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Becker's Conviction.

The conviction of Lieut.. Becker as
principal OF the murderOus intrigue which
resulted in the ASA ssination of Her
man ROsenthal in New York last July
comes with the usual degree of surprise
that Is caused by any jury rendering.
No can ever foretell what twelve
men will decide on an issue OF life or
death in case where there is any
question regarding the guilt or innocence
Of the accused In this instance the
issue turned upon the degree of credence
placed by the jury in the stories told
by Rose. Webber. WALTON and Schepps
and upon the relation of the last named
~ this quartet To the others. If, as the
defense maintained. Rossnthal was killed
in consequence of a gamblers feud, with
OUT any suggestion or inspiration by
Becker. verdict of acquittal must have
followed the foundation by the jury of
the belief that the men who had turned
states evidence had framed up thei:
tale of police conspiracy iii order TO
shift the blame. The verdict rendered
proves that they accepted the stories
told by Rose, Webber Vallon and Schepps
true. that they believed Schepps to
nave been merely an accessory after the
fact and therefore competent to cor
roborate the others, that Becker pos
sessed sufficient motive for the killing
of Rosenthal in the fear that the gam
bier. in his disclosures to the grand jury
would involve him in accusation of
corrupt relations with the lawbreakers
whom he was by oath charged to prose-
cute. that perhaps taking advantage OF
a known hostility 10 Rosenthal on the part
of certain men he employed them as his
agents, sending his orders to put Rosen-
thal out of the way, under threat of
framing up false charges of law-break-
ing against them.
This verdict unquestionably confirms
public sentiment and Judgment in the
case. Incredible as il might seem at
the outset that officer of police would
resort To assassination to protect himself
from exposure and disgrace. there is in
truth nothing improbable i'm the assump-
ton. If il is true. alleged that the
New York police force has been per-
meated with graft there is no reason to
doubt that men engaged in this procedure,
involving the most intimate relations
with gangsters and criminals and crooks.
would hesitate to adept the methods en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25
Interest and Water Rates.

With the filing of the Commissioners
answer in the Bransom suit to eniojn
them from increasing the water rates the
issue is squarely Joined on the question
OF the lawfulness OF an additional tax
levied upon the consumers of water i'm
the District for the purpose of extending
the metering system. This issue the
court will determine after argument
Meanwhile IL is interesting to note the
commissioners persistent citing of the
item OF interest on the outlay in the past
in the installation Of the water supply
equipment. Reckoning interest, they
aver. the people are receiving water at
less than the cost of service IL is to be
hoped that the court will note this point
in the course of its consideration of the
case. The public has resisted the as
sumption of the Commissioners that in
terest on the capital expended in estab-
fishing and maint aiming the water sys-
tenn should be reckoned In the determine
ton OF service charges. No taxation
scheme should ever be founded upon such
a principle. and quite apart from the
water rates question 1t is important to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25
The Murderous Paranoiac.
From the Medical Record.

From the Medical Record.
With fear for the life of the patient al
layed, ones thoughts naturally turn to
the fact of the attempted assassination,
associating it with the murders of Gar
field and Mckinley. There seems to be no
possible way of shielding a public man
from the murderOus attack of a para
noiac. This is one of the dangers to which
he is exposed by virtue of his calling. and
is no more to be guarded against than
is any other accident 1t is obviously i'm
possible to shut up all ''cranks.' even
were it possible to pick them out and to
draw the line between the simple fool and
the dangerous paranOiac. No form of
punishment would deter certain of these
degenerates from their criminal attempts.
Solitary confinement the most fiendish
and horrible of all punishments. which is
melted out to the assassins of the Ital-
ian kings, does not stay the hands of
others. We can, therefore, only guard
our public men the best We can, and hope
that if they are attacked they Will have
the good luck which has been Mr.. RoOse-
velt's. and over which every one. polit-
ically friend or foe, can but rejoice with
all his heart.
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ployed by such people in their own works

ployed by such people i'm their own works
and combinations. Assassination - ece
recognized mode of the gangster in
crisis IL Becker was a party to the
process of law defiance that brought the
police and the gangsters and gamblers
and the white-slavers and cracksmen into
intimate relations he would probably re-
sort as quickly to that method of defense
as would one of his criminal associates.
Accepting this verdict as a true inter-
probation of the evidence presented at
the trial. New York is faced by stua'
ton of the gravest Importance involving
serious difficulties Public confidence IN
the integrity Of the police already shaken
by the crime itself and the subsequent
disclosures is now we'll nigh destroyed
The mayor of the city has lost much pres
tize as a result of his impetuous espousal
of the police cause immediately after the
crime was committed. The police COM
missioner is now a man wholly without
public sympathy and support virtually
every man in the police force is under
SUSPICION. although it is well known that
a large percentage of them are above
reproach. An aldermanic committee Is
sitting to investigate the conditions. the
the trial of Becker. This body. however
is not likely to reach a conclusive re-
suit for its procedure thus far mas peeii
marked by evidence of partisanship ana
a desire to make political capital rather
than to uncover all the truth. IheTe Is
evidently need OF a commission appoin'eu
by the governor or named by the s'"'
legislature as in the case of the LeXo"
inquiry of the nineties. of which JUSTICE
Golf was the attorney. Such bodS'
starting with the revelations aireaoS
made, might succeed in uncoverlnS 'he
whole structure of police corruption' III
order to lead to changes in the organize
ton But whatever. may be the iac''
brought to light and whatever the meth-
DDS adopted henceforth to supplant the
present corrupt system with new one
there will he no permanent Reformation
in New York as long as the police orsahi-
cation remains under political influence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25
The Walters Strike.

The local walters strike has started in
circumstances TO weaken public sympa-
thy AS far as known the men VINO are
now refusing to work in the hotels ana
restaurants affected made no direct at
tempt to obtain a change OF pay scale OF
a redress Of grievances from their EN-
blowers. No negotiations were opened
with the proprietors and managers.
national "organizer" came into the neld,
called meetings. made speeches OF an IN
f,ammatory nature and urged the walters
TO ..strike for their rights They hest
tated for several days and then, with no
more warning than that conveyed by
the newspaper reports of the agitation,
they walked out of their places OF en-
ployment at the dinner hour, leaving
guests unserved and affording their en-
blowers no chance to fill their places.
Washington has never witnessed a strike
so unfairly begun and making so slight
an appeal for public support. There may
be feeling on the part of the people OF
Washington that the pay scale in the
hotels and restaurants is low and that
the walters deserve more consideration
than they receive. better quarters more
privileges and a wider opportunity for
rest and recreation. There is unques-
tionably feeling that the walters wage
should be sufficient to support him with
out dependence upon the tips given by
the public. But this is a matter apart
from the present issue. In any business.
whatever may be the actual condition of
the worker. there is an equity requiring
him to deal with his employer on his
own responsibility and within his own
right. These men may have been long
suffering and timid, fearing to move for
ership and competent advice. But they
have in this case been woefuly misled
by one whose professional interest it is
to foment just such situations as now
exist, to precipitate strikes regardless of
conditions No one can deny the right
Of walters or any other class Of workers
to leave an employment that is unsatis-
factory or improbable or burdensome
and these men might have been excused
for quitting after endeavoring to get
more money and improve their working
conditions. 1t may be assumed that a.
respectful representation Of their griey-
ances, made by a committee Of their own
number would have been accorded re-
spectful hearing. with probably an en-
deavor by the employers to work out a
more satisfactory scale. But as the case
has been precipitated these strikers can
surely expect no consideration, and any
attempt on their part at violence for the
purpose of preventing the filing of their
places will arouse public indignation GER
tain to destroy whatever sentiment there
may be I'm their favor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25
Mr.. BRYAN and the Cabinet.

1t is stated that Mr.. Bryan's friends at
democratic national headquarters depre-
cate The stars suggestion of Mr.. Bryan
for Secretary of State. They think it
would be better for him as a great party
influence TO remain in private life. Let
him become sort of unofficial adviser to
the Wilson administration, offering his
views about both executive matters and
legislation. and throwing his full influ-
ence in favor of a redemption of the
promises embodied in the Baltimore plat
form.
These men want and expect MIR. Bryan
I" he the party's candidate for President
in 1916. They point to the one-term plank
in the platform, and, in the minds eye.
see Mr.. Wilson. barred by that for renom-
inaton. retire in favor of the man who
made him
But, in that calculation, they are taking
chances. In the first place Mr.. Wilson
has not Yet accepted in any public de-
liVerance that One-term declaration, and
In the second place should he do so after
election he may be Overruled when the
time comes by party precedent and ex-
pediency. If he makes a success of his
task the odds will be heavy in favor of
his denomination. The Baltimore plat
form and his own views will be easily
set aside.
Ii is safe and easy TO assume that. in
case of democratic success next month.
s;r. Bryan. whether in office or out. IS
eo.ng to follow the making of the party
record for the next four years with ex
t-eme soicitude. He will be entitled to
feel himself largely responsible for
things. He nominated Mr.. Wilson, wrote
t..e Baltimore platform. and has been
lied by Mr. Wilson as the one fixed
s,ar in the democratic armament for six
teen years. While Mr.. Cleveland and his
followers were in darkness, and Mr.. Will
son himself was without chart or COM
pass. Mr.. Bryan was in full glow, and
pointing to the right course. Why should
not Mr.. Bryan continue to twinkle, like a
diamond in the sky?
The Office of Secretary of State was,
in earlier days, sort of stepping stone
10 the presidency. jefferson. Madison,
Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Van Buren,
and Buchanan. all made the rifle. Some
did not go directly from the lower to
the higher place, but all profited in their
fortunes by their connections with the
State Department. Maybe Mr. Bryan
might be able TO revive the old order of
things if it is possible to force on Mr..
Wilson and the party the one-term prop
osition
The democratic chicks have not been
Matched. but the cackling indicates great
confidence in the neighborhood of the
straw, and calculations and speculatiOns
are going forward briskly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25
Progress!
rom the Colorado Springs Gazette.

From the Colorado Springs Gazette.
All our institutions, thoughts, senti-
ments and methods are slowly changing
with the advancement of civiliZat On. AS
time passes the progressive individuals
and nations lay aside one error and SUI
perstition after another. Feudalism
chattel slavery, divine right of kings I'll
ties of nobility and mlitarism have al
ready become antiquated relics of the
past. Our science is daily growing more
complete religion more liberal. inven-
tons more perfect, trade and industry
more expansive and unified. comforts and
conveniences more general, educat ion
more popular and governments more
democratic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25
Evolution.

Men used to laugh at telephones,
And called them idle toys.
They rallied in rude sarcastic tones
At things the world employs
To meet it's constant needs today.
Yet nature does not change.
We still salute with laughter gay
Each proposition strange.
They laughed to hear the world was round
They laughed at talk of steam;
The airship once the public found
A vastly humorous dream.
So as We glance about the earth,
Where marvels rise anew,
We find the things of greatest worth
Are jokes that have come true.
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Business and War.
From the New York Evening sun.

The old idea that war in one part of
the world helped business in other parts
cannot stand enlightened examination.
War is waste. both of life and wealth.
1t is one of the worlds great SCOurges
and must give way, in the end, to the
arbitrament of reason and humanity.
We will come to the time, and that
not far off, when mankind VIII be or
ganiZed for peace and not for war. That
great business. of all nations. accepts
this view of the ultimate solution of one
of humanity's apparently insOluble and
age-long problems is truly inspiring and
encouraging.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25
Very Sarcastic.

az wonder said the youthful student,
chow the prodigal son came to go
broke?"
Il suspect replied Farmer Corntossel,
cit was because he spent his time IN
town hangin' around talkin' about how
to uplift the farmer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25
An Advantage.

1.-The attention / have given politics
would have made me fortune in private
business" said the statesman.
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum; but
you are permitted to stay in the game.
while if you had made fortune you
would be struggling to slip a contribu-
ton into somebody's campaign fund.
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Fairly Prosperous.


From The Topeka JolrhaI
Nearly "a half-milliOn dollars in cold
cash was taken in at the eight games
that We're played to decide the base ball
championship for this year. That doesn't
make much of noise like the people
generally In the eastern section of the
country are in the throes of particularly
hard times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

Mr. Perkins does not lose his temper
picturesquely as Col. Roosevelt does
But he does very we'll for a man of COM
paratively limited experience in that
ranch of political art
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

one of the most interesting pictures re-
vealed by current events is that of Sena-
Tor La Toilette patiently waiting to well
-Ume Col. Roosevelt back into the pro-
.:TeSsive party.
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Execution.

You can't get something for nothing,
said the ready-made philosopher.
Not as a rule" replied the election
expert: although you have to have an
understanding to that effect when you
accept a campaign contribution
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Difficult Public.

"Why do you put on such frivolous and
even questionable plays?" asked the re-
proving friend.
80 that / can get enough of bank
roll to keep up my occasional efforts to
elevate the STAGE replied the manager,
sadly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

Down with the trusts is no longer
repeated with confident enthusiasm. Many
economists would be content to let them
20 on making large profits IL they would
refrain from spending the money in poll
tics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

The campaign has reached the point
where a candidate may declare his be-
lief that he will win without being re-
minded by his managers of the dangers
of overconfdence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

Some OF the numerous people who are
leaving this country to go to war are
liable to introduce the problem of the
American citizen in foreign politics into
the Balkan situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25
Campaign Predictions.

Predictions which fill us with hope or
unrest
Have been freely and fully rehearsed'
The result may not be quite as good as
the best,
But it can't be as bad as the worst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

November inquiries will begin to
come in from various democrats about
the Baltimore convention history which
MIR. Bryan said was yet to be written
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obtain a ruling that will set aside as I'M
justified the attempt by the Commission
ers i'm this case to add the factor of in
terest to the equation of tax reckoning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

Col Watterson would be inclined to
protest generously against any call on
Col. Bryan to give up his beautiful 500
600 Texas home to come to Washington
and serve in a Wilson cabinet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

Nadero appears to be getting Mexican
affairs into such shape that in order to
crush rebellion ii will only be necessary
- call out the police to tell it to move on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

Graduating cOmmercialism from art be-
comes still more difficult when opera
singers decide to set up I'm business with
beauty preparations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

Tile prohibition candidate is the only
one that has no serious controversy on
hand. Yet he does not figure in the betting
odds
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No Place for Them.

From the Norfolk ledger Dispatch.
With the automobiles in the streets and
the skaters on the sidewalks, where will
the pedestrians go?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

Becker's theory seems to have been that
when man starts in to keep bad COM
pany the safest way is to make a thor
ough and consistent job of it,
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No Piker.

From the New York World.
Nobody has yet arisen who has dared
to call Thomas r. Ryan "a pker'' when
il comes to campaign contributions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

1t is expected that Mr.. Roosevelt will
be up and about in time to begin the
1919 work on the 1916 campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

No more studious effort to become un-
popular than that of Jack Johnson has
come into evidence in long time.
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Perhaps.
From the Chicago Tribune.

Things may turn out differently this
time. The fierce. fanatical MOslem is not
lighting little Greece alone.
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FurS.
From the Detroit Free Pres

T rom Inc IJtlrtII + TIT f.ts.
Tn price of sealskin has advanced She
may have to be satisfied with ear muffs
then this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25
In the Revolutionary Zone.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Mexico seems to have settled down fol
a continuous performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

Present indications tend to contradict
those old stories about the Turks being
IN indolent people.
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Hunting Deer.


From the Chicago Record Herald
Dispatches from many quarters inform
US that the open season for guides 10 now
at hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25
More Fighting.

From the Omaha World Herald.
1t seems certain that the some day
when the world shall have universal
peace has been put further off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25

Business Office. 18th St and Pennsylvania Avenue.
New York once: Tribune Building.
Chicago Office: First National Bank Building
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Payable in sdvance-hy mail. postage prepaid
Daily SUNDAY Included one month 90 cents.
Daily. Sunday excepted. month 40 cents
Saturday Star. 81 year. Sunday Star y ~ wear
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-29
Notice 10 Non resident Owners for Cor
StrQGti0n of Sidewalks.

To Thos. O'Gorman. John Machacek, Anton
Rotschadl, Joseph Hupka. John Hamburger,
Krfstina Janda, ThOs A. KronaiZl and Bart
J. Soukup:
Pursuant to sidewalk resolution No. Four
"a, passed and approved by the board Of trus-
tees OF the town Of Tabor. Ron Homme Coun-
ty South Dakota, on August 26. 1912. you. and
each of you. are hereby notified that you are
required to construct a cement sidewalk on
and along Yankton and Janda streets, In said
town Of Tabor in froI # your respective lot, ,
lots, or parcels of Ground, described as fol-
lows, ,to-wit:
Name of Owner. description. Frontage
Thos. O'Gorman, lots 2 and in block l. 45O II.
John Machacek. south 100 feet Of
lot in block q $50 feet
Tn 5. A. Kronaizl south 56-3-4 IT, Of
lotl in block y. 1854 IT
Krstina Janda, north 1884 TT. OF
south 276-3-4 It. OF lot2
in block s, 1854 IT.
Joseph Hupka, lot 8 in block IS 220 IT.
John Hamberg, r, luL2 in block IS 22Oft
Anton Rotschadl west 12O It. of lot2
in Dlock 10, l20 it,
Bart J. Soukup, south so #. OF north
225 #. Of lot !, block g, so IT.
The said sidewalk shall be constructed of a
standard and approved grade Of Portland ce-
ment and the same shall he laid so as to con-
form with the established grade Of the town
of Tabor and shall be four 60 feet in width
and the outer edge thereof shall be six Co feet
from the lot line along which theJ same is to
! 9 constructed, and said sidewalk shall be
CONSTRUCTED according to plans and specifca-
tions now on fle in the office Of the town
clerk; provided. that where such sidewalk
shall cross the natural wafer course travers-
ing block 9. said sidewalk across the width of
said water course shall he constructed OF
wood planks two inches in thickness support
ed by posts and stItngers, according to specif-
cations on file in the Office Of the town clerk
You, and each Of you, are hereby notified
that you are required to construct and build
said sidewalk along and In front OF your re-
Spective property above deScr ribbed at your ex-
pense. according TO the plans and Specifica-
tions now on fIe IN the office of the town
clerk. within thirty (3O) days from and after
the passage and apprO ~ al OF said resolution
to-wit: from and after August 26 1912; and In
case Xou, or either OF YOU. shall fail or neglect
TO cause said sidewalk TO be built and con-
structed within the time above designated at
your own expense and cost. the town board
OF trustees shall cause the same to be con-
structed In accordance with the ordinance of
the said town of Tabor and the law in such
cases made and provided and shall levy a
special assessment against said lot. lots or
parcels Of ground. along which the said side
walk Is TO be laid and constructed. for the
costs Of such sidewalk. and shall proceed 10
collect the same according To the ordinance
and laws in such case made aud provided,
Dated at Tabor, s. H., August q, 1912
JAMES WE'LL,
Street Commissioner
(Overseer Of HighwayS OF the
town ~ Tabor