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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09

Becker, once police car of the
tenderloin in New York, convict
ed of inspiring the crime, has
been granted a new trial. but the
court refused to review the death
sentences of the gunner.
l was seated in the death house
of Sing Sing. the first woman not
n relative of a condemned muir.
derer who has ever been admitted
to that gloomy corridor. At the
end of the long gray aisle of
death were the four cells of the
gunner. On my right were Dago
Frank and Whitley" Lewis. On
my left stood "Leftie Louie and
"Gyp the Blood" Hardly more
than boys, the oldest, Dago
Frank, is 2S, the youngest, Leftie
Louie, but 23. They stood, fever
ish hands clasping the grim bars
of their cells.
lust around the corner from us
was the little green door, the
dreaded door that leads into the
throne room of death, or as
view 1t, the throne room of legal
murder, where these four young
men will die.
Later | passed through that lit
tie green door and sat in the grim
electric chair. Within reach of
my arm was concealed panel
holding the death-dealing appara-
tus and a printed card of direc-
tiops.
One bell, turn on current!
Two bells, more current!
Two bells is the death sentence,
the fatal phrase which shuts off
human life. Within four feet of
that frightful inscription stood
the four gunner clutching the
bars of their cells, and telling me
their story.
Save for Louis Rosenberg, the
gunner are typical products of a
big city's streets. They look like
overgrown newsboys.
1--WE are delighted to see you,"
said "Leftie Louie" with a be-
wildering courtliness. Through
you we four boys who are about
to die, make a last appeal to the
American people. All we want is
justice.
Lieut.. Becker has been grant
ed new trial. Must we boys, not
one of us 80 years old, 60 to the
chair without the same chance
that Becker has?
I'VE claim that Becker was
framed up Just as we were. We
tell you as we would tell 1t to you
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09

Thrilling Scene i'm Gloomy Sing
Sing-With Dreaded Chair AL
most in Reach of Their Fingers,
BOyish Gunner Who Must Die
for Killing of Gambler Rosen-
thai, Protest InnOcence-Three
Jewish Prisoners Unselfishly
Plead for Dago Frank.
BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH.
Written Especially for the Times.
NEW YORK, April Owe
are all innocent, and we three
Jewish boys - Leftie Louie,
Whitley Lewis and Gyp the Blood
say to you now as s0lemnly as
ii we were at our last hour, that
that Italian boy over there wasn't
with us at the time Herman Ro-
senthal was murdered.
sour fathers came to America
that they might find freedom and
justice. They came from Russia
and from Austria and Poland. Yet
here are their sons i'm the death
house of Sing Sing prison, asking
the American people to give us
only a dogs chance for our hves!"
1t was Louie Rosenberg who
spoke to me, a slender Jewish boy
with black eyes, and the oval face
of a poet, yet Louie Rosenberg is
NOT A POET, BUT A GUNMAN,
who, with his three companions,
"Gyp the Blood" otherwise Harry
Horowitz; Whitley" Lewis and
Dago Frank Cirofici, must die on
April 10, the day after Easter
Sunday. for the killing of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler, in front
of the Metropole hotel. Charles
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
"GUNNEN ARE PRODUCTS
OF CHILD LABOR

Three of the gunner
in the death house" at
Sing Sing had to go to work
before they were Is years
old. "Gyp the Blood"
worked as an errand boy
when he was 13; Whitley"
Lewis was apprenticed to a
bookbinder and later to a
tinsmith; "Dago Frank"
worked in a department
store.
Lefty Louie" was flung
into the street when he was
only six. He was a sickly
child and the doctor or
dered fresh air. The street
was the only place fresh
air was to be had free.
Louie's parents were poor,
and the street was the best
they could do for him. At
seven he was a confirmed
street gamin; at 10 he was
a pool-room frequenter; at
16 he was a pickpocket.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09

I'm the spring of 1893 I was at.
tackled by Muscular and Inflamma-
tory Rheumatism. suffered as
only those who have II know. for
over three years. tried rem edy
after remedy, and doctor after doc,
tor. but such relief as I received
was only temporary. Finally.
found remedy that cured me COM
pletely, and II has never returned.
l have given 1t to a number who
were terribly afflicted and even
bedridden with Rheumatism. and n
effected cure in every case.
l want every sufferer from any
form of rheumatic trouble TO try
this marvellous healing power
Don't send a cent; simply mail your
name and address and / viii send
II free 10 try. After you have used
u and 1t has proven itself TO bio
that long look ed for means of cur
ing your Rheumatism, you NAV
send the price of 1t, one dollar. buf.
understand, l do not want yoilr
money unless you are perfectly sat
isfied to send IL. Isn't that failY
why suffer any longer when POSI-
tive relief is thus. offered you free?
Don't delay. Write today. MARX
H. JACKSON, No. sos Quincy BLDG
Syracuse. N. Y"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
"DAGO" FRANK CIROFICI.

hardened and depraved, but we
haven't got the nerve to talk
about that"
"Gyp the Blood's voice had
become inaudible, his loose
mouth seemed as unhinged as his
spirit. 1t continued to move, but
no audible words came from Il.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
Crotesque Ideas
Smash the Purse

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,. April 0. =
Designers of grotesque fashions
for women are depicting the peck
etbooks of the American people.
declared Dean Davenport of the
College of Agriculture of the Uni
versitty of Illinois in an address
hero.
lie said grotesQue fashions
were responsible I'm large part
for the increased cost of living.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
Bridal Boot
Size a Secret

LYNN, Mass, April 9.-The
slippers which Miss Eleanor Will
son will wear when she becomes
the bride of Secretary McAdoo
will be the product of Lynn fac
tory, an order HAVING been receiv-
ed by the manufacturer today.
They will be white satin, but
the manufacturer refuses to make
known their size. They will be
completed In less than a week and
sent by special messenger to the
White House.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
TEACHERS

LOUISVILLE, April gu. s..
Educational Commissioner p. X.
Claxton, recommends that rural
school teachers be employed for
life and furnished with a house
and plot OF ground for their own
use and for experimental pur-
poses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09

PORTLAND, April 8. - The
police department has unearthel
a thieving syndicate among store
clerks and recovered $1,000 of
loot and stopped a game that was
costing merchants thousands q
month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09

Send No Money-Just Your Adj
dress.
Years of awful suffering and
misery have taught this man, Mark
II. Jackson Of Syracuse, New York,
how terrible an enemy to human
happiness rheumatism 10, and have
given him sympathy with all un-
fortunates who are within its grasp
He wants every rheumatic victim
to know how he was cured. Read
what he says:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
VOTING MACHINE
LOSES ELECTION

HARTFORD. Conn. April o.
Although the returns indicated
Cheney, republican. elected may
or. Jacob II. Lawlor. democrat,
will be declared the winner be-
cause the voting machine in one
ward failed to record the demo-
cratic vote.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
TAUGHT SOCIALISM

CLATSKANIE, Ore, April g.
Mrs. Flora I. Foreman, former
teacher at Quincy schools, was
held to the grand jury on a
charge of melting riot and dis
respect for the flag, by teaching
socialism.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
To Cure Corns, Callouses,
Bunions and Aching Feet

The following Is absolutely the
surest and quickest cure known to
science for all foot ailments: Dis
solve two tablespoonfuls of Gallo
eide compound In n basin of warm
water. Soak the feet In this for
fully fifteen minutes, gently rub
bling the sore parts. The effect is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
37Pardons Given
Out of l4S

WALLA WALLA, April 8. -
The pardon board adjourned to-
day after considering 149 cases,
of which 81 were acted upon IA
vorably.
This is the largest number of
refusals the board has given. Two
bankers, Schtcker of La Conner,
and Parker of Wahkiakum, will
come up for action next session.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
HEAR MOTHER JONES

DENVER, April 9.-The SUI
preme court has granted a writ
of habeas corpus and will hear
the case of Mother" Mary Jones
on its merits as to whether she
is properly retained by the mill
tary authorities at Walesburg in
the coal zone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
MILLIONS WILL NOT
Save LIFE

CINCINNATI, April 9.-John
G. Mayo, wealthiest man in Ken
lucky. is here and has spent $780,
900 in a month for treatments
trying to be saved from Bright s
disease, but the doctors say he
cannot get well.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
SENATOR'S COMPLAIN.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 3,
Maryland and Louisiana sena-
tors bitterly complained In the
senate because Baltimore and
New Orleans had not been select
ed for regional banks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
WOULD MEDIATE

WASHINGTON, D. c., April o
At a conference of employees
and employers a scheme for ma.
tional board of mediation for the
settlement of labor disputes was
recommended.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09

sufficient to cure the worst feet. 1t
works through the pores and re-
Don't waste time on uncertain rem
edies. Any druggist has Calocide
compound I'm stock or he can get
II In few hours from his whole
sale house. Prepared only by
Medical Formula Co, Chicago, ILL.,.
and Dayton. Ohio.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
COPS GO TO Pen

ST. PAUL, April 9.-Martin
Flanagan, ex-chief of police. and
City Detective Fred Turner, con-
victed of grating on tenderloin
women, went to the pen for 10
years yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
PREACHER STILL I'LL

DENVER, April 9.-Rev. Otis
l.. Sturgeon, who came here to
speak against Catholicism and
was kidnapped and beaten nearly
to death and robbed of 500, is
still in the hospital.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
$4,000 IN TIPS

ST. LOUIS, April 9.-John M.
Green, head usher of the union
station, resigned his job yester-
day, having saved $4,000 in 10
years from his tips.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
HALF OF ILLINOIS DRY

= CHICAGO, April 9.--Later re-
turns show So counties or half
the state Of Illinois has now been
voted dry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
CHIEFS POCKET PICKED

TOLEDO. o., April 9.-Chief of
Police George Murphy had his
pockets picked and two purses
with $14 and theater passes TAX
en-.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
CHAUFFEUR Sent
TO PENITENTIARY

SAN FRANCISCO. April Q. -
Louis Kantor. chauffeur. who ran
down and killed w. McDermitt.
was given two years In the peni-
Tertiary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09

really WONDERFUL. All
soreness goes instantly
and the feet feel delight
full. Corns and callouses
can be peeled right off. II
gives immediate relief for
sore bunlons, sweaty,
smelly and aching feet. A
twenty-five cent box OF
Caiorida In aatd m ba
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
Rheumatism

Remarkable Home Cure Given by
One Who Had little Wants
Every Sufferer to Benefit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
OFFERS $75O,0O0

WELLESLEY, Mass, April Q.
has made a gift Of
$4,000 to Wellesley college on
they raise 100000
by January.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
COLONEL COMING

NEW YORK, April 9.-Word
from Captain Fiala says Theo-
dore Roosevelt is expected to start
for home about May IL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09
CAN'T SEGREGATE

VANCOUVER, B. c., April O.
The law will not allow Vancou-
YER to segregate Asiatics In
schools by themselves.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-19
Billy Burke.

When her skin is usually SO fine,
and delicate in texture and tint that
the ordinary painting and poWdering
that the average girlfeefs called upon
to indulge in to enhance her beauty.
is like gliding the lily; with the most
beautiful of all compilations unless
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-19
Mrs. Leslie Carter.

she is freckled- and hair that tie
poets have rayed over ever since
was discovered, and a very
clever brain, whatcis the reason that
the red=haired woman cannot be the
prettiest Of all of Eve''s daughters?
There need beno reason if she viii
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-19
RED-HEADED WOMAN THE CLEVERESTO OF ALL
-HEREARE SOME EXAMPLES

BY. IDAH McGLoNE GIBSON /: /. (
Red-headed women are popularity;
supposed to be the oleyerest' of all
femininity, but there also goes a little,
sting with this fiattering bit; of public
opinion. She is seldom called beau,
tifuL =. :, -, .
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-22

the entrenched camp Of Antwerp, at.
ter brilliantly fulfilling its duty as
dictated by the strategical situation
and delaying for two weeks the Ger
man passage Of the Meuse.
Antwerp has double role. It Is
a formidable entrenched camp, forti-
fed on most modern lines, and is the
base from which the Belgian army
can threaten the oerms nfiank and
cooperate effectively with the allies.
THE Antwerp defenses consist of
three Notifications, whose power Of
resistance can be heightened by flood
ing large area around all the works
Antwerp is fully equipped with the
most perfect appliances. To besiege
the fortress the Germans would have
to detach imposing forces and large
siege train. This they are not, like
~ to do. If they do not, they will
be obliged to cover themselves from
the operations or the Belgian army,
which is intact, thanks to the skill
full retreat. and augmented by the
Antwerp garrison. 2
1T is to be added that the Liege
forts still hold out. Those ut Namnr
have not yet been attacked. They
are al strong as the forts at Liege
and have been considerably strength
ened in the past two weeks.
From this 1t would seem that the
advancing German armies are caught
between the positions of Namur
and Antwerp. a distance from each
crow Mes. The German situation is
then difficult one, since they lack
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-22

have returned from an outing at Salt
Lake City.
Mesdames Rae Miles and Nellie Hind
are rusticating at Dempsey Springs,
Iano.
Mrs. Winnie McMaster and sons OF
Brigham City returned home this
morning after several weeks spent in
our city.
Miss Joyce Lewis of Hyrum spe ~
Sunday here with the McCracken fam.
Erwin Read successfully passed the
section foreman's exam at Pocatel'
10 Monday and has been assigned to
the section at Corinne. lie left
yesterday to take up his work as
foreman for the D. s. l.. IA
Mrs. Ash of Salt Lake City is Wis.
lting Mr.. and Mrs. John Dangerfield
Bishop Miles and family, motored
to Idaho Falls on Saturday and spent
Sunday, with their son, Attorney Ed
win Miles
AIfs. August, Pearson. of Cokeyille,
Wyoming, received visit from the
Stork while visiting here with their
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Ahlstrom
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fishburn Of
Brigham City are visiting their chill
dref here.
Mrs. Robert Weeks Of Thatcher,
Idaho, is visiting Mrs. Harriet KEEL
sey.
Scout Masters Dresden Cragun and
Gilbert Roskelley, have been at Bear
Lake during the past ten days teach
ing their boys the intricacieseo camp
life.
Leonard Olson, scout master. OF the
First ward took his boys on hike
to the lake east of our city, christen-
ed scout lake. by the boys last sum-
mer. >
Miss Fern Nilsson is engaged as
clerk at the drug store. K.
Mrs. Ann Fyfee and the Misses
Eliza Fyfee and Mildred Crabbe Of
Lehi, returned home after a pleasant
visit with the McCracken family.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-22

Paris, Aug. 20. THE German cav
airy has occupied Brussels. This Of
fetal announcement was made TO-
night. Strong columns are follow
ing up this movement. The Belgian
army Is retiring on Antwerp, without
having been engaged by the Germans.
Along with the announcement OF
the fall OF Brussels the official sta,e-
ment says:
"our troops have met with brilliant
successes in Alnce. especially be-
tween Muelhausen and Altkirch. The
Germans retreatlng on the Rhine left
in our hands many prisoners and
twenty-four guns, six OF which we're
captured by our infantry after a
sharp struggle.
in Lorraine the Gay was less for
tunate for us.N Our advanced troops
found themselves faced by exception
ally strong positions. They We're
forced by counter attack to fall
back in a body, which is solidly ,es-
tablished on the 4Seille and along the
canal from the Marine to the Rhine"
"In conformity with a prearfanged
plan the Belgium army retreated on
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-22

adds. Many are camped in the pub.
lie square, whose homes in the sub.
urbs have been fred by the Prus.
SLAMS The roads leading into Brus.
sells have been crowded all day with
all manner of conveyances, many
drawn by dogs and others by girls.
women and aged peasants. Most of
these people have lost everything.
Few of them have any money. The
peasant is considered lucky who sue
ceeded nsaving a single horse or d
COW. Most of them tell of German
barbarities, but 1t is evident that q
majority of these tales are somewha.
exaggerated.
German Force Overwhelming
military men characterize the
German force which is moving across
Belgium as overwhelming, saying It
consists of at least two or three ar
my corps. The advance of this hinge
force is covered over the entire thir-
ty mile front by a screen of cavalry.
The Germans had no difficulty in
taking Louvain, which was virtually
undefended.
''In the high wooded country be-
tween Louvain and Brussels the Ger
mans found an excellent defensive po-
sition. Having occupied Louvain the
Germans pushed forward with great
celebrity, the cavalry opening out in
fan shape formation, spreading across
country.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-22
Sn1ithfeLd NelUs

the birthday Of Mrs. Marie Merrill
Miss Mae Smith returned Tuesday
from Weston.
Miss Rebecca Pilgrim returned to
American Falls on Thursday after .
pleasant visit here.
Myron Whitaker of Salt Lake has
been the guest, of Miss Eliza Watts
during the past week.
Mrs. Thomas Mathews and Miss Lot
tie Griffith are visiting at Idaho Falls
with their sister, Miss Elizabeth Grit
fifth ~ <fyi t .-
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Naylor Of
Provo We're calling on old friends
here during the past week.
Miss Eleise Hill and Miss May Hill
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-22
Society Folk Attend Opera. Local
Happenings Of General
Interest

Smithfeld, Aug. 21.--Our town ap
pears quite lively since Mr.. Joseph
e. Wilson's force Of men have com.
menced work on the four paving dis
tricts. ,N-r~ss,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred SAINT of Grace
Idaho, are visiting the Mathe and
SAINT families here.
& Quite number of our socity PEG
pie attended the Sheehan opera at
Logau.l
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Plowman enter
tanned on Tuesday complimentary to
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-22

London, Aug. 21.-The following
proclamation by the mayor OF Brus
sells is contained in a dispatch to the
Daily Mail from its Ostend cores
pondent:
Despite the heroic resistance OF
our troops, aided by the allied armies
1t is to be feared that the enemy may
occupy Brussels, In tie event of such
an occurrence I rely upon the popu.
lation to rematns caim and avoid ell
panic. w&s% 9t.S A,ls
"The laws of war forbid the enc
my obtaining by. torce Information
relating to the national, defense. The
Inhabitants of Brussels shave the
right to refuse all such Information
As long as Live or am 8 free agen,
4 shall endeayor to- protect the rights
and dignity Of my fellow citizens.
a pray you to gender my task less
difficult by abstAfning from all hos.
tile acts" -g&yaFF
Many Refugees In City
Brussels Is filled with refugees
from surrounding towns. despite the
large numbers, who left the city for
Client and Ostend during the past
few days." says the Daily Chronicles
correspondent ut Client.
"The plight Of most Of the refu-
gees Is pitiable," the correspondent
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-22
!.
I CAPTURE
BRUSSELS
London. Aug. GA dispatch to
the Central News from Brussels says
that long line of burning villages
marked the German advance.

London, Aug. 21.-The Paris cor
respondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph company sends story origin
ating at Christiania which states that
Emperor William ordered the attacks
by the Germans on Liege and that
General Won Emmlch was not re
sponsible for them.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-22

Large bundle of old newspapers,
for SC ut this Office.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-22

the chief poctulate of a plan of
march through Belgium. namely. a
free passage Of the Mouse, route
by Liege and Namur and inaction on
the part of the Belgian army"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-02-13

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adv.
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5000, 00O. 90 To loan on Farm
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