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THE WEATHER Shower* tonight or Tuesday. Tem peratures: 8 a. m., 72 degrees; 10 a. m., 78 degrees; 12 noon, 83 de grees; 2 p. m., 84 degrees. VOL. XI. NO. 19. C.CMSOI OFWIRELESS FAME OB rail Fatally Stricken as He Writes to His Daughter of Hope of Early Paroled URAEMIC POISONING KILLS AGED VICTIM IN AN HOUR One of Last Acts Was to Aid Guard Discharged for Allow ing Him Privileges. Stretched upon a cot in the morgue of a local undertaker lies the body of "Wireless" Wilson, financier, promoter, convict. He died last night in the Fed eral prison, an hour after he had writ ten a loving letter to his daughter ex pressing his hope of an early parole. He had served one year and three days of his three-year term. The body of the aged man—he was 67 years old—is awaiting funeral direc tions from the young stenographer he married, after divorcing his first wife, in order that she might not give evi dence against him under the law for bidding a wife to testify against her husband, the same rule which kept Eu gene H. Grace silent in the trial of Daisy Grace. Mrs. Wilson, whose marriage was soon followed by enforced separation when her agpd itu-band came to the penitentiary, is living in the East. Writing to Daughter When Stricken Fatally. Christopher Columbus Wilson, as he was known before the magnitude of his stock-selling operations caused him to be called "Wireless Wilson," was writ ing a letter to his daughter in the li brary of the prison yesterday afternoon. He was feeling well, despite his 67 years and the strain of a recent trip to New York, where he went under guard to testify in a suit involving the wireless telegraph company’s financial opera tions. He had served a third of his term and was eligible for a parole and freedom. He had told several friends recently that he was confident his name would appear on the next parole list, and he expressed this hope in the let ter. Suddenly one of the other prisoners who had been granted the use of the library cried out that something was wrong with the old man. Guards rush ed to the prisoner and found him suf fering from a . serious attack, which afterward proved to be uraemic poison ing. He was taken to the prison hos pital and the prison physician called, hut in a short time he was df'ttd. The end came in the same room, and within a few feet of the bed where Charles W. Morse lay so many weeks, apparently dying, before he was removed to the Fort McPherson hospital, given his pa role and almost miraculously restored to health. Aided Guard Who Had Befriended Him. One of the last acts of "Wireless" Wilson was one. of kindness to a man who had befriended him. When he was taken to New York to give testimony in the stilt, he was under the guard of Keeper Shea, of the Federal prison. For a day or two the old man disappeared, and it was reported in New York that he had escaped from his keeper. It was afterward learned that the guard had permitted the aged man to stop at one of the best hotels, take several trips around the city, and otherwise enjoy his stay in»the metropolis, though always under a watchful eye. So much pub licity was given the matter than when Shea returned with Wilson he was dis missed from the prison service. Hearing of this, the wireless promoter gained permission to write a letter to Congressman "Jack" Beall, of Texas, a friend of former days, and Beall ob tained for the guard a position in Tex- j as at twice the salary he had earned in I Atlanta. Wilson exhibited to a caller at the j prison a few days ago a circular sent out by the wireless company, announc ing a dividend of 100 per cent Cites Prosperity of His Wireless Concern. "There." he said, bitterly. "The coin * pan) I promoted is earning double monev for Its stockholders, and I. the man who sold the stock, am locked In prison foi selling It Ho you call tha' Justice?" \\ ilson was convicted In N* w York of using the malls with intent to defraud, methods of selling wireless stock tilling to meet tie government require ments H is sold Hint thousands of -mall nnesloi- tost tlieli saving' through ill- Cfnt'nued on Pago Two, The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results NEGROES IIP MOIETO OUST 81. BACKER Attempt Made at Executive Meeting to Read Clark Grier Out of Party. 'JACKSON LAUDED AS REAL STATE LEADER Hot Fight Threatens as Taft Men Prepare to Punish Bull Moose Sympathizers. A test of strength of the Henry S. Jackson and the Walter Johnson fac tions of the Republican part.': in Geor gia was begun today at a meeting of the Republican state executive commit tee in the senate chamber of the < api tol. called to name Taft electors. Aftei 1 many private conferences, the meeting was called to order at 12:30 o’clock, 30 minutes after schedule time, when Hen ry Jackson, collector of internal reve nues. and the leader of one faction, nodded to Walter Johnson, chairman of the executive committee and leader of the other faction, to go ahead. Jackson was indorsed as the leader of Georgia Republicans. Roscoe Pickett, of Pickens county, of fered a resolution, indorsing Jackson and opposing Clark Grier, former post master at Dublin. Ga., and reading the latter out of the party. Jackson and Grier are ancient enemies. Jackson was pronounced the final arbiter of Repub lican affairs in the state. The first test came when E. L. Col lier. a negro and editor of The Inde pendent. a newspaper, introduced a res olution indorsing President Taft, the Republican platform and the delegates to the Chicago convention who sup ported Taft. The resolution was con sidered to be an indirect rap at Walter Jolinson and Clark Greer, former post master at Dublin, Ga., and again a can didate for the place, because they sup ported Roosevelt at the Republican con vention. Negroes Lead in Denouncing T. R. Roscoe Pickett called for an aye and nay vote, wnich was seconded. Negro delegates took the lead in denouncing Theodore Roosevelt and the Bull Moose party, and in indorsing President Taft. A hot fight seemed imminent. ’ <’. P. Goree, a lawyer of Atlanta, said that the negroes were treated as gentle men at the Republican convention, but that .tlifiy were not treated as gentle men at the Bull Moose convention. Henry L, Johnson, a negro delegate, declared that the strength of the’Bull Moose party lay in the charge that the Southern delegates to the Republican convention were not properly chosen. He then proceeded to disprove this charge by lauding the Southern negro delegates. He said I lie records of attempts to bribe negro delegates, at the Republican convention, will prove the negroes' in tegrity. The resolution was passed. The object of the meeting is to name the fourteen Geo gia presidential elec tors. 'I here seems to be no doubt that they will all be Taft men. YOUTH ARRESTED IN $3,000 TRAIN HOLD-UP HAD SEVERAL GIRLS Tlie arrest of E. F. Carr, the young express messenger held in connection with the $3,000 train robbery near Ashe ville. N. C.. on August 11, has brought sorrow to the hearts of several girls, according to information obtained by local Pinkerton detectives. One girl told the Pinkertons that Carr was known as a ladies’ man. She con fided to the officer that she was his sweetheart, but admitted that she was not the only one. Carr waived preliminary hearing in Asheville Saturday afternoon and was I released on bond of SI,OOO. I Pinkertons charge that the hold-up I of the train was a frame-up. and that j the express messenger was In on the job. They say Carr confessed this was true, but later repudiated his confes sion and denied all knowledge >f the robbery. Search tor the hold-up man still Is on. MAN KILLED B~Y BOLT IN CLOUDLESS STORM MfL\VAt’KEE. WIS. Aug 26. Rich ard Kh-lnert was killed, several houses were strui k and damaged and scores of telephone* put out of < by a lightning Mtorm this morning Not a • hop of tain fell. Th< #un ~ -dining in all pait.w of th. <ii) whiit tin vice trivttl fttunu puTC'd U. S. Army Loses 2 Brave Little W arriors “GONNA” FIGHT BAD INDIANS ■Hr 'mb . wMBF ** 2k John Rankhead (on the left), son of Captain H. Al. Bankhead, and Keith Bullard, son of Colonel Leo Bullard. These Fort McPherson youngsters are very much afraid there won't be any war for them to light in when they grow up. Pastor-Matchmaker Is Asked to Help Doctor Win Vice War Leader Wisconsin Man Falls in Love With Girl Crusader When He Reads of Her. JANESVILLE, WIS., Aug. 26.—Dr. A. P. Burrus expects today to receive an answer from Rev. G. I, Morrill, of Min neapolis, who has promised to intro duce timid swains to maidens with whom they fall in love. Dr. Burrus de mands an introduction to Miss Virginia Brooks, the West Hammond Joan of Arc and crusader against vice. Dr. Burrus timidly says that he has fallen in love with 11» young woman. She is. he says, his ideal. Although he has never seen her, he is certain from what he has read of het work in cleaning out the West Ham mond dives that she weighs’about 130 pounds; that she doesn’t have a pug nose and thick lips; that she doesn’t havd lop ears; that* she docs have a well developed chin, and that she is a good cook and nurse. These are part of the doctor's speci fications for his ideal. In addition, he has a great admiration for Miss Brooks’ work, and, he says, he would be willing to go to West Hammond to help her. THREE ARE KILLED AS TERRIFIC GALE HITS CLEVELAND CLEVELAND. OHIO. Aug. 26. —Three persons lost their lives during a tot rifle wind and rain storm that swept over the city today. Virgil Bellow s, aged 23 years, one of a party aboard the yacht Redhead, was knocked overboard by a swinging boom and drowned. Michael Scheer, aged 40 years, was struck down in his tied room by a bolt of lightning as lie closed a window. John Mulnix, aged 66 years, was kill ed by lightning on his way to work. Trees were blow n down and much property loss suffered. PRISONER ATTEMPTS TO SLAY DETECTIVE DECOYED INTO CELL MONTGOMERY, ALA. Aug. 26. -On the pretense of making a full confession of recent burglaries in Montgomery. I John D. Sellers, a «.egro. induced City | Detective Avant to enter Ids cell today, stabbed him in the back with a ten penny nail, wrenched the officer’s pistol from him and tried to kill him. Detective Avant grabbed the muzzle of the weapon am! two shore ranged upward into the ceiling. Other officers in the cityjiarraeks, hearing the pistol shots, hurried to Detective Avant's res cue. HOT AGAIN IN CHICAGO. t'Hlt'AGtt, Aug 26. Heat killed one person in Chicago today and another person was overcome. Lee Cmvhake shtzwi, aged right, died after several hours uncoii-emu n -* H.it i > Grat , a MUlpt"l, W a <>> ell com He Will r«i OV ■ el Till > i ■,! , 111 I bill e,l UI I 111 IHi■| tHi f toluol to A LANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1912. I " Fort McPherson Juveniles De- cide Dress Parades and Mili tary Balls Aren’t Thrilling. John Bankhead and Keith Bullard, Fort McPherson juveniles have de cided that they won’t go into the sol diering business because it's becoming unfashionable to go to war. John and Keith are the respective and respectful sons of Captain H. M. Bankhead and Lieutenant Colonel'Lee Bullard, of the Seventeenth. A little earlier In their sturdy careers both of them had consuming ambitions to-be soldiers. They wanted to fire guns and wear swords and fight In dians; but as the years went on they heard less and less about fighting and more about dress parades and military balls. This led John to remark: "I believe it’s getting better to be a cowboy than a soldier.” To which Keith responded: "Yes, in deed; I heard father say the other night that there wouldn't he any more big wars.” John Is Disgusted. “Now, ain’t that awful," said John, disgustedly. "What use is the army if there ain't going to be any wars?” “I don’t know," said Keith: “but there’s got to be dress parade, you know. And you can’t have dress pa rade without soldiers.” "I don’t know about that," said John dubiously shaking his head. “I heard | the preacher say once that it certainly | was a pity the way thfe women in At lanta went on dress parade.” "Well, I don’t see how the women could go on dress parade," said Keith, startled by this new* information, "without guns and a brass band." Keith Wants to Fight. “Well, tljat’s what the preacher said, anyhow." “Well, I know one thing, anyhow," said Keith, returning to the original subject. "I don’t want to be any sol dier if all they do is go on dress parade. I want to fight. If we just had some Indians, it might be better.” Then John made a suggestion. "We'll do this," he said. “When we grow up we'll go <»ut West and get a job ridin' Lows and fightin’ Indians." "All right,” said Keith. I And this being agreed upon, they re sumed their game of handball. TRIES TO SHIELD HER HUSBAND. WHO SHOT HER; BLAMES SELF CHICAGO, Aug. 26. Mis Elizabeth Guenteit. lying dangerous!.' wounded at a hospital here, has confessed that her elaborate story of burglars enter ing her home, driving her Into the yaid and shooting her because there was no money In the house, is false Ih r hus band shot her. she says The hus band, Emil Guente t, confessed first police discovered so many dis< repan cles in Sils story that th< locked him Up. Then he said he bad come home after Im had been drinking and his wjf« iSpbialded him. He i>e> ame angi\ and shot hi i It WH« 111' fault ' .".lid th. Wulllided I wiiimin. l should not iiaie angered I mt husband,' Finds Wife Is Bigamist When Another Brings Action to Divorce Her Woman Prominent in Society and Church Sued by Man She Deserted to Rewed. CHICAGO, Aug 26. —John G. Coon, a traveling salesman, served papers in a divorce suit on his wife. As a conse quence, the home of Emerson H. Nich ol) in Evanston, has been closed and Nicholy and his wife have disappeared. Mrs. Nicholy. according to the divorce complaint, is Mrs. Coon, and the'paper further alleges that she deserted her husband and her six-months-old baby boy in 1909. Since that time Coon has been seek ing her. His detectives located her in Evanston. The Nieholys were society leaders, members of the choir in St. Matthews Episcopal churefi. and noted among the "younger set" for their delightful en tertainments. Mrs. Nicholy was visit ing her husband's parents in Jersey City when the papers were served on her When news of this reached her hus band. he closed their home and disap peared. The woman is also said to have left Jersey City. TENNESSEEAN, AGE 76, DIES ON GALLOWS FOR KILLING HIS NEIGHBOR NASHVILLE. Aug. 26.—George W. Rose. 76, was hanged in the state peni tentiary this morning for the murder of James M. Millerj a farmer and neigh bor, in McMinn county. He was pro nounced dead two minutes after the trap fell. All day yesterday' the aged murderer, in fury, cursed Governor Hooper for refusing to pardon him. Rose, it is said, begged his son to shoot Sheriff Hart, of McMinn county, who arrested him. A few hours before his execution»he became penitent. NEW ORLEANS GRAFT SCANDAL IN WAKE OF VISIT OF BURNS MEN NEW ORLEANS. Aug 26. Following a report that detectiveß under Wm. J. Burn« have been working here for months and have uncovered efttensive municipal corruption there was a hurried meeting of ( Ity officials today. This meeting was to discuss the situation and for the purpose <>f serving the public with a statement that any graft charges that might be made will he promptly probed KENTUCKY GIRL OF 15, JILTED, SHOOTS SELF MT ■ #ll Iva H Tuggle fifteen, of Wincheater, who 1,.i- been visiting at the home "f lloirer D. I’m-ons, in this city, ehot mid killed lu-iM.-lf late last night In Mi Par aiins* y ard. The kii I used a revolver Mr and Mrs ParaortH weio away Horn bom. ami a non found ul<li i -h<h| i.i IMi Paia ifi-, atated that »hi whm In on win. h Ulm Im -tel and Ue u<ji j I lillrd het. IF RODSEVELI-PEIRDSE ■BOLU DO NOT TELL !■, I WILL- HEARST "Penrose’s Explanation of s2s,oooCheck Not Quite Accurate, Not Altogether I ruthful—-I Have Documents to Prove My Assertions,” He Cables, “Senator Should Take Warning of Fate of Foraker When He Attempted to Explain. Falsely the Reason for Which Certificates of Deposit From Mr. Archbold Were Received.” LONDON, Aug. 26.—1 have read in the foreign papers accounts of the explanation that Senator Penrose has given of his receipt of a certificate of deposit for $25,000 from the Standard Oil Company. I have also read Senator Penrose’s statement of the purpose for which this secret certificate of deposit was intended and the use to which this sum of money and other sums of money from the Standard Oil Company were put. Senator Penrose’s explanation Is not quite aocurate. His state ment is not altogether truthful. He is in part saying what is true and in part saying what is false. I have the documents to prove my assertion. Senator Penrose should take warning of the fate of Senator For aker and the predicament of that gentleman when he attempted to explain falsely the reason for which his certificates of deposit from Mr. Archbold were received. I was able to produce promptly the documents which showed that Senator Foraker was not speaking the truth and that the certificates were received for other purposes than the ones stated by him. Should Remember Archbold and Judges Senator Penrose should also remember the difficulty into whihh Mr. Archbold got himself by making false statements in regard to some of the letters published inculpating certain Pennsylvania judges. Mr. Archbold said that he had interested himself in the se lection of these judges without their knowledge. I thereupon pro duced more letters of Mr. Archbold’s, in which the judges were shown to have requested him to interest himself in their behalf. I advise Senator Penrose, therefore, to adhere to the exaet facts and to speak the whole truth, for the whole truth will surely be brought out in the present series of articles now appearing in wv magazines. The September issue is already on the press, and I can not. aJter that to include a reply to Senator Penrose, but in the October issue I shall deal with Senator Penrose’s use of the Standard Oil funds, and also with Mr. Roosevelt’s relations with the Standard Oil Com pany and their agents. I shall, moreover, not make any statements that are not substantiated by documentary evidence. None of the Interesting Documents Produced It is a notable fact that Senator Penrose, confines his statements to allegations unsupported by legal proof. It is also worthy of note that Mr. Archbold does not produce any of the interesting documents that he has in his possession to establish the truth of his utterances. He quotes Mr. Bliss, who is no longer there to question the ac curacy of his statement, but he does not produce any letters to or from Mr. Bliss, to or from Senator Penrose, to or from Mr. Babcock, or to or from Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Archbold’s word needs documentary support. That fact has been proven heretofore, and Mr. Archbold has already been con li onted by the evidence of bis own letters and those of his agents and confederates in political life and public plunder. As a matter of fact, various Republican campaign committees solicited Standard Oil money and accepted Standard Oil money and employed Standard Oil money in tne campaign of 1904, and various Democrats received Standard Oil money then and later. Roosevelt, Too, Should Open Up Mr. Archbold has told part of the truth, but not all of it. Let y him tel) all of it and produce the interesting documenta that encumber his files. Mr. Roosevelt, too. should tell of the visits of Mr. Rogers and Mr. Archbold to him in Washington, of Mr. Sibley’s activity in bringing about these meetings of the “perfect understanding” that existed and various other matters of interest and importance to the nation. All of these things will appear in due time, and Mr. Roosevelt might as well relate them now. II must be said of Mr Roosevelt, however, that although he re eeived the financial and political support of the Standard Oil Com pany. he repudiated that institution after he was elected. Why Not Tell Whole Truth Now? In the same manner Mr. Wilson received the financial and polit ical support of Senator Smith, of New Jersey, and repudiated him a ft er elect ion Mr. Roosevelt can boast of a belated honesty, so why not he <'om pletely frank with the public and tell them the whole truth! Why should not Senator I’enrose and Mr Archbold and Mr. Roosevelt am Mr SihJe) all tell the whole truth, particularly when they can he s< i confidently assured iliot if they <|o not, I will! W. R HEARST. HOHL I EDITION 2CENTS EVERYWHERE p M A O V E r