The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-01
YEAR 1872 4 NOTABLE ONE
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Following him came Police Com
missioner Waldo. and ~tlncnccforth the
aldermanic investigating committee.
though hardly treated seriously
enough by the public at large. began
to turn out q mass 81 evidence throw.
Ing diecrsdit upon the management OF
the police department under the Gay
nor administration.
Then came the trial Of Becker.
Turkey and italy had been at war all
the year and about October Turkey
agreed to make peace. What did that
matter? Becker was about to be
tried. Italy and Turkey signed a pro-
tocol OF peace and Just about then
Turkey. and all the Balkan states
signiied their intention. shortly after
ward carried out. OF joining in war
upon the Crescent. But what did New
York care? Becker's trial had be-
gun.
Attempt to Kill Roosevelt.
Taft. Wilson and Roosevelt-the
man on whose life a murderous at
tempt had been made-but what mat
ter? Becker was being tried. Rarely
has a nation been so stirred by an
ahortive attempt at assassination as
by the attack upon Col. Roosevelt. but
IN the big furry Of those days It was
'uN u Vi cOlSlOuS uIllll 1kOOS6s
Welt was back on the inside pages and
Becker back to the front.
state nominations. the aftermath Of
h campaign fund Investigations. in
which every penny that went to elect
Roosevelt in 1904 was raked up
against him as a piece of sin and cor
ruptioh-these and lots Of more vital
ternational affairs-went by the board
IN h editorial council room. There
tho rule each day vas simply this:
There are so many columns OF adver.
tisements we must publish. and that
leaves US so many columns for the
Becker case"
Becker. to his horror. was convicted
in his own defense. swiftly came the
conviction Of the four gunner. who
cried like the depraved children they
are. Just as they had b%razenly, like
bad children. detiled the truth before.
MI. Whitman. pursuing his relent-
less way. to the end that the actual
perpetrators OF the crime should be
sentenced to death as we'll as the arch
fend of The Rosenthal murder, for 30
he considered Becker, would brook no
delay or opposition. and in Justice
Goff. specially detailed to hold an ex-
t~raordtnary term Of the supreme court
to try all matters arising from the
Rosenthal murder. the district attor-
ney found a ready and vigilant coad-
jutor.
That the men who had been Beck
sptracy to kill Rosenthal, Jack Rose.
Bridge Weber and the rest. should be
promised immunity in return for their
testimony. was a painful but necessary
feature Of the case.
On Oct. "a Becker was convicted;
on Nov. 10 the four gunner were con-
yicted. and all were sentenced to be
e~lectrocuted. They were removed to
the death cells in Sing Sing. but pend
ing their appeals. of course. the exc
cuttons are postponed. and 1t may be
that not until August next will the
court Of appeals render its decision ON
Becker's conviction.
Tragic Defeat OF Taft.
But before Becker had been rennov.
ed to Sing Sing election day had come
and gone. Theodore Roosevelt, who
never believed he could be elected,
had achieved what he had started out
to do. had wrecked the ambitions of
TAFT, the man who was once his
trusted friend and adviser, whom he
helped to place in the white house.
Wilson o Of course. by an over.
whelmtng popular and electoral ma.
jority, but it was pointed out by the
searchers for truth that Taft and
Roosevelt polled a much larger pop.
ular vote, combined. than Wilson.
whose total vote was below the rec.
ord Of Bryan. Mr.. Wilson decided
that a trip to Bermuda would best
take him away from the omnipresent
Office seeker.
Mr.. Roosevelt. supremacy happy in
the knowledge hat he had beaten
Taft and left the president. Of the
United States in the position Of third
IN a race Of three. issued a proclama-
ton that he would live and the pro.
gressive party would live likewise. Mr..
Taft sent an order to an express COM
pany to arrange for the removal Of
his goods and chattels to Cincinnati,
his home town. where he will esum
the practice Of law on March s, 1918.
The prime minister Of Spain. Ca
nalejas. was murdered on Nov. IL,
but this event hardly rippled the sur.
face OF European news, much bur-