NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN. The 0 MAH A Daily Dirvir oKE THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XLH NO. 112. OMAHA, SATURDAY, VYING,. OCTOBER 2(, IMS-TWENTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. ARMY OF GREECE TAKES POSSE OF TOWN UF SE SIN RViA 'Occupation of This Important Point Gives Free Access to Prov ince of Macedonia. fTUBXS RETIRE IN DISORDER i Victory Credited to Rapid Move' ments of Greek Columns. I MONTENEGRINS ATTACK SCUTARI First Assault is Repelled and An other is in Progress. 'BIG BATTLE NEAR ADRIANOPLE 'Bolsmla Army Succeeds In Captur ing Important Fortress After an Awful Sacrifice of Life Many Prisoners Taken. BULLETIN. LONDON, Oct 25. A Turkish army of ".law men, commanded by Rlza Bey, is faced with the alternative of uncondi . tional surrender or useless slaughter near i the town of Servla, according to a special dispatch from Athens. The Turkish troops ,are said to be hedged in by high cliffs .' and the torrent of the river Alakmen. f On the south and southwest, too, there V I is an army flushed with victory. i LONDON, Oct. 26.-The Bulgarian and Greek armies have . carried out success fully their part of the first stage of the war' against Turkey by the capture of Kirk-Klllsaeh and the Turkish base In the town of SerVla. Their ' allies; Mon tenegro and Servla, are now working des perately to do their share by overcoming 'the Turkish posts at Scutari and Kum 'anova, which latter are the key to Uskup. Itt is- said the Bulgarians expected Klrk-Killsseh to hold out longer. The victors are now confident of their ability to cut the communications between Adrianople and Constantinople. The capture of Adrianople, in the opinion of military experts, will be a dif- ficult task. Its forts are thoroughly' up ' to date and are connected by an under ground motor 'railway line. A dlspatoh to Lloyds from Burgas, the , Bulgarian port on the Black sea, says the Turkish fleet is blockading the bay. Greek Occupy Town of Scrvia. ATHENS. Oct 25. Crown Prince Con stantly of Greece formally entered the Turkish city of Servla yesterday. The v capture of the town Is regarded here as the conclusion of the first and most seri ous stage of war. " The position of Servia. whose posses- ion gives .free access to Macedonia, was taken after a- combined attack by three columns of Greek troops, who compelled the Turks to retire In disorder. The victory, as wett as the result of the battle !n the pass of Sarandaporo, which lasted eleven hours, la attributed largely to the rapidity of the movements of the Greek Infantry and cavalry and the pre cision of the Greek long range guns. The crown prince has been warmly con gratulated on the success of his tactics. The funeral of seventj citizens and priests massacred by he Turks In Ser- via. took, mace yesterday amid a scene of treat lolmnity. MoiUen -serins Attack Scutari. R1EKA, Montenegro, Oct 25.-The Mon tenegrln army has succeeded In surround lng Scutari. Yesterday afternoon the Montenegrin artillery opened fire on the town from the northwestern quarter, aim lng at the citadel and the Mohammedan district. Several shell fell in the Mo hammedan district without doing any damage. The Montenegrin envoys proceeded to ward the- town to open negotiations for Its surrender,' but without effect. The Montenegrin Infantry then made a desperate attack on the town, but en countering an annihilating Are from the Turkish artillery,' hard-pressed and in danger, the attackers were compelled to retire jto their former positions. Crewn Prince Dlnalo and his staff at one time were in great danger, a shell bursting a few :yards from them. The Montenegrins immediately began preparations for a renewal of the attack, which under cover of artillery fire was to be made, on the city today from three sides. The population of Scutari Is in a state of panic and white lags are flying from a number of houses. ' Tarakosch Surrenders. At Tarakosch the Montenegrins ecu pied the highest point of the neighboring mountain and General Martlnovitch sailed upon the Turks to surrender ana -prevent further useless bloodshed. The occupation oi the town was effected after- a bombardment of the fortress by all the Montenegrin guns. The Turks replied with twenty-two guns, but those on the highest points were silenced after two hours' fighting. The fall of night interrupted further srtlllery action, but the Infantry made several night attack and as a result of their efforts the Turks evacuated the upper fort and the Montenegrin oc mpied it . V ' ' General Vukotltoh telegraphs that he has overoom and subdued the Moham medan Arnaut of the Rugara tribe, who Inhabit the district, of Piava and who had offered a stubborn resistance to his troops. The roads now are open for the (Continued on Pag Four.) Pettit Corroborates About Checks Sent Back by Beveridge WASHINGTON, Oct 2o.-When the senate campaign contributions committee met today H. C. PetUt former speaker of the Indiana house of representatives, requsitloned by Senator Pomerene, cor roborated the testimony of former wit nesses of the contributions of George W. Perkins, Edward L. MacLean and Glfford Plnohot to Senator Beveridge' s campaign in 1904. He said he believed the total of these contributions was $57,500. Mr. Perkins told the committee he con tributed 110,000, which Mr. Beveridge re turned. Chairman Clapp announced that Mr. Beveridge and H. C. Starr were to testify tomorrow. Pettit said Senator Beveridge showed him each of three checks or drafts for $10,000, which he was Informed came from Mr. .Perkins, Senator Bever idge told him he did not intend to use any of the money; that it was a matter of personal friendship. 'The state committee knew nothing of this money," said Mr. Pettit He said he knew the money was returned unused after the election. When Mr. Pettit concluded Chairman Clapp announced the committee prob ably Would recess tomorrow until election. The committee then adjourned until to- raqrrow.. ... DOUBLE MF: HOCKIOEuuiilBED Secretary of Ira nWorkers' Union Identified as Man Who Gave Out Information. Aid Don't You Forget It! VERY ANXIOUS TO GET IMMUNITY ! Before the Grand Jury with Records of His Organization. ONE OF FORTY-FOUR INDICTED Started Ortie McManigal on the Road as a Dynamiter. ENGINEERED MANY OF BIG JOBS Witness Washburn Testifies of Hut. ins; Placed Telephone Apparatus in Rooms of the Union Last December. Asks California Republicans to Rebuke Moosers SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 25.-.Senator Ed ward I. Wolfe, chairman of the Taft re publican minority convention, published here today a statement to Taft repub licans throughout the state in which he warns them that they cannot use stickers to place the names of Taft electors on the ballot and that to write In the names of such electors would do Mr. Taft's candi dacy no good. In part, the statement reads: 'There are no Taft electors nominated In the state of California. The thirteen republicans that walked out of the pro gressive convention when, by a vote of to 13, the convention repudiated Wil liam Howard Taft. endeavored to get a supreme court decision- compelling the secretary of state to place upon the bal lot as republicans the nominees of their convention. This the supreme court re fused to do. "Consequently there are no Taft elec tors to vote for." In conclusion, the statement say: "As a result of this, for the first time In the history of this state, the members of the great republican party of Cali fornia are, disfranchised. And it is within the power of republicans to rebuke this action In no uncertain way on Novem ber 5." INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 23-Herbert S. Hockin, a defendant In the dynamite con spiracy trial, who succeXed John J. Mc- after r""-ra aynamiier, as secretary or I me iron workers' union, was Identified by four witnesses today as having given Information to the government against hW" forty-four fellow defendants. Walter Drew, a New York counsel far the National Erectors' association, test! tied that Hockin had said: "I know they've got me, but I didn't want to be the only one." The witness said that during the ses sions of last winter of the federal grand Jury, which returned the indictments, Hockin offered to give information, . but was turned away with the remark: "Go to the district attorney and make a clean breast of It He is the only person 'with authority to make promises." "Hookin came to me several times and told me my life was In danger," said Drew. "He told me fellows on the Pacific coast, naming Tvedtmoe and Ed Nockels, were after me and that I had better look out for a fellow named John Stevens of Chi cago. He said he would warn me later when I might expect danger. "Another time he came to my room at a club and in the presence of J. F. Foster, a detective, arranged to let us, have the Key of the iron workers' office, so we might put 1n a telephone device by which we would be able at all ttmea to record what President Frank M. Ryan and others said about the dynamiting. Mrs. Camerpii Shares Her Daughter's Cell CHICAGO, Oct. 25. Mrs. F. Cameron Falconnett, it was learned today, occu pied the same cell In the Rockford jail as her daughter, Luclle Cameron, whose alleged abduction by Jack Johnson led to a federal investigation. The mother desired to be with the girl to keep her under her own influence, she said, but It Is believed she wants to be sure the negro does not communicate with Luclle. The girl Is held, having been unable to furnish 125,000 ball. ' A subpoena was issued today for' Sig Hart, a well known sporting man here, who is to be one of he important' wit nesses when the federal inquiry Is re sumed Monday. Government authorities say there , will be subpoenas issued for many promlnennt persons who are be lieved to have knowledge regarding con ditions in the negro champion's cafe. Hearing of the insanity petition against Lu lelcCameron was to have: been held today at the Detention hospital here, but the case was postponed indefinitely until the government released her. A subpoena has been issued for Perry S. Bauer, West Side manufacturer, who Is said by the. federal officers to have In troduced the Cameron girl to the negro campion in the latter" s cafe. i nr? (U7 m i uu m mi sUsl -M F M XUUU U L liitH 1 WJ I M. I MM ' f IJ ill I H I uui i m nn.ii v i h i mini iitr o ui ti i t tvirA'; vwi i 1 1 r wmmitiLjmmmfflir& i mm i v. iTOw . mw&fjy. AW TACT IWAMrlP Wk t XT XmOWltfMafk YMf I I LIEUTENANT GUILTY OF MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE Jury Returns Verdict in First of the Rosenthal Cases After Eight Hours' Deliberation. ATTORNEY IS PREPARING APPEAL Defendant Says Charge of Court to Jury is Unfair. WIFE OF THE PRISONER SWOONS Justice Goff Remands Convicted Man to Jail for Sentence. PENALTY IS THE ELECTRIC CHAIR Court Defers Sentence Until Keit Wednesday and Prisoner Is Re turned to the Tombs Other Defendants Hear News. ' The Weather For Nebraska Fair tonight and ffetur day; wanner Saturday and west portion tonight For Iowa Fair tonight and Saturday; cooler southeast portion tonight hoot. ueg. . -6 a, m i 6 a. m 40 1 a. m...a 40 8 a. m. ...... .... 9 a. hi ....... . . 10 a. m 11 a, m,. ......... li m X p. m. 2 Dw m 1 p. m.......M. 67 4 p. m. 4 5 p m 63 f p. m.....M... 61 7 p. m. 9) Roosevelt Dictates Letters and Speeches OTSTBR BAT, Oct 2S. Colonel Roose velt took up the active work of the cam paign today for the first time slnoe he was shot, eleven day ago. John Mc- Grath, his secretary, came frdm New Tork today, and- as soon as Colonel Roosevelt bad breakfasted, he began his work. He dictated several letters to progressive leaders then took up the prep aration of the speech which he expects to deliver in New Tork next week. Colonel Roosevelt was in promising trim physically, although he was not able to do a much work as he wished. r He has not, overcome , the effects of ' the nervous exhaustion from which he suf fered after spending a week In bed in Chicago. Dr. Lambert, Dr. Joseph A. Blake and Dly George Brewer . are expected from New Tork this afternoon to dress the wound. Strike Threatened On Canadian Pacific WINNIPEG, Man., Oct 25. Another serious strike' of 'Canadian Padflo rail way employe -t threatened, according to A. R. Mob her,' president of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employee. ' The organization,' which comprise 5,000 men, Including freight handler, freight clerks and clerical employes In the yards and baggage offices, President Mosher say has been negotiating- for the last six months with the railway company and Department of Labor, demanding in creases in wages. Moeher declares that unless a board of conciliation is appointed by the Department of Labor a strike will be called next Monday. Did Not Want to Mix Up. "At first Hockin said: 'Xju know I've got too muoh brains to be mixed up with McNamara.' "But when I replied, 'You haven't any brains, but only a low cunning and we've got the goods on you,' he weakened." Mr. Drew related that a strike had been declared y the Iron Workers' union In 1S06 and explosions on work of members of the Erectors' association be gan soo nafter that time. ';;: Senator John W. Kern, for the defense, asked: ''. 'Isn't one of the members of the Erectors' association a subsidiary of the United States Steel corporation T,' , "I believeit is," saldDrew. Hockin Is the man whom Ortie B. Mc Manlgal said put -him' in the dynamiting business and who engineered many ' of the Jobs blown up , by McManlgal and James B. McNamara. He Is also ac cused by ,the government t of having "double-crossed" the union officials'. ' Visited Grand Jury Room. Thomas F. Markey, a photographer, testified that he saw Hockin visit the grand Jury room with bundles of pa pers and later saw him in the Iron work ers' office when detectives visited it .to secure photographs of letters. The wit ness said Hockin on one occasion had said: "I've got to get away from here before anyone sees me." Charles Schmidt, a deputy, Untteu States marshal, also said Hockin had visited the federal building with papers. Guy Caldwell, an elevator boy, iden tified Hockin as having visited Drew's room. , When attorneys objected to a request that Hockin' stand up, Judge A, B. An derson said: "Stand up Hockin. It's absurd to ask a Jury to try a case without knowing whether the defendant is present." Hockin 'then stood up. G. T. Washburn, Chicago, testified about installing the telephone device In the Iron workers' headquarters. He said it was done. before daylight last Decem ber, himself and the detective walking through the office building barefooted. so as not to make noise. He sam tne door was unlocked by Detectlvev oFster. MEXICANS SHOOT OFFICERS Two Members of Staff of Felix Diaz Are Executed. LEADER IS GIVEN A RESPITE Federal Judse of Capital Temporar ily Removes Him from Juris diction of the Military Tribunal. Seeking to Fasten Crime Upon Caruso SALEM, Mass., Oct 26 Joseph Caruso, defendant with Joseph J, Ettor ;. and Arturo GiovannJttl, on trial for the mur der of Anna Lopizzo, victim of the Law rence textile strike riots, was declared py witnesses today to have been present wheo Policeman Oscar Benolt was stabbed and the Lopizzo girl shot on tho evening of January 29, last. Edward Marshall, a policeman who was with Benott on that night testified that Caruso, accompanied by Salvatore Seal to, now a fugitive, stood directly behind Benolt immediately before the shooting and stabbing. Benolt , himself testified that he had seen Caruso, armed with a club, a few minutes before he received the knife wound. One Thousand Coal Miners Resume Work CICARLESTON, W." Va., Oct 26.-On thousand miner who have been 'on strike since last spring returned to work in the mines at Dorothy, W. Va., today after a long conference with the operators. The men are to receive 22 per cent above the price paid under the scale of the United Min, Workers of America, but the oper ators do not recognise the union. VERA CRUZ, Mex., Oct 25.-Two"of the captured officers of the staff of Felix Dias were shot by the federal troops at 10:30 last evening after being sentenced to death .by summary court-martial. The exeQUtlon ,was carried out with , absolute secrecy. The : names were Major Zex al.MkJQL Guests, ; . The court-martial began its sessions at 6 .o'clock In , the evening and its Judg ments must be delivered and the ver dict, put Into effect, within seventy-two hours from the time of meeting. Major Fernando Zerate and Major Julian Villas are pleading on behalf of Diaz, who, aoordlng to military law, is liable' to imprisonment for from three to eight ' years. , -- . n . ; i J ; , Pnblln Dnlalnn irn I in.t nlua. Public opinion against Diaz is so strong that it is thought a sontence. of death may be pronounced on him as well as on all offloers and government officials wlto Joined his cause and were captured. The troopers, however, who rebelfed will In all llklihood not be punished. , Felix Dlaa is to be brought before the court-martial . this afternoon. Some of the volunteers who Joined Diaz belonged to the leading families of the city. Those of them who may be cap tured will be sentenced to short terms of imprisonment, but many of them have es caped to the country. Commodore Azueta of the federal navy, called last evening on General Beltran, the federal commander In chief, who re ceived him coldly, telling him that he did I not adopt a definite attitude during the Diaz revolution. It is reported that Com modore Azueta Is to be court-martialed. The garrison of Vera Cruz consists of 2,600 men of all branches of the service The city Is perfectly quiet and business generally has been' resigned. ' - Respite for Din.' . MEXICO CITt, Oct. 25.-A writ remov lng General Felix Diaz, the rebel, leader, from the Jurisdiction of the military court was granted late last night by the fed eral Judge of the First district court here. The action was taken on the plea of Lieutenant Colonel Munoz,' a ctfusin of Felix Dial ' The full court will decide whether Diaz is to be returned to the Jurisdiction of .the military court or tried before a civil tribunal.' Government officials insist that Diaz Is amenable to military Jurisdiction under the constitutional provision relating to civilians who incite the army to revolt LAREDO, Tex., Oct. 26.-Harry H. GREATEST EVER ALMA, Neb., Oct. 24. Have just finished absorbing the many great facts about Nebraska, as told in the Nebraska Develop ment edition of The Bee. It is the greatest boosting stunt ever pulled off for Nebraska. Con gratulations to The Bee and E. V. Parrish, the publicity man. Send me four copies. ARTHUR V. SHAFFER. CUBAN FACTIONS IN FIGHT Forty Wounded in Battle Between Liberals and Conservatives. SEVERAL VICTIMS WILL DIE Liberals Holding- Meeting In Park When Several Shots Are Fired and Fnsilade Soon lie comes General. Callahan Said Dock 'Smith and Andrew . Johnson Shot Him WINCHESTER, ' Ky., Oct 26,-Scnsa-tlonal testimony given by Mrs. Edward Cullnhan In the hearing on the motion of the ball for the fifteen defendants charged with the murder of former Sheriff ISdward Callahan of Breathitt county brought a large crowd to the court room here today. About seventy witnesses remained to be examined when court opened. Beverly Baker testified that Govann Smith came to him to pay for the as sassination of Callahan. He said Smith told him that Callahan was to be shot. Ben Splcer, another witness, testified that John Clare said to him that he had killed six men and had assisted in the killing of Callahan. Callahan, on his deathbed, Is reported to have made a statement that he recognized Dock Smith and Andrew Johnson as two of the men who shot him and that he bolleved John Clare -was the other. Brady Gives Half Million to Hospital . . BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 26. -James B. Brady of New York, financier and horse man, who was a recent patient at Johns Hopkins hospital, this city, has presented that Institution $600,000 In appreciation of Its work and for the ex tension' of its activities. Announcement of the gift was made by Dr. Hugh Toung this morning after the terms upon which It was made had been favorably acted upon by the trustees of the institution. (Continued on Page Two.) HENRY CLAY PIERCE WINS . . BIGSUIT ON APPEAL NEW TORK, Oct. 25. oy a decision by the appellate division of the supreme' court, handed down today, Henry Clay Pierce, the oil magnate, wins his appeal from a Judgment of the lower court granting Mrs. Alice C. Rycoroft a Judg ment of S17U40.66 against him. Mrs. Ryecroft alleged that she turned over to Pierce securities which he converted to his own use, i HAVANA, Oct. 25.-A brisk battle be tween conservatives and liberals, ' during which several hundred shots were fired and sevenu' people fatally wounded, broke out after saldnight in Central park in the heart of the city, at the close of a meeting' of supporters of VJo President Alfredo Zayas,. Who is a candidate for the preside :y. , The meeting was conducted peacefully until the last speaker ascended the plat form, when several shots were fired, ap parently by a group of conservatives gathered in front of a hotel. Instantly the crowd began to disperse and' the fusillade became general, extending across the park and down the Prado. For ten minutes the firing was brisk. Strong , forces of , mounted police and cavalry charged repeatedly with drawn machettes and firing revolvers. The mob returned the fire. A crowd of liberals halted in front of the rAsbcrt club, firing volleys at the windows, the shots being returned from the balconies of the club by the sup porters of General Asbert, the conserva tive candidate for the governorship of Havana. Here occurred the hottest fighting. Several policemen's horses were shot un der them. ' A number of shots struck the American club opposite the Asbert club. Reinforcements of police, rural guards and soldiers arrived, and the mob, which was tlten composed of adherents of both parties, was driven from the park and gradually dispersed. Afterward the park was occupied by a strong force of cav alry. The total of the wounded,, who Included two women, was about forty, of whom several were fatally hurt. The fronts of the hotels and cafes facing the park are riddled with bullet holes. Eoosevelt Charges Libel and Sues a Michigan Editor MARQUETTE, Mich., Oct. 25.-8ult for $10,000 for libel was file d today by a De troit attorney, acting for Theodore Roose velt, against George A. Newell, editor. of the Iron Ore of Ishpemlng, MJch. The petition alleges libel In that Newell printed an article In his paper charging Colonel Roosevelt was Intemperate in the mi of language and liquor. NEW TORK. Oct. 36Twelv men who refused today to discuss their delib erations, returned at two minutes after 12 o'clock this morning a verdict ot first degree murder against Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, the first ot seven men to be tried for th murder of Herman Rosen thal. On Wednesday, October 80 Supreme Court Justice Goff will fix the time for the prisoner's death In the electric chair. Exhausted by the ordeal of the trial. John F. Mclntyre, chief counsel for the defense, nevertheless began today the premi Unary steps looking to an appeal and a stay of execution for his client." The case will be fought to the court of appeals, and Becker,, pacing his cell in the Tombs, expresses hope -of the .out come. At the same time he denounces what he styles the rigorous partiality of Justice doff in his charge to the Jury and his conduct of the trial. . , t Prisoner's Wife Faints, jiecKer, wno laintea in tne cor of the criminal court building a breathless messenger sprinting leiepnone snoiuea: uuiuyi is. Mrs. rldors when for a WHERE TO REGISTER TODAY Registrars Sit 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. First Ward. District. location. 1- 1203 S. th. ' 5- sOS Pacific. 6- 1930 6. 10th. 4- 915. Bancroft. , 6 26 Lincoln Ave. Second Ward. lMU B. 29th. 2- 2025 Vinton. 5- 162 Vinton.' 4--171J Vinton. 5- ;22 S. 16th. Third Ward. L-1EU Webster. . 2-S18 S. 10th.-1-313 N. IStb. 4-J2I 8. 13th. t-0S P. Utb. , Faarth Ward. 1 1S10 Davenport J-1814 Harney. 8-718 S. 16th. 4- Z14 g. 20th. 5 8307 Davenport N Wth Ward. 13804 Sherman Ave. 8 2h25 Sherman Ave. 82616 Sherman Ave. 4 184 Bherman Ave. 6-1138 N. 16th. 6-4108 N. 24th. Sixth Ward. 1-241 N. 24th. 8-1902 N. 24th. 82004 N. 28th. 4 1833 N. 83d. (-2205 Military Are. . Seventh Ward. t 18716 Leavenworth, 5 1626 Georgia Ave, S 1838 Park Ave. 4-8106 8. 83d. 8 4W1 Leavenworth. . Etsrhth Ward. 1-180 N. 24th. 8-1721 Cuming. 1 8-M2 N. 17th. 4 2421 Cuming. Ninth Wurd. 1-2079 Cuming. 23227 Cuming. 83304 Davenport 4-211 8. 86th. 62914 Farnam. Tenth Ward. 1- 101A 8. 10th. 2 1521 Leavenworth. 8-1225 S. 22d. 4-1258 8. 16th. 6-1424 8. 13th. Eleventh Ward. 1-4108 Hamilton. 8 S&20 Farnam. 88423 Leavenworth. - 4 706 8. 87th. 6- 8861 Leavenworth. Twelfth Ward. 1- 8210 N. 30th.. . . 2- 41i Grand Ave. 5 8119. Ames Ave. 4 232 N. 30th. 5- 4U0 Corby. ' 8-2907 N. 24th. 7- 3104 N. 24th. , 8- 4106 N. 24th. 9- 4U8 N. 24th. Wilson Eeturns to the Stump Monday PRINCETON, N. J., Oct 26,-Governor Woodrow Wilson will resume next Mon day in Philadelphia his speaking cam paign which was Interrupted .when Col onel Roosevelt was shot. The governor said today that the colonel's recovery seemed so certain that he was now ar ranging dates for the remainder of the campaign. ,- .: , . .. ILLNESS OF RUSSIAN CROWN PRINCE IS STILL A MYSTERY . 8T. PETERSBURG, Oct 25. No news was published today as to the condition of the Russian crown prince and as a consequence Alexander Stoiypin, in an article In the Novo Vremya, voices the demand of the public for information re garding his illness. ' . Religious services were celebrated In the opera house yesterday for his re covery. The Bee's Big New Literary Magazine With Tomorrow's Issue Unequalled by Any under the ciire of relatives at her home In the Bronx. Like her husband she never dreamed of a first degree murder verdict, but rather counted on a disagree ment of the Jurors. . Justice Goff, it Is understood, has gone lo me cuuiury lor a rnsi over mo wee , end. ' One of the first places to which news of th verdict was taken was the West Bide prison, where are quartered the In formers: Jack Rose, Sam 'Bchepps. 8rldg1e,,- Webber and Harry Vallon. The four apparently expected a disagree- niBIll, liuncvci, iwi lllty urn &n wiotj, with the exception of Schepps. Jl was Hi first suspicious when tdid tfiat a first degree verdict had been returne'd, then .1. 1-..t... 11., . Mf tVI.Un.an la a smart man." ' f " ...... . ' ' t , Prisoner Does Not Sleep, Keepers at the Tombs say that Becker did not sleep last night. He was to con-. fer with his lawyers today,, and declined ta 'rlv 'out inv Interview. -His fellow prisoners heard the i verdict almost the Instant it was pronounced; In some mys terious manner the message flashed from cell to cell, and when Becker tramped back along the corridor, ' faces ,were pressed at the bars to watch him. Vet no one spoke to him. He gated neither to right or left, and his set fac Invited .... nnwianm fennl Mm AAtnflfirt ions. Not a. word had come today from the four gunmen ana tne two aiiegea accomplices, "Jack" Sullivan and Wil liam Shapiro; who are also to be tried for Rosenthal' death. ' The dates for hir trials, which nrobablv will .be sep arate, nave not Deen announced. . inasmuch as their testimony will be used at the trials to come, the Informers doubtless will remain In Jail as material witnesses. In view of their confessions and th threats against them, they have expressed no desire for liberty.' Charles Becker enlisted in the New-. Tork police department November 1, 1893,7 when he was 23 years old. His father; Is dead, but his mother, now . In her: eighty-third year, lives In New Tork and; is overcome at his. conviction. , ; Sirs. Becker e Attorney. - Mrs. Becker "was ableio leave the house- during the forenoon and went down town to meet Mr. Mclntyre preparatory to conference with her husband. Inquiry1 at the" homes of the jurors re- vealed the fact that before Justice Goff; had urged them to keep silent, thy had: agreed, "to ay nothing about the manner; in wnicn tney arnvea si mejr vtruivu - . An examination into the mental condi-s tlon of "Red Phil" Davidson, confessed1: slayer of "Big Jack" Zellg, was begun.- today. The examination was orderea By -District Attorney Whitman. James W.C Osborn, Davidson's counsel, recently en tered for him; a plea of not guilty on: District Attorney Whitman said todays the four gunmen accused of . shootlngv Rosenthal will go on trial early In No vember. " ':: Scenes In Conrt Roonj. . The twelve Jurors marched into the" eourt room at 11:65 o'clock. A minute ' later the defendant was brought In from the Tomb. Justice Goff Had hot yet ' entered the room and - for moment r Becker took a side seat. As he waited f. he scanned the faces of the Jurors, but : none of them returned his gaze. A. tenet silence prevailed. At 11:57 1 o'clock Justice Goff entered the court room, and bowing low- to coun-i sel, took his seat. The Jury roll was-' called. The clerk then asked the Jurors.: if they had reached a. .verdict , J "We have," announced Foreman Skin-C ner. The Jurors arose and the foreman; said: v.- V- : "W find the," defendant guilty as;" oharged in the Indictment" ,' Z. Murder In the First Degree. - "Do you find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree as charged'' In the Indictment?" asked, the clerk. "We do," the foreman replied. ' The court directed that the roll of the; Jurors be called for their individual; verdicts. As he repeated the question: T "Do you find the defendant guilty off (Continued on Pag Two.)