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THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Sunday: Tempera-
tures: S a. m., 76; 10 a. m., 80; 12
noon, 85.
VOL. XL NO. IS
I R OPPOSES
HMG
MOLD
ONSTAUD
Roosevelt Repeats That Such a
Course Would Be Absurd.
His Purpose Served.
“DELIBERATELY FALSE,”
HE BRANDS STATEMENTS
Points Out That Inquiry Was
Directed at Him. Instead of
Explaining for Penrose.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. Aug. 24.
Colonel Roosevelt is not disposed to
take the stand before the senate com
mittee investigating campaign contri
butions. The ex-president feels that
he has made ample explanation of his
action with respect to the Standard
Oil gift to the 1904 campaign fund.
Roosevelt regards the investigation
nothing less than a ‘'fishing excursion"
to gather ammunition for the Demo
cratic campaign this fall.
Asked today if he would consent to
go before the senate committee, Roose
velt snapped:
"I answered that question three days
ago in Wilkesbarre. It is absurd to ask
me.” At that time the colonel said
such a thing would he absurd.
The colonel had nothing to add to his
dictated statement of yesterday re
garding Penrose and Archbold. He
considers that he had made it clear
that he was bitterly opposed to Stand
ard Oil money being taken in the 1904
campaign. He is willing, he says, to
rest upon the letters and the telegram
to George B. Cortelyou forbidding the
acceptance of any Standard Oil con
tribution.
On the arrival of Senator Luke Lea,
of Tennessee, today the Clapp com
mission is cxpi vted to decide whether
to go ahead now in its investigation
of political campaign funds or to ad
journ to October 1.
Committee Snlit
On Future Course.
The committee is dtvidvd ,ts to its
future course. Mr. \rehbold will be
recalled on his return from Eurppe. and
some are ir favor of adjourning until
he gets back. Several me/nbers favor
transferring the hearings to New York
at once and calling Colonel Roosevelt,
George B. Cortelyou, George \V. Per-
Kins and directors of the Standard Oil
Company. Senator Penrose says he will
insist that Roosevelt be called.
It is probable that Senator Pomerene,
( f Ohio, who represented the absent
Democratic members of the committee
yesterday, will be made a permanent
niemb* v in place of Senator Paynter, of
Kentucky.
Last night Colonel Roosevelt gave out
8 statement in reply to the t< stimoifj of
Archbold, branding the whole as false
and a "frameup” to injure him, and
pointing out that no attempt was made
to explain Archbold's connection ' with
Senator Penrose, for which he ostensi
bly vis ailed, but that the efforts of
the inquiry were directed entirely to
ward him.
Archbold’s Evidence
Hearsay Only.
Colon 1 Roosevelt said:
“In the first place, 1 wish to call at
tention to the fact that ■ ven if Mr.
Archbold's statements are true they
amount only to saying, so iat as 1 am
concern' d. Miat Mr. Bliss told him that
I had knowledge of and approved a re
quest for SIOO,OOO from the Standard
Oil Company, which was granted, and a
further request for $150,000, which was
not granted. This is a pure hearsay
statement, and even if made in good
faith would bo utterly valueless.
"Not only did I never know anything
of such a request being made, but my
published letter- and telegrams show
that w hen the tumor that there had
bet n a contribution reached me. I acted
at onee, reiterating my demand again
and again that the money should be
immediately returned, if it had been
given. Therefore, then on the assump
tion that Mr. Archbold is telling the
truth, his testimony, so far as I am
concerned, consists of the repetition of
hearsay arse, lions which were instant
ly, th< pt oduction of rriy
], tt.rs an telegram . I wish to r iter
ate that until Mr. Penrose made his
speech, I now had heard it suggested
that Mr. Archbold contributed to th.
campaign or had been th.- mean-'
t, 'High which any contributions had
b. en made But Ido not for one mo
no nt b 'levi that Mr. A■ etibold's t'-sti
,. one is truthful H< apparently pos
s..-.- alien a inmi' stand.!'•' that hi
not und'.i land the inf inions a< -
tu ~ma h< I- in.ii'it-a against ..It Jim
Continued on Page 7 wo.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Uss For Results
Mothers, From Bridge
Tables, Soothe Babies
At Home by Telephone
Fretting Youngsters Are Carried
to Dreamland by Lullabies
Sung Into Transmitter.
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO. Aug. 24.
Putting babies to sleep by telephone is
the latest innovation in socitey circles
here.
This method of quieting fretting
youngsters whose mothers leave them
at home while they enjoy bridge was ;
introduced by Mrs. Harry G. Zanier.
The nurse phoned Mrs. Zanier that
her baby was crying. Mrs. Zanier went
to the telephone and. began singing a
' soft lullaby int" tile transmitter.
■ The baby had been placed in a bas- :
j k*et on a stand near the telephone, the i
I receiver to its ear, and it was lulled into !
■dreamland by the soothing tones of the |
; mother’s voice.
'MADDOX COMPLETES
,| HIS WORK AND TAKES
AWAY STEAM SHOVEL
I
Alderman J W Maddox's -team
j I shovel today is missing f<s n th< <x
|eavation at Forsyth and Lueki" streets,
I mid peace and quiet ■ igns in the vicin- I
: ity of the Elkin-Goldsmith sanitarium. '
This condition, however, i- nut the'
result of court action,'but the fact that!
the afilernmn finished the jab of ex- i
cavating and moved his steam shovel!
away four hours before police court I
convened yesteiday afternoon. When:
• i the cast against the aiderman, in w hich
| he was charged by the sanitarium ofri-
Jeials witli faipng to abate a nuisance
.■was called by Recorder Pro Tern Prcs-
I’lton. it was shown that the steaus.-lmvel !
had gone.
11 "Under this showing then there i: ‘
■ Ino nuisance to abati and no action for!
Jthis court to take." remarked Judge'
[Preston, as he dismissed the
, I Aiderman Maddox smiled am! ;,.f ■
I court room.
! CAPITOL VIEW WILL
VOTE ON ANNEXATION
PLAN SEPTEMBER 2D
Ordinary J. R. Wilkinson has called
'lan election for September 2 to deter
mine whether that part of District 14
■ adjoining the southern section of At
-1 lanta shall be taken intg the city. The
> section is part of (’anltol View n nd was
1 omitted when Atlanta wa.s ('tended
' last.
It is said a majority of the citizens
; of that particular strip are in favor of
■ going into the city. They are the only
ones entitled to vote at the election.
The following managers have been
named for the election: John <'. Shan-'
non. .1. McLendon. J. A. Smith, Solon
Johnson. G. 1). Coleman ami \V. G. i
('ooper.
The strip of Lind in question oom- ,
prises about two land lots.
AUTO CRASHES INTO
POST: TWO WOMEN
IN IT ARE UNINJURED
John McMillan, of 241 West I’l .ieh
tree street, while driving his sister and I
a companion of hers in an automobile, j
ran the machine into a. post a,t the cor- !
nor of Peachtree street and North are- '
nue today about noon. The front of
the automobile was torn off, but no one i
was injured.
Young McMillan was coming toward I
town. At the corner where the acei- |
dent occurred a policeman was crossing '
■ the street. McMillan ve'ered the ma- I
chine and it turned too sharply, striking
the post.
80(Y MARINES OFF FOR
PAN AAI A TO BE NEAR
NICARAGUAN REVOLT
PHILADELPHIA. Aug 24. The I'nited
States transport Prairie, carrying SOO
bluejackets and marines, sailed from here
for Colon at 12:50 o'clock this after
noon.
The Prairie bas on board ammunition |
and stores for six months. Work of load
ing the vessel went on all night.
From Colon the marines probably will
be sent to Nicaragua.
BISHOP GRAFTON NEAR
DEATH AT MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE, WIS., Aug. 24.—Bish- '
| op ('hairies ('. Grafton, one of the best
l known prelates in the American Epis-I
| eopalian church, is at the p int ofi
i death. The doctors have abandoned !
' hope and the end is only a matter of a
'few hour-, it is believed. Bishop Graf
ton came to the diocese of Fond Du Lae
' when tin- state was a backwoods dis- i
triet.
KILLING' OF YANKEE IN
AFRICA TO BE PROBED
W ASH IN( ;T< >N. Aug. 34.--Th< house
(today unanimously passed the wsolu-I
! lion introduced by Repl esi ntall v< Nor- I
‘ rls. of Nebraska, directing th< stale de- .
p.’irtment to iiiwsiigaH tin diath of
i James W. Rogei-, w iio was killed b;
British soldiers in Central Africa.
WINSHIP LOSES IN 8188.
MACON, GA Aug 24. A recount of!
I tin legislative r." • e|e<:.- Mint, i Willi
i lietl.v. It'll I'owlei aid Wallace Vliller:
(from Bibb county. Tin recount dis.
i I'l," • d Nat \\ in. hip aud »ill.; titub d
1 MHlvr.
ATLANTA, GA„ SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1912.
irtITTLEPINS
HOPE OH TIE
111 JUDGE
RACE
Broyles Apparently Has Won
by the Narrow Margin of ’
Four Votes.
I
2 COUNTIES REPORTED
AGAINST HIM CHANGED
Official Count May Yet Give
Different Turn to Neck
and-Neck Contest.
———
i On the face of apparently authentic
I returns. Nash h. Br ivies, of Atlanta
i has defeated Jude.e Bober: Pottle for;
the court of appeals by a narrow mar- I
gin of four convention voles.
Judge Pottle, at 1 o'clock today, de- I
I elined to admit his defeat, however, and I
I gave it as his opinion tiiat it will bi [
I neeess try for the state convention, to I
i assemble in Macon next week, to de- 1
I Clare set erally the stills in lite vtt-!
rious counties, before lie < xaet and I
pr>" isi result maj be determined be- I
'vend lie po-sibiiitv of argument or.
doubt.
•"1 it.id about concluded at no ::im :
; tills morning to concede my defeat-, and i
I hav ■ no feeling in th" matter now.' [
-aid Judge Pottle. "But I have re- 1
' eeivi'd informaticn, ." uiingly trust
' worthy uni reliable, .hat two count; s
reported against me hate, in r<-aiiry
! gone for me, trod that the final and in- '
disputable returns will so show. Dm ,
of these counties is a four-vote eoun- :
ty. and rhe other is :i two-vote eoun [
. ty. if I gel tfa'-se two I will have th d
my opi bnent. a■ way. T'.:> r
other two-vot.e counties in doub! -at I
least, in my mind. If I should get either
ilti> of those counties, in addition to
■ the two heretofore mentioned, 1 would j
win. Perhaps the clement "f doubt is |
: sum. what against me, and it may be I
' thal I have lost. If <>. id right. The
■ precise truth should b? istablishcd,
• however.”
Two Counties Not
Reported Officially.
! According to the figun sin Tire Geor- I
! iti in ofliee. Bi oylcs has 186 convention I
I votes to his ert'dil, whereas Pottle has!
I but IS2.
Regardless of other figures and re- |
i turns. The Georgian’s figures show the I
'foregoing standing between the candi-'
I dates.
: In two counties--Lincoln and Union —-I
I absolutely official returns have been
I received by nobody. Ba' wemingly
linos', 'reliable inlormation obtainable
■ gives these two counties to Broyles.
I If be has carried them, he has won
safely. If he lias lost them, the •vote
[ may be tie
Judge Broyles is convinced of his
I nomination, and has issued a note of
■ formal thanks to his friends and sup
porters.
Judge Pottle insists tiiat every doubt
should be cleared up. before victory is
awarded.
B’alock May Throw
Strength to Price.
With tile cwtainty of a convention
deadlock in the eommissionership of
agriculture vote ahead, there is taik
among tile politicians today of a prob
able combination of Price and Blalock
! strength, to the* "nd that Price may be
nominated.
It is rumored that Blalock much pre
fers Price to Brown, as the convention!
nominee, and tiiat he would, in a "show -
| down." throw such of his strength as he!
| could to the Oconee county man, pro
i viderl s-uch a movement met proper en-
I comagemi nt in the Price camp.
I Blal' i k ran with the avowed purpose I
[of making Hon. E. E. ''abaniss his as-i
■sistant. if elected. Some of Blalock’s
I friends arc quoted as saying today that
j they would consider it a likely solution
lof t!ie | i 'Sent tangle for Price to t.ik
on Calrini-s a-- as-istant in the depart
ment, in exchange so sufficient Bla
loel. delegates to nominate Price.
Little Chance Seen
For ‘'Dark Horse,"
| Blalock carried thr foilowing eoun-
I tbs: z |
Bibb, Eulton, Muscogee, Uowet", |
I'toup, Ware. Washington. Bm Hili,!
Butts, Camden, ('ampbell, Catoosa.
><'la.vton. t'lincli, < 'off. < . Columbia.!
I' awt'iid. t'lisp, Dade, Echols, Ellillg
lui m. I .in mu. E:i' etti , Gilmer, H.i > t t... 1
I Heard, Jeff Dav Is. Jones, M.itrra,v, Poll
Pulaski. Rabun. Tit: ne , Walker. Whit-j
; field, Way It' and W'lkiiison.
It. is in the’delcgailons to the state I
convention fcmi these ■ lunti'-s that!
elthei Price oi Blown must fin I , ufli-I
elcitt str. ngth to nominate.
t Tin- 'mpresslon Is that the eonv<n
[tion will nominate one of the taiidl
'd.iti -- ami that rm "dark horse" will he
i
Brew n’s frii nd- art not dim usstrvt
t' mm oml> the' •' '■ sl'indlm: pat us
B own, .itid uutihlfi;, developments
I Bankrupt Merchant
Wants Court to "ay
His Wife- ' *BO
W. L. Turner, c ks
That She Be x .1
For St.
W. 1.. Turner, a merchant of New
nan. Ga.. who i- petitioning to he de
clated a bankrupt under Federal laws,
is trying to get the courts to pay his
wife SIBO for six months' service in his
store.
His petition in bankruptcy show.-
that his liabilities are $3,867, and that
! his assets are $7,359.35, of which his
stock in trade amounts to $5.860.50, ano.
I the renriinder is in unsecured accounts.
i His .stock consists of almost every
thing from diamond rings to umbrellas.
GETS
2.173 CHANCES TO WED
WESTFIELD, N. J. Aug. 2! -Chas,.
Marchant, a policeman here, who re
cently fell heir to SIOO,OOO. has rect iv
'2,173 proposals of tn:itriage.
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S" lies at the bio uio.'t fri.it nitirkeil the end of the public playground season in Atlanta.
; At the top. Aiiss Annie Hill, assistant director of Grant Park playground. Below, Miss Martha
j Akers, director of Springvale pin\ ground, and a group of her boys."
«TO STICK
CIOSE TO HOME
I ■
Mo Extensive Stumping Tour
To Be Undertaken by Demo
cratic Nominee.
SEAGIRT. N. J.. Aug 24. -*GoV< rnor
Wilson will take up the serious busi
ness of the eamwiign nt a conference
witli Vice Chairman William G. Mc-
Adoo and the other members of the
campaign committee in N. w York on
Monday.
"I am not going to make any extended
stumping tour,” said the governor to
day. "We will simply decide on Mon
day the amount of s'p; aking I am to
do and the places I am to visit. My
present intention is not to mak< many
speeches away from Now Jor-cy.
"Krom my general correspondence I
find a great majority of the people be
lieve I ought not to make any great
number of speeches. The country is
tired of stumping tours. The argu-
I moots on the other side of this ques
tion come from men active in politics.
They are horrified that the usual pro
gram will not be followed in thi- > un-
I paign. My private judgment is that
i extended stumping tours are not the
I most effective method of conducting a
campaign.
Has State Business.
"I am governor of New’ Jersey and I
must keep in touch with the business
of the state.”
At present Governor W ilson is sched
uled to make four speech's as follows:
Grangers picnic, Wiili.ims Grove,
Hu., August 211; Yorkville Casino, N. Y.
. Working Men’s' Wil ..n mil Marshall
club. September 4: New York state
fair, Syracus. , September 12, review of
: tlm Aim rtenn■ Spanish war veteran-,
I Atlantic City. September 10.
i Governor Wilson would i rilw no coin,
iini'iil for publication on the Hooscvelt
■ \ rihbold-Penrose i-ontrover y today.
I He is watching the Washington Inve-ti
| gation closely and w ill lia.e something
to say. probably in the shape of u
speech, when tlm testimony is all In.
RUSSIAN EDITOR IS DEAD.
ST. PIHTiItSBI ItG tur 'I M Sil
voi'ln ow m i of tie new.-paper Novoi
Vrenijn, 111* mo t .owerfut per- paper
in llu la, died l-nla>, ageu ,s.
Thousands See Big Games Festival
PLAY SEASON IS ENDED
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Five Hundred Children Take
Part in the Athletic Contests
at Grant Park.
Atlanta's’playground season is over
and the thousands of school children
, who have been kept interested this
summer by the various are
now preparing for the opening of
school.
It. a grand rally yesterday afternoon
on the baseball field at Grant park mote
than 50(1 children took part in the final
exercises, the older boys and girls play
• ing games which required much skill
and study and the little tots engaging
m the old-fashioned game of "drop-the
h;i ndkerchief."
Krom the start of the games w hen fill
'he children played “build-the-house."
i game of high jumping, until the final
attraction of the afternoon, the "snail
game,” in which all joined hands and
marched around the field, there was a'
kaleidoscope of childish merriment and
' beauty.
At the close of the exercises the chil
dren were given as souvenirs small
boxes of candy.
Relay Races a Feature.
Features of the afternoon's entertain
ment were the relay races, which were
run from the center of the field to the
outer circle and back, making an evet -
changing wheel. In these races, as in
tall conti -ts of the day, the playgrounds
were not pitted against each other, but
the children contested against their
own playmates. The playground which
finished first was considered to have
done the best, and its colors were raised
amid the shouts of all the rest.
"Crossing the river," a test in broad
jumping, was an exciting game. Sev
eral games of volley ball, in which the
boys anil girls joined, followed this, and
other features of the program were
"scientific tugs of war," "slap date,"
"throwing quoits," "whipped to the
right," and "eat .and mouse.”
Miss Mary 16. Barnwell, the play
ground supervisor and director, was on
tin field all th- afternoon, overlooking
and directing the exercises which she
had planned, and she was the recipient
of much congratulation from members
of the park board and tile si veial thou
sands of mothers and fathers who were
pt i s' nt.
EMPEROR HAS GRIP.
i’ASSI I. HIISSI'I NASSAf, Aug. 24
Kmpeioi William is suffcrlnr from an
iiti.uk of Influenza The intendin'.;
phy.-t' iaii d'' ac that there is ri"
iliirm and that flu kaiser will have re
i overed in a few du - \ f, a minor
• lig.i ;■ mi nt lluve be. n vuuveileil.
’ FI.EEMM
HER CAUGHT
i
Employee of Swift & Co.. Taken
in Mobile. Ala., Admits the
Theft of $2,000.
i
I MoBII.II, AI.A., Aug. 21. Admitting
! the tin ft of $2,000 belonging to Swift
<<• Company of Augusta, antj telling of
I his flight from that city by foot, of be
• Ing lost tn the woods south of Augusta
I for two days and nights, then finally
1 getting back to a railroad and boarding
I a train for this cit\. Joseph ll.« Bruce,
' until Tuesday cashier for Swift A.-
I Company, was arrested here last night
in company with T. \V. Leutje, a clerk
’ for th' same concern.
' l.uetje had been dismissed the pre
vious Monday for a small shortage.
Bruce had been given something over
$2,000 to deposit in an Augusta bank
' last Tuesday. In-P .d of depositing the
money, he met l.uetje and they left the
city. Os the amount $562 was in cur
rency, the balance in checks. He di
vided the currency with l.uetje. The
cheeks, representing about SI,OOO, Bruce
says he mailed to Swift & Company,
after reaching Montgomery.
When art . sti-d $473.65 was found on
the two. They said that it was part
of the currency stolen. Both will re
turn without requisition.
OUTFIELDER SISSON IS
BOUGHT BY CRACKERS
I he Atlanta Baseball association an
nounced today the purchase of Charles
Si. son an outfit Ider, from the Colum
bus team of the Sally league. As the
South Atlantic league ends September
2, Sisson will report to the Crackers
about the .’ld, which should be in time
fur him to have a good tryout before
th. end of llu Southern league season.
II is not known just who will be re
. isi.il to make room for the new gar
dener. but it will likely lie Mike Lyons,
who I.as tie. n unable to connect with
H e ball -in . hi joined the Crackers.
REV. C. W. WEATHERS HOME.
Rev. i' W Weathers, pastor of the
11. t \tlnnta Methodist church, lias
n turn' ll t" l:‘ i barge, after conducting
a m rie- of mi i tings in eastern and
inlddl. Geoigla and a few dux.- spent
at the Satid> Spring vumpmeeling.
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IDITION
2 CUNTS EVERYWHERE P^ R V
RECEIVERS
NAMEDFOH
DELEONAS
MYSTERY
DEEPENS
Nephew Visits Morgue in Chi
cago and Finds Victim Is Not
Missing Contractor.
THEORY NOT CREDITED:
MANY CONTINUE HUNT
Court Acts at Request of Big
Creditor, But Financial Con
ditions Are Sound. ;
With the appointment of receivers
to prqtect creditors, and a country-wide
hunt for a clew to his whereabouts, the
my stery of the disappearance of Moise
DeLeon, wealthy Atlanta contractor, of
744 Piedmont avenue, deepened to
day.
Special dispatches to The Georgian
from Chicago, where DeLeon is said
to have vanished early in August, de
clare' that it is feared there he may be
the unidentified man who was found
dead in the pathway of an automobile,
the probable victim of auto bandits,
at Twenty-second street and Ashland
avenue on August 22.
These' dispatches say that the de
scription furnished the Chicago police
by Mr. DeLeon’s nephew, who arrived
from New York to aid in the search,
tallies with that of the slain man. They
also add that Mr, DeLeon carried $2,60(1
■ in i ash in his pockets and wore jewelry
valued at $3,000 when he was last seen,
' Not Likely That
I! He Had Jewelry.
Mrs. DeLeon, alarmed over the
strange disappearance, told The Geor
gian over the telephone today that Mr.
DeLeon never had any such Jewelry.
Generally, not much credence was put
in the Chicago theory. Here is the Chi
cago dispatch:
CHICAGO. Aug. 24.—1 t is feared
here that Moise DeLeon, contractor .
of Atlanta, Ga., who came to Chi
cago August 7, may have been the
unidentified man who was found
dead in the pathway of an automo
bile at Twenty-second street and
Ashland avenue August 22.
The description of the Atlanta
business man as furnished the po
lice by a nephew who arrived here
from New York today, tallies with
that of the slain man. DeLeon
carried $2,600 in cash in his pock
ets and wore jewelry' valued at
$3,000 when he was last seen.
On the night of August 22 a man
was found cut and unconscious
in the street. His pockets were
empty. His clothing appeared to
have been rifled. A large black
touring car was sc-'n speeding from
the scene of the tragedy. It is held
probable that the man may have
been slain by auto bandits and
then left dead in the streets.
A dispatch from Chicago late this
afternoon declared that Mr. DeLeon’s
nephew had visited the morgue and
that the body of the automobile victim
there was not Mr. DeLeon.
DeLeon’s affairs were thrown
into the hands of receivers to
day by the Fulton National bank,
when it became known that he had
been mysteriously' missing since Au
gust 9, and that both Chicago and the
wilds of Michigan are being vainly
searched for trace of him.
Ronald Ransom and H. L. Fraser
were named receivers by Judge Bell in
superior court immediately on the filing
of the petition and at once took charge
of the business of the missing man.
No (Question of
DeLeon’s Solvency.
The suit was instituted by the bank
on the ground that it is one of De-
Leon’s heaviest creditors, and there is
no one in Atlanta authorized to assume
ills responsibilities. There was no
question as to the contractor’s solvency.
Though the petition set out that De-
Leon owed the bank $17,500 secured
by promissory notes and had $19,00C
outstanding indchtedness, It further set
' out that he was posseaxed of ampk
’ propertv to secure this.
Tlte action was only taken. It wai
1 i' < Iti d, to keep the affaits of the miss
Ing iiiun from lulling into the iiundt