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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27
Confined in TOmbs, Prisoner Is Confident of New
 Trial
COULD EXPLAIN
 BANK DEPOSITS
Mcintyre Says Whitman Had No Right to Offer Immunity to Gun men, and Expects Reversal
 at New Trial

New York. October 26.-"I.egal hutch-s cry" Is how former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker characterized his con- viction for the murder of Herman Ros- enthal. In a talk with newspaper re porters today. From his cell in 'mur- derers' row" in the Tombs. Becker spoke bitterly of his fate, declaring he had been "raifroaded" and that could he have taken the witness stand dur ing his trial he would have explained away the public impression that he had acquired fortune through levy ing graft upon gambling houses Ths eX-polieeman talked in the presence of his brother, John Becker police lieu tenant N
 This case was legal butchery." he said. You can't emphasize that too much. Some of the accounts of my trial notice say that I paid out s25,oo0 for my defense. Twenty-Five thousand dollarsl Why, that Is $2000 in excess of any sum I ever hoped to possess. According to the newspapers, the pun- iic believes I am worth si00,000. l can understand the purpose of this state ment. All of this could have been ex- rlained if l had been allowed to go on the stand--every cent
 Says He Was Railroaded
 Neither Mrs. Becker nor my myself has been given any consideration at all since this case began. Whats more. don't expect any. 1 would not be surprised if Sheriff Hamburger rushed me off from the court room direct to S.ng Sing after Justice Golf has sen fonced me next Wednesday. That will te the final stage of the railroading Of Beck CT"
 The strain of waiting for the out come of his trial and the uncertainty he still faces, pending q decision by a higher court on the appeal his lawyers will make, are telling on Beckers phy- sical condition, according to friends I,eckcr was visited for three hours hy his wife today.
 Mrs. Recket Is bearing ur .s.sss.sfea .sss = one could except under siieh circu,H- condition troubles me much more than my own"
 Expects New Trial
 John F Mcintyre, Beeker's counsel. said he was confident of a new trial for his client There cannot be anything else but reversal" he declared. That man Becker is innocent. He was con victed upon the testimony of lot or unbelievable creatures and was found guilty after trial in which legal err TOTS beyond number were committed, In my opinion.
 'I am going to see the attorney gem eral of the state within few days. believe that District Attorney Whitman had not the right to offer immunity to wit nesses who might be, and were, in my belief. principals in the murder. I will ask the attorney general for ruling 1n that question and I believe I will prove my conteution:'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27
Taft Is Discredited

"The squabble between the President and the Colonel has not been credit to the country. And the proper course for the people is 10 say to them, "A plague on both your houses the demo- cratic ticket for us this time"
 Referring to President Taft, the gov ernor said
 oThe President and his party have long controlled the government and ask the approval of the country by his re-elec- tion AS he was nominated only by a bare majority In the face of most bit ter opposition. which has since taken the form of an organic break In his party, he comes before the voters discredited by nearly if not quite half of hIs own polit- teal comrades
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27
The Educational System

q think we have shown in the past, as we shall show in the future. that our system of education of character. is thoroughly attractive to those who come here to appeal for homes in the waste lands that they avail themselves of the opportunity. l have an abiding faith in those comlng here, no matter how lack ing in education they may be if they have the thrifty enterprise to leave homo and come into this new country to seek their fortunes in spots undeyeloped as yet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

tContinued on Page Ten)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

SContlaued en Pase real
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23

voice Of Dissolution Of Partnersbi.
10 whom it may concern: Notice !.
hereby. given that the partnershin
nereaoaore q existing under the firn
and doing business in the Countv ef
imperial, State of California, and COM
posed of H. S. Stephenson and Geor@-
A. Long, is this day dissolved b
Dated at the Town of Imperial
Iounty Of Imperial, State Of Californis
this olst day of October, 1912.
STEPHENSON & LONG
BY H. S. Stephenson
Nov 80 s'
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23
RUNS AUTO INTO BAY

OAKLAND, Nov. 22.-H. Fl. Hart, who
made his millions in Alaska mines, re-
Gently purchased S45OO limousine He
never made a trip in it without a
breakdown. In two m onths repair bills
had mounted to $4,000.
'Take il out and lose it; drown it
in the bay in the deepest spot" he
ordered. 'I want to get even with
it." The faithful chauffeur drove thu
machine on a ferry boat at night and
at a favorable moment released it, 1t
ran off and sank into the deepest wa
ter Of San Francisco bay.
"The loss OF your automobile has
been reported to US and we offer you
the use Of a diver" wrote the South !
ern Pacific company.
"Tll pay the cost Of having a pile
driver ram that Internal automobile
as deep into the mud as 1t can do"
was the reply OF the millionaire
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23
ssO,OOO REBATE CHARGE Up

CHICAG Nov. 23.-Rebating g
charges against the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway Company,
a New York Central subsidiary, and
the O'Gara Coal Company, have been
taken up by the federal grand jury.
The inquiry was urged by members of
the interstate commerce commissi on
after hearings in Chicago and New
York, during which explanation of the
payment of $50, 900 to the coal company
by the railroad was demanded. The
explanation given was not satisfactory
to the commission.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23
WOMEN PROCLAIM THEMSELVES
FREE AND EQUAL WITH MEN

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23.-From
five stands in Independence square,
within the shadow of Independence
hall and a few feet away from the
liberty bell, woman's declaration of in
dependence was read:
1--WE declare that all men and wo-
men were born free and equal" assert
ed Mrs. Mary Ware Dennet. national
correspondence secretary, reading a
historic document on behalf of Mrs.
Otis Skinner. who was unable to fill
the post of honor.
In the parade which inaugurated the
convention OF the National Suffrage
Association Of America and in the sub
sequent proceedings in WitherspoOn
hall men and women from the enfran
chised states Of the West took leading
parts. The California, Utah and Colo
RADIO contingents were among the most
active. and the keynote was the deter
mination that the East must wake up
and remove the blot of sex slavery"
One Of the very few men delegates
was J. P. Braley of the California
Mems League, who was referred to
by one of the platform speakers as
1.-The father of woman suffrage in Cali
fornia." Braley declared that the men
of California are intensely interested
in the struggle being waged in the
East to overcome an unmanly stub
bornness."
More than 500 delegates are taking
will remain in session until next Tues
day.
Already there is assurance of sharp
conflict between progressives from
South and West and the old regime
headed by DIR. Anna Howard Shaw.
There were thousands in the square
when the liberty bell doomed the noon
hour and DR.. Shaw rose to speak
She extolled the 10 states which have
given women equal rights and bitterly
assailed the IS original states as the
most hostile to the cause.
DR.. Shaw quoted extensively from
he original declaration Of independ-
ence. and declared that it was no,
framed to exclude Jew or GENTLE male
or female; its authors had no idea of
depriving women of their liberties and
the rights of suffrage.
This Is only a so-called right" said
the president of the National Suffrage
Association. "since only a small por-
tion of 1t is free
Among those who rode in the lead
ng limousines to Independence square
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23
FIVE MILLION ACRES Of LAND
FOR TO|LERS" NOW SLOGAN

encouraged rather than the expendi-
1 ture of money in annexed countries,
such as the Philippine islands, said Mr..
O'Neill.
To-day marks the beginning of Yu-
mas future" reclared Mr.. Maxwell.
who stated that he had been zealousiy
active during the campaign for the
passage of the national irrigation act:
which had made possible the Laguna
dam project, just finished.
1.-The face Of every person living or
| interested in this great agricultural
| center is toward the rising sun. One
irrigation system has been completed
Our next step is to make possible the
| irrigation of the 100000 acres more
which border the Colorado river. This
can only be accomplished by the pas
sage of the Newlands bill and the pas
sage of the bill can only be accom-
plished by obtaining the support OF
every voter in the districts watered by
the great rivers of the country"
AT present the flood waters of the
Colorado are a constant menace" he
continued. Under the Newlands bill
the millions of acre feet of flood wa
ter which now endangers property
yearly would be turned from the pro-
posed reservoirs on to the millions Of
acres of land. giving people an oppor-
tunity to cultivate those fruits and
grains which can be grown in no part
of the United States except the desert
areas, which constitute the hothouse of
this continent"
DR.. ]. A. Ketcherside, president of
the Yuma Commercial Club; Earl 3.
Smith. president Of the Yuma Valley
Water Users Association, and F. E.
Elliott, chairman Of the Yuma board
of supervisors, have been appointed
as members of the ways and means
committee of the commission and as
a committee will undertake a campaign
of propaganda work for the Yuma sec
tion as a district to be benefited by the
enactment of the Newlands bill.
Seated on the platform during the
convention were George McMichelson,
vice president of Yuma National Bank ::
Eugene Brady ONeill o. Phoenix
John P. Orme, president IF the Water
Users Association of Salt River VAL
ley; F. E. Elliott, chairman Yuma coun-
ty supervisors; ]. G. H. Westover ed
itor Yuma Sun; Earl 3. Smith, presi-
dent Yuma County Water Users Asso-
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23

were Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Braley of
California; Miss Florence Allan of
Utah; Mrs. Ella McHose of Boone.
riet Stanton Blatch. Miss Lucy Al
thony and Mrs. Elizabeth Price Burns.
The chief figure of interest was Rev.
Anna H. Shaw, silvery haired and gold
en- tongued. She held a little court
wherever she appeared and after sew
eral hours of debate on vital meas
ures, dinnerless, with a crowded five
days before her, and a possible con-
test for continued leadership as ma
tional president looming on the hori-
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23

Yuma correspondence in Los Ange
given the residents along the banks
of the Colorado river a vision which
excels in scope and brilliancy any
dream that those who are celebratin <
the completion of the Laguna dam
irrigation system have yet conceived.
At a convention held at the Seller
Theater here Mr.. Maxwell outlined the
possibilities yet to be realized on the
100000 acres tributary to the Colo
rado river when the Newlands river
regulation bill will have passed con-
gress.
The convention, made up of residents
of the Yuma and Imperial valleys and
representatives from other parts of the
new state, as well as representatives
of California and Arizona rivers COM
mission, which was organized in Los
Angeles the first of the month. caught
the enthusiasm evinced in MT. Max
wells address and a fund of $1,000 will
be sent the commission in Los Ange-
les for furthering the propaganda work
necessary before congress convenes.
Hon. Eugene Brady ONeir of Phoe-
the meeting and in a short address
compared the life of the toilers of
eastern factories with the life of the
independent land owner of the West
He said:
Forty eight hours only stand be-
tween the factory worker and starva-
tion. Few of the foreigners who per
form the work of the great manufac-
tories realize that once established on
the fertile lands of such valleys as that
of Yuma, their life is changed from
one of carking grind to freedom and
financial independence
The Yuma valley is celebrating the
completion of one irrigation system
which proVodes for the cultivation of
117,000 acres. Now we are looking to
the ultimate irrigation Of 5000, 900 acres
that will be made possible by the pas
sage of the Newlands river regulation
bill"
Mr. O'Nein maintained that it is
the duty of the government to pro-
vide against the destruction of prop
erty and life by floods, the establish
ment of sufficient number of reser-
voirs which shall be built without COW
er to the people of the country. Such
governmental expenditure should be
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

tNot Coal Lnnds.-Serial No. ,0625c.l
states Land Office at Los Angeles, TSal
october IS. 1912. NOTICE is hereby
gwen that MARTHA }. STOCKTON, OF
1910, made Desert Land Entry Na
g6252, for Lot 5, VIZ SEA, SEE SWE
SECTION 3, Township 16 s., Range IA e..
e,rng oe1ng now tu adj adjusted by supplemental
Range IA E., S. B. Meridian, embracing
Lots Lot ., s and an 7, sEA SWA, Section 8.
filed notice of intention to make fnas
proof, to establish claim to the LAND
above described. before the Cleark of
n Superior Court of Imperial County.
day of November, 1912, at 10 O'Clock
Claimant names as witnesses: Samu-
w; Jones, Samuel Jones, John Norton.
all of Ell Centre, Cal.
FRANK BUREN, Register.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23
Certificate of Business-Fictitious EIruv,

Name.
Ihe undersigned does hereby certify
mat he is conducting general mer-
chandise business at Ell Centro, Imuert-
al county, California, under the iicti-
tlous firm name of Rumsey's Depart
ment Store, and that said firm is com
posed of the following persons, whose
names and addresses are as follows
to wit: ROY L. RUMSEY, Ell Centre.
California.
vember, 1919.
ROY l.. RUMSEY.
state of California, County Of Imperial
SIS.
On this 4th day of November, in tho
year nineteen hundred and twelve. be-
fore me, Allen P. Nuffer, a notary pub
lie In and for said county, residing
herein, duly commissioned and sworn.
personally appeared Roy L. Rumsey.
known to me to be the person whose
rame is subscribed to the within instru-
ment and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same
Witness my hand and official seal
SEALl ALLEN P. NUFFER
Notary Public in and for the Satd
County of Imperial, State Of CaIifor-
MA Mon. Nov. Is
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23

citation; e. G. Carruthers, president
First National Bank; Earl c. Pound.
Brawley; w. B. Raymond, Los Ang-
eles; Arizona State Senator w. w.
Pace, and John Gondolez and E. F.
Sanguinetti, Yuma capitalists
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23

We advance $40 a bale on cotton
consignments without interest Dalv
Bros. e. Gage. Fl rentro. Cal Phon
Main Advertisement.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23
OLIVER
Typewriter

This is the typewriter whose higE
efficiency has made it the choice Of
the greatest firms and corporations. 1t
is the simplest of all standard type
writers, yet the swiftest and by FAR
the most versatile. The moving parts
work freely in solid metal frame
work, making the machine so strong
that the hardest usage has no efeec1
upon it,
Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-23
No Extra Charge for
"Printype"

Most people prefer to have the ma
chine equipped to write in Printype-
This beautiful type is obtainable only
on The Oliver Typewriter.
1t is the greatest style Improvement
ever evolved for typewriters-the mosf
easily read type in existence-the tyne
which conforms to that in universal
use in the worlds printing presses
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01

The Town marshal complains
that some one borrowed the town
shovel used for cleaning crossings
without the marshals permission or
knowledge, and failed to return it.
The borrowing of a shovel without
the owners knowledge is not always
a serious matter, as it sometimes
happens that an article is needed
urgently, and if the owner is not
around and the presumption is
that he would willingly lend the
desired article, there can not te
much harm in such an act, provided
the article is returned promptly.
But some people are habitlal bor-
rowers of such articles and in
many cases treat borrowed articles
as their own and forget to return
it. This is a vicious habit and
can not be condemned too strong
ly. 1t is certainly aggravating to
the owner of an article to discover
it missing just at the time he
happens to need. it, and then to be
compelled to search for the missing
article; and it is all the more aggra-
yating when he does not know
where to look for it. In many
Cases an article is borrowed and
instead of being returned it is in
turn loaned to some one else and
thus travels in a cycle from one
borrower to another and is finally
lost track of entirely. We main
tain that this damnable habit of
borrowing tools and small articles
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01
HAD NO TIME FOR STUNNING
After Answering lrnpertinent and su.
percillous Questions Hostess
Hands London Lady a jolt.

The Rev. Sylvester Horne, the noted
liberal clergyman and member Of par
lament of London, was talking at a
dinner about charity
"The trouble with most charity" he
said, 'fs that 1t Is administered in a
grudging. condescending spirit Char
ity, to have any effect, must be ad-
ministered In a spirit of absolute sym
pathy--a spirit. I may also say, Of alb
solute humility, To uplift, get under
meath as the philosophic Ade well
said.
There was once London lady, the
wife of a millionaire promoter, who
decided, being rather bored, to go in
for charity. So she rang for her elec-
trio brougham and glided in a luxur-
ious silence down to the New Cut.
The lady selected the very worst
house in the New Cut, and she paid a
call Of about half an hour on the poor,
tired, underfed woman who lived
there. The questions she asked this
woman were supercilious and imperti-
nent. The lady had a very good time.
But when she came to go, her hos
tess, whose cheeks were now un-
wontedly red, rather spoiled her good
time by saying quietly:
well, goodbye, madam. don't
suppose I'll see you again. The fact
Is, haven't time to go Summing my
self. Washington Star.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01

SSysysSssEs|

sions are capable of still futher en-
largement in his present environ
ments we cannot say, for we do
not know just what his mental
diet consists of; but from the ac-
counts we read of the various
dainties upon which the physical
portion of the editor subsists,
such as "kolaches" and other de-
lectable Bohemian culinary delica-
cies, we suspect that the physical
dimensions of the editor are not at
a stand still. Brother, let us take
your measurement next time we
see you. :. We confess that the edi-
tor of this publication is becoming
jealous, for he is as yet in the
"panatella" stage of his physical
development.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01
FLIGHT Of a HonaY Bee.

George 8. Demuth, now with the
United States department OF agricul
ture. but until recently at the head
OF the apiary department in the office
of the state entomologist tells In the
forthcoming annual report of the
apiary department, of proof he has OF
the great speed attained by honey
bees in their flight. Mr.. Demuth was
shipping some bees from Terre Haute
to Indianapolis In a special traction
car, when a few Of the bees escaped
from the boxes In which they were be-
ing transported.
When the bees escaped" said Mr..
Demuth, Il watched their behavior
and was surprised TO find they had no
difficulty In flying ont at the open car
door and flying ahead Of the moving
car. The car was going at the rate of
35 or 40 miles an hour. In my opin-
ion, the flight OF a honey bee must
exceed the speed OF the average rail-
way train"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01
Time Brings Improvement.

Fashions in Typography change like
all things mortal. but the typograph-
ical fashions Of 1855. as illustrated in
the American Printer by a facsimile
Of the invitation card for the first ty-
pothetae dinner. might we'll have
been changed before they were
adopted The work of type founders
and printers has certainly improved
greatly in taste since the times when
those crudely ornamental designs
were popular.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01
Marks Historic Spot.

Some 20 years ago Professor Pat
rick Geddes made the suggestion that
memorial should be erected on the
Esplanade of Edinburgh castle to
mark the spot whereon, In the days Of
a dark and evil superstition, witches
and warlocks were done to death by
burning. The committee Of the Out.
look tower, Edinburgh, have not for
gotten Professor Geddes' suggestion
and they have presented tablet foun-
tain which was unveiled on the Es
elRnade. H.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01
Plant Secret.

An old and experienced florist
taught me many valuable and useful
things in regard to plants. One Of his
tricks was that whenever he trans
planted any flower or plant he always
sifted steel filines into the new soil
before he put In the plant. He ex-
planned to me that the steel filings
rusted when the soil was -atered and
that the rust made the .nts grow
rapidly. In the long tine thet was
associated with him never knew h.
method OF u s....uent 10 faA,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01
Ancient Roman Custom.

BY the customs of our country, If
any person under prosecution for a
capital crime did not appear, an Off.
Ger was sent to his door in the morn
Ing to summon him by sound of trum-
pet, and the judges would never pass
sentence before so public a citation.
So tender were our ancestors in any
matter where the life of citizen was
concerned.-Caius Gracious about 122
B. G. ''''.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01

and failing to return them is the
cause of many unpleasant features
of social existence, and we would
rather live the life of a hermit
than be a in neighborhood of q lot
>habitual and ungratefully forget
full borrowers. Borrowing and
not returning an article is tant-
amount to stealing it.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01
Entered at the postofice In Tabor. 3
d., az second-class matter.

ST. R." stands for Taft Reno
minated. Albany Journal. We
stand corrected. We have so long
been used to assoeiating the ini-
tiaIs IT. RI with one meaning
that we had almost forgotten to
think that there could be any
other meaning.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01
labor still sunrema.

Science has accomplished q lot of
new things with water power and air
power, but hasn't improved on man
power. Nothing so far, in the history
Of humanity, has been discovered as
an acceptable substitute for honest,
steady Iabor.-Herbert Kaufman.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01

We must admit that we rather
like the spicy and pungent tone
of our contemporary, the Utica
Times, under the able manage
ment of its editor, Bro. j. P. War
din. Besides, we happen to he
personally acquainted with Bro.
Wardin and we are in a position
to say thatsthe editor is of q large
"aliber mentally as well as physi,
cally. Whether his mental dimeu
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-08-01

The bull moose seems to have
become pretty we'll established as
new addition to our political me-
nagerie. When T. Roosevelt said
he felt like a bull moose, we won
der if he took into consideration
the characteristics attributed to
the bull moose in the following re-
marks of naturalist VIM. j
Long: THE bull moose lives on
the public domain and is a very
wasteful feeder. At all times the
bull moose is easily fascinated by
too bright light"