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NEWS SECTION—TWENTY-FOUR RAGES TODAY
Member of the
-Associated Press-
THE TEMPLE SUNDAY TELEGRAM
THE FIRST MOILMNG PAPEB IN CE.MKAL A.Mi Ktfil TlC^lh—MAS LARfiKWT U1U.IUUOS OF Ai V KU*ER PI BUSHES BLIWttX DALLAS A.\ D HOUSTON
Full Leased Wire
Night Press Service
PRICK PiVK CENTS
TEMI'LK. TKXAS, SUNDAY (HT Z", 1912
VOL. V. No. '£»r,
■4
NATION BEING BORN
IN BALKAN WARFARE
PUSHING THE
TURKS ASIDE
ALLIES HAVE TAKEN GROCND
WHICH TilKV WILL STL li-
BORNLV HOLU-
DEFY THE POWERS
THE CROWN PRINCE
MAKINGRECOVERY
Injury to Ruitkla'i Hrtr to Throne
Serious Mriuu« U> 1 Vatv
of luuutfjl.
'RAILROADED'
BECKER SAYS
COXntTED POLICE LIEUTENANT
BU'l l it AGAINST THE
COIKT.
Turkey's Strength -Not Yet Brought
J "jrwurd, Urn Utile Hope of Ex-
pelling —Morr
Victories lor Allies.
By Aaaoeistea Prtm
IjON'DON, Oct. J< —The swiftness
and efficiency of the onward move-
ment of the armies of the Billed Bal-
kan states 1* making Europe open her
eve* Prom the north and all along
the line from Greece on the eouth
they ar« crowding back the bounda-
ries of the Ottoman empire In Europe
The often predicted and long delayed
day when the Turku will have hie
baok agalnet the nail seems at hand.
The two pivotal points of Turkey's
defense on the north were Adrianopie
and Uekup The Bulgarian army in
the east has defeated (he Turks at
Klrtc-KlUsseh, which la the strongest
outpoat «f Adrianopie, and appears to
have almost Invested that fortress
The Servian army In the west walk-
ed Into L'skup at 2 o'clock this after,
noon without opposition The Turk-
ish garrison there withdrew on the
railway towards Salonlkl.
How far It Intends to retreat and
why are questions. The only answer
to the last question Is (hat the strength
and supplies of the garrison did not
JnMIfy aa attempt to make a stand
Ttoere Is no position between Cskup
and galoaikl better situated for a bat-
tle than ths one abandoned. The
stratsgv apparently Is to follow the
Uds of the railway toward Saloniki.
Kvents about Adrlsaople are even
mor» Important. The Bulgarians ap-
parently are prooeedlng successfully
with the Investment of the fortress.
Ths Turkish army whloh was defeat-
ed at Klrk-KUIsaeh did not fall upon
(By Associated Freasj
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 26.—Tho
latest reports received in court circles
from Spala sive assurances of the
recovery of Crown Prince Alexis
Apart from the meagre detail.* of
the doctors' bulletin*, not a slugis fact
I has been allotted to appoar In thj
Russian ne*!pap»ra regarding tho
illness to the heir to the throne, an-1
the nation is deeply Incensed by the
rigid censorship
The secrecy with respect to the In-
juries from which the Crown Prince is
suffering has bred a crop of sensa-
tional rumors. The facts are that
eleven days ago a childish pranx
moved the little prince to climb a
htgh cupboard iri the hunting lodge
at Spala, where the imperial family
was sojourning He slipped and fell,
striking a sharp oomer of a chair
and sustaining numerous bruises
The frightened attendants tried to
make light of the accident and the
prince bore the sharp pain without
flinching. The physicians who are
always in attendance en the prince re-
ports# that he had sustained severe
injuries in the region of the liver
A panic prevailed but no hint of
the truth was permitted to leak unt'l
his condition became critical, when
the country was startled by the phy-
sicians' bulletins
According to the law of ths house
of Romanoffs, the succession devolves
on the maJea. Only when ths tnalo
line la exhausted can the females suc-
ceed to ths throne Ths emperor'*
sole surviving brother, Orand Duke
Michel, eloped and contracted a mor-
ganatic marriage with the wife of a
brother officer In 1910, thereby for-
feiting the rights of succession.
The next heir. Grand Duke Cyril,
the handsome youug sailor, son of the
lsts Grand Duke Vladimir, married
ths wlfs sf ths Grand Duke of Hessr,
thus Incurring ths displeasure sf tho
Imperial family and the Hesse fam-
ily. Ail who are Initiated In the my<-
terlss of the court agree that the suc-
cession would give play to warring In-
fluences dangerous to the dynasty
For the welfare of Russia and the
Romanoffs, the preservation of tho
life of Crown Prince Alexis is of para-
mount Importance. He is a lovely
child and Is watched over day and
night by an old nurse and the sailor
(Continued on Page Five.)
(Continued on Page Five.)
MISS ETHEL SMITH IS LIVING
AS RESULT OF SACRIFICE OF
LIFE OF CRIPPLED "NEWSBOY"
"LEGAL BUTCHERING"
He full* Hin Trial and < on t let Ion.
Deplore- That Dill Vol <.o ou
WltiieKs stand—Sa>* lias
Little Money.
'By Associated Prtta)
NEW YORK, Oct. 26 —"I-eg-il
butchery" is how former Po!l< e Lieu-
tenant Charles Becker characterized
his conviction for the murder of Her-
man Rosenthal, in a talk with news-
paper reporters today. From his cell
in "murderers' row" in the Tombs,
Becker spoke bitterly of his fate, de-
i taring he had been "railroaded" and
that could he have taken the witness
stand during his trial, he would have
explained away the public impression
that he had acquired a fortune
through levying graft upon gambling
house's. The ex-policemari talked in
the presence of his brother. John
Becker, a police lieutenant.
"This case was legal butchery," he
said. "You can't emphasize that to j
much. Some of the accounts of my
trial I notice say that 1 paid out $26.-
000 for my defense. Twenty,-five
thousand dollars. Why, that is J2400
in excess of any sum 1 ever possessed
or ever hoped to possess According
to the newspapers, the public believes
1 am worth $100,*00. I can under
stand the purpose of this statement.
All of this could have been explained
if f had been allowed to go on the
steiid, every cent.
"Neither Mrs. Becker nor myself
ha* been given any consideration at
all since this case began. What't
more, I don't expect any. I would
not be surprised If Sheriff Harburg'.r
rushed me off from the court room
direct to Blrtg 31ns after Justice Qolt
has sentenced me next Wednesday
That will be the final stage of the rail-
railroading of Becker."
The strain of waiting for the out-
oome of his trial and the uncertainty
he still faces pending a decision by
t higher court on the appeal of his
lawyers will make, are telling on
Becker's physical condition, accord-
ing to his friends. Becker was visi-
ted for three hours by his wife to-
day, "Mrs. Becker is bearing up as
well as one could expect under such
circumstances," said the convicted
man. "Her condition troubles me
more than my own."
John F. Mclntyre, Becker's counsel,
said he was confident of a new trial
for his client. "There cannot be any-
thing else but a reversal," he declared
"That man Becker la Innocent. He
was convicted on the testimony at a
lot of unbelievable creatures and was
found guilty after a trial en which
legal errors beyond number ware com
mitted, in my opinion.
"I am going to set the attorney
general ef the state within a few
days. I believe that District Attorney
"Whitman had not the right to offer
Immunity to witnesses who might be
—and were In my belief—principals
In the murder I will ask the attor-
ney general for a ruling on that ques-
tion and I believe I will prove my con
tantlon."
Mr. Mclntyre mentioned Brldgii
Webber and Harry Valloo as the two
witnesses he had In mind. He said
that immunity agreements which the
county prosecutor made with them
were not approved by Judge Mul-
quean, before whom those made with
Bam She-pps and "Bald Jack" Rose
were signed.
Regarding a report that same of
the four gun men, Gyp the Blood,
Lefty Louie, Whitey Lewis and Dago
Frank were prepared to turn state's
evidence, through terror, at Beoker's
conviction, District Attorney Whitman
before leaving town for a rest tonight
■aid that the four prisoners were giv-
en opportunity before Becker's trial to
confess and that none of them could
hope to escape trial by telling what he
knew. Mr. Whitman said there was
no doubt as to the validity of the
Immunity agreements with Webber
and Vallon.
CROWN PRINCE OF
RUSSIA SUFFERING
FROM AN ACCIDENT
E
(•txciA1 «• *Me
OAR Y. lad.. Oct X.—Residents
of this tow* will erect a monument
to WiUlaai Rugfe. a "newsboy" who
waa a grown nan and a hero though
crippled. Ethel Smith, a girl he had
never seen, was so badly burned In
an explosion of a motorcycle that she
was In danger of losing one leg and
poaslbly her Ufa. Rsgh had one leg
that was paralywd Mid useless Hi
offered te have tt amputated that the
■Kin migat t>e used for grafting to
cover the flesh of Ethel Smith's
burned member. The operation was
performed, and Miss Smith was soon
able to leave the hospital, though she
Is not yet entirely well. Complica-
tions set In after Rugh's leg was am.
putated, and he was told by the doc-
tors that he could not recover. "All
right," he said. "I was some good to
the world after alL" Theee words
will be engraved on the monument
that Gary will erect te his memory.
Aeroplane Elopement.
(By Associated Frees)
Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 36.—Arthur
Smith proved himself a modern lochln-
■ var this afternon when he placed his
I fiance. Miss Aimee Cour, beside him
In his biplane and flew to Hillsdale,
Mich., 75 miles away where they were
'married. The parents had objected
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
♦ ♦
♦ Boy Aoto Robbers. ♦
♦ (By Associated Press.) *
♦ Omaha, Neb.. Oct 27.—Two ♦
♦ boys early this morning held ♦
♦ up In a spectacular manner,#
♦ six automobiles and robbed ♦
♦ their occupants of their val- ♦
♦ uables, aggregating several ♦
♦ hundred dollars. ♦
♦ ♦
(Special to The felegramj
ST. PETERCBURG, Oct. 2# —The
Grand Duke Alexis, the Russian
crown prince, is seriously ill at th
Imperial hunting lodge of Spala, in
Russian Poland, following an accident
on October 15, when he sustained an
injury In the right groin. There is
^reut popular anxiety over the illness
of the heir to the throne owing to the
fact that he is reputed tu have a dell
cate constitution. The cause of the
accident which led to bis present 111
ness is not stated officially, but it is
known to have happened a week ago
and one version is that the czarevitch
was thrown from a pony. Another
story Is that the boy was thrown and
injured while wrestling He made no
complaint, but a swelling developed
and there was extravasation of the
blood. .
♦ ♦
♦ THK WEATHER ♦
♦ ♦
(Philosophical Phellx.)
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(By Associated P»»s»l
Washington, Oct 26.—East and
Wast Texas, fair Sunday and Mon-
day.
by the Macfcay Telegraph
company
yesterday at 6 p. m.:
Wichita, clear
80
Mulvane, cloudy
88
Guthrie, clear
78
Oklahc^na City, clear
80
Norman, clear
86
Ardmore, clear
7$
Gainesville, clear
7S
Paris, clear
70
Bonham, clear
70
Ft. Worth, clear
Dallas, clear
McGregor, clear
• • ■ • • 73
Waco, clear
76
Temple, clear
si
Cameron, clear
90
Brenham, clear
Si
Bartlett, clear
70
Austin, clear
82
San Antonio, clear
84
Houston, clear
73
Galveston, clear
70
Beaumont, clear
70
Port Arthur, clear
70
MEXICAN DEPUTIES
ANDCLOCKS W]LL L£AD REV0LT
EXHIBIT Ol «>(Tl'ITS \\U M \- I
TEKIALs FOR EXPLOSIONS AT
DYN VMITE TRIAL
ST. LOUIS MYSTERY
INDICAiES MURDER' ANGRY OVER
CONTENTS OF VAULT
Testified Tiiat \rticles, Dynamite au>l
Nitroglycerin f ound at l uiou
Headquarters— impli-
cated AIL
China Wants Money.
(By Associated Press*
Chicago, Oct. 26.—The Chicago
Daily News today received the follow-
ing cable dispatch from Its corre-
spondent at Pekln, China.
"The government cabled to ths
Chinese minister at London instruct-
ing him to ask the Crisp syndicate to
issue another loan of $25,000,000.
This the syndicate refused owing to
the uncertainty In the London money
market, caused by the Balkaa war."
(By Atsuclated Press)
IN' IjI ANAPOL18, Oct. 26.—Alarm
clocks, gumshoes, nitre-glycerin cans,
tags from dynamite packages and
wires were produced before the Jury
at the "dynamite conspiracy" trial to-
day and identified by Martin J Hi-
land, chief of police of Indianapolis,
a.* having been taken from the vaults
of the International Association of
Bridge and Structural iron Workers
on the night that J J. McN'amara
was arrested.
Photographs of packages of dyna-
mite also Were identified by Chief
Hyiatid. All the exhibits which wer-s
Introduced by the government to sus-
tain its contention that the forty-five
defendants now on trial are equallv
guilty with the McN'amara brothers
and Ortie E McManigal In causing
explosions, were piled in heaps on the
floor before the Jury.
Chief Hyland testified that on the
night of April 22, 1911, when Mc.N'a-
mara, secretary of the union, was
arrested, President F. M Ryan and
others of the defendants were present.
The witness said Ryan on advice of
hm attorney had protested against a
search of the union's vaults before a
warrant was procured.
Out of a vault In the basement .n
the office building, the witness testi-
fied, fuur packages containing sticks
of dynamite, fuse and other articles
were taken.
"I now hand you a package State
whether It was taken out of that
vault," said James W. Noel, special
counsel for the government.
"Yes, it was. It contains fourteen
alarm clocks," replied Chief llyland.
The clocks were shown to the Jury.
They are said by the government to
be part of those used by the dynamit-
ers In causing bombs to explode sev-
eral hours after they had been "plant-
ed" as was done In blowing up thj
Los Angeles Times building
Chief Hyland described how on In-
formation given by McManigal secret-
ly held under arrest in Chicago, he
drove to a farm four utiles west of
Indianapolis and there In a barn
found nitro-glycerln and dynaml:e
packed jn sawdust.
"Did you notice anything peculiar
about the dynamite found In the
barn?" Hyland was asked.
"Tea, I noticed that the trade-mark
on each stick had been cut off."
McManigal. In his confession said
that J. J. McNamara, beoomlng un-
easy over the loss of life at LoS
Angeles, and fearing they would cap-
ture James B., had cut off the trade-
marks with a knife.
The witness said such anxiety pre-
vailed In Indianapolis after the dis-
covery of the explosives, that te pre-
serve the exhibits. It was necessary to
send them outside the city limit*
Among the other exhibits shown the
Jury was a suit case referred to by
the government as having been esp»-
cially designed to carry a 12-quart
can of nltro-glycesin on paaeeng-er
trains, and as having been brought by
H. W l.egleltner of Denver, a mem-
ber of the union's executive board,
from Pittsburg to Indianapolis.
The government also charges that
In the union vaults on the fourth
floors of the office building eighty
quarts ef nitro-glyoertn were atored.
Nude Body of W oman Pound iu \ a-
innl Huu#—t.agjjeii. Hound aud
Head (.anhed. May Ik- Prank.
(By A*so< l"ted f-r*sa"»
ST I.Ot'lS, Oct. 26 - The nude and
partly decomposed t/od) of u woman
with five gashes on the head a rope
around the neck, a gag in the mouth,
a gunnysack over the head and the
hands tied together with a cloth, was
found today In the basement of ^
house which had been vacant since
September J.
One end of the rope was wrapped
around a gas pipe in such a way
that it supported the body in a sit-
ting posture. Indications are that
the body hud been in the basement
for several weeks The cuts on the
head, it was stated at the morgue,
might have been made with a hatchet.
No weapon with which the cuts on
the head might have been made waa
found near the body
The finding of the body was the
result of a note received by mall by
Chief of Police Young which read:
"If you will go to 2307 Locust
street, you will find a body hanging
Janle Ashley."
Beside the body was a pile of cloth-
ing, all of it much worn. On th-?
floor near the body was a newspaper
dated September 1'8, folded so that
it displayed a story of the arrest of
men alleged to have been connected
with the New Westminster, B C .
bank robbery. The last tenants of ,
the house were unable tonight to aid
the police In identifying the woman.
The police tonight investigated,
without reaching a conclusion, a ru-
mor that medical students placed the
body in the basement and arranged
the scene to give the appearance of
a murder.
NO QUORUM
FACTION DESIRES TO VEESTIOX
PRESIDENT MADERO ON
Dl\/, TRIAL.
FRIENDS BLOCK PLAN
By Absenting Themselves. No Action
to Embarrass President t 'ao Be
Taken—Diaz Erlentls
Are Furious.
Wlckersham Warming Up.
(By Associated Press'
Clrcleville, Ohio, Oct. 2*.—"Con-
ceived in ambition, born In malice and
nourished on misrepresentation of thj
president and republican party."
So said Attorney General Wlcker-
sham of tho progressive party. In his
third Ohio speech advocating the re-
election of President Taft here today.
The speaker devoted most of his
speech to a criticism of Dan R. Hanna
of Cleveland, one of Colonel Rooae-
velt's staunch supporter*.
(By Associated Pnaai
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 20—I'nless the
administration members of (he cham-
ber cease their tactics of 1 locking an
Interpellation of the executive, the re-
mainder of the deputies threatened
tonight to go Into the streets and ap-
peal to the people arid even to ca:l
upon the people to revolt
When It became evident late this
afternoon that the sume members who
yesterday absented themselves from
the session*, had again refused to
present themselvs, the other depu-
ties, angered to the point of fury
because of the lack of a quorum, ap-
pointed a committee to bring them
to the chamber. At the same time
they declared that they would de-
liver a coup d'etat In event of failure.
Sensational speeches were made and
the galleries were crowded.
Special dispatches from Vera Crui
announce that all the evidence has
been taken in the courtmartial of the
rebel officers and the death penalty
has been asked. President Madero
has evinced no sign that he will In-
terfere and It Is doubted whether the
efforts of the authorltleg for a stay
of execution will avail.
The threats of the deputies to make
an appeal to the populace, however,
came to naught. The committee sent
out to bring In absent members was
(Continued on Page Five.)
ROGER BRESNAHAN, FIRED FROM
NANAGEMENT OF ST. LOUIS BALL
CLUB, WILL FIGHT MRS. BRITTON^
OIL FIGHT COMPROMISE.
Stated That Standard WUJ Sell Stock
to Pierce.
(By Associated Praes)
New York. Oct. 27.—Negotiations
are in progress for settlement ef the
litigation over control of the Waters-
Pierce OU Company, according to ths
Times this morning, through the sale
to H. Clay Pierce of the stock owned
by John D. Rockefeller, John D. Arch-
bold and others who received thsir
holdings through the distribution s1
the stack formerly owned by the
Standard Oil Company of New Jer-
sey. The cffect of such a move would
be to leave Mr. Pierce In undisputed
cofitrel of the Waters-Pierce Oil Com-
pany, In which he la a minority stock-
holder.
It was because negotiation! for a
settlement were pending. It la said,
that an agreement has been reached
that Mr. Archbold should not testily
on Monday next as was expected in
the Standard Oil-Water Plercs liti-
gation now pending.
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Alleged Fire-Bug Arrested.
Minneapolis, Oct. 28.—John Gam-
bold, 21 years old, a former seaman
in the federal service, is held by the
police on a charge that he cause eight
warehouse and factory fires in Min.
neapolis at a loss of $100,000. One
of the fires Indirectly caused on
death. The police say Gambold ad-
mitted ths charges.
(Special to The Telegram)
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2*.—Roger Bres-
nahan announces that he will real it
the action of Mrs. Helen* Britton,
owner of the St Louis Cardinals. In
ousting him from the management of
the team and will go to law If necea-
iry to protect himself. Bresnahan
has a contract for four years, on* sf
which has expired, aa $10,00# s year
and 10 per cent of the club's profits.
He Is popular with St. Louis fans, but
has not got along with Mrs. Britton,
as A. has shown a disposition to
Interfere with his management of ths
team even In the methods of play.
He was asked to compromise b«s
claim, hut declared that be would be
content with nothing leas than his full
•alary and percentage ef ths profits.
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