victory will of Grace. similar Little ROck Bridge it, not
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JUDGE HUMPHREYS ,,,,,,;
 SICK IN THIS CITY

Judge George T. Humphries, of Salem, past grand master of the State TO. o. F. who came to the city to at tend the grand lodge, is i'll at ms room at the Hotel Jefferson. Judge Humphries is one of the most popular Odd Fellows in the state and practl- cally all the visiting delegates at the present meeting have kept in touch with his condition.
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COLLIER DENIED WRIT 0F
 CERT|ORAR| BY JUDGE GRACE

Learned Jurst Says It is the Duty of All Circuit and Inferior Courts to Respect and Obey the Decisions of the Supreme Court-Takes Issue With Legisla- ture as to It's Authority ty-Cites Fort Smith Bridge Case and Holds That Issues Involved Suit There Were Identical to Those of the Jefferson County Free Bridge Litigation.
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Attorney Asa c. Oracle, of Little Rock. returned to the capital yes'er- day afternoon, after hearing the ";t ae+ cis on of Judge Grace in the circuit court yesterday morning in the Free Bridge case.
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IO FELLOWS HEAR ANNUAL
 1 REPORTS IF GRAND 0FF|cERs

tile Rock Gets Next Conv ention But Officers Will Not Be Elected Until Today-Report of Grand secre. tary Shows Slight Increase in Membership For Year But General Improvement Along Other Lines May Erect sanitarium at Walnut Ridge For Odd Fellows Suffering From TuberculoslsLOne Thousand Delegates at Tuesdays Session.
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Walter c. Dunegan, who for the past year has been assistant clerk at the Hotel Jefferson will leave in few days for Birmingham. Ala, to take a position with the Gay-Teague Hotel
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Attorney Irving Reinberger will go to Little Rock today on legal busi- ness.
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