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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16
BECKER STILL ASSERTS HIS
INNOCENCE OF CONNECTION
IN R0SENTHAL MURDER

New York. Dec. 1.-THE first au-
thentic word from Charles Becker,
the former police lieutenant, conyic-
ted Of the murder OF Herman Rosen-
thai, and now in the death house at
Sing Sing. was made public today in
the form of letter written to VIII
liam Lieb of Port Jeryis, n. Y, who
was boyhood friend of the condemn
ed man. Becker maintaines his in
nocence and bitterly denounces JUS
tice GoT and District Attorney
Whitman
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16
Ends Fight at New Orleans Sun
day IL Hi; Hydro
aeroplane.
LONGEST TRIP OF KIM MADE
Covers Distance Of 1860 M les Over
Missouri and MISSES ppi
Rivers
b----,.z-'..----.s.-.- .-..s---s

Associated Press Dispatch
New Orleans. Dee Stony Jaa-
nus, the aviator arrived in New Or
leans at $50 o'clock tonight, com
pleting the longest hydroaeroplane
flight on reco d. distance Of APP
proximately 500 miles.
Janus came from Omaha, Neh.,
by easy stages on the Missouri and
Mississippi rivers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16
PROMINENT VILLA RIDGE
FARMER BURIED SUNDAY

The funeral Of L. NJ. Titus Of
Villa Ridge, who died Thursday Of
pneumonia after a three-day II ness,
was held Sunday afternoon inter
ment being made at villa Ridge
The deceased was SO years of age
and had resided in Pulaski county
continuously for haf century.
He is survived by his wife and
several children.
Mr.. Titus was very prosperous
farmer and merchant Of villa Ridge
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16
AER0pLANE CRASHES
TO EARTH NEAR LONDON
TWO AVIAT0RS KILLED

AsSOCiaIed Ffesb IJlspHIVU,
London, Dec. l5.-Lieut. Parke,
of the Royal Navy, and NJ. Hard
wick, manager Of an aeroplanc
company were Killed tonight when
the aeroplane in which they were
making flight from the lIendon
aviation grounds to Oxford, came
down with crash on the Wembly
golf course this afternoon
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16
PRESIDENT ELECT WILSON
IN STORM AT SEA
.sociated Press nmnatch.

Associated Press Dispatch.
On Board Steamer Bermuda, Dee
15.-President Elect Woodrow VIII.
son and party encountered squally
weather during the first few hours
of their trip out from Hamilton.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16

In this connection table of the
taxable values OF all properties in AL.
eXander county and the City Of Cairo
Is herewith given for 1911 and 1912.
The county values represent, not
only all outside Of Cairo, but the city
as we'll.
In seperate table is given the val
ues for taxable properties in the city
proper.
The increase in taxable property
OF $J,939 in the whole county when
examined shows that $3,4O9 Is in
the City OF Cairo, leaving only $500
III the county outside the city.
aUdSr County Enp Tu,n Vnarc
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16
VAST TRIBUTE
IS LEVIED Upon
GOTHAM WOMEN
Members of Vice Trust Not Dis
turbed y the Threatened
Exposure.
ARE WILLING TO saUEAL
Meeting Held at Which Women
Weary of Extortion Express
ThenaV.eWs.
ARE WILLING TO saUEAL

New York, Dee. A.. Many wom-
on. who, like Mary Goode, are weary
Of paying for protection from police
raids and then failing to receive it,
held meeting this afternoon 10
prepare q statement which is eX-
pected to enlighten the public mind
on the matter OF police grating
upon disreputablc house proprietors,
The meeting was ca led by Mrs.
Goode, whose testimony before the
Aldarmanic Investigating Commit
tee, startled the city and caused an
inquiry within the Police Depart
ment
Where this meeting was held none
but the women and possib Y Emery
r. Buekner, counsel for the lnfeGtl-
eating committee, knew. Mr. Buck
ner would net admit that he knew
anything about it,
Many Of the women already have
been arrested and cases are pending
against them in the Court OF Special
Sessions.
Willing to squeal."
Many Of them have made offers
10 the District Attorney to tell their
dealings with the police and Of
grating of which they have been
the victims, provided they are grant
ed immunity, but NJ Whitman has
as yet given them no promise
That there is regular working
agreement between the so-callcd
vice trust and the police, establish
ed on strictly commercial lines was
information that came Saturday to
the Criminal Courts vi ding, where
District Attorney Whitman con-
trary to his usual custom of taking
a holiday on Saturday, was awaiting
the latest reports from his inycsti-
gators on the graft situation.
The District Attorney held con-
ference with Justice Goff today
about some important phases OF the
matter dealing with the leyying Of
tribute on women Of the underworld
and every effort is now beng made
to secure confederation Of evidence
already in the District Attorneys S
possession.
Emesy r. Buckner had long con-
ference with Mr. Whitman today.
The District Attorney turned over
to him lot Of good material.
Wait nc to Get Goods"
Mr. Ruckner was asked if holm
tended to call men named by Mrs.
Goodc
"No, ! don't think so, was the
rep y. What's the use of calling
them, only to have them deny what
she has said, Better wait until we
have something on them"
According to information re-
ccived today women now awaiting
trial have offered to 'squeal" il they
are given immunity They have d.
clared, it is said, that they could
give much valuable evidence along
the lines that already have been de-
scribed.
1t is declared too, that not one
of these women who have been ar
rested are members of the vice
trust, but are independents" who
have been the victims of an attempt
to force them into the trust. The
working agreement. referred to is
said to be on a strictly business ba-
bis, Just as ian agreement would
be in any big combination
And having once placed the "busi.
ness" on this basis the police, ac-
eording to this information, have
not only insisted on levying tribute
but have driven many out of "busi-
ness" for failure to comply with
their demands.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16
"WAIK0UT" IS ORDERED.

Columbus, O.. Dec. 15.--A crew
of Is union carpenters engaged in
putting the. fin ishing touches on the
Billy Sunday Tabernacle, have been
ordered to "waIk out" at noon Mon.
day because nonunion men have
been engaged to install the heating
and electrical equipment.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16

Miss Edwina Somers of 32i
Eighth street, arrived home yester-
day from Columbia, Mo, where she
has been attending school. She
willy have as her guest Miss Anna
r. Roberts OF Bardwell, Ky
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16

Misses Lillie and Mayme Kilcoyne
of Padueah, spent Sunday in Cairo
as the guests OF Miss Inez Gold
smith.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16
COMPARATIVE TAXABLE VALUE PROPERTY
FOR TWO YEARS IN ALEXANDER COUNTY
AS A WHOLE AND IN THE CITY or CAIRO

The tax rate on property in Cairo
for the year 1912, these taxes to be
paid early in the ensuing year, shows
an Increase Of ten cents over 1917.
The rate Is divided into the follow
N ~ ;toY,c,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16
WEATHER.

Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri
Fair Monday and probably Tuesday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-12-16

Concluded on Page Eight
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
INDIANA WILL HAVE
EXCELLENT EXHIBIT
DR.. Edgar Bond of Thic City,
Helped Collect Indiana
Display for Congress.

Indiana's exhibit at the international
congress of hygiene and demography y
to be held at Washington, September
1928, according to DIR. Edgar Bond
of this city member Of the Indiana
committee which collected the exhibit
will be an excellent one
Especial effort was made to secure
state statistics covering data which
will appeal to the foreign visitors. All
the counties of the state were called on
to lend assistance that the exhibit
might be representative Of the state
Commissions were appointed in each
county to work up local interest and
sentiment
DR.. Edgar Bond will attend the con
gress and with the other members OF
the Indiana commission will look after
the states exhibit. The plan of in
teresting the counties of the state in
the international exhibit worked sc
successfully in Indiana that the ma
tional commission copied it, sending
out literature throughout the country
and advising state commissions tc
adopt the Indiana plan
1t Is expected that a number oi
Wayne county physicians will attend
the congress. This is the first time
that the congress has been held in
America Medical authorities and per
sons interested in hygiene from al
parts of the world will attend. The
general purpose OF the congress is te
discuss methods that will improve the
physical condition of mankind
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
SAMPLES WERE SENT
To State Board of Health by
Protective Association.

Action against persons and Arms
rolluting the Whitewater river will
not be taken by the Wayne County
Fish and Game Protective association
until the state board of health reports
on samples of water from the stream
submitted last Wednesday.
The association met last evening to
consider the attitude it should take
against persons who have been guilty
of poliuting the stream and thereby
contributing to the death of fish The
association believes that it's work OF
stocking Wayne county streams with
young dsh is nullifed by the stream
pollution.
More than 5000 young bass were
placed in the Whitewater and Nolan's
fork by the association two weeks ago
The young fish were hatched in the
broodery which the association main
stains west of the city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
Jan INCIDENT FATHER
lis Severely Taken to Task by
Judge Fox in Circuit Court

Failure to care for and the neglect
Iof his three small children brought
Joshua Meyers before Judge Fox in
the Wayne circuit court this morning.
Meyers pleaded guilty to the charges
contained in the affidavit, saying how
ever, that he had attempted to find
work
The wife. who filed the charges, de-
clored she was willing to live with
Meyers, in case he would turn for the
better" and provide for her and their
children. She said that she is now
taking in washings and boarders,
while her husband stays around the
house, content with being idle.
Judge Fox gave Meyers a severe
lecture, telling him that he should be
ashamed of his conduct and that he
should take care of his children The
judge then released Meyers on his
primrose to provide for his family. A
warning was given, however, that II
he did not do SO. he would be brought
before the court again and sentence
would be passed on the present charge
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
CITIZEN SOLDIERS
IN MEXICO REVOLT
Reign of Terror Is Caused in
Town on the South
eastern Coast.
(National News Association


MEXICO CITY, Sept. 6.-Citizens
soldiers who have mutinied at From.
terra, In Tabasco, one of the important
cities on the southwestern Mexican
coast, attempted today to seize the
barracks and the government build.
ings. according to a despatch from
the seat of trouble.
Government officials admit soldiers
have deserted to the insurgent ranks
on promise of unlimited loot, but say
the federal forces in Tabasco are still
strong enough to handle the situation
Most of the insurrectos are Indians.
At Oaxaca, in the state of the same
name, Indians and bandits are operat
ing on large scale. Since the death
by torture of Carlos Mendez, a wealthy
merchant, in a small town in the
mountains near Oaxaca, travelling par
ties fear to venture outside the larger
cities without an escort of rurales.
A number of small ranchers have
had their places looted and many per
sons have been tortured to death for
not joining the rebel bands. One fav
orite method of murder by the rebels
is to tie the victim to a tree and leave
him to starve to death. Rurales have
reported finding emaciated bodies
tied to trees with the bark eaten
through where the victims had gnaw
ed at the tree to sustain life as long
as possible.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
RICHMOND SWELTERS
IN TORR|O WAVE
Mercury Remains at 90 De-
grees and Citizens Pray
for Speedy Relief.

With the mercury registering 30 de-
grees on the government thermometer
at the pumping station today at noon.
Richmond sizzled and prayed for a re-
lief which government forecasters viii
not promise.
Every day this week excepting two,
the thermometer stood at 30. the two
days on which the government ther-
mometer registered lower being Tues
day and Wednesday which have 81
and Sc degrees respectively to their
credit The mercury rose to 81 Mon
day.
A slight relief is promised this even
ing. Reports sent out from the Indiana
polls station of the weather bureau In
dicate slightly cooler weather for Sat
urday
Practically the whole Middle West
is staggering under an oppressive
heat wave Hot winds from the south
west are assigned as reason for the
continued presence of torrid weather.
The heat record of this week II
greater than that OF the torrfd week
in June.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
Controller of New York City,
Who Nominated Colonel
Roosevelt Choice of Third
Party Delegates.
GOVERNOR JOHNSON
is SPEAKER TO-DAY
Vice Presidential Nominee
Was Given a Great Ova-
ton When He Entered the
Convention Hall.
tNa,ionai New. Association,

tNatlondl news ASSOClationD
SYRACUSE. N. V. Sept. 6.-The
tentative slate agreed upon by the lea
der Of the New York state Progressive
movement when the state convention
was called to order at 1890 p. m. was
headed by controller William Prender-
CAST of New York city as governor:
for lieutenant governor Dean Herbert
A. Cook. head of the agricultural de-
partment of the ST. Lawrence Uni
versity had been agreed upon. Prof
Henry Moskewitz. secretary Of the
board of sanitary control, was picked
for secretary of state. Each of the 9TH
er positions on the ticket had two or
more aspirants. but harmony prevailed
to a greater degree than yesterday.
So open has been the choices, how
ever. and so determined were the dele
gates to give expression to their per-
able that many changes would pe
made before the convention adjourned
late today.
A touch of national interest was CIV
en- to the convention by its arrival Of
Governor Hiram w. johnson of Cali
fornia, national Progressive candidate
for vice president. Gov. johnson ar
rived here at 11:40 and was conduced
to the state headquarters by a cheer
ing throng of Moosers.
Replies With Speech.
The governor answered enthusiastic
cries of speech. speech" by briefly
addressing the throng. He said In
part:
The revolution Is on and the spirit
of our crusade Is unconquerable. In
Ohio, Indiana and indeed, throughout
the entire country, IL Is prevalent and
steadily growing. Perhaps this fact is
no better illustrated than by the re
turns from my own state, California.
There were one hundred candidates
for the legislature on our ticket there
and returns received by me today state
that ninety-four of this one hundred
were elected. II looks to me as though
the distinguished occupant of the
white house would find no place on the
ticket"
! Owing to thunder showers the crowd
was slow in gathering at convention
hall. but at 1888 p. m the convention
was called to order by permanent
chairman Oscar Straus and the Rev.
Father Quinn pronounced the invoca.
ton.
Governor johnson was then escorted
to the platform. He was given an ova-
ton that lasted for five minutes. The
hall at this time was nearly filled by
people who demonstrated their enthu.
siasm with yells and cheers. followed
by ''the Star Spangled Banner" rem
dered by an orchestra.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
ATTACKS LAFOLLETTE.

Without mentioning him by name
Col. Roosevelt in his speech here to-
day criticised Senator La Toilette for
not allying himself with the Progress
sive party. La Toilette has bitterly op-
posed Roosevelt in the northwest 1t
was significant that Roosevelt's at.
tack was uttered in the state which
the Wisconsin senator had carried at
the presidential primaries.
Il want to give the people of North
Dakota a word of warning" said the
colonel. Look out for the man that is
going about attacking the Progressive
party. If he claims to be Republican
then he is a standpat Republican. Any
man claiming to be Progressive that
does not heartily support that party
is merely tool. The fight is now on in
perfect fairness and the people must
be with US or against u.s."
The ex-president went on to speak
of the record of Wilson and Marshall
as governors, comparing them with
Governor johnson.
mo governor has ever made such a
record as Governor Johnson of Califor
mia The national progressive platform
was but a demand for what Governor
Johnson has put into effect in his OWL
state"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
mo OFFICIAL WORD
Received Here Regarding Lo.
! cal Parcels Post Zone.

The local post office has not receiv.
ed information from the postal depart.
ment as to the method it shall employ
in working out the parcels post zone
for Richmond.
The post office department has de.
cided that every postmaster shall
work out the parcels post zone OF
which his Office will be the center. II
is pointed out that If complete par.
cells post zone should be installed
there would be in the neighborhood OF
so, 900 zones, and that for the depart.
ment to work out these zones would
entail An enormous expense.
1t is believed that the parcels post
will be installed gradually, as was
done with the postal savings depart
ment and that months will elapse be
fore the entire system is inaugurated
The parcels post law goes into effec,
on January 1.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
SEEKS RELEASE BUT
LATER SPURNS AID
John Willis, a Pickpocket, is
on Way to Peoria to Face
Very Serious Charge.

After languishing in the county Jail
since last May and on the verge of
securing his release yesterday, John
Willis, held as one of the pickpockets
who operated in Richmond when a
circus showed here May Z, is today
travelling towards Peoria, Ill, to face a
criminal charge.
Willis was released by Judge Fox of
the circuit court yesterday upon the
explanation of an attorney that Willis
was in a precarious physical condi-
tion. Hardly had he left the county
Jail before he was arrested on orders
of Chief of Police Gormon and slated
as being a suspicious character.
Willis's attorney then secured a
habeas corpus writ and attempted to
secure his clients release. The ex-
PLANTATION of the chief of police that
Willis is wanted at Peoria and that
an officer was on the way to take him
there for trial did not deter the at
torney from persisting in his demand
that the prisoner be released. Chief
Gormon was threatened with arrest by
the attorney.
Willis in the meantime determined
to face the Peoria charge and inform
ed the chief that he was willing TO go
to the Illinois city. Patrolman Vogel-
song left for Indianapolis with Willis
yesterday. The party expected to
meet the Peoria officer in that city
and to secure requisition papers
Willis was arrested with Frank
Cantwell and Henry Wyles on May z.
They were remanded To the county
Jail. Cantwell later securing his re.
lease on $1,000 bond and Wyles be
ing released on his own recognizance
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
PREFER THE BANKS
To Savings Department oi
Local Post Office.

Citizens of Richmond as a class are
thrifty" remarked a postal clerk as
he commented on the postal savings
department inaugurated at the local
office about year ago.
Our receipts from this branch are
about 81 900 a month. Citizens seem to
prefer the 8 per cent paid by the
banks to the per cent which Uncle
Sam pays them II they deposit with
US.
I'VE probably would experience a
great increase should there be anoth
er financial furry or a run on the
banks. But with the financial condi
tions as they are now, We are not cut
ting into the savings accounts of the
banks"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
TWO EYEW|TNESSES
OF MURDER FOUND
Important Evidence Secured
By Prosecution in the Ros-
enthal Case.
(National News Association

(National News Associationo
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Two import
ant new witnesses were added today
to the list of persons who will testify
for the prosecution whom Police Lieu
tenant Charles A. Becker is placed on
trial for the murder of Herman Rosen-
thel, the gambler who accused him of
selling protection to lawbreakers. One
is Salvation Army girl. who has nam.
ed all the assassins. When shown the
pistures of the accused gunmen she
identified them as the murderers. The
Salvation Army girl had been making
collections of contributions in the ten
derloin district and was returning
home when the murder was commit
ted. She was directly in front of the
Hotel Metropole and saw all of the
murderers.
The other eyewitness is a member
of the Elks club, who witnessed the
assassination. He was so close to the
door of the hotel that he claims he
can identify the murderers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
Nice Trust in Chicago Seeks
Life of West Hammond
Woman Reformer for the
Work She Has Done.
WHOLESALE MURDER
METHODS REVEALED
frankie Ford Startles. the
! Police With Her Eighty
page, Typewriter Confes-
sion of Crimes.
(National News Associatiop)


CHICAGO. Sept. 6.-with detectives
kguarding her today after threats of
Through anonymous letters. Miss Vir-
tginia Brooks, the West Hammond vice
crusader. today continued to assist
the Cook county authorities in a fur
Ither investigation of conditions In the
hamlet she is endeayoring to cleanse.
That more than twenty persons had
been murdered in West Hammond re-
sorts was the startling allegations in
an affidavit made by frankie Ford,
former inmate of one of the dives kept
by Henry Foss, which furnished the
grounds for today's activities.
According to the Ford woman. whose
story has taken the form of an eighty
page typewriter confession, many OF
the victims buried in the private bur-
'ial grounds of the Chicago vice trust
at West Hammond. were girls whose
usefulness to the trust was ended and
who were killed like old horses be-
cause their keep was more than they
could earn. Several men are also al.
legged to be among the victims.
Art To Hunt Bodies.
Men armed with spades and shovels
will be put to work in the grounds
back of the Foss dive to search for
bodies in order to substantiate the
Ford woman's story.
THE story told by this woman" said
Miss Brooks, has scarcely any par
allel in the history of the Middle West.
1T shows that crimes innumerable
have been committed in West Ham
mond by vicekeepers and their men
and women slaves, while the police
looked on and winked." -
Another slugging, it is said, occurred
Wednesday night at Burnham, adding
another chapter to the history of the
war against vice in that village and
its neighbor, West Hammond. Two
linen were attacked. They were J. l..
Darling, clerk of the Burnham school
board, and William A. Schroeder, both
of whom have been working with Miss
Virginia Brooks in her crusade.
frankie Ford, after being taken to
dinner at a downtown hotel by detec-
tives, became i'll. Physicians found
she was near collapse from nervous
exhaustion. She was removed to the
lBridewell hospital.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
SLIGHT DAMAGE DONE

A gasoline stove at the home of Al
bert Gosselin, sol South Sixth street,
overturned shortly before noon today
and set FIRE to the carpet in the kitch-
en- in the house. A fire alarm was turn
ed in and Hose companies Nos and
4 and the auto fire truck responded
The blaze was soon extinguished and
but slight damage was done.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-06
COOLER WEATHER A
PROMISE OF TODAY

CHICAGO. Sept. "a promise of
cooler weather tomorrow was held out
to sweltering Chicago today by the
weather bureau After a day that
touched "a degrees for the fourth time
in forty years in September, there was
slight relief today from any early
morning breezs that the weatherman
predicted would be of short duration
Four died from the heat yesterday. A
number Of prostrations were report
ed