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ALBUQUERQUE MORNING .J OURNA1L. Hy Mitll, 60 Cenls i Momli; Single Copies 5 cent. Hy Currier, uo Onta a Month. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1912. THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR. VOL CXXXVI. Wo. 25. BECKER GUILTY OF MURDER IN FIRST Trial of New York Police Lieu tenant Results in Conviction for Which Penalty is Death . in Electric 'Chair. WIFE OF PRISONER SWOONS AT VERDICT Accused Man Does Not Flinch When Finding of Jury is Read in Open Court; Remanded to ' Tombs for Sentence, H. Mornlnit .Iiiurmil Kim-lul lnwil Wlre.1 New York, )((. 2.. police Lieu tenant Pecker waH funnel guilty early this morning of murder In tin- first degree by the jury which hud linen Hying him for Instigating the ilcnthof Herman Rosenthal, the Kiinililer. The verillet wns lu'onoiinceil lit n'clock this morning. The vorfliii read: 'Murder in the first degree." liecker ivuh remanded for sentence to the Tombs ly Justice tioff until October :10th, , Airs. Becker.' 'trilling outside the door of the court room, swooned w hen the verdict win announced. I Seeker did not flinch when he heard the ver dict pronounced hy Harold fi. Skin ner, foreman of the jury. John F. Alclntyre, Keekers chief counsel, announced that he would take an Immediate appeal, but be yond this, he had nothing to say. The twelve Jurors filed into the court room at 11:65 o'clock. A minute later the defendant was brought In from the Tombs. Justice (ioff had not yet entered the room and for a mo ment liecker took n sent. As he wait ed he scanned the faces of the jurors, but none of .'hem returned his mine. A tense Silence prevailed. At 11:57 o'clock. Justice (ioff en tered Ihc court room and bowing to the counsel, took his seat. The jury roll was rnlled. The clerk then nskort the jurors If they had reached a ver dict. "We have," announced I'oreninn Skinner. The jurors rose to their tcct. ,"We find the defendant guilty as ehurged In the indictment," Slcnner said, looking squarely at J list ice (.Ioff. "Do you find the defendant guilty of murder In the first decree?" asked the clerk. "We .': ..' toe foreman replied. The court then directed that the roll of the Jurors be culled for indi vidual verdicts. As he repeated the lUC! stiwi: "lo vo.i find the (leienoani KUiliy of murder In the first decree as charged ?" each juror answered, "I do." liecker stood at the bar with s'ltiared shoulders, head crei t, not a muscle moved In his face, but he swallowed hard. That was ail. lien Ihe last Juror had answered. Justice, fluff Instructed the clerk to take the j pedigree of the defendant. i.eener answered the iiuestions In a low, firm voice. A court officer brought the ou.stion.s to him written on a slip of paper and as the prisoner read them to himself, he replied: "Forty years old, American cllixeii, born In (iennany; address 32.10 Audu bon avenue; lieutenant of police: mar ried: I'rolcstiint; mother living: habits temperate; never convicted before." When Becker's voice died away, Mr. Alclntyre asked that all further proceedings be deferred for one week, "until 1 can prepare the proper mo tion for appeal." "1 will deter sentence, announced Justice C.off, "until October 30lh, and remand Ihe prisoner until that date.'' liecker glanced at the judge and rested his eyes a moment on the jury. Then he turned and, followed by jail warden, walked with unfaltering rapid steps up the aisle of the court loom and disappeared through the door leading over the "bridge of sighs" to the Tombs. The Jury had deliberated nearly eight hours before reaching the ver dict, although the ease had been in their hands since 2:20 o'clock yester day afternoon. Actual deliberation be gan at 4:HT o'clock, when the doors of the jury room swung behind them on their return from luncheon. What happened behind those doors, how Ihe debate ebbed and flowed, who stood out eight hours against the final ver dict, how many ballots were cast these were matters to whose secrecy each Juror was pledged. While the jury was making up iis mind, absolute stillness, heightened by the midnight iuiet of the streets, prevailed in the court room. After the verdict was given no one was allowed to leave the room until the jury had filed out. Justice !off had given orders that any one dis turbing the proceedings in the slight est degree should be brought before him fop punishment. Two hundred persons or more gathered at the court mom door. With her ear almost at the kevhole, sat the prisoner' wife. As the last jur..r kit the room by another exit, the door flew open and a man rushed excited ly Into the corridor. The crowd gave way. lie was half way down the o o LQ Q . J ( II Mil I S ( Ivl I! Xi'W York Police I it'll I -!lil i) I C011 iouil of MimliT in 1'irst Pegi-ee fur Instigating Murder of llcimnii llosen 1 1 111 1, 11 Oainblor WI111 Mpiealcil. steps to a telephone booth when a policeman .shouted: "What's the verdict?" The fleeing 111,111 looked over his shoulder anil shouted, "guilly." For a moment there was silence, keen, Intense, gripping. I'i;isom:i!'s wii i: iainis ox in: i;i. viitiiid. It was broken by a woman's muf fled scream anil Ihe sound of a fall ing body. The prisoner's wife had fainted dead away. Just before the vei'diei was given. Air. Melntyre mad,, his last plea, lie asked the court to grant an earlier re quest of tile Jury to inspect the testi mony of the persons who talked to Sam FVhepps ill Hot Spilngs. Ark. The court refused to hear the idea. .Mr. Melntyre had opposed grant ing that ropiest of the jury when it was made to Justice tloff six and a half hours before. It was upon Ibis question whether Sam Schepps was an accomplice to Ihe murder that Justice (luff had hinged his charge to the Jury. The penalty for murder in the first degree Is death in the electric chair. An appeal from the verdict goes di rectly to the court of appeals til Al bany and acts as a stay of execution. When the Jurors left the court room they went directly to their homes. They were under Ihe mandate of Justice (ioff "not to communicate Ihe nature of whau had taken place in the jury room." "There is not the slightest doubt that there will be a reversal of this verdict in a higher court," said .Mr. Melntyre alter the jure had tiled out. District Attorney Whitman said the trials of the remaining prisoners in the Koscnlhal case will be called. All the prisoners Indicted with liecker have asked for si pa rale trials. The trial of rhilip Davidson, charged with the murder of Jack dig, the east side gang leader, will begin next Wednes day. Ilcfoie .Mrs. Decker was taken to her home she was allowed to see her husband in the sheriff's room in the building. As she entered the door, her husband clasped her la his aims. .Mrs. Decker burst into tears and Decker tried to calm her. She clang to him tor more than a minute and then two women companions touched her but she did not move. I'e, her kissed her again and again and final ly whispered to her: "It will come out all right." Finally .Mrs. Decker stepped back and with a parting kiss the couple separated. As Decker walked toward the entrance to the. "bridge of sighs," he smiled buck at his wife, but she suddenly threw her and staggered Into women companions hands to her face the arms of her . They half carried her to a waiting taxlcal liecker soon was in his cell. Decker's conviction comes exactly one hundred days alter the murder of Rosenthal. It was during Hie (ally days of July that the gambler was shot to ilea 111 in front of the Hotel Alttropole. On July S I si. the gram! jury took up the ease; on the 2Mh it indicted liecker; on August 5th he was arraigned and pleaded not guil ly. On August 20th he was reindicted. His trial was set for September 21st. bat a stay was granted until October 7th, by Justice Disehoff to enable a commission to take testimony at I lot Springs, Ark. on October 7th, the trial began. It lasted seven Ninety-eight witness testifi, d. davs. lil t Kl It lll.XMI.S HIS CONVICTION ON' COl 1ST. Lieutenant Decker sal in his cell In the Tombs tonight while across the "bridge of sighs" in the darkened criminal courts building, twelve men struggled to decide whether he was guilty of the minder of Herman Itosent hal. The prisoner's destiny was d. liver i,l Into the jury's hands this nfter- 1 n after a three-hour .charge by Justice (Ioff. which Decker charac terized as distinctly unfair and a "thin veiled summing up of the case for the slate." and upon which his counsel, John !. Alclntyre, decbn.il to com ment. To do so. he said. Would place him in contempt of court. Stripped ot Its legal verbiage, the eliarge. In effect was a ruling that the guilt or Innocence of the prisoner rested almost solely upon Ihe debat able point as to whether Sam Schepps was an accomplice to the crime. 1 tap per Little Schepps. when arrested at Hot Springs, styled himself as the "keynote of ihe arch." As events transpired he spoke truer than he knew. The court himself, was doubtful as to Schepps' status and declined to guide the jurors in decision. What he did instruct them to do was to re turn a verdict or tirst degree murder or second degree murder or to acquit the difepdant .Manslaughter was cMminatcd and a "no coioproOiise ver dict" was dire, ted upon Hie mollon 'Continued oil Page .", Column 5.) FARMERS APPEALED1 TO BY PRESIDENT TAPT TO STAND Transmits Special Message to Rural Voters of Northwest Through Governor Eberhart, of Minnesota, REPUBLICAN SUCCESS INSURES PROSPERITY Declaies Party Does Not Mai;e Sun Shine or boon uops- Grow But Provides Prices for Products. High Vbiniiim .li.imuil XiMM'iid lnli-,l lVir I Dcveily, .Mass., Oct. 21. President Tal't tonight made puoitc a special ap peal to farmers of Minnesota and the northwest to ninam true to tneir u publican beliefs of past campaigns. The political argument submitted for consideration of rural voters were advanced In a letter which the presi dent sent to tiovernor A. C Kberhart, of .Minnesota, stilting that while the republican party bad not made the sun to shine, or Hie crops to grow, It, hail been responsible for the prevail ing K I markets. The letter says in part: "1 am very glad to have encourag ing news of tin- political outlook lu Minnesota and wish to thank you for the efforts you are making for republi can success. The people of your state are vitally interested in the mainte nance of our political economic method. "Their welfare Is dependent upon the continuance of tariff, and although 1 tea I to their prejudice they may be diverted from a clear perception of their interest, I urn confident that in the end their common sense will en able thctn to see the fallacy of newly dressed nostrums which in the pust tiny have rejected. 1 am sure they must realize that this content Is be tween the republican, and democratic! parties. '" " 'j "Til,, men and women of Ihe north-. West country have., u special Interest j In republican success this year. They I are sharing in the general prosperity I of the nation and the continuance of; growth of this prosperity is in u large degree dependent upon republi can success next month. "The republican parly Is not respon sible for good crops, it does not make the sun to shine, nor more grass to grow, but it Is responsible for the en actment of laws which make it pos sible, if the crops are good, that there shall be an American market for tlieiu and that they shall be sold at good prices to these who have Ihe means to buy them. "There lias never been a time In our history when the farm products of the northwest would purchase as much lis they do today. The demo cratic platform promises a change ill our tariff system, whose effect would be to halt inanufactui ing enterprihes, Ihr-itU' ..lit nf i.iiil.v,ii,.it IhiiiianiiilM of wage cat-nci-H and destrov the home marktt now enjoyed by the American farmers. No reforming legislation could neutralize or mitigate the pa ralysis which would follow. "It is not necessary to Jog the mem ory of the older farmers of your state as to what happened when the demo cratic party passed the Wilson tnritT i bill. Wheat Went down lo forty cents a bushel, corn lo twenty-one cents, oats lo eighteen cents, potatoes lo twenty-seven cents. "The welfare of the farmer in vital to the whole country. lie is Interested in the restraining of excessive and un duly discriminative railroad rales, in the enforcement of pure food laws, in the promotion of scientific agricul ture, in the extension of rural credits and Increasing the comforts of country life, as by the exleir;i:i of rural 1 1 cc delivery, "The republican parly In respon sible for the organization and (..owth and splendid department of ax. . ul-till.-, Kepiibllcan administrations lia.r greally developed agricultural Inves tigations in the last fifteen years un til s. i. niifie Inquiry is being made ill all our snates and (he Islands of the sen under our flag, to the enil that we may produce the necessities of life for ourselves and lor those lor whom We are responsible. "I feel confident that thf. voters of Minnesota will appreciate the shallow ness of the attack upon our Institutions and will not be swaved by the promise of unoefined benefits which are to follow undefined changes. It does not require the rye r.f a witch to see that closed factories in Massachusetts and obi,, no ans a diminished demand for the farm products for the northwest. We can not strike down the tndustires of one section without bringing disas ter to all the people. It is not lt pro gressive policy in any true .sense to be hostile to the prosperity of any part of 1 he country." Meaiagim I leiiiiui One Sided. Washington. Oct. 24. The Xicara aiian election Sunday will be n one sided affair, according to advice re ceived ( by the stale department and .Vhiiraguan Minisier Caslriilo. Presi dent lliaz is cxpecl.-d lo succe-d himself. BY PRINCIPLES II CURIOUS TANGLE y UP TO COURT Mrs, Una M, Biooks-Seeber-Covington-Leyner is Sued for Divorce on Ground That She is Bigamist, lllv Hunting J. a, rvnl Kpn-lul ImMil Wlr. j I)ener, Colo., Oct. 24. A eurlnus- ly involved matrimonial tangle close - ly resembling the Al.irse-Dodge pro jceedlngs 111 New York a few years ago became known here today when the ilact that .Mrs. l.ina M. Drooks-Seeber-! ( 'oviiiglon-I.eyner. wife of ,1. (leorge j I.eyncr, president of the J, (iooigo i.eyner engineering vv urns 01 ,onver. sterda with a summons mpl.'ilnt In a suit for annulment of Iter marriage to James M. Coving ton, Hied In the superior court of Chl I'llS". ( 'o ingloll, w ho does not, or did not. know that the now Mrs. I.eyner has divorced him, charges her Willi being Ihc wife of (leorge Socher when she married him, ( Covington. ) The service, therefore, was made on Mrs. I.eyner as Mrs l.ina M, Coving-', loll. , 1 In Ins complain! Covington sets up thai he married the defendant at St. (Joseph, Mich., mi June 13. lilo.'., and that ill October of 1 no n he learner ishe had a husband, (leorge Soeher, jwliom she married In l'.io:!. They then 1 parted. Afler the parting, Mrs. Covington c.'ime to I letiver and while working as a w aitress In September, 1 '.I I t , filed a divorce proceeding against Coving ton charging non-support and deser tion. (hi January 5. Mill, the decree was granted by default, Covington's where abouts being unknown. .Mrs. Coving ton averred. Following the divorce Mrs. Covington married Mr. I.eyner in New York about the first of this year. 1 Air. I.eyner declared tonight that MATRIMON tile protective 1 he knew nothing of (.eorge Seeher in lit times by up-1 whether his wife ever married n mini of that name. He stoutly declared he would assist his wife In h.-r defense. He, himself, is divorced from Ills first wife, who alleged cruelly and ob tained alimony In the sum of $2,1, nnn from him on July 2.'t, Mill. Levi A. Hughes Schedule "K" To Fool Wool Grower Levi A. I lupin's, of S.uila New Mexu'o, and one of the the rcntiUieaii ticket, oives Oil wool schedule of the tariff, which are especially intcrestino; at this time. Mr. Hughes declares that Schedule "K" is indefensihle, and jLfoes on to prove Ins assertions The republican republicans wii sive issue i.'tvuio- Tl squarel le progressive republican platform y wilh i "resident Ta ft upon that Winona speech, when he declared in his ink - of tile taritt New their to be indefensible. Mexico republicans eh nartv, also "straddle( Do the the icad of W e say in ii v aiK openly, with the and establishes The best possib tile "K woolen- Hi ncn provide is liHieietisimc. tliis statement i . . . . r lll'SS ( t in the years the average project um schedule has amounted to one or about In ( a rcnl and a half ither words, tore.ion could have been de li xluct of all duly, al one average selling price And ibis is the ami a of the lad le j provided in Schedule "" jduce in Xcw Mexico, j For example, a lot 1 navino- the dniv of eleven I', if f Argentine who cents per pound. j for about iweiil y-fie ucul- per potiiii nit its a a I'd of in duty lice tins would pound. At the same time same class -ell in lioston. freii one-hall eenl ence is the growers enj" V thu Mexico wooi ad valorem, w representative -per pound, and thi full measure of the . under the working . ciearly see that 1 1 1 grower has been bile the law passed .. by the deui, s'tal s the I 'nited ad valorem, w i n k ing pt I nder States senate, provided or nearly three times as much otectiop undir the present law. that law our markets have been the sale f, ireign arkels and domestic abfi i.io. 'I en years' expei 'Shell game." rigged let let up I- w ith , fo,, protect the wis len to the sheep raiser iiianulacturer. It , while it makes for our woolen Is not Pre defensible ? clothing sident T and ;ift l!nnket C( iirect I Signed ) Santa IV, X. M., OcIoIkt 10, POSTOFFICES ARE'BULL MOOSE PARTY PLACED UNDER 1 C E Plans for Extending vice to Postmastc Civil Sor s aie An- nounced by Postmastc eral Hitchcock, Gen- I lly Moriiinit ...nrii;il iuilul I t.uftl Wir..( Washington, (let. 21. Plans for the ii ,1 111 1 1 Hs 1 1 al ion ol tne executive order of president Tat 1. placing all fourth class post music! s miller civil service, were announced toda.v . Postmaster (leiieral Hitchcock has divided tin- ;!l!.2:ltl offices affected by Ihe order into two classes, class A will embrace poslofljces al which the eonipetis.it ton Is J.MUI a par or nice for postmasters, and Class D r I vvnlcli it is less I han jr.ilu. Appointment to each Cl,tn A office will be made from three titled by Ihc civ il s 1 v Ice after eonipclilive evaniiii applicants. Vacancies in offices Will be filled oil melldalioll of posloflie. rer- .lUillissiiill J It i. Ml III' III! all CI ID Ihe recent ilispectols alter personal Invesl Igat i Hi. This 11 several method has been followed slates with success. The older of the presidenl is now ill cflcct and the civil Sel V Ice cu.ll mlsslon is ready to hold examinations lo create llsls of eligibles for ap pointments to fill vacancies. Here after all vacancies In the post master ships of fourth class offices will !a filled without regard to the political affiliations of Ihe applicants. Poslmaslir (icneral Hitchcock has r, commended that all post masters, ir icspeclive of class, be placed under civil service. BOARDING HOUSE FARE PROVES FATAL TO TWO l.eadville, Colo., Oct. 21.-. I, A. Cu' nliig, superiniendent of the Marv Mur phy mine at St. Khno; (I111 Jncr, the assaycr, and 11 miner named Johnson, are deiid as a result of ptomaine poi soning. Mr. Cunning was taken to the Salida hospital, where he died this afternoon. Twenty-five I'liaers arn seriously ill. Declares That Is Shell Game I'V. for thirty i';iin a wool (IciIit candidates for presidential elector a few facts reoanlino' the present 111 the lollnwmo; statement: press in X'ew Mexico charges the progres straddled" the tariff on the woo declares that il stands issue, as stated hy liiin the present wool sclied- ue that President !afi; that issue? President that Sehed he dutv on wool and e iiri of of the correet- fact thai during the past ten in ew Mexico wool under that and fiflv-lwo one hundreths rents, per p Hind. wool, equivalent to the Xew Mexico ivered in llostoii or Xew York, free half- ceuls per pound less than the last ten years of Xew Mexico wool. dutv ol eleven cents per pound w oois of ihe class w e chiefly pn comes u and sells O I'lOstotl. in Pulsion if it came cents per ! in the grease; ilue at fourteen Xew Mexio wool nf the fifteen and lit paid, at about ; one and one-half cents it ler- protect ion Xew Mexico wool of Schedule "K." iiiliml protection to our Xew practically ab nit ten per cent iv the last democratic house of and proorcsive republicans in a duty of twenty-nine per cent j is the real, actual wer been ,11 times than exs.rted for wool has Schedule "Is" shows it to a I c the w ( s .1 wer aiK I t, i over betiefil prices gives no practical us all pay double t declaring il P k- m- T.KYI A. I II V.I IKS. 1V11 REPORTS UN 5 CONTRIBUTED TO DATE ;Frank A, Munsey Leads All j With Sum 'of $70,000 Given to Boost Intei est of Progies- sive Paity Policies, IGEORGE W. PERKINS I DONATES $45,000 W, Emlen Roosevel $31,000 and K worth Assists I $600 Pin Money, Aids With is, Long 'apa With 1 I llv Merninu nal H,i.i:,l l.rilKrtl Wlrr.j New York, (lit. 2i. lile progl'es- I she parly received com ri I nil Ions fori lis campaign fund, up to October 17(h. of $:iai.2ll. spenl 2!I2.:'.4I and bad 1 unpaid luIN and contract obligations lor Ml,:ill more, ofiieial statement pendliures sent to house at Washingl according to .f receipts and Ihe clerk of on to, lav I'v i'l'i the lirer- Ho lloital c, Drank $711.11110; nkcr, of the progressiva nimlitee. A. .Munsev (leolge W, who gave Perkins, who gave $4f,, mil) and W. Kmleit Koose- veil, who gave $.'11,0110, appeared as the leading individual contributors. The balance came from nearly 7.11(10 Individuals, whose gifts ranged from $15,000, given by Houglas liolilnson. Colonel Roosevelt's brother-in-law, lo two anonymous contributions of 10 cents each. The statement by Mr. Hooker filed lu compliance with the campaign publicity law lei,uiiilig a publication of llnanclal affairs ten davs before the election is Hie first complete state ment to come from any of the three principal pal ties. It embraces all re ceipts and disbursements from July 1st lo October 17lh. The lepubllcan and democratic statements will be filed at Washington Saturday accord ing to annoiiiiceiiicntM I rom the re speclive committees today. Mis. Wlllard Straight, of New Yolk, gave 1 1 (1,1,1X1 , Mr. end Mrs. 17. II. Hooker, $11,000; William P. Kno, (leorge Moore and Antoinette Kno Hood, $,",,0011 each; Represent!!! ive William Kent, California, Jl.TniO; (leorge K. Porter, Illinois, $(i.K25; Wil liam Wrigley, Chicago, $2,000; K. II. Van Ingen. New York, $2,000, slid Certrude linchot, $1,100. Henry While, former ambassador to France, appeared as a contributor of $1,01,0, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt l.ottgworth, daughter of i "oionel Rooseveli, gave $000; Thomas A. Killsou, $1,00; Kmlly T. Carew, $:!00; Mrs. M. 17. Roosevelt, $r,0il; Philip .1. Rooseveli and Mrs. J. West Roosevelt, $27,11 each. The chief Hems of expenditure up to October 17th were: Printing, jr.s.lll; printing bills unpaid and contracts In force, $2M74; advertising, 20,r, (if. ; travel ling cNpcnscM oi culminates auo speakers, $..i,iai5; salaries of em ployes, $:12,7I:; postage and ' gene ral campaign expenses, $ll,!l4.ri; teh grains and telephone, $10, 2IIK; office rcnl, $(i,202. The sum of $!ll,!',t;:i was sent to llili'ty-seven progreslve state committers for the work of stale orgu niat ions. The iialiona progressive commit tee received 4,0X7 contributions of $1 each, sixteen of 2fi cents each, twelve of r.o cents each, and a large number of from $2.". to $2f,0. The total coli Iribnllolis of Medill Md 'ormlok, vice ehiii man of Ihc iiall.in.il committee, Were $1.000, Mi, Conlribulors of $l,(.(li, were llenrv While, Washington; Alexander II. Rcvell, ( I 'el k Ins, Slr.ilglil. i lnil, i in sells; ( I. A. II. lb hieago I. I). l.aiUin, R. P. II. Merrill, Wi Ilia rd r York; Mrs. M. 17. Pin I ia v is family," .Massaehu Soden, Alfred I.. Itakei, Ruth McCi.rini, k, Pro- .X'r gresslvi ward A chib, of Kvunsmn, .; .;d Rutuely, Indiana, and others. l 'onl i ibiil.n s of $fn,i Included. IT, C. K. Charles Seiihncr, .1. P. drier Mi ( 'ormlok. I . Tibia lis and A slier, New York; II. K. I.eed: cck- 11,11- jana: It. R. 'Juay, I'. T. Montgomery, ;ll W. Knglisli, Pennsylvania; (leorge j R. Caller, Hawaii, Margaret l. Rob I bins, Mrs. I. He K. Rovven, l.ucien M. I Williams. A. I.. Raker and (leorge A. MeKlnloek. Illinois; Or. 17. M. Har ris .ii, Rliode Island: Kdward K War ren and Charles Warren, Michigan. POLICE SEARCH FOR YOUNG BRIDEGROOM pokiino, Wash., (let. 21. --Police tin, in,. ligholit the liorthvvesl are seurctl lor ('ion Parnieter, said to be the son of a wealthy banker at Stev ens Point, Wis. parnieter is said to have borrowed an auioinoblle from Mrs. ). s. Wallace, i.r Spokane. Mon day night and eloped with Mrs. Wal lace's daughter. Marie, aged 21. leav ing mo, . than I2.IMKI worth of dis honored checks In the hi, lids .f S ka ne merchants. Mill Owners ltc,NHisihlo for I iit-o-t. I!,, st, hi. i let. 24. Resolutions de claring that unrest III Lawrence and olher textile centers, is caused by the mill owners, were adopted by the in l, rnalional convention of the textile workers of America today. The In dustrial Workers of the World were .1 ilicised for the methods they em ploy in conducting strikes. , BULGARIANS WHIR T IN SEVERE BATTLES Impoitant Port of Kii k-Kilissch Taken by Allies After Hard Fight; Great Rejoicing in Sofia, MOHAMMEDANS LOSE NEAR ADRIANOPLE lany "Moslems Drown Them selves to Escape Capture Fearing That They Would be Massacred. Loudon, Oct. 2 1. A three days' battle and a Itulgaiian turning movement has resulted, accord ing lo Sofia aooouius, 111 the fall Kirk-Klllsst h and the capture of the Turkish garrison numbering fifty thousand men. That so many 'links have been taken Is regarded as improbable and til" more likely report Is that ho Turks retreated In the direction of lliinahlssar to the southwet-'t. The capture of this stronghold, to which the Turks attached ul most the same importance as to Adrlanople, was confirmed to night from Constantinople In uti official coniniunliti lion explaining that the Turkish army ut Klrk Kilisseh In attempting to split the enemies' forces discovered thai they were in greater strength than had been expect ed. The Turks, therefore, re tired to the south to await re Ill forceinents. The news of the llulgarlan Vic tory lias caused great rejoicing lu Sofia, where ll Is expected the lull of Adrlanople soon will fol low. If, as is generally assumed, Abdullah Pasha still is engaged In bringing up Ids main army lu Ailrinnople, the position of that town is eritioiil. An Interesting situation will develop should the Turks be compelled to evacuate Ailiianopie, It Is supposed that Ihe next stand of the Turks will be made at Domotlca, twenty live miles south of Adrlanople, till Important strategic position on the road to Constantinople. In other directions both the Servians and Ihe Turks claim gnat victories at Kumatiova, the Servians declaring they have enp ture.l the town and the Turks claiming they have repulsed the enemy. Rate reports I nit leu ted that heavy fighting Is still pro ceeding In this district. The (ireeks nrii operating front Aria Inward ,1a inn, Matchcck und the neighborhood of C.timbovo. Rv M.iriiltiK Jinn-mil snrilul l.eaaeil Wlrt.f MUia, Oct. 24. Ivirk-Klllsseh fell before the Riilguiiun army at 11 o'clock lu the morning, according to the latest ri ports received tonight from Rulgaiiiiii sources. J The Turkish troops retired In dls-y older lu the direction of lUinarhlssar, fourteen miles to the southeast. They left u battery of ,ulck firing guns, six teen ammunition wagons and a InrgA unguilty of ammunition and food. When ihe news was received In Sofia vast crowds beaiiitK Ihe flags of the allied states formed processions mid inarched lo the (ireek, Servian, Russian and llritish legations, the pal ace und the military club. In front of enil the national anth, -m was Buntf and cheers were given. A puny of boy scouts headed ona of the processions and the Ureek min ister wax carried through thu streets on lib- shoulders of enlhuBlustlo dem onstrators, church bells were rung and the whole city wus hung With, Hags. Masses will be celebrated through oin the kingdom tomorrow for th Rulgaiiaiis who hove fullen In tha lighting and thanksgiving services for the .success of the llulgarlan arms, ihe Pulgariaiis were attacked ? s.ooo Turks in an engagement Tues day at Marlsh,. near Adrlanople Af t,r an hour of heavy artillery and rifle fire, the Turks were defeated and fled in disorder, leaving the field strewn with (lead and wounded. The tlnlKuiiaiis captured 7U0 prisoners, a dozen .pi irk filers and quautiliea ot a m in a nit ion. Many Turks drowned themselves In the river because they behoved tli Bulgarians massacred their prisoners. Ii.iail.s of the capture of Kirk-Klin seh all- meagre. An unofficial esti mate puts the llulgarlan casualties at J.oiiii. The fighting hus been contin uous since Tuesday. The Bulgarians made a steady advance throughout thu operations hut at a steal sacrifice ot life. on Tuesday the first army, tinder ticm-r.il lvam.fr nttackeil the outer works of Adrianoplo in two large bodies. The northern detachment marched nluiig both sides of the river Tundja., tho right wing to the west of Havaras. tho center to Tundja, the. left wing advanced along tho road from Kirk-Kllisseh to Adrlanople. lit the west, ttuutUet lUyiisin, miuu. URKIS ARMY