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IKE BECKER CASE. i \m\<. or n >ii\M?sv Buna in MU VMATK l\t HU NT 1'ntH'r Jud^c* Orders DUtrlcl \t lonu > Heads Into Ibi-ord K\loV-u<*e Supporting t'oiispiracj. New York. >< t 22.?The Wjflj of the State against Belke Laeut. QmM Seeker In connection with the murder of Herman Hoi* n thai, closed abruutly end dramatically this afternoon with the district attorney, at the oourfs command, reading Into tho record a flood of testimony from Becker's star wttaess. Jack Sullivan, /or whose ad? mission Hecks-'s lawyer had fought lon? and hard, when Sullivan testi fled hefore. Amid the vigorous protests -of Becker's coumel. who had objeotod ae vigorously when Sullivan's testi? mony was bar-ed several days ago, the "king of newsboys'' unloosened his tongue. He told his story bellig? erently aad esc Itedly. In his own way* Just ae he ha 1 asked permission te tell U wheat he was on the stand be? fore. His tes> imony was In direct support of the contention of the de? fense that Rose. Webber. Vallon and Schepps. informers and State wit? nesses, had eo isplrcd in Jail to sead Becker to the olectrlc chair by their perjury John F. Mclntyre. Decker's chief counsel, had declared his case rested when 8ulllvsn sras recalled. Mr. Mc? lntyre refused to question him and Justice Ooff. leaning down from the bench, instructed the district attor? ney to ask th<? witness, "as part oi ths case of the defense" certain ques? tion*, which the court had excluded during Sullivan's previous testimony. These questions had to do with conversations Stolllvan said he had in the West Fifty-third street Jftffl with Roes and Webl>er. "Rose told nlm that he and Webber and Vallon and Schepps were going to frame up Webber." Sullivan declar? ed. "He asked me to corroborate his testimony. They all asked?kept at me day and night. When one left off, the other began. Rose got a letter from ths dlstrct attorney one day and after he had read it, he came to me and said. "Jack, the district at? torney writes me that he wants to know If you are going to corroborate ua He says If you do, It will be all right; if you don't, you'll be Indicted.' 'Webber said to me: "The only way you can get out Is for you to do as Mr. Whitman says and swear that you saw Becker with Jack Rose and me a few hours after tho murder. If you do that, you II get out, like we will, after ths trial. If you don't you'll be Indicted and spend six months in Jail.' nee Webber said It me: 'Jack, for Ood's take say you saw Becker, as we will testify. If you want rioney 1 11 give you 11,000 now and when you get out w?'ll go Into the hotel busi? ness. All you have to do Is He a bit. If you do it's all right, If y>u don't you'll go to Jail.' Ii these Impor.u.iltles Sullivan raid he replied bat h? would spend six years In Jail if necessary rather than swear a man's life sway. Louis Pitt, brother of Beckers so called press agent, was another wit? ness for the defense who was forced to ths stand by Justice (loft after Mr. Mclntyre had declared his case closed. Mr. Mclntyre refused to examine Plitt snd again the district uttorney read into t^e record evidence against the State's cup v "Jack Rose told me." plitt testi? fied, "that Becker did re t have any? thing- to gg with I'm murder. He said: 'I'll s*?-<r to on my mother's grave th.it BeSstef did not have any thirir to o.. with thl*. He la innocent, but I've been talking too much and I've got to testify against him.' " There whs but one witness called in rebufal snd none In sur-rebuttal. The case was closed for both sides at 3 o\ lock snd adjournment taken soon thereafter. Tomorrow will be devoted to summing up. Justbe 11 off will charge in? Jury Thursday morning. Wiiiiu.i, Shapiro, driver and part owner I the gray murder car. which carried the gunned to the Metropole and th? n supplied their means of es? cape af'? r shooting RoseUthSl. vi as the witm?s In rebuttal He added nothing to punish it return; of hi* g|sjf| aSSagal hi* ?tktSSJM St that U'? or S& b?m Sfsgg elapf d after the shooting before hi m.h able t<> start his ? jir with the gunmen Inside in Might. What Is said to have he? n an 1 11 h hour ri.iiige of min i SS 'he part of Mr. Mclntyre kept |'.e< k?r from the witness st.in.I "I did not put BSOkSf M the st ?rol." Mr. Melntyre s nd. ' simplv beCOOOfl 1 did not care to dignify the opinion that the eharge of murder has bO< I corroborated by credible witnesses. The law ?a>s that there ? an be no con'.lctlon on the testimony of accoSS Pllees without < ortoborntlon. To have put Herker on the stand would ha\e appeared to be an acknowledg men' that the testimony of II alien and lathan arrounted |0 SFOdlblS lOStl? monv. *h? ress.lt ap|.. m <i uM fOFO ths ?hat Hall*n had ?-rved 12 ) RKVLsE THE RtLE& south Carolina DciiMHTitf i<- Regula? tions Will ho Made Over Before ?lamuiry. 1911. Columbia, (>< t. II??John Qary Kwms ehainnan of the state Deuno? era tic Rxeeulivs Commlttaai said several ilay.s ago, while in Columbia, th.it he would use great care in the selection of the r.uuuiitteo to prepare i report on the revision of the c< n? m t nation Ol the party. The OOJBBBlttee will be appointed from the State ck< ? - utive ooaaaattaatA According to the resolution adopt? ed the committee will be required to make report to the State commltrc before January 1st, 1914. The ques? tion of revising the constitution, bo ks to safeguard the primary .system will be left to the if 14 State convention of the party. COLONEL AXXIOl'S TO WORK. Roosevelt See* Jew People, But These Visitors Report Improvement. oyster Hay, Oct. 23.?The barrier between Sagamore Hill and the rest of the world was up today and noth? ing was to be seen of Col. Roosevelt. A few visitors, however, succeeded in getting past, and through them the news filtered out that th?e colonel was steadily improving from the wounds indicted by John Schrank in Milwau? kee. At 9 o'clock tonight, after his physicians had examined his wound, they gave out this bulletin: "Col. Roosevelt has been resting in since his return home and is dis? tinctly better. The wound shows that the healthy healing processes are going on. "Dr. Joseph A. Blanke. "Dr. George Brewer. "Dr. Alexander Lambert. "Dr. George W. Fuller." Col. Roosevelt took a dip into poli? tics once more today. One of his visi? tors was George W. Perkins of New York, who, with Senator Dixon of Montana, has charge of the colonel's campaign. Col. Roosevelt had been Impatient to see Mr. Perkins and to get In touch with the political situa? tion again, after being out of the fight for the presidency for more than a week. AVIATOR'S NARROW ESA?APE. Clung Violently Prom His Speeding Aeroplane g| College Park. Washington, Oct. 22.?Flung from a speeding aeroplane and miracu? lously escaping Instant death, Wil? liam Kabitzke, an aviator, today was receiving the congratulations of friends at the army aviation field at College Park, Md. The accident occurred late yester? day when Kabitszke, in demonstrating a machine, ordered for the signal corps, flew too close to the ground '.nd when one of the wings struck was hurled from his seat into a pile of soft sand. ? The machine, which was traveling at a speed of approximately 55 miles an hour, was demolished. The air man was only slightly injured. EXPORTS THROIGII PANAMA. Suite !><*|Htrtmeiu Wants to Estimate the Volume of Commerce. Washington. Oct. 22.?The Latin Atnerlcan division of the State De? partment is observing closely export trade from the United States to South American countries on the Pacific coast with a view to determining the probable volume of such traffic ttefOttgh the Panama canal. The value of goods exported to the countries along the west coast of ftOUtfc America last year was $24,34'.?, 141, of which Chile took about 61 per oeati Peru 14 per cent and Ecuador the remainder. Five-sevenths of the cotton cloth exported to South America went to countries srhldi would be directly af? fected by the Panama canal. SCHRANK B?RRY NOW. Rgjg to Regret Attempt on Rooaevelt's Life, Milwaukee, ??et. II.?-John Schrank Is sorry fof bis attempt Upon the life of <*oi. Roosevelt) according to Ihe statement today of John Prey, on trial for Wife murder I'rey Was lodged In the same tier of cells v. tii Hchrank. He has played checkers wnh ttchfanhi and during one gams rtehrank, according lo Frey, aald ? | considered it my duty at Ihs Ilms f fired lo rtd the country of s ihlrd termer, but i am sorry now." ????????^pe?rWSJSpSSBSSJSJMBJSSSSfl? in State's prleon and Luban eras brought In shackles from the N? w Jersey Btah prison Into the court room." Beek er aald: "i wanted to go on Ihe stand, but my counsel advised igalnel It i don't believe any jury would convict me on the testimony < f fered In the case " THE WAR IN BALKANS. NOTHING in i imn: FROM LHE Aim: or OPER a Hons THOUGH m:\vv FIGHTING is in;. roitTEIb QlilU3 Clear, However, Thai Stories of la ii of Klrk-Klllsseli Arc Without Poumlutioii. London, Oct, -2.?An almost Im? penetrable veil conceals the moat In? teresting operations of ths war?those in the vicinity of Adrlanopie. No of Acial acount of any kind hearing on these movements has yet been issued. Tii?- Bofla newspapers report heavy lighting; 'around Adrianople and Kirk Klllsseh to the east and three forts in the vicinity of Adrianople captured. According to one rumor 2,000 Bul? garians v/ere killed and 4,000 -Round? ed in a desperate engagement out? side Kirk-Kilisseh. It is quite clear, however, that all reports of the fall of Kirk-Kilisseh and the cutting of communications with Constantinople are quite un? founded. Fighting of a most serious charac? ter continues at all points along the extensive frontiers and an important battle is impending in the Kumanova district between the Servians and Kekki Pasha, who, according to a Constantinople dispatch, which is ex? aggerated, has 10,000 men and strong artillery. A Constantinople dispatch sent at midnight Kives a report that the bat? tle has U'Kun practically all along the line from Adrianople to Kirk-Kilisseh, the Turkish troops advancing and the Bulgarians falling back with heavy losses. The Montenegrins apparently are making slow progress in the direction .?f Scutari. Podjoritza dispatches say the bom? bardment of Tabosch continues but al? though the fort has been greatly dam? aged, there is no sign of yielding. In naval matters the honors so far are with the Greeks, who have cap? tured Lcmnos, thus obtaining a base from which they can attack the Tur? kish squadron should it emerge from the Dardanelles. Seemingly, however, the Turks are not disposed to leave the Black sea and risk an encounter with the Greek fleet. CONFLICT OF OPPOSING FORCES. According to Dispatches to London I'upcr, Troops are Buttling Fiercely at Turuboscli. London, Oct. 2'.l?All divisions of the Montenegrin army concentrated south of Scutari are taking part in the attack on Tarabosch. A terrlthV bombardment, says a Podjoritza dis? patch to The Express, has occurred, and the greatest battle yet fought be? tween the Turks and Montenegrins is now in progress. Crown Prince Danlelo is personally commanding operations, Roads have been blasted in the mountain side t > allow the pas? sage of h? avy artillery which has been gtOOnted on the heights around Tara bosch. CHARLESTON LAD KILLED. Body of ?lohn L. Son ley Found Be? side Trade at St. Matthews. St. Matthews, Oct, 23.?A norin bound Southern freight crew early this morning detected a dead body lying beside the track and proceeded to Invastigate? A signet ring and an express r? ceipt for a suitcase from Bummerville to Columbia Indentlfled the remains 01 those ,,f John L. Sealey l years old, of Charleston, Bealey had been working at the Navy Yard, but threw up his job and left home. The body was brought here and an inquest held this after? noon. The head, le^s and arms were horribly mangled, ESXactly how the accident happened may never be known. 'Hie verdict of the ctuner's Jury was that the deceased died from caus? es unknown to the jury. Felder'* Undertaking Establish? ment took charge of the body and shipped It to his mother in Charles? ton. V \l ?.ll\ DI M WDS ANOTHER DAY Greenville, <>< t. 83,? Refusing to surrender any portion ol the three days automatically granted him by law from the time of his arraignment until trial is begun, Thurston (" Vaughn \nIio was indicted Monday on three charges of criminal assault, could not be brought to trial this morning when the special term of the Court oi General Sessions reconven? ed, Court recessed until !*.:">a o'clock tomorrow morning, at which time Vaughn be placed on trial for his life, unless he can show legal cause why the hearing should not proceed f..i ihn Ith, The question of < onductlng the trial behind clolOd tloois was bTOUgtlt up by counsel for the dofense, and after discussing the point with the prose? cution both sides agreed to leave tin matter to tho discretion of Judge Purdy, who has ihe mattet under advisement and will make known his det Islon tomorrow morning. DISPATCHES TELL OF CONTIN? UED MOVEMENTS OF AL? LIES. Constantinople Advices Indicate That Decisive Result Ma) i ?** Expected Today?Turks Los Confident. London, Oct. 23.?The news Prom the seat of the T rklsh-Balkan war tonight tells of the continued iuc cess of the allies. The Servians have captured Novi Paaar and are virtually masters of Kumanova. The victories, however, have been purchased at heavy sacrifices. The situation In Thrace is becom? ing clearer. A great battle is being fought over a wide semi-circular front before Adrianople, upon which town the 1 Bulgarians gradually are closing in. On the east they have oc? cupied Vufiilika and Tirnova and are continuing their advance southward. On the west the Bulgarians, accord? ing to official Sofia accounts, have reached CaLara, close to Adrianople, which is being vigorously bombarded. Already the two other forts have fallen. Some positions to the north of Adrianople are said to have been taken after fighting of the severest ! character. Of the army iu the centre, operat? ing in the direction of Kirk-Kilisseh, there was no news today and evident? ly that fortress still is holding out. ? It Is significant that tonight's Con? stantinople dispatches w hich say a de? cisive result Is expected tomorrow, have a less confident tone than pre? vious dispatches from that city. They admit that a heavy struggle is in progress and both sides are showing tbe utmost bravery. Information concerning the Monte? negrin progress is meagre, but the Turkish authorities claim that Scutari has been reinforced and is safe. A Saloniki dispatch asserts that the Malissori tribes are offended because the Montenegrin commanders are pro? claiming the sovereignty of King Nicholas in the. captured Albanian towns. They demand that King Nich? olas give a guarantee that he will evacuate Albanian territory and se? cure autonomy for Albania. So far they have received no satisfactory reply and it is reported that they are refusing to fight further for the Mon? tenegrins, whose advance has been thereby checked. The next news of the Greek cam? paign should be an important battle around the town of Sorvia, to which place the Turks have retreated from Blaaeona and have been reinforced from the north. J (.KCl KS TAKE SORVIA. Cut Off Retreat of Turks From Town. Capture 22 Field Guns ami Ammu lition Wagons. Athens, Oct. 24. ( 1:45 a. m.)?The Greeks have occupied the town of Sor? via and have also captured the bridge over the river Aliakmon (Indje Ka rasa), thereby cutting off the retreat of the Turks. The government has dispatched telegrams congratulating the commander and his troops. The Greek victory was complete. The Greeks captured 22 guns, nade many prisoners and scattered the Turkish army. ? Crown Prince Constantino, tele? graphing from headquarters last night reports: "Our troops are pursuing Che si emy all along the line from Cambunma to the town of Sorvia and on the Aliak? mon plain. The Turkish army has been scattered. We have taken 22 field guns with their ammunition wagons and a large quantity of ammunition and many transport wagons." Later Gen. Danglls sent a me?sage saying: ' The Turks have lost heavily. We have made a number of prisoners, in? cluding one lieutenant colonel." Two battalions of Greek troops un? der Lieut. Col. Constantopoule attack? ed two battalions of Turks near Vlak hollvadho, dispersing them. HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES. Both sides Display Great Determina? tion in Battle Between Adrianople ami Klrk-KIIlssch. Constantinople, Oct. 2:?.?Heavy lighting continued all day along the line from Adrianople to Kirk-Kilisseh, but a decisive rcsull i> not expected until tomorrow evening. Both sides are displaying much determination. RATTLE on FRONTIER. Terrific Pglitlng in Progress Uong Bulgarian Border. Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 23. Terllfic fighting was in progress today along the whole Bulgarian frontier, accord? ing to official dispatches The Bul? garian tor. , operating against Adrian? ople rea< hed Arda, 11 redoubt west of the Turkish stronghold. After a Bharp engagement the Turks lied in disorder, les ^ Ing l 00 dead, 1NOTIIE1I IRMi STARTS. Sofia. 1 ict., 2'.. ? Another Bulgarian I army lias invaded TJurkey, this time along the shores of the Black tea. After occupying the coast town of Vasltlko they captured Tlrnovo and are now advancing southward upon the Important town of Visa. The prison< rs tai<? n by tin* Bulgarian! say the vigorous offensive movements of the invaders i ?<k the Tu|ka by sur? prise. Install Servian Governments. Belgrade, I tot. 2"?Military au? thorities have Installed Servian otii cinls In the Turkish towns they have captured south of Rlstovatz. TO HAVE EDUCATION DAY. This Will Ik> One of the Big Features ut the National torn Show. Columbia, Oct. 24.?Woodrow Wil? son, Governor of New Jersey, can? didate for President on the Democra? tic ticket, and constructive educator and statesman, will be invited to de? liver the principal address on Na? tional Education Day at the Fifth National Corn Exposition here next January. Talks by other prominent educators and special features of in? terest to teachers are being arrang? ed for, and Mr. J. E. Swearingen, State Superintendent of Education, is preparing a letter to the various county superintendents suggesting their attendance and urging that the county schools be closed and teachers and pupils be allowed to attend on this day. The prominent details of National Education Day at the Corn Exposi? tion were announced yesterday by Dr. S. C. Mitchell, President of the University of South Carolina, who is chairman of the committee on pro? gram arrangements for this day. Ac? cording to announcements by Dr. Mitchell, Governor Wilson is in mind for the principal address. Another noted educator who is expected in Columbia for this Day is Mr. J. D. Epgleston, Jr. State Superintendent of Education of Virginia. Mr. Eggleston has made a close stduy of rural school conditions, and is a recognized authority on this subject. It is known certainly that Miss Mabel Car? ney of Illinois, one of the foremost women in the educational field, will be at the Exposition, and she will also take part in the Education Day program. She is in charge of the ru? ral schol extension work for Normal University, Normal, Illinois, and is secretary of the Illinois Country Life Federation. National Education Day has been set for Friday of the first week, January 31. Both Dr. Mitchell and Superintend? ent Swearingen are greatly interested not only in Education Day, but in the day following, which will be Boys' Day, marking the climax of the Expo? sition school for boys, to be held dur? ing the first week. More than a thousand boys will attend this school and take part in the formalities of Hoys' Day. Dr. Wallace Buttrick, extension secretary of the General Education Hoard, who has done much work to promote the Boys' Corn clubs in the South, will be present at the exposition on Hoys' Day. "In my opinion," said Dr. Mitchell yesterday, in commenting upon the exposition and the features of Edu? cation Day, "this is one of the most striking educational events that has ever come to the South, and it is tak? en for granted that teachers of South Carolina and adjacent States will cer? tainly embrace this opportunity to identify themselves with the great work for the enrichment of rural life. The presence of a thousand boys in the com college makes in itself an occasion of note and importance not to speak of the splendid exhibits and the might array of educational talent that will be on hand. ' The school board cannot do a let? ter thing for its community than to arrange for the teachers and as many of the pupils as possible to be present during Friday and Saturday. January 31 and February 1, in Columbia. The whole exposition is proof of the prac? tical character of education at the present day ami shows what science, applied to agriculture means both to the increase in productiveness of the farm ami to the enrichment of the life <.f the country districts. Never before in the history of Columbia has so large a company, engaged in so structural a task been assembled, and the massed Strength of the edu? cational forces of the country should he present with a view of Impressing the nation with the frultfulness ami power of their work." \ii'idem With Motorcycle. Mr. Carl Kosehorough, a young man who is employed at Ihe Camden brick yard, had a close call la^t night. He was Hdlng bis motorcycle up Broad street when he accidental!) ran into Dr. w. .i Burdell's automo? bile. The car was put out of com? mission, the motorcycle badly dam? aged and Mi Roseborough sustained painful injuries. It WSS a pretty close t ill, however, but his friends are glad it was no worse than it was. ?Watert e Messenger. INDICTMENT AGAINST PATTEN AND OTHERS SOMEWHAT FA1 LH . Solicitor General Says Government ila^ Kut Two Arugmeni?? to Sup* jM?rt "Corner** Charge. Wash I ngto n, I ict, 2'Z.?Admissions of defects in the Indictment of James Patten, Bugen? Scales, Frank B. Hayna and William P. Brown, on charges of conspiracy to run a $10, 00a,000 corner of cotton in 15*10 on the New York cotton exchange in vio? lation of the Sherman anti-trust law, were made in the supreme court of the United States today by Solicitor General Kullitt for the government. The ocaeion area the secord argu? ment over the indictment, the court not being willing to decide la*t spring the correctness of the decision of the New York federal court in quashing several vital counts in the incictment. The new solicitor general had bare? ly stated to the court that the question in the case was the decision of the lower court that the Sherman anti? trust law did not prohibit the "run? ning of a corner," before Cldef Jus? tice White suggested that he would be pleased to have the government at some time define just what t meant by "corner." Mr. Bullitt responded it was a com? bination among dealers is a commod? ity or outside capitalists for the pur? pose of buying up the greater portion of the commodity and holding it back from sale until the demand so far out? ran the supply as to advance the price abnormally. "Now, I want you to show how the Indictment fits that definition " added the chief justice. That led the solicitor general to an? nounce that he abandoned the third count of the indictment because the lower court found there was no charge in it that the defendants were to hold back the cotton from sale. "Getting right down to brass tacks," declared Mr. Bullitt, "I frankly admit that the other count, the seventh, has one defect as there is no express state? ment in it that the combination was created to withhold from the market the cotton bought." n The solicitor general said that in dealing with this defect the govern? ment advanced two arguments. One was that the lower court construed the count to charge the running of a corner and the supreme court could do nothing now but accept that inter? pretation, notwithstanding it might have the duty to examinethe Interpre? tation if there was a conviction and an appeal. The second argument, Mr. Bullitt said, was that the government had used the word "corner-' in the count and everybody in the world knew that a corner included withhold? ing from sale. Justice Vandeventer suggested that the man who drafted the indictment did not have that in. mind, perhaps, for immediately after the word "corner" he had defined the term without including a charge of withholding from sale. X CBSES MEET AT CHESTER. Annual Address by President. Mrs. E. W. Dahls.?Banquet Tuesday Night. Chester. Oct. 22.?The sixth an? nual Convention of the South Caro? lina Graduate Nurses' Association met in this city this morning at 10 o'clock, the meeting being called to order by the president. Mrs. B. W. Dabba, of Ifayesvllle, in the parlors of the Commercial Club. The Rev. A. D. P. Gilmour, D. D.. led in prayer, and I>r. H. B. Malone delivered the address of welcome in behalf of the nurses and physicians of Chester, Miss Louise Mclver responding in behalf of the Association. After the presi? dent's annual address there were pa? pers by Dra. s. ay. Pryor and W. B. Cox and Misses Julia Irty. Annie Painter and Oth? rS, Tonight the physicians of Chester were host at a banquet at the Caro? lina Inn In honor of the Association, and tomorrow evening there will be a reception at the Commercial Club. Tomorrow afternoon the nurses of Chester Will give the Association a reception at the home of Dr. and Mrs. H. B. HcConnelt, on Church street. SEX VIOK SMITH IN NORTH. Kxpecta to Make Several Speeches for Wilson. Washington. Oct. lt.- S. nator K. 1V Smith passed through Washington today on his way to Detroit. After reaching that City be will confer with the committee in charge of the interests of WoOdrW Wilson in thai section and he will then be assigned to make several speeches m Mi. higan and possibly In other near? by States The work On 'he South Carolina Western Station is still going ahead rapidly, All of the weatherhoardlni has been completed and the carpen? ters are now engaged In putting in the sealing In the waiting room and the flooring in the warehouse.