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THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday, Tem peratures: 8 a. m., 79 degrees; 10 a. m., 85 degrees; 12 noon, 88 de grees; 2 p. m., 90 degrees. VOL. XI. NO. 13. 11l LETTEHS RELIEOUPON TDIMPEAGH PEAKE William Flinn’s Paper Says Pennsylvania Senator Will, Have to Explain. TO BE ASKED WHY HE WAS GIVEN $25,000 FEE Documents Printed First in Hearst’s Magazine Cause of Proposed Charges. PITTSBURG, Aug. 19.—The Pittsburg Leader, the official mouthpiece of Senate! William Flinn, and the local organ of the Washington (Roose v elt) party, publishes the following: Boies Penrose. senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, will have tn face impeachment pro ceedings. Hp knows this and that is why he Is fighting so desperately to elect assemblymen and state senators w’ho wilh obey him and help tn keep the scandal suppressed. The charge upon which his col leagues in the senate will try him will be that of having accepted money from a corporation to influ ence his action as a public official. The letters alleged to have been written by John D. Archbold, finan cial agent of the Standard Oil Trust, to Penrose will be the basis of the impeachment charges. Legislature To Take ■Un Oil Letters. These letters will he presented to the state assembly when it meets in January, for investigation, and. if not contradicted, the legislature will be asked transmit the facts to the national congress with impeachment proceedings to follow. One of the letters referred to Is one of a series published in the current issue of Hearst’s Magazine, all writ ten to Penrose by John D. Arch bold and all referring *o legislation, senate committee work and official Investigations in which the Oil trust, needed protection. The money let ter follows: 26 Sfoadway. New York, Oct. 13. 1904. My Dear Senator —In fulfilment of our understanding, it gives me great pleasure to hand you here with certificate of deposit to your favor for $25,000. and with aood wishes. I am Yours truly. JOHN D. ARCHBOLD. Hen. Boies Penrose, 1311 Spruce street. Philadelphia. Pa. Penrose To Be Asked To Explain. It is this letter, particularly, that Penrose will he asked to axplain when the investigation is opened. He will he asked to tell what serv ices he. as a United States senator, rendered the Standard Oil Trust for which he received $25,000, if any, and why this monopoly, which was then bitterly fighting against allow ing the people to curb its power, should give both money and good wishes" to a United States senator who was supposed to he represent ing the people. Another of the letters from Arch bold to Penrose explains something of the ' understanding' referred to In the money letter. Some ten years ago there was In existence the United States indus trial commission, composed chiefly of members of the senate and lower house. In its day it was an import ant institution, having much the same character as the committee that has just finished the investigation of the Steel corporation. “Letter Sounds Pretty Peremptory.’’ The chief business of this old Indus trial commission was to investigate the Standard Oil Company. The chairman of the commission was Senator Kyle. One of the members was Penrose. Kyle died and Archbold wrote to Senator Penrose: We are very strongly of the opinion that you should take the chairmanship. Lastly, and may we hope not unfairly, we make it as a strong personal request. May I venture to ask for an af firmative answer by wire? That sounds pretty peremptory, but It may be that the Standard OH Company had a right to be per emptory to Penrose, the right that every master has to give orders to a servant whom he pays, and pays well. For In other correspondence It is recorded that chairman Penrose sent an advance copy of the commit- Continued on Page Two. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results t •••••••••••••*•••••••••••• • Pope Breaks Law of • • Vatican; Visits His • • Invalid Sister's Home • • • • ROME. Aug. 19.—For the first • • time the unwritten law of the vat- • • lean that the pope shall not leave • • that institution was violated early • • today, according to an article pub- • • lished in the newspaper Messag- • • gero. • • 'The newspaper's informant stat- • • ed that Pope Pius, dressed as an • • ordinary priest, left the Vatican • • shortly afte’r midnight, going to • • the home of his invalid sister, • • where he remained half an hour. • • It has been a rule of the church • • that the wearer of the triple crown • • exiles himself from the world when • • he enters the Vatican. The Mes- • • saggero's story caused a great deal • • of comment here. • • Later an official denial of the • • story was Issued from'the Vatican. • • In this denial it was said that • • Rosa, the sister whom the pontiff • • was supposed to have visited, is • • not seriously ill, although she suf- • • sered a slight stroke some time • • ,ago, which for a time caused anx- • • iety. • •••••••••••••••••••••••so* THIS IS A TRUE TALE: ICEBERG FORMS IN STREET IN HOT SUN Walter Taylor, city clerk, told a story today of how the residents of Auburn avenue were recently amazed by the forming of an iceberg in their street in the broiling sun. It happened in front of th Pratt lab oratory at the corner of Auburn avenue and Courtland street. A valve on a carbonic acid gas tank with 1,800 pounds pressure accidentally was knocked loose. The tank shot across the street like a skyrocket as the gas escaped. It struck a tree in'front of the Wesley Memorial church and bounded into an iron fence on the other side of the street. Then it. dived head long into the gutter and began to whirl around. It had just missed several au tomobiles and persons standing in the street. When the excitement of the spec tators had subsided sufficiently for them to determine what had happened, they found a long cylinderical body of ice in the street. The escaping gas had caused ice to form on the outside of the tank. GOVERNOR BROWN EXPECTED TO VETO MILITARY MEASURE It is considered certain that Governor Brown will veto the military bill designed to consolidate the offices of quartermas ter general and adjutant general. When former Adjutant General Scott was deposed by Governor Hoke Smith. William G. Obear, then quartermaster general, was appointed adjutant. Since that time Obear has carried out the func tions of both offices with the aid of two clerks. While the chief executive has given no direct assurance that he would disap prove the attempt to consolidate the two offices his views on the subject are well known. He does not believe that any such an arrangement should he made by the executive department and later con firmed by the legislature. BILL REPEALING DOG TAX IS SIGNED; STATE LOSES $175,000 YEARLY Weary of being made the goat of the political aspirations of a few members of the legislature, Governor Brown has signed the Oliver bill repealing the dog tax. This measure, it is said, will take $175,000 in revenue away from the state. It has been rumored at the capitol since the legislature adjourned that members of the lower house who voted for a repeal of the tax have begged the governor to veto the bill. It is said that many of them voted for the bill, believing fully that the governor would disapprove it. to save the state the rev enue. Voting the repeal the dog tax il said to be an efficient vote getter in the country. SLAYER OF MOTHER-IN-LAW GIVEN NEW LEASE OF LIFE SAVANNAH. GA., Aug. 19.—With a further continuance of the arguments on the motion for a new trial granted by Judge Walter G. Charlton in the su. perfor court. Solomon Williams, sched uled to have been hanged Friday for the death of his mother-in-law, Annie Rivers has been given a new lease of life. Arguments on the motion for a new trial, which caused a stay of execution, were scheduled for today, but matters came up in the meantime making a further continuance desirable, and the date of the hearing has now been set for August 24. NO MORfFUNDS NEEDED TO FINISH PANAMA CANAL WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.—1 t was an nounced at the treasury department to day that the Panama canal will be completed with funds now available in the treasury ami that another issue of Panama canal bonds will not lie nec essary. GERMAN EMPRESS ILL: QUITS COURT FUNCTIONS BERLIN. Aug. 19. Tito empress of Germany Is ill. It was learned today she has been ordered Jo abandon all court and social function . Her place will be taken by the crown princess. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. AU GUST 19, 1912. SLAYER GANG PAYMASTER BEARSOUT JACK ROSE In Conference With Whitman Aboard Train. Sam Schepps Corroborates Confession. VITAL POINTS CLEARED UP. SAYS DISTRICT ATTORNEY I Am Satisfied—lt Will Mate rially Strengthen Our Case, He Declares. NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—"1 am satisfied. Sam Schepps has just told me his story. It was enough to clear up several vital points." This statement was made by District Attorney Whitman today on the train en route for New York from Albany, where Whitman met the party en route from Hot Springs. Ark., where Schepps was captured, after he had held a conference of 30 minutes with Schepps, the alleged “murder paymas ter” in the Rosenthal murder case. After Schepps had talked with Mr. Whitman the prisoner was taken into rhe dining car for his breakfast. In his absence Mr. Whitman had an au dience with the corps of newspaper men who came to meet the Schepps party. Mr. Whitman said: “When Schepps came before me I said to him: 'Schepps, tell me your story in plain language—no frills and no jokes.' This he proceeded to do the best he eould. Corroborates Story Os Jack Rose. "I have secured all the corroboration I expected. This is enough to clear up several vital points and strengthen the case." Asked if Schepps corroborated “Bald Jack” Rose's confession, Mr. Whitman said: ' “Xes, Schepps confirmed it, so far as I have gone with him. He corroborated the statement that he had gone to Harry Pollock’s home (where Rose was hidden immediately following the shooting) for Lieutenant Becker. He would not admit that he paid the mur derers for killing Rosenthal. He de clared that he was not at the scene of the murder. He did say, though, that he had ridden in the ‘murder automo bile' used by the assassins to escape earlier in the evening. He told me he went to Pollock's home with Rose to see Becker. Further than that I did not question him. Schepps is a talker and loves to tell stories, so I've got to sep arate the wheat from the chaff.” Police Try to Get Possession of Schepps. A clash between Assistant District Attorney Rubin and five detectives of Deputy Commissioner Dougherty’s staff occurred today when Samuel Schepps, the Rosenthal “murder paymaster.” ar rived at the Grand Central terminal. The detectives had been given orders from Dougherty to arrest Schepps on sight and bring him to police head quarters. Rubin, however, refused to surrender him. declaring that Schepps was a state witness and not a prisoner. He was hustled into a taxicab and when the detectives insisted that the man be turned over to them and tried to follow, they were unceremoniously restrained and the car whizzed to the West Side* court. 1 he police can’t get him,” was Ru bin's parting shot. An earlier clash occurred at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, where the train was boarded by two central office men who demanded Schepps. Whitman told them he would indict them if they tried to get the prisoner. At the West Side police station Schepps was arraigned before Magis trate House as a vagrant. Attorney Sandler, for Schepps. asked that the case be continued 48 hours, but later consented to a week's postponement on request of District Attorney Whitman. Accordingly Magistrate House con tinued the heating until August 24. and Schepps was taken to a cell. RAILROAD COMMISSION NOT A CAB-KICK BUREAU (’hairman Murphey Candler, of the state railroad commission, intimated to day that the commission would like to he relieved of the work resulting from the popular theory that the state had power to regulate the operations of cab and baggage companies. According to Mr. (’andler, Atlantans seem obsessed with the idea that the commission has jurisdiction over such companies, and the office nf the board Is i»eing cluttered daily with kicks on At ' tent a.. concerns. MUZZLE YOUR WIFE! Copyright, 1912. International News Service. AS I Yt/AS "'S ” f■'TkiMqs'To fur oh'a’> ) IT SAYS HERE THAT ABOUT REJAARK < AILvNIMES SHOULD IT TAKES Xou A LONG g E MUIIUtPIJ \ TI/AE To FRE-SToEd) up z —- 7 i y Z CK 'I UK CT W L - U’ ss- -■ ** Ik , ) r YowSITTIWON *Y) f ls ( oh: OH! W NEW (JtAt'J W, HAT ! You-' ' \ \ \ \' WHY! How you 1 ' SHE CAN BARK BUT “ SiT ON MX NEW HAT/J / SHE CANT BITE &Tt Y ‘ w /r n; Br HH U iU h " MP HjP e (A judge says some wives should be muzzled. —News Item.) SHOP IS ROBBED OF S7OO BY A BURGLAR; NO CLEW FOR POLICE Detectives sought vainly today to find a clew to the burglar who, last night, robbed the safe in Duffy's department store, at Mitchell and Forsyth streets, of S7OO in cash. The manner in which the burglar en tered the store is a mystery. Detectives say it is possible thai he climbed on the roof and entered through a skylight, which was found open, or that he may have, opened the door with a skeleton key. He is supposed, to have worked the com bination on the safe, as the door was found closed. A lot of clothing was scattered on the floor by the marauder Nothing but the money has been missed. The robbery was discovered this morn ing when the store was opened for the day's business. 1,000 DEAD MENACE LIVES OF FOREIGNERS IN NICARAGUAN CITY WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Lives of hundreds of foreigners In Managua are threatened by pestilence rising from 1,000 bodies of rebels which lie outside the city walls, according to reports from Minister Weltzekto the state de partment today. The bodies of the rebels lie where they fell during the attack on the Nica raguan capital and defenders of the city were unable to bury them because of the lite from the rebels hidden in the hills. 88 COURSES. IN DINNER: TONG MEN CELEBRATE NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Three hun dred members of the Ong Leon Tong society from all parts of the United States met at their headquarters in Mott street to celebrate at a dinenr the five thousandth birthday of their god. Kon Quon. The dinner was in two sections, consisting of 88 courses. A few days ago an attempt was made io blow tip the god with dynamite, but the idol was not damaged, although the building was. A reward of $1,500 has been offered for information as to the perpetrator of the deed. JONES TAKES WAIT OUT OF WAITER, BUT HE LANDS IN JAIL Henry Jones, a negro, of Pittsburg, an Atlanta suburb, went into a restaurant on lower Decatur street this morning and ordered a small steak. He waited five —ten —fifteen minutes, and no steak. He then calletf the waiter and asked him the matter. The waiter made some excuse and turned his back. Jones called him again, and, while the waiter was approaching, the customer pulled a shin ing revolver from his pocket and placed it in front of him. "I am going to wait one minute and no longer for that steak!” he said. In just a half minute the steak was in front of him. according to eyewitnesses. He then ordered a cut of pie and a glass of milk and they were In front of him before he got the words out of his mouth. By the time, he had finished his meal, however, a policeman was at Jones' elbow . “Well.'' said Jones. “I got my steak, anyhow—and without making any threats." The charge which he will have to an swer is “disorderly conduct." WOMAN OVERPOWERS INSANE PRIZE FIGHTER WHO FELLED 4 MEN SANTA ROSA, Cal., Aug*l 9.—Miss Margaret Lindsay, matron in the Se noia county infirmary, today overpow ered George Mowetb. a former prize fighter, from San Francisco, who had struck down four men. w hile in a fit of insanity. The crazed man split open the head of one of the men attendants. While the others lay unconscious on the floor. Miss Lindsay grabbed Moweth by his hair and threw him to the floor hold ing him until he was placed in a straightjacket. WIFE. SHOT BY HUSBAND, SENDS HIM LOVE NOTE NEW YORK, Aug. 19. -Matthew O'Callaghan, the wealthy cotton broket who shot his wife three times at their home, probably will be released Mrs. O'Callaghan.)who is the broker's second wife, is recovering. She wrote a very endearing letter addressed to O’Cal laghan tn his cell O'Callaghan is said to have been intoxicated when be shot at his wife unde' the impression that she was a burglar. SENATE DEFIES TAFT; REFUSES TO RETAIN COMMERCE COURT WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.—The con ference report on the legislative ap propriation bill without the previsions providing for the abolition of the com merce court and the seven year tenure for government clerks was presented to the senate today These two provisions caused the veto of the bill by the presi dent. The senate then amended the report so that the abolition provision affecting the commerce court still stands. This means that the president will be called upon to sign a bill identical in every particular with the one which he has already vetoed except the prevision making a seven year tenure for govern ment clerks. TOWN LOT DONATED FOR DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN MONTGOMERY, Ala., Aug 19.—A lot in South Birmingham, located in what is known as the Mountain Lake plat, was today donated by the South Birmingham Heights Company to the central executive committee of the Ala bama Association of Wilson and Mar shall clubs. This lot is valued at S9OO, and the proceeds of Its sale are to go to the national Wilson-Marshall campaign fund as a gift from the Alabama com mittee. At a meeting of a sub-com mittee and central committee today at the state capitol it was decided to have a full eeting of the committee within the next ten days or two weeks to de cide on the disposition of the property. A FEW FACTS Every person in the city of Atlanta and surrounding vicinities who is anxious for a business opening, a new position, good help of any de scription or who wants to buy, sell, exchange or rent is looking in The Georgian Want Ads each day for such. He will read your ad if it is there. Thai's the reason of the big results The Georgian gives to its ad vertisers. HOMI t.HIOH 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P *£ R N E ° VKE PHOBIAS COM FASHIONS HERE Chairman of Board Calls Im modest Dress Here a Fun damental Evil. ‘MASHING’ LAID TO SHORT. CLINGING SKIRTS OF GIRLS Clergy and Social Workers Join in Campaign for Re forms in Styles. Condemnation of the immodest dress of Atlanta women, particularly of the Peachtree street promenaders. will be a striking feature of the report of the vice commission. created by the city council, at the request of the Men and Religion Forward Movement, if the rec ommendations of its chairman are car. ried out. Joseph A. McCord, the chairman, said today that his idea in recommending reforms is to deal with fundamentals, find that immodest dress on the streets is one of the fundamental evils in At lanta. Although the commission has held many public and secret sessions Chairman McCord said he could not speak for it. for no vote had been taken on any feature of the report. For two months the commission has been making a close study and inves tfgation of conditions here. All citi zens were given the opportunity to ap pear before it and present their views. In conferences held to assimilate their Information, the finger of criticism was raised again the gay array nf women and girls on Peachtree and other prin cipal streets of Atlanta. Street Dress Blamed For Mashing. The clinging, short skirts, the low cut waists and extremely short sleeves are to be condemned in the opinion of the commission. While some of the members of the commission are at a loss to know what tn do about it, because, they say, con spicuous attire Is so genera! among women, others believe that a formal re port calling attention to the danger will start a movement toward more Puri tanical modes of attire. The dress of the women is blamed for much of the “freshness” of men. According to press dispatches, a na tion-wide war against the present tight skirts and peek-a-boo waists has been begun. And nowhere has a defender arisen to declare that women’s scant attire was due to excessive heat. Mrs. Leonora M. Lake, of St. Louis, tn a Chautauqua lecture at Columbus, Ind., last week, declared that woman is suffering from “fashionitis.” She said that hailet dancers and acrobats are more becomingly dressed and that the present tight skirts give men reason to make vulgar remarks. Clergy Joins in Campaign for Reform. The Omaha Woman's club has an nounced tnat in September a campaign will be begun to persuade the mer chants not to buy clothing which is ob jectionable to the club. “The big cry of annoyance on the street and in public places from men which girls are now making is largely due to their foolish mode of dress and manner,” declared Miss Mary F. Bal eotnb, president of the Young People's Civic league of Chicago. She said that women should wear longer and wider skirts, not too long to touch the ground, but long enough to conceal the ankles, and that the waists should not be cut so low as to expose the bosoms. Bishop Austin Dowing of the Catho lic diocese of Des Moines declared that women's gowns are growing more im modest every year. 'lt is because they are designed tn a country which is frankly immoral,” he said. “The French openly discuss subjects which are not whispered in America.” Pope Pius started a movement for ■ more modesty in women's dress some months ago by severely condemning the present modes of dress. In St. Martins Catholic church, in Baltimore, Rev. Thomas Broydick declared that some of the present fashions worn In the churches were profane to the temple of God, and Father Jackson in this city barred wearers of hobble skirts from his church. The Seventh Day Adventists, in a convention at Glendale. Cal., declared that one could best he a true Christian by wearing the simplest of frocks, dis carding high - heeled shoes and large hats and the tight-fitting skirts, and by avoiding the extreme dress decreed by Dame Fashion.