Yale Democrat (Yale, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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WITH BARNS
ran OF STOCK
LIEUT BECKER ELECTROCUTED
FINAL CHAPTER IN ROSENTHAL
MURDER CASE.
Didn’t Look Much Like Hard
Times in Western Canada.
Priaoner Died Game, Protesting
Innocence With Hie Last
Breath.
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CALOMEL SHENSI IT SALIVATES!
DON’T STATUS, CONSTIPATED
I Guarantee “Dodson’s Liver Tone” Will Give You the Best Liver
and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had—Don’t Lose a Day’s WorkI
A. Meyer, who left one of the best
Counties in Minnesota, probably be-
cause he got a good price for his ex-
cellent farm, and left for the Canadian
West, writes to his local paper, the
Bagley Independent. His story Is well
worth repeating. He says:
“To say I was greatly surprised
when I reached Saskatchewan and Al-
berta would be expressing it mildly.
In a country where so much suffering
was reported, I found everyone in
good circumstances, and especially
all our friends who have left Clearwa-
ter and Polk counties. They all have
good homes and those who were re-
ported to have sold their stock through
lack of feed, I found with their barns
full of stock, and it did not look very
much like hard times. They have
from 160 acres to two sections of the
finest land that can be found.
Those that left here two or three
years ago have from 100 to 400 acres
In crops this year.
Prospects for a bumper crop are
splendid. It is a little cold now, but
' nothing is frosted, either in gardens
or fields. Land can be bought quite
reasonably here from those who vol-
unteered their services in the Euro-
pean war. Here are certainly the
best opportunities for securing a good
home with a farm and independence
for life in a short time. Before I
started I heard that prices were so
high. Flour was reported at $12 per
hundred it is $4.25 here. In the west
all the groceries can be purchased
for nearly the same as in Minn. The
only article that I found higher
was kerosene at 35 cts per gallon.
'When I saw the land I wondered why
people do not live where they pro-
duce enough from the soil to make a
comfortable living. We visited T. T.
Bater. John Dahls, W. J. and R. D.
Holt’s, Martin Halmen, Ole Halvorson,
Wm. Walker and Geo. Colby, all
from Bagley. We found well and pros-
perous farmers who wished to be re-
membered to all their Bagley friends."
(Sgd.) A. MEYER.—Advertisement.
Ossining, N. Y.—Charles Becker
paid the penalty for instigating the
murder three years avo of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler. He was elec-
trocuted in Sing Sing prison one hour
after sunrise. Life left his body two
minutes after the electric current was
turned on. He died with a cross in
bis hands. His last words were
"Jesus have mercy on me.”
He walked steadily to the death
chamber and taking his seat glanced
squarely into the eyes of the witnesses
for a brief moment. Then he con-
tinued the chant, "Have mercy on us,
have mercy on us."
Becker received the electric shock
in the midst of the prayer. One min-
ute later a second shock was sent
through his body and physicians pro
bounced him dead.
The former police lieutenant re
tained his composure and protested
his innocence to the last. He went
to his death with a photograph of his
wife pinned on his shirt over his
heart. Becker led the way to his
own execution.
| Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, fot
whose murder Charles Becker was
sentenced to die in the electric chair,
was shot, to death by ntred gunmen in
the early morning of July 16, 1912, in
front of the Hotel Metropole on Forty
second street, a few steps from Broad
Calomel makes you sick; you lose a
day’s work. Calomel is quicksilver
and It salivates; calomel injures your
liver.
If you are bilious, feel lazy, sluggish
and all knocked out, if your bowela
are oonatipated and your head aches
or stomach ia sour, just take a spoon-
ful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone
Instead of using sickening, salivating
calomel. Dodson’s Liver Tone is real
liver medicine. You'll know it next
morning because you will wake up
feeling flue, your liver will be work-
ing, your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular. You will feel like
working. You’ll be cheerful; full of
vigor and ambition.
Your druggist or dealer sells you s
60-oent bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tono
under my personal guarantee that It
will clean your sluggish liver better
than nasty calomel; it won’t make you
6ick and you can eat anything you
want without being salivated. Your
druggist guarantees that each spoonful
will start your liver, clean your bowels
and atralghten you up by morning or
you can have your money back. Chil-
dren gladly take Dodson's Liver Tone
because It is pleasant tasting and
doesn’t gripe or cramp or make them
sick.
I am selling millions of bottles of
Dodson's Liver Tone to people who
have found that this pleasant, vege-
table. liver medicine takes the place
of dangerous calomel. Buy one bottle
on my sound, reliable guarantee. Aak
your druggist or storekeeper about me.
A Ghastly Fear.
Mrs. Strongmind—Henry, I want
you t„ come straight home as soon as
you leave the office, every day! You
were twenty minutes late yesterday,
and It gave me quite a shock.
Henry—Yes, Henrietta. But you
didn't think I’d beeu run over by a
car, did you?
Mrs. Strongmind—No; but how was
I to know that somebody wasn’t hold-
ing you for ransom?—Puck.
Good Advice.
"Mother, how had I better dress for
my motorboat trip this afternoon?’’
“Who is going with you, dear?”
"Mr. Scatterbrain.”
"Then you'd better wear a bathing
suit and a life preserver.”
Well Named.
They wore talking about a promis-
ing young man who had failed to make
good as a traveling salesman.
The first man said to the other
man:
“It was queer about the boy. Ha
seemed to be a reguter whirlwind.
His first trip was a rattling success,
hut all he brought back from his
second trip was a bunch of foolish
excuses.”
"What was it you called him—a
whirlwind?”
*'Yqm h
”1 see. All ’whlrV at. the beginning;
and all ’wind’ at tbo finish.”—Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
For lame back use Hanford’s Bal-
sam, applied thoroughly and well rub-
bed In. Adv.
Newspaper stereotypera use Han-
ford's Balsam of Myrrh for relief from
splashing metal burns. Adv.
There’B nothing in a name attache\
to the bottom of n check unless there
Is a bank balance' behind it.
Anticipations and regrets show up
oftener than anything else during a
man’s earthly career.
A man Is judged by Ms deeds; also
by what he doesn’t do.
Always proud to show white clothe*
Red Cross Ball Blue doei make them
whits. Ail grocers. Adv.
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Girls are employed as messengers
In the British war office.
NOT A MATTER OF FIGURES
Perfectly Natural.
“So you were a witness in a law-
■utt?’’
“Yes.”
“Did the opposing attorney bother
you much?”
“Not at all. He kept interrupting
me so much that It seemed I was at
home telling my story and ma was
correcting me as I went along.”
Going to an Extromo.
“Bllgglns has an idea that ha can
run the universe.”
"Yes. I understand he is training
a pet groundhog so that he can be
sure of having the kind of weather
predictions he wants every year.”
Why He Failed.
“I understand his marriage was a
failure.”
“Yes; he tried to run it the way ha
ran his business.”
“How do you mean?”
“He was never in the office.”
be
Giving Him the Hee Haw!
She—How do you happen to
called Jack?
He—Oh, it’s just a nickname. Why?
She—I didn’t know but It was an
abbreviation.
Conversational Discretion.
"People are not supposed to tell all
they know,” said the cautious person.
“No,” replied Miss Cayenne, “espe-
cially In these days of popularized sci-
ence.”
Number of Churches or Synagogues
Seem to Be of Relatively
Little Moment.
“Is It progress to go to church or
not to go to church?” asks Dr. Ernest
C. Richardson of Princeton university.
Thereupon he answers the question in
this wise: “What is almost the last
word that can be spoken on universal
progress at the present stage of af-
fairs was once spoken by that most
gracious and polished author of the
most scholarly ‘Life of Our Lord,’ Dr.
Samuel J. Andrews, apropos of this
very matter.
“An enthusiastic apostle of Chris-
tian endeavor in a quiet library read-
ing room was holding forth In noisy
conversation on the wonderful prog-
ress of the church In these later
times.
“ ‘Why, just think of it?’ he cried,
‘there are twelve hundred churches (if
It was twelve hundred) in the city of
Philadelphia alone today; twelve hun-
dred churches, just think of it!’
“Doctor Andrews looked up from hla
book at the strenuous declaimer and
remarked quietly, ‘And there were
eight hundred synagogues (if It was
eight hundred) In Jerusalem at the
time when Jesus Christ was cruci-
fied.’ ”
In Self-Defense.
Applicant—Be youse th’ glnt- wot
advertoised fer a porter, sor?
Hotel Proprietor—Yes, but I stated
In the ad that all applications must
be made by mail.
Applicant—Faith, an’ do youse t’ink
Oi'm afther lookin’ loik a female, bov?
Going the Limit.
"What is your opinion of govern-
ment ownership?”
“It’s a great idea,” replied Senator
Sorghum. "If the government owned
everything and had to pay all its
own taxes a lot of my constituents
would be better satisfied.”
Sympathy.
Mrs. Gray—The window In my hall
has stained glass In it.
Mrs. Green—Too bad! Can’t you
find anything that'll take the stains
out?
The Newcomer.
Nurse—It has its father’s hair.
Father—I am glad it’s being kept in
the family.
Nurse—An’ it has it’s mother’s voice.
Father—Lord help it!—Life.
Proper Classification.
Parson Snowball (a Methodist)—Is
yoh all a soljah In de army ob da
Lohd?
Stranger—Yassah. Ah's a membah
ob de Baptist church.
Parson Snowball—Den yoh all ain’t
In de army; yoh’s iu de navy.
Drawing the Line.
“Imitation is the slncerest flattery.”
“Maybe,” replied Mr. Cumrox. "But
I don’t like to have a stenographer
copy my mistakes In grammar.”—De-
troit Free Preaa.
Lieut. Charles Becker.
way. The murder was the swift cul
mination of sensational charges made
a few days before by Rosenthal
against Becker In which Rosenthal as-
serted that Becker, then head of the
strong-arm squad of detectives, freely
sold police protection and had accu-
mulated thousands of dollars of graft
money.
These charges were published and
District Attorney Whitman began an
investigation of them. He summoned
Rosenthal to the criminal courts
buildings and listened to his story.
An appointment was made with Rosen
thal for the next day. Before the
time came Rosenthal was murdered.
New York City, already interested
in the charges of police corruption,
responded to the news of the murder
as if to a call tor arms. Becker, who
had been the chief target of Rosen-
thal’s accusations, was openly sus-
pected. He was relieved of his com-
mand of the strong-arm squad and
transferred to the Bronx. Jack Rose,
his graft collector, walked into the
criminal courts building the day after
the murder and surrendered to the
district attorney, declaring he had
nothing to fear. Harry Vallon and
“Bridgie” Webber, gamblers and
friends of Rose and Becker, were ar-
rested as witnesses. The grand jury
began Its investigation.
Rose lay in prison twelve days with-
out word from Becker, and, believing
his chief had deserted him, confessed.
Vallon and Webber corroborated his
story. He told of his long association
with Becker, of police corruption
which existed as Rosenthal had
charged, of thousands collected by
Becker for police protection, and, fin-
ally, of his commission by Becker to
arrange to have Rosenthal killed by
gunmen—a commission he executed.
That night, July 29, 1912, District
Attorney Whitman summoned the
grand jury by telephone and telegraph,
laid his evidence before it and within
two hours obtained fhe indictment ol
Becker on a charge of murder.
Four east side gangsters were in-
dicted as the actual murderers. These
gunmen—known in the streets of the
east side as “Gpy the Blood” Horo-
witz. “Lefty Louis ' Rosenberg, "Dago
Frank" Ciroflcl and “Whitey” Lewis—
were rounded up one by one.
The case against Charles Becker
went to trial on Oct. 7, 1912. A verdict
of guilty of first degree murder was
returned at midnight Oct. 24, 1912,
after the jury bad deliberated seven
hours and fifty-seven minutes. Becker
wag sentenced six days later to die In
the electric chair during the week of
rw a. ma.
HAIR OR NO HAIR?
• _
It Is Certainly Up to You and Cutl*
cura. Trial Free.
Hot shampoos with Cutlcura Soap,
followed by light dressings of Cutl-
eur* Ointment rubbed into the scalp
■kin tend to clear the scalp of dan-
druff, aoothe itching and irritation and
promote healthy hair-growing condi-
tions. Nothing better, cleaner, purer..
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. XY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Perverse Human Nature.
“Is it true that poverty improves a
man’s perspective?”
“I doubt it.”
“Then, how about riches?”
“The result is the same. When a
man’s poor he can’t appreciate the
simple life because he has to live it,
and when lie’s rich he can’t appreci-
ate the Bfmple life because his doctor
recommends it.”
Children Cry For
Mat Contents 15 Fluid Drachma
ALCOHOL- 3 PER CENT.
A\r vie table PivpamtionfbrAs-
similatinglhefoodandRcgiila-
find the Stomachs and Bowels of
Infants ''Children
•as
Promotes Dit*cstion,Ch«rfuI-,
ness and Rest.Contains neither
Opium. Morphine nor Mineral.
Wot Narcotic.
JUdpt afOU dIsAJICU PfTCnCQ
A perfect Remedy forConsfipfl^
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Worms. Feverishness and
Loss of Sleep*
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What is CASTORIA
Castor!n, Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare*
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contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Warootfto
substance. Its age is Its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years tt
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea. It regnlates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural Bleep*
The Children's Panacea—Tho Mother’s Friend*
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
Too True.
Bill—It has been estimated that the
heat received In a year by the earth
from the sun is sufficient to melt a
layer of ice 100 feet in thickness cov-
eving the globe.
Jill—And yet we have to go hacking
at it on the sidewalk with an old
hatchet, just the same.”
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Taka the Old Standard GROVE S
TASTELESS chill TONIC You mow
what you are taking, as tha formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and iron in a tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds up the system. SO cents. Adv.
Exact Copy of Wrapper
3
lit Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Havo Always Bought
VMS OSNTAUS COMPANY, NSW VSSN OITV,
No 8peed Marvel.
“Is your hired man about th' place,
Ezry ?’’
“No. I sent him to th’ cross roads
to fetch th’ mail.”
“I see a cloud o’ dust down th’ road.
Mebby that’s him cornin’ now.”
“ ’Taln’t likely. I don’t s’pose he
ever moved fast enough In his hull
life to raise a cloud o’ dust.”
For the big and little burns In cook-
ing and baking, keep Hanford’s Bal-
sam of Myrrh near for quick relief.
Adv.
Walt Mills says that you can tell
whether a man Is married by the way
he shuts a door.
Let Them Go Cheap.
Lady (In furniture store to new
clerk)—Where are those handsome
sideboards that you had last week?
Clerk (embarrassed)—Oh, 1—er—I
shaved them off day afore yesterday,
ma'am.—Life.
Women are* now eligible to beeon*
notaries in North Carolina.
Her Identity.
"Yonder girl'B a daisy.”
"She isn't, for I know
she’s a black-eyed Susan.”
her, and
For wire cuts use Hanford’s Balsam.
Adv.
It is the opinion of those who have
had experience along that line that
gratitude Is the rarest thing.
Gave Him Pause.
Wife—Henry, you really must have
the landlord come and see for hlmsslf
the damage the rain did to our ceil-
ing.
Hub—I can’t without letting him see
tlie damage the children have done to
the rest of the house.
In Far-off India.
In some unknown manner a little
sample of Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh
found its way into an interior village
of India. It was its oy/n agent, and
from that small beginning a steady
trade has developed and each succeed-
ing shipment has been larger. Adv.
Possibly the hardest way to achieve
publicity 1b to walk from coast to coast
to secure it.
Every woman’* pride, beautiful, clear
white clothe*. Use Red Cross Ball Blue,
j All grocer*. Adv.
When a man is down and out he ia
about all In.
Canada is Callin£\&u
to her RichWheat Lands
"“She extends to Americans a hearty in-
vitation to settle on her FREE Home-
stead lands of 160 acres each or secure
some of the low priced lands in Mani-
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
This year wheat Is higher but Canadian land Juat
as cheap, so the opportunity is more attractive than
ever. Canada wants you to help to feed the world
by tilling some of her soil—land similar to that
which during many years has averaged 20 to 45
bushels of wheat to the acre. Think what you
can make with wheat around $1 a bushel and
land so easy to get. Wonderful yields also of
Oats, Barley and Flax. Mixed farming
is fully as profitable an industry as grain
growing.
jjfs. The Government this year is asking
farmers to put increased acreage into
grain. M'iitary service is not com-
pulsory in Canada. There i3 no conscription and no war tax on lands. The
climate is healthful and agreeable, railway facilities excellent, good schools and
churches convenient. Write for literature and particulars as to reduced railway
rates to Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to
G. A. COOK
125 W. Oth St., Kansas City, Mo.
Canadian Government Agent.
WE STAND FOR
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Save your clothes — not the dirt.
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people.
Splendid for washing laces, flannel*
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Exactly.
"How did you come to run up yout
cottage?”
"Oh, that’s another story.”
The opportunities that go astray are
usually those that strike other people
instead of coming to us.
Tuffs Pills
enable the dyspeptic to cat whatever h.
wlihta. They cauee tha food to assimilate and
nourish the body, alve appetite, and
DEVELOP FLESH.—
Dr. Tatt Manufaeturlnx Co. New York.
A Soluble Antiseptic Powder to
be dissolved in water as needed
For Douches
In tlie local treatment of woman’s ill*;
*uch an leucorrhoea and inflammation, hoi
douches of Paxtine are very, efficacious.
No woman who has ever used medicated
douches will fail to appreciate the clean and
healthy condition Paxtlne produces and tha
prompt relief from soreness and discomfort
which follows its use.Th is is because Pax tins
possesses superior cleansing, disinfect-
ing and healing properties.
For ten years tho Lydia E. i
Finkham Medicine Co. nas roc- |
j oinmeuded Paxtine in their
I private correspondence with wo- J
men, which proves its superl-
l crity. 'Women who have been
[ relieved say It is “ worth its
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Wo. large box or hr mall. Bamplofrae.
Tha Fax ton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass
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You Look Prematurely Old
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